Show Details: July 2023
2023-07-01
Rub-a-dub-dub, I'm an anchorman in a tubBill Kurtis
- First: Adam Burke Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Brian Babylon Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the hottest new club trend, Not My Job about divorce lawyers, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who's the next political figure to go viral?
Aleeza Ben Shalom wasn't sure which answer to choose for the second Not My Job question; so, Roxanne Roberts said that Aleeza could ask for a hint. Many in the audience shouted out "C"; which, Aleeza chose and it was the correct answer.
2023-07-08
I'm the voice Thomas Jefferson heard in his head when he wrote the "Declaration of Independence"Bill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years, part four
The Not My Job segment with Mariska Hargitay was aired as part of the 2023-01-07 Best Of show with Chioke I'Anson as the guest scorekeeper.
The Not My Job segments with George Takei, Martha Stewart and Vince Gill had Carl Kasell as scorekeeper.
2023-07-15
I'm your new summer blockbuster, "Mission: Impossi-Bill"Bill Kurtis
- First: Adam Felber Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second Tied: Emmy Blotnick Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 3)
- Second Tied: Joyelle Nicole Johnson Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about something coming to an end log after it should have, Not My Job about wolves, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be next season's top TV show?
Another instance where all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.
Even though Joyelle Nicole Johnson has a Wait Wait Stats database ID of 100, there is a panelist ID that is used to mark multiple panelists for earlier shows. The next new person to join the panel will be the 100th panelist to appear on the show.
2023-07-22
I'm the voice so deep you can do a cannonball in itBill Kurtis
- First Tied: Helen Hong Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 4)
- First Tied: Luke Burbank Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- First Tied: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about Kim Kardashian saving someone's life, Not My Job about buzzard eaters, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big blockbuster double feature?
2023-07-29
I'm no anchorman. I'm an anchor-godBill Kurtis
- First: Josh Gondelman Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Zainab Johnson Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone taking a bold stand, Not My Job about the abandoned mall named Randall Park, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big revelation at the next UFO hearing?
Randall Park initially chose "B" for the first Not My Job question, but Karen Chee urged him to reconsider. When Randall changed his answer to "A", Karen again urged him to change his answer. Randall changed his answer to "C", which was correct.
Normally, the panelist order for Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank is to go start with the panelist with the lowest starting score or rank and progress on up to the panelist with the highest starting score or rank. The order Karen Chee when with was: Zainab Johnson, Josh Gondelman and Tom Bodett. The order should have been Zainab, Tom and Josh, as Tom started the segment with 2 points and Josh started with 3 points.