FRIDAY, June 28 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR FRIDAY, June 28, 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 CEVICHE DAY
The Global Traveler USA website says this:
“Ceviche is fresh, raw fish cured in citrus juices and spiced with chili peppers. The acids in the citrus fruits cause the proteins in the seafood to become denatured, appearing cooked. It likely originated in Peru, brought by Moorish women from Granada. Today the dish is popular throughout the Americas, finding a place on U.S. menus in the 1980s.”

NATIONAL TAPIOCA DAY

PAUL BUNYAN DAY

June is:

NATIONAL DJ MONTH – Yeah!
National Adopt a Cat / Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
African-American Music / Black Music Appreciation Month
Corn Month
Great Outdoors Month / National Camping Month
International Men’s Month
Lemon Month
LGBTQIA Pride Month
National Candy Month
National Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Rose Month
National Seafood Month
Women’s Golf Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

BURT “ROBIN” WARD GETS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR DOG RESCUES

Does the name Burt Ward ring a bell? Burt Ward played the Robin the Boy Wonder to Adam West’s Batman in the 1960s TV series “Batman.” Now, 60 years later, Ward is being honored for his work in rescuing dogs. He and his wife, Tracy, started rescuing Great Danes in August 1994, and since then they’ve opened an animal rescue saving more than 15,500 dogs. Recently, Ward received the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award in a letter from President Joe Biden reading, “I congratulate you on taking it upon yourself to contribute to the public good, and I’m proud to present you with the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of your 4,016 hours of service to this great nation.” Said Ward, “My wife Tracy and I, our plans is: we want to leave this planet better off than when we found it. Everything that we can do to make a better world for all of us to live in.”
* 4,016 hours gone to the dogs. Literally.
* Robin saving dogs? Holy Shih Tzu!
* It’s a happy ending for the 15,500 saved dogs. The other animals it takes to make all the dog food they’ll eat for the rest of their lives – not so much.
* He must have been out there cleaning up Gotham City with a pooper scooper.
* Having a dog made it much easier to chase Catwoman.

THE BUZZ

CHANGE A LETTER IN A BAND’S NAME, THEREBY RUINING IT

The Fark.com website challenged listeners to “Ruin a band’s name by changing one letter.” These are pretty funny (especially the naughty ones, which we did not include here). Maybe you can ask listeners to do the same:
– Punk Floyd
– The Beach Toys
– The Doodie Brothers
– Cosby, Stills, Nash and Young
– Pickleback
– Goo Fighters
– Green Hay
– Geezer
– Walking Heads
– Blandie
– LSD Soundsystem
– Stevie Wander
– The Four Toes
– The Allman Bothers
– ZZ Mop
– John Yogerty
– Tears for Bears
– Silly Joel
– Leggins and Messina
– Smashing Bumpkins
– Silversun Hickups
– Barenaked Ladles
– MC Yammer
– Arctic Donkeys
– Guns ‘n Noses
– Motley Crud
– Five Seconds of Bummer
– Bob Marley and the Waiters
– Linkin Pork
– Collective Soup
– The Why
– UB Farty
– Pimple Minds
– Jethro Dull
– Sad Company
– Nine Inch Tails
– Frankie Goes To Dollywood
– Radiodead
– Alice Pooper
– Blandie
– Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Bank
– Supertrump

SURVEY: WATCHING YOUR PARTNER CLEAN IS A TURN-ON

A new survey of 2,000 adults, conducted by Swiffer, finds that 69% (!) of Americans say the simple act of seeing their partner clean the house is a turn-on.
– Twice the number of women find the smell of a clean home appealing than those who prefer the smell of flowers.
– Among Gen Z and millennials, 17% would rather receive the gift of a clean house than an expensive gift.
– 67% of people said a clean, fresh-smelling home would make them more likely to get frisky with a partner.
* Oddly, when you’re done, you have to clean up.
* “Wait! I just cleaned the bedroom! Let’s put down some plastic.”
* Clean is the new dirty.
* When my wife says she wants to “get some,” she means I should stop at the store and pick up a can of Endust.

U.S. NEWS

WIFE POISONS HUSBAND FOR LACK OF APPRECIATION FOR BIRTHDAY PARTY

In Lebanon, Missouri, a woman was caught putting weed killer in her husband’s soda because he was “not appreciative” of the 50th birthday party she threw him. The husband of Michelle Peters, 47, of Lebanon, started noticing back in May that the Diet Mountain Dew from the two-liter bottle he kept in the garage refrigerator “tasted weird.” A couple of weeks later, he started suffering from a sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and coughing up brown-yellow mucus. Becoming suspicious, he looked back at security camera footage from inside the garage. He saw his wife taking the Diet Mountain Dew from the fridge and a bottle of Roundup weed killer into the house. A few moments later, she returned and put both items back in their original spots. He called the cops. Shortly after she was formally arrested, Peters told authorities that she was upset her husband did not appreciate the 50th birthday party she threw him.
* Boy, some wives, you do ONE LITTLE THING wrong …
* He didn’t appreciate the party ’cause the cake she made ALSO gave him a sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and brown-yellow mucus.
* I hope she didn’t expect him to appreciate the wake she was going to have to throw him.
* He’s gonna appreciate his 51st birthday party, you betcha, because he’s alive.
* Roundup called and asked if they could quote his symptoms on the label in the “In case of ingestion” section.

