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SayWhat?!? Good News! July 30 with The Bonnie D. · Say What?!? Good News with The Bonnie D.

• 0:09
  SPEAKER_00: There we go.
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  SPEAKER_00: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Bonnie D.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is Say What Good News, July thirtieth.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: Let's see what she has to say.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: I know, I know, it gets funny sometimes.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: Let's see what she has to say.
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  SPEAKER_00: Is she hiding in the beach?
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: I think she's at the beach today with our friend Carol.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's see what she's got to say.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: In 2016, on this date, reaching for the stars, that's our theme today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jack White's Third Man Records propelled a special turntable and a vinyl 45 RPM record.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember those?
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  SPEAKER_00: I had boxes of those.
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  SPEAKER_00: Into space by a high-altitude balloon that reached up to 94,000 feet.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was called the Icarus Craft, and it played a song called A Glorious Dawn that was co-created by the composer John D.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: Boswell and the scientist Carl Sagan.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: How about that?
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's look at some Starlight, Star Bright.
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  SPEAKER_00: Did you know before fame Sl Sylvester Stallone was so poor, he sold his dog Butkus for 50 bucks.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then he sold his Rocky script, got a lot of money, and bought back Butcus.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's interesting alliteration.
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  SPEAKER_00: For$3,000, they were both in the movie Rocky.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before Fame, Madonna worked at Dunkin' Donuts and she was fired because she squirted jelly on a customer.
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  SPEAKER_00: So much for jelly donuts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before fame, the Beatles were rejected in 1962 by the boss of Decca Records, who said guitar groups are on the way out.
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  SPEAKER_00: And before fame, Natalie Portman was, I think, a scientific genius.
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  SPEAKER_00: Her high school paper, A Simple Method to Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar, was published in the Journal of Chemical Education.
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  SPEAKER_00: And at Harvard, she co-authored the paper called Frontal Lobe Activation During Object Permanence, Data from Near Infrared Spectroscopy.
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  SPEAKER_00: I deserve a medal for just saying that.
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  SPEAKER_00: There you go.
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  SPEAKER_00: Harrison Ford, before fame, he learned woodworking from the library.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he was a carpenter and a furniture builder.
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  SPEAKER_00: He remodeled the recording studio for Sergio Mendez.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was installing a door at Francis Ford Coppola's house.
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  SPEAKER_00: And who was there?
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  SPEAKER_00: George Lucas.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they talked.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what do you know?
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  SPEAKER_00: Harrison Ford's career as an actor took over.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he became a star.
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  SPEAKER_00: He got a lead role in American graffiti and eventually he played Han Solo in the Star Wars.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he said, I had money for tools, but no money for materials.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was just trying to put food on the table for my family.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was taking acting jobs, and being a carpenter helped me choose the right one.
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  SPEAKER_00: So much for you.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: There he is in his Mr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sawdust.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: And now let's do birthdays.
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  SPEAKER_00: Paul Anka.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, please, Diana.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sorry, Bob.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's 85 today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Canadian wonderful composer and singer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Schwarzenegger, Arnold, former California governor.
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  SPEAKER_00: 79.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lawrence Fishburne.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was in The Matrix in so many movies.
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  SPEAKER_00: 65.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lisa Kudrow played the Ditsy Phoebe on Friends in a lot of movies.
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  SPEAKER_00: 63.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Christopher Nolan, director of The Dark Knight and so much more as 56 The Teddy.
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  SPEAKER_00: My teddy friends are at the beach.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bob, it's Chili Dog Day.
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  SPEAKER_00: I hope you like them.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: It's Cheesecake Day.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'd have that for dinner instead.
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  SPEAKER_00: Share a hug day.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll hug all of you virtually.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's day of friendship.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, paperback book day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, Mr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Techno Thriller.
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  SPEAKER_00: How's the paperbacks going?
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's Father-in-law day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And a couple of jokes about father-in-law's Jeff Foxworthy says, My father-in-law gets up at five in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know why there's a big rush to do this.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Dick Clark said, humor is always based on a modicum of truth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, the late Dick Clark, I think we just did.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's go to our music and let's do our shout-outs.
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  SPEAKER_00: And where's my maestro?
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  SPEAKER_00: Here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here we go.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: We forgot to hold up the mug yesterday for the shout-outs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amos and Jake, my grandpuppies, love you.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: Charles Brakefield, Enigma author, working on another story.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: Wow, go find his techno thrillers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Teresa G and the graduates, hugs and kisses, my family.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jerry Meyer, thanks for your support of my shows.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're a wonderful writer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Really smart lady.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mary Nutley, smart as can be.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for being my friend.
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  SPEAKER_00: Single to my bat.
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  SPEAKER_00: Love exchanging the wordle and other puzzles with you at night in the New York Times mini.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wow, 44 seconds.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's amazing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kathy and my neighbor, two of these.
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  SPEAKER_00: Special shout out to you and Joe.
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  SPEAKER_00: I said hi to Joe yesterday.
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  SPEAKER_00: We had nice chat.
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  SPEAKER_00: Karen Jim in Hawaii.
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  SPEAKER_00: Deborah Mallard, sweating sunshine.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kathy and Jennifer Davis from New York.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm back to the old music.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jan Burl and her grandson Arthur looking good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Carol O at the beast, Monte Milo diving.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Brad Morgan in London, thinking about the Antarctic.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Biden D.
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  SPEAKER_00: See you tomorrow.
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  SPEAKER_00: This news is for you.