{"id":15198,"date":"2020-05-21T09:35:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=15198"},"modified":"2020-05-21T05:18:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T09:18:39","slug":"on-todays-show-400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/05\/on-todays-show-400\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u27a2 Remember the World War Two vet who raised over $50 million for charity by walking on his back patio?\u00a0 His\u00a0name is\u00a0Captain Tom Moore and now he&#8217;s being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=keX9CYihBms\">knighted<\/a>\u00a0by the Queen for his efforts.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what he had to say about it yesterday when he found out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Police were called after receiving reports of an alligator swimming in a storm drainage pond in Brampton, Ontario, north of Toronto. The gator was said to be five to six feet in length. After a few hours of searching, police tweeted that based on video from social media, it had been determined the feared gator was actually \u2014 a beaver. Although animal control officers were also on hand, police stood by \u2014 quote \u2013\u201cready to provide Gator-aid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Monopoly games can be pretty intense at the best of times, but there\u2019s a new \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d version of the classic board game that brings meth and crime to the table. Instead of the little dog and the boot, players have a choice of Heisenberg\u2019s hat, Tio\u2019s bell, a money barrel, a gas mask, a pink teddy bear or an RV. Houses are referred to as \u201cTented Houses\u201d and hotels as \u201cSuperLabs\u201d, and the board features locations such as \u2018Unncle Jack\u2019s Compound\u2019, \u2018JP Wynne High School\u2019 and \u2018Schrader House\u2019. The game, which is recommended for 17+, is currently only available in the US, priced at $39.99.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 A man was taken into custody for camping at Walt Disney World\u2019s Discovery Island while the company\u2019s parks are closed amid the outbreak. Police say 42-year-old Richard McGuire had made his way onto the island on Monday or Tuesday to camp for a week. Police caught up with him on Thursday and charged him with trespassing on posted property. The man claimed he did not know he was trespassing and thought he was just exploring a \u201ctropical paradise.\u201d Discovery Island, originally called \u201cTreasure Island,\u201d has been closed to the public since 1999.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 The NBA is planning to get back to playing games in two &#8220;bubble cities.&#8221;\u00a0 Players like LeBron James will be kept in a &#8220;bubble.&#8221;\u00a0 To explain more, here&#8217;s Los Angeles Lakers&#8217; forward and player rep, Jared Dudley.\u00a0 (He says players will be tested constantly, and if they leave and come back with the virus, they can&#8217;t play.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cRed Cross Founder\u2019s Day\u201d marks the anniversary of the American Red Cross, which was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton, the first president of the organization. Barton led the organization for the next twenty-three years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>Kellie Pickler<\/strong>\u00a0won season 16 of ABC&#8217;s\u00a0Dancing With The Stars\u00a0in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>No One Is Buying Pants, But Pajama Sales Are Soaring<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Working from home in the coronavirus age means Americans are buying a lot more groceries and far fewer pants online. To persuade customers to shop, online clothing stores dropped their prices to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Clothing stores were forced to slash prices by an average of 12% between March and April &#8212; the largest monthly price decrease on record for Adobe Analytics. That helped boost apparel sales, which rose 34% over the same period. Many major apparel retailers were forced to close physical stores because of stay-at-home orders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>People who don&#8217;t have to travel to work also don&#8217;t need to buy clothes to wear to the office, the gym, or to other social outings. That helped boost pajama sales by 143% but fueled a 13% sales decline for pants, Adobe Analytics said. The price for bras also dropped by 12%.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Westerns were once so popular that in 1959, there were 30 prime time Westerns on TV . . . on just three channels.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>When the word &#8220;girl&#8221; started being used in the 1300s, it just meant a child.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t specifically refer to a female until the 1400s.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>During the Vietnam War, Super Glue was used to seal up wounds on the battlefield.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>The longest-ever Monopoly game lasted more than 70 days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Six-year-old Callaghan McLaughlin has a new routine. Every day, he wakes up early, eats breakfast, gets his schoolwork done &#8212; and then sets up his joke stand outside.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His goal: To spread joy and laughter to his neighbors, without violating any social distancing rules. &#8220;I know about 13 or 14 jokes,&#8221; Callaghan, who is from Saanich, British Columbia usually operates a lemonade stand around this time of year &#8212; but because of the pandemic, his mom chose a safer alternative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He is at his joke stand by 9:30 a.m. each morning, and stays put for about 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The young McLaughlin gets most of his witticisms from a kid&#8217;s joke book, called &#8220;Laugh Out Loud Jokes For Kids&#8221; by Rob Elliott.