On Today’s Show
➢ Celebrity chef José Andrés was one of the first people to use his restaurants to give out free food when COVID hit. And after the chaos at the Capitol this week, he stepped up again, handing out a bunch of free food to cops and first responders in D.C.
➢ A Brampton, ON man is facing charges after allegedly stealing a package from a home, and getting stuck in the snow as he was trying to flee. Video of the afternoon incident shows the 33-year-old attempting to make off with the package before the home’s front door swings open and the person filming can be heard saying, “You’re done.” The suspect then hops in his car and attempts to flee, before backing into a snowbank and getting stuck. The man can then be seen getting in and out of the car and trying to remove the snow and free his front wheels to no avail. Police eventually arrived and arrested him.
➢ You can recycle your Christmas tree and help out some animals in the process. The Lewis Adventure Farm in New Era, Michigan, is asking residents to donate their Christmas trees to them so they can be played with and eaten by the facility’s goats. The farm says the trees will be given to their herd of over 40 goats for enrichment and nourishment. They note that the needles are a good source of Vitamin C for the animals, and also that goats have very hard mouths, so they can safely eat the needles. Those looking to donate can leave their trees (with all decorations removed) at a drop-off spot in the facility’s front driveway.
➢ There’s a new cookbook out called “How to Eat Your Christmas Tree” that features a bunch of recipes you can make using your tree, including everything from fish to ice cream. The author is an “artisan baker and cook” in the U.K. named Julia Georgallis.
➢ You won’t find many people who loved the 2013 series finale of “Dexter,” which left everybody’s favorite serial killer in a self-imposed isolation as a lumberjack. But Michael C. Hall, who played ‘Dexter Morgan’ over eight seasons of the Showtime series, says he hopes the upcoming revival can make up for it. A 10-episode limited run is tentatively scheduled to premiere this fall. As Hall put it: “I include myself in the group of people that wondered, ‘What the (heck) happened to that guy?’ So, I’m excited to step back into it.”
TODAY IS……………….
- “Bubble Bath Day”, a day to take the time to luxuriate in a super-foamy tubful of bubbles.
2004 [17] The Donald Trump-hosted reality TV series “The Apprentice” makes its debut on NBC
1993 [28] 1993 Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point (2nd fastest to do so, after Wilt Chamberlain)
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
Tim McGraw began a three-week run at Number One on the Billboard country singles chart with “Felt Good On My Lips” in 2011
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MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES IN 2020 (Canada):
(Names in brackets are last year’s rank, if it was in the top-10)
• Boys: • Girls:
1. Liam (1) 1. Olivia (2)
2. Jackson (2) 2. Emma (3)
3. Noah (3) 3. Mia (8)
4. Lucas (4) 4. Sophia (4)
5. Oliver (9) 5. Zoey
6. Grayson (5) 6. Charlotte (6)
7. Leo 7. Amelia (7)
8. Jack 8. Aria (5)
9. Benjamin 9. Mila (9)
10. William 10. Hannah
Also, of note:
• The only girl’s baby names remaining from the 2000 list are Olivia, Emma and Hannah. Other names in the top-10 that year included Emily, Sarah, Jessica, Madison, Ashley, Megan and Taylor.
- Only Benjamin appears on the top-10 list for boy’s names in both 2000 and 2020. Twenty years ago, Joshua, Matthew, Jacob, Ryan, Nicholas, Ethan, Michael, Brandon and Alexander were the other favorites.
FOUR RANDOM FACTS
- Johnny Cash’s birth name wasn’t Johnny . . . he didn’t have ANY first name. His parents gave him the initials J.R. because they couldn’t think of a name. When he enlisted in the Air Force, they said he needed a name . . . so he picked John.
- The cost of a cell phone in 1984 was $4,195 (in the US—equal to about $10,000 today).
- “Midnight Train to Georgia” was originally called “Midnight Plane to Houston” . . . because the songwriter was talking with Farrah Fawcett and she said she was taking a midnight plane to Houston to see her family.
- People develop first impressions of you in a tenth of a second.
GOOD NEWS
A drive-thru worker in Vaughn recently mentioned to a customer that he used to go to college but had to drop out because he couldn’t afford it.
So, a bunch of customers started a GoFundMe page that’s now raised over $20,000 to send him back to school.
They surprised him in the parking lot outside of the Tim Hortons where he works.
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BIRTHDAYS
[66] Mike Reno, rock singer (Loverboy)
[42] Sarah Polley, Toronto ON, movie director (“Away From Her”)/TV actress (“John Adams”)/Canada’s Walk of Fame (2010)
TOP SELLING POTATO CHIP BRANDS…………..
LAYS PLAIN
RUFFLES ALL DRESSED
MISS VICKIES
OLD DUTCH
KETTLE CHIPS
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SPLISH-SPLASH:
So, you’re working from home these days…do you REALLY need to shower every day?
Short answer: No. For most adults, the biggest reason for showering is to reduce body odor, according to Elaine Larson, professor emerita at Columbia University School of Nursing in New York.
She says showering less can be a good idea because it helps keep beneficial microbes on your skin. She recommends that adults shower every 3-7 days, unless they are very active or prone to infections.
And older people with drier skin may benefit from showering less frequently too.
TWEETS ABOUT MARRIAGE FROM 2020 THAT BELONG IN THE HALL OF FAME:
⇒ Made it to that level of marriage where you get in trouble for being able to fall asleep so fast.
⇒ Before marrying someone, listen long and hard to the sounds of their chewing because that’s the soundtrack to the rest of your life.
⇒ My wife said she’d buy her own birthday cake this is a test, right?
⇒ My wife didn’t order anything from Amazon yesterday so the UPS guy knocked on our door to see if we’re okay.
⇒ There are two kinds of people. The ones that pack six days before a trip, and the ones that wake up day-of and realize they need to do a load of laundry. And they marry each other.
⇒ Listen: I just found out that my husband eats spaghetti with a spoon so I can’t listen to your problems right now.
⇒ In 34 years on this planet I’ve learned one very important lesson that I’m going to pass on to you fellas. She can eat your fries. You cannot eat her fries – Crockett
⇒ Due to personal reasons, I’ll be flushing the toilet every time my husband showers this week.
FRIDAY JANUARY 8TH
- Tonight, is a sad television milestone. Alex Trebek’s last episode as host of “Jeopardy!” It was originally set to air on Christmas night, but many thought that was too sad for a joyous holiday. What will he say? Here’s a tribute to his courageous final year on the show, that he hosted from 1984 until tonight. (It was taped in October 2020. Alex died of pancreatic cancer on November 8, 2020.)
- • “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Kristen Wiig, Carrie Underwood (R)
SUNDAY-
• “Tiger” (HBO): Tiger Woods’ dedication and obsession with golf takes him not only to the heights of international fame and success, but down a spiraling road of darkness, and finally redemption.
- A writer for “Late Night with Seth Meyers” shared a video of the very end of the “Muppet Family Christmas” back in 1987 . . . when the happy, festive ending was RUINEDby a voiceover announcing an upcoming “Nightline” story about keeping “doomed” babies alive to harvest their organs. (??????????)
- Today is January 8th, National Bubble Bath Day! And just in time, a new product that really gets things bubbling.
- Dolly Parton — teamed up with Barry Gibb for a new version of the Bee Gees classic ‘Words’. The song will appear on the all-star album “Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1.”, a collection of reimagined songs with a country twist, out this Friday.
- Michael Ray – says his next album will be as country as “all get out”. He has always made it clear that he’s a student of ’80s and ’90s country music, especially the likes of Shenandoah, Gary Allan, Joe Diffie and Travis Tritt. Now working on his third album, he says: “There’s songs on there really about where I’m from…Man, it’s country!”
- Runaway June — Jennifer Wayne announced last week that she is engaged. Bandmate Natalie Stovall was a part of the surprise proposal, where singer/songwriter Austin Moody popped the question. A few weeks ago, lead vocalist Naomi Cooke and Martin Johnson of the band Boys Like Girls announced their engagement. By the way, Jennifer Wayne is the granddaughter of actor John Wayne.
MORGAN WALLEN’S ‘DANGEROUS’ NEW ALBUM ARRIVES AT RETAIL TODAY
Morgan Wallen‘s sophomore album Dangerous: The Double Album, officially sees released today (Friday, January 8th).
Morgan took nearly three years to make the double album which features a total of 30 songs, largely thanks to the quarantine. [“You know, that was never the goal number. We didn’t really have a goal number in mind. It’s kind of just what happened, you know? I felt that every song was unique and told a unique story and I was proud of all of them so we just kind of said why not, you know, and especially right now I think people are really eager for music and they need music. I need it, so I don’t know, it just seemed like the right time to do something like this and it was a lot of work but it’s been very rewarding so far and I’m really proud of what we came up with.”]
Morgan will celebrate the release of Dangerous with a live performance of his new songs from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Tuesday (Jan. 12th). The one night only, full-band Nashville concert will be livestreamed for free worldwide on Morgan’s YouTube and Facebook pages at 9 p.m. ET.
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BRETT YOUNG PROUD TO SHARE DAUGHTER OFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Brett Young and his wife, Taylor, enjoy sharing their baby girl, Presley, with fans on social media. While they are certainly protective of their one-year-old, Brett tells us that at this point, they’ve decided to pretty much be an open book.
He explains: [“We talked about that a lot, and we just basically decided to go into it without any borders, without any limitations, and if anything makes us feel uncomfortable then we’ll start talking about it, but I think country music fans wanna see that, and aside from the occasional crazy person that says the most off-beat thing, I think for the most part people wanna be involved because they want a glimpse in to your life. So, we decided to not make any rules and just to see how we felt about it, and so far it’s been fun to watch people be happy for us and this stage in our life.”]
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LORETTA LYNN’S NEW ALBUM TO FEATURE REBA, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, TANYA TUCKER
Loretta Lynn will release her 50th studio album called Still Woman Enough on March 19th.
It celebrates women in country music. Loretta pays homage to the originators, Mother Maybelle Carter and the Carter Family (via her cover of “Keep On The Sunny Side”), offers a new interpretation of her very first single, “I’m A Honky Tonk Girl,” and taps Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood for a special collaboration called “Still Woman Enough.”
Still Woman Enough was mainly recorded at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, with producers Patsy Lynn Russell and John Carter Cash.
FAST FACTS
Still Woman Enough includes 13 new recordings.
In mid-2020, Loretta reunited with director David McClister to collaborate on a short film version of “Coal Miner’s Daughter Recitation.” The clip was shot on location at her ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee and includes scenes filmed in her “Butcher Holler” replica home.
