MONDAY, April 7 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR MONDAY, April 7, 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.)

COFFEE CAKE DAY

INTERNATIONAL BEAVER DAY

INTERNATIONAL SNAILPAPERS DAY (Newspapers)

METRIC SYSTEM DAY

NATIONAL BEER DAY
The Punchbowl website says this:
“Today is National Beer Day! People have been brewing beer ever since they began cultivating domesticated grains 8,000 years ago. Beer has been an important part of human culture ever since. Today, beer is the third most popular beverage in the world behind water and tea. So why is National Beer Day celebrated on April 7th? On this day in 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt took the first step toward ending Prohibition and signed a law that allowed people to brew and sell beer as long as it remained below 4.0% alcohol by volume (ABV). Despite the low ABV, Americans were thrilled to be able to purchase beer for the first time in thirteen years.”

NATIONAL NO HOUSEWORK DAY
The National Today website says this:
“Maintaining a clean and liveable home can sometimes feel like a never-ending chore. As soon as you have finished the washing and the cleaning, it all needs doing again, and again, and again. Well, that’s why National No Housework Day is here, to allow yourself a break, meaning that for one day at least, you don’t need to worry about the housework.”

PUBLIC TELEVISION DAY
The National Today website says this:
“On this date in 1927, AT&T’s Bell Laboratories transmitted the first successful long-distance public broadcast of television. It was the live picture and voice of Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, and was transmitted from Washington, D.C., to New York City.”

WORLD HEALTH DAY
From various sources:
Sponsored by United Nation’s World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Day focuses upon a different health theme each year. The theme for 2025 is “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures,” focusing on how to end preventable deaths and improve the well-being of women and babies.

April is:

Adopt a Greyhound Month
Car Care Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
D.E.A.R Drop Everything and Read Month
International Guitar Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Garden Month
National Humor Month
National Poetry 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

MONDAY, Apr 7

“Kill Tony: Kill or Be Killed”
Netflix – Stand-Up Comedy Special
Synopsis: Features one-minute stand-up performances from new comedians, followed by feedback from Tony Hinchcliffe and his panel. From the people behind the podcast.

“Not Just a Goof”
Disney+ – New Documentary
Synopsis: Behind-the-scenes story of the making of “A Goofy Movie” that follows a young creative team tackling their first Disney feature, facing disappointment upon release, only for the film to gain a passionate following decades later.

“Paradise”
ABC – The streaming series comes to linear TV, probably with edits

TUESDAY, Apr 8

“Kian’s Bizarre B&B”
Netflix – New Unscripted Show from Korea
Synopsis: At a B&B on a remote island, guests are subjected to playful exploits and delightful chaos.

“Spy High”
Prime Video – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Explores the story of 15-year-old Blake Robbins, who filed a lawsuit claiming that his prestigious public school was spying on him when he was accused of selling drugs.

“The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox”
Netflix – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Goes inside the dugout and gets up close and personal with the 2024 Boston Red Sox during their roller-coaster season.

Season Premieres:
Hulu – “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Netflix – “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman”

WEDNESDAY, Apr 9

“Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing”
Netflix – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Teens and parents reveal disturbing accounts of abuse and exploitation within the world of child influencers.

“The Dad Quest”
Netflix – New Movie
Synopsis: When a father-son duo learns that they may not be biologically related, the two embark on a wild adventure through Mexico to find the truth.

GOLFER RYAN MCCORMICK TAPES MOUTH SHUT

Pro golfer Ryan McCormick taped over his own mouth to, as he said, “shut himself up” for his entire round on Friday at the Club Car Championship in Savannah, Georgia. McCormick is prone to tantrums when he doesn’t play well, and lately he’s been off his game. He knows his behavior isn’t fair to his playing partners, and says he’s tried to control his temper, reading books and talking to various people about the problem, but he’s run out of ideas. He said, “I just figured I’d shut myself up. So I put tape over my mouth. I was hoping maybe that it would help me. Can’t say that it did or didn’t.” He finished the round at one over par.
* So it didn’t.
* Good luck to the person in front of him when he takes that tape off.
* It’s dumb, but at least it wasn’t Super Glue.
* I wonder how I could get (your co-host, newsperson, midday host) to try this?
* If he’s that angry all the time, maybe he should quit golf and get into cable news.

