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May 1, 1999
Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: Only A Game Host Bill Littlefield
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"
Only A Game Host Bill Littlefield
"Opening Round"
The not-so-new look of Mars; a potential security disaster narrowly averted, 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"
Only A Game Host Bill Littlefield sees how hep he really is when he plays "You're The Coolest Cat at the Cotton Club: 3 questions about the life of Duke Ellington.
"Listener Limerick Challenge"
A listener completes three newsy limericks, as read by Carl.
"Week in Review"
A revelation about the eating habits of dinosaurs; a Georgia
O'Keefe retrospective with props; Sinead O'Connor's new identity.
Round 3: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Bluff"
The Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me Summer Movie Preview!
"Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank"
Each panelist has one minute to fill in as many blanks as he or she can.
Round 3: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Predictions for Next Week"
Our panelists predict the headline they'd like to see in the news next week.
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