Show Details: February 2024
2024-02-03
Hey Milwaukee, time to hear Bill-talk-eeBill Kurtis
- First: Josh Gondelman 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Brian Babylon 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Joyelle Nicole Johnson 9 (Start: 3 / Correct: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a mystery solved in Tampa, Florida; Not My Job about Jeff Bezos; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing explorers find at the bottom of the ocean?
For the third Not My Job question, Kristen Kish chose all three choices as her answer. It was another instance where all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.
2024-02-10
Are you ready for some foot-Bill?Bill Kurtis
- First: Maz Jobrani 16 (Start: 2 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Adam Burke 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
- Third: Negin Farsad 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about someone breaking the rules; Not My Job about Guy Fieri; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: who will be the next hot couple?
The story referenced by the second limerick was based on a potential Internet of Things attack scenario and not based on an actual attack. Bleeping Computer has more information on the scenario and how it was mis-reported.
2024-02-17
When Peter's Away, Billy will playBill Kurtis
- First: Amy Dickinson 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Dulcé Sloan 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Hari Kondabolu 11 (Start: 1 / Correct: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions: Have All the Doors Stayed on Planes This Week?; Bluff the Listener about secrets of the farmer's market; Not My Job about knitting; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will Joe Biden do next to appear cool?
For the third Not My Job question, Carrie Brownstein wanted the answer to be "A" but wanted to go with "C". Carrie asked what Corin Tucker thought. Corin said that it was either "C or B". Tom Papa responded with "You're right, it's A" and they received a bell ding. When Tom asked how well Carrie and Corin did, Bill Kurtis said that they had answered two out of three correct, even though they had answered the first two questions correct and got a bell ding for the third.
Dulcé Sloan initially answered her first Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "Defense", she changed her answer to "Homeland Security" and got credit for it. For her seventh question, Dulcé answered "Corn Pops", then asked the audience to tell her the answer. The audience shouted out "Pop Tarts", which Dulcé changed her answer to and got credit for it.
Amy Dickinson answered her fifth Lightning question with "boa constrictor", which Tom and Bill accepted her answer. The correct answer was "three Burmese pythons".
2024-02-24
I'm the man with a voice so smooth, rich people pay big bucks just to hear me say their name on NPRGuest: Chioke I'Anson
- Ray Romano 2
- Rosie Perez 3
- Steve Earle 2
- Nick Kroll 3
- Radhika Jones 2
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! revisiting interviews that would easily win the popular vote
Alzo Slade was the guest host for the 2023-02-18 show which featured Rosie Perez as the Not My Job guest.
Negin Farsad was the guest host for the 2023-03-11 show which featured Nick Kroll as the Not My Job guest.