Show Details: December 2009
2009-12-05
- First: P.J. O'Rourke 18 (Start: 4 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Adam Felber 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Third: Julia Sweeney 8 (Start: 2 / Correct: 3)
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about sports scandals that do not involve Tiger Woods, Not My Job about Dubai, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will the White House party crashers show up next?
2009-12-12
- First: Charlie Pierce 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. 9 (Start: 3 / Correct: 3)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about presents that did not included needed instructions, Not My Job about the telegraph, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what climate change solution will emerge from the Climate Summit in Copenhagen?
During the first panelist round, there were puns made re: Three Wise Men and their gifts.
2009-12-19
- First Tied: Tom Bodett 16 (Start: 2 / Correct: 7)
- First Tied: Paula Poundstone 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Roxanne Roberts 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about evolutionary roots of our modern-day behaviors, Not My Job about gadgets that you do not want in your gift stockings, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be Time Magazine Person of the Year for 2010?
Andy Williams had answered one of the Not My Job with "eyeball massager", which was not the correct answer as the show's staff had made it up. In actuality, the SkyMall catalog in fact had and sold an eyeball massager, which which Peter and Carl corrected on the 2010-01-09 show. The score now reflects the two correct answers Andy Williams had (to which, Carl proclaimed that the listener had won Carl's voice on the listener's answering machine).
2009-12-26
- First Tied: Adam Felber 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- First Tied: Roxanne Roberts 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Mo Rocca 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about family feuds, Not My Job about modern childbirth, Listener Limericks Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next parenting trend that will sweep the nation?