Show Details: On This Day
This page provides a list of shows that have aired on past years on this month and day.
2003-08-16
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Rank:
First:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 19
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 8
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Second:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Third:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Evan Handler Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about creepy crawly insects, Not My Job about West Point, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what heretofore unknown candidate will make a play for the California gubernatorial recall election?
2008-08-16
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Third:
Mo Rocca
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Lewis Black Score: 2
Who's Korva This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about innovative ways to cut costs; Not My Job about Miss Manners, in honor of her 30th Anniversary in the manners business; Panel Round #2: Wait Wait Vets the Veepstakes; Who's Korva This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will Michael Phelps do next, now that he's conquered the Olympics?
2014-08-16
- Apollo Robbins Score: 3
- Mavis Staples Score: 0
- Alice Cooper Score: 2
- Eric Schmidt Score: 2
- Tim Gunn Score: 2
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring some additional favorite Not My Job segments
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.