Both the Not My Job segments with Mavis Staples and Stephen Colbert come from their second Not My Job appearances, both in 2017.

Peter Sagal had a little bit of trouble pronouncing Soleimani's name during the Who's Bill This Time? segment.

The Bluff the Listener contestant's name was Luke, which lead to Luke Burbank, along with the audience, to chant "Luuuuuuke" at the listener contestant. When asked which of the three Bluff stories was correct, Luke the contestant started his response with "What is". Peter responded by saying that the contestant was thinking of the wrong show. When Peter said that the contestant chose the right story, Luke Burbank said, "Thank You".

There was some technical difficulties during the Not My Job interview in which the call seemed to have dropped. They were able to get Ronan back on to complete the interview and segment.

The first panel round was a jump ball question in which the first panelist to answer the question correctly would get 100 points. None of the panelists had the correct answer.

Maeve Higgins pronounced the word "tortoise" in an uncommon manner while reading her Bluff the Listener story; to which, Peter Sagal asked her about it and Maeve wasn't exactly sure how the word was actually pronounced.

The audience assisted with the third Not My Job question by way of clapping to which answer they thought was correct.

Maeve initially answered her third Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "Prince Philip" but then changed it to "Prince Harry". Normally the first answer would be accepted; but, Peter decided to accept her second answer.

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"

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.

Peter Sagal accepted Alonzo Bodden's answer of "plots" for Alonzo's last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round question. The correct answer was a list of addresses that the person was planning to rob.

The Bluff the Listener segment was from the show that aired on 2019-07-20

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.

Mo Rocca was very Mo Rocca during the second panel round with his story of falling asleep on his grand aunt's bosoms and guess of using Nutella as an alternative to Preparation H.

Peter Sagal accepted Mo Rocca's answer of "steal a car" for the last question in Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank. The correct answer was to let their pre-teen child to drive their car.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the show was recorded at the Fox Theatre without an audience; as, the panelists and crew had already traveled to Atlanta.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the show was recorded with Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis located at WBEZ and the panelists in remote studios. Bill used a different humorous location each time he stated where they were taping the show.

Listeners of Luke Burbank's "Too Beautiful To Live" podcast will know about the sound effect machine that Luke used.

The first panel round consisted of Bill singing a song for 20 or so seconds so that people could wash their hands.

This was the second time that Stephen Colbert was called in to be a backup Not My Job guest. The first time that happened was for the 2017-02-11 show.

The show was recorded remotely.

A mother and daughter where listener contestants for the Bluff the Listener segment. When it came to choosing which panelist had the correct story, the daughter chose Adam Burke's not-quite-so-kid-friendly story while the mother chose Peter Grosz's story. Peter Sagal decided to award the prize to the daughter for the correct choice while Peter Grosz would get a point. The Chosen Bluff field lists Peter Grosz as he received the point for the segment.

Another instance of all of the correct answers for the Not My Job segment being "A"; but, that was due to all three choices for the third question being correct.

Between the Not My Job and the second panel round segments, Bill Kurtis sung another hand washing song; this time, it was a take on ABBA's "Dancing Queen".

The show was recorded remotely.

The show was recorded remotely.

Samin Nosrat really wanted to choose "A" as the answer for the third Not My Job question. Peter talked her out of that answer and Samin changed her answer to "B", which was correct.

Bill Kurtis Bill-rolled the listeners by singing a hand-washing song based on Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up". At least on the radio version of the show, they followed it up with the original song as a musical bumper.

The show was recorded remotely.

For the Wash Your Hands With Bill segment, Bill Kurtis was joined by Josh Kantor, the organist at Fenway Park.

The show was recorded remotely.

Luke Burbank used my name and nickname from his podcast, "TBTL: Too Beautiful to Live" in his Bluff the Listener story. Yes, "Phamdemort" is a play on "Voldemort" and there's a story behind that.

I had originally planned on going to Chicago to be at the live taping for this show. As part of it being my 40th birthday, I also had an opportunity to request which panelists I would like to see on the show. Luke, Faith Salie and Mo Rocca were the panelists that I chose.

The show was recorded remotely.

Even though Christine Baranski only answered one question correctly, Bill Kurtis said that they were going to make a winner; with, Peter Sagal saying that they should give her a point for her singing.

