Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Famous People Who Returned Our Calls

What other game show would ask singer Mavis Staples about office supplies? This collection features a dozen favorite celebrity guests from public radio's "Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me," a show that eventually gets around to asking its guests three questions after a lot of comic banter. Panelist Paula Poundstone's argument with food writer Michael Pollan about Ring Dings is the most likely to make you laugh out loud. Others who brave the panel in this volume are aerialist Philippe Petit, chef Paula Deen, Leonard Nimoy, Carrie Fisher, Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, presidential advisor David Axelrod, musician Moby, Jane Curtin, and Denis Leary. It's a funny introduction to the NPR quiz show. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine