Singing Cowboy Gary McMahan

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August 31, 2002


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Cowboy poet, songwriter, yodeler and self-described general nuisance, Gary McMahan.

This Week's Panelists:

• Writer and journalist, Sue Ellicott.
• Writer and Performer, Adam Felber.
• Correspondent for Comedy Central's Daily Show, Mo Rocca

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
What the President misses most; how a few men create as much hot air as an entire continent; the millionaire's union.

» Music Cue: "There is Power in the Union"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Joe Hill/I.E. Jones
CD Title: Don't Mourn: Organize
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Year: 1992



Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
Russia's dreamiest, yummiest, baldest, most powerful man; CBS returns to those golden years when it was okay to make fun of people from the sticks.

» Music Cue: "Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Artist: Flatt and Scruggs
Composer: P. Henning
CD Title: TV themes, 16 Most Requested
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Year: 1994



Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen with Real Audio)
Beyond Mork and Mindy, Beyond the Denver Omelette: three limericks about our host state, Colorado.

» Music Cue: "Colorado My Home"
Artist: Harve Presnell
Composer: Meredith Wilson
CD Title: Unsinkable Molly Brown Soundrtrack
Label: Turner Entertainment
Year: 1993



Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
Cowboy poet, songwriter and yodeler, Gary McMahan plays a game called: "Are You Ready To Rock?" Three questions about heavy metal music taken from the special Metal issue of Spin magazine.

Round 3

Who's Carl Part II (Listen with Real Audio)
The wimp factor in foreign policy, D.C. laments its chance to let loose lobbyists to fly above the crowd, the hair that grows as the "yes" votes come in.

» Music Cue: "I Hope I Get It"
Artist: Ensemble
Composer: Hamlisch/Kleban
CD Title: Chorus Line, Original Cast
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Year: 1998



Bluff The Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
The answer...is Education! Three stories of new, and yes wacky, ideas in the world of academia.

» Music Cue: "Career Opportunities"
Artist: The Clash
Composer: J Strummer/M Jones
CD Title: Story of the Clash
Label: CBS Records
Year: 2000



Lightning Fill-In-The-Blank (Listen with Real Audio)
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.


Panelist Predictions (Listen with Real Audio)
How will George Bush convince the world that the US should invade Iraq.

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