Uh oh. I'm doing this from home and I forgot my notes. I got nothing except for a brief outline. Ummm, OK, I'll try my best.

Later in the show, Dave and LeBron James will shoot hoops out on 53rd Street. Dave says, "I played a lot of basketball . . . and was never very good."

"LATE SHOW VENTRILOQUIST WEEK: A LOOK BACK": Graphic; music; . . . . . . and that's all we have so far.

And then a Barbershop Quartet arrives behind Dave. One blows into his pitch-pipe and just as they are about to sing, Dave puts a stop to it.

SEGWAY RECALL: Uhh, a lot of segways were recalled due to a malfunction in the system. What's the problem? Take a look. We see a segway promo of a guy riding one. After a few spins around, he and the segway explodes.

PEOPLE MAGAZINE: Jennifer Aniston was voted Best Dressed Celebrity. He holds up the magazine. Dave made a People list, too. "Celebrities We Wish Were Dead"

GEORGE W. BUSH: WHAT IN TARNATION?: Responding to a question, the President shudders a jowly shudder.

FUN FACTS: Dang it. I left these at work. I'll list them in Tuesday's Wahoo.

TOP TEN: Questions to Ask Yourself Before Eating Spinach - sorry, I don't have a one.

TODD OLIVER AND IRVING: Wow, now that was odd. I spent most of the segment trying to figure out what I was seeing. Irving was an actual dog. Somehow, Todd was able to make Irving flap his mouth in perfect timing. I knew this couldn't be. I figured he places a muzzle over the dog and the bottom part was used as his lower flapping jaw. Very impressive.
Todd Oliver - named at Branson, Missouri's "Best Variety Act" three years in a row.

LEBRON JAMES: The real deal. The guy is perfect in everything he does. His game is excellent and his off-court behavior and conduct is just what you would want in your league's marquee player.
LeBron: The youngest player in NBA history to:
-Be named NBA Rookie of the Year
-Record a triple-double
-Score 50 points in a game
-Score 2,000 points in a season
-Reach 1,000 - 6,000 points in his career
-To win an All-Star Game MVP
-Be named to the first-team All-NBA team

LeBron was drafted right out of high school. His high school team won everything; conference championship, state championship, national championship. The year after he left? Nothing.
His biggest adjustment from jumping from high school to the NBA? YOU would think he would say the competition. Nope. It was all that traveling the players have to do. It's flying in and out of cities night after night.
How come the United States doesn't dominate in international competition? LeBron says the talent around the world has gotten so much better, and when the international players were growing up, it was their one goal to play for the world championships. A kid growing up in the United States wants to play in the NBA. He thinks the international teams want it more than the U.S. teams . . . but that is changing.

Dave and LeBron go outside to shoot some free throws. I lost count but LeBron appeared to have won. I had an idea on how to make this better but nobody picked up on it. My idea was to have had the Barbershop Quartet singing under and between the two baskets while Dave and LeBron were shooting.
But then, what can't be made better by adding a barbershop quartet?

LUDACRIS: From his CD, "Release Therapy," Ludacris performed "Money Maker." Later says, "The heck with the ventriloquists, we need more of the backup dancers." Yowzer.

And that was our show for Friday, September 22, 2006. Wahoo EXTRA!

Ugghhh, what a weak week. I'm exhausted and wiped out. All I wanted to do all week was sleep. And when I did fall asleep at home, I would wake up at all hours of the night. I watched TV one morning at 5:00 AM. Ever watch these early morning news shows? They're like Double-A Minor League Ball. They're not sure if they should be real hard news or if they should be the giggly morning news shows. Their extemporaneous chatter between news items is very awkward. They're not sure how to handle it; with a serious response or with a witty barb. They usually compromise and say something serious with a really big big smile.