WWDTM: Chip Caray

Summary

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! – Chip Caray (Sept 20, 2025)

Podcast: Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!
Host: Peter Sagal (NPR)
Guest: Chip Caray (St. Louis Cardinals announcer)
Panelists: Dulcé Sloan, Adam Felber, Rachel Koster
Location: Fox Theater, St. Louis, Missouri

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Episode Overview

This lively episode of NPR’s “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!” brings a packed house to the Fox Theater in St. Louis, serving its classic blend of news, improv comedy, and audience interaction. The show kicks off with panel quizzes on the week's wackiest news, spotlighting head-scratching headlines and bringing comedic takes from the panelists. The centerpiece is a playful, insightful interview with Chip Caray, the renowned Cardinals broadcaster and member of the sportscasting Carey dynasty. Sports history, pop culture, and sharp gags collide in a thoroughly entertaining installment for news junkies, comedy fans, and baseball buffs alike.

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Key Segments & Highlights

1. Warm Welcome from St. Louis (00:46–01:37)

• Peter Sagal, newly back in St. Louis, acknowledges the Cubs clinching a playoff berth but promises, as a gentleman, not to gloat to the Cardinals crowd.
• Playful ribbing:
  • Peter Sagal: "As a Chicagoan, but as a gentleman, I am not going to bring up with [Chip Caray] that the Cubs just clinched a playoff berth." (01:09)

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2. “Who’s Chioki This Time?” Quiz: Quirky Weekly News (03:09–09:25)

• Contestant: Ellie from St. Louis
• Notable questions and answers:
  • Ben & Jerry’s Jerry Resigns: Jerry Greenfield leaves due to disagreement with corporate policies.
    • Peter Sagal: “Jerry Greenfield is leaving because Unilever won’t let him express his political opinions.” (03:23)
    • Adam Felber: "Who wants to order a pint of Garcia?" (04:04)
    • Panel jokes on Ben & Jerry’s political flavors and “White Chocolate Supremacy.”
  • Skinny Jeans Are Back: The panel laments the return of skinny jeans as the latest fashion trend.
    • Dulcé Sloan: “Skinny jeans are only a single skinny woman's problem. Those jeans are skinny when I put them on, baby.” (06:11)
    • Panel roasts fashion magazines, claiming they exist to “terrorize white women.” (06:53–07:13)
  • AI Language Translating AirPods: AI-enabled instant language translation; panel jokes about real-world usefulness.
    • Dulcé Sloan: “If all I can get is input but I can't provide any output, I still can't communicate.” (08:44)
    • Adam Felber: Jokes about cats’ possible opinions via AirPods translation. (09:08)

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3. Odd News in the Bluff the Listener (14:43–20:17)

• Theme: Creative reuse and recycling in the news
• Stories pitched:
  • Rachel Koster: Woman makes quilts from hoodies left by former dates (Fake)
  • Dulcé Sloan: Elton John turns his old kneecaps into jewelry (Real)
    • Quote, real audio: “In a thousand years, this will be Elton John's kneecap.” (19:45)
  • Adam Felber: Montana farmer uses Lego bricks to repel bears (Fake)
• Winner: Kaylee from Colorado correctly guesses Elton John’s golden kneecap jewelry is true.

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4. "Not My Job" Interview: Chip Caray (20:17–30:42)

Chip Caray’s Broadcasting Family Legacy

• Chip Carey's backstory: Third in a line of sports broadcasters, all named Harry, going back to grandfather Harry Carey of Cardinals (and Cubs) fame.
  • Quote – Chip Caray: "My dad is or was Harry Carey Jr. I'm Harry Carey III. ... The first one who popped out [of my twins] got the name. He's Harry IV." (21:31)
• On Nepotism:
  • Chip Caray: “Nepotism. The practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives... Especially by giving them jobs. It’s on my screensaver!” (22:32)
  • Peter Sagal, dryly: "Don't have to be good. You just gotta pop out of the right place." (22:52)
• Family Lore: Harry Carey tricks his son into broadcasting, the family’s unusual route into the business, and the Caray’s renaming saga.
• Dulcé Sloan sums up:
  • Dulcé Sloan: “I have absolutely no idea what is happening right now... but I can say the way you have explained all of these things. I am so glad you use your powers for good.” (24:50)
• Imitating Grandpa Harry Carey:
  • Chip Caray (as Harry Carey): "He's kissing her on the strikes, she's kissing him on the balls." (26:21)
    (Story of a real on-air moment from the late, great Harry Carey)
• Game Segment: Chip answers trivia about Catholic cardinals; the St. Louis audience gleefully helps him.
  • Great crowd moment when Chip plays along with the audience guesses.

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5. Rapid Fire Oddities & Laughs (Multiple Segments)

• Corvette Recall: Supercar owners are warned cars may explode when refueling; panel riffs on midlife crises. (09:39–11:28)
• Bear Repelling Legos: (Bluff the Listener, Adam Felber) A viral story about farmers repurposing Legos to fend off wildlife.
• Aston Martin’s $3,000 Baby Stroller: Panelists amuse over over-the-top luxury parenting gear.
  • Peter Sagal: “What parent wouldn’t pay that for a stroller with an ejector seat?” (39:05)
• Sunscreen-Flavored Ice Cream: Reality. Carnival x Van Leeuwen. (“Sunscreen” - 41:09)
• Costco Prosecco Exploding Bottles: Unopened bottles may burst—Peter admits to drinking inside the store. (37:08)
• Geysers plugged by tourist hats: Yellowstone officials battle fashion at Old Faithful. (41:50)

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6. Panel Banter & Running Jokes

• Skinny jeans: A thematic through-line, returned to for callbacks and closing gags.
• Fashion magazines:
  • Dulcé Sloan: "All Vogue magazine does is terrorize white women... that's what these fashion magazines are for!" (06:53)
• Job stress in tech:
  • Rachel Koster (on startup founders): “They seem, honestly, awesome. Yeah, I’d love to chill out with them.”
  • Peter Sagal: "But they don’t chill out." (36:25–36:32)
• Doctor’s ‘comfort break’ is actually a tryst:
  • Peter Sagal: “As the Hippocratic oath says, first, do no harm. Second, you do. You do her.” (34:13)
• Humpty Dumpty theft:
  • Peter Sagal: “But things got way worse when a bunch of horses showed up to try to put him back together.” (45:17)

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7. Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank & Finale (44:14–49:12)

• The panel races through bizarre headlines: Trump’s travels, emotional support alligators, police slow chases, and a shih tzu rescued from a gator.
• Dulcé, Adam, and Rachel all compete; Adam Felber wins the week!
• Classic closer: Panelists riff on the future of jeans:
  • Rachel Koster: "Spray 'em on so they're tighter."
  • Adam Felber: "Elastic briefs...everything below turns blue." (50:32)
  • Dulcé Sloan: "If they're my jeans, you're dead." (50:39)

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Memorable Quotes & Timestamps

• “[Skinny jeans] are only a single skinny woman's problem. Those jeans are skinny when I put them on, baby.” – Dulcé Sloan, (06:11)
• “All Vogue magazine does is terrorize white women... that’s what all these fashion magazines are for, right? ... And older gay men terrorizing young white women.” – Dulcé Sloan, (06:53)
• “Nepotism. ... It’s on my screensaver!” – Chip Caray, (22:32)
• “I wish I could say I picked my own nickname. Sadly, it was the old proverbial ‘chip off the old block.’” – Chip Caray, (22:12)
• “[Harry Carey] tricked my dad into getting into the business... [He] called every bartender in town and said, Skip’s done at 9:45. Call the station and tell him how great he was.” – Chip Caray, (23:35)
• “I have absolutely no idea what is happening right now... but I am so glad you use your powers for good.” – Dulcé Sloan, (24:50)
• “[Harry Carey] said, ‘He's kissing her on the strikes, she's kissing him on the balls.’” – Chip Caray, impersonating his grandfather, (26:21)
• “Do no harm. Second, you do. You do her.” – Peter Sagal, on Hippocratic Oath, (34:13)
• “[Costco wine bottles] might spontaneously... explode. Why does everything keep exploding?” – Dulcé Sloan, (37:08)
• “But things got way worse when a bunch of horses showed up to try to put him back together.” – Peter Sagal, on Humpty Dumpty, (45:17)
• “If they're my jeans, you're dead.” – Dulcé Sloan, on the future of jeans, (50:39)

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Show’s Signature Tone

The episode maintains "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!"'s signature irreverent, quick-witted, and playful tone. Smart, sharp, and rarely missing a punchline, the panelists’ banter veers from sly to silly, with the live St. Louis audience energizing the whole event. The Chip Caray interview strikes a breezy, affable note—self-deprecating about nepotism, loose with behind-the-scenes baseball stories, and fully in on the family joke.

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For First-Time Listeners

This episode is a perfect sampler: witty news coverage, pop culture juxtapositions, stripes of genuine interview warmth, and uproarious improv. You’ll get the flavor of topical radio done right, with plenty of regionally flavored St. Louis love and no shortage of self-aware jabs, especially at American fashion, ice cream, and exploded consumer goods.

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Listen For...

• The real story behind Elton John's knee jewelry (19:45)
• Family legends (and deep baritone “wa-wa”s) with Chip Caray (20:52–26:02)
• The origin and fate of “skinny jeans are back” and why nobody’s safe
• Why the Humpty Dumpty statue was never truly safe at the mini golf course (45:17)
• Dulcé Sloan’s histrionics about Vogue, anesthesiologists, and the latest news oddities

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Transcript

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[Peter Sagal]

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[Chioki Ianson]

From NPR in WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, wait, don't tell me, the NPR News quiz. Filling in for Bill Curtis, I'm the man with the gooey butter voice, Chioki Ianson. And here's your host at the fox Theater in St. Louis, Missouri, Peter Sagal.

[Peter Sagal]

Thank you, Chiocchi. Thank you, St. Louis. Thank you all so much. What a pleasure to be back with you. Later on, we're going to be talking to a native of St. Louis who is now the play by play announcer for his hometown team, the St. Louis Cardinals. That's Chip Carey. Now, as a Chicagoan, but as a gentleman, I am not going to bring up with him that the Cubs just clinched a playoff berth.

[Dulce Sloan]

Oh, no.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh, now you want us defunded?

[Adam Felber]

Okay, way to Warm up the St. Louis crowd, Peter.

[Peter Sagal]

Anyway, you, though, are up to bat. First, give us a call. The number is 1-88-wait wait. That's 1-888-924-8924. Now let's welcome our first listener contestant. Hi. You're on Wait, wait, don't tell me.

[Rachel Koster]

Hi, it's Ellie Fishbein. I'm calling from St. Louis, Missouri.

[Peter Sagal]

St. Louis, Missouri. Deb, why are you on the phone? Well, we can hold for a few minutes if you want to run down to the theater.

[Dulce Sloan]

Yeah.

[Peter Sagal]

Currently sprinting. All right, Hellie, let me introduce you to our panel this week. First up, she was recently named one of Vulture' comedians. You should and will know. It's Rachel Koster.

[Rachel Koster]

Thank you.

[Peter Sagal]

Next, a writer whose band, Super Spreader, will be at the Village Arts Theater in Valley village, California, on October 10th. It's Adam Felber. How you doing, Ellie? Hi. And a comedian you can see this very weekend at the Louisville Comedy Club in Louisville, Kentucky. And next weekend at Laughs Comedy club in Seattle, it's Dulce Sloan.

[Dulce Sloan]

Hello.

[Peter Sagal]

So, Ellie, welcome to. You're going to play who's Chaoke this time? Chaoke Ianson, right here filling in for Bill Curtis, is going to read you three quotations from this week's news. If you can correctly identify or explain two of them, you will win our prize. Any voice from our show you might choose for your voicemail. Are you ready to go? Let's go. Let's go. Here is your first quote.

[Chioki Ianson]

Jerry felt he had no choice but to resign.

[Peter Sagal]

Now, that was a man named Ben talking about his business partner Jerry's decision to leave their company after 47 years. What's their company?

[Rachel Koster]

Ben and Jerry's.

[Peter Sagal]

Ben and Jerry's one of the most iconic couples in history. Ben and Jerry, they've broken up, and it's really upsetting. It just isn't the same to say, oh, I'm gonna go curl up with a pint of Ben. So Jerry Greenfield is leaving the company he founded with his partner back in 1978 because he says they're quite. Corporate owner Unilever won't let him express his political opinions. They apparently got upset with his new custom flavor release, the Chocolate Chipstein Files.

[Dulce Sloan]

That was very.

[Peter Sagal]

Did you find this upsetting, or is it just.

[Adam Felber]

I think it's more upsetting that he got half of all the names. Like, who wants to order a pint of Garcia?

[Peter Sagal]

That's true.

[Adam Felber]

Or Chunky.

[Dulce Sloan]

I don't think I've ever had Ben and Jerry's.

[Peter Sagal]

Really. It's.

[Adam Felber]

You're your whole life ahead of you.

[Dulce Sloan]

It's very expensive.

[Peter Sagal]

It is very expensive.

[Dulce Sloan]

Like, I didn't. I mean, I get it, but, like, I don't want to know what a monkey tastes like.

[Peter Sagal]

I see your point.

