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April 29, 2000
Listen to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
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HOST: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Mystery author, Sara Paretsky
This Week's Panelists:
•Roy Blount, Jr., Author
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Charlie Pierce, Writer for Esquire Magazine
Round 1
Who's Carl?
Carl channels three quotes from the week's news: A Democrat begs a Republican for hearings, Al Gore makes music, and remembering Broadway's Abominable Showman.
Opening Round
Fuzzy blobs: they may be the key to the universe, Danny Boy as you've never heard it...and may not wanna hear it again, and a lawyer sues the yellow pages.
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
The world's oldest hat, the first computerized judge, and the Gen-X wants attack ads.
Not My Job!
Author Sara Paretsky, creator of V-I Warshawski, plays a game called: "You're the death of the party!"
Week in Review
Marbles champions brag and boast, deadly toads, heads it's murder-tails it's manslaughter, and "Wake up honey, there's a Mercury Sable in the bedroom."
Round 3
Who's Carl II
Carl impersonates those who make news: a gay former boy scout complains about the uniforms, A court tells Ohio no God in the motto, and Rick finally gets to see Darva minus her wedding dress.
Bluff the Listener
What Bugs Can Teach Us; Hooray Bugs!
Lightning Fill in the Blank
The rest of the week's news that we can fit.
Panelist Predictions
After the oldest hat, the next archaeological discovery.
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