Show Details: April 2008
2008-04-05
- First: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about cartoon characters protecting their brand, Not My Job about April Fool's Day pranks as collected by the "Times of London", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what newsmaker nicknames will be revealed to the public?
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! was one of thirty-five recipients to be awarded the 67th Annual Peabody Award.
Tom Bodett's Bluff the Listener story involved enhanced mice touted as "Pinky and The Brain", which Tom did voiceover work on as well as "The Animaniacs"; during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Tom tried to get a point by passing off Darth Vader (the current answer) an "uber" Storm Trooper (Tom's response), in which Peter went on exclaim that "Darth Vader is a fallen Jedi, whereas Storm Troopers are clones, and it's just not the same. Moving on, Moving on!".
2008-04-12
- First: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Tom Bodett Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new game for the Nintendo Wii, Not My Job about the Prohibition, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next PR nightmare for the Beijing Olympics?
2008-04-19
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Tom Bodett Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about pheromones, Bluff the Listener about extreme ways to motivate employees, Panelist Predictions: what present did President Bush give to the Pope for his birthday?
2008-04-26
- First Tied: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 5)
- First Tied: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Drew Carey Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
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Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about family restaurants trying to sharpen their image, Not My Job about a short-lived play called "Moose Murders", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will President Bush turn up next after his appearance on "Deal or No Deal"?
Drew Carey joins the panel; Carl Kassel is out on jury duty, to which Drew asked if the defendant would give a message from Carl.
The topic of "Truck Nutz" during the second panelist round.