Show Details: 2007
2007-01-06
- Craig Ferguson Score: 1
- Dave Barry Score: 2
- Gwen Ifill Score: 2
- Calvin Trillin Score: 2
- Kevin Clash and Elmo Score: 2
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job guests from 2006
2007-01-13
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 6 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Second:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Mo Rocca
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 4
- Christine Todd Whitman Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about famous vacation spots trying something new to attract visitors; Not My Job about questions taken from "The New York Times Magazine" annual tribute to people who died in the previous year called "The Lives They Lived"; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will cell phone companies will compete with the Apple iPhone?
2007-01-20
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- "Weird Al" Yankovic Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about new innovations to make your car the envy of driveways all over the neighborhood; Not My Job about the life, loves and lore of actress/singer Pia Zadora; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will change Barack Obama's (D-IL) stellar image?
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.
After Roxanne finished answering her Lightning Fill In The Blank questions, 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
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Rank:
First Tied:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
First Tied:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Mario Batali Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about private journals made public; Not My Job about the Color Marketing Group, an organizatio that predicts what colors will be popular in near future; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: who will be the first Democratic candidate in the 2008 presidential race to drop out?
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
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Rank:
First:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Tom Bodett
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Paul Provenza
Total: 7
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 2
- John Mellencamp Score: 0
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
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Sue Ellicott
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Phil Bronstein Score: 1
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
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Rank:
First:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Mo Rocca
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Roland Mesnier Score: 1
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
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Score: 0
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?
2007-03-03
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Rank:
First:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Tony Snow Score: 1
Must See Carl TV; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about politicians embarrassed on film; Not My Job about the excesses of Russia's new millionaires from a "Los Angeles Times" article; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time?; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will Al Gore follow up his Oscar success?
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
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Rank:
First:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 0 Correct: 6
- Robert Wagner and Jill St. John Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about posh folks acting juvenile; Not My Job about the town of Battle Mountain, Nevada, dubbed the "Armpit of America" by "The Washington Post"; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the first sentence in Jenna Bush's upcoming book?
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
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Rank:
First:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 5 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 0 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Paul Provenza
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Martha Raddatz Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about daytime TV shows trying to make a difference in the world; Not My Job about the groundbreaking director and producer, Andy Sidaris, whose contributions to cinema were remembered after he passed away this past week; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what souvenir did President Bush bring back from his trip to Latin America?
2007-03-24
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Rank:
First Tied:
Luke Burbank
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
First Tied:
Mo Rocca
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Stephen Breyer Score: 0
Carl Kasell's Countdown; Opening Panel Round; Not My Job about the rock 'n' roll lifestyle taken from a recent article in "Blender" magazine; Panel Round #2; Bluff the Listener about little mistakes with big consequences; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what memo will be discovered that will finally force Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign?
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 for one of Mo's Lightning Fill In The Blank questions, 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
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Rank:
First Tied:
Adam Felber
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
First Tied:
Angela Nissel
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
- John Pizzarelli Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about new ways to market real estate in the United States; Not My Job about filmmaker Quentin Tarantino from a "GQ" interview; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will Washington D.C., choose as its next tourism catch phrase?
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
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Yo-Yo Ma Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about people finding second careers, Not My Job about Henry Kissinger's relationship with President Nixon taken from an article in "Vanity Fair" magazine; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what was in those gift bags given to the British sailors by the Iranian president?
2007-04-14
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Luke Burbank
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Julia Sweeney Score: 3
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about art classics getting a modern day update; Not My Job about the carnival and sideshow language from the book "Talk the Talk: The Slang of 65 American Subcultures"; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what's next for Dom Imus?
2007-04-21
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Jonathan Gold Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about very big plans, with very big potential downsides; Not My Job about the inventor of sea monkeys, Harold von Braunhut; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be Bill Clinton's question and a clue in his crossword puzzle for "The New York Times"?
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
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Adam Felber
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Sue Ellicott
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
- Linda Ronstadt Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Not My Job about strange, but real, patents in recent years; Panel Round #2; Bluff the Listener about scandals from NASA's storied history; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be in the letters that future presidents will send?
