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Show Details: May 2007

2007-05-05

NPR DB ID: 10
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • Rank: First: Tom Bodett Total: 14
    Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
  • Rank: Second: Charlie Pierce Total: 13
    Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
  • Rank: Third: Paula Poundstone Total: 12
    Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
Not My Job Guest(s)
Description

Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Listener Limerick Challenge; Not My Job about the box office flop "Sahara" from a "Los Angeles Times" article about the failed production; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will happen to Queen Elizabeth during her trip to the United States?

Notes

The first caller is Jimmy Jellinek, the editor-in-chief of Maxim.

2007-05-12

NPR DB ID: 9
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Correct Paul Provenza
Description

Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about odd pieces of history in the news; Not My Job about future Hall of Fame pitcher, Roger Clemens; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will new French President Nicolas Sarkozy do to make France more like the USA?

2007-05-19

NPR DB ID: 8
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • Rank: First: Adam Felber Total: 13
    Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
  • Rank: Second: Charlie Pierce Total: 12
    Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
  • Rank: Third: Kyrie O'Connor Total: 11
    Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Correct Kyrie O'Connor
Description

Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about media companies doing whatever they can to stay on top; Not My Job about people you wouldn't say are "People persons"; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Panelist Predictions: what happened during Tony Blair's sleepover at the White House?

2007-05-26

NPR DB ID: 7
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • Rank: First: Mo Rocca Total: 14
    Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
  • Rank: Second: Angela Nissel Total: 12
    Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
  • Rank: Third: Paula Poundstone Total: 10
    Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Angela Nissel
Correct Mo Rocca
Description

Carl Kasell's Countdown; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about a news story that sounded like a soap opera plot; Not My Job about the life of Bunny Allen: big game hunter extraordinaire; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after Carl made a gaffe during a newscast this week, what will be Carl's next on-air mistake?

Notes

Peter starts the show with Carl Kasell's on-air Freudian Slip by accidentally calling Monica Goodling, "Monica Lewinsky", then quickly correcting himself mid-word