From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   Jim Ellwanger  writes:   
      
   >In article ,   
   > nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:   
      
   >> 	1.  Best Musical Guest?   
      
   >Joan Jett.   
      
   	Mm, that sounds fair.   
      
      
   >> 	2.  Best reason for Kevin Nealon to be on?   
      
   >He needs the check for $720.53, or whatever the exact amount is these   
   >days.   
      
   	That sounds higher than I remember, but it's not like I follow   
   Screen Actors Guild minimums closely, given that my last acting role   
   was as the telegram operator in a drama class production of ``Sorry,   
   Wrong Number''.  (And the girl playing the victim remembered wrongly   
   the sequence of people to call, so I was stuck on stage trying to look   
   like a telegram operator without props or costume for several minutes   
   before I found a way to break in.)   
      
      
   >> 	3.  How many hours has it been since Mike Lupica was last on?   
      
   >Seems like it's been a long time, although he was just on "The Colbert   
   >Report" last week.   
      
   	It *seems* like he's on every time I'm home for a break, but   
   I know -- going over my records -- that he's not.  I think it's just   
   vey easy for me to remember his name.   
      
      
   >> 	4.  Will they have the Christmas Decorations up?   
      
   >Well, they already had La Bamba's mustache up last week, but I assume   
   >you're referring to the "real" Christmas decorations, so I'll say no.   
      
   	I get the feeling the Christmas Decorations have been going   
   up later each year, but don't have the data to prove it.   
      
      
   >> 	5.  Will they have an excuse not to have them up?   
      
   >No.   
      
   	They never do, do they?  I suppose they want to limit the number   
   of episodes that are too visually linked to a specific time, so they   
   can be more easily slipped in as reruns in three months, as if that   
   fooled anyone.   
      
   	Say, they didn't have a rerun week after November sweeps, did they?   
      
      
   >> 	6.  Guest you're really eager to see?   
      
   >Jennifer Connelly, which I say because I'm trying to do a better job   
   >establishing my heterosexuality than Conan is, apparently.  I don't even   
   >have the advantage of having a wife and two kids to point to, so my work   
   >is cut out for me.   
      
   	I've given up trying to establish my heterosexuality now that   
   I've realized the fact I have a collection of comic books -- even though   
   they're chosen for their oddball and quirky nature rather than for their   
   having tales of impossibly muscled superhero men fighting off Gronzar,   
   Chomper of Universes, while the the superhero women swallow the power-   
   nullification pills and get chopped up and stuffed in fridges -- means   
   any attempt at sexuality on my part is theoretical and very funny.   
      
      
   >> 	7.  Did you know who TV on the Radio was before looking them   
   >> up on Amazon.com?   
      
   >Yes, although I couldn't tell you the names of any of their songs.   
      
   	I didn't have the faintest idea, and this is one of those times   
   I'm glad the Trowbridges include links to a relevant source -- Amazon,   
   or Internet Movie Database, or so on -- for most of the guests.   
      
      
   >> 	8.  Will *I* remember to answer my questions in a reasonable   
   >> time this week?   
      
   >No, of course not.   
      
   	I never do, do I?  It's hard trying to find a couple interesting   
   things to talk about each day, when I don't catch the show as it is.   
      
      
   >> 	9.  Will I have any kind of suitable excuse for not answering?   
      
   >No, of course not.   
      
   	Usually it's the same excuse, suitable or not: I feel like I   
   can't fairly write until I've finished off e-mail and other important   
   tasks, and that will *never* be finished, so sneaking off for something   
   like this doesn't seem like it's earned yet, and I need to shut up and   
   stop overthinking things.   
      
      
   >> 	10.  Think they'll have the Christmas decorations up next week?   
      
   >No, they'll be up only for the last two weeks of December (i.e.,   
   >starting on December 18th).   
      
   	That's what they did last year, isn't it?  (And that'll be the   
   first week I see on the 3 am reruns, for those hoping to hear me try to   
   review episodes when I'm home for Christmas.)   
      
      
   >Hey, I just realized they won't be able to do a Central Time Zone   
   >countdown this year, since New Year's Eve is a Sunday.   
      
   	Hey, yeah ... and the show for the 1st will probably be taken   
   up with the usual New Year's resolution type review sketch.  Maybe they   
   can hold a Central Time Zone Chinese New Year Countdown.   
      
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   								Joseph Nebus   
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