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May 19, 2001

Listen to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me:
(14.4 | 28.8)

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THIS WEEK COMING TO YOU FROM THE MOORE THEATER IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON... A SHOW PRODUCED WITH HELP FROM KUOW-FM 94.9 IN SEATTLE.

HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Columnist, author and editor, Seattle's own Dan Savage


•Adam Felber, writer and performer
•Roy Blount Jr., author of Be Sweet
•Sue Ellicott, writer and journalist

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (14.4 | 28.8)
The White House wants to help you get premium channels; someone who apparently misses the irony in her public statements; a bit of modesty from one of the biggest ever hitmakers.

Opening Round (14.4 | 28.8)
The last acceptable form of bigotry; it adds four years to your life and points to your next contract.

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (14.4 | 28.8)
The town without women, the term logging offered our language; the birth of the most annoying tradition in sports.

Not My Job! (14.4 | 28.8)
Columnist, author, and editor in chief of the Seattle paper, The Stranger, Dan Savage plays a game called "YOU ARE A DEFENDER OF JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY, AND YOU FILL OUT A FLAG-EMBOSSED BUSTIER LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS." Three questions about Wonder Woman as the superpower turns 60.

Week in Review (14.4 | 28.8)
Carl's totally bummed; our pay is...well...you know.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (14.4 | 28.8)
The liberals map; tracking the very public end of a marriage; a life worth living...twice.

Bluff the Listener (14.4 | 28.8)
A PORSCHE 911? HELL'S BELLS MAN..WHY DON'T YOU JUST WEAR A POCKET PROTECTOR? The new thing corporate types must have to succeed.

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)
The next thing the FBI will locate in their vaults full of files.

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