Thursday, June 14, 2018 – Edition: #6234
100% Grade A Bull!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ James Corden has quit eating meat…cold turkey. The “Late Late Show” host says that he recently decided to go vegetarian. Corden says that around Christmas, he read a story about the mistreatment of elephants and realized he was upset about animal welfare…while eating a bacon sandwich. He says he hopes that he can continue with his new vegetarian lifestyle, but he admits that he hasn’t yet eliminated seafood.
-MSN
★ “Dukes of Hazzard” star John Schneider was freed free hours after he was jailed for an alimony dispute. Schneider was released from the Los Angeles County Jail on Tuesday when his three-day sentence was cut short because of overcrowding. He played Bo Duke on “The Dukes of Hazard” from 1979 to 1985, and had a successful career in country music.
-Yahoo
★ Paul Hogan will star in a new Crocodile Dundee film, “The Very Excellent Mr Dundee”. Hogan rose to stardom for his role as outback adventurer Michael “Crocodile” Dundee in the original 1986 hit and two sequels. The new film will be set in Los Angeles, and shooting starts in July. Although the rest of the cast hasn’t been announced, 78 year-old Hogan has hinted that he will be calling on some celebrity pals to make cameos.
-Canoe
★ Jada Pinkett Smith is the latest celebrity to use her platform to speak out about mental health. In the wake of both Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade’s suicides, Pinkett Smith posted on Instagram that she understands their “despair,” and says that she “considered the same demise… often.” She says, “One thing I’ve learned in my life over the years is that mental health is something we should practice daily, not just when issues arise.”
-Yahoo
★ On Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” co-host Joy Behar revealed she had to miss work Monday because she’d sliced open her hand while cutting an avocado. Quote: “Apparently there is a syndrome called avocado hand. It’s real! The doctor said, ‘We get this all the time.’ The 75-year-old stayed in hospital overnight and was administered an antibacterial drip to ward off infection.
(I’ve done that too! Well, actually it was ‘burger-flipper hand’, but they’re very similar!)
-PageSix
★ More than four decades after the release of “Saturday Night Fever,” John Travolta can still get Brooklyn on its feet. Hundreds of fans showed up outside Lenny’s pizzeria on Tuesday to get a glimpse of Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston, as the restaurant that was featured in the disco flick officially named a slice for Travolta. In fact, so many people showed up that the NYPD was forced to issue an emergency crowd-control edict.
(They’ve got the fever!)
-PageSix
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Jon Hamm, Lil Rel Howery, G-Eazy featuring Yo Gotti and YBN Nahmir
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Chris Pratt, Christina Aguilera
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Natalie Portman, Marc Maron, Alt-J featuring Pusha T
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Ed Helms, Vanessa Kirby, Hannah Gadsby, Brian Frasier-Moore
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Isla Fisher, Jeremy Renner, Romesh Ranganthan
• “Conan” (TBS/Comedy): Lisa Kudrow, Tom Papa, Jukebox The Ghost
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Kelly Preston, Vanessa Kirby
• “The Talk” (CBS): Alicia Silverstone
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Chris Pratt, Lisa Edelstein, Jason Mraz
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Great moments from celebrities who made their first appearances on the show in Season 15, including Sterling K. Brown, Bill Gates, Jerry Seinfeld, Camila Cabello
• “Marlon” (NBC): Season 2 premiere
• “Alone” (HISTORY): Ten returning participants attempt redemption in Mongolia, a frigid and remote region at the edge of Siberia.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Ariana Grande – reportedly wants a ”winter wedding”. She is said to be engaged to SNL’s Pete Davidson, and now word has it that her ”dream” is to have a ”winter wonderland” themed ceremony, which she has reportedly been talking to her pals about since she was a teenager. The pair haven’t publicly confirmed the news, but they were spotted celebrating at Disneyland. (I KNEW there was something Goofy about this…)
• The Chainsmokers – will mesh their EDM-style with hits of big songs from artists like Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and Beyonce during a one-night only performance in July. They will headline the Pepsi Generations Summer Music Campaign at the Hollywood Palladium on July 24. The campaign was created to honor music icons by placing their images on Pepsi cans.
• Moby – is selling his record collection for charity. The collection, including signed LPs, rare releases and test pressings, many of which were used during his DJ sets at New York City clubs, goes up for sale on his Reverb online shop today.
• Metallica – will receive their Polar Music Prize today. The award, which is given in international recognition of excellence in the world of music – will be presented to the band by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a ceremony in Stockholm.
• Fleetwood Mac – is Vegas-bound. They will perform Friday, Sept. 21 at the 2018 iHeartMedia Music Festival. It will be their first show since Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) and Neil Finn (Crowded House) replaced Lindsey Buckingham.
• Slash – says his estranged wife is delaying the couple’s pending divorce and wants her to sign off on a proposed agreement that rewards her millions of dollars. He has filed documents that say his ex, Perla Ferrar “has been slow responding, or has deliberately drawn out responding, throughout this matter.” Slash also says: “I want to move on with my life.”
• Dan + Shay – say they are still speechless over Demi Levato’s response when a Twitter follower asked her what her favorite song is. Her answer? “Speechless by Dan + Shay.” Although they’ve never met her, they did thank her and put out the offer to sing together sometime. They describe themselves as ‘superfans’ of Levato.
• Martina McBride – and her husband John are being sued by a former employee who alleges they mistreated their unpaid interns. Richard Hanson, who headed the couple’s internship program until 2017, is going after the couple for more than $1 million.
NOT THE KIND OF ‘REWARDS’ I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING:
Would you hang out at a flu-bug-infested hotel for a week or two..for $3,500? That’s what researchers at St. Louis University are offering. A research unit plans to test the effectiveness of flu vaccines by paying volunteers to stay at a hotel which has had its rooms turned into a quarantined medical unit. Guests will be paid to stay for up to 12 days with catered meals, as long as they sign up to be exposed to the flu virus. Participants will be given a flu shot or a placebo, and then receive a dose of a flu virus through nasal spray. They’ll then be observed for flu symptoms, such as fever, runny nose, sneezing or coughing. The Extended Stay Research Unit expects to welcome its first guests within the next year.
(At least these people are being paid. It would be worse to be the NEXT guy staying there!)
(I’m pretty sure I’ve heard of people catching worse at [local dive hotel].)
(I’ve never actually seen the word ‘placebo’ on a room service menu before!)
-AP
ASSUME THE POSITION:
When you are applying for a job, what do you suppose is the first thing a talent recruiter wants to know about you? Where you are working now. So it probably shouldn’t be a surprise that people who are not currently employed when applying for jobs are considered 149 percent less hireable than their counterparts who do have a job. That’s according to a study done by the job site Talentworks. After analyzing a random sample of 6,976 applications across 365 U.S. cities and 101 industries, they determined that if you are interested in applying for a new job, it is important to have some form of employment. If your current position is coming to an end, you could offer to stay on part-time or to take contract work. Or assume a volunteer position somewhere else. Take on freelance work, maybe even become an Uber driver or take another service position. A career expert says that even if you’re working in a position that’s outside of your field, that’s still better than nothing. The bottom line is that you are WAY more likely to be hired at a new position if you currently hold down a job.
(So if you want to get a job, the first thing you should do is get a job?)
(Plus it also gives you money and stuff…)
(So if I do have a job, shouldn’t other places be THROWING offers my way?)
-CNBC
NON-STANDARD TIME:
If it seems like the days are getting longer, you’re right. Scientists say they have just recently confirmed that days on earth are getting longer as the moon moves further away. They figure that the moon’s distance from earth increases by about 3.82cm per year. As that happens, earth’s rotation actually slows. And for us, that means a longer day. Not much longer, but it adds up over time. The length of a day on earth has increased by about six hours over the past 1.4 billion years. And how long will we have to wait for another hour in a day? Just 2 million more years!
(Does that mean I’ll have to buy a 25-hour clock?)
(So these longer days have nothing to do with my mother-in-law recently moving in with us?)
(Not only are the days longer, the nights are stronger…than moonshine*)
*semi-obscure ‘Ventura Highway’ lyrical reference
-NYPost
EPICALLY BAD ACTUAL BAND NAMES:
➠ Let’s Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop
➠ Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head
➠ Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
➠ Hoobastank
➠ Chumbawamba
➠ Confrontation Camp
➠ The String Cheese Incident
➠ Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
➠ Test Icicles
➠ Cerebral Ballzy
➠ The The
-Offbeat
BS CHRONOMETER 06.14.18
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1946 [72] Donald Trump, NYC, US President/ former TV reality show host (“Celebrity Apprentice” 2004-15)/real estate billionaire (Trump Tower)/author (“The Art Of the Deal”)
1961 [57] Boy George (George Alan O’Dowd), London, England, pop singer (Culture Club – ‘Karma Chameleon’, ‘Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?’)
1968 [50] Yasmine Bleeth, New York, NY, TV actress (“Baywatch” 1993-97, “One Life To Live” 1991-93)
1989 [29] Lucy Hale, Memphis TN, TV actress (‘Aria Montgomery’ on “Pretty Little Liars” 2010-17)
1992 [26] Daryl Sabara, Torrance CA, movie actor (“Spy Kids” franchise, “The Polar Express”; engaged to pop singer Meghan Trainor
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Bourbon Day”, a day to raise a glass of the sweetened amber spirit to celebrate the splendor of this great American whiskey. Most recipes use about 70% corn, which gives it its nickname of ‘corn whiskey’. Although the origin of the name ‘bourbon’ is unclear, contenders include Bourbon County in Kentucky and Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
• “Family History Day”, a day to ‘share the folklore, legends and myths of your family tree’.
(This message brought to you by ancestory.com)
• “Strawberry Shortcake Day”, either on a shortcake biscuit or on a sponge cake, strawberry shortcake is an easy and delicious summertime dessert.
• “World Blood Donor Day”, dedicated to thanking and celebrating voluntary blood donors around-the-globe. It occurs on the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, who created the ABO blood group system, which is still used today.
• “American Flag Day”, commemorating John Adams’ 1777 recommendation to Congress that the ‘Stars & Stripes’ be adopted as America’s flag.
• “Pop Goes the Weasel Day”, celebrating the rhyme we’ve known since childhood and the tune that sticks in our heads every time we hear it played on an ice cream truck….(the definition of anticipation? The look on a kid’s face while hearing that song and winding up a Jack in the Box)
COMING UP . . .
[Fri] Fly a Kite Day
[Fri] Flip Flop Day
[Sat] Fresh Veggies Day
[Sat] National Fudge Day
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1976 [42] “Gong Show”, hosted by Chuck Barris, makes its TV premiere
2011 [06] The long-delayed, problem-plagued musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” officially opens on Broadway
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2002 [16] (Sir) Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones is knighted by Prince Charles. (According to the British Press, The Queen avoided personally giving Sir Mick Jagger his knighthood because she thought he was an inappropriate candidate. She scheduled knee surgery for the day before the honours were to be handed out.)
2017 [01] The National Music Publishers Association gives Yoko Ono the Centennial Award for song of the century and adds her name to the songwriting credits of the winning song, “Imagine.” Lennon took sole credit, but later admitted he got the idea from Ono
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2012 [05] Swedish doctors perform the world’s 1st stem cell-assisted vein transplant on a 10-year-old girl
TODAY IN SPORTS…
1994 [24] The New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup by defeating the Vancouver Canucks 4 games to 3. It was the first time the Rangers had won the cup in 54 years.
BULL’S BITS
BS WACK FACTS:
✓ The word “bride” comes from an old proto-germanic word meaning “to cook”.
✓ The word “queue” is pronounced the same way when the last 4 letters are removed.
✓ Until the 19th century, the English word for actors was “hypocrites.”
✓ “Screeched” is the longest English word with one syllable.
✓ The shortest complete sentence in the English language is “Go”.
✓ A study found that orcas can learn to speak dolphin.
-Factslides
BEST OF BS:
BS REASONS YOU WEREN’T NAMED ‘FATHER OF THE YEAR’:
• You once lost 2 of your kids in a poker game.
• You caught your son on an adult website and thought a good punishment would be to take him to a strip club all day so he’d get sick of looking at naked women.
• You’re always teaching the kids new things, like how to throw a fake seizure in the liquor store so you can pocket a couple 40’s.
• You never, ever hug your daughter — thanks to the plexiglass between you.
• The only reason you like to take your son out for a walk in the stroller is because he’s a chick magnet.
• When your daughter gets an ‘A’ in sex ed, you say, “I learned you real good, girl.”
• More than once, you’ve scolded your son by saying, “All right, Little Mister, no more time in the sheep pen for you!”
-First published in BS in 2001
SHEET YOUR DAD SAYS:
• “Now you listen to ME, Buster!”
• “You call that a haircut?”
• “This will hurt me a lot more than it hurts you.”
• “I’ll tell you why. Because I said so. THAT’S why.”
• “What’s so funny? Wipe that smile off your face.”• “If your friend jumped off a bridge would you do it too?”
• “You’re gonna like it, whether you like it or not!”
• “Don’t look at me in that tone of voice!”
• “Go ask your mother.”
-First published in BS in 2012
BS PHONE STARTER:
What weird thing do you keep track of?
BS RANDOM JOKE:
I wonder what happened to all those people who asked me for directions.
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: Over 40% of us admit we’d be afraid to find THIS out. What?
Answer: The ingredients in hot dogs
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.
