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Tom and Ray Magliozzi at the Annual WBUR Gala Celebrating 35 years with the Car Talk hosts.
Christopher Hamsher, of Ontario, Oregon, lost his job recently. "I went ahead and opened my big mouth," says Hamsher. After overhearing a colleague speak ill of him Hamsher confronted him and was reported by a co-worker. He says because of the store's zero tolerance harassment policy, he was let go immediately. Now Hamsher is collecting social security and working for meals at a local bar.
The audience at last night's taping of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! in Portland, Maine, holding up faces of Carl Kasell.