
BOOK
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Peter Sagal
$7.67
About this product:
The first audio collection from NPRâs âoddly informative news quizâ spotlights the âNot My Jobâ segment of the show, with celebrity guests including Tom Hanks, Terry Gross, Jeopardy Grand Champion Ken Jennings, and Illinois Senator Barack Obama. Each week, 2 million listeners tune into Wait Waitâ¦Donât Tell Me!, the hour-long news quiz from NPR and Chicago Public Radio. They test their knowledge of the weekâs dumbest news against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world. Host Peter Sagal and scorekeeper (and veteran NPR newscaster) Carl Kasell join panelists including author and humorist Roy Blount Jr., Washington Post columnist Roxanne Roberts, Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce, and comedian Paula Poundstone. Always a high point of the show, the âNot My Jobâ segment features a celebrity guest who must answer three questions on a topic totally outside his or her area of expertise. Nice guy Tom Hanks is asked about Hollywoodâs biggest louts. Magician Penn Jillette canât escape three questions about Ben Franklin. Jeopardy Grand Champion Ken Jennings is almost (but not quite) stumped by âWhat in the world does Ken Jennings not know?â And Barack Obama, Democratic Senator from Illinois, takes the floor for three questions about the superstitions of Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs. Introduced by Sagal, with hilarious interjections from panel members, the first-ever Wait Wait audio is fast paced, funnyâand oddly informative. Celebrity Guests: Tom Hanks Terry Gross Sarah Silverman Ken Jennings Penn Gillette Barack Obama Major Robert Bateman Harold Ramis Janeane Garofalo Panelists Adam Felber Roy Blount, Jr. Paula Poundstone Mo Rocca Amy Dickinson Roxanne Roberts Tom Bodett Kyrie O'Connor Charlie Pierce Ahmer Haleem