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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: And here we are.
- 0:05unknown: Good news.
- 0:06unknown: Sail off.
- 0:08SPEAKER_00: Good news.
- 0:11SPEAKER_00: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are.
- 0:14SPEAKER_00: I'm the Bonnie D.
- 0:15SPEAKER_00: I'm here in East Tennessee and it is 40 degrees out, so I'm wearing my let it snow t-shirt.
- 0:21SPEAKER_00: I don't know if that's gonna happen or not, but we're gonna see.
- 0:24SPEAKER_00: Let's see what she has to say.
- 0:25SPEAKER_00: I don't think snow's in her forecast.
- 0:27SPEAKER_00: She's not hiding.
- 0:28SPEAKER_00: She's looking for a warm blanket somewhere.
- 0:30SPEAKER_00: Here we are.
- 0:31SPEAKER_00: October 19th.
- 0:32SPEAKER_00: What's new?
- 0:32SPEAKER_00: That's entertainment.
- 0:33SPEAKER_00: We have four stories for you.
- 0:35SPEAKER_00: 1958, 13-year-old Brenda Lee recorded Rockin' Around the Christmas tree, rocking around the Christmas tree.
- 0:42SPEAKER_00: Bob, just bear with me here at Bradley Studios in Nashville in 1985.
- 0:47SPEAKER_00: Aha! The singing group, the band, Take On Me, was number one in comic book style videos.
- 0:53SPEAKER_00: It's cool.
- 0:54SPEAKER_00: Watch it.
- 0:55SPEAKER_00: 1999, Cher released what turned out to be her global hit album, Believe.
- 0:59SPEAKER_00: Love that song.
- 1:00SPEAKER_00: And in 2018, Jamie Lee Curtis's reboot film, Halloween, earned$77 million.
- 1:06SPEAKER_00: It was the biggest debut earnings of any film.
- 1:09SPEAKER_00: Get this with a female lead who was 55 years or older.
- 1:12SPEAKER_00: There's a picture on the lower right.
- 1:14SPEAKER_00: You go, Jamie Lee.
- 1:16SPEAKER_00: Okay, this is our food issue today.
- 1:17SPEAKER_00: Clean your plate.
- 1:18SPEAKER_00: The most expensive foods ever.
- 1:20SPEAKER_00: I don't know if you ever encountered these, but you can read about them.
- 1:22SPEAKER_00: Saffron, aka Red Gold, goes for$2,000 to$10,000 a pound.
- 1:27SPEAKER_00: Truffles called the Mozart of Mushrooms.
- 1:30SPEAKER_00: I don't know if they play music, but you do when you pay them.
- 1:33SPEAKER_00: $3,000 to$5,000 a pound.
- 1:35SPEAKER_00: Pineapples were pineapple mania in the 17th century.
- 1:38SPEAKER_00: People throwing dinner parties rented pineapples to impress their guests that they had status.
- 1:44SPEAKER_00: And pineapples were included in, you can see here, pictures, portraits of wealthy people.
- 1:49SPEAKER_00: Caviar, the Almus Beluga, is packed in a 24-carat gold tin, runs almost$16,000 a pound.
- 1:57SPEAKER_00: The story was from history facts.
- 1:58SPEAKER_00: There's more.
- 1:59SPEAKER_00: Bird's Nest Soup.
- 2:00SPEAKER_00: Ever heard of it?
- 2:01SPEAKER_00: It's made from hardened saliva nests of swift lips that are found high on cable.
- 2:06SPEAKER_00: Hundred bucks a bowl.
- 2:07SPEAKER_00: Soup up.
- 2:08SPEAKER_00: Ambergree, aka the treasure of the sea, is prized in perfumery and cooking.
- 2:13SPEAKER_00: In 2012, a piece was worth$92,000.
- 2:17SPEAKER_00: Black peppercorns, aka black gold, were used in the 15th century as a form of currency to pay rent to landowners.
- 2:24SPEAKER_00: And Sylphium, ancient spice, it's extinct.
