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Show Details: July 2006

2006-07-01

NPR DB ID: 54
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Luke Burbank
Chosen Luke Burbank
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new safety devices, Not My Job about Superman, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the villain in the next Superman movie?

Notes

Another instance where Mo Rocca uses the surname "Bagnoli" in this Bluff the Listener story.

2006-07-08

Best Of Repeat: 2006-01-07 NPR DB ID: 53
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

2006-07-15

NPR DB ID: 52
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about deep fryers in history, Not My Job about the bikini, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what's next for soccer star Zinedine Zidane?

Notes

Janeane Garofalo uses SAT tips to answer the Not My Job questions and bombs humorously

2006-07-22

NPR DB ID: 51
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Description

Who's Carl This Time? all about the G8 summit, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about competitive eating, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person unaware of a live microphone?

Notes

Regarding NPR's not censoring President Bush's swearing, Mo called NPR as "National Potty-Mouth Radio"

2006-07-29

NPR DB ID: 50
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about toys getting a modern makeover, Not My Job about complaint letters sent to New York City mayors, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what the Iraqi premier really wanted to say to Congress?

Notes

During the second panelist round, Roxanne Roberts made a pun with "Kurds and Whey" regarding Kurdish state in Iraq.

After Roxanne answered all of her Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly, including a question about inflatable body in a car's glove box, Peter noted that Luke Burbank has been deflated and can be put back into the glove compartment. Luke's deflated response was "Thanks Peter, that's totally what I needed."