MONDAY, Aug 19 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR MONDAY, August 19, 2024
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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.)

NATIONAL AVIATION DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“National Aviation Day is in honor of the birthday of aviator Orville Wright. It is sometimes called Wright Brothers Day. To a lesser degree, National Aviation Day sometimes honors other early aviation and space pioneers. The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were pioneer aviators in the United States. Orville was the first person to successfully fly an airplane. His first flight was December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This inaugural flight was soon to change the skies forever. This special day was created by a presidential proclamation by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939.”

NATIONAL POTATO DAY

NATIONAL SOFT ICE CREAM DAY

WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY

WORLD ORANGUTAN DAY

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY

August is:

Black Business Month
Family Fun Month
International Peace Month
National Back to School Month
National Catfish Month
National Crayon Collection Month
National Goat Cheese Month
National Golf Month
National Panini Month
National Peach Month
National Sandwich Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Monday through Wednesday
Listings sourced from the TV Guide and EW websites

MONDAY, August 19

“The Anonymous”
USA Network – New Unscripted Competition Show
Synopsis: Twelve contestants will manipulate, mislead, and do whatever it takes to secure up to $100,000, while attempting to remain anonymous.

TUESDAY, August 20

“Face to Face with Scott Peterson”
Peacock – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Takes a new look at the notorious case of Scott Peterson, who gives his first on-camera interview since 2003.

“Langston Kerman: Bad Poetry”
Netflix – New Comedy Special
Synopsis: The comedian talks about parenting a top-tier baby, teaching mean teens and managing his mother-in-law’s dating apps.

“Muslim Matchmaker”
Hulu – New Unscripted Dating Show
Synopsis: Matchmakers Hoda and Yasmin are on a mission – to help Muslim American singles find their lifelong partner while staying true to their faith.

“Untold: The Murder of Air McNair”
Netflix – New Documentary
Synopsis: Tracks the rise of legendary NFL quarterback Steve McNair and the perplexing details surrounding his shocking murder in 2009.

WEDNESDAY, August 21

“Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE”
Netflix – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Twenty aspiring pop stars undergo a K-pop training program in this docuseries about the creation of HYBE x Geffen’s first global girl group, KATSEYE.

“Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War”
Netflix – New Docuseries
Synopsis: The legendary feud between Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton unfolds through vivid reenactments in this docudrama about the gunfight that defined an era.

BOB WEATHERWAX, TRAINER OF LASSIE, DIES

Bob Weatherwax, the trainer of Lassie the dog, has died at the age of 83. Bob was a member of the famous Weatherwax family of animal trainers. Members of his family trained Asta the dog in The Thin Man movies, Toto in The Wizard of Oz, and Old Yeller. Bob Weatherwax himself served as the handler for the dog Einstein in Back to the Future. He served as an animal trainer under his dad Rudd Weatherwax on the old Lassie TV series that aired from 1954-1974 and on a couple of other Lassie projects. Weatherwax carried on the Lassie legacy until 2002, when his family, against his wishes, voted to sell the Lassie trademark.
* They threw him to the dogs.
* But they thought it was best, ’cause by that time he was dog-tired.
* So where’s Lassie now? Turning dog tricks down on Hollywood Boulevard?
* It’s real sad. She’ll roll over and let you rub her tummy for a couple of Milk Bones.
* If Lassie was upset when Timmy was in the well, wait’ll she finds out where Bobby is now.

THE BUZZ

I’LL NEVER UNDERSTAND IT

Reddit asked, “What’s something that no matter how it’s explained to you, you just can’t understand how it works?” Some of the answers:
– “Space, it’s so big that it is unfathomable and I think it’s expanding?! Into what? How did it start?”
– “How we went from rocks to building software.”
– “The whole transformation from caterpillars to butterflies. I understand what they DO but the worm just decides to rearrange itself into a winged creature that looks nothing like it did before.”
– “Magnets. I’ve decided that they’re magic, and that’s all there is to it.”
– “How my cat can sleep through me crinkling any type of plastic but will wake up from the deepest sleep if I touch the bag his treats are in.”
– “I don’t get how cell phones work. I get it. I don’t. How can I speak to my family in the Middle East on FaceTime without any sort of cords. My mind cannot fathom.”
– “That scene from Interstellar when they go to the planet for a bit, then get back to the ship and the dude’s many years older. Why time passes quicker in different places in space.”
– “Folding a fitted sheet.”
– “Automatic transmissions.”
– “Daylight Savings Time.”
– “Chopsticks.”
– “Women.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What thing can you just not understand?

