WEDNESDAY, July 6 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: A & M AUTOLAND – Service Computer; THE ONLY MORNING SHOW IN TOWN

TODAY IS …
(All days repeat annually on today’s date unless otherwise noted; days may or may not be called “National”/”International”/”World” depending on source; sources listed often have additional info. We generally do not list special days which were created by commercial companies for the purpose of marketing, or the hundreds of disease awareness listings which occur each year.)

INTERNATIONAL KISSING DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Ahhh, it’s Kissing Day. The objective of this very special day, is to appreciate the kiss. So, go ahead and swap some spit today. Pucker up and give out a big, juicy kiss to anyone and everyone. (Warning: May sure you get consent.) Kissing originated thousands, and perhaps millions of years ago. It is believed to have originated from mouth to mouth feeding of parents to a child. My, it certainly has evolved over the centuries. But, why is that? The answer is simply because it makes us feel good. There’s all sorts of kisses, for all sorts of reasons. There’s the peck on the cheek, the full on the mouth kiss, and the French Kiss, the favorite among lovers. People are not the only creatures to kiss. Apes, cats, dogs, and dolphins, are among the animals that share a kiss or two.”

NATIONAL FRIED CHICKEN DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“National Fried Chicken Day is day to enjoy crisp and tasty, finger-licking good fried chicken. Fried chicken is one of America’s favorite meals. Sure, we all know that fried foods are not good for us. But, fried chicken tastes ohhhhh so good. We just can’t resist having it on a regular basis. There’s just one thing you need to do celebrate this day: Eat some fried chicken. You can have it for lunch, dinner or cold leftovers as a snack. Better still, have it for lunch, dinner, AND for a snack.”

TAKE YOUR WEBMASTER TO LUNCH DAY

July is:

Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month
Air Conditioning Appreciation Month
Baked Bean Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Family Reunion Month
International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
National Blueberries Month
National Grilling Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
Melon Month
Wild About Wildlife Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

JOEY CHESTNUT DOESN’T FEEL GOOD AFTER EATING 63 HOT DOGS

Joey Chestnut was on the Today show Tuesday saying that he doesn’t “feel too great” a day after eating 63 hot dogs to win Nathan’s Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. Chestnut downplayed the bloat, saying it’s similar to the routine soreness other athletes experience. He said, “It will take me a day and a half to recover.”
* It’s a day and a half for the bloating. The self-loathing will take a little longer.
* Well, this clears up a long-time nagging question – Joey Chestnut does not “binge and purge.”
* How long, I wonder, does it take his bathroom to recover after one of these things?
* Fun Facts: Each Nathan’s beef hot dog contains 15 grams of fat. 63 hot dogs have 945 grams, which is just over two pounds of fat Joey scarfed down. Now I feel sick, too.
* What’s this “other athletes” he mentions? If gluttony is athletic, sign me up for the varsity Klondike Bar team.
* Nice to see the Today show digging into the hard news.

WEIRD NEW TREND: THE GENTLEMINIONS

A strange new viral trend has started with the release of “Minions: The Rise Of Gru.” Teenagers all over the world are dressing up in suits and ties and going to the movie in groups. These groups are called “Gentleminions” – a cross between ‘gentlemen’ and ‘minions.’ In one video, the gentleminions are seen shaking hands with one another, resting their chins on their entwinded fingers waiting for the movie to begin, and applauding the film’s credits. What’s behind the trend? Variety magazine points out that this age group was ”seven years old when the first Despicable Me hit theaters in 2010 and now around the age of 19″ are primed to go see the movie anyway. Some theater owners are happy for the business; others are nervous about large groups of well-dressed teen boys and have restricted ticket sales.
* The one flaw in the trend is, you have to sit through the movie.
* Then the suits and ties go into the closet forever. Sad.
* Before they sell you a ticket, the boys have to answer one question: “Have you ever kissed a girl?”
* Why didn’t the Munchkins get their own spinoff movies? Not fair!
* Gentleminions are better than, say, Deadpoolboys, who all show up at the theater in Speedos.

THE BUZZ

HANGING ON TO KEEPSAKES

A survey from stationery website Minted.com asked about things people hold onto as keepsakes:
– Why do we hang on to stuff? 52% said they would feel guilty throwing it away.
– 61% are keeping a birthday card
– 44% are keeping a Valentine’s card
– 43% still have a gift from their child
– 25% of those surveyed still have a keepsake from a past relationship
* That’s the same 25% who just can’t figure out how to get nude selfies off their cellphones.
* Some mementos of a past relationship are hard to get rid of. Like the scar on the forehead from when she threw the beer bottle.
* 52% would feel guilty throwing stuff away. The rest of us are too lazy to go through all our boxes of junk.
* And we wonder why Americans have a hoarding problem.
* PHONE TOPIC: Are you hanging on to something from a past relationship? Does your current partner know about it?

