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September 9, 2001
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Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Author Salman Rushdie. His latest book is
titled Fury.
This Week's Panelists:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section
•Adam Felber, writer and performer
•Roy Blount Jr., humorist and author of Be Sweet
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
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The 2002 election gets interesting; avoiding the blue screen of death; No fajitas! No fajitas!
Opening Round
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The Senate says goodbye to its camera hog; less risky than watching TV, but don't tell the news media; two million little feet in Britain try for a record; "...where
the kisses are his and his and his, Three's Company too..."
Round 2
The Listener Limerick Challenge!
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Iceland takes extreme measures to get rid of its garbage; even Homer Simpson
wouldn't drink this stuff; the new frontier for conception.
Not My Job!
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Author Salman Rushdie plays a game called "Your Head Bends Back and a Moderately Tasty Candy Emerges From Your Neck." Three questions about PEZ.
Week in Review
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First the kids at school, now the HMO humiliates me; the too-honest job applicant.
Round 3
Who's Carl II (Listen with Real Audio)
Thank God, the beer vendors aren't on strike; Larry King writes a letter; the most famous pan from a most famous film critic.
Bluff the Listener
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Historical advances in political correctness.
Lightning Fill in the Blank
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All the news that we can fit.
Panelist Predictions
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The campaign slogan for Janet Reno's Florida gubernatorial run.
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