THURSDAY, June 15 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, June 15, 2023
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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.)

GLOBAL WIND DAY
The Cute Calendar website says this:
“Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually. It is organized by EWEA (European Wind Energy Association) and GWEC (Global Wind Energy Council). It is a day when wind energy is celebrated, information is exchanged and adults and children find out about wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to change the world.”

MAGNA CARTA DAY
(Signed by King John of England on June 15, 1215)

NATIONAL LOBSTER DAY

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY DAY

NATIONAL SMILE POWER DAY
The National Day Calendar website says this:
“June 15th is the day we observe National Smile Power Day. This is a day for everyone to share the power of the smile. From the good morning greeting and the first ‘How may I help you?’ present yourself with a smile. No matter where you are employed, job seeking, retired or looking for new horizons starting the day with a smile is certainly more empowering than a pout or grump. Starting with a smile first is easier than trying to get there later in the day. When you smile at someone, you are telling them that they are valued and worth the smile that you just gave them. Smiles are moral boosters and confidence builders. Research has proven that smiling really does increase attractiveness and likability between humans. Smiling creates a greater trust and increased interpersonal cooperation. Smiling at someone can help them to relax and relieve their stress while at the same time, it will make you feel right. Smiling (even if you do not feel like it) will lift your mood and can make you a happier person.”

WORLDWIDE DAY OF GIVING

June is:

NATIONAL DJ MONTH – Yeah!
National Adopt a Cat / Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
African-American Music / Black Music Appreciation Month
Corn Month
Great Outdoors Month / National Camping Month
International Men’s Month
Lemon Month
LGBTQIA Pride Month
National Candy Month
National Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Rose Month
National Seafood Month
Women’s Golf Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Thursday through Sunday
Listings sourced from the TV Guide and EW websites.

THURSDAY, June 15

“Swiping America”
Max – Dating Reality Show
Synopsis: In this true to life rom-doc dating series, a group of diverse New York City-based singles embark on a dating journey across the country.

Season Premieres:
Netflix – “Black Mirror”
Paramount+ – “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”

FRIDAY, June 16

“Extraction 2”
Netflix – New Movie
Synopsis: Back from the brink of death, commando Tyler Rake embarks on a dangerous mission to save a ruthless gangster’s imprisoned family.

Season Premiere:
Starz – “Outlander”

SUNDAY, June 18

Season Premiere:
HBO – “The Righteous Gemstones”

COMEDY FANTASY CAMP

Comedian Jay Leno and podcaster Adam Carolla are some of the mentors at the first-ever Comedy Fantasy Camp, which will take place in Hollywood, California from Oct. 12 to 15. Over the course of the camp, attendees will participate in mentoring sessions, Q&A’s and masterclasses, and develop their own stand-up routines. Writers will collaborate on writing skits and see their work performed by the aspiring comics in a live comedy show at Hollywood Improv. Campers will also have the opportunity to pitch their own show ideas to a panel of experienced producers and writers. Says Adam Carolla in a statement: “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for attendees to learn the ropes from seasoned comedians and writers.” (“And also me,” he adds.) Says Leno: “It will be a gas!” (“But not the kind of gas that sprayed on my face and caught fire.”) Other guests featured at the event will include comics Alonzo Bodden, Brad Williams and writers Jeff Astroff (“Friends”), Liz Astroff (“King of Queens”), Steve Basilone (“The Goldbergs”), and showrunner Kevin Hench (“Tim Allen”).
* There’s a writer’s strike, and that’s the best they could get?
* Are you sure those writers are the teachers, and not the campers hoping to learn comedy?
* If there’s anything today’s TV comedies have proven, you CAN learn to be a TV writer in three days.
* If you’re expecting the results to be funny, remember, they’re admitting right up front it’s a fantasy.
* If I’m at Comedy Camp, I’m making sure every night my bed isn’t short-sheeted.
* Does Comedy Camp work on a buddy system, like swimming? If you’re dying on stage, does your buddy have to come up and save you?

THE BUZZ

THREE DUMB HEADLINES

Time for another episode of Three Dumb Headlines. These are actual, word-for-word headlines of stories found on the internet. There’s no story, no context, just the actual headline. Discuss them amongst yourselves. Then, encourage listeners to vote for the Dumbest Headline on your station’s social media page. Maybe ask them to leave a comment. Reveal the results in the next break.
Today’s Dumb Headlines:
1. “The Rudest Things People Do Ordering Ice Cream, According To Scoopers’”
2. “You May Want to Think Twice About Reheating Leftover Rice”
3. “‘Former Yankees Star Alex Rodriguez Diagnosed with Early-Stage Gum Disease”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Why Food Packaging Is The Way It Is”

THE MOST FULFILLING JOBS

A survey of 2,000 adults commissioned by distance learning provider Open Study College found the Top Most Fulfilling Jobs:
1. Physical Therapist
2. Firefighter
3. Teacher
4. Teaching Assistant
5. Quality Assurance Analyst
* One of these things is not like the others.
* Kinda ran out of steam after Number 3 there, didn’t ya?
* Please ignore all the other studies that named Firefighter one of the Ten Worst Jobs.
* Interesting that the top two jobs involve touching people, yet you’d get fired from the next two jobs if you touch anybody.
* Nothing about cooking or baking? Then why all the food competition TV shows?
* Ahhh, nothing like the satisfaction of sitting at a cubicle analyzing complaint reports. Makes you feel you’ve really contributed to society.

U.S. NEWS

MAN SHOOTS SELF IN THE LEG WHILE DREAMING HE WAS BEING BURGLARIZED

In Lake Barrington, Illinois, a man shot himself in the leg while dreaming that a burglar was breaking into his home. Back on April 10, Mark Dicara called 911. He said he was having a dream that someone was breaking into his home. While in a stupor from the dream, Dicara located his .357 Magnum Revolver and shot at who he believed was the intruder. But, he shot himself and that woke him up from the dream. To top it off, Dicara was charged with possessing a firearm with a revoked Firearm Owners Identification card, which is required in Illinois, as well as reckless discharge of a firearm.
* Yes, shooting yourself in the leg is a definite wake-up call.
* So the “Stand Your Ground” doctrine doesn’t extend to your subconscious.
* Shooting a burglar in your sleep. Also known as The American Dream.
* It was like a really bad sequel to Inception.
* They could take away his gun, but instead the judge just ordered him to never sleep again.
* OK, enough fun. What really happened, Mr. Dicara? Careless cleaning?

GOLFER SHOOTS THREE HOLES-IN-ONE

Colin Bobowski, a 15-year-old member of the golf team at La Salle High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, was helping out at a VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) golf event at the Aston Oaks golf course. His job was to hit a tee shot for anyone who needed help on the 6th hole, a par-3 at 145 yards. At one point, he teed off, and got a hole-in-one. Then, later, it happened again. And then again. Three holes-in-one, out of 60 tee shots. Bobowski says it was the sort of thing that might only happen once in a lifetime.
* Gee, ya THINK???
* By hitting it 145 yards, he was able to avoid both the loop-de-loop AND the windmill.
* Is it Holes-in-one or Hole-ins-one?
* The VFW group has asked that he never be hired to help them out ever again.
* 15 years old, and it’s all downhill from here. Sad.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

AIRPLANE PASSENGERS DEMAND A DIFFERENT PILOT

An IndiGo flight on Tuesday was having trouble on a two-hour trip from Lucknow to Mumbai. First, the plane departed almost an hour late. Upon reaching Mumbai, there was some bad weather and the pilot made two unsuccessful attempts at landing. He then diverted to another airport in Udaipur, where the weather was clear – yet missed the first landing there, circled around, and landed on the second attempt. Sitting in Udaipur, waiting for the weather to clear back in Mumbai, passengers complained to the airline that they wanted another pilot. It took three hours for the airline to agree and change the pilot, and they eventually flew back to Mumbai, landing about 7 hours later than scheduled.
* The captain could have spent that down time in Udaipu on the simulator, practicing landings. Might have helped his case.
* “Can we have a different pilot, one that’s more willing to take a chance? Thanks!”
* They also wanted a different flight attendant who’d be a little quicker with the drinks.
* And they weren’t crazy about the in-flight movie, either.

CAR DEALER SCREWS THEMSELVES FOR ONCE

In Brisbane, Australia, Janine St. Claire agreed to trade in her Toyota RAV4 Edge wagon for a BMW at Prestige Auto Traders. Janine was told her car was worth $54,697 in trade-in value following an inspection by a car salesman. She paid the difference between the two cars and purchased the BMW. On her drive home, she got a call from the dealership, saying there had been a mistake – they thought the RAV4 was a hybrid – which it was not. The dealership demanded an extra $5000. Janine had never claimed the car was a hybrid, nor was it discussed during the trade-in process. The dealership is now threatening legal action against her, demanding she pays for their mistake, or else exchange cars and call the whole thing off. The matter is still under dispute.
* Well, have fun in court, Prestige Auto Traders!
* Shouldn’t be too hard to find an “All Sales Final” sign somewhere at that dealership.
* But good luck finding any prestige.
* This can’t be good publicity for Prestige Auto Traders of Brisbane. I mean, once word got out, who would want to do business with Prestige Auto Traders of Brisbane if you can’t trust Prestige Auto Traders of Brisbane to know the difference between a hybrid and a non-hybrid, much less reneging on a deal made by Prestige Auto Traders of Brisbane. Did I say Prestige Auto Traders of Brisbane? I meant Prestige Auto Traders of Brisbane.
* And let’s not overlook the fact that a used Toyota SUV is going for $54,000.

TRENDING

CHRIS STAPLETON HAS HECKLER TOSSED OUT OF SHOW

Country star Chris Stapleton, at a concert at Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts Saturday night, had an audience member removed from the venue for heckling. According to videos shared by an attendee via Twitter, someone in the crowd began booing Stapleton, 45, and his wife Morgane, 40, during the show. “This is silly,” she told the audience. Stapleton stepped up and said, “These people paid good money to have a good time. You did too, and if this is what you think is a good time, get the hell out.” The heckler was escorted out of the amphitheater.

JOHNNY DEPP GIVES AMBER HEARD AWARD MONEY AWAY

Actor Johnny Depp, 60, made a $200,000 contribution to the Make a Film Foundation Wednesday. The organization grants critically and terminally ill kids the opportunity to make documentaries and short films with actors. Depp’s sizable donation comes from the $1 million he was awarded in his highly publicized defamation trial last year against ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp says he will give an equal amount of money to several other charities, including the Painted Turtle (a camp for special needs kids), Red Feather (for Native Americans), Tetiaroa Society (for Pacific indigenous people) and the Amazonia Fund Alliance (Indigenous Amazon people).

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

June 18, Sunday – Father’s Day
June 21, Wednesday – Summer begins (The June solstice occurs at 10:58 a.m. EDT)
July 4, Tuesday – U.S. Independence Day
Sept. 4, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Monday – Patriot Day
Sept. 23, Saturday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 2:50 a.m. EDT)

BIRTHDAYS

Wayne Sermon (guitarist with Imagine Dragons) … 39
Neil Patrick Harris (actor, “How I Met Your Mother,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.”) … 50
Ice Cube (actor & rapper, born O’Shea Jackson) … 54
Courtney Cox (actress, “Cougar Town,” “Friends”) … 59
Helen Hunt (actress, “I See You,” “Mad About You,” “Cast Away,” “As Good As It Gets”) … 60
Jim Belushi (actor, “According to Jim”) … 69
Xi Jinping (President of the People’s Republic of China) … 70
Russ Hitchcock (singer with Air Supply) … 74

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

“I’m a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I’m proud of how the nation is steering toward that.”

(A) Taylor Swift
(B) Leonardo DiCaprio
(C) Neil Patrick Harris

ANSWER: (C) Neil Patrick Harris

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2006 – Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said he would transition from day-to-day responsibilities at the company to concentrate on the charitable work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
* Notice how much better the world’s gotten?

2002 – A jury in Houston convicted accounting firm Arthur Andersen of obstruction of justice, giving a first victory to prosecutors investigating the sudden collapse of energy-trader Enron.
* Whoever thought the “go-go 90’s” would become the “go-go-to-prison 2000’s”?

1992 – At a high school spelling bee, then Vice President Dan Quayle cemented his public image as a dim bulb when he told a student “potato” was spelled “potatoe.”
* Hey, Dan – can you spell “unelectable”?

1898 – The US House of Representatives accepted the annexation of Hawaii.
* And immediately started planning fact-finding missions to the islands.

1844 – Charles Goodyear patented a process for strengthening rubber called “vulcanizing.”
* It was the logical thing to do.

1215 – England’s King John signed the Magna Carta, which established the basis for the country’s political and personal freedoms, which became incorporated into the American legal and political system.
* Unless you get on the wrong side of the IRS or the ATF.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2016 – Led Zeppelin’s guitarist Jimmy Page denied stealing the riff to “Stairway To Heaven” when he took the stand at a copyright trial in the U.S. The band was accused of lifting the opening guitar line from “Taurus,” a 1968 track by the band Spirit. Page testified that he had never heard the song until people started posting comparisons online a few years ago. Page admitted to owning several Spirit albums, but only remembered buying two of them, neither of which contained Taurus. Under questioning, he conceded that he did own a copy of the band’s self-titled debut, on which the track appears, but could not recall how it came to be part of his collection. The lawsuit stemmed from a 2014 filing alleging that because Led Zeppelin had appeared on the same bill as Spirit in the early stage of their career, they would have been aware of the song “Taurus” and would have subsequently copied it. Spirit lost the lawsuit.

2010 – Devo released the album “Something for Everybody.” It was their first album in 20 years.

2002 – A rare autographed copy of The Beatles’ album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sold at auction for $57,800, more than five times the estimated price.

2000 – Rapper Flesh-N-Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony was convicted of assault with a firearm and for being an ex-convict in criminal possession of a firearm after threatening a friend with an AK-47.

1991 – Paula Abdul started a five-week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Rush Rush,” her 5th U.S. No.1.

1989 – Nirvana’s debut album “Bleach” was released in the U.S. The title for the album came from a “Bleach Your Works” poster urging drug users to bleach their needles.

1988 – During Bruce Springsteen’s stay in Rome during a world tour a photographer took a shot of Bruce in his underpants sharing an intimate moment with his backing singer Patti Scialfa. The picture confirmed the rumors that Bruce and Patti were having an affair.

1985 – Dire Straits started a nine-week run at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Brothers In Arms.”

1982 – Pete Farndon, bass player with The Pretenders, was fired from the group. He went on to form a group with Topper Headon from The Clash. Farndon was found dead in his bath on April 14th, 1983.

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. In a recent survey, almost 70% of people said THIS would turn them off about someone’s car. What is it?
Having a pine tree air freshener hanging from the rear view mirror

2. 34% of people surveyed said they do THIS with their car about four times a year. What is it?
Clean it out

3. When asked what they wish they had in their car, 5% of people named THIS. What is it?
A microwave

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