Born on this day!! Actor Cathy Lee Crosby (“That’s Incredible”) is 78. Director Penelope Spheeris (“Wayne’s World,” “The Decline of Western Civilization”) is 77. Actor Ron Raines (“Guiding Light”) is 73. Country singer John Wesley Ryles is 72. Actor Keith Szarabajka (”Angel,” “The Equalizer”) is 70. Actor Dan Butler (“Frasier”) is 68. News anchor Stone Phillips is 68. Actor Dennis Christopher (“Breaking Away,” ″Chariots of Fire”) is 67. Actor Steven Bauer (“Scarface”) is 66. Bassist Rick Savage of Def Leppard is 62. Actor Brendan Coyle (“Downton Abbey”) is 59. Bassist Nate Mendel of Foo Fighters is 54. Actor Lucy Liu is 54. Actor Suzy Nakamura (“Dr. Ken”) is 54. Actor Rena Sofer (“24,” ″Just Shoot Me”) is 54. Rapper Treach of Naughty By Nature is 52. Actor Joe Lo Truglio (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) is 52. Singer Nelly Furtado is 44. Singer Britney Spears is 41. Singer-actor Jana Kramer is 39. Actor Daniela Ruah (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) is 39. Actor Alfred Enoch (“How To Get Away With Murder”) is 34. Singer Charlie Puth is 31.
THIS DAY IN GENIUS HISTORY
1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII.
1823 – President James Monroe outlined his famous doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
1859 – Abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harper’s Ferry.
1942 – The first controlled nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated at the University of Chicago.
1954 – The Senate voted to condemn Republican senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.”
1970 – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established.
1982 – Barney B. Clark became the first person to receive an artificial heart in a transplant operation.
1988 – Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head an Muslim nation.
1990 – Composer Aaron Copland died at age 90.
1999 – A Protestant and Catholic cabinet convened for the first time in Northern Ireland.
2001 – Enron Corp., under CEO Kenneth Lay, filed for bankruptcy.
Today Is: Bartender Appreciation Day, Faux Fur Friday, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day, National Mutt Day, National Salesperson Day, Safety Razor Day, Special Education Day
TODAY ON TV!
Primetime TV (All Times Eastern)
CBS – 8:00 – SWAT / 9:00 – Fire Country / 10:00 – Blue Bloods
NBC – 8:00 – Lopez v Lopez / 8:30 – Young Rock / 9:00 – Dateline NBC
ABC – 8:00 – Shark Tank / 9:00 – 2020
FOX – 8:00 – College Football
CW – 8:00 – Penn and Teller / 9:00 – Chris Angel Magic
TV Talk Shows
James Corden: Marlon Wayans, Marc Maron, Amos Lee (R 10/10/22)
The View: Gloria, Emily & Sasha Estefan
The Talk: Paul Greene, Rebecca Budig, Elvis Cordero
Live with Kelly and Ryan: James Marsden
Kelly Clarkson: Cher, Reneé Rapp
Tamron Hall: Julia & Batsheva Haart, Irene Rollins, the Womack Sisters
Drew Barrymore: Katherine Heigl, Dr. Charles Sophy
Jennifer Hudson: Jennifer looks back at a few of her favorite memories with music’s biggest stars
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN’ ABOUT? Here are today’s PPM-Friendly Topics!
QUESTION: Did you know the RED LIGHT that comes with your Christmas tree lights has a special purpose??? This Tik Tok’er just discovered it.. and… MIND BLOWN!!
QUESTION: Is there really such a thing as a “MAN-CHILD?” The answer is YES, and women who are together with a man-child are really NOT HAPPY about it!!!!!!!!!!
QUESTION: Have you noticed STRANGE COINCIDENCES in your life?? Are they just flukes, or SOMETHING MORE?? This professor says they may be ACTS OF GOD!!!!!!!!!!
QUESTION: Looking for a REASON TO LIVE ’til 2023?? The new INDIANA JONES MOVIE may do it for ya!! The new trailer has dropped.. and it kinda kicks ass!!!!!
QUESTION: Does this mean the feud is OVER?? SNOOP DOGG shows off three generations of his family for a holiday ad in KIM KARDASHIAN’S SKIMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Netflix Releases Harry and Meghan Trailer
Netflix is giving a glimpse of the new series Harry & Meghan. They shared a teaser trailer for the docuseries Thursday featuring Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The teaser features moments from Harry and Markle’s relationship, including their 2018 wedding and one of Markle’s pregnancies, along with more somber images, such as Markle crying. In a voiceover, Harry and Markle are asked why they wanted to make the documentary. “No one sees what’s happening behind closed doors,” Harry says. “I had to do everything I could to protect my family.” “When the stakes are this high, doesn’t it make more sense to hear our story from us?” Markle adds. Harry & Meghan will explore Harry and Markle’s early courtship and “the challenges that led to them feeling forced to step back from their full-time roles” as senior members of the British royal family. Netflix has yet to announce a premiere date for the series. See the video HERE.
*******TOPIC: What SHOULD they call this series?? “It Sucks to Be Royal???”
*******She crapped all over her own family… now Harry is crapping all over HIS!! They deserve each other!!
*******But then again, who wouldn’t betray the people they love for $150 million??
The Rolling Stones Are Getting Coined
Britain’s Royal Mint, the country’s oldest company and the official maker of British coins, is celebrating the Rolling Stones’ 60th anniversary by making them the face of a new collectible coin. The ‘Made to Rock’ 5 pound ($6.07) coin features a silhouette image of the band performing and the band’s name in what is described as its 1973 classic font. Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, and the late drummer Charlie Watts can all be seen on the coin. “We are delighted to be honored by way of an official UK coin,” the band said in a statement included in the Royal Mint’s announcement. “Even more significant that the release coincides with our 60th anniversary.” The new coin is the fifth in the Royal Mint’s Music Legends series, which celebrates British artists. Other artists honored in the series include Queen, Elton John, David Bowie and The Who. The collectibles will cost more than your average coin, with similar ones from the Music Legends series going for 15 pounds ($18.12) to 465 pounds ($561.92).
*********Ozzie Osbourne is being honored with a memorial bat!!!
********The Stones coins are, of course, SOLD OUT!! But don’t worry… they’ll mint some more!!
*******The combined age of the Stones is somewhere around the creation of the universe!!
Nick Cannon Jokes About College Costs
Nick Cannon joked that his children may not be able to pursue university degrees after seeing their long Christmas wish lists. “All these damn gifts, y’all just don’t wanna go to college,” he said on YouTube Tuesday. His comical “Nick Cannon’s Holiday Shopping” video was filled with jokes about the difficulties of buying gifts for kids — let alone nearly a dozen of them. “It’s almost the holidays, and thanks to me, the world now has 8 billion people, but my job’s not done,” the dad of 11 said. “And based off the baby mama to kid ratio, we got a whole hell of a lot of gifts to buy.” He received lists from each one of his “adorable and jovial offspring” — with aspirational wishes including the entire Los Angeles Lakers team, a dolphin and 12 PlayStation 5 consoles. “Daddy’s got this,” he declared. “It’s gonna be a merry motherf–king Christmas!” The video ended with a made-up ad for a “Baby Daddy” credit card “brought to you by Baby Daddy Financial.”
