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TODAY IS …
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BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY
Business Insider says this:
“When writing the screenplay for Back to the future, October 21, 2015 is the day the screenwriter, Bob Gale, chose for the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series, something, Gales said, ‘was the most absurd thing we could think of’ in 1985 (turns out he was a year off, the Cubs won the series in 2016). The idea of the Cubs winning the Series gives Marty McFly something to bet on as a ‘hook’ for the film’s second story line. In the sequel, (Back to the Future Part II), Marty McFly travels to the future in 2015 to save the children that aren’t even a ‘twinkle in their dad’s eye.'”

GARBANZO BEAN DAY

NATIONAL APPLE DAY

NATIONAL PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE DAY

October is:

Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
American Cheese Month
Car Care Month
Child Health Month
Consumer Information Month
Cookbook Month
Country Music Month
Fire Prevention Month
National Pizza Month
National Popcorn Month
National Service Dog Month
Vegetarian Awareness Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Monday through Wednesday
Listings sourced from the TV Guide and EW websites

MONDAY, October 21

“Poppa’s House”
CBS – New Series
Synopsis: Legendary radio host “Poppa” has his point of view challenged at work and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son. With Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr.

Season Premiere:
FX – “What We Do in the Shadows”

TUESDAY, October 22

“Hasan Minhaj: Off With His Head”
Netflix – Comedy Special
Synopsis: Hasan Minhaj on midlife identity struggles, race relations, political divides and the fact-checking scandal.

WEDNESDAY, October 23

“Breath of Fire”
HBO – Limited Docuseries
Synopsis: YouTube astrologer Katie Griggs rose to fame as the face of Kundalini yoga and reinvented herself as Guru Jagat, attracting followers — including celebrities and fee-paying devotees — with promises of prosperity, physical health, and spiritual fulfillment. Series examines the corruption within Kundalini yoga and profiles the misguided guru and master manipulator.

THE BUZZ

BEST HALLOWEEN CANDY FOR TRICK-OR-TREATERS, ACCORDING TO KIDS

To find out what candy is the best to hand out on Halloween night, Eater.com went straight to kids (* well, six kids, anyway; Way to research an article, Eater.com!) and asked them about their favorite candy to hoard well after October 31.The responses:
The Best Halloween Candy:
– Zaeem, age 11: “Full-size Twix or Hershey’s bar.”
– Sawyer, age 11: “Sour Patch Kids, because they’re really yummy.”
– Penny, age 7: “Candy corn, ’cause they taste really good.”
– Joey, age 10: “A king-size Crunch bar is the sign of a great house. Gummy Krabby Patties would also be good.”
– Musa, age 5: “Lollipops or Reese’s peanut butter cups.”
– Theo, age 10: “King-size Hershey’s, king-size anything!”
* I could have asked my goldfish and gotten a more definitive answer.
* Let me get this straight: they come up with a premise, “The Best Halloween Candy According To Trick-or-Treaters,” they ask six kids – probably half of them belong to the receptionist – they get absolutely no consensus, and they still go with the headline. Somebody has a local TV news reporter job in their future!
* Why not just call it, “Some kids remember the last candy they ate”?
The Worst Halloween Candy, According To Kids
– Zaeem: “The worst thing to pass out are toothbrushes and raisins.”
– Margot, age 7: “In my opinion, Warheads are the worst to give out because they are too sour and most kids don’t like them.”
– Sawyer: “100 Grand bars are awful. I got so many of them one Halloween and they tasted awful.”
– Kana, age 7: “Zombie Sour Patch Kids because they look weird and taste sour.”
– Joey: “Twizzlers or licorice sticks. They suck. No one likes them.”
– Miranda, age 11: “NEVER DENTAL FLOSS.”
– Elena, age 8: “Fruit, raisins, veggies. No one wants healthy stuff.”
– Aya, age 7: “Those candies that are hard and I don’t like them and I spit them in the trash.”
* Yes, but Aya – you DID put it in your mouth, so a good pollster would say you liked it.
* Zombie Sour Patch Kids taste sour? Who knew?
* And what’s up with that kids eating dental floss?
* Least favorite candy I used to get: left-over Easter peeps.

