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Show Details: 2022
2022-01-01
Chioke I'Anson was the guest scorekeeper for the 2021-08-28 show with Jane Kaczmarek as the Not My Job guest.
2022-01-08
- First: Peter Grosz 14 (4 / 5)
- Second: Alonzo Bodden 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Roxanne Roberts 10 (2 / 4)
- Woody Hoburg 3 *
The show was recorded remotely.
Before the Bluff the Listener and the second Panel Round, Bill Kurtis introduced Peter Sagal as "Bert Sagal" to keep from confusing either Peter Sagal or Peter Grosz.
Woody Hoburg initially answered "A" for the first Not My Job question, but Peter Sagal hinted that it might not be the correct answer. Woody then changed his answer to "B", but the correct answer was actually "C". For the second Not My Job question, Woody initially answered "B," but the panelists, especially Roxanna Roberts, nudged him to "A," which was the correct answer. When Peter Sagal asked Bill how Woody did, Bill gave Woody all three points.
Peter Sagal closed out the show with "I'm Burt Sagal. And, we'll see you next week."
2022-01-15
- First: Emmy Blotnick 16 (4 / 6)
- Second: Maz Jobrani 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Helen Hong 10 (2 / 4)
The show was recorded remotely.
2022-01-22
- First: Mo Rocca 16 (2 / 7)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 15 (3 / 6)
- Second Tied: Cristela Alonzo 15 (3 / 6)
The show was recorded remotely.
Mo Rocca asked Brian Cox if his character in "Succession", Logan Roy, had a public radio program, what it would be called, Brian's answer was bleeped.
2022-01-29
- First: Josh Gondelman 14 (4 / 5)
- Second: Karen Chee 14 (1 / 6)
- Third: Alzo Slade 10 (2 / 4)
The show was recorded remotely.
Another instance where all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.
When Negin Farsad asked Bill Kurtis how Karen Chee did, Bill said that she had "6 right for 12 more points. She now has 14". Karen Chee started the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round with 1 point, meaning that Karen would have had a total of 13 points. After Josh Gondelman answered 5 questions correct, Bill said that Josh was the champion with 14 points.
The score and ranking information reflects the official record as stated by Bill Kurtis.
2022-02-05
- First: Tom Papa 15 (3 / 6)
- Second Tied: Adam Burke 14 (2 / 6)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 14 (2 / 6)
When Peter Sagal asked Paula Poundstone did during Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank, Bill Kurtis said "Paula has 6 right for 13 more points, and has 14". Answering 6 right would add 12 points and if Paula had 13 more points, her total would have been 15 (as she started the round with 2 points). 14 is the correct point total.
The gong sound didn't play until after Adam Burke answered the last question was asked.
2022-02-12
- First: Bobcat Goldthwait 12 (4 / 4)
- Second: Hari Kondabolu 6 (2 / 2)
- Third: Maeve Higgins 2 (2 / 0)
The show was recorded remotely.
Patti Smith initially chose "B" for her third Not My Job question, but Peter Sagal nudged her to change her answer. She then switched to "A", but Peter inferred that it wasn't the correct answer. Patti changed her answer to "C", which was the correct answer.
When Peter asked Bill Kurtis how Maeve Higgins did in Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank, Bill said, "She set a new record, as far as my tenure here. She had none right". Maeve answered zero questions correctly back on the show that aired 2019-11-16. A record was set for the lowest total score (for shows airing after January 1, 2000) with a total of 20.
2022-02-19
- First Tied: Ashley Ray 14 (2 / 6)
- First Tied: Negin Farsad 14 (4 / 5)
- Third: Peter Grosz 10 (2 / 4)
The show was recorded remotely.
After the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Peter Sagal memorialized P.J. O'Rourke, who passed away on February 15, 2022.
2022-02-26
The Bluff the Listener segment comes from the show that aired on 2021-12-11.
A portion of the tribute to P.J. O'Rourke came from the "Wait Wait: Naked and Ashamed" series of podcast specials that aired as part of the show's 20th anniversary in 2018.
