Harold Ramis

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December 14, 2002


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Host: Peter Sagal
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
Not My Job Guest: Writer and director Harold Ramis. His latest movie, Analyze That, is in theaters across the U.S.

This Week's Panelists:

•Roy Blount Junior, humorist and author
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style section reporter
•Mo Rocca, correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show

Round 1

Who's Carl?
What quote do you think led the show this week?; New York faces a throwback to the 70's; wit and wisdom where there is none.

» Music Cue: "Things Ain't What They Used to Be"
Artist: Duke Ellington
Composer: Duke
CD Title: Cabin in the Sky
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 1996



Opening Round
The xerox factor in U.S. superiority; what other than fudge and Matt Drudge rhymes with judge?; where fabulousness counts as a super power.

» Music Cue: "I Wanna Be a Cowboy"
Artist: Boys Don't Cry
Composer: Chatton
CD Title: Living In Oblivion Vol 5
Label: Capitol Records
Year: 1995



Round 2

The Listener Limerick Challenge!
Stupid dognappers; the man who will make the Hall of Fame if he admits the misdeeds that got him banned from the Hall of Fame; France's language police are at it again.

» Music Cue: "An American In Paris"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Gershwin/Gershwin
CD Title: An American In Paris Soundtrack
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 1996



Not My Job!
Writer and director Harold Ramis plays a game called, "You're Sinterclass, Hoeven, Hoeven, Hoeven..." Three questions about the Dutch version of St Nicholas, who's very different from the Santa Claus we're used to.

» Music Cue: "Never Been To Spain"
Artist: Three Dog Night
Composer: Axton
CD Title: The Best of Three Dog Night
Label: MCA Records
Year: 1990



Panel Round Two
What's he building in there? What do Odetta and Helloween have in common? The vicar with a heart of coal.

» Music Cue: "(Everybody's Waiting For) The Man With the Bag"
Artist: Kay Starr
Composer: Taylor/Brooks/Stanley
CD Title: Christmas Cocktails
Label: Capitol Records
Year: 1996



Round 3

Who's Carl II
He speaks!; the man who is taking a million dollar pay cut; snuggling up to the Borg queen one last time.

» Music Cue: "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Courage/Rodenberry/Goldsmith
CD Title: Television's Greatest Hits: Cable Ready
Label: TVT Records
Year: 1996



Bluff the Listener
"Just a minute, let me catch my breath..." Americans: overweight and in the news.

» Music Cue: "I Feel the Earth Move"
Artist: Carole King
Composer: King
CD Title: Her Greatest Hits
Label: Ode Records
Year: 1999



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