FRIDAY, Nov 3 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR FRIDAY, November 3, 2023
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: THE FRIDAY CLUSTERFLICKS

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.)

CLICHE DAY
The Quirky Marketing Calendar says this:
“How many times a day (or an hour) do you find yourself ‘grasping at straws’ to find the right words to use? Is your use of cliches in everyday speech ‘all over the map’? How about your writing? Are you writing about ‘the business at hand’ or are you doing a ‘brain dump’? Well if you are bothered by the overuse of cliches by you or anyone for that matter, remember ‘the buck stops here’ and you can use all the cliche’s you want to today! That’s right! Today is Cliche Day and it is perfectly acceptable to ‘beat the street,’ ‘knock it out of the park,’ and ‘think outside the box,’ for the next 24 hours. And yes, there is ‘a light at the end of the tunnel’ for cliche day is only 24 hours long. ‘Tomorrow is another day!’ You can ‘wipe the slate clean,’ but for today, ‘the ball is in your court!’”

HOUSEWIFE DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Housewife Day recognizes the importance of stay-at-home wives and moms. Also referred to as ‘Retro’ Housewife Day. These wonderful, caring creatures build and enrich strong family environments. They help to instill family values and good character. Housewife is an old term. It hails back to the days when one income could support the family in a manner of comfort. It was also a time when women did not have equal rights. While these days are long gone, women’s views of working or staying at home fall on both sides of the fence. The decision to be a ‘housewife,’ or stay at home mom, is still preferred by many. Unfortunately, income needs often necessitate going to work. Today, we celebrate and thank all of the ladies who choose to stay home and tend to the house and family!”

SANDWICH DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“We invite you to bite into your favorite sandwich, for today is Sandwich Day. The sandwich is truly a great creation. Sandwiches are a daily luncheon staple for millions of Americans. The Creation of the Sandwich: The annals of English history report that John Montagu was the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Among other things, the 4th Earl of Sandwich was a heavy gambler. Montagu often spent many long hours in London’s gambling parlors. In 1762, he created the sandwich, by putting meat between two pieces of bread. This allowed him to remain at the gambling table for long periods of time. Obviously, the sandwich was named after him. Celebrate this special day by eating sandwiches at every meal! Consume your favorite sandwich. Better yet, be bold and daring … try a new sandwich! PS: Don’t forget to wash your hands first. Happy Sandwich Day!!!”

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 BUZZMISTAKEN BELIEFS AS A CHILD

Reddit asked, “What was ‘younger you’ hilariously wrong about?” Some of the responses:
– “I was at least 10 when I learned it was Valentines day and not ValenTIMES day.”
– “I was into my mid 30s before I knew string cheese could be pulled apart.”
– “There was a very short period where I was 100% certain everybody but me could see their own faces and I was very upset by this.”
– “I thought the opening words to the Star Spangled Banner were Oh Satan you see.”
– “I thought Grilled cheese sandwich was called ‘girl cheese sandwich’ I thought they were only for girls and I’d complain when my brother got one.”
– “When I was 5 I saw a a few black and white television shows on late night TV. I was convinced for about 3 years when these shows were produced in the early 50s the world just didn’t have color.”
– “Around middle school, I didn’t know how the whole ‘prank’ of TPing ones’ house was done or how to start it. I thought it was so cool and hilarious to me. So one day after school, I ran home excited and started TPing my own house. My mom screamed at me.”
– “I always thought the handicap symbol of someone in a wheelchair was someone on the toilet. I’d point at the sign and sincerely asked my mom ‘why can you pee there?'”
– “I used to think actors die for real on tv and that i can stop them from dying if i switch the channel.”
– “For a while I thought that all music was performed live. I would carefully rotate albums ‘to give the singers a break.’”
– “On products , it says ‘serve chilled.’ I thought that it was ‘serve child.'”
* PHONE TOPIC: What was something you believed that you later discovered you were totally wrong about?

U.S. NEWS

NORTH DAKOTA POISONING DEATH TURNS OUT TO BE OVER AN INTERNET SCAM

An unusual murder case in North Dakota has taken a strange turn. A man named Steven Edward Riley Jr., 51, claimed he was named beneficiary of a $30 million inheritance. He also said he was going to break up with his ladyfriend, 47-year-old Ina Kenoyer. As Mr. Riley was heading to the Minot, North Dakota, airport on September 3rd to go claim his inheritance check, he fell ill and died two days later. Police arrested Kenoyer, saying she had poisoned him with anti-freeze. Now, according to Ryan Riley, the victim’s 21-year-old son, the couple had unwittingly fallen victim to an online scam and there never was any money. According to Ryan, his dad received an email from a person who claimed to be a lawyer for an unknown “distant relative” and organized to meet him at Minot Airport to sign off on the cash. But, says the son, the supposed lawyer never showed up. It was a scam: “It was a stranger who managed to trick my dad into believing it was true.” Kenoyer told investigators she was entitled to some of Riley’s inheritance as his common-law wife. However, North Dakota does not recognize common-law marriages, so her claim would have been dubious from the start.
* It’s like I keep telling you wannabe murderers: Do your homework!!
* Fortunately, she has a Nigerian prince who says he will bankroll her defense.
* What was the scammer hoping to get from this guy who had nothing? Bus fare?
* The further tragedy here is the waste of good antifreeze in North Dakota.
* Killing someone with antifreeze. That’s cold.

