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Ellen DeGeneres; Jeff Garlin; and Against Me! PLUS:Reaction to Michael Vick’s Apology; Alan Needs to Dance; the New Al-Qaeda Sitcom; a Message from Senator Larry Craig; a Top Ten List; Is This Anything?; and Abraham Lincoln’s Movie Review.
“. . . . . and now, miracle substance that can absorb 300 times its own weight . . . . David Letterman!”
ACT 1
Is there a worse story out there in the news these days than the sick Michael Vick? He spent all day Monday or Tuesday apologizing, and then today Dave saw an interesting reaction to the apology. We take a look. Announcer: “In his public apology yesterday, Michael Vick announced that he had found Jesus. Well, Jesus would just like to say, ‘Don’t drag me into this, pal!’
Jesus --- turning water into wine since 30 A.D.”
“DAVE? DAVE?” We hear Alan call out to the host from his perch off-camera. Dave acknowledges the interruption. DAVE: “It’s our announcer Alan Kalter. What is it . . . . hold it, that’s a nice jacket, Alan?”
Alan thanks Dave, not sure where he’s going with this. Dave asks if it’s just a jacket or part of a suit. Alan, a bit confused but proud, says it’s just a jacket. What’s the material? Alan answers, “Cardboard.”
OK, what is it Alan wants? ALAN: “When I heard you mention Ellen Degeneres a moment ago, do you know what it made me feel like doing?” DAVE: “No, what did it make you feel like doing?” ALAN: “It made me feel like dancing. Hit it!”
Paul begins to play music from that Roxbury movie, I think. Alan gets up and gyrates across the floor, and then makes a left and dances up the aisle, a al Ms. Degeneres, on her ”Ellen” show. Alan finally makes it out the back door of the theater.
Dave apologizes for Alan; explaining he has emotional problems.
The latest intelligence reports that Osama bin Laden isn’t hiding in a cave, as most people assume. More likely, he’s been hidden by friends in their homes. We take a look. Announcer: “After years of searching caves for Osama bin Laden, officials now believe he is probably hiding in the home of various friends, which not only makes him more difficult to find . . . . (festive) it also makes for a hilarious new sitcom this fall on CBS! What happens when the world’s most wanted terrorist moves his sassy, no-nonsense wives, their dozen of precocious kids, and one loveable goat into the home of his wacky father-in-law? (shot of Jerry Stiller). Find out on ‘The Militant Islamist Terror Mastermind of Queens,’ Wednesdays after ‘Becker,’ only on CBS.”
Dave says he wants to get through this quickly so he can get to Yankee Stadium for batting practice.
A MESSAGE FROM IDAHO SENATOR LARRY CRAIG: From yesterday’s press conference: “I hope Idahoans will allow me to continue serving / gay / people / at the Minneapolis airport.”
ACT 2 TOP TEN: Signs Your Neighbor is Hiding Osama bin Laden. 9. You call over there and someone answers, “Death to America . . . I mean, yello” 7. In latest video, behind Osama is you mowing your lawn.
IS THIS ANYTHING? You know how we play. Behind the curtain is an act of some kind. It may be a fabulous performance by an individual or a group, or it may be not so fabulous. Afterwards, Dave and Paul will decide if the performance is anything or not.
Up goes the scrim.
We see two people on high stilts juggling bowling pins back and forth. In the middle is a guy spinning plates on two sticks.
And then the scrim comes down.
Well? Paul was impressed what we had to offer, the grinder girl and the hula hoop girl, but the actual performance by the jugglers on stilts . . . . no, it wasn’t anything. Dave sizes it up in much the same way. Dave doesn’t think it was all that much either. Mark him down as “It was nothing.”
And just as Dave is about to close up tonight’s edition of “Is This Anything,” the guy spinning the two plates comes out from the guest entrance. He isn’t too pleased.
GUY: “Nothing? You really think that’s nothing?”
(giving the finger to Alan) “Well, ‘GIVL’ you!”
(giving the finger to Paul) “And ‘GIVL’ you!”
(and to Dave, with both middle fingers) “And ‘GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVL’ YOU!”
He storms off, probably never coming back again.
Dave wasn’t so upset that he was cursed out. He seemed more upset that he was given two fingers, one from each hand, when Paul and Alan only got one.
