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91 relations: Aamer Haleem, Adam Felber, Al Franken, Alison Stewart, Alonzo Bodden, Amy Dickinson, Angela Nissel, Answering machine, Ask Dr. Science, B. J. Leiderman, BBC America, Bill Kurtis, Bill Radke, Bobcat Goldthwait, Brian Babylon, Brian Unger, Carl Kasell, Chase Tower (Chicago), Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Comedy, Corey Flintoff, Drew Carey, Email, Faith Salie, Firoozeh Dumas, Game show, Greg Proops, Hannibal Buress, Hari Kondabolu, History of the United States, Hollywood Squares, Hugh Hefner, Illinois, Internet, Jessi Klein, Julia Sweeney, Keegan-Michael Key, Ken Jennings, Kyrie O'Connor, Limerick (poetry), Luke Burbank, Mad Men, Madeleine Albright, Match Game, Matthew Weiner, Maz Jobrani, Mike Birbiglia, Mike Pesca, Mo Rocca, ..., Morning Edition, Negin Farsad, Neko Case, News, Nick Hancock, NPR, Panel show, Paul Provenza, Paula Pell, Paula Poundstone, Peabody Award, Peter Grosz, Peter Sagal, Pez, Playboy, Pledge drive, Podcast, Presidency of Donald Trump, Richard Roeper, Robert Siegel, Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount Jr., Salman Rushdie, Says You!, Simon Amstell, Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, Stereophonic sound, Steve Martin, Sue Ellicott, Susan Stamberg, Television pilot, The A.V. Club, The Al Franken Show, Tom Bodett, Tom Hanks, United States Secretary of State, Voicemail, WBEZ, Weasel word, Webby Award, Welcome to Night Vale. Expand index (41 more) »

Aamer Haleem

Aamer Haleem is a Canadian radio and television personality, who was a co-host of the Vancouver edition of CTV Morning Live.

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Adam Felber

Adam Felber is an American political satirist, author, radio personality, actor, humorist, novelist, television writer, and comic book writer.

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Al Franken

Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American comedian, writer, producer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018.

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Alison Stewart

Alison Stewart (born July 4, 1966) is an American journalist and author.

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Alonzo Bodden

Alonzo Bodden (born June 13, 1962) is an American comedian and actor known for winning the grand prize in the third season of the reality-television series Last Comic Standing.

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Amy Dickinson

Amy Dickinson (born November 6, 1959) is an American newspaper columnist who writes the syndicated advice column Ask Amy.

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Angela Nissel

Angela R. Nissel (born December 5, 1978) is an American author best known for her first book, The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke.

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Answering machine

The answering machine, answerphone or message machine, also known as telephone answering machine (or TAM) in the UK and some Commonwealth countries, ansaphone or ansafone (from a trade name), or telephone answering device (TAD), is used for answering telephones and recording callers' messages.

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Ask Dr. Science

Ask Dr.

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B. J. Leiderman

BJ Leiderman (born February 14, 1956 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American composer and songwriter.

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BBC America

BBC America is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is jointly owned by BBC Studios and AMC Networks.

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Bill Kurtis

Bill Kurtis (born William Horton Kuretich; September 21, 1940) is an American television journalist, producer, narrator, and news anchor.

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Bill Radke

Bill Radke is an American radio talk show host, web video host, author, comedian and columnist.

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Bobcat Goldthwait

Robert Francis "Bobcat" Goldthwait (born May 26, 1962) is an American comedian, filmmaker, actor and voice artist, known for his acerbic black comedy, delivered through an energetic stage persona with an unusual gruff and high-pitched voice.

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Brian Babylon

Brian Babylon is an American comedian from Chicago, and a regular panelist on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!.

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Brian Unger

Brian D. Unger (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and commentator.

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Carl Kasell

Carl Ray Kasell (April 2, 1934 – April 17, 2018) was an American radio personality.

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Chase Tower (Chicago)

Chase Tower, located in the Chicago Loop area of Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois at 10 South Dearborn Street, is a 60-story skyscraper completed in 1969.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Comedy

In a modern sense, comedy (from the κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, stand-up comedy, or any other medium of entertainment.

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Corey Flintoff

Corey Flintoff (born April 8, 1946) is an international correspondent based in Moscow for National Public Radio.

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Drew Carey

Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, sports executive, and game show host.

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Email

Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages ("mail") between people using electronic devices.

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Faith Salie

Faith Coley Salie (born April 14, 1971) is an American journalist, writer, actor, comedian and television and radio host.

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Firoozeh Dumas

Firoozeh Dumas (فیروزه دوما) (born 1965 in Abadan, Iran) is an Iranian writer who writes in English.

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Game show

A game show is a type of radio, television, or stage show in which contestants, individually or as teams, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles, usually for money or prizes.

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Greg Proops

Gregory Everett "Greg" Proops (born October 3, 1959) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and television host.

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Hannibal Buress

Hannibal Amir Buress (born February 4, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, activist, writer, and producer.

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Hari Kondabolu

Hari Karthikeya Kondabolu (హరి కొండబోలు; born 1982)Beem, p. 38 is an American stand-up comic, actor, filmmaker, and podcast host.

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History of the United States

The history of the United States began with the settlement of Indigenous people before 15,000 BC.

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Hollywood Squares

Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes.

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Hugh Hefner

Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American businessman, magazine publisher, and playboy.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Internet

The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide.

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Jessi Klein

Jessi Ruth Klein (born August 17, 1975) is an American comedy writer and stand-up comic based out of New York City.

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Julia Sweeney

Julia Anne Sweeney (born October 10, 1959) is an American actress, comedian and author.

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Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.

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Ken Jennings

Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show contestant and author.

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Kyrie O'Connor

Kyrie O'Connor (born November 24, 1954) is a writer and editor.

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Limerick (poetry)

A limerick is a form of verse, often humorous and sometimes obscene, in five-line, predominantly anapestic meter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme.

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Luke Burbank

Luke Burbank (born May 8, 1976) is an American radio host and podcaster who hosts the Portland, Oregon-based syndicated variety show Live Wire Radio and the Seattle-based former radio program and current podcast Too Beautiful to Live.

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Mad Men

Mad Men is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television.

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Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born May 15, 1937) is an American politician and diplomat.

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Match Game

Match Game is an American television panel game show that premiered on NBC in 1962 and was revived several times over the course of the next few decades.

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Matthew Weiner

Matthew Weiner (born June 29, 1965) is an American writer, director and producer.

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Maz Jobrani

Maziyar "Maz" Jobrani (مازیار جبرانی; born February 26, 1972) is an Iranian-American comedian and actor who is part of the "Axis of Evil" comedy group.

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Mike Birbiglia

Mike Birbiglia (born June 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker.

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Mike Pesca

Mike Pesca (born December 29, 1971) is an American radio journalist and podcaster based in New York City.

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Mo Rocca

Maurice Alberto "Mo" Rocca (born January 28, 1969) is an American humorist, journalist and actor.

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Morning Edition

Morning Edition is an American radio news program produced and distributed by NPR.

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Negin Farsad

Negin Farsad is an American comedian, actress, writer and filmmaker of Iranian descent based in New York City.

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Neko Case

Neko Richelle Case (born September 8, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers.

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News

News is information about current events.

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Nick Hancock

Nick Hancock (born 25 October 1962, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is an English actor and television presenter.

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NPR

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

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Panel show

A panel show or panel game is a radio or television game show in which a panel of celebrities participates.

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Paul Provenza

Paul Provenza (born July 31, 1957) is a television presenter, actor, actor on stage, radio panelist, stand-up comedian, filmmaker, and skeptic based in Los Angeles.

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Paula Pell

Paula Pell (born April 15, 1963) is an American comedy writer, producer, and actress, best known for her work writing for the sketch series Saturday Night Live.

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Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator.

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Peabody Award

The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards) program, named for American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media.

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Peter Grosz

Peter Grosz (born January 11, 1974) is an American actor and television writer.

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Peter Sagal

Peter Daniel Sagal (born January 31, 1965) is an American playwright, screenwriter, actor, humorist, essayist, journalist, and host of the National Public Radio game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! and the PBS special Constitution USA with Peter Sagal.

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Pez

Pez (trademarked PEZ in capitals) is the brand name of an Austrian candy and associated mechanical candy dispensers.

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Playboy

Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine.

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Pledge drive

A pledge drive is an extended period of fundraising activities, generally used by public broadcasting stations to increase contributions.

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Podcast

A podcast, or generically netcast, is an episodic series of digital audio or video files which a user can download and listen to.

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Presidency of Donald Trump

Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States at noon EST on January 20, 2017, succeeding Barack Obama.

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Richard Roeper

Richard E. Roeper (born October 17, 1959) is an American columnist and film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times.

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Robert Siegel

Robert Charles Siegel (born June 26, 1947) is an American radio journalist.

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Roxanne Roberts

Roxanne M. Roberts (born 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a style writer for The Washington Post.

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Roy Blount Jr.

Roy Alton Blount Jr. (born October 4, 1941) is an American writer, speaker, reporter, and humorist.

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Salman Rushdie

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist.

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Says You!

Says You! is a word game quiz show that airs weekly in the United States on public radio stations.

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Simon Amstell

Simon Marc Amstell (born 29 November 1979) is an English comedian, television presenter, screenwriter, director and actor, best known for his roles as former host of Popworld, former host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, co-writer and star of the sitcom Grandma's House and for writing and directing the film 'Carnage'.

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Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

The Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is an 850-seat theater in Manhattan, New York owned by New York University.

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Stereophonic sound

Stereophonic sound or, more commonly, stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that creates an illusion of multi-directional audible perspective.

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Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician.

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Sue Ellicott

Sue Ellicott is a former television correspondent for the BBC and political writer for The Times in Washington, DC.

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Susan Stamberg

Susan Stamberg (born September 7, 1938) is an American radio journalist who is a Special Correspondent for National Public Radio and guest host of Weekend Edition Saturday.

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Television pilot

A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network.

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The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club is an entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop culture media.

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The Al Franken Show

The Al Franken Show was the flagship talk show of the former talk radio network, Air America Radio.

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Tom Bodett

Thomas Edward Bodett (born February 23, 1955) is an American author, voice actor, and radio host.

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Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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United States Secretary of State

The Secretary of State is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of America, and as head of the U.S. Department of State, is principally concerned with foreign policy and is considered to be the U.S. government's equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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Voicemail

A voicemail system (also known as voice message or voice bank) is a computer-based system that allows users and subscribers to exchange personal voice messages; to select and deliver voice information; and to process transactions relating to individuals, organizations, products and services, using an ordinary telephone.

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WBEZ

WBEZ is a nonprofit public radio station broadcasting from Chicago, Illinois.

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Weasel word

A weasel word, or anonymous authority, is an informal term for words and phrases like "researchers believe" and "most people think" which make arguments feel specific or meaningful, even though these terms are at best ambiguous and vague.

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Webby Award

A Webby Award is an award for excellence on the Internet presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over two thousands industry experts and technology innovators.

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Welcome to Night Vale

Welcome to Night Vale is a podcast presented as a radio show for the fictional town of Night Vale, reporting on the strange events that occur within it.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_Wait..._Don't_Tell_Me!

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