NPR

February 20, 1999



Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guests: Weekend All Things Considered Host Daniel Zwerdling

This Week's Panelists:

•Sue Ellicott, Freelance Journalist
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer

Round 1: "Introduction/Essay"
What Else Has Been Going On Since We've Been Distracted...

"Opening Round"
Former Leader Shares New Hobbies, Diet with the World...and a passion of a new leader uncovered.

"Who Is Carl This Time?"
Carl interprets a billionaire's opinion of Scripture, and a fashionista's opinion of someone's new look.

Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Not My Job"
Weekend All Things Considered Host Daniel Zwerdling joins the picket line as he tries to identify the real newsmaking activists from the fake ones.

"Listener Limerick Challenge"
A listener completes three newsy limericks, as read by Carl.

"Week in Review"
Why jeans are a powerful non-fashion statement in Italy...new, very personal laws in Alabama...the most unavoidable song in this world AND the next.

Round 3: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Bluff"
A group speaks out for its rights. A listener tries to pick the real news story from the fakes.

"Who Is Carl This Time?"
Carl Kasell returns as one of our most quotable superstars, and two other newsmakers.

"Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank"
Each panelist has one minute to fill in as many blanks as he or she can.



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