Tuesday, April 19, 2022 — Edition: #7212

Sheet Happens!

 

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ A famous piece of horror movie history going up for sale — the axe from Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 masterpiece “The Shining”.  The axe is featured in scenes toward the end of the film, including when Jack Nicholson’s character uses it to break through a wooden door, leading up to his famous line, “Here’s Johnny!!!” The film, based on Stephen King’s novel, also features Nicholson’s character ‘Jack Torrance’ carrying it with him into the maze as he trudges through the snow to find his son. The axe, displayed in a frame, along with some photos of its scenes in the movie, is going up for sale through Gotta Have Rock and Roll auction house, and is expected to go for at least $100,000. Bidding begins tomorrow.
-TMZ
★ Jennifer Aniston says she used to sleepwalk — regularly. The “Friends” alum, who is currently working with the “Seize the Night and Day” campaign to help people recognize and seek help for sleep issues, told People how she struggled with getting rest in her 20s and 30s. As a result, she began sleepwalking, and sometimes was awakened by house alarms that she had set off. Aniston eventually sought help from a doctor, and now makes sleep a priority. As a result, she says she isn’t sleep-deprived, and doesn’t sleepwalk anymore.
-Yahoo
★ Kristen Stewart says she never thought a “Twilight” sequel would get made. She shot to stardom as ‘Bella Swan’ in the movie franchise, but said on a podcast that she never expected the first film to take off in the way that it did. Quote: “We just did not know. And it was kind of like an oddball, slightly marginal teen movie. I didn’t think everyone was going to take to that.” Now, Stewart says despite the success of the Twilight films, she still loves appearing in “smaller” projects.
-ContactMusic
★ Jack in the Box is getting ready for 4/20 with a little help from a strain of weed that Seth Rogen made famous — but they don’t seem to have cleared it with him. Rogen responded after the burger chain published an ad last week promoting a new milkshake in time for tomorrow’s herb-holiday – the “Pineapple Express”. And how much does a Pineapple Express shake go for these days? $4.20, of course. Rogen fired back, tweeting: “This has nothing to do with the movie Pineapple Express. We had nothing to do with this and weren’t asked if we wanted our film associated with this.” Then, for good measure, he wrote: “And obviously if we did a tie in, it would have to be to promote those bizarre (blanking) diarrhea-inducing taco things they sell.”
-TMZ

