HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Joe McQuaid, publisher of New Hampshire's Union Leader
This Week's Panelists:
Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style section reporter
Charlie Pierce, Boston Globe writer and peformer
Adam Felber, writer and performer
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
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'You took money from the Iranians and gave it to Who?' Judging Henry VIII's take on recent Episcopal activity; losing the man who lost that loving feeling.
» Music Cue: "You've Lost That Loving Feeling"
Artist: The Righteous Brothers
Composer: Spector, Mann, Weil
CD Title: Out of Our Souls
Label: Back Biter
Year: 2001
Panel Questions (First Round)
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Lust in his heart and on the page; Howard Dean reaches out to the South; the more you eat, the more you... become strong and healthy.
» Music Cue: "Lightly Latin"
Artist: Henry Mancini
Composer: Mancini
CD Title: Martinis with Mancini
Label: RCA
Year: 1997
Round 2
Listener Bluff
(Listen)
"We're out of WHAT?!" -- three tales of scarcity where there should be abundance.
(See the true story.)
Not My Job!
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Joe McQuaid, publisher of New Hampshire's The Union Leader, plays a game called "We only let the Prince out to wave to the crowds on holidays" -- three questions about eccentric royalty.
Panel Round (Second Round)
(Listen)
The Patriot Act makes Operation G-string possible; New Scientist weighs in on the oldest human custom; a man stands up for his brights.
» Music Cue: "Theme From the Dukes of Hazzard"
Artist: Waylon Jennings
Composer: Jennings
CD Title: Ladies Love Outlaws
Label: BMG
Year: 1997
Round 3
Who's Carl? (Second Round)
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Stay calm -- hugs are on the way; an artery-cleaning breakthrough; a cake maker with obstruction of justice problems.
» Music Cue: "If I Knew You Were Coming..."
Artist: Bing Crosby/Bob Hope
Composer: Hoffman/Merrill/Watts
CD Title: The Radio Years
Label: GNP Crescendo
Listener Limerick Challenge
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A town sculpture that packs a punch; clean up and you'll face the consequences; a state that's careful with money.
Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank
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All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions
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The panelists predict what NPR will do with a recent $200 million bequest from Joan Kroc, wife of the founder of McDonald's.
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