On Today’s Show

June 14, 2021 9:35 am Published by

➢ QUEEN ELIZABETH celebrated her 95th birthday on Saturday by cutting her cake . . . with a SWORD. 

At one point, one of her aides tried to tell her there was a knife she could use, and she replied, “I know there is” . . . then kept on rolling with the sword.  Although she did need some help from CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES.

Later in the day, the Queen met with world leaders including PRESIDENT BIDEN.  And she got sassy again during a photo op, when she said, quote, “Are you supposed to be looking as if you’re enjoying yourself?”

 

➢ A dog in Alberta named Rogan, is gaining notoriety for selling his paintings and giving all the proceeds to local animal shelters.  Here is his owner talking about the almost $6,000 he’s raised with his artwork.  

 

➢  A video is going viral of a Toronto police officer removing a cup off of a wild skunk’s head.  Here is a play-by-play of the incident. 

 

➢ A news anchor in Namibia, South Africa, didn’t realize she was live, and told another anchor “No, we’re not going to do that.  We’re just going to greet me and then say take it away.”  That’s when she was told “Jessica, we are live.”  They both said nothing for ten seconds, until the station cut away.  Now the phrase is trending worldwide.  Here’s how it happened. 

 

➢  The Westminster Dog Show was this weekend in New York.  And a Boston Terrier named Ripple was doing great on the obstacle course until her HANDLER wiped out.  The guy tripped and almost fell on TOP of her.  Then Ripple jumped over an obstacle the wrong way and was disqualified.

TODAY IS……………….

  • “World Blood Donor Day”, dedicated to thanking and celebrating voluntary blood donors around-the-globe. It occurs on the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, who created the ABO blood group system, which is still used today. 

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

John Anderson earned his first gold record, for “Swingin'” in 1983.

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FUNNIEST TWEETS OF THE WEEK FROM PARENTS:
⇒ if you take your kids out to dinner you have to tell them things like they have to keep their clothes on and stop licking the furniture because quarantine turned them into feral cats 

 

⇒ My daughter got up today wanting to know, “Who decided that days have to start before lunch?” and we should really put 5th graders in charge of more things. – NicholasG

⇒ Shout out to all those parents who can stay calm while their children mix Play-Doh colors.


⇒ I just feel parenting would be a lot easier if no one expected me to know where their shoes were – Threetimedaddy

…AND A FEW ABOUT MARRIED LIFE:
⇒ My husband woke me up with coffee & said, “Let’s go to Lowe’s.” And that’s romance after 25 years. – Sarcastic Mommy

⇒ My dog just looked at me and sighed. He has to stop hanging out with my wife. – Dan Regan

⇒ I sneezed my wife awake so if you had “5:47 AM” in the office pool of what time my wife would start being angry with me please come to the lobby to collect your prize

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BIRTHDAYS 

[34] Tyler Johnston, actor (‘Stuart’ on “Letterkenny” since 1026)

 

[32] Lucy Hale, actress (‘Aria Montgomery’ on “Pretty Little Liars” 2010-17) 

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SCIENCE NEWS

  1. In school, you learned there are four oceans:  The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Ocean up north.  But this week, “National Geographic”added a FIFTH ocean to its maps.  The Southern Ocean is the body of water around Antarctica.  They say it deserves its own name because the currents are so different.

 

  1. A new sleep study found dreamsmight be our brain’s way of trying to process old memories . . . to help us predict the FUTURE.  But not in a paranormal way.  They think your brain might just be trying to anticipate things that are coming up.

 

  1. In health news:  A study at the University of Chicago found that low doses of laughing gasmight be an effective treatment for depression.

 

  1. In space news:  Three new unmanned missions to Venusare now in the works . . . the Mars helicopter had its seventh successful flight . . . and NASA’s Juno satellite got some great fly-by shots of Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.

 

  1. It’s crazy that this was just a theory until now:  Physicists at the University of Iowa finally proved this week that the Northern Lightsare caused by electromagnetic waves.

 

  1. And in insect news:  Researchers at Oxford found that even fruit flies get “hangry” when they haven’t eaten in a while. 

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Jeans That Look Like You’ve Been Attacked by a Ninja Are Selling for $375

Will fashion companies ever run out of new ways to make jeans feel trendy?  

We’ve now hit the point where they’re just cutting parts off and sewing them back on crooked.

 

A South Korean clothing brand is selling something called “Slash” jeans.  And from the knees up, they look normal.  But halfway down, there’s a slanted cut across both pantlegs.  So the top half of each leg doesn’t quite line up with the bottom half.  And some people think they look like a “glitch in the Matrix.”

