# WWDTM: I miss Carl Kasell **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897 "2013-06-25T18:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/1 "2013-06-25T18:27:24Z")
Fans of the show know that Carl has been out with an illness for a while now (is it two months?) and even before that his voice was sounding a bit attenuated. “Legendary broadcaster” Bill Kurtis is doing a fine job filling in, but Carl is inimitable, and I hope he’ll be back very soon. Get well quick, Carl! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/2 "2013-06-25T18:28:20Z")
Any idea what’s been wrong with him? Peter has said he’s expected to be back with the show soon. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/3 "2013-06-25T18:45:57Z")
He tweeted that he’s under doctor’s orders to rest. The Wait Wait people invited the audience to send cards to Carl at: Carl Kasell, NPR, 1111 N Capitol St NE, Washington, DC 20002 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/4 "2013-06-25T20:01:31Z")
The first week that he was gone, I thought Peter Sagal said that Carl was off accepting an award somewhere. But as weeks stretched into months I started to wonder just how far he’d had to travel to accept that award. 😉 Before Carl retired, I figured he must have had a hell of a travel schedule, reading the news from NPR HQ in Washington every day and then having to fly to Chicago and back every week to do WWDTM. Get well Carl! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/5 "2013-06-25T20:21:55Z")
I miss Carl, too. Best wishes to him for a good recovery. Meanwhile: Bill Kurtis has worn out the “legendary” line. STOP! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/6 "2013-06-25T20:38:01Z")
Did Carl copyright the deep voiced here’s johnny esque “peeeeeeeeter”, because I notice that no one tries to do that when they sub for him. Perhaps he can give permission this time, or are they just afraid of following in his footsteps? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/7 "2013-06-25T20:44:20Z")
I’m at a minikeyboard at the moment or I’d look, but have you actually heard the messages he makes for the winners? Some of them are absolutely hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/8 "2013-06-25T21:27:47Z")
Yeah, Bill is alright but Carl is better. The show isn’t the same without him. From what Petr has been saying, I keep expecting him to back the next week, but no. Hope he’s OK. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/9 "2013-06-25T21:40:01Z")
Carl is great and hope he gets well and back on. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/10 "2013-06-26T00:33:43Z")
I’m not a fan of Bill’s. He tries to be funny, and it doesn’t work for me. I like Carl as more of the straight man/understated announcer, letting Peter make the jokes. They play off each other well. I’ve always wondered what the voice mail messages Carl makes sound like, but never thought to check online. A-googling I go… ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/11 "2013-06-26T00:40:06Z")
I miss Cark Kasell but am REALLY going to miss Neal Conan. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/12 "2013-06-26T00:52:21Z")
I do miss Carl, but I like Bill Kurtis. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/13 "2013-06-26T00:55:45Z")
I miss Carl too …and his clacking dentures. What? Too gauche? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/14 "2013-06-26T01:14:12Z")
I do like Bill (even the “legendary newscaster” bit), but yes, I’m hoping Carl’s better soon. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/15 "2013-06-26T01:32:19Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > I miss Carl too …and his clacking dentures. What? Too gauche? 🙂 Not to me. [Carl Kasell, GET A GRIP! - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=198035) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/16 "2013-06-26T02:21:45Z")
Once when Roger Ebert ran a limerick contest, I submitted this little ditty: Of limericks I see a passel Reading 'em shouldn’t be a hassle But there’s a bug in my ear For all the rhymes I can hear Only in the voice of Carl Kasell I didn’t win. But this is the only limerick I have ever written that I like. And this is the only opportunity I’ve ever had to pull it out. I miss Carl too. And I really do hear limericks only in his voice now. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/17 "2013-07-09T14:09:44Z")
This weekend’s WWDTM was a “best of” moments featuring scientists playing ‘Not My Job’ from the past year, _but_ it did include introductions to the segments by Peter and Carl. Does anybody know if this means Carl is back or if they just recorded the composite introductions months ago? ---
**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 9, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/18 "2013-07-09T14:23:17Z")
Kurtis is the soul of self-parody. He’s great for WW. Still want Kasell back. They don’t make voices like his anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/19 "2013-07-09T14:23:58Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > This weekend’s WWDTM was a “best of” moments featuring scientists playing ‘Not My Job’ from the past year, _but_ it did include introductions to the segments by Peter and Carl. Does anybody know if this means Carl is back or if they just recorded the composite introductions months ago? I thought they used the original introductions. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897/20 "2013-07-09T15:04:04Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I thought they used the original introductions. There was an intro at the beginning telling what this episode was going to be (i.e. a radio version of a flashback episode) and then a few seconds blip intro in front of replaying the segments (e.g. “Neil DeGrasse Tyson was our guest and talked about Pluto” [cue segment]). I think Peter did all the blip intros, but Carl had some banter with him at the very beginning. Per a recent statement, his illness is “inflammation of the arteries” and requires diet, exercise, and bed rest. He said that he’s doing well and hopes to be back soon and that his main complaint is he’s bored out of his mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwdtm-i-miss-carl-kasell/661897.md?page=2)