WEDNESDAY, June 25 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: A & M AUTOLAND – Boss Is On Vacation Sale

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.)

GLOBAL BEATLES DAY
The National Today website says this:
“Pays tribute to The Beatles and the impact they had on both music history and pop culture. Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison first recorded together as a foursome in 1962. A bunch of smash hits later they were performing ‘All You Need Is Love’ to 400 million people via the first global live TV link, with the broadcast reaching 26 different countries simultaneously. This huge moment in pop culture history took place on June 25, 1967, and is the reason why Global Beatles Day is celebrated on June 25 every year.”

NATIONAL CATFISH DAY
Wikipedia says this:
“Celebrates ‘the value of farm-raised catfish.’ The day was designated as June 25, 1987, by President Ronald Reagan, who issued the Presidential Proclamation after the U.S. Congress called for the day to be established in House Joint Resolution 178.”

NATIONAL STRAWBERRY PARFAIT 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

INSIDE THE JEFF BEZOS WEDDING

Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and fiancee Lauren Sanchez will get married this week. Here is what the gossip magazines say will be happening:
– The wedding celebration will take place over a handful of days this week in the Italian city of Venice.
– Approximately 200 people are attending, according to reports. (* My invitation must have got lost in the mail.)
– The invitation requested no gifts. Instead, the couple will donate to the city of Venice on their guests’ behalf.
– Guests will stay at the city’s most expensive hotels, like The Gritti Palace, Hotel Cipriani, and Aman. Rooms at these properties can cost upward of $10,000 a night.
– Three days of events will have a price tag of around $10 million, which equates to about $50,000 per person, though some believe the wedding could potentially be in the $15 million to $20 million range.
– The official ceremony will take place on Bezos’ $500 million yacht, which will be anchored in the Venetian lagoon.
– The Venetian island of San Giorgio Maggiore has been booked.
– 30 water taxis have been reserved for the wedding festivities.
– Local vendors will be utilized. Pastry company Rosa Salva has been hired to bake treats for guest gift bags. Glassware design company Laguna B is also making gifts for the guests.
* Oh boy! A box of cookies and a shot glass!
* In spite of it all, I still want to see him push the cake into her face.
* The ceremony is scheduled for 2pm; the prenup signing happens two hours before that, at noon.
* I want to see them drive away in an Amazon truck, with Amazon boxes on strings tied to the bumper.

THE BUZZ

STUDY: NIGHTMARES LEAD TO EARLY DEATH

Do you have nightmares? You’re going to die. Researchers from Imperial College London tracked over 183,000 adults and 2,400 children for up to 19 years, asking how often they experienced bad dreams. Adults with weekly nightmares had a threefold risk of dying before age 70 compared to those with fewer nightmares. There’s a physical reason for this. Those who reported weekly nightmares were found to have shorter telomeres, which are the structures at the end of chromosomes tied to the aging process. Shorter telomeres are associated with faster cellular aging. The stress response triggered by nightmares, similar to the fight-or-flight response during the day, releases stress hormones like cortisol, which also may contribute to faster aging.
* I had a nightmare about this just last night.
* How about this theory: The nightmares are caused by fatty midnight snacks, which also clog people’s arteries.
* Come on. Now AI is just regurgitating old Twilight Zone episodes, the one where the guy dreams he’s going to die and dies in his sleep.
* But there is hope. Now, you can grow longer telomeres with Telomericin. Ask your doctor, the next time you wake up. If you wake up.

1/4 OF PEOPLE WANT A BREAK FROM SEX

According to a new survey of 2,000 adults from LELO, a Swedish company that manufactures “adult” toys and products, 24% of Americans want a break from sexual activity. Half of those surveyed say they have already taken extended breaks averaging six months. (* And the rest are just married. BA-DA BOOM!!! But I wanna tell ya…) The reasons people say they want a break from sex:
– They want time to explore personal growth and emotional connection. Respondents cited motivations such as “wanting to learn other forms of intimacy,” and “needing time for the body and mind to catch up,” and prioritizing “emotional closeness over physical connection.”
– The survey found a growing comfort with being single. Among those not in a relationship, 69% said they are content with their current single status, and only 21% are actively seeking a partner.
– Many respondents noted they were “very comfortable with their life,” “waiting for the right one,” or simply “satisfied with the single life.”
– More than half (55%) said they would rather fall in love with life than with another person.
* I tried falling in love with life, but life said they’d rather just be friends.
* Oh, puh-leeze. If you really want other forms of intimacy, leave the bathroom door open.
* These numbers are a little off ’cause a lot of people they called were too busy getting their freak on to take the survey.
* What is “needing time for the body and mind to catch up”? You gotta make time for it. What’s another 90 seconds out of your day, two minutes if you’re drunk?
* This is all because of that COVID shot, isn’t it? It’s taking away all the hormones. I didn’t read that on the internet, but I bet it’s out there.

