Ramy Youssef

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.6 • 35.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Ramy Youssef, actor and comedian, joins us along with panelists Helen Hong, Josh Gondelman, and Negin Farsad.

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0:00.0	From NPR and WB Easy Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me The NPR News Quiz.
0:11.5	Hey there, babies, while asleep to me, I'm your Lullabyl Bill Curtis.
0:18.2	And here is your host who keeps a picture of his audience in a locker around his neck.
0:24.0	Peter Saker.
0:25.0	Thank you, Bill, and thanks once more to our fake audience, which this week is every
0:31.0	person in Chicago over the age of 30 celebrating that Lala Paloza is online this year.
0:37.8	Enjoy your drunk vomiting and the safety of your own home, kids.
0:41.2	Later on, we're going to be talking to Rami Yusuf, a comedian and actor who in his series
0:45.6	Rami finally lends dignity and expression to a much maligned minority in America.
0:51.8	That is, of course, people from New Jersey.
0:54.9	More than just mobsters and women with big hair, America.
0:58.5	We want to hear from you, no matter which armpit of America you might hail from.
1:01.6	The number is 1,888-898-9248-924.
1:06.8	It's time to welcome our first listener contestant, Hi, you are on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.
1:10.6	Hey, my name is Jeff and I'm from Savage, Minnesota.
1:13.5	Savage, Minnesota.
1:14.5	Wow.
1:15.5	I think I've been there and it's not quite as savage as it sounds, is it?
1:18.9	Not even close.
1:19.9	What do you do there?
1:20.9	I'm an elementary music teacher.
1:22.9	Oh my gosh.
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