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Show Details: October 2022

2022-10-01

NPR DB ID: 1289
Scorekeeper
Take it easy. I'm just busting your Bills
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Papa
Correct: Tom Papa
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about advances in car safety, Not My Job about The Addams Family, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next national artifact to make headlines?

2022-10-08

NPR DB ID: 1290
Scorekeeper
Who cares about the those other medals. You just won the No-Bill Prize
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Emmy Blotnick
Correct: Emmy Blotnick
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about vegetables with PR problems, Not My Job about body waxing, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next scandal in the fishing world?
Notes

After Peter Sagal read the choices for the first Not My Job question, the audience started shouting "C". Ralph Macchio thought that the audience was shouting "B" but Peter said that it sounded like they were shouting "C". Ralph chose "C", which was the correct answer.

Alzo Slade answered his second Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "deficit" but the correct answer was "debt", but Peter gave it it to Alzo. Emmy Blotnick initially answered her second Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "Iran" but changed it to "North Korea", which was the correct answer and Peter gave it to Emmy.

2022-10-15

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1291
Scorekeeper
I'm that show about New York financiers you don't watch because it's on Showtime. I'm Bill-ions
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Luke Burbank
Correct: Luke Burbank
Description
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite Not My Job interviews from the past year and some never-before-heard content
Notes

Tom Papa was the guest host for the show with Jeremy Allen White as the Not My Job guest and was the guest host for the shows that the first and fourth questions included in the Panelist Questions segment.

The Bluff the Listener and the Not My Job segment featuring Vivek Murthy were from the second show that was taped at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia taped on August 26, 2022. Since the Bluff the Listener segment came from a show that has not been aired before, the Chosen and Correct bluff stories have been noted for this show.

For the Vivek Murthy's first Not My Job question, the audience yelled out "A", which was the correct answer. The audience also yelled out "C" for the second Not My Job question, which was also correct.

2022-10-22

NPR DB ID: 1292
Scorekeeper
Hey, Boston. How do you like them apples? It's Good Bill Hunting
Panelists
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Josh Gondelman
Correct: Josh Gondelman
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an innovation on a classic toy, Not My Job about Apple's Genius Bar, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next celebrity to be banned from a restaurant?
Notes

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi initially chose "C" for the third Not My Job question and Peter Sagal was surprised that Dr. Ibram's choice. The audience shouted out "B" and Dr. Ibram changed his answer to "B", which was the correct answer.

2022-10-29

NPR DB ID: 1293
Scorekeeper
No tricks here. It's all treats. Happy Bill-oween!
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Shane O'Neill
Correct: Shane O'Neill
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone getting their big break, Not My Job about Rob Gronkowski, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be this weekend's most tragic Halloween costume?