FRIDAY, June 6 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR FRIDAY, June 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.)

ATHEISTS PRIDE DAY

D-DAY INVASION ANNIVERSARY DAY

DRIVE-IN MOVIE DAY
The first drive-in opened on this day in 1933.
The Stacker website says this:
“Drive-ins reached their peak in popularity in the mid-1950s with more than 4,000 operating across the country. There are currently (as of May, 2023) 177 drive-in theaters operating in 25 states.”

NATIONAL APPLESAUCE CAKE DAY

NATIONAL DONUT DAY – First Friday in June

NATIONAL GARDENING EXERCISE DAY

YO-YO DAY

June is:

NATIONAL DJ MONTH – Yeah!
National Adopt a Cat / Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
African-American Music / Black Music Appreciation Month
Great Outdoors Month / National Camping Month
International Men’s Month
Lemon Month
National Candy Month
National Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Rose Month
National Seafood Month
Pride Month
Women’s Golf Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

NICK JONAS TO STAR IN KISS BIOPIC

Nick Jonas is in final talks to play KISS frontman Paul Stanley – the one with the big star on his face – in a biopic about the famous rock band. The film, titled “Shout It Out Loud,” will be directed by McG, former music producer, music video director and the director of the first couple “Charlie’s Angels” movies. Casting is currently underway for the role of KISS icon Gene Simmons.
* If your tongue precedes you walking through the door, you’re hired.
* Paul Stanley is the one that Gene Simmons let stay in the band all those years.
* If Paul Stanley really looked like Nick Jonas, they never would have needed all that makeup.
* I wonder who’ll play the Kitty Kat man? And that fourth guy – I have no idea what he’s supposed to be.

THE BUZZ

COMPANY SECRETS

Reddit asked, “What’s a company secret you can share now because you don’t work there anymore?” Some of the responses [note: these are all pretty tame. We don’t think you’ll get in trouble for broadcasting it.]:
– “Those employees at Claire’s that pierce your ears? They can literally just be 15 year old kids with no work experience, literally on their first day at their very first job, told to go out and start piercing ears… ‘Just pretend you’ve done this before.’”
– “#35 on any phone at Lowe’s will get you access to the store paging/intercom system.”
– “I worked for a poker site. We had staff members who were experienced poker players playing cash games to win money from our players. Yes, they could also see what the other players had and what cards were coming on flop, turn and river.”
– “You know those conventions where you put your card in a jar for a random prize? I was walking by the sales office after and they were taking them out one by one, discussing who’s the most important, and deciding who the winner should be.”
– “When staying in a Vegas hotel in the summer your room’s A/C isn’t ‘broken’, it’s cheaper to comp the room than it is to run the A/C to where the system will get the room below 75.”
– “The secret ingredient to my work’s Mac and Cheese? Yellow food coloring. The kids won’t touch it if it isn’t orange. We make it that Kraft orange color and they love it.”
– “Worked for Whirlpool refrigerator factory. Deluxe models have essentially the same compressors, hardware, wiring, etc. as the less expensive models.”
– “Almost all the fruit you get at Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, and Target, go through the same facility in the Southwestern US.”
– “I worked at Boston Market back in the 90s when I was in high school. Here’s the secret: Everything WAS made fresh, either made in back-of-house or at a nearby kitchen. All of the meat came in raw and was cooked on-site. The sides were prepped fresh in the back kitchen as well. Although the soup stock came from concentrate, the chicken that was added came directly from those we cooked on-site. This was the 90’s, don’t know what they’re doing now.”
– “More than half the volume of iced drinks in Starbucks are ice. I know everyone knows at this point but I thought I should hammer it home.”
* PHONE TOPIC: DO you have a secret from a place you used to work?

ORKIN’S TOP MOSQUITO CITIES FOR 2025

Orkin has come up with a list of the Top Mosquito Hotspots for 2025. The list is based on the number of new residential mosquito treatments performed by Orkin from April 2024 through March 2025. (* And here I thought they actually went in there and counted the mosquitos.)
1. Los Angeles
2. Chicago
3. New York
4. Atlanta
5. Detroit
6. Houston
7. Dallas
8. Washington, D.C.
9. Cleveland
10. Denver
11. Philadelphia
12. Miami
13. Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
14. Charlotte, N.C.
15. San Francisco
16. Indianapolis
17. Orlando, Fla.
18. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.
19. Minneapolis
20. Baltimore
21. Nashville, Tenn.
22. Greenville, S.C.
23. Columbus, Ohio
24. Oklahoma City
25. Grand Rapids, Mich.
* Oh, MOSQUITOS! I thought they said mojitos. I’d think Miami would be a top mojito city.
* I can’t believe all these tornadoes recently haven’t suck up all the bugs.
* Wait – if these cities had the most Orkin treatments, wouldn’t they be better by now? Or doesn’t it work?
* Ask Jared Leto / About the mosquito / He will tell you / “Es no muy bonito.” / Burma Shave.
* And that’s the buzz from Orkin.