FIREFIGHTERS BURN DOWN HOUSE FULL OF FIREWORKS

Last Saturday, a home in suburban Shelton, Connecticut, caught fire. Firefighters found the house was filled with dangerous fireworks – many were going off as they battled the blaze. Afterwards, officials decided that was the best way to dispose of the rest of the commercial-grade explosives was to just burn the rest of the house down. A significant amount of the devices were wired to a control panel in the garage, and it was just easier to burn the home and let the fireworks go off, especially since authorities were not sure exactly how much explosive material was inside. Several homes on the street were evacuated early Thursday, in preparation for the controlled burn, which all but leveled the house. Police said they expect to file charges in the case.
* And they couldn’t wait ’til the 4th of July?
* Imagine the call to his insurance agent: “Hello, Allstate? This is the guy in Connecticut with the firewor–hello? Hello??”
* Too cheap to rent a storage unit?
* How does the fire department feel about an overabundance of Christmas decorations in the basement? Just asking.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO BE CRASHED INTO THE SEA

The International Space Station is reaching the end of its useful life, and NASA has plans to hire a company to crash it into the Pacific Ocean sometime in 2030. The company who made the winning bid: SpaceX – Elon Musk’s company – which will be given $843 million to complete the job. The company will have to create a new vehicle, which will be used to push the station into the Pacific Ocean from space.
* I believe I’ve just described the action set piece for the next Tom Cruise Mission Impossible movie.
* The last astronaut out has to make sure nobody left their phone charger in an outlet, and check for stuff under all the furniture.
* And checkout is 10 AM, or else there’s an extra fee.
* Hey, here’s a thought: duct tape a couple of cameras and a thermometer to it and push it off into the sun. Science project!
* Since they’re putting it into the Pacific, how about aiming for that big floating plastic garbage pile.

TRENDING

AL MICHAELS A.I. VOICE TO BE USED ON OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS

Legendary sportscaster Al Michaels has agreed to let NBC use an Artificial Intelligence version of his voice to narrate daily Olympics highlight videos on Peacock streaming. The 79-year-old Michaels says, “When I was approached about this, I was skeptical but obviously curious. Then I saw a demonstration detailing what they had in mind. I said, ‘I’m in.'” Michaels’ A.I.-recreated voice will deliver 10-minute daily highlight packages including clips, athlete stories, and more, for Peacock subscribers.

ALAN JACKSON TO GET SONGWRITING AWARD

Country superstar Alan Jackson will be honored with the Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 Nashville Songwriters Awards ceremony. Each year, this award celebrates a songwriter whose work has “made a significant contribution to the American songbook and who has inspired the careers of others.” Recipients are personally chosen by the award’s namesake, Kris Kristofferson. Jackson is joining a small, elite group of country music legends who’ve received this honor: Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Bill Anderson, Garth Brooks and Bobby Braddock.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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

Kellie Pickler (country singer launched by “American Idol”) … 38
Elon Musk (South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, engineer and inventor) … 53
John Cusack (actor) … 58
Kathy Bates (actress, “American Horror Story”) … 76
David Knights (bassist with Procul Harum, “Whiter Shade Of Pale”) … 79
Mel Brooks (comedian, writer & director, “The Producers”) … 98

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

“I ramble now, but if I’m drinkin’, I REALLY ramble.”

(A) Joe Biden
(B) The Dalai Lama
(C) Kellie Pickler

ANSWER: (C) Kellie Pickler

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2008 – The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Los Angeles Angels without getting a hit, only the fifth time that’s been done in modern major league baseball history. (The only run of the game was scored when Matt Kemp reached on an error, stole second, went to third on a throwing error and scored on a sacrifice fly.)
* Okay, that’s just plain lazy.

2007 – The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list.
* That must be why they’re frowning.

1997 – Boxer Mike Tyson was disqualified from a title bout after biting off part of Evander Holyfield’s ear.
* Insert your own “tasted just like chicken” joke here.

1960 – In Cuba, Fidel Castro confiscated American-owned oil refineries without compensation.
* In case you were wondering why we still hold a grudge.

1914 – Gavro Princip, a Serbian student, assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne, setting off a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War One in which millions died pointlessly on the battlefields of Northern Europe and all over the world.
* Just another minor argument for gun control.

1820 – The tomato was proven to be non-poisonous.
* Unfortunately, the same could never be said of BEANS.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2007 – The Spice Girls confirmed they would reform for a world tour to take place in December 2007 and January 2008 with the original line-up who had not performed on stage since Ginger Spice Geri Halliwell quit in May 1998. The tour is estimated to have grossed over $70 million and produced $107.2 million in ticket sales and merchandising.

2007 – Two workers were killed and another two injured during an accident dismantling the stage after a Rolling Stones concert in Madrid during their A Bigger Bang world tour.

1997 – The Pink Floyd album “The Dark Side of The Moon” spent its 1056th week on the U.S. album chart. It was rumored at the time that if the album was played while watching The Wizard of Oz movie, and started exactly when the MGM lion roared the third time during the movie’s intro, very interesting connections could be made between the two.

1986 – Four years after their first hit, Wham! made their farewell concert appearance at London’s Wembley Stadium. Elton John made an appearance in a clown suit to sing a song and then came back later to sing “Candle In The Wind” with George Michael.

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. The average person will spend 4 hours and 36 minutes researching THIS. What is it?
The price of a car

2. Almost 70% of us do THIS when we buy a car. What is it?
Pay the sticker price

3. 44% of people have one of THESE in their car, even though it doesn’t work anymore. What is it?
A car air freshener

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