THURSDAY, Nov 9 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, November 9, 2023
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: PROMOS-TO-GO

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.)

CHAOS NEVER DIES DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Chaos Never Dies Day recognizes the turmoil in modern, everyday life. Are things a little crazy at home? Is school a little on the wild side? Is your workplace hectic and disorderly? We thought so. Just when things seem to calm down at work and home, along comes something to disrupt your life. Yes, disorder is everywhere. Hectic schedules, changes to plans, unexpected tasks and chores, the list goes on and on and on … Today is designed for you. It’s a day to recognize the chaos in your life. You can best celebrate this day, by recognizing that chaos never dies. Rather, its a way of life. You can partake in this special day, by putting just a little order back into your life. You can start, by picking one thing that is really disrupting your life, and change it … for the good. On the bright side: If you think your life is chaotic today, just wait until the holiday season arrives.”

GO TO AN ART MUSEUM DAY
The National Today website says this:
“Remember how excited you were to go on a field trip to the museum as a kid? The first thing on your mind was probably, “Yeah, no class!,” but a big part of the appeal was the thought of going on an adventure. And art’s all about exploration—in fact, that’s why we celebrate Go to an Art Museum Day on November 9. More than 30,000 museums around the world participate, and each year even has a different theme. So today, go to a museum and discover something new!”

WORLD ADOPTION DAY

November is:

Adopt a Senior Pet Month
Great American Smoke Out Month
National Adoption Month
National Military Family Month
National Native American Heritage Month
Raisin Bread Month
Stamp Collecting Month
Vegan 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, Nov 9

“Colin From Accounts”
Paramount+ – The Australian series comes to streaming
Synopsis: In this modern-day romantic love story, two singles are brought together by a car accident and an injured dog.

Season Premiere:
“Rap Sh!t” – HBO Max

FRIDAY, Nov 10

“The Curse”
Showtime and Paramount+ with Showtime – New Series
Synopsis: Eerie dark comedy about a recently married couple who host a house-flipping show on HGTV, which is overseen by a slimy producer. As they gentrify the struggling city of Española, New Mexico, by building eco-friendly homes and opening trendy businesses, their lives are upended when a young girl puts a curse on them.

“The Killer”
Netflix) – New Movie
Synopsis: An assassin is bent on fulfilling his mission without letting emotions cloud his judgment.

“007: Road to a Million”
Prime Video – New Reality Competition Show
Synopsis: Nine pairs of everyday people are unleashed on an epic adventure through a series of James Bond-inspired challenges, to find questions hidden around the world, all for a shot at winning a life-changing £1,000,000 prize.

Season Premiere:
“For All Mankind” – Apple TV+

AUDIO: CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER’S ORIGINAL “SOUND OF MUSIC” VOCALS

By now, everyone knows “The Sound of Music” by heart. It’s fairly common knowledge that, except for Julie Andrews and a couple other cast members, everyone’s singing voice was overdubbed by professional singers – even Captain von Trapp. Now a newly remastered and expanded version of the soundtrack is coming out featuring dozens of unreleased and alternative tracks as well as demos, including the songs “Edelweiss” and “Something Good” with Plummer’s original vocals. Plummer’s vocals were dubbed over by singer Bill Lee in the movie, despite the fact that Plummer underwent vocal training for the film and later claimed he only did the movie because he wanted to do a musical on film.
* This sounds like a cheesy producer’s cash grab, to pick up some more dough-re-mi.
* Maybe they overdubbed him because they kept hearing the sound of mucous.
* More like “Something Not So Good.”
* It’s only been 58 years. Why the rush?
* I always wanted to know this: von Trapp was a captain in the Austrian navy, right? Why does Austria need a navy? It’s two hours from the nearest sea! (the Adriatic)
CLIP: Christopher Plummer sings “Something Good.”
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)(com)/prep/wp-content/uploads/ChristoperPlummer-SomethingGood(dot)mp3

KATIE PRICE LEAKS BUTT FILLER FLUID DURING PERFORMANCE

British reality star Katie Price admitted on her first live podcast that fluid was leaking out of her butt. The 45-year-old recently had lip filler fluid injected into her bottom to make it look plumper. She told the crowd at the theater that she had a bandage on her bottom because it was leaking. Price underwent the filler procedure just over a week ago – she live-streamed it, of course. She had been offered the procedure for free by an “aesthetics expert.” 500mls – 16 ounces! A bottle of soda pop! – of saline fluid were injected into her buttocks in the hopes of giving it a perkier and more rounded shape. During the podcast performance, she showed off the bandage under her skin-tight suit and explained that she has been leaking fluid.
* First, I apologize to everyone eating breakfast right now.
* If you thought toweling up sweat off the court at an NBA game was the worst job you could have, imagine the guy who has to towel up ass fluid off the stage.
* “Free” from a fan is always the best way to choose a cosmetic surgeon.
* The butt is not a balloon. Do they teach human anatomy in British schools?
* I would have preferred if she hadn’t leaked this story.

THE BUZZ

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. “9 Retro Jell-O Recipes Guaranteed to Impress Your Guests”
2. “Humans Confused Over Reason Why We Have Butt Hair On Our Bodies”
3. “I Criticize My Husband Every Day And I Don’t Know Why”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Do Your Dog’s Paws Smell Like Fritos? ”

TOP DRINKING COUNTRIES

According to a survey of unknown origins, Here are the Top Ten Drinkiest Countries, determined by the number of people who say they have had six or more drinks in one sitting in the past month. (* Pfff – amateurs.)
1. Denmark – 37%
2. Romania – 36%
3. United Kingdom – 35%
4. Luxembourg – 35%
5. Germany – 30%
6. Belgium – 28%
7. Australia – 26%
8. Ireland – 25%
9. Iceland – 24%
10 United States – 23%
* The explains why Denmark always sounds so groggy in the morning.
* Shame on you, Ireland! Only #8?
* And where the hell is Russia, with all the vodka?
* Maybe they were passed out when the survey people called.

U.S. NEWS

GUNMAN SURRENDERS TO ROBOT POLICE DOG

A SWAT standoff involving a man who boarded a Los Angeles Metro bus with a gun came to a peaceful end Wednesday morning after police deployed a robotic dog. The standoff began around 4 a.m. when a passenger noticed the suspect sleeping on the bus with a gun under his seat. The bus driver and passengers evacuated and police surrounded the bus and called in the SWAT team. Officers deployed a robot dog, which boarded the bus and retrieved the man’s weapon. The suspect eventually stepped out of the bus and, after acting erratically for a few moments, surrendered to officers.
* “Give yourself up. You have 10 arfs to comply.”
* It’s only going to take a couple of these instances before word gets around that the robot dog doesn’t bite.
* I would have just quietly got the gun away from under the seat while the guy was sleeping, but I guess they gotta show buying the robot dog was a good idea.
* It took a couple extra minutes because the robot dog started humping the fare box.
* Robot dogs, because when you tell a robot cat to do something, it just gives you a look like, “Seriously? You’re kidding, right?”

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

ROBOT MISTAKES WORKER FOR BOX, CRUSHES HIM

A robot meant to lift boxes at a pepper sorting plant in South Korea mistook a man for a box of vegetables and crushed him. The man, a robotics company employee, had been checking the sensors on the robot after reports that it had been malfunctioning. The robotic arm grabbed him and forced him onto a conveyor belt, crushing his body. He was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries.
* How’d you like to be the next in line to check those sensors?
* ♪♫ Please let my left arm go, Mr Roboto. ♫
* If the robots think humans look like boxes of vegetables, they need better robots.
* Nothing worse than a dead-end job.

SNAKE MEAT PIZZA, NEW FROM PIZZA HUT

Pizza Hut has teamed up with a Hong Kong restaurant to create a snake meat pizza topping. The pizza combines shredded snake meat, black mushrooms and Chinese dried ham – all ingredients of an authentic snake stew and part of the Hong Kong Pizza Hut’s menu. Some diners in Hong Kong have long enjoyed snake stew, especially during the colder months. The best time to eat snake is “when the autumn wind begins to blow” – when they’ve fattened up to prepare for hibernation.
* The more you know, huh?
* They say it tastes like chicken. A chicken that’s been eaten by a snake.
* Do they cut it in chunks like pineapple or slice it thin like pepperoni?
* Hey, these aren’t peppercorns, they’re snake eyes!
* It’s still better than anchovies.

TRENDING

COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNERS

Here are the big winners from Wednesday’s CMA Awards:

– Entertainer of the Year: Lainey Wilson
– Single of the Year: “Fast Car” – Luke Combs
– Album of the Year: Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson
– Song of the Year: “Fast Car”; Songwriter: Tracy Chapman
– Fermale Vocalist of the Year: Lainey Wilson
– Male Vocalist of the Year: Chris Stapleton
– Vocal Group of the Year: Old Dominion
– Vocal Duo of the Year: Brothers Osbourne
– New Artist of the Year – Jelly Roll
– Musical Event: “Wait in the Truck” – Hardy
– Musician of the Year: Jenee Fleenor
– Music Video of the Year: “Wait in the Truck” – Hardy

SHANIA TWAIN TOUR BUS CRASHES, SHANIA NOT ON IT

Several members of Shania Twain’s tour crew were hospitalized on Wednesday in Canada after one crew bus and one truck were involved in a rollover. Shania was not on the bus at the time. The accident happened between Winnipeg and Saskatoon, Canada, in bad weather. Members of the production crew who required medical attention were taken to nearby hospitals.”

ACTORS STRIKE SETTLED

The SAG-AFTRA actors’ union reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios to resolve the second of two strikes that rocked the entertainment industry. The 118-day strike officially ended just after midnight. The group’s national board will consider the deal on Friday, and the union said it would release further details after that meeting.

CIRQUE DU SOLIEL TO LAUNCH COUNTRY-THEMED SHOW

The famous Cirque du Soleil, known for combining acrobatics with music, has teamed with Universal Music Group Nashville for a new touring show that will launch in July. The new show will showcase the high-flying routines set to songs from country legends and contemporary stars.

PATRICK DEMPSEY, SEXIEST MAN ALIVE

Patrick Dempsey has been named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive Who Has A Project That Needs Promoting for this year. The “Grey’s Anatomy” star and race car driver takes the mantle from “Captain America” star Chris Evans, who was 2022’s selection. Dempsey, 57, stars in the upcoming Michael Mann film “Ferrari.”

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Nov. 11, Saturday – Veterans Day
Nov. 23, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Thursday – Winter begins, winter solstice occurs at 10:27 P.M. EST
Dec. 25, Monday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Sunday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, Monday – New Year’s Day 2024

BIRTHDAYS

Nick Lachey (singer, TV personality, ex-husband of Jessica Simpson) … 50
Eric Dane (actor, “Grey’s Anatomy”) … 51
Lou Ferrigno (actor, bodybuilder, played “The Incredible Hulk” on TV) … 72

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

“The action genre is not always the most synonymous with character development.”

(A) Vin Diesel
(B) Sacha Baron Cohen
(C) Eric Dane

ANSWER: (C) Eric Dane

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1999 – The first plutonium powered heart pacemaker was fitted to a 48 year-old American man.
* Before long, he was glowing with health – literally.

1989 – Communist East Germany opened its borders to West Germany while joyous citizens danced on the Berlin Wall, which was torn down shortly afterwards. East and West Germany eventually reunited into one democratic country.
* On the downside, all those spy novelists were out of a job.

1988 – Garry Kasparov became world chess champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, who had held the title for 10 years.
* Although he’d only actually made three moves in that time.

1983 – Brewing magnate, Alfred Heineken, was kidnapped in Amsterdam.
* The kidnappers eventually handed him in and got a deposit back.

1938 – The holiday “Sadie Hawkins Day,” where the girl gets to ask the guy out, was invented in a comic strip by cartoonist Al Capp.
* This is a sacred day in prisons throughout the United States.

1911 – George Claude invented neon signs.
* Must have been hard to keep those a secret when he was working on them …

1853 – Gail Borden patented “evaporated milk.”
* I’ve never understood how you can sell milk that’s evaporated.

1847 – A woman gave birth to a child with the aid of anesthetic for the first time.
* If MEN gave birth the anesthetic would’ve been invented six centuries earlier.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2002 – It was announced that Madonna’s latest movie “Swept Away” would not be released in the UK because it had been such a box office flop in the U.S. The Washington Post said the film was “as awful as you’ve heard and as bad as you’ve imagined.”

1996 – Van Halen went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with “Best Of Vol. 1.”

1990 – The IRS seized all of country singer Willie Nelson’s bank accounts and real estate holdings in connection with a $16 million tax debt.

1985 – Jan Hammer went to No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with the “Miami Vice Theme.”

1967 – The first issue of Rolling Stone Magazine was published in San Francisco. It came with a free roach clip to hold a marijuana joint.

1966 – John Lennon met Yoko Ono for the first time when he visited her art exhibition at the Indica Gallery, London.

1961 – Brian Epstein saw The Beatles playing live for the first time during a lunchtime session at The Cavern in Liverpool. Epstein went on to be the group’s manager.

1958 – Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” exceeded three million copies sold in the U.S., becoming only the third single to do so to that date, along with Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” and Gene Autry’s “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer.”

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 asking people what makes them happy, THIS was the #1 answer. What is it?
Fast wi-fi

2. Experts say THIS happens to the average person every 3 minutes. What is it?
An app on their phone tracks their location

3. Almost 40% of us use at least six of THESE a week. What are they?
Streaming services

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