MONDAY, Oct 16 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR MONDAY, October 16, 2023
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: LUGOSI, KARLOFF & CHANEY, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW

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.)

BOSS’S DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Now here is a day that gives you a chance to both tell and show the boss what you really think of him or her. And, it is an opportunity to give your boss the appreciation that he or she truely deserves. So go right ahead and give it to him … give it to him good! After all, it only comes around once a year. What Makes a Good Boss? Here are some attributes people say make for the best boss:
Fair
Honest
Understanding
Approachable
A good communicator
The origin of Bosses Day dates back to 1958. Patricia Bays Haroski, an employee at State Farm Insurance Company in Illinois, registered it with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Haroski chose the date because it was her father’s birthday. Who was her boss? Her father.”

DICTIONARY DAY (How is this still a thing?)
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Dictionary Day is in honor of Noah Webster, considered the Father of the American Dictionary. Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758. The objective of this day is to emphasize the importance of dictionary skills, and seeks to improve vocabulary. Webster began to write his dictionary at the age of 43. It took him 27 years to finish it! In addition to traditional English vocabulary, it contained uniquely American words. Celebrate Dictionary Day by reading the “Good Book” … the Dictionary! We challenge you to learn some new words today.”

October is:

Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
American Cheese Month
Car Care Month
Child Health Month
Consumer Information Month
Cookbook Month
Country Music Month
Fire Prevention Month
National Pizza Month
National Popcorn Month
National Service Dog Month
Vegetarian Awareness 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, Oct 16

“The American Buffalo”
PBS – New Documentary
Synopsis: Two-part film tells the dramatic story of the American Buffalo’s near extinction, and the people who saved it. Part Two airs Oct. 17.

Season Premiere:
CW – “Fboy Island”

WEDNESDAY, Oct 18

“Living for the Dead”
Hulu – New Unscripted Series
Synopsis: Five fabulous, queer ghost hunters criss-cross the country, helping the living by healing the dead. As they explore some of the world’s most infamous haunted locations, they’ll shed light on those not seen and illuminate untold stories.

THE BUZZ

WHO NOT TO DATE

Reddit asked. “A person from which profession would you NOT like to marry or date?” Awkward phrasing aside, here are some of the responses;
– “Realtor. They are ALWAYS working. and weekends are peak time.”
– “Comedian…I dated one but ended it pretty quickly. I did not want to end up being part of his set.”
– “I’ve dated 4 teachers. Each one was a different type of crazy but they know how to party.”
– “Teacher. You don’t get it right, they make you do it over again. Unless it’s sex.”
– “As a teacher, I would never date another teacher. I have no idea how my husband puts up with my career. The insane hours, the bizarre projects, the constant stress, the never being able to switch off thinking about other people’s kids.”
– “I’ve dated lawyers. To some, everything is an argument.”
– “DO NOT marry a coroner or a forensic medical examiner. You will stay forever thin from the lack of appetite after endless stories of ‘What I saw at work today…'”
– “Pilot. Every one I’ve known is a cheater.”
– “Psychiatrist. All the ones that I have met all need to see one themselves.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What profession would you never date? (be warned – you may get a lot of ‘cop’ or ‘doctor’ answers.)

STUDY: ICE CREAM AND POTATO CHIPS AS ADDICTIVE AS COCAINE AND HEROIN

Science says ice cream, sausage and potato chips are just as addictive as nicotine, cocaine or heroin (* But much harder to smoke, snort, or inject). A new analysis of 281 studies across 36 different countries has uncovered that a staggering 14% of adults are hooked on what is known as Ultra Processed Foods. The analysis was led by University of Michigan professor Ashley Gearhardt, who created the Yale Food Addiction Scale. He used that food addiction scale to measure substance addiction He found that both processed foods and drugs caused uncontrollable and excessive consumption, cravings, and continued intake despite potential negative health effects.
* So lay off the sausage ice cream, folks.
* This study is remarkable for being the 1,000th study to come to this exact conclusion.
* That must have been one ka-razy lab. How do I sign up for that experiment?
* We asked Professor Gearhardt for a comment, but he couldn’t talk with his mouth full.
* That Yale scale must measure a strange range. It does calibration tabulation. It lets you measure at your leisure.

