JONATHAN COULTON, BYLINE: From NPR and WNYC, live from the Bell House in beautiful Brooklyn, N.Y., it's NPR's hour of puzzles, word games and trivia, ASK ME ANOTHER. Here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg.
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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:
Thank you Jonathan. Our VIP is best known for her role as Suzanne Crazy Eyes Warren on the Netflix series, "Orange Is The New Black." But I have to tell you, I just met her backstage, and I'd say she has loving, kind, beautiful eyes...
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EISENBERG: ...But that's just how great of an actor she is. She can do a huge range of eyes. She can do tender eyes. She can do terrifying eyes, vulnerable eyes, Bette Davis eyes, heat vision eyes - not everybody can do that. She can do private eyes. She can even do public radio eyes, which turns out to be exactly the same as crazy eyes.
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EISENBERG: Our VIP is Uzo Aduba.
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EISENBERG: Our first game is called Hello Little Friend, and here to play it are Laura Zabolotsky and Patrick Andrews.
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EISENBERG: Laura, how did I do with your name? Was it all right?
LAURA ZABOLOTSKY: That was - that was pretty good.
EISENBERG: It was pretty good?
ZABOLOTSKY: Yeah.
EISENBERG: It's not going to get an A, but you'll take it?
ZABOLOTSKY: No, you didn't say it with a Russian accent, but it was as good as you could get.
EISENBERG: Oh, yeah, let me hear it with a Russian answer - accent.
ZABOLOTSKY: (Imitating Russian accent) Zabolotsky.
EISENBERG: (Imitating Russian accent) Zabolotsky. Yeah, that sounds like a James Bond villain, yeah.
EISENBERG: Patrick, who is your little friend?
PATRICK ANDREWS: I think my littlest friend is my guitar.
EISENBERG: Oh, yeah?
ANDREWS: Yeah.
EISENBERG: You play guitar?
ANDREWS: Yeah.
EISENBERG: How does that make you feel, Jonathan?
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COULTON: I don't know why you've got to turn it around on me. I...
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COULTON: I have no problems with the size of my guitar. It's fine.
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EISENBERG: Who is your little friend, Laura?
ZABOLOTSKY: I thought about this, and, New Jersey.
EISENBERG: New Jersey? This is - oh, this is a great answer. I like both of these answers. Why is New Jersey your little friend?
ZABOLOTSKY: Well, I'm from New Jersey. I moved to...
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ZABOLOTSKY: ...I moved to Brooklyn in December, but I feel like it's constantly just, like, poking its little head out. I have, like, one too many drinks and the accent comes out. And everyone's like, did you just say (imitating New Jersey accent) coffee? I'm like, (whispering) yes, I did. I'm sorry.
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EISENBERG: OK, we're talking about the little friend because the most famous line in the film "Scarface" has to be, say hello to my little friend, but the way Pacino yells it, (imitating Al Pacino) say hello to my little friend. So in this game, I'll be asking you some odd questions and you are going to respond with your best Al Pacino impression.
ANDREWS: Oh no.
EISENBERG: Let's go to our house musician and impersonator extraordinaire, Jonathan Coulton, for an example.
COULTON: Ophira, I have to say that was a fantastic Pacino you just did.
EISENBERG: (Imitating Al Pacino) Say hello to my little friend.
COULTON: You've been practicing. So if we asked, can I meet your female chicken...
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COULTON: We might ask that. You would say, say hello to my little hen.
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COULTON: You signed up for this, so...
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COULTON: ...You sort of have to.
ANDREWS: Oh, my God.
EISENBERG: I know, we've made "Scarface" adorable. Now, it's like...
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EISENBERG: Now it's like, just a little cut face. (Laughter). OK, and the winner, of course, will move on to our final round at the end of the show. Here we go.
Can I greet your basic monetary unit of Japan?
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EISENBERG: Patrick.
ANDREWS: (Imitating Al Pacino) Say hello to my little yen.
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COULTON: Yeah.
EISENBERG: Can I make the acquaintance of your two-time Oscar winner from "Mystic River" and "Milk?"
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EISENBERG: Patrick.
ANDREWS: (Imitating Al Pacino) Say hello to my little Sean Penn.
EISENBERG: Exactly.
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EISENBERG: Can I meet the video bit that used to come at the end of every episode of "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart?
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EISENBERG: Laura.
ZABOLOTSKY: (Imitating Al Pacino) Say hello to my little moment of Zen.
EISENBERG: (Laughter) Yes.
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EISENBERG: I heard the Jersey.
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COULTON: Even with the Pacino accent. It's still...
EISENBERG: The little Jersey...
COULTON: ...Still Jersey in there.
EISENBERG: Yeah, scared me. I liked it.
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COULTON: Can I be introduced to the capital of Wyoming?
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EISENBERG: Patrick.
ANDREWS: (Imitating Al Pacino) Say hello to my little Cheyenne? I don't know.
EISENBERG: You went with the rhyme, and you got it right.
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EISENBERG: Would you present me to the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?
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EISENBERG: Patrick.
ANDREWS: (Imitating Al Pacino) Say hello to my little John Glenn.
EISENBERG: That's right.
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EISENBERG: I'm pretty sure John Glenn has actually said that.
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COULTON: Oh boy, oh boy.
EISENBERG: Can I be introduced to your small animated Chihuahua, who happens to be best friends with a cat named Stimpy?
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EISENBERG: Laura.
ZABOLOTSKY: (Imitating Al Pacino) Say hello to my little Ren.
EISENBERG: Yes, exactly. Beautiful.
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EISENBERG: This is your last clue. Would you present me to your 24-hour news channel started by Ted Turner?
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EISENBERG: Patrick.
ANDREWS: (Imitating Al Pacino) Say hello to my little CNN.
EISENBERG: Yes.
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EISENBERG: Let's go to our puzzle guru, Art Chung. How did our contestants do?
ART CHUNG, BYLINE: They both did great, but Patrick, you and your little friend are moving on to the ASK ME ANOTHER final round.
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