LAS VEGAS SPHERE TO DEBUT “WIZARD OF OZ EXPERIENCE”

The Las Vegas Sphere has announced what they call a “fully immersive” version of the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz, beginning in August. The Sphere is the new large, ball-shaped arena with super hi-tech lighting and sound. The company says it has developed a version of The Wizard of Oz that “will maintain the integrity of the original while pushing the boundaries of Sphere’s experiential medium.”
* Yeah, you’re gonna want to get high for this.
* It’s so immersive you can smell the hog pen Dorothy falls into on the farm. But, of course, that will just be all the sweaty Las Vegas tourists.
* How sweaty? They’re practically melting … melting … oh, what a world, what a world …
* The tornado scene promises to suck you out of your seat, and the money out of your pocket!
* If you only had a brain, you wouldn’t pay those ticket prices.

THE BUZZ

FUNNY NAMES OF BUSINESSES

Reddit asked, “What’s the funniest or most creative small business name in your hometown?” Some of the responses:
– “Laundro Mutt has stations so you can wash your dog.”
– “My Lo Mein. Chinese restaurant located in Milo, Maine.”
– “Furniture/homeware store called ‘Chests, Jugs and Knockers’.”
– “Window tinting company called Darth Shader.”
– “UnPhoGetta Bowl. A tasty little soup place.”
– “Chip’s Auto Glass.”
– “Temple of Groom barbershop, Boston.”
– “There was a chimney sweep business in Indianapolis named Ash Wipers.”
– “Somebody bought a closed down gas station and converted it into a cannabis dispensary. It’s called The Grass Station.”
– “Snip Doggy Dogg- Dog groomer.”
– “Shack of Sit, furniture outlet.”
– “Upper cuts. Barber used to be an Olympic boxer.”
– “All Sales Vinyl record store.”
– “Give Pizza Chance in Sooke BC.”
– “Back To The Fuscia is a little flower shop.”
– “Planet of the Vapes.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you know a business with a real clever name?

U.S. NEWS

FLORIDA MAN GOES CRAZY OVER LACK OF FREE REFILL AT LEMONADE STAND

In Clearwater, Florida, a man was arrested after he assaulted a woman when she wouldn’t let him have a free refill at a children’s lemonade stand. Steven Cusumano, 45, was walking through a neighborhood when he spotted a lemonade stand operated by several children and the woman. He bought a glass of lemonade but became angry when he was refused a free refill. Police say Cusumano grabbed the woman by the wrist and threatened to “beat her up.” After the altercation, he fled the scene on foot but was quickly tracked down by law enforcement.
* They probably shorted him on ice cubes, too.
* Sounds like a spoiled Starbucks customer.
* The weird part? He does the same thing at gas stations.
* Now he’s in jail, where a different part of his body is puckering.
* Now the kids want to take up a safer Florida business, like arms dealing.
* Their lemonade stand experience has left them with … a bitter taste in their mouths.

AUDIO – NEVADA MAN CLAIMS SEVEN TIGERS WERE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS

Authorities in Pahrump, Nevada, seized seven tigers from the home of Karl Mitchell, owner of a company called Big Cats Entertainment. Authorities said they have known for several years Mitchell had big cats on his property, but he had no permits for them. Mitchell said six of his tigers were rescued from Joe Exotic, the jailed former big cat owner from Netflix’s Tiger King documentary series. He said, “I’m a 100% disabled veteran with PTSD. The VA and my doctors have approved the tigers to work as support animals.”
* You’re gonna tell seven tigers they’re NOT emotional support animals?
* The doctors gave their approval when he threatened to put them in the cage.
* He used to have emotional support dogs, but the tigers ate them.
* The biggest problem with emotional support tigers is getting the yellow vest on them when you take them out to Home Depot.
CLIP: “We asked a knowledgeable source if tigers are good support animals.” Tony the Tiger: “They’re great!”
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/tony-the-tiger-theyre-great(dot)mp3

TEXAS ROADHOUSE NOW THE TOP CASUAL DINING CHAIN

Texas Roadhouse has replaced Olive Garden as America’s top casual dining chain. The rating is based on sales. Olive Garden had held the title since 2018, but a resurgence in Texas Roadhouse’s popularity has pushed the casual steakhouse ahead. The Top Ten:
1. Texas Roadhouse
2. Olive Garden
3. Chili’s
4. Applebee’s
5. Buffalo Wild Wings
6. Longhorn Steakhouse
7. Outback Steakhouse
8. The Cheesecake Factory
9. Red Lobster
10. Red Robin
* The lessons we can learn from this list:
– America’s casual diners don’t like names with apostrophes.
– America’s plumbers will never be out of work, especially when it comes to toilet snaking.
– There aren’t enough pasta dishes that include a big hunk of red meat.
– Souper Salad doesn’t stand a chance in this country.

