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September 11, 1999
Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Jean Cochran fills in for Carl!
Not my job guest: Snigda Prakash, National Desk Reporter
This Week's Panelists:
Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only A Game
Roy Blount, Jr., Author, Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story
Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
Round 1: "Introduction/Essay"
"Who Is Carl This Time?"
A listener must guess Jean Cochran's identity as she interprets three quotes from the week's news and we meet our panel.
"Opening Round"
Who deserves to wear blue in New London, the President meets his first power tool, and more.
"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Limerick Challenge"
A listener completes newsy limericks, read by ... Jean!
Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Not My Job"
National Desk Reporter Snigda Prakash is The Eccentric Inventor,
as we quiz her on odd inventions you never knew you needed.
"Week in Review"
Southern Baptists' urge to swell their ranks angers some; a Sasquatch update, and -- you guessed it -- a drunken, firebreathing transsexual construction worker.
Round 3: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Listener Bluff"
A real personal ad. We just read them for fun. Really.
"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
"Who Is Jean This Time?"
Three more bon mots from the week's news, as
channelled by Jean.
"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 giant merger!
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