Show Details: 2008
2008-01-05
- First: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second Tied: Adam Felber Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Second Tied: Sue Ellicott Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about strange patents and inventions, Bluff the Listener about NASA scandals, Panelist Predictions: what will presidential letters from the future contain?
2008-01-12
- First: Adam Felber Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Tom Bodett Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unique recycling methods, Not My Job with questions from 1998 (the first year Wait Wait was on the air), Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be Hillary Clinton's next display of human emotions?
2008-01-19
- First: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about plagiarism reported by the news, Not My Job about the love relationship between Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich as reported by the Washington Post, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what the UFO that people in Texas saw really is?
On the topic of men lying during the Listener Limerick Challenge, Roy Blount, Jr. told an anecdote about marriage counseling. This lead to Kyrie to start laughing uncontrollably and Peter retorting with "been in counseling, Kyrie?"
2008-01-26
- First: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Second: Paul Provenza Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unexpected labor unrest, Not My Job about the founder of the Wham-O toy company, Richard Knerr, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will the Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, stimulate the ailing economy?
2008-02-02
- First: Adam Felber Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Second: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Luke Burbank Total Score: 8 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about potentially dangerous travel situations, Not My Job about Smurfs, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big story out of this year's Super Bowl?
Several members of audience chanted "Luuuuuuke" when Luke was introduced by Peter
2008-02-09
- First: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second Tied: Adam Felber Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second Tied: Paul Provenza Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about solving adult problems with adolescent behavior, Not My Job about college basketball coach Bobby Knight, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will Mitt Romney do now that he has suspended his presidential campaign?
2008-02-16
- First: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 18 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 8)
- Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about cosmetic enhancements, Not My Job about the Bush family, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will bring Barack Obama's presidential campaign back down to Earth?
2008-02-23
- First Tied: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- First Tied: Luke Burbank Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 7 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 2)
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new psychotherapy developments, Not My Job about Mr. Rogers as written in "Mental Floss" magazine, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Prediction: what will Fidel Castro do in his spare time after stepping down?
Mo Rocca's Bluff the Listener is another story to refer to "Dingoes Ate My Baby". Peter's mention of Paula's smack talk about Cleveland, Ohio was in reference to her comments from the 2007-04-28 show. Peter names the new blackest black as, "blackity black black black"
2008-03-01
- First: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about poor journalism, Not My Job about President Jimmy Carter, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what a presidential candidate will be forced to renounce next?
2008-03-08
- First: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Paul Provenza Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about innovations in beauty pageants, Not My Job about Dungeons and Dragons, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will John McCain do in his spare time while waiting for a Democratic presidential nominee to be selected?
2008-03-15
- First: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 18 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 8)
- Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about people pursuing dream jobs despite long odds, Not My Job about the film career of Madonna, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Eliot Spitzer now do with his spare time after resigning?
2008-03-22
- First: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone trying to fix something lame, Not My Job about Arthur C. Clarke, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next sign of the economy is tanking?
2008-03-29
- First: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Second: Paul Provenza Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 2 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 0)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about taking the wild out of wilderness, Not My Job about founder of Carl's Jr., Carl Karcher, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the US mistakenly send to the wrong country?
Paula Poundstone did not answer any Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly, though she had a lot of fun in doing so.
2008-04-05
- First: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about cartoon characters protecting their brand, Not My Job about April Fool's Day pranks as collected by the "Times of London", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what newsmaker nicknames will be revealed to the public?
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! was one of thirty-five recipients to be awarded the 67th Annual Peabody Award.
Tom Bodett's Bluff the Listener story involved enhanced mice touted as "Pinky and The Brain", which Tom did voiceover work on as well as "The Animaniacs"; during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Tom tried to get a point by passing off Darth Vader (the current answer) an "uber" Storm Trooper (Tom's response), in which Peter went on exclaim that "Darth Vader is a fallen Jedi, whereas Storm Troopers are clones, and it's just not the same. Moving on, Moving on!".
2008-04-12
- First: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new game for the Nintendo Wii, Not My Job about the Prohibition, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next PR nightmare for the Beijing Olympics?
2008-04-19
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Tom Bodett Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about pheromones, Bluff the Listener about extreme ways to motivate employees, Panelist Predictions: what present did President Bush give to the Pope for his birthday?
2008-04-26
- First Tied: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 5)
- First Tied: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Drew Carey Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
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Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about family restaurants trying to sharpen their image, Not My Job about a short-lived play called "Moose Murders", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will President Bush turn up next after his appearance on "Deal or No Deal"?
Drew Carey joins the panel; Carl Kassel is out on jury duty, to which Drew asked if the defendant would give a message from Carl.
The topic of "Truck Nutz" during the second panelist round.
2008-05-03
- First: Adam Felber Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people trying to close the barn door after the horse left, Not My Job about nice things, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Hannah Montana star, Miley Cyrus, rebuild her image?
2008-05-10
- First: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about new and unexpected vacation destinations, Not My Job about Bram Stoker, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will happen at Jenna Bush's wedding?
2008-05-17
- First: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Third: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
Carl Kasell's Answering Machine, Bluff the Listener about learning how young or old someone is, Not My Job about miniature golf, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: with high gas prices, what will families do for summer vacation?
2008-05-24
- First: Adam Felber Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Tom Bodett Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people in the news who sent in e-mail to "Wait Wait" not asking to be made fun of, Not My Job about Steven Seagal, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big story from John McCain's weekend barbecue with potential VP candidates?
2008-05-31
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! where Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell, Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett, Paula Poundstone, Charlie Pierce and Kyrie O'Connor review their favorite moments from the past ten years.
2008-06-07
- First: Tom Bodett Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second Tied: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Second Tied: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
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Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about how the Internet is making life easier, Not My Job about Huntington Hartford, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what role will Hillary Clinton be in Barack Obama's presidential campaign?
Tom entered the Lightning Fill In the Blank round with 3 points, to which, Carl stated that he answered 7 questions correctly. This would have given him a total of 17 points, but Carl stated that Tom had 16 points.
2008-06-14
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about making summers even more lazy, Not My Job about Truman Capote, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what cool feature will Apple include in the next generations of the iPhones?
Scott McClellan is the third (albeit former) White House Press Secretary of the Bush Administration to appear on the show.
When Peter started to ask Amy a question during the second Panelist Round, Amy responded with "No! Don't look at me."
2008-06-21
- First: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 19 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 8)
- Second: Mo Rocca Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Paul Provenza Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about controversial stories about the online, virtual world, Not My Job about founder of Broadcom, Henry Nicholas, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will George W. Bush's memoir begin?
Another instance where Mo Rocca uses the surname "Bagnoli" in this Bluff the Listener story. When Peter was explaining the story during the second panelist round, he added sound effects to the re-enactment.
2008-06-28
- First: Adam Felber Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Paul Provenza Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a gift for a billionaire with everything, Not My Job about Celine Dion, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will the Supreme Court decide is protected by The Constitution?
Adam Felber's Clippy impression has made the "Who's Carl This Time?" segment a fan favorite
2008-07-05
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job guests from 2006
2008-07-12
- First: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 19 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 8)
- Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about more annoying things being done by airlines, Not My Job about Sonny Landham, the third actor from "Predator" to try to enter politics, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be Madonna's next love interest?
Charlie Pierce tried to get his answer of through an airplane window or door to be accepted by Peter and Carl, even though the correct answer was the airplane emergency slide.
2008-07-19
- First: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 19 (Starting Score: 5 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Paul Provenza Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about Christmas in July, Not My Job about Jersey City, New Jersey, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first noticeable change after Budweiser was purchased by the Belgians?
2008-07-26
- First Tied: Paul Provenza Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- First Tied: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a person's past coming back to haunt them at their current job, Not My Job about derivation of different words as written in the book "I Didn't Know That...", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will John McCain be able to top Barack Obama's world tour?
Another show in which all three correct Not My Job answers were the second answer.
2008-08-02
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Alison Stewart Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new innovation that will make life great for men, Not My Job about Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: who will be the surprise candidate for vice president?
Alison Stewart joins the panel, who co-hosted "Bryant Park Project" with Luke Burbank before he left.
2008-08-09
- First Tied: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- First Tied: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Corey This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unexpected dangers of trying to live healthy, Not My Job about a New York Times article about the history of the modern Olympic movement, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big story coming from the Olympics in Beijing?
2008-08-16
- First: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Adam Felber Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about innovative ways to cut costs, Not My Job about Miss Manners, Who's Korva This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will Michael Phelps do once he conquers this year's Olympics?
2008-08-23
- First: Adam Felber Total Score: 19 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 8)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job not about "Scooter" Libby, Bluff the Listener about unusual summer camps, Panelist Predictions: what the next popular fantasy series after Harry Potter?
2008-08-30
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Alison Stewart Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Tom Bodett Total Score: 7 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 2)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff The Listener about normally reserved dorks doing crazy things, Not My Job about Matthew McConaughey, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: How will John McCain top Barack Obama's acceptance speech, while at the Republican National Convention?
While commenting about the cable news coverage of the Democratic National Convention, Peter noted how "angry" Keith Olbermann was. Alison Stewart is a regular backup host for Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
2008-09-06
- First: Tom Bodett Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 8 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about leaders emerging in odd and unusual ways, Not My Job about Michael Jackson, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big bombshell to drop about either of the vice presidential candidates?
2008-09-13
- First: Paul Provenza Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new diplomatic efforts by the United States, Not My Job about North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, Carl's List, Panelist Predictions: what will happen to the world now that the Large Hadron Collider has been activated?
2008-09-20
- First: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about surprising apologies from those in leadership questions, Not My Job about the expertise of Dr. Spock, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what e-mail messages will be recovered from vice presidential candidate, Alaska governor Sarah Palin's hacked e-mail account.
2008-09-27
- First Tied: Tom Bodett Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 5)
- First Tied: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- First Tied: Mo Rocca Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about suburban angst, Not My Job about hard hitting presidential campaigns, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will the U.S. Government raise the seven-hundred billion dollars needed to bail out Wall Street?
2008-10-04
- First: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 19 (Starting Score: 5 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Mo Rocca Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Paul Provenza Total Score: 8 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about travel mishaps, Not My Job about fringe presidential candidates, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will President Bush, who has the highest disapproval rate ever, win back the affection of the American people?
2008-10-11
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Alison Stewart Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about one tiny mistake that significantly alters a person's life, Not My Job about the tropical island nation Nauru, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the October Surprise that will shake up the presidential race?
2008-10-18
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job guests from 2008
2008-10-25
- First: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff The Listener about embarrassing government cover-ups, Not My Job about fashion critic Mr. Blackwell, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be this year's most popular Halloween costume?
2008-11-01
- First: Paul Provenza Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 8 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new approaches in responding to emergencies, Not My Job about the history of Microsoft, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will Barack Obama spend his campaign cash?
2008-11-08
- First: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about robocalls gone awry, Not My Job about Bill O'Reilly's recent memoir, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what big surprise will come out of the first 100 days of the Obama administration?
Carl stated that Amy needed to answer 5 questions correctly to tie or 6 to win outright after announcing Charlie's score of 12. Amy started the round with 4 points, which meant that she only needed to answer 4 questions correctly to tie or 5 questions to win.
2008-11-15
- First Tied: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- First Tied: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Tom Bodett Total Score: 7 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the Internet letting us down, Not My Job about ways kids are wasting their time, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first line of President Bush's memoir?
2008-11-22
- First: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Adam Felber Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 3)
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff The Listener about brilliant new ways to lose weight, Not My Job about Mickey Mouse (who is celebrating his 80th birthday), Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the American auto industry save itself?
When Peter Sagal was talking about the Detroit Big Three going to DC to testify, Peter accidentally said "FUV" instead of "SUV". Hilarity ensued.
2008-11-29
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites
2008-12-06
- First: Adam Felber Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Second: Mo Rocca Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff The Listener about new scams threatening our peace and prosperity, Not My Job about beloved kids shows, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will cause the first disagreement between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton?
2008-12-13
- First Tied: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- First Tied: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Tom Bodett Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about brand new holiday characters, Not My Job about the history of breakfast cereals, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Barack Obama's open U.S. Senate seat be chosen?
2008-12-20
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about office supplies, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: who will be Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2009?
2008-12-27
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! takes a look back at the 2008 presidential race.