TUESDAY, July 2 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR TUESDAY, July 2, 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.)

MADE IN THE USA DAY

WORLD UFO DAY
The anniversary of the day SOMETHING crashed in Roswell, NM.

July is:

Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month
Air Conditioning Appreciation Month
Baked Bean Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Family Reunion Month
International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
National Blueberries Month
National Grilling Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
Melon Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

AUDIO: ELMO SAYS “NO FIREWORKS!”

Round Rock, Texas, officials have put out a PSA on the city’s Facebook page featuring (*what appears to be the real, authorized) Elmo from Sesame Street reminding residents about the city’s extreme firework ordinances ahead of July 4th. Elmo not only tells citizens that fireworks are dangerous, but reminds them of the $2,000 fine and up to six months in jail. The city explicitly prohibits the sale or use of any fireworks, including sparklers, skyrockets and firecrackers.
* The citizens are not tickled about it.
* Apparently, the noise interrupts the mating cycle of Big Bird.
* Who’s the city manager, Oscar the Grouch?
* Cookie Monster was playing with fireworks and completely blew off his bottom half.
* “Round Rock, Texas – where Independence Day is not a blast.”
CLIP: Elmo’s ‘no fireworks’ message for Round Rock, Texas. (edited for length)
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/Elmo-NoFireworks(dot)mp3

JAMIE FOXX FINALLY REVEALS CAUSE OF LONG ILLNESS: ADVIL

Jamie Foxx has finally offered more details about the mysterious illness that landed him in the hospital last year. Foxx told a group of restaurant patrons in Phoenix, Arizona, that his health issues occurred after he took Advil for a headache. Recorded on a brief video clip and posted on X, Foxx told the group that last April 11, he had a bad headache and asked his son for an Advil. Then he says, “I was gone for 20 days. I don’t remember anything. I’m in Atlanta, they told me… my sister and my daughter took me to the first doctor. They gave me a cortisone shot. The next doctor said, ‘There’s something going on up there,’” Foxx added, pointing to his head. “I won’t say it on camera. But it was…” then he stops, without disclosing his illness.
* We’ve been through this before: We have to wait for his next movie to come out. Three weeks before, there will be a book. Then a week’s worth of clips on Good Morning America, previewed on ABC Nightly news the day before, then a two-hour interview with Oprah. It’ll come, be patient.
* All we really know at this point is, the Oprah interview won’t be sponsored by Advil.
* This weird, useless, drawn-out drama is giving ME a headache.
* It’s starting to sound like it was just a severe case of Slurpee brain freeze.
* Something happened. He’s fine now. End of story. SHEESH!!!

THE BUZZ

A LIFETIME SUPPLY!

Reddit asked, “Have you ever won a lifetime supply of something? Some of the responses:
– “My mom found the white M&M. If you found it, you’d send it in and get a lifetime supply of M&Ms. They sent us a voucher pack that almost no store would take. We managed to make it through the lifetime supply in about one month.”
– “My dad won a lifetime supply of cat food, but they delivered it all at once, and, go figure, our cats didn’t like that food. We donated it all to a local animal shelter that was super pleased!”
– “My parents won what was advertised as a lifetime supply of ice cream sandwiches. It was 100 boxes all at once, right there on a hot July day. After giving away as many boxes as they could at the fair, we got home and had about 60 boxes left. Had to throw out what didn’t fit in our freezer. My parents said I could eat as many as I wanted, any time I wanted. I went through the rest in a couple months.”
– “A local bar ran a wet t-shirt contest where the woman who won would win a lifetime of free drinks at the bar. My friend’s girlfriend won first place. But within a couple of weeks, the building was condemned and torn down. Turns out, the owners of the bar knew that the building was going to be condemned and just wanted to have one last party.”
– “As a consolation prize for losing on a TV game show, I was given a lifetime supply of beef stew. When the beef stew arrived, it was one case of 12 cans. After trying the first can, I realized that the other 11 would indeed last me a lifetime.”
– “I won a lifetime supply of mini chocolate milk cartons during a milk day at school. If you opened a carton of milk and it mooed at you, you had to call the number on it and report that you had mooing milk. That was in 2007. I’m still getting milk shipped to me, my fiancé drinks it because now I hate milk.”
– “I won a ‘lifetime’ supply of donuts (up to a dozen per day) at a local bakery, and it lasted two years until the original owner died and his A-hole son took over the business.”
– “When I was 13 years old, I won a contest for a lifetime supply of car models from Revell. They sent hundreds, probably one of everything they offered in their catalog at the time. I kept about two dozen. My father found a local retail hobby store to buy the rest of them at a very favorable price so we could just get rid of them. He put the money into US savings bonds for me, which I cashed out many years later to use for a down payment on my first new car.”
– “I won a contest online that included a ‘lifetime’ supply of Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape. It was about a dozen boxes of gum. I got sick of the gum pretty quickly, and me and a friend wound up using it all for a school project where we had to make a model of the town from the book The Outsiders.”
– “My parents won a lifetime supply of toiletries: soap, toilet paper, and some other stuff. Once per quarter, you mail in the coupon, and they send you another quarter’s worth of stuff. It’s all institutional grade, like what you’d expect prisoners to use.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Did you ever win a lifetime sup0ply of something, or just a major contest prize? How did that work out for you?

U.S. NEWS

RUNAWAY SUV & TRAILER HIT CARS, HOUSE

In Wilkins Township, Pennsylvania, a house was hit by a car on Saturday morning. Actually three cars. A man up the hill was loading a car onto a trailer that was attached to an SUV. That’s when the brake on the SUV gave out and the whole shebang – the SUV, the trailer and the car on the trailer – rolled about one thousand feet down the street, smashing into seven parked cars before crashing into a house, also hitting a car parked next to the house. Said Wilkins Chief Jason Davis, the situation could have ended a lot worse.
* How? How could it have been worse, Chief Davis? Ten cars, a trailer and a house. And probably a flower bed or two.
* The only reason it wasn’t worse is because it wasn’t Chief Davis’s house.
* The brake on the SUV went out, and it was all downhill from there.
* They’re using the neighbor’s doorbell camera footage to make Fast & Furious 11.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FUN: TOILET ROW

The Lake County Captains minor-league ball team in Eastlake, Ohio, have unveiled the “Roto-Rooter Toilet Row,” at their ballpark. Toilet Row is eight toilets, side-by-side, located directly behind home plate. Team officials say the toilet seats are “super comfortable, elegantly designed, and offer unparalleled views of the action.” The gimmick is part of a promotion with Roto-Rooter. In addition to having a unique view of the action – while sitting on a toilet – “Toilet Row” ticket holders will enjoy personalized attention from a “dedicated bathroom attendant” who will provide mouthwash, combs, and gum throughout the game.
* They say the The Lake County Captains are the best team going.
* So your team can be in the toilet while you are on the toilet.
* At least they’re not Porta-Potties.
* And that’s the straight poop about Toilet Row.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

AUDIO: ANOTHER SEVERE TURBULENCE INCIDENT ON BOEING DREAMLINER

At least 30 people were injured on Monday after an Air Europa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight hit turbulence over the Atlantic, sending passengers flying out of their seats. Passengers aboard the flight from Spain to Uruguay said the captain had warned of turbulence, asked everybody to put their seatbelts on, then there was a little bump, and then, said one passenger, “The plane abruptly fell and we all went up. Those who did not have seatbelts flew and some remained hooked to the roof.” Video of the aftermath shows a man stuck above a missing ceiling panel, his feet poking out. Other footage taken by passengers show ceiling panels torn off by the impact of the turbulence, oxygen masks dangling overhead and at least one destroyed seat. Air Europa said the flight, carrying 325 passengers and bound for Uruguay, was hit by turbulence while flying over the Atlantic Ocean and was forced to land in Natal, in north-eastern Brazil.
* What they’re saying is, it’s been the AIR’S fault all this time.
* So much for second drink service.
* So now, you can fly WITH your luggage. Is that an extra fee?
* From now on, the seatbelts will be fastened with tiny padlocks.
* And ceiling panels will be fastened with DOUBLE the Super Glue.
* “Congratulations, you’ve all passed the Zero-G Phase of astronaut training.”
CLIP: Our “Dreamliner” sounder.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/01-22-DreamlinerSounder(dot)mp3

