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Show Details: September 2021

2021-09-04

NPR DB ID: 1233
Scorekeeper
Hey there, Homer. Get a load of the Bill-iad
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Helen Hong
Correct: Peter Grosz
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about flags in the news, Not My Job about crows, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: once the US restricts screen time like China has, what will we do with all of our free time?
Notes

The show was recorded remotely.

2021-09-11

NPR DB ID: 1234
Scorekeeper
Hey there, Chicago. We Bill this city, we Bill this city on rock and roll
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Maeve Higgins
Correct: Laci Mosley
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a mystery from childhood being solved, Not My Job about the Spice Girls, Answer the Headline!, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: when the US goes 50% solar in 2050, what will the other headlines in the news be?
Notes

The show was recorded remotely.

After the listener contestant chose Maeve Higgin's Bluff the Listener story, Peter Sagal stated that the listener was "the first person ever to choose one of Maeve's stories". Maeve's Bluff the Listener story was chosen 6 times over her previous 17 regular show appearances.

Maeve answered her fourth Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "iPads. iPods. iPhones". Although Peter and Bill will only allow the first response as the answer, Peter allowed Maeve's eventual answer of iPhones and she got points for it.

2021-09-18

NPR DB ID: 1235
Scorekeeper
Feeling blue? Take a dose of A-Bill-ifi
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Brian Babylon
Correct: Brian Babylon
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new possible solution to climate change, Not My Job about laundry, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what next will happen to Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend?
Notes

The show was recorded remotely.

The correct choices for the three Not My Job questions were A, B and C. ABC is a competitor to NBC, the network in which Yamiche Alcindor worked at before joining PBS.

2021-09-25

NPR DB ID: 1236
Scorekeeper
Hey there, Internet. Review my new album. I'm Bill Nas X
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Faith Salie
Correct: Faith Salie
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new efforts to increase tourism, Not My Job about local news broadcasts, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the US make it up to France?
Notes

The show was recorded remotely.