Show Details: July 2014
2014-07-05
Surprisingly Telegenic AnchormanBill Kurtis
- Terry Crews Score: 2
- Tony Shalhoub Score: 1
- Billy Collins Score: 1
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 segment came from the 2014-03-22 show.
2014-07-12
Awe-Inspiring AnchormanBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Tom Bodett
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Third:
Brian Babylon
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Mikaela Shiffrin Score: 3
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
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Rank:
First:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Third:
Bobcat Goldthwait
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 4
- Thomas Keller Score: 2
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
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Rank:
First Tied:
Luke Burbank
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
First Tied:
Brian Babylon
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Peaches Christ Score: 2
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?