Paul Rudd pulls one last ‘Mac and Me’ prank on Conan

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Paul Rudd pulls one last ‘Mac and Me’ prank on Conan

Conan O’Brien is ending his run at TBS after 11 years. This is his last week of shows before he heads to a new variety show on HBO Max.

Last night he had Bill Hader as a guest, who told a story about a sketch he had written for Saturday Night Live when Paul Rudd was hosting. That’s when Rudd surprised Conan and walked out onto the set.

The two went on to describe the sketch before saying they had the clip to show. That’s when this happened. Again.

Rudd has been a frequent guest on Conan’s show for decades, and over the years he has told Conan that he has a clip to show from his current project, only to show that hilarious clip from the 1988 movie “Mac and Me.” It’s become one of the truly funny recurring bits in late night TV. You know it’s coming, Conan must know it’s coming, but you never know how Rudd is going to work it in each time.

Here’s a montage of the great Paul Rudd Conan “Mac and Me” bits from over the years.

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Here’s another update on the Jersey Devil roller coaster construction at Six Flags Great Adventure

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Here’s another update on the Jersey Devil roller coaster construction at Six Flags Great Adventure

We’re getting closer to amusement park season across the country and a few places are going to launch some big rides in 2021.

Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey announced the Jersey Devil roller coaster back in 2019. For obvious reasons, the ride wasn’t finished in 2020 like originally planned. When it opens, Jersey Devil will be the world’s longest, tallest and fastest single-rail coaster in the world.

Great Adventure has been posting tons of construction video on their YouTube channel. Yesterday they released their eighth episode of their “Behind The Adventure” construction series. The neat thing about the series – they’re explaining a lot of what the crews are doing as they are putting the ride together. So if you ever wondered what those workers are doing while they’re up in the air on these construction sites, the videos have been very interesting and informative!

Check out the latest update on the Jersey Devil roller coaster. This video was all taken between March 1st and April 9th. It looks like there is still quite a bit of work to be done on this ride. It’s set to open sometime this summer.

Watch a bear relax in a hot tub in the Great Smoky Mountains

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Watch a bear relax in a hot tub in the Great Smoky Mountains

The Great Smoky Mountains are one of my favorite places to visit. Renting a place with a porch and a hot tub on a cool morning, getting a soak in and admiring the scenery.

Apparently humans aren’t the only ones who enjoy such things.

Todd Trebony was vacationing at a house in Gatlinburg when they noticed a black bear on the property. First, it knocked over the grill. Then the bear leisurely checks out the surroundings, sees a hot tub full of nice warm water and says “don’t mind if I do.”

Watch the videos…

I have been to the Gatlinburg area quite a few times and have yet to see a bear, let alone see a bear relax in a hot tub. According to The Herald Sun, the bear population is growing in Tennessee. The National Park Service estimates 1,500 bears live in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Bears are active during the spring and summer months. They usually avoid people but they have an incredible sense of smell and are often attracted to food.

Or in this case, hot tubs.

Watch these incredible volcano drone videos from Iceland

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Watch these incredible volcano drone videos from Iceland

The Fagradalsfjall volcano erupted for the first time in 800 years over the weekend in Iceland, after a ton of small earthquakes were reported in the country. The good news – the eruption has been small enough to not put anybody in any danger.

It has created some incredible images, including some volcano drone videos that are blowing up all over the internet. Here’s one of them….

The photographer is Bjorn Steinbekk. He has a YouTube channel where he has posted a bunch of videos like this. Somehow, he was able to get his drone right near the crater without losing it from the extreme heat. The result is some incredible footage that’s being shared all over the world.

You can follow Bjorn on his YouTube channel here. I’ll post more of his videos below … really amazing stuff ….

Virgin Orbit uses a 747 to launch rockets into space

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Virgin Orbit uses a 747 to launch rockets into space

Over the last year or so, we’ve seen some major advancements from private companies looking to get into space.

This week brought us the team at Virgin Orbit, who were ready to test their air launch system. They basically modified a 747 jumbo jet and put a rocket on board. Once they reach a certain altitude, they launch the rocket, which was carrying ten shoebox-sized satellites into space.

The mission was a success.

According to CNBC, there is a market for companies looking to get smaller, more affordable satellites into orbit. Seeing that Virgin would be able to launch a rocket from pretty much anywhere an airplane could take off, it could be a lucrative business for them.

Check out the highlights from the Virgin Orbit test launch this week….

USA Mullet Championships announces kid winners for 2020

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USA Mullet Championships announces kid winners for 2020

Business in the front. Party in the back. The USA Mullet Championships are here to show us the best mullets across the country.

Yes, this is a real organization. Back in September, they put out a call to kids across America asking for pictures of their mullet haircuts. More than 20,000 people submitted their votes, and a winner was crowned.

8 year-old Jaxson Crossland of Celeste, Texas was the top winner. CNN talked to his mom, who said Jax has been ecstatic since he was announced the winner. He says he has been asked to sign some autographs, but he can’t because he hasn’t learned cursive yet.

In addition to the title of USA’s best mullet, Jax gets a $500 cash prize and a gift card package. Runner up was Noah from Illinois who gets $200 and some sunglasses. Third place went to Jude from Colorado who gets $100 and some sunglasses as well.

You can see all of this year’s winners on the USA Mullet Championships website. The site is full of all kinds of mullet information and past history. They say the mullet has been around since at least Ancient Greece…

..where the style was as much for function as it was for fashion. Cropped hair around the face with longer locks in the back allowed for both visibility and a protective layer of hair for your neck. Homer even described a haircut that sounds eerily familiar in The Iliad: “their forelocks cropped, hair grown long at the backs.” The Greeks weren’t the only ones sporting the mullet, though. There is evidence that Neanderthals and our oldest ancestors would wear this ‘do, as well.

They also say the mullet is seeing a resurgence in popularity like so many other things from the 1980’s.

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Halloween Houses: Creepers on Carlton in Crest Hill

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Halloween Houses: Creepers on Carlton in Crest Hill

It’s Halloween season! With almost all of the official “haunted houses” closed around Chicagoland, we thought we would check out some of the great Halloween Houses in the area. We’re talking about homes with amazing Halloween decorations.

Every Friday in October on WGN Morning News, I will be LIVE at a different “Halloween House” around the area. We’re asking you all to send in your submissions – do you or somebody you know have an amazing display in your yard? Something that has tons of people coming out to check it out? You can post a submission on my Facebook page, or on the WGN Morning News page.

Last Friday, we went to check out the display at Creepers on Carlton, it’s on Carlton Street in Crest Hill, Illinois. Two Neighbors, Cheryl Callender and Paul Wike, set up this display over three yards every year. It’s a mix of animatronics, skeletons, tombstones, audio and video effects and more.

There are a ton of really impressive details here. Cheryl hand carves all of the tombstones herself. In one spot, she created a woman weeping over a tombstone, with a full dress and hair that looks like it is frozen in time.

Here are some photos from the haunt! You can find it at 21526 Carlton St. in Crest Hill, Illinois.

Here is some video of Jack Black trying to jump onto a pool raft

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Here is some video of Jack Black trying to jump onto a pool raft

Does anybody look graceful getting onto a raft? Jack Black sure does.

Here’s a video of Jack Black in a speedo trying to jump onto a T-Rex floatie in a pool. And once again this proves that the outtakes are often better than the finished product.

You can see more of this on his Jablinski Games YouTube channel.

Good times…

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