LATE SHOW NEWS #200 April 28, 1998 published April 24 (!) by Aaron Barnhart To join or leave the LATE-SHOW-NEWS mailing list, instructions are at end of message. What the heck. I've been late so many times delivering issues that I decided to be way early, just for variety. This way I can say I got my 200th out before "The Simpsons" got theirs out. No issue next week or the next. See you on Cinco de Mayo. The real reason I'm sending this dispatch early is so that you might have a chance to catch Lizz Winstead's return to television this weekend. "The Ms. Foundation's Women of Comedy Live from Caroline's" airs 9 p.m. Sunday on cable's Lifetime network. (If you miss it, check the schedule; it'll repeat often.) It's produced by Winstead and features terrific performances by Joy Behar and Caroline Rhea. Less terrific are the host Janeane Garofalo -- I just know there's something I'm not *getting* about her routine, but please don't tell me what it is, that'll spoil it -- and Ellen Cleghorne and actually she's pretty good in a hit-or-miss kind of way. Roseanne also shows up and gives 100 percent (as only Roseanne can, looking like she's giving 50 percent) in a face-to-face with Winstead. Roseanne gets huge cheers from the studio audience when she suggests Hillary should tell Bill, "Look, I *made* you and I can take you out!" I forgot to mention this special in the last issue, only remembering when Winstead blew in a call to me from the set of "The Man Show," the pilot she's helping make with former Letterman producer Daniel Kellison, cable cutups Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel and a writing team that includes herself, longtime Letterman head writer Steve O'Donnell, former Letterman and "Seinfeld" writer Spike Feresten. "Yep, I've gone from the woman show to 'The Man Show,'" she said. "Actually, all television is the man show -- this is just the one with the balls to admit it." Right now everybody on the set is busy sketching out concepts, then going out and taping them. The show will consist of Kimmel and Carolla in a studio, tossing to the various taped pieces, not much live schtick if any, so the show will live or die by the prepared material. Among the sketches already well along are a "Clutch Cargo" conversation among the poker-playing dogs in the famed painting; a piece explaining why women's car insurance rates are lower than men's; and tips on fixing your toilet from Cindy Crawford. "She opens up the lid and shows you the ballcock," explained Winstead. "You know what the ballcock is? It's the thing you jiggle up and down to stop the toilet from running. I'll bet you didn't know it was called a ballcock." Winstead is here just for a few weeks to work on the "Man Show" pilot, then it's back to New York. Which means she probably won't continue work on the program if ABC decides to pick it up. She wants to spend as little time in L.A. as possible. "I'm doing this because I love working with these people," she said. "I lived here for three years and wanted to stab myself in the throat when I got done." On personal matters, Lizz said that her mom, Ginny Winstead, who suffered a heart attack last year, is fully recovered. "She got back on her feet in no time, back to criticizing." And no, Lizz hasn't watched a single episode of "The Daily Show" since leaving it. *** Don't forget, it's pilot-shooting season in L.A. and they need audiences. "The Man Show," for starters, will be taping at Hollywood Studios *this Saturday,* April 25; I'm sure there's a number to call for tickets but I don't know what it is. I do know of TV Tickets on the Web , which I wrote up in LSN #166. Looking at their site I see tapings coming up for Jon Lovitz's pilot and Michael Moore's "Better Days," both on May 1, in