THURSDAY, Nov 17 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

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TODAY IS …
(All days repeat annually on today’s date unless otherwise noted; days may or may not be called “National”/”International”/”World” depending on source; sources listed often have additional info. We generally do not list special days which were created by commercial companies for the purpose of marketing, or the hundreds of disease awareness listings which occur each year.)

ELECTRONIC GREETING CARD DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Electronic Greeting Card Day is today. Send ecards to everyone you know. Most people love to send and receive ecards. They’re fun and can be free … a great combination. Hop on an electronic greeting card site, and send a few animated cards today. Don’t just limit the fun to today. The online greeting card sites have cards for every day of the year.”

(THE) GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT (Third Thursday of November)
The Win Calendar website says this:
“The Great American Smokeout seeks to encourage smokers to quit or plan to quit smoking, which has been shown to cause a variety of cancers, most notably lung and mouth cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and the most preventable type of cancer worldwide.”

HOMEMADE BREAD DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Bakers of the world, rise up and bake some bread, for today is Homemade Bread Day. Bread has been made for thousands of years. Estimates date its origin back to 5000-10,000 B.C. Modern day lifestyles have relegated homemade bread to the world of specialty baking and holiday baking. People just don’t have time to bake home made bread. The arrival of automatic bread makers has created a small resurgence of homemade breads, especially specialty breads. The purpose of this day is easy to understand – to make homemade bread, and to encourage you and me to make tasty and nutritious bread. So, take a little time out of your busy day, and make some bread. Your nose, your taste buds, and your whole family will be glad you did. Happy Homemade Bread Day!”

NATIONAL BAKLAVA DAY

NATIONAL UNFRIEND DAY

TAKE A HIKE DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Take a Hike Day is today. Walking and hiking are excellent ways to get exercise, and get into shape. Hikes are distinguished from walks in that they are taken in the woods, hills, mountains, or somewhere else in a nature setting. Hikes not only give you exercise, they also provide scenic sites and vistas, that are good for relaxation of the mind and soul. Use this special day to take a hike, alone or with others. You’ll be glad you did.”

November is:

Adopt a Senior Pet Month
Great American Smoke Out Month
National Adoption Month
National Military Family Month
National Native American Heritage Month
Raisin Bread Month
Stamp Collecting Month
Vegan Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Thursday through Sunday

THURSDAY, Nov 17

“Pickled”
CBS – Special
Synopsis: A “sports comedy special” featuring 16 celebrities competing in a pickleball tournament in an effort to win the title of “champion” and raise funds for Comic Relief safety programs.

“Fleishman is in Trouble”
Hulu – New Series
Synopsis: Jesse Eisenberg plays a 41-year-old recently divorced dad who ventures into the world of online dating, but finds it hard to move on when his ex-wife (Claire Danes) goes missing, leaving him to parent his two children alone.

“1899”
Netflix – New Series
Synopsis: When mysterious events change the course of an immigrant ship headed for New York in 1899, a mind-bending riddle unfolds for its bewildered passengers.

“I Am Vanessa Guillen”
Netflix – New True Crime Documentary
Synopsis: Vanessa Guillen was 20 years old when she was found murdered at a US Army base. Rather than submit to silence, her family fought for justice and change.

“Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?”
Netflix – New Docuseries
Synopsis: When a 20-year-old attempts to win a fighter jet in a Pepsi sweepstakes, he sets the stage for a David versus Goliath court battle for the history books.

“Leopard Skin”
Peacock – New Series
Synopsis: When a criminal gang fleeing a botched diamond heist takes hostages captive in a remote Mexican paradise, secrets, betrayals, and desires surface.

Season Premieres:
AMC+ – “Gangs of London”
BBC America – Top Gear
HBO Max – “The Sex Lives of College Girls”
Netflix – “Dead to Me”

FRIDAY, Nov 18

“The People We Hate at the Wedding”
Amazon Prime Video – New Movie
Synopsis: Kristen Bell, Allison Janney, and Ben Platt headline this film about a trio of family members who head to London for their daughter/half-sister’s wedding, and end up becoming those people, you know, the people we hate at the wedding.

