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Adults With Imaginations

## Episode page

Dr. Gameshow Episode 30: Adults with Imaginations. With Special Guests Julio Torres and Ike Ufomadu

## In-studio guests

Julio Torres

Ike Ufomadu

## Games played

### Origin Story

#### How to play

Contestants are told the name of a superhero. They must explain what powers or skills that hero possesses and tell the story of how they came to have those powers or skills.

House rule: you get twenty seconds.

### Fire on Coruscant

#### Necessary background

What is it about keeping track of numbers?

#### How to play

The first person will think of a number with four digits, and then say, "fire on Coruscant," and then the number. The next person will say another digit after the number. Go back and forth until you've added a total of eight numbers together. You win 1 point by saying the number in the right place. The person with the most points wins. P.S. You might want to keep track of the numbers or something.

### Foxy Morons

#### How to play

It's debate time! Which animal is stupider? [Jo] will assign one to each contestant and you will explain why your animal is the bigger moron. There is also a wild card option for each round; one contestant may swap their assigned animal for the wild card.

House rule: you can have one or more fifteen-second rebuttals.

## Manolo's little word of wisdom to go on for the next week

If you need to complain about life, do it on a roof.

## Trivia

Julio doesn't like games because he hates losing more than anything. Manolo thinks that's also why he doesn't like games. Jo thinks games are okay.

The only accent Manolo can do is a Beatle from India.
SADurday

## Episode page

SADurday (w/ Tom Scharpling, Jason Gore) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Tom Scharpling

Jason Gore

#### Necessary background

These days it seems like everybody 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. One 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.

### Is It Raining?

#### How to play

A caller says "hello," and where they are calling from and then each person has to guess if it is raining in the caller's location. Once everyone has made their guess, the caller reveals whether or not it is raining and participants receive 1 point for every correct guess.

For this game, all precipitation counts as rain because "Is It Precipitating" is not as good a name.

### Don’t Get Me Started

#### How to play

Dr. Gameshow gives a contestant a topic, and the contestant has to rant for thirty seconds about how much they hate that topic starting with "Don't get me started."

## Trivia

For this episode, Producer Alex gave Manolo a "trumpet" to help with the theme songs. Jo felt like it didn't help.
Everybody is a VoldeMart

## Episode page

Everybody is a VoldeMart w/ Katie Hartman

#### How to play

It's time to make a celebrity zoo! You go around the circle, taking turns, changing celebrities into 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.

### Dog or Goose?

#### How to play

Each player makes one single syllable noise, no ruff ruff ruff or honk honk. You make one guttural noise imitating a goose or a dog. The other players have to guess whether it was a dog or a goose. Each player that gets it right gets a point, the player making the noise gets a point if Manolo likes the noise.

House rule: lightning round!

### Dream a Little Dream of TV

#### How to play

Players take turns describing the premise of a popular TV show of their choice as if it were a dream they had, without referencing anything that would too easily identify the show. Everyone else then tries to guess what the TV show being described is. If you guess correctly, you get a point. You can get extra points for guessing extra quickly, or for describing the TV show convincingly as if it were really a dream, as judged by Manolo.

## Trivia

Jo likes soft, dry French fries. Manolo either wants it wet with a sauce, or crispy.

Manolo creates the theme songs with a random thing where random things happen, instead of a Moog machine.
Dr. Shoutout

## In-studio guest

Sam Taggart

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#### How to play

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. 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 described is creative enough for a custom magnet.

House rule: you can do a license plate with 7 characters if you ask first.

### Sticker Mule 2.0

#### Theme song lyrics

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#### Necessary background

OH NO! Dr. Gameshow has made Sticker Mule too much money and they must now invest their windfall in new products.

#### How to play

As heir to the Sticker Mule fortune, Manolo must hear ideas for new products from the studio guest and callers. If Manolo likes the product idea, and thinks it would fit it well under the Sticker Mule umbrella, then the player / guest wins a custom magnet, sponsored by Sticker Mule.

House rule: lightning round! You get ten seconds to pitch your idea.

## Trivia

Since the last time Sam Taggart was on Dr. Gameshow, he's grown to a height of 6'4", became thin as a rail, did Comedy Central Up Next at Clusterfest, his dog got several years older, he grew a mustache, he went to Japan and became addicted to meat, moved to Bushwick, Brooklyn from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, started taking probiotic gummies, and became the drummer for the band Aerosmith.

Jo's mom engages with Alex "Pop" Adan's posts on Facebook.

They still make Skor chocolate bars.

There's a Swedish restaurant with goats on the roof.

This episode ended at the 46 minute mark after the introduction of a game called My Rad Pal submitted by Laura Dooley (sp?) along with kids Cora and Teddy from Napa, California.
Toast Stories

## In-studio guests

Lindsay Boling

Peggy O'Leary

#### Necessary background

All of the humans in the world have been deemed beasts and turned into animals. The problem is, we still have household chores to do.

