TUESDAY, May 28 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR TUESDAY, May 28, 2024
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: SONG: MY CICADAS; A & M AUTOLAND – Zero Zero

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.)

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Amnesty International Day recognizes the need to protect human rights around the world. The Amnesty International organization strives to accomplish these goals by providing awareness and recognition of the issues. They work to publicize local and regional problems, and to arouse citizens, governments and politicians to action.”

NATIONAL BRISKET DAY

NATIONAL HAMBURGER DAY

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

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Tuesday and Wednesday
Listings sourced from the TV Guide and EW websites

TUESDAY, May 28

Season Premiere:
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”

WEDNESDAY, May 29

“Camden”
Hulu – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Reveals the untold stories of how the lives and careers of some of the world’s most iconic artists were influenced by this corner of London.

“Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult”
Netflix – New Docuseries
Synopsis: After TikTok dancers join a management company and its associated church, unsettling details about the founder and their dark realities come to light.

“Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country”
Hulu – Documentary
Synopsis: Explores the singer’s journey obscurity to stardom.

“Moviepass, Moviecrash”
HBO – Documentary
Synopsis: The fastest-growing subscription service since Spotify goes bankrupt thanks to mismanagement and corporate greed.

Season Premiere:
Fox – “MasterChef”

LADY GAGA WEARS DRESS MADE FROM CAR BUMPER

Lady Gaga showed up at the Los Angeles premier for her Chromatica Ball concert film wearing a dress made from a Mercedes car bumper. Fashion experts and mechanics recognized the front bumper from a 2014-2016 Mercedes E-Class coupe or convertible. The bumper was modified with some additional holes cut out to put her arms through, but it’s absolutely from that E-Class. The outfit was created by Berlin-based fashion house SELVA, led by Argentinian designer Selva Huygens.
* The dress is a literal car wreck – you can’t look away from it.
* Don’tcha hate when you accidentally walk into your garage to get dressed instead of your closet?
* “I saw it in a dealer showroom window and just had to have it.”
* If she stands next to a fire hydrant, does she get a ticket?
* First she was half motorcycle, next she wears a car bumper, next it will have something to do with a tractor-trailer.
* The nice part is, now that she’s done with it, she can get a couple hundred for it from a repair shop.
* Taylor Swift hogging the headlines a little too much for your liking, Miss Gaga?

RICHARD DREYFUSS GOES OFF THE RAILS AT “JAWS” Q&A

Beloved American actor Richard Dreyfuss is a bit less beloved today after making what were described as transphobic, sexist and homophobic remarks at a screening of his classic movie “Jaws.” Dreyfuss was appearing for a Q&A before the Saturday night screening at The Cabot theater in Beverly, Massachusetts. According to attendees, he came on stage wearing a housedress over his regular clothing and shaking his hips “in a mocking way.” At one point, Dreyfuss started talking about Barbra Streisand, his director on the film “Nuts,” calling her a “genius” but adding that women “are so passive that’s why the movie sucked.” From there Dreyfuss made disparaging remarks about the MeToo Movement, then began talking about how “you shouldn’t be listening to some 10 year old who says they want to be a boy instead of a girl.” According to the commenter, the crowd “was shouting at him and most walked out before the movie even started.” This wasn’t the first time the actor has made controversial comments. It wasn’t even the first time this weekend: Dreyfuss apparently made similar comments at a Friday night “Jaws” screening at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. A Facebook commenter wrote, “He made anti-gay remarks that night too.”
* He’ll never work in this town again. And I mean Beverly, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
* He did admit that women made great movie victims, like the female swimmer who was on the Jaws poster.
* It all started when Jaws insisted on the pronouns “they” and “them.”
* They nail him for the transphobia and sexism, but they give him a pass on calling Barbra Streisand a genius?
* Someone at least ought to tell those people who walked out how the movie ends.

