MONDAY, Apr 21 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR MONDAY, April 21, 2025
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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 – including “holidays” created by the National Day Calendar and Wellcat websites to drive traffic to their websites – or the hundreds of disease awareness listings which occur each year. We present only those specially designated days we feel your listeners would find most interesting or significant.)

BOSTON MARATHON / PATRIOT’S DAY
The Boston Marathon is held in the city of Boston, Massachusetts on Patriot’s Day, the third Monday of April. First held in 1897, it is the world’s oldest annual marathon. Patriots’ Day is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in seven U.S. states, commemorating the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy, the inaugural battles of the American Revolutionary War. The holiday occurs annually on the third Monday in April in four states and on April 19 in three, with celebrations including battle reenactments.

KINDERGARTEN DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Kindergarten Day is celebrated in honor of Friedrich Froebel. He was born on this day in 1782. In 1837, he started the first Kindergarten in Germany. It became popular quickly. Kindergartens were originally a 1/2 day to get children acclimated into learning, social interaction, and school, in a fun, yet educational manner. Kindergarten has evolved in most areas into a full time program. This is partly the result of increasing pressures on education, and partly due to the increase in working mothers in America.”

NATIONAL CHOCOLATE COVERED CASHEWS TRUFFLE DAY

NATIONAL SURPRISE DRUG TEST DAY – Don’t say we didn’t warn you!

NATIONAL TEA DAY

SAN JACINTO DAY
Celebrating the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. It was the final battle of the Texas Revolution whereby Texas won its independence from Mexico. It is an official holiday in the State of Texas.

April is:

Adopt a Greyhound Month
Car Care Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
D.E.A.R Drop Everything and Read Month
International Guitar Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Garden Month
National Humor Month
National Poetry Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Monday through Wednesday
Listings sourced from the TV Guide, EW and other websites

MONDAY, Apr 21

“Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out”
Lifetime – New Reality Show
Synopsis: She’s ba-a-a-a-ck. Dr. Lee invites several proteges, the next generation of dermatologists, into the operating room with her to pass on her unique knowledge and skill set.

“Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey”
Netflix – New Documentary
Synopsis: Follows a man who finds new purpose when he helps rescue a baby pangolin in a sting operation in South Africa. After the animal is rescued, he leaves the city and embarks on a mission to rehabilitate and prepare the vulnerable animal for a return to the wild.

Season Premieres:
HGTV – “Love It or List It”

TUESDAY, Apr 22

“Guardians of the Galapagos”
Disney+ – Special
Synopsis: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Sea Lions of the Galapagos.”

“Sea Lions of the Galapagos”
Disney+ – Documentary
Synopsis: Follows a sea lion pup who’s learning how to navigate life alongside his mother. He must leave his mother’s colony to find his own home in a world of marine iguanas, racer snakes, yellowfin tuna and giant Galapagos sharks.

Season Premieres:
Disney+ – “Andor”

WEDNESDAY, Apr 23

“A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054”
Netflix – Docuseries from Brazil
Synopsis: Investigates the untold stories and human tragedy behind Latin America’s deadliest air disaster.

“Battle Camp”
Netflix – Yet Another Reality Competition Show
Synopsis: Eighteen previous contestants in Netflix reality shows face off against each other to take home the title of the ultimate Netflix reality competitor and a cash prize of $250,000. They face high-octane challenges, grueling punishments, and a giant spinning “wheel of misfortune” that determines who stays in camp and who must pack their bags and head home.

“Bullet Train Explosion”
Netflix – New Movie from Japan
Synopsis: A reimagining of the 1975 classic “The Bullet Train” with a modern twist. Like the original, a bomb is planted on a Japanese bullet train, set to detonate if the train’s speed drops below 100 km/h. This redo uses real bullet trains and facilities to deliver more realistic visuals.

“Carlos Alcaraz: My Way”
Netflix – Docuseries
Synopsis: Chronicles the 2024 season of Spanish professional tennis player Carlos Alcaraz.

THE BUZZ

OLD PEOPLE BEHAVIOR

Reddit asked, “What ‘old person’ thing do you do?” Some of the responses:
– “When it rains, I say, ‘Well, we need it.'”
– “I walk with hands held behind my back. Not sure why.”
– “Print my airline tickets.”
– “I get a little irritated when the neighborhood kids are screaming and yelling outside my window, but I just sit there for a second and remind myself ‘They’re kids. These are their childhood memories that they’re going to look back on when they’re your age- don’t you dare ruin that for them.’”
– “Sometimes I choke on my own saliva.”
– “I am increasingly interested in birds.”
– “I take the garbage and recycling out in my bathrobe.”
– “I can’t see if the music is too loud in the car.”
– “Wear Skechers. Didn’t know it was an old people thing.”
– “I randomly look out the front door window of my house, just to see what’s going on in the neighborhood.”
– “I want an actual menu at restaurants.”
– “I sneezed this morning and tweaked my back. That was neat!”
– “Say ‘Why aren’t these kids in school?’ When I see school aged children in public.”
– “I show up way too early to places because I don’t want to miss out on parking.”
– “I look at younger people and think….. ‘dumbasses.'”
* PHONE TOPIC: Have you recently adopted an Old Person behavior?

U.S. NEWS

POLICE OFFICERS CAUGHT PLAYING COP BINGO

In Bozeman Montana, law enforcement officers were caught playing Police Bingo. Two teams of town patrol officers had bingo cards with multiple squares of police activity, such as:
– Over .30 Blood Alcohol Level on a DUI
– Two On-Team Vehicle Pursuit
– Vehicle Extraction
– Recover Stolen Vehicle
– Drug DUI
– Foot Pursuit
– Successful K9 Track
– Arrest 3+ People Out Of One Car
– Officer Hit On By Arrestee
– 3+ Vehicle Accident
– Butt Naked Suspect
– Successful CPR
– Everyone On Team Gets A Felony Arrest In A Week
The game went on for 12 days until the command staff was made aware. The game was shut down, and the department conducted its own investigation to determine (* Big surprise!) there were no wrongful arrests or officers acting outside their normal duties in order to fill out the card and win the game.
* Was the Free Square in the middle a Donut Stop?
* So, no NICE things cops can do on the Bingo cards? “Find missing child”? “Help senior motorist change flat tire”? “Rescue kitten from tree”?
* I’ve had nights where I would have made an officer win that bingo card.
* Guess they got tired of playing “I spy with my little eye…”

MAN SETS SEX TOYS, NEIGHBORHOOD ON FIRE

A Staten Island man allegedly caused a three-alarm blaze that ripped through his neighborhood when he set fire to some sex toys outside his home. Mr. Harry Torres, 37, started the blaze last Wednesday in West Brighton. The ensuing inferno burned his home, two neighboring houses and two cars. It’s not clear why he wanted to destroy the items, but he admitted doing it, telling police, “I was in the backyard at my house and I lit two sex toys on fire.” Mr. Torres now faces a slew of charges, including arson.
* What better way to discretely dispose of embarrassing personal items than setting the neighborhood on fire?
* Trying to sterilize them after a particularly gross encounter?
* I hope he pulled the batteries out first. You’re not supposed to burn those.
* Although, with the size of the fire, they might have run on gasoline engines.
* Exactly how do you make that claim to the insurance company?

OZEMPIC FEET

People who take Ozempic are noticing yet another side effect. It’s called ‘Ozempic-feet.’ The weight-loss drug often leaves users with saggy skin, and that includes the tops of users’ feet. Ozempic, along with other new weight loss drugs, causes a massive loss of fat content and water retention, which can affect areas like the tops of feet, which has a sensitive subcutaneous fat layer, leaving the skin on your feet saggy and veiny.
* But there is help! Doctors have discovered this new thing: it’s called “shoes.”
* There’s so much droopy, hanging extra skin out there, suspenders are making a comeback.
* I’m sorry, but you’re lucky if people notice your veiny feet instead of your droopy jowls and sunken eyes.
* Yeah, lookin’ at you, John Goodman.

