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Everybody thank you so much we have a great show for you today as per usual later on we're going to be talking to the comedian Zach Galifianakis about his new movie Between 2 Ferns the movie. This is a movie based on his hit Internet talk show in which he invites on celebrities and takes great care to make his interviews hilariously awkward and uncomfortable the joke is on him because we do it without even trying. The only nice to you give us a call the number is one AAA Wait Wait that's 188-892-4812 extension 4 now let's welcome our 1st listener contestant Hi you're on Wait Wait Don't Tell me try this in the back of the can be I'm calling from Woodland Park New Jersey Woodland Park New Jersey Yeah I'm from Jersey what do you do there I don't know where the Academy of Music with my husband whole wonderful So you're teaching music to kids yes yes I have a rule I never make fun of people who do that because I believe that you are giving them magical powers I don't know many not so many magical powers to convince them of that and then maybe they'll practice I'm. Ok Well welcome to the show Rebecca let me introduce you to our panel this week 1st it's a comedian and director whose series misfits and monsters is available on Amazon it's great to have him back Bobcat Goldthwait is here. Next the feature writer for the Style section of The Washington Post it's Miss Roxanne Roberts was. Finally it's a comedian you can see at the Denver improv Tobar 11th through the 13th and he's the host of the new podcast fear not it's Alonzo boat and. We're back to welcome to the show we're glad to have you you're going to play Who's Bill This Time Bill Kurtis is going to perform for you 3 quotations from the week's news if you can correctly identify or explain just 2 of them you'll win our prize any voice from our show you might choose on your voicemail you ready to go but let's your 1st quote is a rhetorical question there's anybody dumb on off to believe that I would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader. Who. So who doesn't believe that people are dumb enough to believe something that happens all the time . I didn't. Think you'd be President Trump very good. So sometime this last summer the president made a quote promise to a foreign leader and somebody in the intelligence community was so upset they filed a whistleblower report by law that report is supposed to be handed to Congress but the White House said no. So we don't know yet what the president actually said or to whom he said it but whatever it is it must be worse than the stuff we already know about. And that can only mean he has sold the earth to the aliens. You know just leave me a golf course and some models you can. Everybody else yeah I think you know what in his mind as a foreign leader he truly may have been on the phone with Mayor Mickey's. Trying to get a golf course opened up in a McDonald's It's exhausting it really is you know what else is exhausting and our hearts go out to this person whoever it is the intelligence agents whose job it is is to listen to all of Donald Trump's phone calls like he's always that's always the person I feel sorry for any topic there are experts and intelligent people around that have to listen to him you know like with the hurricane they're a meteorologist that are trained right and they see him with a crayon. And you know all it's going on is their head like I need to my kids are in schools and all the people around and it's a little bit like Frank Sinatra had valet named Guinea jelly and once during Thanksgiving dinner Don Rickles told me this story and. They had it at his house and Frank got his car and hit the wrong pedal and drove into the living room right in the car right and Jilly only thing you could say was that's funny boss I'm. Here is your next quote. I've always been more enthusiastic about cost to us than is sometimes appropriate that was a very prominent politician reacting to photos that surfaced this week of him going to black face who was it this guy. Intruder Yes Justin Trudeau a prime minister of Canada. People who are so done how could such a good looking charming guy end up being such a jerk the only people who saw that coming was every woman who's ever live. Time magazine found a picture of the Canadian prime minister are wearing brown face as they call it up there complete with a turban for a raid be a night fim party back in 2001 and to those who don't know 2001 took place after 865 the prime minister had a press conference where he apologized so much even Canadians were like Dude tone it down. This is a tough one yeah. I'm. Not I'm not sure where to go with the yeah no. No I actually met him did you about 2 years ago completely randomly I was doing a show in Ottawa and someone who worked at Parliament invited by did all 3 comics to tour Parliament the other 2 blew it off but I went because we weren't doing anything and after lunch they were like Do you want to meet Justin Trudeau and I was like yeah I mean when am I going to get to meet a head of state who knew I should a hit him yeah I think you know. Him Yeah I didn't know but this this is and he said like he said now he knows it's racist Yeah but back then yeah well you know it was it in the organise in time 2000 and yes so do we do we do we chalk this one up to the high alcohol content of Canadian beer I don't know so he may