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Feb. 5, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Humorist Kinky Friedman

This Week's Panelists:

• Journalist Sue Ellicott
• Writer and humorist Roy Blount, Jr.
• Columnist for The Atlantic Monthly, P.J. O'Rourke

Round 1

Who's Carl (Listen)
Half of America doubts itself; a manly embrace on Wednesday night; and a performer who promises there will be no malfunctions.

» Music Cue: "When I'm Sixty Four"
Artist: The Beatles
Composer: Lennon/ McCartney
CD Title: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Label: EMI Records

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
Backpack and gun sold separately!

» Music Cue: "Paper Doll"
Artist: The Mills Brothers
Composer: Black, Marks
CD Title: The Mills Borthers' Original Hits
Label: MCA Records


Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"It Looks Like Darwin Was Right" -- three stories that confirm the theory of evolution. (See the real story.)

» Music Cue: "Girls on Film"
Artist: Duran Duran
Composer: Taylor/Taylor/Taylor/LeBon/Rhodes
CD Title: New Wave Hits of the '80s
Label: Warner Bros.

Not My Job! (Listen)
Humorist, performer and candidate for Texas governor, Kinky Friedman, plays a game called "Eliot Spitzer for You on Line One, Sir" -- three multiple-choice questions about bad business decisions in 2004.

Panel Round Two (Listen)
Yogi Berra is angry.

» Music Cue: "Clubhouse Stomp"
Artist: The New York Hawks
Composer: Colby
CD Title: Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns
Label: Elektra Entertainment


Round 3

Second Round of Who's Carl? (Listen)
Let's all scream for the Democratic Party; a celebrity nightmare; and Quick! Get the smelling salts!

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
Kim Jong Il does it again; Red Sox Johnny Damon's strict contract; and a ruminant lustre.

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will be the big scandal out of this year's Super Bowl?

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