MONDAY, Mar 24 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR MONDAY, March 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 DAY FOR ACHIEVERS
The Target Study website says this:
“International Day for Achievers is observed every year on March 24th, to pay tribute to achievers in any field. These achievers can be Scientists, Doctors, Conservationists, Teachers, Social Workers etc. who have used their imagination and vision to ease or enhance the existence of humans.”

NATIONAL CHEESESTEAK DAY
The Days of the Year website says this:
“Cheesesteak sandwiches are almost a hundred years old, getting their start in 1930 in the city of Philadelphia. Pat Olivieri was a street hot dog vendor (at the base of the famous Italian Market in South Philadelphia) and he was just making his own lunch by slicing up some beef and throwing it on an Italian bun with some grilled onions. A regular patron stopped by and asked to have what Pat was eating, and then suggested that he start selling them. And they were a hit.” Pat founded the Pat’s King of Steaks restaurant which is still thriving at 9th & Wharton Streets.

NATIONAL CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN DAY

NATIONAL COCKTAIL DAY

March is:

Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month
American Red Cross Month
Employee Spirit Month
Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
Gender Equality Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
National Craft Month
National Women Inventors Month
National Women’s History Month
Read an E-Book Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Monday through Wednesday
Listings sourced from the TV Guide, EW and other websites

TUESDAY, Mar 25

“Chelsea Handler: The Feeling”
Netflix – Comedy Special
Synopsis: From ruining Thanksgiving to a wild summer fling, Chelsea Handler recounts coming of age, unexpected encounters and that time she met Bill Cosby.

“Con Mum”
Netflix – New Documentary
Synopsis: A chef’s life is upended when a jet-setting, champagne-sipping, hotel-hopping woman claims to be his mother. This documentary reveals the untold story.

“First to the Finish”
Amazon – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Takes viewers inside the fierce world of motorsports, where three women boldly pursue their dreams.

Season Premieres:
Fox – “Alert: Missing Persons Unit”
Fox – “The Cleaning Lady”

WEDNESDAY, Mar 26

“Caught”
Netflix – New Series from Argentina
Synopsis: Focuses on a journalist known for bringing criminals to justice. When a young woman disappears, her investigation unravels a web of interconnected mysteries and suspects.

“Million Dollar Secret”
Netflix – New Competition Show
Synopsis: Twelve people participate in a game of predator and prey that begins when one player is awarded a life-changing amount of money. Over eight episodes, the less fortunate players must then hunt down and eliminate the millionaire for a chance to secure the cash for themselves.

“Side Quest”
Apple TV+ – New Limited Series
Synopsis: A spin-off of “Mythic Quest,” the show explores the lives of employees, player and fans who are impacted by the game in an anthology format.

“The Studio”
Apple TV+ – New Series
Synopsis: Seth Rogen stars as the new executive at a film studio whose earnest love of cinema is no match for the intense egos and personalities he deals with day to day. With Catherine O’Hara and Bryan Cranston.

Season Premieres:
ABC – “The Conners”

AUDIO: MIKE MYERS FILMS “ALWAYS CANADA” MESSAGE

Given the current (51st) state of affairs between the U.S. and Canada, Canadians are rolling out a strong – well, strong for Canada – a strong campaign of messages meant to rally Canadians together in defense of being absorbed into the American Borg. Comedian Mike Myers just recorded a message with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. In the video, the Prime Minister is watching a hockey game. Mike Myers walks up, and Carney starts questioning Myers’ loyalty to Canada, being that he lives in the United States. Here’s the audio from that video. It’s pretty funny, and if you’re Canadian, it’s probably hysterical:
CLIP: Mike Myers/Always Canada.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/MikeMyers-Canada(dot)mp3

THE BUZZ

MY WORST COOKING MISTAKE

Reddit asked, “What’s the worst mistake you made while cooking?” Some of the responses:
– “My wife asked me to strain the soup broth. I put a colander in the sink and proceeded to pour the broth and bones though it, no bowl underneath.”
– “Opened a can of diced tomatoes and emptied them into the trash, left myself standing with the empty can thinking, what did I just do?”
– “I was naked cooking bacon, grease popped and burnt my junk.”
– “Just because corn on the cob, broccoli and hot dogs are all things that you can boil does not mean you should boil them all together.”
– “Left burner on after cooking. Didn’t know till the next morning. In 15 yrs it’s happened 3 times.”
– “Turned the wrong burner on and melted/set fire to a portable phone. Whole kitchen was covered in black crud.”
– “Put a lasagna casserole in the oven to bake for 45 minutes. Feeling tired, I decided to sleep for those 45 minutes. Six hours later…”
– “Accidentally grabbed powdered sugar instead of flour and proudly made the sweetest fried chicken known to mankind.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What’s the worst mistake you ever made cooking?

INTERNATIONAL NEWSAUDIO: CRUISE SHIP ASKS PASSENGERS TO KEEP LIGHTS OFF AT NIGHT TO HIDE FROM PIRATES

The Cunard Line cruise ship Queen Anne is currently making its maiden around-the-world voyage. Last week, as the ship was traveling through the Celebes Sea between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, the captain asked the 3,000 passengers to turn off their room lights and shut the curtains at night, so as not to attract pirates. The captain sent out the message, “This area is known for piracy threats. Therefore, we will be operating at a heightened level of security alertness during this period.”
* Yes, if we’re very quiet, maybe they won’t notice our 1,000-foot long, 13-deck cruise ship.
* A “heightened level of security alertness”? More like a heightened level of hiding and cowering.
* Oh my god, they want our all-you-can-eat buffet!
* Would it really be that hard to carry some shoulder-launched missiles?
* (see clip below) “Oh, now who blew the ship’s horn? Who did that? Report to the bridge immediately!!”
CLIP: A loud ship horn.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/ShipHorn-sfx(dot)mp3

MAN PAINTS HIS DOG LIKE A TIGER TO SCARE OFF DEBT COLLECTORS

In Kasoa, Ghana, a man is in trouble for painting his dog to look like a tiger in an attempt to scare off bill collectors. Kofi Yakubu borrowed money from several micro finance companies over the last few years, but has refused to pay back the loans. Whenever collectors come to his house, they are met with the tiger dog – he’s orange with black stripes. Meanwhile, no one has been able to find Mr. Yakubu; he has gone into hiding.
* Maybe he painted himself to look like a cat, or a piece of furniture.
* Is Ghana, like, #1 in nearsightedness or something?
* “Don’t go debt collecting Kofi Yakubu’s house. He has a tiger that humps your leg.”
* MAYBE it COULD have worked if the dog wasn’t a Chihuahua.
* Jeeze, Ghanians, get it together. You can’t tell a dog from a tiger? They must have a lousy zoo over there. (A real Shih Tzu, as the old joke goes!)

WOMAN INJURED IN DOLPHIN SWIM

A Tennessee woman was hurt in a freak accident while swimming with dolphins in Jamaica. Cierra Stockard was swimming with the gentle sea creatures – the puppy dogs of the sea! – during spring break when one of the animals lifted her into the air — and she came down on the dolphin’s dorsal fin. She said, “It just felt like I got into a car accident. I was just in so much pain.” Stockard, who has sickle cell anemia, underwent emergency surgery and two blood transfusions. She is remaining in Jamaica with family and it is uncertain how and when she can go home.
* Flipper flipped’r.
* Jerks of the sea, more like.
* Especially when the other dolphins started making that laughing sound at her.
* She must have mistakenly signed up for dolphin wrestling, not dolphin swimming.
* Well, it’s a nice break from the shark attack stories. Or maybe not.

BRITISH MAN BURIED IN SNICKERS COFFIN

A British man received his dying wish to be buried in a Snickers coffin. Paul Broome often joked to friends about being buried in a Snickers coffin, and they were surprised when they found out he’d put this request in his will. They ordered a coffin that was designed to look like a partially unwrapped Snickers Bar. It even had the phrase “I’m nuts!” painted on the side.
* It was so realistic, when they put it in the ground, the cops arrested everyone for littering.
* And now he’s up in heaven, which is just left of the Milky Way.
* Ironically, the Snickers coffin cost 100 Grand.
* When everyone saw the coffin, there were a few Chuckles.
* Then the giant ants attacked.

TRENDING

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (March 21-23)

1. Snow White – $43 million
2. Black Bag – $4.4 million
3. Captain America: Brave New World – $4.1 million
4. Mickey 17 – $3.9 million
5. Novocaine – $3.7 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

April 1, Tuesday – 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)

Val Chmerkovskiy (dancer, TV personailty, “Dancing with the Stars”) … 39
Philip Winchester (actor, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Chicago Med/Justice/P.D.) … 44
Amir Arison (actor, “The Blacklist”) … 47
Peyton Manning (retired pro football QB, football commentator) … 49
Jessica Chastain (actress, “George & Tammy,” “It Chapter Two,” “Interstellar,” “Zero Dark Thirty) … 48
Alyson Hannigan (TV host “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” actress “How I Met Your Mother,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) … 51
Jim Parsons (actor, “The Big Bang Theory”) … 52
Robert Carradine (actor) … 71

Today’s Birthdays grade: Castmembers from some huge and long-running TV shows, an actress with an impressive resume, a record-holding NFL quarterback, and more – and no losers! Grade: B-plus.

[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 did have a Twitter account that I tried for a couple days, but found I had nothing to say.”

(A) Kanye West
(B) Oprah Winfrey
(C) Jim Parsons

ANSWER: (C) Jim Parsons

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2019 – The investigation headed by Special Council Robert S. Mueller found no evidence President Trump colluded with Russia in the 2016 election.
* The Anti-Trumpers’ theory: That’s what Putin PAID Mueller to say.

1989 – The supertanker “Exxon Valdez” ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, losing 11-million gallons of crude – it was the worst oil spill from a ship in American history up to that point.
* So it wasn’t such a super tanker, was it?

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2013 – A collection of 61 black and white pictures of The Beatles’ 1965 Shea Stadium concert, taken by an amateur photographer who bluffed his way backstage, sold for approx. $48,000 at auction. Marc Weinstein used a fake press pass to get next to the stage for the historic New York show.

2001 – A stretch of road on Highway 19 in Macon, Georgia, was named Duane Allman Boulevard, near where the Allman Brothers guitarist died at age 24 in a motorcycle crash on October 29, 1971.

2000 – A film company paid $1,079,500 for over nine hours of film shot during the 70s by Yoko Ono. The film contained shots of Lennon smoking hash and talking about his political beliefs.

1992 – A Chicago court settled the Milli-Vanilli class-action suit by approving cash rebates of up to $3 to anyone proving they bought the group’s music before November 27, 1990, the date the lip synching scandal broke.

1991 – The Black Crows were dropped as the supporting act on ZZ Top’s tour after repeatedly criticizing the tour sponsor, Miller Beer.

1979 – The Bee Gees started a two week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Tragedy,” the group’s eighth U.S. No.1.

1973 – During a Lou Reed show in Buffalo, New York, a fan jumped on stage and bit Lou on the bottom. The man was thrown out of the theater and Reed completed the show.

1973 – The O’Jays went to No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Love Train.”

1958 – Elvis Presley was drafted. The King got his first 65-cent military haircut that day from barber James Peterson at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.

1945 – Billboard published the first U.S. LP chart. Nat King Cole was at No.1 with “A Collection Of Favorites.”

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. People do THIS more on Mondays than any other day of the week. What is it?
Call in sick to work

2. THESE have drastically decreased in the work place over the last 10 years. What are they?
Ties

3. The average employee does THIS 42 minutes a week at work. What is it?
Emails friends

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