Show Details: 2014
2014-01-04
- Jeff Garlin 2
- John Hodgman 2
- Amy Sedaris 1
- Tig Notaro 2
- Jim Gaffigan 2
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite comedian Not My Job guests
2014-01-11
- First: Adam Felber 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Charlie Pierce 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about terrible presentation tactics, Not My Job about the best media errors of 2013, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the mayor of Fort Lee, NJ get revenge on Gov. Chris Christie.
Mary Maitlin cursed and was bleeped when she tried to skirt from saying her nickname for George W. Bush, yet Peter said that it was included in her book.
Possibly due to editing of the show, there were only six dings to Adam Felber's seven correct answers. Carl Kasell noted the correct amount for points.
2014-01-18
- First: Amy Dickinson 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Luke Burbank 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about scenarios where someone yelled "I want (Paul) Krugman!", Not My Job about leaders from science fiction, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will A-Rod do now that he isn't playing baseball?
When Peter started to ask Amy a question for the second panelist round, Amy responded begrudgingly with "Ugh... what?".
2014-01-25
- First: Jessi Klein 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Hannibal Buress 13 (Start: 1 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Brian Babylon 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about freshman year discoveries, Not My Job about hedges and topiary, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the biggest surprise in President Obama's "State of the Union" speech?
The edited version of the show only had 7 of 8 questions for Hannibal Buress, with five being answered correctly. Carl stated that Hannibal answered 6 correctly, meaning that the question cut was answered correctly or there was a mis-count. If Hannibal had answered only 5 questions correct, he would have had a total of 11 points.
When Peter asked Carl how many questions Jessi had to answer to win, Carl stated that she would need "4 to tie, 5 to win outright". That would only be true if Brian Babylon was in the lead with 12 points against Hannibal's 11 points, not 13 as Carl tallied. There would be no way for Jessi to tie with Hannibal due to Jessi starting the round with an even number of points while Hannibal started and ended with an odd number.
In the end, it didn't matter for Jessi had more than enough correct answers to surpass either Hannibal or Brian. But, it does affect placement for Hannibal and Brian as their placement would actually get swapped.
2014-02-01
- First: Mo Rocca 16 (Start: 2 / Correct: 7)
- Second Tied: Tom Bodett 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second Tied: Faith Salie 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a brother of a world leader trying to make his way in the world, Not My Job about Barney the Dinosaur, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the highlight of the Sochi Winter Olympics opening ceremony?
The last time Mo Rocca was on the show (2013-11-16), Carl Kasell incorrectly counted and stated Roy Blount, Jr.'s score and give Roy the win, even though Mo Rocca actually had won. There was no mention about it on this show, though Mo Rocca did win and scores were counted properly.
2014-02-08
- First: Roxanne Roberts 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Second Tied: Tom Bodett 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone other than Facebook celebrating a 10th anniversary, Not My Job about K-Pop, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what we will be wasting our times on 10 years from now?
During the discussion about the conditions that journalists saw in Sochi prior to the opening ceremony at the Sochi Olympics and comparing them in the US, Tom started to describe Motel 6 without using their name; Tom Bodett is famous for being Motel 6's spokesperson.
Right after Peter explained the premise of the Bluff the Listener round to the listener, the listener asked if Roxanne was on the panel. When it was confirmed, the listener stated that he didn't have to go through the "charade" and picked Roxanne. This is in reference the number of times where Roxanne's bluff is chosen due to the believability of her stories, even if those stories are not correct ones. Peter Guralnick made a reference to this right before his first Not My Job question.
Peter Sagal accidentally said Ginger Roberts instead of Ginger Rogers. Both Peters had fun with this throughout the third Not My Job question.
2014-02-15
- First: Kyrie O'Connor 18 (Start: 4 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Maz Jobrani 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Brian Babylon 8 (Start: 2 / Correct: 3)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the dangers of fish, Not My Job about non-Olympic winter sports, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: since Bob Costas has pinkeye, what will take out Matt Lauer?
Another instance in which Maz Jobrani used an accent in which both Peter and Maz noted that it could lead to more letters coming in from angry listeners.
2014-02-22
- First Tied: Faith Salie 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- First Tied: Alonzo Bodden 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an amazing discovery in the art world, Not My Job about warnings, Secrets of the Amazon.com, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will organizers spice things up at the next Olympic games?
2014-03-01
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite Wait Wait moments, including questions about IKEA and when science fiction meets science non-fiction
2014-03-08
- First: Adam Felber 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Faith Salie 16 (Start: 2 / Correct: 7)
- Third: Mike Birbiglia 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a Jeopardy! champion starting a new career, Not My Job about questionable police tactics, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what words will appear on the newly revamped SATs?
While the panelists were discussing the recent changes to the SAT exam, Faith Salie decided to use some elaborate words that one might find the SAT exams, stating that everyone uses such words.
During the first panelist round, Peter was about to give Faith a hint and he said "here's your excuse" instead of "here's your hint". Hilarity ensued.
When Peter was reading the first Not My Job question, he said "In 2011, an undercover sting, ha, run by...". The "ha" was in reference to The Police's front man Sting. After answering the last Not My Job question, Stewart sung a dramatic tune as Peter was about to say that the answer was correct. While Peter rejected Stewart's answer and started to explain the correct answer, Stewart sung a "fail" tune in response.
Not too much laughter (or groaning) happened when Peter Sagal used "rhymean" as the Listener Limerick Challenge pun prior to the second panelist round. Peter then stated, "that one was good".
2014-03-15
- First: Charlie Pierce 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Cindy Chupack 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about alternate uses of cats, Not My Job about Paul McCartney's other band, Wings, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the World Wide Web celebrate its 25th birthday?
Paula Poundstone hit her stride when it came to the topic of cats, which started during the first panelist round and continued on to the Bluff the Listener round about alternate uses of cats.
2014-03-22
- First: Brian Babylon 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Bobcat Goldthwait 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone standing up for what is right, Not My Job about cruise ships, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next great discovery in our universe?
During the second panelist round, there was a clarification on hips vs booty thanks to Brian Babylon. Also during the same round, Amy gave a hint to Brian's question that ended up being the correct answer. Amy refused to take the point and wanted to give it to Brian; so, Peter conferred with Carl and Carl gave the point to Brian.
For the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment, Brian Babylon had received 8 bell dings for all eight questions answered. The transcript on NPR's site missed the ding for the "China" answer, even though it was correct and Brian did get a ding for his answer of "dancers". The overall standings did not change as Amy wouldn't have answered enough questions correctly to beat or tie Brian.
2014-03-29
- First Tied: Tom Bodett 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- First Tied: Roy Blount, Jr. 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Third: Kyrie O'Connor 16 (Start: 2 / Correct: 7)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new tourist destination, Not My Job about Ron Perlman, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what group will Russia join, now that they are no longer in the G8?
Roy Blount Jr. sung a little ditty during the Who's Carl This Time? round on the topic of contraceptives that featured "rubber cement".
2014-04-05
- First: Roxanne Roberts 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Paula Poundstone 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a date that goes horribly wrong, Not My Job about the House of David baseball team, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next major product to be recalled?
Paula and P.J. had a lively discussion about the study of birds getting "divorced" during the first panelist round. The Bluff the Listener contestant seemed to have had some kind of dating experience that influenced her choice of Roxanne's bluff.
Another instance in which all three panelists answered six questions correctly.
2014-04-12
- First: Luke Burbank 18 (Start: 4 / Correct: 7)
- Second Tied: Amy Dickinson 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Second Tied: Charlie Pierce 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new low-tech job, Not My Job about Mickey Rooney, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will we do now that we can't go on the Internet?
The audience's tradition of chanting "Luuuuuuke" continues in force today and was also done by Peter, the panel and the audience when Luke Burbank spectacularly won the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round.
The thick Chicago accent that Carl used in the first Limerick flummoxed the listener contestant, who is a court reporter and transcribes what is said in court. He quietly repeated the last words of each line in the second limerick, to which Peter and the panel picked up. He also had a wee bit of a hard time trying to come up with the correct rhyme for the last limerick.
Someone peeped in while Peter was doing the intro for the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round. Amy tried to get Peter and Carl accept "monkey" as a correct answer, but it wasn't the first answer she provided, which was "tiger", and the correct answer was "chimpanzee". A chimpanzee is an ape and not a monkey, which Peter said that listeners would write in if the two were mixed up.
"Get these mother-farting cows off... this mother-farted (sic) plane!". Enough said.
2014-04-19
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with a look back at recent favorite guests and moments. Includes a Bluff the Listener segment about a new way to turn away unwanted advances and studies that get Paula up in arms
2014-04-26
- First: Kyrie O'Connor 16 (Start: 2 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Brian Babylon 9 (Start: 3 / Correct: 3)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new secret recording, Not My Job about Morris Dancing, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what vice will be next to be modernized?
In the edited version of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, they only included two of the three correct answers that Carl said Brian Babylon had.
2014-05-03
- First Tied: Alonzo Bodden 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- First Tied: Adam Felber 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 7 (Start: 3 / Correct: 2)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new Dr. Seuss story in the news, Not My Job about Zumba music, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be George Clooney and Amul Alamuddin's first fight?
Another instance in which all three panelists started the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round with a three way tie. The last time that occurred was back in 2013-08-03 where all three panelists also started the round with three points each.
2014-05-10
- First: Tom Bodett 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Jessi Klein 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Brian Babylon 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
- Rob Lowe 0
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new effort to relieve stress gone terribly wrong, Not My Job about bratwurst, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next anti-aging fad?
This is Carl Kasell's last Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! show taped live at Chase Auditorium in Chicago, IL.
While Tom Bodett was reading this Bluff the Listener story, he slipped and said "killin' spree" instead of "Killenburg". When Tom could not come up with an answer for two Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions, he defaulted with an answer involving a hamster eating a tiny pizza.
2014-05-17
- First: Paula Poundstone 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Mo Rocca 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Roxanne Roberts 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Special Message for Carl Kasell from Stephen Colbert, Bluff the Listener about a politician trying to avoid a scandal with a pre-emptive statement, Special Message for Carl Kasell from Tom Hanks, Not My Job about King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Special Message for Carl Kasell from Katie Couric, Listener Limerick Challenge, Special Message for Carl Kasell from President Barack Obama
This is Carl Kasell's last Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! show before retiring and becoming Wait Wait's Scorekeeper Emeritus.
I was able to attend the live taping at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC.
During the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Mo Rocca had only answered five questions correctly but Carl Kasell stated that Mo Rocca had answered six correct. Paula Poundstone answered seven questions correctly and Carl also stated that Paula had only answered six. The correct scores and ranking for the panelists should be: Paula Poundstone in 1st with 18 points, Roxanne Roberts in 2nd with 14 points and Mo Rocca in 3rd with 13 points.
2014-05-24
Legendary AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Charlie Pierce 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Kyrie O'Connor 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. 14 (Start: 4 / Correct: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a Friends star making a major comeback, Not My Job about cardiac surgery, Secrets of the Amazon.com, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next organization to loosen its standards?
Starting with this week's show, Bill Kurtis is the new official judge and scorekeeper for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
The questions from the "Secrets of the Amazon.com" segment were originally asked at the previous week's Wait Wait to Mo, Paula and Roxanne. That segment was cut from the airing of the show due to time constraints. The writers re-used the question for this week's show.
2014-05-31
Legendary AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Adam Felber 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 12 (Start: 4 / Correct: 4)
- Third: Rosie Perez 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about cats in the news, Not My Job about parenting advice from the past, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will break up Kim Kardashian and Kanye West?
Peter and panel had a bit of fun with Bill Kurtis's impressions of Barack Obama and John Kerry sounding almost the same. Rosie Perez's accent was the source of some fun when she said "Starbucks Coffee". The "sexagintuple" Starbucks coffee drink had 60 shots of espresso, not 30 as mentioned by Peter.
The listener contestant for Bluff the Listener is a "father" of cats, which was quite apropos for the topic of the bluffs.
2014-06-07
Beloved AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Peter Grosz 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
- Second: Jessi Klein 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Mo Rocca 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
- Tim Gunn 2
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone stopping at nothing to win, Not My Job about fashion ideas that are beyond help, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: new system for identifying hurricanes.
2014-06-14
Cuddly Fun AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Ophira Eisenberg 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 people making a mess of true love, Not My Job about writer's block, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person to huge book nobody wants to read?
2014-06-21
Inscrutable AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Maz Jobrani 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Kyrie O'Connor 14 (Start: 4 / Correct: 5)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke 5 (Start: 1 / Correct: 2)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about how the word "Yo" made the news, Not My Job about the number 8, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: if the Washington DC football team gets a new name, what will be their new name?
2014-06-28
Voluptuous AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Luke Burbank 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Shelby Fero 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about what happens when a fairly tale comes to life, Not My Job about Captain Scarlet, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next way players will gain an advantage at the World Cup?
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?
2014-08-02
Totally Huggable AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First Tied: Paula Poundstone 12 (Start: 4 / Correct: 4)
- First Tied: Maz Jobrani 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Alonzo Bodden 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
- Amy Tan 2
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a major innovation in baseball, Not My Job about tanning and the tanning industry, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next common behavior to be declared unhealthy?
2014-08-09
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring some favorite Not My Job segments
2014-08-16
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring some additional favorite Not My Job segments
2014-08-23
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite segments about the animal kingdom
2014-08-30
Entrancing AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Paula Poundstone 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Adam Felber 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about newspapers trying brand new innovations, Not My Job about Burning Man, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big viral fundraiser after the Ice Bucket Challenge?
During the Listener Limerick Challenge round, Bill Kurtis noted that he wanted to learn more about doing the Limericks from the master. With that, Carl Kasell came on on-stage to do the Limericks for Bill Kurtis.
2014-09-06
Smoking HotBill Kurtis
- First Tied: Adam Felber 12 (Start: 4 / Correct: 4)
- First Tied: Faith Salie 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- First Tied: Mike Birbiglia 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a particularly weird drug reaction, Not My Job about other notable thirds, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big leak?
Both Loudon Wainwright III and his son, Rufus Wainwright (who was the Not My Job guest for the 2009-11-14 show), answered two Not My Job questions correctly.
In the edited version of the show, Mike Birbiglia's Lightning Fill in the Black round only included six questions, with four answered correctly. During Adam Felber's round, he coasted after answering four questions correctly, leading to a three-way tie.
2014-09-13
Well-Behaved AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Moshe Kasher 12 (Start: 4 / Correct: 4)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
- Third: Brian Babylon 8 (Start: 2 / Correct: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new parenting technique, Not My Job about how to be a badass, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Great Britain do to make Scotland stay?
Richard Lewis interrupted Peter Sagal several times when Peter was trying to read his introduction, which lead to hilarity. Also, while Richard Lewis was on the phone, his breathing into the phone was quite noticeable and that lead to a bit of laughing and a good amount of bantering.
Bill Kurtis accepted Brian Babylon's answer of "atmosphere" for a Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question which had the appropriate answer of "ozone layer". The edited version of the show only included six Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions for Brian, in which he answered two correctly. The third answer would have been for one of the two questions that got edited out.
2014-09-20
Fragrant AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Maz Jobrani 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Second Tied: Luke Burbank 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a fanny pack making the news, Not My Job about guys named Steve Ricks, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will make a move for independence next?
I got a chance to go to the show in Seattle. I participated in the audience's chanting of "Luuuuuuke" when Luke Burbank was introduced or mentioned.
