Soul Singer Sam Moore
Legendary Soul Singer Sam Moore


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Feb. 21, 2004

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Sam Moore, of the legendary soul duo Sam and Dave

This Week's Panelists:

• Charlie Pierce, Boston Globe writer
• Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style reporter
• Adam Felber, writer and performer


Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
Cuddly queuing in San Francisco; an enthusiastic supporter is sad to keep her clothes on; an international tribute to unanticipated moisturizing.

Panel Round (Listen)
535 non-essential government employees; one man's anthrax scare is another man's stash; when the leftovers go bad.

» Music Cue: "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"
Artist: Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra
Composer: Morricone
CD Title: Music for the Movies of Clint Eastwood
Label: EMI

Round 2

Listener Bluff (Listen)
"How to Ruin Your Kids" -- three warnings for parents.

» Music Cue: "Lightly Latin"
Artist: Henry Mancini
Composer: Mancini
CD Title: Henry Mancini
Label: Rhino

Not My Job! (Listen)
Legendary soul singer Sam Moore plays a game called -- "You're an extremely large, rigid bag of gas!" -- three questions about about the brief Golden Age of Zeppelins.

» Music Cue: "Soul Man"
Artist: Sam and Dave
Composer: Hayes/Porter
CD Title: Rhino/Atlantic Remasters
Label: Atlantic


Round 3

Who's Carl (Second Round) (Listen)
A wife's stern warning is heeded; with friends like these who needs Siskel and Ebert; the rich Yankees get richer.

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
The dangers of training our troops too well; Canada vs. Triumph; Fat hungry hippies get relief.

» Music Cue: "There's Nothing Like Popcorn, Peanuts, and a Prize"
CD Title: Rhino/Atlantic Remasters
Label: TeeVee Toons: The Commercials

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What product or entity will take up Madge the manicurist's slogan "You're Soaking In It?"

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