5/4/26 - May The 4th Be With You! Most Rewatched Movies, and The Kentucky Derby!

Monday 5/4/26

Star Wars Day - May the Fourth Be With You!

The sound designer for the original films, Ben Burtt, didn't use synthesizers. He used "organic" sounds that listeners hear every day:

The Lightsaber: The iconic hum is a combination of the idling motor of an old movie projector and the interference caused by a broken microphone cable being brought near a TV set.

Vader’s Breathing: Burtt recorded himself breathing through a Dacor scuba regulator.

Chewbacca’s Voice: The Wookiee "roar" is a blend of bears, walruses, lions, and badgers. Designers spent weeks recording animals that were angry, hungry, or just sleepy to get the range of "shy" to "warrior."

TIE Fighters: As mentioned, that scream is a mix of an elephant's call and a car driving on a wet road.

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Celebrate:

Anti-Bullying Day

Bird Day

Great Lakes Awareness Day

International Firefighters' Day

International Respect for Chickens Day

K.I.N.D Day (Kids in Need of Diapers Day)

Melanoma Monday

National Candied Orange Peel Day

National Kids Fitness Day

National Meeting Planners Appreciation Day

National Orange Juice Day

National Weather Observers Day

Petite and Proud Day

Renewal Day

World Give Day

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Weekend Box Office

Variety's headline says The Devil Wears Prada 2 Dazzles with $77 Million US debut.

2. Michael  $54.0M

3. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie $12.1M

4. Project Hail Mary $8.6M

5. Hokum $6.4M

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The 52nd Kentucky Derby was held over the weekend, and what a race!!!

Golden Tempo was the spectacular winner!!! Long shot with 23-1 odds and came from dead last to win!

Renegade, the favorite, lost by a nose.

Ocelli had 70-1 odds

Chief Wallabee 7-1 odds

Prior to Saturday’s running, only 17 female trainers had ever had a horse reach the Derby, and now one has won! 

When asked about the story of this Kentucky Derby being about her becoming the first woman ever to win the Run for the Roses, Cherie DeVaux responded, “I'm just glad I don't have to answer that question anymore.”

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Turner Classic Movies is out with their Most Rewatched Movies in the US list.

1. Wizard of Oz - 85% lifetime repeat viewership

2. A Christmas Story - 50 Million Plus annual holiday rewatches

3. Star Wars Episode IV - 80%franchise fan repeat rate

4. It's a Wonderful Life - 45 Million plus annual broadcast viewers

5. The Princess Bride - 75% high rewatch intent

6. Forrest Gump 70% cable rerun retention rate

7. Home Alone - 40 Million annual seasonal streams

8. Back to the Future - 68% high rewatch intent

9. The Shawshank Redemption - 65% frequent cable rerun viewers

10. Jurassic Park - 60% frequent streaming repeat rate.

11. The Lion King (1994)

12. Die Hard

13. Ghostbusters (1984)

14. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone

15. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship

16. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

17. Jaws

18. Raiders of the Lost Ark

19. Groundhog Day

20. Shrek

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In England, over 100 guests had to be evacuated from a hotel when the smoke alarms started going off. Three fire engines responded, but they couldn’t find any fire or any smoke. After a short investigation, a spokesman for the fire and rescue service explained that the culprit was someone’s deodorant: one of the guests was over-exuberant with his body spray, and set off the smoke alarms. (probably a teen)

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The average adult starts to feel stressed if they are just seven minutes late for a social event or meeting. A survey of 2,000 adults believe “early is on time,” with one quarter admitting they are “obsessed” with time keeping. 

In the survey, anything past eight minutes is classified as “late,” and 67 percent plan ahead to ensure they are never running behind schedule. 46 percent swear by being early, with a quarter believing no amount of time is acceptable to be late.

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