[Adam Felber]

It no longer contains real monkeys.

[Dulce Sloan]

Oh, well, then why even try it?

[Peter Sagal]

Now that he's gone, Unilever is going to take Ben and Jerry's habit, you know, of naming flavors after celebrities in a new direction. Instead of Cherry Garcia, try some kid Rocky road.

[Dulce Sloan]

Boo. Boo.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh, you're going to like this next one I have in the freezer.

[Adam Felber]

I'm sure you have a few Tucker.

[Peter Sagal]

Carlson's White chocolate supremacy.

[Chioki Ianson]

That one I would try.

[Dulce Sloan]

Okay, well, it makes it. But it's just vanilla. It's just vanilla ice cream with white chocolate.

[Peter Sagal]

Exactly. No, it's vanilla ice cream, white chocolate, and mayonnaise swirls.

[Dulce Sloan]

You know what? Mayonnaise don't deserve this, bro. Mayonnaise put on your sandwiches for you. You Wouldn't disrespect mayonnaise like that.

[Peter Sagal]

Your next quote is from a writer in GQ talking about the return of a certain style of clothing.

[Chioki Ianson]

I wrestled my way into a pair. I was red in the face and out of breath.

[Peter Sagal]

So what kind of jeans, we are told are back in fashion whether we like it or not? Oh, God. It has to be skinny jeans. It is. Skinny jeans are back. They have returned just when I have perfected my non skinny jeans body. In addition to being seen all over Fashion Week, Runway supermodels like Bella Hadid and Kate Moss have been seen just strolling around in skinny jeans. And if they look great, you absolutely know you all will too, right?

[Dulce Sloan]

Skinny jeans are only a single skinny woman's problem. Those jeans are skinny when I put them on, baby.

[Adam Felber]

I'm just glad that I've got teenagers at home, and I'm glad that for the first time, they're going to know what it's like to have clothes that are out of style.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. Eat it, kids. Yeah. By the way, Vogue magazine has endorsed this trend, so it now has the force of law.

[Dulce Sloan]

Vogue ain't talking to me.

[Peter Sagal]

Really?

[Dulce Sloan]

No.

[Adam Felber]

What did you say to them?

[Dulce Sloan]

Listen, this is very. This is for a specific segment of the population.

[Peter Sagal]

Right?

[Dulce Sloan]

Right. And all this is. All this, truly, all Vogue magazine does is terrorize white women. That's the whole. That's what all these fashion magazines are for, right? Is older white women and older gay men terrorizing young white women.

[Rachel Koster]

It's working.

[Peter Sagal]

I'm.

[Rachel Koster]

Yeah, I'm a disaster.

[Dulce Sloan]

On the other hand, most of my clothes are stretchy and made in China. I'm very flammable. I can't be near a warm cup of coffee half the time. My shirt will melt. Vogue has never been talking to me. So whenever they like, oh, skinny jeans are back. They might as well say, oh, we're wearing wooden shoes. Girl, you ain't talking to me. Only thing I can do with a Vogue is rub them pages of perfume on me and keep it moving.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, your last quote is from a New York Times commenter who was reviewing one of the features of Apple's new AirPods.

[Chioki Ianson]

It won't be improving the lives of professional interpreters.

[Peter Sagal]

So what will these new AirPods be able to do?

[Rachel Koster]

They're supposed to interpret languages.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes. They will instantly translate spoken languages. This is amazing. Yes, we're all for this. The new AirPods use AI to translate other languages instantly. So you actually hear what the other person is saying, but in English through your headphones. Right. Which means I learned how to ask where is the library? For nothing.

[Dulce Sloan]

Here's my problem with this feature.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes.

[Dulce Sloan]

Is it going to tell me how to respond back in that language?

[Peter Sagal]

No.

[Dulce Sloan]

Then what the hell is the point? Well, because if all I can get is input, but I can't provide any output, I still can't communicate.

[Rachel Koster]

You can give them your waxy earpods and put them in there.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah, you can do that if they have. Of course, if they have their own AirPods and iPhone. You need both. You'll be able to converse magically.

[Dulce Sloan]

Uh, uh, give me two cans and a string.

[Adam Felber]

You know, I tried a pair and I'm sad to report it also works with your pets.

[Peter Sagal]

Does it really?

[Adam Felber]

And I did not really want to know what my cat thinks of me.

[Chioki Ianson]

It's bad, man.

[Peter Sagal]

I can imagine worse even than you imagined. Yeah, way worse. Joki, how did Ellie do in our quiz?

[Chioki Ianson]

Ellie is wise beyond her years. She got all three right.

[Peter Sagal]

Congratulations, Ellen.

[Dulce Sloan]

Yay.

[Peter Sagal]

Yay. Done like a St. Louis. And thank you so much for calling and playing. Next time, come see us in person.

[Dulce Sloan]

Thank you.

[Peter Sagal]

Take care. Bye. Bye. Right now, panel. Time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Adam. Owners of top end Chevy Corvettes, the models that cost more than $100,000, are being asked to bring their cars back to the dealer to fix a defect. And that defect might cause the cars to do what? When you're pumping gas. I'm on.

[Adam Felber]

Wait, wait, don't tell me. So I'm going to go with explode.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes, indeed. The cars sometimes when you're pumping gas with them, explode into flames. This became apparent because guys posted videos of their cars blowing up at the gas station with captions like, hey, does anybody know if they're supposed to do that?

[Chip Carey]

Little red carp.

[Peter Sagal]

These are the Z06 and Z01 Corvettes. These, these are sports cars that can go up to 235 miles per hour, which is useful to get away from the Corvette next to you that just caught fire.

[Dulce Sloan]

This isn't fair. That man's going through a midlife crisis. His.

[Peter Sagal]

I lost my wife, I lost my job. At least I have my vet.

[Dulce Sloan]

No, he didn't lose those things. He left them.

[Peter Sagal]

I left my wife, I left my job, and I left my vet. There we go.

[Rachel Koster]

For a second, I thought you were gonna say that the cars were moaning when they were getting gas in them. Cause that's.

[Dulce Sloan]

Dude, girl. What?

[Rachel Koster]

I don't know. I just. I just like was so certain that that was what it was.

[Peter Sagal]

Wait a minute. I'm thinking they've got this weird defect gas.

[Rachel Koster]

And they go or something.

[Peter Sagal]

What noise would in your mind, what noise would a curve would a Corvette make when you gave it gas?

[Rachel Koster]

Basically, exactly like what I just did. Maybe like, mm, saffron or something.

[Peter Sagal]

I don't know.

[Rachel Koster]

And I know that makes no sense, guys, but that was just what I wanted it to be.

[Adam Felber]

I want it to be that.

