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March 25, 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: David Brancaccio, Host, PRI's
Marketplace
This Week's Panelists:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style
Section
•Charilie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only a Game
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer
Round 1
Who's Carl?
Carl channels three quotes from the week's news:
hosting the OScars, a fate worse than ____________; an investment blunder; the Twinkie Shortage.
Opening Round
Prince Philip and the lemon myrtle cheese; John McCain returns to the Senate, and more.
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
A tuber makes news; beauty and the blind; and the first cooked meal.
Not My Job
Bob Boilen, director of All Things Considered, plays "You're the Debutante in Training!"
Week in Review
Quick, get through the first movement before the instruments melt! And Hugh Hefner's family values.
Round 3
Who's Carl II
Three more bon mots from the week's news:
people don't really want Monica's handbags, they just want to see
if the Jenny Craig is working; words that sound kinda alike get Dubya
in trouble again; President Clinton gets dissed by Indian monkeys.
Bluff the Listener
Creative Real Estate Planning.
Lightning Fill in the Blank
The rest of the week's news that we can fit.
Panelist Predictions
The next unfortunate incident to befall Senate candidate Jack E. Robinson.
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