NOTE: Subscribers can download the DIY graphics, sales one sheets and audio clips on the Show Prep page here with their login or in the shared Dropbox folder.  

Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, how soon the vaccine will be administered in the US  

Within 96 hours of FDA approval US officials want the Covid-19 vaccines to start being administered. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make sure 100 million Americans are vaccinated within the first 100 days in office. The UK began vaccinating thousands of people yesterday including a resident from Warwickshire named William Shakespeare. Which might be the most British statement I’ve ever said. (Additional out) Which is odd because I wasn’t aware ‘writing long, boring monologues nobody understands’ was a pre-existing condition.  

Tease: In ___­­­­___ minutes, how much Apple’s new AirPods Max will set you back  

Apple’s new Airpods Max cost $549. The release date for the long rumored over-the-ear headphones will be December 15th. At $549 the AirPods Max are more expensive than an entire iPhone SE and two hundred more than rivals like the Bose Noise-Cancelling Headphones or Beats Studio 3. That’s sounds expensive unless you’ve lost and replaced ten sets of AirPods. (Additional Out) And about $530 more than the crappy headphones I wear at my job every day.  

Tease: Coming up at ­­­­­­­­­­­­_____, the ‘cruise to nowhere’ failed  

Singapore’s ‘cruise to nowhere’ lived up to its name. It had to turn back after a passenger tested positive for Covid-19. The cruise was part of a much-hyped program to reinvigorate domestic travel in Singapore amid the pandemic. On Monday A Royal Caribbean ship departed for the ‘cruise to nowhere’, but within days an unnamed 83-year-old passenger tested positive causing the ship to turnaround. Kind of sums up 2020 perfectly when we can’t even pull off a cruise to nowhere. (Additional out) Something my dad threatened to do on every family road trip but never followed through.  

Tease: In _____ minutes, does your dog understand what you’re talking about?  

Your dog really doesn’t understand what you’re talking about. That’s the conclusion of researchers who tested dogs to see if they can differentiate between known command words and nonsense words that sound similar. Researchers found that despite their ‘human-like’ auditory capabilities for interpreting speech, our canine pals cannot hear the subtle differences between words they way that humans do. Cats on the other hand do understand us, they just don’t care. (Additional Out) I can also testify through my personal experiments that they also don’t pick up on sarcasm.  

Phone Topic/Web Poll: Olivia Jade Giannulli, daughter of Lori Loughlin, opened up for the first time about the college admissions scandal that landed her parents in prison. On Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’ show the beauty influencer said I wanted to ‘publicly share my experience for the first time’ in a ‘place that feels really safe.’ What do you think, are her parent’s 100% to blame or does Olivia share some of the blame for the scandal?  

Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, what show holds this honor for 2020? The correct answer wins ________.  

[Contest setup] Google released their ‘Year in Search’ list yesterday showing the top searches for 2020 and unsurprisingly coronavirus was number one followed by election results.  According to the list, what was the most searched show this year?  

A: Big Brother Brasil  

B: Money Heist  

C: Tiger King  

Answer: C, the Netflix series ‘Tiger King’ was the most googled TV show in 2020. Because it checked all the boxes, deadly animals, lady murderer, rednecks who blow things up, strange sex cult tiger guy and about seven more I’m forgetting.  

[DIY Feature] What in the World Wednesday: I’ll give you riddle clues about a place, person or thing and the first person to guess it correctly wins _________. If no one gets it I’ll give you more clues.  

Hint: Person  

Clue 1: His father was an anchorman  

Clue 2: His breakout role came on a two letter show  

Clue 3: A legendary actress and singer named Rosemary is his aunt  

Answer: George Clooney  

5 Things You Need to Know  

1) Within 96 hours of FDA approval US officials want the Covid-19 vaccines to start being administered. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make sure 100 million Americans are vaccinated within the first 100 days in office. The UK began vaccinating thousands of people yesterday including a resident from Warwickshire named William Shakespeare. Which is odd because I wasn’t aware ‘writing long, boring monologues nobody understands’ was a pre-existing condition.  

2) Apple’s new Airpods Max cost $549. The release date for the long rumored over-the-ear headphones will be December 15th. At $549 the AirPods Max are more expensive than an entire iPhone SE and two hundred more than rivals like the Bose Noise-Cancelling Headphones or Beats Studio 3. And about $530 more than the crappy headphones I wear at my job every day.  

3) Singapore’s ‘cruise to nowhere’ lived up to its name when it had to turn back after a passenger tested positive for Covid-19. The cruise was part of a much-hyped program to reinvigorate domestic travel in Singapore amid the pandemic. On Monday A Royal Caribbean ship departed for the ‘cruise to nowhere’, but within days an unnamed 83-year-old passenger tested positive causing the ship to turnaround. Kind of sums up 2020 perfectly when we can’t even pull off a cruise to nowhere.  

4) Your dog really doesn’t understand what you’re talking about. That’s the conclusion of researchers who tested dogs to see if they can differentiate between known command words and nonsense words that sound similar. Researchers found that despite their ‘human-like’ auditory capabilities for interpreting speech, our canine pals cannot hear the subtle differences between words they way that humans do. Cats on the other hand do understand us, they just don’t care.  

5) Google released their ‘Year in Search’ list yesterday showing the top searches for 2020 and unsurprisingly coronavirus was number one followed by election results. The Netflix series ‘Tiger King’ was the most googled TV show in 2020. Because it checked all the boxes, deadly animals, lady murderer, rednecks who blow things up, strange sex cult tiger guy and about seven more I’m forgetting.  

Does Olivia Jade Giannulli Share Some of the Blame?  

Olivia Jade Giannulli, daughter of Lori Loughlin, opened up for the first time about the college admissions scandal that landed her parents in prison. On Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’ show the beauty influencer said I wanted to ‘publicly share my experience for the first time’ in a ‘place that feels really safe.’ Earlier this year her parents pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and admitted to paying William “Rick” Singer half a million dollars to help get their daughters admitted to the University of Southern California. What do you think, are her parent’s 100% to blame or does Olivia share some of the blame for the scandal? We posed that question to our  _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web poll below to weigh in, then listen tomorrow at _______ to hear the results.  

(Upload audio from your best calls)  

(Web poll)  

Does Olivia Jade Giannulli share some of the blame for the college admissions scandal?  

Yes, she’s partially to blame  

No, it was all her parent’s fault