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[MUSIC] >> From NPR, NWBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm Al Zoslade, the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize for Judge and Score Keepering. And here's your host at the Student Baker Theatre at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois. Filling in for Peter Segal, it's Nagine Farsai. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Thanks Al Zosl. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Thanks everybody, so happy to be here. Peter Segal needed the week off because his sexy will short Halloween costume isn't gonna make itself. >> [LAUGH] >> Later on, the incredibly talented country music, Fina Margot, price will join us to play our games. But first, it's your turn. The number is 1-888, wait, wait, that's 1-888, 924, 8-924. Now let's welcome our first listener contestant. >> Hi, you're on, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. >> It's Paula calling for Washington DC. >> Hi, Paula, what do you do in Washington? >> I'm a radiation oncology nurse. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Paula, you have a surprising number of fans of the radiation oncology nurse profession. That's actually the biggest clap I've ever seen for a single profession in the history of this show. >> Cool, well Paula, are you ready to play? >> I'm ready. >> Well first, I'm going to introduce you to our panel. First up, we have the Emmy award-winning host of the podcast casuals and the daily live call in radio show, fan service on Sirius XM. It's Katie Nolan. >> Hi, Paula. >> Hi. >> Next, he's a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning. It's Mo Rocka. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Hi, Paula. >> Hi, Mo. >> And a comedian whose album is Yell Joy, her special is Love Joy. It's Joy Elle Nicole Johnson. >> [APPLAUSE] >> So welcome to the show, Paula. You're going to play who's Alzo this time. Alzo Slade is going to read three quotes from this week's news. And if you know two of them, you'll win our prize, which is the voice of anyone on our show on your voicemail. Are you ready? >> I'm ready, let's do it. >> All right, here's your first quote. >> Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That's a very small price to pay. >> That was Donald Trump in a stump speech this week saying who could have LA and San Diego if they want? >> Iran. >> That's right, Iran. >> [APPLAUSE] >> This week, President and 25th Amendment case study Donald Trump said Iran could take out LA and San Diego to be clear. He didn't say it like they could take out LA. It was like, you could take out LA, like be my guest, like honestly, I get it. >> [LAUGH] >> California Governor Gavin Newsom said he was appalled by the president's comments. Because if you're going to lose a city in California, it's Sacramento. Everybody knows that. >> [LAUGH] >> So the idea that the Iranians could take out LA, how would they even make it up the 405? >> [LAUGH] >> So, look, he's supposed to be this great deal maker, right? And he's going to start by offering Los Angeles. Like, dude, start with Hartford, Connecticut, and then work your way up. >> [LAUGH] >> But on the bright side, if we do lose LA, everyone else raises one number in hotness, right? All the sevens become eights. >> [LAUGH] >> All right, here's your next quote from the Boston Globe. >> Zero out of four stars, the worst movie of his career. >> That was one of many, many movie critics saying the new movie Digger is the biggest flop of whose career? >> I'm Cruz. >> That's right, Tom Cruz. >> [APPLAUSE] Digger is the worst movie of Tom Cruz's career, set to lose $250 million at the box office. When people say Americans don't go to the movies anymore, they're specifically talking about Digger. >> Yeah, I just think that, okay, I judge books by their covers. And on behalf of me and Alzo and the other two black people that are here. >> [LAUGH] >> We don't like the title. >> I see that, I don't like that hard art, all right? >> [LAUGH] >> I don't want the diggers, I don't want, I don't want to dig up. >> [LAUGH] >> I concur, I concur, and when you say the name of the movie, please pronounce the D very strongly. >> It's very strongly. >> Should we just say the D word? >> Just the D word. >> I like how vague they made the trailer enough people were like, is this a musical? >> [LAUGH] >> This feels spiritually like a musical and they had to come out and say, no, it's not, please come see our movie, it's definitely not a musical. >> And part of the problem is that Tom Cruz is in fat old man makeup in the movie. And that's not the like hot Tom Cruz that we want to see. But weirdly, it is exactly what Tom Cruz would look like if Scientology had let him age. >> [LAUGH] >> When I first moved to LA as a young pursuer of entertainment, I did go to the Scientology Center. >> Mm-hm. >> Yeah, and they sat me down and they told me about the Tetons. And I sat there and I was like, can I have a snack and they said no, so I left. >> I thought you were going to say, and they got me. And I'm actually 82 years old and I look this good. >> Snacks is the easiest way to get somebody in the door. How do you not have snacks on this? >> Snacks, no popcorn, no cookies, come on, man. >> Snacks, how am I going to dedicate myself to this guy? >> [LAUGH] >> A guy with no snacks is wackness. >> [LAUGH] >> All right, here's your last quote. It's from someone who just installed a new special door in their house. >> The toilet paper, the paper towels, the detergent. It's easy to push it all right through. >> According to the Washington Post, homeowners are putting in a new door for all the bulk purchases they bring home from where? >> Costco. >> Costco? >> That's right, Costco. [APPLAUSE] Folks, it's called a Costco door and it lets you take all your purchases from your garage and shove them right into your pantry. The fact that we're renovating our homes to accommodate the stuff we're buying from Costco. It really makes you say, you know what, why stop at Los Angeles in San Diego? [APPLAUSE] >> So I don't understand the door, but what if your pantry is nowhere near your garage? >> Move it. >> You have to, yeah, you need to like prioritize your Costco bulk items. >> I have a question as a millennial, what's a homeowner? [LAUGH] >> Your next question is also what is a Costco membership? >> Absolutely, I represent two demographics that have no idea what's going on. A New Yorker and a childless person. >> Well, one builder installing Costco doors told the Washington Post, quote, when you tell someone it's roughly a thousand bucks to put one in, they're like, yeah, that's a no brainer. >> Dude, if you have a thousand bucks to spend on a door, why are you saving eight cents by buying a hundred rolls of toilet paper at a time? >> Look, I think on its face, it makes me go, ew, how foolish. But then it's like, it is kind of convenient to just open the mouth of your kitchen, and shove the food into it. >> Right, it's easier than I assume getting your kids to come out and help you bring the groceries in. >> Yeah, I mean, speaking of which, it's funny, because I always thought Costco door was what I called my mouth when I was shoving in all the free samples at Costco. >> But I mean, honestly, I say forget about the Costco door, I have an Ikea window where I toss out pieces that don't seem to fit anywhere. >> Just the extra leg that you're like, this doesn't, what is it? >> I'm done, though, what's going on. >> All right, Alzo, how did Paula do? >> Paula did great, perfect score, three out of three. >> [APPLAUSE] >> It's about Paula, amazing job Paula. >> Thank you. >> Thanks so much for joining us. ♪ Open the door to your heart right here on the other side ♪ ♪ Open the door to your heart I'm on, I'm on, I'm on, I'm on ♪ >> Right now, a panel time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Mo, it's been debated for years, but this week a doctor declared once and for all that doing what is actually okay. >> Ooh. >> [LAUGH] >> There could be so many different things. >> So many things, yeah. >> It's not going to be smoking, that doing what, you got to give me a clue. >> All right, here's a clue. Go back for as much guacamole as you were eating. >> Over eating. >> Well. >> Oh, oh. >> You're in a party setting, so you keep going back for guacamole. >> Oh, double dipping. >> Double dipping. >> In an article that goes to great links to describe what double dipping is. The doctor posits that it's gross, but not actually that gross. I don't love that the doctor then says, and you know what else? I don't wash my hands before surgery. Who has the time? >> It's supposed to build immunity or something. Well, okay, so the doctor says like we get caught up worrying about mouth bacteria when it's not any grosser than other bacteria So now that we're talking about mouth bacteria Who's got a big hand cream for guacamole does anyone have such a crazy argument? It is I mean I'm somebody who I mean truly makes sure to be the first person at a party so that I can eat the food before anyone else has exhaled on it. I don't go to parties that don't have a sneeze call. Well, if you're still worried about it Like just make sure that your chip is wearing an N95 mask before it approaches the salsa. So the only logic is Everything's gross. Oh, that's their defense is that everything's gross. So might as well lick somebody out. You're at a party with I like it that science. Yeah, Katie that science. You just go to a party. You see somebody drinking out of the punch bowl with But I think the thing that's like that no one really wants to say that we're all too afraid to talk about is that chips are too big If you didn't make chips so big you wouldn't need to double I'm running for president but but Nagine inversely if the chip is too small then my fingers and hand is going to the dip It's an engineering challenge, but we've sent people to the moon. We can do this at Nagine's party. She has crumb chips I only invite people with