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Show Details: January 2019

2019-01-05

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1094
Scorekeeper Hey Cast Away Tom Hanks, I'll be your friend. I'm Bill-son! Bill Kurtis
Bluff
#1
Chosen Alonzo Bodden
Chosen Alonzo Bodden
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite interviews and segments from 2018

Notes

The Bluff the Listener segment came from the 2018-12-07 live taping at Carnegie Hall in New York City, New York. Since that show did not air as a regular Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! show, I have noted the chosen and correct bluff information for this show.

2019-01-12

NPR DB ID: 1095
Scorekeeper I'm one of the legendary voices of the NPR credits Guest: Chioke I'Anson
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Description

Who's Chioke This Time?, Bluff the Listener about problems specific to Dubai, Not My Job about a Mike, a Dan and a Tony, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next revelation from the world of literature?

Notes

For the second Not My Job question, Mike D'Antoni asked if he could choose "D", all of the above. Peter Sagal accepted that answer since all three of the options were in fact correct.

2019-01-19

NPR DB ID: 1096
Scorekeeper Sorry Mitch McConnell, nobody blocks this Bill Bill Kurtis
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Alonzo Bodden
Chosen Helen Hong
Description

Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a surprising effort to clean up the planet, Not My Job about hot cocoa, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next self-help trend?

Notes

When asked how Conan O'Brien did on the show, Bill Kurtis said that he would throw the score out because anything Conan says is right.

Mo Rocca really pulled a Mo Rocca during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round when trying to come up with an answer for the 5th question. Alonzo Bodden would also try to pull a Mo Rocca for his second Lightning question. Peter Sagal also accepted Alonzo's answer of "collusion" for his first Lightning question.

Only five of Alonzo's eight Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions were included in the edited version of the show and Bill stated that Alonzo had three points. One of the three points would have been in one of the three questions that was cut out.

2019-01-26

NPR DB ID: 1097
Scorekeeper Bill the wall! Bill the wall! I'm Bill the Kurtis Bill Kurtis
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Bim Adewunmi
Chosen Bim Adewunmi
Description

Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a real American hero in the news, Not My Job about offending people, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Rudy Giuliani's next job?

Notes

All three of the correct answers for the Not My Job segment where "C".