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September 14, 2002


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Author Clive Barker is a very pleasant, well-spoken man who makes a nice living by sharing the most horrible ideas he could come up with with an adoring public

This Week's Panelists:

• Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce
• Correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show, Mo Rocca.
• Writer and Journalist Sue Ellicott.

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
Huckleberry Hound returns you to you regularly scheduled program; Deja vu for Democrats in Florida; We note the passing of a great passer.

» Music Cue: "Gloria"
Artist: The Them
Composer: Morrison
CD Title: The Best of Van Morrison
Label: Polydor
Year: 1998



Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
A man of many moods and gazelles; A head-rattling 75th birthday celebration; Two Tarheels dig in their heels.

» Music Cue: "Pictures of Lily"
Artist: The Who
Composer: Townsend
CD Title: My Generation - The Best of Who
Label: MCA
Year: 1996



Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen with Real Audio)
Miss Yawn 2002; Hey Giuseppe! Slow down!; It's a bird, it's a plane, it's J002E2!

» Music Cue: "There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder"
Artist: Tex Ritter
Composer: Blastic/Davis/Whelan
CD Title: Tex Ritter Greatest Hits
Label: Capital
Year: 1991



Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
Author Clive Barker joins us to play a game called "I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you're talking about. You'll have to leave the base immediately." Three questions about anti-gravity

» Music Cue: "Up Up and Away"
Artist: The 5th Dimension
Composer: Webb
CD Title: Up-Up And Away: The Definitive Collection
Label: Arista
Year: 1997



Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
The latest drug scandal in championship competition; A juke box hero gets banned for life.

» Music Cue: "Urgent"
Artist: Foreigner
Composer: Gramm-Jones
CD Title: Foreigner 4
Label: Atlantic
Year: 1995



Round 3

Who's Carl Part II (Listen with Real Audio)
Marketing strategies in the White House; Thanks for the pudding, SELL! SELL!; America's favorite Family returns.

» Music Cue: "Father Knows Best"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Ferris/Friedman
CD Title: Television's Greatest Hits: Black and White Classics
Label: TVT Records
Year: 1996



Bluff The Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
What's in a name. Three stories of names in this week's news.

» Music Cue: "Get Up, Stand Up"
Artist: Bob Marley
Composer: Marley/Tosh
CD Title: Legend
Label: Tuff
Year: 2002



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 scientists find on the newly discovered moon orbiting the earth?

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