{"id":19297,"date":"2020-12-17T09:35:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T14:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=19297"},"modified":"2020-12-17T05:07:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T10:07:11","slug":"on-todays-show-515","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/12\/on-todays-show-515\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u27a2 Sarnia police say they have arrested two suspects who apologized after breaking into the wrong home. Police say the residents of the home were watching TV when they heard the door being smashed open on Friday night. They say the residents were confronted by two suspects &#8212; one holding a hammer and demanding repayment of a debt.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the suspects offered to pay for the damage and left after they realized they were in the wrong house. Two 27-year-old men are still facing charges of break and enter, mischief and possession of dangerous weapons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 A 24-year-old woman named Brooke Averick from Haverford, Pennsylvania posted on TikTok recently about how the dating app Hinge just told her that her perfect match is . . . her BROTHER.<\/p>\n<p>She filmed a video about the results WITH her brother . . . who makes her more and more annoyed throughout it as he pretends to kiss her in the MOST brother move ever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Hay is worth more than\u00a0you likely think. Two men in New Mexico are facing the music after they were hired to deliver $500,000 worth of hay to a big farm. Investigators say they instead stole the hay and sold it to another business, while still billing the big farm for the delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The men are now potentially facing felony charges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a220% of people\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/20-americans-injured-christmas-trees-2020-survey\">say<\/a>\u00a0they&#8217;ve hurt themselves setting up their Christmas tree this year, up from 9% a year ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(Here&#8217;s Chevy Chase\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/g7T4TyOWR8U?t=90\"><strong>cutting<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong><em>\u00a0the twine on his family&#8217;s massive tree in &#8220;Christmas Vacation.&#8221;)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Tina Fey was a guest on &#8220;The Tonight Show&#8221; last night, and told a story of how she helped save a guy&#8217;s life.\u00a0 (From &#8220;The Tonight Show&#8221; on Wednesday, December 16, 2020)<\/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>\u201cMaple Syrup Day\u201d. Canada makes more than 80% of the world\u2019s supply, most of it coming from the province of Qu\u00e9bec. The state of Vermont is the biggest producer in the USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWright Brothers Day\u201d, honoring the Wright Brothers\u2019 flight at Kitty Hawk NC December 17th, 1903. The first sustained motorized aircraft flight travelled a total of 850 ft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Orville Wright was the pilot, winning the honors in a coin toss. Wilbur got to run alongside.<\/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>Joe Diffie<\/strong>\u00a0took &#8220;Pickup Man&#8221; to #1\u00a0 where it stayed for four weeks, in 1994.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>There&#8217;s only one country between Norway and North Korea.\u00a0 Granted, that country is Russia, which is huge . . . but a small part of Norway borders a northwest corner of Russia, and North Korea borders a southeast corner.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>The movie \u201cGrease\u201d was released in Venezuela under the name \u201cVaselina\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Dalmatians became firehouse dogs in the 1800s because the fire engines were pulled by horses, and Dalmatians got along with the horses better than any other breed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>In Sweden, drivers are required to have their headlights on at all times, even during daylight.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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>GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A guy in Houston saw a homeless man holding up a sign that said he was trying to get back to Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So he stopped to give him five bucks . . . found out he was trying to get home to see his family . . . and offered to buy him a bus ticket.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/16\/good-samaritan-sends-homeless-man-home-for-christmas\/\">video<\/a>\u00a0is going viral because of how happy the guy is when he finds out he&#8217;s going home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[84] Pope Francis (266th Pope of the Catholic Church who took over for Benedict XVI in 2013)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[75] Ernie Hudson, actor (\u201cGhostbusters\u201d, \u201cThe Crow\u201d)\/(Grace and Frankie\u201d since 2015)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[74] Eugene Levy, actor (\u201cAmerican Pie\u201d franchise)\/(\u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek\u201d 2015-20, \u201cSCTV\u201d 1976-84)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[67] Bill Pullman, actor (\u201cIndependence Day\u201d, \u201cSpaceballs\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Wanted Fugitive Mistakenly Thinks a Cop Is Following Him and Starts a High-Speed Chase<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A guy in Tulsa named Tyler Smithee was driving when he saw a cop in his rearview mirror turn his lights on.\u00a0 And instead of pulling over, he FLOORED it.<\/p>\n<p>He tried to outrun him . . . ended up driving through a field . . . and crashed into a tree.\u00a0 Then he tried to flee on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Cops eventually tracked him down and arrested him.\u00a0 It turned out there was a warrant for his arrest connected to a shooting.\u00a0 So that&#8217;s why he ran.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the dumb part:\u00a0 It turned out the cop WASN&#8217;T actually trying to pull them over in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>He turned his lights and siren on because he was heading to a separate incident nearby. \u00a0So he only started following Tyler when he tried to run. He\u2019s facing multiple charges.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Suspect in stolen car chase makes a run for it and ends up neck deep in cow poo<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When police stopped a suspected stolen car in Sussex the passenger in the vehicle decided to make a run for it. He set off across farmland in a bid to escape the pursuing cops, but he found himself up to his neck in it when he tried up jump across a pit of manure. Sussex Police wrote &#8220;Thanks to determined officers a rescue ensued, and they all ended up safe, but covered in cow poo,&#8221; they wrote, adding a poop emoji just for good measure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Do Optimistic People Live Longer?