THE BUZZ

STUPID WORK RULES

Reddit asked, “What’s the most ridiculous rule you’ve had to follow at a job?” Some of the responses:
– “I worked for a periodontist who made everyone clock out to sing happy birthday.”
– “We were not allowed to take notes on yellow legal pads. Only spiral-bound notebooks were allowed.”
– “I was told I wasn’t allowed to drink out of a water bottle while working – minimum wage at a grocery store – without a doctor’s note saying that I needed to.”
– “No talking during lunch breaks.”
– “Bank of Nova Scotia executives signed with different color pens. They once tracked down and reprimanded some clerk who had used a color reserved for an executive.”
– “I worked at a place where the color of your tie was mandated. I could only have black, dark gray, or navy blue. Red ties were only for management. Yellow and blue ties for middle management.”
– “I mowed grass for the city, at noon we’d stop working and take lunch in whatever park we were at. People called the city to complain that we were slacking so they changed the rules. At noon we had to pack up and drive across town to have lunch at the city warehouse. Instead of a 30 minute break we spent 20 minutes packing up and driving, then a 30 minute break, and then 20 minutes driving back and unpacking.”
“We had a rule where no one could adjust their own office chairs. If you needed it higher, lower, or tilted differently, you had to submit a maintenance request.”
– “I was responsible for ordering catering. The first time, I got sandwiches and green salad. I got chewed out by one of the VPs, telling me eating greens in front of clients made us look weak and I was only to order macaroni and potato salads.”
– “I was told that being any later than 30 minutes early was considered late, and I would be fired if it happened more than once. It was a minimum wage job, I quit the next day.”
– “I worked at the county fair one summer, selling kettle corn. If you had the closing shift, you weren’t allowed to leave until the Ferris wheel lights turned off. Sometimes they wouldn’t get turned off for over an hour after the fair was closed, and you didn’t get paid for that extra time. On the plus side, I got to eat a ton of free kettle corn.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What stupid rule do you have at work?

FLORIDA IS THE SHARK ATTACK CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

Florida continues to be the shark bite capital of the world, according to a new report from Florida’s Museum of Natural History and Florida University. The International Shark Attack File identified Volusia County – which includes Daytona Beach – as the world’s hotspot for shark bites with 351 unprovoked attacks identified since the earliest records they could find, which date back to 1837. Florida overall has seen 928 attacks in that time frame, followed by Hawaii/195; California/138; South Carolina/ 118; North Carolina/80; Texas/45; Oregon/29; New Jersey/16, New York/24.
– In the world, the US with 351 bites in 200 years is followed by Australia with 706 then South Africa with 262 attacks.
– Just last year, in 2023, the Shark Attack File documented 69 unprovoked shark bites on humans worldwide. Of those attacks, 36 of them happened in US waters.
– Most shark attacks on humans are a case of imstaken identity, as sharks really don’t find us appetizing. If you are attacked by a shark, experts urge you to defend yourself as playing dead won’t work.
* Sharks are on to your shenanigans.
* If you are attacked by a shark, just chuckle and explain that this is a case of mistaken identity.
* If you don’t like sharks, stay away from the Florida beaches. Stay inland, where the alligators are.
* How is The Shark Attack File not the name of a bad TV show on the History Channel?

U.S. NEWS

PLANE FULL OF SKYDIVERS CRASHES; ALL PARACHUTED OUT FOR ONCE

For once, a plane full of skydivers crashed, but all the occupants parachuted out. Six skydivers and a pilot on board the small plane jumped out and parachuted to safety before the aircraft crashed near the Butler Memorial Airport in Butler, Missouri. The plane was a single-engine Cessna; it was a total loss.
* As were seven pairs of skydivers’ underwear.
* I’m shocked! An airplane disaster and no mention of Boeing at all!
* Must have been quite the jam-up at the exit door.
* Why didn’t they all crawl out, hang onto the wings, and then open their chutes – they could have saved the plane.
* This is still preferable to flying commercial this past weekend. 44 million people at the airports!

PASSENGER RESCUED AFTER JUMPING OFF CRUISE SHIP

A man was rescued after jumping into the ocean from Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas oceanliner on Sunday morning. The incident occurred one day after departing from Miami, Florida, for a seven-night Western Caribbean cruise. The ship deviated its course to launch a rescue craft to locate the man overboard. An announcement was made stating that the individual was rescued shortly after the rescue craft had been launched. He was last reported to be in the ship’s intensive care unit with his family. This is Royal Caribbean’s tenth man overboard since 2020.
* TikTok challenge?
* They need to glass in those things, like a floating aquarium.
* Maybe he got whipped off the tail end of a conga line as it was making a turn.
* Tired of being hit on by timeshare salesmen?
* When he gets the bill for that rescue, he’ll be going back over the rail again.

THIS SUMMER’S “FISHERMAN CHEATS IN TOURNAMENT” STORY

A Louisiana fisherman was arrested for cheating in a bass fishing contest by using weights to boost his score. Aaron Moreau, 38, was charged with for fishing contest fraud. Authorities say he shoved 2.59 pounds of lead weights in a fish he caught and used for weigh-in on May 17. If convicted, he faces up to a $3,000 fine and one year in jail. Last year, two men who admitted stuffing fish with lead weights in an Ohio fishing tournament were sentenced to ten-day jail terms and other penalties, including the forfeiture of the contest grand-prize boat valued at $100,000.
* Imagine catching a fish that swallowed almost three pounds of lead. What are the odds!
* It takes balls to try to pull off a scam like this. LEAD balls.
* They like big bass and they cannot lie.
* You cheat at fishing, you’ll end up in the cooler.
* Your fate is determined by the scales of justice.

THE MOST ARRESTED MAN DIES

The world’s most arrested man has died. Henry Earl, whose criminal history included more than 1500 busts, passed away last week. He was 74. Earl was first busted in Fayette County in July 1970 for carrying a concealed weapon. He was 20 at the time. Over the decades that followed, Earl was regularly arrested for public nuisance crimes – fueled by alcohol – mostly in Lexington, Kentucky. He had spent at least 6000 days in the county lockup for offenses like public intoxication and disorderly conduct. He would usually spend several days behind bars before being released back to the Lexington streets. His last arrest was in April 2017 for public intoxication. For the last several years of his life, Earl resided at a nursing home in Owenton, Kentucky.
* Where they were constantly finding silverware and pens and pencils in his room.
* He saw more busts than the Maidenform research lab.
* His rap sheet is now taking up a whole shelf in the Library of Congress.
* His nickname? The Man of Steal.
* Did he die from cardiac arrest? Because that would have made it fifteen-hundred-and-one.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

CHICKENS 1: WOMAN FINDS 40 ROTISSERIE CHICKENS IN THE YUKON WOODS

A woman walking her dog in the Yukon Territory found more than 40 rotisserie chickens in a pile in the woods. Linda Lamers was walking Ossie the dog in Ibex Valley, about 12 miles west of Whitehorse, when Ossie quickly picked up the scent and found the chickens, along with some fries and chicken fingers, not far away from some homes. The concern is that the food will attract bears. The broiled chickens have since been collected and removed. Environment Yukon is asking anyone with information about the incident to get in touch. “I just want to know why,” Lamers said.
* Her head is spinning!
* Some want to know the meaning of life, others need to know why there was a pile of rotisserie chickens in the woods.
* Maybe some feral chickens were hit by lightning?
* Maybe rotisserie chicken grows naturally in the woods, like mushrooms.
* Didn’t Josh Brolin find a pile of rotisserie chickens near that mystery hole on “Outer Range”?

CHICKENS 2: TOWN OVERRUN BY FERAL CHICKENS

Approximately 100 wild chickens have descended on Snettisham, England, a small inland town near the Norfolk coast. Residents have said the birds wandered in from a nearby wood and have since unleashed “hell” – they’ve torn up gardens and residents are kept up at night by the endless clucking. Worse yet, some people have been feeding the chickens, and the food has attracted lots of rats. The town council is talking to specialists about what to do about the chickens.
* Yes: what to do, and what kind of seasoning to use.
* Seriously, a town-wide barbecue would clear this right up.
* Sure, they’re annoying, but aren’t the free eggs worth it?
* It’s like the funny version of the Hitchcock movie “The Birds.”
* They’ll just have to wing it.

STUDY: CROWS CAN COUNT TO FOUR

A new study finds that crows can count up to four. The study, from the University of Tübingen’s animal physiology lab in Germany, finds they can match the number of calls they make when shown a numeral. When show the number 2, they caw twice. Same with 1, 3 and 4. What’s more, they used different calls for different numbers. Animal cognition expert Heather Williams, a professor of biology at Williams College in Massachusetts, says, “No one should be surprised that crows are ‘smart.’” In the animal kingdom, counting isn’t limited to crows. Chimpanzees have been taught to count in numerical order and understand the value of numerals. In attempting to woo mates, some male frogs count the number of calls from competing males to match or even one-up that number when it’s their turn to croak at a female. Scientists have even theorized that ants retrace their paths back to their colonies by counting their steps.
* That’s nothin’. I know a Big Bird that can count to ten, and a frog that can sing “Rainbow Connection.”
* They can only count to four? So they’re nowhere near being able to count the number of dumb studies done by the University of Tübingen.
* I heard raccoons have figured out TV streaming.
* The dog behind us knows exactly how many barks it takes to get me off the couch to yell “Shut up.”
* Did they notice if the crows were cheating by counting on their toes?
* These crows that can count – guess what their favorite band is. C’mon – guess.
* Next, the University will look for animals that can smash pumpkins.

TRENDING

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN POSTPONES CONCERTS OVER VOICE

Bruce Springsteen has postponed a handful of European tour dates under doctor’s orders due to vocal issues. The shows affected were in Marseille, France; Prague, Czechia; and Milan, Italy. A statement on his Instagram account said that doctors recommended “Bruce should not perform for the next 10 days.”

