The guest contestant on this week's comedy-news quiz from NPR Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! was supposed to be Lena Dunham, but alas she had to cancel. Instead, host Peter Sagal had to get a last-minute fill-in contestant, a fellow by the name of Stephen Colbert! Making the "Not My Job" segment all the more fun -- because his appearance was last-minute -- is that all of the questions that Peter Sagal asks Colbert are ones which were intended for Ms. Dunham. But I don't mean just all the quiz questions, which always have a them centered around the guest ...but all the questions, including for the interview portion!
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This week's contestants are Peter and Mary-Bess Staffel from Bethany, West Virginia. This is an oddity: although I got both parts, it was touch-and-go that I would. I could tell the composer of the hidden song right away, but it took me a short while to "sing through" the song to get the title, but I did get it. It's well known, but might not be so for everyone. And the composer style was very guessable...but...it came down to two possibilities who overlap a bit. But I guessed right.
Aloha, from the archives. This week's contestant is Steven Buchtal from Honolulu, Hawaii. I think it's gettable. The song is nicely hidden, but well-known and becomes fairly recognizable. The composer style should be clear, because of the piece of music it's based on, though whether people know who wrote it is another matter...
On this latest "Not My Job" segment of the NPR comedy-news quiz show Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!, the guest contestant who host Peter Sagal interviews is legendary gospel singer Mavis Staples.
The guest on this week's 'Not My Job' segment of the NPR news-comedy game show Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! is Daniel Handler, the author of the Lemony Snicket series of Unfortunate Events books (which is now a series on Netflix). His interview with host Peter Sagal is, as you might expect, sardonic and funny.
From the archives. This week's contestant is Rainer Klaus of Madison, Alabama. The hidden song is hidden with good humor, but it's eventually guessable. The composer style was one that I thought I came close to, but I was wrong, and probably should have gotten it.
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