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NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: Show Details and Statistics

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Introduction

With a slight obsession over a radio program called, "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" (also known as: WWDTM), I have started collecting various information regarding the radio program and storing the information in a database. The inspiration for creating my own statistics and page came from another avid Wait Wait fan, which I also used as a basis to help collect information for the initial shows hosted by Dan Coffey.

Please note that I am not affiliated or associated, nor do I receive any direct or indirect support from NPR, Chicago Public Radio, or Urgent Haircut Productions. If you really like this site and find it useful, you can help support the ongoing maintenance, hosting and maintenance by purchasing anything from Amazon.com using my referral link or from my Amazon.com Wish Lists.

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Content

This page is broken into four sections, one that details each of the program's show statistics and one that details the statistics for each panelist.

Show Statistics

The following tables contain various details for each of the shows entered into the database. Instead of collecting every minute detail of each show, show descriptions only contain high-level details and do not include information about the panelist rounds or the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round. The "Are You an NPR Geek?" is also known as the NPR Geek Game.

The panelist names are color coded based on how each one finished the "Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank" round. The color scheme used is:

Number of shows in database: 881

1998

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
1998-01-03 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, Four Degrees of Separation, Wait Wait I'm Pontificating
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Roxanne Roberts
Peter Sagal
(N/A)
1998-01-10 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, Radio Photographs, Wait Wait I'm Pontificating
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Peter Sagal
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-01-17 Opens in a new tab or window Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, Wait Wait I'm Pontificating
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Amy Dickinson
(N/A)
1998-01-24 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, News Etymology, Wait Wait I'm Pontificating
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Peter Sagal
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-01-31 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, News Etymology, Wait Wait I'm Pontificating
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Peter Sagal
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-02-07 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, News Etymology, Wait Wait I'm Pontificating
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Peter Sagal
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-02-14 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, News Etymology, Wait Wait I'm Pontificating
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Peter Sagal
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-02-21 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, News Etymology, Wait Wait I'm Pontificating
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Peter Sagal
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-02-28 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, News Etymology, Bonus: Why Should We Know Who You Are?
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Peter Sagal
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-03-07 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, News Etymology, Wait Wait I'm Pontificating
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Peter Sagal
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-03-14 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, News Etymology, Why Should We Know Who You Are?
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Peter Sagal
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-03-21 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Double Point Bonus Round, News Etymology, Why Should We Know Who You Are?
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellPeter Sagal
Roxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
(N/A)
1998-03-28 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, News Etymology, Wait Wait I'm Pontificating
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellPeter Sagal
Adam Felber
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-04-04 Opens in a new tab or window Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Lightning True or False, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Triple Point Bonus Round, Why Should We Know Who You Are?
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Peter Sagal
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-04-11 Opens in a new tab or window Headlines We Wish We'd Seen, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Lightning True or False
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Peter Sagal
Charlie Pierce
(N/A)
1998-04-18 Opens in a new tab or window Headlines We Wish We'd Seen, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Why Should We Know Who You Are?, Lightning True or False, Why Should We Know Who You Are?
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-04-25 Opens in a new tab or window Headlines We Wish We'd Seen, Who Should We Know Who You Are?, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Lightning True or False, Essays
Dan CoffeyCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Peter Sagal
Margo Kaufman
(N/A)
1998-05-02 Opens in a new tab or window The show was re-launched with Peter Sagal as the host of the show.
Headlines We Wish We'd Seen, Not My Job, Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo, Lightning True or False, Why Should We Know Who You Are?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Susan Stamberg
1998-05-09 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, NPR Guest Panelist, Host Essay, Why Should We Know Who You Are?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Robert Siegel (NPR)
1998-05-16 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time?, Magazine Hoax Uncovered, Not My Job, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Headline Projections
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Peter Overby
1998-05-23 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Why Should We Know Who You Are?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Margo Kaufman
Martha Raddatz
1998-05-30 Opens in a new tab or window A huge thank you to Robert Neuhaus, Technical Director of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, for providing information about this particular airing of the show.
N/A
Peter SagalCarl KasellMargo Kaufman
Charlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Joe Palca
1998-06-06 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This TIme?, Not My Job, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Corey Flintoff
1998-06-13 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about World Cup soccer, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Ray Suarez
1998-06-20 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about baseball stadiums, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellMargo Kaufman
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Bob Garfield
1998-06-27 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about news on either coasts, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellMargo Kaufman
Roxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Cheryl Corley
1998-07-04 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about past American lives of the American Revolution and beyond, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellMargo Kaufman
Adam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Ira Glass
1998-07-11 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about art exhibitions, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellMargo Kaufman
Adam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Renée Montagne
1998-07-18 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about the Special Prosecutor, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Tom Goldman
1998-07-25 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about food in the news, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Margo Kaufman
Charlie Pierce
Linda Wertheimer
1998-08-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Extort New York, Not My Job about construction, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Roy Blount, Jr.
Richard Harris
1998-08-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Extort New York, Not My Job about incorgruous lists
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Madeline Brand
1998-08-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Extort New York
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Margo Kaufman
No Guest
1998-08-22 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Not My Job about politician's unapologetic apologies, Who's Bob This Time?
Peter SagalBob GarfieldRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Charlie Pierce
BJ Liederman
1998-08-29 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Andy Bowers
1998-09-12 Opens in a new tab or window Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about jargon, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
Margot Adler
1998-09-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time", Not My Job about fall arts season, Lightning True or False, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Ted Clark
1998-09-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about George and Ira Gershwin, Bluff the Listener about the Smithsonian Institution's new addition to the Americana collection, Bluff the Listener about censorship in a foreign country, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Jacki Lyden
1998-10-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about "Not My Job ANYMORE", Bluff the Listener about a new doll causing mayhem in toy store aisles, Bluff the Listener about an college campus exhibit, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
Ketzel Levine
1998-10-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about deciphering news limericks, Bluff the Listener about college athletics scandals, Bluff the Listener about an archeoglogical dig needing funding, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Margo Kaufman
Dean Olsher
1998-10-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Week in Review, Bluff the Listener about a travel tip from the KGB, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
No Guest
1998-10-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a dictatorship of sorts, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Nell Benjamin
Charlie Pierce
No Guest
1998-10-31 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about piercing the veil of the unknown, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a rebuffed world leader, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Charlie Pierce
Kee Malesky
1998-11-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about the wide world of politics, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a politician's platform to make life more civil, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Melissa Block
1998-11-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about impeachment, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a politician's platform to make life more civil, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Steve Inskeep
1998-11-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about a Chinese Film Distributor, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a quiz presented to the public, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Kevin Klose
1998-12-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about connecting three news stories with appropriate musical cues, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about fooling a news organization, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Sue Ellicott
Charlie Pierce
John Nielsen
1998-12-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about new ways to celebrate the Festival of Lights in modern times, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about how people have emulated main characters from a popular film, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Roy Blount, Jr.
Michael Goldfarb
1998-12-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about impeached President Andrew Johnson, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about taking reality TV to a whole new level, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Joanne Silberner
1998-12-26 Opens in a new tab or window "1998: The Movie Treatment", Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about the origin of oddest sounds heard in NPR in 1998, Listener Limerick Challenge, Year in Review, Bluff the Listener about a city's attempt to make life more pleasant, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Liane Hansen

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1999

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
1999-01-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about Elvis Presley, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a Cold War diplomatic faux pas, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Laura Lorson, Sara Sarasohn and Rob Robinson
1999-01-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about venture capitalism, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a company taking customer relations to a startling new level, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Roy Blount, Jr.
Frank Tavares
1999-01-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about rhetoric, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a new use of artificial intelligence, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Andrea Michaels
Charlie Pierce
Ann Taylor
1999-01-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the long arm of the law being longer than you think, Not My Job about football, Listener Limerick Challenge
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Charlie Pierce
Martin Goldsmith
1999-02-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job: "You're the Arts Lawyer", Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a new development in telecommunications, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Margo Kaufman
Adam Felber
Edward Lifson
1999-02-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about Valentine's Day, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a real Biblical tourist attraction, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Bob Edwards
1999-02-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about identifying real newsmaking activists from the fake ones, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a group speaking out for its rights, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott
Roxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Daniel Zwerdling
1999-02-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about TV ratings, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about using the same three words to tell three different stories, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Roxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Peter Kenyon
1999-03-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about scientific breakthroughs (or not), Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about using the words "suit", "lavender" and "bars" in their stories, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Korva Coleman
1999-03-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job washed-up has-beens, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a protest that didn't quite go as planned, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Margo Kaufman
Lynn Neary
1999-03-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about the Academy Awards, Listener Limerick Challenge, More News, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Jeffrey Dvorkin
1999-03-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about the person responsible for current hits, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a new relevation about the tobacco industry, Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Peter SagalCarl KasellClaudia Perry
Roy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
Joe Palca
1999-04-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about newsworthy gaffes, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a beloved food product turns 45, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next computer virus and what will it do?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
John Burnett
1999-04-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about science test subjects, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about CIA wanting documents to stay classified, Panelist Predictions: what will Guiliani do next to improve life in New York City?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Andrea Michaels
Charlie Pierce
John Ydstie
1999-04-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about bad poetry, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a strange source of income someone declared, Panelist Predictions: what will be the subject of Hillary Rodham Clinton's fourth book?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Charlie Pierce
Daniel Schorr
1999-04-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about overseas TV gameshows, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a fashion mistake that seemed like a good idea at first, Panelist Predictions: what will Dennis Rodman do in his post-basketball career?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMargo Kaufman
Roy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
Brian Naylor
1999-05-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about Duke Ellington, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about summer movies, Panelist Predictions
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Bill Littlefield
1999-05-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about the Merck Manual, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about an outstanding British invention to be honored at the millenium celebrations, Panelist Predictions
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
Sean Collins
1999-05-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about Jesse Ventura, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about an effort to patch up a long-standing dispute, Panelist Predictions
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
John Nielsen
1999-05-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about identifying real cultural icons from mythical ones, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about an allegation of plagiarism, Panelist Predictions
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
Tom and Ray Magliozzi
1999-05-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about get-in-office tactics of some foreign politicians, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about Newt Gingrich, Panelist Predictions
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott
Roy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
Jean Cochran
1999-06-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about the National Spelling Bee, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about another politician who's fallen from grace and is back in the public eye, Panelist Predictions
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Margo Kaufman
Ira Glass
1999-06-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about tort reform news from around the world, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a new use for old television, Panelist Predictions: what will be Oscar Goodman's first official action as mayor of Las Vegas?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
Jack Speer
1999-06-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about new words from the Oxford English Dictionary, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about an unusual denial from the government, Panelist Predictions: what will Al Gore do next to prove he's not boring?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Jim Zarroli
1999-06-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about unusual candies debuted at the National Confectioner's Association "All Candy Expo", Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about the rush to advertise in an unusual place, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next relevations from the KGB's Kennedy Files?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott
Charlie Pierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Leo Del Aguila
1999-07-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about the colors red, white and blue, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about how-to for the new millenium, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next relevation about a founding father?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Robert Siegel (NPR)
1999-07-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about extreme stamp collecting, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a new scientific evidence concerning the human senses, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing Hillary Clinton do to prove she is a New Yorker at heart?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Wade Goodwyn
1999-07-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about Ernest Hemingway's life, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about someone taking new steps to protect themselves against a particular danger, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be Jerry Springer's senatorial campaign slogan?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
David Welna
1999-07-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about entertainment industry's neologisms, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a questionable marketing strategy, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott
Charlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Corey Flintoff
1999-07-31 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about Addison Dewitt, Listener Limerick Challenge, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a new personal protection device, Panelist Predictions
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Alex Chadwick
1999-08-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about tradmark law, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a controversy resolved by an official ruling, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will Talk magazine do to hype its next issue?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber
Margo Kaufman
Roy Blount, Jr.
Manoli Wetherell
1999-08-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about Alfred Hitchcock, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about a really bad mistake being acknowledged, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Charlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Vertamae Grovenor
1999-08-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job on "You're the Synergist!", Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about technology from space helping us here on Earth, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will convince Dan Quayle to finally leave the presidential race?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott
Charlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Jim Nayder
1999-08-28 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl Time Time?, Not My Job about pop songs used in TV commercials, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about someone suing for emotional distress, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what would be President Warren Beatty's first official act?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber
Roy Blount, Jr.
Roxanne Roberts
Rick Karr
1999-09-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about work place issues, Bluff the Listener about an unlikely new spokesperson, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next collecting crazy?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber
Roy Blount, Jr.
Roxanne Roberts
David Baron
1999-09-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about odd inventions you never knew you needed, Bluff the Listener about a real personal ad, Who's Jean This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next giant merger?
Peter SagalJean CochranCharlie Pierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Roxanne Roberts
Snigda Prakash
1999-09-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job, Bluff the Listener about a new effort to bring the faithful back into the fold, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next controversial rule change at the Miss America pageant?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffCharlie Pierce
Sue Ellicott
Roxanne Roberts
Bill Radke
1999-09-25 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about fashion, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about science trying to explain a work of fiction, Panelist Predictions
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Scott Simon
1999-10-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about what things are retro, Bluff the Listener about a request for mercy denied, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will Dan Quayle pay the bills?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Adam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Don Gonyea
1999-10-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about identifying new discoveries in the animal kingdom, Bluff the Listener about who is and why people are talking about Harvey Ball, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next classic rock standard to be cited by Al Gore?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott
Adam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Adam Hochberg
1999-10-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about diet crazes, Bluff the Listener about a piece of sports memorabilia to be auctioned off, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next celebrity-stuff action?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Mara Liasson
1999-10-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about urban legends, Bluff the Listener about a new theme park, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next step in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's plan for world domination?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott
Adam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Melinda Penkava
1999-10-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about lexicography, Bluff the Listener about something they didn't teach you in home ec, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what are some occupations that hereditary peers ousted from the House of Lords will move into?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Charlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Ken Nordine
1999-11-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about lower forms of life, Bluff the Listener about someone who went a bit too far, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next controversial advisor Al Gore will hire?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Mike Shuster
1999-11-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about food, Bluff the Listener about coffee creamer in the news, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will Bill Gates be punished?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Claudia Perry
Roxanne Roberts
Rachel Basofin, Erica Reid and Hershal Shevade
1999-11-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about football, Bluff the Listener about a famous person's secret history, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next monstrously popular game show sensation?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Sue Ellicott
Adam Felber
Ina Jaffe
1999-12-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about less dire emergencies in the news, Bluff the Listener about something going high tech that didn't need to go high tech, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next rule for Sylvester Stallone's servants?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Sylvia Poggioli
1999-12-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job on "You're The Antiquarian Linguist", Bluff the Listener about the ongoing battle between humans and insects, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what grand historical blunder will soon be discovered and announced?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Studs Turkel
1999-12-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about a kinder, gentler law enforcement, Bluff the Listener about a package tour of someone's dreams, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big thing the US will give away?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott
Charlie Pierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Linda Wertheimer
1999-12-25 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about winter holidays traditions around the world, Bluff the Listener about a Santa story, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what form will a politician would like to be reincarnated as?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Liane Hansen

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2000

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2000-01-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about unkidest cuts from scathing reviews, Century in Review, Bluff the Listener about actors that want to direct but were stopped, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the unusual source for the first blockbuster movie of the 21st century?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Murray Horwitz
2000-01-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about vengeance in the news, Week in Review, Bluff the Listener about a small town's efforts to raise its profile, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be Jane Fonda's next move after splitting with Ted?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Bob Mondello
2000-01-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about glam rockers and W.C. Fields, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about creative espionage, Panelist Predictions: what will Syrian President Assad do to get back at Israel for stealing his urine?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (11)
Adam Felber (11)
Charlie Pierce (8)
Jennifer Ludden
2000-01-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You've Blinded Me With Science!", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about memorable rejections, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next comeuppance for John Rocker?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Debbie Elliott
2000-01-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "Are You Ready to Order Sir?", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about bizarre government inquiries, Panelist Predictions: what will Utah Senator Orrin Hatch do in his spare time?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (14)
Charlie Pierce (9)
Roxanne Roberts (8)
Howard Berkes
2000-02-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about lesser aspects of the so-called economic boom, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about chickens in the news, Panelist Predictions: what will be Dan Savage's next act of political sabotage?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (15)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Sue Ellicott (9)
David Kestenbaum
2000-02-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about ingenues in trouble, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about honoring someone, Panelist Predictions: what will be Mr. Clean's first words?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Claudia Perry (17)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Stefan Fatsis
2000-02-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about singers in the news, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about cures for the common cold, Panelist Predictions: what will be Fox's next blockbuster ratings event?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Adam Felber (11)
T.R. Reid
2000-02-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're Not A Doctor, But You Play One On The Radio", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about mythology meeting technology, Panelist Predictions: what should Bill Bradley do to get some attention?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (19)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Mary Ann Akers
2000-03-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about bad snacks in the news, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about something that needed further definition, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Clinton's next screensaver?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Adam Felber (7)
Juan Williams
2000-03-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Barbie, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about creative law enforcement, Panelist Predictions: what will be the true identity of the Antichrist?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (17)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Sue Ellicott (7)
Andy Bowers
2000-03-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about archaological news, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about creative ways to improve health care, Panelist Predictions: where will subliminal messages be found next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Adam Felber (12)
David Brancaccio
2000-03-25 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're the Debutante in Training!", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about creative real estate planning, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next unfortunate incident to befall Senate candidate Jack E. Robinson?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Adam Felber (14)
Charlie Pierce (7)
Bob Boilen
2000-04-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Japanese baseball, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about research grants, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big thing in baseball?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Adam Felber (7)
Madeline Brand
2000-04-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about excesses in rock and roll, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about "Tae Bo and Spinning are Sooooo Five Minutes Ago", Panelist Predictions: what will be the next rock and roll folly?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Adam Felber (14)
Roxanne Roberts (7)
Ron Rappaport
2000-04-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about spring cleaning, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about revealed government secrets, Panelist Predictions: how will Martha Stewart finally find happiness?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Kee Malesky and Alphonse Vinh
2000-04-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Oprah, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about the spending of taxpayer's money, Panelist Predictions: what will be Oprah's next endevaor?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (13)
Adam Felber (11)
Sue Ellicott (9)
Steve Inskeep
2000-04-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're the death of the party!", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about what bugs can teach us, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next archaeological discovery?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (18)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (8)
Sara Paretsky
2000-05-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You'll be hearing from my lawyers!", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about "Some White Men Can Jump!", Panelist Predictions: how will Canada gain supremacy over the United States?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (16)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Adam Felber (10)
Bob Edwards
2000-05-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "Thank you for just being Mom", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about extra-cirricular activities of Royalty, Panelist Predictions: what will Aaron Spelling produce next?
Robert SiegelCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (14)
Adam Felber (13)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Melissa Block
2000-05-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about how typos can bring us all down, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about yet another Olympic scandal, Panelist Predictions: what will be Helen Thomas's next career?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Ken Rudin (11)
Ira Glass (1)
2000-05-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "The Fools in the Academy Thought You Were Insane...Insane, I Tell You! But You'll Show Them!", Late 20th Century in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about bold strides in military strategy, Panelist Predictions: what quotes will be mocked 25 years from now?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (10)
Adam Felber (9)
Charlie Pierce (6)
Nina Totenberg
2000-06-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "The Banality of Evil", Week in Review, Who's Jean This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about new government, new policy, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next military embarrassment?
Peter SagalJean CochranRoy Blount, Jr. (13)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Ira Flatow
2000-06-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about vacationing, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about fundraising ideas that should have just stayed as ideas, Panelist Predictions: how will Bill Gates exact his revenge?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Sue Ellicott (10)
Ken Rudin (7)
Julie McCarthy
2000-06-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the past, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about changing one's image, Panelist Predictions: what will be the mob's next business strategy?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (13)
Sue Ellicott (8)
Roy Blount, Jr. (6)
Lisa Simeone
2000-06-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the chain retail phenomonon, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a brilliant plan that backfired, Panelist Predictions: what will be a new name for rogue states?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Adam Felber (6)
Diane Rehm
2000-07-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the fleetingly famous, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about standing up to the government, Panelist Predictions: what will Amazon.com do to make money?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (12)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
John McChesney
2000-07-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're Not A Developer, But You're Gonna Play One On The Radio", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about the Soviets being our Raison d'Etre, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next salvo in the war between networks?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPatt Morrison (14)
Adam Felber (11)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Liane Hansen
2000-07-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're The Tent-Pole Release!", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about carnival rides, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next food product to be changed to appeal to kids?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (12)
Adam Felber (11)
Sue Ellicott (8)
Linda Wertheimer
2000-07-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Pittsburgh, Week in Review, Who's Jean This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about not being able to talk about something, Panelist Predictions: what will archivists hear when they recover the missing 18 minutes from the Nixon tapes?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Sue Ellicott (9)
Scott Simon
2000-07-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about vice presidents, Week in Review, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about dieting, Panelist Predictions: what will Kathie Lee Gifford after leaving "Regis and Kathie Lee"?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffCharlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Rick Karr
2000-08-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're The Political Jargon-Meister", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about "If you fail at this quiz, the President of NPR will disavow any knowledge of your actions", Panelist Predictions: how will Bush and Cheney follow their triumphant Philadelphia convention?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (13)
Adam Felber (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Guy Raz
2000-08-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about arts and crafts, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about Elvis (2000), Panelist Predictions: what political speeches will contain backward masking?
Susan StambergCarl KasellSue Ellicott (11)
Adam Felber (10)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Tom Goldman
2000-08-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about offers that one might want to refuse, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about not succeeding and then doing something else, Panelist Predictions: what will Gore and Liberman do to boost their poll position?
Adam FelberCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Charlie Pierce (13)
John Nielsen
2000-08-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Greek and Greece, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about millions and millions of Marches, Panelist Predictions: what will be Gore's gaffe that will top Bush's speech?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Roxanne Roberts (9)
Maria Hinojosa
2000-09-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about world records, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about schisms in the news, Panelist Predictions: what would Geraldo Rivera's first act as the Mayor of New York?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (11)
Patt Morrison (11)
Adam Felber (9)
Martha Plimpton
2000-09-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're The Next Great Blow to Western Civilization", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about rockers doing non-rock and roll projects, Panelist Predictions: who will ABC replace Dennis Miller with when his jokes get old?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Nancy Cartwright
2000-09-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Olympic history, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about the musical redefined, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first big news fro the Olympics?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (12)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Patt Morrison (11)
John Hamilton
2000-09-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about consumer convenience, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about cheaters, Panelist Predictions: how will Angelenos deal with the transit strike?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Roxanne Roberts (9)
John McCain
2000-09-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're the most wonderful, perceptive, intelligent guest we've ever had on this show. Really.", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about liars being caught in the act, Panelist Predictions: what will Anna Nicole Smith do with her big money?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (10)
Sue Ellicott (9)
Charlie Pierce (9)
Brooke Gladstone
2000-10-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "Hey! You gonna eat that?", Week in Review, Who's Jean This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about "Why? Because there's an endowment for it, that's why", Panelist Predictions: what will be the catchphrase from the next presidential debate?
Peter SagalJean CochranAdam Felber (16)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Charlie Pierce (11)
John Ydstie
2000-10-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're An Ignobel Laureate", Week in Review, Who's Corey This TIme? Round II, Bluff the Listener about "You're an actor? That's great. So what do you do for a living?", Panelist Predictions: what will be Wal-Mart's next luxury product?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffAdam Felber (15)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (7)
Rear Admiral Lewis Crenshaw
2000-10-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about fringe presidential candidates, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about hornets making the news, Panelist Predictions: what will be the Army's next improvement?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (12)
Roxanne Roberts (9)
Adam Felber (8)
Jim Nayder
2000-10-28 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You are the horrible walking undead", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about addictions, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first e-mail to Madeline Albright from her new e-pal?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Margot Adler
2000-11-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're the obscure candidate running below the radar!", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about would be rappers, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next November surprise before the election?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (10)
Roxanne Roberts (8)
Patt Morrison (7)
Gene Sperling
2000-11-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about William Shakespeare, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about well-known sayings that turn out to be true, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first bill that Senator-elect Hillary Clinton present to the Senate?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (7)
Sue Ellicott (6)
Armistead Maupin
2000-11-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Australia, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about 21st century innovations, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next twist in the drama of the 2000 elections?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Adam Felber (8)
Kevin Kallagher
2000-11-25 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2000-01-01 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about unkidest cuts from scathing reviews, Century in Review, Bluff the Listener about actors that want to direct but were stopped, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the unusual source for the first blockbuster movie of the 21st century?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Adam Felber (15)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Murray Horwitz
2000-12-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Santa, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about someone who didn't really get what they asked for, Panelist Predictions: how will magician David Blaine top his encased-in-a-block-of-ice stunt?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (11)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Michael Feldman
2000-12-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're standing under the mistletoe and that creepy guy from Accounts Payable is making a bee-line for your lower lip", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about coffee in the news, Panelist Predictions: what will be the most surprising potential appointment to be announced by Bush?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (12)
Adam Felber (9)
Sue Ellicott (7)
Jane and Michael Stern
2000-12-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "If you don't remove every brown M&M from that bowl, David Lee Roth will trash his dressing room!", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about conflicts that in a ordinary world, would not be on the agendas of a national government, Panelist Predictions: how will cable news shows fill their time now that the elections are over?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (12)
Adam Felber (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (9)
John Feinstein
2000-12-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about predictions, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about acronyms in the news, Panelist Predictions: what will be the tabloids's predictions be for 2001?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Patt Morrison (12)
T.R. Reid
2000-12-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about politician's regrettable pronouncements from both sides of the aisle, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about the less distinguished relatives of distinguished, accomplished people, Panelist Predictions: what will be the New York Times headline for 1 Jan 2050?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (18)
Adam Felber (12)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Robert Siegel (NPR)

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2001

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2001-01-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about adventures in commercial aviation, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about measurements, Panelist Predictions: how will the Democrats take advantage of their short-lived power in the Senate?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (15)
Adam Felber (13)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Dan Bern
2001-01-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My job about pets, Week in Review, Who's Carl This TIme? Round II, Bluff the Listener about dealing with winter, Panelist Predictions: what will be the true identity to "Ginger"?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (15)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Melissa Block
2001-01-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about new high-tech products, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about making the Department of Public Works work better, Panelist Predictions: how will Bill Clinton spend his time once he's no longer president?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (15)
Sue Ellicott (14)
Patt Morrison (10)
Robert Siegel (The Onion)
2001-01-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about fast food, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about things you can't do but didn't know about, Panelist Predictions: how will the Bush White House exact revenge on the Clintonite pranksters?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (13)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Sue Ellicott (10)
Loundon Wainright III
2001-02-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about football, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about "Pardon me, Mr. President", Panelist Predictions: how will other morning shows outdo Good Morning America's live birth?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Adam Felber (8)
George McGovern
2001-02-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about occupational obsolescence, Week in Review, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about new concepts in museum exhibition that is too new for the viewing public, Panelist Predictions: how will Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman ease their broken hearts?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffSue Ellicott (13)
Adam Felber (12)
Charlie Pierce (9)
Don Gonyea
2001-02-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You Went From the White House to the dog house", Week in Review, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about the unlikeliest seminar, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next great discovery about the human genome?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffCharlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Paula Poundstone (6)
Frank De Ford
2001-02-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're not going to Disneyworld--and man, are you going to be wishing you were", Week in Review, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a twist on the family business, Panelist Predictions: how will Eminem follow up his Grammy night duet with Elton John?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffCharlie Pierce (13)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Adam Felber (9)
Amy Reiter
2001-03-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about baseball, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about people who are determined to have it their way, Panelist Predictions: how will a vengeful God next send a warning to Bill Gates?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Charlie Pierce (9)
Simon Winchester
2001-03-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about art, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a new religion that is raising eyebrows, Panelist Predictions: who will run the country if Vice President Cheney were ever incapacitated?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (14)
Charlie Pierce (7)
Sue Ellicott (7)
Tom and Ray Magliozzi
2001-03-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Ken doll, Week in Review, Who's Carl This TIme? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a cliché that truth of which has been debunked, Panelist Prediction: how will Ken celebrate his 40th birthday?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Patt Morrison (10)
Roxanne Roberts (8)
Fred Child
2001-03-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Gridiron Dinner, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about hands, Panelist Predictions: what will be Bush's next pet peeve?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Paula Poundstone (9)
Lloyd Kauffman
2001-03-31 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This TIme?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about phobias, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about people trying to get insurance coverage on unexpected things, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next celebrity to change his or her name?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Sue Ellicott (7)
Gwen Macsai
2001-04-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Gereoso Pope, Jr., Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about journalistic hijinks from eager reporters, Panelist predictions: what will be the next David Copperfield magic extravaganza to be televised?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (12)
Adam Felber (12)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Jim Morris
2001-04-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about marshmallow peeps, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about two things you'd never think could come together but did, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next song the Bush administration will use to highlight a new policy or press release?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Patt Morrison (13)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Fred Willard
2001-04-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "If you have to leave a footprint on the sunken chest of every little old man between your seat and foul pole, you are going to get that ball!", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about something that only happens in fairy tales, Panelist Predictions: what will happen if Dennis Tito visits the space station?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (13)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Adam Felber (10)
Bob Garfield
2001-04-28 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about TV network memos, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about games, Panelist Predictions: what will be Kevin Costner's next quest to save the world?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Charlie Pierce (8)
Margaret Cho
2001-05-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You have no idea what these kids nowadays are even talking about", Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about Uri Geller, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first Country hit based on the recession?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (11)
Adam Felber (7)
Roxanne Roberts (7)
Linda Wertheimer
2001-05-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Elizabeth Wurzel, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about the Doobie Brothers, Panelist Predictions: what would a Cliff's Notes of the news be?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Adam Felber (12)
Paula Poundstone (3)
Andrew Sullivan
2001-05-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Wonder Woman, Week in Review, Who's Carl This TIme? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a new must-have corporate types need to have to succeed, Panelist Predictions: what will the FBI find in the vault full of files?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (15)
Adam Felber (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Dan Savage
2001-05-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about words that magazines have banned from their pages, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about bad things gone good, Panelist Predictions: how will Republicans get their revenge on Senator Jim Jeffords for leaving the party?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Sandra Tsing Loh
2001-06-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the history of music censorship, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about new ways to keep or restore the peace, Panelist Predictions: what will be an unintended consequence of the Casey Martin Supreme Court decision?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Amy Carlson
2001-06-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about celebrity product endorsements, Week in Review, Who's Carl Thie Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a dangerous aspect of an innocuous thing, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next celebrity endorsement?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPatt Morrison (16)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Adam Felber (9)
Dan Castelenetta
2001-06-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Gabor sisters, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about man affecting nature, Panelist Predictions: what will Phil Bronstein get next Father's Day?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (14)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Adam Felber (9)
Will Shortz
2001-06-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Red Scare during and before the Cold War, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about the cutting edge in luxury goods, Panelist Predictions: what will the letter from Bush to the taxpayers announcing the tax rebate say?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Martin Amis
2001-06-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about ketchup, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about desperate measures in desperate times, Panelist Predictions: how will Congress make the Patient's Bill of Rights more appealing to Americans?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
John Mahoney
2001-07-07 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2000-05-27 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "The Fools in the Academy Thought You Were Insane...Insane, I Tell You! But You'll Show Them!", Late 20th Century in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about bold strides in military strategy, Panelist Predictions: what quotes will be mocked 25 years from now?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (10)
Adam Felber (9)
Charlie Pierce (6)
Nina Totenberg
2001-07-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Motley Crue, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a tempest in the schools, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing we'll learn about early man?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPatt Morrison (13)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Sue Ellicott (10)
Sherman Alexie
2001-07-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about psychics, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a new innovation in safety, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing touted as a benefit of smoking cigarettes?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Adam Felber (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Steve Albini
2001-07-28 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about surfing, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about strange collectibles, Panelist Predictions: what will Laura Bush do to change her "nice" image?
Peter SagalJean CochranCharlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Patt Morrison (11)
Jane Pratt
2001-08-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Not My Job about the 20 years of MTV, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about an everyday phenomenon explained, Panelist Predictions: how will MTV change in the next 20 years?
Peter SagalJean CochranAdam Felber (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (9)
Sue Ellicott (7)
Bill Griffith
2001-08-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about advertising, Week in Review, Who's Jean This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about misleading names, Panelist Predictions: what will be the title of Bill Clinton's memoirs?
Peter SagalJean CochranCharlie Pierce (13)
Sue Ellicott (13)
Adam Felber (9)
Lisa Simeone
2001-08-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Shriners, Week in Review, Who's Jean This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about unlikely plans that actually succeeded, Panelist Predictions: how will Bush redecorate the White House?
Peter SagalJean CochranRoxanne Roberts (16)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Moon Unit Zappa
2001-08-25 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about pirated Asian CDs and DVDs, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about someone who took a jook a little too seriously, Panelist Predictions: what are Jesse Helm's plans for retirement?
Adam FelberCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (12)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Paul Sereno
2001-09-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the lives and loves of mosquitos, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about an offer that's too good to pass up, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next scandal to hit a children's institution?
Adam FelberCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (12)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Al Franken
2001-09-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about PEZ, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about historical advances in political correctness, Panelist Predictions: what will be Janet Reno's Florida gubernatorial campaign slogan?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Adam Felber (10)
Salman Rushdie
2001-09-22 Opens in a new tab or window P.J. O'Rourke would later become a panelist.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Samuel Z. Arkoff, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about rejected espionage innovations, Panelist Predictions: what will be a sign that America has begun to heal?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Roxanne Roberts (9)
Charlie Pierce (9)
P.J. O'Rourke
2001-09-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about scholarships you might be embarrassed to accept, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about unlikely plans to save energy, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person to come out of retirement?
Peter SagalCarl KasellEvan Smith (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Sue Ellicott (13)
Kurt Andersen
2001-10-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the early days of video games, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about little guys taking on the big boys, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first relevation from the Clinton White House Tapes?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Adam Felber (11)
Bill Bastone
2001-10-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about GI Joe, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about don't do it yourself schemes, Panelist Predictions: where will a muppet turn up unexpectedly next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Adam Felber (8)
John Flansburgh
2001-10-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about things the stars never wanted you to know, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about schemes to make people feel more secure, Panelist Predictions: who will be victimized next by overly tight security?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (11)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Sue Ellicott (7)
Rodney Yee
2001-10-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Not My Job about the history of trash, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about new ways to mold young minds, Panelist Predictions: what will the Arizona Diamondbacks do to beat the New York Yankees?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Adam Felber (11)
Jeffrey Toobin
2001-11-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about products endorsed by dead celebrities, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about souvenirs we'd love to buy, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next product attached to the name of a dead celebrity?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Adam Felber (11)
Tom and Dave Gardner
2001-11-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about ants, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about peculiar letters, Panelist Predictions: what advertising slogan will America adopt in its war against terrorism?
Peter SagalCarl KasellEvan Smith (14)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (9)
Dan Perkins
2001-11-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Not My Job about Ricky Jay's "Jay's Journal of Anomolies", Who's Jean This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about solutions in which necessity mothered innovation, Panelist Predictions: how will Bush and Putin solidify their friendship?
Peter SagalJean CochranSue Ellicott (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
P.J. O'Rourke (11)
Gene Simmons
2001-11-24 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2000-12-30 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about politician's regrettable pronouncements from both sides of the aisle, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about the less distinguished relatives of distinguished, accomplished people, Panelist Predictions: what will be the New York Times headline for 1 Jan 2050?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (18)
Adam Felber (12)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Robert Siegel (NPR)
2001-12-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Tupperware, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about enticements to shop, Panelist Predictions: how we will know when the recession has become a depression?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Sue Ellicott (9)
Joe Garagiola Jr.
2001-12-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Walt Disney's centennial, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about high-flying data that can also help us understand something more humble, Panelist Predictions: how will Strom Thurmond celebrate his 100th birthday?
Peter SagalJean CochranCharlie Pierce (12)
Sue Ellicott (9)
Adam Felber (7)
Simon Callow
2001-12-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Minnesotans, Week in Review, Who's Jean This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about tributes gone awry, Panelist Predictions: what is in the inaudible bits of the Osama Bin Laden video?
Peter SagalJean CochranRoxanne Roberts (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Cokie Roberts
2001-12-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Not My Job about Batman and Robin, Week in Review, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about innovations in the art of cleanliness, Panelist Predictions: where is Osama Bin Laden?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Evan Smith (12)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Spalding Gray
2001-12-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about luminaries lost in the past year, Announcement of the Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Newsmaker of the Year 2001, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Bluff the Listener about updates on stories reported earlier in the year, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big story in the new year?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (11)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Adam Felber (6)
Madeleine Albright

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2002

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2002-01-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about The Sound Of Music, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about revised history, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big headline on 1 Jan 2050?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Buddy Guy
2002-01-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about fake bands, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about problems with the new Euro currency, Panelist Predictions: who will follow Paula Zahn with a "just a little bit sexy" ad campaign?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (13)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Mary Engelbreit
2002-01-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Not My Job about the high life, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about mid-season TV replacements, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next snack food incident?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (12)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Mo Rocca (10)
Calvin Trillin
2002-01-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about errors in the New York Times, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about unlikely legislative tales, Panelist Predictions: what will be K-Mart's last ditch effort to revive itself?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (18)
Sue Ellicott (13)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Gregg Easterbrook
2002-02-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Super Bowl halftime shows, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about real estate stories, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next public object found to be offensive?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (13)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Adam Felber (10)
Christine Brennan
2002-02-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Mr. Potato Head, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about new concepts in dining out, Panelist Predictions: how else will the Red Cross dole out 9/11 donation money?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper
2002-02-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Valentine's Day, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about being the first on your block, Panelist Predictions: how will figure skating come back from the gold medal controversy?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (12)
Evan Smith (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Bill Radke
2002-02-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Not My Job about Wal-Mart, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about city government 21st century style, Panelist Predictions: what hot new sport will be invented for the next Winter Olympics?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Adam Felber (8)
Fiona Ritchie
2002-03-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about saints, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about people joining forces to fight against something, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person to be canonized as a saint?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Randy Newman
2002-03-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Statistical Abstract of the United States, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about celebration, Panelist Predictions: how will the Ted Koppel/David Letterman controversy play out?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Mo Rocca (8)
William Mapother
2002-03-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the original Axis of Evil, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Bluff the Listener about ancestry, Panelist Predictions: which government program will benefit from the eye of Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (12)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Mario Bartiromo
2002-03-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the death of the rich and famous, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about controversies among the crystals and Windham Hill crowd, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next large mass to fall into the sea?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffRoxanne Roberts (14)
Adam Felber (13)
P.J. O'Rourke (10)
Leslie Hope
2002-03-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the movie E.T., Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about customer disservice, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next Playboy theme pictoral?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffMo Rocca (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Jane Barbe
2002-04-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Not My Job about hoaxes, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about airport woes, Panelist Predictions: what really is the blob off of the coast of Florida?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (9)
Stephnie Weir
2002-04-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about thoroughbred racehorse breeding, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about staking a claim, Panelist Predictions: what will Oprah do that her book club is no more?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Sue Ellicott (5)
Lloyd Grove
2002-04-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about taxes, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about "We didn't tell them to stage a coup; anybody want a lockbox?; rock stars are insecure too", Panelist Predictions: what will be the next innovation in firehouses?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Neal Pollack
2002-04-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Harvey Houses creator Fred Harvey, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about an old institution that gets a 21st century update, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next new Girl Scout merit badge?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (13)
Adam Felber (10)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Eartha Kitt
2002-05-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about MAD magazine, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about bringing help to the hopeless, Panelist Predictions: what will the Hubble Telescope see next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Adam Felber (15)
Paula Poundstone (6)
Bill Flanagan
2002-05-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "You're a chicken... but we mean that in a good way", Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about an enthusiasts meets its maker, Panelist Predictions: what will really happen on the Rolling Stones' tour?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (13)
Mo Rocca (12)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Kenny Mayne
2002-05-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the military tank, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a new wrinkle in the revival of all things 1970's, Panelist Predictions: how will the Democrats top the GOP selling pictures of President Bush taken on 9/11 as a fundraising attempt?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Sue Ellicott (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Tavis Smiley
2002-05-25 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Not My Job about the Stanley Cup, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about overcoming the modern-day Goliaths, Panelist Predictions: where will Ally McBeal turn up now that her show as been cancelled?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (13)
P.J. O'Rourke (11)
Charlie Pierce (9)
Chip Rowe
2002-06-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about unhealthy restaurant food, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about weddings in the news, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next snack food based on a world leader?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (15)
Adam Felber (14)
Mo Rocca (10)
Ray Suarez
2002-06-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about John McEnroe, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about the insulted battle their insulters, Panelist Predictions: what will the Bush administration do about global warming?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (6)
Lou Dobbs
2002-06-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job the dot-com disasters, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Bluff the Listener about summer vacation packages, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next company to come up with a perplexing corporate image?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Adam Felber (11)
Sue Ellicott (8)
Beth Chamberlin
2002-06-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This TIme?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Watergate, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about new games, Panelist Predictions: what will Jesse Ventura do after being governor of Minnesota?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Mo Rocca (11)
Paula Poundstone (8)
Mary Zimmerman
2002-06-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This TIme?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Tour De France bike race, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about something previously loathed but now loved, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next instance of corporate malfeasance?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Louie Anderson
2002-07-06 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2002-01-05 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about The Sound Of Music, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about revised history, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big headline on 1 Jan 2050?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Buddy Guy
2002-07-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the golden age of radio, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about devotion to an institution of higher learning, Panelist Predictions: what will happen at Janet Reno's disco dance party next weekend?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Sue Ellicott (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Orrin Hatch
2002-07-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about air conditioning, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about wonderment in the news, Panelist Predictions: what will happen if TIPS (the program in which regular Americans will be recruited as homeland spies) is implemented?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
P.J. O'Rourke (11)
Bill Scheft
2002-07-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Business 2.0's "101 Dumbest Moments in Business", Who's Carl This TIme? Round II, Bluff the Listener about summer camps, Panelist Predictions: what will James Traficant's election slogan be... from jail?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (12)
Mo Rocca (11)
Paula Poundstone (7)
Chuck Palahniuk
2002-08-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about silent film, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about new sights in the singles scene, Panelist Predictions: how will the US finally oust Saddam Hussein?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Kathy Mattea
2002-08-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Grateful Dead, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about politicians coming clean before being outed by 60 Minutes, Panelist Predictions: what will happen on the next episode of the Anna Nicole Smith reality TV show?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (14)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Thisbe Nissen and Erin Ergenbright
2002-08-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Not My Job about Elvis, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about people trying to fit in, Panelist Predictions: what will be the subject of Bush's next summit?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Mo Rocca (10)
Peter Greenberg
2002-08-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about ad campaigns that just didn't quite make the sale, Panelist Predictions: how will baseball be saved from its labor strife?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
P.J. O'Rourke (11)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Bob Mould
2002-08-31 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about heavy metal music, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about wacky ideas in the world of academia, Panelist Predictions: how will President Bush convince the world that the US should invade Iraq?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (15)
Sue Ellicott (15)
Mo Rocca (7)
Gary McMahan
2002-09-07 Opens in a new tab or window 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?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Al Franken
2002-09-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about anti-gravity, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about names, Panelist Predictions: what will scientists find on the newly discovered moon orbiting the Earth?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (14)
Sue Ellicott (14)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Clive Barker
2002-09-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Not My Job about the outdated heyday of the air hostess, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about people who took a chance and got their big break, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next celebrity to change his or her image?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (13)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Adam Felber (10)
Fannie Flagg
2002-09-28 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Volkwagen Beetle, Who's Jean This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about world leaders who found something to do in retirement, Panelist Predictions: how will President Bush and Gerhard Schroder make up after their spat?
Peter SagalJean CochranRoy Blount, Jr. (13)
Mo Rocca (11)
Sue Ellicott (8)
Jim Lehrer
2002-10-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the New York Yankees, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about value, Panelist Predictions: how will the war in Iraq be averted?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (12)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Charlie Pierce (9)
Oscar Goodman
2002-10-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Historical Reenactment Theatre, Not My Job about SUVs, Listener Limerick Challenge, Bluff the Listener about cheaters that did not prosper, Panelist Predictions: what will be the fate of Pluto now that its planetary status is in question?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Adam Felber (14)
Sue Ellicott (9)
Hugh Downs
2002-10-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Hillary Clinton, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a group hiring a spokesperson who doesn't fit the bill or fits the bill too well, Panelist Predictions: what will be Madonna's next movie?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (13)
Mo Rocca (12)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Patricia Heaton
2002-10-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Superman, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about bizarre ways politicians tried to get voters's attention, Panelist Predictions: what will happen in the soon-to-be-written Godfather IV?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Paula Poundstone (7)
George Wendt
2002-11-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Saturday Night Live, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about civic rejuvenation, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big headline out of next week's election?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (14)
Sue Ellicott (14)
Adam Felber (11)
David Blaine
2002-11-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about modern art, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about ordinary people trying to become a superhero, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first bill to be passed by the GOP controlled Congress?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Mo Rocca (9)
Scott Adams
2002-11-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Science of Funny, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about a failed attempt of modernizing something steeped in tradition, Panelist Predictions: what will will Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez give for the break up of their marriage in 8 months?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Michele Norris
2002-11-23 Opens in a new tab or window Paula Poundstone did not answer any Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about James Bond, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about hyenas, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first act of the new Department of Homeland Security?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (11)
Adam Felber (8)
Paula Poundstone (2)
Paul Theroux
2002-11-30 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2000-05-27 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "The Fools in the Academy Thought You Were Insane...Insane, I Tell You! But You'll Show Them!", Late 20th Century in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about bold strides in military strategy, Panelist Predictions: what quotes will be mocked 25 years from now?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (10)
Adam Felber (9)
Charlie Pierce (6)
Nina Totenberg
2002-12-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about IKEA, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about extreme Christmas presents, Panelist Predictions: what will the weapons inspectors find in Iraq?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (11)
P.J. O'Rourke (7)
Adam Felber (7)
Steve Schirripa
2002-12-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Dutch version of St. Nicholas, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about overweight Americans, Panelist Predictions: what will Trent Lott say next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Mo Rocca (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Harold Ramis
2002-12-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Philadephia's Veterans Stadium, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about snack foods, Panelist Predictions: who is the Newsmaker of the Year for 2002?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Genevieve Gorder and Doug Wilson
2002-12-28 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2002-09-07 show.
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?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Al Franken

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2003

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2003-01-04 Opens in a new tab or window This show is a special broadcast of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s Fifth Anniversary, recorded on 2002-12-09.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about new ideas and inventions made in 1998, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener, Panelist Predictions: what will headline the news on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s Tenth Anniversary?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Charlie Pierce
Sue Ellicott
Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper
2003-01-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about "Authentic Happiness" by Martin Seligman, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about rowdy fans, Panelist Predictions: what does Kim Jong Il really want?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Sue Ellicott (9)
P.J. O'Rourke (8)
George Foreman (1)
2003-01-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Gerald's Posner's new history of Motown, Bluff the Listener about super specific television programming, Panelist Predictions: what other skeletons will be found in Joe Lieberman's closet?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Adam Felber (15)
Mo Rocca (10)
Joe Pantoliano (2)
2003-01-25 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Super Bowl Media Day, Bluff the Listener about someone not happy about Harry Potter, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big news from this weekend's Super Bowl?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Baxter Black
2003-02-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about dueling, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about excessive manners, Panelist Predictions: what will Colin Powell reveal next week to the United Nations?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffAdam Felber (13)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Charlie Pierce (9)
Melissa Block
2003-02-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about Meg Ryan, Not My Job about America's battle with obesity, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be found in the thousands of pages of the Bush budget?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (10)
Paula Poundstone (9)
Roy Blount, Jr. (8)
Arianna Huffington
2003-02-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new options for meeting planners, Not My Job about Hallmark, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big revelation about the nature of the universe?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (15)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (9)
Eva Marie Saint
2003-02-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about news anchors doing something worthy of Wait Wait, Not My Job about salt, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will France and the US make up?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Nick Hornby
2003-03-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new jobs for the millenium, Not My Job about the underworld of old Chicago, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what target will the Justice Department go after next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (13)
Sue Ellicott (4)
Isaac Mizrahi
2003-03-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about mountains made out of mole hills, Not My Job about "The Emperor of Scent" by Chandler Burr, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will happen when Bill Clinton and Bob Dole square off on 60 Minutes?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (15)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Neil Meron
2003-03-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about neighborliness, Not My Job about Tony Orlando, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will France get back at the US for renaming french fries as "freedom fries"?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Adam Felber (13)
Sue Ellicott (7)
Bruce Vilanch
2003-03-22 Opens in a new tab or window The three panelists ended up in a three-way tie by the end of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about extraordinary study abroad opportunities, Not My Job about regrettably fawning star profiles in GQ, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big surprise at this weekend's Oscars?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (13)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Michael Deaver
2003-03-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about marking the end of something epochal, Not My Job about the Fountainebleau Hotel, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: whose speech will someone play backwards and what will it reveal?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Sue Ellicott (9)
Paula Poundstone (8)
Linda Cohn
2003-04-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about plastic surgery gone too far, Not My Job about the dumbest things done in the world of business during 2002, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Geraldo do now that he's been asked to leave Iraq?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (11)
Mo Rocca (10)
Adam Felber (10)
Jane Scott
2003-04-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about urban planning gone awry Not My Job about baseball, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf pop up next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (14)
Adam Felber (13)
Charlie Pierce (9)
Michael Palin
2003-04-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about Pat Boone, Not My Job about film noir advertising, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will major league baseball protect its players and umpires from their fans?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (16)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Sean Foley and Hamish MacColl
2003-04-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about something invented that did not know there was an inventor, Not My Job about sex lives of animals, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will we next learn about the trade secrets of reporters in Baghdad?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (13)
Adam Felber (11)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Alan Hunter
2003-05-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about advances in shopping, Not My Job about Frederick's of Hollywood, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the juicy tidbit that didn't make it into Hillary Clinton's memoirs?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Roxanne Roberts (8)
Al Franken
2003-05-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ideas to help Iraqis over the war, Not My Job about dead people, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Democrats match President Bush's ride to the aircraft carrier?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (14)
Adam Felber (13)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Mike Ditka
2003-05-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about consumer idiocy, Not My Job about the early history of New York City's Central Park, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will happen next in the Texas state legislature?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Sue Ellicott (10)
Caroll Spinney
2003-05-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people who really needed to back off a bit, Not My Job about the video game Doom, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Panelist Predictions: where will Ari Fleischer show up next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (16)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Carl Reiner
2003-05-31 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people improving something that people didn't know needed improvement, Not My Job about Bob Hope, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will France get back at President Bush during the Evian summit?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffCharlie Pierce (15)
Sue Ellicott (14)
Adam Felber (13)
Dale Bumpers
2003-06-07 Opens in a new tab or window Paula Poundstone finished the show tied for first for the first time since being on the show.
Who's Corey This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people demanding the right to do something that people didn't know that it wasn't allowed, Not My Job about Ronald McDonald, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will we find in other presidential candidates's diaries?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffCharlie Pierce (12)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Richard Thompson
2003-06-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Bluff the Listener about catastrophic solutions to fiascos, Not My Job about Esquire's Dubious Achievements in Science Awards, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be discovered about the oldest fossil ever found?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Sue Ellicott (14)
Mo Rocca (13)
Matthew Sagal (Peter's Father)
2003-06-21 Opens in a new tab or window First live recording from Portland, Oregon.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a previously unknown big business scandal, Not My Job about the Pony Express, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what recipes are the panelists looking foward to trying from the Clinton Presidential Library Cookbook?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Sue Ellicott (10)
Jack Ohman
2003-06-28 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new protest songs, Not My Job about marriage rituals, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what new ice cream flavors will be made for Democratic presidential nominees?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (14)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Adam Felber (10)
Peter Schickele
2003-07-05 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2003-01-04 show.

This show is a special broadcast of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s Fifth Anniversary, recorded on 2002-12-09.

Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about new ideas and inventions made in 1998, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener, Panelist Predictions: what will headline the news on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s Tenth Anniversary?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Charlie Pierce
Sue Ellicott
Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper
2003-07-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Henry Ford, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener, Panelist Predictions: what funny named employees will the other Democratic presidential candidates hire?
Peter SagalJean CochranRoy Blount, Jr. (16)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Sue Ellicott (8)
Sherman Alexie
2003-07-19 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2000-12-30 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about politician's regrettable pronouncements from both sides of the aisle, Week in Review, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about the less distinguished relatives of distinguished, accomplished people, Panelist Predictions: what will be the New York Times headline for 1 Jan 2050?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (18)
Adam Felber (12)
Roxanne Roberts (11)
Robert Siegel (NPR)
2003-07-26 Opens in a new tab or window Amy Dickinson had been a one-time panelist for the show before its reboot; and, would later become a regular panelist.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the formation of Sports Illustrated, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about nature, Panelist Predictions: how will Disney make Mickey Mouse hip for his 75th birthday?
Bill RadkeCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
Mo Rocca (16)
Paula Poundstone (7)
Amy Dickinson
2003-08-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about pigs, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener, Panelist Predictions: what will Bob Hope say when he gets to comedy heaven?
Bill RadkeCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (18)
Adam Felber (17)
P.J. O'Rourke (16)
Lisa Ling
2003-08-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about corporate mergers gone bad, Not My Job about Presidential movie favorites, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will finally result from the California gubernatorial recall election?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (16)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Sue Ellicott (10)
Colin Quinn
2003-08-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about creepy crawly insects, Not My Job about West Point, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what heretofore unknown candidate will make a play for the California gubernatorial recall election?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (19)
Roxanne Roberts (16)
P.J. O'Rourke (11)
Evan Handler
2003-08-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about multi-use products, Not My Job about Samuel Johnson's 1755 dictionary, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next computer worm to wreck havoc and what will it do?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (16)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Orlando Jones
2003-08-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a fashion faux pas, Not My Job about medical slang, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will we discover about Mars?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Mandy Patinkin
2003-09-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about laziness, Not My Job about DARPA, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next hurricanes?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Adam Felber (15)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Ted Allen
2003-09-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about dreams that were dashed, Not My Job about Air Force One, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what are the "real" favorite songs of the Democractic candidates?
Peter SagalCarl KasellP.J. O'Rourke (15)
Mo Rocca (13)
Sue Ellicott (7)
Graham Norton
2003-09-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about successfully delivered secret messages, Not My Job about Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Paula Poundstone (15)
Leonard Maltin
2003-09-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a surprising claim to ownership, Not My Job about the 1962 New York Mets, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will telemarketers do now that the Do Not Call list is in effect?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Sue Ellicott (13)
Rebecca Brandewine
2003-10-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about extreme efforts to break a bad habit, Not My Job about tribute bands, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Don Novello
2003-10-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener, Not My Job about the management style of former Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Sue Ellicott (15)
Mo Rocca (15)
Rick Reilly
2003-10-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about strange celebrity run-ins, Not My Job about slugger Ted Williams, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be next now that China has sent a man into space?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (17)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Doug Marlette
2003-10-25 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an event into which "Don't drop Pat Sajak!" held a prominent position in the news, Not My Job about Led Zeppelin, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what souvenir will President Bush bring back from his trip to Asia and Australia?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
P.J. O'Rourke (13)
Sue Ellicott (13)
Tucker Carlson
2003-11-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about misguided ideas to keep our enemies at bay, Not My Job about Harley Earl, You Really Need to Get Out and Live a Little, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the effects of this week's geomagnetic storm?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (19)
Roy Blount, Jr. (17)
Paula Poundstone (16)
Molly Ivins
2003-11-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about scarcity where there should be abundance, Not My Job about eccentric royalty, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will NPR do with a recent $200 million bequest from Joan Kroc (wife of the founder of McDonald's)?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Joe McQuaid
2003-11-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Are You An NPR Geek?, Not My Job about the Reagan years, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next controversial word to be included in the Merriam-Webster dictionary?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Patrick Stewart
2003-11-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about elderly people changing with the times, Not My Job about Mickey Spillane, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the institution of marriage change?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Adam Felber (12)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Jeff Corwin
2003-11-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about dirty political tricks that did not quite succeed, Not My Job about Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Buddy Cianci, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what new politician will rise up to our collective shame?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Bill Law (1)
2003-12-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people who refused to get with the whole "God Bless Us, Every One" program, Not My Job about Hugh Hefner and Playboy magazine, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be found in Howard Dean's gubernatorial records?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Mo Rocca (16)
Sue Ellicott (13)
Madeleine Albright
2003-12-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Doofus of the Week, Bluff the Listener about a person dedicated to making sure this is the most wonderful time of the year, Not My Job about the anti-gay movement following World War II, Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the other presidential candidates respond to Al Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Adam Felber (16)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Harry Smith
2003-12-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Linda This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a crass attempt to make it big, Not My Job about low points in the sports world, Linda Wertheimer's Countdown, Who's Linda This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the US learn from Saddam Hussein?
Peter SagalLinda WertheimerMo Rocca (14)
Sue Ellicott (12)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Joel Grey
2003-12-27 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of the 2003-01-04 show.

This show is a special broadcast of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s Fifth Anniversary, recorded on 2002-12-09.

Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about other innocations or ideas launched in 1998, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about where-are-they-now stories of key figures in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Panelist Predictions: what will be the major news headline at the Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! 10th anniversary?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Charlie Pierce
Sue Ellicott
Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper

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2004

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2004-01-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about historical facts that were supposed to be set in stone, Not My Job about poet Martin Tupper, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what historical figure will be found to have been wrong about all along?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (11)
Mo Rocca (10)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Ira Glass (2)
2004-01-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about machines becoming too smart, Not My Job about changes in the game called life, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be discovered about Britney Spears' wedding and annulment?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (20)
Paula Poundstone (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (2)
2004-01-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about products and services for the lonely, Not My Job about the nation's chief law enforcement officer, Listener Mailbag, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the Mars rover find on Mars?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (16)
P.J. O'Rourke (15)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Patrick Smith (1)
2004-01-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about things people do but shouldn't, Not My Job about running a company into the ground, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Howard Dean make people forget about his "scream"?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Roxanne Roberts (17)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Gideon Yago (2)
2004-01-31 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about innovative criminal defenses, Not My Job about Ann Miller, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the most talked about Super Bowl ad?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (20)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Denise McCluggage (1)
2004-02-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time?, Bluff the Listener about how David Hasselhoff is very displeased, Not My Job about Joe Esterhasz, Who's Jean This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will trademark the next personal thing?
Peter SagalJean CochranRoy Blount, Jr. (17)
Adam Felber (15)
Sue Ellicott (14)
Aisha Tyler (2)
2004-02-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about inventive advertisements, Not My Job about dodging military service during the Vietnam War, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Disney deal with next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Roxanne Roberts (16)
Mo Rocca (9)
Bill Nye (2)
2004-02-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about warnings for parents, Not My Job about the Golden Age of Zeppelins, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what product will take up Madge the manicurist's slogan "You're Soaking In It?"
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Sam Moore (1)
2004-02-28 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about innovative education techniques, Not My Job about Paris Hilton, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Democrats stop Ralph Nader?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (15)
Adam Felber (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (8)
Omid Djalili (0)
2004-03-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about peculiar troubles at Disney, Not My Job about mischievous and malevolent spirits through history, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Wait Wait Time Machine, Panelist Predictions: what will replace "supersize" options in fast food restaurants?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
Roxanne Roberts (16)
Mo Rocca (13)
Anna Deavere Smith (0)
2004-03-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ways to change men's slovenly and uncaring ways, Not My Job about Coca Cola, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: who will be caught by surprise by an open mic?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (14)
Sue Ellicott (14)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Jon Favreau (0)
2004-03-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about lousy government jobs, Not My Job about cop and detective shows from the 1970's, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will John Kerry say, then immediately regret saying?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (15)
Jeff Greenfield (3)
2004-03-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about an article about roadies from an issue of "Spin" magazine, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Bluff the Listener about strange labor miscues, Panelist Predictions: what will happen in the upcoming NCAA tournament?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKaren Grigsby Bates (18)
Adam Felber (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Daniel Okrent (1)
2004-04-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about household hints gone wrong, Not My Job about Donald Trump, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what songs will be found on Vice President Dick Cheney's new iPod?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (12)
Paula Poundstone (12)
P.J. O'Rourke (10)
Rick Bayless (2)
2004-04-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about Stevie Nicks, Not My Job about taxes, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: after Bob Dylan, who will make a surprising appearance in a television commercial?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Sue Ellicott (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Cary Elwes (0)
2004-04-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new competitive sports, Not My Job about rats, Mystery Newsmaker, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what mistakes have the panelists made in the past three years?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Roxanne Roberts (16)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Don Gonyea (1)
2004-04-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about NASCAR creeping into everyday life, Not My Job about the history and science of the joke, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be discovered from Bob Woodward's next book?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Adam Felber (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Andy MacPhail (1)
2004-05-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about small revolutions within law enforcement, Not My Job about Estée Lauder, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will Bill Clinton's autobiography really be called?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Karen Grigsby Bates (14)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Lynne Truss (1)
2004-05-08 Opens in a new tab or window When providing an answer in the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Peter mis-pronounced "Gina Lollobrigida" when stating that Canada's Parliment erupted in fighting and cat-calls when someone mis-pronounced her name, which lead to Charlie Pierce cat-calling Peter with "you're a cat, Peter".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ways athletes try to gain the advantage, Not My Job about Atlantic City, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, What's My Motivation?, Panelist Predictions: what will the Kerry campaign team settle as its main message?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Adam Felber (13)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Nina Totenberg (0)
2004-05-15 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Mo Rocca had a fit of humorously taking a long time come up with an answer during his Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round and when asked by Peter to give him something, Mo slipped out "shit" to which Peter retorted with "don't give me that Mo". The answer to that particular question with "The Osmonds" and Peter gave Mo a hard time by saying to Mo, "Dude, I thought you loved the 70's", as Mo was a frequent commentator on VH1's "I Love the 70's" and other "I Love the..." series.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone who invented something that is really not needed, Not My Job about the history of dieting, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what change will take place to avoid the FCC's indecency crackdown?
Peter SagalCarl KasellP.J. O'Rourke (14)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Mo Rocca (12)
E.J. Dionne and David Brooks (2)
2004-05-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about cicadas, Bluff the Listener about Good Samaritans being punished for their good deeds, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the hungry cicadas demand?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (18)
Adam Felber (16)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
John Servis (2)
2004-05-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new ground-breaking documentary, Not My Job about Bill Clinton, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the auto industry cope with high gas prices?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (14)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Bob Edwards (0)
2004-06-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an idea by Click and Clack of "Car Talk", Not My Job about Richard Grasso, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictionss: what is the real reason for George Tenet leaving?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Evelyn and Monica Brady (1)
2004-06-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Jean This Time? (Reagan Era Edition), Bluff the Listener about safe items that turned out to be dangerous, Not My Job about candy, Who's Jean This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what are some of the lesser-known tributes to Ronald Reagan?
Peter SagalJean CochranRoxanne Roberts (18)
Roy Blount, Jr. (17)
Adam Felber (13)
Dylan Moran (2)
2004-06-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a descriptive phrase that turned out to be untrue, Not My Job about the Skull and Bones society, Bargain Matinee, Panelist Predictions: what are some of the better acronyms for panelist government programs?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffAdam Felber (18)
Sue Ellicott (15)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Donna Brazile (2)
2004-06-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Bluff the Listener about creative methods of raising money, Not My Job about weirdest injuries suffered by baseball players, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be some of the successful tie-in items associated with Bill Clinton's "My Life"?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffP.J. O'Rourke (15)
Mo Rocca (14)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Steven Raichlen (0)
2004-07-03 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2004-01-03 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about historical facts that were supposed to be set in stone, Not My Job about poet Martin Tupper, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what historical figure will be found to have been wrong about all along?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (11)
Mo Rocca (10)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Ira Glass (2)
2004-07-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about rock stars choosing an easy listening way of life, Not My Job about the Walkman, Mystery Newsmaker Game, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will John Edwards change John Kerry's campaign?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Tom Hayden (2)
2004-07-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about cable TV programs that are bad for your health, Not My Job about Britney Spear's upcoming marriage, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Martha Stewart spend her time in prison?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Charlie Pierce (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Helen Thomas (1)
2004-07-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about outsourcing of labor, Not My Job about the Olympic inaugural festivities, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what surprising headline will result from the Democratic National Convention?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (15)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Mo Rocca (12)
Ann Richards (1)
2004-07-31 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about jokes that were not so funny, Not My Job about Bobby Fischer, Carl Kasell's Convention Countdown, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what controversial line will be edited out from a Democratic National Convention speech?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (13)
Jimmy Breslin (0)
2004-08-07 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell miscalculated Roy Blount Jr.'s score at the end of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round by stating he had 5 correct answers (+10 points) and won with 14 points, even though Carl stated that Roy started the round with 3 points; therefore the correct score should be 13 (which is the score entered).
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ideas on defeating your enemies, Not My Job about New York's Times Square, "Either Those Curtains Go, or I Do...", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what previously unknown last words of famous people will be revealed?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (13)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Richard Roeper (10)
Scott Turow (2)
2004-08-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about home-spun espionage, Not My Job about rejected reviews from the "Zagat Restaurant Guide", Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what big story will come out of the Olympics held in Greece?
Richard SherCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (9)
Ed Gillespie (3)
2004-08-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Not My Job about "The Naked Olympics", Bluff the Listener about one man's trash is another man's treasure, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will protesters do at the Republican National Convention in New York?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (14)
Adam Felber (13)
Mo Rocca (11)
Tony Cochran (1)
2004-08-28 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unsung innovators in rock'n'roll, Not My Job about tricks of various trades, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will the stolen "The Scream" painting be found?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (16)
Sue Ellicott (15)
Dr. Ruth Westheimer (0)
2004-09-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about international diplomacy mistakes, Not My Job about unusual gambling habits of the British, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what were some of the outtakes of Jenna and Barbara Bush's speech at the RNC?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (17)
Roxanne Roberts (16)
Richard Roeper (11)
Jimmy Breslin (3)
2004-09-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Are You an NPR Geek?, Not My Job about the history of gunpowder, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be found inside the Genesis probe?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (16)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Kerri Walsh (2)
2004-09-18 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about the gentle side of law enforcement, Not My Job about the most powerful people in technology and communications, Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what publicity stunt will be a big success?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (13)
Mo Rocca (12)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Jim Boeheim (2)
2004-09-25 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about useless science experiments, Not My Job about Star Wars lore, Carl Kasell's Countdown Round II, Panelist Predictions: which forgotten singer/songwriter will get in trouble next with the Department of Homeland Security?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Sue Ellicott (12)
P.J. O'Rourke (11)
Jodi Rell (2)
2004-10-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about initiatives aimed at apathetic voters, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the headlines created by the opening season for Washington D.C.'s baseball team?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Sue Ellicott (10)
No Guest
2004-10-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about red tape and bureaucracy in the news, Not My Job about minor league baseball promotional stunts, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what headlines will come out of the final presidential debate?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (20)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Adam Felber (11)
Greg Marinak (2)
2004-10-16 Opens in a new tab or window Kyrie O'Connor makes her debut as a panelist.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new ways of franchising, Not My Job about Frank Sinatra's early career, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what did Senator John Kerry and President Bush jot down during the final presidential debate?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (17)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Ricky Gervais (0)
2004-10-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about misbehaving appliances, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the leading headline from the 2004 World Series?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
No Guest
2004-10-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about surprising discoveries in archeology, Not My Job about the 100th anniversary of the New York subway system, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the leading headline from the elections?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Adam Felber (14)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Laura Lippman (2)
2004-11-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people pushing hard to protect people from something that has not been considered bad, Not My Job about processed and packaged foods, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: which Democrats and Republicans will become 2008 presidential candidates?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Richard Roeper (11)
Sue Ellicott (8)
James Ellroy (1)
2004-11-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about opportunities for senior citizens, Not My Job about the early years of the National Football League, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what surprises will occur due to President Bush's cabinet shuffle?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (20)
Paula Poundstone (18)
Roy Blount, Jr. (17)
Phil Koeghan (1)
2004-11-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new methods of espionage, Not My Job about William Safire of The New York Times, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what revelations will be found in Colin Powell's draft of his resignation letter?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Sue Ellicott (14)
Kyrie O'Connor (13)
Michael Nesmith (1)
2004-11-27 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2003-11-29 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about dirty political tricks that did not quite succeed, Not My Job about Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Buddy Cianci, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what new politician will rise up to our collective shame?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Bill Law (1)
2004-12-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about kids growing up and taking revenge, Not My Job about history of The New York Post's Page Six gossip section, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Ken Jennings do after losing on Jeopardy!?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Tom Magaldi (2)
2004-12-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Not My Job about Bernard Kerik, Bluff the Listener about training courses for those looking for a new career, Panelist Predictions: what group will be hit be hit by the next doping scandal?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Kyrie O'Connor (16)
P.J. O'Rourke (15)
Ruth Reichl (0)
2004-12-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about contraband and illegal trade, Not My Job about the 1950's view of the "Kitchen of the Future", Wait Wait Mail Bag, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Bernard Kerik do after no longer being a Department of Homeland Security Secretary candidate?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (18)
Adam Felber (17)
Sue Ellicott (15)
Steve Inskeep and Renée Montagne (1)
2004-12-25 Opens in a new tab or window [Note to self: Not My Job segment is from the 2000-05-20 show]
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! showcasing favorite moments from 1999 to the present.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)Ira Glass (1)

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2005

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2005-01-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about past events that shape a famous person's later own the road, Not My Job about Liberace, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Panelist Predictions: what will be discovered about Harriet Miers?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Bob Freer (0)
2005-01-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about questionable military weapons research, Not My Job about the early history of Las Vegas, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: why did Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston break up?
Brian UngerCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (19)
Kyrie O'Connor (18)
Mo Rocca (13)
Rulon Gardner (0)
2005-01-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about steps taken to save the environment, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the most significant event of President Bush's second term?
Brian UngerCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (19)
Adam Felber (16)
P.J. O'Rourke (13)
No Guest
2005-01-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about blockbuster movies, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what cartoon will cause the next controversy?
Brian UngerCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
Paula Poundstone (16)
Adam Felber (9)
Dean Banowetz (1)
2005-02-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about evidence that confirms the theory of evolution, Not My Job about bad business decisions of 2004, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the scandal of the 2005 Super Bowl?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (17)
P.J. O'Rourke (15)
Sue Ellicott (9)
Kinky Friedman (1)
2005-02-12 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about famous songs that become reality, Not My Job about the Kabbalah, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: how will Camilla Parker Bowles win over the British?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Roy Blount, Jr. (17)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Morgan Spurlock (2)
2005-02-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the love story of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, Bluff the Listener about poor customer experiences of products or services, Panelist Predictions: what hockey fans will do with a cancelled season?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (13)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Adam Felber (11)
Armistead Maupin (2)
2005-02-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Not My Job about televangelist Gene Scott, Bluff the Listener about how the deceased are still effecting the world, Are You an NPR Geek?, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person to find personal information on the Internet?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (13)
Mo Rocca (13)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Bill Conti (1)
2005-03-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about Penthouse's Bob Guccione, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what effect prison will have on Martha Stewart?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Sue Ellicott (12)
P.J. O'Rourke (7)
Tom Bodett (0)
2005-03-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a lifelong secret revealed by retired Marine Donnie Dunagan, Not My Job about 18th century scientists, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what metaphor will Dan Rather use after leaving the anchor's desk?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (13)
Kyrie O'Connor (13)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Larry Hagman (1)
2005-03-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Daylight Saving Time, Bluff the Listener about new ways to regain control over children, Panelist Predictions: what big issue will the House of Representatives tackle after taking on steroids?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Kyrie O'Connor (13)
Aamer Haleem (12)
Bob Schieffer (0)
2005-03-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about fake events reported as real news, Not My Job about bad jobs as reported by a BBC-4 special, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Camilla Parker Bowles be addressed after her marriage?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (20)
Mo Rocca (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Bob Vila (2)
2005-04-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Mail Bag, Not My Job about Engelbert Humerdinck, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the focus of the next intelligence report by the government?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (16)
Sue Ellicott (16)
Terry Jones (2)
2005-04-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about tributes which the thought that counts, Not My Job about the papal selection in the past, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what were the contents of Pope John Paul II what will be burned when he passes on?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (18)
Mo Rocca (14)
Aamer Haleem (12)
Engelbert Humperdinck (1)
2005-04-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Music Game, Not My Job about questionable sports memorabillia, Bluff the Listener about hot new trends in retirement communities, Panelist Predictions: what will Britney Spears name her new baby?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Charlie Pierce (16)
Paula Poundstone (15)
Tyron Stucks McFarlan (1)
2005-04-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about taming college kids, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where and how will the Virgin Mary next time?
Peter SagalJean CochranRoy Blount, Jr. (19)
Mo Rocca (15)
Kyrie O'Connor (13)
Michelle Phillips (0)
2005-04-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about rejected public art, Not My Job about mega-yachts of the rich and famous, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the relationship between Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah and President Bush proceed?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (16)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Scott Trowbridge (2)
2005-05-07 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Not My Job about strange work-related lawsuits, Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first commercial endorsement for the Georgian "Runaway Bride"?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Georgeanne Irvine (2)
2005-05-14 Opens in a new tab or window Start of the "666"/"616" debacle, in which Peter noted that the 616 area code was for Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kyrie made a funny sound after missing a question in the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round; First regular live show from Bank One/Chase Auditorium
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about new ways to do things which are better than new-fangled ways, Not My Job about a new Steve Wynn casino resort, Listener Mailbag, Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the new Homeland Security alert system?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Kyrie O'Connor (13)
Sue Ellicott (10)
Don LaFontaine (1)
2005-05-21 Opens in a new tab or window Continuation of the "666"/"616" debacle, in which Peter apologized to the audience but stated that "Beelzebub" could be found in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Live from Ypsilanti, Michigan
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about resolved incompatibilities, Not My Job about the history of the Pacific Island Nauru, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next retracted article for Newsweek?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Mo Rocca (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (10)
Dan Neil (1)
2005-05-28 Opens in a new tab or window Conclusion of the "666"/"616" debacle, in which Peter noted that President Bush was in Grand Rapids last week when the show aired and had to apologize to both President Bush... and to Beelzebub
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about 911 emergency calls, Not My Job about the history of Senate filibusters, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what "extraordinary circumstance" will the Democrats use to filibuster a judicial nominee?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRichard Roeper (16)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Maura Tierney (1)
2005-06-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Are You an NPR Geek?, Not My Job about the history of coffee, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what next big secret will be revealed?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (18)
Adam Felber (17)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Al Michaels (2)
2005-06-11 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown?, Bluff the Listener about legislation targetted to working men and women, Not My Job about the worst film ever, "Manos: The Hands of Fate", Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person to get a makeover?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (13)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Richard Roeper (12)
S. Epatha Merkerson (0)
2005-06-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Tom This Time?, Bluff the Listener about interesting Father's Day gift options, Not My Job about Pac Man, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next scandalous memo to come out of Downing Street?
Peter SagalTom BodettAdam Felber (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Richard Sherman (1)
2005-06-25 Opens in a new tab or window When Maj. Robert Bateman didn't answer the first or second Not My Job question correctly, Peter said that if Maj. Bateman could answer the third question correctly that he would win the voice answering machine message for the listener contestant. Maj. Bateman answered the third question correctly.
Who's Robert This Time?, Bluff the Listener about exposed unsportmanslike conduct, Not My Job about Tab Hunter, Are You an NPR Geek?, Panelist Predictions: what product will Saddam Hussein endorse next?
Peter SagalRobert SiegelCharlie Pierce (14)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Aamer Haleem (11)
Maj. Robert Bateman (1)1
2005-07-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Scott This Time?, Bluff the Listener about hardware men to the rescue, Not My Job about Charles William Donaldson, Are You an NPR Geek?, Panelist Predictions: how will the Department of Justice drapes covering a naked statue be used for next?
Peter SagalScott SimonAdam Felber (17)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Mo Rocca (12)
Wolf Blitzer (2)
2005-07-09 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!; repeat of 2004-12-25 show.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)No Guest
2005-07-16 Opens in a new tab or window Paula Poundstone had her first outright win on the show
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about fact beating out fiction, Not My Job about opening day of Disneyland, Are You an NPR Geek?, Panelist Predictions: what will be releaved in the next Harry Potter book?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Chuck Klosterman (0)
2005-07-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about attempts to cashing in on past glories, Not My Job about a recent Real and Possible Nations summitt, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the White House deflect attention away from Karl Rove?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (17)
Amy Dickinson (14)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Drew Curtis (1)
2005-07-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about retirement communities for apes, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what unfavorable information will be discovered about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Roxanne Roberts (16)
Richard Roeper (11)
Janet Evanovich (2)
2005-08-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Baseball Hall of Fame player Wade Boggs's superstitions, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be learned about the first cloned dog, Snuppy?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Barack Obama (2)
2005-08-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about doomed businesses, Not My Job about Betty Ford, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what pork barrel projects will be included in the next transportation bill?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Roxanne Roberts (17)
Tom Bodett (15)
Terry Gross (2)
2005-08-20 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about newest wedding trends, Not My Job about Stanley Kubrick, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what songs will be on the "Bill Clinton Collection" CD to be released by the Clinton Presidential Library?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Paula Poundstone (16)
Sue Ellicott (10)
T.R. Reid (0)
2005-08-27 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Reruns, Bluff the Listener about game show tactics used in the real world, Not My Job about North Korea's news service, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what surprising clause will be included in the Iraq constitution?
Adam FelberCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (14)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Mo Rocca (12)
Tim Zagat (1)
2005-09-03 Opens in a new tab or window An instance where Mo Rocca uses the surname "Bagnoli" in this Bluff the Listener story.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unusual foods heading to stores, Not My Job about Gatorade, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how people will cope with high gas prices?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Kyrie O'Connor (15)
Mo Rocca (12)
Chris Matthews (3)
2005-09-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Gilligan's Island actor Bob Denver, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be FEMA Director Mike Brown's next job?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Tom Bodett (12)
Amy Dickinson (10)
Jonathan Katz (1)
2005-09-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new methods of self-improvement, Not My Job about bad art, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person to get caught writing a note and what will that note say?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Lee Smith (2)
2005-09-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about television shows that didn't make it to prime time, Not My Job about cursing and swearing, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what names will be given to hurricanes once the Greek alphabet has run out?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (17)
Roxanne Roberts (16)
Richard Roeper (11)
Liz Phair (1)
2005-10-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new rights that were thought to not be needed, Not My Job about odd questions about current day conveniences, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be Tom DeLay's new nickname?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (15)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Lauren Weisberger (0)
2005-10-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about the troubled history of assistants to producer Scott Rudin, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what new relevation will be discovered about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (18)
Kyrie O'Connor (16)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Carl Hiassen (1)
2005-10-15 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2005-01-08 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about past events that shape a famous person's later own the road, Not My Job about Liberace, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Panelist Predictions: what will be discovered about Harriet Miers?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Bob Freer (0)
2005-10-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about the 2005 Ignoble Prize winners, Bluff the Listener about odd health tips, Panelist Predictions: how will Harriet Miers appease the Senate Judiciary Committee to win the nomination?
Peter SagalCarl KasellP.J. O'Rourke (18)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Keith Olbermann (1)
2005-10-29 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about unusual politics of small towns, Not My Job about the Sultan of Brunei, Listener Mailbag, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: after withdrawing herself as a Supreme Court nominee, what will Harriet Miers do next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (20)
Mo Rocca (16)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Ted Allen (0)
2005-11-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about strange items auctioned on eBay, Bluff the Listener about absurd ways to improve the workplace, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next nickname for "Scooter" Libby?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (19)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Mo Rocca (7)
Adam West (1)
2005-11-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Internet, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what is next for the Kansas Board of Education?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (14)
Sue Ellicott (10)
Paula Poundstone (9)
Tab Hunter (1)
2005-11-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about not very smart athlete endorsements, Bluff the Listener about conspiracy theories, Panelist Predictions: who will be on Bill O'Reilly's enemy list posted on his website?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Adam Felber (14)
Dan Savage (1)
2005-11-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about strange proposals for living history museums, Not My Job about the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the most important 21st century invention?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (14)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Clyde Edgerton (1)
2005-12-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ways to deal with troublesome teenagers, Not My Job about alcoholic drinks, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what backdrop will President Bush use next during a speech?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Sue Ellicott (13)
Jim Kelly (0)
2005-12-10 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about new sports, Not My Job about holiday gifts for children of the rich and wealthy, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will happen in the first episode of Al Sharpton's proposed sitcom?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (13)
Mo Rocca (13)
Harold Ramis (2)
2005-12-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about intelligent criminals, Not My Job about the late Senator William Proximire and his Golden Fleece Awards, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will librarians counter the FBI's snooping of their libraries?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Tom Bodett (12)
Dr. Andrew Weil (1)
2005-12-24 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about people saving Christmas from grinches, Not My Job about heated oratories of Britain's Parliament, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what newsmaker will find what gift under his or her Christmas tree?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (16)
Adam Felber (10)
Amy Dickinson (10)
Kathryn Joosten (1)
2005-12-31 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2004-01-03 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about historical facts that were supposed to be set in stone, Not My Job about poet Martin Tupper, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what historical figure will be found to have been wrong about all along?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (11)
Mo Rocca (10)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Ira Glass (2)

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2006

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2006-01-07 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! including: singing mice, "666"/"616" introduction debacle, Not My Job with Maj. Robert Bateman, Paula Poundstone's first win.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)Maj. Robert Bateman (1)1
2006-01-14 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Listener, an English teacher at "Lick-Wilmerding High School", has problem with rhymes and limericks, while Paula has fun with the name "Lick-Wilmerding" and yells "... POINT LICK-WILMERDING!!!". Interestingly, the answer for the first limerick was "dumb".
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about new workplace vocabulary, Bluff the Listener about cheaters, Panelist Predictions: what are some of the reasons that caused Judge Samuel Alito's wife to cry during his confirmation hearing?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (10)
Sue Ellicott (8)
Andrei Codrescu (1)
2006-01-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Benjamin Franklin, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will NASA find on Pluto with the New Horizon spacecraft?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Penn Jillette (1)
2006-01-28 Opens in a new tab or window The first show to be made available as a podcast.
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about dangerous clothing, Not My Job about "Worst Business Moments of 2005" by "Business 2.0" magazine, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will appear in the supposed photos with Jack Abramoff and President Bush?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Roxanne Roberts (16)
Mo Rocca (11)
Tim Meadows (0)
2006-02-04 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
When the listener contestant for the Bluff the Listener round mentioned that she was playing the game as a wishlist/gift for someone, the discussion devolved from there.

Peter messes up the retired Senator Gary Hart's introduction by stating Gary Hart served 8 years in the Senate instead of 12 years, as he forgot that each term is 6 years and not 4. One of Gary's retorts is "wait, wait... don't tell me." Peter also got under Gary's skin by calling him a "wise old man" instead of a "wise man".

The listener contestant for the second Who's Korva This Time? said that one of his "Boy"lesque names is "Brandon Vandermuffin".

Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unusual corporate synergy, Not My Job about Jack Abramoff's short career as a movie producer, Who's Korva This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what are some of the reactions to President Bush's "State of the Union" address from the human-animal hybrid-American community?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanCharlie Pierce (15)
Tom Bodett (14)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Gary Hart (2)
2006-02-11 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
After Sally Jesse Raphael bombed the Not My Job segment, Sally said that she's "the Paula Poundstone of (inaudible)".

Peter somewhat insults Kyrie stating that some thinking is required as it is an NPR show.

Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unusual kid shows, Not My Job about top British motorists excuses and stories, Korva Coleman's Countdown, Panelist Predictions: what cartoon will cause the next global outrage?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanAdam Felber (18)
Kyrie O'Connor (17)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Sally Jesse Raphael (0)
2006-02-18 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about not-so-Wonders of the world, Not My Job about Kellogg's, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will be Dick Cheney's next "accident"?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (17)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Amy Dickinson (9)
Corky Siegel (2)
2006-02-25 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
After Adam won the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Paula said "There it is… Adam Felber: the Ken Jennings of the panel; going into his first night."
Who's Carl This Time?, Winter Olympics Personals, Not My Job with questions designed to stump Ken Jennings, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver get better ratings than the games in Turin?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Mo Rocca (11)
Ken Jennings (3)
2006-03-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about meat in the news, Not My Job about Anna Nicole Smith, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: which case will make the Supreme Court forget about Anna Nicole Smith?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Adam Felber (14)
Peggy Noonan (0)
2006-03-11 Opens in a new tab or window A New Horoscope Game, Bluff the Listener about interesting pairing of spokespeople and product, Not My Job about Thomas Kinkade, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what movie will win the Best Picture 2006 Oscar?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (20)
Kyrie O'Connor (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Scott Simon (1)
2006-03-18 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
The listener contestant for the first Who's Carl This Time? round was a bit picky with how "Salisbury" is pronounced. The same listener was a bit miffed that she had to say "Slobodan Milosevic", stating that it "doesn't roll off of the Southern tongue". She did say it properly nonetheless. Paula Poundstone thought that Andrew Jackson was on the $10 instead of the $20.

The listener contestant for the Bluff the Listener round is the co-owner of Portland's Three Square Grill and Picklopolis.

Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about a frat boy's dream come true, Not My Job about theories about the afterlife, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: how will Mike Wallace fill his free time?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Elliott Gould (1)
2006-03-25 Opens in a new tab or window When the listener contestant for the Who's Carl This Time? round couldn't figure out the answer to a question about Condoleezza Rice and asked for a hint, Mo Rocca sang "Blank-a-roni, the Secretary of State" (in tune of "Rice-a-Roni, A San Francisco Treat!"). Huge kudos to @Ojoya for tracking this one down for me!

During the Listener Limerick Challenge round when Peter was discussing the soccer/football matches between Muslims and LGBTs, Mo sang "everybody fatwah" to the tune of "Everybody Dance Now".

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about personal security innovations, Not My Job about novelist Dan Brown, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will President Bush give his second term new life?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (14)
Mo Rocca (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Fran Lebowitz (2)
2006-04-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about buying something that can usually be had for free, Not My Job about Playboy Playmates, Carl Kasell's Lonely-Hearts Club, Panelist Predictions: what loopholes are hidden in the lobbying reform bill?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (13)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Rusty DeWees (2)
2006-04-08 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Tom DeLay, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will Katie Couric do to prove she's ready for the "CBS Evening News"?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Amy Dickinson (13)
Mo Rocca (8)
Sarah Silverman (2)
2006-04-15 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
After Carl announced that Kyrie O'Connor had won the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Kyrie stated that she doesn't think she has both won and beaten Adam before. In fact, Kyrie had done so three times prior to that show: 2005-02-19, 2005-06-04 and 2005-12-24.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about KISS, Not My Job about Queen Elizabeth, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Silvio Berlusconi fill his free time?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (16)
Tom Bodett (14)
Adam Felber (13)
Anne Lamott (1)
2006-04-22 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Aamer Haleem used his "default" answers of "Herpes" and "Boutros Boutros-Ghali" during the panelist rounds and the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round. Paula tried to plead with Roy Blount, Jr. to punt it so that Paula would win; in which, Roy responded with "I will not fall off of the cross", which was what Aamer tried to get Carl and Peter to accept as a correct answer during his Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round.
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about a reality TV program actually based on reality, Not My Job about the 100th Anniversary of the San Francisco 1906 earthquake, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what is next for Tom Cruise?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (18)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Aamer Haleem (8)
Henry Rollins (2)
2006-04-29 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 6
Carl Kasell's Way Back Machine, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about famous apologies, Bluff the Listener about new kids products, Panelist Predictions: what will Dan Brown find hidden in Bill Clinton's new portrait?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Adam Felber (12)
Sue Ellicott (12)
Billy Connolly (1)
2006-05-06 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about jokes influencing the real world, Not My Job about Turkmenistan dictator Sardar Saparmurat Turkmenbashi, Carl Kasell's Lonely-Hearts Club, Panelist Predictions: what was President Bush really saying when singing the national anthem in Spanish?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Tom Bodett (10)
Anthony Williams (2)
2006-05-13 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Tom Hanks erupts at Peter when he misses the first question, Paula's knowledge of food vending in court cracks up the group
Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about the biggest louts in Hollywood, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Panelist Predictions: what will the NSA hear while wiretapping civilian calls?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Tom Hanks (2)
2006-05-20 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 6
Fish puns
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about circus acts influencing real life, Not My Job about the Heimlich maneuver, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where is Jimmy Hoffa really buried?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (16)
Kyrie O'Connor (14)
Mo Rocca (14)
Elayne Boosler (2)
2006-05-27 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new exercise craze, Not My Job about cheating in sports, Carl Kasell's Cineplex of Wonders, Panelist Predictions: what are some of the other super powers will tele-evangelist Pat Robertson claim to have?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (18)
Adam Felber (13)
P.J. O'Rourke (7)
Steven Cohen (0)
2006-06-03 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
The first listener contestant had a last name of "Walkup", which lead to Peter and the panelists having fun with it; particularly, with Charlie Pierce responding with "yeah, right!". The same listener seemed to have been trying to search for the answer for the 2nd question online and Peter and Sue called the listener out on it. Peter said, in an exaggerated manner, "there's no Googling on Wait Wait!". The other panelists jumped on to poke fun of the (failed) attempt.

The first panelist round question dealt with a Greenpeace press release statement that had a really bad "Mad Lib" like fail.

While Peter Sagal was describing how someone caught Barry Bond's 715th homer un baseball and Peter let out two Freudian slips by calling Barry Bond's home run baseballs as "his (Bond's) balls" being marked with special holographs and DNA, and said "Barry Bond's balls".

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the side effects of a drought in England, Not My Job about organ grinder Joe Bush, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the future of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's baby?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (18)
Sue Ellicott (15)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Craig Ferguson (1)
2006-06-10 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Interesting coincidence: Paul Provenza's project is for a film version of "Everybody Poops" while all of the Not My Job answers were "B" (or answer "number 2")
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be proclaimed as the most liberal rock song?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffAdam Felber (15)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Paul Provenza (0)
2006-06-17 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Corey This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unusual spokespeople, Not My Job about Senator Robert Byrd, Who's Corey This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what management changes will be made by the new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Mo Rocca (12)
Amy Dickinson (8)
Calvin Trillin (2)
2006-06-24 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Jim Lehrer is called "Jimmy-Jimmy Bobo" by a child
Korva Coleman's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about inventive birthday parties, Not My Job about duct tape, Who's Korva This Time?, Panelist Predictions: how will the US will stop a North Korean missle?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanSue Ellicott (15)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Aamer Haleem (10)
Brian Williams (2)
2006-07-01 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Another instance where Mo Rocca uses the surname "Bagnoli" in this Bluff the Listener story.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new safety devices, Not My Job about Superman, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the villian in the next Superman movie?
Peter SagalCarl KasellLuke Burbank (15)
Mo Rocca (10)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Gwen Ifill (2)
2006-07-08 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!; repeat of 2006-01-07 show.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)Maj. Robert Bateman (1)1
2006-07-15 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Janeane Garofalo uses SAT tips to answer the Not My Job questions and bombs humorously
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about deep fryers in history, Not My Job about the bikini, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what's next for soccer star Zinedine Zidane?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (13)
Richard Roeper (12)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Janeane Garafolo (0)
2006-07-22 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Regarding NPR's not censoring President Bush's swearing, Mo called NPR as "National Potty-Mouth Radio"
Who's Carl This Time? all about the G8 summit, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about competitive eating, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person unaware of a live microphone?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (16)
Mo Rocca (14)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Howard "Humpy" Wheeler (0)
2006-07-29 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 6
During the second panelist round, Roxanne Roberts made a pun with "Kurds and Whey" regarding Kurdish state in Iraq.

After Roxanne answered all of her Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly, including a question about inflatable body in a car's glove box, Peter noted that Luke Burbank has been deflated and can be put back into the glove compartment. Luke's deflated response was "Thanks Peter, that's totally what I needed."

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about toys getting a modern makeover, Not My Job about complaint letters sent to New York City mayors, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what the Iraqi premier really wanted to say to Congress?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (19)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Luke Burbank (11)
Romany Malco (0)
2006-08-05 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites.
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Kyrie O'Connor
Paula Poundstone
Adam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Tom Bodett
Mo Rocca
Barack Obama (2)
Tom Hanks (2)
Terry Gross (2)
Ken Jennings (3)
2006-08-12 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Tradition of audience chanting "Luuuuuuke" begins, with Aamer explaining that the audience was not boo-ing Luke; Aamer comically crossed the line about large women carrying trays of food when discussing that a study showed that hungry men tended to favor more "curvaceous" women and Sue mentioned that hungry men should go after people carrying trays of food; Carl used the word "fart" in one of the Listener Limericks.

One of the panelist questions was about a Chorizo sausage mascot called "El Picante", who was let go after one game to be "re-seasoned" but could be interpreted as it having a "temporary work visa", Charlie jokingly said that it was really fast, but Luke made a slight about it being able to swim; which lead to the audience "boo-ing" Luke, but Luke commenting that all he could hear was "Luke".

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about Mel Gibson, Not My Job about M. Night Shamalayan, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what changes will Raul Castro make as he takes over for Fidel Castro?
Luke BurbankCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
Sue Ellicott (13)
Aamer Haleem (7)
Tommy Chong (1)
2006-08-19 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 10
Continuation of audience chanting "Luuuuuuke", in which Paula retorts Luke's comment of "...explaining that's people saying my name, not boo-ing" with "It's good that you think that... he's got an indomitable spirit, doesn't he? Little fella."; Paula stumbles on a question regarding NPR by not knowing who "Stamberg" is; the panelists and a listener ended up turning the beginning of Who's Carl This Time? Round II into "Beauty Chat" with more chanting of "Luuuuuuke".

