May 29th Madness

6 1 26 Facelifts, Ferraris & Fitted Sheet Fights

Show Title “Facelifts, Ferraris & Fitted Sheet Fights” Show Notes It’s Monday, June 1, 2026, and DaWack in da Morning kicks off the month with holidays, history, music, celebrity birthdays, showbiz buzz, stupid facts, and horoscopes that should probably come with a warning label. This episode celebrates everything from National Say Something Nice Day and National Game Show Day to Go Barefoot Day, Dinosaur Day, Flip a Coin Day, and the official start of Atlantic Hurricane Season — because apparently June wanted to arrive wearing flip-flops and carrying a weather emergency kit. On the birthday list: Morgan Freeman, Heidi Klum, Alanis Morissette, Tom Holland, Pat Boone, Ronnie Wood, and more — including a reminder that Spider-Man is now old enough to complain about back pain. The show also takes a ride through This Day in History, featuring Anne Boleyn getting crowned, Boston Harbor getting grounded by the British, CNN launching 24-hour news, GM filing for bankruptcy, and the Universal Studios fire wiping out a shocking amount of music history. Then it’s over to This Day in Music, where Dolly Parton heads to Nashville, The Rolling Stones hit America, The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s, David Bowie enters the chat, and the Eagles tell everybody to take it easy. In the Show Biz Buzz, Zack digs into Jeff Probst talking reality TV betting spoilers, Rosie O’Donnell’s pricey facelift, the huge launch of Dutton Ranch, Ninja Warrior heading toward the Olympics, and Jennie Garth needing hypnosis to survive Dancing with the Stars nerves. Then it’s time for Shooting the Bull, featuring a study that says going back to work after a holiday may literally be bad for your heart, New Yorkers combining chess with boxing because apparently one stressful hobby wasn’t enough, modern singles refusing to date outside a 30-minute drive, Guy Fieri giving burger tips like he’s launching a meat-based space mission, and Ferrari unveiling an electric family car for people whose grocery getter costs more than a house. Plus: whack facts, lawn-mowing warning signs, weird camping items, and DaWack’s hilarious June 1 horoscopes, where Gemini enters a group chat with itself, Leo demands a parade, Virgo loses a war with the junk drawer, and Aries gets defeated by a fitted sheet. Episode Highlights * June 1 holidays and observances, DaWack style * Celebrity birthdays and notable deaths * This Day in History: June 1 * This Day in Music History: June 1 * Show Biz Buzz * Back-to-work heart stress study * Chess boxing in New York * Dating’s new 30-minute commute rule * Ferrari’s first electric family car *  Whack Facts * Signs it’s time to mow your lawn * Odd things to take camping * Horriblescopes for Monday, June 1, 2026 Suggested Episode Description June starts with bare feet, burgers, bad decisions, and a whole lot of DaWack. Zack Da Wack runs through the holidays, birthdays, history, music history, showbiz buzz, stupid facts, weird news, and horoscopes for Monday, June 1, 2026. From Dolly Parton heading to Nashville to chess boxing in Brooklyn, Ferrari making a $640,000 electric family car, and horoscopes that roast every sign equally — this episode is packed tighter than Guy Fieri’s burger dome.   wack@zackdawack.com

