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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Apr 10, 2020
April 10, 2020
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They're ba-a-ack! "Saturday Night Live" will have its first new episode since the coronavirus forced them to call off their live shows. The episode airs Saturday night at the usual time on NBC: 11:30 pm (Eastern/Pacific).
NBC hasn't revealed what content will be featured, but says there will be a Weekend Update, as well as “other original content from SNL cast members.”
If you're a fan of watching films at movie theatres, some sad news --Variety reports AMC Theatres looks like it may file for bankruptcy thanks to the shutdown of movies because of the coronavirus. Wall Street analysts say the company's cash reserves dwindling, and since the theatres will likely be closed until August --and maybe longer-- that might push them into bankruptcy because of problems with liquidity.
Another TV star (of sorts) has contracted coronavirus. The dad on "Chrisley Knows Best," Todd Chrisley, says he is recovering after testing positive. On his podcast, Chrisley says "I have been battling corona for three weeks. I was in the hospital for four and a half days, fever between 100 to 103 [degrees] and it has been the sickest I have ever been on this earth. Hopefully, I will get better every day, but as of right now, folks, I still am not clicking on all cylinders. I am probably about 70 to 75-percent of what I normally I am, but that last 25-percent is kicking my ass."
One semi-coronavirus note: Fox News now reports China has drawn up new guidelines to reclassify dogs as pets rather than livestock. This follows the ban of eating dogs in the Chinese city of Shenzhen last month.
But authorities still are allowing various animals as livestock, including cattle, pigs, poultry and camels. The official announcement also allows people to raise animals for the explicit purpose of eating, including reindeer, alpaca, pheasants, ostriches and foxes.
And congratulations to Reverend Mateusz Kielarski of Warsaw, Poland, who's now begun a drive-thru confessional in his church parking lot during the coronavirus epidemic.
The NY Post reports the Rev sits on a fold-out chair and parishoners drive up and confess their sins thru an open window, while he stays at least four feet away for social distancing.
One of the faithful, a 23-year-old named Szymon, says “Maybe it looks a bit like a drive-in at McDonald’s, but that’s not what I was thinking about during confession. What’s important is the moment, not whether it takes place in a beautiful church, within nature, or in a car.”
Finally --fast food: If you like Pepperoni pizzas, Papa Murphy's --one of those take-and-bake pizza brands-- has put together a new "Triple Pepp" pizza. You guessed it --three different types of pepperoni all crammed atop the pizza-- mini cup pepperoni, premium pepperoni and giant pepperoni all atop your basic pizza with red sauce, mozzarella and mild cheddar cheese.
Look for it at participating locations through May 24th.
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