Lostutter - "Late Night Reception" - Submitted to Letterman Show.

Gerald Lostutter submitted a video, "Late Night Reception," to "Late Night with David Letterman" on NBC in 1983. A staff writer, Gerard Mulligan, sent a polite rejection letter, citing union rules as a basis for not being able to air it on TV. Gerald used WCOT/WLOF's exterior and tower in Orlando, Florida. One viewer inquired whether Jeff Steele actually climbed the entire length of the tower. Gerald claimed "realism" as a premise to coax Jeff to climb the tower. However, Jeff, not desiring to be a crispy human McNugget (electrocuted), declined to do so. Instead, we borrowed a section of a soon-to-be erected microwave tower. We shot the sequence at WCOT/WLOF overnight. Imagine the morning crew's surprise when they were forced to step-over cables in order to enter the front door of the studios. "Vandals" was a description of staff who dared to alter the equipment without the permission of the station's engineer, Hal Osbourne. I hope that our production is still secret after 26 years, because I don't want to get fired!

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