Friday, November 6, 2020 — Edition: #6845
Here, Have Another Sheetload!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Harry Styles, Florence Pugh and Chris Pine have all been forced into isolation after a positive COVID-19 test on the set of their new movie “Don’t Worry Darling”. Shooting in Los Angeles was interrupted on Wednesday when a member of the production who wasn’t “a member of the principal cast tested positive for the coronavirus”. No one else has tested positive at this point, but work on the film will halt for about 14 days, with everyone who worked on the movie placed into immediate isolation as per Los Angeles’ COVID-19 guidelines. Production is expected to resume as soon as the quarantine period ends.
-Canoe
★ The three greatest “Jeopardy” players are coming together again. James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings, and Brad Rutter will star in ABC’s “The Chase”, a new quiz show pitting contestants against the Jeopardy greats in a fast-paced trivia contest. The trio will take turns serving as the ‘Chaser’, the show’s resident quiz genius, who attempts to stop contestants from winning cash prizes. Each hourlong episode, hosted by The View’s Sara Haines, will see three competitors attempting to answer up to 166 questions across all topics. No premiere date has been set.
-MSN
★ Hilarie Burton will be appearing as a guest star on “The Walking Dead”, joining her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan on the AMC series. Burton will appear as ‘Lucille’, the wife of Morgan’s character, Negan, in one of season 10’s bonus episodes. Morgan has played Negan on The Walking Dead since 2016. The couple have been together for over 10 years and wed last October.
-MSN
★ Episodes of “The Crown” depicting Princess Diana’s battle with bulimia will air with a warning to viewers. The new season of the royal drama sees the late ex-wife of Prince Charles develop the eating disorder after the pair become engaged. As her marriage to the heir to the throne crumbles, Diana, played by Emma Corrin, is seen violently vomiting into a toilet on multiple occasions.
-Canoe
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Charlie Hunnam, Why Don’t We
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Milo Ventimiglia, Marc Maron, Oneohtrix Point Never
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): “The Late Show” Showtime Election Night Special, featuring Alex Wagner, John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Charlamagne Tha God, Jena Friedman, Maz Jobrani, Arcade Fire (R)
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Bette Midler, Bryan Washington (R)
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Henry Golding, Ella Mai
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Day of Hot Topics
• “The Talk” (CBS): Scott Bakula, Chelsea Field, Dr. Ian Smith
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Diane Lane, Brian Kelly
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Lily Tomlin, Chelsea Handler
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Fortune Feimster, Sara Bareilles, Guy Fieri
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Winnie Harlow, Justin Baldoni, Laura Sobiech
• “The Christmas Yule Blog” (LIFETIME): Travel writer Caroline Williams is sent to New Mexico on assignment where she meets a high school teacher, who introduces her to another side of Christmas.
SATURDAY-
• “2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony” (HBO): Rescheduled from May. Inductees include Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G., and T-Rex; guests include Dave Grohl, Don Henley, Luke Bryan, Diddy, Miley Cyrus, Gwen Stefani, and Bruce Springsteen
• “Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater” (HALLMARK): A single mom faces Christmas alone until a stranger crashes into her life and becomes an unexpected houseguest.
• “Saturday Night Live: (NBC): Host Dave Chappelle with musical guest Foo Fighters
SUNDAY-
• “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS): Season 12 premiere
• “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS): Season 7 premiere
• “Moonbase 8” (SHOWTIME): Premiere. Stationed at NASA’s Moon Base Simulator in Winslow, AZ, 3 astronauts — and one football champion — attempt to qualify for their first lunar mission; faced with a water shortage, the team comes up with an unorthodox solution.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Kayne West – While he did concede the US election on Wednesday morning, it appears he’ll be back in 2024. In a now-deleted tweet, he wrote, “WELP KANYE 2024.” Reports say he amassed 60,000 votes in 12 states.
• Lana Del Rey – has announced a cover album of standards and classics in time for Christmas – and that her planned album “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” has been delayed because of a manufacturing pause due to the pandemic.
• Arcade Fire – They debuted the new song ‘Generation A’ during their appearance on Stephen Colbert’s US election special on Tuesday. The group had been encouraging American fans to vote by sharing their election day playlist as part of the #JoyToThePolls campaign.
• The Offspring – have shared their first-ever holiday single, a cover of Darlene Love’s ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’. It will be available on a limited-edition, holiday red seven-inch vinyl. Singer Dexter Holland said: “When the idea came up to do a Christmas song, we jumped at the chance to record that one…and tried not to wreck it!”
