NoTV: Too Soon?

[Mark Jeffries]

Peter Sagal made a joke about Volodymyr Zelenskyy's previous career last Saturday on "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!", to a mixed reaction from the Atlanta theater audience  and his panel and a typically-angry reaction from NPR listeners--the Poynter team that now handles NPR's ombud duties get to the bottom of it:

https://view.nl.npr.org/?qs=bf20c9d78861b517ffd10548a8479362a7e2708c4e2fb5873a5d391fc20771d974cb01edcb50e6a04b3a682d988592f7d8a009d11e5358fddef6fe599583a4e432db65673447d6f46d4ef19477157752

[Paul Murray]

Insert gif of Robert Downey Jr eyeroll

The EP's take is correct. The live audience (and the panelists) provided the appropriate feedback.

[David Bruggeman]

I think its relevant to note, having been to a few live tapings of "Wait, Wait..." that Sagal is perfectly comfortable with saying the occasional groaner and has no issues going after an audience like a warm-up comic if the audience isn't into the show.

David