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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

WWDTM: 25th Year Spectacular Part VII!

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We're celebrating 25 years on the air with another dive into our archive. Enjoy interviews with John Goodman, Sam Waterston, Jenny Slate, and a never-before-heard Bluff game!

Transcript

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0:00.0

From NPR and W.E.Z. Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, The NPR News Quiz, I'm the

0:12.5

ghostly anchor man, Boo Curtis.

0:17.4

And here's your host at the Studebaker Theatre, and downtown Chicago on an OIPeter's Segal.

0:22.2

Thank you, Bill.

0:23.2

Thank you everybody.

0:24.2

You guys are great.

0:27.7

So it is not quite Halloween, but we are taking off early so we can prepare.

0:36.0

It turns out those fake cobwebs we like to use are really bad for the environment, but

0:40.8

we discovered how to bribe real spiders to cover our entire house instead.

0:47.5

You do it the same way we bribe everyone in Chicago, unmarked packages of dead flies.

0:53.6

Well, we're collecting all those we thought we'd entertain you with some great material

0:58.1

from our recent shows.

1:00.1

Earlier this year, we went down to New Orleans and talked with longtime resident actor John

1:05.3

Goodman.

1:06.3

Here's an extended version of our channel.

1:09.0

John Goodman, welcome to Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.

1:11.9

Thank you very much, Bill.

1:13.9

Thank you.

1:14.9

An honor to be here.

1:15.9

It's such an honor to have you.

1:18.2

We're all a little intimidated because if any of us were to name our top five favorite

1:23.2

movies, you'd just be in three of them.

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