Jimmy Is The Worst Speller

Melissa Forman talks with Producer Jim about how he is the worst speller. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh, Jim, I have a little story here about spelling.
Way do you remember this play? I think we saw
it together. Do you remember that.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
I remember that it was good?

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Yep, I do the twenty fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Be.
That's what this is. I love that. Okay. Anyway, there
is a little story out today about spelling because yesterday
it was National Dictionary Day. My favorite victim, I mean,
my favorite person to test spelling words on is you Jim?
All Right? Everyone could play a long just for fun.

(00:29):
They came out with the hardest five spelling words. This
is for twenty twenty four. We have done this before, Jim.
I remember I don't think you did so well. Even
you had a spell sergeant. And I think your dad
is a sergeant for all right, based on Google search. Bunk? No,
all right, do you know how to spell restaurants? Do
you know how to spell restaurant restaurants? Okay, Jim, go ahead.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
How do you spell rst uh huh?

Speaker 3 (00:54):
Okay, r st r e s.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Tctr rist a You are a n t Oh?

Speaker 3 (01:02):
Good?

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Okay, you're not looking it up over there? Are They're
not cru Okay?

Speaker 3 (01:06):
No?

Speaker 1 (01:07):
What about pneumonia? This is also on the list for
twenty twenty four.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
How do your spell pneumonia when you get sick, pneumonia monia? Well,
I know it starts with an A no, pneumonia, A
M no not ammonia, not ammonia, pneumoniamonia.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
This is I'm not going to get it, but I'll try, okay.
And A M O na O N.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
N A O N.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
You never had pneumonia?

Speaker 1 (01:37):
About pneumonia pne.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, but it's with the PM. But I've also had
pia's trick to dactaphobia, But I don't know how to spell that.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
Paraskipa decatory okay. Pneumonia's p N e U M O
n I A pneumonia. Okay, you should be able to
get this one, but it's These are the top five
hardest works everyday words. What about appreciate, appreciate how come peoples?

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, A P pH R E C I A T
E good?

Speaker 1 (02:06):
Okay?

Speaker 2 (02:06):
How about beautiful?

Speaker 3 (02:07):
You definitely know how to spell that.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
M E l I S S got M E l
I S.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
S A all right?

Speaker 3 (02:15):
Good?

Speaker 1 (02:16):
No, how do you spell beauty?

Speaker 2 (02:17):
E B E A U t I f U L right?
Why are they so hard?

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Okay? Finally, the last of the hardest spelling words from
Everyday Words of twenty twenty four Receipt Receipt.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
You know how you got to target R E C
E I P E. Yeah, I gotta write down R
E C E I P T yeah.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
All right, good, very good. How do you spell good?
G E O O D right?

Speaker 3 (02:44):
Okay, good R I G H T Oh?

Speaker 1 (02:48):
No, are you spelling all my words? Okay?

Speaker 3 (02:50):
H a h a.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
Okay, all right, I'm free to speech. Okay, okay, there
you go, thank you. Spelling right is over, the spelling
B is over. All right. It is ninety three points
e R Okay, it's ninety three.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
Point W L I T.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
That's true.

Speaker 3 (03:08):
I guess okay, let's stop this now.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
Thats t op