Show Details: April 2020
2020-04-04
Stay six feet away from my body, but snuggle right up to my heartBill Kurtis
- First: Roxanne Roberts 20 (Start: 6 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Alonzo Bodden 14 (Start: 4 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Mo Rocca 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Wash Your Hands With Bill, Bluff the Listener about things going wrong when someone tries to help, Not My Job about Big Bird, The Viral Load, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what is now the most exciting thing on their schedule through the end of April?
The show was recorded remotely.
2020-04-11
It's Passover. Get ready for a plague of BillsBill Kurtis
- First: Josh Gondelman 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
- Second: Helen Hong 12 (Start: 4 / Correct: 4)
- Third: Tom Bodett 10 (Start: 6 / Correct: 2)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a story in which someone said 'It's Tim's fault', Not My Job about Woodstock, Wash Your Hands With Bill, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will replace the handshake?
The show was recorded remotely.
Samin Nosrat really wanted to choose "A" as the answer for the third Not My Job question. Peter talked her out of that answer and Samin changed her answer to "B", which was correct.
Bill Kurtis Bill-rolled the listeners by singing a hand-washing song based on Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up". At least on the radio version of the show, they followed it up with the original song as a musical bumper.
2020-04-18
You're not feeling ill. You're feeling BillBill Kurtis
- First: Peter Grosz 20 (Start: 6 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Adam Felber 19 (Start: 5 / Correct: 7)
- Third: Negin Farsad 15 (Start: 5 / Correct: 5)
Who's Bill This Time?, Wash Your Hands With Bill, Bluff the Listener about mistakes made by celebrity parents, Not My Job about pretty awful neighbors, The Viral Load, What is Martha Stewart up to this week?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first thing they will do once their city re-opens?
The show was recorded remotely.
For the Wash Your Hands With Bill segment, Bill Kurtis was joined by Josh Kantor, the organist at Fenway Park.
2020-04-25
Uh-oh. It's a glo-Bill pandemicBill Kurtis
- First: Faith Salie 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Mo Rocca 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Luke Burbank 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about underwear saving the day, Not My Job about wonderful things people learn from dads, Wash Your Hands With Bill, what will be the next advancement in communication?
The show was recorded remotely.
Luke Burbank used my name and nickname from his podcast, "TBTL: Too Beautiful to Live" in his Bluff the Listener story. Yes, "Phamdemort" is a play on "Voldemort" and there's a story behind that.
I had originally planned on going to Chicago to be at the live taping for this show. As part of it being my 40th birthday, I also had an opportunity to request which panelists I would like to see on the show. Luke, Faith Salie and Mo Rocca were the panelists that I chose.