MONDAY, June 3 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR MONDAY, June 3, 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 CHOCOLATE MACAROON DAY

NATIONAL EGG DAY

WORLD BICYCLE 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 3

“Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up”
Lifetime – New Reality Show
Synopsis: Gypsy Rose Blanchard experiences life as a free woman, including reconnecting with family and finally living with her husband Ryan Anderson for the first time.

“The 1% Club”
Fox – New Game Show
Synopsis: 100 contestants from across the country compete for the chance to win up to $100,000. Who can answer the question that only 1% of America got right and win the grand prize?

Season Premieres:
Bravo – “Below Deck Mediterranean”
Fox – “Name That Tune”
NBC – “American Ninja Warrior”

TUESDAY, June 4

“30 for 30: I’m Just Here for the Riot”
ESPN – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Documents the massive riot in downtown Vancouver sparked by the game seven Stanley Cup finals loss by the Vancouver Canucks to the Boston Bruins.

“Clipped”
Hulu – Limited Series
Synopsis: Based on the true story of the 2014 season of the Los Angeles Clippers, a cursed franchise that hit an all-time low when racist remarks by Clippers then-owner Donald Sterling exposed a culture steeped in bigotry and an affair between Sterling and his assistant V. Stiviano.

“Jo Koy: Live From Brooklyn”
Netflix – Comedy Special
Synopsis: Comedian Jo Koy takes on energy vampires, mumble rap, emoji flirting and the surprise of being called a zaddy.

“Let the Canary Sing”
Paramount+ – New Documentary
Synopsis: A look at the life and career of Cyndi Lauper.

“Marlon Wayans: Good Grief”
Prime Video – Comedy Special
Synopsis: Comedy meets therapy as Marlon works through his grief after recently losing both of his parents.

“The Acolyte”
Disney+ – Yes, Another Freakin’ Star Wars Series
Synopsis – Investigating a crime spree, a respected Jedi Master is led to someone from his past, a former Padawan who’s become a dangerous warrior.

WEDNESDAY, June 5

“Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial”
Netflix – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Examines Adolf Hitler and the Nazis’ rise, rule and reckoning from pre-WWII to the Holocaust to the Nuremberg trials.

“How to Rob a Bank”
Netflix – New True-Crime Documentary
Synopsis: A charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies.

AUDIO: THE 24-HOUR MR ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD CHANNEL

Pluto TV streaming service has launched a 24/7 channel dedicated entirely to episodes of the iconic kids series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. The show originally ran for 33 years, from 1968 to 2001. Now it will run all day long, every day, morning, noon, evening, and night.
* Why do I think this will be the #1 channel among people on mushrooms?
* This is like a declaration of war against their Bob Ross channel.
* Season 3 was the best. That was when they added the sweater routine. But they kinda started running out of ideas by Season 27.
* Then there was that time when they replaced the goldfish with a Tamagotchi virtual pet, to goose the ratings.
* It’s nice to go back and see the neighborhood before the developers moved in and put up all the apartment buildings.
CLIP: Our “Mr. Rogers Meets Bob Ross” bit.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/11-22-MrRogersMeetsBobRoss(dot)mp3

THE BUZZ

WHAT PEOPLE SAY BEFORE THEY DIE

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee says there are generally four things that people say before they die. Mukherjee said during a commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania last week, “Every person that I’ve met in this moment of transition wanted to make four offerings.” The phrases are some variation of this:
– I want to tell you that I love you.
– I want to tell you that I forgive you.
– Would you tell me that you love me?
– Would you give me your forgiveness?
He says these phrases indicate that people waited until it was late to show their appreciation for others or right their interpersonal wrongs.
* I’d have thought the most common thing people say is, “You’re standing on my oxygen hose.”
* The best thing to say as your last words are, “I hid all the money in the—- in the —- uhhphhh.”
* Wow. Thanks for the uplifting commencement address.
* “Who should we get to inspire the graduates and get them excited about the future?” “How ’bout a cancer doctor?”
* Old joke: Dad is on his death bed. The family is gathered around. Dad says, “My wife – is my beloved wife here?” His wife says, “I’m right here.” Dad says, “My children – are the children here?” His children say, “We’re here, dad. We’re with you.” Dad says, “Are my darling grandchildren here?” The kiddoes say, “Yes, Grandpa, we’re here.” Dad says, “Then why are all the lights on in the living room!”

U.S. NEWS

FLORIDA WOMAN TRIES “SWEEPING THE LEG” DURING ARREST, FAILS

A Florida woman, powerlifter-turned-boxer Stefanie Magarici, 32, was arrested Tuesday just outside of her Miami home on charges including sexual cyber-harassment after she found her ex-boyfriend’s old computer, guessed the password, found naked pictures of his new girlfriend on his iCloud account, and started sending them around. As police were handcuffing her, she tried a “sweeping the leg” maneuver on a police officer. Didn’t work. And then, while handcuffed and being placed into the squad car, she “placed her right leg on the latch to unlock the door, and then “pulled the latch with her toes and intentionally broke the locking system” causing the squad car door to not lock at all. “Sweeping the leg” was made popular by “The Karate Kid” movie.
* She needs to watch a more current movie.
* At least she didn’t try something dumb like the “Spock neck pinch.”
* Police have a natural defense against sweeping the leg. It’s called “Daily Lunch at Whataburger.”
* She obviously had more luck with the less famous “clutching with toes” maneuver.
* I guess the takeaway here is, make sure you have really good passwords.

MAGNET FISHING COUPLE PULLS UP SAFE WITH $100,000

In Queens, New York, a couple pulled a safe with $100,000 in cash inside from the bottom of a lake in Corona Park while “magnet fishing.” James Kane and Barbie Agostini tossed a line with a strong magnet on the end into the water on Friday afternoon. They felt something bulky on the end, and pulled out an old safe. They were able to pry the safe open and found the money, wrapped in plastic but still damaged by the water. Kande said, “It was two stacks of freaking hundreds. Big stacks.” They called the NYPD to avoid any legal trouble. With no way to ID the owner of the safe, which was likely stolen, the couple were allowed to keep what they found. There was no word on whether or not they could get the ruined bills replaced.
* Never throw your safe full of money in a lake. Keep it in the bank. The river bank.
* Who is it who thinks, “You know what? I think I’ll take my safe over to the lake today for a swim.”
* This is not the best advertising for the safe company.
* But a good promotion for Ziploc bags.

FUNERAL HOME WORKER CAUGHT STEALING SEX DOLL FROM DEAD MAN’S HOME IN A BODY BAG

In Omaha, Nebraska, a body retrieval company worker has been charged with using a body bag from work to smuggle a life-size sex doll out of the home of a man who died. Ryan Smith, 42, and a coworker had been called to an apartment to collect a body. According to the police, near the body on the bed was a very real life-size sex doll. After they collected the remains, the apartment was locked and secured. But later that day, Smith allegedly returned carrying a body bag, telling apartment complex staff that he was acting on behalf of the sheriff’s office and was supposed to collect the sex doll for “evidentiary purposes.” After Smith was let into the apartment, a management official discovered Smith had the unit’s front door “deadbolted and latched with the chain across the door.” The management official later confronted Smith – whose “shirt was untucked and his pants were in disarray” – and told him that no property could be removed from the dead man’s home. As he was leaving the apartment complex, Smith reportedly asked a janitor if the manager of the apartment building had left. He was charged with attempted burglary for the intent to take the sex doll. Mr. Smith is currently free on bond before his next court appearance.
* Then he came back and tried to steal it again as evidence for his trial.
* Quite the undertaking.
* It’s one thing to steal a dead man’s sex doll. It’s another to take it for a test drive.
* “Who’s going to comfort her in her hour of need?”
* It’s almost as if no one wants to date a body retrieval worker.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

UKRAINE’S OREO FACTORY BACK IN BUSINESS, BABY

Some great news for Ukrainians finally: the country’s Oreo cookie factor is back on line. The plant in the eastern part of the country was badly damaged during Russia’s invasion roughly two years ago. The factory is now fully rebuilt after opening partially last year to make chocolates. The company said the Oreo cookies produced at the Ukrainian factory are NOT being exported to neighboring Russia.
* Oh, I don’t think they consider Russia a “neighbor” at this point.
* You know Famous Amos cookies? Russia has Notorious Boris cookies.
* In Russia, they have a whole line of Pepperidge Collective Farm cookies. There’s Chernoby Chip, Borscht Wafers, Irkutsk Ahoys.
* They even have Russian Girl Scout cookies. Thin Minsk.
* Nice to see our foreign aid being used on what counts.

TRENDING

JENNIFER LOPEZ CANCELS BIG TOUR

Jennifer Lopez has canceled her summer tour. Originally titled “This Is Me… Now,” the tour was meant to support the recently released album of the same name. But she later changed the tour title to “This Is Me… Live | The Greatest Hits” amid poor ticket sales. Now the tour has been called off altogether, for “personal reasons,“ as Jennifer is reportedly having marital troubles with her husband Ben Affleck. She writes, “I am completely heartsick and devastated about letting you down. Please know that I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t feel that it was absolutely necessary.” But, more likely, it’s canceled due to the poor ticket sales.

