radio show prep: how to escape the holidays debt free, why men can find their parked car and women can't, and how to tell if he's already in a relationship

ShowNotes Tuesday 11.27.12

cuttin' cake

• Jaleel "Urkel" White is 36 ("did i do that?") ("when God created women, he should've provided a set of instructions")
• Bill Nye the Science Guy turns 57
• Robin Givens is 48

today is...

Pins and Needles Day... What are you on pins and needles over? What are anxious over? Something good? Bad?

primetime tuesday

abc:Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Shrek the Halls, Dancing with the Stars (FINALE)
cbs: NCIS (NEW), NCIS: Los Angeles (NEW), Vegas (NEW)
nbc: The Voice, Go On, The New Normal and Parenthood are all new
fox: Raising Hope, Ben and Kate, New Girl, and The Mindy Project are all new
cw: Hart of Dixie and Emily Owens, M.D. are both new

Holiday TV Specials...

Things get fired up this week!

Tuesday (11/27)

• Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (8pm, ABC)
• Shrek the Halls (8:30pm, ABC)

Wednesday (11/28)

• Charlie Brown Christmas (8pm, ABC)
• Christmas in Rockefeller Center (8pm, NBC)
• Saturday Night Live - Christmas (9pm, NBC)
• Three Days (Kristin Davis) (midnight, ABC Family)

Thursday (11/29)

• Mickey's Christmas Carol (6pm, ABC Family)
• The Christmas List (midnight, ABC Family)

Friday (11/30)

• Santa Baby (Jenny McCarthy, 4pm, ABC Family)

Saturday (12/1)

• Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (7am, ABC Family)
• Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (8:30am, ABC Family)
• A Dennis the Menace Christmas (10:30am, ABC Family)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994, 12:30pm, ABC Family)
• Jack Frost (1998, 6pm, ABC Family)
• It's a Wonderful Life (8pm, NBC)
• ELF (8pm ABC Family)
• Snowglobe (midnight, ABC Family)

Sunday (12/2)

• Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (7pm, ABC Family)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994 8:30am, ABC Family)
• Hoops and Yoyo Ruiin Christmas (10:30am Hallmark)
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (11am ABC Family)
• The Search for Santa Paws (1pm, ABC Family)
• Jack Frost (1998, 3pm, ABC Family)
• Elf (5pm ABC Family)
• The Holiday (5:15pm TBS)
• Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (7pm ABC Family)

new dvd's today

• Lawless starring Shia LaBeouf
• The Apparition with Ashley Greene
• Step Up Revolution
• ParaNorman

pop quiz: tv theme tuesday

Can you name the show? Your only hint is the opening theme song...

PLAY

Hint 1: Based off a book of the same name
Hint 2: Airs on the CW
Hint 3: Stars Nina Dobrev

Answer: Vampire Diaries

pop quiz: mystery voice

Easy as pie today -- who still keeps in touch with the people he helped?

PLAY

Answer: Ty Pennington from Extreme Makeover Home Edition

joke of the day

After many sessions the psychiatrist says to his patient: Congratulations, Sir, you are cured. The patient says: Some cure. Before I was Alexander the Great. Now I’m nobody.

quick laffs...

A Florida woman was arrested for driving 100 mph while blasting her horn, saying God told her to do it. How come God never tells these people to go and volunteer at a soup kitchen or donate some time at a homeless shelter? (credit: jokesbyjim)

A vending machine in California dispenses caviar, truffles and escargot. It’s so expensive that a Nestle $100,000 Bar actually costs $100,000. (credit: jokesbyjim)

The Postal Service is testing same day delivery in San Francisco. Which means a package mailed on December 4, 2012 will be delivered on December 4, 2015. (credit: jokesbyjim)

Instagram Users shared a record 10 million photos on Thanksgiving Day. Sociologists cite bonding as the reason. People down deep are truly in love with their phones. (credit: alan ray)

Surviving the Holidays

7 ways to escape the holidays debt free... Great tips from Today.com on how to keep your head above water through the holidays.

1. Prepare a spending plan
2. Search online for coupons and free shipping (try this app)
3. Get social (deals through Twitter and Facebook)
4. Use your rewards (the ones you've been racking up on your credit card
5. Start early (best bargains are earlier in the day)
6. Use cash (only shop with the cash you put in an envelope)
7. Shrink stress (wind down after a long shopping day with a bath...ahhhh)

How to tell if he's already in a relationship...

Think you've met Mr. Wonderful on an online dating site? There's a good chance he's already in a relationship, and here are three signs:

1. You don't hear from him on the weekends. If he only talks to you during the week, or while traveling, the guy's already hooked up. Avoid the men who will only talk to you during the daytime Monday through Friday.
2. Mixed messages. If he's cheating, he'll shower you with attention, and then pull away. Shower you with attention and then pull away. Wash, rinse, repeat. Not a good sign.
3. He's strange about explanations. If he blows you off, it'll either go two ways -- he'll come up with some crazy explanation that you'll bust him on later, or he answers with silence. Either way - not good.

Lost your car? Ask a guy!

Guys may forget their anniversary, but they'll never forget where they parked their car! A new study discovered that men have better spatial memory -- or the memory that is responsible for navigation. How did researchers discover this? They sat outside a mall with a large parking lot and asked shoppers as they were leaving to describe where they parked their car and to estimate the difference. Women used landmarks to describe where they parked, while men remembered by distance. It turns out men were more accurate, and of the 14% of shoppers who were totally lost, most of them were women.