Breakfast Club - Show #14 - 4/29/08

Good Tuesday Mornings! It's another day and another action packed edition of The Breakfast Club on News-Talk 1450 KFIZ. As always find all the latest local news, weather, and sports at KFIZ.com.

Here are other highlights from the show.

6:18am: Karl Klopotic's Forecast: Mostly cloudy this morning, turning partly sunny this afternoon with a high of 48. Wednesday party sunny with a high of 57. Scattered rain on Thursday with more rain on Friday.

6:25am: Entertainment News: NFL star Jason Taylor had the night's best score of 29 on ABC's Dancing with the Stars while Cristian de la Fuente ended up in the hospital after hurting his arm during his dance...Changes may be coming to American Idol as ratings are starting to slide a bit...Brittany Spears will make a return to the CBS Sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" on May 12th.

6:40am: The History Vault: In 1913 the zipper was patented...In 1961 ABC's Wide World of Sports made its debut...In 1968 Hair opened on Broadway...In 1988 Burt Reynolds married Loni Anderson, they split in 1993...In 1992 riots erupted in Los Angeles when a jury failed to convict four police officers with the video-taped beating of Rodney King. More than $735 million dollars in damage was done.

6:50am: KFIZ News Quiz: Lou Ann Biddick of Fond du Lac won a BBQ Tool Set for correctly knowing that Eric Everson was named the new Fond du Lac School Board President at Monday's Meeting.

Also if you're looking for the National BBQ Association Website here it is: NBBQA.org

7:05am: Dennis Badtke of Rosendale won a pair of tickets to Escanaba in da Moonlight at the Grand Opera House in Oshkosh.

7:18am: A New York Post survey says the following TV programs are the best ever.

CLICK HERE FOR THE ARTICLE

1. The Sopranos
2. All in the Family
3. The Oprah Winfrey Show
4. American Idol
5. The West Wing
6. Mary Tyler Moore
7. Dallas
8. 24
9. Twin Peaks
10. Seasame Steet

Despite the sluggish economy, many Americans are still planning getaways this summer. A survey by Kayak.com has found that although 79% of vacationers will alter their trips do to economic downturns. 41% say that cost-conscious factors most influenced their vacation planning. 18% will base their travel destination on affordable airfare. 16% will look for a place where they can get free lodging from family or friends rather than a hotel. 7% will vacation this summer at a destination they can drive to.

7:25am: Celeb Birthdays: Jerry Seinfeld is 54...Eve Plumb (Jan Brady) is 50...Rapper Master P is 41...Singer Carnie Wilson is 40...Actress Uma Thurman is 38...Tennis great Andre Agassi is 38.
7:50am: A couple's wedding vows took a nasty turn in Pittsburgh. Just after saying their vows, The man and his wife were checking into their hotel suite when they began fighting. Witnesses report that the man gave his new bride a "karate style-kick" whick knocked her to the ground. When a couple came to break up the fight, the brawling bride and groom stopped fighting one another and turned on the helping couple, assaulting them by tossing plants at them.

8:05am: Delta Airlines says that they will raise fares $10 to $40 round trip as a fuel surcharge. United, Delta, and Northwest all posted first quarter losses in the billions of dollars in part because of the spiraling fuel costs.

8:20am: Jerry from the Fond du Lac Area Job and Career Center stopped by and shed some light on employment opportunities in our area. For more information head to their website by clicking HERE or calling them at 920-929-3900 or stopping by their office at 349 North Peters Avenue in North Fond du Lac. You can also find out about next week's Fond du Lac Area Job Fair by clicking on fdljobfair.com

8:50am: If your checking your bank account online or watching the mail for that government rebate check of $600 for a single person or $1200 for a couple...here's when the government says you may see your cash...

If you got your tax rebate via direct deposit....

Last two digits of SS#/Date your rebate should be deposited...
00-20 May 2
21-75 May 9
76-99 May 16

If you received a paper check rebate Last two digits of SS#/date the rebate should be mailed by
00-09 May 16
10-18 May 23
19-25 May 30
26-38 June 6
39-51 June 13
52-63 June 20
64-75 June 27
76-87 July 4
88-99 July 11

Affer Breakfast 9am-9:30am

Richard May from the Paint Store at 173 South Main Street in Fond du Lac stopped by for his monthly chat. Today we talked about staining and powerwashing your deck as you get ready for the summer. You can stop down to The Paint Store in downtown Fond du Lac and they will help you out.

Richard also said you can find some great coupons at the Pratt & Lambert website below.

http://www.prattandlambert.com/

Richard will also be giving "Wood Care and spreak-rock seminar at the Paint Store 6pm. on May 8th.

You are also asked to come down to the Paint Store and submit a name for The Paint Stores monthly radio program on News-Talk 1450 KFIZ. The winning entry will win a prize from The Paint Store.