We quickly head over to Rupert's to say hello. Tonight we will have a gentleman partake in the Late Show Grilled Cheese Challenge." Tim Janus, a New York City Day Trader who doubles as a competitive eater, will try to break his own World Record by eating 32 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes. Before we start, Dave would like to talk to Dr. Lou Aronne, the official medic of the Late Show. Dave is concerned for the safety of Tim Janus and wonders if eating 32 grilled cheese sandwiches is good for one's health. Dr. Lou, via phone, does not think this is a wise thing to do. He advises, "Don't try this at home." Dave asks, "How about at a restaurant?" "No," answers Dr. Lou, "not even there." Dr. Lou continues with his warning that the consumer will likely suffer abdominal distress. A concerned Dave follows with, "If he goes down, is there anything I should do?" Dr. Lou calmly suggests, "Call 911."
We meet Mr. Janus. He doesn't look like a competitive eater; appearing rather slim and fit. You may have seen Tim Janus compete before but don't recognize the name. That's because he competes under the name "Eater X." It's time to start the competition. Tim, "Eater X," has his sandwiches in front of him, along with drinks to assists his consumption. Did Rupert make all the grilled cheese sandwiches himself? Rupert answers, "No, we ordered them from someplace downtown." Tim begins the eating. We watch him swallow the first few sandwiches and then go away to do some show.

It's time to put away the Late Show bear. It's something we are obligated to do, especially with an eating contest taking place nearby. Come to think of it, I think Tom Janus may be hyperphagic. Putting away the Late Show bear tonight is Production Associate Tom Foster. The battle begins. I immediately notice the fierceness isn't quite there. Something is wrong. Tom wonders the same. Tom stops and asks the Late Show Bear, "What's wrong?" He inspects the bear and notices a splinter in the beasts paw. Tim yanks and yanks at the splinter and finally removes it from the bear's clawed paw. The Late Show Bear is very thankful. Then attacks our Production Associate, leaving him maimed on the floor. The Late Show Bear then calmly puts himself away.
Sponsoring the Late Show Bear tonight: Subway Restaurants. "Subway - Eat Fresh."

Hey! Did you hear Vice President Dick Cheney is about to undergo a medical procedure? We take a look.
Announcer:

"Next weekend Dick Cheney will be undergoing surgery for an aneurysm in an artery behind his right knee. That's right, America...Cheney is now so fat he's having heart attacks in his knee! Dick Cheney --- 255 pounds of blubber!"

Let's check back in with our competitive eater, Tim Janus. Time is running out and although he's eaten a lot of the sandwiches, he will come up well short. We started with 50 sandwiches on the platter --- 100 halves --- so it looked like he had farther to go than he actually needed. While Tim had another grilled cheese sandwich up to his mouth, Dave tells Tim that time is up, adding, "But go ahead and finish that. It looks as if you're enjoying it." Dave apologizes for a little mix up at the start of the race (our clock started before Tim started eating.) "Did that throw you off?" Dave asks. Tim looking for an out, agrees. Dave says, "You fell short of not only the World Record but you also fell short of the World Record." I'm not sure why I found that so funny. Anyway, nice try Eater X. Dave has Rupert join Tim in finishing the plate of 100 halves.

Back from commercial, we have a new and improved "Ape or Artist." It's "Ape or Artist or Elephant." Yes, we expanded to elephant. And we have the brand new home game. Before even seeing the work of art, Dave believes it was done by an elephant. Why expand the game to include an elephant if you're not going to use an elephant? Make sense. I like Dave's thinking. The scrim rises and before it is even half way up, Dave is chiming, "Elephant. Clearly an elephant. That was done by an elephant." He points out to the unaccustomed, "An elephant paints with his trunk." To change colors, somebody simply puts a different color paint brush in his trunk. Dave thinks definitely the painting was done by an elephant.
Paul isn't so sure. He owns a painting by an elephant back home. He was given the painting while attending a Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. His painting looks nothing like this painting. For that reason, Paul is going to side with "Ape." And the answer?
Alan: "Dave, it was painted by . . . . an ape! A 6-year-old living in Borneo, Indonesia, Wingki uses both brushes and parts of his body to create this art. One of 240 baby orangutans housed at the Orangutan Care Center, more information about Wingki can be found at www.orangutan.org."

TOP TEN: Leftover Top Ten Entries
#10. "Can I swim in it?"
#9. "Will my identical twin brother be offended?"
#8. "Will this get me on Oprah?"
#7. "Can I get the first shot at Bob Denver's face?" the audience laugh followed by a groan brought Dave great satisfaction.
#6. "What would Jacko do?"
#5. "Will this affect my hat size?"
#4. "What if the salesman pressures me to pay for undercoating?"
#3. "Would it be easier to just get a haircut?"
#2. "They mean 'Guinea Pig' in a good way, right?"
#1. "Will it fall off when I sneeze."

JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT: She's the Ghost Whisperer! Dave admires the grommets in her dress. I laughed as I own an American flag with grommets. Before I bought the flag, I never knew what a grommet was. Now I do. Unfortunately, I didn't want a flag with grommets; I wanted a flag with a sleeve.
Dave met Jennifer outside the Emmys in a tent Sunday night. Dave wanted to be sure he didn't leer at her, even though her beauty made it hard to resist. She had a bit of an accident recently at a "table read" for the "Ghost Whisperer." A "table read" is where the actors sit around a big table and read through the script before they shoot the episode. Jennifer wanted to say hello to one of the actors at the other end of the table and instead of walking around, she decided to crawl under the desk to the other side to say hello. She accomplished the first part, but on her crawl back someone was pushing in their chair and clunked her right in the head. Out she went like a light. She was sent home for the day. Hmmm, maybe I'll try that.

In "Ghost Whisperer," Jennifer has the ability to hear ghosts. What do they say to her? Mostly it's to tell Jennifer that they left something important somewhere and if she would be a dear and tell the surviving family what they left and where it is. I know I've said it before, but I love the blurb CBS put out to describe the "Ghost Whisperer": . . . . . HEY! They changed it! I just went to the CBS website and clicked on "Ghost Whisperer" and the part where they have my favorite part has been changed. It used to read:

"Ghost Whisperer"
"It focuses on a young newlywed (Jennifer Love Hewitt) endowed with the unique ability to communicate with spirits, who has spent her entire life coping with this extraordinary gift, but who also yearns to lead an ordinary life--if only the dead would stop talking."

DANICA PATRICK: She's the exciting rookie driver in the Indy Car Series. I hate to admit it, I've been fighting it, I don't want to do it, but I'm becoming interested in Indy Car. With twins at home who keep me incredibly busy, I don't have time to devote to another sport . . . and yet . . . I find myself stopping to watch the IRL . . . and then staying with it. It used to be for a minute, then 5 minutes, and now it's up to 15 minutes and last week it was a half hour. With 2 races left in the season, who knows, maybe I'll watch from the green to the checkered.
Danica admits it's been a difficult season, with the actual racing only being the half of it. She's spent a lot of time on the business end of it, promoting the league and herself. Dave congratulates her on a tremendous season, but finds it must be a real pain to have people constantly yakking at her for this and for that. She says it's been a struggle to keep everything in balance. There are so many commitments and obligations that she has to keep, every minute is scheduled. Leading up to the Indianapolis 500 back in May, she was constantly on the go for the two weeks leading up to the race. Dave says it would be so nice to have nothing to worry about but the race. "If all you had to do was worry about the car and the racing, it would be great!" But Danica is important to the League, bringing in business and a load of publicity. And she did well at the Indianapolis 500, finishing 4th in a race she led near the end. Short on fuel, though, forced her to back off and finish where she did. Dave says the feeling of 400,000 fans pulling for Danica at the Speedway was exhilarating. Danica says she wishes she could experience that feeling, but cannot since she's driving 200 mph and not being able to see the cars all around you.

And then my favorite part of the interview:
Dave breaks stride and says to Danica, "You have beautiful hair, by the way." Danica thanks Dave and then immediately gives credit to the "team backstage" who worked on it. How cool was that? Just like a professional driver, she gives credit for her "success" to the team! As if, "Yes, thank you for noticing my hair but the credit really belongs to the team who put my hair together." What a pro!
And then we learn that Danica is about to be married. Ahhhhhhhh. Good news for her; bad news for all of you out there who thought you had a chance. When is the marriage? Soon.

Who would have thought that between Jennifer Love Hewitt and Danica Patrick, it would be Hewitt who would get a concussion at work?

ACT 5: Look at that. Rupert and Tim Janus are still going at it. And that was our show for Tuesday, September 20, 2005. Wahoo EXTRA!

I actually like this baseball season more than I have in years. Important Yankee games from July to the end of September and hopefully through October. Years past my interest would finally kick in about the 3rd week of September. So far the Yankees have been in first place for about 12 hours sometime in July. They are on the verge again tonight. The Yankees have Randy Johnson going tonight. In the Red Sox game, they're facing Scott Kazmir of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, a pitcher who has given them fits before.

How has being a Cameo Mention of a Wahoo Reader changed your life?
Michael Loik of Ben Lomond, California:

"I am now able to tell 500 students each year at UC Santa Cruz that I have been the Cameo Wahoo Reader."

Robert Podfigurny of Liverpool, New York:

"I too received the highly-coveted Cameo Mention of a Wahoo Reader back in the Fall of '04. It changed my life tremendously. Since then I received a big job promotion and raise, lost 70 lbs. and got a brand new car. I've also had much more success with the ladies."

Wally Henneberry:

"I was a Wahoo Cameo Mention a few years ago. It was an exciting time."

Robert Podfigurny added this in regard to a recent Wahoo topic about advice from Dear Abby:

"Regarding the CHP's recommendation of using the turn signal in an emergency, I agree this would be difficult and I also agree with one of your readers who suggested using the hazards; however, even that switch could be hard to find and far away from the passenger. I think the good folks at GM realized just this issue as in my new Chevrolet Malibu (thanks, again) the hazard button is placed prominently in the center of the dash between the two seats. How about that?"

And speaking of cars: The reason for the death of the Drive-In? Bucket seats.