Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page

Show Details: 2007

2007-01-06

Best Of NPR DB ID: 27
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Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job guests from 2006

2007-01-13

NPR DB ID: 26
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Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Adam Felber
Correct: Amy Dickinson
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new ways to attract people to vacation spots, Not My Job about "The Lives They Lived", Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will cell phone companies will compete against the iPhone?

2007-01-20

NPR DB ID: 25
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Panelists
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new innovations for cars, Not My Job about Pia Zadora, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will change Barack Obama's image?
Notes

During the Not My Job segment, Roxanne Roberts mentioned that her son had been downloading and listening to various songs purportedly made by "Weird Al" Yankovic, but weren't. This caused "Weird Al" to say that one of them, about changing restroom signs, was not his. This led to a bit of embarrassment for Roxanne.

Roxanne had another bit of geekdom embarrassment when she confused Wookies as being in Star Trek. Peter had to correct Roxanne.

At the end of the Roxanne's Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Peter stated that he thought about not giving Roxanne the last point as he kind of wanted Paula Poundstone to tie with Roxanne. Peter's conscience kicked in and gave the win to Roxanne.

2007-01-27

NPR DB ID: 24
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Kyrie O'Connor
Correct: Kyrie O'Connor
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about not-so-private private journals, Not My Job about colors, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the first Democrat to pull out from the 2008 presidential campaign?
Notes

Although Mo Rocca is a regular guest judge on "Iron Chef America", he did not appear as a panelist with Iron Chef Batali

2007-02-03

NPR DB ID: 23
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Paul Provenza
Correct: 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
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Correct: Sue Ellicott
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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
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Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roy Blount, Jr.
Correct: Roy Blount, Jr.
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
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Panelists
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Kyrie O'Connor
Correct: Kyrie O'Connor
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?

2007-03-03

NPR DB ID: 19
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Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Correct: Paula Poundstone
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Must See Carl TV, Bluff the Listener about embarrassed politicians on film, Not My Job about Russian millionaires, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will be Al Gore's next success after his Oscar?
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Paula mentions "IHOP"; Tony Snow gets "caught" with an inconsistency (running into a tree while at President Bush's ranch) and faux-stumped when asked if President Bush listens to the show

2007-03-10

NPR DB ID: 18
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Panelists
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Amy Dickinson
Correct: Amy Dickinson
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Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about practical jokes of the wealthy, Not My Job about Battle Mountain, Nevada (named the "Armpit of America", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the opening sentence in Jenna Bush's new book?
Notes

For Amy Dickinson's last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question, discussing birth control for squirrels, Adam Felber gave the classic line, "Straight Talk About Nuts".

2007-03-17

NPR DB ID: 17
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Charlie Pierce
Correct: Paul Provenza
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about daytime TV shows, Not My Job about Andy Sidaris, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what are some of President Bush's souvenir from his trip to Latin America?

2007-03-24

NPR DB ID: 16
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Luke Burbank
Correct: Luke Burbank
Description
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Not My Job about strange rock 'n' roll lifestyle, Bluff the Listener about little mistakes with significant impacts, Panelist Predictions: what memo will be found that will force Alberto Gonzales to resign?
Notes

Justice Stephen Breyer is the first Supreme Court Justice to appear on a game show.

Several members of audience chanted "Luuuuuuke" when Luke was introduced by Peter; Paula mentions "IHOP" again; hilarious interaction between the panelists, Peter and Justice Breyer including discussion about his robe.

Another hilarious bluff by Mo, in which the listener contestant is from the same city as referenced in Mo's bluff. When asked what two spiders did during Mo's Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Mo answered, in his unique manner, "knife fight!". The answer was "snuggling", to which Mo came back with "that's a lot of snuggling!"

2007-03-31

NPR DB ID: 15
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: Adam Felber
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Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new real estate marketing techniques, Not My Job about Quentin Tarantino, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Washington D.C.'s next tourism catch phrase?
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The answer to Tom's last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question is the whole "Peepers The Duck" being dropped during a failed shoplifting gateway at a Linen 'N Things store. Hilarity ensued.

