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June 3, 2000
Listen to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
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Guest Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Jean Cochran fills in for Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: Ira Flatow, Host, Talk of the Nation Science Friday
This Week's Panelists:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post writer
•Charlie Pierece, Esquire Magazine Writer
•Roy Blount, Jr., Author
Round 1
Who's Jean This Time?...
Stepping in for Carl, Newscaster Jean Cochran channels quotes from the week's
news: a familiar voice from the early days at CNN; Hillary's new opponent takes one
on the chin, and a wedding gift from someone who will not hold his peace.
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
A new source of electric power,
a camera you can take with meals, and--finally! the British reconsider
their pronounciations.
Not My Job!
Ira Flatow, host of Talk of the Nation Science Friday,
rolls up his sleeves to consider "The Banality of Evil."
Week in Review
The terror of musical chairs...the poetic genius of one
man's office...and do you think you're a good speller?
Round 3
Who's Jean II
More newsy impersonations from Jean Cochran:
Humanity take note--will airships return? The dirt behind "Survivor."
And a farewell to Tito Puente.
Bluff the Listener
The game in which a listener tells truth from fiction... New Government... New Policy.
Lightning Fill in the Blank
The rest of the week's news in speedy question and answer form.
Panelist Predictions
The Next Military Embarrassment.
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