{"id":12027,"date":"2019-12-30T09:35:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T14:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=12027"},"modified":"2019-12-30T05:22:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T10:22:33","slug":"on-todays-show-303","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/12\/on-todays-show-303\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Saskatchewan driver will be paying a hefty fine this holiday season, after RCMP caught them travelling at more than double the speed limit.<\/p>\n<p>According to RCMP Saskatchewan, an officer from the Rosthern detachment pulled a vehicle over travelling at a speed of 214 km per hour. The speed limit is 100 km per hour.<\/p>\n<p>The driver received a $1,515 and a seven-day vehicle impound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harlem Globetrotter star Hammer Harrison did the &#8220;World&#8217;s Highest Slam Dunk&#8221; for World Trick Shot Day, which was Tuesday.\u00a0 He and a tandem partner parachuted\u00a0out of a plane at 13,000 feet . . . and stayed on target until Hammer slammed home a dunk right before landing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker\u00a0<\/em>snagged a running total of $361.8 million over 10 days, $6.3 million behind the\u00a0<em>Last Jedi\u00a0<\/em>for the same time period.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, it brought in $72 million.\u00a0<em>Jumanji: The Next Level\u00a0<\/em>snagged $35.3 million for its third weekend out, snagging second place, while\u00a0<em>Little Women<\/em>, starring<strong>\u00a0Saoirse Ronan<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Laura Dern<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Emma Watson<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Florence Pugh\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Timothee Chalamet<\/strong>, nabbed third place with $16.5 million in its first weekend out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEllen\u2019s Greatest Night of Giveaways\u201d (NBC): Ellen kicks off a new holiday tradition packed with heartwarming surprises as she presents gifts with the help of special guests Michelle Obama, Jennifer Aniston and Sterling K. Brown.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cBacon Day\u201d, the day that we are encouraged to eat a variety of bacon while watching Kevin Bacon movies, or movies with \u2018bacon\u2019 in the title.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1981 [38] Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals and an assist in Edmonton\u2019s 7-5 win over Philadelphia, giving him 50 goals in 39 games, the fastest 50 in 50 games in a season in NHL history, also sets a record for a 15-game assist streak<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1936\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sit-down strike begins in Flint<\/p>\n<p>In one of the first sit-down strikes in the United States, autoworkers occupy the General Motors Plant Number One in Flint, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/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>The number one song on this date in 2005 \u2013 BILLY CURRIINGTON \u201cMUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Google&#8217;s Most-Searched &#8220;What Is&#8221; Questions of 2019<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s most-searched &#8220;what is&#8221; question this year was &#8220;What is Area 51,&#8221; because of the whole &#8220;storm Area 51&#8221; thing that never panned out.\u00a0 Here are the top ten questions we asked Google in 2019 . . .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;What is Area 51?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What is a VSCO girl?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<em>(Pronounced VIS-co)<\/em> It&#8217;s an insult for women who post heavily edited photos using the app VSCO.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What is momo?&#8221;\u00a0 It was\u00a0a fake Internet challenge where kids supposedly did violent stuff.\u00a0 But it was just a hoax.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What is a boomer?&#8221;\u00a0 Because of the &#8220;OK boomer&#8221; thing that millennials started using for Baby Boomers.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What is quid pro quo?&#8221;\u00a0 It&#8217;s a Latin phrase that\u00a0means\u00a0&#8220;something for something.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What is camp fashion?&#8221;\u00a0 It was this year&#8217;s Met Gala theme.\u00a0 One style writer\u00a0summed\u00a0it up as clothing that&#8217;s &#8220;exaggerated, extravagant, gaudy, ironic, kitschy, [and] tongue-in-cheek.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What is Disney Plus?&#8221;\u00a0 Disney&#8217;s new streaming service that launched last month.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What is Bird Box about?&#8221;\u00a0 The\u00a0<strong>Sandra Bullock<\/strong>movie that hit Netflix last December.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What is a Mandalorian?&#8221;\u00a0 A fictional race of people from the\u00a0<em>&#8220;Star Wars&#8221;<\/em>universe.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What is Brexit?&#8221;\u00a0 Britain&#8217;s exit\u00a0from the European Union that barely passed in 2016 but still hasn&#8217;t happened.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The guitar riff in\u00a0<em>&#8220;Sweet Child O&#8217; Mine&#8221;<\/em>started as a joke.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Slash<\/strong>\u00a0played it while he was messing around during warm-ups, because he thought it sounded like a circus melody.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>For most of this past decade, the fastest growing city in America was The Villages in Florida . . . and yeah, it&#8217;s a retirement community.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>The NFL MVP in 1982 was a KICKER . . .\u00a0<strong>Mark Moseley<\/strong>of the Washington Redskins.\u00a0 He made 20 out of 21 field goals and the Redskins went on to win the Super Bowl.\u00a0 No other kicker has ever been named MVP. Moseley is now a big executive at Five Guys.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Medium-rare hamburgers are illegal in Canada.\u00a0 Restaurants have to cook their meat at 160 degrees Fahrenheit or more.\u00a0 And to make a burger medium-rare, you can&#8217;t go over 145.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shopping malls are so chaotic especially during the holidays and for kids with autism, they can be impossible to visit.\u00a0 Which is why this is so great . . .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year, the charity Autism Speaks partnered with a group called Cherry Hill Programs that works with mall Santas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And over 500 stores and malls offered special events JUST for kids with autism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over the past month, 582 shopping centers across the U.S. and Canada took part in about 750 events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A lot of them opened early to let parents with autistic kids come meet Santa before the general public got there.\u00a0 They also kept the lights dimmed and lowered their music to make sure kids with sensory issues were comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The program is called Santa Cares.\u00a0 And they do similar events around Easter called Bunny Cares.