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!
2:18 pm
Fri March 29, 2013

Panel Round Two

Originally published on Sat March 30, 2013 8:15 am

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CARL KASELL: From NPR and WBEZ-Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, the NPR News quiz. I'm Carl Kasell. We're playing this week with P. J. O'Rourke, Kyrie O'Connor, and Adam Felber. And, here again is your host, at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, and filling in for Peter Sagal, Tom Bodett.

(APPLAUSE)

TOM BODETT, HOST:

Thank you, Carl. In just a minute, Carl leaves the rhyme on for you at Motel Limericks in our listener limerick challenge. Let me do that again, I don't think you heard it.

(LAUGHTER)

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
2:18 pm
Fri March 29, 2013

Who's Carl This Time?

Originally published on Sat March 30, 2013 8:15 am

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CARL KASELL: From NPR and WBEZ-Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, the NPR News quiz. I'm Carl Kasell, and here's your host, at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, filling in for Drew Carey filling in for Peter Sagal, Tom Bodett.

TOM BODETT, HOST:

Thank you Carl.

(APPLAUSE)

BODETT: Wow. Those are some big - and numerous - shoes to fill. And by the end of the show those shoes will be fuller than a preacher's pockets at a Sunday picnic. And by that I mean what, Carl?

KASELL: No clue, Tom.

(LAUGHTER)

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
6:33 am
Sat March 23, 2013

Who's Bill This Time?

Originally published on Sat March 23, 2013 7:52 am

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: Leave the gun, take the baklava; Extreme Makeover: GOP; Who's the Dodo now?

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
6:33 am
Sat March 23, 2013

Panel Round Two

Originally published on Sat March 23, 2013 7:52 am

More questions for the panel: Bazooka parenting, A Cure for Mornings

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
6:33 am
Sat March 23, 2013

Panel Round One

Originally published on Sat March 23, 2013 7:52 am

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PETER SAGAL, HOST:

We want to remind everyone to join us here most weeks at the Chase Bank Auditorium, and don't miss our May 2nd cinecast event, where you can see WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME! live at your local movie theater. We've got Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca, Tom Bodett and America's sweetheart, Mr. Carl Kasell.

Tickets are going fast. For information, go to wbez.org, and you can find a link at our website waitwait.npr.org. Right now, panel, time for you answer some questions about this week's news.

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
2:41 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

Panel Round Two

Originally published on Sat March 16, 2013 7:29 am

More questions for the panel: Speaking In Tongues, The Curse of Lipitor's Tomb, and Broad Appeal.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
2:41 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

Limericks

Originally published on Sat March 16, 2013 7:29 am

Carl reads three news-related limericks: Licensed To Krill, A New Party Platform, and What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
2:41 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

Who's Carl This Time?

Originally published on Sat March 16, 2013 7:29 am

Carl Kasell reads three quotes from the week's news ... Moving on Up, Prez Charming, and Who's Big Gulping now?

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
7:50 am
Sat March 9, 2013

Panel Round Two

More questions for the panel: The Beercliner; and The Holiest Jeans.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
7:50 am
Sat March 9, 2013

Headlines

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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 Firoozeh Dumas, Paula Poundstone and Roy Blount, Jr. And here again is your host, the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, Peter Sagal.

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, Bill.

(APPLAUSE)

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