Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 199

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Howdy, and welcome back to Norm Nathan's vault of silliness with yours truly, Tony Nesbitt. We were delayed due to the holiday, just like my city's trash pickup. Did you catch that? Episode 196 finally made an appearance on the YouTube. The curse of 196 has been broken. Now can you believe that we are here at episode 199? No, me neither. But oh so happy we are. What do we have today? Well, first we say Ni hao and hyunying to China. Thats right. Weve got a couple of listeners in China. A dumb birthday game from September 13, 1992 is on tap today. Norm effortlessly explains the dumb birthday game and then rattles many papers in our ears as the reviews are in from the Chelsea record, the Andover townsmen, the Lawrence Eagle Tribune, the town of Wellesley, the Wall Street Journal, and the Malden Evening News all publish their latest views and opinions on this piece of radio excellence. And because of all that, I have titled it Rattlin reviews the players. Paul from Malden making his approximate 1000th appearance, Beth from Muskegon, Michigan, Helen from Boston, Kristen from Dorchester. I'm producing and playing in studio, and Bill Wilson is in traffic. Our Mel Torme, Claudette Colbert, Fred Silverman, Nell Carter, Larry Speaks, Jacqueline Bassett, Peter Sotera, and a date in history. In what year did Chiang Kai shek become president of China? I did not know. This is just pure, I don't know, fate, coincidence that was not planned at all. Oh, and we actually have another birthday to break a tie. Judith Martin, episode 199 rattling reviews crumples its way to your ears now. [00:02:12] Speaker B: It is time now for all the very exciting and dumb birthday game and introduce you to members of the panel in just a moment. For those of you who may be tuning into this exciting game or something for the very first time, I may explain the rules are really quite simple, which is why we call it the dumb birthday game. This is no reflection, as we mentioned earlier, on, people who are playing the game because they're extremely bright. It's the game that's dumb. I mentioned to you names of people who were born on this date, and you tell me how old you think they are. Of course, today is Friday the 13th, and when Friday the 13th comes on a Sunday, then you know that things are very difficult. Incidentally, you might be interested to know that a number of newspapers have written about the legendary and fabled dumb birthday game. Here's some of the comments. The Chelsea Record calls this a wacky romp, a tense thriller, and a real feel good program. The Andover townsman calls this a timeless classic about a rebellious boy coming of age in Methuen in the fifties. And the Lawrence Eagle Tribune says the dumb birthday game is a stylish melodrama about sex and violence among the british aristocracy. A moving psychological drama. I kind of have a feeling they already weren't listening. [00:03:54] Speaker C: I thought they were right on the money. [00:03:55] Speaker B: Yeah. In a way, it offers something for everybody. So however you interpret it, I think it's good stuff. The newspaper in Wellesley calls it a cop. Battles crime and corruption in one of Wellesley's seediest neighborhoods. I didn't know that Wellesley had a seedy neighborhood. I thought they were zoned out of town. You have a seedy neighborhood, you're no longer part of our town, they say. Also, here's one from the Wall Street Journal, a psychological seat squirmers set in the world of high fashion. [00:04:36] Speaker C: And a couple of these missed just a little bit. [00:04:39] Speaker B: Just slightly. But I think they get a certain kind of flavor. [00:04:41] Speaker C: They have a feel for it. They definitely have a feel for it. [00:04:44] Speaker B: I think. I was going to say that, too. And here's one from the Malden Evening news and an entrancing charmer. [00:04:54] Speaker C: Oh, that says it all. [00:04:55] Speaker B: I think that says you saved the best for last. Yeah. Yeah, I did. So I want to thank all those of you who have listened to this program and reviewed the dumb birthday game and added your comments. I think that's just so darn nice. [00:05:07] Speaker C: Very nice. [00:05:07] Speaker B: Okay, now let me introduce to you members of our panel. Paul from Malden certainly is no stranger. This is his 1000th appearance. How you doing, Paul? [00:05:20] Speaker D: You mentioned the fact that the Malden news also mentioned the fact that it was just so darn proud that two of its favorite sons have been brought to fame on the dumb birthday game. [00:05:31] Speaker B: That's right. [00:05:32] Speaker D: Paul, myself and Joe the baker. [00:05:34] Speaker B: That's right. The notorious Paul and the. And Joe the. And Joe the baker, by the way, met him for the first time at the. What do we call it? The farmstand. Yes. He was there with his little baby. And Teal. Teal? Was that. That's his baby's name. Teal? Very, very cute. [00:05:53] Speaker D: Incidentally, Norm, I'd love to hear Arthur Godfrey do a pitch for oval team, if you could. Sometime during the game. [00:06:01] Speaker B: Sometime during the game. [00:06:03] Speaker E: Let's see. I seem to be lapsing into that voice now. I sort of have to get the. [00:06:08] Speaker D: Gretchen. [00:06:09] Speaker E: Ovaltine. Ovaltine. Ovaltine. Drink Ovaltine. It'll help you make you sleep. If. Norm. Nathan. Certainly one of my heroes. And I mean this not in a derogatory way. If he doesn't put you to sleep, and God knows he does, me. Ovaltine will. [00:06:30] Speaker C: Now, that man speaks the truth. [00:06:31] Speaker E: That man speaks. [00:06:33] Speaker B: Hold on. [00:06:33] Speaker E: It says that right here. That man speaks the truth. By God. He speaks in the blue ridge mountains of Virginia. [00:06:44] Speaker B: You didn't want him to sing, did you? Paul? [00:06:46] Speaker D: Anything is possible. [00:06:48] Speaker B: Anything is possible. [00:06:50] Speaker E: Anything is possible in their own way. [00:06:53] Speaker D: And you know how you mentioned this was my 1000 appearance? [00:06:56] Speaker B: Yes. [00:06:56] Speaker D: Oh, just consider me sort of the Bennett cerf of the dumb birthday game. [00:07:00] Speaker B: The Bennett surf. [00:07:00] Speaker D: Kind of a regular, like on what's my line? [00:07:03] Speaker E: Yep. [00:07:03] Speaker B: That's right. That's right. Bennett surf was on that. What's my line? [00:07:07] Speaker C: If you could only see Norm here. When he channels Arthur Godfrey, when he channels any of the people, he does. It takes him no time. Most people get into that. Candles and dim lights and holding hands and seances and all that. Norm, he just sits there. Boom, there they are. They're in his body. [00:07:21] Speaker B: Right there. Right there. [00:07:22] Speaker D: Is that something in your mouth, Tony? [00:07:23] Speaker C: Yes, I do. Oh, does it sound that way? Am I clicking? [00:07:29] Speaker B: Oh, you are clicking. [00:07:30] Speaker