Show Details: September 1999
1999-09-04
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 5 Correct: 2
- David Baron Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Listener Limerick Challenge; Not My Job about workplace issues; Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about an unlikely new spokesperson; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next collecting craze?
Unlike nearly all of the previous shows, Peter Sagal introduced the panelists as part of the first question of the Who's Carl This Time? segment. The first Who's Carl This Time? question was a multiple choice question, where each panelist stated a possible answer and the listener contestant had to choose the correct answer. The listener chose Roy Blount, Jr., but Roxanne Roberts had the correct answer.
1999-09-11
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 6 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 2
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Rank:
Third:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 5
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 2
- Snigdha Prakash Score: 2
Who's Jean This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Listener Limerick Challenge; Not My Job about odd invention you never knew you needed; Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about an unusual personal ad; Who's Jean This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next giant merger?
The first question for the Who's Jean This Time? segment followed the same form as the first question for the first Who's Carl This Time? segment. The listener contestant chose Charlie Pierce, but Roxanne Roberts had the correct answer.
The show page on NPR.org has an incorrect spelling of Snigdha Prakash's name.
1999-09-18
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Second:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 3
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Rank:
Third:
Sue Ellicott
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 5 Correct: 2
- Bill Radke Score: 1
Who's Corey This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job, Bluff the Listener about a new effort to bring the faithful back into the fold, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next controversial rule change at the Miss America pageant?
All three questions for the first Who's Corey This Time? segment were multiple choice questions where each panelist provided a possible answer, but only one had the correct answer. The listener contestant chose Sue Ellicott for the first question, but Roxanne Roberts had the correct answer. For the second question, the listener chose Sue, who had the correct answer. For the third question, the listener chose Roxanne, who had the correct answer.
1999-09-25
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 5 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
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Rank:
Third:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 6
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 2
- Scott Simon Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Listener Limerick Challenge; Not My Job about fashion; Panel Round; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Bluff the Listener about a recent study which offered a scientific explanation for a work of fiction; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what office will Pamela Anderson run for?
Carl Kasell did not mention the location where Peter Sagal was recording from during the show. A presumption is made that Peter is recording from WBEZ Studios, the usual location for shows from that time.
All three questions for the first Who's Carl This Time? segment were multiple choice questions where each panelist provided a possible answer, but only one had the correct answer. The listener contestant chose Roxanne Roberts for the first question, but Charlie Pierce had the correct answer. For the second question, the listener chose Charlie, but Roxanne had the correct answer. For the third question, the listener chose Charlie, but Adam Felber had the correct answer.