Everyone & Van Gogh

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.6 • 35.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Comedian Vinny Thomas and Emma discover Van Gogh's ghost and get inspired by an artist with a selfie stick.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, I'm Emma Choi and welcome to everyone in their mom, a weekly show from Wait
0:09.5	Wait Don't Tell Me.
0:10.8	This week we're talking about a hidden van Gogh portrait with Wait Wait contributor,
0:15.0	comedian, and someone who once had a help me teach Peter Stagle what sissy that walk
0:19.0	means.
0:20.0	It's Vinnie Thomas, hi Vinnie.
0:22.0	Hi Emma, that's true, we did have to teach him that.
0:24.7	It took a really long time and I don't think he got it, so that was fun.
0:29.0	Anyways Vinnie, I'm really excited to talk to you about this story.
0:33.2	I don't know if you've heard, but the world has a new van Gogh.
0:36.8	Yeah.
0:37.8	Okay, I just wanted to guess.
0:40.0	No, yeah.
0:41.0	No, but this is huge news from the art world, okay?
0:43.2	They found a new van Gogh, new van Gogh alert, new van Gogh alert, isn't that exciting?
0:49.3	It is, is it a drawing, is it a painting, is it a sculpture?
0:53.5	These are great questions Vinnie.
0:54.7	A Scottish researcher has recently discovered this self portrait via X-ray, where it was
0:59.6	hidden on the backside of another one of his paintings.
1:02.6	That's a van Gogh logo, and it's amazing.
1:04.9	Wait, so, is this a yearly thing?
1:07.9	Do they casually X-ray paintings to make sure nothing is behind them, like just in case?
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