THURSDAY, Apr 3 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, April 3, 2025
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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 – including “holidays” created by the National Day Calendar and Wellcat websites to drive traffic to their websites – or the hundreds of disease awareness listings which occur each year. We present only those specially designated days we feel your listeners would find most interesting or significant.)

DON’T GO TO WORK UNLESS IT’S FUN DAY
(* Really? Then what am I doing here? JUST KIDDING.)

FIND A RAINBOW DAY

NATIONAL BURRITO DAY (First Thursday in April)

NATIONAL CHOCOLATE MOUSSE DAY

PONY EXPRESS DAY
The Days Of The Year website says this:
“The Pony Express existed for 18 months between the days of April 3, 1860 to October 1861. During this time, if you wanted to send a letter or small package from anywhere East past the gateway of St. Joseph, Missouri, there was only one way to go. The Pony Express was a massive employer for its time, with up to 80 young riders employed at any given stage. The Pony Express preferred to employ the youngest riders they could, in part for their resilience, and in part for how light they were. The lighter a man was the longer the horse could run and the more cargo the rider could carry, and since the horses were put to go full tilt for 10 to 15 miles at a stretch before changing, this was of vital importance. The rider changed out every 75 to 100 miles, but the mail never so much as slowed even in the worst of weather. While the average trip on horseback from coast to coast took 10 days, when they delivered Lincoln’s Inaugural Address, the trip was made in a mere 7 days and 17 hours.”

WORLD PARTY DAY
From various sources:
World Party Day, also known as P Day, is based on the idea that peace is not the opposite of war, merely its absence. The real opposite of war is party(ing), and World Party Day aims to synchronize a massive, world-wide party to celebrate everything that’s good and optimistic. The inspiration for World Party Day comes from the novel “Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel” by Vanna Bonta, published in 1995, which concludes with a synchronized worldwide celebration that occurs on April 3, 2000. The first World Party Day was held in 1996, the year after the novel’s publication. “Pass the food and turn up the music” is a common slogan on World Party Day. The premise is that everyone in the world is joined in partying, so you can really do anything you like as long as it involves celebrating the joy of existence.

April is:

Adopt a Greyhound Month
Car Care Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
D.E.A.R Drop Everything and Read Month
International Guitar Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Garden Month
National Humor Month
National Poetry Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies
Premiering Thursday through Sunday
Listings sourced from the TV Guide, EW and other websites

THURSDAY, Apr 3

“Crime Nation: Long Island Murders”
The CW – One-Hour Special
Synopsis: Unearths the haunting saga of Long Island’s south shore, where the bodies of the Gilgo Four victims were discovered. In 2022, police arrested a man, but chilling questions linger. Did he orchestrate the murders or does another dark force linger in the shadows?

“Devil May Cry”
Netflix – New Animated Series
Synopsis: Portals between the human and demon realms are about to be opened, and Dante may be the only hope in stopping the demons from an outright conquest.

“Pulse”
Netflix – New Series
Synopsis: Maguire Hospital’s Level 1 Trauma Center in Miami is already busy enough on its own, but the series begins just as the city is being hit by a deadly hurricane.

“The Bondsman”
Prime Video – New Series
Synopsis: Hub Halloran, a murdered bounty hunter, is back from the dead after being resurrected by the Devil to trap and send back demons that have escaped from the prison of Hell; by chasing them down, Hub learns how his own sins got his soul condemned. Starring Kevin Bacon.

Season Premieres:
HGTV – “Flipping 101 with Tarek El Moussa”

FRIDAY, Apr 4

“Dying for Sex”
FX/Hulu – New Series
Synopsis: Inspired by the story of Molly Kochan. After receiving a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic breast cancer, she decides to leave her husband and explore her sexual desires.

“Karma”
Netflix – New Series from Korea
Synopsis: Explores the lives of six characters who become entangled in a web of circumstances and events after a fateful accident, leading to a relentless cycle of retribution.

SUNDAY, Apr 6

“An Evening With Elton John and Brandi Carlile”
CBS/Paramount+ – Concert Special
Synopsis: Features live performances, anecdotes about the duo’s enduring friendship, and an inside look at their new joint album.

$690 FLIP-FLOPS FROM THE OLSEN TWINS

People are flipping out over high-fashion flip-flops that are selling for $690. An ultra-luxury company called The Row, founded by the famous Olsen twins Mary-Kate and Ashley, is selling $690 rubber flip-flops. There is nothing unusual about them: rubber footpad, a cotton strap that comes up between your toes and runs back over the top of your foot to hold it in place. For what its worth, the iron-gray color flips are sold out in many sizes on The Row’s official website.
* How are these people going to have any money left for GOOP?
* They sound like a rip off, but the rubber was personally vulcanized by an Olsen twin in lava from Mt. Grímsvötn, in Iceland.
* And remember, at $690, each of them only gets $345 apiece.
* For the price of a pair of their knee-high boots you can buy several horses.
* $690 flip-flops, or a dozen eggs for the week? Tough choice.

