WEDNESDAY, Apr 10 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: A & M AUTOLAND – Tax Time

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.)

GOLFER’S DAY or GOLF DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Some avid golfers might suggest any and every day is Golfer’s Day. But on this day, it’s official. The only question is, does this day honor the golfer, the sport, or the weather? Well, it’s a little of each. Golfer’s Day is an opportunity to be thankful that someone invented this addicting, yet relaxing hobby. Also referred to as “Golf Day”, there is only one proper way to enjoy this day. And, that’s out on the golf course. When Golfer’s Day falls on a week day, it is even more special. That means you now have an excuse to take a day off of work and go play a round … or two. Regardless of your score today, you know that even a bad day on the greens, is better than a good day at work.”

(INTERNATIONAL) SAFETY PIN DAY

NATIONAL CINNAMON CRESCENT DAY

NATIONAL SIBLING DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“National Sibling Day is a day to appreciate and cherish your brothers and sisters. Siblings are truly a special blessing that we probably all too often take for granted. They are often our best friends and supporters through life. Another reason to celebrate is that not everyone is lucky enough to have siblings. Their lives are significantly different growing up, and throughout life. Celebrate National Sibling Day in a variety of ways. It’s a great time to be thankful for your sibling. But, most importantly get in touch with your siblings. Visit them if they live nearby. Call them, if they live far away. Send them a card, a letter, gifts, or flowers. National Sibling Day is similar to Brothers and Sisters Day, which is celebrated on May 2nd.”

SALVATION ARMY FOUNDER’S DAY

April is:

Adopt a Greyhound Month
Car Care Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
D.E.A.R Drop Everything and Read Month
International Guitar Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Garden Month
National Humor Month
National Poetry Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

AUDIO: FRENCH MOVIE: A SHARK IN THE SEINE

France has long been known as a leader in the cinematic arts, the creator and center of Modernist and postmodern film and film theory, influencing thousands of cinematistes in all parts of the world. Which is why it’s unusual to see the trailer for an upcoming French movie called “Under Paris.” It’s a giant shark movie. A shark is loose in the Seine river on the eve of the World Triathlon Championships in Paris. Hundreds of racers will be swimming in the Seine, with a shark loose, and only one woman – a brilliant scientist! – can track it down and subdue it before it turns the triathalon… into a bloodbath. “Under Paris” – or as I like to called it, “Sous Paris” – premieres June 5 on Netflix.
* “Zis ees NON a bateau accident!”
* “We’re gonna need a bigger gondola.” Oh, wait – wrong country.
* In this one, they attach three wine barrels to the shark.
* Does a grizzled old sailor tell a story about the time his boat capsized in the English Channel on their way to deliver a load of crepes to the British in World War II? “Eleven-hundred crepes went into the water, Chief. 316 came out. Soggy.”
* After a while, you get tired of your artsy-fartsy movies not making any money.
* Next stop: A French superhero. In a multiverse.
CLIP: The “Jaws” music.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/07-22-sharks-jawstheme(dot)mp3

THE BUZZ

GROSS THINGS YOUR PARTNER DOES

Reddit asked: “What’s the grossest thing your partner does but you accept?” Some of the least-objectional responses:
– “To take his medication in pill form: He chews up a big piece of food, spits it out in a ball, shoves his pill in it, throws the ball of food back in his mouth and swallows it whole.”
– “He leaves used Q-tips everywhere.”
– “About 3 months after we broke up I was cleaning under my bed and found used pieces of gum stuck to the bottom of my bed frame.”
– “She mixes M&Ms and Skittles in a bowl and eats them together.”
– “She sucks her tea bags dry.”
– “He eats mayonnaise out of the jar with a spoon.”
– “Watches pimple popping videos”
– “When she’s finished eating a cupcake or a muffin she chews on the wrapper to get the last bit of flavor before spitting it into the garbage.”
– “Likes to wear his socks half on half off while lounging at home. Says it’s the perfect combination of warmth and airflow for his feet. Makes me want to crawl out of my skin.”
– “He makes an elephant sound every time he blows his nose. He claims it works to get everything out but it doesn’t make sense to me logistically.”
– “She buys owl pellets online to dissect them for the small mammal bones. She then uses them in crafting.”
– “When she gets ready in the morning and puts on socks and shoes, she goes sock-shoe sock-shoe instead of sock-sock shoe-shoe.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What gross thing does your partner do that you tolerate? Keep it relatively radio-friendly!

