WWDTM: Jim Rice

Summary

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! - Episode: WWDTM: Jim Rice Release Date: May 31, 2025
Host: Peter Sagal
Location: Box Center Wang Theater, Boston, Massachusetts

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Introduction and Panel Setup

00:18 - Bill Curtis opens the show from NPR and WBEC Chicago, introducing Peter Sagal as the host broadcasting from Boston. Peter eagerly announces that today's special guest is Jim Rice, a baseball legend renowned for leading the Boston Red Sox to the World Series as a rookie 50 years ago. Jim now contributes as a TV commentator for the current team.

Panel Introduction and First Caller Segment

00:43 - Peter Sagal introduces the panel for the week:

• Joyelle Nicole Johnson - A comedian performing at the DC Improv and a Boston College graduate.
• Adam Felber - Co-host of the podcasts "Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone" and "Dear Crinkle," and a Tufts alumni.
• Maz Jobrani - Comedian performing at the Wilbur Theater in Boston and MGM National Harbor Casino.

02:37 - The first caller, Jennifer from Kansas City, Missouri, joins the panel. Jennifer, an assistant director at a public library, engages with the panel, highlighting the strength and resilience of librarians.

First Game: "Who's Bill"

02:56 - Bill Curtis presents three news quotations for Jennifer to identify or explain two:

1. Quotation: "I love a deal, but I'll pass on a leg workout at 40,000ft."

   • Discussion: Airlines introduce ultra low-budget standing seats to reduce costs.
   • Notable Quote: Peter Sagal (03:02) - "So they're standing. Standing seats and airlines are coming."

2. Quotation: "Am I hot or not?"

   • Discussion: People utilize AI, specifically ChatGPT, to receive unfiltered opinions on their appearance.
   • Notable Quotes:
     • Maz Jobrani (05:53) - "I mean, if you really want to be told you're ugly, you just post that question on Instagram."
     • Jim Rice (06:02) - "I don't need ChatGPT. My mother will tell me."

3. Quotation: "It can give you the ick, but it won't make you sick."

   • Discussion: Research from Clemson University indicates double-dipping chips in dips is unlikely to spread germs.
   • Notable Quotes:
     • Maz Jobrani (07:04) - "Wonder if you stood on one foot if they'd give you a discount."
     • Adam Felber (07:43) - "Lay off the dip."

08:46 - Jennifer successfully answers all three quotes, earning her a prize.

Second Segment: Panel Discusses College Life Skills Courses

08:58 - The panel shifts to discuss the trend of colleges offering courses on basic life skills due to the perceived lack of such skills among incoming students.

• Jim Rice (10:01) emphasizes the importance of practical classes like taxes and mortgages over traditional academic subjects.
• Maz Jobrani (10:19) highlights the reliance on technology, such as Instacart, which diminishes the need for hands-on tasks.
• Adam Felber (11:01) jokes about ChatGPT's inability to assist with personal hygiene.

11:33 - Maz Jobrani shares his approach to teaching his children essential life skills, albeit humorously admitting his reluctance to perform these tasks himself.

Special Guest Segment: Jim Rice

21:28 - Jim Rice, a Baseball Hall of Famer, joins the panel to engage in a trivia game focused on green monsters from popular culture.

• First Question: The Incredible Hulk's 1990s adventure against "Marvel's quarterly financial report and future projected earnings."

  • Jim Answers Correctly (28:27)

• Second Question: The shade of green chosen for the Grinch was inspired by the "really ugly rental car he took to meet Dr. Seuss."

  • Jim Answers Correctly (29:15)

• Third Question: Oscar the Grouch's trash can contains "17 elephants, a bowling alley, a skating rink, and an Olympic-sized swimming pool."

  • Jim Answers Correctly (30:18)

Jim Rice scores 2 out of 3, showcasing his quick wit and knowledge.

Listener Interaction: "Bluff the Listener" and "Listener Limerick"

15:03 - Aaron Bird from Des Moines, Iowa, participates in "Bluff the Listener," sharing humorous yet fabricated romantic mishaps:

1. An elephant causing a wedding tent to collapse.
2. A romantic gesture involving a bed covered in potato chips.
3. A Bee Gees cover band turning religious-themed.

20:11 - Rachel Norman, the real bride from the second story, confirms the truthfulness of Joyelle Nicole Johnson's account about the chip-covered bed, allowing Jennifer to win the game.

33:03 - Another caller, Keely from Exeter, New Hampshire, joins "Listener Limerick," successfully completing all limericks with creative answers related to the "smell of summer" being banana.

Final Game: "Lightning: Fill in the Blank"

44:05 - The panel engages in a rapid-fire round where they fill in missing words from recent news headlines.

• Maz Jobrani leads with 12 points by correctly answering:

  • "Boeing" for the Justice Department's deal.
  • "Covid" for the WHO's warning.
  • "NBA" for the Oklahoma City Thunder's win.

• Joyelle Nicole Johnson achieves 8 points by correctly identifying:

  • "Elon Musk" leaving the Trump administration.
  • "Charles Rangel" passing away.
  • "sour cream and bleach dip" in a humorous context.

• Adam Felber also scores 12 points, tying with Maz Jobrani, through accurate and swift responses related to recent events involving Harvard, SpaceX, and other current affairs.

Conclusion and Closing Remarks

50:18 - The episode wraps up with Peter Sagal thanking the panelists—Adam Felber, Maz Jobrani, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson—as well as special thanks to the production team and the live audience in Boston. The host bids farewell, hinting at future episodes and thanking listeners for their participation.

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Notable Quotes

• Peter Sagal (03:02): "So they're standing. Standing seats and airlines are coming."
• Maz Jobrani (05:53): "I mean, if you really want to be told you're ugly, you just post that question on Instagram."
• Jim Rice (06:02): "I don't need ChatGPT. My mother will tell me."
• Maz Jobrani (07:04): "Wonder if you stood on one foot if they'd give you a discount."
• Jim Rice (10:01): "I wish I had gotten a class on taxes. We never got the tax class."
• Maz Jobrani (10:37): "Am I that old?"

Insights and Highlights

• Humor Meets Current Events: The panel adeptly blends humor with current news stories, making light of innovations like standing seats on airlines and AI's blunt feedback on personal appearance.

• Celebrity Engagement: Jim Rice's participation adds star power and authentic sports insights, enhancing the episode's appeal to both sports fans and comedy enthusiasts.

• Interactive Games: Games like "Who’s Bill," "Bluff the Listener," and "Lightning: Fill in the Blank" foster listener engagement and showcase the panelists' quick-thinking abilities.

• Cultural Commentary: Discussions around the lack of life skills among college students and the over-reliance on technology provide thoughtful commentary amidst the humor.

Conclusion

This episode of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" masterfully combines wit, celebrity charm, and interactive segments to entertain and inform listeners. Through engaging games, insightful discussions, and the delightful presence of Jim Rice, the show delivers a rich and enjoyable experience that resonates with a broad audience.

Transcript

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[Bill Curtis]

From NPR and WBEC Chicago, this is. Wait, wait, don't tell me, the NPR News quiz. Do I smell clam chowder? No, it's just my rich and creamy voice. I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Box Center Wang Theater in Boston, Massachusetts. Peter, take off.

[Peter Sagal]

Thank you, Bill. Thank you, Boston. It's great to be back. We have a great show for you today. Later on, we're going to be joined by baseball legend Jim Rice. Yes. 50 years after he helped lead the Boston Red Sox to the World Series as a rookie, he now offers TV commentary on the current team. So just to be fair, we're going to have the Red Sox starting infield to join us to critique his performance after he plays. Not my job. But first, it is your turn to swing for the fences. Give us a call to play our games. The number is 1-888-wait, wait. That's 1-888-924-8924. Hi, you're around. Wait, wait, don't tell me. Hi, my name's Jennifer. I'm in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City, we love it there. What do you do there? I was the assistant director at a public library. Yes, public librarians, the true badasses that we need. That's a great thing to do. You guys are under a lot of pressure, but I've never met a librarian who wilted under that kind of assault. No, we've been pretty strong. It's all right. Well, welcome to the show. Jennifer, let me introduce you to our panel this week. First, she's a comedian headlining at the Lounge at the DC Improv July 11th to 13th, a proud Boston College graduate. It's Joyelle Nicole Johnson. Hey, Jennifer. Next, he's the co host of the hit podcast Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone and its new sister show, Dear Crinkle. It's Tufts alumni Adam Felber.

[Joyelle Nicole Johnson]

Hey, Jennifer.

[Peter Sagal]

Hello. And a comedian who will be performing at the Wilbur Theater in Boston on October 3rd and at the MGM National Harbor Casino on October 4th. Somebody who went to college in a less enlightened city, it's Maz Jobrani.

[Maz Jobrani]

Hi, Jennifer.

[Peter Sagal]

So, Jennifer, welcome to the show. You, of course, are going to play who's Bill this time? Bill Curtis standing before us here is going to read for you three quotations from the week's news. Your job, explain or identify just two of them do that, you will win our prize. The voice of anyone you might choose in your voicemail. Are you ready to play? I'm ready. Here we go. Here is your first quote.

[Bill Curtis]

I love a deal, but I'll pass on a leg workout at 40,000ft.

[Peter Sagal]

That was a traveler responding to the news that airlines, after threatening it for years, are finally going to begin offering what Cost saving seating innovation next year. Oh, like the seats won't recline. Oh, it's worse than that. Seats. Nobody said anything about sitting. Okay, so they're standing. Standing seats and airlines are coming. Yes. Finally, a solution for that problem of spilling hot coffee in your lap in an airplane. No more laps. At first, this will be offered as an ultra low budget option for people on short flights across Europe. And a lot of people, you know, won't mind standing for a little while to save $100 or more. And of course, no airplane flight has ever taken longer than it was supposed to, so no worries.

[Maz Jobrani]

So what? Usually they get upset when you stand. They go, sit. So now they're going to be like, stand, don't sit. Stand, stand. And then? And then they police your angle, sir. That's 90°. The 45. 45, sir.

[Peter Sagal]

Just flight attendants coming up and down the aisle with a protractor. That'll be great.

[Adam Felber]

What are they going to call the slots? Are they going to call them stands?

[Peter Sagal]

Oh, no. You know how these people work. These seats will be called skyriders.

[Adam Felber]

Skyriders.

[Peter Sagal]

Sky riding makes it sound like fun. It's like a roller coaster except it lasts an hour. And if it does a thrilling loop de loop, you're in trouble. The idea is you have sort of a seat back and a seat belt, but instead of sitting down, you lean back and put some of your weight on a quote, half standing seat, saddle style perch. It's sort of like a padded bicycle seat.

[Adam Felber]

Wow. You know? But people think it can't get worse than that. But they haven't experimented with stacking yet.

[Peter Sagal]

That's true.

[Jim Rice]

My people would beg to disagree.

[Peter Sagal]

Wow. So they'll be called standing seats for taller people. Crouching seats in case of a rough landing. Domino seats.

[Maz Jobrani]

Wonder if you stood on one foot if they'd give you a discount. Be like, yeah, I'm taking up less space.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, here is your next quote.

[Bill Curtis]

Am I hot or not?

[Peter Sagal]

The Washington Post reports that people are asking that age old question to what new technology? AI ChatGPT. Yes, ChatGPT. Apparently people want the unvarnished truth about how they look unaffected by things like kindness or empathy. So they are asking AI to tell them these are all true. ChatGPT told one user who asked that they needed tooth whitening, another that their eyebrows were thinning, and another that they were, quote, a 5, but could go to a 7 with the help of makeup and fillers.

[Maz Jobrani]

I mean, if you really want to be told you're ugly, you just post that question on Instagram.

[Peter Sagal]

And that's true.

[Maz Jobrani]

They'll tell you.

[Adam Felber]

You don't even have to ask.

[Maz Jobrani]

Real people will tell you.

[Jim Rice]

Yeah, I don't need chatgpt. My mother will tell me. You know, my mother once told me I was gaining weight while I was eating pasta in Paris.

[Peter Sagal]

Really?

[Jim Rice]

Yeah. I flew her there first class.

[Peter Sagal]

Wait a minute. You flew my mama to Paris?

[Jim Rice]

Yes.

[Peter Sagal]

First class.

[Jim Rice]

Yes.

[Peter Sagal]

You get there, you go to some fabulous restaurant in some great Parisian neighborhood. It looks great, you order food, and she says, you need to work on your weight.