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It does bring a smile to people&#8217;s face,&#8221; Kelsea McLaughlin said. &#8220;It kind of reminds them of pre-pandemic times and kind of doing something fun.&#8221; What are Callaghan&#8217;s top jokes you ask?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do you call a lazy kangaroo? A pouch potato!<\/p>\n<p>What do you call a bug that&#8217;s bad at football? A fumble-bee!<\/p>\n<p>Where did the bull take the cow on a date? Dinner and a moooovie!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The McLaughlin&#8217;s neighbors aren&#8217;t the only ones to appreciate Callaghan&#8217;s efforts to make others laugh. Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VancityReynolds\/status\/1254445415950430209?s=20\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0that Callaghan is a &#8220;hero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[68] Mr. T, actor (\u201cThe A-Team\u201d 1983-87)\/movie actor \u201cRocky III\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[63] Judge Reinhold, actor (\u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High\u201d, \u201cBeverly Hills Cop\u201d movies)<\/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>THINGS THAT MAKE YA GO HMMM\u2026<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>\u2022 68% of men have kept their baseball glove as a memento of their childhood.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>66% of women say going to work without makeup would be more stressful than a job interview or a first date.<\/li>\n<li>40% of females take a friend along when they\u2019re getting a tattoo.<\/li>\n<li>25% of men admit they have stolen lip balm from their partner.<\/li>\n<li>20% of parents privately regret what they named their kids.<\/li>\n<li>10% of women blow-dry their hair before jumping on the scale, to feel like they weigh less.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CLEANING FACE MASKS AT HOME:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>\u2022 Materials:\u00a0 Disposable fiber masks should never be reused. If you are using a fabric mask, use a breathable, high-performance fabric. The tighter weave structure, the better.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Washing machine: \u00a0Putting your mask in the laundry and drying on a high setting will get it clean and ready to re-use, according to the CDC.<\/li>\n<li>Hand washing: \u00a0Detergents, laundry soap, and even hand soap are strong enough to combat flu viruses, according to the CDC. Refraining from touching your face is recommended to prevent any chance of infection.<\/li>\n<li>Bleach: \u00a0Bleach is not a recommended cleaning agent for face masks\u2014even in a diluted solution \u2013 because inhaling the ensuing fumes from the mask could cause health problems. That means no Lysol or Clorox either.<\/li>\n<li>Microwave and boiling:\u00a0 While microwaving might be an effective way to kill the virus, there is some concern that it may escape the oven into your kitchen. Boiling your mask is not a good idea due to fiber degradation, which could allow the virus through.<\/li>\n<li>Keep spares:\u00a0 NYC Health Dept. guidelines suggest keeping at least two cloth face masks on hand, so you can wash used masks at least once a day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Here&#8217;s How People Want to See Work Change Once They&#8217;re Going to the Office Again<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The coronavirus pandemic has led to changes at work for tons of people . . . but will any of the changes stick once those people go back to the office?<\/p>\n<p>A new survey asked workers what they&#8217;d like to see changed once they&#8217;re going to the office again.\u00a0 And here are the top five . . .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Allowing more frequent working from home.<\/li>\n<li>Better cleaning.<\/li>\n<li>Fewer in-person meetings.<\/li>\n<li>Staggered work schedules.<\/li>\n<li>Requiring employees to wear masks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The survey also found that almost three-quarters of people are going to stop shaking hands so much.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of us might only need to make the trip in to the office once a week. And for those who are required to show up on site every day, David Zweig, an associate professor of organizational behaviour and human resource management at the University of Toronto, says you might come across new Plexiglas barriers, revamped heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems, boot sanitizing trays, hand sanitizer dispensers for both employees and customers, and enforced hand washing, plus outdoor meeting protocols. <u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THURSDAY MAY 21<sup>ST<\/sup> \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] Mr. T, actor (\u201cThe A-Team\u201d 1983-87)\/movie actor \u201cRocky III\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[63] Judge Reinhold, actor (\u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High\u201d, \u201cBeverly Hills Cop\u201d movies)<\/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>The town of Bristol, on the Virginia-Tennessee border, has totally different rules if you cross the street.\u00a0 On the Tennessee side, restaurants are allowed to have customers.\u00a0 On the Virginia side, they&#8217;re not.\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wate.com\/health\/coronavirus\/tennessee-coronavirus-coivd-19-cases-rise-2-4-to-14768\/\">Cases<\/a>in Tennessee are still on the rise.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Matthew McConaughey would love it if we could stop\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bhk8bvCE084&amp;feature=youtu.be\">politicizing<\/a>the coronavirus.\u00a0 He said, quote, &#8220;This is not about politics.\u00a0 It&#8217;s about us, the USA.\u00a0 We&#8217;re gonna take care of each other.\u00a0 Right now we have a collective purpose . . . &#8220;This is a tug of war at the virus.\u00a0 We need all hands on the rope.