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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Cowboy poet, former large animal veterinarian
and beloved Morning Edition commentator Baxter Black.
This Week's Panelists:
• Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style section reporter
• Roy Blount Jr., humorist and author
•Paula Poundstone, comedienne
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
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Why in the world is this man smiling?; from fashion victim to statesman; a number for people so stupid the don't know to bundle up when it's cold.
» Music Cue: "Cold, Cold, Cold"
Artist: Little Feat
Composer: Lowell George
CD Title: Hotcakes and Outtakes
Label: Warner Bros Records
Opening Round
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A flight with a view unlike any other.
» Music Cue: "Poor People of Paris"
Artist: Billy May/Les Baxter
Composer: Monnot/Lawrence/Rouzard
CD Title: Ultra Lounge: A Bachelor In Paris
Label: Capitol Records
Round 2
Listener Limerick Challenge
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A cookbook you'll need a decoder to use; the real story of the cyclops; a convention for folks who we know don't get paid enough.
» Music Cue: "It's My Life"
Artist: Talk Talk
Composer: Unlisted
CD Title: Back 2 Back Hits, Talk Talk, T Dolby
Label: EMI Capitol Records
Not My Job!
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Morning Edition commentator, cowboy poet and former large animal veterinarian Baxter Black plays a game called "Did You Come Here To Play Or What?" Three questions about
Super Bowl Media Day from an ESPN column.
» Music Cue: "A Whale Of A Tale"
Artist: Kirk Douglas
Composer: Al Hoffman, Norman Gimbel
CD Title: Classic Disney Vol 1
Label: Buena Vista Pictures
Round Two
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The puppy who loves his master; Our favorite bureaucrats, the EU commissioners, make yet another silly rule.
» Music Cue: "Pina Colada Song"
Artist: Rupert Holmes
Composer: Rupert Holmes
CD Title: 70's Party Classics
Label: Rhino Music
Round 3
Wow, How Did They Do That and Keep It So Small?
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A game based on three unlikely technological innovations.
Bluff The Listener
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I'm Not Wild About Harry: three stories about someone who's not happy with the bespectacled wizard Harry Potter.
» Music Cue: "I'm Just Wild About Harry"
Artist: Judy Garland
Composer: Blake/Sissle
CD Title: Over the Rainbow
Label: Avid 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 the big news from this weekend's Super Bowl?
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