Thursday, September 28, 2023

NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! live (9/28)

WFSB 3; WTTWSheldon S., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; Los Angeles Greek Theatre

"Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me" on the road
(WFSB 3) June 20, 2023: The iconic NPR quiz show is recorded each week with some of the funniest comedians alongside Host Peter Sagal and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis.

Local News from WFSB (wfsb.com, YouTube Content: @wfsb).

Thomas E. Perez on Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me! with host Peter Sagal in Chicago (Wiki)

Host Peter Sagal and new young trophy wife
The funniest and by far the most popular show on NPR is "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" because it tells the week's news in a digestible way -- through humor. Who knew it traveled around to different parts of the country to be in front a live audience?

"Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" NPR gameshow
It does though it seems to usually be at one live venue in Chicago called home. Tonight, it's made it to the big time, Hollywood! The secret life of the show, icon Carl Kasell, will be in attendance in spirit.
Los Angeles has a "Central Park" called Griffith Park, a wilderness above and behind the glittering lights of Tinsel Town, in Hollywood's backyard, connected to the largest public parkland in the country, which is the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.


Chicago Tonight visits "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!"
(WTTW) Nov. 19, 2008: #WTTWnews goes behind the scenes at a taping of "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!"  The popular NPR comedy game show celebrated its 10th anniversary in June 2008. (Chicago Tonight: wttw.com/chicagotonight).

"I Love P-22" mountain lion memorial for LA's favorite wild cat (LAist/KPCC.org)
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It's so big that man-eating mountain lions (pumas or nonhuman cougars) -- like LA's beloved dead mascot P-22 (whose funeral was at the Greek) -- can live there, hunting by night, sleeping under people's houses in the Valley by day.
(WWDTM) What is Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!? Bob Seger 9/2/23 episode

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