Wednesday, October 31, 2018 – Edition: #6325

Let’s See What BS We Can SCARE Up…!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ More than four years after she broke off their engagement, Sofia Vergara can’t get Nick Loeb out of her life. Loeb has been waging a legal war to gain custody of two female embryos that he and Vergara created and froze while they were a couple, despite multiple judgements against him. According to a new report, the real reason he won’t give up his fight for the embryos isn’t because of his desire to be a father, as he’s claimed. A TMZ source says “It’s pure and simple revenge”. The report states that Loeb is still angry that Vergara dumped him and “his end goal is to ruin her marriage.”  Vergara has been married to Joe Manganiello since 2015.
-MSN
★ Thanksgiving came early for some lucky citizens in Houston, Texas on Sunday. Matthew McConaughey marked ‘National First Responders Day’ by surprising police, firefighters, 911 operators, emergency room doctors and nurses with personally delivered turkey dinners and other treats. The recepients were all on the front lines following the devastating Hurricane Harvey that hit Houston on August 25, causing flooding and widespread damage.
-DailyMail
★ Zoe Kravitz has been secretly engaged to her significant other Karl Glusman for the last eight months. According her, Glusman was planning to propose to her during a romantic trip to Paris, but work intervened so he popped the question while they were at home instead. And she says the atmosphere wasn’t exactly the stuff of romance novels.  Quote: ”I was in sweatpants. I think I was a little drunk. ‘I could feel his heart beating so fast – I was like, ‘Baby, are you OK?’ I was actually worried about him!” Zoe – whose father is singer Lenny Kravitz and whose mother is actress Lisa Bonet, currently stars in “Big Little Lies.”
-ContactMusic
★ John Cena will NOT be a part of WWE’s “Crown Jewel” pay-per-view event in Saudi Arabia this weekend.  Cena reportedly refused to go to Saudi Arabia because of the controversy surrounding the murder of former Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Turkey.  Apparently, WWE has written in another wrestler to take his place.
-TMZ

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): John Stamos, Emily Ratajkowski, Trippie Redd
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Mike D & Ad-Rock, Desus & Mero, Sheck Wes
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Mike Myers, Christiane Amanpour
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Diane Lane, Doug Liman, Cloves, Jon Theodore
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Adam DeVine, Dan Stevens
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Seth Meyers
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Ellie Kemper, Brie & Nikki Bella
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Live’s Best Halloween Show Ever, featuring appearances by Mark Consuelos, Christina Aguilera, Andy Cohen, Faith Ford, Busy Philipps, Susan Lucci, Jonathan & Drew Scott
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Rebel Wilson
•”Sinking Cities” (PBS): The premiere of the series that explores how four major cities are preparing solutions against global warming.
• “Survivor” (CBS): The tribes battle to win a food reward for much needed nourishment.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Childish Gambino — has pushed back a series of shows scheduled for Europe and Australia due to his foot injury. The rapper-and-singer – A.K.A. Donald Glover – was forced to cancel the final few dates of his “This Is America” tour in the US following an injury which occurred while on stage in Dallas last month, and says that is still unable to put on “100 percent shows”.
• Mac Miller – His death apparently raised the value of the house he was renting because it’s once again available for new tenants, for $9,595 per month.  Miller was paying $8,500 per month.
• Ariana Grande – Her ex-fiancée Pete Davidson has apparently changed his phone number in an effort to sever all ties with her. Reports are that The Saturday Night Live comedian is trying to “distance himself” from Grande, and focus on himself.
• KISS – have announced the initial dates for their “End of the Road” farewell tour.  They’ll begin the planned 3-year run with a 3-month North American trek that will start in Vancouver on Jan. 31.  They will hit Europe in the summer  Dates here: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-end-of-the-road-tour-dates/
• Culture Club – Boy George’s group say the ”door is always open” for Jon Moss to rejoin the band once he has had a break. The drummer decided not to be a part of their European tour in support of their new album “Life”, which kicks off November 9 in Nottingham, as he wants to spend time with his family following their American tour.
• Lynyrd Skynyrd — have announced dates for a spring 2019 farewell tour of Canada. They will play a 2-week, 8-show run across the country starting March 2 in Ottawa, ON.  Randy Bachman will open.
• Molly Hatchet — Jimmy Farrar, who sang for the group from 1980-82, has died at 68. A Facebook fan page says he passed away of congestive heart failure, and kidney and liver failure. He suffered three heart attacks in 2017.  Farrar also formed Gator Country, a band comprised of former members of Molly Hatchet.
• Cole Swindell – has scored his eighth #1 hit, with ‘Break Up in the End’.  The song has reached over 39 million Spotify streams.  It is the debut single off Cole’s third studio album, “All of It”, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
• Kelsea Ballerini — will hit the road this spring for her “Miss Me More” tour, which is also the name of her current single.  Brett Young will join on all dates, as well as opener Brandon Ratcliff. The 14-show tour will kick off on April 11 in Salisbury, Md.

