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Feb. 12, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Director, producer and star of the documentary Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock

This Week's Panelists:

• Writer and performer Adam Felber
• 'Washington Post' Style section reporter, Roxanne Roberts
• Writer and humorist Roy Blount, Jr.

Round 1

Carl Kassell's Countdown (Listen)
Someone goes to Europe to try to mend friendships; Two world leaders are getting to know each other; and, a groom-to-be wants to get to the church on time.

» Music Cue: "Why Can't We Be Friends"
Artist: War
Composer: Allen/Brown/Dickerson etc
CD Title: Why Can't We Be Friends
Label: Rhino Music

» Music Cue: "Getting to Know You"
Artist: Deborah Kerr
Composer: Rodgers/Hammerstein
CD Title: 'The King And I' Soundtrack
Label: Capitol Records

» Music Cue: "Get Me To The Church On Time"
Artist: Stanley Holloway
Composer: Lerner and Lowe
CD Title: Phil Collins 'Hits'
Label: Columbia Records

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
Kim Jong Il shows mercy to some of his older countrymen; and Scottish lawmakers manage to make family reunions even more awkward.

» Music Cue: "Mother In Law"
Artist: Ernie K Doe
Composer: Allen Toussaint
CD Title: Phil Collins 'Hits'
Label: Mardi Gras Records


Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"You're Really a Boy Named Sue?" -- three stories of famous songs seeming to come to life.

» Music Cue: "Pina Colada Song"
Artist: Rupert Holmes
Composer: Rupert Holmes
CD Title: 70's Party Killers
Label: Rhino Music

Not My Job! (Listen)
The man behind the documentary Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock, plays our game called "If Madonna Believes in it, it MUST be true!" -- three multiple-choice questions about the ancient form of Jewish mysticism known as Kabbalah.

» Music Cue: "Material Girl"
Artist: Rupert Holmes
Composer: Peter Brown/Robert Rans
CD Title: 70's Party Killers
Label: Sire Records


Round 3

Who's Carl? (Listen)
Vice President Cheney promises that he was gentle; President Bush clears a few things up; a tribute to a playwright who left us this week.

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
Nothing could be more fun than naming one of these; People are still murmering about this famous anonymous leaker; and, we thought Cuba would be the last to go.

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
How will Camilla Parker Bowles win over the British public?

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