2007-04-07

NPR DB ID: 14
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: P.J. O'Rourke
Correct: P.J. O'Rourke
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about second careers, Not My Job about Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what are the contents of gift bags given to British sailors by Iran?

2007-04-14

NPR DB ID: 13
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roy Blount, Jr.
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about art classics getting a modern update, Not My Job about carnival and sideshow lingo, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be Don Imus's next venture?

2007-04-21

NPR DB ID: 12
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Adam Felber
Correct: Paula Poundstone
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about big plans with big downfalls, Not My Job the inventor of sea monkeys (Harold von Braunhut), Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be some of the clues in Bill Clinton's New York Time crossword puzzle?
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In response to the number of great-grand children and great-great-grand children that singer Don Ho had, Peter described them as "nappy bottomed Hos" as a pun on Don Imus's slur

2007-04-28

NPR DB ID: 11
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Adam Felber
Correct: Adam Felber
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Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about strange patents and inventions, Bluff the Listener about NASA scandals, Panelist Predictions: what will presidential letters from the future contain?
Notes

Paula dishes out some negativity in regards to Cleveland, Ohio. This was brought up in 2008-02-23 during the interview with Drew Carey. Sue Ellicott's last regular appearance?

2007-05-05

NPR DB ID: 10
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Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the movie flop "Sahara", Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what happened to Queen Elizabeth while she was in the US?
Notes

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

2007-05-12

NPR DB ID: 9
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roy Blount, Jr.
Correct: Paul Provenza
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Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about odd pieces of history, Not My Job about Roger Clemens, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will French President Nicolas Sarkozy make France more like the US?

2007-05-19

NPR DB ID: 8
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Kyrie O'Connor
Correct: Kyrie O'Connor
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about media companies gunning for first place, Not My Job about people who aren't "People persons", Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what happened during Tony Blair's sleepover at the White House?

2007-05-26

NPR DB ID: 7
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Angela Nissel
Correct: Mo Rocca
Description
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about news stories that sound like soap opera plots, Not My Job about Bunny Allen, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Carl's next on-air flap?
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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

2007-06-02

NPR DB ID: 6
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Panelists
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: P.J. O'Rourke
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about celebrity treatment centers, Bluff the Listener about false alarms in the news, Panelist Predictions: what television actor will be next to enter into presidential politics?

2007-06-09

NPR DB ID: 5
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
Description
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about two things coming together to create something amazing, Not My Job about odd ideas for military technology, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: how will "Scooter" Libby get a sentence as short as Paris Hilton?

2007-06-16

NPR DB ID: 4
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: Mo Rocca
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Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about odd keepsakes, Not My Job about questions that would stump Donny Osmond, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will Paris Hilton help humanity?

2007-06-23

NPR DB ID: 3
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Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Luke Burbank
Correct: Charlie Pierce
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about polite society, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Michael Bloomberg's party name?
Notes

Several members of audience chanted "Luuuuuuke" when Luke was introduced by Peter

2007-06-30

NPR DB ID: 2
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
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Chosen: Roy Blount, Jr.
Correct: Roy Blount, Jr.
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Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about consultants for consultants, Not My Job about interesting CIA contacts during the 50s and 60s, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first flaw of the iPhone?
Notes

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! visits Portland, Oregon for the second time.

2007-07-07

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1
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Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several show favorite Not My Job guests from 2007

2007-07-14

NPR DB ID: 80
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Paul Provenza
Correct: Kyrie O'Connor
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Philadelphia Phillies, Bluff the Listener about gullible people, Panelist Predictions: which of the 18 benchmarks that the Iraqi government will achieve?

2007-07-21

NPR DB ID: 133
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roy Blount, Jr.
Correct: Roy Blount, Jr.
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job not about "Scooter" Libby, Bluff the Listener about unusual summer camps, Panelist Predictions: what the next popular fantasy series after Harry Potter?
Notes

After Patrick Fitzgerald was not able to answer two or more Not My Job questions correctly, an "appeal" was filed and Patrick won the game even with only one correct answer.

2007-07-28

NPR DB ID: 134
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Guest: Luke Burbank
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: Tom Bodett
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about toughness, Not My Job about "World Weekly News", And You Can Quote Me on That, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next contagious thing?
Notes

Limited audience chanting of "Luuuuuuke", in which Luke retorts that for each second of chanting would be one less second that Mo Rocca can make jokes. Tom Bodett finished his Bluff the Listener story with his famous "We'll leave the light on for you" tagline from his Motel 6 adverts.

2007-08-04

NPR DB ID: 135
Host
Guest: Luke Burbank
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about "The Golden Girls", Not My Job about Tom Snyder, Who's Carl This Time Round II, Panelist Predictions: which of presidential candidates will commit the next fashion faux pas?
Notes

Limited audience chanting of "Luuuuuuke"

2007-08-11

NPR DB ID: 136
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Kyrie O'Connor
Correct: Kyrie O'Connor
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about public speeches gone awry, Not My Job about BALCO founder Victor Conte from "Game of Shadows", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next tainted record to be set?

2007-08-18

NPR DB ID: 137
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Guest: Korva Coleman
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Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Mo Rocca
Correct: Mo Rocca
Description
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about boosting prison inmate morale, Not My Job about fringe political candidates, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what is next for Karl Rove after he leaves the White House?

2007-08-25

NPR DB ID: 138
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Guest: Korva Coleman
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Kyrie O'Connor
Correct: Charlie Pierce
Description
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about designs with unintended features, Not My Job about opinions of new MRE field rations, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Bush's next comparison to the Iraq War?
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Deputy White House Press Secretary Dana Perino was called in regards to Rove's opinion of Barney (President Bush's dog), Bob Saget gets bleeped

2007-09-01

NPR DB ID: 139
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Guest: Korva Coleman
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roy Blount, Jr.
Correct: Roy Blount, Jr.
Description
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about taking advantage of the five senses, Not My Job about "The Price Is Right", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Senator Larry Craig prove he is not gay?
Notes

Peter admitted on the 2007-09-22 show that Paula Poundstone actually had 5 correct answers during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, rather than the 4 that Peter/Korva gave her credit for. Paula's score for this show reflects the incorrect score since it cannot be retroactively changed.

2007-09-08

NPR DB ID: 140
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Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: P.J. O'Rourke
Correct: Mo Rocca
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about airline flying experience, Not My Job about the Ford Edsel, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next scientific bombshell to drop?

2007-09-15

NPR DB ID: 141
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roy Blount, Jr.
Correct: Kyrie O'Connor
Description
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about ways the government has tried to reach out to its citizens, Not My Job about food products that have failed, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Britney Spears revive her career?
Notes

After Kyrie guessed "a cat" in her last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round question, Mo made several meowing sounds in response.

2007-09-22

NPR DB ID: 142
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Correct: Paula Poundstone
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about customer dis-service, Not My Job about the strangest science experiments, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next news story making a comeback from the 1990's?
Notes

Peter admitted that they had robbed Paula of 2 points in the 2007-09-01 show and will "right the wrong" on this show; Peter predicted at the beginning of the show that it will be a good day for Paula. Paula got enough questions correct in the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round without any "additional assistance".

2007-09-29

NPR DB ID: 143
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: Tom Bodett
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about putting limits on a good thing, Not My Job about movie producer Joel Silver, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad do next after his failed attempt as a stand-up comic?

2007-10-06

NPR DB ID: 144
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Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Adam Felber
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about politicians attempt to get attention backfired, Not My Job about croquet, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will children strike back at President Bush for his veto of the children's health insurance plan expansion (SCHIP)?

2007-10-13

NPR DB ID: 145
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Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Correct: Paula Poundstone
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about business strategies that have backfired, Not My Job about a Disney-created Florida suburb called Celebration, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: which worker's union will go on strike?

2007-10-20

NPR DB ID: 146
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Amy Dickinson
Correct: Amy Dickinson
Description
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about new strategies in preventing crime, Not My Job about mistakes in journalism, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: after the revelation of Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are related, who else will be discovered to be related?
Notes

Amy Dickinson said that she didn't think she had won before and Peter was doubtful of that. Amy had tied for first at least seven times and won outright at least twice in 2010: 2010-02-03 and 2010-03-10.

2007-10-27

Best Of NPR DB ID: 147
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Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! where Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell, Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett, Paula Poundstone, Charlie Pierce and Kyrie O'Connor review their favorite moments from the past ten years

2007-11-03

NPR DB ID: 148
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Panelists
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new services in the hotel industry, Not My Job about Los Angeles billboard sensation, Angelyne, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Prediction: what will Shirley MacLaine reveal about a presidential candidate?
Notes

The name of the Bluff the Listener round is "We'll Leave the Light on for You", which is the tagline used by panelist Tom Bodett's Motel 6 adverts, though Tom was not one of the panelists for this show.

2007-11-10

NPR DB ID: 149
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: Paul Provenza
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about prison innovations, Not My Job about wrestling's Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison), Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what lines of dialogue will be spoken during prime time while TV show writers are on strike?
Notes

Paul Provenza's had his first win on the show

2007-11-17

NPR DB ID: 150
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Paula Poundstone
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about trying to keep people out, Not My Job about vacationing in North Korea, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Matt Damon first do as "People's" sexiest man alive?
Notes

Paula was a bit jealous about the court and lawyer crackdown in Pakistan, particularly that the lawyers were being hit with sticks. Roxanne asks Paula, "spend a lot of times around lawyers, huh?". This lead to a little laughter when the listener playing the Listener Limerick Challenge said that she was a lawyer.

Peter went a bit too far with conjugations of the Hebrew neologism "le condel", with Charlie threatening Peter if he did anymore conjugations.

When Paula had a hard time coming up with "Ho, ho, ho!", Peter and the other panelists gave her interesting hints about what mall Santas can no longer say in Australia. The entire bit got really funny when Paula went down the route of what Don Imus said to got him kicked off of the air.

The podcast version of the show Listener Limerick Challenge and Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank duplicated.wywy

2007-11-24

Best Of NPR DB ID: 151
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Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Not My Job segments
Notes

This show is about the same as the 2006-08-05 show, with the exception of Brian Williams being the first Not My Job segment rather than Barack Obama.

2007-12-01

NPR DB ID: 152
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roy Blount, Jr.
Correct: Roy Blount, Jr.
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about fading traditions, Not My Job about questionable toys from a list compiled by Cracked.com, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: which celebrity next endorse a 2008 presidential candidate?
Notes

After Peter asked if anyone had followed the meeting between President Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas, and Adam smartly replying "religiously", an audience member booed. This led to a great reaction from the panelists, with Adam retorting "What? ... Booed that early" and Amy cracking up.

2007-12-08

NPR DB ID: 153
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Mo Rocca
Correct: Mo Rocca
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the kangaroo, Not My Job about Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: which 2008 presidential candidate will be next to reveal a secret from kindergarten?
Notes

Dana Perino is the second White House Press Secretary from the Bush Administration to appear on the show.

2007-12-15

NPR DB ID: 154
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Amy Dickinson
Correct: Amy Dickinson
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unexpected medical warnings, Not My Job about eccentric British Lords, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Major League Baseball straighten itself out after the release of the Mitchell report on steroid use.
Notes

During the Listener Limerick Challenge round, one of the answers dealt with a computer program that interacts with people on Russian dating/romance sites. Upon hearing that, Amy twice cried out "No!" Paula had a lot of fun and ranted about the "love chat" bit. After Carl stated that the listener had correctly completed the three limericks, Paula exclaimed, "Brent was a genius!"

2007-12-22

NPR DB ID: 155
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Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Charlie Pierce
Correct: Charlie Pierce
Description
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about trouble-making in the workplace, Not My Job about worst business decisions made in 2007 published in Fortune magazine, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what New Year's resolution will be made by one of the newsmakers in 2007?

2007-12-29

Best Of NPR DB ID: 156
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Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites