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Show Details: September 2023

2023-09-02

NPR DB ID: 1340
Scorekeeper
Me in Michigan? You got your wish-igan
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Helen Hong
Correct: Josh Gondelman
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a road trip, Not My Job about chess strategies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next slang word to take off?
Notes

All three correct answers for the Not My Job questions were "A".

2023-09-09

NPR DB ID: 1341
Scorekeeper
Call the plumber, because I've got some pipes
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Maeve Higgins
Correct: Amy Dickinson
Description
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about someone who will never forget the summer of 2023, Not My Job about the Concorde jet; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be discovered under all the mud once they clean up Burning Man?

2023-09-16

NPR DB ID: 1342
Scorekeeper
I'm the voice that makes thunder hide under a blanket
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Josh Gondelman
Correct: Faith Salie
Description
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about the good sides of famous villains; Not My Job about computer-generated imagery (CGI); Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what's the next thing we'll learn about a drug?
Notes

Dulcé Sloan's answer of "White Man" for her first Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round question was accepted. The official answer was "Mitt Romney".

2023-09-23

NPR DB ID: 1343
Scorekeeper
I'm legendary anchorman, and today only, I'm legendary birthday boy
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: Tom Bodett
Description
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a new tourist attraction in Ireland; Not My Job about what not to do; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will we find in celebrity MRI scans?
Notes

Another instance in which all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.

2023-09-30

NPR DB ID: 1344
Scorekeeper
Hoorah for Bill-ywood
Panelists
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Jessi Klein
Correct: Jessi Klein
Description
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about the origin of a name; Not My Job about Costco's Kirkland house brand; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: who will go on strike next?