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MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR MONDAY, June 24, 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.)

INTERNATIONAL FAIRY DAY
The Every Day Is Special blogspot says this:
“This holiday is for collectors of fairy tales and fairy art, and for the young at heart. We are urged to take a walk in the countryside and enjoy the magic of nature, or to cozy up to read our favorite fairy tales.”

NATIONAL PRALINES DAY

SWIM A LAP DAY

June is:

NATIONAL DJ MONTH – Yeah!
National Adopt a Cat / Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
African-American Music / Black Music Appreciation Month
Corn Month
Great Outdoors Month / National Camping Month
International Men’s Month
Lemon Month
LGBTQIA Pride Month
National Candy Month
National Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Rose Month
National Seafood Month
Women’s Golf 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, June 24

“Breakin’ on the One”
Hulu – New Documentary
Synopsis: Explores the origins and impact of breakdancing.

TUESDAY, June 25

“Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge”
Hulu – New Documentary
Synopsis: An unprecedented look at the non-stop life of a cultural luminary.

“I Am: Celine Dion”
Prime Video – New Documentary
Synopsis: A raw and honest behind-the-scenes look at the iconic superstar’s struggle with a life-altering illness.

“One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit”
HBO – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Profile of the inpatient psychiatric unit at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Queens, N.Y., where young adults arrive in acute crisis every day to deal with depression, anxiety or personality disorders.

“The Decameron”
Netflix – New Series
Synopsis: Nobles in 1348 Florence take their servants to a grand villa to wait out the Black Death.

“TikTok Murders”
Peacock – New Documentary
Synopsis: Exposes the dark side of social media and fame as a couple who initially appears to have it all descends into a world of jealousy, violence, and addiction with fatal consequences.

WEDNESDAY, June 26

“Land of Women”
Apple TV+ – New Series
Synopsis: When a well-to-do New Yorker has her life turned upside down when her husband fails to repay a debt to the wrong people, she is forced to leave the city with her aging mother and teenage daughter.

“The Real CSI: Miami”
CBS – New Docuseries
Synopsis: True-crime series that covers real-life criminal cases and the forensic investigations conducted to solve them.

Season Premiere:
Netflix – “Worst Roommate Ever”

ALEX TREBEK GETS POSTAGE STAMP

The canonization of Alex Trebek continues: The U.S. Post Office on Saturday released a new stamp commemorating the longtime Jeopardy! host who died in 2020. The sheet of 20 identical stamps features the display of video monitors on the Jeopardy! game board alongside a photo of Trebek as host. Written on each stamp is the clue: “This naturalized U.S. citizen hosted the quiz show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons.” Underneath, written upside down, is the response: “Who is Alex Trebek?”
* Oh, sorry, the judges say the correct answer is “Who WAS Alex Trebek?”
* And if you turn it sideways, the letters say, “Bite me, Pat Sajak.”
* When you use the Alex Trebek stamp you have to send your mail in the form of a question, which is, “Will this letter arrive?”
* They tried putting out a “Let’s Make a Deal” stamp, but people hated having to guess which mailbox their letters were in.
* No love for Bob Barker?

THE BUZZ

LADIES: WHICH RESTROOM STALL?

An internet poster @MaryBethMayfair went online to ask a question about what the best practice is when visiting a ladies room. She drew a diagram showing a row of three cubicles, labelled with A, B and C. Stall C is farthest away from the door, against the wall. She says that, if you walk in and the bathroom is empty, you should choose stall C. Her reasoning: “I was just in cubicle C, and someone entered moments behind me, and went into B. I think that’s madness. Why, out of the two remaining cubicles available, you’d opt to go into the one right next to someone. I also believe that statistically, A is apparently the cleanest cubicle, due to it being used least.” Almost 200 people offered their opinions on the post, and most agreed with her. Nobody said stall B – the middle one – should be your first choice.
* Apparently this is a going concern.
* First of all, her logic is wrong. If nobody said stall B should be the first choice, then B would be the least used and the cleanest!
* Since when does any ladies room in the world have more than two stalls? Isn’t that why the lines are so long?
* Nobody should pick a stall until we run this by ChatGPT. (or Perplexity, or Claude …)
* I bet this is what MaryBeth Mayfair spends her time on when she’s supposed to be working remotely. Those 200 people who answered her, too.
* PHONE TOPIC: Ladies… your thoughts?

U.S. NEWS

HOMEOWNER SMASHES BURGLAR WITH FRYING PAN

A Chicago homeowner fought off a burglar with a frying pan. Jason Williams arrived home around 3 p.m. last Thursday when a security app alerted him of the home invasion. He went into his house, looked for an available weapon, and the first thing he saw was a frying pan. He grabbed it just as the burglar came downstairs. The burlar ran out the front door. Home security footage shows the intruder jumping off the front porch as Williams chased him with the frying pan. They run around the side of the house, off camera, where three loud bangs can be heard. The chase returns to the front yard where the burglar makes it through the iron front gate just as police arrive and nab him.
* As Emeril Lagasse says, “BAM!”
* You see, Supreme Court? You don’t need a bump stock. You need cookware.
* Good thing he didn’t go for the knife drawer.
* I bet police took him down to the station where they gave him a good grillin’.
* Unlike the frying pan, the charges will stick.

