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You'll Never Believe What Happens In Game 3!

## Episode page

You’ll Never Believe What Happens In Game 3! (w/ Mitra Jouhari, Zach Cherry) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Mitra Jouhari

Zach Cherry

## Games played

### Mangia Mangia Meningitis

#### Necessary background

I recently heard an Italian man describing a disease and I thought, "how delicious!" So here's my game for you.

#### How to play

Jo is an Italian doctor ordering take-out dinner and diagnosing patients at the same time. Her nurses need to identify whether she's naming a pasta dish (yum) or a disease (yuck). Points are awarded for correct answers. The winner gets dinner and the loser gets a disease.

House rule: mention the Gilmore Girls and you get an extra point (this is an unwritten rule of Dr. Gameshow until further notice).

### Every Pocket Tells A Story

#### How to play

Everyone reaches into his or her pockets or wallet or purse or backpack and retrieves an item. The idea is that every person has at least one item where they, and only they, know where it came from. The first person will tell them two stories about the item's origin. One of these stories is true, the other is a lie. If you are able to fool Manolo, you win. Try to make your answers seem plausible and be as elaborate as you wish, or not elaborate if you so choose.

### #1 Rank On Google

#### How to play

Hi. Top rankings in Google. You can get your website on first page of Google. If you are interested, please revert back for more information. Regards, Amrin.

Note from Producer Alex: this was a spam e-mail but makes as much sense as most gameshow idea submissions. Players guess creative and unusual ways Amrin might make Dr. Gameshow the #1 rank on Google. Manolo's favorites win a custom magnet.

## Trivia

Manolo likes to keep his fingers as close together as possible.
Maegans vs Daphnes

## Episode page

Ep 21: Maegans vs. Daphnes w/ Fareeha Khan

#### How to play

Jo reads one of the following words and players take turns telling us a happy memory associated with that word. If it warms Manolo's heart, player wins a custom magnet! If his life remains unchanged, no custom magnet. Play until a new friendship is formed!

### Josie’s Pocket

#### Necessary backgound

My four-year-old and I take walks and our cat Josie follows us and we play a game called Josie's Pocket.

#### How to play

Think of things that are in Josie's pocket. Whenever you take a turn you have to name everything that everyone has put in the pocket already and add a thing. When you forget a thing, you are not in the game anymore. The last person that can remember all the things in order is the winner.

House rule: declare yourself the winner in order to win.

### Daily Tunes

#### How to play

Contestants must choose a popular song. They must then sing about the events of their day to the tune of the song.

Manolo picks the winner by deciding which tune he deems most worthy.

## Winning game

Josie's Pocket (potentially because Jo was counting votes for "Dr. Flesh Pocket" as a vote for Josie's Pocket)
Seguridad en San Vicente

La ciudad de San Vicente del Raspeig cuenta con instalaciones de dos tipos de Fuerzas y cuerpos de seguridad:

**Policía Local**. En 2007 se inauguraron las nuevas dependencias municipales de la Policía Local de la calle La Huerta, que cuentan con tres plantas más un sótano, con amplio espacio para atender a los ciudadanos.

El edificio dispone de un aula de formación, un espacio para las armas, un gimnasio con aseos y vestidores, además de salas para atención a personas víctimas de violencia de género y otros delitos de especial consideración.31.

**Guardia Civil.** El municipio cuenta con un Puesto Principal de la Guardia Civil situado en la C/ Poeta Miguel Hernández.

También existen unas dependencias destinadas a Protección Civil, que cuenta con un número importante de voluntarios.

**Bomberos**: Cabe destacar que en el término municipal del municipio se encuentra al Parque de Bomberos del Consorcio. En unas instalaciones amplias y modernas. Este parque cubre

numerosos municipios de la provincia de Alicante.
14: Manolo’s Delight

Dr. Gameshow Episode 14: Manolo's Delight. With Special Guests Aparna Nancherla and Jacqueline Novak

## In-studio guests

Aparna Nancherla

Jacqueline Novak

## Games played

### Naim Polish

#### Necessary background

Nail polish always has the funniest names. I was just at the salon and I picked out a color called Ski Teal You Drop. I was about to choose Tickled Pink, but I chose Ski Teal You Drop.

### Manolo’s Delight

#### How to play

Manolo's gonna create a rhythm with his hands and his knees. Manolo's gonna say "Manolo's delight," and then you have to say something that you think would be Manolo's delight, to the rhythm. If he chooses to delight in it, he will say "Manolo's delight," and if he chooses not to delight in it, he will say, "no."

Also, there's another rule where you can ask rhetorical questions during your turn, and if Manolo wants to answer them, you get an extra point.

House rule: if it's your turn and you just do a guitar solo with your mouth.

### Lyr-I-can

#### How to play

Jo reads popular song lyrics and you must fill in the blanks. If you do not know, you must provide a good alternative.

### Fill it, buster

#### Necessary background

You are a nominee for the Supreme Court facing a hostile Senate in your confirmation hearings. It's been a long day and you've held up pretty well. Now, at the end of the day, you will be asked one final potentially nomination-killing question. Your only hope is to stall.

