Show Details: September 2018
2018-09-01
Step aside Schlitz, I'm the Bill that made Milwaukee famousBill Kurtis
- First: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Adam Felber Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone's summer plans being ruined, Not My Job about rabbits, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing to be discovered to be bad for us?
2018-09-08
You're gonna look great. 'Cause you're about to get a Bill-icone implantBill Kurtis
- First Tied: Helen Hong Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 6)
- First Tied: Adam Burke Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Maeve Higgins Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the Scunthorpe Problem making an appearance in the news, Not My Job about kid's toys, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the title of the next anonymous New York Times op-ed?
Helen Hong's Bluff the Listener story involved people seeing public radio hosts in person for the first time, including those that came to see Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! and were shocked at how Peter Sagal and the panel looked versus what people's own mental image of them looked like. The listener contestant said that she had recently looked at a picture of Peter Sagal and was shocked. Peter asked her what she thought he looked like.
2018-09-15
Hey, Guy Raz, how do you Bill this?Bill Kurtis
- First: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Negin Farsad Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a nuisance plaguing Bexhill-on-Sea, England, Not My Job about a no-hitter thrown by Pittsburgh Pirate Dock Ellis, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person scandalized by food?
2018-09-22
Get over here and shave me. I'm your stub-BillBill Kurtis
- First: Faith Salie Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Tara Clancy Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Adam Burke Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a mystery in Ipswich that caused people to hear "It's raining, it's pouring..." each night, Not My Job about storage vaults, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next video game character to be in the news?
Aly Raisman asked the audience for help for the first Not My Job question after Peter Sagal listed the three options. The audience shouted out "B" and Aly chose it.
2018-09-29
Hey there Angelenos, take a right on Sunset Bill-evardBill Kurtis
- First: Jessi Klein Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Second Tied: Maz Jobrani Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Second Tied: Alonzo Bodden Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
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Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new job opportunity, Not My Job about Spam, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next company to change their name and why?
The listener contestant for the Who's Bill This Time? segment answered the third question which was about a company that recently changed the name. The answer that they were going for was "Weight Watchers" but the contestant answered "Dunkin' Donuts". Peter Sagal accepted the answer as Dunkin' Donuts also changed its name.
When Jessi Klein was trying to answer the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions, the audience yelled out some of the answers trying to help her.