TUESDAY, May 14 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR TUESDAY, May 14, 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 BUTTERMILK BISCUIT DAY
The National Day Calendar website says this:
“Biscuits are made using baking powder or baking soda as a leavening agent rather than yeast. Before the American Civil War, biscuits emerged as an inexpensive addition to meals. This sturdier bread product soon became popular as people realized it absorbed the gravy on their plate better than plain bread. Soon a new family favorite, biscuits and gravy, was created. Biscuits have been a staple of the Southern United States cuisine for many years and are often made with buttermilk. Traditionally served as a side dish with butter, they are also served at breakfast with molasses, light sugarcane syrup, maple syrup, sorghum syrup, honey, jam or jelly or as a breakfast sandwich.”

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

AUDIO: PARIS HILTON & NICOLE RICHIE HAVE ANOTHER TV SHOW

Longtime friends and former co-stars Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie will reunite in a new series for Peacock. A teaser appeared on Peacock Monday. The promo shows a TV screen filled with static as Hilton and Richie’s voices are heard in the background. The caption reads, “New era. Same besties. Coming soon to Peacock.” It’s been more than 20 years since the debut of their series “The Simple Life,” which first premiered on Fox in 2003. The show later moved to E! and concluded in 2007. The premise had something to do with Nicole and Paris trying to do actual work, and failing. Since then, Nicole Richie actually went on to become a fine comedic actress. (* See NBC’s “Great News,” 2017-2018) Paris Hilton came up with the phrase “That’s hot.”
* I still say “that’s hot” all the time. Pulling a bagel out of the toaster… eating buffalo wings… leaving the iron on… ”
* Are we really out of television? Of all the things to recycle, they’re bringing back Paris & Nicole?
* In this new show, they startup a blockchain business using AI.
* 20 years, huh? So the first thing we’ll be talking about is who’s had work done.
CLIP: Paris and Nicole were part of the famous blonde bimbo explosion of the early 2000’s. It included Paris, Nicole, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Pamela Anderson and Anna Nicole Smith. The tabloid media went crazy over them for a few years. We did a song parody about it at the time. Here it is, maybe you can squeeze it into your show somehow: “Bimbocalifragilisticexpialidocious.”
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/10-04-Bimbocalifragilistic(dot)mp3

“THE REAL FULL MONTY” ON FOX

Fox has signed up Anthony Anderson, Taye Diggs, James Van Der Beek, Tyler Posey, NFL All-Pro Chris Jones, and Dancing With the Stars judge Bruno Tonioli to take part in a special called “The Real Full Monty.” The two-hour special, set to air this fall, will raise awareness for prostate, testicular and colorectal cancer testing and research. The message, for men, will be “get screened for cancer.” At the end of the show, the men will perform a strip act. The concept comes from the 1997 movie “The Full Monty,” about a group of regular guys who form a male strip act.
* Thanks for spoiling the ending.
* Although there are a couple of those guys with ends I don’t want to see.
* No “funny” choices, like Richard Simmons … Jelly Roll … Sean Hannity?
* Even if the show’s a hit, I predict a flop. Or two.
* Thanks, but I’ll just consider my awareness raised.

MISS TEEN USA RUNNER-UP WILL NOT TAKE OVER

It appears that the Miss Teen USA first runner-up won’t be taking over as queen. Last Wednesday, Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava announced she was resigning from her position just two days after Miss USA Noelia Voigt gave up her crown. The Miss USA runner-up, Miss Hawaii Savannah Gankiewicz, said she would bravely take over for the remainder of what would have been Voigt’s tenure. But on Sunday, Miss Teen USA’s first runner-up, Stephanie Skinner, said she would NOT be doing the same for the teen pageant. Skinner, who represented New York, said in a statement that she already had plans to participate in a research project in Thailand over the summer through her college. She explained, “Although this was a dream for me, this meant more than a crown and sash. One thing I will never give up is my character, nor my integrity. So because of recent circumstances and the fact that I did give my word to my university’s global research program this summer, I had to decline the role because I felt like that was what was best and what reflected my morals.”
* Oh, for crying out loud, it’s a couple of high school appearances and maybe an acne commercial.
* There’s something going on behind the scenes we don’t know about. Like maybe their tour buses stink from cigars.
* And no one can remember the third runner up, so the organization is totally screwed.
* Maybe Meghan Markle could step in. She’s sort-of royalty, and knows all about crowns and junk.
* Put a speaker in a mannequin and let some AI do it.
* Ryan Seacrest would do it. He’ll take any job you throw at him.

THE BUZZ

WEIRD HOUSE RULES

Reddit asked, “What are the weird rules people have in their homes?” Some of the responses:
– “When I was little, my friends mom would not let us drink at the same time as eating because she said it was a choking hazard to mix liquid and solid.”
– “Kids were not allowed to bring any books with anthropomorphic characters into the house, or any material with talking animals, or animals wearing clothes. The mom didn’t want ‘her children growing up thinking that cats and dogs wore sweaters.’ I hated that house.”
– “You’re our houseguest, but family dinners are for family only. Here’s your plate, you can have your dinners this week in the basement.”
– “Never allowed to close a door. Bedroom, bathroom, closet, whatever. Only door fully closed was screen door going outside. Porch door, cracked at least 1-3 inches always, depending on weather. Taking a shower? Going #2? Parents intimate? Door is cracked open. On rare occasion we actually had company over, rule enforced on them as well.”
– “My old friend’s mom had a room in her house that NO ONE was allowed in. No significance to the room. It was the ‘viewing room.’ Everything in the room was white.”
– “My friend’s mom was adamant that we were NOT to fold a slice of pizza to be able to pick it up and eat it. The pizza was to remain flat, as we were not ‘gluttonous beasts.'”
PHONE TOPIC: Did you have a friend with a weird house rule? Did YOU have a weird house rule?

U.S. NEWS

THE BABIES OF PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL HAVE NAMES

A couple of months ago, it was reported that Punxsutawney Phil, the famous Groundog Day groundhog, fatherd a couple of babies with his groundhog wife, Phyllis. It was announced this week that the two kits are named Sunny and Shadow. Sunny is a female, Shadow a male. Dan McGinley, vice president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle, read from a scroll announcing the names of the pups “born to royalty.” He added, “These kits of his are not replacements, they’re not the heir apparent. Sunny and Shadow will not be part of the ceremony — it’s still Phil’s job. There’s still only one Punxsutawney Phil.”
* Oh, like anyone could tell.
* With that attitude, Sunny and Shadow are thinking of stepping down as working royals and moving to Southern California.
* I think these Punxsutawnians are starting to get a little too close to their work.
* Look, Punxsutawney. You get one day a year to be famous. Let’s not try to stretch this groundhog thing farther than it needs to go.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

MUSEUM CURATOR ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING DEAD SPIDERS OUT OF TURKEY

A curator at the American Museum of Natural History was detained in Istanbul on Monday accused of attempting to smuggle 1500 dead spider and scorpion samples out of the country. Lorenzo Prendini, an expert on arachnids at the New York-based museum, said he had permits from the government to take the carcasses for his research that customs agents ignored. Officers searching his hand luggage found hundreds of plastic bags and capsules packed with dead spiders and scorpions. The Museum of Natural History’s website says Dr. Prendini’s research into spiders and scorpions has taken him to more than 30 countries.
* Weird. I thought praying mantises and dung beetles was where all the exciting research was going on.
* I would imagine most countries pay him money to take away all the spiders and scorpions.
* If I had to carry spiders and scorpions, they would be smashed flat between the pages of book.
* Maybe we could trade Turkey’s spiders and scorpions for America’s rats and roaches. Sort of an International Pest Exchange program.

TRENDING

ELLEN DEGENERES DOING A NETFLIX SPECIAL

Ellen DeGeneres is returning to Netflix for what she’s calling her final stand-up special, six years after her last comedy hour, “Relatable.” The special is due later this year. In addition to the special, DeGeneres will also kick off a multi-city stand-up tour on June 19 in San Diego. DeGeneres said she will be talking about her controversial exit from “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in 2022, after allegations of a toxic workplace, which included accusations of harassment from executive producers.