C: I'm sorry. [00:07:31] Speaker B: You are clicking. Okay, let's see who else. [00:07:33] Speaker C: My bridge work. [00:07:34] Speaker E: Let's see who else is playing the dumb birthday game. A game to tight. Even though I'm dead, I love to listen to. It's a wonderful game and it's almost made me come to life. [00:07:46] Speaker C: Before you leave us, Arthur. [00:07:47] Speaker B: Yes? [00:07:48] Speaker C: Would you happen to know the lottery number for tomorrow? [00:07:50] Speaker E: The lottery number for tomorrow? [00:07:52] Speaker C: Yes. [00:07:52] Speaker E: You think where I am, I can predict. [00:07:55] Speaker C: Sure. [00:07:56] Speaker E: Yes. Someone you may know the lottery number for tomorrow. Let me close my eyes and see if I can figure it out. The number for Monday. Monday. Daily life. [00:08:06] Speaker B: Tonight. Sunday. Sunday. Oh, Sunday. [00:08:09] Speaker E: What's Sunday? Of course. Of course. How silly of me. Here in the Blue Ridge mountains of. Okay, the number is 962-5413 B 69841. [00:08:32] Speaker B: He makes me laugh. Does he make you laugh? Anyway, I think I wouldn't bet on that number. Okay. [00:08:38] Speaker C: Considering they only draw four of them. [00:08:41] Speaker B: Let's go to Beth, who is in Michigan and far enough away from here so she cannot be considered an accessory. How you doing, Beth? [00:08:49] Speaker F: I'm fine. Fine. [00:08:51] Speaker E: You're fine? Fine. [00:08:52] Speaker F: I'm fine. Between Detroit and Boston. [00:08:56] Speaker B: Okay. Now, where in Michigan are you? What. What silly city are you in out there in Michigan? [00:09:00] Speaker F: Muskegon. I live. I overlook Lake Michigan. [00:09:03] Speaker B: Oh, Muskegon, Michigan. One of that's. That's a twin city for a city in Massachusetts, which you probably never have heard of. But it is called Cohasset. Muskegon is the Cohasset twin city. Did you know that? [00:09:20] Speaker F: Of course I knew that. [00:09:22] Speaker B: I know that. It was kind of silly of me to say that. Is this the first time you played the game with us? You played it before? A month ago. [00:09:30] Speaker E: A month. [00:09:31] Speaker B: Did you win? [00:09:32] Speaker F: No. [00:09:32] Speaker B: Okay. Because you. Because if you did, you probably haven't got the prize yet. Because I've been very bad about that kind of stuff. What do you do out there in Muskegon, Michigan? What does anybody do in Muskegon, Michigan? [00:09:43] Speaker F: That's a good question. [00:09:45] Speaker B: I thought it was, and that's why I asked. [00:09:47] Speaker F: Not much of anything. [00:09:49] Speaker B: Okay, let me write that down. Not much of anything. [00:09:51] Speaker F: Not much of anything. [00:09:52] Speaker B: Not much of anything. [00:09:53] Speaker C: Is there room for that on the doily? [00:09:55] Speaker B: We're gonna embroider that on another doily? Yes, we are gonna do that. We're gonna go to. Okay. Helen is part of the panel, too. She's from. From Boston. [00:10:03] Speaker G: Hi, Norm. [00:10:04] Speaker B: Hi. I was in Boston once when I was just a kid, and, you know. [00:10:07] Speaker G: I heard you flirting with the other Helen from Boston, and she's an imposter. Because I'm the original. [00:10:14] Speaker B: You are the original one. [00:10:15] Speaker G: And I heard you flirting with her. [00:10:17] Speaker B: And you're the shapely one. [00:10:18] Speaker D: Are you going to raise hell about that, Helen? [00:10:20] Speaker B: Yeah, you're going to raise hell about that, Helen. You get the kind of humor that we have on this. On this birthday. [00:10:26] Speaker G: Tony's in my book. Okay. All the time. [00:10:28] Speaker B: Well, that was Paul, actually, who said that. [00:10:30] Speaker D: Not Tony went to the jackass school of humor. [00:10:33] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:10:34] Speaker C: And failed. [00:10:34] Speaker B: Miserable. [00:10:35] Speaker G: I did. That was Tony. [00:10:38] Speaker B: The only thing worse about failing the jacket comedy school is to pass it as to graduate. That leaves you a future that is. [00:10:46] Speaker C: Really bleak in traffic. Traffic. Next is traffic school. [00:10:51] Speaker B: Okay. Okay. Hey, you know who else we have? Who? We have the very lovely and desirable. [00:10:56] Speaker C: Oh, yes. [00:10:57] Speaker B: And you talk about shapely. Oh, just her right arm is enough to drive you crazy, let alone her entire body is. Kristen. Hello, Kristen. [00:11:07] Speaker H: Good morning, Norm. [00:11:08] Speaker E: Good morning, Norm. [00:11:10] Speaker H: Hello. [00:11:10] Speaker B: We don't have to be so formal. You know, we could say, hi, there, sweet, good looking guy. You cutie. You know, we could do that the way we do it when we're not on the air. [00:11:19] Speaker H: Hi, there, cutie baby. [00:11:21] Speaker B: Oh, God, Kristen, please. That was just a darn nice. And, of course, Tony you've heard from, because he's sort of been part of this whole thing. [00:11:29] Speaker C: Hi there, sugar plum. [00:11:30] Speaker B: Okay, Tony, I've noticed a trend. Are you talking to me? Or Kristen. And I know, I hope it's Christian, because I'm a little worried about you, Tony. [00:11:41] Speaker C: Paul. [00:11:42] Speaker D: Yeah, I've noticed a trend lately. You notice there seems to be three women and one man call. [00:11:48] Speaker C: Yeah, I've noticed the last three or four games. [00:11:52] Speaker G: We're smarter. [00:11:54] Speaker B: We're smarter. [00:11:57] Speaker D: Webster in the henhouse. [00:11:58] Speaker E: Okay. [00:11:59] Speaker B: Okay. And we also have with us, and I'm so thrilled about this is the man who calls traffic for us and who found a bear in a highway somewhere. [00:12:10] Speaker I: I had to look at New York for it, but I. [00:12:12] Speaker B: That's right. [00:12:13] Speaker I: I didn't find it. [00:12:14] Speaker B: This is Bill Wilson. Do you know one time we used to give, you know, when there was an unusual traffic situation somewhere, road watch America. We would, we would do that. I haven't done that lately because, because we get out very far and we could be helping people, like on the New York thruway and that kind of stuff. [00:12:31] Speaker I: As a matter of fact, I work for them as well. [00:12:33] Speaker B: You work for the New York Thruway Road watch America. [00:12:37] Speaker I: And they didn't want to even hear about the bear. [00:12:40] Speaker B: No, they didn't. [00:12:42] Speaker I: They just didn't care about the bear. [00:12:45] Speaker B: You know, that's the trouble with the world today, I think, is a lot of people just don't care. And that makes me sick to my stomach. And I think I'm going to throw up. [00:12:55] Speaker C: I don't care. [00:12:56] Speaker B: I think. Let me see. Who can I throw up over? Isn't that sickening? Forget I said that. Forget I said that. I happen to be very healthy. Poor. [00:13:06] Speaker G: I sound like George bush. [00:13:09] Speaker B: That's right. He did happen to have an incident in Japan, which