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Show Details: 2023 Best Ofs

2023-01-07

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1303
Scorekeeper I'm the old acquaintance that should never be forgot Guest: Chioke I'Anson
Bluff
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Chosen Emmy Blotnick
Chosen Emmy Blotnick
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite interviews from 2022, including a never-heard-before Bluff the Listener Segment and Not My Job interview

Notes

The Bluff the Listener segment and the Not My Job segment with Mariska Hargitay were from the second show taping at Carnegie Hall in New York City, New York back on 2022-12-09. The theme of the Bluff the Listener segment was about celery.

Another instance in which all of the correct answers for a Not My Job segment (Mariska Hargitay) were "B".

2023-02-25

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1310
Scorekeeper It's our 25th year on air. Which means, it's our Bill-ver anniversary Bill Kurtis
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years

Notes

The Not My Job segment with Stephen Colbert was from the show that aired on 2017-02-11 with Glynn Washington as the guest scorekeeper.

The Not My Job segment with Rob Reiner was from the show that aired on 2012-06-13 with Peter Grosz as the guest host.

2023-04-08

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1316
Scorekeeper I'm the guy who can say anything and make it sound like breaking news. I've got a License to Bill Bill Kurtis
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years, part two

2023-06-03

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1324
Scorekeeper Who needs a beach bod when you've got this Bill bod? Bill Kurtis
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.

2023-07-08

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1329
Scorekeeper I'm the voice Thomas Jefferson heard in his head when he wrote the "Declaration of Independence" Bill Kurtis
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years, part four

Notes

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.

2023-08-12

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1337
Scorekeeper Still working on your summer tan? Just lie close to the radio and let my voice bronze you Bill Kurtis
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years, part five

Notes

The Not My Job segments with Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell, and Donny Osmond had Carl Kasell as scorekeeper.

2023-08-19

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1338
Scorekeeper I'm letting you know it's time for our radio show. I'm your Kurtis-y call Bill Kurtis
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years, part six

Notes

The Not My Job segment with Misty Copeland had Carl Kasell as scorekeeper.

2023-10-14

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1346
Scorekeeper I'm the ghostly anchorman, Boo Kurtis Bill Kurtis
Bluff
#1
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years, part seven

Notes

The Bluff the Listener segment was from the show that was taped on 2023-09-01 at Hill Auditorium at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This is the first time the segment has made it on a broadcasted show.

Karen Chee was the guest host for the show with Sam Waterston as the Not My Job guest.

Carl Kasell was the scorekeeper for the show with Stewart Copeland was the Not My Job guest.

2023-11-25

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1352
Scorekeeper I'm the guy who makes a black hat with a buckle look sexy. I'm your Bill-grim Bill Kurtis
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years, part eight

Notes

The Not My Job segments with Jane Curtin, Muffet McGraw, and Adam Savage had Carl Kasell as scorekeeper.

2023-12-30

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1357
Scorekeeper I'm the spirit of Christmas who visits you at midnight and then ends up staying for breakfast Bill Kurtis
Bluff
#1
Chosen Brian Babylon
Chosen Brian Babylon
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years, part nine

Notes

Tom Papa was the guest host for the 2023-02-11 show which featured Geena Davis as the Not My Job guest.

Both the Bluff the Listener segment and the Not My Job segment with Jacob Knowles are from the second tape recorded in Portland, Maine on 2023-11-17. Since the Bluff the Listener segment hasn't been aired before, both the chosen and correct stories have been recorded.

The Not My Job segment with "Weird Al" Yankovic is from his second appearance on the show, which aired on 2023-04-22.