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June 9, 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: Dan Castelenetta, actor and voice of Homer Simpson on Fox's The Simpsons


•Charlie Pierce, writer Esquire Magazine
•Adam Felber, writer and performer
•Patt Morrison, writer, Los Angeles Times

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
Changing hairpieces in D.C.; the cloud cuckoo politician; the leading man who never got the girl... on screen.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
How to make sure the president stays on message; Japan faces a generation gap; the movie critic who likes everything he sees; prisoners hate their new uniforms.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
The new substitute for Ritalin; how to tell the nice bull from the mean bull; the perfect severance to help you forget you've been fired.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Dan Castelenetta, actor and the voice of Homer Simpson plays a game called: "I'M CARL KASELL...AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOMETHING VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART, CARL KASELL TIE CLIPS": celebrity product endorsements.

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
Election? What election?; the Dutch plan the world's tallest building, but you'll never get to live there.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
One man finds it ain't easy bein' green; sacre bleu! We've run out of a luxury item!; a woman finds her name is just too darned popular.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
CAREFUL YOU'LL PUT YOUR EYE OUT: a dangerous aspect of an innocuous thing.

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)
What will be the next celebrity product endorsement?

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