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   12 December 2008 - #2688 - Don Rickles, John Leguizamo, Erran Baron Cohen.   
   	String Dance!   
   	Conologue.  The auto makers bailout fell apart: it was designed   
   by the people who did the Chevy Malibu.  Bush often rides a stationary   
   bike on Air Force One; he pedals really hard because he thinks he's   
   powering the plane.  Told his approval rating had dropped to eight   
   percent, Rod Blagojevich said, ``Do I hear nine?  Ten?  Eleven?''   
   Showtime's to add a series about a gay superhero: Batman.  (He's got a   
   youthful ward!  Ohhhhh, says the audience.)  The owner of one S&M club   
   says another owner is stealing his customers; he says, ``I'd beat him   
   up, but that's just what he wants.''   
      
   	Late Night Presents ... The Potato Christmas Special.  A potato   
   Santa Claus is attacked by a potato ninja, absorbed, and thrown up onto   
   the tree.   
      
   	Late Night Budget Cuts.  Late Night Lobster Night is gone: Late   
   Night Cheetos Cannon previously seen in First Class Upgrades.  A Cheeto   
   goes into a private place on a female audience member.  Water-based cue   
   card markers: spoiling the cue card guy's high.  No longer fixing   
   lighting fixtures, which won't break on cue.  ``I just thought of   
   another budget cut, Nick!''  Let's see if Nick keeps his job!  Safety   
   harnesses for the lighting crew?  Nick keeps his job!  Head of   
   Programming Michael Winters' bonus is cut, but he has a $30 million   
   bonus from ABC and CBS.  The FedEx Pope is now the Kellogg's Frosted   
   Mini Wheats FedEx Pope.  Choosing between Abe Vigoda and James Lipton by   
   a very weak cockfighting ring.  A single camera to shoot the show; don't   
   you agree, Announcer Joel Goddard?  Yes.   
      
   Don Rickles:   
   	Jay Leno.  Hollywood.  Bars.  Rickles's letter to Conan and how   
   Conan makes a fool of himself.  Conan's been married seven years: why?   
   Conan's demographic: eleven year olds getting to stay up late.  He   
   insulted Frank Sinatra to his face: it's not insult, it's   
   'exaggerating'.  Sinatra had charisma.   
      
   	Rickles on Johnny Carson's show.  They'd do improvised comic;   
   you'd see things going off the rails in the good way.  Best friend: Bob   
   Newhart.  ``Bob's a brainy kind of comedian and I'm the kind that gets   
   laughs.''  If wives get along, the husbands become great friends.   
   Example: in Munich, Newhart points out they lost the war, it's not funny   
   to make fun of that.  Rickles goose-steps in the seat.   
      
   John Leguizamo:   
   	_Nothing Like The Holidays_: filmed in Chicago.  It's like New   
   York City on valium.  Filming was a great time, particularly with the   
   British guy playing his father.  Comes from a big family.  Father would   
   say things like Santa's got a bipolar disorder.  They'd do Secret Santa   
   or potluck things.   
      
   Erran Baron Cohen:   
   	Songs in the Key of Hanukah: Dreidel Dreidel.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)