Bill Curtis

From NPR at WBEC Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Studebaker Theatre in the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago, Illinois, Peter Sago.

Are you going to feature something as delightful as going to Pittsburgh to talk to that city's most beloved native son, Super Bowl winning coach Bill Cowher? I think not.

Are you going to feature something as delightful as going to Pittsburgh to talk to that city's most beloved native son, Super Bowl winning coach Bill Cowher? I think not.

Are you going to feature something as delightful as going to Pittsburgh to talk to that city's most beloved native son, Super Bowl winning coach Bill Cowher? I think not.

Yeah, I mean, so, so, you know, I said when I came back here was if I can just make three years, I can go back to my 20th high school class reunion as a head coach, my hometown team. And ironically enough, that third year we lost in the championship game to the San Diego Chargers.

Yeah, I mean, so, so, you know, I said when I came back here was if I can just make three years, I can go back to my 20th high school class reunion as a head coach, my hometown team. And ironically enough, that third year we lost in the championship game to the San Diego Chargers.

Yeah, I mean, so, so, you know, I said when I came back here was if I can just make three years, I can go back to my 20th high school class reunion as a head coach, my hometown team. And ironically enough, that third year we lost in the championship game to the San Diego Chargers.

And we had the reunion, and it was on a boat on the side, the Gateway Clipper, and I just thought, okay, my wife says, you know, we're not going back there. She goes, we're not going back there because you're going to sit there and just be with all your buddies. And I go, no, no, no, we'll just stop there and we'll say hi. Right. Right.

And we had the reunion, and it was on a boat on the side, the Gateway Clipper, and I just thought, okay, my wife says, you know, we're not going back there. She goes, we're not going back there because you're going to sit there and just be with all your buddies. And I go, no, no, no, we'll just stop there and we'll say hi. Right. Right.

And we had the reunion, and it was on a boat on the side, the Gateway Clipper, and I just thought, okay, my wife says, you know, we're not going back there. She goes, we're not going back there because you're going to sit there and just be with all your buddies. And I go, no, no, no, we'll just stop there and we'll say hi. Right. Right.

So we got on the boat and we started talking, and then the boat took off. So just to set the scene. This was like a three-hour cruise. I'm like, oh, man. You are stuck in a boat with your high school classmates. And my wife was getting madder and madder as the night's going on.

So we got on the boat and we started talking, and then the boat took off. So just to set the scene. This was like a three-hour cruise. I'm like, oh, man. You are stuck in a boat with your high school classmates. And my wife was getting madder and madder as the night's going on.

So we got on the boat and we started talking, and then the boat took off. So just to set the scene. This was like a three-hour cruise. I'm like, oh, man. You are stuck in a boat with your high school classmates. And my wife was getting madder and madder as the night's going on.

And then the guys were getting drunker and drunker and telling me all the things I did wrong in the San Diego Charter Band.

And then the guys were getting drunker and drunker and telling me all the things I did wrong in the San Diego Charter Band.

And then the guys were getting drunker and drunker and telling me all the things I did wrong in the San Diego Charter Band.

Oh, you think you're too good for us to get us tickets. So everyone wanted tickets. Like, oh, now you can't talk to us anymore. So I got off the boat. My wife wasn't talking to me and made half the people there mad. And it was just kind of to put the tipping on that year because we lost the championship game to a team we should have beat. So it was kind of like that was kind of my career. Yeah.

Oh, you think you're too good for us to get us tickets. So everyone wanted tickets. Like, oh, now you can't talk to us anymore. So I got off the boat. My wife wasn't talking to me and made half the people there mad. And it was just kind of to put the tipping on that year because we lost the championship game to a team we should have beat. So it was kind of like that was kind of my career. Yeah.

Oh, you think you're too good for us to get us tickets. So everyone wanted tickets. Like, oh, now you can't talk to us anymore. So I got off the boat. My wife wasn't talking to me and made half the people there mad. And it was just kind of to put the tipping on that year because we lost the championship game to a team we should have beat. So it was kind of like that was kind of my career. Yeah.

I know what they're about. Oh, yeah, they're the worst.