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April 9, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Engelbert Humperdinck

This Week's Panelists:

• Washington Post Style section reporter, Roxanne Roberts
• TV Personality Mo Rocca
• VH1 host Ahmer Haleem

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
Entrepreneurs find a way to say goodbye; pork, pork and more pork; a couple admits its wickedness.

» Music Cue: "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
Artist: Rex Harrison
Composer: Frederick Loewe
CD Title: My Fair Lady
Label: Columbia

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
Condi Rice's biggest problem is right square on her head.

» Music Cue: "Hair Street"
Artist: The Lounge Lizards
Composer: J Lurie
CD Title: My Fair Lady
Label: BMI


Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"Thanks a Lot" -- Three stories of tributes in which it definitely is the thought that counts.

» Music Cue: "The Beat Goes On"
Artist: Sonny and Cher
Composer: Sonny Bono
CD Title: 60's Rock Hits
Label: BMI

Not My Job! (Listen)
Singer and composer Engelbert Humperdinck plays a game called "You Could Be the Next Pope" -- three questions about the history of papal selection.

» Music Cue: "What You See Is Who I Am"
Artist: Engelbert Humperdink
Composer: David Pomeranz/B Kaye
CD Title: Last of the Romantics
Label: CBS Records

Panel Round II (Listen)
Britney Spears proves she may be coming unhinged; a school lunch on trial.

» Music Cue: "Snap Bean"
Artist: L'il Brian & Zydeco Travelers
Composer: Brian Terry/Patrick Terry
CD Title: Louisiana Spice: Rounder Records
Label: BMI


Round 3

Who's Carl this Time? (Listen)
Don't go in the bushes in Arizona this month; a man who was able to laugh at his own bad news this week; goodbye to the prince of a teeny tiny land.

Listener Limerick Challenge (Listen)
Google lets you snoop on nearly everyone; A great day for Bullwinkle's best friend; tickling vermin.

» Music Cue: "Bullwinkle Theme"
Composer: Fred Steiner
CD Title: Toon Tunes
Label: BMI

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
What was in those papers Pope John Paul II wanted burned upon his demise?

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