• INXS – A musical about the band is in the works in their native Australia. They’ve joined forces with producer Michael Cassel, the man behind “The Lion King” and “Hamilton” stage shows Down Under, “to create a new theatrical story, using an extraordinary catalogue” of music.
• Foo Fighters — The group, who have just been announced as the musical guest on this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live”, teased new music early Thursday morning. The instrumental snippet is accompanied by the hashtag #LPX, a seeming reference to their upcoming 10th studio album.
• Devin Dawson — The ‘All on Me’ singer will release his new EP “Pink Slip” on Jan. 15. The 6-song project features his new tune ‘Range Rover’, plus his previous single ‘I Got a Truck’.
• Miranda Lambert – guests on Collin Raye’s upcoming album “Scars” (out Nov. 15), his first collection of original material in more than 10 years. Lambert duets with Raye on the title track, which is out now. The song was co-written by Raye’s brother, Scotty Wray, who happens to be Lambert’s guitarist.
• Tim McGraw — took the stage during the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s fundraiser “Big Night (At the Museum)” last week, covering the late Keith Whitley’s ‘Don’t Close Your Eyes’. He performed sitting in front of a section of the museum dedicated to Whitley, who died in 1989.
INVENTION EXPLORATION:
A survey has found that electrical power, telephones and vaccinations are the greatest things man has ever created. But unfortunately, the same poll found that a startlingly large percentage of people can’t tell you who invented them. The survey of 2,000 adults in the UK also found the internet, television, computers, cars and airplanes in the list of top-10 best inventions. While the lightbulb finished #4, 20% couldn’t name Thomas Edison as its inventor. One in 5 didn’t know the Wright brothers created the first successful airplane, and one in 6 failed to name Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone. Over half incorrectly named Henry Ford as the person who conceived the automobile. The survey, commissioned by Thomas & Friends, found that Bell is considered the most iconic British inventor. The mastermind behind the telephone finished ahead of Edward Jenner, creator of vaccinations, and Tim Berners-Lee, designer of the first world wide web.
Here are what Brits consider the top discoveries and inventions of all-time:
1. Electricity
2. Telephone
3. Vaccination
4. Lightbulb
5. The internet
6. Television
7. Computer
8. Car
9. Anesthesia
10. Airplane
11. Radio
(Bell MUST be important – because Canadians and Americans claim him for their countries too!)
(Sure, the Wright brothers made the first plane that could fly, but who made the first that COULDN’T? The Wrong brothers, of course!)
(And of course, Edison’s invention of the light bulb comes with a Barry Bonds-sized asterisk!)
-StudyFinds
NEWS OF THE WEIRD:
➢ A store in Brazil has caused outrage after an employee who died was covered with umbrellas so the store could remain open. Manoel Cavalcante suffered a heart attack during his shift at the Carrefour supermarket. Instead of closing the store, his fellow staff members placed three large umbrellas and several boxes around his body to ensure it couldn’t be seen. Unsuspecting customers carried on as usual, assuming the boxes and umbrellas were concealing a spill or a future display, until the morgue was able to retrieve the body more than 4 hours later. Following an online backlash, the store issued an apology. (And put the “slightly used” umbrellas on sale…)
➢ Chinese technology company Kuaishou has sparked controversy on social media after videos of digital timers over employee toilet stalls went viral. They showed digital timers hanging over each cubicle and sensors installed on the cubicle doors to trigger the timers. Social media users slammed the company for monitoring and timing its workers’ time in the toilet to increase productivity and profits. Kuaishou’s explanation? It claims the timers aren’t meant to limit employees’ toilet usage, but rather a solution to a “serious” toilet shortage problem. (Better to have timers than cameras, I guess…)
➢ A woman claims she spent thousands of dollars treating her dog’s stinky gas emissions, only to discover her husband was actually to blame. According to her, the problem started one night during dinner when she “smelled something really disgusting”. Her husband agreed, making a face in reaction. She says over the next week, the smell returned again and again, and she tried to hide it with candles and incense, but nothing helped. Finally, she took the dog to the vet, who suggested changing the dog’s diet. She did, but the stink continued. The vet ordered a series of expensive tests, which showed the dog was fine. The woman said that five weeks later, when she had a ‘full on meltdown’, her husband came clean. Now he’s the one who has been seeing the doctor. (And living in the dog house…)
-Unilad, OddityCentral, LADBible
DID YOU KNOW?
