radio show prep: many shades of the Harlem Shake; A "Good Day" for "A Good Day to Die Hard," and how to really get your kids to eat vegetables

ShowStarters for Monday, Feb 18th, 2013

We found something new at the gas station...Let's have my son, Kellen, test it first...

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• Molly Ringwald is 45
• Matt Dillon turns 49
• Jillian Michaels is 39
• Vanna White is 56
• John Travolta turns 59
• Cybill Shephard is 63

Today is President's Day

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ABC: The Bachelor is new and 2-hours followed by a new Castle

CBS: How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, 2 Broke Girls, Mike and Molly and Hawaii Five-O are all new

NBC: The Biggest Loser and Deception are both new

FOX: Bones and The Following are new

CW: The Carrie Diaries and 90210 are new

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#1 hits on this day...

"Tik Tok" Kesha (2010)
"Power of Love" Celine Dion (1994)
"How Will I Know" Whitney Houston (1986)
"Crocodile Rock" Elton John (1973)

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Chevrolet has a new voice... it's no longer Tim Allen, it's (who)? Watch/listen:



Answer: John Cusack!

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Holiday weekend flicks...



Box office:

1) A Good Day to Die Hard $25 million (projected)
2) Identity Theif $23.4 million
3) Safe Haven $21.4 million

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Wow...

Two weeks ago, the Harlem Shake was just another odd video on YouTube, today it has 10-million views. 4,000 "Harlem Shake" parodies are being uploaded to YouTube every day, and the track has made it to #1 on iTunes. Why? Who knows. Here's the original:




Here are a few spin-offs

Skater edition:




Firefighter




Underwater




Portand




Office




Father/Son




Happy Endings

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You may want to sit down for this...

You may want to sit down for this, but a new study has proven the impossible: Children eat more vegetables when they're sweetened with SUGAR!

The researchers, by the way, think this is just fine if sugar is used as a tool to get the kids eating vegetables in the first place. Once that's achieved, sugar can be left out of the meal.

Facebook/Phones: I had a friend who found out later in life that her mom never used sugar on her cereal, but instead was pretending to pour sugar on her cereal, but was really using flour. What sneaky tricks did your mom have up her sleeve?

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