Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Edition: #6676
Sheet Happens!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ John Krasinski’s at-home talk-show “Some Good News” is bringing some joy to healthcare workers. He surprised a group of doctors and nurses from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston with a trip to Fenway Park and a Zoom-visit from former Red Sox star player David Ortiz on Sunday’s episode. The group had the baseball field all to themselves as the jumbotron played a video feed of famous Bostonians clapping for them, including Ortiz, Mayor Marty Walsh, Governor Charlie Baker, and several more Red Sox players.
-TheWrap
★ The coronavirus pandemic may have pumped the brakes on a lot of movie productions, but James Gunn, the director of DC Comics’ upcoming “Suicide Squad” reboot and Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”, says his films will be unaffected. Gunn was taking fan questions on his Twitter account and said that the Aug. 6, 2021, release date for The Suicide Squad is not in jeopardy because shooting has wrapped and they had already “set up editing from our homes before quarantine.”
-Canoe
★ Kaley Cuoco has introduced two new additions to her family — piglets Leeroy and Wilbur. Cuoco says she was “forced” to take the leap and move in with her husband of more than a year, Karl Cook, due to the coronavirus pandemic. She took to Instagram to debut her new pets, writing: “I got the best quarantine surprise today! … My (heart) can barely handle it. Anything 4 legged is always welcome at our ranch!”
-Canoe
★ Katy Perry spoke directly to her fans on Sunday, going live on Facebook from her car while wearing an Easter Bunny costume minutes ahead of the new episode of “American Idol”. When asked how the current season would be completed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, she said: “I know that we’re going to get really creative and you’ll just have to be tuning into that creativity that we are probably going to create from our individual homes.” “It’s unclear when new American Idol episodes will be filmed.
-MSN
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): George Stephanopoulos
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Pharrell Williams, Millie Bobby Brown
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Shaquille O’Neal, Jessica Meir, Matt Berninger
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Lewis Capaldi
• “Conan” (TBS): Russell Brand
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Garcelle Beauvais, Dorit Kemsley
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Day of Hot Topics
• “The Talk” (CBS): Jameela Jamil, Jodie Sweetin
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Whitney Cummings, Kyle Richards, Laine Hardy
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Jason Momoa
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): A new Message from Montana, repeat segments with Ben Affleck, cast members from the movie “The Way Back” (R)
• “American Housewife” (ABC): Moves to a new night and time.
• “Survivor” (CBS): Contestants have moments with their loved ones; after a wild tribal council, the 12th person is sent to the Edge of Extinction.
• “The Masked Singer” (FOX): A viewer sing-along featuring Season 3 performances.
• “LEGO Masters” (FOX): Season 1 finale
• “Chicago Fire” (NBC): Season 8 finale
• “Chicago Med” (NBC): Season 5 finale
• “Chicago PD” (NBC): Season 7 finale
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• One Direction – fans are buzzing with the news that the 1D guys are all following Zayn Malik on Twitter once again. Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson — as well as the official One Direction Twitter account — are all now part of Malik’s 28.5 million followers. Hashtags like #OneDirectionReunion and a more timely #1DOnlineConcertStayAtHome have flooded Twitter recently.
• Miley Cyrus – is rumored to be making a rock album. An ‘insider’ told The Sun newspaper that she is poised to ditch her pop roots in order to adopt a dramatically new sound, with her divorce from Liam Hemsworth serving as a major influence. The new album will include a collaboration with Blink-182.
• Cardi B — has issued a rallying call to her 11 million followers on Twitter, saying that although she too is frustrated by the pandemic situation, it’s important to be disciplined. She wrote: “Target and Walmart are open and they are consider(ed) “essential” I love my high end clothes but target Tshirts and tights will do! Stop crying and stay home!”
• Pitbull — has released a song of hope amidst the coronavirus pandemic. In ‘I Believe That We Will Win’ he raps about his belief that ”we will face everything and rise”. He also wants fans to film themselves dancing for the music video, with “proceeds…going to various charities.”
