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Heard on the show: Gloat-Control: Now in pill form. We're No. 1: Or No. 25. Geeks: In line and looking for love. Gastric Acid: Might be the cause. Phoning In: And feeling fined.

Dec. 20, 2003

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Linda Wertheimer
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Actor Joel Grey

This Week's Panelists:

• Mo Rocca, host of Court TV's The Smoking Gun and a regular contributor to NBC's Today Show
• Sue Ellicott, writer and journalist
• P.J. O'Rourke, writer for The Atlantic Monthly


Round 1

Who's Linda This Time? (Listen)
The captive who wasn't thirsty; "He was on gloat-control drugs;" at least he's not leading any parades.

Panel Round (Listen)
A very public anniversary that crashed and burned; the president of Germany addresses a national crisis; CNN says, "We didn't mean it, honest!"

» Music Cue: "C'est Si Bon"
Artist: Jack Cooper/Terry Snyder
Composer: Betti
CD Title: A Bachelor in Paris
Label: Capitol Records
Year: 1996


Round 2

Listener Bluff (Listen)
"The race to the bottom... has been won!" -- three stories about a crass attempt to make it big.

Not My Job! (Listen)
Oscar-winning actor Joel Grey plays a game called "Even by the Standards of Big-Time Sports, You Are an Incredible Jerk" -- three questions about low points in the sports world.

» Music Cue: "Money, Money"
Artist: Liza Minnelli/ Joel Grey
Composer: Morris Levy
CD Title: Cabaret
Label: MCA Records
Year: 1998

Second Panel Round (Listen)
Bob Edwards interviews a seasonal professional.

» Music Cue: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
Artist: The Ventures
Composer: Sloan/Barri
CD Title: The Ventures Christmas Album
Label: CEMA Special Markets
Year: 1995


Round 3

Linda Wertheimer’s Countdown (Listen)
Sitting in this week for Carl Kasell, Linda Wertheimer spins three songs, each of which contains clues to stories from the week's news.

» Music Cue: "Charlie Brown"
Artist: The Coasters
Composer: Leiber/Stoller
CD Title: Loud, Fast & Out of Control, Vol 4
Label: Rhino
Year: 1999

» Music Cue: "Morning After"
Composer: Maureen McGovern
CD Title: '70s Party Classics, Disc 3
Label: United Artists Music
Year: 1998

» Music Cue: "(You're) Having My Baby"
Artist: Paul Anka w/ Odia Coates
Composer: Paul Anka
CD Title: '70s Party Classics, Disc 4
Label: United Artists Music
Year: 1998

Who's Linda This Time? (Round Two) (Listen)
A ruling against reverting to 2001; a once prestigious event is now commonplace; and The Hope of the Geeks.

» Music Cue: "Pencil Neck Geek"
Artist: Freddie Blassie
Composer: Margulies/Cicero
CD Title: The Very Best of Dr.Demento
Label: Margulies/Cicero
Year: 2001

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
The Federal Appeals Court says charge or release; Detroit in December, now a holiday destination; he needs a woman who won't be put off by elf ears.

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
Our panelists predict what the United States will learn from Saddam Hussein.

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