U.S. NEWS

CLOWN-MASKED BURGLAR KID RECOGNIZED BY HIS PARENTS

Police in Henderson, Kentucky, arrested a 16-year-old suspect in connection with a series of car break-ins and attempted residential burglaries. Home surveillance footage captured video of the suspect wearing a clown mask at the scene. Video was shared by residents on social media in an effort to identify the suspect. As a result, a parent recognized their child in the footage, and turned him in to law enforcement.
* Sorry your mom’s a snitch, bro.
* They recognized him from the clown mask? How ugly is THAT kid?
* “I got your bozo right here, officer.”
* He was almost caught at the scene when he stopped to make some balloon animals.
* With the clown mask, at first everyone thought it was an ICE raid going down.

SPACE WEED DESTROYED IN CRASH

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched a rocket on Monday morning. Besides another batch of Starlink satellites, the rocket carried a capsule loaded with science experiments, as well as human remains. One of the experiments was a biological incubator – a plant terrarium – and one of the plants was cannabis. The plan was to study how the pot plant grew in space, man, assessing the impact of radiation on a growing cannabis plant. The capsule completed two orbits around Earth, and then initiated its return to Earth. However, the parachute system failed, resulting in the space capsule crashing into the Pacific Ocean and dispersing its contents at sea. The cannabis is missing and believed to be unrecoverable. Oh – and so are the human remains.
* Musk said it was a buzzkill that really harshed his mellow.
* Talk about sky-high.
* Radiated space marijuana falls into the sea. Don’t they know this is how you get Ganjazilla?
* I bet the pot never made it onto the capsule, if you know what I mean. This explains all the SpaceX rocket disasters.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

COOL PARENTS HIRE TAIWANESE POLE DANCERS FOR SON’S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

A couple in Taiwan have sparked controversy by hiring two pole dancers to perform outside their son’s high school to celebrate his graduation. Just after last month’s graduation ceremony concluded and students were exiting the building, they encountered two female dancers wearing shorts and crop-tops. The boy was invited to stand between the ladies. He was visibly embarrassed during the minutes-long show. The dancers then climbed onto the roofs of two sport utility vehicles, where separate poles were installed, and continued their performance. The boy’s mother told the media that she had choreographed the dancers herself. She said she wanted her son to “stand out” among various graduation activities.
* Well, a pole dance is one way to get a young lad to “stand out.”
* Well, heck, at least they weren’t giving LAP dances.
* Then the family piled into the car to take the son to the Taiwan Hooters.
* Jeeze, I got a lousy fountain pen for graduation, which I never used and promptly lost.

TRENDING

U2’S THE EDGE NOW IRISH

After living in Ireland for 62 years, U2 guitarist The Edge, 63, became an Irish citizen Monday. The Edge, whose real name is David Howell Evans, joked to reporters during a ceremony for new Irish citizens in Killarney, saying “I guess, you know, I’m a little tardy with the paperwork.” Evans was born in Essex, England, but moved to Ireland as a child. He said, “I’ve been living in Ireland now since I was 1-year-old,” he explained. “But the time is right. And I couldn’t be more proud of my country for all that it represents and all that it is doing.”

BOBBY SHERMAN, TEEN IDOL, DEAD AT 81, WHICH IS REALLY OLD TO BE A TEEN IDOL

Former heartthrob Bobby Sherman has died following a short battle with cancer. Sherman, who skyrocketed to fame in the 1960s as an actor and musician, was 81. Sherman had an unbelievable career, which kicked off when Jane Fonda and Natalie Wood discovered him singing “Happy Birthday” at a party. The actresses helped him get an agent. He got his first television gig on the ABC series “Shindig!” where he was a house singer and cast member. Then, in 1968, came his breakout role on ABC’s TV show “Here Come the Brides.” He put out 10 albums and had four Top 10 singes: “Little Woman,” “Easy Come, Easy Go,” “La La La (If I Had You)” and “Julie, Do Ya Love Me.” He retired from showbiz and became an EMT and a technical reserve police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. He saved lives. Bobby SHerman leaves behind two sons and six grandchildren.