SCIENTISTS INVENT A NEW COLOR

A team of scientists claim to have found a color no one has seen before. Although it’s not a color anyone can just see – you have to “experience” it. The researchers, at the University of California, Berkeley, conducted an experiment in which subjects had laser pulses fired into their eyes. (* Seems safe!) By stimulating individual cells in the retina, the laser pushed their color perception beyond its natural limits, and they were able to experience a color the human eye can’t normally see. The five people who have seen it says it’s a blue-green, sort-of saturated turquoise – although describing it that way does not fully capture the richness of the experience. They call the color olo. They say there’s no way to convey the color on a computer screen or a color sample. They stressed that it could only be experienced through laser manipulation of the retina.
* Well, now I want nail polish that color.
* This could open up a whole new concept in Fruit Loops.
* I was hoping for something more in the orangey-pinkish range, but whatever.
* It’s like they’re purposely trying as hard as they can to not win a Nobel Prize.
* The researchers say they will continue with their experiment, as soon as their sight recovers and they stop walking into the furniture.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

UBER TAKES OFF WITH WOMAN’S SLEEPING TODDLER

A Canadian mom claims an Uber driver accidentally drove off with her daughter still in the vehicle — and the company refused to help. Toronto native Julia Viscomi was in an Uber with her five-year-old daughter Amelia, along with three other children and an adult. It was 11 p.m. and her daughter fell asleep in the back of the car. Due to the seating arrangement, the other passengers were blocking her daughter from the doors, and Viscomi had to wait for everyone else to get out so she could retrieve her. Viscomi says she shared her intentions loudly so the driver could hear her. But before she could reach back in and get her daughter, the driver took off. Horrified, she first tried contacting the Uber driver, but they couldn’t be reached. She then reached out to Uber but they refused to contact the driver. She ended up calling the cops, who managed to track down the vehicle an hour later. To make matters worse, Uber refused to make amends and simply offered her an automated $10 credit for her trouble.
* I bet this makes next year’s list of “Crazy Things People Left In An Uber.”
* Yet another good reason to put AirTags on your kids.
* Meanwhile the daughter was thinking “I almost got away from them!”
* This story is shocking! A five-year-old without a cell phone???

ROBOTS RUN AGAINST HUMANS IN RACE, LOSE

More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world’s first humanoid vs. human half-marathon in China on Saturday. They lost. Teams from several tech companies and universities took part in the 21-kilometer (13-mile) race. The robots were pitted against 12,000 human contestants, running side by side in a fenced-off lane. The race course had some slight slopes and winding roads. Human runners were allowed water refreshment; robot contestants were allowed to get new batteries during the race. The first robot across the finish line finished the route in two hours and 40 minutes. The winner of the men’s race finished in 1 hour and 2 minutes.
* Great, now we’ve got a bunch of sore loser robots out for vengeance against humans.
* The robots issued a statement challenging humans to meet them in the arena for the next episode of BattleBots.
* The losing robots were all sent to Chinese robot re-education camps. For that matter, so were the losing human runners.
* Robots may take our jobs, but at least they won’t be taking over our marathons.

TRENDING

JELLY ROLL ONCE POOPED HIMSELF DURING PERFORMANCE

Rapper and singer Jelly Roll revealed that he once “pooped” himself while performing a concert. The surprising confession came on Friday’s episode of “The Jennifer Hudson Show” as Jelly Roll and his “American Idol” co-star, country legend Luke Bryan, discussed some of their most embarrassing moments. Jelly Roll noted that while he didn’t immediately realize what had happened, his fans in the audience certainly did. “I watched this crowd go from loving me to just being completely out.”

THE WHO REHIRES ZAK STARKEY

Our long national nightmare is over. The Who has rehired drummer Zak Starkey – the son of The Beatles’ Ringo Starr – just days after firing him. Pete Townshend wrote in an Instagram post on Saturday, “He’s not being asked to step down from The Who. There have been some communication issues, personal and private on all sides, that needed to be dealt with, and these have been aired happily.” The issue seems to have stemmed from singer Roger Daltrey not being able to hear the music. Townsend wrote, “Maybe we didn’t put enough time into sound checks, giving us problems on stage,” Townshend wrote. “The sound in the center of the stage is always the most difficult to work with. Roger did nothing wrong but fiddle with his in-ear monitors. Zak made a few mistakes and he has apologized.”

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (April 18-20)

1. Sinners – $45.6 million
2. A Minecraft Movie – $41.3 million
3. The King of Kings – $17.7 million
4. The Amateur – $7.2 million
5. Warfare – $4.8 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

May 11, Sunday – Mother’s Day
May 26, Monday – Memorial Day
June 14, Saturday – Flag Day
June 15, Sunday – Father’s Day
June 20, Friday – Summer begins (The June solstice occurs at 10:42 P.M. EDT)

BIRTHDAYS

James McAvoy (actor, “His Dark Materials,” “Glass,” “Split,” younger Professor Charles Xavier in “X-Men” movies) … 46
Nicole Sullivan (comedian, actress, “black-ish,” “The King of Queens”) … 55
Rob Riggle (comedian, actor) … 55
Andie MacDowell (actress, “Groundhog Day”) … 67
Tony Danza (actor, “Who’s The Boss?,” “Taxi”) … 74

Today’s Birthdays grade: A star of one of the signature movies of the 90s, yet another Marvel Cinematic Universe alum, a pair of sitcom veterans … and Rob Riggle. Well, not everybody can be an A- or B-lister. Grade: C-plus.