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In survey research which followed over 70,000 people over 10-30 years, researchers discovered that &#8220;individuals with greater optimism are more likely to live longer and to achieve \u201cexceptional longevity\u201d that is, living to age 85 or older.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This result held true even after accounting for chronic illnesses, health behaviors, depression, and age. How might optimism affect longevity?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The authors of the study explain that, &#8220;Optimistic individuals tend to have goals and the confidence to reach them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>NEW YEAR\u2019S EVOLUTION:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>It seems that because of the state of the world in 2020, many of us will be changing up our New Year\u2019s resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a survey of 2,000 people, 71% said that they will concentrate on learning life skills or setting practical goals in 2021, rather than more traditional resolutions such as going to the gym or losing weight. Some of the top-planned resolutions for next year are saving money (62%) and learning a new skill (50%).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over half of us (54%) plan to better budget in 2021 and 49% hope to pay down debt. 68% say they want to move away from \u201ctraditional\u201d resolutions and focus more on experiences \u2013 like spending more time with family (53%) and traveling more (49%).<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THURSDAY JANUARY 17<sup>TH<\/sup> \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/god.dailydot.com\/waitress-quits-anti-maskers\/\">video<\/a>of a Denny&#8217;s waitress quitting in the middle of a shift is making the rounds online.\u00a0 Two guys walked in while filming her and claimed they didn&#8217;t have to wear masks because of a religious exemption, which isn&#8217;t true.\u00a0 And she&#8217;d finally had enough of it.\u00a0 (At the end, one of them told her not to believe everything the media tells her, and she said, &#8220;Yeah, [eff] yourself.&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Ellen DeGeneres took time out of her busy schedule of screaming at her staff to make a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheEllenShow\/status\/1339339757109846017?s=20\">video<\/a>saying she feels &#8220;100 percent&#8221; now.\u00a0\u00a0She also said, &#8220;excruciating back pain&#8221; is a symptom of COVID-19 she wasn&#8217;t aware of.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\u2022 \u201cLate Night with Seth Meyers\u201d (NBC\/CTV): Kristen Wiig, Carrie Underwood<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\u201cDolly Parton\u2019s Coat of Many Colors\u201d (NBC): In 1955 Tennessee, 9-year-old Dolly Parton and her family discover the healing power of faith and love while struggling to overcome tragedy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>IKEA is selling tiny homes, there will be no Times Square gathering for New Year&#8217;s Eve, and college students are drinking less.\u00a0 (From Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers on Wednesday, December 16, 2020.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GABBY BARRETT MAKES BILLBOARD HISTORY <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gabby Barrett\u00a0<\/strong>has broken\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s Hot Country Songs record this year as her debut single, \u201cI Hope,\u201d is now the longest-leading Number One hit by an unaccompanied female artist in the history of the chart with a 20-week reign.<\/p>\n<p>Gabby tells us that 2020 was a blessing for her, not only because of the success of &#8220;I Hope,&#8221; but also because she was able to take the time to absorb and appreciate all of her feats.\u00a0[&#8220;From working very hard, it feels absolutely amazing to see all of these things happening, and I&#8217;ve been very thankful as well that his year I&#8217;ve been able to sit more in the backseat rather than performing and moving at a thousand miles per hour constantly so I&#8217;ve been able to let kind of everything that&#8217;s been going on soak in which has been really, really nice and I would&#8217;ve never expected all of this from this song, so the Lord has been very gracious to me and I&#8217;m just very thankful.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Gabby was the only Country artist included in\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s 10 Biggest Breakthrough Artists of 2020, and listed as one of\u00a0<em>Forbes<\/em>\u2019 30 Under 30 in Music.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>PARKER McCOLLUM&#8217;S FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIES <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christmas movies are out in full force, and even though we&#8217;ve seen some of them dozens of times, they&#8217;re always fun to watch.\u00a0<strong>Parker McCollum<\/strong>\u00a0says that some of his must-watch movies date back to his childhood.<\/p>\n<p>[\u201cFavorite Christmas movie \u2013 this is gonna sound kind of goofy, but one of them is definitely\u00a0<em>Annabelle\u2019s Wish<\/em>, because Randy Travis narrates it. I used to watch that when I was really little with my mom, but I mean,\u00a0<em>Christmas Vacation<\/em>\u00a0is a phenomenal movie. And I always really liked the\u00a0<em>Santa Clause\u00a0<\/em>series with Tim Allen. I always thought those were really good, even the newer ones.\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>Parker is inching towards his first Number One hit with &#8220;Pretty Heart.&#8221; The song currently sits at Number Three on the\u00a0<em>Mediabase<\/em>\u00a0chart.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>RANDY HOUSER REVEALS COVID DIAGNOSIS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Randy Houser<\/strong>\u00a0is the latest country singer to fall victim to COVID-19. He shared his recent diagnosis on Tuesday (Dec. 15th) night via Instagram Stories alongside his wife,\u00a0<strong>Tatiana<\/strong>, who revealed their family, including toddler son\u00a0<strong>Huck<\/strong>, have been quarantining for the last several days.<\/p>\n<p>Randy was anticipating a negative COVID test yesterday at the 10-day mark. At press time, he hadn&#8217;t disclosed test results.<\/p>\n<p>FAST FACTS<\/p>\n<p>Artists who previously tested positive for COVID include Parker McCollum, Lee Brice and FGL&#8217;s Tyler Hubbard.<\/p>\n<p>Country artists who succumbed to COVID this year include Joe Diffie and Charley Pride.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"December 17th ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":19162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 10:33:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/12\/on-todays-show-515\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19297","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=19297"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19300,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19297\/revisions\/19300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}