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Show Details: February 2007
2007-02-03
NPR
DB ID: 23
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Amy Dickinson 13 (3 / 5)
- Second: Tom Bodett 10 (2 / 4)
- Third: Paul Provenza 7 (3 / 2)
Guests
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
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Adam Felber 14 (4 / 5)
- Second: Sue Ellicott 11 (1 / 5)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 9 (3 / 3)
Guests
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
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 16 (4 / 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca 12 (2 / 5)
Guests
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
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Kyrie O'Connor 16 (4 / 6)
- Second: Charlie Pierce 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke 10 (2 / 4)
Guests
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?