From the archives, this week's contestant is Sara Tillotson from Tulsa, Oklahoma. As I wrote previously, at first, I was able to pick out the hidden song by focusing on the proper hand which was playing the tune, though eventually it became perfectly clear without that. As for the composer style, I didn't have a clue -- the same as the contestant. To my surprise, my one offbeat guess was bizarrely close. I wouldn't have ever gotten it, though. It's tough. But perhaps you can get the era and type of music.As
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In many ways, today's selection from the NPR pop culture quiz show Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! is oddly timely. The guest contestant on the "Not My Job" segment is a former CIA analyst -- and to make it all the more appropriate and timely, his name is...John Nixon, who was an expert on Saddam Hussein and was sent with Special Forces to find the Iraqi leader and then interrogate him. For such an intense career, he's a funny, personable guy who ends up doing some political impressions.
Peter Sagal's guest contestant for the "Not My Job" segment of NPR's comedy-quiz show, Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! is Ina Garten, star of the Food Network show, The Barefoot Contessa. I'm not a particular fan of the show and her style, but her background is fascinating and she's very pleasant and personable here.
The guest this week is Roger Reynolds from Ashland, Virginia. I got the hidden song almost immediately, and it's one of the least-hidden songs that Bruce Adolphe has done, so I suspect most people will get it. I have a feeling that the reason it's so poorly hidden is because it overlaps not not a composer style, but an existing piece of music. Alas, as absolutely familiar and recognizable as that music is...I just couldn't name it.
This week's contestant is composer Paul Hanna of Tallahassee, Florida. The hidden song has a tricky twist, and I'm pleased to say that I got it -- fairly early on, I must say, though I didn't have full confidence in being right, since it did have that tricky twist, after all. But eventually, I felt sure enough to officially make it my guess. Alas, I didn't get the composer style, an annoyance since it's someone I quite like.
Host Peter Sagal's contestant on this week's "Not My Job" segment of the NPR comedy-quiz show is Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado. It's a fun, freewheeling interview, that's helped by the appreciative local audience for their Democratic governor, who once owned a brew-pub and currently owns a pool hall.
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