Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page
Show Details: September 2006
2006-09-02
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- Multiple Panelists
Guests
Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! including: psychic Adam Felber and "embarrassing" answers, Roxanne and Mo lengthy attempts to correctly answer their questions, Dick Cheney incident, P.J. aggrieved rants, Bluff the Listener about KISS, Not My Job with D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams about Turkmenistan, panelists working together and thinking alike
2006-09-09
NPR
DB ID: 44
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. 15 (3 / 6)
- Second Tied: Amy Dickinson 11 (3 / 4)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 11 (1 / 5)
Guests
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about suburban innovations, Not My Job about the Stanford University marching band, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Katie Couric's "CBS Evening News" closing quote?
2006-09-16
NPR
DB ID: 43
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Tom Bodett 16 (2 / 7)
- Second: Kyrie O'Connor 15 (3 / 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca 14 (2 / 6)
Guests
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about protests with unintended outcomes, Not My Job about questions to stump a fashion designer, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Panelist Predictions: how will Tucker Carlson's come back after doing poorly on "Dancing with the Stars"?
Notes
Four words: Carl Kasell on helium
2006-09-23
NPR
DB ID: 42
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Roxanne Roberts 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Paula Poundstone 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Paul Provenza 10 (2 / 4)
Guests
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about forgotten icons of the 1980s, Not My Job about "Presidential Doodles", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what comeback will President Bush have for Hugo Chavez?
Notes
Peter and the panelists have fun with George Allen's initial insistence that he is not Jewish, although he is
2006-09-30
NPR
DB ID: 41
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Sue Ellicott 15 (3 / 6)
- Second Tied: Charlie Pierce 14 (2 / 6)
- Second Tied: Tom Bodett 14 (2 / 6)
Guests
Description
"Wait Wait" Television, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Bill "Bill-O" O'Reilly, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: how Bill Clinton will lose his temper next time?
Notes
The listener for the Listener Limerick Challenge round seemed either impatient or pressed for time and didn't want the guys to dilly dally too much and told the guys to move on to the next limerick twice.