Monday, January 10, 2022 – Edition: #7142

Bully For You!

 

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
(***UPDATE***) ★ Bob Saget has died. TMZ first reported the comedian and actor died Sunday at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando. First responders were called to his hotel room Sunday afternoon, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 65. Saget is best known for his role of ‘Danny Tanner’ on “Full House”, alongside the likes of John Stamos and the Olsen twins. Later in his career, Saget returned to his roots as a stand-up comedian, touring with raunchy material — a stark contrast to his time as America’s dad. No cause of death has been reported.
-ComicBook
★ “Jeopardy!” contestant Amy Schneider became the fourth champion and first woman in the game show’s nearly 6-decade run to exceed $1 million in winnings. On Friday’s episode, she raked in $42,200, bringing her total earnings to $1,019,001. In a statement, she said: “It feels amazing, it feels strange. It’s not a sum of money I ever anticipated would be associated with my name.” On Dec. 31, Schneider became the female contestant with the greatest number of consecutive wins.
-TheWrap
★ Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire snuck into a theater to watch “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. Garfield told Entertainment Tonight that he and Maguire entered the cinema unnoticed and he “just watched with my baseball cap on and my mask.” Garfield says it was “a really beautiful thing” to share with another former big-screen Spider-Man, and the pair, along with Tom Holland, “share a very unique experience.”
-Canoe
★ Audrey Hepburn’s life is getting the Hollywood treatment. Rooney Mara will portray the iconic actress in an upcoming biopic. Mara will also produce the film for Apple. Details are still unknown, but Hepburn’s life is ripe for storytelling. Born in Belgium, she received a proper education and traveled between Belgium, England and the Netherlands, where she lived during World War II. It wasn’t until Hepburn landed the role of Princess Ann in the 1953’s “Roman Holiday” that her career took off, with her portrayal of the princess earning her an Oscar, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA. She went on to star in classics like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, “Sabrina”, “My Fair Lady” and “Funny Face”.
-Yahoo
★ (***Caution: language***) Dwayne Johnson may be leaving the “Fast and Furious” franchise in his rearview, but he’s already speeding ahead to a new destination: “Sesame Street”. The Rock has officially served the block’s resident cookie chomper, ‘Cookie Monster’, with a baked goods smackdown challenge. Johnson tweeted at Cookie Monster’s fuzzy pal ‘Elmo’: “Tell Cookie Monster to move it over, cuz I’m coming to Sesame Street to kick a** and eat cookies…And I’m almost all out of cookies.” C.M wasted little time responding, tweeting “Me say cookie challenge accepted.”
-Yahoo

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Steve Harvey, Clayton Echard, Milky Chance
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): John Cena, Bridget Everett, Cordae
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Gayle King, Tig Notaro
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Sen. Bernie Sanders, Bianca Richardson
• ” The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Gal Gadot, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tori Kelly (R)
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Wes O’Dell, Fraser Olender
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Kenan Thompson
• “The Talk” (CBS): Oliver Hudson
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Selena Gomez, Ginger Zee, Dr. Wendy Bazilian
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Jay Leno, Black Pumas
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Joel McHale, Storm Reid, Caroline Jones
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
• “The Bachelor” (ABC): In the group date, Hilary Duff enlists the help of the ladies to throw a dream Beverly Hills birthday party.
• “That’s My Jam” (NBC): Celebrity guests Taika Waititi, Rita Ora, Normani and Taraji P. Henson compete in a series of music, dance and trivia-based games and musical performances.
• “Street Outlaws” (DSC): Season 14 premiere
• “Darcey & Stacey” (TLC): Season 3 premiere

