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2026-04-18
I'm the guy they bring in when Bill Kurtis gets busted for claiming Peter as a dependentGuest: Alzo Slade
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Alonzo Bodden
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Adam Burke
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Dulcé Sloan
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 5 Correct: 3
- Phil Pritchard Score: 2
Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about someone missing a huge opportunity; Not My Job about National Historic Landmarks; The Trump Dump; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after all the food left behind in fridges, what will be the next reason Airbnb is in the news?
2026-04-11
I'm the seven-time winner of the Fort Lauderdale Wet Blazer ContestBill Kurtis
- Delroy Lindo Score: 2
- Rhea Seehorn Score: 3
- Andy Richter Score: 3
- Jon M. Chu Score: 3
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with special guests and favorite moments with the panel from the past year while we're on Spring Break
Alzo Slade was the guest scorekeeper for the 2025-12-06 show with Andy Richter as the Not My Job guest.
For the second clip included in the Panel Questions segment, Negin Farsad was the guest host for the 2026-04-04 show where the original audio would have come from.
For the third clip included in the Panel Questions segment, the panelists would be Paula Poundstone, Alonzo Bodden and Shane Torres when they were on the 2026-03-21 where the original audio would have come from. The NPR transcripts for this show lists the voices as being Peter Grosz's and Alzo Slade's.
2026-04-04
Hey, Easter Bunny. Fill your giant ears with my voiceBill Kurtis
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First Tied:
Rachel Coster
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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First Tied:
Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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First Tied:
Peter Grosz
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Olivia Munn Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about someone's crazy four day experience; Not My Job about the sitcom "Friends" and the soap opera "Neighbours"; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after turning up at the Supreme Court, what surprising place where we see Trump next?
For the first Not My Job question, the audience yelled out what sounded like "C" but Olivia Munn couldn't distinguish if the audience were yelling "B" or "C". Olivia asked them to yell "Banana" for "B" or "Cat" for "C". The audience yelled out "Cat", though Olivia then said that it distinguishing between "Banana" and "Cat" from the stage was difficult. Olivia went with "C", which was the correct answer. The first and third Not My Job questions were about "Friends" and the second question was about "Neighbours".
When Negin Farsad asked how did Peter Grosz did, Bill Kurtis said, "Well, in my 12 years here, we've never had a three-way tie." This was the second time where all three panelists started and ended in a three-way tie, but the first time it happened with Bill as the scorekeeper. The first time all three panelists started and ended in a three-way tie was on the 2003-03-22 show with Carl Kasell as the scorekeeper.
It was also not the first time where all three panelists ended in a three-way tie where Bill was the scorekeeper, but rather the fifth time. The previous four times that it happened with Bill as the scorekeeper were: 2014-09-06, 2015-11-07, 2019-03-09, and 2023-07-22.
2026-03-28
I'm Alzo Slade, the they they bring in when Bill Kurtis is stuck in the TSA line back homeGuest: Alzo Slade
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First Tied:
Shantira Jackson
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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First Tied:
Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Adam Burke
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- D. W. Moffett Score: 2
Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a hot new dining destination; Not My Job about melees; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after the Bachelorette, what will be the next TV series to get cancelled at the last minute?
After Alzo Slade said that Joyelle Nicole Johnson answered five of her Lightning Fill In The Blank questions correct, Joyelle said, "That's the most I've ever gotten right, Peter!". Joyelle has actually correctly answered six Lightning Fill In The blank questions three times before on the shows that aired on 2024-11-23, 2024-12-14 and 2025-05-03.
When Peter Sagal asked Alzo if Adam Burke did well enough to win, before Alzo could response, someone in the audience audibly said "No".