{"id":10879,"date":"2019-10-31T09:35:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T13:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=10879"},"modified":"2019-10-31T05:18:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T09:18:47","slug":"on-todays-show-266","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/10\/on-todays-show-266\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pseudo space satellite, called the Samsung &#8220;SpaceSelfie&#8221;, fell out of the sky and landed on a Michigan couple&#8217;s property about 45 minutes west of Saginaw during an earlier-than-expected soft landing.\u00a0\u00a0<strong> ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An apartment building in Colorado\u00a0had\u00a0to be evacuated after some idiot set an entire field on fire while using fireworks to blow up pumpkins.\u00a0 <strong><em>Here are some of the tenants.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As fires continue to rage across California, John Cena is helping out first responders. Cena, who plays a firefighter in the upcoming film \u201cPlaying With Fire\u201d, out Nov. 8, has announced that in honor of First Responders Day, he\u2019s donating $500,000 to two charities: Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and California Fire Foundation. In a video posted to Twitter, he says: \u201cCalifornia is in dire straights. It is burning. It is under siege from massive wildfires statewide. Which means our first responders are working around the clock and they need our help.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Lloyd hopes there will be a fourth \u201cBack to the Future\u201d film. The 81-year-old starred as Emmett \u2018Doc\u2019 Brown in the iconic film trilogy between 1985 and 1990, and now says that he would love for there to be a new installment to the franchise, although he doesn\u2019t think it will happen. Lloyd says that although he always hoped the franchise would be successful, he never expected the magic of the series to last for over three decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack to the Future \u2013 The Musical\u201d is set to debut in February.<\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cHalloween\u201d, a longtime tradition in Canada, Ireland, the UK, and the USA. Some believe its origins come from a Celtic festival for the dead called \u201cSamhain.\u201d Celts believed the ghosts of the dead roamed Earth on this holiday, so people would dress in costumes and leave \u201ctreats\u201d out on their front doors to appease the roaming spirits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cInternational Magic Day,\u201d traditionally a day for magicians to meet, celebrated on the anniversary of Harry Houdini\u2019s death on October 31st, 1926.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cInternational UNICEF Day\u201d, observed on October 31st since 1967, the reason many trick-or-treaters collect donations in UNICEF coin boxes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1892 [127] Arthur Conan Doyle publishes \u201cThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamie O&#8217;Neal<\/strong>&#8216;s debut album,\u00a0Shiver,\u00a0was released in 2000<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Raking Leaves Is for Suckers! This Easier Option Is Better for Your Lawn<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some people enjoy raking leaves.\u00a0 Maybe your kids like to jump in the piles, and that&#8217;s fine.\u00a0 But if it&#8217;s just work, there&#8217;s an easier way to deal with them.\u00a0 And it&#8217;s actually better for your lawn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Popular Science&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>just did a big write-up on why it&#8217;s better to hit all those dead leaves with your LAWNMOWER a few times.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to basically turn them into mulch.\u00a0 Then over the winter, tiny microbes eat the carbon and create nutrients, like nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur.\u00a0 Which are all good for your grass.\u00a0 The technical term for it is &#8220;mineralization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You might have to mow over them more than once to really chop them up.\u00a0 But if you do, you&#8217;ll end up with a thicker, healthier lawn in the spring.\u00a0 And it might save time, especially if you have a big yard and a riding mower.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>People in areas with a lot of snow just have to make sure they do it before STEADY snow starts to hit.\u00a0 Because when full, un-mulched leaves get covered in snow, it can KILL your grass.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once they&#8217;re wet, they matte together.\u00a0 Then sunlight can&#8217;t get in, and it&#8217;s like a permanent layer of shade.\u00a0 So you just can&#8217;t wait too long.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Random Halloween Facts, Stats, and Stories<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are random facts, stats, and stories about Halloween for you . . .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>For all the hype around Halloween, now that it&#8217;s here, only around one-third of adults are actually going to wear a costume today or tonight.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Random fact:\u00a0 The candy company Mars has the term &#8220;fun size&#8221; trademarked.\u00a0 And they&#8217;ve even sued other companies for using it to describe their smaller-sized Halloween candies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\u00a0The CIA has some tips for putting on a really good Halloween costume.\u00a0 Well, they would know about disguises.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\u00a0Do you like haunted houses?\u00a0 48% of people say yes . . . 28% say no . . . and the rest aren&#8217;t sure or have never been to one.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\u00a0 Some people in a neighborhood in Brigham City, Utah are upset with one family&#8217;s Halloween display that includes baby dolls in guillotines.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>\u00a0 The website Jezebel held a scary story contest and compiled the &#8220;10 scariest stories you&#8217;ll ever hear.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>\u00a0And finally, good news if you&#8217;re scrambling to get out of work early today and\/or worried about how you&#8217;re going to feel going into work tomorrow morning:\u00a0 Next year, Halloween is on a SATURDAY.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>___________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s someone who knows what gratitude is:\u00a0 15-year-old Jackson Barber lives in Utah, and he&#8217;s a cancer survivor.\u00a0 He got diagnosed with leukemia when he was just three years old, and he&#8217;s been cancer-free for several years now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He had to go through about four years of treatments though.\u00a0 And while that was going on, the Make-A-Wish Foundation sent him to Universal Studios in Florida. He says it&#8217;s still one of the strongest and BEST memories he has from back then.\u00a0 And he wants to make sure other kids continue to have their wishes granted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So for the last six years, he&#8217;s raised money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation by doing a HAUNTED HOUSE for Halloween. It was a one-night-only thing this year, and happened on Saturday.\u00a0 He posted some\u00a0videos\u00a0on Instagram, and it looks like it was pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No word yet on how much money he raised this time.\u00a0 But his haunted house last year brought in about $10,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u> <\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[58] Peter Jackson, filmmaker (\u201cThe Hobbit\u201d films, \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d trilogy)<\/p>\n<p>[56] Rob Schneider, actor (\u201cDeuce Bigalow\u201d, \u201cHot Chick\u201d)\/ (Saturday Night Live 1990-94)<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0__________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Haunted Mansion in Australia on the Market for Only $1M<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A stunning historical mansion is up for sale in Australia \u2014 but it looks more like a something out of a horror movie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The current owners of the 28,000-sqare-foot Adelaide home, called Woodforde House and built in 1856, are huge Halloween fans who packed some of its rooms with terrifying mannequins and fake creepy crawlies \u2014 and the realtor is keeping them there as he attempts to sell the property. \u201cIf you are a scaredy-cat, don\u2019t come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the cobwebs, and don\u2019t wear a suit,\u201d warns the listing for the house, which contains a small chapel, a roof-top viewing deck and two cellars.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The creepy d\u00e9cor was kept intact before an auction\u2014 where the five-bedroom house is expected to go for just over $1 million. The two-story, blue-stone mansion is huge for the neighborhood and could prove a dream buy \u2014 for someone who can get over the nightmare decor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>58% of People Who Live in a Haunted House Didn&#8217;t Find Out Until After They Moved In<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a new survey, 58% of people who say they live in a HAUNTED HOUSE didn&#8217;t know it was haunted when they moved in.\u00a0Meaning 42% of people living in haunted houses DID know . . . and moved in anyway?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Overall, about a QUARTER of people say they&#8217;ve lived in a haunted home at some point.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>The top paranormal things that make us want to move out are:\u00a0 Levitating objects . . . the feeling of being touched . . . items moving . . . strange noises . . . and ghost sightings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>And if people inherited a haunted house, only 20% would move in.\u00a0 51% would sell it . . . 24% would renovate . . . and 6% would tear it down.