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Original Airdate: 04-29-1983
Host: JOHNNY CARSON
Announcer: ED MCMAHON
Conductor: TOMMY NEWSOM
Director: BOBBY QUINN
Guests:
  • BOB & RAY
  • BEALS, JENNIFER
  • WEISS, DAVID
  • SMITH, SAMANTHA
Writers: BOB KLEIN HAL GOODMAN MICHAEL BARRIE JIM MULHOLLAND GARY MURPHY RAY SILLER KEVIN MULHOLLAND JOHN DEBELLIS MONTY AIDEM FRED RAKER
Monologue: Calls himself, 'The Official Comedian of the 1984 Olympics', Beverly Hills, Reagans entertaining Lord Olivier, the Democrats, San Francisco.
Material: NO DESK
Topics: SAMANTHA SMITH - They discuss: her claim to fame that she wrote to Soviet Premier Yuri Androprov and he wrote back. BOB & RAY - Centerstage perform a fictional talk show, WASTING TIME MAGAZINE, where one interviews the other about collection of numbers and do a 'man in the street' interview. DAVID WEISS - Centerstage plays the saw 'Sweet Georgia Brown' and 'Danny Boy'; panels and discusses the history of saw playing, the authentic folk instrument. JENNIFER BEALS - They discuss: her recent film release 'Flashdance', her role inthe movie, shows a clip from the film, using the money she earned from it to payher tuition at Yale, her studies there, which leads them into a brief discussion of Atronomy.
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