# Ray was on "Wait! Wait!" **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [May 19, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-was-on-wait-wait/140632 "2019-05-19T18:46:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vchimpanzee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ba8739/32.png) [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-was-on-wait-wait/140632/1 "2019-05-19T18:46:29Z")
[https://www.npr.org/podcasts/344098539/wait-wait-don-t-tell-me](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/344098539/wait-wait-don-t-tell-me) Click on Lance Reddick. Starts around 10:00. He was featured as an example of someone with a Boston accent, and he went on to deny he had such an accent and had worked to get rid of the accent he had. I will say it didn’t sound like him. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-was-on-wait-wait/140632/2 "2019-05-19T19:49:10Z")
It was all tongue in cheek - working to extinguish his accent. I could never tell Tom and Ray apart by listening - but this guy sounded like one of them - and had a Boston accent. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-was-on-wait-wait/140632/3 "2019-05-20T04:26:20Z")
> [@shanonia](#): > > I could never tell Tom and Ray apart by listening Not to be a smart alec . . . But I could tell Tommy and Ray apart on the radio In my opinion, Tommy had the more memorable accent ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-was-on-wait-wait/140632/4 "2019-05-20T05:58:30Z")
The only way I differentiated them was Ray, is he the big one? reminded me so much of the rat in beakmans world, can’t find a link, some guy in a rat costume with an east coat accent, ---
**Author:** ![Hugemoth\_144444](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@Hugemoth\_144444](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Hugemoth_144444)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-was-on-wait-wait/140632/5 "2019-05-20T10:31:13Z")
Was good to hear Ray again. Sure would like it if he was on the radio more often. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-was-on-wait-wait/140632/6 "2019-05-20T13:31:36Z")
Yeah, I’m always disappointed when guests on radio shows phone it in, as I was this time too. I get it, you don’t want to fly to Chicago to be on the show, but the least you could do is go to a studio or use Skype to improve the sound quality. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-was-on-wait-wait/140632/7 "2019-05-20T13:32:10Z")
> [@Barkydog](#): > > The only way I differentiated them was Ray, is he the big one? Tom was the tall one. Ray was the shorter of the two.