HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Cartoonist Tony Cochran
Our show comes to you live from the beautiful Ohio Theater in Columbus...
This Week's Panelists:
Writer and performer Adam Felber
Washington Post Style section reporter, Roxanne Roberts
Host of Bravo's Things I Hate About You and author of the forthcoming book All The President's Pets, Mo Rocca
Round 1
Who's Carl
(Listen)
A perfect 10 in empty seats; Front porches: the must-have item for this year's candidates; The Most Powerful Woman in American Media gets jury duty.
» Music Cue: "Potpourri"
Artist: 1st and 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards
Composer: Kimberley
CD Title: Drums and Fifes
Label: Valentine Music Group
Opening Panel Round
(Listen)
Now you can literally shop 'til you drop at Costco; Colorado political activists feeling Rocky Mountain snide.
Round 2
Carl Kassell's Countdown
(Listen)
Someone refuses to open the shrine door; A certain Internet company finds it stock going down; and one man's love triangle set to sappy '70s music.
» Music Cue: "I Hear You Knockin'"
Artist: Dave Edmonds
Composer: Barthalomew/King
CD Title: The Dave Edmonds Anthology
Label: Rhino Entertainment
» Music Cue: "I'm Going Down"
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Composer: Springsteen
CD Title: Born in the USA
Label: Columbia
» Music Cue: "Torn Between Two Lovers"
Artist: Mary MacGregor
Composer: Yarrow/Jarrell
CD Title: '70s Party Killers
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Not My Job!
(Listen)
Syndicated cartoonist Tony Cochrane plays our game called, "The Semi-Finals will start in a moment, Katie, right after they sacrifice those oxen!" Three questions taken from Tony Perrotet's book The Naked Olympics.
» Music Cue: "Olympic Fanfare and Theme"
Artist: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Composer: Williams
CD Title: The Spirit of '96
Label: NPR Classics
Round 3
Bluff the Listener
(Listen)
"Cleaning Out the Closet"; Three stories that demonstrate how one man's trash is another man's treasure.
Who's Carl This Time?
(Listen)
Mayor Bloomberg puts down the tear gas and gets out the coupons; The most unforgiving job in election politics; America's (and the Internet's) sweetheart loses her dog.
Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank
(Listen)
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions
(Listen) What will the protesters do at the GOP convention in New York?
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