{"id":18694,"date":"2010-07-19T11:58:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T18:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=18694"},"modified":"2010-12-03T09:32:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T17:32:18","slug":"letterman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/18694","title":{"rendered":"Letterman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"325\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AXyVBxncIx4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AXyVBxncIx4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"325\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Stronger than silent e, able to leap capital T in a single bound&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before David Letterman had a show, I used to watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/view_play_list?p=DE18ECC192FC6746\" target=\"_blank\">Letterman.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joan Rivers narrated the Letterman spots with Gene Wilder as the voice of the hero.<\/p>\n<p>These shorts were from the original <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Electric_Company_%281971_TV_series%29\" target=\"_blank\">Electric Company<\/a> (1972-77), which was the coolest childrens show ever. Even had Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, Mel Brooks and Spider-man.<\/p>\n<p>And<br \/>\nIn an odd jump back to my childhood, <a href=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/18688\" target=\"_blank\">Libby the Kid<\/a> and The Electric Company ended up influencing some of <a href=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/1023\" target=\"_blank\">the design stuff<\/a> I&#8217;ve done for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/lanormandieband\" target=\"_blank\">Normandie.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"325\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2UOqSQdpgRI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2UOqSQdpgRI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"325\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"325\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Qy97M0YbD6w&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Qy97M0YbD6w&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"325\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n\r\n\t<div style=\"float: left; \">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-text=\"Letterman\" data-url=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/18694\"  data-via=\"mehallo\">Tweet<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Stronger than silent e, able to leap capital T in a single bound&#8217; Before David Letterman had a show, I used to watch Letterman. Joan Rivers narrated the Letterman spots with Gene Wilder as the voice of the hero. These shorts were from the original Electric Company (1972-77), which was the coolest childrens show ever. 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