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July 21, 2001
Listen to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me:
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HOST: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Rock producer and musician Steve Albini
This Week's Panelists:
•Roy Blount Junior: author of Be Sweet
•Adam Felber: Writer and performer
•Roxanne Roberts: Washington Post Style Section reporter
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
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Invasion of the inflatable George Bushes; The latest "Ratherism"; Wait, Wait... remembers a gracious woman with the meanest thing ever said to her.
Opening Round
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A meeting in London this week is recreated for Wait, Wait... by Chicago's Second City comedy troupe; Passing the bucks...186,000 of them; "I'm in the movie, therefore it's a classic."
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
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"My foot is behind my neck and I can't get it out!" The Mayor likes his brewskis; innovations in lunch preparation
Not My Job!
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Rock producer and musician Steve Albini plays a game called: "You already know what we're going to ask you about" The Idiot's Guide To Being Psychic.
Week in Review
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The benefit in something bad; the champion stick thrower; Bet you can't see me now!
Round 3
Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
Californians make a bad business deal; A Senator has a Freudian moment; The one-time diplomat and his fashionable undies.
Bluff the Listener
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"Safety First" A new innovation in the world of safety
Lightning Fill in the Blank
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All the news that we can fit.
Panelist Predictions
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The next thing that will be touted as a benefit of smoking cigarettes.
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