I suspect you're referring to. Okay. I think that's the most colorful, interesting thing he's ever done, depending on what he ate. Yeah, right. I think we can move along today. Of course, as we mention, it's Friday the 13th, which is on a Sunday, September 13, is the birthday of one of my favorite all time vocalists. And man, who gets Betty Fischer has gotten better. Whoa, shut up. No, this is a guy who actually sings in tune. [00:13:43] Speaker C: Oh, okay. [00:13:44] Speaker D: Walter Lipschitz. [00:13:45] Speaker B: Walter Lipschitz. Or sometimes he uses a stage name of Mel Torme. Oh, Mel Torme. Today's Mel Torme's birthday. [00:13:53] Speaker E: The velvet far. [00:13:54] Speaker B: The velvet far. That's right. [00:13:55] Speaker C: Now, does he like that now? [00:13:57] Speaker B: No, he used to hate it one time. No, he's mellowed a lot through the years. I remember mentioning a couple of things to him once when he, when he was guesting on my very popular, high rated show called the popular, high rated show, it was called. And he used to get so angry, he would start. Anyway, we won't go through that. Paul, how old do you think Mel Torme is on this day? [00:14:21] Speaker D: Is he mellowed since then? [00:14:23] Speaker B: He's mellowed quite a lot. Yes, he has. In fact, John McLaughlin on CNBC interviewed him about a week or two ago. And he was. He was fascinated. I mean, Mel Treme, not John McLaughlin, although he's fascinating, too. Paul, what do you think? How old is Mel? Tremendous. [00:14:42] Speaker D: I'm nudging up there around 70. Around 68. [00:14:47] Speaker B: 68. Okay. And Bethe? [00:14:52] Speaker F: 67. [00:14:54] Speaker B: 67. Okay. And Helen? [00:14:57] Speaker G: 69. [00:14:58] Speaker B: 69. And. [00:15:00] Speaker E: Hey, baby. [00:15:01] Speaker B: Kristen, come closer. Tell me. Whisper in my ear. [00:15:05] Speaker H: Well, cutie, I think I'll say 65. [00:15:08] Speaker B: 65. You know what I'm gonna do, Kristen? I'm gonna write that down. How do you spell that? Six, a six and a five. I never. I never fell in love with you because you were smart. I fell in love with you because you're so darn beautiful. [00:15:26] Speaker H: Okay. [00:15:28] Speaker B: The fact that you're 73 years younger than I am really tears me apart. I don't know how to handle that part of it. [00:15:36] Speaker D: But, mom, you're still using baby bonds. So you're young at heart. [00:15:40] Speaker B: I'm not. Only. That's right. And I still eat swieback and I still drink similac because I long for those days to come back again. [00:15:53] Speaker C: Not like some hot similac right out of a little elbow in and test it first. A little on the wrist. [00:16:00] Speaker G: Tony, you better take his temperature. [00:16:04] Speaker B: Ellen, did you just say that? Ellen, that was a wonderful remark and very clever. Now just sit down and be quiet. [00:16:12] Speaker G: I'm sitting down. [00:16:13] Speaker B: Okay. And Tony, how old do you think Mel Torme is? [00:16:17] Speaker C: I'll agree with Helen. 69. [00:16:20] Speaker B: 69. [00:16:21] Speaker G: Thank you, Tony. [00:16:21] Speaker C: You're welcome, Helen. [00:16:25] Speaker B: We don't have to snort, Tony. Okay. You know what I'm saying? [00:16:28] Speaker C: I'm sorry. [00:16:31] Speaker B: Bill. If you could tell us how old you think Bill. Mel Torme is, we would just not appreciate that. [00:16:37] Speaker I: And also, Bill Torme, I think bell Torme is 74. [00:16:41] Speaker B: 74 years young. You say? Years young. Okay. The actual age of Mel Torme, his actual age today is exactly what Beth out there in Muskegon, Michigan, said. She said 67. Yeah, he's 67. Yeah. I'll be that in about 15 years, 20 years, 25, 30 years. I'll be that age. [00:17:07] Speaker C: Multiple choice question. [00:17:09] Speaker B: Either that or within the next few months, I'll be that age. [00:17:12] Speaker C: Whichever comes first. [00:17:14] Speaker B: Whichever comes first. That's right. Oh, God. I hate. I hate to talk guessing ages of old, guys who are the same age as I am. I'm sorry. Does that mean our romance is over, Kristen? [00:17:27] Speaker H: Oh, never. That makes me love you even more. [00:17:30] Speaker B: Ooh. Oh. Oh. Getting old and the body falling apart is so wonderful. [00:17:36] Speaker D: There might be frost on the pumpkin, but there's fire in the heart. And a little salsa down your pants, too. [00:17:45] Speaker B: I think the way it goes is, although there's some snow on the roof, there's still a fire in the fireplace in the basement. Okay. Okay. This is also the. [00:17:57] Speaker C: Oddly enough, there's this fire on the roof in Norm's case. Cause I think he does have a. [00:18:01] Speaker B: High temperature, and I think he's got. [00:18:05] Speaker C: A little snow in the basement. [00:18:06] Speaker B: And I thank whoever's responsible for that. Snow in the basement. [00:18:12] Speaker C: I don't know. [00:18:13] Speaker B: Okay. [00:18:14] Speaker D: It's just baby bon powder. [00:18:15] Speaker C: You can really read into that if you'd like. [00:18:18] Speaker B: Today is also the birthday of. You notice the way I kind of just move along like nothing is going on? Claudette. [00:18:26] Speaker C: Nothing is. [00:18:27] Speaker B: Norm. That's right. Nothing has been going on for the past 48 years. Ever since I got into broadcasting. When I was Norman day at Wesx in Salem, I used to say, hey, listen, could you make something go on there, please, for Kevin's sake. [00:18:43] Speaker C: Did you talk to her? [00:18:44] Speaker B: Horror, Norman. Dirt. [00:18:48] Speaker C: With my fuzzy soap. [00:18:49] Speaker B: That's right. Fuzzy was. He wasn't there. Okay. Anyway, Claudette Colbert, you know what her birth name was? She was born in Paris. I didn't know that. Paris, France. Claudette, yeah. Anyway, today is her birthday and what is she in? [00:19:14] Speaker C: I'm trying to remember. [00:19:15] Speaker B: Claudette Colbert. [00:19:16] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:19:16] Speaker B: What happened one night? [00:19:17] Speaker D: She's ancient. [00:19:18] Speaker B: Imitation of life. She was also in. [00:19:23] Speaker F: It happened one night. [00:19:24] Speaker B: It happened one night. That's right. [00:19:26] Speaker E: Yes. [00:19:26] Speaker C: Fantastic. [00:19:27] Speaker B: Yeah. Fantastic. And it was one. One of the great classics. Okay. That's right. She was one of her early movies. That's right. That's right. Hey, who? [00:19:37] Speaker F: I remember those things. [00:19:39] Speaker B: That's you, Beth. [00:19:40] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:19:40] Speaker B: Yes, you're right. Why don't you take the first guess then, at the age of Claudette Colbert? [00:19:46] Speaker F: Okay, I'll see. Oh, I'll say about 83. [00:19:54] Speaker B: 83, okay, 83. Claudette Colbert. Kristen, what do you think? You know Claudette Colbert? [00:20:01] Speaker H: No, I'm sorry, I don't. [00:20:04] Speaker B: I'm sorry. You don't, too. But maybe you can guess her age. Anyway. [00:20:11] Speaker H: I'll say a nice round, even 80. [00:20:14] Speaker B: A nice round, even 80. Okay. And, Bill, what do you say? [00:20:19] Speaker I: A bit of a slanted 81, bit. [00:20:22] Speaker B: Of a slanted 81. Okay. [00:20:26] Speaker D: And Paul, I'm gonna say, let's see, 84. [00:20:33] Speaker B: 84. Paul's gonna say 84, ladies and gentlemen. And Helen will say, what? [00:20:38] Speaker G: 84. [00:20:39] Speaker B: 84 also. [00:20:41] Speaker D: Thank you, Helen. [00:20:42] Speaker B: Okay. [00:20:42] Speaker G: You're welcome. [00:20:43] Speaker B: That means that you and Paul go to one of Malden's smart restaurants and have a three course meal. [00:20:51] Speaker G: Josie, can Tony come too? [00:20:53] Speaker B: Tony may come too, yes. [00:20:54] Speaker D: What's this thing you have for Tony? [00:20:58] Speaker G: We'll never. [00:20:58] Speaker C: That's our secret. [00:20:59] Speaker G: I'll never tell. [00:21:01] Speaker B: It's just wonderful to see two kids in love. It makes my stomach churn. Tony, what do you say? How old is Claudette Colbert? [00:21:11] Speaker C: I'm going along with Helen and Paul with a decrepit 84. [00:21:16] Speaker B: A decrepit 84. That's a wonderfully warm way to look at your senior citizen friends. And may your soul rot in hell. Okay. [00:21:29] Speaker C: No, that was. [00:21:30] Speaker B: I didn't mean that. That was kind of. That was a little. [00:21:32] Speaker C: That was the dark side again. [00:21:33] Speaker B: That was my dark side. [00:21:35] Speaker C: I was waiting to be called upon after the crooked and the nice round and the slanted ages. And you skipped over a few. [00:21:42] Speaker B: So actually, we have three winners there. Because Claudette Colbert, or as her original name was, Claudette Chauchoin. Claudette Colbert. Is actually 87 years old today. And so the Tony and Helen and Paul. Who guessed 84 were the closest. Yeah. That means that it's right. It's a four way tie. [00:22:09] Speaker G: Do I get a tacky prize? [00:22:11] Speaker D: Not yet, Helen. [00:22:12] Speaker B: For God's sake, Helen. We're still fighting tooth and nail in this game now. It's still on. [00:22:17] Speaker G: I've been waiting forever. [00:22:19] Speaker C: Have you ever won, Helen? [00:22:20] Speaker G: No. [00:22:21] Speaker B: Wow. [00:22:22] Speaker C: That's too bad to wait a while. [00:22:25] Speaker G: And it gets more tacky as the time goes on. [00:22:28] Speaker B: Yeah, because I have a six month supply. This is one of the grand prizes of this year. Six month supply of cat litter. Mmm. Oh, yeah. [00:22:35] Speaker I: New or used, Norm? [00:22:37] Speaker B: Oh, it's used. [00:22:38] Speaker D: Oh, don't forget those dumbbells from the health club. [00:22:41] Speaker H: I got the peanut brittle that was out of sight. [00:22:44] Speaker B: The opponent. Your peanut brittle was great. A five pound box of peanut brittle. Along with a set of dentures and. [00:22:51] Speaker D: A few leftover weather sticks and a sludgehammer. [00:22:54] Speaker B: Well, you're already swinging. I shall. What a sickly group this is. [00:23:00] Speaker C: I'll be right back. [00:23:01] Speaker B: That's right. I could be teaching my class at the University of Bombay along with David Brudnoy. And I'm stuck here at my university. I could be at my university. Anyway, William F. Buckley. William F. Buckley. [00:23:17] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:23:18] Speaker C: Anyway, Fred silver channeled him right on the spot, too. [00:23:23] Speaker B: Yeah, I think maybe I can do him. But he's still alive. Sort of. Sort of alive. Does he? You think he talks that way at home, William? Regrettably, yes, I do. But he parsed me the grand rhysol. Please, I could use some more. Like turkey. I want some more turkey. Naturally, I'd like to white mate. Cause I happen to be a racist. No, he's probably not a racist. I just made that up. [00:23:48] Speaker C: If we were on tv, underneath, underneath norm's nate, that face would be flashing political commentary. Political commentary. [00:23:56] Speaker B: That's right. [00:23:56] Speaker C: Subliminal political message. [00:23:58] Speaker B: It's like. It's like those stations that have talk hosts and they always say the opinion is expressed and not necessarily those of the station or the sponsors. Like that's going to save them from a lawsuit. Okay. Fred Silverman. Anyway, Fred Silverman is a tv producer. NBC, I believe, isn't it? That's right. [00:24:20] Speaker D: President of CB's. [00:24:21] Speaker B: He was. That's right. He was the president when they were. [00:24:24] Speaker D: In their glory days with all the family and all of. [00:24:27] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:24:27] Speaker B: Big, big man and television. [00:24:28] Speaker D: Now he's got a production company. He produces Jake and the fat man. [00:24:33] Speaker B: Matt Locke lock and all those. Oh, really? You know. [00:24:38] Speaker I: And he was responsible for super train. Remember that? [00:24:41] Speaker B: So. Yeah, super train. Wow. Yeah, super train. Super train. [00:24:47] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:24:48] Speaker B: That lasted about four minutes, then it was canceled, I think, after the second commercial. Fred Silverman. Let's start with you, Bill. [00:24:56] Speaker I: Probably 69. [00:24:59] Speaker B: 69, okay. And Tony? 60. [00:25:06] Speaker C: 68. My original answer. [00:25:08] Speaker B: 68 is your original answer? [00:25:09] Speaker C: My non original answer was 69. [00:25:12] Speaker B: And come closer, Kristen, would you whisper your answer in my ear, please? And speak loudly, because it's a very old ear. [00:25:25] Speaker H: I will say a lovely 66. [00:25:30] Speaker B: A lovely 66. Okay. [00:25:33] Speaker C: You know why she said that? [00:25:35] Speaker B: Why is that? [00:25:36] Speaker C: To win your heart. [00:25:37] Speaker B: To win my heart. That's right. And you didn't say that's the root. You didn't say that at all, did you? [00:25:41] Speaker C: No, I was. [00:25:42] Speaker B: Yeah. You were just captivated by. [00:25:45] Speaker C: I didn't want to interrupt you and Kristen, I'm with the. [00:25:47] Speaker B: That's right. I. Awful communities. Right. Helen, how old do you think Fred Silverman is today? [00:25:52] Speaker G: 71. [00:25:54] Speaker B: 71, okay. And Beth, and what do you think, Paul? [00:26:02] Speaker D: I think he's a little younger than everybody has mentioned. I'm gonna say 59. [00:26:07] Speaker B: 59. [00:26:09] Speaker C: Well, he may be that, but after he produced super train, he aged about. [00:26:12] Speaker D: Ten years because he was very young when he was an executive at CB's. [00:26:17] Speaker B: You're absolutely right, Paul. And you're the closest, you devil. He's 55. [00:26:22] Speaker D: Oh, I thought he was a hold of the line. [00:26:24] Speaker C: That's the limit. [00:26:25] Speaker B: And. And Paul said that? Yes. Yeah. Paul said 59. He was the closest. And the rest of you said a lot older than that. A lot older than that. So don't you go looking to Fred for a job, any of you. Okay, this is also the birthday of Nell Carter. [00:26:44] Speaker C: The big fat Nell Carter. [00:26:46] Speaker B: Big fat. She's been quite ill. Yeah, I heard. [00:26:51] Speaker D: About a month or two ago that she was suffering from some rare blood disease. [00:26:55] Speaker H: She had a brain aneurysm. [00:26:57] Speaker B: Oh, really? Oh, my. Oh, my. [00:27:00] Speaker C: So she's. [00:27:00] Speaker I: She's got athletes foot. [00:27:06] Speaker B: Bill said. Did he come in? It was his tasteless remark, wasn't it, Paul? [00:27:13] Speaker C: I'm not going to pursue that any further. [00:27:15] Speaker B: Let's start with Paul on this one. How old do you think Nell Carter is today? [00:27:19] Speaker D: I'm going to say Nell is a nice round 42. [00:27:25] Speaker B: Nice round 42. Okay, and what do you think, Beth? 33. 33. And to Helen? [00:27:34] Speaker G: 40. [00:27:36] Speaker B: 40. Okay. And Kristen? Okay. And Tony? [00:27:49] Speaker C: 45. [00:27:52] Speaker B: And what do you think, Bill? [00:27:53] Speaker I: 43. [00:27:54] Speaker B: Okay. The actual age of Nell Carter today, September 13, is exactly what Kristen said. Oh, 44. [00:28:04] Speaker C: Should have agreed with that whisper. Yeah, those whispery vocals. I should have agreed with that. [00:28:10] Speaker D: Stop complaining, Tony. [00:28:12] Speaker G: I think Christian got Tony's book, and she's cheating. [00:28:16] Speaker D: Oh, here we go. Now, what's the. What's the score right now? [00:28:21] Speaker B: The score right now? You want a rundown of the score just because you have. [00:28:25] Speaker C: He can walk. [00:28:27] Speaker B: He has two correct answers and he knows he's leading. That's why he asked for that, because he happens to be a cheat and a terrible person. [00:28:37] Speaker C: Okay, Paula, Bob sums it up. [00:28:38] Speaker B: That sums it up. And that's the nice thing. Until I get to the bad parts. I know Paul has two correct answers and one correct answer each by Beth, Helena, Kristen and Tony and Bill. I'm so ashamed. He's out there somewhere, camping on some highway, suffering from atmosphere. Yeah. He's in a rest area right now, and somebody else is using the phone. [00:29:07] Speaker D: Huh? [00:29:08] Speaker B: I don't know. That was very philosophical, although meaningless. Here's a tough one. This is Larry speaks. [00:29:18] Speaker C: What did he say? [00:29:19] Speaker B: He said, how old am I? [00:29:22] Speaker G: Who is Larry speaks? [00:29:23] Speaker B: Okay, I'm just gonna tell you that. And that's a fair question. It's a fair question. Larry speaks as a former government official. What age? He was born in Cleveland, if that helps you at all. [00:29:39] Speaker F: What year? [00:29:40] Speaker B: What year? We always have somebody who always has that, and they think they're just so darn clever. About that. [00:29:45] Speaker I: I think he was a spokesperson for. [00:29:47] Speaker B: Ronald Reagan, former White House spokesperson. And for Ron Reagan, I believe is absolutely correct. [00:29:53] Speaker C: Bill, the speaks person. [00:29:54] Speaker B: Yes. I want you to know, notice that Bill Wilson, although he knows traffic like the back of his hand, he knows a whole lot of other things, too, and that's why he's our man of the year. [00:30:08] Speaker G: How old is he, Bill? [00:30:09] Speaker I: I'll tell you in a bit. [00:30:11] Speaker B: Okay. I'm gonna call first on Kristen to take the first shot at this, because I know that leaves her in a hopeless position, and I like when you're vulnerable, sweetie. [00:30:24] Speaker G: Oh, boy. [00:30:25] Speaker B: Kristen, how old do you think Larry speaks? [00:30:29] Speaker H: If you like me so much, do you know you're going to humiliate me in 2 seconds? [00:30:34] Speaker B: I know that, but one of the reasons I like you is because humiliating you really turns me off. [00:30:41] Speaker H: Foggiest idea. [00:30:44] Speaker B: I know most people don't. So whatever you say, you'll set the pace, and everybody's going to guess within a year or two. [00:30:49] Speaker H: Oh, great. Then everyone will hate me. [00:30:52] Speaker D: No, we could never do that. [00:30:54] Speaker G: We're trying, though. [00:30:58] Speaker H: Whoa. [00:30:59] Speaker B: That happens to be Helen who said that. And Helen hates everybody. It's really sickening. [00:31:03] Speaker D: She's just waiting for a tax break. [00:31:06] Speaker H: Okay, well, he helped out Ronald Reagan, right? [00:31:10] Speaker B: Yeah, he was. He was the spokesperson. One of the spokespersons for Ronald Reagan. That's right. [00:31:17] Speaker H: Was he a young guy then, or was he close to Reagan's age? [00:31:21] Speaker B: No, he. Well, how can we answer that without giving you clues? [00:31:25] Speaker D: He was a close friend of Thomas Jefferson. [00:31:30] Speaker B: Anybody who's a spokesperson for Ronald Reagan, of course, that at least. All kinds of humor there, too, but we won't go into that. [00:31:37] Speaker H: I don't think he'd hire young guys to be a spokesperson. [00:31:40] Speaker B: Well, he wouldn't hire, say, you. Who's that creative? You're how old? You're about 202-12-0202 yeah. Yeah. No, he's older than you. I can give you that. [00:31:52] Speaker C: Very recently. 20. [00:31:53] Speaker H: Yeah. [00:31:54] Speaker B: Oh, that's right, too. Had a birthday just within the past few weeks. [00:31:58] Speaker H: 17 August. [00:31:59] Speaker B: 17 August. [00:32:01] Speaker H: Okay. Well, I've stalled long enough. I'll say. Well, I'll have to say 65. [00:32:09] Speaker B: 65? [00:32:10] Speaker H: Yeah. [00:32:12] Speaker B: Okay. And let me ask you, Beth, what do you think? [00:32:16] Speaker F: Oh, let's see. I'm trying to remember what he looks like. [00:32:19] Speaker B: Well, he's a tall. He has an angular face. Yeah. He had here with a day old, always old, beard growth and sandals that are a little scuffed. [00:32:32] Speaker D: Didn't he wear corduroy knickers? [00:32:34] Speaker B: Also corduroy pants, as a matter of fact, corduroy knickers when he was younger. Later on, corduroy pants that made that singing sound. [00:32:41] Speaker C: You could hear him, but he carried. [00:32:42] Speaker D: A Ronald Reagan lunchbox. [00:32:44] Speaker F: I've got the picture now. Let's see. [00:32:47] Speaker B: Yeah. And also. Yeah, he also had a shoes with a sole, kind of flapping as he walked. With the singing of the corduroy and the flapping of the shoe. He was kind of like a one man band. And Ronald Reagan just loved it. [00:33:03] Speaker E: Play my favorite song, which amasses in the cold, cold ground. [00:33:08] Speaker C: I love it. [00:33:10] Speaker H: What a sight. [00:33:12] Speaker B: Who am I asking this question? This. Beth. I'm sorry. [00:33:14] Speaker F: 56. [00:33:15] Speaker B: I'm sorry. 56. Why not? You're saying 56? 