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- Scientists at the University of Wisconsin Madison have developed a new string cheese that t, astes like bubblegum. It comes in sour apple and blue raspb, erry.
- Shannen Doherty is asked to leave the "Dancing With The Stars" Island. Buzz Aldrin, you are on the clock.
- If you or someone you know has arthritis, St. Nicholas Hospital has a wide assortment of programs during Arthritis Awareness Month in May. Get more info by clicking here.
- The price of chicken wings continues a slow and steady climb, forcing restaurants to charge more. The price of chicken breasts remains steady.
- Got something to complain about. Here are some tips on how NOT to voice a complaint.
- The USPS wants to cut Saturday mail delivery. Please vote in our poll on the home page and let us know what you think.
- Someday soon funerals could be held online. They are already doing it in China.
- The long running program "At the Movies" has been canceled. It was originally hosted by the late Gene Siskel , and Roger Ebert and,began its run in 1980.
- The Kid's Choice Awards were held last night. Here are the winners.
3/27/10-Princess and I watched "The Blind Side" tonight. It's a great family movie. I thought Princess was going to lose it when Sandra Bullock's character said "Who died and made him Bear Bryant?" Princess is from Alabama and is a huge Alabama football fan!
3/26/10-Here's what we talked about this morning:
- A group of British linguists has concluded the most important phrase the Simpsons have contributed to the English language is "D'oh!". "Eat my shorts!" also made the list.
- Need a little pick me up. Here's the top caffeinated product you can add to your morn, ing juice.
- Expecting a child? Here are some of the "elite" baby names you can give your child. This is what the cable companies or restaurants would classify as "premium."
- In what must have been the easiest arrest in history this side of Alvin Karpas, two bank robbers must have thought their bank had take out service. They called ahead and told the bank to have a bag of money ready. Ten minutes later they showed up, only to be greeted by local police.
- Last night on "American Idol" Paige hit the bricks. Ten contestants remain.
- Actor Robert Culp has died. He was part of the groundbreaking 1960's series "I Spy" which paired Culp with a black partner that was his equal. He was also the gruff FBI agent in "The Greatest American Hero." Robert Culp was 79.
- Former West Wing star Richard Schiff and Forrest Gump's Robin Wright are heading to Broadway to perform in the play "Talley's Folly". Schiff, who played the terminally grumpy Toby on WW, has plenty of time on his hands since his TV series "Past Life" was axed by Fox after just three episodes.
- Kelly Osbourne has joined the Dr. Phil show as a special consultant. Dr. Phil says Kelly's past with abuse and weight issues make her a perfect contributor to his show.
- Sissy Spacek has been signed by CBS as part of a medical show pilot.
- Sometimes, commercials really annoy us. What are the most annoying commercial spokespeople ever? According to the web site Guyisam.com. these are.
- Mary from St. Nicholas Hospital told us that taking 1000mg a day of vitamin D will help your circulation, your heart and perhaps keep diabetes away. Vitamin D is most commonly found in milk, but you need a whole lot more daily. A supplement is the best way. Consult with your doctor first.
- CORRECTION: Every once in awhile the facts in my head get scrambled and I remember something incor, rectly. Yesterday, I mentioned that there were some people that thought the song "Lights" by Journey was geographically inaccurate. I misspoke (SHOCKING!). The song in question wasn't "Lights", it's "Don't Stop Believing" which talks about a girl "born and raised in South Detroit." There is no South Detroit and Steve Perry phrased it that way because he said.it flowed better that way in the song. Thanks to the listener who called and pointed out that "Lights" is actually geographically accurate. I would promise that this will never happen again, but you and I both know better.
- It must be spring if the new Ben & Jerry's flavors are out.
- "Dancing With The Stars" returned , last night for their spring season. Erin Andrews of ESPN surprised a lot of people, but Buzz Aldrin, not so much. At least none of the co, ntestants have as many frequent flyer miles as Buzz does.
- A man was dared by some kids to stuff himself down a laundry chute. He took the dare. And got stuck.
- Reader's Digest has compiled a list of the states with the deadliest roads. Montana is the worst, followed by South Carolina and Louisiana. The state with the deadliest speeding? Alabama.
- A restaurant in California was closed down after it was discovered that they were serving whale meat. When told the restaurant was being shut down, the Chef blubbered uncontrollably.
- Paula Abdul may not be participating in the ABC reboot of "Star Search", but surely a lot of others will. Here are some of the people that became stars thanks to the show.
- The food police are at it again, this time wanting to tax pizza.