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CHECK THIS OUT:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>Canadian grocery chain Sobeys is testing a computerized shopping cart that lets customers scan groceries and pay for them without having to line up at a checkout counter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The machine, called \u201cSmart Cart\u201d, operates like a self-checkout on wheels, with a built-in scale to weigh produce, and a scanner plus a screen to show the price total and a card reader for payment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The customer scans their groceries, pays, and leaves. Soon, Sobeys hopes their carts will be able to analyze what a shopper has put in it without the need to scan a barcode.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It will also be able to take a customer\u2019s grocery list and plan a route through the store, guiding them to each item using an on-screen map.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or, a customer could choose a recipe and have the cart show them where to find the ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>HALLOWEEN RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2713 The first Jack O\u2019Lanterns were actually made from turnips.<\/p>\n<p>\u2713 Halloween is the second highest grossing commercial holiday after Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2713 Fifty percent of kids prefer to receive chocolate candy for Halloween, compared with 24% who prefer non-chocolate candy and 10% who prefer gum.<\/p>\n<p>\u2713 The average bag of candy that one child will collect on Halloween contains about 11,000 calories.<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THE CLOCKS FALL BACK SOON&#8211; HERE&#8217;S HOW TO AVOID THE &#8216;WINTER BLUES&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s nearly time for the clocks to &#8220;fall&#8221; back, which means winter is just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For some people, the darker days ahead trigger seasonal affective disorder (SAD.) Experts say SAD is a type of depression that is experienced more at particular times of the year, and sufferers may feel persistently sad, teary, guilty, or hopeless.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They might also lose interest in activities they used to enjoy, and avoid socializing or having sex. Some blame lack for light for SAD, others associate it with the holidays, which can leave many people feeling sad, rather than joyful. To overcome SAD, experts say sufferers should get outside as much as possible and be exposed to natural light, eat a balanced diet, and even consider using light therapy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also, for many years people have turned to the herbal remedy St. John&#8217;s Wort to boost their mood, especially during winter. You can always talk to your doctor about your options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0____________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THURSDAY OCTOBER 31<sup>ST<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[58] Peter Jackson, filmmaker (\u201cThe Hobbit\u201d films, \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d trilogy)<\/p>\n<p>[56] Rob Schneider, actor (\u201cDeuce Bigalow\u201d, \u201cHot Chick\u201d)\/TV actor (Saturday Night Live 1990-94)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><u>MLB<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Washington Nationals<\/strong>\u00a0won the World Series last night . . . after beating the\u00a0<strong>Houston Astros<\/strong>\u00a06-2 in Game Seven.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Stephen Strasburg<\/strong>\u00a0was named the MVP. \u00a0The Astros had been big favorites coming into the series . . . especially considering the Nationals lost\u00a0<strong>Bryce Harper<\/strong>\u00a0to free agency last winter.<\/p>\n<p>One of the strangest things about this year&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>World Series<\/strong>\u00a0is that\u00a0home field\u00a0advantage was actually a DISADVANTAGE.\u00a0\u00a0The home team LOST ALL SEVEN GAMES in the series.\u00a0 This is the ONLY\u00a0time in the history of professional sports where the road team has won all seven games of a playoff series.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Nationals are the\u00a02ndteam in MLB history to win the World Series after being at least 12 games below .500 during the regular season.\u00a0 The 1914 Braves were the\u00a0first\u00a0to do it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>The Nationals were the\u00a0oldest teamin baseball this year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Max Scherzer<\/strong>started for the Nationals, while\u00a0<strong>Zack Greinke<\/strong>\u00a0started for the Astros. \u00a0This was the\u00a0first time\u00a0ever that two former Cy Young winners started a World Series Game 7.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Astros were HUGE favorites coming into the series.\u00a0 ESPN had\u00a0reported\u00a0that\u00a0they\u00a0were the biggest World Series favorites since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The Nationals had never won a single playoff series until this year . . . while the Astros have been good for a while.