GEORGE CLOONEY HEADING TO BROADWAY

George Clooney will make his Broadway acting debut next year in a theatrical version of a 2005 movie he directed and acted in, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” about legendary TV journalist Edward R. Murrow. The film earned him directing and writing Oscar nominations and was among the best picture contenders. The play “Good Night, and Good Luck” — with David Cromer directing — will premiere on Broadway in spring 2025.

JUDGE JUDY SUING NATIONAL ENQUIRER

In more old people news, Judge Judy Sheindlin has filed a lawsuit against the parent company of the National Enquirer on Monday for defamation over an April article saying that she is seeking a new trial for the infamous Menendez brothers, who were both found guilty of murdering their parents. The lawsuit argues that an article published in InTouch Weekly on April 10 titled, “Inside Judge Judy’s Quest to Save the Menendez Brothers Nearly 35 Years After Their Parents’ Murder,” is “unequivocally false” and has damaged the “lifetime-cultivated” reputation of Sheindlin. The suit seeks unspecified “general and special damages,” and a jury trial.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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

Lina Esco (actress, “S.W.A.T.”) … 39
Cate Blanchett (actress) … 55
Tim Roth (actor) … 63
David Byrne (singer/songwriter, Talking Heads) … 72
Robert Zemeckis (director, “The Polar Express,” “Forrest Gump,” “Back To The Future”) … 73
George Lucas (U.S. director-producer, “Star Wars”) … 80

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

“I was very lucky that we were able to create something that stimulated the imagination of young people.”

(A) The creator of “Barney The Dinosaur”
(B) The creator of “Girls Gone Wild”
(C) George Lucas, the creator of “Star Wars”

ANSWER: (C) George Lucas, the creator of “Star Wars”

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2001 – The Supreme Court ruled that there is no exception in federal law for people to use marijuana to ease their pain from cancer, AIDS or other illnesses.
* No worries. We’ll just legalize it state by state.

1998 – The hit TV series “Seinfeld” aired its final episode after nine years on NBC.
* Nine years of episodes, and every time I catch a rerun, it’s the one with the big painting of Kramer.

1985 – The first ever branch of McDonald’s, based in Illinois, became a museum for fast food.
* They actually have on exhibit a Big Mac that wasn’t soggy and an Apple Pie that didn’t scald someone’s tongue.

1908 – The first passenger airplane flight took place on this date in 1908.
* And on this date in 1909 they got their luggage.

1900 – Women took part in the modern Olympics for the first time.
* Though they had to leave early to get dinner ready.

1878 – Vaseline was patented and trademarked by Robert Chesebrough as the product name for petroleum jelly.
* What? Grape jelly was too “natural” for him?

1851 – Gail Borden applied for a patent on ‘condensed milk.’
* “Just Add Milk.”

1804 – Explorers Lewis & Clark set out from St. Louis for the Pacific Coast.
* Swimmin’ pools … Movie Stars.

1787 – Delegates from the United States gathered in Philadelphia to draw up the U.S. constitution.
* “Finally … a nation free of taxation!”

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2005 – A judge in Springfield, Massachusetts, ordered rapper 50 Cent to stay clean of drugs and take an anger management course to avoid spending time in jail. The rapper appeared in court charged with assaulting three women at a concert in 2004 after leaping into the crowd.

1998 – George Michael was fined approximately $800 after being convicted of a “lewd act” in a Los Angeles lavatory. The Los Angeles court also ordered him to undergo psychological counseling and carry out 80 hours community service.

1998 – It was the end of an era when 82-year-old Frank Sinatra died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, following a heart attack. Among his many honors, Sinatra won 11 Grammys and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985.

1995 – Michael Jackson appeared on TV with his wife Lisa Marie Presley in a live interview with Diane Sawyer.

1968 – The Beatles announced the formation of Apple Corp. The band declared the production company would be a way for artists to help themselves.

1957 – Elvis Presley was rushed to a hospital after suffering chest pains. He had inhaled a porcelain cap from one of his front teeth and it had become lodged in his lung.

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. According to research, the average woman waits 4 weeks before showing her new boyfriend THIS. What is it?
Her make-up free face

2. 40% of guys surveyed said once they get comfortable in a relationship, they stop doing THIS. What is it?
Putting the toilet seat down

3. 46% of people in the dating world say they would end a relationship over THIS. What is it?
If they didn’t like the other person’s family

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