On Today’s Show

March 3, 2021 9:35 am Published by

➢ A woman in Detroit created a backyard ice rink for neighborhood kids to skate and play hockey on.  Her local fire department heard about it and showed up with a water truck to help her make enough ice.

 

➢ A guy on TikTok is convinced there’s one question you should always ask during a job interview.  He saw it on a YouTube “career” video . . . and people in the comments section swore by it.  He used it too.

Here it is.  Quote, “Based on what we’ve talked [about] today, is there anything that’s giving you hesitancy with hiring me?”  He said it works because if the employer DOES have a concern, it gives you the chance to fight for yourself.

 

➢ Roombas recently got a software update, and it’s causing problems for some models . . . and making them act like they’re DRUNK.

The Roombas spin around randomly . . . bump into furniture . . . move in strange patterns . . . get stuck in empty areas . . . and have trouble finding their way home to their docks.

And according to the company that makes Roombas, it could be SEVERAL WEEKS before they can fix the software and sober these Roombas up. 

 

➢ The popular video game “Frogger” is being turned into a competition series at NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock. “Frogger” will feature 12 outrageous obstacle courses, or “crossings.” These physically demanding challenges will see contestants dodge treacherous traffic, leap over snapping gators and hop over hungry hippos to conquer the course. The series, which was ordered for 13 episodes, is based on Konami’s popular “Frogger” franchise, which debuted in 1981 as an arcade game.

 

➢ Eddie Murphy was on “The Tonight Show” and said he never planned on doing a sequel to “Coming to America.”  Here he is explaining what changed his mind.  (From “The Tonight Show” on Thursday, February 25, 2021.)

 

TODAY IS……………….

  • “Cold Cuts Day”, You might pop deli meats into sandwiches, you might have them drizzled with oil and with a few slices of cheese – whatever way you like them, today is all about celebrating the tasty meats that are somehow even tastier when served up in slices.

 

  • “Canadian Bacon Day”, as it is known in the United States (“back bacon” to Canadians) It is actually a little more like ham than bacon. 

 

  • “World Wildlife Day”, the 7th annual, proclaimed by the UN. This year’s theme is “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet” LINK: https://www.wildlifeday.org/

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

Dwight Yoakam’s debut album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., was released in 1986.

 

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Six Dr. Seuss Books Won’t Be Published Anymore Because of Outdated, “Hurtful” Imagery

The company that controls the Dr. Seuss catalog has decided to pull six of his books, because they contain images of Asians and Africans that they say “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.”

 

The six are:  “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” (1937), “McElligot’s Pool” (1947), “If I Ran the Zoo” (1950), “Scrambled Eggs Super!” (1953), “On Beyond Zebra!” (1955), and “The Cat’s Quizzer” (1976).

 

The existing stock of these books is selling like hot-cakes on Amazon, and people are already trying to capitalize on the hysteria . . . offering to sell THEIR copies for THOUSANDS of dollars.

Dr. Seuss Enterprises says they made this determination after consulting with educators.

 

Those who are obsessed with “cancel culture” . . . both in favor and against it . . . are fixated on the idea that Dr. Seuss is suddenly “racist,” but that’s not what Dr. Seuss Enterprises is saying.

They say it’s about protecting and preserving Dr. Seuss’ legacy and relevance for generations to come.  They add, quote, “Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure [the] catalog represents and supports all communities and families.”

 

The thinking is that these books contain outdated depictions that come across differently today than they were intended when they were originally published.

 

For what it’s worth, Dr. Seuss’ step-daughter Leagrey Dimond says she wishes they’d just add a disclaimer to the six books, and keep them in publication.

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FOUR RANDOM FACTS 

  1. Can openers were invented in 1858 . . . which is 48 years after cans.  During those years in between, the most popular way to open cans was smashing them with a hammer and chisel.

 

  1. Your rectum has similar cells to your mouth . . . which is why spicy foods can burn on the way out as much as they do when you’re eating them.

 

  1. There are only two companies with a perfect “AAA” credit rating:  Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft.

 

  1. Antarctica gets about 44,000 tourists a year . . . that’s up from 5,000 tourists a year in 1990. 

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GOOD NEWS 

A 26-year-old woman on TikTok is going viral after telling the story of how her parents met her boyfriend’s family for the first time, and it turned out the moms knew each other. 

(The moms gave birth next to each other in the same hospital.  And now 26 years later, their kids are engaged.)

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BIRTHDAYS 

[51] Julie Bowen, actress (2 Emmys-‘Claire Dunphy’ on “Modern Family” 2009-20)/movie actress (“Happy Gilmore”, “Horrible Bosses”)

 

[39] Jessica Biel, actress (“Hitchcock”)/TV actress (“7th Heaven” 1996-2006)/married to Justin Timberlake since 2012

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A Guy Calls the Cops for a Break-In . . . But Doesn’t Hide His Massive Drug Supply

A 42-year-old guy named John Harbison in Phoenix called the cops on Sunday night to report a break-in at his apartment.

When the cops got there, they didn’t find any signs of a break-in.  But they did find John’s HUGE STASH of DRUGS . . . because he didn’t bother to hide it before they got there.

John had 6,000 fentanyl pills, a bag of meth, scales, baggies, needles, and almost $5,000 in cash sitting out on a table in plain sight.

He was arrested on several felony drug charges. 

 

The Cheeto Dust in a Woman’s Teeth Links Her to a Burglary

The orange dust on Cheetos doesn’t wash off easily . . . it makes things stay VERY orange for a very long time.

Someone tried to break into a house in Tulsa, Oklahoma through a window last week, but ran off when she heard people inside the house.

