Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Prediction

editor — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:14:00 +0000

Our panelists predict who will be the next person to flee the country.

Who's Bill This Time

editor — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:51:00 +0000

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: You Know How To Whistleblow, Don't You; It Takes A Hashtag; The Cape CodFather

Panel Round One

editor — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:51:00 +0000

Our panelists answer questions about the week's news: Hand Over the Remote and Nobody Gets Hurt.

Bluff The Listener

editor — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:51:00 +0000

Our panelists tell three stories about the secret lives of cats.

Panel round two

editor — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:51:00 +0000

More questions for the panel: Like Putting Money Under The Mattress, Going Nowhere Fast, I Am Not Misbehaving, Blue Plate Shmecial.

Limericks

editor — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:51:00 +0000

Bill reads three news-related limericks: Affluent Effluent, Blockhead, Division of Labor.

Lightning Fill In The Blank

editor — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:51:00 +0000

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Bluff The Listener

editor — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000

Transcript

BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, the NPR News quiz . I'm Bill Kurtis, filling in for Carl Kasell. We're playing his week with Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett, and P.J. O'Rourke. And here again is your host, at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, Peter Sagal.

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, Bill.

(APPLAUSE)

(SOUNDBITE OF CHEERING)

SAGAL: Thank you so much. Right now, it's time for the WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME! Bluff the Listener game. Call 1-888-Wait-Wait to play our game on air.

Limericks

editor — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:48:00 +0000

Transcript

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Coming up it's Lightning Fill in the Blank, but first it's the game where you have to listen for the rhyme. If you'd like to play on air, call or leave a message at 1-888-Wait-Wait, that's 1-888-924-8924, or click the contact us link on our website waitwait.npr.org. There you can find out about attending our weekly live shows here at the Chase Bank Auditorium in Chicago and our upcoming shows this August in Asheville, North Carolina and Tanglewood in Western Massachusetts.

Lightning Fill In The Blank

editor — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:48:00 +0000

Transcript

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Now it is time to go on to our final game of course. It is Lightning Fill in the Blank. Each of our players will have 60 seconds in which to answer as many fill-in-the-blank questions as they can. Each correct answer now worth two points. Bill, can you give us the scores?

BILL KURTIS: We go into the big games, Rox and Tom have three each. They are in the lead. P.J. has two.

SAGAL: P.J., you're in third place so you're up first. The clock will start when I begin your first question. Fill in the blank.

Prediction

editor — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:48:00 +0000

Transcript

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Now, panel, what surprise picture will the government find? P.J. O'Rourke.

P.J. O'ROURKE: Oh, they're not going to find anything as a matter of fact because the system was going great. They're getting just all sorts of terrific horrible images from all of the stuff that we've done.

Who's Bill This Time

editor — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:48:00 +0000

Transcript

BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, the NPR News quiz. I'm legendary anchorman Bill Kurtis, filling in for Carl Kasell.

(LAUGHTER)

(APPLAUSE)

KURTIS: And here's your host at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, Peter Sagal.

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, Bill

(APPLAUSE)

(SOUNDBITE OF CHEERING)

SAGAL: Thank you, everybody. We've got a great show for you today.

Panel Round One

editor — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:48:00 +0000

Transcript

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Right now, panel, time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Tom, "Man of Steel" is the new Superman movie coming out soon. It hasn't been released. Fans are already up in arms. They claim that the director of the movie, Zack Snyder, has left out something essential, what?

TOM BODETT: The last Superman movie there was a complaint about his costume.

SAGAL: This is also a complaint about his costume.

BODETT: Costume. Well, it's not the - I saw the trailer, so it's not the S.

SAGAL: It's not the S.

BODETT: The belt, he had a belt.

Panel Round Two

editor — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:48:00 +0000

Transcript

BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ-Chicago, this is WAIT, WAIT...DON'T TELL ME the NPR News quiz. I'm Bill Kurtis, filling in for Carl Kasell. We're playing this week with Tom Bodett, P.J. O'Rourke, and Roxanne Roberts. And here again is your host, at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, Peter Sagal.

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, Bill.

(APPLAUSE)

SAGAL: In just a minute, Bill loads the limerick cannon with rhyme balls. It's the Listener Limerick Challenge. If you'd like to play, give us a call at 1-888-Wait-Wait, that's 1-888-924-8924.

Prediction

editor — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:52:00 +0000

Our panelists predict who will be the next big bromance.

Who's Bill This Time

editor — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:52:00 +0000

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: "When Barry Met Christie, Up In Smoke, The Bread Ceiling."

Panel Round Two

editor — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:59:00 +0000

More questions for the panel: Mount Effortless, Door-to-Shore Delivery.

Limericks

editor — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:59:00 +0000

Bill reads three news-related limericks: Checking Your Work, Skyhound, Grilled Salmonella.

Lightning Fill In The Blank

editor — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:59:00 +0000

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Extra Extra!

editor — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:59:00 +0000

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BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ-Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME! the NPR News quiz. I'm Bill Kurtis filling in for Carl Kasell. We're playing this week with Roy Blount, Jr., Amy Dickinson and Ken Jennings. And here again is your host ,at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, Peter Sagal.

