TUESDAY, Apr 1 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR TUESDAY, April 1, 2025
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: APRIL FOOLS – DAYLIGHT SAVINGS WEEK

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.)

APRIL FOOL’S DAY
Note: Wikipedia’s got all you ever wanted to know about April Fool’s Day, and more.

BOOMER BONUS DAY
The List of National Days website says this:
“Boomer Bonus Day is a special day that encourages businesses to give discounts and special offers to Baby Boomers. This day aims to celebrate and recognize the contributions of the Baby Boomer generation and show appreciation for their patronage and loyalty.”

INTERNATIONAL TATTING DAY (NOT SLANG FOR TATTOO!)
The Altius Directory website says this:
“Celebrated on April 1 every year, this is a holiday for tat lovers. Tatting is an art form that involves making a durable lace using thick threads. People from the tatting community love the art and like to commemorate, promote and mobilize more action towards popularizing this art. Tatting is said to have developed from rope work done by fishermen to make fishnets. In the process, they developed new patterns to make motifs for their girlfriends. The art is essentially a needle work that uses knots and stitches. Tatting originated in the early 19th century and has been used to make laces and collars by many designers worldwide.”

SOURDOUGH BREAD DAY
The Days Of The Year website says this:
“Records of the consumption of sourdough bread date back as far as the Sumerians in 2800 BCE. Sourdough is similar to bread dough, except that the natural yeasts are left to ferment in the bread mix.”

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY DAY
Legislation to begin the construction of the Air Force Academy was signed into law by President Eisenhower on April 1, 1954.

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

NO GONDOLA SHORTAGE AT BEZOS WEDDING IN VENICE

The city of Venice, Italy, has confirmed that it will be hosting the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez later this year. But authorities have been batting down speculation and fake news about the affect of the wedding on the city. They say there would be around 200 guests at the event, expected to take place for three days starting on June 24, making it easy for residents and touriss to handle without disruption. Also, Venice officials said that contrary to media reports, wedding organizers have not “booked an excessive number of gondolas or water taxis.”
* Yes, there will be plenty of tourist rip-offs for everyone.
* If you knew there’d be 200 millionaires in town for three days, how much would YOU jack up the prices of the trinkets in your souvenir shop?
* If they have to, they can bring in some of the boats from EuroDisney’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
* And, it’s not true that Bezos is having all the canal water replace with Perrier. Well, maybe not true.
* The thousands of pigeons in St. Mark’s square will all be fed laxatives prior to the event, so as not to poop on Bezos and his bride.

THE BUZZ

IF YOUR EX WAS A STREET SIGN

Reddit asked, “If your ex was a street sign, what would it read?” Some of the responses:
– “Dead End”
– “Caution: Avoid Area”
– “Slow”
– “Bumps Ahead”
– “Pig Crossing”
– “Don’t Enable Panhandlers”
– “High Occupancy Lane”
– “Enter At Your Own Risk”
– “Icy”
– “Conditions May Change Without Warning”
– “No Thru Road”
– “Unstable Cliff – Stay Back”
– “Wide Load”
“YOU SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A SQUIRREL”

