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April 21, 2001

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: Bob Garfield, co-host, On The Media


•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer
•Sue Ellicott, BBC and Times of London

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
Who didn't care for fish heads; the tourist who'll be told 'don't touch that!'; a punk rock tribute from Carl.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
What you'll still be seeing in Mississippi; the safest of eveningwear; the unsavory side of certified mail.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
Why Lucille Ball and cavemen may not be so far apart; clamoring for a discreet justice; and it's not enough just to talk to your plants anymore.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Bob Garfield, co-host of On The Media, comes on to play "If You Have To Leave A Footprint On The Sunken Chest Of Every Little Old Man Between Your Seat and the Foul Pole, You Are Going To Get--That--Ball!"

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
A staggeringly bad review; why you might reconsider leaving your car overnight on a London street.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
A bracing British import--goodbye!; a young movie star thinks politics might be cool; we bid farewell to someone who just wanted to spread bits of yellow happiness.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
But That Only Happens in Fairy Tales.

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)
What will happen if Dennis Tito visits the space station.

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