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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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''{{w|Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me}}'' is an hour-long weekly radio news panel game show produced by {{w|Chicago Public Radio}} and {{w|National Public Radio}}. The show is hosted by {{w|playwright}} and actor {{w|Peter Sagal}}. Each episode ends with the panelists making up a potential future news story, usually with implausible "facts". This comic is making puns on the title of the show based on what Peter Sagal might have done that was newsworthy.
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{{w|Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me}} is an hour-long weekly radio news panel game show produced by {{w|Chicago Public Radio}} and {{w|National Public Radio}}. The show is hosted by {{w|playwright}} and actor {{w|Peter Sagal}}. Each episode ends with the panelists making up a potential future news story, usually with implausible "facts". This comic is making puns on the title of the show based on what Peter Sagal might have done that was newsworthy.
  
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{{w|Carl Kasell}}, who also served as the news anchor on {{w|Morning Edition}}, was the show's official judge and scorekeeper until May 2014 (after this comic was published), when he retired and was replaced by Bill Kurtis.
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{{w|Carl Kasell}}, who also served as the newsreader on {{w|Morning Edition}}, was the show's official judge and scorekeeper until May 2014 (after this comic was published), when he retired and was replaced by Bill Kurtis.
  
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The 1st row, 4th paper may refer to the {{w|Michael_Richards#2006_Laugh_Factory_incident| Laugh Factory Incident}} of 2006.
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The 1st row, 4th paper may refer to the {{w|Michael_Richards#Laugh_Factory_incident| Laugh Factory Incident}} of 2006.
  
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In the 3rd row, first paper, {{w|Lakshmi Singh}} is NPR's national midday newscaster.  This paper leads to the second paper on the third row, in which Sagal's wife divorces him over his affair with Singh.
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In the 3rd row, first paper, {{w|Lakshmi Singh}} is NPR's national midday newscaster.
  
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In the 3rd row, 3rd paper is a reference to a protest at {{w|UC Davis}} (on the campus of University of California, Davis) protests in early 2012 in which sitting, peaceful protesters were calmly pepper-sprayed in their faces by a police officer. That spawned an [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/casually-pepper-spray-everything-cop internet meme of epic proportions].
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In the 3rd row, 3rd paper is a reference to a protest at {{w|UC Davis}} (on the campus of University of California, Davis) protests in early 2012 in which sitting, peaceful protesters were calmly pepper-sprayed in their faces by a police officer. That spawned an [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/casually-pepper-spray-everything-cop internet meme of epic proportions].
  
 
In the 4th row, 2nd paper is a reference to the movie, ''{{w|Ghostbusters}}''.
 
In the 4th row, 2nd paper is a reference to the movie, ''{{w|Ghostbusters}}''.
  
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In the 4th row, 3rd paper is a reference to {{w|Granny Weatherwax}} of Terry Pratchett's ''{{w|Discworld}}'' novels; Granny Weatherwax is a witch who carries a sign saying "[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=i%20aten't%20ded I ATEN'T DED]"(sic) when having out-of-body experiences.
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In the 4th row, 3rd paper is a reference to {{w|Granny Weatherwax}} of Terry Pratchett's ''{{w|Discworld}}'' novels; Granny Weatherwax is a witch who carries a sign saying "[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=i%20ain't%20dead I ATEN'T DED]"(sic) when having out-of-body experiences.
  
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In the 5th row, 2nd paper is a reference to another internet meme in where someone leaves out the verb in the sentence. The implication is that the verb is something bad, but ''which'' bad thing is left as an exercise to stew in the reader's mind. See the [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-accidentally I Accidentally ___ meme] for more information.
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In the 5th row, 2nd paper is a reference to another internet meme in where someone leaves out the verb in the sentence. It is based on the [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-accidentally I Accidentally ___ meme].
  
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In the 5th row, 3rd paper is a reference to stories and myths in which an entity can be summoned, awoken, or alerted to someone's presence when its name is spoken. A well-known example of this is the entity Cthulhu in the Lovecraft mythos.
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In the 5th row, 3rd paper is a reference to the Eldritch abomination Cthulhu, from "{{w|The Call of Cthulhu}}" by {{w|H.P. Lovecraft}}. He is one the Old Ones, the Elder Gods, and is awakened by his worshipers chanting, "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" ("In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.") Hence the title, "Wait, Wait, Don't speak its name."
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Two years later another New Years comic, [[1311: 2014]], took a similar look at what could happen in 2014, just as this does for 2012. Interesting enough the title of that comic (just the year it was looking at) is more related to the title of the next comic after this one, which is also a New Year comic, and the title is also just the number of the year: [[998: 2012]].
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:Headlines
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:Headlines!
  
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:Stockpiled in case Peter Sagal, host of NPR's ''Wait Wait Don't Tell Me'', does something newsworthy in 2012.
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:Stockpiled in case Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, does something newsworthy in 2012.
  
 
:[Series of above-the-fold newspapers follows; Each has a headline, picture in most of them, and an explanation.]
 
:[Series of above-the-fold newspapers follows; Each has a headline, picture in most of them, and an explanation.]
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:Wait Wait Don't Clone Me
 
:Wait Wait Don't Clone Me
 
:Peter Sagal 'Outraged' over DNA harvesting.
 
:Peter Sagal 'Outraged' over DNA harvesting.
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:[Fiery Peter Sagal, missing a small amount of DNA, at a lectern.]
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:[Fiery Peter Sagal, missing a small amount of DNA, at a podium.]
  
 
:[Fourth row, second paper.]
 
:[Fourth row, second paper.]
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:Snoozing Sagal nearly snuffed in autopsy snafu
 
:Snoozing Sagal nearly snuffed in autopsy snafu
 
:[Peter Sagal running away from from a very surprised pathologist.]
 
:[Peter Sagal running away from from a very surprised pathologist.]
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:Peter Sagal: "I aten't dead"
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:Peter Sagal: "I ain't dead!"
  
 
:[Fourth row, fourth  paper.]
 
:[Fourth row, fourth  paper.]
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:[Fifth row, fourth paper.]
 
:[Fifth row, fourth paper.]
 
:Wait Wait Even For NPR This Is A Bit Much
 
:Wait Wait Even For NPR This Is A Bit Much
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:''This American Life'' to document the road to recovery for those who suffer the trauma of losing on Wait Wait
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:This American Life to document the road to recovery for those who suffer the trauma of losing on Wait Wait
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:New Year]]
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring real people]]
 
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[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
 
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[[Category:Ghostbusters]]
 

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