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August 25, 2001
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HOST: Adam Felber, filling in for the vacationing Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Paul Sereno, Paleontologist
This Week's Panelists:
•Roy Blount, Jr., Author
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Sue Ellicott, BBC and Times of London
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
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A conservative warhorse steps down from horsewhipping; a man who knows how the Tin Man feels; a teen idol admits her insecurities.
Opening Round
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Coke vs. less expensive elements; who outnumbers kids
in San Francisco; mistaken identity off the Florida coast.
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
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A forgotten treat at the South Pole; how Britons measure up; good steaks are born, not made.
Not My Job!
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University of Chicago paleontologist and dinosaur hunter Paul Sereno plays "I Didn't Know Gwyneth Paltrow was in Casablanca", or the world of pirated Asian CDS and DVDs.
Week in Review
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Bernhard Goetz wants to be mayor of New York, but no hot dogs, please; President Bush thinks the West Coast isn't worth eating on a cracker; a statue of Clinton compromised by an additional figure.
Round 3
Who's Carl II (Listen with Real Audio)
Fighting to take a congressman down; US News gets low marks in Journalism 101; the bearded, softer Al Gore has a trim, clean shaven opponent.
Bluff the Listener
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We Are Not Amused: someone who took a joke a little too
seriously.
Lightning Fill in the Blank
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All the news that we can fit.
Panelist Predictions
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Jesse Helms' plans for his retirement.
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