May 29th Madness

In This Episode Holidays & Observances for May 29 Zack runs through the day’s strange and wonderful holidays, including: * International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers * National Biscuit Day * Paper Clip Day * Learn About Composting Day * National Coq Au Vin Day * Pink Flamingo Day * Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day * World Digestive Health Day * End of the Middle Ages Day * European Neighbors’ Day Because nothing says “end of May” like biscuits, paper clips, digestive health, and a flamingo with refrigerator anxiety. Celebrity Birthdays A May 29 birthday salute to famous folks including: * John F. Kennedy * Bob Hope * Patrick Henry * Rebbie Jackson * Danny Elfman * La Toya Jackson * Annette Bening * Melissa Etheridge * Noel Gallagher * Laverne Cox * Mel B * Carmelo Anthony * Riley Keough * Paul Skenes From presidents and comedy legends to rock stars, actors, athletes, and one guy who wrote the spooky sounds living rent-free in your brain. Celebrity & Notable Deaths A respectful but DaWack-flavored look back at notable figures who passed away on May 29, including: * Jeff Buckley * Harvey Korman * Dennis Hopper * Betsy Palmer * Manuel Noriega * Gavin MacLeod * B. J. Thomas A mix of music legends, comedy greats, TV icons, movie rebels, and complicated historical figures. This Day in History — May 29 Zack looks back at major moments from May 29, including: * The fall of Constantinople in 1453 * Rhode Island becoming the 13th U.S. state * Wisconsin becoming the 30th U.S. state * The sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland * Einstein’s theory of relativity being tested during a solar eclipse * Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reaching the summit of Mount Everest * Tom Bradley being elected mayor of Los Angeles * Space Shuttle Discovery docking with the International Space Station * The dedication of the National World War II Memorial * Danica Patrick making Indy 500 history * Laverne Cox appearing on the cover of TIME magazine History proves once again that every date on the calendar has receipts. This Day in Music The May 29 music history rundown includes: * Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring causing a riot * Bing Crosby recording “White Christmas” * Chubby Checker’s “Let’s Twist Again” winning a Grammy * The Beach Boys hitting No. 1 with “Help Me, Rhonda” * Paul McCartney topping the album chart with Tug of War * Phil Spector being sentenced * The passing of Doc Watson * John Lennon’s 12-string guitar selling for $2.9 million Music history: where one day you’re twisting again, and the next day somebody is selling a guitar for the price of a small island. Movies Released on May 29 A look at movies released on this date through the years, including: * A Raisin in the Sun * Hud * Sister Act * Up * San Andreas * Backrooms * The Breadwinner * Power Ballad From serious cinema to Whoopi in a convent, Pixar heartbreak, and The Rock versus geology. Albums Released on May 29 The episode also looks back at albums released on May 29, including: * Tina Turner — Private Dancer * Pink Floyd — Pulse * Lady Gaga — Chromatica * Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — Alfredo * Kygo — Golden Hour A date that gave us comeback albums, live classics, lockdown dance-pop, and records that made playlists work overtime. New Music for May 29, 2026 Zack previews scheduled new music releases for May 29, 2026, including pop, rock, classic-rock-adjacent, country, hip-hop, and alternative releases. Featured names include: * Paul McCartney * Willie Nelson * Dogstar * Kurt Vile * Young M.A. * Kip Moore * Freya Ridings * Shinedown * The Who * Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts * All Them Witches * Turnover * Guided by Voices New Music Friday: because your playlist was getting bored and your earbuds were about to unionize. Stupid News This week’s stupid news brings the usual buffet of humanity’s finest questionable decisions, including: * A frog found inside a sealed bag of lettuce * Rome’s “sexy priest” calendar not actually featuring real priests * A French Open bathroom emergency * Michigan seniors arriving at school on tractors * A New Jersey bear ringing a doorbell * Dogs taking over Cannes with the Palm Dog award Proof once again that the news isn’t getting dumber — it’s just finally being honest. Horrible-Scopes Zack wraps things up with hilarious satire horoscopes for Friday, May 29, 2026, featuring bad decisions, emotional weather patterns, self-checkout machine fights, snack protection, dishwasher crimes, and enough zodiac nonsense to make the stars file a complaint. Episode Vibe This episode is a full DaWack buffet: weird holidays, celebrity birthdays, music history, movie releases, classic rock, pop releases, dumb news, and horoscopes that should not be used for actual life guidance unless your life coach is a raccoon in sunglasses. Keywords / Tags DaWack in da Morning, Zack Da Wack, May 29 2026, comedy podcast, funny podcast, stupid news, weird news, celebrity birthdays, This Day in History, This Day in Music, music releases, classic rock, Top 40, movie history, satire horoscopes, podcast comedy, Atlanta podcast, funny radio show, National Biscuit Day, Pink Flamingo Day, Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Shinedown, Dogstar, Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Lady Gaga

DaWack In Da Morning 5 15 26 Chocolate Chips, Flying Mickey & Elf Ears: The May 15th Madness Episode

Show Title “Chocolate Chips, Flying Mickey & Elf Ears: The May 15th Madness Episode” Show Notes On this episode of DaWack in da Morning, Zack Da Wack fires up the May 15th weirdness machine with holidays, birthdays, history, music, showbiz buzz, stupid science, and enough oddball facts to make your coffee question its life choices. We celebrate National Chocolate Chip Day, National Pizza Party Day, Bring Flowers to Someone Day, National NASCAR Day, Work From Home Day, Dinosaur Day, and a few serious observances including Peace Officers Memorial Day, Endangered Species Day, and awareness days for HG, MPS, and Kangaroo Care. Then it’s the May 15 birthday roll call featuring L. Frank Baum, Madeleine Albright, Trini Lopez, Chazz Palminteri, George Brett, Dan Patrick, Emmitt Smith, Ray Lewis, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Birdy, and more — all getting the DaWack-style treatment. In This Day in History, Cape Cod gets the most obvious name ever, John Adams sends the federal government to Washington, Lincoln creates the Department of Agriculture, Standard Oil gets busted up, Mickey and Minnie take off in Plane Crazy, McDonald’s starts as barbecue, Sputnik 3 launches, and California makes same-sex marriage history. In This Day in Music, Elvis has a dental disaster, Bob Dylan hits the Top 40, The Byrds bring folk rock to the charts, CSNY tops the album chart, McCartney and Stevie Wonder go No. 1 with “Ebony and Ivory,” Asia goes full arena-dragon, Aerosmith gets a grip, and Blur takes a walk through Parklife. Plus: showbiz buzz on Stephen Colbert’s final Late Show, Martin Short’s new Netflix documentary, Dave Coulier’s health update, Stanley Pup, Shakira’s World Cup music return, Dua Lipa suing Samsung, Billie Eilish in 3D, Red Hot Chili Peppers selling their catalog, Oasis documentary news, and Gene Simmons teasing new Kiss music. And because this is DaWack, we also get birds apparently more afraid of women than men, South Korea’s “elf ears” beauty trend, wellness obsession burnout, luxuries that are actually worth it, Guitar Center’s most overplayed riffs, crying as emotional maintenance, tapeworm terror, etiquette tips, and ways to make NHL playoffs more exciting for people who don’t understand icing. DaWack in da Morning — where the facts are real, the punchlines are suspicious, and May 15th comes in hotter than shredded cheese over the sink.   www.zackdawack.com [http://www.zackdawack.com] wack@zackdawack.com

The Alcatraz Coyote Cupcake Incident

Show Notes The Alcatraz Coyote Cupcake Incident It’s Monday, May 11th, 2026, and DaWack in da Morning is entering another dimension — one where calories wear disguises, cupcakes have legal representation, coyotes swim to Alcatraz, and the universe starts the week by tracking dirt across your peace. In this episode, Zack Da Wack runs down the May 11 holiday lineup, including National Eat What You Want Day, National Twilight Zone Day, National Women’s Checkup Day, National Foam Rolling Day, Hostess CupCake Day, National Mocha Torte Day, World Ego Awareness Day, National Technology Day, and Somerset Day. That means today we honor cake, coffee, medical appointments, haunted printers, painful exercise tubes, and egos so big they need their own ZIP code. Then it’s time for the May 11 birthday list, featuring Irving Berlin, Salvador Dalí, Richard Feynman, Mort Sahl, Eric Burdon, Pam Ferris, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Martha Quinn, Tim Blake Nelson, Jeffrey Donovan, Cam Newton, Prince Royce, Blac Chyna, Coi Leray, Lana Condor, Sabrina Carpenter, and Yuki Tsunoda. It’s a birthday table loaded with songwriters, surrealists, scientists, comedians, actors, athletes, pop stars, and enough candles to make the fire marshal clear his throat. The show also remembers notable May 11 death anniversaries, including John D. Rockefeller, Lester Flatt, Bob Marley, Chester Gould, Fritz Pollard, Douglas Adams, Noel Redding, Floyd Patterson, Peggy Lipton, Jerry Stiller, Norman Lloyd, and Susan Backlinie — with respect, nostalgia, and just enough DaWack seasoning to keep the room awake. In Stupid News, the planet continues behaving like it lost its instructions. A coyote swims to Alcatraz like a furry prison-island athlete, real-life WKRP call letters arrive in Cincinnati, a kitten gets rescued from tornado rubble, a bear tries to break into a bakery for cinnamon rolls, Jimmy Fallon bites a microphone at the Miami Grand Prix, teens in Argentina go full animal mode, and a PGA golfer takes his shirt off near a gator-filled hazard. Plus, Shooting the Bull brings dog-sized World Cup jerseys, Atlanta’s surprisingly social “Death Cafe,” Mother’s Day research proving households would crash and burn without Mom, Tripadvisor’s top tourist attractions, funny tweets from women, Ask Jeeves finally shutting down, whack facts, signs it’s time to move out of your parents’ house, and classic Momisms just in time for Mother’s Day. And finally, the stars get dragged back into the studio for the official DaWack in da Morning Horriblescopes for Monday, May 11th, 2026 — where Taurus protects snacks and sanity, Gemini has 47 brain tabs open, Leo enters like an unbooked lead singer, Scorpio smells nonsense before it logs in, Sagittarius flirts with bad ideas, and Aries starts the week like a lawn mower full of espresso. Episode Vibe Cupcakes, Twilight Zone energy, haunted technology, birthday chaos, Bob Marley, Jerry Stiller, Alcatraz coyotes, bakery bears, microphone biting, Mother’s Day truth bombs, weird facts, and Monday horoscopes with absolutely no emotional support from the universe. Suggested Tags DaWack in da Morning, comedy podcast, May 11, funny holidays, celebrity birthdays, celebrity deaths, stupid news, weird news, Twilight Zone Day, Eat What You Want Day, Bob Marley, Jerry Stiller, Alcatraz coyote, Horriblescopes, Mother’s Day comedy.  www.zackdawack.com

