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August 1, 1998
Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
In studio players this week:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section Writer, (Washington)
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer (New York)
•Roy Blount, Jr., Author of _Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story_ (New York)
Special Guest: NPR Science Correspondent Richard Harris
Round 1: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listner Segments)
"Who Is Carl This Time?"
Our listener must guess Carl's identity as he delivers memorable quotes from this week's news.
"Week in Review"
Separation Anxiety Among the Brawley Jurors
Summer Stock at The State Department, If You Don't Fall Out of Bed and Die, You Might Win and more...
Round 2: "Extort New York"
Our kindly, but firm campaign to convince WNYC that they really should put us on the air. Do we understand each other?
"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listner Segments)
A Dubious Honor For a Public Figure.
"You're the Press Secretary!"
Our panelists put themselves in the damp loafers of past White House press secretaries.
"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listner Segments)
A National Tourist Attraction
Round 3: "Not My Job"
NPR Science Correspondent Richard Harris on construction...in the news.
"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listner Segments)
"Who Is Carl This Time?"
Round 4: "Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank"
Each panelist has one minute to fill in as many blanks as he or she can.
Play along with our online
version of the show.
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