dainty fingers. That's what I do at my party Coming up a billionaire gets busted in our bluff the listener game called one eight eight eight wait wait to play We'll be back in a minute with more of way. Wait. Don't tell me from NPR From NPR and WB easy Chicago. This is wait wait. Don't tell me the NPR news quiz. I'm out so slayed We're playing this week with Joy on the cold Johnson Katie Nolan and Mohraka and here again is your host at the Studio Baker Theater in Chicago, Illinois, Nagine for our side Right now it's time for the way we don't tell me bluff the listener game called one eight eight eight wait wait to play our game on air Hi, you're on wayway. Don't tell me. Hi. This is Alex from Boston Michigan. Hi Alex. What do you do in Michigan? I am a barista at a local coffee roaster called Sabbath and I am a dad to two adorable little kids Oh, I love that wait so as a barista how much like psychological counsel do you have to give customers on a regular basis? That's actually like the first requirement for the job The coffee just kind of like keeps us going through the day Well, thanks so much for joining us Alex in this game our panelists will each share a story But only one of them is true. You have to figure out which one. What's the topic? Alzo bad billionaire bad bad Now look we all think of billionaires as people improving our society with With good works and charity, but and I hope you're sitting down Sometimes they do bad things Our panelists are going to tell you about one such malfeasance this week pick the one who's telling the truth And you'll win the weightweighter of your choice on your voicemail. Are you ready to play? Oh? All right first up. It's joy. Oh Nicole Johnson billionaires. They're just like us They purchase daily necessities like groceries gas and elections They bust seams on their pants moves on the dance floor and unions and of course they crowd into elevators Situation rooms and a merciful summer reads and search at a titanium Insert Amarachman a Pakistani billionaire who has a new special interest his new obsession is spending some of his Disposable income and search of the Titanic submersible. That's right. He's building the Titanic submersible submersible Which is a submersible built to look for the Titanic submersible And while they're only in the testing phase they have already sunk five submersible submersibles When asked for a comment his wife said he can go down there if he want to but he ain't taking his dime a wedding ring That's a woman who knows her husband's affairs are in order That was a story about the new Titanic submersible from Joy-El Nicole Johnson your next story of billionaires behaving badly comes from Mo Raqqa When the Youngstano High O Museum of Art announced that it would be closing after a hundred and twenty-five years Homeboy turned tech billionaire Jim Margolis came to the rescue with a $250 million per quest on a single condition that each room of the museum contain at least one of his collection of prized Psychedelic black light posters displayed optimally which means no light sources other than the black UV light that shows off gems like his scenes of neon mushrooms As a result all other works of art are virtually impossible to see now The newly renamed Youngstown Museum of Glow in the Dark Art has resorted to adding black velvet flocking to its most prized pieces a Rembrandt to Pollux and a Gilbert Stewart Portrait of George Washington which to be fair looks pretty trippy now and All museum goers need to wear a black light vest in order to avoid running into each other Museum goer Leslie Goldman says the museum is a great place to visit if you've always wondered But the weird stoner kid from your college would do with a bunch of money A newly renovated museum that highlights black light art from Mo Raqqa your last story of bad billionaire behavior comes from Katie Nolan 94-year-old billionaire Barry side is certainly not the first old man to enjoy feeding the critters at his local park He may however be the first to use his fortune to fund an operation so extensive It's fueling a rat infestation Chicago officials say Barry side is paying a group of people to regularly scatter piles of expensive imported nuts Macadamia Brazil, etc All over Lincoln Park in what is the most impressive case of nut spreading since any man sat down on public transportation When it comes to things old billionaire men can do with their nuts. This certainly is not the worst But the rats it's attracting are causing property damage that the city says may end up costing tax payers While they have find side repeatedly He always pays those fines in full and on time and then continues to drop nuts In fact the more they find him the more nuts he drops I guess it's true. You can't put a price on chasing your dream Even if that dream is to become some sort of reverse-pied piper who sucks Ok Alex you've got a Titanic submersible tour from joylnical Johnson a billionaire black light fan from Moraka and from Katie Nolan a billionaire feeding