Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Saturday 11 AM
Hosted by: Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell

NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! takes a fast-paced, irreverent look at the news of the world—and the weird. Now in its sixth year, the show offers a modern and sometimes raucous twist on the old-time radio quiz show, mining NPR news stories for quiz questions. The host is Peter Sagal, who is an award-winning playwright and father of three in his spare time. America’s favorite newscaster, NPR’s Carl Kasell, is the show’s official judge and scorekeeper.

Each week, Sagal quizzes the panelists and listeners to determine just how closely they paid attention to the week's news. He serves up questions in all forms: lightning rounds, tape from NPR news shows, multiple choice, identify the “fake” story and fill-in-the-blank limericks.Listeners call 888-WAIT-WAIT for a chance to win the most coveted prize in all of public radio: a custom-recorded greeting by Carl Kasell for their home’s answering machine or voice mail.

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
12:51 am
Sat June 15, 2013

Panel round two

Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 8:14 am

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

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
12:51 am
Sat June 15, 2013

Limericks

Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 8:14 am

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

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
12:51 am
Sat June 15, 2013

Lightning Fill In The Blank

Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 8:14 am

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
12:51 am
Sat June 15, 2013

Prediction

Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 8:14 am

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

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
12:51 am
Sat June 15, 2013

Who's Bill This Time

Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 8:14 am

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

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
12:51 am
Sat June 15, 2013

Panel Round One

Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 8:14 am

Transcript

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

We want to remind everyone to join us here most weeks at the Chase Bank Auditorium in beautiful downtown Chicago, Illinois. For tickets and more information, go to wbez.org. 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.

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
12:51 am
Sat June 15, 2013

Bluff The Listener

Originally published on Sat June 15, 2013 8:14 am

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

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
9:00 am
Sat June 8, 2013

Bluff The Listener

Originally published on Sat June 8, 2013 9:58 am

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)

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
3:48 am
Sat June 8, 2013

Who's Bill This Time

Originally published on Sat June 8, 2013 9:58 am

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)

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
3:48 am
Sat June 8, 2013

Panel Round One

Originally published on Sat June 8, 2013 9:58 am

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.

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