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May 15, 1999
Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: NPR Environmental Reporter John Nielsen
This Week's Panelists:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only a Game
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer
"Opening Round"
Round 1: "Introduction/Essay"
Who'll be telling you to Mind The Gap, who'll be minding the Treasury, 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"
Environmental Reporter John Nielsen takes a look at
the life of Jesse Ventura (and thanks to his new autobiography, you can too.)
"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Limerick Challenge"
A listener completes three newsy limericks, as read by Carl.
"Week in Review"
Hardly a warm and fuzzy matter in Beverly Hills; Wayne Newton makes life tough for a former colleague; what you shouldn't do in an amusement park no matter how bad your indigestion.
Round 3: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Bluff"
An effort to patch up a long-standing dispute.
"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"
Our panelists predict the headline they'd like to see in the news next week.
Play along with our online
version of the show.
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