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Filling in for Bill Curtis, I'm the voice silkier than Peter Sagal's nightgown, Chiope I-Nsen.

And here is your host at the Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago, Peter Seigle.

Thank you, Chioki.

Thank you, everybody.

Thank you, everybody.

So Bill Curtis is off on assignment for a few weeks, and we cannot tell you where he is, but if you notice one of the masked singers has a lot of gravitas, you'll know why.

Meanwhile, we are delighted.

We've got Chokia Ayanson back to keep on keeping score.

Later on, we've got comedian Rose Matafayo joining us, but right now it's your turn.

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contestant this week. Hi, you're on Wait-Wait-Wait, don't tell me. Hi, my name is Michelle

Kenya from Knoxville, Tennessee. How are things in Knoxville these days?

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