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Feb. 26, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Oscar-winning composer and conductor, Bill Conti

This Week's Panelists:

• Comedian Paula Poundstone
Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce
• TV Personality, Mo Rocca

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
The comic stylings of George W. Bush; goodbye to Gonzo; a mum decides to snub.

» Music Cue: "I Went To Your Wedding"
Artist: Patti Page
Composer: Jessie Mae Robinson
CD Title: 100 Juke Box Hits Of The 50s/60s
Label: Madacy Entertainment

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
Is there anything of hers that ISN'T on the Internet?; the state of the art when dubbing the naughty words out of movies.

» Music Cue: "Your Father's Feathers"
Artist: Henry Mancini
Composer: Henry Mancini
CD Title: Martinis With Mancini
Label: BMG Musict


Round 2

Carl Kasell's Countdown (Listen)
All week, Carl kept reading the news and hearing Phil Collins songs, so all of this week's songs are by the balding '80s pop sensation.

» Music Cue: "Separate Lives"
Artist: Phil Collins
Composer: Stephen Bishop
CD Title: Phil Collins 'Hits'
Label: Atlantic Records

» Music Cue: "I Wish It Would Rain Down"
Artist: Phil Collins
Composer: Phil Collins
CD Title: Phil Collins 'Hits'
Label: Atlantic Records

» Music Cue: "Sussudio"
Artist: Phil Collins
Composer: Phil Collins
CD Title: Phil Collins 'Hits'
Label: Atlantic Records

» Music Cue: "Against All Odds "
Artist: Phil Collins
Composer: Phil Collins
CD Title: Phil Collins 'Hits'
Label: Atlantic Records

Not My Job! (Listen)
Composer and conductor Bill Conti takes a break from his job as music director of Sunday's Oscars to play a game called, "It's Not Hooey; It's Straight Talk" -- three questions about the televangelist Gene Scott, who died this week.

Panel Round II (Listen)
It's not stripping; it's a cultural event.


Round 3

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"Voices From The Grave" -- three stories of the deceased continuing to have an effect on things here on Earth.

Who's the NPR Geek? (Listen)
We play for a listener three pieces of tape from this week's NPR News shows to see how closely they were listening.

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
Who will follow Paris Hilton in finding personal data on the Internet?

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