From: krgcub@aol.com (KRGCub)
Subject: In depth report on Late Night
Date: 26 Aug 1994 00:28:02 -0400

Well, I was called by Jay Johnson (talent coordinator) when I was in a
tournament in Bellfountain Ohio on June 24 of 1992.  I was flown out the
next day to appear on the June 25 show with Super Dave Osborne and Lori
Petty along with The Jesus and Mary Chain.  I was bumped however as they
wanted to give me a full segment.  So luckily I got on the big Friday show
with Tom Hanks.  

I was picked up by a limo at LaGuardia and driven to th Omni Berkshire
Hotel right in downtown Manhattan.  I called Mr. Johnson who was only
27 then and I went up to the offices of Late Night.  I toured the
Rockefeller building (even the places the tours couldn't go) and got
pictures of me all over the Saturday Night Live studio.  I then was
given 450 dollars to buy something to wear on the show and managed to
spend almost 370 at The Gap, Bloomingdales, and Sax Fifth Avenue.  I
was then allowed to sit back stage in street clothes (in the Green Room)
and watch the taping of Thursday's show.  Super Dave is hilarious!!!!

Anyhow, I spent Thursday night touring New york since I'd never been
there before.  I spent some of Thursday morning with Jay meeting the
band and the producer and so forth and then practice my segment with
the stage coordinator "Dave".  I can't remember his last name though,
but he was pretty young too.  Taping was a 3:30 and I talked with Tom
Hanks for about 10 minutes in the Green Room discussing Indiana mostly
due to A League of Their Own being filmed there.  I talked to Dave
briefly in the hallway before the show.  Dave loved me for some reason
or another, and plugged me and my segment 8 times on the show before I
even came on.  He even interupted Tom Hanks to blurt out something like
"I can take him I know I can!"  

I was thrilled to get on the show and I got a personalized autographed
picture form him and a couple of T-shirts and hats.  I flew out that
afternoon and was able to see the actual show with about 30 of my friends
back in Muncie.  This is just a very sketchy version, now if you want
to know anything more, just ask...  Anyone remember the show.  I was
tall (6'3) blonde hair and cracked a couple of jokes along the way.
Anyhow, ask away, I can tell ya anything about the show you want to
know.

                                                                          
        Kris