Doctors say a 57-year-old Maryland man is “doing well” 3 days after receiving a genetically modified Pig Heart in a 1st-of-its-kind transplant surgery.

- More details when they become available… but for now… Th…Th…Th…That’s All Folks!!

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The Treasury Department is warning of long delays in Tax Refund Checks this year due to “enormous challenges” brought on by the Pandemic and supply chain issues.

- How about we all send the IRS a note telling them there’s going to be a long delay in us PAYING OUR TAXES for the same reason. How do you think that’ll go over??

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Martha Stewart and Rapper Snoop Dogg wore matching diamond-and-gold glasses while taping “Puppy Bowl XVIII”… the 3-Hour TV special TV Special which features 70 adoptable puppies competing for the coveted “Lombarky” trophy.

- There was some drama when one of the Snauzers appeared to take a knee during the playing of the National Anthem… but it turned out he was just going to the bathroom.

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Customs and Border Patrol Agents in Progresso, Texas have reportedly intercepted a 20-year-old American woman trying to smuggle Spider Monkeys into the U-S.

- Why did she try to SMUGGLE them? Why not just let them walk across with everybody else??

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A Pennsylvania man is facing an indecent exposure charge, after police say he walked into a car dealership completely naked - hoping to take a test drive.

- He says he was looking for an automatic but ended up with five on the floor.

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According to a new survey of 2,000 adults half of Americans don’t know how to cook Pasta and more than a third said they struggle to make something as simple as Eggs.

- Anyone who thinks eggs are simple to make has obviously NEVER asked a Chicken.

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RIP… Sidney Poitier, Bob Saget, Dwayne Hickman (Dobie Gillis), Marilyn Bergman (Lyricist - “The Way We Were”, “Windmills of Your Mind”, “Summer of 42”) & Peter Bogdanovich (Director - “The Last Picture Show”, “Paper Moon”).

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Wednesday!

-Dick