{"id":11392,"date":"2019-11-27T09:35:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=11392"},"modified":"2019-11-27T05:04:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T10:04:01","slug":"on-todays-show-284","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/11\/on-todays-show-284\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An argument over who got to ride shotgun ended with two people being arrested\u00a0the other day.\u00a0 A 27-year-old guy in Pennsylvania went to pick his sister up, and his girlfriend was in the passenger&#8217;s seat.\u00a0 The sister wanted to sit there, and someone who saw them fighting in the car called the cops.\u00a0 The first officer who showed up ended up in a physical altercation with the brother.\u00a0 Then while he was cuffing him, the sister attacked.\u00a0 The cop told a reporter it was crazy for them to fight over something they could have solved with a coin flip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mariah Carey&#8217;s &#8220;All I Want for Christmas Is You&#8221; now holds three Guinness World Records.\u00a0 1. Highest-charting holiday song on the U.S. Hot 100 for a solo artist.\u00a0 2. Most days on the U.K. singles Top 10 for a Christmas song.\u00a0 3. Most streamed track in 24 hours on Spotify for a female artist. (It logged more than 10.8 million streams one day last December.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Celine Dion said she originally didn&#8217;t want to record &#8220;My Heart Will Go On&#8221; because &#8220;it didn&#8217;t appeal to her.&#8221;\u00a0 But, her husband pushed her to try and she recorded a demo.\u00a0 That was the only recording she did and they made the orchestra and music work around it.\u00a0 (From &#8220;Watch What Happens Live&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wilmer Valderrama says the \u201cThat \u201970s Show\u201d cast have discussed a movie reunion. He played \u2018Fez\u2019 on the hit sitcom alongside Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Laura Prepon, Danny Masterson and Topher Grace, and has confirmed he and his former cast mates are \u201dup for it\u201d when it comes to bringing the show to the big screen. Quote: \u201dThere is nothing in the works right now, and I believe all of us are a little too busy right now to make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cNational Electric Guitar Day\u201d, it\u2019s also, not-so-coincidentally, Jimi Hendrix\u2019s birthday (1942).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2013 [06] \u201cFrozen\u201d, the highest-grossing animated film of all time, starring Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, is released<\/p>\n<p>2017 [02] Country singer Blake Shelton is named People magazine\u2019s \u201cSexiest Man Alive\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1966 [53] Highest-scoring NFL game (113 points: Washington Redskins 72, NY Giants 41)<\/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>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>Eddie Rabbitt is born in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The singer\/songwriter becomes a major link between country music and pop during the 1970s and &#8217;80s, pushing country&#8217;s boundaries with such recordings as &#8220;Drivin&#8217; My Life Away,&#8221; &#8220;I Love A Rainy Night,&#8221; and &#8220;Suspicions&#8221;. He passed away from cancer in 1998 at the age of 57.<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A Funny Sketch About &#8220;What Are Men Really Thinking&#8221;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a satirical news show from England called\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;The Mash Report&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, and one of their sketches from last year has been making the rounds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about a man who ruined his weekend away with his girlfriend, by saying what he was really thinking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A &#8220;reporter&#8221; interviews the couple, and the woman says when she asked her boyfriend what he was thinking, she expected to hear something tender or romantic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then the reporter asks the guy what his answer was, and he says he was thinking, &#8220;Pigs are much bigger than you expect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0______________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A bunch of random New Yorkers boarded an L-train to Brooklyn the other day.\u00a0 And someone had set up a long table with a FULL THANKSGIVING DINNER for them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They served everything you&#8217;d expect.\u00a0 Turkey, mashed potatoes, veggies, mac and cheese, cornbread, and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wanted to eat was allowed to.\u00a0 But they all stopped to say Grace first.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Apparently there were a few MTA workers on the train who could have shut the whole thing down, but didn&#8217;t.\u00a0 And there are a bunch of videos of people filling plates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Turns out an up-and-coming stand-up comedian named Jodell Lewis was behind it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He told the\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;New York Post&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0he was riding the L-train a while back, and noticed how stressed everyone was because of construction that&#8217;s been slowing things up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He says it took several months of planning to pull it off, and he hopes it brightened a few people&#8217;s day.