Show Details: September 2021
2021-09-04
Hey there, Homer. Get a load of the Bill-iadBill Kurtis
- First: Helen Hong Total Score: 19 (Starting Score: 5 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Emmy Blotnick Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Peter Grosz Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
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?
The show was recorded remotely.
2021-09-11
Hey there, Chicago. We Bill this city, we Bill this city on rock and rollBill Kurtis
- First: Luke Burbank Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Maeve Higgins Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 5 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Laci Mosley Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 4)
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?
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
Feeling blue? Take a dose of A-Bill-ifiBill Kurtis
- First: Tom Papa Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Cristela Alonzo Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Brian Babylon Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
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?
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
Hey there, Internet. Review my new album. I'm Bill Nas XBill Kurtis
- First: Faith Salie Total Score: 19 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 8)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Hari Kondabolu Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
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?
The show was recorded remotely.