i'm j.j. snyder. happy friday. >> absolutely, happy friday. last night we had fun. you're going to see it next week. we might have went zip lining. >> we mitt have. >> we're here. we survived. fun time. >> good times. >> before we begin, i want to give a quick shout out to the girl's basketball, i used to announce for the team in high school. the nonprofit organization that has a -- they have their season kickoff tomorrow nightpe ceremonies, taking place at the recreation and wellness center. includes over 200 student athletes grades 3-8. a lot of people, volunteering their time to help make that happen. and honestly, i remember at my high school the girls were better than the boys. >> oh, yeah. >> they don't scrunch. >> i played basketball. >> they'll knock you to the ground. >> i was very competitive in basketball. my father was a coach and taught me how to envision before i would toss the ball, so i'm not bad. i'm a derent shot. >> brief story about my basketball, 8-years-old, ymca in boston area,

i'm j.j. snyder. what? what? what you got? what? it's friday. >> you have to know about this. coming up on the show, we have donny osmond. he's talking about run for a cause. it's an event about knocking out childhood cancer. >> absolutely. great thing. first up this morning, last night, i am so tired -- i'm sleep deprived right now. >> i'm so tired, too. >> i usually wake up at a certain time. i woke up 40 i have not showered since yesterday. i have not brushed my teeth. what i did is i got up -- i'm actually -- >> wait a second. >> i'm wearing the same underwear from yesterday. >> t.m.i.! >> i gargled and put my hair under water because here's why. i had adrenalin from last night. i couldn't sleep because last night we're at the north las vegas ballet theater. >> hey! >> our choreography miss bernadette. >> yes. well, it was a big gala for the shawn really stepped up. >> me and my car. >> shawn and i -- >> look at him with his car. you showed up. there we are. i mean, that kind of sums it up. we ha

i'm j.j. snyder. >> what were you up to this weekend? >> i was in los angeles. it was beautiful. >> i saw you hanging with the with my husband and my dogs, and then i go back and i -- as often happens in las vegas, one of my good friends was in town visiting, from my hometown. i subsequent the afternoon with her and it was so much fun. >> this is the cool thing about living in las vegas. there are people that like you and people that love you. the people that love you will visit you anyway. there is the people that like you, the people that you're friends with, will they visit probably not. but it's vegas. you get so many accidental visitors. it's lovely. >> you have to be careful when you choose a house here, if you have a guest room or two guest rooms, that's a big decision because people will visit you. >> i explicitly live 20 minutes away from the strip for a reason. yeah -- >> this is a friend who would visit me anywhere, a great >> you got the same jacket. >> we do. >> you're starting -- >> we got matching jackets. she is like do you mind if i get it? and

. >> this is j.j. snyder. together we make "the morning blend." >> we do. musical journey with sunbird at cabaret jazz at the smith center. >> this saturday, it's on. to broadway, to pop classics, here to tell us about the show is the song bird herself. welcome. >> nice to see you. i couldn't remember what song i was singing. thank you again for having me. it's always great to be here. >> oh, yeah. >> i'm looking forward to saturday. >> this is your solo debut, but you -- you, you are all over -- >> this is my first producing, you know, putting it altogether. this is me. bernard is the founder of the las vegas dance theater, my he directed me in simply ella. so he helped me put this together. and i'm doing music from deon warwick, and then i got brent barrett, the original -- >> from the phantom. >> that's right. and he was on broadway. then patrick swayze came in. so yeah, i mean, it's going to be an afternoon and an evening because i have 2:30 and 7:00 p.m. slow, and you're really g sit back, i'm going to serenade you and give you a background on mora, wh

. >> i'm j.j. snyder. while you were in boston, i went to the third annual tyler robinson foundation at caesars. what a great night. the purpose is to raise money to support people affected by cancer. >> this is great. this is going to the same cause. >> and it's -- it was on the last night of september. september was pediatric awareness month. >> i love that. >> they do so many great things. so many people turned out, shawn. there is chris angel. oh, chris harrison. >> every chris in las vegas was there. who is that? >> yes, i know. right? >> anna. >> she is a model. she had a family member die of cancer. and oh, how much fun did i have talking to joe mccame, he was a blast. imagine dragons guys. i mean, good buddy. he showed up for the night. it was a really moving night. here is the thing that was so impressive. the imagine dragons are hometown band, not just connected to this event once or twice a year. they work for pediatric cancer all the time. every city they go to they meet with familied affected.

. >> and i'm j.j. snyder. >> coming up on the blend you're going to meet this week's pick of the liter. adorable. how you can help them find one. it's the key to getting a good night's rest. best mattress wants to get you to one of the big estimate rest sales this year. >> joe graziano is the general manager at best mattress. joe hansen is here. gentlemen, hello. >> good morning. >> hello, joe. >> we're going to get into the mattresses. talk about this sale. all right. >> we have one time a year, we do a king for the price of a queen sale. >> awesome. >> so huge savings on king size mattresses, but huge savings on all of our mattresses in the stores right now. >> absolutely. >> so it's like i said a one time deal where we can get it once a year, so you don't want to miss this one. >> the difference between a king and queen is the difference between staying together and you need extra room. >> what do you have? >> we have a king. we upgraded from the full slash queen deal we had before. that much more room, he