#### How to play

Do your best impression of the animal performing the chore and include a one-sentence inner dialogue as the animal attempts to do something that really requires thumbs. Jo will give the animal and chore. Manolo will provide an overly-flamboyant critique and the first one to 2 points is a winner.

House rules: Manolo gives a point away for the least amount of critiques, and if you're a producer of the show, Manolo has to give you a point.

#### Theme song

> What kind of building am I in?
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> It kinda smells funny
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### Click to Translate

#### Necessary background

What do Esperanto, Interlingua and Klingon have in common? They're all constructed languages.

#### How to play

Contestants will have to act as the cultural ambassadors for some type of extra-terrestrial or fantastic species. The contestants will have thirty seconds to give a brief description of their alien or fantastical genus and to mention any interesting nuances to the language. They must then proceed to teach Manolo these three very important and very useful questions in their invented language, which are:

1. May I take a nap here?
2. Do you serve beet juice?
3. Pardon me sir madam, but might you help me fetch a Chipotle receipt from this trash can?

## Trivia

Every time Jo sees Oliver Platt in New York, he's wearing a fancy workout outfit.

When Manolo tries to sound flamboyant, he sounds like Emo Philips.

Blitz and her siblings are "like a new version of the Olsen twins but double as much."
So You Think You Can Make Up a Song

**So You Think You Can Make Up a Song** is a game that was played on the "first first" episode of *Dr. Gameshow*. It was submitted by Lukas Kaiser and "adapted by our team for the radio".

## Rules

Contestants must make up a song sticking with the melody and rhyming for as long as they can. Longest, most full song wins.

The host provides the song topic, and it has to be a real-sounding song.

## Appearances

* WFMU0: Dr. Gameshow 0
* WFMU1: Dr. Gameshow 1
The 1 Year Anniversary Show

## Episode page

The 1 Year Anniversary Show (w/ Fred Firestone, Sam Corbin) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Fred Firestone

Sam Corbin

#### Necessary background

Inspired by the opening theme song to Dr. Gameshow, it's “Ring, Ring On The Telephone, It’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_”.

#### How to play

Callers call up but they don't say their name or where they're from. They say a sentence about themselves or their location without specifically saying their name, location, or job. Players guess the name, location and career of the caller.

As judged by Manolo, whoever is closer to guessing the caller's name, location and career is the winner. You get 1 point if you got the correct first letter of the name. 5 points for correct name. 3 points for correct state. And 3 points for correct job.

House rule: Christopher can assign points.

### Manolo Minute Madness

#### Necessary background

The game was inspired by the new segment The Manolo Minute.

#### How to play

Each player has one minute to disclose their thoughts in their best Manolo impression. Manolo will judge the impression on a scale from 1 to 5 points and Jo will judge how interesting the subject matter is on a scale from 1 to 5 for a total of 10 points.

The thoughts do not have to be Manolo-type thoughts. The players must just deliver the famous Manolo cadence.

The game unofficially ends when Jo gets bored, but the game is officially over only when the show ends. Throughout the rest of the show, if any player, including callers, says the phrase "start the clock," then their Manolo minute begins. If there is any protest to this rule from Jo, then the player who started the clock gets an automatic magnet and may choose to forfeit or continue with their minute.

### (Dr. Manoshow &) Jonolopinions

#### Submitted by

Matt Barrentine from Charlotte, North Carolina

#### How to play

Jo will ask callers for a subject. As soon as they give one, she will immediately hang up on them, and decide whether it's a good subject or not. Once she approves of a subject, the in-studio guests will each tell Manolo an opinion they have about the subject. Most irresponsible guest goes first.

Manolo decides whose opinion wins and explains the reasoning behind his decision. Jo can veto this decision if she doesn't like Manolo's explanation, or for any other [editor's note: Manolo ran out of breath and they stopped reading the instructions.]

House rule: since Dr. Manoshow was the winning game for the previous week, Manolo will be the host and Jo will be the side-host.
WFMU1: Dr. Gameshow 1

#### Rules

You are having a deep conversation with a girl at a party. She is fun, she is interesting, but she also is bad at enunciating her words and she's also always sucking on root beer barrels. She wants to quote significant and famous sayings to add to the conversation but you can't quite make out what she's saying. Listen to these quotes, and for two points, decipher what she's saying, and who said it, and for one additional point, interpret why she said it.

### So You Think You Can Make Up a Song

#### Rules

Contestants must make up a song sticking with the melody and rhyming for as long as they can. Longest, most full song wins. You have to do three different topics.

### What's the First Sentence?

#### Rules

Contestants must look at the cover and title of a book and guess what the first sentence is. They must describe the cover for the listening audience and read the title out loud.

Creator note: This game should give out a lot of points because imagine if someone got this correct. Maybe you give points based on how close they are.

### Say Lemonade

#### Rules

How many different ways can you say the word "lemonade" in 60 seconds? Contestants must use various accents, inflections, volumes, pronunciations, other languages to say the word "lemonade."

