MONDAY, Jan 13 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR MONDAY, January 13, 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.)

KOREAN AMERICAN DAY
The Days of the Year website says this:
“On January 13, 1903, a group of 102 immigrants, mostly young men, arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii on the RMS Gaelic. They were the first Korean immigrants to arrive in the United States, and sought a better life, hoping to find work in the sugarcane plantations. Korean American Day was first celebrated in 2003 for the 100th anniversary of this arrival event in Hawaii. The day is recognized by the United States government, typically through an annual presidential proclamation, but is not considered a federal holiday.”

MAKE YOUR DREAM COME TRUE DAY
* Seriously? I only have 24 hours?

NATIONAL CLEAN (OFF) YOUR DESK DAY – Second Monday in January

NATIONAL PEACH MELBA DAY

NATIONAL RUBBER DUCKY DAY
The National Day Calendar website says this:
“The rubber ducky has come a long way from his first concept as a chew toy for children. The earliest patent for a rubber duck toy was issued in 1928 to Landon Smart Lawrence. His design was for a bath toy which was weighted and when tipped would return to its upright position. The sketch included with the patent was that of a duck.”

PUBLIC RADIO BROADCASTING DAY
The Famous Daily website says this:
“On this day, January 13th, in 1910, the first public radio broadcast was held. The transmission was conducted from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The ‘birth’ of public radio was heard in several areas in New York City, including hotels along Times Square. However, the first broadcast was actually considered unsuccessful, as the early microphones were unable to pick up most of the opera singing. Public radio would quickly become a staple of American households a few years later.”

January is:

Adopt a Rescued Bird Month
Be Kind to Food Servers Month
Family Fit Lifestyle Month
Financial Wellness Month
Get Organized Month
National Candy Month
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
National Hobby Month
National Skating Month
National Train Your Dog Month
Walk Your Pet 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

TUESDAY, January 14

Season Premieres:
Netflix – “Single’s Inferno”

WEDNESDAY, January 15

“With Love, Meghan”
Netflix – Lifestyle Reality Show
Synopsis: Next generation Martha Stewart wannabe Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, invites friends and famous guests to a beautiful California estate, where she shares cooking, gardening and hosting tips. May be delayed due to California fires disaster.

Season Premieres:
Disney+ – “A Real Bug’s Life”

THE BUZZ

UNDERWEAR: A SURVEY

A new survey of 2,000 Americans by the Hanes underwear company has some interesting findings:
– The average American maintains just four “good” pairs of underwear in their rotation, while women typically have three “good” bras. (* What – nobody wanted to ask for underwear for Christmas?)
– On average, people keep their underwear for three years. 10% use it for six years or more.
– Bras have an average lifespan of four years. 8% of women report wearing bras that have survived a decade or more.
– 60% of Gen Z and 57% of millennials carry around “in case of emergency” underwear.
* Yet I walk around the mall asking people about their underwear and they order me to leave.
* If you carry around emergency underwear, maybe you should use the bathroom before you leave the house.
* Not a lot of results. It must have been a brief survey.
* When I’m on the air, I call my underwear the Disc Jockeys.

U.S. NEWS

SCHOOL BUS MONITOR TRIES TO PASS OFF WRONG KID TO MOM, TWICE

Sarah Batista of Providence, Rhode Island, got a phone call last Monday from the bus company that takes her autistic 3-year-old child to and from school every day. The caller said they were at her door with her child but nobody was home. Batista looked out the door; there was no one there. She gave directions to the driver, and when the bus finally showed up and the bus monitor got off to deliver her child, it was not hers. She said, “That’s not mine.” The monitor went back into the bus and came out with the same child, but a different backpack. Sarah again said, “That’s not my child.” Finally, her son came off the bus with no jacket and no backpack. In a statement, the school district apologized and said that both the bus driver and the monitor were substitutes.
* And so were the kids, apparently.
* Mom: “That’s not my child.” Monitor: “Picky, picky, picky.”
* Usually when we carry these stories, it’s the grandparent who comes home with the wrong kid.
* You know, the kids are all just going back to school tomorrow, let them sort things out there.
* Just another reason to implant chips in our kids.

SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CAUGHT IN TWO LIES DURING TRAFFIC STOP

In Broward County, Florida, a 58-year-old school principal was arrested during a traffic stop on the Florida Turnpike last Tuesday for, first, impersonating a deputy and then claiming to be the cousin of basketball star Shaquille O’Neal. The driver, Karlton Odell Johnson, first flashed a wallet with a gold star inside, claiming, “I am an officer,” and continued to insist he was “one of you” when asked for his driver’s license and vehicle registration. However, after further questioning, Johnson admitted he was not a full-time deputy and stated he was a reserve deputy and that he was a cousin of Shaquille O’Neal. The trooper then contacted the Broward Sheriff’s Office to verify Johnson’s claims, only to discover that Johnson was not affiliated with the agency in any official capacity. According to the report – the badge was labeled “Honorary” and not an official law enforcement badge. And then it was determined that he was not O’Neal’s cousin. Mr. Johnson was, in fact, the principal of the Cypress Run Education Center school. He now faces one count of fraudulently impersonating a police officer.
* That’s an automatic three days detention in the library.
* “Fraudulently impersonating a police officer.” I guess that’s even worse than “Legitimately impersonating a police officer.”
* He probably isn’t even impersonating a school principal now.
* “Cypress Run Education Center,” ’cause “Cypress Run School” sounds too ordinary.
* Really, how far can you get claiming to be Shaquille O’Neal’s cousin these days? Maybe a free Frosty at Wendy’s, but not much else.

GUY BUYS HOUSE FOR $1,000, FINDS $10,000

A Toledo, Ohio, man bought an old unoccupied house to renovate. He paid $1,000 for it. While cleaning out the basement, be found five or six black $100 bills underneath a potbelly stove. He kept looking and found two more envelopes full of $100 bills stuck in between loose bricks, $10,000 in $100 bills. Walter Castanedo noticed the bills dated back to 1981. After an internet search, he found the son of the original homeowner and offered to split the money. The son told him that the family assumed his father hid money in the house, but they couldn’t find it when they moved everything out.
* “And let me know if you find Rinny, our dog,” he added.
* If you’re too lazy to look between loose bricks, do you really deserve half the money?
* $10,000. Well, more like $7,000, now that he’s blabbed about it and the IRS knows.
* It’s gonna cost the new owner $5,000 to redo the loose bricks in the basement.

FLORIDA WOMAN POOPS ON FLOOR WHILE PARTNER SHOPLIFTS

A Florida couple pulled a disgusting shoplifting job. The couple walked into a Family Dollar in Mulberry, Florida, back on on Dec. 18, and filled up a shopping cart with nearly $500 worth of merchandise. The woman then distracted employees by defecating on the floor as her partner strolled out the door with the full cart. The couple took off in a white Ford van. The store said that the couple, ironically, took mostly cleaning supplies. Police are still looking for the couple, whom they now refer to as “Miss Dookie” and “Mr. Clean.”
* They have shot to the top of America’s Least Wanted criminals.
* The clerks were thinking “Why couldn’t they just have carried guns?”
* So at Family Dollar, are the restrooms for employees only?
* In court, the evidence will be referred to as Exhibits P and U.
* $500 worth of Family Dollar merchandise in one shopping cart? How gigantic are the shopping carts at Family Dollar?

DUNKIN’ DONUTS: THE SHAMPOO

Dunkin’, the donut place that doesn’t want to be known for donuts anymore, has partnered with personal care brand Native to create a limited-edition collection full of donut-inspired scents. The collection includes deodorant, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, two-in-one, and hand and body lotion in a variety of sweet, glazed smells. There are four different scents: Strawberry Frosted, Vanilla Sprinkle, Blueberry Cobbler and Boston Kreme. The products can be found exclusively at Walmart and on Native’s online site.
* I hate to admit it, but I already kinda smell like a donut, all the time.
* Is there a coffee scent out there? Because coffee cologne and donut hair conditioner would be fantastic.
* Do you buy this kind of thing for yourself? Or do you buy it for somebody in the hopes that they use it and you can hang around somebody who smells like a donut all day?
* This’ll be more fun in spring and summer when the ants come back.
* The ball’s in your court, IHOP. How ’bout a pancake-and-syrup scented body wash?

