List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes (2005)

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The following is a list of episodes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! , NPR's news panel game, that aired during 2005. [1] Dates indicated are the episodes' original Saturday air dates. Job titles and backgrounds of the guests reflect their status at the time of their appearance.

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Unless otherwise indicated, all Wait Wait... episodes feature host Peter Sagal and announcer/scorekeeper Carl Kasell. Also unless indicated, the show originated from Chicago, either through the studios of WBEZ or, from May 14, 2005 onward, the Bank One Auditorium (which would be rechristened the Chase Bank Auditorium later in the year after Chase Bank's acquisition of Bank One). [2]

January

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
January 1Encore of 8/7/2004 episode featuring author Scott Turow
January 8Bob Freer, animal expert and founder of the Everglades Outpost sanctuary Charlie Pierce, Paula Poundstone, Roxanne Roberts Show recorded in Fort Lauderdale, FL (Parker Playhouse)
January 15Wrestler Rulon Gardner Roy Blount, Jr., Kyrie O'Connor, Mo Rocca Guest host Brian Unger
January 22no guestRoxanne Roberts, Adam Felber, P.J. O'Rourke
January 29Celebrity hair stylist Dean Banowetz Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Paula Poundstone

February

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
February 5Humorist Kinky Friedman Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, P.J. O'Rourke
February 12Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
February 19Writer Armistead Maupin Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, Kyrie O'Connor Show recorded in Berkeley, CA (Zellerbach Hall)
February 26Composer/conductor Bill Conti Charlie Pierce, Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca

March

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
March 5Author & radio personality Tom Bodett Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber, P.J. O'Rourke
March 12Actor Larry Hagman Kyrie O'Connor, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts Show recorded in Dallas, TX (McFarlin Auditorium)
March 19 CBS Evening News anchor Bob Schieffer Adam Felber, Kyrie O'Connor, Aamer Haleem
March 26Remodeling expert Bob Vila Roxanne Roberts, Roy Blount, Jr., Mo Rocca

April

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
April 2Author and Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Adam Felber
April 9Singer Engelbert Humperdinck Aamer Haleem, Roxanne Roberts Mo Rocca
April 16Tyron Stucks McFarlan, ringmaster of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, Paula Poundstone
April 23Actress & singer Michelle Phillips Roy Blount, Jr., Mo Rocca, Kyrie O'Connor Guest announcer/scorekeeper Jean Cochran
April 30 Scott Trowbridge, executive with Universal Creative Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne RobertsShow recorded in Orlando, FL (Loews Portofino at Universal Orlando)

May

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
May 7Georgeanne Irvine, communications manager for the San Diego Zoo Roy Blount, Jr., Adam Felber, Paula Poundstone Show recorded in El Cajon, CA (East County Performing Arts Center)
May 14Voiceover artist Don LaFontaine Adam Felber, Sue Ellicott, Kyrie O'Connor Wait Wait's first regular show from Chicago's Bank One Auditorium [2] [3]
May 21 Los Angeles Times auto critic Dan Neil P. J. O'Rourke, Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca Show recorded in Ypsilanti, MI (Pease Auditorium)
May 28Actress Maura Tierney Roxanne Roberts, Charlie Pierce, Richard Roeper

June

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
June 4Sportscaster Al Michaels Adam Felber, Kyrie O'Connor, Paula Poundstone
June 11Actress S. Epatha Merkerson Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca, Richard Roeper
June 18Songwriter Richard Sherman Adam Felber, Paula Poundstone, Roy Blount, Jr. Guest announcer/scorekeeper Tom Bodett
June 25Robert Bateman, a U.S. Army Major stationed in Iraq Aamer Haleem, Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts Guest announcer/scorekeeper Robert Siegel

July

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
July 2 CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca Guest announcer/scorekeeper Scott Simon
July 9Encores of various segments, including an interview with This American Life host Ira Glass
July 16Author Chuck Klosterman Roy Blount, Jr., P.J. O'Rourke, Paula Poundstone
July 23 Drew Curtis, founder of the Fark websiteMo Rocca, Amy Dickinson, Charlie Pierce
July 30Author Janet Evanovich Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts, Richard Roeper

August

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
August 6 U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois [4] Roy Blount, Jr., Kyrie O'Connor, Paula Poundstone
August 13 NPR Fresh Air host Terry Gross Tom Bodett, Adam Felber, Roxanne Roberts
August 20 T.R. Reid, Rocky Mountain bureau chief for The Washington Post Adam Felber, Paula Poundstone, Sue Ellicott Show recorded in Boulder, CO (Chautauqua Auditorium)
August 27 Tim Zagat, co-founder of the Zagat Survey Paula Poundstone, Charlie Pierce, Mo Rocca Guest host Adam Felber

September

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
September 3 MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews Roy Blount, Jr., Kyrie O'Connor, Mo Rocca
September 10Comedian & voice actor Jonathan Katz Tom Bodett, Adam Felber, Amy Dickinson
September 17Author Lee Smith Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne Roberts Show recorded in Chapel Hill, NC (UNC Memorial Hall)
September 24Singer/songwriter Liz Phair Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca, Richard Roeper

October

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
October 1Author Lauren Weisberger Tom Bodett, Sue Ellicott, Paula Poundstone
October 8 Miami Herald columnist and author Carl Hiaasen Paula Poundstone, Roy Blount, Jr., Kyrie O'Connor
October 15Encore of 1/8/2005 episode featuring animal expert Bob Freer
October 22 MSNBC Countdown anchor Keith Olbermann Sue Ellicott, P.J. O'Rourke, Charlie Pierce
October 29Culinary author and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy regular Ted Allen Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, Mo Rocca Show recorded in Springfield, IL (Sangamon Auditorium)

November

DateGuestPanelistsNotes
November 5Actor Adam West Roy Blount, Jr., Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca
November 12Actor Tab Hunter Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Paula Poundstone
November 19Columnist and author Dan Savage Roxanne Roberts, Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce
November 26Author Clyde Edgerton Roy Blount, Jr., Charlie Pierce, Roxanne RobertsShow recorded in Chapel Hill, NC (UNC Memorial Hall)
Episode theme: Historical inventions [5]

December

DateGuestPanelists
December 3Jim Kelly, managing editor of Time magazine Roy Blount, Jr., Sue Ellicott, Paula Poundstone
December 10Filmmaker Harold Ramis P.J. O'Rourke, Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca
December 17 Alternative medicine expert Dr. Andrew Weil Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett, Charlie Pierce
December 24Actress Kathryn Joosten Amy Dickinson, Adam Felber, Kyrie O'Connor
December 31Encore of 1/3/2004 episode featuring This American Life host Ira Glass

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References

  1. ↑ "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! archive". npr.org NPR:National Public Radio. pbs.org. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  2. 1 2 "Wait Wait... Please Tell Me: The Story Behind NPR's Beloved Quiz Show," from The Ringer, 1/4/2018
  3. ↑ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episode of 5/14/2005 on NPR.org
  4. ↑ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episode of 8/6/2005 on NPR.org
  5. ↑ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episode of 11/26/2005 on NPR.org
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