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May 22, 1999
Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: Tom and Ray Magliozzi, Hosts of NPR's Car Talk
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"
Who's Ehud Barak when he's at home? And which Dole has been spending some time OUTSIDE the home?
"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"
Car Talk's Tom and Ray play "You're the Cultural Historian",
and try to identify the real cultural icons from the mythical ones. Was Moby Dick
real? Was Jack Sprat? Will their banter pull the Tappet Brothers through this time?
"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Limerick Challenge"
A listener completes three newsy limericks, as read by Carl.
Round 3: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Bluff"
An allegation of plagiarism.
"Week in Review"
A somewhat morbid gift shop, and a coyote, bear, and snowshoe hare who'll be right at home in Salt Lake City.
"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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