Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page
Show Details: January 2008
2008-01-05
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Paula Poundstone 17
- Second Tied: Adam Felber 13
- Second Tied: Sue Ellicott 13
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about strange patents and inventions, Bluff the Listener about NASA scandals, Panelist Predictions: what will presidential letters from the future contain?
2008-01-12
NPR
DB ID: 499
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Adam Felber 16 (4 / 6)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Tom Bodett 11 (3 / 4)
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unique recycling methods, Not My Job with questions from 1998 (the first year Wait Wait was on the air), Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be Hillary Clinton's next display of human emotions?
2008-01-19
NPR
DB ID: 500
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Kyrie O'Connor 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca 13 (3 / 5)
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about plagiarism reported by the news, Not My Job about the love relationship between Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich as reported by the Washington Post, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what the UFO that people in Texas saw really is?
Notes
On the topic of men lying during the Listener Limerick Challenge, Roy Blount, Jr. told an anecdote about marriage counseling. This lead to Kyrie to start laughing uncontrollably and Peter retorting with "been in counseling, Kyrie?"
2008-01-26
NPR
DB ID: 501
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Charlie Pierce 13 (3 / 5)
- Second: Paul Provenza 12 (4 / 4)
- Third: Roxanne Roberts 9 (1 / 4)
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unexpected labor unrest, Not My Job about the founder of the Wham-O toy company, Richard Knerr, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will the Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, stimulate the ailing economy?