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Peter Sagal

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
11065 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Congratulations, Laura, you got it right.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

You earned a point for Josh and you've won our prize, the voice of your choice on your voicemail.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Congratulations, thank you so much for playing.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

And now the game we call Not My Job.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

When Michael Threatts was a kid, he really loved his local library.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

So much so that when he grew up, he got a job there.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

And he loved that job so much that he started a TikTok celebrating the joys of reading.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

And he was so good at that that he was selected to be the host of the new version of the beloved kids program, Reading Rainbow.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Michael, from one book nerd to another, welcome to Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

So congratulations on Reading Rainbow, which just was relaunched by PBS on YouTube.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

It's very exciting.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

This must have been a thrill for you to get this job.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Did you grow up on Reading Rainbow like so many did?

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

He has that effect on people.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

How was the torch passed?

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

Did LeVar Burton knight you with a bookmark or hand over the animated butterfly to you?

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

How did it work?

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

So it is genuine.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

I think nobody doubts that.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Librarian Mychal Threets talks rebooting Reading Rainbow and our panel eats goo

You've talked a lot how the library was your sort of safe space as a kid.