Do contestants ever try to cheat with Internet-enabled phones like BlackBerries and iPhones?
We’ve had a couple situations where we thought they were trying to [cheat] and told them that they weren’t allowed to Google anything. If anything, the most likely area that people would cheat in is on the mobile shoutouts. People call their friends and their parents – people who are sitting at home – and nine times out of 10 somebody who gets one of these calls is going to be sitting in front of a computer. We’ve had the distinct feeling that contestants were trying to buy time so that their friends at home could Google the question. (DT): I saw some of your stand-up comedy and you were complaining about the New York City subway. Do you ever bring any mobile entertainment with you, like an iPod? At this point, I go nowhere without my iPhone. I use it for everything. I’ve got my calendar in it, my e-mails all go to it, I have all friends phone numbers in it, I keep my list of jokes that I’m working on in it. I mean, it’s got all my music in it. It’s the most amazing gadget I’ve ever ow
