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Alan Hunter Photo Gallery: The Wait Wait team in Tuscaloosa. Heard on the show: Air Raid: One way to win, or at least evade, an argument. Earth Day: Fight deforestation by pant-hooting like a chimpanzee. Laff Box: A tribute to the late Charlie Douglass. Boston Traffic: Drivers may soon grin and bear it. What's In A Name?: All the veggie patties you can eat, apparently.

April 26, 2003


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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Former MTV VeeJay, and now Birmingham based film producer, Alan Hunter.

This Week's Panelists:

• Charlie Pierce, Boston Globe writer
• Adam Felber, Writer and performer
• Sue Ellicott, Writer and journalist

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
The U.S. military goes for a winning poker hand; A Senator who definitely is NOT fabulous; Fox TV finds some old reality to host their new reality show.

» Music Cue: Button
Composer: Carl Stallings
CD Title: Carl Stallings Themes for WB Cartoons
Label: Warner Bros Records



Opening Round (Listen)
A Bush administration official says something truly mean about Senator John Kerry; We're not sure, but we think Carl may be losing it...

» Music Cue: "I Wan'na Be Like You"
Artist: Los Lobos
Composer: Richard and Robert Sherman
CD Title: Stay Awake: Music from Disney Films
Label: A&M Records



Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
The death this week of an American inventor who created something we, frankly, never really thought of as having an inventor.

» Music Cue: "Make Em Laugh"
Artist: Gene Kelly
Composer: Brown & Freed
CD Title: That's Entertainment, The MGM Anthology
Label: Rhino Records



Not My Job! (Listen)
Former MTV vee-jay, and film producer, Alan Hunter plays a game called, "And You Thought The Singles Bar Scene Was Bad..." Three questions from the book, Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation -- a book about the sex lives of animals.

» Music Cue: "Flight of the Bumblebee"
Artist: Unlisted
Composer: Rimsky Korsakov
CD Title: Unlisted
Label: BMG Music



Panel Round (Listen)
We're so thankful that Anne Garrels is back safe from Baghdad; she's thankful that it was very warm there.

» Music Cue: ""Three's Company Theme""
Artist: Alan Thicke
Composer: Nicholl/Raposo
CD Title: TV's Greatest Hits, 70's and 80's
Label: Tee Vee Toons



Round 3

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
Embedded and ready to do some shopping; diplomacy tactics of the insane, an example of shamelessness in the news.

» Music Cue: "American Life"
Artist: Madonna
Composer: Madonna/Mirwais Ahmadzai
CD Title: American Life
Label: Warner Bros Records



Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
Three limericks about our host state, Alabama.

» Music Cue: "Stars Fell On Alabama"
Artist: Billie Holliday
Composer: Parish/Perkins
CD Title: All Or Nothing At All
Label: Polygram Records



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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What will we learn next about the trade secrets of reporters in Baghdad?

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