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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Everyone & Improv Nerds

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Emma and Vice columnist Alzo Slade try to solve the improv coolness crisis with the help of comedy icon Colin Mochrie. Plus: Emma tries her best to annoy Peter Sagal.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, I'm Emma Choi and welcome to everyone and their mom from Weight Weight Don't Tell Me.

0:09.3

This week we're talking about vices you just can't quit with Weight Weight Pandalist,

0:13.6

comedian, and someone who seems like he knows his way around an abacus.

0:17.3

It's Alzo Slade.

0:18.3

Hi Alzo.

0:19.3

What's cracking him up good to be back on with you?

0:23.3

How you been?

0:24.3

Oh I've been good and can't, I mean do you not work an abacus so good?

0:28.3

I'm old man, the back in the day we had an abacus.

0:31.7

In school we had several abacai.

0:37.6

This week's story is really fun.

0:40.3

A man in China read an entire marathon while chain smoking.

0:44.9

I heard about this guy.

0:46.4

So we can all agree that running a marathon is like kind of an objectively insane thing

0:51.6

to do, right?

0:52.6

But you're running 26.2 miles just to end up in the same place.

0:56.8

You know, I mean at least make the destination somewhere fun, like great wolf lodge.

1:01.4

You get a medal and you get one of those aluminum foil looking blankets that fire me.

1:08.0

Yeah.

1:09.0

I don't know.

1:10.0

I guess the reason for running a marathon is personal achievement, personal edification,

1:16.0

a sense of accomplishment, mind over matter, because I can imagine you're in mile like

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