I'm very excited and maybe you can tell because tonight we're trying something
brand new tonight we're going to be playing a game that I think is going to sweep this
country and believe me this country needs sweeping a little something huh a little
something called stop calling me Chief that's what we're going to play today
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all right turn on the external camera ladies and gentlemen here we go it's time to play please stop
calling me Chief we're going into the Joe G peats uh re-owned and operated by Joe G how do you hat
oh man Alive's like being on the Titanic ain't it how do you do sir ah pretty good any do you mind
uh a minute to play a game not at all all right this man's going to play go ahead put up the clock
here we go one minute what's your name Chief uh Glenn Glenn where are you from Chief I'm from
Vancouver Chief let me ask you a question what are you eating there what do you got on your
plate Chief I got a mighty fine salad here Chief how often do you get to New York City
uh once or twice I've been here and is this uh your wife your girlfriend your dad who is that
Chief oh this is my lovely sister oh how do you do what's what is her name Sandra Sandra
nice to see you do me a favor Chief say hello to sander for me all right hey Sandra how you
doing all right Chief what do you do for all right knock it off Chief what do you do for
living back there in Vancouver I'm a spiritual consultant oh and what does that mean and by the
way you've come to the right place Chief because I can't speak for the rest of the
staff but I want to tell you something Chief I need spiritual help Chief can you help me
out I can help you out bring Bring It On the chief chief can you put me in touch with the
spiritual Chief I can I can bring hey what's with that anyway all right hello [Applause]
that's how we play
all right ladies and gentlemen tonight we're going to play something we haven't
done this in a couple of weeks it's uh Paul's favorite song it's a little
something we call stop calling me Chief here we go
[Music] right we're going into the pizza place that's in New York City right there Broadway
go on in there to the Joe G Pizza we'll be playing stop calling me Chief how about this
gentleman right here how do you do sir hi how you doing my name is Dave Letterman I'm doing a
television show right around the corner oh yeah your Paul Shaffer sidekick aren't you exactly
they're paying them off now the pedestrians have writers that's a good sign
and I would like to know sir if you would like to play a little game with us tonight do you mind
no I'll play okay put up the 45 second clock oh boy all right put up the one minute clock
Paul was I here for rehearsal I believe that okay all right sir here we go where are you from Chief
I'm from Canton Illinois oh that's a nice part of the world isn't it yeah great near Peoria yeah
Chief let me ask you a question is that is that corn country strictly speaking uh you ought to
know Dave yeah I'm from Indiana well you're corn cobs too thank you Chief now let me ask you about
that suit that looks like a pretty expensive garment how much you pay for that suit Chief
uh how about 130 130 and did the tie come with it Chief is it like a combo deal I know I got that
in Camp Chief are you vacationing are you in town on business what's going on with you my daughter's
graduating this week oh congratulations graduating from where NYU well that certainly makes you a
lucky man doesn't it Chief yes that's the kind of thing that makes you feel like a million
bucks don't it Chief yeah especially I want to tell you something Chief just between me and you
you look like a million bucks Chief you know what I'm saying thank you yeah how long are you gonna
be in town uh until Friday what do you say we get together later for cocktails a chief well yeah how
about pina coladas oh okay did you bring any of the family with you Chief uh my son lives here in
town so is my daughter well there you go you're all set aren't you Chief all right good for you
we don't have very much so I appreciate it it's too bad nice try enjoy the weekend thank
you very much sir thank you Dave good luck to you okay once again no winner for stop calling
me Chief we're going to do something and we've done this eight times it never works and and I
that's a nice thing about having your own show the uh the humiliation never stops because
we have this thing where we it's but please stop calling me Chief that's one of my favorite yes
Paul's favorite thing I'm so tired of explaining it and and for a while people say well we don't
think Dave we think the reason you're not explaining it so then now my tendency is
to over explain it all right so now today we hear that the reason it doesn't work
is well I'm talking too much talking too much that's that's what I heard just before we went
on there well you know the reason it's not funny is because you you're talking too much
that's fine all right so now I got these things to work with I I have to over explain it but I
can't really talk too much you see what I'm saying we go next door we find somebody and
I ask them if they'll play please stop calling me Chief and then for like a minute I do nothing
but call them Chief you see what I'm saying and then all they have to do is Dave please
stop calling me Chief they're the big winner you understand what I'm saying well it's never
worked so tonight we're changing it to please stop calling me Debbie stop calling me damn it
okay okay now keep in mind the problem has been identified by the staff the problem is I talked
to the contestant too much before the contest all right and they become mesmerized you know
what I think huh you should start calling them Debbie right away okay contest is on
as soon as you see them as soon as you spot okay all right all right okay let's do it
turn on the camera find a person and we'll play immediately as soon as you see the person start
the camera this guy right here I don't care no on the right on the right on the right okay put
up the clock hi Debbie I'm Dave Letterman how are you hi can you hear me Debbie Debbie Debbie
Debbie can you hear me it's Dave I do a show next door how long you in town Debbie
Debbie let me ask you a question Debbie where are you staying oh hey look Debbie your cappuccino
just arrived don't talk too much time huh we're talking too much that's before the club Debbie
are you in the Powerball competition no where are you from where are you from Debbie from Houston oh
what a great town Houston is what do you do for a living Debbie uh sell generators for GE good
for you sir are you a married man Debbie do you have a family I have four children what are your
kids names Debbie Laura uh Eileen hi girls how are you do we have any Debbie juniors tell me how long
will you be in town stand up Debbie let me take a look at your legs let's see what's going on there
you're a good looking guy Debbie and thanks for playing please stop calling me Debbie [Music]
yeah I'm just I'm just exhausted I am just gonna go for this after night after night yes [Music]