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🌮 Quarantine Weight Is a Thing 😰 How Much Weight Did We Gain During Lockdowns? 2 Pounds a Month, Study Hints North Dakota man says condo association threatens $200 daily fines over American flag 'noise' Scottish island for sale with opening bid of $111,700 Swan terrorizes homeowners by constantly knocking on front doors: 'Extremely irritating'

🍷 🍕 🍗 Enough Said... 'Murphy-Goode' Wants to Pay You 6 Figures & Cover Your Rent Michigan DoorDash driver drops pizza on ground, stuffs it back in the box Wendy's serving free breakfast sandwich for March Madness

👶🏻 Where Have All the Kids Gone 💨 The COVID baby boom is looking more like a baby bust Yard Sale Bowl Revealed To Be Rare Chinese Artifact Worth Up To $500,000 JetBlue is ending its back-to-front boarding policy

🗳 Rock the Vote 🇺🇸 HAWAII LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE BILL LOWERING VOTING AGE TO 16 A California city just banned all new gas stations in zero-emissions push Nearly four in 10 university students addicted to smartphones, study finds

👰🏻 Finding the Lighter Side ⛪️ Divorce Reporter, Ilyssa Panitz, divulges how what some consider a nasty process doesn't have to be doom and gloom. She provides 7 examples of how you can use divorce to make yourself better. Marriages and divorces both decline as pandemic poses new tests for couples Divorce rates climb as quarantine keeps couples closer

🍼 That Is Juice Squeezed from a Person 🥛 Nurses advised to swap words such as 'breast milk' for the more inclusive 'human milk' Man with Florida tattooed on his forehead accused of calling 911 to ask for a ride home A quirky Presidents Day sale: Washington’s hair, JFK sweater

📼 Professional Binge Watcher Wanted 🍕 Company paying $500 for someone to watch Netflix, eat pizza all-day The Horrifying Reason You Should Never, Ever Eat An Icicle More Positive Pandemic Baby Names Trending

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Home is where you hang your hat 🏡 Best and worst states to raise a family in 2021: study Paying for poop: University study gets smelly for science States that favored cats or dogs during coronavirus pandemic: Report

👰🏻 There Goes the Bride 💒 Divorce rates climb as quarantine keeps couples closer Woman's garden 'stepping stone' turns out to be an ancient Roman artifact University releases annual 'banished words' list for 2021 The Funniest Tweets About Reasons Couples Have Gotten Mad At Each Other | HuffPost Life

Guest Anchor Andrew Luria (FOX 5 San Diego) joins this week to discuss his new children's book, "The Adventures of Charlie Marley - Midnight's Moment In Time". Learn more about Amazon.com's #1 New Release. Other stories include: Scotland names its snow plows and their titles are amazing via CNET Baker who reheated store-bought bread on radiator jailed for fraud via Radio.com

🕺🏻 Get Down on It 🥇 2024 Olympics to Include Breakdancing 50 Weird Christmas Gifts Almost As Bizarre As The Year 2020 Squirrel Gets Drunk On Fermented Pear Because Acorns Can't Dull The Pain Former Israeli space security chief says extraterrestrials exist, and Trump knows about it

Black Friday in-store shopping dropped 52.1% as online sales broke records. Cyber Monday was the biggest online shopping day in U.S. history Netflix says Queen's Gambit is its most-watched limited series yet Elon Musk wanted to call his new tequila ‘Teslaquila’ but Mexico said no Dictionary companies choose the same word of the year: pandemic Florida or Russia? MMA gets really weird in Russia: Female star destroys 530-pound man Two men taking turns tazing themselves Florida man blames horse for home break-in

Bottoms up or dig in? Pepsi debuts limited-edition Apple Pie flavor George Clooney once gave 14 friends $1 million each -- in cash Study finds 4 hours of video games a day is beneficial to your mental health EVA Air launches speed dating 'flight to nowhere'

