{"id":22969,"date":"2021-06-11T09:35:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T13:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=22969"},"modified":"2021-06-11T05:47:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T09:47:32","slug":"on-todays-show-620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2021\/06\/on-todays-show-620\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u27a2\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A dozen homeowners in Winnipeg are dealing with the aftermath of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/cement-sewer-backup-1.6052853\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wet concrete exploding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0out of their toilets and plumbing.\u00a0 The problem occurred when a sewer line was breached near the homes during some construction.\u00a0 Here are the homeowners talking about the incident.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u27a2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 94-year-old Alabama woman received her\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/good-news\/ala-woman-94-receives-high-school-diploma-79-years-after-dropping-out-better-late-than-never\/ar-AAKIzCw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">high school diploma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a079 years after dropping out.\u00a0 Grace Lee McClure Smith left high school at 16 when her husband went to fight in World War II.\u00a0 <\/span><b><i>Here she is along with her granddaughter talking about the experience.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u27a2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The price of a cup of tea could soar as climate change makes India\u2019s monsoon season even more severe, warns a new study. Heavier rains will wash away crops in the country where farming makes up a fifth of the economy. This will put the tea industry at risk by reducing tea yields, as well as reducing the flavor and health benefits, say scientists at Brown University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u27a2<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u201cWedding Crashers\u201d sequel is in development. Reportedly, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are set to reprise their roles as \u2018John Beckwith\u2019 and \u2018Jeremy Gray\u2019. The new movie is due to begin production in Puerto Rico in August, but it is not yet known if Will Ferrell, Christopher Walken, Bradley Cooper or Jane Seymour will return for the project \u2013 although Isla Fisher and Rachel McAdams will be making appearances. The original 2005 film featured Wilson and Vaughn as 2 divorce lawyers who crash weddings in an attempt to seduce women. It was a hit with both critics and audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cCorn on the Cob Day\u201d, Corn is an ancient plant native to the Americas. It is believed to have been first cultivated in Mexico and spread around the world via European explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cGerman Chocolate Cake Day\u201d, the first thing you should know about it is that it is not from Germany! It is named after American Samuel German, who came up with a dark baking chocolate for Baker\u2019s Chocolate Company in 1852, which was named Baker\u2019s German\u2019s Sweet Chocolate.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1996 [25] Garth Brooks sets a \u2018Fan Fair\u2019 (now \u2018CMA Music Festival\u2019) record by signing autographs in Nashville for 23 hours straight<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;That Ain&#8217;t No Way To Go&#8221; took<\/span><b>\u00a0Brooks &amp; Dunn<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0to the top of the\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Billboard\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">country singles chart in 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Five Heat Wave Related Things We&#8217;re Googling Right Now<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. got its first big heat wave of the year this week.\u00a0 So Google Trends put out a bunch of stats on SUMMER things we&#8217;re googling more than usual right now.\u00a0 Here are the highlights . . .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The top &#8220;near me&#8221; searches this week include:\u00a0 &#8220;Swimming near me&#8221; . . . &#8220;waterparks near me&#8221; . . . &#8220;pools near me&#8221; . . . and &#8220;strawberry picking near me.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Searches for &#8220;beaches&#8221; and &#8220;swimming pools&#8221; skyrocketed.\u00a0 Most of the country wants to know where the closest pool is.\u00a0 People near the ocean are more likely to search for a beach.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The phrase &#8220;signs of heat stroke&#8221; jumped 200% . . . &#8220;headache from heat&#8221; is up 250% . . . and &#8220;heat exhaustion in dogs&#8221; jumped 180%.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The top &#8220;for kids&#8221; searches include:\u00a0 &#8220;Sprinklers for kids&#8221; . . . &#8220;plastic pool for kids&#8221; . . . &#8220;splash pad for kids&#8221; . . . and &#8220;best sunscreen for kids.&#8221;\u00a0 We&#8217;re also searching for &#8220;safe sunscreens&#8221; three times more than normal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And searches for &#8220;ceiling fan direction in summer&#8221; are up 300% this week.\u00a0 It should be going counter-clockwise to push the air down, not up.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>____________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><b>GOOD NEWS\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A man treasure hunting with a metal detector stumbled upon a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2021\/06\/01\/dog-tag-Jersey-Shore-Sylvan-Schiffman-Joseph-Franco\/7001622576204\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dog tag<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0on the Jersey Shore.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With some help from his wife, Joseph Franco was able to find the family of the original owner who had lost it 50 years ago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here they are talking about finding the dog tag and their plans to return it.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>______________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>BIRTHDAYS\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[76] Robert Munsch, children\u2019s author\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[62] Hugh Laurie, actor (\u201cHouse MD\u201d 2004-12)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[52] Peter Dinklage, actor (\u2018Tyrion Lannister\u2019 on \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d 2011-19)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[43] Joshua Jackson, Vancouver BC, actor\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[35] Shia LaBeouf, actor\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Is This the Recipe for a Perfect Weekend?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s Friday!\u00a0 Here are some tips from a lifestyle expert on how to have a GREAT weekend . . .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Avoid work email and social media.\u00a0 The weekend is the perfect time to disconnect\u200a by avoiding ALL work email and social media. \u00a0And if that seems like too big of an ask, try it for just ONE of your weekend days to start.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Spend time with family and friends.\u00a0 After a year of isolation it&#8217;s time to start getting out there again.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Go outside.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a good plan as the weather gets better:\u00a0 Track how many hours you spend outside on Saturday and Sunday this weekend, then see if you can increase it next weekend and the weekend after. \u00a0It will likely do wonders for your mood.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Exercise.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t need to list off all the benefits of exercise.\u00a0 And if you ALREADY exercise regularly, the weekend is a great time to add some variety to your routine, like going for a long hike or bike ride.