*********If he keeps this up, he’ll be buying his push presents at the 99 Cent Store!!
*******His ladies call him “Cannon Claus!!!”
*****On Christmas Eve, he comes down the chimney, makes another baby and leaves!!
Anne Heche’s Son To Control Her Estate
Anne Heche’s son Homer Laffoon has been granted control over his late mother’s estate. The 20-year-old was given control over Heche’s belongings Wednesday — marking the end of a bitter back-and-forth between him and Heche’s ex James Tupper. She died on Aug. 12 death following a fiery car crash at the age of 53. Her death sparked a legal battle between Laffoon and Tupper over the estate’s ownership. Laffoon was granted permission to “take possession of all the personal property of the estate of the decedent and preserve it from damage, waste, and injury,” according to court docs via People. Judge Lee Bogdanoff’s ruling ultimately dismissed Tupper’s claim that Laffoon is “not suitable” to run the estate because of his age, the fact that he’s unemployed, and that he was not in contact with his mother at the time of her death. “I find no malfeasance by Mr. Laffoon,” Judge Bogdanoff added. The judge also denied Tupper’s request for a hearing to investigate the claim that Heche’s $200,000 jewelry collection has gone missing. Tupper’s attorney told the judge that Heche “had approximately $200,000 worth of jewelry and none remains and that was four years ago.” After the ruling, Laffoon’s attorney Bryan Phipps told People in a statement, “We believe the court reached the correct result this morning, both legally and equitably, and are glad to have this phase of the process behind us.
*********No matter how much money there is, people are gonna fight over it!!
TOPIC: Ever get into a family feud over an inheritance??
Kanye West Praised Hitler
Kanye West praised Adolf Hitler during an appearance on Alex Jones’ InfoWars program yesterday. “I see good things about Hitler,” West told Jones. “I love everyone and Jewish people are not going to tell me: You can love us and you can love what we’re doing to you with the contracts, and you can love what we’re pushing with the pornography. But this guy [Hitler] that invented highways and invented the very microphone that I use as a musician, you can’t say out loud that this person ever did anything good. I’m done with that,” he continued. “Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler.” Later in the segment, West went even further in his praise, telling Jones: “I like Hitler.” He also claimed “the Jewish media has made us feel like Nazis and Hitler have never offered us anything of value to the world.” At one point Jones pushed back, saying “I think most Jews are great people,” but adding, “I agree there’s a Jewish mafia.” Ye also took credit for popularizing antisemitism, saying, “No one in high school knew what anti-Semitic meant until Ye made it popular.”
**********Somebody needs to help this guy!!!
*****Being on the wrong side of history is bad, but being on the wrong side of reality is worse!!!
QUESTION: Was he this crazy BEFORE he married Kim K????
Ripping The Tabloids (Throughout the week, we’ll give you the stories from that weeks tabs!)
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Loose Talk-(Us Weekly)
“Adele told me not to do it! She was like, ‘I feel like space movies are the new vampire movies.’ I should have listened to her.”-On regretting starring in the 2016 flop Passengers, Jennifer Lawrence.
“I hear about people wanting to do movies about my life….dude, I’m not dead!”-Seemingly in response to Millie Bobby Brown saying she’s eager to portray her in a biopic, Britney Spears.
“When I was there, I was like, ‘Why did I sign up to do this? This is horrible! This is truly horrible! I don’t know this song; I don’t know how to do this.’ It was traumatic….I was in actual hell.”-On his 2018 appearance on South Korea’s version of The Masked Singer, Ryan Reynolds.
STUPID NEWS
Mystery Object in Florida
Officials in a Florida county are trying to identify a mysterious, long-buried wooden object partially unearthed by erosion. Volusia County officials said the object, which appears to be part of a wooden structure, was unearthed in Daytona Beach Shores by erosion following Hurricanes Ian and Nicole. “This erosion is unprecedented at this point. We haven’t seen this kind of erosion in a very long time,” Volusia Beach Safety Deputy Chief Tammy Malphurs told WKMG-TV, “I’ve been on the beach probably 25 years and that’s the first time I’ve seen it exposed.” It was not clear whether the structure was part of an old boat or an old dock. “We’re not sure what it is but it is a large piece of debris, probably about 80 to 100 feet in length,” Malphurs told WESH-TV. Officials said a state archaeology team is expected to visit the beach soon to attempt to identify the object. See the video HERE.
