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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Theme park mastermind Scott Trowbridge
This Week's Panelists:
• Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce
• Washington Post Style section reporter, Roxanne Roberts
• Humorist and author of Feet on the Street, Rambles Around New Orleans, Roy Blount, Jr.
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
(Listen)
George W. Bush and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah sitting in a tree; Losers finding a way to anger the winners on Capitol Hill; The man who didn't want to win his election. (We're joined by Father Guido Sarducci for a discussion of the first week of the papacy of Benedict XVI)
Opening Panel Round
(Listen)
It's puffy, white, and it threatened the White House this week.
» Music Cue: "Groovin High"
Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Composer: Dizzy Gillespie/Charles Parker
CD Title: Groovin High
Label: Prism Leisure
Round 2
Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"Art? We don't need no stinkin art." Three stories of public art that the public rejected.
(See the true story.)
» Music Cue: "Bewitched Theme"
Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Composer: Greenfield/Keller
CD Title: Televisions Greatest Hits II
Label: Tee Vee Toons
Not My Job!
(Listen)
Scott Trowbridge, the man behind all the attractions at every Universal theme park, plays a game called "Mine's bigger than yours by six feet, sucker." Three questions about the megayachts of the rich and famous taken from a recent Vanity Fair article.
» Music Cue: "Rock The Boat"
Artist: The Hues Corporation
Composer: Waldo Holmes
CD Title: Soul Hits Of The 70's Vol 13
Label: Rhino Music
Panel Round II (Listen)
Bluetooth: Worse than a bong hit.
» Music Cue: "Eight Miles High"
Artist: The Byrds
Composer: Clark/Crosby/McGuinn
CD Title: Boxed Set: Byrds 1965-1990
Label: Sony Music
Round 3
Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
Calling a hit man a hit man; Nothing will come between this man and his chili; Putting the Bus back in Airbus.
» Music Cue: "Let's Get Away From It All"
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Composer: Matt Dennis/Tom Adair
CD Title: Come Fly With Me
Label: Capitol Records
Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
Indiana enters the 20th century; Toads go boom!; "Sir, step away from the lunchmeat."
» Music Cue: "Saturday Night On Saturn"
Artist: Les Baxter
Composer: Les Baxter
CD Title: Brain In A Box: Sci Fi Collection
Label: Rhino Music Entertainment
Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank (Listen)
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will be the next step in the relationship between Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah and President Bush?
 Take the quiz
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