TUESDAY, June 24 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR TUESDAY, June 24, 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 FAIRY DAY

NATIONAL PRALINES DAY

NATIONAL UPCYCLING DAY
Highlighting: Taking old objects and furniture, and adding your own creativity and craft to make it something new, unique and beautiful.

SWIM A LAP DAY
Highlighting: Encouraging people to enjoy swimming as a fun and healthy activity. Promotes the benefits of swimming for fitness and relaxation, making it a great way to stay cool during the summer.

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

AUDIO: ALAMO OPENS GODZILLA-THEMED CINEMA – ALL GODZILLA ALL THE TIME

Alamo Drafthouse has opened a new Drafthouse theater in California that will become the world’s first fully Godzilla-themed cinema. Teaming up with Japanese entertainment company Toho, who owns the Godzilla brand, the Alamo Drafthouse in Santa Clara, California features a two-story window projection of Godzilla at the front of the theater. Inside, everything is decked out with Godzilla and all the Kaiju monsters theming. At the bar are Godzilla-themed specialty cocktails; Godzilla merchandise will be available, the works. (* Lizard burgers?) And what about the movies? From now through July they’ll be running all sorts of Kaiju movies including Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, and Mothra.
* They know those movies suck ass, right?
* Is Godzilla getting a cut? ‘Cause you don’t want to tick off Godzilla.
* Who exactly is the audience for this? The people who saw those early Godzilla movies are all dead, and the new Godzilla is designed for a specific subset of comic book nerds.
* I guess it could be worse. They could have made it all about the Sharknado movies.
CLIP: Our “God-dangzilla” parody spot.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/09-16-God-Dangzilla(dot)mp3

THE BUZZ

FASHION POLICE

Reddit asked, “You’re chief of the fashion police, what are you banning?” Some of the responses:
– “Women’s clothing without functional pockets.”
– “Nothing spandex in sizes bigger than 2X.”
– “Inch-long bangs. Nobody can pull that off.”
– “That stupid broccoli hairstyle every young boy has.”
– “Super long fake eyelashes that look like they could generate a breeze. They’ve gone from glam to wind turbine.”
– “Brushed out eyebrows that look like caterpillars. Don’t know how fashion convinced the average woman it’s a good look.”
– “Ear gauges.”
– “Looney Toons pajamas in the airport.”
– “Men wearing dress shoes without socks.”
– “Skinny jeans on guys. The whole world is laughing at you.”
– “$400 haircut with 4 days of beard growth.” (* And that’s just on the women!)
* PHONE TOPIC: What would you ban if you were the chief of the fashion police?

U.S. NEWS

MAN DROVE CAR INTO RESTAURANT TO CHARGE IT UP

A Florida man drove his electric car through a popular Palm Beach County restaurant to charge it up at the bar. Police say that last month Evan Bobal, 23, drove his Tesla through the popular Harry and the Natives restaurant in Hobe Sound [‘Hobe’ rhymes with ‘robe’] in the middle of the night, moving tables aside to try to get to a charger. When he failed he took off, leaving his charger behind. Surveillance video from inside the restaurant helped them identify Bobal as the suspect. He was charged with burglary and attempted theft.
* He got charged more than his electric car did.
* Just ’cause you want it to be a drive-thru restaurant doesn’t make it a drive-thru restaurant.
* “I was just trying to save the planet, officer.”
* Don’t do the e-crime if you can’t do the e-time.

MAN STUCK IN CHIMNEY TRYING TO RESCUE DOG IN BATHROOM

Firefighters had to rescue a man who got stuck in the chimney of a Bristol, Connecticut, parks building while trying to retrieve his dog from a bathroom when the doors automatically locked for the night. Police were called Sunday morning to Rockwell Park for a burglary complaint and found there was a man in the chimney of the building known as Mrs. Rockwell’s Pavilion, a building named after a beneficiary of the park. Firefighters got the man out after having to remove parts of the chimney and building, causing $5,000 to $10,000 worth of damage. It’s not clear how the dog got stuck in the bathroom or how long the man was in the chimney. The doors can be opened from the inside after they are locked for the night. The dog was unharmed.
* So there’s a fireplace in the bathroom? Are they trying to make it romantic?
* The park has trees, right? And yet the dog still had to use the bathroom? Maybe it has a shy bladder.
* Between $5,000 to $10,000 worth of damage, depending on how big of a kickback they want from the repair company.
* Mrs. Rockwell has a tight chimney, does she?

