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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Robert Siegel
NOT MY JOB GUEST: U.S. Army Maj. Robert Bateman, stationed in Iraq
This Week's Panelists:
• Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce
• Washington Post Style section reporter, Roxanne Roberts
• VH1 host Ahmer Haleem
Round 1
Who's Robert This Time?
(Listen)
Someone this week really insulted Houston, Texas; we learn that a big name in the news just loves his Doritos; a book that really no one seems to be able to love.
Opening Panel Round(Listen)
The best thing John Bolton ever did for arms control; how to avoid that feeling of cold feet when getting intimate.
» Music Cue: "Sock It to Me" (Listen)
Artist: Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels
Composer: Crewe/Brown
CD Title: RevUp: Best of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
Label: Rhino Music Entertainment
Round 2
Bluff the Listener (Listen)
That's just not cricket: Three stories about unsportsmanlike conduct exposed in the news.
»Music Cue: "I Can't Wait" (Listen)
Artist: Nu Shooz
Composer: Robert John Smith
CD Title: The Disco Years: Volume 5
Label: Rhino Music Entertainment
(See the true story.)
Not My Job
(Listen)
US Army Maj. Robert Bateman joins us from his
post in Baghdad to play a game called, "You're the Dreamiest
Dreamboat of 1955," three questions about Tab Hunter from his
new autobiography.
» Music Cue: "The Old College Try Cha Cha" (Listen)
Artist: Mancini and Orch
Composer: Henry Mancini
CD Title: Martinis With Mancini
Label: BMG Entertainment
Panel Round Two (Listen)
Will R2D2 be the next robot to blow a gasket?;
bullying jocks lose their greatest venue.
» Music Cue: "Sure Beats Me" (Listen)
Artist: Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
Composer: Dan Hicks
CD Title: Last Train To Hicksville
Label: MCA Records
NPR Geek Game (Listen)
Robert Siegel presents three pieces of tape
from this week's All Things Considered broadcasts and asks a
listener to identify the stories involved to see how closely
she was listening to NPR this week.
» Music Cue: "I See Your Face Before Me" (Listen)
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Composer: Arthur Schwarz/Howard Dietz
CD Title: Last Train To Hicksville
Label: Capitol Records
Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank (Listen)
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will be the next product that Saddam Hussein
endorses?
 Take the quiz
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