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Show Details: 2013 Best Ofs

2013-01-05

Best Of NPR DB ID: 780
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with the focus on food and eating. Segments include: Eat This, Bluff the Listener about a kitchen utensil used in a new way and three Not My Job segments about tofu, things that are bad for you and Necco wafers

2013-04-20

Best Of NPR DB ID: 795
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring Not My Job guest interviews from earlier this year

Notes

The Not My Job segment with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan featured the interesting discussion with Paula Poundstone. The show also included additional Not My Job content with former Vice President Al Gore that didn't make it on air.

2013-07-06

Best Of NPR DB ID: 806
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring Not My Job guests that are all about the sciences

Notes

The first three Not My Job guests in this Best Of show are the same as the ones from the 2012-11-24 Best Of show.

2013-08-10

Best Of NPR DB ID: 811
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring a sports or sports-related Not My Job guests

2013-08-17

Best Of NPR DB ID: 812
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring animal related moments and stories

Notes

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).

2013-10-19

Best Of NPR DB ID: 821
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring Not My Job guest interviews from 2013

2013-11-30

Best Of NPR DB ID: 827
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring things that Wait Wait panelists and staff are thankful for from the show

Notes

Returning from the first break in the program, Peter Sagal "pressed" one of the buttons in the studio recording room which caused the beginning of All Things Considered's theme to play. It was cut short and Peter reacted with "that's awful".

2013-12-28

Best Of NPR DB ID: 831
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! looking back at some of the fans' favorite segments and guests

Notes

Excluding the two Not My Job segments, the fan favorite segments in this show are the same ones that aired in the 2009-08-29 Best Of... episode.