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August 11, 2001
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Who's Carl This Time?
Jean Cochran is in for Carl Kasell this week.
Quote 1 (14.4 | 28.8)
JEAN: "Take as much of your clothes off as you're legally allowed to do."
That was New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's instruction to New Yorkers this week. Why was he urging his constituents to strip?
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Answer 1
Quote 2 (14.4 | 28.8)
JEAN: I look forward to "seeing the cows. Occasionally they talk to me -- being the good listener that I am."
Who went home this week to listen to the cows?
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Answer 2
Quote 3 (14.4 | 28.8)
JEAN: "Look for it at your local book store in the pot-smoking, draft-dodging, skirt-chasing, redneck section."
That's CBS Late Late Show host Craig Kilborn's advice to readers in 2003 who will be looking for what book?
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Answer 3
Who's Carl Section Two
Quote 4 (14.4 | 28.8)
JEAN: "It's magnifique. So continental, so Pepe Le Pew."
That was Maureen Dowd of The New York Times, praising in her patented snippy way, Al Gore's new.... what?
HINT: She later says, "All Mr. Gore needs is a pack of Gitanes and an earth-tone beret."
HINT: She also says that, "Along with the weight he's gained, it makes him look like Orson Welles. The mature Orson Welles."
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Answer 4
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JEAN: "As soon as the opportunity occurs, there's a rush for the stage. Reporters scramble frantically to get as close as possible. The object of attention has his name shreiked continually."
That's The Washington Post's take on Severino Antinori's reception this week at the National Academy of Sciences. Mr. Antinori is not a new Backstreet Boy. No, he's the man who wants to... what?
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Answer 5
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JEAN: "I can wear heels now."
That was a woman revealing to David Letterman the bright side of her recent, very public divorce from her famous, diminutive husband. Who's now dusting off her collection of Manolo Blahniks?
HINT: She can also stop worrying about being the better actor in the family.
HINT: It explains why she's sitting down in her Eyes Wide Shut scenes.
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Answer 6
Limerick Challenge
Limerick 1: (14.4 | 28.8)
I was chasing my own bottom half;
Then I caught it, now that was a gaffe.
With my mouth on my tail,
My friends start to wail.
See, it's easy to make a dog __________.
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Answer 1
Limerick 2: (14.4 | 28.8)
Where's the split screen by which I was basking?
And my cell phone? My Palm V? I'm asking.
Oh, the Grinch took my toys.
No more noise, noise, noise, noise.
He says I don't do well, multi-__________.
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Answer 2
Limerick 3: (14.4 | 28.8)
Your summertime drink stand is stemmin' trade.
So I brought my two deputies, Clem 'n Wade.
Your stand violates zoning.
So, hush now, no groaning.
Go home, kid, and pack up your __________.
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Answer 3
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