On Today’s Show
➢ Vanderbilt kicker SARAH FULLER hit an extra point on Saturday, becoming the first woman to SCORE in a Power 5 game. Naturally, she was pretty excited, as were her teammates.
The Power 5 conferences are the major ones: The ACC, the Big Ten, the Big 12, the Pac-12, and the SEC.
She also kicked another extra point later in the game, but Vanderbilt lost 42-17. Afterward, she said, quote, “At the end of the day, they treated me like an athlete and that’s the best I could ask for.”
➢The Florida Gators lost the game against LSU because one of their players chucked a shoe that had fallen off of an LSU player. The score was tied, and LSU would’ve had a fourth down, but this penalty made it first and ten. The ref even tells us know how far it went. LSU made a long field goal and won, 37-34. (We’ve provided Austin Powers with a gap at :08, if you choose not to air him.)
➢Michigan shoppers are upset after an online rumor claimed that the PlayStation 5 would be for sale at a Troy Walmart. Almost 100 shoppers lined up in the cold before doors opened, some for several hours… before stampeding the doors when the Walmart opened up. The only problem… they didn’t have any PlayStation 5 gaming systems for sale. Can’t believe everything you read on the internet.
➢ A woman on TikTok asked her young daughter what her answer would be if a stranger came up and said, “I’m your mom’s friend and she sent me to pick you up.” Here’s the little girl’s response. (Her answer was, “You’re a liar, because my mom doesn’t have any friends.”)
➢A documentary about the beloved children’s show “Sesame Street” is coming to HBO Documentary Films. “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street,” will debut in 2021. It follows the work of Muppets creator Jim Henson along with some of the other pivotal voices who helped bring “Sesame Street” to air in the 1960s and made it a household name for generations.
TODAY IS……………….
- “International Monkey Day”, to raise awareness about monkey issues, monkeys in the news, and ways you can help monkeys . . . apes and other primates included
1977 [43] At the peak of the disco era, the film ‘Saturday Night Fever’ opens in theaters. The soundtrack contains the #1 hits ‘Stayin’ Alive’ and ‘Night Fever’, among others
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FOUR RANDOM FACTS
- The day after Osama bin Laden’sdeath, Disney tried to trademark the name “SEAL Team 6” . . . but it was rejected.
- Harrison Ford’spay for doing the first “Star Wars” was $10,000. He made 50 times more than that for “Return of the Jedi” . . . $500,000. And 2,000 times more than that for “The Force Awakens” . . . $20 million.
- There are still approximately 1.6 MILLION Americans who don’t have INDOOR PLUMBING . . . and use an outhouse or a hole in the ground.
- Philadelphia is the only city that’s had four major sports teams in a championship game in the same year. In 1980, the Phillies were in the World Series, Eagles in the Super Bowl, 76ers in the NBA Finals, and Flyers in the Stanley Cup Finals. But . . . only the Phillies won the title.
GOOD NEWS
A guy in Massachusetts named Matt Goodman lost his dad to cancer six years ago, but got a surprise gift from him on his 21st birthday last weekend.
Before he passed, his dad John gave Matt’s sister a $10 bill, and said he wanted to buy Matt his first beer. He used it to buy a Bud Light, which was his dad’s favorite.
Then the people at Budweiser heard about it and sent Matt eight more 30-packs. And people from all over the world are now hitting him up on Venmo, trying to buy him a beer.
So he’s asking them to donate to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute instead.
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BIRTHDAYS
[36] Jackson Rathbone, actor (“Twilight” franchise)
[32] Vanessa Hudgens, actress (“High School Musical” movies, “Thirteen”)
LAST WEEK IN SCIENCE
- The former head of Israel’s space program claimed that aliens existand we’ve already made contact. He claims that Aliens have reached an agreement with the US government to keep quiet about the experiments they conduct on Earth — as well as their secret base on Mars — until mankind is ready to accept them. Haim Eshed told an Israeli newspaper that Donald Trump was on the “verge of revealing” but aliens in the Galactic Federation pressured him to wait because “They don’t want to start mass hysteria.” So, an agreement was reached to keep their existence under wraps. Fortunately, according to Eshed, they come in peace.
- SpaceX’s newest Starship prototypehad a perfect launch and test flight this week . . . but had trouble landing and EXPLODED on impact.
- Bill Nyeposted another video for anti-maskers that explains why the coronavirus can’t get through masks. Basically, virus particles don’t float around on their own. They cling to tiny droplets of spit, which are much larger than the gaps in face masks.
- A new-age quantum computertook a problem that a normal computer would take 2.6 BILLION YEARS to solve . . . and did it in four minutes.
