It’s been 33 years since Loretta Swit played on MASH but she has stayed busy with acting, painting and raising money for her favorite charity, animals. In our interview she talks about why she thinks MASH resonated with so many and what she’s currently up to.

A day after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away at the age of 60 from a heart attack, Debbie Reynolds also passed away after suffering a stroke. Her son said she had told him she missed Carrie so much and wanted to be with her. Debbie was 84. Just last year, she won the lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actor’s Guild. Carrie introduced her mother that day.

Attorney at law, Brett Knight with Fry, Fry, Knight & Murphy Law Offices in Cookeville, came by the studios to have some fun talking about Grandma getting run over by a reindeer and a class action law suit for kids on the naughty list.  It was all jokes of course but we enjoyed poking fun and being playful during this holiday season. If you missed out on the laughs, here’s our interview. I was happy to meet his wife Donna and 3 of their kids.  Merry Christmas to you and thanks for visiting my blog!

Actors from the Park Theater in McMinnville stopped by our studios in character to do a skit with me from Hairspray Jr. Rachel Masters as Velma, Amber is Emilee Taylor and Cassidy Prater as Tracy. Listen to the interview below to hear the fun we had!

Mariel Swann & Anna Higgins met when they were young girls in an art class.  They are both Cookeville natives that wanted to do something to represent the area they love. They created a Coookeville Coloring Book that features local landmarks like the train depot, Cream City, Ralph’s Donuts, Cookeville Courthouse, Dogwood Park and more. These are for all ages, including adults! You can purchase these collector’s items at Poet’s Coffee on the square in Cookeville or Tatum Hill Interiors, 28 West Broad Street in Cookeville. I was happy to have them on my show. The interview is below.

December is the month of holiday parties and lots of eggnog, some plain, some spiked. Donnelly Ditzhazy, The Country Hen Communications Team Member, was my morning show guest on the phone lines to talk about Country Hen eggs and some of her favorite ways to prepare eggnog. You can listen to my interview below.  Here’s a link to their website for recipes and their blog.

Dial-A-Carol is a student-run holiday program at the University of Illinois. Each year the students host the holiday program Dial-A-Carol. The idea behind the program is quite simple. Anyone from anywhere can call and request a holiday tune to be sung over the telephone. Their program runs 24 hours a day for seven days. This year, it runs until December 14th.

John Oates is a member of Hall & Oates. He has a new Christmas single out. We talk about that new song, a new memoir and what Hall & Oates are up to.

Kyra Sedgwick’s new movie is called Edge Of Seventeen. She talks about her character and another movie she’s directing that stars her husband, Kevin Bacon and their daughter.

This holiday season, we’re seeing a new kind of shopper emerge: the supershopper. They’re shoppers who utilize the power of their mobile phones to be more informed and efficient than ever before. Google Retail Trends Expert, Daniel Sieberg, talked with Sheila to offers insight holiday shopping.