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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 ANGEL FOOD CAKE DAY
NATIONAL CAKE DECORATING DAY
NATIONAL HANDBAG DAY
NAVAL ACADEMY DAY
The History website says this:
“On October 10, 1845, the United States Naval Academy (known as the Naval School) opened in Annapolis, Maryland, with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors. The Naval School officially became the U.S. Naval Academy in 1850, with midshipmen required to study at the academy for four years and to train aboard ships each summer – the basic format that remains at the academy to this day.”
WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY
The Win Calendar website says this:
“This day aims to educate the population and mobilize efforts in support of mental health. In 1992, the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) established World Mental Health Day in an effort to promote education and advocate for mental health sufferers.”
October is:
Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
American Cheese Month
Car Care Month
Child Health Month
Consumer Information Month
Cookbook Month
Country Music Month
Fire Prevention Month
National Pizza Month
National Popcorn Month
National Service Dog Month
Vegetarian Awareness Month
ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES
WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Thursday through Sunday
Listings sourced from the TV Guide and EW websites
THURSDAY, October 10
“Caddo Lake”
Max – Film
Synopsis: When an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together.
“Citadel: Diana”
Prime Video – Series
Synopsis: Citadel, the original series, was panned by critics and fans. In this Italian spin-off, a spy is embedded behind enemy lines several years after the timeline of Citadel. The problem? Her spy agency has been dismantled, and she’s stuck.
“Love Is Blind, Habibi”
Netflix – Dating Reality Show
Synopsis: Arab singles connect and commit to marriage — before meeting face-to-face.
“Roller Jam”
Max – Performance Competition Show
Synopsis: The top roller-skating crews in the country compete to see who will be crowned America’s best roller dancing team.
“Sweetpea”
Starz – Series
Synopsis: Rhiannon, a woman who’s constantly overlooked by society and hurt from being the victim of high school bullying, snaps and starts killing people. It’s Dexter gender-swapped for today’s crowd, as she gets more and more comfortable getting rid of human scum, but how far will she go?
“Teacup”
Peacock – Series
Synopsis: A group in rural Georgia faces something very, very scary. Based on Robert McCammon’s 1988 sci-fi/horror novel Stinger.
“Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft”
Netflix – Animated Series
Synopsis: Thrust into a high-stakes chase around the world, fearless adventurer Lara Croft confronts her traumatic past while unraveling an ancient mystery.
Season Premier:
Netflix – “Outer Banks”
FRIDAY, October 11
“Lonely Planet”
Netflix – Film
Synopsis: At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who’s reevaluating his life choices. With Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth.
“Disclaimer”
Apple TV+ – Series
Synopsis: Based on Renée Knight’s 2015 novel, the series follows a female journalist who built a career on exposing the transgressions of others and discovers she’s the main character in a book that threatens to expose a long-held secret of hers. With Cate Blanchett, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kevin Kline, Lesley Manville, and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
“The Confidante”
Max – Series
Synopsis: After the terrorist attacks in Paris, a devastated woman joins a survivor community, but her link to the tragedy hides a dark secret.
“The Last of the Sea Women”
Apple TV+ – Documentary
Synopsis: A deep dive into the culture of the Haenyeo, the South Korean fisherwomen who have been harvesting seafood for their communities for centuries.
SUNDAY, October 13
Season Premier:
CBS – “Tracker”
THE BUZZ
DUMB HEADLINES
Time for another episode of Three Dumb Headlines. These are actual, word-for-word headlines of stories found on the internet. There’s no story, no context, just the actual headline. Discuss them amongst yourselves. Then, encourage listeners to vote for the Dumbest Headline on your station’s social media page. Maybe ask them to leave a comment. Reveal the results in the next break.
Today’s Dumb Headlines:
1. “Gen Z Is Currently Obsessed With Beans”
2. “Man Thanks Pumpkin For $150,000 Lottery Win”
3. “Can Mucinex Help You Get Pregnant?”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “This Is How A Formula One Drive Played Drums For ABBA”
THE BRO CODE TEST
There’s a new thing going around TikTok known as the Bro Code test. Several objects are placed on a table, and a man is asked to pick them up one at a time. The test to see if he does the standard masculine thing with the object. For example, if the objects are a power drill, an open bag of bread, a pair of tongs, a baseball and a tape measure, the male will:
– Pick up the power drill and squeeze the trigger, making sure it works;
– Grab the bread bag by the open end and spin the hanging loaf, twisting the bag so you can get the plastic clip on;
– Pick up the tongs and click them twice;
– Toss the baseball in the air and catch it;
– Pull the tape out of the tape measure and let it zip back in.
* You could vary objects. Put out one of his t-shirts, see if he picks it up and smells the armpit. Put out a hammer, see if he tosses it with a spin, like a juggler. Put out his laptop, see if the first thing he does is delete his search history.
* If it doesn’t work, what does that mean? Low T? Gender identity confusion?
* The first thing I would do is ask “Am I getting paid for this?”
* You can use the same objects for the Gal Code Test. Place all those things on a table, and if the woman says, “Hey, who left all this crap here!” she passes the test.