## Trivia

Near the beginning of the episode, Jo implies that this is the second episode, because although this is the first episode of Dr. Gameshow as a regular program on WFMU, the real first episode was broadcast a month earlier.
The Earwolf Finale!

## In-studio guests

Marilyn Firestone

Alex the producer, who was needed to calm down his baby by playing a game called Demon Alphabet

## On-the-phone guests

Fred Firestone (but he called himself Nick so that Jo would take his call)

Sally

Eden

John Wan

Dave Mackie, engineer of Dr. Gameshow

Trevor from Spokane, Washington

Mike DiCenzo

## Games played

### Dr. Hangout

#### Submitted by

On a previous episode of Dr. Gameshow, Brett Davis called in during voting and said he just wanted to hang out. So somehow through Facebook live voting and callers voting, Dr. Hangout won.

#### How to play

Players hang out.

House rule: bring something engaging to talk about.

### Is It Raining?

#### How to play

A caller says "hello," and where they are calling from and then each person in the studio has to guess if it's raining.

House rule: play the game wrong.

### Werewolf Elton John

#### How to play

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

### Are You 50?

#### Submitted by

The Facebook Live commenters, who sometimes take advantage of democracy.

## Trivia

I think this is the only time (so far) that Jo started a game show theme song, because Manolo wasn't doing it fast enough.

Manolo ordered a pizza which was delivered during the beginning of "Is It Raining?" It was “half-pepperoni and half-not.”
Cash In The Trash

## Episode page

Cash In The Trash (w/ Todd Barry, Janeane Garofalo) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Todd Barry

Janeane Garofalo

#### Submitted by

Rebecca Smith from Pittsburgh (if you believe Jo) or Philadelphia (if you believe Instagram), Pennsylvania

#### How to play

Players have to guess if this is a quote from Toto’s "Africa" or "Out of Africa" (the movie). Players play until all the quotes have been guessed or players with the most points wins [editor's note: what?].

### Old New Amsterdam

#### Necessary background

As you know, New York State was once the first Dutch settlement in North America. "Even old New York was once New Amsterdam." [Editor's note: Tara didn't attribute this quote to anybody, but it's most likely from the song "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" originally released by the Four Lads but made more popular by They Might Be Giants.] So New York has many locations with peculiar, tongue-twisting Dutch names.

#### How to play

In this game, Jo will give the player the Dutch-derived name of a New York location, and the player will define the word in English. For example, Nassau, the definition would be that feeling you get when you find out you didn't get the entry-level astronaut position.

The player who supplies Manolo's favorite definition gets 1 point. As a bonus, Manolo may choose to give out 1 additional point per round to the player who answers in the best Dutch accent.

The game ends when a player reaches 5 points, or Jo gets bored. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.

### Dr. Advice Show

#### Submitted by

Caroline Sabharwal from Hawaii (after this game won during the previous week's episode, even though it had never been played)

#### How to play

Callers call in and ask the guests for advice. The studio guests will have one minute to give their most insightful and well-meaning words of wisdom to the caller. It is then up to resident Dr. Gameshow psychology / life advice expert Dr. Manolo, PhD to assess each player's advice and award them points based on how good the advice is.

If the caller chooses to follow that advice, then the person who gave the advice gets the points.

## Trivia

This is the episode in which Manolo explains why he says "I'm here."
Good Bird, Great Bird

Dr. Gameshow Episode 50: Good Bird Great Bird.

## In-Studio Guests

Charlie Hankin

Matt Porter

Questions asked:

* What's your morning ritual (#1,#2,#3)
* What is your most typed word

Just make it Christmas

#### Necessary Background

It's almost Christmas and there's a lot of good Christmas stuff like movies and candy canes, but I wish there was more Christmas, and that's where this game comes from. This game is all about making this not about Christmas about Christmas.

#### How to Play

The contestants will each get separate things and have to explain how they would make them Christmas. The player who best makes their thing Christmas wins. Manolo will be the judge, and have to judge using Grinch Metrics. Grinch Metrics are: which things make his heart grow the most sizes.

### Prove that Bird

#### Theme Song

Can you guess what that thing is

It's a bird, but I don't fully believe you

So you're going to gather the evidence

That proves that this thing is a bird

And wings don't count

#### How to Play

Contestants name as many birds as they can think of in 20 seconds. Real birds, fictional character birds, as well as made up names that sound like birds will be accepted. After the contestants list the birds, opponents each name one bird to challenge. The contestant then has 10 seconds to prove that bird! This may be done by providing the Latin name, describing the bird's feathers, habitat, behaviors, or mating rituals. Contestants can also prove that bird by providing a bird call, telling a story about encountering the bird in the wild, or something else that proves the bird exists or did exist. Each contestant takes a turn but may not duplicate bird names. Points are judged and tallied by Jo. 1 point for each real sounding bird on the contestants list, and 1 bonus point if they prove that bird at the end.

#### Necessary Background

There's tons of new music out there, but record store clerks are losing their minds. Who can properly categorize it all? Hard Core, Hard Rock, Dance Wave, Noise Core, New Wave, Glam Rock, Scene Punk, Dance Punk, etc. We need more categories! It's your job to come up with more genre categories, sub-categories, and such.

