Show Details: 2009
2009-01-03
- Leonard Nimoy Score: 1
- George McGovern Score: 0
- Garrison Keillor Score: 1
- Joseph "Moose" Skowron Jr. Score: 1
- Jimmy Carter (The Blind Boys of Alabama) Score: 1
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites
2009-01-10
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Rank:
First Tied:
Adam Felber
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
First Tied:
Mo Rocca
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Campbell Brown Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about shortcuts to success, Not My Job about Dennis Rodman, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what advice did Barack Obama get with a private meeting with the four previous Presidents?
2009-01-17
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Rank:
First Tied:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
First Tied:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 7
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 2
- Burt Bacharach Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people spending 26 years to reach a goal, Not My Job about the history of inaugural balls, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Bush's next job?
2009-01-24
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Cindi Leive Score: 3
Who's Carl This Time? Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about mixed martial arts, Bluff the Listener about how a member of the Spears family is causing havoc in the world, Panelist Predictions: what was in the note that former President Bush left for President Obama?
2009-01-31
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Rank:
First:
Alison Stewart
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Paul Provenza
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Carrie Fisher Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people not letting anything get in their way while carrying out their routines, Not My Job about Ronald Reagan's Star Wars missile defense program, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Rob Blagojevich do now that he is no longer the governor of Illinois?
During the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment, Roy Blount Jr. was asked which science fiction series did Gene Roddenberry create and Majel Barrett was in, Roy answered "Star Wars" in which Peter said that the answer was correct. In fact, the correct answer is Star Trek, which Carl corrected when stating Roy's score. Peter then asked if Carl was a dork, to which Carl sheepishly replied, "I guess?".
2009-02-07
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- Philippe Petit Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about classic works of literature being improved, Not My Job about famous peoples' phobias, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Obama's next apology?
2009-02-14
- Denis Leary Score: 1
- John Hodgman Score: 2
- Amy Sedaris Score: 1
- Drew Carey Score: 2
- Julia Sweeney Score: 3
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites
2009-02-21
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Rank:
First:
Mo Rocca
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Frederica von Stade Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about recent troubles surrounding Apple iPhone applications, Not My Job about The Jonas Brothers, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: unintended consequences of the stimulus bill?
During the second panelist round, Mo Rocca commented on hating homemade sweaters and that they are always itchy.
Paula stated during the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment that she has never had six correct answers in her life. Paula has answered six correct answers at least twice in 2008, and she answered six correct to get her first win.
2009-02-28
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Paul Provenza
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Bruce Campbell Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about those who found success because of the recession, Not My Job about Barbie's 50th birthday, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the Republicans respond to next year's State of the Union address?
Peter stated that they received letters complaining about Mo Rocca's statement on the previous week's show about all homemade sweaters being itchy. Mo Rocca phoned in with an "apology".
2009-03-07
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 8
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Rank:
Second:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Mo Rocca
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- John Cena Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about television doing something good for the world, Not My Job about figure skating lingo, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next scandal to rock reality [ed: un-real] TV.
2009-03-14
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Rank:
First Tied:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
First Tied:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Chuck Tood Score: 1
Carlbook, Bluff the Listener about unique ways people are pushing health food, Not My Job about Iceland as written by Michael Lewis in a recent issue of Vanity Fair, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner inspire confidence in the nation's economy?
2009-03-21
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Rank:
First Tied:
Tom Bodett
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
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Rank:
First Tied:
Paul Provenza
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Joe Nocera Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about singers haunted by their own songs, Not My Job about corrupt Pennsylvania Senator Vincent Fumo, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next scapegoat after beating on AIG?
2009-03-28
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Rank:
First:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Second:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Kim Deal Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about surprising bargains in the news, Not My Job about animal breeding, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the hot topic at the next White House online Town Hall meeting?
2009-04-04
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Michael Pollan Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about green technology, Not My Job about high tech toilets from Japan, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next world-changing, earth-shattering invention?
Paula Poundstone is in rare form, particularly when she goes against Michael Pollan about Ring Dings and when Mo Rocca was flailing around to come up with an answer. Also, Paula finds her groove with questions about space exploration.
2009-04-11
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Mo Rocca
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- William H. Macy Score: 2
Carl Vision, Bluff the Listener about things getting unexpected second chances, Not My Job about Carvel ice cream, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what lasting effect will President Obama's visit have on Europe?
The saga of Mo Rocca's comments about knitted sweaters being itchy seems to have come to a close in that several knitters have brought Mo homemade kitten items to wear after the show. The video of Mo Rocca receiving those items can be viewed at: http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=103491093
2009-04-18
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Paula Deen Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new pioneers in sports, Not My Job about tofu, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first trick learned by the Obama's family dog, Bo?
