Panel Round One
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Saturday, September 5, 2015
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Mist Connections.
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PETER SAGAL, HOST:
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ADAM FELBER: Anyone who's ever listened to this show...
AMY DICKINSON: No.
FELBER: ...Knows the answer should not be, but absolutely has to be, showers.
DICKINSON: No.
SAGAL: Yes.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)
SAGAL: That's what they did. It seemed you have to be sympathetic to the people who run the museum and memorial at the site of Auschwitz. It's very hot. People are uncomfortable. You can't modify the buildings to put in air conditioning. So, of course, you want to give visitors there a chance to cool off, sort of an Ausch-spritz (ph).
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: But they reminded some people, which is another way of saying literally every person, of the gas chambers. The managers have been widely criticized in the media, which is crazy. What person is like, I came to visit Auschwitz. The last thing I wanted was to be reminded of the Holocaust.
(LAUGHTER)
DICKINSON: But, you know, that thinking...
FELBER: You had take a perfectly pleasant experience...
DICKINSON: ...And turn it.
SAGAL: Now, how...
FELBER: ...Into something ugly.
SAGAL: Now that you've introduced this terrible image in my head, how am I supposed to enjoy the waterslides here?
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: I have to say, I felt - I read this story and I felt so bad for these guys 'cause you can imagine that they were trying to be nice. They put out these things. The international outcry - showers at Auschwitz. And they were like, no, they're not showers. They're misters. Look, the water comes down on the people's heads - oh, my God, we're all fired.
(LAUGHTER)
DICKINSON: Think about the meeting where they came up with that. You know, you got to, like...
TOM BODETT: That could only have been done by a comedian.
DICKINSON: I know.
BODETT: Yeah, well, what are the options? We can give them ice...
DICKINSON: Ice water.
BODETT: ...Ice water. Or maybe we could just sort of mist them.
DICKINSON: Mist them with showers.
BODETT: We could mist them.
DICKINSON: They will like it. It will be a good thing.
BODETT: I don't see anything wrong with it. All in favor.
DICKINSON: Aye.
FELBER: Aye.
BILL KURTIS, BYLINE: And call it the Schindler's Mist.
SAGAL: Yes.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I MISSED YOUR PARTY")
CAMERA OBSCURA: (Singing) I'm genuinely sorry that I missed your party. You should try holding...
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