U.S. NEWS

CHASE SUSPECT DRIVES OFF 100-FOOT CLIFF INTO LONG ISLAND SOUND, LIVES

A domestic violence suspect led police on a 45-minute chase on New York’s Long Island Monday, drove off a 100-foot cliff into Long Island Sound, and survived. The wild chain of events started shortly before 11 a.m. when Roger Foster, 56, slashed the tire of a parked car. Someone provided a description of his car to police, an officer spotted the vehicle, and off they went. Foster reached speeds of up to 100mph as he crossed back and forth across eastern Long Island. In Greenport, he turned and headed toward the water, and did not stop. Said one officer, “Never hits the brakes, never slows down. Hits an embankment at the end of the street, goes airborne over the bluff, off the beach, and into Long Island Sound.” The car landed in 3 to 5 feet of water. Officers dived in, pulled the suspect out, and arrested him. Police said he complained of pain but had no visible injuries.
(note: googling locations from the story, he drove off what looks like an actual high cliff at 67 Steps Beach on Long Island. Video shows a steep, rocky descent, and a fairly shallow beach where he was lucky to have enough water. Here’s a video of 67 Steps Beach, start at :55 – youtube(dot)com/watch?v=5XmgcS-Oi7g)
* It was just like that movie, “Thelma and Louise and Roger.”
* I bet he spent some of that time during the chase googling the high tide schedule.
* If they had pulled me out of that car, you know what I would have said? “Damn this stupid self-driving car!”
* Viral marketing for Ryan Gosling’s new stuntman movie, “The Fall Guy”?
* Now here’s Tom Petty with “Learning to Fly.”

THE NAKED AXEWOMAN OF THE LOUISIANA WOODS

Police in Slidell, Louisiana, received a call around 7:30 p.m. on Monday from a man telling them that he had been chased out the woods by a woman with an axe. The victim claimed that he had been assisting a homeless man in finding his way back to Mississippi and went into a nearby patch of woods to check on him. (* Uh huh.) While there, the victim said he was approached by an angry woman, who was also naked and had an axe. The woman raised the axe over her head and began to chase him. He was able to outrun her and make it to his vehicle. The woman was last seen walking down a public road still unclothed.
* She was looking for the guy so she could bury the hatchet.
* He said he noticed she was naked first, and then the axe. That’s a man for you.
* I bet he got out of those woods chop-chop.
* Move it to Texas and this could be a decent episode of “Walker.”
* Worst wood nymph ever.

WE HOPE YOU LIKE GUINEA PIGS

A Colorado animal rescue is taking in 500 guinea pigs from a local breeder that is unable to care for the growing population. Natalie Riggs, director of Cavies and Canines Animal Rescue, said this is their largest case of surrendered guinea pigs from a single owner. In this case, the individual had been breeding for over 30 years, and their husband unexpectedly passed away last week. The rescue normally has about 50 guinea pigs at any given time, and they have lots of foster homes where the piggies can reside until they find a permanent home. Now, Riggs said, they’re working to find new homes for more than 500 guinea pigs, many of whom are pregnant and have health issues.
* Wait – don’t oversell it.
* Too bad about that breeder. I bet people were just lining up to buy pregnant and diseased guinea pigs.
* I mean, at this point, they can’t even be used for soup.
* What did the husband die of? Terminal cuteness from being exposed to 500 guinea pigs?
But wait, there’s more! In other massive amounts of guinea pigs news: Last week, animal control rescued 197 guinea pigs from a property in Bridgeton, New Jersey. Officials were responding to an unrelated call when they discovered the guinea pigs living in makeshift pens inside two sheds. The floors and walls of the sheds were covered in layers of urine and feces. All of the guinea pigs had foot problems, and many were sick and injured. Most of those rescued guinea pigs are currently available for adoption.
* Have you ever owned a pregnant guinea pig or a hamster or a gerbil? The new-babies thing tends to take care of itself.
* Are these animals hornier than humans? I didn’t think that was possible.
* On the other hand, what else have they got to do all day?
* And as soon as we get rid of all the guinea pigs, here come the cicadas.

GLOW-IN-THE-DARK PETUNIAS

A company called Light Bio is now marketing a petunia plant for your garden that glows in the dark. The glowing petunia plant has bright white flowers under normal daylight. But, when the lights are turned out, the petals light up with a greenish-white glow. It was created by crossing the petunia’s genes with four genes from a bioluminescent mushroom and a fifth from a bioluminescent fungi. The company says it took about 10 years to go from development to approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture last fall. The plants went on sale online in February and the first ones were shipped out this week.
* Flowers made from glowing mushrooms is gonna make things more interesting back at the beehive, that’s for sure.
* It’s going to be like a little bee rave. All the bees will be… well, buzzed.
* “Hey, let’s go outside and look at our glow-in-the-dark petunias, and get eaten alive by mosquitos.”
* Should have done it with Venus flytraps.
* Sorry. This invention ain’t so bright.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

MUSEUM WORKER HANGS HIS OWN PAINTING IN GALLERY

A worker at Munich, Germany’s Pinakothek der Moderne art museum was fired back in February after he hung one of his own paintings in a part of the gallery dedicated to modern and contemporary art. The 51-year-old man had smuggled his work into the collection in the hope of achieving his artistic breakthrough. The amateur painting was spotted by staff soon after the museum opened the same day, but a decision was made to keep the picture on display while the gallery was open and take it down after closing time. His painting shared a room with works by Andy Warhol, Picasso, Max Beckmann and Paul Klee for an entire day. The museum said it would not comment on the painting’s subject or style as doing so could “encourage copycat pranksters.”
* They immediately spotted the painting as a fake because it actually looked like something.
* He maybe should have started smaller, like hanging his work in motel rooms.
* He was tired of his paintings always getting the brush-off.
* Now he’s claiming he was framed.
* He’s out of work so now he’s painting for a living. Painting houses. Sad.

TRENDING

ACM AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

The Academy of Country Music has announced their annual award nominations. The ACMs are different, somehow, from the recently-completed CMT awards and the CMA awards. Here are the major categories:
– Entertainer of the Year: Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson
– Female Artist of the Year: Kelsea Ballerini, Ashley McBryde, Megan Moroney, Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson
– Male Artist of the Year: Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen
– Album of the Year: Gettin’ Old, Luke Combs; Higher, Chris Stapleton; Leather, Cody Johnson; One Thing at a Time, Morgan Wallen; Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (For Good), Kelsea Ballerini
– Single of the Year: “Burn It Down,” Parker McCollum; “Fast Car,” Luke Combs; “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen; “Need a Favor,” Jelly Roll; “Next Thing You Know,” Jordan Davis
– Song of the Year: “Fast Car,” Luke Combs; “Heart Like a Truck,” Lainey Wilson; “Next Thing You Know,” Jordan Davis; “The Painter,” Cody Johnson; “Tennessee Orange,” Megan Moroney

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

April 15, Monday – U.S. Tax Day
May 12, Sunday – Mother’s Day
May 27, Monday – Memorial Day
June 14, Friday – Flag Day
June 16, Sunday – Father’s Day
June 20, Thursday – Summer begins (The June solstice occurs at 4:50 P.M. EST)

BIRTHDAYS

Daisy Ridley (actress, Rey in the Star Wars movies) … 32
Haley Joel Osment (actor, “Goliath,” “The Kominsky Method,” “The Sixth Sense,” “A.I.”) … 36
Mandy Moore (actress, singer, “This Is Us”) … 40
David Harbour (actor, Chief Jim Hopper om “Stranger Things”) … 49
Brian Setzer (UK musician and singer, “The Stray Cats,” “The Brian Setzer Orchestra”) … 65
Peter MacNicol (actor, “Veep,” “CSI: Cyber,” “Numb3rs,” “24,” “Ally McBeal”) … 70
Steven Seagal (“actor”) … 72

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

“I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.”

