Show Rundown: September 1, 2010
Benjy Crashes ’30 Rock’
Gary Is on a ‘Cleanse’
Mrs. Stern Stops By
Eric the Midget to Man the VMA red carpet?
The Shvoogie Buzzer Code
The Shvoogie Buzzer Code
September 1, 2010
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Howard was annoyed that Gary’s book didn’t recount his ‘schvoogie buzzer’ story, so Gary came in to oblige on-air.
Gary said the ‘schvoogie buzzer’ was a button used by his old boss, a Jewish shop-owner in Hempstead, NY, when Gary was in the back: “One buzz meant ‘Come out. There’s like a couple black guys in the store. Or a black person in the store.’ Two buzzes meant ‘there is a group’ and three buzzes meant ‘call the police.'”