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May 5, 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: All Things Considered Co-Host Linda Wertheimer celebrates ATC's 30th anniversary.


•Adam Felber, writer and performer
•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine and Only A Game
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section reporter

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
We blowed up good, real good; And throwed up too; The (bleepin) Mr Freeh.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
Bad for the economy, good for Garth and Shania; Hey! I'm goin to Disneyland!; Britain's foreign secretary changes the tone of discussion.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
The Bobbies learn some new tricks; Finland says enough!; America's least photogenic city.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Still reeling from the 30th anniversary of All Things Considered, Linda Wertheimer tries her hand at playing a game called "YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THESE KIDS NOWADAYS ARE EVEN TALKING ABOUT."

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
The court says no Nyuks; Flipper stops to admire himself.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
Americans for whom ideals mean nothing though we bet they drive SUV's; Big low tones; Straightening out those gay rumors once and for all.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
"Hey! He bent that spoon just by using his mind!" Uri Geller 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)
Country Music's first recession based hit.

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