THURSDAY, July 20 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, July 20, 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.)

FORTUNE COOKIE DAY

MOON DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Moon Day commemorates the day a human first walked on the moon in 1969. The Apollo Space program, begun by President John F. Kennedy, was created to put the first man on the moon. Apollo 11 fulfilled that dream, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. What an amazing and historic event it was! On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was launched from Cape Kennedy Space Center atop a huge Saturn V rocket. On July 20, 1969, the Lunar Module, nicknamed the ‘Eagle,’ touched down on the surface of the moon at Tranquility Base. Upon landing, Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong reported ‘The Eagle has landed.’ A few hours later, Neil Armstrong stepped off of the Eagle’s ladder, placed one foot upon the moon’s surface and proclaimed: ‘That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.'” (He meant to say “a man”, but it doesn’t sound like he did.)

NATIONAL ICE CREAM SODA DAY

NATIONAL LOLLIPOP DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Lollipop Day is our chance to celebrate and enjoy the creation of lollipops. Could you imagine how sheltered our childhood, and perhaps adulthood, would be, if the lollipop had never been invented!? It sure would be a duller, and less tasteful world. The Origin of National Lollipop Day: George Smith, owner of Bradley Smith Company, invented and patented the lollipop in 1908. Legend has it, that George named the lollipop after his favorite racehorse. The Racine Confectioner’s Machinery Company claims to have created National Lollipop Day. There is a little controversy as to who first created the automated lollipop machine. The Racine Confectioner’s Machinery Company claims to be the first to create a machine to automatically make lollipops. Their machine made 40 lollipops at a time. Sam Born of California also claims to have created the first automated lollipop machine, in 1916. It was called the ‘Born Sucker Machine.'”

UGLY TRUCK DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Beyond a doubt, Ugly Truck Day is a ‘guy thing.’ Every guy can appreciate the importance of this day. Not to be left out, a fair number of the ladies appreciate (their) ugly truck, too! Ugly trucks are loved and cherished by their owners. Pick-Up Truck Trivia: Do you know the most popular state for pick-up trucks? If you guessed Texas, you are right! Sure, a brand new, shiny truck with all of the gadgets and features still working, is a great thing. But, an old, ugly truck is something to cherish with pride. It has character that a new truck sorely lacks. It has a long history of dents, bangs, and scratches, each with their own tale of how it was proudly earned. Most guys can tell you exactly how and where every dent and scratch occurred, making your ugly truck a walking history book. On Ugly Truck Day, go out and take a drive around with a big, broad smile on your face. You can, and should, hold an Ugly Truck contest today. But, whatever you do, don’t wash or wax your truck today!”

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

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

THURSDAY, July 20

“Glitch: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia”
Max – New Documentary
Synopsis: Documentary about the meteoric rise and spectacular fall of the game show app that briefly inspired everyone to treat trivia like Pokémon GO.

Season Premiere:
Netflix – “Sweet Magnolias”

FRIDAY, July 21

“Praise Petey”
Freeform (on Hulu Saturday) – New Animated Series
Synopsis: Follows a New York City girl who has it all until her life comes crashing down around her. As luck would have it, a mysterious gift from her father gives her a new lease on life.

“They Cloned Tyrone”
Netflix – New Movie
Synopsis: A funky mashup of sci-fi, humor, and pulp mystery that pays homage to 1970s Blaxploitation films. An unlikely trio find themselves on the trail of an eerie government conspiracy.

Season Premiere:
Stars – “Minx”

SUNDAY, July 23

“Special Ops: Lioness”
Paramount+ – New Series
Synopsis: Inspired by an actual US Military program, the series follows Joe while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror. Starring Zoe Saldaña.

WHICH TV SHOWS ARE STILL IN PRODUCTION?

Wondering which of your favorite TV shows are still in production during the writers and actors strike? There are a few. Very few. Hope you like game shows and soap operas:
– America’s Got Talent (live episodes beginning Aug. 22)
– Days of Our Lives
– General Hospital
– Wheel of Fortune and Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
– Jeopardy! and Celebrity Jeopardy! – according to sources, writing on season two of Celebrity Jeopardy! was completed before writers went on strike in May, while the daily syndicated show will draw on material from its past four decades to begin the 2023-24 season.
* But I’ve already answered those questions!
* The actors and writers are putting themselves in jeopardy hoping they’ll make a fortune.
* It was smart for them to strike now before AI’s ready to take over their jobs.
* Maybe it’s time to renew that library card.

