Lifestyle
'Wait Wait' for December 21, 2024: With Not My Job guests Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone
Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone attend the 35th Annual Producers Guild Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom on February 25, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Elyse Jankowski/WireImage)
Elyse Jankowski
hide caption
toggle caption
Elyse Jankowski
This week’s show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guests Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone and panelists Dulcé Sloan, Hari Kondabolu, and Roy Blount, Jr. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.
Who’s Bill This Time
New Jersey State of Mind; Warped Wraps; His Holy Hilariousness
Panel Questions
Dill Sparklers
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell three stories about new kinds of outdoor activities, only one of which is true.
Not My Job: Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone answer questions about Melissa & Doug toys
Hollywood power couple (and creators of the podcast Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fire) Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone play our game called, “Melissa and Ben, meet Melissa And Doug.” Three questions about the wooden toy company.
Panel Questions
Doctors Thought; The Most Germiest Time of the Year; A Frosty Arms Race
Limericks
Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Knitting With Fido; Pasta Princes; How To Get That Medium-Rare Look
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn’t fit anywhere else
Predictions
Our panelists predict what will be the best Christmas present of the year.
For Iris van Herpen, couture is a laboratory as much as a runway. Our chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, takes us inside this Dutch designer’s latest Paris show — from sci-fi-inspired gowns to an audacious attempt at a dress made of charged plasma.
Lifestyle
The BoF Podcast | Decoding Paris Haute Couture: Wonder, Restraint and the Call of the Void
-
Politics34 seconds agoTrump administration clears path for controversial Mojave Desert water pipeline
-
Sports8 minutes agoWorld Cup fans flock to In-N-Out, Erewhon and Trader Joe’s for a taste of California
-
World18 minutes agoHundreds of thousands evacuated as Typhoon Bavi barrels towards China
-
News46 minutes agoWith the white nationalist group Patriot Front, what you see is not what you get
-
New York2 hours agoHow ‘The Wire’ Star Jamie Hector Spends a Hot Day in Brooklyn
-
Los Angeles, Ca2 hours agoBurglars ransack Sherman Oaks condo building during fumigation
-
Detroit, MI2 hours agoMetro Detroit weather forecast, July 10, 2026 — 11 p.m. Update
-
San Francisco, CA3 hours agoClassical music series helps reconnect downtown San Francisco community
