Show Details: 2006 Best Ofs
2006-01-07
- Maj. Robert Bateman Score: 1 *
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
2006-07-08
- Maj. Robert Bateman Score: 1 *
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
2006-08-05
- Barack Obama Score: 2
- Tom Hanks Score: 2
- Terry Gross Score: 2
- Ken Jennings Score: 3
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites
2006-09-02
- Anthony Williams Score: 2
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
At the start of the final segment, Peter Sagal mentioned that the clips came from the "May 15th" show. There was no show that aired on 2006-05-15. Instead, the clips came from the 2006-05-13 show.
2006-10-14
- Brian Williams Score: 2
- Janeane Garofolo Score: 0
- Anne Lamott Score: 1
- Penn Jillette Score: 1
- Alan Alda Score: 2
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites
2006-11-25
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Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! including: G8 summit, Hogan Heroes, Greenpeace and two examples of Peter screwing up.
Luke Burbank was the guest host for the 2006-08-19 and 2006-08-26 shows where the clips included in the second and third segments. Those segments were titled "Paula Poundstone's Personal Disclosures" and "The Wait Wait Petting Zoo" on the NPR website.
Corey Flintoff was the guest scorekeeper for the 2006-06-17 show for the clips included in the seventh and tenth segments titled "Wait Wait... That's Really Bad News" and "Wait Wait... That's Kinda Highbrow".
2006-12-30
- Anthony Williams Score: 2
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
At the start of the final segment, Peter Sagal mentioned that the clips came from the "May 15th" show. There was no show that aired on 2006-05-15. Instead, the clips came from the 2006-05-13 show.