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MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR MONDAY, September 16, 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.)

ANNE BRADSTREET DAY
The Year Of Holidays website says this:
Anne Bradstreet Day commemorates the first female poet to be published in the New World. Anne Bradstreet was well educated, a devout Puritan, the wife of Massachusetts Bay colony governor William Bradstreet, and the mother of eight children.”

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE OZONE LAYER
The United Nations website says this:
“On Sept. 16, 1987, the Montreal Protocol was signed by 25 nations, leading to the phase-out of 99 per cent of ozone-depleting chemicals in refrigerators, air-conditioners and many other products, limiting production of substances that harm the ozone layer. To date, dozens of additional nations have ratified the protocol.”

MAYFLOWER DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“On September 16, 1620, 102 men, women, and children set sail from Plymouth, England aboard the Mayflower. Their destination was the New World, where they could have religious freedom, and continue using their native language, culture, and customs. Every Mayflower Day, we commemorate these brave, early settlers. They were the very first immigrants, and helped to pave the way for millions more to follow, in search of freedom and the dreams and promises of a New World.”

NATIONAL CINNAMON RAISIN BREAD DAY

NATIONAL GUACAMOLE DAY

WORKING PARENTS DAY

September is:

Baby Safety Month
Better Breakfast Month
Chicken Month
Classical Music Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
Honey Month
Little League Month
National Piano Month
Self Improvement Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

EMMY WINNERS LIST

Here are the winners from Sunday night’s Emmy Awards:
– Best comedy series: “Hacks”
– Actor in a comedy series: Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
– Actress in a comedy series: Jean Smart, “Hacks”
– Supporting actor in a comedy series: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”
– Supporting actress in a comedy series: Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear” (She plays Tina)
– Guest actor in a comedy series: Jon Bernthal, “The Bear” (He plays dead brother Mike)
– Guest actress in a comedy series: Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Bear”

– Best drama series: “Shogun”
– Actor in a drama series: Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shogun”
– Actress in a drama series: Anna Sawai, “Shogun”
– Supporting actor in a drama series: Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
– Supporting actress in a drama series: Elizabeth Debicki, “The Crown”
– Guest actor in a drama: Nestor Carbonell, “Shogun”
– Guest actress in a drama: Michaela Coel, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”

– Best limited series: “Baby Reindeer”
– Actor in a limited series: Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”
– Actress in a limited series: Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”
– Supporting actor limited series: Lamorne Morris, “Fargo”
– Supporting actress limited series: Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”

– TV movie: “Quiz Lady”
– Variety scripted series: “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
– Variety talk show: “The Daily Show”
– Reality series: “The Traitors”
– Reality series host: Alan Cumming, “The Traitors”
– Animated series: “Blue Eye Samurai”

 

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Monday through Wednesday
Listings sourced from the TV Guide and EW websites

TUESDAY, September 17

“30 for 30: Stolen Gold”
ESPN – New Documentary
Synopsis: Delves into the incredible true story of Ramón Torres and the Spanish intellectually disabled basketball team’s dramatic journey to the gold medal at the Sydney Paralympics in 2000.

“American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez”
FX – New Series
Synopsis: Follows the too-wild-to-be-true-but-it-is-true story of Florida Gators and New England Patriots star tight end Aaron Hernandez, who was convicted of the murder of Odin Lloyd, led a secret life as a closeted gay man, and took his own life while in prison.

“Child Star”
Hulu – New Documentary
Synopsis: Explores the highs and lows of growing up in the spotlight through the lens of some of the world’s most well-known former child stars such as Drew Barrymore, Kenan Thompson, Christina Ricci, Raven-Symoné, JoJo Siwa, Alyson Stoner, and more.

“Deon Cole: OK, Mister”
Netflix – New Stand-Up Comedy Special
Synopsis: The comedian covers topics from the telltale signs of aging to bedroom mishaps and dating deal-breakers.

“High Potential”
ABC – New Series
Synopsis: Follows a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership.

“Live From the Other Side With Tyler Henry”
Netflix – New Series
Synopsis: The self-proclaimed medium invites celebrity guests for emotional readings that might help them find hope, healing, and long-awaited answers.

“Nothin’ but a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of ’80s Hair Metal”
Paramount+ – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Behind-the-scenes look at one of music’s most iconic eras showcasing its creativity, insanity and blazing ambition.

“World’s Most Notorious Killers”
Peacock – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Follows five internationally well-known murder cases in Australia, Austria, Belgium, England, and Southeast Asia.

Season Premiere:
ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”

WEDNESDAY, September 18

“Agatha All Along”
Disney+ – New Series
Synopsis: After the events of WandaVision, the witch Agatha Harkness is trapped without her powers by one of Wanda’s spells. After meeting a goth teen, she begins to dream of regaining her magic.

“The Golden Bachelorette”
ABC – New Dating Reality Show
Synopsis: Starring 61-year-old Joan Vassos, previously a contestant on The Golden Bachelor.

Season Premieres:
Bravo – “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City”
CBS – “Survivor”

THE BUZZ

THE 2024 IG-NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS

The Ig-Nobel Prizes have been announced for 2024. These are the awards given out for dubious scientific research. The award ceremony was last Thursday. The winners, although that may not be the correct usage of that word:
– A pair of scientists from Germany and Brazil for finding evidence that some real plants imitate the shapes of neighboring artificial plastic plants.
– A large team of researchers for studying whether the hair on the heads of most people in the northern hemisphere swirls in the same direction (clockwise or counter-clockwise) as hair on the heads of most people in the southern hemisphere. (* Well?? Does it? DOES IT???)
– James C. Liao, for demonstrating and explaining the swimming abilities of a dead trout.
– A team of scientists from Japan for discovering that many mammals are capable of breathing through their anus. (* I can do that. Well, partially. I’ve got the exhale part down pretty good.)
– Researchers who proved, both in theory and by 350,757 experiments, that when you flip a coin, it tends to land on the same side as it started.
– Scientists who used chromatography to separate drunk and sober worms. (* ‘Cause worms have a hard time using a Breathalyzer.)
– Saul Justin Newman, for research that found many of the people famous for having the longest lives lived in places that had lousy birth-and-death record-keeping.
– Fordyce Ely and William E. Petersen, for exploding a paper bag next to a cat that’s standing on the back of a cow, to explore how and when cows spew their milk.
* I’m guessing that cat experiment is something they could only do one time.
* These people are smart, but it would have been smarter not to show up for the ceremony.
* The Ig-Nobel Prize, also known as “If We Don’t Spend This Leftover Research Money They’ll Cut Our Budget Next Year.”

U.S. NEWS

PASSENGER GOES NUTS ON PLANE, AFTER DISNEY WEEKEND

A California man was arrested after a midair meltdown last Monday on a Frontier Airlines flight out of Santa Ana, California. Charles Salva, 30, had just spent the weekend at Disneyland with his 3-year-old daughter. The chaos kicked off when Salva allegedly stood up and tried to rip down his oxygen mask from the overhead compartment while the seat belt sign was still on. When the flight attendants went to check on him, Salva started cursing and screamed, “We are all going to hell” and “This airplane is going down.” He then allegedly grabbed at fellow passengers before running toward the back of the plane, where flight attendants tried to restrain him. Salva choked one crew member and kicked another as the flight attendants and other passengers tried to pin him down. At one point he shouted that he was going to kill everyone, managed to break out of his flex cuffs and eventually had to be restrained with a seat belt. The flight ended up being diverted to Ontario International Airport where Mr. Salva, who, we repeat, had just spent three days with his daughter at Disneyland, was escorted off the plane on a gurney. He later claimed to cops that he had taken ecstasy before boarding the flight.
* Ah – pixie dust!
* When Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride isn’t wild enough.
* It’s called “ecstasy” ’cause it makes you feel so good.
* Ecstasy for him, agony for everyone else.
* The real question is, how did have any money left over for drugs after a weekend at Disney?

CATCHER TELLS OPPOSING TEAM’S BATTERS WHAT PITCH IS COMING

The Minnesota Twins released a minor league catcher, Derek Bender, last Thursday after finding out that he was telling opposing hitters what pitches were coming. Bender played for the Mighty Mussels, the Twins’ Single-A affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida. During the second game of a Sept. 6 doubleheader, Bender was found to be tipping pitches to hitters from the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Lakeland scored four runs in the second inning on the way to a 6-0 victory, eliminating the Mussels from playoff contention and winning the Florida State League West division. The Mussels squandered a six game lead at the end of the season, and still had two games to play. Bender had apparently told teammates that he wanted the season to be finished.
* See? Even the players are bored with the pace of the baseball.
* Chores piling up at home?
* If he wanted to leave early, he should have brought a note from his mother.
* Does the Tigers division title win at least get a little asterisk?
* Bender’s thinking of switching to hockey. It moves a little faster.

OTTER DRAGS CHILD OFF A DOCK

While humans are gorging on pet cats and dogs in Ohio, the wildlife is getting even in Washington state. A river otter dragged a boy off a dock and under the water at Bremerton Marina last Thursday. The mother, who was on the dock with her son, quickly rescued him from the water, but the otter continued to attack, biting the mother’s arm and chasing the family as they tried to get off the dock. The boy was taken to a local hospital to be treated for scratches and bites, which officials described as minor. There have been six documented human-river otter incidents in Washington state in the last decade, according to wildlife officials.
* Is it the same otter, or are they all cranky?
* Boy, they’re really coming up with some crazy superhero origin stories, huh?
* Chomp! goes the weasel.
* The lesson here is, never put a tuna fish sandwich in the stroller with your kid.
* Washington State – Come for the Fun, Stay for the Rabies Shots.

JURORS NAB ESCAPING MAN THEY JUST CONVICTED

A man just convicted of assaulting a child tried to flee a courthouse in Maine but two jurors and a detective quickly foiled his escape attempt. Last Wednesday, Nicholas Carter, 31, ran out of the courthouse in Skowhegan while handcuffed. He had been found guilty of aggravated assault against a 14-month-old child. Carter raced down a hallway and fled the courthouse, chased by several other individuals. He ran across a parking lot and eventually tripped and fell in a yard where two jurors from his three-day trial and a detective apprehend him.
* Motion denied!!!
* His next trip is to a cell.
* You heard of Twelve Angry Men? Those were two of them.
* They’re not about to let three days of boring jury duty go to waste.

STRANDED ASTRONAUTS PLAN TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER ELECTION

Those two American astronauts stranded on the International Space Station until February said Friday they plan to vote from space in the November election. On a call with reporters on Friday afternoon astronaut Butch Wilmore said he sent down a request for a ballot. “It’s a very important role that we play as citizen including those elections, and NASA makes it very easy for us to do that,” he said. The other stranded astronaut, Sunita Williams, agreed, saying, “It’s a very important duty that we have as citizens and looking forward to being able to vote from space, which is pretty cool.”
* Well, except that the space station has no electoral votes.
* Sure you can vote from the space station, but good luck to anybody whose ballot has to go through a sorting station in Atlanta. It’s gone.
* I wonder if the result of the election will affect how much they want to come back?
* And while we’re on the subject… will SOMEBODY at NASA please send up some hair clips for that woman?

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

NUDISTS GO ON SIX-DAY TANDEM BIKE RIDE

Two friends in Britain went on a six-day, 260-mile tandem bike ride last week from Gloucester to Land’s End in Cornwall. What was unique about the ride was that they did it naked. On a bicycle built for two. Neil Cox (great name!), 36, and his female friend, J Antic, 25, are both naturists – meaning they like to spend time in the nude. The pair spent some nights nude camping and others in hotels or B&Bs. They even took some nude trips out nude shopping or nude drinking in bars while on their journey. They said the response to them was “overwhelmingly positive.”
* I’m shocked! Six days in a row of good bicycling weather in England?
* And Mr. Cox kept pointing out the sights along the way.
* You know what really chaps my butt? Nude tandem cyclists.
* I can’t stop thinking about the damn bicycle seats!!! Get it out of my head!!!

TRENDING

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ACCEPTS PLEA DEAL, HAS TO MAKE PSA

Justin Timberlake has accepted a lower traffic violation as part of a plea deal in his New York DWI case. In exchange, authorities have dropped the drunk driving charge against him. The singer-songwriter appeared in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court on Friday, where he officially entered his guilty plea of driving while ability impaired. Timberlake will have to do 25 hours of community service, pay a small fine of up to $500 with a $260 surcharge and make a Public Service Announcement about the evils of drunk driving.

