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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions
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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.
Take the quiz
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