[Bill Curtis]

Oh, God.

[Jim Rice]

And I was like, that's why you don't have any grandkids.

[Peter Sagal]

Here is your last quote.

[Bill Curtis]

It can give you the ick, but it won't make you sick.

[Peter Sagal]

That was the Washington Post on new research that finds a classic party foul actually doesn't spread germs. So when you're near the dip, it's okay to do what? Double dip. Double dip? Yes. Researchers at Clemson University have found that double dipping, your chip does introduce bacteria into the dip, but it is unlikely to make anyone else sick. So if you are annoyed by people standing there double dipping, just waiting until they double dip, you catch them, they stare right at you and say, clemson says it's fine.

[Maz Jobrani]

Who's chips are like a one bite thing? Do you guys take multiple bites of your chips?

[Peter Sagal]

Well, yeah.

[Maz Jobrani]

Really?

[Peter Sagal]

Sure.

[Maz Jobrani]

Just finish it, dip and eat and go.

[Adam Felber]

Well, the back end doesn't have any dip on it.

[Peter Sagal]

Exactly. So you have a little bite, and then you turn it around, and the dip that you were holding, the end that you were holding, you dip that in. Oh, yeah.

[Jim Rice]

I live by a mantra. Peter.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes.

[Jim Rice]

We cannot double dip if we don't kiss on. On the lips.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh.

[Adam Felber]

Oh, yeah.

[Peter Sagal]

Now, further research, these Clemson guys apparently are on it. They showed that not all dips were equal. High acidity dips, like salsa, held less bacteria than low acidity dips like cheese. Good to know. Safest of all was the sour cream and bleach dip.

[Adam Felber]

Yeah, that one's very sanitary.

[Maz Jobrani]

You know, I mean, the Trump administration is cutting money from cancer research, but they're funding chip.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh, no. RFK Jr asked for this Specifically because, you know, he's been doing it his whole life.

[Adam Felber]

I am not going near a bowl that he dipped in, even single dip. So they tested all these dips.

[Aaron Bird]

They dipped a chip in.

[Peter Sagal]

Dipped a chip in.

[Adam Felber]

And they assumed that dips don't lie.

[Peter Sagal]

Yep.

[Maz Jobrani]

Dips don't lie. I wonder Clemson should ask ChatGPT if this is a good study and see what ChatGPT says. Like, you need to lose weight.

[Adam Felber]

Lay off the dip.

[Peter Sagal]

Anyway, Bill, how did Jennifer do in our quiz?

[Bill Curtis]

She did great. Got to give her three in a row.

[Peter Sagal]

Well done, Jennifer. Thank you. Thanks so much for playing and take care.

[Bill Curtis]

Thank you.

[Jim Rice]

Bye.

[Peter Sagal]

Bye. Bye. Right now, panel, it is time for you to answer some questions about this week's news Joyel. This fall, more and more colleges will be offering special instructional courses after finding the vast number of incoming students. Don't know how to do what?

[Jim Rice]

Oh, write like penmanship.

[Peter Sagal]

Well, I'm going to give it to you because the answer is pretty much anything. They don't know how to do anything. So universities more and more are offering courses on basic life skills because their students don't have any. So they'll offer classes in things like how to pay rent and navigating a grocery store and how yellow should a pillow get? Before you worry.

[Adam Felber]

I'm still working on that one.

[Peter Sagal]

The kids actually, they love this. They love this. One student in Toronto said, quote, I don't know how to change a tire. I don't know how to sew. I don't know how to do a lot of things other than cooking. Said the student, who almost certainly also doesn't know how to cook.

[Jim Rice]

You know, this is important, though, because, like, life skills. I wish I had gotten a class on taxes. We never got the tax class. We never got the mortgage class. We never got that. When I was in high school, it's like, I don't care about the periodic table. I don't want to get audited.

[Maz Jobrani]

The 401k class. Right.

[Jim Rice]

What about the 401k?

[Maz Jobrani]

But also, this generation now, they just do everything on their phone. Like, they don't even go grocery shopping. It's instacart. Everything's on it. So to your point, like, they haven't had to do anything, just they press a button and someone does it for them.

[Peter Sagal]

So, yeah. So you're speaking about the kids these days?

[Maz Jobrani]

Kids these days?

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah.

[Maz Jobrani]

Am I that old?

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah, I'm that old. Have you found any of these kids on. On your lawn? And do you wish them to leave every day?

[Maz Jobrani]

Peter, every day.

[Adam Felber]

But you know. But it has existed as a problem.

[Peter Sagal]

For a long time.

[Adam Felber]

I'm sure I'm not the only person here who's had a roommate that could have used a course in showering 101.

[Jim Rice]

True.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah.

[Adam Felber]

And you know what? Chat GPT can't tell you if you.

[Peter Sagal]

Smell right now these are offered as extracurricular classes. Not for credit, but pretty soon they'll be granting degrees, right? Imagine all the proud parents watching their kids graduate with a summa cum laude in laundry studies.

[Maz Jobrani]

I've taught my kids to do laundry and I have them fold. I have them do everything. And I always say to them, I go, guys, it's not that I can't do it. I want you to learn how to do it. But the truth is I really don't want to do it.

[Peter Sagal]

Exactly. And do you say that sitting in your armchair, flicking through the TV channels all the time? Good for you.

[Maz Jobrani]

That's very good for you guys. I could vacuum, but I want you to learn how to vacuum.

[Peter Sagal]

Coming up, our panelists get lovesick in our Bluff the Listener game. Call 18 8- wait- wait to play. We'll be back in a minute with more of Wait Wait, don't tell me from N.

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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 Maz Jobrani, Adam Felber and Joyel Nicole Johnson. And here we get as your host at the Wang Theater in Boston, Massachusetts, Peter Saal.

[Peter Sagal]

Thank you, Bill. Thank everybody. Once again, it is time for the Wait Wait, don't tell me Bluff the listener game. Call 188 wait wait. To play our game on the air or check out the pitch pinned post on our Instagram page 8waitNPR. Hi, you're on. Wait, Wait, don't tell me. Hi, how are you? I'm well. Who's this? This is Aaron Bird calling from Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa, is a fabulous place. We're going there later this summer. What do you do there? I am a butcher's assistant. You are a butcher's assistant? I mean, does a butcher's assistant stand there while the butcher, like, reaches for tools like cleaver, cleaver, cleaver, you know, sometimes, yes, but usually I take the pieces and arrange them on a tray for display or I put them in a bag to be vacuum sealed or something like that. It's like a puzzle. Aaron, it's nice to have you with us. You're going to play our game in which you have to tell truth from fiction. Bill, what is Aaron's topic?

