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Below are lists of guests and panelists on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Note that some guests appear without an explicit promotion despite being affiliated with a news agency, etc. All guests from the early years of 'Wait Wait' were NPRcorrespondents and personalities. The following lists contain a list of episodes for that particular year. 1998.
As with other NPR programs, Wait Wait offers a one-minute top-of-hour billboard teasing the program that will follow the network's hourly newscast (which traditionally starts at 1 minute past the hour). In this minute, the host offers a humorous comment on the week's news, mentions the identity of the week's interview guest, and sets up an out ...
The following is a list of episodes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, NPR's news panel game, that aired during 2021. All episodes, unless otherwise indicated, feature host Peter Sagal and announcer/scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, and are produced through the facilities of Wait Wait co-producer WBEZ/Chicago (participants join the show through remote links).
Film/TV director Barry Sonnenfeld. Alonzo Bodden, Helen Hong, Tom Papa. February 22. "Best of" episode featuring baseball pitcher Sean Doolittle, ecologist Nalini Nadkarni, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, and author/activist Gloria Steinem. February 29. Actor Will Arnett. Joel Kim Booster, Luke Burbank, Roxanne Roberts.
January 2. Best Of Wait Wait Episode. January 9. Laura Lorson, All Things Considered swing editor. Sara Sarasohn, NPR associate producer. Rob Robinson, NPR senior librarian. Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts. January 16. Frank Tavares, the voice of NPR's funding credits.
The following is a list of episodes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, NPR's news panel game, during 2012. Job titles and lines of work reflect the position of individuals at the time of the appearance. All shows, unless otherwise indicated, are hosted by Peter Sagal with announcer/scorekeeper Carl Kassel, and originated at Chicago's Chase Auditorium
The following is a list of episodes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! that aired during the NPR news panel game's first year in 1998. Dan Coffey served as original host until being succeeded by Peter Sagal in May. Carl Kasell served as announcer and scorekeeper. Dates indicated are the episodes' original Saturday air dates.
Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber. April 9. Singer Engelbert Humperdinck. Aamer Haleem, Roxanne Roberts Mo Rocca. April 16. Tyron Stucks McFarlan, ringmaster of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Paula Poundstone. April 23. Actress & singer Michelle Phillips.