FRIDAY, Nov 8 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP EMAIL AND TEXT VERSION FOR FRIDAY, November 8, 2024
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: THE FRIDAY CLUSTERFLICKS

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.)

COOK SOMETHING BOLD DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Cook Something Bold Day is designed to encourage us to cook something bold and daring, that will fill up the house with warm, ‘homey’ odors. It is celebrated in the month of November, as houses are closed up for the winter, and capture the cooking smells.”

DUNCE DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Dunce Day celebrates the the term ‘Dunce’ and dunce caps. Today marks the death (November 8, 1308) of medieval scholar Duns Scotus of Duns, Scotland. Perceptions of his views ranged from brilliant to less than complimentary. Duns Scotus believed that cone shaped hats increased learning potential. He believed knowledge would flow from the point of the cap, down and into the head of the wearer, making that person smarter. About all this accomplished over time was the perception of a person wearing a dunce cap to be … a dunce. There was a positive side to his use of dunce caps. It motivated the wearer to learn more, so he could be rid of the the cap. Scholar critics of his work derived the term ‘dunce’ from his name and place of birth.”

NATIONAL CAPPUCCINO DAY

NATIONAL HARVEY WALLBANGER DAY
The National Day Calendar website says this:
“National Harvey Wallbanger Day is observed annually on November 8th. A Harvey Wallbanger is made with 3 parts vodka, 1 part Galliano and 6 parts orange juice, poured into a highball glass and garnished with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.”

NATIONAL STEM DAY

WORLD RADIOGRAPHY DAY
The History website says this:
“On this day in 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923) became the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields, most of all medicine, by making the invisible visible. Rontgen’s discovery occurred accidentally in his lab in Wurzburg, Germany. He was testing whether cathode rays could pass through glass when he noticed a glow coming from a nearby chemically coated screen. He dubbed the rays that caused this glow X-rays because of their unknown nature. Rontgen’s discovery was labeled a medical miracle and X-rays soon became an important diagnostic tool in medicine, allowing doctors to see inside the human body for the first time without surgery. In 1897, X-rays were first used on a military battlefield, during the Balkan War, to find bullets and broken bones inside patients.”

November is:

Adopt a Senior Pet Month
Great American Smoke Out Month
National Adoption Month
National Military Family Month
National Native American Heritage Month
Raisin Bread Month
Stamp Collecting Month
Vegan Month

 

 

THE BUZZ

THE WEIRDEST THING A HOUSE GUEST EVER DID

Thanksgiving is on the horizon. Family, friends and strangers show up at your house and annoy you. Reddit asked, ” “What’s the weirdest thing a guest has done at your house?” Some of the responses:
– “They went through my garbage and then lectured me on it.”
– “Walked out into the living room at around 2 AM, and there was my friend’s girlfriend sitting on the carpet right in front of the TV with her foot in her mouth biting her toenails.”
– Childhood friend contacted me out of the blue and said she would be in the area and would love to see me. We took her out to a meal at a three star Michelin restaurant. She spent the night in our guest bedroom and left the next day. Went to clean the room, she had drawn a picture of her face and with a sharpie on the white lampshade next to her bed.”
– “My girlfriend’s friend’s visiting boyfriend moved a vase in our living room — which instantly improved the feng shui of our space. I was so impressed and joked that he could move stuff anytime. 3 a.m.,I wake up to go to the bathroom. All thelights are on, the entire living space is in disarray. He was rearranging our whole apartment.”
– “A special foreign guest with limited English at my parents’ for a formal dinner. They asked him if he would like to wash up before dinner. He looked puzzled, and soon we heard the shower running.”
– “I had someone dog sit for me and they completed a 1000 piece puzzle I was working on.”
– “One guest went into my backyard, went up to the plum tree and started picking several off the tree and just dropping them on the ground. When caught, he said that you need to pick every other one off so they can have room to grow”
– “Drank from kitchen faucet while on the counter in a cat costume. Lap, lap, lap…”
PHONE TOPIC: What’s the weirdest thing a house guest ever did? (You’ll want to add “No bathroom stories!)

 

U.S. NEWS

VOICE OF “YOU’VE GOT MAIL” HAS DIED

Elwood Edwards, the iconic voice of AOL’s “You’ve Got Mail” audio message, has died after a long illness. Mr. Edwards died Tuesday, the day before his 75th birthday. Elwood was a longtime employee at Ohio TV station WKYC-TV working as a graphics and camera operator. His wife, Karen, worked at Quantum Computer Services, which eventually became AOL. In 1989, she overheard an engineer, future CEO of America Online Steve Case, discussing adding a voice to the upcoming software. She volunteered her husband, and Edwards recorded the phrases on a cassette deck in his living room — “Welcome,” “You’ve Got Mail,” “File’s Done,” and “Goodbye”. He was paid just $200.
* Well, $200 and a kiss from his wife, I bet.
* On June 23, 2015, AOL was acquired by Verizon Communications for $4.4 billion. Mr. Edwards, “You got screwed.”
* Always have a contract, and always demand a royalty per individual use in perpetuity. And none of that back-end Hollywood accounting jive. You want your points on gross, not net. The guy who voiced “The door is ajar” for cars is a billionaire now.
CLIP: Elwood Edwards says, “You’ve Got Mail”.
(clip available on the Sidekick Main Page version of this story)

CLIP: Elwood Edwards says, “Welcome,” “You’ve Got Mail,” “File’s Done,” and “Goodbye”.
(clip available on the Sidekick Main Page version of this story)

CYCLIST HIT BY AMBULANCE, THEN CHARGED $1800 FOR RIDE

Back in October of 2022, an Oregon man was riding his bicycle when an ambulance pulled up next to him, then made a sudden right turn into their fire station, knocking him over, breaking his nose, leaving him with scrapes and other injuries, and running over his bike. The ambulance crew scooped him up and drove him to the hospital. Then they billed him $1,800 for the ambulance ride. The cyclist, 71-year-old William Hoesch, is now suing the ambulance company for $997,000. That’s $47,000 to cover medical expenses – including the ambulance ride – along with another $50,000 for future medical costs, and an additional $900,000 for pain and suffering.
* I thought the $900,000 would have been for a new bike. Have you priced those things lately?
* I’d throw in another $100,000 just for general ass-hattery.
* Every business has to look for ways to drum up new customers, even ambulance companies.

 

40 LAB MONKEYS ESCAPE

Police in Yemassee, South Carolina, are searching for 40 escaped lab monkeys. The animals escaped Wednesday from Alpha Genesis, a not-evil-sounding-at-all bio-research company. The company works with monkeys to carry out clinical trials. It is not known what trials the escaped monkeys were taking part in, nor whether they were exposed to any diseases. Traps have been set up and officers are using thermal imaging cameras in an attempt to recapture the animals. Residents have been strongly advised to keep doors and windows secured. Anyone who finds a monkey should not interact with it but instead call 911.
* One or two monkeys is a freak occurence. Forty is a prison break.
* The monkeys were last spotted all heading to Washington, expecting to be sworn into Congress in January.
* So all of the sudden we’ve switched to a Planet of the Apes timeline? It’s gotta be better than the one we’ve been living in.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

MAN DIES AFTER SITTING ON A BOX OF FIREWORKS

A 32-year-old man in India died after accepting a dare by his friends to sit on a box of lit fireworks. It happened last Thursday, October 31, during the celebration known as Diwali. He and his six friends had been drinking. His friends promised to buy him an autorickshaw if he sat on the fireworks box as it exploded. He sustained severe burn injuries to his buttocks, abdomen, and thighs before collapsing, and died two days later while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the city. Police arrested the six friends.
* In fact, India’s entire space program is under investigation as well.
* Sitting on a box of lit fireworks. I know how that feels. I’ve eaten curry before.
* And yet, it’s always so funny when Wile E. Coyote does this.

TRENDING

MARK WAHLBERG’S NEW RESTAURANT CATCHES FIRE

Fire broke out at Mark Wahlberg’s new Mexican Restaurant Flecha Cantina the night before its ribbon-cutting ceremony in Las Vegas. The fire started Tuesday in a fire pit and traveled onto the patio. By the time emergency responders arrived, the building was evacuated and sprinklers automatically turned on. No one was injured and the opening ceremony will go on as planned.

 

THREE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH LIAM PAYNE’S DEATH

Three individuals have reportedly been arrested in connection to singer Liam Payne’s death in Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of the people, who appears to be Payne’s friend, has reportedly been charged with abandonment of a person followed by death. The other suspects, a hotel staffer and an alleged drug supplier, have also been charged with the supply and facilitation of narcotics. Liam Payne’s toxicology reports had previously revealed that the former One Direction star had “pink cocaine” and other drugs in his system at the time of his death. On October 16, the singer was confirmed to have died after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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

Lauren Alaina (country, country-pop singer) … 30
Jack Osbourne (TV personality, producer, offspring of Ozzy) … 39
Tara Reid (actress) … 49
Parker Posey (actress, “Lost in Space” reboot) … 56
Courtney Thorne-Smith (actress, “Two and a Half Men,” “According to Jim,” “Ally McBeal,” “Melrose Place”) … 57
Gordon Ramsay (TV chef) … 58
Leif Garrett (actor, singer) … 63
Rickie Lee Jones (singer/songwriter, “Chuck E’s In Love”) … 70
Bonnie Raitt (singer/songwriter, “Nick Of Time”) … 75

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

“I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.”

(A) Judge Judy
(B) Kim Jong-un
(C) Gordon Ramsay

ANSWER: (C) Gordon Ramsay

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2002 – The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution giving U.N. weapons inspectors the muscle they needed to hunt for illicit weapons in Iraq. President George W. Bush said the new resolution presented the Iraqi regime “with a final test.”
* Which they passed. By having no weapons of mass destruction. So Bush invaded them.

1913 – The art form knows as “Cubism” was banned by officials at an art exhibition in Paris.
* What a bunch of squares!

1911 – William Frost of Spokane, WA patented the electric “bug zapper” bug exterminator.
* Not only does it kill bugs, it’s more fun to watch than most TV shows.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2009 – Former Smiths frontman Morrissey stopped a concert halfway through his second song after being hit by a beer bottle. The 50-year-old singer, who was hit in the eye by a plastic bottle of beer, said goodnight to the 8,000 strong crowd in Liverpool, England before walking off.

2008 – AC/DC started a two-week run at #1 on the U.S. album chart with “Black Ice,” the band’s fifteenth studio album and the second-best selling album of 2008. Black Ice went to #1 in 29 countries, including Australia, Canada, the UK, and the U.S.

1997 – Country entertainer Johnny Paycheck officially joined the Grand Ole Opry. The honky-tonk ace became the 72nd member of the radio show’s cast.

1995 – Michael Jackson and Sony Corp. of America joined forces to create the world’s third-largest music publishing company with more than 100,000 titles. Jackson’s ATV Music catalog, which included the classic Beatles songs, was estimated to be worth $300 million.

1983 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long (All Night).” Richie would later sing the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

1980 – Bruce Springsteen started a four week run at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “The River,” his first U.S. No.1 album.

1975 – David Bowie made his U.S. TV debut performing “Fame” on the “Cher” CBS-TV show.

1975 – Elton John was named Godfather to John and Yoko Lennon’s son Sean.

1968 – John and Cynthia Lennon were divorced after six years of marriage.

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 studies, doing THIS every day reduces anxiety, depression, and also improves your balance. What is it?
Rocking in a rocking chair

2. Experts say if you’re having a bad day, you’re 71% more likely to do THIS. What is it?
Snack

3. Studies have shown that doing THIS will make you 11% happier. What is it?
Drinking with your friends

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