Re: I was a guest on Letterman in June 1995. Looking for a copy of the show.

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On Apr 8, 7:43 pm, meco1999 <meco1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was a guest on the Late Show on 6/15/95 (I was the National Spelling
> Bee winner a couple of weeks earlier and had been invited to come out
> on stage at various times during the show to spell some words).
>
> Here's some info about the episode from TV.com:
>
> Season 2, Episode 179 – Aired: 6/15/1995
> Show # 0398
> Dave arrives at the theater in a police car; throughout the night,
> spelling bee winner Justin Carroll comes out to spell various ten-cent
> words; Dave chats with Robert Horry of the NBA Champion Houston
> Rockets.
>
> Bill Cosby was also a guest that night.
>
> Here is about 6 minutes of the episode on Youtube, with me spelling a
> few words (ignore the awful bowl cut, I was 14 and awkward!):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Uixj3bYAM
>
> Unfortunately, the person who posted this on Youtube doesn't have the
> rest of the episode (I asked him).
>
> I only have about 20 minutes of the show on tape, unfortunately, so I
> don't have the rest of the show where I came out on stage and spelled
> some more words. None of my family members have a copy either. I
> appeared on stage at different times during the whole show. I would
> LOVE to have a full copy of that show to show my kids someday. Does
> anybody have a copy of this show? Any format would be fine: tape, DVD,
> or any other format.
>
> I emailed the Late Show about it at cbsmail...@aol.com, but I just
> received a form letter response that they can't provide me with a copy
> and I should post my request on alt.fan.letterman.
>
> Just being able to watch the whole episode would be wonderful.
>
> Dave was really nice, and I met Bill Cosby during one of the
> commercial breaks. Cosby gave me some pens he had taken with him to
> the show. Dave sent me an autographed picture in the mail a couple of
> weeks later. After the show, a couple of members of the audience
> actually came up to me and asked ME for my autograph :).
>
> Does anyone here have a copy of this show, or can you lead me in the
> right direction where I might obtain a copy? I would be extremely
> grateful.
>
> You can email me at justin.carr...@comcast.net if you'd like.
>
> Looks like you were not Justin Time haa ha.. Seriously - UI have a lot more
" stuff " than most folks would evahhhhh have . .from some episode
1000
years ago. I think You should celebrate ! I hope you havent used
those ...
***** PENS ***** aFTER ALL ..Cosby's DNA was there.
One more thing .... Some members of the audience AKSED YOU
for your autograph ? Hey Bud ,...Dont you think you
have way over the TIME that we all get 15 MINUTES OF
FAME.
AS for anyone having a tape of that show ????? say
what ...Needle
meet haystak. SAy can I have your autograph and one of those
Cosby
Pens. .