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If anyone had Paula using the surname "Swamu" in a Bluff the Listener story on their Wait Wait bingo card, you can check it off 🙃

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October 31, 2026 at 7:13 PM
linh.social
(Materialize for 4 and 5, Bootstrap for 6).

Version 2 was all one page, which is how it got its nickname, "Stats Page". It was less apt for subsequent versions, but the name had already stuck.

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November 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
linh.social
A look at the progression of the Wait Wait Stats Page with version 2, 3, 5 and (current) 6.

Versions 2 and 3 were built using PHP with hand-mangled HTML and CSS while versions 4+ were built using Python with frontend frameworks...

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Version 2 of the Wait Wait Stats Page with information from the October 31, 2026 show with show descriptions, host, scorekeeper, panelists with scores, and Not My Job guest with score Version 3 of the Wait Wait Stats Page with information from the October 31, 2026 show with show descriptions, show notes, location, host, scorekeeper, panelists with scores, and Not My Job guest with score Version 5 of the Wait Wait Stats Page with information from the October 31, 2026 show with show descriptions, show notes, location, host, scorekeeper, panelists with scores, Not My Job guest with score, and Bluff the Listener information Version 6 of the Wait Wait Stats Page with information from the October 31, 2026 show with show descriptions, show notes, location, host, scorekeeper, panelists with scores, Not My Job guest with score, and Bluff the Listener information
November 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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(In style) I think it's more interesting to have personality in the moment than to think about some imaginary problem or feeling you're going to have five years from now. - Daniel Vosovic #waitwaitdonttellme
October 26, 2026 at 2:48 PM
linh.social
It's been a while since I've heard someone tell Mo Rocca that it's supposed to be "Lightning" Fill In The Blank 😂

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October 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
linh.social
It may be mere coincidence and there are only two data points thus far, but it's funny that both times Katie Nolan has been a panelist on Wait Wait, there has been a guest host 🤔

Tom Papa guest hosted (I was at that taping 🙃) on Katie's debut.

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October 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
linh.social
As Alonzo Bodden mentioned during the second Panel Question segment for this week's Wait Wait, it is his 100th regular show (excludes repeats, Best Ofs, and special non-aired tapings) appearance!

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Alonzo Bodden | Panelists | Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! Stats Page
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October 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
linh.social
I think it's purely coincidental that I just started re-discovering Talking Heads and just found out that David Byrne is the Not My Job guest for this week's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!

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October 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
conniewinch.bsky.social
That 2nd sentence sounds like something Bill Kurtis would say. Or rather, would have before he retired from the show earlier this year. #WaitWaitDontTellMe
stevequick.bsky.social Steve Quick @stevequick.bsky.social · Sep 23
Wait. This is "Taco Bill"

"Live meh"
September 23, 2026 at 4:02 AM
jenncognito.bsky.social
“Hum bees hum” is the new “make me laugh clown” #waitwaitdonttellme @npr.org
September 19, 2026 at 4:53 PM
conniewinch.bsky.social
Listening to old episodes of #WaitWaitDontTellMe, someone mentioned popsicles, and now I want a popsicle. It's 1:44 am, and I'm in bed. 🫤 lol
September 15, 2026 at 5:45 AM
linh.social
I know that name from somewhere... I think I might have heard it on the AM (or FM) radio.

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Screen grab of a frame from the Strangers with Candy movie in which Matthew Broderick (in the middle of the frame) says "Wait, wait don't tell me"
September 11, 2026 at 10:28 PM
linh.social
The tradition of incorrectly spelling Not My Job guest names on the NPR site and podcast feeds continues 🙄

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August 16, 2026 at 12:22 AM
linh.social
To say that I was disappointed (and angry) when I opened up the box for a pretty rare Carl Kasell bobble head broken due to poor packaging by the shipper is a major heckin' understatement.

I've messaged the seller but not holding my breath on immediate resolution.

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Carl Kasell bobble head broken off of the base, as received, on a closed laptop
August 3, 2026 at 2:36 AM
linh.social
Oh, you know I would be adding a certain note based on what was said at the end of this week's Lightning Fill In The Blank segment 😂

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August 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
linh.social
I have uploaded the full quality scans of each card to the Internet Archive and on Flickr (under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/quest...

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July 24, 2026 at 10:14 PM
linh.social
So, I decided to search for and purchase some Wait Wait Don't Tell Me-related items.

I guess the seller of one of the items I purchased wondered if I was connected to the show in some manner and looked me up. They asked if I ran the Wait Wait Stats Page. 😅

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July 20, 2026 at 8:26 PM
linh.social
The Wait Wait Stats Project has a new web site/application called the "Wait Wait Playing Cards Gallery" where I have scanned, cataloged and published each of the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! playing cards that I have.

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July 19, 2026 at 10:54 PM
linh.social
Starting to build a gallery web page for the Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! playing cards that I've scanned. Still have a ways to go before I can call it good enough to publish.

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Work-in-progress image gallery that displays the Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! playing cards and their information.
July 16, 2026 at 11:19 PM
linh.social
I just finished scanning both sets of the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! playing cards, doing minor dust clean up, making them uniform in size, etc.

Still need to figure out how I want to present them to the world and get them out there for folks to browse through.

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July 16, 2026 at 2:31 AM
linh.social
I plan on scanning the full set of cards and will find a way to display them online sometime in the near-ish future.

2/2

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July 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
linh.social
I went through both sets of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! playing cards that I have and did an inventory of each card.

Both sets that are mostly the same, though some folks in the second set have updated titles and along with a few new panelists.

1/2

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Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Playing Cards
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July 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
linh.social
So, I was definitely wrong about the date range especially for the second set of Wait Wait playing cards as that set had @paulapoundstone.bsky.social and Mo Rocca panelist cards, along with @petersagal.bsky.social and Carl Kassel.

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Three Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me playing cards with Paula Poundstone as the King of Spades, Carl Kasell as Ace of Clubs, and Peter Sagal as the Jack of Clubs
July 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
linh.social
Oh my gosh, the second limerick 😂

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July 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
linh.social
"I'm your judge and scorekeeper who recently realized I can just make up the scores and no one notices."

Is that a challenge, Alzo? 🙃

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July 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM