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November 11, 2000

Listen to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me:
(14.4 | 28.8)

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HOST: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: Armistead Maupin, Author, The Night Watcher and Tales of The City

This Week's Panelists:

•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only A Game
•Sue Ellicott, BBC and Times of London
•Roy Blount, Jr., Author, I am Puppy, Hear Me Yap

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
Who's getting snippy? Who's counting her pantsuits, votes, and lucky stars? And who's getting punchy after hours and hours behind the anchor desk?

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
The GOP questions the requirements of candidacy... who isn't friendly to "family-friendly"...and the heist of the millenium...almost.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
Virtual Bo-Peep...why Darwin is fitter than Dickens...staying healthy while trying to beat the odds.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Author Armistead Maupin, author of Tales of the City and The Night Watcher, joins us to answer questions about Shakespeare...in "If You Were Shakespeare, And Were Alive Today, You'd Have A Six-Picture Deal at Fox and Would Be Dating an Actress/Model Named Nyanah."

Armistead Maupin's new book is The Night Watcher, from Harper Collins.

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
Spiritual exile at the drive-thru. And modern convenience foils a robbery.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
One voter's visionary is a another one's narcissist; it seemed like a good idea to the founding fathers; the State Department's not-so-secret weapon.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
Cats Really Do Wear Fantastic Pajamas... A well-know saying turns out to be true.

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)
The first bill that Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) will present to the Senate.

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