FRIDAY, May 2 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR FRIDAY, May 2, 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.)

BABY DAY
The Holiday Calendar says this:
“This special day was created to commemorate the joy and wonder of bringing a baby into the world. It’s also an opportunity to celebrate all the amazing things that babies bring to our lives – from unconditional love and laughter to endless snuggles and cuddles. Whether you have a little one in your life already or are expecting soon, Baby Day is the perfect time to reflect on the beauty of new life.”

INTERNATIONAL HARRY POTTER DAY
The Days of the Year website says this:
“In 2012, then prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, made a declaration that this day would be celebrated on May 2 of each year, saying, “We hope that children and adults alike will be reminded of Harry Potter’s strong and courageous character on this day.” This date was chosen because it is the day that the great Battle of Hogwarts was fought and Lord Voldemort was defeated.”

NATIONAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS DAY

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL SPACE DAY (First Friday in May)
The Days of the Year website says this:
“This day was created to observe the many wonders of the unknown space that our planet, and plenty of others, floats in. It was started by Lockheed Martin, the aerospace company, with an eye toward inviting students to consider a career in the aerospace industry and to encourage children to have more of an interest in the scientific field. In 2001, Senator John Glenn, himself a former astronaut, changed the name to National Space Day to widen its scope of celebration.”

NATIONAL TRUFFLES DAY

SAUVIGNON BLANC DAY

May is:

Chip Your Pet Month / Pet Month
Date Your Mate Month
International Civility Awareness Month
National Barbeque Month
National Bike Month
National Egg Month
National Hamburger Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month
Older Americans Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

TOM CRUISE’S PRE-STUNT BREAKFAST

Tom Cruise has revealed the key to performing those death-defying “Mission: Impossible” stunts: breakfast. In a new interview with People magazine, Cruise talked about a stunt in the upcoming movie where he clings to the wing of a 1940s biplane mid-air before pulling himself up and crawling into the cockpit. Cruise explains: “I actually eat a massive breakfast. The amount of energy it takes — I train so hard for that wing-walking. I’ll eat, like, sausage and almost a dozen eggs and bacon and toast and coffee and fluids.”
* Breakfast. And amphetamines.
* “Oh, look at me! I’m Tom Cruise! I can afford a dozen eggs every day! Oh, la-dee-dah!”
* I eat that much just to face rush hour traffic.
* Not even a doughnut? Come on, would you do something so risky without having what could be your last doughnut?

THE BUZZ

I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE I WASN’T ALLOWED TO HAVE IT AS A CHILD

Reddit asked, “What’s something you bought as an adult because you weren’t allowed to have it as a child?” Some of the responses:
– “Dinosaur bed sheets and pillow cases. I first bought them in my 50s.”
– “Mouse Trap, the board game.”
– “That game where you have a hit the ‘iceberg’ blocks and not break the ice causing a penguin to fall. It’s not that I wasn’t allowed to have it, but that in school other kids would use it and I never got a turn. I bought it for my niece and we had a lot of fun.”
– “Band-Aids with cartoons on them.”
– “I buy my kids a lot of Play-doh, and other messy things that my parents wouldn’t buy me because the house always had to be presentable in case the Queen was coming over.”
– “When I was very little, we would go through the Sears Catalog to make our Christmas Lists. For 5 years I asked for a Crawl Thru Tunnel. I never got one. I bought my cats two of them.”
– “Any time I’m traveling and there’s a penny press, I use it. 7-year-old me is absolutely delighted every time.”
– “Chucks.”
– “A gumball machine.”
– “Taco Bell (we’re Mexican).”
– “A waterbed. Terrible idea, do not recommend.”
– “An Advent calendar. My mom said she never got me one cuz she knew I’d eat it all in one day. She was right.”
– “A big tub of Nutella. I wasn’t allowed to have too much sugar as a kid, so now I keep it stocked like it’s a kitchen essential.”
– “My first week of college I realized that I could eat an entire loaf of garlic bread for dinner and not get in trouble. I later learned why my mom didn’t allow me to eat an entire loaf of garlic bread for dinner.”
– “When I got my first job in high school I got a box of those Andes chocolate mints you would get at restaurants. Instead of waiting for the rare occasion my parents take me to a restaurant and they happen to give them with the check… I realized I could buy the whole damn box.”
– “I painted my bedroom black. It’s amazing, and shove it, mom.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What’s something you bought as an adult that you weren’t allowed to have as a kid?

