On Today’s Show

A massive pothole recently opened up in the middle of a street in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and people in the neighborhood reported it to the city.

But they were taking forever to fix it, and the hole was getting bigger every day.  So last week, someone decided to force the city’s hand . . . by putting a CHRISTMAS TREE in it.

She did it to help people avoid the hole when they drove by, and to hopefully get the city to finally do something about it.  And it WORKED.

Once photos of it went viral, the city made it a priority.  It should be fixed sometime this week

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Despite the controversy, several versions of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” are seeing an increase in sales and streaming numbers.  They include Dean Martin’s take from 1959, and the 2014 version from Idinia Menzel and Michael Buble.

A YouTube family that does parody songs created a modern version of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” called “Baby, Just Go Outside”

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ENTERTAINMENT

Whoopi Goldberg told Stephen Colbert how social media has made hosting the Oscars tougher.

She hosted four times, in 1994, ’96, ’99, and 2001.

Sarah Hyland has always been open about her health issues but it turns out there was more to her kidney problems than she ever let her fans know. The “Modern Family” star has revealed that she underwent a second kidney transplant after the first one proved unsuccessful. After her body rejected the kidney donated to her by her father seven years ago, she had a second surgery in September 2017, when her brother donated his kidney.

TODAY IS……………….

“Poinsettia Day”, honoring Dr Joel Roberts Poinsett (1799-1851), the US diplomat to Mexico who introduced the plant to the U.S. in 1825. Now a favorite decoration for the holiday season, about 60 million are grown in North America each year. Although proper pronunciation of the word DOES include the ‘e’ sound prior to the last syllable (poin-SET-ee-uh), many dictionaries now also accept the more commonly used ‘poin-SETTA’ pronunciation.

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

DECEMBER 12^TH,  Faith Hill’s “Let Me Let Go” went to #1 in 1998.

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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS

An 84-year-old guy in Dallas recently started donating $100 a month to a local elementary school, after he heard some of the kids couldn’t afford lunch.

His name is Don Douglas, and he’s legally blind.  After his story made the local news, a guy named Steve Harris decided to help HIM out.

Steve works for a company that makes special glasses, so now Don can read without using a huge projector.

And he recently went back to the school to read to the kids.

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BIRTHDAYS

[95] Bob Barker, game show host (“The Price Is Right” 1972-2007)

[43] Mayim Bialik, actress (‘Amy Farrah Fowler’ on “Big Bang Theory” since 2010, “Blossom” 1990-1995)

BRANCHING OUT:
They won’t be ready for this holiday season, but Dalhousie University professor Raj Lada is trying to make Charlie Brown Christmas trees a thing of the past.

He is director of the Christmas Tree Research Centre in Truro, Nova Scotia, which is dedicated to developing the “perfect” Christmas tree. Their SMART Balsam fir trees grow to be perfectly shaped, fragrant, and able to keep their blue-green needles for up to three months.

After years of development, large-scale planting will start next year, with the SMART trees expected to be available to the public in four years.  The centre has also developed and licensed needle-loss prevention agents, which are applied with water.

Lada says that needle loss, especially during transportation, is an industry-wide challenge, and the SMART tree could be critical to the survival of the multimillion-dollar Christmas tree industry in Atlantic Canada.

RANDOM REPORT

✓ The world has 2 earthquakes every minute.

✓ Research shows that, for luxury brands, the ruder the sales staff, the higher the sales.

✓ The suggestion to “drink 8 glasses of water a day” is based on a 1945 recommendation that had no medical basis.

✓ In Chinese, the word for computer literally translates to “electric brain”.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12^TH                                        

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[95] Bob Barker, game show host (“The Price Is Right” 1972-2007)

[43] Mayim Bialik, actress (‘Amy Farrah Fowler’ on “Big Bang Theory” since 2010, “Blossom” 1990-1995)

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1. During the Blues / Panthers hockey game last night, Robert Bortuzzoof the Blues hit the puck right into a referee’s midsection.  The puck bounced off into the goal, but it didn’t count, because in the NHL, you can’t score off an official.

2. A guy in Michigan recently got angry at his old clunker of a car for breaking down all the time.  So he took a BAT to it in a parking lot.  Then cops showed up and arrested him for drunk driving on a suspended license.

3. Some jerk near Indianapolis stopped their SUV in front of someone’s home the other night, and checked out a giant snowman decoration on their lawn.  Then they got back in their SUV . . . backed up . . . and intentionally ran over it.  Here’s the woman who lives there.

4. The Kansas City symphony set a Guinness record for World’s Largest Tuba Ensemble last Friday.  They had 835 people ranging in age from 11 to 86, and they all performed “O Christmas Tree”.

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE TO RELEASE ‘CAN SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY’ ALBUM IN FEBRUARY The Florida Georgia Line boys have finally announced when fans will have new music in their hands, and it won’t be long now! Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley told Entertainment Tonight that their fourth studio album will be called Can’t Say I Ain’t Country and it will be released on February 15th. Additional details, including track listing and cover artwork, will be revealed soon.

The duo also plans to kick off a headlining tour of the same name in the spring.

FAST FACTS

FGL recently earned their first career Grammy nomination for “Meant to Be” along with Bebe Rexha in the Best Country Duo/Group Performance category. The 61st Grammy Awards will be held on February 10th in Los Angeles and will air live on CBS beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

JORDAN DAVIS NAMED BILLBOARD’S TOP NEW COUNTRY ARTIST OF 2018 –

Jordan Davis has much to celebrate this holiday season, as he has been named Billboard’s Top New Country Artist of 2018. The honor is due in large part to the success of his debut chart-topping single, “Singles You Up,”.

Since its release, “Singles You Up” has accumulated almost 300 Million streams worldwide.

Jordan also recently learned that “Singles You Up” was named Country Aircheck’s most-played song of 2018.

Jordan recently wrapped touring with Kip Moore and will next hit the road with Old Dominion on the Make It Sweet Tour kicking off in Chicago on January 18th.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer