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April 16, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Tyron Stucks McFarlan, ringmaster of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus

This Week's Panelists:

• Writer and performer Adam Felber
• Comedian Paula Poundstone
Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
A Senate Committee foreign policy nominee gets some constructive criticism; The government of Wisconsin nixes a proposal for a new game animal; and A judge puts the country's most famous prisoner back in her place.

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
A group does what it can for peace in the Middle East; The newest thing Americans are lying about.

» Music Cue: "Telephone (Won't You Ring)"
Artist: Shelly Fabares
Composer: Mann/ Weil
CD Title: The Best of Shelly Fabares
Label: Rhino Entertainment


Round 2

Music Game (Listen)
President Bush dedicates a tune to a visit at his ranch in Crawford this week; The smoke that's in the news; and This week's celebrity pregnancy.

» Music Cue: "My Sharona"
Artist: The Knack
Composer: Fieger/Averre
CD Title: Proof: The Very Best of The Knack
Label: EMI Capitol Special Markets

» Music Cue: "Smokin in the Boys' Room"
Artist: Brownsville Station
Composer: Koda/ Lutz
CD Title: Have a Nice Decade: The 70's Pop Culture Box
Label: Rhino Entertainment

» Music Cue: "I Don't Wanna Play House"
Artist: Tammy Wynette
Composer: Sherrill/ Sutton
CD Title: Tammy Wynette Super Hits
Label: Sony Music

Not My Job! (Listen)
Ringling Brothers Ringmaster Tyron McFarlan plays our game called "You're auctioning off your dirty bath towel for extra income": Three multiple-choice questions about questionable sports memorablilia.

» Music Cue: "Main Title"
Composer: Elfman
CD Title: Big Top Pee Wee
Label: Paramount Pictures


Round 3

Panel Round II (Listen)
The big question regarding John Negroponte; The Iron Lady makes a surprising appearance; When and when not to use your cell phone; A Mississippi politician's sign problem.

» Music Cue: "Super Freak"
Artist: Rick James
Composer: James/Miller
CD Title: Street Songs
Label: Motown

Bluff the Listener (Listen) High water pants are so last week": Three stories about new trends among the hippest members of retirement communities.

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will Britney name her child?

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