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 show appearance.
2007-05-05
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Ted Koppel Score: 1
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?
The first caller is Jimmy Jellinek, the editor-in-chief of Maxim.
2007-05-12
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
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Rank:
Third:
Paul Provenza
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Nanci Griffith Score: 2
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
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Robert Lutz Score: 0
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
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Rank:
First:
Mo Rocca
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Angela Nissel
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Dennis Kucinich Score: 3
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?
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
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Elizabeth Edwards Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Not My Job about treatment centers for celebrities; Panel Round #2; Bluff the Listener about false alarms in the news; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: inspired by Fred Thompson, who will be the next person to jump from TV to presidential politics?
2007-06-09
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Paul Provenza
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 5
- Tony Wheeler Score: 1
Carl Kasell's Countdown; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about two great things coming together to become even more awesome; Not My Job about those wacky scientists at the Defense Department and their kooky ideas for military technology, taken from a BBC article; Panel Round #2; Panel Round #3; Who's Carl This Time?; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will Scooter Libby get a sentence as short as Paris Hilton's?
2007-06-16
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Rank:
First:
Mo Rocca
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Tom Bodett
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 7
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 2
- Donny Osmond Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about unlikely keepsakes in the news; Not My Job about three questions specifically designed to stump Donny Osmond; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that Paris Hilton says she's been given a second chance at life, how will she help humanity?
2007-06-23
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Luke Burbank
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
- Michael Moore Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about new illnesses that we never expected to hear about; Not My Job about polite society for a man who is not known for being particularly polite; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will Michael Bloomberg name his party?
Several members of audience chanted "Luuuuuuke" when Luke was introduced by Peter
2007-06-30
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Gert Boyle Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about consultants who are consulting things we didn't know required consulting; Not My Job about one of the CIA's more entertaining documents: an internal study about the cranks who contacted the CIA in the 50s and 60s; Panel Round #2: Wait Wait On The Trail; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the first flaw in Apple's iPhone?
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! visits Portland, Oregon for the second time. Although Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell said that the show was recorded at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, the venue was the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
When Peter asked how well Adam Felber did after answering his set of Lightning Fill In The Blank questions, Carl said that Adam had a total of 16 points. When Peter asked Carl if Amy Dickinson did well enough to win, Carl said that she did not not beat Adam 18 points in order to win. Since Carl said Adam had 16 points right after Adam finished his questions, that is the score that has been recorded.
2007-07-07
- Ted Koppel Score: 1
- Stephen Breyer Score: 0
- Linda Ronstadt Score: 1
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several show favorite Not My Job guests from 2007
2007-07-14
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Paul Provenza
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Letitia Baldrige Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Listener Limerick Challenge; Not My Job about the Philadelphia Phillies, who by losing 10,000 games have come the losing-est franchise in all of sports; Panel Round #2: Wait Wait On The Trail; Bluff the Listener about gullible people; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the first of 18 benchmarks achieved by the Iraqi government?
2007-07-21
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 19
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 8
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Rank:
Second:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- Patrick Fitzgerald Score: 1 *
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about questions specifically created to not be about Scooter Libby; Panel Round #2; Bluff the Listener about unusual summer camps; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that the final Harry Potter book has arrived, what will be the next fantasy series to consume popular culture?
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
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Jim Dale Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about someone who turned out not to be as tough as once thought; Not My Job about "World Weekly News" now that the tabloid is stopping publication; Panel Round #2; And You Can Quote Me On That; Lighthing Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that obesity has been found to be contagious, what will be the next thing to be catching?
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
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Third:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Phyllis Diller Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about NBC's superstar retirees, Blanche, Rose, Sophia and Dorothy — "The Golden Girls", and what they're doing today; Not My Job about TV star Tom Snyder who died this week at age 71; Panel Round #2; Panel Round #3; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Who's Carl This Time Round II, Panelist Predictions: now that Hillary Clinton's cleavage has become an issue, which presidential candidate will commit the next fashion faux pas?
