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October 14, 2000

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

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HOST: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Corey Flintoff sitting in for Carl Kasell.
Not My Job Guest: Rear Admiral Lewis Crenshaw, of the 6th Carrier Group.

This Week's Panelists:

•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Roy Blount, Jr., Author, Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story
•Adam Felber, Entertainer

Round 1


Who's Corey This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
The dangers of exaggeration...techies hold their collective breath...and political partying.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
An unlikely candidate for the Novel Peace Prize...what it really takes to run (ka-ching!)...and when Windex works too well.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
Sweden's newest internet attraction...is being British too...British? and a kick for old sneakers.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Rear Admiral Lewis Crenshaw, of the 6th Carrier group, joins us to play "You're An Ignobel Laureate!"

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
Wal-mart says "Salut!" Berkeley activists wave their mugs...and a movie house that just won't take it anymore...

Round 3

Who's Corey II (14.4 | 28.8)
Could and officer and a gentleman ALSO want to be Madeline Albright? We're at the mercy of the fall sitcoms...a zippered, woolly icon.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
A listener plays a game we're calling...YOU'RE AN ACTOR? THAT'S GREAT. SO WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?"

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)
Wal-mart's next luxury product.

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