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November 18, 2000
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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Kevin "KAL" Kallagher, cartoonist for the
Baltimore Sun and the Economist magazine joins us live on
stage.
This Week's Panelists:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section reporter.
•Adam Felber, write and entertainer.
•Roy Blount, Jr., Author, I am Puppy, Hear Me Yap
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
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Truth: definitely stranger than fiction; America's newest and most-make-up-intensive TV star; this week's addition to the American lexicon.
Opening Round
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New Mexico's novel method for breaking an electoral tie; cops in Illinois encounter a car chase that's a dream come true.
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
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The Wait, Wait tribute to Marylanders in five-line rhyming verse.
Not My Job!
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Kevin "KAL" Kallagher, cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun and the Economist magazine, plays a game called, "You, like any sane person, are trying to get as far away from this election as possible"... which means a game featuring questions about Australia.
Week in Review
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What turns-on Britain's MP's; how the modern man impresses his modern women.
Round 3
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Catch Russia's falling star; The gay-leftist New Yorker who wrote the soundtrack to the last century; America's favorite bon bon shaker.
Bluff the Listener
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Miles Standish Never Had It So Good: Twenty-first century innovations for America's November holiday.
Lightning Fill in the Blank
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The rest of the week's news that we can fit.
Panelist Predictions
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The next twist in the drama of election 2000.
WAIT, WAIT, DON'T TELL ME WANTS TO THANK JENNIFER FISHER,
MARTHA RUDZKI, MARK STEINER AND EVERYONE AT WJHU-FM FOR THEIR
MARYLAND-STYLE, AND TEXAS-SIZED HOSPITALITY.
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