Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page

Show Details: June 2006

2006-06-03

NPR DB ID: 58
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: Tom Bodett
Description
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?
Notes

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 home run 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".

2006-06-10

NPR DB ID: 57
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Adam Felber
Correct: Paula Poundstone
Description
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?
Notes

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")

2006-06-17

NPR DB ID: 56
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roy Blount, Jr.
Correct: Mo Rocca
Description
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?

2006-06-24

NPR DB ID: 55
Scorekeeper
Guest: Korva Coleman
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Sue Ellicott
Correct: Sue Ellicott
Description
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 missile?
Notes

Jim Lehrer is called "Jimmy-Jimmy Bobo" by a child