Forbes ranked him #1

on the magazine’s list of top earning comedians world wide and he’s coming to the Pan American Center December 2nd.  Mike and KC talked with Jeff Dunham this morning on Your Morning Show.

To listen to our conversation click:Jeff Dunham

History 101: November 23rd, 1936: The cover of the first issue of Life magazine carried a photo of a doctor slapping a newborn baby and the caption, "Life begins!"  At least that’s what we read until we googled the actual edition and this is what we came up with:

First LIFE magazine cover from 1936 with logo and photo of Fort Peck Dam's spillway by Margaret Bourke-White

Can’t believe everything you read…

Music History 101: November 23rd, 1964: another banned band from the BBC. They were axed for being late to two live radio shows. It was Ed Sullivan’s least favorite rock and roll group: The Rolling Stones.

The 101 song of the day was written and performed by a guy who once got Kris Kristofferson a job – as a janitor.

He’d been working at the Columbia Records’ studio in Nashville trying to get some of the songs he’d written recorded and while there he did odd jobs including mopping the floor and cleaning bathrooms. He started to move up a bit and passed his janitorial duties onto a fellow struggling songwriter and Rhodes Scholar Kris Kristofferson. Kris didn’t hold that job too long and when he made it big, he asked today’s featured artist to join his band. Later, when he got married, Kris and Rita Coolidge bought him a little organ on which he wrote the song that put his own name up in lights and arrived at number one on November 23, 1974 – His name is Billy Swan and here’s your 101 number one song of the day (I Can Help)

Other stuff:

“The Oprah Winfrey Show” gave away another “ultimate favorite things” collection of gifts to the studio audience yesterday.

Oprah has selected a number of products over the years to present on her show as her “favorite things.” Since this is her 25th and final season, Oprah has compiled what she calls her “ultimate favorite things” list. She aired part 1 of the list on Friday and gave away items from a cruise to books and CDs. Yesterday, she revealed Part 2 of the list, with the iPad coming out on top, even above the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle that audience members will receive next year. Oprah called the iPad her favorite of all favorite things and thinks it’s the invention of the century. “Words cannot describe what I feel for this magnificent device,” she said. “I really think it’s the best invention of the century so far.” Part 2 of the Oprah’s Favorite Things:

· iPad

· Scrabble for iPad

· Ugg Boots

· Coach Sofia satchel

· Megaschoni embellished tunic and leggings

· Hope in a jar by Philosophy

· Nordstrom lingerie

· Herb savor by Prepara

· Centerville Pie Company’s Chicken Pie

· Garrett’s Special-Limited Favorite Things Tin

· Le Creuset Cookware

· Miraclebody jeans by Miraclesuit

· Sophie Jewelry Box from Potter Barn

· Jessica Leigh Diamond Earrings by Dana Rebecca Designs

· DonorsChoose.org Gift Card

· Williams Sonoma Mini-croissants

· Talbott Teas, holiday assortment

· The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo

· Illuminations by Josh Groban

· Let It Be Me by Johnny Mathis

· Volkswagen Beetle, 2012 (available in May 2011)

Women count family conflict as traditional as turkey and cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving. More than two out of three women say their families will fire up family feuds before the holiday bird even hits the table, according to a survey at iVillage. The survey found that 68% of women are predicting a drama-stuffed Thanksgiving this year. The prospects for actually being thankful on the big day are so dim that more than 1 in 10 women said they are “dreading” the holiday. The major bones of contention on past Thanksgivings included: money; not liking the food; the hostess complaining she’s doing all the work; people who drink too much; and being bored. The Thanksgiving dread is especially bad for hostesses, 37% of whom call the holiday a time of great stress.

Turkeys For Folks With More Money Than Sense:  New York markets are selling upscale Thanksgiving turkeys for as much as $14 a pound – or $168 for a 12-pound bird. Retailer Dean & Deluca

said it is offering the D’Artagnan wild turkey, which is billed as “farm-raised from the original wild breed,” for $14 a pound as well as the Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch Heritage free-range turkey, which the store calls the “Mercedes-Benz” of turkeys, for $11 per pound. Harry Rosenblum, co-owner of The Brooklyn Kitchen, said he sold wild turkeys for as much as $150 per bird last year, but this year he’s offering $5.99-per-pound turkeys from Pennsylvania Amish farms.

The above turkey comes directly from the Dean & Deluca catalogue.  Does is look better than your bird?

And the story behind the 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: Police in Georgia said a man attempted to steal several sticks of deodorant from a pharmacy that was struck by a similar crime a week earlier. Athens-Clarke County police said the man was caught on a security camera fleeing the store Friday with nine sticks of deodorant in four varieties stuffed into his pants. Police said the incident took place exactly one week after employees stopped a woman from stealing 12 deodorant sticks from store shelves. Police were searching for the latest thief. No one seems to know why folks are on a deodorant theft kick.