THE SUNDAY SHOW

Happy Sunday! First of all, a 'state of this blog' address, if you will...

The reason for lack of updates at all this week was due to nothing more than lazyness and busyness...a little of both to be honest!

Before I go on, I must tell you a little bit about how I update this...
The radio station subscribes to a service, they provide us with a password to get in to their site...once there, it's dozens and dozens and dozens of pages on all kinds of stuff...celeb sleeze, dumb news, criminals, music news, wacky surveys, etc etc.
I go thru, pull out the most interesting, relevant stories and post them to my blog, often times with my opinions interjected of course.

This wasn't the sole source for stories here, but it was the biggest one by a mile.

When attempting to login this morning to give you a ginormous update, I was informed that my password was no longer valid and upon checking with the powers-that-be, I was told that, for the moment, we aren't using the service. At least for now.

So, am I ready to say "no more blog"? No. But it's certainly on a hiatus.

Now, I could certainly scour the internet and find all of this stuff, but let's keep it real here...I don't have the time or the patience for that. It was highly convenient to have everything in one place to grab.

And it's not like they were paying me to keep this updated. I make absolutely zero money from doing this...I was simply doing so as a service to you (and because it helped me prepare for a show).

Many of you may be sad by this. Replace the 's' with an 'm' and you'll have my feelings on it. My apologies in advance...follow me on Facebook if you don't already (www.facebook.com/robbiemackpage), I'll try and post more stuff I come across on that page.


There are a few stories in here today though!




OVERTIME? FREE FOOD!
There have been 44 Super Bowls, and none of them have gone to overtime. And Papa John's is hoping that trend continues this year...or this publicity stunt is going to blow up in their face.

Papa John's is one of the official sponsors of the Super Bowl this year, and they've just made a major announcement: If the game goes to overtime, they'll give a free large pizza with up to three toppings to EVERY SINGLE American adult.

Which seems like torture to me. Papa John's has terrible pizza, you heard it here first. They kinda suck.

Anyway, there is a catch. Of course there is. To be eligible, you have to register for Papa John's Rewards Program before Super Bowl Sunday, which is February 6th.

Registration is free but, ya know, they'll probably send you a whole bunch of spam emails and whatnot.

The line in the Super Bowl is tight this year...the GREEN BAY PACKERS are two-and-a-half-point favorites over the pissburgh squeelers...so the game MIGHT be tight enough to go to overtime.






IS YOUR COOKIE GETTING CHOPPED?
Downsizing is everywhere, man. It's even affecting the one industry in America we thought was untouchable...cookie production.

The Girl Scouts are cutting back on the different types of cookies they're selling. Right now they have 11 varieties...but this year, some troops are only selling SIX as a test. If the test works, they'll officially cut down to six flavors next year.

By cutting flavors, they can save money on production, and also help the Girl Scouts focus their sales efforts. So which six are going to survive? Basically, it's the classics.


#1.) Thin Mints
#2.) Do-Si-Dos, which are the two oatmeal cookies with peanut butter in between.
#3.) Trefoils, which are the shortbread cookies.
#4.) Samoas, also known as Caramel deLites, the vanilla cookies covered in caramel and sprinkled with coconut.
#5.) Lemon Chalet Cremes, the cinnamon cookies with lemon filling.
#6.) Tagalongs/Peanut Butter Patties, the vanilla cookies layered with peanut butter and covered in chocolate.

The flavors getting cut are Thanks-A-Lot, sugar-free chocolate chip cookies, Dulce De Leche, Lemonades, and Thank U Berry Munch.

Thin Mints are the biggest seller, and account for about 25% of all sales. Samoas are next, at 19% . . . then Tagalongs at 13% . . . Do-Si-Dos at 11% . . . and Trefoils at 9%. All of the others add up to about 23%.

Girl Scout Cookies bring in more than $714 MILLION every year, and usually make up at least two-thirds of every local Girl Scout council's budget.







MOMMY ISSUES?
In December, in Rome, Italy, a couple got married...and then, as they went to their airport to fly to their honeymoon in France...the groom's mom showed up. And the groom told his new wife he'd invited mom along on the honeymoon.

She pulled him aside and asked him to reconsider, but he said he couldn't leave her alone for health reasons.

So the three of them went on their honeymoon together.
Now, less than a month later, the bride has filed for divorce...citing, quote, "excessive emotional attachment" between her husband and his mother.

Yikes!






KATY SMELLS...
KATY PERRY wants her upcoming California Dreams Tour to be artsy and crazy...kinda like LADY GAGA and PINK'S shows...and if that's what she's going for, it sounds like she's on the right track.

She says, "I have this whole thing in my show that is about candy and cupcakes and meat. It's both really sweet and shocking, but not in a sexual way."


Katy is also introducing something called "smell-o-vision."

"It's the first concert that's going to smell good. It's going to smell like you're in cotton candy heaven. It's a fun little nuance." (Unfortunately, Katy didn't elaborate any more on "smell-o-vision.")

Katy adds, "I just really want to raise the bar. Touring is no longer an ordinary thing where you play an instrument in jeans and a T-shirt.

"It has some pizzazz these days, and I'm definitely bringing the pizzazz with a lot of bells and whistles. The show has a Broadway feel to it. It's got a storyline that's going to be very interesting, kind of loosely based on my life, but a cartoon version."

Katy's world tour begins next month, but it won't hit the U.S. until June 7th. The show hits Quicken Loans Arena on July 5 and tickets went on sale yesterday.




That should do it for now...like I said, FB and hopefully you'll see updates here soon!