WWDTM: Amanda Seyfried

Summary

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! – Episode Featuring Amanda Seyfried Release Date: March 15, 2025

Introduction

In this lively episode of NPR’s beloved news quiz show, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, host Peter Sagal, alongside panelists Emmy Blotnick, Peter Gross, and Fortune Feimster, delivers a blend of humor, insightful discussions, and celebrity interviews. The episode shines particularly with the appearance of renowned actress Amanda Seyfried, adding an extra layer of entertainment and engagement for listeners.

Panel and Contestant Introductions

The show kicks off with Peter Sagal welcoming the first contestant, Cameron from Bath, Maine. Cameron's humorous introduction sets a playful tone as the panel introduces themselves:

• Emmy Blotnick: Comedian with the album Party Night streaming on major platforms.
• Peter Gross: Actor and writer, active in live comedy events.
• Fortune Feimster: Comedian known for her Netflix special Crushing It and national tour Taking Care of Biscuits.

News Quiz with Cameron

The first segment involves a traditional news quiz where Bill Curtis presents three news quotes for Cameron to identify or explain. Cameron impressively scores 3 out of 3, securing his spot as a winner:

1. Quote: "Is it finally time to freak out?" (03:06)
   Answer: The stock market's rapid decline.

   Notable Panels' Reactions:

   • Peter Gross: "They really do." (03:52)
   • Fortune Feimster: "No, I love losing money." (04:37)

2. Quote: "Focus on a nature scene with a sunset." (05:44)
   Answer: AI’s attempt at mindfulness exercises to alleviate anxiety.

   Notable Panels' Reactions:

   • Emmy Blotnick: "Sometimes you look and you're like this." (04:11)
   • Fortune Feimster: "I love losing money." (04:37)

3. Quote: "McNug came to the palace to perform the Locomotion and it is music for dancing." (07:59)
   Answer: King Charles III’s new radio show, The King's Music Room.

   Notable Panels' Reactions:

   • Peter Sagal: "He has to dance after he plays songs?" (08:08)
   • Emmy Blotnick: "After this, we've got traffic on the Wild." (09:25)

Cameron emerges victorious with a perfect score, earning the prize of having his chosen voicemail message featured on the show.

Bluff the Listener: One Triple Eight

Next, the panel engages in the “Bluff the Listener” game, where they each present a potentially dubious claim related to the music industry:

1. Peter Gross: Claims Gene Simmons of Kiss is charging $12,500 for a day as his assistant, purportedly to meet him and enjoy other perks. (15:37)

2. Emmy Blotnick: Describes Robert McMadness’s extreme efforts to infiltrate Virgin Airlines’ safety video contest by producing 24 original songs in 24 hours and crashing the server. (16:34)

3. Fortune Feimster: Tells the tale of Barry Cooter, a background singer who sneaked into recording studios by posing as a delivery man with irresistible biscuits, eventually leading to a successful career. (18:05)

The panel and listeners are tasked with identifying which of these stories are true. Emmy Blotnick’s account of Gene Simmons charging aspiring assistants turns out to be the legitimate tactic, earning her a point and the title of the week’s Bluff the Listener winner.

Guest Segment: Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried joins the panel to participate in “Not My Job,” a game where she answers questions about subjects outside her expertise. Her segment offers delightful insights into her personal aspirations and experiences:

• Desire to Play a Cop: Seyfried reveals her long-standing wish to portray a police officer, inspired by her regular viewing of crime shows like The First 48. (21:30)

  • Quote: "I had this weird obsession with the first 48. I would watch like two episodes before bed every night." (21:34)

• Ride-Along Experience: Discusses her ride-along with Philadelphia Police, sharing humorous anecdotes about choosing locations and handling tense situations. (22:34)

  • Quote: "I had no business being there, but I went and it was something."

• Mean Girls Set Fun: Reflects on the camaraderie on the set of Mamma Mia and Mean Girls, highlighting both joyful and challenging moments. (24:00)

  • Quote: "Those images that came out a while back of us in our most drunken state ... I just hold it so close."

• Awkward Dance Scene: Details her Emmy-winning yet awkward dance scene as Elizabeth Holmes, showcasing her ability to balance humor with character depth. (25:24)

  • Quote: "I really am not a good dancer."

Amanda’s candid and humorous responses endear her to the audience, culminating in her successfully answering two out of three questions and winning a voicemail prize.

Listener Limerick Challenge

The show entertains listeners with the "Listener Limerick Challenge," where caller Cody from Madison, Wisconsin, competes by completing limericks based on recent news:

1. Limerick 1:
   Clue: "My new ride is sealed tight as a jar..."
   Answer: Car

2. Limerick 2:
   Clue: "At our club, we make sure that this show rocks..."
   Answer: Botox

3. Limerick 3:
   Clue: "In big boxes, they pick up the slack..."
   Answer: Peanuts

Cody nails all three, securing his win and impressing the panel with a perfect score, humorously connected to his profession in wood research.

Lightning Fill in the Blank

The final segment, "Lightning Fill in the Blank," sees panelists Emmy, Fortune, and Peter Gross racing against time to complete as many fill-in-the-blank news statements as possible:

• Emmy Blotnick: Correctly fills in various blanks related to global events, such as identifying the CDC, Rodrigo Duterte, and Paris.

• Fortune Feimster & Peter Gross: Also contribute accurate answers, though Emmy ultimately leads with the highest score.

Notable Exchanges:

• Peter Gross: Correctly identifies the removal of a dentist from their position due to using pliers on a patient. (43:48)
• Fortune Feimster: Shows keen knowledge by accurately completing statements about Russia, the EPA, and emergency calls involving ice cream incidents. (46:34)
  • Quote: "Do we not go back?"

Emmy Blotnick emerges as the winner of this rapid-fire segment, demonstrating impressive news acumen.

Closing Remarks and Final Games

As the episode wraps up, Peter Sagal teases future segments and acknowledges the hard work of his production team. The panelists also engage in playful predictions about King Charles of the United Kingdom’s next surprising job moves, adding a humorous speculative twist to the show’s close.

Notable Quotes and Highlights

• Peter Sagal: "It is going to be so much easier to get knighted now. All you have to do is be the hundredth caller." (08:20)
  Referring to King Charles III’s new radio show.

• Emmy Blotnick: "Our tokens were non-fungible back then." (05:32)
  Humorous take on sharing limited resources during the Great Depression.

• Fortune Feimster: "He was more uncomfortable than you were." (23:54)
  Describing Amanda Seyfried’s experience during a police ride-along.

• Peter Sagal: "Pick the one who's telling the truth and you'll win the wait waiter of your choice in your voicemail." (05:32)
  Instructions for the Bluff the Listener game.

Conclusion

This episode of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! masterfully blends current events, humor, and celebrity charm. Amanda Seyfried’s participation adds depth and relatability, while the panelists’ witty exchanges and the contestants' achievements keep listeners thoroughly entertained. The show concludes on a high note, promising continued laughter and insightful commentary in future episodes.

Transcript

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[Bill Curtis]

From NPR in WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, wait, don't tell me, the NPR News quiz. I've got a juicy dump truck voice. I'm Bill Curtis, and here's your host at the Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois, Peter Sagal.

[Peter Sagal]

Thank you, Bill. Thank you, everybody. Thank you so much. We really do have a great show for you today. Later on, we're going to be talking to Amanda Seyfried, who used to be known for starring in things like Mamma Mia. And the TV show the Dropout and Mean Girls. But after an appearance on the Tonight show last week, she is now world famous for doing Joni Mitchell covers on the Dulcimer. So maybe instead of questions, we'll just have her do the whole Blue Album. But first, we want your help, so give us a call. The number is 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. Let's welcome our first listener contestant. Hi. You're on Wait, wait, don't tell me. Hi, Peter. This is Cameron from Bath, Maine. Cameron in Bath, Maine, how are things in Bath? Pretty cold, pretty windy. It's the city of ships. Not great sailing weather. No, no. Are you a sailor? No, but I have two retired parents.

[Bill Curtis]

Who just bought a pontoon boat.

[Peter Sagal]

So I'll get back to you in a couple months. Wow. What does one do with a pontoon boat? I've never known?

[Peter Gross]

You put their parents on it and you push it.

[Peter Sagal]

Bye, Mom. Bye, dad.

[Fortune Feimster]

They're back a day later.

[Peter Gross]

Yeah. Good luck.

[Peter Sagal]

Well, Cameron, welcome to the show. Let me introduce you to our panel this week. First up, the comedian whose album Party Night is available now on Spotify, Apple and other streaming services, it's Emmy Blotnick. Hi, Cameron. Next, it's the actor and writer you can see in the Show 2 Square at the Oklahoma City Improv Saturday, March 15th. And at Comedy Sports Philadelphia on April 5th, it's Peter Gross.

[Peter Gross]

Hello. Hi there.

[Peter Sagal]

And finally, making her debut on our panel, we are thrilled to be joined by the comedian whose third comedy special, crushing it, is streaming on Netflix. She's about to kick off her national Taking Care of Biscuits tour this month. Please say hello to Fortune Feemster. Hi. So, Cameron, welcome to the show. You're going to play who's Bill this time? Bill Curtis is going to read you three quotations from this week's news. Of course, your job is to correctly identify or explain just two of them. Do that, you will win our prize. The voice from anyone on our show you might choose for your voicemail. You ready to go? I'm ready. All right, let's do it. Cameron, here is your first quote.

[Bill Curtis]

Is it finally time to freak out?

[Peter Sagal]

That was a soon to be retiree quoted in Market Watch. Worried about the rapid decline of what would that be? The United States of America. I knew it. I knew we laid ourselves a trap as soon as I read that aloud. We were looking for something specific that was definitely on a significant downward trend this week. Oh, the stock market. The stock market. Yes, the stock market. Things are so bad with everybody's retirement accounts that, and this is true, one prominent brokerage site now has a pop up when you log in warning you just not to look.

[Peter Gross]

They really do.

[Peter Sagal]

They really do. That's right. Things are so bad. Ladies and gentlemen, your 401k has a bouncer.

[Peter Gross]

It should just be like a picture of a dog with like a little hat dancing back and forth and you just look at it for a minute and then you go, eh, whatever. I'm not gonna check my balance.

[Peter Sagal]

Or like messages like, you know what's really important? Family.

[Emmy Blotnick]

You know, this is really hard for people who don't know when the stock market is good.

[Peter Sagal]

Also, you're just completely oblivious.

[Emmy Blotnick]

Sometimes you look and you're like this. It's sure moving, this line on the grass.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. Today it's green, tomorrow it's red. It's so Christmassy.

[Emmy Blotnick]

Yes. It looks like it has a heartbeat.

[Peter Sagal]

Fortune. Are you concerned at all about this? Do you like, have stocks or money?

[Fortune Feimster]

No, I love losing money. Yeah, I got an email from my Raymond James guy who's here in Chicago.

[Peter Sagal]

Really?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. He asked if I wanted a hug and I said yes.

[Peter Sagal]

Now, we might be on the verge of another Great Depression, right? But according to this American Girl book I've been reading, it is going to be awesome. No, the depression was great. You can live in a boxcar, travel for free. Every windowsill will have a pie cooling.

[Emmy Blotnick]

I couldn't afford American girls before this.

[Peter Sagal]

And best of all, those of us who will survive it will get to be insufferable to everyone else for the rest of our lives. Oh, yeah. Back in the Great Depression of 25, me and my four siblings all had to share one vape pen.

[Peter Gross]

We had to Share one Netflix Account it was horrible.

[Emmy Blotnick]

Our tokens were non fungible back then.

[Peter Sagal]

Cameron, here is your next quote.

[Bill Curtis]

Focus on a nature scene with a sunset.

[Peter Sagal]

That was something that computer programmers came up with to help relieve the anxiety that what has been feeling AI. Exactly. AI. A new study has found that AI can get anxious and depressed. Right. It can worry. That's trouble for Those who use ChatGPT for its main use. Cheating on their homework. Now it's the one saying oh man, oh man, we're going to get caught.

[Emmy Blotnick]

To write an ad. Like write 500 words about Watership down. And it's like what's the point?

