Show Details: On This Day
This page provides a list of shows that have aired on past years on this month and day.
1998-09-05
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Rank:
First:
Margo Kaufman
Total: 15.5
Lightning Start: 7.5 Correct: 4
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Second:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 13.5
Lightning Start: 5.5 Correct: 4
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Third:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 7
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 2
- Neal Conan Score: 2
Lightning True or False; Who's Carl This Time?; We'll Wait, You Tell Us; Extort New York City; Week in Review; We'll Wait, You Tell Us #2; Not My Job about dismal financial terms; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
The NPR.org site does not have a page for this show, even on their legacy website.
For the first We'll Wait, You Tell Us, the listener contestant chose Charlie Pierce's answer, but Margo Kaufman's answer was correct.
For the second We'll Wait, You Tell Us, the listener contestant chose Margo's answer; but Charlie's was correct.
This is the first time that panelists had earned half-points since the show closed out with Lightning Fill In The Blank. Since only the panelist score column only supports non-integer scores, the panelist starting scores were rounded up: from 7.5 to 8 for Margo and from 5.5 to 6 for Charlie.
2009-09-05
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Third:
Adam Felber
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons Score: 0
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about neighborly feuds, Not My Job about walking, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will President Obama announce in his address to Congress in regards to health care?
2015-09-05
I'm the anchorman so good they wouldn't let me retireBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Second Tied:
Tom Bodett
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 4
- Edward Lee Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a popular new workout, Not My Job about dog racing, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will President Obama rename next?
2020-09-05
Get out your pancakes. I'm about to pour on some ma-Bill syrupBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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Second:
Josh Gondelman
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 5 Correct: 6
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Third:
Helen Hong
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
- Kellee Edwards Score: 1
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?
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.
2026-09-05
I'm your judge and scorekeeper Alzo Slade, but my friends they just call me "Your Honor"Alzo Slade
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Rank:
First:
Mo Rocca
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Annie Rauwerda
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Shane Torres
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Maggie Smith Score: 3
Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a controversy at the Graveley Fruit Farm; Not My Job about professional wrestling; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that people are into needles, what's the next scary thing we'll learn to love?