lose his job but his political career is not necessarily over he can always be prime minister of alibi. Emma. Who would think the Republican Party would be anxious to welcome a comedian I know. That's an immigrant who understands us All right Rebecca your last quote is The New York Daily News describing a crime committed in England this week that shocked the world the bobbies are flush you got the chav who nicked the loo at the British Bulldogs flat so that was a story about the amazing brazen theft of what. Twilight Yes a gold toilet the solid gold. The Solid Gold working toilet was installed in a palace in England as part of an art exhibit the title of this artwork was America . And you know we deserve that. So sometime last week somebody walked in unbolted it it is a working toward I was a working toilet and bolted it and walked out with it's a toilet made of gold in a palace and it had less security than the toilet at Starbucks. The primary suspect who they have caught is reportedly planning on going with the defense well that didn't flush and I panicked. We've been there. They still haven't recovered the toilet but when they do the owner says he'll be quite relieved. How do they. Do that I said I to understand unbolting part that tones are make sure I don't you know how you do it you have a hand truck and a clipboard. Because actually already you. Can walk somewhere like you're supposed to be there you have a clipboard nobody ask questions you write like oh it's a toilet moving guy yeah. He's here to move to talk about be at a different rate like yeah got to move it up stairs and just walk right past anyway the stuffed did make news around the world and has already inspired what will be next year's great heist movie Ocean's number 2. Well how did Rebecca do in our quiz Rebecca Nick 3 in a row graduations are back at the. Thank you so much for bringing. Me. My mind. We want to remind everybody they can join us most weeks right here at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago Illinois for tickets and more information go to w dot org where you can find a link at our website wait wait at npr dot org Right now panel it is time for you to answer some questions about this week's news Bobcat police in Ohio pulled over a vehicle that was blasting music while the people inside were drinking beers that is not that unusual What's unusual is that the vehicle was a what it was. There on a ship was a coach you're exactly right it was Amish buggy yeah if this buggies Iraq and I know that. Much I think the bumper sticker usually says if this bug is Iraq and were turned in butter so. So the police you know had this thumping bass and they found this Amish buggy blasting tunes with a case of beer strapped to the top and young Amish men inside drinking other beers the police pulled it over and the kids Amish kids saw it and ran off into the woods but of course the horses kept going. Leading to an exciting slow speed chase. I mean we talk about this we talk about you know about this community and their devotion to their traditional ways but these kids clearly were not that devoted to this way of why. They were just Mitch. I'm. I'm deeply impressed by here is a commitment to sort of tradition and yet it's like a big speaker Yes you don't like giant like this. Out this is buggy. So it was like an underground club right now I thought it was adorable actually. And I think I think hip hop has now. Penetrated every market. I think once you get the jam you pretty much got it I'm a loon take strong the look to the room I'm going to the room to look through no moon going. 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Right now it is time for the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Bluff the Listener game call one triple 8 Wait Wait to play our game on the air Hi you're on Wait Wait Don't Tell me I'm not you know I'm. Find Centanni you say China any Arab where you calling from Chandon I'm gonna take you that's how it was handed down you're calling from the packing dock house in Chinatown Yeah. That's wait a minute I'm all right if you're just drunk wait wait exactly. Right now you were at your 23rd birthday party. So you're at your 25th birthday party are your friends like watching you right now on the phone with you Ok your big hello to all your friends everybody it's. All right well John Dani here's what we're going to do you're going to play our game in which you must try to tell truth from fiction Bill what is Chan Danis topic send in the clown Everybody loves a clown from Pennywise to John Wayne Gacy. This week you read about a clown showing up in an unusual clays for an unusual purpose our panelists are going to tell you about it pick the one who's telling the truth and you'll win our prize the weight waiter of your choice on your voicemail Are you ready to play 1st let's hear from Bobcat Goldthwait Peggy Russell of Leeds England thought surprising her daughter in law Kelly when the clown at Kelly's nursery theme baby shower was a fun idea it was not what Peggy did not know was that Kelly who was 7 and a half months pregnant at the time suffers from chloroform the persistent irrational fear of clowns So when to do the clown entered the party on his unicycle blowing his bicycle horn Kelly scream broke into tears and tossed a box of diapers at the unsuspecting pooty said knocking him off of his unicycle. Then Kelly picked up a recently gifted bass and that stroller to beat. And lifting said stroller out cars or brake or water to go into labor. While the panic showered gas looked on putting her. Room name is Aaron Fisher and his other job is being a e.m.t. At Leeds fire department knew exactly what to do and sprung into action putting reassured Kelly that he was just a man in a clown suit not a murderer satanic demon calmed down and delivered Kelly's healthy 7 lb baby boy. Now beauty is being heralded a hero Peggy who booked a pony for the showers said It's funny how things work out it's actually cheaper to book a clown than the call an ambulance. He said the whole time I was delivering the baby I kept imagining how funny would be a whole bunch of babies kept coming out. Of the Quander was a baby or woman who was scared of. The next story of a clown in a new part of town comes from Roxanne Roberts sex is no laughing matter but it should be say Maxine in Thomas Flint the Scottish husband and wife marriage counselors who specialize in sexual impassibility issues told b.b.c. Radio this week that their most popular program is called clowning around in bed inspired by a performer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011 the flints began incorporating clowns and their paraphernalia into treatment sessions quote the biggest obstacle is shame and embarrassment explained Maxine this lets patients see how silly sex can be the doctor started by putting patients in oversized costumes to take the focus off their bodies to talk about erectile dysfunction they use under inflated balloons. The final assignment couples must attempt to have sex in the back seat of a tiny clown car. While knowing exactly when sex therapy in Scotland and your last story of a clown found. Outside the big top comes from Alonzo Boden getting fired can be tough but at least the country of New Zealand has a heart when called to what they call a redundancy meeting employees are allowed by law to bring someone with them for emotional support most people bring a friend or spouse advertising exact Josh Thompson brought a clown and emotional support clown. He got an email requesting a meeting with management which told him of his legal right to bring a support person Josh fearing the worst but hoping for the best said quote I thought either way it's best to bring in a professional so I paid $200.00 and hired a clown. Sure enough he was fired but the clown did his job while Josh signed the papers giving him Severance the clown mind crying big clown tears. Though Josh did say quote It was rather noisy him making balloon animals so we had to tell him to be quiet from time to time. Happily a picture taken of the redundancy meeting with Josh dresser business and the clown dressed for clowning went viral So everybody came out well Josh got another job in advertising and presumably the clown will be getting lots more bookings. Sure a firing isn't as much fun as a kid's birthday party said the clown but with Chapter 2 in theaters now a clown can't be too choosy about work. All right. To work around you showed up in person or in spirit in an unusual place and we found out about it this week was it from Bobcat Goldthwait pooty the clown sent to a baby shower scares the woman so much induces labor and then he helps the delivery from Roxanne clowns being used in sex therapy in Scotland just to take you know the tension out of the equation or from Alonzo an emotional support clown accompanied a guy in New Zealand as he was getting fired which of these is the real story of an unexpected clown in the news I'm going to let you know I'm gonna save the emotional part you've got to go the most. Ok I'm sorry so your choice is Alonzo's story of the emotional support clown at the firing Well we spoke to a reporter who covered the real story a man in the air and but called into work metering and care he would be laid off and he hired him to come. Back what happened that was to Barnaby after waiting for him desk at The Washington Post because democracy dies in darkness I'm not sure. About the emotional support clown in New Zealand Alonzo is telling the truth he gets a point but more importantly you got it right you win a prize call it a birthday present if you will the boys have any way to Congratulations on that. And now the game where we ask people who have risen to the highest levels to come down back to ars It's called Not My Job So that dolphin access is a comedian and movie star but he may be most well known for his Internet series between 2 ferns in it. He interviews real celebrities and says really mean things to them and some of the celebrities do not then arrange to have him killed between 2 ferns is now a movie it's premiering on Netflix and Zach Galifianakis joins us now son welcome to Wait Wait Don't Tell me thank you very much. So. I watched the movie which is hilarious and has a q. And has a bunch of Between 2 Ferns interviews and celebrities actually want to be on your show right they want to come and do this. But. I don't know I mean I don't really know why they would want to do it. But it's not a prank show I'm not trying to prank anyone and if I understand correctly you tell the celebrities their job is basically to sit there and just well I tell them they don't have to be funny they just have to sit there. And be weirded out yeah. And we will give them and salt to give back to me but sometimes in the moment we just get talking and the