#### How to play

You must speak for one full minute, at which point the hearing will conclude. You must fill up that time and must not contain any "ums", coughs, or pauses. You must sound as if it is responsive to the question, and must make sense grammatically, but must not under any circumstances convey any information, respond to the question in a substantive manner, affirm or deny anything, or affirm any facts that committee members could verify.

## Trivia

Aparna and Jacqueline were competing as a team against themselves as a team.

Dan, the singer of the theme song, called into this episode.

Aparna and Jacqueline invented a game called "Rats on Fire": You can tell when a snitch is lying, so you ask someone "Are you the snitch?" and then that person says a common saying, (e.g. a stitch in time saves nine), and you decide if they said it convincingly.
Forever 11

#### Submitted by

6th grader Darcy Marcoux from Mr. Pennisi’s Composition class at Wakefield School in the Plains, Virginia

#### Necessary background

I have listened to your podcast in class and we are doing an assignment to create a game and submit it to your show.

#### How to play

Think of a color, but don’t say it out loud. Then, describe the color in two words without saying the name, for example: yellow would be described as “happy sunshine”. If you guess the other person’s color or the color you described isn’t guessed, you get a custom magnet. Hint: Describe colors not in the rainbow to increase difficulty.

Fun fact: Did you know that there are eleven main colors? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, gray, brown, black and white? And all the other colors are just combinations of different shades of the main eleven?

House rules: you can describe a fruit instead of a color, or you can repeat one word twice.

### The Manolo Report

#### How to play

Callers grab a book near them and flip to a random page and read a short passage. Manolo and Eliza will judge whether or not the selection fits the vibe of the day.

Contestants gain 1 point if it does. A bonus point is awarded to any contestant who has read the book currently being used.

House rule: contestants can recite a poem instead.

### Guy FierTV

#### Necessary background

Guy Fieri has an opportunity to open a new theme restaurant in Times Square. He wants to base it on a popular TV show but he has run out of ideas.

How to play

Help Guy brainstorm with this game! Name a popular TV show (not food-related) and one part of that show-themed restaurant’s shtick. It could be a menu item, a bit of decor, the restaurant’s name, or anything else thematic.

Example: at the Frasier restaurant, your server always says, “I’m listening” when it’s time to take your order.

Take turns. Manolo says “yum” if your idea is okay, and you get a custom magnet. If it’s not okay, he says “bleh”. You can add to a restaurant someone has already done. Manolo’s favorite is the honorary mayor of Flavortown.

## Trivia

Horses are so big, and so strong, and so mysterious, and they gotta wear shoes!

Eliza used to review chocolates at https://chocolatecritic.tumblr.com

Jo heard Eliza say “red sky at night, sailors’ delight” and worried that it was a witch’s spell.

The best flavor is soft cinnamon. There can’t be raisins in it, but it can be sticky.
CHRISTMAS! THE GAMESHOW!

## Episode Page

Dr. Gameshow Episode 52: CHRISTMAS! THE GAMESHOW!

## In-Studio Guests

Nick Vatterott

John Purcell

You just have to boogaloo bureaucracy

#### Necessary Background

Public sector employees love acronyms. Many offices and programs have their names nicely tied up in acronym form, such as the Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNet), and the Justice Department's Sex Offenders Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, and Tracking (SMART).

#### How to Play

In this game, contestants will serve as civil servant acronym generators. Jo will give the contestants a fictional government agency, and the contestant will create a program run by that department by giving the acronym then saying what the acronym stands for, and, lastly, describing the services provided. After each contestant has gone, Manolo will award a point to the best bureaucrat weighing both the snazziness of the acronym and the potential of the program to serve the public interest.

#### Winner(s)

John Purcell

Nick Vatterott

### Cannibal Corpse Christmas Carols

#### Theme Song

People want to eat more people

This Christmas

#### Necessary Background

Christmas is a time for festive gathering and togetherness, and for most this is as it should be, for the rest, it's an endurance test that gets longer ever year. This game is intended to add a little weight to the other end of the scale.

#### How to Play

Participants will have 30 seconds to sing a classic Christmas carol in the style of the death metal band Cannibal Corpse. After all have finished Manolo will select the winner based on the following criteria:

1. commitment
2. intimidation
3. contempt for Christmas.

###  Elevator Pitch

#### Theme Song

Elevator, elevator, elevator, elevator pitch

Sometimes goes up

And sometimes down

Elevator pitch sometimes is on the laptop floor

Sometimes it never comes down

#### How to Play

Contestants each have 15-30 seconds to pitch a product, business, or service to Manolo. Depending on whether Manolo likes or dislikes the idea, he is to respond 'Sign me up!' or 'Scram!' First one to get 5 Manolo sign-me-ups wins.

## Trivia

Manolo took a nap on the train, but nothing happened.

George is back from vacation/being sick, and now openly hates Jo, but still loves Manolo.

Fred the butcher calls in to interview for the position of Manolo's Intern. In 5 years he sees himself either in the Navy or working for a radio station.

Hannah attempts to bribe Nick for his point.
Daddy Cicisbeo

#### How to play

This is a game to test your knowledge of dead or obsolete words. Players will be given an archaic word by Jo—all words are nouns—but not the definition. The player then has to use the word in a sentence based on what they think the word means. Funniest use of the word as perceived by Manolo receives one point, and the player that most correctly uses the word receives one point. First one to five points wins or whenever Jo gets tired of playing this.

