KURTIS: The CDC at this point is like, what do you think you should do? SAGAL: All right, your next quote is from Mohanad Elshieky on Twitter. That's exactly how I would get my game face on, Maeve. HIGGINS: I've seen other people doing it.
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It would happen just by accident, of course, because I had no way of knowing how to do it. SAGAL: That you would bus - get on the bus, go out to a track meet.īODETT: I thought someday it might happen. And for whatever reason, it didn't bother me that much that I couldn't actually. SAGAL: And you never once, not once managed to actually pole vault?īODETT: Nope. So you were the pole vaulter on your high school track team? SAGAL: (Laughter) Well, wait a minute, Tom. So I would call that - I would get the pokies (ph), you know, like. But my freeze was like, if I just hit the box with that pole, that was a win for me because that meant I wasn't going to just skid on my face while the pole went stabbing under the mat. And I never once in practice or competition successfully made it over the bar. Well, I - you know, I was the only pole vaulter on the Sturgis High School's freshman track team because nobody else went out for it. Do all elite athletes experience something similar? Do swimmers get the drownies (ph)? Do divers deal with cannonballies (ph)? Do fencers get the stabbies (ph)? We don't know.īODETT: Yeah. SAGAL: It's interesting if - I mean, that's gymnastics. In other words, they suddenly understand what it's like to be the rest of us all of the time. They suddenly don't know which end is up or how they're going to land. It's this terrifying phenomenon sometimes endured by elite gymnasts as they're twisting and flying through the air. This is something gymnasts know about, but we've just learned. SAGAL: Now, we should explain, she cited the twisties. KONDABOLU: I feel like we should send them a Kardashian as revenge or something. KONDABOLU: Every time Piers Morgan says anything, I feel like it's an act of war by the United Kingdom. SAGAL: Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast ever to put on a leotard, withdrew from the Olympics and immediately got criticized by insecure men around the world, like Piers Morgan, whose own gymnastics career ended when they told him for the final time, no, you can't put in a quarter and ride the pommel horse. SAGAL: That was somebody explaining why she withdrew from the Olympic gymnastics competition at the last minute. KURTIS: I'm having a little bit of the twisties. If you can correctly identify or explain just two of them, you will win our prize - any voice from our show you might choose on your voicemail. SAGAL: So, Kristen, you're going to play Who's Bill This Time? Bill Kurtis is going to read you three quotations from this week's news. SAGAL: And finally, a humorist who attempts mind control on his own mind. SAGAL: Next, it's the comedian you can see in the very funny movie, "Extra Ordinary," streaming on Showtime and Amazon.
First up, his Netflix standup special is "Warn Your Relatives," and his documentary, "The Problem With Apu," is available on HBO Max. SAGAL: Well, Kristen, let me introduce you to our panel this week. For me, I know it's Lolla time when I'm walking around downtown Chicago constantly going, do your parents know you're dressed that way? Do your parents know you're dressed that way? Do your parents know you dress that way?ĭUNCAN: I literally had the same thought bubble in my head most of the day today. Most of our customers wear a lot more clothing than the ones that are in now this weekend. Do you get a lot of Lolla attendees at the Renaissance Hotel?ĭUNCAN: We do, indeed. So many people may not know this, this weekend is Lollapalooza. I work in Chicago as the general manager at the lovely Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel. What do you do there?ĭUNCAN: Well, I actually work in the city. KRISTEN DUNCAN: Hi, this is Kristen Duncan (ph). Now let's welcome our first listener contestant. But you don't have to prove your worth to play our games.
In the United Kingdom, you only get to be a quiz show host once you show you can do everything else, which is the exact opposite of how it works here. And if that weren't impressive enough, he is a long-time quiz show host. Later on, we are going to be joined by Stephen Fry. And here's your host, a man who got visibly uncomfortable when I said squeeze those peaches, Peter Sagal. Pop the prosecco, and squeeze those peaches. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: The following program was taped before an audience of no one.īILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT. He's done it all, so we'll ask him about people who've done almost nothing, one-hit wonders. Stephen Fry is an actor, comedian, author and quiz show host.