Tues. 3/11 Big Show Synopsis
Brady
*DESK CHAT HIGHLIGHTS*
"Here's what I don't understand," Dave said. "And let me know if it's
happened by now. We're just 24 hours later. [Governor Spitzer] had the
little dog-and-pony show yesterday, with his wife standing by his side.
How long does that need to last, by the way? I mean, if you were his
wife, wouldn't you be on the first train outta here? <<applause>> Just
adios. Get the kids. Take a hike."
"I mean," Dave continued. "Shouldn't he resign? Don't you think this guy
should just get out of there; get out of Albany?" <<applause>>
Dave: "And they say what he's doing now -- the reason he hasn't resigned
-- is because he's using the power of his office to negotiate his legal
future. Well, I mean, how does that benefit us residents of the Empire
State? You know what I'm saying? I mean, should that really be *his*
decision?"
"Do that on your own time," Dave continued. "Go down to the Mayflower
Hotel and figure that out there."
"I mean, God forbid *I* get caught doing that," Dave contemplated.
"Because you know, it's cuffs and 'alright, get in the car.' There's no
talking about it. But because he's the governor, we're debating it. Has
he stepped down? Let me know the minute he steps down." (Barbara:
"Shecky is watching CNN." Dave laughed at this; wondered how this was
different than any other day.)
"He should have just stepped down," Dave said after promo'ing tonight's
guests. "He should have stepped down yesterday."
Dave went on to say that this is bigger than the prostitution per se.
Dave said he doesn't even have a problem with that. "Yes," he
elaborated. "He's the governor. He shouldn't be having sex with whores.
I think it's in the constitution of the state." But now that he's
lingering in office, Dave doesn't think the taxpayers should be paying
his rent. Dave says the taxpayers shouldn't be footing the governor's
bill while he's up in Albany "bangin' whores." Barbara said the governor
is actually reportedly staying in his New York City apartment -- not the
governor's mansion. "Oh, then I owe the governor an apology," Dave
sarcastically replied. "By all means, governor, take all the time you
need." Plus, what if those snakes over in New Jersey decided to attack?
Not to mention Pennsylvania.
Dave reminded everyone that Governor Spitzer had a reputation as a
no-nonsense, tough-on-crime prosecutor. He ran on the platform that if
you break the law, 'we will kill you.' Well, it turned out he was having
sex with prostitutes. Dave says that's fine, "but get out of the office.
Let the lieutenant governor take over." Dave says if this happened to
him, his ass would be outta there. There wouldn't be any 'taking a few
days to decide.'
After the break, Dave had a printout of a 'New York Times' article. The
headline mentioned that the state is in 'limbo' while Governor Spitzer
contemplates his future. Dave says that's the problem. The state of New
York -- just like every other state -- has problems that need to be
addressed. Meanwhile, the state government is in limbo while Governor
Spitzer spends days 'deciding' his future.
After the break, Dave made a 'pie analogy.' (He said that if he made
pies, and he sold them out of his home, and one day he made a pie that
killed a guy, there would be no 'lingering.' He'd immediately be out of
the pie business.)
This was thoroughly enjoyable, and I thoroughly agree. Given that Eliot
Spitzer prosecuted people for prostitution, I just don't see any way he
can remain in office. If he doesn't resign, I think he should be
impeached. (That seems to be his two choices. Late yesterday, published
reports indicated that he may indeed step down today, Wednesday.)
There was some other stuff as well, including: discussion of the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony; 'Heidi Fleiss: Always a Lady';
and an installment of 'Great Moments in Presidential Speeches.' We also
had a TTL: 'Messages Left on Eliot Spitzer's Answering Machine.'
*MARTHA STEWART*
I'm kind of glad they didn't get to the glittered eggs.
*SNOOP DOGG*
The album is "Ego Trippin'."
*MISCELLANEOUS MEANDERING*
I need to go. I've got a splitting headache. I just hope I'm not coming
down with something. (Seems like everyone I know has been sick. And I've
been around coughing people all week long.)
Have a good Hump Day, people.
Later ...
Brady
Bill Kawalec
"Brady" <water...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> *MARTHA STEWART*
> I'm kind of glad they didn't get to the glittered eggs.
>
Not me. That conversation went nowhere.
>
> Brady
foxysc...@yahoo.com
> "Brady" <watercl...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>
> - Show quoted text -
I loved Martha and Dave's chat - especially regarding cocktails! It
was also one of the funniest top-ten lists in a very long time. An
entertaining show from beginning to end. ( My son David plays that
Snoop Dog song on the way to school in the morning practically every
day.).
