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Nov. 12, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: 1950's Teen Heartthrob Tab Hunter

This Week's Panelists:

• Journalist and contributor to ABC's Nightline, Sue Ellicott
• Comedienne Paula Poundstone
• Humorist and author of Feet on the Street: Rambles around New Orleans, Roy Blount, Jr.

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
Californians dis The Governator; Kansas shows Darwin who's boss; Arrgh, to the Promenade Deck, me hearties!

» Music Cue: "Pour, Oh Pour the Pirate Sherry"
Artist: Broadway Cast
Composer: Elektra Records
CD Title: The Pirates of Penzance
Label: CMH Records

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
U.S. Marines prepare for battle by shopping at at Spencer Gifts; Important information for single men everywhere!

» Music Cue: "Main Titles -- Chariots of Fire"
Artist: Vangelis
Composer: Vangelis
CD Title: Warner Bros. 75 Years of Film Music
Label: Rhino Entertainment


Round 2

Listener Limericks (Listen)
The condiment that could prevent a pandemic; What goes well with toe jam?; Something we thought was true, but may in fact be a "Rural Legend" (as opposed to an Urban Legend...)

Not My Job (Listen)
1950's matinee idol Tab Hunter plays our game called "At the end of the 20th Century, mankind perfected a method to buy herbal Viagra" -- three questions about the Internet.

» Music Cue: "Young Love"
Artist: Tab Hunter
Composer: Joyner/Cartey
CD Title: Senior Prom
Label: Warner


Round 3

Panel Round 2 (Listen)
Science explains the rift between women and Shemp; A follow up to last week's "Toilet Man" story...

» Music Cue: "Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)"
Artist: John Fred and His Playboy Band
Composer: Gourrier/Bernard
CD Title: Billboard Top Hits 1968
Label: MCA Records

Who's Carl, Round 2 (Listen)
One man makes a startling discovery about Brazil; The City of Light becomes the City of flashing lights and sirens; and yet another revelation from Plamegate.

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will the Kansas Board of Education do next?

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