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Nov. 19, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: 'Savage Love' columnist and author Dan Savage

This Week's Panelists:

• Writer and performer Adam Felber
• The columnist of the 'Reliable Source' in The Washington Post, Roxanne Roberts
Boston Globe writer, Charlie Pierce

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
What not to do when visiting the prime minister of Japan; The man with more charm than Greenspan; Roger Ebert gives a very important woman a big thumbs up.

» Music Cue: "I Found a Million Dollar Baby"
Artist: The Boswell Sisters
Composer: Billy Rose/Harry Warren
CD Title: Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
Label: Fanfare Records

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
Does your child want to grow up and get a lowly government job? Well have we got the Christmas toy for you.

» Music Cue: "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
Artist: Jimmy McGriff
Composer: Coots/Gillespie
CD Title: Ultralounge: Christmas Cocktails
Label: Capitol Records


Round 2

Listener Limericks (Listen)
The holiday present every child will cherish; It goes well with your phosphorescent tec-wear all-wheel drive guzzle-o-matic; Don't blame this on Margaritaville.

» Music Cue: "The Worst Beer I Ever Had"
Artist: Buster Poindexter
Composer: Johansen/Gower
CD Title: Buster's Happy Hour
Label: Rhino Records

Not My Job (Listen)
Sex columnist and author Dan Savage plays our game called "Drink Carl Cola, and you'll have a deep resonant voice like me!" -- three stories of bad endorsement deals involving famous athletes.

» Music Cue: "Mah Na Mah Na"
Artist: Leroy Holmes
Composer: Piero Ulmiliani
CD Title: Ultralounge: Bottoms Up
Label: Capitol Records


Round 3

Panel Round 2 (Listen)
A journalist who can keep a secret; soon "Charge!" could have a whole new meaning in the military; We open the Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me mailbag for some tips on cowtipping.

» Music Cue: "Trateme Bien"
Artist: Los Crazy Boys
Composer: Lieber/Stoller
CD Title: Historia Del Rock & Roll Vol11
Label: Orfeon Records

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
The Tri-Lateral Commission Is Secretly Fluoridating My Water!" -- three stories about developments in the world of conspiracy theories.

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

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
Bill O'Reilly announced this week he’s going to post his own enemies list on his website. Our panelists predict who will make the cut.

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