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2026-05-02
I am the anchorman, the anchor-myth, the anchor-legendBill Kurtis
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Alzo Slade
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Paula Poundstone
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Eugene Cordero
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) Score: 1
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a surprising silver lining in the news; Not My Job about famous sailors; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will King Charles III bring back as a souvenir from his trip to the US?
This is the first time a Not My Job guest has not answered two or more questions correct since the 2024-09-21 show where Gary Oldman answered zero questions correct.
2026-04-25
Screw you, seasonal allergies. I'm the voice so fine, even my sneezes sound like musicBill Kurtis
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First Tied:
Shantira Jackson
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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First Tied:
Katie Nolan
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Josh Gondelman
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Father James Martin Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a once in a lifetime job opening; Not My Job about stadium concessions; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing that robots beat us at?
For the third Who's Bill This Time? question, the listener answered with "Cooking" but Tom Papa said "Drinking?". Shantira Jackson commented by saying "Cooking. She said cooking.". Tom Papa then said "You said, 'cooking'? Drinking, you're right!".
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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Second:
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.