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October 10, 1999
Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not my job guest: NPR Reporter Adam Hochberg
This Week's Panelists:
Sue Ellicott, BBC and Times of London
Adam Felber, Writer and Performer
Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
Round 1: "Introduction/Essay"
"Who Is Carl This Time?"
A listener must guess Carl Kasell's identity as he interprets three quotes from the week's news ... and, we meet our panel.
"Opening Round"
A contraband prophet, and a computer glitch that had nothing to do with Y2K. But tell that to the Texas Rangers.
Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Limerick Challenge"
A listener completes newsy limericks, read by Carl.
"Not My Job"
NPR's Adam Hochberg emulates his namesake by identifying new discoveries in the animal kingdom, in: "And You Shall Give Names to All Cattle, and to the Fowl of the Air, and to Every Beast of the Field."
"Week in Review"
Ebenezer Scrooge enters the campaign finance debate; how you can take a little bit of Damien Hirst home with you; the latest Inept Crook, and more!
Round 3: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Bluff"
Who is Harvey Ball, and why are people talking about
him?
"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 classic rock standard cited by Al Gore.
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