U.S. NEWS

TEXAS WOMAN ENRAGED BY BAGPIPES

A Texas woman went a little crazy after hearing a man playing bagpipes. Eunice Isgur, 76, became extremely irate when she heard piper Scott Gibb playing the bagpipes in Houston’s Terry Hershey Park on Monday, and confronted him aggressively with her cell phone. She told him that he had no right to play in a public park, and added “I’m gonna call my husband. He’s a federal judge and he’s gonna make you stop.” Her husband is US District Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur. Gibb’s wife came over and started filming the elderly woman, who took a swipe at her. Judge Isgur then showed up, and he and his wife menacingly followed the bagpiper and his wife as they were leaving the park. Mrs. Isgur was later arrested for assault.
* When she was a baby, her mother was attacked by an octopus.
* I see her point. You reach age 76 and still have great hearing, then THIS happens.
* According to witnesses, both of them had quite a set of pipes.
* Mr. Gibbs must have gone home to get his accordion.

MAN RUNS MARATHON WITH NO TRAINING

A California woman signed her husband up for a marathon with 24 hours notice after he bragged he could complete 26.2 miles without any training. Maisie Todd, 31, put her husband Logan’s name down for the Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon in San Diego after he “kept bringing up” how he could run a race with no training. She woke him up at 6am on a Saturday, May 31, to tell him about it, 24 hours before Sunday’s race. Logan, 32, prepped by eating peanut butter sandwiches, stretching and drinking lots of water. He said he got about two hours of sleep the night before. He went on to finish in an impressive time of five hours 58 minutes – running the first 10 miles without a break. After ten miles, he said, his knees hurt and he focused on walking. He said: “I felt a little bad about it because everyone else had trained for months and I was like ‘please don’t be mad at me.'”
* Nothing worse than an unexpected case of the runs.
* It’s not run/walking the marathon, you goofball, it’s RECOVERING from the marathon. See how he feels the day after.
* To get revenge, he signed his wife up for a timeshare seminar. That’ll show her.
* Now he never stops bragging about how he DID run a marathon with no training. Thanks to her, he’s even worse.

CANDLE THEFT RING BUSTED

A crew that police said is responsible for the theft of nearly $32,000 worth of candles in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been shut down and its three members arrested. The string of candle thefts began Feb. 10, when three individuals entered a Bath and Body Works and stole more than $1,800 worth of candles, driving off before police arrived. That same location was hit eight more times over the following months. Another Bath and Body Works location was hit five times as part of the spree. In most of the thefts, the group made off with at least $1,000 in stolen candles, although in one instance, police said they nabbed more than $4,300 worth of candles.
* So… about 20 candles total?
* I mean, have you seen the price of candles? Talk about money to burn.
* It took three months to catch them. A police dog could have tracked them down in five minutes.
* I guess those detectives don’t believe in burning the candle at both ends.
* You know who they should have called? John Wick.
* You start stealing candles, and before you know it you’ve moved up to incense and dream catchers.

TRENDING

BILLY JOEL: “GETTING OLD SUCKS”

Billy Joel is sharing a message with fans for the first time since revealing he was diagnosed with a rare brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus. Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin, the directors of Joel’s new documentary, “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” passed along the 76-year-old’s message at the film’s world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on Wednesday. Joel told fans, “Getting old sucks, but it’s still preferable to getting cremated.” Lacy added that Joel has been cracking jokes and is determined to return and “will be back.”

ARREST MADE IN HEART INSTRUMENT THEFT

Authorities have made an arrest in the theft of two irreplaceable instruments owned by members of the rock band Heart that were stolen from a venue in New Jersey last weekend. Swiped were a custom-built, purple sparkle baritone Telecaster guitar with a hand-painted headstock made for band member Nancy Wilson, and a vintage 1966 Gibson EM-50 mandolin that band member Paul Moak has played for over 25 years. Atlantic City police say surveillance video led them to a 57-year-old Pleasantville, New Jersey, man. He was seen on video walking through various parts of the city, trying to sell the instruments, and he eventually sold one while the other remains unaccounted for. That man has been charged with burglary and theft. The band is pleading for the return of the instruments — no questions asked.

