Show Details: February 2007
2007-02-03
- 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)
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Listener Limerick Challenge; Not My Job about stupid questions reporters ask players during Super Bowl Media Week, as reported in "Sports Illustrated"; Panel Round #2; Bluff the Listener about disrespect in the news; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) make up for his verbal faux pas?
In the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment, 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
- 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)
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about people following ridiculous rules; Not My Job about former White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier's new memoir, "All the President Pastries"; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what, after diapers for driving, will be NASA's next big innovation?
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
- 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)
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about quick and easy ways to save the Earth; Not My Job about foods employed by eaters with less classically trained palettes; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the outcome of the "Scooter" Libby trial?
The previous show's Not My Job segment had questions based on Roland Mesnier's memoir and the Not My Job guest for this show is Roland Mesnier.
2007-02-24
- 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)
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about people whose newfound fame came at a big price; Not My Job about the long-awaited, and long-delayed, Guns N' Roses album, "Chinese Democracy"; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton make up?