[Want to try something different with the daily birthdays? Try grading them! Some days have “good” celebs, some have “great” celebs, some have “lousy” celebs. For fun, give the group an arbitrary grade: A-plus through F-minus. Sidekick will give you our take on it; you can to take the concept and run with it.]

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

“Don’t try too hard to be young. Be who you are.”

(A) Clint Eastwood
(B) Dame Judi Dench
(C) Tony Danza

ANSWER: (C) Tony Danza

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1986 – A vault in Chicago’s Lexington Hotel that was linked to Al Capone was opened during a live TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera. Except for a few bottles and a sign, the vault was empty.
* Like Geraldo’s credibility.

1983 – Former First Lady Betty Ford admitted she was addicted to alcohol and prescription drugs.
* Her brave admission led to the establishment of the Betty Ford Clinic, which turned out to be a great way for her to meet celebrities.

1980 – Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon, but she was disqualified when officials discovered she had jumped into the race about a mile from the finish.
* I’ll bet she cut in front in the line at the supermarket, too.

1972 – Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke drove the “million dollar electric moonbuggy,” or Lunar Rover, on the surface of the Moon.
* Of course, as soon as they drove it out of the dealership, it was only worth $750,000.

1879 – The first firehouse pole from the upstairs sleeping quarters to the trucks in the garage below was installed at Engine Company #21 in New York.
* If you’re going to risk your life, the adventure should at least start out with a little fun.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2016 – Prince – full name Prince Rogers Nelson – was found dead at his home in Minnesota at the age of 57, by EMT’s who had been summoned and found his body in an elevator. On June 2, the Midwest Medical Examiner’s office stated that the musician had died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl.

2015 – Phil Rudd, former drummer of AC/DC, changed his plea to guilty on a charge of a threat to kill, in a court in Tauranga, New Zealand. The court heard Rudd was unhappy about his album’s launch party and asked for a former employee to be “taken out.” He also pleaded guilty to cannabis and methamphetamine possession. He was sentenced to eight months’ home detention.

2014 – Robin Thicke’s controversial hit single “Blurred Lines” was named the UK’s most-downloaded song of all time. The song had sold 1.54 million copies since it was released in May 2013, despite criticisms of its explicit lyrics. About 20 university student unions banned the track, saying it promoted “date rape culture,” an accusation Thicke consistently denied.

2001 – R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck was charged by police at Heathrow airport with being drunk on an aircraft and assaulting British Airways crew. Buck was taken into custody after landing on a flight from Seattle and questioned by police for 12 hours.

1993 – Former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman married for the third time when he tied the knot with 33-year-old fashion designer Suzanne Accosta.

1990 – Singer Amy Grant sued Marvel Comics for including her likeness in a Dr. Strange Comic.

1990 – Sinead O’Connor started a four-week stay at No.1 in the U.S. singles chart with her version of the Prince song “Nothing Compares To You.” The track was also a No.1 hit in 18 other countries.

1984 – Phil Collins started a three-week run at No.1 in the U.S. singles chart with the theme from “Against All Odds.” It was his first U.S. No.1.

1984 – The soundtrack to “Footloose” went to No.1 on the U.S. album chart.

1982 – The Clash’s Joe Strummer disappeared for three weeks, causing a tour cancellation. He was found living rough in Paris.

1973 – Tony Orlando & Dawn started a four-week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree.”

1956 – Elvis Presley had his first number one hit, as “Heartbreak Hotel” made it to the top of the Billboard charts.

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. 4 out of 10 people do not do THIS outside of the workplace. What is it?
Talk to their boss

2. In a recent survey, 15% of people said they would be embarrassed if their boss saw THIS. What is it?
The inside of their car

3. People who do THIS at work, get on the boss’s good side faster. What is it?
Dress like them

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