Paula answered a Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question about a certain computer manufacturer's "exploding" laptop, which was mentioned in Who's Carl This Time?, Round II by Tom Bodett, which Paula enthusiastically answered with "Dell!!!"; in the same round, Paula was asked about Chicagoan's last chance to eat a certain food before a ban takes effect with "Ahh, heroin!", in which hilarity ensued.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about corporate overlords, Not My Job about Mrs. Duke Cunningham, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what new object will be called a planet?
Luke BurbankCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (11)
Tom Bodett (10)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Soledad O'Brien (2)
2006-08-26 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Continuation of audience chanting "Luuuuuuke" with Luke retorting that half the people would complete it with "I'm your father". Charlie Pierce's Bluff the Listener refers to the "Dingoes Ate My Baby".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about name recognition, Not My Job about jeans, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what new mnemonic device will kids use to remember the order of the planets?
Luke BurbankCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Amy Dickinson (11)
Adam Felber (11)
Rita Rudner (2)
2006-09-02 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! including: psychic Adam Felber and "embarrassing" answers, Roxanne and Mo lengthy attempts to correctly answer their questions, Dick Cheney incident, P.J. aggrieved rants, Bluff the Listener about KISS, Not My Job with D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams about Turkmenistan, panelists working together and thinking alike.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)Anthony Williams (2)
2006-09-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about suburban innovations, Not My Job about the Stanford University marching band, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Katie Couric's "CBS Evening News" closing quote?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Amy Dickinson (11)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Alan Alda (2)
2006-09-16 Opens in a new tab or window Four words: Carl Kasell on helium
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about protests with unintended outcomes, Not My Job about questions to stump a fashion designer, Carl Kasell's Countdown, Panelist Predictions: how will Tucker Carlson's come back after doing poorly on "Dancing with the Stars"?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (16)
Kyrie O'Connor (15)
Mo Rocca (14)
Isaac Mizrahi (1)
2006-09-23 Opens in a new tab or window Peter and the panelists have fun with George Allen's initial insistence that he is not Jewish, although he is
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about forgotten icons of the 1980s, Not My Job about "Presidential Doodles", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what comeback will President Bush have for Hugo Chavez?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Paul Provenza (10)
Joy Behar (1)
2006-09-30 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
The listener for the Listener Limerick Challenge round seemed either impatient or pressed for time and didn't want the guys to dilly dally too much and told the guys to move on to the next limerick twice.
"Wait Wait" Television, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about Bill "Bill-O" O'Reilly, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: how Bill Clinton will lose his temper next time?
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott (15)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Tom Bodett (14)
Kevin Clash and Elmo (2)
2006-10-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ways that people stay happily married, Not My Job rematch with Ken Jennings, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be Bob Woodward's next book?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Tom Bodett (14)
Kyrie O'Connor (12)
Ken Jennings (1)
2006-10-14 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites.
Peter SagalCarl KasellSue Ellicott
Charlie Pierce
Aamer Haleem
Roy Blount, Jr.
Richard Roeper
Paula Poundstone
P.J. O'Rourke
Tom Bodett
Adam Felber
Amy Dickinson
Brian Williams (2)
Janeane Garafolo (0)
Anne Lamott (1)
Penn Jillette (1)
Alan Alda (2)
2006-10-21 Opens in a new tab or window An Internet Destination Called Carlslist, Bluff the Listener about clichés coming to life, Not My Job about government websites aimed at children, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will happen to the 300-millionth American?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Mo Rocca (8)
Dave Barry (2)
2006-10-28 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about improbable toys for Christmas, Not My Job about Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what new policy for Iraq will replace "Stay the Course"?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (14)
Amy Dickinson (13)
Angela Nissel (12)
Tom Bergeron (1)
2006-11-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about famous people who almost changed their destiny, Not My Job about obscure topics found in Wikipedia, Carl Kasell's Mudsling-a-Thon, Panelist Predictions: what will be some of the 2006 midterm election surprises?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (12)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Jimmy Wales (0)
2006-11-11 Opens in a new tab or window Peter throws around a bit of Yiddish after talking about George Allen losing
Who's Carl This Time?, The "Wait Wait" Unemployment Office, Not My Job about worst video games listed by "PC World", Bluff the Listener about Thanksgiving innovations, Panelist Predictions: what will President Bush and the Democrats agree on?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (14)
Aamer Haleem (12)
Tom Bodett (12)
Andy Borowitz (0)
2006-11-18 Opens in a new tab or window When Paula remarked that Harry Shearer must have had the "Pink Lady and Jeff" DVD set, Harry replied stating he does not think DVDs have been made of the show. At that point, Paula retorted he would have had the "Director's Cut". In fact, a DVD set of "Pink Lady" was released in 2001.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unexpected consequences from the 2006 midterm elections, Not My Job about "Pink Lady and Jeff", Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's wedding vows?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (18)
Paul Provenza (13)
Paula Poundstone (5)
Harry Shearer (3)
2006-11-25 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! including: G8 summit, Hogan Heroes, Greenpeace and two examples of Peter screwing up.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)No Guest
2006-12-02 Opens in a new tab or window At the end of Amy Dickinson's Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Mo Rocca asked if "panda porn" was in black and white.
Carl Kasell's Apologypalooza, Bluff the Listener about movies making life difficult in the real world, Not My Job about "Hemingway and Bailey's Bartending Guide", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the current situation in Iraq be called?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Amy Dickinson (14)
Mo Rocca (14)
Amy Sedaris (1)
2006-12-09 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Missed Connections, Bluff the Listener about improving home resale values, Not My Job about body language from "Definitive Book of Body Language", Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will President Bush do with the Iraq Study Group report?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (13)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Angela Nissel (11)
Tina Fey (1)
2006-12-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about holiday traditions in trouble, Not My Job about embarrassing media errors and corrections, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Bush's next "New Way Forward" for Iraq?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Kyrie O'Connor (17)
Mo Rocca (12)
Pam Melroy (2)
2006-12-23 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about worst toys of all time, Bluff the Listener about revenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be Time's Person of the Year for 2007?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Branford Marsalis (0)
2006-12-30 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!; repeat of 2006-09-02 show.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)Anthony Williams (2)

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2007

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2007-01-06 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job guests from 2006.
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett
Sue Ellicott
Charlie Pierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Mo Rocca
Luke Burbank
Paula Poundstone
Amy Dickinson
Craig Ferguson (1)
Dave Barry (2)
Gwen Ifill (2)
Calvin Trillin (2)
Kevin Clash and Elmo (2)
2007-01-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new ways to attract people to vacation spots, Not My Job about "The Lives They Lived", Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will cell phone companies will compete against the iPhone?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Amy Dickinson (13)
Mo Rocca (9)
Christine Todd Whitman (2)
2007-01-20 Opens in a new tab or window During the Not My Job segment, Roxanne Roberts mentioned that her son had been downloading and listening to various songs proported to be made by "Weird Al" Yankovic, but weren't. This caused "Weird Al" to say that one of them, about changing restroom signs, was not his. This led to a bit of embarrassment for Roxanne.

Roxanne had another bit of geekdom embarrassment when she confused Wookies as being in Star Trek. Peter had to correct Roxanne.

At the end of the Roxanne's Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Peter stated that he thought about not giving Roxanne the last point as he kind of wanted Paula Poundstone to tie with Roxanne. Peter's conscience kicked in and gave the win to Roxanne.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new innovations for cars, Not My Job about Pia Zadora, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will change Barack Obama's image?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Paula Poundstone (15)
Tom Bodett (13)
"Weird Al" Yankovic (2)
2007-01-27 Opens in a new tab or window Although Mo Rocca is a regular guest judge on "Iron Chef America", he did not appear as a panelist with Iron Chef Batali
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about not-so-private private journals, Not My Job about colors, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the first Democrat to pull out from the 2008 presidential campaign?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (13)
Kyrie O'Connor (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Mario Batali (1)
2007-02-03 Opens in a new tab or window In the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, when Tom Bodett was asked what was the name of a California energy bill requiring people to use more efficient lighting, Tom responded with "We'll turn off the lights for you"; which is a play on Tom's Motel 6 advert tagline.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about stupid questions asked of football players at the Super Bowl, Bluff the Listener about disrespect in the news, Panelist Predictions: how will Joe Biden make up for his verbal slip?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (13)
Tom Bodett (10)
Paul Provenza (7)
John Mellencamp (0)
2007-02-10 Opens in a new tab or window During the Not My Job segment, the producers aired a phone call received by Phil Bronstein's editors that referred to a newspaper headline about "pilotless drones" in which the caller went on a rant about "pilotless drones" are "drones".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about following rediculous rules, Not My Job about Roland Mesnier's memior "All the President Pastries", Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what are some of the new innovations from NASA?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Sue Ellicott (11)
Paula Poundstone (9)
Phil Bronstein (1)
2007-02-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ways to save the Earth, Not My Job about out of the ordinary food, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the outcome of the "Scooter" Libby trial?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (17)
Roxanne Roberts (16)
Mo Rocca (12)
Roland Mesnier (1)
2007-02-24 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about costly newfound fame, Not My Job about the "Chinese Democracy" album by Guns and Roses, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's make up?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (16)
Charlie Pierce (13)
P.J. O'Rourke (10)
Neil deGrasse Tyson (0)
2007-03-03 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Paula mentions "IHOP"; Tony Snow gets "caught" with an inconsistency (running into a tree while at President Bush's ranch) and faux-stumped when asked if President Bush listens to the show
Must See Carl TV, Bluff the Listener about embarrassed politicians on film, Not My Job about Russian millionaires, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will be Al Gore's next success after his Oscar?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (14)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Tony Snow (1)
2007-03-10 Opens in a new tab or window For Amy Dickinson's last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question, discussioning birth control for squirrels, Adam Felber gave the classic line, "Straight Talk About Nuts".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about practical jokes of the wealthy, Not My Job about Battle Mountain, Nevada (named the "Armpit of America", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the opening sentence in Jenna Bush's new book?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (17)
Adam Felber (15)
Tom Bodett (12)
Robert Wagner and Jill St. John (2)
2007-03-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about daytime TV shows, Not My Job about Andy Sidaris, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what are some of President Bush's souvenir from his trip to Latin America?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Kyrie O'Connor (12)
Paul Provenza (12)
Martha Raddatz (1)
2007-03-24 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Justice Stephen Breyer is the first Supreme Court Justice to appear on a game show.

Several members of audience chanted "Luuuuuuke" when Luke was introduced by Peter; Paula mentions "IHOP" again; hilarious interaction between the panelists, Peter and Justice Breyer including discussion about his robe.

Another hilarious bluff by Mo, in which the listener contestant is from the same city as referenced in Mo's bluff. When asked what two spiders did during Mo's Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Mo answered, in his unique manner, "knife fight!". The answer was "snuggling", to which Mo came back with "that's a lot of snuggling!"

Carl Kasell's Countdown, Not My Job about strange rock 'n' roll lifestyle, Bluff the Listener about little mistakes with significant impacts, Panelist Predictions: what memo will be found that will force Alberto Gonzales to resign?
Peter SagalCarl KasellLuke Burbank (14)
Mo Rocca (14)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Stephen Breyer (0)
2007-03-31 Opens in a new tab or window The answer to Tom's last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question is the whol "Peepers The Duck" being dropped during a failed shiplifting gateway at a Bed, Bath & Beyond. Hilarity ensued.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new real estate marketing techniques, Not My Job about Quentin Tarentino, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Washington D.C.'s next tourism catch phrase?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Angela Nissel (16)
Tom Bodett (14)
John Pizzarelli (1)
2007-04-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about second careers, Not My Job about Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what are the contents of gift bags given to British sailors by Iran?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (15)
Amy Dickinson (13)
P.J. O'Rourke (11)
Yo-Yo Ma (2)
2007-04-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about art classics getting a modern update, Not My Job about carnival and sideshow lingo, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be Don Imus's next venture?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Luke Burbank (12)
Julia Sweeney (3)
2007-04-21 Opens in a new tab or window In response to the number of great-grand children and great-great-grand children that singer Don Ho had, Peter described them as "nappy bottomed Hos" as a pun on Don Imus's slur
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about big plans with big downfalls, Not My Job the inventor of sea monkeys (Harold Von Braunhut), Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be some of the clues in Bill Clinton's New York Time crossword puzzle?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (14)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Jonathan Gold (1)
2007-04-28 Opens in a new tab or window Paula dishes out some negativity in regards to Cleveland, Ohio. This was brought up in 2008-02-23 during the interview with Drew Carey. Sue Ellicott's last regular appearance?
Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about strange patents and inventions, Bluff the Listener about NASA scandals, Panelist Predictions: what will presidential letters from the future contain?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (17)
Adam Felber (13)
Sue Ellicott (13)
Linda Ronstadt (1)
2007-05-05 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
The first caller is Jimmy Jellinek, the editor-in-chief of Maxim.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the movie flop "Sahara", Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what happened to Queen Elizabeth while she was in the US?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (14)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Ted Koppel (1)
2007-05-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about odd pieces of history, Not My Job about Roger Clemens, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will French President Nicolas Sarkozy make France more like the US?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (9)
Paul Provenza (8)
Nanci Griffith (2)
2007-05-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about media companies gunning for first place, Not My Job about people who aren't "People persons", Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what happened during Tony Blair's sleepover at the White House?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Kyrie O'Connor (11)
Robert Lutz (0)
2007-05-26 Opens in a new tab or window Peter starts the show with Carl Kasell's on-air Freudian Slip by accidentally calling Monica Goodling, "Monica Lewinsky", then quickly correcting himself mid-word
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about news stories that sound like soap opera plots, Not My Job about Bunny Allen, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Carl's next on-air flap?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (14)
Angela Nissel (12)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Dennis Kucinich (3)
2007-06-02 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about celebrity treament centers, Bluff the Listener about false alarms in the news, Panelist Predictions: what television actor will be next to enter into presidential politics?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (15)
Amy Dickinson (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (8)
Elizabeth Edwards (2)
2007-06-09 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about two things coming together to create something amazing, Not My Job about odd ideas for military technology, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: how will "Scooter" Libby get a sentence as short as Paris Hilton?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Paul Provenza (11)
Tony Wheeler (1)
2007-06-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about odd keepsakes, Not My Job about questions that would stump Donny Osmond, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will Paris Hilton help humanity?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (14)
Tom Bodett (13)
Paula Poundstone (7)
Donny Osmond (2)
2007-06-23 Opens in a new tab or window Several members of audience chanted "Luuuuuuke" when Luke was introduced by Peter
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about polite society, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Michael Bloomberg's party name?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (17)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Luke Burbank (14)
Michael Moore (2)
2007-06-30 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! visits Portland, Oregon for the second time.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about consultants for consultants, Not My Job about interesting CIA contacts during the 50s and 60s, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first flaw of the iPhone?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Amy Dickinson (11)
Gert Boyle (2)
2007-07-07 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several show favorite Not My Job guests from 2007.
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone
Charlie Pierce
Tom Bodett
Luke Burbank
Mo Rocca
Adam Felber
Sue Ellicott
Ted Koppel (1)
Stephen Breyer (0)
Linda Ronstadt (1)
2007-07-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about the Philadelphia Phillies, Bluff the Listener about gullible people, Panelist Predictions: which of the 18 benchmarks that the Iraqi government will achieve?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (17)
Charlie Pierce (16)
Paul Provenza (13)
Letitia Baldrige (1)
2007-07-21 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
After Patrick Fitzgerald was not able to answer two or more Not My Job questions correctly, an "appeal" was filed and Patrick won the game even with only one correct answer.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job not about "Scooter" Libby, Bluff the Listener about unusual summer camps, Panelist Predictions: what the next popular fantasy series after Harry Potter?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Roxanne Roberts (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Patrick Fitzgerald (1)2
2007-07-28 Opens in a new tab or window Limited audience chanting of "Luuuuuuke", in which Luke retorts that for each second of chanting would be one less second that Mo Rocca can make jokes. Tom Bodett finished his Bluff the Listener story with his famous "We'll leave the light on for you" tagline from his Motel 6 adverts.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about toughness, Not My Job about "World Weekly News", And You Can Quote Me on That, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next contagious thing?
Luke BurbankCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (13)
Mo Rocca (12)
Tom Bodett (9)
Jim Dale (1)
2007-08-04 Opens in a new tab or window Limited audience chanting of "Luuuuuuke"
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about "The Golden Girls", Not My Job about Tom Snyder, Who's Carl This Time Round II, Panelist Predictions: which of presidential candidates will commit the next fashion faux pas?
Luke BurbankCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Adam Felber (16)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Phyllis Diller (1)
2007-08-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about public speeches gone awry, Not My Job about BALCO founder Victor Conte from "Game of Shadows", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next tainted record to be set?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (12)
Kyrie O'Connor (12)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Kevin Fitzgerald (3)
2007-08-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about boosting prison inmate morale, Not My Job about fringe political candidates, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what is next for Karl Rove after he leaves the White House?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanMo Rocca (18)
Tom Bodett (15)
Amy Dickinson (14)
Ron Paul (2)
2007-08-25 Opens in a new tab or window Deputy White House Press Secretary Dana Perino was called in regards to Rove's opinion of Barney (President Bush's dog), Bob Saget gets bleeped
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about designs with unintended features, Not My Job about opinions of new MRE field rations, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Bush's next comparison to the Iraq War?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanKyrie O'Connor (17)
Mo Rocca (16)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Bob Saget (0)
2007-09-01 Opens in a new tab or window Peter admitted on the 2007-09-22 show that Paula Poundstone actually had 5 correct answers during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, rather than the 4 that Peter/Korva gave her credit for. Paula's score for this show reflects the incorrect score since it cannot be retroactively changed.
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about taking advantage of the five senses, Not My Job about "The Price Is Right", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Senator Larry Craig prove he is not gay?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanRoy Blount, Jr. (11)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Angela Nissel (10)
Judy Blume (0)
2007-09-08 Opens in a new tab or window Sidenote: OPB broadcasted a re-broadcast of the fifth anniversary special with NPR people as callers instead of this specific show
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about airline flying experience, Not My Job about the Ford Edsel, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next scientific bombshell to drop?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (16)
P.J. O'Rourke (13)
Amy Dickinson (7)
Mike Huckabee (2)
2007-09-15 Opens in a new tab or window After Kyrie guessed "a cat" in her last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round question, Mo made several meowing sounds in response.
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about ways the government has tried to reach out to its citizens, Not My Job about food products that have failed, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Britney Spears revive her career?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (18)
Mo Rocca (14)
Kyrie O'Connor (12)
Chris Paul (3)
2007-09-22 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Peter admitted that they had robbed Paula of 2 points in the 2007-09-01 show and will "right the wrong" on this show; Peter predicted at the beginning of the show that it will be a good day for Paula. Paula got enough questions correct in the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round without any "additional assistance".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about customer dis-service, Not My Job about the strangest science experiments, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next news story making a comeback from the 1990's?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (13)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Paul Provenza (10)
Kevin Smith (3)
2007-09-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about putting limits on a good thing, Not My Job about movie producer Joel Silver, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad do next after his failed attempt as a stand-up comic?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Amy Dickinson (14)
Tom Bodett (13)
Dean Kamen (1)
2007-10-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about politicians attempt to get attention backfired, Not My Job about croquet, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will children strike back at President Bush for his veto of the children's health insurance plan expansion (SCHIP)?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Mo Rocca (13)
Jeff Garlin (1)
2007-10-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about business strategies that have backfired, Not My Job about a Disney-created Florida suburb called Celebration, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: which worker's union will go on strike?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (16)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Anne Garrels (1)
2007-10-20 Opens in a new tab or window Amy Dickinson said that she didn't think she had won before and Peter was doubtful of that. Amy had tied for first at least seven times and won outright at least twice in 2010: 2010-02-03 and 2010-03-10.
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about new strategies in preventing crime, Not My Job about mistakes in journalism, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: after the relevation of Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are related, who else will be discovered to be related?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (15)
Paul Provenza (12)
Tom Bodett (10)
Stephen Colbert (2)
2007-10-27 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! where Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell, Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett, Paula Poundstone, Charlie Pierce and Kyrie O'Connor review their favorite moments from the past ten years.
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett
Paula Poundstone
Roxanne Roberts
Kyrie O'Connor
Charlie Pierce
Elizabeth Edwards (2)
Stephen Breyer (0)
Al Michaels (2)
2007-11-03 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
The name of the Bluff the Listener round is "We'll Leave the Light on for You", which is the tagline used by panelist Tom Bodett's Motel 6 adverts, though Tom was not one of the panelists for this show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new services in the hotel industry, Not My Job about Los Angeles billboard sensation, Angelyne, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Prediction: what will Shirley MacLaine reveal about a presidential candidate?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Mo Rocca (9)
Valerie Plame Wilson (0)
2007-11-10 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Paul Provenza's had his first win on the show
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about prison innovations, Not My Job about wrestling's Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison), Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what lines of dialogue will be spoken during prime time while TV show writers are on strike?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaul Provenza (15)
Tom Bodett (13)
Kyrie O'Connor (12)
Lynne Cheney (1)
2007-11-17 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Paula was a bit jealous about the court and lawyer crackdown in Pakistan, particularly that the lawyers were being hit with sticks. Roxanne asks Paula, "spend a lot of times around laywers, huh?". This lead to a little laughter when the listener playing the Listener Limerick Challenge said that she was a lawyer.

Peter went a bit too far with conjugations of the Hebrew neologism "le condel", with Charlie threatening Peter if he did anymore conjugations.

When Paula had a hard time coming up with "Ho, ho, ho!", Peter and the other panelists gave her interesting hints about what mall Santas can no longer say in Austrailia. The entire bit got really funny when Paula went down the route of what Don Imus said to got him kicked off of the air.

The podcast version of the show Listener Limerick Challenge and Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank duplicated.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about trying to keep people out, Not My Job about vacationing in North Korea, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Matt Damon first do as "People's" sexiest man alive?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Robby Benson (1)
2007-11-24 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
This show is about the same as the 2006-08-05 show, with the exception of Brian Williams being the first Not My Job segment rather than Barack Obama.
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Not My Job segments.
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce
Sue Ellicott
Aamer Haleem
Adam Felber
Roy Blount, Jr.
Paula Poundstone
Roxanne Roberts
Tom Bodett
Mo Rocca
Brian Williams (2)
Tom Hanks (2)
Terry Gross (2)
Ken Jennings (3)
2007-12-01 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
After Peter asked if anyone had followed the meeting between President Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas, and Adam smartly replying "religiously", an audience member booed. This led to a great reaction from the panelists, with Adam retorting "What? ... Booed that early" and Amy cracking up.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about fading traditions, Not My Job about questionable toys from a list compiled by Cracked.com, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: which celebrity next endorse a 2008 presidential candidate?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Amy Dickinson (14)
James Lipton (1)
2007-12-08 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Dana Perino is the second White House Press Secretary from the Bush Administration to appear on the show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the kangaroo, Not My Job about Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: which 2008 presidential candidate will be next to reveal a secret from kindergarten?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Mo Rocca (13)
Dana Perino (1)
2007-12-15 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
During the Listener Limerick Challenge round, one of the answers dealt with a computer program that interacts with people on Russian dating/romance sites. Upon hearing that, Amy twice cried out "No!" Paula had a lot of fun and ranted about the "love chat" bit. After Carl stated that the listener had correctly completed the three limericks, Paula exclaimed, "Brent was a genius!"
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unexpected medical warnings, Not My Job about eccentric British Lords, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Major League Baseball straighten itself out after the release of the Mitchell report on steriod use.
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (15)
Paula Poundstone (9)
Amy Dickinson (8)
Frank Caliendo (1)
2007-12-22 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 6
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about trouble-making in the workplace, Not My Job about worst business decisions made in 2007 published in Fortune magazine, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what New Year's resolution will be made by one of the newsmakers in 2007?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Adam Felber (15)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Herbie Hancock (0)
2007-12-29 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites.
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor
Roy Blount, Jr.
Mo Rocca
Charlie Pierce
Paula Poundstone
Roxanne Roberts
Luke Burbank
Adam Felber
Chris Paul (3)
Anne Garrels (1)
Valerie Plame Wilson (0)
Michael Moore (2)
Robert Lutz (0)

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2008

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2008-01-05 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2007-04-28 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about strange patents and inventions, Bluff the Listener about NASA scandals, Panelist Predictions: what will presidential letters from the future contain?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (17)
Adam Felber (13)
Sue Ellicott (13)
Linda Ronstadt (1)
2008-01-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unique recycling methods, Not My Job with questions from 1998 (the first year Wait Wait was on the air), Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be Hillary Clinton's next display of human emotions?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Amy Dickinson (14)
Tom Bodett (11)
Paul Begala (2)
2008-01-19 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
On the topic of men lying during the Listener Limerick Challenge, Roy Blount, Jr. told an anecdote about marriage counseling. This lead to Kyrie to start laughing uncontrollably and Peter retorting with "been in counseling, Kyrie?"
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about plagiarism reported by the news, Not My Job about the love relationship between Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich as reported by the Washington Post, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what the UFO that people in Texas saw really is?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Mo Rocca (13)
Brad Bird (2)
2008-01-26 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 6
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unexpected labor unrest, Not My Job about the founder of the Wham-O toy company, Richard Knerr, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will the Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, stimulate the ailing economy?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (13)
Paul Provenza (12)
Roxanne Roberts (9)
Melissa Etheridge (1)
2008-02-02 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 6
Several members of audience chanted "Luuuuuuke" when Luke was introduced by Peter
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about potentially dangerous travel situations, Not My Job about Smurfs, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big story out of this year's Super Bowl?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Luke Burbank (8)
Joey Harrington (2)
2008-02-09 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about solving adult problems with adolescent behavior, Not My Job about college basketball coach Bobby Knight, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will Mitt Romney do now that he has suspended his presidential campaign?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (15)
Adam Felber (14)
Paul Provenza (14)
Janet Napolitano (0)
2008-02-16 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about cosmetic enhancements, Not My Job about the Bush family, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will bring Barack Obama's presidential campaign back down to Earth?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (18)
Tom Bodett (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell (1)
2008-02-23 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Mo Rocca's Bluff the Listener is another story to refer to "Dingoes Ate My Baby". Peter's mention of Paula's smack talk about Cleveland, Ohio was in reference to her comments from the 2007-04-28 show. Peter or Luke names the new blackest black as, "blackity black black black"
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new psychotherapy developments, Not My Job about about Mr. Rogers as written in "Mental Floss" magazine, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Prediction: what will Fidel Castro do in his spare time after stepping down?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanPaula Poundstone (13)
Luke Burbank (13)
Mo Rocca (7)
Drew Carey (2)
2008-03-01 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 6
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about poor journalism, Not My Job about President Jimmy Carter, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what a presidential candidate will be forced to renounce next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Jimmy Carter (The Blind Boys of Alabama) (1)
2008-03-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about innovations in beauty pageants, Not My Job about Dungeons and Dragons, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will John McCain do in his spare time while waiting for a Democratic presidential nominee to be selected?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (16)
Paul Provenza (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (9)
Margaret Spellings (2)
2008-03-15 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about people pursuing dream jobs despite long odds, Not My Job about the film career of Madonna, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Eliot Spitzer now do with his spare time after resigning?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (18)
Tom Bodett (16)
Mo Rocca (12)
Ed Rendell (2)
2008-03-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone trying to fix something lame, Not My Job about Arthur C. Clarke, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next sign of the economy is tanking?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (16)
P.J. O'Rourke (14)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Maureen Dowd (1)
2008-03-29 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Paula Poundstone did not answer any Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly, though she had a lot of fun in doing so.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about taking the wild out of wilderness, Not My Job about founder of Carl's Jr., Carl Karcher, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the US mistakenly send to the wrong country?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (13)
Paul Provenza (10)
Paula Poundstone (2)
Fannie Flagg (2)
2008-04-05 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! was one of thirty-five recipients to be awarded the 67th Annual Peabody Award.

Tom Bodett's Bluff the Listener story involved enhanced mice touted as "Pinky and The Brain", which Tom did voiceover work on as well as "The Animaniacs"; during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Tom tried to get a point by passing off Darth Vader (the current answer) an "uber" Storm Trooper (Tom's response), in which Peter went on exclaim that "Darth Vader is a fallen Jedi, whereas Storm Troppers are clones, and it's just not the same. Moving on, Moving on!".

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about cartoon characters protecting their brand, Not My Job about April Fool's Day pranks as collected by the "Times of London", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what newsmaker nicknames will be revealed to the public?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (17)
Tom Bodett (15)
Mo Rocca (14)
Neil Patrick Harris (1)
2008-04-12 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new game for the Nintendo Wii, Not My Job about the Prohibition, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next PR nightmare for the Beijing Olympics?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Tom Bodett (15)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Kim Cattrall (2)
2008-04-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about pheromones, Bluff the Listener about extreme ways to motivate employees, Panelist Predictions: what present did President Bush give to the Pope for his birthday?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (14)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Tom Bodett (12)
Jane Curtin (1)
2008-04-26 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Drew Carey joins the panel; Carl Kassel is out on jury duty, to which Drew asked if the defendant would give a message from Carl.

The topic of "Truck Nutz" during the second panelist round.

Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about family restaurants trying to sharpen their image, Not My Job about a short-lived play called "Moose Murders", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will President Bush turn up next after his appearance on "Deal or No Deal"?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanCharlie Pierce (14)
Kyrie O'Connor (14)
Drew Carey (13)
Moby (1)
2008-05-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people trying to close the barn door after the horse left, Not My Job about nice things, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Hannah Montana star, Miley Cyrus, rebuild her image?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Stephen King (1)
2008-05-10 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about new and unexpected vacation destinations, Not My Job about Bram Stoker, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what will happen at Jenna Bush's wedding?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Amy Dickinson (12)
Mo Rocca (11)
Adam Savage (3)
2008-05-17 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Answering Machine, Bluff the Listener about learning how young or old someone is, Not My Job about miniature golf, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: with high gas prices, what will families do for summer vacation?
Peter SagalCarl KasellP.J. O'Rourke (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (16)
Amy Dickinson (13)
Jesse Ventura (2)
2008-05-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people in the news who sent in e-mail to "Wait Wait" not asking to be made fun of, Not My Job about Steven Seagal, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big story from John McCain's weekend barbecue with potential VP candidates?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Kyrie O'Connor (15)
Tom Bodett (14)
William Safire (2)
2008-05-31 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Repeat of 2007-10-27 show.
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! where Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell, Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett, Paula Poundstone, Charlie Pierce and Kyrie O'Connor review their favorite moments from the past ten years.
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett
Paula Poundstone
Roxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Kyrie O'Connor
Elizabeth Edwards (2)
Stephen Breyer (0)
Al Michaels (2)
2008-06-07 Opens in a new tab or window Tom entered the Lightning Fill In the Blank round with 3 points, to which, Carl stated that he answered 7 questions correctly. This would have given him a total of 17 points, but Carl stated that Tom had 16 points.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about how the Internet is making life easier, Not My Job about Huntington Hartford, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what role will Hillary Clinton be in Barack Obama's presidential campaign?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (17)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Jim Webb (1)
2008-06-14 Opens in a new tab or window Scott McClellan is the third (albeit former) White House Press Secretary of the Bush Administration to appear on the show.

When Peter started to ask Amy a question during the second Panelist Round, Amy responded with "No! Don't look at me."