the hungry rats Which one is real? I don't know. I wouldn't doubt any of them But the one that sounds like it's actively doing the most harm is the rat problem So I'm gonna say that's probably the most likely one all right well To find out the correct answer we spoke to a reporter covering the real story when neighbors and park staffers have asked the nuts Fredders why they're doing it. They've gotten cursed out That was Axio Chicago reporter Monica Eng talking about the billionaire rat infestation and using the term nut spreader Journalistic capacity Congratulations Alex you got it right You not only earned a point for Katie, but you won our prize the voice of your choice on your voicemail Thanks so much for calling us today. Thank you And now the game where big names do something for which they're utterly unprepared It's not my job Margot Price has built an impressive career in country music putting out six albums and performing all over the world On the side she does duets with Willing Nelson and Joan Baez is on the board of Farmaid and even wrote an autobiography She's in town performing in the 80 years of John Prine celebration and we somehow managed to convince her to lower her standards and come hang out with us My vote price. Welcome to way away. Don't tell me So Margot I'm so excited to talk to you and especially can you tell us why you're here in Chicago? Yes, we are celebrating 80 years of John Prine and his wonderful music and Yeah A lot of people don't know that John grew up in Maywood, Illinois So it's good to be here and celebrate so did you ever like hat? Did you ever get to work? with him or meet him. - Yes, I met him actually on his 70th birthday, and we forged a great friendship. I got to sing with him on stage, tour with him. We even did a duet of his song "Unwed Fathers" and donated the proceeds to the ACLU. (audience cheering) Do you have like a favorite memory of John Pine? - Oh, let's see, one time we got really drunk together. (laughing) And I almost missed my flight, 'cause he was party and harder than we were. It was like a 6am flight, but we hung out with John and tell about four in the morning. - Wow. - It was good time. - Wow, like the second I turned like 35. I can stay up past eight, so I'm very impressed. So you had a specific moment in your life when you realized that you should be a musician. Can you walk us through that? - Let's see, are you talking about a mushroom trip? - Yeah. - Okay, yeah, yeah. (laughing) I ate a lot of mushrooms, and I was about 19 years old, and during this psychedelic experience, I was just realizing that I did not want to major in communications and that I decided I was gonna move to Nashville and pursue my dream of writing songs. It was quite intense, I will say. I thought maybe I was never coming back from it, because they said you have to eat, like I don't know, you know, a lot of them, but they ate too much. - Can I? - Was it an all you can eat? - Yes. (laughing) - I'm a clean team. - So I've actually never done mushrooms. - How do you prepare them? - How do you cook them? - Well, I tell you, I know you'll-- - I know you'll reduce the fall sun. - You know, they taste a lot better if you did that. They really taste like garbage. And I just usually eat some of them and then choke down some peanut butter after words. - No, no tip, no tip, but yeah. Some people put them on pizza. - I put mine in applesauce. - I like that. - Okay, perfect, perfect. We'll get along, we'll get along, right. - These are tips that NPR audiences will never use. (laughing) - I don't know, I think you'd be surprised. - I think so. - Well, where? - I mean, they regrow your brain, and they connect new neural pathways. - I don't know, I'm all about that over big alcohol. - And then it's all things considered. (laughing) - Okay. - Yes, thank you guys. (cheering and applause) - So, well, I mean, there's a couple of interesting things about that, your first album. And one of them is that, I mean, I don't know, I heard that if this is true, that you pond your wedding ring to finance your first album, is that true? - Yes, that's true. - And what did your husband think of that? - He was way down with it. - He actually sold our car. So, he was more in than me. He was like, you gotta make this record. And so, yeah, he ponded. - Did you think of like 50 other things you could pond before the wedding ring? Are we like, yes! - I don't know, we, well, we sold guitars, we sold microphones, so it was like everything must go, all of our eggs in one basket. - To make the album. - To make the album. - To make the album. - To make the year in the studio, but naked. (laughing) - Yep, yep, yep. We went to Memphis and recorded it at Sun Studios and, yeah. - Cool, yeah. - Is there a song on the album about you ponding your ring to make the album? - Yeah, there is. The last song is called "World's Greatest Loser." (laughing) We'd lose all the things, you know, except for our love for each other. - Well, wait, that's a really lovely song. - 23 years