It’s “National Twin Peaks Day”… The day fans of the Wildly popular TV show set aside to celebrate the day FBI Agent Dale Cooper first arrived in the fictional town of Twin Peaks. And the day the rest of us Salute the great Dolly Parton!
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Speaking of “Twin Peaks”…
Restaurant chain Hooters is preparing to file for bankruptcy after dozens of its establishments closed over the past year.
That story again… Hooters is going BUST.
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A new report shows that shark attacks on humans dropped substantially last year around the world.
-Now that RFK Jr. has been sworn is as the Health Secretary… the Sharks are all switching to something healthier - like pomegranate seeds.
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An American Airlines flight from JFK airport to Delhi had to divert to Rome — and landed under fighter jet escort — after a bomb threat was discovered on board the plane.
Luckily, the bomb threat turned out to be a fake… but passengers said like with the a lot of flights these days, the landing was “touch and go”.
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Firefighters in Madrid came to the rescue of a goat that somehow ended up stranded on a ledge of the fifth floor of an apartment building.
🎶 High on a ledge was a lonely goat…
Layee odl, layee odl layee-oo.
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McFarlane Toy brand is releasing a new action figure based on Michael Keaton’s “Batman”. Which is cool but not exactly topical since Keaton played Batman 35 years ago.
-Which is why this Batman Action Figure comes with his own “Walk-In Bathtub” and a Batmobile that’s left hand blinker is aways on.
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Jessica Simpson announced that she's making new music “without drinking.”
-Interesting. The only way I listen to some of the stuff that passes for “music” these days is by having a few cocktails, myself.
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RIP…. Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist who scored big hits in the 70’s with songs like “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly” died this morning after a long battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease. She was 88.
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HEADS UP: The 38th Annual Salvation Army Radiothon Benefiting the Bed & Bread Club is THIS FRIDAY, FEB. 28th!!! You can listen LIVE on 760 WJR AM starting at 6am… and donate by calling 1-833-SAL-HOPE, texting BREAD to 24365 or online at S-A-Metrodetroit.ORG. This VITAL PROGRAM feeds and shelters tens of thousands of men, women and children in Metro Detroit EVERY DAY & EVERY NIGHT of the year!!! And every penny stays right here in our own backyards… helping our friends and neighbors! As usual, I - along with my family - will be part of big event on Friday… I hope you will be too! And most importantly… I hope you’ll donate! Thanks in advance!!!!
Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Tuesday!
-Dick