GIVEN THE CHOICE, BEER THIEF DECIDES TO GO TO JAIL

Abrian Guerrera of Ruskin, Florida, walked out of a Shell gas station with four 24-ounce cans of Modelo beer last Tuesday. The clerk ran after him and asked the 64-year-old Guerrera where he got the beers. Mr. Guerrera replied, “From this store,” adding, “No, I did not pay for it… I stole it.” The clerk offered to let the situation go if Guerrera paid for the beers. Instead, he popped open a stolen beer and said, “I don’t want to leave, and I’d rather just go to jail.” He was arrested and charged with retail theft.
* Maybe he can work on impulse control issues with the prison counselor.
* Worst getaway plan ever.
* While the clerk was gone, other people emptied half the store.
* Modelo’s slogan is “the mark of a fighter.” Maybe it should be “the mark of abject capitulation.”

MISS PENNSYLVANIA RECEIVES DEATH THREATS FROM ANOTHER CONTESTANT

A Miss America beauty pageant contestant dropped out days before the Miss Pennsylvania pageant because she had received death threats from another contestant. Robyn Kass-Gerji was crowned Miss Susquehanna Valley. She handed back her crown after she said she got hundreds of death threats from a fellow title holder – and that title holder still competed at the Miss Pennsylvania pageant. Just one of the messages read: “I can’t wait to see the life leave your eyes as I crush your whole world.” The Miss America Organization said Kass-Gerji’s allegations were reviewed with “great care,” but explained they are not able to mediate civil disputes (* plus they didn’t want to get on the evil contestant’s bad side). A judge in Washington D.C. ruled that both contestants were eligible to compete but, unfortunately, one contestant chose to withdraw despite the extensive efforts made to ensure her safety of the contestant. The ruling said Kass-Gerji and the woman accused of sending the death threats could both compete at Miss Pennsylvania, but they must be separated by 20 feet.
* I’m not a freelance hitman or anything, but I think you can kill someone from 20 feet away.
* Too bad. Miss Susquehanna Valley’s talent was “cowering in fear.”
* Isn’t this the plot of “Miss Congeniality 3”?
* They didn’t say who the contestant was who made the threats, but you just know it was Miss South Philly.

FISHERMEN RESCUE 38 DOGS FROM LAKE

Bob Gist, 61, and his buddy Brad Carlisle recently went out fishing in Grenada Lake in Mississippi. Jordan Chrestman, a local fishing guide, took them out onto the water. After a morning of not-very successful fishing, they were about to move when they heard dogs barking. They followed the sound and found a mass of dogs in the middle of the lake (* yeah – thanks for spooking away all the fish!). There was also a deer. They were hunting dogs who had apparently followed the deer into the lake. They all had tracking collars on. The men started loading the dogs onto the boat so they wouldn’t drown. They managed to gather about 25 dogs and got them to the shore, where they found the owners in a panic and calling out for help. The guys went back out with a radio tracker and found an additional group of dogs over a mile from the bank. All told, they rescued 38 dogs.
* 38 pretty, pretty dumbass dogs.
* Most intense episode of “wet dog smell” in history.
* Did they rescue the deer, or was that too much to ask?
* I mean, you can’t eat dogs.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

AUDIO: PLANE CAPTAIN DIES MID-FLIGHT

The co-pilot of an Egyptian jet had to go on the PA mid-flight to announce to the passengers that the captain of the aircraft had died. The copilot of the Nesma Airlines flight from Cairo, Egypt to Taif, Saudi Arabia told passengers the plane would be diverted to the Saudi city of Jeddah as a result. They landed safely about 30 minutes later. Egyptian media reported that the captain, Hassan Youssef Adas, suffered a medical emergency in-flight and died shortly afterwards.
* He had the fish.
* What’s weird is he died from a lion attack.
* Wow – Nearer My God to Thee!
* Well, if you’re the co-pilot, that’s one way to get an instant promotion.
CLIP: The actual clip of the co-pilot’s announcement is in Arabic, and there is no reaction from the passengers. So, we bring you this classic from Airplane: “Does anybody know how to fly a plane?”
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/10-06-Airplane-AnyoneKnowHowToFly(dot)mp3

TRENDING

KEVIN COSTNER FINALLY CONFIRMS HE’S NOT IN FINAL YELLOWSTONE EPISODES

Kevin Costner isn’t returning to the Yellowstone ranch. Reports varied as to whether he was returning, whether he could return, whether they didn’t want him to return, but on Thursday night, Costner shared a video on social media saying, “I just wanted to reach out and let you know that after this long year-and-a-half of working on Horizon (his new movie project), and doing all the things that that’s required, and thinking about Yellowstone, that beloved series that I love, that I know you love—I just realized that I’m not going to be able to continue season 5B or into the future. It was something that really changed me. I loved it and I know you loved it. I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be returning. I love the relationships that I’ve been able to develop. And I’ll see you at the movies.”

