On Today’s Show
Some people really do get instant karma. Video footage taken in England shows a vandal hurl a brick at a car window, and the brick bouncing back at him and hitting him in the face. The potential thief then recoils, clutching his hands to his nose and mouth and hunching over in pain. A resident at the property where the car was said the brick-thrower was arrested. The video has been posted to Facebook where it’s been viewed over 5,000 times. The man has been charged with criminal damage to a vehicle and shoplifting.
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A guy in Keene, New Hampshire legally changed his name to Nobody (no last name) so he could run for mayor because “there’s lots of jobs in government that nobody should do.”
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ENTERTAINMENT
On Monday night, during the introductions on “Wheel of Fortune,” a guy had some fun talking about his family. He joked that he’s been “trapped in a loveless marriage for the last 12 years to an old battle-axe named Kim.” He’s now going viral
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Jennifer Aniston joined the world of Instagram by posting a pic of her “Friends.” After years of avoiding social media, she created her first account Tuesday morning on the social media platform, and her first post was a pic of herself hanging out with Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry. Aniston captioned her pic, “And now we’re Instagram FRIENDS too.
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TODAY IS……………….
“Dictionary Day”, celebrating the 1758 birth of Noah Webster who 1st published “Webster’s Dictionary” in 1828.
- “Steve Jobs Day”, celebrating the renowned businessman and visionary. He headed and dramatically changed numerous industries, and lead organizations such as Apple, Pixar and NeXT. Jobs died on October 5, 2011, and the 15thwas established as Steve Jobs Day by the Governor of California.
1987, rescuers in Midland, Texas, pulled 18-month-old BABY JESSICA out of the well she’d fallen into 58 hours earlier.
(When she turned 25, “Baby” Jessica got an $800,000 trust funded by complete strangers from around the world)
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
Clay Walker scored his first Number One hit with “What’s It To You” in 1993.
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VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENTS:
➠ A Montreal-based law firm has launched a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of two Quebec parents who claim that the video game “Fortnite” is as addictive, and potentially harmful, as cocaine. It states that the defendants used tactics (to ensure) the dependence of its users, (and) the brain being manipulated to always want more.” And it says that children are particularly vulnerable to this manipulation. The law firm represents two plaintiffs who are parents of a 10 and a 15-year-old.
➠ The National Health Service in the UK is opening the country’s first specialist clinic to treat children and young adults who are addicted to gaming. Patients, ranging in age between 13 and 25, will be able to attend in person or have an online consultation using Skype.
In recent years, concern has been raised about the heavy use of computer games by children and young people and the potential effects this could be having on their physical and mental health. In June 2018, ‘gaming disorder’ was officially recognized by World Health Organization as a mental health disorder.
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RANDOM REPORT
- The top theory for why Leonardo da Vincididn’t finish the Mona Lisa is because he fainted and hurt his arm.
- Daniel Day-Lewisis the only actor who’s won an Oscar for playing a president. He won for “Lincoln” in 2013. Six other actors have been nominated for playing the president, but they all lost.
- Elvisnever performed outside North America. And other than a few concerts in Canada in 1957, he never performed outside the U.S.
- Pumpernickel literally translates to “devil’s flatulence” in old German. It got its name because people found it hard to digest.
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GOOD NEWS
Twenty-five years ago, a New Jersey couple was in for a surprise when they watched their wedding video on their first anniversary and discovered the videographer had taken some liberties with the edits – by adding an entire scene from The Muppets Take Manhattan while the bride is walking down the aisle.
The silly splice was fodder for family jokes, until the couple’s 25th wedding anniversary when their daughter, who goes by Twitter handle Maul-ly, discovered the wedding video and watched it.
Soon after, the woman uploaded a clip of her watching – and cracking up – at the video, along with a caption. “My parents’ wedding videographer intercut a clip from Kermit and Miss Piggy’s wedding into their service?? without asking???” she wrote.
The video, has been viewed over 5 million times. Twitter users largely had a field day with the funny footage, with most claiming they wish their own wedding video was as original.
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BIRTHDAYS
[94] Angela Lansbury, actress (“Murder, She Wrote” 1984-1996)
[73] Suzanne Somers, actress (‘Chrissy Snow’ on “Three’s Company” 1977-81)
[61] Tim Robbins, actor (“The Shawshank Redemption”)
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CFCO SPELLING BEE
“Dictionary Day”, celebrating the 1758 birth of Noah Webster who 1st published “Webster’s Dictionary” in 1828.
***CFCO SPELLING BEE***
DEFINITELY ACCOMMODATE
HANDKERCHIEF EMBARRASS
CARIBBEAN MAINTENANCE
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Netflix Hated the Term “Binge-Watch” And Wanted It to Be Called “Marathon Viewing”
Netflix basically gave rise to the “binge-watching” era of TV. But if they’d had it their way, that term never would’ve caught on.
“The Hollywood Reporter” just interviewed a bunch of producers and executives at Netflix. And it turns out they HATED the term “binge-watch” because of the negative association with things like binge-drinking and binge-eating.
They preferred the term “marathon viewing,” because it almost sounded like you were doing something HEALTHY.
But they couldn’t get people to use it. So they’ve learned to accept “binge-watching” as the term we use.
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After Nine Years Waiting for the Apocalypse, a Guy Comes Out of Hiding and Goes to the Bar
We don’t have a ton of details about this yet, but on Sunday, cops in the Netherlands discovered a family of seven people who’d been living in their basement for NINE YEARS waiting for the apocalypse.
And they were only found after a 25-year-old guy left the property . . . went straight to a bar . . . drank five beers . . . and eventually told the bartender about it.
He had long hair and a dirty beard. And he said his brothers and sisters were still there and needed help. So the bartender called the cops.
