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Show Details: April 2008

2008-04-05

NPR DB ID: 511
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • 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)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Correct Kyrie O'Connor
Description

Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about cartoon characters protecting their brand; Not My Job about famous pranks in British history as collected by the "Times of London" on April Fool's Day; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that we know John McCain's high school nickname, what other newsmaker nicknames will be revealed?

Notes

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 segment, 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

NPR DB ID: 512
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • 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)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Tom Bodett
Correct Tom Bodett
Description

Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about a new frontier for the popular gaming console, the Wii; Not My Job about the history of prohibition of alcohol in the U.S. 75 years after its repeal; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next public relations disaster for the Olympics?

2008-04-19

NPR DB ID: 513
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • 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)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Correct Tom Bodett
Description

Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Listener Limerick Challenge; Not My Job about pheromones, taken from the book "Bonk" by Mary Roach; Panel Round #2; Bluff the Listener about employee motivation taken to an extreme; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: The Pope celebrated his 81 birthday at the White House this week, what did President Bush get the Pope for his birthday?

Notes

At the start of the second Panel Round segment, Peter Sagal said that the following segment would be Listener Limerick Challenge instead of Bluff the Listener. The version of the show that aired had the Listener Limerick Challenge and the Bluff the Listener segments swapped positions in the show when compared to previous shows.

2008-04-26

NPR DB ID: 514
Scorekeeper Guest: Korva Coleman
Panelists
  • 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)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Drew Carey
Correct Kyrie O'Connor
Description

Who's Korva This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about family restaurants sharpening their image; Not My Job about the short-lived play "Moose Murders"; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that he's appeared on "Deal or No Deal", where will President Bush turn up next?

Notes

Peter Sagal started the show by saying that Carl Kasell is out on jury duty. Drew Carey, who made his debut appearance as a panelist, asked if somebody gets convicted, does Carl leave a message on their answering machine?

The second Panel Round segment includes a discussion about "Truck Nutz".