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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Evelyn and Monica Brady, co-founders of The Golden Trailer Awards
This Week's Panelists:
• Writer for The Boston Globe, Charlie Pierce
• Author and humorist, Roy Blount Jr.
• Style section reporter for The Washington Post, Roxanne Roberts
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
(Listen)
After an exhausting search, finally a president; someone argues that nothing could be worse than being vice president; and a new government program redefines bureaucracy.
» Music Cue: "That's Entertainment"
Artist: MGM Studio Orchestra
Composer: Schwartz Arr: Riddle
CD Title: 'That's Entertainment' Box Set
Label: Rhino Music Entertainment
Opening Panel Round
(Listen)
New and somewhat disappointing news about the Big Bang.
» Music Cue: "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
Artist: Dionne Warwick
Composer: Barry/Bricusse
CD Title: James Bond Collection
Label: EMI Records
Round 2
Listener Bluff
(Listen)
"The Car Guys have been pushing for this for years:" The Car Talk brothers finally have an idea of theirs picked up by the general public. Our panelists tell three stories, but only one of them is true.
(See the real story.)
» Music Cue: "Who's Sorry Now?"
Artist: Connie Francis
Composer: Snyder/Kalmar/Ruby
CD Title: Who's Sorry Now
Label: Polygram Records
Not My Job!
(Listen)
Evelyn and Monica Brady, co-founders of The Golden Trailer Awards, come on the show to talk about the art of movie trailers. They also play our game called "You work hard for your $140 million!" -- Three multiple-choice questions about former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Grasso.
» Music Cue: "My Favorite Things"
Artist: Julie Andrews
Composer: Rodgers and Hammerstein
CD Title: The Sound of Music
Label: Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Productions
Round 3
Who's Carl This Time?
(Listen)
Three quotes about questionable statements that the speaker may have regretted saying: A really poorly used basketball analogy, lying doesn't matter if you're heroes in your error, and a newly released tape that makes a scandalized energy company look even worse.
Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
Wisconsin now has an ivory claim to fame; a gator that is beside itself; and, KFC makes an unnecessary confession.
» Music Cue: "A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird"
Artist: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
Composer: B. Wallace
CD Title: Diner-Mite: The Swingin' Diner
Label: Sony Music
Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank
(Listen)
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions
(Listen)
What, will we discover, is the real reason George Tenet is leaving?
 Take the quiz
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