USES FOR LEFTOVER COFFEE

Do you find yourself with lots of leftover coffee? (* If so, you’re brewing too much, dummy!!) Here, from the London Daily Mail, is a list of things you can do to repurpose your old coffee:
1. Wood stain. Staining with coffee will give the wood a beautiful, caramel tone. Simply wait for your brewed coffee to cool, sand down your surface and use a rag to evenly coat the wood. The darker you want the stain, the more coffee you use.
2. Natural Pest Repellent. The smell of coffee will repel mosquitoes, ants, slugs, cockroaches and more. Set bowls of coffee grounds out, and this should keep the pests away. Use freshly ground coffee for this, as the aromas will linger longer. You can also put coffee grounds in your pet shampoo to help naturally prevent fleas.
3. Leave-In Conditioner. After shampooing your hair, pour cold coffee over your head and scalp. Do this over a bucket, because it will stain your tub. Put your hair in a shower cap and leave the coffee in for half an hour before rinsing off with warm water. Do this once a week, and you will notice an improvement in the thickness and texture of your hair.
4. Marinade. Brewed coffee can add a pleasant and delicate taste to steak, pork or fish. Sauté one medium onion and four minced garlic gloves and add it to a bowl. To this, add strong coffee, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, Dijon mustard, olive oil, pepper and salt to taste. Cover your fish or meat in the marinade and leave it in the fridge for at least an hour before cooking.
5. Plant Fertilizer. Dilute one part brewed black coffee with three parts water and feed your plants once a week.
6. Car Air Freshener. Place some coffee beans in a mesh bag and stash it away under the passenger seat.
* What’s this “leftover coffee” they keep talking about?
* This is like if there was a list of things to do with leftover cheesecake.
* Be careful with these and pay attention. A lot of people have been putting the coffee marinade in their hair.
* If your computer is running sluggish, pour some coffee onto the keyboard – it’ll perk right up.
* The London Daily Mail? I thought they were all about tea over there?

U.S. NEWS

FIGHT IN THE REAGAN AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER

An air traffic controller has been charged with assault in connection with a scuffle in the control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last week. According to officials, on March 27 a controller named Damon Marsalis Gaines got into a fight in the control tower. He’s been placed on administrative leave while the matter is investigated. It’s not clear exactly what happened to spark the fight. Controllers at the airport’s tower are still reeling from January’s midair disaster where an Army Black Hawk helicopter and PSA Airlines regional jet collided over the Potomac River, killing 67 people. And over the weekend, an incoming United jet hit a toy kite that was flying too high.
* Air traffic (out of) control!
* They’re probably lucky you can’t open those giant windows. Somebody might have gone flyin’.
* Looks like somebody picked the wrong week to quit smoking, drinking and sniffing glue.
* He told them, if he heard that “Don’t call me Shirley” joke one more time, he was gonna bust some heads.
* If it’s anyplace like here at the station, the fight involved somebody’s food missing from the break room fridge.

AMISH BUGGY ROBBERS

An armed man allegedly robbed two Amish buggies in western Pennsylvania. Police in Lackawannock Township say that last Thursday evening, a victim, while in his buggy, was approached by a vehicle that stopped. A man wearing a medical mask got out, pointed a gun at him and demanded his wallet. The buggy driver handed over his wallet and the suspect got back into the car and drove away. While officials were on the scene, a second buggy driver reported a similar incident that occurred on a nearby road. In the second case, the buggy operator refused to give the suspect his wallet and the robber drove away.
* They were both robbed in the evening. From the robber’s standpoint, that’s two Mennonite.
* The robbers got away in their cars ’cause 170 horsepower beats 1 horsepower every time.
* I hate to ask this… did the Amish buggy drivers… call 911?
* Maybe they just ring a farm bell nine-hundred-and-eleven times?
* “Hand over all your meticulously handcrafted furniture!”

CALIFORNIA WOMAN HAS THE WORLD’S LONGEST TONGUE

Stick your tongue out. How far does it go? Below your lower lip? Chanel Tapper, 34, a California woman, has the Guinness World Record for the longest tongue (female) since 2010. It measures 3.8 inches from the tip to her lips. When she sticks her tongue out, it reaches below her chin. Here are some of the things she can do with it:
– Remove Jenga blocks
– Flip a plastic cup
– Hold a spoon
– Grab a single grape from a bowl with her tongue and pull it into her mouth
– Appear in an advertising campaign for Italian fashion brand Diesel
(video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5npQrN55jTs&t=87s)
* What does she do in the ad, pull up the zipper in the back without using her hands?
* I guess I should pause for a moment while you all get done with your smutty thoughts about what she could do with it.
* Her mother was a fashion model, and her father was Venom.
* She’s the only person in the world who can completely clean out a jar of peanut butter.
* Those people who get their Guinness Records from working hard at stuff – like juggling chainsaws while riding a unicycle backwards – are not impressed.

