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October 6, 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: Bill Bastone, founder and webmaster of TheSmokingGun-dot-com

This Week's Panelists:
•Adam Felber, writer and performer •Roy Blount Jr., author and humorist •Sue Ellicott, writer and journalist

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
Great Flying Ticket Counters!--A return to normalcy; The invention that gets us in trouble at work; It's time to indulge!

Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
From the West Wing to the Old West; Must have costumes for this Halloween; Who You Gonna Call, Osama?

Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge! (Listen with Real Audio)
A cell phone that harnesses the power of cattle?; An offer you can't refuse...; A delicious way to get everyone reading.

Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
Founder and Webmaster of thesmokinggun-dot-com, Bill Bastone, plays a game called "All Your Base Are Belong To Us", three questions about the early days of video games...

Week in Review (Listen with Real Audio)
Guess who kept a diary?; A work of art worth a cent; A German spin on the license to drive.

Round 3

Who's Carl II (Listen with Real Audio)
A father shows-off his dorm room; The return of the woman who'll fight for President Bush; The Doyenne of Domestic Discipline visits the local firehouse.

Bluff the Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
"David Vs. Goliath"---three stories of little guys taking on the big boys.

Lightning Fill in the Blank (Listen with Real Audio)
The rest of the week's news that we can fit.

Panelist Predictions (Listen with Real Audio)
What will be the first big revelation from the Clinton White House Tapes?

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