ACT 3 ELLEN DEGENERES
DOHHH! I finished a lot of the Wahoo right after the show and then went home. I usually write up the guest segments at home in the early A.M. the next day or get to work early and do it at the office. I started to do it at home, but got sidetracked and decided to do it at work. Unfortunately, I left my notes at home. I will do the Ellen and Jeff Garlin segments from memory.
How’s the summer? Ellen says she’s had two-and-a-half months off, had a mammogram, and went to wedding. And at the wedding and the mammogram, she was asked the same thing: “Are you going to do your little dance?” It’s not so bad that she is always asked that, it’s when they called it her “little” dance. It makes it seem so insignificant. And going to the doctor for a mammogram is no place to do a dance . . . although when I got my prostrate checked, I remember doing a quick little jig at one point.
And at the wedding, it was a very touching ceremony and Ellen found herself tearing up a little bit, getting a little weepy. A woman came up to her later and said, “I loved watching you bawling.”
Dave laughs and says, “Well, it’s been a while since you did any of that.” (Damn, I wish I had my notes so I would know what he said exactly.) It took a moment for the joke to register.
Dave shares his uncomfortable party story which happened some years back. It was full of family for a special birthday or anniversary or something. Many family members were there, many of whom had to be pointed out to Dave and be reminded, “That one’s Patty. And that one’s Clara.” Anyway, some time during the party a woman approaches Dave from behind . . . . Dave gets up and re-creates the scene . . . . she staggers up to Dave and says into his ear, sloshed, “I hate your show.” It made it hard to enjoy the rest of the gathering, though many came up to him to let him know the woman is always like that. It didn’t make him feel any better.
Ellen is about to begin her 5th season of “Ellen” and she’s a bit concerned that she’s running out of interesting questions. She’s learned that although some people may be great actors, they are not great talk show guests. Sure, they can memorize lines and perform on a stage, but they can’t sit and tell a story or converse. I’ve always said that for some guests, the worst thing you can tell them before going on is, “Just be yourself.” My suggestion would be, “Pretend you’re interesting.”
Dave says he hates it when a guest will tell the producer, “Dave can ask me anything.” Dave says that’s death, especially since there is a good chance Dave will have little curiosity about the person. Ellen’s prepared some “new angle” show questions, unlike the more common talk you would expect on a talk show. Ellen wants to ask questions such as, “When did you last eat a pear?” Dave says he ate one about two weeks ago. Ellen likes pears but hasn’t had one in a while. Why? Good question. She doesn’t know why. Dave and Ellen talk about pears for a while and Ellen points out that indeed, pear-talk can fill up time on a talk show. I’m like Ellen. I like pears, but haven’t had one in a while. I like them when they are soft, maybe a day or two before they go bad.
Ellen Degeneres – her 5th season kicks off September 4th from New York. I always like her appearances on the program. I like how she’ll slip in a funny without banging on a tambourine or blowing horns. She’ll sneak it by you if you’re not listening.
ACT 4
And speaking of “The Bourne Ultimatum,” it’s time for another exciting installment of ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S MOVIE REVIEW. Tonight the 16th President reviews “The Bourne Ultimatum.” Abraham Lincoln: “In my time, the closest thing we had to motion pictures were the bizarre hallucinations we’d experience due to cholera. Luckily, we now have the Matt Damon thriller ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ to keep this ol’ rail-splitter on the edge of his seat. The action sequences score a 10 on the ‘Wow Meter’ and sexy Julia Stiles once again swelled the chorus of my Union, making me want to touch the better angels inside my pants. Overall, I give it 4 stovepipe hats.
This is Honest Abe signing off, and remember, the balcony is closed.”
ACT 5
Umm, something. I forgot.
ACT 6 JEFF GARLIN: from HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and he’s the director, writer, and star of the new film, I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With. It opens in New York City on September 5th.
Jeff is a dad of two sons, 11 and 7. His 11-year-old went to sleep away camp this summer and every letter home includes, “Sent more water balloons.” Sounds like my letters in college.
His 7-year-old son has at times, not too often, but sometimes, only sometimes, he’ll pee in the bed. Dave says announcing this on TV should help. Jeff asks him why he doesn’t get up out of bed to go to the bathroom. His son says it’s because he’s dreaming. Dreaming of what? He says, “Last night I was boxing with cats.” Dad says “Can’t you go to the bathroom in between rounds?”
He likes to watch sports on TV with his kids, too. No harm in that, right? Except some of the commercials are hard to explain. They’ll be watching a ballgame and the Viva Viagra commercial comes on. Hopefully they won’t ask questions.
This very thing happened to me the other day. I’m watching a Yankee game and in between innings a Cialis commercial comes on. My 11-year-old Dominique asks, “Daddy, do you have E.D.?” I really really hope she didn’t know what she was asking. And for once I didn’t respond with the usual, “Go ask your mother.” I told her “No.”
Most of us know Jeff from his work on Curb Your Enthusiasm. He says it’s the most ill-prepared show on TV. Nothing is rehearsed. He will be on the set and shown a paragraph of what is to take place in the upcoming scene. A saying I often use is: “If it’s not rehearsed, expect the worst.” This doesn’t hold true with Curb Your Enthusiasm. Not rehearsing works real well on Curb. It’s one of my favorites. Curb Your Enthusiasm makes HBO worthwhile. That, and those Thursday night 11:00 PM shows.
I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With – opens in New York City September 5th.
ACT 7 AGAINST ME! From their new album/cd, “New Wave,” Against Me! performed “Stop.”
And that was ours how for Wednesday August 29, 2007.
In case you’re wondering:
Let me be clear; I am still not gay. I never have been gay.
Dang it! I forgot to mention this yesterday. What impressed me most about Little League hero Dalton Carriker was how he addressed Dave as “Sir.” Lots of “Yes, sir” and “No, sir.” I’m going to work on my girls to do that. It may not impress many, but it’ll impress the right people.
Hey, looking to make a hit on YouTube? Take Miss South Carolina’s answer from the Miss Teen USA Pageant and put to rap. And don’t forget to thank me.
I gave blood this weekend. It reminded me of the days in college when I lived off-campus. I’d give blood just for the snacks.
Senator Larry Craig arrested for lewd behavior in a Minnesota airport. And what state does Senator Craig come from? IdaHO. Ida-HO. Coincidence?
Hey, kids, wanna hear first hand why so many hated Howard Cosell? Watch ESPN’s “The Bronx is Burning” and listen to how he butts in on big calls during the Yankee playoff games. Game winning home run? Just as the ball is about to clear the fence, Cosell shouts over the play announcer to bellow such things as “It’s gone! It’s gone!” and then takes over the microphone. It happened on every big play. He knew what would be replayed during the news and years down the road and he wanted his voice heard on the tape. It was totally unprofessional and egotistical, but it’s the way Howard worked.
My favorite Howard Cosell quote was during a Monday Night Football game, commenting on a play made by a guy on defense: “He showed great anticipation in advance.”
But I didn’t hate Howard. He gave me too much entertainment as I watched others spew their hatred towards him.
I don’t read the New York Times enough, and when I do I always find something where I’ll say, “Wow, I didn’t know that!” I usually leaf through it when I’m desperate to find something for the LATE SHOW script cover. Today I didn’t find anything for the script cover but I found an interesting book review. The book is by Diana West and it’s entitled “The Death of the Grown-Up: How America’s Arrested Development is Bringing Down Western Civilization.” It has to do with the narcissistic baby boomers who do not realize their responsibility of teaching right from wrong. That’s something I can really get in to. I find my generation so darn hypocritical and . . . . and . . . self-important. We had our turn at being kids. It’s their turn, now. It’s our turn to be adults. I’m sure people my parents’ age did a lot of kid stuff, but they didn’t do it out in the open for us kids to see. The review of the book isn’t so great, critiquing it is based more on emotion than fact and the conclusions to be overly simplistic. But that’s to be expected of a book written by a baby boomer.
Heckuva job, Brownie.
*And now, even more useless information from “The Ultimate Book of Useless Information” by Neil Botham & The Useless Information Society.
- the average iceberg weighs twenty million tons
- a four-year-old child asks an average of 437 questions a day
- In a lifetime, the average person spends eighteen months on the telephone
- The International Skating Union recognizes forty-eight different types of figure-eights.
- in 1956, the Physical Culture and Sports Commission of communist China recognized the sport of hand grenade throwing
And so ends another issue of the Wahoo Gazette, the world’s longest continuous-running blog on the internet . . . . oops, no it isn’t.
CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
He doesn’t read the Wahoo as much as he should, it’s Johnny Bobby Bee.
