Show Details: On This Day
This page provides a list of shows that have aired on past years on this month and day.
2000-12-30
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First:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 6 Correct: 6
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Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Third:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Robert Siegel (NPR) Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about politician's regrettable pronouncements from both sides of the aisle, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about the less distinguished relatives of distinguished, accomplished people, Panelist Predictions: what will be the New York Times headline for 1 Jan 2050?
2006-12-30
- Anthony Williams Score: 2
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! including: psychic Adam Felber and "embarrassing" answers, Roxanne and Mo lengthy attempts to correctly answer their questions, Dick Cheney incident, P.J. aggrieved rants, Bluff the Listener about KISS, Not My Job with D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams about Turkmenistan, panelists working together and thinking alike
At the start of the final segment, Peter Sagal mentioned that the clips came from the "May 15th" show. There was no show that aired on 2006-05-15. Instead, the clips came from the 2006-05-13 show.
2017-12-30
I'm the dignified news anchor with an irresistible bass line. That's right, I'm dancea-BillBill Kurtis
- Mavis Staples Score: 2
- Lars Ulrich Score: 2
- Ina Garten Score: 2
- Stephen Colbert Score: 3 *
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with a look back at some favorite Not My Job interviews and previously un-aired material from the past year, part one
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! taped two shows while in San Francisco, California on August 10th and 11th. The Bluff the Listener and the Not My Job segments included on this Best Of show comes from the show that taped on August 11th.
Normally, the chosen bluff and the correct bluff from Bluff the Listener segments re-aired on Best Of shows do not get noted in the Stats Page database. In this case, the Bluff the Listener segment was not aired as part of a regular Wait Wait show, I have noted the chosen and correct bluff information for this show.
The first segment features Tom Hanks as guest host on the show that aired on 2017-01-14.
Mo Rocca tried to persuade Lars Ulrich to change his choice for the first Not My Job question. Lars asked the audience for help and many of them shouted out "B"; but, Lars stuck with "A", which was not correct. Mo said, "It's not that" after Peter Sagal read the second option for the second question. The audience was split on which answer they thought was correct. And, before Lars started to come up with an answer for the third question, the audience started outing out answers, many agreeing on "B".
2023-12-30
I'm the spirit of Christmas who visits you at midnight and then ends up staying for breakfastBill Kurtis
- Geena Davis Score: 2
- Jacob Knowles Score: 2
- Karen Allen Score: 2
- "Weird Al" Yankovic Score: 2
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years, part nine
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.