# What were Dave's mom's pies this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038 "2012-11-25T04:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/1 "2012-11-25T04:12:22Z")
Title says it all…I can’t find anything. Anybody catch it? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/2 "2012-11-25T04:17:20Z")
Dave’s not here, man. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/3 "2012-11-25T04:38:26Z")
Wasn’t Thursday a rerun? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/4 "2012-11-25T04:43:11Z")
I’m thinking pumpkin, apple, and maybe mince. Granted, I have no idea what you’re talking about, but that’s my guess, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/5 "2012-11-25T04:50:08Z")
Title doesn’t say it all. Who’s Dave? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/6 "2012-11-25T04:54:04Z")
I haven’t watch his show in years, but traditionally, David Letterman does a remote interview with his mother on Thanksgiving, in which he asks her what kind of pie she’s made for dinner that night. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/7 "2012-11-25T04:56:20Z")
Seriously you guys? You’re not familiar with David Letterman guessing what kind of pie his mother made for Thanksgiving? But to answer the O.P.'s question. . . Does he still do that? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/8 "2012-11-25T06:00:06Z")
If I wanted to count the number of episodes of Letterman’s show that I watched, I’d have to to chop half a finger off. I think my grandma watches him, though. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/9 "2012-11-25T06:03:19Z")
Probably none. Letterman’s mom is in her 90s and last year he mentioned that she no longer bakes any pies for Thanksgiving since she’s getting on in years. Also, Letterman was a rerun on Thanksgiving so we don’t know what kind of pies Lettrman’s sisters (who whoever replaced his mom) baked. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/10 "2012-11-25T16:16:37Z")
Didn’t realize people weren’t familiar with the letterman pie thing. Sorry. Thanks for the responses, don’t feel so bad about falling asleep now. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/11 "2012-11-25T16:23:00Z")
Did he quit working Thanksgiving once he had a child? He used to hate his family get-togethers, so he had his staff work the day and served them Thanksgiving dinner(usually while wearing a Pilgrim outfit). ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/12 "2012-11-25T17:17:55Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did he quit working Thanksgiving once he had a child? He used to hate his family get-togethers, so he had his staff work the day and served them Thanksgiving dinner(usually while wearing a Pilgrim outfit). They shot a bit of tape of Dave serving Thanksgiving dinner to the staff wearing a Pilgrim outfit and then showed that same clip every year. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-daves-moms-pies-this-year/642038/13 "2012-11-26T07:25:06Z")
> [@Hung\_Mung](#): > > Didn’t realize people weren’t familiar with the letterman pie thing. Sorry. Thanks for the responses, don’t feel so bad about falling asleep now. Just once. She made a beautiful pumpkin pie with a dollop of cream in the middle, and a ‘meh’ swirl of cherries and cream (cheese) pie.