# When I say "Dave" who's the first person you think of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602 "2013-10-18T20:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/1 "2013-10-18T20:15:17Z")
Title says it all… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/2 "2013-10-18T20:15:52Z")
Letterman ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/3 "2013-10-18T20:16:29Z")
“Dave’s not here.” ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/4 "2013-10-18T20:16:31Z")
HAL ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/5 "2013-10-18T20:17:07Z")
The Kevin Kline movie. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/6 "2013-10-18T20:18:10Z")
Dave Foley He actually goes by Dave, so it comes to my mind immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/7 "2013-10-18T20:18:57Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > “Dave’s not here.” Who? Which is to say, this. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/8 "2013-10-18T20:19:35Z")
[These are the Daves I know.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTT_zUyBA04) ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/9 "2013-10-18T20:20:53Z")
Letterman, which is kinda weird, since he’s always been introduced as “David Letterman” and that’s the name on all of his shows. But he’s definitely not the first David I would think of. Second would be Kevin Klein. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/10 "2013-10-18T20:22:38Z")
What **cochrane** said. I think we are showing our age. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/11 "2013-10-18T20:23:09Z")
Brubeck is who I was thinking of when I did the OP, but others on my list: Gardner (Brother) Macon (Uncle) Barry Clark O’Brien (Tex) Cortez (Baby) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/12 "2013-10-18T20:23:53Z")
Letterman ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/13 "2013-10-18T20:24:18Z")
Another vote for “Dave’s not here” ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/14 "2013-10-18T20:30:43Z")
“Oh, Dave! Dave’s not here, man.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/15 "2013-10-18T20:31:35Z")
Me ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/16 "2013-10-18T20:36:12Z")
“Sorry Dave, I can’t do that.” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/17 "2013-10-18T20:38:53Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > [These are the Daves I know.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTT_zUyBA04) That was my first thought. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/18 "2013-10-18T20:39:35Z")
Letterman. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/19 "2013-10-18T20:42:50Z")
In order of thought: -Kevin Kline in the movie of the same title. -David Letterman -_“Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/20 "2013-10-18T20:45:00Z")
Here’s one I bet not even a geezer will mention: Garroway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602.md?page=2)