>>> IT IS TIME FOR THE "HIGHS
AND LOWS" OF THE WEEK.
OUR FIRST HIGH GOES TO THE
WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING TRADITION
THAT BEGAN FOUR YEARS AGO WITH
AN ERRANT TEXT FROM GRANDMA.
WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT WANDA
DENCH AND JAMAL HINTON WHEN SHE
MISTAKENLY HAD JAMAL'S PHONE
NUMBER ON THE FAMILY TEXT CHAIN
AND UNINTENTIONALLY INVITED HIM,
A COMPLETE STRANGER, TO
THANKSGIVING DINNER.
EVEN AFTER REALIZING THE
MISTAKES, WAND INVITED
THEN-17-YEAR-OLD JAMAL TO HER
HOME IN MESA, ARIZONA, FOR
THANKSGIVING DINNER.
HE SHOWED UP, AND THEY HAVE
SPENT THE HOLIDAY TOGETHER EVERY
YEAR SINCE.
THE ANNUAL TRADITION CONTINUED
THIS YEAR.
BUT WITH AN EMPTY PLACE AT THE
DINNER TABLE IN THIS TERRIBLE
YEAR.
WANDA'S HUSBAND OF 43 YEARS,
LONNIE, DIED OF CORONAVIRUS IN
APRIL, SO A PHOTO AND A CANDLE
WAS LEFT AT HIS SEAT.
THE SMALL GROUP GOT TOGETHER
LAST WEEKEND SO THEY ALL COULD
GET TESTED BEFORE SEEING THEIR
OWN FAMILIES ON THANKSGIVING
ITSELF.
JAMAL POSTED A PHOTO FROM THE
DAY WRITING, "FIVE YEARS STRONG,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE, WE
MISS YOU, LONNIE."
GLAD TO SEE THAT FRIENDSHIP
CONTINUING EVEN THROUGH THESE
TOUGH TIMES.
>>> OUR FIRST LOW THIS WEEK GOES
TO THE LACK OF ANSWERS AROUND A
MYSTERY IN THE UTAH DESERT.
LAST WEEK PUBLIC SAFETY AND
WILDLIFE OFFICIALS FLYING
OVERHEAD IN A HELICOPTER SPOTTED
A MYSTERIOUS METAL STRUCTURE IN
A REMOTE PART OF THE DESERT.
HOW DID IT GET THERE, THEY
WONDERED.
>> OKAY, THE ENTREPID EXPLORERS
GOING TO INVESTIGATE THE ALIEN
LIFE FORM.
>> WHO DOES THIS KIND OF STUFF?
>> THE CREW WAS FLYING TO COUNT
BIGHORN SHEEP BUT INSTEAD FOUND
THE TEN-FOOT-FALL GLEAMING
MONOLITH AND GOT OUT TO EXPLORE.
IT WAS MASSIVE AND DRIVEN INTO
THE RED ROCK.
OFFICIALS ARE STILL UNSURE OF
ITS ORIGINS.
EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD BE MORE
FUN, THE PILOT SAID THE
THREE-SEEDED BEAM WAS UNLIKELY
TO BE EXTRATERRESTRIAL.
>> JOKING AROUND THAT ONE OF US
SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS, THEN I
GUESS THE REST OF US MAKE A RUN
FOR IT.
ASSUMING IT IS SOME NEW WAVE
ARTIST OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW,
SOMEBODY TO JUST -- WITH A BIG
"2001 SPACE ODYSSEY" FAN.
>> SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED.
STAY TUNED.
SOME SUGGESTED THE BEAM COULD
HAVE BEEN LEFT FROM ONE OF
SEVERAL MOVIES FILMED IN THE
RETURN AREA OVER THE YEARS.
OFFICIALS WOULD NOT REVEAL THE
EXACT LOCATION FOR FEAR PEOPLE
WOULD GET STRANDED TRYING TO
FIND IT.
SOME CERTAINLY TRIED.
AS FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE, THE
STORY GETS STRANGER.
LAST NIGHT THE STRUCTURE WAS
FOUND TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND
REPLACED WITH A PILE OF ROCKS.
OFFICIALS SAY THEY DID NOT
REMOVE IT.
IT DEFINITELY WAS ALIENS.
>>> THE NEXT HIGH GOES TO A LATE
AUTUMN STROLL AROUND CHICAGO.
THE SHEDD AQUARIUM IS CLOSED TO
VISITORS THESE DAYS.
FOUR PENGUINS GOT OUT FOR A
CHANGE OF SCENERY THIS WEEK.
THAT'S IZZY, DARWIN, TOMBO, AND
CHARLOTTE, MAKING THE TRIP TO
SOLDIER FIELD, HOME OF THE
CHICAGO BEARS.
THE GANG WADDLED THROUGH THE
LOCKER ROOM BEFORE STORMING THE
FIELD TAKING IN THE SIGHTS AND
SMELLS.
THE PENGUINS HAVE BEEN ON
SEVERAL FIELD TRIPS INCLUDING
CHICAGO'S FIELD MUSEUM AND THE
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART.
STAFF SAYS THE EXCURSIONS DON'T
JUST MAKE FOR FUN VIDEOS, THEY
ACTUALLY PROVIDE NECESSARY
VARIETY FOR THE PENGUINS AND
ALLOW THE AQUARIUM TO CONNECT
WITH THE PUBLIC WHILE IT REMAINS
CLOSED.
NOW THE BEARS JUST ANNOUNCED
THAT TOMBO THE PENGUIN WILL
START AT QUARTERBACK TONIGHT
AGAINST THE PACKERS RIGHT HERE
ON NBC.
THEY NEED A LITTLE HELP ON THEIR
CENTER.
THE FINAL GOES TO AN EDITING
BLOOPER FROM THE "MANDALA ARE
YOU UREAN."
AN EAGLE EYED VIEWER NOTICED
SOMETHING ODD DURING AN EPIC
LASER SHOOT-OUT SCENE.
LOOK CLOSELY HERE.
BEHIND THE MAIN CHARACTERS,
THERE'S A DUDE JUST KIND OF
SANDING THERE IN HIS BLUE JEANS
AND T-SHIRT.
TURNS OUT THAT IS A MEMBER OF
THE CREW WHO DIDN'T REALIZE HE
WAS IN THE SHOT.
THE ACTOR THERE, CARL WEATHERS,
WAS ALSO DIRECTING THE EPISODE.
SO HE DIDN'T CATCH THE MISTAKE.
JEANS GUY TOOK OFF ON TWITTER
WITH SOME VYING FOR HIM TO GET
HIS OWN ACTION FIGURE AND LEGO
SET.
VIEWERS COMPARED THE MOMENT TO
THE INFAMOUS "GAME OF THRONES"
BLUNDER LAST YEAR WHEN A COFFEE
CUP APPEARED DURING A
CELEBRATION OF THE VICTORY AT
THE BATTLE OF WINTERFELL.
DON'T GO LOOKING FOR THE