Chioki Ianson
Appearances
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WWDTM: Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, Tara Dower, and more!
The numbers were so unbelievable, Peter had to double check them.
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WWDTM: Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, Tara Dower, and more!
From NPR in WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm Chioki Ianson, and here is your host at the Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago, filling in for Peter Sagal, Tom Papa.
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WWDTM: Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, Tara Dower, and more!
So far, I've got Washington, Lincoln, and the guy Harrison Ford played on Air Force One.
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WWDTM: Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, Tara Dower, and more!
Peter asked him about how he almost skipped acting entirely to become a Pentecostal preacher.
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WWDTM: Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, Tara Dower, and more!
Just be careful blowing out those candles, George, or your whole mouth is going to go up in flames.
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WWDTM: Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, Tara Dower, and more!
From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm the voice so rich, Forbes put it on a list. Chioki Ianson, and here's your host at the Studebaker Theater in downtown Chicago, filling in for Peter Sagal, Tom Papa.
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WWDTM: Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, Tara Dower, and more!
Peter started by asking him how it felt to finally achieve the pinnacle of show business success, his own PBS special.
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WWDTM: Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, Tara Dower, and more!
From NPR in WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm Chioki Ianson, and here's your host at the Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago, filling in for Peter Sagal, Tom Papa.
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WWDTM: Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, Tara Dower, and more!
I'm having so much fun. I can't wait to see what we do for Autocrats Day next year.
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WWDTM: Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, Tara Dower, and more!
I would hope so, because that would have been insulting. You don't talk about somebody's mama like that.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
Well, here's the gossip on Vanessa Bayer. She got all three right. Yeah.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm Chioki Ianson. We're playing this week with Peter Gross, Rachel Feinstein, and Chantira Jackson. And here again is your host at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, Illinois, Tom Papa.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
If I went into a bathroom and Tom was there, I wouldn't talk to him.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
Here's your first limerick. My skin has a roughened savannah feel, but Botox and balms are a grandma's deal. I'll try something funky, this fruit from a monkey. I'm rubbing my face with... Banana peel? That's right, banana peel.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
Since there's loss in the big coffee game, we'll return to the source of our fame. We will keep messing up what we write on your cup. We've gone back to misspelling your... Name. That's right, name.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
Here's your last limerick. Hopping each day makes my rump dope. And my cardio hops gave that chump hope. He made a mistake and fell into a lake. But I soon pulled him out with my jump rope. Yes, you're right.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
Peter has three points. Rachel has four points. Shantira has five points. Yes, she does. Oh, boy.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
Chioki, how did Peter do? Peter got five right for 10 more points. That's a total of 13, so Peter has the lead. Okay.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
Chioki, how did Rachel do? Oh, snap. Rachel got five right for 10 more points. She has a total of 14. Rachel's in the lead.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
Did Shantira do well enough to win? Well, Shantira got three right for six more points, total of 11. So on her inaugural appearance, Rachel Feinstein is this week's winner of Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
And if any of that happens, we'll ask you about it on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theschmidt.org.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
From NPR in WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. Filling in for Bill Curtis, I'm the voice so deep you need a lifeguard. Chioki Ianson. And here's your host at the Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois, Tom Papa.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
Chioki, how did Edie do? Well, I hope she chooses the right voice on her voicemail because she got all three right.
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WWDTM: Vanessa bayer
From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm Chioki Ianson. We're playing this week with Rachel Feinstein, Shantira Jackson, and Peter Gross. And here again is your host at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, Illinois, Tom Papa.
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
Yes, Shazaly is a self-proclaimed villain for hire, and he recently started advertising his services on Facebook with the pitch line, are you tired of your partner thinking you are weak? For a reasonable fee, I can help you prove him wrong. Although there are some obvious public disturbance risks involved, our entrepreneur insists it's all harmless. Quote, it's all an act like WWE.
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
Because maybe my shark isn't friendly. Maybe my shark is the one that needs to be on the leash. Yeah, totally.
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
Like what wouldn't work? Is this a rash or something else?
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
Do that at the dog park? Yeah, all the time at the dog park. When I'm walking my shark. Can you help me hide this body?
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
Look, I've got two kids. I've seen a lot of vomit. Yeah. If you petrified that, I don't know how I would be able to distinguish it from any other rock.
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
I don't think of that sweater as a good look, but apparently people do. It's come back. That sweater was the look of like, okay, we're going to have him play a romantic lead, but look at that guy.
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
They look warm, you know, cuddly. Our focus group of two agrees, Peter. They're ready to go lobstering at any moment.
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
But admit it, you want them more now than you used to, don't you?
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
And Adam Felber. I don't know how it hasn't happened in this country already, but Cadbury Egg McMuffins. Yes.
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
Oh, you missed his fat period. Yeah, when he was singing Tangled Up in Stew. Like a rolling scone. Yeah. The pant sizes, they are a-changin'. Lays, lady, lays. Stuck inside a mobility scooter. Memphis blues again. Blubber on the tracks. Anyway. This is the story of the Dairy Queen hurricane. Are you freestyling right now?
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
missing something fun. And is that based on experience? Like people coming back from the bathroom and being like, now they're having more fun. If you come back from the bathroom and people are having more fun than when you left, you're the problem. It's true.
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
Yeah, when she hits that high note, everything releases. That's like, ah. And they stalled a good 20 minutes before that song actually got sung. So you were in pain, I'm betting.
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
What's the downside? Why don't you want sexy dressed people on a plane? What happens when that happens?
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
You're a nerd on a date with a woman who's way out of your league. Who knows why she swiped right on you, but here you are. Worse, as you come back from the men's room, your date is being harassed by a huge scraggly-haired ruffian who is nearly twice your size. You act quickly, putting yourself between the interloper and your date.
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WWDTM: Amber Maykut
You yell at him, warn him off, make karate hands, and give him a firm shove on his meaty shoulder. And somehow, miraculously, he backs off. Your date looks at you with newfound admiration. You're the hero! What she doesn't know is that her harasser is a 28-year-old Malaysian named Shazaly Suleiman, and you hired him for exactly this moment.