[Bill Curtis]

Romance gone wrong.

[Peter Sagal]

A lot of things can go wrong during an attempted romantic gesture. A forgotten allergy, poorly worded, hard. To whom it may concern, Happy anniversary. Apparently, he's going to tell you about a well intended moment between lovers gone awry. Pick the one who's telling the truth and you'll win the weight waiter of your choice on your voicemail. Are you ready to play? Yes, I am. Here we go. Your first story comes from Adam Felber.

[Adam Felber]

Despite their wealth, young tech millionaires Vikram Anon and Betty Wolfski had a small Bay Area wedding. But last week after the ceremony, Betty surprised Vic with with a gigantic reception that pulled out all the stops. She flew 35 members of his family in from India and staged a party straight out of a Bollywood spectacular. A tent festooned with 5,000 marigolds, a 20 piece swing band, and made her grand entrance on an elephant, which is when things went wrong. Bettina turned out to be an amateur mahout at best, and the elephant she'd rented was a rescued circus performer whose one trick turned out to be picking up performers with her trunk, which she promptly did as Betty attempted to dismount and then attempted to do the same to several other bridesmaids before fleeing with her trainer knocking down two poles, causing the massive tent to collapse on the entire party. Vikram, for his part, was philosophical. Quote, she didn't really stage an accurate Indian wedding party, but the way it ended in total disaster like that for my family, that was right on point.

[Peter Sagal]

A trained elephant at a wedding does what it was trained to do and ruins the wedding. Your next red hot mess comes from Joyell Nicole Johnson Nothing says I love.

[Jim Rice]

You like a bed covered in rose petals, diamond bracelets or potato chips. This week news broke worldwide about a husband named Johnny who tried to surprise his wife Rachel with a romantic gesture. He loves her and she loves chips. So for her birthday he took her to exotic Blackpool, Lancashire and asked the hotel staff to cover the bed in 30 bags of assorted potato chips for his crisp, loving battle axe. He assumed they knew he meant to keep the chips in the bag. However, a confused staffer who must have thought they had some type of fetish, misunderstood the request and opened the bags of chips and poured them all over the bed. Upon entering the room, Rachel thought they were the victims of a cartoonish break in as she ate a few of the chips off the bed. He sheepishly explained his intention and they got one of the best laughs of their relationship. And Johnny learned a valuable lesson when making a request to never assume clarity because when you assume, you make an ass out of you, me and the hotel staff.

[Peter Sagal]

A romantic evening ends in an unexpected crunch on a bed of chips. Your last I love you snafu comes from Maz Jobrani.

[Maz Jobrani]

Thaddeus Johnson from Melbourne, Australia, decided to surprise his wife for her birthday by hiring a Bee Gees cover band to serenade her with her favorite songs. But once the band started singing, Johnson quickly realized that the spelling of the band's name, B E J E E Z Bee Gees meant they were a Christian Bee Gees cover band who changed the lyrics of Bee Gees songs to make them more quote Jesus Y Johnson said, I knew something was off when they started singing. Oh oh oh oh, he's alive, he's alrigh. I'm like who's alive? What are they talking about? Johnson's wife was confused at first. Was he trying to romance her or convert her. Not sure how to react, she asked herself, what would Jesus do? So she took her glass of water and turned it into wine and sat back to enjoy the rest of the performance.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, let's review your choices. Was it from Adam Felber? An elephant hired for a traditional Indian wedding turned out to be trained and trained in the wrong way. From Joel Nicole Johnson, somebody who wanted to celebrate their wedding or their romantic evening with their wives favorite snack, chips ended up lying down in a bed filled with them. Or from Ma's Giobrani. An Australian couple gets their romantic evening ruined when the Bee Gees cover band turns out to be a Christian Bee Gees cover band. I'm going to have to say the second, though. You're going to have to say the second one. That would be Joyell's story, if I'm not mistaken. Joel's story. Is that the one you're picking? All right, the audience agrees. Let's hear from someone who was involved in the real story.

[Jim Rice]

As I was hysterically laughing, walking around the bed, tasting the crisp. Eventually I calmed down and rung the.

[Peter Sagal]

Reception to come in. Remove the crisp off the bed. That was Rachel Norman, the chip loving wife herself, telling the Blackpool Gazette all about her. As they say over their crisp covered bed, you were correct. Joyel was telling the truth. You have won a point for her simply for being convincing. And of course, you've won our game. Congratulations and thank you so much for playing. Thank you very much for having me. Bye bye. And now the game where we ask legends about things that nobody has ever heard of. It's called not my job. From 1939 to 1985, only three Boston Red Sox players regularly started in left field in front of the Green Monster at Fenway. First, hall of Famer Ted Williams, then Hall of Famer Carl Yastremsky, and then finally hall of Famer Jim Rice, who in his career led the Sox to two American League pennants and won the American League mvp, among many other honors. Jim Rice, welcome to. Wait, wait, don't tell me.

[Aaron Bird]

Thank you.

[Peter Sagal]

So I am. I am thrilled to see you. Everybody here is thrilled to see you. And I was delighted to discover that you came to Boston to play in 1975 and you still live here. You never left. You never left. And when is the last time that you had to pay for your own drink in a bar?

[Aaron Bird]

Well, I don't drink. Never have. I'm sort of like a Pepsi Coke guy.

[Peter Sagal]

When's the last time you'd pay for your own Pepsi?

[Aaron Bird]

Probably Today.

[Maz Jobrani]

That'S, that's the NPR budget, sir.

[Peter Sagal]

Do you, do you, do you. I'm assuming you get. Well, of course you're also on tv, bro, helping to broadcast Red Sox games. So I'm assuming you get read, you get recognized a lot.

[Aaron Bird]

Yes, this is a very sports minded city, regardless of playing baseball, football. But they know, they know who you are.

[Peter Sagal]

We hear about Boston. I am one a Boston Red Sox fan. The. We can be a little abrasive. Does anybody ever give you grief or anything? Or are you way beyond that?

[Aaron Bird]

No. When I first got here, being from the South, I was brought up that you speak to everyone as you walking down the streets and things like that. And someone stopped me and said, we don't do that here. So it was hard for me to make that adjustment being a southern guy and, you know, being hospitable and things like we don't speak.

[Peter Sagal]

You came up here and you had manners. And they're like, that's not what we do in Boston.

[Aaron Bird]

That was it.

[Peter Sagal]

So, Jim, you played in front of the Green Monster at Fenway. For people who don't know, that's this very high, close in wall that makes left field and Fenway particularly hard to play. Did you just like enjoy yourself when opposing teams would go out there and watch them screw it up?

[Aaron Bird]

We did. But as a player, this is like your house, which we knew the time we hit the ball, we knew we had a chance to get a double. Now the opposing team, they didn't have any idea how good I was. They were getting a single.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. So this would happen, right? I mean it, it happens sometimes to this day that an opposing player will hit the ball high off the wall. That's a hard hit ball. They're like, I'm taking two easy. And the next thing you know, you've got it in to second base before they're even rounding.

[Aaron Bird]

Well, we had a team here the other day, I guess they called himself the Mets.

[Peter Sagal]

I believe I've heard of them.

[Aaron Bird]

And there was a guy Soto making all this dough and he hit one out. He stood there and he tried to style a little bit.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. He was admiring his. Thank you.

[Aaron Bird]

And it didn't work out pretty good.

[Peter Sagal]

No, it's a really high wall. Yeah, it is. It really is. You are in the Baseball hall of Fame. A rare and extraordinary achievement. You were elected in your last year of eligibility. Fifteenth year.

[Aaron Bird]

I got in my last year.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah. And what were you doing when you got the call?

[Aaron Bird]

Well, do I have to say it?

[Peter Sagal]

I believe you do, please.

[Aaron Bird]

Okay. My mom and I, she was a general hospital, and I was a general hospital. Young and arrestless. And so. No, I'm serious. And so my whole career, I watched Young and arrested. So when I got the call, I was watching Young and arrestless. And I was asked, well, you just made it to the hall of Fame. I said, look, I'm looking at the Young and arrested. Call me back late. I swear.

[Peter Sagal]

Really, for you. Wait a minute. It seems like they call you. They say, Mr. Rice, I'm calling for. From Cooperstown. And you're like, wait a minute. Just turned out that's not Denise. It's Denise's evil twin. I'll call you back.

[Aaron Bird]

Well, I. I knew that because they said if you. If you get in the hall of Fame, you'll call you at a certain time.

[Peter Sagal]

Right?

[Aaron Bird]

Don't bother me at 12:30. 12:30 to 1:30.

[Peter Sagal]

No.

[Adam Felber]

And they couldn't wait for Bold and Beautiful.

[Aaron Bird]

Believe it or not, Young and the Rested. Much better than Bold and Beautiful.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh, I believe you go.

[Aaron Bird]

You go from the Young and the Rested to the Bold and Beautiful. Or vice versa. And so if you watch, the guy name is Victor. And I. And I have it on my phone.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh, he's very famous actor who did this role for me.

[Aaron Bird]

I have it on my phone. And he called me and said, jim, I know you watched the Young in the Russia. Congratulations, you're in the hall of Fame.

[Peter Sagal]

So you got a call from Vic.

[Aaron Bird]

I have it on the phone.

[Peter Sagal]

That's amazing. But you said. You said that you watched it your whole career. Yeah. So what did. What did you do during, like, day games? It's like, jim, you're up. You're like, no, my stories are wrong.

[Aaron Bird]

No, no. You could have it taped, but a good friend of mine, Bob Montgomery, which was behind Carlton Fish, we played golf a lot. And he asked me one day, he said, why we always have to play golf and be back before 12:30.

[Peter Sagal]

Really? Yeah.

[Aaron Bird]

I didn't smoke, I didn't drink, and I. I didn't really have lunch because I'm very nervous. I was so antsy about the game, so I didn't really. And so that was my downtime to watch Young and the Restless.

[Maz Jobrani]

Have they ever. Have you ever thought of doing a walk on?

[Aaron Bird]

I thought about that, but I'm too, like, my hands are sweaty now by being up here, I can play in front of a crowd. But this here is terrifying.

[Peter Sagal]

Really? Yeah.

[Aaron Bird]

Honestly? Yeah.

[Peter Sagal]

I'm sweating. I'm sweating.

[Aaron Bird]

It's amazing because I'm not accustomed to this.

[Peter Sagal]

You're not accustomed to the sitting?

[Maz Jobrani]

Well, yeah, I got a quick question, too. I never had a chance to talk to a Hall of Fame hitter. You guys, it's about, what, less than a second to decide to hit the ball. So what, like, what's. Can you talk us through the mechanics of when you decide to swing and don't. And, like, how does that work?

[Aaron Bird]

C ball, hit ball. C ball, Hit ball.

[Maz Jobrani]

Hit ball.

[Peter Sagal]

And that, ladies and gentlemen. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we called analytics back. Well, Jim Rice, it is an absolute thrill for me personally to talk to you, and we have invited you here to play a game that this time.

[Bill Curtis]

We'Re calling watch out for these green monsters.

[Peter Sagal]

So, as we said, you're one of three hall of Famers so far to play in front of the Green Monster in Fenway Park. So we're going to ask you about actual monsters that are green. Answer two to three correctly, you'll win a prize for one of our listeners. Bill, who is the legendary Jim Rice playing for?

[Bill Curtis]

Colton Johnson of Boston, Massachusetts.

[Peter Sagal]

Okay, you got this. Here's your first question. The very green Incredible Hulk has been smashing things since his appearance in the comics in 1962. But one of his most exciting adventures happened in the 1990s, which saw the Incredible Hulk taking on what enemy? A, 100 baby ducks? B, the boy band New Kids on the Block? Or C, Marvel's quarterly financial report and future projected earnings?

[Maz Jobrani]

C. Question. Answer, Question.

[Peter Sagal]

Exactly.

[Aaron Bird]

Number three.

