Show Details: August 2017
2017-08-05
NPR
DB ID: 1019
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Panelists
- First: Faith Salie 14 (2 / 6)
- Second: Patton Oswalt 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Adam Burke 11 (3 / 4)
Guests
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about peanut butter in the news, Not My Job about the timber industry, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will make President Trump turn on to new Chief of Staff John Kelly?
Notes
The Bluff the Listener contestant initially chose Patton Oswalt's bluff story, but the audience reacted disapprovingly. After some nudging from Peter, the contestant changed her choice over to Adam Burke's story.
During the Not My Job segment, Faith Salie asked Jeffery Tambor what his favorite book was. Jeffery decided to start eating something instead of answering the question, causing Patton asking Jeffery if he was eating.
The Listener Limerick Challenge contestant is a distant relative to Abner Doubleday, who, in some circles, has been credited at one point (but refuted) with creating baseball.
2017-08-12
NPR
DB ID: 1020
Host
Peter Sagal
Panelists
- First: Paula Poundstone 18 (2 / 8)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Alonzo Bodden 13 (3 / 5)
Guests
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone using the Freedom of Information act to request some surprising information, Not My Job about Hannah Montana, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what crazy thing will happen using the solar eclipse?
Notes
After Peter Sagal read the three options for the first Not My Job question, someone in the audience yelled out "C" and Jerry Rice chose to go with "C"; which, was the correct answer. The audience also helped out by yelling "A" for the second Not My Job question.
Peter asked the same Bill Murray going to see performances of a play adaptation of "Groundhog Day" on all three panelists during Lightning Fill-in-the-blank. When asked if Alonzo Bodden was ready to start his set of Lightning round questions, he asked if he could concede.
2017-08-19
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
I'm a man so pure and honest, they named that quality after me, I'm incorrupti-Bill
Panelists
Guests
Description
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job interviews and some material that hasn't been aired before
Notes
The guest scorekeeper for the Not My Job segment with Stephen Colbert was Glynn Washington and the segment came from the 2017-02-11 show. Information regarding the scoring exception can be found in the show notes for that show.
2017-08-26
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Guest:
Tom Hanks
Panelists
- First Tied: Paula Poundstone 17 (3 / 7)
- First Tied: Luke Burbank 17 (3 / 7)
- Third: Faith Salie 11 (1 / 5)
Guests
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about improving workspace morale, Not My Job about the history of the iPhone, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Obama's next job?
Notes
This show is an encore presentation of the Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! show that aired on 2017-01-14.
Tom Hanks used the phrase similar to "hands on buzzer" a couple of times. Tom Hanks also called Bill Kurtis "Bill Kurtis with a K" a couple of times as well.
Paula Poundstone used the last name "Swamu" again in her Bluff the Listener story.