### Cereal Killer

#### How to play

Players will take turns describing cereal mascots as if they were serial killers: methods, patterns, motives, locations, etc. Manolo picks his favorite for each round.

### Werewolf Elton John

#### How to play

Contestants have to sing an Elton John song while slowly transforming into a werewolf.

## Trivia

Jo discovers that Sanrio designed a lazy egg named Gudetama after Manolo.

Manolo identifies who the winner is by describing them as either:

* the one closer to me
* the one further from me
* the one farther from me
* the one clarser to me
Scared of the Youth

#### How to play

Beep beep! This game is called GR8 PL8. In this game, the first player comes up with a novelty license plate that a fictional character would have. For example, Sleeping Beauty might have a plate that says LUV2ZZZ. The other players guess who the character is.

The players win a custom magnet for correctly guessing the character. If they guess incorrectly, they have another chance if they can creatively describe the vehicle that the character would have. Manolo determines if the vehicle is described creative enough for a custom magnet.

### My Rad Pal

#### Submitted by

Lara Dooley (with kids Cora and Teddy) from Napa, California

#### Necessary background

Hi Jo and Manolo, you two keep me and my kids laughing on many long drives to ballet practice. Thanks so much! Here's a game to play.

#### How to play

Jo gives each player a friend's name from the list below. The player introduces the friend to Manolo, with a description of the friend that matches each letter of the name. For example, "Hey Manolo, meet my friend Joy, She's always Just Outside Yelling."

The player gets a magnet if Manolo says "rad." The player does not get a magnet if the player says "eek."

House rule: a player can also come up with their own friend name.

### The Dating Name

#### Necessary background

It seems like every day there's a new dating site or app with sites like Farmers Only dot com or Mullet Passions dot com, there's a dating site for everyone!

#### How to play

Guests and callers will be posing as hotshot app developers. They have to come up with a name and premise of the most niche dating app they can think of. For example, their app could be called "Blenderz" and it matches people based on their smoothies. This is a bad example, but I'm to a professional comedian so cut me some slack.

Manolo will be the judge. If he would download the app, the player gets a custom magnet. If he says "Thanks, but I'll stick to Tinder," the player gets no custom magnet. The game is over when Jo gets bored. Hopefully this is better than my last terrible game submission, When I Say This, You Will Also Say This.

## Trivia

"Yoink" is the sound of stealing something, or dropping an egg.
Marathon Show Number 2

## Episode page

Dr. Gameshow Episode 62: MARATHON SHOW #2 with Special Guests Fantasy Grandma!

## In-studio guests

Fantasy Grandma (Myrtle J and Jane B)

Special co-host Jim from Sportsy Talk to help with the pledge calls

> It's national nap time today
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> and for the dream that you're gonna
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> have in your nap we're gonna
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> play Swoopstakes
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> and have a snack
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#### How to Play

Players will given an archaic word by Jo, (all the words are nouns) but not the definition. The player then has to use the word in a sentence based on what they think the word means. Manolo's gonna choose who he likes the best, and whoever gets the word correct gets 1 point.

### Which Wich is Which?

#### Theme Song

> There's a witch that lives in my hair
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> but that doesn't matter 'cause
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> that's is the other which
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> There is a witch that lives in my hair
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> the woman from House of Cards is Claire
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#### Necessary background

I am sitting directly next to you on an otherwise empty train. You are eating an elaborate sandwich.

#### How to play

If I name all of the ingredients in your sandwich, will you please tell me what the sandwich is called, and where you purchased (or obtained) it. Oh, also, there is one ingredient in each sandwich that I can't easily identify. What is that thing?

### Break Out of Prison with a Diaper

#### How to Play

There's no instructions. *[Editor's note: there have been instructions on other episodes.]*

## Trivia

This was a marathon episode so Jo planned to play some of the "greatest hits."

Fantasy Grandma brought Manolo a chocolate bunny gift.

Jo claimed that the classic "will they / won't they" relationship with Manolo would be solidified by the end of the episode with a smooch, but only if they reached their fundraising goal. Video Evidence

Harry Gensemer called pretending to be fan favorite Blitz but he sounded like a robot demon.
That's My Mom, Silly!

## Episode page

That’s My Mom, Silly! (w/ Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Peter Serafinowicz

Griffin Newman

#### How to play

The host says a word that is a portmanteau, such as bodacious (like bold, audacious), and it's a word that blends the sounds and combines the meaning of two others. For example, motel from motor and hotel. Or brunch, from breakfast and lunch.

The player has to figure out the two words that make up the portmanteau. If she or he can not, the next person can guess. Ten points for each correct answer.

### Accent-uate The Positive

#### Submitted by

Pete Phillips (sp?) from Wilkes-Barre, PA

#### How to play

Each player will receive a location of the world that has an accent. The player will then have up to 60 seconds to use that accent while explaining all the positive things associated with the area or people there.

Scoring: if Manolo thinks your accent is true to form, you get 3 points. If Manolo agrees with your positive attributes of the area, you get 2 points. If Manolo finds your accent offensive or insensitive, you get -2 points.

### Slash Slash Slash

#### Submitted by

Gilbert Gottfried's children Lily and Max in the previous episode

#### How to play

Players have to create a beat on the table and then the singer (the person playing) would sing a melody but only say the word "slash." And then Manolo votes for the best one. You could also give out a website but it's mostly just the word "slash."
BWAAAM!

