Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page
Show Details: January 2006
2006-01-07
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- Multiple Panelists
Guests
Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! including: singing mice, "666"/"616" introduction debacle, Not My Job with Maj. Robert Bateman, Paula Poundstone's first win
2006-01-14
NPR
DB ID: 78
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Paula Poundstone 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: P.J. O'Rourke 10 (2 / 4)
- Third: Sue Ellicott 8 (2 / 3)
Guests
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about new workplace vocabulary, Bluff the Listener about cheaters, Panelist Predictions: what are some of the reasons that caused Judge Samuel Alito's wife to cry during his confirmation hearing?
Notes
Listener, an English teacher at "Lick-Wilmerding High School", has problem with rhymes and limericks, while Paula has fun with the name "Lick-Wilmerding" and yells "... POINT LICK-WILMERDING!!!". Interestingly, the answer for the first limerick was "dumb".
2006-01-21
NPR
DB ID: 77
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Charlie Pierce 17 (3 / 7)
- Second Tied: Kyrie O'Connor 11 (1 / 5)
- Second Tied: Roy Blount, Jr. 11 (3 / 4)
Guests
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Benjamin Franklin, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will NASA find on Pluto with the New Horizon spacecraft?
2006-01-28
NPR
DB ID: 76
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Adam Felber 18 (4 / 7)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Mo Rocca 11 (3 / 4)
Guests
Description
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about dangerous clothing, Not My Job about "Worst Business Moments of 2005" by "Business 2.0" magazine, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will appear in the supposed photos with Jack Abramoff and President Bush?
Notes
The first show to be made available as a podcast.