Alan Page
Foxy wrote...
> An entertaining show from beginning to end. ( My son David plays that
> Snoop Dog song on the way to school in the morning practically every
> day.).
What's with the double periods?
I think Mr. Cranky Dake is secretly listening to SD on the way to work
in the morning practically every day.
--
Alan
~WWWWW~
What a Wonderful Web We Weave
Pat Fleet
> I loved Martha and Dave's chat - especially regarding cocktails! It
> was also one of the funniest top-ten lists in a very long time. An
> entertaining show from beginning to end.
Agreed. When Dave starts with an emotional rant, you know it's gonna be a
good hour. Very funny stuff.
Sure, after all these years Dave's predictable, but I actually *gasped with
delight* when he echoed Carl's immediate & funny comment from Monday:
"Spitzer? I don't even know her."
Dave's versions:
"Spitzer? I didn't even kiss her."
"Spitzer? Are you kidding? It's my sister."
Bwahahahaha!
Alan Page
"Pat Fleet" wrote...
> Agreed. When Dave starts with an emotional rant, you know it's gonna be a
> good hour. Very funny stuff.
I'm still playing the Dave and hope to see California's Governor in the
clip where he gropes the scantily-clad dancer. Last night's TTL #1 came
close.
dsi...@yahoo.com
> Foxy wrote...
> > An entertaining show from beginning to end. ( My son David plays that
> > Snoop Dog song on the way to school in the morning practically every
> > day.).
>
> What's with the double periods?
>
> I think Mr. Cranky Dake is secretly listening to SD on the way to work
> in the morning practically every day.
And once again, you're wrong.
Currently in the Sikula cassette deck is a recording of a radio show
from 1990 featuring dance bands of the 20s and 30s, that week focusing
on Ray Starita and his Ambassador's Club Orchestra. It doesn't get
much better, though it would be improved with more of Whiteman,
Pollack, and the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks.
--Dake Sikula
Brady
Update: Spitzer resigns, effective Monday ...
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'Deeply sorry,' Spitzer to step down by Monday
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday that he will step
down from the state's top office, saying he cannot allow his "private
failings to disrupt the public's work."
"I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me,"
he said in a brief news conference announcing his intention to resign,
effective Monday. "I will try once again outside of politics to serve
the common good."
He added, "Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in
rising every time we fall."
The announcement came as the New York governor faces allegations -- but
no charges -- that he is tied to an international prostitution ring
ensnared in a federal probe.
<snip>
[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/12/spitzer/index.html]
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foxysc...@yahoo.com
Oh how I envy you...Foxy's Morning Drive: I sit in the passenger seat
of the car as my 16 year old son David drives us to the high school
every morning at 7:15. Every helpful hint I offer during this short
trip is met with scorn: "I KNOW that - I'm a GOOD DRIVER.:" "I
WASN'T GOING TO GO!" "Let GO of the DOORHANDLE, MOM!" The bass is so
cranked up my teeth, lips, and cup of coffee are vibrating. ( This is
how I know I'm an optimist: I attempt to drink my first cup of coffee
every morning during this journey. Whenever I feel it's safe enough
to put the vibrating cup to my vibrating lips, David guns the motor
causing the coffee to spill down the front of me. Do I just give up
and wait to have my coffee when I return home? Absolutely not!) We
listen to Snoop, Slightly Stoopid (I think I spelled that correctly),
Bush, Little Weezy (I think that's what it/he is called), techno
crap, and other "songs" that have more a driving beat than a
melody. Lyrics that are astoundingly blatant glorifications of sex
and drugs and money and, oh God, who knows what else - thank goodness
I don't get half of the slang. When I bring it to David's attention,
"Do you know what they're SINGING about???" he says he doesn't listen
to the words - he likes the "music." Sometimes he announces.."I'm not
going to play this one - youll get upset." Then, as we pull into the
high school parking lot I'm thinking there can't be a more unsafe,
insane place to drive - surrounded by teenagers behind the wheel - 30%
of them probably high already and stupid, 60% of them half asleep and
stupid, and only 10% with any sense, but they got there early. We pull
up to the back of the school, David gets out I run around to the
driver's side and immediately change to all-news radio and get the
hell out of there.
R H Draney
>
>
>After the break, Dave had a printout of a 'New York Times' article. The
>headline mentioned that the state is in 'limbo' while Governor Spitzer
>contemplates his future. Dave says that's the problem. The state of New
>York -- just like every other state -- has problems that need to be
>addressed. Meanwhile, the state government is in limbo while Governor
>Spitzer spends days 'deciding' his future.