#### How to Play

Players are given a noun of a person, place, or thing and they must pair that noun with an appropriate suffix of Rock, Core, Wave, or Punk, and then describe what kind of music it is and who would listen to it.

Example:

Pencil Wave

* A sub-genre of electronic music that can find it's roots in librarians who recorded and looped it with the sound of pencils sharpening, tapping, being snapped, etc. and shared it with each other via the inter-library media transfers. Very popular with bibliographies and less populated ares of eastern Europe.

#### Winner(s)

Charlie Hankin

Matt Porter

## Trivia

Charlie and Matt are roommates, and have been, on and off, since college.

Fred is a butcher, but he wants to work in radio.

Two callers called in with misconceptions: one thought it was The Goddamn Dave Hill Show, the other thought he could win if he was the 91st caller.

George wants to show Manolo a cool app.
Custom magnet

A **custom magnet** is the ultimate prize in Dr. Gameshow. It is usually awarded to callers who win a game, but custom magnets have also been known to be given to game submitters and other friends of the show.

Custom magnets awarded during the Earwolf run are different from those awarded during the WFMU run. The Earwolf magnets feature the podcast album art and may also contain additional art and signatures by the guests and hosts. Custom magnets may also be accompanied by other swag and a note from Jo.
Lotion Burrito

## Episode page

Lotion Burrito (w/ Shalewa Sharpe, Jim Tews) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Shalewa Sharpe

Jim Tews

#### How to play

Players must decide if each name is a type of duck, a Ryan Gosling character, or neither. Points are awarded for correct answers and deducted for insolence. Winners are spared from the ultimate disgrace of suffering bitter defeat in public.

### Rotten Potatoes

#### Necessary background

Golly, do I have a game for you. I stole it off of Twitter from GhostFactKillah because I'm not original.

#### How to play

Combine the name of a movie with potato. For example: Ten Things I Hate About Potatoes. Taters of the Lost Ark. The game ends when Manolo says "Good gravy," or when Jo has spud enough.

### Dogtor Dognoise

#### Submitted by

Kateri & Todd from Detroit, Michigan (after the people on the message board voted this game as the winner from the previous episode, even though it was never played)

#### How to play

Players first imagine they are a dog with a problem. Tell us your dog name in regular human language and then communicate your problem using only dog noises. The other players have to guess what the dog is trying to say. 1 point to each guesser and dog for correct guesses. Game ends when all players have been the dog.

## Trivia

The best ice cream Jo ever had was blueberry lemon.
Can You Lift That?

## Episode page

Dr. Gameshow Episode 34: Can You Lift That? on wfmu.org

## In-studio guests

James Dwyer

Achilles Stamatelaky

#### Necessary background

Contestants: you are a rookie detective who just solved his/her first big mystery. Everyone, beat cops, concerned citizens, the press, everyone wants to know how you figured it out.

#### How to play

Jo will describe a crime as well as the person you have arrested for the crime. You have forty-five seconds to explain how you got from one to the other. Manolo awards a point to the winner of each round based on creativity and narrative consistency. He may also award bonus points for including a MacGuffin or a red herring.

House rule: you can also get bonus points if you name all the characters in your story.

### I Could Lift That

#### How to play

If you can convince Dr. Gameshow and Manolo that you could probably lift something, whether or not you actually can, you win a point. Evaluation of lifting claims are based on confidence, coolness, and believability.

#### Things to lift

1. refrigerator
2. two surfboards and an ice cream [sic]
3. tree
4. thirty-five color ink cartridges (leaking)
5. a steel suit of armor

### Sauce Boss

#### Necessary background

Your uncle has found barrels and tubs of miscellaneous liquids in an abandoned house, and has a great new business idea – artisanal sauces! And he has decided that you, his beloved family member is the best person to help him come up with some great sauce mixes.

#### How to play

Contestants must come up with a new sauce mix based on a list of ingredients provided. They must provide a name for the new sauce, describe how the sauce is mixed, and how it is packaged, and what the sauce should be used for. Best of all that wins.

#### Ingredients

1. a tub of crushed tomatoes, pine cleaner, alcohol and stale coffee
2. buckets of pineapple tops, leftover grease from a Chinese takeout place, liquid smoke and puppy tears
3. grass pulp, bug juice from a summer camp, leftover prison wine and crushed plums
4. WD-40, duck sauce packets, salt, pepper and odd-colored iced tea

## Trivia

Jo had a back brace once as a child, and the other kids always wanted to play Red Rover with her, because she could crush through people's hands.
Meownolo

## Episode page

Meownolo (w/ Lane Moore and 10-year-old Maggie) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Lane Moore

10-year-old Maggie

## On-the-phone guests

Travis McElroy

Andy Beckerman

#### How to play

Please try to guess the company that came up with the slogan, for 2 points. If no one can guess correctly, you can guess the general type of company for 1 point.