PENNYWISE GETS AN ORIGIN STORY

Bill Skarsgård will reprise his role as Pennywise the evil sewer clown from the “It” movies in a prequel, “Welcome to Derry,” for Max streaming. Inspired by Stephen King’s book It, the show will serve as an origins story for Pennywise, a supernatural killer who emerges every 27 years to feed on the children of the small town of Derry, Maine.

DRUMMER TO PLAY THROUGH ALL 128 FOO FIGHTERS SONGS FOR CHARITY

On June 7th, a Nashville-based drummer named Greg Barton is going to attempt to drum through every single Foo Fighters song in their discography in one sitting. He’s calling it “Foo Fighting Cancer.” Barton, a professional drummer with over 15 years of experience, will play through all 128 Foo Fighters songs from each of their 12 albums. He’s embarking on this challenge in honor of his Grandmother, who is battling cancer, as well as a tribute to Foo Fighters’ late drummer, Taylor Hawkins. Barton has added a donation link for viewers to contribute, and all proceeds will go to the Cancer Research Institute. The play-through will last nine-and-a-half hours. Barton says he’s been preparing for months, isolating each Foo Fighters drum track with AI to improve his practice sessions. He says he did a six-hour play through last month and feels confident he can go the distance.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – (May 31-June 2)

1. Garfield The Movie – $14 million
2. If – $10.8 million
3. Furiosa – $10.7 million
4. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – $8.8 million
5. Fall Guy – $4.2 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

June 14, Friday – Flag Day
June 16, Sunday – Father’s Day
June 19, Wednesday – Juneteenth
June 20, Thursday – Summer begins (The June solstice occurs at 4:50 P.M. EST)
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

Jamie O’Neal (country singer) … 56
Anderson Cooper (broadcast journalist) … 57
Mike Gordon (singer, musician with Phish) … 59
Scott Valentine (actor, “Family Ties”) … 66

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

“I’m geekish. I don’t have the technological ability to back it up, so I’m a geek without skill, which I think just means I’m socially awkward.”

(A) Kanye West
(B) Dwayne Johnson
(C) Anderson Cooper

ANSWER: (C) Anderson Cooper

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2001 – Mel Brooks’ musical comedy “The Producers” won a record 12 Tony Awards.
* It was a blitzkrieg!

1989 – Chinese army troops began a sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations.
* ‘Cause if they went democratic, how could they use indentured labor to make all those exports for the U.S.?

1968 – Pop artist Andy Warhol was shot and critically wounded in his New York film studio, known as The Factory, by Valerie Solanas, an actress and self-styled feminist.
* Who also had a real problem with Campbell’s Tomato Soup.

1965 – Astronaut Edward White became the first American to “walk” in space, when he exited his space capsule, the Gemini 4, while in orbit.
* “Just need to get out for a breath of fresh air … no, wait – that’s impossible … DOH!”

1914 – The first traffic light in a U.S. city was installed on this day in Cleveland, Ohio.
* “Look! Red and green lights! Those Christmas decorations are going up earlier every year!”

1851 – The first baseball uniforms were adopted by the New York Knickerbockers.
* This ended the painful practice of tattooing names and numbers on the players’ bare chests.

1685 – The hamburger grinder was invented.
* “Hey, this stuff would taste pretty good with some kind of secret sauce.”

1621 – The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherlands, now known as New York.
* If history had turned out differently, we’d be wearing wooden shoes and raising tulips.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2003 – Barry Manilow suffered a broken nose after he accidentally walked into a wall at his home in Palm Springs, California and knocked himself unconscious. Although he passed out for four hours, he didn’t endure any lasting effects and doctors determined that surgery was not necessary.

1970 – The Kinks’ Ray Davies was forced to make a 6,000 mile round trip from New York to London to record one word in a song. Davies had to change the word ‘Coca-Cola’ to ‘Cherry Cola’ on the bands forthcoming single “Lola” due to an advertising ban at BBC Radio.

1967 – The Doors “Light My Fire” was released in the US, where it went on to be No.1 on the singles chart two months later. When The Doors were booked to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show they were asked to change the line “girl, we couldn’t get much higher,” as the sponsors were uncomfortable with the possible reference to drug-taking. The band agreed to do so, and did a rehearsal using the amended lyrics; however, during the live performance, lead singer Jim Morrison sang the original lyric, after which they were informed they would never appear on the Ed Sullivan show again.

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. 16% of people surveyed said they do THIS while on their way to work. What is it?
They eat breakfast while driving

2. You might think it’s okay to do THIS at work, but 80% of your co-workers would say it isn’t okay. What is it?
Trimming your nails

3. According to surveys, 29% of people have stolen THIS from a co-worker. What is it?
Chocolate

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