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November 9, 2002


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Scott Adams. His latest book is Dilbert and the Way Of The Weasel, published by Harper Business.

This Week's Panelists:

• Adam Felber, writer and performer
• Mo Rocca, correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show
• Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section reporter

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
If they could turn back time...; a leader who didn't lead; folksy yes, but what does it mean??

» Music Cue: "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss"
Artist: Steam
Composer: Unlisted
CD Title: WCBS FM 101: History of Rock, The 60's, Pt. 5
Label: Collectables Records
Year: 1991



Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
The Supreme Court takes on golf clubs in pants; no nagging but still a pain; yes, it's another funny viagra joke.

» Music Cue: "Get Up, Stand Up"
Artist: Bob Marley
Composer: Marley/Tosh
CD Title: Legend
Label: Tuff



Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen with Real Audio)
Moscow needs vermine; a blaze that will not warm anyone's hands; the space shuttle finally gets blue water.

» Music Cue: "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
Artist: Chicago Symphony Orch
Composer: Strauss
CD Title: The Idiots Guide, To Classical Music
Label: BMG



Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
Scott Adams, the man behind the Dilbert cartoon, plays a game called, You're Completely Incomprehensible But the Metropolitan Just Bought Your Latest Sketch For 12 Mil. 3 questions about modern art from the 100th anniversary issue of ArtNews.

Panel Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
Monkey Business Part 2; So you wanna be a reality show star...; I am side-blotched lizard, hear me roar!

» Music Cue: "You Don't Own Me"
Artist: Lesley Gore
Composer: Madara/White
CD Title: Respect: A Century of Women in Music
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 1999



Round 3

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
A riddle of nature quits his job; an invitation to terrorists: "Here hit us again."; an actor with mad skillzz.

» Music Cue: "Without Me"
Artist: Eminem
Composer: Mathers/Bell/Bass/McClaren/Dudley
CD Title: The Eminem Show
Label: Aftermath Records
Year: 2002



Bluff The Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
Holding Out For A Hero. Three stories of ordinary people actually trying to become a superhero of their own making.

» Music Cue: "Mighty Mouse Theme"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Barer/Scheib
CD Title: Toon Tunes
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Year: 2001



Lightning Fill-In-The-Blank (Listen with Real Audio)
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.


Panelist Predictions (Listen with Real Audio)
The first bill passed by the GOP controlled Congress.

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