Monday, June 6, 2022 – Edition: #7245
Sheet For Brains!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Queen Elizabeth II made a surprise appearance in a comedy sketch with Paddington Bear during a star-studded Platinum Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace. The rock group Queen opened the musical performances, followed by Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Duran Duran and more. The Queen did not watch the Platinum Party at the Palace in person, however. The 96-year-old has been experiencing mobility problems, and also pulled out of Friday’s thanksgiving service. But in an echo of her appearance in a sketch with James Bond for the London Olympics in 2012, she had pre-recorded a 2½ minute comedy segment in which she offered tea to Paddington, and showed him a marmalade sandwich she keeps in her handbag. In his speech, Prince Charles joked that that his mother was “watching the celebrations with much emotion, having I hope finished her marmalade sandwich”. The Queen did make an unexpected appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on Sunday, as part of the final day of celebrations to mark her historic 70-year reign. LINK: https://youtu.be/8H3WJ2qRwiQ
-BBC
★ “Top Gun: Maverick” continues to fly high. With no major wide releases over the weekend, Tom Cruise’s latest continued to dominate the box office with a $25 million gross on its second Friday and an incredible estimated $84.5 million second weekend total. Not only is that just a 33% drop from Maverick’s $127 million 3-day opening, it’s also higher than the opening weekend of every other film in Cruise’s career, including all those “Mission: Impossible” movies. “Top Gun: Maverick” was expected to see its domestic total soar to $290 million by the end of the weekend, already making it the top domestic grosser of Cruise’s career before inflation adjustment.
-TheWrap
★ Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, who was featured on the first season of “Tiger King”, was arrested on Friday by the FBI. The reasons for his arrest in Horry County SC were not disclosed. Antle, who was a magician before he founded his first private zoo, now owns and runs Myrtle Beach Safari which features big cats and other endangered species. In 2020, he was charged with 2 felony counts related to wildlife trafficking. He has also been the subject of allegations about inappropriate relationships with minors, and has been accused of operating a cult at his Myrtle Beach business. Antle denies the claims. After his stint on Tiger King, he became the subject of Netflix’s “Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story”, released in 2021.
-Deadline
★ Stephen King is ready to release a sequel to one of his most popular titles. King told the host of “The Losers Club” podcast that he’s just completed a “story called ‘Rattlesnakes.’ And it involves, at one part, twins who are only 4 years old… falling into a rattlesnake pit. And the snakes get ’em. It’s a terrible scene.” He elaborated, saying that Rattlesnakes… is actually a sequel to “Cujo.” While you may be wondering how a story about snakes could be a direct sequel to a terrifying tale of a rabid dog, CinemaBlend notes that it could be more of a “spiritual sequel” to Cujo.
-PopCulture
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Andy Garcia, Betty Gilpin, Angel Olsen
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Adam Sandler, Ben Falcone, Nimesh Patel
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Jake Tapper, Joel Kim Booster
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Kylie Minogue, Leila Mottley, Joe Russo
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Juliette Lewis, Viggo Mortensen
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Ryan O’Connell and Rachel Dratch
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Lindsey Granger guest co-hosts; Superfan surprise
• “The Talk” (CBS): Natalie Morales, Rita Moreno, Flo Rida
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): James Patterson, the Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Favorite moments from Season 19, Melissa McCarthy, Hannah Waddingham
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show (Check local listings): Matt Iseman, The Chicks
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Chris Appleton, Brandice Daniels, Zanna & Young Emperors, Max Greenfield (R)
• “American Ninja Warrior” (NBC): Season 14 premiere. Qualifying rounds begin in San Antonio, where competitors as young as 15 take on seasoned veterans.
• “Don’t Forget the Lyrics!” (Fox): An over-the-top thrill-seeker risks $1 million as she sings her way through some of the biggest hits of all time.
• “Roswell, New Mexico” (CW): Season 4 premiere. Max lends an assist to his ex-partner on a string of recent bank robberies; a sudden storm leaves everyone on edge.
• “NHL Playoffs” (TNT, CBC, SN): Western Conference final game #4: Colorado @ Edmonton
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Pharrell Williams — has announced a collaboration with Tyler, The Creator and 21 Savage, titled ‘Cash In Cash Out’, dropping June 10. Williams posted a pic of himself, 21 and Tyler as animated versions of themselves. His “Something in the Water Festival” happens in Washington D.C. from June 17-19.
