Friday, October 16, 2020 — Edition: #6830
Deja Moo!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ The San Fernando Valley, California, home that served as the backdrop for the classic 1982 teen flick “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” is up for sale. Some of the film’s more memorable moments were filmed at the home, including the famous Phoebe Cates bikini scene. The 1,250-square-foot, three-bedroom home is on the market for $740,000, and features a landscaped yard with the famous pool, two wooden decks, hardwood floors, and a bathroom with a Jacuzzi. The film recently made headlines with a star-studded live table-read for charity featuring Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Henry Golding, Shia LaBeouf, Matthew McConaughey, Julia Roberts, Jimmy Kimmel, and original cast member Sean Penn.
-ETCanada, TMZ
★ Sammy Davis Jr. will the subject of a new biopic. Based on “Sammy Davis Jr.: My Father”, a 1996 book written by Davis’ daughter Tracey, the story will be told from the vantage point of his later life, when, in his 60s, he tried to pull off the biggest showbiz reunion in history — but first, he had to mend the relationships he’d broken along the way to stardom. It will include flashbacks detailing his rise from child prodigy to global superstar, including the unimaginable racism he faced, and his determination to fight prejudice in Hollywood and elsewhere.
-Deadline
★ Eddie Murphy’s long-awaited “Coming to America” sequel will now reportedly skip a cinema release and premiere on Amazon. “Coming 2 America” features Murphy reprising his role as ‘Prince Akeem’, who is preparing to become king when he discovers he has a lovechild back in New York. The movie also features original co-stars Arsenio Hall and James Earl Jones, as well as Wesley Snipes, Tracy Morgan, and Leslie Jones. Paramount originally planned to release the movie in theatres in mid-December, but with the pandemic severely limiting theater audiences, they are said to be in talks with Amazon to premiere the film on the streaming service in time for the holiday season.
-Canoe
★ It should come as no surprise to anyone that the “Mistress of the Dark” is a big fan of Halloween. Cassandra Peterson, better known to fans as the iconic horror movie TV host Elvira, has released a new Halloween-themed music video. Her song, to the tune of Madonna’s ‘Holiday’, features Elvira pleading “Don’t Cancel Halloween”. Sample lyrics: “I’m the Queen of Halloween/COVID-19 ruined everything/If they cancel Halloween/’cause we’re still in quarantine/It would make me so mad/It would suck/It would suck so bad.” LINK: https://youtu.be/kg4LVSgsY2c
-ETCanada
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Jessica Alba, Jack Huston, Keith Urban (R)
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Mindy Kaling, John Brennan (R)
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Cecily Strong, David Wright, Miranda July, Jessica Burdeaux (R)
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Tracee Ellis Ross, Madison Beer (R)
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Mark Cuban
• “The Talk” (CBS): Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lauren Alaina
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Elizabeth Marvel, Monica Mangin, “Science Bob” Pflugfelder
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Jason Derulo
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Cheryl Hines, Michelle Buteau
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Hoda Kotb
• “Shark Tank” (ABC): Season 12 premiere
• “MTV Unplugged Presents Miley Cyrus Backyard Sessions” (MTV): A special unplugged edition of her “Backyard Sessions” series, shot entirely from her home.
SATURDAY-
• “David Byrne’s American Utopia” (HBO): Spike Lee directs a filmed version of Byrne’s innovative stage show which finds him performing Talking Heads classics and songs from his solo career.
• “Sweet Autumn” (HALLMARK): A young woman and a maple farmer uncover the secret behind their inheritance of a candy shop.
• “Saturday Night Live (NBC, Global): Issa Rae hosts; with musical guest Justin Bieber
SUNDAY-
• “Supermarket Sweep” (ABC): Premiere. Leslie Jones hosts a revival of the classic game show which aired in the 1960s and again in the 1990s.
• “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” (ABC): Season 2 premiere.
• “Card Sharks” (ABC): Season 2 premiere.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Rihanna – made #33 on Forbes 2020 list of America’s wealthiest self-made women. Thanks to her singing career, her Fenty beauty line, and her Savage x Fenty lingerie line, she has an estimated net worth of $600 million.
• Ariana Grande – has revealed that her new, 6th album is coming soon – VERY soon. She tweeted: “I can’t wait to give u my album this month.” She has yet to share any additional information.
• Goo Goo Dolls – have a livestream show set for Oct. 24. In addition to full-scale production and multi-camera viewing, it will feature a “virtual merch table” and fan meet and greet. Tickets are on sale now. The group’s holiday album “It’s Christmas All Over” drops Oct. 30.
• The Kinks – will release a box set celebrating the 50th anniversary of their album “Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One”. The collection, out Dec. 18, includes the original 1970 LP, remastered, B-sides, demos, alternate mixes, outtakes, spoken-word commentary from Ray and Dave Davies, a 60-page book, glossy photos, 2 singles, and more.
• Pink Floyd — Drummer Nick Mason has teamed up with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi on a charity album for cancer. According to Iommi: “There’s a lot of other celebrities doing something for this album…I think Ronnie Wood is gonna play a bit on this track as well.”
• Eddie Van Halen — Memorabilia collector Eric Kuck says he owns the original U.S. patent Van Halen submitted in 1985 for his “musical instrument support” device, which is a guitar body rest that allowed him to free up both hands (for two-hand tapping). Kuck will sell it via auction with partial proceeds to charity, and says ideally, someone from Eddie’s family will score the treasure.
• Europe — has announced “Friday Nights With Europe The Band” on their YouTube channel. They will feature some of the band’s greatest songs re-recorded individually during the pandemic lockdown. There will also be a special stream today of the band’s 2013 Sweden Rock Festival headline performance.
• Gabby Barrett – Her hit ‘I Hope’ is #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the 12th week, which is the second-longest run by a solo female artist in the history of the chart. Only Maren Morris’ ‘The Bones’ enjoyed a longer reign, with 19 weeks atop the chart.
• Easton Corbin — will release a new EP “Didn’t Miss a Beat,” on Nov. 15. A video for the title track dropped this week. Quote: “I know I can’t wait to get back on the stage, so for me, this song is representative of how I’ll feel that first night back performing. Like I ‘didn’t miss a beat.'”
• Reba McEntire – will star in a “modernization” of “Fried Green Tomatoes”, now in development at NBC. Here’s the logline: “When present-day Idgie Threadgoode (McEntire) returns to Whistle Stop after a decade away, she must wrestle with a changed town, estranged daughter, faltering cafe and life-changing secret.”
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE OBVIOUS:
If you’ve ever snuck into the kitchen for a midnight snack, I’m sure you, like me, know exactly where all the chips and sweets are hidden, and you don’t even need to turn on a light to find them. Researchers in the Netherlands say this isn’t just about good memory, the human brain may actually be wired to hunt down high-calorie food. In a study, a team from Wageningen University & Research found that humans are significantly better at remembering where junk foods are kept than they are with healthier options. They concluded that the human brain has evolved to focus on memorizing where high-calorie foods are located, which may have allowed our hunter-gatherer ancestors to survive in environments with few food options.
(The problem: The rest of my family also remembers where the junk food is – and they’re faster!)
(It’s not just humans. Have you ever seen the damage a poodle can do to a pantry when there are no people present?)
(The exception to the rule: My teenage boy….who couldn’t find a pizza in a box without asking his Mom where it is…)
-StudyFinds
NEWS OF THE WEIRD:
➢ A woman who was planning to marry a ghost has called the wedding off because of his inconsiderate behavior. In an appearance on a British talk show, Amethyst Realm explained that she was due to get married to ghost “Ray”, but, quote: “We’ve called the wedding off. It was going really well until we went on holiday…and he just completely changed.” She went on to explain that she thinks Ray might have fallen in with a “bad crowd”, because he started being “really inconsiderate”, disappearing for long periods of time, then “bringing other spirits back to the house and they would stay around for days.” Why the change? Realm thinks that Ray must have started doing drugs and “partying a bit much”. In February, she told the talk show audience of her love affair with Ray, and her plans to have a “ghost baby”. (Disappearing and then bringing friends to the house who hang out for days? Sounds to me like any other guy just before he gets married…)
➢ Kraft has canceled its latest social media campaign after an attempt at a tongue-in-cheek viral moment prompted backlash from parents who called the joke “offensive”. Earlier this month, Kraft introduced the #SendNoods (N.O.O.D.S.) promotional campaign, tied to National Noodle Day on October 6, urging customers to bestow boxes of Kraft Mac & Cheese to loved ones who might benefit from comfort food during the pandemic. But many parents didn’t find humor in the suggestive pun, posting comments on Instagram prior to Kraft’s removal of the ad such as: “This is not okay”, and “Please delete this!! Unacceptable!” (Yet somehow, it’s still not as offensive as “Pumpkin Spice KD”…)
-LADBible, NYPost
DID YOU KNOW?
