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Rachel, let me introduce you to our panel.

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It's Rachel.

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Welcome to the show. You're going to play. Of course, who's bill. This time, both Curtis is going to recreate for you three quotations from the week's news.

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If you can correctly identify or explain just two of them, you will win our prize.

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I'm a little nervous. It's kind of a busy season for me right now.

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Oh, right, right. Well, yeah, here we go here.

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Rachel is your first quote.

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It's not a whole new disease.

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It's not like the pigeon turned into a tiger.

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It's more like a pigeon turned into a pigeon with a mustache That

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was an epidemiologist talking to NPR about the new variant.

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That's going to be pooping on us from above for a while to come.

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What is it?

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Oh,

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true. That's what they, they just tell you that they just tell you that to make you feel better.

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Faith, you know that we thought the pandemic was finally over.

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Then suddenly everybody we knew in the course of a day or two came down with COVID.

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It's fun. This must be what it's like to live in South Dakota.

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Things were getting back to normal.

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We were making travel plans.

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We were arranging. Get together as now, everything is shutting down again.

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It's as if we are transported back to March of 2020, which explains a sudden urge to wash your groceries and make tiger king jokes.

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I can't wait until we get to our makeup is then we'll know it's over.

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Right? Well, That's how we'll know. We just have To get to it.

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There's going to be a whole lot of classic scholars that come out of this whole thing.

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Right? We're all learning the ancient Greek, alphabet, anybody, anybody I'm

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trying to Disneyworld in the middle, like two years ago, I wouldn't have done last year.

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I wouldn't have flown anywhere. And now I guess if I'm going to get Alma Cron, I might as well be in the happiest place on here.

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You got your, we picked the Hills. We're going to die on.

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And you've picked years faith. I mean, there's worst ones.

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I mean it's Disney world.

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Yeah. It's a theme park. And this year, the theme is contagion.

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All right here, Rachel is your next quote.

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It's from time magazine describing their person of the year.

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He dreams of Mars. As he be strived earth square jaw, they haven't been dumb.

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Annabelle. He also likes to live tweet his poops, who is, Is

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this earth of bestriding poop, tweeting behemoth.

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That would be Elon Musk. Elon Musk.

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Exactly right. Elon Musk has been named time magazine person of the year.

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So I guess we're just calling anyone, a person.

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Now people are furious about this, that he got this honor that is typically reserved for heroes like Ben Bernanki and Hitler, Hitler.

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This announcement in time magazine, Wilson shockwaves throughout dentists' waiting rooms about four months from now, But,

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but let us, but, but however, in 1938, when Hitler was named man of the year, there was a real fear her over it.

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Ah, so this guy actually created two industries that people have been dreaming of for decades, practical electrical cars and private space flight.

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This is the stuff of science fiction and he did it and everybody still hates him.

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Can you imagine how much of a jerk you have to be for that to be the case?

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Well, what I think is most impressive about him is that it's like he started the electric car company, not so much because he wanted to make electric cars as he wanted to make a lot of money in order to go to Mars.

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Like, it's really like, it's, it's just the funding phase of his colonization of Mars.

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I mean, this is really big picture stuff.

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Yeah. Cause it's weird. It's like, oh Elon Musk, you created EVs.

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You made them practical and attractive for people.

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You've sold thousands of them. I guess you really want to save the planet.

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And he's like, yeah, yeah, save this planet.

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That's what I'm doing. Yeah.

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All right, Rachel, here is your last quote.

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Cut your mind to it.

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Get it done Because

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it feels so good.

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Once you get to the, The other side that was somebody celebrating a significant achievement, passing a preliminary bar exam in California, despite never even graduating college.

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Who is It that the Kim Kardashians, It

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was Kim Kardashians.

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Keep up with this.

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The most famous person in the world announced this week that she has passed this preliminary bar exam that allows people who did not go to law school to then apprentice with lawyers in the hope of passing the real bar.

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She said, she's quote, not doing it for publicity unquote in an Instagram post shot by a team of professional photographers.

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The exam is called the baby bar and it is considered equivalent to finishing the first year of law school.

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This is wonderful news for the Kardashian family on the day that Kim passed the baby bar, her brother, Rob brought a baby into a bar.

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You know what else? I like, because you know, we, we, we know she lives her life.

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So publicly, I really like that.

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She was so public about her failures. Like she said, I think she said she, she failed what?

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Three times She

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was very open about it. She said that she managed to study again and again and go for it while still maintaining her 24, 7 life as a fashion executive and influencer.

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For example, she posted a photo of herself studying her law books while wearing a tiny bikini.

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So now a lot of people out there have some very confused feelings about torts.

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She, you know, she failed the first time because she spelled class action with a K What's.

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What's interesting is that she says, and again, this is all sincere that she was led to this interest in the law because of the work that she has legitimately done, judicial getting innocent people, clemency, you may remember her showing up with Donald Trump and getting these people released from jail who needed to be released from jail.

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She spelled Right.

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I mean, you know, all this time through her entire career, people have hated on her because she's just famous for being famous.

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But now we can look forward to someday soon, hating her for being a lawyer.

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Bill. How did Rachel do in our quiz?

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The Christmas season? And Rachel was blessed with three correct answers.

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How pastoral bill? Congratulations, Rachel.

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This was so much fun.

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Thank you. And have a and truly have a wonderful holiday and Christmas season Right now panel.

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It is time for you to answer some questions about this week's news, Tom, a new study analyzing the Marvel superhero movies suggests that the next big threat the Avengers might be facing is what It's

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gotta be something, you know, they're the biggest danger to themselves as each other sort of thing.

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So I'm going to say internal politics.

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Well, we already did that. We already did that. Oh, that's right.

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It's an American civil war, please, Tom.

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And that was my least favorite one.

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Okay. I need A hint. You need a hand. Well, for example, iron man might end up with anemia.

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They're going to get Old. Yes. They're going to have health issues.

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As they age, reviewed all the MCU movies focusing on the characters health, or at least that's what they said they were doing.

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When the administration caught them watching Disney plus all day, they say that while the superhero seemed to be in great shape, now it will not last.

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For example, jumping off a moving bus to do a flip in the air and kick three villains in the head that gets hard on the old spider knees.

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I just want wonder woman to go through menopause because then she can fight with the flash.

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She'll be like, yeah, you bring it.

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I got hot flash.

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Do this.

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I saw a hot flash now let's see.

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That would be a great new character. Just that Eva.

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Even in her, even in what little she's wearing, she'll be like, oh, woo, woo.

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Now I'm thinking of wonder woman in an, in an invisible ambulance.

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I mean just being brought Rock

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rolling down the street real quickly going And

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captain America getting crappy care at the VA.

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Oh wait a minute. These are all American heroes, right?

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Like what if they don't have health insurance?

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That's going to go well, Just

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Marvel yet. Just Marvel have Better healthcare.

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Well, I think better than DC comics.

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It's a great idea to make a Christmas wish.

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According to this mysterious monkeys, by just found this week, we heard a story about somebody whose Christmas wish did come true.

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It did not quite work out the way they hoped though.

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Our panelists are going to tell you about it.

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since Mary Lou teal was a child.

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She dreamed of adorning her home at Christmas with yards of luxurious garlands made from a tinsel.

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And so last year she hauled a half mile of tinsel into her home in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, transforming it into a Wonderland and apparently a radio tower, the aluminum and the tensile ended up picking up frequencies from ninety nine, three radio adobo in Cebu city, Philippines.

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Now this isn't just any Philippine pop station starting on Christmas Eve, popular DJs and brothers, George and Jimmy can Keiko played 24 hours of Kenny Loggins, a full day of Footloose.

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And whenever I call you friend, that's become part of the traditional observance of Christmas in Sabu city.

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And now in Boothbay Harbor quote, when I first heard the pounding base of danger zone coming through my tinsel, I didn't know what to think said Mary Lou, honestly, I'm really more of a house at Pooh corner person, but her son, Nick really took to it.

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And now his mama does dance said Mary Lou, who needs to stare at a Yule log on my TV when I can rock out to your logins Too

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much. Tinsel in Maine creates a radio antenna that brings Kenny Loggins to their seaside home.

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Your next story of holiday magic comes from faith sailing.

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Jeff her's Christmas wish was to give the best secret Santa present ever this year.

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Jeff works at weird Inc publishing and Cleveland, and was just made to learn that their holiday party would once again, beyond zoom.

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So when he pulled colleague Clover devaney's name, he knew he had to be her secret.

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Santa in person, Clover had just moved into a Victorian era, fixer upper in the historic Cleveland park district.

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And the enormous fireplace in her study complete with chili draft had become a staple of company's zoom meetings.

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So Jeff thought, why not add zip to the holiday zoom by emerging as Santa from that very chimney.

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Well, how about because in order to provide some Yuletide, cheer of her own Clover had finally decided to light a fire in it.

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As her colleagues watched on zoom, a figure emerged from the chimney behind Clover, his cherry red doc Martins on fire.

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Look behind you.

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Everybody shouted and Clover attack the flaming intruder with a leaf blower aimed at his smoking heinie.

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The leaf blower gave him a Christmas wedgie so severe that the highlight of the office party was that the whole team got to watch Jeff being carried out on a stretcher by EMT.

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A secret Santa tried to be a real Santa coming down.

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Someone's chimney only to catch fire during a zoom meeting.

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Your last story of a Christmas miracle comes from Tom Baudette.

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Laura McGill of the UK wanted to do something surprising for her young son for Christmas this year.

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So she dropped 85 pounds.

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The currency, not the weight on a professional Grinch and Personator to crash their holiday party.

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She expected Mr.

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Grinch to mess the kids' beds.

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Put toilet roll around the festive tree, have a pillow fight.

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Instead the impersonator destroyed quote, every single bit of party food, including expensive cupcakes broke the tree decorations, poured fairy liquid juice and smashed eggs on the kitchen floor as well as on her son, which raises a number of questions, including what is fairy liquid and why were there expensive cupcakes at a kid's party?

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It's unclear which company she went with.

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One person wrote on Twitter, paid for the Grinch, got the Grinch, no pleasing some people, but I'm with Laura on this one.

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If you hire a Grinch, you want them to act like a Grinch, not like family.

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All right. One of these people made a Christmas wish and it came true much to their regret from Moe, a family that really wanted lots of genuine tensile on their tree and made it into a radio antenna capable of picking up a Kenny Loggins station from the Philippines, from faith.

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The secret Santa tried to surprise his colleague by actually coming down her chimney or from Tom Baudette, a woman in England who decided to invite a Grinch to her family's Christmas that it turned out to be well, a real Grinch, which of these is the real story of a Christmas wish coming true?

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Oh man, this is tough. I think I want to go with a mode story of the person who was able to pick up any login.

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So your choice is most story that these people cover their tree in so much real metal tinsel, that it became a powerful antenna and picked up a Kenny Loggins radio station from the Philippines in Maine.

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Sounds amazing. It does.

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Doesn't it? Yes, yes, yes it does.

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It does Peter. Okay. You've chosen most story to bring you the correct answer.

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We spoke to an expert on this real story.

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He trashed the house and rightly so.

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It made sense for the methodology of really getting inside that character of the group That

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was Lou Lebanese owner and president of the acting school law Lebanese company, talking about the Grinch somewhat appreciatively who really did steal Christmas over in England.

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I'm so sorry, but you were fooled.

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Well, I'm happy Moe got my point.

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Mo does Kenny Loggins have a Christmas song while highway in some Families

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And I am sorry. We just ran out of hyphens.

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Her latest project is a cycle of short stories for Kindle called Southern bell insults Kiki Palmer.

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Welcome to wait. Wait. Don't tell me, Thank

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you so much for having me. I couldn't be any more excited to be talking with you.

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This is going to be fun. W w we'll be and I am just as excited to talk to you.

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I have to admit studying up on your resume is like a college course.

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There's so much to look at, but I found out something that I, I hope is true.

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That w w everybody, I think everybody, most people know that you were a child star most prominently, but not first was the film Akilah and the B some sometime back.

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But I read that you actually got your start performing at a tourist attraction in Chicago.

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Is that right?

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It's maybe right.

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I mean, I did. Well, what happened was I actually did American juniors, which was American idol for kids.

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So my parents, we heard about it.

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I always sang in church.

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You know, I kinda had, did a couple of like little auditions for Chicago theater.

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And then I got my golden ticket in Illinois to go to California.

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And that was like the first time that I actually went and visited California was with my golden ticket from American idol or American juniors, I should say.

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Right. But no. So, so the story of like you pretending to be a little pirate at Navy pier on the lake in Chicago is not true.

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That sounds like absolutely incredible.

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That sounds like my life. It was a Disney movie.

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And so I'm living for that.

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You got into entertainment when you were like nine right.

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Nine years old.

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And I asked this question to people who were child stars.

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I asked it recently to Ron and Clint, Howard. I'll ask you, why are you not crazy?

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I think it depends on what you think of is crazy.

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I think in terms of being like a creative and kind of kooky with my characters in my work, I think that's where I get all my crazy out.

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My, my creativity and my thoughts.

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I put it all in my artwork.

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You know, my parents really helped me with that obviously as a kid, because they really just made sure that I wasn't kind of over in flux with constant Hollywood stuff.

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So we had family cookouts and we had football games, no watch parties.

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And we just didn't the stuff that everybody does it wasn't to laugh.

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I'm imagining that some families are different.

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Like some families are inviting TMZ to the Yeah.

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Yes. Some families are different. Sometimes people wasn't to the paparazzis.

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That's definitely true.

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Do you have to deal with that again? You've been famous since you were a child.

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I think absolutely to a certain degree, especially a different particular moments within your career.

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You know what I mean? Like I'm a very kind of down to earth type vibe.

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So nine times out of 10, it can catch in me coming out of the airport.

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You ain't going to see a pretty pitch. You just going to see somebody that just woke up off plane and that's just something you've got, you got to deal with.

23:26

But every now and then, you know, if I'm in New York and the paparazzis are always out there going to interviews and I'll give a gag of two really, Will

23:34

you do the thing? Like give a little performance or they leave you alone for the rest of the day.

23:37

Totally do the thing. Nobody does the thing better than you girl cave.

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Let me, let me, let me pretend to be the TMZ reporter.

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Hey, KCI, Kiki.

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What are you doing? I don't love, love.

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It's good to see you all, you know, it live is life just working and getting into the per usual, like USC Looking

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good looking, Greg, We

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love you. Oh, thank you. So good to see you love to see you.

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And that's the other thing about it is a lot of times I've known these pop Razzies or these people, especially on the carpet since I was like nine years old.

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So I was like, I will literally be like, it's so good to see you again.

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I ain't seen you in because that's literally the vibe.

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One of the things that you're amazing at is, I don't know whether you do this intentionally or not, but becoming MIMA fide was this moment at the met gala when you were on the red carpet, that just went insane.

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That became like riffing on, is this intentional?

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Do you know why this works?

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No, it's literally not intentional at all.

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And it's, you don't know what any kid it happens to anyone.

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You know what I mean? It doesn't just happen to me.

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It happens to people who maybe don't know their names, but to me it's so it's dope because it's like, well, yeah, this is a moment where you guys are seeing me, you know, as I am just as a regular person at my job who happens to be talking about something?

24:52

No. What does this mean? Ms. Was at the met gala.

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You know what I mean?

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So is it weird to like open up tick talk and hear your own voice over and over and over again?

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Does it keeps rolling?

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It's insane. To me, it's insane.

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I mean, it's just, when I seen the edge here and did it, I was just like, come on now.

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That's my booklet. I was Limited.

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What did insuran do with You?

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He did the, I know, I know I

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have just plain. Once again, this is a hugely global popular meme of you at the red carpet at the met gala talking to who are you talking to with that?

25:30

I was talking to Megan, the stallion. And like, every time that I see Megan, she's like, you know, you're my best friend in my head.

25:35

And so when I seen her, I was like, you know, what's your, and like, literally that's the, that's what you're talking about.

25:41

They took that audio bite. Not only did somebody take that audio by this really cool jazz player, put music to it.

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And once he put music to that, then it just became its own thing.

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And people do all different kinds of skits to it.

25:56

Sometimes they just do it or they just do a skit.

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And that is the creative part about it.

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That to me is so cool is that man, y'all took this one audio and y'all created all these different storylines surrounding, you know what I mean?

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From this one event, how do Your

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parents feel about you being Named?

26:10

It's so funny that you said that because my mom is literally way supportive to the point of no return.

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There's this picture online that kind of got means of me.

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You know, it's like, it's like me in the front.

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And like, I kinda got like the Skippy top on.

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And it's like, it's like obviously a paparazzi shot.

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And I'm like, you know, smiling and looking forward.

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But if you look really closely, you see in the back, my mom being a paparazzi to meet with her iPhone, it's like, what are you doing?

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And I remember when I did Wendy, Wendy Williams, one time, you know, Wendy is always trying to dig stuff up.

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She brought up, you know, you skipped a little outfit that I wore.

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And I was like, yeah, my mom was right there.

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You know, taking the photos, happy for me living my best life.

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I got, I got one last question before we go onto our game, which is you've done so many things.

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Is there anything that you have not done yet that you want to do?

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I sit down. I would love to sit down down and I'm straight up honest with you, man.

27:08

Okay. Geeky, Palmer.

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It is great to talk to you, but we've asked you here to play a game.

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We're calling. I see three questions about Palmer history and your future.

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Your name, obviously Kiki Palmer.

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We thought we'd ask you three questions about palmistry Palm reading or fortune telling answer two to three questions about psychics.

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You'll win our prize for one of our listeners, the voice of their choice for their voicemail bill, who is Kiki Palmer playing for Sarah Williams of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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All

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right,

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first

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question,

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there

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was

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a

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Russian

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psychic

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named

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E

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Frankl

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and

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he

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was

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one

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of

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the

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most

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popular

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psychics

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of

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his

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day. He claimed his powers were strong enough to stop bicycles, automobiles and street cars in their tracks.

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Unfortunately, he died suddenly in 1989, how a, he got a very bad feeling about a plane flight walked out of the airport and was immediately hit by a bus B his crystal ball and explicably exploded or see after bragging that his powers could stop a freight train.

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It turned out they could Not.

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I'm thinking the freight train you're right.

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Kicky. That's what happened. He tried to stop a freight train that his mind did not work.

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You got to admire his confidence.

28:18

Timber chances here in 2018, a so-called psychic octopus captured the hearts of the people of Japan.

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When he correctly predicted the results of all three of their world cup soccer games.

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How did fans celebrate this achievement?

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A, they got him eight little soccer, cleats B.

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They gave him eight little high fives, pink, pink, pink, pink, pink, or C.

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They ate him.

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I think they ate them. They Did. They ate him up.

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so tasty.

28:52

It is. Yeah, I know.

28:54

All right. Last question. The noted, psychic and astrologer, Jean Dixon was always proving her powers as exemplified by which of these, Hey, she wants predicted that sometime in the far future, a clairvoyant octopus would be eaten by soccer fans in Japan.

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She

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bought

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doge

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coin

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when

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it

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was

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at

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0.10

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cents

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or

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see

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when

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she

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died

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of

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a

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heart

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attack. Her last words were, I knew this would happen.

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Oh my gosh. This is so hard.

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I'm so scared. Okay.

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Is the hardest set gag or it's Yeah,

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I'm gonna, I'm going to give you a little hint that gene Dixon died in 1997.

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Okay. Well didn't heart attack. That's Exactly

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right. Yes. She died me. What I love about this woman, she's a very famous psychic, and I love that.

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She kept it up to the very last minute. She's dying of a heart attack, pain spreading through her, her, her left side, dark.

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And she's like, I knew this would happen.

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So she went out like she wanted to like a pro ladies and gentlemen, you guys That

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is Ridiculous.

29:57

Bill. How did Kiki Palmer doing our quiz?

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But Kiki, even one that three at a row, Nothing

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you can't do.

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Kiki

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Palmer

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is

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a

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singer

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writer,

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author,

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many,

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many

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other

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things. And also the author of the Kindle book of short stories, Southern bell, insults Kiki Palmer.

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We're so delighted. We got a chance to spend some time with you.

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Thank you so much for being with us on wait, wait.

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32:41

Right now panel some more questions for you from the week's news, Tom, at this year's consumer electronics show, LG announced they'd be unveiling, an exciting new TV that you can do what with, You

32:52

can take it in the shower with you Close.

