On Today’s Show

➢ A woman was ejected from her car and pinned underneath while her 2-year-old was left dangling upside down after a hit-and-run in Detroit.  Thankfully officers and bystanders were able to roll the car over saving her and the child.  Here is Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard talking about the harrowing situation.

➢ A Swiss man combined his hobbies of golf and running to set a Guinness World Record by playing 252 holes of golf in 12 hours. Jurg Randegger took to the links at Ostschweizerischen Golf Club in Niederburen, Switzerland, and played through the entire course 14 times in 12 hours to beat the previous record by 31 holes. Randegger performed the feat on foot, because use of a golf cart is banned by Guinness rules. The record attempt raised money for Special Olympics Switzerland. 

➢ A golfer was arrested on the course after a fight at Korn Ferry Tour qualifier.  The fight erupted on the green between Austen Dailey and Luke Smith over Smith suggesting to Dailey that he help look for lost golf balls.  

(Here’s a clip from “Happy Gilmore” of Bob Barker fighting Happy on the course.) 

➢ While JEFF BEZOS is preparing to launch himself into space . . . basically because he can . . . his ex-wife MACKENZIE just gave another $2.7 BILLION to various charities.  That’s on top of the $6 billion she gave away last year.

MacKenzie and her new husband Dan Jewett say they’re troubled by the increasing concentration of wealth among just a few people, and their goal is to, quote, “give away a fortune that was enabled by systems in need of change.”

MacKenzie is worth roughly $60 billion.  She and Jeff divorced in 2019, and she walked away with a 4% stake in Amazon.

➢ In honor of Father’s Day this weekend here’s Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg exchanging dad jokes.

COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

1988  Garth Brooks signed with Capital Records. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at #2 in the US country album chart and Brooks went on to brake records for both sales and concert attendance throughout the 1990s.

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FUNNIEST TWEETS FROM DADS:
(Just in time for Father’s Day…)
⇒ I told my son we couldn’t afford something and he asked why I didn’t have more money, and I wanted to be like, “You, dude. You are entirely the reason I don’t have more money.” – The Dad

⇒ Kids really overestimate how much parents want to guess things. – Simon Holland

⇒ Check on your friends with toddlers. The toddlers are winning. Send help. – Joe Briggs, Esq.

⇒ My children wanted to play restaurant and are very upset because I told them my place does not allow kids – Vinod Chhaproo

⇒ Great news I got a 100 on my son’s geometry test. – Rodney Lacroix

⇒ hell hath no fury like a toddler who loses the chance to push a button of any kind. – Dadman Walking

⇒ 25% of parenting is resisting the urge to scream, “Get to the point!” – The Dad Briefs

⇒ If I learned just one thing as a parent, it’s that by the 3rd kid they can be juggling samurai swords and hand grenades and you won’t care as long as they’re doing it quietly. – bacon popsicle

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GOOD NEWS 

A family in Richmond, Virginia got a shocking delivery last month. 

Avery Sanford, age 18, says, “I had just turned 18 and my dad came by. He had rented a trailer. He pulled up in front of the house and turned the trailer on so it dumped out all the pennies on the grass and my mom came out and was like, ‘What are you dumping in my yard?’ 

She didn’t know who it was until he shouted, ‘It’s your final child support payment.” 

The man had dumped 80,000 pennies. Sanford adds, “It’s not just my mom he’s trying to embarrass, it’s also me and my sister and it’s upsetting that he didn’t consider that before he did that.” 

Sanford and her mom decided to turn the bad situation into a positive one by donating the money to a domestic abuse center.

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BIRTHDAYS 

[61] Thomas Haden Church, actor (“Spider-Man 3”, “Sideways”)/TV actor (“Wings” 1990-95)

[55] Jason Patric, actor (“The Lost Boys”, “Speed 2”)

[41] Venus Williams, former #1-ranked women’s tennis player (49 singles titles, $41.8 million in career winnings/currently ranked #102/older sister of Serena Williams

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Guy Named “Florida” Was Busted in Florida After a Ridiculous Crime Spree

We see a ton of “Florida Man” stories, but this might be the first one where the guy is a Florida Man in more ways than one:  Some idiot went on a ridiculous crime spree near Tampa early Sunday morning.

His full name is Lawrence Franklin King Florida.  So it happened in Florida . . . and his last NAME is also “Florida.”  He looks like he’s in his late 20s.  And in the course of one night, he broke into at least seven different businesses.

First, he got into a seafood restaurant and stole all the White Claws from their fridge . . . before throwing them in a retention pond out back. After that, he went to a barbershop a few blocks away and stole a set of clippers . . . then broke into ANOTHER barbershop nearby and stole five more sets of clippers.

Once he had enough of those, he broke into a carpet store and then a café, where he took $800 in cash.  He also broke into a vet’s office, and then a separate business called Little Cat Rescue, where he stole a bunch of pain meds meant for animals.

He finally went home around 5:30 in the morning.  But before he was done, he stole his neighbor’s Ring camera off their door.  So they got an alert about it and called the cops.

He eventually admitted to breaking into all of the businesses and walked cops through how he did it.  He’s facing multiple charges.  

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A Man Went All “Mission Impossible” to Steal . . . Some Dippin’ Dots?