[Peter Sagal]

Exactly.

[Peter Gross]

That sad book where the rabbits get killed.

[Fortune Feimster]

We have nothing to live for.

[Emmy Blotnick]

I live in a hole.

[Peter Gross]

But why are they. Why is it really like. Is it because we're so anxious that it is aping us and being.

[Peter Sagal]

Pretty much. Because if you remember these things work entirely by absorbing all this information and how humans have reacted to this information. So you heard the quote from Bill because it was being made anxious by the prompts that make humans anxious. They thought giving it mindful and meditation exercises would help and it did.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, so they're like listening to calm.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah, exactly. But I don't know how this can be. I would think a computer would freak out even more if you asked it to take deep calming breaths and it realizes it doesn't have lungs.

[Peter Gross]

I feel like we can just stop AI now, right?

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. Dumb.

[Peter Gross]

If we are inventing something that is mechanical and is like separate from us but it is acting like us and achieving our worst parts of ourselves, I think this is the time to step back and be like that was probably too much.

[Fortune Feimster]

Just wait till it gets angry.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Right now it's just sad. But there are other stages of.

[Peter Sagal]

That's true. Yeah.

[Peter Gross]

Yeah. Is vengeance one of the stages?

[Fortune Feimster]

I hope not.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, Cameron, your last quote is from the host of a brand new radio show on Apple Music. As he introduces the next song, Kylie.

[Bill Curtis]

McNug came to the palace to perform the Locomotion and it is music for dancing.

[Peter Sagal]

So who is a new side gig as a radio dj? Would that be the King of England? Yes, King Charles III himself.

[Bill Curtis]

Of course.

[Peter Sagal]

The King's got his groove back. This week Apple Music debuted King Charles new radio show the King's Music Room. And I gotta tell you, it's actually really good. I'm not kidding. He plays Bob Marley, Beyonce, he plays world music here. This is just a bit of it. The song is the Locomotion. It has that infectious Energy, which makes it, I find, incredibly hard to sit still. It is fun. Plus, it is going to be so much easier to get knighted now. All you have to do is be the hundredth caller.

[Peter Gross]

Can it be a video thing? And he has to dance after he plays songs?

[Peter Sagal]

No, actually they. Of course, because it's 2025. They also videotape it and put Lad online. And it's great because, yes, I will confirm he does the whole show wearing the complete royal regalia right on the throne. So at one point when he gets really excited, he starts twerking with the orb.

[Emmy Blotnick]

After this, we've got traffic on the Wild.

[Peter Sagal]

Exactly.

[Emmy Blotnick]

And the Powerball numbers.

[Peter Gross]

We're going now to Reginald Pips in the sky. Reggie, what's going on in central London? That's really funny.

[Peter Sagal]

No, it's great. He is. I mean, I.

[Peter Gross]

Not what I said, just in general.

[Peter Sagal]

I don't know.

[Emmy Blotnick]

It's an absolute cluster around the palace, bumper to bumper carriages.

[Peter Sagal]

Bill, how did Cameron do in our quiz?

[Bill Curtis]

Cameron from Bath, Maine, did very well. 3, 0.

[Peter Sagal]

Congratulations. Great job, Cameron. Thank you, everybody.

[Emmy Blotnick]

He's the king of two.

[Peter Sagal]

But how does he get it right?

[Emmy Blotnick]

What's his secret?

[Peter Sagal]

He's the king of two. Right now, panel, it is time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Fortunately, a new study finds that you can boost your brain's performance simply by chewing. What?

[Fortune Feimster]

Gum?

[Peter Sagal]

No. If that worked, my mother would have been a genius.

[Fortune Feimster]

On thoughts.

[Peter Sagal]

Chew on thoughts. Just chews. You chew on that.

[Peter Gross]

Just thinking.

[Peter Sagal]

No. I'll give you a hint. Now that explains how the beaver I saw got today's wordle in two.

[Fortune Feimster]

Wood.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes, wood. Chewing wood can make you smarter. Research finds that chewing on a piece of wood significantly increases brain activity, especially in the part of the brain that asks, why am I doing this?

[Peter Gross]

How do they figure this out? Like, what's the study that's like, here, chew on this gum. Now do this puzzle. Chew on this stick. Now chew the. Oh, the stick guy did pretty good.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. The hypothesis is that chewing on something hard, like wood, increases blood flow to your head, which in many people is where the brain is located.

[Fortune Feimster]

Wouldn't this just be a toothpick?

[Peter Sagal]

No, it has to be harder. It has to be something that really takes effort.

[Emmy Blotnick]

Like a floorboard.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah, exactly.

[Peter Gross]

So you can't be just like a whimsical guy, like, sitting on a porch, like, whittling and chewing on a toothpick.

[Peter Sagal]

No, no, no.

[Emmy Blotnick]

You gotta be at the Home Depot with a knife and fork.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Peter Sagal]

Coming up. Our panelists are music to your ears and our bluff the listener game called One Triple eight. Wait Wait to play. We'll be back in a minute with more of Wait Wait, Don't Tell me from npr.

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[Bill Curtis]

From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't TELL Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm Bill Curtis. We're playing this week with Emmy Blotnick, Peter Gross and Fortune Feimster. And here again is your host at the Studebaker Theater in downtown Chicago, Illinois, Peter Siegel.

[Peter Sagal]

Thank you, Bill. Right now it is time for the Wait Wait, don't tell Me Bluff the listener game. Call 1-888-WAIT-WAIT to play our game in the air. Or you can head over to npr.org waitwaitform hi, you're on Wait, Wait, don't tell me. Hi, this is Terry Evans and I'm from Hewitt, Texas.

[Bill Curtis]

Oh wow.

[Peter Sagal]

Which is just outside of Waco. Oh, that's great. And what do you do there? Well, I live with my librarian husband for 32 years I guess and we have two kids and shout out Mikayla and Chandler and I work for Baylor Student Media. You said that your husband was a librarian with some pride because he's really smart and he's now been elected President of the Music Library Association. Oh, that's very exciting. Yeah, I'm proud of him. So when somebody asks him for, like, music, he'll say, I'll dial that up on Spotify for you. You betcha. Yeah. Well, welcome to the show, Terry. You're going to play the game in which you have to tell truth from fiction. Bill, what's Terry's topic behind the music? Speaking of music, getting into the music business isn't easy. People do anything to get a leg up. A foot in the door, a toenail in the window. Our panel is going to tell you about a surprising new tactic someone might be able to use to get ahead in the music biz. Pick the one who's telling the truth and you'll win the wait waiter of your choice in your voicemail. You ready to play? Yes, sir. All right, let's hear first from Peter Gross.

[Peter Gross]

Typically, when you put out a want ad, you explain the job, list the responsibilities, and state the salary. But if you're Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, you tell someone how much they are going to have to pay you for the privilege of working with you. Simmons is going out on a solo tour this month, and he put out a call for help, explaining that he's looking for one person in each city to join his road crew for the day for the low, low price of $12,495. Now, before you scoff, there are some great perks. You get to meet Gene, and for free. They will throw in being laughed at and called a rich idiot by the real crew members. But you'll be the one laughing when you get to sit down and have a special one on one meal with a man accused multiple times of sexual harassment who once released a solo record called and who told an interviewer in 2022, I don't have friends.

[Peter Sagal]

The going rate to be an assistant to Gene Simmons of Kiss is $12,500, which you pay him. Your next music business breakthrough comes from Emmy Blotnick.

[Emmy Blotnick]

The chaos began with an innocent request from Virgin Airlines corporate office. They were seeking to refresh their In Flight Safety video with a catchy new song, and for the first time ever, they were open to submissions from anyone, anywhere. One aspiring musician from Bangor, Maine, believed this was his golden opportunity to break into the music business. The multi Instrumentalist Robert McMagness, who records under the alias McMadness, went to work producing as many demos as he could. He composed 24 original in flight safety songs in just 24 hours, with titles such as Seatbelt Low and Tight Tonight Fasten like an assassin and talkin tough bout stowin stuff Just to be safe, McMadness uploaded each track 300 times from 17 different email accounts. The tonnage of these files crashed the server so quickly no one else was able to submit. A spokesman from Virgin Airlines offered their apologies that the song contest ended prematurely. He added, while none of Mr. McMadness songs were family friendly enough for influence flight usage, they were so impressed with his output that they've begun contract talks with him anyway.

[Peter Sagal]

A man goes all out to make sure that his is the safety song played on an airline. Your last musical moment comes from Fortune Feimster.

[Fortune Feimster]

Legendary background singer Barry Cooter has sung vocals on some of the most iconic country albums to come out of Music Row. And he did this without a single connection to the music business. Not an agent, not a manager, nothing but his biscuits. Years ago, he snuck into a studio by posing as a delivery man for a made up bakery, Berries Biscuits. He first tried to get in under the name Cooter Cakes, but that didn't.

[Peter Sagal]

Even get him past the front door.

[Fortune Feimster]

It was the amazing smell of these biscuits that allowed him to skate right past security and then the secretary and straight into the recording studio. And who happened to be in there laying down a track? None other than the Elvis Presley who we all know loved him some biscuits. His whole team started devouring these treats, leaving Cooter the opportunity to step up to the mic and show off his vocals. For decades, Cooter had quite the career. That is until singers started cutting carbs.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, so let's say. Let's say you had aspirations to get into the music business. You might do one of these things. Is it from Peter Gross, go work for a day as an assistant to Gene Simmons simply by paying him more than $12,000 for the privilege. From Emmy. Absolutely. Go all out to break into the music business via that common first step, an airline safety video. Or from Fortune, just bake biscuits so good they cannot keep you out of the music studio. Which of these is a real tactic used to get into the music business? I would not put it past Gene Simmons to charge somebody to work for him. The audience apparently has the same opinion of Gene Simmons as all right thinking people do. Well, we spoke to a music journalist who told us that about the real story.

[Emmy Blotnick]

You'd have to have $12,000 of disposable.

[Peter Sagal]

Income and then a huge team in space. Yes, that was Ilana Kaplan, a music editor for People magazine, telling us the two conditions that you'd have to have in order to take advantage of this remarkable opportunity of spending a day with Gene Simmons. Congratulations, Terry. You got it right. You earned a point for Peter. You just told the truth.

[Peter Gross]

Good job, Terry.

[Peter Sagal]

And you've won our prize. The voice of your choice in your voicemail. Congratulations and well done. Thank you. And now, the game where we ask famous people to answer questions about something they know nothing about. We call it Not My Job. Amanda Seyfried is an Emmy winning actor who starred in, among other things, three of the most profitable movie musicals ever made. But she has said that despite her many successes, all she has ever wanted to do was play a cop on tv. A dream that has finally come true on her new show, Long Bright river on Peacock. Amanda Seyfried, welcome to. Wait, wait, don't tell me. Thanks so much. So let's start there. We heard that was true that you've always, through your remarkable career, starting with soap operas and then Mean Girls and through the Mamma Mia movies, everything you've done that you've always had this secret desire to play a cop. Is that right?

[Cameron]

Yeah, it just seemed so far fetched. I was like, that would be fun.

[Peter Sagal]

That would be fun. Were you influenced by like watching Cops on TV when you were growing up? Were you like a law and order SVU girl?

[Cameron]

I had this weird obsession with the first 48. I would watch like two episodes before bed every night. I think that's probably why I was so anxious in my early 20s. But yeah, sure. I mean, I just think it's cool. And I never wanted to play detective. Don't get me wrong. Those are. They're cool, but they're everywhere. Beat Cops is where it's at.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. Really?

[Cameron]

I just feel so slight that like, no one would believe me with that kind of authority. So I just wanted to prove myself and everybody else wrong.

[Peter Sagal]

Wow. So your model for the cop you wanted to be was not like, say, Kojak, but like the little bunny in Zootopia?

[Cameron]

That's exactly who I modeled my haircut for.

[Peter Sagal]

Wow. Yeah, I can see that. In preparation for this role, you did something, I am told again that I know a lot of actors do, which you did a ride along with real Philadelphia Police. Is that true?

[Cameron]

Yeah. I had no business being there, but I went and it was something.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. I have always, I know that many actors who are dedicated to doing a good job do that experience. They go for a ride along or spend time with police. And I've always wondered what that's like. I mean, you're sitting There you're driving down the streets of Philadelphia, and the cop in the front seat turns to you and goes, so, Mamma Mi. I heard that was a really fun set. Was it?

[Cameron]

I mean, pretty much, yeah. There's like, a give and take, and I don't. I don't want to be greedy, but I'm also like, I want to see what's next. Like, yeah, let's go to the Wawa. Let's break up the fight. They let me choose which place we were gonna go next.

[Peter Sagal]

Did they really?

[Cameron]

Well, there's a wellness check. You want to do that? And I'm like, that could be anything. We should go. And it turned out to be a dead person. But.

[Peter Gross]

So the wellness. Wellness was pretty low.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. Not a lot of wellness there.

[Cameron]

I can't wait to do it again, actually.

[Peter Sagal]

Sure. It occurs to me, though, I mean, well, the cops have you that you could come in handy. Like, if a gunfight got for Bibu to break out, they could shout, put down your weapons. Amanda Seyfried is here. There's, like, a third Mamma Mia. Movie on the line, and if that.

[Cameron]

Ever happened, listen, I'm for it. I'll do anything to save a life.

[Peter Gross]

Right.

[Cameron]

Quote me on that.

[Peter Sagal]

All right. Speaking of Mamma Mia. We have read this might be urban legend. It might be true. We have read that, like, when you were making that movie. Movie and its sequel and these beautiful places that the entire cast was drunk the entire time.

[Cameron]

Yeah.

[Peter Sagal]

I mean, not the entire time. Yeah.

[Cameron]

No, it really was debauchery.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. It looked like. I mean, it's. It seemed like part of the appeal of the movie was just imagining being able to make it with you guys, because, boy, it looked like fun.

[Cameron]

It really was. Actually, those. Those images that came out a while back of us in our most drunken state at some party where we did karaoke in Skopelos. It just looks. It looks like the most fun anyone could ever have, especially because Meryl Streep is at the center of every photo. And I wish I could say, oh, wasn't that fun, but my grandmother got drunk that night, and it was a memory that I will never. I just. I hold it so close, and I really look forward to a third, so just so we could keep getting drunk together.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. So you won an Emmy for playing Elizabeth Holmes in the Dropout, the story of her and Theranos. And perhaps the single most iconic moment in the show is when you, as Elizabeth kind of dances into your boyfriend's office to Lil Wayne to either seduce him or cheer him up or both. And it is somehow the most awkward thing I have ever seen. And my question is, how does someone who knows how to dance dance badly?

[Cameron]

I'm gonna be honest. I'm not a good dancer. I really am. I really am not.

[Peter Gross]

Peter, she thought that was really good.

[Peter Sagal]

Really? Oh, God.

[Peter Gross]

That was like the best dancing she could do.

[Cameron]

I don't know. I was wearing a. Who can dance well or take themselves seriously when they're wearing that puffy vest?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, it is hard to dance in puffy vests.

[Cameron]

Right.

[Emmy Blotnick]

It's like a Silicon Valley mating ritual.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. When that really happened, presumably it did. Lil Wayne felt a horrible twinge somewhere. He just knew something was wrong.

[Cameron]

He was more uncomfortable than you were. But.

[Peter Sagal]

And as far as I know, I tried to find this out. You have never met Elizabeth Holmes, and she has never reached out to meet you. Is that right?

[Cameron]

Correct.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah, yeah.

[Cameron]

There was like a. Like a trial or whatever.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh, yeah, that. Yeah, yeah. You know, the legal thing.

[Cameron]

Legal things that separated us from having our fateful love fest. I don't know what I probably would have been like. She's pretty cool, actually, because I'm so easily influenced by. But yeah, so it was better that I didn't, because then I wouldn't have been able to make fun of her too. Because part of the show is getting on the inside and trying to breed some kind of compassion and show a three dimensional person, but the other part of it is making fun of her.

[Peter Sagal]

Like with the scene, you did both exceptionally well. Well, Amanda Seyfried, this is a joy to talk to you, and we have asked you here to play a game.

[Bill Curtis]

We'Re calling Mean Girl Meet Nice guys.

[Peter Sagal]

So you began your career by starring in the classic movie comedy Mean Girls. So in honor of that, we found three questions about some guys who were actually really, really nice. Answer just two of them correctly, you'll win our prize. For one of our listeners. Bill, who is Amanda Seyfried playing for?

[Bill Curtis]

Michelle Musara of Cleveland, Ohio.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, you seem. You seem a little. I hope you were warned that this would be happening.

[Fortune Feimster]

Get some wine, girl.

[Peter Sagal]

Right? Yeah. Okay.

[Amanda Seyfried]

All right.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah, you're right. All right, here we go. Here's your first question. Mr. Rogers was possibly the nicest person of all time. After Mr. Rogers filed a police report that his car had been stolen, what happened two days later? A, PBS pledged money to him to buy him a new car. B, neighbors complained about all the people clogging up their street, hoping to give them a ride. Somewhere. Or C, the thieves return the car with a note that said, if we'd known it was yours, we never would have taken it. C. Yes, that's what happened.

[Cameron]

Yeah, he's that nice.

[Peter Sagal]

He was that nice. He was so nice, he could turn other people into nice guys through osmosis. He was amazing. All right, that's very well done. Here's your next question. During World War II, Canada famously treated their POWs so well that some of them didn't want to go back to Germany when the war was over. According to one captured German corporal, that great treatment at the PoW camp included which of these A, the government brought in a famous chef to make authentic schnitzel for them. B, the guards would regularly lend the prisoners their rifles so they could go hunting, or C, upon request, Canada would fly in a soldier's wife and kids so they could all be POWs together. Nah, it's A. I'm afraid it was actually B, they gave them rifles to go hunting.

[Cameron]

Oh, I thought that was, like, a boring one. Really can't be B.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, that was their version of a trustful.