32:54

You can take it a lot of places because, Because

32:57

it's, it's got wheels On

33:00

it. Yes. It's a TV that you can wheel around the house.

33:03

We invented this back in 1983 in my V team in high school, LGS newest high-tech TV features a 27 inch battery powered wireless screen attached to this wield stand that you can push from room to room.

33:20

It's great. If you've ever been attached in a hospital, say to a portable IV drip and looked at it and thought, I really wish I could watch real Housewives on this.

33:29

Now you can, LG is calling their cutting edge new product, stand by me.

33:35

And they say that it can be used not only for watching TV, but also for video conferencing and FaceTiming with the family.

33:41

Just getting it for watching TV on the toilet.

33:43

Why is this special?

33:45

We cannot figure that out, Right?

33:48

This is what we do with our phones now, Right?

33:51

Yeah. Your laptop. I mean, yeah.

33:54

I mean, It could be the thing that the kids by mom, because you know, she, she likes to take her TV around and she can work the one in the living room, but you can't do the remote with the one in the bedroom.

34:04

So what if it was the same TV? And then she'd only have to learn one.

34:06

There's a market.

34:08

I should write their ads.

34:12

Faith. According to new research, when you're decorating for the holidays this year to ensure that you have the very best time, you should absolutely not buy a what A,

34:22

what an elf on the shelf.

34:25

No. Well, absolutely not. We knew that, right?

34:28

A what a, well, I mean a tree if you want, But

34:33

you should definitely not by what kind of tree.

34:37

Oh, don't buy an artificial tree. Exactly.

34:39

Right. Faith do not buy well, Christmas trees in general are found to improve your mental wellbeing.

34:46

The benefit falls off sharply.

34:48

When you buy a fake tree, this is because an artificial tree is far less likely to fall on the family member causing your mental health problems.

34:55

Basically we all know this, like being outdoors has very distinct mental health benefits.

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And a Christmas tree is like bringing the outdoors indoors.

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But an artificial tree is like bringing more indoors indoors, see Artificial

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tree camp is going to tell you, oh, well, you know, it's not harming the environment.

35:16

Maybe I don't think that's true, but they're gonna, they're really gonna lean into the fact that you don't have to, You

35:22

don't have to vacuum. You don't have to get one every year.

35:24

They last year to year.

35:26

Yeah. I'd rather bring in that nice, fresh live one and just watch it slowly die over a three week period.

35:32

And now that's the spirit of the holidays.

35:34

It's the circle of life.

35:38

If a real tree is part of the circle of life is an artificial tree.

35:41

Just like the straight line of life.

35:43

It's just The

35:45

flat line of what Tom,

35:50

a family in South Africa who had just finished decorating their real Christmas tree discovered that had, had actually come pre decorated with what I'm

36:00

assuming. If it came pre decorated, it would be something from the animal Kingdom.

36:04

What is something from the animal kingdom, Partridges

36:09

in a pear tree.

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No scarier than that.

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Tom Garrett. Well super.

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Yes. A deadly venomous snake.

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And of course it wasn't real tree because nothing helps you.

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Mental health, like a sudden brush with death.

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Now, now we know why not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

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The family noticed their cats were particularly interested in the tree.

36:35

And after a closer look, they discovered one of the world's most venomous snakes, eight boom slang, a boom tree.

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It's culturally Last

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Name is very bad at Boomslangs are not very aggressive.

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Unless of course they're in the proximity of colorful, blinking lights And

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up boom slang in a pear tree.

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I hate it. When you, when you're decorating the tree and you have to untangle the snakes from last year, Coil

37:05

this around their elbow.

37:06

Remember the rules kids.

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If you get bid everybody yells, boom slang, boom.

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It's going to be so sad though. When this family comes down Christmas morning and that snake has like a Santa shaped lump, halfway down, Coming up.

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38:03

Hi. You're right. Wait, wait. Don't tell me. Hi, this Is

38:05

Katie MacIntyre from Auburn, New York.

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Hey Katie, how are you doing great.

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No, I don't know where Auburn is. Where is that?

38:12

The finger lakes. So it's a very beautiful part of upstate New York.

38:16

It's gorgeous.

38:20

Katie. Welcome to the show. Bill Curtis is going to read you three news-related limericks with the last word or phrase missing from each.

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If you can fill in that last word or phrase correctly, and to the limericks, you will be a big winner.

38:28

You ready to play? Ready? Here is your first Limerick.

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He flew him set the school's hearts Glow.

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Then the sparked words that our kids shouldn't know.

38:39

So teachers were stirred to get rid of the bird and now kids miss their mascots, the, The

38:48

Crow, yes, kids out of school.

38:51

named Cosmo that it becomes separated from its usual human companions.

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And he broke into a fifth grade classroom to steal some snacks.

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The Crow was such a hit at the school.

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The popular girls even asked it to sit with them at lunch.

39:07

And even though this Crow swore like a drunk Raven, some crows can mimic human speech, which is how it was able to repeat curse words.

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It's also how the famous Edgar Allen Poe quote came to be quote the Raven go F yourself.

39:22

What are the new phrase? Is it Cosmo learn?

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Can I say bathroom? Can I use the bathroom?

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Here is your next limit.

39:30

Russian president. That's not too shabby, but at times my career was more drabby till I was a spy.

39:38

I would drive to get by in the nineties.

39:42

I worked as a Cabbie.

39:45

Yes, this week we learned that moonlighted as a taxi driver in the 1990s.

39:52

Can you imagine like your Uber driver shows up and it's Vladimir Putin and not only does he know all the side streets, he also knows the names and locations of all your family members.

40:01

So you had better give him a five-star review and he's shirtless.

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Yeah. Yes, of course. Like in the nineties, I mean, wasn't he still in the KGB or something and He

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was in the cab.

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This isn't the period, apparently right around the collapse of the Soviet union.

40:18

And so to support himself, cause KGB worked, does wasn't paying the bills.

40:21

Then he actually, he says he had to drive a cab to make ends meet.

40:24

He also made a few extra dollars by agreeing to star in HBO's taxi cab, forced confessions.

40:32

Well, that story actually raises my opinion of Putin like that much.

40:39

Yeah. Cause you think, you know, you look at me and think, well, yeah, if he was ever in hard times, he would just kill somebody and take their money.

40:44

Right. And then he didn't go. He actually went out and worked for it.

40:48

Well, He drove them to their homes and then killed them and took their Money

40:51

and he kept the meter running. Wally killed them.

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Oh, he do that. Wouldn't they all right here is your final.

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This watering hole. Isn't five star.

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It's four gingerbread men who don't thrive far.

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It has got sticky floors and baked patrons galore.

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I am building a gingerbread dive, Dive

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bar. That's right. Another highlight has released a new product for the holiday season.

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You build your very own gingerbread dive bar.

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The walls are infused with beer, just like a real dive bar.

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And the kit includes stools, making peppermints and a pool table with pretzel sticks for cues.

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It also has an unemployed gingerbread man who says I won't be here on Saturday.

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It's my week with my gingerbread kids.

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The attention to detail is amazing.

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They include, this is all true maple syrup to pour on the floor to make them sticky.

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And some gingerbread people who fall asleep on the bar.

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It's a little sad though. There's a little tiny icing clock on the wall that says 2:00 PM.

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Where does the urine smell come from?

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Well, that comes from the Miller Highlife.

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Eventually the kit sold out almost immediately, but you can make your own dive bar at home.

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Just take a regular gingerbread house and add a nearly unusable toilet and a poster of the 1989 Cubs starting lineup.

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Bill. How did Katie do? Amazing three it oh, perfect score.

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Congratulations Katie.

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Well done. Thank you. That was great.

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It really was. Thank you so much for playing.

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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.

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Now worth two points below. Can you give us the scores I showed?

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Cam faith has two. Tom has three and Moe has three faith.

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That means you are in third place. You're up first.

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The clock will start when you begin your first question, fill in the blank on Wednesday.

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President Biden traveled to Kentucky to visit areas devastated by blanks tornadoes.

43:30

Right? Tuesday Pfizer said they're blank. Bill could prevent severe illness.

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COVID yes. This week, the federal reserve announced plans to taper their bond purchases to help fight blank inflation right on Monday, a New York ethics panel ruled that disgraced governor blank must return is $5 million in book proceeds.

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Andrew Cuomo, right this week, a man in Britain says he's recovering well after being attacked by blank.

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Oh, Zebra's 20 adorable otters on Thursday.

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Scientists warns that the ice shelf in the blank could crack soon leading to more rising sea levels.

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Antarctica right on Wednesday T-Mobile and that's a $20 per hour blank for all employees raise minimum wage.

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No. Well minimum wage. I'll give it to you yesterday.

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This week, a couple told the New York times that after two years of less recent renovations mean they're no longer able to share their house with blank.

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Their respective mothers in law, no, with 80,000 bees, a couple discovered this colony living in their shower two years ago, but decided, and this is a real quote.

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We were like, we'll leave you alone.

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You leave us alone. They were nice bees.

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When they finally called a beekeeper to relocate the hive, he was shocked to find that the entire bathroom was covered in 100 pounds of honey.

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The hive was successfully removed, making way for the couple's new roommates, 80,000 hungry bears bail.

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How did faith do on our quiz?

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Ted six, write for $12, but she now has 14 and the lead, right?

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I'm going to arbitrarily pick Tom to go next.

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Fill in the blank on Tuesday, the house recommended criminal contempt charges against former Trump, chief of staff blank.

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Mark Meadows On

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Monday, the Supreme court rejected a request to block new York's blank mandate for health workers Vaccination

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Right during the video call this week for that and reboot and then blank jointly agreed to reject Western interference on security issues.

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Was it The Chinese Premier?

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It was China to avoid the U S defaulting.

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The Senate voted to raise the blank by $2.5 trillion on Tuesday.

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But that ceiling right to commemorate the death of Kim Jong IL North Korea announced it was banning blank for 11 days sex, all laughter on Wednesday and NASA pro became the first spaceship to touch the blank.

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The rings of Saturn, no, the sun, it made it to the outer Corona of the sun.

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Following the example of a store in Buffalo workers at two Starbucks in Boston filed to join a blank or union, right this week, a man in Singapore who was caught driving without a license, tried to convince police.

