I'm also rather fond of her uncle Justin
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captainsblogUsually, I find Wait Wait's "Not My Job" segment to be the weakest link in the show. Most of the celebrity guests are obviously phoning it in (many of them literally are), they're plainly there to plug their latest something-or-other rather than getting into the repartee of the segment, and actual gameplay is rarely all that funny and even more rarely successful (most of the guests lose, the only ones on the show to do so regularly).
Not this week's episode, though. They brought on Neko Case, whose music I knew only a little about but whose comedic skills I'd completely missed out on. They gave her three questions about her sort-of namesake, the Necco wafer, and not only did she do well on them, she had me falling off my chair several times riffing on it with Peter and the panel! Go to the show page and roll down to the "Not My Job" link.
There's also a bit later in the program about a failed attempt by London's Metropolitan Police to increase surveillance by putting helmetcams in the bobbies' silly hats. Apparently the devices have an unfortunate tendency to burst into flame, and the resulting conflagrations have an even more unfortunate tendency to make the bobbies resemble characters in a Benny Hill sketch.
The segment ended with, what else? A rousing rendition of Yakkety Sax, which was already in my head before they got to it, but now I feel better, for I have gone and put it in yours, as well.
Not this week's episode, though. They brought on Neko Case, whose music I knew only a little about but whose comedic skills I'd completely missed out on. They gave her three questions about her sort-of namesake, the Necco wafer, and not only did she do well on them, she had me falling off my chair several times riffing on it with Peter and the panel! Go to the show page and roll down to the "Not My Job" link.
There's also a bit later in the program about a failed attempt by London's Metropolitan Police to increase surveillance by putting helmetcams in the bobbies' silly hats. Apparently the devices have an unfortunate tendency to burst into flame, and the resulting conflagrations have an even more unfortunate tendency to make the bobbies resemble characters in a Benny Hill sketch.
The segment ended with, what else? A rousing rendition of Yakkety Sax, which was already in my head before they got to it, but now I feel better, for I have gone and put it in yours, as well.
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Date: 2009-07-13 11:39 pm (UTC)I knew the clove one too.
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Date: 2009-07-14 03:10 pm (UTC)One of the saddest things about not having a computer is not being ab le to download the podcast of Wait Wait to listen to on the commute!
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Date: 2009-07-14 10:03 pm (UTC)I was just listening to "Yakkety Sax" the other night, thankyouverymuch! :-)