 

Other people say it’s more like a ninja sliced you in half, and the top part of your body is slowly sliding off of your lower legs.  Which is probably why they’re called “Slash” jeans.  

 

You can pre-order them online for the low, low price of $375 U.S. 

MONDAY JUNE 14TH 

 

  1.   NYI 2 – TBL 1 (NY 1-0)

 

Blue Jays 18  Red Sox 4 White Sox 4  Tigers 1

 

  1.   Hollywood legend NED BEATTY died of natural causes yesterday.  He was 83.  Ned’s films included everything from ’70s classics like “Deliverance” and “Nashville”, to 2010’s “Toy Story 3”, where he played the evil Lotso.

He also played Dan Conner’s dad on the original “Roseanne”

 

  1.   Some jerk stolea guy’s Avengers-themed prosthetic leg after he was hit by a car.  Luckily, the cops got it back to him.  

(The guy, Christopher Harris, was critically injured.  Here’s Carrie Harris, his estranged wife.  She talks about him in the past tense, but as far as we can tell, he’s still alive.)

 

  1.   John Mulaney talks about how his college started hitting him up for money after he graduated.

 

LOTTERIES 

Once again there was no winning ticket for Friday’s $70 million Lotto Max jackpot, meaning tomorrow’s draw will be breaking another record.

However, there were also 56 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs and 20 of them were won by a total of 24 ticket holders across the country.

Thirteen of those winning tickets were purchased in Ontario. 

Tomorrow’s draw will now include a $70-million jackpot and an estimated 58 Maxmillion draws, meaning $128 million in top prizing will be available to be won, setting a Canadian record.

 

A lucky lottery player somewhere in Ontario is holding the winning ticket for Saturday’s $9.4 million jackpot.

The winning ticket for the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize was also sold in Ontario – as was the ticket for the $250,000 runner up prize.

The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on June 16 will be an estimated $5 million.

 

DIERKS BENTLEY, KEITH URBAN TO HEADLINE SEVEN PEAKS FESTIVAL 

Dierks Bentley‘s upcoming Seven Peaks Festival will be headlined by Dierks and his good friend Keith Urban. The lineup also includes Kip Moore, Randy Houser, Clay Walker, 

Travis Denning, Ingrid Andress, Mark Chesnutt, and Pam Tillis.

The third annual Seven Peaks Festival will take place in Buena Vista, CO September 3-5. Three-day passes go on sale beginning on June 18th at 10 a.m. MT.

Dierks is especially happy to have Keith Urban co-headlining the event with him this year. He tells us: [“Having Keith Urban headline at Seven Peaks Festival is just unbelievable. He’s one of my best friends here in town, and he really is in my mind the best entertainer in country music. There’s nobody that can play guitar like him and just work a crowd like he does. He’s just so good on stage. It’s just what he was made to do. So, to have him out there in Colorado and his band and his energy on that stage, it’s just gonna be so fun.”] 

This summer, Dierks will launch his Beers On Me Tour with special guests Riley Green and Parker McCollum beginning Aug. 13th 

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CHRIS LANE AND WIFE WELCOME BABY BOY 

Congratulations to Chris Lane and his wife, Lauren Bushnell, who welcomed their first child, son Dutton Walker Lane, last Tuesday (June 8th) in Nashville. He weighed in at a healthy 9 lbs.

Chris told People.com, “Everyone in the room, including Lauren and me, were shocked we had a 9-pound baby! Not sure where he was hiding in her belly?! Watching Lauren go through the birthing process – from the beginning to the moment she delivered – was the most incredible thing I’ve ever witnessed. I experienced an emotion I’ve never felt before.”

The couple had picked out Dutton’s name a few months ago. Chris tells us: [“You can take one guess where we kind of got that from. It’s from the TV show Yellowstone, and we really love the name a lot, but yeah, I know it’s a little different, but I think it’s pretty cool.”] 

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Did Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani Get Married?

Did BLAKE SHELTON and GWEN STEFANI get married?  MAYBE.

Gwen was seen Saturday wearing a sparkling diamond band with her engagement ring.  She, Blake and her son were in Santa Monica attending a children’s sporting event.

The day before, she posted a picture of herself sipping wine and holding a present with the caption, “She’s getting marriiieeeeed.”

A close source had previously reported that Blake built a chapel on his Oklahoma ranch that they planned on using for the ceremony sometime this year.

Gwen and Blake have been engaged since October.

 

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This post was written by Dave Palmer