{"id":6912,"date":"2019-06-13T09:35:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T13:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=6912"},"modified":"2019-06-13T07:38:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T11:38:04","slug":"on-todays-show-177","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/06\/on-todays-show-177\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple in Florida were having a\u00a0picnic\u00a0by a lake last Thursday, before the guy left for the Marines for 10 weeks.\u00a0 But the picnic got crashed by a huge alligator that ate all their food.\u00a0 You could tell they had a sense of humor about the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kraft is releasing a new product called SALAD FROSTING.\u00a0 It&#8217;s in a pouch and has lots of bright colors on the front.<\/p>\n<p>But &#8220;salad frosting&#8221; is actually just . . . ranch dressing.<\/p>\n<p>By disguising it as &#8220;frosting,&#8221; the hope is it&#8217;ll push kids to use it on their vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, ranch dressing isn&#8217;t THAT healthier than actual frosting when it comes to calories and fat.\u00a0 It does have less sugar though . . . and if it motivates kids to eat vegetables, then maybe it&#8217;s worth it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jim Gaffigan was on Seth Myers last night, and told a funny story about his recent fall while walking on stage.\u00a0 And it was only one step up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We still don\u2019t know much about the \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d movie that is reportedly a sequel set to follow the events of the original series. But we do know this: Walter White\u2019s son will not be in it. RJ Mitte who played Flynn in the series, says he\u2019s \u201cnot a part of\u201d the film. He says he envisioned a future for Flynn in which the character has now joined the DEA and is committed to finding out what happened to his uncle Hank. The Breaking Bad film is reportedly code-named \u201cGreenbriar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cSewing Machine Day\u201d, Thomas Saint patented the first sewing machine in 1790. Since then, the sewing machine has become one of the iconic symbols of the Industrial Revolution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1920 US Post Office says children can no longer be sent by parcel post (after various instances of just that)<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JUNE 13<sup>th<\/sup>, 1987\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Randy Travis kicked off a 3 wk run at #1 with \u201cForever and Ever Amen\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>George Lucas<\/strong>didn&#8217;t win any Oscars for\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Star Wars&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>. . . but his ex-wife did.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Marcia Lucas<\/strong>\u00a0won the Oscar for Best Film Editing for\u00a0<em>&#8220;Star Wars&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0in 1978.\u00a0 She and George got divorced in 1983.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>The world&#8217;s first breast implants were given to a DOG named Esmeralda in Texas in 1962 . . . as a test to see if they&#8217;d work.\u00a0 They did, so doctors started giving them to people.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Only 23 people have ever gone scuba diving below 790 feet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>The phrase &#8220;When it rains, it pours&#8221; comes from a Morton Salt ad from the 1910s.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CHERNOBYL IS NOW AN INSTAGRAM HOT SPOT THANKS TO THE H-B-O SHOW <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HBO&#8217;s miniseries Chernobyl is getting a lot of buzz, and that&#8217;s apparently spilling over into the Instagram community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The real Chernobyl, a Ukrainian nuclear power plant that was the site of the April 1986 disaster, is now becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination. And with the tourists come Instagram posts, of course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A search for the photos shows many in the area around Pripyat, Ukraine, near the remains of the plant. There are even a few slightly not safe for work &#8220;model shots&#8221; taken in the area. One disaster tour company told Reuters that it has seen a 40 percent increase in bookings since the Chernobyl miniseries debuted in May.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the record, the area around Chernobyl is still classified as an exclusion zone, due to the ongoing radiation and toxicity of the area as a result of the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One tour guide told Reuters that visiting the area is safe.<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a\u00a0five-year-old kid in\u00a0Green Bay\u00a0named\u00a0Kyu San Juan\u00a0who was born with a condition where the arteries in his brain were all twisted up.\u00a0 And he had to have an operation\u00a0last Wednesday\u00a0to fix it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now a video of him dancing in the frozen food aisle of a grocery store is going viral.\u00a0 Because that&#8217;s what he wanted to do when he got nervous the night before surgery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Apparently his mom shops there late at night when it&#8217;s empty.\u00a0 And he likes to dance around while she&#8217;s getting groceries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His grandfather flew in from across the country to be there for the surgery.\u00a0 And Kyu wanted HIM to dance with him.\u00a0 So he got out of bed around midnight, and he&#8217;s in it too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kyu also needed the left side of his head shaved for the surgery.\u00a0 So his grandfather got a matching haircut, just so he&#8217;d feel better about it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The best news is the operation was a success.\u00a0 It went better than his doctors hoped, and they think he won&#8217;t need any other treatments after this.\u00a0 He was back up on his feet within a few days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He even danced again while he was still in the hospital.\u00a0 The grocery store chain where they did the video is called\u00a0Festival Foods.