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June 8, 2002


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Host of CNN's Moneyline, Lou Dobbs Humorist and Author, Humorist and Author, P.J. O Rourke

This Week's Panelists:

• Roy Blount Jr., humorist and author
• P.J. O Rourke, humorist and author
• Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section Reporter,

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
Marge Gunderson testified? Oh yeah, you betcha; The White House always looks for a silver lining; as stiff in real life as she is on those stamps.

» Music Cue: "Queen Of The Hop"
Artist: Bobby Darin
Composer: Woody Harris
CD Title: Loud Fast And Out Of Control
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 1999



Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
Proof that Ralph Nader bet Sacramento in six; Flipper gets a little randy; Congress hears from someone who "wants it that way."

» Music Cue: "Flipper"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Vars/Dunham
CD Title: TV's Greatest Hits
Label: Tee Vee Toons
Year: 1986



Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen with Real Audio)
Sheep shearing made easy; the new meal that's McGross; the Houston Astros get juiced.

» Music Cue: "Who Let The Dogs Out"
Artist: Baha Men
Composer: Anselm Douglas/Michael Mangini
CD Title: Who Let The Dogs Out [Single]
Label: edel UK Records
Year: 2000



Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
CNN's Lou Dobbs answers three questions based on the life of tennis's champion brat: John McEnroe.

» Music Cue: "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
Artist: Alice Cooper
Composer: Alice Cooper/Michael Bruce
CD Title: Mascara and Monsters
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 2001

» Music Cue: "Joy"
Artist: Apollo 100
Composer: Bach
CD Title: 70's Pop Culture Box
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 1998



Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
A story that's actually quite nice; what Kobe Bryant did beneath a towel during a nationally televised game.

» Music Cue: "Short Shorts"
Artist: The Royal Teens
Composer: Bob Gaudio/Tom Austin
CD Title: Short Shorts and Other Classics
Label: Collectable Records
Year: 1994

» Music Cue: "The Lonely Surfer"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Jack Nietzche
CD Title: Hard Rock Café: Surf
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 1998



Round 3

Who's Carl? Round II (Listen with Real Audio)
What we know, don't know, and don't know we know is known; petulance in Central Asia; Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Lawsuits But Were Afraid to Ask.

» Music Cue: "Nobody's Sweetheart"
Artist: Benny Goodman Trio
Composer: Kahn/Erdman/Meyers/Schoebel
CD Title: After You've Gone Trio & Quartet Sessions
Label: RCA Records
Year: 1990



Bluff the Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
Them's Fighting Words. The insulted battle their insulters.

» Music Cue: "Who's Sorry Now?"
Artist: Connie Francis
Composer: Snyder/Kalmar/Ruby
CD Title: Who's Sorry Now?
Label: Polygram Records
Year: 1997



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 the Bush administration do about global warming?

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