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(DRUM ROLL)
OUR NEXT GUEST IS A VETERAN
RADIO PERSONALITY WHOSE PROGRAM
IS NOW BROADCAST TO 30 CITIES
ACROSS THIS GREAT LAND OF OURS.
HERE IN NEW YORK CITY HE CAN BE
HEARD EVERY MORNING ON WFAN.
FOLKS, PLEASE SAY HELLO TO DON
IMUS.
DON, COME ON OUT!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
(BAND PLAYS "SOUL MAN")
YES, SIR.
HOW ARE YODOING?
>> I'M FINE.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> Dave: GOOD.
WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Dave: LET ME ASK YOU A COUPLE
OF THINGS ABOUT YOUR SHOW THAT I
KNOW FROM LISTENING TO THE
PROGRAM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> Dave: I'M INTERESTED IN AND
MORE THAN A LITTLE ENVIOUS OF
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT
CLINTON.
>> WELL, BACK IN THE, BACK IN
MARCH OF '92, WHEN I WAS
SUPPORTING JERRY BROWN--
>> Dave: MM-HMM.
>> AND HE WON THE-- WELL.
>> Dave: YEAH, I KNOW.
(LAUGHTER)
>> AND HE WON THE CONNECTICUT
PRIMARY, AND THEN SO WE BOOKED
HIM ON THE SHOW.
HE CALLED US.
>> Dave: RIGHT.
AS A CANDIDATE EAGER FOR
EXPOSURE.
>> YEAH.
THEN HE BLEW US OFF.
>> Dave: AH.
>> BECAUSE HE HAD TO DO THE "CBS
MORNING NEWS."
>> Dave: MM-HMM.
>> AND HE SAID HE COULDN'T DO
BOTH.
>> Dave:IGHT.
>> WELL, I GOT TO THINKING, IF
YOU CAN'T DO THE "CBS MORNING
NEWS" AND THIS RADIO PROGRAM,
HOW CAN YOU RUN THE COUNTRY?
(LAUGHTER)
SO I THREW MY SUPPORT TO
CLINTON.
>> Dave: RIGHT.
>> AND THEN COINCIDENTALLY GOT A
CALL FROM HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE
DESPERATE.
I MEAN, HE WAS-- THAT WAS WHEN
THE GENNIFER FLOWERS THING
BROKE, AND I MEAN, THEY WERE SO
DESPERATE, THEY WANTED TO COME
ON WITH US.
(LAUGHTER)
I MEAN, HE WAS A DEAD MAN, YOU
KNOW?
>> Dave: AND SO YOU PUSHED HIM
OVER THE TOP, YOU GET HIM IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, AND NOW, LIKE, HE
CALLS YOU.
HE CALLED YOU LAST WEEK OR SO,
RIGHT.
>> I GOT A CALL FROM MARK
GEAREN, WHO IS THE DEPUTY CHIEF
OF STAFF, LAST WEDNESDAY, AND HE
SAID, "BUBBA WANTS TO COME ON IN
THE MORNING."
(LAUGHTER)
>> Dave: DON, IS THAT EXACTLY
WHAT HE SAID.
>> YEAH, PRETTY CLOSE.
(LAUGHTER)
I SAID, "WELL, WE HAVE SOUPY
SALES, AND COULD YOU MAKE IT
FRIDAY?"
(LAUGHTER)
>> Dave: WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T EVEN GET
SOUPY SALES.
(LAUGHTER)
>> SO HE, HE'S EAGER TO COME ON
BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO, I'M
NOT TED KOPPEL AND I'M NOT DAN
RATHER.
>> Dave: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GUN
HIM.
>> NO, OF COURSE NOT.
JUST LOB UP A BUNCH OF
SOFTBALLS, BUT I DID WANT TO ASK
HIM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE
ASTROTURF.
>> Dave: I HEARD ABOUT, IN THE
BACK OF HIS EL CAMINO, HIS OLD
PICKUP TRUCK.
>> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, HE
INTIMATED THAT THAT WAS FOR--
BUT HE DIDN'T CLARIFY IT, YOU
KNOW.
SO I REALLY WANTED-- IT'S NOT
LARGE ENOUGH TO PLAY FOOTBALL.
>> Dave: MM-HMM.
>> SO, SO I SAID, "WELL, WHAT'S
IT FOR?"
AND HE SAID, "WELL, YOU'RE OLD
ENOUGH TO KNOW," AND HE SAID,
AND THEN HE LAUGHED, YOU KNOW,
THIS GOOBER LAUGH OF HIS.
(LAUGHTER)
LIKE WHAT A SUAVE GUY, YOU KNOW,
GETTING INTO THE BACK OF THE
PICKUP ON ASTROTURF.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHY?
SO HE SAID, "WELL..."
I SAID, "THAT'S LIKE TRYING TO
TELL PEOPLE YOU DON'T INHALE,"
YOU KNOW.
HE SAID, "WELL, I DIDN'T INHALE
IN THE BACK OF THE PICKUP."
(LAUGHTER)
>> Dave: WHAT IS YOUR IMPRESSION
OF THE GUY ACTUALLY?
WHAT'S AT THE CENTER OF THE MAN?
WHAT IS THE CORE OF THIS GUY?
DO YOU LIKE THE GUY?
IS HE A DECENT GUY?
DOES HE MEAN WELL?
>> I THINK HE WANTS TO EAT AND
GET BABES.
