Michael Deaver

Michael Deaver



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March 22, 2003


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Michael Deaver, former aide to Ronald Reagan and author of the recent book A Different Drummer

This Week's Panelists:

• Roy Blount Jr., humorist and author
• Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style section reporter
• Charlie Pierce, Boston Globe writer

Round 1


Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
It's in the stars; The Dixie Chicks vs. the South Carolina legislature; A major celebration put in scathing perspective.

» Music Cue: "Overture/All That Jazz"
Artist: Catherine Zeta-Jones/Renee Zellweger/Taye Diggs
Composer: Kander
CD Title: Chicago Soundtrack
Label: Sony



Opening Round (Listen)
Doofus of the Week! And the one thing you don't want to lose at the Vatican.

» Music Cue: "Ode To Joy"
Artist: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Composer: Beethoven
CD Title: Symphony No. 9
Label: Philips



Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"My Junior Year Abroad." Three stories of extraordinary study abroad opportunities.

» Music Cue: "Love Theme From the Godfather"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Nino Rota
CD Title: The Godfather Soundtrack
Label: MCA



Not My Job! (Listen)
Michael Deaver, former aide to Ronald Reagan plays our game "Didn't You Used to Be Somebody?" Three questions about regrettably fawning star profiles from GQ magazine.

» Music Cue: "That's Entertainment"
Artist: Astaire/Buchanan/Adams/Fabray/Levant and the MGM Studio Chorus
Composer: Schwartz/Dietz
CD Title: That's Entertainment: The Ultimate Anthology of MGM Musicals
Label: Rhino



Round 3

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
With friends like these... ; A senate vote gets personal; the new old face of reality TV.

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
The quiz show scandal of the new millennium; Houston's protein-rich pollution; Aphrodisiac or gym sock?

» Music Cue: "Cold Sweat, Pts 1&2"
Artist: James Brown
Composer: Brown/Ellis
CD Title: The Best of James Brown
Label: Polydor



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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will be the big surprise at this weekend's Oscars?

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