From: ddrewc@verizonSPAMBEGONE.net   
      
   I seem to be having a long-running conversation with myself in this thread.   
   Nevertheless, there is one more change to note in the guest record:   
      
   On 2009-07-08 10:38 p.m., Drew verbated:   
   >> Tonight Show guests for July 6-10, 2009   
   >> Format: Date - Episode No. - Guests (*=musical guest)   
   >>   
   >> Mon 7/06 - 21 - Howie Mandel, Alanis Morissette, Death Cab for Cutie*   
   >> Tue 7/07 - 22 - Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Connolly, Andrew Bird*   
   > > Wed 7/08 - 23 - Meredith Vieira, Andy Hillstrand, Al Madrigal   
   Thu 7/09 - 24 - Larry King, Zooey Deschanel, Playing for Change*   
      
   In one of last week's more amusing interview segments, doe-eyed Zooey   
   Deschanel, a late addition to Thursday's show, casually rolled off some   
   whimsical yarns about her childhood. (In the quotes below, I've filtered   
   out the verbal fillers -- "like," "you know," etc. -- that she liberally   
   dropped in, like, almost every sentence.)   
      
   1. She developed her musical talent partly to avoid doing dishes: "I would   
   usually begin to help [with the dishes].... And then I would swiftly move   
   to the living room where the piano was. And then I would play piano and   
   sing loudly enough that I could claim I was the entertainment."   
      
   2. She had imaginary friends whom she made stupid and inferior so that she   
   could feel better about herself. She would regularly beat them in   
   footraces, for instance. (Conan: "It's when they start to win that it gets   
   scary.")   
      
   3. When she was 7 or 8 she lost her stuffed bunny, Floppy, during a trip to   
   New York. Later she received a letter, purportedly from Floppy but actually   
   written by Zooey's mother, explaining that Floppy had run away to audition   
   for the Rockettes and for Broadway shows. (Zooey: "I was sad, but excited   
   that Floppy was trying, pounding the pavement.") Eventually her mother   
   procured a replacement bunny, and the new Floppy showed up on the doorstep   
   with a note saying, "I couldn't become a Rockette. My legs weren't long   
   enough." Here's the tail end of that story:   
      
   Zooey: My best friend had the same bunny.... So my mom got the serial   
   number off of my friend's bunny, and ordered it specially.   
      
   Conan: That's a good, good mom.   
      
   Zooey: I know. She's actually backstage.   
      
   Conan: Oh, cool. As is Floppy, who finally -- Floppy is back there   
   watching. (Acts the role of an angry Floppy:) "/I/ should be on stage!"   
   (Takes puff from an imaginary cigarette, snuffs it out.) Floppy smokes now.   
      
   Zooey: When did she start smoking?   
      
   Conan: When people get cut from the Rockettes, you get bitter fast.   
      
      
   > Fri 7/10 - 25 - Bob Newhart, Cat Deeley, Ray LaMontagne*   
      
   LaMontagne sang "Meg White," told from the point of view of an admirer of   
   the White Stripes' drummer, with stalkery undertones reinforced by   
   LaMontagne's half-whispered delivery.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)