[Peter Sagal]

They hand them a rifle, close their eyes, turn around. All right, anyway, here's your last question. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether or not someone is nice. Like the man who helped out a woman in Wales one day by hanging up her laundry to dry, washing her floor, putting her groceries away, and taking out the recycling. But there was one catch. What was it? A, he had broken in her house to do these things while she was away at work. B, the whole time he was working, he told her how bad her clothing and food choices were, or C, after he finished, he told her, now you have to come do my house.

[Cameron]

What do you guys think? Yeah, I mean, A, seems like the obvious choice. No, I'm not gonna overthink it.

[Peter Sagal]

A, yes, you're right, Amanda.

[Fortune Feimster]

Thank you.

[Cameron]

Thank you.

[Peter Sagal]

He broke into her house and he did all those things for her, and then she came home and found him doing them.

[Fortune Feimster]

Now they're married. She likes a bad boy.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. Bill, how did Amanda Seifert do in our quiz?

[Bill Curtis]

Mamma Mia. Two out of three is a win.

[Peter Sagal]

Amanda, congratulations. Well done.

[Cameron]

I had some help.

[Peter Sagal]

We did. We had to help from this fabulous audience. Amanda Seyfried is an Emmy winning actor who you can see right now in Long Bright River. All episodes are streaming on Peacock. Now go watch it. Amanda, thank you so much for being with us. What a pleasure to talk to you and see you. Thanks, guys.

[Cameron]

Hey, have fun with you guys.

[Peter Sagal]

We will in just a minute. Bill has the perfect treat for people with peanut allergies in our Listener Limerick challenge. Call 1-88-HAIT-WAIT to join us on the air. We'll be back in a minute with more of Wait, wait, Don't Tell me from npr.

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[Bill Curtis]

From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, don't tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm Bill Curtis. We are playing this week with Peter Gross, Emmy Blotnick and Fortune Feimster. And here again is your host at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, Illinois, Peter Sagal.

[Peter Sagal]

Thank you, Bill. In just a minute, Bill expresses his truth the only way he knows how, with limericks. If you'd like to play, give us a call. One troll eight wait, wait. That's 1-888-924-8924. Right now, panel, some more questions for you from the week's news. Peter, bad news in nutrition. This week we found out what popular treat contains potentially dangerous levels of heavy metals and pesticide residues. Popular treat, especially this time of year when they tend to show up in the spring. Yeah, ramps.

[Peter Gross]

Everyone's eating ramps in the spring.

[Peter Sagal]

No, sorry, it's not when they grow, it's when they are sold. Oh, peeps, no. I'll give you a hand. They could, they could just embrace this and say thin Mints. Now with even more copper Girl Scout cookies. Girl Scout cookies. A new lawsuit alleges those cookies sold by the Girl Scouts include, quote, dangerous metals and pesticides. Decides I don't care. I'm still going to eat them. I just love the Samoas, which have the chocolate coating and the lead filling.

[Fortune Feimster]

This is why you got to freeze them.

[Peter Gross]

That's not going to get rid of the soap. It's inside.

[Fortune Feimster]

It doesn't make it go away.

[Peter Sagal]

No, sadly.

[Fortune Feimster]

Whatever.

[Peter Gross]

No, but it's colder. Cold frozen iron is.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah, exactly, Peter. Officials in Brazil, sadly, are cutting down part of the Amazon rainforest to make way for what?

[Peter Gross]

Something Brazilian. Like a thong factory?

[Peter Sagal]

No, something that's nice.

[Peter Gross]

You gotta make them somewhere.

[Peter Sagal]

That's true.

[Peter Gross]

We'll save money on shipping.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah, I'll give you a hint. Greta Thunberg is going to be so mad when she shows up for this one.

[Peter Gross]

Oh, like an environmental summit.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes, a climate summit. Wow. A new four lane highway cutting through thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for this year's climate summit in Brazil. And before you start complaining, the road will have a bike lane. So they decided to hold this year's COP30 climate summit in the remote Amazonian city of Belem, presumably to show what might be lost if we don't fix things. And somebody said, hey, you know what would really show them how bad it could get? The new road is called Avenue Liberdade, which is Portuguese for whoops.

[Peter Gross]

And you have to get there in cars that are powered by Styrofoam.

[Peter Sagal]

Exactly. Right.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, the road to hell is paved with good intention.

[Peter Sagal]

That's true. And that's in fact, interestingly enough, one end of the road is in hell. Fortune. Dog owners pride themselves on knowing exactly what their dogs are feeling at any time. But a new study proves that. What?

[Fortune Feimster]

Dogs are so dumb?

[Peter Sagal]

That may well be the case, but actually the discovery was about the people, not the dog.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, okay. That their owners are dumb.

[Peter Sagal]

I'm going to give it to you because the answer is, it turns out that owners have no idea what their dogs are thinking or feeling at any given moment. We just don't.

[Fortune Feimster]

Sweet.

[Peter Sagal]

A new study shows people actually have no idea what their dogs are feeling. As far as you know, that tail is wagging to express profound disappointment in you.

[Peter Gross]

Oh, no, that would be terrible.

[Peter Sagal]

I know. But in this study, this is what they did. They showed people videos of dogs reacting to something. And the people could only accurately ascertain what the dogs were feeling if they could also see what they were reacting to. If that was taken away, their guesses were no better than just, like, random. Oh, you think this bowl of treats made your dog happy? Oh, wow. You're like a Dog Whisperer.

[Emmy Blotnick]

I think this study is projecting.

[Peter Sagal]

Really? You think?

[Emmy Blotnick]

Yeah, I think I know my dog's feelings.

[Bill Curtis]

You do?

[Emmy Blotnick]

Yeah, he tells me them.

[Peter Sagal]

How does he tell you?

[Emmy Blotnick]

Little licks and kisses.

[Peter Gross]

All his feelings are, I want to lick your face.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah.

[Emmy Blotnick]

Yes.

[Peter Gross]

He just feels that all the time.

[Emmy Blotnick]

He feels what's in your mouth?

[Peter Sagal]

Yes. In case there's any food in there. Because that's the thing. This is not hard. Dogs have three emotions. Three. One, I'm eating. Two, is that something I can eat? Three. Oh, it isn't.

