radio show prep: men are better multitaskers, the most popular song for sex, and a reporter who hates fish

ShowStarters 10.29.12 Monday

cuttin' cake

• Winona Ryder turns 41
• Dan Castellaneta from "The Simpsons" turns 55 (Homer, but he also does Grandpa, Barney, Krusty, Groundskeeper Willie, the Mayor, and Hans Moleman)
• Richard Dreyfuss is 65

Today is Hermit Day

primetime monday

abc: Dancing With the Stars is live followed by a new Castle
cbs: How I Met Your Mother, Partners, 2 Broke Girls, Mike and Molly, and Hawaii Five-O are all new
nbc: The Voice and Revolution are both new
fox: The World Series between and Giants and Tigers continues
cw: 90210 and Gossip Girl are new

pop quiz: movie monday

Can you guess which movie was number one 10-years ago today?

hint #1: From the soundtrack

hint #2: From the trailer

Answer: Jackass: The Movie

joke of the day

One day, a grandpa and his grandson go golfing. The young one is really good and the old one is just giving him tips. They are on hole 8 and there is a tree in the way and the grandpa says, "When I was your age, I would hit the ball right over that tree."

So, the grandson hits the ball and it bumps against the tree and lands not to far from where it started.

"Of course," added the grandpa, "when I was your age, the tree was only 3 feet tall."

add 10

Here's an easy way for a woman to add 10-years to her life -- just quit smoking. You've heard it before, but a new study followed women over 50 for 12 years and found smokers were three times more likely to die in the following nine years than nonsmokers. This means smoking is to blame for two-thirds of all deaths for female smokers over 50.

The solution is easy. Quit, and quit early. They found women who quit smoking before hitting 40 avoided more than 90% of the increased risk. And quitting before 30 reduced smoking-related death chances by 97%. Said one researcher: "If women smoke like men, they die like men."

Facebook/Phones: Any long time smoker will tell you how tough it is to quit... much easier said than done. Pop-star Pink quit her 25-year smoking habit after reading a book: "I quit when I got pregnant by reading Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking. That really worked for me." What finally did it for you?

Hard to believe, but...

Yes, men can multitask. In fact, they do it better than women (I am invincible!) The whole idea of women being better multitaskers is a myth, according to new research that seems hard to believe.

And get this -- researchers say a woman's ability to handle several different tasks at once is linked to her menstrual phase. The capacity is higher around menstruation and lower around ovulation when oestrogen levels are high.

Facebook/Phones: Do you buy ANY of this? Can the man in your life really juggle as much as you do at the same time?

Top songs in the bedroom!

Your soft touch and hairy chest does little to turn her on guys, but you know what does work? Music! A study out over the weekend found that music turns us on more than the touch or feel of our partner.

And what music? If you believe this study, the most popular song that works in the bedroom is .... "She's Like the Wind" from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack! No, that's no joke. Actually, any song from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack will work. Here are the top 10 tracks played during hanky-panky:

1. She's Like the Wind from Patrick Swayze
2. Sexual Healing from Marvin Gaye
3. Bolero from the London Symphony Orchestra (of course...)
4. Take My Breath Away by Berlin
5. You See the Trouble With Me by Barry White
6. Let's Get it On from Marvin Gaye
7. Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers
8. My Heart Will Go On from Celine Dion
9. Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus from Serge Gainsburg (huh?)
10. I Will Always Love You by Whitney

The rest of the list is here

Facebook/Phones: What song is the biggest mood-breaker?

Gotta See This

This reporter hasn't been on too many fishing trips...that's just a guess... (Audio to tease on the air)