NPR

July 10, 1999

Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not my job guest: Wade Goodwyn, Southwest Reporter

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: "Introduction/Essay"


"Opening Round"
It's not the heat ... oh wait, it IS; the President's eating tour of the nation; the dark side of the dolphin.

"Who Is Carl This Time?"
Carl interprets three quotes from the week's news.

Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Not My Job"
Southwest Reporter Wade Goodwyn tries his hand at extreme stamp collecting in "You're the Philatelist!"

"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Limerick Challenge"
Three newsy limericks: read by Carl, and completed by a poetic listener.

"Week in Review"
Congress gets down to nuts and bolts ... an alarming number of alligators ... why Bing Crosby and Australian teenagers don't mix.

Round 3: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Bluff"
New scientific evidence concerning the human senses.

"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Who Is Carl This Time?"
Three more bon mots from the week's news, as channelled by Carl.

"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank"
The rest of the week's news that we can fit. Each panelist has one minute to fill in as many blanks as possible.

"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Predictions for Next Week"
The next thing Hillary Clinton will do to prove she's really a New Yorker at heart.