Comedian Omid Djalili
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Feb. 28, 2004

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Comedian Omid Djalili

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)
NOT a date movie; You say, "I Do," Some say, "No You Don't"; The Terminator Amendment.

» Music Cue: "Take a Chance on Me"
Artist: ABBA
Composer: Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus
CD Title: ABBA Gold Greatest Hits
Label: Polar Music International

Panel Round (Listen)
The new manufacturing economy; gay marriage is OK in the farthest reaches of the world; TSA employees look inside themselves.

» Music Cue: "X-ray Man"
Artist: Liz Phair
Composer: Liz Phair
CD Title: Whip-Smart
Label: Matador

Round 2

Listener Bluff (Listen)
"Phonics is SO 20th Century." Three stories about new techniques in education.

Not My Job! (Listen)
Comedian Omid Djalili plays a game called -- "You're Famous for Being Rich and Stupid!" -- three questions about Paris Hilton.

» Music Cue: "Eye of the Tiger"
Artist: Survivor
Composer: Peterik/Sullivan
CD Title: Survivor Greatest Hits
Label: Volcano Entertainment

Second Panel Round (Listen)
Yielding the floor to the Representative from Oscar's trash can.

» Music Cue: "Sesame Street Theme"
Artist: Kevin Clash
Composer: Joe Raposo
CD Title: The Best of Elmo
Label: Children's Television Workshop


Round 3

Who's Carl (Second Round) (Listen)
The party crasher returns; Chicago exorcises a curse; the worst hair on TV.

» Music Cue: "Five O'Clock World"
Artist: The Vogues
Composer: Reynolds
CD Title: 60s Rock Hits
Label: Flashback Records

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
Frank Gehry is hot, hot, hot; why everyone needs OnStar; a Wait Wait tribute to one of the First Pooches.

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
How will the Democrats stop Ralph Nader?

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