‘It’s like NPR with cameras’

Peter Sagal, host of my beloved “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” was a guest on one of my favorite TV shows on Friday.
(The first embedded video below begins with “Dear Aquaman,” one of Ferguson’s regular comedy bits, but the Sagal interview starts right after that.)

Brush with greatness

By the way, I just realized that I forgot to blog about this a few days ago — I got an actual, real-live Twitter reply from Peter Sagal, the host of “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!” on NPR. I had messaged him on Twitter that standup comic Paul Provenza has now, for all intents and [...]

Khan and Number Six

“Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” host Peter Sagal has a great blog post on his memories of Patrick McGoohan (already mentioned here) and Ricardo Montalban.

‘Wait, Wait’ headed for TV?

Peter Sagal and Tom Bodett have both blogged about the taping of this weekend’s Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, which was supposed to be a triumphant reprise of a well-attended outdoor show from last year. Instead, it turned into a rain-soaked badge of honor for the faithful few who attended during a downpour. (Sagal even [...]

Wait, wait – don’t photograph me

Carl Kasell & Peter Sagal

Originally uploaded by Chion Wolf.

Peter Sagal had a link at his blog to this fantastic Flickr photo set from last week’s taping of “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” which was on the road in Connecticut. It includes great photos of everyone involved — Peter, Carl Kasell, guest star Jane Curtin, and [...]