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Nov. 5, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: The real Batman: Adam West

This Week's Panelists:

• Fundit Mo Rocca
Washington Post "Reliable Source" columnist Roxanne Roberts
• Humorist and author of Feet on the Street: Rambles around New Orleans, Roy Blount, Jr.

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
This week's prominent newsmaker had it all planned out from a very young age; Go behind Carl's back and you'll meet his inner rage; D.C.'s newest heartthrob.

» Music Cue: "John Henry"
Artist: Nashville Super Guitars
Composer: M Christian
CD Title: Country Hit Kit
Label: CMH Records

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
An honor that not all Supreme Court nominees can boast; Just when you thought little mice couldn't get any cuter.

» Music Cue: "Let's Get It On"
Artist: Marvin Gaye
Composer: Gaye/Townsend
CD Title: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2
Label: Motown


Round 2

Listener Limericks (Listen)
What's in a nickname? Following your gut instincts; and New Yorkers get a lovely treat that completely freaks them out.

» Music Cue: "That Smell"
Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Composer: Collins/Van Zant
CD Title: Greatest Hits
Label: MCA Records

Not My Job (Listen)
Batman TV series star Adam West plays a game called, "Hey! I won the auction for the belly button lint!" -- Three questions about bizarre eBay auctions.

» Music Cue: "Batman"
Composer: Hefti
CD Title: Television's Greatest Hits
Label: TeeVee Tunes


Round 3

Panel Round 2 (Listen)
More damaging evidence against a reputation that's already shot; Don't drink and surf.

» Music Cue: "Saturday Nite On Saturn"
Artist: Les Baxter
Composer: Les Baxter
CD Title: Brain In A Box: Sci Fi Box Set
Label: Rhino Music Entertainment

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"Well, the kitten poster that said, 'Hang in there' didn't work, so we're trying this" -- Three stories about inventive if absurd workplace improvement efforts.

» Music Cue: "Long Comma Viper"
Artist: Dan Hicks & Hot Licks
Composer: Dan Hicks
CD Title: Last Train To Hicksville
Label: MCA Records

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will Scooter Libby's new nickname be?

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