“Spirited”
Apple TV+ – New Movie
Synopsis: The cinema-released twist on Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” with Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds comes to streaming. Typical of any Will Ferrell project, it only managed a 6.2 out of 10 on Rotten Tomatoes, and 56 out of 100 on Metacritic.

“Disenchanted”
Disney+ – New Movie
Synopsis: Sequel to the 2007 fantasy romantic comedy Enchanted. Set 10 years after the original, the sequel finds Giselle and her husband Robert leaving New York City for the suburbs, where their fairy tale life gets disrupted by their fixer-upper house, a scheming neighbor played by Maya Rudolph, and tensions with their teenage daughter, Morgan.

“Master of Light”
HBO – New Documentary
Synopsis: George Anthony Morton is a classical painter who spent ten years in federal prison for dealing drugs. While incarcerated, he nurtured his craft and unique artistic ability. Since his release, he is doing everything he can to defy society’s unlevel playing field and tackle the white-dominant art world.

“Slumberland”
Netflix – New Movie
Synopsis: A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again. With Jason Momoa.

“Blue’s Big City Adventure”
Paramount+ – New Movie
Synopsis: Remember “Blue’s Clues”? In this live-action/animated mix, when Josh gets the opportunity of a lifetime to audition for Rainbow Puppy’s Broadway musical, Josh and Blue skidoo to NYC for the very first time where they meet new friends and discover the magic of music, dance, and following one’s dreams.

“Nope”
Peacock – The theatrical release comes to streaming.

Season Premieres:
CMT – “The Last Cowboy”
Netflix – “Inside Job”
Showtime – “Ziwe”

SATURDAY, Nov 19

“The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony”
HBO – Special

SUNDAY, Nov 20

“American Music Awards”
ABC – Special

“Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium”
Disney+ – Special
Synopsis: Legendary, global superstar Elton John, live from Dodger Stadium in his final North American show of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.

Season Premiere:
Showtime – “L Word: Generation Q”

LENO: SKIN GRAFT, DOING WELL

Jay Leno underwent his first surgery Wednesday, a skin grafting procedure, after suffering serious burns in an accident involving a gasoline fire in one of his old-timey cars on Sunday. Leno’s doctor, Peter Grossman, said the comedian “did well” after his first procedure and is in “good spirits.” Leno’s burns were serious enough that Grossman said he will need to “undergo further treatment,” as well as an additional procedure later this week. Despite the severity of his injuries, Leno has reportedly been a model patient during his hospital stay. At one point, Grossman said he was “passing out cookies to children in the burn ward and cracking jokes. He’s incredibly kind to our nursing staff. He’s very appreciative of everybody here and really an ideal patient.”
* Cookies to burn patients? That bastard!!! No wonder everyone hates him.
* He’s using his spare time figuring out how to sell an old-timey car on eBay.
* In good spirits? Maybe somebody’s smuggling in some good spirits.
* If he’s really lucky, he’ll get 10 minutes of fresh material out of this.
* Might be time to start collecting electric cars.

THE BUZZ

THREE DUMB HEADLINES

Time for another episode of Three Dumb Headlines. These are actual, word-for-word headlines of stories found on the internet. There’s no story, no context, just the actual headline. Discuss them amongst yourselves. Then, encourage listeners to vote for the Dumbest Headline on your station’s social media page. Maybe ask them to leave a comment. Reveal the results in the next break.
Today’s Dumb Headlines:
1. “My Best Friend Was A Seagull – Until It Attacked Me And Trashed My House”
2. “Why Mark Wahlberg Wakes Up at 3:30 a.m.”
3. “I Downed 12 Energy Drinks In 10 Minutes – And My Pancreas Ate Itself”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Blippi Franchise Expands With Meekah Show”

