D:

Damn you, don't scare me like that!

Saw them at Carnegie Hall last month. 2 1/2 hours of pure win. It's amazing how they were able to pare that down, seamlessly, to under an hour.

My plan...It is working, I see.
With Kassel a retiree,
There's only one source
For limericks. Of course,
I'm humbly referring to ME.

/mu-hu-hu-ha-haaa

Meanwhile, Zombie Daniel Schorr continues to rant about buying fruit with a coupon, holding up a line of people to return it, and blaming it all in Bush.

*on

Carl seems like a nice guy and all, but the clacking of his dentures really grates on my nerves.

Listen for it.

ah well, nothing lasts for forever. Will miss that wonderful voice in the mornings though.

Good night, jowlyman.

my answering machine's gonna be worth a FORTUNE!

/jk...I never even played the game...

Always pictured him looking more like Charles Kuralt.

has diane rehm retired yet? sweet jeebus.

Cake Hunter: Good night, jowlyman.

Laughed way too hard at that,

Kasell will remain the judge and scorekeeper of "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!,' NPR's weekly news quiz show.


Good. That's my favorite show on NPR.

EL_FABREZ: Kasell will remain the judge and scorekeeper of "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!,' NPR's weekly news quiz show.


Good. That's my favorite show on NPR.

I prefer Fresh Air, simply because it's more informative and I'm a huge fan of Terry Gross. Heard a story today about Uganda upping the punishment against homosexuals to include the death penalty.

Wait, Wait is great, but a little too cheery to report sometimes unpleasant, complex news.

scarbachi: has diane rehm retired yet? sweet jeebus.

Talk about a voice for newspaper...

I don't hear her on the local NPR station, though she's on NPR Talk on Sirius a lot.

NPR News lost me when they dumped Bob Edwards. I am glad Carl will still be on Wait, Wait. I still try to catch that game show every week.

GypsyJoker: Always pictured him looking more like Charles Kuralt.

I always thought he would look like Tom Poston.

enry: scarbachi: has diane rehm retired yet? sweet jeebus.

Talk about a voice for newspaper...

I don't hear her on the local NPR station, though she's on NPR Talk on Sirius a lot.

Whenever she talks, I picture her having head shakes like old people do.

It's okay, Carl will be with me always when I drive.

/Has a Carl Kassell window hanger.

MaxxLarge: My plan...It is working, I see.
With Kassel a retiree,
There's only one source
For limericks. Of course,
I'm humbly referring to ME.

/mu-hu-hu-ha-haaa

Your limerick's clever, MaxxLarge
But somehow I feel it lacks charge
If something's amiss,
You should...
um...
Screw this. Let's get drunk and steal Click and Clack's cars.

Side note: does anyone hate Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? as much as I do? Wait, Wait gets an hour, but that piece of crap gets the two that follow?

Some say my voice will just bore
While others say that they adore
But as for me....
I see now reason to flee
but first how 'bout you and me buy a few __________

Calmamity: Carl seems like a nice guy and all, but the clacking of his dentures really grates on my nerves.

Listen for it.

This so much! Honest to Yahweh, I can hear the dry-mouth clicking on my morning drive and it makes me want to hurl.

WFern: I prefer Fresh Air, simply because it's more informative and I'm a huge fan of Terry Gross. Heard a story today about Uganda upping the punishment against homosexuals to include the death penalty.

I catch it once or twice a week. I have to catch All Things Considered everyday and I don't feel like listening to NPR three hours straight, so I mostly skip it. I just love Wait, Wait because it's like a game show designed for Farkers, and it one of the very few things that gets me to literally hold my sides in laughter.


WFern: Side note: does anyone hate Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? as much as I do? Wait, Wait gets an hour, but that piece of crap gets the two that follow?

Yes. He's not entertaining and does not inform, and seems like an intolerable douche. I don't see why people listen to that show.

WFern:

I prefer Fresh Air, simply because it's more informative and I'm a huge fan of Terry Gross. Heard a story today about Uganda upping the punishment against homosexuals to include the death penalty.

Wait, Wait is great, but a little too cheery to report sometimes unpleasant, complex news.

it's a news quiz show. the panelists are comedians and satirists.
fresh air is an actual news show. they're expected to bring the bad occasionally. not riff on it.

no love for "says you?" it's the only thing that makes sunday laundry folding bearable

Lordy, how I love Not My Job. Neko Case and her Civil Qar obsession. Mahalia Jackson and her stories of dating Bob Dylan. That great appearance by the voice of Elmo where he weirded out Peter Segal by almost overlapping Elmo with his own voice.

JosephFinn: Lordy, how I love Not My Job. Neko Case and her Civil Qar obsession. Mahalia Jackson and her stories of dating Bob Dylan. That great appearance by the voice of Elmo where he weirded out Peter Segal by almost overlapping Elmo with his own voice.

This, except I think you mean Mavis Staples, not Mahalia Jackson.

/Gets an inordinate amount of his news from Wait, Wait... and The Daily Show.

JosephFinn: Lordy, how I love Not My Job. Neko Case and her Civil Qar obsession. Mahalia Jackson and her stories of dating Bob Dylan. That great appearance by the voice of Elmo where he weirded out Peter Segal by almost overlapping Elmo with his own voice.

In addition to being hot sex on a stick, Neko Case was hilarious.

Really could've done without that douche from Stormchasers though...

Calmamity: Carl seems like a nice guy and all, but the clacking of his dentures really grates on my nerves.

Listen for it.

yup, i always thought it sounded like he was talking with a wet sock in his mouth. it's to the point where i have to change the channel when he comes on.

JosephFinn: Lordy, how I love Not My Job. Neko Case and her Civil War obsession.

They are as hard and flinty as the candies they carry.

Calmamity: Carl seems like a nice guy and all, but the clacking of his dentures really grates on my nerves.

Listen for it.

From what I've read on Wikipedia (and if its on there, it must be true), they're working on making it a TV show, too. So now will you not only be able to hear the dentures clack, you'll get to see them fall out of his mouth from time to time.

ceremony_1968: Meanwhile, Zombie Daniel Schorr continues to rant about buying fruit with a coupon, holding up a line of people to return it, and blaming it all in Bush.

Don't you mean "meashwishle shombish dshanieshl schorr conshtinshuesh sho ransht abousht buyshinshg frusht wishth a cupshon, hoshldishg ushp a line of psheopshle to reshturshn it, and bshlamigh it all on bushshsh."

scarbachi: has diane rehm retired yet? sweet jeebus.

THIS!

MaxxLarge: My plan...It is working, I see.
With Kassel a retiree,
There's only one source
For limericks. Of course,
I'm humbly referring to ME.

/mu-hu-hu-ha-haaa

Brilliant!

KingMarmot: JosephFinn: Lordy, how I love Not My Job. Neko Case and her Civil Qar obsession. Mahalia Jackson and her stories of dating Bob Dylan. That great appearance by the voice of Elmo where he weirded out Peter Segal by almost overlapping Elmo with his own voice.

This, except I think you mean Mavis Staples, not Mahalia Jackson.

Thank you, yes. Totally screwed that up. Hell, she was great! They should have her on once a year.

car talk is the greatest show on NPR, that is all.

WFern: EL_FABREZ: Kasell will remain the judge and scorekeeper of "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!,' NPR's weekly news quiz show.


Good. That's my favorite show on NPR.

I prefer Fresh Air, simply because it's more informative and I'm a huge fan of Terry Gross. Heard a story today about Uganda upping the punishment against homosexuals to include the death penalty.

Wait, Wait is great, but a little too cheery to report sometimes unpleasant, complex news.

Which is good that it isn't a news show and is, instead, a game show.

WFern: Side note: does anyone hate Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? as much as I do? Wait, Wait gets an hour, but that piece of crap gets the two that follow?

Fun-nee. In Chicago there were lots of complaints when the doofus WBEZ program director, Torey Malatia, when he first created Wait, Wait, put it between Car Talk and W'dya Know on tape delay at Saturday mornings. He was accused of forcing Wait, wait down the throats of listeners.

I thought "Wait, wait" was lame in the early days, where it should be "Lame? Wait! It gets lamer!"

Now I like Wait, wait.

Now "W'dya Know?" is not on WBEZ at all while "Wait, wait" is on both Saturday and Sunday.

/I'll still never forgive Malatia for dropping Piano Jazz
//Live far enough north that I can get Wisconsin public radio. Stuff it Torey!

good - his voice is disgusting

manwithdaplan: car talk is the greatest show on NPR, that is all.

Car talk is the same show played over and over again with a couple of calls mixed in where they talk about the same stuff and laugh at each other.