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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Brian Cox

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Actor Brian Cox, who plays Logan Roy on HBO's Succession, answers three questions about suck sessions, or vacuum cleaning. He is joined by panelists Mo Rocca, Paula Poundstone and Cristela Alonzo.

Transcript

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0:00.0

From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me The NPR News Quiz.

0:12.0

You can keep your craminis.

0:14.0

It's time for a portabello!

0:17.0

Bill Curtis and Here is your host, Give Me a P, Give Me an Accentera.

0:23.0

It's Peter's Segal.

0:25.0

Thank you, Bill.

0:27.0

We're very excited because later on we're going to be talking to actor Brian Cox, who plays Logan Roy on HBO's Succession.

0:35.0

The character has become legendary for his catchphrase F-Off, and we have taken bets on how quickly we can get him to say it to us.

0:43.0

But first we want to see if you can provoke us, so give us a call.

0:46.0

The number is 1-triple-late, wait, wait, that's 1-888-924-892-4.

0:50.0

Let's welcome our first listener contestant.

0:52.0

Hi, you're on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.

0:53.0

Hi, this is Margie Strickland. I'm calling for you, Terry North Carolina.

0:56.0

Well, that's awesome. Where is Carrie North Carolina? Am I quite sure?

0:59.0

Right outside of Durham.

1:01.0

Okay, you're in sort of the, what do they call up there? The research triangle, the golden triangle? No, that's where they make the heroin.

1:06.0

Research triangle, that's it.

1:08.0

Research triangle.

1:09.0

Always getting, always getting me confused. And what do you do there?

1:11.0

I work as an undergraduate admissions officer at Duke University.

1:15.0

Oh my gosh! You are an undergraduate admissions officer getting people into Duke.

1:20.0

That's right.

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