U.S. NEWS

FLORIDA MAN ATTACKS COP WITH A HOT DOG

A Florida man is facing a felony battery charge for allegedly striking a cop with a thrown hot dog. According to the arrest report, Jason Stoll, 47, was selling hot dogs on a downtown St. Petersburg street early Saturday when police gave him “numerous warnings” that he was in violation of a city ordinance. Mr. Stoll ignored the warnings and continued to sell hot dogs in the street. At one point, when directed to “drop the hot dog,” Stoll reportedly became “extremely upset” and threw it at a uniformed patrolman. The hot dog hit the cop, who was not injured.
* Yeah, hot dogs mostly hurt you when taken internally.
* This is a stupid arrest… frankly speaking.
* Did he throw the hot dog with relish?
* If it’d been a corn dog, he would have been guilty of battering.
* Why are the cops harassing a hot dog vendor trying to make a living? Don’t they have a kid’s lemonade stand to go shut down?

LARGE SKINNY DIP PLANNED

The Treasure Coast Naturists have organized their annual skinny dip for July 10 at Blind Creek Beach in Florida to try to break last year’s record number of 431 people simultaneously skinny dipping there. Blind Creek nude beach is one of only four in Florida. The others are Haulover Beach in Miami (* It’s called Haulover Beach because you get sunburned haul over); Apollo Beach in Volusia County and Playalinda Beach in Tit-usvi— er, Titusville. If you’re going, Blind Creek is just north of the St. Lucie nuclear power plant.
* You’re sure to come away from the experience with a healthy glow.
* Will they break last year’s record? Barely.
* If you get lost, there’ll be plenty of guys there to point you in the right direction.
* Have you ever been to Florida? The expression “skinny dip” is quite deceiving.
* Breaking the record for skinny dipping. It’ll be cheekier than a Ricky Gervais award show monologue.
* Stop by and hang out.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

THE WORLD PLOWING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN IRELAND

If you’re looking for excitement, sportsfans, here’s the competition for you: The 67th World Plowing Championships are happening this September in Ratheniska, Ireland. For three days, plowers from all over the world battle it out to see who can till a field into perfect rows of neat, straight furrows. Because it would cost too much to transport your own tractor, competitors have to use the tractor provided, working different soil types that require subtle changes to the plowing technique. The event attracts an annual attendance of almost 300,000, although as one former competitor says: “It’s not a really good spectator sport, because things happen slowly … but if you like to see someone who takes pride in their work, makes the furrows look nice, it can change the landscape and make it something like a painting.”
* Yes, certainly you recall the magnificent furrowed dirt paintings of Rembrandt, da Vinci, Michelangelo …
* Sounds like a pretty good scam to me, having people come to your country and plow your fields for you, and all it costs you is a lousy little trophy.
* Hard to believe there could be a competition more exciting than curling.
* And you thought Americans were the only culture that could turn anything into a contest.
* Of course, if you want to make perfect angles in your rows, you need a pro-tractor.
* If there’s one thing the Irish know how to do, it’s get plowed.
* Which reminds me: How do yo get a farm girl to like you? A tractor.

TRENDING

CARLY PEARCE FUN FACTS

While getting made up for the Kenny Chesney concert, country singer Carly Pearce rattled off fun facts about herself in a TikTok video. She says, “I thought while I do my makeup, I would tell you a bunch of random facts about me.” Here are some of her fun facts:
– “I have a small addiction to Orbit gum. I probably go through one of these every day…and yes, that’s a three-pack.”
– “My favorite pastime is walking through the grocery store. Aye Publix, love you.”
– “I’m one of those weird people that is deathly afraid of vomit, so if you have vomited in the last, I don’t know, month – don’t come near me.”
– “I live with twelve people on one bus. A lot of boys, a few girls. I have to say that probably out of all of us, I’m the raunchiest and the grossest.”
– “I will do anything… and I mean anything, to make somebody laugh.”

TIM MCGRAW’S RIBS

Country star Tim McGraw recently released his secret ribs recipe. McGraw’s dry rub ribs include – dark brown sugar, espresso beans [finely ground], chipotle powder, smoked paprika, salt, pepper, and ButcherBox pork or beef. McGraw said the key to success is having the meat marinate overnight. “Get them good and brown to start with. Then sit them on the top rack [of the barbecue] to get the heat up. Then keep basting them ­– they are just as tender as if I was cooking them for four or five hours.”

