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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: NPR Correspondent Don Gonyea
This Week's Panelists:
• Washington Post Style section reporter, Roxanne Roberts
• Performer and proprietor of Felbers.net, Adam Felber
• Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
(Listen)
An important person waits for an epiphany;
Impatient Graffiti pops up near military bases; and Someone gets a better
reputation by being a cranky boss.
» Music Cue: "For the Love of Money"
Artist: The Ojays
Composer: Gamble/Huff/Jackson
CD Title: In Yo Face--The History of Funk Pt. 2
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Opening Panel Round
(Listen)
The new scourge of the National Parks; and never,
ever, listen to Wagner while doing this.
» Music Cue: "Ride of the Valkyries"
Composer: Wagner
Round 2
Listener Bluff
(Listen)
"Oh, please, not televised poker again!": Three
stories of new competitive sports.
» Music Cue: "Speed Racer"
Composer: Koshibe/Fernandez
CD Title: Toon Tunes
(See the real story.)
Not My Job!
(Listen)
NPR's own Don Gonyea plays a game called "Rats! Rats! RATS!" -- Three questions about Robert Sullivan's new book about our other four-legged friends.
» Music Cue: "Rats in My Kitchen"
Artist: "Sleepy" John Estes
Composer: John Estes
CD Title: The Sun Records Collection
Label: BMG Music
Round 3
Mystery Newsmaker:
(Listen)
We invite a person from this week's news to the show. The panel must determine what he or she did by asking yes-or-no questions.
» Music Cue: "Call Me"
Artist: Blondie
Composer: G Mordorer/D Harry
CD Title: Debbie Harry/Blondie: Once More Into The Bleach
Label: Chrysalis Records
Listener Limerick Challenge
(Listen)
Scientists juice the unjuicible; a woman finds her wedding
picture in a peculiar place; and television is supposed to be a luxury,
right?
Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank
(Listen)
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions
(Listen)
We know President Bush can't name any mistakes he's made, so we ask our panelists if they can do any better and tell us about their biggest mistake of the past three years.
 Take the quiz
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