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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Sep 21, 2020
September 21, 2020
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The big story (of course) was last night's Emmy Awards on ABC... and broadcast in virtual mode for the first time in history, with no audience and the presenters dialing in from their own homes. The network gave cameras, a ring light, a microphone, and a laptop for a do-it-yourself studio to all the nominees so they could give acceptance speeches from their homes. JIMMY KIMMEL hosted from Staples Center, and the TV Academy also handed out a donation of $2.8 million to No Kid Hungry, a group working to fight child hunger brought on by the coronavirus crisis.
Yes, we're in the Greek alphabet to name hurricanes and tropical storms, and as of now, Tropical Storm Beta is scheduled to hit the Texas coast between San Antonio and Houston right around 7 am tomorrow (Tuesday) with winds around 60 miles an hour, and then turn Eastward towards Houston, arriving there Wednesday.
Sorry to relay the news that 62-year-old Doctor REBECCA SHADOWEN has died following a four-month battle against COVID-19. A Kentucky infectious disease expert, the doctor apparently fell ill herself in May, possibly from an infected caregiver treating an elderly relative. As a leading member of the Bowling Green-Warren County Coronavirus Workgroup she nevertheless continued working for the local task force --repeatedly pushing for people to wear masks and a local mask ordinance as well. Kentucky Governor ANDY BESHEAR called her a “front line hero” and said he was “heartbroken” at her death, tweeting “Please, follow Dr. Shadowen’s advice --wear a mask in her honor.”
Sheer Stupidity #1: A woman over in the United Kingdom who was hanging out of a car window attempting to film a Snapchat video fell out of the car window and onto the M24 highway south of London. Fortunately, it was 1:30 in the morning and police said “It is only by luck she wasn’t seriously injured or killed.”
Question for listeners: What's the dumbest thing you've ever done --and did you get caught?
Sheer Stupidity #2: A 30-year-old woman in Norwich, Connecticut was test-driving a new car when she decided to really push it to see about the car's safety features on I-395. She was traveling over 100 miles an hour and crashed the car, flipping it over in a nearly 450-foot skid. State troopers gave her a summons for reckless driving and for failing to stay in her lane. No word on what the car dealer and salesman said when she called to give them the news.
Question for your car dealer listeners: What's the dumbest thing that ever happened when a person took a test drive with one of your cars?
Speaking of cars, if you've got $3.5 million dollars lying around the house, you might wanna pick up the Aston Martin DB5 that JAMES BOND has used since 1964. The car was featured in seven Bond movies including "Goldfinger," "Goldeneye" and "Skyfall," and the folks at Aston Martin are building 25 of them along with their revolving license plates, smoke machines and plastic cylinders which are designed to look like machine guns. Sorry --no real machine guns or ejector seat in the models. And you might have to keep it in your garage because it's not street-legal.
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