Here we part ways...I don't think there's a single state that couldn't benefit
from a little "limbo time" once in a while....r
--
What good is being an executive if you never get to execute anyone?
Kath
ooooh maybe you can Charleston off the dust and cobwebs...
Snoops was so flash and hot looking last night *Bling,Bling*
microphone!
Kath
Maxx
<foxysc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Oh how I envy you...Foxy's Morning Drive: I sit in the passenger seat
of the car as my 16 year old son David drives us to the high school
Abolutely everything you described from here on, I'm sure, is how I will
spend my time in hell.
maxx
Tom Cronin
> Oh how I envy you...Foxy's Morning Drive: I sit in the passenger seat
> of the car as my 16 year old son David drives us to the high school
> every morning at 7:15. Every helpful hint I offer during this short
> trip is met with scorn: "I KNOW that - I'm a GOOD DRIVER.:" "I
> WASN'T GOING TO GO!" "Let GO of the DOORHANDLE, MOM!" The bass is > so cranked up my teeth, lips, and cup of coffee are vibrating.
My 16-year-old daughter drives to school on her learner's everyday,
too. She's very conscientious, takes direction very well, and we
converse pleasantly during the 10-minute drive.
Also, her i-Pod is loaded mostly with Beatles, The Who, Hendrix,
Zeppelin, Springsteen, U2, and REM.
The other day, I thanked her for having the good sense to be born a
girl.
Tom
Kath
> On Mar 12, 9:52 am, foxyscrib...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > Oh how I envy you...Foxy's Morning Drive: I sit in the passenger seat
> > of the car as my 16 year old son David drives us to the high school
> > every morning at 7:15. Every helpful hint I offer during this short
> > trip is met with scorn: "I KNOW that - I'm a GOOD DRIVER.:" "I
> > WASN'T GOING TO GO!" "Let GO of the DOORHANDLE, MOM!" The bass is > so cranked up my teeth, lips, and cup of coffee are vibrating.
>
> My 16-year-old daughter drives to school on her learner's everyday,
> too. She's very conscientious, takes direction very well, and we
> converse pleasantly during the 10-minute drive.
Same, but my 16 year old son takes my occasional panic gasps of
"brake, brake...BRAKE!" pretty much in stride.
> Also, her i-Pod is loaded mostly with Beatles, The Who, Hendrix,
> Zeppelin, Springsteen, U2, and REM.
exact opposite - techno, emo, crazed thrash
> The other day, I thanked her for having the good sense to be born a
> girl.
Teenage boys are heaps funny (when you get past the ass, fart and
penis jokes)
Kath
Traci
He got stuck in traffic on the way to resign. The NYPD didn't even clear
the street for him. Ouch, you know you've pissed everyone off when they
make you wait in traffic to turn in your resignation.
Traci
Donz5
> Brady says...
>
>
>
> > Pat Fleet wrote:
>
I mentioned this to my neighbor tonight, and she offers the plausible
theory that Spitzer himself may have turned down the clearing-the-
streets-police-escort, thinking that the public was already pissed
enough at him.
Brady
Published reports are now revealing the identity of his 'call girl.'
(Did he make 'appointments' with more than one 'girl?' Maybe she's just
his favorite.)
She wants a career in the music industry!
Brady
Bill Kawalec
<foxysc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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********************
I will admit that I lost interest in the chat with Martha because it started
so slowly, so, by the time it got interesting, I may have been off to
Jamaica.
Bill Kawalec
"Donz5" <do...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> He got stuck in traffic on the way to resign. The NYPD didn't even clear
> the street for him. Ouch, you know you've pissed everyone off when they
> make you wait in traffic to turn in your resignation.
>
> Traci
I mentioned this to my neighbor tonight, and she offers the plausible
theory that Spitzer himself may have turned down the clearing-the-
streets-police-escort, thinking that the public was already pissed
enough at him.
*****************************
...which, in some small way, makes him a better man than the mayor of
Detroit.
Bill Kawalec
hmmm, well then, she should get in line for the next American Idol. Who
wouldn't practically kill for the opportunity to have Paula Abdul tell you
you can't sing?
>
> Brady
R H Draney
>
>Teenage boys are heaps funny (when you get past the ass, fart and
>penis jokes)
Sure, but who's got the patience to wait forty years?...r
Marilyn
I'll let you know how it goes. This is seriously one of the reasons I traded
in my FX.
