The game where we invite famous people onto the show to see what they really know ...
Not My Job: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin On Getting Mooned
()Sure, Aldrin has been to the moon, but what does he know about getting mooned? We'll quiz him to find out with a game called "Drop your pants and take a bow."
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Not My Job: Three Headless Chicken Questions For Alice Cooper()
May 18, 2013 We've invited the heavy metal rocker to answer three questions about Mike, a chicken in the 1940s who lost his head and still went on to achieve fame and fortune.
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Plays Not My Job()
May 11, 2013 We use Google to search for just about everything, so we've invited Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt to answer three questions about things that are un-Googleable.
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Not My Job: Steve Martin Takes A Quiz About Boring People()
May 4, 2013 Steve Martin is a comedian, a playwright, an author, an art collector, an actor, a Grammy-winning banjo player, a composer and, as we all know, a "wild and crazy guy." So we've decided to ask him questions about the most mundane and dull guys we could find.
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Not My Job: Kal Penn Takes A Quiz On The Microbiome()
April 27, 2013 In honor of the colonies of bacteria and other critters alive in our bodies, we've invited Penn to play a game called "Ahhh! Get It Off Me!"
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Not My Job: Food Writer Mark Bittman Takes A Quiz About Batman()
April 13, 2013 We've invited him to play a game called "Holy, Bittman, Batman!" We guessing Bittman gets mistaken for the Caped Crusader all the time, so we're going to ask him three questions about Batman.
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Rick Nielsen Of Cheap Trick Plays Not My Job()
April 6, 2013 Rick Nielsen formed Cheap Trick with three of his friends back in 1973 in Rockford, Ill., and since then they've traveled the world and put out more than 16 albums. He'll play a game called "BAAAAAAAA." Three questions about sheep tricks.
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R&B Singer Aaron Neville Plays Not My Job()
March 30, 2013 One of Neville's big hits was "Don't Know Much," so we've invited him to play a game called "I Do Know Much!" Three questions about Jeopardy! champions.
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Professional Pickpocket Apollo Robbins Plays Not My Job()
March 23, 2013 Sure he knows a lot about picking pockets, but what does he know about Hot Pockets? We'll ask Robbins three questions about microwavable turnovers.
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Singer Huey Lewis Plays Not My Job ()
March 16, 2013 We invite the lead singer of Huey Lewis and the News to play a game called "You call yourself a newsman?" Three questions about mistakes in the actual news.
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Secretary Of Education Arne Duncan Plays Not My Job()
March 9, 2013 We've invited Duncan to play a game called "Now, don't be fresh ... I just take dictation!" Three questions for the secretary of education about the education of secretaries.
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Sportscaster Jon Miller Plays Not My Job()
March 2, 2013 A Hall of Fame broadcaster who did the play-by-play on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball for 20 years, Miller is the voice of the San Francisco Giants. He answers three questions about strange food.
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Al Gore Plays Not My Job()
February 16, 2013 Back in 2011, Gore's former boss Bill Clinton appeared on Wait Wait and correctly answered three questions about the My Little Pony children's TV show. We're going to ask Gore three questions about Shetland ponies.
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Singer Erykah Badu Plays Not My Job()
February 9, 2013 Valentine's Day is coming up, and if you don't have a date — don't worry. There's help for everybody out there. Everybody. We've invited Badu to answer three questions about super-specialized dating sites.
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Astronaut Mae Jemison Plays Not My Job()
February 2, 2013 In 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to fly in space when she served as a science mission specialist on the space shuttle Endeavour. We've decided to ask the space pioneer three questions about a truly unpredictable vehicle — the airport shuttle.
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Tech Guru Guy Kawasaki Plays Not My Job()
January 26, 2013 Thirty years ago, Kawasaki went to work for a computer company that was trying to change the business with a product named after a fruit. Since helping launch the Macintosh computer, Kawasaki has been a venture capitalist, author and business consultant. We ask him three questions about Scientology.
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Melinda Gates Plays Not My Job()
January 19, 2013 The co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plays a game called "But I meant well, your Majesty." Three questions about gifts given to Queen Elizabeth II.
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Actor Jeff Bridges Plays Not My Job()
January 12, 2013 Bridges has been in dozens of films but will always be known for his defining performance as The Dude in The Big Lebowski. He recently co-wrote a book called The Dude and the Zen Master. We'll ask Bridges three questions about The Bridges of Madison County.
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Actor And Comedian Fred Armisen Plays Not My Job()
December 22, 2012 We've invited the Saturday Night Live and Portlandia star to answer three questions about journalistic retractions inspired by the Poynter Institute's list of the best/worst journalistic errors of 2012.
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Hugh Bonneville Of 'Downton Abbey' Plays Not My Job()
December 8, 2012 We've invited Bonneville to play a game called "Welcome to America, Lord Grantham": three questions about the TLC show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
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Jake Tapper Of ABC News Plays Not My Job()
December 1, 2012 We've invited ABC's longtime chief White House correspondent to answer three questions about a real tapper: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
