On Today’s Show
May 10, 2019 9:30 amThe cops in Punta Gorda, Florida pulled over a car around 3:30 A.M. on Monday for blowing a stop sign. A 22-year-old guy named Michael Clemons was driving and a 25-year-old woman named Ariel Machan-Le Quire was in the passenger seat.
They let the cops search their car, and the cops found a bag with 41 small turtles inside. Then the cops asked if they had anything else.
And Ariel reached into her yoga pants . . . and pulled out a foot-long BABY ALLIGATOR.
Michael and Ariel said they had been collecting animals under an overpass, but they violated the bag limits for reptiles, so they got citations. All the reptiles were seized by police and released.
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A woman on Vancouver Island, near Seattle, was about to pull into a parking spot at Costco last Sunday, when another woman zipped in and stole it. So they started arguing.
Then the woman who stole the spot decided to defend it . . . with a MACHETE.
She reached into her car . . . pulled the machete out . . . and acted like she was about to swing it. So the other woman backed off and called the cops.
Police were able to identify the machete woman. She’s 29 years old, and agreed to be interviewed by cops after she saw the story on the news.
It’s not clear what kind of charges she might face, or why she had a machete in her car.
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ENTERTAINMENT
- “Pokémon Detective Pikachu” (PG, Action/Animation): In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective. (Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith)
- “The Hustle” (PG-13, Comedy): Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, team up to take down the dirty rotten men who have wronged them.
(Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson)
- “Tolkien” (PG-13, Drama): The story of the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. (Lily Collins, Nicholas Hoult)
- “Poms” (PG-13, Comedy): A group of women form a cheerleading squad at their retirement community, proving that you’re never too old to ‘bring it!’ (Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver)
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TODAY IS……………….
- “World Lupus Day”, to create awareness of the potentially fatal auto-immune disease capable of damaging virtually any part of the body. 9-out-of-10 people with lupus are women (such as Selena Gomez)
- “National Shrimp Day”, Some facts:
✓ Most of the shrimp consumed in North America comes from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the Gulf Coast.
✓ The Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurant was inspired by 1994 film “Forrest Gump”. It operates about 40 restaurants worldwide.
- “Canadian Tulip Festival” through May 20th in Canada’s Capital Region of Ottawa-Gatineau. The world’s largest tulip festival is thanks to a gift of 100,000 tulip bulbs from Dutch Princess (later Queen) Juliana in 1945 as thanks for providing her a home during WW2.
SUNDAY-
• “Mother’s Day” in some 60 countries including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, New Zealand, Turkey, and the USA. The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at a church in Grafton, West Virginia. More North Americans eat out on “Mothers Day” than any other special occasion.
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
MAY 10th, 1994 Willie Nelson was arrested on drug charges in 1994 after being found by police in Hewitt, Texas, asleep at the side of a road. Nelson had part of a marijuana cigarette in his ashtray.
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RANDOM REPORT
- There are about 2 billion moms in the world.
- On average, moms take 2 minutes 5 seconds to change a diaper, which is equivalent to about three 40-hour work weeks each year. Fathers take an average of 1 minute 36 seconds.
- The world record for the oldest mother is held by 72-year-old Daljinder Kaur of India, who gave birth in 2016 after IVF treatments.
- The average age of new moms today is 25 years old — versus 21 years old in 1970.
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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS
How’s this for a Mother’s Day story: There’s an 81-year-old in Ireland named Eileen Macken, who grew up in an orphanage and never knew her parents.
She started searching for her mom when she was 19, and kept searching for 60 years but never found her. Then last year, she told her story on a radio show in Ireland. And a genealogy expert who happened to be listening offered to help.
And after some digging, they found out her mom was STILL ALIVE.
Her name is Elizabeth. She lives in Scotland and turns 104 years old this weekend. And last month, Eileen flew to Scotland to meet her for the very first time.
Eileen’s family was a little worried about her traveling, because SHE’S so old. And she’s had some health issues. But she told them she HAD to do it.
Apparently her mom had no idea she was coming. Eileen just showed up at her door, and her half-brother answered. She called in to the same radio station the other day and told the whole story. And it couldn’t have gone better.
She said her mom is incredibly kind . . . wouldn’t let go of her hand the whole time . . . and didn’t want her to leave. And there’s a great photo of them posing together in Elizabeth’s living room.
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BIRTHDAYS
[64] Chris Berman, ESPN/ABC-TV sportscaster
[41] Kenan Thompson, Actor
“Saturday Night Live” cast member Kenan Thompson is set to host the 2019 NHL Awards next month. He’ll host the live awards show on Wednesday, June 19, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Thompson said in a statement that “My first movie role was in ‘D2: The Mighty Ducks’, so my connection to hockey dates back to my childhood.”
SUNDAY-
Kix Brooks (Brooks & Dunn) is 64
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What Age Do You Trust………
A new survey asked parents for the ages when they’d trust their kids with different tasks and responsibilities. And here are the results . . .
- Dress themselves . . . the average was seven years old.
- Use the Internet with supervision . . . nine years old.
- Pack their own lunch . . . 11 years old.
- Walk to and from the bus stop alone . . . 11 years old.
