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Show Details: January 2006

2006-01-07

Best Of NPR DB ID: 79
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! including: singing mice, "666"/"616" introduction debacle, Not My Job with Maj. Robert Bateman, Paula Poundstone's first win

2006-01-14

NPR DB ID: 78
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Second: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
  • Third: Sue Ellicott Total Score: 8 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 3)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about new workplace vocabulary, Bluff the Listener about cheaters, Panelist Predictions: what are some of the reasons that caused Judge Samuel Alito's wife to cry during his confirmation hearing?

Notes

Listener, an English teacher at "Lick-Wilmerding High School", has problem with rhymes and limericks, while Paula has fun with the name "Lick-Wilmerding" and yells "... POINT LICK-WILMERDING!!!". Interestingly, the answer for the first limerick was "dumb".

2006-01-21

NPR DB ID: 77
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Second Tied: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 5)
  • Second Tied: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Benjamin Franklin, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will NASA find on Pluto with the New Horizon spacecraft?

2006-01-28

NPR DB ID: 76
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Adam Felber Total Score: 18 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Second: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Adam Felber
Chosen Mo Rocca
Description

Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about dangerous clothing, Not My Job about "Worst Business Moments of 2005" by "Business 2.0" magazine, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will appear in the supposed photos with Jack Abramoff and President Bush?

Notes

The first show to be made available as a podcast.