Monday, August 29, 2011

Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me recap show - beauty queens, presidents and bronies

This weekend, NPR's "Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me" radio show presented favorite segments from the past year voted on by Twitter and Facebook followers. The show includes Miss America discussing the etiquette of scooting across a car seat in a skirt, a caller possibly shooting himself, and much more. A hoot from start to finish :)

A feature of the show is famous people playing a game called "Not My Job," where a celebrity answers three questions on a (usually silly) subject they know nothing about, playing on behalf of a listener for the prize of esteemed scorekeeper Carl Kasell's voice on their voicemail. Both Dick Van Dyke and President Bill Clinton's games are replayed here, and both are engaging and entertaining, as are the panelists.

President Clinton earned respect from an odd subset of the North American population after his appearance on WWDTM first aired in June of this year - bronies, geeky fans of the animated show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I am not going to attempt to explain this - just putting this here because the whole thing gave me giggles the first time it was broadcast, and the recap episode this weekend contained Clinton's part unedited and I giggled even more :)

Listen to the show here. President Clinton's interview and game is last in the player if you want to skip ahead, but the whole show is hilarious.

A little more about bronies here

A couple more brony sites' reaction to President Clinton's quiz here and here.


More pony images

BTW, President Clinton is vegan now

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