Show Details: June 2008
2008-06-07
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 16
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Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Jim Webb Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about the Internet making life easier; Not My Job about the life of wealthy playboy Huntington Hartford; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be Hillary Clinton's role in Barack Obama's campaign for the presidency?
Tom Bodett started the Lightning Fill In the Blank segment with 3 points and Carl stated that Tom answered 7 questions correctly. This would have given Tom a total of 17 points, not the 16 points as Carl noted. Since 16 points is the official score, it is the score now noted for this show.
2008-06-14
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Rank:
First:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Scott McClellan Score: 3
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about making summers even lazier; Not My Job about the famed gossip, writer Truman Capote; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what cool feature will Apple build into the next generations of iPhones?
Scott McClellan is the third (although former) White House Press Secretary of the George W. Bush Administration to appear on the show after Tony Snow and Dana Perino.
When Peter Sagal started to ask Amy Dickinson a question during the second Panel Round segment, Amy responded with "No! Don't look at me".
2008-06-21
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 19
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 8
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Rank:
Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Paul Provenza
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Dick Durbin Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about controversial in the online world of virtual reality; Not My Job about the life and times of Henry Nicholas, billionaire founder of tech giant Broadcom, and a man who has lived a little too large; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the first line in George W. Bush's memoir?
Another instance where Mo Rocca uses the surname "Bagnoli" in his Bluff the Listener story.
When Peter Sagal was explaining the story during the second panelist round, he added sound effects to the reenactment.
2008-06-28
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Paul Provenza
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 4
- Jonathan Poneman Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?; Opening Panel Round; Bluff the Listener about the perfect gift for a billionaire who has everything; Not My Job about pop superstar Celine Dion; Panel Round #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that the Supreme Court has said Americans have a right to own a handgun, what is the next right that the court will say is protected by the Constitution?
The whole Clippy portion from Who's Carl This Time? #2 has become a fan favorite, especially Adam Felber's and Paul Provenza's take on Clippy.