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July 17, 2004

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Tom Hayden

This Week's Panelists:

Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce
Washington Post reporter, Roxanne Roberts
• Humorist and author Roy Blount, Jr.

Round 1

Who's Carl (Listen)
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) announces a Department of Heteroland Security; Female inmates prepare for free decorating advice; America's favorite sisters revealed.

» Music Cue: "I Feel Pretty"
Artist: Leonard Bernstein and Orchestra
Composer: Bernstein
CD Title: West Side Story Original Soundtrack
Label: Sony Music

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
How not to express your frustration at the airport.

» Music Cue: "I'm Coming Out"
Artist: Diana Ross
Composer: Edwards/Rogers
CD Title: The Disco Years
Label: Rhino


Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"The Dangers of Basic Cable" Three stories of cable TV programs that are bad for your health.

(See the real story.)

Not My Job! (Listen)
Legendary member of the White House press corps Helen Thomas plays a game called, "One thing's for sure: This marriage will last longer than her first one." Three questions about Britney Spears' impending matrimony.

» Music Cue: "Baby One More Time"
Artist: Britney Spears
Composer: Max Martin
CD Title: Baby One More Time
Label: Zomba Recording


Round 3

Panel Round Two (Listen)
Are they love handles or control rooms? Science now has the answer.

» Music Cue: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On"
Artist: Jerry Lee Lewis
Composer: Williams/David
CD Title: The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology
Label: Rhino

Who's Carl This Time, Round 2 (Listen)
A regulah Chicago guy considers a run for the Senate; The Bane of North Carolina Insurance Companies; The Big Aristotle speaks.

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
Ancient Chinese vandals; Another reason not to speed; Beware Ban-du-Soliel!

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will Martha Stewart do during her five months in prison?

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