TRENDING

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (April 4-6)

1. A Minecraft Movie – $135 million
2. A Working Man – $7.2 million
3. The Chosen – Last Supper Part 1: Does Anyone Want Coffee? – $6.9 million
4. Snow White – $5.9 million
5. Woman in the Yard – $4.3 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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)

BIRTHDAYS

Ben McKee (bassist w Imagine Dragons) … 40
Kevin Alejandro (actor, “Lucifer”, “Arrow”) … 49
Russell Crowe (actor) … 61
Jackie Chan (actor) … 71
John Oates (singer/musician, Hall and Oates) … 77
Francis Ford Coppola (film director) … 87

Today’s Birthdays grade: A director whose work runs the gamut from “Apocalypse Now” to “Megalopolis” (oops!), a stuntman turned martial arts/comedy star, the original “Gladiator,” a feuding member of the purported number-one selling duo in music history, a member of the first band to have four songs surpass one billion streams each, and that guy from “Lucifer” who’s in “Fire Country.” Maybe you know who that is. A better-than-average bunch. Grade: B-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!

“I’m not one of those fellows that is just going to have a pseudo-middling relationship.”

(A) John Mayer
(B) Leonardo DiCaprio
(C) Russell Crowe

ANSWER: (C) Russell Crowe

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1969 – The Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.
* Unanimously! Horny bastards!

1966 – The United States recovered a hydrogen bomb it had lost off the coast of Spain.
* Not the kind of thing you want washing up on the beach.

1959 – The world’s first nuclear-generated electricity was produced at the Los Alamos National Laboratories. Atomic Power Commissioner Dixie Lee Ray announced that nuclear power would be “too cheap to meter.”
* Let’s rephrase that: “Disposing of eternally lethal nuclear waste will be too expensive to estimate.”

1959 – For the first time ever, scientists at Stanford in California bounced radar off the sun.
* This was the first time it worked, ’cause all the other attempts were at night.

1943 – Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hoffman produced the world’s first batch of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).
* He called a press conference and announced “The electric stained-glass pinball machines are melting!”

1927 – Employees at Bell Laboratories in New York City demonstrated the first television transmission. A handful of viewers saw and heard Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover.
* He did a little skit with a ventriloquist’s dummy – it was very corny and they never asked him back.

1831 – The first box of matches was sold.
* They took off like … well, like a house on fire.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2015 – The original manuscript of Don McLean’s American Pie sold for $1.2m at a New York auction. The 16-page draft had been expected to fetch as much as $1.5m at the Christie’s sale. McLean said writing the song was “a mystical trip into his past.”

2001 – Paul McCartney bought the four-bedroom Beverly Hills home of Courtney Love for $3.9 million. The gated 1930s house has its own pool and 1.5 acres of land.

1998 – George Michael was arrested in a public restroom in Beverly Hills for lewd conduct. He was sentenced to community service for the incident.

1998 – Country singer Tammy Wynette died at age 55. She scored 12 hit singles including “Stand By Your Man” and sold over 30 million records world-wide; married five times and once filed for bankruptcy.

1994 – Courtney Love was arrested on drugs and theft charges after a reported overdose. Love was unaware that her husband Kurt Cobain was dead at their home.

1994 – Percy Sledge pleaded guilty to tax evasion. The soul singer was given five years’ probation and ordered to pay more than $95,000 in back taxes. He also received a sentence of six months in a halfway house and was ordered to participate in a substance-abuse program.

1990 – Bonnie Raitt started a three-week run at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Nick Of Time.”

1990 – Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee was injured when performing a stunt during a concert, falling 20 feet from a lighting rig.

1988 – During a European tour, Alice Cooper accidentally hung himself in a rehearsal when a safety rope snapped. He dangled for several seconds before a roadie saved him.

1985 – Wham! became the first western pop group to perform live in China, when they played at the workers gymnasium in Beijing.

1984 – A record 40 British acts appeared on the U.S. Top 100 singles chart, with Culture Club, Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, Eurythmics, Phil Collins, Paul McCartney and Yes all having current hits.

1981 – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off their first full-scale tour in Hamburg, Germany. This was Springsteen’s first tour outside North America, which would include 10 countries.

1979 – The Doobie Brothers went to No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Minute By Minute,” the group’s only U.S. chart topper.

1973 – Diana Ross started a two-week run at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Lady Sings The Blues.”

1962 – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met Brian Jones for the first time at a jazz club in England. Jones was calling himself Elmo Lewis and was playing guitar with Paul Jones.

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 a recent study, it costs the average person $3300 a year to do THIS. What is it?
Get to and from work

2. 36% of people don’t like it when their coworker does THIS. What is it?
Takes off their shoes

3. 12% of people say THIS is the #1 thing that keeps them from being productive at work. What is it?
Being hungry

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