56, yes. Okay. Okay. Let's see. Let me ask Bill. Bill Wilson. How old do you think he is? [00:33:28] Speaker I: 49. [00:33:29] Speaker B: 49, okay. And Helen? [00:33:32] Speaker G: 58. [00:33:35] Speaker B: What do you think, Tony? [00:33:37] Speaker C: Well, after that, Bill, answer, he sounds like he. [00:33:40] Speaker B: Hmm. [00:33:40] Speaker C: 50. Whoa. You said what, Bill? 49. [00:33:44] Speaker I: I said 49. Tony? [00:33:45] Speaker C: 51. [00:33:46] Speaker B: 51, okay. And Paul? [00:33:49] Speaker D: Well, I was going to say 49. I'm going to stay with 49. [00:33:52] Speaker B: Stay with Cunningham. I love a man who knows his own mind, even if it is. That's right. Even if it is a silly mind. But actually, let's see. Larry speaks, actually is 53, which would make. Hold on a minute while I figure this thing out. It would make Tony, who said 51, the closest. Yay. Tony has two correct answers. [00:34:21] Speaker H: That's three years off. [00:34:23] Speaker B: Yeah, but Tony was only two years off. [00:34:25] Speaker H: Oh, I'm sorry. [00:34:26] Speaker C: Yeah, you better be. [00:34:27] Speaker G: But I was gonna say that. [00:34:30] Speaker B: Okay, so that means that the Paul and Tony are tied with two apiece. [00:34:36] Speaker C: Hurry up yet to another one so I can get out of this tie. [00:34:38] Speaker G: I'm with you, Tony. [00:34:39] Speaker C: Thanks. [00:34:40] Speaker B: It's Kristen. I'm with you, Tony. Oh, stop that. [00:34:46] Speaker C: He just channeled Helen here. And Helen. Wow. [00:34:49] Speaker B: Kristen, Helen and Beth all have won a piece. And Bill is still in the bathroom. [00:34:57] Speaker C: This is the first. This is his first game. The longest he's went without scoring. Unless. I don't know anything about his love life. [00:35:07] Speaker B: You care to tell us about that? So would your bill in great detail. [00:35:10] Speaker I: In the next traffic report. [00:35:12] Speaker B: Okay. That's right. [00:35:14] Speaker C: I hope it has nothing to do with a bear, Bill, because it'll be. [00:35:16] Speaker B: The last time we talked to you. Okay. How about Jacqueline Bessette, one of the really beautiful ladies? [00:35:23] Speaker G: Who's she? [00:35:25] Speaker B: Who's she? Oh, pardon me. Sure. You get so jealous. Soon as I say beautiful lady, you pretend, who is she? You know damn well how. Who she is. Don't fool me now. Okay, let's start with. Let's see. We'll start with the Tony. [00:35:43] Speaker C: I know it. [00:35:43] Speaker B: I know it. Well, we haven't started with you. [00:35:46] Speaker C: I know, but when you always repeat it a few times, I'm the next one up. [00:35:50] Speaker B: That's right. You are the next one up. [00:35:51] Speaker C: Jacqueline Bassett. [00:35:52] Speaker B: Jacqueline Bessette. [00:35:53] Speaker G: Who is she? [00:35:54] Speaker C: Wasn't she. [00:35:55] Speaker B: Don't. [00:35:55] Speaker C: Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Is that her? No, no, no. That's Kelly. [00:36:00] Speaker D: Kelly Lebron. [00:36:00] Speaker C: That's right. [00:36:01] Speaker D: Pontine, Pa. [00:36:03] Speaker C: There we go. No, no, wait a minute. Who doesn't? Jacqueline beset to one of those commercials? [00:36:09] Speaker D: No. [00:36:10] Speaker C: She was in a lot of tv movies, wasn't she? [00:36:14] Speaker B: Yeah. She has been a television a lot. [00:36:16] Speaker C: And I'm confusing her with Rachel Ward. [00:36:21] Speaker D: Reporter named Jackie Bessette also. [00:36:23] Speaker B: I. I didn't know that. [00:36:24] Speaker D: On one of the cable networks. [00:36:25] Speaker B: Yeah, no, I didn't know that. [00:36:29] Speaker C: I'm trying to. I keep seeing Rachel Ward for some reason. [00:36:33] Speaker I: I think she was in the deep. [00:36:34] Speaker D: That's wishful thinking. [00:36:35] Speaker B: The deep. Thank you very much. [00:36:37] Speaker C: Okay, she is. Now. [00:36:40] Speaker D: She plays Jackie on that. [00:36:42] Speaker C: You know what? She's hit the big five. [00:36:43] Speaker B: Oh, the big five. Oh, okay. Okay. I want to ask you, Paul, what do you think? [00:36:50] Speaker D: Oh, let me see. [00:36:53] Speaker C: Yeah, check your paper. [00:36:57] Speaker D: I say she's 52. [00:37:01] Speaker B: 52. Okay. And Kristen, I will say. [00:37:09] Speaker H: 46. [00:37:12] Speaker B: 46. Okay. What do you think, Bill? [00:37:15] Speaker I: A beautiful 47. [00:37:17] Speaker B: A beautiful 47. And Beth? [00:37:21] Speaker F: 43. [00:37:24] Speaker B: 43. These are very slow and very deliberate and carefully thought out answers, and I'm very pleased with all of you. Helen, what do you think? [00:37:34] Speaker G: 51. [00:37:35] Speaker B: 51. Okay, let me figure the. Let's see. Jacqueline Bassett, born September 1348 years ago. Oh, and so, Bill, who said 47? [00:37:50] Speaker I: I'm out of the bathroom now, folks. [00:37:52] Speaker B: He's out of the bathroom, and he's now. He's now on the scoreboard. Yeah, she's a 48. [00:37:57] Speaker D: Washed the toilet, and he's full of knowledge. [00:38:01] Speaker I: I don't think you can say that word on television, can you? [00:38:04] Speaker B: No, you can't. You really can't. Paul. Paul will suffer the consequences of that remark from now on for years. He will not be able to go to Malden Square, to the donut shop without the curse being on his head. [00:38:19] Speaker D: What donut shop? [00:38:20] Speaker B: Please. That's the first curses. For him not to remember the name of the donut shop. For a man who loved glazed doughnuts and cannot say that word ever again is enough of a curse. I'm a muffin man. Yeah. [00:38:35] Speaker C: I think I saw that written in one of them walls in one of the men's rooms. [00:38:40] Speaker B: Call Paul. He's a muffin. He's a muffin man. Okay, Paul. Anyway, Paul has. Paul has two correct answers, and Tony has two correct answers, and everybody else has one. So we don't want to show them up. We don't want to show them up. [00:39:00] Speaker D: Good line. [00:39:01] Speaker B: What is that? What is that, Ellenhouse? Okay. [00:39:04] Speaker G: We're smarter than them, but we don't want to show it. [00:39:09] Speaker B: Okay, here's. Here's. Here's one, one more. This is a singer, a rock, I believe. A rock singer songwriter born in Chicago named Peter. C e t e r a terra. Peter Cetera. Okay, okay. Peter Satera, Chicago. Pretty popular fellow. [00:39:30] Speaker C: Most famous. [00:39:31] Speaker B: Most famous. Now, what was Chicago? [00:39:34] Speaker C: Well, he was in the band Chicago. [00:39:35] Speaker D: Anything. The theme to the karate kid. [00:39:38] Speaker B: Oh, really? Yeah. Okay. Okay. [00:39:40] Speaker C: That's an american film away from Chicago. [00:39:46] Speaker B: Okay, let's start with. Let's see. Let's start with. [00:39:48] Speaker G: Helen, I don't even know him. [00:39:51] Speaker B: Doesn't matter. Yeah, that's. That's your problem, Helen, we can't help you with that. [00:39:56] Speaker G: Is he young or old? [00:39:58] Speaker C: When was he born? [00:39:59] Speaker B: Yeah, would you just make a guess of some sort of. [00:40:08] Speaker G: That's a 40. [00:40:10] Speaker B: You say he's 