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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Louie Anderson

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Leisure, Comedy, Other Games

4.637.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Louie Anderson, actor/comedian, joins us along with panelists Roy Blount, Jr., Roxanne Roberts, and Hari Kondabolu.

Transcript

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0:00.0

From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is, wait, wait, don't tell me, the NPR news quiz.

0:11.0

Hey Pixar, put me in your new movie, I'm incredible.

0:16.0

Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Chase Bank auditorium in downtown Chicago,

0:24.3

Peter Sago.

0:25.3

Thank you, Bill.

0:26.3

Thank you everybody.

0:27.3

Thank you so much.

0:28.3

Thank you so much.

0:29.3

We have a very, very exciting show for you all for that.

0:33.3

Later on, we're going to be talking to the amazing comedian and actor Louis Anderson,

0:37.2

but first, we were a little put out this week when we heard a story about a new sleep aid.

0:43.1

It's called PBS, a website, calm.com is actually repackaging old PBS Bob Ross shows for people

0:55.1

to use as a cure for insomnia.

0:58.8

Oh yeah, what about us?

1:02.2

People have told us that without NPR, they would not have been able to sleep a wink in years.

1:08.0

We are the broadcast version of Ambien.

1:11.7

There are thousands of people who started listening to this show a few minutes ago and haven't

1:16.6

been able to stay awake until now.

1:19.4

So, remember, when you want to be bored into unconsciousness, go to the professionals.

1:25.0

If you've managed to stay awake so far, give us a call.

1:27.0

The number is 1-triple-8.

1:28.0

Wait, wait.

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