Police found his five siblings in the basement of an old farmhouse, along with a 58-year-old guy who they initially thought was the dad. But apparently that’s not the case. Everyone else was between 18 and 25.
They’d been living off food grown in a garden outside, and also had a goat. But it sounds like they mostly stayed in the basement and had no contact with the world.
Cops arrested the 58-year-old for not cooperating. It’s not clear if he’s facing any other charges or not.
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STUDY: CHILDREN WANT SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES WIPED CLEAN AT 18
Social media can be fun, but it can also create problems.
Researchers reviewed studies from over a decade and found that kids were generally “outraged” when they realized how much of their personal information is stored online and wanted “a fresh start” once they turned 18.
The study leader adds, “They say ‘whatever I do before I am 18 should be wiped off’ as it shouldn’t have any effect on them as an adult.
They want a kind of grand erasure because they talk about the importance of making mistakes and being kids trying things out.”
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[94] Angela Lansbury, actress (“Murder, She Wrote” 1984-1996)
[73] Suzanne Somers, actress (‘Chrissy Snow’ on “Three’s Company” 1977-81)
[61] Tim Robbins, actor (“The Shawshank Redemption”)
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- MLB
BRYCE HARPER left the Washington Nationals last off-season after 7 years to sign a massive contract with Philadelphia . . . but he might regret it now, because the Nationals are headed to the World Series. They finished their sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 7 to 4 win.
The Nationals will represent the National League in the World Series, and play either the Houston Astros or the New York Yankees.
(The Astros won 4-1 yesterday, and are up on the Yankees 2-1 in the ALCS.)
This is Washington’s first ever trip to the World Series. In fact, while they’ve had good teams since 2012, they’d never won a single playoff series before this year.
That dates back to 2005, when they became the Nationals. Before that, they were the Montreal Expos, although that organization also struggled.
The Expos never went to the World Series . . . and from 1969 to 2004, they only won ONE playoff series, and that was back in 1981.
- “2019 CMT Artists of the Year” (CMT): The 10th annual special honors Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett, along with Breakout Artist of the Year Ashley McBryde; Reba McEntire receives the Artist of a Lifetime award.
- There’s an educational film from 1967 called “1999 House of Tomorrow” . . . and one part features a conversation between a mom and her young son. They’re at the beach and he shows her a sand castle he made that’s a replica of their house. They talk about the room “where the computer lives,” and when he asks her how the computer manages to “know everything” they have her act like a naive, old school housewife. She says, “I haven’t the faintest notion. That’s just too much for your mother to understand.”
- Nick Griffen talks about going to rock concerts now that he’s older. He just wants them to play the four well-known songs so he can go home.
KANE BROWN RESCHEDULES STAPLES CENTER CONCERT
Kane Brown’s originally scheduled concert for Friday (October 16th) at Staples Center in Los Angeles has been postponed until January 9th in the wake of Brown’s drummer’s tragic death over the weekend. Kenny Dixon was killed in a single car accident outside of Nashville on Saturday (October 12th).
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Justin Moore on the Time His Wife Made Him Model “Teen Jeans”
JUSTIN MOORE is built like a 14-year-old boy. Those are his words, not mine. And that’s the cool part. He’s five feet, six inches tall . . . but he doesn’t have a complex about it.
There was even a story going around that his wife made him model a pair of “teen jeans” from her store. She co-owns a kids’ clothing shop in Benton, Arkansas called This Little Piggy. Somebody asked him if the story’s true, and he said it is.
QUOTE, “It was right after she started getting clothing in, and it was for, I guess teen years, kind of stuff. And she was all, ‘You could probably wear these.’ And I’m like, ‘Well, I’m not going to.'”
He doesn’t have to because he has a deal with Wrangler. They send him clothes. But she really wanted him to try the jeans on, so he caved.
Quote, “So, I’m like, ‘Alright, whatever.’ [I] think it was like a 14 or 16 or something and they weren’t any too small. So, just more insult to injury for me just being built like a 14-year-old.”
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BRANTLEY GILBERT’S SON IS CRAZY ABOUT HIS LITTLE SISTER
Brantley Gilbert’s new album, Fire & Brimstone, has taken up a lot of his time the last few months, but it’s not the most important thing in his life. He has two children. And he, and his wife, Amber have a newborn daughter. Brantley tells us that his two year old is crazy about the baby: [“Yeah, so we’re a family of four, and I tell ya, my two-year-old boy loves her. We were worried about him being jealous and all that, but he honestly just, he loves her to death and wants to hold her and is real gentle with her. It’s just been awesome to watch. I love being a dad. It’s my favorite thing in the world and makes it’s hard to be out here on the road. Makes me a little homesick and ready to see ‘em now.”]
FAST FACTS
Brantley’s daughter, Braylen Hendrix was born September 9TH. Their two-year-old son’s name is Barrett.
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Country Quiz: Who Said? “We’re Really Three Rock ‘n’ Roll Peacocks.”
“We’re really three rock ‘n’ roll peacocks.”
- Angaleena Presley of the Pistol Annies
- Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum
- Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks
- Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts
- Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry
- Cameron Duddy of Midland
ANSWER: F. CAMERON DUDDY of MIDLAND, in an interview . . . in which he also said, quote, “We’re ostentatious, kind of flamboyant people.”
Point being that you never know what Cameron, MARK WYSTRACH, and JESS CARSON will show up wearing, but it’ll be interesting. Stuff like custom rhinestone suits, vintage Hawaiian shirts, gold chains, gaucho ponchos, or bolero ties.
And they have no fear when it comes to colors: Faded pink, electric blue, cactus green, lemon yellow, scarlet red, you name it. It’s all kind of a goof, but it’s also a statement about who they are.
