THURSDAY, Sept 28 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, September 28, 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.)

ASK A STUPID QUESTION DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Today is Ask a Stupid Question Day. It’s your opportunity to speak up, and to ask all those questions you were afraid to ask. All those questions that you thought were too stupid or dumb to ask, have been piling up all year long. Today is the day to unload them. C’mon give it a try. Nobody will laugh … we hope. The roots of this special day go back to the 1980’s. At the time, there was a movement by teachers to try to get kids to ask more questions in the classroom. Kids sometimes hold back, fearing their question is stupid, and asking it will result in ridicule. Teachers chose the day September 28. If it fell on a weekend, they would celebrate it on the last day of the month.”

DRINK BEER DAY

NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Ah, Good Neighbor Day. It’s definitely a good thing. Being good neighbors is an important part of the social fiber that makes this country so great. Therefore, it seems only fitting that one day a year honors good neighbors. In the early 1970’s, Mrs. Becky Mattson from Lakeside, Montana recognized the importance of good neighbors, and started the effort to make this a National day. In 2003, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution, sponsored by Montana Senator Max Baucus, making September 28th National Good Neighbor Day.”

NATIONAL SONS DAY

STRAWBERRY CREAM PIE DAY

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

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, Sept 28

“The Golden Bachelor”
ABC – New Dating Competition Show
Synopsis: One hopeless romantic is given a second chance at love in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life.

Season Premieres:
ABC – “Bachelor in Paradise”
Fox – “Hell’s Kitchen
Fox – “Lego Masters”
Max – “Starstruck”

FRIDAY, Sept 29

“Gen V”
Prime Video – New Series
Synopsis: Spin-off of Prime Video’s superhero superhit “The Boys,” based on an arc from the comics that sees young people with superpowers competing to be top of the class at the Vought-run Godolkin University.

Season Premiere:
ABC – “Shark Tank”

SUNDAY, Oct 1

Season Premieres:
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”
Fox – “Family Guy”
Fox – “The Simpsons”

THE MOST SEARCHED-FOR SONG LYRICS

What are the most searched-for song lyrics in the U.S.? Using Google Trends search data between January 2019 and July 2023, WordList Finder has the answer:
1. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
2. Hotel California by Eagles
3. Lose Yourself by Eminem
4. Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
5. Jolene by Dolly Parton
6. American Pie by Don McLean
7. I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys
8. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
9. Love Story by Taylor Swift
10. Toxic by Britney Spears
* How did “Baby Shark” not make the list?
* Everybody knows the words to Bohemian Rhapsody, they just look it up because they can’t believe “Bismillah” is a real word. (in Arabic it means “in the name of God”
* Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene. There. I just saved everybody a search.
* More proof Google’s tracking and storing everything we do.
* Just wait’ll they release the list of Most Searched-For Celebrity Nudes.

Top Lyric Searches by Genre (we’re trusting you know the artists):
– Country: Jolene, Love Story, Before He Cheats, The Devil Went Down To Georgia, I Hope You Dance
– Pop: Billie Jean, I Want It That Way, Toxic, Bad Romance, Uptown Funk
– Metal: Enter Sandman, Crazy Train, War Pigs, Immigrant Song, Master Of Puppets

WOMAN STOWAWAY TRIED TO GET TO BEYONCE CONCERT

A woman attempted to stowaway on a Southwest Airlines flight to New Orleans where Beyonce was set to perform. The woman, wearing a Beyoncé Renaissance tour T-shirt, was caught after a 40-minute search of the plane when everyone’s IDs were checked. But passengers were shocked that the woman was able to make it all the way into the airplane just moments before take off. Passengers speculated that the woman had a ticket for another plane and used it to sneak aboard the early flight to New Orleans in hopes of catching Beyonce’s tour stop in the Big Easy.
* Now THAT’S a fan – not only trying to stowaway, but willing to fly on Southwest.
* You know an airline is bad when passengers are thinking, “I hope it’s me and they take me off this plane.”
* Of course, they punished her by making her stay on the flight.
* Dummy! The only way stowaways have made it into the air is when they hide in the wheel well.

