booooo michael feldman...

on lazy saturdays when i'm at home, my NPR routine consists of car talk at 10:00, whad'ya know at 11:00, and (my favorite NPR show that isn't this american life) wait wait...don't tell me! at 1:00.

for me, "whad'ya know" is really only a filler in between "car talk" and "wait wait". i like the audience and some of the guests, but i really cannot stand michael feldman, the host of "whad'ya know". in my opinion, the guy is a smug, arrogant bastard. a couple of weeks ago he even made fun of peter sagal, the host of "wait wait"!!! now, for those who are unfamiliar with "wait wait", it's the NPR news quiz -- i.e., it tests guests' and audience members' and callers' knowledge of what's been going on in the news. and the fantastic prize for the winners is having carl kasell (of NPR's morning edition) record their home answering machine message! the show is very clever and funny, and the panelists (sometimes including the swoon-worthy mo rocca) are brilliant!

i think peter sagal is great. here's his bio from the "wait wait" site:

Peter Sagal has had a varied career including stints as a stage director, an actor, an extra in a Michael Jackson video, a travel writer, an essayist a ghost writer, and a staff writer for a motorcycle magazine. He is the author of numerous plays that have been performed around the country and abroad. Peter's play Mall America is currently being staged in Los Angeles.

now, how can you not love a guy like that? clearly, michael feldman is way jealous.

i'll leave you with this picture, also from the"wait wait" site. it's carl (on the left) and peter, and a tin-can phone: