Show Details: On This Day
This page provides a list of shows that have aired on past years on this month and day.
2002-09-07
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First:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
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Second Tied:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
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Second Tied:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Al Franken Score: 0
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about snobbery and social climbing, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about Communist marketing plans that didn't quite pan out, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next historic, life-changing invention?
2013-09-07
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First:
Alonzo Bodden
Total: 16
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Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Third:
Neko Case
Total: 6
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 2
- Baz Luhrmann Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people who are bad at their jobs, Not My Job about Austria, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will swimmer Diana Nyad cough up after all that time in the water?
Peter almost said "Fucking, Australia" instead of "Fucking, Austria" (which is coincidentally funny since the Not My Job plays on people confusing Australia and Austria). Baz came back and said "there's not Fucking in Australia". They decided to move on afterwards in case someone slipped and used the word in the other manner. And yes, the name/word "Fucking", along with the phonetic spelling "Fooking", made it into the transcript for the segment on NPR.org.
During the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment, Adam Felber whispered the correct answer to Alonzo Bodden for Alonzo's last question and Alonzo repeated it and he didn't get a bell ding for it nor did Carl consider it a correct response when totting up the points (started with 2, six correct for a total of 14 points). Alonzo Bodden did the same for Neko Case and she got points for it. Neko Case uttered an expletive for the answer to her last question. At the end of the segment, Carl stated that Alonzo had 16 points.
2019-09-07
Take a gulp of me and I'll give you wings. I'm Red BillBill Kurtis
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First Tied:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
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First Tied:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Third:
Bim Adewunmi
Total: 7
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 3
- Mary Wilson Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about changes in the game of golf, Not My Job about people not stopping at stop lights or signs, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next altered image in the news?
This is the third regular show to air that has an all women panel. The previous two shows were 2015-09-12 with Faith Salie, Roxanne Roberts and Paula Poundstone, and 2017-06-10 show with Paula Poundstone, Faith Salie and Tracy Clayton. With that, Paula has been part of all three shows with an all women panel.
For the Mary Wilson's first Not My Job question, Amy Dickinson provided a little bit of assistance to nudge Mary towards the correct answer. For the second question, the audience yelled out a mix of answers that were a mix of "B" and "C", with the latter being more prominent. Each of the three questions had one choice that involved a horse; which, Mary asked what that was all about.
Amy answered her third Lightning Fill In The Blank question with "export bill" while trying to come up with "extradition bill". Amy was given the point. For Amy's eighth Lightning Fill In The Blank question, she initially answered "toddler"; but, then Paula said that it was close and Amy changed her answer to "dog". There was a bell ding given but Amy, nor Paula, were credited with the point. The score listed for this show is based on what was announced by Bill Kurtis.
Tom Papa tripped over Philipp Goedicke and Ian Chillag's name while reading the credits.
2024-09-07
Forget pumpkin spice latte season, I'm all the basic bitch you needBill Kurtis
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First Tied:
Hari Kondabolu
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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First Tied:
Tom Bodett
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Third:
Helen Hong
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- John Leguizamo Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about something unusual going on at the grocery store; Not My Job about Bob the Builder; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will the White Sox celebrate becoming the worst team ever?
John Leguizamo initially chose "A" for the third Not My Job question, but when Peter Sagal said the correct answer was "B" and started to explain the answer, John said that he meant "B". Bill Kurtis accepted John's new answer and gave him credit for answer.