{"id":63729,"date":"2026-01-03T04:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=63729"},"modified":"2026-01-01T21:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:59:54","slug":"january-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/03\/january-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom of Days: January 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New for 2026:&nbsp;<\/strong><em>No updates<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1982:&nbsp;<\/strong>At home in Colts Neck, Bruce records demos for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/20\/roll-of-the-dice-johnny-99\/\">Johnny 99,<\/a>&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/16\/roll-of-the-dice-nebraska\/\">Nebraska<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/28\/roll-of-the-dice-open-all-night\/\">Open All Night<\/a>,&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/27\/roll-of-the-dice-reason-to-believe\/\">Reason to Believe<\/a>.&#8221; These demos will eventually be released on <em>Nebraska<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f8UAvl-CAgM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hCpL_ImsiDo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TxuXBj3EjOs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H49obsV6oZ0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>1993:&nbsp;<\/strong>Bruce struggles to find his perfect answering machine greeting (as portrayed by uncanny impersonator Ben Stiller on his show&#8217;s latest episode). 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