Stephen Merchant

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.6 • 35.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Merchant, co-creator of The Office and star of The Outlaws, plays our game about thieving merchants. He is joined by panelists Ashley Ray, Maz Jobrani and Faith Salie.

Transcript

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0:00.0	From NPR and WB Easy Chicago, this is Weight Weight Don't Tell Me.
0:09.0	The NPR News Quiz.
0:10.7	Hey down there, look out Bill!
0:15.3	I'm Bill Curtis and here's your host.
0:18.2	The rest of his intro was redacted due to an ongoing investigation.
0:23.1	It's Peter Sail.
0:24.1	Thank you Bill and thanks as always to our fake audience.
0:28.6	For guests today, Steven Merchant may be the most successful TV producer in history because
0:33.7	the show he created with Ricky Jervais for the BBC, something called The Office, Inspired
0:39.3	Remakes in 10 different countries, including of course the US.
0:42.9	Their key insight, whoever or wherever you are on this globe, your boss is an idiot.
0:48.0	Oh and by the way, Doug Berman, hope you're enjoying your vacation out there.
0:51.4	We miss you.
0:52.4	First, we want to hear you prove that you are smarter than whoever you might work for.
0:56.7	So give us a call, the number is 1-888-8-8-8-8-924.
1:01.8	Let's welcome our first listener contestant.
1:04.0	Hi, you're on Weight Weight Don't Tell Me.
1:05.6	Hello, hello.
1:06.7	Hello, hello, who's this?
1:08.4	This is Hannah Forest from Charleston, South Carolina.
1:11.0	Oh, a beautiful place where I've only seen the airport but that's another story.
1:15.2	What do you do there?
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