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Todd Berry <\/strong>jokes about how a fraternity tried to lure him into joining, while at college.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>NFL helmets with built-in face masks, face mask tests on hamsters, the Oscars won&#8217;t happen in February, Pier 1 Imports is bankrupt, and the Belmont Stakes is causing controversy.\u00a0 (From Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel, on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>DID YOU KNOW?<\/u><\/strong><strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>The annual Summer Solstice Celebration at Stonehenge will be livestreamed this year for the first time. The ancient, mystical site typically hosts one of the world\u2019s most popular summer solstice celebrations, attracting thousands of people, including the druid and pagan community, on the longest day of the year to watch the sun rise behind the Heel Stone. Due to COVID-19, the usual celebration won\u2019t be possible this year, but the summer solstice at Stonehenge will stream live on June 21 on English Heritage\u2019s social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today&#8217;s 2020 Tour Cancellations Are from Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, and Sugarland<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three more 2020 country tours have been either postponed or cancelled because of the worldwide pandemic.\u00a0 This time it&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>TIM MCGRAW<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>JASON ALDEAN<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>SUGARLAND<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tim shuttled his Here on Earth Tour but didn&#8217;t close the 2020 door.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CAbI1LVAe8M\/\"><strong>Quote<\/strong><\/a>, &#8220;We&#8217;re working with our teams to figure out when and how we can get back on the road and see you all safely.\u00a0 In the meantime, we&#8217;re looking for new ways to connect with you and get more music out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jason is postponing the We Back Tour until 2021 but is still working on next year&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CAa6-LpAYGT\/\"><strong>calendar<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Quote, &#8220;I can promise you we&#8217;ll get new dates as soon as we can, and that me and the boys will be back next year bigger and louder than ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sugarland tried to soften the blow with good news and bad news. \u00a0The good news is that &#8220;new music is coming very soon.&#8221;\u00a0 No word when.\u00a0 The bad news is their entire summer tour will &#8220;no longer be taking place.&#8221; \u00a0<em><strong>(Here&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CAaeN6hD0iN\/\"><strong>video<\/strong><\/a><em><strong>.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Nicole Kidman Broke Her Ankle, So No Dancing with Keith Urban<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>KEITH URBAN<\/strong>\u00a0posted a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B90JN2kBdsE\/\"><strong>video<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0back in March of a virtual concert he did in his warehouse, and his wife\u00a0<strong>NICOLE KIDMAN<\/strong>\u00a0was there dancing around.\u00a0 Well, soon after that she went for a run and BROKE her ankle.<\/p>\n<p>This happened at their place in Nashville, but he recently talked about it in an interview with the Australian talk show The Project.\u00a0 Quote, &#8220;She broke her ankle so there&#8217;s not been a whole lot of dancing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;About five weeks ago she was running around the neighborhood as she does and didn&#8217;t see a pothole and rolled her ankle and got a small break in her ankle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So she&#8217;s been relegated to the boot for the last handful of weeks and is still sort of getting through it . . . but her spirits have been amazing, I gotta say.\u00a0 She&#8217;s been handling it way better than I would&#8217;ve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s video of the interview, and you can see a pic of her in the boot.\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>(Here&#8217;s the\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/J-9ghhu6bh8?t=251\"><strong>clip<\/strong><\/a><em><strong>)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CARLY PEARCE ON CORONAVIRUS: IT HAS &#8216;TAKEN A HIT IN MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY&#8217; <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone is feeling the affects of the coronavirus pandemic, but for\u00a0<strong>Carly Pearce<\/strong>\u00a0it&#8217;s especially frightening. Her mother has a lung condition to begin with, so as Carly tells us, she&#8217;s not really able to see her and is quite worried.\u00a0[\u201cEven though I\u2019m going to see her, I\u2019m staying at a different house. I\u2019m not going to be really around her. She has stage four COPD. So this is a really, just terrifying time for my family of . . . she already has probably 30 percent lung use. So, I am literally one of those people that\u2019s like, \u2018Do this for my mom if you\u2019re not doing it for anybody else.\u00a0 It\u2019s killing her to not be able to be around me. So, this coronavirus has taken a hit in my immediate family of just trying to make sure she\u2019s all right.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 21st ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":13677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 19:44:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/05\/on-todays-show-400\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15198","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=15198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15199,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15198\/revisions\/15199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}