2009-04-25
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 8
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Rank:
Second:
Tom Bodett
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
- Monica Seles Score: 0
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about news that are perfect for daytime TV, Not My Job about the Guinness Brewing Company, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Barack Obama's next embarrassing gesture?
So much for getting Carl Kasell's voice (or Carl singing "Danny Boy" off-key) on my voice mail... on my birthday! Thank you for trying Monica.
2009-05-02
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Rank:
First:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 5 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Paul Provenza
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Liev Schreiber Score: 0
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about something that the Farmer's Almanac forgot, Not My Job about the original wolverines, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big story out of President Obama's next 100 days?
2009-05-09
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Rank:
First:
Paul Provenza
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
- Dahlia Lithwick Score: 0
Ask Carl, Bluff the Listener about changes being made at Disneyland, Not My Job about William Shatner, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the premise of the next big prequel?
2009-05-16
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Rank:
First:
Mo Rocca
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Second:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
- David Axelrod Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about big-box retailers in uncomfortable situations, Not My Job about utopians whose ideal communities did not work out quite right, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next mishap to be caused by the wind?
2009-05-23
- Paula Deen Score: 2
- Mavis Staples Score: 0
- Carrie Fisher Score: 1
- Frederica von Stade Score: 2
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job divas
2009-05-30
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Rank:
First:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 5 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
- Robert Earl Keen Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about plans that are missing crucial pieces of logic, Not My Job about the Skull and Bones secret society, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be some shocking revelations to come out from Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing?
2009-06-06
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Second:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Julia Sweeney
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Ed Helms Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about teenage rebellion, Not My Job about celebrating the 25th anniversary of the video game, Tetris, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first official act of the next leader of North Korea?
Julia Sweeney joins the team of Wait Wait panelists.
2009-06-13
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Rank:
First:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Second:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
Paul Provenza
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Lil' Ed Williams Score: 0
Summer Sequel Game, Bluff the Listener about present problems solved by the past, Not My Job about self-styled big things about people, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what hidden gems will be found in the new health care package?
2009-06-20
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Elizabeth Edwards Score: 3
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about less than awesome honors, Not My Job about odd behaviors of Supreme Court Justices, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Barack Obama's next exhibition of dominant male behavior?
2009-06-27
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- Frank Rich Score: 0
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unlikely attempts at forming a union, Not My Job about a butcher named Dario Cecchini, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next great euphemism?
2009-07-04
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Rank:
First Tied:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
First Tied:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Clyde Edgerton Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about strange proposals for living history museums, Not My Job about the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the most important 21st century invention?
2009-07-11
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 6 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Second:
Julia Sweeney
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
-
Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 4
- Neko Case Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about things lost and found, Not My Job about the beloved confection, Necco wafers, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will to-be former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin do next?
Adam Felber entered the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment with 6 points!
2009-07-18
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Second Tied:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Second Tied:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
- Jimmy Fallon Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about testing in the workplace, Not My Job about unusual minor league baseball game promotions, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Sonia Sotomayor reveal once she is confirmed?
2009-07-25
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 19
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 8
-
Rank:
Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Doug Glanville Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about playing it safe, Not My Job about the late Walter Cronkite, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be found when people look closer at the newly restored moon landing footage?
Another Mo golden quote, "Preparation H on Uranus."
2009-08-01
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Rank:
First:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Second:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Chuck Barris Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about fighting pollution, Not My Job about McDonald's Happy Meal, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the theme of the next White House summit?
Peter had a Freudian slip when he said "The Dong Show" instead of "The Gong Show" when wrapping up the Not My Job segment, hilarity ensued.
2009-08-08
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Second:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Judd Apatow Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unexpected or unlikely moral support, Not My Job about conspiracies and conspiracy theories, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Bill Clinton's next mission, after returning two journalists back home from North Korea?
2009-08-15
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Rank:
First:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Second:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Aaron Schock Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about inexpensive summer vacations, Not My Job about the original Woodstock music festival, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first law that will be passed by Congress when they come back from recess?
2009-08-22
- Kevin Fitzgerald Score: 3
- Bob Freer Score: 0
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, featuring great animal-inspired moments
When Carl Kasell was setting up for the clip of Mo Rocca receiving a homemade sweater, Carl said that it happened on a show from May 2009. It actually happened on the 2009-04-11 show.
2009-08-29
- Michael Pollan Score: 2
- Craig Ferguson Score: 1
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, featuring favorite moments as requested by listeners
Paula Poundstone seems to be involved with most of the highlighted moments.
2009-09-05
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Adam Felber
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons Score: 0
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about neighborly feuds, Not My Job about walking, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will President Obama announce in his address to Congress in regards to health care?
