Mike Danforth

They have a much more narrow majority than Democrats are going to have.

But Speaker Mike Johnson had a lot of trouble getting bills through.

They were constantly having like failures to get things out of committee and get them to the floor and all of this drama because he had, you know, a freedom caucus and and like factions of his conference that wouldn't go along.

Does math mean that Democrats aren't going to have the same problem?

Our senior producer is Ian Chilag.

The executive producer of Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me is Mike Danforth.

Now, panel, what'll be the next big romantic movie? Faith Salie? Hugh Grant stars in Bamboo, actually.

Hari Kondivalu.

And the director kept coming on my headset.

It was Mike Danforth at the time.

It kept coming on my headset saying, jump in any time, say whatever you want.

And I can't tell you how opposite that is.

We did so many records like this, but then in 2023, we played an R.E.M. record, and it just exploded.

Um, I asked Mike if he's ever done a rock tour.

He said, "No." I said, "I think we could do one if you wanna do it." He said, "Yeah.

Keep it short." You know, he's a busy guy.

Our senior producer is Ian Chillag.

The executive producer of Wait Wait...

Don't Tell Me! is Mike Danforth.

Thanks to everyone you heard on our show this week, all our panelists, thanks to Alzo Slade, and thanks to all of you for listening.

The executive producer of Wait Wait...

Don't Tell Me! is Mike Danforth.

Now, panel, what'll be the next big Hollywood flop? Katie Nolan.

It's called You Can't See Anything, and it's a documentary about the Youngstown Museum of Glow-in-the-Dark Art, but they forget to buy the blacklight.