What We Missed: Friday August 16th

We're sending the Earnhardt family love and prayers for a quick and full recovery!

It might still be summer, but The Coca-Cola Company is already gearing up for the holiday season with some spicy sodas.

This fall, the beverage giant is bringing two wintry varieties of its classic drinks to the U.S.

Coca-Cola Cinnamon and Winter Spiced Cranberry Sprite are expected to hit store shelves by the end of September.

source: https://www.today.com/food/cinnamon-coke-coming-store-near-you-it-any-good-t160744

Authorities in Florida were called to a high school for an unusual "burglary" in progress -- a raccoon inside a vending machine.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office shared photos on Facebook showing the guilty trash panda rooting around inside the vending machine, which was full of snack foods.

source: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2019/08/15/Raccoon-rescued-from-inside-vending-machine-at-Florida-school/4131565876223/

The classic chemistry of the great infomercial hosts, like Cher and Lori Davis, is mostly a lost art now that Netflix has taken over our 2 A.M. insomnia viewing needs. There was a pitter-patter necessary for selling hairspray in the early hours of the morning, where Cher would say something like “Hairspray makes my hair too sticky,” and Davis would answer something like “Then do I ever have a hairspray for you.” Every time the conversation shifted, Cher lobbed a question over the net and Lori bandied it back so gracefully that before you knew it, you’d bought a year’s worth of hair gel from someone wearing a wig.

source: https://theslot.jezebel.com/bernie-and-cardi-b-made-a-really-great-infomercial-1837279499


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