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): The cast of “Black-ish”
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Aaron Paul, Marc Maron, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Leikeli47
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Neil deGrasse Tyson, Emmy Blotnick
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Tina Fey, Craig Robinson, Marc Bernardin, Aric Improta
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Elle Fanning, Anthony Ramos, UPSAHL
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Jackie Goldschneider, Melissa Gorga
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Chelsea Clinton, guest co-host Michele Tafoya (R)
• “The Talk” (CBS): Jodie Sweetin
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Janelle Monáe, Marlon Wayans
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Michelle Obama
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Josh Brolin, Tony Gonzalez, Sabaa Tahir
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Claire Foy, Paul Bettany, Alexis deBoschnek, Aasif Mandvi
• “black-ish” (ABC): Series finale
• “black-ish: A Celebration” (ABC): An exclusive look at final table read and original audition tapes; interviews with cast, crew and guest stars of the show’s 8 seasons.
• “Mayans M.C.” (FX): Season 4 premiere
• “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (PBS): Season 8 finale. Three guests from diverse backgrounds — Erin Burnett, Amy Carlson and André Leon Talley — explore their ancestors.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• BTS – At the final show of their “Permission to Dance On Stage – Las Vegas” residency, the group announced the release date of their next album. On stage, the group played a teaser video ending with the members saying the phrase “We Are Bulletproof” in unison, followed by the date: June 10, 2022. It hasn’t been officially announced if “We Are Bulletproof” is the title of the new album.
• Billie Eilish – Saturday night, she became the youngest-ever artist to headline Coachella. During her set, she duetted with Blur’s Damon Albarn on ‘Getting Older’, and welcomed Khalid to the stage for a performance of their collaboration ‘Lovely’.
• Arcade Fire — Not only did the indie rockers play a surprise set at Coachella on Friday, it has also been announced that Win Butler and Co. will return to “SNL” for their fifth appearance. Arcade Fire will be musical guest on May 7, alongside host Benedict Cumberbatch.
• Van Halen — The Ohio State Athletic Band performed a tribute to them during their annual halftime show at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Saturday. The 8-minute drill display included takes on ‘Runnin’ With the Devil’, ‘Dreams’, ‘Panama’ and ‘Jump’, in front of an audience of 60,000. LINK:  https://youtu.be/gHPDxCHwPI4
• Alice Cooper — Specialty license plates featuring him may become available in Arizona, where he lives, later this year. A bill passed this month creates the new plate design, and establishes the Youth Music and Art Special Plate Fund, dedicated to helping Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers, which mentors 12-20-year-olds, and helps them discover their talents at no cost.
• Maren Morris — was the surprise guest during John Mayer’s Nashville concert at Bridgestone Arena, joining him for a duet of his 2006 song ‘Slow Dancing in a Burning Room’. She shared video on Insta, saying: “Hello, Maren can’t be reached right now because she went back to 2006 and told her younger self this would happen in year 2022 and her brain exploded. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/5n8hufnw
• Lady A – is hitting the road – and taking requests. The group has announced the 21-date “Request Line” US tour, beginning Aug 13-14 in Nashville. True to the name of the tour, fans can call 615-882-1975 and ask that their favorite Lady A song be added to the set list.
• Ingrid Andress – Friday, she released ‘Good Person’, the first single from her upcoming sophomore album. Andress says she wrote the song when she realized that she “was starting to question a lot of things.” LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJqvQxxas-c

SHOOTING THE BULL

GRANDPAW:
A 21-year-old chihuahua has been named the world’s oldest dog. Guinness World Records has confirmed that TobyKeith, who lives in Florida, is the oldest living dog in the world, at 21 years and 100 days…as of today. Gisela Shore of Greenacres adopted TobyKeith from a shelter when he was just a few months old. Chihuahuas typically live 12-18 years. The oldest dog on record was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey, who died at the age of 29 years and 5 months in 1939.
(A 21-year-old chihuahua? Now THAT’S what I call a seňor!)
(We used to have a chihuahua. Trust me, the REAL hero of this story is the woman who has put up with him for 21 years!)
(As if they had accurate dog birth records in 1910. My great-grandfather was born around then…at least as far as he knew!)
-UPI

UNBREAK MY HEART:
Scientists say they have come up with a new technology that could result in the first-ever “cure” for heart attacks. Researchers at London’s King’s College have identified similar genetic codes to those used to create Covid vaccines, and are applying them towards regenerating hearts damaged from cardiac heart attacks. The key genetic code, known as mRNA, produce proteins that stimulate the creation of healthy new cells. The human heart does not have capacity to repair itself on its own following a heart attack. This new approach is being called revolutionary and has, so far, been successfully used to regenerate damaged pig hearts.
(You know why they always use pigs for heart research? Because it’s all that bacon and sausage that causes heart problems in the first place!)
(This is totally the kind of story I would have paid ZERO attention to before I started setting my alarm for 3:30am!)
-LADBible

“PROBING” STUDY:
(***CAUTION: To make this story radio-friendly, we’ve used the word “butthead” in place of “a-hole”. Have fun with it!***)
We all know one. We just can’t say on the radio what they’re called. So instead, we’ll call them “buttheads”. That one person who you just can’t stand, who drives you crazy, and you wish you never had to see them again. Researchers from the University of Georgia asked 400 people to think of the biggest “butthead” in their life, and the personality traits they regularly display. They found that the most likely people to be the “biggest buttheads” are middle-aged men. Just to be clear, though, these aren’t the only people who display the traits of a “butthead”. The most common traits of “buttheads”? Manipulative, aggressive, and entitled. And aside from middle-aged men, the survey found that half of the biggest “buttheads” that came to people’s minds were their exes, former bosses or estranged family members. But for 1 in 3 people, unfortunately, the biggest “buttheads” they know are still a constant presence in their life. This includes co-workers, friends, and even their current romantic partner!
(And to my lovely wife, to whom I’m all 3 of those, my sincerest apologies!)
(Well, I do have to admit – as soon as we started this story, one person’s irritating face was impressed upon my mind, and now I can’t get erase his snivelling image!)
-StudyFinds

