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Dec. 3, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Time magazine managing editor, Jim Kelly

This Week's Panelists:

• Humorist and author, Roy Blount, Jr.
• Journalist and contributor to ABC's Nightline, Sue Ellicott
• Comedian Paula Poundstone

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
President Bush gets preempted by Regis and Kelly; The Catholic Church comes up with a few more indulgences; Julie Andrews remembers when she was Blackhawked down.

» Music Cue: "The Sound of Music"
Artist: Julie Andrews
Composer: Rogers/Hammerstein
CD Title: The Sound of Music
Label: RCA Victor

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
Donald Rumsfeld comes up with a linguistic exit strategy; Good news for EMTs, bad news for Binaca.

» Music Cue: "Pump it Up"
Artist: Elvis Costello
Composer: Costello
CD Title: This Year's Model
Label: Columbia


Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"And you thought acne was your biggest problem" -- three stories about adults dealing with bothersome teenagers.

» Music Cue: "Four of Two"
Artist: They Might Be Giants
Composer: Linnell/Flansburgh
Label: Rounder Records

Not My Job (Listen)
Time magazine's managing editor, Jim Kelly, plays our game called "Everytime Peter says, 'Really?' you get to take a drink..." -- three questions about alcoholic beverages.

» Music Cue: "Here's to Good Friends"
CD Title: TeeVee Toons: The Commercials
Label: TeeVee Toons


Round 3

Panel Round Two (Listen)
One 13-year-old girl's 1970s rock star dream comes true.

» Music Cue: "In Da Club"
Artist: 50 Cent
Composer: Jackson/Young/Elizondo
CD Title: Get Rich or Die Trying
Label: Interscope

Who's Carl Two (Listen)
We answer the question: 'How much does a congressman cost?' A judicial opinion or just a youthful indescretion? And an aging comic looks back...

» Music Cue: "Family Affair"
Composer: Frank De Vol
CD Title: TV's Greatest Hits: Remote Control
Label: Tee Vee Toons

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will be the next backdrop to appear behind President Bush during a speech?

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