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He was his own brother only to discover blank.

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Very actually Was no.

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He discovered that his brother was also wanted by the police, after he was pulled over and he had to think quickly, he didn't have a license.

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So he convinced police, oh my brother, which worked out great until the moment the cops arrested him for his brother's outstanding warrants, the driver quickly recanted and promised.

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He would tell police his real identity right after he got off the phone with his cousin to see if he was in any trouble with the law bell.

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How did Tom doing our quiz while we had Five?

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Right? For 10 more points. You know his 13, but faith still has the lead with 14.

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All right.

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How

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many

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then

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does

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Moni

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to

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win

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Six to win let's condom together.

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All right, here we go. Mo this is for the game.

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Fill in the blank on Wednesday.

46:44

Maderna said their booster shot offers protection against blank.

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The Corona Virus. Yes.

46:50

Well right on Tuesday, a judge ruled that the justice department could share blanks tax returns with the ways and means committee Donald Trump.

46:58

Right on Sunday, Chris Wallace announced he was leaving Fox news to join blanks streaming service right in New York city transit official this week insists he drives with a blank for the company and not to get around HOV restrictions.

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Oh, a blow up doll.

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Yes. He drives around with a blow up doll of a man in a suit for the company on Thursday.

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Two women accused sex in the city star blank of sexual assault.

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Is it Chris Knowth?

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Yeah. On Wednesday popular message.

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Board site blank filed for an IPO.

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Oh, Is it, is it that Reddit thing?

47:28

It is That Reddit thing. This week, a pair of feeds were sentenced to 18 months in prison and even worse, they were told they could not keep the blank they bought with a stolen debit card.

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The mattress, no, they can't keep the $4 million winning lottery ticket.

47:42

Oh my gosh. So they, they, they, they steal, somebody's a debit card number and they go to London, they use it to buy a ticket.

47:48

They went $4 million. They go on this huge binge for five days throughout London, they take pictures the whole time, which were then used to prosecute them successfully.

47:57

Sadly, they were not allowed to keep the money, but they will always have that evidence.

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Bill did Modu well enough to win.

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Well, six ride, 12 more points.

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She has a total of 15.

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Then that means he is this week champion.

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Yay.

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It

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doesn't

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that

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we're

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going

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to

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ask

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panelists

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after

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Hi, you're on wait. Wait. Don't tell me. Hi. This

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Elk, North Carolina. Banner Elk,

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North Carolina? Yes. Where

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is that? We are in the beautiful blue Ridge mountains of Western North We are in the beautiful

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Carolina. Carolina. And And Oh, it is

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a little tiny town of fourteen hundred

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people. And what do you do there? I

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am a pastor.

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small town pastor in a mountain town?

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I am. Yes. You could write a a

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cozy, you know, mystery about

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it. Yeah. Right. I was actually going to suggest

1:53

that it would be really cool if it turns out that

1:55

you were actually in the federal witness protection

1:57

program. Well, we do have an Italian restaurant in our town that was opened by a mobster who did exactly we do have an Italian

1:59

restaurant in our town that was opened

2:01

by a mobster who did exactly that.

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Wow. Really? Wait. And everybody knows

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it. Yeah. It's not working so well. And everybody

2:09

knows it. They're Keke, don't go eat at the mafia

2:11

Italian restaurant. So so a mobster

2:14

was given a new identity by federal government,

2:16

and he was placed in your tiny town up in the mountains,

2:18

and he decides to open an Italian restaurant.

2:20

That's the story. And, you know, it's

2:22

a small town. Wow. Things get around. Alright.

2:25

Well, welcome to our show, Rachel.

2:27

Let me introduce you to our panel. First,

2:29

a man outstanding in his field.

2:31

In Vermont. It's Tom Hi,

2:35

Rachel. Hi, Tommy. Next,

2:37

a contributor to CBS Sunday morning and hosted

2:39

the new Audible Podcast Broadway Revival.

2:42

It's Faith Singingly. Hey,

2:44

Rachel. Faith. And

2:47

a correspondent for CBS Sunday morning,

2:50

and the host of the Henry Ford's Innovation

2:52

Nation, Saturdays, on CBS. It's

2:54

Mo Rocca. I reach out.

2:56

Hi, Mo. Well, Rachel, welcome

2:59

to the show. You're gonna play, of course, whose bill this time,

3:01

both Curtis is going to recreate for

3:03

you, three quotations from the week's news. If

3:05

you can correctly identify or explain just two of them,

3:07

you will win our prize. Any voice from our show

3:09

you might choose on your voice mail. Ready to play?

3:12

Yeah. I'm a little bit it's It's kind of

3:14

a busy season for me right now. Alright.

3:16

right. Well, here we go. here. Rachel is your first

3:19

Rachel, is your first quote. It's

3:21

not a whole new disease. It's

3:23

not like the pigeon turned into

3:25

a tiger. It's more like a pigeon turned

3:27

into a pigeon with a mustache. That

3:29

was an epidemiologist talking to NPR.

3:32

About the new variant that's going to be

3:34

pooping on us from above for a

3:36

while to come. What is Omicron.

3:41

Ohmicron. Yes. But it's

3:43

good luck when it kicks on. That is true. That's

3:45

what they they just tell you that. They just tell you that to

3:47

make you feel better faith. You know that. WE

3:49

THOUGHT THE PANDEMIC WAS FINALLY OVER

3:52

THEN SUDDENLY EVERYBODY WE

3:54

KNEW IN THE COURSE OF A DAY OR TWO CAME

3:56

DOWN WITH COVID. It's fun. This must

3:58

be what it's like to live in South Dakota. Things

4:01

we're getting back to normal we were making.

4:04

Travel plans we were arranging. Get togethers

4:06

now. Everything is shutting down again. It's

4:08

as if we are transported back

4:10

to March of twenty twenty, which

4:12

explains the sudden urge to wash

4:15

your groceries and make Tiger King jokes.

4:18

I can't wait until we get to all makeup because

4:20

then we'll know it's over. Right. That's how we'll

4:22

know. So we just have to get to is this there's gonna

4:24

be a whole lot of classic scholars that

4:26

come out of this whole thing. Right?

4:29

We're all learning ancient Greek alphabet. Anybody?

4:31

Anybody? Yo. I'm trying to

4:33

Disney World in the middle.

4:36

two years ago, I wouldn't have last

4:38

I wouldn't have flown anywhere. And now I guess

4:40

if I'm gonna get on Macron, I might as well

4:43

be in the happiest place on Earth. Exactly.

4:45

You got your, we picked the You got you we pick the Hills. We're going to die we're gonna

4:48

die on, and you've picked yours face. I mean,

4:50

there's worse ones. Dis I mean, it's Disney

4:52

World. Yeah. Yeah. It's a theme park. And this year, the theme is this year,

4:54

the theme is Contagion. I'm have

4:57

you guys have you guys had the experience of, like, all

4:59

of a sudden everybody, you know, despite being

5:01

vaccinated and everything is all of a sudden coming down

5:03

with it. There are a lot of breakthroughs. Tell you,

5:05

you know, you hear about somebody having a breakthrough and you think

5:07

good for you and then it turns out it's an effect. Exactly.

5:09

It's not that kind of thing. so great about you. Absolutely.

5:12

Yeah. Alright. Keke, Rachel

5:14

is your next quote. It's from Time Magazine

5:17

describing their person

5:19

of the year. He dreams

5:22

of Mars as he destroys Earth,

5:24

square jaw, and indomitable. He

5:28

also likes to live tweet his poops.

5:31

Who is this Earth destroying poop

5:33

tweeting behemoth? That

5:35

would be Elon Musk. Elon Musk.

5:37

Exactly right. Elon Musk has been named

5:40

Time magazine, person of the year. So

5:42

I guess we're just calling anyone a

5:44

person now. People

5:47

are furious about this,

5:49

that he got this honor that is typically

5:51

reserved for heroes like Ben

5:53

Bernanke and Hitler.

5:56

Hitler -- Right. -- have this fact announcement

5:58

in time magazine Wilson Shockwave

6:01

throughout dentists waiting rooms

6:04

about four months from now. But

6:06

but but let us but but however,

6:08

in nineteen thirty eight when Hitler was named

6:10

Man of the Year, there was a real fear her.

6:12

Over it. Ah, so this guy actually created two industries that people have been dreaming of for decades, practical electrical cars and private space

6:15

this guy actually created two industries

6:18

that people have been dreaming of

6:20

for decades, practical, electrical

6:23

cars -- Okay. -- and private

6:25

space flight. This is the stuff of science fiction,

6:28

and he did it. And everybody

6:30

still hates him. Can you imagine how much of

6:32

a jerk you have to be for that to be the case?

6:35

Well, what I think is most impressive

6:38

about him is that It's like he started

6:40

the electric car company, not so much because

6:42

he wanted to make electric cars, because he wanted to

6:44

make a lot of money in order to

6:46

go to Mars. Keke, it's really like,

6:48

it's it's just the funding phase

6:52

of his colonization of

6:54

Mars. Mean, this is really big picture

6:56

stuff. Yeah. Because it's weird. It's Keke, oh

6:58

Elon Musk, you created EVs. You made them practical and attractive for you made them

7:01

practical and attractive for people you've sold thousands

7:03

of them. I guess you really wanna save the planet.

7:05

And he's Keke, yeah. Yeah.

7:07

Save this planet. That's what I'm doing.

7:09

Yeah. Alright. Rachel,

7:12

here is your last quote. Cut

7:14

your mind to it and get it done

7:17

because it feels so good

7:19

once you get to The other side that was somebody celebrating a significant achievement, passing a preliminary bar exam in California, despite never even graduating other side. That

7:21

was somebody celebrating a significant achievement,

7:23

passing a preliminary bar exam in

7:26

California despite never even

7:28

graduating college. Who was would

7:30

that be Kim Kardashian? It

7:32

was Kim Kardashian. Hey,

7:34

Paul, we, importantly, keep up with this. The

7:37

most famous person in the world announced

7:39

this week that she has passed this preliminary

7:41

bar exam that allows people who did not

7:43

go to law school to then apprentice with

7:45

lawyers in the hope of passing the real

7:47

bar. She said she's, quote, not

7:49

doing it for publicity, unquote, in

7:52

an Instagram post shot by a team of

7:54

professional photographers. The

7:56

exam is called the baby bar and it

7:58

is considered equivalent to finishing the first

8:01

year of law school. This is wonderful news

8:03

for the Kardashian family on the day that Kim

8:05

passed the baby bar, her brother Rocca,

8:07

brought a baby into bar. You know what

8:09

You know what else I like? Because, you know,

8:11

we we we know she lives her life so publicly.

