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January 20, 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: NOT MY JOB GUEST: Robert Siegel, the editor-in-chief of the satirical magazine, the Onion.

This Week's Panelists:

•Adam Felber, Writer and Entertainer
•Sue Ellicott, BBC and Times of London writer
•Patt Morrison of the Los Angeles Times.

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
The man who asked to be pummeled; Tinkerbell: give me power!; A Wait, Wait farewell to someone every comedy show will sorely miss.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
"I work here, but I don't know where anything is!"; Who might be taking a Thelma and Louise style roadtrip this year; the science book with the truly unscientific photo; the big innovation in the one thing we figured no innovation was needed.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
Those smuggling Scots; what's making the divas cough and wheeze; this winter's sadness in Delafield, Wisconsin.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Robert Siegel...no not that Robert Siegel...the man behind the satirical magazine the Onion joins us for a game called: "YOU CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE CELL PHONE SURGICALLY IMPLANTED INTO YOUR FRONTAL LOBE IS CAUSING A MINOR SEIZURE." New hi-tech products in the news.

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
The new President makes a confesssion; New York disses a city to its south; the chin makes the cartoon character.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
Scalia gets silly with the rules; the mother of all Carl quotes; James Watt in a dress.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
Making the Department of Public Works Work Better Department.

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 Bill Clinton spend his time now that's no longer President of the United States.

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