2022-03-05
- First: Faith Salie 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Hari Kondabolu 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Joel Kim Booster 12 (2 / 5)
The Bluff the Listener contestant initially chose Faith Salie's bluff, but Peter Sagal half-questioned the listener's choice. The listener then chose Joel Kim Booster's bluff, who had the true story.
Porscha Williams initially chose "B" for the second Not My Job question, but both Peter and the audience tried to nudge her to a different answer. Porscha thought the audience was saying "triangle" when they tried to signal "A" with their hands. "A" was the correct answer.
2022-03-12
- First: Negin Farsad 14 (4 / 5)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 12 (4 / 4)
- Second Tied: Alzo Slade 12 (2 / 5)
The show was recorded remotely.
Elana Meyers Taylor initially chose "A" for the first Not My Job question but Peter Sagal hinted that it wasn't the correct answer. Elana then changed her answer to "B", but the correct answer was "C".
The Listener Limerick Challenge contestant is a man from Nantucket.
2022-03-19
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Mo Rocca 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Helen Hong 15 (3 / 6)
The show was recorded remotely.
2022-03-26
- First: Luke Burbank 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Emmy Blotnick 13 (3 / 5)
- Dan Snow 3
The show was recorded remotely.
2022-04-02
- First: Cristela Alonzo 16 (4 / 6)
- Second: Tom Papa 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Maeve Higgins 4 (2 / 1)
- Slash 2
The show was recorded remotely.
2022-04-09
- First: Helen Hong 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Karen Chee 15 (3 / 6)
- Third: Alonzo Bodden 9 (1 / 4)
While Peter Sagal was summarizing the panelists' Bluff the Listener stories, Peter said "bread balls" instead of "bread bowls" and called Karen Chee, "Karen Tree". In response, Peter said, "Good, Lord. What is wrong with me?"
Matt Walsh initially chose "B" as the answer for the third Not My Job question and a few people in the audience booed. Peter Sagal re-read the choices and the audience cheered as Peter read "B".
2022-04-16
The Not My Job segment with Chance the Rapper comes from the show that aired on 2021-11-06.
Negin Farsad was the guest host for the 2021-10-30 show wtih P.K. Subban as the Not My Job guest.
2022-04-23
- First: Faith Salie 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Ashley Ray 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Maz Jobrani 11 (3 / 4)
The show was recorded remotely.
Another instance in which all three of the choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.
2022-04-30
- First: Amy Dickinson 16 (4 / 6)
- Second Tied: Alzo Slade 8 (2 / 3)
- Second Tied: Maeve Higgins 8 (2 / 3)
While Peter Sagal was clearing up what a billion is in context to the first queston during Who's Bill This Time? to Maeve Higgins (due to the different definition of billion: thousand million vs. million million). During which, Peter referred to Maeve as British. Maeve is Irish.
The listener contestant for the Listener Limerick Challenge segment was also named Maeve Higgins.
Maeve answered "Twitter" for her first Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question, to which Peter initially said "Yes" but almost immediately switched to "No". The correct answer was Tesla. For Maeve's second Lightning round question, she guessed "Kevin McGraw" and Peter said that he pretended that she said "Kevin McCarthy", which was the correct answer. Peter slipped out the answer while reading Maeve's fourth Lightning round question by saying "old..." instead of "blank-est".
Another instance in which the highest score is equal to the sum of the other two scores.
2022-05-07
- First: Maz Jobrani 16 (2 / 7)
- Second: Emmy Blotnick 14 (4 / 5)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 12 (2 / 5)
The show was recorded remotely.
2022-05-14
- First: Faith Salie 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Peter Grosz 9 (3 / 3)
- Third: Laci Mosley 6 (2 / 2)
The show was recorded remotely.
Another instance in which the highest score is equal to the sum of the other two scores.
2022-05-21
- First: Alonzo Bodden 14 (2 / 6)
- Second: Tom Papa 9 (3 / 3)
- Third: Maeve Higgins 5 (3 / 1)
The show was recorded remotely.
Another instance in which the highest score is equal to the sum of the other two scores.
