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September 23, 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: Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)

This Week's Panelists:

•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Charlie Pierce, Author, Hard To Forget: An Alzheimer's Story
•Roy Blount, Jr., Author, Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
The Olympics: bark eating sob stories, the unlovable Dream Team, and swimming against the odds.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
Why we dare not type the Republican vice-presidential candidate's name; the handwashing police; the lowest paid-attendance on record.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
The exorcist job market; the Avon ladies go behind the counter; a glowing example of genetics.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Senator John McCain of Arizona pays a call (no, we aren't kidding) to play "You Want To Supersize That?"-- three questions about consumer convenience.

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
The man who would be president, his mother-in-law, and his dog; Alec Baldwin swears he was just kidding about the Dubya thing.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
Stranded in L.A.; extorting the tourists at Disneyland; Greenspan the jazz man.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
"Hey! Keep Your Eyes on Your Own Paper!" (Cheaters...we hate them.)

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)
How Angelenos will deal with the transit strike.

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