Olympics
A $25-million advertising campaign, “Dan or Dave?” “Dave or Dan?”
June 23, 1996
Television
By most accounts, Conan O’Brien is a happily married father of two in his early 50s.
July 18, 2014
The sleekly efficient Reebok marketing machine, which brought us the Dan & Dave Show, coughed and sputtered briefly Saturday at the U.S.
June 28, 1992
The rift in the Dan & Dave Decathlon Show, which first showed up when Dan O’Brien no-heighted at the Olympic trials in New Orleans, widened into a gulf Friday when Johnson’s wife, taking offense at remarks attributed to Dan O’Brien, criticized him for “unfortunate, even un-American” behavior.
Aug. 8, 1992
Sports
It has not been an easy 14 months for Dave O’Brien, although the acting athletic director at Cal State Long Beach manages a smile as he sits inside his office in a trailer next to the antiquated campus gymnasium.
Nov. 12, 1992
Creating heroes before their time is risky business, but that hasn’t stopped a shoe company from making “Dan and Dave” household names before the first starter’s shot has been fired this summer in Barcelona.
June 18, 1992
Administration: Long Beach State official has been interviewing in Philadelphia.
Feb. 28, 1996
Long Beach State: University president expects athletic director to accept job at William & Mary or Temple.
Feb. 26, 1996
Just when it seemed possible that consumers would be allowed to forget Dan and Dave, the dueling decathletes began appearing on television again earlier this month in a nationwide advertising campaign for a truck rental company.
June 15, 1993
Twenty-one-year-old Mike Walsh’s return and 41-year-old John O’Brien’s professional debut brought out 1,218 Thursday night to the Irvine Marriott, one of biggest crowds in the show’s 11-year history.
Feb. 24, 1995