insults kind of slide naturally. I have kind of an interview short. The person and I don't want to reveal what it was but the person was acting so well I thought they were going to just choke me out of parking lot really so that somebody was acting so it's so upset at your character that you honestly thought that this was going that badly and I kind of said we're done to the director and he said we don't have anything and I said well I want my life no matter what little you can you can say Florence Henderson. But you know it but it turned out that person just wasn't that great of an actor I was just fooled by them so but I don't try I'm not trying to hurt anybody's feelings I just I'm trying to cause weirdness Yeah but it is amazing for example. You did one with President Obama Oh yeah I forgot about the oh yeah and so you know it's your mind. And and so you're you're going to go to the White House when they were rolling out Obamacare your bomb maker thing and they were trying to get around to things the youth might watch and so when you got a chance to go do this bit with President Obama what did you say to yourself I just couldn't believe you know even when we got to the White House I was I just thought they were going to that it was never going to happen. And I was nervous and actually I sat on some historic furniture that was roped off. At the White House twice really different times I mean was a bit of like a rope tie between the you know the yeah and it was next to the war room and it was the war room or the Map Room and. I didn't know that there was a rope still that rope situation and I had sat down on one of the seats and then a security guard blew is whistle of my ear. And then I I was so nervous I did it again. Jack this is Roxanne Roberts did the president have any sense of or do any of this Liberties Union do you have any sense when you start what you're going to ask or is it all news to them as you ask and I couldn't promise nation I don't give them the questions ahead of time. With President Obama though because of limited time that one was more scripted than the others but he just kind of ran with it and a lot of that is impromptu really really so. In the your interview with President Obama you sit with the then present a united states and you say if I remember correctly how does it feel to be the last black president. And you said that to him. And I legitimately thought he was about to kill you. But he doesn't have to kill me has people around that. That was one of the questions where I asked his speech writer had pointed to that question before we taped it and I said Has he seen that question. And the speech writer looked at me and said Yeah I think so and just walked off like of course he has it's either. So when you were sitting there with the president and you didn't know that he knew you were about to ask that and you did anyway. I'm playing an idiot so when you're playing and you kind of get away with things because part of the comedy for this thing is how not to be as a human being right yes so I don't know he just took it in stride and he his response I think was made up yeah well what do you remember his response. He just he I I can't remember exactly what it says which is weird because I watch it 60 times a day yeah. I would too I have this I have to say and I've seen baskets which is great as well you often play people who are terrible people they're just they're not self-aware and they're not nearly as talented as they think they are they're mean to people that's correct so when will you be running for president yeah I'm. Going. To be right back Allison I guess we have asked you here to play a game we're calling between 2 Dern sweet we've been talking about between 2 ferns but what do you know about the durned specifically Bruce and Laura Dern the father daughter team of actors into 2 to 3 questions about the durned and you'll win our prize for one of our listeners the voice of anyone that they might choose from our show Bill who is Zach Galifianakis playing for Johnny Mays of Austin Texas this month's winner of our smart speaker quiz just ask you or Alexa or google home enabled device to open the wait wait quiz and be like Johnny. I feel vaguely cheap. I'm being allowed back to use AK Are you ready to play this game yeah right here's your 1st question Bruce Dern got his start by getting rave reviews in a Broadway play in 1958 What was unusual about his role was it a he remained entirely still and entirely side. And for the entire play be he spent only 52 seconds on stage or c He played of the rear end of a horse. It is if you see he played the rear end Yeah yeah it was actually be that's what I'm at now I understand. The theater critic Walter care wrote of the play which he did not like quote the play saving grace is a 52 2nd performance by a hitter for unknown actor named Bruce Stern. By the start of the off alright you still 2 more chances there's no problem Bruce Dern later it was hardly criticized for another role he even received death threats for doing it why a he played the title role in the misunderstood miscellany. Be he shot John Wayne in the back or c. He shot Raquel Welch in the front. Oh boy. Is it for me again this is for you yeah. B. You're right it is be putting. Someone in the back currently nobody had ever done this to John Wayne in his entire movie career no villain had ever successfully killed John Wayne for the