# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/121 "2013-10-21T11:41:08Z")
Seems my Daves are totally different from everyone else’s. After Dave WOO! I thought of Super Dave (Osborne). Yeup, I even remembered the last name. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/122 "2013-10-21T11:57:30Z")
1. “Dave’s not here.” 2. Cameron 3. The UK television channel. On the last one - I don’t know if US stations do this but a lot of UK stations (which are now all digital) have a “+1” channel that shows the same thing as the regular channel but an hour later. Most of the channels are just called “Channel 4 + 1” or “ITV2 + 1” or whatever, but Dave call theirs “Dave ja vu”. I hope whoever came up with that got a large bonus, because that is genius. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/123 "2013-10-21T12:06:34Z")
1- Letterman 2- Winfield 3- My uncle ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/124 "2013-10-21T14:48:34Z")
Dave Barry, or my friend Dave. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/125 "2013-10-21T15:20:40Z")
Owner of a bar I frequent. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/126 "2013-10-21T16:28:31Z")
Why, me, of course. It’s my name. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/127 "2013-10-21T19:15:10Z")
As of Post #126 Today, 11:28 AM by \*\*Kizarvexius \*\* Here are rough counts of those Daves getting more than two mentions: Letterman 24 “Dave’s not here.” 22 HAL 18 Barry 12 The Kevin Kline movie 10 Thomas 9 The UK TV channel 8 These are the Daves I know 7 Cameron 5 Brubeck 4 Dave Foley 4 Garroway 4 Dave Lister 4 Davies 3 ======================================================= These had one or two: David Bowie Dave Chapelle Coolier Davy Crockett Gahan Dave Gilmour Otherwise it would be Dave Gorman of Are You Dave Gorman fame I guess. Dave Gorman. David Hasselhoff David Lo Pan Dave Matthews. I was a big fan in high school and college. 2. Matthews Dave McCave Dave Mustaine Navarro 1. Super Dave Osborne I thought of Super Dave (Osborne). Yeup, I even remembered the last name. Dave Ramsey. Lee Roth of Van Halen Followed by Dave Seville (the Chipmunks). Followed by Seville. Dave Stewart Strider (Homestuck) Dave Strider. My daughter’s into Homestuck. Dave Lee Travis Winfield David Wright (the baseball player) Famous Dave’s Barbecue Dave. Dave Hirschkop, of Dave’s Insanity Sauce. The Minion from Despicable me, I have two children. the statue by Michelangelo Very surprised Papa Lazarou from the League of Gentlemen hasnot received a mention The guy in the Stuart McLean Vinyl Cafe stories. Goliath’s pal Woo, a former Doper. ETA: Wait, it’s actually W00. But he’ll always be Dave Woo!! in my heart. ======================================================= And there were many unnamed relatives, friends, associates and “others.” ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/128 "2013-10-21T19:20:11Z")
> [@Pashnish\_Ewing](#): > > 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. He is introduced like that and that’s the name of the show but within the show everyone calls him Dave. Except when his mother is on. Letterman is the first one to pop up for me too. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602/129 "2013-10-21T20:57:23Z")
First instant reaction: myself. Second (almost) instant reaction: The Kevin Kline movie. Which is interesting b/c I’ve not actually ever seen the movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-dave-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/671602.md?page=6)