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about making summers even more lazy, Not My Job about Truman Capote, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what cool feature will Apple include in the next generations of the iPhones?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Amy Dickinson (12)
Scott McClellan (3)
2008-06-21 Opens in a new tab or window Another instance where Mo Rocca uses the surname "Bagnoli" in this Bluff the Listener story. When Peter was explaining the story during the second panelist round, he added sound effects to the re-enactment.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about controversial stories about the online, virtual world, Not My Job about founder of Broadcom, Henry Nicholas, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will George W. Bush's memior begin?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (19)
Mo Rocca (14)
Paul Provenza (9)
Dick Durbin (2)
2008-06-28 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a gift for a billionaire with everything, Not My Job about Celine Dion, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will the Supreme Court decide is protected by The Constitution?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Paul Provenza (10)
Paula Poundstone (9)
Jonathan Poneman (2)
2008-07-05 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Repeat of 2007-01-06 show.
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job guests from 2006.
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett
Sue Ellicott
Charlie Pierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Mo Rocca
Luke Burbank
Paula Poundstone
Amy Dickinson
Craig Ferguson (1)
Dave Barry (2)
Gwen Ifill (2)
Calvin Trillin (2)
Kevin Clash and Elmo (2)
2008-07-12 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Charlie Pierce tried to get his answer of through an airplane window or door to be accepted by Peter and Carl, even though the correct answer was the airplane emergency slide.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about more annoying things being done by airlines, Not My Job about Sonny Landham, the third actor from "Predator" to try to enter politics, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be Madonna's next love interest?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (19)
Tom Bodett (15)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Andrea Mitchell (1)
2008-07-19 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about Christmas in July, Not My Job about Jersey City, New Jersey, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first noticeable change after Budweiser was purchased by the Belgians?
Adam FelberCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (19)
Amy Dickinson (11)
Paul Provenza (10)
John Waters (1)
2008-07-26 Opens in a new tab or window Another show in which all three correct Not My Job answers were the second answer.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a person's past coming back to haunt them at their current job, Not My Job about derivation of different words as written in the book "I Didn't Know That...", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will John McCain be able to top Barack Obama's world tour?
Adam FelberCarl KasellPaul Provenza (14)
Kyrie O'Connor (14)
Mo Rocca (11)
Peter Bogdanovich (0)
2008-08-02 Opens in a new tab or window Alison Stewart joins the panel, who co-hosted "Bryant Park Project" with Luke Burbank before he left.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new innovation that will make life great for men, Not My Job about Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: who will be the surprise candidate for vice president?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (16)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Alison Stewart (11)
Debra Winger (2)
2008-08-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unexpected dangers of trying to live healthy, Not My Job about a New York Times article about the history of the modern Olympic movement, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big story coming from the Olympics in Beijing?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffCharlie Pierce (17)
Roxanne Roberts (17)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Jeanne Moos (1)
2008-08-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about innovative ways to cut costs, Not My Job about Miss Manners, Who's Korva This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will Michael Phelps do once he conquer's this year's Olympics?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanKyrie O'Connor (17)
Adam Felber (14)
Mo Rocca (13)
Lewis Black (2)
2008-08-23 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Repeat of 2007-07-21 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job not about "Scooter" Libby, Bluff the Listener about unusual summer camps, Panelist Predictions: what the next popular fantasy series after Harry Potter?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Roxanne Roberts (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Patrick Fitzgerald (1)2
2008-08-30 Opens in a new tab or window While commenting about the cable news coverage of the Democratic National Convention, Peter noted how "angry" Keith Olbermann was. Alison Stewart is a regular backup host for Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff The Listener about normally reserved dorks doing crazy things, Not My Job about Matthew McConaughey, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: How will John McCain top Barack Obama's acceptence speech, while at the Republican National Convention?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (16)
Alison Stewart (11)
Tom Bodett (7)
Nastia Lukin (1)
2008-09-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about leaders emerging in odd and unusual ways, Not My Job about Michael Jackson, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big bombshell to drop about either of the vice presidential candidates?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (13)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Mo Rocca (8)
Joseph "Moose" Skowron Jr. (1)
2008-09-13 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new diplomatic efforts by the United States, Not My Job about North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, Carl's List, Panelist Predictions: what will happen to the world now that the Large Hadron Collider has been activated?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaul Provenza (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Amy Dickinson (14)
Stefan Fatsis (1)
2008-09-20 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about surprising apologies from those in leadership questions, Not My Job about the expertise of Dr. Spock, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what e-mail messages will be recovered from vice presidential candidate, Alaska governor Sarah Palin's hacked e-mail account.
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Paula Poundstone (9)
Leonard Nimoy (1)
2008-09-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about suburban angst, Not My Job about hard hitting presidential campaigns, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will the U.S. Government raise the seven-hundred billion dollars needed to bail out Wall Street?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (14)
Kyrie O'Connor (14)
Mo Rocca (14)
George McGovern (0)
2008-10-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about travel mishaps, Not My Job about fringe presidential candidates, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will President Bush, who has the highest disapproval rate ever, win back the affection of the American people?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (19)
Mo Rocca (12)
Paul Provenza (8)
"Dr. Phil" McGraw (1)
2008-10-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about one tiny mistake that significantly alters a person's life, Not My Job about the tropical island nation Nauru, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the October Surprise that will shake up the presidential race?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (17)
Tom Bodett (14)
Alison Stewart (13)
Garrison Keillor (1)
2008-10-18 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several favorite Not My Job guests from 2008.
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaul Provenza
Kyrie O'Connor
Paula Poundstone
Tom Bodett
Mo Rocca
Adam Felber
Roy Blount, Jr.
Charlie Pierce
Amy Dickinson
Neil Patrick Harris (1)
Stephen King (1)
William Safire (2)
Fannie Flagg (2)
Scott McClellan (3)
2008-10-25 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff The Listener about embarrassing government cover-ups, Not My Job about fashion critic Mr. Blackwell, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be this year's most popular Halloween custome?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (17)
Tom Bodett (13)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Christopher Buckley (0)
2008-11-01 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new approaches in responding to emergencies, Not My Job about the history of Microsoft, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: how will Barack Obama spend his campaign cash?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaul Provenza (15)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Amy Dickinson (8)
John Hodgman (2)
2008-11-08 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Carl stated that Amy needed to answer 5 questions correctly to tie or 6 to win outright after announcing Charlie's score of 12. Amy started the round with 4 points, which meant that she only needed to answer 4 questions correctly to tie or 5 questions to win.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about robocalls gone awry, Not My Job about Bill O'Reilly's recent memoir, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what big surprise will come out of the first 100 days of the Obama administration?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (16)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Mo Rocca (11)
Barney Frank (2)
2008-11-15 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the Internet letting us down, Not My Job about ways kids are wasting their time, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first line of President Bush's memoir?
Peter SagalCarl KasellP.J. O'Rourke (12)
Kyrie O'Connor (12)
Tom Bodett (7)
Tom Brokaw (2)
2008-11-22 Opens in a new tab or window When Peter Sagal was talking about the Detroit Big Three going to DC to testify, Peter accidentally said "FUV" instead of "SUV". Hilarity ensued.
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff The Listener about brilliant new ways to lose weight, Not My Job about Mickey Mouse (who is celebrating his 80th birthday), Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the American auto industry save itself?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Adam Felber (12)
Paula Poundstone (9)
Tiki Barber (2)
2008-11-29 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2007-12-29 show.
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites.
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor
Roy Blount, Jr.
Mo Rocca
Charlie Pierce
Paula Poundstone
Roxanne Roberts
Luke Burbank
Adam Felber
Chris Paul (3)
Anne Garrels (1)
Valerie Plame Wilson (0)
Michael Moore (2)
Robert Lutz (0)
2008-12-06 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff The Listener about new scams threatening our peace and prosperity, Not My Job about beloved kids shows, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will cause the first disagreement between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Mo Rocca (12)
Kyrie O'Connor (10)
Denis Leary (1)
2008-12-13 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about brand new holiday characters, Not My Job about the history of breakfast cereals, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Barack Obama's open U.S. Senate seat be chosen?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (14)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Tom Bodett (13)
Gen. Michael Hayden (0)
2008-12-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about office supplies, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: who will be Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2009?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (17)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Amy Dickinson (11)
Mavis Staples (0)
2008-12-27 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! takes a look back at the 2008 presidential race.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)Dana Perino
Mike Huckabee (2)
Barack Obama (2)

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2009

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2009-01-03 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites.
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce
Roxanne Roberts
Paula Poundstone
Tom Bodett
Kyrie O'Connor
Mo Rocca
Alison Stewart
Roy Blount, Jr.
Leonard Nimoy (1)
George McGovern (0)
Garrison Keillor (1)
Joseph "Moose" Skowron Jr. (1)
Jimmy Carter (The Blind Boys of Alabama) (1)
2009-01-10 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about shortcuts to success, Not My Job about Dennis Rodman, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what advice did Barack Obama get with a private meeting with the four previous Presidents?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Mo Rocca (13)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Campbell Brown (2)
2009-01-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people spending 26 years to reach a goal, Not My Job about the history of inaugural balls, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Bush's next job?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (15)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Paula Poundstone (7)
Burt Bacharach (1)
2009-01-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time? Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about mixed martial arts, Bluff the Listener about how a member of the Spears family is causing havoc in the world, Panelist Predictions: what was in the note that former President Bush left for President Obama?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (13)
Cindi Leive (3)
2009-01-31 Opens in a new tab or window During the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Roy Blount Jr. was asked which science fiction series did Gene Roddenberry create and Majel Barrett was in, Roy answered "Star Wars" in which Peter said that the answer was correct. In fact, the correct answer is Star Trek, which Carl corrected when stating Roy's score. Peter then asked if Carl was a dork, to which Carl sheepishly replied, "I guess?".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people not letting anything get in their way while carrying out their routines, Not My Job about Ronald Reagan's Star Wars missle defense program, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Rob Blagojevich do now that he is no longer the governor of Illnois?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAlison Stewart (14)
Paul Provenza (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (9)
Carrie Fisher (1)
2009-02-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about classic works of literature being improved, Not My Job about famous peoples' phobias, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Obama's next apology?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Kyrie O'Connor (16)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Philippe Petit (1)
2009-02-14 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job favorites.
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber
Kyrie O'Connor
Mo Rocca
Paul Provenza
Amy Dickinson
Paula Poundstone
Charlie Pierce
Luke Burbank
Roxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Denis Leary (1)
John Hodgman (2)
Amy Sedaris (1)
Drew Carey (2)
Julia Sweeney (3)
2009-02-21 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
During the second panelist round, Mo Rocca commented on hating homemade sweaters and that they are always itchy.

Paula stated during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round that she has never had six correct answers in her life. Paula has answered six correct answers at least twice in 2008, and she answered six correct to get her first win.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about recent troubles surrounding Apple iPhone applications, Not My Job about The Jonas Brothers, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: unintended consequences of the stimilus bill?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (14)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Tom Bodett (11)
Frederica von Stade (2)
2009-02-28 Opens in a new tab or window Peter stated that they received letters complaining about Mo Rocca's statement on the previous week's show about all homemade sweaters being itchy. Mo Rocca phoned in with an "apology".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about those who found success because of the recession, Not My Job about Barbie's 50th birthday, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the Republicans respond to next year's State of the Union address?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (18)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Paul Provenza (12)
Bruce Campbell (2)
2009-03-07 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about television doing something good for the world, Not My Job about figure skating lingo, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next scandal to rock reality [ed: un-real] TV.
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (18)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Mo Rocca (10)
John Cena (1)
2009-03-14 Opens in a new tab or window Carlbook, Bluff the Listener about unique ways people are pushing health food, Not My Job about Iceland as written by Michael Lewis in a recent issue of Vanity Fair, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner inspire confidence in the nation's economy?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (15)
Kyrie O'Connor (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (9)
Chuck Tood (1)
2009-03-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about singers haunted by their own songs, Not My Job about corrupt Pennsylvania Senator Vincent Fumo, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next scapegoat after beating on AIG?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (12)
Paul Provenza (12)
Kyrie O'Connor (11)
Joe Nocera (1)
2009-03-28 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about suprising bargains in the news, Not My Job about animal breeding, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the hot topic at the next White House online Town Hall meeting?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (15)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (8)
Kim Deal (2)
2009-04-04 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Paula Poundstone is in rare form, particularily when she goes against Michael Pollan about Ring Dings and when Mo Rocca was flailing around to come up with an answer. Also, Paula finds her groove with questions about space exploration.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about green technology, Not My Job about high tech toilets from Japan, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next world-changing, earth-shattering invention?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (14)
Mo Rocca (13)
Tom Bodett (10)
Michael Pollan (2)
2009-04-11 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
The saga of Mo Rocca's comments about knitted sweaters being itchy seems to have come to a close in that several knitters have brought Mo homemade kitten items to wear after the show. The video of Mo Rocca receiving those items can be viewed at: http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=103491093
Carl Vision, Bluff the Listener about things getting unexpected second chances, Not My Job about Carvel ice cream, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what lasting effect will President Obama's visit have on Europe?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (14)
Adam Felber (13)
Mo Rocca (12)
William H. Macy (2)
2009-04-18 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new pioneers in sports, Not My Job about tofu, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first trick learned by the Obama's family dog, Bo?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Adam Felber (16)
Tom Bodett (13)
Paula Deen (2)
2009-04-25 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
So much for getting Carl Kasell's voice (or Carl singing "Danny Boy" off-key) on my voice mail... on my birthday! Thank you for trying Monica.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about news that are perfect for daytime TV, Not My Job about the Guinness Brewing Company, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Barack Obama's next embarrassing gesture?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (18)
Tom Bodett (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Monica Seles (0)
2009-05-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about something that the Farmer's Almanac forgot, Not My Job about the original wolverines, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big story out of President Obama's next 100 days?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Paul Provenza (16)
Amy Dickinson (10)
Liev Schreiber (0)
2009-05-09 Opens in a new tab or window Ask Carl, Bluff the Listener about changes being made at Disneyland, Not My Job about William Shatner, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the premise of the next big prequel?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaul Provenza (16)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Amy Dickinson (13)
Dahlia Lithwick (0)
2009-05-16 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about big-box retailers in uncomfortable situations, Not My Job about utopians whose ideal communities did not work out quite right, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next mishap to be caused by the wind?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (15)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Paula Poundstone (12)
David Axelrod (1)
2009-05-23 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several Not My Job divas
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Tom Bodett
Amy Dickinson
Charlie Pierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Paul Provenza
Alison Stewart
Mo Rocca
Paula Poundstone
Paula Deen (2)
Mavis Staples (0)
Carrie Fisher (1)
Frederica von Stade (2)
2009-05-30 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about plans that are missing crucial pieces of logic, Not My Job about the Skull and Bones secret society, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what wil be some shocking relevations to come out from Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (15)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Kyrie O'Connor (13)
Robert Earl Keen (2)
2009-06-06 Opens in a new tab or window Julia Sweeney joins the team of Wait Wait panelists.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about teenage rebellion, Not My Job about celebrating the 25th anniversary of the video game, Tetris, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first official act of the next leader of North Korea?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (17)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Julia Sweeney (9)
Ed Helms (1)
2009-06-13 Opens in a new tab or window Summer Sequel Game, Bluff the Listener about present problems solved by the past, Not My Job about self-styled big things about people, Who's Carl This Time?, Panelist Predictions: what hidden gems will be found in the new health care package?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
Amy Dickinson (14)
Paul Provenza (13)
Lil' Ed Williams (0)
2009-06-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about less than awesome honors, Not My Job about odd behaviors of Supreme Court Justices, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Barack Obama's next exhibition of dominant male behavior?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (15)
Mo Rocca (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Elizabeth Edwards (3)
2009-06-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unlikely attempts at forming a union, Not My Job about a butcher named Dario Checchini, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next great euphemism?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (17)
Adam Felber (15)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Frank Rich (0)
2009-07-04 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2005-11-26 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about strange proposals for living history museums, Not My Job about the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the most important 21st century invention?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (14)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Clyde Edgerton (1)
2009-07-11 Opens in a new tab or window Adam Felber entered the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round with 6 points!
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about things lost and found, Not My Job about the beloved confection, Necco wafers, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will to-be former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin do next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Julia Sweeney (10)
Paula Poundstone (9)
Neko Case (2)
2009-07-18 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about testing in the workplace, Not My Job about unusual minor league baseball game promotions, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Sonia Sotomayor reveal once she is confirmed?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Jimmy Fallon (2)
2009-07-25 Opens in a new tab or window Another Mo golden quote, "Preparation H on Uranus."
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about playing it safe, Not My Job about the late Walter Cronkite, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be found when people look closer at the newly restored moon landing footage?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (19)
Mo Rocca (15)
Tom Bodett (12)
Doug Glanville (2)
2009-08-01 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Peter had a Freudian slip when he said "The Dong Show" instead of "The Gong Show" when wrapping up the Not My Job round, hilarity ensued.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about fighting pollution, Not My Job about McDonald's Happy Meal, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the theme of the next White House summit?
Peter SagalCarl KasellP.J. O'Rourke (15)
Amy Dickinson (14)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Chuck Barris (2)
2009-08-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unexpected or unlikely moral support, Not My Job about conspiracies and conspiracy theories, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Bill Clinton's next mission, after returning two journalists back home from North Korea?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (15)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Judd Apatow (2)
2009-08-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about inexpensive summer vacations, Not My Job about the original Woodstock music festival, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first law that will be passed by Congress when they come back from recess?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Amy Dickinson (11)
Aaron Schock (1)
2009-08-22 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, featuring great animal-inspired moments.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)Kevin Fitzgerald (3)
Bob Freer (0)
2009-08-29 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Paula Pounstone seems to be involved with most of the highlighted moments.
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, featuring favorite moments as requested by listeners.
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone
Paul Provenza
Adam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Tom Bodett
Mo Rocca
Kyrie O'Connor
Charlie Pierce
Sue Ellicott
Michael Pollan (2)
Craig Ferguson (1)
2009-09-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listerner 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?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanRoxanne Roberts (18)
Mo Rocca (12)
Adam Felber (11)
Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons (0)
2009-09-12 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unusual cries for help, Not My Job about wax museums, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next breach of decorum within the halls of the US Congress?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanCharlie Pierce (15)
Kyrie O'Connor (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (14)
Henry Waxman (2)
2009-09-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Corey This Time?, Bluff the Listener about explaining the unexplainable, Not My Job about the sport of bowling, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Kanye West's next controversy?
Peter SagalCorey FlintoffMo Rocca (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Amy Dickinson (11)
Kelly Slater (1)
2009-09-26 Opens in a new tab or window Peter had to apologize about mixing up which came first in the previous show, the Slanket or the Snuggie.

Peter Sagal said that 3 meters is close to 12 feet in amazement of Tom's lucky guess in answering the last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question. 3 meters is actually close to 10 feet, whereas 4 meters would be closer to 12 feet. I know, I am being a bit pedantic.

Who's Carl This time?, Bluff the Listener about innovative ways to attract tourists, Not My Job about Oprah Winfrey, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: What will Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi do next after his debut at the United Nations?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (17)
Paul Provenza (11)
Paula Poundstone (8)
Reed Timmer (2)
2009-10-03 Opens in a new tab or window This episode is sponsored by the letters: W, T and F.

One of P.J. O'Rourke's panelist question and answer is identical to one that guest host Luke Burbank asked panelist Aamer Haleem (2006-08-12), regarding hungry men preferring "generous sized young lady". Both instances made references to Bill Clinton's scandal with Monica Lewinsky, but did not lead to any comments about such women carrying trays of food this time around.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about courtroom mishaps, Not My Job about International Blasphemy Day, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be revealed in Sarah Palin's memoir?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Kyrie O'Connor (13)
P.J. O'Rourke (9)
Claire McCaskill (2)
2009-10-10 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about journalism job openings, Not My Job about the history of the Nobel prizes, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor make her mark on the Supreme Court?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (16)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Ashley Judd (2)
2009-10-17 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
The second limerick during the Listener Limerick Challenge called the two slashes in a URL "backslashes". Technically, the two slashes in a URI/URL are actually forward slashes.

While Mo Rocca was trying to come up with an answer for Mo's last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question for the round, Peter interrupted Mo and told Faith Salie that "this might go on for a while".

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about help from the Brady Bunch, Not My Job about Catholic Church saints, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be this season's big holiday gift?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (16)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Faith Salie (14)
Susie Essman (2)
2009-10-24 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about Florence Foster Jenkins, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next story to take over cable news?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (13)
Adam Felber (12)
Mo Rocca (8)
Brian Williams (2)
2009-10-31 Opens in a new tab or window Luke Burbank returns!!!

During the second panelist round, while Peter was asking Julia Sweeney's second question of the round, Julia yelled out "No! Don't ask me a sports thing!".

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about getting what you want and the consequences thereafter, Not My Job about nice and cuddly Disney movies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: after President Obama plays a round of golf with a woman, what will be the President's next show he's inclusive of the fairer sex?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (17)
Luke Burbank (16)
Julia Sweeney (11)
George Romero (3)
2009-11-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about adopting to the modern Christmas, Not My Job about safety measures, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what surprise will be found in the next stimulus program report?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (18)
Adam Felber (15)
Mo Rocca (12)
Tony Hawk (2)
2009-11-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new methods of fundraising, Not My Job about the Osmonds, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Lou Dobbs do next, after leaving CNN?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (15)
Tom Bodett (14)
Paul Provenza (13)
Rufus Wainwright (2)
2009-11-21 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Another instance where all of the correct answers for the Not My Job round is the second answer.

Paula Poundstone got eight questions correct in the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, including the last question which Carl said her answer was close enough.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about far-flung fantasies becoming reality, Not My Job about Asian idioms, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the name of Sarah Palin's next book?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (18)
Faith Salie (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Jason Schwartzman (2)
2009-11-28 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 6
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several manly Not My Job guests
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber
Kyrie O'Connor
Charlie Pierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Roxanne Roberts
Paul Provenza
Tom Bodett
Mo Rocca
Philippe Petit (1)
Robert Earl Keen (2)
Bruce Campbell (2)
Jimmy Fallon (2)
John Cena (1)
2009-12-05 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about sports scandals that do not involve Tiger Woods, Not My Job about Dubai, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will the White House party crashers show up next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellP.J. O'Rourke (18)
Adam Felber (17)
Julia Sweeney (8)
Pete Docter (3)
2009-12-12 Opens in a new tab or window During the first panelist round, there were puns made re: Three Wise Men and their gifts.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about presents that did not included needed instructions, Not My Job about the telegraph, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what climate change solution will emerge from the Climate Summit in Copenhagen?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Amy Dickinson (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (9)
Rick Sanchez (2)
2009-12-19 Opens in a new tab or window Andy Williams had answered one of the Not My Job with "eyeball messager", which was not the correct answer as the show's staff had made it up. In actuality, the SkyMall catalog in fact had and sold an eyeball messager, which which Peter and Carl corrected on the 2010-01-09 show. The score now reflects the two correct answers Andy Williams had (to which, Carl proclaimed that the listener had won Carl's voice on the listener's answering machine).
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about evolutionary roots of our modern-day behaviors, Not My Job about gadgets that you do not want in your gift stockings, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be Time Magazine Person of the Year for 2010?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (16)
Paula Poundstone (16)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Andy Williams (2)
2009-12-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about family feuds, Not My Job about modern childbirth, Listener Limericks Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next parenting trend that will sweep the nation?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (15)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Mo Rocca (13)
George Takei (1)

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2010

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2010-01-02 Opens in a new tab or window Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! takes a look back at the year that was 2009.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)Brian Williams (2)
2010-01-09 Opens in a new tab or window As noted for the 2009-12-19 show, Peter made a correction to Andy Williams's Not My Job score due to the staff thinking that they made up an actual item sold in the SkyMall catalog.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about odd international crimes, Not My Job about American inventors that recently passed away, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what big gadgets announced at next year's CES show?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (15)
Paul Provenza (12)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Lucy Lawless (0)
2010-01-16 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 7
When Peter Sagal was introducing the panelists for the show, he said "Mister Faith Salie" rather than "Ms. Faith Salie". This flub is poked fun of several times during the show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about government growing too big, Not My Job about Andre the Giant, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: whose job will Jay Leno take over next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (15)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Mo Rocca (13)
They Might Be Giants (1)
2010-01-23 Opens in a new tab or window Carl's Dream Machine, Bluff the Listener about hospitality innovations, Not My Job about the Prince of Seborga, Giorgio Carbone, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Conan O'Brien next venture?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (13)
Adam Felber (13)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Mark Halperin (2)
2010-01-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about bad news for nerds, Not My Job about damaged masterpieces, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Apple's next amazing product?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (19)
Luke Burbank (17)
Tom Bodett (13)
Neil Sedaka (2)
2010-02-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about intellectual property theft, Not My Job about sport's biggest losers, The Washington Generals, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Don't Ask, Don't Tell be replaced with?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (14)
Mo Rocca (12)
Julia Sweeney (10)
Steven Chu (1)
2010-02-13 Opens in a new tab or window During the opening panelist round and the discussion of food serving portions, Paula went into Pop Tarts almost in the same manner has one of her HBO specials.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about troubles caused by having too much technology, Not My Job about other famous Houstons, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be discovered underneath the thick blanket of show on top of Washington DC, after it melts?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (17)
Tom Bodett (16)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Annise Parker (2)
2010-02-20 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring recent Not My Job segments.
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett
Paula Poundstone
Julia Sweeney
Adam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Mo Rocca
Roy Blount, Jr.
Faith Salie
Paul Provenza
Charlie Pierce
Ed Helms (1)
Tony Hawk (2)
Susie Essman (2)
Reed Timmer (2)
Ashley Judd (2)
2010-02-27 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Who's Jean this Time?, Bluff the Listener about creative debt relief, Not My Job about Mr. Snuffleupagus, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what new sport will make its debut at the next Olympic Games?
Peter SagalJean CochranRoxanne Roberts (18)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Charlie Pierce (12)
George Stephanopoulos (2)
2010-03-06 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unlikely automation, Not My Job about nuns, Johnny Weir defends figure staking, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will bring their kids to work next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellLuke Burbank (14)
Kyrie O'Connor (14)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Tony Shalhoub (1)
2010-03-13 Opens in a new tab or window Mo was muttering this thoughts about the three possible answers for the second Not My Job question, in which Peter said that they can hear him. Another show in which all of the correct answers for the Not My Job round were the second answer.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new fad diets, Not My Job about parking meters, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person to reveal odd enthusiasm?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (13)
Mo Rocca (11)
Roy Blount, Jr. (9)
George Porter, Jr (2)
2010-03-20 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about how being a sports fan saved someone's life, Not My Job about NCAA mascots, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big story when Tiger Woods plays at next month's Masters?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Faith Salie (14)
Paul Provenza (13)
Paddy Maloney (1)
2010-03-27 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Joe Biden's fleeting expletive is fodder for jokes this week. Carl Kasell's attempt of making ray gun sounds leads to hillarity.
Who's Carl This Time?, Not My Job about new ways to use food that don't involve eating it, Not My Job about interesting uses of lasers, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what unexpected outcomes will result of passing the Health Care Bill?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Tom Bodett (13)
Keegan-Michael Key (11)
Michael Lewis (Author) (2)
2010-04-03 Opens in a new tab or window Lifestyles of the Rich and Despicable, Bluff the Listener about hard times for the rich, Not My Job about Hetty Green, the Witch of Wall Street, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will cause the next financial crisis?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (15)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Tom Bodett (11)
Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top (2)
2010-04-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about when bigger isn't always better, Not My Job about other jobs in The Village People, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what big treaty will President Obama sign next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (16)
Luke Burbank (15)
Felipe Rose and David Hodo of The Village People (2)
2010-04-17 Opens in a new tab or window Sir Mix-a-Lot was a special guest for the second panelist round and was asked about banker's take of "Baby Got Back". Mo tried to get Peter and Carl to accept "cattle" as a valid answer for a flock of "sheep", but the attempted failed humorously. When Peter was providing story behind that question, he said "the two men have been in the lam(b) -- haha!" which lead to even more laughter.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about things that are being done with snail mail but not with e-mail, Not My Job about soft drinks, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will Larry King marry next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Mo Rocca (14)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Kurt Warner (2)
2010-04-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ways technology is not making dating easier, Not My Job about lesser-known aspects of Mark Twain, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next item to be left behind at a bar?
Peter SagalCarl KasellP.J. O'Rourke (14)
Tom Bodett (11)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Buster Olney (1)
2010-05-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about famous people with second careers, Not My Job about terrible jobs, Listener Limericks Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will really happen with aliens come to Earth?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Keegan-Michael Key (10)
Jerry Weintraub (1)
2010-05-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people being denied of justice, Not My Job about Britain's oldest public school, Eton College, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next man-made disaster?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (18)
Tom Bodett (14)
Paul Provenza (14)
Lt. General Michael Gould (2)
2010-05-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about libraries becoming more modern, Not My Job about pantyhose, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what shocking relevation will be exposed during Elena Kagen's confirmation hearings?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (14)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Ice-T (2)
2010-05-22 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring Not My Job segments of famous musicians.
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Mo Rocca
Amy Dickinson
Adam Felber
Tom Bodett
Luke Burbank
Faith Salie
They Might Be Giants (1)
George Porter, Jr (2)
Branford Marsalis (0)
Neil Sedaka (2)
Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons (0)
2010-05-29 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's Must See TV, Bluff the Listener about successful alternative plans, Not My Job about Sarah Ferguson, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how well BP completely fix the oil spill?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (15)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Bettye LaVette (2)
2010-06-05 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
The chanting of "Luuuuuuke" returns, in which Luke said, "they're not booing, I don't think", just like when he first substituted for Peter Sagal.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unique uses of music, Not My Job about self-help guru Tony Robbins, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will finally make President Barack Obama enraged?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (15)
Luke Burbank (15)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Tom Robbins (2)
2010-06-12 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell: "GOOOOOOAL!"
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about conspiracy theories about President Obama, Not My Job about the World Cup's history, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what surprise will come out of the World Cup?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Robert Klein (2)
2010-06-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people saying "no" at work, Not My Job about sausage, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will BP do next to make the situation worse than it is?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPeter Grosz (13)
Amy Dickinson (12)
Tom Bodett (10)
Dr. Sanjay Gupta (2)
2010-06-26 Opens in a new tab or window Detention with Carl, Bluff the Listener about celebrities abusing their fame, Not My Job about shark movies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will President Obama fire next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (14)
Mo Rocca (12)
Ann Bancroft (2)
2010-07-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about wedding dress innovations, Not My Job about the late Senator Robert Byrd, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big spy ring to be uncovered?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (12)
P.J. O'Rourke (10)
Julia Sweeney (7)
Molly Ringwald (2)
2010-07-10 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Repeat of 2009-08-29 show.
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, featuring favorite moments as requested by listeners.
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone
Paul Provenza
Adam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Tom Bodett
Mo Rocca
Kyrie O'Connor
Charlie Pierce
Sue Ellicott
Michael Pollan (2)
Craig Ferguson (1)
2010-07-17 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
The panelist had fun with both BPs (British Petroleum and Bristol Palin) when asked about safety and caps.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about frugal summer fun, Not My Job About foosball, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next great villian?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (16)
Mo Rocca (15)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Pete Carroll (0)
2010-07-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new mail innovations, Not My Job about space flight, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next shocking tape to come out from Washington DC?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Keegan-Michael Key (13)
Adam Felber (13)
Craig Finn (3)
2010-07-31 Opens in a new tab or window The panelists had fun interrupting Peter when he tried to introduce the first listener and the panelists.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about rock stars acting like primadonnas, Not My Job about baseball players injured in stupid ways, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big leak?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaul Provenza (15)
Amy Dickinson (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Maz Jobrani (3)
2010-08-07 Opens in a new tab or window The chanting of "Luuuuuuke" continues, in which Peter said "they are not booing, Mrs. Burbank, they are not booing" and Luke came back with "there has been some confusion around that". Miss America was booed when she provided a guess for her first question.

