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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Tucker Carlson, CNN Host
This Week's Panelists:
• Adam Felber, writer, performer and curator of Felbers.net
• P.J. O'Rourke, humorist and writer for the Atlantic Monthly
• Sue Ellicott, journalist and writer
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
(Listen)
Payback time at the Pentagon; he loves free speech -- really; 'It's a lot faster coming down than it is going up, isn't it?'
» Music Cue: "Beer Barrel Polka"
Artist: Frankie Yankovic
Composer: L. Brown/Vejvoda
CD Title: Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks' Greatest Hits
Label: CBS
Year: 1987
Panel Questions (First Round)
(Listen)
Bush has a (very) quiet word with Malaysia's prime minister; a general claims his is bigger; the secret to hitting the high notes.
Round 2
Listener Bluff
(Listen)
"Don't drop Pat Sajak!" -- three tales of a news event in which this phrase holds a prominent position. (See the true story.)
Not My Job!
(Listen)
CNN's Tucker Carlson plays a game called "YOU Are The Hammer of The Gods!" -- three questions about Led Zeppelin.
» Music Cue: "Rock and Roll"
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Composer: Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham
CD Title: Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin
Label: Atlantic Records
Year: 1999
Panel Round (Second Round)
(Listen)
John Kerry's ex-girlfriends let their money tell the world what they think of him; the sneaky nature of the octopus; a mayor's squawking spin doctor.
» Music Cue: "Drive My Car"
Artist: Beatles
Composer: Lennon/McCartney
CD Title: Rubber Soul
Label: EMI Records
Year: 1965
Round 3
Who's Carl? (Second Round)
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A defendant hires, then fires... himself; buy the kid an outfit and hire him; Joan Collins reflects on the end of an era.
» Music Cue: "Leaving On a Jet Plane"
Artist: Peter, Paul and Mary
Composer: Denver
CD Title: Album 1700
Label: Warner Bros.
Year: 1967
Listener Limerick Challenge
(Listen)
They're big in Tehran; creating a new niche in clothing sales; the Lycra-wearing court jester of the sky.
» Music Cue: "Physical"
Artist: Olivia Newton-John
Composer: Kipner/Shaddick
CD Title: Billboard Top Hits: 1981
Label: Rhino
Year: 1992
Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank
(Listen)
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions
(Listen)
The panelists predict what souvenir President Bush will bring back from his week-long trip to Asia and Australia.
 Take the quiz
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