(APPLAUSE)

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, Bill, so much. In just a minute, Bill's meditation mantra is rhyyyyyyyyyme in our Listener Limerick Challenge.

(LAUGHTER)

SAGAL: If you'd like to play, give us a call at 1-888-Wait-Wait. That's 1-888-924-8924.

Panel Round One

editor — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:59:00 +0000

Our panelists answer questions about the week's news: Slacker Attacker.

Bluff The Listener

editor — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:59:00 +0000

Transcript

BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, the NPR News quiz. I'm Bill Kurtis, filling in for Carl Kasell. We're playing this week with Ken Jennings, Amy Dickinson, and Roy Blount, Jr. And here again is your host, at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, Peter Sagal.

(APPLAUSE)

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, Bill.

(APPLAUSE)

SAGAL: Right now, it's time for the WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME! Bluff the Listener game. Call 1-888-Wait-Wait to play our game on the air.

Panel Round One

editor — Sat, 25 May 2013 05:33:00 +0000

Transcript

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

We want to remind everyone that most weeks they can join us at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago. For tickets and more information on all our shows, go to wbez.org or you can find a link at our website waitwait.npr.org.

Right now, panel, time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Adam, there's almost nowhere left in the world free from advertising, but at least we have the refreshing clean taste of Pepsi Cola to comfort us.

(LAUGHTER)

SAGAL: Anyway, one advertiser has found a new frontier.

Bluff The Listener

editor — Sat, 25 May 2013 05:33:00 +0000

Transcript

BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, the NPR News Quiz. I'm Bill Kurtis filling in for Carl Kasell. We're playing this week with Adam Felber, Mo Rocca, and Faith Salie. And here again is your host, at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, Peter Sagal.

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, Bill.

(APPLAUSE)

(SOUNDBITE OF CHEERING)

SAGAL: Right now, it is time for the WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME! Bluff the Listener game. Call 1-888-Wait-Wait to play our game on the air.

Panel Round Two

editor — Sat, 25 May 2013 05:33:00 +0000

Transcript

BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ-Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, the NPR news quiz. I'm legendary anchorman Bill Kurtis, filling in for Carl Kasell. We're playing this week with Mo Rocca, Faith Salie, and Adam Felber. And here again is your host from the Orpheum Theater in downtown Minneapolis.

(APPLAUSE)

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, Bill. In just a minute Bill pays tribute to his favorite Minnesota Twin, Joe Rhyme-auer.

(LAUGHTER)

SAGAL: It's the Listener Limerick Challenge. If you'd like to play, give us a call at 1-888-Wait-Wait. That's 1-888-924-8924.

Limericks

editor — Sat, 25 May 2013 05:33:00 +0000

Transcript

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Coming up, it's Lightning Fill in the Blank. But first, it's the game where you have to listen for the rhyme. If you'd like to play on air, call or leave a message at 1-888-Wait-Wait. That's 1-888-924-8924 or click the contact us link on our website WaitWait.NPR.org. There you can find out about attending our weekly live shows at the Chase Bank Auditorium in Chicago and you can check out the latest How to Do Everything podcast.

Who's Bill This Time

editor — Sat, 25 May 2013 05:33:00 +0000

Transcript

BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ-Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, the NPR News quiz. I'm legendary anchorman Bill Kurtis, filling in for Carl Kasell.

(LAUGHTER)

KURTIS: And here is your host, at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, Peter Sagal.

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, Bill.

(APPLAUSE)

SAGAL: Thank you so much. Thanks everyone. We've got a great show for you today.

Prediction

editor — Sat, 25 May 2013 05:33:00 +0000

Transcript

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Now, panel, how will Apple repair its image? Mo Rocca.

MO ROCCA: The iPhone 6 will include a brand new feature. Whenever the user begins talking or texting in a theater, he will be electrocuted.

(LAUGHTER)

SAGAL: Faith Salie.

FAITH SALIE: For the Steve Jobs biopic, they're recasting Ashton Kutcher with a Care Bear.

(LAUGHTER)

SAGAL: And Adam Felber.

ADAM FELBER: They're going to own it, Peter. Next St.

Lightning Fill In The Blank

editor — Sat, 25 May 2013 05:32:00 +0000

Transcript

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Now it's time to move on to our final game, Lightning Fill in the Blank. Each of our players will have 60 second in which to answer as many fill in the blank questions as he or she can. Each correct answer's now worth two points. Bill, can you give us the scores?

BILL KURTIS: Adam has four, Faith has two, Mo has two.

SAGAL: OK. We have flipped a coin and Mo has elected to go first, so the clock will start when I begin your first question fill in the blank.

Lightning Fill In The Blank

editor — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:09:00 +0000

Transcript

PETER SAGAL HOST: On to our final game, Lightning Fill in the Blank. Each of our players will have 60 seconds in which to answer as many fill in the blank questions as he or she can. She correct answer now worth two points. Bill, can you give us the scores?

BILL KURTIS: Bobcat has one, Kyrie, two, Tom is in the lead with three.

HOST: Bobcat, you are in third place, so you got first.

BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT: Yeah, I'm the dark horse.

(LAUGHTER)

HOST: Yeah. The clock will start when I begin your first question, fill in the blank.