{"id":5922,"date":"2019-05-08T09:30:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=5922"},"modified":"2019-05-08T04:59:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T08:59:03","slug":"on-todays-show-154","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/05\/on-todays-show-154\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re still looking for someone to tell you how to get\u2026how to get to \u201cSesame Street\u201d, we\u2019re pretty sure that your GPS will get you there these days.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the show\u2019s 50th anniversary celebration, the intersection of West 63rd Street and Broadway in Manhattan, where the show\u2019s offices are located, has been permanently renamed \u201cSesame Street\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the official ceremony, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was joined by Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Elmo and more of their friends to commemorate the event, which is part of the show\u2019s year-long celebration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco have slightly extended their time on \u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d by signing on to host a tribute to the show. \u201cUnraveling the Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell\u201d will air after the show\u2019s finale on May 16.<\/p>\n<p>The special will take fans behind the scenes of what has become the longest-running multi-camera comedy series in television history. Galecki and Cuoco will also share secrets from the show and moments from their favourite scenes over the past 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shannen Doherty has officially signed on to reprise her role on \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210\u201d in the reboot, scheduled to air this summer.\u00a0 Doherty made the announcement on Friday, posting a photo of the cast \u2014 including the late Luke Perry \u2014 with the caption, \u201cYes it\u2019s official. The real question is\u2026. will we still be rocking those outfits?\u201d \u00a0Doherty is the last core \u201c90210\u201d cast member to sign onto the reboot. Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green and Ian Ziering will also appear.<\/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>\u201cWorld Red Cross Day\u201d, celebrating the 1828 birth of Jean Henri Dunant in Geneva, Switzerland, founder of the International Red Cross<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1987 Canada\u2019s 1-dollar coin is introduced (quickly nicknamed the \u2018loonie\u2019, due to its reverse side depiction of the Common Loon, a bird that\u2019s well-known throughout the country)<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>132 years ago\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; In 1886,\u00a0<strong>Dr. John Pemberton\u00a0<\/strong>came up with the secret formula for<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coca-Cola<\/strong>\u00a0syrup, while cooking over a fire in his backyard. At first he combined it with straight water, but a drugstore clerk used carbonated water, and that&#8217;s how Coke was born.<\/p>\n<p><strong>38 MILLION GALLONS ARE NOW CONSUMED DAILY<\/strong>, and &#8220;Coke&#8221; is the most understood word in the world.<br \/>\n<strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAY 8<sup>th<\/sup>,\u00a0 2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Keith Urban hit #1 with \u201cYou\u2019ll Think of Me\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Studies have found the middle stall in a public bathroom is usually the dirtiest . . . the first stall is the cleanest.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>The first time Google changed its logo to one of its &#8220;doodles&#8221; was August 30th, 1998 . . . six days before they even incorporated the company.\u00a0 The doodle was in honor of Burning Man . . . which is where the two founders were going that weekend.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Brass objects, including doorknobs, sterilize themselves after about 8 hours because bacteria has a hard time surviving on brass.<\/li>\n<li>Japan is making all of the medals for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo out of discarded electronics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a\u00a0two-year-old girl in Florida named\u00a0Harper Comparin\u00a0who was born with severe spina bifida.\u00a0 So her parents didn&#8217;t know if she&#8217;d ever be able to walk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But now she is . . . and the song\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Baby Shark&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0played a big part in it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A doctor named\u00a0Michelle Schultz\u00a0has been working with her at\u00a0Johns Hopkins All Children&#8217;s Hospital\u00a0in\u00a0St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And she wanted to get her up and moving.\u00a0 So she decided to see if\u00a0<em>&#8220;Baby Shark&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0would help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whenever it comes on, Harper gets all excited.\u00a0 And they use it kind of like a metronome, where she has to walk to the beat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She could only take a few steps at first.\u00a0 And her parents say even that was amazing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But now she&#8217;s tooling all over the place, and getting stronger every day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[62] Bill Cowher, TV football analyst (\u201cNFL Today on CBS\u201d)\/retired NFL coach (Pittsburgh Steelers 1992-2007)\/Super Bowl 40 winner (2006)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[55] Melissa Gilbert, Actress (\u2018Laura Ingalls\u2019 on \u201cLittle House on the Prairie\u201d 1974-1983)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0_____________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DO YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH?<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>An online poll reveals how often they brush their teeth:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>54% twice a day<\/p>\n<p>31% once a day<\/p>\n<p>13% three times a day<\/p>\n<p>3% other<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>More People Are Planning to Buy Mother&#8217;s Day Gifts This Year Than Last Year . . .