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. “12 Creative Ways to Use Ice Cube Trays”
2. “Jellyfish Study Could Change The Way We View Our Own Brains”
3. “You’ve Been Washing Your Armpits Wrong”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “It’s So Hot, Corn Is Sweating.”

DRUG GROWS NEW TEETH

A team of scientists, led by a Japanese pharmaceutical startup, are ready to start human trials on a new drug that has successfully grown new teeth in animal test subjects. The Japan Times reports the drug succeeded growing new teeth in mice five years ago and now clinical trials will begin in July of 2024. Dr. Katsu Takahashi, a lead researcher on the project and head of the dentistry and oral surgery department at the Kitano Hospital Medical Research Institute, says “the idea of growing new teeth is every dentist’s dream.”
* Because eventually, a lot of them will need $2500 crowns.
* So we all get new mouse teeth? For eating those little tiny ears of corn on hors d’oeuvre trays?
* Who’s the sicko dentist who went in and yanked the teeth out of all those mice?
* The entire population of the UK waits with anticipation for a second chance.
* If it doesn’t work, that’ll bite. Or should it be “that WON’T bite”?

U.S. NEWS

ASSAULTED WITH FROZEN CHICKEN

In St. Petersburg, Florida, a 30-year-old woman is facing a domestic battery charge after allegedly striking her daughter with a frozen chicken. Police allege that Mary Marquardt was arguing with her daughter and threw a frozen chicken at her, striking her on the right leg. It was not reported if it was a whole frozen chicken or just parts. Marquardt was ordered to have no contact with her daughter. The daughter escaped serious injury.
* Winged with a frozen chicken.
* A crime most fowl.
* There’s nothing like a nugget to the noggin.
* Coulda been worse. Coulda been a cooked chicken in a roasting pan.
* What’s the old saying? “A bird in the hand is better than one in the head.”

CANDIDATE FOR CORONER SAYS, “YOU STAB ‘EM, I’LL SLAB ‘EM”

An attorney hoping to become the coroner for Catawba County, North Carolina, has put up a billboard that reads “Shell Pearce for County Coroner: You stab ‘em… I’ll slab ‘em!” The thing is, the county doesn’t even have a coroner – they depend on a medical examiner out of Raleigh. But Pearce is hoping the county will create the position, and that he will fill it. Pearce said he’s received hundreds of phone calls since putting the billboard up, claiming “the phones here at the office are completely overloaded.” Pearce said he plans on speaking in front of county commissioners next month in hopes of reinstating the position.
* As far as the county goes, it’s a dead issue.
* Don’t you think there’s something odd about a person who would campaign that hard to be a coroner? “Oh, come on, let me see the dead people! Please??!”
* He could have a whole series of billboards:
– “You shoot ’em, I’ll boot ’em”
– “You O.D. ’em, I’ll I.D. ’em.”
– “If they’re strokin’, I’m pokin’.”
– “If they had COVI(T), I’ll let you know it.”
– “Was it cancer? Here’s your answer.”
– “Homicide? I’ll decide.”
* I would’ve gone with something more tasteful, like a haiku, but whatever.

THIEF STEALS SHOP VAC FULL OF HORNETS

A shop vac full of live hornets was stolen from a truck in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood. Don Shump, owner of Philadelphia Bee Company, said there are hundreds of hornets inside of it, including “a preponderance of queens.” Mr. Shump relocates honeybees and bumblebees, and will often use them to make honey to sell. For hornets and wasps, Shump said they typically freeze and study them. Last Thursday, he sucked up hundreds of hornets into a shop vac, put it in the bed of his pickup truck and drove home. He was planning to freeze the little buggers the following morning, but someone stole the vacuum out of the truck. In a post on Facebook, he explained exactly what was in the shop vac and in a message to the thief said, “I anxiously await your unboxing video.”
* I’ll bet that stung!
* Prepare to be be-sieged.
* You can only hope they opened it in a closed garage.
* Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, run like a mother—-
* I once saw Shop Vac Full of Hornets open for Death Cab for Cutie.