TRENDINGDAVE COULIER SHOWING NO SIGN OF CANCER

Comedian Dave Coulier, who announced in November 2024 that he had been diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, now says that a recent biopsy on a lymph node in his neck showed “no sign of cancer,” and he’s now waiting for the results of an additional CAT scan to see whether his illness “will be in the rearview mirror.” Coulier said that he completed his sixth round of chemotherapy in February and received encouraging results from the biopsy on his lymph node. He also said that a PET scan he underwent halfway through his treatment did not show any cancer cells.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

TODAY – April Fools Day
April 15, Tuesday – U.S. Tax Day
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

Hillary Scott (country singer, Lady A, formerly Lady Antebellum) … 39
Rachel Maddow (MSNBC TV host, political commentator) … 52
Susan Boyle (singer) … 64
Annette O’Toole (actress, “Virgin River,” “The Punisher,” “Smallville”) … 73
Ali MacGraw (actress, “Love Story”) … 86

Today’s Birthdays grade:

Today’s Birthdays grade: Welllll … After some top-level birthdays recently, today we’re taking a break with some okay names, nobody that calls for shooting off fireworks. At the same time, no cringeworthy names. Grade: C.

[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’m a huge fan of chocolate-covered bananas!”

(A) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
(B) Miley Cyrus
(C) Hillary Scott

ANSWER: (C) Hillary Scott

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2019 – U.S. online sales overtake retail sales for the first time, with 11.813% online compared with 11.807% for general merchandise stores.
* Amazon thanks you.

2008 – The Pentagon made public a legal memo dated March 14, 2003, that approved the use of harsh interrogation techniques against terror suspects.
* But they insisted they did NOT waterboard any aliens in Area 51.

1998 – U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright dismissed Paula Jones’ lawsuit against President Clinton, saying her claims of sexual harassment fell “far short” of being worthy of trial.
* Besides, if they’d let HER sue him, the rest of the women he harassed would have tied up the courts for decades!

1970 – President Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television.
* That why today, every other commercial is a Big Pharma commercial.

1960 – The first weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral.
* Leading to the Golden Age of Expert Weather Forecasting we enjoy today.

1929 – The first modern internal combustion engine was demonstrated – the engine remains relatively unchanged.
* Oh, sure, it COULD get 100 miles per gallon, but there’s that big conspiracy with the oil companies …

1889 – The first dishwasher was marketed.
* I think it ended up in my last apartment.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2017 – After months of uncertainty and controversy, Bob Dylan finally accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature at a jovial, champagne-laced ceremony.

2014 – Recordings by U2 (The Joshua Tree), the Everly Brothers (Cathy’s Clown), Jeff Buckley (Hallelujah), Linda Ronstadt (Heart Like a Wheel) and Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fortunate Son) were among those newly selected for induction into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.

2013 – A signed copy of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album sold at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions for $290,500. The selling price far exceeded the $30,000 originally estimated for the rare LP record. The UK Parlophone copy of the album included a high gloss cover and vinyl gatefold sleeve.

1992 – Billy Idol was fined $2,000 by a Beverly Hills, Calif., judge after pleading no contest to charges he hit a woman in the face as they left a restaurant together the previous October.

1990 – Willie Nelson’s tour bus crashed into a car in Riverdale, Canada, killing the car’s driver.

1985 – David Lee Roth quit Van Halen shortly after releasing his version of The Beach Boys’ “California Girls,” (which featured Carl Wilson on background vocals). He was replaced by Sammy Hagar later in the year.

1984 – Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his father during an argument, one day before his 45th birthday.

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. 67% of men own one of THESE, but only 49% have used it in the past month. What is it?
A cookbook

2. 20% of men do THIS every night. What is it?
Shave

3. About 15% of men are suffering from THIS condition right now. What is it?
Their fly is open

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