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Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, another billionaire heads to space
The world’s richest man heads to the edge of space. Jeff Bezos hitched a ride aboard New Shepherd, a suborbital capsule and rocket system built by his space company Blue Origin. The excursion lasted 11 minutes and took him and the crew up to 350,000, 55,000 feet higher than Richard Branson flew. But who’s counting, other than two super rich guys who’ve run out of things to buy. (Additional Out) Proof that if you start the world’s largest company by avoiding taxes and not allowing your employees to take pee breaks, you can do anything you set your mind to.
Tease: In ______ minutes, the best airline in the world
Qatar Airways was rated the best airline in the world for 2021 according to AirlineRatings.com. Air New Zealand, Singapore, Qantas, and Emirates round out the top 5. United was the only US airlines to make the top 10. Despite United being voted the airline most likely to drag you off the plane against your will. (Additional Out) Spirit Airlines didn’t crack the top twenty again explaining their new slogan, “Spirit Airlines, you get what you pay for.”
Tease: Coming up at _____, the US and allies accuse this country of cyber crimes
The US and its allies in Europe and Asia accused China of widespread malfeasance in cyberspace. That includes a massive hack of Microsoft’s email system and other ransomware attacks. It’s a significant escalation of the White House’s fight against cyber attacks, but the Biden administration hasn’t yet decided how it will punish Beijing. I assume the same way we punished them for covering up an impending global pandemic, by doing nothing. (Additional Out) Meaning its time for our nerds to strike back against their nerds.
Tease: In _____ minutes, this royal is publishing a tell all memoir
Prince Harry will publish a memoir next year that he calls ‘wholly truthful’. According to the publisher Penguin Random House the Duke of Sussex will share ‘the definitive account of the experiences, adventures, losses, and life lessons that helped shape him.’ Being that the entire world watched the Oprah interview I imagine it’ll do alright. (Additional out) In other words someone from Penguin Random House is getting yelled at by the Queen’s personal secretary right now.
Phone Topic/Web Poll Kenan Thompson says he plans to stick around on Saturday Night Live for at least 20 seasons. He’s the longest appearing cast member having joined the show in 2003 and spent the last 18 seasons there. What do you think, where does Kenan rank among the greats and who’s the best all time SNL cast member?
Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, how do most of these start? The correct answer wins ________.
[Contest setup] A new study looked at the pathways to romantic relationships. According to their findings how do most romantic relationships start?
A: Coworkers
B: Friendships
C: Strangers
Answer: B, the study found that 66% of couples began as friends, many of them long-term friendships spanning several months or years. Giving hope to anyone stuck in the friend zone.
[DIY Feature] Knockout Trivia Tuesday: I’ll ask a question on air, if you call in and correctly answer it you’ll have twenty seconds to answer three more questions to win ________. If no one gets it, we’ll move on to round 2.
Round 1:
General question: What city is home to the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower? (Chicago)
Follow up questions:
According to the song ‘Home on the Range’ what animal played with the antelope? (Deer)
Who was the star of Lizzie McGuire? (Hillary Duff)
What does the roman numeral XVII equal? (17)
Round 2:
General question: What does the raven say in Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven? (Nevermore)
Follow up questions:
Italy is home to the Leaning Tower of what? (Pisa)
What sport gives away a Heisman trophy? (Football)
Ben Kinglsey won the best actor Oscar in for portraying what historical figure in a 1982 movie? (Gandhi)
5 Things You Need to Know
1) The world’s richest man heads to the edge of space. Jeff Bezos hitched a ride aboard New Shepherd, a suborbital capsule and rocket system built by his space company Blue Origin. The excursion lasted 11 minutes and took him and the crew up to 350,000, 55,000 feet higher than Richard Branson flew. But who’s counting, other than two super rich guys who’ve run out of things to buy.
2) Qatar Airways was rated the best airline in the world for 2021 according to AirlineRatings.com. Air New Zealand, Singapore, Qantas, and Emirates round out the top 5. United was the only US airlines to make the top 10. Despite United being voted the airline most likely to drag you off the plane against your will.
3) The US and its allies in Europe and Asia accused China of widespread malfeasance in cyberspace. That includes a massive hack of Microsoft’s email system and other ransomware attacks. It’s a significant escalation of the White House’s fight against cyber attacks, but the Biden administration hasn’t yet decided how it will punish Beijing. I assume the same way we punished them for covering up an impending global pandemic, by doing nothing.
4) Prince Harry will publish a memoir next year that he calls ‘wholly truthful’. According to the publisher Penguin Random House the Duke of Sussex will share ‘the definitive account of the experiences, adventures, losses, and life lessons that helped shape him.’ In other words someone from Penguin Random House is getting yelled at by the Queen’s personal secretary right now.
5) A new study looked at the pathways to romantic relationships. According to their findings how do most romantic relationships start? A) Coworkers, B) Friendships, C) Strangers. Answer: B, the study found that 66% of couples began as friends, many of them long-term friendships spanning several months or years. Giving hope to anyone stuck in the friend zone.
Who’s The Best SNL Cast Member of All-Time?
Kenan Thompson says he plans to stick around on Saturday Night Live for at least 20 seasons. He’s the longest appearing cast member having joined the show in 2003 and spent the last 18 seasons there. What do you think, where does Kenan rank among the greats and who’s the best all time SNL cast member? We posed that question to our _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web poll to weigh in, then listen tomorrow at _______ to hear the results.
(Upload audio from your best calls)
(Web poll)
Who’s the best SNL cast member of all time?
Dana Carvey
Eddie Murphy
Gilda Radner
Phil Hartman
Kenan Thompson
Adam Sandler
Will Ferrell
Mike Myers
Kate McKinnon
John Belushi
Kristen Wiig
Chris Farley
Dan Akroyd
Bill Murray
Bill Hader
Amy Poehler
Tina Fey
Tracy Morgan
(Other suggestions from on-air)