Victoria's Secret rolled out their 2009 fashion show last night in the NYC. Our new favorite model did the catwalk in our new favorite outfit, as Candice Swanepoel introduced this little number. By sheer coincidence, that's the EXACT outfit Mary wore to work this morning! The show airs on your (hopefully) high-def TV on December 1. Check your local listings...As the Pack get ready to host the 49ers, Spike stopped in with our Johnsonville Packer Preview. Get all the action live from Lambeau Field this Sunday on K107.1. Coverage starts at 10am with kickoff at noon.Dr. Linda Backman appears in our area this weekend, bringing her Healing Through Past Lives seminar to the Ramada Plaza Hotel in downtown Fond du Lac. Maintain good health through past-life regression?!? Hmmm, call us skeptical. For details or to get registered for the program, dial 920.924.0802.Author, speaker, all-around special lady Janie Jasin joined us to talk about a great opportunity to purchase her new Christmas book and CD at the Kristmas Kringle Shoppe on South Main in Fond du Lac. Click here or call 952.443.3086 for all the festive facts.Tony Meade made his usual Friday appearance talking new movies in theaters today (and earlier this morning). Twilight: New Moon opened at 12:01 in the AM and looks sold out at most area theaters for the rest of today and tomorrow. Alternatives include Dwayne Johnson as an animated astronaut in Planet 51, a blonde Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side, and bankrupt Nicolas Cage in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Get a full list of movies and showtimes at k107.com, presented by the Fox Valley Wellness Center.
Can you tell that Mary made the final decision on our blog photo this morning? The fact that Gerard Butler is a mega-hunk is obvious to most everyone (especially Mary), but when he dangles a potted plant draped in a towel over the railing of his hotel balcony...well, he just becomes that much cooler to all of us.Weekend Buzz took us on a fly-by of the big events all around the South Valley heading into the holiday season. Big musical fun includes Rob Zombie at The Rave tonight, Martina McBride at the Bradley Center on Sunday, and don't forget Sesame Street Live! at the Brown Co. Arena all weekend. Click on the Zen Body Salon Community Calendar at k107.com for more.Giving a pet as a gift? "Be prepared!," says Seth Mendelson, editor of Pet Business magazine. Seth joined us with the rules to bringing home a new pet around the holidays (rule #1: wrap them using as little tape as possible). Get the info here.Jim Brickman stopped by to charm the dickens out of us before his big show tonight at the Fox Cities PAC. Check out Jim's new album, Beautiful World, now in stores.K107.1 Relationship Guru Bob Buchcchio helped us get ready to turn on our thankfulness at Thanksgiving. Being positive and thankful starts with you! So get up, stuff that turkey, and give thanks for the Packers having the Lions to knock around for another tragic afternoon.
Actress Brittany Murphy greets her 'husband' at the airport yesterday afternoon. Is it the greatest photo in the history of our modern-day paparazzi? Most likely. Is it okay to feel worse for the dog than for Brittany? Most definitely.Nicole Bouchard Boles joined us with simple, no cost ways to make our world a better place on a daily basis. How To Be An Everyday Philanthropist shows that anyone (even you) can be an agent of positive change at work, at home, in your community.The Twilight Saga continues as New Moon hits theaters tomorrow at midnight. BIG congrats to our two Twilight winners, Jennifer from Oshkosh and Shawna from Fond du Lac. Both win movie passes, DVDs, movie soundtracks and books thanks to our friends at Nedrebo's Formal Wear!Be car care aware as the weather turns cold by following the 4 C's of winter: Check, Change, Carry & Clean. Lauren Fix, editor-in-chief of CarZen.com, gave us the scoop on how to diagnose simple car problems, proper tire maintenance, and more.
We return from a day of vacation to the news that junior vampire Robert Pattinson has been named 'Sexiest Man Alive' by People magazine. Did we miss the news that Count Floyd passed away? Seriously, he's still alive right? If you're going to start putting vampires on the cover of magazines and calling them 'sexy,' how can Count Floyd not be at the top of your crappy little list?Our Blockbuster New Release Tuesday finds a bunch of heavy hitters in stores today, just in time for holiday gift-giving. Pick up Star Trek for brother, My Sister's Keeper for mom, The Sopranos: The Complete Series for dad, and Bruno for grandma. On the musical side, new albums from John Mayer, Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, Janet Jackson, and Paul McCartney are in stores.SIGMA's Holiday House returns to the Fond du Lac Co. Fairgrounds this weekend. Gail from SIGMA stopped by to tell us all about the fun. Tickets just $4 in advance or $5 at the doors, opening at 9am this Saturday.Pillsbury celebrates 60 years of their famous Bake-Off with a retro-edition or their Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off 1959 Cookbook. The collection features the historic contest's first 1000 winning recipes and is now in stores.