* PHONE TOPIC: Can you think of something that would be useful for the Bro Code Test?
THE TOP TEN SONGS PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR WHEN THEY DIE
A recent survey conducted by end-of-life care charity Marie Curie revealed the top ten songs people request during their final moments. Over 1,000 respondents from the United Kingdom who lost loved ones shared the deceased’s musical request:
1. My Way – Frank Sinatra
2. I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
3. (Simply) The Best – Tina Turner
4. Over The Rainbow – Judy Garland
5. Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
6. Angels – Robbie Williams
7. What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
8. Beautiful – Christina Aguilera
9. Hey Jude – The Beatles
10. These Are The Days Of Our Lives – Queen
* Boy, if that’s the best you can do, people, then you kinda deserve to go.
* At least there’s no “Macarena” or “Baby Shark.” Although you could have them played at your funeral if you hate your relatives.
* I would go with “This Is The Song That Never Ends” by Shari Lewis and Lambchop.
* Or, if the deceased was just fed up with it all, “Another One Bites the Dust.”
* Next time grandma comes over and falls asleep in the recliner, put “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” on and wake her up. She’ll totally freak.
U.S. NEWS
AUDIO: PILOT DIES AFTER TAKEOFF
A Turkish Airlines pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in New York. The incident occurred after the plane took off from Seattle on Tuesday evening. The 59-year-old pilot lost consciousness at some point after takeoff. The flight crew and a co-pilot decided to make an emergency landing. The pilot died before the plane landed safely at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York around 6 a.m. on Wednesday.
* “Nearer My God to Thee,” huh?
* I know what you all are thinking, but no, it was an Airbus A350-900.
* Used to be pilots just fell asleep at the controls.
* Somebody’s been skipping their annual checkups.
* Does the remaining co-pilot and crew really have to discuss what to do? “Should we land? I flew to Turkey once. I think I can do this.” “But he’s dead.” “Look, we’ve already started drink service.” “Maybe we should ask the tower what to do.”
CLIP: From Airplane: “Does anybody know how to fly a plane?”
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/10-06-Airplane-AnyoneKnowHowToFly(dot)mp3
MILLIONAIRE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO KILL ESTRANGED WIFE
Police say a Miami millionaire tried and failed to kill his estranged wife several times over a period of years. Pinecrest Police Department Chief Jason Cohen described the several known ways real estate developer Alessandro Pino attempted to kill his wife, Tatiana:
– The Pinos had been married for more than 30 years before Tatiana filed for divorce in April 2022 after she suspected Sergio had poisoned her. Later in the investigation, it was revealed that a hit man had indeed “obtained fentanyl to assist Pino in his effort to kill his wife.”
– In 2023, someone rammed a rented Home Depot truck into Tatiana’s SUV as she pulled into her driveway. After it rammed her, the truck took off. Tatiana was uninjured.
– This past summer, Pino’s father hired a hitman, who was waiting at the house when Tatiana drove up. But Tatiana’s daughter came out of the house, saw the man point a gun at her mother, and called police. The hitman took off. That man was later caught and charged with the June 23 attack
– In all, nine men were allegedly involved in the various plots conspired by Pino. Six of these individuals have been charged with murder-for-hire and the rest for their alleged part in stalking and arsons directed at Tatiana and her family.
– As for Alessandro Pino: In July, just weeks after the hitman-in-the-driveway attempt, Sergio was found dead by suicide in his waterfront Coral Gables mansion. He was being investigated in an alleged murder-for-hire plot.
* Bet he wasn’t a very good real estate developer, either.
* Like they say: If at third you don’t succeed… kill yourself.
* Hit men? More like hit-or-miss men.
* In hindsight, high explosives might have been the way to go.
* This would make a good movie. In fact, it did: “I Love You to Death” in 1990 (Kevin Kline, Tracy Ullman), the true story of a woman who tried and failed four times to kill her cheating husband. Time for a remake! Cheaper than another Spider-man movie!
ALL WALMARTS TO BE CLOSED ON THANKSGIVING DAY
For the fifth straight year, every single Walmart will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Each day, Walmart makes $1.67 billion across all of its platforms. That breaks down to $1.16 million per minute. The company is willing to lose $1.67 billion dollars to let its employees have the day off so that, according to a company statement, “Associates can spend the day with their families.” Walmart employs more than 2 million people, and they want their workers to take the day off and spend it with the people they love.
* And if they can’t be with the people they love, maybe they can at least spend it with their family.
* Of course, the workers are required to come in at midnight and man the store for Black Friday.
* And thanks for letting us know what a horrible financial sacrifice this will be for you, Walmart.
* Notice they don’t tell us how much having every store closed is saving them on heating and electricity.
* The ball’s in your court, Target.
FAT BEAR CONTEST WON BY FAT BEAR
We’ve got a winner of this year’s Fat Bear Week contest held by Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. The contest honors bears that have bulked up the most in the months before entering hibernation. The winner is a mama bear whose cub was killed by her opponent. Out of more than a million votes, the bear named 128 Grazer received more than 70,000, while her opponent, a male bear named 32 Chunk, got 30,000. Grazer also won over Chunk last year, during which Chunk attacked Grazer’s cubs and one died from its injuries. This year’s voting was delayed a week after one of the contestant bears was fatally mauled by a rival bear.
* That’s great. Now do sharks.
* They do it with votes ’cause after fattening up, the bears are too embarrassed to step onto scales to be weighed.
* We could do this with my relatives after we finish Thanksgiving dinner.
* They’d get more viewers if they pushed that bear-on-bear action a little more. Maybe next year they can take the biggest bear and tie a pork chop around his neck.
* I wonder how that hotdog-eating-guy Joey Chestnut would do in this contest.
* Fat Bear Week – sponsored by Ozempic! Ask your doctor.
ALMANACNOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES
Oct. 14, Monday – Columbus Day
Oct. 16, Wednesday – National Boss’s Day
Oct. 31, Thursday – Halloween
Nov. 3, Sunday – Daylight Saving Time Ends, turn clocks back 1 hour
Nov. 11, Monday – Veterans Day
Nov. 28, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Saturday – Winter begins, winter solstice occurs at 4:21 a.m. (EST)
Dec. 25, Wednesday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Tuesday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, Wednesday – New Year’s Day
BIRTHDAYS
Brett Favre (former NFL QB) … 55
Wendi McLendon-Covey (actress, “The Goldbergs”) … 55
Bradley Whitford (actor, “Perfect Harmony,” “The West Wing”) … 65
Tanya Tucker (country singer) … 66
David Lee Roth (rock singer, Van Halen) … 70
BIRTHDAY QUOTE QUIZ – Ask your listeners “Who said it?” HINT: Today’s their birthday!
“The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.”
(A) Dr. Phil
(B) Cher
(C) David Lee Roth
ANSWER: (C) David Lee Roth
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
2002 – The House voted 296-133 to give President George W. Bush broad authority to use military force against Iraq. (The Senate followed suit the next day.)
* And so it began …
1992 – Kooyahoga County in Ohio declined to prosecute a woman who had registered her cat, Morris, to vote in elections.
* Although the way he marked his ballot left a lot to be desired.
1978 – The U.S. bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony dollar was signed by President Jimmy Carter.
* People quickly decided they were both really annoying to have around.
1933 – The first packaged detergent powder, Dreft, went on sale.
* Amazing what you can do with a bar of soap and a cheese grater.
1913 – The waters of the Atlantic and Pacific came together directly in the new Panama Canal after engineers blew up the last remaining dam at Gamboa.
* And with that explosion, the “cool” part of the project was over.
1886 – The dinner jacket was worn for the first time at the Tuxedo Park Country Club, from where it gets its name.
* Good thing it wasn’t debuted around the corner at “Ye Fattened Ass Bar and Grill.”
1865 – The billiard ball was patented.
* This was a big improvement over playing the game with duck eggs. And less messy.
THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY
2014 – Taylor Swift was named Billboard’s Woman of the Year 2014, making her the first artist to receive the award twice.
2007 – Sting topped a list of the worst lyricists ever, for such alleged sins as name-dropping Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov in the Police tune “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” quoting a Volvo bumper sticker (“If You Love Someone Set Them Free”), and co-opting the works of Chaucer, St. Augustine and Shakespeare.
1999 – A charity auction selling Elvis Presley’s belongings was held at The Grand Hotel, Las Vegas. A wristwatch sold for $32,500, a cigar box $25,000, an autographed baseball sold for $19,000, and a 1956 Lincoln Continental sold for $250,000.
1992 – Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash (Saul Hudson) married Renee Suran.
1992 – “The Chase” by Garth Brooks debuted at No. 1 on both Billboard’s pop and country album charts. The album spent 35 weeks on the charts and sold over 6 million copies.
1980 – The funeral for Led Zeppelin’s drummer John Bonham took place. Bonham died at age 32 after a heavy drinking session.
1979 – Fleetwood Mac was awarded a star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame.
1978 – Steve Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith were injured during a gig in Philadelphia, when a fan threw fireworks on stage. The group performed behind a safety fence for the rest of the tour.
1970 – The Carpenters were at No. 2 on the U.S. singles chart with “We’ve Only Just Begun.” The song was originally written for a TV commercial advertising a bank.
1970 – Neil Diamond went to No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Cracklin’ Rosie,” his first No.1 as an artist.
1902 – The Gibson Mandolin guitar company was formed. Gibson’s first electric guitar, the ES-150, was produced in 1936, and in 1946 Gibson introduced the P-90 single coil pickup, which was eventually used on the first Les Paul model made in 1952.
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. Surveys show 21% of people have done THIS while on a date. What is it?
Forgotten their date’s name
2. In a recent survey, 78% of people said if their partner on a first date did THIS, there would not be a second date. What is it?
They keep bringing up their ex during the date
3. A recent study found that when people on first dates do THIS, it builds trust and camaraderie and increases the chances of a second date. What is it?
They order the same food
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