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December 23, 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: T.R. Reid, Washington Post London Bureau Chief

This Week's Panelists:

•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only A Game
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
A warrior admits his fear...of cattle; to pardon or not to pardon; making the skies a little friendlier.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
The new summer White House ain't no Kennebunkport; why New Yorkers aren't going to "NoGo"; litigious Penthouse readers; and the Wait Wait Newsmaker of the Year is crowned.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
The potato as beacon; why pengiuns are perfectly designed; and the area where cod have room for improvement.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Washington Bureau Chief T.R. Reid comes on to play a game about predictions...or, "You're Going to Leave the Studio, Pick Up A Rare Coin On The Street Worth 5 Million Dollars, and Use Your Wealth To Meet and Marry New Spanish Sensation Penelope Cruz. Probably."

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
The original minimall is older than we thought...and the little guy who's fixed Eminem's wagon, at least on the British charts.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
A "lifetime" achievement award? No thanks...plus, it's not THAT cold, and whining about wine.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
Acronyms...In The News.

Lightning Fill in the Blank (14.4 | 28.8)
The rest of the week's news that we can fit.

Panelist Predictions (14.4 | 28.8)
The tabloids' predictions for 2001.

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