Fun Fact Friday - Carl Kasell is God

This blog post will be almost entirely written in NPR nerd. If you hope of knowing the gentle touch of another human being, I suggest turning back now. Because today's fun fact is in honor of the fifteenth birthday of what some (by which I mean me) have described as the greatest radio program ever, Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me.

Fun fact: When Carl Kasell was a kid, he hid behind the radio and spoke in order to trick people into thinking he was on the radio.

I'd explain who Carl Kasell is for those of you who don't know, but I don't like to think that I live in a world where people don't know who Carl Kasell is. So may I suggest the google, if you did not heed my NPR nerd warning.

Carl Kasell and a duck. I once asked him about that duck. True story.

And sure, this fun fact may be more than usually useless for daily life, but you know, most of the time when I know something random and almost entirely unnecessary, it is because of NPR. I owe them a debt of gratitude. So as a special bonus on this, the anniversary of the radio program whose archives I listen to every night at bed time, I offer you a limerick:

There once was a young NPR nerd,
Who listened for each Wait, Wait word.
As she listened each night
She sighed with delight,
"That was the best thing I've ever heard."

So, yes. I'm proud to be an NPR nerd who is soothed to sleep by the dulcet tones of Carl Kasell. Sure, I'm alone, but I find that Peter Sagal and the panelist's quips provide a more than adequate remedy for the cold clutches of perpetual loneliness.