Mary Zimmerman

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June 22, 2002


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Tony award-winning director of Metamorphoses Mary Zimmerman

This Week's Panelists:

• Mo Rocca, correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show
• Adam Felber, writer and performer
• Paula Poundstone, comedienne

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
Goodbye to a Che Guevera for our time; getting revenge on our neighbor to the south; Pat Buchanan's aversion to garages and reporters

» Music Cue: "It Ain't Me Babe"
Artist: Bob Dylan
Composer: Bob Dylan
CD Title: Another Side of Bob Dylan
Label: Columbia
Year: 1990



Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
"Me? I thought you had the President..."; the OED gets a new, naughty word; Robbie goes on a walkabout.

» Music Cue: "Feelings"
Artist: Morris Albert
Composer: Morris Albert
CD Title: Have A Nice Decade 70's Box Set
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 1998



Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen with Real Audio)
How sex and violence distract viewers; farming where you'd think noone would try to farm; Trekkies get excited about a scientific discovery

» Music Cue: "Star Trekkin'"
Artist: The Firm
Composer: Lister/Kehoe/O'Connor
CD Title: The Very Best of Dr. Demento
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 2001



Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
Tony award-winning director Mary Zimmerman plays a game called "You're Not A Crook" Three questions about Watergate on the 30th anniversary of the break-in that finally resulted in President Nixon's resignation.

» Music Cue: "Midnight at the Oaisis"
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Composer: David Nichtern
CD Title: Have A Nice Decade 70's Box Set
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 1998



Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
Southwest Airlines gets tough on those who would put the armrest up; A Coals to Newcastle story between Australia and Saudi Arabia.

» Music Cue: "Time Is On My Side"
Artist: The Rollings Stones
Composer: J. Ragovoy
CD Title: Hot Rocks 1964-1971
Label: ABKCO
Year: 1990



Round 3

Who's Carl II (Listen with Real Audio)
The Supreme Court decides in favor of Girl Scout cookies; why prison cells may be much more tasteful in the coming months; A rolling stone gathers a title.

» Music Cue: "Hurts So Good"
Artist: Millie Jackson
Composer: Mitchell
CD Title: Soul Hits of the 70's: Vol. 13
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 1991



Bluff the Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
Doesn't anyone play Parcheesi anymore? Three new games: one is real.

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 Jesse Ventura do now that he's decided not to run for re-election as Governor of Minnesota.

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