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Adele, BTS and Taylor Swift — are some of huge international pop acts responsible for a resurgence of CD sales for the first time in 17 years, according to MRC Data’s 2021 U.S. Year-End Report. CD sales were up 1.1% to 40.59 million albums sold in 2021, compared to the 40.16 million sold in 2020.
• Kanye West — Unlike the Grammys, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is moving full speed ahead with its 2-weekend affair in April, and reportedly, Ye will be headlining Sunday. He may stage another Sunday Service performance, similar to what he did on Easter 2019. Billie Eilish and Swedish House Mafia are apparently the festival’s other co-headliners.
• Sinead O’Connor – Her 17-year-old son, Shane, was found dead Friday after she reported him missing. Police say a body was found in the eastern Ireland town of Bray. She had appealed to her son on social media not to harm himself, noting that he had been hospitalized following 2 previous suicide attempts.
• David Bowie – In addition to the unveiling of “Toy” on Friday, an unreleased album from 2001 where he “revisited and re-examined” past material along with new songs, Friday also saw the release of 2 new versions of ‘Shadow Man’, the “Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric” mix and an early demo of the song recorded in 1970. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/4yxehmv5
• Prince — A rare promo cassette of “The Black Album” is up for sale. He had it pulled days before its scheduled 1987 release because he thought it was “evil”, and it was subsequently replaced with the pop record “Lovesexy”. RR Auction house says there are “quite possibly” only 2 copies in existence.
• Elvis Presley — A 1975 Cadillac he bought new is for sale on the auction site Car & Classic. Bidding opened Saturday, which would have been the King’s 87th birthday. He is thought to have purchased more than 200 Cadillacs in his lifetime, many of which he gave to friends and family members.
• Morgan Wallen – His “Dangerous” album finished the year as the #1 streamed album across all genres. Billboard’s year-end report shows “Dangerous: The Double Album” earned 3.2 million equivalent album units in 2021, a major record for the country star, especially considering the backlash he faced due to controversy.
• Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town — are hitting the road together on “The Bandwagon” tour. The 15-stop tour will cover 10 states plus 1 show in Canada over a 6-week run, beginning May 6 in Houston. The lone Canadian date is June 2 in Toronto. Tickets go on sale this Friday.
• Dolly Parton — Her songs have now been streamed 3 billion times. On top of that, she’s been awarded 47 new sales certifications from around the globe. In a statement, she said: “I’ve often said that my songs are like my children, and I expect them to support me later in my life. Well, it looks like they are doing just that!”

SHOOTING THE BULL

IT’LL PROBABLY COST EXTRA:
BMW has developed a car that will definitely mess with your head. Their Flow electric concept car can change colors at the press of a button, going from white to gray or black, and back again in moments. The trick isn’t actually done with paint, but with the same sort of technology used in electronic readers. The body panel surfaces have millions of tiny capsules, each one containing negatively charged white pigments and positively charged black pigments. Electric currents bring one pigment or the other to the surface, creating the different shades, and giving “the driver the ability to express different facets of their personality…and to redefine this each time they sit in their car”, according to the company. The SUV can be colored all one shade or different shades in different parts, and even the wheels can change colors. BMW hasn’t yet announced plans to bring the technology to a production vehicle.
(So much for ever finding your car in a parking lot!)
(They can make a BMW that changes color, but they still haven’t been able to make one with turn signals?)
-CNN

MAKING A RUN FOR YOUR ORDER:
Financial experts say that one of the things you should keep to a minimum when trying to cut expenses is monthly subscriptions. But you’ll make want to make an exception for this: Taco Bell is rolling out what’s possibly the tastiest subscription service anyone has ever come up with: daily tacos. For $10 a month, Taco Bell customers in the US can get one taco per day for 30 consecutive days. The “Taco Lover’s Pass” initially launched in Arizona, is managed through the Taco Bell app. After signing up, the user can order a freebie once per day from a menu of taco options, including the classic crunchy taco, the spicy potato soft taco, and Doritos Locos tacos. I’m no genius, but if you were to use your taco pass each day for a month, each one would cost you about 30 cents. Now, what’s all this stuff I keep hearing about sky-high food prices?
(I have to admit, when I was in college, a taco every day would have been awesome. Now, just the thought is pretty horrifying!)
(One taco per day? Do you suppose they’d still find a way to screw that up in the drive-thru?)
(Taco Bell every day? Wow! Now they’ve got you running both ways!)
-CNN

NEW GOOD NEWS:
➢ An 8-month-old dog saved an injured hiker stranded in the Croatian mountains by laying on top of him for 13 hours to keep him warm until help arrived. The Alaskan malamute, named North, was hiking with Grga Brkic when he fell and was unable to get up. The 2 other hikers with them couldn’t reach them, so they called for help. It took more than 25 first responders over 12 hours to get to the pair, stranded nearly 1,800 metres above sea level. North was uninjured, and Brkic told local media: “This little dog is a real miracle.” (And I tell my pup he’s a good boy when he doesn’t steal my dinner!)
➢ Eleven-year-old Davyon Johnson, saved 2 lives in one day. The 6th-grader from Muskogee OK noticed a schoolmate was choking, ran over to assist. Davyon wants to be an EMT, and has watched videos on the Heimlich maneuver. Using those skills, he was able to dislodge the bottle cap stuck in his schoolmate’s throat. Later, Davyon was driving with his mother when they saw smoke coming from a house. They called 911, and Davyon ran to alert people inside about the fire. An elderly woman using a walker was struggling to get out, and he guided her to safety. Davyon told a reporter: “It was “the right thing to do.”
-WeatherNetwork, TheWeek

GREATEST OPENING LINES TO SONGS:
(***These could also be used as a trivia game…***)
• “Well, it’s one for the money two for the show. Three to get ready now go, cat, go.” — Blue Suede Shoes — Elvis Presley (1956)
• “Hello darkness, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again.” — The Sound of Silence — Simon & Garfunkel (1965)
• “Jeremiah was a bullfrog.” — Joy to the World — Three Dog Night (1970)
• “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me…Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.” — Let it Be — The Beatles (1970)
• “Hey ho, let’s go! Hey ho, let’s go! Hey ho, let’s go! Hey ho, let’s go!” — Blitzkrieg Bop — Ramones (1976)
• “On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair. Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air.” — Hotel California — Eagles (1977)
• “Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk.” — Stayin’ Alive — Bee Gees (1977)
• “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today, to get through this thing called “life.” — Let’s Go Crazy — Prince (1984)
• “Some people call me the space cowboy…Yeah…Some call me the gangster of love. Some people call me Maurice, ‘Cause I speak of the pompatus of love.” — The Joker — Steve Miller Band (1973)
(The rest are here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8trb5n )
-YardBarker

DID YOU KNOW:
(***Caution – content***) According to folklore, you can tell the size of a man’s penis by his foot size. Or by the distance between the stretched thumb and forefinger. But according to Japanese research, a more reliable and scientifically accurate indicator of penis size is . . . the nose.  In a study of 136 men, researchers measured the length of the nose from the mid-point between the eyes, and found that height, weight and all other factors measured are not correlated with penile length, and “This was the only organ that was actually correlated with penile length.”
-MensHealth

BS CHRONOMETER 01.10.22

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Bittersweet Chocolate Day”, the kind you can eat with less guilt because it has less sugar. And unlike milk chocolate or white chocolate, it doesn’t contain any milk solids.
• “Cut Your Energy Costs Day”, a day to help both the environment and your bottom line. So, what’s your best tip? (I removed the light bulb in the fridge…until my wife found out!)
• “Houseplant Appreciation Day”, a day to salute their therapeutic value in lifting your mood and outlook. And if you’re a gardener, they give you an opportunity to play in the dirt until Spring arrives in the seemingly far, far, distant future. (No, thanks. I already take care of a few things that sit around the house all day doing nothing. Teenagers.)
• “Peculiar People Day”, to celebrate the leaders of the strange and unusual, those who refuse to succumb to the world’s idea of what is normal. Which is great until you find out that they mean YOU!  (***A good day to have listeners call in stories about the extraordinary, unusual, strange, odd, uncommon, intriguing, different, abnormal, and quirky people they know***)
• “Save the Eagles Day”, some species of eagles are on the endangered list. But thanks to the work of scientists and the public, although still “protected”, the Bald Eagle was removed from the endangered list in 2007.
• “Oysters Rockefeller Day”, consists of oysters on the half-shell that have been topped with a rich sauce of butter, parsley and other green herbs, and bread crumbs, then baked or broiled. Lemon wedges are the typical garnish. After its invention in 1889, the dish was named after John D. Rockefeller, the then-wealthiest American, for its extreme “richness”.
• “Clean Off Your Desk Day”, an unofficial observance on the 2nd Monday of January, encouraging you to organize your office desk or cubicle. Why bother? It’s said that a clean and organized workspace can ‘inspire a sense of serenity’.  (Plus, it’s good to actually see your desk at least once per year…)

COMING UP . . .
[Tues] Hot Toddy Day
[Tues] Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
[Wed] Kiss a Ginger Day
[Wed] Stick To Your New Year’s Resolution Day
This Week Is…Mocktail Week
This Month Is…Braille Literacy Month

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1945 [77] Rod Stewart, London UK, rock/pop singer (‘Maggie May’, ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?’, Faces-‘Stay With Me’)/Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 1994/awarded CBE and Knight Bachelor by the British monarchy

1948 [74] Donald Fagen, Passaic NJ, classic rock singer (Steely Dan-‘Reeling in the Years’, ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’)/Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 2001

1949 [73] George Forman, Marshall TX, former pro boxer (2-time heavyweight champ/Olympic gold medalist)/cooking grill spokesperson/father of 5 sons…all named George Foreman

