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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Kenan Thompson

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Kenan Thompson, the longest-tenured cast member of Saturday Night Live, plays our game about people who only lasted one day on the job. He is joined by panelists Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad and Hari Kondabolu. Please help us out by telling us what you like and how we could improve by completing a short anonymous survey at npr.org/podcastsurvey.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, just a quick note before we begin this week,

0:03.4

NPR is doing its annual survey to better understand how

0:07.4

listeners like you spend time with podcasts.

0:10.2

So please help us out by completing a short anonymous survey

0:14.1

at npr.org slash podcast survey.

0:17.1

That's all one word. We would really appreciate your help

0:20.2

to support NPR podcasts. That's npr.org slash podcast survey

0:24.7

and thanks.

0:54.7

This is a very exciting week because we are doing our show for the first time

1:02.4

from our new home, the Studebaker Theater.

1:04.4

It's right on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago.

1:06.7

It is a beautiful historic theater.

1:09.2

And as we get settled in here, I just want to say I hope we can live up to the

1:14.3

innovation and forward thinking creativity conjured up by the name Studebaker.

1:20.5

Later on, we're going to be talking to a historical figure himself, SNL, veteran,

1:27.6

Keenan Thompson. But first, it's your turn to help us baptize this place.

1:31.8

The number is one triple eight weight. That's one 888-9248-924.

1:35.5

Let's welcome our first listener contestant.

1:37.7

How are you right? Wait, wait, don't tell me.

1:39.7

Hi, this is Ricardo from Belview Washington.

1:41.5

Hey, Ricardo, how are things in Belview?

1:44.3

Well, it's not raining. Yes, that goes without saying I'm told.

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