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 Here’s the audio from a 70’s appearance on David Letterman’s Late Night NBC series. Letterman mentions their recent Carnegie Hall appearances. I was at one of those shows and remember being stunned by the applause that greeted obscure character names. “With me is Dr. Daryl Dexter,” Ray would say, and the audience would burst into wild applause… knowing full well that Dr. Daryl Dexter was “The Komodo Dragon Expert.”  Gosh – I had forgotten that Tom was also broadcast on WABC-AM from New York City. (I was actually closer to WICC, which was and is right across the Long Island Sound in Connecticut). It was a source of annoyance to Tom that during the summer, WABC bumped him – frequently – for Yankees baseball. I mention this because Tom’s guest is Curt Smith, author of “Voices of The Game,” about the great radio broadcasters who called the play-by-play. It’s Tuesday, June 30, 1992. You can hear lightning making lots of noise in the AM band… I guess there was no Yankees game that night. … If you ask me. [2021 note: Unfortunately, the audio widget which Don embedded no longer works.] Thanks to Lee Hartsfeld for working some MAGIX on my original file! Those of you who have attended the taping or filming of a television show have been part of an “audience warm-up” before the show begins. No one questions the necessity for these “warm-ups,” since we’ve recently seen how pathetic things can get when an actor comes on without being preceded by a warm-up artiste.
Warm-ups seek to build a base of excitement and enthusiasm by convincing the audience that they are, in a very real sense, performers on the program. In the words of the great Hank Kingsley, “… the better you are, the better Larry is.” This is exciting, isn’t it? Blogger Connie Wilson wrote an interesting piece about Letterman’s pre-warm-up warm-up, delivered to her group as they waited to enter the theater:
…The young man continued, “Now, if Dave makes a joke, I want you to think, ‘Oh, boy, this is hilarious!’ Laugh in the theater; think about it on the way home. …We want you to really give back raw enthusiasm… Dave feeds on your energy…” The better you are, the better Larry is.
Most episodes of the team’s TV series Not Only… But Also are missing, believed “wiped” by the BBC. This sketch somehow survived, but for some reason did not make it into The Best Of What’s Left Of Not Only But Also. It’s interesting because the casting is counterintuitive – usually Peter Cook is the strong, take-charge character, but here, Dudley’s in charge… as both stage manager and warm-up man. And, like all of their work, it’s very, very funny. Please Wait.
You have attempted to connect to this page while a web history tour is in progress. TourGuide: Here’s a typical abandoned blog. Take a look around.
Fusion50: When was it abdomened TourGuide: early 21st century. Fusion50: why TourGuide: it should have been destroyed in the Google purge TourGuide: The owner left and never came back Fusion50: good move Fusion50: but its not distroyed TourGuide: When they shut down the blogosphere, they didn’t bother to erase them all. Fusion50: why borther Fusion50: bother Fusion50: i dont see what so special Hstrygrl: Fusion50, all surviving blogs were declared protected historic sites TourGuide: Right, content plays no role in preservation. The only thing that’s ’special’ is that it survived. Hstrygrl: It’s the retro templates, the drop shadows, that stupid header and things like counter styles etc that are interesting TourGuide: This is one of three surviving Blogger sites that used TicTac (Blueberry). Hstrygrl: It screams Dan Cederholm from 8 miles away Fusion50: so its like an art thing they kept it Hstrygrl: Tictac blue was less popular than Tictac green :-0  Fusion50: omg artgeek: lol! Where’d you get that Fusion50:so like thousands of people had blogs that looked exactly the same -what the point artgeek: i think it’s hysterical!!!! TourGuide: The other tictac templates that survived are this one and this one. artgeek: you’re making my head spin TourGuide: Any other questions? If not, meet me here and I’ll answer any additional questions.
Mark’s very first blogging tip says that:
And there, fellow lab animals, lies the problem. I think Mark Frauenfelder is exactly correct, and up until quite recently, I’ve tried to provide a morsel per day. Future morsels will be just as tasty, but new ones will probably appear on a less-than-daily schedule. I expect that the ones that do find their way here will be all the more tasty, given the added prep time. Please come and press the lever every so often, even though I admit defeat in balancing Mark’s first and fourth tips on a daily basis. Spencer Tracy characterized Katherine Hepburn once by saying “There ain’t much meat on her, but what’s there is cherce [sic].” Less posts here, but what goes up will be cherce, and that’s a promise.
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