**********100 feet of wood?? Has anyone seen Shaq???
*******It’s probably an alien spacecraft!! They tripped everyone up by using wood!!!
Wedding Rings Tossed In The Trash
A New Hampshire man who accidentally threw his wife’s wedding rings in the trash was able to find them again with some help from sanitation workers. Kevin Butler of Windham said he didn’t realize until his trash was at the local transfer station that the napkin he threw in the garbage contained his wife’s rings, which had been wrapped up to dry after being cleaned. “She looked around for her rings. I said, ‘I’ve got a good feeling they may be in the trash that I just took to the transfer station,'” Butler told WMUR-TV. Butler went back to the transfer station, where he explained the situation to Dennis Senibaldi, Windham’s general services director. Senibaldi and his team reviewed surveillance camera footage to identify the area most likely to contain the bag from Butler’s home. The area turned out to contain about 20 tons of trash, which the team then sifted through until they found the right bag. Butler thanked the transfer station workers by bringing them pizza.
TOPIC: Ever lose your wedding ring?? We lost ours on the way to Hooters!!!
Raccoon Loose In The Cafeteria
Students and faculty members at a Texas high school were confronted with an unusual situation when a raccoon ran into the school’s cafeteria. Grand Prairie Independent School District spokesman Sam Buchmeyer confirmed the raccoon was spotted in the cafeteria at Grand Prairie High School just after noon Monday. A witness captured video of the raccoon running loose around the cafeteria. Buchmeyer said district staff members were summoned to the school to help wrangle the animal. “They came in and worked with campus staff to corral the little guy, and then they took him off campus and released him,” Buchmeyer told The Dallas Morning News. See the video HERE.
*********The raccoon said, “Excuse me, which way to the garbage cans??”
*******The tried to get a shot of him on the surveillance cameras, but he was wearing a mask!!
Low Fuel Leads To Lottery Win
A North Carolina woman said she has her truck’s low fuel light to thank for the $1 million jackpot she won from a scratch-off lottery ticket. Laura Keen of Winston-Salem told North Carolina Education Lottery officials she and her boyfriend were out shopping for Christmas gifts when her truck’s low fuel light came on, necessitating a stop at the 7-Eleven gas station on South Main Street in Kernersville. While filling up her tank, Keen bought a $30 Millionaire Maker scratch-off ticket, and minutes later she discovered it was a $1 million winner. “I was screaming,” Keen said. “He was screaming. We both were screaming. We were just in shock, just shock.” Keen said she was especially shocked by the circumstances that led to her win. “We would never have won that if that gas light had not gone off,” she said.
**********Wow.. it’s almost like you win at random!!!
STUFF THAT’S COOL AND VIRAL
VIDEO: BASE JUMPER IN UTAH HITS THE SIDE OF THE CLIFF!!!
A LIST FOR FRIDAY
7 Things I Won’t Do After Working As A Restaurant Host
These hosts have seen it all, and they have thoughts on job boundaries and rude customer etiquette.
HUFFINGTON POST
- I won’t act like an abusive jerk when my table isn’t ready.
“Guests’ comfort is critical for restaurants, and hospitality professionals employ great skill to make patrons feel at home, but customers can take this too far. Boundaries fly out the window, and suddenly it’s completely fine to berate a stranger because your table isn’t ready.” “During my time as a hostess working one of Manhattan’s toughest doors, I experienced guests resorting to verbal abuse, inappropriate physical contact, and regressing to a child-like state — it’s incredible how many non-disabled adults can’t handle standing for 10 minutes.”
“A good rule of thumb is to act as though you’ve been invited to a private dinner party at the home of someone you respect but don’t know very well. Would you have sex in their bathroom? Would you grab the crook of your host’s arm, thrust your face in theirs, and squawk about the terrible injustice they’ve committed by not serving dinner yet? Probably not!” –– Kim Reed, New York City-based author of “Workhorse: My Sublime and Absurd Years in New York City’s Restaurant Scene”
- I won’t make a reservation that doesn’t count the children in my party.
“Oftentimes parents will only count the adults and when their table is ready, they are confused why it doesn’t fit their three other children they never told the hostess about. Children require space, so make sure to count all people in your party, not just the adults.” ― Karen De Anda, Los Angeles
- I won’t skip the host and seat myself.
“[Seating yourself is a behavior that] happens actually all the time, and usually the customers are quite angry because they’ll be like: ‘Where are my menus?’ But your menus aren’t here because you didn’t come to me.” “It just puts the host in such a strange position where they have to answer to other [waiting] customers…They have to answer to the server. Usually the server will then go to the host a lot of the time and be like ‘Why doesn’t that table have menus?’”
“I’ve had tables sit down at a table that’s truly not bussed at all, like not even just a little dirty but maybe the tip is still sitting there from the previous table. I think in their mind it’s like, ‘Ooh I’m grabbing that table really fast.’ I totally understand the customer. But from the other side, it’s like ‘What are you doing?’” ― Jeremy Konopka, New York City
- I won’t assume the restaurant will be able to make accommodations for me on the fly.
“Whether it’s showing up with more people than listed in your reservation, or requesting a specific seating arrangement like a booth or patio table, necessary accommodations need to be communicated with the host before you arrive. If the restaurant you’re going to is on the busier side, there is a chance that the table they’ve reserved for you is the only available one for that night.” “I’ve run into many instances where a party is insistent on having a booth, or shows up with eight people instead of their reserved five, and end up having to wait over an hour for the next available table. I think many people would be surprised to know how tightly reservations can run in a restaurant, and even small changes are not always possible on the fly.”
“What I would recommend when booking a reservation is to state all of your seating preferences and necessary accommodations before you book, that way the host will be able to reserve your desired table and eliminate the guessing games. For instances when you might have extra people joining your party, book your reservation with them included in the tally. You can always downsize your table or just have less people at a bigger one, but it is much trickier to upgrade.” “Overall, as hosts we will do everything we can to make sure you are satisfied with your experience, but communicating your preferences up front can go a long way!” ― Hannah Brown, Fort Collins, Colorado
- I won’t get upset when the hostess is not at the front of the restaurant when I walk in.
“Yes, it is a host’s job to greet you as you walk in, but hosts often have other duties, such as doing restroom checks to make sure everything is stocked and clean, wiping down tables, or even helping out in the kitchen.” ― De Anda
- I won’t stare at the host to get them to seat me faster or ask for an empty table.
“I definitely won’t stare at the host or the hostess. That’s something that happens a lot. They’re given the wait time and they just slowly back away and they just stare and expect something to happen sooner.” “There’s a lot of restaurants that have a real system. Most of them should… That table might be open, but the servers might be swamped or the kitchen might be backed up, and for you to have the correct experience that they want you to have at the restaurant, they’re not going to seat everyone. I think a lot of the time that [behavior of asking for an empty table] puts a lot of pressure on whoever is the host or the hostess to really explain that to them… It’s hard.”
“There’s a real hierarchy in a restaurant and unfortunately a lot of time, the host is usually the entry level point. There’s a lot of pressure coming from the servers of: ‘Did you seat me?’ ‘Did you double-seat me?’ ‘Did you triple-seat me?’ The host may even want to become a server because the money is usually better.”
“There’s pressures from all over and the customer that is staring you and saying ‘Hey that table is open’ is just one other thing.” ― Konopka
- I won’t work a hostess job where I don’t get a percentage of total sales.
“When I worked my first job as a hostess, I got a flat rate of $12.65 per hour. Whether we had 10 covers or 300 covers that night, my pay stayed exactly the same. One of the reasons that working in the service industry can be so alluring is the opportunity to make good money quickly, and although it can be stressful and draining at times, those bustling nights that create the most stress also have the biggest payoffs.”
“With fixed wages, however, you get all of the stress and none of the reward. There’s no incentive to work busy shifts, because it just becomes five times the work with no extra pay. In my experience, a far more desirable pay structure for hosts is one where they get paid by a percentage of the total sales.” “This allows for the hosts to be rewarded for the success that they have a hand in creating, without having to get tipped out directly by the servers or other [front of house] employees. It also incentivizes employees to take busier shifts and be more willing to help out on big ticket days, like weekends or holidays.”
“If you are considering getting a job as a host, I would recommend asking your interviewer what the pay structure looks like in the host position. Most restaurants that I’ve worked at do offer the hosts a percentage of sales, so don’t be afraid to keep looking until you find one that does!” ― Brown
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