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July 2, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Scott Simon, Host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Wolf Blitzer, CNN News Anchor


This Week's Panelists:

• Writer and performer Adam Felber
Washington Post Style section reporter, Roxanne Roberts
• TV Personality Mo Rocca

Round 1

Who's Scott This Time? (Listen)
New speech just like the old speech; Not even a zoot suit would disguise this guy; The wackiest celebrity in recent memory.

» Music Cue: "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!"
Artist: Dr. Demento
Composer: Bonaparte
CD Title: The Very Best of Dr. Demento
Label: Warner

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
The Justice Department re-decorates.

» Music Cue: "Blue Velvet"
Artist: Bobby Vinton
Composer: Wayne/Morris
CD Title: Bobbie Vinton: Mr. Lonely
Label: PolyGram International


Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"You can do it; we can help": Three stories about helpful hardware men to the rescue. (See the true story.)

Not My Job (Listen)
CNN news anchor Wolf Blitzer plays a game called Best Obituary Ever: Three multiple-choice questions about the recently departed Mr. Charles William Donaldson.

» Music Cue: "Hungry Like the Wolf"
Artist: Duran Duran
Composer: Bates
CD Title: Greatest
Label: Capitol


Round 3

Panel Round Two (Listen)
The International Super Bowl Ring Scandal; Eminent Domain This!

NPR Geek Game (Listen)
Scott Simon presents three pieces of tape from this week's NPR news broadcasts and asks a listener to identify the stories involved to see how closely he was listening to NPR this week.

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will the Justice Department drapes be used for next?

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