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Oct. 1, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Author Lauren Weisberge

This Week's Panelists:

• Journalist Sue Ellicott
• Comedienne Paula Poundstone
• Commentator and author of the novel, Norman Tuttle on the Last Frontier, Tom Bodett

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
Partisan fanatics are to blame again; One of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' first cases is bound to be a real treat; We say goodbye to TV's favorite bungling spy.

» Music Cue: "Get Smart"
Artist: Bob Crane
Composer: Szathmary
CD Title: Television Themes: 16 Most Requested Songs
Label: Sony Music

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
Move over Jaws, now there's something creepier.

» Music Cue: "Under the Sea"
Artist: Samuel E Wright
Composer: Menken/Ashman
CD Title: Television Themes: 16 Most Requested Songs
Label: Classic Disney, Vol 1


Round 2

Listener Bluff (Listen)
Hey, I've got rights! Three stories of a new right being created that we didn't know we needed.

Not My Job (Listen)
Lauren Weisberger, author of the hit novel The Devil Wears Prada, joins us to play our game called "Your vacuum tube device melted my bar of chocolate!" Three obscure questions about very common conveniences.

Panel Questions, Round Two (Listen)
The dumbest phone survey ever.

» Music Cue: "Call Me"
Artist: Blondie
Composer: Moroder/Harry
CD Title: Once More into the Bleach
Label: Chrysalis Records

Round 3

Panel Questions, Round Three (Listen)
The ex-FEMA chief makes news again; A wildlife park in Canada says "no more."

» Music Cue: "Kiss"
Artist: Prince
Composer: Prince and the Revolution
CD Title: Prince, The Hits 2
Label: Warner Bros.

Who's Carl, Round Two (Listen)
It takes a lot of energy to save energy; A scattered message; This week's fabulous celebrity wedding.

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

Prediction (Listen)
He was previously known as "The Hammer." What will Tom DeLay's new nickname be?

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