6/2/25 - Words, TV Shows, and What's Up For June?

Monday 6/2/25

Celebrate:

American Indian Citizenship Day

I Love My Dentist Day

National "Thank God It's Monday" Day

National Bubba Day

National Leave the Office Early Day

National Rocky Road Day

National Rotisserie Chicken Day

Yell "Fudge" at the Cobras in North America Day - As everyone knows, Cobras hate fudge, and the mere mention of the word gets snakes to gag and slither away. On this day, people from North America go outside, point themselves south, and yell "fudge" at noon local time. Could it be that this ritual keeps Cobras from living in North America? (Have you ever seen one here?)

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1. Lilo & Stitch $63.0M

2. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning $27.3M

3. Karate Kid: Legends $21.0M

4. Final Destination: Bloodlines $10.8M

5. Bring Her Back $7.1M

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The Scripps National Spelling Bee was held last week, and WordUnscrambler

looked at internet search data to put out a list of the most problematic words for Americans to spell . . . words that were associated with phrases like, "How do you spell," or "How to spell."

here are America's 10 most misspelled words:

1.  Definitely

2.  Separate

3.  Necessary

4.  Believe

5.  Through

6.  Gorgeous

7.  Neighbor

8.  Business

9.  Favorite

10.  Restaurant

The most challenging word's

New York . . . Different

Pennsylvania . . . Scissors

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Most of the TV networks are no in their summer mode.

The 100 most-watched shows of the 2024 - '25 season.  Here are the Top 15:

1.  "Squid Game"  (Netflix),  27.1 million viewers

2.  "Adolescence"  (Netflix),  19 million viewers

3.  "Tracker"  (CBS),  17.4 million viewers

4.  "Reacher"  (Prime Video),  17.3 million viewers

5.  "High Potential"  (ABC),  16.1 million viewers

6.  "Matlock"  (CBS),  16 million viewers

7.  "Landman"  (Paramount+),  15.8 million viewers

8.  (tie)  "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" and "Zero Day"  (Both Netflix),  15.7 million viewers.

10.  "Nobody Wants This"  (Netflix),  15.2 million viewers

11.  "The Night Agent"  (Netflix),  14.8 million viewers

12.  "American Primeval"  (Netflix),  13.8 million viewers

13.  "Running Point"  (Netflix),  13.1 million viewers

14.  "The Residence"  (Netflix),  12.8 million viewers

15.  "Man on the Inside"  (Netflix),  12.4 million viewers

See the full list from Variety.

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June (I'm thinking April) has started.

Pride Month, Fathers Day is the 15th, Summer starts on the 20th.

Here's what to look forward to.

In sports:  The Stanley Cup Finals start Wednesday, and the NBA Finals get going on Thursday. In tennis, the French Open runs through June 8th, and golf's U.S. Open is June 12th through the 15th.

A ton of movies are hitting theaters:  The "John Wick" spinoff "Ballerina" comes out Friday. The live-action remake of "How to Train Your Dragon" will be released June 13th. Pixar's "Elio" comes out June 20th. The Brad Pitt racing movie "F1" hits theaters June 27th. 

And if you're a fan of horror, a couple of sequels should be on your radar: "28 Years Later" on June 20th, and "M3GAN 2.0" on June 27th.

On TV: "Duck Dynasty: The Revival" premiered on A&E last night.

"Love Island USA" returns to Peacock on Tuesday. Season 3 of "Ginny & Georgia" hits Netflix next Thursday. Season 2 of "America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders" is also back on Netflix June 18th. "The Bear" returns to Hulu on June 25th, and the third and final season of "Squid Game" premieres on Netflix on June 27th.

Awards shows, "The 78th Tony Awards" on June 8th, "The BET Awards" on June 9th, and "The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards" on June 21st.

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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - FedEx almost went under back in the '70s in their early years . . . they only had $5,000 in the bank and needed to pay off $24,000.  They're still around because the founder took the last $5,000 to Vegas, gambled it on blackjack, and won $27,000.

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