- A study in Canada found that honeybeescake the entrance of their nest with other animals’ POOP to discourage hornets from attacking.
- A new study found that we’ve now hit the point where man-made objectsoutweigh ALL living things on Earth.
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ALL ABOUT EGGNOG
An online poll of over 1,500 people reveals the following:
59% say they do NOT love eggnog
41% say YES they love eggnog
MONDAY DECEMBER 14TH
- Country music legend CHARLEY PRIDEpassed away on Saturday in Dallas due to complications from COVID-19. He was 86. This took everyone by surprise because he never publicly announced he had the disease.
It was just last Tuesday that he posted a video on Facebook about his new website, and he seemed fine. But after he passed away his family released a statement saying he was admitted to the hospital in late November with COVID-19 symptoms.
He died almost a month to the day after being given the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the CMAs. That was also his last public performance. He and Jimmie Allen sang his 1971 crossover hit “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'”.
The show was held indoors, so people have been wondering if that’s where he caught the virus. The CMAs and Charley’s reps issued a joint statement on that.
Quote, “Everyone followed strict testing protocols outlined by the city health department and unions. Charley was tested prior to traveling to Nashville. He was tested upon landing in Nashville, and again on show day, with all tests coming back negative.
He had 29 Number One hits between 1967 and 1988, plus 27 Top 10 Country Albums. He was the CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1971 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
- Green Bay Packers 31, Detroit Lions 24
Buffalo Bills 26, Pittsburgh Steelers 15
Tonight’s Monday Night Football game on ESPN:
Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns (8:15 pm ET)
- Vanderbilt kicker SARAH FULLERhit an extra point on Saturday, becoming the first woman to SCORE in a Power 5 game. Naturally, she was pretty excited, as were her teammates.
The Power 5 conferences are the major ones: The ACC, the Big Ten, the Big 12, the Pac-12, and the SEC.
She also kicked another extra point later in the game, but Vanderbilt lost 42-17. Afterward, she said, quote, “At the end of the day, they treated me like an athlete and that’s the best I could ask for.”
- Here’s comedian Dan Soder joking about what we should do with people who never look up from their cell phones.
LOTTERIES THIS WEEKEND
No winning ticket was sold for the $27 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw.
That means the jackpot for the next draw TOMORROW will grow to approximately $32 million.
No winning ticket was sold for the $21 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.
However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Ontario.
The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw WEDNESDAY will be approximately $25 million.
CHARLEY PRIDE DEAD AT 86 FROM COVID-19
County Music Hall of Fame member, Charley Pride died on Saturday morning (Dec. 12) in Dallas, Texas from Covid-19.
He charted 67 songs and 29 of them were #1’s. He earned CMA’s Entertainer of the Year in 1971 and was twice named Male Vocalist of the Year.
The Opry star gave his last public performance on the CMA Awards on November 11, he sang his cross-over hit, “Kiss An Angel Good Morning.” That night he also received the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. Charley Pride was 86.
FAST FACTS
He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
When he was 16, Charley played professional baseball in the Negro League and in his later years became part owner of the MLB Texas Rangers.
He was the first Black artist to co-host the CMA Awards. That was in 1975 alongside
Glen Campbell.
GABBY BARRETT KNOWS IT’S CHRISTMASTIME WHEN SHE SEES EGGNOG IN THE STORES
Gabby Barrett says the Christmas holiday season officially begins for her when she first lays eyes on eggnog in the grocey store. While it excites her because it means the holidays are upon us, she tells us she is not a fan of the popular Christmastime beverage. [“Eggnog, that’s what does it for me, every single time cause I go grocery shopping so often that when you see the eggnog all stacked up . . . I don’t like it, sadly. I don’t. My husband loves it. I remember not liking it at a young age. Maybe I need to try it again now that I’m pregnant cause I might end up liking it, so we’ll see (laughs).”]
Gabby released her own version of “The First Noel” back in October.
OLD DOMINION RELEASES E.P. OF SONGS WRITTEN FOR OTHER ARTISTS
Old Dominion has released their latest EP, Band Behind The Curtain. It’s a collection of the band’s own studio versions of songs they penned that became #1 songs for other artists.
Lead singer, Matthew Ramsey, said, “With songwriting we made the decision to write what we thought was cool and what we were enjoying instead of chasing something.”
Trevor Rosen added, “First and foremost, you just gotta try to write a great song.”
Along with the music, there’s a video that gives a glimpse of the songwriting process. Band Behind The Curtain was released on Friday (12-4.)
FAST FACTS
They recently took home Song of The Year and Group of the Year wins at the recent ACM Awards.
The band has had eight #1 songs as a band.
