Show Details: September 2012
2012-09-01
Location
Chase Auditorium
(Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! end of summer special, featuring favorite Wait Wait moments, including questions about IKEA and when science fiction meets science non-fiction
2012-09-08
NPR
ID: 763
Location
Chase Auditorium
(Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Panelists
- First: Tom Bodett 16 (2 / 7)
- Second: Paula Poundstone 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Jessi Klein 13 (3 / 5)
Guests
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about creative engagement proposals, Not My Job about Donnie Raitt, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be this election's October Surprise be?
Notes
Tom Bodett snapped Paula Poundstone's six game streak of coming in first after the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round.
2012-09-15
NPR
ID: 764
Location
Chase Auditorium
(Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Panelists
- First: Roxanne Roberts 18 (4 / 7)
- Second: Charlie Pierce 17 (3 / 7)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke 10 (2 / 4)
Guests
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people recycling things that we don't want recycled, Not My Job about things that rhyme with thrones, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next YouTube video to cause a riot?
2012-09-22
NPR
ID: 765
Location
Fox Theatre
(Atlanta, GA)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Mo Rocca 18 (4 / 7)
- Second: Faith Salie 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. 9 (1 / 4)
Guests
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about things what we thought to have been true but aren't, Not My Job about viral marketing campaigns gone awry, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next hidden video surprise?
Notes
In the edited version of the show, only six of Mo Rocca's questions was played even though he had answered seven questions correct.
2012-09-29
NPR
ID: 766
Location
Chase Auditorium
(Chicago, IL)
Host
Guest:
Peter Grosz
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First Tied: Kyrie O'Connor 14 (2 / 6)
- First Tied: Adam Felber 14 (2 / 6)
- First Tied: Brian Babylon 14 (4 / 5)
Guests
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about organizations forced to state the obvious, Not My Job about the Ig Nobel awards, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big surprise at the first Presidential debate?
Notes
Another show that ended in a three-way tie. The last three-way tie happened on 2012-08-18, in which all three panelists also had 14 points each.