Show Details: May 1999
1999-05-01
- First: Adam Felber 12 (Start: 4 / Correct: 4)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 9 (Start: 3 / Correct: 3)
- Third: Charlie Pierce 8 (Start: 4 / Correct: 2)
Opening Round; Who's Carl This Time?; Not My Job about the life of Duke Ellington; Listener Limerick Challenge; Week in Review; Bluff the Listener: The Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me Summer Movie Preview!; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
When Carl Kasell introduced Charlie Pierce at the beginning of the show, Carl also mentioned that Captain Cheap Laughs was sitting on Charlie's left shoulder. Carl would mention Captain Cheap Laughs again before the Bluff the Listener segment.
The listener contestant for the first Who's Carl This Time? segment had previously met Adam Felber at Adam's bar mitzvah and the listener's dog had bitten Adam's face. Adam would continue to get razzed for that incident throughout the show.
1999-05-08
- First: Roxanne Roberts 18 (Start: 4 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Adam Felber 13 (Start: 1 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. 12 (Start: 4 / Correct: 4)
Opening Round; Who's Carl This Time?; Not My Job about 1899 medical treatments from the Merck Manual; Listener Limerick Challenge; Bluff the Listener about an outstanding British invention honored by the British Design Council; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
This is the first time there has been a guest show host.
As a form of "revenge" for having a score of zero named after her, Susan Stamberg said that for each incorrect answer or each second someone doesn't know the answer would be called a "Sagal".
The third choice for all three Not My Job questions were "sniffing cocaine".
At the end of the show, Carl Kasell introduced new naming for scores: 0 points would be a "Flintoff", 1 point would be a "Rat Boy" (Steve Inskeep), 2 points would be a "New Palca", and 3 points would be a "Dan Schorr".
1999-05-15
- First: Roxanne Roberts 16 (Start: 6 / Correct: 5)
- Second: Adam Felber 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
- Third: Charlie Pierce 9 (Start: 3 / Correct: 3)
Opening Round; Who's Carl This Time?; Not My Job about the life and times of Jesse Ventura; Listener Limerick Challenge; Week in Review; Bluff the Listener about two groups trying to patch up long-running differences; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Roxanne Roberts was asked seven questions during Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment and answered four of them correct, for a total of 14 points. When Peter Sagal asked how Roxanne did, Carl Kasell stated that Roxanne answered five correct, for a total of 16 points. The scores entered reflect the scores Carl stated on the show.
1999-05-22
- First: Roxanne Roberts 15 (Start: 5 / Correct: 5)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
- Third: Adam Felber 8 (Start: 2 / Correct: 3)
Opening Round; Who's Carl This Time?; Not My Job about icons of modern culture based on real things; Listener Limerick Challenge; Bluff the Listener about an allegation of plagiarism; Week in Review; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Adam Felber wanted to be referred to as The Legendary Adam Felber.
Tom and Ray Magliozzi asked Roxanne Roberts as a hint for the third Not My Job question.
1999-05-29
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. 12 (Start: 4 / Correct: 4)
- Second: Adam Felber 11 (Start: 1 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Sue Ellicott 8 (Start: 4 / Correct: 2)
Opening Round; Who's Carl This Time?; Not My Job about electoral problems around the world; Listener Limerick Challenge; Week in Review; Bluff the Listener about a story where Newt Gingrich is tangentially involved; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines