{"id":19864,"date":"2021-01-25T09:35:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T14:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=19864"},"modified":"2021-01-25T08:23:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T13:23:32","slug":"on-todays-show-533","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/on-todays-show-533\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today’s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u27a2 Two random people in Missouri\u00a0pulled<\/a>\u00a0a driver from a burning truck recently and saved his life.\u00a0 Now cops are trying to track them down to say thanks.\u00a0 A guy who got it on video said the whole thing was really inspiring to watch.<\/p>\n

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\u27a2 Someone spotted a new electric Amazon van making deliveries in L.A that makes a weird musical\u00a0sound<\/a>\u00a0as it drives around.\u00a0 For safety reasons, it has to emit some sort of sound because it doesn’t have an engine.\u00a0 And the pitch changes as it speeds up.<\/p>\n

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\u27a2 This might sound like torture to most, but this woman did break a Guinness World Record. A 40-year-old swimmer from Moscow, Russia, recently wore only a one-piece swimsuit to swim about 280 feet under the ice of Lake Baikal without surfacing for air. Yekaterina Nekrasova finished the swim in about one-and-a-half minutes, and beat out the previous world record of 230 feet.<\/p>\n

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\u27a2 Hopefully Dan Levy inherited his father\u2019s sketch comedy chops. The \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek\u201d co-creator and son of Eugene Levy is set to host \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d next month. Dan Levy will make his hosting debut on Feb. 6, joined by singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers. NBC says \u201cSNL\u201d will return from hiatus for a five-week run starting on Jan. 30, when John Krasinski will kick things off.<\/p>\n

TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIrish Coffee Day\u201d, Joe Sheridan, a bartender at Foynes Airbase in Ireland, invented the concoction in 1942 as replenishment after a miserably cold 18-hour journey across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

Robbie Burns Day\u201d, party time for Scots everywhere! It honors Scotland\u2019s national poet who was born January 25, 1759 and whose most famous composition was \u2018Auld Lang Syne\u2019.<\/p>\n

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1924<\/strong>, the first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France.<\/p>\n

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1961,\u00a0WALT DISNEY’S<\/strong>\u00a0animated movie\u00a0“101 Dalmatians”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was released in movie theaters.\u00a0 It cost $4 million to make.<\/p>\n

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

JANUARY 25TH<\/sup>, <\/strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0 Randy Travis wins four awards, paced by “Forever And Ever, Amen,” at the 15th annual American Music Awards<\/p>\n

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FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. In the novel\u00a0“Forrest Gump”<\/strong><\/em>, Forrest is 6-foot-6, 242 pounds.\u00a0 The author,\u00a0Winston Groom<\/strong>, says he pictured\u00a0John Goodman<\/strong>playing him in a movie.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. The oldest cat in history lived to be 38 years and three days old . . . that’s about the equivalent of 169 in human years.\u00a0 It died in 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. When a mosquito bites you, it needs to clear room in its body for the blood . . . so it pees on you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. Initially, ATM\u2019s were thought to be failures, because most early users were either prostitutes or gamblers, who didn\u2019t want to deal with tellers face to face.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

          A five-year-old girl named Aryana Chopra\u00a0spent<\/a>\u00a0two weeks making 200 “Happy New Year” cards for people at a nursing home in New York.<\/p>\n

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          Her mom says she was worried they were lonely, and came up with the idea herself.<\/p>\n

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          She also emptied out her piggy bank, and used the money to buy them gifts.<\/p>\n

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          BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

          [68] The Honky Tonk Man (Roy Wayne Farris), professional wrestler, (held the WWF Intercontinental Championship for a record 64 weeks, currently working in the independent circuit)<\/p>\n

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          [59] Chris Chelios, former pro hockey player (3-time Stanley Cup champ, second oldest person to play in the NHL (at age 48 in 2010)<\/p>\n

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          THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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          1. A SpaceX capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico with\u00a012 bottles of wine on board<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 They’d been on the Space Station for about a year.\u00a0 Now experts get to taste the wine to see how microgravity and radiation affect the aging process.\u00a0 It’s part of a study to figure out how to grow food on space flights, or on Mars.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            1. Flu cases<\/strong><\/a>in the U.S. plummeted last year, and experts say it shows just how much more contagious the coronavirus is.\u00a0 During the 2019 flu season, around 65,000 cases were diagnosed, compared to just 1,016 during the 2020 flu season.\u00a0 That’s even though six times more people were tested for the flu last year than in 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              1. The “dire wolves<\/strong><\/a>” in\u00a0“Game of Thrones”<\/strong><\/em>were based on real-life dire wolves that died out 10,000 years ago.\u00a0 Now researchers think they know why they went extinct.\u00a0 New DNA tests found their genes weren’t similar enough to mate with other types of wolves.\u00a0 So the wolves we have today took over.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                1. Researchers at Texas A&M are working on an implant that could\u00a0help people lose weight<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 It uses light to trigger the nerves in your stomach, so you don’t feel hungry.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  1. Researchers in Indonesia found the\u00a0oldest work of art<\/strong><\/a>ever discovered.\u00a0 It’s a picture of a warthog drawn on a cave wall over 45,000 years ago.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                    FEELING THE BERN:<\/u><\/strong>
                    \n<\/u>There were many memorable Inauguration Day outfits on display at Wednesday\u2019s ceremony, but none quite like Senator Bernie Sanders\u2019 upcycled mittens made from old sweaters and lined with fleece made from recycled water bottles.<\/p>\n

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                    While the makers of the much-memed mittens has been overwhelmed by requests isn\u2019t taking any more orders, Sanders\u2019 team selling a sweatshirt featuring an image with the now-famous image\u2014and selling them to benefit Meals on Wheels Vermont.<\/p>\n

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                    But if only mitts will do, here are some small-scale producers who offer unique and handmade mittens with all the charm of Bernie\u2019s. Search for them on\u00a0Etsy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

                    \u27a2 Mitten Heaven: They turn castoff clothes into cute mittens by hand in Flint, Michigan. LINK:\u00a0https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y48u42d7<\/a><\/p>\n

                    \u27a2 Old Wool New:\u00a0 Based in Omaha, Nebraska, they recycle sweaters into fleece-lined mittens and other accessories. LINK:\u00a0https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yy52gjoy<\/a><\/p>\n

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                    MONDAY JANUARY 25TH<\/sup> \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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                    1. The match-up for\u00a0Super Bowl 55<\/strong>was set last night.\u00a0 The\u00a0Tampa Bay<\/strong> Buccaneers<\/strong>, who beat the\u00a0Packers<\/strong>\u00a0. . . will take on the\u00a0Kansas City<\/strong> Chiefs<\/strong>, who defeated the\u00a0Bills<\/strong>.\u00a0 So,\u00a0TOM BRADY<\/strong>\u00a0is headed to his 10th Super Bowl.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      It’s also just the seventh Super Bowl between QBs who had previously won one.\u00a0\u00a0The Bucs will also be the first team in history to play in a Super Bowl in their home stadium.<\/p>\n

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                      1. Larry King\u00a0died<\/a>Saturday at a hospital where he’d been admitted earlier this month due to COVID-19.\u00a0 He was 87 years old.\u00a0 Larry hosted “Larry King Live” on CNN from 1985 to 2010.\u00a0 (Here’s a clip from a 2014\u00a0interview<\/a>\u00a0with Conan O’Brien where he says he wants to be frozen.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                        Former home run king Hank Aaron\u00a0died<\/a>\u00a0Friday . . . peacefully in his sleep according to his family.\u00a0 He was 86 years old.\u00a0 (Here’s a clip of him breaking Babe Ruth’s record of 715 home runs.)<\/p>\n

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                        1. The Honolulu Police Department\u00a0caught<\/a>heat for spending $150,000 in CARES Act funds on a robot dog from Boston Dynamics.\u00a0 So here’s a question:\u00a0 Would you ever consider getting a robot pet?\u00a0\u00a0A recent\u00a0survey<\/a>\u00a0asked 6,000 Americans, and 23% said yes.\u00a0 It didn’t work out well when George Jetson tried it with “Lectronomo.”\u00a0 (Here’s a clip from a 1962\u00a0episode<\/a>\u00a0of “The Jetsons” when the robot dog bites his butt.\u00a0 They eventually went with their real dog, Astro.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                          1. Here’s comedian Ron White making fun of his cousin getting a little too excited about a successful deer hunt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                            A ticket holder from Winnipeg won Friday night’s whopping $60 million Lotto Max jackpot.<\/p>\n

