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Go Fact Yourself

Ep. 25: Wil Wheaton & Anne Wheaton

Go Fact Yourself

MaximumFun.org

Game Show, Comedy, Quiz, Podcast, Trivia, Arts, Helen Hong, Angel City, J. Keith Van Straaten

4.6786 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

It’s the very first couple-edition of Go Fact Yourself! Wil Wheaton is an actor, writer and geek-culture legend. He’s been in everything from Star Trek: The Next Generation where he starred as the character Wesley Crusher, to his YouTube series TableTop. He’s glad to come onto the show and answer trivia questions about his interests; but he also is eager to prove that he knows these subjects well enough to stump the hosts too. Competing against Wil is Anne Wheaton, author of the children’s book Piggy and Pug, which is as adorable as the title makes it sound. The book also reflects her background as an animal lover, which has shown in her professional life as well as her personal one. Anne also happens to be married to Wil. In this episode, we’ll learn about secrets from classic arcade games, musical theater and how Anne and Wil met and fell in love. What’s the difference: High or Low What’s the difference between “altitude” and “elevation”? What’s the difference between “less” and “fewer”? Areas of Expertise Anne Wheaton: 1980’s Arcade games, Atari 2600 video-games and puns. Wil Wheaton: 1980’s Arcade games, Atari 2600 and baking sourdough bread. Appearing in this episode: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Wil Wheaton Anne Wheaton With guest experts: Gene Lewin, owner of Vintage Arcade Superstore. Owen Rubin, game designer who helped make classic arcade games for Atari. Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun. The show was recorded at The Angel City Brewery in Los Angeles. Theme Song by Jonathan Green Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher The show is edited by Julian Burrell.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Are you a real no-it-all?

0:08.8

Do you annoy your family by shouting the answers while watching Jeopardy?

0:13.5

Do you drive people crazy when you start a sentence with, well, actually?

0:18.7

Well, guess what?

0:19.7

You can go fact yourself. Hi, actually. Well, guess what? You can go fact yourself.

0:23.6

Hi, everyone.

0:25.6

Welcome to Go Fact Yourself, the show where we take the smartest people we know and make them look dumb.

0:31.3

And then smart again.

0:32.9

I'm Helen Hong, and now from the Angel City Brewery in downtown Los Angeles, here's our moderator,

0:38.5

Jay Keith Van Stratton. Thank you, everybody. Thank you, Helen Hong. Helen, how are you? What is

0:44.9

going on in your exciting life of traveling and making comedy? I'm planning a Christmas vacation

0:50.9

with the Hongs. Oh, where do the Hongs go?

0:54.4

We're all going to Boca Raton, Florida, because I have a gig there.

1:01.0

And I have never been to Bocca Raton.

1:02.9

Nobody in my family has ever been to Boko Ritone.

1:05.9

And I was like, Hongs, let's Boka Ritone this year.

1:09.6

That's lovely.

1:10.3

So your family is supportive of you.

1:12.0

They're supportive of a free trip.

1:16.2

Now I get you.

1:18.2

All right.

1:18.7

Well, today on GoFact Yourself, two guests will compete to answer questions about facts they know,

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