A summary of the events on how this came to be: The Humansville Ledger on August 7th, in a column written by Lola Boswell, states that Floyd Stiles traveled to see Rusty Draper in Jackson Hole, WY. This made Small Town News, and Dave called Floyd to ask him about it. This lead to the Ledger writing another story about Floyd on September 4th, which made the front page:
"Stiles said Letterman told him the network would fly him and his wife to New York for a wonderful weekend." This didn't occur, unfortunately, but since Floyd is a nice guy, Collins, MO is a great town, and as a salute to Small Town news, here he is.
Since it's Floyd Stiles Day, it's only appropriate that a mural of Floyd is today's background:
Dave and Floyd cover all the aspects that he wants to see in town, and then show Floyd to his very own section of the audience, complete with La-Z-Boy chair for Floyd.
(The sad thing is, at about this point I can see a lot of the housewives of America going "What in the world???")
Edwin Newman comes out early to discuss the baseball jargon by reporters during the playoffs: "Dumped," "Nosed-out" and so on. Players don't get a hit, they get "good wood on the ball." Edwin and Dave go over action shots and Edwin gives it a colorful background. As we go to break we see Floyd and his wife now receiving soft drinks and potato chips to enjoy during the show.
Following Edwin is a surprise musical guest: the very artist Floyd went to see in Jackson Hole, Rusty Draper. Rusty performs his hit "Night Life."
Dave follows this with the news that the home viewer contest winner will be announced on Monday. The winner also receives an RCA TV with "accu-filter" You'll see clips of that episode here on the blog, too.
Next is guest Ray Linnen, a man who claims to have escaped death 22 times. The first that he remembers was narrowly avoiding a car wreck as a child. He continues on about dodging storms, fires in oil fields, all of which is starting to make Dave uncomfortable.
Ray claims to have never thought about it until a reporter overheard him talking about it to someone on a plane, and now that it's getting press, he is still going through life the same way. Amazingly, as Ray finishes the interview, he gets up to leave and yet again cheats death: a "500 lb" bag of who knows what falls where he was sitting seconds ago.
The Stlies' present Dave with a homemade t-shirt, and a paperweight. The "Floyd Stiles Symphony Orchestra" begins to play "Fame" and we finish the episode with Dave introducing Floyd to the people of New York along 6th Avenue.
On the whole, about 90% of NYC residents were willing to meet Floyd and, lest we forget, talk on camera. Even to those from a small town, never doubt the friends you'll encounter in New York.
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