Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page

Show Details: August 2016

2016-08-06

NPR DB ID: 967
Scorekeeper
I'm the only man with a gold medal in anchormanning
Panelists
Bluff(s)
#1
Correct: Faith Salie
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about something getting a second chance, Not My Job about three different Peels, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing we can stop doing?
Notes

During the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment, when Bobcat Goldthwait correctly answered his second question, there was no sound of a bell ding.

2016-08-13

NPR DB ID: 968
Scorekeeper
I'm flexi-Bill
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Alonzo Bodden
Correct: Alonzo Bodden
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone being loved a little too much, Not My Job about very bad interns, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will go wrong next at the Rio Olympics?
Notes

After Katie Couric provided her answer for the second Not My Job question, both Peter and Paula gave her a good nudging on what the correct answer was. Katie changed her answer to the correct one.

2016-08-20

Best Of NPR DB ID: 969
Scorekeeper
If your gas tank's empty, it's time to Bill 'er up
Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite Not My Job guests from recent shows

2016-08-27

Best Of NPR DB ID: 970
Scorekeeper
Forget Generation X, I'm a Billennial
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Luke Burbank
Correct: Luke Burbank
Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring recent Not My Job guests
Notes

When Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! was in Portland, Oregon back in June 2016, they recorded two shows, one on Thursday the 23rd, and one on Friday the 24th. The one taped on Thursday was edited and then aired that weekend. The segments from the Friday show did not immediately air, as some included questions that were already asked on the Thursday show.

The Bluff the Listener segment and the Not My Job segment from the Friday show were aired for the first time on this Best Of show.

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.