Show Details: August 2013
2013-08-03
- First Tied: Brian Babylon Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- First Tied: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Bobcat Goldthwait Total Score: 7 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 2)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people getting in trouble for copying something they read in a book, Not My Job about Frasier Crane, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Alex Rodriguez do after baseball?
All three panelists were tied with three points each at the beginning of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round. Bobcat's first attempt to answer his third question got bleeped.
2013-08-10
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring a sports or sports-related Not My Job guests
2013-08-17
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring animal related moments and stories
Many of the segments and both Not My Job segments are the same ones aired during the similarly themed Best Of show on 2009-08-22 (and repeated on 2010-11-27).
2013-08-24
- First: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Adam Felber Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a college that upgraded its image, Not My Job about people who are the boss, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will ESPN do to stay the leader in sports?
The third choice for each of the Not My Job questions was Bruce Springsteen, who's nickname is "The Boss". Tony Danza actually answered the third question with Bruce Springsteen, which was not correct.
Also, the CEO of Cisco Systems is actually John Chambers, not Sandy Lerner as noted as the correct answer for the second Not My Job question. Sandy Lerner is one of Cisco's co-founders, but was never the CEO for Cisco.
2013-08-31
- First: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new restaurant concept, Not My Job about Axe body spray, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next work we'll learn next?