The Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: More Famous People Play Not My Job

by Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell (Performance)

Billy Collins, U.S. poet laureate from 2001 to 2003, plays a game called, “I can feel it coming in the air tonight,” in which he responds to questions about musician Phil Collins. Al Gore tries to match his former boss’ mastery of the My Little Pony children’s show in a game called “Maybe you can beat Bill Clinton at this.” Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee rhymes with “cursy,” so she is invited to play a game called “May Thunder Blast Your Head!” about curses from around the world. Of course. Also featuring Eryka Badu, Tony Danza, Jack Gantos, and Jeff Garlin

Panelists Alonzo Bodden, Tom Bodett, Brian Babylon, Luke Burbank, Amy Dickinson, Adam Felber, Peter Grosz, Kyrie O’Connor, P.J. O’Rourke, Paula Poundstone, Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca, and Faith Salie offer plenty of comic highlights as host Peter Sagal and “official scorekeeper” Carl Kasell guide their esteemed guests through unpredictable moments under the intense heat of public radio’s glorious spotlight.

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, Audiobook

120 pages, Audio CD

First published August 12, 2014

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excerpts from NPR ‘quiz show’. Hilarious fun as famous people (e.g., Tom Hanks, Barack Obama) are asked silly questions. LOL funny.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had so much fun listening to another volume of Not My Job that I grabbed this one from the Audible Plus catalog. It did not disappoint. I was most surprised by the appearance of Jack Gantos, who has a *way* more colorful past than one might expect from an award winning author of children's books. Al Gore was also a lot of fun, which is a phrase I've never typed before.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just as good as listening to the program! Jack Gantos is a superstar!

[Maya · Rating 5 out of 5]

So funny. It really does brighten up your day.