FRIDAY, Nov 19 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR FRIDAY, November 19, 2021
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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, or the hundreds of disease awareness listings which occur each year.)

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DAY
The Checkiday Website says this:
“Created by the National Urban League, Equal Opportunity Day – also known as Dedication Day and Gettysburg Address Day – commemorates the day Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, in which he painted the Civil War not only as being about the Union but being about human equality as well. It has been observed annually on November 19th since 1956.”

HAVE A BAD DAY DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Have a Bad Day Day is today … isn’t this just wonderful? As we began to research this day, we expected to find that this day was intended to recognize that everybody has a bad day once in a while. Au Contrare!!!! Believe it or not, Have a Bad Day Day was created to encourage us to wish people to have a bad day. The intent is to have sales people stop saying to their customers “Have a good day”, and replace it with “Have a bad day”. So, in keeping with the intent of this day, we hope you Have a Bad Day!!”

NATIONAL CARBONATED BEVERAGE WITH CAFFEINE DAY

NATIONAL PLAY MONOPOLY DAY

INTERNATIONAL MEN’S DAY
The National Day Calendar website says this:
“On November 19, men around the globe come together to celebrate the difference every man can and does make in his community. International Men’s Day invites role models to set examples of health, well-being, and integrity for young men and boys.”

November is:

Adopt a Senior Pet Month
Great American Smoke Out Month
National Adoption Month
National Military Family Month
National Native American Heritage Month
Raisin Bread Month
Stamp Collecting Month
Vegan Month

THE BUZZHOW TO KEEP YOUR KID FROM THROWING A TANTRUM AT THE STORE

A mother on TikTok shared a tip for keeping your kid from throwing a tantrum at the store. In a video, the woman’s daughter is shown holding a tub of candy. Mom asks, “Did you want that?” Her daughter nods enthusiastically, and Mom says, “Would you like me to put it on your birthday list?” “Yeah!” her daughter replies. “Alright, put it back so I can take a picture.” The little girl places the tub of candy back on the shelf, and Mom snaps a picture. She says that the pictures go into a ‘Gift List,’ and then when their birthday or Christmas comes up, and family or friends are asking what they want, you’ve got a whole list of pictures of things that your kids have actually told you they want.
* So all you need is a camera, and the ability to lie convincingly.
* Well THAT’S easier than simply denying that the child is yours, which my mom used to do.
* Good. Now, what do you do when the kid starts screaming “But I want it NOW! NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW!!!
* This works for adults, too. My wife has a ton of pictures of me holding a bottle of booze in the liquor store. “We’ll tell Santa you want one,” she says.
* PHONE TOPIC: Have you got a similar life hack for keeping your kid from throwing a tantrum?

THE ROLLS-ROYCE OF TURKEYS

Would you buy a $300 turkey? Sure, what else do you have to spend money on? It’s called the “KellyBronze” turkey. The Times of London calls it the “Rolls-Royce of turkeys.” Most turkeys are selling for $1.36 per pound this year; this one sells for $13 a pound and up meaning that a large turkey can cost well over $300. According to the farm in Virginia where they come from, the KellyBronze is a slow-grower, and they roam freely outdoors with plenty of room, eating corn and soy milled fresh on the farm. The secret is their age. The birds are about 6 months old when they’re slaughtered, about twice as old as your average turkey. Farmer Paul Kelly, who sells them and would have absolutely no reason to exaggerate, says, “It has a more distinctive turkey flavor, as it used to taste.” They expect to sell 3,400 Thanksgiving turkeys this year, up from 2,200 last year.
* How are they slaughtered? Is the “Rolls-Royce of turkeys” run over with a Rolls-Royce?
* We serve the “Used Hyundai of turkeys” at my house.
* If my mom cooked a $300 turkey, she’d kill anyone who’d try to put gravy on it.
* Looks like Biden’s “soak the rich” idea is trickling down.

U.S. NEWS

WOMAN SHARES BOTTLE OF VODKA BECAUSE SHE COULDN’T TAKE IT ON THE PLANE

A woman flying out of Miami International Airport was informed she couldn’t bring her bottle of vodka through airport security because it contained more than 3.4 ounces (100 milliliters) of fluid. What to do… what to do… Well, she passed around the bottle and fellow passengers glugged a few shots. A video of the incident has gone viral on TikTok and shows user @latinnbella and fellow passengers passing around a bottle of vodka before going through the airport security line.
* These days, it takes a few belts to get on a plane. Ask any pilot.
* TSA was screaming, “No, you’re supposed to just leave it with us!!”
* It’s an easy mistake. That 3.4 ounce limitation on liquids has only been around since 2006.
* Years from now, scientists will determine that this event was ground zero for the COVID variant Omicron that finally took out all of humanity, but, gee, what a cool thing for this lady to do.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

CROOKS STEAL FILM EQUIPMENT FROM HEIST MOVIE

A heist movie about to shoot in Winnipeg, Canada this week was delayed when someone stole all the film equipment. A film crew is in Winnipeg to shoot “Vandits,” a film about a teenagers trying to “pull off a ridiculous heist,” according to the movie’s description. But the truck and trailer with all of their equipment disappeared from where it had been parked Monday morning, before cameras could start rolling. Said director Stu Stone, “The irony is not lost on us.”
* The irony WAS lost on the insurance company that has to replace the stuff.
* Now they can fire the cast and just make a documentary.
* The movie sounds like a crime against cinema anyway.
* Not the worst thing that’s happened on a movie set this year.

