TUESDAY, July 15 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP EMAIL AND TEXT VERSION FOR TUESDAY, July 15, 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.)

GLOBAL HUG YOUR KIDS DAY

NATIONAL GUMMI WORM DAY

NATIONAL ORANGE CHICKEN DAY

NATIONAL TAPIOCA PUDDING DAY

WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY
Founded by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 to highlight the strategic importance of making sure that teens and young people are equipped with skills for work, employment and entrepreneurship.

July is:

Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month
Air Conditioning Appreciation Month
Baked Bean Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Family Reunion Month
International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
National Blueberries Month
National Grilling Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
Melon Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

INDIA CENSORS SUPERMAN KISS

India’s Central Board of Film Certification has censored that romantic mid-air kiss between Superman and Lois Lane in the new “Superman” movie, calling it “overly sensual.” The 33-second smooching scene was removed from prints being shown in India. Indian fans noticed a jarring skip in the scene, prompting confusion and then condemnation on social media once they found out what had been snipped.
* It’s not only a kiss, but he really puts some super-tongue into it.
* There are a few other scenes in the new movie the Indian censoring board took out:
– When Superman first discovers his X-ray vision by looking through a wall and seeing George and Martha Kent doin’ it.
– Where Superman uses his superbreath to blow up the skirts of all the women on the street.
– The shot of Superdog humping Lex Luthor’s leg.
– When Lois finds out why he’s truly called The Man of Steel.

THE BUZZ

AUDIO: A DISCO MIRROR BALL WILL REPEL FLIES

Here’s a question that popped up on the internet: Does using a disco ball to repel flies work? Pest control experts says yes, in the right setting. They say flies mostly rely on light and reflection for navigation, so a spinning mirror ball may disorient them. It doesn’t harm them, but if it irritates them enough they may avoid the area. It is said to work best on decks, patios, and barns. They say place it somewhere bright and sunny to capture and reflect the light.
* It’s also a known fact that flies hate the Bee Gees.
* It repels them because flies are known to prefer cool jazz over disco music.
* I find a disco ball works really well, along with a can of Raid.
CLIP: Our “Black Flog Bug Spray” parody spot.

WORKING THE DRIVE-THRU

Reddit asked, “Drive-through window workers, what’s something memorable you’ve seen inside a customer’s car?” Some of the responses:P
– “Guy pulls up with a parrot on his shoulder, both wearing matching sunglasses”
– “I once was holding the bag out the window and when the car pulled up, a macaque [a monkey] grabbed it, took it to the front passenger seat, and started helping itself to the french fries.”
– “A porcupine on the passenger seat.”
– “One car with five chihuahuas in baby outfits, sitting like little humans. They even had hats. One was wearing sunglasses.”
– “We used to have a guy come through on horseback every so often, and horses don’t trigger the drive through chime, so every time they showed up was a jump-scare.”
– “Garbage filling every nook and cranny except the driver seat right up to the ceiling. You could barely see out the windshield.”
– “Dudes entire car was filled with mail… I’m talking every single inch to the roof in the backseat, front seats up to the windshield literally all of it. He could only put his window down MAYBE 3/4 inches to slide a $5 bill through because mail was about to spill out. He managed to pull his sandwich through the same crack.”
– “When I worked at Starbucks a woman was eating a ceramic bowl of soup in her lap in the drive through.”
– “I was working as a bank teller about a decade ago and witnessed a child in the backseat of a car yank his tooth out with a pair of pliers.”
– “Two Amish kids driving a horse and buggy coming up to the drive through window to order a 12 pack of Schlitz beer.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What things have you seen working the drive-thru?

U.S. NEWS

HOA FINES MAN FOR HANDING OUT COLD WATER TO NEIGHBORS

An Arizona homeowner has been repeatedly fined $100 for handing out free cold water bottles to neighbors. David Martin has been kindly providing cold water to anyone who passes by his home in Goodyear, Arizona, ever since the year COVID kept everyone home. There’s a cooler in his driveway that says “Please grab a water!” He gives water to delivery drivers, couples walking down the street, the little kid who has to walk his dog in the heat… he thinks it helps create a feeling of togetherness and unity, especially in the summer heat. His homeowners association has a problem with this. They believe a simple cooler in the driveway amounts to “storing items in plain sight,” which is against the rules. They fined him $50, and when he refused to pay that they began fining him $100 a month. There are three particular HOA board members causing his grief; he is now working to get them voted off the board.
* He’s in hot water for passing out cold water.
* He told them, “Aah, go dry up.”
* What lowers property values more: an Igloo cooler in the driveway or dried-up bodies littering the streets?
* Go hydrate somewhere else, kids.

TOUCAN SMUGGLER CAUGHT AT U.S. BORDER

Down at the U.S.-Mexico border, the driver of a Volkswagen Passat said he had nothing to declare. But when U.S. Border Protection officers pulled over their sniffer dog, it pointed to something under the dashboard, which had been covered with duct tape and cloth. Stashed inside the vehicle’s dashboard were 14 live toucans, a threatened species of bird that is illegal to bring into the United States and can each sell for up to $5,000. The driver, Carlos Abundez, 35, of San Ysidro, Calif., told agents that he was not aware how the toucans got into his car.
* I know, right? You leave the windows open for one night, they just flock to inside the dashboard.
* Far be it from me to tell people how to do their job, but is now really the best time to be smuggling stuff across the U.S./Mexican border?
* Wait until this guy sees the fines. You think a toucan has a big bill.
* I don’t know about toucans, but three cans is about my limit anymore.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

BRAZILIAN BROTHEL ADDS TRUMP TARIFF ON AMERICAN SEX CUSTOMERS

A Brazilian brothel has reportedly slapped a 50 per cent tax on its American customers in response to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Cabare Thatys Drinks, a sex bar in the city of Fortaleza, has added a so-called “Tarifa do Trump” cost for US tourists – sending the cost of a night of “full service” soaring. An American who went to the place posted a handwritten bill he was issued after a night out. He was charged $44.72 for a “Programa” — the local term for a full service. And then there was an additional $18.78 on top of that for the tariff. He was also charged $8.95 for five beers and a $1.79 for a condom.
* A tariff on sex? I won’t stand for this!
* Jeeze, no negotiation, no nothin’.
* You know what I’m taking from this story: Wow – five beers for 9 bucks!!!
* This is what you can expect when you travel “south of the border.” If you know what I mean.
* What if they throw a head tax on top of that?
* Anyway, hope you’re enjoying today’s radio Programa. Leave the money on the dresser.

GERMAN CUSTOMS FINDS 1500 TARANTULAS IN CAKE MIX BOXES

Customs officials in Germany reported on Monday that they had seized roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate sponge cake boxes shipped to an airport in western Germany. The package had arrived from Vietnam. They were tipped off by a “noticeable smell” that didn’t resemble the expected aroma of cake mix. (* “Does this smell like dead tarantula to you?”) Opening the boxes, they found around 1,500 small plastic containers containing young tarantulas. Many of them didn’t survive the trip. The survivors were given to the care of an expert handler. Criminal proceedings are underway against the intended recipient.
* I say as punishment, they should give him back the 1500 tarantulas.
* In Germany, if you want to make true Black Forest Cake, you need to include the critters that you find in the Black Forest.
* What kind of dessert can you make with spiders? Mexican webbing cookies?

TORTOISE STARTS FIRE

The London Fire Brigade responded to a fire on the fourth floor of an apartment building last Thursday. The fire was caused by a turtle. The naughty tortoise apparently knocked over his heat lamp which fell onto the hay in his aquarium tank. A small dog was also found hiding under the apartment stairs. The tortoise and his canine friend were not injured and were reunited with their owner.
* There aren’t many arsonist tortoises in the world, as you can imagine.

TRENDING

UNRELEASED BEYONCE MUSIC STOLEN

Police in Atlanta are trying to track down thieves who stole unreleased music from Beyoncé out of her choreographer’s car this weekend. On Monday, Beyoncé’s choreographer Christopher Grant and one of her dancers, Diandre Blue, told authorities thieves broke into their rental SUV and stole several items — including drives that hold unreleased music as well as past and future set lists for the singer’s Cowboy Carter tour.

AUDIO: NEIL DIAMOND MAKE SURPRISE VISIT TO HIS SHOW

Neil Diamond made a surprise appearance at Saturday’s performance of “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical” at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, seven years after he announced his Parkinson’s diagnosis and retirement from touring. In an Instagram video, the musical’s lead, “American Idol” winner Nick Fradiani, introduced Diamond, 84, who delivered an impromptu performance of his hit “Sweet Caroline” from the audience. At the end of the performance, Diamond thanked the crowd, who erupted into cheers and roars for him.
CLIP: Neil Diamond leads the audience in “Sweet Caroline”.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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

BIRTHDAYS

Taylor Kinney (actor, “Chicago Fire”) … 44
Scott Foley (actor, “Scandal”) … 53
Forest Whitaker (actor, director) … 64
Marky Ramone (drummer formerly with The Ramones, born Marc Bell) … 73
Terry O’Quinn (actor, “Resident Alien,” “Hawaii Five-0”, “Lost”) … 73
Arianna Huffington (journalist) … 75
Linda Ronstadt (singer) … 79

Today’s Birthdays grade: Some respectable names, like an Emmy-winning castmember from “Lost,” and topping the list is a singer who’s a multi-award winning giant in music (called the First Lady of Rock and the Queen of Country-Rock). Top shelf! 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’m a country boy. I grew up kicking around the woods, riding dirt bikes, playing football, climbing rocks and all that good stuff, so that’s always been fun.”

(A) Jerry Seinfeld
(B) Steve Carell
(C) Taylor Kinney

ANSWER: (C) Taylor Kinney

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2010 – British Petroleum stopped the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico from a blown well after 85 days, using a 75-ton cap.
* The solution was pretty slick – unfortunately, so was most of the coastline.

1999 – The U.S. government acknowledged for the first time that thousands of workers were made sick while building nuclear weapons and announced a plan to compensate many of them.
* After waiting long enough for most of them to die off.

1997 – Fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot to death outside his home in Miami.
* Everybody’s a critic.

1971 – President Nixon announced he would visit the People’s Republic of China to seek a “normalization of relations.”
* In other words: “How would you like to make every product now appearing in American stores?”

1876 – Baseball’s first no-hitter was thrown by Washington Bradley.
* “This new-fangled game will never catch on – nothing happens!”

1869 – French food chemist Hipployte Mege Mouries patented margarine.
* Then he rushed out to spread the word.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2018 – “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses became the first ’90s video to pass a billion views on YouTube. The next closest ’90s video was “Zombie” by The Cranberries, at 739 million.

2015 – A judge trimmed the damages Pharrell Williams was ordered to pay after the Blurred Lines copyright trial, from $7.4 million to $5.3 million. The case revolved around the question of whether Williams and his co-writer Robin Thicke had copied Marvin Gaye’s 1977 hit “Got To Give It Up.” The judge also gave Gaye’s family a 50% cut of future earnings from the song.

2011 – Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony announced they were breaking up after seven years of marriage.

2007 – Over 10,000 people applied for a job with P. Diddy after the rapper posted a video on Youtube looking to find a new personal assistant. He warned applicants that the job would be far from easy and would involve everything from getting him ready for the red carpet to aiding in billion dollar deals to helping him jump out of planes in movies.

2005 – Victor Edward Willis, the original policeman in the Village People, was arrested after police found a gun and drugs in his convertible in Daly City, south of San Francisco. Willis also had an outstanding $15,000 felony warrant for possession of narcotics.

1998 – Aerosmith was forced to cancel an upcoming U.S. tour after Joey Kramer was involved in a freak accident. The drummer’s car started on fire and was completely destroyed as he was filling it up with gas. He was hospitalized with second-degree burns.

1985 – Nude photos of Madonna taken in 1977 appeared in Playboy and Penthouse.

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 about 70 million people worldwide will do THIS at least once today. Nearly 40 million of them are here in the U.S. What is it?
Visit McDonald’s

2. THIS restaurant chain is the world’s largest consumer of iceburg lettuce. What is it?
Taco Bell

3. THIS was the first national fast-food restaurant to put bacon on a hamburger. Which one is it?
A & W

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