MOST UNUSUAL BABY NAMES OF 2021

The Social Security Administration has released a list of the Most Unusual Baby Names of 2021. These are names given to eight or fewer babies last year:
Girls: Alchemy, Coast, Louisiana, Pearly, Brilliance, Epic, Fairy, Rhapsody, Hyatt, Nation, Ibiza, Anime, Comfort, Curie, Irish, Rocket, Pennylane, Aggie, Tawny, Evergreen, Hawkins, Skylene, Mama, Greenleigh.
Boys: Woodland, Fenway, Time, Thanos, Colorado, Zero, Starling, Lancelot, Wealth, Science, Rambo, Clever, Tide, Telly, Swift, Sacred, Highland, Grit, Renegade, Early, Preacher, Patch, Muse, Morpheus, Keeper.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Sept. 5, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Sunday – Patriot Day
Sept. 22, Thursday – Fall begins, Equinox is 9:04 p.m. EDT

BIRTHDAYS

Kevin Hart (comedian, actor, “Fatherhood”) … 43
50 Cent (rapper, real name Curtis Jackson) … 47
Geoffrey Rush (actor, “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “The King’s Speech”) … 71
George W. Bush (former U.S. President) … 76
Sylvester Stallone (actor, “Rocky”, “Rambo”) … 76
Burt Ward (actor, played Robin in “Batman” 1960s TV show) … 77

BIRTHDAY QUOTE QUIZ – Ask your listeners “Who said it?” HINT: Today’s their birthday!

“At the end of the day, women are a distraction. Whether you realize it or not.”

(A) Leonardo DiCaprio
(B) John Mayer
(C) George W. Bush

ANSWER: (C) George W. Bush

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2010 – Actress Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 90 days in a residential substance-abuse program for violating her probation stemming from two separate 2007 cases of driving under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. She served 14 days behind bars.
* You may not think two weeks was much of a prison sentence, but remember – she had to be sober the whole time!

2000 – A jury awarded former NHL player Tony Twist $24 million for the unauthorized use of his name in the comic book Spawn and the HBO cartoon series. Co-defendant HBO settled with Twist out of court for an undisclosed amount.
* That was a twist they didn’t see coming.

1994 – The film “Forrest Gump” premiered in the United States. In the film, Forrest says the immortal line: “Life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re going to get.”
* Originally, the word “chocolates” was supposed to be “San Francisco bath house.”

1924 – The first international transmission of a photograph by radio was made across the Atlantic Ocean from the U.S. to England.
* Sending pictures by radio never caught on. Which is understandable, considering what most DJs look like.

1893 – Dr. Daniel Hale performed the first successful open heart surgery without anesthesia.
* Big deal. My high school girlfriend did the same thing to me.

1872 – The doughnut cutter was patented by John Blondel.
* He even received a police escort to the patent office.

1535 – Sir Thomas More was beheaded on Tower Hill in London on this day. He was a Catholic who refused to disown his religion, and was executed for treason.
* So, in one swing of an axe he went from Sir Thomas More to Sir Thomas Less.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2016 – Drake equaled Michael Jackson’s 1983 US chart record after he had the No.1 album and song on the American charts for seven consecutive weeks. ‘Views’ and ‘One Dance’ remained unbeaten on the Billboard charts respectively.

2012 – Carol Hawkins, the former personal assistant of U2 bassist Adam Clayton was jailed for seven years for embezzling over $3 million of his money to fund a lavish lifestyle. Hawkins was convicted on 181 counts of theft from the bassist’s bank accounts over a four-year period. The judge said Hawkins’ crimes were “rooted in greed and nothing else.”

2007 – Britney Spears apologized for attacking a photographer’s car with an umbrella earlier in the year.

2005 – Grammy award winning rap star Lil’ Kim, who was convicted of perjury and conspiracy in March 2005, was sentenced to a year in jail for lying to a grand jury to protect friends. Kim told the court “I testified falsely to the grand jury and during the trial. At the time I thought it was the right thing to do. Now I know it was wrong.” Lil’ Kim, (real name Kimberley Jones), was also fined $50,000. Charges were brought against her after a gunfight erupted outside a New York radio station in 2001 as a rival rap group was arriving.

1984 – The Jacksons began their Victory Tour in Kansas City, MO.

X-TREME TRIVIA CHALLENGE

Every installment of X-Treme Trivia Challenge includes three mystery factoids. Create your own “Impossible Question” contest – great for listener giveaways and phone interaction starters! Also a perfect sponsorship opportunity!

1. Only about 15% of married women say they regularly do THIS for their spouse. What is it?
Pick up the check at a restaurant

2. More than 30% of women say THIS food makes them think of their husbands? What is it?
Potatoes

3. More than 20% of women admit they’re more aroused by THIS than by their significant others. What is it?
New shoes

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