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Sept. 18, 2004

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This week's show was recorded in Syracuse, N.Y., in association with member station WRVO in Oswego, N.Y.

HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Syracuse Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim

This Week's Panelists:

Boston Globe writer, Charlie Pierce
• Writer and journalist, Sue Ellicott
• Author of All The President’s Pets, Mo Rocca

Round 1

Carl Kasell's Countdown (Listen)
Carl spins Louis Armstrong, Eurythmics; and The Pretenders to illustrate three stories in the week's news.

» Music Cue: "Do You Know What It Means..."
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Lou Alter/Eddy De Lange
CD Title: Louis Armstrong Sings The Blues
Label: BMG Music

» Music Cue: "Would I Lie To You?"
Artist: Eurythmics
Composer: Stewart/Lenox
CD Title: Be Yourself Tonight
Label: BMG Records

» Music Cue: "Back On The Chain Gang"
Artist: Pretenders
Composer: Chrissie Hynde
CD Title: Singles
Label: Sire Records

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
Did the Aztecs have every day low prices? A man gets arrested for doing something that everyone's wanted to do at least once in their life.


Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"Oh Behave" -- three stories of the gentle art of law enforcement.

» Music Cue: "Can't Touch This"
Artist: MC Hammer
Composer: James/Miller/Hammer
CD Title: Single
Label: Sony Music

Not My Job (Listen)
Syracuse University Men's Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim plays a game called, 'They're just making up for being teased so much in High School" -- three questions about the most powerful people in technology and communications from a Vanity Fair list that ranks them.

» Music Cue: "Ubangi Stomp"
Artist: Warren Smith
Composer: Charles Underwood
CD Title: Loud Fast And Out Of Control
Label: Rhino Music

Panel Round, Part 2 (Listen)
The good old days return in Russia.

» Music Cue: "Ruslan and Ludmilla"
Composer: Mikhail Glinka


Round 3

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
Bad news in Iraq? I didn't hear any bad news; a good week for people who only have an AK 46; England gives the world the week's best publicity stunt.

» Music Cue: "Batman Theme"
Artist: Warren Smith
Composer: Neal Hefti
CD Title: TV's Greatest Hits
Label: Tee Vee Tunes

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
How to stop a hurricane from blowing; the latest health problem; the sexiest octagenarian.

» Music Cue: "My Heart Belongs To Daddy"
Artist: Marilyn Monroe
Composer: Cole Porter
CD Title: Marilyn Monroe: Essential Recordings
Label: Music Collection Int'l

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will be the next big successful publicity stunt?

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