GRAPES IMPROVE YOUR EYESIGHT

Researchers in Singapore now say that eating grapes is good for your eyesight. The researchers studied whether consuming antioxidant-rich foods, like grapes, has a direct impact on the overall health of the eye. The report, published in Food & Function, discussed an experiment involving 34 adults who ate either one-and-a-half cups of grapes per day or a placebo snack for 16 weeks. Neither participants nor researchers knew if they were eating the placebo or the grapes. (* How do you NOT know you’re eating grapes? Come on!) They found that participants who ate grapes had clearly benefited from improved antioxidant abilities as well as macular pigment in the retina, which protects your eyes from damaging blue light. Those who ate the placebo saw a “significant increase” in harmful compounds that have been linked to various eye diseases.
* You know grapes improve your eyesight, because when you drink a lot of wine, you see double.
* And you need good eyesight, to look for all the spiders that hide in the grape bags at the supermarket.
* How good are grapes for you? A bunch!
* This is really pissing off carrots. (Or – “Sorry, carrots!”)

U.S. NEWS

SUB TEACHER MADE 6TH GRADERS KISS IN FRONT OF CLASS
A substitute teacher in Nevada is accused of encouraging two sixth graders to kiss in front of their classmates. The substitute was covering a class at Legacy Traditional School in North Las Vegas on Tuesday. According to one boy in the class, the teacher went off script and started talking about things like, did the kids have any family members that had died recently? Then the teacher started asking them about having crushes and if they had crushes, how was the relationship going? The teacher then told two children to come to the front of the classroom and made them kiss each other in front of the whole class. The school, which waited two days to acknowledge the event, sent an email saying that the substitute teacher was not a Legacy Traditional Schools employee and will not return.
* Now how will the students learn awkwardness and humiliation? Oh, wait, that’s right – 8th grade.
* There’s nothing a pre-teen likes better than sharing their intimate feelings with an adult stranger.

REPORTED BOMB TURNS OUT TO BE ADULT DIAPER

A Copa Airlines flight headed from Panama City to Tampa had to turn back so that a suspected bomb threat could be investigated. It was about an hour into the flight when somebody reported something suspicious in one of the restrooms. The plane returned to Panama City and 144 passengers had to get off the plane so anti-explosive teams could search the aircraft. The suspicious item turned out to be an adult diaper wrapped in a black plastic bag somebody left in the bathroom. And – in fact – it had not even been used.
* Much like the aircraft safety card in the seat pockets – never used.
* That was a close call. It could have ended up being a stink bomb.
* False alarm! Though apparently it was a false alarm for whoever left it in the bathroom, too.
* How about a hand for the team brave enough to search every inch of an airplane bathroom?

DOG TRAPPED IN CAVE WITH BEAR

In Walden’s Creek, Tennessee, emergency rescue personnel were called in to save a dog that had been trapped in a cave with a bear for three days. The dog, named Charlie, had fallen 40 feet into a cave on the side of English Mountain in the western foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains region of East Tennessee. Two firefighters descended into the cave to rescue Charlie, but when they rounded a corner they found a 200-pound bear sleeping five feet below them, and the trapped dog was farther into the caves. The duo exited the cave toot-sweet and set up trail cameras to monitor the bear’s movements. When they saw the bear leaving the cave last Wednesday, emergency personnel once again descended into the cave, fashioned a harness for the dog and pulled him out. Charlie emerged from the cave dehydrated and hungry but otherwise in good condition.
* Except when he got home and saw the kids’ teddy bears, he totally freaked out.
* Did the bear leave to go poop in the woods?
* Charlie and his owner had been out deer hunting, so excellent tracking work there, Charlie!
* Did they find the bear’s cocaine stash?
* This would have ended completely different if it was Biden’s mean biting dog.
* “A Dog’s Journey 2: Grin and Bear It.”

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

UNIVERSITY OFFERS DEGREE IN THE OCCULT

The University of Exeter in England will now offer a postgraduate degree in magic and occult science, which the school says is the first of its kind at a British university. Prof. Emily Selove, the (* spinning) head of the new program, said the idea for the degree, which will be offered starting in September 2024, came out of the recent surge in interest in the history of witchcraft and a desire to create a space where research on magic could be studied across academic fields. Coursework will include the study of Western dragons in lore, literature and art; archaeology theory; the depiction of women in the Middle Ages; the practice of deception and illusion; and the philosophy of psychedelics, man. Lecturers will explore how magic has influenced society and science.
* Well, for one thing, it made J.K.Rowling a crapload of money.
* I know about the dragon —- dragon my ass to class at 8 o’clock every day.
* Does Prof. Emily have a long pointy nose with a wart that has hairs sprouting out of it?
* I thought spelling was covered in elementary school.
* For the final, do you have to turn into a newt?
* Can you use a Ouija board to write your term paper, or is that cheating?

TRENDING

SUZANNE SOMERS DEAD AT 77

Actress Suzanne Somers lost her years-long battle with cancer Sunday, just one day before her 77th birthday. Somers was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time in her 50s after battling skin cancer in her 30s and overcoming “two hyperplasia” in her 20s. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight back in July, she said, “I have been living with cancer since my 20s. And every time that little [bleep] pops up, I continue to bat it back.” Her first on-screen credit was the “blonde in a T-Bird” in George Lucas’s 1973 film “American Graffiti.” But Somers was best known for her role as Chrissy Snow on the hit ABC sitcom “Three’s Company” that ran through the late ’70s and early ‘80s.She went on to author multiple books, including Bestsellers “Sexy Forever,” “Knockout” and “Ageless.” She also had her own talk show and became a respected wellness entrepreneur, built largely off the success of her famous partnership with the ThighMaster, which turned her into something of a fitness icon.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (Oct 13-15)

1. Taylor Swift: Eras Tour – $95 million
2. Exorcist: Believer – $11 million
3. Paw Patrol 2 – $7 million
4. Saw X – $5.7 million
5. The Creator – $4.3 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Oct. 14, Saturday – Annular Solar Eclipse (ANNULAR*, not ANNUAL)
(* The moon will not completely cover the sun – being farther from Earth it will be slightly smaller, resulting in a “ring of fire” effect)
Oct. 16, Monday – National Boss’s Day
Oct. 31, Tuesday – Halloween
Nov. 5, Sunday – Daylight Saving Time Ends, turn clocks back 1 hour
Nov. 11, Saturday – Veterans Day
Nov. 23, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Thursday – Winter begins, winter solstice occurs at 10:27 P.M. EST
Dec. 25, Monday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Sunday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, Monday – New Year’s Day 2024

BIRTHDAYS

Caterina Scorsone (actress, “Grey’s Anatomy”) … 43
John Mayer (singer/songwriter) … 46
Wendy Wilson (singer with Wilson Phillips, daughter of Beach Boy Brian) … 54
Flea (musician with the Red Hot Chili Peppers) … 61
Christian Stolte (actor, “Chicago Fire”) … 61
Tim Robbins (actor/director) … 65
Bob Weir (rhythm guitarist for The Grateful Dead) … 76
Suzanne Somers (actress, fitness equipment hawker) … 77

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

“I really don’t want to be a hunk.”

(A) John Goodman
(B) Drew Carey
(C) John Mayer

ANSWER: (C) John Mayer

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2008 – The iTunes Music Store reached 200 billion television episodes sold.
* Two-thirds of them were some version of “Law and Order”.

2002 – President George W. Bush signed a congressional resolution authorizing war against Iraq.
* Son of a gun! You CAN fool all of the people some of the time!

1932 – Albert Einstein estimated the earth’s age as ten billion years.
* He did it using a carbon-dating process on one of the Rolling Stones’ first albums.

1923 – The Disney Corporation was founded.
* But it wasn’t until 1928 that they learned to build a better mouse.

1916 – The world’s first birth control clinic opened in New York.
* It can’t have been very good – there’s a LOT more New Yorkers now!

1846 – The first public surgical operation using ether as an anesthetic was performed at a hospital in Boston.
* A big improvement over that big wacky clown hammer.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2017 – Ed Sheeran broke his wrist and elbow in a biking accident, forcing him to cancel dates on his tour of Asia. He called his time off “the most depressing six weeks of my life.”

2010 – Auburn University graduate student Justin Havird named a new species of fish, Lepidocephalichthys zeppelini, thanks to the fish’s unique pectoral fin. “I’m a big Led Zeppelin fan, and I was listening to them while I was working on the fish,” Havird said. “The structure that makes this species unique just reminded me of the (double-neck) guitar that Jimmy Page played.”

2007 – Madonna signed a ground-breaking recording and touring contract with concert promoter Live Nation, becoming the first major star to choose an all-in-one agreement with a tour company instead of a traditional record contract. The deal was reported to be worth $120 million over 10 years, and would give Live Nation rights to all her music-related projects – including new albums, tours, merchandise, websites, DVDs, sponsorship, TV shows and films.

1992 – Sinead O’Connor was booed off stage at Madison Square Garden during a show to honor Bob Dylan.

1968 – The New Yardbirds played their first concert. The band later changed their name to Led Zeppelin.

1954 – Elvis Presley made his radio debut on “The Louisiana Hayride,” a program broadcast out of Shreveport, LA.

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 10% of people say THIS is the first thing they do when they get home from work. What is it?
Wash their hands

2. THIS workplace upgrade is requested by over 60% of employees. What is it?
Better coffee

3. According to research, the quality of THIS in your workplace has a direct influence on your health, productivity, and job satisfaction. What is it?
The air quality

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