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December 9, 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: Jane and Michael Stern, authors of Road Food
This Week's Panelists:
•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only A Game
•Sue Ellicott, writer and reporter for the BBC
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
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Road kill? Not so fast, a birthday cake with an inferno of candles, a calming voice in the chaos.
Opening Round
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China's offers its architectural heritage to spikers, the wit and wisdom of Alicia Silverstone, an apology to Salem, Oregon, and we nominate our newsmaker of the year.
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
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Squirrels lament the newest power source, we thought it rhymed with brainy, but we find it rhymes with genie, California's condiment bonanza.
Not My Job!
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Michael and Jane Stern, authors of Road Food, play a game called, "YOU'RE STANDING UNDER THE MISTLETOE AND THAT CREEPY GUY FROM ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE IS MAKING A BEE-LINE FOR YOUR LOWER LIP."
Week in Review
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In Japan, everything talks, a workplace hazard that even OSHA won't touch, the newest comic book hero.
Round 3
Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
Washington DC's newest power couple, A star impersonates himself, A Scottish town prepares for the papparazi.
Bluff the Listener
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A STARBUCKS ON EVERY CORNER, AND A TASTER'S CHOICE JAR IN EVERY DRAWER. Coffee in the news.
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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The most surprising potential appointment to be announced by George W Bush.
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