8:14

I really like that she was so public

8:16

about her failures. Keke, she she

8:18

said think she said she she failed

8:20

what three times and three times or so. She was

8:23

very open about it. She said that she

8:25

managed to study again and again and

8:27

go for it while still maintaining her twenty

8:29

four seven life as a fashion executive and influencer.

8:32

For example, she posted a photo of

8:34

herself studying her law books

8:36

while wearing a tiny bikini So

8:38

now a lot of people out there have some very

8:41

confused feelings about torques.

8:43

She, you know, she failed

8:46

the first time because she spelled class action

8:48

with AKI know. a it's

8:50

a work. What's what's interesting is that

8:53

she says and again, is all quite

8:55

sincere that she was led to this interest

8:57

in the law because of the work that she has legitimately

8:59

done in due to By getting innocent people

9:02

clements you may remember her showing up with

9:04

Donald Trump and getting these people released from jail

9:06

-- Right. -- needed to be released from jail. She

9:08

spelled a crime and say with a k too. Right.

9:10

I mean, you know, all this time through

9:12

her entire career, people have hated

9:14

on her because she's just famous for being

9:16

famous. But now, we can

9:19

look forward to someday soon,

9:21

hating her for being a lawyer. Bill,

9:25

how did Rachel do in our quiz? It's

9:27

the Christmas season, and Rachel

9:29

was blessed with three correct

9:31

answers. How

9:33

fast to roll, bill? Congratulations, Congratulations, Rachel.

9:36

Thank you. This is so much fun. Thank

9:38

you. you. And have a and truly have a wonderful holiday and Christmas season Right now have a and truly have a wonderful holiday

9:40

and Christmas season. Yeah. Merry Christmas. Yeah.

9:49

Right now, panel, it is time for you to answer some

9:52

questions about this week's news. Rocca

9:55

new study analyzing the

9:57

Marvel superhero movies suggests

9:59

that the next big threat the Avengers might

10:01

be facing. Is what?

10:04

It's Rocca be something, you

10:06

know, the the biggest danger to themselves

10:09

is each other sort of thing. So I'm

10:11

gonna say internal

10:13

politics. Well, we already did that. We already

10:16

did that in Oh, that's right. After the Rocca Civil

10:18

War. Please, Tom. That was my least

10:20

favorite one. Okay. I need hint. You need

10:22

a hint. Well, for example, iron man

10:25

might end up with anemia. They're

10:27

gonna get old? Yes. They're going

10:29

to have health issues as they age.

10:31

You said there's like the University of Cleveland

10:34

to mute all the MCU movies

10:36

focusing on the character's health or at least

10:38

that's what they said they were doing. When the administration

10:41

caught them watching Disney plus all day. They

10:43

say that while the superheroes seem

10:45

to be in great shape now, it will not

10:47

last. For example, jumping off a moving bus

10:50

to do a flip in the air and kick three villains

10:52

in in the head, that gets hard on

10:54

the old spider knees. I

10:57

just want wonder woman to go

10:59

through menopause and Why?

11:01

Because then she can fight with the flash.

11:04

She'll be Keke, yeah, you bring it. I got

11:06

hot flash. Yeah. Do this.

11:08

Okay. Yeah. That's with me. Slash.

11:11

Now we see that would be a great new character.

11:13

Oh, wow. Even even in her

11:15

even in what little she's wearing,

11:17

she'll be Keke, oh. Hot

11:21

and cranking. I don't think you wonder woman

11:23

in in an invisible ambulance. I

11:25

mean, just being brought. I brought. She's just

11:28

rolling down the street real quickly going, ugh.

11:30

And captain America getting crappy care at the Captain America getting crappy care

11:32

at the BA. Yeah. That is the worst.

11:34

Wait a minute. These are all American heroes.

11:37

Right? Like -- Yes. -- what if they don't have

11:39

health insurance. That's there is This is

11:41

not gonna go well. Does

11:44

Marvel? Yeah. Does Marvel have Better health care?

11:46

I don't think so. Well, I think better than DCCom.

11:49

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Bill, what's the topic? My

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Christmas wish came true. It's

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a great idea to make a Christmas wish

14:19

according to this mysterious monkeys boy

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just found. This we heard story about

14:23

somebody whose Christmas wish did come true.

14:25

It did not quite work out the

14:27

way they hoped though. Our panelists are Rocca tell

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you Bodett pick to winners telling the truth you'll win our

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prize a voice of your choice and your voice mail. ready to

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play? I'm ready. Alright. Let's do

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it. First, let's hear from Rocca.

14:38

Ever since Mary Luteal was a child,

14:41

she dreamed of adorning her home at Christmas

14:43

with yards of luxurious garlands

14:45

made from a tinsel. And so

14:48

last year, she hauled a half mile

14:50

of tingle into her home in

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Booth Bay Harbor Main, transforming

14:54

it into a wonderland, and apparently,

14:57

a radio tower The aluminum

14:59

in the tinsel ended up picking up frequencies

15:02

from ninety nine three radio adobo

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in Seibu City, Philippines. Now,

15:07

this isn't just any Philippine pop

15:09

station. Starting on Christmas Eve,

15:11

popular DJs and Brothers George

15:14

and Jimmy Ginkgo play twenty

15:17

four hours of Kenny Logans,

15:19

a full day of footloose, and whenever

15:21

I call you friend, that's become part

15:23

of the traditional observance of Christmas

15:25

in Seibu City, and now in

15:27

Ruth Bay Harbor. Quote, when

15:30

I first heard the pounding base of danger

15:32

zone coming through my hingle, I didn't

15:34

know what to think Salie Lou. Honestly,

15:36

I'm really more of a house at poo corner

15:38

person, but her son, Nick, really

15:41

took to it. And now his mama does dance said Mary Lou, who needs to stare at a Yule log on my TV when I can rock out to your logins And now his mama does

15:43

dance. Said Mary Lou, who needs

15:45

to stare at a You log on my TV

15:47

when I can rock out to You logins?

15:52

Too much tinsel in Maine creates

15:54

a radio antenna that brings Kenny Logans

15:57

to their seaside home. Your next

15:59

story of holiday magic comes from Faith

16:01

Salie. Jeff Hirsch Christmas

16:03

wish was to give the best secret

16:05

Santa present ever this year.

16:08

Jeff works at Weird Inc. Publishing

16:10

in Cleveland and was dismayed to learn that

16:12

their holiday party would once again be

16:14

on Zoom. So when he pulled

16:16

colleague Clover Devany's name,

16:19

he knew he had to be her secret

16:21

Santa in person. Clover

16:23

had just moved into a Victorian era

16:25

fixer upper in the historic Cleveland Park

16:27

District, and the enormous fireplace

16:30

in her study complete with chilly draft.

16:32

Had become a staple of company Zoom

16:34

meetings. So Jeff thought,

16:36

why not add zip to the holiday Zoom

16:38

by emerging as Santa from that very

16:41

chimney? Well, how about because

16:43

in order to provide some Yuletide cheer

16:45

of her own, Clover had finally decided

16:48

to light a fire in it. As her colleagues watched on zoom, a figure emerged from the chimney behind Clover, his cherry red doc Martins on As

16:50

her colleagues watched on Zoom,

16:52

a figure emerged from the chimney

16:54

behind Clover, his cherry red

16:56

Rocca on fire. Look

16:59

behind you. Everybody shouted,

17:01

and Clover attacked the flaming intruder

17:03

with a leaf blower aimed at his smoking

17:06

high knee. The leaf blower

17:08

gave him a Christmas wedgie so severe

17:10

that the highlight of the office party was

17:12

that the whole team got to watch Jeff being

17:15

carried out on a stretcher by EMT's.

17:18

A secret Salie tried to be

17:20

a real Santa coming down someone's chimney

17:22

only to catch fire during a Zoom meeting.

17:24

Your last story of a Christmas miracle comes

17:26

from Tom Bodett. Laura

17:29

McGill of the UK wanted to

17:31

do something so theprising for her young

17:33

son for Christmas this year, so

17:35

she dropped eighty five pounds, the currency,

17:38

not the weight, on a professional Grinch

17:40

impersonator. To crash their holiday

17:42

party. She expected mister

17:44

Grinch to mess the kids' beds,

17:46

put toilet roll around the festive tree,

17:49

have a pillow fight. Instead,

17:51

the impersonator destroyed, quote, every

17:53

single bit of party food, including

17:55

expensive cupcakes, broke the

17:58

tree decorations, poured very liquid,

18:00

juice and smashed eggs on the kitchen

18:03

floor as well as on her son,

18:06

which raises a number of questions including

18:08

what is very liquid and why were

18:10

there expensive cupcakes at a kids party?

18:13

It's unclear which company she went with.

18:16

One person wrote on Twitter paid

18:18

for the Grinch, got the Grinch, no

18:20

pleasing some people, but

18:22

I'm with Laura on this one. If you hire

18:25

a Grinch, you want them to act like a Grinch.

18:27

Not like family. Alright. One

18:29

of these people made a Christmas wish

18:31

and it came true much to their regret. From,

18:34

Moe, a family that really wanted lots

18:36

of genuine tinsel on their tree and made

18:38

it into a radio antenna capable of picking

18:41

up a Kenil login station from the Philippines.

18:43

From faith, the Keke Salie tried

18:45

to surprise His colleague

18:47

by actually coming down her chimney

18:50

were from Tom Bodett, a woman in England

18:52

who decided to invite a Grinch

18:55

to her family's Christmas that

18:57

turned out to be, well, a

18:59

real grinch. Which of these is a real story of

19:01

a Christmas wish coming true? Oh man, this is man.

