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December 11, 1999
Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: Studs Turkel, author of The Spectator
This Week's Panelists:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only a Game
•Adam Felber, writer and performer
Round 1: "Who Is Carl This Time?"
A listener must guess Carl Kasell's identity as he interprets three bon mots from 3 historical personages!
"Opening Round"
Who spoke for the first time ever in 1971, and, to everyone's relief, was then muffled for good? Who was charged with felonious eating in medieval France?
Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Limerick Challenge"
A listener completes newsy limericks, read by Carl.
"Not My Job"
Author, interviewer, and man of the century Studs Turkel joins us for a special "You're The Antiquarian Linguist" edition of Not My Job.
"Week in Review"
King Pedro the Severe: How severe was he? Why do sports fans hate Shirley Temple? And more.
Round 3: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Bluff"
The ongoing battle between humans and insects.
"Who Is Carl This Time?"
Three more bon mots from the past 1,000 years, as channelled by Carl.
"Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank"
A hodgepodge of as many more bad ideas that we could fit.
"Predictions for Next Week"
A grand historical blunder soon to be discovered and announced.
Play along with our online
version of the show.
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