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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Jean Cochran, in for Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: ABC and NPR's Cokie Roberts
This Week's Panelists:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style section
•Roy Blount Jr, humorist and author of Am I Pig Enough for You Yet?
•Charlie Pierce: writer at large for Esquire Magazine
Round 1
Who's Jean This Time?
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The smoking 'tongue'; the accusation in search of a good riposte; an author misreads his own appeal.
Opening Round
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Elmo gets a blue peacekeeper's helmet; the capitol loses a songster...no it's NOT Orrin hatch; The Great Escape on the Farm.
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
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The first two reveal scientific advances in the belly button and the cupboard respectively; then, a holiday favorite is losing its lustre.
Not My Job!
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ABC and NPR's Cokie Roberts plays a game called "Oh, you're so nice, I'm sure you'll do just fine." Three questions about the knaves of nice: Minnesotans.
Week in Review
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Making it tough for sportswriters in Britain; it's always the perfect gift...especially at election time; and robo-cop meets Grizzly Adams.
Round 3
Who's Carl II
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The woman caught between two Bushes; the rules for poking and prodding; a senator's vision of hades.
Bluff the Listener
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In tribute...sort of. Three stories of tributes gone awry.
Lightning Fill in the Blank
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The rest of the of the week's news that we can fit.
Panelist Predictions
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What's in the inaudible bits of the Osama bin Laden video?
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