Show Details: 2025
2025-01-04
I'm the old acquaintance that won't ever be forgotBill Kurtis
- Kristen Kish Score: 2
- Claudia Goldin Score: 3
- Danny Brown Score: 2
- Bill Cowher Score: 3
- Renée Elise Goldsberry Score: 2
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! celebrating the new year with some favorite interviews from the previous year
2025-01-11
My voice is so smooth, you think it just got BotoxBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Josh Gondelman
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Negin Farsad
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Rachel Coster
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Josh Gad Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about latest happenings in the country of Wales; Not My Job about posh lads; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next previously free thing New Yorkers will have to pay for?
Josh Gad initially chose "B" for the third Not My Job question, but the audience yelled out "C". Josh changed his answer to "C", which was correct.
2025-01-18
I'm the voice silkier than Peter Sagal's nightgownGuest: Chioke I'Anson
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Rank:
First:
Maz Jobrani
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Helen Hong
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Alzo Slade
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Rose Matafeo Score: 2
Who's Chioke This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about unusual expressions of love; Not My Job about famous couples who have had on and off and on again relationships; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next surprising thing we see an NFL player do on the sidelines?
2025-01-25
I'm the voice so buttery you need extra napkinsGuest: Chioke I'Anson
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Faith Salie
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Hari Kondabolu
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- mxmtoon Score: 2
Who's Chioke This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a surprising do-it-yourself project with interesting results; Not My Job about cartoon M&M mascots; Panel Questions; No Complaining January; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after No Complaining January, what will be the first complaint on February 1st?
mxmtoon got some help from the audience when they yelled out "B" for the second Not My Job question.
The premise for the No Complaining January portion of the second Panel Round segment was each panelist would be read a news headline and they had to say something positive about it. They would receive a point if Chioke I'Anson considered it positive enough.
2025-02-01
I'm the voice that puts the "fun" in "defund public broadcasting"Guest: Chioke I'Anson
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Rekha Shankar
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Amber Maykut Score: 3
Who's Chioke This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a unique side hustle; Not My Job about live animals getting into people's homes; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: Now that eggs are so expensive, what will be the next surprising breakfast staple?
2025-02-08
I'm the voice so deep, you need a lifeguardGuest: Chioke I'Anson
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Rank:
First:
Rachel Feinstein
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Peter Grosz
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Shantira Jackson
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 5 Correct: 3
- Vanessa Bayer Score: 3
Who's Chioke This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about something new turning green; Not My Job about other things turning 50; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that we know Lucy couldn't run well, what will we learn she was good at?
This is the first time a show has had both a guest host and a guest scorekeeper.
In the edited version of the show, Peter Grosz was asked five Lightning Fill In The Blank questions and had answered the first four correct. The additional question he answered correct may have been from the three questions that were omitted. Rachel Feinstein asked for the answer for her second Lightning Fill In The Blank question after saying that her mind "closes like a box" when doing trivia. Tom Papa read the answer and Rachel was given credit.
2025-02-15
Put on your winter boots because I'm the voice so smooth, you might slipGuest: Chioke I'Anson
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Rank:
First:
Alzo Slade
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Adam Burke
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Negin Farsad
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Mike Bishop and Mike Derks of GWAR Score: 2
Who's Chioke This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about someone saving 1.2 million dollars; Not My Job about jaguars; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will we do with all those leftover pennies?
For the first Not My Job question, Mike Derks chose "A" while Mike Bishor chose "C", but "B" was the correct answer. Both Mikes got help for the third Not My Job question when the audience started shouting out "B".
2025-02-22
I'm the voice so rich, Forbes puts it on a listGuest: Chioke I'Anson
- John Leguizamo Score: 2
- Mark Ronson Score: 2
- Tara Dower Score: 3 *
- Billy Porter Score: 2
- James Marsden Score: 2
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! celebrating one last President's Day with special guests
This is the second time a show, and the first time for a Best Of show, has had both a guest host and a guest scorekeeper and the first time.
