oh momentarily hypnotized by the rhythmic clapping here we go
letter letter number one or our friends for our friends south of the border numero uno
numero uno here we go uh dear dave do you have any secret gadgets in that desk of yours
kent rice lethbridge alberta oh canadian
and kent wants to know you know there are no prizes for nationality knock it off
by the way that's in the bible what's that no prizes for nationality
that's in the old testament they're all tested deuteronomy
exactly it's spelled out right there no prizes for nationality that's good tonight we're all equal
dear dave do you have any secret gadgets in that desk of yours kent rice uh he's talking
about the desk right here and oh my god hi ho cowboy you bet your sweet ass we do here
take a look at this i don't think we've ever demonstrated this before but you see
this microphone right here it's an old 77dx watch this just pull that baby back and here we go yeah
man
i'm going to tell you something ladies and gentlemen that that is ginger ale
with alka-seltzer oh dave seems to be a phone call oh yeah phone call let me see what this is
excuse me just a second hello late show dave letterman speaking
hi david it's mom oh ladies and gentlemen it's my mother
hi mom how you doing i'm fine where are you calling from mom calling from home uh indiana
how are things in indiana indiana is good how's that weather well it's been raining all day yeah
we had a little rain here as well what what can i do for you mom well sunday's your birthday that's
right calling to wish you a happy birthday well that's very sweet of you thank you very much uh i
sent your gift okay i'll look for it i'll look for it it's a 15 year certificate to the gap all great
like yourself all right thank you mom uh all right i will mom take care bye david bye-bye sounds like
yeah huh what you were saying it's not like mom's calling from a car phone driving through plutonium
all right letter number two or for our friends south of the border numero dos numero dos
ah dear dave just wondering what does paul whisper into that microphone that he has by
his keyboard your friend al malars pine beach new jersey good question now let's see and paul
i've seen that i have no idea but he's doing it right now let's listen in as paul whispers into
that microphone okay so they see you want to like one double paul burger and a vanilla shaper shake
is that right yeah can i get a slight order of canadian bacon no problem thanks for coming
here dave number three letter number three numero numero what is it what is it huh trace
chris grace okay boy what a nasty attitude you people ask you know remember remember
there are no prizes for nationality so now knock it off with that trace phrase trace
uh dear dave why don't you and paul have your own saturday morning cartoon
a true fan travis callahan truckee california oh you know paul and i
don't kid yourself we've been offered all kind of stuff haven't we oh yeah but the truth of it
is we're very happy right here doing our little nickel and dime dog and pony show
every night and we got our hands full here but interestingly enough you should mention this our
one of our stage hands of managers biff henderson worry biff is right over there
this is uh biff is working on is it an animated series is that what it is biff uh well dave yes
uh i've created a brand new cartoon i'm hoping i can sell to comedy central oh yeah yeah i i i
think it would really be a huge hit well biff what what is the name of the show north park
north park take a look will you have some all right take a look bill henderson's north park
my name is benny i live in north park screw you benny kiss my ass crap bastard
oh my god they killed benny
now this is fine but it's not all about the original yeah yeah what do you know old man
who wants a t-shirt
okay letter number four numero cuatro numero quatro is that right thank you c oh c
buenos diaz buenos dias buenos dias amigo
uh dear dave will you be doing the show from the space shuttle anytime soon ted henry denton texas
oh boy that's rich ted but you know uh because everybody around here has gone absolutely space
crazy here's what we decided to do we decided to put a united states astronaut on the roof
of the ed sullivan theater building ladies and gentlemen the second man on
we'll be right back with tonight's top 10 list and billy crystal