later. - Well, the other interesting thing about that album is that it was released by Jack White's third man records, but you only got that deal after 30 rejections. Now, when that album blew up, and you were nominated for Grammys, did you go on a revenge tour of those 30 rejections? - Actually, I was accepting an award at the Rhyman for the Americana Music Association, and I saw a lot of people who had passed on my record, and so I thanked all the people who told me now. - Yes! - You know, you gotta thank your haters, - Yes! - There you go, there you go. - That's right. (laughing) - Margot, can I ask who your country top five? - Yes. - Ooh, I like that. Okay, well, I'm gonna go with John Prine, is gonna be in there. - Yeah. - Give a shout out to Dolly Parton. (cheering) - She's right in there, right? - Speaking of Dolly Parton, like, she famously only followed like 67 people on social media, and you were one of them. - Whoa. - Did you guys ever DM, and what was that about? - She was very supportive. I got to sing at her 50th anniversary at the Grand Ole Opry. We took a photo together. It was kind of like meeting the Queen of England or something, and we got there, and our dresses got stuck together. Like, my sequins got stuck on her rhinestones. (laughing) I got a googly eye, and I was like, "I don't know, I have to just stay here with you." - Oh, wait, so hold on. How long did it take to pry away sequins from rhinestones? - It really took quite a minute, because she had on this extravagant outfit with lots of chains and gold rhinestones and things on it, so yeah, we were stuck there for a minute. - And please tell me that has turned into a country song. - That's what counts. It needs to be a thing. - It sounds like a jump-by-ass song. - Yeah. - It's a bunch of rhinestones. - Yeah. - Well, Margot, it's been so great talking to you, but we've asked you here to play a game we're calling. From days of unrest to nights of unrest. - Your new album is called Days of Unrest, so we decided to ask you about nights of unrest, or sleepwalking. Answer two out of three questions correctly, and you'll win our prize for one of our listeners. Alza, who's Margot playing for? - Janelle Thomas of Cleveland, Ohio. - All right, thanks. (cheering) Here's your first question. Since Sonatti Red's picture, Brock Burke is a, quote, "lifetime sleepwalker," so it wasn't great for his roommates back in the minors when he did what? Was it A, stand up, yell grenade, make an explosion sound, and get right back into bed? Or B, sit full upright, say, "I am a robot," and then make beeping noises for half an hour? (audience laughing) Or was it C, lean over his roommates bed and start loudly arguing ball and strike calls? (laughing) - Ooh. That's tough, but I think I'm gonna go with C. - Would you really go with C? - Should I? - I mean, I'm just saying like if you had another choice, what would that up? - Okay, I'll be right back. - I think you should think of a very explosive choice. - Okay, yeah. A. - Oh, A. - Oh, hey. - Wow. - Yes. (cheering) - Danielle, grenade, that's so good. You're so good at this. - So small. - Awesome thing. - You know everything. I was really nervous about this today. (laughing) - So, it's right here, yelled grenade. Here is your next question. Another famous sleep walker is Keith Richards, who says he was sleepwalking when he did what? Was it A, wrote and recorded the main guitar riff for satisfaction? Was it B, bought two kilograms of cocaine? (laughing) Or was it C, called his manager, and agreed to do a solo album? (audience laughing) I'm gonna say B. - I read it like B. - B is cool, but it's not satisfying. (audience laughing) - All right, Keith A. - Yes, action. - Yes. - Wow. - Yes. - Here's the story. Apparently, he was sleeping when he recorded the riff, and when he played the tape back in the morning, it was just that iconic song, and then like 40 minutes of snoring. (laughing) All right, Marco here's your last question. Sleep talking can be just as weird. One woman reported on Reddit that her husband stayed in bed, but did spend entire night repeatedly doing what? Was it A, playing the main guitar riff from satisfaction? (laughing) Was it B, celebrating his recent election as the mayor of Pumpkin Town? - Or was it C, complaining that his pillow was, quote, "being a little stinker"? (audience laughing) - B. - B. - That's right. - I was gonna guess B anyway. (audience laughing) - It's me. He sat up. He said, "We shall call it Pumpkin Town," and gave his wife his watch like it was the key to the city, and then murmured, "I'm the mayor of Pumpkin Town." (laughing) - He got the rest of the night, and that's how that went down. Alzo, how did Marco do on our quiz? - She did a great job. All on her own, she got three out of three. - So much. - So much. - Thank you. Thank you. - Oh my God. - It's all about collaborate. - That's right. (audience applauding) - So impressive. Marco Price is a singer, songwriter, who's part of the 80 years of John Pryon, tribute concert in