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ROSALEEN MOORE: Hello.
SAGAL: Hi, who's this?
MOORE: My name is Rosaleen Moore.
SAGAL: Hey Rosaleen, how are you?
MOORE: I'm great. I'm fine, thank you.
SAGAL: Where are you calling from?
MOORE: York, Maine.
SAGAL: Oh, we are making our debut, our Maine debut in Portland in a couple of weeks.
MOORE: I know. When, when, when?
SAGAL: August 9th, I think we'll be there in Portland.
MOORE: Oh.
SAGAL: It's very exciting.
MOORE: Yeah.
SAGAL: Do you have any tips for what we should do to enjoy ourselves in Maine?
MOORE: Just enjoy all the many ice cream stands and antique shops that you'll see.
ROXANNE ROBERTS: What's your stand on eating ice cream cones with a spoon?
(LAUGHTER)
MOORE: That's just weird.
SAGAL: Right.
(LAUGHTER)
PETER GROSZ: He's lost Maine. He's already down four electoral votes. He's lost Maine.
SAGAL: Rosaleen, welcome to the show. Carl, of course, is going to read you three news-related limericks, with the last word or phrase missing from each. Your job of course, complete that limerick. Do it two times out of three, you'll win our prize. Ready to go?
MOORE: Yes, yes, yes.
SAGAL: Here is your first limerick.
CARL KASELL: Ariel chased the wrong grail. In the water, I'd rather not flail. A mermaid I'll be, and I'll swim in the sea, once I slip on my new fishy?
MOORE: Tail.
SAGAL: Yes.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)
(APPLAUSE)
SAGAL: The company 3-Fin has introduced a $250 mermaid or merman tail swimsuit. It allows your weird kid to continue being shunned during the hot summer months.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: You always have to remember to bend at the knees when you lift your 19-year-old merman son out of the pool.
(LAUGHTER)
MOORE: OK, I'm ready for my next one.
SAGAL: Oh.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
SAGAL: Guys. OK, let's keep it moving. Here is your next limerick.
KASELL: I can face all the undead hordes calmly, even if they can learn how to bomb me. In my fort I keep fresh, and they won't eat my flesh. My new home will protect me from?
MOORE: Romney.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
SAGAL: A Romney-proof home is what you're suggesting.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: The answer is not Romney. Let's hear it again.
MOORE: OK.
KASELL: I can face all the undead hordes calmly, even if they can learn how to bomb me. In my fort I keep fresh, and they won't eat my flesh. My new home will protect me from?
MOORE: From zombies.
SAGAL: Zombies, yes.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)
(APPLAUSE)
SAGAL: Zombies, as I'm sure you know, have a saying: real estate is all about three things, brains, brains, and brains.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: You're safe though; Realtor dot com is now showcasing zombie-proof homes that might be currently on the market, including the $750,000 Nuclear Missile Silo Home in New York, which is equipped with a launch control center, three-inch-thick concrete doors. It's all 125 feet under ground. Great, but where is there a person who is both really concerned about zombie apocalypse and has good credit?
(LAUGHTER)
GROSZ: Romney spoke at the National Association for the Advancement of Zombies this week, didn't he?
SAGAL: He did.
(LAUGHTER)
GROSZ: Booo.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
GROSZ: Booo.
(LAUGHTER)
GROSZ: I'm sorry. Are you approving of me?
ROBERTS: Wait, do zombies boo? I thought they went...
(SOUNDBITE OF ZOMBIES)
SAGAL: He's, like, I'm going to repeal Obamacare. The zombies are like that's cool, we're dead. It's fine.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: We could care less. All right, here is your last quote.
KASELL: Though I'm svelte and can wear skinny clothes, in my feet my obesity shows. So my piggies are rife to go under the knife. I'll have lypo on all my ten?
MOORE: Toes.
SAGAL: Yes, toes.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)
(APPLAUSE)
SAGAL: Plastic surgeons are now performing liposuction on people's toes. You know, solving that persistent problem of fat toes.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: Never again will you have to say "oh, no cupcake for me, it'll go right to my toes."
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: And they're calling this problem toe-besity.
(LAUGHTER)
BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT: You know who doesn't have that problem?
SAGAL: Who?
GOLDTHWAIT: Mermaids.
SAGAL: That's true.
(LAUGHTER)
GROSZ: No toes.
SAGAL: Carl, how did Rosaleen do on our quiz?
KASELL: Rosaleen, you had three correct answers, so you win our prize. Congratulations.
SAGAL: Well done.
(APPLAUSE)
MOORE: Thank you.
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