On Today’s Show

November 29, 2019 9:35 am Published by Dave Palmer

A traffic reporter in Kansas City named Nick Vasos was out sick last Friday after he had oral surgery. And he tried to send an email to his co-workers to let them know. But instead, he CC’d everyone at his station’s parent company. So almost 200 news stations got the email, and a bunch of them did segments telling him to get well soon. The hashtag “PrayersForNick” also went viral over the weekend.

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Emma Brown who lives in Edmonton has a severe allergy to the cold that causes her to break out into hives when she’s exposed to a cold stimulus. The 18-year-old was officially diagnosed when she was 16, after years of thinking her symptoms were just a part of regular life. After seeing a story about someone else with the same symptoms, Emma did some research. She found the ice cube test, where an ice cube is placed on the skin for five minutes to test for a reaction. “Most people will just turn red, or be a little numb. For me, my whole arm broke out into hives,” says Emma.

An allergy Doctor says people like Emma who are allergic to the cold will likely always have the allergy, but the severity of their symptoms could improve over time.

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ENTERTAINMENT

“Knives Out” (PG-13, Drama/Mystery, opened Wed.): When a renowned crime novelist is found dead at his estate, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Blanc is enlisted to investigate. He sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth. (Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis)
“Queen & Slim” (R-Rated, Drama, opened Wed.): A couple’s first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over, and the man kills the police officer in self-defense. (Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith)

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Through research conducted by Ancestry, a genealogy service that charts users’ lineage via its database of more than 20 billion public records, Tom Hanks was shocked to learn that he is, in fact, sixth cousins with the late Fred Rogers. Hanks was made aware of the finding at a New York City screening of his film “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”, in which Hanks steps into Rogers’ iconic.

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TODAY IS……………….

“Black Friday”, the day after US Thanksgiving that’s touted as the biggest single shopping day of the year in America.

SUNDAY-
• “Advent Calendar Day”, the day many kids begin opening one compartment on their seasonal calendar each day through December 24th.

1890, the first ARMY – NAVY FOOTBALL GAME was played at West Point. Navy defeated Army by a score of 24-to-zero.

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

NOVEMBER 29^TH, 1994 Brooks & Dunn’s “Brand New Man” becomes the first album by a country duo certified quadruple-platinum, while their album “Hard Workin’ Man” goes triple-platinum

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FOUR RANDOM FACTS

There are now about 1.71 billion websites . . . but only about 200 million are actually active. The rest are mainly parked domains.

90% of the people in the world live in the Northern Hemisphere.

Emil Janningswon Best Actor at the first Oscars in 1929 . . . but he actually came in second in the voting to Rin Tin Tin. Yeah . . . the dog. The Academy wanted to make sure people took them seriously, so they gave Jannings the Oscar.

The average height in the NBA has gone up about four inches since the league started in the late ’40s. It started at 6-foot-3, and now it’s 6-foot-7

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GOOD NEWS

Burpees involves a simple transition from a standing to plank position and back again. The thought of doing burpees for 12 hours straight would be insane to most but that’s not stopping a Montreal man from trying.

Samuel Finn will attempt to do just that TODAY when he’ll try to complete 5,300 chest-to-ground burpees in half a day. If he succeeds, he’ll nab the Guinness World Record for most burpees in 12 hours. Last month, he completed 2,179 burpees in five hours, his “last big challenge” after about six months of training for the big day.

The attempt is being done in memory of his brother Cedric, who was diagnosed in 2017 with a rare and aggressive soft tissue cancer. He died nine months later at the age of 27. Finn started a hashtag and website for the attempt dubbed BURPEES4CED and says he’s raised some $38,000 for cancer research.

The current record Finn will attempt to crush Friday is 5,010 burpees in 12 hours, which a Michigan man completed in October. It won’t be easy. Jean-Francois Gaudreau, the owner of the gym where Finn will make his record attempt, has faith but was blunt about what it takes to accomplish Finn’s goal.

“You need to be crazy to do burpees for 12 hours,” said Gaudreau. “It’s super intense because it’s the same movement… It’s super long. Very tough on the joints.”

But the intensity of the endeavor is exactly why Finn chose it. “I wanted to pick something that would be really suffering for me to show that we can do much more than we think even though we are going through hard times,” he said.

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BIRTHDAYS

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is 31

Don Cheadle is 55. “Rhodey” Rhodes in the “Iron Man”, “Captain America”, and “Avengers” movies, and you also know him as the incredible actor from “Hotel Rwanda”, “Crash”, “Boogie Nights”, and the “Ocean’s Eleven” movies.

Howie Mandel is 64.

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When You Load a Dishwasher, Should the Silverware Point Up or Down?

Here’s a mundane topic you might be oddly passionate about: When you load a dishwasher, should you put the silverware in so it’s pointing up or down? Or does it even matter at all?