(LAUGHTER)
>> Dave: NOW THERE, THAT'S A
CAMPAIGN SLOGAN.
THAT'S ALL YOU NEED.
EASY MONEY THERE.
>> I LIKE HIM.
>> Dave: YEAH.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, I...
AND NOW, YOU KNOW, HE LIKE ME.
SO, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO KIND
OF WONDER ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW.
(LAUGHTER)
>> Dave: YOU HAVE ANOTHER
RELATIONSHIP, ON AND OFF THE
SHOW: YOUR BROTHER IN EL PASO,
TEXAS, FRED.
I GET A BIG KICK OUT OF FRED.
I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FRED.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS
GUY?
>> WELL, I HAVE SOME SORT OF BAD
NEWS.
>> Dave: NO, NO.
>> YEAH.
FRED HAS A DOG, A SIBERIAN
HUSKY, ALSO NAMED FRED.
(LAUGHTER)
AND-- FOUR-LEGGED FRED.
>> Dave: FOUR-LEGGED FRED.
>> YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE, TWO-LEGGED
FRED AND FOUR-LEGGED FRED.
>> Dave: IT'S EASIER THAT WAY
FOR FRED IF THE DOG IS ALSO
FRED?
>> I GUESS.
I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
SO MY BROTHER SELLS THESE--
HE HAS THIS BIG WAREHOUSE IN
EL ASO, AND THEY SELL
T-SHIRTS.
>> Dave: MM-HMM.
>> AND THE GUY NEXT TO HIM HAS
ANOTHER WAREHOUSE, AND HE DOES
SOMETHING ELSE.
AND THE GUY NEXT TO HIM HAS A
PARROT, AND FOUR-LEGGED FRED ATE
THE PARROT.
>> Dave: YEAH.
(LAUGHTER)
>> SO I CALLED FRED, AND HE WAS
ALL DEPRESSED ABOUT IT, AND I
SAID-- WELL, THE FIRST THING I
WANTED TO KNOW WAS WHAT WAS
LEFT, BECAUSE THE GUY DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT IT YET; THE GUY WAS
GONE, SEE?
HE SAID, "THERE ARE JUST A FEW
FEATHERS."
I SAID, "GET RID OF THE
FEATHERS, AND YOU'RE CLEAN."
>> Dave: YOU'RE CLEAN, YEAH.
THE BIRD COULD HAVE FLOWN
ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET.
>> WELL, SEE, THAT'S ANOTHER
BAD THING, BECAUSE THE GUY HAD
CLIPPED HIS WINGS, SO...
(LAUGHTER)
BUT I SAID"WELL, CAN THE
PARROT TALK?"
HE SAID, "YEAH, BUT HE COULDN'T
SAY 'HELP,' OR, LIKE, 'DOWN,
BOY.'"
AND THEN, YOU KNOW-- AND THE DOG
HAD BEEN AROUND THE PARROT FOR
MONTHS AND HAD DECIDUOUSLY
IGNORED THE PARROT.
AND-- BUT THAT WAS WHEN
TWO-LEGGED FRED WAS OUT WITH
FOUR-LEGGED FRED.
>> Dave: SO WAS IT TWO-LEGGED
OR FOUR-LEGGED THAT ATE THE
BIRD?
NOW, WHICH--
>> IT WAS FOUR-LEGGED.
>> Dave: OH, ALL RIGHT, OKAY.
>> YOU KNOW, WE DON'T-- IF THE
PARROT COULD TALK, IT WOULDN'T--
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE PARROT
SAID TO THE DOG WHEN MY BROTHER
WASN'T AROUND.
>> Dave: NO, WE DON'T.
>> NO, IT COULD BE LIKE A
MENENDEZ BROTHER, LORENA BOBBITT
THING.
>> Dave: TAUNTED THE DOG.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO...
SO THAT'S GOOD.
>> Dave: KIND OF SOME UGLINESS
THERE IN EL PASO.
>> YEAH.
>> Dave: HANG AROUND IF YOU
CAN, AND WE'LL DO A COMMERCIAL.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK HERE WITH
MR. IMUS.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
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>> Dave: OKAY, DON, IT'S GREAT
TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> THANKS.
>> Dave: PLEASE COME BACK.
AND CONGRATULATIONS.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GETTING
MARRIED SOON.
>> YEAH, I AM.
>> Dave: WELL, GOOD LUCK.
>> ONLY A MINOR PROBLEM: I'M 53,
AND SHE'S 30.
THE OTHER NIGHT WE'E WATCHING
"CROSSFIRE," AND JOHN SUNUNU
SAYS, "COMING UP WE'RE GOING TO
TALK TO THE SPIN DOCTORS."
AND SHE SAYS, "WHY ARE THEY ON?"
I SAID, "NO, NO, HONEY, IT'S NOT
THE BAND."
>> Dave: YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME
TO WORK THAT OUT.
>> YEAH.
>> Dave: WELL, GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
MY THANKS ALSO TO LINDA RONSTADT
AND BRET BUTLER.
AND REMEMBER, KIDS, IT'S BOWLING
NIGHT ONE MORE TIME.
***, ARE YOU OUT THERE AGAIN?
>> I'M OUT HERE.
>> Dave: OKAY, FINISH US UP
HERE.
>> I'M PRIMED, M.
>> Dave: WHAT A WIND.
MAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH.
>> HERE WE GO.■■■
BYE-BYE, ***.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
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IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE,