Wait wait *is* political

Wait wait *is* political
by ndtnguy (2024-04-17 17:28:36)

In reply to: "Wait wait" is still hanging around * posted by gozer

It's always been a politically tinged, frequently unfunny, news-cum-entertainment bit.

Hell, your chances of making it through The Splendid Table (now far less splendid without Lynne Rossetto Kasper) these days without a weird progressive sidebar is way lower than it should be for a cooking show.

Car Talk was reduced to reruns at most years ago: Tom Magliozzi died in 2014.

The great weekend shows of yesterday are all gone: My Word (and its shorter-lived younger sibling, My Music), its far-less-funny American imitator Says You, and Prairie Home Companion (which became awkwardly, bitterly political in its later years as well). The NPR affiliate here even dropped the Metropolitan Opera matinee. They don't even carry it on the digital-only band.

Replies:

Maeve Higgins is a national treasure. * - OGerry 2024-04-18 23:28:48
Ask Me Another (RIP) was a much better show - irishlaw2010 2024-04-18 08:49:03
- I remember that one - ndtnguy 2024-04-18 15:02:27
Ok, I have a question to that - ravenium 2024-04-17 17:38:10
- The no-audience shows broke Oliver - El Kabong 2024-04-17 20:09:52
- That's a good question - ndtnguy 2024-04-17 19:10:05