VALET TAKES LUXURY CAR ON JOYRIDE, GETS CARJACKED

A guy drove to Baltimore, Maryland for a date night. He arrived at the upscale waterfront Pendry Hotel in his pretty new Audi RS7 and left the keys with the valet service. Instead of parking the car, the valet took the car on a joyride to a nearby convenience store for a car meet. That’s where, the valet said, three guys jumped into the car, flashed a handgun and stole it from him. The police later recovered the car outside an apartment building and took it to the impound lot. The car’s owner, Brian Eller, was awakened by the hotel manager with the bad news. When he went to retrieve the Audi, he found it severely damaged: The front bumper was partially ripped off, the front suspension collapsed and the door panels battered. Eller says, “The doors don’t open. There’s a full can of gas spilled in the car.” The valet was charged for the car theft while the other thieves are still at large. Mr. Eller was offered a free stay at the Pendry hotel as compensation.
* Oh, the poor guy. He’s stuck in Baltimore.
* That BMW’s in better condition than I’ve gotten a car back from valet parking.
* Something tells me they’re never going to find those “three other guys” because they don’t exist.
* “Gone in 60 Seconds 3: Totaled in Six Hours.”
* Other than that, how was the guy’s date night?

ACTOR KILLED ON HIS WAY TO THEATER TO STAR IN “DEATH OF A SALESMAN”

A man named Richard May was walking down Post Street in San Francisco last Saturday morning when was killed, an innocent victim of a 2-car accident that happened in the street next to him. The 65-year old had struggled with drugs most of his life, but had turned his life around and become an actor. May was going to star Saturday night in his first role, in the African American Shakespeare Company’s production of – pause for dramatic effect – “Death of a Salesman.”
* And now he’s an Angel in America.
* Sometimes you can take this method acting too far, you know.
* Why couldn’t he have starred in All’s Well That Ends Well?
* And you thought it was tough dying in front of an audience.
* For him, it was – curtains.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

POLICE RAID UNCOVERS $200,000 WORTH OF LEGOS

Police in Melbourne, Australia, performed a drug raid Tuesday afternoon on a house in the Botanic Ridge suburb. They found a meth lab and boxes of gemstones, and then they found the real haul: 1,130 boxes of Lego bricks, worth more than $200,000. Police said there were so many of the plastic building blocks that a truck will be needed to transport them. A 36-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were arrested.
* Well, what else are you going to buy with all that drug money?
* Police have a lot to build a case with, now that they’ve put the pieces together.
* Lego bricks. As expensive as bricks of cocaine.
* What blockheads.

AUDIO: ITALIAN WOMAN HIT BY FALLING ROTTWEILER

A woman was seriously injured after a Rottweiler fell on her from a third-story window in Rome, Italy. The eight-month-old, 85-pound dog named Cody reportedly fell on 27-year-old Ludovica Caprino as she was walking along a busy street with her mother. She has a fracture on the left side of her head. Caprino is pregnant, the baby appears to be in fine health, but they won’t know for sure until the birth in the spring. Cody the dog succumbed to his injuries and sadly died after crashing onto Caprino.
* This is arful.
* The fall of Rome.
* Every dog has its day. And its last day.
* You’ve heard, “It was raining cats and dogs”? This was like that, without the cats. And just one dog.
AUDIO CLIP: The dog’s last thought: “I’m Underdog!” (Underdog: “When Polly’s in trouble, I am not slow! It’s hip-hip-hip, and away I go!”, flying, bark, window breaks, cartoon fall and impact)
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)(com)/prep/wp-content/uploads/Rottweiler(dot)mp3

TRENDING

“YELLOWSTONE” FINAL EPISODES WILL FINALLY AIR – NEXT THANKSGIVING

The Paramount Network has finally announced when those final episodes of “Yellowstone” Season 5 will air: November 2024. In addition, the network has also ordered up two additional spin-offs, “1944” and “2024.” Plot details are under wraps, but the latter spin-off could very well be the new “Yellowstone” series in the works that may star Matthew McConaughey.