MALDIVES MINISTER ARRESTED FOR USING BLACK MAGIC ON THE PRIME MINISTER

Police in the Maldives have arrested a state environment minister, accused of performing “black magic” on the president. Fathimath Shamnaz Ali Saleem, the State Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Energy, was arrested on Sunday along with two others. Police did not give details for her arrest, although a local media outlet said Shamnaz was arrested for performing black magic on President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu.
* Responded President Muizzu: “ba-CAWK!!!”
* Reportedly, she’s ‘got his nose’ and won’t give it back.
* She’s the State Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Energy. How ’bout doing some voodoo on global warming?
* If this doesn’t get her a spot on Penn & Teller Fool Us, nothing will.

ALMANACNOTABLE 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

Margot Robbie (actress, “Barbie,” Harley Quinn in D.C. Comics movies) … 34
Lindsay Lohan (actress) … 38
Ashley Tisdale (actress, “High School Musical” movies) … 39
Roy Bittan (keyboardist with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band) … 75
Larry David (comedy writer, actor, co-creator of the TV series “Seinfeld”) … 77

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

“Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man – there’s your diamond in the rough.”

(A) William Shatner
(B) Ted Danson
(C) Larry David

ANSWER: (C) Larry David

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2015 – A settlement of $18.7 billion was announced, addressing all federal, state and local claims against the oil giant British Petroleum arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill from the explosion of the Deep Water Horizon oil rig.
* It was a gusher of cash!

2002 – American Steve Fossett became the first person to fly a balloon solo around the world as he returned to western Australia.
* This might have been useful if it had happened in, say, 1802.

2001 – Robert Tools received the world’s first self-contained artificial heart in Louisville, Ky. (He lived 151 days with the device.)
* And from such lowly beginnings, the Borg were born!

1984 – 35-year-old Karel Soucek of Hamilton, Ontario went over Niagara Falls in a standard 55-gallon barrel – the last person to do so. He survived with only minor scrapes.
* I wonder what he’s been doing to give his life meaning since then?

1982 – Using a lawn chair hoisted by 42 helium filled balloons, Larry Walters took off from San Pedro, California, rose to 16,000-feet and traveled some 15 miles before landing safely in Long Beach. He was fined $1,500 by the FAA for flying without a license.
* Don’t give Al Qaeda any ideas.

1979 – The Susan B. Anthony dollar was issued. It was 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman.
* People showed it so much respect they refused to get it dirty by using it.

1976 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual.
* Obviously, they’ve never tried it.

1964 – U.S. president Johnson signed the “Civil Rights Act of 1964” into law. The act made it illegal in the U.S. to discriminate against others because of their race.
* Well, that solved that problem.

1947 – Something crashed near the city of Roswell, which some people think was a UFO.
* Really? Wow! Why doesn’t somebody do an investigation? I mean, this would make a great topic for a TV special.

1937 – American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world at the equator.
* It’s kind of sad … but on the bright side, if she’d made it she’d be dead by now, anyway.

1857 – New York City’s first elevated railroad officially opened for business.
* Just for a change, people who took public transportation could look down on everybody else.

1776 – New Jersey gave all adults who could show a net worth of $50 the right to vote.
* Even back then the rich controlled politics.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2014 – Mötley Crüe began their Final Tour in Grand Rapids, MI. They were going to have a reunion tour in 2020 but due to COVID-19 it was pushed to 2022.

2005 – The original members of Pink Floyd performed at the Live 8 concerts in London. It was the first time the group had played together in more than 24 years.

1992 – Mick Jagger became a grandfather at age 48 when his daughter Jade gave birth to a baby girl.

1991 – Axl Rose of Guns ‘n’ Roses sparked a riot during a concert outside of St. Louis when he jumped off the stage and attacked a fan who was videotaping the concert. 60 people were hurt.

1956 – Elvis Presley recorded “Hound Dog”. It took him 31 takes before he was happy with it.

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. People do THIS more on Mondays than any other day of the week. What is it?
Drink coffee

2. THIS happens to people on Monday more than any other day of the week. What is it?
They have to go to the hospital

3. It takes twice as long to do THIS on Mondays compared to other days of the week. What is it?
Decide what to have for dinner

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