\u00a0 Plus, he wanted to show out-of-towners that, quote, &#8220;New York has a heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[68] Kathryn Bigelow, San Carlos CA, movie director-producer-writer (\u201cZero Dark Thirty\u201d, Academy Award-\u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d)\/wed to director James Cameron 1989-91<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[64] Bill Nye, TV show host (\u201cBill Nye the Science Guy\u201d 1993-1998)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[43] Jaleel White, actor (\u2018Steve Urkel\u2019 on \u201cFamily Matters\u201d 1989-1998)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0_______________________________________________________________________<\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ANIMAL NEWS<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>\u27a2This is an unexpected grouping, but residents of a Kansas neighborhood were baffled after spotting a cow, a camel, and a donkey walking together on Sunday (November 17th.)<\/p>\n<p>Local police posted about the animals on Facebook, writing, &#8220;Does anyone know the owners of these three friends traveling together (towards a Northern star) If we cannot locate the owner, we may be halfway to a live nativity this Christmas season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police were later able to find the owner and return the animals home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 A cat has been locked in solitary confinement for consistently letting other cats out of their enclosures at his shelter. Quilty the cat was caught letting other kitties out of the senior room \u201crepeatedly, several times a day\u201d by staff at the Friends For Life Animal Rescue and Adoption Organization shelter.<\/p>\n<p>And apparently, the feline is a serial offender, as employees at the Houston shelter have learned that he used to let the dog at his old home into the house. When it emerged that Quilty had been locked up for letting his fellow four-legged pals run free, the online campaign #FreeQuilty was launched. But the shelter has since revealed that his review with the parole board had failed, because Quilty had \u201creleased himself\u201d anyway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THE BEST COUNTRIES TO RETIRE TO \u2013 2019:<\/u><\/strong><strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>According to expatriates\u2019 contributions to \u201cInternational Living\u201d\u2026<br \/>\n1. Panama (sunny, warm, welcoming, low taxes, very affordable)<br \/>\n2. Costa Rica (natural beauty, tropical climate, low cost of living, affordable, high-quality medical care)<br \/>\n3. Mexico (many lifestyle options, very low cost of living, national senior\u2019s discount)<br \/>\n4. Ecuador (many climate options, very affordable)<br \/>\n5. Malaysia (idyllic beaches, unspoiled tropical rainforests, $3 haircuts)<br \/>\n6. Columbia (weather, affordable, simple immigration process)<br \/>\n7. Portugal (welcoming atmosphere, very affordable)<br \/>\n8. Peru (miles of beaches, delicious cuisine, economical)<br \/>\n9. Thailand (amazing cultural diversity, cheap rent)<br \/>\n10. Spain (inexpensive food, low cost of living)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Jell-O created four flavors to use in salads in the 1960s:\u00a0 Celery . . . Italian salad . . . mixed vegetables . . . and seasoned tomato.\u00a0 But they all flopped and were discontinued.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>The police officer who was supposed to be protecting\u00a0<strong>Abraham Lincoln<\/strong>\u00a0the night of his assassination abandoned his post . . . to go drink at a bar.\u00a0 He was charged with neglect of duty, but eventually the charges were dropped.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\u00a0Curious George doesn&#8217;t have a tail. \u00a0And because of that, there&#8217;s a theory he&#8217;s not a monkey, he&#8217;s an ape or chimpanzee.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Alert in Nunavut, Canada is the northernmost place in the world where people live.\u00a0 And it&#8217;s still 500 miles from the North Pole.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0___________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 27<sup>TH<\/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>[68] Kathryn Bigelow, San Carlos CA, movie director-producer-writer (\u201cZero Dark Thirty\u201d, Academy Award-\u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d)\/wed to director James Cameron 1989-91<\/p>\n<p>[64] Bill Nye, TV show host (\u201cBill Nye the Science Guy\u201d 1993-1998)<\/p>\n<p>[43] Jaleel White, actor (\u2018Steve Urkel\u2019 on \u201cFamily Matters\u201d 1989-1998)<\/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>NHL<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>BOS 8 &#8211; MTL 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MIN 3 &#8211; NJD 2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CHI 3 &#8211; DAL 0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\u2022 \u201cA Charlie Brown Thanksgiving\u201d (ABC): The Peanuts gather around Charlie\u2019s pingpong table for an unusual feast; plus bonus cartoon: \u201cThis Is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201dThe Christmas Club\u201d (HALLMARK): Two busy strangers meet when they help an elderly woman find her lost Christmas savings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tenille Townes \u2013 will perform \u2018Somebody\u2019s Daughter\u2019 in the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade tomorrow\u2026or as she puts it, \u201c90 seconds of it, anyway!\u201d The Canadian says she knows how to prepare for what could be cold weather: She\u2019ll have palm warmers in her mitts. Chris Janson and Chris Young will also perform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>An average Thanksgiving for 10 people should only cost $48.91, according to an annual\u00a0study.