The Not My Job guest segment with John Leguizamo was from his second appearance on the show that aired on 2024-09-07.
The Panel Question segment most likely came from the 2025-01-25 show with Chioke I'Anson as the guest scorekeeper.
Negin Farsad was the guest host for the 2023-08-26 show with Mark Ronson as the Not My Job guest.
Joshua Johnson was the guest scorekeeper for the 2024-11-09 show with Tara Dower as the Not My Job guest.
Peter Grosz was the guest host for the 2023-02-09 show with Billy Porter as the Not My Job guest.
2025-03-01
I'm back, bitches!Bill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Helen Hong
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Tom Bodett
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Roy Wood Jr. Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a whole new reason to care about what you wear; Not My Job about ghosts and hauntings; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that Amazon has acquired James Bond, what's the next beloved movie character Jeff Bezos will take over?
2025-03-08
I've got the voice of an angel and the body of a hot angelBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Faith Salie
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Shantira Jackson
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Lauren Graham Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about people who regret bringing their kids to work; Not My Job about mermaids; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that publishing has given up on paperbacks, what will be the next cost-cutting innovation in books?
The audience shouted out "C" after Peter Sagal read the choices for the third Not My Job question and Lauren Graham thought that the audience was booing her.
2025-03-15
I've got a juicy dump truck voiceBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Emmy Blotnick
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Peter Grosz
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Fortune Feimster
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
- Amanda Seyfried Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a new way to break into the music business; Not My Job about really nice guys; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions; after his new radio show, what will be the next surprising new job for King Charles of the United Kingdom?
The first Not My Job question and the correct answer (but not the two incorrect choices) are the same as the third Not My Job question that was asked to Drew Carey when he was the Not My Job guest on 2008-02-23. Amanda Seyfried asked the audience what they thought was the correct answer for the third Not My Job question and they yelled out "A", which was correct.
2025-03-22
Today, I'm your Florida manBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Alonzo Bodden
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Eugene Cordero
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Moe Wagner Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about people who unexpectedly showed up on television; Not My Job about 7Eleven; Panel Questions: How's the Guy Who Invented Pirate's Booty Doing?; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: Where Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who just got back from the space station, will get stuck next?
When Peter Sagal asked Bill Kurtis how Paula Poundstone did answering Lightning Fill In The Blank questions, Bill said "She got four right, 11 more points". Answering four question correct would net eight more points for a total of 11.
2025-03-29
I'm the guy who had to permanently retire from the wet t-shirt contest in Daytona Beach so somebody else could winBill Kurtis
- Eric Idle Score: 3
- Christian McBride Score: 2
- Diane Lane Score: 2
- Kathleen Hanna Score: 3
- Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller Score: 3
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring a few favorite Not My Job guests from the past year
During the Not My Job segment with Eric Idle on the discussion about the show being aired on the BBC, there was a Windows notification sound that played. That portion of the interview was not included in the original airing of the Not My Job segment from the show that aired on 2024-10-12.
Tim Meadows was the guest scorekeeper for the 2024-11-23 show with Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller as the Not My Job guests.
2025-04-05
Sailors beware. Resist the overwhelming urge to follow my gorgeous voice. Stay away from me, sailors.Bill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Negin Farsad
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Josh Gondelman
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Tig Notaro
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Sterling K. Brown Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about something from the teenage years that adults are now fully embracing; Not My Job about Jimmy Buffet's Latitude Margaritaville retirement communities; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that we have Liberation Day, what will be the next new holiday?
Tig Notaro had been a Not My Job guest on the show that aired on 2013-07-20.
Tig Notaro asked if her answer of "diarrhea" during Lightning Fill In The Blank would count as norovirus. The audience agreed, but Bill Kurtis did not give Tig credit for the answer.
2025-04-12
I must be a dumb thing you said at a party, because you can't stop thinking about meBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Peter Grosz
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Shane O'Neill
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Rachel Coster
Total: 5
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 1
- Austan Goolsbee Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a new collectible; Not My Job about Spirit Halloween; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that we have the Dire Wolf, what will science bring back next?