Chicago, her new album, Days of Unresses Out Now. Marco Price, thank you so much for joining us on. Wait, wait, don't tell me. (audience cheering) (upbeat music) Next up, we sidle up to the salad barn, our listener, Limerick Challenge game, call 1-8-8, wait, wait, to join us on air. Stay tuned for more, wait, wait, don't tell me. From NPR. (upbeat music) - From NPR, NWB Easy Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, don't tell me. The NPR news quiz, I'm Alzo Slade. We're playing this week with Mo'Raca, joy on Nicole Johnson, and Katie Nolan. And here again is your host at the Studebraker Theater in Chicago, Illinois, McGeein Far Side. (audience cheering) - Thanks, Oslo. (audience cheering) In just a minute, one of America's top 10 unfinished, limbic-based games, it's the listener limbic challenge. If you'd like to play, give us a call at 1-888, wait, wait, that's 1-888, 9-248, 9-24, but first. We have some more questions for the panel. Joy L. - Yes. - The new electric Mazda has an external speaker that sends preset warning messages to pedestrians who are about to cross the street. But drivers have found that you can also use the speaker to tell pedestrians what. - Oh, Lord. (audience laughing) Back up off me. - You know what, I'm gonna give that to you, to basically to F right off. (audience cheering) - Because the new Mazda just launched in Australia, plays preset messages like look up from your phone or please proceed first, but you can type in anything for it to say. - What? - So it's right. It's so cool. - The cars were telling pedestrians look up from your f-ing phone and walk faster, dirt bag. (audience laughing) Those are funny, but it could be more effective. Like, can you imagine walking in front of a car right as it says, "Lord, forgive me for what I'm about to do." (audience laughing) - That's crazy. Why would you let your car talk? Anything I type, it's gonna say. - Would you ever watch a night ride? - I know, I've always heard the talk is hard. - Well, people like it, nightriders talking to you. This is just to other pedestrians. - I love it. - Wait, what would you have your car say? - I don't like your outfit. (audience laughing) - Well, you know the first pedestrian to experience this thing is gonna be absolutely mystified. Like, did that hatchback just call me a bitch? (audience laughing) Katie, there's a new Halloween trend this year. Instead of giving out candy to trick-or-treaters, some houses are giving out what? - Oh boy. - Yeah. - Is it finally the drugs? They've been telling us they sneak into their candy. Let's say dental floss? - Let me give you a hint. - Perfect, so not close. - They're calling it, and this is true. Trick-or-reading. Books? - Books, that's right. - Okay. (audience cheering) - All right, give it, yeah, give it like it. Giving out books instead of candy is a great way to both spread the joy of reading and make absolutely sure your little free library gets vandalized late at night. (audience laughing) Like, what do you even say? Here you go, kid, take this copy of Infinite Gest. - It's fun-size. (audience laughing) - This is where kids are like, candy corn ain't so bad at all. (audience laughing) Behave, or I'm giving you the power broker for Halloween. (audience laughing) - I don't think it's the best way to convince kids to read books by taking away their expected candy and replacing it with a book. - I don't think they're gonna go, - Yes! - It's new levels away. - I love this. - I love this. - I'm gonna say, I was that nerd though. Like if you had gave me the babysitter's club, oh, I'd have been sitting outside your house like a straight cat. (audience laughing) - It's also so hard to read when your mask keeps slipping down. There's a lot of costumes that it would not be easy to read a book in. - Yeah. - Oh, that's why the KKK don't read. (audience laughing) - I was a ghost, not a Plansman, that Halloween. (audience laughing) - Let it go, Toyel. (audience laughing) (upbeat music) - 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 wanna play on air, you can call or leave a message at 1-888, wait, wait, wait, that's 1-888-924-892-4. You can see us most weeks right here, at the Studebaker Theater in downtown Chicago, and join us on the road. We'll be in Kalamazoo, Michigan, coming up on October 22nd, and in normal Illinois on November 12th, for tickets and information to all our live events, go to nprpresents.org. Hi, you're on, wait, wait, don't tell me. - Hi, this is Parker Webster, calling from Minneapolis, Minnesota. (audience cheering) - Hi, Parker, what are you doing, Minneapolis? - Spent time at the river, take my dogs to the dog park. - This sounds like a good regular dude. - Yeah, you sound pretty like, you're pretty zen over there, in Minneapolis. - Exactly, yeah. - Well, welcome to the show, Parker. Also, Slade is gonna read three news related lemurics with the last word of phrase missing from each. If you can fill in that last word of phrase correctly on two lemurics, you win. Here's your first lemuric. - The