'Letterman' winks at ND teen who whistles through eye

Sixteen-year-old Ashley Ellison flew to New York City with her parents for a taping of the "Late Show with David Letterman," along with five others who were vying to be on the late night TV show's Stupid Human Tricks segment that aired Tuesday night. But her eye-whistling bit didn't make the cut – the show chose to feature three others.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Publish date:: Sep 26, 2012

Well, at least she got a free trip to New York. The "Late Show with David Letterman" paid for Ashley Ellison, 16, of tiny Medora, N.D., to fly to the Big Apple to be a part of the show's Stupid Human Tricks segment on Tuesday night. Ellison's trick: she can make a whistle noise through her eye.

The show taped six people with unusual ... skills. But it only chose three to be on the show that aired Tuesday night, and she wasn't among them.

“It's just me blowing air through my eye,” the girl told the Fargo Forum. “I thought everybody could kind of do it, and I didn't think it was that rare of a thing, but I guess it is.”

Here she is:

Here's the competition:

DONTCHA KNOW?

BMTN Newsletters Deliver The Biggest MN Stories

Get Our Newsletter

Screen Shot 2019-02-21 at 8.32.12 PM

The assault happened when she was taking an eligibility test at the Bemidji Armory.

Screen Shot 2019-02-21 at 8.16.15 PM

An unbelievable way to lose for the Gopher women.

snow, plow

One way or another, this storm is going to hit hard in southern Minnesota.

Police came across the video two days after the dog was found dead.

Rene Alfredo Garza

It happened at the Watonwan County Courthouse.

Muscle Milk

The Minnesota company is ending its foray into the protein powder and drinks market.

Marwin Gonzalez

Gonzalez can play all over the diamond and his a switch hitter.

It's located just north of Stillwater, and comes with its own sauna.

driver's licensing minnesota

It would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license in Minnesota.

1024px-Aerosmith_4

Music and Radio

Rascal Flatts, Pitbull and REO Speedwagon have also been announced.

Rikki Wold

Four cancer diagnoses in a month and a recent death of a loved one.

Screen Shot 2019-02-21 at 10.50.21 AM

He was certainly making the best of the conditions.

The indie folk band from Duluth will make their national television debut on the Ed Sullivan Theater stage in New York Tuesday night. They'll join actress Amy Poehler and talk show host Wendy Williams.

Snow. You know it's coming. And Minneapolitans who fail to move it could be hit with $75 fines. The city is looking at stepping up enforcement of its shoveling ordinance.

A student at a Fairmount, North Dakota school was rushed to the hospital after he attempted suicide in a classroom Thursday morning. Authorities say the freshman walked to the front of the class room and shot himself in front of seven other classmates and a teacher. The boy's condition has not been released.

A St. Paul man who pleaded guilty to charges of stabbing his wife in the eyes and killing a man he believed to be her lover has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Pah Ber, 49, received two years less than the recommended sentence by the Ramsey County Probation Department for the November incident. Ber's wife, who has regained some sight in her eyes after four surgeries, pleaded for leniency for her husband in the sentencing.

A St. Paul man pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree assault and second-degree murder in a 2011 case where he stabbed out the eyes of his wife, and then stabbed to death a man he alleged to be her lover. Prosecutors will be seeking a prison sentence of at least 39 years for Pah Ber, 49, when he is sentenced Aug. 31.

With September racing along, the Twins have to pile up wins if they want to avoid another last-pace finish. They get a shot at 4th-place in the AL Central tonight. A win over Cleveland gets them there. Sam Deduno starts for Minnesota.