• Pharrell – His 2013 hit ‘Happy’ has been names the most-played song of the 2010s on UK radio and TV. Adele’s ‘Rolling in The Deep’ came in at number two, and ‘Moves Like Jagger’ by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera is number three.
• REO Speedwagon – Four of their songs have appeared on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart after the group appeared in Netflix’s drama “Ozark”. ‘Keep on Loving You’ is at #10, ‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’ clocks in at #13, ‘Time for Me to Fly’ is at No. 15, and ‘Take It on The Run’ at #16. The band’s 1988 compilation album “The Hits”, has entered Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart at #49.
• Ratt — have come “out of the cellar” (pardon the pun) for a new Geico commercial. In it, a couple discuss all of the good qualities of their new home, but the man admits: “We do have a rat problem.” The scene then cuts to Ratt performing the hit ‘Round and Round’ in different areas around the house. (Good thing they have Geico!)
• Brett Eldredge – On Monday, he tweeted: “Ok ok, I’ll spill the goods, the world premiere of my new single ‘Gabrielle’ is this Friday. I hope it brings you some happiness.” It will be his first new song since hitting #1 hit with ‘Love Someone’ in 2018.
• Old Dominion – Over the past few weeks, they have been posting unreleased songs on Instagram and explaining why they didn’t make the final cut. On Friday, the band posted a snippet of a heart-wrenching breakup ballad called ‘Goes Without Sayin’.
PROMISING THE MOON:
Here’s an interesting way to spend some of that spare time that your kids suddenly find at their disposal: NASA and the International Space Station National Lab have developed a range of programs and activities for children who are stuck at home these days – including a training program to become an astronaut. The free educational activities were created to help students from kindergarten through 12th grade explore subjects such as health, robotics, maths and life sciences. Kids can also join projects, like combing through images to search for new planets and can even help choose which plant astronauts will next grow in space. There are also training programs in hovercraft building and rocket launching.
(We checked it out. And they aren’t the first to tell me that my kid’s no rocket scientist!)
(Why not take the astronaut course? My kids are already confined to limited space – with limited toilet paper!)
(I hate to disappoint the conspiracy theorists, but there is no course on faking a moon landing!)
LINK: https://www.nasa.gov/stem-at-home-for-students-k-4.html
-ScienceAlert
DON’T CLEAN YOUR GREENS:
Food Safety experts are advising against washing your produce in soapy water to guard against the novel coronavirus. Even though it’s true that soap is effective in preventing the spread of the virus, consuming soap can cause problems like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other forms of gastrointestinal distress (if there are indeed others, I don’t want to know what they are!). Not only are those unpleasant, but they mimic some of the symptoms of COVID-19, and could send you to the hospital, placing undue stress on our already-overburdened health care workers and facilities. Washing produce with soap can also impact its flavor. Instead, the USFDA suggests simply rubbing your produce while rinsing with running water. For firm produce like melons, cucumbers, carrots and avocados, you can also use a clean scrubbing brush. And what temperature water should we use? Just like hand washing, many people rinse their produce with warm or hot water in hopes that it will kill the virus, but killing any virus or bacteria would require water so hot that it would actually cook or damage your produce and burn your hands, so cool water should be used.
(Oh, and now more than ever – don’t sample the apples while you’re still at the store!)
(I’ll continue to soak my lemon slices in alcohol, thank you!)
(Yeah, I’m just buying canned everything until this is over…)
-HuffPost
ARMCHAIR PSYCHOLOGY:
With much of the world currently in “lockdown mode”, many of us are joking that our lives are so boring that we “haven’t noticed anything different” or “I’ve been training for this moment my whole life”. And it’s no surprise that psychology experts are saying that those with introverted personalities are probably having an easier time adjusting to social distancing than an extrovert might. But looking a little deeper, other aspects of our personalities may also shape our coping during isolation. See where you spot yourself in the remaining four traits in the Big Five personality model:
☞ Conscientiousness: Those who are more organized, less distractable and more adaptable will find it easier to set up and stick to a structured daily schedule, as many experts recommend. (I put pants on most days – is that structured enough for you?)
☞ Agreeableness: If you tend to be polite, compassionate and cooperative, you’ll be better equipped to negotiate life in quarantine with family members or housemates.
☞ Openness to experience: If you tend to be curious and imaginative, you will likely become absorbed in books, music and creative solutions to the humdrum of lockdown (which I’m sure my family will appreciate!)
☞ Neuroticism: If you are more susceptible to stress and negative emotions than most others, you are most at risk for anxiety and depression during these challenging times. (I’m so neurotic, that I’ve already diagnosed myself with conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness, introversion AND extroversion!)
-PsychologyToday
DID YOU KNOW?
A pub in Northern Ireland is keeping spirits up for those living in lockdown by offering door-to-door Guinness delivery service. The Hatfield House has been delivering freshly-poured pints of Guinness to its Belfast customers who would otherwise have to go without the distinctive taste of a perfectly poured pint of the black stuff. Using a van outfitted with a portable tap system, mobile bar staff are careful to ensure it’s a contact-free service, with drinks poured on location into plastic glasses by workers wearing latex gloves, and the brew left on the doorstep for the customer. (A whole bunch of drunken porch pirates in that neighborhood…)
-IrishPost
BS CHRONOMETER 04.15.20
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1959 [61] Emma Thompson, London UK, movie actress (“Harry Potter” films, “Howard’s End”)/screenwriter (“Sense & Sensibility”)
1968 [52] Ed O’Brien, Oxford UK, rock guitarist (Radiohead-‘Paranoid Android’, ‘Creep’)
1978 [42] Chris Stapleton, Lexington KY, country singer (‘Tennessee Whiskey’, ‘Nobody to Blame’)
1979 [41] Luke Evans, Pontypool Wales, movie actor (“The Hobbit” films, “Fast & Furious 6”) COMING UP…”Dreamland”, 2020
1980 [40] Patrick Carney, Akron OH, rock drummer (The Black Keys-‘Howlin’ For You’, ‘Tighten Up’)
1982 [38] Seth Rogen, Vancouver BC, movie actor (“Pineapple Express”, “Knocked Up”)
1984 [36] De’Mar Hamilton, Chicago IL, rock drummer (Plain White T’s-‘Rhythm of Love’, ‘Hey There Delilah’)
1990 [30] Emma Watson, Paris France, movie actress (“Beauty and the Beast”, “Harry Potter” films)
1997 [23] Maisie Williams, Bristol UK, TV actress (‘Arya Stark’ on “Game of Thrones” 2011-19)
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “ASL Day”, a day of observance celebrating American Sign Language. On April 15, 1817, the first school for the deaf in the United States opened. According to Communication Services for the Deaf: 98% of deaf people do not receive education in sign language, and 72% of families do not sign with their deaf children.
• “McDonald’s Day”, the anniversary of the day in 1955 when Ray Kroc opened a McDonald’s in Des Plaines, Illinois. This was the first restaurant of his franchise, but the ninth McDonald’s restaurant overall. He helped make McDonald’s the best-known fast food restaurant in the world. (Remember when they added ribeye to their menu? That was a big McSteak!)
• “Gripers’ Day”, (***a good day to have listeners call in with life’s little annoyances such as …***)
– Trying to open a band-aid wrapper while bleeding profusely.
– Discovering that you set your alarm for 7 pm instead of 7 am.
– Plastic ties that connect new shoes so you can’t walk when you try them on.
– Opening a can of soup and the lid falls in.
– Those little dryer sheets that get stuck in your underwear.
• “Rubber Eraser Day”, honoring English chemist Joseph Priestley’s 1770 discovery that a small cube of latex could be used to correct boo-boos. He coined the word ‘eraser’.
• “Take a Wild Guess Day”, honoring hunches, guesses, speculation, and other forms of intuitive intelligence.
• “That Sucks Day”, the 15th annual celebrating failure, incompetence, dissatisfaction, mediocrity, apathy, chaos, tomfoolery, buffoonery, and jackassery.