insidious makers say needle. We'll make puffy treats with extra heat. The purveyors of horror turn snack food explorers with the scary, spiced hot flaming. - Cheetos. - That's right, Cheetos. Though they're mostly known for incredibly popular horror movies and TV shows, Blumhouse Studios announced a new collaboration just in time for Halloween. The flavor of fear, spicy Cheetos, and the scariest part, when you eat them in the dark, you won't need to lick your fingers because you'll feel someone else licking them for you. (audience laughs) The flavor of your Cheetos are coated with a sweet phantom heat that'll quote, "Tingle and fizz before leaving your mouth numb." And that proves the name is dead on because nothing in this world would scare me more than putting a Cheeto in my mouth and having it fizz. (audience laughs) - I just settled for pot rocks. Remember those? - Yes. - Not Cheetos, just pot rocks. - Yeah, yeah, pot rocks. Would you guys eat any scary snacks? Are you putting a Cheeto fizz up in that mouth? - Well, when you say it like that. (audience laughs) - All right, here's your next limerick. - To drinking our shots, I'm confessing, but I do get a full vegan blessing. With cilantro and chives, I feel fully alive. I am knocking back green goddess. - Trust him. - That's right, a cook cook author on a book to her handed out samples of vegan green goddess salad dressing. And notice, people were knocking them back like shots. So she decided to add vodka, and now they're calling it the swampy Mary, which is like a great way to ruin vodka while also ruining your salad dressing. (audience laughs) - I would drink it. (audience laughs) - The salad dressing or the swampy Mary. - Both, it's, I often eat it, taste dressing, and I go, I wish it was socially acceptable, take a sip of this. And now, with vodka in it, it is. - So you're at home by yourself, just knocking down like balsamic vinaigrette. - It's, yeah, usually like a, or sometimes you get a nice ranch that's watery in the right way, and you're like, I could really swirl that, take a shot of that. - You see like a cany in her apartment, like, you know, passed out with like, Paul Newman's bottles and all of that. (audience laughs) - It sounds delicious. - All right, here's your last limerick. - These chirps are completely absurd. They're so loud that my vision is blurred. Big beaks that are wide will get under my hide. I am finding the world's loudest. - Birds. - That's right. (audience cheers) - This week, scientists announced they're getting closer to figuring out what is the loudest bird. Finally, one of the contenders is the red-legged seryema of South America, an obvious choice. But the North American loudest bird might be the Canadian goose. And I don't know about the loudest, but despite being from Canada, it definitely is the biggest jerk. (audience laughs) - You guys have any, like, contenders for loudest bird out there? - Yeah, Megan Kelly. (audience laughs) - Okay, so give me a couple of those swampy marries. I'll be the world's loudest bird. Alzo, how did Parker do? - 3 out of 3, perfect score. Congratulations. (audience cheers) - Parker, thank you so much for playing the game. - Thank you. - Goodbye. (audience applauds) - Now on to 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 worth two points. Alzo, can you give us the scores? - Of course, Joyelle and Moe are tied up at two and Katie has the lead with three. - Okay. - Hey. - So, Joyelle and Moe, because you're tied, I'm going to randomly choose Joyelle to go first. - Yeah. - Here we go. - The clock will start when I begin your first question. Fill in the blank. On Wednesday, the CDC said it was monitoring people traveling to the US from Siberia after a lab worker there died from the blank. - Oh, the plague. - Right. This week, tropical storm Isaiah is intensified into the first blank of the Atlantic storm season. - Hurricane. - Right. According to a new report, donations to the Kennedy Center failed by approximately blank percent after Trump's name was added. A lot of percent. That's correct. That's right, 100%. This week a man in Ohio was jailed for sending blank to a state senator. Oh, his dirty panties. Close, a picture of a shark's penis. On Wednesday, the CDC confirmed that Pennsylvania had suppressed 1,000 blank cases. Measles, because people are stupid and not vaccinating their kids. Right. On Thursday, Poet and Carson won the blank prize in literature. No bell? Right. This week a teacher in Iowa's fired after her school discovered she was offering extra credit to any student who blanked. [LAUGHTER] Two, um, they're really good on a test. Any student who gave her money for her vacation funds. The teacher was fired after administrators discovered she was offering extra credit to any student who gave her cash for her trip to Ecuador. Staff at the school argued that it was unfair to her students, but ask any kid if they'd rather write a 10-page paper for good five bucks to their teacher. And you'll see there was no crime