This week, the NPR quiz show Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! is broadcast from Texas, and the guest contestant is news journalist Dan Rather -- who is from Texas and still lives there, so rather than calling in like most guest contestants he's in studio with host Peter Sagal. While not a warm and open interview, it's interesting and surprisingly funny. And the 'Not My Job' quiz is a touch different from most for a reason I don't want to give away, and hilarious.
By the way, when they refer a couple of times to "Bill," they are talking about Bill Kurtis who is the show's announcer, but before that had had a long career as a TV anchor in Chicago and then went on to be a national correspondent for CBS and co-hosted the CBS Morning Show with Diane Sawyer. And then later hosted several syndicated TV shows, like American Justice -- and even was the narrator for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.and its sequel. And as I've mentioned, I found out only a few years ago that he was good friend with my dad's cousin (and my second cousin) Marion Elisberg Simon, and wrote the introduction to her autobiography. But I digress... Back to the show --
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