CNN's Jeff Greenfield
CNN's Jeff Greenfield


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Not so willing.

Hello: Cleveland. Hello: Cleveland.

Astronomers: In a tizzy. Astronomers: In a tizzy about Sedna.



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March 20, 2004

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: CNN's Jeff Greenfield

This Week's Panelists:

• Writer, performer and proprietor of Felbers.net, Adam Felber
• Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style section reporter
• P.J. O'Rourke, humorist and author


Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
We are introduced to yet another coalition; and Carl sings this week's most celebrated hits.

» Music Cue: "Kiss"
Artist: Prince
Composer: Prince
CD Title: Prince, The Hits 2
Label: Warner Bros. Records

Panel Round (Listen)
Teachers in the Washington area save money on mats; and we dip into the Listener Mail Bag and discuss the meaning of Wait Wait's opening music with B.J. Lederman.

» Music Cue: "All Together Now"
Artist: The Beatles
Composer: Lennon-McCartney
CD Title: Yellow Submarine
Label: Capitol


Round 2

Listener Bluff (Listen)
"Good Enough for Government Work" -- Our panelists tell three stories of lousy government jobs that make all others look like walks in the park.

(See the real story.)

Not My Job! (Listen)
CNN analyst Jeff Greenfield plays a game called "You wear polyester prints and solve crimes in one hour, with five commercial breaks" -- three multiple choice questions about the great '70s cop and detective shows, from an article by ABC's Buck Wolf.

» Music Cue: "Something"
Artist: Telly Savalas
Composer: George Harrison
Label: Rhino Entertainment

» Music Cue: "Hawaii 5-0"
Artist: Mort Stevens & His Orchestra
CD Title: TV Land -- Crime Stoppers


Round 3

There are no limericks this week.

Second Panel Round (Listen) Perhaps the saddest race of all time; China admits it was lying... big time; and our panelists duke it out in a Panel Free for All: They race to answer a question about a common accident in Britain.

» Music Cue: "I Gotcha"
Artist: Joe Tex
Composer: Joe Tex
Label: Rhino Entertainment
CD Title: Soul Train, 1972

Who's Carl (Second Round) (Listen)
Rush Limbaugh sticks up for his fellow man; whatever Sedna is, it's promising for smooching; and we celebrate the 25th birthday of a crushingly dull cable network.

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What's the next thing John Kerry will say, then instantly regret?

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