Police in Tyler, Texas are on the hunt for a man who broke into a mall to steal a bag of Dippin’ Dots. 

To get in, the guy dropped through the ceiling like he was Tom Cruise in“Mission Impossible” or something.  

But he didn’t have any crazy tactical gear.  He was wearing a polo, and pulled off the whole mission “while licking on a sucker.”  

He was also able to leave through the same hole in the ceiling where he entered.  

And as far as we know, he didn’t take anything other than the Dippin’ Dots.  

There’s no word on who this guy is.  He’s still on the run. (The Tyler Police Department has his photo on their Facebook feed.  It’s from a security camera . . . and yes, he seems to have a sucker in his mouth.)

The U.S. and Canada Have the Most Stressed-Out Workers in the World

I guess even doing our jobs from the couch for a full year didn’t make us more relaxed at work.  Because a new Gallup poll found Canada and the U.S. have some of the most STRESSED-OUT workers in the world.

They broke it down by region, not by country.  So they lumped the U.S. and Canada together.  

And overall, 57% said that a significant part of their workday is stressful.  That’s the highest in the world.  The global average is 43%, and it’s only 39% in Europe.

It also found women deal with more on-the-job stress every day . . . 62% said yes, compared to 52% of men.  And young people feel more stressed out at work than older people do.

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THURSDAY JUNE 17TH  

1.   MTL 3 – VGK 2

Tigers 6  Royals 5 Yankees 3  Blue Jays 2

2.   Some guy in Florida has stolenseven Ronald McDonald House charity boxes from around the Tampa Bay area . . . and he rides a motorcycle.  (Here’s Dustin Portillo of Caspers Company, which owns a bunch of franchises.)

3.   A Harvard-bound high school graduate returned a $40,000 scholarshipawarded by her school during her graduation ceremony.  Here is Verda Tetteh explaining that she’d prefer if someone going to a community college received the money. 

4.   Jim Gaffigan says fish are disgusting to eat.

Cristiano Ronaldo Cost Coca-Cola $4 Billion in 20 Seconds

Soccer star CRISTIANO RONALDO made the value of Coca-Cola drop by $4 BILLION . . . and it only took him 20 SECONDS.

The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship is happening right now, and Coke is a major sponsor.  On Monday, Ronaldo sat down for a press conference, and there were two bottles of Coke on the table in front of him.

He moved them off-camera, then held up his water bottle and said, “Agua” . . . which means “water” in Portuguese.  (Here’s video.)

After he did that, shares of Coca-Cola just HAPPENED to drop 1.6%, from $56.17 to $55.22, reducing Coke’s market value from $242 billion to $238 billion . . . a $4 billion loss. 

As of yesterday morning, it was even lower . . . at just over $236 billion.

Coca-Cola said, quote, “[Everyone] is entitled to their drink preferences.” 

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TYLER HUBBARD GOT HIS KIDS’ ‘HEAD NODDIN” APPROVAL ON ‘UNDIVIDED’ 

Tyler Hubbard co-wrote and sings on Tim McGraw’s latest single, “Undivided,” but before it made its way to Tim it got the approval of Tyler’s three kids under the age of three. He tells us they’re a great litmus test as to whether a song has hit potential, and when he played them “Undivided” their reaction was very positive.

Tyler explains: [“Let’s just say a whole lot of head noddin’.  It’s fun. “It’s a fun litmus test, because every song I write I take home to the kids, and sometimes they just sit there like a deer in the headlights, and I’m like, ‘Okay. This is uhhh, not a hit. Okay, perfect. Thanks a lot.’ But most of the time they get to movin’.  And it’s really funny how they just love it. They just love music.”] SOUNDCUE (:15 OC: . . . just love music.)

“Undivided” sits inside the Top 20 and climbing on the country charts.

FAST FACTS

“Undivided” is included on Tim’s Here On Earth The Ultimate Edition.

Tyler and his FGL partner Brian Kelley will hit the road this fall on their I Love My Country Tour.

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Garth Brooks Is Touring Again, and He Won’t Raise Ticket Prices

Some artists have already postponed their return to the road until NEXT year . . . but not GARTH BROOKS.  He’s moving full-steam ahead, and his tickets are selling like crazy.

But COVID-19 isn’t over, and musical acts will be saddled with extra expenses to help ensure the health and safety of fans.

Some musicians might raise ticket prices to cover those costs, but Garth isn’t.  An average ticket is still going for around $95 . . . just like they were pre-pandemic.

He said, quote, “You’re either going to make an absurd amount of money or you’re going to make a lesser absurd amount of money . . . I can’t imagine raising the ticket prices to make sure [I] keep making the absurd amount of money.  

“My thing is:  If we make 100% of each ticket . . . and because of the Covid regulations and restrictions that we have to put in and pay for, we make 95% . . . I’m more than OK with that.”

Garth also refused to talk about what happens if things get bad again, and he gets shut down.  He said his managers have a plan, but he’s focused on looking forward.

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Kelly Clarkson covers Joe Diffie 

Kelly Clarkson recently paid tribute to the late Joe Diffie by covering his song, “Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)”.  Joe died from COVID-19 complications in March of last year.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer