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Show Details: November 2019

2019-11-02

NPR DB ID: 1137
Scorekeeper It's cold out there. Put this Bill-aclava on your face Bill Kurtis
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Negin Farsad
Chosen Negin Farsad
Description

Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people who should have completed a task themselves rather than delegating it to someone else, Not My Job about stein men (aka bartenders), Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the Washington Nationals celebrate winning the World Series?

Notes

The song used for the first two musical buttons was "Baby Shark".

All three of the correct answers for the Not My Job questions was "C".

2019-11-09

NPR DB ID: 1138
Scorekeeper Pssst! Wanna know a secret? I'm a whistle-Bill-er Bill Kurtis
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Faith Salie
Chosen Faith Salie
Description

Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the world's most supportive boyfriend, Not My Job about Benjamin Franklin, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next must see TV event?

2019-11-16

NPR DB ID: 1139
Scorekeeper Move over, Virginia. Bill is for lovers Bill Kurtis
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Tom Bodett
Chosen Tom Bodett
Description

Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the hashtag #FreeQuilty and what it means, Not My Job about T-Pain, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Disney do next?

Notes

This is the third time in which a panelist answered zero questions correct during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment. Paula Poundstone had answer zero questions correctly back on the shows that aired on 2002-11-23 and 2008-03-29.

2019-11-23

NPR DB ID: 1140
Scorekeeper I'm not a turkey; but, I still say "Gobble, gobble, gob-Bill" Bill Kurtis
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Description

Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a trendy new aphrodisiac, Not My Job about the AARP The Magazine, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next overheard phone call to make it in the news?

Notes

Peter Sagal sneezed while reading the choices for the second Not My Job question. Elaine Welteroth asked the panel for an assist on the third Not My Job question. Roxanne Roberts initially thought that the choice about the prostate was "B" but was actually "C". Elaine chose "B" but the correct answer was "C".

2019-11-30

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1141
Scorekeeper Doorbuster, make way for Bill-buster Bill Kurtis
Bluff
#1
Chosen Amy Dickinson
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job guests and a few never heard before segments

Notes

Both the Bluff the Listener and the Not My Job segment with Alex Boyé were from the Friday 2019-10-25 taping in Salt Lake City, Utah. Due to the Bluff the Listener segment being from a previously unaired taping, the chosen and correct data has been entered.

For the Not My Job segment with Alex Boyé, the audience yelled out "C" for the third Not My Job question; which, Alex chose but it was not correct