Limited audience chanting of "Luuuuuuke"
2007-08-11
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Rank:
First Tied:
Tom Bodett
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
First Tied:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Kevin Fitzgerald Score: 3
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round: Wait Wait On The Trail; Bluff the Listener about unfortunate public speeches; Not My Job about BALCO founder Victor Conte taken from the book "Game of Shadows"; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that Barry Bonds has broken Hank Aaron's home run record, what will be the next tainted record set?
2007-08-18
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Rank:
First:
Mo Rocca
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 8
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Rank:
Second:
Tom Bodett
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- Ron Paul Score: 2
Who's Korva This Time?; Bluff the Listener about prison reforms boosting inmate morale; Not My Job about fringe political candidates; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will Karl Rove do now that he's leaving the White House?
2007-08-25
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- Bob Saget Score: 0
Who's Korva This Time?; Panel Questions #1; Bluff the Listener about architecture that looked good on paper, and not so good once the building was completed; Not My Job about how U.S. soldiers rate their new MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) from a document unearthed by SmokingGun.com; Panel Questions #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will the President next compare to the war in Iraq?
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
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Rank:
First:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Angela Nissel
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Judy Blume Score: 0
Who's Korva This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about someone trying to take advantage of the five senses; Not My Job about "The Price Is Right" from a new book about the show; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will Senator Larry Craig prove that he's not gay?
Peter Sagal admitted on the show that aired on 2007-09-22 that Paula Poundstone had answered 5 questions correct for Lightning Fill In The Blank, rather than the 4 that Peter and Korva Coleman gave her credit for. Paula's score for this show reflects the incorrect score since it cannot be retroactively changed.
2007-09-08
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Rank:
First:
Mo Rocca
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 7
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 3
- Mike Huckabee Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about airlines trying to improve the flying experience; Not My Job about the legendary flop, the Ford Edsel, from a "Washington Post" article celebrating the car's 50th anniversary; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that scientists have discovered that men choose their mates based on appearance, what will be the next scientific bombshell to drop?
2007-09-15
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Rank:
First:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Chris Paul Score: 3
Carl Kasell's Countdown; Bluff the Listener about government attempts to reach out to its citizenry; Not My Job about failed food products from a list compiled by MentalFloss.com; Panel Round: Wait Wait On The Trail; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will Britney Spears resurrect her career?
The show page on NPR.org lists the first segment as "Who's Carl This Time?" instead of "Carl Kasell's Countdown" and lists the only panel round segment as "Panel Round Two".
After Kyrie guessed "a cat" in her last Lightning Fill In The Blank question, Mo made several meowing sounds in response.
2007-09-22
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Paul Provenza
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Kevin Smith Score: 3
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Questions #1; Bluff the Listener about customer dis-service; Not My Job about the weirdest science experiments ever from a new book, "Elephants on Acid"; Panel Questions #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next 90s-related news story?
Peter Sagal admitted that they had robbed Paula Poundstone 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.
Four words: South Lake Union Tram.
Paula answered enough Lightning Fill In The Black questions correct without any "additional assistance".
2007-09-29
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Rank:
First:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Dean Kamen Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about restrictions being placed on a good thing; Not My Job about blockbuster movie producer Joel Silver; Panel Round #2: Wait Wait On The Trail; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that Iran's President Ahmadinejad has failed as a stand-up comic, what will be his career move?
2007-10-06
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Mo Rocca
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
- Jeff Garlin Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Questions #1: Wait Wait On The Trail; Bluff the Listener about politicians trying something to get attention that backfired; Not My Job about the sport of croquet; Panel Questions #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will children get back at President Bush for vetoing of the children's health insurance bill?
2007-10-13
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- Anne Garrels Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about business strategies that backfired; Not My Job about Celebration, Florida, the suburb created by Disney; Panel Round #2: Wait Wait On The Trail; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that the Chrysler strike has ended so positively, who will be the next group to go on strike and why?
2007-10-20
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Rank:
First:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Paul Provenza
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Stephen Colbert Score: 2
Carl Kasell's Countdown; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about innovative strategies in crime prevention; Not My Job about mistakes in journalism taken from the book, "Regret the Error"; Panel Round #2: Wait Wait On The Trail; Who's Carl This Time?; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that it has been revealed that Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are cousins, who else will we learn is related?
Amy Dickinson said that she didn't think she had won before and Peter Sagal was doubtful of that. Amy had tied for first once on the 2006-03-25 show and won outright twice on the 2007-02-03 and 2007-03-10 shows.
2007-10-27
- Elizabeth Edwards Score: 2
- Stephen Breyer Score: 0
- Al Michaels Score: 2
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
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Mo Rocca
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Valerie Plame Wilson Score: 0
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about new innovations in the hotel industry; Not My Job about Los Angeles' busty billboard sensation, Angelyne; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Prediction: now that we know Dennis Kucinich saw a UFO, what will Shirley MacLaine next reveal about a presidential candidate?
The name of the Bluff the Listener segment 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
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Rank:
First:
Paul Provenza
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Tom Bodett
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Lynne Cheney Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about innovations in the world of prisons; Not My Job about the life of Lillian Ellison, better known to wrestling fans as the Fabulous Moolah; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that TV writers have gone on strike, our panelists predict lines of dialogue we'll hear during prime time next week
Paul Provenza's notched his first win on the show
2007-11-17
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Robby Benson Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about attempts to keep people out; Not My Job about vacations in North Korea from an article in "The Economist"; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be Matt Damon's first act as "People" magazine's sexiest man alive?
Paula Poundstone was a bit jealous about the court and lawyer crackdown in Pakistan, particularly that the lawyers were being hit with sticks. Roxanne Roberts asks Paula, "spend a lot of times around lawyers, huh?". This lead to laughter when the listener playing the Listener Limerick Challenge said that she was a lawyer.
Peter Sagal went a bit too far with conjugations of the Hebrew neologism "lecondel", with Charlie Pierce 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 the Listener Limerick Challenge and Lightning Fill In The Blank segments were repeated.
2007-11-24
- Brian Williams Score: 2
- Tom Hanks Score: 2
- Terry Gross Score: 2
- Ken Jennings Score: 3
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Not My Job segments
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
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- James Lipton Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about old ways fading away; Not My Job about some questionable toys taken from a list compiled by Cracked.com; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: Now that Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand and Fabio have all told us who they are supporting for President, who will be the next celebrity to endorse one of the 2008 presidential candidates?
During the first Who's Carl This Time? segment, Peter Sagal asked if anyone had followed the meeting between President Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas. Adam Felber responded with "religiously", which led to an audience member booing Adam. This led to a great reaction from the panelists, with Adam retorting "What? ... Booed that early" and Amy Dickinson cracking up.
2007-12-08
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Mo Rocca
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Dana Perino Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about the world's favorite marsupial — the kangaroo and one way it's making our lives better; Not My Job about the holiday staple "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"; Panel Round #2: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: An Inconvenient News Quiz; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: which presidential candidate will next reveal a secret from kindergarten?
Dana Perino is the second White House Press Secretary from the George W. Bush Administration to appear on the show after Tony Snow.
2007-12-15
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 2
- Frank Caliendo Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about unexpected medical warnings; Not My Job about eccentric British Lords, taken from an article in "Vanity Fair"; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what big changes will Major League Baseball make to clean itself up after the release of the Mitchell report on steroids?
During the Listener Limerick Challenge segment, 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
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Herbie Hancock Score: 0
Carl Kasell's Countdown; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about getting into trouble in the workplace; Not My Job about the worst business decisions of 2007, from an article in "Fortune" magazine; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time?; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the New Year's resolution of one of this year's newsmakers?
2007-12-29
- Chris Paul Score: 3
- Anne Garrels Score: 1
- Valerie Plame Wilson Score: 0
- Michael Moore Score: 2
- Robert Lutz Score: 0
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites