# Wait Wait Don't Tell Me's greatest moment ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-wait-dont-tell-mes-greatest-moment-ever/629428 "2012-07-26T05:37:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-wait-dont-tell-mes-greatest-moment-ever/629428/61 "2012-07-31T00:30:51Z")
I simply can’t find the moment I mentioned upthread, so I’ll have to give this a try, but you’ll have to help. I can’t describe the sound effect, but can sort of tell you how to generate it: 1. with your mouth hanging open and relaxed, shake your head violently from side to side, maximizing the way your cheeks flap around. Picture a bloodhound shaking his head dry, or someone doing a comic impression of Richard Nixon. 2. as you’re doing this, and without articulation (remember, your mouth is completely slack), loudly vocalize: “HWBBLLHWLBBLBL!!” It should sound kind of wet and jowly. (pause) 3. This sound will be represented in the story that follows as “hwabbel.” # So, I think the game was “fill in the blank”; Peter Sagal was telling about a hijacking (in South America?) where the stolen vehicle was a truck full of silicone breast implants. One of the male panelists interrupted Peter to ask… \* What I want to know is, why would they steal a truckload of breast implants? Did they plan to sell them? Or did they just want to dive in and go “hwabbel”??\* I don’t think I’ve ever heard a bigger laugh from the audience, but I can see this just isn’t going to work in print. At least I tried. That oughtta count for _something_. Thank you for your cooperation. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-wait-dont-tell-mes-greatest-moment-ever/629428/62 "2012-07-31T01:48:29Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > This week’s show was a standout for me-- Simon Amstell was hilarious. Yeah, what is it about that guy? He’s a wise fool. He’s like the anti-[Karl Pilkington](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQBlZIXu3Yg). ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-wait-dont-tell-mes-greatest-moment-ever/629428/63 "2012-07-31T19:15:44Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > # So, I think the game was “fill in the blank”; Peter Sagal was telling about a hijacking (in South America?) where the stolen vehicle was a truck full of silicone breast implants. One of the male panelists interrupted Peter to ask… \* What I want to know is, why would they steal a truckload of breast implants? Did they plan to sell them? Or did they just want to dive in and go “hwabbel”??\* > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard a bigger laugh from the audience, but I can see this just isn’t going to work in print. At least I tried. That oughtta count for _something_. Thank you for your cooperation. I can hear it perfectly in my mind’s ear and it’s totally cracking me up! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-wait-dont-tell-mes-greatest-moment-ever/629428/64 "2012-07-31T23:28:21Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > I can hear it perfectly in my mind’s ear and it’s totally cracking me up! Then my work here is finished. Seriously, thank you. It matters to me more than I thought it would. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-wait-dont-tell-mes-greatest-moment-ever/629428/65 "2012-07-31T23:47:06Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > I can hear it perfectly in my mind’s ear and it’s totally cracking me up! I learned how to make that sound effect in college – too many beers one night, I suppose. It’s a cheap way to get a laugh out of my young nephew and nieces,but it gives me a splitting headache after about 20 seconds. Having just read that story, now I can’t stop making the noise. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-wait-dont-tell-mes-greatest-moment-ever/629428/66 "2012-08-01T02:06:13Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > "HWBBLLHWLBBLBL!! Brilliant! Thank you! 🆒😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-wait-dont-tell-mes-greatest-moment-ever/629428/67 "2012-08-01T02:29:49Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Then my work here is finished. > Seriously, thank you. It matters to me more than I thought it would. Oh, you’re welcome! Honestly, every time I even _think_ about your description, I get a terrible case of the giggles. And I am SO making use of the word “hwabbel” at every appropriate opportunity! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-wait-dont-tell-mes-greatest-moment-ever/629428/68 "2012-08-01T02:48:52Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > For those who don’t know, here’s the Jerry Lewis thing: [I don’t know if this is the exact podcast, but here is a video of Penn telling the story.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whA0No8cYoc) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-wait-dont-tell-mes-greatest-moment-ever/629428/69 "2012-08-03T17:53:58Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Yeah, what is it about that guy? He’s a wise fool. He’s like the anti-[Karl Pilkington](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQBlZIXu3Yg). Y’know, after hearing Simon’s [standup](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6qEs69aEBs), I’m reevaluating. He seems to be funnier with another culture for pushback. Back home, he’s just another fey wry observationalist (altho he _is_ way more aware of his world than Karl, as are most vertebrates). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-wait-dont-tell-mes-greatest-moment-ever/629428.md?page=3)