It's Friday the 13th and you know what that means....black cat casserole for dinner tonight! Mmmm-mmm, that's good eatin' granny! Joey T sits in for Mary again this morning, but she was kind enough to send this photo of herself enjoying her long weekend. Looks quite relaxing, no?Another rousing Johnsonville Packer Preview got us set for the Return of Romo to Lambeau this weekend. Catch every snap as the Packers host the Cowboys this Sunday, pregame coverage starts at 1 on K107.1.Hot toys were the topic when Fay from Fay's Fun & Learning Center stopped in with a peek at Santa's biggest requests. Click here to check out some of Fay's products and a list of upcoming activities.Sesame Street Live! hits the Brown Co. Arena next weekend and Timmy Hays joined us to talk life on the road with Elmo & crew. Listen for your chance to win more family 4-packs every day next week.Tony Meade was our last (but not least) guest, bursting into the studio as if the world was coming to an end. And maybe it is, at least according to John Cusack in 2012, this week's only wide release. Philip Seymour Hoffman takes the mic in Pirate Radio, playing selected cities. Fox Valley Wellness Center presents movie listings and showtimes at k107.com.
Joey T is in for vacationing Mary this morning, and you'll have to forgive us if we're sounding a little groggy. Veterans Day hangovers are never fun. Although doing kegstands until 3 in the morning down at the VFW Hall did seem like a good idea at the time...Weekend Buzz took us allllllll the way around the South Valley to find what's up this weekend. Click on the Zen Body Salon Community Calendar at k107.com for a full listing of the early holiday fun in your neighborhood.Psychoanalyst Darian Leader joined us to talk about his latest book, The New Black: Mourning, Melancholia and Depression. How does society shift our focus when it comes to getting over our sadness and what is a better solution? (step one: stop listening to Jon & Mary in the Morning and our depressing guests)The folks at American Heritage Dictionaries have come out with their latest list, 100 Words for Foodies. Steve Kleinedler gave us the inside scoop on how to blanch, what's in haggis, where the word ketchup comes from and more. K107.1 Lifestyle Diva Jerusha Stewart had tips on avoiding the drama of Black Friday, re-using those Thanksgiving leftovers, possibly finding love in time for the holidays(?!?). Click on Jerusha's website here, and find some of those early Black Friday sales here and here.Our final guest was the former host of the FX series Personal FX, John Burke. John shared his secrets for getting your home 'Holiday Ready,' including his favorite new product, the Black & Decker FLEX (shameless plug).
As we mentioned this morning, here's the website for donating new or *gently* used DVDs to a veteran near you: dvds4vets.org. This is a great undertaking that means more than you might think for diabled and homebound vets nationwide. Any movies are accepted, but think twice before donating that Bette Midler boxed set, won't you?America's Nutrition Expert (with apologies to Richard Simmons) Mitzi Dulan joined us with the winning game plan for smart eating around the holidays. Curb your appetite and find healthy alternatives before your next party or trip to grandma's house.We continued our observance of Veterans Day with retired Lt. Col Paul Lawrence Vann from the United States Air Force. The Lt. Col is an expert on the history of Veteran's Day and the author of Living on Higher Ground: How to Live with Passion, Motivation and Joy.Kevin Miller from the Windhover Center for the Arts in downtown Fond du Lac made his monthly pop-in with a list of what's big at the Windhover this month. Click on their website for a full list of events and ticket info.
Victoria's Secret rolled out their 2009 fashion show last night in the NYC. Our new favorite model did the catwalk in our new favorite outfit, as Candice Swanepoel introduced this little number. By sheer coincidence, that's the EXACT outfit Mary wore to work this morning! The show airs on your (hopefully) high-def TV on December 1. Check your local listings...