• St. Vincent – Friday, she released a cover Lipps Inc.’s classic ‘Funkytown’. It will appear on the soundtrack for “Minions: Rise of Gru” soundtrack. Also featured: The Bleachers’ version of John Lennon’s ‘Instant Karma!’, H.E.R.’s cover of Sly and the Family Stone’s ‘Dance to the Music’ and Diana Ross and Tame Impala‘s collaboration ‘Sunshine’. LINK: https://youtu.be/8_340Lsodug
• Mariah Carey – is being sued over her 1994 Christmas classic ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’. In a complaint filed in New Orleans federal court, Andy Stone is seeking up to $60 million from Carey, her co-writer and Sony Music Entertainment. He says he co-wrote a song with the same title 5 years earlier.
• Europe – The video for their 1986 mega-hit ‘The Final Countdown’ has surpassed one billion YouTube views. The group wrote on social media: “Thanks so much to everyone out there who has enjoyed The Final Countdown song and video! We’re sure we have annoyed a few people along the way as well with this song…”
• Robert Plant – He and Alison Krauss kicked off their first tour together in more than a decade with a reimagined take on the Led Zeppelin classic ‘Rock and Roll’. In Canandaigua NY, the 2 performed the song together for the first time, with a completely different arrangement from the 1971 original. LINK: https://youtu.be/eT-tpIrUu9w
• Luke Bryan – Last week, he posted a jubilant video of himself catching a huge bass. It shows him giddily hauling the fish into the boat, then holding it up for the camera. He captioned the video: “I’ve been waiting my whole life for this. I’ve been trying to catch my 10-pounder my whole life and I just caught an 11.6.” He kisses the fish before releasing it back into the lake. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/5e4bth24
• Chris Young – Friday, he released a deluxe edition of his “Famous Friends” album, with 6 new songs. New collaborations include ‘Music Note’ with Jimmie Allen and ‘Everybody Needs A Song’ with Old Dominion. It also features 2 new solo songs and acoustic versions of ‘I’m Comin’ Over’ and ‘Think of You’ with Cassadee Pope.
• Brothers Osborne and Old Dominion – have been added to the CMA Fest performers list. It was also announced that Alan Jackson will no longer perform. No reason was given. The Country Music Association has added “confederate flag imagery of any kind” to its list of banned items at the Nashville music festival, set for June 9-12.
SHOOTING THE BULL
UBER FUBARS:
Uber has released its 6th annual “Lost and Found Index,” revealing some of the most common — and most unusual — items left behind in drivers’ vehicles. As you might expect, the most common items left behind in Uber vehicles during the past year were phones/cameras, wallets, keys, backpacks/purses, headphones/speakers, glasses, clothing, vaping devices, jewelry and IDs. And what – ahem — “unique” items were reported lost by passengers? Tater tots, a fingernail, “my grandma’s teeth,” 500 grams of caviar, a pizza costume, “a [expletive] painting of a moose,” a Billie Eilish ukulele, an employee of the month plaque, a Bernie Sanders fanny pack, a crochet strawberry, a bucket of slime, a brown tortoise and a “ball gag and stethoscope.” More than 40 riders lost their CPAP machines, more than 30 reported lost retainers, and 5 people reported lost dentures.
(Least popular thing to leave behind in a Uber? Your lunch, of course!)
(I’m already compiling a list of things to report lost in hopes of making NEXT year’s list!)
-UPI
HERE’S TO YOUR HEALTH:
⇒ Most people would like to be tall — especially men. But they may want to reconsider, because scientists have found it could raise the risk of more than 100 diseases. Being tall has been linked in the past with some cancers and stroke, but researchers at VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System analyzed the genes of more than 280,000 people, and found that those considered “tall” are genetically more likely to suffer from 127 medical conditions, including skin infections and abscesses, chronic leg ulcers, bone infections and . . . erectile dysfunction. The study defined “tall” as being over 5 foot 9 [175cm]. (Where did they do the study…at the horse-racing track?)
⇒ Heavy drinkers are “healthier and happier” in their later years, according to a study. Researchers in Germany questioned hundreds of people aged over 60 at hospital for routine surgery about their mood and quality of life, and compared this with the amount of alcohol they drank. A third were categorized as those who drink “potentially unhealthy” quantities (drinking at least 4 nights a week, or regularly drinking the equivalent of 2 bottles of wine in a day). Those people were found to be slimmer, happier and more mobile than those who drank less or not at all. The study’s author says one explanation may be that higher alcohol consumption may lead to elevated mood, enhanced sociability and reduced stress. Experts warn that the study is observational – meaning cause and effect could not be determined. (I bet they didn’t ask those people early in the morning!)
-TheTimes
NEW GOOD NEWS:
➢ A woman whose family fled to Britain to escape a war has closed her seaside hotel to tourists—so she can give Ukrainian refugees a place to stay. Nitsa Michael is no longer taking guests at the Seaward Hotel in Weston-super-Mare, England. Instead, she has rolled out the welcome mat to 22 Ukrainians, so far, providing a “home away from home”. Her family fled Cyprus following a Turkish invasion in 1974, and she wanted to do something to help people in the same ‘horror situation’, fleeing from Russian aggression in Ukraine. The 84-year-old says she “felt for them” and decided to help in a “big way”. Her daughter Michelle, who runs the hotel, says the 22 arrivals share meals and time together, “and basically they heal together.” The hotel has room for 48 more.
