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June 29, 2002
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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Comedian, author, producer, and Minnesota
native, Louie Anderson.
This Week's Panelists:
Humorist and author, Roy Blount Junior
Boston Globe writer, Charlie Pierce
Washington Post Style Section reporter Roxanne Roberts
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
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Two words that caused quite a ruckus; Who wanted to concentrate on her salad?; A Wait, Wait goodbye
to a self described: "Nice Jewish Girl from Sioux City, Iowa."
» Music Cue: "Dear Abby"
Artist: John Prine
CD Title: Best Of John Prine
Label: Atlantic Records
Year: 1990
Opening Round
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The Mulligan scandal; "Smarter than your average Democratically elected leader; beauty pageants hit the
pits.
» Music Cue: "Raise Your Hand"
Artist: Janis Joplin
Composer: Floyd/Cropper/Isbell
CD Title: Farewell Song
Label: CBS Records
Year: 1990
Round 2
Listener Limerick Challenge
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Three limericks about the history of the state of Minnesota.
» Music Cue: "Mary Tyler Moore Theme"
Artist: Sonny Curtis
Composer: Sonny Curtis
CD Title: Television's Greatest Hits 2
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 1990
Not My Job!
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Comedian and author Louie Anderson plays a game called You Look Good In The Yellow Jersey, But What Are Those
Stains?" Three questions about the history of the Tour De France bike race.
» Music Cue: "Bicycle Race"
Artist: Queen
Composer: Freddie Mercury
CD Title: Queen's Greatest Hits Vol 2
Label: Queen Productions
Year: 1994
Round 3
Who's Carl II
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Colin Powell's concept of a concept; What's been dubbed "cosmic latte"?; the fat man in the bathtub.
» Music Cue: "Fat Man In the Bathtub"
Artist: Little Feat
Composer: Lowell George
CD Title: Hotcakes & Outtakes
Label: Warner Bros Records
Year: 2000
Listener Bluff: So Bad It's Good.
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Things previously loathed, now loved.
» Music Cue: "Even the Losers"
Artist: Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
Composer: Tom Petty
CD Title: Tom Petty and Heartbreakers Greatest Hits
Label: MCA Records
Year: 1993
Lightning Fill-In-The-Blank
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All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions
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What will be the next instance of corporate malfeasance
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