i'm j.j. snyder. >> she's all the buzz. seriously. >> i'm a bee, and actually i decided i'm the queen bee. if you're going to be a bee, you might as well be the queen. and our new producer who is with bug. >> oh, man. we're laying it on thick, everybody. we went to fright dome last week. incredibly troubling. take a look. >> totally getting you ready. or maybe. >> this is the one >> that's okay. generally this is -- [ screaming ] [ bleep ] >> they are laughing and there is joy [ bleep ] and the gee [ bleep ] -- >> did you know it's open [ bleep ] >> what the -- >> we have it deep. >> you're not thinking. >> shawn, where is -- [ screaming ] >> oh, >> oh, my god. [ screaming ] >> hi there. wow! oh, what is that? [ bleep ] oh. >> oh, wow. okay. >> she's everywhere. everywhere i turn. >> oh, my gosh. >> you want to -- is that what you want? you're going to die. >> are we -- >> no. >> shawn. >> what is that? [ saw noise ] >> oh, giving us the sweats. >> seriously. there was a fair amount of bleeps in that video. >> yes, there we

j.j. snyder. that's because shawn tempesta is out in the field. this is going to be a very fun little moment here. our coats for kids campaign is underway now. and if you've already donated, thank you so much. and if you haven't made your donation, there is still time. shawn is out at the tropical 215, he's collecting coats right now. shawn can you hear me? >> i could hear you, j.j. i was enjoying my hawaiian breeze, no sugar. that's what i do. tropical smoothie cafe, jones and the 215, it's coats for kids. great to have you. >> thanks for coming out. >> let's talk about what we're doing today. this is very important because it gets chilly in the valley. you might be coats in las vegas. december, january, february. >> it gets chilly. all of our locations in the city, nearly 30, you can donate any new or gently used coat. we're happy to take that in and make sure it gets to the right folks. >> the cool thing is you stop at any of the tropical smoothie locations, box brothers has a box set up at every location. we have the setup here, but there is o

. >> and i'm j.j. snyder. what a debate. >> yeah. >> it was interesting. >> it was interesting, like all the other debates have been interesting, like stubbing your unlv, because unlv represented so hardcore yesterday, and throughout the debate, and whenever -- just before the debate started, representative from the state was there talking about unlv. all of the news networks there, unlv was front and center, and how the students were getting involved. props to unlv, love it. >> and props to the whole city. >> yeah. did it well. >> i do not get props for not planning my drive home. it took me an hour minutes to get home. >> what time did you hit the 15? >> i never hit the 15 because the 15 was closed going south. then i went to dean martin drive, which was -- you know what it was? about 40 minutes into it i'm at a stop light for 15 minutes and i'm thinking oh, my goodness, i'm back in los angeles. >> for a brief moment in time. >> it was bad timing on my part. what a beautiful night. i rolled down my windows a

i'm j.j. snyder. >> where injure horn? you've got this stuff. >> oh, thank you. >> there is a balloon. >> our producer, julie, totally pinked out my desk this morning. and the crown. i do love a crown. i mean, i may be turning ten today, i'm not because this is perfect for me. i love it. >> you look like a princess. >> thank you. here is the thing, a couple days ago i knew the birthday was coming and i'm like, oh, man. should i start feeling bad? i'm getting older. then i'm like, hold on a second. seriously, hold on a second. let's check myself here. >> before you wreck. myself. i am happier now in life than i've ever been before. i've got myself together. i know who i am. >> you're the host of the "morning blend." >> i am the host of the "morning blend" here with shawn. really, i have so much to be grateful for. i just decided i'm just gonna celebrate and just be thrilled. >> did you celebrate this past weekend or celebrating forward to next weekend? >> i believe in a phase of birthdays. a whole phase. i get a bit reflect

. >> i'm j.j. snyder. we're getting ready to work out today. >> they realized we weren't going to see them. >> we're look forward to cross fit. >> actually yesterday i was there, but accidentally. >> yes. they're in henderson right above saint rose parkway. >> they're right next to saint rose animal urgent care where i had to bring pesky yesterday because he's being a brat. >> wait a second. what's going on with my pesky? >> he hasn't really been according to my wife, who is freaking out. >> this is not good. >> do you think he knows the baby is coming? >> he laid his chin on her stomach. but he doesn't like -- he hasn't eaten since saturday. yeah, he's eaten some carrots and four treats a morning because i found out my wife gives him four treats a morning. so like maybe we cut that down to one. i brought him over, saw dr. joe. food smells fine. he might be sick of the food. then they weigh him. they're like he's two pounds heavier than last time he came in. so he's eating. he's eating more than he's sick

i'm j.j. snyder. >> she's all the buzz. seriously. >> i'm a bee, and actually i decided i'm the queen bee. if you're going to be a bee, you might as well be the queen. and our new producer who is with

i'm j.j. snyder. what? what? what you got? what?

. >> and i'm j.j. snyder. >> coming up on the blend you're going to meet this week's pick of the liter. adorable. how you can help them find one.

i'm j.j. snyder. >> what were you up to this weekend? >> i was in los angeles. it was beautiful. >> i saw you hanging with the

j.j. snyder. that's because shawn tempesta is out in the field. this is going to be a very fun little moment here. our coats for kids campaign is underway now. and if you've already donated, thank you so much. and if you haven't made your donation, there is still time. shawn is out at the tropical

. >> and i'm j.j. snyder. what a debate. >> yeah. >> it was interesting. >> it was interesting, like all the other debates have been interesting, like stubbing your

. >> this is j.j. snyder. together we make "the morning blend." >> we do.