MONDAY, July 7 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR MONDAY, July 7, 2025
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TODAY IS …
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BUILD A SCARECROW DAY

WORLD CHOCOLATE DAY
An annual celebration of chocolate, occurring globally on July 7, which some suggest to be the anniversary of the introduction of chocolate to Europe in 1550.

FATHER-DAUGHTER TAKE A WALK TOGETHER DAY

NATIONAL MACARONI DAY

NATIONAL STRAWBERRY SUNDAE DAY

TELL THE TRUTH DAY
Promoting honesty in daily interactions, Tell the Truth Day was being celebrated in various forms as early as the 1700s, promoting honesty in daily interactions.
* PHONE TOPIC: Have members of the morning show admit weird or embarrassing truths, then invite listeners to anonymously phone in with their contributions.

July is:

Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month
Air Conditioning Appreciation Month
Baked Bean Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Family Reunion Month
International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
National Blueberries Month
National Grilling Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
Melon Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Monday through Wednesday
Listings compiled from multiple sources

MONDAY, July 7

“Survival Mode”
NBC – New Docuseries
Synopsis – Chronicles some of the most recent devastating disasters – including the Maui wildfires, the Amtrak 501 derailment, Superstorm Sandy, and the sinking of the Costa Concordia.

Season Premieres:
ABC – “Bachelor in Paradise”
Hulu – “Such Brave Girls”

TUESDAY, July 8

“Better Late Than Single”
Netflix – New Reality Dating Show from South Korea
Synopsis: “Eternal singles” – adults who have never been in a relationship – receive expert coaching in this makeover-style dating reality show.

“Nate Jackson: Super Funny”
Netflix – Stand-Up Comedy Special
Synopsis: Sharp jokes meet savage roasts as Nate Jackson blends his infamous crowd work with takes on topics from judgment-free gyms to catfishing.

“Simple Plan: The Kids in the Crowd”
Prime Video – New Documentary
Synopsis: The members of Simple Plan and a cast of punk-rock superstars recount the highs and lows of the first 25 years of their career.

Season Premieres:
Netflix – “Quarterback”

WEDNESDAY, July 9

“Ballard”
Prime Video – New Series
Synopsis: In this spin-off from the show “Bosch,” LAPD detective Renée Ballard catches bad guys, both on the street and in her own department.

“Building the Band”
Netflix – New Music Competition Show
Synopsis: 50 singers form six bands without ever seeing each other, having to rely solely on musical compatibility and chemistry. Once the bands are formed, they will meet and have to gel with looks, choreography, and style coming into play.

“The Gringo Hunters”
Netflix – New Crime Drama from Mexico
Synopsis: Centered on an elite Mexican police unit that catches fugitives on the run to Mexico.

“Under a Dark Sun”
Netflix – New Series from France
Synopsis: On the run from her troubled past, a young mother is accused of killing her new boss at a flower farm just before discovering he’s actually her father.

“Ziam”
Netflix – New Movie from Thailand
Synopsis: In a fight for survival against a horrifying army of zombies, a former Muay Thai fighter must use skill, speed and grit to save his girlfriend.

Season Premieres:
FXX = “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”

THE BUZZ

SKILLS THAT ARE SURPRISINGLY EASY TO LEARN

Reddit asked, “Which ‘wow’ skill is secretly super easy to learn?” Some of the responses:
– “Learning the sky. Both day and night. Anywhere on earth, day or night, using the sky, I know the cardinal directions. I know most constellations. I know what most of the fuzzy patches visible to the naked eye are in the night sky and can explain them to people. I can give a basic weather forecast by looking at cloud types.”
– “I learned how to make basic balloon animals and swords in a few hours and now all the kids at family parties love me.”
– “Lock picking. Was always impressed by it, and then I learned it and realized how really insecure most padlocks are.”
– “Being able to tell people what day of the week any given date falls on.”
– “Basic electronics repair – very often it’s just a wobbly solder joint.”
– “Splitting an apple in half with your bare hands.”
– “Balancing things on your finger tip. The key is to look at the very top of the object.”
– “Rubik’s Cube. Learned it over 40 years ago and still impress people every time!! I’m not one of those 30 second solvers (wish I was) but always a minute or two.”
– “Origami. Once you learn the basic folds, a lot of origami is just a combination of basic folds.”
– “Very loud whistle. Looks like black magic until you try it for 10 minutes and suddenly you’re summoning taxis like a wizard.”
– “Parallel parking. I could teach you in ten minutes.”
– “Plugging a tire is faster and easier than putting on the spare.”
– “Doing a backflip on ground is surprisingly easy if you are in somewhat good shape.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you have a “wow” skill? Is it easy to learn?

