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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Arianna Huffington, humorist and author of Pigs At The Trough
This Week's Panelists:
• Roy Blount Jr., humorist and author
• Paula Poundstone, comedienne
• Mo Rocca, Daily Show correspondent
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
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Cartoon trucks at the U.N.; A trillion-dollar free lunch; a nation gets a name that soccer fans can't chant.
» Music Cue: "The Name Game"
Artist: Shirley Ellis
Composer: Elliston/Chase
CD Title: Billboard Rock Hits of 1965
Label: Rhino Records
Opening Round
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General Tommy Franks has an inappropriate relationship with a very appropriate woman; Astronomers in Utah go for the seven-ten split; A performance art ploy that actually
worked;
» Music Cue: "Melancholy Serenade"
Artist: Jackie Gleason
Composer: Jackie Gleason
CD Title: TV Town
Label: Capitol Records
Round 2
Bluff the Listener
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"Soon To Be A Movie Starring Meg Ryan." Three heartwarming stories, each of which sounds like a movie plot for America's sweetheart.
» Music Cue: "Hello"
Artist: Lionel Richie
Composer: Lionel Richie
CD Title: Can't Slow Down
Label: Motown Records
Not My Job!
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Pundit and author Arianna Huffington plays a game called "You're Just Big Boned", three questions about the history of the American battle against obesity.
» Music Cue: "You're the Top"
Artist: Ethel Merman
Composer: Cole Porter
CD Title: Century of Women in Music
Label: Rhino Records
Round 3
What Are They Smoking Down There in Raleigh?
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Three North Carolina members of the House say rather interesting things.
» Music Cue: "You Talk Too Much"
Artist: Joe Jones
Composer: Jones/Hall
CD Title: Billboard Rock Hits of 1960
Label: Rhino Records
Listener Limerick Challenge
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John Kerry comes out; Southwest Airlines gets waddling passengers; Men, don't do the Miami Vice look.
» Music Cue: "How Are You Fixed for Blades?"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Unlisted
CD Title: Tee Vee Toons, the commercials
Label: TVT Records
Lightning Fill-In-The-Blank
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All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions
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What will be found in the thousands of pages of the Bush budget?
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