(A) Lindsay Lohan
(B) Zach Galifianakis
(C) Steven Seagal

ANSWER: (C) Steven Seagal

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2019 – The first home delivery service by drone began in Canberra, Australia by Wing, part of Google’s Alphabet company.
* The weird part? The drone was delivering a drone.

2001 – The Netherlands legalized mercy killings and assisted suicide for patients with unbearable, terminal illness.
* What if you consider “life” to be an unbearable terminal illness?

1995 – New York City banned smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more.
* Uhm – wouldn’t smoke bother you more in a smaller space?

1974 – Stunt magicians Penn & Teller first met.
* Talk about a one-sided conversation.

1912 – The Titanic embarked on her maiden voyage.
* Who’d have thought it would all have ended in such an expensive, hideous, overblown tragedy? Although some people said they LIKED the movie.

1871 – The first ever circus opened in New York.
* It’s called Manhattan.

1866 – The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was formed.
* Over 100 years and they still haven’t put an end to those humiliating little sweaters for poodles.

1849 – The safety pin was patented on this date in 1849.
* It was invented exactly three hours after the inventor’s zipper broke.

1825 – The first hotel in Hawaii opened.
* The first step in ridding the islands of those unsightly pristine beaches and tropical foliage.

1790 – The U.S. Patent system was established.
* By all means, we couldn’t have people ripping off the singing fish and the Potty Putter.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2013 – Kate Bush was granted a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for services to music from the Queen at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, England. The singer-songwriter, who was catapulted to fame in 1978 when “Wuthering Heights” topped the charts, said she was “incredibly thrilled.” The 54-year-old dedicated the award to her family and joked that it would have pride of place at the top of her Christmas tree.

2005 – The final episode of The Osbournes was aired on MTV in the UK. The show reached a peak audience of eight million at its height during a three year run, Ozzy was at a loss to explain its popularity, saying, “I suppose Americans get a kick out of watching a crazy Brit family like us make complete fools of ourselves every week.”

2001 – Bruce Springsteen won a court battle to keep the rights to his early songs. Ronald Winter of Masquerade Music, who had released the album “Before The Fame,” was found to be in breach of copyright. Springsteen was awarded more than $2 million in damages.

2001 – Sean Puffy Combs was stopped by police in Golden Beach, Miami, who discovered his driving license had been suspended. Combs was not arrested because he claimed he was unaware of the suspension, but he was cited for the traffic violation.

2001 – Eminem was given two years’ probation and fined $3,000 and $6,000 in court costs after admitting carrying a concealed weapon. The charges followed an incident outside a club in Warren, Michigan the previous June when Eminem “pistol whipped” John Guerra after he saw him kissing his wife.

2000 – Sony Music Entertainment announced plans to make its first commercial digital downloads available to U.S. consumers. Sony said it would offer about 50 hit songs from Lauryn Hill, Pearl Jam, Michael Jackson, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and others.

1999 – TLC started a four-week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “No Scrubs.”

1994 – Over 5,000 fans attended a public memorial service for Kurt Cobain at Seattle Flag Pavilion.

1990 – Tom Waits took Doritos Chips to court for using a sound-alike voice on radio ads. The jury awarded him $2.475 million in punitive damages. Waites comments after the case: “… now by law I have what I always felt I had … a distinctive voice.”

1988 – Ozzy Osbourne announced that he’d like to tour the world’s insane asylums.

1976 – Peter Frampton went to No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Frampton Comes Alive,” the biggest selling live album in rock history.

1970 – During a concert in Boston, Doors singer Jim Morrison asked the audience if “anyone wants to see my genitals.” The management switched off the power.

1970 – A press release by Paul McCartney announcing his first solo album was interpreted by the press as a declaration he was quitting The Beatles. McCartney started the legal proceedings to do so on December 31, 1970.

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. 3 out of 10 people in a recent survey from USA Today admit they do THIS at least once a week. What is it?
Run a red light

2. According to research, the average person does THIS 4 times a week. What is it?
Wash their hair

3. 65% of us do THIS at least 4 times a week at home. What is it?
Weigh ourselves on a scale

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