Show Details: February 2020
2020-02-01
Billie Eilish may have five Grammys, but Billy Kurtis is your only grampyBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Faith Salie
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Second:
Josh Gondelman
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Third:
Maz Jobrani
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Isabella Rossellini Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about somebody trying to help with your personal growth, Not My Job about Taco Bell, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next tell-all to make a splash?
After Peter Sagal explained the story behind the second limerick from the Listener Limerick Challenge segment, Maz Jobrani started singing a new verse to "Baby Shark" with "Walking sharks, doo doo doo doo doo doo"
2020-02-08
Hey, Iowa. I'm the only candidate that's via-BillBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Second:
Peter Grosz
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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Third:
Hari Kondabolu
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Tracy Letts Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about something interesting to do at exactly 4 PM on a Sunday, Not My Job about things that shouldn't be done, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next naked activity that will take the nation by storm?
After Tracy Letts answered all three Not My Job questions correctly, Bill Kurtis said that "very few people get 'em all right". Including this show, there have been 53 instances (and three exception) in which a guest has scored all 3 points where Bill Kurtis was the scorekeeper.
Peter Sagal, Bill and the panelists provided some assistance for the second limerick during the Listener Limerick Challenge.
2020-02-15
Hey, coronavirus, you can't touch me. I've got a clean Bill of healthBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Alonzo Bodden
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Second:
Tom Papa
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Third:
Helen Hong
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Barry Sonnenfeld Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a dinner party gone wrong, Not My Job about confessions, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next company to convert itself into a lifestyle brand?
Peter Sagal accepted Alonzo Bodden's answer of "plots" for Alonzo's last Lightning Fill In The Blank question. The correct answer was a list of addresses that the person was planning to rob.
2020-02-22
When I'm President, we'll meet in the O-Bill OfficeBill Kurtis
- Sean Doolittle Score: 2
- Nalini Nadkarni Score: 2
- Tim Kaine Score: 3
- Gloria Steinem Score: 2
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite recent Not My Job segments
The Bluff the Listener segment was from the show that aired on 2019-07-20
2020-02-29
Hey, mountain climbers. Summit this. I'm Mount Bill-imanjaroBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Luke Burbank
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Joel Kim Booster
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Will Arnett Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone trading in their principals for cold, hard cash, Not My Job about boat Jacks, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next show to get a Senior version?
This is the first time that Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! had a show that aired on a leap day.
Listeners of Luke Burbank's podcast, "Too Beautiful to Live," will be familiar with the name Luke used in his Bluff the Listener story.