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Clips by topic

3,475 unique clips. Each clip appears in one section. Historical conversations, not current advice. Full episodes remain available separately by date.

Memorable Moments

190 clips, strongest first.

Julie thanks Dave for helping from the beginning · Proposed air date:

Near the end of the year, longtime listener Julie calls simply to thank Dr. Dave for helping her with computers from the beginning. Dr. Dave receives the appreciation warmly, remembers her machines and thanks her in return for listening so long.

1:19 · Memorable Moments

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Attitude affects everyone around you · Proposed air date:

A longtime listener thanks Dr. Dave for his spiritual, patriotic and positive attitude. He and Evil Steve agree that the way a person looks at things changes the world around him, then undercut the earnest point with a joke about Dr. Dave being angry.

0:54 · Memorable Moments

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Remembering Mr. Wizard · Proposed air date:

Dr. Dave and Evil Steve remember Don Herbert, known as Mr. Wizard, after his death. They praise his low-key ability to make science understandable and interesting for children and adults, recall growing up with his programs and send condolences to his family and fellow fans.

1:43 · Memorable Moments

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A listener calls back to say it worked · Proposed air date:

Mad Max reports that Philip called back after the prior show to say Dr. Dave’s advice worked and that he loves the program. Dr. Dave jokes about his own certainty but says the positive follow-up is welcome because people usually call only when something is wrong.

0:55 · Memorable Moments

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Big John and the work you are made for · Proposed air date:

The show’s original nationwide producer calls from a law-enforcement career. Dr. Dave and Evil Steve thank him for his service, while Dr. Dave remembers the danger of traffic duty and John says both men are hardwired for the work they do.

1:23 · Memorable Moments

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A caller who picked up where they left off · Proposed air date:

Caller Alan says he misses Dr. Dave and Evil Steve, and they immediately tell him they miss him too. The years disappear as they remember running into one another around Tucson and the old Test and Tune gatherings, then begin planning another visit around the most important ingredient: pizza.

0:56 · Memorable Moments

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Listeners celebrate fifteen years of Computer Talk · Proposed air date:

Two contest letters celebrate the show’s fifteenth year in very different styles. One listener says Dr. Dave and Evil Steve give him something to share with his computer students every week, while another sends a compact rhyming tribute that the brothers immediately want to use as a show jingle.

1:49 · Memorable Moments

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Rachel brings the MDA to the website · Proposed air date:

Dr. Dave calls the MDA fundraiser a historic Website of the Week because the feature had never before been used this way. He and Evil Steve praise their niece Rachel for recruiting him, joke about the fundraising lockup and repeatedly direct the audience toward helping the children rather than merely keeping Dr. Dave out of jail.

2:58 · Memorable Moments

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The “Evil Steve and Dave” Christmas song · Proposed air date:

A listener-made carol celebrates Dr. Dave, Evil Steve, the call-in show and data recovery before the brothers warmly credit Abigail Prochnow and her father and explain that the recording has become an annual Computer Talk Christmas tradition.

3:43 · Memorable Moments

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The anniversary of going national · Proposed air date:

Dr. Dave and Evil Steve mark July 14 as the anniversary of Computer Talk's 2001 national debut and distinguish six national years from sixteen years of the program overall. After joking about keeping the arithmetic simple, they thank an exceptionally loyal audience and say plainly that the show could not exist without its listeners.

1:47 · Memorable Moments

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The show was our weekly therapy session · Proposed air date:

Faced with the possibility that an affiliate might stop carrying the show, Dr. Dave says he and Evil Steve have to remain themselves and would keep sitting in the studio talking even if nobody else listened. He calls the broadcast a therapy session—something fun that he needs every week—and invites people who disagree to call and explain why.

1:07 · Memorable Moments

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A Redskins fan thanks Dave and Steve · Air date unknown

Dr. Dave reads a longtime listener's vivid letter about Redskins games at RFK Stadium. The listener compares Dr. Dave and Evil Steve to Billy Kilmer and Charlie Taylor, thanks them for years of information and entertainment and closes with “Go Skins and God bless America,” prompting delighted teasing from the brothers.

0:56 · Memorable Moments

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Computer Talk is my class · Proposed air date:

Contest entrant R. Williams explains that he has listened for at least four years and takes notes as if Computer Talk were a lecture. The useful knowledge has saved him money, he says, because the show is his class and Professor Mason is his instructor, a direct record of the role Dr. Dave played in a listener's life.

0:55 · Memorable Moments

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Julie offers a photograph from her late husband · Proposed air date:

Julie calls not for computer help but to offer the show one of two photographs made by her late husband in 1989. Dr. Dave and Evil Steve receive the gesture warmly and arrange to follow up, capturing the trust and personal connection surrounding the program.

1:26 · Memorable Moments

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Full episode archive

Browse by year, then month, to find the episodes from that month.

442 proposed broadcast dates, plus 2 undated entries. Dates are based on archive filenames and may be approximate. Some broadcasts survive as separate parts or incomplete recordings.

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