SEAN COMBS TRIAL: THURSDAY, JUNE 5

Here is what happened at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-and-drug trafficking trial on Thursday:
– The judge got real mad at Diddy. During morning cross-examination of a second alleged sex trafficking victim, Bryana Bongolan, Judge Subramanian told lawyers that he twice saw Combs looking at the jury and ‘nodding vigorously.’ The judge said Diddy’s behavior was ‘absolutely unacceptable’ and ‘cannot happen again,’ and threatened to kick him out of his own trial.
– A third alleged sex trafficking victim, known only as ‘Jane,’ also testified on Thursday. ‘Jane’ testified that her first official date with Diddy was a January 2021 meetup at a Miami hotel that evolved into a torrid five-day stay. She would watch the sunrise with him from the balcony, and they would take morning walks together on the beach. Soon, she said, she was joining Combs on his private jet for a trip to Turks and Caicos, and later took a trip to the Bahamas. During both trips Jane said they did drugs, particularly ecstasy. After each trip, Jane said, Diddy gave her $10,000 to make up for the work she missed as a social media influencer.
– She told the jury that 90% of their three-year relationship was spent in the drugged-up “freak-offs” Diddy orchestrated, filmed and pleasured himself to.
– ‘Jane’ said he had control over her life in other ways, including paying the rent on her home.
– She testified that she told Combs repeatedly, in person and in writing, that she did not want to keep having freak-offs with other men, but Diddy kept pushing her into them and she felt ‘obligated’ to go along with it.
– At one point, the jury on Thursday was shown a bill from the Trump International hotel in New York in September, 2016, for Frank Black – the pseudonym Diddy would use to book hotels. The bill was for four breakfasts: $210.31, $107.84, $102.77 and $344.65.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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)
July 4, Friday – U.S. Independence Day
Sept. 1, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Thursday – Patriot Day
Sept. 22, Monday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 2:19 p.m. EDT)

BIRTHDAYS

Lisa Brokop (country singer) … 52
Paul Giamatti (actor, “Black Mirror,” “The Holdovers,” “Billions”) … 58
Colin Quinn (comedian, actor) … 66
Sandra Bernhard (comedienne, actress, “Severance”) … 70
Harvey Fierstein (actor, writer) … 73
Robert Englund (actor, “Stranger Things,” Freddie Krueger in “Nightmare on Elm Street” films) … 78

Today’s Birthdays grade: Leading today’s list are two actors at opposite ends of the professional spectrum – the star of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise (the first film in 1984 was Johnny Depp’s big-screen debut) and the award-winning virtuoso actor who blew the doors off his appearance in the new season of Black Mirror. Grade: A.

[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!

“I find that the crazy narcissists, the selfish loons are often the most fun to be around, weirdly.”

(A) Donald Trump
(B) Kanye West
(C) Paul Giamatti

ANSWER: (C) Paul Giamatti

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2011 – After days of denials, Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., confessed that he had tweeted a lewd photo of himself to a woman and admitted to “inappropriate” exchanges with six women.
* Eventually he had to admit it, but he stuck it out as long as he could.

2005 – The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that people who smoke marijuana because their doctors recommend it to ease pain can be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws.
* Buzzkill!

1944 – The D-Day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
* It would be the last time Americans were welcomed by the French.

1936 – The first helicopter was tested in a building in Berlin, Germany.
* After they cleaned up all the stuff that had gotten blown around, someone suggested testing it outside.

1933 – The first drive-in theater opened in Camden, NJ.
* ‘Cause a parking lot is cheaper than a theater. Genius!

1930 – Frozen foods were sold commercially for the first time.
* “Hey, wouldn’t it be great if we could thaw this stuff out really fast with, like, microwaves?”

1913 – The U.S. Federal Income Tax went into effect, calling for a top rate of 6 percent on incomes over $500,000.
* Back then, $500,000 was a lot of money!

1882 – The electric iron was patented by Henry W. Seely of New York City.
* “Hey, honey! Look what I made for you!”

1872 – Susan B. Anthony was fined for trying to vote.
* I wonder if she was fined a dollar?

1850 – Levi Strauss made his first pair of blue jeans.
* “Hey, Levi, these would be cool if you, like, faded them and ripped ’em up a little.”

1844 – The Y.M.C.A. was founded in London.
* By an Indian, a Cowboy, a Construction Worker, a G.I., a Cop and a Biker.

1813 – The U.S. invasion of Canada, part of the War of 1812, was halted at Stoney Creek, Ontario.
* “Hey, wait a minute! It’s cold and empty up here! What are we thinking?”

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2017 – The site of the 1969 Woodstock music festival was officially recognized for its place in history when New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Bethel Woods Center for the Arts had been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1999 – The Backstreet Boys started a five-week run at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Millennium,” the boy band’s first No.1 album.

1998 – Brandy & Monica started an 11-week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “The Boy Is Mine.”

1996 – Inventor William Palmer died. He invented the magnetic tape recorder; before this music had been cut direct to records.

1990 – A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., ruled that the 2 Live Crew album “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” was obscene. The decision was overturned on appeal.

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. It’s estimated that half-a-billion gallons of THIS are consumed each year. What it is?
Kool-Aid

2. According to USA Today, Americans eat about 550 million of THESE each year. What are they?
Big Macs

3. Only 3% of the American population has never tried THIS food. What is it?
Jello

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