[Peter Sagal]

Number three, you're right. Was the Marvel Annual Report, which was printed that year as a comic book in which the Hulk discussed publishing revenues with stockholders. Here's your next question. That's very good. In Dr. Seuss book how the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch is shown in black and white, and the Grinch only became green for the animated TV version. How did animator Chuck Jones decide the Grinch should be that shade of green? A, it happens to be the exact same shade as stomach bile. B, it was the same color as the really ugly rental car he took to meet Dr. Seuss. Or C, his ink supplier was having a sale on that shade the week they went into production.

[Aaron Bird]

Wait a minute.

[Peter Sagal]

I'll go with C. You're going to go with C? His ink supplier was having him make him green. It's cheap. No, it was actually the color of the rental car. Nonetheless, I mean, you're used to this. You get a couple of chances to get a hit. Okay, here's your last question. Question. Sesame Street's Green Monster Oscar the Grouch has been living for decades in a trash can that never gets emptied. Which is a good thing because which of these, according to Sesame street lore, is in that trash can? A 3 tons of big bird guano, B17 elephants, a bowling alley, a skating rink and an Olympic sized swimming pool, or C36 human bones? B. B And ladies and gentlemen, he hits it out of the park. It is B. Oscar's trash can canonically is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Bill how did Jim Rice do in our little game?

[Bill Curtis]

2 out of 3 Hall of Famer.

[Peter Sagal]

That'S a whim. That's just now I want the fans to come running onto the field.

[Aaron Bird]

Only thing that I really want to say and can say that I really enjoy this, but my hands are sweaty.

[Peter Sagal]

Chiddle on your batting gloves. Jim Rice is a baseball hall of Famer. He spent his whole career playing for the Boston Red Sox and will never pay for his own soda in Boston. Jim Rice, thank you so much for joining us. What an absolute honor to meet you. Thank you so much for being here. Jim Rice, ladies and gentlemen. In just a minute, get a whiff of Bill. He's got the scent of summer in our Listener Limerick challenge. Call 1- Triple-8-WAIT wait to join us in the air. We'll be back in a minute with more of Wait Wait. Don't tell me from NPO support for.

[Keely]

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[Bill Curtis]

From NPR N WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, don't tell Me the NPR News quiz. I'm Bill Curtis. We're playing this week with Adam Felber, Maz Jobrani, and Joyell Nicole Johnson. And here again is your host at the Wang Theater in Boston, Massachusetts, Peter Sagal.

[Peter Sagal]

Thank you, Bill. In just a minute, Bill gets loose lipped with some limericks. If you'd like to play, give us a call at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. Right now, panel, some more questions for you from the week's news. Joyell. A rehearsal dinner for a wedding in Canada took a surprising turn after the bride unexpectedly did. What?

[Jim Rice]

Oh, did she throw a drink in her husband's face?

[Peter Sagal]

She did not.

[Jim Rice]

I need a hint.

[Peter Sagal]

I'll get. This is actually. It's a hint and it's true. Right after she did this, a fake detective burst in and said, she's been poisoned. A fake.

[Jim Rice]

Was she stripping?

[Peter Sagal]

How would that. Wait a minute. So I said fake detective, and you went right to, like, fake cop who comes in and strips.

[Jim Rice]

Absolutely. Give her husband a thrill. Let him know why he's marrying her. I don't know the answer.

[Peter Sagal]

The answer. I'll throw it up.

[Maz Jobrani]

Does anybody know she pretended to kill, like, die.

[Peter Sagal]

Right.

[Maz Jobrani]

And the fake detective comes in and goes, she's been poisoned.

[Peter Sagal]

Right.

[Maz Jobrani]

Because she gets up and goes, you know, I wasn't.

[Peter Sagal]

I'm getting married. No, because what she decided to do was, without telling anyone, to change her rehearsal dinner into a murder mystery dinner party.

[Maz Jobrani]

Oh, my God.

[Adam Felber]

So she didn't collapse?

[Peter Sagal]

No, she didn't. She pretended to. You know what they say about weddings. Something borrowed, something blue. Something to give your mother a coronary.

[Maz Jobrani]

Listen, I'm Iranian and I don't think, like, if you. If I did that, my, you know, my parents would kill me right.

[Peter Sagal]

Then that would be a real. Well, it wouldn't be. I was gonna say it's a real murder mystery, but it wouldn't be because they know it's your parents.

[Maz Jobrani]

Yeah, I mean, what.

[Peter Sagal]

You.

[Maz Jobrani]

What? There's a. What mystery? What? You're acting. This is. You're not. You didn't die. Die, die.

[Jim Rice]

All the money they spent.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah.

[Maz Jobrani]

You almost gave me a heart attack.

[Peter Sagal]

You should die. So people freaked out. The groom, of course, who did not know this was going to happen, was totally stunned, but in a second, gathered his wits, immediately rushed out to see if he could get his deposit for the reception back. Eventually, though, the crime was solved. They found the, quote, murderer. The wedding happened. It was perfect. And the newlyweds had a lovely first dance to the theme From Law and Order.

[Adam Felber]

It's a short dance, dum dum dum dum, or a dance, literally a two step.

[Peter Sagal]

Adam, summer travel season is just about upon us. And to help you prepare, the New York Times published an explainer of the latest travel buzzwords. What is the fun new hip au courant term for going for a walk?

[Adam Felber]

Flagstoning.

[Peter Sagal]

No. Perambulations? No.

[Adam Felber]

Constitutionals?

[Peter Sagal]

I'll give you a hint. Despite what it's called, you do not in fact need flippers and a mask.

[Adam Felber]

Snorkeling.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes, it's called land snorkeling.

[Adam Felber]

That I would say fully a dozen things come to mind with the phrase land snorkeling that are not walking.

[Peter Sagal]

I got to rifle through all those kind of walking. The term was coined by what must be the two most annoying people in Montana. And it does not refer, as you might think, to using your inhaler outside. No, land snorkeling is when you think of a walk as you do snorkeling in the ocean. That is, you don't focus on your destination. You instead just think about what you can see. The sensation of being in an unfamiliar place and the fact that everybody back in the boat is staring at your ass.

[Jim Rice]

It sounds like these land snorkeling have jobs.

[Peter Sagal]

No, they're trying to be more mindful. People go for walks all the time.

[Maz Jobrani]

Why don't they just say we're going for a walk and being mindful? Like why do they got to give it a land snorkel? I mean, if they had the snorkel in their mouth, that's one thing.