This concludes another installment of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
Ellen DeGeneres; Jeff Garlin; and Against Me! PLUS:Reaction to Michael Vick’s Apology; Alan Needs to Dance; the New Al-Qaeda Sitcom; a Message from Senator Larry Craig; a Top Ten List; Is This Anything?; and Abraham Lincoln’s Movie Review.
“. . . . . and now, miracle substance that can absorb 300 times its own weight . . . . David Letterman!”
ACT 1
Is there a worse story out there in the news these days than the sick Michael Vick? He spent all day Monday or Tuesday apologizing, and then today Dave saw an interesting reaction to the apology. We take a look. Announcer: “In his public apology yesterday, Michael Vick announced that he had found Jesus. Well, Jesus would just like to say, ‘Don’t drag me into this, pal!’
Jesus --- turning water into wine since 30 A.D.”
“DAVE? DAVE?” We hear Alan call out to the host from his perch off-camera. Dave acknowledges the interruption. DAVE: “It’s our announcer Alan Kalter. What is it . . . . hold it, that’s a nice jacket, Alan?”
Alan thanks Dave, not sure where he’s going with this. Dave asks if it’s just a jacket or part of a suit. Alan, a bit confused but proud, says it’s just a jacket. What’s the material? Alan answers, “Cardboard.”
OK, what is it Alan wants? ALAN: “When I heard you mention Ellen Degeneres a moment ago, do you know what it made me feel like doing?” DAVE: “No, what did it make you feel like doing?” ALAN: “It made me feel like dancing. Hit it!”
Paul begins to play music from that Roxbury movie, I think. Alan gets up and gyrates across the floor, and then makes a left and dances up the aisle, a al Ms. Degeneres, on her ”Ellen” show. Alan finally makes it out the back door of the theater.
Dave apologizes for Alan; explaining he has emotional problems.
The latest intelligence reports that Osama bin Laden isn’t hiding in a cave, as most people assume. More likely, he’s been hidden by friends in their homes. We take a look. Announcer: “After years of searching caves for Osama bin Laden, officials now believe he is probably hiding in the home of various friends, which not only makes him more difficult to find . . . . (festive) it also makes for a hilarious new sitcom this fall on CBS! What happens when the world’s most wanted terrorist moves his sassy, no-nonsense wives, their dozen of precocious kids, and one loveable goat into the home of his wacky father-in-law? (shot of Jerry Stiller). Find out on ‘The Militant Islamist Terror Mastermind of Queens,’ Wednesdays after ‘Becker,’ only on CBS.”
Dave says he wants to get through this quickly so he can get to Yankee Stadium for batting practice.
A MESSAGE FROM IDAHO SENATOR LARRY CRAIG: From yesterday’s press conference: “I hope Idahoans will allow me to continue serving / gay / people / at the Minneapolis airport.”
ACT 2 TOP TEN: Signs Your Neighbor is Hiding Osama bin Laden. 9. You call over there and someone answers, “Death to America . . . I mean, yello” 7. In latest video, behind Osama is you mowing your lawn.
IS THIS ANYTHING? You know how we play. Behind the curtain is an act of some kind. It may be a fabulous performance by an individual or a group, or it may be not so fabulous. Afterwards, Dave and Paul will decide if the performance is anything or not.
Up goes the scrim.
We see two people on high stilts juggling bowling pins back and forth. In the middle is a guy spinning plates on two sticks.
And then the scrim comes down.
Well? Paul was impressed what we had to offer, the grinder girl and the hula hoop girl, but the actual performance by the jugglers on stilts . . . . no, it wasn’t anything. Dave sizes it up in much the same way. Dave doesn’t think it was all that much either. Mark him down as “It was nothing.”
And just as Dave is about to close up tonight’s edition of “Is This Anything,” the guy spinning the two plates comes out from the guest entrance. He isn’t too pleased.
GUY: “Nothing? You really think that’s nothing?”
(giving the finger to Alan) “Well, ‘GIVL’ you!”
(giving the finger to Paul) “And ‘GIVL’ you!”
(and to Dave, with both middle fingers) “And ‘GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVL’ YOU!”
He storms off, probably never coming back again.
Dave wasn’t so upset that he was cursed out. He seemed more upset that he was given two fingers, one from each hand, when Paul and Alan only got one.
ACT 3 ELLEN DEGENERES
DOHHH! I finished a lot of the Wahoo right after the show and then went home. I usually write up the guest segments at home in the early A.M. the next day or get to work early and do it at the office. I started to do it at home, but got sidetracked and decided to do it at work. Unfortunately, I left my notes at home. I will do the Ellen and Jeff Garlin segments from memory.
How’s the summer? Ellen says she’s had two-and-a-half months off, had a mammogram, and went to wedding. And at the wedding and the mammogram, she was asked the same thing: “Are you going to do your little dance?” It’s not so bad that she is always asked that, it’s when they called it her “little” dance. It makes it seem so insignificant. And going to the doctor for a mammogram is no place to do a dance . . . although when I got my prostrate checked, I remember doing a quick little jig at one point.
And at the wedding, it was a very touching ceremony and Ellen found herself tearing up a little bit, getting a little weepy. A woman came up to her later and said, “I loved watching you bawling.”
Dave laughs and says, “Well, it’s been a while since you did any of that.” (Damn, I wish I had my notes so I would know what he said exactly.) It took a moment for the joke to register.
Dave shares his uncomfortable party story which happened some years back. It was full of family for a special birthday or anniversary or something. Many family members were there, many of whom had to be pointed out to Dave and be reminded, “That one’s Patty. And that one’s Clara.” Anyway, some time during the party a woman approaches Dave from behind . . . . Dave gets up and re-creates the scene . . . . she staggers up to Dave and says into his ear, sloshed, “I hate your show.” It made it hard to enjoy the rest of the gathering, though many came up to him to let him know the woman is always like that. It didn’t make him feel any better.
Ellen is about to begin her 5th season of “Ellen” and she’s a bit concerned that she’s running out of interesting questions. She’s learned that although some people may be great actors, they are not great talk show guests. Sure, they can memorize lines and perform on a stage, but they can’t sit and tell a story or converse. I’ve always said that for some guests, the worst thing you can tell them before going on is, “Just be yourself.” My suggestion would be, “Pretend you’re interesting.”
Dave says he hates it when a guest will tell the producer, “Dave can ask me anything.” Dave says that’s death, especially since there is a good chance Dave will have little curiosity about the person. Ellen’s prepared some “new angle” show questions, unlike the more common talk you would expect on a talk show. Ellen wants to ask questions such as, “When did you last eat a pear?” Dave says he ate one about two weeks ago. Ellen likes pears but hasn’t had one in a while. Why? Good question. She doesn’t know why. Dave and Ellen talk about pears for a while and Ellen points out that indeed, pear-talk can fill up time on a talk show. I’m like Ellen. I like pears, but haven’t had one in a while. I like them when they are soft, maybe a day or two before they go bad.
Ellen Degeneres – her 5th season kicks off September 4th from New York. I always like her appearances on the program. I like how she’ll slip in a funny without banging on a tambourine or blowing horns. She’ll sneak it by you if you’re not listening.
ACT 4
And speaking of “The Bourne Ultimatum,” it’s time for another exciting installment of ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S MOVIE REVIEW. Tonight the 16th President reviews “The Bourne Ultimatum.” Abraham Lincoln: “In my time, the closest thing we had to motion pictures were the bizarre hallucinations we’d experience due to cholera. Luckily, we now have the Matt Damon thriller ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ to keep this ol’ rail-splitter on the edge of his seat. The action sequences score a 10 on the ‘Wow Meter’ and sexy Julia Stiles once again swelled the chorus of my Union, making me want to touch the better angels inside my pants. Overall, I give it 4 stovepipe hats.
This is Honest Abe signing off, and remember, the balcony is closed.”
ACT 5
Umm, something. I forgot.
ACT 6 JEFF GARLIN: from HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and he’s the director, writer, and star of the new film, I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With. It opens in New York City on September 5th.
Jeff is a dad of two sons, 11 and 7. His 11-year-old went to sleep away camp this summer and every letter home includes, “Sent more water balloons.” Sounds like my letters in college.
His 7-year-old son has at times, not too often, but sometimes, only sometimes, he’ll pee in the bed. Dave says announcing this on TV should help. Jeff asks him why he doesn’t get up out of bed to go to the bathroom. His son says it’s because he’s dreaming. Dreaming of what? He says, “Last night I was boxing with cats.” Dad says “Can’t you go to the bathroom in between rounds?”
He likes to watch sports on TV with his kids, too. No harm in that, right? Except some of the commercials are hard to explain. They’ll be watching a ballgame and the Viva Viagra commercial comes on. Hopefully they won’t ask questions.
