radio show prep: women start planning saturday night outfits on wednesday, skinny christmas trees are in

ShowStarters Monday 11.12.12

cuttin' cake

• Cute Ann Hathaway from the Dark Knight and a million other movies turns the big THREE-OH!
• Ryan Gosling is 32
• Megan Mullally from the old Will and Grace show is 54

Birthday quiz: Name the Ann Hathaway flick: PLAY

Answer: Get Smart (2008) starring Ann as Agent 99 and Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart (agent 86)







It's Chicken Soup for the Soul Day..."a celebration of who you are, where you've been, where you're going, and who you will be thankful to when you get there!" ((Play: Because I'm good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!) source

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 tonight
nbc: The Voice is live followed by a new Revolution
fox: Bones and The Mob Doctor are both new
cw: 90210 and Gossip Girl are new

pop quiz: movie monday

Do you remember what the #1 movie was five years ago today? Here's a couple hints:

Soundtrack: Sheryl Crow recut a classic: Play

Trailer: Play

Answer: Bee Movie starring the voices of Jerry Seinfeld and Reese Witherspoon

joke of the day

Five doctors went to on a duck hunt: a GP, a pediatrician, a psychiatrist, a surgeon, and a pathologist. After a while a bird came winging overhead, the GP raised his shogun but didn’t shoot because he wasn’t sure if it was a duck or not. The pediatrician also raised his gun, but then he wasn’t sure if it was a male or female duck, so he didn’t shoot. The psychiatrist raised his gun and then thought, I know that’s a duck, but does the duck know it’s a duck?” The surgeon was the only one who shot. Boom!! He blew it away.

Then he turned to the pathologist and said, “Go see if that was a duck.”

pop quiz

If you're a woman, you will start doing (this) at 1:35pm on Wednesday! What?

Answer: Start thinking about what you're going to wear on Saturday night!

A new survey found young women spend hours deciding what to wear for their night out on Saturday, which includes nearly two hours online researching outfits, venues, and event the weather forecast.

• 63% of women insist on having a new outfit to wear
• You start getting ready at 5:50pm
• Two hours later, you're ready
• You and your three friends (the perfect number) will finally head out at 8:23pm
• You'll each upload an average of 8 photos to Facebook and Twitter throughout the evening

Skinny Trees

There's a new trend with Christmas trees this year -- skinny is in! Tall and skinny trees are all the rage this year -- both real and fake. We're talkin' trees up to 15 feet high, but half as wide. There are even the more extreme "pencil" trees which are as narrow as 18 inches across.

If you're thinking of heading in the "skinny tree" direction this year, take this advice from a professional Christmas tree decorator (from the Wall St Journal online):

Start at the top with small ornaments and work down using medium-size ornaments, reserving large ornaments for the trunk area and near the bottom. He suggests maintaining an overall sleek, simple presentation for the slim tree but using plenty of flashy gift-wrap for the presents underneath.


Facebook/Phones: Who listening can set the tree record this morning -- meaning the most number of Christmas trees you set up and decorate over Christmas. Isn't that exhausting?

Need a date? Get a dog!

A man has a much better chance at scoring a date if he has a dog...but not all dogs will work... it depends on the breed, according to Alejandro Russo, co-founder of Kloof, a mobile app that allows you to create profiles for your pet.

From their survey, here are the dogs that get the job done:

For men:

1. German Shepherd
2. Golden Retriever
3. Labrador Retriever
4. Siberian Husky
5. French Bulldog


For women:

1. Golden Retriever
2. Labrador Retriever
3. Chihuahua
4. Poodle
5. Beagle




Stay away from Chihuahuas, ladies. According to the survey, people think you're dumb, high maintenance, and more likely to be up for a one-night-stand. You can probably thank Paris Hilton for that.

The profession with the most cheaters!

A man that cheats on his wife in Washington, D.C.? No way! It IS kind of surprising, though, to find out our national hero, General David Petraeus, former CIA Director, quit his position after the FBI discovered an extramarital affair through email on his computer. Oops.

YourTango.com asked if the writing was on the wall. Are people in "prominent, morality-based professions" more likely to cheat than the rest of us? The answer is -- who really knows. It does seem that way too many of our political leaders have secret lives...that is until they start posting pictures of their body on Twitter... then it all comes crumbling down.

The website that sets up cheating couples, AshleyMadison.com, claims the most "adulterous professions" are doctors and police officers for men, and teachers and stay-at-home-moms for women.

Phones/Facebook: Do you think there are more cheaters in certain lines of work, or is it spread evenly across all professions?