PICKLEBALL EQUIPMENT SHED TORCHED

The Pickleball Wars are escalating. A pickleball storage shed at Memorial Park in Santa Monica, California, was set on fire, destroying thousands of dollars worth of equipment. (* Four racquets and a net?) The fire erupted Monday night around 1 a.m. The Santa Monica Pickleball Club is a nonprofit organization created to allow the public to play the sport for free. Community members are distraught over the targeted attack and want the arsonist to be caught before they strike again.
* Justice will be served, like a high fast one over the net.
* The equipment’s destroyed? Now they’re in a pickle.
* Sounds like somebody really soured on the idea.
* Suspects include any of the 30,000 people whio live within earshot of the court.
* Sorry, pickleballers. Back to mall walking and earlybird specials at Country Buffet.
EXTRA CREDIT: Where did the “pickle” in “pickleball” come from?
We asked ChatGPT, who said: “The word ‘pickle’ in ‘pickleball’ does not actually have a direct connection to the sport itself. Pickleball was created in 1965 by three friends: Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell, and Barney McCallum. The name ‘pickleball’ is said to have originated from the Pritchard family’s dog, Pickles, who would chase after the errant balls during their early games (* making them ‘Pickles’ balls’). So, while ‘pickle’ is in the name, it’s not related to the sport’s rules, equipment, or gameplay; it’s more of a whimsical origin story.”

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

IRISH COLLEGE OFFERS DEGREE IN SOCIAL INFLUENCING

A university in Ireland will be offering the country’s first degree in social-media influencing. Southeast Technical University in Carlow, Ireland, is offering a Bachelor of Arts in Content Creation and Social Media beginning in September 2024. The college says graduates of the course will be equipped to either work for themselves as a self-employed influencer or in creating content for a company or organization. Topics covered in the four-year (* Four years!!!) course include business skills, video and audio editing, critical cultural studies and creative writing.
* All the things mastered by 8-year-olds these days.
* Look, if you’re not a social media influencer by the time you start kindergarten, forget it. Become a plumber.
* And when you’re done with that degree, you can get a 4-year degree in electronic music composition or photography, which are also things your computer does for you automatically.
* Do they realize all social-media influencing content will be made by AI by next Tuesday?
* Your homework is to create content that influences people to think this course is worth taking.

NUDE BARBER SHOPS

In Brazil, according to Vice.com, there are currently four nude barber shops. According to the owners and the customers, they are not about sex, they are about nudism. You get your hair cut while sitting in a chair nude. The barber is nude. A shop called Barbearia Naturista, in the city of Fortaleza, was the first to open. Owner Rodney Araujo says the point of his salon is to spread the practice of nudism beyond beaches and campsites and into urban spaces (* Great idea. Please tell me nude gas stations are next.). He says, “I wanted to encourage men to take care of their bodies and souls,” he says, “by showing a form of internal beauty that few get to see.” And, yes, they cut more than the hair on your head. Due to high demand, his salon is open until 2am every night.
* Heaven help you if he drops the clippers in your lap.
* You might be leaving a tip whether you wanted to or not.
* ♫ Shave and a haircut, Ouch! OUCH!!” ♬
* You can tell he’s a nude barber if he has a striped pole.
* “Welcome to my shop. Before we begin, please dip yourself into the tub of hand sanitizer.”

TRENDING

DREW CAREY A HERO TO WGA STRIKERS

At the start of the Writers strike back in May, The Price is Right host Drew Carey tweeted that he would foot the bill at two local Los Angeles restaurants until the strike was over, a tradition he started sixteen years ago: “Show your WGA card at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank or Swingers Diner on Beverly and your meal is free.” Writers are now praising Carey for helping people “survive” the trying times. One writer said, “I know at least a couple of people who ate at Bob’s every day of the strike, not because it was fun, but because it was free and they needed the food. Drew didn’t just build community — he literally helped people survive this strike.” Another wrote, “One of the things that is hurting the business is the slow death of a ‘showbiz mentality.’ This obvs has its traps as well, but Drew Carey covering lunch is such a showbiz move, it really warms my heart. A person just saying ‘I got you.'”