U.S. NEWS

WOMAN DEFECATES ON OTHER CAR IN ROAD RAGE INCIDENT

On Tuesday in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, just southwest of Philadelphia, there was a road rage incident. At one point, both drivers stopped. A woman got out of one of the cars, walked over to the other car, and put her rear end against the hood. And left some dooky. Then she walked away with a smile. It was all caught on video. Because it happened in Delaware County, the woman is now being called “The Delco Pooper.” Prospect Park police say they are investigating.
(If you really need to see this, search YouTube for “Delco Pooper”)
* Normally they’d put her on a Most Wanted list, but in this case she’s going on a Least Wanted list.
* You give this lady some crap, she’ll give you some right back.
* I understand the women of Philadelphia often mark their territory for dominance.
* I’ve been so angry I could spit, but not this.

HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE IS LYING: THEY USE THE WORD “NEVER”

How do you know if somebody is lying? According to trial lawyer Jefferson Fisher, a Texas-based attorney and communication coach, people who lie often reach for what he calls extreme words, in particular the word “never.” He says, “Never is an extreme. Extremes are a dead giveaway that they’re usually not telling the truth.” For example, he said if a witness were asked if he was texting while driving, his deceptive answer might be, “No, I never text when I drive.” The word stands out because it’s too confident. “Everybody texts while they drive at some point. That’s why the word stands out.”
* What if you ask, “Did you murder your boss?” and they say, “No, I never text when I drive.” Is that a lie?
* What if you ask, “Do you use the word ‘never’ when you lie?” and they say, “No, because I never lie.” Are they telling the truth?
* It’s an interesting story, but I never … believe anything lawyers say.
* Never say never again. Why does that sound familiar?

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

PATROL CAR STOLEN WHILE COPS WERE ON FOOT CHASE

Police in Saskatoon, Canada, were patrolling downtown Sunday morning when they spotted a drunk man, who was carrying open liquor. This is illegal and so, after a short foot chase, they arrested him. Returning to their patrol car, they discovered it had been stolen while they were gone. It was found about 15 minutes later in a back alley a couple of blocks away.
* Worst of all, the thief changed all the station presets on the radio.
* “Dude, where’s my cop car?”
* Maybe somebody thought it was like a Lyft e-scooter service – you take the vehicle, drop it anywhere, and the company will find it and charge you later.
* Sometimes in real life you want to do stuff you could only do in Grand Theft Auto.
* And if they find who took the cop car, they will definitely be charged.

TRENDING

TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS

The Tony Award nominations were announced on Thursday. This year, for a change, there are actors you have probably heard of (but only a couple). Here are the major categories:
– Best Musical: Buena Vista Social Club; Dead Outlaw; Death Becomes Her; Maybe Happy Ending; Operation Mincemeat
– Best Play: English; The Hills of California; John Proctor is the Villain; Oh, Mary!; Purpose
– Best Actor in a Musical:
Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd.
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins

– Best Actress in a Musical:
Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her

– Best Actor in a Play
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
Jon Michael, Hill Purpose
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
Harry Lennix, Purpose
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

– Best Actress in a Play:
Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
LaTanya Richardson, Jackson Purpose
Sadie Sink, John Proctor Is the Villain
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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

