Show Details: 2022 Best Ofs
2022-01-01
I'm the man whose New Year's resolution is to be more legendaryBill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring additional favorite moments from the past year
Chioke I'Anson was the guest scorekeeper for the 2021-08-28 show with Jane Kaczmarek as the Not My Job guest.
2022-02-26
It's definitely good to have more taste, but nobody wants less Bill-ingBill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring some favorite moments in the past months and a tribute to P.J. O'Rourke
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.
2022-04-16
It must be spring, because the daffo-Bills are bloomingBill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite moments from the show
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.
2022-06-04
I'm the pamphlet that tells you the star you came to see won't be performing tonight. I'm the play-BillBill Kurtis
- Kacey Musgraves 2
- Audra McDonald 1 *
- Brian Cox 3
- Woody Hoburg 3 *
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring a look back at favorites moments from the past two years
2022-07-09
Ooh! Ahh! Check out all these fireworks. I'm your grand Bill-naleBill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with some of the best moments from the past year and some never-before-heard material
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.
2022-08-13
I'm the music festival all the cool kids wanna attend. I'm Lolla-Bill-oozaBill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! revisiting some favorite guests who joined the show live and in-person
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
Grab your bros and meet me on the quad. We're playing spike-BillBill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with another collection of favorite in-person guests
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.
2022-10-15
I'm that show about New York financiers you don't watch because it's on Showtime. I'm Bill-ionsBill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite Not My Job interviews from the past year and some never-before-heard content
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.
2022-11-26
I've come to your land from far away to create a new country. I'm a Bill-grimBill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring some favorite interviews from the past year
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.
2022-12-31
You've heard of Elf on the Shelf. Get your windows ready for Bill on the SillBill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite interviews from 2022
The Bluff the Listener segment is from the show that aired on 2022-03-05 with Chioke I'Anson as the guest scorekeeper.