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From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm the only man still allowed to wear white after Memorial Day. Bill Curtis. And here's your host at the Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois, Peter Sagal. Thank you, Bill. Thank you.
Thank you, everybody. As you know, every summer has an official theme, so we're taking the week off to wait until this year's theme is announced so Bill and I don't get it wrong again.
We were so embarrassed during Hot Girl Summer when Peter and I showed up as lukewarm boys.
So while we wait for the official announcement, we're here to offer you some delightful things we did over the last year or so. Let's start with an extended version of our interview with actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish from November of 2025.
Peter asked her what jobs she took to support herself during her early years. And one answer was a little surprising.
An energy producer at bar and bat mitzvahs?
Yeah, I did bar bat mitzvahs, executive parties, Christmas parties, Hanukkah parties, funerals, you name it. My job produced amazing energy.
So wait a minute. So you were kind of a hype woman? You got the crowd hyped up? I wouldn't call that a hype woman. What I call it is an energy producer. Okay. I produce amazing energy. I got you. I got you. Yeah, Peter. I'm just flashing back.
You call it a hype woman? That sounds like Flavor Flake to me. No.
No, that's not it. Okay.
This is producing amazing energy. All right. Let me try to... This is my grandma and grandpa get up out the chair.
The energy's so good, they got to start dancing. All right. You want to see it? Yeah. So, like... I do, actually. So I'm thinking back many, many years to my own bar mitzvah. This was a very long time ago. And I did not have an energy producer of any kind. And it was a boring party, wasn't it? It was pretty dull. It was pretty dull. So it's too late now. It's too late now.
It's never too late. We can throw you a 67th birthday party.
We can do that. And thank you for that estimate of my age. It crippled me.
But
First of all, so if you had been at my bar mitzvah many years ago, could you briefly demonstrate how you would have energized the party so it was not the drab synagogue assembly room experience that it was?
First, I would go to you and I would go, young Peter, please take my beautiful brown hand and follow me, darling. And I would lead you out to the dance floor, and I would stand you right next to me, and I would say, follow my lead, do whatever I do, okay? And smile the whole time. No matter how it feels, just smile the whole time. And I would start with a side-to-side step clap, right? And you side-to-side step clap with me.
Peter, do it.
That's right, Peter. That's what I'm talking about. Here we go.
Hey, hey, hey.
Retroactively, I am very excited and extraordinarily embarrassed. Because that's, yeah, that, whoa. That's the Jewish way. It is. Well, yes. Yes.
What are the highlights of Tiffany Haddish's early career?
Peter, I'm going to be real with you. I've seen Tiffany. She could make a dreidel spin without spinning it. She's got that energy. She just, and then it just dreidels on out. And you did this for how many years? For 11 years.
How did Tiffany Haddish support herself before becoming famous?
11 years. Oh, wow.
That was just a, it was one? It was one really long bar mitzvah? No. No, no, I did 500. 500.
Oh, my God.
I got flewed out.
What unique job did Tiffany Haddish have at bar and bat mitzvahs?
I got flewed out. You got flown out. Hold on, people. It's flewed out, man.
Flewed out. You flewed. You flewed out.
I flewed out.
Were you flewed out in a private jute?
No, no, it was definitely a public transportation.
Okay, yeah.
How come for Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me we didn't flute her in?
I should have... I... He can't afford it. He can't afford it. Blame Trump for that. I gotta... That's sadly true. But you recently had your own bat mitzvah, right?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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What are the highlights of Tiffany Haddish's early career?
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How did Tiffany Haddish support herself before becoming famous?
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What unique job did Tiffany Haddish have at bar and bat mitzvahs?
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What insights does Taimane share about playing the ukulele?
45:43–47:20