                            The draw also offered six Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each, and one of them was claimed by a lottery player in Quebec.<\/p>\n

                            The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Jan. 26 will be approximately $15 million.<\/p>\n

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                            Two winning tickets were sold for the jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw — one in Quebec and the other in British Columbia.<\/p>\n

                            Each ticket is worth $4.2 million.<\/p>\n

                            The draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize also went to a lottery player in B.C.<\/p>\n

                            The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 27 will be approximately $5 million.<\/p>\n

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                            DIERKS BENTLEY MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME WITH FAMILY IN COLORADO <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                            Dierks Bentley<\/strong>\u00a0and his family are still enjoying their time together out in Telluride, Colorado. The family of five headed out there right around the start of quarantine last year, and as Dierks tells us, he’s loved every second of their extended vacation.\u00a0[\u201cWe went out there in March, I guess it was, for a family trip and then COVID hit and we never left. I was worried about the fall and schools and being in person and being in big cities, and there\u2019s a little school out there they can go to, so they\u2019re doing that. If I\u2019m gonna be unemployed and if I\u2019m gonna have this time,\u00a0 I just wanna be somewhere where I can make up for lost time on the road as far as like mountains and rivers and hiking and biking and family time and riding bikes with my kids to school and so much to do with them and outdoors all the time, which I kind of needed after this many years on the bus and on the road.”] SOUNDCUE<\/strong>\u00a0(:34 OC: . . . on the road.)<\/p>\n

                            Dierks is making his way up the country charts with his latest single, \u201cGone.\u201d It’s the lead single from his upcoming studio project.<\/p>\n

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                            GARTH BROOKS TESTED NEGATIVE FOR COVID BEFORE HUGGING FORMER PRESIDENTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                            Garth Brooks<\/strong>\u00a0has been catching some flak for shaking hands with and hugging former presidents and first ladies while maskless during last week’s inauguration ceremony, but his rep told NBC’s\u00a0Today<\/em>\u00a0show that he had tested negative for COVID several times prior to the event, including right before hitting Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

                            Garth was there to sing an a cappella rendition of “Amazing Grace” after\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0<\/strong>was sworn in as president.<\/p>\n

                            Garth also apparently borrowed fellow performer\u00a0Lady Gaga<\/strong>‘s glam squad to help him get camera-ready for the gig. He reached out to her on social media and thanked her for sharing her crew tweeting, \u201cYou were fabulous today and every day. A national treasure. Please tell Frederick and Miss Sarah thank you for me! They saved a cowboy today.\u201d He’s referring to Gaga’s hairstylist\u00a0Frederic Asprias\u00a0<\/strong>and her makeup artist\u00a0Sarah Tanno<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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                            LINDSAY ELL NAMED ARTIST AMBASSADOR FOR CMA FOUNDATION INITIATIVE <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

                            Lindsay Ell\u00a0<\/strong>has been named the next Artist Ambassador to join the Unified Voices for Music Education (UVfME) initiative in conjuction with the CMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Country Music Association (CMA). Lindsay is the third artist to join the initiative following\u00a0Jimmie Allen<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Ashley McBryde<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

                            The CMA Foundation launched UVfME last July in response to a need for resources, stemming from COVID-19\u2019s impact on music education. The online collective serves as a place where music educators can interface through lesson ideas and other creative methods, as they find innovative ways to teach and connect with students during this challenging school year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u27a2 Two random people in Missouri\u00a0pulled\u00a0a driver from a burning truck recently and saved his life.\u00a0 Now cops are trying to track them down to say thanks.\u00a0 A guy who got it on video said the whole thing was really inspiring to watch.   \u27a2 Someone spotted a new electric Amazon van making deliveries in","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":19872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 22:57:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/on-todays-show-533\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19864","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=19864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19865,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19864\/revisions\/19865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}