Monday, April 4, 2022 – Edition: #7202

The Sheet Hits the Fans!

 

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Comedian and actress Estelle Harris died on Saturday of natural causes at 93. She’s best known for playing George Costanza’s mom on “Seinfeld” and was the voice of ‘Mrs. Potato Head’ in the “Toy Story” movies. Harris, whose distinctive voice was sought after in various roles, unforgettably played ‘Estelle Costanza’ on the 90s sitcom, often bickering with her on-screen husband Jerry Stiller and her fictional son, played by Jason Alexander.
-CNN
★ Reports that Kanye West is seeking help following his recent conflict with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her new boyfriend Pete Davidson are false, according to his rep. Last week, a “source close to the Kardashians” said that West told his former spouse he is “going away to get help.” The source claimed that West doesn’t plan to make any public appearances or inflammatory social media statements, and will go away to “get better”, for the sake of their kids. However, West’s new Head of Media and Partnerships, Jason Lee, said in a statement that this narrative is not accurate. Quote: “He’s been focused on taking care of himself, being a present and loving father and a creative genius well before all the false headlines we’ve seen as recent.”
-Yahoo
★ Will Smith has resigned from the Oscars Academy after slapping Chris Rock on stage during last weekend’s ceremony. In a statement, Smith said: “My actions at the 94th Academy Awards presentation were shocking, painful, and inexcusable…I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. I am heartbroken.” The Academy said it accepted the resignation and would “continue to move forward” with disciplinary proceedings.
-BBC
★ Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon filled in everyone who didn’t already know Friday that it was April Fool’s Day, in a stellar tribute to air travel. Kimmel landed in New York City to tape “The Tonight Show” while Fallon went West and hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in Hollywood. As the pair appeared in a side-by-side shot onscreen near the top of both shows, Kimmel said: “Jimmy — a big chunk of your audience almost left when I walked out. I saw sadness.” Fallon replied: “For the first time tonight I got a great sitting ovation.” Through the magic of technology, Red Hot Chili Peppers appeared as musical guest on both shows.
-TheWrap
★ Joe Exotic is looking desperate to get divorced. Despite his husband Dillon Passage already claiming he wanted out of his relationship with the imprisoned former zoo owner, Exotic has officially filed for divorce. The couple has been married for 4 years, and Exotic claims the marriage is “irretrievably broken,” and they’ve been estranged for over a year. Passage already has moved on with a new boyfriend, and according to TMZ, Exotic wants to get hitched to a new guy he met behind bars.
-PopCulture

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza González, alt-J
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinkski, Alison Brie, Kevin & Danielle Jonas, Coi Leray
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Shaq, Mayim Bialik
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Leslie Mann, Robin Thede, Johnny Rabb
• ” The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino, Jimmie Allen
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Ciara Miller, Andrea Denver
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke
• “The Talk” (CBS): Miranda Cosgrove
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Oscar Isaac, Rupert Friend, Dayna Isom Johnson
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Sarah Silverman, Jon Dorenbos
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Judd Apatow, Leslie Mann, Iris Apatow, Maria Bakalova, Keegan-Michael Key, Sophia Scott
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Chip & Joanna Gaines
• “American Idol” (ABC): The search for the next superstar continues with the showstoppers round; taking the stage for their first time with a band.
• “American Song Contest” (NBC): In week 3 of the qualifiers, 3 artists advance to the semifinals.
• “NCAA Basketball Tournament” (TBS, TSN): North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Kansas Jayhawks in the final from Caesers Superdome in New Orleans
• “Benjamin Franklin” (PBS): Series premiere. Following his success as a printer in Philadelphia, Franklin earns worldwide fame from electricity experiments, then turns to politics.
• “The Invisible Pilot” (HBO)” Series premiere. After pilot Gary Betzner commits suicide, the mystery surrounding his death deepens, revealing a world of drug smuggling, gun running, and a covert war conducted at the highest level of the U.S. government.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Shawn Mendes – How does his ex-Camila Cabello feel about his new breakup song ‘When You’re Gone’? Fans might be surprised to hear that she got a sneak peek before its release. He told E! News: “Ultimately, we both are writers and we both know what it is to make music and what the bigger picture of making art is. I would never really put a song out about her before she would hear it.”
• Miley Cyrus – Friday, she announced that she has tested positive for COVID-19, tweeting: “Traveling around the world, playin’ for a 100,000 people a night & meeting hundreds of fans a day the chances of getting Covid are pretty high…I have Covid now but it was definitely worth it.”
• Elton John — credits teenage AIDS victim Ryan White with saving his life. He told the crowd at his Indianapolis show on Friday that spending time around White’s family caused him to get “clean and sober”. White died at 18 in 1990, after contracting HIV years earlier through a tainted blood transfusion.
• Heart — singer Ann Wilson wants to make another album with sister Nancy for release in 2023 – the 50th band’s 50^th anniversary. The siblings have been pursuing solo projects in recent years, but Ann told an interviewer: “I’m writing songs again now. I don’t know if they’ll be for my solo thing or for Heart. But yes, I would like to make another Heart album.”
• Ozzy Osbourne — His next album will feature cameos from Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, according to RHCP’s Chad Smith, who handles most of the drum duties on the record. It’s already been revealed that the still-untitled album, expected this spring, will also feature appearances by guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Tony Iommi Zakk Wylde.
• (***Check game result first***) Darius Rucker – After South Carolina defeated Louisville in the women’s NCAA semifinal Friday night, he announced on Twitter he’ll perform an impromptu concert for Gamecocks fans if the team takes home the title. Rucker graduated from South Carolina and is from Charleston, S.C.
• Eric Church — is extending an olive branch to angry fans for scrapping a concert so he could attend the North Carolina vs. Duke NCAA Final Four game. Church says he’ll return to Texas in September for a “one of a kind” free show for those who bought tickets to the canceled concert.
• C.W. McCall – the singer best known for his massive 1975 hit ‘Convoy’ has died at 93 after a battle with cancer. He passed away Friday at his home in Ouray CO. McCall, whose real name was Bill Fries, was an advertising executive in the early 1970s, and he first conceived the trucker character ‘C.W. McCall’ for a 1973 bread commercial.

SHOOTING THE BULL

VOLTING DEVELOPMENT:
With the way gas prices have been going lately, it may come as no surprise, but a new report has found that despite their higher initial price tags, electric vehicles are cheaper to own over the long run. The report from Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University calculated total ownership costs of several electric and gas vehicles over 8 years, driving 20,000 km a year. It found that going electric would save drivers a total of more than $19,000. And that was with gas costs at 2021 levels. When you factor in recent pump prices, the savings rose to about $24,000.
(Based on my teen’s driving habits, I think I’d save that on mufflers alone!)
(Don’t worry, I’m sure the government will come up with an EV “fuel tax” to take of that!)
(I can understand why they’re encouraging us to “go green”. I just hate the idea of everyone having the same-colored car…)
-CTV

LET’S CLEAR THE AIR:
Apparently, it wasn’t an April Fool’s Day joke. Late last week, Dyson, the company famous for vacuum cleaners and hair dryers, unveiled its new noise-cancelling Bluetooth headphones that come with a unique feature – an air purifier. Named the “Dyson Zone”, the headphones supposedly purify airflow to the nose and mouth. They come equipped with electrostatic carbon filters that remove 99% of particulates, according to the company. And despite the face mask-style visor – which flips down and detaches to avoid getting in the way of conversations – Dyson says it was not designed with COVID-19 in mind, but is aimed at those living in cities looking for a way to reduce the effects of air pollution. The Dyson Zone will go on sale this fall, starting at about US $550. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2p9dee39
(But if I’m wearing headphones, I WANT to avoid conversations!)
(They’re also said to be handy for road trips with your burrito-eating brother…)
(Great idea. Too bad you look like a 1970s football player when you wear ’em!)
-CTV, LADBible

NEW GOOD NEWS:
➢ A massive Airbus A380 fueled by cooking oil has just completed its first full trial flight. The plane embarked on a successful 3-hour flight in France, while running on Sustainable Aviation Fuel — predominantly made of used cooking oil and waste fats. SAF is carbon neutral because of the CO2 absorbed while its ingredients are being grown, and is a big part of Airbus’ lofty climate-friendly goals. The aviation company wants to have its aircraft certified to fly on SAF by the end of the decade, and bring the world’s first zero-emission aircraft to market by 2035. (French Fly?)
-CNN
➢ Best friends Marcos San Miguel and Jordan Sloan discovered over the last 18 months just how strong their bond is. The Atlanta teens connected over sports — San Miguel is a star on the basketball court, and Sloan on the football field. In September 2020, 16-year-old Sloan took a hit to the head and suffered brain-stem trauma. He’s been working on regaining his mobility and strength ever since, and goes to rehab 6 days a week. The entire time, San Miguel has been cheering his best friend on, and found a way to support him through basketball: he takes pledges for every charge he takes in a game, and gives Sloan’s family the money to buy items not covered by insurance, like a wheelchair. San Miguel told CBS: “I really wanted just to do whatever I could to help. “He would have done something similar for me.” So far, he’s raised more than $14,800.
-CNN, TheWeek

