HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Tyron Stucks McFarlan, ringmaster of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
This Week's Panelists:
• Writer and performer Adam Felber • Comedian Paula Poundstone
• Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce
Round 1
Who's Carl This Time?
(Listen) A Senate Committee foreign policy nominee gets some constructive criticism; The government of Wisconsin nixes a proposal for a new game animal; and A judge puts the country's most famous prisoner back in her place.
Opening Panel Round
(Listen) A group does what it can for peace in the Middle East; The newest thing Americans are lying about.
» Music Cue: "Telephone (Won't You Ring)"
Artist: Shelly Fabares
Composer: Mann/ Weil
CD Title: The Best of Shelly Fabares Label: Rhino Entertainment
Round 2
Music Game (Listen) President Bush dedicates a tune to a visit at his ranch in
Crawford this week; The smoke that's in the news; and This week's celebrity
pregnancy.
» Music Cue: "My Sharona"
Artist: The Knack
Composer: Fieger/Averre
CD Title: Proof: The Very Best of The Knack Label: EMI Capitol Special Markets
» Music Cue: "Smokin in the Boys' Room"
Artist: Brownsville Station
Composer: Koda/ Lutz
CD Title: Have a Nice Decade: The 70's Pop Culture Box Label: Rhino Entertainment
» Music Cue: "I Don't Wanna Play House"
Artist: Tammy Wynette
Composer: Sherrill/ Sutton
CD Title: Tammy Wynette Super Hits Label: Sony Music
Not My Job!
(Listen) Ringling Brothers Ringmaster Tyron McFarlan plays our game
called "You're auctioning off your dirty bath towel for extra income": Three
multiple-choice questions about questionable sports memorablilia.
» Music Cue: "Main Title"
Composer: Elfman
CD Title: Big Top Pee Wee Label: Paramount Pictures
Round 3
Panel Round II (Listen) The big question regarding John Negroponte; The Iron Lady
makes a surprising appearance; When and when not to use your cell phone; A Mississippi politician's sign problem.
» Music Cue: "Super Freak"
Artist: Rick James
Composer: James/Miller
CD Title: Street Songs Label: Motown
Bluff the Listener (Listen)
High water pants are so last week": Three stories
about new trends among the hippest members of retirement communities.
Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank
(Listen)
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Panelist Predictions
(Listen) What will Britney name her child?