One weird sign of stress is an itch that can’t be relieved with scratching. Stress activates nerve signals that can be misinterpreted by the brain as itching.
-Prevention
BS CHRONOMETER 11.06.20
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1946 [74] Sally Field (Mahoney), Pasadena CA, movie actress (“The Amazing Spider-Man” films, “Forest Gump”)
1946 [74] Fred Penner, Winnipeg MB, children’s entertainer (‘The Cat Came Back’)/TV host (“Fred Penner’s Place” 1985-97)
1970 [50] Ethan Hawke, Austin TX, movie actor (“Boyhood”, “Training Day”)
1972 [48] Rebecca Romijn, Berkeley CA, movie actress (“X-Men” franchise, “Femme Fatale”)/TV actress (“Ugly Betty” 2007-08)
1972 [48] Thandie Newton, (***Pron: The ‘h’ is silent. TAN-dee.***) London England, movie actress (“Crash”, “Mission Impossible II”)
1974 [46] Zoe McLellan, La Jolla CA, TV actress (‘Meredith Brody’ on “NCIS: New Orleans” 2014-16)
1978 [42] Taryn Manning, Tucson AZ, movie actress (“8 Mile”, “Orange is the New Black” 2013-19)
1984 [36] Patina Miller, Pageland SC, TV actress (‘Daisy Grant’ on “Madam Secretary” 2014-19)
1988 [32] Emma Stone, Scottsdale AZ, movie actress (“La La Land”, “The Amazing Spider-Man” films) COMING UP…“Cruella” 2021
SATURDAY- Joni Mitchell (‘Big Yellow Taxi’) is 77; Christopher Knight (“The Brady Bunch”) is 63; Tommy Thayer (KISS) is 60; Music producer David Guetta is 53; Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me”) is 50; Zach Myers (Shinedown) is 37, Adam Devine (“Pitch Perfect”) is 36; Lorde (‘Royals’) is 24
SUNDAY- Bonnie Raitt (‘Something to Talk About’) is 71; Mary Hart (“Entertainment Tonight”) is 70; Gordon Ramsay (“Hell’s Kitchen”) is 54; Parker Posey (“Parks and Recreation”) is 52; Gretchen Mol (“Boardwalk Empire”) is 48; Tara Reid (“Sharknado”) is 45; Chris Rankin (“Harry Potter” films) is 37; Lauren Alaina (‘Getting Good’) is 26
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Halfway Point of Autumn”, with 45 days elapsed and 45 more remaining until the Winter Solstice on December 21st. (Or 33 more leaf rakings…)
• “Basketball Day”, honoring the game invented in 1891 by Canadian-American James Naismith as a YMCA pastime, which evolved into big biz where players get a bazillion bucks a bucket. Naismith was born on this date in 1861. BS FUN FACT: Naismith also invented the football helmet.
• “National Nachos Day”, They were first created circa 1943 by Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Anaya while working at a restaurant called the ‘Victory Club’ in Piedras Negras, Mexico. The original nachos consisted of fried tortilla chips covered with melted cheese and jalapeño peppers. (***And just try to get through this bit without making a ‘Nacho cheese’ pun!***)
• “Saxophone Day”, commemorating the 1814 birth of Belgium’s Adolphe Sax, inventor of the musical instrument named for him. He became wealthy inventing numerous musical instruments, but died in poverty in Paris in 1894. (What is your favorite song featuring a sax?)
• “Marooned Without a Compass Day”, we can only imagine that this day came from the question most people will be asked at least once in their life: “If you were lost on a desert island, what would you want with you?” This question has numerous variations, you can only select one item, you can select three items, or perhaps one person.
• “International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War & Armed Conflict”, a UN observance since 2001
SATURDAY-
• “Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day”, celebrating a particular combination of flavors – dark, bitter chocolate and toasted almonds. This is one of the oldest recipes involving chocolate in the English-speaking world. (Hey, chocolate with ‘whatever’ works for me!)
• “Notary Public Day”, initiated in 1975 to honor the officers who ‘administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents, and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction-to-jurisdiction’. (Almost as exciting as “Accountants Day”)
• “Hug A Bear Day”, it isn’t about the big fuzzy beasts that roam the forests munching on nuts and berries. Hugging one of those could in fact lead to a very BAD Day. Hug A Bear Day is about our loyal, trusty, fuzzy, stuffed Teddy Bear.
