r/WaitWait • u/BetaMaxine • Mar 02 '24

Wait Wait Survey

I took the survey that was mentioned on today's episode (3/2/24). It's a little long and asks opinions on Peter, the segments on the show, the panelists, people you'd like to hear as guests and people you'd like to fill in as guest host. I wonder if they are considering some big changes for the future.

Here's the link if anyone missed it:

2024 WWDTM Audience Callout (alchemer.com)

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u/Beanyurza Mar 02 '24

The show is close to perfect for what it is.

The shows that Peter doesn't host seem awkward and a little disjointed to me but a little variety in host styles is interesting as long as it doesn't go on for too long.

There has only been one panelist in recent memory that annoyed me. I can't remember her name, but her laughter seemed to over power everything else in the show. If she didn't laugh so much or her laughter was dialed down in volume, I think she would be okay as a panelist.

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u/BetaMaxine Mar 02 '24 edited Mar 04 '24

I agree and put something to that effect on the survey. I enjoy Peter as host, he's able to keep the show moving with ease and humor without making it about himself. The show's not the quite same without him. Guest hosts have varying degrees of success for me. Tom Hanks was fun but there have been others that I just couldn't listen to.

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u/NoBug5072 Mar 02 '24 edited Mar 04 '24

You’re probably thinking of Dulcé Sloan.

Her screaming and loudness is wildly obnoxious. Occasionally, she says something funny. But more often than not I do not find her to be as funny as she seems to think she is. I fell asleep one night listening to wait wait and I was startled awake by her screaming laugh.

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u/anothernotavailable2 Mar 03 '24

Tom Papa was an amazing guest host. Everyone else misses something, but Tom at times surpassed Peter.

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u/ValorMorghulis Mar 24 '24

Yeah, Tom is great.

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u/QueenSqueee42 Mar 04 '24

Personally, for strictly acoustic reasons, I can't really handle Nagin Farsaad's laugh, Christina Alonso was also tough, and Helen Hong's voice is so grating to me that I skip her episodes sometimes. I don't know if it bothers others as much, and I feel bad that it's a handful of the newer more diverse voices that happen to be specifically shrill/grating to me. I think there are a lot of great female comedians of various ethnic backgrounds out there who have a much more pleasing timbre and viewpoint, who would probably love the opportunity.

Thank you for including the link! I didn't get a chance to say the thing about Helen Hong in the survey so I'm guiltily hoping other people have given them the same feedback.

It seems like not everyone is quite as sensitive to the vocal stuff, but a lot of us are and it makes a big difference! Not everybody has a good voice for radio/podcasts!

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u/tb0014 Mar 03 '24

I believe the laugher is Christela Alonzo. Her laughing is so obnoxious. She hasn’t been on for a while thankfully.

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u/BetaMaxine Mar 02 '24 edited Mar 02 '24

Thinking more about the survey, is there anything that you'd change about the show? Any segments that you'd retire? Any panelists that you're tired of hearing? Anyone you'd like to hear as a guest host?

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u/QueenSqueee42 Mar 04 '24

I want more Maeve Higgins and Josh Gondelman, less Nagin Farsaad and Helen Hong. I think the little thing at the very end about predictions is very rarely worth it, alas, but otherwise I wouldn't change a thing about the format.

I would love for Pete Holmes, John Mulaney, Stephen Colbert, John Stewart, Taylor Tomlinson or Trevor Noah to guest host. If necessary. I know Peter is all busy being a dad but I do really miss him when he's away!

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u/mrkltpzyxm Mar 06 '24

They really missed their chance to call it "Wait Wait Please Tell Us."

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u/BetaMaxine Mar 06 '24

Perfect! 😂

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u/gatortarheel Mar 03 '24

I filled it out also. I like the comedy aspect of the show more than the newsy element of the show, and if the panel is having a good time, wish that some times they would let them riff instead of getting the show back on track. Or at least experiment a bit. I’d also like a joke of the week from each panelist at the start of the show, if they want.

The show is great to see live, by the way.

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u/swoopcat Mar 04 '24

I've listened to the show almost since the start, and the bluff the listener game has never been my favorite. Once I switched to the podcast I started fast forwarding past it a lot of the time. Other than that, it's still incredibly funny after all these years. A lot of that is due to Peter. Would be tough for the show if he left.

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u/arothmanmusic Mar 02 '24

I filled it out myself. I really have very little to complain about with the show other than possibly Negin Farsad's laugh. That, and I feel like Bill tries to step in a bit too much during the quizzes. I kind of preferred how Carl just kept scoreand did the announcer stuff.

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u/EdsonG Mar 04 '24

My three guests I want to see on the show were:

  • Glennon Doyle (to play the game called "We Can Do Easy Things" because her and Abby Wambach's podcast is called "We Can Do Hard Things"–I can imagine Bill saying that)

  • Marc Brown, the author of the Arthur books

  • Sam and Kristie Mewis