Thurs. Show Prep - Creative bribery edition at ProductionNinja.com

FoxNews: An Iowa man who was driving drunk tried to bribe police officers… with a sandwich. Now I like Jimmy John’s as much as the next guy, but he seemed to think that the cop was going to look the other way for $10, maybe even less. You’d have to be an idiot, or more drunk than Ted Kennedy on carpool night to think that’s going to work. If you desperately wanted to get out of some kind of traffic citation, what would you use for a bribe? Personally I think my copy of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds that I keep in my car for long trips would seal the deal. It’s gotta worth more than a sandwich.
NYT: Although you couldn’t exactly substitute deep thought for a few minutes on a treadmill during the day, it turns out that you do actually burn calories while thinking. It’s in the New York Times, so you know it’s true. I spend most of my day coming up with evil schemes, so you’d think I’d be in peak physical condition, but alas it’s not the case.
People: David Letterman is a little perplexed about why NBC is putting Jay Leno out to pasture. Apparently Dave would rather Jay keep kicking his butt in the Nielson ratings every night. Up next Dan and Nicole are going to spend their next show talking about how under paid and unappreciated Charlie Sykes is.
Daily Times: We hear an awful lot about video games rotting the minds of our youth, but one Streator, IL girl may have saved her family because she was a fan of Grand Theft Auto. Yes, the video game that was supposed to be the end of civilized society is saving lives. Audrey Plique sprung to the rescue of her family when their car flipped over, because after playing GTA she knew that a flipped over car could explode.