Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas.
Paula Poundstone
Poundstone was born in Huntsville, Alabama. She attended Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, but dropped out to pursue a show business career. Her jobs have included busing tables and working as a bicycle messenger. Today she works as a panelist on the radio news quiz show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! on National Public Radio. She is also a regular guest on A Prairie Home Companion, appearing in Los Angeles shows and at joke shows. |