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The police in Green Bay, Wisconsin came up with an idea to scare shoplifters earlier this year . . . they put LIFE-SIZED CUTOUTS of the chief of police in stores.
And maybe it stopped some thefts, because they say shoplifting is down 5%. But it certainly didn’t stop ONE theft.
Because on Sunday night . . . someone stole the CUTOUT from a convenience store.
The cops are trying to track down the thief.
As for the chief, he has a theory of where his cutout might be, quote, “I figure [it] posted at a shooting range somewhere, or perhaps lining a birdcage.”
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ENTERTAINMENT
- “Aquaman” (PG-13, Action/Adventure): Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world. (Jason Momoa, Amber Heard)
- “Bumblebee” (PG-13, Action/Adventure): On the run in 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. (Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena)
- “Mary Poppins Returns” (PG, Kids/Family): Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael’s children through a difficult time in their lives. (Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda)
- “Welcome to Marwen” (PG-13, Drama): A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process. (Steve Carell, Leslie Mann)
TODAY IS……………….
- “Ugly Christmas Sweater Day”, a day of light-hearted fun, and a day to be yourself and not that buttoned up corporate version of yourself
- “Crossword Puzzle Day”, celebrating the date in 1913 when the first ‘Crossword Puzzle’ was published in the “New York World”. Arthur Wynne devised what he called a ‘Word-Cross’ for the Christmas edition, unaware he was starting a worldwide craze.
- “Winter Solstice”, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, as Winter officially arrives at 5:23pm EST. (Just 89 days until Spring!)
SUNDAY–
• “Festivus”, created in 1966 but little-known until mentioned in a “Seinfeld” episode in 1997. It’s dedicated to celebrating the season without the pressure and commercialism of traditional holidays.
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
DECEMBER 21ST, 1968 Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman” earned him a Number One _____________________________________________________________________________
You Only Have 27 Seconds to Make a Good First Impression . . .
The time between meeting someone and having that person decided they definitely DON’T LIKE YOU is very, very short.
According to a new survey, you only have 27 SECONDS to make a good first impression. And that’s not 27 seconds from when you start talking . . . the majority of people start that countdown clock from the moment they see you.
So . . . what can you do to make sure that impression is good? According to a new survey, here are the top 10 things . . .
Smiling . . . being polite . . . being well-spoken . . . making eye contact . . . listening well . . . smelling nice . . . holding the conversation well . . . good body language . . . good tone of voice . . . and dressing well.
And the three WORST things you can do are: Smelling bad . . . being arrogant . . . and dressing poorly.
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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS
A guy in the U.K. named Owen Williams is blowing up on Twitter right now, because of something he posted about his neighbor this week.
Ken Watson recently passed away at the age of 87. Owen says he was a sweet guy, and everyone loved him. Even Owen’s dog loved him.
He was also an interesting guy. Their local paper did a story two years ago after he WING WALKED on a plane at age 85.
Anyway, Ken’s daughter knocked on Owen’s door on Monday. She was holding a big bag . . . got pretty emotional . . . and said the bag was full of PRESENTS.
It turned out that before Ken died, he bought Christmas presents for Owen’s two-year-old DAUGHTER. And not just for this year. He bought enough gifts for the next FOURTEEN Christmases.
Owen showed the bag to his wife, and they both teared up. Now they’re trying to decide what to do.
They’re going to space them out over the next 14 years. But they can’t decide if they should unwrap them first and choose age-appropriate gifts, or just do it randomly.
Owen took a poll on Twitter, and 69% of people think random is the way to go.
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BIRTHDAYS
[81] Jane Fonda
[70] Samuel L Jackson
[61] Ray Romano
[52] Kiefer Sutherland
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The Worst Passwords of the Year Include “123456,” “password,” and “111111”
Every year, a company called SplashData goes through all the lists of hacked passwords that get leaked on the Internet, to figure out the most common, easy, and hackable ones that people are still using.
And in 2018, for the fifth straight year, the two most common passwords are . . . “123456” and “password.” Somewhere, a room full of Russians are looking up from their fake Facebook accounts and smiling.
Some of the other worst passwords of the year are: 111111 . . . qwerty . . . iloveyou . . . admin . . . football . . . monkey . . . and password1.
QUESTION…. Do you regularly change your passwords?
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RANDOM REPORT
✓ Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney used the same piano to record ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and ‘Hey Jude’.
✓ Studies show that Sprite may be one of the best hangover remedies.
✓ The inventor of rolled toilet paper filed his patent in 1891 clearly showing in illustrations that the paper should hang OVER the roll, not under it.
