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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Wait Wait Naked and Ashamed: Mo Rocca

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Leisure, Comedy, Other Games

4.637.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In honor of our 20th anniversary, Faith Salie sits down with Peter, Bill, a bunch of her fellow panelists and a handful of producers to give you an unflinching look behind the scenes of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! We call it Wait Wait: Naked and Ashamed. First up, one of Faith's oldest friends, Mo Rocca.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Weight Weight, naked in a shamed.

0:04.2

I'm Fakesaley.

0:05.2

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Weight Weight, don't tell me, I want to take a peek

0:09.5

behind the scenes of your favorite podcast.

0:12.4

Lift the curtain on one of NPR's biggest shows and pull down the pants of America's favorite

0:17.9

comedy news quiz.

0:19.7

Over the next few months, I'll be asking Peter Segal, Bill Curtis, our panelists, and

0:25.0

our production team revealing questions and averting my ears when necessary.

0:32.0

Mo, Raka, I want to thank you.

0:37.0

I want to begin by thanking you for something that you do at the beginning of every show.

0:42.0

Do you know what I'm thinking of?

0:44.0

I think I know.

0:45.0

It involves a head bob, is that it?

0:47.0

Oh, no.

0:48.0

It involves something chivalrous.

0:50.0

Yes.

0:51.0

You always pull out my chair.

0:54.5

You and Tom Bo-Det are the only people who do that.

0:58.0

It's so lovely.

0:59.0

And let's be clear, I pull it out and then I push it back in as you're sitting.

1:02.0

I don't pull it out and just...

1:04.0

No, you, I just think that's so nice of you.

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