2022-05-28
- First: Maz Jobrani 14 (2 / 6)
- Second: Paula Poundstone 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Adam Burke 9 (3 / 3)
For the second Not My Job question, Earlonne Woods chose "A" while Nigel Poor chose "B". The correct answer was "C". Another instance where all three of the correct Not My Job answers were "C".
Paula Poundstone answered her fourth Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "collective urine". Peter Sagal initally said that it was incorrect but then changed to accept it; as, the correct answer was "recycled sewage".
2022-06-04
I'm the pamphlet that tells you the star you came to see won't be performing tonight. I'm the play-Bill
- Kacey Musgraves 2
- Audra McDonald 1 *
- Brian Cox 3
- Woody Hoburg 3 *
2022-06-11
- First: Luke Burbank 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Negin Farsad 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Hari Kondabolu 8 (2 / 3)
This is the first show taped at Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! new home, the Studebaker Theater in Chicago.
After Kenan Thompson chose "A" for the third Not My Job question, Peter Sagal questioned Kenan if he really thought that was the answer. Kenan said, "So, is that the answer?" The correct answer was "B".
2022-06-18
- First: Brian Babylon 15 (5 / 5)
- Second: Bobcat Goldthwait 13 (1 / 6)
- Third: Maeve Higgins 6 (2 / 2)
For Maeve Higgin's third Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question, she answered "weather" which Peter Sagal accepted. The correct answer was "high temperatures". For Maeve's fourth Lightning question, Bobcat Goldthwait helped her by whispering "BTS" but Maeve thought he was whispering "PTS". Bobcat whispered "BTS" a little clearer, which Maeve gave as her answer.
2022-06-25
- First: Helen Hong 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Peter Grosz 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Adam Burke 11 (3 / 4)
After Peter Sagal gave the answer to the 2nd Listener Limerick Challenge limerick, Bill Kurtis tried to help the listener out (albeit a bit too late).
Helen Hong answered her 8th Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "thongs". Peter Sagal accepted the answer, as the correct answer was "wearing only their underwear".
2022-07-02
- First: Josh Gondelman 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Alonzo Bodden 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Faith Salie 12 (2 / 5)
The phone lines were down for the Bluff the Listener segment and an audience member was chosen to play the game.
Darryl McCray received a little bit of help from the audience when they yelled "B" for the third Not My Job question.
2022-07-09
The first Panel Questions segment included a clip from a show that was recorded in March (presumably 2022) at an unnamed location.
The Bluff the Listener, Not My Job segment with Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and the second Panel Questions segment came from the second taping in San Francisco back on May 27, 2022. Since the Bluff the Listener segment came from an unaired segment, the panelist(s) for the chosen and correct bluff story has been included.
2022-07-16
- First: Emmy Blotnick 14 (4 / 5)
- Second: Adam Burke 13 (1 / 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 8 (2 / 3)
Puja Patel initially chose "B" for the first Not My Job question but changed to "C" after trying to get a tell from Tom Papa on the correct answer.
Paula Poundstone answered her third Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "Floods". Tom responded with "Right! Wildfires"
2022-07-23
- First: Josh Gondelman 15 (1 / 7)
- Second: Cristela Alonzo 9 (3 / 3)
- Third: Matt Rogers 8 (2 / 3)
After Tom Papa said that the Bluff the Listener contestant had won the voice of their choice on their answering machine, there was a bit of a pause. Tom then said "Don't be so excited" and the panel cracked up laughing.
After Tom Papa read all three choices for the third Not My Job question, Nathan Lane asked Tom to re-read the first one. Tom responded with "I wouldn't pay attention to that one". Nathan then chose "B", which was the correct answer.
It sounded like the listener contestant said "Buzz" for the third Listener Limerick Challenge and Tom Papa said, "Barney, that's right."
2022-07-30
- First: Faith Salie 20 (4 / 8)
- Second: Helen Hong 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Bobcat Goldthwait 10 (2 / 4)
When the listener contestant asked for a hint for the first Who's Bill This Time? question, Faith Salie provided a hint before Tom Papa could provide one.
Jeremy Allen White initially chose "C" for the first Not My Job question then changed it to "B" after getting some hesitation from Tom and the panel; but, after getting some additional hesitation, he changed his answer to "A". Tom jokingly said that "B" was the correct answer then said that "A" was the actual correct answer.
Helen Hong answered her sixth Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "Stole the car for themselves? Went on a joy ride". Tom said that it was close enough to the correct answer, "started using it as a patrol car".
2022-08-06
- First: Adam Burke 16 (4 / 6)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Hari Kondabolu 10 (2 / 4)
Negin Farsad and Amy Dickinson gave a few hints on the answer for Robin Thede's second Not My Job question.
Hari Kondabolu answered "Oil prices" for his fourth Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question. Negin responded with "Gas prices. Right." and Hari got a ding. When Negin asked how Hari did, Bill Kurtis said that Hari answered 4 questions correct for 8 more points and a total of 10 points. Hari answered 5 questions correct based on Negin's responses and bell dings for a total of 12 points. The numbers listed for Hari reflect the numbers that Bill, the official scorekeeper, stated on the show.
2022-08-13
The Not My Job segment with Lars Ulrich was originally from a Friday night show taping in San Francisco, California on August 11, 2017. The segment was aired as part of the Best Of show that aired on 2017-12-30.
Chioke I'Anson was the guest scorekeeper for the 2019-03-23 show with Aidy Bryant as the Not My Job guest.
2022-08-20
The Panel Round segment between the Not My Job segment with Marin Alsop and the Not My Job segment with Garth Fagan is a never-before-heard clip from the show that aired on 2022-07-16 with Tom Papa as guest host.
The Not My Job segment with Renée Fleming was originally from a Friday night show taping at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia on August 30, 2019. The segment was aired as part of the Best Of show that aired on 2019-10-19.
2022-08-27
- First: Roxanne Roberts 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Tom Bodett 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Alzo Slade 11 (3 / 4)
2022-09-03
- First: Mo Rocca 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Skyler Higley 7 (3 / 2)
- Third: Maeve Higgins 3 (1 / 1)
2022-09-10
- First: Faith Salie 15 (3 / 6)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 14 (2 / 6)
- Second Tied: Luke Burbank 14 (2 / 6)
2022-09-17
- First: Helen Hong 13 (3 / 5)
- Second Tied: Adam Burke 12 (2 / 5)
- Second Tied: Roy Blount, Jr. 12 (2 / 5)
- Mo Amer 3
Roy Blount, Jr.'s Bluff the Listener story incorporated a song that Roy and his wife, Joan, recorded in which Roy said that Joan did the meow and Roy did the purring.
2022-09-24
- First: Negin Farsad 14 (2 / 6)
- Second: Shane O'Neill 12 (4 / 4)
- Third: Karen Chee 10 (4 / 3)
Michael Strahan initially chose "A" for the third Not My Job question, but the audience started shouting out answers. Peter Sagal asked if Michael wanted to go with the audience's answer; in which, Michael heard them shouting out "C" and went with that answer. "C" was the correct answer for all three Not My Job questions.
The New York Times article that was the topic of the first Listener Limerick Challenge was written by Shane O'Neill, who was a panelist and provided some additional context to the story.
2022-10-01
- First Tied: Hari Kondabolu 12 (2 / 5)
- First Tied: Dulcé Sloan 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Tom Papa 11 (3 / 4)
2022-10-08
- First: Emmy Blotnick 14 (4 / 5)
- Second: Adam Felber 13 (1 / 6)
- Third: Alzo Slade 8 (2 / 3)
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
I'm that show about New York financiers you don't watch because it's on Showtime. I'm Bill-ions
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
- First: Josh Gondelman 11 (3 / 4)
- Second: Alonzo Bodden 10 (2 / 4)
- Third: Amy Dickinson 8 (2 / 3)
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
- First: Shane O'Neill 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Mo Rocca 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: Helen Hong 8 (2 / 3)
2022-11-05
- First Tied: Maz Jobrani 14 (2 / 6)
- First Tied: Hari Kondabolu 14 (4 / 5)
- Third: Karen Chee 6 (2 / 2)
2022-11-12
Chris Evans may be the People's Sexiest Man Alive; but, I'll always be the Bill-iest
- First: Tom Papa 15 (3 / 6)
- Second Tied: Negin Farsad 14 (2 / 6)
- Second Tied: Brian Babylon 14 (2 / 6)
Another instance where all three of the correct answers for the Not My Job questions were "C".
