Melissa Block

Melissa Block


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Martha Stewart Martha Stewart: The queen of clean comes... er... clean.

National Geographic Swimsuit Issue Swimsuit Issue: It's finally here! National Geographic's special edition.

The Cure for Road Rage The Cure for Road Rage: Motorists get rubbed the right way.

Playtime Playtime: Piglets needs toys, too.

Bushisms Barbie: Bimbo or not, now we'll never know.



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February 1, 2003


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Corey Flintoff, in for Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: New All Things Considered host Melissa Block

This Week's Panelists:

• Adam Felber, writer, performer and creator of www.felbers.net
• Charlie Pierce, Boston Globe writer
• Sue Ellicott, writer and journalist

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen with Real Audio)
Everybody Loves W; Daschle gets wacky; ...tick tock tick tock...

» Music Cue: "We Have All The Time In the World"
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Barry/David
CD Title: The Best of James Bond
Label: EMI



Opening Round (Listen with Real Audio)
From our International Irony File; National Geographic is HOT HOT HOT; Roadway hazards in Maine.

» Music Cue: "I'm Walkin'"
Artist: Fats Domino
Composer: Bartholomew/Domino
CD Title: Lil' Bit of Gold
Label: Rhino



Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen with Real Audio)
The comforts of Thai gas stations; Porky's playpen; Everything's Coming Up Disco!

» Music Cue: "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
Artist: Ethel Merman
Composer: Sondheim/Styne
CD Title: The Ethel Merman Disco Album
Label: Universal Music Ent.



Not My Job! (Listen with Real Audio)
New All Things Considered host Melissa Block joins us to play, "Sir, you shall feel the point of my steel! En garde!" Three questions about the ancient practice of dueling.

» Music Cue: "When the Foeman Bares His Steel"
Artist: Broadway Cast
Composer: Gilbert/Sullivan
CD Title: The Pirates of Penzance
Label: Elektra



Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
The latest airline safety regulation.

» Music Cue: "Mr. Big Stuff"
Artist: Jean Knight
Composer: Broussard-Williams-Washington
CD Title: Mr. Big Stuff
Label: Fantasy, Inc



Round 3

Who's Corey?, Part II (Listen with Real Audio)
America's number one buffalo baron; Late night's latest disaster; thin chopsticks = worldwide disdain.

Bluff The Listener (Listen with Real Audio)
Manners Gone Mad!!! Three stories of excessive manners.

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 Colin Powell reveal next week to the United Nations?

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