Another instance where "A" was the correct answer for all three Not My Job questions and that all three of the choices for the third Not My Job question were also correct. Towards the end of the Not My Job segment, Peter Sagal said that Austan Goolsbee was 2-for-2, but Austan had previously been a Not My Job guest twice before (2011-09-03 and 2018-03-10) and won both of those appearances. That means Austan is actually 3-for-3.
2025-04-19
Sink your teeth into me, North Carolina. I'm your hot and saucy Bill-becueBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Adam Burke
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Alonzo Bodden
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Dulcé Sloan
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
- Lewis Black Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a brand new Easter trend on the rise; Not My Job about soothing babies to sleep; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that we know people are recreating their childhood vacations, what will be the next surprising vacation trend?
After Peter Sagal read the third question for Who's Bill This Time?, someone sneezed in the audience and Dulcé Sloan whispered "Bless you".
For the first and second Not My Job questions, choice "C" involved Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" in some manner. Another instance where all three of the correct choices for the Not My Job questions were "B".
When Peter asked how well Dulcé did during Lightning Fill In The Blank, Bill Kurtis said that she got "four right, eight more points" for a total of 12 points. In the version that was aired, only five out of the eight questions for Dulcé were included; and, out of five of those questions, she answered three correct. The fourth correct answer would have come from one of the three questions edited out for time or content.
2025-04-26
Accept no substitutesBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Brian Babylon
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 8
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Rank:
Second:
Luke Burbank
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Negin Farsad
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Brian Tyree Henry Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about someone's childhood fear coming true; Not My Job about K-Pop icons BTS; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: who will be the surprising new Pope?
Karen Chee gave Brian Tyree Henry (BTH) a second and a third try for the second Not My Job question after BTH first chose "B", then chose to "C", then finally chose "A".
When Karen asked Bill Kurtis how well Brian Babylon did during Lightning Fill In The Blank, Bill said, "For the first time in ten years, I'm... honored... to say that Brian got every single one right". It was the first time that Brian answered all eight Lightning Fill In The Blank questions correct. The last time a panelist answered all eight questions correct was Faith Salie on the 2022-07-30 show.
2025-05-03
I'm the voice so peanut buttery, it comes in chunky and smoothBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Peter Grosz
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Hari Kondabolu
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Natasha Rothwell Score: 3 *
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about historical facts being proved wrong; Not My Job about baristas; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: After the Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson story broke there, what will be the next hot celebrity gossip we get from CBS Sunday Morning?
Although the listener contestant for the Who's Bill This Time? segment only answered two out of three questions correct, Bill Kurtis gave all three points; in part, due to the answer provided for the third question.
Natasha Rothwell originally chose "C" for the third Not My Job question, then changed her answer to "A" after Peter Sagal explained the premise to Natasha. She ended up changing her answer to "B". When Peter asked Bill how Natasha did, Bill said "3 and 0!" even though Natasha only answered two questions correct. The exception has been noted.
2025-05-10
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Rank:
First:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Luke Burbank
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Shantira Jackson
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Nathan Lane Score: 2
Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a great deal on a 2016 Honda Civic Type-R; Not My Job about driving; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the first official edict of Pope Leo XIV?
2025-05-17
Invite me to your Memorial Day picnic. I'll eat your deviled eggs no matter how long they've been out in the sunBill Kurtis
- Josh Gad Score: 2
- Amber Maykut Score: 3
- Gretchen Whitmer Score: 3
- Mike Bishop and Mike Derks of GWAR Score: 2
- Kara Jackson Score: 2
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! celebrating the arrival of sprint with special guests
Chioke I'Anson was the guest scorekeeper for the 2025-02-01 show with Amber Maykut as the Not My Job guest and for the 2025-02-15 show with Mike Bishop and Mike Derks of GWAR as the Not My Job guests.
2025-05-24
I'm the original "Big Beautiful Bill"Bill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Hari Kondabolu
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Tom Papa
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Dulcé Sloan
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Ego Nwodim Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about an unexpected oral hygiene oopsie; Not My Job about bad guests; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the title of the movie that Tom Cruise will make when he's 100 years old?