## In-studio guests

Abbi Crutchfield

Matt Koff

#### How to play

Jo will say a homophone with at least 3 definitions. Players will say a sentence that uses that word to show what definition of the homophone they think Jo means. If the players match Jo's answer, they will be given 2 points. If the players do not match Jo but do match at least one other player, they each receive 1 point. Players with the most points wins.

### I'm So Voice-Over It

#### Submitted by

Staff Sgt. Pierce currently stationed in Massachusetts

#### How to play

Movie producer Manolo is back again! Battleship was a hit movie that took absolutely no writing skill or reasonable budget to produce. Manolo wants to cash in on this easy opportunity of taking random tabletop games already out and squeezing them until they crap out a movie.

Contestants will use their best "movie guy voice" to belt out a trailer for the movie inspired by these tabletop games, because let's face it, the whole movie is going to be in the trailer anyways.

You get 1 point if Manolo likes your movie guy voice. You get 1 point if working in a Michael Bay action movie trailer BWAAAM sound. And 3 points if Manolo decides to produce your movie. You get 1 point deducted if you don't start with "In a world," and if you don't end with the movie title and a tagline, you get a point deducted.

### Every Pocket Tells a Story

#### Submitted by

Ricky Scheffer (sp?) from Omaha, Nebraska (after it won on the previous episode, but it had never been played)

#### How to play

Everyone reaches into his or her pockets / purse / backpack and retrieves an item. The idea is that every person has at least one item where they and only they know where it came from. The first person will then tell two stories about the item's origin. One of these stories is true, the other is a lie.

If you're able to fool Manolo, you win. Try to make your answers seem plausible and be as elaborate as you wish, or not elaborate if you so choose. Feel free to take your time, get out your thing, whatever it is.
Cereal Kills

## Episode page

Dr. Gameshow Episode 28: Cereal Kills. With Special Guests Rosie Whalen and Dylan Marron

## In-studio guests

Rosie Whalen

Dylan Marron

## Games played

### Band Name or Fact?

#### Necessary background

These days it seems like everybody and their grandmother has a band with an esoteric name. Sometimes it can even be hard to sort out the world of music from reality. Can you sort out the facts from the band names?

#### How to play

Players will decide whether the following phrases are a fact, a band name, or both. 1 point will be given for each correct answer. For each phrase that is truly a fact and not a band name, participants will have the opportunity to score more points by singing in 30 seconds an example of a popular song by a band of that name. For instance, if the fact was "dinosaurs are extinct," you could sing a torch song to sauropods if that's how you're feeling.

House rule: you get 1 more point if you can sing.

### What Do You Meme?

#### Necessary background

What is the one thing that defines the millennial culture? Is it Harry Potter? Or is it systemic racism in our society? No, it's memes! Memes have taken over our entire world, so today, esteemed panelists, it is your job to come up with the next big meme.

#### How to play

Given the one key word, come up with a meme, photo, a viral video, or a phrase that will run rampant through the depths of Tumblr and Twitter. Manolo will determine the winner by judging which meme will be the first to appear on his aunt's Facebook page. Or if he does not have an aunt, just a generic Wine Aunt.

### OK Serenade

#### Necessary background

Apps like Tinder are all the rage in 2015, but come on, how does swiping right compare to medieval-style courtship? Dr. Gameshow will bring old-school romance back to the airwaves with OK Serenade.

#### How to play

One contestant will come up with an OK Cupid-style dating profile. It could be for themselves or for some character they make up, with their likes and dislikes. The other contestant will try to woo that character by making up and singing a song about the things they said. They will then switch places.

The winner will be determined by Jo or Manolo and the winner gets 1 point. The person making up the profile may want to screw up the singer by coming up with some really weird random stuff for them to sing about. Play to 3 points.

House rule: the winner is judged by Manolo.

## Advice from Jo

If you're gonna play a game, don't expect to win.

## Trivia

Manolo was pretty tired during recording. As a result, Chris (sp?) from Gowanus called in to help with the game show theme songs.

Someone named Tristan called into the show and was extremely excited and happy to appear on air. They called out to Sarah (sp?) to share the good news, then hung up. It's unclear if hanging up was an accident.

During the game OK Serenade, Lorenzo St. DuBois (see: Werewolf Elton John Returns in a Clever Disguise) called in to play. He was unclear what the rules were but sang "Shine On Harvest Moon" regardless.
Democracy Fails Us

## Episode page

Democracy Fails Us (w/ Joe Pera, Nathan Min) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Nathan Min

Joe Pera

#### Necessary Background

Inspired by your recent discussions of the brand-non-specific rice cereal treats, I took a good look at the generic cereals at my grocery store. I found Fruity Dinobites, Tooty Fruities, and Frosted Mini-spooners.

#### How to play

Players are breakfast cereal company employees charged with naming the new knock-off cereals. Each round, all players offer new names for consideration. To mix things up, Jo is a cereal executive officer and picks the winner of each round. (House rule: Manolo will do that.)

Play until everyone gets nostalgic for Saturday morning cartoons!

For example, if Jo asks for a new name for Frankenberry, players might suggest Pink Monster Flakes, Neck Bolt Nuggets, or Scary Crispies.

### Who Is the Real Manolo?

#### How to play

My daughter Jo asks the two studio guests and Manolo to respond to a series of questions. Manolo answers regularly and your guests do their best to imitate Manolo. What would he say and how would he say it? Your live audience calls who they think is the real Manolo: 1, 2, or 3. Audience gauges the authenticity of the answers and the voice imitation.

### Better Than Pancakes (AKA Better Than a Pancake, AKA Batter Than Pancakes)

#### Submitted by

N/A (This is a game that was voted as the winner the previous week, but it was never played, hence the title of this episode.)

#### How to play

This is a game where callers describe their dream breakfasts, and the guests decide whether it's better than pancakes, and Manolo riffs hard on the answers.

## Trivia

Manolo's musical instrument for this episode was an optical theremin apparently built out of a piggy bank. It was a gift from Grant Myaxis (sp?) in Sweden. The sound it makes is unpleasant.
WFMU11: Name Everything

February 9, 2015: Dr. Gameshow Episode 11: NAME EVERYTHING with Special Guests Brett Davis and Joe Pera

## In-studio guests

Brett Davis

Joe Pera

## Games played

### What’s Their Middle Name

#### How to play

Jo's gonna tell you famous people with middle initials’ names, and you gotta tell her what that stands for.

House rule: Manolo judges the best answer depending on what delights him.

### Raisin Brand

#### How to play

Jo's gonna describe different cereals, and you're gonna have to name it, and everybody's gonna have to figure out the best name for that cereal. For example, oat- and wheat-shaped Os, someone might say "Cheerios."

House rule: Manolo judges.

### O Say Can You Sing a National Anthem For Me, Please

#### How to play

The objective is to create a national anthem for a fictional country. You will be given three words that need to be included in the anthem, and also the main export and import of the given country. The rest is up to you! You may name the country, yourself. Manolo will pronounce a winner based on the quality of the song and how well it conveys the country's information. Hooray!

### The Missing Ink

#### Necessary background

Everyone knows that certain tattoos have special meaning among the criminal element. A tattoo of a tear drop, for instance, means you killed someone. A tattoo of a cobweb represents a long prison sentence. Marketing consultants have determined that there is an untapped market for tattoos among suburban youth who want to appear tough, and to assume a group identity, but don't want to murder people or get long prison sentences.

#### How to play

Jo will give you a lesser condition or offense. Please describe an appropriate tattoo. Keep in mind that the tattoos cannot be so obvious that the prison officials or parents would automatically know what they mean. There must be plausible deniability. For instance, if the offense is "flosses infrequently," a tattoo of teeth with junk between them would be too obvious, but perhaps a smile to show pride, and a cartoon word bubble with swamp-like tendrils hanging off, to indicate offensive emanations from the mouth would be appropriate.

### Girl, Put Your Records On

#### How to play

Jo's gonna say what a world record is, she's gonna give you three options, one of them is the truth. Everybody gets to answer.

## Trivia

Manolo introduced a new sound effect in this episode: a werewolf named Manolo.

Jo challenged the listeners to come up with a game called "Manolo's Delight" and the winner would get three custom magnets. She predicted it would be "some messed up game," and demanded it be smooth.

Manolo loves eggs.
Uncle Oh No

## Episode page

Uncle Oh No (w/ Jessica Chaffin, Dave Hill) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Jessica Chaffin

Dave Hill

#### How to play

Contestants must tell whether the following terms are actually sections in the USDA Illustrated Guide to Soil Taxonomy version 2 table of contents, or if I just made them up. 1 point each for correct answers. Game continues until someone has 5 points or you run out of terms.

### Brand Builder

#### How to play

In this game, each contestant is given a new product, and it's their job to build its brand. The brand must contain a name for the product, a logo and a catchphrase. Manolo chooses the winner based on which branding would most convince him to buy the product.

House rule: each contestant gets a different product from from the other contestants.

### Mano What I’m Saying?

#### How to play

Manolo tells the guests a story from his life. Jo will stop him at the point that she chooses, and each guest has to try and finish the story. Manolo will then finish the story and whoever was the closest, as determined by Jo, wins. They will then for the remainder of the show consider themselves Manolo's long-lost twin.

## Trivia

Producer Alex gave Manolo a new instrument for this episode. It was a piece of wood, that when you blow on it, it's supposed to sound like a choo-choo train, AKA a whistle.

Manolo likes giggling, but he also likes silence.
4: Games of Fear

## Episode page

Dr. Gameshow Episode 4: GAMES OF FEAR. With Special Guests Charles Gould and Michael Wolf. Now with the Human Sound Effects Machine: Manolo!! on wmfu.org

## In-studio Guests

Charles Gould

Michael Wolf

## Games played

### Guess Who's Creepin’

#### Necessary Background

George Flack is an exterminator and he wanted to make a game about how to identify different rodents and creatures in your own home.

#### How to play

Guess what animal has left behind what. If you get it right, Manolo's gonna make a sound that is unheard of, it's gonna be so amazing, and if you get it wrong, he's gonna make a horrible sound.

For example, Jo says "rice grain-sized droppings." What animal could that be?

### Happy Birthday Song Flare

#### How to play

Each contestant takes the Happy Birthday song and tries to top each other with flair.

### Google Noun

#### Submitted by

Alex Adan of Queens, NY [actually Brooklyn, NY]

#### How to play

If you were to Google "why do blank," what is the next thing that's gonna auto-fill? For example, "Why do lambs…" Anyone who guesses the right fill-in gets a point.

House rule: If you were to say the right answers, you would never have to say a bad word.

House rule: The fourth prompt is worth 2 points.

House rule: The fifth prompt is worth 40 points.

House rule: The sixth prompt is worth 80 points, except Charles, for whom it is worth 125 points.

#### Starting phrases

1. Why do women
2. Why do cats
3. Why do ghosts
4. Why do we
5. Why do babies
6. Why do banks

### New York Post Headline Maker

#### How to play

Jo describes a news story and the contestants suggest a snappy / clever / pun-based headline like you would find in the New York Post.

## Trivia

This is Manolo's first episode as the human sound effects man.

Today was Jo's birthday. It might also be Flo's birthday.

An upside-down exclamation point is a "Spanish hooray."

Game submitter Alex Adan later went on to become the producer of Dr. Gameshow at Earwolf and MaxFun.
Why Are Callers Making Everything Worse?

## Episode page

Why Are Callers Making Everything Worse? (w/ Ruby Karp, Nicole Silverberg) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Ruby Karp

Nicole Silverberg

## Games played

### Eat Your Words

#### How to play

Players take book titles and incorporate a food pun, such as Lord of the Fries, or Harry Chicken Pot Pie and the Sliver of Cheesecake.

Scoring is at the judge's discretion based on originality of the food pun, literary relevance, and the delivery of the pun.

### The Teens Aren’t Alright

#### How to play

Guests and callers play the role of local news anchors informing terrified parents (Manolo) of the latest dangerous teen trends. Guests are given the name of a teen trend, and must define it to Manolo, who will rate it on a fear-based scale of 1-100. First to 200 points wins, or whenever Jo wants to move on.

### Movie Caveman-splain

#### How to play

Each player thinks of a movie in their head and must caveman-splain the plot. The other players must correctly guess the movie title. In the event of a tie, Manolo must caveman-splain movie plots until a winner emerges.

House rule: whoever guesses right gets a point.

## Trivia

Rachel Wenitsky has got the prettiest feet in all the land.
Better Than A Pancake

## Episode page

Better Than A Pancake (w/ Chelsea Davison, Brandon Scott Jones) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Chelsea Davison

Brandon Scott Jones

#### How to play

In this game, contestants will choose whether clues are either expressions from the world of Harry Potter, or words used to describe pottery-related terminology. Once the clue for that round is given, contestants will then be given a chance to guess. Correct answers will receive 1 point and an extra point will be given if the contestant is also able to describe what the clue is. An extra point will be given to contestants who divulge either their chosen potter name as a ceramic artist, or share what their patronus is, which is a guardian between you and demon potter spawn. Manolo will decide whether he finds either the potter name or patronus acceptable. If so, the contestant will be awarded 2 additional points.

#### Potter Terms

1. Flux
2. Splinching
3. Cristobalite
4. Sgraffito

### Good Day

#### How to play

I am Vice Chairman of Hang Seng Bank. I have important matter to discuss with you concerning my late client died without a next of kin. Send me your private email for full details and information. Regards, Dr. Raymond.

[Producer's note: This was a spam email but makes about as much sense as most game submissions.]

Players fantasize about what they might inherit and how it would affect them.

### Goblins & Gilmores (AKA Gilmore & Goblins)

#### Submitted by

Lewis Powell (sp?) from Buffalo, NY (after it was voted the winning game from the previous episode, even though it had never been played).

#### How to play

Dungeons & Dragons is yesterday's news. Today's kids get their fantasy role-playing kicks with a new game where you play as a character from the Gilmore Girls transported to a fantasy realm questing to defeat the vile goblin king.

Each player picks a character from Gilmore Girls, they then specify what kind of fantasy hero that character is and what heroic abilities they have in this fantasy world. Manolo plays as the goblin king.

A player's score is determined by Manolo assigning a score from 1 to 5 based on how effective the heroic power they came up with is for defeating the goblin king as he imagines him, and Jo assigning a score from 1 to 5 based on how fitting the heroic power is.

## Trivia

Jo once ate oat griddle cakes in Los Angeles and it was the best food she ever had in her whole life. It was better than a pancake. She did not name the restaurant.

Chelsea Davison is a proud Slytherin.
Be A Host, Whitney

#### Necessary background

Players are guests at Spider-Man's birthday party and they have superpowers from being bitten by radioactive critters!

#### How to play

The player has to describe their powers, then Jo and Manolo guess what bit them.

House rule: it doesn't have to be a regular animal, it could be Scott from X-Men.

### Cryptocelebrity

#### How to play

Jo gives the name of a celebrity and the player has to think of a good name for a crypto-currency based on that person. For example, actor Robert De Niro could have a crypto-currency called "Robert Dineros" or famous standup comedian Moshe Kasher could have one called "MosheCash".

If the player is stumped by Jo's prompt, they may choose their own celebrity, if Jo allows it. If Manolo wants to start mining, the player wins. If he wants to cash out, the player loses.