Volunteers trying to keep Britain’s beaches clean have discovered hundreds of discarded PPE items such as masks and gloves clogging up the coastline and presenting a problem for animals and the environment. With more and more people wearing single-use disposable masks and gloves to protect themselves during the coronavirus pandemic, more and more PPE items are washing their way to the seaside, or being discarded there by careless visitors.
-LADBible
BS CHRONOMETER 10.16.20
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1925 [95] Angela Lansbury, London England, TV actress (“Murder, She Wrote” 1984-1996)
1946 [74] Suzanne Somers, San Bruno CA, TV actress (‘Chrissy Snow’ on “Three’s Company” 1977-81)
1958 [62] Tim Robbins, West Covina CA, movie actor (“The Shawshank Redemption”, “Bull Durham”)/movie director (“Dead Man Walking”)
1962 [58] Flea (Michael Balzary), Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (Red Hot Chili Peppers-‘Scar Tissue’, ‘Under the Bridge’)
1977 [43] John Mayer, Bridgeport CT, pop singer-songwriter (‘Your Body is a Wonderland’, ‘No Such Thing’)
1980 [40] Caterina Scorsone, Toronto ON, TV actress (‘Dr Amelia Shepherd’ on “Grey’s Anatomy” since 2010)
SATURDAY- Michael McKean (“Better Call Saul”) is 73; Alan Jackson (‘Chattahoochee’) is 62; Norm MacDonald (“Saturday Night Live”) is 61; Ziggy Marley (‘Tomorrow People’) is 52; Wyclef Jean (The Fugees) is 51; Rick Mercer (“The Rick Mercer Report”) is 51; Chris Kirkpatrick (*NSYNC) is 49; Eminem (‘The Real Slim Shady’) is 48; Felicity Jones (“Theory of Everything”) is 37
SUNDAY- Dawn Wells (“Gilligan’s Island”) is 82; TV producer Chuck Lorre (“The Big Bang Theory”) is 68; Jean-Claude Van Damme (“Timecop”) is 60; Ne-Yo (‘Let Me Love You’) is 41; Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn is 36; Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire”) is 36; Zac Efron (“High School Musical”) is 32
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Boss’s Day”, an observance since 1958 in which employees are encouraged to “honor the boss with a small gift or greeting card” (aka ‘Brown Nosers Day’).
BS THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER SAY TO YOUR BOSS:
– “Maybe you’ll have the proposal on your desk by Monday, then again, maybe you won’t.”
– “As soon as I have two nickels to rub together, I’m leaving this rat hole.”
– “I’m getting married and you ain’t invited, Slappy.”
– “I saw your wife at the last Christmas party. If you weren’t rich, there’s no way in hell you’d be able to score a hottie like that.”
– “If I didn’t work for you, I’d kick your sorry ass up and down this office.”
– “Is that a rug?”
• “Dictionary Day”, celebrating the birth of Noah Webster, one of the most famous of lexicographers, who first published “Webster’s Dictionary” in 1828.
• “Feral Cat Day”, initiated in 2001 by the advocacy group ‘Alley Cat Allies’ to promote humane care for domestic cats who are scrabbling to stay alive in the wild.
• “World Food Day”, as declared annually by the UN.
• “National Liqueur Day”, A liqueur is a strong alcoholic beverage that has been sweetened with herbs, fruits, nuts, cream, or spices. Liqueurs are traditionally served as after-dinner drinks or mixed with coffee. They can also be called cordials or schnapps. (You were looking for something to get for “Boss’s Day?)
• “Steve Jobs Day”, celebrating the renowned businessman and visionary. He headed and dramatically changed numerous industries, and lead organizations such as Apple, Pixar and NeXT. Jobs died on October 5, 2011, and the 16th was established as Steve Jobs Day by the Governor of California.
SATURDAY-
• “Pasta Day”, celebrating the Italian staple that’s popular worldwide. There are over 350 varieties of pasta in Italy. A typical Italian eats over 60 lbs. of the stuff per year.
• “Wear Something Gaudy Day”. (Well, nice to see [co-host] is dressed for the occasion!)
• “International Day for the Eradication of Poverty”, a UN observance since 1993. (How’s it workin’ so far?)
• “Mulligan Day”, a day to give yourself or someone else a do-over – a second chance at something botched – like bad golfers give themselves. (***See “Today’s Phone Starter”, below***)
• “Forgive an Ex Day”, this day is all about finding the insight you need to move past the mental trauma of a broken relationship, no matter how long it lasted.
SUNDAY-
• “Alaska Day”, commemorating the formal transfer of Alaska from Russian to USA control on this date in 1867, one of the sneakiest real estate deals ever. The US paid $7.2 million, less than 2 cents an acre. Alaska currently produces about 600,000 barrels of oil per day.
• “Chocolate Cupcake Day”. They don’t count, right? They’re just little.
• “No Beard Day”, an observance likely started by some guy’s extremely chafed partner. (And if today is No Beard Day for you, so is tomorrow, the next day, and a few days after that…)
• “World Menopause Day”, a collaboration between the International Menopause Society and the World Health Organization for improving awareness on the subject.
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2013 [07] Kristen Bell weds Dax Shepard at the Beverly Hills County Clerk’s Office in California
2018 [02] The new incarnation of “Roseanne”, renamed “The Connors”, debuts on ABC, starring Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman, without fired former star Roseanne Barr.
TODAY IN MUSIC . . .
2012 [08] Darius Rucker is inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. He’s just the third African American to join the club, following cast member DeFord Bailey and Charley Pride, who was inducted in 1993.
2017 [03] Ed Sheeran breaks his wrist and elbow in a biking accident, forcing him to cancel dates on his tour of Asia. He calls his time off “the most depressing six weeks of my life.”
TODAY IN SPORTS . . .
2011 [09] 33-year-old Dan Wheldon, a 2-time Indianapolis 500 winner, dies following a fiery, 15-car crash during the IndyCar World Championship at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2011 [09] US president Obama joins members of the King family to dedicate the memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on The Mall in Washington DC
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2010 [10] Shanghai, China’s Expo 2010 attracts over 64 million people, a record-breaking number of visitors in the history of world’s fairs
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ The first commercial dental floss (in 1882) was made of silk.
✓ The human eye can distinguish about 500 different shades of gray.
✓ About 1 in 2,000 babies are born with a tooth.
✓ The average beehive needs 40-70 pounds of honey to survive the winter.
✓ The Nike company was founded with just $1,000.
✓ Legendary pool shark Minnesota Fats was from New York.
-BathroomReadersInstitute, Factslides
Best of BS . . .
BS RUINING ’80s MOVIES:
• Bored on the Fourth of July
• Pretty in Pinkeye
• Sistine Candles
• Desperately Reeking Susan
• The Princess Mail Order Bride
• The Brexit Club
• Ferris Bueller’s Laid Off
• Nightmare on Sesame Street
• Diet Hard
• Just do what Hollywood does – reboot it!
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2019
BS MILLENNIAL COUNTRY SONGS:
• Twerking 9 to 5
• Jesus Take the Uber
• To All the Tweets I’ve Liked Before
• All My Exes Send Me Texts
• I Fall to Pieces…When I Misplace my iPhone
• Craft Beer for My Horses
• Free Range Organic Chicken Fried
• She Thinks My Tractor’s Eco-Friendly and Sexy
• Save a Horse, Drive a Prius
• Before He Tweets
• Achy Breaky Heart Emoji
• I’ve Got Friends in Parent’s Basements
• A They Named Sue
-Twitter, first published in ‘BS’ in 2018
TODAY’S SLICE OF BS:
➠ Dolly Parton’s new holiday album, “A Holly Dolly Christmas”, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart this week. It features duets with Jimmy Fallon and Billy Ray Cyrus. (In other words, Dolly is singing with a couple big boobs!)
➠ The L.A. Lakers won the NBA title, but no parade is scheduled because of the Pandemic. (So, you’ll just have to pump-the-brakes on that riot and eventual burning of a Prius until further notice!)
➠ A recent study showed that the more selfies you share on social media, the less likeable you become. (Which is, SADLY, why I’m rooting that the Kardashian’s take more selfies!)
➠ Experts say that robotic sex partners will be the norm within a decade. (I SO disagree. . . My wife and I mastered robotic sex 10 years ago!)
➠ Scientists say that lesbians have stronger orgasms than straight women. (Which raises the million-dollar question… How in the hell can I become a scientist!?)
BS WEB GOODIE:
Middle aged women on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/y3tu4kvj
BS PHONE STARTER:
Saturday is ‘Mulligan Day’. What embarrassing or regretful thing have you done that you would like to take a ‘mulligan’ on?
BS RANDOM JOKE:
Stupid minds think alike too.
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 37% of women and 17% of men say they secretly wish they had one of THESE. What is it?
Answer: A piercing
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Fulfillment is through will, not through wish.