- Do their own laundry . . . 12 years old.
- Own a cell phone . . . 12-and-a-half years old.
- Stay home alone unsupervised . . . 13 years old.
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YOU KNOW YOU’RE A MOTHER WHEN:
• You have time to shave only one leg at a time.
- You regularly clean your kid’s face using ‘Mom spit’.
- You’re willing to kiss your child’s ‘boo-boo’ … regardless of where it is.
- You hire a sitter because you haven’t been out with your husband in ages, then spend half the night checking on the kids.
- You hear your mother’s voice coming out of your mouth when you say, “NOT in your good clothes!”
- Your idea of a good day is making it through without a child leaking any bodily fluids on you.
- You find yourself cutting your husband’s sandwiches into cute little shapes.
- Someone else’s kid throws up at a party. You keep eating.
- You stop criticizing the way your mother raised you.
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FRIDAY MAY 10TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[64] Chris Berman, ESPN/ABC-TV sportscaster
[41] Kenan Thompson, Actor
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- NHL
Boston Bruins 5, Carolina Hurricanes 2 — Boston leads 1 game to 0
The Western final starts Saturday night when San Jose plays host to St. Louis
NBA
Philadelphia 76ers 112, Toronto Raptors 101 — Series tied at 3-3
Portland Trail Blazers 119, Denver Nuggets 108 — Series tied at 3-3
MLB
L.A. Angels 13 Detroit 0
Toronto had the night off……
- Ryan Reynoldshits theaters as “Detective Pikachu” this weekend. He’s up against the Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson con artist comedy “The Hustle”. Your other options include the elderly cheerleading comedy “Poms”, and a movie about the life of “Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien.
- Jim Fowler from “Wild Kingdom” died on Wednesday at the age of 89. There’s no word on a cause of death. He was also famous for going on talk shows . . . he appeared more than 100 times on the “Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”. Check out a clip from one of those visits.
- A new study broke down a bunch of yearly stats on being a mom. You’ll spend about eight full days a year watching kids’ sports . . . five hours at school plays . . . hang five drawings on the fridge . . . buy each kid 38 presents . . . and hear “I love you” 13 times a week.
A recent survey found the top life lessons we learned from our mom are “always try your best” . . . “treat others the way you’d like to be treated” . . . and, “If you don’t ask for something, you won’t get it.”
- Jimmy Fallon read a bunch of great “Mom Quotes” from viewers last night. (From “The Tonight Show” on Thursday, May 9, 2019)
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CHRIS YOUNG SEES MOTHER’S DAY AS A CHANCE TO SAY ‘THANK YOU’
With Mother’s Day coming up this weekend, Chris Young is reminded of how grateful he is for everything his mom has done for him, particularly since she was a single parent for several years. [“It’s a really big time of year for everybody. Even if it’s just to get to spend a little time with your mom. You know, it’s not necessarily all about, you know, getting her a gift, it’s about just saying, ‘Thank you.’ I mean, they really do shape so much of your life. Your parents do. And your mom’s always a big person. Especially for me. She raised us for a little while, me and my sister, basically by herself. Before my stepdad, who I call my dad, came in the picture, it was just her. And we . . . I never, as a kid, wanted for anything. And that was how my mom looked at everything. And that’s how a lot of moms do, and I think that’s why we have a Mother’s Day. Just some of the stuff they do, that they give up for their children, really to make sure you have a great life and a great experience as a child. It’s pretty amazing how much of their personal time they give up, and go, you know, ‘This isn’t for me, this is for my kid.'”]
Chris performed last night (Thursday, May 9th) in London on his Raised On Country Tour. He’ll have some time to spend with his mom on Sunday (May 12th) before continuing with his tour in the U.S.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD IS ADJUSTING TO ‘VERY DIFFERENT’ LIFE WITH TWO KIDS –
Carrie Underwood will celebrate her first Mother’s Day as the mom of two this Sunday (May 12th). She’s gotten back into the groove of life with a newborn, but as Carrie tells us, it’s been a while since she and hubby Mike Fisher last visited the bottles and diaper stage. [“Life is very different with two. We kind of got out of that baby stage with Isaiah. He’s much more self-efficient, and he can brush his own teeth and put his own clothes on, and he’s making decisions for himself, and then we start all over with the little squishy one again. It’s just kind of crazy. You forget how hard it is, to be honest, but you just figure your way through it. I am so blessed to have Isaiah who is super helpful and super sweet, and he loves his little brother.”]
JON PARDI CREDITS HIS GRANDMOTHER WITH TEACHING HIM ABOUT SINGING
Jon Pardi has been singing and learning about performing country music since he was a little boy. His introduction came from his grandmother:[“My grandmother loved to sing, and she would sing anywhere she could ‘cause it made her happy. And so when my parents would leave me with her while they went to work, most of the time we were in the little room when George Strait tapes and Garth Brooks, and Randy Travis, George Jones, I mean all just traditional country singing and having a good time recording ourselves, and so I grew up singing so it really helped me get my voice in, and my grandma was a great performer. She didn’t have the great voice, but she could definitely entertain a room and I got some of that too I think from her.”]
He continues on tour with Dierks Bentley
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This post was written by Dave Palmer