By Popular Demand: Complete Karl Cassel Interview

By On May 18, 2010 · 2 Comments · In A Big Something, KRCC, Wait... Don't Tell Me

Following last week’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! segment on The Big Something, we received a staggering amount of requests for more Carl Kasell. Well, your wish is our command: we have included every bit of our interview with Kasell, including some never-before-aired snippets of Kasell making laser sounds during the Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! rehearsal at the Pikes Peak Center.

 
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  1. Daisy says:
    May 18, 2010 at 7:04 am

    Thank you!

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