Buddy Guy

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NPR

July 6, 2002


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Blues legend Buddy Guy

This Week's Panelists:

•Humorist and author Roy Blount Jr.
•Adam Felber, Writer and Performer
Washington Post Style section reporter Roxanne Roberts

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
Three quotes by and about movie starlets...First Mae West takes a swing at a young upstart; Joan Crawford gets catty about her screen rival; and what opening act has Liberace apologizing to his audiences?

Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
A British secret weapon that had us scratching our heads; an innovation to make the skies more friendly.

Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen with Real Audio)
Three limericks about the peoples of the plains...A gesture that had Native American's shaking with laughter; A biological alarm clock; War preparations a la Vidal.

Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
Blues legend Buddy Guy joins us for a couple songs and to play, "You Are Sixteen Going on Seventeen"...Three questions about The Sound Of Music.

Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
The White House heads off an international incident by playing musical chairs with Henry Kissinger.

Round 3

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
Three quotes involving presidents...A historic speech gets panned by the Chicago Times; Rutherford B. Hayes can't figure out who Wheeler is; one brave man appeals to Richard Nixon to become a Federal Agent.

Bluff the Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
About last night...Three tales of revised history.

Lightning Fill-In-The-Blank (Listen with Real Audio)
Three rounds of questions for our panel. First, television; Second, presidents; Third, the Beatles.

Panelist Predictions (Listen with Real Audio)
What will be the big headline on January 1, 2050.

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