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Show Details: September 2006

2006-09-02

Best Of NPR DB ID: 45
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Description

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! including: psychic Adam Felber and "embarrassing" answers, Roxanne and Mo lengthy attempts to correctly answer their questions, Dick Cheney incident, P.J. aggrieved rants, Bluff the Listener about KISS, Not My Job with D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams about Turkmenistan, panelists working together and thinking alike

Notes

At the start of the final segment, Peter Sagal mentioned that the clips came from the "May 15th" show. There was no show that aired on 2006-05-15. Instead, the clips came from the 2006-05-13 show.

2006-09-09

NPR DB ID: 44
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about suburban innovations, Not My Job about the Stanford University marching band, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Katie Couric's "CBS Evening News" closing quote?

2006-09-16

NPR DB ID: 43
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about protests with unintended outcomes, Not My Job about questions to stump a fashion designer, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Panelist Predictions: how will Tucker Carlson's come back after doing poorly on "Dancing with the Stars"?

Notes

Four words: Carl Kasell on helium

2006-09-23

NPR DB ID: 42
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about forgotten icons of the 1980s, Not My Job about "Presidential Doodles", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what comeback will President Bush have for Hugo Chavez?

Notes

Peter and the panelists have fun with George Allen's initial insistence that he is not Jewish, although he is

2006-09-30

NPR DB ID: 41
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Description

"Wait Wait" Television, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Bill "Bill-O" O'Reilly, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: how Bill Clinton will lose his temper next time?

Notes

The listener for the Listener Limerick Challenge round seemed either impatient or pressed for time and didn't want the guys to dilly dally too much and told the guys to move on to the next limerick twice.