Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page
Show Details: February 2018
2018-02-03
NPR
DB ID: 1045
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Panelists
- First: Helen Hong 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Tom Bodett 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 14 (2 / 6)
Guests
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a unique used furniture shop find, Not My Job about barflies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big surprise from this year's Super Bowl half-time show?
Notes
Another instance in which the correct answers for all three Not My Job questions were "B"
2018-02-10
NPR
DB ID: 1046
Host
Peter Sagal
Panelists
- First Tied: Amy Dickinson 16 (4 / 6)
- First Tied: Adam Felber 16 (4 / 6)
- Third: Hari Kondabolu 10 (4 / 3)
Guests
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about something positive coming from McDonald's, Not My Job about North Bend, Washington, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing that will be blasted into space?
Notes
Another instance in which all three panelists starting the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round in a three-way tie
2018-02-17
NPR
DB ID: 1047
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Panelists
- First: Faith Salie 20 (4 / 8)
- Second: Mo Rocca 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Liz Miele 4 (2 / 1)
Guests
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about something Disney does not want anyone to know about, Not My Job about tumultuous breakups and divorces, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big sport at the Winter Olympics?
Notes
David Duchovny was bleeped when responding to Peter Sagal explaining the correct answer to the first Not My Job question. Peter mispronounced Janeane Garofalo's first name and was corrected by David and Mo Rocca. Janeane was the Not My Job guest on the 2006-07-15 show
2018-02-24
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
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Panelists
Guests
- Jordan Peele 2
- Greta Gerwig 3
- Lee Daniels 3
- Liz Climo 2
- Lee Unkrich 2
Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job interviews with movie makers and a children's book author
Notes
During the intro, Bill Kurtis will almost always state the location of that week's show taping, including when they are taping the intro and inter-segment portions of the Best Of shows. For this show, Bill didn't state the location where they recorded the introduction.