[Peter Sagal]

Now. Yeah, now. Apparently there's a fan in the car that doesn't turn off when you turn the engine off. And it can blow spilled gas onto the HUD engine. Chevy is asking owners to bring in the car to get it fixed. But if it blows up before that, Chevy advises walking away from the explosion in slow motion without looking back. I want a brand new car. I'm tired of that wreck. I got love. Coming up, save the earth in our bluff the listener game call 1-888-wait-Wait to play. We'll be back in a minute with more wait, wait, don't tell me from.

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[Chioki Ianson]

From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell ME the NPR News quiz. I'm Shioki Ayanson. We're playing this week with Adam Felber, Dulce Sloan and Rachel Koster. And here again is your host at the Fox Theater in St. Louis, Missouri, Peter Sagal.

[Peter Sagal]

Thank you, Chiocchi. Thank you, everybody. Thank you, everybody. 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. Hi. You are on wait, wait, don't Tell Me.

[Dulce Sloan]

Hi, this is Kaylee calling in from Aurora, Colorado.

[Peter Sagal]

Hey, Kaylee, how are you?

[Dulce Sloan]

I'm doing great.

[Peter Sagal]

How are things in Colorado?

[Dulce Sloan]

Oh, they're always wonderful.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah, that's true. It's Colorado. Of course it is. What do you do there?

[Dulce Sloan]

I am a stay at home parent, but I also teach theater, do admissions for a university and am an amateur playwright.

[Peter Sagal]

Let me tell you, I used to be one myself. And in a way, every playwright is an amateur playwright. Yeah, it's true. Well, Kaylee, welcome to the show. It's great to have you. You're going to play the game in which you must try to tell truth from fiction. Giocchi, what is Kaylee's topic?

[Chioki Ianson]

Reduce, reuse, recycle.

[Peter Sagal]

Reusing old things instead of getting new ones is a great way to save the earth. It's why we here at Wait wait. Haven't come up with a new joke in more than 10 years. Our panel is going to tell you about a creative reuse in the news this week. Pick the one who's telling the truth. You'll win the weight waiter of your choice on your voicemail. Are you ready to play?

[Dulce Sloan]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Peter Sagal]

All right. Let's do it. First, let's hear from Rachel Koster, unlucky.

[Rachel Koster]

In love In a city where the weather is always getting chilly at 7pm and crazy hot in the morning, 28 year old Becca Ahrens has found a solution to a problem caused by being a bachelorette in Los Angeles. After a series of dates, Becca found that her Subaru Forester was filled to the brim with hoodies dates had left behind. I don't even go on that many dates, said Becca, lying, but I always get chilly. The hoodies range in styles. Some are so soft and some are so disgusting. And one even says certified hustler on the back. When asked if the man was indeed a certified hustler, Becca responded no. Her solution to the excess hoodies was to create elaborate quilts for nearby orphanage. St. Anne's Orphanage was thrilled to receive hundreds of new blankies for the children in their care. Sister Agnes, one of the caretakers, celebrated Becca's generosity, but also expressed on behalf of all the nuns that Becca should find true and meaningful, love and date guys with more swag.

[Peter Sagal]

A very clever woman uses all the hoodies left over from her dates to make beautiful quilts. Your next repurposing parable comes from Dulce.

[Dulce Sloan]

Sloan in today's edition of oh, you've been rich for too long. Singer songwriter Elton John decided to buy himself some new knees. According to a new documentary released this month, he had both kneecaps removed because, well, he old and replaced with expensive new model. But what to do with the old one? Like the bronze baby shoe from days gone by, John sent his worn out patellas to his favorite jeweler who dipped them in pure gold and turned them into a pendant necklace and a brooch. The pendant was easy to make because there was a large hole in his right patella that the necklace was able to loop through. Now, I'm not a body mechanic, but I think a hole in a kneecap is, and pardon me for being technical, very, very bad. But John is very happy with the results, saying, quote, I honestly think these are timeless pieces that will last for centuries. Yeah, well, Elton John, he may have some nice jewelry and an egot, but you know what? He ain't got kneecaps.

[Peter Sagal]

Elton John, the legendary musician recycles his own kneecaps into high fashion jewelry. Your last story of a new life for an old thing comes from Adam Felber.

[Adam Felber]

Montana. Farmer Jeremy Pease became a viral sensation this month for his video of his incredibly effective new bear repellent in action. It's not a nasty chemical or an elaborate trap, though Farmer Jeremy uses Lego. I heard a bear outside my house one night, jumped out of bed to take a look and stepped on one of my grandkids. Dang LEGO bricks. As I looked down at that bear sniffing around my garbage, it hit me. Jeremy went on ebay and bought some bags of loose Lego bricks from grown up kids who had no use for them, then scattered them at locations around the farm and waited for his next nocturnal visitor. The video shows a black bear finding its way onto Jeremy's property. It ambles confidently forward until one big ursine paw comes down on a tiny Lego brick, at which point the bear hops sideways only to bring another paw down on another brick, looking for all the world like a chubby suburban dad doing that familiar Lego owie dance and presumably cursing in a traditional manner before retreating back into the woods. That bear got off easy, one commenter wrote. At least he didn't have to try to put together one of those X wing fighter kits.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, these are your choices. We found one of these stories in the news about conscientious reuse. Was it from Rachel Coster, a woman who found all these hoodies her various dates had left and decided to make them into beautiful quilts? From Dulce Sloane, Sir Elton John reusing his own worn out knees to make beautiful jewelry? Or from Adam Felber, a Montana farmer using old Lego pieces to repel bears because they don't like stepping on them any more than we do. Which of these is the real story of reuse we found in the news?

[Dulce Sloan]

Oh, man. I think I gotta go with B. Elton John.

[Peter Sagal]

You're with B. Elton John. Sounds like the kind of thing he might do, I guess. All right, well, to bring you the correct answer, let's listen to this.

[Adam Felber]

They're very porous, and so we had to paint them with acetate. You know, in a thousand years, this will be Elton John's kneecap.

[Peter Sagal]

That was one. Theo Fennell talking with Sir Elton John about his kneecap jewelry that will last a thousand years. Congratulations, Kayla. You got it right. You have won our prize. A voice of anyone you might choose, as well as a point for Dulce. Congratulations, and thank you so much for calling. Take care.

[Dulce Sloan]

Bye.

[Peter Sagal]

Bye. Bye. And now, the game we call. Not my job. Chip Carey is part of one of America's great sports broadcasting dynasties. His grandfather, Harry Carey, was a legendary sportscaster here in St. Louis. And then in another city to the north, his father, Skip Carey, became a Hall of Fame broadcaster himself. And Chip, born and raised here in St. Louis, may have outdone them both by achieving every kid's dream and becoming the voice of his hometown team, the St. Louis Cardinals. Chip Carey, welcome to Wait Waits on Tommy.