2009-09-12
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Rank:
First Tied:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
First Tied:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- Henry Waxman Score: 2
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unusual cries for help, Not My Job about wax museums, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next breach of decorum within the halls of the US Congress?
2009-09-19
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Rank:
First:
Mo Rocca
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Second:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Kelly Slater Score: 1
Who's Corey This Time?, Bluff the Listener about explaining the unexplainable, Not My Job about the sport of bowling, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Kanye West's next controversy?
2009-09-26
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Second:
Paul Provenza
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Reed Timmer Score: 2
Who's Carl This time?, Bluff the Listener about innovative ways to attract tourists, Not My Job about Oprah Winfrey, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: What will Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi do next after his debut at the United Nations?
Peter had to apologize about mixing up which came first in the previous show, the Slanket or the Snuggie.
Peter Sagal said that 3 meters is close to 12 feet in amazement of Tom's lucky guess in answering the last Lightning Fill In The Blank question. 3 meters is actually close to 10 feet, whereas 4 meters would be closer to 12 feet. I know, I am being a bit pedantic.
2009-10-03
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Rank:
First:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Second:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Claire McCaskill Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about courtroom mishaps, Not My Job about International Blasphemy Day, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be revealed in Sarah Palin's memoir?
This episode is sponsored by the letters: W, T and F.
One of P.J. O'Rourke's panelist question and answer is identical to one that guest host Luke Burbank asked panelist Aamer Haleem (2006-08-12), regarding hungry men preferring "generous sized young lady". Both instances made references to Bill Clinton's scandal with Monica Lewinsky, but did not lead to any comments about such women carrying trays of food this time around.
2009-10-10
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Second Tied:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Second Tied:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- Ashley Judd Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about journalism job openings, Not My Job about the history of the Nobel prizes, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor make her mark on the Supreme Court?
2009-10-17
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Rank:
First:
Mo Rocca
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Second:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
Faith Salie
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- Susie Essman Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about help from the Brady Bunch, Not My Job about Catholic Church saints, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be this season's big holiday gift?
The second limerick during the Listener Limerick Challenge called the two slashes in a URL "backslashes". Technically, the two slashes in a URI/URL are actually forward slashes.
While Mo Rocca was trying to come up with an answer for Mo's last Lightning Fill In The Blank question for the round, Peter interrupted Mo and told Faith Salie that "this might go on for a while".
2009-10-24
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
-
Rank:
Third:
Mo Rocca
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Brian Williams Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about Florence Foster Jenkins, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next story to take over cable news?
2009-10-31
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Rank:
First:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Second:
Luke Burbank
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Third:
Julia Sweeney
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- George Romero Score: 3
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about getting what you want and the consequences thereafter, Not My Job about nice and cuddly Disney movies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: after President Obama plays a round of golf with a woman, what will be the President's next show he's inclusive of the fairer sex?
Luke Burbank returns!!!
During the second panelist round, while Peter was asking Julia Sweeney's second question of the round, Julia yelled out "No! Don't ask me a sports thing!".
2009-11-07
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
-
Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
Mo Rocca
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Tony Hawk Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about adopting to the modern Christmas, Not My Job about safety measures, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what surprise will be found in the next stimulus program report?
2009-11-14
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Second:
Tom Bodett
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
-
Rank:
Third:
Paul Provenza
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Rufus Wainwright Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new methods of fundraising, Not My Job about the Osmonds, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Lou Dobbs do next, after leaving CNN?
Both Rufus Wainwright and his father, Loudon Wainwright III, (who was the Not My Job guest for the 2014-09-06 show), answered two Not My Job questions correctly.
2009-11-21
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 8
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Rank:
Second:
Faith Salie
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 3
- Jason Schwartzman Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about far-flung fantasies becoming reality, Not My Job about Asian idioms, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the name of Sarah Palin's next book?
Another instance where all of the correct answers for the Not My Job segment is the second answer.
Paula Poundstone got eight questions correct in the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment, including the last question which Carl said her answer was close enough.
2009-11-28
- Philippe Petit Score: 1
- Robert Earl Keen Score: 2
- Bruce Campbell Score: 2
- Jimmy Fallon Score: 2
- John Cena Score: 1
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several manly Not My Job guests
2009-12-05
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Rank:
First:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Julia Sweeney
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Pete Docter Score: 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
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Rank:
First:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- Rick Sanchez Score: 2
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
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Rank:
First Tied:
Tom Bodett
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
First Tied:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
- Andy Williams Score: 2
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
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Rank:
First Tied:
Adam Felber
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
First Tied:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Mo Rocca
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- George Takei Score: 1
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?