radio show prep: eat carbs; classic commercial quiz; and is black friday starting too early (survey)?

ShowStarters 11.14.12 Thursday

cuttin' cake

• Beverly D'Angelo is 58
• Joseph Wopner is 93!
• Ed Asner turns 83

birthday quiz: Joseph Wopner is still kickin' and turns 93 today... Do you remember the show he used to star in? (PLAY!

Answer: The People's Court!

primetime, thursday

abc: Last Resort, Grey's Anatomy, and Scandal are all new
cbs: The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Person of Interest, Elementary all new
nbc: 30 Rock, Up All Night, The Office, Parks and Rec, and Rock Ctr are all new
fox: The X Factor is Live followed by a new Glee
cw: The Vampire Diaries and Beauty and the Beast are new


pop quiz: this day in music history

This was the #1 song on this very day in 2001...PLAY.

Answer: Mary J. Blige


pop quiz: classic commercial

As we get closer to the holidays, it's fun to look back and hear the commercials for the toys we wanted for Christmas. Remember this one?

PLAY

Answer: Playdough (1981)

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joke of the day

An elderly woman died last month. Having never married, she requested no male pallbearers. In her handwritten instructions for her memorial service, she wrote, "They wouldn't take me out while I was alive, and I don't want them to take me out when I'm dead."

Carbs = YES!

The conventional wisdom in the diet world is to avoid carbs religiously, especially in the evening! But a new diet is suggesting the complete opposite. Carb up -- especially in the evening. They say a bowl of pasta at night can actually reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease. Researchers discovered that test subjects on what they're calling the Ramadan Diet, were less full before bed, better weight control, and improved blood sugar levels. They concluded there is an advantage in concentrating carb intake in the evening, especially for those at risk of developing diabetes or cardiovascular disease due to obesity.

Too Early? YES!

Courtesy: YouTube

We all know the insanity that is called Black Friday -- and we've heard that Target and Walmart are kicking off the insanity on Thursday night. Is that too early? Yes, according to 31% of us. CouponCabin's survey found that Black Friday stresses us out. Here's what really freaks us out about Black Friday -- the thought of all those people in one store. That was the #1 answer about what stresses us out about the biggest shopping day of the year. Here's the rest:

• The thought of that many people in one store is scary – 34 percent
• The item I want might be out of stock before I can purchase it – 28 percent
• The competition among other shoppers for deals – 26 percent
• There are so many deals it's overwhelming – 16 percent

It's stressful just thinking about it. CouponCabin asked people about the strangest things they have witnessed on Black Friday. Here are a few answers:

• Saw a guy walk out of the store hauling 25 buckets of cat litter.
• Got shut out of a store because the fire marshal arrived.
• I almost got run over by an older woman in a motorized wheelchair.
• I sat on the floor of the store from 3 a.m. until 7 a.m. to get a laptop.
• I stood in what I thought was a checkout line for two hours. Then I found out the line wasn't even leading to a register.
• I saw someone buy ten toasters.
• We were in line to pay when the computers went down and they couldn't take credit cards. Then, we all took shifts saving each other's places in line while we raced to ATMs down the street to get cash.
• I was pushed into a skid of DVD players and ended up with a concussion.
• My aunt drove all the way from Duluth, Minn., to Superior, Wis. to get a deal on undershirts.
• I had to park a mile away and walk to the store.
• Waited in traffic for two hours just to get into the parking lot.
• A woman tried cutting in my line because she said she had left her oven on at home and had to get home quickly to shut it off. She was sent to the back of the line.