uh we're gonna we're gonna start a rumor and spread it around the country we've done this
a few times in the last couple of years and it's always a lot of fun that's how we met
our friend arnie barnes out there in omaha is that how that whole nutty arnie box yeah
we get we get a rumor and then we find a way we can find a conduit to the vast north american
populace anybody have a rumor that we can kick this off with here tonight anybody uh
anybody on our staff yes how hal gertner our director ladies and gentlemen yes how
do you have a rumor for us uh thank you gurney right dave you ever wonder how dick clark does
so much stuff on tv all one time that's true i have wondered i mean he must have
like eight shows on television at once you know there are actually three clocks
three dick clarks we have a set of twin brothers and the third one's a surgically altered monkey
twin brothers and a surgically altered monkey now now how what does the monkey do
i think he hosts her nose pyramid okay well
that's a good a good rumor hal where did you hear that here in the building
okay so that's rumor number one there are actually three
dick clarks anybody else have a rumor they could share with us yeah i i
heard about that's robert morton concerned tv professional yes sir robert what is your rumor
i heard you know how they closed off the torch on the statue of liberty a long time ago a couple of
years ago it was crumbling or something yeah well i heard this rumor that the uh last year
when they were restoring the statue they found a room up there and there were actually people
living in it no kidding no kidding and you know who those people were the bee gees the bee gees
australian super group the bee gees the brothers the brothers okay that's a good one uh morty so
that's rumor number two the bgs were living in the torch of the statue of liberty hey
dave yes anybody else oh jeff henderson kids our stage manager yes beth what can we do
you know all those people that were on that old tv show leaving the beaver oh yeah yeah eddie haskell
beaver and wally yeah right i heard they're all on some new show now on on the disney channel
i i think they are biff i think there's a regular
show they have it the still the beaver on the disney channel oh oh
i'd like to i'd like to get one last rumor in here before we try and spread one of these anybody else
anybody backstage have a rumor hey yeah jimmy okay jimmy fitzgerald where do we get a camera back
there jimmy okay dave all right uh where is he oh hi jimmy what what uh what is the rumor you heard
jimmy remember those people whose pictures you see already in the picture frames in the stores
oh yeah if you if you go into a like a stationery store or a art supplies place or a framing place
they'll have pictures of people in frames already yeah what about them they all live in one place
a big free love ranch out west run by chuck connors so
they all live on a on a big free love ranch run by chuck connors exactly okay
okay well we've got our three
uh we have our three let's uh let's vote on him now by your applause ladies and
gentlemen would you prefer us to spread rumor number one the one about the three dick clarks
uh rumor number two the bee gees were living in the statue of liberty
or number three chuck connor is operating a free love rant
okay so i guess it was uh by popular vote number two but you know i like number three better so
i'm gonna spread number three so now uh a good way to spread this we're gonna go down to hurley's
it's the bar right on the corner here of 49th and sixth avenue in the middle of manhattan how
let's take a look at the camera there go oh nice evening it is like spring here already
and uh there are some folks hi how are you nice to see you what's your name danielle oh danielle
uh what do you do for a living i go to school what is that little heart-shaped pin worth there
not much okay well thank you for being honest thank you all right nice to see you all right
we're going into hurley's now hal just keep moving along hi man looking for a ride home
how do you do i i think we're trapped okay now we're going into hurley's hi how are you nice
to see you breakfast irish coffee how's the how's the crowd today oh terrific we're waiting for you
uh-huh are you a lemonade are you affiliated with the restaurant oh no sir i'm just a boss boy here
okay this is the david letterman enterprise here okay great thank you very much
look at these people here busy executives
i don't know what this guy does but i have a feeling he'd rather be on soap operas
i think i'm on television what is your name sir my name is uh robert hall
yeah pretty funny have another beer robert
okay uh the place is loaded with nbc executives who have knocked off work today about four o'clock
still in the festive presidential day holiday spirit hi ladies nice to see you what is your name
hello ma'am huh roslyn nice to see you roslyn where do you live how you doing fine
but but alcohol doesn't affect your hearing okay let's uh let's go right let's push on up
there to the bar and see if our friend john the bartender is working tonight
and as luck would have oh there he is john excuse me sir could you take off your hat please
i i forgot my hat no no the other guy it's bedlam it's anarchy thank you very much
uh john how are you fine thanks uh listen we uh do you do you ever
pass along any rumors to the customers there in hurley's sometimes what would you like well we
we uh we have one we'd like for you to spread for us it's uh you know chuck connors who was one time
the star of the rifleman right right well you know if you buy a new wallet or a picture frame
or something it'll have pictures of people already in it yeah well it turns out all of these people
in those photographs live on a ranch somewhere out west and it's kind of a free love deal oh my god
he's stunned by the revelation
and that ranch john is run by chuck connors oh we'll have to get that rumor going all right
thank you very much john keep up the good work
well uh let's see we got a great show david steinberg is here tonight and
also an 80 year old dancer named barbara mosley and an author it's a full show so come on back
running one of these free romance ranches out in california the guy you spoke to the dodgers
oh that's true the rifleman the rifleman do you believe that thank you very much john good work
keep up the good work what is that a giant hunk of cheese down there john nice piece of cheese
what kind of cheese swiss cheese wow how long have you had that there oh since about a half hour ago
uh and will you go through the entire loaf tonight well we hope to would you like some no i'm just
thinking to make a nice bicycle seat if you have any left over oh that'd be a good idea all right
you