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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Ted Allen, from Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
This Week's Panelists:
• Writer and performer Adam Felber
• TV Personality and author of the book All the President's Pets, Mo Rocca
• Comedienne Paula Poundstone
Round 1
Carl Kasell's Countdown
(Listen)
Carl spins songs by Hall and Oates, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Journey to highlight the three big stories in the week's news.
» Music Cue: "She's Gone"
Artist: Hall and Oates
Composer: Darryl Hall/John Oates
CD Title: Abandoned Luncheonette
Label: RCA Records
» Music Cue: "The Waiting"
Artist: Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
Composer: Tom Petty
CD Title: Hard Promises
Label: MCA Records
» Music Cue: "Don't Stop Believin'"
Artist: Journey
Composer: Cain/Perry/Schon
CD Title: Escape
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
» Music Cue: "Take Me Out To the Ballgme"
Composer: P.D.
Opening Panel Round
(Listen)
The terror threat to America's mermaids.
» Music Cue: "Under the Sea"
Artist: Samuel Wright
Composer: HowardAshman/Alan Menken
CD Title: The Little Mermaid
Label: Walt Disney Company
Round 2
Bluff the Listener
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The Wacky World Of Local Politics: Three stories about small-town politicians gone wild.
» Music Cue: "You'll Never Never Know"
Artist: The Platters
Composer: Miles/Robey/Williams
CD Title: Best Of The Platters
Label: Rhino Music Entertainment
Not My Job
(Listen)
Ted Allen, of Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight
Guy, and the man behind the new cookbook The Foods You Want to
Eat, plays a game called "You're the Richest Man in the World
But You Still Can't Buy a Drink." Three questions about the
ultra-wealthy Sultan of Brunei, from a Wall Street Journal
article.
» Music Cue: "Mah Na Mah Na"
Artist: Leroy Holmes
Composer: Piero Ulmiliani
CD Title: Ultralounge: Bottoms Up
Label: Capitol Records
Wait Wait Mailbag
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A listener tells us how our panelists stand up against one another.
Round 3
Panel Round 2
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How does a cop cuff a felon who has furry red arms? If Plame-gate didn't get him, then this writing would.
» Music Cue: "Laugh In 'Inquisitive Tango'"
Artist: Leroy Holmes
Composer: Ian Bernard
CD Title: TV's Greatest Hits: Remote Control
Label: Tee Vee Toons
Listener Limericks
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Kentucky goes after the terrorists in its American Legion halls and homes for the
elderly; In space, everyone can hear you scream at your boyfriend; Taking the drinking out of drinking games.
» Music Cue: "Herzensfreude"
Artist: Woadhauser Musikanten
CD Title: Oktoberfest in Germany
Label: Laserlight 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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What will Harriet Miers do next, now that she's withdrawn her name from consideration to the Supreme Court?
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