19:04

This is tough. think I wanna go

19:06

with the mode story

19:08

of the the person who was able to pick up

19:10

the Kenny log in. So your choice is most story that these people cover their tree in so much real metal tinsel, that it became a powerful antenna and picked up a Kenny Loggins radio station from the Philippines in your choice is

19:13

Moe's story that these people cover

19:15

their tree in so much real metal tinsel

19:17

that it became a powerful antenna

19:20

and picked up a Kenny Logan's radio

19:22

station from the Philippines in

19:24

Maine. Sounds amazing. It It does.

19:26

Doesn't it? Yes. Yes, yes, it does. Yes,

19:28

it does, Peter. Okay. You've chosen Moe's

19:30

story to bring you the correct answer. We spoke to an expert on this real We spoke to an

19:32

expert on this real story. He trashed

19:35

the house and rightly so it made sense

19:37

for methodology of really getting

19:39

inside the character of the brain. That

19:42

was Lew Lappady's owner and president of the

19:44

acting school, Lew Lappady's company

19:47

talking about the Grinch somewhat appreciatively

19:49

who really did steal Christmas over

19:51

in England. I'm so sorry, but you were I'm so sorry, but

19:54

you were fooled Well, I'm happy Moe

19:56

got my point. Moe, does Kenny Logans

19:59

have a Christmas song? Well, in some

20:01

families, highway to the danger zone would

20:03

probably be it. I guess so.

20:05

I think my hair is starting to form itself into

20:07

a mullet just listening. Thank

20:10

you so much, Jordan. Take care. Thank

20:13

you too. And

20:23

now the game where we desperately try

20:26

to find something that somebody who can do

20:28

anything can't do. It's called

20:30

not my job. If you gave Keke Palmer

20:32

a job title, maybe for her business card,

20:34

it would be something like actor writer producer,

20:37

Broadway star, talk show host, singer composed

20:39

of Internet star, and I am sorry we just

20:41

ran out of hyphens. Her latest project

20:43

is a cycle of short stories for Kindle

20:45

called Southern Bell Insults' Keke Palmmer.

20:48

Welcome to Wait Wait. Don't tell me. Thank

20:50

you so much for having me. I couldn't be

20:52

any more excited to be talking with you.

20:54

This is gonna be fun. W w we'll be and I am just as excited to talk to It will

20:56

be. And I am just as excited to talk to

20:58

you. I have to admit studying up

21:00

on your resume is like a college

21:02

course. There's so much to look

21:04

at. But I found out something

21:07

that I I hope is true that

21:10

everybody I think everybody most people know

21:12

that you were a child star most

21:14

prominently, but not first was the

21:16

film Mikaela and the b some sometime

21:19

back. But I read that you

21:21

actually got your start performing at

21:23

a tourist attraction in Chicago. Is

21:25

that right? It's

21:29

maybe right. I mean, I did well, what happened

21:31

was I actually did American Junior's,

21:33

which was American Idol for kids. So

21:36

my we heard about it. I always sang in I always sing in

21:38

church. You know, I kinda had

21:40

did a couple, like, little audition for Chicago

21:42

Theatre. And then I got my Golden

21:45

ticket in Illinois to

21:47

go to California. And that was, like, the first time that

21:49

I actually went and visited California was with my Golden

21:51

ticket from American Idol or American

21:54

Junior, so should say. Right. But no. So

21:56

so the story of, like, you pretending to be a little

21:58

pirate at Navy Pier on the Keke in Chicago

22:00

is not true. No. That's what I was hoping.

22:02

That sounds like absolutely incredible. I that

22:04

sounds like my life that was a Disney movie,

22:06

and so I'm living for that. You got into

22:08

your tainment when you were, like, nine.

22:11

Yes. Right? That's about ten.

22:13

Nine years old. And I I asked this question

22:16

to people who were child stars. I

22:18

asked it recently to Ron and Clint Howard. I'll ask

22:20

you, why are you not crazy?

22:22

I think it depends on what you think of as crazy.

22:26

I think in terms of being, like, creative

22:28

and and kind of with my characters

22:31

and my work, think that's where I get all my crazy

22:33

out. My my creativity and my

22:35

thoughts. I put it all in my artwork. You

22:37

know, my parents really helped me with

22:40

that obviously as a kid because they really just

22:42

made sure that wasn't kind of over influx

22:44

with constant Hollywood stuff.

22:46

So we had family cookouts, and we

22:48

had football game to watch parties.

22:51

And we just didn't the stuff that everybody does, it

22:53

wasn't too lapsed. I'm imagining that some families are

22:55

imagining that some families are differently.

22:57

Some families are inviting TMZ to

22:59

the cookout. Yeah. Yes. Some families are different. Sometimes people wasn't to the

23:01

Some trans people was into the paparazzi's. That's

23:03

definitely true. Are

23:05

you Do you have to deal with that you have to deal with that? you've

23:08

been famous since you were a child. I think absolutely to a certain degree, especially a different particular moments within your think

23:10

absolutely to a certain degree, especially at

23:12

different particular moments within your career. You

23:14

know what I mean? Like, I'm a very kind of down

23:16

to Earth type a box. So nine times out of ten,

23:18

if you catch me coming out of the airport, you ain't gonna

23:20

see a pretty pitch. You're just gonna see somebody that just

23:23

woke up off the plane. And that's just something

23:25

you've got you gotta deal with. But every now and then,

23:27

you know, if I'm in New York and the paparazzi's are

23:29

always out there, I'm going to interviews

23:31

and I'll give a gag or two. Really? You'll

23:33

you'll you'll will you do the thing? You, like, give a little performance

23:35

so they leave you alone for the rest of the day. Oh, I'll I'll

23:37

totally do the thing. Nobody does the thing better

23:40

than your girl. Can Let me, let me, let me pretend to be the TMZ me let

23:42

me pretend to be TMC reporter. Hey,

23:45

Kiki. What are you what are you doing? I don't love, love

23:47

love is good to see you all. You know, life

23:49

is life just working and getting into the per usual

23:51

Keke you I Keke. good

23:54

there, keeping you, looking great. We love you.

23:56

Hope that you're so good to see love to see you.

23:58

And that's the other thing about it is a lot of times

24:00

I've known these paparisees or these people,

24:03

especially on the carpet since I

24:05

was Keke nine years old. So I was like, I

24:07

will literally be like, it's so good to see you

24:09

again. Are you seeing you again? Because

24:11

that's literally the vibe. One

24:14

of the things that you're amazing at

24:16

is I don't know whether you do this intentionally

24:19

or not, but becoming memeified. How

24:21

land? There was this moment at the met gala

24:24

when you were on the red carpet that just went

24:26

insane. That became Keke Oh,

24:28

man. It was riffing on. Is this intentional?

24:31

Do you know why this works? No.

24:33

It's literally not intentional at

24:35

all. And it's you don't know what Keke it

24:37

happens any You know what I mean? It it doesn't

24:39

just happen to me, happens to, you know, people

24:42

maybe don't know their names. But to me,

24:44

it's so it's dope because it's yeah. This

24:46

is moment where you guys are seeing me. You know,

24:48

as I am, just as a regular person at my

24:50

job who happens to be talking about something. No. What

24:52

does this mean, miss at the Met Salie? You know

24:54

what I mean? So is

24:56

it weird to, like, open up TikTok and hear your

24:58

own voice over and over and over again

25:00

as it keeps rolling? It's

25:03

been saying to me. It's insane.

25:05

I mean, it's just when I've seen that Ed Sheerin

25:08

did it, I was just like, come on now. That's my birthday.

25:10

Yeah. I was living it. What

25:12

did Ed Sheerin do with you? He

25:14

did the I

25:17

know it ain't I know it ain't just dialed yet.

25:19

You know what show girl? He didn't No.

25:22

And I have to explain. Once again, this is a hugely

25:24

global popular meme with you

25:26

at the red carpet at the Met Gala. Talking

25:29

to who are you talking to at that moment? I was

25:31

talking to Megan Thestallion. And, like, every

25:33

time that I see Megan, she's you know, you're my

25:35

best friend in my head. And so when I seen

25:37

her, I was Keke, you know, we show her up. And,

25:39

like, literally, that's that's what you're talking

25:41

about. They took that audio bike. Not only did

25:43

somebody take that audio bike, but this really

25:45

cool Jazz player put

25:48

music to it. And once he put music

25:50

to that, then it just

25:52

became its own thing. And and

25:54

people do it all different kinds of skip do it. Sometimes

25:56

they just do it or they just do a skip. And

25:58

that is the creative part about it. That to me

26:01

is so cool. Is that man? Y'all took

26:03

this one audio and y'all paid all these different

26:05

story lines surrounding that. You know what mean?

26:07

From this one minute. How do your parents

26:09

feel about you being meaned? It's so

26:11

funny that you said that because my mom is

26:13

literally way supported to

26:15

the point of no return. There's this picture online

26:18

that kinda got memes of

26:20

me, you know, if I it's like me in

26:22

the front and Keke I kinda got like this skippy

26:24

top on and it's like it's like obviously a

26:26

paparazzi shot. And I'm like, you know, smiling

26:28

and looking forward, But if you look

26:30

really closely, you see in the back my

26:32

mom being a paparazzi to me with

26:34

her eyeballs. And it's

26:36

like, Karen, what are you

26:38

doing? And I remember when I did, Wendy Williams.

26:41

Wendy Williams one time. You know, Wendy is always trying

26:43

to dig stuff up she brought up, you know,

26:45

just skip a little outfit that I wore. And I was yeah.

26:47

My mom was right there, you know. Let's let's take

26:49

in the photos. Happy for me living my best

26:52

life. I got, I got one last question before we go onto our game, which is you've done so many got one last question

26:54

before we go on to our game, which is you've done

26:56

so many things. Is there anything that you have not

26:58

done yet that you you wanna Yes.

27:00

Sit down. I would love to sit down. Love

27:04

sit down. And I'm I'm I'm

27:06

straight up, honestly, demand. Oh,

27:08

okay. Keke Palmer,

27:11

it is great to talk to you, but we've asked you here

27:13

to play a game we're calling. I see

27:15

three questions about panelists

27:17

in your future. Your name, obviously,

27:19

Palmer, we thought we'd ask you three questions about

27:22

palmistry, palm reading, or fortune

27:24

telling. Answer two out of three questions

27:26

about psychic, you'll win our prize for one of

27:28

our listeners, the voice of their choice for their voice mail.

