Late Show UK

Monday 7th July - Jack Hanna, Kid Rock, a Top Ten list by Annika Sorenstam (Rerun)
Tuesday 8th July - Mike Myers, BMX rider Kevin Robinson, Adele (Rerun)
Wednesday 9th July - Harrison Ford, Ali Lohan, Leona Lewis (Rerun)
Thursday 10th July - Paris Hilton, Steve Wyrick, Panic at the Disco (Rerun)
Friday 11th July - Steve Carell, Lance Armstrong, Dr. John (Rerun)

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Late Show Roundup for the 11th June 2008 show - www.lateshowuk.com/show-roundups

Tonight’s guests were actor Mark Wahlberg, UFO/alien enthusiast Jeff Peckman and singer Alanis Morissette. A new segment tonight to mark the very hot weather they’ve been getting in New York lately - it’s called “Cool / Not Cool”. It cuts to a video of Barack Obama bumping knuckles with his wife on the campaign trail, followed by George W. Bush doing some weird chest bump with somebody. We’ll let you decide which one is cool - but we’ll give you a hint… it’s not the George W. Bush one. Dave was talking about the new tainted tomato US scare earlier in the show, so what should Late Show staffer (actually, more specifically, she’s the costume designer) Sue Hum bring out with her on a plate? Well, tomatoes of course! She asks Dave if he would like a refreshing bit of cold tomato in this hot weather. Dave declines and Sue walks off telling him “this isn’t over”.

Up next, Dave tells us about new revelations that baseball star Roger Clemens kept Viagra in the locker room and we learn Jose Canseco managed to hit a home run without even having a bat. Biff Henderson makes a surprise appearance next to Dave next. He tells him he’s just there to make sure Dave’s okay as they always say “you should check in on the elderly” when there’s hot weather like this. Great Moments in Presidential Speeches was up next - tonight we see George W. Bush isn’t too sure what to do if another major disaster were to happen. As it’s summer, Dave then water blasts people out on the street outside the theatre with the giant water hose mounted up on the street post. They’ve upgraded it to make it more powerful - Dave comments on it. It was then time for the Top Ten list - tonight it was “Top ten signs your weathercaster is nuts”. A new take on the popular “How many people dressed as Spiderman can you fit into a Jamba Juice was up next” - this time we see how many people dressed as aliens they can get into a Jamba Juice. In addition to people dressed as aliens (which don’t look much like aliens as Dave points out - he thinks some of them look like witches) there’s Fat Spiderman, the Hulk, Indiana Jones and Moses, amongst others.

The first guest tonight was Mark Wahlberg - who’s in the new film The Happening, which opened on Friday the 13th. The first thing Dave asks him about is the strap he has on his wrist - it turns out he’s injured, and some of it was caused by playing on Nintendo Wii with one of his kids - Mark says he’s never seen his kid so happy when they caused pain on him. Mark Wahlberg says he’s also in training for a new boxing film. Mark then tells Dave he has a golf driving range in his back garden. Dave doesn’t believe him, but it’s actually true. However, there was a bit of a mishap when Mark says his dog was a little bit enthusiastic when trying to retrieve a golf ball - his dog leapt out straight in front of the ball just after he hit it. His dog had to go and get treatment, but he’s fine now. Alan Kalter’s Movie Review was the next segment after the Mark Wahlberg interview. Tonight Alan’s reviewing The Incredible Hulk - or at least he’s supposed to be. Alan describes parts that start to “throb and pulsate” and things that are “causing his pants to tear open”. Even though it sounds about right, Alan’s been watching the wrong film, if you know what we mean.

The second guest tonight was Jeff Peckman, who’s become famous for releasing a video that he says completely confirms there’s such things as aliens. He says the footage used was taken by someone else who’s had many encounters with aliens. Dave holds up a couple of pictures of an alien peering in the guy’s window. I don’t know if it’s real, but it looks pretty convincing. Some of the audience were laughing in the background, so I’m not sure if everyone was convinced. Jeff says the government has been covering up alien activity for a while. Jeff offers Dave a place on the alien greeting panel along with scientists, etc - in case we ever meet and greet them. Dave said he thinks he might be busy but wants Jeff to call him just in case. Alanis Morissette closed the show with a soothing song from her new album.

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Memorable Moments page updated - www.lateshowuk.com/memorable-moments

The Daily Show, the Late Show With David Letterman, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and The Colbert Report have all made it into Entertainment Weekly’s “100 best shows from 1983 to 2008″ list. Check out their positions below.

14    The Daily Show, Comedy Central (1996-present)
30    Late Show With David Letterman, CBS (1993-present)
43    Late Night With Conan O’Brien, NBC (1993-present)
58    The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, NBC (1992-present)
69    The Colbert Report, Comedy Central (2005-present)

Entertainment Weekly (EW.com) - “The New Classics: TV” - The list in full

Guest listings updated - www.lateshowuk.com/guest-listings

Where To Watch page updated - www.lateshowuk.com/where-to-watch

Monday 7th July - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Matt Costa (Rerun)
Tuesday 8th July - Jeffrey Tambor (Rerun)
Wednesday 9th July - Kristin Davis, Joel McHale, Shooter Jennings (Rerun)
Thursday 10th July - Valerie Bertinelli, Paulina Porizkova, Estelle (Rerun)
Friday 11th July - Holly Hunter (Rerun)

Monday 30th June - William Shatner, Chelsea Handler, Newton Faulkner (Rerun)
Tuesday 1st July - Will Smith, Pete Sampras, Ed Harcourt (Rerun)
Wednesday 2nd July - Mike Myers, Abigail Breslin, David Cook (Rerun)
Thursday 3rd July - Dustin Hoffman, Gordon Ramsey, Flobots (Rerun)
Friday 4th July - Laura and Jenna Bush, David Cook, Tristan Prettyman (Rerun)

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John Oliver’s standup show - originally aired on Comedy Central in the US - is coming out on DVD on the 19th August this year. ‘John Oliver: Terrifying Times’ will be available on region all DVD at Amazon.co.uk so it can be played on any DVD player in the world - good news for UK fans. The DVD includes several added extras including extended footage from the standup show (and uncensorted), clips from John Oliver on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, other The Daily Show & The Colbert Report clips featuring John, an episode of Reno 911, John at the UCB Theater in New York and more.

IGN.com - Boxart for the ‘John Oliver: Terrifying Times’ DVD
IGN.com - “John Oliver’s DVDaily Show”
Amazon.co.uk - ‘John Oliver: Terrifying Times’ PAL region-all DVD (no preorder yet)
Amazon.com - ‘John Oliver: Terrifying Times’ NTSC region-all DVD (preorder now)
Late Show UK Store (just search for Terrifying Times - not available to preorder yet)

Guest listings updated - www.lateshowuk.com/guest-listings

4th July - Meryl Streep, Chris Addison, Adrian Lester, The Last Shadow Puppets
11th July - Chaka Khan, Gok Wan, Steve Carell, Primal Scream

Series ends 11th July - Returning September 2008

In addition to Friday Night With Jonathan Ross being aired on a Friday evening, it is also repeated late at night on weekends (usually late Saturday nights).

Updated 12th July 2008.

Monday 23rd June - Barbara Ehrenreich
Tuesday 24th June - Jason Bond, Will Smith
Wednesday 25th June - Paul Goldberger, Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Thursday 26th June - Rep. Robert Wexler

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Updated 29th June 2008.