end of the movie and John Wayne on set said to Bruce Dern you know people are going to hate you for this and Brewster and said to him yeah but they're going to love me and Berkeley. The great line all right so that we've been talking about Brewster and the father let's talk about Laura Dern once while working on a David Lynch movie that Laura Dern told a producer you're in a David Lynch movie Dude you got to sit back and enjoy the ride what was she referring to a David Lynch and just announced that for the rest of the filming the catering would just be ice cubes in the shape of demons. B. David Lynch I just told the producer from now on Laura Dern over there is a kitty cat and you are Laura Dern or see David Lynch had told. A producer he needed quote a one legged woman a monkey and a lumberjack by 3 15 pm. What are people saying in the audience that you get a bunch of David Lynch fans the right in they're all saying yes yeah you're right it was c. . And in fact the producer got them but not until 4 pm. Bill how did Zach Galifianakis do in our quiz you did very well Zach good graduation he got 2 out of 3 Congratulations. Zach Galifianakis is a comedian and he is the star of Between 2 Ferns the movie it is streaming now on Netflix thank you so much sac Alpha Thank you I. Think there's. Been just a minute Bill opens with the Sicilian Defense gambit in the Listener Limerick Challenge call 18 to join us on the air we'll be back in a minute with more of Wait Wait Don't Tell me from n.p.r. . News welcomes how I built this with Guy Roz to Denver for a live show Nov 13th a conversation with author products Kurt Richardson about his entrepreneurial journey tickets on sale now at Paramount Denver dot com. 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News quiz I'm Bill Kurtis We're playing this week with Alonzo Boden Bobcat Goldthwait and Roxanne Roberts and here again is your host at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago Peter Segall thank you Bill yesterday at the system and still serenade us with the selection from I'm rhymin knocked limericks if you like to play give us a call at one AAA Wait Wait that's 188-892-4894 right now panel some more questions for you from the week's news Roxanne just in time for Halloween this year you can dress as a sexy whom. I'm pretty sure this is the sexy Mr Roger it's tragic I mean. It's wrong it's so wrong these are the same people know many level same people who brought you the sexy corn and sexy Handmaid's Tale outfits last year. This year this costume sexy Mr Rogers It's called the be my neighbor costume kit. Copyright reasons it comes with grey hot pants with a belt a revealing cardigan and a little collar and tie just the thing for guaranteeing every kid who sees you has a lifetime of therapy. Is the costume for men or women in costume as depicted is shown on a on a on a female my Ok I don't want to be I mean yeah. I mean how does that go is that they're yeah yeah yeah take your shoes off. Yeah yeah but I don't know. Put on another pair of shoes Ok feed the fish feed the fish feed the fish All right let's go to Linda make land of make believe. Or you don't you know the guy who asks his wife or girlfriend to get her to wear that yeah she's got to be like how sick are yeah. Like what brought this on Ok I did the school girl but Mr Rock you know me. Roxanne this week in California a man was arrested for calling in bomb threats to the l.a. County fair after being interrogated he revealed his motive why did he do it. I don't need a hint Well he lives in their basement but he didn't want to spend all day with them Ok so he lives in his parents' basement yes and they wanted to go to the fair and they wanted him to go with him and the only way that he could figure that he could get out of it is by calling in a bomb threat you pieced it together I was already. The 20 something man he's in his twenties had reluctantly agreed to a day with his folks at the l.a. County Fair which by the way if you've never been it's just like a normal county fair except the only animals being judged are sharp pace so. That's not true at night it gets a little messy but yeah it's a little sketchy but. I think the reason he's still living in his parents' basement is that he has minimal problem solving skills probably. Doesn't seem to be good at confrontation Yeah like they say we're going to the fair he go I don't feel like. He's just playing the little I'm like I got a call on a bomb threat Yeah. Yeah I have another I mean seriously you would actually get to choices like fake my own death for you arrive and call in a bomb just a little diarrhea Yeah. Go in the classic Yeah always I mean you know. Oh alright Alonzo a new discovery shows that rats just like us like to do what. Wow . That's all you're going to give you know when you know. Charlie create the world we knew that yeah this Limon usual government looking on I Love New York all right I mean me to him yeah well the even count to 10 with their eyes closed Oh play hide and seek That's exactly right. Researchers have successfully taught rats how to play hide and seek and the rats love it. It's in the study the rats played the game of humans that either hid and waited to be found or they left the human hide and then they go find the human So just remember the next time you walk through a gross alley just yell ready or not here I come in all the racket. By the way this I love this