From: ddrewc@verizonSPAMBEGONE.net   
      
   On 2008-12-29 11:46 p.m., Joseph Nebus verbated:   
   > 	This was rerun on 26 December 2006, and that time itself was   
   > a rerun from 20 December 2005.  I think that, at three years from the   
   > original airing to the rerun, this makes this the longest-ago-rerun   
   > Late Night's done.   
      
   Except that the rerun from the night before (with Alan Alda and Billy Joel)   
   was even older, having originally aired 1 December 2005.   
      
   > Isaac Hayes:   
   >         There is an air of coolness which attaches to anyone   
   > attempting with sincerity to play the theme from Shaft, and even   
   > people as inherently cool as the Max Weinbert 7 or Isaac Hayes   
   > and his band gain from it.  You could have the Vienna   
   > Philharmonic play it and they would have soul.  I believe   
   > similarly that everyone fantasizes about having a version of   
   > Shaft rewritten to star them.  It's a shame we didn't get to se   
   > Conan's face during the song; he has to have been giddy to the   
   > point of explosion.   
      
   Indeed it was a singular performance, though a bit strange to watch this   
   time around because Hayes died in August of a stroke. Your ode to the theme   
   from "Shaft" is a fine tribute to the man who helped us all get our groove   
   on -- well, a little bit at least. I doubt the Wiener Phil is going to   
   change their New Year's program to include a soul number in place of one of   
   those Strauss waltzes, nor would I want them to, but your point is well taken.   
      
   Anyone remember the X-Files episode in which a drugged Mulder wakes up   
   singing the "Shaft" theme? I can't help but think of that scene whenever I   
   hear the song.   
      
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