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Show Details: February 2007

2007-02-03

NPR DB ID: 23
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
  • Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
  • Third: Paul Provenza Total Score: 7 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 2)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Paul Provenza
Chosen Tom Bodett
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about stupid questions asked of football players at the Super Bowl, Bluff the Listener about disrespect in the news, Panelist Predictions: how will Joe Biden make up for his verbal slip?

Notes

In the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, when Tom Bodett was asked what was the name of a California energy bill requiring people to use more efficient lighting, Tom responded with "We'll turn off the lights for you"; which is a play on Tom's Motel 6 advert tagline.

2007-02-10

NPR DB ID: 22
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Adam Felber Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 5)
  • Second: Sue Ellicott Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 5)
  • Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 3)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Sue Ellicott
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about following ridiculous rules, Not My Job about Roland Mesnier's memoir "All the President Pastries", Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what are some of the new innovations from NASA?

Notes

During the Not My Job segment, the producers aired a phone call received by Phil Bronstein's editors that referred to a newspaper headline about "pilotless drones" in which the caller went on a rant about "pilotless drones" are "drones".

2007-02-17

NPR DB ID: 21
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Second: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ways to save the Earth, Not My Job about out of the ordinary food, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the outcome of the "Scooter" Libby trial?

2007-02-24

NPR DB ID: 20
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Second: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
  • Third: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about costly newfound fame, Not My Job about the "Chinese Democracy" album by Guns and Roses, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's make up?