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March 31, 2001

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(14.4 | 28.8)

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
BOSTON NOT MY JOB GUEST: Gwen Macsai: author and NPR commentator, whose writings are the basis of the new ABC sitcom "What About Joan"


•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section reporter
•Sue Ellicott, Los Angeles based journalist
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
Asking Dick for help; the angel of Capitol Hill; France and China have a dog fight.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
Practicing Cheech and Chong medicine; Diety or forgotten TV star?; the newest star of the ad world.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
The newest tall thing in the forest; K-Mart brings back a classic; monks in Iowa find a new way to bring in the bucks.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Author, NPR commentator, and now writer behind the new ABC sitcom, What About Joan?, Gwen Macsai plays a game called YOU HAVE NIMIJIPHOBIA or FEAR OF BEING ASKED ABOUT THINGS YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHILE ON THE RADIO...Phobias in the news.

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
Another case of out with the Clintons, in with the Bushes; Adult education hits the road.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
She wins, the whole town wins; The Hoosier's dilemma; Who's down with P Diddy?

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
WE GOT YOU COVERED: People trying to get insurance coverage for things that we never expected to see on a claim form.

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)
Who will be the next celebrity to change his or her name?

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