Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page

Show Details: August 2018

2018-08-04

NPR DB ID: 1071
Scorekeeper
Climb up on me and work up a sweat. I'll be your tread-Bill
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Alonzo Bodden
Correct: Alonzo Bodden
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, The Trump Dump, Bluff the Listener about a superfan who went overboard and got in trouble with the police, Not My Job about private eyes, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what's the next must-have item for rich people?
Notes

Another instance in which all three of the correct answers for the Not My Job questions were "B".

2018-08-11

NPR DB ID: 1072
Scorekeeper
Alright everybody, you're in Bill-ennium Park now
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Amy Dickinson
Correct: Amy Dickinson
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about something going wrong at a Japanese Buddhist monastery, Not My Job about a Yankee, a hotel and a foxtrot, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next branch of the armed forces?
Notes

None of the panelists could quite say the name of the Japanese guesthouse at the Mount Joya's Buddhist temple. The guesthouse's name is "Sekishoin Shukubo".

In the version of the show that was broadcasted, Bobcat Goldthwait only answered six of his Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correct; but, Bill Kurtis stated that Bobcat had answered seven correct. Since only seven of Bobcat's eight Lightning round questions were included in the edited version of the show, either: Bobcat did answer seven correct or Bill had miscounted the number of correct answers. That said, even if Bobcat was only given credit for six correct answers instead of seven, he would still have won the show with 15 points.

As with any other scoring anomaly, the score Bill Kurtis stated on the show is the official score on record.

2018-08-18

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1073
Scorekeeper
I'm the shirt that doesn't cling too tight. I'm Bill-owy
Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring a revisit of some favorite Not My Job guest interviews

2018-08-25

Best Of Repeat: 2015-07-04 NPR DB ID: 1074
Scorekeeper
I'm legendary anchorman
Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring animal-related segments from past shows
Notes

This show is a repeat of the Best Of show that aired on 2015-07-04; which, in turn is a re-packaged version of the Best Of show from 2014-08-23.