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October 20, 2001
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Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Yogamaster, Rodney Yee
This Week's Panelists:
•Roy Blount Junior, humorist and author of Be Sweet
•Sue Ellicot, writer and journalist
•Charlie Pierce, Writer-at-Large for Esquire Magazine
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
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We never thought our bandname would ever be anything but irony; "In Cipro We Trust"; a groaner of a beard joke.
Opening Round
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Not poisonous, but useless without tortillas; "I don't care who you say you are, you're not gettin' backstage"; baboons learn to waste time just like humans; an unfortunate
comparison in the news.
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
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The perfect mesh of fashion and nutrition; The British are learning to do something that
Americans know how do better than anyone in the world; the Jurassic Geek.
Not My Job!
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Yoga master Rodney Yee plays a game called: "You've got alot of 'splainin to do Lucy!" 50 years after the debut of I Love Lucy, Wait Wait... offers three questions about things the stars never wanted you to know.
Week in Review
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The ultimate in non-reform mayors; the distinction Ousefleet, near Scunthorpe in north Lincolnshire; A Wait, Wait... tribute to one of the last kings of Tin Pan Alley.
Round 3
Who's Carl II (Listen with Real Audio)
"Admit it! You're just a bunch of chickens!"; Entertainment Tonight's long national nightmare; who's on "zoom juice?"
Bluff the Listener
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"You can never be too safe." Schemes to make people feel more secure in an insecure world.
Lightning Fill in the Blank
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The rest of the week's news
that we can fit.
Panelist Predictions
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Who will next be victimized by too-tight security?
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