[Chip Carey]

Thank you, sir.

[Peter Sagal]

Now that's amazing. The story I just told is kind of amazing in and of itself. This multi generational legacy of broadcasting excellence. And it goes on. Your son is also a professional broadcaster, I believe, for the Oakland A's, correct? Yeah.

[Chip Carey]

Now in Sacramento, the A's.

[Peter Sagal]

The.

[Chip Carey]

The soon to be Las Vegas A's, I think. Fingers crossed.

[Peter Sagal]

I believe the technical name is the undisclosed location A's, correct?

[Chip Carey]

Yes.

[Peter Sagal]

But here's the thing that I find crazy is that you're all actually named Harry.

[Chip Carey]

Yeah. Scary. Harry Carey. Our family's last name was really Carabine or Carabina.

[Peter Sagal]

Right.

[Chip Carey]

And Harry started working At a local radio station here in St. Louis. And the station manager said, carabine doesn't sound good on radio, so change the name. So it became Carrie. My dad is or was Harry Carey Jr. I'm Harry Carey III. I have identical twins. The first one who popped out got the name. He's Harry iv. We have four kids and three boys, one girl.

[Peter Sagal]

So, yeah, there's four of us, and I happen to. So it's like. So it's Harry and then your father, who is Skip.

[Chip Carey]

Yes.

[Peter Sagal]

And then your chip. Yep. And your son is.

[Chip Carey]

It depends on what he does as far as grades are concerned.

[Peter Sagal]

I understand. Okay. Did you get to pick your own nickname?

[Chip Carey]

No, sadly, it was the old proverbial.

[Peter Sagal]

Chip off the old block.

[Chip Carey]

I wish it was.

[Peter Sagal]

Really? I was wondering about that because I happen to know that these jobs, play by play for major league teams, not to mention other sports, are very hard to get.

[Chip Carey]

Oh, no, they're not.

[Peter Sagal]

Apparently. So I'm assuming.

[Chip Carey]

Let me tell you something. I carry this around. In fact, it's on my screensaver. Little words you guys might have heard of. Let me find it here. Get to my photos.

[Peter Sagal]

Sorry.

[Chip Carey]

Nepotism.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes.

[Chip Carey]

The practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives, friends, or associates, especially by giving them jobs. It's on my screen. So there you go. Don't have to be good. You just gotta pop out of the right place.

[Peter Sagal]

I know, but I always assume.

[Chioki Ianson]

Wow, this sounds like a great deal.

[Adam Felber]

How can I get some.

[Peter Sagal]

I want to go back. I understand. I mean, I just assume that, like, the talent runs in the family, that you both, as you say, you all popped out and went. Wa, wa, wa. In a deep baritone voice yeah, well, that's.

[Chip Carey]

It's funny. That's the biggest misconception about our family. Harry was born and raised here in St. Louis. He grew up over in Lafayette park. Or Lafayette Square, right?

[Peter Sagal]

Yep.

[Chip Carey]

His mom died when he was young. His dad left the family when he was three or four years old. So he had no knowledge of who his dad was. His aunt worked at the International Shoe Company building over on Choteau.

[Chioki Ianson]

Over that way.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah.

[Chip Carey]

Ironically enough, my maternal great grandfather also worked for International Shoe Company. That's another story. But Harry tricked my dad into getting into the business. My dad was a Webster Groves statesman. You guys on a Webster Groves. And his dream was to be a professional football player. He blew out his knee, and Harry said, well, you got to find something else to do. So he decided to have dad do the high school football roundup on Camo X with the great Bob Hyland who ran Camel X radio for so many years. And dad did his first show, Harry said, called every single bartender in town and said, Skip's done at 9:45. Call the station and tell him how great he was. And that sort of allowed my dad to have the bug bite him, as it were.

[Peter Sagal]

There you are. You know, one of my questions for you, like, as a very experienced baseball announcer, is how you fill the time when, like, there's nothing much else happening. And I think you just demonstrated that. Ah, well, that was remarkable.

[Chip Carey]

It was a BS in journalism. It's actually easier on TV because you have the pictures. I'm really lucky here in St. Louis. I've only been here three years, but I've had a phenomenal partner in Brad Thompson, if you follow the Cardinals. Brad is so good at what he does.

[Peter Sagal]

Ms. Sloan has a question for you.

[Dulce Sloan]

Yes, I would just like to say I have absolutely no idea what is happening right now.

[Peter Sagal]

So more of a comment than a question.

[Dulce Sloan]

I've given context, but I can say the way you have explained all of these things. I am so glad you use your powers for good.

[Chip Carey]

Might want to ask my wife about that.

[Dulce Sloan]

Well, I feel like you could talk anybody out they draws. That's a known fact. So I'm glad you have picked this line of work because you would have been a vicious lawyer.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh. Oh.

[Dulce Sloan]

Especially if you had a billboard and was working on accidents. Everybody would have got $36 million.

[Chip Carey]

I'd be the guy. And I love you, man in the speedo. Hey, you know.

[Dulce Sloan]

Yeah. So thank you for doing what you do. Cause you could have been a menace.

[Peter Sagal]

You have been. You have been, as far as I was able to tell, broadcasting professional sports at the highest level since around 1980. Yeah. I think I gotta ask you this. Yeah. Harry Carey, for those who don't, it was very distinctive. And people do imitations of Harry Carey to this day. Will Ferrell, I believe this, believe this is true. Got a job on Saturday Night Live by doing a Harry Carey impression.

[Chip Carey]

Yes.

[Peter Sagal]

Can you do a Harry Carry impression?

[Chip Carey]

Some people say. You guys want to hear it?

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. Yeah, do it.

[Chip Carey]

I don't know if it's any good, but I'll try. Arnie Harris was the late, great director of the Cubs. He was fantastic about telling us story about the game. That had nothing to do with the game.

[Peter Sagal]

Right.

[Chip Carey]

So pitch is made. He shoots to a couple in the bleachers on a warm summer day at Wrigley. Boyfriend, girlfriend, Smooch. Cut back to the pitcher pitch. Smooch happens a third time. Harry says, arnie, I got it. And Steve Stone says, what are you talking about? He said, he's kissing her on the strikes. She's kissing him on the balls.

[Peter Sagal]

Like I said.

[Chip Carey]

That went on air, too.

[Peter Sagal]

That was. That was a real thing that he said on live television.

[Chip Carey]

All I can say is it's terrifying to see your future.

[Peter Sagal]

It really is. Oh, God. Yeah.

[Chip Carey]

That's a true story.

[Peter Sagal]

I believe you. Well, Chip Carey, we have asked you here to play a game yourself for once. And it's a game we're calling.