- A man in , Florida was arrested for whacking his neighbor's door with a hoe. That would be of the garden implement variety.
- A McDonald's worker took a break at his job to spend it robbing a Schlotsky's across the street. He was also wearing the uniform from his day job at the time of the robbery.
- Lacey Bro, wn goes home on "American Idol"
- I am not a big fan of "Southpark" but I am a huge fan of satire. Last night, the kids took out their angst on Tiger Woods.
- Call me crazy, but I filled out my brackets for the "Big Dance" and my final four turned out to be Ohio State, Kansas State, Purdue and Kentucky, with Ohio State winning the whole deal. I don't watch college basketball much, so don't necessarily read into anything. If you are having a "friendly office competition",you should know who the big winner will most likely be.
- Happy St. Patrick's Day. On this day, we honor the man who drove the snakes out of Ireland. Too bad he wasn't still around to drive the rats out of congress.
- A Domino's pizza delivery driver was robbed at soda point. That's right, his attackers conked him on the head with a two liter bottle of soda.
- What are some of the biggest fast food failures of all time? Try these. And for the record, I did try the KFC chicken livers and they were pretty good. I think you can still get them off menu.
- St. Nicholas Hospital is holding a woman's health fair this Saturday at the American Club in Koehler. It runs from 9:30am-3pm and features guest speakers and local vendors.
- In an effort to raise much needed funding, the state of West Virginia will mount cameras to school buses to catch traffic scofflaws.
- A woman in Iowa was arrested for hitting her sister on the head with a toilet seat. it was hard for the police to keep the lid on this one.
- In a survey conducted by the Pew Foundation, a whopping 82% of Internet users say they would not pay for content from their favorite web site.
- Cincinnati has been selected as the craziest city in America by the website "The Daily Beast." Criteria included Psychiatrists per capita, stress and drinking. Milwaukee finished fourth overall, but tied with Las Vegas for top honors in drinking.,
- Actor Peter Graves has passed away at 83. He had three phases to his career. The first was his seven year run on TV's Mission Impossible as Jim Phelps, the unflappable leader of the MI team. The second was a comic actor in Airplane! as Captain Clarence Oveur. And the third was as a narrator and host of "Biography" on A&E. BTW, did you know his older brother is James Arness who played Marshall Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke?"
- Who are the richest celebrities in this year's Forbes survey? Oprah, David Geffin, Steven Spielberg and Richard Branson are some of the most famous ones.
- NFL Hall of Famer, actor and all around good guy Merlin Olsen has passed away at 69. If you are older, you remember him along with Deacon Jones, Lamar Lundy and Rosie Greer as a member of the Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" of the 1960's. Following his football career, he segued into acting and announcing, calling Sunday games on NBC with Curt Gowdy and Dick Enberg and appearing in "Little House on the Prairie." Michael Landon created a spin-off for him, "Father Murphy", which lasted just 34 episodes. You may also remember him as a pitchman for FTD Florists.
- Four more participants were told to hit the bricks last night on "American Idol."
- A man was charged $2,105 on his debit card for a five dollar footlong at Subway. Read about how he tries to explain to Subway and his bank that he didn't really buy a two-thousand dollar sandwich.
- , These are tough economic times and to survive you have to be creative. Take the case of a man in California. He lost his six figure job and his house due to the economy. He has everything he owns packed in a leased car and uses his air miles to stay in hotels.
- It's bad enough in this economy that prices for just about everything are going up. It's even worse when some of those taxes or user fees we have to pay are totally unnecessary. Doctors in New York want to tax pizza fifty cents a slice to help pay for heath care for obese people. Do I get a tax credit for ordering a salad?
- Just when you thought you had everything in Green Bay Packers colors you ever wanted, comes this announcement.
- As Steven Colbert would say "Nation, your prayers have been answered." Betty White confirms that she will be involved in an upcoming episode of "Saturday Night Live" on a yet, unknown date.
- The first sure sign of spring: The orange barrels are back!
- A man in California hit the accelerator on his Toyota Prius to pass another car on I-8. The accelerator stuck, sending the man on a wild ride at speeds in excess of ninety miles and hour. CHIPS officers got on a loud speaker and instructed the man how to hit his brakes and his emergency brakes, which he did slowing the car down to about fifty MPH. At that point, he shut the car off and it coasted to a stop.
- Engineers from a reality TV show have constructed the "Car-puccino" a car that ru, ns on coffee. This would be one time getting sugar in your gas tank would be a good thing. Of course, it will cost you $1372.00 to drive from Sheboygan to Chicago.
- The proposed TV reunion of the "Brady Bunch" has been postponed for now because of an on going feud between Eve Plumb and Maureen McCormick, Jan and Marcia respectively. The feud was intensified a few years ago when McCormick published her book. Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.
- You say tomato and I say tomot-oh, but Wendy's will call the whole thing off unless you specifically request a tomato. That's becaus, e of the frost that hit Florida in January.
- Here are some pictures of happy Oscar winners from last night. Here are some interesting "Tweets" during last night's broadcast.
- Did you know fast food places had "secret menus?" Of course, you'd have to , be really brave to order some of this stuff, but I will tell you from experience that the Cordon Bleu sandwich at Arby's is really good.
- Susan Boyle has been nominated for a JUNO for International Album of the Year for her "I Dreamed a Dream" CD. A JUNO is a Canadian music award, similar to the Grammys. Michael Buble got the most nominations with six. Due to the exchange rate, a JUNO is worth only 3/4 of a Grammy.
- Last night on American Idol, four contestants hit the bricks.
- Former packer QB Brett Favre was on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" last night. He and Leno had a little fun with his annual retire or not head game.
- WEB ONLY CONTENT: Yesterday, my twenty year-old daughter Jordan was on national TV. Kind of, sort of. She was in the background when the "Today" show came back from their 8:30am break yesterday. She is in New York with a group from her college working at a soup kitchen, but wanted to see how they taped the Today Show. She told me she shook both Al Roker's and Matt Lauer's hands. While I am proud of her, I did give her a hard time for not being in front of a computer listening to her father on the radio. I actually think I heard her roll her eyes at me over the phone.
- There's a movement underway to replace U.S. Grant as the face of the $50 bill with the face of Ronald Reagan. I think since Grant was a huge Civil War hero that would be wrong. Reagan could replace Grover Cleveland on the $1,000 bill. I mean what did Grover Cleveland ever do besides bust strikes?
- Speaking of Presidents, you have to see this new SNL reunion video from funnyordie.com. All of your favorite SNL Presidents are in there with Jim Carey filling in for the late Phil Hartman as Ronald Reagan.
- An air traffic controller at New York's JFK Airport was suspended for bringing his young son to work and letting him communicate with a couple of planes. When my daughter Jordan was young, I used to bring her to the radio station and occasionally put her on the air, but this is clearly not the same thing.
- You may not be a foodie, but there are lots of foodie words out there that are totally butchered by the general public. Here are some of them along with their proper pronunciation.
- They've made big screen remakes of just abou, t every significant 60's and 70's TV show, from "Wild, Wild West" to "Mission Impossible" to "The Brady Bunch." Now comes word that the next one coming down the pipe may be "Gilligan's Island." In honor of this, I'd like to act as casting director and suggest a few names for this movie. For the Skipper, I'm going with Kevin James ,John Goodman or Brad Garrett.. For Mr. Howell, how about Ken Howard or Christopher Walken? For Mrs. Howell, Susan Sarandon. For Ginger, Jennifer Anniston or Britney Spears. As the professor, I like Jim Parsons or possibly James Spader. I'm still thinking about Mary Ann and Gilligan. Send me your thoughts.
- ABC has announced the new cast of "Dancing With The Stars." ,Some of the stars include Pamela Anderson, Shannen Doherty, Erin Andrews (ESPN), Evan Lysacek (Figure Skater), Aiden Turner (All My Children) and Buzz Aldrin. Yup. That Buzz Aldrin. I wonder if Buzz is going to teach everyone the moon walk.
- Jay Leno is back at work as host of "The Tonight Show."
- How much do you tip your pizza delivery person? Here's a handy guide.
- One of the true mysteries of the universe has been solved...maybe. Carly Simon recorded her hit song "You're So Vain" in 1972, but would never say who the song was about. There were guesses, but until now it has been a huge secret. Now, Carly admits that in her rebooted version of the song last year, played backwards about 2:30 into the song, is the name of the offending person. It's "David" and most people believe that would be entertainment mogul David Geffin, who was Carly's record company president at the time the song was released. Now that this mystery has been solved, let's all figure out what REALLY happened to Jimmy Hoffa.
- As surely you know, Canada ended the Olympics on a high note, defeating the USA in hockey 3-2 in overtime. The Canadians won the most gold medals (14) but the USA won the most overall medals (37). It's just a shame it couldn't have been one more gold.
- What are America's worst french fries? These are according to Men's Health Magazine. My wife Princess will not be happy that Five Guys is on the list as she craves their fries constantly.