The cops came, and as they searched the area around the window, they found the burglar had dropped a bottle of water and an empty bag of Cheetos.

They searched the area, and found a woman named Sharon Carr hiding in the shadows.  And when she opened her mouth . . . the cops saw CHEETO DUST in her teeth.

So she was arrested for first-degree burglary. 

 

Cheetos ran an ad a few years ago where a guy interrogated his family to find out who’d been eating his Cheetos, and used a black light to look for Cheeto dust.  It turned out his wife and both kids were guilty, and so was a random cat.

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PLAYING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

New research says that learning to play a musical instrument increases your intelligence by almost 10%. In a 6–month study coordinated by DIYS.com, the world’s largest DIY community, 

 

4,700 volunteers chose a new hobby to take up during coronavirus lockdown. The volunteers took an IQ test before and after taking up their chosen hobby. 

 

Those who learned to play a musical instrument experienced an average IQ increase of 9.71%. Knitting netted an average IQ increase of 9.68%, exercising 7.37% and reading 7.07%.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 3RD  

 

  1.   NYI 2 – NJD 1 NYR 3 – BUF 2 PIT 5 – PHI 2 CBJ 4 – DET 1 

MTL 3 – OTT 1 CAR 4 – NSH 2 WPG 5 – VAN 2 TBL 2 – DAL 0

 

  1.   A stand-up comic named Robyn Schall collectedmoney from her 142,000 followers, and handed out $13,000 in Valentine’s Day tips at a restaurant in New York.  She gave $7,000 to a waitress, and gave the bartender and two cooks $2,000 each.

 

  1.   There’s a TikTok videoblowing people’s minds right now . . . because it reveals that the “chance of rain” in a weather forecast doesn’t mean what we all thought.  30% does NOT mean there’s a 30% chance it’s going to rain . . . it’s based on a formula that multiplies how likely it is to rain by how much of the area the rain is going to cover.  (This meteorologistexplains it better than the TikTok girl.)

 

  1.   Here’s comedian Matt Falk on having a Roomba Robot Vacuum.

 

GARTH BROOKS PUSHES BACK ANOTHER STADIUM SHOW 

Garth Brooks‘ sold-out concert in Charlotte, N.C. has been postponed for the fourth time, this time until the fall. The Bank of America Stadium date is now scheduled for Sept. 25th.

The concert was originally set for May 2, 2020, but due to the pandemic was moved to June 13th, then Oct. 10th, and, most recently, April 10, 2021 before this latest delay.

Garth also recently rescheduled his Feb. 27th show in Las Vegas to July 10th. His next scheduled show is on May 1st at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Garth has been quarantining with his wife, Trisha Yearwood, who was recently diagnosed with COVID.

FAST FACTS

Garth’s latest album, Fun, was released in November.

His latest single is a duet with Trisha on “Shallow” from the 2018 movie A Star Is Born. The original version was recorded by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

DOLLY PARTON GETS COVID VACCINE 

Dolly Parton received her Moderna Covid vaccine yesterday (Tuesday, March 2nd) at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She shared a picture of herself receiving the injection, as well as a video encouraging everyone to get the vaccine on social media. Moderna is the vaccine that researchers at Vanderbilt were working on thanks in part to Dolly’s $1 million donation last year.

In the photo, Dolly is getting the vaccine from her friend and Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad. She captioned it with, “Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine.”

The video also shows Dolly getting the shot, and asking others to do the same. She said in part: [“I’ve been waiting a while. I’m old enough to get it and I’m smart enough to get it, so I’m very happy that I’m gonna get my Moderna shot today, and I want to tell everybody that you should get out there and do it, too. I even changed one of my songs to fit the occasion. It goes, ‘Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I’m beggin’ of you please don’t hesitate/ Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, cause once you’re dead then that’s a bit too late (laughs).'”] SOUNDCUE (:32 OC: . . . bit too late (laughs).)

Other Country icons who recently got their Covid vaccine include Willie Nelson and Loretta Lynn.

 

 

JORDAN DAVIS WON’T GO BACK TO HAVING A LONG BEARD 

Jordan Davis is sporting a much more clean-cut look these days since he opted to drastically trim his signature beard back for his latest video, “Amost Maybes.” Jordan likes how he looks these days and tells us he probably won’t go back to having a long, bushy beard. [“I don’t think I’m going to go back to where I was at (with the beard). Now that I’ve shaved the beard, I get a lot of photos from fans from meet-and-greets or whatever, and even I look at some of those photos and I’m like, ‘Oh, what was I thinking? Like why did I have such a big beard?’ (laughs) I mean I even look at some of my wedding photos and I’m like, ‘Goodness gracious, that beard was massive.’ But I definitely like having a beard. I’ll never be a clean-shaven guy. So, maybe somewhere in between caveman and where I’m at now I think is a good spot for the beard.”] SOUNDCUE (:33 OC: . . . for the beard.)

 

 

CMA FEST 2021 CANCELED DUE TO PANDEMIC 

This year’s CMA Fest in Nashville has been canceled for the second year in a row due to the ongoing pandemic. The organization issued a statement yesterday (Tuesday, March 2nd) which read in part, “We know our fans near and far have hoped that the festival could safely return this summer, and while we are encouraged to see COVID-19 vaccines becoming more widely available, we still face several challenges that prevent us from bringing our fans around the world the CMA Fest experience they have come to expect. But rest assured, we have already started planning what will be the most EPIC celebration of Country Music next summer. Mark your calendars for CMA Fest June 9-12, 2022!”

Previously purchased four-day passes for CMA Fest 2020 will be honored at CMA Fest 2022. For more information, visit CMAfest.com.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer