i mentioned earlier that here in new york city the weather has been kind of strange although we're
we're well into spring we're it is spring isn't it like yeah march 23rd i guess with spring
and uh we thought we'd visit with some new yorkers on the streets of manhattan tonight and
give you folks across the country a feel for what springtime is like here in the city how can we
take a look at the camera downstairs this is on sixth avenue there's radio city just next door to
us we're looking north towards central park and as you can see it's light and spring light as far as
spring like as far as the sun goes in the sky but it's drizzling and sort of uh chilly there's a bus
people going home from work but it's it's much lighter than you would expect for this kind of
weather people can actually hear me can't they and eric is our cameraman eric can you hear me
okay eric can you either that or he's being mugged all right eric go over to this gentleman
here in the trench coat in the half this man right there excuse me sir sir pardon me can you hear me
how do you do
what what is your name sir dwayne rice wayne where are you from brooklyn what do you do for
a living security in security yes are you on your way home from work yes i am are you enjoying the
spring weather here in new york wait if this is spring what are you gonna do tonight dwayne go
home and look at some tv what will you be watching tonight what's on your wednesday schedule dynasty
and then uh like after the late news what would we be watching then dwayne my home box did you
doing the what home box was it dwayne or dwight i'm sorry duane duane nice meeting you have a
pleasant evening thanks for stopping by thank you okay take care this is dwayne all right gentlemen
nice to see you how do you do and uh well let me talk to the car looks like me let me talk to
this woman back there the one on the uh no in the in the rain bonnet right behind the woman waving
come here man
can you lady can i see some identification please
did you steal that rain bonnet lady
what what is your name ma'am hello all right this is dave letterman what is your name man
melba uh where are you from melba can you hear me melba oklahoma he's from oklahoma are you
are you visiting new york no no you're here it's a very strange ventriloquist act going on down
all right melba thank you very much have a nice day in oklahoma nice meeting you
oh my goodness you stunned beyond belief isn't she let me uh let's see who else we have out there
that guy right there get this man right there in the hat can we hey you hey buddy hey
somebody stole my briefcase
okay he's going how can we get the guy in the umbrella how do you do man nice to see you
there's nothing more to be seen here ma'am go back to your home this guy right there can we get the
gentleman in the leather jacket i guess we can't turn around the other way and uh okay let's see
we're looking for this guy on this right there excuse me excuse me sir hi what do you want to
know how are you what is your name sir excuse me sir what is your name i can't hear it they can't
hear us you can't hear you can't hear david the speaker is gone so we we have someone a
helpful citizen on the street interpreting for us where are you from i'm from uh marin county
in california marin county in california what are you doing here he can't hear me at all like that
so i might i might as well go home and let the guy on the street do the show what should we do
the guy the guy on the street is doing an interview with their whole they even have
things to hold up down there no point for me to be here did you see this thing we got one of these
sweet charities after that uh i tell you what can we see if i'm getting the sound
back or is it just going okay it's those damn libyans they've been tampering with our sound
i will we'll do a commercial and we'll try and get the sound back we're not done here don't
worry we'll be right back now i understand we have the audio working downstairs let's
go back down and we'll finish this up for you and i forget the gentleman's name is he still
there the guy we were speaking with earlier from marin county where where is he now yeah that's him
is he gone he's gone okay well how about this man excuse me sir can you hear me
the man that looks like dartanian there no no we don't what
where is that oh how do you do what what is your name sir my name's craig hicks craig nice to have
you here you know craig what we wanted to do it's greg i'm sorry greg that's all right david
don't don't push your luck oh okay um where we we would like are you visiting new york city yes for
one day only well this is your lucky day because we're going to buy you a new suit of clothing are
you are you near band uh is it greg or craig it's craig greg thanks david okay are you near bancroft
i don't know am i turn to your left and see if there's a store there named vancouver oh yeah it's
right here brother oh my gosh has no idea he's four feet from an eight foot sign he has no idea
all right i'll go on in the store there we'll buy a complete set of clothing oh okay go on in
do you have some time for this oh yes i do i'm in a c-suite charity tonight though so i don't know
okay go on in there uh and uh there's a should be a gentleman in there is there anybody in the store
is there a guy named herman there herman are you around herman this is craig or greg from pleasure
california we want to buy him a suit maybe a pair of slacks and a sport jacket i'd like a suit
uh apparently we're having audio difficulties again because
all right i'll tell you what we have our wardrobe supervisor eric anthony
come on in eric let's pick this man out of suit or something for springtime and uh
we got a guy down here from northern california instead of a sport coat and
a pair of slacks he wants a suit what could you suggest for him and herman to pick out
tonight he's from california california northern california marine county let's make it light
well he's working he's wearing he's wearing a sweatshirt and a uh and a tie it's a start yeah
california i'd say how about a nice light blue suit my blue suit herman do you have
one of those for us summer light blue light blue light light blue light blue blue yeah
i tell you what herman go out and pick out a light blue suit okay and uh and and a tie
what kind of tie eric i'd say a bright type what kind of shirt let's say a madras shirt yeah not
a dull tie like he's wearing no straight ties no strike ties the guy's dressed like a target
or a mattress shirt okay i'll tell you what you guys started on that uh get the suit get
the tie get the shirt and so forth and we'll check back with you a little bit later okay great okay
this is going nowhere fast okay eric thanks for helping me actually move on here
uh this is hopeless well
it's pretty good not a bad not a bad looking suit it's about a size 60. we'll have to take that in
that was greg hicks from marin county california we're buying him a new suit for springtime and
uh let's we'll be checking back with those folks later regulator guys taking a cab all right we're
down there at the bencroft clothing store and that gentleman is greg hicks he's picking out a new
suit that's herman the proprietor they're looking at uh shirts looks like a good fit on that suit
and uh hi david hi how you doing good what kind of material is that greg this is um no the suit
oh i don't know but you know what i just noticed it was marked down
it's a hot pricing david oh but how'd you get on a plane and go back to california uh all right
well go ahead and finish up the wardrobe there and we'd like to see in it at the end of the show if
you have time okay greg that's great okay thanks again gee i hope the wine isn't chilled improperly
i'll let you know okay thanks greg hotel accommodations for most guests of late night
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okay
this is uh greg hicks good stand up stand up and show the folks what you got turn around there
put on throw in the head see the hat yeah all right know i've always wanted to do this
what do you do for a living greg back there in marine corps i'm a uh human resources manager in
san francisco for a large insurance company and uh so you could probably an extra suit would come in
handy wouldn't it it's perfect actually we're now they're going to do all the alterations for you
all free and what was the total on this because we're going to take care of it for you are you
it was 307 43. 307 but some of this is marked down wasn't it yeah this was mark the suit itself was
marked down well thanks for playing along i hope you enjoyed this one one more thing i've always
wanted you've been a painter all night what is it i've always wanted to do this on national tv
oh wait a minute how how hold it get ready in the control room okay tonight tonight tonight
uh very nice greg have a good trip back to san francisco
let me uh
okay but we have some grapes here for you greg
let me explain something lincoln burnham the gentleman from new hampshire who was
going to be with us tonight i'm awfully sorry we ran out of time
but but since he doesn't use clocks he doesn't know it but he'll be back as soon as possible
tomorrow night jonathan winners judy mowet and viewer mail have a nice night thanks again folks