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June 10, 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: Julie McCarthy, NPR London Correspondent
This Week's Panelists:
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer
•Sue Ellicott, BBC and Times of London
•Ken Rudin, NPR Political Editor
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?...
Carl channels quotes from the week's news: A candidate and part-time landlord; Judge Jackson judged, and a cook who was fit for a King.
Opening Round
What peaceable nations have in common, a tour of the last Stalinist state, and who you shouldn't say hi
to when air traffic controllers are listening.
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
A giant prehistoric rodent; the danger of being unhealthy and important; the original
Darth Vader reminds us to cross the street safely...and gets honored for it.
Not My Job!
London Correspondent Julie McCarthy looks into vacationing...in "If You Don't Behave Back There, We're Going to Stop the Car, Turn Around, and Go Home! I Mean it!"
Week in Review
Mexico strikes a pose for women voters...and a crocodile's unrequited love.
Round 3
Who's Carl II
More newsy impersonations from Carl: John Rocker is sick and tired of it all, Senate campaign: 1,
campaign finance reform: 0, and a family reunion without a feud.
Bluff the Listener
The game in which a listener tells truth from fiction...Fundraising Ideas that Should Have Stayed Ideas.
Lightning Fill in the Blank
The rest of the week's news that we can fit.
Panelist Predictions
How Bill Gates will exact his revenge.
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