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Oct. 9, Monday – Columbus Day
Oct. 16, Monday – National Boss’s Day
Oct. 31, Tuesday – Halloween
Nov. 5, Sunday – Daylight Saving Time Ends, turn clocks back 1 hour
Nov. 11, Saturday – Veterans Day
Nov. 23, Thursday – Thanksgiving

BIRTHDAYS

Hilary Duff (actress, “Younger,” “Gossip Girl,” “Lizzie McGuire”) … 36
Jerrika Hinton (actress, “Hunters,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) … 42
Peter Cambor (actor, “Grace and Frankie”, NCIS: Los Angeles”) … 45
Mandy Barnett (country singer) … 48
Karen Fairchild (singer w Little Big Town) … 54
Naomi Watts (actress) … 55
Mira Sorvino (actress) … 56
Janeane Garofalo (comedienne, actress, radio talk host) … 59
Brigitte Bardot (actress, animal rights advocate) … 89

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

“My life is very crazy and busy, but I love it that way.”

(A) Joe Biden
(B) Pope Francis
(C) Hillary Duff

ANSWER: (C) Hillary Duff

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2015 – NASA scientists announced the discovery of flowing water on Mars.
* You know what this means for the first astronauts on Mars, right? Tube rides!!!

2002 – Iraq rejected a U.S.-British plan for the United Nations to force President Saddam Hussein to disarm and open his palaces for weapons searches.
* Can you believe it – they claimed they had NO weapons!

1991 – Marion Barry, former mayor of the District of Columbia, was sentenced to six months in prison for possession of crack cocaine.
* Maybe that should be the District of COLOMBIA with an “O.”

1955 – The World Series was televised in color for the first time.
* “Wow – look at all the different shades of brown tobacco spit!”

1946 – The first Army-Navy Store opened, specializing in the sale of surplus military supplies.
* For folks who like to buy things made by the lowest bidder.

1892 – The first night game in football was played, between Mansfield State Normal School and Wyoming Seminary in Mansfield, PA.
* Night games became pretty popular, because the artificial illumination was so poor in those days that at night, you really couldn’t see the horrific gashes and mutilations players would get wearing that old-fashioned leather headgear.

1850 – The U.S. Navy abolished flogging as a form of punishment.
* Unfortunately, the news never made it to my fraternity.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2019 – Metallica cancelled their upcoming tour to allow frontman James Hetfield to enter rehab.

2004 – Producer Phil Spector was charged with the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. After one mistrial, he was found guilty of murder in the second degree on April 13, 2009.

2002 – Madonna was voted the greatest female singer of all time by 75,0000 music fans in a VH1 poll.

1997 – LeAnn Rimes went to No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “You Light Up My Life Inspirational Songs.”

1994 – Bobby Brown witnessed a fatal drive-by-shooting in Roxbury. His sister’s fiance was killed in the incident.

1991 – Garth Brooks went to No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Ropin’ The Wind.” The album spent a total of eighteen weeks at the No.1 position and 70 weeks on the chart, selling over 11 million copies.

1991 – Guns N’ Roses released 2 albums: “Use Your Illusion I” and “Use Your Illusion II,” which made No.1 & No.2 in the U.S.

1989 – Jimmy Buffet published “Tales From Margaritaville,” a book of short stories.

1976 – A&M Records sued George Harrison for $6 million over non-delivery of a new album after he missed the deadline by two months.

1974 – Bad Company went to No.1 on the U.S. album chart with their self-titled debut album.

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. Sales of THESE are now in the range of over $1 billion per year. What are they?
Vinyl records

2. Americans spend about $16 billion a year on THIS. What is it?
Chocolate

3. American’s spend about $1.5 billion each year on THIS, and usually use it in only one room of the house. What is it?
Toothpaste

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