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''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' is an hour-long weekly radio news panel game show produced by Chicago Public Radio and National Public Radio. It is distributed by NPR in the United States, internationally on NPR Worldwide and on the Internet via podcast, and typically broadcast on weekends by member stations. ==Format== The show is hosted by playwright and actor Peter Sagal. When the program had its debut in January 1998, Dan Coffey of ''Ask Dr. Science'' was the original host, but a revamping of the show led to his replacement in May of that year. The show has also been guest-hosted by Tom Bodett, Luke Burbank, Adam Felber, Peter Grosz, Mike Pesca, Richard Sher, Bill Radke, Susan Stamberg, Robert Siegel, Brian Unger and Drew Carey when Peter Sagal was on vacation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!- August 12, 2006 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!- August 27, 2005 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!- August 14, 2004 )〕 Carl Kasell, who also served as the newsreader on ''Morning Edition'', was the show's official judge and scorekeeper until his retirement May 17, 2014. This role was taken over permanently by Bill Kurtis who, at the beginning of each show, refers to himself in self-indulgent or self-deprecating praise, such as "Legendary Anchorman" or "Carnivorous Anchorman". In addition to Kurtis, Korva Coleman, Corey Flintoff, and Jean Cochran, among others, have also served this role in the past. Each week, a panel of three humorists, journalists, and/or comedians are chosen to participate in the program. ''Wait Wait...'' listeners also participate by telephoning or sending e-mails to nominate themselves as contestants. The producers select several listeners for each show and call them to appear on the program, playing various games featuring questions based on the week's news. The usual prize for winning any game is to have Kasell record a greeting on the contestant's home answering machine or voice mail system; in light of his retirement, Kasell remains "Scorekeeper Emeritus" and will still provide his voice for those winners who want it. In most cases, the contestants receive a bit of latitude in getting the correct answer, such as getting another guess and a hint should they initially guess wrong, or getting credit for correctly identifying everything about a news-maker except their name. ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' is usually recorded in front of a live audience at Chicago's Chase Auditorium in the Chase Tower on Thursday nights. Until May 2005, the show was recorded in one of Chicago Public Radio's studios, with no audience and often with one or more panelists calling in from other locations. The show often travels to various cities in the United States and produces a road show in front of a live audience for promotional and station-related purposes. Several shows a year, usually coinciding with holidays or local NPR member station pledge drives, are compiled from segments from past episodes, or feature holiday-related theme programming (such as for the 4th of July, an entire program based on questions from American history adapted to fit the current events format), and are either recorded in front of an audience for later broadcast, or at WBEZ's studio facilities without an audience. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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