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Show Details: September 2012

2012-09-01

Best Of NPR DB ID: 762
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
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 DB ID: 763
Scorekeeper Legendary Anchorman Guest: Bill Kurtis
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Jessi Klein
Chosen Tom Bodett
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 DB ID: 764
Scorekeeper Legendary Anchorman Guest: Bill Kurtis
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen P.J. O'Rourke
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 DB ID: 765
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Mo Rocca
Chosen Mo Rocca
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 DB ID: 766
Host Guest: Peter Grosz
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Brian Babylon
Chosen Adam Felber
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.