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Bowery at Midnight on Letterman - Does this exist

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thebrainfollower	Bowery at Midnight on Letterman - Does this exist	Lead	[-]
Apr 28 12 9:27 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	IN Tom Weaver's irreplaceable Poverty Row Horrors he mentions that during the first episode of David Letterman he had a guy on at the end who memorized all of Bowery at Midnight reciting it. Without wanting to sound like Thomas, I need to see this to believe even Letterman would do something that strange. Does this footage survive?
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TomWeaver999		#1	[-]
Apr 28 12 8:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Not in my collection. I knew nothing about it 'til a friend told me and let me borrow his VHS of the episode.
thehorrorboy		#2	[-]
Apr 30 12 4:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember it. Letterman loved to do offbeat stuff in those days. Last Edited By: thehorrorboy May 2 12 4:01 PM. Edited 1 times.
Rider		#3	[-]
May 5 12 4:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Letterman did all kinds of strange things back then. Just look at the nuts he had as regulars on back then.
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flashback		#4	[-]
May 7 12 1:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	one thing for sure.letterman sure has gone very mainstream.
Rick		#5	[-]
May 7 12 1:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think the calming of Letterman traces from several sources. First and foremost is age. The man is even older than I am, for God's sake. He's bound to slow down a bit. Plus, the move from 12:30 to 11:30 was the first step. It's always been the TV wisdom that you gotta be a little more easy-going at the earlier hour. Also: His heart surgery. Becoming a father. September 11. All those things combined to give him a more adult, considered perspective on things, including his comedy. And, finally, one of his old standard stunts almost went horribly wrong. A few years back they were doing the schtick where Rupert Gee would talk to people on the street, while saying what Dave fed him to say through an earpiece. This was always very funny stuff, but the last time they did it, a guy threatened to stab Rupert and showed a knife. That was the end of that, and I think the whole thing probably turned Dave off to most of the man-in-the-street stuff.
flashback		#6	[-]
May 7 12 1:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i wouldn`t expect him to do things physically like he did when he was younger.i believe the saftey of his emplyees is of the upmost important. he just lost the edge he had which could be there if he worked more spontaniously as he did.
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