It was Tom Papa's birthday; and, after Tom won the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Peter Sagal said, "Congratulations Tom and happy birthday. We fixed it so you could win." Not sure if the latter was said in jest or not.
2022-11-19
- First: Adam Burke 15 (3 / 6)
- Second Tied: Alzo Slade 12 (2 / 5)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 12 (2 / 5)
Another instance where all three of the correct answers for the Not My Job questions were "B".
2022-11-26
I've come to your land from far away to create a new country. I'm a Bill-grim
Tom Papa was the guest host for the two shows that had Nathan Lane (2022-07-23) and Puja Patel (2022-07-16) as Not My Job guests
Negin Farsad was the guest host for the show that aired on 2022-01-29 with Jeremy O. Harris as the Not My Job guest.
2022-12-03
- First Tied: Josh Gondelman 11 (3 / 4)
- First Tied: Paula Poundstone 11 (3 / 4)
- Third: Skyler Higley 8 (2 / 3)
Skyler Higley initially answered his third Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "inflation" but changed it to "Fed rate". Although Peter Sagal accepted, there was no bell ding sound confirming it. Skyler would finish the round with credit for 3 correct answers.
In the version of the show that was aired, Paula Poundstone was asked 6 questions during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment and answered 5 questions correct (including with 5 bell ding sounds). Since Paula and Josh Gondelman started the segment with 3 points and both were credited for 4 correct answers a piece, this lead to both tied for first. If Paula was credited for all 5 correct answers, Paula would have won outright and Josh would finish in second place.
The scores listed reflect the official scores announced by Bill Kurtis.
2022-12-10
- First: Faith Salie 14 (2 / 6)
- Second: Peter Grosz 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: Negin Farsad 10 (2 / 4)
For the third Not My Job question, Gayle King was trying to narrow her guess between "A" and "B". Peter Sagal reiterated that she was choosing between the Fish Cam and worst weatherman ever. Worst weatherman ever was actually "C" while the phrase "Go Fishing" meaning to predict the weather was "B". Gayle asked the audience for an assist and many shouted out "A", which is what Gayle chose as her answer. The correct answer was "C".
2022-12-17
- First Tied: Tom Papa 12 (2 / 5)
- First Tied: Adam Burke 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Zainab Johnson 11 (3 / 4)
The listener contestant for the Listener Limerick Challenge segment had his daughter with him and she correctly completed the first and third limericks.
Tom Papa initially answered his 4th Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "tornado" but changed it to "winter storm". Peter Sagal accepted the answer and gave Tom a point. Zainab Johnson answered her last Lightning question with "Mark Zuckerberg" which was not the answer they were looking for; but, Peter Sagal gave Zainab a point because Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse avatar was on New York Times' "93 Most Stylish People" list.
2022-12-24
- First: Adam Burke 12 (2 / 5)
- Second Tied: Shane O'Neill 11 (3 / 4)
- Second Tied: Roxanne Roberts 11 (5 / 3)
Answer "B" for the first two Not My Job questions and answer "C" for the third Not My Job question were all about parrots attacking the subject of the question to establish dominance; which, Sarah Polley had a certain affinity for. She chose "B" for the first question and "B" again for the second question. Both Peter Sagal and Roxanne Roberts nudged Sarah to choose a diferent answer for her second question. She chose "C" and that was the correct answer. After Sarah chose "C" for her third question and with Peter and the panel urging her to change her answer, she chose "A". The correct answer for the third question was "B".
2022-12-31
You've heard of Elf on the Shelf. Get your windows ready for Bill on the Sill
The Bluff the Listener segment is from the show that aired on 2022-03-05 with Chioke I'Anson as the guest scorekeeper.