➢A man was welcomed with open arms by the people of Birmingham AL, so he invited the entire city to his wedding. 31-yeat-old Shahzeb Anwer has hyperparathyroidism, and couldn’t get the surgery he needed in Pakistan, so he arranged to have it done in Birmingham. Anwer posted on Facebook and Reddit groups, asking questions about everything from local culture to what clothes he should bring. Tips and info came flooding in, and Anwer told a reporter that “people responded in a way that I wouldn’t even expect from my own people in Pakistan.” Anwer’s surgery was successful, and when he returned home, he showed his appreciation for Birmingham’s residents by posting online an open invitation to his wedding on May 22. He says: “Birmingham treated me as their favored son. Birmingham has now become a part of my life.”
-GoodNewsNetwork
MAKE YOUR MORNINGS BETTER (EVEN MONDAYS):
According to experts . . .
☞ Prep the night before: Pack your bag, set out your clothes, make your lunch. (And my wife always makes fun of the little “clothing man” I make on the bedroom chair!)
☞ Start with a stretch: It increases blood flow, and releases feel-good endorphins.
☞ Take on an easy challenge: Start your day with a mental exercise. Even Wordle works. It’ll kick-start your brain, and give you a sense of accomplishment. (Or of failure!)
☞ Move your body: Any kind of exercise is good. Even a little dance to give you a good shake-out. (I’ve got teenage girls. I do a little dance outside the bathroom every morning!)
☞ Give your phone a rest: Try something else first thing for a few days. You may notice you feel less anxious by avoiding messages, social media and news for the first hour.
☞ Stick to a routine: They’re proven to increase productivity, and can boost mental health if it’s manageable. (Not if it includes running out of gas every morning…)
☞ Express gratitude: Engaging in a daily habit of counting blessings causes a positive shift in mood. (I’m grateful for the snooze bu…Zzzzzzz….)
☞ Let go of what doesn’t work: You don’t need to get up at 5am to have a good morning. You also don’t need to start the day with a green juice, or immediately meditate. The best thing for you to do is to understand what works for you and what doesn’t.” (I know, but where else are the kids gonna live?)
-Metro
DID YOU KNOW?
If all went well over the weekend, 83-year-old Japanese sailor Kenichi Horie will have set a record, becoming the world’s oldest solo yachtsman to sail non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. He set sail on his 19-foot sailboat, the Suntory Mermaid III, from San Francisco on March 27. The plan was to come home to an arrival ceremony in Nishinomiya city. This isn’t the first time Horie’s made maritime history. In 1962, at 23 years old, he became the first person to successfully make a non-stop journey across the Pacific Ocean — from Japan to California.
-CNN
BS CHRONOMETER 06.06.22
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “D-Day”, the 78th anniversary of 1944’s “Operation Overlord” invasion of Europe by Allied Expeditionary Forces during WW2. Before dawn, over 2,700 ships converged on Normandy carrying 2-million tons of war materials and 155,000 troops. The password for the operation: ‘Mickey Mouse’.
• “Thank God It’s Monday Day”, Mondays are bad enough, but why do they have to be at the start of the week? Today is all about seeing Monday as a positive day, rather than a negative one. (I’m celebrating the fact that after Mondays, the week usually doesn’t get any worse!)
• “Drive-in Movie Day”, commemorating the opening of the first ‘drive-in’ 89 years ago (1933) in Camden, NJ. It cost 25 cents per person or a buck-a-car to see “Wife Beware”.
“National Churro Day”, They’re fried, they’re crunchy, they’re sweet! What’s not to love?
• “Gardening Exercise Day”, a day to get out and workout with your plants. Don’t laugh… if you’ve ever helped a gardener for an afternoon, you know what hard work it is.
• “Atheist Pride Day”, promoting the civil rights of atheists, the separation of state and church, and devoted to providing information about atheism.
• “Yo-Yo Day”, observed on the birth anniversary of Donald Duncan (1892-1971), the businessman who first mass-marketed the wildly popular invention in the West during the 1930s. According to legend, the yo-yo was invented in the Philippines centuries ago … as a weapon.
COMING UP . . .
