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October 26, 2002


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Actor George Wendt. He's currently starring in the play Rounding Third at the Northlight Theater in Skokie, Illinois.

This Week's Panelists:

• P.J. O Rourke, humorist and author
•Paula Poundstone, comedian
• Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post reporter

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
Larry King checks his insane demographic; George Bush delegates broom duty; the animal that even PETA wouldn't defend.

» Music Cue: "One Monkey Don't Stop The Show"
Artist: Honeycone
Composer: Johnson/Perry
CD Title: Soul Train 1972
Label: Rhino Music
Year: 2000



Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
Lamar Alexander shows a Democrat his freakish strength; the brother no one could live up to.

» Music Cue: "Anything You Can Do"
Artist: Howard Keel, Betty Hutton
Composer: Irving Berlin
CD Title: That's Entertainment
Label: Rhino Music



Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen with Real Audio)
Too Atlanta for Atlanta; science discovers why humans sag when they age, and they learned it by checking the sidewalk after it rains; a school goes to school.

» Music Cue: "School Days"
Artist: Chuck Berry
Composer: Chuck Berry
CD Title: Golden Hits
Label: Polygram Records



Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
Actor George Wendt, best known as Norm from Cheers plays a game called: "You're Faster Than A Speeding Bullet, More Powerful Than a Locomotive, and You're 64 Years Old." Three questions about Superman taken from the book, Complete History of Superman by Les Daniels.

» Music Cue: "Superman Theme"
Artist: Orchestra
Composer: John Williams
CD Title: WB, 75 Years Of Film Music
Label: Rhino Music
Year: 1998



Panel Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
A new political ad that simply has to be heard to be believed; to catch a thief...; "34! 25! Hut! hut! Hey! How did you get in here?"

» Music Cue: "Notre Dame March"
Artist: Fla. St. U. Marching Band
Composer: Shea
CD Title: Touchdown! Favorite Fight Songs
Label: Intersound Inc.
Year: 1995



Round 3

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
If you don't have anything nice to say, compliment his mother; how to charm the in-laws; a classic that should be left alone.

» Music Cue: "The Godfather"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Nino Rota
CD Title: Godfather Soundtrack
Label: Paramount Records
Year: 2000



Bluff The Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
Vote for me! Three stories of politicians doing bizarre things to get noticed by voters.

» Music Cue: Button
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: BJ Leiderman
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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 happen in the soon-to-be-written Godfather IV.

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