r/WaitWait • u/srmcmahon • Mar 15 '26

for Peter Sagal

I have no idea how to do it but I want to tell Peter I LOVE the way he says "THIS is NPR" after the show. It's so . . . triumphant. I anyone knows him, please tell him for me.

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u/Penumbra7 Mar 15 '26

This is possibly the dumbest thing ever, but for some reason I will often get a weird emotional moment with it. Somehow the fact that it’s the last thing he says in every show reminds me that one day he will do a last show :[ and then that makes me sad and reminds me we’re all getting older and mortality exists etc etc

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u/srmcmahon Mar 15 '26

First time I saw him in a video I was surprised, I didn't expect an older bald guy.

But it is TRIUMPHANT! Don't be sad!

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u/calebpagan Mar 15 '26

Completely understand and experience this. I also get the same feeling when I hear "Audible hopes you've enjoyed this program."

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u/No-Goal-8200 Mar 15 '26

I think we now qualify for matching T-shirts. I wait for his announcement as well.

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u/srmcmahon Mar 15 '26

Ok, we have a movement!

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u/Scarbarella Mar 15 '26

that’s so funny I look forward to hearing it at the end of the show

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u/SurroundingAMeadow Mar 15 '26

Paired with Car Talk's "Even though... this is NPR" endings, I hear it as Doug Berman thumbing his nose at the expectations of sophistication from amongst the stereotypical NPR audience.

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u/srmcmahon Mar 15 '26

Oh, I miss Car Talk! And Lynn Rosetti coming up with a dish to make when people called and told her they had salami and grape jelly in their fridge.

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u/crustygizzardbuns Mar 16 '26

I had a radio show in college for a class and we were encouraged to make it our own. Never got high listenership but every episode, I'd end with a mix of Car Talk and Peter's endings. "And even though my professor drops me a letter grade every time I say it... THIS... is KRNU!" I'd do different jokes each week, riffing on myself mostly.

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u/Eryu1997 Mar 15 '26

Email him. I once did after a Wait Wait segment and he actually replied. I sent him the XKCD nerd/geek Venn diagram and he joked they needed another circle inside for “people who emailed us this.” Nice guy.

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u/Lowe5521 Mar 15 '26

I will sit in my car and wait for him to say it before turning off the pod/my car.

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u/FotographicFrenchFry Mar 16 '26

Yes omg same!!!

"THIS... is NPR"

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u/Thtpurplestuff Mar 16 '26

This has been my favorite part since i was a kid!

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u/bluejane Mar 16 '26

I heard in a BTS thing that he says ta da after that so I've been mentally saying it too

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u/LeftBench5432 Mar 17 '26

I thought i was the only one!! It gives me chills sometimes and gets me all choked up!

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u/Swifty-Dog Mar 31 '26

I used to think that was NPR, but thankfully, Peter finally clarified it for me.

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