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WWDTM: GWAR, Gretchen Whitmer, Josh Gad, Kara Jackson, and Amber Maykut
Sat, 17 May 2025
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Chapter 1: What are the highlights of Josh Gad's career?
Are you ready to play? Sure. All right. Chioki, who is Amber Maycott playing for? Larry Gold of Minneapolis, Minnesota. All right. Minnesotans here. Here's your first question. An Australian family was surprised when a koala got into their house, especially because it took them a little while to notice it. Where was it? A, on their couch next to a throw pillow with a koala printed on it.
B, hanging on their Christmas tree as if pretending to be an ornament. Or C, sitting on top of their ceiling fan until that is they turned the ceiling fan on.
No.
I'm going to go with A. You're going to go with A, that it was on their couch next to a koala throw pillow. And they were like, oh, I guess we have two koalas. Oh, you pick it up because you're choosing B, hanging on their Christmas tree?
I guess so.
That's right. Oh, wow. Nice. It was like hanging on the Christmas tree. They like trees. It makes sense, all right? Good. All right. Next question. Some people actually welcome wild animals into their homes, including some surprising people. Like which of these?
A, Britain's King Charles, who not only lets red squirrels into his Scottish estate, but leaves jackets hanging on chairs with nuts in the pockets for them to find. B, Jamie Foxx, who has a deal with local animal control for them to bring any captured foxes, naturally, to his house. Or C, Peyton Manning, who learned to imitate six different mating calls so he could attract animals to his patio.
I'll go with A. You can go with A. Britain's King Charles, you're right. Yeah. He loves those red squirrels. He says, sometimes when I leave my jackets on a chair with nuts in the pockets, I see them with their tails sticking out as they hunt for nuts. They're incredibly special creatures. All right. Last question. You're doing very well. It's not just houses that can have trouble with wildlife.
A high school in Little Rock had a bat infestation but dealt with it quickly and decisively. Just by doing what? A, changing their mascot from the running rebels to the fighting bats. B, enrolling the bats as students, which allowed them access to state funds to get rid of the bats. Or C, just ceding control of the school to the bats and making all classes remote for a while.
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Chapter 7: How does Josh Gad feel about his iconic voice role in Frozen?
Yeah.
Didn't you like... Oh, I threw up on him.
Yeah.
I gotta tell you, this all sounds like Big Gretch Bay. It really does.
It really does. Continuing, this is great, because one of the interesting things about your life is that we can tell it via nicknames. Another famous one, of course, you can find it on merch, That Woman from Michigan. which was bestowed upon you by President Trump, or as I guess we should call him, President Trump 1.0. It must be exciting. Are you hoping for a new nickname in the second term?
I mean, we'll see. We'll see how it goes. I'm going to, you know, see how it goes.
All right. But, you know, the T-shirt printers are ready in case it comes up with something.
The Michigan's Etsy community is ready to roll. Thank you.
Governor Whitmer, it is an absolute thrill to be able to talk to you here in Detroit. As we have with so many important people, we have invited you here to play a game that this time we are calling... Check out these not-so-Great Lakes. So Michigan, as I'm sure you know, is the Great Lakes state.
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