>> Dave: YOU KNOW, THE BIG

BLOCKBUSTER OF THE SUMMER OPENED

UP, "WAR OF THE WORLDS".

HOW MANY GOT A CHANCE TO SEE

"WAR OF THE WORLDS".

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

>> Dave: YOU HAD HUH?

YOU SAW "WAR OF THE WORLDS" AND

THEN YOU WENT OVER TO DOC'S

HOUSE.

(APPLAUSE)

>> WELL, IN THE MOVIE, YOU KNOW

WHAT THE MOVIE IS THE "WAR OF

THE WORLDS", THE ALIENS ATTACK

NEW JERSEY.

THEY ATTACK NEW JERSEY.

ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY THEY FIRST

LANDED IN MANHATTAN AND WERE

DRIVEN OUT BY THE PRICES. YOU'VE

SEEN THE TOYS THAT THIS WOMAN

HAS.

>> Paul: OKAY.

>> Dave: NOW I DON'T KNOW WHY WE

DIDN'T DO THIS YEARS AGO.

WE COULDN'T DO THIS SHOW NIGHT

IN AND NIGHT OUT WITHOUT THE

YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE

PAGES AT CBS.

>> Paul: OH YES.

>> Dave: THEY COME TO WORK EARLY

AND THEY HAVE TO PUT ON THOSE

POLYESTER THINGS AND THEY HELP

PEOPLE, THEY ARE FRIENDLY.

THEY ARE LIKE TOUR GUIDES, LIKE

PARK RANGERS, LIKE RED CROSS,

THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVICE, THEY

ARE EDUCATIONAL, INFOTAKENABLE.

>> THEY HELP.

>> Dave: THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL

PART OF THIS PRODUCTION SO

TONIGHT, IT WAS CALLED TO MY

ATTENTION.

WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN WHO IS A

PAGE AND HE HAS BEEN A PAGE HERE

AT CBS FOR 37 YEARS.

>> WOW!

NO KIDDING?

>> DID YOU KNOW THAT?

>> I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A

PAGE FOR THAT LONG.

>> Dave: A PAGE FOR 37 YEARS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A COUPLE OF

YEARS BUT THIS MAN HAS MADE A

CAREER OF IT.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO

BRING HIM OUT TONIGHT.

PLEASE WELCOME OUR GOOD FRIEND

JOHNNY, THE OLDEST, THE OLDEST

CBS PAGE, JOHNNY, WHERE ARE YOU?

(APPLAUSE)

>> Dave: NICE TO SEE YOU,

JOHNNIE.

TAKE A BOW.

THAT A BOY.

(APPLAUSE)

>> Dave: JOHNNY, THANK YOU VERY

MUCH.

I KNOW YOU HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE

TIME TO BE WITH US HERE TONIGHT.

HOW ARE YOU, BY THE WAY?

>> LIVING A DREAM, DAVE.

(LAUGHTER)

>> LIVING A FRIGGIN DREAM.

>> Paul: WHOA, HEY.

(APPLAUSE)

>> Dave: WAIT A MINUTE.

>> Dave: THAT'S JOHNNY.

>> Paul: WHO IS THIS GUY?

>> I DON'T THINK ARE YOU ALLOWED

TO SMOKE IN THE THEATRE.

I'M SORRY.

>> FINE, CALL A COP!

>> Dave: DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE --

I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT HE SAID.

>> Paul: I DON'T KNOW.

>> Dave: TELL US ABOUT YOUR LIFE

T SOUNDS GLAMOUROUS, DO YOU

ENJOY BEING A PAGE?

>> OH YEAH, YEAH, I LIKE BEING A

PAGE.

AND I LIKE HAVING HOT COAL

PACKED UP MY --

(LAUGHTER)

>> Dave: ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

AND MAYBE IT'S JUST ME BUT YOU

SOUND JUST A LITTLE -- A LITTLE

BITER.

HAVE YOU DONE OTHER THINGS, I

MEAN BEFORE YOU WERE A PAGE OR

TRIED OTHER JOBS OR ANYTHING?

>> YEAH, WELL, '94 MY COUSIN AND

I WE STARTED A ROOFING BUSINESS.

>> Dave: ROOFING BUSINESS, THAT

SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.

>> OH YEAH T WAS PARADISE UNTIL

ONE OF THE ILLEGALS FELL OFF A

LADDER AND DISLOCATED HIS ELBOW.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW IMMIGRATION

POKING AROUND AND -- EVERYTHING

GOES -- UP.

(APPLAUSE)

>> Dave: REALLY?

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

WOW!, SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

DID YOU HEAR THAT, PAUL?

>> YEAH, I HEARD WHAT HE SAID,

YEAH.

>> Dave: YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, WELL LET'S FORGET

ABOUT THE ROOFING BUSINESS.

I THINK WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW

WHAT IS YOUR JOB HERE AS A CBS

PAGE.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES?

>> YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I DO.

I'M THE GUY THAT TELLS THIS

CROWD THEY CANNOT QUELL"

LETTERMAN SUCKS "NO, LETTERMAN

DOES NOT SUC.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS T IS

ANOTHER ROCKING HOLIDAY WEEKEND,

COMING, DAVE, ALL RIGHT, HIT IT

LINDA.

♪ TELL ME WHEN WILL YOU BE

MINE ♪

♪ TELL ME QUONDOQUONDO ♪

♪ WE CAN SHARE YOUR LOVE --

>> DROP BY BEN I BEGANS IN ROUTE

76 FOR JOHNNY FIRECRACKER'S

FOURTH OF JULY PARTY.

CHECK IT OUT.

LADIES DRINK FREE!

(APPLAUSE)

♪ TELL ME WHEN WILL YOU BE BY ♪

♪.

>> Dave: JOHNNY, THE OLDEST CBS

PAGE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

>> Dave: WOW!.

(APPLAUSE)

>> Dave: SORRY TO HEAR THAT

ABOUT THE ROOFING BUSINESS THEY

HAD.

>> Paul: IT WENT -- UP,

APPARENTLY.

>> Dave: APPARENTLY.

(LAUGHTER)

>> Dave: DON'T YOU HATE WHEN

THAT HAPPENS?

ACTUALLY, DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN

ENOUGH IN MY LIFE.

AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

IT'S TIME FOR THE LATE SHOW WEEK

IN REVIEW.

♪ LADIES AND GENT ♪

♪ LATE SHOW WEEK IN REVIEW ♪♪

HERE'S DAVE!

>> Dave: ALL RIGHT.

(APPLAUSE)

>> Dave: THIS, OF COURSE, AS YOU

KNOW IS THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF

SUMMER AND I THOUGHT I HAD ALL

THE BASIC PROVISION I NEEDED FOR

THE SUMMER SEASON UNTIL I SAW

THIS VALUABLE REMINDER ON

TELEVISION.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> SUMMERTIME IS FINALLY HERE.