OPPENHEIMER: NUDITY PREVIEW

A couple of weeks ago, the stars of the movie “Oppenheimer” were making the film out to be a steamy, sexy celluloid stag film with prolonged nudity along the lines of “Caligula.” Well, it turns out a movie about atomic scientists is NOT the skin flick you were hoping for, you pervert. A writer for Jezebel.com, Rich Juzwiak, has seen the film and has detailed all the nakedness. He says there’s obvious but shadowy-filmed sex scenes, a couple of topless shots of actress Florence Pugh, and a long scene were she and Cilian Murphy are sitting in chairs, talking and naked with crossed legs.
* So, we’re not seeing full “fusion.”
* No access hatch.
* No “control rod.”
* No “Fat Man” or “Little Boy.”
* Not a glimpse of Florence’s pugh.
* Apparently there was more nudity at the House Oversight Committee hearing yesterday than there is in this movie.

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 Countries And Cities With The Most Drinking Fountains, Ranked’”
2. “How Much Should Sandwiches Cost?”
3. “I’m A Toe-Wrestling World Champ – I Had My Toenails Removed To Compete ”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Do You Crave Pizza? There’s A Reason.”

STUDY: SECOND BORN IS THE MOST TROUBLE

In a new paper published in the National Bureau of Economic Research, scientists have found “remarkably consistent” data that second-born kids are significantly more likely to get into trouble than their older or younger siblings, regardless of how big the family is. Joseph Doyle, an MIT economist, studied thousands of children from Denmark and Florida to figure out if birth order had any effect on the likelihood of a person engaging in trouble in school, juvenile delinquency, or adult crime. He studied data from the first two children in families with two or more kids and focused on families in which the second-born child was a boy (since teen boys get in trouble more often than teen girls). The research results were interpreted by Doyle to conclude that second-born boys from the study were more likely to face discipline at school or in the court system than first-born boys. Plus, the tendency for the second-born subjects to be trouble-makers was more pronounced among pairs of brothers than when a sister was involved. And finally, the study concludes this: “We consider differences in parental attention as a potential contributing factor to the gaps in delinquency across the birth order.”
* Thanks, mom and dad. You’re why I ended up in radio!!!
* So parents, just ’cause you had one okay kid, don’t let your guard down!
* To help keep the second kid in line, train the first one to tattle on him.
* My experience is, the first-born causes the trouble, the second-born gets the blame.
* PHONE TOPIC: Does this hold true in your family? Which of your siblings is the most trouble?

U.S. NEWS

FLORIDA WOMAN STEALS FIRE TRUCK

A Wellborn, Florida woman is accused of stealing a fire truck and claiming to be a volunteer firefighter. Belinda Waugh, 44, had, for some reason, spent Friday night at the fire station. Saturday morning, she was missing, along with a truck. At one point, Waugh called the volunteer fire chief and told him the truck had run out of gas. When police caught up with her, she claimed that she was a volunteer with the Wellborn Fire Department. She is not. Waugh was arrested and charged with grand theft and impersonating a firefighter.
* You bet it was grand theft. Just imagine the cost of the gas she used up.
* Experience sliding around on a pole does not make you a firefighter.
* Does she own a dog named Sparky? That would have helped.
* Now she’s hosed.
* They should thank her for finding out the truck was low on gas. That would have been embarrassing for the real firefighters.

IOWAN ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED CORN THEFT

On Friday in Rock Rapids, Iowa, a 28-year-old man was arrested for trying to steal a wagon full of corn. Alex David Ohling was found on someone else’s property attempting to hook up a wagon full of corn to his Chevrolet Silverado truck. A deputy talked Ohling out of his pickup, but then he attempted to walk away and had to be taken to the ground to be arrested.
* “Oh, shucks,” he allegedly said.
* Because if there’s one thing that’s rare in Iowa, it’s corn.
* They also charged him with stalking.
* A wagon full? That’s almost as much corn as the Shazam! sequel.
* He’ll probably be in jail for many ears.

RELOCATED CROCODILE RETURNS HOME AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS

According to a study published in The Journal of Wildlife Management, Florida crocodiles that are trapped and relocated due to conflicts with humans have a remarkable ability to return to their original capture site. Trapping and moving troublesome crocodiles “several miles away” is one method being used to reduce conflicts. However, the study shows it may be futile. Researchers attached GPS trackers to 17 Florida crocodiles and relocated seven of those to see what would happen. Ten more were released where they were captured to compare their travel habits. Three crocodiles relocated 28 miles or less returned in under two weeks. One female crocodile was translocated 95 miles and was recaptured just (a quarter) mile from its original capture site over 2.5 years after its release.
* So, it’s true: if you leave an alligator somewhere, it really will see you later.
* Before you let them go, blindfold them and spin them around 20 times.
* Imagine being a Florida game warden, getting a knock on your door one night, and it’s an alligator saying, “Remember me, Leonard?”
* How do they get home? Maybe they should just crack down on picking up hitchhikers.
* You idiots, you need to move them to the Antarctic.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Sept. 4, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Monday – Patriot Day
Sept. 23, Saturday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 2:50 a.m. EDT)

BIRTHDAYS

Julianne Hough (dancer, country singer, “Dancing With The Stars”) … 35
Gisele Bündchen (model, actress, ex-Mrs. Tom Brady) … 43
Sandra Oh (actress, “Killing Eve”) … 52
Stone Gossard (guitarist with Pearl Jam) … 57
Dean Winters (actor, “30 Rock,” plays Mayhem in Allstate commercials) … 59
Carlos Santana (guitarist/songwriter) … 76
Kim Carnes (singer, “Betty Davis Eyes”) … 78
John Lodge (singer/songwriter/bassist with The Moody Blues) … 80

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

“I’m the first to admit it: I like being sexy!”

(A) Hillary Clinton
(B) Drew Carey
(C) Julianna Hough

ANSWER: (C) Julianne Hough

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2015 – Hacker group the Impact Team announced they hacked married dating site Ashley Madison.
* It was a great day for divorce lawyers.

1999 – After 38 years at the bottom of the Atlantic, astronaut Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 Mercury capsule was lifted to the surface.
* Hey, that would make a nice planter.

1969 – Neal Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon, uttering his famous “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
* Luckily, he didn’t go with his first choice: “Oh, man, this is SO GROOVY!”

1872 – Mahlon Loomis patented the wireless radio.
* Good thing, too, or we’d have to run wires from our station to all your houses and cars.

1859 – Admission was charged at a baseball game for the first time as 1,500 fans paid 50 cents each to watch Brooklyn play New York.
* And one manager looked at another and said, “Y’know, there might be some money in this game!”

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2011 – Pictures of The Beatles’ first US concert in Washington DC on February 11th, 1964, taken by a then 18-year-old Mike Mitchell, sold at Christie’s auction house for $361,938. Security in those days was very casual and Mitchell was just feet from the band as he snapped the black and white photos, which he stored for years in a box in his basement.

2008 – Rapper DMX was arrested on suspicion after he gave a false name to get out of paying for hospital medical expenses. County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the star told Mayo Clinic in Arizona that his name was Troy Jones and failed to pay a $7,500 bill in April. The rapper (whose real name is Earl Simmons) was arrested at a shopping center in Phoenix.

2003 – A tooth said to have been pulled out of Elvis Presley’s mouth after an injury failed to sell on the auction site eBay. The tooth was also accompanied by some of the singer’s hair.

1999 – Church groups in middle America claimed that pictures of Britney Spears, then age 18, printed in Rolling Stone magazine encouraged child pornography. The shots showed Britney with not many clothes on in her bedroom.

1995 – Public Enemy member Flavor Flav broke both his arms when he was involved in a motorcycle accident in Milan.

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. When men go to a grocery store, about 33% don’t use THIS. What is it?
They do not use a shopping list

2. Nearly 40% of men say they’ve done THIS before going on vacation. What is it?
They’ve shaved their back

3. According to a survey, more than 70% of men admit they’ve done THIS. What is it?
Cry during a movie

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