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December 25, 1999
This is a special Year In Review edition of Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me, revisiting some of our favorite stories from the past 12 months.
Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: Weekend Edition Sunday Host Liane Hansen
This Week's Panelists:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only a Game
•Roy Blount, Jr., Author, Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story
Round 1: "Who Is Carl This Time?"
A listener must guess Carl Kasell's identity as he interprets three quotes from the YEAR'S news ... and, we meet our panel.
"Opening Round"
Nina Totenberg finally snaps (well, she quotes someone who does); the Tinky Winky tempest, and Flipper's dark side.
Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Limerick Challenge"
A listener completes three of our favorites from the past year.
"Not My Job"
Weekend Edition Sunday Host Liane Hansen returns to play "You're The Pagan Swede, Celebrating Midvinterblot", which means that we ask her about winter holiday traditions around the world.
"Year in Review"
Woolsack, woolsack, who's jumping upon it and why; ocelots and their preferred fragrance, and when global positioning systems bite back.
Round 3: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Bluff"
A Santa story.
"Who Is Carl This Time?"
Three more bon mots from the year's news, as channelled by Carl.
"Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank"
A roundup of the year's best that we couldn't fit anywhere else.
"Predictions for Next Week"
Jesse Ventura wants to come back as a brassiere. But what form will the next politician to be reincarnated choose?
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