This very thing happened to me the other day. I’m watching a Yankee game and in between innings a Cialis commercial comes on. My 11-year-old Dominique asks, “Daddy, do you have E.D.?” I really really hope she didn’t know what she was asking. And for once I didn’t respond with the usual, “Go ask your mother.” I told her “No.”
Most of us know Jeff from his work on Curb Your Enthusiasm. He says it’s the most ill-prepared show on TV. Nothing is rehearsed. He will be on the set and shown a paragraph of what is to take place in the upcoming scene. A saying I often use is: “If it’s not rehearsed, expect the worst.” This doesn’t hold true with Curb Your Enthusiasm. Not rehearsing works real well on Curb. It’s one of my favorites. Curb Your Enthusiasm makes HBO worthwhile. That, and those Thursday night 11:00 PM shows.
I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With – opens in New York City September 5th.
ACT 7 AGAINST ME! From their new album/cd, “New Wave,” Against Me! performed “Stop.”
And that was ours how for Wednesday August 29, 2007.
In case you’re wondering:
Let me be clear; I am still not gay. I never have been gay.
Dang it! I forgot to mention this yesterday. What impressed me most about Little League hero Dalton Carriker was how he addressed Dave as “Sir.” Lots of “Yes, sir” and “No, sir.” I’m going to work on my girls to do that. It may not impress many, but it’ll impress the right people.
Hey, looking to make a hit on YouTube? Take Miss South Carolina’s answer from the Miss Teen USA Pageant and put to rap. And don’t forget to thank me.
I gave blood this weekend. It reminded me of the days in college when I lived off-campus. I’d give blood just for the snacks.
Senator Larry Craig arrested for lewd behavior in a Minnesota airport. And what state does Senator Craig come from? IdaHO. Ida-HO. Coincidence?
Hey, kids, wanna hear first hand why so many hated Howard Cosell? Watch ESPN’s “The Bronx is Burning” and listen to how he butts in on big calls during the Yankee playoff games. Game winning home run? Just as the ball is about to clear the fence, Cosell shouts over the play announcer to bellow such things as “It’s gone! It’s gone!” and then takes over the microphone. It happened on every big play. He knew what would be replayed during the news and years down the road and he wanted his voice heard on the tape. It was totally unprofessional and egotistical, but it’s the way Howard worked.
My favorite Howard Cosell quote was during a Monday Night Football game, commenting on a play made by a guy on defense: “He showed great anticipation in advance.”
But I didn’t hate Howard. He gave me too much entertainment as I watched others spew their hatred towards him.
I don’t read the New York Times enough, and when I do I always find something where I’ll say, “Wow, I didn’t know that!” I usually leaf through it when I’m desperate to find something for the LATE SHOW script cover. Today I didn’t find anything for the script cover but I found an interesting book review. The book is by Diana West and it’s entitled “The Death of the Grown-Up: How America’s Arrested Development is Bringing Down Western Civilization.” It has to do with the narcissistic baby boomers who do not realize their responsibility of teaching right from wrong. That’s something I can really get in to. I find my generation so darn hypocritical and . . . . and . . . self-important. We had our turn at being kids. It’s their turn, now. It’s our turn to be adults. I’m sure people my parents’ age did a lot of kid stuff, but they didn’t do it out in the open for us kids to see. The review of the book isn’t so great, critiquing it is based more on emotion than fact and the conclusions to be overly simplistic. But that’s to be expected of a book written by a baby boomer.
Heckuva job, Brownie.
*And now, even more useless information from “The Ultimate Book of Useless Information” by Neil Botham & The Useless Information Society.
- the average iceberg weighs twenty million tons
- a four-year-old child asks an average of 437 questions a day
- In a lifetime, the average person spends eighteen months on the telephone
- The International Skating Union recognizes forty-eight different types of figure-eights.
- in 1956, the Physical Culture and Sports Commission of communist China recognized the sport of hand grenade throwing
And so ends another issue of the Wahoo Gazette, the world’s longest continuous-running blog on the internet . . . . oops, no it isn’t.
CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
He doesn’t read the Wahoo as much as he should, it’s Johnny Bobby Bee.
This concludes another installment of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
ACT 1 • Show Open • Dave's Monologue Watch now • Michael Vick's Apology • Alan Dances Like Ellen • Osama's CBS Sitcom • A Message From Larry Craig
ACT 2 • Top Ten Signs Your Neighbor Is Hiding Osama bin Laden Read now