here. Crazy. Also, how did Joyel do? She got five right for 10 more points total of 12. Good job, Joyel. I did it, good job. All right, uh, Mo, you're up next. Fill in the blank. According to new data by 2030, Kabul could become the first major city to run out of blank. Water. Right. This week election officials warned that the postal service may delay mail-in blanks. Ballot. Right. As a Senate race between Ken Paxson and James Talleriko, Titans Trump held a campaign rally in blank. Texas. Right. This week, the state of California as they start up to please stop staging fights between blanks and blanks. Between sharks and jets. No, that's New York. Bloods and cramps. Between robots and YouTubers. On Wednesday, the WHO released the first global guidelines for measuring childhood blank. Obesity. Right. On Monday, blank announced they were again raising ticket prices for their theme parks. Oh, Disney. Right. This week, fishing boats off the Florida Keys say they keep reeling in what they call square grouper, which is their name for blank. Oh, which is the one that has square patties, is that? Is that when 20s? 20s. This is racquet-filled in the back. Yeah. [LAUGHTER] Oh, take your time, oh, take your time. Keep it going. Discarded Wendy's patties. Nice. So close. Bricks of cocaine. Oh, my god. According to Fisherman, a reeling up plastic wrapped bricks of drugs floating off the Florida Keys is actually pretty common. Authorities are reminding fishers to always practice catch and release gently returning the brick back to the water to help maintain a healthy cocaine population. I also how did Moe do? Five right. 10 more points total of 12. Still tied with Joel. Good job, Moe. So how many does Katie need to win? She needs five to win. All right. Katie, this is for the game. On Monday, Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at lowering blank prices. Gas? Right. On Tuesday, Paramount finalized their merger with blank. Warner Brothers? Right. This week, the White House told blank agents to increase their daily arrests. Ice? Right. Oh. On Wednesday, McDonald's was sued for using a blank tool to adjust prices. AI? Right. This week, police in North Carolina pulled over two men who were caught driving blank on a public roadway. lawnmowers? A couch set on top of two electric scooters. You got to do what you got to do. Despite market uncertainty, AI giant blank is still expected to hold an IPO in November. So what are these stupid companies called? Do picks it. Anthropics? That's the one. On Thursday, Joe Rogan renewed his massive podcast deal with music streamer blanks. Spotify? Right. This week, in a woman who was caught posing as a substitute teacher at a high school in Milwaukee, said she only did it because she loves blank so much. Well, is it learning? Because she loves yelling at kids so much. The woman got through three full periods just yelling at the kids before someone figured out she wasn't a real teacher. That's fun that it took three periods. That's two whole periods of students being like, yeah, this situation really makes sense. Also, how did Katie do? Did she do well enough to win? Katie needed five to win. She got five right for 10 more points. Total of 13 and the win. Congratulations, Katie. Thank you. Thank you. In just a minute, we'll ask our panelists to predict, after digger, what'll be the next big Hollywood flop? But first, let me tell you that. Is a production of NPR and WBEZ Chicago in association with Urgent Haircut Productions, Doug Berman, Benevolent Overlord. Philip Goldico writes, "Our Limericks, "Our public address announcer is Paul Friedman. "Our ops manager is Justira Vardeck. "Thanks to the staff and crew at the Studebaker Theater. "BJ Leaderman composed our theme. "Our program is produced by Jennifer Mills, "Miles Dornboss, and Lillian King. "Special thanks to Mohanet, El Shaky, "Jane, Hoffman, and Dom Banias. "Regular thanks to Peter Gwynn. "Emma Choi is our vibe curator, "technical direction, Lorna White. "Our CFO is Colin Miller. "Our production manager is Robert Newhouse. "Our senior producer is Ian Chilagg. "The executive producer of Wayway Don't Tell Me "is Mike Danforth. "Now, panel, what'll be the next big Hollywood flop? "Kady Nolan? "It's called, you can't see anything. "And it's a documentary about the Youngstown Museum "of Glow in the Dark Art, "but they forget to buy the black light. (audience laughs) "Moraka! "To redeem himself, Tom Cruise will star "in a remake of "Waterworld." (audience laughs) - Joyel Nicole Johnson. - We usually know him as Medea, but what happens when he puts on Stilettos, a scowel, and white face? It's Tyler Perry's Melania. (audience laughs) - And if any of that happens, we'll ask you about it on "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me." - Thank you, El Shaky. Thanks also to Katie Nolan, Joyel Nicole Johnson, and Maraka, and thanks to all of you for listening, I'm Nekin Frasad, filling in for Peter Segal, and we'll see you next week. (audience cheers) (upbeat music) - This is NPR.