addition to the usual "Vibe" and "Dennis Miller Live" passes. TV Tickets isn't comprehensive of all TV tapings going on in L.A., I should disclaim, but I think the service is darn convenient ... Conan O'Brien revealed to Tom Snyder in his "Late Late Show" interview last night that he has been in four apartments over the course of five years in New York. Now, according to the Associated Press, he has a temporary apartment in the building where singer Cyndi Lauper lives. Son, two words: Get married ... This isn't quite late-night news but I suspect many of you will want to check out the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, which begins at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday on C-SPAN ... And our pal Monica Yant of the Philly Inquirer happened to spot the Brazilian late-night show "Jo Soares Onze e Meia," still on the air two years after we first told you about it: "The host is a 55-year-old short and chubby intellectual who speaks five languages and gave up a career in TV comedy to become a talk show host. ... The interviews are done in English and then a translator adds subtitles which are seen at airtime." (LSN #95) Monica says the host looked kind of like C. Everett Koop. She also says the Portuguese-language version of "The Simpsons" is the show's lead-in, "and in Portuguese, Bart's voice is dark and deep and oh-so mature." *** Tom Heald's THIS NIGHT IN HISTORY Exclusive to LATE SHOW NEWS tomalhe@aol.com We 4/29: In 1982, "Rolling Stone" magazine's cover story is an eleven-page article on John Belushi titled "Made in America." Including articles written by his mother Agnes, his Father Adam, and siblings Marion and Jim. Th 4/30: Times change. In 1986, "The Official G.E. Handshake Logo" is introduced on "Late Show With David Letterman." Five years later, on the 4/30/91 show, Letterman displays the "G.E. voodoo doll." Fr 5/1: In 1990, Madonna discusses spanking in a three-bleep interview on "The Arsenio Hall Show." Sa 5/2 : In 1997, Mike Myers' "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" opens in theaters. It's Myers' first successful film whose title contains neither "Wayne" or "World." Myers created the character while listening to Burt Bacharach's "The Look of Love" on the radio. Su 5/3: In 1984, on "Late Night with David Letterman," to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of Alan Shepard's Mercury sub-orbital flight, David Letterman and Paul Shaffer compete in the "Rocket Chair Race," announced by Bob Costas, in the NBC hallways. Dave wins at 11.03 seconds. Mo 5/4: In 1993, on "Late Night with David Letterman," in a tribute to summer, Meg Parsont at Simon & Schuster throws beach balls out of her window as Biff Henderson tries to catch them on the pavement. Tu 5/5: In 1989, on the last day of a series of "Late Night with David Letterman" broadcasts from Chicago, the "Viewer Mail" theme is sung by the Ukrainian Male Chorus. Letterman forgets something, so he leaves the theater, gets on the El, goes to Wrigley Field and turns on the stadium lights. [Thanks to David Tanny, franca@geocities.com, and Mary Jones. Special thanks to Donz5, the illegitimate father of Harmony Korine.] Tom Heald will be doing something he can't really talk about yet for the top secret new-and-improved "Late Show with David Letterman" website which he can't tell you when it's coming out, except to say "Spring." THE LINEUPS with Sue Trowbridge NOTE: "Pick to Click" means a must-watch show. LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CBS Fr 4/24 Jennifer Aniston, Jerry Springer, Al Green Mo 4/27 Marisa Tomei, Ryan Leaf, Alana Davis Tu 4/28 Jack Hanna, Ray Allen, Dave Matthews Band We 4/29 Patrick Swayze, Hugh Hefner Th 4/30 Sam Donaldson, Gena Lee Nolin, Brian Regan Fr 