Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Wait Wait ... Do not Tell Me! is a news quiz show of public radio station National Public Radio ( NPR) in the United States of America. The one-hour program is produced by the transmitter WBEZ Chicago and distributed by NPR.

At the core of the program consists of guessing games around the more bizarre topics in the news last week. It will be moderated by Peter Sagal. He stands as referee and sparring partner of former NPR newscaster Carl Kasell to the side.

Candidates are always three American comedians ( as so-called "Panel " ) there. In addition, listeners can join by phone. The prize for the callers that Carl Kasell speaking a text on the answering machine for them. Kasells trademark in his time as a newscaster was his deep and sonorous voice.

Categories

In order to fit into the transmission scheme of NPR, Wait, Wait starts with a 60 seconds preview block on the content of the consignment; then follow the messages. Wait, Wait usually consists of the following eight sections or rounds:

Who's Carl This Time?

In the first round, a listener to play and win by telephone. Carl Kasell reads three quotes from the news last week and the candidate has to guess who is attributed the quote or what the topic or event that was made. With at least two correct answers he won. Due to character of the shipment amusing quotes and events are often selected.

This Week's News I

First round for the panel. Peter Sagel describes with one or two (often ambiguous or very general ) records an event from the past week and the candidates have to guess what it is. Often this results in a wild and funny guesswork, so that responses are designed to be very generous. A correct answer brings the panelist one point. The length of the round varies a little, often not all but only some members of the panel for their turn.

Bluff the Listener

Another round for the handset. Under a theme of any members of the panel is a bizarre story for the best. One of the three is true; if the listener guesses which it is, he wins. In addition, get the panel member selected the response of the listener, a point. This scoring is independent of whether his story was true or not - it rewards the member of the panel that it was able to convince the listener.

Not My Job

A mixture of interview and game round. A prominent guest turns a casual interview and must answer three multiple-choice questions afterwards. The topic, the questions will be chosen so that it is in any way related to the celebrity (eg, a pun on his name, a question about an (unknown ) Personality of the same name, ...). In the question and answer session of celebrities plays representative of a listener.

Over the years a rather illustrious group of celebrities have come together. A few examples:

Actor

Politician

Scientist

Other

This Week's News II

Analogous to This Week's News I

Listener Limerick Challenge

Another round for the listener Carl Kasell reads in Limerick packaged news reports, but breaks off before the last word. The listener must guess the last word. As always rich two out of three right people to win.

Lightning Fill-In -The- Blank

Final Round for the panel. Here it is decided who will emerge from the panel as the winner. Peter Siegel provides each member of the panel for 60 seconds questions about the news. In the questions he replaced the main point of the " blank" the term. The panel member must complement what Black is. Each correct answer is rewarded with two points. The panel member with the most points, he is the winner of the show.

Prediction

The show closes with the name of the key players ( Producer, Director, ... ) and the future forecast by the panel. The panel members give to a given theme the best thing that could happen in their opinion. Carl Kasell includes the prediction with " Well, if any of thesis things happen, panel, we'll ask you about it on Wait Wait ... do not tell me! " from.

Dissemination

In general, the program is recorded on Thursday evening at the Chase Auditorium at Chase Tower. Every now and then the program is also in major American cities to host and records there. In this case, most of the celebrities come in the round "Not my job" from that city. NPR Parterstationen shine Wait, Wait most of the weekend. Many stations Saturday and / or Sunday following Weekend Edition an entertainment block with the program Car Talk and Wait, Wait. Delayed to broadcast the whole show is available on the homepage to be listened (mostly from Saturday evening German time).

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