# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/41 "2013-10-18T22:03:02Z")
This must be the open ended question we’ve had on the SDMB that’s had the most matches. I, too, thought of “Dave’s not here, man.” ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/42 "2013-10-18T22:04:20Z")
I thought of the Kevin Kline movie first (but not really the character in the movie, just the title). Then after a few seconds, Dave Chapelle. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/43 "2013-10-18T22:04:46Z")
My brother, then Letterman. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/44 "2013-10-18T22:05:52Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Here’s one I bet not even a geezer will mention: Garroway. I’m a geezer, and you’re right! I didn’t think about Dave Garroway much when he was still on TV. Now Dave Brubeck does come to mind!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/45 "2013-10-18T22:06:29Z")
First this > [@shiftless](#): > > HAL or more specifically HAL saying “I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that” Then this: > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > [These are the Daves I know.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTT_zUyBA04) > [@Longshanks](#): > > Dave Davies of the Kinks. I actually know someone named Dave Davies. I knew his name was Dave so it took me a while to figure out why he always came up as Davies on Caller ID. At some point I think I asked him or saw his business card or something. But just saying Dave wouldn’t make me think of him and if I was thinking of the Kinks, I’d think of Ray Davies first. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/46 "2013-10-18T22:07:58Z")
1. Letterman 2. Dave’s not here, man. 3. [Super Dave Osborne](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXtgGLSwAL4) I watched a lot of TV in the late 70’s early 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/47 "2013-10-18T22:10:41Z")
Right now, Dave G, who used to work with me and was back in town and had lunch with us yesterday. Chinese BBQ pork on white bread rolls. Otherwise it would be [Dave Gorman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Gorman) of [Are You Dave Gorman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Dave_Gorman%3F) fame I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/48 "2013-10-18T22:20:46Z")
No, it’s me Dave. I really wish y’all would quit calling out my name and then not saying anything to me. It’s really distracting. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/49 "2013-10-18T22:27:37Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > “Sorry Dave, I can’t do that.” That Dave. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/50 "2013-10-18T22:31:27Z")
1. The UK TV channel 2. Cameron ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/51 "2013-10-18T22:45:25Z")
Skipped over posts to be untainted… HAL’s not dead yet astronaut buddy. runner up: Goliath’s pal, tho he was actually Davey. “God wouldn’t like that, Davey.” ---
**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, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/52 "2013-10-18T23:02:13Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > runner up: Goliath’s pal, tho he was actually Davey. “God wouldn’t like that, Davey.” From Brother Dave Gardner: Little Dave’s brother: “Little Dave, why ain’t you with the sheep?” Little Dave: “'Cause I’d rather fight.” ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/53 "2013-10-18T23:03:01Z")
I thought of Dave Barry and Dave Foley at the exact same moment. That is, I was thinking of the Dave who was in _News Radio_, but for some reason thought the name Dave Barry instead of Dave Foley. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/54 "2013-10-18T23:08:10Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I thought of both of them after I had posted my list above. I assume you meant the Great White North and the Wendy’s guy? Yep. Now imagine them switching places. \>\_\> ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/55 "2013-10-18T23:16:21Z")
All you “Dave’s not here” folks…did your copy of the album have a ghost echo, so every time Tommy said “Dave’s not here”, you heard it faintly repeated half a second later? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/56 "2013-10-18T23:20:28Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > The Kevin Kline movie. Ditto ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/57 "2013-10-18T23:20:32Z")
Navarro ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/58 "2013-10-18T23:29:46Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > All you “Dave’s not here” folks…did your copy of the album have a ghost echo, so every time Tommy said “Dave’s not here”, you heard it faintly repeated half a second later? Not that I remember, but there are two reasons why that might happen (if not intentional). One is the adjacent grooves on an LP record, which have been known to _bleed through_ if cut very close together. The other is _print-through_ from the master tape used to make the original LP master. When magnetic tape is wound, a strong signal can transfer to a more-silent area on an adjacent layer over time. More likely to be detected with voice than music, since music tends to be continuous and louder sounds mask softer ones. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/59 "2013-10-18T23:43:28Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > The Kevin Kline movie. +1. Letterman didn’t even cross my mind, I’m surprised he’s such a popular answer. 2nd person: Davy Crockett. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/60 "2013-10-18T23:50:02Z")
Dave’s not here, man. I never had the album, but it’s still the first thing I thought of. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602.md?page=4)