1953 [69] Pat Benatar [Andrzejewski], Brooklyn NY, classic rock singer (‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’, ‘We Belong’)/4 consecutive Grammy Awards for ‘Best Female Rock Vocal Performance’ 1980-83

1961 [61] Janet (Gretzky) Jones, Bridgeton MO, movie actress (“A League of Their Own”, “Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach”, married to Wayne Gretzky since 1988, Mom to Paulina Gretzky)

1964 [58] Brad Roberts, Winnipeg MB, alt-rock singer (Crash Test Dummies-‘Superman’s Song’, ‘Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm’)

1978 [44] Brent Smith, Knoxville TN, rock singer-songwriter (Shinedown-‘The Crow & The Butterfly’, ‘Second Chance’)

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1999 [23] “The Sopranos”, starring James Gandolfini as mobster Tony Soprano, debuts on HBO

2009 [13] Singer Fergie marries actor Josh Duhamel in Malibu CA (divorced in 2019)

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2008 [14] Radiohead tops album charts with the physical release of “In Rainbows”, originally sold via the internet for a price chosen by fans

2016 [06] Singer-songwriter, producer, and actor David Bowie dies of liver cancer at age 69 in NYC

TODAY’S SECOND . . .
2018 [04] Amazon president Jeff Bezos becomes the second person worth over $100 billion as his wealth hits $106 billion due to a rise in Amazon’s share price (Bill Gates was first; Bezos current net worth: $202 billion; Elon Musk is #1 at $278 billion)

TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
2008 [14] Tata Motors, India’s largest automaker, unveils the “World’s Cheapest Car”, the Nano (MSRP around $2,000. It was discontinued in 2018)

2010 [12] China surpasses Germany to become the “World’s Largest Exporter” (Germany is now third, US is #2)

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ The average person ‘scrolls’ on their devices about 5 miles (8km) per year.
✓ The world seems quieter right after a snowfall because the blanket of fresh powder absorbs sound, making things seem “calmer.”
✓ Women have a slightly higher average IQ than men.
✓ Onions have no flavor, only a smell.
✓ Goldfish remember better in cold water than warm water.
✓ Technically, freshwater fish is not seafood.
-RandomFactGenerator, QuiteInteresting

BS ALL-PURPOSE BS EXCUSES:
You know, I’d love to but …
• The guy on TV told me to say tuned.
• I’m teaching my ferret to yodel.
• I have to check the freshness dates on my dairy products.
• I changed the lock on my door and now I can’t get out.
• I’m sandblasting my oven.
• My patent is pending.
• I never go out on days that end in ‘Y’.
• I’m trying to be less popular.
• I have to study for a urine test.
• I’m trying to see how long I can go without saying ‘yes’.
–Saviodsilva, first published in BS in 2010

TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ A survey found that the average woman spends $30,000 on her face in a lifetime. (No word how many lifetimes Meg Ryan has lived at this point…)
➠ Scientists say they believe that dogs “absolutely understand” words we say. (Unless those words are: “Don’t,” “Hump,” “The,” “Neighbor’s,” and “Poodle”.
➠ I just read a survey that shows almost 6 in 10 people still use paper lists for their holiday shopping, instead of electronic notes. (Which is probably better, so auto-correct won’t leave parents searching for a Sorry PLANET Station!)
➠ Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge turned 40 yesterday. (She enjoyed some pampering and a little R&R before having to return to her usual daily grind — of pampering and R&R.)
➠ Rod Stewart is 77 today. (So now, when he asks “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?” it’s because he honestly can’t remember…)

BS U-PICK TRIVIA:
• What is the most commonly-used letter in the English language?
a) A
b) O
c) E [CORRECT]
d) Resignation

• Who is the biggest-selling fiction author of all time?
a) Agatha Christie [CORRECT]
b) Stephen King
c) J.K. Rowling
d) Richard Scarry

• From which country does LEGO originate?
a) Sweden
b) USA
c) Denmark [CORRECT]
d) Democratic Republic of the Lego
-Joe

BS WEB GOODIE:
It’s Monday . . . I feel his pain:  https://tinyurl.com/y5r5epan

BS RANDOM JOKE:
I won’t be impressed with technology until I can download food.

BS PHONE STARTER:
What single item that you don’t currently possess would you most like to have in your home?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  Women find men who have THIS to be 2½ times more attractive than men who don’t. What is it?
Answer:  Manicured nails

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Try, and fail, but don’t fail to try.