[Chioki Ianson]

What do you know about these cardinals?

[Peter Sagal]

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Cardinals of the Catholic Church have a lot in common.

[Chip Carey]

Neither one can hit.

[Peter Sagal]

We were going to say elaborate uniforms and they all wear little hats, but that's also true. We're going to see what you know about the other variety of cardinal. Answer two different questions correctly, you win a prize. One of our lists, the voice of anyone they may choose for their voicemail. Chiocchi, who is Chip Carey playing for?

[Chioki Ianson]

Libby Cravens of St. Louis, Missouri.

[Peter Sagal]

All right. Probably a Cardinals fan. Here's your first question. All right. Back in 236ad, the. This is when your great grandfather was doing broadcasting. Okay. Yeah. The College of Cardinals elected Pope Fabian, but that was kind of unusual. Why? A, he said he had. He was the cardinal of Phrygia, A place that it turns out he just made up. B, he was just a guy walking by the Conclave when a dove landed on his head, Or C, he was allergic to white smoke and died immediately after being selected.

[Chip Carey]

It's so weird. I'm gonna say the dove landed on his head.

[Peter Sagal]

That's exactly right. The Cardinals couldn't agree. This guy happened to be walking by. He's a Roman nobleman. A dove landed on his head. They thought it was signed. They made him pope.

[Chip Carey]

Amazing.

[Peter Sagal]

There you go. Boy.

[Adam Felber]

How else do you say we got nothing?

[Peter Sagal]

Really?

[Adam Felber]

Not a deep bench there at the Vatican that year.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, here's your next question. In the year 897, the College of Cardinals actually put Pope Formosus on trial for various crimes, which was unusual. But what was even more unusual? A, the chief witness against Pope Formosus was the angel Gabriel speaking through a cook. B, Pope Formosus had been dead for six months, so they just put his corpse on trial. Or C, the principal crime he was charged with was whistling during a mass.

[Chip Carey]

Oh, man. C. Oh, everybody's saying B. Okay, I'm gonna trust the audience on this one.

[Peter Sagal]

B. B, you're right, it was B. They dug up his corpse. They put it on trial. He was convicted and was sentenced to being dead. Last question. Okay, here we go. More recently, one cardinal in the Philippines became a sensation within the church, but not for the reasons you might expect. What was his claim to fame? A, he is the only cardinal ever to be the past winner of a male beauty contest, specifically Mr. Manila. B, he led the world's first rock band sanctioned by the Vatican named Nuns and Roses. Or C, his name was Jamie Sinn. So his official name in the church was Cardinal Sin. Wow. Huh?

[Chip Carey]

You guys say see Cardinal Sin. They haven't let me down yet. So should I. What do you guys think?

[Rachel Koster]

I'm feeling A. I'm feeling a. I'm loving Mr. Manila.

[Peter Sagal]

You're loving Mr. Manila?

[Adam Felber]

I hope it's A. I'm going with the panel.

[Chip Carey]

I'm going to say A.

[Peter Sagal]

You're going to go A. The male beauty contest. No, it was Cardinal Sin.

[Rachel Koster]

Sorry, Sorry.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh, we're sorry. We're idiots.

[Chip Carey]

So close to perfection.

[Dulce Sloan]

This show loves pun.

[Rachel Koster]

Giving back the point.

[Peter Sagal]

It's our bad jokey. How did Chip Carry do in our quiz?

[Chioki Ianson]

We had one ground ball to second, but he got two right, which makes him a winner.

[Chip Carey]

Oh, thank you, guys.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, Chip Carey is the play by play announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals who will absolutely get him next year. Chip Carey, thank you so much for joining us. I'm waiting. Don't tell me in just a minute what's hiding an old faithful. Find out 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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[Chioki Ianson]

From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is. Wait, wait, don't tell me. The NPR News Quiz. I'm Shioki Ayanson. We're playing this week with Adam Felber, Dulce Sloan and Rachel Coster. And here again is your host at the fox Theater in St. Louis, Missouri, Peter Sagal.

[Peter Sagal]

Thank you, Chiocchi. Thank you, St. Louis. In just a minute. You've got a day day to start with. Destiny. Unfortunately, your destiny is playing the listener limerick challenge in a public radio quiz show. If you'd like to play, give us a call at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. But right now, panel, some more questions for you from the week's news. Dulce, a doctor in the UK is trying to get his medical license back after leaving the operating room in the middle of a surgical procedure. In order to do what?

[Dulce Sloan]

Have tea?

[Peter Sagal]

No, not have tea.

[Dulce Sloan]

Can I have a pit, please?

[Peter Sagal]

Well, you know what they say. If the ORs are rocking, call the medical guard to complain.

[Dulce Sloan]

He went to drop that thing off of somebody.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes, he did. Girl, girl, I think you're right. I'm just going to assume that's what you meant. Yes, he went basically Y.

[Dulce Sloan]

Translate. Translate.

[Peter Sagal]

No, wait a minute. I got my AirPods in. Let me say that again. Oh, my God. No. This doctor left the operating room during an operation to go into another operating room to get busy with a nurse. As the Hippocratic oath says, first, do no harm. Second, you do. You do her.

[Dulce Sloan]

What kind of operation was it?

[Peter Sagal]

Well, I'm not quite sure, but it's important to know this was not the surgeon. It's not like he said, hey, can we just throw a sheet over this for a second? I got something to do. No, it was the anesthesiologist.

[Dulce Sloan]

No, no, no, no. I knew you were going to say anesthesiologist because I used to work at an oncology practice and the anesthesiologists are wild. First of all, they have the highest rate of drug addiction because they got the best drugs.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah, that would be. There's the opportunity right there. Right?

[Dulce Sloan]

Yeah. They're just like, little for you, little for me, little for you, little for me.

[Peter Sagal]

Anyway, we're gonna get letters. The patient was sedated. The operation was underway. He told a colleague in the operating room he needed a, quote, comfort break and left the room to go have his assignation in another operating room.

[Adam Felber]

He was not lying.

[Dulce Sloan]

Assignation.

[Peter Sagal]

Assignation. Okay, yeah.

[Adam Felber]

Put in your AirPods. Assignation.

[Peter Sagal]

Ah.

[Dulce Sloan]

Okay. Banging.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. Yeah. He had comfort break. His guy. Not only does he have, like, poor ethics, he has the weirdest dirty talk I've ever heard of.

[Dulce Sloan]

No, comfort break is good because it could have been like, hey, I'm having a hard time right now.

[Peter Sagal]

Kind of was.

[Dulce Sloan]

Yeah.

