TUESDAY, May 6 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR TUESDAY, May 6, 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.)

INTERNATIONAL NO DIET DAY
British feminist Mary Evans Young established International No Diet Day in 1992 as an anti-dieting statement after battling anorexia, bullying, and body image issues for years. A reaction to the promotion of body standards and ideals that are difficult for many people to attain, the stated purpose of INDD is body acceptance and body shape diversity.

NATIONAL BEVERAGE DAY

NATIONAL CREPE SUZETTE DAY

NATIONAL NURSES DAY
The Time And Date Website says this:
“National Nurses Day is celebrated annually on May 6 to raise awareness of the important role nurses play in society. It marks the beginning of National Nurses Week, which ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale.”

NATIONAL TOURIST APPRECIATION DAY
The Days of the Year website says this:
“All over the world, tourism and travel provide local economies with a boost, whether on a smaller or larger scale. This day is all about bringing attention to and showing appreciation for the tourists whose penchant for experiencing new places brings customers to local businesses and helps to stimulate the economy.”

May is:

Chip Your Pet Month / Pet Month
Date Your Mate Month
International Civility Awareness Month
National Barbeque Month
National Bike Month
National Egg Month
National Hamburger Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month
Older Americans Month

THE BUZZ

CLASSIC DISNEY MOVIE FAN THEORIES

If there’s one thing the internet has brought us, it’s crazy people with too much time on their hands. And some of these people have developed wacky theories about Disney movies – things that Walt and the animators were really trying to tell us all these years. Here are some of the fan theories, compiled by the Comic Book Resources website CBR:
– One fan theory suggests that Snow White has died and that the Prince is actually the Grim Reaper, kissing her before carrying her to the afterlife. The thinking is that the Prince only seems to appear when Snow White has a brush with death, and because the pair say goodbye to the dwarfs at the end before viewers see the Prince’s castle, bathed in gold and surrounded by clouds as if it were the afterlife.
– Alice in Wonderland is really about Alice taking a drug trip. Well, duh.
– In Beauty and the Beast, the Beast was just 11 years old when an elderly beggar cursed him for his selfishness. The theory is based on a lyric “Be Our Guest,” where Lumière sings, “10 years, we’ve been rusting.” If the curse was in place for 10 years, and the Beast’s “21st year” is approaching when Belle arrives, it would mean he was cursed at age 11, which is an awful harsh curse to put on an 11-year-old.
– Mary Poppins belongs to the same species as Stephen King’s Pennywise the Clown in “It.” Both of them emerge from hibernation every few years to feed on the emotions of children.
– Aladdin is set in a post-apocalyptic future. The Genie claims to have been stuck in his lamp for 10,000 years. If he were around in the third century, that would put the present year at 10,300 AD at the very earliest. Also, the Genie knows and impersonates figures like Jack Nicholson and William F. Buckley, despite being trapped in a lamp for 10,000 years. It also explains the hover technology of the magic carpet.
– Shan-Yu, the villain in Mulan, is a vampire hiding in plain sight. He has fangs, yellow eyes, and seemingly superhuman strength and senses. Also, all his scenes take place at dusk, and he’s often shrouded except for his face and hands.
– The characters from The Jungle Book represent the Seven Deadly Sins. Kaa, the snake, is Lust. Shere Khan the tiger is Wrath. Colonel Hathi the elephant is Pride. King Louie the orangutan is Greed. Baloo the bear is both Sloth and Gluttony. Mowgli the boy is Envy.
– In Peter Pan, Tinker Bell represents the hallucinogenic liquor absinthe, which was also known as “the green fairy.” The Lost Boys represent arrested development induced by substance abuse. Neverland is a substance abuse clinic.
– Cinderella has enslaved all the animals, including mice and birds, who she forces to assist with her chores.
– High School Musical is set in the Purge universe. The kids don’t follow many rules. They repeatedly disrupt classes and events with their singing and dancing. In the second and third movies, there are scenes of trashing schools, bribing business owners, disregarding safety standards while working in the kitchen, and a teacher impersonates a student and forges his signature to gain admission to the Juilliard School. So they are in The Purge universe, where lawlessness or periods of lawlessness are the norm.

THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED FROM VIDEO GAMES

Not all of your education came from school. Reddit asked, “What is a real world fact you have learned from a video game?” Some of the responses:
– “I know a remarkable number of names of bugs and fish thanks to Animal Crossing.”
– “When I moved to Japan, I could immediately recognize several cicadas by sound alone thanks to Animal Crossing.”
– “Carmen Sandiego taught me so much geography.”
– “I learned gold is actually terrible for tools. Minecraft wasn’t lying.”
– “I learned how to make glass out of sand thanks to Minecraft.”
– “Dig straight down for long enough, and you’ll eventually fall into lava.”
– “In The Last of Us, I learned that cordyceps fungus is real; it actually infects insects and controls their behavior.”
– “My knowledge of Greek mythology started with God of War.”
– “Submarine simulators made me pretty good with geometry and trigonometry, having to plot intercept courses based only on sonar ping returns and such.”
– “Assassin’s Creed taught me more history than actual history class. I’ve learned more about the Renaissance era from Assassin’s Creed 2 than college.”
– “I got my basic bearings when visiting Venice thanks to the Assassin’s Creed 2 map.”
– “When I was in Paris looking for the Sainte-Chappelle, I didn’t have to check the map because of Assassin’s creed! ”
– “I haven’t tested it yet but after a few goes of Surgeon Simulator I think I could give open heart surgery a solid shot.”
– “I learned that no matter how hard you work at something, there is always a 13-year-old with an energy drink dependency who is better than you.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What has a video game taught you?

U.S. NEWS

DEADLY PATHOGEN CONTAINMENT LAB CLOSED OVER LOVERS’ SPAT

On April 29, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases closed its high containment lab at Fort Detrick, Maryland for a safety stand-down. The lab studies high consequence pathogens, such as Ebola virus and SARS, Marburg and Lassa viruses and anthrax. These are some of the deadliest infectious pathogens on the planet, with death rates that can range from approximately 25 to 90%. So why the sudden shutdown? The lab blamed it on an unnamed personnel issue which that compromised the facility’s safety. But later, an anonymous source claimed the cause was a “lovers’ spat” between two researchers, where one lab worker poked holes in another’s protective suit. That individual has since been fired, according to the anonymous source.
* Even in a place that deals with sickness, that’s sick.
* C’mon, what office doesn’t have its merry prankster?
* Gee, you can get enough diseases from your sex partner without them poking holes in your deadly pathogen protective suit on top of it.
* They worked in a high containment lab but they couldn’t contain their own emotions.
* Wait – isn’t this the plot of those Resident Evil movies? Deadly pathogen turns workers into killer zombies? Or am I thinking of the Minion movies?

SON ORDERS 70,000 LOLLIPOPS FROM AMAZON

A Kentucky mom was shocked to find 70,000 lollipops on her front doorstep. Holly LaFavers, from Lexington, said that her 7-year-old son Liam ordered 30 cases of Dum-Dum lollipops off of Amazon while playing on her phone this weekend. LaFavers says Liam was born with developmental delays and doesn’t fully understand the decisions he makes, and he can be impulsive. She says her son was simply trying to do something nice for his friends. The 30 cases, each with 2,340 suckers inside, retail for $130 each on Amazon. The final cost comes to over $4,200. She says Amazon let her return eight of the 30 boxes, but she was left with the other 22, which have since been sold to sympathetic Kentuckians.
* Suckers.
* All bank tellers, I bet.
* Yes, it’s a nice gesture, but the kid really needs to refine his taste in candy.
* She doesn’t have Amazon password-protected on her phone? What a Dum-Dum.
* You’d think that with all the AI available now, Amazon would be able to flag an unusual order like this and somehow verbally verify that this is what the buyer really wants. Although if I were Amazon, I wouldn’t do it because, you know, more money.

