Robert Reich, economic advisor, joins us along with guest host Maz Jobrani and panelists Mo Rocca, Maeve Higgins, and Adam Burke. I did TV and I’m in “Babymooners” for like five seconds. This Futuristic, 200-Foot Hybrid Expedition Yacht Concept Can Go 6,000 Miles on a Single Tank, Snyder’s Pursuit of Critics Fails to Net Phone Records of Ex-GM’s Wife, These Kindle Alternatives Will Make You Question Whether a Kindle Is the Right E-Reader for You. 00:49:58. Robert Reich, economic advisor, joins us along with guest host Maz Jobrani and panelists Mo Rocca, Maeve Higgins… Best of WWDTM October 2020. I consistently come last in that show. Higgins … Her book of essays We Have A Good Time, Don't We? was published by Hachette in 2012.She wrote for The Irish Times and produces radio documentaries. It was actually a nice break from the hustle of being a comedian and writer and generating your own stuff. You play a driving instructor but I understand you don’t know how to drive? Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. “It’s probably good I didn’t fully believe it,” Higgins adds. She was a principal actor and writer of the RTÉ production Naked Camera, as well as for her own show Maeve Higgins' Fancy Vittles. Why Are Black Communities Being Singled Out as Vaccine Hesitant? I’ll just brush up and get my license before the movie happens.” But when it did happen, it was too late for me and I think they spent their entire budget on special effects making it look like I could drive. Or, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Yahoo is part of Verizon Media. Actor Jane Krakowski joins us, along with panelists Amy Dickinson, Maeve Higgins, and Joel Kim Booster. Also, the Wait Wait Live Virtual Comedy Club with Maz Jobrani, Maeve Higgins, Joel Kim Booster, Mo Rocca and Helen Hong is coming up on March 2. Chelsea Peretti, actor and comedian, joins us along with panelists Maeve Higgins, Alonzo Bodden, and Joanna Hausmann. Written and directed by Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman, “Extra Ordinary” features the Irish comedian in her first starring role. The first time where Stephen was the backup guest was back on 2017-02-11. Following her success, Higgins own TV show Maeve Higgins’ Fancy Vittles aired in 2009. Are you also wondering how much money is the podcast: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Like, I just saw it, and... (LAUGHTER) HIGGINS: They're such quiet creatures. But her gift is needed when a kind widower, played by Barry Ward, finds himself haunted by his late wife and his daughter possessed. from 2020-03-21. She plays Rose, a woman who can communicate with the dead but chooses not to after a tragedy. ‘Extra Ordinary’ Star Maeve Higgins on Hauntings, Will Forte and Losing ‘Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!’ 20 March 2020 | Variety Wait Wait's Letter from the Editors Wait Wait's Letter from the Editors. There’s a scene with a cuckoo clock and in Switzerland, it got a standing ovation. Known for her work on series like Ireland’s “Naked Camera” and “Maeve Higgins’ Fancy Vittles” and her books “We Have a Good Time, Don’t We?” and “Maeve In America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else,” Higgins might be best known to American audiences for her recent appearances on the hit NPR program “Wait Wait … Apr 16, 2020 at 1:18 pm. As with other NPR programs, Wait Wait offers a one-minute top-of-hour billboard teasing the program that will follow the network's hourly newscast (which traditionally starts at 1 minute past the hour). Written and directed by Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman, “Extra Ordinary” features the Irish comedian in her first starring role. Add to the mix Will Forte as a rock star looking to sacrifice a virgin and Claudia O’Doherty as his clueless wife, and you have a film that earns comparisons to “Ghostbusters” and “Hot Fuzz,” yet is also completely original.