JANE’S ADDICTION CONCERT ENDS IN FIGHT

A concert by the reunited Jane’s Addiction in Boston came to a sudden end Friday night when singer Perry Farrell threw a punch at guitarist Dave Navarro. Footage shared on the web shows the band deep into playing “Ocean Size,” the 11th number in a set, when trouble erupted. Ferrell is grunting in the direction of the audience, before he turns and bellows at Navarro, then bumps him during a guitar solo. Navarro eventually stops playing and puts a hand up to Farrell’s chest. Ferrell throws a punch. At that point, as the stage lights are lowered, three men, including bassist Eric Avery, surround and grab hold of Farrell, who is finally forced offstage. Navarro and the remaining band took their bows, hugging each other, and left the stage. On Saturday, Etty Lou Farrell, the wife of Perry Farrell, posted her own account of what happened. She wrote on her Instagram account that her husband was upset about the band’s sound levels drowning out his vocals. She also claims bassist Eric Avery put the singer into a headlock and punched him three times. Etty Lou described her husband as “a crazed beast” for a good half-hour after the concert abruptly ended, adding that he broke down and “cried and cried.”

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (9/13 – 9/15)

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – $51.6 million
2. Speak No Evil – $11.5 million
3. Deadpool & Wolverine – $5.2 million
4. Reagan – $2.9 million
5. The Killer’s Game – $2.6 million

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Sept. 22, Sunday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 8:44 a.m. EDT)
Oct. 14, Monday – Columbus Day
Oct. 16, Wednesday – National Boss’s Day
Oct. 31, Thursday – Halloween
Nov. 3, Sunday – Daylight Saving Time Ends, turn clocks back 1 hour
Nov. 11, Monday – Veterans Day
Nov. 28, Thursday – Thanksgiving

BIRTHDAYS

Nick Jonas (singer, actor, The Jonas Brothers) … 32
Amy Poehler (comedian, actress, “Parks and Recreation”, “SNL” ) … 53
Marc Anthony (singer, born Marco Antonio Muniz, a former Mr. Jennifer Lopez) … 56
Molly Shannon (actress, comedienne, “SNL”) … 60
David Copperfield (illusionist, birth name David Seth Kotkin) … 68
Mickey Rourke (actor) … 72
Actor Ed Begley Jr. (actor, “Bless This Mess,” “Young Sheldon,” “St. Elsewhere) … 75

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

“As time goes by and you’re getting older and stuff like that – getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, ‘Oh, you can age with dignity.’ Really?”

(A) Miley Cyrus
(B) Madonna
(C) Mickey Rourke

ANSWER: (C) Mickey Rourke

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1943 – The world’s first LSD trip was taken by Dr. Albert Hoffman, who had invented the drug for use in psychotherapy.
* Interesting theory – watching the world melt into an electric kaleidoscope of stained glass neon marshmallows can CURE you of mental illness.

1908 – General Motors was founded by William Crapo Durant.
* The way my Pontiac has been acting up, he should have just called it “Crapo Motors.”

1893 – Richard Sears and Alvin Roebuck founded their chain of department stores, Sears-Roebuck.
* And the Roebuck family heirs aren’t too thrilled about the way they’ve been muscled out of the picture.

1620 – The Pilgrims left Plymouth, England aboard the Mayflower.
* And 20 minutes later, all the kids started asking “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?”

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2022 – South Korean girl group Blackpink released their second studio album, “Born Pink,” and became the first K-pop girl group to top the U.S. Billboard chart.

2014 – Singer Ariana Grande was at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “My Everything,” the singer’s second studio album. The album also debuted at No.1 in Australia and Canada, and peaked in the top ten of twenty countries worldwide.

2013 – A souvenir booklet from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival signed by Jimi Hendrix fetched $6,500 on eBay. The artifact also included autographs from three members of the Mamas and Papas.

1979 – The Sugarhill Gang’s ‘Rapper’s Delight’ was released. While it was not the first single to feature rapping, it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip hop in the United States and around the world. The song’s opening lyric “I said a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip hop” is world-renowned.

1977 – 29-year-old former T Rex singer Marc Bolan was killed instantly when the car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes, London.

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. According to a recent survey, 15 percent of us have a secret hiding place for THIS at work. What is it?
Snacks

2. Two-thirds of people surveyed say THIS is how they get ahead at work. What is it?
They “fake-it-’til-they-make-it”

3. According to a recent survey, 25 percent of people say they do THIS when they are home sick from work. What is it?
They turn their phone off

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