RICHARD SHERMAN, DISNEY COMPOSER, DIES AT 95

Richard M. Sherman has died at the age of 95. He, along with his brother Robert B. Sherman who died in 2012, composed countless songs for Disney movies and theme parks. The Sherman brothers were in-house songwriters for Disney. When a song was needed, they would throw the job to the Sherman brothers. Among their songs:
– The score for “Mary Poppinsk,” “Bedknobs and Broomsticks,” “Sword in the Stone,” “The Jungle Book,” “The Aristocats”
– “It’s a Small World” and “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” (for the Carousel of Progress)
– “Winnie-the Poof” and The Tigger Song (“The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers”)
– “The Wonderful World of Color” theme song
– The songs for the non-Disney movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”
(* Well, now the Sherman brothers are de-composing.)

AUDIO: DOUG INGLE, “IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA” SINGER, DEAD AT 78

The last surviving original member of American psychedelic rockers Iron Butterfly has died. Doug Ingle was the band’s lead singer, primary songwriter and organist. He was 78. They were best known for their 17-minute classic In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida – the title track from their second album. Ingle sang on and co-wrote the track.
CLIP: The end-of-song riff.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/INAGaddaDaVida-EndRiff(dot)mp3

KABOSU, THE DOGE COIN DOG, DIES

Kabosu, the Japanese dog who inspired the Doge meme and influenced internet culture for more than a decade, died Friday after a long illness, according to her owner. She was 18 years old. Her owner, Atsuko Sato, said Kabosu passed away when she fell into a “deep sleep” at her home in Japan. “As I caressed her, as if she was sleeping, she passed away quietly.” Kabosu was a female Shiba Inu dog who was adopted by Sato in 2008. Photos of the dog went viral after they were shared on Reddit in 2013, kicking off a popular meme called Doge in which a photo is overlaid with inner monologue in broken English, such as “Much Hogwarts, Very Wizard” and “Doge Thanksgiving, Such Yum, Many Food.”

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (May 24-27 – 4-day weekend)

1. Furiosa – $32 million
2, The Garfield Movie – $31.1 million
3. If – $21 million
4. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – $17.2 million
5. The Fall Guy – $7.6 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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)
July 4, Thursday – U.S. Independence Day
Sept. 2, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Wednesday – Patriot Day
Sept. 23, Sunday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 8:44 a.m. EDT)

BIRTHDAYS

Jake Johnson (actor, “New Girl”) … 46
Elisabeth Hasselbeck (TV personality, “Fox & Friends”, “The View” … 47
Kylie Minogue (Aussie singer) … 56
Gladys Knight (U.S. singer) … 80

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

“When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.”

(A) Lindsay Lohan
(B) Charlie Sheen
(C) Rudolph Giuliani

ANSWER: (C) Rudolph Giuliani

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1987 – Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German pilot, landed a private plane in Moscow’s Red Square after evading Soviet air defenses.
* “Wait a minute – something tells me this isn’t Paris …”

1959 – Two monkeys survived a trip into space after being launched from Cape Canaveral.
* After their successful space mission, the monkeys started a precedent by serving several terms in Congress.

1915 – John B. Gruelle was issued a patent for his “Raggedy Ann” doll.
* Over 100 years and she still hasn’t gotten a nice dress.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2015 – Michael Jackson’s former home, Neverland Ranch, was listed for sale for one hundred million dollars. The 2,700-acre ranch in Santa Ynez Valley, California included a train station, a six-bedroom house, a 50-seat movie theater and two lakes. After failing to sell, it was renamed Sycamore Valley Ranch, and relisted in 2019 at $31 million.

2000 – Britney Spears’ second album, “Oops!… I Did It Again,” debuted at No.1 on the U.S. album chart and quickly became the fastest-selling LP by a female solo artist in chart history. It also reached No.1 in thirteen other countries.

1988 – Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler married his second wife, clothing designer Teresa Barrick. The couple announced they were separating due to personal problems in February 2005.

1977 – Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers played together for the first time when they performed as part of Mike Howlett’s band, Strontium 90, in Paris, France.

1973 – Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon” was on both the UK and U.S. album charts. It remained in the U.S. charts for 741 discontinuous weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history. (After moving to the Billboard Top Pop Catalog Chart, the album notched up a further 759 weeks, and had reached a total of over 1,500 weeks on the combined charts by May 2006.)

1969 – Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull were arrested at their London home and charged with possession of cannabis. They were both later released on $85 bail.

1966 – All four Beatles spent the day with Bob Dylan in his room at the Mayfair hotel in London, England, watching rushes of D.A. Pennebakers’s forthcoming documentary film, “Don’t Look Back,” which covered Dylan’s 1965 concert tour of the United Kingdom.

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. Doing THIS can elevate your heart rate as much as skydiving. What is it?
Going on a blind date

2. About 10% of people surveyed say they do THIS before going on a date. What is it?
They clean their home/apartment

3. According to statistics, people who do THIS on a first date are more likely to develop a long-term relationship. What is it?
They get Bloody Mary’s and fried chicken

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