[Peter Sagal]

Other terms that are very big in traveling circles is. And these are real town sizing, which is where you skip cities and you look for towns with their own little predicament charms, right? Nope. Or Jomo, the joy of missing out. That's when you skip big fun places like Paris or Rio and you embrace the experience of being stuck in new at airport for a week.

[Jim Rice]

I am Jomo.

[Peter Sagal]

You are.

[Adam Felber]

You're bottled Jomo.

[Peter Sagal]

Meaning that you just sit around all day and just are thrilled at all the things you're not doing.

[Jim Rice]

Yeah, I'm at that age when somebody cancels plans. I'm like, yes.

[Peter Sagal]

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, come see us. Most weeks and at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago or catch us on the road this summer. We'll be in Des Moines, Iowa, as I said, on July 10, Salt Lake City on July 31, and at Tanglewood in Western Massachusetts on August 28. For tickets and more information about all our live shows, go to nprpresents.org hi, Ron. Wait, wait, don't tell me. Hi, my name is Keely and I'm from Exeter, New Hampshire. Oh, Exeter, New Hampshire. Beautiful place. What do you do there? I run a small business out of my house named Breaker bikes where I mount and balance motorcycle tires. That's the coolest thing I've ever heard. Well, thank you. You're very welcome. Well, welcome to the show, Keely. Bill Curtis is going to read you three news related limericks with the last word of phrase missing from each. If you can fill in that last word of phrase correctly in two of the limericks, you will be a winner. Here is your first limerick.

[Bill Curtis]

It has bristles above and beneath. With one swoop there's a bright pearly wreath. Since I'm in a great rush, here's my double jaw brush in one go. It cleans all of my teeth.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes, teeth. Are you tired of spending as much as two full minutes of your life brushing each of your teeth one by one? Well, you can cut that down to 30 seconds with the a whole mouth at once electric toothbrush that Gizmodo calls, quote, the worst thing I have ever shoved in my mouth. So it's a thing. It looks like an enormous set of, I don't know, like braces or something. Or a bite guard. Like a dental guard. Yeah, yeah. You put it in your face and if you use this device at its highest setting, it makes your entire head rattle and rubs your teeth raw. But don't worry. While the Feno hasn't been approved by the American Dental association, it also hasn't yet been classified as torture by the International Criminal Court.

[Adam Felber]

That sounds. That sounds like having a mouth full of a giant angry caterpillar.

[Peter Sagal]

I don't want that. It's like wearing like. It's like a mouth guard except it buzzes and scrapes at your teeth and makes you wonder what you did to deserve it. Here is your next limber Mount Everest.

[Bill Curtis]

We did surpass cause our breathing was smoother than glass. We raced like a phenom by puffing on xenon. We cheated by snorting some gas.

[Peter Sagal]

Gas. Yes. A group of British mountaineers made it from their homes in London to the top of Mount Everest. And back home in under a week. And they did this by breathing xenon gas.

[Keely]

Right.

[Peter Sagal]

To compensate for being at lower oxygen levels. And the climbing community is not happy with this hack. The Nepalese tourism department called the use of xenon against climbing ethics. And remember, these are people who are just fine with leaving corpses up there.

[Jim Rice]

I want them to test it with, like, all the different drugs, all the different gases. Yeah.

[Peter Sagal]

Just give them. And try inhaling this. See if you can climb Mount Everest. Yeah.

[Maz Jobrani]

Try some Molly, and you'll just be touching Mount Everest.

[Peter Sagal]

Yeah.

[Adam Felber]

Cuddling with Mount Everest Smoke a. J.

[Peter Sagal]

You're just licking the snow. This is new. And we don't know if there are any side effects from breathing that much xenon gas. To find out, we'll have to wait for the mountaineers to spring a leak and deflate.

[Maz Jobrani]

Is there any other time in life besides Mount Everest that you would need xenon gas?

[Peter Sagal]

And where do you get xenon gas?

[Adam Felber]

You get to the base of Mount Everest and behind the yurt, there's a dealer.

[Peter Sagal]

Here is your last limerick.

[Bill Curtis]

From Montana to deep Texarkana. We all smell in a tropical manner. We all feel the appeal of Chiquita's blue seal. So the scent of the gear is Banana.

[Peter Sagal]

Banana. There's not just a song of the summer anymore. Now we have to endure a smell of the summer. And according to the New York Times magazine this year, the smell of the summer is banana. It's your time to shine Yellow Laffy taffy.

[Adam Felber]

This trend was invented by a very clever mosquito.

[Peter Sagal]

Exactly.

[Maz Jobrani]

Who gets to choose the fruit of summer?

[Peter Sagal]

I don't know. Somebody out there, I guess. The person in charge. That's who does it. Maz.

[Maz Jobrani]

Is he at a farmer's market?

[Peter Sagal]

I have no idea. Is it a fruit fly? Bill? How did Keely do on our quiz?

[Bill Curtis]

She got them all.

[Peter Sagal]

She did? Yes. All right. Congratulations. Well, thank you so much. This has been wonderful. Take care, and thanks for calling. Thank you so much. Have a good day.

[Maz Jobrani]

It smells like summer.

[Peter Sagal]

It smells like summer.

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[Peter Sagal]

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[Peter Sagal]

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[Peter Sagal]

Now it's time for our final game, Lightning. Fill in the blank. Each of the 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]

Everybody's got two.

[Peter Sagal]

Two points.

[Bill Curtis]

Wow.

[Peter Sagal]

All right, well, let's do it this way.

[Adam Felber]

Let's leave it right there.

[Peter Sagal]

We'll arbitrarily start with Maz and we'll work our way across. Here we go. Maz, I'm choosing you to go first. Here we go. On Thursday, an appeals court reinstated President Trump's blanks tariffs. Right. On Monday, the Justice Department reached a deal that allows blank to avoid prosecution over crashes of their sexual 737s.

[Maz Jobrani]

Boeing.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. This week, the World Health Organization warned a new blank variant was on the rise.

[Maz Jobrani]

Covid.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. According to a new report, global blanks will reach record highs over the next five years.

[Maz Jobrani]

Weather? Yeah.

[Peter Sagal]

Temperature?

[Maz Jobrani]

Yeah.

[Peter Sagal]

This week, a man on a train in Germany had to be rescued by firefighters after he blanked.

[Maz Jobrani]

After he got stuck in the bathroom.

[Peter Sagal]

Oh, so close. After he got stuck for 90 minutes behind a seat where he had gone to try to retrieve his fallen AirPods. On Wednesday, the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves to move on to the blank finals.

[Maz Jobrani]

NBA.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. This week, an AI company was surprised when the AI program blanked to prevent itself from being turned off.

[Maz Jobrani]

It blanked? It stayed on?

[Peter Sagal]

No. It tried to blackmail the programmers. This company with an AI assistant gave the AI this information and it said that, oh, we're about to turn you off. And also, you know, the programmer who's about to do it is having an affair. And sure enough, the AI assistant started saying, man, wouldn't it be awful if your wife found out about Becky down in hr? What? It's true.

[Jim Rice]

Okay, new fear unlocked.

[Peter Sagal]

There you are. Bill. How did Maz doing our quiz?

[Bill Curtis]

Five.

[Peter Sagal]

Right.

[Bill Curtis]

Ten more points. Total of 12. Maz goes into the lead.

[Peter Sagal]

Next up, Joy L. I'm picking you. Here we go. Fill in the blank. On Wednesday, billionaire Blank said he was leaving the Trump administration. Ugh.

[Jim Rice]

Elon Musk.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. On Monday, New York congressman and co founder of the Congressional Black Caucus Blank passed away at the age of 94.

[Jim Rice]

Oh, Charles. Charles Rangel.

[Peter Sagal]

Yes. You got it. Charlie Rangel. This week, the Department of Health and Human Services terminated the contract with Moderna to develop a vaccine for Blank flu burn. Right. On Tuesday, Texas passed a law requiring Apple's app store to verify users Blanks butts ages. After a wild bobcat wandered into a home in Colorado. Police tried to get it out using Blanks banana peels. No laser pointers. Did it work? It didn't work. On Monday, Iranian director Jafar Panahi was awarded the top prize at the Blank Film Festival.

[Jim Rice]

The Iranian Film Festival?

[Peter Sagal]

No, the Cannes Film Festival. This week, a family in Denver said they are considering selling their house because once every three months, someone Blanks.

[Jim Rice]

Pretends to pass out so they can play a murder mystery.

[Peter Sagal]

No. Someone crashes their car into it. The problem is that the family lives right at a very sharp turn in the road and drivers have trouble seeing that the road is suddenly curving and just speed right into the house. Despite numerous complaints from the family, the city just hasn't done anything to increase the visibility of this turn. And I can't tell if officials are being spiteful about the complaints, but the speed limit is now 250 miles an hour. Bill, how did Joyel do in our quiz?

[Bill Curtis]

Joyell got three rights. Six more points, total of eight. Means Maz is holding on.

[Peter Sagal]

And how many then does Adam Felber need to win?

[Bill Curtis]

5 to tie and 6 to win. Ooh, that's a high hill to climb.

[Peter Sagal]

Here we go. Adam, listen for the game. After saying that Vladimir Putin was playing with fire, the White House announced it was considering new sanctions against Blank Russia. Right. On Thursday, Israel announced a major expansion of their settlements in the Blank West Bank. Right. As part of an ongoing retaliation against the school. The State Department said they were reviewing the visas of anyone associated with Blank University.

[Adam Felber]

Harvard.

[Peter Sagal]

Harvard. On Wednesday, the third launch in a row from private space company Blank ended in an explosion.

[Adam Felber]

SpaceX.

[Peter Sagal]

Right. After accepting the job as the new head of the Social Security Administration, Frank Bisignano said the first thing he did was Blank retire. No, he said the first thing he did after taking the job was Google what the head of the Social Security Administration does. According to a new report, regularly taking Blank supplements can slow the aging process. Iron Vitamin D. This week in the box office had its biggest Memorial Day ever thanks to the latest movie in the Blank franchise, Mission Impossible. Right. This week a programmer created a website that allows people who track their run in the Strava app do blank.

[Adam Felber]

Change the data.

[Peter Sagal]

No to lie about the runs they do. If you're tired of like tying your phone to a stray dog and letting them run wild to get a good score in Strava, this new website is for you. With it you can create fake runs of any distance and location and upload them to the Strava app where people will see them and, I don't know, elect you the mayor of running or something. Bill, did Adam do well enough to.

[Bill Curtis]

Win almost five rights? 10 more points total of 12 puts him in co championship.

[Adam Felber]

I like that.

[Peter Sagal]

There you go. The bald guys did it for every.

[Maz Jobrani]

Bald guy out there. For the bald, for the balds, for the Afro.

[Peter Sagal]

Coming up, our Paradis predict. Now that Clemson University says says double dipping is okay, what surprising thing are they going to say is okay to do next? 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 Friedman. Our tour manager, Shayna Donald BJ Lederman composed our theme. Our program is produced by Jennifer Mills, Miles Stormboss and Lillian King. Special thanks this week to Blythe Roberson and Monica Hickey. Our full time controller is Peter Gwynne. Emma Choi is our five curator. Technical direction is from Lorna White with help this week from Sina Lofredo. Our CFO is Colin Miller. Our production manager is Robert Newhouse. Our senior producer is Ian Chillag and the executive producer, Wait, wait, don't tell me. Is Michael Danforth. Now panel, what surprising thing are we now allowed to do according to Clemson Mazda Brownie, you know the saying, you.

[Maz Jobrani]

Can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose. Well, Clemson is going to say we had it all wrong, so start picking your friend's nose.

[Peter Sagal]

Adam Felber.

[Adam Felber]

The five second rule is now the ten minute suggestion.

[Peter Sagal]

And joyelle Nicole Johnson, giving your parents.

[Jim Rice]

The 60k you won when you were a stay at home son.

[Bill Curtis]

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

[Peter Sagal]

Thank you, Bill Curtis. Thanks also to Alex Adam Felber, Maz Jobrani and Joyel Nicole Johnson. Thanks to the staff and crew at the BOK Center. Thanks as well to Margaret Lowe and everybody at WBUR Boston. And thanks to all of you here in Boston that came out to see us. It's great to see you. Thanks to everybody else out there, wherever you might be listening. I'm Peter Sagal. We'll see you next week.

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