27:30

Bill, who is Palmer playing for?

27:32

Sarah Williams of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

27:35

Good luck to me, you see her. Alright. First

27:38

question, there was a Russian psychic

27:40

named E. Frankel. And he was

27:42

one of the most popular psychics of his day, he

27:44

claimed his powers were strong enough

27:46

to stop bicycles, automobiles, and

27:48

street cars in their tracks. Unfortunately,

27:51

he died Suddenly in nineteen

27:53

eighty nine, Hal, a, he

27:55

got a very bad feeling about a plane flight,

27:58

walked out of the airport and was immediately hit

28:00

by a bus. V his crystal

28:02

ball inexplicably exploded or

28:04

c after bragging that his powers

28:06

could stop a freight train It

28:08

turned out they could not. I'm

28:11

thinking the freight train. You're right, Kicky. That's what

28:13

That's what happened. Yeah. He tried to stop the

28:15

freight train in his mind. It did not

28:17

work. You gotta admire his confidence. God

28:19

bless him. Too much chances here. In twenty

28:22

eighteen, a so called

28:24

psychic octopus captured

28:26

the hearts of the people of Japan when he

28:28

correctly predicted the results of all

28:30

three of their World Cup soccer

28:32

games. How did fans celebrate

28:34

this achievement? A, they got him

28:36

eight little soccer cleats. B,

28:39

they gave him eight little high fives,

28:41

pink, pink, pink, pink, or c, they

28:43

ate him. I think

28:45

they ate them. They did. They ate

28:47

them up. Japanese people love these octopus

28:50

and -- Yeah. -- they don't live for a year. So

28:52

the pussy's tasty. It is. Yeah.

28:54

I know. Alright. Last question. The

28:56

noted psychic and astrologer Keke Dixon

28:58

was always proving her powers as exemplified

29:01

by which of these. A, she once predicted

29:03

that sometime in the far future, a clairvoyant

29:05

octopus would be eaten by soccer fans

29:07

in Japan. B,

29:10

she bought Doze coin when it was at

29:12

point one cents or see

29:14

when she died of her heart attack. Her

29:17

last words were, I knew this

29:19

would happen. Oh my

29:21

gosh. This is so hard. I'm so

29:23

scared. Okay. It's

29:26

either the heart attack gag or

29:28

it's The doze. Yeah.

29:30

I'm gonna I'm gonna give you little hint that Gene Dixon

29:32

died in nineteen ninety seven. Okay. Well didn't heart

29:35

in the heart attack. Yeah. That's exactly right.

29:37

Yes. She I mean, what I love about this one,

29:39

which is very famous psychopath, and

29:41

I love that she kept it up to the very last minute. She's dying of a heart attack, pain spreading through her, her, her left side,

29:43

She's dying of heart attack, pain spreading through

29:45

her, her her left side, the

29:47

world's very dark. And she's Keke, I

29:49

knew this would happen. So she went out, like,

29:51

she wanted to, like, a pro, ladies and

29:54

gentlemen. You guys, that is ridiculous.

29:57

Bill, how did Kiki Palmer do in

29:59

our quiz? It is ridiculous, but

30:02

Kiki even when that Three in

30:04

a row. What do we do there? Nothing

30:06

we can't do. Whoo.

30:09

Keke Palmer is a singer writer

30:11

author, many, many other things, and

30:13

also the author of the Kindle of Short

30:15

Stories Southern Bell Insults. Keke Palmer. We're so

30:18

we're so delighted we got chance to spend some time.

30:20

And he thank you so much for being with And wait wait,

30:22

don't tell me. I had a blast too. Let me know if

30:24

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news. Tom at this year's Consumer

32:45

Electronics Show, LG announced they'd be

32:47

unveiling in exciting new TV that

32:49

you can do. What with?

32:52

You can take in the shower with you. Close.

32:55

You can take in a lot places because because

32:57

it's it's got it's got wheels

32:59

on it. Yes. It's a TV that

33:02

you can wheel around the house. Oh,

33:04

there's We invented this back

33:06

in nineteen eighty three in my AV team

33:08

in high school. LG's

33:11

newest high-tech TV features twenty

33:14

seven inch battery powered wireless

33:16

screen attached to this weird stand

33:19

that you can push from room to room. It's great.

33:21

If you've ever been attached in a hospital

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say to a portable IV drip and looked at

33:25

it and thought, I really wish

33:27

I could watch real housewives on this,

33:30

now you can. LG

33:32

is calling their cutting edge new product

33:34

stand by me and they say that it can be used

33:37

not only for watching TV, but also

33:39

for video conferencing and FaceTiming with

33:41

the family. Just kidding it's for watching

33:43

TV on the toilet. Why is this

33:45

special? We cannot figure

33:47

that out. Right. Isn't this what we do with

33:49

our phones now? Right. Yeah. There your

33:52

laptop. I mean Yeah. I mean,

33:54

it could be the thing that the kids buy mom

33:57

because, you know, she she likes

33:59

to take her TV around. She can work

34:01

the one in the living room, but she can't do the remote with

34:03

the one in the bedroom. So what if it was the same TV,

34:05

and that she don't have to learn one. Do you have a physicality?

34:08

There's a market. I should write their ads.

34:12

Faith, according to new research, when

34:15

you're decorating for the holidays this year, to ensure

34:17

that you have the very best time, you should absolutely

34:19

not buy a what? A

34:23

what? An elf on the shelf.

34:25

No. Well, absolutely not. We knew that. Right.

34:28

A what? A well,

34:30

I mean, a tree if you want to Yes.

34:33

You should, but we should definitely not buy what

34:35

kind of tree. Oh,

34:37

don't buy an artificial tree. Exactly.

34:39

right faith. Do not buy a faith Christmas.

34:42

The research fund While Christmas trees

34:44

in general are found to improve your mental

34:46

well-being, the benefit falls off sharply

34:48

when you buy a fake tree. This

34:50

is because an artificial tree is far less likely

34:53

to fall on the family member causing

34:55

your mental health problems. Basically,

34:58

we all know this being outdoors has

35:00

very distinct mental health Yes.

35:03

And a Christmas tree is like bringing the

35:05

outdoors indoors an artificial tree

35:07

is like bringing more indoors indoors.

35:09

See? And the Artificial tree camp is going to tell you, oh, well, you know, it's not harming the tree

35:12

camp is gonna tell you, oh, well, you

35:14

know, it's not harming the environment.

35:16

Maybe I don't think that's true. But they're gonna

35:19

they're really gonna lean into the environment.

35:21

You don't have to vacuum. You don't have to vacuum.

35:23

You don't have get one every year, they last year

35:25

to year. Yeah. I'd rather bring in

35:27

that that nice fresh live one

35:29

and just watch it slowly die over

35:31

three week period. And now that's

35:33

the spirit of the holidays. Yeah.

35:36

It's the circle of life.

35:38

If if if a real tree is part of the circle

35:40

of life, is an artificial tree just like the

35:43

straight line of life. Right? It just

35:45

stays. It's the flat line of life.

35:47

Yes. It is. Tom,

35:51

a family in South Africa, who had just finished

35:53

decorating their real Christmas tree, discovered

35:55

that it had actually come pre decorated with

35:58

what. I'm

36:00

assuming if it came pretty decorated,

36:03

it would be something from the animal kingdom. It

36:05

what did something from the animal kingdom? That's things.

36:08

Oh, scary. Partridges

36:11

in a pear tree? No. Carrier

36:13

than that, Tom. Gary bat well Keke.

36:16

-- super scary. Scary.

36:19

Snake. Yes. A deadly venomous

36:22

snake. And of course, it was a real treat

36:24

because nothing helps your mental health Keke a sudden

36:26

crush. Death. Now

36:28

now we know why not a creature was stirring,

36:31

not even mouse. The family noticed

36:33

their cats were particularly interested in the tree.

36:35

And after a closer look, they discovered one

36:37

of the world's most venomous snakes, a

36:40

boom slung -- Boom.

36:42

-- tree. It's fortunately Bloomslangs

36:45

Last name. Very bad at Bloomslangs are

36:47

not very aggressive unless, of

36:49

course, they're in the proximity of colorful

36:51

blinking lights. End up,

36:53

boom, slang in a pear tree. I

36:57

hate it when you when you're decorating the tree

36:59

and you have to untangle the snake from

37:01

last year. You know? Like, oh, man.

37:03

Who did you remember me? Yeah. Who didn't

37:05

coil this around their elbow? Remember

37:08

the rules kids. If you get bit, everybody else.

37:10

Boom's slang. Boom's slang. Boom's slang.

37:12

It's gonna be so sad though when this family comes

37:14

down Christmas morning and that snake has Salie

37:16

shaped lump halfway down the phone. Coming

37:36

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37:38

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Hi. This is Katie McEntire from Auburn,

38:07

New York. Hey, Katie. How are you?

38:09

Doing great. I don't know where Aubrey is where

38:11

it It's in the Finger Lakes, so it's a very beautiful

38:14

part of Upstate New York. Oh,

38:16

it's gorgeous. Yes. It

38:19

is. It is. Katie, welcome to the show.

38:21

Bill Curtis is gonna read you three news related limerics

38:23

with the last word or phrase missing from each. If fill in

38:25

that last word or phrase correctly. And to the limerick, she will

38:27

be a big winner. Ready play? Ready.

38:30

Here is your first limerick. He

38:32

flew him set the school's hearts

38:35

a glow, then squawked words

38:37

that our kids shouldn't know. So

38:40

teachers were stirred to get rid

38:42

of the bird And now

38:44

kids miss their mascot. The

38:48

Crow. The Crow, yes, kids out of The crow. Yes. Kids

38:50

at a school in Oregon phone would love this week. Unlikely

38:53

friend, a cron named Cosmo, that

38:55

it becomes separated from its usual human

38:57

companions, and he into a fifth grade classroom

39:00

to steal some snacks. The

39:02

crow was such a hit at the school, the popular

39:04

girls even asked it to sit

39:06

with them at lunch. Even

39:08

though this crow swore like a drunk Raven.

39:11

Some Crowe's can mimic human speech, which

39:13

is how was able to repeat curse words.

39:15

It's also how the famous Edgar quote

39:17

came to Keke. Quote the raven go

39:20

f yourself. Alright.

