Show Details: December 2014
2014-12-06
Earth's last living centaurBill Kurtis
- First: Adam Felber 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Faith Salie 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a chance to win a really unusual prize, Not My Job about wonderful and interesting things about New Jersey, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: after switching to selling cookies online, what will the Girl Scouts do next?
Mo Rocca returns back to Wait Wait in only the way that Mo can: with his numerous wild and meandering guess during the second panel round. It got to the point where, I think, Adam yelled "Bill take away a point!" when Mo made a "hail Mary" of a guess.
During Mo's Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, while Mo was trying to figure out the answer to the last question, Faith Salie said, "this is where the lightning round becomes an electrical storm". Adam Felber said it was more like a Van de Graaff generator.
2014-12-13
Half-anchor, half-manBill Kurtis
- First: Charlie Pierce 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Tom Bodett 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Shelby Fero 7 (Start: 3 / Correct: 2)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a surprising new way to meet someone face-to-face, Not My Job about G.I. Joe, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Prince William and Kate bring back as a souvenir to the Queen of England?
At the beginning of the Bluff the Listener round, Bill Kurtis stated the name of the game, "Come here often, Ellie?", Ellie (the listener contestant) responded with "I'm sorry?".
During the Not My Job interview, Sir Patrick Stewart said "Space, the final frontier" in a French accent.
There was no gong sound before, during or after Charlie Pierce's last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question denoting it was the last question.
2014-12-20
All about that bass, about that bass...Bill Kurtis
- First: Roxanne Roberts 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Paula Poundstone 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Maz Jobrani 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone ignoring all the warning signs while reaching for the stars, Not My Job about Jennifer Lopez, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be appointed as Ambassador to Cuba?
Two of Paula Poundstone's Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round questions dealt with shoplifting and the answer of "Shop with a Cop". Paula didn't answer the first one correctly, but correctly answered the second one. The edited version of the show only had Paula answering five questions correctly versus six according to Bill Kurtis. The sixth one was probably edited it out for time.
2014-12-27
Height-weight proportionateBill Kurtis
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Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite stories and moments from 2014, part one