ANOTHER REASON TO HATE BAD WEATHER:
Swedish researchers have found that when the weather is bad, more people have heart attacks. In a study published in JAMA Cardiology, scientists report that lower temperature, higher wind speeds and less sunshine are all associated with a greater incidence of heart attack.  The link was most closely associated with temperature.  A temperature decrease from 20 degrees Celsius (68F) to -1 (30F) degrees was associated with a 14 percent increased heart attack risk. Wind speed increases from 0 to 58 kph (36mph) resulted in a 7 percent increase in risk. And when the hours of sunshine without clouds decreased from 10 hours a day to none, heart attack risk went up by 11 percent.  The authors of the study say that changes in physical activity and diet in colder weather may affect heart health. And depression, which can be caused by reduced hours of sunshine, also increases cardiac risk.  They also note that the fact that flu season coincides with colder weather could also be a factor.
(So could your wife’s cold feet on your back when you’re sleeping!)
(Oh, no.  I feel a temperature decrease like that every time my mother-in-law walks in the room!)
(On the plus side, I’d much rather have a heart attack in winter, because who wants to spend the summer recovering?)
-NYTimes

20% BATTERY REMAINING:
Why are we all such copycats when it comes to yawning?  While there’s no 100% scientific consensus about why yawns are contagious, there are couple of leading theories:
⇒ Humans “catch” yawns because we’re a particularly compassionate species, and it’s a way of communicating empathy. One study concluded that children were essentially immune to contagious yawning until the age of four—around the time when empathy is learned for most kids.
⇒ Yawning regulates the brain’s internal temperature, working almost like a radiator. This phenomenon was actually observed by researchers at Binghamton University, who studied the behavior of parrots and found that as the temperature in the room increased, the birds’ yawning increased too.  How would that play into contagious yawning? Researchers believe that if we see someone else yawning, we are tipped off that we should start yawning to keep our brains cool, too.
(I yawn so much that people think I’m always crying!)
(It’s contagious, all right.  I get it from listening to my neighbor talk!)
(So could someone explain why I yawn when my dog does?  And vice versa?)
-BestLifeOnline

AWESOME LAST-MINUTE HALLOWEEN GET-UPS:
• Get a stuffed dog and sew its mouth to your pant leg … you’re a mailman!
• Get a bunch of Barbie dolls and a black sweatsuit. Attach the dolls randomly all over the sweatsuit … you’re a babe magnet!
• Wear a black sweatsuit and randomly attach single socks all over it. You’re the sock thief from the dryer!
• Get a bunch of small, single-serving size cereal boxes. Glue them all over some old clothes and bring along a big, rubber knife. You’re a ‘cereal killer’!
• Paint your car tires with black paint, lay old clothes on driveway and run over them. Put them on and go as … roadkill.
• Tie a sneaker to the top of your head, wear pink and paint your face pink … wow, you’re a piece of chewing gum!
• Dress as a dog and carry a bottle of your favorite liquor … you’re a booze hound!
• Pin underwear to your torso and go as … a ‘chest of drawers’.
• Plaster yourself with name tags, a different name on each … someone with an identity crisis!
• Dress up as you normally do. If someone asks what you are, tell them you’re a werewolf … but tonight there’s no Full Moon.
– Essortment.com