This was not Adam Felber's week for the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, but did have fun: Cheese Doodles + Jesus = Cheesus.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about surprising fields of study, Not My Job about the three other Misses: Ms. Pac Man, Miss Cleo and Miss Piggy; Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what surprising move will the very, very rich do next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (14)
Luke Burbank (12)
Adam Felber (8)
Caressa Cameron (0)
2010-08-14 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about changes coming to Las Vegas, Not My Job about the Grateful Dead, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the former JetBlue flight attendant quit his next job?
Peter GroszCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (15)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Kristen Schaal (2)
2010-08-21 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2010-04-03 show.
Lifestyles of the Rich and Despicable, Bluff the Listener about hard times for the rich, Not My Job about Hetty Green, the Witch of Wall Street, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will cause the next financial crisis?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (15)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Tom Bodett (11)
Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top (2)
2010-08-28 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
The second annual listener's request show, includes: Carl's special effects, Ice-T, Peter's Listener Limerick Challenge intro puns, Tony Shalhoub, Paula Poundstone on faucets and Avatar, Mo Rocca and his answer guessing mashup, public radio pick-up lines and Tom Robbins.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)Ice-T (2)
Tony Shalhoub (1)
Tom Robbins (2)
2010-09-04 Opens in a new tab or window A Casual Encounter With The Week's News, Bluff the Listener about unusual worker's comp claims, Not My Job about food at state fairs, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big renovation at the White House?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanAdam Felber (18)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Maz Jobrani (12)
Meghan McCain (2)
2010-09-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about civic improvement, Not My Job about American etiquette, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what book will be the next target for book burning?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (16)
Peter Grosz (14)
Faith Salie (12)
Lisa Lampanelli (2)
2010-09-18 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
The chanting of "Luuuuuuke" continues when Peter introduced this week's panelists.

One of the panelists made the sound of Pac Man dying when Carl announced that Mary Roach only answered one of three questions correctly even though the topic was Super Mario Bros.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about failed summer vacations, Not My Job about Super Mario, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: with Oprah's announcement of taking her audience to Australia, what will Oprah do to top that?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (14)
Paul Provenza (12)
Luke Burbank (9)
Mary Roach (1)
2010-09-25 Opens in a new tab or window One word: Uranus.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about innovative political campaigns, Not My Job about tailoring for rhinestone cowboys, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will become the next judge on American Idol?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Mo Rocca (14)
Kyrie O'Connor (12)
Delmar Smith (2)
2010-10-02 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Simulated Russ Feingold was brought on for Peter to apologize for an error in which Peter said that Senator Feingold had used a green screen to super-impose his home in an ad. In actuality, the Senator had actually filmed the ad on location. The Simulated Senator renamed Wisconsin to Peterconsin.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about highly problematic hotels, Not My Job about Kenny G, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what surprising place will NPR be heard next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (17)
Alonzo Bodden (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Mac McCaughan (2)
2010-10-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new twists on the dating scene, Not My Job about the Duke of Windsor, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will CNN pair up next, after pairing up Parker and Spitzer?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Tom Bodett (13)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Michael Bloomberg (2)
2010-10-16 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2009-12-26 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about family feuds, Not My Job about modern childbirth, Listener Limericks Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next parenting trend that will sweep the nation?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (15)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Mo Rocca (13)
George Takei (1)
2010-10-23 Opens in a new tab or window Dick Van Dyke sung the words to the theme for The Dick Van Dyke Show. Another three-way tie! Mo Rocca asked when was the last time there was a three-way tie, it was on 2008-09-27, in which Kyrie and Mo were tied with Tom Bodett with 14 points.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an incident on C-SPAN, Not My Job about a Dick, a van and a dyke, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be this year's hottest Halloween costume?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPeter Grosz (16)
Kyrie O'Connor (16)
Mo Rocca (16)
Dick Van Dyke (2)
2010-10-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unlikely film adaptations, Not My Job about unhappiness, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big surprise that will come out in the upcoming elections?
Peter SagalCarl KasellP.J. O'Rourke (17)
Amy Dickinson (15)
Tom Bodett (11)
Bobby McFerrin (2)
2010-11-06 Opens in a new tab or window What Do You Mean I Can't Say That?, Bluff the Listener about vacations abroad that had gone wrong, Not My Job about figure skater Elvis Stojko, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first thing that the new bipartisan government agree on?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Mo Rocca (11)
Elvis Costello (2)
2010-11-13 Opens in a new tab or window At the end of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, in which Tom and Kyrie tied for first, Peter tried to make Alonzo feel better by saying that he "can move up to second". Technically, when two people tie for first, the next person actually is ranked third, not second, per standard competition ranking. Yep, a bit pedantic, but us geeks need to stay true :)
Who's Carl This Time?, Fake Interview With A Real President, Bluff the Listener about mobile phone apps that shouldn't have been made, Not My Job about musical operas, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what souvenir will President Obama bring back after his trip to Asia?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (15)
Kyrie O'Connor (15)
Alonzo Bodden (12)
Tina Sloan (2)
2010-11-20 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unlikely inspirations of self-help improvements, Not My Job about other famous Newtons, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the best gift given at the upcoming royal wedding?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (15)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Faith Salie (9)
Wayne Newton (1)
2010-11-27 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of the 2009-08-22 show.
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, featuring great animal-inspired moments.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)Kevin Fitzgerald (3)
Bob Freer (0)
2010-12-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about about children following their famous parent's footsteps, Not My Job about Mr. Clean, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the next Wikileaks document release reveal?
Peter SagalCarl KasellLuke Burbank (19)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Mike Rowe (2)
2010-12-11 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about solving minor problems in extreme ways, Not My Job about apples, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Obama's next compromise?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMaz Jobrani (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Amy Dickinson (13)
Steve Wozniak (2)
2010-12-18 Opens in a new tab or window Fun word of the week: Porking. When Peter was providing the choices for the third Not My Job question, Peter said "key" rather than "C". Peter used the word "rhyme" a couple too many times during his punny Listener Limerick Challenge quip.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about making Christmas more environmentally friendly, Not My Job about terrible gifts, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be next year's Time Magazine's Person of the Year?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (19)
Kyrie O'Connor (14)
Peter Grosz (13)
Alan Menken (1)
2010-12-25 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, featuring a look back at some great Not My Job segments.
Peter SagalCarl KasellPeter Grosz
Kyrie O'Connor
Mo Rocca
Luke Burbank
Paula Poundstone
Adam Felber
Paul Provenza
Amy Dickinson
Charlie Pierce
Dick Van Dyke (2)
Tony Shalhoub (1)
Denis Leary (1)
John Hodgman (2)
Amy Sedaris (1)

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2011

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2011-01-01 Opens in a new tab or window Mo Rocca gave an answer of "nip slip" during Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank, which was accepted as a valid answer for "wardrobe malfunction".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about not so super Superhereos, Not My Job about celebrity endorsements, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be next method of consuming media?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (13)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Nora Ephron (2)
2011-01-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about cutting costs at the office, Not My Job about Mother Goose, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next unlikely novelist?
Peter GroszCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Tom Bodett (14)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Tony "The Goose" Siragusa (3)
2011-01-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about repurposed snack foods, Not My Job about Richard Simmons, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be found once all of the snow melts?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanMaz Jobrani (12)
Amy Dickinson (12)
Mo Rocca (11)
Russell Simmons (1)
2011-01-22 Opens in a new tab or window The chanting of "Luuuuuuke" continues when Peter introduced this week's panelists.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people discovering something that they didn't know it was there, Not My Job about presidential state dinners, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what American souvenir did Chinese President Hu Jintao take back with him?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Luke Burbank (14)
Tom Bodett (13)
Lucinda Williams (2)
2011-01-29 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about continuing education, Not My Job about streaking, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what new innovation will be mentioned in the next State of the Union?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (17)
Brian Babylon (13)
Cal Ripken Jr. (0)
2011-02-05 Opens in a new tab or window During the Listener Limerick Challenge round, Mo Rocca brought up the idea of putting babies in the overhead compartment as a possible alternative to kidless airplane flights.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about outlawed pet peeves, Not My Job about Northern wintry fun, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what shocking moment will come out of this year's Super Bowl halftime show?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Mo Rocca (14)
Alonzo Bodden (13)
Carl Hiassen (2)
2011-02-12 Opens in a new tab or window I get to relive the fact that Monica Seles did not answer enough, much less any, questions correctly and I lost my chance to get Carl Kasell's message on my voicemail greeting.
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several sporty Not My Job segments.
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor
Mo Rocca
Charlie Pierce
Adam Felber
Paula Poundstone
Luke Burbank
P.J. O'Rourke
Tom Bodett
Roy Blount, Jr.
Amy Dickinson
Pete Carroll (0)
Joey Harrington (2)
Buster Olney (1)
Kelly Slater (1)
Monica Seles (0)
2011-02-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about extreme thrills, Not My Job about baseball cards, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next robot that will defeat humans?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Luke Burbank (17)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
John Leguizamo (1)
2011-02-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about secret messages, Not My Job about hermits, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what big surprise will happen at The Oscars?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (12)
Adam Felber (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (10)
Jesse Eisenberg (2)
2011-03-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about employees going great lengths to keep their job, Not My Job about enemies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Charlie Sheen's next job?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (16)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Brian Babylon (10)
Lisa Kudrow (2)
2011-03-12 Opens in a new tab or window Mo Rocca referenced his idea of putting babies in airplane overhead compartments from his 2011-02-05 appearance on the show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about interesting deals, Not My Job about other Pee Wees, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be James O'Keefe's next target?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (17)
Faith Salie (15)
Mo Rocca (14)
Pee-wee Herman (Paul Ruebens) (2)
2011-03-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about discovering a secret about the past, Not My Job about Bootsy Collins, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will we kill time if there will not be a football season?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (15)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Maz Jobrani (10)
Judy Collins (2)
2011-03-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone crying foul, Not My Job about boring TV, Listener Limericks Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will President Obama explain what the "The Obama Doctrine" is?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (11)
Charlie Pierce (11)
Jerry Springer (2)
2011-04-02 Opens in a new tab or window The theme for this week's show is all about health and fitness.
Diagnose Carl, Bluff the Listener about a team going above and beyond for a win, Not My Job about Soloflex, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what new disorder will be discovered?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (16)
Tom Bodett (15)
Peter Grosz (11)
Dave Barry (2)
2011-04-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about turning a negative into a positive, Not My Job about baseball, Headline Game, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Donald Trump's presidential campaign slogan if he runs?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (19)
Peter Grosz (14)
Tom Bodett (13)
Jessi Klein (1)
2011-04-16 Opens in a new tab or window Peter mentioned twice that David's wife, Laura Lippman, got all three questions right when she was on. Looking back, Laura only answered two correctly.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone wanting credit for something, Not My Job about wholesome television, Ask A Hostage Negotiator, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Mitt Romney to steal some of Donald Trump's thunder?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (16)
Luke Burbank (15)
David Simon (1)
2011-04-23 Opens in a new tab or window Yep, I finally got on the show and was able to get all three questions correct. Pretty great birthday present as well.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people trying to help but failing, Not My Job about the British tradition of high tea, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what nefarious thing will Apple do?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (16)
Adam Felber (15)
Mo Rocca (11)
John Waters (2)
2011-04-30 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unwanted intrusions by the government, Not My Job about past royal weddings, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will President Obama reveal next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Hal Needham (1)
2011-05-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a young man's problem solved by an old man's solution, Not My Job about Henny Youngman, Listener Limericks Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be President Obama's next surprise announcement?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (15)
Brian Babylon (14)
Mo Rocca (12)
Demetri Martin (2)
2011-05-14 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Repeat of 2009-04-04 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about green technology, Not My Job about high tech toilets from Japan, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next world-changing, earth-shattering invention?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (14)
Mo Rocca (13)
Tom Bodett (10)
Michael Pollan (2)
2011-05-21 Opens in a new tab or window During the Listener Limerick Challenge round, when Paula went off on another pointless or questionable "Wait Wait" studies rant, there was a loud bang in the background of the contestant's line. Paula immediately asked "do he just shoot himself?". Hilarity ensued.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people trying to take credit, Not My Job about people who got really famous, really fast, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child make his mark in the world?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Gary Johnson (2)
2011-05-28 Opens in a new tab or window Tom Bodett, spokeperson for Motel 6, said the catchphrase "(Where they'll) leave the light on for you" when Peter Segal listed Motel 6 as an NPR supporter.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a person being adversely affected by the ending of Oprah's show, Not My Job about very northern cuisine, Headline Game, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Oprah spend her free time now that her show has ended?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (20)
Faith Salie (17)
Adam Felber (16)
Bob Waggoner (2)
2011-06-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about bad marketing ideas, Not My Job about unexpected connections, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next scandal in Congress that will eclipse "Weinergate"?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (17)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Alonzo Bodden (10)
Kevin Bacon (2)
2011-06-11 Opens in a new tab or window Another uncommon instance in which all three panelists answered six Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly. The last occurance seems to have occurred during the 2010-06-04 show, then the 2009-09-12 show before that.

While some might consider this devilish, but the proper instance would be the panelists that go first and last each get six questions correct and the other panelist only gets one correct. Why? Search for "616" on this site.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the little guy winning, Not My Job about drag racing, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Newt Gingrich reinvigorate his campaign?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
P.J. O'Rourke (15)
Charlie Pierce (14)
RuPaul (2)
2011-06-18 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
In the second panelist round in which a discussion about daddy baby showers lead to Mo Rocca saying that having a Hula dancer in the same room as a mother giving birth would be a relaxing agent. Luke Burbank came back asking if that would be something that would be blogged on "MoRoccaTheWorldsWorstObstetrician.net".

Guess what, I have registered that domain and it now redirects to this site. :)

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about reaching unexpected audiences, Not My Job about ice hockey, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next summit be for President Obama?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (16)
Faith Salie (15)
Luke Burbank (14)
Simon Pegg (2)
2011-06-25 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about sports traditions that goes back a really long way, Not My Job about My Little Ponies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how to get people to finally stop smoking?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (18)
Jessi Klein (14)
Maz Jobrani (12)
Bill Clinton (3)
2011-07-02 Opens in a new tab or window Right before the Listener Limerick Challenge, when Peter was providing instructions on how to become a contestant on the show, a dog had barked just after Peter said, "wait wait". That stopped Peter in his tracks and some banter ensued.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about David Hasselhoff's next project, Not My Job about actor Vincent Price, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what country song will be written about this week's news?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (20)
Kyrie O'Connor (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (8)
Vince Gill (3)
2011-07-09 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring musicians and entertaining Not My Job guests.
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber
Julia Sweeney
Paula Poundstone
Kyrie O'Connor
Luke Burbank
Faith Salie
Mo Rocca
Roxanne Roberts
Charlie Pierce
Neko Case (2)
Felipe Rose and David Hodo of The Village People (2)
Wayne Newton (1)
Bettye LaVette (2)
Elvis Costello (2)
2011-07-16 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl Hacked This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new uses for kitchen utensils, Not My Job about long-winded people, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will other GOP presidential candidates show off their musical sides?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPeter Grosz (14)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Faith Salie (11)
Biz Stone (2)
2011-07-23 Opens in a new tab or window Right after the Opening Panel Round, when Peter Sagal was listing out NPR sponsors, Peter got to the one for Motel 6 and had Tom Bodett do their slogan. Listener contestant had trouble guessing a correct answer (fork) and guessed "spork"; the listener finally got it. The "spork" answer sparked hilarity.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about solving a problem with candy, Not My Job about items belonging to various queens of England, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big national exploration project?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (19)
Tom Bodett (15)
Brian Babylon (12)
Larry King (2)
2011-07-30 Opens in a new tab or window Fun with the term, "haboob". Nice one, Peter: "Luke, good news in Kabul... just kidding!"
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new ways to toughen up your kids, Not My Job about Roseanne Barr, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will McDonald's do attract moms next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Luke Burbank (10)
Rosanne Cash (2)
2011-08-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about Lithuania's attempt to broaden its appeal, Not My Job about Cheeta the chimp from the Tarzan movies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big mystery that will be solved?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (14)
Amy Dickinson (13)
Mo Rocca (11)
Jason Bateman (2)
2011-08-13 Opens in a new tab or window Another instance of a silly study being called out by Paula, mostly when Paula is a cat owner. Towards the end of the Listener Limerick Challenge round, Peter was rattling off spoilers and said that Adam Felber would be the show's winner. Adam did in fact win with 13 points.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new tech accessory, Not My Job about baseball catcher and international spy Moe Berg, Listener Limericks Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the country get its AAA credit rating back?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Tom Bodett (10)
Andy Hillstrand (2)
2011-08-20 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several actors and actresses featured on Not My Job.
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone
Amy Dickinson
Alonzo Bodden
Brian Babylon
Roxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Tom Bodett
Faith Salie
Mo Rocca
Paul Provenza
Kyrie O'Connor
Charlie Pierce
Luke Burbank
Kevin Bacon (2)
Lisa Kudrow (2)
Pee-wee Herman (Paul Ruebens) (2)
Lucy Lawless (0)
John Leguizamo (1)
2011-08-27 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
In the first Mo Moment that listeners requested was 2011-06-18's second panelist round discussion about daddy baby showers lead to Mo Rocca saying that having a Hula dancer in the same room as a mother giving birth would be a relaxing agent. Luke Burbank came back asking if that would be something that would be blogged on "MoRoccaTheWorldsWorstObstetrician.net". At the end of that moment, Peter Sagal mentioned that I registered that domain and that it redirects to this site. Woot!
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, featuring favorite moments as requested by listeners. Segments include: Voicemails, Celebrity Revelations, Listener Contestment Moments and Mo Moments.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(Multiple Panelists)Dick Van Dyke (2)
Bill Clinton (3)
2011-09-03 Opens in a new tab or window All three of the panelists first names start with an "A", which may just be coincidence considering there is question whether or not the nation's debt rating may not be "AAA" for too long.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about American heroes, Not My Job about Soul Train, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what big news will come out of President Barack Obama's jobs speech?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (15)
Alonzo Bodden (13)
Amy Dickinson (12)
Austan Goolsbee (2)
2011-09-10 Opens in a new tab or window Just so Henry Winkler would get to do the Fonzie's trademark "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaay", all of the correct answers in the Not My Job were "A".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about three athletes having problems, Not My Job about Ponzi schemes, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the US Postal Service save itself?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (16)
Paula Poundstone (16)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Henry Winkler (2)
2011-09-17 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 9
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! came back to Portland, Oregon for the third time. I attended the show and re-outed myself as the Wait Wait Stats Page maintainer during the post-show Q&A session.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the unusual origins of what are common items, Not My Job about obscure protests, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will authorities find the $2 billion dollars UBS lost to a rogue trader?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (19)
Peter Grosz (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Colin Meloy (2)
2011-09-24 Opens in a new tab or window This show's panel consists of three comedians.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about occupational hazards, Not My Job about Nicholas Cage, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next apology to come from a major company?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (15)
Brian Babylon (15)
Jessi Klein (14)
Jane Goodall (1)
2011-10-01 Opens in a new tab or window The listener contestant for the Listener Limerick Challenge humorously provides TMI during her introduction.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about love stories involving condiments, Not My Job about the tastes of the elderly, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will replace Andy Rooney as America's ornery philosopher?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (16)
Tom Bodett (13)
Maz Jobrani (12)
Tavi Gevinson (2)
2011-10-08 Opens in a new tab or window During the Who's Carl This Time? round, Peter confused St. Peter with St. Paul, causing P.J. to correct Peter. This lead to Luke and Paula to join into the fun.

Peter had a verbal trip up when introducing the Bluff the Listener game to the listener contestant with "what is, means... that" rather than "what this means is that". Paula called Adam Riess a physicist, in which Adam clarified that he was an astro-physicist and jokingly taking offense to that.

Listener contestant in the Listener Limerick Challenge round actually said "wait, wait... don't tell me" when trying to come up with an answer.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a Welsh farmer and his prize-winning rutabaga, Not My Job about the day of the very first cell phone call, Science Marches On, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: why each panelist won't be running for president?
Peter SagalCarl KasellLuke Burbank (16)
Paula Poundstone (16)
P.J. O'Rourke (11)
Adam Riess (2)
2011-10-15 Opens in a new tab or window The listener contestant asked to re-hear one of the limericks as she zoned out part-way through. She explained that she usually listens to the podcast of the show while working and will sometimes zones out.

Mo Rocca joked about having a three-way tie of 9-9-9 at the end of the game in reference to Herman Cain's tax plans. Unfortunately, all three panelists started the final round with an even number of points. Coincidentally, the panelists ended up in a three-way tie with 12 points each. This is another instance in which a three-way tie in which Mo Rocca was a panelist (2010-10-23, the show in which Mo asked when was the last three-way tie, and 2008-09-27).

Who's Korva This Time?, Bluff the Listener about Venezuelan solutions to traffic problems, Not My Job about terrible fast food, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the other Republican presidential candidates compete with Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan?
Peter SagalKorva ColemanAmy Dickinson (12)
Mo Rocca (12)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Patton Oswalt (3)
2011-10-22 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2011-01-01 show.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about not so super Superhereos, Not My Job about celebrity endorsements, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be next method of consuming media?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (13)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Nora Ephron (2)
2011-10-29 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell's attempt of re-creating the sound of a baby crying was hilarious.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people solving problems by giving up, Not My Job about a look behind the scenes of Buckingham Palace, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will become of the seven billionth man?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Brian Babylon (11)
Tom Bodett (9)
Alan Alda (2)
2011-11-05 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an embarrassing name turning less embarrassing, Not My Job about short-lived celebrity marriages, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next celebrity money-making scheme?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPeter Grosz (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (15)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Colin Hanks (2)
2011-11-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new technologies and inventions that we don't really need, Not My Job about celebrities doing jail time, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Silvio Berlusconi do after he steps down as Italy's Prime Minister?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (16)
Amy Dickinson (15)
Tom Bodett (13)
Seth MacFarlane (2)
2011-11-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a worker taking a stand, Not My Job about three bizarre happenings in the state of Florida, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what big idea will the Congressional Supercommittee come up with?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr. (16)
Faith Salie (15)
Adam Felber (12)
Marc Maron (2)
2011-11-26 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring recent favorite Not My Job guests.
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor
Charlie Pierce
Paula Poundstone
Brian Babylon
Jessi Klein
Amy Dickinson
Mo Rocca
Tom Bodett
Maz Jobrani
Nell Benjamin
Roy Blount, Jr.
Luke Burbank
Henry Winkler (2)
Jane Goodall (1)
Jason Bateman (2)
Tavi Gevinson (2)
Rosanne Cash (2)
2011-12-03 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about odd course offerings at Ivy League schools, Not My Job about Rin Tin Tin, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the new Mars rover find?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Luke Burbank (15)
Mo Rocca (12)
Susan Orlean (3)
2011-12-10 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new German celebrities, Not My Job about racing other animals, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Iran do with the downed US drone?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (15)
Peter Grosz (10)
Chris McCarron (2)
2011-12-17 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a sign that your boyfriend is bad news, Not My Job about old and arcane laws that have been on the books for a very long time, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be Time's Person of the Year for 2012?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMaz Jobrani (17)
Jessi Klein (12)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Bill Maher (1)
2011-12-24 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
"Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: A Royal Pain In The News" BBC America TV special aired on 2011-12-23.

The TV version did not have the Bluff the Listener round. For the radio version of the show, contestants are chosen from the studio audience rather than the usual listeners. In both versions, the Carl's Holiday Letters round were played by the panelists and not the a studio audience member or a listener contestant.

TV: Carl's Holiday Letters, Panelist Round 1 about big news of 2011 in which social media claims another victim, Panelist Round 2 about big news of 2011, Not My Job about the Royal Wedding, Panelist Predictions: How exactly will the world end in 2012?

Radio: Carl's Holiday Letters, Opening Panelist Round about big news of 2011 in which social media claims another victim, Bluff the Listener about health care in the UK, Not My Job about the Royal Wedding, Panel Round Two about the big news of 2011, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: How exactly will the world end in 2012?
Peter SagalCarl KasellNick Hancock (16)
Paula Poundstone (15)
Alonzo Bodden (15)
Neil Gaiman (3)
2011-12-31 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2011-04-02 show.

The theme for this week's show is all about health and fitness.

Diagnose Carl, Bluff the Listener about a team going above and beyond for a win, Not My Job about Soloflex, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what new disorder will be discovered?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (16)
Tom Bodett (15)
Peter Grosz (11)
Dave Barry (2)

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2012

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2012-01-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about rise of the nerds, Not My Job about end of the world predictions, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Rupert Murodch accidentally reveal now that he is on Twitter?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (17)
Adam Felber (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Paul Feig (2)
2012-01-14 Opens in a new tab or window The aired version of the show had four instances of censor bleeps: Peter got bleeped during the Who's Carl This Time? round, Paula got bleeped twice when telling her Bluff the Listener story and one other bleep in that same round. Peter was slightly obsessed with David Cross's being a out and proud bald person.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a secret about the Clinton White House, Not My Job about defeated Republican hopefuls you probably haven't heard of, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Hostess try to save itself?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (15)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Brian Babylon (11)
David Cross (3)
2012-01-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about attempts to fix local TV news, Not My Job about different kinds of bottoms, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the captain of the infamous Italian cruise ship do next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (18)
Tom Bodett (16)
Mo Rocca (12)
Duke Fakir (2)
2012-01-28 Opens in a new tab or window Brian Babylon had his first outright win, beating Roxanne even!
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about innovations in laziness, Not My Job about Harlequin romance novels, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what bad joke will be told at the next State of the Union?
Peter SagalCarl KasellBrian Babylon (15)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Peter Grosz (12)
Jack Gantos (2)
2012-02-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?. Bluff the Listener about rosy economic indicators, Not My Job about Up with People, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big story out of Super Bowl XVLI?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (13)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Gary Oldman (2)
2012-02-11 Opens in a new tab or window The Bluff the Listener contestant noted that he was calling from his sister's bathroom and that lead to an interesting exchange with Peter and Paula.

Peter had a little bit of trouble with saying "harsher sanctions" during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, in which Paula answered the question in the same way that Peter's tongue-tied manner. Peter then said, "I don't know if I'm going to give you that point."

At the end of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, everyone was shocked that Tom Bodett beat Roxanne Roberts and I think Tom said something like "that never happens". In fact, Tom has outscored Roxanne three times in 2009. Each time, Roxanne had 14 points while Tom had 18 (2009-03-07), 15 (2009-08-08) and 16 (2009-10-10) points.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about dumb cops, Not My Job about other artists nominated for The Grammys, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will come in and finally save the GOP?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (13)
Roxanne Roberts (12)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Kurt Elling (3)
2012-02-18 Opens in a new tab or window The audience led Nick Pearson to choose the wrong answer for the third question during the Not My Job round. After Carl said that Nick did not answer enough questions correctly to win, Peter had the audience say "I'm sorry" to Nick all at once.

In the usual Mo Rocca fashion, Mo spent about a minute trying to figure out an answer for one of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions and ended up answering it correctly.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new ways to make your wedding unforgettable, Not My Job about things that go very, very slowly, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next headline-friendly sports star?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (16)
Peter Grosz (15)
Nick Pearson (1)
2012-02-25 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2011-08-20 show.
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring several actors and actresses featured on Not My Job.
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone
Amy Dickinson
Alonzo Bodden
Brian Babylon
Roxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Tom Bodett
Faith Salie
Mo Rocca
Paul Provenza
Kyrie O'Connor
Charlie Pierce
Luke Burbank
Kevin Bacon (2)
Lisa Kudrow (2)
Pee-wee Herman (Paul Ruebens) (2)
Lucy Lawless (0)
John Leguizamo (1)
2012-03-03 Opens in a new tab or window Alec Baldwin called Carl Kasell the "Marlon Brando of public radio".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about innovations in beauty, Not My Job about other people's brothers, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: with Fox developing a new sitcom about an NPR station, what will the pilot episode be about?
Peter SagalCarl KasellLuke Burbank (13)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Alonzo Bodden (12)
Alec Baldwin (2)
2012-03-10 Opens in a new tab or window At the beginning of the show, Peter was lamenting about the show being ignored because it was on radio, Carl responded with "Peter, you slut!". Mostly done as reference to Rush Limbaugh's recent incidents of calling Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute".

One of Brian Babylon's Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions was discussed during the Not My Job segment; to which, Brian Babylon answered the question correctly.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ways to improve your commute, Not My Job about Dr. Seuss, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will we see the NFL-style bounty system next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellBrian Babylon (16)
Tom Bodett (15)
Amy Dickinson (10)
Rick Bayless (2)
2012-03-17 Opens in a new tab or window Note: The show's page on NPR.org has the Bluff the Listener segment listed as "Panel Round Two" (the first of two listed).

The gang had fun with the Who's Carl This Time? listener contestant's name when she introduced herself.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about how St. Patrick's Day has recently helped mae the world a little bit better, Not My Job about music from really cold places, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next public resignation?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (18)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (8)
Joey Burns (2)
2012-03-24 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new ways to improve our bodies, Not My Job about Red Bull and its inventor Chaleo Yoovidhya, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next resurgent toy?
Peter SagalCarl KasellJessi Klein (15)
Tom Bodett (15)
Mo Rocca (13)
Ana Gasteyer (2)
2012-03-31 Opens in a new tab or window This show's panel consists of three comedians.

Brian Babylon was able to flex his impressions of President Obama several times during the show. There was a bleep in the transition song between the Listener Limerick Challenge and the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round (the song was Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue [Live]".

Paula finally has won a game outright for the first time since 2010-09-18. Between that time, Paula has tied for first four times: 2011-02-26, 2011-09-10, 2011-09-24 and 2011-10-08.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a life ruined by Justin Bieber, Not My Job about Singapore, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will James Cameron find at the bottom of the ocean?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (15)
Maz Jobrani (12)
Brian Babylon (12)
Carrie Brownstein (2)
2012-04-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ways plants are like humans, Not My Job about James Cameron's movie "The Titanic", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next surprise ruling from the US Supreme Court?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Roxanne Roberts (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Rachel Dratch (2)
2012-04-14 Opens in a new tab or window Another uncommon instance in which all three panelists answered six Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly. The last three times that this has happened have been on 2011-06-11, 2010-06-04 and 2009-09-12.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about life before the Internet, Not My Job about people who really know how to cheat, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen offend residents of Miami next time?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAlonzo Bodden (16)
Jessi Klein (14)
Mo Rocca (14)
Jim Bouton (2)
2012-04-21 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite authors recently featured as Not My Job guests.
Peter SagalCarl KasellBrian Babylon
Roxanne Roberts
Peter Grosz
Tom Bodett
Luke Burbank
Paula Poundstone
Mo Rocca
Paul Provenza
Alonzo Bodden
Jack Gantos (2)
Tom Robbins (2)
Susan Orlean (3)
Mary Roach (1)
Carl Hiassen (2)
2012-04-28 Opens in a new tab or window After Paula answered all eight Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly, Peter stated "that may not have ever happened before". Actually, it has. The last time that Paula answered all eight correctly was on 2009-11-21; in which, Paula also got a total of 18 points and won.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unfortunate celebrity endorsements, Not My Job about people who play cricket, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Newt Gingrich do now that he is no longer running for president?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (18)
Amy Dickinson (16)
Tom Bodett (16)
Barry Sonnenfeld (2)
2012-05-05 Opens in a new tab or window When Peter said that Kyrie was in third place that the beginning of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Kyrie said that she was sort of in second place. Peter would be correct when using the standard competition ranking and it is also the ranking method used for this site.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the modernization of classic literature, Not My Job about real people whose names are remarkably descriptive of who they are, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next item to be sold for an outrageous amount?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (14)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Dick Cavett (2)
2012-05-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about terrible birthday party ideas for kids, Not My Job about performers that have smooth and silky voices, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next surprise that Vice President Joe Biden will ruin?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (16)
Amy Dickinson (13)
Mo Rocca (12)
Bobcat Goldthwait (2)
2012-05-19 Opens in a new tab or window The Wait Wait Upfronts, Bluff the Listener about government probes, Not My Job about Pat Boone, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will we find the $3 billion that JPMorgan Chase lost?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Roxanne Roberts (13)
Brian Babylon (12)
Kyle Gass and Jack Black of Tenacious D (2)
2012-05-26 Opens in a new tab or window In the podcast version of the show, P.J. O'Rourke only answered four questions correctly versus the six that Carl stated. I'm not sure if this was due to editing of the show for air/podcast. P.J. was only asked five questions in the podcast version of the show. The number of questions Luke answered correctly matched that of the count Carl stated; though, in the podcast version, Luke was asked six questions. I'm not sure if this matches what was actually asked during the live recording.