<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mother&#8217;s Day is this weekend.\u00a0Here are some results from a new survey about what we&#8217;re planning to do for Mother&#8217;s Day this year . . .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>76% of people are planning to buy their mom a gift, which is up from 70% last year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>It&#8217;s also way higher than Father&#8217;s Day, where only 61% of people bought a present last year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>We&#8217;re also planning to spend $30 MORE in 2018 than we did in 2017.\u00a0 The average person spent $58 on Mother&#8217;s Day last year . . . this time around they&#8217;re going to drop $88.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>But what does your mom actually WANT?\u00a0 Half of them say they want a nice dinner . . . and the rest are split evenly between getting flowers or a gift card.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0___________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>WEDNESDAY MAY 8<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<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[62] Bill Cowher, TV football analyst (\u201cNFL Today on CBS\u201d)\/retired NFL coach (Pittsburgh Steelers 1992-2007)\/Super Bowl 40 winner (2006)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[55] Melissa Gilbert, Actress (\u2018Laura Ingalls\u2019 on \u201cLittle House on the Prairie\u201d 1974-1983)<\/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>St. Louis Blues 2, Dallas Stars 1 (Double OT) &#8212;\u00a0<strong><em>St. Louis wins series 4 games to 3<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tonight :\u00a0\u00a0 Colorado vs San Jose\u00a0 (Series tied at 3)<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>NBA<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toronto Raptors 125, Philadelphia 76ers 89 &#8212; Toronto leads 3 games to 2<\/p>\n<p>Denver Nuggets 124, Portland Trail Blazers 98 &#8212; Denver leads 3 games to 2<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MLB<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Toronto\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0<\/p>\n<p>LA Angels\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Detroit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Liam Cunningham was on Conan last night.\u00a0 He plays Ser Davos Seaworth on &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221;.\u00a0 And he started the interview by giving Conan a Starbucks cup.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>A couple got\u00a0married\u00a0in the baggage claim of the Cleveland airport on Saturday.\u00a0 They met there 12 years ago, in April of 2007, when the girl was asked by her boss to pick the guy up at the airport.\u00a0 They have two kids together, but never formalized things until now.\u00a0 So they had 125 guests at the airport, and Southwest Airlines shut down baggage claims six and seven so they could do the ceremony and reception.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>The Met Gala, Sesame Street, and the new Apple keyboard are the topics in the best late night jokes from last eve.\u00a0 (From Kimmel, Colbert, and Seth on Tuesday, May 7, 2019)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The CMT Music Awards Nominations Have Been Announced<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They announced the nominees for this year&#8217;s\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;CMT Music Awards&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Jason Aldean<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Maren Morris<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Brothers Osborne<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Miranda Lambert<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Zac Brown Band<\/strong>\u00a0had three nominations each . . . while tons of artists had two.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fan-voted awards show and you have until midnight June 4th to\u00a0vote.\u00a0 You can vote more than once.\u00a0 The show airs June 5th, and\u00a0<strong>Little Big Town<\/strong>\u00a0are the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>KENNY CHESNEY DEDICATES BBMA WIN TO NO SHOES NATION &#8211; (05\/03\/2019)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenny Chesney<\/strong>\u00a0was named Top Country Tour at the\u00a0<em>Billboard Music Awards\u00a0<\/em>last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He played 19 stadiums across 41 concert dates on his 2018\u00a0<em>Trip Around the Sun Tour<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny is currently in the midst of his\u00a0<em>Songs for the Saints 2019<\/em>\u00a0arena tour, playing in towns he hasn&#8217;t been able to get to in years due to his larger 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We get to connect, and some nights it\u2019s very special, and some nights it\u2019s out of this world, and some nights it feels like an out-of-body experience that you\u2019re so caught up in that moment and those are the nights that you don\u2019t ever want to end.\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CARRIE UNDERWOOD&#8217;S FAMILY ADJUSTING TO LIFE ON TOUR WITH A &#8216;ROCKSTAR&#8217; &#8211;<\/u><\/strong><strong> (05\/06\/2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Carrie Underwood<\/strong>\u00a0closed out the first week on her\u00a0<em>Cry Pretty Tour 360\u00a0<\/em>on Saturday (May 4th) in Little Rock, Arkansas, and her family was definitely along for the ride. Her husband,\u00a0<strong>Mike Fisher<\/strong>, and young sons<strong>\u00a0Isaiah<\/strong>, 4, and three-month-old\u00a0<strong>Jacob<\/strong>, accompanied Carrie on the run.<\/p>\n<p>This is just the beginning of life on the road for this family of four, but Carrie says she&#8217;s ready to roll with the punches.\u00a0[\u201cIt\u2019s going to be interesting having both of them on the road. The last time we were out on tour, Isaiah was 11 months old and perfectly content hanging out on the bus and this time, I feel like he\u2019s going to be, I don\u2019t know. He\u2019ll either love it or be a holy terror to everyone (laughs), everyone else. You just figure out life and make up rules as you go along. 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