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* [[Are You Sure You Want to Do That?]]: If someone guesses the incorrect answer for their question, Peter Sagal will urge them to change it.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Peter Sagal was originally one of the show's regular contestants, before being promoted to host.
* [[Berserk Button]]: After a caller displayed doubts in a "Bluff-the-Listener" story of a alcoholic recovery/shooting camp, panelist P.J. O'Rourke got angry, saying that, as a Republican, his party is largely made up of drunks with guns.
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'''Tom''':Uh, he's special. }}
* [[Homemade Sweater From Hell]]: Mo Rocca got into a bit of trouble when he invoked this and had an online knitting group up in arms.
* [[I Am One of Those, Too]]: Hilariously, [[Kevin Smith]] had ''actually read'' the random book on which they based his Not My Job quiz. They even let him explain one of the ridiculous stories in it. (The book in question, incidentally, was a strange-science book called ''Elephants on Acid''.)
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Every week, to introduce the Listener Limerick Challenge.
{{quote| '''Peter Sagal''': "In just a minute, Carl tells us about his favorite [[Transformers]], Optimus Rhyme." }}
** It seems to get lamer every week, sometimes achieving [[Beyond the Impossible]] levels, causing Peter to at one time crack, "Look, if you got better ones, send 'em in, OK?"
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** Same thing with making New [[Joisey|Jersey]] jokes.
* [[Panel Game]]: A rare American one.
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'''Adam Felber''': When we said 'water landing' we meant another round of drinks! }}
* [[Scotireland]]: During a show around St. Patrick's Day, Peter notes (being radio, we can't see) that Carl is wearing a kilt, noting that it's traditionally worn by the Scottish.
* [[Self
** When teenage fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson played Not My Job she was asked questions about "stuff old people like". One of them was about NPR.
* [[Shout Out]]: One week after their somewhat unflattering portrayal of fans of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''<ref>[[Fox News Channel]]'s ''Red Eye'' segment the same week was actually less mean, if also pretty boring.</ref>, they brought on a fan and former ''Wait, Wait'' intern for a brief interview, and used the show as the basis for that week's "Not My Job" questions... for guest contestant [[Bill Clinton]] (who got them all right, but they weren't very hard either).
* [[Small Reference Pools]]: Averted, naturally -- this ''is'' NPR, after all.
* [[Sound to Screen Adaptation]]: [[CBS]] ordered a pilot for a television version.
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