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Show Details: May 2006

2006-05-06

NPR DB ID: 62
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Second: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Third: Tom Bodett Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Correct Charlie Pierce
Description

Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about jokes influencing the real world; Not My Job about Turkmenistan dictator Sardar Saparmurat Turkmenbashi; Panel Round #2; Carl Kasell's Lonely-Hearts Club; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will we learn President Bush was saying when he tried to sing the "Star Spangled Banner" in Spanish?

2006-05-13

NPR DB ID: 61
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Adam Felber Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Second: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Third: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 6)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Description

Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Not My Job about some of Hollywood's biggest louts; Listener Limerick Challenge; Carl Kasell's Countdown; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will the NSA hear if they decide to start checking out people's phone calls?

Notes

Tom Hanks erupts at Peter when he misses the first question, Paula's knowledge of food vending in court cracks up the group

2006-05-20

NPR DB ID: 60
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Second Tied: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Second Tied: Mo Rocca Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Correct Kyrie O'Connor
Description

Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about circus acts being applied to real life; Not My Job about the Heimlich maneuver; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: where will Jimmy Hoffa turn up?

Notes

Fish puns

2006-05-27

NPR DB ID: 59
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 18 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Second: Adam Felber Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
  • Third: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 7 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 3)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Correct Roxanne Roberts
Description

Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about this summer's newest exercise craze; Not My Job about cheating in sports; Panel Round #2; Carl Kasell's Cineplex of Wonders; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what super powers will we find out televangelist Pat Robertson possesses?