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MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR TUESDAY, May 7, 2024
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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.)

NATIONAL PACKAGING DESIGN DAY

NATIONAL ROAST LEG OF LAMB DAY
The Punchbowl website says this:
“Today is National Roast Leg of Lamb Day! People first started eating lamb over 10,000 years ago. In the Middle Ages, farmers realized that sheep were the most useful livestock to raise. They provided wool for items of clothing, milk for dairy products, and a delicious source of meat. You can cook lamb a variety of different ways, but roasting is one of the most popular methods. This dish pairs beautifully with seasonings like rosemary, oregano, thyme, or lemon zest. For something extra special, make a stuffed leg of lamb or prepare a succulent sauce to serve on top! To celebrate National Roast Leg of Lamb Day, cook up a traditional roast dinner tonight with lamb as the main course. Bon appétit!”

NATIONAL TEACHER DAY – The Tuesday of the first full week of May

May is:

Chip Your Pet Month / Pet Month
Date Your Mate Month
International Civility Awareness Month
National Barbeque Month
National Bike Month
National Egg Month
National Hamburger Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month
Older Americans Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

EMILY BLUNT DID NOT LIKE KISSING SOME CO-STARS

Emily Blunt talked about doing love scenes on The Howard Stern Show. “Have you wanted to throw up?” Stern asked the her about kissing some of her male co-stars on screen, to which the actor responded, “Absolutely. Absolutely.” She wouldn’t reveal any names, but here are some of the people Emily Blunt has kissed on-screen:
– John Krasinky, her husband – “A Quiet Place”
– Matt Damon – “The Adjustment Bureau”
– Benicio Del Toro – “The Wolfman”
– Cillian Murphy – “Oppenheimer”
– Dwayne Johnson – “Jungle Cruise”
– Jason Segel – “The Five-Year Engagement”
– Tom Cruise – “Edge Of Tomorrow”
* Tom Cruise is probably an excellent kisser. I think he practices a lot with a mirror.
* Gotta be Benicio in “The Wolfman.” Total dogbreath.
* She’d never say she had a problem with Ryan Gosling making “The Fall Guy,” ’cause it’s already hard enough trying to get people to see the movie.
* Didn’t she kiss a cartoon penguin in “Mary Poppins Returns”?

GET READY FOR AN AI-GENERATED YOUNG SHATNER

William Shatner said in a new interview that he would be open to playing Captain Kirk in “Star Trek” again. Even though Kirk was killed off in the 1994 film “Star Trek Generations,” Shatner – now 93! – suggests he could play a younger version of the Starship Enterprise captain thanks to computerized de-aging, like they did with Harrison Ford in the last Indiana Jones movie. Shatner has recently signed on to be the spokesperson for Otoy, a company specializing in technology that “takes years off of your face.” Which probably means, one way or another, we’re about to see a de-aged Shatner. But as for reprising Captain Kirk, he says if there were a genuine reason for the character appearing, and not just a cameo, he might consider it. Shatner even pitched the concept: “‘We’ve got Captain Kirk’s brain frozen here. Let’s see if we can bring back a little bit of this, a little salt, a little pepper. Oh, look at that. Here comes Captain Kirk!’”
* Captain Kirk’s brain, plus a little salt, a little pepper? Is it a zombie movie?
* Well it’s not like anybody’s thinking of bringing back TJ Hooker.
* They can de-age his face, but his body would still be the shape of a giant meatball.
* The only “genuine reason” for Shatner to take any job these days is if somebody asks him.
* They could bring Kirk back younger, and then make him go through that rapid-aging thing again like they did on that one Star Trek.

MISS USA RESIGNS

Current Miss USA Noelia Voigt has announced she is relinquishing her Miss USA crown to preserve her mental health.The beauty pageant contestant, who was awarded the title last September, announced her decision to step down Monday on Instagram. She wrote, in part, “Sadly, I have made the very tough decision to resign from the title of Miss USA 2023. Constant and consistent hard work and dedication all led me to where I am today, and I hope that the last seven years of competing in pageantry and sharing my journey with you all is something that inspires you to never give up on your dreams, whatever they may be.” Adding, “Never compromise your physical and mental well-being. Our health is our wealth.” Pageant officials say they will transfer her duties to a successor.
* “Never give up on your dreams,” she said, as she publicly gave up.
* Duties? Those supermarket-opening ribbons don’t cut themselves, you know.
* Maybe Miss USA is tired of being hassled by Miss Anti-War College Protesters.
* She’s also had enough of smart-alecs calling her “Miss America” with a little wink.
* I envision her being led to the Canadian border carrying a box of all the personal belongings from her desk.

THE BUZZ

SITTING THROUGH UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATIONS

Reddit asked, “What’s the most uncomfortable situation you’ve ever had to sit through?” Some of the responses:
– “We were having a goodbye retirement party for one of our best sales ladies. The boss gave her a cake and she said “I don’t want cake, I’m not retiring, you are forcing me out, this is BS and you know it.”
– “I was looking at my moms phone cause she wanted to show me some pictures from what she did that weekend. I swiped one too many times and came across one of her nudes.”
– “My friend telling me how awful his relationship was becoming and wanting to end it, moments before his girlfriend texted me for advice on how to tell him she was pregnant.”
– “At the movies, I interlocked my fingers with the kid sitting beside me for a full minute. Turns out, he wasn’t my kid.”
– “I went to a wedding where the grandmother of the bride wrote a poem and performed a spoken word sing songy reading of the poem at the reception. The poem was like 10 pages long. It took her almost an hour to complete the reading because she kept getting lost.”
– “Friend won free tickets to a concert, I said yes. not knowing who it was. On the way, found out it was John Tesh. Figured, ‘Oh well, I can always just leave and go get a drink.’ Turns out the tickets were front row center, and very close to the stage, and Tesh kept continually playing to the front row. Everyone around me is really getting into it. I couldn’t move.”
– “Helping my friend pack up her stuff when leaving her husband. While he sat on the couch and cried.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What incredibly awkward situation did you have to sit through? (Warning – you’re probably going to want to screen these calls carefully.)

U.S. NEWS

ARMED MAN DEMANDS CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK’S HAND IN MARRIAGE

A Tennessee man apparently became enamored of the clerk working at a convenience store he frequented. Police say 26-year-old Dustin Burgett walked into the Bonnertown Store & Deli last Wednesday, May 1, and asked the 19-year-old clerk to marry him. She told him no — that she had a family, a boyfriend, and she wasn’t interested. He left the store, but later came back in his pickup truck, walked up to the clerk outside the store, pulled a bouquet of roses from behind his back and asked again. The clerk again said no, so Burgett then pulled a knife from his overalls (* Overalls! Oh THAT’S a nice touch!) and told her that if he didn’t get married that day to somebody, then somebody was going to die. The woman – along with another clerk – ran inside the store and they locked themselves in the bathroom. Police were called. In his truck was $3,600 in cash, a loaded shotgun, a ring and a bouquet of red roses. Police later determined that Mr. Burgett was undergoing some mental stress, and in the end he was charged with aggravated assault.
* Don’t you love these ‘meet cute’ stories?
* And here he had them registered at the convenience store and everything.
* Trying to marry the clerk where you shop is taking the concept of convenience a little too far.
* He still didn’t get it. As they took him away, he asked if she’d wait for him.
* He should have no problem finding a jailhouse bride.

TRENDINGCOLE HAUSER SUGGESTS A “YELLOWSTONE” SPINOFF WITH RIP AND BETH

The final episodes of Yellowstone are set to begin production sometime this year. But star Cole Hauser suggests the characters played by himself and Kelly Reilly might have a future beyond the show’s fifth season closer — presumably, in a planned Yellowstone spinoff. Hauser says, “I’m so focused on finishing Yellowstone the way it needs to be finished right now. But I know that there’s some stuff on the horizon when it comes to Taylor Sheridan’s’s ideas for Kelly Reilly and myself, and some of the other cast. I’m excited to see where he goes creatively with that. But right now it’s just: Let’s finish strong; let’s do the best we can.”

JIM PARSONS, MAYIM BIALIK TO APPEAR ON “YOUNG SHELDON” FINALE

Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik will reprise their roles from “The Big Bang Theory” on the May 16 series finale of prequel series “Young Sheldon.” Additional details about the onscreen couple’s appearance are being kept under wraps. Parsons exec produces and provides voiceover for Young Sheldon. Bialik got canned as a rotating host of “Jeopardy”.

BEN FOLDS REVIVES PAPER AIRPLANE REQUEST TOUR

Acclaimed songwriter and pianist Ben Folds – (* his big hit, was “Brick”, about an unplanned pregnancy. Good times.) – is touring this year. He calls it his Paper Airplane Request Tour, where audience members will make song requests via paper airplanes. Folds said, “The last time I did this on tour the response was overwhelming, with literally hundreds of paper airplanes with song requests being launched on cue from fans at the start of the second half of each of my concerts. It’s the purest, most low-tech form of engagement that creates a special bond with my audiences.”

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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

Dylan Gelula (actress, “Shameless”, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) … 30
Alexander Ludwig (actor, “Vikings,” “The Hunger Games”) … 32
Aidy Bryant (comedian, “Saturday Night Live”) … 37
Traci Lords (U.S. porn star turned legitimate “actress”) … 56
Bill Kreutzmann (drummer, Grateful Dead) … 78

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

“I hate the phrase ‘former porn queen.’ That part of my life was a long time ago. Think of something else to call me … I’m successful in spite of my past, not because of it.”

(A) Kim Kardashian
(B) Oprah Winfrey
(C) Traci Lords

ANSWER: (C) Traci Lords

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2019 – Denver, Colorado became the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin “magic mushrooms”.
* To celebrate, a parade was held by leprechauns and unicorns.

2012 – Paeleoclimatological researchers claimed dinosaur flatulence may have warmed the prehistoric earth.
* Tyrannosaurus reeks!

1994 – The tunnel under the English Channel linking England and France officially opened.
* The digging part was boring.

1945 – Germany officially surrendered to the Allies in World War Two.
* Once John Wayne got involved, it was all over.

1851 – Dr. John Gorrie patented a “refrigeration machine”.
* The public thought it was pretty cool.

1789 – The first Presidential Inaugural Ball was held in New York City, in George Washington’s honor.
* This was the night, according to legend, that George Washington threw a beer bottle across the Hudson River.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2003 – A Los Angeles federal jury recommended a $1.5 million award to a British record company that sued rapper-producer Dr. Dre for song plagiarism. The suit was successfully settled while awaiting an appeal.

2003 – A U.S. surgeon sued 50 Cent over an unpaid medical bill. The doctor claimed 50 Cent and his friend turned up at a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds in 2000, but said the rapper never paid the $20,000 he owed for treatment despite being asked several times.

1998 – Country singer Eddie Rabbitt died of lung cancer at age 56.

1991 – A judge in Macon, Georgia dismissed a wrongful death suit against Ozzy Osbourne. A local couple failed to prove their son was inspired to attempt suicide by Ozzy’s music.

1971 – The Rolling Stones released “Brown Sugar”in the U.S. It was the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records.

1968 – Reginald Dwight decided to change his name to Elton John.

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 out with friends, 40% of women only do THIS if someone else does it first. What is it?
Order dessert

2. Nearly 50% of women think this is confusing. What is it?
Sudoku

3. 10% of women say they’ve done THIS in the bathroom. What is it?
Eaten breakfast

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