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Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, the final straw for this NFL head coach
Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has resigned after more offensive emails were revealed from when he worked as an ESPN analyst. Just days after reports of his emails from ten years prior containing racial slurs, more emails emerged showing homophobic and misogynistic language. Gruden was 4 years into a 10-year, $100 million dollar deal. In a statement issued by the team Gruden said, I love the Raiders and do not want to be a distraction’ adding ‘I’m sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone.’ Something tells me there’s a lot of NFL coaches clearing out their sent boxes today. (Additional Out) Including Frank Caliendo who lost one of his best impressions.
Tease: In ______ minutes, this state just banned ALL Covid vaccine business mandates
Businesses in Texas are being told not to enforce any Covid vaccine mandates. Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order yesterday saying that while the vaccine is safe and effective ‘it should be voluntary.’ This comes as federal rules are about to begin for companies with more than 100 workers. American and Southwest Airlines are based in Texas and have said they will comply with the new federal mandate. I assume they’re confident that when Matthew McConaughey takes over, he’ll reverse it. (Additional Out) Because last time I checked their planes fly to other places besides Texas.
Tease: Coming up at _____, gas prices continue to rise
The national average price for gasoline hit a seven-year high of $3.27 a gallon yesterday, up 7 cents in the past week along. Now that the world has reopened energy demand is back but the supply hasn’t kept up. Unfortunately, the prices are likely to go up further due to this global energy crisis. Wait your turn energy, we have no bandwidth for another global crisis yet. (Additional out) As we inch closer to the Mad Max phase of human existence.
Tease: In _____ minutes, this show's second longest winning streak has come to an end
Matt Amodio’s Jeopardy! streak has come to an end. The Yale graduate student ended his run last night with 38 straight wins. Amodio racked up more than 1.5 million-dollars and correctly answered 1,299 correct clues along the way. It’s the second longest streak in Jeopardy! history behind Ken Jennings 74-game winning streak. Meaning Matt was on the show 35 more times than Mike Richards hosted. (Additional out) I’ll take people you don’t want to invite to game night for $1,000 Mayim.
Phone Topic/Web Poll: Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos defends Dave Chappelle and his right to ‘artistic freedom’ in a letter to his staff. Dave has come under fire for his newest stand-up special The Closer over backlash to jokes he made about the LGTBQ community. The CEO’s statement comes after Dear White People executive producer Jaclyn Moore said she would be boycotting working with the streamer while organizations such as The National Black Justice Coalition and GLAAD have called for Netflix to take it down. What do you think, did Chapelle go to far?
Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, which one of these villains came in at number one? The correct answer wins ________.
[Contest setup] A new study looked at psychological data to determine the scariest horror movie villain. Participants in the study watched 5,760 minutes of horror films while wearing a heart rate device. Plus, they surveyed an additional 990 people. According to their findings, who is the scariest horror movie villain?
A: Michael Myers
B: Freddy Krueger
C: Jason Vorhees
Answer: A, Halloween villain Michael Myers took the top spot as scariest villain followed by Jason Vorhees and Freddy Krueger. Give me any of those three instead of The Ring girl or the Children of the Corn kids any day.
[DIY Feature] Knockout Trivia Tuesday: I’ll ask a question on air, if you call in and correctly answer it you’ll have twenty seconds to answer three more questions to win ________. If no one gets it, we’ll move on to round 2.
Round 1:
General question: Who just set the NFL record for longest field goal with a 66-yard boot? (Justin Tucker)
Follow up questions:
What kind of creamy cheese is typically used in lasagna? (Ricotta)
Where does the wardrobe lead in C.S. Lewi’s ‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’? (Narnia)
How many time zones does the world have? (24)
Round 2:
General question: What was Samuel Langhorne Clemens pen name? (Mark Twain)
Follow up questions:
What famous large-wheeled wagon route stretched 2,170 miles from the eastern to western US? (The Oregon Trail)
Who co-starred with Jake Gyllenhaal in 2005’s Brokeback Mountain? (Heath Ledger)
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge is known for a series of oil paintings featuring dogs playing what game? (Poker)
5 Things You Need to Know
1) Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has resigned after more offensive emails were revealed from when he worked as an ESPN analyst. Just days after reports of his emails from ten years prior containing racial slurs, more emails emerged showing homophobic and misogynistic language. Gruden was 4 years into a 10-year, $100 million dollar deal. In a statement issued by the team Gruden said, I love the Raiders and do not want to be a distraction’ adding ‘I’m sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone.’ Something tells me there’s a lot of NFL coaches clearing out their sent boxes today.
2) Businesses in Texas are being told not to enforce any Covid vaccine mandates. Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order yesterday saying that while the vaccine is safe and effective ‘it should be voluntary.’ This comes as federal rules are about to begin for companies with more than 100 workers. American and Southwest Airlines are based in Texas and have said they will comply with the new federal mandate. I assume they’re confident that when Matthew McConaughey takes over, he’ll reverse it.
3) The national average price for gasoline hit a seven-year high of $3.27 a gallon yesterday, up 7 cents in the past week along. Now that the world has reopened energy demand is back but the supply hasn’t kept up. Unfortunately, the prices are likely to go up further due to this global energy crisis. As we inch closer to the Mad Max phase of human existence.
4) Matt Amodio’s Jeopardy! streak has come to an end. The Yale graduate student ended his run last night with 38 straight wins. Amodio racked up more than 1.5 million-dollars and correctly answered 1,299 correct clues along the way. It’s the second longest streak in Jeopardy! history behind Ken Jennings 74-game winning streak. I’ll take people you don’t want to invite to game night for $1,000 Mayim.
5) A new study looked at psychological data to determine the scariest horror movie villain. Participants in the study watched 5,760 minutes of horror films while wearing a heart rate device. Plus, they surveyed an additional 990 people. According to their findings, Halloween villain Michael Myers took the top spot as scariest villain followed by Jason Vorhees and Freddy Krueger. Give me any of those three instead of The Ring girl or the Children of the Corn kids any day.
Did Chappelle Go Too Far?
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos defends Dave Chappelle and his right to ‘artistic freedom’ in a letter to his staff. Dave has come under fire for his newest stand-up special The Closer over backlash to jokes he made about the LGTBQ community. The CEO’s statement comes after Dear White People executive producer Jaclyn Moore said she would be boycotting working with the streamer while organizations such as The National Black Justice Coalition and GLAAD have called for Netflix to take it down. What do you think, did Chapelle go to far? We posed those questions to our _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web poll below to weigh in, then listen Monday at _______ to hear the results.
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(Web poll)
Did Dave Chappelle go too far in his new comedy special The Closer?
Yes
No