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Heard on the show:

The governor wore Prada. Media Advisory: Haute couture in Sacramento.

Thanks for the laughs. Voice Recognition: Meeting its match.

Subidized orange shorts. Orange Shorts: Now subsidized with tax dollars.

Don't call it euro-yogurt. Wesley Clark: Locking up the pointy boustier vote.



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Nov. 22, 2003

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin

This Week's Panelists:

• Adam Felber, writer and performer
• Sue Ellicott, writer and journalist
• Roy Blount Jr., humorist and author of Robert E. Lee


Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
The trip seemed like a good idea at the time; heterosexuals have pretty much wrecked it already; he's become rounder and friendlier in 75 years.

» Music Cue: "Mickey Mouse March"
Artist: Disneyland Band
Composer: Jimmie Dodd
CD Title: The Official Album
Label: Walt Disney Records

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
She won't have to wear a security badge at Buckingham Palace; a protest that didn't take off; voice recognition that needs sensitivity training.

» Music Cue: "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Artist: The Animals
Composer: Benjamin, Caldwell, Marcus
CD Title: The Best of the Animals
Label: Abkco Music
Year: 1988


Round 2

Listener Bluff (Listen)
"Early Bird This!" -- three stories about elderly people changing with the times. (See the true story.)

» Music Cue: "The Golden Girls ("Thank You for Being a Friend")"
Artist: Cynthia Fee
Composer: Andrew Gold
CD Title: Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 6
Label: TVT Records
Year: 1996

Not My Job! (Listen)
Jeff Corwin, of Animal Planet's The Jeff Corwin Experience plays a game called "Your Gun Is Quick" -- three questions about author Mickey Spillane.

» Music Cue: "Kojak Theme"
Artist: Willie Bobo
Composer: Andrew Gold
CD Title: Crime Stoppers: TV's Greatest Cop Themes
Label: Rhino Entertainment Co.
Year: 2000

Second Panel Round (Listen)
It's a Wait Wait Don't Tell Me follow-up! We talk to one woman who has responded to presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich's first lady search announcement.

» Music Cue: "I Want You, I Need You"
Artist: Mae West
Composer: Brooks, DuBois, Elliston
CD Title: I'm No Angel
Label: Jasmine Records
Year: 2000


Round 3

Who's Carl? (Round Two) (Listen)
The sky seems brighter now that he's back; my chimp-owning brother is not eccentric; you'll know him by his gray Prada suit.

» Music Cue: "You Wear It Well"
Artist: Rod Stewart
Composer: Stewart, Quittenton
CD Title: You Wear It Well
Label: Mercury Records
Year: 1992

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
Axing half the tracks; Billy the Kid gets free advice, a little late; the book club is great, but the anxiety is a killer.

» Music Cue: "Under Pressure"
Artist: Queen, David Bowie
Composer: Queen, Bowie
CD Title: Queen Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Label: Queen Productions Ltd.
Year: 1992

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
The panelists predict how, in light of a recent court decision, the institution of marriage will change?

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