detail that you normally we assume that you train rats with food you know how this all the mantel piece of cheese whatever no they rewarded the rats for learning the game through pickles. All rats like to be tickled I think you are low man on the lab totem pole but when you're the rat picked Yeah. That's your job you know if if the rat Yeah it's the racket around step up it's your time yeah one of the least popular Marvel characters Yeah. You know radical or. You know you're right you can have. Done fine things you. Know. Coming up it's Lightning Fill In The Blank but 1st it's the game where you have to listen for the rhyme if you like to play on air call to leave a message at one AAA Wait Wait that's 188-892-4892 extension 4 or click the contact us link on our website that's wait wait at npr dot org There you can find out about attending our weekly live shows here at the Chase Bank Auditorium in Chicago and our upcoming 1000 show. In Salt Lake City and October 24th yes I want to thank. You want even more wait wait during your week check out our quiz and your smart speaker it goes up every Wednesday it's been let me ask you questions and we hear your responses just say open the wait wait Queen's do well enough you could win a prize Hi you are on Wait Wait Don't Tell me how old is Donald Sorenson in Wakefield Connecticut Hey where is Lakeville Connecticut Donald were tucked in the northwest corner and stayed right near New York and Massachusetts so I say this New York State I mean that's that's like we're a lot of rich people live. When they're around learn weekenders yeah oh yeah a lot of people with their car knives were not among them you like to you like to break into their houses and mess with their stuff no I haven't tried to yeah yeah thanks for the tip All right give it a try and welcome to the show Adonal Bill Kurtis is going to read you 3 news related limericks with the last word or phrase missing from each if you can fill in that last word or phrase correctly in 2 of the limericks you will be a winner you ready to play already all right here is your 1st limerick I am moving my 9 with finesse with my game but play I'm in deep stress all those palms are a threat now I'm dripping with sweat I get fit while I sit playing. Chess exactly right a Stanford research. Brain that chess players can burn 6000 calories a day while playing in tournaments is finally explains why most of the top chess players are so incredibly fit. We assume that's true we have no idea what the top just players look like. They say that the stress of a high stakes chess match elevates your breathing and heart rate to a marathon runner experiences without all that difficult moving. Could this come from with all due respect to nerds nerds that play chess the didn't want to play sports that were like yeah I'd burn the same calories you saying then you say just make you know this up yeah there or something to tell their parents yeah yeah I believe it I'm not going to gym class I'm going to chess club yeah better for me all right here is your next limerick as we buzz about times we have had all us bees think of good things and bad we pollinate memories fondly and tenderly be as can be happy or. So yes very good this week we learned beings have memories and they can tell the difference between a happy positive memory and he sad negative one happy memories are like finding a can of Coke at a picnic table and sad memories are like finding your friends floating in it. So we all knew that bees were smart they can do these dances they can find flowers they can tell their friends how to find it but it doesn't explain why if they have memories they keep stinging people if they know that if they do that they'll die they have to remember the times their friends did that and they died right but maybe the news is then that bees have memories but they're also really dull or maybe they're just like hey views thing him you're going to die like I don't care I hate Day Exactly I'm going to go on doing what I love. All right here is your last limerick my tortilla got hard as a rock Oh now the libraries in for a shock go there's half moon shaped stain isn't hard to explain closed the book Mark I used was a. Moron. Yes I know you know it but my wife and I want to know nothing out of the year a librarian in Indiana discovered a taco smashed between the pages of a recently returned book it was either sloppy bookmark or another attempt by Taco Bell to find a new way to sandwich cheese and meat slurry inside something crunchy. Picture of the improvised bookmark went viral with people calling it a waste of both a good book and a good talk o. Other brands ruined books by dropping their food products on them meanwhile Taco Bell got itself a new slogan Don't day I stop biblio tax. Bill how did Donald do on our quiz the Donald gets credit for 3 in a row but his wife is in there to imagine I see you both when you both want to thank you so much the way Don Ok. You but I take. A reading. 