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May 4, 2002


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Bill Flanagan
Bill Flanagan

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: VH1 exec and author of the new novel A&R Bill Flanagan.

This Week's Panelists:

•Roy Blount Jr, humorist and author
•Adam Felber, writer and performer
•Paula Poundstone, comedian

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
Vote early, vote often; I wonder what the King is doing tonight?; tadpoles and swans and mice in the news.

Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
The next Oprah; why rescue teams soon may need more cheese; Off the German streetcorners and into the toy box.

Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen with Real Audio)
More proof that size matters; helping global warming by ruining the air; anyone, anything, anytime, anywhere...so long as it's legal.

Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
Bill Flanagan, VH1 executive and author of the novel A&R plays a game called "You're a Fershuggliner portzebie." Three questions about the history of MAD magazine.

Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
How to sue yourself; A charge of reckless chocolate; never answer your phone at three in the morning.

Round 3

Who's Carl II? (Listen with Real Audio)
Three quotes all celebrating anniversaries in the news this week.

Bluff the Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
Hope Springs Eternal: stories of bringing help to the hopeless.

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 Hubble Telescope see next?

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