Best of NMJ June 2022

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.6 • 35.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week as we (hopefully) say goodbye to Zoom shows, we feature Kacey Musgraves, Brian Cox, Audra McDonald, and Woody Hoburg.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Peter Segal,
0:01.3	ever wonder what our panelists would be like without me holding them back?
0:04.6	Find out with a weight weight stand-up tour hosted by Alonzo Bowden,
0:07.8	Saturday, June 25th in Denver at the Paramount Theater.
0:10.8	Tickets and more information at nprpresents.org.
0:14.2	From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is Weight Weight Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz.
0:24.7	I'm the little pamphlet that tells you the star you came to see
0:29.1	won't be performing tonight on the Play Bill.
0:33.5	Bill Curtis, and here's your host, a man who hopes that people will stop
0:37.9	showing up at the theater hoping to see his understudy.
0:42.1	Peter Segal.
0:43.3	Thank you, Bill.
0:44.3	So for the past two years or so, we here at Weight Weight have done 85 shows
0:49.1	without an audience at home over Zoom.
0:52.1	Today's show is number 86, which is appropriate because it is finally time
0:57.3	to 86 the Zoom calls.
0:59.9	86 is old timey slang, meaning to end.
1:04.3	Now let me tell you the meaning of some of my other favorite numbers starting
1:08.9	with 420.
1:10.5	Well, hang on, Bill. We've got stuff to do.
1:12.2	Starting next week, we will be back in front of a live audience at our new home
1:16.4	in Chicago, the Studebaker Theater, and we need a little time to get ready.
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