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Peter Sagal

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

Yes.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

Even more so, in the Summer Olympics, racewalking is a staple.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

Now, there may be, I don't know, 200 racewalkers in the United States, but in parts of Eastern Europe, like in Romania or something, you know, racewalkers are like Michael Jordan, apparently.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

1992 in Barcelona, I'm hosting the Olympics, and there's a package of highlights, and it ends with a bunch of race walkers.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

And you know what it looks like, right?

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

It looks like gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now, is what it looks like.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

15-minute shorts who really need to use the restroom, I understand.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

Right, exactly.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

So I come off of it, I think it's completely harmless, and the people on the set laugh.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

I said...

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

Isn't a competition to see who can walk the fastest a little bit like a contest to see who can whisper the loudest?

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

Eventually, don't you just like cross over and start running?

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

Now, you would think that was completely harmless, but the very small race walking community wanted my head on a pipe.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

And that's why you can never go back to Romania.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

Well, Bob Costas, it is such a pleasure to talk to you.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

And we've asked you here today to play a game we're calling... And the Emmy goes to... We are right now in the eye of the Emmy storm.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

The Creative Arts Emmys were last weekend.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

The Primetime Emmys are this weekend.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

So no one is talking about anything but the Emmy Awards.

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WWDTM: Carissa Moore, Bob Costas, and Jim Rice

Ooh.