On Today’s Show
The Toronto Raptors held their NBA championship celebration in Toronto yesterday, and it was WILD.
Overall, an estimated 1.5 MILLION fans showed up in downtown Toronto for the parade.
The parade was interrupted by some gun violence.
Police say four people were shot, and while their injuries are serious, they’re not believed to be life-threatening. Three people have been arrested . . . but there’s still no word on the motive.
The Golden State Warriors took out a full page ad in Monday’s edition of the “Toronto Star” to congratulate the Raptors on . . . beating them
Kawhi closed his speech at the parade by mocking his own goofy laugh.
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A group of idiots in Australia went through a drive-thru the other day, and sprayed an employee in the face with a fire extinguisher. And they filmed it. She inhaled some of it, but says she’s lucky, because it could have blinded her.
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ENTERTAINMENT
- “The Beach Bum” (R-Rated, Comedy): Moondog is a stoner who has a penchant for living life by his own rules. (Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher)
- “Under the Silver Lake” (R-Rated, Comedy/Drama): A young man finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment’s pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Hesets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.
(Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace)
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There’s no escaping Baby Shark. Nickelodeon is developing an animated series based on the viral kids’ video and song. No other details are available yet about the project, which will be aimed at preschoolers. Nickelodeon’s executive vice-president of animation Ramsey Naito said: “Baby Shark has captured the imagination of millions of fans around the world, so it’s no surprise it’s one of the top 10 most-viewed videos on YouTube ever.”
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TODAY IS……………….
- “Autistic Pride Day”, an annual celebration of people on the autism spectrum that’s designed to shift views of autism from ‘disease’ to ‘difference’.
- “Go Fishing Day” which, if you can pull it off, would allow you to post a sign on your door saying ‘Gone Fishing’. Work, after all, is for people who don’t know how to fish.
- “International Sushi Day”, the annual observance conceived originally as a Facebook page.
1905 The wooden chair that’s become a symbol of Summer, the ‘Adirondack Chair’, is patented by Harry Bunnell of Westport NY (in Canada, it’s known as the ‘Muskoka Chair’)
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
1969 Glen Campbell was at #1 country album chart with Galveston. The singer’s thirteenth studio album spent 11 weeks at #1.
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RANDOM REPORT
- There’s a phenomenon called “latchkey incontinence” . . . which describes the feeling when you feel like you have to pee worse and worse the closer you get to a toilet.
- The switch to Daylight Saving Time COULD be even worse . . . one of the original plans was to set the clocks forward 20 minutes every Sunday in April.
- Only 3,715 copies of “Moby-Dick”were sold between when it was published in 1851, and when author Herman Melville died 40 years later. Tens of millions of copies have been sold since then.
- Sriracha sauce is named after a city in Thailand called Si Racha, where it was probably first used.
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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS
A cop near Phoenix named Ron Little recently showed up when a 26-year-old guy was about to jump off an overpass. The guy had already climbed over a fence, and would have fallen onto a busy highway if he’d let go.
But Ron managed to talk him down and save his life . . . just by offering him a HUG.
It happened back on March 29th. But the chest-cam footage was just posted online.
First, Ron radioed in and told everyone else to stay off the bridge. Because he didn’t want to scare the guy.
Then he told him his name . . . offered to give him a hug if he climbed back over the fence . . . and KEPT talking about the hug for another five minutes or so.
The guy eventually climbed back over . . . got a big hug, as promised . . . and cried on Ron’s shoulder a little. Then the video ends with them walking off the bridge together.
The Chandler, Arizona police department posted the footage on their Facebook page this week. And they thanked Ron for the level of compassion he showed the guy.
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BIRTHDAYS
[77] Paul McCartney
[43] Blake Shelton
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YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP……………
There’s a 49-year-old guy from Detroit whose real name is HENRY FORD. He’s not related to THE Henry Ford though. And . . . he’s wanted right now for car theft.
He’s been in and out of prison for stealing things cars and stuff inside them for decades.
He was locked up recently for stealing GPS units out of cars, but was released. And then he cut off his ankle monitor, mailed it back to the Michigan Department of Corrections, and stole the tires off a car.
The police are trying to track him down.
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There’s a 55-year-old guy whose real name is Kevin Bacon from Wells River, Vermont. And he was driving last Thursday afternoon when he accidentally sideswiped a parked COP CAR.
Why did he hit the cop? Kevin Bacon was looking at his phone searching for . . . an episode of “Saved by the Bell” he wanted to watch.
Luckily for us, he even told the cops WHICH episode he wanted and they included it in their police report. It was the episode called “Screech’s Spaghetti Sauce,” where the gang bottles and sells a spaghetti sauce Screech makes in a cooking class.
It’s not clear WHY Kevin Bacon wanted to watch that episode . . . or why it was so important that he had to do it while he was driving.
He was arrested and charged with gross negligent operation of a vehicle, leaving the scene of a crash, and texting while driving.
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RED CROSS SAYS ONLY 3 PERCENT OF US POPULATION DONATE BLOOD
The Red Cross in the U.S. launched its Missing Type campaign (June 11th) in an effort to get more people to donate blood in the U.S.