\u00a0 Or you could head to Old Homestead Steakhouse in New York and pay 181 GRAND.\u00a0 It&#8217;s\u00a0billed\u00a0as the most expensive Thanksgiving in the world.\u00a0 <strong><em>Here&#8217;s the owner, Marc Sherry, explaining why it costs so much.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>A man got arrested for stealing a burrito, and it&#8217;s OK to fly with a cooked turkey.\u00a0 (From Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday, November 26, 2019)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The TV special &#8220;Dolly Parton&#8217;s: 50 Years of Opry&#8221; aired last night and we made a quick montage for you.\u00a0 (From &#8220;Dolly Parton&#8217;s: 50 Years of Opry&#8221; on Tuesday, November 26, 2019)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0_______________________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>LADY A &#8216;HUMBLED&#8217; TO HONOR DOLLY PARTON DURING NBC SPECIAL <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lady Antebellum<\/strong>\u00a0is one of the acts that will be part of the upcoming\u00a0<strong><em>Dolly Parton<\/em><\/strong><em>: 50 Years at the Grand Ole Opry<\/em>\u00a0television special that aired last night on NBC. The trio were honored to be asked to participate, as\u00a0<strong>Charles Kelley\u00a0<\/strong>explains:\u00a0<strong>[<\/strong>\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing this now 13 years and we feel like we\u2019re starting to get in those kind of worlds where it\u2019s kind of cool to be one of those artists that\u2019s asked to be part of really cool artistic events that honor like, great artists.\u00a0 It\u2019s really humbling, and Dolly is, she is one of the best songwriters of all time and such a chameleon and has been in so many different facets of the business that, from an entrepreneurial standpoint too, I mean she\u2019s just the quintessential woman boss of our genre. She really is.\u00a0 She kind of set the bar high for everybody.\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Lady Antebellum,\u00a0<em>Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Grand Ole Opry\u00a0<\/em>features\u00a0<strong>Dierks Bentley, Chris Janson, Emmylou Harris, Hank Williams, Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0and more.\u00a0 The special airs on Tuesday (November 26th) at 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Lady A sits at Number Six on the\u00a0<em>Mediabase<\/em>\u00a0chart with &#8220;What If I Never Get Over You.&#8221; Their new album,\u00a0<em>Ocean<\/em>, was released last week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CARRIE UNDERWOOD CELEBRATES TWO THANKSGIVINGS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Carrie Underwood\u00a0<\/strong>started the week off with 2 wins at the\u00a0<em>American Music Awards<\/em>\u00a0on Sunday night. Next week, she\u2019ll appear on the\u00a0<em>ABC<\/em>\u00a0show,\u00a0<em>Brad Paisley \u2018Thinks He\u2019s\u2019 Special<\/em>, airing on December 3. And in between, she\u2019ll spend some time with family for Thanksgiving. Carrie tells us more:\u00a0[We don\u2019t have too many set-in-stone Thanksgiving traditions. I find myself a lot of times working on or around Thanksgiving or unable to get home or whatever. We try to be together, but sometimes that just doesn\u2019t work out. But yeah, I mean, I think it\u2019s just about we eat. I eat a lot every year on Thanksgiving. [<em>laughs<\/em>] I never skip THAT tradition. But yeah, that\u2019s the gist of it, and I\u2019m kind of lucky. I get two Thanksgivings, because I also get to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving with my husband\u2019s family, so if I don\u2019t hit one, I\u2019ll definitely be able to get the other one.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>FAST FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The special airs on Tuesday, December 3 at8pm ET on ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Carrie won\u00a0<em>Favorite Female Country Artist<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Favorite Country Album<\/em>\u00a0at the AMA\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GEORGE STRAIT RAISES $1.5 MILLION FOR HURRICANE RELIEF <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In support of Abaco, Bahamas,<strong>\u00a0George Strait\u00a0<\/strong>raised more than $1.5 million\u00a0for hurricane relief efforts during a benefit concert this week.<\/p>\n<p>A frequent visitor to the Bahamas,\u00a0George partnered\u00a0with the\u00a0<em>Discovery Land Company Foundation<\/em>\u00a0to help the local residents receive assistance immediately following\u00a0the devastation caused by Category 5,\u00a0<em>Hurricane Dorian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Along with a celebrity auction and a performance by\u00a0<strong>Patty Griffin<\/strong>, He played a 2 hour show with his\u00a0<strong>Ace in The Hole<\/strong>\u00a0Band.<\/p>\n<p>He continues the effort to raise funds for the hurricane victims by selling a Bahamas\/George Strait T-shirt online for $20.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"November 27th ","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-11392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 02:35:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/11\/on-todays-show-284\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11392","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=11392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11393,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11392\/revisions\/11393"}],"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=11392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}