40? [00:40:11] Speaker G: Yeah. [00:40:12] Speaker C: No, 40. [00:40:13] Speaker B: Oh, she said fart. Farty. Okay. And Beth, who's from Michigan, has a funny accent, too. How old do you think Peter Sotera is? [00:40:24] Speaker F: Beth, I don't even know how you say his name. [00:40:27] Speaker B: I just said it. I said it fluently, and I said it nicely. [00:40:30] Speaker F: Now, will you please spell the latter part? [00:40:34] Speaker B: I would be happy to. It says c e T. C e t e r a. Peter cetera. C e t e r a. Peter. P e t e r. Never heard of singer. S I n g e R. Cat. C A T. Dog. [00:40:50] Speaker D: Do. [00:40:51] Speaker F: Okay. [00:40:53] Speaker B: All right. Dumb. [00:40:54] Speaker F: D u N. 35. [00:40:57] Speaker B: 35. Never heard of him. Never heard of him. 35. [00:41:02] Speaker C: Never say that. [00:41:03] Speaker B: Never heard of him. Never heard of him. Tony, what do you say? [00:41:07] Speaker C: Oh, I'll have to go along with 39. [00:41:10] Speaker E: With. [00:41:11] Speaker B: I'm sorry, 39. [00:41:13] Speaker C: That's what I said. [00:41:14] Speaker E: Jack, you said, let me, let me. 39 years of age. [00:41:21] Speaker B: You see, you know, flirty lines. Why don't I stop this right this minute? Okay. What do you think, Kristen? [00:41:34] Speaker H: I'll say 45. [00:41:36] Speaker B: You'll say 45. Okay. And I. Paul, what do you say? [00:41:42] Speaker C: I'm gonna say, just broke out the karate kid movie. He's fast forwarding through. [00:41:47] Speaker D: Yeah, right. I'll say 45. Also. [00:41:51] Speaker B: 45. Also okay. And what do you say, Bill? [00:41:54] Speaker I: 46. [00:41:56] Speaker B: 46. Okay. The actual age, again, of Peter Satara on this very day, September 13, is 48. [00:42:08] Speaker D: Oh, my goodness. [00:42:10] Speaker B: So Bill Wilson, who said 46 is the closest. [00:42:14] Speaker D: And now he's in a three way time. [00:42:16] Speaker B: That's a three way time with Tony, Paul and Bill. [00:42:19] Speaker G: Oh, boy. That's bull. Women. [00:42:26] Speaker B: A lot of sign going on here. [00:42:28] Speaker C: I can listen to it all night. [00:42:30] Speaker B: Yeah. Just sounds. Sounds so darn swell. Okay. So I ought to give you one more, I guess, to try to break it. [00:42:37] Speaker C: I guess so. [00:42:40] Speaker B: If I get much more. Let me see. What? [00:42:43] Speaker D: Give us a date. [00:42:45] Speaker B: Give us. Give you a date. [00:42:46] Speaker D: Well, if you don't have any birthdays. [00:42:48] Speaker B: Okay. Tell you. Give you an event and you tell me when that happens. [00:42:51] Speaker C: Well, no. Do you have any other birthdays? Any names that you skipped over? [00:42:54] Speaker B: Any skip names that I skipped over? No. Nothing really dramatic. [00:43:00] Speaker C: That didn't answer my question. [00:43:01] Speaker D: Give us a name. Maybe we know it. [00:43:05] Speaker I: He's awful bossy, isn't he, Norm? [00:43:07] Speaker B: He really is bossy. I'm gonna give him a name, Bob, that he'll never ask me for a name ever again. [00:43:14] Speaker D: Walter P. No. [00:43:15] Speaker B: Hepzibar Zelbowitz. [00:43:19] Speaker C: 78. [00:43:21] Speaker B: 78 years old is correct. Paul is out of it. And I hope you're satisfied now, Paul. Okay, I'll give you a date. This is the date that. Let's see. [00:43:35] Speaker C: Chaz was born. [00:43:37] Speaker B: That's right. And moved up to Mississippi, to Chicago. Chiang Kai shek became the president of China. [00:43:45] Speaker C: I thought you were placing an order for a second. [00:43:53] Speaker B: He was finally thrown off China by Mao Tse tung, who then took over, and he ended up on the island of Formosa. [00:44:01] Speaker C: Bless you. [00:44:02] Speaker B: Thank you. Either that or was Norman's woe off of Salem. I forget which. Anyway, Chiang Kai shek. Chiang Kai shek. [00:44:11] Speaker C: Now, this is. What. When he was. [00:44:12] Speaker B: What's the question? He became president of China. [00:44:15] Speaker C: Okay. [00:44:16] Speaker B: Okay. Now, this. You tell me the year this happened. Paul. Are you back at school? [00:44:21] Speaker D: Yes, I am. [00:44:22] Speaker B: And what grade do you teach? [00:44:25] Speaker D: Grades seven and eight. [00:44:26] Speaker B: And what. What subject? Well, I. [00:44:29] Speaker D: Bit of everything. I'm kind of a support teacher there. [00:44:31] Speaker B: Oh, I see. Okay. [00:44:33] Speaker D: A little bit of like. A little bit like a tutor. [00:44:35] Speaker B: Okay. Then, therefore, that the date that Chiang Kai shek became president of China to you would be. [00:44:40] Speaker C: Do the kids like you, Paul? [00:44:42] Speaker F: Oh, he's qualified. [00:44:45] Speaker B: That'd be a piece of cake for you then, wouldn't it? [00:44:47] Speaker D: Well, not so. Not really. [00:44:49] Speaker B: Okay. [00:44:50] Speaker F: Sure. [00:44:50] Speaker C: Does he still. No, he isn't. [00:44:53] Speaker D: Am I? [00:44:54] Speaker B: No, he's he's dead. He's been dead for some time now. Yes. So what do you think? What year did Paul. Did Chunky Shek became president of China? [00:45:04] Speaker D: Oh, I. It was sometime in the twenties, I believe I was gonna say 1920. [00:45:12] Speaker B: 419. 24. Okay. What do you think, Beth? [00:45:17] Speaker F: Oh, 1930. [00:45:18] Speaker B: 119 31. Helen? [00:45:21] Speaker G: 1930. [00:45:22] Speaker B: 519. 35. The way we're going, somebody's gonna say 1993 next year. He's gonna really take over. Kristen, what do you think? [00:45:36] Speaker H: Um, 19. [00:45:40] Speaker G: No. [00:45:43] Speaker C: 18. [00:45:43] Speaker H: 1920. 919. [00:45:47] Speaker B: 29. Okay. And Tony? [00:45:51] Speaker C: Yeah? 29 was. I'll say, 30. [00:45:53] Speaker B: 119 31. Same as Beth. Oh, okay. She said. Yeah, she said 31. Also a bill. What? [00:46:00] Speaker C: Do they have elections at the odd years over there, don't they? Or whenever they feel like over taking over a government? [00:46:08] Speaker B: They sometimes never have elections. [00:46:09] Speaker C: That's right. [00:46:12] Speaker B: Because they know what people want. Anyway. Bill, what do you say? [00:46:16] Speaker I: How about 1930? [00:46:17] Speaker B: 419. 