The Cruizin' Calvin Trillin
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January 19, 2002


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Author and Humorist Calvin Trillin

This Week's Panelists:

Washington Post Style reporter Roxanne Roberts
•Humorist and author Roy Blount Jr.
Daily Show correspondent Mo Rocca

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
A pretzel conspiracy theory?; Blaming Bill...again; Pick-up lines for the palace crowd.

Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
Tasty tributes to U.S. resistance abroad; The National Guard visits Punxsutawney.

Round 2

Historical Reeanctment Theater (Listen with Real Audio)
Panting witnesses in the White House TV room; A fox in serious legal trouble; and who's that on the Promenade Deck?

Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
Humorist Calvin Trillin plays our game called, "Sweetie Darling, you are Absolutely Fabulous." Three questions about the high life.

Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
A bad day for a White House documentary; Ivy Leaguers falling from the sky.

Round 3

Listener Limerick Challenge! (Listen with Real Audio)
Spiderman vs. the Hooligans; Gold, frankincense and chum greet a unique birth; Let's get Rabbinical!

Bluff the Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
We've got 4 months till May sweeps...for God's sake let's hope this works. Three proposals for Mid-season TV replacements.

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen with Real Audio)
What will be the next snack food incident?

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