uh anyway uh let's answer our viewer mail it comes in every week we answer it these
are actual letters and here we go dear dave letter number one begins you know
when people say what will they think of next or that's what they say well who are they anyway
sincerely denise baca from tucson arizona uh of course denise by they people are referring to
television's beloved van patten family here they are it's dick nels vince pat timothy and jimmy
they're pretty much regarded as trendsetters for the country and
that's who they are letter number two begins dear dave i am attorney i am an attorney and i work
at the citicorp center that's right here in new york city from my office on the 48th floor i have
a clear view of the rca building and i wonder if you can get your cameras to zoom in on my office
so that my cousin cindy gus and anthony in wisconsin can see where i work
i can wave to them as well sincerely bill klimashawski jackson heights new york uh that's
interesting let me talk to our director mr hal gertner how um yeah gurney is it is it possible
hal to get a shot of the city corp building on the 48th floor from where we are sure okay bill
clinton zoom in now this would be exciting this is uh actually not that far from where we are
so that's the city court building and um not much was that the 48th floor hal oh 40 i'm
sorry dave that wasn't the 48th block okay all right they'll zoom in let's try it again
just one more oh yeah
this show has won awards
dear dave i am getting this is letter number three i'm getting basic cable illegally
but when the guy comes to fix another tv he takes this wire from the tv which lets me get
cable since he has done this to my tv nbc does not come in except for the sound if i can't
see the picture what's the use of watching the show sincerely michael blake buffalo new york
uh michael it's an interesting letter and we are sincerely sincerely sorry that you can
only pick up the audio portion of our program and we hope that you'll be back as a full-time viewer
one day very soon now thank you so much for writing to us michael
the letter number four begins dear dave buddy how's it hanging
uh your close friend peter mckenzie minneapolis minnesota uh g peter i'm not sure paul how uh
how is it hanging well dave i'm amazed that people are so interested by this first we got the letter
you know asking what is it and how can it be cured well i explain it this is actually a westphalian
ham and i'm curing it over mesquite charcoal now this letter comes in how's it hanging well
it's this is an aluminum alloy gaff attached to some braided steel cable up here so i guess the
next question is why the aluminum alloy why the aluminum alloy just personal preference dave it's
lightweight it's lightweight it doesn't conduct much heat that's you know that's about it so uh
oh i threw out the wrong one
good
it right here i'll night pick it up sure no that's two
this is by the way where we keep all the mail so here it is right
here i've got it right here let's get on with it shall we
go back to where you were and i just put it suddenly the swat team has entered the studio
letter number five begins dear dave in my in the many years i've watched your show my favorite
all-time gag is henry the sad old man whom you fired on numerous occasions if you insist on being
cruel however how about firing him for no reason at all i'm sure the audience would agree with
me here there is nothing more entertaining than watching an old man grovel for his job especially
when he's done nothing wrong sincerely george mcrae oakland california uh ladies and gentlemen
i find this sickening is is there a george mcrae in our studio audience tonight mr mcrae are you
here tonight sir yes mr letterman let me tell you something mr mccray as far as i'm concerned you
are cruel disgusting and shallow and believe me the last thing we want is sadists like you
watching our show but but but mr letterman i waited for the tickets to the show for more than a
year and use my last net means for for my savings to come out here from oakland well i really
don't see that that's my problem pal security yank this demented punk out of here will you
but listen
please i was i was looking forward to seeing leon sings oh please ladies and gentlemen uh tonight
the role of home viewer george mcrae was played by our very own henry henry come on back here
nice to see you
uh nice job henry by the way there's still a couple of cars snowed in down
on the lot so if you can have them shoveled up by the end of the show
i'd really appreciate it okay okay okay take care of that all right
all right that's just a joke that's just a silly little joke he's a very nice man and we have him
on the show from time to time so we can fire him but he's a uh oh this is a very exciting show
johnny cash will be out here in a moment leon spinks is here performance artist pearl burnett
and we're going to take you on a visit to the auto show so please come on back