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Show Details: September 2020

2020-09-05

NPR DB ID: 1181
Scorekeeper
Get out your pancakes. I'm about to pour on some ma-Bill syrup
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Josh Gondelman
Correct: Josh Gondelman
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unusual survival tips, Not My Job about Staten Island, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next great sting?
Notes

The show was recorded remotely.

The Bluff the Listener contestant started his introduction by saying that he just finished a peanut butter toast. This ties in with a Panel Round question before the Bluff the Listener segment about peanut butter. Helen Hong had Josh Gondelman read the quotes from her Bluff the Listener story.

The correct answers for the Not My Job questions, in order, were: A, B and C.

2020-09-12

NPR DB ID: 1182
Scorekeeper
Get a real job, Sweeny Todd. I'm the Barber of Sa-Bill
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Adam Burke
Correct: Adam Burke
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a divine intervention, Not My Job about dog walkers, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next great reality show?
Notes

The show was recorded remotely.

2020-09-19

NPR DB ID: 1183
Scorekeeper
Chew me up and blow a bub-Bill
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Hari Kondabolu
Correct: Hari Kondabolu
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about celebrating the joys of the U.S. Postal Service, Not My Job about fragile stuff, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing we find in space?
Notes

The show was recorded remotely.

Tituss Burgess didn't realize that Paula Poundstone was one of the panelists and was shocked to find out during the Not My Job interview. Although Tituss Burgess did not answer any of the Not My Job questions correct, Bill Kurtis said that Tituss was a winner on style alone.

2020-09-26

NPR DB ID: 1184
Scorekeeper
Why not celebrate fall with me, a cup of hot a-Bill cider
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Correct: Joel Kim Booster
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about famous people who are terrible guests, Not My Job about the Mafia, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big surprise in this season of the Great British Bake Off?
Notes

The show was recorded remotely.