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May 13, 2000
Listen to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
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Guest Host: Robert Siegel in for Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: Melissa Block, New York correspondent
This Week's Panelists:
•Adam Felber, Entertainer
•Charlie Pierce, Writer, Esquire Magazine
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
Round 1
Who's Carl?
George W Bush expresses his "love" for John McCain; Al
Gore does C&W's top Jewish hits, Brian Wilson: too drugged up for an FBI
anti-drug commercial
Opening Round
Panelists answer questions about hte week's news: Odds:
marrying Angelina Jolie or winning the Big Game. Mascot class: school for
potential Philly Phanatics.
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
Listener Limerick Challenge: San Francisco's new ordinance against
discrimination on basis of size; a new device says it can bring odors from
your computer or television; an asteroid shaped like a dog bone.
Not My Job!
NPR New York Correspondent Melissa Block stops in from her
Giuliani watch to play a game called: "Thank you for just being Mom."
Week in Review
Panelists answer more questions about the week's news.
25-percent of Public relations executives surveyed admit to telling lies.
Heineken: the beer of slugs and snails; Gladiator a hit movie with the S&M
crowd.
Round 3
Who's Carl II
Aaron Spelling says goodbye to 90210. Bob Hope's jokes
go to the Library of Congress. We remember Douglas Fairbanks Junior, who
died at age 90.
Bluff the Listener
The game in which a listener tells truth from fiction.
The topic this week: Extra curricular activities of Royalty.
Lightning Fill in the Blank
The rest of the week's news in speedy question and
answer form.
Panelist Predictions
What will Aaron Spelling produce next?
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