DEBORAH NORVILLE LEAVING “INSIDE EDITION” AFTER 30 YEARS

“Inside Edition” anchor Deborah Norville is exiting the syndicated program after 30 years. Norville, 66, announced the decision on the program Wednesday, telling viewers that she would leave at the end of the current season. She says, “They made me a lovely offer to stay, but there are things I’d like to do and places I want to do them that continuing here doesn’t permit. So, at the end of the season, I’ll be moving on.”
* Wow, 30 years is a long time to be on a show I have never, ever, ever heard of.
* The producers probably told her, “You know, Deb… three decades…we just don’t think it’s gonna work out.”
* Could she be running off with Lester Holt?
* Great, another show for Steve Harvey to take over.

THE BUZZ

DUMB HEADLINES

Time for another episode of Three Dumb Headlines. These are actual, word-for-word headlines of stories found on the internet. There’s no story, no context, just the actual headline. Discuss them amongst yourselves. Then, encourage listeners to vote for the Dumbest Headline on your station’s social media page. Maybe ask them to leave a comment. Reveal the results in the next break.
Today’s Dumb Headlines:
1. “When Bees Get Stressed, They Become Pessimists”
2. “Dog Licks Aren’t Kisses”
3. “We’re Living In The Golden Age Of Mayonnaise”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Want To Be A Better Conversationalist? Try ‘Trampoline Listening.’”

ARE YOU A PSYCHOPATH?

Reddit asked, “What mundane activities are you convinced are a sign of a psychopath?” Some of the responses:
– “People who leave their long hair inside the shirt or coat after putting it on.”
– “Somebody who doesn’t listen to anything on a long car ride.”
– “Driving a car while the seat belt chime is constantly ringing.”
– “People who put on in order: sock-shoe-sock-shoe.”
– “When they turn their heads to look at something, their eyes stay in their original place until their head is fully rotated, then their eyes snap into position.”
– “Putting the milk before the cereal.”
– “Soaping up the dishes and putting them to dry without rinsing.”
– “Calling your mom ‘mother.'”
– “Really being into taxidermy, and not for scientific reasons.”
– “Excessive use of emojis. This is especially true for people that do this when having conversations that are supposed to be serious.”
– “Not rolling the bag closed inside cereal boxes. Just leaving it all open in there. What the hell?”
– “Recently saw my neighbor run hot water through his garden hose to increase flexibility, then spool it up perfectly, then cool it down to set it into shape again. That has got to be up there.”
– “I know a married couple that don’t have their own regular side of the bed.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you know someone with this kind of psychopathic behavior? Do you have one?

U.S. NEWS

CINNAMON BUN MACHETE BANDIT

Monday afternoon in Asheville, North Carolina, police responded to a robbery at a small store. Upon arriving, a store employee told officers that a man had stolen a cinnamon bun and incense. The employee said the thief brandished a machete before running away. Officers quickly located the suspect. He was the one with the machete and the incense, eating a cinnamon bun. The suspect, identified as Jeffrey Dewayne Bradburn, 33, was taken into custody.
* This little escapade is an insult to the long heritage of intense and dangerous machete stories we’ve covered.
* And no, giving his first, middle and last name – Jeffrey Dewayne Bradburn – like he’s some kind of serial killer – does not make him sound more menacing.
* Charged with Theft Of Property Not Greater Than 87 Cents. Off to El Salvador prison with you!
* He did make the cop car smell like sandalwood and cinnamon, which was nice. I’m surprised they didn’t hang him from the mirror as a car freshener.

WOMAN CLAIMS AIR PASSENGER BRAIDED HER HAIR WHILE SHE WAS ASLEEP

A TikTokker named Danielle has posted a story of how she recently got on a flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles, and immediately fell asleep. Sometime during the flight, she was awakened by the sound of a camera shutter, like your phone makes when you take a picture, but she blew it off and went back to sleep. Later, after landing in L.A., she was at her Airbnb when she discovered there was a braid in her hair. That’s when it dawned on her that the person sitting behind her had braided her hair while she was asleep. Danielle says it left her “deeply disturbed.”
* Don’t you hate it when people get in your hair?
* I love a story with a twist, don’t you?
* Be glad it wasn’t a crew cut.
* And later, she wondered why she received three boxes of hair product from SkyMall magazine.
* Sorry, but this doesn’t even make the top ten of creepy things that happen on airplanes.