NET: http://www.thatsucks.net
• “World Art Day”, an international celebration of the fine arts initiated by the International Association of Art (IAA) to promote awareness of creative activity worldwide.
COMING UP . . .
[Thurs] Day of the Mushroom
[Thurs] National High Five Day
[Fri] Bat Appreciation Day
[Fri] National Cheeseball Day
TODAY IN HISTORY . . .
1912 [108] RMS Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on, with the loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 people
2012 [08] Major League Baseball commemorates the 65th anniversary of Jackie Robinson becoming the first to break baseball’s ‘color barrier’ with every ballplayer, coach, and manager wearing #42, Robinson’s number when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2001 [19] Joey Ramone of the Ramones dies of lymphoma at age 49
2015 [05] For the first time, it’s reported that digital music revenues matched physical sales over the previous year, thanks to strong growth in download sales and streaming
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2014 [06] Google publicly offers ‘Google Glass’ computer headgear for the first time in a 1-day online sale at $1,500 apiece (well, that caught on, didn’t it?)
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Business travelers gain an average of 5 lbs. (2.27kg) every year they’re on the road.
✓ Red-haired men are most likely to go bald.
✓ There is a “Cinderella” story in Finnish folklore. But the girl’s name isn’t ‘Cinderella’. It’s ‘Tuna’.
✓ At the first professional baseball game, the umpire was fined 6 cents for swearing.
✓ Male gamblers bet more money when they bring their wives.
✓ One in three Taiwanese funeral processions includes a stripper.
-BathroomReadersInstitute
Best of BS . . .
HASHTAGS AFTER 20 YEARS OF MARRIAGE:
#DidYouCallThePlaceAboutTheThing
#DidYouWriteACheckOutOfTheJointAccount
#CanYouPickUpMilkAndWineOnTheWayHome
#AndIceCream
#AndThatRiceMixYouKnowTheOneILikeItsInABlackBag
#AreYouGoingToShave
#ThatDressLooksFineLetsGo
#WouldItKillYouToMakeTheBed
#What
#Nothing
#HaveYouLeftWorkYet
#RememberItsGirlsNightOut
#YesIDidTellYou
#YouDontListen
#Whatever
– Thanks to Kimberly Harrington, first published in BS in 2016
TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ A recirculated news story from the past is going viral. It seems back in 2015, Bill Gates predicted 10 million deaths due to a virus before 2030. (Now maybe “Nostradamus-Gates” could predict when the latest Windows-10 update will finish downloading??)
➠ A man recently woke up from a coma and immediately requested Taco Bell food. (He would have asked for Chipotle, but didn’t want to go back to the hospital!)
➠ A man in California, was arrested for neglecting the stay-at-home order and reckless driving after doing donuts at a busy intersection. (Cops rushed to the scene as soon as they heard the word “donut.”)
➠ A man was jailed last week for hitting a woman during a dispute where she accused him of clogging up all the toilets in the house. (He was just Flush-Turd, y’all…)
➠ Fact of the Day: Roughly 6 billion people on Earth own a phone, but only 4.5 billion have access to a working toilet. (“By working toilet”, I think they mean a NOKIA!)
BS WEB GOODIE:
Self-isolating “Simpsons”: https://tinyurl.com/rcc7r27
BS RANDOM JOKE:
If the grass is greener on the other side, you can bet the water bill is higher.
BS THREEZER:
(Give contestant the clues, they must tell you what all three have in common…)
• Car tires, crops, roasting pigs
Answer: They’re all rotated
• Little Monsters, Parrotheads, Directioners
Answer: Fan base nicknames (Lady GaGa, Jimmy Buffet, One Direction)
• Arm, Thumb, Mud
Answer: Types of wrestling
-TriBond
BS PHONE STARTER:
If you could be any fictional character, which would you choose?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 35% of married men say never do THIS without first asking their wife. What is it?
Answer: Touch the thermostat
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
If you want to be good at something, you first must be willing to be bad at it.
