We hold our own Olympic Games with our favorite guests
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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🗓️ 21 February 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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| 1:15.3 | Thank you, Bill. |
| 1:17.3 | And thanks, everyone. |
| 1:19.4 | The Olympics are almost over, |
| 1:21.3 | which means you no longer have to pretend you understand anything about curling. |
| 1:24.0 | Our skip got the rock over the hog line, |
| 1:26.4 | and now we're sweeping the bond spiel. |
| 1:29.7 | If you say so, Bill. |
| 1:31.7 | And while you put your ice brooms into storage for another four years, |
| 1:35.9 | we're going to take a trip back to sunny Southern California. |
| 1:39.0 | We visited in November and interviewed chef, cookbook author, |
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