USELESS THINGS WE LEARNED AT SCHOOL:
(According to an “AskReddit” thread…)
✗ “History. It was just a collection of dates, names, and numbers. Memorize this stuff, we’ll have a test. The significance was never taught or discussed.” (Sounds like someone is “doomed to repeat it”!)
✗ “Double spacing after punctuation. I can’t unlearn the habit.”
✗ “How to dissect a pig or frog & all the body parts!”
✗ “That you shouldn’t defend yourself. I busted a kid’s lip for hitting and trying to choke me and got sent straight to the office.”
✗ “Memorizing the specific names for groups of animals (gander of geese, murder of crows, etc.).”
✗ “Phys ed. They never taught us how to train or improve our athletic abilities. It was just weeks of half heartedly playing basketball…then one day we had to run a mile and the coaches would humiliate anyone who couldn’t just get up and run a mile under 10 minutes with no training.
✗ “Women’s literature. I didn’t learn anything I didn’t already know. And it was taught by a man.”
✗ “D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) taught me about drugs I didn’t know existed.”
✗ “Algebra, never understood it and have never used it!”
(What would you add to the list? I’m pretty sure I’ve never again needed to know the notes to ‘Hot Cross Buns’ on the recorder!)
-DidYouKnowFacts

DID YOU KNOW?
One in 3 women don’t remember what their natural hair color is. A poll of women between the ages of 42-57 reveals that half have been dying their hair a different color than what they were born with, and the average female Gen Xer hasn’t seen their natural color since at least 2019. Among those in relationships, 32% aren’t sure that their partner knows their real hair color, either.
-StudyFinds

BS CHRONOMETER 04.19.22

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Amaretto Day”, Amaretto in Italian means “a little bitter” and is made from bitter almonds or apricot kernels, or both. The nuts are infused in pure alcohol or brandy, resulting in a strong almond flavor.
• “Garlic Day”, saluting the ‘stinking rose’ that has been cultivated as long as history has been recorded. It’s said that if you rub a clove of garlic on your partner’s feet at night, you’ll taste it on their breath the next morning. (Why you’d actually want to do this, I’m not sure…)
• “Hanging Out Day”, an initiative of Project Laundry List, promoting energy conservation by using a clothesline instead of an electric dryer. (And while you’re at it, hang those garlic-y feet outside for a while, willya?) LINK: http://www.laundrylist.org
• “Bicycle Day”, commemorating the date that Dr. Albert Hofmann first tripped on LSD and bicycled home from his lab in Basel, Switzerland in 1943. During his ride, he experienced the psychedelic effects of LSD, the first acid trip in history. (A bicycle ‘trip’?)
• “Humorous Day”, a day to find the humor in any situation that happens to be thrown our way, and to remember to see the bright side and to realize that most things are really not as important as they may at first seem. (My wife and I share the same sense of humor. We have to, because she doesn’t have one of her own…)

AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Lima Bean Respect Day
[Wed] Look Alike Day
[Thurs] Big Word Day
[Thurs] Bulldogs are Beautiful Day

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1946 [76] Tim Curry, Grappenhall England, movie actor (“Rocky Horror Picture Show”)/TV actor (‘Pennywise’ the clown in the 1990 “It” miniseries)

1968 [54] Ashley Judd, Granada Hills CA, TV actress (“Missing” 2012)/movie actress (“Divine Secrets Of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”, “Double Jeopardy”)/daughter of Naomi Judd, half-sister of Wynonna

1969 [53] Jesse James, Long Beach CA, reality TV star (“Monster Garage” 2003-07, “Jesse James Is a Dead Man” 2009)/married to Sandra Bullock 2005-10

1978 [44] Joanna Gaines, Wichita Kansas, TV reality star (“Fixer Upper” 2013-18)/author of at least 26 books

1978 [44] James Franco, Palo Alto CA, movie actor (“127 Hours”, “Pineapple Express”) COMING UP…“The Long Home”

1979 [43] Kate Hudson, LA CA, movie actress (“Kung Foo Panda 3″, “Almost Famous”)/daughter of Goldie Hawn. COMING UP…“Shriver”, 2022

1981 [41] Hayden Christensen, Vancouver BC, movie actor (“Jumper”, “Star Wars: Episodes II and III”) COMING UP…”Obi-Wan Kenobi”, 2022

1982 [40] Ali Wong, San Francisco CA, TV actress (“Always Be My Maybe”, “American Housewife” 2016-2021)

1987 [35] Maria Sharapova, Nyagan Russia, former pro tennis player (35 singles, 5 Grand Slam titles, ranked world #1 by the WTA on 5 separate occasions)/one-time highest-paid female athlete

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2001 [21] The smash hit musical “The Producers”, based on the Mel Brooks film of the same name, opens on Broadway

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2002 [20] Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley is discovered dead in his Seattle apartment after being reported missing. He had died April 5 of a drug overdose at 34

2012 [10] Singer/drummer Levon Helm (formerly of The Band) dies of cancer in NYC at 71

2014 [08] The White House refuses to comment on a campaign to deport Justin Bieber back to Canada after 275,000 people sign a petition lambasting his behavior

TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1919 [103] Leslie Irvin of the US makes the first premeditated free-fall parachute jump

2005 [17] Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected Pope Benedict XVI (quits on February 28, 2013)

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Contrary to what you may have heard, redheads aren’t actually going extinct.
✓ Water makes different pouring sounds depending on its temperature.
✓ Riding a roller coaster can help you pass a kidney stone, especially if you’re seated in the rear car.
✓ Ingesting too much nutmeg can be toxic. 2 to 3 teaspoons of raw nutmeg can induce hallucinations, convulsions, pain, nausea, and paranoia that can last for several days.
✓ Men and women who listen to similar music tend to be better communicators and have longer- lasting relationships.
✓ According to a poll, doctors and lawyers are the worst tippers.
-BestLife, BathroomReadersInstitute

Best of BS . . .
BS STUPID QUESTIONS FOR THE TAXMAN:
• Do I have to claim the money I was paid “under the table”?
• What’s the best detergent for laundering money?
• What did you do with the money I gave you last year?
• If you are late giving me my refund, can I penalize you?
• Can I get my refund in Bitcoin?
• Can I pay my taxes with a postdated check from a Nigerian prince?
• Do you have an “it’s complicated ” option in the part about marital status?
• If my dog does his ‘business’ in the basement, can I deduct that as office space?
• How exactly do you expect me to pay you a penalty, if I couldn’t pay my taxes to begin with?
• Can you remove me from your mailing list?
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2019

BS UNLIKELY DOOR-TO-DOOR PRODUCTS:
• Leftovers
• Keys to the next-door neighbor’s car
• The printed 24-volume version of Wikipedia
• Vowels
• Selfies
• “No Soliciting” signs
• Boy Scout cookies
• 13 cassettes for a buck
• Knuckle sandwiches
• Doors
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2018

BS WEB GOODIE:
Legit complaint:  https://tinyurl.com/khnfbzrp

BS RANDOM JOKE:
I love my kids no matter what they do, but do they have to do so much of it?

BS PHONE STARTER:
What do you wish was illegal?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  THIS happened more in the last 2 minutes than in the entire 19th century. What is it?
Answer:  Picture taking

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
A team is not a group of people who work together. A team is a group of people who trust each other.