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Chapter 1: What is the significance of the Alzo Era in this episode?
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From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz. I'm the man who, for some reason, thought now was a good time to start a career in public radio. I'm Alzo Slade, and here's your host at the Bass Concert Hall in Austin, Texas, Peter Sago. Thank you, Alzo.
Thank you, everybody. Thank you. It's great to be back in Austin, Texas. We have a fine show for you today. Later on, we're going to be talking to Alana Myers-Taylor, the most decorated black winter Olympian ever.
But first, we are so excited to inaugurate what cultural historians of the future will refer to as the Alzo era, as we welcome Alzo Slade as Wait-Wait's new official judge and scorekeeper. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Peter. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
This is very exciting. But also, now that you are official, you are able to wield the awesome power of judging and scorekeeping. So as you start your reign, what do you want people to know about you?
That I am the most decorated black scorekeeper in weight-weight history. So...
If you want to be the first contestant of the Alzo era, give us a call. The number is 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. Let's welcome our first listener contestant. Hi, Ryan. Wait, wait, don't tell me.
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Chapter 2: Who is Alana Myers-Taylor and what are her achievements?
I've been cramming all day.
You have.
Yeah.
All right, well, here is your first quote, and as I'm sure you'll recognize from Alzo's imitation, it is vanilla ice.
I don't even vote, so I don't even care. I'll go play for Putin if you want.
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Chapter 3: How does the role of a judge and scorekeeper change the game dynamics?
Warm body, vanilla ice, was one of the few performers not to drop out of a concert on the National Mall celebrating what?
America's 250th birthday.
Yes, that's exactly right. For their big party on the National Mall, the White House proudly announced a lineup of American music icons like Vanilla Ice and Bret Michaels from the band Poison. Seriously, it was like they just wrote down all the names from the Grammys in memoriam reel.
So is this tied to the cage match that's going to happen on the lawn? Oh, it's all part of the big festivities.
That's all part of it. The cage match, they've been building this thing on the White House lawn to have a UFC, basically a cage match. Yeah. That's going to be on Flag Day, which, oh, by the way, what a coincidence, is also President Trump's 80th birthday. Let me just say this about that UFC thing.
If you look at aerial footage of the White House, it looks like what they thought the White House was going to look like when the Obamas were there. It looks like Breaking Bad meth lab house. Yeah. Yeah. With the construction of the ballroom that you have seen, it looks very, like Air Force One is on some blocks. It looks wild.
It feels like when you have a house guest and you can't kick them out and they're ruining everything and you're like, we'll just clean it when they're gone.
All right, Jenny, here is your next quote. It's about a hot new director in Hollywood.
He got his start at age nine, posting videos of himself playing Minecraft.
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Chapter 4: What unusual trend is happening with shirtless fans at baseball games?
And now that they can make legit films out of it makes perfect sense. My daughters, within 30 seconds of taking a picture, are able to take that picture, zoom in on my fat neck and make that the picture. Right.
Yeah.
That's the thing that counts. Skills.
Mad skills.
They're going to save Hollywood.
Yeah. Your last quote is an official statement from the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team. Tarps off. Let's go. So tarps off. It's the hottest thing in Major League Baseball right now. When you hear tarps off and you're in the stands, you are supposed to do what?
Oh, geez. They take off their shirts?
They take off their shirts. Yes.
Oh, my goodness.
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Chapter 5: What surprising connection is made between mosquitoes and insect repellent?
Is it like, is it sort of like the Jets and the Sharks, like luge versus Mono Bob? Is it?
No, actually, we get along with losers really well. Losers? Losers, yes. Losers like the country club of sports, and bobsleds more blue-collar sports. Wait a minute.
I didn't even know. So you mentioned you had kids. You and your husband have two kids. You're now raising them here in Austin. In fact, is it right that you won one of your gold medals at one Olympics while you were pregnant? Yes. Yep.
Didn't know it at the time. So the bobsled had five people?
In a way.
It was the worst five-person bobsled. It was a two-person bobsled, but yes, technically it had three people.
And I know it's rather difficult to do here in Austin, but have you ever taken your kids sledding?
Haven't taken them sledding, but the nanny has. Not in Austin, but the nanny has taken them sledding.
That sounds very lousy. Oh, yeah. Very lousy.
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