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 now worth 2 points Bill can you give us the scores Bob get in Roxanne each of 2 Alonzo has 3 Ok We have flipped a coin and Bobcat has elected to go 1st so you go the clock will start when I begin your 1st question fill in the blank after a drone attack on Saudi oil facilities the White House announced a new round of sanctions on blank Iran right this week President Trump named hostage negotiator Robert O'Brien his new blank defense No it's national security advisor on Thursday Colt announced they would suspend production of the blank assault rifle are already 15 yeah they are 15 exactly right while discussing the pigeon poop problem here in the city of Chicago a local lawmaker blanked. No it was put upon by a pigeon on Wednesday tropical storm blank caused dangerous flooding in Texas I don't know Imelda you're close to drug smugglers on the run from authorities on the small on the Australia were arrested when their escape plan was foiled by blank sharks know what giant seal sleeping on top of their drug stash. The drug runners pay no attention to the giant seal when they had 2000 pounds of cocaine under a pile of seaweed but when they went back to retrieve the drugs the seal was sleeping on top of it and wouldn't let them near it instead it wanted to stay up all night and go clubbing. That's not really cool story no club. That's the last word you bring up around here is a giant seal the exact out of his mind Ok. Anyway Bill how did Bobcat do on our quiz to write for more points total of 6 Bob Yeah all right that. Roxanne you're up next fill in the blank former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowsky testified on Tuesday during the House Judiciary Committee's 1st blank hearing oh impeachment right on Monday the Working Families Party announced they were backing blank for the 2020 Democratic nomination Elizabeth Warren exactly right this week the White House said they would revoke blank's authority to set its own emissions standards California right on Wednesday teen activists or members of Congress to take immediate action on blank climate change right while directing a reporter to contact her press secretary dept Democratic presidential candidate Tulsa Gabbert blanked she forgot the name of the press secretary exactly right and none of her other staff could remember it either Ok just days after reaching a tentative settlement for fueling the opioid crisis blank filed for bankruptcy produce farm right on Tuesday n.b.c. Universal announced the details of their new blank service Oh they're streaming service called Peacock a California woman who she swallowed her engagement ring woke up and discovered that she had blanked swallowed her and gave her in fact she did she was dreaming she says she was on a train being chased by bad guys and she swallowed her ring to keep them from. Getting it when she woke up she discovered that the phrase it's a dream come true is sometimes not a good thing. All right Bill how did Roxanne do in our it's room but Roxanne got them all right gradually. 16 more points total of 18 she is way from All right here we go how many of those Alonzo need to win 8 Here we go fill in the blank on Sunday President Trump dismissed Democratic calls to impeach blank Cavanaugh right according to a report from the National Park Service construction on President Tom's blank could damage or destroy 2 dozen archaeological sites library no. I'm. Not there yet Alonzo we're talking about the border wall hoping to avoid a recession the Federal Reserve voted to cut blanks on Wednesday interest rate right during a live report on the deadly police chase an anchor for k.t.l.a. In California said she reached out to blank but he was unavailable for comment I don't know the guy being chased I'm going to give it to you she said quote We tried to reach out to the man who died in the pursuit but he was unavailable for comment . On Monday the United Auto Workers went on strike against blank General Motors right best known as the front man for the car's producer a musician blank passed away at 75 Rick Ok sit right a former aide for a New York state senator filed a complaint this week saying the senator intentionally humiliated him by making him blank. And so for you know he says that he tried to make him dress as a leprechaun. Aide Chris Thompson says that state senator Daphne Jordan ordered him to dress as a leprechaun and public quote can be wagging at a parade he says quote She violated my basic human rights by directing me to wear clothes not befitting a 61 year old grown man unquote he was that all was well I'm and contacts thing parade was. In St Patrick's thing that makes sense yes St Patrick's Day the right size they might have said you know. Bill did Alonzo do well enough to win. He's got game he got. Nobody. Just a minute we're going to ask our panelists to predict after the golden toilet what will be the next big heist in the news but 1st let me tell you. The way to. Their home. And rates are available online learning dot com or 1800 progressive that's progressive Home Advisor committed to helping homeowners find the right pro for their home projects homeowners can get. And Western hotels. Including their. Program. Will be the next big. Bobcat Goldthwait. Oil going to go missing going to discover that it's never been used and figure out why been so upset all this time I can tell you that after the battle we're going to ask you about it wait wait don't tell Thank you Bill Kurtis thanks also to Roxanne Roberts I want to go to Bobcat Goldthwait take a look at it. There's Lego Evelyn and. This is n.p.r. This is c.p.r. News k c f r f m Denver the am Boulder and on each t at $90.00 f.m. Case you have seen is also heard on translator k 292 g w in Boulder at one o $6.00 f.m. . And Washington Post a snap judgment story telling