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August 5, 2000
Listen to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me:
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Guest Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: NPR's Guy Raz
This Week's Panelists:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer
•Roy Blount Junior, Author and humorist
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
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My opponent: the luddite. A man makes a big debut on TV and talks about groin surgery; Secretary of State, torch singer, or both.
Opening Round
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Rockin' the city of brotherly love...not!; the U.S. faces an attack from the great white north; and panties play a happy tune.
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
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The virus that makes love handles; talk shows meet the ouija board; men: why they never call!
Not My Job!
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Guy Raz gets his final NPR initiation playing a game called "YOU'RE THE POLITICAL JARGON-MEISTER."
Week in Review
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The Greenspan theory of size; Stilletto heels now a no-no at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange; Brad and Jennifer close the skies above; and The Tweets get a dubious award for their hit The Birdie Song.
Round 3
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Secret signals from a former POW; Wait Wait celebrates the end of a ubiquitous and annoying craze; the latest woman who says she had a fling with JFK.
Bluff the Listener
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IF YOU FAIL AT THIS QUIZ, THE PRESIDENT OF NPR WILL DISAVOW ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.
Lightning Fill in the Blank
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The rest of the week's news that we can fit.
Panelist Predictions
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How will Bush and Cheney follow their triumphant Philadelphia convention?
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