Dave's gay voice character

Tim Howard

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Nov 24, 2009, 3:53:31 AM11/24/09

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Often Dave does an effeminate voice when mocking someone in a joke.
Tonight for example when he approached producer Barbara Gaines
pretending to be at a restaurant and asking "hows the veal"? I have
always wondered who Dave bases that voice on. Obviously he has
encountered some very annoying gay man or men in the past, most likely
showbiz types. Anyone know?

Incubus

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Nov 24, 2009, 4:22:14 AM11/24/09

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"Tim Howard" <tim.h...@suddenlink.net> wrote in message
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He also has done that voice when pretending to be a
hairdresser........."It's a fun cut....it's just a fun cut".

And also when demonstrating how synchronized diving came about as a
sport........"This is fun....you know what....let's do it together,
we'll do it together".

R H Draney

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Nov 24, 2009, 4:31:08 AM11/24/09

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Incubus filted:

If it's the voice I'm thinking of, he stole it from Jeff Altman's airplane
story: "we're LANDING! we're LANDING!"...r

--
A pessimist sees the glass as half empty.
An optometrist asks whether you see the glass
more full like this?...or like this?

Tim Howard

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Nov 26, 2009, 3:55:24 AM11/26/09

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R H Draney wrote:
> Incubus filted:
>>
>> "Tim Howard" <tim.h...@suddenlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:4b0b9f17$0$5322$bbae...@news.suddenlink.net...
>>> Often Dave does an effeminate voice when mocking someone in a joke.
>>> Tonight for example when he approached producer Barbara Gaines
>>> pretending to be at a restaurant and asking "hows the veal"? I have
>>> always wondered who Dave bases that voice on. Obviously he has
>>> encountered some very annoying gay man or men in the past, most likely
>>> showbiz types. Anyone know?
>> He also has done that voice when pretending to be a
>> hairdresser........."It's a fun cut....it's just a fun cut".
>>
>> And also when demonstrating how synchronized diving came about as a
>> sport........"This is fun....you know what....let's do it together,
>> we'll do it together".
>
> If it's the voice I'm thinking of, he stole it from Jeff Altman's airplane
> story: "we're LANDING! we're LANDING!"...r
>
>

I remember that story! Rush Limbaugh heh. I think he's been doing that
voice before Altman's visit, but maybe he got the idea from Altman.

Tony Linguini

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Nov 26, 2009, 8:58:00 AM11/26/09

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He's done it at least since the mid to late-'80s. In one of his "Late
Night" monologues, Dave used an effeminate voice to impersonate his wardrobe
consultant saying "Haven't you ever heard the word 'shorts'?"

DTSmith

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Nov 26, 2009, 7:14:38 PM11/26/09

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On Nov 24, 4:31 am, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:

> If it's the voice I'm thinking of, he stole it from Jeff Altman's airplane
> story: "we're LANDING! we're LANDING!"...r

I would hesitate to say that anyone ever stole anything from Jeff
Altman.

R H Draney

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Nov 26, 2009, 9:07:40 PM11/26/09

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DTSmith filted:
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>On Nov 24, 4:31=A0am, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>> If it's the voice I'm thinking of, he stole it from Jeff Altman's airplan=

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>> story: "we're LANDING! we're LANDING!"...r
>
>I would hesitate to say that anyone ever stole anything from Jeff
>Altman.

I think he holds the copyright on "I want a butt steak! A twenty-two pound butt
steak! Big and good, hot and spicy, sweet and meaty!"

He's also the first person I ever heard refer to having "dain bramage"....r