[Fortune Feimster]

I have those same. That's my only.

[Peter Gross]

Exactly.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. Coming up. It's Lightning Fell in the Blank. But first it's the game where you have to listen for the rhyme. If, if you'd like to play on air, call or leave a message at 1-88-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. You can catch us most weeks at the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago or come see us on the road. Hey, spring breakers. You want a real party? Next week we'll be in Orlando, Florida at the Walt Disney Theater. For tickets and information, just go over to nprpresents.org hi, you're on. Wait, wait, don't tell me. Hey, this is Cody in Madison, Wisconsin. Hey, beautiful Madison. I love it there. What do you do there? I'm a researcher for the US Forest Service here in Madison. I'm. I'm glad you're still on the job. Me too. I assume you're the last one left. That's right. That's right. Just me holding up the fort. Exactly. And when they let you do your job, what is it exactly? So we research wood. You know, we make safe, dependable products, you know, for houses, buildings, packaging, all those good things.

[Fortune Feimster]

And people eat them.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. I was about to say, in all your research on wood, have you ever come across any scientific. Scientific findings indicating that chewing on wood makes you smarter? Not yet, but then maybe that'll be my next project. Right. Well, if things get dicey in the next few minutes, just grab a wooden spoon. Here we go, Cody. Welcome to the show. Bill Curtis is going to read you three news related limericks with the last word or phrase missing from each. If you can fill in that last word or phrase correctly in two of the limericks, you will be a winner. Here is your first limerick.

[Bill Curtis]

My new ride is sealed tight as a jar I've got keys but I can't get too far New tech is a scandal I can't budge the handle I cannot get into My car.

[Peter Sagal]

Car, Right. Drivers everywhere are fed up with how complicated the door handles are these days. Gone are the days of the simple. Just, like, grab it and pull. Now, if you want to get into the car, you need to push, like, a concealed button. Or if you have a Tesla whisper, five things you did for Elon Musk this week.

[Peter Gross]

I can't remember the last time I saw an actual key for a car.

[Peter Sagal]

No, no. Yeah, they're gone. My new car, if you walk up to it, it knows you're coming and opens up its handles for you. It says, oh, I'm unlocked. And the funny thing is that it has a timer, and if you don't grab a handle, it locks it. So if you're me and you're not particularly quick and sensitive to potential insults, it feels like. Oh, Peter, welcome. Psych. All right, here's your next limerick.

[Bill Curtis]

At our club, we make sure that this show rocks. We ban faces that register no shocks. Once you wrinkle and crack, we'll invite you all back. But don't come if your face has had.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh, geez. Botox. Botox. Yes.

[Bill Curtis]

Good man.

[Peter Sagal]

A comedy club in the United Kingdom says that the stand ups who perform there are tired of playing to Botoxed people and their, quote, frozen faces because it's impossible to tell or not whether their jokes are landing. They come backstage saying, I did all my best material, but the front row just looked constantly surprised.

[Peter Gross]

It sounds like maybe these aren't the best stand ups in the world.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, I didn't know Botox kept your mouth from making noises.

[Peter Sagal]

I can imagine that. I mean, I've never tried it, but I know it paralyzes your facial muscles. So I imagine even if you do laugh, it doesn't sound great. We're like, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh. Yeah. Help me.

[Emmy Blotnick]

I turn away anybody who's had. If they've got big rocking jugs, they're not allowed on my show.

[Peter Sagal]

Really?

[Emmy Blotnick]

No.

[Bill Curtis]

I don't know.

[Emmy Blotnick]

I don't make the rules.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, here's your last limerick.

[Bill Curtis]

In big boxes, they pick up the slack. They're called peanuts and help people pack. Dissolved. They look spreadable, yet they're not edible. Stop munching them like they're a snack.

[Peter Sagal]

Exactly right. Experts are worried about a new TikTok trend. Yet another one where people are eating those biodegradable pecking peanuts, arguing that they're edible because they dissolve in your mouth. Okay, a rule of thumb. If you have to argue that something is edible, you have already lost the argument.

[Emmy Blotnick]

But are they healthier than Girl Scout cookies?

[Peter Sagal]

That's the question at this point. Play it on the safe side. Eat the packing peanuts. This makes a lot of sense, though. I mean, I think at this point we're all like, enough with ingesting microplastics. I want macroplastics. Bill, how did Cody do in our quiz?

[Bill Curtis]

Cody. Cody. Cody got a perfect score.

[Peter Sagal]

Well done, Cody. Thank you. Must be all that wood you work with. Congratulations and keep up the good work. Take care. Bye Bye. Bye. Bye. Foreign.

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[Peter Sagal]

Lightning Fill in the Blank. Each of our players will have 60 seconds in which to answer as many Fill in the blank questions as they can. Each correct answer is worth two points. Bill, can you give us the scores?

[Bill Curtis]

Emmy has three. Fortune and Peter each have four.

[Peter Sagal]

Okay. All right, Emmy, you are in second place. So you will begin. Fill in the blank. On Thursday, President Trump withdrew his nominee for the director of the Blank.

[Emmy Blotnick]

Is it the center for Disease Control?

[Peter Sagal]

Yes, it is the cdc. On Sunday, Mark Carney was sworn in as the new prime minister of Blank Canada. Right. This week, a judge in New York blocked White House efforts to to deport legal resident Mahmoud Khalil over his participation in protests against Blank.

[Emmy Blotnick]

The war in the Middle East.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. War in Gaza. After the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest, former Philippine President Blank was taken into custody there.

[Emmy Blotnick]

Rodrigo Duterte.

[Peter Sagal]

Very good. Yes. This week in Australia, one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints ever recorded in a single fossil was discovered. In a Blank nightclub. No. In a high school where the slab had been sitting there for 20 years without anyone noticing all the dinosaur footprints. This week, RFK Jr. Said that vaccinating against blank flu could have unexpected side effects.

[Emmy Blotnick]

Bird flu.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes. On Tuesday, Fashion week in blank came to a close.

[Emmy Blotnick]

Paris.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes. This week, a man in Florida was arrested for stealing a pair of diamond earrings worth $700,000. But police had to wait a while before gathering the evidence because Blank.