SEAN COMBS TRIAL: TUESDAY, JUNE 24

Here is what happened at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-and-drug trafficking trial on Tuesday:
– Prosecutors rested their case midday, handing it over to the defense team to make their argument. Combs’ lawyers argued that the rapper’s former partners were willingly in relationships with him, and he didn’t conspire with his orbit of employees for sex and drug trafficking. The defense did not call any witnesses.
– Combs’ defense lawyers asked the judge for a swift acquittal, which the judge denied.
– Closing arguments will take place on Thursday and may continue into Friday morning. Combs faces five criminal counts: one count of racketeering conspiracy; two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

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

Busy Philipps (actress, “Girls5eva,” “Cougar Town”) … 46
Mike Kroeger (bassist with Nickelback) … 53
Angela Kinsey (actress, “The Office”) … 54
Ricky Gervais (comedy writer, performer, producer) … 64
David Paich (Keyboardist with Toto) … 71
Jimmy Walker (U.S. comedian, “Dy-no-mite!”) … 78
Carly Simon (U.S. singer, songwriter) … 82
June Lockhart (actress, “General Hospital,” “Petticoat Junction,” “Lost in Space,” “Lassie”) … 100

Today’s Birthdays grade: Will Robinson’s mom turns 100, we’ve got the creator of “The Office” (which made him a millionaire) and an alum of the U.S. version, a huge 70s and 80s singer-songwriter and more. A big, solid lineup – 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!

“If I just cut out the food, I’d have a six-pack. I’d look like Matthew McConaughey.”

(A) Drew Carey
(B) Alec Baldwin
(C) Ricky Gervais

ANSWER: (C) Ricky Gervais

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2014 – The US Supreme Court ruled that police cannot examine the digital contents of a cell phone without a court order.
* This does not apply to Apple, Google, or Facebook.

1997 – An unmanned cargo ship crashed into Russia’s Mir space station, knocking out half of the station’s power and rupturing a pressurized laboratory.
* Man, did THEIR insurance rates go up after that!

1974 – Texas Instruments patented the hand-held calculator. It cost over $100 and could only add, subtract, multiply and divide.
* You could buy one and calculate how much you would have saved by waiting for the price to plummet.

1970 – The FCC ruled that radio stations couldn’t put phone calls on the air without the caller’s permission.
* Really? Uh-oh! Uhm … gee … eh … let me write this down …

1947 – The tennis shoe was introduced.
* It became one of the longest running shoe styles ever.

1930 – Jimmy Dewar invented the Twinkie.
* Followed shortly thereafter by the invention of stretch pants.

1910 – The U.S. passed the Mann Act, making it illegal for women to be transported across state lines for immoral purposes.
* So how come Madonna is able to tour?

1876 – General George Custer and his 266 troops were wiped out by the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in Montana.
* I’ve always wanted to know why they couldn’t settle on whether it was a little horn or a big horn.

1867 – Barbed wire was patented.
* It was so popular, early dealers had to protect their stocks of barbed wire with barbed wire.

1798 – The U.S. passed the Alien Act, allowing the president to deport dangerous aliens.
* And you thought it all started with Roswell.

1630 – The fork was introduced to American dining by Massachusetts governor John Winthrop.
* Finally, the colonists could cut their hideously long but useful fingernails.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2016 – The Yellow Cloud guitar owned by Prince, said to be one of his favorites, was bought at auction for $137,500. A lock of David Bowie’s hair also sold for $18,750 at the same auction.

2014 – Amnesty International apologized to Iggy Pop for using an image of the singer in its latest anti-torture campaign without the singer’s permission. The Belgian advert featured Iggy’s face bloodied and beaten, quoting him as saying Justin Bieber was “the future of rock and roll” and the slogan: “Torture a man and he will tell you anything.”

2009 – Michael Jackson died at age 50 from an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol. His personal physician, Conrad Murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in November 2011, and was released in 2013 after serving two years of his four-year prison sentence with time off for good behavior.

2009 – A Sgt. Pepper souvenir poster bearing the signatures of all four Beatles sold for $52,500 at a pop memorabilia auction in New York City.

2006 – Nicole Kidman married her singer boyfriend Keith Urban at ceremony in Sydney, Australia.

1995 – Pearl Jam canceled their current tour, citing their ongoing war with Ticketmaster as the reason.

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. The latest statistics show the average driver will do THIS about 9 times in their life. What is it?
Lock their keys in the car

2. 1 in 3 drivers surveyed has admitted to doing THIS. What is it?
Leaving something on the roof of the car and driving off

3. If your car is red, you have a 30% better chance of THIS happening. What is it?
A bird pooping on it

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