THE WORST GIFT

Reddit asked “What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received?” Some of the replies:
– “A book ‘How to be a Good Jewish Mother.’ I am not Jewish and I am a guy. I am not married and I have no kids.”
– “My ex-mother-in-law gave me a used broken tape dispenser for Christmas one year. ”
– “A ziploc bag filled with cotton balls with the words ‘ghost poop’ written on the bag in sharpie.”
– “I once received a half-used candle with a broken wick.”
– “In high school, my boyfriend got me a birthday gift of an XBox controller. For his XBox.”
– “I bought a bag of Lindt chocolate for myself, then it mysteriously disappeared before I could eat any. When Christmas rolled around, my aunt gifted me the bag of chocolates that I bought.”
– “For Christmas when I was 16 years old my dad gave me a job application to fill out for my Christmas present.”
– “For my 50th birthday last year, my soon-to-be ex-husband gave me a box of 3 Christmas ornaments from Big Lots. FOR MY FIFTIETH.”
– “When I turned 12 my mom had the day in the custody agreement. It was my birthday. Picked me up and brought me to her house. No happy birthday or anything. Took me back to my dad’s after a few hours. As I was getting out of the car I mentioned that it was my birthday. I’ll never forget what she said. ‘Oh crap, it’s your birthday? I don’t have anything for you. Here, you want $20?’”
* PHONE TOPIC: With Christmas on the horizon, what’s the worst gift you ever got?

U.S. NEWS

MT. VERNON CLOSED

American landmark Mt. Vernon, George Washington’s home on the Potomac River in Virginia, is closing to tourist visitors. As of Nov. 1, the first President’s estate will be largely closed to the public amid its largest-scale renovation in more than 150 years, at a cost of $30 million. The 290-year-old mansion has come loose from its foundation. According to the caretakers, “Essentially, the mansion was sitting on termite shields. Lateral winds could knock it off its foundation.” The mansion will be closed during the fixup, but the estate’s grounds, which include Washington’s tomb, and the living quarters of Washington’s (ahem) enslaved people will remain open to the public.
* It’s true that Martha Washington wrote in her letters that she always wished the main room was open concept.
* Should have called in Terminix back in the 50s.
* I can’t wait until they bring in “Christina on the Coast” to find tile for the backsplash.
* Next they need to fix the Washington Monument. It doesn’t look anything like him.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

MAN ARRESTED FOR SNIFFING SHOES

On Thursday, a man in northern Greece received a suspended one-month prison sentence for repeatedly sneaking onto his neighbors’ properties to smell their shoes. The man was arrested before dawn on Oct. 8 in the small town of Sindos, after a neighbor found the defendant in his front yard sniffing his family’s shoes, which had been left outdoors to air. The 28-year-old Greek man told the court that he was unable to explain his behavior, which, he said, had caused him great embarrassment. There had been at least three similar incidents in the past six months, despite neighbors having asked the defendant’s family to get him to stop.
* He’s Greek, He’s attracted to Feeta cheese.
* Stinky shoes left outside overnight to air. Plus they keep the raccoons away.
* What an idiot. He could have a job for life working at a bowling alley at the shoe rental, and no one would be the wiser.
* I say, never judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes, and then sniffed them silly.

AIRPORT LIMITS GOODBYE HUGS TO 3 MINUTES

Dunedin Airport in New Zealand has sparked debate with its new sign imposing a three-minute time limit on hugging goodbye in its drop-off zone. The sign says “Max hug time 3 minutes. For fonder farewells please use the car park.” The airport CEO Daniel De Bono pointed to a study suggesting a 20-second hug is enough to get a burst of the “love hormone” oxytocin and argued that moving customers along quickly allows more people to get more hugs. He also points out that the parking lot allows a 15-minute visit for free.
* What are you suggesting, you perv?
* It’s a drop-off zone, not a Burning Man love-in.
* What happens if you go over three minutes? They shoot a fire hose at you? Tasers?
* Three-minute limit for hugs. The public is not embracing it.
* Three-minutes at drop-off, but Baggage Claim still has a 45-minute minimum, though.