5/1 Salma Hayek, Pearl Jam Mo 5/4 Elle MacPherson, Usher Tu 5/5 Donald Trump, Jayson Williams, Trisha Yearwood We 5/6 Sally Field, Lyle Lovett THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, NBC Fr 4/24 Singing and talking birds, Martin Short, Faith Hill Mo 4/27 Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, Peter MacNicol, 106-year-old worker Walter Beerman Tu 4/28 Richard Simmons, Spike Lee, Goo Goo Dolls We 4/29 Alberta Dunbar (makes Spam cheesecake) Th 4/30 Denzel Washington, Laura Dern, Stevie Nicks Fr 5/1 Julie Scardina and Sea World animals, Marcy Playground Mo 5/4 From Chicago: Heather Locklear, Dennis Rodman, the cast of "Chicago'' Tu 5/5 Chicago's best singing dogs, Aretha Franklin LATE LATE SHOW WITH TOM SNYDER, CBS Fr 4/24 Sarah Jessica Parker, Brian Stokes Mitchell, subway street performers Mo 4/27 Alan Alda, Gloria Steinem Tu 4/28 Meredith Viera We 4/29 George Segal, Rick Bragg Th 4/30 Joy Behar LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, NBC Fr 4/24 Isabella Rossellini, Jerry O'Connell, The Derailers Mo 4/27 Bob Costas, Salt-N-Pepa, Louis CK (R 2/11/98) Tu 4/28 John Lithgow, Pete Seeger and Dar Williams We 4/29 Jason and the Scorchers Th 4/30 TBA Fr 5/1 Patrick Swayze, Michael Wood Mo 5/4 Tom Selleck, Ana Gasteyer, Alana Davis (R 2/17/98) Tu 5/5 Michael J. Fox, Morcheeba LATER, NBC Line-ups not available CHARLIE ROSE, PBS Please note that Charlie Rose listings are very tentative Fr 4/24 David Ross, Yehudi Menuhin, John Turturro Mo 4/27 Jason Alexander Tu 4/28 TBA We 4/29 Daniel Petrocelli Th 4/30 Spike Lee Fr 5/1 William Kennard POLITICALLY INCORRECT WITH BILL MAHER, ABC Fr 4/24 William Shatner, Jerry Cantrell, Tucker Carlson, Natasha Henstridge Mo 4/27 Al Franken, Lynn Redgrave, Star Jones, Elizabeth Wurtzel Tu 4/28 William H. Macy, Robin Cook, Arianna Huffington, Ruby Wax We 4/29 Suzanne Somers, Ray Davies, Meredith Vieira, Star Parker Th 4/30 Martin Short, Robert Loggia, Michael Medved, Debbie Matenopoulis Fr 5/1 Kathy Ireland, Joy Behar, Christine O'Donnell Mo 5/4 TBA Tu 5/5 Cal Thomas, Ben Jones We 5/6 Shelley Long, Patricia Schroeder, Bill T. Jones VIBE TV, syndicated Fr 4/24 Duane Martin, Kelly Rutherford, Wes Craven, Wyclef, Pras, ODB, Mya Mo 4/27 Suzanne Somers, Sheryl Lee Ralph Tu 4/28 Lou Diamond Phillips, Tahj Mowry We 4/29 TBA Th 4/30 Alex Trebek, Sylk-E Fyne Fr 5/1 The Lox, Lil' Kim THE DAILY SHOW, Comedy Central Mo 4/27 Bob Hoskins Tu 4/28 Sheryl Lee Ralph We 4/29 Jason Gedrick Th 4/30 Patrick Swayze DENNIS MILLER LIVE, HBO Fr 4/24 Kathy Griffin on "Neighbors" Fr 5/1 Burt Reynolds on "Country Music" Fr 5/8 David Spade and Norm McDonald-- 100th Episode Special SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST, Cartoon Network Fr 4/24 Dr. Maxcy Nolan, Steve Arnold HOWARD STERN, E! Beginning this week I'm including the lineups for all three "Howard Stern" airings at 11 and 11:30 p.m. and 2 a.m. Eastern time. Saturday the show only airs during the 11 o'clock hour. Fr 4/24 Adult Video Vacations, Howard's Birthday '98 Part 5 (R), Tawny Kitaen Part 2 (R) Sa 4/25 Sandra Taylor (R), Brittany Andrews (R) DIE HARALD SCHMIDT SHOW, SAT.1 Fr 24/4 Herbert Feuerstein, Minh Khai Phan Thi Also on late nights: NIGHTLINE and WORLD NEWS NOW, ABC CHARLES GRODIN, CNBC MAD TV, Fox SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, NBC (this season) and Comedy Central (classics) THE RUPAUL SHOW, VH1 LOVELINE, MTV UP TO THE MINUTE, CBS NIGHTSIDE, NBC (going away soon) DIE HARALD SCHMIDT SHOW, SAT.1 Entire contents Copyright 1998 by Aaron Barnhart. All rights reserved. LATE SHOW NEWS is made possible with the generous assistance of ECHO, New York City's premiere online service. http://www.echonyc.com Send news for and comments about this newsletter to aaron@tvbarn.com