While explaining the answer for the first Not My Job question, Peter Sagal said that Rod Stewart and his band was also banned from the same hotel chain as The Who's Keith Moon (which was the premise of the first Not My Job question). Peter then explain how they got around the ban by checking in as Fleetwood Mac. By doing so, Peter gave away the answer for the second Not My Job question. Peter then said that it was the first time that he accidentally gave away the answer to a following Not My Job question.
Something similar happened when Mark Bittman was the Not My Job guest back on 2013-04-13 with questions about the movie "Batman & Robin". Before Peter could ask Mark the first question, Faith Salie asked if that was the movie where Batman had nipples on his suit. That turned out to be the correct answer for the first question.
Another instance in which "C" was the correct answer for all three Not My Job questions.
2025-05-31
Do I smell clam chowder? No, it's just my rich and creamy voiceBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First Tied:
Adam Felber
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
First Tied:
Maz Jobrani
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Jim Rice Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a well-intended moment between lovers gone awry; Not My Job about actual monsters that are green; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that Clemson University says double-dipping is okay, what surprising thing are they going to say is okay to do next?
While the Bluff the Listener contestant was guessing the correct story, the audience yelled out "B" for Joyelle Nicole Johnson's story. The listener contestant chose Joyelle's story, which was correct.
For the second Not My Job question, the audience seemed mixed between "B" and "C", but were more confident with "B" for the third question.
Another instance where all three panelists started Lightning Fill In The Blank in a three-way tie.
2025-06-07
You may know me as the voice of Bill KurtisBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Adam Burke
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Zach Zimmerman
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Negin Farsad
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Jeff Gordon Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about how someone recently made millions of dollars; Not My Job about passengers; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: with all of the competitive reading going on, what will be the hit book of the summer to come?
2025-06-14
I'm the voice that tells souls to go toward the lightBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Luke Burbank
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Alonzo Bodden
Total: 5
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 1
- Chris Perfetti Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a unique way two people got their family started; Not My Job about monks; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after Trump's military parade, what will be the next surprising parade in the news?
2025-06-21
I'm the voice so creamy, you better take some LactaidBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Jeff Hiller
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Hari Kondabolu
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 5 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Rachel Coster
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
- Ibtihaj Muhammad Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a surprising issue that some music festival attendees this summer will be facing; Not My Job about people taking a stab at something for the first time; The Trump Dump: New Pole Edition; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be Jeff Bezos' favorite wedding present?
When Peter Sagal asked Bill Kurtis how the Who's Bill This Time? listener contestant did, Bill said, "Two out of three means he won!". The listener contestant had all three of his answers accepted, meaning that he should have received all three points.
2025-06-28
Hey there, Maine. I'm the voice that shines so bright, you won't even need your stupid lighthouseBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Josh Gondelman
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Karen Chee
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Anna Kendrick Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about an unbelievable news from a theme park; Not My Job about dog shows; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after Labubus, what will be the next collecting craze?
After Anna Kendrick chose "C" for the second Not My Job question, Peter Sagal hinted that "C" was not correct and Anna changed her answer to A. For the third Not My Job question, Anna initially chose "C" after the audience started shouting out a mixture of "B" and "C", which sounded like they were saying "E". Again, Peter hinted that it was not the correct answer and Anna switched to "B".
For Josh Gondelman's second question of the second Panel Questions segment, he had to correctly spell the word "promiscuous". Josh spelled the word correctly and got a point for doing so.
2025-07-05
I'm the guy whose voice is bigger than John Hancock's signatureBill Kurtis
- Lauren Graham Score: 2
- Roy Wood Jr. Score: 2
- Amanda Seyfried Score: 2
- Jim Gaffigan Score: 3
- mxmtoon Score: 2
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! celebrating the 4th of July by revisiting some favorite guests of the past year
Chioke I'Anson was the guest scorekeeper for the 2025-01-25 show with mxmtoon as the Not My Job guest.
2025-07-12
Des Moines meet Da ManBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First Tied:
Emmy Blotnick
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
First Tied:
Hari Kondabolu
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Faith Salie
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Jan Jensen Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about an attempt to make summer even more awesome; Not My Job about courtship rituals around the world; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that we can leave our shows on, what will be the next thing we will be allowed to do at the airport?
2025-07-19
I hope you've got treads on those boots, because my voice is so smooth, you might slipBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Adam Burke
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Bobcat Goldthwait
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- James Gunn Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a wild new discovery about William Shakespeare; Not My Job about t-shirt guns; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after yaupon, what will be the next brand new way to wake ourselves up in the morning?
2025-07-26
If my voice wore pants, I'd buy them from the Big and Tall sectionBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First Tied:
Adam Burke
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
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Rank:
First Tied:
Peter Grosz
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Total: 3
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 1
- Laufey Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about something remarkable at the Tour de France, Not My Job about daylight saving time; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that toupées are cool, what will be the next beauty trend for men?
2025-08-02
Hey there, Salt Lake City. Your lake might be salty, but my voice is so sweetGuest: Alzo Slade
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Rank:
First:
Shane O'Neill
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Luke Burbank
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Shantira Jackson
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Heather Gay Score: 3
Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about the word "seborga" in the news; Not My Job about famous female criminals; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that they're bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test, what will be the next surprising thing from our own childhood to return?
When Peter Sagal asked Alzo Slade how well Luke Burbank did, Alzo didn't state how many questions Luke answered correctly and didn't state Luke's total score, only that Luke didn't answer enough to win.
2025-08-09
I'm an anchorman among anchor-boysBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Brian Babylon
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Negin Farsad
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Pedro Pascal Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a surprising reason why Adam Driver is in the news; Not My Job about the celebrity gossip magazine, "Us Weekly"; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after that zoo in Denmark, how will zoos get our attention next?
Pedro Pascal asked the audience for help with the third Not My Job question and they yelled back "All". Pedro answered "all of them", which was correct. Thus, another instance where all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.
When Tom Papa asked Bill Kurtis how Negin Farsad did, Bill said "Four right, eight more points. Total of ten". In the edited version of the show, Negin answered three out of five questions correct and got a bell ding for each. With three questions edited out for content or time, Negin would have answered one of those questions correct.
2025-08-16
I'm the man who causes a heatwave just by introducing himselfBill Kurtis
- Lewis Black Score: 3
- Dylan Thuras and Louise Story of Atlas Obscura Score: 2
- Moe Wagner Score: 2
- Rose Matafeo Score: 2
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! clinging desperately on to the end of summer with some favorite guests and never-heard-before segments
Both the Bluff the Listener and the Not My Job segment with Dylan Thuras and Louise Story of Atlas Obscura were from a show that was taped at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine on 2025-06-27. The segments have never been aired until this Best Of show.
Chioke I'Anson was the guest scorekeeper for the show that aired on 2025-01-18 with Rose Matafeo as the Not My Job guest.
2025-08-23
I'm the man they call Bill-oe Vera because my voice can soothe any sunburnBill Kurtis
- Nathan Lane Score: 2
- Sterling K. Brown Score: 2
- Vanessa Bayer Score: 3
- Brian Tyree Henry Score: 3
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! celebrating the end of summer with some of our best friends
Alzo Slade was the guest scorekeeper for the 2025-05-10 show with Nathan Lane as the Not My Job guest.
The 2025-02-08 show with Vanessa Bayer as the Not My Job guest was the first show with both a guest host, Tom Papa, and a guest scorekeeper, Chioke I'Anson.
Karen Chee was the guest host for the 2025-04-26 show with Brian Tyree Henry as the Not My Job guest.
2025-08-30
Spread my smooth, buttery voice on that baguetteBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Paul Giamatti Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a big wedding engagement in the news; Not My Job about Tupperware; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what did the old man from the Cracker Barrel do with his week off?
Another instance in which all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.