\u00a0 They won\u00a0it all\u00a0two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the Nationals had a ROUGH start to the season.\u00a0 They were 19-31 on May 23rd, and were in second-to-last place in the National League.<\/p>\n<p>The Nationals also lost their star\u00a0<strong>Bryce Harper<\/strong>\u00a0in the off-season, when he left to sign a $330 million contract with the\u00a0<strong>Philadelphia Phillies<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Phillies didn&#8217;t make the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\u2022 \u201cLate Night with Seth Meyers\u201d (NBC\/CTV): Miranda Lambert<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cThe 13 Scariest Movies of All Time\u201d (CW): Host Dean Cain counts down the scariest movies of all time.<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cNFL Football\u201d (FOX): San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>A 23-year-old woman in New Jersey named Teresa Deleski loves Halloween.\u00a0 So she and her fianc\u00e9 decided to\u00a0getmarried today in an old prison that&#8217;s supposedly haunted.\u00a0 And he says that if there are any ghosts, they&#8217;re welcome to attend.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Teens saying &#8220;OK, boomer&#8221;, the new version of &#8220;Baby, It&#8217;s Cold Outside&#8221;, a man with a fake $1 million dollar bill, and vending machine calorie information.\u00a0 (From David Spade and Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, October 30, 2019)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A Kid in a Wheelchair Got Another Epic Halloween Costume from His Dad<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a 15-year-old kid in Massachusetts named Tommy Hardy who&#8217;s autistic and has cerebral palsy, so he uses a wheelchair.\u00a0 And he loves Halloween.\u00a0 So his dad Tom always makes him an elaborate costume to trick-or-treat in.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Past costumes have included a police car . . . an X-wing fighter from\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Star Wars&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0. . . and one of the dragons from\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And this year, he&#8217;s going as a FIGHTER JET.\u00a0 Specifically, an SR-71 Blackbird, which the Air Force used from the mid &#8217;60s through the late &#8217;90s.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His dad and some buddies spent about 100 hours on it over the past month. \u00a0They mostly used random parts from his garage.\u00a0 So the whole thing only cost about $75.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This costume&#8217;s special though, because it&#8217;s dedicated to Tommy&#8217;s grandparents who both passed away this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They both served in the Air Force during Vietnam.\u00a0 So their names and ranks are printed on the tail.\u00a0 And their photos are right next to the control panel in the cockpit<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>HALLOWEEN WITH A BANG:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>The residents of Vancouver, BC have a longstanding tradition, not typically seen in other parts of the world, of setting off fireworks at Halloween.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But now that tradition could be extinguished after a city councilor put forward a motion proposing to outlaw the sale of fireworks in the days leading up to Oct. 31.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though response from the public on the matter has been divided, one of the strongest viewpoints was put forth by a historical researcher, who wrote that the ritual has been associated at times with \u201cmayhem, hooliganism, riots, severe burns and the occasional death\u201d since its inception more than 100 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>According to the motion, fireworks in urban areas can cause anxiety in wildlife, pets and humans and their use should be limited to large public events. The motion is set to be voted on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0____________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>LUKE BRYAN GETS SPOOKED BY HALLOWEEN WITCH <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Bryan<\/strong>&#8216;s family has been in the Halloween spirit for a while now, with their house decorated to the hilt. It&#8217;s one of Luke&#8217;s wife,\u00a0<strong>Caroline<\/strong>&#8216;s, favorite holidays, and she also loves a good prank. Luke tells us that one of her Halloween decorations scared the life out of him late one night.\u00a0<strong>[<\/strong>&#8220;My wife bought those little things where the witch taps on the glass. Well so I&#8217;m at the house, like I get home off the road. It&#8217;s like 12:15 at night and I&#8217;m brushing my teeth and I hear something go\u00a0(tap, tap, tap)\u00a0and this witch, you stick it to the outside of your glass and look up and there is a witch tapping and . . . yeah, so . . . that&#8217;s what my wife does to me during Halloween.\u00a0(I)\u00a0choked on my toothpaste.