Tuesday 9/26/23
Celebrate:
Human Resource Professional Day
Johnny Appleseed Day
Lumberjack Day
National Better Breakfast Day
National Compliance Officer Day
National Dumpling Day
National Situational Awareness Day
Shamu the Whale Day
The Last of Us Day - The video Game (turned TV show) today is when the outbreak reached its crisis point. It used to be called Outbreak Day..until Covid-19 happened.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Writers Guild of America and the labor group representing studios and streamers have reached a tentative deal on a new contract.
The three-year contract agreement — settled on after five marathon days of renewed talks by WGA and AMPTP negotiators that was joined at times by studio executives — must be approved by the guild's board and members before the strike officially ends.
146 Days..almost the longest.
There is no deal yet in the works for striking actors.
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Veteran actor David McCallum, most famous for playing medical examiner Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard on the hit TV show "NCIS has died at the age of 90.
David appeared in more than 400 episodes of "NCIS" on CBS and he was also known for his work on the 1960s TV show "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." earning nominations for Emmys and Golden Globes.
In addition to his work in TV, David also landed roles in movies including "The Great Escape," "A Night to Remember," "Mosquito Squadron," "Freud," and "The Greatest Story Ever Told."
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Hot dog! A great national outrage is coming to an end: Oscar Mayer has agreed to begin calling its giant hot dog car the Wienermobile once again. It tried shifting the national vernacular to embrace the Frankmobile as it got started on the summer tour, but it looks like it didn't take. So if you see the unmistakable ride rolling down your street any time soon, feel free to call it by its given name.
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Football news from yesterday. Besides Taylor Swift cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs (rumored to be dating Travis Kelce), The Miami Dolphins scored the most points in a game by an NFL team since 1966 and are just the fourth team to score 70 or more points in a game (regular season and playoffs). They beat the Broncos who scored just 20.
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If you've been handing out macaroni and pickles on Halloween, you're definitely the weird one on your block. But a little less so now . . .
Kraft Heinz is selling CANDY versions of three of its most popular products for Halloween: Kraft Macaroni & Cheese . . . Oscar Mayer hot dogs . . . and Claussen pickles.
They don't taste like the real products, they're just gummy candy shaped like them. The pickles and hot dogs are smaller than normal.
Those two are new, apparently. But they've been selling the mac-and-cheese candy on Amazon since last year.
Variety packs with all three are hitting stores nationwide for Halloween, including Target, Walgreens, Family Dollar, and Dollar General.
Walmart and Amazon have boxes of just the mac-and-cheese version.
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Just when you thought dating shows had figured out every premise and every gimmick, we get this: "Naked Attraction" a British show where people choose a mate based on their NAKED BODIES.
You can now watch it on Max. Here's how it works:
In each episode, one person has six potential dates to choose from. Those dates are completely naked, and are revealed one body part at a time. Their FACES are revealed LAST.
As body parts are revealed, the "chooser" is eliminating potential dates until only two remain. Then the chooser gets naked, and they offer THEIR critiques. Once a match is made, the couple goes on a date . . . with their clothes on.
It all sounds pretty horrible, but people will watch it, if only for the disclaimer before each episode that says, quote, "The following series . . . contains full frontal nudity, coarse language, and graphic discussions about the human body."
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - The word "sheriff" is a combination of two Old English words: "shire" and "reeve." A "reeve" was a person who was responsible for keeping things peaceful in the shire.
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