[Emmy Blotnick]

He ate them.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes, he did.

[Cameron]

Wow.

[Fortune Feimster]

Nice job.

[Peter Sagal]

Very well done. The salesperson shivered have known that something was up when the man said, whoa, these diamond earrings are so beautiful. Do they come with any kind of dipping sauce? Bill, I think Emmy did very well.

[Bill Curtis]

Well, seven, right. 14 more points. Total of 17. Hard to beat.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, read it and weep, winners.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, I don't watch the news enough for this.

[Peter Sagal]

Okay, well, you know, it's okay, but you ready to try this one? All right, here we go. Fortune, Fill in the blank. On Wednesday, Russia rejected a U.S. brokered cease file deal with Blank. Ukraine. Right. On Tuesday, the House passed a temporary spending bill aimed at averting a blank shutdown. Right. As part of his ongoing trade war, President Trump imposed a 25% blank on steel and aluminum imports tariffs. Right. On Thursday, it was announced that the return of the astronauts stuck on the blank would again be delayed.

[Fortune Feimster]

The moon?

[Peter Sagal]

No, the International Space Station. This week.

[Fortune Feimster]

Do we not go back?

[Peter Sagal]

Not yet. Not yet. This week, the band Tool was booed off stage at a music festival organized by Blanc King Charles. No, by the band. Good guess, though. By the band Tool. Following multiple crashes, sales of tickets for blanks have dropped considerably.

[Fortune Feimster]

Airplanes.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. On Thursday, it was confirmed that comedian Nikki Glaser would return to host the 2026 Blank Awards.

[Fortune Feimster]

Golden Globes.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. This week, a newlywed couple in the Maldives are closer than ever after they shared a blank on their honeymoon bed. No. They shared a single life jacket after their ferry boat sank. After the ferry carrying 50 people sank, the newlyweds shared a single life jacket until help finally arrived and they were rescued somewhere. Jack from Titanic is like, oh, come on. What the hell?

[Peter Gross]

There was room on that door.

[Peter Sagal]

She had a life jacket on.

[Peter Gross]

Yeah.

[Peter Sagal]

Bill, how did Fortune do her first time on this quiz?

[Bill Curtis]

Fortune's a player. 5, right? 10 more points. 14 is her total, but she trails Emmy.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, man. Good job.

[Peter Sagal]

Whoa. How many of them does Peter need to overtake Emmy and win the game?

[Bill Curtis]

Peter needs seven to win.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, Peter, this is for the game. Fill in the blank. On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced massive legs layoffs at the Department of Blank Education. Right. On Tuesday, officials in New Mexico and Oklahoma confirmed cases of blank linked to the outbreak in Texas.

[Peter Gross]

Oh, measles.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. This week, the EPA was directed to roll back a Biden era rule mandating less pollution from blanks.

[Peter Gross]

Carbon monoxide.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. Less pollution from what? From cars.

[Peter Gross]

Oh, from cars, yeah.

[Peter Sagal]

And just about everything. Saying that the paper's freedoms have dangerously eroded in the past year. An editor of resigned on Monday.

[Peter Gross]

Washington Post.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. This week, an Arizona dentist who used household pliers on a patient told a disciplinary board blank.

[Peter Gross]

They asked for it.

[Peter Sagal]

No, he said, quote, it was a bad choice. I will acknowledge that Tuesday marked the five year anniversary of the WHO declaring blank a pandemic.

[Peter Gross]

Covid.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. This week, after a mom in Wisconsin ate some of her four year old's ice cream, the boy responded by blanking.

[Peter Gross]

Throwing up in her face?

[Peter Sagal]

No, by calling the cops on her. After catching his mom eating ice cream, the young boy called 911 and told the dispatcher, come and get my mommy. She needs to go to jail. It was really kind of sweet. So the police, you know, they heard the call, they stopped, they got some ice cream. They brought the toddler the new ice cream and they arrested the mom after planting a bag of drugs on her bill. Did Peter Gross do well enough to win?

[Bill Curtis]

Well, he got five.

[Peter Sagal]

Right.

[Bill Curtis]

10 more points, 14, which is a tie with Fortune. But Emmy is our winner.

[Peter Sagal]

Well done.

[Emmy Blotnick]

Watch me now.

[Peter Sagal]

Coming up, our panelists predict after his new radio show what will be the next surprising new job for King Charles of the United Kingdom. But first, let me tell you all, Wait, Wait, don't tell Me. Is a production of NPR and WBEZ Chicago in association with Urgent Haircut Productions. Doug Berman, Benevolent overlord Philip Gotke writes our limericks. Our public address announcer is Paul Friedman. Our tour manager is Shana Donald. Thanks to the staff and crew at the Studebaker Theatre. BJ Ledemann composed our theme. Our program is produced by Jennifer Mills, Miles Dornboss and Lillian King. Special thanks this week to Mohamed El Sheikhi and Monica Hickey. Our mean girl is Peter Gwynn. Emma Choi is our vice curator, Technical directionism, Lorna White. Our CFO is Colin Miller. Our production manager is Robert Newhouse. Our senior producer is Ian Chillag. And the executive producer of Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. That's Michael Danforth. Now, panel, what will King Charles do next? Emmy Blotnick.

[Emmy Blotnick]

Reviews of fast food burgers from the driver's seat of a parked Nissan.

[Peter Sagal]

Peter Gross.

[Peter Gross]

He's going to force his radio show on the countries of India, Bermuda, Jamaica, Gambia and the Falkland Islands, whether they want to listen to it or not.

[Peter Sagal]

And Fortune Feimster, he's going to be.

[Fortune Feimster]

A beat cop with Amanda on a new show airing on Peacock.

[Bill Curtis]

Well, if any of that happens, we're going to ask you about it on Wait, Wait, don't tell me.

[Peter Sagal]

Thank you, Bill Curtis. Thanks also to Peter Gross, Emmy Blotnick and Fortune Pink Art. Thanks to all of you for listening here at the Studebaker Theater in downtown Chicago. From wherever you might happen to be, I'm Peter Sagal. We'll see you next week from Orlando, Florida, Florida. This is npr.

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