39:22

What what are the new phrases that Cosmo

39:25

learned? Can I speak bathroom? Can I use the bathroom?

39:28

Keke is your next Limerick. Russian

39:31

president, that's not too shabby.

39:34

But at times, my career was more

39:36

drabby. Till I was

39:38

a spy. I would drive

39:40

to get by. In the nineties,

39:42

I worked as a Salie.

39:45

Cabbie, yes. This Keke, we learned that

39:48

Vladimir Putin moonlighted

39:50

as a taxi driver in the nineteen nineties.

39:53

Can you imagine Keke your Uber driver

39:55

shows up and it's Vladimir Putin

39:57

and not only does he know all the side streets, he also

39:59

knows the names and locations of all your member,

40:02

so you had better give him a five star review.

40:04

Okay. And he shirtless. Yeah. Yes. Of

40:06

course. Keke, in the nineties, I

40:08

mean, wasn't he still in the KGB or

40:10

something? He was in the CAB. This

40:14

is in the period apparently, Keke, right

40:16

around the collapse of the Soviet Union and so

40:18

to support himself because KGB work just wasn't

40:20

paying the bills, then he actually he says he had to

40:22

drive a cab to make ends meet.

40:25

He also made a few extra dollars by agreeing

40:27

to star in HBO's taxi

40:29

cab forced confessions. That

40:33

act that story actually raises my

40:35

opinion of putting like that much.

40:39

Yeah. Because you think, you know, you look at me, think,

40:41

well, yeah, if he was ever in hard times, he would just

40:43

kill somebody and take their money. Right? And

40:45

then he didn't know. He actually went out and

40:47

and worked for it. Well, he drove

40:49

them to their homes and then killed them and took

40:51

their money. And he kept the meter running

40:54

while he killed them. Oh, he do He'd

40:56

do that. Wouldn't it? Alright.

40:58

Here is your final limerick. This watering

41:01

hole isn't five star. It's

41:04

for gingerbread men who don't

41:06

thrive far. It has

41:08

got sticky floors and baked

41:10

patrons galore. I

41:12

am building a gingerbread dive.

41:16

Bar. Dive bar. That's right. The other

41:18

highlight has released a new product for the holiday

41:20

season. A kit to build your

41:22

very own gingerbread dive

41:24

bar. The walls are infused

41:27

with beer just like a real dive bar. And the kit

41:29

includes stools making pepperments in a pool

41:31

table with pretzel sticks for queues. It

41:33

also has an unemployed gingerbread

41:36

man who says I won't be here on Saturday.

41:38

It's my week with my gingerbread kids. The

41:41

attention to the tale is amazing. They include

41:43

this is all true, maple syrup, to pour in the floor

41:45

to make them sticky and some gingerbread people

41:47

who fall asleep on the bar. It's a little

41:49

sad though. There's a little tiny icing

41:52

clock on the wall that says two PM.

41:54

PM. Where does the urine smell come Where does the urine smell come

41:56

from? Well, that comes from the Miller

41:58

High Life, eventually. The

42:00

kit sold out almost immediately, but

42:03

you can make your own dive bar at home, just

42:05

take a regular gingerbread house and

42:07

add a nearly unusable toilet and

42:09

a poster of the nineteen eighty nine

42:11

Cubs starting lineup. Bill. How did Katie

42:14

how did Salie do? I'm amazing three

42:17

and o. Perfect score. Congratulations,

42:20

Katie. Well done. Thank you. That was great.

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43:07

Each of our players will have sixty seconds in which

43:09

to answer as many film the blank questions as they can.

43:11

Each correct answer now worth two points. below. Can you give us the scores I

43:13

can you give us the scores? I sure can,

43:15

faith has two, Tom has three,

43:17

and Moe has three. Faith,

43:19

that means you are in third place your first to

43:22

the clock will start when they begin their first question, fill in

43:24

the blank. On Wednesday, president Biden

43:26

traveled to Kentucky to visit areas

43:28

devastated by blanks. tornadoes.

43:30

Right. On Tuesday, Pfizer said their blank bill

43:33

could prevent severe illness. COVID.

43:35

Yes. This week, the Federal Reserve announced

43:37

plans to taper their bond purchases to

43:39

help fight blank. Inflation. Right.

43:42

On Monday, a New York ethics panel ruled that

43:44

disgraced governor blank must return his

43:46

five million dollars in bookstores seeds. Andrew

43:49

Cuomo. Right. This Keke man in Britain says he's

43:51

recovering well after being attacked by blank.

43:53

Oh, zebra's. Twenty

43:56

adorable otters. On Thursday, scientists

43:59

warned that the ice shelf in the blank could crack

44:01

soon leading to more rising sea levels.

44:03

Antarctica. Right. On Wednesday, T

44:05

Mobile, and that's a twenty dollar per hour blank

44:07

for all employees. Raise?

44:09

Yeah. Minimum wage. Well, minimum wage. I'll give

44:11

it to you. Yes. It is a raise. This a couple told

44:14

the New York Times that every two years of bliss recent

44:16

renovations mean they're no longer able to

44:18

share their house with blank. Their

44:21

respective mothers in law. No, with

44:23

eighty thousand bees. The

44:26

couple discovered this colony living

44:28

in their shower two years ago, but decided, and this

44:30

is a real quote, we were Keke, We'll leave you

44:32

alone. You'll leave us alone. They

44:34

were nice bees. When they finally called a

44:36

bee keeper to relocate the hive, he was shocked to find

44:38

that the higher bathroom was covered in one hundred

44:40

pounds of honey. The hive was

44:42

successfully removed making way for the couple's

44:44

new roommates, eighty thousand hungry

44:46

bears. Bail,

44:49

how did Faith do in her quiz? Faith had

44:51

six right for twelve board board board. She

44:53

now has fourteen. And the lead.

44:55

Alright. I'm gonna arbitrarily pick

44:57

Tom to go next. I'll leave blank. On

45:00

Tuesday, the house recommended criminal contempt

45:02

charges against former Trump chief of

45:04

staff, blank. Mark Meadows Mark

45:07

Meadows. Right. On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected

45:09

a request to block New York's blank mandate for

45:11

health workers. Vaccination.

45:14

Right. During a video call this week, Vladimir Putin

45:16

and blank jointly agreed to reject Western

45:18

interference on security issues. Was

45:20

it the Chinese Premier? It was

45:22

China to avoid the US defaulting. The senate

45:24

voted to raise the blank by two point five trillion

45:26

dollars on Tuesday. The debt ceiling.

45:29

Right. To commemorate the death of Kim Jong il,

45:31

North Korea announced it was banning blank for

45:33

eleven days, sex, all

45:36

laughter. On Wednesday, a NASA

45:38

Pro became the first spaceship to touch the

45:40

blank the rings of Saturn. No. The

45:42

sun made it to the outer corona of the

45:44

sun. Following the example of a store in Buffalo,

45:47

workers at two Starbucks in Boston filed

45:49

to join a blank. A union.

45:51

Right. This Keke a man in Singapore who was caught

45:53

driving without a license tried to convince police

45:55

he was his own brother only to

45:57

discover blank. Betty

46:01

actually was. No. He discovered that

46:03

his brother was also wanted by the police.

46:05

After he was pulled over, had to think quickly.

46:08

He didn't have a license, so he convinced police, oh my

46:10

brother, which worked out great until the moment the cops

46:12

arrested him for his brother's outstanding warrants.

46:15

The driver quickly recanted and promised he

46:17

would tell police his real identity right after

46:19

he got off the phone with his cousin to see if he was

46:21

in any trouble with the law. Bill,

46:23

how did Tom do an acquis. Well, he

46:25

had five right for ten more points, you

46:27

know, his thirteen, but faith

46:29

still has the lead with four teeth.

46:32

Alright. Okay. Then

46:35

how many then does Monique to win?

46:37

Six to win. Let's count them

46:39

together. Alright. Here we go, Moe.

46:41

This is for the game. Fill in the blank.

46:44

On Wednesday, Moderna said their booster shot

46:46

offers protection against blank.

46:49

The coronavirus. Yes.

46:51

Well Oh, my crony. Oh, my crony. Right.

46:53

On Tuesday, a judge ruled that the justice department

46:55

could share blank's tax returns with the Ways and Means

46:57

Committee. Donald Trump. Right.

47:00

On Sunday, Chris Wallace announced he was leaving

47:02

Fox News to join Blank's streaming service.

47:04

PMN. Right. New York City transit

47:06

official this week insist he drives with a blank for

47:08

the company and not to get around H0V restrictions.

47:11

Oh a blow up doll. Insist he

47:13

drives around with a blow up doll of a man in a suit

47:15

for the company. On Thursday, two

47:17

women accused sex in the city star blank of

47:19

sexual assault. Is Chris Nouts?

47:22

Yeah. On Wednesday, popular

47:24

message board site blank filed for an IPO.

47:27

Oh, is it is it that Reddit thing?

47:29

It is that Reddit thing. This Keke, a pair

47:31

of thieves were sentenced to few months in prison.

47:33

And even worse, they were told they could

47:35

not keep blank they bought with a stolen debit

47:37

card. The mattress. No.

47:40

They can't keep the four million dollar winning

47:42

lottery ticket Oh my gosh. So

47:44

they they they steal somebody's a debit

47:46

card number, and they go to London, they use it to buy a ticket.

47:48

They win four million dollars. They go on this

47:50

huge binge. For five days

47:52

throughout London. They take pictures the whole time,

47:55

which were then used to prosecute

47:57

them successfully. Sadly, they

47:59

were not allowed to keep the money, but

48:02

they will always have that evidence.

48:04

Bill, did Moe do well enough to win?

48:06

Pretty well. Six right. Twelve

48:08

more points. He has a total of fifteen.

48:12

And that means he is this week's

48:14

champion Yay. No.

48:17

In just a minute, we're gonna ask our panelists

48:19

Elon Musk who will be the next time

48:21

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48:54

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48:57

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48:59

Bezos because his rockets look even

49:02

more like penances. Faith

49:04

sailing. Whoever invents

49:06

a way to keep Elon Musk

49:08

in space. Enova,

49:12

A bottle of old spice, because that's a a bottle of old spice

49:14

because that's a Salie actually

49:16

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49:18

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