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March 24, 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
BOSTON NOT MY JOB GUEST: Lloyd Kauffman, President of Troma Films


•Paula Poundstone, Comedienne
•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only a Game
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
The Lada that fell to earth; the President's pet peeve; the color commentator--and man of state--who didn't quit.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
Bush's back pages; a job candidate with unusual qualifications; a true table of far east diplomacy.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
A town where no one was home, but that doesn't mean they don't exist; the newly-modest fashion of magazine covers; and whether it may really be better to burn out than fade away.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
President of Troma Films Lloyd Kauffman, auteur of The Toxic Avenger and Surf Nazis Must Die, comes on to play our game about the Gridiron Dinner--an event he won't be attending-- "You're Supposed to Sit There, Laugh Occasionally, and Pretend That You're Actually Enjoying Yourself."

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
What Americans care about less than static cling; a tasting for something that shouldn't have a taste; a drinking companion and a drink in one.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
California takes the stairs; Chicken Little and the Fed; a farewell to a disco icon.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
Hands Up, Baby, Hands Up. Or, Hands...in the news.

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)
George W. Bush's next pet peeve, aside from cellphones.

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