Ellie Kemper (actress, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” ″The Office”) … 45
Jeff Gutt (singer with Stone Temple Pilots) … 49
David Beckham (legendary British footballer) … 50
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (actor, pro wrestler) … 53
Ty Herndon (country singer) … 63
Lou Gramm (singer with Foreigner) … 75
Larry Gatlin (country, gospel singer) … 77
David Suchet (actor, “Agatha Christie’s Poirot”) … 79
Englebert Humperdinck (singer) … 89

Today’s Birthdays grade: Two giants in their fields – Dwayne Johnson and David Beckham – a bunch of great singers, and the guy who played Hercule Poirot (“er-KYUL pwah-ROH”) in UK adaptations of every major literary work by Agatha Christie that featured the title character. But Dwayne Johnson is the one on our list who’s almost a billionaire. Grade: A-minus.

[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!

“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.”

(A) Will Ferrell
(B) Nicolas Cage
(C) Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

ANSWER: (C) Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2012 – A pastel version of “The Scream”, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sold at auction for $119,922,500.
* “I scream, you scream, we all scream, for Edvard Munch!”

2007 – In its first case on climate change, the Supreme Court declared in a 5-4 ruling that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
* Okay, everybody – stop exhaling!

1995 – Baseball owners accepted the players’ union offer to play without a contract, ending the longest and costliest strike in professional sports history.
* The players had to hold out for more money, to pay for the new generation of steroids coming on the market.

1978 – Velcro went on the market.
* And stuck there.

1966 – The Soviet Union’s “Luna 10” became the first spacecraft to orbit The Moon.
* It took pictures of a cold, desolate place with no life or resources … kinda like Russia.

1954 – Plans were announced for the building of Disneyland.
* Of course, back then it was just called the Magic Blueprint.

1877 – The first Easter season Egg Roll was held on the grounds of the White House in Washington, DC.
* And an hour later everybody was hungry again.

1845 – H. L. Fizeau and J. Leon Foucault took the first photograph of the Sun.
* What – it took TWO guys to point a camera at the Sun and click the shutter?

1827 – Joseph Dixon began manufacturing lead pencils.
* And the next day, several hundred were hanging from the ceiling of the factory.

1792 – Congress established the Philadelphia mint.
* It was delicious, AND freshened your breath!

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2009 – Bob Dylan mingled unnoticed with other Beatles tourists during a minibus tour to John Lennon’s childhood home. He was one of 14 tourists to examine photos and documents in the home, where Lennon grew up with his aunt Mimi and uncle George. Dylan was on a day off from a European tour.

2006 – A John Lennon schoolbook containing the 12-year-old’s drawing of Lewis Carroll’s poem The Walrus and the Carpenter was sold at auction for $239,733. The poem inspired Lennon to write The Beatles’ 1967 song “I Am the Walrus.”

2001 – Mariah Carey signed the richest recording deal in history to date. The 31-year old singer signed a deal with Virgin for three albums worth over 90 million dollars. The singer had sold over 120 million records worldwide, scoring 14 US No.1 singles.

1999 – The Black Crowes played a concert in Knoxville, Tennessee. Joshua Harmon, a teenager sitting in the second row, sued the band a year later for $385,000, claiming significant hearing loss.

1998 – Rob Pilatus, one half of disgraced pop duo Milli Vanilli, was found dead in a Frankfurt Hotel room after taking a lethal combination of drugs and alcohol.

1990 – In England, Eric Clapton was fined over $500 for speeding at 105 mph. Clapton was also banned from driving for three months.

1967 – 154 Austrian Rolling Stones fans were arrested when a riot broke out at a 14,000 seated Town Hall gig. A smoke bomb was thrown on the stage.

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. A survey says new parents will spend a total of 47 hours doing THIS. What is it?
Choosing their child’s name

2. According to a recent survey, parents say THIS phrase to their kids the most. What is it?
Money doesn’t grow on trees

3. When it comes to inheriting things from your parents, 30% of women in a poll say they got THIS trait from their Dad. What is it?
Their temper

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