Ep. 54.5: J. Keith & Helen on WGN TV and radio

Go Fact Yourself

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

4.8 • 862 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Happy Max Fun Drive month! To celebrate, we’re changing up our episode schedule in March. This week, we’ve got a pair of interviews that aired as part of Go Fact Yourself’s shows in Chicago. First, J. Keith and Helen will speak with Larry Potash from WGN TV’s morning show. Then they’ll speak with Bill Leff and Dane Neal from the recently ended "Bill & Wendy Show." Both interviews will feature special mini-versions of our usual trivia games! Go Fact Yourself will be back with full episodes on March 20th and 27th -- just in time for the Max Fun Drive! Make sure to contribute at maximumfun.org/join Appearing in this episode: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Larry Potash Bill Leff Dane Neal Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun. Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. The show is edited by Julian Burrell. Go to gofactyourpod.com for information and tickets to the next recording of Go Fact Yourself! Get our Go Fact Yourself t-shaped shirt!

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. It's Jay Keith Van Stratton.
0:01.7	And Helen Hong.
0:02.6	We are shifting things around a little bit this month because it's the Max Fun Drive.
0:06.4	So we've got two full episodes that are going to be airing in a couple weeks in consecutive weeks.
0:10.8	So in the meantime, this is a special bonus mini episode.
0:14.2	Helen, what are we going to be hearing today?
0:15.6	We're going to be hearing our appearance on WGN in Chicago. Yes, right. We were on WGN TV on their morning show, as well as on the Bill and Wendy show on WGN Radio when we were in Chicago taping our shows there last summer.
0:27.9	The radio part went great.
0:29.7	Yes.
0:29.8	But the TV part, not so much.
0:32.0	Yeah, there's a little bit of an issue.
0:33.3	You'll hear us talk about that.
0:34.7	They were very kind to bring us back. But we tried to promote our Friday night show, and we ended up not doing so much.
0:41.9	But we were glad that they brought us back the next day because we'd prepared a special game for their host.
0:46.4	By the way, the Bill and Wendy show is no longer on the air in Chicago, which is so sad.
0:50.1	Yeah.
0:50.6	It was such an enjoyable experience for us.
0:52.8	I know a lot of comics when they come through Chicago are on that show.
0:55.9	So a little nostalgia and a little pouring out of the juice for...
1:00.7	Pouring one out for Bill and Wendy.
1:02.4	Pour and went out for Bill and Wendy.
1:03.8	Anyhow, please enjoy.
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