my dad was on leno! - Page 2

floatingslowly · 10.02.2008, 08:54 AM

self-defecating is really no big deal; it's when you need other's help that it becomes a problem.

tell yr dad to chin up.

schizophrenicroom · 10.02.2008, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

Ha ha! At least nobody knows it was your dad's copy. Until now, that is.

Good grief. Is he ready to shoot his editor?

nah, dad just cares that his prose was on tv. dad is shameless.

!@#$%! · 10.02.2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by schizophrenicroom

kind of.

my dad wrote an article about john tesh performing at the local arts center where he lives in texas. my dad wrote "self-deprecating", and his editor changed it to "self-defecating" somehow. well, leno read it on the part of his show where he shows off bloopers in print. my dad has been freaking out all day.

ha ha ha ha. most awesome.

atari 2600 · 10.02.2008, 06:07 PM

I saw the installment of Headlines Monday night. If I'm up and watching and Dave is not doing Small Town News at the same time, I always flip over to Leno to watch that segment.

Wow, that was your dad.
I'm having a hard time understanding how such a error could have been made editorially though.

Pax Americana · 10.02.2008, 06:10 PM

Hahahahaha! I almost never watch Leno, but I do like the Headlines segment. I actually happened to see that very headline, and it cracked me up. Kudos to your dad!

Silent Dan Speaks · 10.02.2008, 06:18 PM

Honestly, I'd consider it to be an honor.

gmku · 10.02.2008, 06:27 PM

In college one of my part-time jobs was making sale signs in this department store. I did this on one of those old-fashioned letter presses where you plop in the text letter by letter, roll ink over the letters, then press and roll the paper over it. All by hand, essentially.

I had to make a sign advertising a Golf Shirt Special. Made it, sent it up to the Men's Department, men's manager hangs the sign. They don't notice until almost 9 p.m. that I missed the letter "r" in the word "Shirt".

10.02.2008, 08:54 AM	#21
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	self-defecating is really no big deal; it's when you need other's help that it becomes a problem. tell yr dad to chin up.
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10.02.2008, 06:07 PM	#24
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	I saw the installment of Headlines Monday night. If I'm up and watching and Dave is not doing Small Town News at the same time, I always flip over to Leno to watch that segment. Wow, that was your dad. I'm having a hard time understanding how such a error could have been made editorially though.
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10.02.2008, 06:10 PM	#25
Pax Americana expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,187	Hahahahaha! I almost never watch Leno, but I do like the Headlines segment. I actually happened to see that very headline, and it cracked me up. Kudos to your dad!
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10.02.2008, 06:18 PM	#26
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	Honestly, I'd consider it to be an honor.
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10.02.2008, 06:27 PM	#27
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	In college one of my part-time jobs was making sale signs in this department store. I did this on one of those old-fashioned letter presses where you plop in the text letter by letter, roll ink over the letters, then press and roll the paper over it. All by hand, essentially. I had to make a sign advertising a Golf Shirt Special. Made it, sent it up to the Men's Department, men's manager hangs the sign. They don't notice until almost 9 p.m. that I missed the letter "r" in the word "Shirt". __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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