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Oct. 2, 2004

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
There is no "Not My Job" game on this week's show.

This Week's Panelists:

• Writer and performer Adam Felber
• Writer and journalist Sue Ellicott
• Comedian Paula Poundstone

Round 1

Who's Carl (Listen)
This week's Must-See-TV Thursday; Superhero for the Common Man or self-righteous seat hog? King Jay of Latenight Land anoints his successor.

» Music Cue: "The Tonight Show (Johnny's Theme)"
Artist: Doc Severinson and Band
Composer: Anka/Carson
CD Title: Television's Greatest Hits
Label: TeeVee Toons

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
Project Pollyanna launched in Iraq; Third-graders trade nap-time for happy hour.

» Music Cue: "Margaritaville"
Artist: Jimmy Buffett
Composer: Buffett
CD Title: Meet Me In Margaritaville
Label: Universal/Island Records


Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"Rock The Vote" -- Three stories of new initiatives aimed at apathetic voters.

» Music Cue: "Dick Dagger's Theme"
Artist: Don Argott
Composer: Argott
CD Title: Pornosonic
Label: Virgin Monk Muzik

Who's Carl (Second Round) (Listen)
Jimmy Carter gets tough with Jeb; Another notch in Canada's inferiority belt; The answer my friend, is drivin' a mini-van...

» Music Cue: "It Ain't Me Babe"
Artist: Bob Dylan
Composer: Dylan
CD Title: Another Side of Bob Dylan
Label: Columbia Records

Second Panel Round (Listen)
Sen. Rick Santorum is chosen by his underlings for a special honor; How to spot an FBI imposter.

» Music Cue: "The Great Pretender"
Artist: The Platters
Composer: Ram
CD Title: Another Side of Bob Dylan
Label: The Fabulous '50s


Round 3

Third Panel Round (Listen)
John Kerry's AC-Gate; TV celebrates the birth of its most unpopular offspring; A television pooch comes home for a 50th anniversary party.

» Music Cue: "Lassie"
Artist: Les Baxter
Composer: Les Baxter
CD Title: Television's Greatest Hits
Label: TeeVee Toons

Limericks (Listen)
A special swing-state limerick game called "The Future of the Nation Is in Your Hands" -- Three limericks featuring news from election-year swing states.

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will be the big news out of the opening season of baseball in Washington, D.C.?

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