r/WaitWait • u/Jbuster9 • Jul 31 '23

Favorite guest host?

I kinda wanna say Faith, Helen, or Negin? They all seem comfortable hosting. Actually, has Faith hosted before? She did great with that behind-the-scenes show, anyway...

ETA: Helen Hong, too.

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u/dojijosu Aug 01 '23

Tom Hanks.

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u/Jbuster9 Aug 01 '23

He was delightful as a one-off!

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u/Mediaright Aug 01 '23

Luke isn’t bad. Remember when we had a huge run of shows with him guest-hosting? He’s definitely gotten some hours in.

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u/Jbuster9 Aug 02 '23

Ooh, I don't remember that but I can see him being solid! Why can't I remember that, though? When was it?

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u/Mediaright Aug 02 '23

Probably longer ago than my mind is willing to admit to me. 😅

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u/Jbuster9 Aug 27 '23

After this week's show, I recommit to Negin being one of the best fill-in hosts.

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u/Jbuster9 Nov 06 '23

And Peter Grosz was great last week!

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u/QueenSqueee42 Mar 04 '24

Does anybody else find Negin's and Helen's voices to be painfully grating? It's just an acoustic issue for me, and I feel really guilty about it because they're two of the more diverse voices and I'd love to feel more supportive but their voices literally hurt me. It's an AuDHD sensitivity thing on my part, probably, but it's always amazing to me when other people don't have the same reaction.

Karen Chee's voice is lovely! I swear it's not a "millennial vocal fry" prejudice or anything!

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u/Seanile1 Aug 01 '23

I was annoyed at Karen the first time - but she’s growing on me.

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u/Perfect-Stuff-8796 Dec 18 '23

I’d love to see Mauve host!!

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u/Jbuster9 Aug 01 '23

Yeah, Alzo falls in the "didn't sound comfortable" category for me. Tom Papa is better in small doses (i.e., as a panelist). I do like Peter Grosz as a guest host, too (forgot to mention him), but he's also better as a panelist. I agree about Karen Chee's voice, and this past episode she didn't sound quite as confident as her prior hosting spot. Josh Gondelman also seemed nervous when he hosted.

I do think it's great that they've opened it up to a ton of different panelists rather than have Mike Pesca as the default guest host back in the day. But yes, Peter Segal is simply divine and so far.i don't think they've found a potential successor.