WEDNESDAY, Sept 13 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR WEDNESDAY, September 13, 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.)

INTERNATIONAL CHOCOLATE DAY

KIDS TAKE OVER THE KITCHEN DAY
The National Day Calendar website says this:
“Kids and teens across the country are called to take over their kitchens on this day using their favorite recipes and make a meal for their family! (Adult supervision and assistance as required for the younger bakers and chefs in the house!) The objective behind this mission of the Young Chefs Academy (YCA) is to empower kids and teens to become more actively involved in the planning, preparation and cooking of meals. The YCA is fostering family bonds and actively fighting the battle against the many serious health and social issues related to youth’s eating habits in today’s time.”

NATIONAL PEANUT DAY

ROALD DAHL DAY
The anniversary of the birth of the author behind works like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” – Willie Wonka to the masses.

SCOOBY-DOO DAY
“Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” – the first incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera cartoon series – debuted on CBS-TV on September 13, 1969.

SNACK A PICKLE TIME

UNCLE SAM DAY
The National Day Calendar website says this:
“The man behind the iconic image and fascinating nickname for the United States government is recognized on Uncle Sam Day. Sam Wilson, a meatpacker from New York born on September 13, 1766, supplied barrels of meat to soldiers during the war of 1812. To identify the meat for shipment, Wilson prominently stamped ‘U.S.’ on the barrels. It wasn’t long before the soldiers dubbed the grub a delivery from Uncle Sam. As such nicknames tend to do, its popularity spread. Credit is given to German-born illustrator and cartoonist Thomas Nast for developing the long-legged Uncle Sam with the starred top hat and striped pants we know today. The Harper’s Weekly political cartoonist took on many issues with his Uncle Sam character including Boss Tweed, Union recruitment, and Reconstruction. Later, the United States Army hired Montgomery Flagg to create the artwork for the familiar portrait used in the ‘I Want You For The U.S. Army’ campaign during World War I. It first appeared on the cover of Leslie’s Weekly, an illustrated literary and news magazine.”

September is:

Baby Safety Month
Better Breakfast Month
Chicken Month
Classical Music Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
Honey Month
Little League Month
National Piano Month
Self Improvement Month

THE BUZZ

BRACH’S CANDY CORN FALL FLAVORS

Everybody SAYS they hate candy corn, but yet there it is, every year, back on the shelves at Halloween time, which means right now, two months away. Brach’s, makers of candy corn, has come up with a new lineup of fall flavored candy corn: kettle corn, caramel apple, cotton candy, lemonade shake-up, strawberry funnel cake, and lemon-lime snow cone. A writer for The Takeout food website asked his family and neighbors to give the new flavors a taste test. Here are the highlights:
– Cotton Candy: “Tastes like Play-Doh.”
– Strawberry Funnel Cake: “did not taste like cake and didn’t particularly taste like strawberry. It offered hints of strawberry chapstick.”
– Caramel Apple: “It tastes most like a candle, so it’s the best one.”
– Kettle Corn: “It tastes exactly like a Jelly Belly Buttered Popcorn jellybean.”
– Lemon-Lime Snow Cone: “No one hated this one.”
– Lemonade Shake Up: “We were impressed with the accuracy of the lemonade, not lemon, flavor.”
* Thank you, The Takeout. Those are six things I will not be buying this year.
* What is Brach’s thinking – “Hey, let’s take a bad thing and make it worse.”
* Just curious – how many extra added chemicals do you need for all these flavors?
* Keep some on hand for your kids – for a punishment when they’re bad.

THE HAPPIEST STATES

WalletHub.com has delved into other people’s research and come up with the Happiest States in America. The rankings are based on Emotional and Physical Well-Being, Work Environment, and Community. Here are the Top 20 Happiest States:
– Utah, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, Delaware, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Virginia, New Hampshire, New York, Illinois, South Dakota, Wisconsin, South Carolina.
The Ten Least Happy States:
– Oklahoma, New Mexico, Alaska, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, West Virginia.
* At least Louisiana is happy they’re not West Virginia.
* Some of those Least Happy States are lying ’cause they don’t want a lot of people moving in and driving up the home prices.
* Wait’ll the Great Salt Lake dries up completely, then Utah can tell us how happy they are.
* Utah’s the Happiest … but they’re #6 in the country for suicides. So I guess …? There are fewer and fewer sad people?
* If you moved to one of LAST year’s Happiest States that didn’t make this year’s list … WalletHub says they’re sincerely sorry and why don’t you go pound sand.

U.S. NEWS

KID SAVES MAN WITH CPR, LEARNED IT FROM “STRANGER THINGS”

A 12-year-old Florida boy is being hailed as a hero after he saved a man from drowning by using CPR that he learned from watching the TV show “Stranger Things.” Austen MacMillan was swimming with his behavioral therapist, Jason Piquette, when Piquette attempted to see how long he could hold his breath underwater. After several minutes, the boy became nervous that Piquette hadn’t surfaced. Piquette said he passed out about 30 seconds into the breath-holding contest and was grateful that Austen saved him (* “Grateful”? Please, curb your enthusiasm!). MacMillan said, “I just saw it from a TV show – Stranger Things. After I gave him CPR, he woke up a few minutes later.”
* And they say TV isn’t educational.
* What kind of behavioral therapist is this guy? “See my behavior? Don’t do that.”
* A few more minutes and the Demogorgon would have pulled him through the swimming pool into the Upside Down, just like Barb.
* The kid also watched “Money Heist,” so before the therapist woke up, he stole his wallet.

SHARK BITES MAN IN THE FACE

A shark bit a surfer in the face Tuesday morning off the coast of Florida, at New Smyrna Beach, an area dubbed the “Shark Bite Capital of the World.” Mark Summerset, 38, said he jumped off his board on a wave and encountered a marine animal underwater that nipped at his face. He suffered about a 2-inch laceration above his right cheek. He is expected to recover from the non-life-threatening injuries.
* Aww… kissy-face.
* It was like face-planting onto a bed of nails.
* “I never thought I could be bitten by a shark in the Shark Bite Capital of the World.”
* “New Smyrna Beach – come for the surfing, stay for the recuperation.”
* It’s not often you French kiss a shark and live to tell.

NEW A.I. COCA-COLA

Coca-Cola has created a new “AI-powered” soda. They say the flavor was partly chosen by a computer. The new beverage, named the “Y3000 Zero Sugar” drink, was “co-created with human and artificial intelligence” to address “how fans envision the future through emotions, aspirations, colors, flavors and more.” But you can’t just drink it – Y3000 features a code that consumers can scan to filter their photos “through the custom Y3000 AI Cam” in order “to envision what their current reality could look like through the future.” The company called the drink’s flavor “bright” and “fruity.”
* So… Hawaiian Punch.
* You can also scan the QR code and see a picture of the flavor technicians who were laid off.
* They call it Y3000 Zero Sugar because the aftertaste will stay with you until the year 3000.
* Here’s what your current reality looks like filtered through the Future Cam: a landscape littered with discarded Y3000 cans.
* Do they realize the whole A.I. thing came and went two months ago?
* Maybe their A.I. stands for “Asinine Intelligence.”

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

ART DETECTIVE “RECOVERS” STOLEN VAN GOGH

An art detective has “recovered” a van Gogh painting stolen from the Netherlands’ Singer Laren museum in March 2020. The painting, “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,” is valued between $3.2 million and $6.4 million. Detective Arthur Brand said a visitor appeared at his home in Amsterdam with a blue bag on Monday night. He took it up to his apartment and unzipped it, revealing the masterpiece. Brand said no criminals could keep the painting for long because it had such a reputation. The anonymous person who’d dropped off the painting claimed they had nothing to do with the original theft, reportedly telling Brand that having the art had caused “a massive headache.”
* I thought you could always sell stolen masterpieces to Bond villains, or shadowy billionaire international arms dealers?
* I could be an art detective. You just sit around and wait for someone to knock at your door with the goods.
* The detective took back the van Gogh, saw the returner get back in his vehicle, and watched the van go.
* I bet he hung it in his bathroom for a couple of days before giving it back. I would.
* Valued between $3.2 and $6.4 million? Nice that they could pin it down to a number between 100 and 200 percent.

TRENDING

MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS

Here are the winners from Tuesday night’s ceremony.
– Video of the Year: Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift
– Artist of the Year: ??? (not available by presstime)
– Song of the Year: Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero”
– Best New Artist: Ice Spice
– Push Performance: “Sugar Rush Ride” by Tomorrow x Together
– Best Collaboration: Karol G and Shakira – “TQG”
– Best Pop: Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero”
– Best Hip Hop: Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl”
– Best R&B: SAZ – “Shirt”
– Best Rock: Maneskin – “The Loneliest”
– Best K-Pop: Stray Kids -“S-Class”

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Sept. 15, Friday – National POW/MIA Recognition Day (The third Friday of September)
Sept. 23, Saturday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 2:50 a.m. EDT)
Oct. 9, Monday – Columbus Day
Oct. 16, Monday – National Boss’s Day
Oct. 31, Tuesday – Halloween

BIRTHDAYS

Lili Reinhart (actress, Betty on “Riverdale”) … 27
Fiona Apple (singer/songwriter) … 46
Joe Don Rooney (guitarist with Rascal Flatts) … 48
Stella McCartney (fashion designer, daughter of Paul & Linda) … 52
Tyler Perry (actor, producer, director, screenwriter, playwright, author, songwriter) … 54
Randy Jones (singer with the Village People – the Cowboy) … 71
Jean Smart (actress, “Hacks,” “Watchmen,” “Mare of Easttown”) … 72
Peter Cetera (frontman with Chicago) … 79
David Clayton-Thomas (singer with Blood, Sweat & Tears) … 82

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

“I don’t do divas. I don’t do entourages. I don’t do the Hollywood crap.”

(A) Jennifer Lopez
(B) Kanye West
(C) Tyler Perry

ANSWER: (C) Tyler Perry

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1992 – A Russian couple placed an ad in their local paper wanting to swap their new-born baby for a bigger house.
* Wow – and I though MY down payment was severe!

1971 – American Wayne Rollings broke a world record when he did 17,000 sit-ups in seven hours and 27 minutes.
* He then promised his gym coach he wouldn’t forget his athletic supporter next time.

1899 – The first known fatality involving an automobile occurred in New York City, NY.
* Followed by the first known auto fatality lawsuit.

1898 – Celluloid film was patented on this date in 1898 by Hannibal Goodwin.
* A huge step forward for porn.

1886 – George K. Anderson patented the typewriter ribbon.
* Whatever that is.

1789 – The United States Government took out its first loan.
* And we’ve been in hock ever since.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2010 – George Michael was sent to jail for eight weeks after being convicted of driving under the influence of drugs and possessing cannabis in Hampstead, north London. He smiled in disbelief as the sentence was passed and he was led away to the cells.

2000 – Elton John threw a tantrum when he was set to appear at a sold-out show at the Estoril Casino near Lisbon. Elton was unhappy after the audience was slow in leaving a VIP dinner before the concert. Elton left the building and flew home on his private jet without playing a note.

1999 – Beverly Hills police officer Marcelo Rodriguez filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against George Michael, alleging that the singer committed slander in his song and video for “Outside,” as well as through numerous television interviews. Rodriguez was the officer who arrested Michael on charges of lewd behavior in a public park in April, 1998.

1998 – Lauryn Hill started a five-week run at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.”

1997 – Mariah Carey started a three-week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Honey,” her 12th U.S. No.1 and third single to debut at No.1.

1996 – Rapper Tupac Shakur died while in intensive care. The Death Row Records star had been shot four times in a gangster-style drive-by shooting in Las Vegas six days earlier.

1985 – Sting began his first solo tour in San Diego.

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. 7% of adults can’t do THIS basic physical thing. What is it?
Snap their fingers

2. According to a recent survey, 14% of us have never performed THIS simple task. What is it?
Written a letter

3. Experts say 60% of us cannot do THIS. What is it?
Carry a tune (sing on-key)

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