Due to the pending results of the Scottish independence vote as of taping, they recorded two versions of the first Who's Bill This Time? question, one version for each potential outcome in case the vote when the other direction.
There was a lot of jokes and references made during the taping surrounding the understanding of what makes up the United Kingdom, which was started by Paula's mention of not understanding what the United Kingdom is. Some of those jokes and references were cut out in the edited version of the show.
Edited out of the show was a joke that Paula Poundstone made about naming a front-facing fanny pack a "dicky pack".
2014-09-27
- First: Tom Bodett 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Kyrie O'Connor 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
- Third: Shelby Fero 8 (Start: 2 / Correct: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new and possibly unwanted delivery service, Not My Job about dieting, blasphemy and hate, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will people get into the White House?
2014-10-04
Legendary AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Faith Salie 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Charlie Pierce 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 9 (Start: 3 / Correct: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new modern convenience, Not My Job about Bert from Sesame Street, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will California ban next?
Both former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, who was the Not My Job guest on the 2010-02-06 show, and current Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz each only answered one Not My Job question correctly.
2014-10-11
Vertebrate AnchormanBill Kurtis
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite guest segments from the past year
2014-10-18
Simply Gorgeous AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Roxanne Roberts 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Faith Salie 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Tom Bodett 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone going after what they deserve, Not My Job about zippers, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big controversy at a political debate?
During the second panelist round and after discussing a bit about Larry, Peter called Faith, "Larry," by accident. In the same round, Peter also integrated the Pimsleur Language Learning System name, who is commonly an NPR sponsor, into the explanation of a panelist question.
Right after the listener, who lives in Pittsburgh where the show was being taped, playing the Listener Limerick Challenge was introduced read a limerick that she had written.
When Peter was providing the correct answer and story behind Faith's last question in the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Peter made a comment about people smelling like old motels, he said, "no offense, Tom." That is in reference to Tom Bodett being the spokesperson for Motel 6.
In the edited version of the show, the gong sound started while Peter was asking Tom the next to the last question, versus the last question, but continued to fade out while asking the last question.
2014-10-25
Heaven-Sent AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Brian Babylon 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Amy Dickinson 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a workplace making things worse for its employees, Not My Job about recipients of the Ig Nobel Awards, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next czar?
2014-11-01
Strange, Enticing, Wierd and Normal AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Kyrie O'Connor 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Alonzo Bodden 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Luke Burbank 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an opportunity to receive recognition for something anyone might be able to do, Not My Job about Chia Pets, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big Halloween costume next year?
2014-11-08
Legendary AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Faith Salie 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Tom Bodett 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Bobcat Goldthwait 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about sports fans taking their love of the game too far, Not My Job about Sherlock Holmes, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first thing that President Obama and the GOP-lead Congress agree on?
2014-11-15
Aerialist and Contortionist AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Maz Jobrani 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Second Tied: Alonzo Bodden 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
- Second Tied: Roxanne Roberts 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the music business and the bad shape it's in, Not My Job about beauty, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the European space probe find on the comet?
The listener contestant for the Who's Bill This Time? round didn't know about the photo of Kim Kardasdian's naked butt, which was enough for Bill to give her all three points for the round on principle.
During the Not My Job segment, Ron Perlman had to step away for a moment after there was a bit of dog barking in the background. Ron asked upon Alonzo's thoughts for the second question, both were correct.
2014-11-22
Angelic AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Amy Dickinson 18 (Start: 4 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Paula Poundstone 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke 6 (Start: 2 / Correct: 2)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a crazy way to get kids to eat their vegetables, Nob My Job about house flies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next cause to get a fundraising song?
During Paula's Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, she had a bit of help from P.J. on answering one of the questions. In response, Paula said that she cheated after Peter and Bill took her correct answer. After her round ended, she asked if she could have that applied to P.J. and deducted from her score (in which Paula would have 12 points, not 10 as she mentioned).
2014-11-29
Filled with Cranberry SauceBill Kurtis
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite segments, including lessons on geography and Maz Jobrani's various accents
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