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(60] Tracey Ullman, comedian (\u201cThe Tracey Ullman Show\u201d 1987-1990)\/singer (\u2018They Don\u2019t Know\u2019) FUN FACT: \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d show began as a series of animated shorts that aired on The Tracey Ullman Show for three seasons<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Johnson 58<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Best remembered as the fastest man in the world at 100 meters who won gold medal in the Olympics in 1988, but after failing a urine drug.<br \/>\n[44] \u201cTiger\u201d Woods, pro golfer (over 100 Tour victories)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[35] LeBron James, pro basketball player<\/p>\n<p><strong>________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>COOKING MEALS AT HOME<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>A food pool reveals the following:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>73% say they currently make dinner at home at least four nights a week<\/p>\n<p>31% are planning to cook dinner at home more often this year<\/p>\n<p>Top reasons people have for wanting to cook more meals at home:<\/p>\n<p>72% to save money<\/p>\n<p>52% to eat healthier<\/p>\n<p><u>\u00a0_______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>REGULARLY GETTING SEVEN TO EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP EACH NIGHT CUTS RISK OF HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Getting enough sleep is really important, and could lower your risk of having a heart attack or stroke, even if you&#8217;re genetically at-risk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The data shows getting seven to eight hours of sleep each night lowers your risk for both of the health issues. Tulane University researcher and lead study author Professor Li Qi adds, &#8220;We found that a high genetic risk could be partly offset by a healthy sleep pattern.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, we found that people with a low genetic risk could lose this inherent protection if they had a poor sleep pattern.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MONDAY DECEMBER 30<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>(60] Tracey Ullman, comedian (\u201cThe Tracey Ullman Show\u201d 1987-1990)\/singer (\u2018They Don\u2019t Know\u2019) FUN FACT: \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d show began as a series of animated shorts that aired on The Tracey Ullman Show for three seasons<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Johnson 58<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Best remembered as the fastest man in the world at 100 meters who won gold medal in the Olympics in 1988, but after failing a urine drug.<br \/>\n[44] \u201cTiger\u201d Woods, pro golfer (over 100 Tour victories)<\/p>\n<p>[35] LeBron James, pro basketball player<\/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><strong>STL 4 &#8211; WPG 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NJD 4 &#8211; OTT 3 OT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>CHI 3 &#8211; CBJ 2 SO<br \/>\nNYI 3 &#8211; MIN 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOS 3 &#8211; BUF 2\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 <strong>TBL 2 &#8211; DET 1<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nFLA 6 &#8211; MTL 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>DAL 4 &#8211; ARI 2\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 PHI 2 &#8211; ANA 1 OT<br \/>\n<strong>VAN 5 &#8211; CGY 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, January 4th (AFC games):\u00a0Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans and Tennessee Titans at New England Patriots<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, January 5th (NFC games):\u00a0Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks at Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\u201cEllen\u2019s Greatest Night of Giveaways\u201d (NBC): Ellen kicks off a new holiday tradition packed with heartwarming surprises as she presents gifts with the help of special guests Michelle Obama, Jennifer Aniston and Sterling K. Brown.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>The Mandalorian&#8221; on Disney+ is now streaming their sixth episode.\u00a0 Fans loved the introduction of Baby Yoda, but there&#8217;s someone even cuter being introduced soon!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Pablo Francisco talks about how things in musicals couldn&#8217;t happen like that in real life.\u00a0 He imagines his friends excluding him, then he breaks into song.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night&#8217;s Lotto Max draw.<\/p>\n<p>There were also six Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up grabs, but there were no winners there either.<\/p>\n<p>It means the jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on TOMORROW night will grow to approximately $65 million and there will be eight Maxmillion prizes offered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No winning ticket was sold for the $13-million jackpot in Saturday night&#8217;s Lotto 649 draw.<\/p>\n<p>However, the guaranteed $1-million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 1 will be approximately $16 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>COUNTRY NEW YEAR\u2019S EVE FOOD<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brantley Gilbert has never been into New Year&#8217;s resolutions, or stuff like that.\u00a0 But he does have fond\u00a0memories\u00a0of his mom doing the &#8220;black-eyed-peas thing&#8221; on New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Justin Moore&#8217;s family\u00a0eats\u00a0black-eyed-peas and a hog jaw on New Year&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 His wife&#8217;s family always did cabbage, so they added that to the menu too.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>KEITH URBAN &#8211; NYE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keith Urban \u2013 will ring in 2020 as the headliner for Nashville\u2019s annual New Year\u2019s Eve Music City Midnight event, and this year he\u2019ll be joined by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Nicks. Portions of the show will air on both CNN and NBC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>DUSTIN LYNCH RAISES OVER 36,000 FOR HOMETOWN CHARITIES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Lynch<\/strong>\u00a0continued his tradition of giving back to his hometown of Tullahoma, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>This year marked his 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0annual\u00a0<em>Dustin Lynch &amp; Friends Benefit Concert<\/em>\u00a0, and this year\u2019s event raised over $36,000 for local charities including\u00a0<em>Isaiah 117 House<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0<em>Coffee Country County Children\u2019s Advocacy Center<\/em>. The\u00a0<em>Tullahoma Fire Department<\/em>\u00a0also collected for the\u00a0<em>Toys for Tots\u00a0<\/em>drive.<\/p>\n<p>Dustin\u2019s next album, which is named for his hometown,\u00a0<em>Tullahoma<\/em>, will be released on January 17.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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":"December 30th ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":11651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 07:08:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/12\/on-todays-show-303\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12027","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=12027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12028,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12027\/revisions\/12028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}