Joel Kim Booster notched his first win on the show.

The show was recorded remotely.

Bill Kurtis seemed to be recording from a different location than previous shows during the pandemic.

The correct answer for all three Not My Job questions were "C".

The show was recorded remotely.

Adam Rippon chose "B" for all three of the Not My Job questions. All three of the choices for the third Not My Job questions were correct.

The show was recorded remotely.

Peter Sagal helped nudge Christina Koch from her initial choice of "B" for the first and third Not My Job questions towards the correct answer. Another instance where all three of the correct choices for the Not My Job questions were "C".

Peter was in a generous mood by providing Tom Bodett a bit of leeway in his answers during Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank.

The Who's Bill This Time? segment was from the 2019-05-11 show recorded at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, MO.

The first panel round was from the 2019-02-09 show recorded at the Savannah Civic Center in Savannah, GA.

The Bluff the Listener segment was from the 2019-11-16 show recorded at the Altria Theater in Richmond, VA.

The Not My Job segment with Tony Hawk was from the 2019-03-16 show recorded at the San Diego Civic Theatre in San Diego, CA.

The second panel round was from the 2019-08-31 show recorded at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA.

The Listener Limerick Challenge segment was from the 2019-04-13 show recorded at the Laurie Auditorium in San Antonio, TX.

The Not My Job segment was from the 2018-08-11 show recorded at Millennium Park in Chicago, IL.

The show was recorded remotely.

During the Not My Job segment, Peter Sagal messed up the name of Sarah Cooper's blog post titled "10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings" and got razzed for doing so.

During the second panel round, Peter pronounced the word "basil" the way the British would pronounce the word.

The show was recorded remotely.

Ashima asked for a hint on her first Not My Job question and got some nudging towards the correct answer for her third question.

The show was recorded remotely.

Another instance where all three choices for the third Not My Job questions were correct.

The show was recorded remotely.

During the first panel round, Mo Rocca mentioned that he had both an endoscopy and a colonoscopy; which, is why he said that he sounded a little groggy and felt like he was flying due to the prep for the latter.

Mo took off his shirt at least twice during the recording of the show. This was brought up during the Not My Job segment; to which, Mo explained that it was because the room he was recording in was really hot.

The show was recorded remotely.

Jameela Jamil only answered one of the three Not My Job questions correctly; but, Bill Kurtis gave Jameela the win.

After Peter Sagal stated the correct answer to Maeve Higgins' first Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question, which was the WHO, Maeve responded with "Who?". Peter feel for Maeve's joke by saying the organization's full name.

The show was recorded remotely.

Another instance where all three of the correct choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.

After Bill Kurtis stated that Alonzo Bodden would need to answer 7 correct Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly, Alonzo congratulated Amy Dickinson on the win. Alonzo answered three questions correct and asked Bill if he would get a point for predicting that Amy would win. Bill said that Alonzo would get half a point.

The show was recorded remotely.

Padma Lakshmi only answered one of the Not My Job questions correct. Bill Kurtis gave Padma an extra point for "bringing such spice to our show" and thus the win. The score reflects the additional point and the scoring exception has been noted.

The show was recorded remotely.

Peter Sagal talked Ramy Youssef out of choosing "C" for the third Not My Job question. Ramy changed his answer to "B", which was the correct answer. All three of the correct answers for the Not My Job questions were "B".

The show was recorded remotely.

Another instance in which all three of the choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.

The Not My Job segment featuring Stephen Colbert was from his third appearance on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! from 2020-03-21. It was the second time that Stephen was a backup guest due to the original guest not be available. The first time where Stephen was the backup guest was back on 2017-02-11.

The Not My Job segment featuring Barry Sonnenfeld was from his second appearance on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! from 2020-02-15.

The show was recorded remotely.

Another instance in which all three of the choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.

The show was recorded remotely.

The Bluff the Listener contestant started his introduction by saying that he just finished a peanut butter toast. This ties in with a Panel Round question before the Bluff the Listener segment about peanut butter. Helen Hong had Josh Gondelman read the quotes from her Bluff the Listener story.

The correct answers for the Not My Job questions, in order, were: A, B and C.

The show was recorded remotely.

The show was recorded remotely.

