Tues. 9/4 Big Show Synopsis

Hey, how's it goin'? At least it's Hump Day. Here we go ...

*DESK CHAT HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT*
I would have to say that the 'Desk Chat Highlight of the Night' was ... Dave posing for a picture with a member of the audience. Before the show, the audience member -- a father of five from New Jersey, in town celebrating his 50th birthday with his wife and a friend -- said that he had two wishes: get a dinner for *three*; have his picture taken with Dave. He scores on both counts. They bring him all the way down from the balcony for it.

We also took a look at a couple of clips, as well as an edition of 'Great Moments in Presidential Speeches.' After the break, Dave notes that it's always special when you have a president on the Show. And because it *is* an extra-special show tonight, Dave goes through a checklist. The checklist consisted of the following.

- "Wear my best hairpiece." <<ding>>
- "Since it's a special show, prepare really, really funny comedy." <<buzz>>
- "Cut back on the pre-show cocktails." <<buzz>>
- "Try to impress guests by memorizing dance moves from the *High School Musical 2*." <<ding>>
- "Ask our friend Rupert Jee to prepare a special Bill Clinton deli platter." <<ding>> Rupert shows us the platter.
- "Dress the crew in Hillary's old pantsuits." <<ding>> We take a look.
- "Prepare to pitch the president an idea for a chain of restaurants called Bill & Dave's Shrimp Shack." <<ding>>
- "Bring in the best audience we've had all year." <<ding>>
- "Have every member of the staff frisked by Secret Service." <<ding>> We see the video.
- "Have the Ed Sullivan Theater rats frisked by Secret Service." <<ding>> We see the video. Dave says they're not kidding.
- "Bring in a guy who kind of looks like President Clinton to mingle with fans before the show." <<ding>> We see the video. Dave says the guy doesn't look anything *like* Bill Clinton. He says he *does* resemble Rodney Dangerfield.
- "Have Secret Service keep an eye on our announcer Alan Kalter." <<ding>> Alan gets the hell beat out of him.

*BILL CLINTON*
This was a good interview. They covered a number of topics, including: Clinton's health; the campaign trail with Senator Clinton; some of the other candidates; the war in Iraq; and Clinton's new book, "Giving," now in bookstores.

*PATTI SCIALFA*
This performance kind of bored me. I bet it bored Helen as well. She probably FF'ed fairly quickly.

*MISCELLANEOUS MEANDERING*
So what's happenin', people? Did you have a good weekend? Mine was ... OK.

So now Senator Craig says he may not resign after all. On Tuesday, a Craig spokesman said that the Senator will attempt to withdraw his guilty plea and that he will fight the charge. The spokesman went on to say that if he's successful in clearing his name before the end of the month, Craig 'may not' resign. I guess he has some wiggle room. In his original statement to the press, Senator Craig was careful to say that it was his '*intention* to resign' on September 30th. The spokesman went on to insist that Senator Craig still isn't gay. (I made that last part up. I'm pretty hilarious sometimes, wouldn't you agree?)

I liked what Bill Clinton had to say last night regarding international cooperation on intelligence & law enforcement matters vis-a-vis terrorism. I spend a lot of time nowadays contemplating how much better off we'd be had President Bush approached the issue with such a measured perspective.

Have you heard about this? Former 'journalist' Rita Cosby has a new book out about the Anna Nicole Smith 'saga.' In it, she claims that Smith attorney Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead were *lovers*. The book also includes more allegations of drug use by Smith, as well as allegations that Stern was complicit in providing her a steady supply of pills. Naturally, everyone is threatening to sue.

I know what *I'll* be watching on TV this weekend. On Sunday, Britney Spears is scheduled to 'perform' two songs at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas. People *do* realize she doesn't actually sing on stage, right?

I guess that's all I got. It's late, and I need to get some sleep. Buddy's been sound asleep for hours.

Have a good Wednesday, people.

Later ...

Brady
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