The game where we invite famous people onto the show to see what they really know ...
Folk Singer Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Plays Not My Job
()Will Oldham is among the most celebrated singer-songwriters in the country, but chances are you haven't heard of him. That's because he doesn't record under his own name, but under a series of pseudonyms — his latest, and most well known, is Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
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Director Barry Sonnenfeld Plays Not My Job()
April 28, 2012 Sonnenfeld either directed or shot some of the best movies of the '80s and '90s. He was the cinematographer on the Coen Brother's first movies and directed the Men in Black movies and Get Shorty, among other works of dark genius. His movie Men in Black III is coming out in May.
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Former Yankees Pitcher Jim Bouton Plays Not My Job()
April 14, 2012 Bouton's classic baseball memoir Ball Four, first published in 1970, is just out as an e-book. Bouton famously wrote about shenanigans in baseball, but compared to other sports, baseball players are hardly immoral at all. We're going to ask him about people who really know how to cheat.
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Comedian Rachel Dratch Plays Not My Job()
April 7, 2012 Rachel Dratch was one of the stars of Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006. She was hilarious, and then she left the show. What happened then? Well, she got so tired of answering that question she wrote a whole book about it, called Girl Walks Into a Bar.
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Writer, Musician Carrie Brownstein Plays Not My Job()
March 31, 2012 Brownstein has founded two rock bands and is the creator and star of the sketch comedy show Portlandia. We'll ask her three questions about the famously rigid city-state of Singapore, the diametrical opposite of Portland, Ore.
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Actress Ana Gasteyer Plays Not My Job()
March 24, 2012 Gasteyer wrote and performed a sketch on Saturday Night Live about a fake NPR show called Delicious Dish. She has gone on to Broadway and TV, including the ABC comedy Suburgatory. She will perform her own one-woman show at Joe's Pub in New York on April 2.
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Musician Joey Burns Plays Not My Job()
March 17, 2012 Some people call Calexico an Americana band, some call them Tex-Mex — some just settle on calling them awesome. Guitarist-vocalist Joey Burns, who lives in Tucson, answers questions about music from really cold places.
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Chef Rick Bayless Plays Not My Job()
March 10, 2012 Rick Bayless is an award-winning celebrity chef, a best-selling author, star of his own TV show, and a Top Chef Masters Champion. Soon, he'll be making his stage debut as an actor. We've invited Bayless to answer three questions about Dr. Seuss, who would have celebrated his 108th birthday this week.
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Speedskater Nick Pearson Plays Not My Job()
February 18, 2012 We've invited the two-time Olympic speedskater to play a game called "Whoaaa ... slow down there, friend." Three questions about things that go very, very slowly, for a person who likes to go dangerously fast.
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Jazz Singer Kurt Elling Plays Not My Job()
February 11, 2012 For years, Elling was the Susan Lucci of jazz: Every year he would be nominated for a Grammy, and then every year he wouldn't win. But ninth time's a charm! In 2010, he won his first Grammy, and this year, he's a favorite to win another for his latest record, The Gate.
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Actor Gary Oldman Plays Not My Job()
February 4, 2012 Gary Oldman, who just got his first Academy Award nomination for his performance in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, answers three questions about Up with People — a horde of wholesome, smiley young people who performed four Super Bowl halftime shows back in the day.
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Newbery Medal Winner Jack Gantos Plays Not My Job()
January 28, 2012 Jack Gantos might just be the first Newbery Medal winner to have served time in federal prison for drug smuggling. We've invited the children's author to answer three questions about Harlequin romance novels.
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Duke Fakir Of The Four Tops Plays Not My Job()
January 21, 2012 Duke Fakir was still a high school student in Detroit when he started performing songs with three friends in the 1950s. That was the beginning of the 40-year career of the Four Tops, one of Motown's biggest acts. We've invited Duke to answer questions about three different kinds of bottoms.
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Comedian David Cross Plays Not My Job()
January 14, 2012 David Cross is one of those guys who show up and make everything they're in a whole lot funnier — from Arrested Development to Kung Fu Panda to his IFC series The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. We'll ask Cross three questions about defeated Republican hopefuls you've probably never heard of.
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Author Neil Gaiman Plays Not My Job()
December 24, 2011 The author of Coraline and American Gods was born in Hampshire, U.K., and now lives near Minneapolis. We'll ask him three questions about the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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Comedian Bill Maher Plays Not My Job()
December 17, 2011 Maher is following up his 2005 book, New Rules, with a book called The New New Rules. We've invited him to answer three questions about old rules — arcane laws that have been on the books for a long, long time.
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Jockey Chris McCarron Plays Not My Job()
December 10, 2011 McCarron has had plenty of success on horseback, but what does he know about racing other animals? We've invited him to play a game called: "On your marks, get ready, squirm!"
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Writer Susan Orlean Plays Not My Job()
December 3, 2011 The New Yorker staff writer has just written a book about the life and legend of America's beloved canine icon Rin Tin Tin. We've invited her to play a game called "Rin Tin Tin is just the be gin gin ginning."
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Comedian Marc Maron Plays Not My Job()
November 19, 2011 For years now, Florida has been the primary source of our weird news items — the dumb criminals, the bizarre animal stories, the felon governors. Since we're taping the show in Tampa this week, we'll quiz Maron on three recent bizarre happenings in the state.
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'Family Guy' Creator Seth MacFarlane Plays Not My Job()
November 12, 2011 We've invited MacFarlane to play a game called: "Five hours in the slammer will change a man." Three questions about celebrities doing jail time.
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Actor Colin Hanks Plays Not My Job()
November 5, 2011 We've invited Hanks to play a game called "'Till Death Do We Part ... Or At Least Until I Get A Better Offer." Three questions about short-lived celebrity marriages.