GO AHEAD, PUT UP THOSE XMAS DECORATIONS NOW

Experts say decorating your home for Christmas early can make you a happier person. According to a study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, decking the halls early is a spirit-booster because it tends to trigger pleasant childhood memories, and makes folks feel more social. It helps people interact more with their neighbors, the study notes. “Residents who decorate for Christmas but who have few friends on the block may be using the decorations and other cues as a way of communicating their accessibility to neighbors.”
* It’s a way to tell the world, “Hi, I’m needy.”
* Actually, decorating your house early pisses off your neighbors ’cause their families start bugging them to get their own decorations up.
* After spending $300 on a Home Depot 12-foot Halloween skeleton, I’m leaving it out and putting a Santa coat and hat on it.
* What exactly is the review process to get published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology?
* “Remember: Decorate early and turn on those lights! A message from your local electric utility.”

NINE RUDE THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T DO TO A CO-WORKER

From Monique Valcour, a professional “executive coach,” whatever that is, here are The 9 Rudest Things You Can Do To The Co-Worker Sitting Next To You:
1. Show Up To Work Sick
2. Leave Your Stuff On Other People’s Desks
3. Play Music Without Headphones
4. Make Bodily Sounds Or Share Mean Gossip (* Wait – that’s two things, unless you gossip in a burp.)
5. Tune Out People Trying To Have A Conversation With You. I said, TUNE OUT PEOPLE TRYING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
6. Treat The Shared Office Space Like Your Kitchen
7. Barge Into A Private Conversation
8. Use Too Much Cologne Or Perfume
9. Be Unwilling To Take Responsibility For The Energy That You Bring To The Workplace
* Boom – and suddenly we’re into the metaphysical world. What’s up with that?
* Can you play music without headphones to mask your bodily sounds?
* Nine seasons of The Office, and this is all she got?
* I can see where these would be pretty annoying, especially if you’re an airline pilot.
* It’s fun going back in to the office to work, huh?

U.S. NEWS

TEXAS WOMAN HAS WORLD’S LARGEST FEET

A Texas woman who stands at 6 feet and 9 inches tall was awarded a Guinness World Record for having the world’s largest feet. Tanya Herbert of Houston has had her right foot measured at 13.03 inches long and her left foot at 12.79 inches long. Herbert wears a women’s size 18 shoes or a men’s size 16-17, depending on the brand. She stands only three inches shorter than the tallest woman living, Rumeysa Gelgi of Turkey, who stands 7 feet and .7 inches tall.
* She’s impossible to date. I mean, you can’t take her bowling. Or ice skating.
* Although they say she’s a great water skier.
* Toe fungus wouldn’t even DARE try to take on those feet.
* When she puts her foot down, she REALLY puts her foot down!
* I heard there’s an adult version of the Guinness Book that has other “world’s largest” body parts.

NAIL POLISH TURNS BLUE WHEN YOUR BEER IS COLD

Coors Light has a new gimmick. They teamed up with the nail polish company Le Chat to create a nail polish that changes color from gray to blue to tell you if the temperature of the beer you’re holding is cold enough to meet the standards of a Coors Light. Presumably, a cold glass chills your fingers, activating the color change. The company says simply paint your nails, hold your pint glass, and if your beer is cold enough you’ll see the blue when your brew is cold enough to drink.
* Which you’ll already know thanks to the nerve endings in your FINGERTIPS THAT YOU’RE HOLDING THE BEER WITH. DUHH!!! DUUUUHHHHHHH!!!!!
* “Bartender, re-chill this beer for me.” Is that how it’s supposed to work?
* Give the nail polish to your grandma at Thanksgiving. You’ll be able to tell if she’s dead or just taking a nap.
* The marketing people at Coors need a pen that changes color when they think of a really stupid idea.

TRENDINGHOW MUCH FOOD DO YOU NEED AT THANKSGIVING?

(NOTE: This is a “Trending” item we posted last year at this time which could be really helpful to those planning their first Thanksgiving meal.)
From LifeHacker.com, here are some guidelines to how much food you’ll need if you’re making Thanksgiving dinner for a group:
– Turkey: The weight you see printed on your turkey packaging includes the bones, giblets, and connective tissue, so a 12-pound turkey is not going to provide 12 pounds of meat. They suggest one pound of turkey per meat-eating guest will leave you with no leftovers, one and a half pounds will leave you with some leftovers, and two pounds of turkey per guest will leave you with a healthy amount of leftovers. But don’t buy a turkey much larger than 14 pounds. Massive 20-pound birds take forever to cook.
– Potatoes: Ask yourself, “How many of these could I eat as part of a normal meal?” Usually one potato or yam will do, so buy one per guest; if the potatoes are small, make it two per guest.
– Cranberry sauce: A quarter cup of cranberry sauce per person is a “normal” amount, but you could go so far as half a cup per person if your guests are big fans. A 12-ounce bag of cranberries will yield slightly over two cups of sauce, and a can of the jellied stuff contains six servings. (* No way! Buy more!)
– Stuffing: Half of a cup per person is the bare minimum, but 3/4 of a cup ensures you have some leftovers.
– Half a cup of gravy per person will get you through the meal, but double that so there’s plenty for leftovers.
– Rolls: Do not, under any circumstances, buy fewer than two rolls per person. Everyone will eat at least one over the course of their meal, leaving each person with a single roll on which to build their leftover tukey sammich.
– Casserole sides: Don’t even bother. Sorry, Aunt Doris.
– Pie: Two pieces of pie per person is a reasonable amount of pie for Thanksgiving dinner, but make more if you wish to keep eating pie throughout the weekend.

ROBERT CLARY, “LE BEAU” ON “HOGAN’S HEROES,” DIES AT 96

Robert Clary, the French actor, singer and Holocaust survivor who portrayed Corporal LeBeau on the 1960’s sitcom Hogan’s Heroes, has died. He was 96. Hogan’s Heroes starred Bob Crane as Colonel Hogan, an American who led an international group of prisoners of war in a convert operation to defeat the Nazis from inside a prison camp. It was a comedy. Clary was the youngest of 14 children in a strict Orthodox Jewish family. When he was 16, he and his family were rounded up and sent to Auschwitz. His parents were murdered in the gas chamber. Clary was incarcerated for 31 months and had a tattoo identification on his left forearm. He was the only one of his captured family to make it out alive. He said he had no reservations about doing a comedy series dealing with Nazis and concentration camps, because Hogan’s Heroes was about prisoners of war in a stalag, not a concentration camp. He wrote in his book, “While I did not want to diminish what soldiers went through during their internments, it was like night and day from what people endured in concentration camps.” In later years, Clary worked on the daytime soap operas Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, and The Bold and The Beautiful. He worked closely with the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, speaking at universities across the country for more than two decades. Clary was the last surviving member of the show’s original principal cast.

DIANE WARREN TO GET HONORARY OSCAR

If you know the name Diane Warren at all, it’s probably because she’s a songwriter who has been nominated for 15 Oscars, but has never won. However, the Academy feels sorry for her and, at the Governors Awards this weekend, Diane Warren will become the first songwriter to ever be voted an Honorary Academy Award by the Academy’s Board of Governors. She’s had 32 Top 10 hits on the charts, three consecutive Songwriter of the Year awards at the Billboard Music Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a spot in the Songwriters Hall of Fame and now, an honorary Oscar. Her songs include “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” (Starship), “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (Aerosmith), “Rhythm of the Night” (DeBarge), “If I Could Turn Back Time” (Cher), “Because You Loved Me” (Celine Dion), “How Do I Live” (LeAnn Rimes) and “’Til It Happens to You” (Lady Gaga).

BRENDAN FRASER TO SKIP GOLDEN GLOBES, IF NOMINATED

Actor Brendan Fraser is getting awards buzz for his role as a 600-pound English teacher in the upcoming movie “The Whale,” but in an interview with GQ published Wednesday, Fraser said that he plans to skip the Golden Globes ceremony in January even if he’s nominated for an award, because the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association sexually groped him years ago. In a 2018 interview with GQ, Fraser accused former HFPA President Philip Berk of grabbing his butt and more at a 2003 luncheon in Beverly Hills. Fraser said the incident played a major role in his disappearance from the limelight for over a decade, and it’s why he won’t be going to the Globes. He says, “My mother didn’t raise a hypocrite. You can call me a lot of things, but not that.”