TRENDING

SNL HOSTS FOR JANUARY: DAVE CHAPPELLE AND TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET

Saturday Night Live announced its first hosts of 2025 on Friday. Comedian Dave Chappelle will host the Jan. 18 episode, marking his fourth time as host. Glorilla is the musical guest. Timothée Chalamet will serve as both host and musical guest on Jan. 25.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (1/10 – 1/12)

1. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera – $15.5 million
2. Mufasa: The Lion King – $13.2 million
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 – $11 million
4. Nosferatu – $6.8 million
5. Moana 2 – $6.5 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

January 20, Monday – Inauguration Day
January 20, Monday – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 27, Monday – Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day (UN)
January 29, Wednesday – Chinese New Year (The Year of the Wood Snake)
February 2, Sunday – Groundhog Day
February 12, Wednesday – Lincoln’s Birthday
February 14, Friday – Valentine’s Day
February 17, Monday – Presidents Day / Washington’s Birthday
March 9, Tuesday – Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras
March 9, Sunday – Daylight Saving Time Begins
March 17, Monday – St. Patrick’s Day
March 20, Thursday – Spring begins, Spring Equinox is 5:01 a.m. EDT

BIRTHDAYS

Liam Hemsworth (actor, “Hunger Games” movies, briefly Mr. Miley Cyrus) … 35
Orlando Bloom (actor, “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “The Lord of the Rings” movies) … 48
Shonda Rhimes (writer-producer, “Bridgerton,” “How to Get Away with Murder,” “Scandal,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice”) .. 55
Patrick Dempsey (actor, “Grey’s Anatomy) … 59
Trace Adkins (country singer) … 63
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss (actress, “Veep,” “Seinfeld”) … 64

Today’s Birthdays grade: Thor’s brother! The queen of TV producers! An original “Seinfeld” castmember! And more! Grade: B.

[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!

“If life isn’t about human beings and living in harmony, then I don’t know what it’s about.”

(A) The Dalai Lama
(B) Kim Jong-un
(C) Orlando Bloom

ANSWER: (C) Orlando Bloom

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2020 – Scientists declared that the “Murchison meteorite” which fell to earth in Australia in the 1960s is the oldest material existing on earth, at 7.5 billion years old.
* And yes, the second oldest is Keith Richards.

2002 – President Bush fainted briefly after choking on a pretzel while watching a football game.
* The remaining pretzels were immediately taken to a secret U.S. prison and haven’t been heard from since.

1942 – An aircraft ejection seat was used to save a life for the first time.
* A life was saved, but a pair of underpants was ruined.

1910 – Radio pioneer Lee De Forest arranged the world’s first radio broadcast to the public, in New York City. Opera singers including Enrico Caruso were heard by listeners at special receiving stations set up in various parts of town.
* Opera singers. So back then they thought radio would turn out to be a classy entertainment venue.

1854 – The accordion was patented.
* Patented. Oh, yeah. Like someone would steal THAT idea.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2010 – Beyonce and Jay-Z were named Hollywood’s top-earning couple by Forbes magazine. The pair earned an estimated $122M between June 2008 and June 2009 – more than any other couple married or unmarried.

2005 – A report showed that more songs had been written about Elvis Presley than any other artist. It listed over 220 songs including: “Graceland” by Paul Simon, “A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel” by U2, “Calling Elvis” by Dire Straits, “Happy Birthday Elvis” by Loudon Wainwright III, “There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis” by Kirsty MacColl, “I Saw Elvis in a UFO” by Ray Stevens, “Elvis Has Left the Building” by Frank Zappa and “My Dog Thinks I’m Elvis” by Ray Herndon.

2003 – Diana Ross appeared in a U.S. court charged with driving while twice over the drunk driving limit. Police in Tucson reported that Miss Ross could not walk in a straight line, touch her nose or count to 30 after she had been stopped for swerving across the road.

2003 – Pete Townshend was arrested on suspicion of child porn offenses. Police officers impounded seven computers from his home in Richmond, South West London. The Metropolitan Police later stated that “it was established that Mr. Townshend was not in possession of any downloaded child abuse images.”

2000 – Christina Aguilera had the No.1 single in the U.S. with “What A Girl Wants.”

1986 – Sex Pistol members John Lydon, Steve Jones and Paul Cook, as well as the mother of Sid Vicious, sued former manager Malcom McClaren for $1.7 million. They settled out of court.

1978 – The Police started recording their first album at Surrey Sound Studios, Surrey, England with producer Nigel Gray.

1973 – Carly Simon started a five-week run at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “No Secrets.”

1973 – Eric Clapton returned to the recording studio after a two-year battle kicking heroin.

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. Roughly 15% of the work force has one of THESE. What is it?
A business card

2. When it comes to not getting work done in the office, 16% of workers blame THIS. What is it?
The temperature in the office

3. About 40% of us have worn THIS to work. What is it?
A price tag on our clothing

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