NPR

December 26, 1998



Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: Liane Hansen, Host, Weekend Edition Sunday

This Week's Panelists:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section Writer (Washington)
•Adam Felber, Writer
•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only a Game (Boston)

Round 1
"1998: The Movie Treatment"


Who's the top lawyer of 1998?
Also, appearances by "The Official Congressman of "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" and "The Official Governor-Elect of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me."

Who's Carl This Time?
Carl re-enacts some of the year's best quotes.

Round Two
Not My Job
Weekend Edition Sunday Host Liane Hansen tries to determine the origin of the oddest sounds heard on NPR this year. NPR really takes you there!

Listener Limerick Challenge
A listener tries to decipher some of the year's top stories...in limerick form

Year in Review
A few more stories that caugh tour attention this year.

Round Three
Bluff the Listener
One of our listeners tries to pick out the real story about one city's attempt to make life more pleasant for its residents.

Who's Carl This Time?
Carl Kasell re-enacts more of our favorite quotes from the year's news.

Lightning Fill in the Blank
The rest of the year's news that we can fit.



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