what you never heard of. The silver snapped on c.p.r. News and find out more about our program at c.p.r. The largest. From n.p.r. And for the media it's like you know USA I mean of course today we continue our coverage of the field of candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination all kinds of sexism and racism in our criminal justice system which is broken immigration system which is broken and burned you've got the global crisis of climate change I speak with Bernie Sanders and talk about his political revolution tell those working people that we understand they can't afford health care that they're making 10 bucks an hour and they can't afford to live on that and we are going to work with them to create a decent standard of living for all of our people and not just protect the interest of the one percent also on our show haunting images of life in Honduras captured by photographer Thomas a you saw who wants to humanize his people all this and more coming up on that you know USA I might stay with us not in my. Live from n.p.r. News and Washington I'm Winsor Johnston President Trump is speaking alongside the prime minister of Australia in Ohio tonight the 2 leaders are cutting the ribbon on an Australian owned facility and that produces paper products and shipping materials the head of the House Intelligence Committee is calling on President Trump to release the transcript of a phone call he had with the president of Ukraine this summer N.P.R.'s Jim Howard reports Trump continues to deny any wrongdoing during the call that says he did talk about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Trump says he told the Ukrainian president quote We don't want our people like Vice President Biden and his son contributing to the corruption already in Ukraine the president insists he did absolutely nothing wrong well if that's the case then why doesn't the president simply release the transcript of that call House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff said on c.n.n. That whether or not the whistleblower complaint is related to the call the president should release the call transcript and the complaint clearly he's afraid for the public to see either one of those things and we're determined to make sure that the public does several news organizations are reporting that the complaint from a whistleblower in the intelligence community alleges that Trump used the call to push Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son for business dealings in Ukraine John Howard n.p.r. News Washington concerns are mounting about the future of the Irish border if the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without an agreement next month Teri Schultz reports the latest remarks from a top officials signal that new barriers would be built between the Republic of Ireland and British ruled Northern Ireland European Commission president says if no other system is worked out with the British government before it's due to leave the e.u. Next month the Bloc will have no choice but to set up controls on its side of the Irish border the u.k. Says it's not planning to carry out checks in Northern Ireland so younger said in an interview with Sky News Dublin will have to make sure anyone or anything. Crossing in meets e.u. Standards we have to preserve the House and the safety of our citizens the Irish backstop included in that withdrawal agreement reached last year but rejected by the British parliament would keep e.u. Rules in place on the border until a post Breck's it trade agreement is concluded for n.p.r. News I'm Terry Schulze in Brussels authorities in Guatemala say the Central American country has become a transit region for cocaine moving north Maria Martin reports what a mother has long been considered a key region for the transit of drugs but until recently it was thought that most of the cocaine coming north was produced in Colombia Peru and Bolivia now what I'm on an official say 3 cocaine producing laboratories have been discovered since the country declared a state of siege in some regions analysts of long warned that drug cartels excerpt were over politics and water Mala That's Maria Martin reporting this is n.p.r. News from Washington. The Annual Emmy Awards will be held tonight in Los Angeles H.B.O.'s fantasy saga Game of Thrones has earned the most nominations of any television outlet but N.P.R.'s Eric Dagan says there are also several upstart programs that might score surprise wins H.B.O.'s hit fantasy show Game of Thrones is expected to win its 4th or me as best drama series despite fan complaints over how its final season ended this year and its political satire Veep is favored for 4th when his best comedy series featuring star Julia Louis Dreyfus who is poised to win an 8th in the Award as Best comedy actress but the Amazon shows fleabag in the marvelous Mrs Mays all are also strong contenders as Best Comedy Series was AMCs Better Call Saul and f.x. Is pose bring competition in the drama category winners will be announced in Los Angeles at the 71st primetime Emmy Awards which will have no host for the 1st time in 16 years their taggants n.p.r. News the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Musician's Union have reached a tentative agreement on a one year contract N.P.R.'s Amy Held reports the deal which still needs to be ratified would end a week's long standoff for 14 weeks the cash strapped symphony.