[Tues] Chocolate Ice Cream Day
[Tues] June Bug Day
[Wed] Best Friends Day
[Thurs] Donald Duck Day
This Week Is…National Fragrance Week
This Month Is… Adopt-A-Cat Month
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1947 [75] Robert Englund, Glendale, CA, movie actor (‘Freddy Krueger’ in “A Nightmare on Elm Street” films)
1952 [70] Harvey Fierstein, Brooklyn NY, Broadway actor (Tony Award-“Hairspray”)/ playwright (“Torch Song Trilogy”)/movie actor (“Mrs. Doubtfire”)
1956 [66] Björn Borg, Stockholm Sweden, retired tennis player (former #1 ranked player, 11-time Grand Slam winner, first to win 6 French Open singles titles)
1959 [63] Colin Quinn, Brooklyn NY, movie actor (“Trainwreck”), TV comedian (“Saturday Night Live” 1995-2000)
1960 [62] Steve Vai, Long Island NY, rock guitarist (Whitesnake, David Lee Roth, Frank Zappa, solo artist – ‘The Audience is Listening’)
1967 [55] Paul Giamatti, New Haven CT, movie actor (“Cinderella Man”, “Sideways”)/TV actor (“John Adams”) COMING UP…“The Holdovers”
1974 [48] Uncle Kracker [Matthew Shafer], Mount Clemens MI, country/rock/rap vocalist (‘Follow Me’, ‘Drift Away’)/former Kid Rock turntablist
2007 [15] Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, Santa Monica CA, TV actress (‘Lily Tucker-Pritchett’ on “Modern Family” 2011-20)
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1998 [24] “Sex and the City” premieres, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1992 [30] Guns N’ Roses’ ‘November Rain’ video debuts on MTV. At $1.5 million, the 9-minute epic is the most expensive video ever made at the time. In 2018, it becomes the first video made prior to YouTube’s creation to reach 1 billion views
2001 [21] Saying he doesn’t have time to drive them anymore, Elton John auctions off 20 of his cars for a total of $2.75 million
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
2012 [10] A solar plane called ‘The Solar Impulse’ lands in Morocco after completing the world’s first intercontinental flight powered by the Sun
2018 [04] A special pedestrian lane for slow-walking smartphone users is introduced in Xi’an, China
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2018 [04] A man is announced to have won France’s €1 million (US $1.1 million) My Lottery for the second time in 2 years, with odds of 1 in 16 trillion
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on February 18, 1979.
✓ Nail biting has been associated with a better immune system because of the exposure to germs that causes your body to build antibodies for.
✓ Queen Victoria survived at least 8 assassination attempts.
✓ Octopus blood is blue.
✓ On Valentine’s Day in South Korea, only women give gifts.
✓ In 2006, CNN listed Mark Zuckerberg and the founder of Netflix among the “10 People Who Don’t Matter.”
-WhattheFFacts, Parade
BS MEDIOCRE DARES:
• Take an awesome selfie, and don’t post it anywhere.
• Eat a cookie that’s been on the floor for SIX seconds.
• Do the hokey-pokey, but don’t turn yourself around.
• Keep your Wordle score to yourself.
• Send a tweet, and don’t ask people to ‘like’ or ‘share’.
• Ask the waiter for Worcestershire sauce.
• Don’t do what Simon says…
• Wear your Thursday underwear on a Wednesday.
-Twitter
BS DEEP THOUGHTS WHILE UNDERWATER:
• I’m the king of the…Oh, wait…
• This is a terrible time for me to remember that I can’t swim.
• Finally! Peace and quiet. <whale sound> Darn it!
• I wonder how much flood insurance costs.
• Man! Bad time to have hiccups.
• How can I have a deep thought if I’m at the shallow end?
• How the heck does SpongeBob cook burgers down here?
• At least I officially know that my phone isn’t waterproof.
• I should’ve paid my bookie.
• Aren’t ALL thoughts deep when you’re underwater?
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2019
BS U-PICK TRIVIA:
• All of the coronations, and most funerals and weddings of the British royal family have taken place at which venue?
a) Westminster Abbey [CORRECT]
b) Buckingham Palace
c) Tower of London
d) Madison Square Garden
• Hailey Baldwin is married to which famous singer?
a) Ed Sheeran
b) John Legend
c) Justin Bieber [CORRECT]
d) Axl Rose
• What is the name of the mafia family in the 1972 crime movie “The Godfather”?
a) Capone
b) Corleone [CORRECT]
c) Luciano
d) Mob
BS WEB GOODIE:
Definitely ‘best man’ material: https://tinyurl.com/yc757e4v
BS RANDOM JOKE:
I’ve opened a deer cloning service. It’s for anyone hoping to make a quick buck.
BS PHONE STARTER:
What is the oddest summer job that you ever had?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 40% of women admit they have had their hair cut for THIS reason. What is it?
Answer: Their driver’s license picture
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
To hit the mark, aim above the mark.