TWO AMERICANS FINED FOR BREAKING INTO THE COLOSSEUM

Two American tourists have been fined after breaking into the Colosseum in Rome. The two men, aged 24 and 25, climbed onto the second tier of the monument in the early hours of Monday morning. They were spotted at about 5:30 am, drinking beer, by a passerby who alerted police. It is unclear how they managed to enter the monument, which closes to the public at 4:30 pm. Officers fined them $900 (€800) for illegally entering the archaeological site. No damage was caused.
* How could they tell? “Hey, Luigi, did that stone bench have that crack in it yesterday?”
* What do you mean, how’d they break in? The thing is all windows!
* Gentlemen – a large sports arena is no place to enjoy a beer with your friend.
* Beer at 5:30 am. Long night, or getting an early start on the day?
* They got off easy. Usually, Italian officials feed American criminals to the lions.

TRENDING

BILLIE EILISH, PAUL RUDD SCHEDULED TO HOST SNL

“Saturday Night Live” has set Billie Eilish and Paul Rudd as the hosts of its final shows of this year. Eilish will host on Dec. 11 and appear as her own musical guest. Rudd will host on Dec. 18, joining the 5-timers club. That night, Charli XCX will perform as musical guest.

LUKE BRYAN ONCE WON BIG AT BLACKJACK

Luke Bryan will embark on a nine-show Las Vegas residency in February. Luke says he has at least one fond memory of getting extremely lucky at a Vegas Blackjack table. He says he had a day off in Vegas between tour stops, “and the Georgia Bulldogs were playing at, like, 12 noon. I wanted to play a few hands of Blackjack, and then I wanted to go stop and sit at a bar and watch my Georgia Bulldogs play.” When he got to the table, it was already 11:30. “I know I don’t have much time, and I sit down and I won 14 hands in a row and I won $60,000 in 14 hands. I did not mean to win that much money,” Bryan emphasizes. “I just, it happened. I sat down and the first card, I just started winning. I think it was six total minutes. I won 60 grand, I got up and then I just went and watched my Georgia Bulldogs.”

KANE BROWN TRYING TO BREAK INTO MOVIES

Country star Kane Brown wants to get into the movies. Brown recently noted to The Oakland Press, “I’m trying to break into the movie scene right now, spreading my wings like that and see where it takes me. I’ve done two auditions already and kinda got a call back. I like action movies, I like horror movies, but honestly I’ve never been in a movie, so I’ll get whatever I can get and we’ll see where that goes.”

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Nov. 25, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Tuesday – Winter begins, winter solstice occurs at 10:59 am EST
Dec. 25, Saturday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Friday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, Saturday – New Year’s Day

BIRTHDAYS

Adam Driver (actor, “The Last Duel,” “Star Wars”) … 38
Jodie Foster (actress, director, producer) … 59
Meg Ryan (actress) … 60
Allison Janney (actress, “Mom”) … 62
Ann Curry (broadcast journalist) … 65
Calvin Klein (fashion designer) … 79
Ted Turner (media mogul) … 83
Dick Cavett (talk show host) … 85

BIRTHDAY QUOTE QUIZ – Ask your listeners “Who said it?” HINT: Today’s their birthday!

“I have this really big face.”

(A) Scarlett Johansson
(B) Tori Spelling
(C) Adam Driver

ANSWER: (C) Adam Driver

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2001 – Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants became the first baseball player to win four Most Valuable Player Awards.
* “Better Living Through Chemistry”

1965 – Kellogg’s invented the Pop Tart.
* How about getting Britney Spears to do TV commercials?

1911 – The ventilated hat was invented. It prevented headaches by allowing a free-flow of air around the head.
* For people who were too dumb to just take their hats OFF when they felt a headache coming on.

1863 – President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, declaring America to have a “government of the people, by the people and for the people.”
* So how come less than 50% of us vote?

1620 – The Mayflower landed at Cape Cod.
* Thus forever establishing white Anglo-Saxon Protestants as the only true Americans.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2012 – Two farmers were found not guilty of health and safety offenses after a giant hay bale crushed former ELO cellist Mike Edwards to death. He was killed instantly when the 600kg bale rolled down a field and landed on his van near Totnes in Devon in September 2010.

1990 – The pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of their Grammy Award because other singers had lent their voices to the “Girl You Know It’s True” album.

1979 – Chuck Berry was released from Lompoc Prison in California after serving three months for tax evasion.

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 recent study found the average woman has $500 worth of THIS. What is it?
Unworn clothing

2. According to Prevention magazine, women who do THIS when grocery shopping are 50% less likely to make impulse buys. What is it?
They use the self-checkout

3. In a recent survey, women were asked, “What are the 3 gifts you dread getting the most?” Two of the three were gift certificates and tacky ornaments. THIS was #3. What is it?
Diet books

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