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November 4, 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: Gene Sperling, Chief White House Economic Advisor

This Week's Panelists:

•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
D.Dubya.I...someone who won't be bought by a Gore administration...and a farewell to a comedic renaissance man.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
What 19% of Americans think they're a part of...Gerhard Schroeder's Israeli faux pas...The new language of space...and the barnyard section of first class.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
Prickly plurals...why Lassie can now buy cigarettes and alcohol...how birds fit in all that singing practice.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Chief White House Economic Advisor Gene Sperling plays our last pre-election Not My Job game, "You're the Obscure Candidate Running Below the Radar!"

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
Army wardrobe followup...and the truth about penguins and airplanes.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
An upset amongst queens and pawns...take your Visa to state dinners...and the credo of new Angels.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
Would be rappers...or, "If Eminem Can Do It, So Can I!"

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)
Following W's revelations...the NEXT November surprise before the election.

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