NPR

June 12, 1999

Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: Jack Speer, NPR Business Correspondent

This Week's Panelists:

•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Roy Blount, Jr., Author, Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer

"Opening Round"


Round 1: "Introduction/Essay"
President Clinton meets with the *other* NATO, and more.

"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"
Business Correspondent Jack Speer tackles tort reform news on the global level, in "You're the International Legal System Reformer!"

"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Limerick Challenge"
A listener completes three newsy limericks, as read by Carl. This week, a listener tackles three newsy limericks submitted by OTHER listeners, in the first-ever Listener Limerick Listener Limerick Challenge!

Round 3: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Bluff"
A new use for old television.

"Week in Review"
Why Mississippi Governot Kirk Fordyce just CAN'T get any privacy, and why Winnie the Pooh with have a slew of new readers this summer.

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

"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Predictions for Next Week"
Reknowned mob lawyer Oscar Goodman's first official action as mayor of Las Vegas.