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Heard on the show:

Saddam Rock the Cradle of Civilization: Psy-ops and Photoshop give Saddam a new look.

Worm Master Blaster: Get the virus without even opening the attachment.

Arab Idol 'Arab Idol': It's as close as some countries may get to democratic elections.

Arnold Ahnold Campaign Spot: This is all you get until after the election.

Blackout The Blackout and Perishable Foodstuffs: "It's still good! It's still good!"

Levitra Levitra: At long last, an end to Viagra's monopoly on erections.

wiffleball Having a Ball: A piece of sports equipment turns 50.

SUV Tree Kills SUV: A new spin on Man Bites Dog.

SUV Airline Barf/Film Bags: Use it for one or the other, but not both.




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August 23, 2003


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HOST: Peter Segal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Orlando Jones, talk show host, actor and writer

This Week's Panelists:

• Roy Blount Junior, humorist and author
• Sue Ellicott, writer and journalist
• Charlie Pierce, Boston Globe writer

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
The press conference of the week, the bug that people just couldn't shake, goodbye to a memorably psychopathic dictator.

Opening Round (Listen)
Instead of Paula Abdul, it's Abdul Paula; Warning signs where the air is thin; Can an earache really travel that far?

» Music Cue: "Cuts Like a Knife"
Artist: Bryan Adams
Composer: Adams/Vallance
CD Title: Cuts Like a Knife
Label: A&M
Year: 1983



Round 2

Listener Bluff (Listen)
"Two, Two...Two Mints In One." Three stories of multi-use products in the news.

Not My Job! (Listen)
Orlando Jones, host of FX's Orlando Jones Show, plays a game called, "You're a Twittletwattle"...three questions based on Samuel Johnson's famous 1755 dictionary, the more piquant terms of which have been collected by Levenger books.

» Music Cue: "Words"
Artist: Missing Persons
Composer: Bozzio/Cuccurullo
CD Title: More of The Big 80s
Label: Capitol
Year: 1982



Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
Saddam Hussein's "White Wedding." Yet another question that prompts Sue Ellicott's all-time favorite answer.

» Music Cue: "Stuck On You"
Artist: Elvis Presley
Composer: Unlisted
CD Title: The Number One Hits
Label: BMG Music
Year: 2002



Round 3

Who's Carl Part II (Listen)
The rock that didn't roll, a bad week to buy meat in New York, medical science keeps the hits coming.

» Music Cue: "I Feel The Earth Move"
Artist: Carole King
Composer: Carole King
CD Title: Her Greatest Hits
Label: Ode Records
Year: 1978



Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
The snack that goes baaaa, 50 years of a less dangerous ball game, London's tube is a winter wonderland.

» Music Cue: "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm"
Artist: Dean Martin
Composer: Irving Berlin
CD Title: Christmas Cocktails
Label: Capitol
Year: 1997



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


Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will be the next computer worm to wreak havoc, and what will it do?

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