Tituss Burgess didn't realize that Paula Poundstone was one of the panelists and was shocked to find out during the Not My Job interview. Although Tituss Burgess did not answer any of the Not My Job questions correct, Bill Kurtis said that Tituss was a winner on style alone.

The show was recorded remotely.

The show was recorded remotely.

Peter Sagal gave a sidenote before the start of the Not My Job segment stating that it was recorded before the news that President Trump had been infected by COVID-19.

Even though Dame Karen Pierce only answered one question correct, Bill Kurtis gave her all 3 points. Peter said that it was a form of diplomatic immunity.

In the version of the show that I pulled from NPR's podcast feed, Jessi Klein's answer to her 8th Lightning round question wasn't heard in the edited version of the show. It went from Peter asking the question, the round-ending gong sound, and then Peter Sagal saying "No, a free grave".

NPR sent out a message to member stations stating that a new audio segment was posted to their portal to corrected the above issue. Hat tip to Gregg Porter at KUOW for providing an update on this.

The show was recorded remotely.

The show was recorded remotely.

While Doug Jones was thinking of the answer for his first Not My Job question, there was a cell phone ringing in the background. Doug initially chose "A" for the second Not My Job question, but Peter Sagal and the panel dissuaded him from that choice. Maeve Higgins gave a pretty big nudging hint for "B"; which, Doug chose and it was the correct choice.

Bill Kurtis did a quick yodel while Peter Sagal was explaining the answer for the second limerick and did a little longer one when announcing that the listener had won the round.

Peter Grosz answered his Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions with an Italian accent.

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When Alonzo Bodden read his Bluff the Listener story, he read the units of transfer speed as, "MPS" instead of, "Mbps".

At the time of entering in notes for this show, NPR's show page called the segment after Not My Job, "The Campaign Dump;" while, Bill Kurtis called it, "The Ballot Dump". The latter is used in this show's description.

Another instance where all three choices of the third Not My Job question were correct.

The show was recorded remotely.

This is the first show in which the panelist scores at the beginning of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment exactly matches the panelists' ranking at the end of the segment.

The show was recorded remotely.

Maeve Higgins notched her first ever win!

The show was recorded remotely.

Sarah Paulson did impressions of a dolphin and Drew Barrymore during the Not My Job segment. For the third Not My Job question, Mo Rocca didn't think "B" was the correct answer as it was too grim. Sarah wanted to choose "B" and Peter Sagal said "Don't listen to Mo. Don't listen to Mo." Sarah chose "B" and was correct. Mo said that it was the first time a guest had sung their reaction to winning the game.

Another instance in which all three of the panelists were tied at the start of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment. After answering his first Lightning question, Mo called Lindsey Graham the "Mrs. Kravitz of electoral politics" and said "Yoo-hoo. What's going on in your state over there?" as Mrs. Kravitz.

The show was recorded remotely.

Peter and Mara Sagal welcomed their new baby, Elliott Sagal, on 2020-11-29. Maz Jobrani is filling in as guest host for Peter.

Eugene Cordero answered his third Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "Word of the Day" where "Word of the Year" was the correct answer. Maz accepted it as a correct answer and gave Eugene points. In the edited version of the show, Eugene was asked 4 questions and had 3 of them correct. Bill Kurtis said that Eugene answered 4 correct.

Jessi Klein initially answered her fifth Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "lion" but quickly changed it to "kangaroo;" which, was the correct answer and was given points.

This is the first time since January 2000 in which more than one panelist answered all 8 Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correct. As of this show, scoring data is not available for shows that aired prior to January 2000.

The show was recorded remotely.

The name of the person whose audio clip was used to reveal the correct Bluff the Listener story is Eva Wolchover; which, is the name of a former producer for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

All three choices for the third Not My Job question involved Dame Judy Dench. Another instance where all three of the correct choices were "B".

Maz Jobrani accepted Maeve Higgins' answer of "some kind of space company" as it included the word "space" for her fifth Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question. Maz also accepted Maeve's answer of the opposite of anti-depressant for her sixth Lightning question; where, the correct answer was erectile dysfunction pills.

Adam Burke answered his sixth Lightning question with "Aurora Borealis" and Maz initially didn't accept the answer by saying the correct answer was the "Northern Lights". Adam said that the Northern Lights are also known as the Aurora Borealis and Maz accepted the answer.

The show was recorded remotely.