Lighter Side of the News 9-17-25

Episode Transcript

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Ninety three point nine. Night Yessa, The Lighter Side of
News with Melissa Foreman. Welcome to Wednesday to September seventeenth.
I hope you're awesome and let's get you up to date.
Do you love Smurfs? Well, guess what it's now streaming
on Paramount Plus. You can check that out. Motley Cruz
Vince Neil has revealed he suffered a stroke lass Christmas.
That's what led to the band postponing their Vegas residency.

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Pink Floyd is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of their album
Wish You Were Here with a box set that's dropping
just in time for the holidays. Did you watch this
seventy seventh Emmys, Well, it brought in seven point four
million viewers. That's an increase of eight percent from last
year and the highest rated ceremony in four years. This
seems impossible, but a Croatian man managed to hold his
breath for twenty nine minutes and three seconds at the

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bottom of a pool. He broke the previous record by
five minutes. I can't even do five minutes. All right?
Makes your holiday shopping season, you have a snack before
you go. Researchers show that shopping on an empty stomach
makes us more likely to buy an item, So you
want to make sure you check that out. And what's
the number one most outrageous thing you have eaten in
one sitting? The most common answer is a pint of

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ice cream, followed by a whole pizza, a bucket of popcorn,
and a block of cheese. If you want to answer
this and let me know, eight fy five nine three
nine six nine three six what have you eaten an
entire sitting? All right, there you go, my friend. Let's
a look at your lighter side of the news. You're
fully up to date for this Wednesday to September seventeenth,