First, I must give credit where credit is due. If not for Gayatri obsessively listening to Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me, I would never have known and never realized one of my true dreams.
What’s the true dream I am speaking of? Why its Carl Kassell’s voice on my voicemail message!
Many weeks back, I submitted my request to be a contestant on the show and lo and behold it finally happened. I was the first contestant and played the game “Who’s Carl This Time?” where Carl reads three quotes and I have to identify the speaker or related news story.
Besides the fact that I sounded like a complete and utter goober (no really, I did; it was kind of pathetic) I was successful in identifying all three quotes correctly!
Shortly, I should be receiving a call from the Wait Wait staff where they’ll provide me information on how to claim my über-prize!
If you want to know when it will be playing in your area (all 5 of you that read this blog, that is) check the NPR schedule thing.
One public radio goal down, one to go. Yeah, that’s right. I desperately yearn to be a guest commentator on Marketplace.
2 responses so far ↓
1 chris // Jul 11, 2008 at 9:43 am
You realize, of course, that I must now go on the show myself and beat your score. And I’m not gonna settle for just one-upping you, I’m going for five out of three! Seriously, though, congratulations!
2 Nathan // Jul 12, 2008 at 9:08 am
Awesome! Congrats
Let us know when you’ve claimed your über-prize, so we can call you at strange hours of the night in hopes of getting sent to voicemail.
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