Show Details: May 2016
2016-05-07
I'm the Mother's Day present your mom really wantsBill Kurtis
- First: Tom Bodett 18 (Start: 2 / Correct: 8)
- Second: P.J. O'Rourke 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Helen Hong 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a politician finally being celebrated for something they did, Not My Job about well-known crazy ex-boyfriends, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will Donald Trump choose as his running mate?
During the Who's Bill This Time? round, P.J. O'Rourke announced that he was endorsing Hillary Clinton for President.
During the Not My Job round, after Rachel Bloom was given an opportunity to change her answer for the third question, Helen Hong "quietly" provided a strong hint at the correct answer. Rachel Bloom changed her answer to the correct one.
After Tom Bodett answered all eight Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly, Bill Kurtis mentioned that "no one does it". There have been, at minimum, 30 instances where a panelist has answered all 8 questions correctly. Before this show, Tom Bodett has done so, at minimum, 3 times.
2016-05-14
Billy Jean is not your lover, but Billy Kurtis isBill Kurtis
- First: Mo Rocca 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Peter Grosz 16 (Start: 2 / Correct: 7)
- Third: Amy Dickinson 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an expert getting something wrong, Not My Job about real islands, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big product to be renamed and why?
All of the correct answers to the Not My Job questions were "B".
In the edited version of the show, Peter Grosz was asked seven questions and answered six of those correctly. Bill Kurtis stated that Peter answered seven correct, meaning that the question that was edited out was answered correctly.
2016-05-21
I'm the newest member of The Avengers: AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Adam Felber 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Faith Salie 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 8 (Start: 2 / Correct: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new way people are being nice to their pets, Not My Job about Richard Gere, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Hillary Clinton convince Bernie Sanders to drop out of the presidential race?
Paula Poundstone laced her Bluff the Listener story with sounds of cats hacking up hairballs.
2016-05-28
You're kind of cute, but I'm adora-BillBill Kurtis
- First: Roxanne Roberts 18 (Start: 2 / Correct: 8)
- Second Tied: Luke Burbank 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
- Second Tied: Roy Blount, Jr. 10 (Start: 4 / Correct: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unique forms of car problems, Not My Job about Zima, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will people do with their mornings now that we don't have to eat breakfast?
All three of the Not My Job questions had the correct answer of "C".