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July 14, 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: Author Sherman Alexie

This Week's Panelists:

•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine writer
•Sue Ellicott, BBC
•Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
The president visits the Empire wilds; Toronto is to bad date as Beijing is to good date; why tourists in Spain should not wear red if they know what's good for them.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
A Philadelphia sports fan will NOT get the president's head; fossils reveal early man's true inspiration; the Big Gulp makes you REALLY gulp, and the new tool of shoplifters.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
A proposed new mine in Nevada has residents yowling; a new meaning to the term "single parent"; witches protest over Harry Potter's technique.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Author Sherman Alexie plays "You're The Star of the Most Famous Honeymoon Video Ever Made..."--a game about Mötley Crüue.

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
What's popping up all over Georgetown...people who can ensure your child a good summer via connections -- for a price-- and Cambridge University students ponder the theme of tragedy...in bards of the 1970s.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
The best performance of the All Star Game was on the sidelines; the Godfather will not be treated like a puppet; and who, we hope, will NOT be there for you and will get their own apartments.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
"Is Not...Is Too!"--a tempest in the schools.

Lightning Fill in the Blank (14.4 | 28.8)
All the news that we can fit.

Panelist Predictions (14.4 | 28.8)
The next thing we'll learn about early man.

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