I I had some disturbing news about our announcer Alan calter really I'm
told that he wasn't here for the opening of the show really yeah did you know that no I
didn't know is Andrew Alan you weren't here for the opening of the show I was upstairs
doesn't seem too worried about it does it who gave who told the people who are going to be on I uh
well nobody oh really yeah we just oh that's right no there was why the music sounded so good at all
I want to talk to you upstairs later too Alan
now these are actual letters now from actual uh viewers here we go dear Dave uh how would
New York City be different if you were mayor Chris Gore Eastern Connecticut uh Chris Gore
what a coincidence that is yeah uh I want to tell you something this Mayor Bloomberg
I mean nobody really knows what he looks like and nobody's ever really seen him but
he's he's a tough he's a tough guy and I'll tell you what you know what they're really
cracking down on parking is that right oh my God I mean it's just crazy if you make the
mistake of parking illegally forget about it I was I was coming to work today and take a look
at what happened when I was coming to work today is it a is it a thing yeah there we go
is this your car by the hydrant yeah all right you're coming with us
no
shows over
that's exactly the way it was
you got here where are they there they are right there
letter number two Dear Dave what is the best thing about living at this moment in history
Monica kerneca Chicago Illinois well Monica there are an awful lot of good things uh but but I know
what you mean times are very complicated in fact we have a new feature tonight starring
our own stagehands Pat farmer and Kenny Sheehan and they're going to help us now
explore some of the big issues it's a segment we call Pat and Kenny debate the issues boys
thank you
I think violent crime is bad foreign that's what I was going to say you asked
thank you Kenny I think I think we all learned a lot there uh letter number three Dear Dave would
you ever consider appearing on the new a pyramid show with Donnie Osmond Melissa Melissa Stiltner
Missoula Montana the great state of Montana uh you know years ago I was actually a contestant
on The Pyramid I would I would come in and I'd be a contestant on The you know with the
folks and I'd be so hungover because because I would fly in all night and I'd get really really
drunk and then and then I go to the hotel and I continued drinking all night and then they shoot
the damn show at like seven in the morning and then they shoot like five of them so just just
as they were finishing up for the day I was finally coming out of my alcoholic stupid
and and I always cost the the you know the dentist from Bayonne I always cost him the big money we
never won big money because I was just just blurred you know um what the hell was the uh
would you consider going on oh no I love game shows I love game shows especially that that
Hollywood Squares they're always doing something interesting have you seen it theme shows on the
Hollywood Squares take a look from the celebrity capital of the world it's evil dictator week on
the Hollywood Squares with Muammar Gaddafi the Del Castro Manuel Noriega Kim Jong-il yes sir Arafat
Augusto Pinochet Slobodan milosevic IDI Ami and Joan Rivers and here's your host Tom Bergeron wow
Dear Dave have you ever accidentally walked out of a store carrying six thousand dollars
worth of merchandise now this I think that this is that the Winona Ryder thing
and it's it's a very strange weird story and but you know what our you know our building
engineer George Clark of course it turns out George Clark was actually in the same
store when she was shoplifting Winona Ryder in the Saks Fifth Avenue what an unbelievable
coincidence is that right George you were in the same store yes it is watch oh okay laughs
excuse me officer I think Winona Ryder shoplifter
nice job thank you very much
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