Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page

Show Details: June 2023

2023-06-03

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1324
Scorekeeper
Who needs a beach bod when you've got this Bill bod?
Description
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years, part three
Notes

The two segments with Keegan-Michael Key as a panelist were from the shows that aired on 2010-03-27 and on 2010-07-24.

When Peter Sagal segued from Keegan-Michael Key being on the show as a panelist to Keegan-Michael Key being on the show as a Not My Job guest, Peter mentioned that 8 years had past. Keegan-Michael Key appearance as a Not My Job guest was on the show that aired on 2016-08-06 show, which would be 6 years. Keegan-Michael Key was a Not My Job guest on a Best Of show that aired on 2018-07-07.

The Not My Job segment was Regina King was from the show that aired on 2019-10-12 with Chioke I'Anson as the guest scorekeeper. The Not My Job segments with Keegan-Michael Key, Colin Hanks, Bobby McFerrin and Susan Orlean had Carl Kasell as the scorekeeper.

While introducing the Not My Job segment with Colin Hanks, Peter said that Tom Hanks was a Not My Job guest in 2005. Tom Hanks was the Not My Job guest on the show that aired on 2006-05-13. Peter then said that they had interviewed Colin Hanks 6 years later in 2011. It should be 5 years.

2023-06-10

NPR DB ID: 1325
Scorekeeper
NPR policy says: when I'm a bad anchorman, I get a spanker man
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Skyler Higley
Correct: Skyler Higley
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about wild bears doing unusual things, Not My Job about state fairs, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next hot trend at the gym?
Notes

While providing options for the first Not My Job question, Peter Sagal thought Louisa May Alcott was from Little House on the Prairie. Radhika Jones corrected Peter by saying it was Laura Ingalls Wilder. For the second Not My Job question, Radhika initially chose "B" but switched to "C", which the latter was the correct answer.

2023-06-17

NPR DB ID: 1326
Scorekeeper
I'm the studly baker at the Studebaker
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Faith Salie
Correct: Faith Salie
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about lessons taught by fathers, Not My Job about actual jury duty, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big headline about a game show?

2023-06-24

NPR DB ID: 1327
Scorekeeper
Good news, everyone. Not only is my voice beautiful, it also repels mosquitoes
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Negin Farsad
Correct: Negin Farsad
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone in need of an impersonator, Not My Job about pink lemonade, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next celebrities to fight in a cage match?