i don't know can you believe that no my lunch was my idea was my idea
it was hilarious well my next guest he's been in broadcasting for over 50 years yeah i'm looking
forward to this oh it's great the great and wonderful dave letterman let's have him out
thank you very much thank you hi hi kids thank you very much thank you very much for having me on the
show again that one that was funny what was it a light lunch yeah great to have yeah i heard that
backstage that was great how's everybody thank you very much oh how was your holiday by the way oh i
spent the the memorial day weekend in las vegas with my brother my nephew that's great yeah oh i
have a photo oh this is fun here's the group okay there there you are that's michelle andrew uh i
really forgot my brother's name and cheryl cheryl cheryl yeah yeah we all are how long were you in
las vegas two days did you win did you gamble do you gamble i gambled i played crafts and i uh did
you see a show and i saw two shows katy perry and donnie osmond danny oscar yeah he and marie are
no longer married right they're brother and sister oh oh yeah but utah what oh no you can't no uh how
about you what'd you do uh memorial day weekend we celebrate those who have paid the ultimate price
for defending our great country so i always like to observe that uh i was in in indiana
for the indianapolis 500 which i always enjoy uh visiting and uh mary uh was there with me so we
had a very so in indiana yeah that's right yeah indianapolis 500 yeah we were there as part of a
group uh anything interesting happened nothing but interesting things happened uh we the you know the
part of the uh the loveliness of the festivities of the indianapolis 500 is singing of the song
back home again in indiana and a year ago at a restaurant we met the gentleman who sings back
home again in indiana neil cornelius jim cornelius john cornelius jim cornelison jim cornelison yes
that's what you said a very nice man and uh we wanted him to sing in the restaurant where
we met him and then i i got uh scared because i didn't know if we could do that mary thought it
would be a great idea but i was too scared so for a year now this is awkward to sing it's not like
we have yeah yeah but i was frightened uh and and i've been haunted by this for a year so this year
uh back at the same restaurant jim and his uh friends are at the same restaurant and he comes
over to visit and to say hello and he in fact offered to sing a little something for us and he's
a professionally uh trained opera singer he sings the national anthem for the chicago blackhawks
nhl team and we we were thrilled and got to know the guy he i think we have a i brought a clip
yeah this is uh jim singing you'll see a little bit of him singing back home again in indiana at
the indianapolis motor speedway uh 300 000 people at this event here take a look at this in indiana
and it seems that i can see see that's what it so that's what he does
and uh we had originally hoped that he could sing this at the restaurant what was the name of the
restaurant tinker street tinker street tinker tinker street and the food was very tasty by the
way so anyway he comes over and we're all chatting and he said well and we're talking about singing
in front of 300 000 people and it was it was interesting and his professional experience and
he finally says well you know i can sing something for you now so kind of recreating exactly what had
happened a year ago and so he did and uh we have another piece of tape fantastic yeah here he is
so that was the highlight of my holiday that's pretty good it's nice yeah yeah you
know what i learned what back home again in indiana traditionally sung by gym neighbors
neighbors jim neighbors wasn't even from indiana no it was gomer yeah yeah and then they had con
yeah but people fell in love with jim neighbors and uh and then he uh he's not doing it anymore
why is that dave well he's dead well that's now why is that laughable because she
set you up for saying that oh okay um yeah they tried it a couple of times after he passed away
so and then they had an acapella group from indiana university it's either shaken not
stirred or cold not hot or what was it called a straight no straight no chaser
yeah yeah yeah and then jim came in and people came oh my god people love this guy yeah and uh
and it's a big deal 300 000 people and then the uh air force thunderbirds flew over and spread out
into a blooming flower and it was so raucous oh i saw a photo of you looking excited yeah it was it
was crazy fun yeah loud and in that photo you're wearing a seersucker jacket where did you see
this photo online somewhere really yeah hmm cut to a clip clip cut to a photo photo well listen
thank you very much i always enjoy being on your show thank you mary thanks sir both of you
good night is that gym guy from indiana no no oh no wait a minute no he's from washington
but he went to school in indiana yeah sorry you see we should have pointed that out yeah
maybe we can add a little chiron jim not from indiana but not dead not dead no