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Show Details: 2017 Best Ofs

2017-01-07

Best Of NPR DB ID: 989
Scorekeeper Forget the yoga, try some Bill-lates Bill Kurtis
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! taking a look back at some favorite moments from 2016

2017-02-25

Best Of Repeat: 2016-02-20 NPR DB ID: 996
Scorekeeper I'm the anchor real men tattoo onto their chests Bill Kurtis
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with a look back at some favorite guests and segments

2017-04-15

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1003
Scorekeeper I'm the anchor who guarantees a gold medal Bill Kurtis
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! revisiting favorite moments, including a few that never made the air, from recent shows

Notes

Jessi Klein was the guest host for the first segment and Tom Hanks was the guest host for the last two segments of this Best Of... show

2017-06-03

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1010
Scorekeeper I'm the Bill people hope is waiting in the mailbox Bill Kurtis
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments, including several that haven't been aired until now, from past shows

2017-07-08

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1015
Scorekeeper I'm the man beyond your puny power to comprehend. That's right, I'm inconvceiva-Bill Bill Kurtis
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite interviews and a few never been aired before moments

2017-08-19

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1021
Scorekeeper I'm a man so pure and honest, they named that quality after me, I'm incorrupti-Bill Bill Kurtis
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.

2017-10-14

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1029
Scorekeeper I'm the breed that seems vicious, but I'm a sweetheart when you get to know me. I'm your pit Bill Bill Kurtis
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job guests and a some never-before-aired material

Notes

The order in which the Not My Job guest segments were included in this Best Of show also matches the chronological order in which the guests originally appeared as guests on the show. The three guests were also consecutive Not My Job guests, with a Best Of show airing between the shows that Bernie Parent and Aubrey Plaza were on, respectively.

2017-11-25

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1035
Scorekeeper Don't worry folks, I know it looks bad, but it's treata-Bill Bill Kurtis
Bluff
#1
Chosen Tom Bodett
Chosen Tom Bodett
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job guests and several never-before-aired moments

Notes

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! taped two shows while in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 19th and 20th. The Bluff the Listener and the Not My Job segments included on this Best Of show comes from the show that taped on October 20th.

Normally, the chosen bluff and the correct bluff from Bluff the Listener segments re-aired on Best Of shows do not get noted in the Stats Page database. In this case, the Bluff the Listener segment was not aired as part of a regular Wait Wait show, I have noted the chosen and correct bluff information for this show.

Another instance of Mo Rocca using the surname "Bagnoli" in his Bluff the Listener story.

2017-12-30

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1040
Scorekeeper I'm the dignified news anchor with an irresistible bass line. That's right, I'm dancea-Bill Bill Kurtis
Bluff
#1
Chosen Mo Rocca
Chosen Mo Rocca
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with a look back at some favorite Not My Job interviews and previously un-aired material from the past year, part one

Notes

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! taped two shows while in San Francisco, California on August 10th and 11th. The Bluff the Listener and the Not My Job segments included on this Best Of show comes from the show that taped on August 11th.

Normally, the chosen bluff and the correct bluff from Bluff the Listener segments re-aired on Best Of shows do not get noted in the Stats Page database. In this case, the Bluff the Listener segment was not aired as part of a regular Wait Wait show, I have noted the chosen and correct bluff information for this show.

The first segment features Tom Hanks as guest host on the show that aired on 2017-01-14.

Mo Rocca tried to persuade Lars Ulrich to change his choice for the first Not My Job question. Lars asked the audience for help and many of them shouted out "B"; but, Lars stuck with "A", which was not correct. Mo said, "It's not that" after Peter Sagal read the second option for the second question. The audience was split on which answer they thought was correct. And, before Lars started to come up with an answer for the third question, the audience started outing out answers, many agreeing on "B".