Ep 17: Louis Virtel & Laraine Newman

Published: Aug. 3, 2018, 5:47 p.m.

b"Louis Virtel is a comedian and a co-host of the podcast Keep It. He\\u2019s also the winner of Jeopardy, whose Double Jeopardy\\xa0celebration went viral shortly after it aired on TV. Laraine Newman returns to Go Fact Yourself, this time as a contestant. Newman is best known as an original cast member of the Not Ready for Primetime Players on Saturday Night Live, and she was a founding member of the legendary Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles. If she sounds\\xa0familiar to you, you may recognize her as the voice of Crab Lady on Sponge Bob Square Pants, Nana from Trollhunters: Tale of Arcadia and lots of other shows. In this episode, we\\u2019ll learn how Louis\\u2019s love of publicly answering trivia questions stems from a 3rd-grade spelling bee that he came up short in and why the winners of Jeopardy love keeping in touch with each other after their victories. Laraine will explain why she never tires of hearing people announce her name in the fashion of SNL\\u2019s Don Pardo, and how she decides what the voice of each of her characters sound like. What\\u2019s the difference? What\\u2019s the difference between a \\u201cthumbs up\\u201d sign and the \\u201cokay\\u201d sign in SCUBA diving? What\\u2019s the difference between a \\u201cDead-End\\u201d and a \\u201cNo-Outlet\\u201d on the road? Areas of Expertise Louis Virtel: Jeopardy, world capitals, and Aimee Mann. Laraine Newman: Electronic Dance Music, cooking, Universal horror movies from the 1930\\u2019s and 40\\u2019s Appearing in this episode: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Louis Virtel Laraine Newman With guest experts: Jerome Vered, writer and all-time winner of Jeopardy. Donnie Dunagan, U.S. Marine Corp Drill instructor and the voice of the titular character in the Disney movie Bambi. Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun. The show is recorded at the Angel City Brewery in downtown Los Angeles. Theme Song by Jonathan Green. David McKeever is the Live Sound Engineer. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. The show is edited by Julian Burrell."