5 8 26 Coke, Comets & No-Sock Nonsense

Show Notes Coke, Comets & No-Sock Nonsense It’s Friday, May 8th, 2026, and DaWack in da Morning is rolling into the weekend with soda, pie, donkeys, movie disasters, music history, weird facts, questionable footwear, and the official no-bologna DaWack Horriblescopes. In this episode, Zack Da Wack celebrates a packed holiday lineup, including National Have a Coke Day, National Coconut Cream Pie Day, National No Socks Day, World Donkey Day, Victory in Europe Day, World Ovarian Cancer Day, Iris Day, National Knock Out Rose Day, and Free Trade Day. It’s the only holiday list where soda, pie, flowers, donkeys, global commerce, and bare ankles all somehow end up in the same room. Then it’s time for the May 8 birthday list, featuring David Attenborough turning 100, plus Toni Tennille, Philip Bailey, Alex Van Halen, Melissa Gilbert, Darren Hayes, Enrique Iglesias, Domhnall Gleeson, Olivia Culpo, and shout-outs to Don Rickles and Harry Truman. Expect candles, classic stars, falsettos, Van Halen drums, and enough birthday energy to make the cake file for hazard pay. The show also remembers notable May 8 deaths, including Dana Plato, Eddy Arnold, Roy Horn, and Fred Ward — with the usual DaWack mix of respect, nostalgia, and just enough edge to keep the room awake. In movies, May 8 brings Hot Pursuit, Deep Impact, Star Trek, and another Hot Pursuit, proving Hollywood has given this date vacation disasters, giant comets, space reboots, buddy-comedy chaos, and Morgan Freeman as the calmest possible president during the end of the world. This Day in Music History takes us through The Supremes, Sam Cooke, The Guess Who, The Beatles releasing Let It Be, The Jackson 5 releasing ABC, Carole King, John Sebastian, Steve Miller Band, Vangelis, Aerosmith, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. That’s Motown, soul, rock, pop, TV themes, slow-motion running music, scarf-screaming, and syllables moving faster than your closed captions. Plus, Zack gets into Shooting the Bull, including Chanel’s barely-there sandals, strange “Goblin Gossip,” animal-inspired dating labels, money-saving tips, a cruise ship with a floating theme park, whack facts, bad reasons to allow drinking at work, and the kind of comedy bits that make Human Resources quietly close their laptop. And finally, the stars get dragged back into court with the official DaWack in da Morning Horriblescopes for Friday, May 8th, 2026 — where Taurus wants snacks and silence, Gemini turns conversation into a customer-service incident, Scorpio becomes a locked drawer with feelings, Sagittarius risks becoming evidence, and Aries enters the day like a workplace weather event. Episode Vibe Soda, coconut cream pie, no socks, donkeys, birthday candles, Deep Impact, Star Trek, Beatles history, goblin gossip, cruise ship regret, questionable life choices, and Friday horoscopes with absolutely no emotional support from the universe. Suggested Tags DaWack in da Morning, comedy podcast, May 8, stupid news, funny holidays, celebrity birthdays, this day in music history, movie releases, horoscopes, no socks day, Coke Day, Deep Impact, Star Trek