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The Best of Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!

Performance - Spoken Word
Nonfiction: Public Radio / Wait Wait Don't Tell Me / Humor
Unabridged   2 hour(s)
Publication date: 10/14/2008

The Best of Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!

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Audio CD ISBN:9781598877298
Digital Download ISBN:9781598878639

Summary

The cream of the crop (so far) from NPR's “oddly informative news quiz.”

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Product Description

The first Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! collection focused on the best of the “Not My Job” segment of the program. This second collection skims the cream off the entire archive of the show, with selections from “Who’s Carl This Time?” “Lightning Fill in the Blank,” “The Listener Limerick Challenge,” “Not My Job!” and more.

Panelists include author and humorist Roy Blount Jr., author and radio anomaly Tom Bodett, syndicated advice columnist Amy Dickinson (“Ask Amy”), journalist P.J. O’Rourke, Washington Post columnist Roxanne Roberts, Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce, comedian Paula Poundstone, and television personality Mo Rocca.

Reviews/Praise

“A dazzling two-hour comedic tour de force.””
      —Providence Journal

Author Bio

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's "oddly informative" weekly hour-long news quiz program. Over 1.8 million listeners on over 332 stations nationwide turn in to hear host PETER SAGAL lead a group of panelists and listeners through a series of games designed to test their knowledge of the week's newsand showcase their wit. When not touring, the program is recorded at the Bank One Auditorium in Chicago.