BODY FALLS OUT OF HEARSE ONTO ROAD

A funeral home in Poland issued an unusual apology on Saturday after a corpse that it was transporting fell out of a hearse and into traffic. A man was driving down a street Friday in the city of Stalowa Wola when a sheet blew onto his car window. When the sheet slid down, he saw a body lying on a crosswalk in the road. The company transporting the corpse, Hades Funeral Services, issued a statement Saturday taking responsibility for the incident and blaming a failure of the electric tailgate lock in the hearse. The company said, “An unfortunate event occurred which does not reflect the high standards of our company,”
* “Also, If anyone has seen our sheet, we’d really like it back.”
* Couldn’t they at least have strapped the body gown with bungee cords?
* Hades Funeral Service? A hell of an undertaker.
* “When your loved one passes, send them to Hades.”
* What happens when a corpse falls out of a hearse? Remains to be seen.

TRENDING

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME CEREMONY

The Rock & Roll Hall Fame induction ceremony happened on Saturday. This year’s inductees were Cher, Mary J. Blige, A Tribe Called Quest, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Matthews Band and posthumous recognition for Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Alexis Korner, John Mayall, Norman Whitfield and Big Mama Thornton.
– In her speech, Cher said she was inspired by Cinderella and thanked her mother for instilling in her to always get back up after defeat. “The one thing I got from my mom is to never give up,” she said. “I never give up. I’m talking to the women – down and out, we keep going.”
– Mary J Blige sang a mix of her hits, including “Love No Limit,” “Be Happy” and “Family Affair.”
– Dionne Warwick said this year was the third time she was nominated for the Hall. “I am so pleased to be here,” she said. “I’m just going to say this and get off the stage: Thank you, thank you, thank you.” She and Jennifer Hudson sang her hit song “Walk On By.”
– Ozzy Osbourne was honored with an all-star performance that featured Billy Idol, Jelly Roll, and Tool’s Maynard James Keenan singing his songs. Ozzy said in his speech: “I’ve been fortunate over the years to play with some of the world’s greatest guitar players, drummers, bass players, and a few of them are here tonight. But I’ve got to say one thing for a guy by the name of Randy Rhoads. If I’d hadn’t have met Randy Rhoads, I don’t think I’d be sitting here now. And moreso more than that, my wife Sharon. Saved my life. And my grandbabies and my babies. I love them all.
– Roger Daltrey of The Who inducted Peter Frampton. “It’s about bloody time!” he said. “Peter has had the most amazing career of all time. It’s probably easier to name the people he hasn’t worked with than the people he has,” Daltrey said. Keith Urban and Frampton played “Do You Feel Like I Do” and Frampton brought out his famous talk box effect and the crowd roared.
– Dave Matthews honored Jimmy Buffett with an acoustic version of “A Pirate Looks at Forty.” James Taylor then came out and sang “Margaritaville.” Then Taylor, Kenny Chesney and Mac McAnally performed Buffett’s “Come Monday.”
– Sammy Hagar introduced Foreigner, and pointed out that the band currently tours without any original members, saying “That’s how good the songs are.” Demi Lovato and Slash joined the touring Foreigner for “Feels Like the First Time” and Hagar sang “Hot Blooded.” Kelly Clarkson sang “I Want to Know What Love Is,” and then the arena erupted when original singer Lou Gramm joined her. Gramm thanked guitarist Mick Jones, sidelined in New York by Parkinson’s disease.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (Oct. 18-20)

1. Smile 2 – $23 million
2. The Wild Robot – $10 million
3. Terrifier 3 – $9.2 million
4. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – $5 million
5. We Live In Time – $4 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Oct. 31, Thursday – Halloween
Nov. 3, Sunday – Daylight Saving Time Ends, turn clocks back 1 hour
Nov. 11, Monday – Veterans Day
Nov. 28, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Saturday – Winter begins, winter solstice occurs at 4:21 a.m. (EST)
Dec. 25, Wednesday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Tuesday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, Wednesday – New Year’s Day

BIRTHDAYS

Kane Brown (country singer) … 31
Kim Kardashian (reality tv star) … 44
Will Estes (actor, “Blue Bloods”) … 46
Matthew Ramsey (country singer w Old Dominion) … 47
Charlotte Caffey (guitarist with The Go-Go’s) … 71
Judge Judy (TV judge Judy Sheindlin) … 82

BIRTHDAY QUOTE QUIZ – Ask your listeners “Who said it?” HINT: Today’s their birthday!

“I exercise, and I eat reasonably, and I don’t want to look at myself being out of shape. That would depress me.”

(A) Whoopi Goldberg
(B) Kevin James
(C) Judge Judy

ANSWER: (C) Judge Judy

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2021 – Firing what he thought was a prop gun, actor Alec Baldwin shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and injured director Joel Souza in rehearsal on the set of the film Rust at Bonanza Ranch, New Mexico.

1988 – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that aluminum rustlers – posing as legitimate highway crews – had stolen thousands of dollars worth of bridge railings and signs.
* Making huge aluminum bridge railings one of the stranger items that have shown up on eBay.

1954 – Super-spy James Bond was portrayed on the screen for the first time – the small screen. Years before Sean Connery became James Bond in the movies, actor Barry Nelson brought the Ian Fleming character to life on the TV series “Climax.”
* James Bond in the 50s wasn’t nearly as cool as James Bond in the 60s. For one thing, he drove a Studebaker.

1921 – The World Series was broadcast on radio for the first time.
* Being the first-ever on-air game, they had to create all the terminology from scratch. “And the batter has hit the ball almost straight up! It popped off his bat and flew right up! You could call it … I don’t know … a pop fly! Yeah! a pop fly!”

1879 – Thomas Edison perfected the electric light bulb.
* It was a big step forward for the 19th Century’s Industrial Revolution, ’cause now they didn’t have to send all those child laborers home when it got dark.

1797 – The U.S. Navy frigate “Constitution” was launched. Though famously nicknamed “Old Ironsides,” it was actually built of hardwood.
* So even back then, contractors were cheating on government jobs.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2016 – Leonard Cohen released his last album, “You Want It Darker,” 17 days before his death. Cohen was in poor health while the album was being made, and never went to the recording studio, relying on his son Adam to handle the sessions and integrate his tracks. The title track was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance in January 2018.

2007 – Kid Rock and five members of his entourage were arrested after an argument with a man escalated into a fight in a restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia.

2001 – Concerts at Madison Square Garden and the RFK stadium in Washington were expected to raise millions in funds for the victims of the 9-11 attacks. Stars who appeared included Michael Jackson, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, NSYNC, P Diddy and James Brown.

1997 – Elton John’s “Candle In The Wind 97” was declared by the Guinness Book Of Records as the biggest selling single record of all time, with 31.8 million sales in less than 40 days and raising more than $35 million for charity.

1995 – Green Day singer Billie Joe was arrested and fined $141 after mooning the audience during a gig in Milwaukee.

1992 – George Michael took Sony Records to court in a fight over his contract with the company; he lost the case in 1994. Michael worked with Sony again less than 10 years later.

1971 – Rolling Stone Mick Jagger became a father when his wife Bianca gave birth to daughter Jade in Paris.

1958 – Buddy Holly’s last recording session took place in New York. The songs recorded included “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” which reached No. 1.

X-TREME TRIVIA CHALLENGE

Every installment of X-Treme Trivia Challenge includes three mystery factoids. Create your own “Impossible Question” contest – great for listener giveaways and phone interaction starters! Also a perfect sponsorship opportunity!

1. In a recent survey, 75% of people named THIS as the rudest thing you can do on the job. What is it?
Curse

3. According to studies, on average we spend 77 minutes at work every day doing this. What is it?
Download and/or watching your favorite shows

3. A new study found that if you switch tasks at work, you should do THIS first. What is it?
Wash your hands – it forces your brain to switch gears

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