radio show prep: who do kids prefer to ride with, mom or dad?

ShowStarters Wednesday 11.14.12

cuttin' cake

• Josh Duhamel turns the be four-oh!
• Patrick Warburton from Rules of Engagement is 48
• Former Sec. of State Condoleeza Rice is 58

birthday pop quiz: The great Patrick Warburton turns 40 today... back when he was 28, he played Steven Stone in (what flick)?

PLAY

Answer: Scream 3!

today is...

Operating Room Nurse Day! Big love to our operating room nurses today, and of course, ANYONE that works in an operating room, because TV taught me that it takes a steady hand... (play)...or the patients nose lights up. (Watch the classic commercial here).

primetime wednesday

abc: The Middle, The Neighbors, Modern Family, Suburgatory, and Nashville are all new tonight
cbs: Survivor: Philippines, Criminal Minds, and CSI are new
nbc: The premiere of Whitney happens tonight followed by new episodes of Guys with Kids, Law and Order: SVU, and Chicago Fire
fox: The X-Factor is new
cw: Arrow and Supernatural are both new

pop quiz

What do celebrity mom's Tracey Gold, Heather Locklear, Jaime Pressly, and Brooke Mueller have in common?

Answer:  They've all been behind bars! Check out the mugshots here

pop quiz

A long-time gender gap has been reversed.... today, more women possess one of these than men... what?

Hint: You are probably using it right now...

Answer: A driver's license! Male drivers outnumbered female drivers all the way back to 1908, when the first Model T rolled off the assembly line. It stayed that way until women started catching up in the 90's, and passed men over the last few years. This article thinks the number of female drivers could change the face of driving:


"Women are more likely than men to purchase smaller, safer and more fuel-efficient cars; to drive less, and to have a lower fatality rate per distance driven, he said."

pop quiz: one-hit-wonder-wednesday

15 years ago, these guys were all over the radio -- do you remember this one-hit-wonder?

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Answer: The Cardigans! A Swedish rock band with Nina Persson at the lead. They recently got back together... Source

Gotta See This...

Be prepared to be hypnotized...by...Gustavo...AlmaDOvar.


I like the part where he says his name.

joke of the day

A man who lived in a block of apartments thought it was raining and put his head out the window to check. As he did so, a glass eye fell into his hand. He looked up to see where it came from just in time to notice a young woman looking down.

"Is this yours?" he asked. She said, "Yes, could you bring it up?" and the man agreed.

On his arrival she was profuse in her thanks and offered the man a drink. Because she was very attractive, he agreed.

Shortly afterward she said, "I'm about to have dinner--there's plenty. Would you like to join me?"

He readily accepted her offer and both enjoyed a lovely meal. As the evening was drawing to a close the lady said, "I've had a marvelous evening. Would you like to stay the night?"

The man hesitated then said, "Do you act like this with every man you meet?"

"No," she replied. "Only those who catch my eye."

Mom or Dad?

If given the choice, who do kids prefer behind the wheel... mom or dad? Kids choose (drum roll) DAD!

That's right --- the majority of a 1,000 kids between 5 and 7 years old feel safer with dad behind the wheel. What's wrong with mom? Apparently her mouth! The kids said mom was much more likely to use bad language while driving. Dad also edged out mom when it came to parking ability.

But our kids can get pretty annoyed while riding with us. They say are 3 worst driving habits are:

1. Listening to terrible music
2. Singing out loud, or too loudly
3. Getting road rage/ shouting at other drivers

Phones/Facebook: Yes we annoy our kids...and if you're like me, you do it on purpose. At stop lights I'll stare at my son in the back seat through the rear view mirror. It drives him bat crazy! How do you purposely annoy your kids?