House rule: lightning round

### Dr. Sibling Accusations

#### Submitted by

saboteurs on the message board from the previous episode

#### How to play according to Seth Lind

Two people act out a four-line scene from the Shonda Rhimes spec script *Sibling Accusations*. Manolo greenlights or not.

## Trivia

Jo is taking new vitamins that make her calm.
Ya Boy Goes On Flights Of Fancy

## Episode page

Ya Boy Goes On Flights Of Fancy (w/ Gary Richardson, Eleanore Pienta) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Gary Richardson

Eleanore Pienta

## Games played

### Corey Haim-show

#### Submitted by

Richard Chudy from Belmont, Massachusetts

#### How to play

Contestants must determine if the [names] listed are characters from a Corey Haim movie or a Corey Feldman movie. 2 points awarded for each correct answer. 3 points if they can name the movie it's from and 5 bonus points will be awarded if the contestant can describe the plot line to the movie and Manolo believes them.

The game is over when Jo gets bored.

### Hodag Hoedown

#### Necessary background

The Hodag is a mythical creature from Rhinelander Wisconsin folklore. This fearsome creature, according to legend, has the head of a frog, the grinning face of a giant elephant, thick, short legs set off by huge claws, the back of a dinosaur and a long tail with spears at the end.

*How to play*

In Hodag Hoedown, contestants are given the name of a mythical creature from actual folklore, and the land whence it came, and contestants will describe its physical characteristics, behaviors, and how it was discovered. Contestants receive a point if Manolo judges the story to resemble or be better than the actual folklore.

### Hebrew or “Hey, Bro!”: A Cross-Cultural Deceptive Pronunciation Game

#### How to play

Contestants take turns saying aloud one of two words, either the language "Hebrew" or the greeting "Hey, bro" as spoken in a New Zealand accent. Other contestants then guess which was the intended word. The other contestants gain 1 point if they are able to guess the speaker's word correctly. Likewise, the speaker gains 1 point if other contestants guess incorrectly.

## Trivia

Manolo got a new instrument for this episode to help with the theme songs. It was a "thumb piano attached to a sampler."

Eleanore used some swear words, so she invented some sound effects that they could use in editing to replace the swear words. One of them is "Mommy!" The other one is "Dad." Gary's replacement sound effect is like a clean swoosh.
Steal Wheel

## Episode page

Steal Wheel (w/ Matt Fisher & his 6 3/4-year-old son Keaton & Claire Ayoub) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Matt Fisher

Matt's 6 ¾-year-old son Keaton

Claire Ayoub

## Games played

### Cats Off To Ya!

#### Submitted by

Sebastian Neery (sp?) from Portland, Oregon

#### How to play

One person is assigned to be the score-keeper (Manolo), everyone else participates.

Each round, the score-keeper will read the names of two iconic cats, and each other player will take turns guessing which cat appeared first chronologically-speaking.

1 point is given for each correct guess. The player with the most points after 6 rounds is the winner.

House rules: Yeah, right, we're not playing 6 rounds of this.

#### Iconic cat names

1. Sylvester from Looney Tunes vs. Figaro from Pinnochio
2. Hello Kitty vs. Garfield
3. Cheshire Cat vs. Puss In Boots

### Hinky Pink

#### How to play

One person thinks of two words that rhyme and mean something (AKA [*editor's note: they meant e.g.*] fat cat, cool school, silly billy). So then that person gives a clue that describes it, so like obese feline, or chilled campus, or absurd goat. So for silly billy you'd say absurd goat. And if someone guesses the hinky pink, they win, but if no one can, then whoever thought of the hinky pink wins.

### Can You Remember What You Ate?

#### How to play

Players take turns saying what they ate for their last meal. Each time around the circle, you tell one meal back in reverse order. First person to not be able to remember loses, everyone else wins.

Game starts with Jo's favorite guest or caller and goes widdershins.

## Trivia

Keaton's two favorite things are video games.
Low-Key Loki

## Episode page

Low-Key Loki (w/ Chris Duffy, Sam Reece) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Chris Duffy

Sam Reece

#### Submitted by

Jeremy Hirschfelt from Columbus, OH (but really by everyone that wants to destroy the show).

#### Necessary background

Something has g-g-gone wrong and g-g-ghosts and g-g-ghouls are roaming the g-g-ground. You went to the g-g-grocery store to g-g-grift some g-g-goods and noticed it was full of g-g-ghost celebrities.

#### How to play

Manolo will say what item this dead celebrity is shopping for, and then Jo will read 3 clues about the celebrity. Players can guess at ay time during the clues, but they are very frightened and stuttering with fear. All answers have a G to start their first or last name, and the player must stutter with the G when answering.

### Guess the Computer's Punchline

#### Necessary background

Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving to mirror sophisticated human thought. This is not that kind of artificial intelligence. I wrote a dumb program that writes "What do you get when you cross x and y" jokes where it makes a punchline by swapping out a word of a famous saying with a different word that rhymes. The joke questions are long and absurd and sound best when read out by the monotone computer voice of Siri.

#### How to play

The object of the game is to guess the punchline of the computer's joke. Players should work in groups of 2 to talk about their thought process. Example: What do you get when you cross the first sequel to Star Wars and large, long-haired wild ox of Tibet, often domesticated? Punchline: The Empire Strikes Yak.