SUPER BOWL ADS ALREADY SOLD OUT

Want to buy an ad for the Super Bowl in February? Ha ha, you can’t. CBS announced that they are officially out of its Super Bowl advertising inventory. Selling out is typically not completed until just hours before the game kicks off in February. It might also be because CBS chose to not significantly increase the price of the ads from the last one, when FOX charged between $6-$7 million per 30 seconds.

HIGHEST PAID DEAD CELEBRITIES FOR 2023

Here is Forbes magazine’s annual list Highest-Paid Deceased Celebrities in 2023. Rankings were meticulously determined based on pre-tax earnings derived from sales, licensing deals, streams, and other sources of income spanning from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023.:
1. Michael Jackson – $115 million
2. Elvis Presley – $100 million
3. Ray Manzarek (keyboardist for The Doors) – $45 million
4. Dr. Seuss – $40 million
5. Charles M. Schulz – $30 million
6. Prince – $30 million
7. Whitney Houston – $30 million
8. John Lennon – $22 million
9. Bob Marley – $16 million
10. Bing Crosby – $14 million
11. George Harrison – $14 million
12. Arnold Palmer – $10 million
13. Marilyn Monroe – $10 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Nov. 5, Sunday – Daylight Saving Time Ends, turn clocks back 1 hour
Nov. 11, Saturday – Veterans Day
Nov. 23, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Thursday – Winter begins, winter solstice occurs at 10:27 P.M. EST
Dec. 25, Monday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Sunday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, Monday – New Year’s Day 2024

BIRTHDAYS

Kendall Jenner (model, television personality) … 28
Dolph Lundgren (Swedish action film star, “Rocky IV”) … 66
Adam Ant (singer, real name Stuart Goddard) … 69
Dennis Miller (comedian, TV personality) … 70
Roseanne Barr (comedian, actress) … 71
Lulu (singer, “To Sir With Love,” real name Marie Lawrie) … 75
Shadoe Stevens (radio and TV voice, actor, real name Terry Ingstad) … 77

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

“Every girl loves posing in her underwear. It’s always fun to do that.”

(A) Whoopi Goldberg
(B) Jane Pauly
(C) Kendall Jenner

ANSWER: (C) Kendall Jenner

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2014 – New York’s 104-story One World Trade Center officially opened 13 years after the September 11 attacks.
* Too bad Osama bin Laden didn’t live to see it. Or maybe it’s not so bad …

1991 – Israeli and Palestinian representatives held their first-ever face-to-face talks in Madrid, Spain.
* It’s working out pretty good, huh?

1957 – The Russians sent a dog called Laika into space.
* “Laika” is Russian for “AAAAAAGH!”

1948 – The state of Kansas ended prohibition after 68 years.
* The cleanup from the party is just about over.

1912 – The first flight in an all-metal plane was made in France.
* In case of emergency the stewardesses just handed the passengers a can opener.

1909 – The first air speed indicator for airplanes was invented.
* Although it’s not really much use, since there aren’t that many speed limit signs 20 thousand feet in the air.

1507 – Leonardo DaVinci was commissioned by the husband of Lisa Gherardini to paint her. The work is known as the Mona Lisa.
* Generations have wondered what her expression is saying. I think it’s “I wish this guy would hurry! I have to pee!”

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2013 – The first ever YouTube awards were held in New York City. The event featured Eminem, Lady Gaga and M.I.A making live music videos directed by the awards’ creator, Spike Jonze, and others. Eminem won Artist of the Year, while Taylor Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble” took the YouTube Phenomenon award.

2006 – A man who had been stalking singer and actress Hilary Duff was arrested for threatening to kill her. Maksim Miakovsky was sentenced to 117 days in jail and five years probation after pleading no contest to the charges.

2003 – P Diddy ran in the New York City Marathon and raised $2,000,000 for the educational system for the children of New York. He finished the marathon in four hours and eighteen minutes.

2002 – Eminem started a 12-week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Loose Yourself.”

1997 – Metallica reached an out-of-court agreement with a fan who claimed he lost his sense of smell after being dropped on his head by fans at one of their shows four years earlier.

1995 – An out of court settlement was reached by Hootie and the Blowfish and Bob Dylan concerning the group’s unauthorized use of Dylan’s lyrics in their song “Only Want To Be With You.”

1990 – “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice became the first rap record to top the U.S. singles chart.

1983 – RCA records signed Latin teen sensations Menudo for $30 million. The lineup of five young boys all had to sign a contract agreeing to leave the group when they reached 16 and became too old for the group. Ricky Martin was once a member.

1979 – The Eagles started a nine-week run at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “The Long Run,” the group’s fourth U.S. No.1 album.

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. According to research, 53% of men do not know how to do THIS. What is it?
Tie a tie

2. According to research, THIS has made 30% of men cry. What is it?
The birth of a child

3. Nearly half of all men worldwide do THIS for 3 days in a row. What is it?
Wear the same pair of underwear

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