\u00a0 And they sent their mascot . . . a big turkey named Boomer . . . to the hospital to dance with him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[66] Tim Allen, actor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[57] Ally Sheedy, movie actress (\u201cThe Breakfast Club\u201d, \u201cSt. Elmo\u2019s Fire\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[38] Chris Evans, actor (\u201cCaptain America\u201d films, \u201cAvengers\u201d films)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[33] Kat Dennings, actress (\u2018Max Black\u2019 on \u201c2 Broke Girls\u201d 2011-17)<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>NASA Is Opening up the International Space Station to Tourists . . . but It&#8217;ll Cost You<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NASA just announced that it&#8217;s going to open up the International Space Station to TOURISTS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Until now, they banned any commercial use of the ISS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But getting up there won&#8217;t be cheap.\u00a0 It&#8217;ll cost you $35,000 per NIGHT to say on the space station for up to 30 nights . . . plus you&#8217;ll have to pay a private company to fly you there and back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And considering that it costs roughly $60 million for companies like SpaceX to make those trips . . . odds are the cost will be in the millions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But if you&#8217;ve got a TON of money lying around and you want to go to space, you can start taking these trips as soon as next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Bill Murray Explains Why He Created a Secret 1-800 Number<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray has no agent or manager and assesses most roles that come his way through a<\/p>\n<p>1-800 number. In a recent interview he said that he created the number \u2014 which is not listed, and only passed around through word of mouth \u2014 to keep Hollywood agents off his back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>I had a house phone, and it would just ring and ring,\u201d Murray said. \u201cFinally, I\u2019d pick up the phone and I\u2019d say, Who is calling me and letting my phone ring like that?\u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI just unplugged the phone and then I got this 800 number, which is very handy, he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Filmmakers who happen to get their hands on that mysterious 1-800 number shouldn\u2019t expect any timeline for hearing back from the actor, or assume he\u2019ll ever bother at all. <em>It\u2019s not like at 11 o\u2019clock it\u2019s time to check the messages, he said.<\/em> <em>Sometimes I go days or weeks. Sorry I\u2019m busy living.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0___________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THURSDAY JUNE 13<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>[66] Tim Allen, actor<\/p>\n<p>[57] Ally Sheedy, movie actress (\u201cThe Breakfast Club\u201d, \u201cSt. Elmo\u2019s Fire\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>[38] Chris Evans, actor (\u201cCaptain America\u201d films, \u201cAvengers\u201d films)<\/p>\n<p>[33] Kat Dennings, actress (\u2018Max Black\u2019 on \u201c2 Broke Girls\u201d 2011-17)<\/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>The\u00a0<strong>St. Louis Blues<\/strong>\u00a0have FINALLY ended their 51-year drought and won their first\u00a0<strong>Stanley Cup<\/strong>.\u00a0 They beat the <strong>Boston Bruins<\/strong>\u00a04-1 in Game Seven last night.\u00a0 Even crazier:\u00a0 The Blues were in LAST place back in January.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues\u00a0went on a tear in the second half of the season, winning 30 of their last 45 games.\u00a0 They earned the fifth seed in the Western Conference, and defeated the\u00a0<strong>Dallas Stars<\/strong>\u00a0in seven games, and then the\u00a0<strong>San Jose Sharks<\/strong>\u00a0in six.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Durant of the Warriors confirmed\u00a0that he ruptured his Achilles, which is expected to keep him out for more than a YEAR. Warriors coach Steve Kerr got some heat for playing him after he just came back from a calf injury.\u00a0 <strong><em>Here&#8217;s Coach Kerr\u00a0talking\u00a0about the decision to play Durant.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toronto leads the series 3-2.\u00a0 Game Six is TONIGHT.<\/p>\n<p>One fan sent Durant flowers\u00a0to apologize for the crowd&#8217;s initial reaction.\u00a0 And another\u00a0started a GoFundMe to benefit Durant&#8217;s charity.\u00a0 Last we&#8217;d checked it&#8217;d raised more than\u00a0$23,000.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Regulating prices for men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s health products, Xbox body spray, and a Florida couple using an alligator for a gender reveal.\u00a0 (From Seth Meyers and James Cordin on Wednesday, June 12, 2019)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>There&#8217;s an observation\u00a0deck sticking out from the top of the Willis Tower in Chicago, where tourists can stand on the glass floor and look down.\u00a0 And on Monday it shattered.\u00a0 It was just the protective coating on the glass, and no one was in danger, but still.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a foreign guy and his American wife who were standing on it when it happened.\u00a0 It happened in 2014 too.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Ellen was talking about slow drivers\u2026\u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CLARE DUNN ON FATHER\u2019S DAY <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The biggest Father&#8217;s Day gift Clare Dunn ever gave to her dad was a weather machine.\u00a0 It scored big because he&#8217;s a farmer and he put it to good use.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Dolly Parton Won&#8217;t Do the Rides at Dollywood<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOLLY PARTON<\/strong>\u00a0was talking about Wildwood Grove, which is the $137 million expansion to her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot of great stuff, including six new\u00a0rides\u00a0. . . so she was asked if she has a favorite.\u00a0 She said, quote, &#8220;I don&#8217;t ride the rides. \u00a0I never have. \u00a0I have a tendency to get motion sickness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Also, I&#8217;m a little bit chicken. \u00a0With all my hair I got so much to lose, like my wig or my shoes.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t like to get messed up.\u00a0 I&#8217;m gonna have some handsome man mess it up, I don&#8217;t want some ride doing it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jimmie Allen told some dad jokes in honor of Father&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 For example:\u00a0 &#8220;How much does a hipster weigh?\u00a0 An Instagram.&#8221;\u00a0 And then this:\u00a0 &#8220;What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet?\u00a0 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