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SPEAKS ON ARREST

Justin Timberlake has addressed fans for the first time since he was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated last week. The singer performed in Chicago Friday night, telling the crowd at the United Center that he’s had a “tough week.” “We’ve been together through ups and downs, lefts and rights. It’s been a tough week. But you’re here, and I’m here, and nothing can change this moment right now.” He added: “I know sometimes I’m hard to love. But you keep on loving me, and I love you right back. Thank you so much.”

WILLIE NELSON TAKES TIME OFF TOUR

Willie Nelson is taking a few days off the Outlaw Music Festival tour because he’s not “feeling well.” Nelson’s social media accounts said Friday that the 91-year-old outlaw country star has been told to rest for the next four days “per doctor’s orders.” “He is expected to make a quick recovery and join the Outlaw Music Festival tour next week,” the posts said. His son, Lukas, will take his place with his band, Promise of the Real.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (June 21-23)

1. Inside Out 2 – $100 million
2. Bad Boys: Ride or Die – $18.7 million
3. The Bikeriders – $10 million
4. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – $3.7 million
5. The Garfield Movie – $3.6 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

July 4, Thursday – U.S. Independence Day
Sept. 2, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Wednesday – Patriot Day
Sept. 23, Sunday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 8:44 a.m. EDT)

BIRTHDAYS

Candice Patton (actress, Iris on “The Flash”) … 39
Solange Knowles (singer, model, actress, sister of Beyonce) … 38
Minka Kelly (actress, “Titans”, “Friday Night Lights”) … 44
Mindy Kaling (comic actress, “The Mindy Project”, “The Office”) … 45
Peter Weller (actor, “Star Trek: Into Darkness”, “Robocop”, “Pulp Fiction”) … 77
Mick Fleetwood (drummer with Fleetwood Mac) … 77

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

“It’s no secret to everyone that the whole band has at one point been emotionally involved (with other band members) as partners.”

(A) Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
(B) Chris Martin (Coldplay)
(C) Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac)

ANSWER: (C) Mick Fleetwood

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2019 – The “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” attraction fully opened to the public at Disneyland in Anaheim. It took less than an hour before it became packed and people were turned away.
* Trying to get into Star Wars land on the first day. Wookiee mistake.

2018 – For the first time, women were allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia after a ban against it was lifted.
* But no dancing to celebrate!

1998 – Telecommunications giant AT&T struck a deal to buy cable TV giant TCI.
* Yippee! Consolidation means lower phone and cable bills for everybody!

1997 – The Air Force released a report on the so-called “Roswell Incident,” suggesting the alien bodies witnesses reported seeing in 1947 were actually life-sized dummies.
* So obviously the Air Force thinks WE’RE dummies, too.

1962 – The first prototype home video recorder was demonstrated at the BBC Studios in London.
* “Blimey! Now I can tape the Benny Hill Show!”

1947 – Private pilot Kenneth Arnold flying near Mt. Rainier, Washington reported the first modern day UFO sighting as “nine silvery discs appeared out of nowhere” – shortly afterwards, a reporter in Pendleton, Oregon wrote that Arnold had seen “flying saucers,” the first use of that term in print.
* It rolled off the tongue so much better than “airborne disks,” “levitating garbage can lids”, “giant floating quarters” …

1938 – A 500-ton meteorite landed near Pittsburgh, PA.
* And no, I don’t know how they weighed it.

1923 – H.B. Reese invented the “peanut butter cup.”
* See, he was walking down the street eating some chocolate, and this other guy was coming around the corner eating some peanut butter, and …

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2016 – A U.S. jury concluded that Led Zeppelin did not copy the opening chords of “Stairway To Heaven” from the U.S. band Spirit, saying the riff Led Zeppelin was accused of taking from Spirit’s 1967 song “Taurus” “was not intrinsically similar.” During the trial, defense lawyers argued the chord progression in question was very common and had been in use for more than 300 years.

2014 – A working draft of Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” set a record at auction after selling for $2m at Sotheby’s. The manuscript, said to be the only known draft of the final lyrics, was written in pencil in 1965 by the 24 year-old Dylan.

2004 – The Fender Stratocaster that Eric Clapton used to record “Layla” (nicknamed Blackie) sold at a Christie’s auction for $959,500 in New York, making it the most expensive guitar in the world to that point. The proceeds of the sale of this and dozens of other guitars went towards Clapton’s Crossroads addiction clinic, which he founded in 1998.

2000 – KISS auctioned off memorabilia from their touring days. The items brought in $876,000 on the first day of the two-day event.

1992 – Billy Joel received his high school diploma from Hicksville High School on Long Island, N.Y. He failed to graduate with his class in 1967 because of missed gym and English credits.

1990 – New Kids On The Block’s Donnie Wahlberg spent two days in a hospital after falling through an unlocked trapdoor mid-concert in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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. THIS item has been found to convey the most authority in the workplace. What is it?
A diploma

2. THIS is the germiest thing in a workplace. What is it?
Door handles

3. THIS is the #1 cause of workplace accidents. What is it?
Falls

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