U.S. NEWS

FIREWORKS DELIVERED TO WRONG TOWN

The town of Leadville, Colorado – which sits high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains – had to cancel their fireworks display on Friday because the fireworks were delivered to the wrong town – Telluride, another mountain town 250 miles away. Officials said there was no way to pick them up and bring them to Leadville in time for the show.
* There and back is, what, an 8-hour drive? People have driven further to pick up a pizza. Elvis once flew from Memphis to Denver to get a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
* When people in town heard the news, it really … set them off.
* Leadville had to make do with someone tossing glitter while banging pots and pans together.
* Meanwhile, Telluride got to use the Leadville fireworks, which turned out to be six bottle rockets and a couple of those ground spinners.

THE BEEF TONGUE BANDIT

In Lytle, Texas, a woman was busted after allegedly walking out of a supermarket with a cartful of stolen goods — including $150 worth of beef tongues. A police officer had just popped into the store for lunch when he spotted Roxanne Hernandez, 36, walking out of the store without paying. He tried to stop her, but a scuffle unfolded, which prompted another officer to come help. Around the same time, the suspect’s husband showed up and escalated the situation. The officers were able to calm him down and get her under arrest. Police said the “Beef Tongue Bandit” had slipped out the door with $308 worth of groceries, including the beef tongues and a 12-pack of Dr. Pepper Zero.
* You can always judge a woman by how she holds her lickers.
* Let her go. It’s not like anybody else was ever going to buy beef tongues.
* Why steal beef tongues? Because, she said, the steaks were too high.
* But the Dr. Pepper Zero is a weird choice. 7-Up and Sprite pair so much better with beef tongue.
* If she goes to trial I bet the judge gives her a tongue-lashing.

JOEY CHESTNUT WINS HOT DOG EATING CONTEST

Famed competitive eater Joey Chestnut reclaimed his title Friday at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot-dog eating contest, after skipping last year’s Coney Island contest for the coveted Mustard Belt. Chestnut bested 14 fellow competitors from across the US and internationally, consuming – if you can call it that – 70.5 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, falling short of his record of 76 set on July 4, 2021. It marked the 17th win in 20 appearances for our little Joey.
– Defending champion in the women’s division, Miki Sudo of Tampa, Florida, won her 11th title, downing 33 dogs, beating a dozen other competitors. Last year, she ate a record 51 links.
* Both Joey and Miki are expected to be off the toilet no later than Wednesday.
* You know they’ve had to add three holes to that Mustard Belt since Joey started competing.
* Miki Sudo walked away with the trophy belt and almost a dozen phone numbers from guys in the crowd.
* I gained two pounds just READING this story.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

CHINESE MAN HAD LIVE EEL IN HIS ABDOMINAL CAVITY

A 33-year-old Chinese man who showed up at an emergency room with severe abdominal pain turned out to have a foot-long live eel in his abdominal cavity. The man arrived at the Hunan Medical University Hospital with a pale face, sweating profusely, and complaining of stomach pain. A CT scan of the man’s abdomen showed a foreign object. Doctors performed laparoscopic emergency surgery. While exploring the man’s abdomen, they were shocked to discover a live eel wriggling among his organs. The eel had completely drilled through the intestinal wall and was now “swimming” in the abdominal cavity. Doctors grabbed the eel, then sutured the hole in the man’s colon and flushed the abdominal cavity with saline solution to minimize the risk of infection. The man recovered well and was discharged from the hospital. No word on what happened to the eel.
* Oh, I think we know what happened to the eel. It was in China. It was delicious.
* When in China, you have to sleep with your mouth closed or eels will crawl right in there.
* And you thought butterflies in your stomach were uncomfortable.
* This is not unusual. I’ve had Chinese food that found it’s way out of my abdomen prematurely, too.

YOU CAN NOW SWIM IN THE SEINE

For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists can swim in the Seine River. Three new swimming sites on the Paris riverbank opened Saturday, including one close to Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral, another near the Eiffel Tower, and a third in eastern Paris. The River Seine had been famous, like most rivers, for being polluted.
But the city worked hard to clean up the river in the run-up to the recent Paris Olympic Games. They built new disinfection units and created a huge storage basin meant to prevent as much bacteria-laden wastewater as possible from spilling directly into the Seine when it rains. Houseboats that previously emptied their sewage directly into the river are now required to hook up to municipal sewer systems. Some homes upstream from Paris also saw their wastewater connected to treatment plants instead of the rainwater system flowing directly into the river. Officials say the river water is tested daily to confirm it’s safe to swim, and flags will inform visitors whether they can go in that day.
* Safe to swim – blue flag. Not safe to swim – brown flag. Yuck.
* Finally, a use for that bikini! Which the French invented.
* You can swim in the Seine. If only you could breathe the polluted air – so much cigarette pollution.
* In France, you can now swim in the river by night, or take a splash bidet.

TRENDING

KELLY CLARKSON DELAYS VEGAS OPENING

Kelly Clarkson has delayed the start of her Las Vegas residency this weekend due to vocal issues. She wrote on Instagram Friday: “The prep and rehearsals have taken a toll on my voice. I want the shows to be perfect for y’all and I need to protect myself from doing serious damage so I am taking this weekend and next week to rest up so that we can deliver what you all deserve.” She added, “The show is truly incredible. The musicians and singers are outstanding, and I want us all to start out strong. I can’t wait to be back next weekend and show y’all what we’ve been working on.”

OASIS REUNION, BLACK SABBATH FINAL SHOW

– Liam and Noel Gallagher reunited their band Oasis in Cardiff, Wales, Friday night. The world didn’t end, the brothers didn’t fight, and fans enjoyed the show. The Gallaghers ended their 16-year hiatus, performing in front of 75,000 fans at the Cardiff Principality Stadium. Oasis formed in 1991 and broke up in 2009 because the Gallagher brothers were, to put it mildly, not getting along.

– Meanwhile, the original lineup of Black Sabbath reunited for the first time in 20 years on Saturday in the U.K. — and for the last time ever. The performance was also billed as the final concert ever for singer Ozzy Osbourne. The concert was a full day’s worth of metal and hard-rock all-stars doing mini-sets. Bands included Slayer, Tool, Pantera, Gojira, and Alice in Chains. There were also one-time super groups made up of various combinations of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, Travis Barker, Sammy Hagar, Andrew Watt, and others. They played Sabbath covers as well as original material. The Birmingham stadium show climaxed with a four-song Sabbath set, preceded by Osbourne doing a five-song set of his solo material.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (July 4-6)

1. Jurassic World: Rebirth – $91 million (it made $147 million from a five-day total, July 2-6)
2. F1 – $26.1 million
3. How to Train Your Dragon – $11 million
4. Elio – $5.7 million
5. 28 Years Later – $4.6 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Sept. 1, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Thursday – Patriot Day
Sept. 22, Monday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 2:19 p.m. EDT)

BIRTHDAYS

Kirsten Vangsness (actress, “Criminal Minds”) … 53
Jorja Fox (actress, “CSI: Vegas,” “CSI”) … 57
Jim Gaffigan (comedian, actor, author) … 59
David Hodo (original member of The Village People – the construction worker) … 78
Ringo Starr (drummer, The Beatles, real name Richard Starkey) … 85

Today’s Birthdays grade: An original Beatle! An original Village Person! Who could ask for more? Grade: A-plus.

[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 am about peace and love. I am about non-violence. And so I’ve just got to express that every chance I get.”

(A) Vladimir Putin
(B) Simon Cowell
(C) Ringo Starr

ANSWER: (C) Ringo Starr

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1999 – In the first class-action lawsuit by smokers to go to trial, a jury in Miami held cigarette makers liable for making a defective product that causes emphysema, lung cancer and other illnesses.
* The next step: make the cigarette companies cough up some cash.

1980 – The “Solar Challenger” became the first solar-powered aircraft to cross the English Channel.
* But solar aircraft never caught on so they ended up digging a tunnel under it.

1957 – The first package of “Sweet’N Low” sugar substitute was served at a restaurant.
* Over 50 years of sugar substitutes and Americans are more obese than ever.

1930 – Construction began on what is now the Hoover Dam. It was originally named Boulder Dam.
* Then the vacuum cleaner company made an offer for naming rights.

1802 – The first comic book, “The Wasp,” was published in Hudson, NY.
* Parents thought comic books would lead to juvenile delinquency. Actually, the real problems start when kids move on to the hard stuff – video games!

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2010 – Paul McCartney joined Ringo Starr onstage at a concert at New York’s Radio City Music Hall to help celebrate the former Beatle drummer’s 70th birthday. With Ringo’s All Starr Band joined by Yoko Ono, Joe Walsh, Angus Young and Steven Van Zandt, Paul belted out “Birthday” and Ringo delivered “With A Little Help From My Friends.”

2009 – Michael Jackson’s family and fans said farewell to the pop superstar at an emotional memorial service.

2007 – The Live Earth concerts took place around the world with The Police closing the days events in New Jersey. The concerts were organized by former US Vice-President Al Gore, as part of his campaign to “heal the planet.”

2006 – Syd Barrett died from complications arising from diabetes at age 60. The singer, songwriter, guitarist was one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, active as a rock musician for only about seven years before he went into seclusion.

2000 – Eminem’s wife, Kimberly Mathers, was hospitalized after she slit her wrists following her husband’s show in Detroit which was part of the Up in Smoke Tour at Joe Louis Arena.

1984 – Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Born In The USA.” The album went on to spend a total of 139 weeks on the U.S. chart. Also reaching No.1 in the UK, Australia, and Canada, among many other territories, it became Springsteen’s most successful release and one of the world’s best-selling LPs of all time.

1984 – Prince started a five week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “When Doves Cry,” his first U.S. No.1 which went on to sell over 2 million copies.

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. Only 1 in 5 men will have THIS in common at work today. What is it?
They are wearing a suit

2. Almost 20% of working women say THIS happens to them on a weekly basis. What is it?
They get asked out by a co-worker

3. Employees with desk jobs do THIS more at work than those who work in manual labor. What is it?
Go to the bathroom

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