BEAR STEALS TUB OF COOKIE DOUGH ICE CREAM, HAS GOOD TASTE

A 4-year-old bear broke into a Tahoe ice cream shop, making off with three gallons of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. Beth Moxley of Tahoe Time Ice Cream Shop had stepped away from the shop momentarily. Minutes later, she noticed a trash can that was holding the back door open was tipped over. She followed the trail and found the ice cream freezer case open. The bear swiped a three-gallon tub of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream and left only two muddy bear prints. She said she captured video of the bear – it’s a well-known figure in the community: a four-year-old bear named Cinnamon.
* How do they know his name?
* Be on the lookout for a bear with an incredible brain freeze.
* “Cocaine Bear 2: Cookie Dough Bear.”
* Why did it steal the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream? ‘Cause they don’t make Raw Salmon flavor.
* A 3-gallon tub of ice cream from a boutique shop in a resort town? $5,000 loss, easy.
* Wait – she runs a boutique shop in a resort town with a known bear, has a garbage can holding the back door open, and leaves the premises? Good luck getting insurance to pay.

HOMEOWNER FINDS 98 IGUANA EGGS IN BACKYARD

In Miami, Florida, a homeowner recently found 98 iguana eggs in her backyard. (* It’s like an Easter egg hunt for the Addams Family!) Iguanas are listed as an invasive nuisance in Florida, destroying landscape and digging burrows that can damage infrastructure. They eat native bird eggs. Also, they live up in the trees and go to the bathroom a lot on people underneath. In this case, the woman called Humane Iguana Control, which found that three female iguanas had nested in burrows that were all interconnected, and each had laid her own clutch. The company says there’s a 93% hatch rate for iguana eggs. There is also a budding market for eating iguana eggs: A Florida man named John Johnson runs a business called Down Goes Iguana, where he removes and kills the critters, harvests iguana eggs from the dead iguanas, and cooks and eats them.
* The eggs, not the iguanas. An iguomelet, if you will.
* Interconnected burrows, three females, 98 eggs. So her backyard is an iguana swingers playground.
* Hey – don’t give egg producers any ideas.
* 98 eggs in HER backyard. Don’t you think she has neighbors, and THEY have yards? I would move.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

MAN THINKS ZOO ALLIGATOR IS FAKE, CLIMBS INTO PEN

A 29-year-old man visiting the Kabug Island zoo in the Philippines thought their crocodile was fake, so he climbed into its enclosure to pose for photos. The croc bit him on the leg and held on tight. Though the man could be seen sitting still as he awaited help, the crocodile dragged him through the shallow water and rolled over, twisting his leg even further as he screamed in pain. A zookeeper then went into the enclosure and hit the female crocodile over the head with concrete to open her mouth, and the man received more than 50 stitches for his injuries.
* And then the zookeeper hit HIM on the head with concrete, just for being a dummy.
* So alligators whole “sit perfectly still and dinner will come to you” pretty much works on every other creature.
* On the bright side, he got way more exciting photos than he thought he would.
* They do not put fake animals in cages at zoos. This isn’t China. Although a zoo could save a lot of money on raw chickens if they did.
* Even Disney World doesn’t put fake alligators in their lakes, as one family tragically knows.

ZOO GORILLA TOSSES ROCK, HITS MAN

A gorilla at the at Nanning Zoo in China hurled a stone into the crowd, striking a man on the head. The gorilla, called Diunaxing, is known for playfully tossing flowers and turf at visitors. But this time he picked up a grapefruit-sized stone and began running around his enclosure with it. Then he chucked it at the crowd, hitting a man. The injured visitor was treated and returned to his hotel. The origin of the rock remains a mystery.
* Yes, quite the mystery. The sky? Did a bird leave it? Did he order a rock from Amazon? Quite the mystery.
* Could have been worse. Could have been gorilla poop.
* Maybe he somehow got to see one of those Planet of the Apes movies.
* This is the worst tie-in to that “100 unarmed men fighting a gorilla” thing I’ve ever heard.
* On an up note, the gorilla has just been added to the Oakland A’s pitching rotation.

TRENDING

KEITH URBAN TO GET AWARD FOR WINNING AWARDS

The Academy of Country Music announced Keith Urban will be presented with the ACM Triple Crown Award at the upcoming 60th ACM Awards. Urban will receive the first Triple Crown Award since Carrie Underwood was presented with the honor in 2010. He earned the honor by winning Top New Male Vocalist in 2001, Male Vocalist of the Year in 2005 and 2006, as well as Entertainer of the Year in 2019. The awards how airs this Thursday (May 8).

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

Adrianne Palicki (actress, “The Orville”, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) … 42
Geneva Carr (actress, “Bull”) … 59
George Clooney (actor) … 64
Tom Bergeron (former TV host, “Dancing With The Stars”) … 70
Bob Seger (singer, “Running Against the Wind,” “Like a Rock”) … 80

Today’s Birthdays grade: Today’s biggest names are an actor who was held up as a model of handsomeness while appearing in a ton of ho-hum movies, and a fairly substantial 70s music star whose was unavoidable on radio and then in Chevy truck commercials. And some other people. Move along, nothing to see here. Grade: D-minus.

[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.]

“Run for office? No. I’ve slept with too many women, I’ve done too many drugs, and I’ve been to too many parties.”

(A) Lester Holt
(B) Bill Gates
(C) George Clooney

ANSWER: George Clooney

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2023 – The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla took place at Westminster Abbey, London. At age 73, Charles became the oldest person to ever be crowned British monarch.
* Giving hope to late bloomers everywhere.

2013 – Wal-Mart became the largest company by revenue on the Fortune 500 list.
* “You Pay Less. We Live Better.”

2004 – The final first-run episode of “Friends” aired on NBC.
* And our great national tabloid obsession with Jennifer Aniston began.

2002 – “Spider-Man” became the first movie to make more than $100 million in its first weekend.
* Hard to believe that was once considered a lot of money.

2001 – John Paul II, during a visit to Syria, became the first pope to enter a mosque as he called for brotherhood between Christians and Muslims.
* Well, THAT idea worked out great.

1994 – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and French President Francois Mitterrand formally opened the Channel Tunnel between their countries.
* It’s pretty cool, except if you live nearby you’ve got that horrible draft.

1994 – Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed suit against President Clinton, alleging he’d sexually harassed her in 1991.
* She objected to being thought of as a sex object – then posed in Playboy and Penthouse.

1954 – Medical student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile during a track meet in Oxford, England, finishing in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. The record only stood for 46 days before Australian John Landy broke it.
* Don’t you just hate copycats?

1889 – The Paris Exposition formally opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower.
* Y’know, I love the Eiffel Tower, but could somebody please tell me … what does it DO?

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2013 – Lauryn Hill was sentenced in the state of New Jersey to three months in jail for tax evasion. The 37-year-old Grammy-winning singer had failed to pay taxes on about $1.8m of earnings between 2005-2007.

2005 – In Augusta, GA, a life-size bronze statue of James Brown was unveiled to commemorate Brown’s musical accomplishments.

2005 – Audioslave became the first American rock group to perform a free outdoor concert in Cuba.

2005 – Starbucks banned the sale of Bruce Springsteen’s latest album “Devils and Dust” over concerns about its adult content.

2004 – A sale of Beatles memorabilia at Christie’s in London became the most successful pop auction in the company’s history. Among the items was a leather collar worn by John Lennon, a signed copy of a management deal with The Beatles and manager Brian Epstein, a Vox Kensington guitar used by Lennon and Harrison, a colored felt-pen drawing by Lennon, a letter with his signature, and a pen-and-ink drawing called Happy Fish.

1991 – Madonna’s “Truth Or Dare” premiered in Los Angeles.

1984 – Fictional group Spinal Tap played a gig at New York’s CBGB’s.

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. More than 1/2 of men surveyed said they are confident that they have a great BLANK. What is it?
A great butt

2. 46% of men surveyed say they wash THIS every two months. What is it?
Their pillowcase

3. 46% of men surveyed said they don’t know how to do THIS task. What is it?
Sew on a button

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