HAVE A GOOD HALLOWEEN:
Here are some variances to some traditional Halloween customs that could help ensure that everyone has a happy Halloween:
➢ Teal is the new Orange: Teal-colored pumpkins announce to visitors that you have nut-free and non-candy items to offer kids with allergies or other restrictions that make it hard to find suitable treats.
➢ Call in the ‘Switch Witch’:  Even if your kid has no food issues, you might not want them to eat a lot of candy, so some families call in the ‘Candy Fairy’, ‘Halloween Fairy’, or the ‘Great Pumpkin’, but increasingly, the ‘Switch Witch’ is the Halloween hero.  Kids get to indulge on Halloween night, and before they go to bed, they pick out an agreed-upon number of treats to save for the future. The rest is packed up for the Switch Witch, who visits at night when children are sleeping.  The loot is placed out for the witch to grab, and in exchange, she leaves a new toy, book, or even money.
➢ Mix it Up:  Shift the emphasis away from gorging on sweets and on to family-oriented experiences: an afternoon of crafts, a movie night, a special family dinner before trick-or-treating, or even a party.
(Are these the kind of people who hand out fruit to trick-or-treaters?)
-CP

NO B.S. AMAZING HALLOWEEN FACTS:
►70% of North American households plan to hand out candy.
►Total American spending in 2018 will reach $9 billion, with the average consumer planning to spend $86.79 on decorations, candy, costumes and more.

► Top Children’s Costumes for 2018:
1. Princess
2. Superhero
3. Batman
4. Star Wars character
5. Witch

► Top Adult Costumes for 2018:
1. Witch
2. Vampire
3. Zombie
4. Pirate
5. Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man)

► Top Pet Costumes for 2018:
1. Pumpkin
2. Hot Dog
3. Bumble Bee
4. Devil
5. Cat
-CNN

BS CHRONOMETER 10.31.18

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1961 [57] Larry Mullen Jr, Dublin, Ireland, rock drummer (U2-‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’,  ‘With or Without You’)

1961 [57] Peter Jackson, Pukerua Bay NZ, filmmaker (“The Hobbit” films, “Lord of the Rings” trilogy)

1963 [55] Rob Schneider, San Francisco CA, movie actor (“Deuce Bigalow”, “Hot Chick”)/TV actor (Saturday Night Live 1990-94)/father of singer Elle King

1966 [52] Adam Horovitz (‘Ad-Rock’), New York, rapper/guitarist (Beastie Boys-‘Fight for Your Right’)

1967 [51] Vanilla Ice (Rob Van Winkle), Dallas TX, rapper (‘Ice, Ice Baby’ and….ummmm….) ‘Ice Ice Baby’ was the first hip hop song to reach the top of the Billboard Singles Chart

1976 [42] Piper Perabo, Dallas TX, movie actress (“Coyote Ugly”, “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle”)

2000 [18] Willow Smith, Los Angeles CA, pop singer (‘Whip My Hair’, ‘Fireball’)/daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Halloween”, a longtime tradition in Canada, Ireland, the UK, and the USA. In recent years, the celebration has spread to many other countries around-the-world. (***See “Halloween Wack Facts”, below***)

• “Caramel Apple Day”, saluting the tasty Fall treat made by dipping apples on a stick into hot caramel (or Kraft Caramels back in the day).  Not many people hand them out to trick-or-treaters anymore, but you can enjoy them yourself!

• “Carve a Pumpkin Day”, this is your last chance to carve a pumpkin because Halloween is tonight. Pull out your patterns and get to work. (Or try carving a turnip…that’s what the Irish originally carved faces into…)

• “International Magic Day,” traditionally a day for magicians to meet, celebrated on the anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death on October 31st, 1926.

• “International UNICEF Day”, observed on October 31st since 1967, the reason many trick-or-treaters collect donations in UNICEF coin boxes.

• “Girl Scout Founder’s Day”, Juliette Gordon Low, also known as Daisy, who was born on October 31, 1860, was the founder of Girl Scouts of the USA.

