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Chapters: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me , List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me Episodes, List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me Guests. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 76. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me is an hour-long live weekly radio news quiz game show produced by Chicago Public Radio and National Public Radio. It is distributed by NPR in the United States and on the Internet via podcast, and typically broadcast on weekends by member stations. The show is hosted by playwright and actor Peter Sagal. When the program debuted in January 1998, Dan Coffey of Ask Dr. Science was the original host, but a revamping of the show led to his replacement in May of that year. The show has also been guest hosted by Luke Burbank, Adam Felber, and Richard Sher when Peter Sagal is on vacation. Carl Kasell, who also served as the newsreader on Morning Edition, is the show's official judge and scorekeeper. Each week, a panel of three is chosen to participate in the program; frequent panelists include Roy Blount, Jr., Tom Bodett, Luke Burbank, Amy Dickinson, Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Kyrie O'Connor, P.J. O'Rourke, Charlie Pierce, Paul Provenza, Paula Poundstone, Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca, Alison Stewart, Julia Sweeney and Keegan-Michael Key. Wait Wait... listeners also participate by telephoning or sending e-mails to nominate themselves as contestants. The producers select several listeners for each show, and call them to appear on the program, playing various games featuring questions based on the week's news. The usual prize for winning any game is to have Carl Kasell record a greeting on the contestant's home answering machine or voice mail system. In most cases, the contestants are given a bit of latitude in getting the correct answer, such as getting another guess and ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=42920