2025-09-06
I'm the voice so big it won't fit in the overhead compartmentBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Alonzo Bodden
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Shane O'Neill
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Reneé Rapp Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a Good Samaritan in the news; Not My Job about Twilight; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after Putin's comments in Beijing, what will be the next big host mic moment?
2025-09-13
Bill Kurtis has big shoes to fill, but his stilettos look pretty good on meGuest: Che "Rhymefest" Smith
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Rank:
First:
Peter Grosz
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Emmy Blotnick
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Brian Babylon
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Bob Costas Score: 3
Who's Rhymefest This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about an unusual inheritance in the news; Not My Job about the Emmy Awards; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the drug advertised on the last pharmaceutical TV ad?
At the end of the Not My Job segment, Peter Sagal asked Bob Costas what he would call someone who answered all three questions correct on the show. Bob said that he would call it a "Costy" (or "Costie"). Peter then said that Bob scored a "Costas".
2025-09-20
I'm the man with the gooey butter voiceGuest: Chioke I'Anson
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Rachel Coster
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Dulcé Sloan
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Chip Caray Score: 2
Who's Chioke This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a unique attempt at recycling; Not My Job about Cardinals of the Catholic Church; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after skinny jeans, what will be the next innovation in jeans?
Chip Caray asked the audience what they thought was the correct answer for the third Not My Job question and many seemed to go with "C". Chip then asked the panel what they thought and their choice was "A". Chip went with "A", but "C" was the correct answer.
2025-09-27
When you yell "Echo", I'm the voice that yells backBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
KC Shornima
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 8
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Negin Farsad
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Adam Burke
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Cynthia Nixon Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about fish tales in the news; Not My Job about the New York Knicks; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what new musical will save Broadway?
After Cynthia Nixon chose "C" for the third Not My Job question, Peter Sagal hinted that it was not the correct answer and Adam Burke said that "since it is so classy that that roar is what she calls a fart". Cynthia changed her answer to "A", which was the correct answer.
2025-10-04
Fun fact about my voice, this is me on heliumBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First Tied:
Adam Felber
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
First Tied:
Hari Kondabolu
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Shantira Jackson
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Becca Mann Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a big development in television; Not My Job about aquariums; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that he's banned "fat generals", how will Pete Hegseth improve the military next?
Hari Kondabolu answered his third Lightning Fill In The Blank question with "protest" while the correct answer was "naked bike ride". Hari said that a naked bike ride in Portland, Oregon is a protest and Adam Felber agreed. Negin Farsad gave Hari credit for his answer.
2025-10-11
I'm the man they call when Bill's had too many Mai TaisGuest: Alzo Slade
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 8
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Rank:
Second:
Peter Grosz
Total: 16
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Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Taimane Score: 3
Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a controversy at Hallmark; Not My Job about miniature golf; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next controversial song on Taylor Swift's next album?
When Peter Sagal asked Alzo Slade if Peter Grosz did well enough to win at the end of Lightning Fill In The Blank, Alzo said that Peter Grosz answered six questions correct for a total of 16 points. Peter Grosz started the segment with three points, meaning that the correct total score should be 15. The entered score is based on the official score stated by Alzo.
2025-10-18
Hey, Starbucks. Put down that PSL and pick up a BS-BillBill Kurtis
- Jeff Gordon Score: 2
- Anna Kendrick Score: 2
- Jan Jensen Score: 3
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with visits from guests and more while extending time in paradise
Tom Papa was the guest host for the "Medical Bill" Panelist Questions segment that was not included in the show that aired on 2025-08-09.
2025-10-25
I'm the voice so strong it can open that jar of pickles for youBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Faith Salie
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Hari Kondabolu
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Alex Edelman
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Ally the Piper (Ally Crowley-Duncan) Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about people having trouble sleeping; Not My Job about fancy cakes; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next great heist?
Another instance where "B" was the correct answer for all three Not My Job questions and another instance in which all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.
Peter Sagal had a verbal slip when he said "Jew-sus" instead of "Jesus" when explaining the answer for the second question of the second Panel Questions segment.