### Buff Fluff

#### Necessary background

My 9-year-old daughter January and I listen at bedtime every night. She loves you guys so much! Tonight she excitedly gave me her first game idea and begged me to submit. It's a cat weightlifting contest.

#### How to play

You have to name and describe your cat weightlifter and then Manolo judges which cat he thinks can bench the most.

### Dr. Fruitcousins

#### Submitted by

6-year-old Sadie Harms from New York City (this was the winning game from the previous episode, even though it had never been played)

#### How to play

There are five fruits. You're a doctor and you have to pick out the second fruit that's rotten. That's the cousin.

House rule: lightning round!

### One Peanut, Two Peanut, No Peanut, Blue Peanut

#### Submitted by

Connor Ratliff from Queens, New York City

#### How to play

People call in with peanuts, or no peanuts. Players have to say what they're holding. Or if the peanut's blue. If [the caller] lies, they get -1,000,000 points. You call in, you either have one peanut in front of you, two peanuts, no peanuts, or a blue peanut. In front of you. Players have to ask questions.

House rule: lightning round!
Hulk Waffle

#### How to play

Reimagine 101 Dalmatians to be about another noun that ends with "-ation". First player describes the plot, and other players guess what the word is. E.g., if it was about sorting into categories, it would be called "101 Classifications". Game ends when the youngest player says "it is annoying."

### Manolo’s Frequency

#### How to play

3+ people are added to the call. The number of people is determined by Manolo. They have to sing and try to harmonize with each other to find a harmony that matches Manolo's current mood.

The game ends when they hit the right set of notes or when Jo cannot stand it anymore.

### Dr. Bunga

#### Submitted by

saboteurs from the message boards of the previous episode

#### How to play according to Rachel Pegram

Everyone sings "what t-shirt are you wearing?" Player responds "I'm the doctor, and I'm wearing a shirt." You're the doctor and you say what shirt you're wearing and describe the surgery you're about to perform. Callers guess what kind of surgery you just described.

For example: "What t-shirt are you wearing?" "I'm the doctor, I'm wearing a big loose Jimi Hendrix t-shirt, and about to perform surgery on the part of the body that goes wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle." Answer: the toes, toe surgery.
16: Marathon Sharathon

## Episode page

Episode 16: MARATHON SHARATHON Featuring Special Guests Jeremy Balon and Danny Tamberelli and a special call-in from Manolo who is in Detroit

## In-studio guests

Jeremy Balon

Danny Tamberelli

## Games played

### Name the Side Project

#### How to play

By using the names of two big bands, contestants would name the fictional side project of the combination of the two.

### Why is the Baby Crying

#### Submitted by

New dad Nick Watson from Brooklyn, New York

#### How to play

Contestants get to guess why the baby is crying in situations read by the host. There are exact answers for each.

### Untitled special game just for the marathon

#### How to play

Contestants must give out the pledge number and web pledge address as many times as possible within a given time span. Most repetition wins.

### Don't Think of a Hot Elephant

#### How to play

I'm gonna ask you a simple question, the answer to which is an animal. Contestants must say "elephant" as many times as possible while the question is asked. Points can be given for the number of times that you say "elephant" and for answering questions correctly.

### IRL Twitpitch

#### Submitted by

Hasim Shah (sp?) from Islamabad, Pakistan

#### How to play

Contestants have to give an elevator pitch for a movie based on each other's last tweets. Manolo provides music and/or sound effects for the actual elevator. Both Jo and Manolo judge, each awarding their favorite one-half of a point.
I Don't Know, Google It

## Episode page

I Don’t Know, Google It (w/ Julio Torres, Ziwe Fumudoh) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Julio Torres

Ziwe Fumudoh

#### How to play

You are in Japan. You walk into a chain store listed below. What do they sell? Each player guesses. 2 points if you get it right. If everyone is wrong, 1 point for the best answer, determined by Manolo.

### Catchphrase!

#### How to play

Players create snappy catchphrase for a popular person or character. Jo names the character provided and each contestant has to give that character's new catchphrase. Whoever gives the best catchphrase gets a point. For a bonus point, the contestant can give a situation in which the catchphrase will be used. Manolo will judge.

### Museum of Me

#### Necessary background

Manolo the museum-goer has been to every single museum in New York City and needs some intellectual spice in his life.

#### How to play

Each player describes a museum composed entirely from things in and about their life. Players might want to include details like artifacts, mediums of the collection, and what era of your life each piece is from.

Manolo picks the winner by RSVPing to the opening night gala of the most attractive museum.

## Trivia

Alex the producer gave Manolo a drum machine to help with this episode's theme songs. The brand wasn't named but Julio described it as shiny black rectangle with several little knobs.
2 Snorts, 2 More Wishes

## Episode page

2 Snorts, 2 More Wishes (w/ Christi Chiello, Sean Patton) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Christi Chiello

Sean Patton

#### How to play

Participants will take turns guessing whether I'm saying a quote from Aparna Nancherla's album "Just Putting It Out There," or if it's a quote from the movie La La Land. Contestants will receive 5 points per correct answer and lose 2 points per incorrect answer. The first player to 15 points, or when Jo gets bored, wins.