💁🏻‍♀️ Fake Hair. Don't Care. 💇🏽‍♀️ Women Brush Off Middle Age, Hair Loss With Wigs And No Shame After a tight race, a French bulldog was elected mayor of this small Kentucky town That 'murder hornet' nest scientists found and destroyed had nearly 200 queens. They say they got there 'just in the nick of time' WATCH: Kamala Harris makes acceptance speech

🍪 I Predict a Riot 🇺🇸 Pennsylvania bakery election 'cookie poll' results are in: The winner is... This Acupuncture Mat Has Over 14,000 Positive Reviews On Amazon Sophia Loren, 86, reveals her biggest regret: 'That was the dream of my life' Chiefs' Travis Kelce on the 'Battle' of Finding 'Energy' in Stadiums Without Fans This NFL Season

📰 Essential Journalists 🤳🏼 Producer Marcus Harun discusses his new documentary; Essential Journalists: How Coronavirus Changed TV News Armed with 6-foot microphone poles, mask-clad reporters are filming interviews through windows to tell the stories of their communities, while worrying about what illness they may bring back to their families. National news producer Marcus Harun remotely interviews dozens of journalists from across the country about how the coronavirus impacted their jobs and the frightening reality of heading out into the danger zone to report vital information to the public. Some of the country’s most-watched news programs are being broadcast out of the anchor’s basements as the industry adopted work-from-home plans for the first time. At the national level, CBS lost a producer to COVID-19 and NBC lost an audio technician; a CNN anchor continued to host his show while suffering from the virus. In local news, producers grapple with limited resources to telecommute and anchors struggle to babysit their children during live newscasts. This film about social distancing was produced, edited, and completed all while social distancing from home in a New York apartment. Learn more about the film here: https://essentialjournalists.com/

🎞 Let's All go to the Lobby 🍿 Boston news anchor fired for a cameo in Adam Sandler’s ‘Hubie Halloween’ Pandemic, election may scare away consumers this Halloween, researcher says AMC Offers Moviegoers the Chance to Rent Out Theaters for $99 Private Screenings

🏔 Political Hideaways 🗳 This week we introduce our new co-host, Sara Threadgill! Hotels.com will help you literally live under a rock on election day Reporters Calling out Other TV Reporters Sara's first "Literal Worst" calls out her husband's dirty dishes. Follow Sara on Facebook! Follow Robert on Facebook!

🥳 Ask for Forgiveness, Not Permission 🏀 Robert shares how a college kid, doing a red carpet news story for class, walked into Shaquille O'Neal's 35th birthday party and had the time of his (young) life! In a 3 minute video, his interviews included Ludacris, Gary Payton, and the big Shaqtus himself during his playing time with the Miami Heat.

📺 The numbers that run the TV world 📈 https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-ratings-sunday-night-football-sees-sharp-decline-in-initial-ratings-161747893.html

💪🏼 Let's Get Physical 🏋🏻‍♂️ 😷 Robert was one of the first people to visit his local New York gym after they reopened with new COVID-19 guidelines. What's that new experience like having to workout with a mask? Is it enough to deter people from going back? 🍚 After Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's brands are retired, rapper Master P releases a new product to take their place. 📚 Norma sends the kids back-to-school, but there are still some reservations by her parental instincts. 🪑 Robert reveals the one thing he thinks kids in class now will never get to experience again.

👙 Once a Playmate, Always a Playmate 🐰 Former Playboy 50th Anniversary Playmate and "The World's Sexiest DJ", Colleen Shannon, joins the show. The soon-to-be mom of 2 reveals how she might tell her kids about her modeling career, the the new business ventures she's begun during the pandemic, the funny word her son can't say, and how she's kept her picturesque figure post-pregnancy. Follow Colleen on Instagram Visit Colleen's website HERE News story mentioned: Baby has hilarious response to mom’s driving range whiff via Golf.com

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🛏 Go to the Mattresses ❣️ Hey, Wanna Make $3,000 by Having Sex on a Bunch of Different Mattresses? via Men's Health. Bring your own alcohol to drink on a flight during coronavirus: rules via Business Insider Clorox wipes won't be fully stocked in stores until 2021 via CBS News Also - introducing a new segment: Real or Fake Headlines

⚾️ Take Me Out to the Ballgame 🏀 Bill Murray brings in the MLB season with a 7th-inning stretch song from home. Dr. Anthony Fauci's baseball card just became one of the best selling in Topps' history. Falling meatball from sandwich causes college student to fail exam. Target joins Walmart in ending Thanksgiving store shopping. Follow Robert on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter: @RobertBurnsTV Follow Norma on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter: @NormaHolland

😍 No Romance without Finance 💰 Send your digital screams to Iceland. What are the best tips for recording your frustration from home and playing it back on a remote area speaker. Forget good looks and humor — 27% of millennials said they'd consider a partner's student-loan debt before dating them. - via Business Insider Demi Moore blames another movie star for putting carpet in her bathroom. This week's "Literal Worst" involves a petroleum procrastination we've all made. Follow Robert on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter: @RobertBurnsTV Follow Norma on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter: @NormaHolland

😎 Stepping Out in Style 🕶 One host spends $400 on summer sunglasses, the other won't spend more than $50... so how much is too much for you to fork over on a pair of shades?      Click HERE for the answer - via MoneyTalksNews As parents prepare for back-to-school, what exactly should they expect when classes resume this fall? via CNN Now that quarantine has lifted in some parts of the country, is a good haircut worth a longer commute if your stylist relocates to a different salon? - ALSO - It's National French Fry Day - which fast-food restaurant has the best spuds? Follow Robert on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter: @RobertBurnsTV Follow Norma on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter: @NormaHolland

🎆 Independence Day 🧨 Robert and Norma reveal their favorite parts of July 4th (and it's not the fireworks)! News to Know Stories Mentioned: Fireworks Stands go live... but should they? The Dixie Chicks change their name. Hulu Pulls 'Golden Girls' Episode That Features Characters in Mud Masks Over Blackface Concerns 16 jobs where people make far more now than they would have 10 years ago

👔 Find A Way 🤔 Special Guest: Merril Hoge, former NFL player, and inspirational speaker share the motivational phrase that's helped him throughout his career, cancer, and COVID-19. Robert and Norma detail the tactics they used to stay focused and atop their TV game. Stories Mentioned: Dolphin swims up boat, greets owner's dogs in viral video Man gets entire park to sing Bon Jovi's 'Living on a Prayer' 🔗 Buy: Find a Way: Three Words That Changed My Life (Second Edition)

💇🏽‍♀️ Big Hair, Don't Care 💇🏻‍♂️ For the first time, our hosts discuss the feeling of watching their hair fall out, and why one chose to opt-in for hair restoration. Special Guest: Jordan Sadoff, CEO, RESTORE Hair reveals the strange area women are trying to transplant hair. Robert and Norma discuss why a man in a horse-drawn carriage was kicked out of a KFC drive-thru. Netflix's Auto-Play feature and fried chicken land on this week's "The Literal Worst".

🎥 You've Got to Start Somewhere 😘 Why our hosts decided to pursue careers in TV news - including one's shortsighted misunderstanding. Will viewers care about Looney Tunes giving up its guns? In the "Voiceover of the Week": A Boston-area woman and her dog get caught in a sewer (WFXT). Also the reason dryers and shopping carts land as this week's "Literal Worst".

🎙 Using Our TV Voices 🗣 Robert and Norma open up about how they met and why they decided to walk away from their respective TV careers. Would either of them go back and report if a station asked for help today? Both hosts also show off their "TV Voices" to read a story about a $300 overdue library book fine... and what does Robert think is "The Literal Worst"?

Emmy Award-nominated news anchor, Robert Burns and fellow long-time news anchor Norma Holland, step away from the cameras and behind the mics to tease their new podcast. Think of it as the best parts of your favorite local morning news show without the boundaries. Subscribe NOW so you don't miss any of the fun! Coming Summer 2020.