What is: Thanks for a Great Run!

"Jeopardy!" champ Amy Schneider ended her incredible 40 game run last night with $1,383,800 in winnings. She now holds the record for the show’s second-longest consecutive win streak and made history as the first woman to earn over a million dollars & the first openly transgender woman to qualify for the Tournament of Champions! The question she missed was: The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an “H”. The correct answer was: What is Bangladesh?

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Minnie Mouse will look a little different at the 30th anniversary of Disneyland Paris this March… Turns out she’s ditching her trademark dress for a spiffy new pantsuit.

- Sounds like somebody’s been taking fashion advice from Hillary Clinton.

- Wow. If somebody at Disney was finally going to start wearing pants I thought for sure it would be Donald Duck.

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The Santa Barbara Zoo announced that their Giraffe Adia welcomed a male calf named Raymie on January 19th! The bouncing baby boy giraffe weighed 157.4 pounds and stands 5’ 7” tall.

- He was born at 10:02, 11:45 and 2:17pm.

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Justice Stephen Breyer will step down from the Supreme Court at the end of the current term - and President Biden says he’ll make good on his promise to fill the vacancy by appointing a Black Woman.

- Right now the leading contender appears to be Dennis Rodman.

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Kraft Foods announced that due to supply chain issues, it’s forced to raise prices on many of it’s most popular products including Bacon, Velveeta Cheese and Ocsar Mayer Hot Dogs.

Sing with me… My Bologna has a first name… It’s O-S-C-A-R.

My Bologna has a second name… it’s M-A-Y-E-R.

Oh I love to eat it everyday.

But I can’t because of supply chain issues.

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Sarah Palin has tested positive for COVID-19.

- Ironically… It’s the first time CNN has had anything POSITIVE to say about Sarah, EVER.

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66 year old Englishman Clive Jones claims he’s the “World’s Most Prolific Sperm Donor” - and says he’s fathered 129 children and currently has 9 more on the way.

- They outta erect a statue in his honor.

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Elton John cancelled two dates on his delayed “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour after testing positive for COVID.

- Here’s an idea… Why don’t they get that sperm-donor Clive guy to fill in for Elton. He seems like a real “Rocketman”.

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

-Dick