House rules: classic lightning round.

### Green Glass Room

#### Necessary background

Here is a game I played growing up at summer camp.

#### How to play

Contestants go around and say an object that they will bring to the green glass room. Jo and Manolo will tell contestants whether they can or can't come into the green glass room. The game ends when all the players figure out what are the rules that allow them into the room.

House rule: it's enough for one player to figure out what the rules are.

## Trivia

The two main characters in Crazy, Rich Asians get married in a room that's "all water."
Joyful Orange

## Episode page

Joyful Orange (w/ Beth Newell, Timothy Dunn) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Beth Newell

Timothy Dunn

#### How to play

Sometimes the office of the presidency seems more relatable when you call presidents by their nicknames. Jo will read the nickname of a past president and contestants will attempt to recall which president had that nickname, with an explanation of how the name was created.

Manolo should give 1 point if the correct president is named and 1 point if he believes the description of why.

House rule: Give the president and have them guess the nickname.

Superseding house rule: Give the nickname, and contestants tell the president.

#### Nicknames

1. Old Sink or Swim
2. The Careful Dutchman
3. The Human Iceberg

#### Presidents

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. William Taft
3. James Madison
4. Gerald Ford
5. James Buchanan

### Superhero Epic Flaw

#### How to play

The object of the game is to choose a cool superpower but it also has a fatal flaw to counter it.

For example, the ability is the power of flight, but the flaw is only at nighttime. Or the ability is invisibility but the flaw is you make fart noises every time you walk.

You gain 3 points if Manolo likes both ability and flaw, 1 point if Manolo likes the ability only, and -2 points if Manolo likes the flaw but not the ability.

Jo Firestone chooses the flaws as players choose the abilities.

### ABBA-ZABBA-DOO

#### How to play

It's Scooby-Doo character or candy bar. All of these are either a character from the Scooby-Doo universe or candy from somewhere in the world. Right answer earns 2 points. If it's a candy, 3 bonus points for guessing which country it's from. 5 bonus points for incorporating candies with slogan into a jingle.

If Manolo thinks the jingle is a money-maker, he declares "it's a winner, kid," if he disapproves of the jingle, he shall declare, "it'll never sell, kid."

House rule: I'll tell you the slogan, and you tell me the jingle.

#### Names

1. Silver Queen
2. Film Flam
3. Nova
4. Lucas Salsaghetti
Yay! Work! (w/ Dina Hashem & Manolo’s nephews Tate & Mason)

## Show page

Yay! Work! (w/ Dina Hashem & Manolo’s nephews Tate & Mason) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Dina Hashem

Manolo's nephew Tate

Manolo's nephew Mason

#### How to play

Contestants guess what sodas from other countries taste like, based on the name of the soda.

### Are You a Turd?

#### Necessary background

I made rules to Jason Mantzoukas's requested game "Are You a Turd."

#### How to play

Each contestant is presented with an obscure vocabulary word. They must then determine if the word is fecal-related (you're a turd) or not (you're not a turd). Two points for guessing correctly and if you guess incorrectly, you can still earn one point if you can form an effective argument that that word is, in fact, turd-like in nature.

#### Words

1. rennet
2. zort
3. grunnick
4. kakapo
5. meconium
6. verjuice
7. spraint
8. coprolite

### Can You Remember What You Ate?

#### How to play

Players take turns saying what they ate for their last meal. Each time around the circle, you tell one meal back in reverse chronological order. First person to not be able to remember loses, everyone else wins.

Game starts with Jo's favorite guest or caller and goes widdershins.

House rule: go for at least 5 meals.

## Trivia

Jo has been dumpster diving for donuts on at least one occasion.
The PA Face-Off

#### How to play

It's time to make a celebrity zoo! You go around the circle, taking turns, changing celebrities into their animal versions. You get 1 point for every celeb you can change. If you get 5 points, you've made a zoo. Make your favorite animal noise when you win. Example: Brad Pitt becomes Bird Pitt.

### Dr. Themesong

#### Submitted by

Lily Mastrodimos from Jersey City, New Jersey

#### Necessary background

We all know Manolo is the songsmith of Dr. Gameshow, and he's about to write his masterpiece.

#### How to play

Contestants will help Manolo write a theme song to this game. The song must have a catchy hook, hot beat, and it must rhyme! Contestants will receive 2 points if their lyrics are accepted into the song, and will be banished from the music industry (AKA receive 0 points) if Manolo does not accept their lyrics. Players will receive 10 bonus points for performing the song in its present form, and 5 more bonus points for harmonizing with each other.

House rule: each contestant just makes up their own song.

### Licktionary

#### How to play

It's like Pictionary, just with your mouth. The contestants will have 30 seconds to get the mouth feel of an object in the room. They will then have an opportunity to explain what the object is, only by the way it feels is their mouth. They get a custom magnet only if someone is able to guess what the object is. That person also gets a custom magnet. They lose and get nothing if no one is able to guess.

*[Editor's note: if you enjoyed Licktionary, try also "Hey, What's That Thing?" from the episode Worst Games Ever.]*

## Trivia

Manolo doesn't remember the last time he ran. Maybe he's never run.

Newton, Massachusetts is close to Northampton, Massachusetts, if you want it to be.

This episode was dedicated to Matt and StickerMule.