AUDIO: NEW FATHER GIVES AMAZON REVIEW OF BABY

A TikTok user going by the handle CamOnAll has posted a product review of his brand new baby daughter. In the video, he’s holding the baby on his arm as they both stare into the camera. Some of the things he says:
– “We got this from Amazon roughly five-and-a-half weeks ago or so. It came in a little different package than we were expecting. We had to do some manual opening of the box, but hey, we got it out of there.”
– “We just got the base package – whatever they decide to send you is what you have to go with. We got the base model, the deluxe comes with a nanny and a night nurse.”
– “This one does a really good job of sleeping through the night, for the most part. She does seem to cry a lot.”
– “The big thing about this one is this one came with the gassy mode activated.”
– His rating: “Probably 4.5 stars, 5 if it hadn’t been the gassy model. But 5 stars for looks.”
* The problem with these things is, it takes, like, nine months for delivery.
* And if you want to return it, they require it be sent in the original packaging, which is always a problem.
* Hopefully it doesn’t end up sitting in the guest room next to the unused exercycle with clothes thrown over it.
* Just wait. In a couple years, the kid’s gonna do a product review of the dad. That’ll be fun.
CLIP: An edited version of his baby product review.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/NewDadReviewsBaby(dot)mp3

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

HOTEL WAKES YOU UP WITH A RED PANDA

A Chinese hotel has been ordered to end its unusual wake-up call service. When you wake up at the Lehe Ledu Liangjiang Holiday Hotel in Chongqing, they bring one of their four adorable red pandas up to your bedroom in the morning, and allow it to roam freely around the room and climb onto the bed. Many guests stay at the hotel just for the panda experience. However, the local Forestry Bureau has asked the hotel to immediately cease all close contact between the pandas and visitors. Scientists from the World Animal Protection organization note that red pandas are a nationally protected wild species and should not be kept as pets or for tourism-related entertainment. There are also concerns about injury or disease transmission. But the hotel said that the red pandas are borrowed from a zoo, have been vaccinated, and are cared for by dedicated staff.
* I’d be more concerned that the hotel staff will just come into your room in the morning and toss a panda in there.
* The biggest problem is the turnover in the Housekeeping staff.
* It’s China, so they’ll just have to go back to releasing bats into the rooms.
* I was at a hotel like that once. Only it wasn’t pandas that woke you up, it was mice. [* note: True! At a hotel in the Grand Tetons, Wyoming, there was a mouse in the mattress.]
* I know a gal who was staying at a hotel on the fishing docks in the Florida Keys, and woke up with a red snapper.

GERMAN POLICE KILL GIANT ATTACKING CATFISH

An aggressive catfish measuring over six feet and weighing around 200 pounds injured at least five swimmers at Lake Brombach in the southern German state of Bavaria. The incidents occurred last Friday afternoon near a floating island, where the giant fish had been lingering and repeatedly attacking people in the water. Paramedics treated bite wounds on the swimmers at the scene. A police officer eventually shot the huge fish with his service weapon.
* And a good fish fry was had by all.
* “Are the fish biting today?” “Unfortunately, yes!”
* How do you shoot a fish underwater? “OK, pal, put your fins where I can see ’em.”
* They should make a movie about this, like Jaws. Only it’s a catfish, so they need to call it “Paws.”

TRENDING

COUNTRY SINGER RONNIE MCDOWELL HAS APPARENT STROKE MID-CONCERT

Country music icon Ronnie McDowell was rushed to a hospital Saturday night after he began slurring his words during a performance at the Summer Solstice Music Festival in Oley, Pennsylvania. The 75-year-old was three or four songs into his set when he began to slur words and was not making sense. His tour manager brought McDowell to the side of the stage and asked him if he was OK. McDowell answered, “No,” and said he thought he might be having a stroke. McDowell was still in a hospital in Reading on Sunday undergoing tests.

JELLY ROLL BRINGS OUT LOOKALIKE KEVIN JAMES

Jelly Roll was performing over the weekend at the at the Buckeye Country Superfest in Columbus, Ohio. He said he wanted to do something special for the concert, so he brought out actor Kevin James, from “King of Queens,” noting that the two look alike. They were both dressed pretty close to identically. Together, they sang Jelly Roll’s hit song “Need a Favor,” which made the crowd go wild.

SEAN COMBS TRIAL: MONDAY, JUNE 23

Here is what happened at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-and-drug trafficking trial on Monday:
– The jury saw more texts, flight records, hotel and sex worker receipts related to Combs, his staff and his girlfriends setting up his “freak offs.”
– Joseph Cerciello, a special agent for Homeland Security Investigations, testified about evidence charts compiled by the prosecution. Prosecutors expect Cerciello’s testimony to continue into this morning (Tuesday 6/24).
– It has been determined that the jurors have watched at least 40 minutes of sexually explicit video during this trial.
– The defense is expected to begin its case this afternoon (Tuesday) and rest by the end of the day after submitting some exhibits into evidence.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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

Solange Knowles (singer, model, actress, sister of Beyonce) … 39
Candice Patton (actress, Iris on “The Flash”) … 40
Minka Kelly (actress, “Titans”, “Friday Night Lights”) … 45
Mindy Kaling (producer, comic actress, “Late Night,” “The Mindy Project”, “The Office”) … 46
Peter Weller (actor, “Star Trek: Into Darkness”, “Robocop”, “Pulp Fiction”) … 78
Mick Fleetwood (drummer with Fleetwood Mac) … 78

Today’s Birthdays grade: A founding member of Fleetwood Mac and the original Robocop are today’s biggest cultural touchstones, plus we’ve got a super-successful alum from The Office and more. Solid! Grade: B.

[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!

“It’s no secret to everyone that the whole band has at one point been emotionally involved (with other band members) as partners.”

(A) Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
(B) Chris Martin (Coldplay)
(C) Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac)

ANSWER: (C) Mick Fleetwood

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2019 – The “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” attraction fully opened to the public at Disneyland in Anaheim. It took less than an hour before it became packed and people were turned away.
* Trying to get into Star Wars land on the first day. Wookiee mistake.

2018 – For the first time, women were allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia after a ban against it was lifted.
* But no dancing to celebrate!

1998 – Telecommunications giant AT&T struck a deal to buy cable TV giant TCI.
* Yippee! Consolidation means lower phone and cable bills for everybody!

1997 – The Air Force released a report on the so-called “Roswell Incident,” suggesting the alien bodies witnesses reported seeing in 1947 were actually life-sized dummies.
* So obviously the Air Force thinks WE’RE dummies, too.

1962 – The first prototype home video recorder was demonstrated at the BBC Studios in London.
* “Blimey! Now I can tape the Benny Hill Show!”

1947 – Private pilot Kenneth Arnold flying near Mt. Rainier, Washington reported the first modern day UFO sighting as “nine silvery discs appeared out of nowhere” – shortly afterwards, a reporter in Pendleton, Oregon wrote that Arnold had seen “flying saucers,” the first use of that term in print.
* It rolled off the tongue so much better than “airborne disks,” “levitating garbage can lids,” “giant floating quarters” …

1938 – A 500-ton meteorite landed near Pittsburgh, PA.
* And no, I don’t know how they weighed it.

1923 – H.B. Reese invented the “peanut butter cup.”
* See, he was walking down the street eating some chocolate, and this other guy was coming around the corner eating some peanut butter, and …

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2016 – A U.S. jury concluded that Led Zeppelin did not copy the opening chords of “Stairway To Heaven” from the U.S. band Spirit, saying the riff Led Zeppelin was accused of taking from Spirit’s 1967 song “Taurus” “was not intrinsically similar.” During the trial, defense lawyers argued the chord progression in question was very common and had been in use for more than 300 years.

2014 – A working draft of Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” set a record at auction after selling for $2m at Sotheby’s. The manuscript, said to be the only known draft of the final lyrics, was written in pencil in 1965 by the 24 year-old Dylan.

2004 – The Fender Stratocaster that Eric Clapton used to record “Layla” (nicknamed Blackie) sold at a Christie’s auction for $959,500 in New York, making it the most expensive guitar in the world to that point. The proceeds of the sale of this and dozens of other guitars went towards Clapton’s Crossroads addiction clinic, which he founded in 1998.

2000 – KISS auctioned off memorabilia from their touring days. The items brought in $876,000 on the first day of the two-day event.

1992 – Billy Joel received his high school diploma from Hicksville High School on Long Island, N.Y. He failed to graduate with his class in 1967 because of missed gym and English credits.

1990 – New Kids On The Block’s Donnie Wahlberg spent two days in a hospital after falling through an unlocked trapdoor mid-concert in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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. 88% of men have done THIS, but only 75% of women have. What is it?
Jump-started a car

2. Guys are 40% more likely to do THIS than women. What is it?
Tip more than 20% at a restaurant

3. Women are 10 times more likely than men to get THIS done for themselves. What is it?
A psychic reading

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