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July 13, 2002


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Utah Senator Orrin Hatch

This Week's Panelists:

• Roy Blount Jr., humorist and author
•Adam Felber, writer and performer
•Sue Ellicott, writer and journalist

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
Ted Williams is spinning in his freezer; A testimonial Dick Cheney wishes he'd never made; "It don't matter if you're black or white..."

» Music Cue: "Man In The Mirror"
Artist: Michael Jackson
Composer: Seidah Garrett/Glenn Ballard
CD Title: History Past Present Future
Label: Epic Records Group
Year: 1995



Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
Toumai of Chad: he's this week's insta-star; A viagra spokesman says: "Stop playing that! It's not funny!"

» Music Cue: "Woody Woodpecker"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Tibbles/Idriss
CD Title: Toon Toons
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 1997



Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen with Real Audio)
Screaming maniac, line two; This summer's scary thing in the water; Look out Intel: I've got a chicken.

» Music Cue: "Grandma's Featherbed"
Artist: John Denver
Composer: Connor
CD Title: Evening with John Denver
Label: Unlisted
Year: 2001



Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
Utah Republican Senator Orrin Hatch plays a game called: "And Now...Through the Miracle of Electrical Energy, you are ON THE AIR!" Three questions about the golden age of radio, when people listened even when they weren't in their car.

» Music Cue: "Turn Your Radio On"
Artist: Ray Stevens
Composer: Albert E. Brumley
CD Title: Country Hits Collection
Label: Varese Saraband
Year: 1998



Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
Mmm, Mmm Goodus; The car thief who thought he's the only person who saw that movie.

» Music Cue: "Can't Slow Down"
Artist: Lionel Ritchie
Composer: Lionel Richie/David Cochrane
CD Title: Can't Slow Down
Label: Motown Records
Year: 1990



Round 3

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
The Terrorist Reconciliation Bill; If Bill Clinton were President today, he'd be talking about the virtues of marital fidelity; A politician decides she's gotta dance.

» Music Cue: "Private Dancer"
Artist: Tina Turner
Composer: Mark Knopfler
CD Title: Private Dancer
Label: Capitol Records
Year: 2000



Bluff The Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
Be True To Your School. Three stories of devotion to an institution of higher learning.

» Music Cue: "Bright College Days"
Artist: Tom Lehrer
Composer: Tom Lehrer
CD Title: An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer
Label: Reprise Records
Year: 1990



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 happen at Janet Reno's disco dance party next weekend?

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