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Feb. 19, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Author Armistead Maupin

This Week's Panelists:

• Writer and performer Adam Felber
• Journalist Sue Ellicott
• Kyrie O'Connor of the 'Houston Chronicle'

This week's show was recorded at Zellerbach Hall on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley.

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
President or pit bull?; the morons to beat all morons in the world of professional sports; Chris Rock bites the hand that's about to feed him.

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
Scandal hits the White House press corps; a really, really bad blind date.


Round 2

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
81 yes, but hot, hot, hot! The bouncing security system; $600,000 for some famous dogs.

Not My Job! (Listen)
Author Armistead Maupin plays a game called, "My Great, Great, Grandmother was your Great, Great, Great Grandfather's Mistress... So How about It?" -- three questions about the long love affair between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.


Round 3

Panel Round Two (Listen)
Songs where music never existed before; bad, bad neighbors.

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"Tales From the Consumer Hotline" -- three stories about products or services that resulted in lousy experiences for the consumer. (See the true story.)

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
How will Hockey fans fill their time now that the NHL has cancelled its season?

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