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Barack Obama

The latest Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me ran the gamut from all-Jewish (Peter Sagal) to half-Jewish (“Not My Job” guest Amy Schumer to not-Jewish-at-all-but-thought-to-be baseball barnstorming team House of David. Here’s the relevant portion of the transcript. PETER SAGAL: Amy Schumer, it is a real pleasure to talk to you. And we have invited you […]

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Looks like Paul Dickson and Bill Mead (who turns 80 today; Happy Birthday, sir!) will have to update their old title.

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Yesterday’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me featured excerpts from past shows regarding the 2008 Presidential election. It included a segment from an August 2005 show featuring a newly-elected Senator Barack Obama in the “Not My Job” portion of the program. His topic: The superstitions of Wade Boggs. Obama got two of three answers correct; he […]

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* Hail to the chief

November 5, 2008

Congratulations to Barack Obama, our new commander in chief. Whew. The New York Times‘ Alan Schwarz wrote this piece on Chicago White Sox’ GM Kenny Williams and Obama. Looks like we’ll need a revision here:

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From THR.com, this horrifying item that FOX will delay the start of the Oct. 29 World Series game for a 15-minute Barack Obama message. Of course, that might be a moot point: Oct. 29 is the sixth game, as they say, “if necessary.” McCain could use this to demonstrate to the American people that Obama […]

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Rev. Jesse Jackson is no stranger to the national pastime. In the past he has agitated for the hiring of more minorities for management positions, which is a good thing Nevertheless, he seems to have angered many by his comparison of Barack Obama to Jackie Robinson. According to newspaper reports “Barack Obama has the capacity […]

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