34. Okay. [00:46:23] Speaker C: 1893. [00:46:25] Speaker B: I'm pleased to say that all of you. None of you actually was that close. Close. [00:46:29] Speaker C: Now I. Can I. My original answer before everyone pushed me to the third was going to be something like 1963 or something. [00:46:37] Speaker D: No way. Mouthy tongue was. [00:46:41] Speaker C: Who did Nixon go over and see? Anyone know what? [00:46:45] Speaker D: That mouth wasn't it? [00:46:47] Speaker B: Well, it was either. Mao. Mao. Success. Okay. It was after that. [00:46:50] Speaker D: Yeah, it was Mao. Though he did see Mount early in the early seventies. [00:46:55] Speaker B: Okay. [00:46:56] Speaker C: Oh, wow. [00:46:56] Speaker B: For a guy who made a lousy guess on the year that Chiang Kai shek took over Paul, you sure have a lot to say. The actual year that Chung Kai shek took over as president of China was 1943, during World War Two. And after the war, that's when the Mao Zedong came down with the Communist Party and overthrew this clown. Both of them are clowns in a sense that what Mao Zedong did was not so wonderful. But we kept sending aid to Chiang Kai shek, and he kept pocketing it, giving it to his friends. What did he think he was some kind of a United States senator or. [00:47:34] Speaker C: What kind of like what they do here or what. [00:47:37] Speaker B: Anyway, so the closest would have been Helen, who said 1935. And it was six ways. Five ways. It's a. It's a one, two. It's a four. Four way tie. Paul. Hold on. Don't. Don't anybody applaud till I introduce the entire head table. Paul. Tony. Beth. I'm not Beth. Bill. No, I guess. And Helen. [00:48:10] Speaker G: Yep, that's me. [00:48:12] Speaker B: No, that's right. You got the last one. Those are the. Yeah, those are the. And the rest of you got one apiece. So that's very good. [00:48:21] Speaker C: You have another date? [00:48:22] Speaker G: Do we get a tacky prize? [00:48:26] Speaker B: You just love those tacky prizes. [00:48:29] Speaker C: I don't know, because we're running out of time. [00:48:31] Speaker B: But we are running out of time. Let's see. Okay, I'm going to give you one more birthday. Okay. I did dig up another birthday. Judith Martin, you're going to say, who is Judith Martin? [00:48:43] Speaker C: Who is Judith Martin? [00:48:44] Speaker B: Author, journalist. Born in Washington, DC. She is known as Miss Manners. [00:48:50] Speaker G: Oh, yeah. [00:48:52] Speaker B: Is it okay if when I don't like my soup I spill it on the head of the hostess? That kind of. She's written a book? [00:48:59] Speaker C: That would be perfectly acceptable. [00:49:01] Speaker B: It would be. Yeah. That's. She's. She's a. She's. She's actually kind of blazed new path. [00:49:07] Speaker C: Yeah, she is that way. [00:49:08] Speaker B: Yeah. Is it okay if I don't like the party to kick the host in the. In the ankle as I leave and she says, by all means, yes, as long as you do it with a well shod foot. Yeah. [00:49:19] Speaker C: And a well shined shoe. [00:49:21] Speaker B: That's right. [00:49:21] Speaker C: You can't kick anybody with dirty shoes. [00:49:23] Speaker B: That's right. [00:49:23] Speaker C: Yeah. Very impolite. [00:49:25] Speaker B: Did I ever question about Judith Martin? [00:49:27] Speaker D: Well, no. I was wondering how she'd been writing a long time. [00:49:33] Speaker C: Probably since she was four or five. [00:49:34] Speaker B: Yeah, she. Yeah, she. She had manners very early in life, matter of fact. Yeah. In fact. In fact, one of the first things she had manners about had to do with an umbilical cord. That's how long she's been writing. [00:49:47] Speaker C: Yeah. I can recall one story about it where she requested a bib when she was being fed. [00:49:53] Speaker B: That's right. She said, is it okay if I say. Should I say miss or mister or use their first name when I'm requesting a bib for my similac? [00:50:02] Speaker D: Didn't she have a relative called named mind your. [00:50:07] Speaker B: No, she didn't, Paul, so be quiet. Okay. Did you have a relative named mind your. I see. Miss Manners. Now we get that, Paul. It's a little subtle, but what the heck. Okay. No, actually, we've been off here for about a half hour now. The general manager came in and pulled the switch on everything. Looking at it in a disgusting way, but I figured, why tell you we're having so much fun. Okay, we better get through this quickly. [00:50:37] Speaker C: Could you please. [00:50:38] Speaker B: It's because we're running late. [00:50:40] Speaker C: I hate to say it, but I'm bored stiff. [00:50:44] Speaker B: I'm not too thrilled with that either, myself. Judith Manners. Paul, what do you think? [00:50:49] Speaker C: Judith Manners? [00:50:50] Speaker B: Yeah, rage. [00:50:51] Speaker C: Judith Manners. [00:50:52] Speaker B: No, I'm sorry. Judith Martin. Mitch Manners. How old is she? [00:50:56] Speaker D: Judith Martin. [00:50:57] Speaker B: Judith Martin. Mismanage. [00:50:58] Speaker C: Yes. [00:51:00] Speaker B: Yes. [00:51:01] Speaker D: I'll say. 69. [00:51:02] Speaker B: 69. And what do you say, Beth? [00:51:04] Speaker F: Oh, 68. [00:51:06] Speaker B: 68. And Helen? 6555-6565. Okay. Kristen? [00:51:13] Speaker H: 60. [00:51:14] Speaker B: 60. And Tony? [00:51:17] Speaker C: 66. [00:51:18] Speaker B: 66. And what do you think, Bill? [00:51:20] Speaker I: 71. [00:51:22] Speaker B: 71. Okay. Judith Martin is actually 54. He is much younger than any of you said. Except Kristen. Kristen was the closest at 60. [00:51:33] Speaker D: Thank you. [00:51:36] Speaker B: So it's a five way tie. We have no time to break the tie. [00:51:39] Speaker C: Another null and void game. [00:51:40] Speaker B: I love it. Yeah. Yeah. So the game is null and void. No tacky pies and do not speak to. Will you stop that? No tacky prizes. Your whole life revolves around some. Some tacky prize. Will you stop? I want to thank all of you for playing the game. You've all done. Oh, what? Hey, Paul. Thank you very much. [00:52:01] Speaker D: You're certainly welcome. [00:52:03] Speaker B: And you did. You did very well. I'm sorry. No cigar. [00:52:07] Speaker C: Now get out of here. [00:52:08] Speaker B: You did okay. And Beth, all the way out there in Muskegon, Michigan. Just pass the word long. Get a lot of your folks out there to listen to us. [00:52:16] Speaker F: Okay. And I love to picture. [00:52:19] Speaker B: Well, did I send one of those things? [00:52:21] Speaker F: Yes, you did. And it's beautiful. [00:52:23] Speaker C: Okay, which one did you send this time? [00:52:25] Speaker B: I sent it. I sent a picture of Paul from Malden. [00:52:28] Speaker C: Oh, okay. [00:52:29] Speaker B: Yeah, he's in a classroom setting. Hey. Okay. Bethan, I appreciate talking with you also, Helen. [00:52:36] Speaker G: Yes, it's been fun. [00:52:38] Speaker B: It's been fun. [00:52:38] Speaker G: And I love you, Tony. [00:52:39] Speaker C: Love you, too, Helen. [00:52:41] Speaker B: Okay. Sorry to break this thing up, but I'm getting nauseous. And, Kristen, I appreciate you playing the game with us. [00:52:48] Speaker H: Okay, thanks a lot. I had a blast. [00:52:51] Speaker B: Well, we had a blast having you. Thanks a lot. [00:52:53] Speaker C: Good night, Kristen. [00:52:53] Speaker H: Bye, Tony. [00:52:55] Speaker B: And, Tony, you rang? Okay. Hey, thanks. Thanks for playing the game with us, too. You're okay. [00:53:02] Speaker C: Thank you. It's been one. [00:53:04] Speaker B: Well, there he goes. Okay. And Bill Wilson, I will talk to. [00:53:09] Speaker I: You in a few, sir. [00:53:11] Speaker B: In a few seconds. That's right, too. We're coming very close to news time, and good to talk with you. And right now we'll take a break for the news, and then we'll be back with the final 35 minutes of this really spectacularly awesome, wicked awesome show. Two. 5410 30. 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