Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up.
Lose the lightning fill-in-the-blank round on Saturday? No worries! There's a second chance to hear Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! every weekend -- Sundays at 2 p.m.
'Wait Wait' for April 27, 2024: With Not My Job guest Renée Elise Goldsberry
Renée Elise Goldsberry won a Tony and Grammy for her role in Hamilton, and currently stars in Netflix's Girls5Eva. She may Goldsberry, but what does she know about buried gold?
Panel Round One
Our panelists answer questions about the week's news....Face Time
Who's Bill This Time
Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news... Will Siege For Food; Hype Bomb; #Cacophony
Not My Job: 'Mad Men' Creator Matthew Weiner Gets Quizzed On Glad Men
We ask the creator of Mad Men about men who are glad rather than mad — success coaches, motivational speakers and happiness gurus. Originally broadcast March 28, 2015.
Not My Job: Comedian Jenny Slate Gets Quizzed On Jennifer Lopez
Slate rocketed to fame with her online series Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and the movie Obvious Child — but there are some other famous Jennifers out there ... Originally broadcast Dec. 20, 2014.
Panel Round Two
It's Love, Wait Wait style; Love & Appyness; Indie NoGo; Love Nest Before Time; Megans & Nathans Cheat
Not My Job: Comedian Richard Lewis Gets Quizzed On Confidence
Lewis has made a successful career out of being a nervous, complaining, chronic worrier. So we ask him three questions about "how to become a badass." Originally broadcast Sept. 24, 2014.
Not My Job: We Quiz Funk Legend George Clinton On The British Parliament
Clinton, the founding father of funk, is the creator of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic. We'll ask him three questions about another kind of parliament. Originally broadcast Jan. 24, 2015.
Panel Round Three
Smoke-Filled Room; Flabby Chic; The Hamburglar's New Look
Panel Round Two
Madam Secretary's Outlook; To Swerve and Protect; Hairpiece of Work
Not My Job: Comedian Carol Burnett Gets Quizzed On Cougars (The Cats, Of Course)
In the 1970s, families would sit down together every Saturday to watch The Carol Burnett Show. The first five seasons are now out on DVD. Originally broadcast Oct. 10, 2015.