radio showprep: children+tv=fat, you're not good at picking up lies (seriously), and what we really do on vacation

Show Starters

cuttin' cake

• Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford is 27
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Kristen Bell 32 (gossip girl)
• Martha Reeves of the 'Martha and the Vandella's is 71 (heat wave)
• James Brolin turns 72
• It's National Caviar Day (Fletch)

primetime wednesday

abc: everything's a rerun except for Final Witness at 10pm
cbs: Big Brother is the only new episode
nbc: America's Got Talent is live at 9pm, everything else is a rerun
fox: So You Think You Can Dance is NEW
cw:  America's Next Top Model is a rerun (2 hrs)

one hit wonder wedensday

(play)  It's one hit wonder Wednesday!  Can you name the group?

Hint:  1990
Hint #2:  Epsom Mad Funkers

Answer: EMF!

joke of the day

(too cheesy?)

A sweet little boy surprised his grandmother one morning and brought her a cup of coffee. He made it himself and was so proud. He anxiously waited to hear the verdict on the quality of the coffee. The grandmother had never in her life had such a bad cup of coffee, and as she forced down the last sip she noticed three of those little green army guys in the bottom of the cup.

She asked, "Honey, why would three little green army guys be in the bottom of my cup?"

Her grandson replied, "You know grandma, it's like on TV, 'The best part of waking up is soldiers in your cup.'"

Anniversary Snuggy!

(This is a bit from yesterday, but I added phone calls to kickstart the bit -- your welcome!)

What are the best and worst anniversary gifts you can give?

Best

1 A shared adventure (sky diving, wine tasting)
2 Something to commemorate your anniversary date (drinks at the bar where you met, eat the same food you had on your wedding day, etc)
3 Something to carry always (this is where jewelry comes in)

Ok, now the WORST possible gifts to give on your anniversary

1 Something that's actually for yourself (giving her lingerie, for example)
2 Something related to self-improvement (treadmill, anyone?)
3 A gift card (nothing says "I don't know you" better than a gift card)

What is the WORST anniversary gift you have ever received?  Here are 3 phone calls to get it started  

More TV, Bigger Waist

A new study found children who watch lots of TV early in life are chubby and weak later.  13-hundred kids took part in the study.  Researchers discovered the average 2-year old watches almost 9-hours of TV each week.  That rises to 15-hours by the time they turn 4.  A few years later, researchers measured the kid's waistline and put them through strength tests.

They were then able to translate hours in front of the TV to waistline expansion.  Here it is:  If a kid watched more TV as a 4-year-old than they did when they were two, each extra hour corresponded to a .047 centimeter increase in waist size.  

"...on a small child, a centimeter becomes important," said one of the researchers.  

They're Lying to You!

Do you have a pretty good internal lie detector?  Are you pretty good at picking up when someone is fibbing?  Well, you're not.  Research has proven that we're bad at detecting when others are lying to us.

Here are 5 reasons why we don't pick up on the lies from Psychology Today

Stereotypes -- We think liars don't make eye contact, right?  Nope.  Liars actually engage in more eye contact.

Bias -- We have a trusting bias that makes us believe that most people are telling the truth.  They've done studies where they literally told participants that half the people are lying, yet they judge the majority as honest.

Demeanor bias - Some people just look more honest because of the differences in our nonverbal expressive style.  This "demeanor bias" leads us to trust people that are more expressive over people that are more stoic.

Feedback - Since we rarely find out if we were told a lie, we don't learn from our past mistakes.

Out-foxed - The best liars know how to look honest, and we just flat-out get fooled.

Facebook/Phones:  What is the first sign your husband is lying?

Workaholics

It's summer, so here we go again -- another survey that found, shockingly, that we check email and think about work while on (*gasp*) vacation!  52% of us are planning to work while on vacation, according to a Harris Interactive poll.  That's a 6% jump over last year.  How involved will we be with our work on vacation?

1. Read emails: 30%
2. Take phone calls: 23%
3. Look over documents: 19%
4. Look at work-related text messages: 18%
5. Do work for the boss, client or colleague: 13%

Facebook/Phones:  Conclusion -- We're Americans.  We work.  That's what we do.  Even if it's just for a few minutes while at the beach.  Better to put out a small fire at Disney than pick up the ashes when you return... right or wrong?