Keith Rose
>On Mar 12, 9:52 am, foxyscrib...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Oh how I envy you...Foxy's Morning Drive: I sit in the passenger seat
>> of the car as my 16 year old son David drives us to the high school
>> every morning at 7:15. Every helpful hint I offer during this short
>> trip is met with scorn: "I KNOW that - I'm a GOOD DRIVER.:" "I
>> WASN'T GOING TO GO!" "Let GO of the DOORHANDLE, MOM!" The bass is >
>so cranked up my teeth, lips, and cup of coffee are vibrating.
When my daughter was 16, she would ask me to duck my head down below
the dash whenever we entered the school parking lot. And I was driving!
>My 16-year-old daughter drives to school on her learner's everyday,
>too. She's very conscientious, takes direction very well, and we
>converse pleasantly during the 10-minute drive.
>
>Also, her i-Pod is loaded mostly with Beatles, The Who, Hendrix,
>Zeppelin, Springsteen, U2, and REM.
>
>The other day, I thanked her for having the good sense to be born a
>girl.
My daughter is 17 now, and has had her license for more than a year.
She's gone for weeks at a time, and the only communication I receive
from her are text messages like "need $$".
Should I be worried? On the positive side, my food bill is down.
Ok, true story: Two days ago she called me from the parking lot after
school. With only minimal phone assistance from me, she and her
friend managed, on their own, to jump start her friend's car. She
was very happy with herself! This summer I'm going to make her
change a tire.
Bob/Nekk
>
> - Show quoted text -
Ahh, memories. The only difference I had here Foxy, was that, even
though I was in the passenger seat, I was the boss. No radio on
(unless it was "my own radio show" on cassette). Now that I think of
those times back in the 90's, I wondering if this was the reason for
my high blood pressure. I never had that problem before.
Kath
> Kath filted:
>
>
>
> >Teenage boys are heaps funny (when you get past the ass, fart and
> >penis jokes)
>
> Sure, but who's got the patience to wait forty years?...r
>
Haha! There's a Late Show joke somewhere in there too.
Kath
Bob/Nekk
Yeah, this is also true, once they get the license and/or the car,
they are now gone from the home. They now come home late, asking for
money more often. You then become a little bit down thinking of the
good times, driving them around town for all the activities, going out
shopping, eating at favorite places. Yup, memories.
But when they get married, if they are close to your home, they do
take you out for lunch or dinner sometimes. I've learn to be thankful
for that.
Kath
You'll be right, albeit with a white knuckle cramp from the roof hand
hold.
Kath
Kath
> Tom Cronin wrote:
> >On Mar 12, 9:52 am, foxyscrib...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >> Oh how I envy you...Foxy's Morning Drive: I sit in the passenger seat
> >> of the car as my 16 year old son David drives us to the high school
> >> every morning at 7:15. Every helpful hint I offer during this short
> >> trip is met with scorn: "I KNOW that - I'm a GOOD DRIVER.:" "I
> >> WASN'T GOING TO GO!" "Let GO of the DOORHANDLE, MOM!" The bass is >
> >so cranked up my teeth, lips, and cup of coffee are vibrating.
>
> When my daughter was 16, she would ask me to duck my head down below
> the dash whenever we entered the school parking lot. And I was driving!
>
> >My 16-year-old daughter drives to school on her learner's everyday,
> >too. She's very conscientious, takes direction very well, and we
> >converse pleasantly during the 10-minute drive.
>
> >Also, her i-Pod is loaded mostly with Beatles, The Who, Hendrix,
> >Zeppelin, Springsteen, U2, and REM.
>
> >The other day, I thanked her for having the good sense to be born a
> >girl.
>
> My daughter is 17 now, and has had her license for more than a year.
>
> She's gone for weeks at a time, and the only communication I receive
> from her are text messages like "need $$".
SMS back the word JOB.
> Should I be worried? On the positive side, my food bill is down.
Ahh there is an upside! :)
> Ok, true story: Two days ago she called me from the parking lot after
> school. With only minimal phone assistance from me, she and her
> friend managed, on their own, to jump start her friend's car. She
> was very happy with herself! This summer I'm going to make her
> change a tire.
Yes. This is important for chicks to know how to do for safety
reasons, with dark lonely roads and such.
Kath
R H Draney
Too easy....
Dave: "It's nothing but ass, fart and penis jokes...who the heck finds that
funny?"
Cut to shot of horn section with hands raised....r
Brady
I think I'd like to be, oh, maybe 65 or so years old before I start
having kids. That way, I'll be dead by the time they start driving.
(Knock on wood!)
Brady