Someone tracked down as close to an “expert” on the topic as they could find. A guy named Ashley Iredale has a degree in industrial design. And he makes a living writing about appliances like dishwashers and washing machines.

According to him, it DOES matter which way you do it. And if you want to do it right, the silverware should be pointing DOWN. So the handles are at the top. Here’s why . . .

First, it’s a little safer. Especially with knives, because it’s easier to cut yourself if you put them in blade-up.

Plus, it’s just more hygienic. If they’re facing down, you’ll only touch the handles. So the part of a spoon or fork that goes in your mouth won’t get germs or smudges on it when you take them back out.

Some people think putting them in the other way gets them a little cleaner. And he says that MIGHT be true with some dishwashers. But if there’s any difference, it’s marginal. So it’s not worth it.

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The Most Anticipated Holiday Movies

The holidays are a big time for movies. And according to a survey by the Marcus Theatre chain, nearly HALF of us plan on going FOUR OR MORE TIMES between now and January 1st.

Here are the five most anticipated movies of this holiday season:

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, 53% (Opens December 20th)
“Frozen 2”, 44% (Opens November 22nd)
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”, 41.3% (Opens November 22nd)
“Jumanji: The Next Level”, 41.1% (Opens December 13th)
“Little Women”, 24% (Opens Christmas Day)

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29^TH

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is 31

Howie Mandel is 64.

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NHL

NJD 6 – MTL 4

• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Garth Brooks, Mike Birbiglia (R)
SATURDAY-
• “It’s a Wonderful Life” (NBC): Ruined by a miser on Christmas Eve, a suicidal family man sees life anew thanks to his guardian angel.

Tootie, Blair, Natalie and Jo are going to wish you a merry Christmas on Sunday, thanks to Lifetime’s new movie, “You Light Up My Christmas,” which features the core cast of the iconic TV series “The Facts of Life.” And while Kim Fields, Lisa Whelchel, Mindy Cohn and Nancy McKeon won’t actually be playing their characters from the ’80s sitcom, “you take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have” the new made-for-TV holiday film.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Danny DeVito were having a relaxing night in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, when they decided to crash a wedding. While on a break from press interviews for “Jumanji: The Next Level”, the two were sipping tequila together when they announced they were going to surprise a lucky bride and groom. The Rock posted video of the two singing the song ‘Unforgettable’ at the wedding reception with the caption: “I’ve never crashed a wedding, but with DeVito this was truly unforgettable.”
Jim Gaffigan talks about how Prince Edward must’ve had regrets over choosing the woman he loved, over being the king of England

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GARTH BROOKS EXTENDS STADIUM TOUR TO CHARLOTTE, NC

Entertainer of the Year, Garth Brooks has announced another stadium date, this time in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 2 and tickets go on sale next week. The in-the-round show will mark his first time in Charlotte in 22 years and will be his only stop in North and South Carolina. Garth had this to say about the tour: [I’m thinking the Stadium Tour – and please don’t take this egotistical – I’m thinking this thing’s just starting to wake up. I think it’s showing us all the potential of what this thing can do, and it’s…and its limitless right now.]

FAST FACTS

May 2nd, at Bank of America Stadium.

Tickets go on sale Friday, December 6th at 10:00 AM EST.

Garth the first artist in history to receive 7 Diamond awards for the now seven albums certified by the RIAA at over 10 million album sales each.

LUKE COMBS SETS AWARDS GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR

Luke Combs announced on Twitter a personal challenge for next year. He posted this statement: “New life goal… win a Waffle House Tunie Award. I had no idea this was a thing.” The online awards show is in its 3^rd year and celebrates the most played songs on the restaurant’s jukeboxes. Past winners have included Hootie & The Blowfish, Chris Stapleton, and Foreigner. Luke just picked up 2 trophies at the recent CMA Awards and goes into Thanksgiving with a lot to be thankful for. Luke tells us more: [I value Thanksgiving a lot. You know, I value family. I value you friends and time spent with those people is something that money can’t buy and something that you can never get back. So, I always take Thanksgiving off- the entire week of Thanksgiving every year so that my band and crew can spend time with their families. I also don’t want anybody making plans to come see our show, you know, the night before Thanksgiving because I just feel like that time should be spent with the people that are most important to you. There’s other times to go out and do a show and you know sing songs and make money I think that Thanksgiving is too important to be looked over.]

Keith Urban – says he was astonished by the Thanksgiving holiday when he first moved to America about 25 years ago. The Australian-born musician says: “I remember going to this family’s home, they invited me to Thanksgiving, and I couldn’t believe the volume of food. It was insane. I’ve never seen so much food in my life…Then after the food, there was like 12 desserts.” And he was expected to try them all.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer