Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page
Show Details: May 2021
2021-05-01
NPR
DB ID: 1215
Location
Home/Remote Studios
Host
Peter Sagal
Panelists
- First: Adam Felber 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Helen Hong 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Laci Mosley 9 (3 / 3)
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people trapped in situations they want to escape from, Not My Job about network executives who oversee TV and movies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the CDC decree next?
Notes
The show was recorded remotely.
2021-05-08
NPR
DB ID: 1216
Location
Home/Remote Studios
Host
Peter Sagal
Panelists
- First: Paula Poundstone 19 (3 / 8)
- Second: Luke Burbank 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Alonzo Bodden 11 (3 / 4)
Guests
- Symone 2
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a profile featured on NPR sometime from the last 50 years, Not My Job about plumbers, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next innovation in fine dining?
Notes
The show was recorded remotely.
Symone initially chose "C" for her second Not My Job question, but Peter Sagal and Luke Burbank nudged her towards "A". She changed her answer to "A", which was correct.
2021-05-15
NPR
DB ID: 1217
Location
Home/Remote Studios
Host
Guest:
Maz Jobrani
Panelists
- First: Hari Kondabolu 13 (3 / 5)
- Second: Karen Chee 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Peter Grosz 10 (2 / 4)
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people going to jail for strange crimes, Not My Job about "War and Peace", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the Brood X cicadas find when they return in 17 years?
Notes
The show was recorded remotely.
Another instance where all three of the correct Not My Job answers were "B".
2021-05-22
NPR
DB ID: 1218
Location
Home/Remote Studios
Host
Peter Sagal
Panelists
- First: Tom Bodett 16 (4 / 6)
- Second: Negin Farsad 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Maeve Higgins 6 (2 / 2)
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about skateboards in the news, Not My Job about hot dogs, What Is Martha Stewart Up To?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: when we finally identify what those UFOs are, what will they turn out to be?
Notes
The show was recorded remotely.
2021-05-29
NPR
DB ID: 1219
Location
Home/Remote Studios
Host
Peter Sagal
Panelists
- First Tied: Jessi Klein 13 (3 / 5)
- First Tied: Cristela Alonzo 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: Helen Hong 11 (3 / 4)
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about not so classic works from great authors, Not My Job about community theater, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big reunion?
Notes
The show was recorded remotely.
This is the fourth Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! show that features an all women panel.
While reading the third choice for the third Not My Job question, Peter Sagal hit his lamp and repeated what he was saying. Joel McHale jabbed Peter about it.