Before Paula started her round, she described that the last time she was on, 2012-04-28, Paula not only answered all eight questions correctly; but, did so very quickly that there was still time left on the clock. Paula now has a winning streak of three shows that she's been on recently. Paula's panelist prediction response was bleeped out.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about improving customer service, Not My Job about Doris Day, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what are the words that Mitt Ronmey is not allowed to say?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (17)
P.J. O'Rourke (14)
Luke Burbank (11)
Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy) (2)
2012-06-02 Opens in a new tab or window In all three Not My Job segments in this best of show had Faith Salie as a panelist.
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring Summer-related stories, movies and bluffs.
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce
P.J. O'Rourke
Faith Salie
Roy Blount, Jr.
Amy Dickinson
Luke Burbank
Mo Rocca
Kyrie O'Connor
Brian Babylon
Gary Oldman (2)
Simon Pegg (2)
Cal Ripken Jr. (0)
2012-06-09 Opens in a new tab or window Peter did a great reference to the Kanamits's book "To Serve Man" from the Twilight Zone episode of the same name. Mo Rocca got tripped up over Peter's joke and reference.
Who's Carl This Time, Bluff the Listener about surprising benefits of reality TV, Not My Job about things that are very, very bad for you, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what world problem will Disney solve next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (16)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Sam Kass (3)
2012-06-16 Opens in a new tab or window In the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Maz Jobrani answered six questions correctly (Peter said right, yes or correct six times and there were six dings), but Carl stated that Maz only had answered five correctly. Even the show's transcript lists six "(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)" for Maz. The correct score breakdown should have been: 3 / 6 / 15, not the 3 / 5 / 13 as noted by the show. If the points had been tallied correctly for Maz, Maz and Amy would have been tied for first.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about dangers faced by teenage girls, Not My Job about the classic trail mix called gorp, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what other animals have secret lives?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (15)
Maz Jobrani (13)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
John Irving (2)
2012-06-23 Opens in a new tab or window Paula Poundstone yelled, "Are you nuts?!?!" when the caller chose Luke's bluff. Rob Reiner answered the same number of Not My Job questions correctly as his father, Carl Reiner, did on an earlier show. Rob Reiner got bleeped while excited that he won the round.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new ways to fake greatness, Not My Job about people Ron Reiner definitely does not want to stand by, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will Mitt Romney choose as his running mate?
Peter GroszCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (16)
Luke Burbank (14)
Brian Babylon (13)
Rob Reiner (2)
2012-06-30 Opens in a new tab or window

Rating: 8
During the second panelist round, while Kyrie was starting to work out and spit out possible answers, she said, "I'm turning into Mo."
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone turning a negative into a positive, Not My Job about Cincinnati, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next CNN headline you shouldn't believe?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (13)
Kyrie O'Connor (12)
Alonzo Bodden (8)
Drew Carey (2)
2012-07-07 Opens in a new tab or window Before playing the clips of Carl Kasell yelling "GOOOOAL" and mimicking the sound of a vuvuzela, Peter mentioned that the clips came from two shows in July 2010. In fact, the first clip came from the Not My Job round of the 2010-06-12 show and the vuvuzela clip came from the "Who's Carl This Time?" round from 2010-06-19.

Since the Mo Moments segment is a repeat of the one from the 2011-08-27 show, my name is mentioned on this show as well. w00t!

Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, featuring several listener favorites: What's Carl This Time?, Ice-T is asked about pantyhose, Peter's penchant for bad "rhyme" puns, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Tony Shaloub answers questions about nuns, Mo Moments and Bill Clinton playing Not My Job about My Little Ponies.
Peter SagalCarl Kasell(N/A)Ice-T (2)
Tony Shalhoub (1)
Bill Clinton (3)
2012-07-14 Opens in a new tab or window Bobcat Goldthwait joins the panel.

The listener was a bit impatient and wanted to move on to the next question after answering the first Listener Limerick Challenge question. This also happened with a listener from the Listener Limerick Challenge from the 2006-09-30 show.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about celebrity workplace hazards, Not My Job about three Calvins that aren't Calvin Klein, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big surprise at Olympic Opening Ceremonies?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (18)
Peter Grosz (12)
Bobcat Goldthwait (6)
Brooke Shields (0)
2012-07-21 Opens in a new tab or window This marks another show in which all three panelists are comedians.

Paula noted that she had won the last three times that she has been on the show. In fact, Paula has won the last four times she has been on: 2012-03-31, 2012-04-28, 2012-05-26 and 2012-06-23. Paula was also having fun with the fact that she has won the last four times she has been on. By winning this game, Paula's winning streak has been extended to five games.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about dangers of self-help books, Not My Job about Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what is hiding in Mitt Romney's tax returns?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (14)
Brian Babylon (12)
Jessi Klein (9)
Norton Juster (2)
2012-07-28 Opens in a new tab or window First appearance of Simon Amstell as a panelist. Simon either really didn't know or feigned ignorance about Pippa Middleton. Simon's comment about falling out of a certain body part was carefully trimmed out of the radio/podcast version of the show; but, it did make it, albeit bleeped, in the 2012-11-24 Best Of show.

The listener for the Listener Limerick Challenge noted that she worked for the Word division at Microsoft. Peter started to provide a suggestion and the listener retorted that he would "have to get close", as in the spelling of the word for auto-correct/spellcheck to work. Mo Rocca would use this same retort back to the listener after she could initially guess one of the answers.

During the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Simon was trying to figure out an answer while questioning/repeating the bits of the question repeatedly. This caused Peter to ask Simon "we speak the same language, do we not?". Normally Mo usually has the "stream of consciousness" when it comes to answer questions and leads to a long Lightning round, but was easily beaten by Simon in this show.

Simon may have had the last laugh when Mo Rocca was working on figuring out an answer and Simon swiped Mo with "Oh, dear", causing Mo to crack up and feel shamed.

I can safely say that the edited version for radio and for the podcast will be pretty tame compared to what was at the live taping. The live taping version gets a rating of 11 out of 10. And yes, I was there and lived to tell about it. :)

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an unlikely club, Not My Job about diplomatic gift giving, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Mitt Romney bring back from his trip abroad?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (14)
Mo Rocca (12)
Simon Amstell (6)
Paul Krugman (2)
2012-08-04 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unauthorized Olympics tie-ins, Not My Job about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: after alienating viewers with poor Olympics coverage, how will NBC win them back?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Adam Felber (15)
Paula Pell (10)
Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell (1)
2012-08-11 Opens in a new tab or window Peter mispronounced Bobak Ferdowsi's last name as "Ferdowski" when he introduced them at the beginning and end of the Not My Job segment. It doesn't seem like Peter is alone in mispronouncing Bobak's last name.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about office dangers, Not My Job about the candy company Mars, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the Curiosity Rover find on Mars?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Tom Bodett (11)
Bobak Ferdowsi and Adam Steltzner (2)
2012-08-18 Opens in a new tab or window Another three-way tie. Although Paula did not win outright in this game, Paula's winning streak is now up to six games.

In the edited version of the show, they only included five of Paula's questions for the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round; in which, Paula answered four of those correctly.

Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about struggling businesses improving customer service, Not My Job about Julia Child, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will President Obama choose as his running mate if he were to drop Vice President Biden?
Peter SagalBill KurtisLuke Burbank (14)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Faith Salie (14)
Mike Birbiglia (2)
2012-08-25 Opens in a new tab or window Special topic show with a look at politics, here and abroad, past and present.

In the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Tom Bodett didn't get the "correct" and a ding on the sixth correct answer; but, Carl did count it as correct in the score. When Carl was asked how many questions Charlie Pierce need to answer correctly to win, Carl said seven. In fact, Charlie would have only needed six to win: Tom Bodett had 15 points and Charlie started with 4, meaning answering six questions correctly would add 12 points for a total of 16 points. 16 > 15. Either way, Charlie did answer seven questions correctly.

The Magna Carl-A, Bluff the Listener about political adversaries coming together, Not My Job about strange doings in school halls of power, Tippecanoe And Carl Too, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will finally make Republicans and Democrats come together?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
Tom Bodett (15)
Jessi Klein (11)
Sir Peter Westmacott (2)
2012-09-01 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! End of Summer Special
Peter SagalCarl KasellAlonzo Bodden
Jessi Klein
Mo Rocca
Roxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Amy Dickinson
Paula Poundstone
Tom Bodett
Paul Provenza
Faith Salie
Charlie Pierce
Brian Babylon
Jim Bouton (2)
Barry Sonnenfeld (2)
Kyle Gass and Jack Black of Tenacious D (2)
2012-09-08 Opens in a new tab or window Tom Bodett snapped Paula Poundstone's six game streak of coming in first after the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round.
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about creative engagement proposals, Not My Job about Donnie Raitt, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be this election's October Surprise be?
Peter SagalBill KurtisTom Bodett (16)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Jessi Klein (13)
Bonnie Raitt (3)
2012-09-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people recycling things that we don't want recycled, Not My Job about things that rhyme with thrones, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next YouTube video to cause a riot?
Peter SagalBill KurtisRoxanne Roberts (18)
Charlie Pierce (17)
P.J. O'Rourke (10)
George R. R. Martin (1)
2012-09-22 Opens in a new tab or window In the edited version of the show, only six of Mo Rocca's questions was played even though he had answered seven questions correct.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about things what we thought to have been true but aren't, Not My Job about viral marketing campaigns gone awry, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next hidden video surprise?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (18)
Faith Salie (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (9)
Thomas Frieden (1)
2012-09-29 Opens in a new tab or window Another show that ended in a three-way tie. The last three-way tie happened on 2012-08-18, in which all three panelists also had 14 points each.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about organizations forced to state the obvious, Not My Job about the Ig Nobel awards, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big surprise at the first Presidential debate?
Peter GroszCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (14)
Adam Felber (14)
Brian Babylon (14)
Chris Kluwe (3)
2012-10-06 Opens in a new tab or window Paula Poundstone went through her rants about the dubious and pointless studies.

The last time Maz Jobrani was on the show, 2012-06-16, Carl only credited Maz for five correct answers even though he had answered six correctly. This error was not mentioned or corrected on this show.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about awesome summer vacations, Not My Job about Arnold Schwarzenegger's memoir, "Total Recall", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what was President Obama writing down during the first Presidential debate?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (16)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Maz Jobrani (10)
Ben Folds (2)
2012-10-13 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! Not My Job segments over the years.
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber
Roy Blount, Jr.
Paula Poundstone
Charlie Pierce
Sue Ellicott
Tom Bodett
Paul Provenza
Alison Stewart
Kyrie O'Connor
Tom Hanks (2)
Kevin Clash and Elmo (2)
Carrie Fisher (1)
Linda Ronstadt (1)
Don LaFontaine (1)
2012-10-20 Opens in a new tab or window Another case in which each of the correct answers for the Not My Job segment questions were "B".

All three panelists finished in a tie with 12 points each. Last show that ended with a three-way tie was the 2012-09-29 show.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about job creators, Not My Job about men who have broken the gender barrier, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big October Surprise in the Presidential race?
Peter SagalCarl KasellLuke Burbank (12)
Faith Salie (12)
Charlie Pierce (12)
Nancy Pelosi (3)
2012-10-27 Opens in a new tab or window Drew Carey had a bit of fun with saying that he was a soccer fan while Peter Sagal was not. This is in reference to the several times that Peter has mocked soccer, the World Cup and during the Not My Job segment with Steven Cohen on 2006-05-27. Drew is also a co-owner of the MLS team Seattle Sounders FC.

Drew Carey had Tom Bodett do the "We'll leave your head on for you" a la Motel 6 ads. Tom then said, "Deep Six Morgue Hotel: We'll leave your head on for you".

All three panelists each answered six Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly. The last two times this has happened was 2009-09-12 and 2012-04-14.

Who's Carl (Dressing Up As) This Time?, Bluff the Listener about newfangled punishments, Not My Job about wombats, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next superhero to make a major life change?
Drew CareyCarl KasellTom Bodett (15)
Brian Babylon (14)
Kyrie O'Connor (13)
Abby Wambach (3)
2012-11-03 Opens in a new tab or window Due to an editing quirk, the gong sounded before Peter started asking Paula's last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round question.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about how The New York Times is trying to maintain its reputation, Not My Job about stuff that isn't worth keeping, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will happen with the 2016 Presidential race begins next Wednesday?
Peter SagalCarl KasellLuke Burbank (15)
Firoozeh Dumas (12)
Paula Poundstone (9)
Dr. Wayne Clough (2)
2012-11-10 Opens in a new tab or window Martha Stewart got bleeped while saying that she couldn't stop correcting people who don't know how to properly remove pomegranate seeds from the shell.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about green living gone wrong, Not My Job about terrible do-it-yourself projects, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will President Obama do in his second term?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Alonzo Bodden (12)
P.J. O'Rourke (10)
Martha Stewart (0)
2012-11-17 Opens in a new tab or window The phone call audio cut out while the listener contestant for the Listener Limerick Challenge said what she does, right after she said "I am a horse...". The word that got cut out was "trainer". Peter and the panelists had a bit of fun with that. Right after Carl said the second Limerick, the audience completed the limerick before the listener contestant could.

The last time that a panelist has scored 19 points was on 2011-09-17 by Roxanne Roberts.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about supply and demand, Not My Job about violent prohibitionist Carrie Nation, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next scandal will be uncovered?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (19)
Mo Rocca (14)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Randy Sprecher (2)
2012-11-24 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! featuring Not My Job guests that are all about the sciences. Also features a segment about Simon Amstell and other panelists's shows off their science smarts.
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson
Roy Blount, Jr.
Tom Bodett
Kyrie O'Connor
Charlie Pierce
P.J. O'Rourke
Luke Burbank
Paula Poundstone
Mo Rocca
Simon Amstell
Adam Felber
Bobak Ferdowsi and Adam Steltzner (2)
Neil deGrasse Tyson (0)
Adam Riess (2)
Paul Krugman (2)
2012-12-01 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about last week's Macy Thanksgiving Day Parade, Not My Job about Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will President Obama and Mitt Romney do on their next date?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (13)
Brian Babylon (11)
Amy Dickinson (10)
Jake Tapper (2)
2012-12-08 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about fathers going all out to impress their kids, Not My Job about TLC show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will happen when the world doesn't end on December 21st.
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (16)
Maz Jobrani (12)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Hugh Bonneville (3)
2012-12-15 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people spending a lot of money on something, Not My Job about athletes finding new and surprising ways to injure themeselves, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what big newmakers will get for Christmas?
Peter SagalCarl KasellTom Bodett (17)
Luke Burbank (14)
Jessi Klein (11)
Francis Collins (1)
2012-12-22 Opens in a new tab or window When the listener tried to decide which bluff to choose, the listener mentioned that she didn't want to initially choose Roxanne's bluff as many other listeners have and did not choose the correct bluff. In this case, Roxanne's bluff was the correct one.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people trying to ruin Christmas, Not My Job about Poynter's list of best/worst journalistic errors of 2012, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will America look like after falling off of the fiscal cliff?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (15)
Brian Babylon (12)
Bobcat Goldthwait (10)
Fred Armisen (2)
2012-12-29 Opens in a new tab or window Repeat of 2012-08-25 show. See notes re: Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round in the original show notes.

Special topic show with a look at politics, here and abroad, past and present.

The Magna Carl-A, Bluff the Listener about political adversaries coming together, Not My Job about strange doings in school halls of power, Tippecanoe And Carl Too, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will finally make Republicans and Democrats come together?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (18)
Tom Bodett (15)
Jessi Klein (11)
Sir Peter Westmacott (2)

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2013

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2013-01-05 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! with the focus on food and eating. Segments include: Eat This, Bluff the Listener about a kitchen utensil used in a new way and three Not My Job segments about tofu, things that are bad for you and Necco wafers.
Peter SagalCarl KasellP.J. O'Rourke
Paula Poundstone
Luke Burbank
Amy Dickinson
Alonzo Bodden
Mo Rocca
Tom Bodett
Faith Salie
Roxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Roy Blount, Jr.
Jessi Klein
Peter Grosz
Julia Sweeney
Paula Deen (2)
Sam Kass (3)
Neko Case (2)
2013-01-12 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about parents trying to motivate their adult children, Not My Job about The Bridges of Madison County, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: whose head will be on the $1 Trillion coin?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (17)
Adam Felber (17)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Jeff Bridges (1)
2013-01-19 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the day in the life of Las Vegas resident Wayne Dobson, Not My Job about gifts given to Queen Elizabeth II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big confession to make the news?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPeter Grosz (17)
Mo Rocca (16)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Melinda Gates (2)
2013-01-26 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a citizen's newly-won rights, Not My Job about Scientology, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person to fake a performance?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMaz Jobrani (15)
Amy Dickinson (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (11)
Guy Kawasaki (2)
2013-02-02 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the unintended consequence of progress, Not My Job about the airport shuttle, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: which Super Bowl ad will everyone be talking about on Monday?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (15)
Charlie Pierce (14)
Brian Babylon (10)
Mae Jemison (2)
2013-02-09 Opens in a new tab or window Paula tried to not have Peter to say that she was in third at the beginning of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round. Unfortunately, Peter mentioned that she was in third and Paula ran with it by continually saying that she was in third.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone getting in the mood for love, Not My Job about super-specialized dating sites, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will the next historical figure be found?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (17)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Tom Bodett (10)
Erykah Badu (3)
2013-02-16 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell was a little bit generous with handing out points to Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank answers, which lead to a bit of humor related to Roxanne's last question of the round.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the trials of modern childhood, Not My Job about Shetland ponies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will replace wrestling in the Olympics?
Peter SagalCarl KasellBrian Babylon (17)
Roxanne Roberts (17)
Luke Burbank (14)
Al Gore (3)
2013-02-23 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! featuring Not My Job guest interviews.
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts
P.J. O'Rourke
Alonzo Bodden
Brian Babylon
Amy Dickinson
Adam Felber
Tom Bodett
Paula Poundstone
Jessi Klein
Charlie Pierce
Paula Pell
Roy Blount, Jr.
Maz Jobrani
Martha Stewart (0)
Jake Tapper (2)
Bonnie Raitt (3)
Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell (1)
John Irving (2)
2013-03-02 Opens in a new tab or window Mo Rocca was in great form for the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, particularly after Peter asked Bill Kurtis if Mo did well enough to win. Bill Kurtis simply answered, "No." At which, Mo said that Bill should have built up the suspense and then said Carl would normally have said, though in a semi-whiny manner: "He needed five correct answers, but he only had four. So, the winner this week is Jessi Klein."
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new foreign TV show, Not My Job about strange food, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will horses turn up next?
Peter SagalBill KurtisJessi Klein (12)
Mo Rocca (11)
Alonzo Bodden (11)
Jon Miller (1)
2013-03-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about attempts to improve your commute, Not My Job about the education of secretaries, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person to filibuster and why?
Peter SagalBill KurtisRoy Blount, Jr. (17)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Firoozeh Dumas (13)
Arne Duncan (2)
2013-03-16 Opens in a new tab or window If Peter hadn't accepted Bobcat's answer of "Exacto Knife" during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Bobcat would have repeated Paula's incredibly hilarious zero correct answers from 2008-03-29 and scoring two points.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people going on vacation and getting into trouble, Not My Job about mistakes in the news, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg try to ban next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (12)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Bobcat Goldthwait (4)
Huey Lewis (2)
2013-03-23 Opens in a new tab or window Another instance in which all three correct answers for the Not My Job round were "B". Bill Kurtis okay'd Tom Bodett's answer of "statue of a car" during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round when the proper answer was a full-scale snow sculpture of a VW Beetle after some questioning of "statue of a car" versus "snow sculpture".
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about creative justice for criminals, Not My Job about Hot Pockets, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing scientists will try to bring back from extinction.
Peter SagalBill KurtisAmy Dickinson (17)
Charlie Pierce (13)
Tom Bodett (10)
Apollo Robbins (3)
2013-03-30 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell introduced Tom Bodett as "filling in for Drew Carey, filling in for Peter Sagal". Tom Bodett went all folksy during the intro portion, with Carl trying to translate it into NPR-speak. Tom Bodett was bleeped twice while asking and explaining the second Not My Job question.

Tom Bodett followed Peter Sagal's bad punnage regarding the Listener Limerick Challenge round at the beginning of the second panelist round. In this case, Tom based his puns on his famous Motel 6 ad line. At the beginning of the Listener Limerick Challenge, Tom said, "it's Rhyme Time" almost in the same manner he says "It's Mime Time" on The Animaniacs.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone's attempt to appear more popular, Not My Job about Jeopardy! champions, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the 17 year old British programmer spend his $30 million he got from Yahoo!?
Tom BodettCarl KasellAdam Felber (18)
Kyrie O'Connor (16)
P.J. O'Rourke (11)
Aaron Neville (2)
2013-04-06 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about stories of interest to dogs, Not My Job about sheep tricks, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next revered figure to fall?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Brian Babylon (14)
Peter Grosz (9)
Rick Nielsen (2)
2013-04-13 Opens in a new tab or window Faith Salie asked if "Batman & Robin" movie is the one which Batman had nipples. At which, Mark Bittman responded with, "that answers the first question" and Peter stating, facetiously, that he will never invite Faith Salie back on to the show. Mark was in fact right that it was the correct answer to the first question and was the only question Mark answered correctly.

At the beginning of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, when Carl provided the panelist's scores and standings in which Luke was third with 2 points, Peter said, "Luke you're definitely going to go third". Luke actually went first. Funnily enough, Luke ended up coming in third at the end of the round.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about hipster trends, Not My Job about Batman, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Anthony Weiner use as a campaign slogan?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (15)
Alonzo Bodden (13)
Luke Burbank (12)
Mark Bittman (1)
2013-04-20 Opens in a new tab or window The Not My Job segment with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan featured the interesting discussion with Paula Poundstone. The show also included additional Not My Job content with former Vice President Al Gore that didn't make it on air.
Best of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! featuring Not My Job guest interviews from earlier this year.
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor
Paula Poundstone
Adam Felber
Roy Blount, Jr.
Firoozeh Dumas
Brian Babylon
Roxanne Roberts
Luke Burbank
Tom Bodett
Peter Grosz
Mo Rocca
Jeff Bridges (1)
Arne Duncan (2)
Al Gore (3)
Erykah Badu (3)
Melinda Gates (2)
2013-04-27 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new product to help you deal with family, Not My Job about microbiome, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will make headlines at the future Obama Presidential Library?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (14)
Maz Jobrani (9)
Kal Penn (3)
2013-05-04 Opens in a new tab or window This show was taped at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts for a live cinecast to many cinemas around the United States. The same show was also shown at additional cinemas on May 7th and in Canada on May 11th.

I attended the live taping at Skirball Center, sitting at the end of row F with a center view of the main show's setup.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a simple fix for an old problem, Not My Job about dull and boring things at "A Boring Conference" held in London, Listener Limerick Challenges, Panelist Predictions: what will the first postcard from a space tourist say?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (18)
Paula Poundstone (13)
Tom Bodett (13)
Steve Martin (2)
2013-05-11 Opens in a new tab or window Peter let Eric Schmidt use Google search to find out answers to his second and third Not My Job questions. No one should let Peter use the phrase "gangster banging" again.
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a photo of Tom Selleck, Not My Job about things that are un-Googleable, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the cicadas be suprised to see in 17 years?
Peter SagalBill KurtisCharlie Pierce (14)
Brian Babylon (12)
Roxanne Roberts (10)
Eric Schmidt (2)
2013-05-18 Opens in a new tab or window During the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Bobcat answered a question with "relocation", in which the official answer was "witness protection". Bobcat was not given a point for it until the audience groaned and Bill Kurtis reconsidered and give Bobcat the point. Later in the round, Tom answered a question about making permitting women to "bare their breasts" in public with "breast feeding". Since the latter requires the former, Tom did get the point for his answer.
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people behaving badly, Not My Job about Mike, a chicken from the 1940s who lost its head, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will failed-spy Ryan Fogle do next?
Peter SagalBill KurtisTom Bodett (15)
Kyrie O'Connor (14)
Bobcat Goldthwait (9)
Alice Cooper (2)
2013-05-25 Opens in a new tab or window Another instance in which the Bagnoli surname was used in Mo's bluff. Peter pronounced the name of the "Kokomo" Indiana Indian tribe differently than Mo Rocca used in his bluff as "KOH-koh-mo", instead of "Kuh-koh-MO". Mo was extremely quick to correct Peter.

The audience tried to help out Michele with the second Not My Job question by yelling out "C", which Michele chose. Both the audience and Michele were wrong, the correct answer was "B".

During the second panel round, Mo asked, kind of forcibly, "Well, how the heck does it work?" when discussing about 3D pizza printers. This lead to a nice bit of laughter from Adam. Mo also made a really good/bad pun by saying "it's a place for you can Czech (check) each other out", as the city of Prague is in the Czech Republic.

The listener contestant went into another voice when completing the first Listener Limerick. Hilarity ensued.

When Bill Kurtis was about to say how many questions Adam needs to answer correctly to win, Mo said "Oh God, please lose…". Adam laughed and said something like "That's so wrong(?)" After answering six correct, Adam said that he was rooting for Mo, then Faith.

Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone turning trash into a must-have item, Not My Job about men's-only clubs, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Apple repair their image?
Peter SagalBill KurtisAdam Felber (16)
Mo Rocca (14)
Faith Salie (12)
Michele Tafoya (2)
2013-06-01 Opens in a new tab or window On the 2006-02-25 show, Paula called Adam Felber "the Ken Jennings of the panel…". Well, in this case, Ken Jennings is now the Ken Jennings of the panel… at least in terms of actually being Ken Jennings.

Peter noted that it was Ken Jennings's first time on the show, which is true in that it is Ken's first time being a panelist; but, Ken Jennings has been on the two twice as a Not My Job guest on 2006-02-25 and 2006-10-07.

Deepak Chopra + Oprah Winfrey = Oprah Chopra.

In the edited version of the show, it seemed that Amy had six Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions and answered five of them correctly Amy's sixth correct answer was probably edited out. Another case in which all three panelists had six correct answers.

Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the government making cash cool again, Not My Job about Marche du Film, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next big bromance?
Peter SagalBill KurtisRoy Blount, Jr. (16)
Ken Jennings (16)
Amy Dickinson (15)
Deepak Chopra (0)
2013-06-08 Opens in a new tab or window During the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Peter asked P.J. "Queen Elizabeth recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of her what?", P.J. answered "reign". Peter said, "not technically" and said the correct answer was "coronation" and P.J. didn't get a point. That led to the audience booing, in which Peter and Bill reversed their decision and allowed the answer.
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about smarter than average animals, Not My Job about extreme clumsiness at work, Listener Limerick Challenage, Panelist Predictions: what surprising image will be found while the government snoops around our computer activities?
Peter SagalBill KurtisRoxanne Roberts (19)
Tom Bodett (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Nik Wallenda (2)
2013-06-15 Opens in a new tab or window Even though Buzz Aldrin only answered one Not My Job question correct, Bill Kurtis decided to give Buzz all three correct. This isn't the first time that either the host or the scorekeeper overruled and allowed the Not My Job guest to win the prize for the listener even though the guest didn't answer 2 or 3 questions correctly. The last time was on 2005-06-25, in which Maj. Robert Bateman didn't answer the first two Not My Job questions correctly, in which Peter gave an exception and said if Maj. Robert Bateman answered the third question correctly, he would win the prize and promptly did so.
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the secret lives of cats, Not My Job about "mooning", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next person to flee the country?
Peter SagalBill KurtisFaith Salie (14)
Luke Burbank (12)
Bobcat Goldthwait (9)
Buzz Aldrin (3)
2013-06-22 Opens in a new tab or window The first listener contestant, Affan, gave Peter a hint on how to pronounce his name correct with the question, "do you know what a baby deer is". Peter answered with "A baby deer is a doe? No, a baby deer is a fawn", to which the panelists, including Paula, razzed Peter. Peter then said "Welcome, a doe" to comedic effect before the first question of the round. Also, Affan guessed "poop less" as the answer for the second question of the same round.

For the third Not My Job question, Booker T. Jones said that he had heard Bon Jovi sing a song with the name "Funyuns" at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which was option "B". Although the researched correct answer was "C", Booker didn't initially get a point for the question, but Bill Kurtis gave him the point.

During the Listener Limerick Round, Peter noted that the luxury hotel for dogs should be called "The Fur Seasons"; in which, the audience groaned at the pun. Paula stepped in to say that was the fourth time Peter had gotten that reaction. That prompted Peter to ask Paula, "are you keeping count!?!".

A portion of Jessi's guess for her last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question was bleeped.

Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new technique for women to avoid unwanted attention, Not My Job about Funyuns, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what is next for (soon to be former) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Peter SagalBill KurtisPaula Poundstone (14)
Jessi Klein (13)
Alonzo Bodden (10)
Booker T. Jones (2)
2013-06-29 Opens in a new tab or window Mo Rocca is right to be shocked at starting the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round with 5 points, as it does not happen too often.
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about new ways for governments to control citizens's lives, Not My Job about curses from around the world, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will President Obama do to make people care about climate change?
Peter SagalBill KurtisMo Rocca (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (12)
Brian Babylon (11)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (3)
2013-07-06 Opens in a new tab or window The first three Not My Job guests in this Best Of show are the same as the ones from the 2012-11-24 Best Of show.
Best of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! featuring Not My Job guests that are all about the sciences.
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson
Roy Blount, Jr.
Paula Poundstone
Charlie Pierce
Kyrie O'Connor
P.J. O'Rourke
Luke Burbank
Firoozeh Dumas
Tom Bodett
Jessi Klein
Bobak Ferdowsi and Adam Steltzner (2)
Neil deGrasse Tyson (0)
Adam Riess (2)
Dr. Wayne Clough (2)
Francis Collins (1)
2013-07-13 Opens in a new tab or window Carl Kasell returns back to Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!

Peter and the three panelists had a fair amount of fun with the "p" in "comptroller" in regards to Eliot Spitzer, and Paula had fun with the secondary pronunciation of "comptroller" with non-related words. Paula went the offensive with the two studies featured in the second panelist round. Paula's coughing while Peter did the info blurb between the second panelist round and the Listener Limerick Challenge lead to funny banter between the two.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about advances in education, Not My Job about Gilligan's Island, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the United States regain #1 status as the most obese nation in the country?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (15)
Amy Dickinson (13)
Maz Jobrani (12)
Gillian Flynn (3)
2013-07-20 Opens in a new tab or window The first listener contestant either hung up or the phone call got dropped while the panel and Peter discussed the answer to the third question. This was noted, with some humor, by Peter and the panel.

