Amy Dickinson

Amy Dickinson
Photo: Courtesy Chicago Tribune


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July 26, 2003


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GUEST HOST: Bill Radke, filling in for new father Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Advice columnist Amy Dickinson of The Chicago Tribune.

This Week's Panelists:

• Mo Rocca, correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Charlie Pierce, Boston Globe writer
• Paula Poundstone, comedian

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
The world of torturers loses two of its best; a job noone in their right mind would want; From "Street Fightin Man" to "Help I've Fallen, and I Can't Get Up."

» Music Cue: "Mother's Little Helper"
Artist: The Rolling Stones
Composer: Jagger/Richards
CD Title: Hot Rocks
Label: ABCKO
Year: 1990



Opening Round (Listen)
The car alarm who would be Governor; The secret of the entire universe; Bravo gets fabulous.

» Music Cue: "You've Got the Look"
Artist: Prince
Composer: Prince
CD Title: The Hits 2
Label: Warner Brothers
Year: 1993



Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
"I Made It; It's Mine." Three stories of dubious claims in the news.

» Music Cue: "Masterpiece Theater Theme"
Artist: The UK Symphony Orch
Composer: Mouret
CD Title: Public Televisions Greatest Hits
Label: BMG



Not My Job! (Listen)
Amy Dickenson, advice columnist for the Chicago Tribune, plays a game called, When Basketball had no Bling Bling... Three questions about the formation of Sports Illustrated Magazine 50 years ago in 1953.

» Music Cue: "Love Letters In the Sand"
Artist: Pat Boone
Composer: Coots/Kenny/Kenny
CD Title: 100 Jukebox Hits of the 50's/60's
Label: Capitol
Year: 1998



Round Two (Listen with Real Audio)
Mr Smith Goes To Washington and kicks sand in the other members faces; the groundbreaking operation that is difficult to talk about.

» Music Cue: "Brady Bunch Theme"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: S Schwartz/F DeVolj
CD Title: TV's Greatest Hits Vol 2
Label: Tee Vee Toons
Year: 1990



Round 3

Who's Carl Part II (Listen)
West Virginia gets the Katie and Matt treatment; Presidents who stick together; the worst movie line of all time.

» Music Cue: "A Spoonful Of Sugar"
Artist: Julie Andrews
Composer: Sherman/Sherman
CD Title: Classic Disney Vol 1
Label: Buena Vista Distrib
Year: 1995



Bluff The Listener (Listen)
Greenland claims an icon for itself; what drives the lady monkeys wild; the birdsongs only a dog can hear.

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


Panelist Predictions (Listen)
How will Disney make Mickey Mouse hip for his 75th birthday.

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