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   Joseph Nebus to All   
   5 October 2007 - Fred Willard, Animal Co   
   06 Oct 07 01:56:57   
   
   From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   Fred Willard:   
   	- New York City's a fun city despite tough travelling.  The day   
   before she was waiting at a baggage carousel for his tube of toothpaste.   
    He had too much special toothpaste, and it's surprising how similar   
   toothpastes look.  But it has to be or else Bush's utter indifference to   
   catching Bin Laden would be obvious.   
   	   
   	- He was at a play tonight, forgot he was on Conan tonight.   
   He's tucking stuff into his waist too much.   
   	   
   	- The Phantom of the Opera was played by Rip Taylor.  Throughout   
   the show he called out, `Hello, it's me!' and the audience would play   
   Happy Days Are Here Again.  His mother loved it.   
   	   
   	- A friend of his loved bad theater; they *had* to go to an   
   badly-reviewed The Sound of Music.  For $50 (then) the show better be   
   *really* bad.  It's hard walking out on a play, particularly if you're   
   known, and if you're Conan who's quite tall.   
   	   
   	- To sneak out you should peer at your watch, so you should   
   ideally have a watch.  ``It's half  past a freckle.''  Don't wave your   
   arms and go fooey.   
   	   
   	- Late Night's audience may not leave; they pay nothing and half   
   the time ask for their money back.   
   	   
   	- His father was very serious; aunts and uncles were comic   
   relief.  In fifth grade a Greek girl, Adonais Ravonis moved in; a name   
   like that doesn't get overlooked when you're eleven.  ``Your mother   
   tells me you were making fun of one of your classmates.  That's not very   
   nice.  What's her name.''  Adonais Ravonis.  ``I'm not joking, tell me   
   her name!''   
   	   
   	- On his new show he's on stage with Kelsey Grammar.  But   
   Willard had been doing an impression, and he was intimidated by Grammar.   
    A bowling ball tournament got to calling him insulting names, and   
   Grammar responded in kind.   
   	   
   	- Willard asks for the show to be mocked.  Not ripped to shreds.   
    Gentle nudging. They don't do gentle nudging.   
      
      
   Animal Collective:   
   	- Strawberry Jam: No idea, but it's quite a pleasant sequence of   
   sounds.   
      
      
   Carson Daly:   
   	- Friday nights he has this bit where his opening credits are a   
   redone version of a late 70s/early 80s show, and tonight's was The   
   Greatest American Hero, which was appealing.  And after his monologue he   
   went back to his desk, where he found two guys playing ping-pong and at   
   match point, whom he had to chase off.  This was a nice bit of business   
   and funny.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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