Dorothy Mengering (DM) and Bryn Mooth (BM)

DM: When David was on “Late Night,” a lot of times he would call me on the telephone, on the show.

BM: Mm hm, on the show.

DM: We were in Seattle one morning and the phone rang. And it was Maria from the “Late” show. “Will you be by a phone so we can call you when the show is taped this afternoon?” So I said, “Okay, we’ll find one.”

So we drove down the highway, and there were phones at the roadside parks but the traffic was too heavy. [Laughs]

BM: [Laughs]

DM: So then we went to, uh, Comfort Inn, across the highway and asked if we could use her phone. I tried to explain to her…she wasn’t real sure about that. So we said, “Well, can we rent a room for an hour?”

BM: [Laughs]

DM: And she looked at us kind of funny. So then, it all worked.

BM: Oh, that’s funny.

DM: I talked to David on the lobby phone.

BM: That’s so funny.

DM: And then of course, there was Norway.

BM: What was that like?

DM: It was a wonderful experience. Loved it.

BM: You interviewed Hillary Clinton, didn’t you?

DM: Yes, I did. [laughs]

BM: [laughs]

DM: [laughs] Oh my gosh. I’d never done anything like that before.

BM: How nervous were you?

DM: After we got started, she really put me at ease.

BM: Mm hm.

DM: So it worked pretty well, I think.

BM: And then you went to Nagano?

DM: Mm hm.

BM: Was that four years later?

DM: Yes. They said, “Well, you can go and maybe do three or four segments.” And I thought, “Well, why spend the money if I’m only going to do that much?”

BM: Mm hm.

DM: So it was on every night, from Nagano. [laughs]

BM: [laughs]

DM: So…those experiences just have been wonderful.

BM: So the girl from Linton, Indiana had a big world experience that you never would have imagined.

DM: Never dreamed.

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