Show Details: October 2012
2012-10-06
- First: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Maz Jobrani Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about awesome summer vacations, Not My Job about Arnold Schwarzenegger's memoir, "Total Recall", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what was President Obama writing down during the first Presidential debate?
Paula Poundstone went through her rants about the dubious and pointless studies.
The last time Maz Jobrani was on the show, 2012-06-16, Carl only credited Maz for five correct answers even though he had answered six correctly. This error was not mentioned or corrected on this show.
2012-10-13
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Not My Job segments over the years
2012-10-20
- First Tied: Luke Burbank Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- First Tied: Faith Salie Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- First Tied: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about job creators, Not My Job about men who have broken the gender barrier, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big October Surprise in the Presidential race?
Another case in which each of the correct answers for the Not My Job segment questions were "B".
All three panelists finished in a tie with 12 points each. Last show that ended with a three-way tie was the 2012-09-29 show.
2012-10-27
- First: Tom Bodett Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Brian Babylon Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Carl (Dressing Up As) This Time?, Bluff the Listener about newfangled punishments, Not My Job about wombats, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next superhero to make a major life change?
Drew Carey had a bit of fun with saying that he was a soccer fan while Peter Sagal was not. This is in reference to the several times that Peter has mocked soccer, the World Cup and during the Not My Job segment with Steven Cohen on 2006-05-27. Drew is also a co-owner of the MLS team: Seattle Sounders FC.
Drew Carey had Tom Bodett do the "We'll leave your head on for you" a la Motel 6 ads. Tom then said, "Deep Six Morgue Hotel: We'll leave your head on for you".
All three panelists each answered six Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly. The last two times this has happened was 2009-09-12 and 2012-04-14.