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Enjoy good food or drinks.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re in the habit of rushing through meals on weekdays, the weekend should give you time to slow down and savor a great dinner.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Do something you love to do.\u00a0 Sometimes our hobbies and passions can take a backseat to chores, kids, and other obligations.\u00a0 So carve out time this weekend to do something\u00a0<\/span><b><i>(or someone?)<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">you truly love.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>FRIDAY JUNE 11<\/b><b>TH<\/b><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 VGK 6 &#8211; COL 3 (LV 4-2)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tigers 8\u00a0 Mariners 3<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">White Sox 5\u00a0 Blue Jays 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There&#8217;s a 31-year-old mortician from Syracuse, New York who answers questions about her profession on TikTok.\u00a0 Stuff like embalming, hair care, and piercings.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a supercut of her responding to a few.\u00a0 (They were taken from two source videos.\u00a0 Here she is answering a question about\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hollisfuneralhome\/video\/6961420885798522118?is_copy_url=0&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;sender_web_id=6900593829213193734\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cremation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and in this one she talks about\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hollisfuneralhome\/video\/6965920627907759365?is_copy_url=0&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;sender_web_id=6900593829213193734\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">piercings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jimmy Fallon read a bunch of &#8220;Add a Word, Ruin a Sports Team&#8221; Tweets from viewers last night.\u00a0 (From &#8220;The Tonight Show&#8221; on Thursday, June 10, 2021.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Americans Are Planning to Spend a Ton of Cash This Summer<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2020 was hard on everyone, but it seems like a lot of us are feeling a wad of cash burning a hole in our wallets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">45% of people in a recent survey said they plan to spend MORE money this year . . . than the past TWO summers COMBINED.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And nearly half of people say they&#8217;ve saved enough cash over the course of the pandemic to open their wallets &#8220;guilt-free&#8221; this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the flip-side, 40% are worried they may spend irresponsibly.\u00a0 And 72% say they&#8217;re fine putting their summer fun on a credit card, and paying it off down the road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the way, the #1 thing people plan to spend money on is VACATIONS.\u00a0 Other popular picks include:\u00a0 Going out to eat . . . clothing . . . home upgrades . . . and hosting family and friends at home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b><i>(&#8220;Hoarding toilet paper&#8221; did NOT make the list, despite its rampant popularity last year.)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Brantley Gilbert Likes Watching NASCAR Drivers Duke It Out in the Pits<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>BRANTLEY GILBERT<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is never one to mince his words.\u00a0 The man says what&#8217;s on his mind, and if you&#8217;re offended, sorry.\u00a0 Well, somebody asked him what he likes about NASCAR, and he let it fly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bmlgprep.net\/audio-brantley-gilbert-admits-his-favorite-part-of-nascar-racing-isnt-really-the-racing\/\"><b>Quote<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, &#8220;Some of my favorite parts of racin&#8217; probably shouldn&#8217;t be my favorite part. \u00a0I do like watching wrecks. \u00a0I think there&#8217;s a few of us out there. \u00a0It&#8217;s fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;You know, rubbin&#8217;s racin&#8217; and when they get a little bit out of control you don&#8217;t want nobody to get hurt, but it never hurts my feelings when they get a little frustrated with each other and want to kind of duke it out in the pits. \u00a0It&#8217;s all in good fun.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>(There&#8217;s a great &#8220;Rubbin&#8217;s Racin&#8217; moment in &#8220;Days of Thunder&#8221; when Robert Duvall says to Tom Cruise, quote, &#8220;No, he didn&#8217;t slam into you, he didn&#8217;t bump you, he didn&#8217;t nudge you, he rubbed you. \u00a0And rubbin&#8217;, son, is racin&#8217;.&#8221;)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>MIRANDA LAMBERT&#8217;S HUSBAND INSPIRED LATEST HIT<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Miranda Lambert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8216;s latest hit came about thanks to her husband,\u00a0<\/span><b>Brendan McLoughlin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. She co-wrote the song, which Miranda tells us was definitely a result of her happy married life.\u00a0<\/span><b>[&#8220;So what inspired the song &#8216;Settling Down&#8217; was really falling in love with my husband. You know, I got this travelling bone that keeps me on the road and I love what I do and I love to go camping and take my Airstream around the country, so falling in love and sort of realizing in 2020 that I was nesting a little more than I ever have been able to. &#8216;Settling Down&#8217; couldn\u2019t resonate more with me than at a time like that.&#8221;]\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brandon also stars in the video for &#8220;Settling Down&#8221; which was filmed at their Nashville area farm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miranda recently opened her new restaurant and venue on Lower Broadway in Nashville called Casa Rosa. She is the only female country entertainer to own an establishment in downtown Nashville.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>LINDSAY ELL&#8217;S BROKEN FOOT IS THANKS TO HER DOG<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Lindsay Ell\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was sporting a shiny silver boot to match her dress at Wednesday (June 9th) night&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CMT Music Awards<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but it wasn&#8217;t the fashion look she was originally going for. Just a couple days before the awards, Lindsay took a spill while chasing her runaway dog and ended up with a broken foot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apparently her Pomeranian pup Hendrix tried to make a fast break. Lindsay told\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entertainment Tonight<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, &#8220;She got out of the bus &#8212; we left the bus door open and she just went plummeting out of it. Naturally, like any dog owner, (I ran) after her, but I was in socks &#8230; I jumped from the top step of the bus onto the parking lot, and I just landed wrong.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A trip to the doctor on Saturday (June 5th) confirmed that her foot was indeed broken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lindsay performed at the\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CMT Awards<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0with\u00a0<\/span><b>Lady A<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0to open the show.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 11th ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 18:05:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2021\/06\/on-todays-show-620\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22969","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=22969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22973,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22969\/revisions\/22973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}