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Aug.13, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Terry Gross, host of Fresh Air

This Week's Panelists:

• Writer and performer Adam Felber
Washington Post Style section reporter Roxanne Roberts
• Writer, radio commentator and voice of Motel 6 Tom Bodett

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)The most expensive grocery run ever; A star on the network and in the boudoir; Her time was limited but her self-confidence sure wasn't.

Opening Panel Round (Listen)A new excuse for husbands everywhere; The feel-good, crime-busting story of the week.

» Music Cue: "The Victories"
Artist: Florida State University Marching Band
Composer: Ebel
CD Title: Touchdown! Favorite College Fight Songs
Label: Intersound Inc


Round 2

Listener Bluff (Listen) "And we'll call this car of the future... the Edsel!" Three stories of businesses that were doomed from the start.

» Music Cue: "Food, Glorious Food"
Artist: Cast
Composer: Lionel Bart
CD Title: Lionel Bart's Oliver
Label: BMG

Not My Job (Listen) Fresh Air host Terry Gross, plays a game called "You're America's Ballroom-Dancing, Pill-Popping First Lady." Three questions about Betty Ford.

» Music Cue: "Radio Ga Ga"
Artist: Queen
Composer: Roger Taylor
CD Title: Queen Greatest Hits I & II
Label: Queen Productions Ltd.

Round 3

Panel Round Two (Listen)
How Alaska plans to use the Transportation Bill tax dollars; The Great Google Irony.

Limerick Challenge(Listen)
Two men show how gay marriage laws can benefit all; They're not just for the tv anymore; Germany says Don't Mess with our Beer Gardens.

» Music Cue: "Ohne Bier"
Artist: Die 3 Lustigen Moosacher
Composer: Unknown
CD Title: Octoberfest in Germany
Label: Delta Music

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

Prediction (Listen)
What pork barrel projects will we find in the new transportation bill?

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