### Anthropomorphize This!

#### How to play

Jo chooses a random object. Contestants come up with a character name and voice for this object as if it was anthropomorphized in a Disney or Dreamworks film. Manolo picks the best character.

### State Your Unpopular Opinion

#### How to play

Each contestant must state an unpopular opinion that they honestly hold and are willing to defend on the show, and the contestant with the opinion that the general public would hate most, as determined by Jo and Manolo, is the winner.

## Trivia

Alex the producer gave Manolo a slide whistle to try to work into the theme songs.

Imo's pizza uses a thin, filmy cheese which is hard on the top. It's like a chew. It's the crème brûlée of pizza.
A Really Positive Show

## Episode page

A Really Positive Show (w/ Iliana Inocencio, Jon Wan) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Iliana Inocencio

Jon Wan

#### How to play

Jo will name a character and the contestants will have to identify whether the character is from the iconic children's book series "Where's Waldo?" or from the 1982 West German surreal adventure-drama film Fitzcarraldo written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski.

Each correct answer is worth 1 point.

The game ends when it's not fun anymore or when you run out of characters to name. The players with the most points wins.

### Rotten Potatoes

#### Necessary background

Golly, do I have a game for you. I stole it off of Twitter from GhostFactKillah because I'm not original.

#### How to play

Combine the name of a movie with potato. For example: Ten Things I Hate About Potatoes. Air Spud. The Good, The Bad and The Potato. Taters of the Lost Ark. The game ends when Manolo says "Good gravy," or when Jo has spud enough.

#### How to play

Players combine the name of a movie with potato-related terms.

### Manolo Some-Date

#### Submitted by

Pete Phillips from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

#### Necessary background

Mischievous Manolo has grabbed his friend's phone while they weren't looking, and now he's opened their dating app!

#### How to play

Contestants will create an aural dating profile, providing whatever information they think will draw Manolo's attention, like location, interests, political leanings, favorites, quotes, movies, music, animals, etc., and the must-have intro/summary. The goal is to attract Manolo's interest so he'll swipe right for his friend, though he may find great or terrible profiles interesting based on how mischievous he's feeling.

If he swipes left, no points! Swipes right, 5 points! Decides to get his own phone and install the app to match with the proposed profile himself, 100 points!
The Jokesters Have Arrived

Dr. Gameshow Episode 58: The Jokesters Have Arrived

## In-Studio Guests

Khalid Rahmaan

Lukas Kaiser

> There it is
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> Swoopstakes
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> There it is
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> Jo Firestone's back ... and it begins...
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> Something something
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> Swoopstakes
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> There it is
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#### How to Play

Players will given an archaic word by Jo, but not the definition. The player then has to use the word in a sentence based on what the word means. Funniest use of the word, as perceived by Manolo, receives 1 point and the player that most correctly uses the word receives 1 point. First one to 5 points wins, or whenever Jo gets tired of playing this.

#### Callers

Harry Gensemer

Lillie Newton from Virginia

### Doing Lines

#### Theme Song

> Doin' Lines
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> Doin' LInes
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> LeAnn Rimes is doin' lines
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> Because she's an actor
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> And you know it
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> That she is not a poet
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> Doin' Lines
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> Doin' Lines
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> Doin' LInes
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#### How to Play

Actors will each deliver the given line as people auditioning for a casting director. Actors may choose the context, tone, and inflection of the line they are delivering. The most convincing actor receives a point.

### Frog or Dog

#### Theme Song

> Is it a frog
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> Or dog
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> Or frog
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> Is it a frog
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> Or dog
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> Along this walk I'll find a frog
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> Or all the dogs
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#### How to Play

The game master will choose a question from the following 5 scenarios and ask each player to answer the question in a clear and understandable way, using an external example of a frog or dog to explain why they are choosing frog or dog. Answers are based on logic and must include examples of an actual frog or dog. The frog or dog can be fictional, but it must be invented prior to the start of the contest and reasonable known to the players. The scoring will be done at the end of the round and the scoring will be tallied according to a prescribed scoring system. The winner of the round will decide if there's a next round. The game is over after 5 rounds.

#### Callers

Haden from Manhattan

Summer Jones from Virginia

#### Winner(s)

Summer Jones from Virginia

Lukas Kaiser

## Manolo's Something to Go On

*(From Lukas and Khalid)*

* Look out for Manolo and his treachery.
* When you think he's your friend, he's just shaking your hand so he can use his other hand to stab you in the back with the rules that you don't understand.

*(From Manolo)*

* Look out, I'm coming for you.

## Trivia

Summer Jones is Hannah and Lillie Newton's sister. They all called in from the bathroom.

The WB Frog's name is Michigan J. Frog.

You can tell the amount of gentrification in a neighborhood by the number of 'new' pit bulls without scars.