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Luke wrapped up his\u00a0<em>Sunset Repeat Tour<\/em>\u00a0on Friday (October 25th) at Ford Field in Detroit, and he&#8217;s got one last makeup date on his\u00a0<em>Farm Tou<\/em>r to play this Wednesday (October 30th) in Louisburg, KS.<\/p>\n<p>His brand new single, &#8220;What She Wants Tonight,&#8221; was just released to country radio.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THOMAS RHETT AND FAMILY CONTINUE HALLOWEEN THEME TRADITION <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Rhett<\/strong>\u00a0and his family will do Halloween as a group again. The foursome trick-or-treated last year as characters from the animated movie\u00a0<em>Monsters, Inc<\/em>. This year&#8217;s plan is to take things under the sea as they continue this new themed tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas tells us:\u00a0[\u201cWe\u2019re all gonna be\u00a0<em>Little Mermaid<\/em>. So, Lauren\u2019s Ursula and Willa Gray is Ariel, Ada is Flounder, I\u2019m Prince Eric and our dogs are Flotsam and Jetsam. We started that trend last year, and there\u2019s a lot of great Disney Pixar superheroes to pick from, and hopefully we can just continue on that trend.\u201d]<br \/>\nThomas is off the road for the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n<p>His next appearance will be at the\u00a0<em>CMA Awards<\/em>\u00a0on November 13th in Nashville where he is nominated for Male Vocalist and Album of the Year for\u00a0<em>Center Point Road<\/em>. The show will air live on ABC beginning at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>LUKE COMBS IS NOT A &#8216;TRADITION<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>AL HALLOWEEN FAN&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Combs<\/strong>\u00a0is not quite anti-Halloween, but it&#8217;s not his favorite holiday. He tells us that one obstacle in particular has tainted his view:\u00a0[\u201cLuke Combs is not a traditional Halloween fan I guess you would say.\u00a0 When you were a 3X there\u2019s not a lot of cool costumes that come in your size.\u00a0 So, I usually just tell people I\u2019m being an adult for Halloween and then I just kind of wear the clothes I would normally wear.\u00a0 I think if you are not trick or treating, don\u2019t wear a costume, you know? If you\u2019re not- If you\u2019re not\u00a0(makes knocking sound)\u00a0If you\u2019re not getting Kit Kats you know, wear some jeans or something, you know? Anyways, I don\u2019t wanna be the grinch of Halloween either though.\u00a0 If I could wear cool costumes I would, I\u2019m just mad that I\u2019ve eaten too many hamburgers, but anyways.\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>Luke has a concert tonight (Thursday, October 31st) in Nampa, ID with special guest\u00a0<strong>Morgan Wallen, Jameson Rodgers<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Dee Jay Silver<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>His new album,\u00a0<em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>, will be released on November 8th.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>OLD DOMINION&#8217;S TREVOR ROSEN&#8217;S MELTAWAY MUMMY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to Halloween costume mishaps,\u00a0<strong>Old Dominion<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<strong>Trevor Rosen<\/strong>\u00a0has one that still sticks with him. What began as a &#8220;creative&#8221; idea quickly went south. He tells us:\u00a0[&#8220;I had a terrible costume one year. I thought I was gonna be creative and I wanted to go as a mummy and so I had this idea I was gonna wrap myself in toilet paper and my parents let me. They shouldn&#8217;t have. It started drizzling and by the time I got back from trick-or-treating all the toilet paper has sort of . . .\u00a0(Matthew Ramsey)\u00a0Yuck!\u00a0(Trevor)\u00a0Melted off my body . . .\u00a0(Matthew laughs)\u00a0so I probably won&#8217;t do that ever again.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>FAST FACTS<\/p>\n<p>Old Dominion is nominated for Vocal Group of the Year at next month&#8217;s\u00a0<em>CMA Awards<\/em>. They currently hold the title.<\/p>\n<p>The band is also nominated for Favorite Country Duo or Group at the\u00a0<em>American Music Awards<\/em>\u00a0on November 24th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Kane Brown and His Wife Katelyn Are Parents<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>KANE BROWN\u00a0<\/strong>and his wife Katelyn welcomed their first child into the world on Tuesday.\u00a0 He posted an adorable photo of the three of them and captioned it, &#8220;KB3, welcome to the family, Kingsley Rose Brown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The KB3 is a reference to her name.\u00a0 All three of them have first names that begin with a &#8220;K&#8221; . . . and it sounds like they&#8217;re going to continue with that theme.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"October 31st","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":10717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 23:39:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/10\/on-todays-show-266\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10882,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10879\/revisions\/10882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}