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March 3, 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: Author of The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester

This Week's Panelists:

•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer
•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only a Game
•Sue Ellicott; Writer and journalist

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
The only thing big enough to stop Bill Gates; This week's prime time debut; old news in the news this week.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
"Armadilloes on leashes? Oh my!"; the entrepreneur wore stripes; "Snow, rain and gloom of night are one thing, but this is different!"

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
The cow with the makeover; "You with the hay! Down in front!" and how Liverpool lost its "scouse"

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Simon Winchester, best selling author of The Professor And The Madman plays a game about baseball with a name so long as to make it difficult to mention here.

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
A high kid with friends in high places; the latest in crimes against art; Taiwan asks the world for a few good words

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
The Judge who may lose his head; the economist on a white horse; a character judged by his looks.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
"Because I Said So!" People determined to have their way.

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 a vengeful God NEXT send a warning to Bill Gates.

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