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This week's show was recorded in a live appearance
at the fabulous Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C.
HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Pundits and All Things Considered Commentators E.J. Dionne and David Brooks
This Week's Panelists:
• Author and Atlantic Monthly contributor, P.J. O'Rourke
• Washington Post reporter, Roxanne Roberts
• Today Show contributor and TV personality, Mo Rocca
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
(Listen)
"Superb" takes on a new meaning; the 'licker' crisis; action movies meet chick flicks in Ancient Greece.
» Music Cue: "He's So Fine"
Artist: The Chiffons
Composer: Ronnie Mack
CD Title: The Rock and Roll Era 1963
Label: Warner Special Products
Opening Panel Round
(Listen)
The FCC finds indecency in the attics of America's homes; fireworks where fireworks should never be.
» Music Cue: "1812 Overture"
Artist: Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy
Composer: Tchaikovsky
CD Title: Tchaikovsky/Philadelphia Orchestra
Label: CBS Records
Round 2
Listener Bluff
(Listen)
"Goodbye and Thanks a Lot" -- Remembering a man who invented something we definitely could live without.
(See the real story.)
» Music Cue: "Fujiyama"
Artist: Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
Composer: Dan Hicks
Not My Job!
(Listen)
E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times (both commentators for NPR's All Things Considered) play a game called "You're looking... prosperous." -- Three questions about dieting through the ages.
» Music Cue: "Watermelon Man"
Artist: King Curtis
Composer: Herbie Hancock
CD Title: Saxophobia
Label: Capitol EMI
Panel Round 2
(Listen)
The FBI looks for security threats at the end of a joystick.
» Music Cue: "Popcorn"
Artist: Apollo 100
Composer: Gershon Kingsley
CD Title: Apollo 100 Instrumental Hits
Label: Delta Music
Round 3
Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
Who's trying to be an average Joe?; Massachusetts becomes a gay haven; they're noisy, they're in a mating frenzy; they're invading the nation's capital (no it's not Anne Coulter and Laura Ingraham).
» Music Cue: "Buzz, Buzz, Buzz"
Artist: Hollywood Flames
Composer: Gershon Kingsley
CD Title: The Doo Wop Box
Label: Rhino Records
Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
The naughty lawn ornament; the European Union teaches the boozers about its expansion; a Wait Wait tribute to a King of Comedy.
Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank
(Listen)
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions
(Listen)
What will be the next programming change prompted by worries about the FCC's crackdown on decency?
 Take the quiz
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