• “Little League Girls Day”, in honor of New Jersey’s brave foray in equal opportunity sports for tomboys in 1973, when that state became the first to allow girls to play Little League baseball.
• “Book Lovers Day”, honoring all the bookworms and book lovers in your life. If you’re a book lover yourself, treat yourself to some quality reading time.
SUNDAY-
• “Abet & Aid Punsters Day”, a day to make up incredibly bad puns, as proclaimed by the group Punsters Unlimited. The Most PUNderful Story We Could Find:
“Did you hear about the Italian chef that died? He pasta way. We cannelloni do so much. His legacy will become a pizza history. Here today, gone tomato. How sad that he ran out of thyme. Sending olive my prayers to the family. His wife is really upset. Cheese still not over it. You never sausage a tragic thing.”
• “Cappuccino Day”, a good excuse to treat yourself to a kick of caffeine. Cappuccino was created in Italy in the 1600s. The name comes from an Italian order of monks known as the Catholic Capuchins. It’s prepared with espresso, hot milk, and a cap of foam.
• “Cook Something Bold & Pungent Day”, a day to offset the coming chills of Winter. What’s the most pungent thing you can cook? Cabbage rolls? Fish? Lamb? Garlic? Onions? (Whatever it is that Karen heats up in the office microwave 3 times a week?)
• “Parents as Teachers Day”, Check out any kid who’s constantly scoring an ‘A’ and you’ll likely find that kid gets a lot of help at home (or his parent IS a teacher!)
• “X-ray Day”, in 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923) became the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields, most of all medicine, by making the invisible visible.
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2001 [19] The hit TV series “24″, starring Keifer Sutherland, debuts
2018 [02] British actor Idris Elba is named “People” magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1970 [50] Aerosmith perform their first-ever gig, at a Mendon, Massachusetts high school. They go on to become the best-selling American rock band of all time, selling over 150 million albums worldwide.
2008 [12] Thanks to internet voting, Rick Astley wins ‘Best Act Ever’ at the MTV Europe Music Awards. The show’s producer was quoted as saying: “We’ve been well and truly Rickrolled.”
TODAY IN SPORTS . . .
1995 [25] NFL’s Cleveland Browns relocate to Baltimore and become the Ravens (The Browns would return as an expansion team in 1999)
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2010 [10] Swiebodzin, Poland announces that the world’s biggest statue of Jesus, called ‘Christ the King’, is completed (33 meters/108 feet)
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out, it would measure 87 feet (26.5m).
✓ The International Space Station is the most expensive object ever built, at US$150 billion.
✓ Recycling one ton of paper saves 682.5 gallons of oil, 7,000 gallons of water and 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
✓ People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar.
✓ The oldest “your Mom” joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old tablet.
✓ The top flatulence-producing foods, in order, are: beans, corn, bell peppers, cauliflower, cabbage and milk.
-TheFactSite, FactSlides
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TODAY’S SLICE OF BS:
➠ (***Confirm still accurate***) A couple states are still counting presidential ballots. This is taking FOREVER!!! Could the Russian Hackers hurry this process up, please?)
➠ Nelly has released a new country-rap single called ‘Lil Bit’, with Florida Georgia Line. (It’s about how much you want to shoot the radio after learning Nelly has released a new country-rap song…)
➠ A report claims that almost all grocery ground meat contains traces of fecal matter. (You can read the full report in the latest “Stuff in the News that Makes Vegans Even More Insufferable” magazine…)
➠ I just read that listening to music, especially instrumentals, can release the same hormones as having intercourse. (That’s why I always stop for ‘A little Sax’ in the afternoon…)
➠ (***Caution***) A TV expert claimed that businesses can create a happy office environment by encouraging employees to have broad interests. (I don’t buy it. I showed interest in some broads here at work, and got written up by HR…)
BS WEB GOODIE:
Come back, it’s the weekend: https://tinyurl.com/yyr7acmp
BS PHONE STARTER:
What childish thing do you still enjoy?
BS RANDOM JOKE:
Today, I’m doing nothing because I started doing it yesterday and I wasn’t finished. I’m no quitter.
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: In a survey of adults, THIS was the #1 thing people said they notice when they arrive at someone’s house unannounced. What is it?
Answer: The smell
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Every now and then it’s good to stop climbing and appreciate the view from right where you are.