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The Comedian's-eye View of 10/07/97

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 97 03:46:11 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: The Comedian's-eye View of 10/07/97

Excerpted-from: 10/07/97 -- ShopTalk

                        Tuesday October 7, 1997

       "I could have a weekly show. The 'Ninny.' Or [turning to fellow guest
	Tim Allen] I could do 'Homo Improvement' with you."

			- Elton John, responding to Jay Leno's
			  suggestion that he so his own sitcom

                               &&&&&&&&&&

"WorldCom long distance phone company has announced it wants to buy MCI for
$30 billion," says Jay Leno.  "Their strategy is to keep calling MCI
executives at home at dinner time until they agree to switch over."

"The Pentagon announced plans to fire a laser at an aging satellite to test
the vulnerability of U.S. satellite systems.  Maybe they can aim a little
to the left and hit the Home Shopping Network." (Mark Wheeler)

The Promise Keepers, says Jay Leno, are "a group of men who get together
without any women around so they can get down on their knees and pray and
weep openly.  Actually, a lot of guys do that.  I believe they're called
Chicago Cubs fans."

"NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol said he someday hopes to be able to
rehire Marv Albert...That is, of course, if NBC's entertainment division
hasn't already signed him for 'Veronica's Closet'." (Zack Taylor - Westwood
One Radio Network)

© 1997 Peter Langston