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Oct. 9, 2004

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Greg Marinak, Executive Director of the X Prize

This Week's Panelists:

Washington Post Style section writer, Roxanne Roberts
• Writer, performer, and curator of Felbers.net, Adam Felber
• Humorist and author Roy Blount, Jr.

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
The rumble in St. Louis; A man, I've never met... except for those three times before; and a Wait Wait goodbye to a man who finally gained respect.

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
Michael Moore and the case of the tidy whities; the vocal stylings of...

» Music Cue: "Cheek To Cheek"
Artist: Regis Philbin
Composer: Irving Berlin
CD Title: When You're Smiling
Label: Hollywood Records


Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"You'll Have to Fill this out in Triplicate"... three stories about bureaucratic hurdles in the news.

» Music Cue: "If I Were the King of the Forest"
Artist: Burt Lahr
Composer: Harold Arlen/EY Harburg
CD Title: 'Wizard Of Oz' Soundtrack
Label: Turner Entertainment

Not My Job (Listen)
Greg Maryniak, the man behind the X Prize for the first private reusable spaceship (which was awarded this week) plays a game called "Come for the Baseball, Stay for the 7th Inning Sausage Races" -- Three questions about the promotional stunts of minor league baseball taken from a list on ESPN.COM.

» Music Cue: "The Jetsons"
Composer: Barbera/Curtin/Hanna
CD Title: Cartoon Medley
Label: Cartoon Network


Round 3

Second Round of Who's Carl? (Listen)
The big mistake; the not so big burp; goodbye to a woman who made the big scream.

» Music Cue: "Psycho"
Artist: City of Prague Philharmonic
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
CD Title: Herrmann/Hitchcock
Label: Silva Screen

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
No twist tie bags in space; drunk and caffeinated; President Johnson orders some pants.

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 final presidential debate?

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