• “Knock-Knock Jokes Day”, celebrating their momentous contribution to the comedy world.
Two of the worst:
1. “Knock-Knock.” “Who’s there?”  “Cows go.”  “Cows go who?”  “No, silly.  Cows go Moo.”
2. “Knock-knock.”  “Who’s there?”  “Interrupting pirate.”  “Interrupt…” “ARRRRRRRRR!”

COMING UP . . .
[Thurs] All Saints’ Day
[Thurs] World Vegan Day
[Fri] All Souls’ Day
[Fri] Cookie Monster Day

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1993 [25] Tim Burton’s animated musical “The Nightmare Before Christmas” hits US theaters

2006 [12] After 35 years at the helm, game show host Bob Barker announces he’ll retire from CBS-TV’s “The Price Is Right” (Drew Carey takes over)

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENT . . .
2005 [13] The white suit John Lennon wore on the cover of The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album sells at an Amnesty International charity auction in Las Vegas for $118,000

TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1892 [126] Arthur Conan Doyle publishes “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”

2011 [07] “Day of Seven Billion”, the day officially designated by the UN Population Fund as the approximate date on which the world’s population reached 7 billion (coincidentally all of them are in front of you in the DMV lineup!)  Current world population:   7.67 Billion…and counting…updates here:  http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

BULL’S BITS

BS HALLOWEEN WACK FACTS:
✓ Most experts trace trick-or-treating to the European practice of “mumming,” in which costume-wearing participants would go door-to-door performing choreographed dances, songs and plays in exchange for treats.
✓ Halloween is more Irish than St. Patrick’s Day.  Some say Halloween’s origins come from a Celtic festival for the dead called “Samhain.” Celts believed the ghosts of the dead roamed Earth on this holiday, so people would dress in costumes and leave “treats” out on their front doors to appease the roaming spirits.  St. Patrick’s Day, however, was invented in America.
✓ If you’d been around for the earliest Halloween celebrations, you might have worn animal skins and heads.  According to ancient Roman records, tribes located in today’s Germany and France traditionally wore costumes of animal heads and skins to connect to spirits of the dead.
✓ Halloween used to be a great day to find your soulmate.  In Ireland, people celebrated Halloween by playing romantic fortune-telling games.  These games were said to predict who they’d marry, and when.
✓ In some American towns, Halloween was originally referred to as “Cabbage Night.”  This came from a Scottish fortune-telling game, where girls used cabbage stumps to predict information about their future husbands.
✓ Studies have shown that Halloween actually makes kids act more evil.  Putting costume-wearing kids into groups and introducing a clear object of desire, such as candy, has been shown to lead to “deindividuation.” This psychological term explains what happens when a group of maturing young minds begins to care less about the consequences of their individual actions, leading them to do things that they might not do alone. (Like eating a full pound of chocolate before they even get home…)-HuffingtonPost

BS TAKE THE HORROR OUT OF HORROR FILMS:
• The Amityville Hor D’oeuvres
• Texas Chain Store Mascara
• Nightmare Traffic On Elm Street
• Rosemary’s Fur Baby
• The Decent
• An American Woolworths In London
• The Fly…Swatter
• The Blair Sandwich Project
• I Know Who You Did Last Summer
• Friday the 30th
• The Craft, featuring Martha Stewart. Okay, maybe that’s just scary in a different way.
-Twitter

BEST OF BS:
Highlights from 26 years of “Bull Sheet” back issues …
BS HALLOWEEN TRICKS FOR DUMMIES:
• Soaping your neighbor’s Microsoft Windows.
• Tipping cows … more than the standard 15%.
• Eggo-ing your neighbor’s car.
• Prank-calling a girl and asking in a spooky voice, “Do you like light-hearted romantic movies?”
• Ringing the neighbor’s doorbell, lighting a paper bag on fire, then attempting to place dog doo in bag.
– First published in “BS” 2001.

BS RANDOM JOKE:
I remember when Halloween was the scariest night of the year. Now, it’s Election night.

BS PHONE STARTER:
What is the most scared you’ve ever been?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  41% of guys say they are scared of THIS.  What?
Answer:  Going bald!

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Everything worth doing starts with being scared