✓ The world’s largest KFC is in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was built in an old train station, and it’s about 17,000 square feet.
JORDAN DAVIS LOVES ‘IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE’ – (12/21/2018)
Jordan Davis says his favorite Christmas songs include anything recorded by Nat King Cole. And when it comes to movies, he’s just as traditional.
He has a yearly tradition that started when he moved to Nashville. [“The one Christmas movie I have to watch, which Elf has slowly taken over that spot, but I would have to say It’s a Wonderful Life. Then moving to Nashville, they play it at a theater here in town, and it’s something that I really look forward to going and seeing that movie. Man, it’s just a great movie.”]
FAST FACTS
Jordan currently has a top 20 hit with “Take It From Me.”
Jordan was named Billboard Country and Country Aircheck’s Top New Country Artist for 2018.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 21ST
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[81] Jane Fonda
[70] Samuel L Jackson
[61] Ray Romano
[52] Kiefer Sutherland
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- • “A Home for the Holidays: The 20th Anniversary” (CBS): Host LL Cool J introduces inspirational stories about children adopted from foster care. Gwen Stefani, Train and Lukas Graham perform.
- “Elf” (AMC): Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as an elf by Santa, heads to his place of birth in search of his biological family
SATURDAY–
• “CMA Country Christmas” (ABC): Reba McEntire hosts, featuring Tony Bennett, Dan + Shay, Brett Eldredge, Amy Grant, Diana Krall, Dustin Lynch, Martina McBride, Old Dominion, Brad Paisley, Michael W. Smith, and more.
- “Aquaman”is out this weekend. It’s up against “Bumblebee”, the Steve Carell movie “Welcome to Marwen”, the Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy “Second Act”, and Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns”.
- On the “Tonight Show”last night, MILEY CYRUS gave the Christmas classic “Santa Baby” a feminist twist, saying that what she really wants is things like equal pay for women and to not have her butt grabbed on her way to work.
- Jimmy read a batch of “All I Want For Christmas Is” tweets from viewers last night.
RASCAL FLATTS FOCUS ON FAMILY DURING THE HOLIDAYS
Gary, Joe Don, and Jay of Rascal Flatts have played a lot of holidays through their career, but as they gained success they realized they had also paid their dues and started taking time off. [“Well, I think several years ago what we decided to do was take a certain section of the calendar and just block it out for the holidays so that we would make sure that we were with our families. And as we started to have kids it became even more important to be with their wives and our families so that we could start those traditions with them. And it’s harder when you’re a new artist you’re not so much as in control of your schedule as when you are touring on your own and you get to kind of dictate what your schedule will be. So it’s just a commitment we’ve made to each other and our families to try to take that chunk of time during the holidays and set it aside to be off and to be available for them.”]
FAST FACTS
Rascal Flatts will kick off 2019 with a performance at the Grand Ole Opry on January 9th.
KEITH URBAN WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Keith Urban is set to ring in 2019 at a New Year’s Eve concert in Nashville, but for now, he and his wife Nicole Kidman and their 2 daughters Sunday and Faith are spending Christmas in Australia. [“I have great memories of getting up early and going and jumping on your parents’ bed and getting them up. You know, and then of course you tear open the presents and then it’s done and it’s like eight in the morning, and you’ve got all morning now to sort of wish you had more presents to open. We had great Christmases growing up. I really, really enjoyed them. Mostly, we’d go to the beach, you know, ’cause there it’s summertime. Load up the station wagon and head off to the beach.”]
FAST FACTS
Last month, he won Entertainer of the Year.
DIERKS BENTLEY TURNS INTO CLARK GRISWOLD THIS TIME OF YEAR – (12/21/2018)
Dierks Bentley enjoys being home and spending time with his wife and kids this time of year. He says that being Evie, Jordan, and Knox’s dad brings out another side of him… He compares himself to Chevy Chase’s character in the movie, Christmas Vacation: [“You know, Christmas didn’t lose any of its real meaning, as far as its religious meaning with Jesus’ birthday. But as far as like the whole tree and all of the Christmas spirit stuff, the secular stuff, it just kind of goes away to be honest. But then you have a family, and all of a sudden, it’s like I’m all Clark Griswold out there decorating the tree, putting lights up around the house, you know. So, all of those things that you did as a kid and appreciated as a kid, you get a chance to do over again when you have kids, because you kinda become one again.”]
FAST FACTS
Burning Man Tour, kicks off January 17th in Hamilton, Ontario.