ADULT PROBLEMS WE WEREN’T READY FOR:
(According to an “AskReddit” thread…)
✗ Planning meals:  “It’s such a chore to feed yourself every day…budgeting meals, and making sure you don’t get sick of the same meal because it was tasty and easy to make.”
✗ Every day on repeat:  “Once you are “stable” your life is Groundhog Day. Same job every day, same foods over and over. Same shows and movies and songs…” (She must be listening to [***competition***!)
✗ Dust:  “How did I not notice that it’s everywhere?”
✗ Chin hairs: “NOBODY told me females would have to deal with this. I feel like the bearded lady some days!”
✗ Nothing is free:  “We spend roughly $1000.00 monthly between taxes and insurance, just to own stuff we already paid for.”
✗ Birthdays:  “They will stop being fun and are gonna be a constant reminder that some day you’ll get very old and then…” (Sorry. Say, how ‘bout that local sports team?)
-DidYouKnowFacts

DID YOU KNOW?
An Ohio therapy dog has been named the 2022 Cadbury Easter Bunny. Annie Rose, an English doodle, won a national voting contest among an impressive field of candidates, including a bearded dragon, hedgehog, and llama. She follows in the minuscule footsteps of last year’s winner, a tiny tree frog from Florida named Betty. As Cadbury’s “spokesbunny,” Annie Rose will star in a Cadbury commercial, probably as a rabbit that clucks like a chicken, and take home a $5,000 prize. Cadbury will also donate $20,000 to The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. SNEAK PEAK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DPCaCIn2g0
-CNN

BS CHRONOMETER 04.04.22

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “404 Day”, celebrating(?) the 404 error or, ‘not found’ message. This error occurs when your computer is not able to communicate with a server or server can’t find what was requested. Today was chosen because the decimal form of April 4 reads “404”.
• “Ballroom Dancing Day”, celebrated on the birth anniversary of famous ballroom dancer Arthur Murray. Ballroom dancing has seen a resurgence in the 2000s thanks to TV shows like “Dancing With the Stars” and “So You Think You Can Dance”.
• “Hug a Newsperson Day”, Caution: wait until he or she has had their morning coffee!
• “International Day for Landmine Awareness & Assistance”. (Unfortunately, participation in this can cost you an arm and a leg.)
• “Carrot Day”, when the carrot is celebrated through carrot parties and other carrot related festivities. (Carrot festivities? The only carrot festivity I want to be a part of is a big hunk of carrot cake . . . hold the carrots!)
• “World Rat Day”, since 2002, recognizing the “dear, sweet animals which deserve greater recognition and admiration”, if you believe the people who own them. They say the rat’s bad image only suffers from ignorance and unthinking prejudice. (Well, that and the plague…) LINK: http://www.worldratday.com
• “Tell-A-Lie Day”, (***a good day to ask listeners to add to the list of ‘World’s Greatest Lies’ …***)
– “You get this one, I’ll buy the next round.”
– “Drinking? Why no, officer.”
– “Trust me, I’ll take care of everything.”
– “It’s not the money, it’s the principle of the thing.”
– “I gave at the office.”
– “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
— “The check’s in the mail.”
– “Of course I love you.”
– “It was good for me, too.”
– “I’ll call you later.”

COMING UP . . .
[Tues] Bell Bottoms Day
[Tues] Caramel Day
[Wed] Army Day
[Wed] Drowsy Drivers Awareness Day
This Week Is…Library Week
This Month Is…Alcohol Awareness Month

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1944 [78] Craig T. Nelson, Spokane WA, TV actor (“Parenthood” 2010-2015, “Coach” 1989-1997)/movie actor (“The Incredibles”)

1963 [59] Graham Norton, County Cork Ireland, TV host, (“The Graham Norton Show” since 2007)

1964 [58] David Cross, TV actor (‘Tobias Fünke’ on “Arrested Development” 2003-06, 2013-19)

1965 [57] Robert Downey Jr, NYC, movie actor (“Iron Man” and “Avengers” films, “Sherlock Holmes”) COMING UP… “Oppenheimer”, 2023

1970 [52] Barry Pepper, Campbell River BC, movie actor (“True Grit”, “Saving Private Ryan”)

1971 [51] Josh Todd, LA CA, rock singer (Buckcherry-‘Sorry’, ‘Lit Up’)

1973 [49] David Blaine [White], Brooklyn NY, illusionist (suspended over the River Thames for 44 days, buried alive, frozen in a block of ice and caught a bullet in his mouth)

1979 [43] Natasha Lyonne, NYC, TV actress (“Orange Is the New Black” 2013-18, “Russian Doll” 2019)/movie actress (“American Pie” movies)

1991 [31] Jamie Lynn Spears, McComb MS, TV actress (‘Zoey’ on “Zoey 101” 2005-08)/country singer-songwriter/sister of Britney Spears

ON THIS DAY . . .
1968 [54] US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis TN

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2013 [09] Movie critic/TV personality/screenwriter Roger Ebert dies of cancer at age 70 in Chicago

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2008 [14] Beyoncé marries Jay-Z at his New York apartment. Coldplay’s Chris Martin and wife Gwyneth Paltrow, and Beyoncé’s former Destiny’s Child bandmates, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, all attend the private ceremony. (Still together. Who’d a thunk it?)

2009 [13] Jeff Beck, Metallica, Run-DMC, Little Anthony & The Imperials, and Bobby Womack are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

TODAY IN SPORTS . . .
1982 [40] Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky finishes the NHL season with 212 points to become first and only player to break the 200-point barrier (he goes on to do it 3 more times)

TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
2017 [05] A stunning 59.6 carat diamond known as the ‘Pink star’ sets the world record price of $71 million for a gem at an action in Hong Kong

2019 [03] Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos agree to a record-breaking $35 billion divorce settlement

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ The name “Hotmail” was chosen because it contains, in order, the letters HTML.
✓ Data scientists analyzed over 10,000 words to discover the “happiest” word in the English language. It’s “laughter.”
✓ Earwax is actually a type of sweat.
✓ You blink 5-10 million times per year.
✓ Disney World is the second-largest purchaser of explosives in the United States, the first is the U.S. Department of Defense.
✓ The symbols used by cartoonists to indicate swearing are called “grawlixes”.
-WhattheFFacts, Penguin

BS SONG SEQUELS:
• Difficult like Monday Morning
• Stop Calling Me, Maybe?
• OK, I MIGHT do that
• Purple Rainbow
• We Were the Champions
• Pretty Fly For an Old White Guy
• Another Brick in the Wall Part 3 (***REAL***)
• Airbnb California
• On the Road Again, Again
• …Aaand Now I’ve Shot the Deputy, Too
-Twitter

Best of BS . . .
BS QUESTIONS YOU’LL WISH YOU HADN’T ASKED:
• “Why is this chair wet?”
• “What’s inside this letter from the government?”
• “If that’s not chocolate, then what is it?”
• “What’s keeping that beltless vagrant’s pants up?”
• “Honey, why are you so sick every morning lately?”
• “No sir, I don’t have life insurance. Why do you ask?”
• “How contagious are you?”
• “When you say ‘about average’, exactly how many other men are you comparing me to?”
-First published in BS in 2015

BS U-PICK TRIVIA:
• What is the name of the princess who is kidnapped by ‘Bowser’ in Super Mario Bros.?
a) Pink
b) Peach [CORRECT]
c) Pineapple
d) Pig

• What is a Geiger Counter used to detect?
a) radiation [CORRECT]
b) earthquakes
c) Wi-Fi
d) kryptonite

• What’s the maximum length of a TikTok video?
a) 2 minutes
b) 5 minutes
c) 10 minutes [CORRECT]
d) To infinity and beyond
– LaffGaff

BS WEB GOODIE:
That face, tho’ (sound up): https://tinyurl.com/mud8cy2z

BS RANDOM JOKE:
I generally avoid temptation — unless I can’t resist it.

BS PHONE STARTER:
What do you spend WAAY too much time doing?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  A survey says that almost 1/3 of people never do THIS at the gym. What is it?
Answer:  Sweat

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Despite what the forecast may tell you, live like it’s spring.