Justin, the call screener, voted for Doing Lines.
Wanolo

#### Necessary background

Hello, Jo Firestone and Mr. Manolo, Jr. This takes place in a world where everyone has been staring at the sun, causing them to go blind and a blind Manolo has forgotten how to tie his shoes. Jo is not blind because she has cool sunglasses.

#### How to play

Set up: 1) we untie Manolo's shoes and put them on the table in front of him. The next thing you gotta do, is everyone except Jo closes their eyes. Now contestants must give a detailed instruction to Manolo on how to tie his shoes. Manolo must follow these instructions to a T. Each contestant has thirty seconds to instruct Manolo on tying his shoes, Jo must make sure that no one is peeking or cheating, especially Manolo.

After Manolo has done this with each contestant, he must pick his favorite shoe tying technique. Whichever technique he chooses will become his new method for tying shoes going forward.

### Set-downs

#### Necessary background

The lifeblood of any comedy duo is teamwork. The lifeblood of any traditionally-structured joke is a punchline. If these jokes are going to have anything to punch, they will invariably need a setup. This game is about a very, very unhealthy comedy relationship.

#### How to play

Rather than set each other up, contestants in this game must set each other down and force their partner to salvage the sinking joke ship. The winner will be the contestant who can make the most lemonade out of lemons as judged by Manolo. Example: contestant one would say, "So, a malignant tumor, a priest and a rabbi walk into my husband's lung," and contestant two would have to say something that somehow redeems that horrible setup.

House rule: Wanolo declares how saved each joke was and declares a winner.

### Fad you later

#### Necessary background

2015 saw the end of many fads. For example, broccolis don't wear little felt baseball hats anymore. And no one has seen a boat in a couple of days.

#### How to play

What fads will end in time for Summer Solstice? If Wanolo recognizes the fad, it's 2 points. If he doesn't, it's only 1 point. I miss the boats.

### Bioexorcism

#### Necessary background

Did you know that the dog from *Frasier* and Frankenstein's monster are second cousins on his father's side through marriage, or that former NBA All-star Nick Van Exel was experiment partners with in junior high chemistry with that one water alien from *The Abyss*? The world is full of connections between flesh and blood celebrities and possible fictional supernatural characters. And in this game, you get to explain how!

#### How to play

Jo will present each contestant with a celebrity and a scary thing combination and they will have to make up a funny anecdote about how the two of them know each other. Wanolo will judge. If he dislikes the answer, he will respond with a ghostly "booooo!" If he likes the answer, he will make an eerie door creek like "screeeeee".

## Trivia

Manolo was absent for this episode, and he was replaced by his more evil energetic twin, Wanolo. "Ha ha ha hoo hoo hee," etc. They were separated before birth, using a partition.

Wanolo's cat has a lot of holes.
Better Ingredients, Better Games, Papa Johns

Dr. Gameshow Episode 44: Better Ingredients, Better Games, Papa Johns

## In-studio guests

Matteo Lane

Nick Guercio

#### Necessary background

You are minding your own business walking down the street when suddenly some ruffian comes up to you and asks you to stop. Then another hooligan gets out of a nearby car, looks you up and down, turns to their partner and says, "Let's give them *blank*." What exactly is that *blank* you are going to get?

#### How to play

Players are told what they are going to be given in the form of "Let's give them *blank*." Players must then decide what the *blank* truly is. Nothing should be taken literally. Everything is a code word / euphemism for something else. Is this a good thing, is it a bad thing, something else? Best explanation wins.

House rule: keep it clean, for the children!

### Can’t Crypt-Keep a Job

#### Necessary background

It's hard to hold down a job when you're the Cryptkeeper. He can't help but use grotesque puns during regular conversation.

#### How to play

In their best Cryptkeeper impersonation, contestants let us know what terrible turn of phrase got them fired from the jobs listed below. Each round is won by the best impression that would likely lead to being fired, as decided by Manolo.

### The Re-telling

#### How to play

Jo's gonna read a story out loud, and contestants listen to the story and try to remember as many details as possible. While Jo is reading, Manolo attempts to distract the listeners. Manolo can do this however he wants, but the contestants must still be able to hear Jo reading, so he can't sing or talk too loudly or cover the listeners' ears. People are also invited to call in to help Manolo distract the contestants.

After the story is read, competitors must re-tell the story in as much detail as possible. Manolo judges who re-tells it best.

## Trivia

The CD with the theme song started skipping on this episode.

Matteo Lane can squeal very high notes.

Liza Minnelli made a surprise guest appearance, and claimed that her mother was funny.
Phone a Fake Friend

## Episode page

Dr. Gameshow Episode 39: Phone a Fake Friend. With Special Guests Dru Johnston and Tom Scharpling

## In-studio guests

Dru Johnston

Tom Scharpling

## Games played

### Phone a Fake Friend

#### How to play

Contestants each phone a friend for help in a game of trivia, but the friend is actually them in character as someone else. They can answer questions as themselves or as their friend.

If they answer correctly as themselves, they get 1 point, incorrectly as themselves, no points, answered correctly in character, 2 points, answered incorrectly in character, they get -2 points.

### Let’s Reboot This

#### Necessary background

Beloved network TV sitcom “Coach” was going to be rebooted, but TV execs ditches the reboot after seeing the results. But that doesn’t mean TV execs are giving up on their dreams of rebooting some old show to see if they can squeeze more blood out of it.

#### How to play

You have to pitch one of the following classic TV shows to TV execs in an effort to reboot them. Will the rebooted TV show be deeper and darker, have better special effects, have more emotional maids and butlers? It’s all up to you! Players are given the name of a classic network TV show they need to reimagine for a modern reboot and they must pitch it to TV execs. Best reboot pitch wins!

House rule: Manolo’s gonna be the judge of this one.

### G as in Gameshow

#### Necessary background

When I called in during the marathon to make my pledge in support of WFMU, I had to spell out my name using "as in" notations. This is nothing new, as whenever I have to give my name over the phone, I usually have to spell it out in the "as in" way. Anyways, as I'm sitting here spelling my name out to the person taking my pledge, I realize that this could be a game for Dr. Gameshow.

#### How to play

Each contestant is given the same word to spell using an "as in" spelling. Example: gameshow could be spelled G as in grouch, A is in, you know. 3 points are awarded each round. 2 points for the most creative overall words used, and 1 point is given for the best word used.

House rule: Manolo judges what is best.

## Manolo's sign-off with some nice advice for the coming week when it comes to playing games in real life

Next time you work with beets, the green parts (the leaves) could be eaten. Don't throw them away.

## Trivia

Jo hates naps.

Manolo loves media.

This was the first time that people on the message board were called “Gameshowvanists.” It was Morgan from Australia’s idea.
Off The Rails

## Episode page

Off The Rails (w/ John Reynolds, Conner O’Malley) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

John Reynolds

Conner O’Malley

#### How to play

You are a college professor but also you are a cat. Jo will tell you what class you are teaching then you will have 25 seconds to deliver a lecture on that topic in character as a cat. How would a cat explain physics? Let's find out. Manolo has to assign a letter grade for each lecture.

### Date A Pro Wrestler

#### How to play

In this game, one contestant lists their likes and dislikes as if it were for a dating profile, then each contestant takes on the persona of a professional wrestler and tries to woo them with the unbridled verbal power of the warrior of the squared circle. They can pick an existing pro wrestler or make up their own character. The dating-profile-maker then picks who they would go on a date with, and that winner gets a point, then everyone rotates. Play until you get tired of it.

### Just The Rhyme Amount

#### How to play

Players will take turns listing as many words as they can that rhyme with the starting word in a round. After saying a rhyming word, the player will also state how many of that thing they think they can fit in their mouth. If a player cannot think of a rhyming word, or repeats a word already said, they are out of the game. Players are allowed to challenge the amount of things that someone claims they can fit in their mouth but only if they think they can fit more in their own mouth. Last player standing in naming rhyming things is overall winner. Here's a word to get you started: bee.

A bonus point to whomever wins any challenge bidding wars of number they can *[Editor's note: Jo stopped reading this rule.]*

## Trivia

Alex the producer gave Manolo a shaker to use during the theme songs, but it turns out to be a taped-up box of candy.
How Do You Go To Sleep?

## Episode page

How Do You Go To Sleep? (w/ Casey Jost, 8-year-old Philipp) on earwolf.com

## In-studio guests

Casey Jost

Manolo's 8-year-old nephew Philipp

#### How to play

Jo will say a name and the contestants will say whether it is a Pokémon character or a medication. If they guess correctly, they get 1 point. If they can also guess the Pokémon move or what the medication treats, they get 3 additional points. The winner is whoever has the most points after 3 rounds.

House rule: if you know a lot about Pokémon, you should go last.

### 3 Puppies or 3 Kittens

#### How to play

Contestants have to describe why having three puppies or three kittens would be better, while also having to describe why having three of the opposite would be bad. The winner is chosen by choosing whether Manolo would rather have kittens or puppies.

House rules: you can ask questions, and you can also vote for 3 Jigglypuffs.

### Hot Spicy Diarrhea (AKA Squiggly Outcomes AKA Spicy Squigglies)

#### Necessary background

You are at work with horrible, explosive diarrhea and excruciating cramps, but this is the most important day at your job. You are grooming the British Queen Mother's two precious corgis and she is watching you while you wash and clip their nails.

#### How to play

You have to call your friend and ask him to pick you up, and explain to him what's going on without letting the Queen Mother know. You can't reference your condition by name, or say anything gross in front of the Queen *[editor's note: Queen, or Queen Mother?]*, but you have to let your friend know how bad it is so he'll come get you.

Manolo decides if he, as your friend, would come pick you up. 5 points if Manolo picks you up. 5 points if you have a passable British accent.

Other contestants may impersonate the Queen (house rule: or the band Queen) and interrupt with questions or directions about the corgis.