U.S. NEWS

DOCTOR WAS NOT WEARING HEARING AIDS, DID NOT HEAR PATIENT SCREAM

In Tampa, Florida, a doctor is facing disciplinary action because he did not wear his hearing aids during a colonoscopy, and could not hear a patient screaming in pain. Gastroenterologist Dr. Ishwari Prasad was placed on probation by the state’s Board of Medicine after at least two colonoscopy procedures went wrong under his care. In one instance, a colonoscopy was performed on a patient who was not yet fully sedated. During the procedure, Prasad began inserting the scope prematurely, causing the patient to begin yelling. He could not hear the yells as he “continued to insert the scope despite being told to wait and began to thrust the scope into the patient’s rectum while the patient shouted in pain.” Dr. Prasad was fined $7,500 and is required to take a five-hour course on continuing medical education in laws, rules and ethics.
* What a pain in the ass!
* NOW who’s ass is in a sling?
* You could see what he was doing wrong, in hindsight.
* Maybe him and his team should take a course in sign language?
* He should also be sentenced to drink a gallon of that stuff they make you drink before the procedure.

MAYOR ARRESTED FOR SUPPLYING GIN TO PRISON ROAD CREW

The mayor of a small Georgia town has been indicted on charges that he left a bottle of gin in a ditch for a state prison work crew. The indictment says that Mayor Benji Cranford of Thomson, Georgia, drove to a store on June 3, bought a bottle of Seagram’s Extra Dry Gin and left it in a ditch along Georgia 150 in the path of a work crew of state prisoners from the County Correctional Institution. He was arrested last Wednesday after a city council meeting and led away in handcuffs. He faces felony charges of furnishing prohibited items to inmates and attempt to commit a felony.
* He must have been hiding it there knowing he’d be able to recover it himself soon.
* As he was led away in handcuffs, there were a lot of BOOs!
* What’s the difference between ‘planting’ a bottle of gin in a ditch and just tossing it out the car window? In the South, I mean.
* It’s Georgia. You gotta drum up the votes however you can.
* Maybe prison road crews in Georgia are allowed martini breaks every two hours?

FLORIDA MAN INJURED AT VICTORIA’S SECRET

A Florida Man is suing Victoria’s Secret after he was badly hurt at their flagship store in New York City. Steven Goodman, of Parkland, Florida, was visiting New York on Nov. 15 when he sustained “serious” injuries after falling over what he’s calling a “negligently” placed display, which sat above the staircase and handrail. Mr. Goodman, 66, needed emergency medical care after the mishap and contended the store was aware of the “dangerous, and trap-like condition.” There is no report on what injuries he incurred.
* So he says the store was negligee– er, negligent.
* Sounds like he’s really got his panties in a twist.
* What happened was unmentionables.
* Florida Man even does Florida Man things when he’s not even in Florida.
* Is it just the slightest bit possible that he was distracted by something in the store?

BILLIONAIRE FIGHT!

Mark Attanasio, the billionaire owner of the Milwaukee Brewers, owns a house in Malibu, California. He is being accused by a billionaire neighbor of stealing his sand. Mr. Attanasio had obtained permits in March to repair a damaged sea wall, but his neighbor, financier James Kohlberg, has filed a lawsuit accusing Attanasio of “using a public beach as his own personal sandbox.” The construction crew, he says, has been using excavators to dig on the beach and take the sand to Attanasio’s property. The California Coastal Commission is reportedly investigating the project.
* “Yes, this sand HERE is definitely from that sand over THERE.”
* Wow, that guy’s plan was really built on sand.
* And the guy who’s suing over the sand vows to keep fighting. He’s got grit.
* Boys, boys…. there’s plenty of sand for every billionaire. Just take it from the poor people’s beach down the coast.

SCIENTIST ACTUALLY WANTS PEOPLE TO SEND HIM CAT VIDEOS

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, are asking for cat videos. It’s for a study, they claim, to better understand how owners interact with their cats, as well as what makes for a good play session. First, they are requesting a two-minute video of you playing with your cat – and a cat toy – the way you typically would. Chosen participants will then be sent a cat toy – the same “standard” toy for everybody – and they’ll be asked to move the toy in front of their cat with a specific motion. Researcher Hee Jin Chung, a PhD student, says the study is to compare how playful different cats are with a specific moving toy. People participating in the study will also have a chance to win one of three $50 Amazon gift cards.
* Oh, come on – just come out and tell us which cat toy company is behind all this.
* Wait – I can SEND him my cat videos AND get paid for it? I think I’m in heaven.
* This poor guy has no idea the can of worms he’s just opened. Or can of tuna, rather.
* Sure, they could work on something like curing cancer, but that kind of stuff is so HARD!
* Here’s the fatal flaw: find me any cat who can do any one thing for a solid two minutes. Good luck with that.
* Address your cat video to University of California, Department of Middle-Age Single Ladies.

TRENDINGKEITH URBAN DOES A POP-UP CONCERT AT BUC-EE’S

Last Friday, four-time Grammy winner Keith Urban performed at a Buc-ee’s parking lot in Athens, Alabama. Around 4 p.m. Friday, Urban posted on X that he was playing the Athens Buc-ee’s at 8 p.m. More than 5,000 people showed up. What’s more, Urban worked inside the rest stop for a few hours, spooning barbecue sauce onto Buc-ee’s’ famous chopped brisket.

FORMER SNL CAST MEMBER VICTORIA JACKSON HAS CANCER

Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Victoria Jackson announced that she was diagnosed with an inoperable cancer and has less than 3 years left to live. In an Instagram video, the comedian and actor confirmed that the cancer has returned, saying, “Update on the cancer: they cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe and eventually would suffocate me to death.” Jackson said she will be receiving a “magic pill” that will hopefully shrink the tumor. She looked the pill up on Google and it said people who take it have “32.6 months to live,” while the people who took the placebo had 28 months to live, she said. “I’ve had a fantastic life,” she said, adding that she would like to see her grandson, Jimmy, be born in October, and to see her daughter become a mother. “You know, we’re all dying but when you kinda see in print, you have 32.6 months, it makes you think, ya know? But I wouldn’t change anything.”

INDIANA JONES HAT SELLS FOR $630,000

One of Indiana Jones’ fedoras has sold at auction for an $630,000. While Harrison Ford wore multiple fedoras throughout the five films, this particular hat was from The Temple of Doom. According to the auction house, it “matches film shots, production stills, and behind-the-scenes footage of Ford in the village set on location in Sri Lanka, in the mine cart chase, and in the river sequence.” The hat was previously owned by Harrison’s stunt man Dean Ferrandini, who died last year.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (August 16-18)

1. Alien: Romulus – $42 million
2. Deadpool & Wolverine – $27 million
3. It Ends With Us – $24 million
4. Twisters -$9.2 million
5. Despicable Me 4 – $5.4 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Sept. 2, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Wednesday – Patriot Day
Sept. 20, Friday – National POW/MIA Recognition Day (The third Friday of September)
Sept. 23, Sunday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 8:44 a.m. EDT)
Oct. 14, Monday – Columbus Day
Oct. 16, Wednesday – National Boss’s Day
Oct. 31, Thursday – Halloween

BIRTHDAYS

Melissa Fumero (actress, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) … 42
Clay Walker (country singer) … 55
Lee Ann Womack (country singer) … 58
Kyra Sedgwick (actress) … 59
John Stamos (actor, “Fuller House,” “Grandfathered,” “Full House”) … 61
Peter Gallagher (actor, “Palm Springs,” “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”) … 69
Jonathan Frakes (actor, director, Commander Riker on “Star Trek: The Next Generation”) … 72
John Deacon (bassist with Queen) … 73
Bill Clinton (former U.S. president, infamously horny bastard) … 78
Jill St. John (actress, “Diamonds Are Forever”) … 84

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

“I like when guests come over early and we chop veggies and talk and play music.”

(A) Vladimir Putin
(B) Kim Jong Un
(C) John Stamos

ANSWER: (C) John Stamos

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2020 – Apple became the 1st U.S. company to be valued at $2 trillion, just 2 years after it reached $1 trillion valuation.
* Free iPhones for everybody!

2010 – The last American combat brigade exited Iraq, seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion began.
* Well, all’s well that ends well.

2004 – Internet search-engine company Google went public.
* Obviously, I wasn’t smart enough to invest – I’m still working here.

1950 – ABC broadcast the first children’s programs on Saturday morning, called “Animal Clinic” and “Acrobat Ranch.”
* These would later be the same names used for a series of bizarre adult videos.

1848 – The New York Herald reported the discovery of gold in California.
* “Quick! Where can I get an airline ticket? What? There’s no such thing as airlines?”

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2019 – The guitar Duane Allman played on the classic Derek and the Dominos song ‘Layla’ sold for $1 million at auction. The 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop was Allman’s main guitar during the first two years of the Allman Brothers Band and was played on their 1969 self-titled debut album and 1970 follow-up Idlewild South. ‘Layla’ was one of the final recordings that featured Allman playing that guitar as soon after, the guitarist swapped it for a 1959 Les Paul.

2013 – Lady Gaga asked her fans to stop sending online threats to her critics. The singer said she would not condone “hateful or abusive language” directed towards others, adding “this is not a healthy way to handle your emotions.”

1997 – The Fleetwood Mac live reunion album “The Dance” was released.

1973 – Kris Kristofferson married Rita Coolidge in a ceremony presided over by his minister father.

1964 – The Beatles’ first U.S. tour opened at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.

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.Research shows people who do THIS are happier at the office. What is it?
The ride their bike to work

2. 40% of workers surveyed believe their job would be better with less of THIS. What is it?
Email

3. 14% of people surveyed dream of THIS at work. What is it?
Being their own boss / starting a business

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