Carl paused a bit while trying to calculate how many questions Alonzo Bodden needed to answer correctly to win. In the aired/podcast version, Carl only stated how many was needed to tie with Faith. Also, in the edited version of the show, it seemed like Alonzo Bodden only answered four questions (out of six) correctly. Carl stated that he had answered five correctly. Audience groaned when Peter said that the driver that picked up a stranded Dave Matthews, didn't "crashed into him".

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone inadvertently solving a crime, Not My Job about Tig's near-namesakes, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what is the next way someone will entice us to follow them on Twitter?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (16)
Alonzo Bodden (14)
Charlie Pierce (10)
Tig Notaro (2)
2013-07-27 Opens in a new tab or window In the radio/podcast version of the show, it seemed that Maz Jobrani only answered four of the five aired questions correct; while, Carl noted that he answered five correct.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about something sacred from childhood being ruined, Not My Job about Gwyneth Paltrow, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the royal baby's first words?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (18)
Maz Jobrani (12)
Paula Poundstone (11)
Jim Gaffigan (2)
2013-08-03 Opens in a new tab or window All three panelists were tied with three points each at the beginning of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round. Bobcat's first attempt to answer his third question got bleeped.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people getting in trouble for copying something they read in a book, Not My Job about Frasier Crane, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Alex Rodriguez do after baseball?
Peter SagalCarl KasellBrian Babylon (15)
Roxanne Roberts (15)
Bobcat Goldthwait (7)
Charles Frazier (2)
2013-08-10 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! featuring a sports or sports-related Not My Job guests.
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca
Adam Felber
Faith Salie
Kyrie O'Connor
Brian Babylon
Jessi Klein
Alonzo Bodden
P.J. O'Rourke
Roxanne Roberts
Tom Bodett
Michele Tafoya (2)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (3)
Jon Miller (1)
Nik Wallenda (2)
Abby Wambach (3)
2013-08-17 Opens in a new tab or window Many of the segments and both Not My Job segments are the same ones aired during the similarly themed Best Of show on 2009-08-22 (and repeated on 2010-11-27).
Best of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! featuring animal related moments and stories.
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone
Tom Bodett
Mo Rocca
Roy Blount, Jr.
Paul Provenza
Adam Felber
Roxanne Roberts
Ken Jennings
Amy Dickinson
Charlie Pierce
Angela Nissel
Kyrie O'Connor
Kevin Fitzgerald (2)
Bob Freer (0)
2013-08-24 Opens in a new tab or window The third choice for each of the Not My Job questions was Bruce Springsteen, who's nickname is "The Boss". Tony Danza actually answered the third question with Bruce Springsteen, which was not correct.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a college that upgraded its image, Not My Job about people who are the boss, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will ESPN do to stay the leader in sports?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (16)
Kyrie O'Connor (15)
Adam Felber (14)
Tony Danza (2)
2013-08-31 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new restaurant concept, Not My Job about Axe body spray, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next work we'll learn next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Tom Bodett (13)
Amy Dickinson (10)
Emanuel Ax (2)
2013-09-07 Opens in a new tab or window 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 round, 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.

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 SagalCarl KasellAlonzo Bodden (16)
Adam Felber (14)
Neko Case (6)
Baz Luhrmann (2)
2013-09-14 Opens in a new tab or window P.J.'s default answer for Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank seemed to be "twerked" and for his panelist prediction. Faith's response to coconuts being investigated for vote rigging was "bananas". Faith ended up with a Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank queston whose answer was "twerking".

Part of Peter's explanation of Faith's last Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question had an expletive and was bleeped.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a company revamping its public image, Not My Job about King Louis XIV, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Russian President Vladimir Putin write a column about next?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (15)
Mo Rocca (11)
P.J. O'Rourke (10)
Mark Leibovich (2)
2013-09-21 Opens in a new tab or window In the radio/podcast version of the show, it appeared that Jessi only had answered two Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correct even though Carl noted she had answered three correct.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a big change in the dance club scene, Not My Job about The IgNobels, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Google do after they conquer death?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (15)
Roy Blount, Jr. (12)
Jessi Klein (8)
Jeff Garlin (2)
2013-09-28 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a place that implemented a dress code, Not My Job about couple who are awfully lot alike, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be done with the new island off of Pakistan?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (12)
Brian Babylon (11)
Tom Bodett (9)
James Carville (2)
2013-10-05 Opens in a new tab or window Maz Jobrani answered six Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly (including the last one in which Maz's answer of "(David) Cameron's cat" was accepted by Peter Sagal and a bell ding given). Carl stated that Maz had only answered five questions correct. This will not Maz's first run-in with an incorrect answer/point count, as it also happened on the 2012-06-12 show. Unlike the outcome of 2012-06-16's show, Maz would have still come in third place with the correct score count.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about how "Sex and The City" still holds influence today, Not My Job about the sport of partridge shooting, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what are the unexpected benefits of the government shutdown?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Maz Jobrani (12)
Shirley Jones (2)
2013-10-12 Opens in a new tab or window Jessi Klein stated that her win this week was her first win on the show; but, she actually won for the first time on the 2013-03-02 show (taped on 2013-02-28).
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an unusual family reunion, Not My Job about inspiring and heroic lawyers, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what new category will the Nobel Prize Committee reveal next year?
Peter SagalCarl KasellJessi Klein (15)
Luke Burbank (12)
Brian Babylon (11)
Bob Odenkirk (2)
2013-10-19 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! featuring Not My Job guest interviews from 2013.
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor
Paula Poundstone
Adam Felber
Charlie Pierce
Tom Bodett
Roxanne Roberts
Peter Grosz
Mo Rocca
Jeff Bridges (1)
Henry Winkler (2)
Tony Danza (2)
Erykah Badu (3)
Melinda Gates (2)
2013-10-26 Opens in a new tab or window In the radio/podcast version of the show, Mo's edited Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank only had him answering 4 out of 6 questions correctly; even though, Carl stated that Mo answered 6 correctly at the end of the round. That meant that Mo had to have answered the two other (unaired) questions correct.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an old joke coming to life, Not My Job about three of the most terrible products brought to market, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will President Obama pitch on TV after his presidency is over?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (16)
Roxanne Roberts (14)
Peter Grosz (8)
John Lithgow (2)
2013-11-02 Opens in a new tab or window Due to some people taking offense to the Polish Union story/bluff from the previous week's Bluff the Listener segment (for the record, it was Peter Grosz's bluff), Wait Wait had comedian T.J. Jagodowski on the line to crack jokes at NPR and NPR listeners.

Carl Kasell gave a bell ding to Tom's answer of "go cup for his drunken streets (sic)", even though the proper answer would have been "beer".

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a current problem at the Dell Computer Company, Not My Job about Phil Collins, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be revealed to be the one person the NSA is not spying on?
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone (14)
Faith Salie (14)
Tom Bodett (12)
Billy Collins (1)
2013-11-09 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people going to extreme lengths to be polite, Not My Job about extreme, masculine sports, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Toronto Mayor Rob Ford do after he leaves office?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (10)
Bobcat Goldthwait (9)
Nick Offerman (2)
2013-11-16 Opens in a new tab or window At the beginning of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Mo Rocca had 2 points while Roy Blount, Jr. and Amy Dickinson had three points. According to both the podcast version of the show and the transcript, Roy answered five questions correctly and would have had a total of 13 points and came in 2nd after Mo Rocca. For some reason, Carl stated that Roy had a total of 17 points, which would have required Roy to answer two additional questions correctly for a total of nine questions, one more than the usual maximum of 8 questions.

Due to this significant discrepancy, the record shows the properly counted scores.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the military being used in a non-military way, Not My Job about lesser-known Toms, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first thing delievered by the Post Office on Sunday?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Amy Dickinson (11)
Chris Hadfield (2)
2013-11-23 Opens in a new tab or window During the Who's Carl This Time? round, the listener contestant had someone in the background and helped provide an answer to the question.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about reasons why you might want to visit airplane bathrooms, Not My Job about nursery rhymes and children songs, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what surprise hit game will be now that the XBOX One and Playstation 4 are out?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (17)
Faith Salie (12)
Brian Babylon (9)
Muffet McGraw (2)
2013-11-30 Opens in a new tab or window Returning from the first break in the program, Peter Sagal "pressed" one of the buttons in the studio recording room which caused the beginning of All Things Considered's theme to play. It was cut short and Peter reacted with "that's awful".
Best of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! featuring things that Wait Wait panelists and staff are thankful for from the show.
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoy Blount, Jr.
Jessi Klein
Paula Poundstone
Bobcat Goldthwait
Brian Babylon
Roxanne Roberts
Mo Rocca
Alonzo Bodden
P.J. O'Rourke
Kyrie O'Connor
Adam Felber
Peter Grosz
Amy Dickinson
Tom Bodett
Jack Gantos (2)
Barry Sonnenfeld (2)
2013-12-07 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about innovations to bring Detroit back, Not My Job about hilarious instances of human kindness, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will other companies use drones after Amazon announced delivery by drones?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (17)
Alonzo Bodden (14)
Adam Felber (11)
Nick Lowe (2)
2013-12-14 Opens in a new tab or window Peter made a note about Maz Jobrani's use of an Indian accent during Maz's bluff in that the staff should be prepared for a wave of listener letters. Maz noted that he even toned down his accent. Maz asked if he could attempt an accent during the Listener Limerick Challenge round.

The "Guess the Newsmaker" segment made its return to the show after a long hiatus.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about surprising trends that emerged this year, Not My Job about filk music, Guess the Newsmaker, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big baby name in 2014?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (15)
Maz Jobrani (13)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Oscar Isaac (2)
2013-12-21 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a story that contain the phrase "hands off me nuts", Not My Job about other people who are also named Thomas, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing revealed to be useless?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (15)
Tom Bodett (14)
Carla Thomas (2)
2013-12-28 Opens in a new tab or window Excluding the two Not My Job segments, the fan favorite segments in this show are the same ones that aired in the 2009-08-29 Best Of... episode.
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! looking back at some of the fans's favorite segments and guests.
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaul Provenza
Adam Felber
Paula Poundstone
Roxanne Roberts
Maz Jobrani
Charlie Pierce
Kyrie O'Connor
Tom Bodett
Brian Babylon
Shirley Jones (2)
James Carville (2)

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2014

Show Air Date
(Show Rating)
Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest(s)
2014-01-04 Opens in a new tab or window Best of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite comedian Not My Job guests.
Peter SagalCarl KasellPaula Poundstone
Roy Blount, Jr.
Jessi Klein
Paul Provenza
Amy Dickinson
Charlie Pierce
Mo Rocca
Alonzo Bodden
Faith Salie
Maz Jobrani
Kyrie O'Connor
Jeff Garlin (2)
John Hodgman (2)
Amy Sedaris (1)
Tig Notaro (2)
Jim Gaffigan (2)
2014-01-11 Opens in a new tab or window Mary Maitlin cursed and was bleeped when she tried to skirt from saying her nickname for George W. Bush, yet Peter said that it was included in her book.

Possibly due to editing of the show, there were only six dings to Adam Felber's seven correct answers. Carl Kasell noted the correct amount for points.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about terrible presentation tactics, Not My Job about the best media errors of 2013, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the mayor of Fort Lee, NJ get revenge on Gov. Chris Christie.
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Charlie Pierce (15)
Paula Poundstone (12)
Mary Matalin (1)
2014-01-18 Opens in a new tab or window When Peter started to ask Amy a question for the second panelist round, Amy responded begrudgingly with "Ugh… what?".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about scenarios where someone yelled "I want (Paul) Krugman!", Not My Job about leaders from science fiction, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will A-Rod do now that he isn't playing baseball?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAmy Dickinson (14)
Luke Burbank (13)
P.J. O'Rourke (12)
Doris Kearns Goodwin (1)
2014-01-25 Opens in a new tab or window The edited version of the show only had 7 of 8 questions for Hannibal Buress, with five being answered correctly. Carl stated that Hannibal answered 6 correctly, meaning that the question cut was answered correctly or there was a mis-count. If Hannibal had answered only 5 questions correct, he would have had a total of 11 points.

When Peter asked Carl how many questions Jessi had to answer to win, Carl stated that she would need "4 to tie, 5 to win outright". That would only be true if Brian Babylon was in the lead with 12 points against Hannibal's 11 points, not 13 as Carl tallied. There would be no way for Jessi to tie with Hannibal due to Jessi starting the round with an even number of points while Hannibal started and ended with an odd number.

In the end, it didn't matter for Jessi had more than enough correct answers to surpass either Hannibal or Brian. But, it does affect placement for Hannibal and Brian as their placement would actually get swapped.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about freshman year discoveries, Not My Job about hedges and topiary, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the biggest surprise in President Obama's "State of the Union" speech?
Peter SagalCarl KasellJessi Klein (16)
Hannibal Buress (13)
Brian Babylon (12)
Jim Cramer (2)
2014-02-01 Opens in a new tab or window The last time Mo Rocca was on the show (2013-11-16), Carl Kasell incorrectly counted and stated Roy Blount, Jr.'s score and give Roy the win, even though Mo Rocca actually had won. There was no mention about it on this show, though Mo Rocca did win and scores were counted properly.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a brother of a world lleader trying to make his way in the world, Not My Job about Barney the Dinosaur, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the highlight of the Sochi Winter Olympics opening ceremony?
Peter SagalCarl KasellMo Rocca (16)
Tom Bodett (15)
Faith Salie (15)
Paul Sereno (1)
2014-02-08 Opens in a new tab or window During the discussion about the conditions that journalists saw in Sochi prior to the opening ceremony at the Sochi Olympics and comparing them in the US, Tom started to describe Motel 6 without using their name; Tom Bodett is famous for being Motel 6's spokesperson.

Right after Peter explained the premise of the Bluff the Listener round to the listener, the listener asked if Roxanne was on the panel. When it was confirmed, the listener stated that he didn't have to go through the "charade" and picked Roxanne. This is in reference the number of times where Roxanne's bluff is chosen due to the believability of her stories, even if those stories are not correct ones. Peter Guralnick made a reference to this right before his first Not My Job question.

Peter Sagal accidentally said Ginger Roberts instead of Ginger Rogers. Both Peters had fun with this throughout the third Not My Job question.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone other than Facebook celebrating a 10th anniversary, Not My Job about K-Pop, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what we will be wasting our times on 10 years from now?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Tom Bodett (14)
Paula Poundstone (14)
Peter Guralnick (1)
2014-02-15 Opens in a new tab or window Another instance in which Maz Jobrani used an accent in which both Peter and Maz noted that it could lead to more letters coming in from angry listeners.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the dangers of fish, Not My Job about non-Olympic winter sports, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: since Bob Costas has pinkeye, what will take out Matt Lauer?
Peter SagalCarl KasellKyrie O'Connor (18)
Maz Jobrani (14)
Brian Babylon (8)
Jeff Flake (2)
2014-02-22 Opens in a new tab or window Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an amazing discovery in the art world, Not My Job about warnings, Secrets of the Amazon.com, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will organizers spice things up at the next Olympic games?
Peter SagalCarl KasellFaith Salie (14)
Alonzo Bodden (14)
Roy Blount, Jr. (13)
Mark Warner (1)
2014-03-01 Opens in a new tab or window Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite Wait Wait moments, including questions about IKEA and when science fiction meets science non-fiction.
Peter SagalCarl KasellAlonzo Bodden
Jessi Klein
Mo Rocca
Roxanne Roberts
Adam Felber
Amy Dickinson
Paula Poundstone
Tom Bodett
Paul Provenza
Faith Salie
Charlie Pierce
Brian Babylon
Jim Bouton (2)
Barry Sonnenfeld (2)
Kyle Gass and Jack Black of Tenacious D (2)
2014-03-08 Opens in a new tab or window While the panelists were discussing the recent changes to the SAT exam, Faith Salie decided to use some elaborate words that one might find the SAT exams, stating that everyone uses such words.

During the first panelist round, Peter was about to give Faith a hint and he said "here's your excuse" instead of "here's your hint". Hilarity ensued.

When Peter was reading the first Not My Job question, he said "In 2011, an undercover sting, ha, run by...". The "ha" was in reference to The Police's front man Sting. After answering the last Not My Job question, Steward sung a dramatic tune as Peter was about to say that the answer was correct. While Peter rejected Steward's answer and started to explain the correct answer, Steward sung a "fail" tune in response.

Not too much laughter (or groaning) happened when Peter Sagal used "rhymean" as the Listener Limerick Challenge pun prior to the second panelist round. Peter then stated, "that one was good".

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a Jeopardy! champion starting a new career, Not My Job about questionable police tactics, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what words will appear on the newly revamped SATs?
Peter SagalCarl KasellAdam Felber (17)
Faith Salie (16)
Mike Birbiglia (13)
Steward Copeland (0)
2014-03-15 Opens in a new tab or window Paula Poundstone hit her stride when it came to the topic of cats, which started during the first panelist round and continued on to the Bluff the Listener round about alternate uses of cats.
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about alternate uses of cats, Not My Job about Paul McCartney's other band, Wings, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the World Wide Web celebrate its 25th birthday?
Peter SagalCarl KasellCharlie Pierce (15)
Cindy Chupack (11)
Paula Poundstone (10)
Joby Ogwyn (0)
2014-03-22 Opens in a new tab or window During the second panelist round, there was a clarification on hips vs booty thanks to Brian Babylon. Also during the same round, Amy gave a hint to Brian's question that ended up being the correct answer. Amy refused to take the point and wanted to give it to Brian; so, Peter conferred with Carl and Carl gave the point to Brian.

For the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment, Brian Babylon had received 8 bell dings for all eight questions answered. The transcript on NPR's site missed the ding for the "China" answer, even though it was correct and Brian did get a ding for his answer of "dancers". The overall standings did not change as Amy wouldn't have answered enough questions correctly to beat or tie Brian.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone standing up for what is right, Not My Job about cruise ships, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next great discovery in our universe?
Peter SagalCarl KasellBrian Babylon (17)
Amy Dickinson (15)
Bobcat Goldthwait (12)
Terry Crews (2)
2014-03-29 Opens in a new tab or window Roy Blount Jr. sung a little ditty during the Who's Carl This Time? round on the topic of contraceptives that featured "rubber cement".
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new tourist destination, Not My Job about Ron Perlman, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what group will Russia join, now that they are no longer in the G8?
Mike PescaCarl KasellTom Bodett (17)
Roy Blount, Jr. (17)
Kyrie O'Connor (16)
Itzhak Perlman (3)
2014-04-05 Opens in a new tab or window Paula and P.J. had a lively discussion about the study of birds getting "divorced" during the first panelist round. The Bluff the Listener contestant seemed to have had some kind of dating experience that influenced her choice of Roxanne's bluff.

Another instance in which all three panelists answered six questions correctly.

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a date that goes horribly wrong, Not My Job about the House of David baseball team, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next major product to be recalled?
Peter SagalCarl KasellRoxanne Roberts (16)
Paula Poundstone (15)
P.J. O'Rourke (14)
Amy Schumer (2)
2014-04-12 Opens in a new tab or window (TBD)(TBD)Luke Burbank
Amy Dickinson
Charlie Pierce
Errol Morris
2014-04-19 Opens in a new tab or window (TBD)(TBD)(N/A)(N/A)
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2014-05-17 Opens in a new tab or window This is Carl Kasell's last Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! show before retirement and becomes Scorekeeper Emeritus.
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Show Statistics Footnotes

  1. ^ The host, Peter Sagal, gave an exception for Maj. Robert Bateman as he was fighting in Iraq.
  2. ^ There was an appeal filed for Patrick Fitzgerald and therefore he won the Not My Job game on a technicality after only answering one question correct.

Panelist Statistics

Panelist statistics displayed for data entered for shows available from 2004-01-01 through 2014-12-27.

The panelist appearances are based on the number of shows that a panelist has appeared in and participated in the "Lightning Fill In The Blank" round, but excluding "Best Of" shows and repeats.

The panelist placement methodology used is the Standard competition ranking; in which, for a given show, if two panelists are tied for first then the other panelist is designated as being third.

Panelist Appearance Info1 Placements Average Score Lowest Score Highest Score
Aamer Haleem
Appearances1: 7
First Appearance: 2005-03-19
Latest Appearance: 2006-11-11
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 1 (14.29%)
Third: 6 (85.71%)
10.286 7 12
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Aamer Haleem
Adam Felber
Appearances1: 240
First Appearance: 1998-03-28
Latest Appearance: 2014-03-08
First: 112 (46.67%)
First (Tied): 21 (8.75%)
Second: 52 (21.67%)
Second (Tied): 16 (6.67%)
Third: 39 (16.25%)
14.038 6 20
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Adam Felber
Alison Stewart
Appearances1: 4
First Appearance: 2008-08-02
Latest Appearance: 2009-01-31
First: 1 (25%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 1 (25%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 2 (50%)
12.25 11 14
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Alison Stewart
Alonzo Bodden
Appearances1: 17
First Appearance: 2010-10-02
Latest Appearance: 2014-02-22
First: 2 (11.76%)
First (Tied): 1 (5.88%)
Second: 6 (35.29%)
Second (Tied): 2 (11.76%)
Third: 6 (35.29%)
12.765 8 16
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Alonzo Bodden
Amy Dickinson
Appearances1: 78
First Appearance: 1998-01-17
Latest Appearance: 2014-04-12
First: 21 (26.92%)
First (Tied): 8 (10.26%)
Second: 20 (25.64%)
Second (Tied): 6 (7.69%)
Third: 23 (29.49%)
13.205 7 17
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Amy Dickinson
Angela Nissel
Appearances1: 5
First Appearance: 2006-10-28
Latest Appearance: 2007-09-01
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 1 (20%)
Second: 1 (20%)
Second (Tied): 2 (40%)
Third: 1 (20%)
12.2 10 16
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Angela Nissel
Bobcat Goldthwait
Appearances1: 8
First Appearance: 2012-07-14
Latest Appearance: 2014-03-22
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 8 (100%)
8.25 4 12
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Bobcat Goldthwait
Brian Babylon
Appearances1: 29
First Appearance: 2011-01-29
Latest Appearance: 2014-03-22
First: 3 (10.34%)
First (Tied): 4 (13.79%)
Second: 9 (31.03%)
Second (Tied): 1 (3.45%)
Third: 12 (41.38%)
12.552 8 17
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Brian Babylon
Charlie Pierce
Appearances1: 244
First Appearance: 1998-01-17
Latest Appearance: 2014-04-12
First: 85 (34.84%)
First (Tied): 30 (12.3%)
Second: 55 (22.54%)
Second (Tied): 27 (11.07%)
Third: 47 (19.26%)
13.504 6 20
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Charlie Pierce
Cindy Chupack
Appearances1: 1
First Appearance: 2014-03-15
Latest Appearance: 2014-03-15
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 1 (100%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 0 (0%)
11 11 11
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Cindy Chupack
Claudia Perry
Appearances1: 1
First Appearance: 1999-03-27
Latest Appearance: 2000-02-12
First: 1 (100%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 0 (0%)
17 17 17
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Claudia Perry
Drew Carey
Appearances1: 1
First Appearance: 2008-04-26
Latest Appearance: 2008-04-26
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 1 (100%)
13 13 13
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Drew Carey
Evan Smith
Appearances1: 4
First Appearance: 2001-09-29
Latest Appearance: 2002-02-16
First: 2 (50%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 2 (50%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 0 (0%)
13.25 11 16
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Evan Smith
Faith Salie
Appearances1: 36
First Appearance: 2009-10-17
Latest Appearance: 2014-03-08
First: 16 (44.44%)
First (Tied): 5 (13.89%)
Second: 9 (25%)
Second (Tied): 1 (2.78%)
Third: 5 (13.89%)
14.639 9 19
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Faith Salie
Firoozeh Dumas
Appearances1: 2
First Appearance: 2012-11-03
Latest Appearance: 2013-03-09
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 1 (50%)
Second (Tied): 1 (50%)
Third: 0 (0%)
12.5 12 13
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Firoozeh Dumas
Hannibal Buress
Appearances1: 1
First Appearance: 2014-01-25
Latest Appearance: 2014-01-25
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 1 (100%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 0 (0%)
13 13 13
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Hannibal Buress
Jessi Klein
Appearances1: 14
First Appearance: 2011-06-25
Latest Appearance: 2014-01-25
First: 3 (21.43%)
First (Tied): 1 (7.14%)
Second: 3 (21.43%)
Second (Tied): 1 (7.14%)
Third: 6 (42.86%)
12.643 8 16
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Jessi Klein
Julia Sweeney
Appearances1: 6
First Appearance: 2009-06-06
Latest Appearance: 2010-07-03
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 1 (16.67%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 5 (83.33%)
9.167 7 11
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Julia Sweeney
Karen Grigsby Bates
Appearances1: 2
First Appearance: 2004-03-27
Latest Appearance: 2004-05-01
First: 1 (50%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 1 (50%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 0 (0%)
16 14 18
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Karen Grigsby Bates
Keegan-Michael Key
Appearances1: 3
First Appearance: 2010-03-27
Latest Appearance: 2010-07-24
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 1 (33.33%)
Third: 2 (66.67%)
11.333 10 13
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Keegan-Michael Key
Ken Jennings
Appearances1: 1
First Appearance: 2013-06-01
Latest Appearance: 2013-06-01
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 1 (100%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 0 (0%)
16 16 16
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Ken Jennings
Ken Rudin
Appearances1: 2
First Appearance: 2000-05-20
Latest Appearance: 2000-06-10
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 2 (100%)
9 7 11
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Ken Rudin
Kyrie O'Connor
Appearances1: 100
First Appearance: 2004-10-16
Latest Appearance: 2014-03-29
First: 40 (40%)
First (Tied): 19 (19%)
Second: 26 (26%)
Second (Tied): 4 (4%)
Third: 11 (11%)
14.86 10 19
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Kyrie O'Connor
Luke Burbank
Appearances1: 34
First Appearance: 2006-07-01
Latest Appearance: 2014-04-12
First: 3 (8.82%)
First (Tied): 9 (26.47%)
Second: 10 (29.41%)
Second (Tied): 1 (2.94%)
Third: 11 (32.35%)
13.559 8 19
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Luke Burbank
Maz Jobrani
Appearances1: 18
First Appearance: 2010-09-04
Latest Appearance: 2014-02-15
First: 1 (5.56%)
First (Tied): 3 (16.67%)
Second: 5 (27.78%)
Second (Tied): 1 (5.56%)
Third: 8 (44.44%)
12.389 9 17
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Maz Jobrani
Mike Birbiglia
Appearances1: 1
First Appearance: 2014-03-08
Latest Appearance: 2014-03-08
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 1 (100%)
13 13 13
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Mike Birbiglia
Mo Rocca
Appearances1: 144
First Appearance: 2002-01-19
Latest Appearance: 2014-02-01
First: 31 (21.53%)
First (Tied): 11 (7.64%)
Second: 36 (25%)
Second (Tied): 13 (9.03%)
Third: 53 (36.81%)
12.917 7 20
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Mo Rocca
Neko Case
Appearances1: 1
First Appearance: 2013-09-07
Latest Appearance: 2013-09-07
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 1 (100%)
6 6 6
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Neko Case
Nick Hancock
Appearances1: 1
First Appearance: 2011-12-24
Latest Appearance: 2011-12-24
First: 1 (100%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 0 (0%)
16 16 16
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Nick Hancock
P.J. O'Rourke
Appearances1: 74
First Appearance: 2001-11-17
Latest Appearance: 2014-04-05
First: 9 (12.16%)
First (Tied): 3 (4.05%)
Second: 18 (24.32%)
Second (Tied): 9 (12.16%)
Third: 35 (47.3%)
12.041 6 18
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for P.J. O'Rourke
Patt Morrison
Appearances1: 11
First Appearance: 2000-07-08
Latest Appearance: 2001-07-28
First: 3 (27.27%)
First (Tied): 1 (9.09%)
Second: 1 (9.09%)
Second (Tied): 2 (18.18%)
Third: 4 (36.36%)
11.636 7 16
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Patt Morrison
Paul Provenza
Appearances1: 34
First Appearance: 2006-09-23
Latest Appearance: 2010-09-18
First: 4 (11.76%)
First (Tied): 3 (8.82%)
Second: 11 (32.35%)
Second (Tied): 4 (11.76%)
Third: 12 (35.29%)
12.147 7 17
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Paul Provenza
Paula Pell
Appearances1: 1
First Appearance: 2012-08-04
Latest Appearance: 2012-08-04
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 1 (100%)
10 10 10
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Paula Pell
Paula Poundstone
Appearances1: 164
First Appearance: 2001-02-17
Latest Appearance: 2014-04-05
First: 25 (15.24%)
First (Tied): 14 (8.54%)
Second: 37 (22.56%)
Second (Tied): 16 (9.76%)
Third: 72 (43.9%)
12.037 2 18
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Paula Poundstone
Peter Grosz
Appearances1: 16
First Appearance: 2010-06-19
Latest Appearance: 2013-10-26
First: 4 (25%)
First (Tied): 1 (6.25%)
Second: 4 (25%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 7 (43.75%)
13.125 8 17
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Peter Grosz
Richard Roeper
Appearances1: 8
First Appearance: 2004-08-07
Latest Appearance: 2006-07-15
First: 1 (12.5%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 1 (12.5%)
Second (Tied): 2 (25%)
Third: 4 (50%)
11.75 10 16
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Richard Roeper
Roxanne Roberts
Appearances1: 240
First Appearance: 1998-01-03
Latest Appearance: 2014-04-05
First: 96 (40%)
First (Tied): 21 (8.75%)
Second: 56 (23.33%)
Second (Tied): 23 (9.58%)
Third: 44 (18.33%)
14.096 7 20
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Roxanne Roberts
Roy Blount, Jr.
Appearances1: 205
First Appearance: 1998-01-03
Latest Appearance: 2014-03-29
First: 59 (28.78%)
First (Tied): 13 (6.34%)
Second: 56 (27.32%)
Second (Tied): 23 (11.22%)
Third: 54 (26.34%)
13.185 6 19
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Roy Blount, Jr.
Simon Amstell
Appearances1: 1
First Appearance: 2012-07-28
Latest Appearance: 2012-07-28
First: 0 (0%)
First (Tied): 0 (0%)
Second: 0 (0%)
Second (Tied): 0 (0%)
Third: 1 (100%)
6 6 6
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Simon Amstell
Sue Ellicott
Appearances1: 125
First Appearance: 1998-12-05
Latest Appearance: 2007-04-28
First: 22 (17.6%)
First (Tied): 12 (9.6%)
Second: 27 (21.6%)
Second (Tied): 17 (13.6%)
Third: 47 (37.6%)
11.448 4 16
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Sue Ellicott
Tom Bodett
Appearances1: 108
First Appearance: 2005-08-13
Latest Appearance: 2014-03-29
First: 28 (25.93%)
First (Tied): 8 (7.41%)
Second: 30 (27.78%)
Second (Tied): 8 (7.41%)
Third: 34 (31.48%)
13.648 7 20
Scoring Breakdown
Scoring Breakdown Graph for Tom Bodett

Panelist Statistics Footnotes

  1. ^ The panelist appearances are based on the number of shows that a panelist has appeared in and participated in the "Lightning Fill In The Blank" round, but excluding "Best Of" shows and repeats. Also, note that not all of the show data include panelist data and, therefore, the First/Latest Appearance dates may not be 100% accurate.

Host Statistics

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Scorekeeper Statistics

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