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February 10, 2001

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, in for Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: NPR White House correspondent Don Gonyea

This Week's Panelists:

•Charlie Piece, Esquire Magazine and Only a Game
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer
•Sue Ellicott, BBC and Times of London

Round 1


Who's Corey This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
The latest innapropriate disclosure in international diplomacy; the middle class and the car muffler; the breakup of the the world's lovy-doviest couple.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
The confrontation that noone heard but everyone is talking about; eating a different kind of chip; forget Icebox.com, students in England find internet fun in a surprising website from Lincoln, Nebraska.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
A plethora of fish stories this week result in three five line ditties about the creatures of the sea.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
NPR's new White House correspondent Don Gonyea stops by to play a game called: "SURE, MAYBE NOBODY WANTS YOUR BUGGY WHIPS ANYMORE, BUT YOU SURE MAKE 'EM PRETTY" ...occupational obsolescence in the news.

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
In Seattle, it's "look up, smile serenely, hit the brakes!"; The new family film...NOT!; A Wait, Wait...follow up to a story for the birds.

Round 3

Who's Corey II (14.4 | 28.8)
A frat boy finds his way in life; a big name shows off his big mouth for the XFL; A Wait, Wait...goodbye to the Queen of the West.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
New concepts in museum exhibition...too new for the viewing public.

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 will Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman ease their broken hearts?

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