ASTRONAUTS CONDUCT TESTS, GET MOTION SICKNESS

The four astronauts in a SpaceX Dragon vehicle, in a north-south orbit over the Earth’s polar regions, say their mission is off to an exciting start. The four includes Chun Wang, a crypto billionaire; Jannicke Mikkelsen, a Norwegian cinematographer; Eric Philips, an Australian polar adventurer; and Rabea Rogge, a German robotics researcher. All four had never been to space prior to this mission. Wang said they all got motion sickness and vomited a couple of times. The astronauts are carrying out 22 research studies, including taking the first X-rays done in space. Astronaut Rogge used a ham radio on board to contact Berlin. The mission is designed to last three to five days in orbit.
* But we know how that goes now, don’t we.
* Vomiting? Ground Control to major mess!
* You don’t throw up in zero gravity, you throw out, like a fire hydrant.
* The radio astronaut is the busiest, having to do traffic and weather together on the tens.

TRENDING

SIMPSONS, FAMILY GUY, BOB’S BURGERS RENEWED FOR FOUR YEARS

Fox network has renewed their animated series The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy for four more seasons each. (* Said a Fox executive, “Well, we gotta put somethin’ on.”) In addition, the network is bringing back the show “American Dad!, which has spent last eleven years in Purgatory on the TBS channel. Even though the contract extensions call for each show to run shortened seasons of 15 episodes each, it still means that the Simpsons, with seasons 37 through 40, will continue to reign as the longest-running scripted primetime series in television history.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

April 15, Tuesday – U.S. Tax Day
May 11, Sunday – Mother’s Day
May 26, Monday – Memorial Day
June 14, Saturday – Flag Day
June 15, Sunday – Father’s Day
June 20, Friday – Summer begins (The June solstice occurs at 10:42 P.M. EDT)

BIRTHDAYS

Rachel Bloom (actress, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) … 38
Amanda Bynes (actress) … 39
Adam Scott (actor, “Severance,” “Parks and Recreation”) … 52
Eddie Murphy (actor/comedian) … 64
David Hyde-Pierce (actor, played Niles in “Frasier”) … 66
Alec Baldwin (actor) … 67
Mick Mars (guitarist with Motley Crue) … 69
Tony Orlando (singer) … 81
Wayne Newton (singer) … 83

Today’s Birthdays grade: Giant singers from back in the day! The star of “Severance”! A comedy icon (even though he did star in a lot of stinko movies)! An alum of the classic “Frasier” TV show! And the most successful of the Baldwin brothers! Grade: (if we pass over Eddie Murphy’s worst movies) A-minus.

[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!

“You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don’t work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won’t work.”

(A) Rachel Zegler
(B) Millie Bobby Brown
(C) Eddie Murphy

ANSWER: (C) Eddie Murphy

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2010 – The first Apple iPad was released.
* My Grandma thought “iPad” was a bandage you put on a black eye.

2000 – A federal judge in Washington ruled that Microsoft Corp. had violated U.S. antitrust laws by keeping “an oppressive thumb” on competitors during the race to link Americans to the Internet.
* Make that a giant, 600-ton thumb.

1958 – Fidel Castro’s Communist rebels attacked Havana.
* It was their first attempt to take over Cuba’s capital. They came close, but no cigar.

1868 – A Hawaiian surfed on the highest wave ever, when he rode a 50′ tidal wave.
* It would have been even more impressive if he hadn’t kept yelling, “Get me down! Get me down!”

1829 – The coffee mill was invented.
* Up ’til then you had to stir your coffee for three days to get the beans to dissolve.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2008 – Mariah Carey smashed Elvis Presley’s U.S. chart record by scoring the 18th number one of her career with “Touch My Body.”

2007 – Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards denied that he snorted the ashes of his late father during a drug binge.

2000 – Mariah Carey was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston where she was treated for food poisoning and dehydration caused by some raw oysters she at in Atlanta two days before.

1969 – Jim Morrison was arrested by the FBI for interstate flight, following obscenity charges after a Miami concert.

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 USA Today, Americans collectively eat 100 pounds of THIS every second. What is it?
Chocolate

2. Americans have more than doubled their annual consumption of THIS since 1980, from 9 1/2 to 21 pounds per person. What is it?
Rice

3. The average person from Alaska eats twice as much of THIS food compared to the average person from Michigan. What is it?
Ice cream

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