'Wait Wait' for December 9, 2023: With Not My Job guest Fred Schneider

This week's show was recorded at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, with guest host Negin Farsad, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Fred Schneider and panelists Eugene Cordero, Paula Poundstone and Luke Burbank. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

Who's Bill This Time
Charisma's Big Win; Introducing CosMc's; Helpful Holiday Hints

Panel Questions
It's A Wonderful Bedtime Story

Bluff The Listener
Our panelists read three stories about a crime being solved, only one of which is true.

Not My Job: We quiz The B-52's Fred Schneider about Shaq
Fred Schneider is the singer and frontman for the B-52's and The Superions. He's the music legend behind "Love Shack" but how much does he love Shaq, and is it enough to answer our three questions about him?

Panel Questions
Saving the Climate in Style; PowerPoint Presents

Limericks
Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: The One Thing You Need On a Cruise; Friendly Fish Eggs; The Cost of All That Marching

Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else

Predictions
Our panelists predict what the Word of the Year will be in 2024.

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