NEW WORDS ADDED TO OFFICIAL SCRABBLE DICTIONARY

Around 500 new words have been added to the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. The book was last updated in 2018. Some of the new words you are now allowed to play in the game of Scrabble: stan, sitch, convo, zedonk, dox, fauxhawk, guac, jedi, adorbs, pageview, fintech, subtweet, unfollow, unsub, adulting, atted, atting (as in don’t at me, bro), welp, thingie, roid, skeezy, slushee and yeehaw.

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NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Nov. 24, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Wednesday – Winter begins, winter solstice occurs at 4:48 p.m. EST
Dec. 25, Sunday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Saturday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, Sunday – New Year’s Day

BIRTHDAYS

Raquel Castro (actress, “Empire”) … 28
Isaac Hanson (musician/singer, eldest of the three Hansons) … 42
Aaron Lines (country singer) … 45
Daisy Fuentes (actress) … 56
RuPaul (drag queen, singer, TV host) … 62
Danny De Vito (actor) … 78
Lorne Michaels (TV producer, “Saturday Night Live”) … 78
Martin Scorsese (film director) … 80
Gordon Lightfoot (singer) … 84

BIRTHDAY QUOTE QUIZ – Ask your listeners “Who said it?” HINT: Today’s their birthday!

“I’m good at playing an a**hole. If you knew me better you’d know why.”

(A) Chevy Chase
(B) Alec Baldwin
(C) Danny DeVito

ANSWER: (C) Danny DeVito

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2010 – Researchers trapped 38 antihydrogen atoms. It was the first time humans had trapped antimatter.
* But only for a fifth of a second – so it was sort of an anticlimax.

1991 – The first TV commercial for condoms aired in the U.S. – on Fox during the sitcom “Herman’s Head.”
* “Herman’s Head”? I think you folks at home can fill in your own joke on this one.

1973 – U.S. President Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, FL, “people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.”
* A lying, conniving megalomaniac, yes. Crook, no.

1968 – NBC cut away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV special, “Heidi,” on schedule. The Raiders came from behind to beat the Jets 43-32.
* And we promise to never, ever let them forget it.

1869 – The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas.
* And ushering in a millennium of peaceful prosperity in the Middle East.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2007 – The Eagles were at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Long Road Out Of Eden,” the band’s seventh studio album and first since 1979.

2003 – 21-year-old Britney Spears became the youngest singer to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The only other performer to get a Hollywood star at her age was Little House on the Prairie actress Melissa Gilbert.

2003 – George Michael signed a new contract with the record company he took to court in 1993. The singer re-signed to Sony in a deal that included his extensive back catalog. Michael had failed in his court wrangle with Sony after accusing it of “professional slavery.”

1999 – Mariah Carey was forced to abandon a performance on Rome’s historic Spanish Steps after crowds of tourists swamped her. She took shelter in a local store before been given a police escort to safety.

1992 – At the end of a long battle to claim royalties, Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago (formerly of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers) received an estimated $4 million in back payments from the song “Why Do Fools Fall In Love.”

1990 – David Crosby from Crosby Stills Nash & Young was hospitalized after breaking a leg, shoulder and ankle after crashing his Harley.

1984 – Wham! started a three-week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.”

X-TREME TRIVIA CHALLENGE

Every installment of X-Treme Trivia Challenge includes three mystery factoids. Create your own “Impossible Question” contest – great for listener giveaways and phone interaction starters! Also a perfect sponsorship opportunity!

1. The average American spends just over 100 hours a year doing THIS. What is it?
Reading magazines

2. If you’re in your vehicle for an hour today, you’ll likely be doing THIS for about 4 of those minutes. What is it?
Looking at your phone

3. We spend almost an hour and a half a week doing THIS – more than twice as long as it took us ten years ago. What is it?
Grocery shopping

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