On Today’s Show

➢  A sealed 1996 “Super Mario 64” set a record Sunday for MOST EXPENSIVE game ever sold.  It was purchased for $1.56 MILLION during an auction. This record broke one that was JUST set last Friday from the same auction house.  It was another Nintendo game . . . an unopened 1986 “Legend of Zelda” for the NES . . . sold for $870,000.   FYI . . . don’t go rummaging through closets for YOUR old copies of these games.  The “Zelda” game is a very rare, original version and only a handful were made.  So yours most likely ISN’T one of them. In the case of “Mario”, less than FIVE copies are known to exist that are still sealed and in such excellent condition. In April, the auction house sold a copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. that was bought in 1986 and forgotten about in a desk drawer for $660,000.

➢ A Texas Goodwill found a copy of the Atari video game “Air Raid” inside of a donation box, which is apparently worth $10,000.  Here is employee Alex Juarez talking about spotting the rare game which only has 13 known copies in the world. 

➢ I’m not sure what the exact definition of a “chip” is, but does this count?  The hot new cooking trend on TikTok is to put pasta noodles in your air fryer . . . BURN them . . . and then brag about how good you are at making “PASTA CHIPS”. You can do it with any type of noodle, but things like spaghetti don’t seem like they’d work that well.  Things like bow tie pasta and penne are better. First you boil the pasta like normal.  Then you mix in olive oil, salt, pepper, and parmesan . . . or whatever you want to flavor them with.  And after that, you pop them in your air fryer at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.  Then serve them with dip. 

➢ Alcohol kills germs, but still. Coors Light has used ice collected from the rink at Amalie Arena during the Stanley Cup Final, which Tampa Bay Lightning won, to brew “Champions Ice.” The limited-edition beer will be available on tap in Tampa-area bars and in 32-ounce collectable “crowlers” beginning next week—including the day of the Lightning’s Stanley Cup parade. Coors says to get the ice for the brewing process, they used shavings collected by the Lightning Ice Crew in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Montreal Canadiens. It put the shavings in stainless steel hydro-flasks and shipped them overnight to its brewery in Golden, Colorado. The team gave their blessing to Coors, the official beer of the team, to brew with the rink ice. Of course, blood and sweat can often be found on the ice during NHL games, but Coors says the water used to create the brew has been processed and cleansed.

TODAY IS……………….

• “French Fries Day”. The ‘french’ in french fries has nothing to do with France, but the method of preparation. Food that’s chipped into pieces is said to be ‘frenched’. It’s thought that french fries most likely originated in Belgium.

1923 [98) The ‘Hollywood’ Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood. It originally reads “Hollywoodland”, but the last 4 letters are dropped after renovation in 1949

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

1992  Alan Jackson released “Love’s Got a Hold on You” as the final single from his second album, Don’t Rock the Jukebox. It became his fifth #1 single 

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TALES FROM THE INSIDE:

According to a Reddit thread, here are some industry secrets from people who supposedly have insider’s knowledge . . .

➢ “When you ask a grocery store worker to check the back for an item, 99% of the time they just walk away, stand for a few moments, and come back.”

➢ “I was a funeral home worker for five years. The price of caskets are hugely marked up, but it is illegal for a funeral home to not let you source your own casket.”

➢ “I’m a preschool teacher, and you should know your children tell us nearly everything about what goes on in your home.”

➢ “I work in HR, and if you put the keywords from the job listing in your résumé, you’ll almost be qualified. We search for those words instead of reading an entire résumé.”

➢ “I work for a web design agency. We charge anywhere from $5,000 to $200,000 for web projects, but we outsource 90% of those projects to India for $200.”

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FOUR RANDOM FACTS 

1. There are only two countries in the world that don’t have a holiday celebrating their independence day or the day they became a nation:  The U.K. and Denmark.

2. Movie previews are called “trailers” because they were originally shown at the END of movies.  The name stuck even once they started showing them first.

3. Vincent van Gogh’sfamous painting “The Starry Night” is actually the view from the room of his asylum in France.

4. Chocolate milk was invented in Jamaica in the 1400s.  An Irish botanist visiting Jamaica in the 1700s took the idea back to Europe and started selling it.

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GOOD NEWS 

After Brayden Morton’s Shar-Pei Darla was taken from his yard, the story wound up ending in a remarkable way. The British Columbia, man first posted on social media in June that Darla was taken from his yard by someone in a pick-up truck and the post was shared around 30,000 times. 

He offered some cash as a reward, and a friend offered to add another $2,500 for a total of $5,000. He received a call from a blocked number and all he could hear was what sounded like a young woman crying, but something told him this person had Darla. He met the young woman at a mall parking lot, where he found her crying. 

He went up, grabbed his dog and asked her if she was okay. According to Morton, he could tell she was a fentanyl user and she later admitted she’d stolen the dog to get money for drugs. Instead of handing over the cash, Morton offered to pay for her treatment. 

At the time of writing, the young woman hadn’t yet decided if she would take it, but was meeting up with Morton for coffee to discuss it further.

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BIRTHDAYS 

[81] Patrick Stewart, actor 

[79] Harrison Ford, actor 

[75] Cheech Marin, comedian-movie actor 

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LAW & DISORDER 

A woman stole a truck in Worcester, Massachusetts last Tuesday, and then led police on a wild chase . . . UNTIL she stopped to hit up the McDonald’s drive-thru.  She was arrested there, and is facing a long list of charges.  Her name is Johanna Gardell, and the victim is Raymond James Simoncini. 

A Contraband Booze Ring Was Exposed By . . . Drunk Buffaloes

Three farmers in India had some sort of contraband booze operation going on, which is a no-no, because in their state, it’s illegal to make, buy, sell, or transport alcohol.  And if you’re caught, you can get hit with fines and even prison time.

It’s unclear what they were up to, but they had more than 100 bottles of hooch . . . and some were hidden in a trough that their BUFFALOES drank from.

Some of the bottles in the trough broke, and the buffaloes GOT THEIR BUZZ ON.

The farmers didn’t realize that . . . but they DID notice their buffaloes acting weird, including frothing at the mouth.  So, they called a vet, and the vet examined the water that they’d been drinking, and figured out that the buffaloes were drunk.

The vet was NOT chill about it.  He ratted them out the police . . . and they raided the farm on Monday.  All three farmers were arrested.  It’s unclear what charges or punishments they’re facing.  

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Builders Showed Up at the Wrong House

A woman named Chloe Fountainn is going viral on TikTok, after posting several videos of a construction crew working in her backyard.

She claims they showed up to the WRONG HOUSE, and she has NO IDEA what they’re building.  But she’s not going to tell them until they’re done, because she wants whatever it is they’re installing.  It looks like it’s some kind of deck or patio.

Initially, she talked about getting it “for free,” but when people pointed out how terrible it would be if she didn’t say anything and then refused to pay, she clarified that she WOULD pay for it, but she still isn’t going to stop them.

Naturally, some people are wondering if this is a publicity stunt.  It’s possible the crew showed up at the wrong house.  But she’s done updates over multiple DAYS, so it’s hard to believe that it could go this far without the crew knowing.

And her most recent update even mentions people found the company and called them to rat her out.  But she claims they’re still going to finish the job. 

TUESDAY JULY 13TH  

1.   • “2021 MLB All-Star Game” (ESPN): Live from Coors Field in Denver, CO. LA Angel Shohei Ohtani is the first player in All-Star history to be selected as both a pitcher and a hitter.

• “Brad Paisley’s Shark Country” (DSC): Paisley and comedian JB Smoove meet in the Bahamas. With Dr. Austin Gallagher’s help, they put Paisley’s musical talents to the test to see how sound can attract or repel sharks.

2.   Conor McGregor and his manager Audie Attar have provided an update after the fighter underwent surgery to repair broken leg bones suffered in Saturday’s UFC 264 loss to Dustin Poirier. Attar tweeted out details of the operation,  saying: “The surgery was successful repairing fractures of his tibia and fibula. Both doctors are confident that with time he will make a full recovery. We anticipate his return to the Octagon.” McGregor, meanwhile, tweeted that “Surgery went excellent!” and that he is “Feeling tremendous!”, before calling Poirer’s victory by TKO “illegitimate”.
3.   Did you know a quick fix for static hair is a dryer sheet?  A girl with very long hair posted a videoshowing how quick a dryer sheet will tame static hair.

4.   Let’s wish comedy legend, and Grammy Award winner, Cheech Marina happy 75th birthday today!  (Here’s a montage of some of his work on album, film, and beating Anderson Cooper on “Jeopardy!”.  Some other cool credits: he was the voice of a hyena in “The Lion King”, Ramone in “Cars” (and their sequels), and other Disney movies like “Coco” and “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”.   He sometimes voiced the Bundy’s dog Buck in “Married with Children”.  He also plays in celebrity golf tournaments, ever since he starred in the 1996 movie, “Tin Cup”.)

JAKE OWEN MOURNS LOSS OF ‘SWEETEST, MOST LOVING DOG’ 

Jake Owen is mourning the sudden loss of one of his beloved dogs, a German Shepherd named Slash, on Saturday (July 10th) night. He shared a goodbye post on social media on Sunday (July 11th) writing in part, “Losing a dog is like losing a family member. It was hard for me to even put this post together and share. go love on your family. Go love on your dogs. See ya up there Slashy. Love ya buddy.”

Jake shared the cause of Slash’s death writing, “The drs said his stomach had ‘flipped’ and even with emergency surgery, it wasn’t enough to save him…I didn’t even make it home in time to say goodbye.”

He continued, “Slash was my youngest German Shepherd and the sweetest most loving dog I’ve ever had. He was more like a human than a dog. While my other pups would run free across the farm, Slash just wanted to be by my side.”

In happier news, Jake is gearing up to host his Jake Owen & Friends: A Concert Made for You benefit at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on July 15th. Proceeds from the concert are earmarked for the CMA Foundation’s efforts to support music education programs across the country.

ALL-STAR GAME 

Jess Moskaluke is singing the Canadian National Anthem tonight at the Baseball All-Star game in Denver. 

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BLAKE SHELTON, CARRIE UNDERWOOD TO PERFORM AT LIVE ‘CMA SUMMER JAM’ CONCERTS 

Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Gwen Stefani, Miranda Lambert and Thomas Rhett have all signed on to perform at the Country Music Association’s “CMA Summer Jam,” a brand new, two-night summer concert experience live from Nashville’s open-air Ascend Amphitheater on Tuesday, July 27th and Wednesday, July 28th. The live event will also be filmed as part of a three-hour primetime television special airing later this summer on ABC.  

Other’s taking part include Mickey Guyton, Carly Pearce, Cole Swindell, Lainey Wilson, Dwight Yoakam, Jimmie Allen, Gabby Barrett, Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Florida Georgia Line, and Jon Pardi. Details about the television special, including additional performances filmed at other locations in downtown Nashville, will be announced in the coming weeks.

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JORDAN DAVIS RELEASES EP TITLE TRACK FEATURING LUKE BRYAN 

Jordan Davis is still climbing the charts with his current Top Five hit, “Amost Maybes,” but he has just released a new song called “Buy Dirt” which is a collaboration with his labelmate Luke Bryan. Jordan co-wrote the song during the pandemic, and as he tells us, it’s a reminder of the things in life that really matter. [“’Buy Dirt’ is a song that came to me a couple of months into the pandemic. We couldn’t tour, music, everything was at a standstill. I came to the realization of man, all you need is your faith, your family and your friends. And music’s great and I love it and I’m happy I get to do it, but at the end of the day those are three things that I need to always keep at the top of my list, and ‘Buy Dirt’ is my kind of pledge to that.”

“Buy Dirt” is the title track from Jordan’s new EP which was released in May.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer