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Show Details: 2007
2007-01-06
2007-01-13
- First: Adam Felber 14 (6 / 4)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 13 (1 / 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca 9 (1 / 4)
2007-01-20
- First: Roxanne Roberts 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Paula Poundstone 15 (1 / 7)
- Third: Tom Bodett 13 (3 / 5)
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
- First Tied: Charlie Pierce 13 (3 / 5)
- First Tied: Kyrie O'Connor 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. 10 (2 / 4)
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
- First: Amy Dickinson 13 (3 / 5)
- Second: Tom Bodett 10 (2 / 4)
- Third: Paul Provenza 7 (3 / 2)
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
- First: Adam Felber 14 (4 / 5)
- Second: Sue Ellicott 11 (1 / 5)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 9 (3 / 3)
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. 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 16 (4 / 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca 12 (2 / 5)
2007-02-24
- First: Kyrie O'Connor 16 (4 / 6)
- Second: Charlie Pierce 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke 10 (2 / 4)
2007-03-03
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. 14 (2 / 6)
- Second: Paula Poundstone 12 (4 / 4)
- Third: Roxanne Roberts 10 (2 / 4)
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
- First: Amy Dickinson 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Adam Felber 15 (3 / 6)
- Third: Tom Bodett 12 (0 / 6)
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
- First: Charlie Pierce 15 (5 / 5)
- Second Tied: Kyrie O'Connor 12 (0 / 6)
- Second Tied: Paul Provenza 12 (2 / 5)
2007-03-24
- First Tied: Luke Burbank 14 (4 / 5)
- First Tied: Mo Rocca 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 12 (2 / 5)
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
- First Tied: Adam Felber 16 (2 / 7)
- First Tied: Angela Nissel 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Tom Bodett 14 (4 / 5)
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
- First: Tom Bodett 15 (1 / 7)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke 11 (3 / 4)
- Yo-Yo Ma 2
2007-04-14
- First: Roxanne Roberts 16 (2 / 7)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: Luke Burbank 12 (2 / 5)
2007-04-21
- First: Adam Felber 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Kyrie O'Connor 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 12 (2 / 5)
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
- First: Paula Poundstone 17 (3 / 7)
- Second Tied: Adam Felber 13 (3 / 5)
- Second Tied: Sue Ellicott 13 (1 / 6)
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
- First: Tom Bodett 14 (2 / 6)
- Second: Charlie Pierce 13 (1 / 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 12 (2 / 5)
The first caller is Jimmy Jellinek, the editor-in-chief of Maxim.
2007-05-12
- First: Roxanne Roberts 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. 9 (3 / 3)
- Third: Paul Provenza 8 (2 / 3)
2007-05-19
- First: Adam Felber 13 (3 / 5)
- Second: Charlie Pierce 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Kyrie O'Connor 11 (3 / 4)
2007-05-26
- First: Mo Rocca 14 (2 / 6)
- Second: Angela Nissel 12 (4 / 4)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 10 (2 / 4)
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
- First: Tom Bodett 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke 8 (2 / 3)
2007-06-09
- First: Adam Felber 18 (4 / 7)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 15 (3 / 6)
- Third: Paul Provenza 11 (1 / 5)
2007-06-16
- First: Mo Rocca 14 (2 / 6)
- Second: Tom Bodett 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 7 (3 / 2)
2007-06-23
- First: Kyrie O'Connor 17 (3 / 7)
- Second Tied: Charlie Pierce 14 (2 / 6)
- Second Tied: Luke Burbank 14 (4 / 5)
Several members of audience chanted "Luuuuuuke" when Luke was introduced by Peter
2007-06-30
- First: Adam Felber 16 (2 / 7)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Amy Dickinson 11 (3 / 4)
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! visits Portland, Oregon for the second time.
2007-07-07
2007-07-14
- First: Kyrie O'Connor 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Charlie Pierce 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Paul Provenza 13 (3 / 5)
2007-07-21
- First: Adam Felber 19 (3 / 8)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 17 (3 / 7)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. 14 (2 / 6)
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
- First: Paula Poundstone 13 (3 / 5)
- Second: Mo Rocca 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Tom Bodett 9 (3 / 3)
- Jim Dale 1
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
- First: Roxanne Roberts 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Adam Felber 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Charlie Pierce 13 (3 / 5)
Limited audience chanting of "Luuuuuuke"
2007-08-11
- First Tied: Tom Bodett 12 (2 / 5)
- First Tied: Kyrie O'Connor 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 11 (3 / 4)
2007-08-18
- First: Mo Rocca 18 (2 / 8)
- Second: Tom Bodett 15 (1 / 7)
- Third: Amy Dickinson 14 (2 / 6)
- Ron Paul 2
2007-08-25
- First: Kyrie O'Connor 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Mo Rocca 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Charlie Pierce 14 (2 / 6)
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
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. 11 (3 / 4)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 10 (2 / 4)
- Second Tied: Angela Nissel 10 (2 / 4)
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
- First: Mo Rocca 16 (2 / 7)
- Second: P.J. O'Rourke 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: Amy Dickinson 7 (1 / 3)
2007-09-15
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. 18 (4 / 7)
- Second: Mo Rocca 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Kyrie O'Connor 12 (2 / 5)
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
- First: Paula Poundstone 13 (3 / 5)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Paul Provenza 10 (2 / 4)
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
- First: Charlie Pierce 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Tom Bodett 13 (3 / 5)
2007-10-06
- First: Adam Felber 14 (4 / 5)
- Second Tied: Roxanne Roberts 13 (3 / 5)
- Second Tied: Mo Rocca 13 (1 / 6)
2007-10-13
- First: Paula Poundstone 16 (4 / 6)
- Second: Charlie Pierce 15 (1 / 7)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. 14 (2 / 6)
2007-10-20
- First: Amy Dickinson 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Paul Provenza 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Tom Bodett 10 (2 / 4)
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
2007-11-03
- First: Roxanne Roberts 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Paula Poundstone 11 (3 / 4)
- Third: Mo Rocca 9 (3 / 3)
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
- First: Paul Provenza 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Tom Bodett 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: Kyrie O'Connor 12 (2 / 5)
Paul Provenza's had his first win on the show
2007-11-17
- First: Roxanne Roberts 17 (3 / 7)
- Second Tied: Charlie Pierce 10 (2 / 4)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 10 (2 / 4)
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
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
- First: Adam Felber 17 (3 / 7)
- Second Tied: Roy Blount, Jr. 14 (4 / 5)
- Second Tied: Amy Dickinson 14 (2 / 6)
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
- First: Kyrie O'Connor 16 (2 / 7)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca 13 (3 / 5)
Dana Perino is the second White House Press Secretary from the Bush Administration to appear on the show.
2007-12-15
- First: Tom Bodett 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Paula Poundstone 9 (1 / 4)
- Third: Amy Dickinson 8 (4 / 2)
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
- First: Roxanne Roberts 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Adam Felber 15 (3 / 6)
- Third: Charlie Pierce 12 (2 / 5)