PrepForOne

09.24.10: THE WEEKEND!

FRIDAY

Love Note Day

SATURDAY

One Hit Wonder Day

SUNDAY

Take a Kid Riding In a Wheel Barrow Day

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POP QUIZ

Name the year:  The Brady Bunch debuted on this very day in 1965, 1969 or 1972?

AUDIO

ANSWER

1969!

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PHONEBUZZ

Light 'em up!

Where's the strangest place you ever vacationed?

Forbes describes it as one of the "world's unique places to visit," and believe it or not, people do visit.  25-years after it exploded, the irradiated zone around Chernobyl is attracting curious visitors from around the world, from nuclear specialists to ordinary tourists, willing to pay 160 dollars a day to visit the zone.

Here's how much fun it is around the old Chernobyl plant.  If you get to the edge of the zone, you can't eat, smoke, touch anything, sit on the ground or even set down personal belongings.  

Wow... could this have anything to do with radiation levels which are 35-times higher than normal?  

If you go, can you bring me back a t-shirt that reads "My friend went to Chernobyl and all I got was this stupid t-shirt... which is better than what he brought back -- cancer!"

source

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FACEBUZZ

Post this to Facebook/Twitter

Nervous about what your friends think of your man?  Here's 5 ways to know if they hate him!   (insert your blog address)

Post this to your Blog

DO THEY HATE HIM?

Do your friends hate your man?  Hard to tell, right?  It's usually not until you finally dump him when their true feelings emerge.  Wouldn't it be nice to know WHILE you're dating him?  From Bride's magazine, here are...

5 Signs Your Friends Hate Your Man

5. When he answers the phone, they quickly hang up, then call you on your cell.

4. They make plans to see you only when they're sure he's out of town or won't be available.

3. They purposely exclude him from conversations by cracking inside jokes or discussing people he doesn't know.

2. They needle you with passive-aggressive questions, like "You're finally going to be joining the girls this weekend? Is Steve really okay with that?"

1. They immediately change the subject or abruptly stop talking whenever you mention him.

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CELEBRITY TWEETS

• "Top Chef" fans will love next season when the show puts together 18 chef'testants from past seasons.  The All-Star Season 8 edition will feature host Padma Lakshmi along with head judge chef Tom Colicchio.  Get the full list of contestants here source
  
  
• Ratings:  The two big winners Wednesday night were "Modern Family" with 12.6 million viewers, and "Survivor" which had 12.5 million.  Look for ABC's "The Whole Truth" to make an early exit with only 4.9 million viewers. source
  
  
• Why don't we like Jennifer Aniston anymore?  Her movies are flopping, and her appearance on "Cougar Town" the other night failed to drum up the ratings everyone expected.  While 12.6 watch "Modern Family," only 8.6 million stuck around for "Cougar Town," taking third place in its timeslot. source
  
  
• Don't ya hate it when someone someone wears the exact same outfit to a party?  It happened to Sigourney Weaver and Jamie Lynn Curtis -- but it was on purpose to promote their movie "You Again."  Take a look here go!
  
  
• Which is real and which is wax?  Gwen Stefani got her own wax likeness at the Madame Tussauds in Vegas.  It took six months to create this Gwen, which is three months less than it took to create the real thing, if you think about it.  Which is real?  Decide: go!
  
  
• Sesame Street pulled the controversial video featuring Katy Perry and Elmo.  Some thought Katy's outfit was, shall we say, inappropriate for such a young audience.  Others thought it was no big deal and the kids wouldn't notice anyway.  Sounds like PBS didn't want to deal with either side.  The video, viewed 1.2 million times, can still be seen on Katy Perry's website: http://www.katyperry.com/
  
  
• "The View" celebrated its 3,000th show yesterday with a visit from Tina Fey.  http://theview.abc.go.com/

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CUTTIN' CAKE THIS WEEKEND

FRIDAY

• Kevin Sorbo (52)
• Gordon Clapp (62)
• Mean Joe Green (64)

SATURDAY

• Michael Douglas (66)
• Catherine Zeta-Jones (41)
• Barbara Walters (79)
• Will Smith (42)
• Heather Locklear (49)
• Anson Williams (61)
• Cheryl Tiegs (63)

SUNDAY

• Olivia Newton-John (62)
• Linda Hamilton (54)
• Serena Williams (29)
• Jack LaLanne (96)

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BIRTHDAY QUIZ

He's 42 this weekend... a rather confident 42

AUDIO

ANSWER

Will Smith!  

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PRIMETIME THIS WEEKEND!

FRIDAY

ABC: Modern Family, Better With You, The Whole Truth, 20/20 (NEW)

CBS: Medium (NEW), CSI: NY (NEW), Blue Bloods (NEW)

NBC: Dateline (NEW 2-hrs), Outlaw (NEW)

FOX: Human Target, The Good Guys (NEW)

CW: Smallville (NEW), Supernatural (NEW)

SATURDAY

ABC: College Football - Oregon State @ Boise State

CBS: Hawaii Five-O, Blue Bloods, 48 Hrs (NEW)

NBC: The Event, Chase, Law & Order: SVU

FOX: Cops (NEW), Cops, America's Most Wanted (NEW

Sunday

ABC: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (NEW), Desperate Housewives (NEW), Brothers & Sisters (NEW)

CBS: Amazing Race (NEW), Undercover Boss (NEW)

NBC: Giants vs. Dolphins

FOX: The Simpsons (NEW), The Cleveland Show (NEW), Family Guy (NEW 1-hr)

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DID YOU KNOW

"Three out of four Americans will be overweight or obese by 2020"

-From a study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Read the rest here go!

WHO SAID IT?

"I've lost over 50 lbs...and I'm having the time of my of my life...30 more to goooooo"

-Kirstie Alley via Twitter

JOKE OF THE DAY

A man found a magic genie who would grant him one wish. The man said to the genie,” I wish that I had a non-stop bridge from here to Hawaii." The genie said,” I’m sorry, but that's going to be very hard. Do you have another wish?"

The man answered, "Of course! I want the power to understand all women."

The genie thought for a minute. He replied, "How many platforms did you want on that bridge?"

Clipped from: www.fitlab.com (share this clip)

SURF THIS!

So many of us want to get into shape, and want a personal trainer, but don't want to do it in front of people at the gym.  FitLab designs a workout around your shape and weight which you can do anytime and anywhere by just watching your computer.  Well, you have to work out, too.  You can't just WATCH your computer... don't you wish it were that easy?  FitLab.com

DOGGIE BAG

• A court reporter in Detroit's 36th District is serving a 30-day sentence for missing deadlines to produce a court transcript.  Wow... going to jail for not doing your job?  We couldn't build a prison big enough in Washington, D.C. source
  
  
• A DeLand, Florida mom was thrown in jail after letting her 10-year old son miss school for more than 64 days.  She says her son just "refused to go to school."  Meanwhile, students at this kid's elementary school are holding a rally to demand the release of the GREATEST MOM IN THE WORLD.  source
  
  
• A Taiwanese man who won a poster design competition to promote copyright protection has been stripped of his prize after it was discovered that he, himself copied the work.  Wow, there's an entire new level of stupid that's unearthed every day, huh? source
  
  
• Did you know yesterday, Nintendo turned 121 years old!  It was 1889 when Fusajiro Yamauchi founded a company that at the time specialized in the humble playing card, and would later dabble in everything from toys to taxis before deciding - wisely - to settle in the 1970s on making video game consoles and software.  Of course, back then if you asked someone for their Wii controller, you would've been punched.  source