Mr. Laughs Prep 12/10/2025
Mr. Laughs Prep
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2025
- FEATURED BIT: "CHRISTMAS CARS" (Original Bit) (0:44)
This is a musical homage to everyone out there who decorates their cars like reindeer!
https://tinyurl.com/53h73nh7
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DAILY HOLIDAYS
- Dewey Decimal System Day
- Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales
- Human Rights Day
- National Lager Day
- Nobel Prize Day
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ONE-LINERS
== TOP O THE NEWS ==
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Uber says they’re rolling out kiosks that let travelers without the app call a ride, with the first set to debut at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. They’re also creating a way for you to get food at the airport without calling UberEats. It’s called a “restaurant”.
And lose out on getting yelled at by a New York City yellow cab driver? Why even bother visiting?
(https://tinyurl.com/ye22ckuv)
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A church in Boston has sparked debate with a Nativity scene that replaces Jesus, Mary, and Joseph with a sign that reads “ICE was here,” a nod to local immigration raids. Well, wherever ICE has Jesus, it’s probably nicer than a manger in a barn.
They should do the same thing for the Easter egg hunt. No prizes, just a sign that says “ANIMAL CONTROL WAS HERE”.
(https://tinyurl.com/2khcamsv)
= POLLS, STUDIES, AND SURVEYS ==
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Gen Z workers are reporting some of the highest burnout levels ever recorded, with new research suggesting they are buckling under unprecedented levels of stress. The Gen Z jobs can be hard. Who knew being the manager of a dog-influencer’s Instagram page would be so stressful?
It's a good time to invest in vapes.
(https://tinyurl.com/5n83nn8e)
= AROUND THE NATION ==
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A 24 year old Manhattan woman is suing Chipotle after she says she bit into a burrito bowl and found a rodent inside, claiming the ordeal left her with severe mental anguish. You wouldn’t expect that in Manhattan. Maybe Staten Island, but not Manhattan.
I didn’t know Chipotle added Capybara to their menu!
(https://tinyurl.com/yfcajk6f)
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A single engine plane made an emergency landing on I-95 in Florida, slamming into the hood of a Toyota Camry and sending its driver to the hospital. That’s the Camry’s story, anyway. The pilot is claiming the car rear ended him.
I hope the pilot had an EZ-Pass.
(https://tinyurl.com/37wcpsbc)
= AROUND THE GLOBE ==
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England's National Highways said more than 49,000 abandoned objects were collected from the country's roads this year, including a boat and a carnival ride. I thought England would be above littering, but sounds like they don’t give a Union Jack either.
Honestly, if I was towing my boat and the hitch broke…I might just keep driving too.
(https://tinyurl.com/2s7jpa8b)
== SHOW BIZ BUZZ ==
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Bob Dylan is heading back on tour in 2026, but this time he’s skipping the big cities and taking his Rough and Rowdy Ways show to smaller towns that rarely get major acts. Basically, he’s going to places that stopped getting new music in 1973.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he only did towns off of Highway 61. He hasn’t revisited in awhile!
(https://tinyurl.com/2x9rucub)
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Busta Rhymes, 53, called out a content creator at an Art Basel event in Miami after the TikToker tried to prank him by calling him Tracy Morgan while posing for a photo. These Tik Tokers should know that even at 53, Busta is still ready to Busta move if you disrespect him.
Is that what qualifies as a prank now, just calling someone the wrong name? I guess my grandma is a real prankster.
(https://tinyurl.com/226y9ndx)
== CELEBRITY DRIVEL ==
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Ben Stiller’s daughter Ella says the pressure she faced as a young actor led to years of anxiety and depression. I wonder if this is her way of telling us Ben is a bit of a tiger-mom.
Can’t be easy trying to live up to your parents. Especially when one of them is Zoolander.
(https://tinyurl.com/6jxub898)
= SPORTS SPURTS ==
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Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh was so fired up after Monday’s wild overtime win that he said the thrill ranks right up there with getting married and welcoming his seven kids into the world. After hearing this, his wife was waiting with his bags packed when he got home.
(https://tinyurl.com/33r7nwf2)
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GENIUS AWARDS
AND TODAY’S GENIUS AWARD GOES TO……
Bishopville, SC - Authorities seized a drone Sunday morning after it dropped an unusual contraband package into Lee Correctional Institution's yard in Bishopville. The South Carolina Department of Corrections discovered raw steak, crab legs, Old Bay seasoning, marijuana, and cigarettes intended for inmates.
"Seems some folks were planning an early holiday Old Bay crab boil and steak dinner along with their marijuana and cigarettes," officials posted on social media with #ContrabandChristmas.
Prison spokeswoman Chrysti Shain said, "I'm guessing the inmates who were expecting the package are crabby."
No arrests have been made as investigations continue. Flying drones near South Carolina prisons carries up to 30 days in jail, while dropping contraband is a felony punishable by 10 years imprisonment.
Okay, how do we get into prison?
Way to made drones seems really cool.
https://tinyurl.com/3szm72pc
AND THEN THERE’S……
DALLAS, TX - Jermecia Denise Murphy faces multiple charges after allegedly starting a house fire Friday morning then cutting firefighters' hose with a knife to stop their efforts.
Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the blaze at 12:58 a.m. following several 911 calls. Crews found heavy flames in the one-story home's front corner room and extinguished the fire by 1:35 a.m. While firefighters battled the blaze, Murphy reportedly stabbed their hose line and was arrested at the scene. Investigators determined the fire was "incendiary in nature" and witnesses heard Murphy admit to starting it while she damaged equipment.
The vacant house sustained fire damage but no injuries occurred.
Murphy remains in Dallas County Jail on $16,000 bond, charged with criminal mischief, interfering with public duties, and drug possession. Arson charges are expected to be added.
Oh you're an arsonist? Stab a firehose if you're so serious then!
Does it seem like shade that it says "after several 911 calls?"
https://tinyurl.com/bp5wf2jb
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BENCHMARK GAMES
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THOUGHT OF THE DAY
Spiderwebs are recycled bugs.
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ON THIS DAY
DEC 10, 1520
Martin Luther publicly burns a papal edict demanding he recant
DEC 10, 1684
Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley
DEC 10, 1869
Women’s suffrage (the right to vote) is granted in the Wyoming Territory
DEC 10, 1884
“Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is first published in the UK and Canada (U.S. February 1885, due to a printing error)
DEC 10, 1898
The Spanish-American War formally ends with the Treaty of Paris; the U.S. acquires the Philippines, Puerto Rico, & Guam
DEC 10, 1901
The First Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Wilhelm Röntgen for his discovery of X-rays
DEC 10, 1902
German organic chemist Emil Fischer is awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on sugar and purine syntheses
DEC 10, 1906
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is the first American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
DEC 10, 1926
The second part of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf is published
DEC 10, 1931
Manuel Azaña becomes the Prime Minister of Spain with Niceto Zamora as President
DEC 10, 1936
Britain replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI
DEC 10, 1942
An early report of the Holocaust is prepared by the Polish government-in-exile, using information obtained by Polish Resistance Fighter Witold Pilecki; it is addressed to UN member states
DEC 10, 1950
Ralph Bunche (first black American) is presented the Nobel Peace Prize for mediation in Israel
DEC 10, 1962
David Lean's film “Lawrence of Arabia,” based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and starring Peter O'Toole, premieres at Odeon Leicester Square (Academy Awards Best Picture 1963)
DEC 10, 1964
The Nobel Peace Prize is presented to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Oslo
DEC 10, 1964
Dorothy Hodgkin is the first British woman to be awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry for her work on penicillin and vitamin B12
DEC 10, 1968
Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in fifteen rounds for the heavyweight boxing title
DEC 10, 1976
Samuel C. C. Ting is the first person to deliver a Nobel Prize lecture in Mandarin, during the ceremony to award him and Burton Richter the Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering the J/ψ particle
DEC 10, 1978
“Superman: The Movie,” directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, and Margot Kidder, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
DEC 10, 1984
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is presented with his Nobel Peace Prize
DEC 10, 1985
“Out of Africa,” based on the book by Isak Dinesen, directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 1986)
DEC 10, 1991
Howard Spira is sentenced to 2½ years in prison for trying to extort money from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner
DEC 10, 2001
“The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first Lord of the Rings film directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen, premieres in London
DEC 10, 2017
Governor Jerry Brown tours Southern Californian wildfires and declares them “the new normal”
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BIRTHDAYS
DECEMBER 10
Joe Burrow, NFL player (29)
Teyana Taylor, singer (35)
Raven-Symone, TV personality (40)
Meg White, White Stripes drummer (51)
Bobby Flay, TV chef (61)
Kenneth Branaugh, actor (65)
Susan Dey, Partridge Family/L.A. Law star (73)
DECEMBER 11
Hailee Steinfeld, actress/singer (29)
Alexa Demie, Euphoria actress (35)
Mos Def, actor/rapper (52)
Mo'Nique, comedian/actress (58)
Nikki Sixx, Motley Crue bassist (67)
Jermaine Jackson, singer (71)
Brenda Lee, singer (81)
John Kerry, politician (81)
Donna Mills, actress (85)
Rita Moreno, actress (94)