The Red Cross says just three percent of Americans donate blood, which leaves many in dire need of help.
It’s not much better in Canada as according to Canadian Blood Services only 4% of eligible donors in Canada give blood.
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THIS IS HOW OFTEN YOU SHOULD RESTART YOUR PHONE
Your phone is likely your most constant companion, but are you taking good care of it?
You might not think about ever shutting it off, but experts say you should completely turn it off, let it rest at least one minute, and then turn it back on once a week.
Restarting your phone clears open apps and memory leaks, prevents crashes, and gets rid of anything draining your battery.
Another tip: sometimes you should let your phone’s battery drain down to 0 percent, and then fully recharge it to 100 percent– this “teaches” the battery to recharge fully.
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TUESDAY JUNE 18TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[77] Paul McCartney
[43] Blake Shelton
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The Toronto Raptors held their NBA championship celebration in Toronto yesterday, and it was WILD.
Overall, an estimated 1.5 MILLION fans showed up in downtown Toronto for the parade.
The parade was interrupted by some gun violence.
Police say four people were shot, and while their injuries are serious, they’re not believed to be life-threatening. Three people have been arrested . . . but there’s still no word on the motive.
When the shots rang out, droves of fans ran in a stampede from the City Hall square, which was packed with tens of thousands of people.
The Golden State Warriors took out a full page ad in Monday’s edition of the “Toronto Star” to congratulate the Raptors on . . . beating them
Several fans were seen carrying signs begging Kawhi Leonard to re-sign with the Raptors. He’ll be a free agent this summer.
There was also a fake Kawhi look a like at the parade . . . and he got a lot of love.
Kawhi closed his speech at the parade by mocking his own goofy laugh.
- A woman in England named Siobhan recently asked her coworkers for a birthday cake with Mariah Careyon it.
But apparently the bakery misheard the request . . . and made a cake with a picture of famous scientist Marie Curie on it instead.
Now a picture of the cake is going viral . . . and it’s gotten so big Mariah Carey even tweeted about it This could’ve been me if only I hadn’t failed remedial math happy birthday Siobhan!!
- A woman in Florida recently went to the grand opening of a hot dog stand called Willy-Yums. And since they had no social media presence, she offered to do it for them. But they didn’t have the money to pay her, so she’s been working for hot dogs.
- OJ Simpson on Twitter, and the Ragu pasta sauce recall. (From Fallon, Kimmel, and Seth
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SHANIA TWAIN ANNOUNCES RETURN TO VEGAS FOR ‘LET’S GO!’ RESIDENCY
Shania Twain appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America yesterday (Monday, June 17th) to announce her return to the Las Vegas Strip with Shania Twain “Let’s Go!” The Vegas Residency, opening at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Friday, December 6th.
Shania credits her two-year residency at Caesar’s Palace beginning back in 2012 with forging a special connection with her fans. [“I didn’t really appreciate the fans the way I do now. Now when I’m in concert I see them as a lifeline and as people that I understand and the people that I write the music for.”
Here are the “Let’s Go!” dates so far:
Dec. 2019: 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 18
March 2020: 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28
May 2020: 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 30
June 2020: 3, 5, 6
FAST FACTS
Shania will serve as creative director for her new Las Vegas show.
One dollar of every ticket purchased to Shania Twain “Let’s Go!” The Vegas Residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino will be donated to Shania Kids Can.
BRETT YOUNG ADMIRES HIS DAD’S ‘GENUINE EXCITEMENT’
Brett Young is hoping to inherit one of his dad’s best traits when it comes to raising his baby girl. [“I think the one thing about my dad aside from being supportive of everything that I’ve ever done no matter what it was is his genuine excitement. There are people you’re going to meet in your lives where they’re excited and pleasant all the time and it feels really fake and kind of contrived, and my dad borders on that. He’s so excited and pleasant all the time but it’s genuine every single time. He’s uplifting and encouraging and so that trait in him is what always made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do because he always told me I could and it seemed like he believed it so it made me believe it, so I hope that that’s something that I have for her.”]
Brett and his wife, Taylor, will welcome their new daughter this fall. She will be the couple’s first child.
In the meantime, Brett is climbing the charts with his new single, ‘Catch.”
FAST FACTS
Brett recently celebrated his fifth consecutive Number One hit, “Here Tonight.”
Dozens of Buffett Fans Got Sick During a Group Trip to the Dominican Republic
Something is definitely up with the Dominican Republic and foreign tourists . . . because even JIMMY BUFFETT fans are being affected. A travel agent is now saying that about HALF of a Jimmy Buffett fan club from Oklahoma got sick in the Dominican Republic back in April. And it’s a big group. He said 54 out of the 114 visitors fell ill.
At the time they thought it was just food poisoning . . . but the agent thinks that pesticides and insecticides may have also contributed. Everyone has recovered, except one woman who’s still suffering from salmonella.
The CDC and FBI are in the Dominican Republic investigating.
