2003

12/27/03: - Dave and Dave join the largest bingo game in Allegheny County, match wits in their own version of TV’s “Survivor,” see what it’s like to be pampered at a day spa, and take the inaugural ride on Kennywood Park’s newest roller coaster, the Phantom’s Revenge.

12/20/03: - Dave and Dave find out if they have the right stuff to become FBI agents. Then they assume the positions of Private Investigators in order to spy on each other. After that, the Daves get snippy as high maintenance hairdressers, and finally, Dave & Dave earn their wings at 10,000 feet thanks to the Pittsburgh Flight Training Center.

10/29/03: Rock n Bowl - Bowling meets live music at Lawrenceville’s Arsenal Lanes. Can you think of a better thing to do on Monday night? Arsenal Lanes, 44th & Butler Street in Lawrenceville, 412-683-5992.

10/15/03: Blue Belt - Dave and Dave travel around Pittsburgh on the Blue Belt and you’ll be amazed to see what they discovered.

10/10/03: Beer Can Collectors Convention - Dave and Dave head to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center for the 33rd Annual Beer CanVention. They find out what makes a good can and finally come face to face with Ms. Beer Can 2003. website

9/4/03: Dave & Dave get their own weekly TV series, "Dave & Dave's Excellent Adventures!" This night marked the 1-hour primetime special opposite "Friends," "CSI," and the "NFL Kickoff Show" that featured Britney Spears performing before the Jets and Redskins went at it. Stiff competition! After the premiere, the show settled into its regular, weekly, Saturday night at 11:30pm time slot.

8/2/03: Dave & Dave Viewers' Request Show (full ½ hour featuring:
"Bingo," "Pittsburgh Bike Trails," "Hot Air Ballooning," and "D's Hot Dogs") - 4 great adventures!!

6/13/03: Looks like rain… it must be time for the Three Rivers Arts Festival. The Daves get all artsy but somehow manage to get caught up in deep fried oreos. And you thought funnel cakes were bad! With acres of music, art, food, people and yes… sunshine, the Daves squeezed every bit they could out of the event. Did we mention the fried oreos?

6/4/03: Dave & Dave grabbed their “bowls” and challenged the Frick Park Lawn Bowling Club to a match. Kind of like bocce… kind of like curling. Hank Luba and his group graciously let us onto Pennsylvania’s only public bowling green and quickly thrashed us once the gloves were off.

5/29/03: We couldn’t figure out a way to drive the OnQ van to Naples so we did the next best thing… we went to Lawrenceville! To be more specific, a tasty pizza shop called Regina Margherita. After a few hours we were speaking Italian and making our very own pies in what can only be described as a Neapolitan microwave. This experience was reminiscent of our D’s Hot Dog experience. Good food… good people… good times! 3801 Butler Street (412-622-0111) Closed on Mondays.

5/28/03: Our first cancelled or postponed adventure. The Daves sat down with Pittsburgh’s other on-air duo, Stan & Guy and checked out their long-running Pittsburgh institution called “Sportsbeat.” Too bad a few days before Fox Sports gave good-guy, Guy Junker his walking papers. Dave… Dave… Love the show!

5/21/03: The Daves stopped by the WDVE studios and sat in on afternoon diva, Michele Michaels’ show. Why you ask? Because later that night Michele and her crib would be joining us OnQ. We scratched her show and she scratched ours. Good fun all the way around. And her home was very, very Architectural Digest!

5/13/03: Round two of Pittsburgh Celebrity Cribs… this time at the home of Trib columnist, author, biker and all-around good guy Mike Seate. For a really large man who could pummel us at any time, he showed remarkable restraint as we joked and punned our way through his sport-bike-themed abode.

4/25/03: The Daves ventured out to Indianola to someplace called the Pirate’s Cove to perform live on the final stop of WDVE’s World Tour (of area bars). The kind of place Great White might play and burn to the ground. The Daves won over the hard drinkin’ crowd by tossing out OnQ t-shirts and peppering their high-brow comedy with words like beer and Steelers.

4/16/03: She’s the belle of the Weather Center at WPXI, and we took you inside her home. Tonight marked the first installment of “Pittsburgh Celebrity Cribs with Dave & Dave,” and our first victim, err visit, was with Julie Bologna. What did we learn? Julie’s dogs eat carrots, she likes movies related to weather, and her middle name is Rae!

4/9/03: A night at the Meadows seemed like something fun, but we had no idea what we were in for. Exactas? Trifectas? And lots of other math-sounding lingo. But we mingled with experts, novices and the folks that work there for a complete breakdown on how to squeeze the most fun (and profits!) out of a night at the races.

3/26/03: The Daves trekked out to swanky Nemacolin Woodlands for a one-of-a-kind experience – driving Hummers where they were intended, out in the wild. Nemacolin has the only hummer driving club in the country. We plowed through it, and you can too. Those folks at Nemacolin couldn’t have been any nicer to us.

3/17/03: St. Patrick’s Day leaves a lot to the imagination so we decided to find out it’s true meaning by hanging out with kids from the Berkeley Hills Preschool. Turns out, St. Patrick was really the leader of the leprechauns? Hmmm… Maybe we should have asked a teacher.

3/10/03: The Daves are known for a lot of things, but for their cooking skills? Turns out none of that mattered, for we would be assisting QED Cook, Chris Fennimore on stage at the Home and Garden Show in the new downtown convention center. What did we cook? The spiciest bruschetta ever created. Teaspoon… Tablespoon… What’s the difference?

3/6/03: Who knew Pittsburgh had two zoos? Dave & Dave visited the brand spanking new Petersen Events Center, home of the basketball-playing Pitt Panthers for a look at the Oakland Zoo which turned out to be a tremendously organized group of fans who have become Pitt’s secret weapon for winning. That night Pitt beat WVU by over 30 points!

2/24/03: The Daves branched out once again and inked contracts as Pulp’s newest weekly columnists. Pulp is that free paper that gives you the lowdown on everything happening in town. Editor Geoff Kelly seemed to think our “Breaking The News” segment we perform on WDVE every week would make for nifty reading. We thought so too!

2/22/03: Let them eat cake! The Daves help out the Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh by judging a cake eating contest at Gullifty’s. They know a thing or two about desserts! Other celebrity judges included OnQ’s Michael Bartley, former Steeler-great Dwight White and a couple of TV news people. Next year we don’t judge… we eat! Good fun for a good cause.

2/19/03: Ever wonder what that Evel Kneivel dude would be doing today? Here’s a hint… Freestyle Motocross. Dave & Dave hung out with the stars of FMX Motocross when they stopped by Mellon Arena for a high-flying competition. We got to talk to local superstar Adam Jones who probably has a Playstation game named after him by now! He did something called the “Kiss of death,” which was pretty sick!

2/5/03: B-I-N-G-O: not only is it a great song, it's THE game in Pittsburgh. Dave & Dave take you to the Lithuanian Citizens' Society on Pittsburgh's South Side to play in one of the biggest bingo games in Allegheny County.

1/15/03: The U-V Loop: So you’re going out and want to drive downtown, but you hate the parking, the costs, the hassle. Now you can take "the accessibly hip" bus through the coolest parts of Pittsburgh every Friday and Saturday night. The boys take you on a lively trip around the horn to find out just where it goes and how much it costs.

1/8/03: Have you ever heard of a sport called "curling?" No? Well, take hockey and combine it with bocce and you get curling. The Daves travel to the Island Sports Center on Neville Island to meet the Pittsburgh Curling Club. Will they use the brooms to introduce high-sticking to the sport? Are there game misconducts? And will they give new meaning to the term "throwing the rock"?

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