AI-animated satire from DOOOD What The?!. Reacts to a real news story; see transcript below.
Dooood! What the? Okay, check this out. Okay folks, this week's Wait Wait is a big deal. It's live from Chicago with special guest Vicki Peterson. You guys, literally, I was scrolling through TikTok and saw that Vicki Peterson is gonna be on Wait Wait Not My Job. Can you believe it? She’s like the OG of girl groups and now she’s turning her spotlight into content gold. Link in bio if you want to see my story about how totally rad this is. That's right, Mikayla, because nothing says content gold like a '90s nostalgia hit. Duuude... What the. (sigh)
Vicki Peterson was part of The Petunias, an influential girl group in the '90s.
She appeared as a guest on NPR's 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!' for their 'Not My Job' segment.
It signifies the resurgence of interest in '90s pop culture and how icons from that era are engaging with current media trends.
The show satirizes the use of nostalgia to generate new content, highlighting the trend through a comedic lens.
Yes, the episode mentions that the news was discovered on TikTok and encourages viewers to check out related stories on social platforms.
DOOOD, What The?! is a faceless AI-animated daily news-comedy cartoon. The host, The Reactor, reacts in disbelief to one real news story per episode, with whip-pan cutaways to animated characters. New episodes post daily.