[Peter Sagal]

Rachel. The Wall Street Journal interviewed young startup founders in San Francisco, all trying to become the next big tech tycoon. This new generation thinks they have found the perfect formula for building the next billion dollar company. You have to work hard and never, ever do what?

[Rachel Koster]

Do the right thing.

[Dulce Sloan]

Accurate.

[Peter Sagal]

You know, I'm just gonna give it to you because that encompasses it. The answer is never do anything else but work.

[Dulce Sloan]

Oh, my God.

[Peter Sagal]

I know. The aspiring tycoons work all day, every day, including weekends. They order one delivery meal a day to avoid wasting time thinking about food. They never socialize. They don't drink, in part because this is true. Some of them are too young to drink. They live by the996 rule, work from 9am to 9pm and they're too tired to remember what the 6 is.

[Rachel Koster]

Oh, my God. They seem, honestly awesome. Yeah, I'd love to chill out with them.

[Peter Sagal]

It's just the best.

[Adam Felber]

But they don't chill out.

[Peter Sagal]

They never do.

[Dulce Sloan]

This is just. This is pure nonsense. Like, they all want to be Zuckerberg. That's like, oh, we don't drink. We don't party. No one was asking you to do that. Anyway, sure, yeah. I don't go out. I don't drink. Nobody wanted you to come. You better be a billionaire. Cause you're gonna have to buy friends. Todd.

[Peter Sagal]

Dulce.

[Dulce Sloan]

Huh?

[Peter Sagal]

Everybody loves Costco wine. I know I do. But watch out. This week, Costco released a warning that some of its wine bottles might spontaneously do. What?

[Dulce Sloan]

Now you know. Only one thing happens spontaneously. Why does everything keep exploding?

[Peter Sagal]

Peter, it is. You're right. They explode. Costco is recalling some bottles of their signature Kirkland Prosecco warning that, quote, there is Kirkland. Yes, amazingly. What are the chances at Costco that it might be a Kirkland product? They warned that, quote, there is a risk of unopened bottle shattering, even when not handled or in use. That's not an issue for me. Only because I always open the bottles and start drinking them while I'm still in the Costco.

[Adam Felber]

So if your friend Trent tells you he's going to bring over some Prosecco in his Corvette, he's never Getting it?

[Peter Sagal]

No, never. Coming up. It's lightning. Fill in the blank. But first it's the game where you have to listen for the rhyme. If you'd like to play on air, call or leave a message at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. You can see us most weeks back at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago or catch us in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 9th and 10th. For tickets and information, just go to nprpresents.org hi, Jerome. Wait, wait, don't tell me. Hi, this is Patricia. I'm calling from our fair city, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our fair city. A place where I've spent many a happy year. What do you do there in Cambridge? I am a couples therapist and trauma therapist. Wow. There are some situations in which that is redundant. Am I right? That is absolutely correct. Right. Right.

[Dulce Sloan]

Damn.

[Peter Sagal]

Well, welcome to the show, Patricia. You are going to hear play our listener limerick challenge. Shoki Janssen, filling in for Bill Curtis is going to read you three news related limericks with a last word or phrase missing from each. If you can fill in that last word or phrase correctly on two limericks, you will be a winner. You ready to play?

[Dulce Sloan]

So ready.

[Peter Sagal]

All right then, here is your first limerick.

[Chioki Ianson]

Aston Martin makes wheels for high rollers and for tots who have not yet grown molars. Now, James Bond will be fond to push offspring he spawned in these racy deluxe sporty strollers.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes, strollers. Aston Martin, the luxury British car brand famous for making James Bond's cars, is now offering a baby stroller. Sure, it costs $3,000, but what parent wouldn't pay that for a stroller with an ejector seat? The Aston Martin baby stroller is outfitted with the same plush leather they use in their $300,000 sports cars. It's the perfect thing for a passenger who will literally never know the difference. But after all. Come on, parents. You'd do anything for your best little agent double O. This many?

[Dulce Sloan]

Is that crazy? They came out with Eddie Bauer strollers. So, all right.

[Peter Sagal]

How much does an Eddie Bauer stroller cost?

[Dulce Sloan]

I haven't been blessed with a child yet. I don't know, Peter. You trying to make something happen?

[Peter Sagal]

It is great. I would love. Having recently gone through this, I would love to treat my baby like a super spy. It's like, no, Mr. Bond, I expect you to nap.

[Rachel Koster]

The Aston Martin strollers are for babies who like their milkshake and not stir.

[Peter Sagal]

Exactly. There you go, doctor. I said no. The spy who swaddled me Octopussy.

[Adam Felber]

Demanding binky galore.

[Peter Sagal]

Here's your next limerick.

[Chioki Ianson]

It screams sunshine and beach and a fun scene. And there's no way the taste burns my tongue. Team Our boat's dessert chef serves a cold SPF in an ice cream that's flavored like sunscreen.

[Peter Sagal]

Sunscreen?

[Dulce Sloan]

Yes.

[Peter Sagal]

Upscale ice cream company Van Leeuwen has collaborated with Carnival Cruise Lines and made sunscreen flavored ice cream. Makes sense. Who among us hasn't ended up with a terrible sunburn because as soon as we put on sunscreen, we just couldn't help ourselves and licked it all off.

[Dulce Sloan]

Sun burn.

[Peter Sagal]

Sun.

[Dulce Sloan]

Tell me more about this sun burn.

[Peter Sagal]

All I can say about the sunscreen flavored ice cream is I'm glad Jerry landed on his feet somewhere. Here is your last limerick.

[Chioki Ianson]

Geysers are large boiling vats, but sometimes their spirits run flat. They're plugged up by lids of our guests and their kids. Dear tourists, hold on to your hats.

[Peter Sagal]

Hat? Yes. Yellowstone geologists say the latest threat to the park's famous hot springs and geysers is hats. And not just because 90% of a geyser's heat escapes from the hat. Apparently, park officials have collected more than 300 hats from the park's hot spring areas just this year. Even worse, Old Faithful has never looked douchier than when it's erupting while wearing a fedora.

[Adam Felber]

So that geyser wasn't an official body inspector.

[Peter Sagal]

No joking. How did Patricia do on our quiz?

[Chioki Ianson]

She got all three right. She is a witch.

[Peter Sagal]

Well done, Patricia. Thank you so much for playing. Thank you.

[Rachel Koster]

It was great.

[Peter Sagal]

Take care. Thank you.

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[Peter Sagal]

Now it's time for our final game, 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 now worth two points. Jochi, can you give us the scores?

[Chioki Ianson]

Adam and Rachel have two points. Dulce has three.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh, whoa, here we go. That means that Adam and Rachel are tied for second. Why don't we say, Rachel, you'll go first? The clock will start when they begin your first question. Fill in the blank. Following pressure from the head of the fcc, ABC announced it was indefinitely pulling Blank's show off the air.

[Rachel Koster]

Jimmy Kimmel.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. Thanks to increased costs from Blanks, farmers across the US are calling for government aid tariffs. Right. This week, Apple's thinnest ever Blank went on sale.

[Dulce Sloan]

IPhone.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. On Thursday, meteorologists warned that tropical storm Gabrielle could strengthen into a Blank hurricane. Right. This week, no one was injured as police in the UK participated in what they called the Blankest car chase on record.

[Rachel Koster]

Slowest.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. On Tuesday, Hollywood legend Blank passed away at the age of 89.

[Rachel Koster]

Redford.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes, Robert. This week, police in New Jersey asked for the public's help in finding two men who were caught on camera pushing Blank off a wall.

[Rachel Koster]

Statue of.

[Dulce Sloan]

Of a prince?

[Peter Sagal]

No, Humpty Dumpty, of course. And the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy, a statue of Humpty Dumpty was sat on a wall at a miniature golf course in New Jersey. Then two men pushed him off and stole him. Thankfully, he was found just a few buildings away. But things got way worse when a bunch of horses showed up to try to put him back together. Jochi. I think Rachel did pretty well. How'd you do?

[Chioki Ianson]

She got six right for 12 more points, with a total of 14 points and the lead.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, very good. Adam, you are up next. Please fill in the blank.

[Adam Felber]

I shall try.

[Peter Sagal]

Alright. On Monday, President Trump traveled to Blank for his second official state visit. England, uk. Right. This week, three people detained in Britain were accused of spying for Blank.

[Adam Felber]

Russia.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. This week, China told its tech companies they were forbidden from buying AI chips from the American company Blank Nvidia. Right. On Tuesday, the FAA said it was investigating Blanks that were pointed at planes departing from Logan International Airport.

[Adam Felber]

Laser pointers.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. This week, a Walmart in Pennsylvania said it would no longer allow a man's Blank into the store.

[Chip Carey]

Dog.

[Peter Sagal]

No emotional support. Alligator.

[Adam Felber]

Oh, sure. Got tracked.

[Peter Sagal]

On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg's Blank unveiled new AI powered smart glasses.

[Adam Felber]

Meta.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. On Monday, it was announced that Justin Bieber and Sabrina Carpenter would headline next year's Blankella Festival.

[Adam Felber]

Coachella.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. This week, a professional dog sitter proves she is the best at what she does when she retrieved a puppy from Blank.

[Adam Felber]

A gator.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes, exactly right. The former college rugby player was walking this little shih Tzu when a alligator leapt out of a nearby pond, grabbed it, she punched, kicked and kneed the alligator until it let go and rescued her four month old shih Tzu, or as the alligator called it, an appetizer. Chiyoki. I think Adam did really well as well. Right.

[Chioki Ianson]

Adam got seven right for 14 more points. So with a total of 16 points, Adam is now in the lead.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, so how many then does Dulce Sloan need to win this thing?

[Chioki Ianson]

Dulce needs seven to win.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh my goodness. Here we go, Dulce.

[Dulce Sloan]

I'm about to lose.

[Peter Sagal]

Here we go. This is for the game. Dulce, fill in the blank. Despite global outcry, Israel launched an expanded ground assault on Blank.

[Dulce Sloan]

Gaza.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. For the first time since December, the Federal Reserve lowered Blanks interest rate. Right. On Thursday, the White House said they were designating Blank as a terror group.

[Dulce Sloan]

Black people.

[Peter Sagal]

No, no. In this case it was Antifa. This week, an official Canadian government document calling for an end to students using AI to write their essays was criticized. After Blank.

[Dulce Sloan]

They found out they used AI to do it.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. Exactly. The whole thing was written by AI On Sunday, Severance, the studio and adolescents were the big winners at this year's Blank awards.

[Dulce Sloan]

Emmys.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. On Wednesday, the Chicago blanks secured their first playoff spot since 2020.

[Dulce Sloan]

Cubs. No sport.

[Peter Sagal]

No, you were right. The Cubs, yes. This week a woman In Russia bought $1,200 worth of Labubus by trading in her black.

[Dulce Sloan]

Oh wait, Russia, vodka, children.

[Adam Felber]

That sums up the country.

[Dulce Sloan]

Alligator.

[Peter Sagal]

No, no. In fact, she traded her soul for all the Labubus after a man named Dimitri posted a joke online offering to pay $1,200 in exchange for someone's soul. A woman was like, here you go. No take backs. And then spent the money on the boo boos. Honestly, she got a great deal. What's the exchange rate? Right. In the US These days you're lucky if a soul can get you an HBO Max subscription with ads. Giocchi, did Dulce do well enough to win? Well, he says he gets to say it.

[Chioki Ianson]

Dulce got five right for just 10 more points. So with a total of 16 points, Adam Felber is this week's yay for Adam Felber.

[Adam Felber]

We did it.

[Peter Sagal]

St. Louis. We did it.

[Dulce Sloan]

Now you gotta jump in the air.

[Peter Sagal]

And stay in just a minute. We're gonna ask our print on us to predict after skinny jeans what'll be the next new thing in jeans. But first, let me tell you. 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 Ga writes our limericks. Our public address announcer is Paul. Our tour manager is Shaina Donald. Thanks to the staff and crew at the fabulous Fox theatre here in St. Louis. BJ Literman composed our theme. Our program is produced by Jennifer Mills, Miles Gromposs and Lillian King. Special thanks to Mohamed Elshehy and Monica Hickey. Peter Gwyn is our Billiken wrangler. Emma Choi is our visual host. Technical direction from Lorna White with special thanks this week to Kwesi Lee. Our CFO is Colin Miller. Our production manager is Robert Newhouse. Our senior producer is Ian Chillock. And the executive producer of Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me is Mike Danforth. Now, panel, what will be the next big thing in jeans? RACHEL costner, we're gonna spray em on so they're tighter. Adam felber, they're gonna be super tight.

[Adam Felber]

Elastic briefs that you just squeeze into and everything below turns blue.

[Peter Sagal]

Please welcome Le Tourniquette and Dulce.

[Dulce Sloan]

Slowly, if they're my jeans, you're dead.

[Chioki Ianson]

And if any of that happens, panel, we'll ask you about it on Wait, Wait, don't tell me.

[Peter Sagal]

I bet we will. Thank you. Ton. Thanks also to Rachel Costner, Adam Felber and Dulce Sloan. A very special thanks to Leslie Davis, everyone at St. Louis Public Radio. Thank you. Thanks to our fabulous audience who came out to see us at the fabulous Fox and St. Louis. And thanks to all of you out there for listening wherever you are. I'm Peter Sagal. We'll see you next week. This is npr.

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