Show Details: July 2014
2014-07-05
Surprisingly Telegenic AnchormanBill Kurtis
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! reviewing some favorite segments and Not My Job guests; including: Carl sound effects, Peter's pun-tastic Listener Limerick Challenge round promos, Guess The Newsmaker and a Bluff the Listener about heroes standing up for what they believe in.
The Not My Job segment with Terry Crews and the Bluff the Listener round came from the 2014-03-22 show.
2014-07-12
Awe-Inspiring AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Paula Poundstone 14 (Start: 4 / Correct: 5)
- Second: Tom Bodett 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Brian Babylon 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about promotions gone wrong, Not My Job about the Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Races, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: which public figure will be next to be embarrassed by their private writings?
2014-07-19
Tender Loving AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Bobcat Goldthwait 9 (Start: 1 / Correct: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about somebody with a terrible reputation finding redemption in an unlikely way, Not My Job about actual laundry, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what place will scientists discover the next giant hole?
This and the following two Wait Wait shows were taped at the Nourse Theatre in San Francisco, CA while Chase Auditorium gets some work done.
2014-07-26
Carnivorous AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First Tied: Luke Burbank 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- First Tied: Brian Babylon 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Amy Dickinson 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
Good News, Bluff the Listener about a particularly enthusiastic bargain hunter, Not My Job about Queens, N.Y., Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next shocking piece of good news to get through the week?