Ep. 120: Brad Rutter & Muffy Marracco

**Come see our live-audience show at KPCC’s Crawford Family Forum in Pasadena on February 11! Reserve your seats now!**Have an old friend for dinner and get ready for a new episode of Go Fact Yourself!Brad Rutter has won more money on “Jeopardy!” than anyone in the history of the show, turning his knowledge into a trivia career, which includes ABC’s “The Chase.” What’s the secret to his trivia prowess? Turns out, it’s not studying! Brad will also tell us about how his career also led to becoming not-quite-best-friends with Catherine O’Hara.Muffy Marracco has also turned her trivia prowess into a career – now on GSN’s “Master Minds.” Despite her TV game show fame, when she’s recognized these days, it’s for her quizzes on TikTok. She’ll tell us about some of her adventures on TV and why trivia is one of the only things she’s truly competitive about. And be careful, she’s ready to shank!Our guests will answer trivia on movies about terror and teenagers. What’s the Difference: A Pair-a-"para"What’s the difference between paranormal and supernatural?What’s the difference between a paramedic and an EMT?Appearing in this episode:J. Keith van StraatenHelen HongBrad RutterMuffy MarraccoWith Guest ExpertsWiley Wiggins: Artist, designer, and actor, who appeared as Mitch in the film Dazed and Confused.Ed Saxon: Chair of USC’s graduate producing program who won a Best Picture Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs.Go Fact Yourself was devised and is produced by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, in collaboration with Maximum Fun. Theme Song by Jonathan Green.Live show engineer is Dave McKeever.Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.Associate Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.Seeing our upcoming live shows in LA by YOU! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joingofact