- 2:26SPEAKER_00: You can't buy it today.
- 2:27SPEAKER_00: In antiquity, it was weighed against silver and gold.
- 2:30SPEAKER_00: That's how valuable it was.
- 2:31SPEAKER_00: Okay, Bob, you can't have any of those for dinner.
- 2:33SPEAKER_00: Here's for Bob Gin and Tonic, Seafood Bisque.
- 2:36SPEAKER_00: Those go well together.
- 2:37SPEAKER_00: Dress like a dork, it's clean your virtual desktop day.
- 2:40SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna do that and it's new Friends Day.
- 2:42SPEAKER_00: Let's be friends.
- 2:43SPEAKER_00: And birthdays, Sir Michael Gambon, Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films.
- 2:48SPEAKER_00: He left us in 2023.
- 2:49SPEAKER_00: John Lithgow, famous actor.
- 2:51SPEAKER_00: You know Third Rock from the Sun, Dexter, so much.
- 2:53SPEAKER_00: Jennifer Holiday.
- 2:54SPEAKER_00: She debuted the role of Effie White in Dream Girls on Broadway.
- 2:58SPEAKER_00: Evander Holyfield, former Pro Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion.
- 3:01SPEAKER_00: John Favreau, actor, screenwriter.
- 3:03SPEAKER_00: He directed Elf, Iron Man, and the Lion King.
- 3:05SPEAKER_00: Wow, Ty Pennington, remember him from Extreme Makeover Home Edition?
- 3:09SPEAKER_00: He's a carpenter and a TV host, born in 64.
- 3:11SPEAKER_00: Trey Parker, animator, writer, producer, and actor.
- 3:14SPEAKER_00: He's the co-creator of South Park.
- 3:16SPEAKER_00: I've never watched it.
- 3:17SPEAKER_00: Chris Katan, funny man.
- 3:19SPEAKER_00: S NL, Night at the Roxbury, Corky Romano.
- 3:22SPEAKER_00: I remember him.
- 3:23SPEAKER_00: And Rebecca Ferguson, 1983, born Swedish actress, Mission Impossible, and Dune.
- 3:28SPEAKER_00: Let's go back to our music and let's see what we have for shout-outs today.
- 3:32SPEAKER_00: And let's get the heck out of here.
- 3:34SPEAKER_00: Let's see.
- 3:34SPEAKER_00: Where are we?
- 3:35SPEAKER_00: Music Man?
- 3:36SPEAKER_00: Okay, let's go to our music.
- 3:38SPEAKER_00: Kathy Davis, this is for you.
- 3:41SPEAKER_00: Okay.
- 3:42SPEAKER_00: Mr.
- 3:42SPEAKER_00: Jake Abis is doing well.
- 3:44SPEAKER_00: He's starting to walk again on his new titanium plate.
- 3:48SPEAKER_00: Teresa G and the family hugs Dr.
- 3:50SPEAKER_00: Bob.
- 3:51SPEAKER_00: What is for dinner?
- 3:52SPEAKER_00: Charles Brakefield writing and writing and writing the Enigma series and more.
- 3:56SPEAKER_00: Carol Otis hugs Karen Gibson, hugs Dylan Joe V, hugs Kathy Lutrell and George.
- 4:01SPEAKER_00: Hope he's doing well.
- 4:02SPEAKER_00: Brandon Duffy, hello, my old friend.
- 4:04SPEAKER_00: My TV directors, Jerry Meyer, Mary Nundley, hugs Diamond Mike, Deborah Mallow, Dan Burl, Paul J.
- 4:10SPEAKER_00: Milo, Ronro L, Simon Mike, and Emily.
- 4:14SPEAKER_00: Hugs to everybody.
- 4:15SPEAKER_00: I'm B Bonnie D.
- 4:17SPEAKER_00: I wish you a great day.
- 4:20SPEAKER_00: Curly Monday.
- 4:24SPEAKER_00: See you tomorrow.
- 4:25SPEAKER_00: Bye-bye.