THURSDAY, July 7 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, July 7, 2022
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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.)

BUILD A SCARECROW DAY

CHOCOLATE DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Chocolate Day is the perfect opportunity to eat your favorite chocolates in ample portions. Do you really need another excuse to over indulge with your favorite food treat? Chocolate is America’s favorite flavor. It’s the flavor of choice in candies, ice cream, cakes, breakfast cereal, toppings, and a whole host of desserts. Unequaled in popularity, it certainly deserves a day in it’s honor. Did you know? Chocolate is a vegetable. It comes from the cacao tree found in tropical rain forests. We don’t need to tell you what to do to celebrate this day, do we? Eat chocolate!”

FATHER-DAUGHTER TAKE A WALK TOGETHER DAY

GLOBAL FORGIVENESS DAY

NATIONAL MACARONI DAY

NATIONAL STRAWBERRY SUNDAE DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“National Strawberry Sundae Day is your opportunity to indulge yourself in this delicious dessert. Strawberries are one of America’s favorite fruits. When the strawberries ripen each year, it’s time to celebrate. Many communities hold strawberry festivals to celebrate the harvest. At the festivals, strawberries take center stage. They are in the ingredients of hundreds of recipes. After the harvest has come and gone, summer arrives with heat and humidity. This is the perfect time to add sweet, tasty berries to ice cream for a cooling summer treat. Don’t forget to add your favorite toppings. Whipped cream is a must. Celebrate today, with a Strawberry Sundae.”

TELL THE TRUTH DAY
* PHONE TOPIC: Have members of the morning show admit weird or embarrassing truths, then invite listeners to anonymously phone in with their contributions.

July is:

Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month
Air Conditioning Appreciation Month
Baked Bean Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Family Reunion Month
International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
National Blueberries Month
National Grilling Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
Melon Month
Wild About Wildlife Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

WHAT TO WATCH – New and Returning Shows and Movies

THURSDAY, July 7

“Moonhaven”
AMC+ – New Series
Synopsis: Sci-fi fantasy series about utopian life in a colony on the moon after Earth becomes inhospitable. The residents desperately try to find a way to save the rest of civilization on Earth, but ominous events lie afoot.

“Generation Gap”
ABC – New Game Show
Synopsis: The younger generation is pitted against the older in an attempt to discover how much each knows about the other. The younger players are quizzed about the past; the older contestants answer questions regarding the present.

Season Premiere:
“Press Your Luck” – ABC

FRIDAY, July 8

“Black Bird”
Apple TV+ – New Series
Synopsis: Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen women.

“Boo, Bitch”
Netflix – New Teen Comedy Series
Synopsis: A high school senior, who’s lived her life safely under the radar, seizes the opportunity to change her narrative and start living an epic life, only to find out the next morning she died and is now a ghost.

“Conjuring Kesha”
discovery+ – New Series
Synopsis: Guided by supernatural experts, and joined by celebrity guests, the pop star tries to uncover paranormal mysteries.

“How to Build a Sex Room”
Netflix – New Home Renovation Show
Synopsis: From a secret rock ‘n’ roll dungeon to a next-level spa, designer Melanie Rose dreams up erotic renovations for couples in this spicy reality series.

“Trigger Point”
Peacock – New Series
Synopsis: A terrorist bombing campaign is threatening London and it is up to a Metropolitan Police Bomb Disposal Squad to deal with the situation.

“The Sea Beast”
Netflix – New Animated Movie
Synopsis: The life of a legendary sea monster hunter is turned upside down when a young girl stows away on his ship.

SATURDAY, July 9

Season Premiere:
“Say Yes to the Dress” – TLC

SUNDAY, July 10

“The Anarchists”
HBO – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Examines how entrepreneur Jeff Berwick turned what was expected to be a one-time event promoting “anarchy in its purest form” into a movement.

“The Final Straw”
ABC – New Game Show
Synopsis: The stakes are high as four teams of colorful contestants face off to combat tremendous tipping towers.

“Skymed”
Paramount+ – New Series
Synopsis: Follows intense character journeys and high-stakes medical rescues, heartbreaks and tribulations of budding nurses and pilots flying air ambulances.

“Unprecedented”
discovery+ – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Focuses on the 2020 election, with never-before-seen footage of the Trump family on the campaign trail and their reactions to the outcome of the election.

“WWE Rivals”
A&E – New Series
Synopsis: Actor and former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. leads a roundtable discussion of WWE luminaries to delve into the storylines and dynamic characters behind the epic battles that built the WWE.

Season Premieres:

“Biography: WWE Legends” – A&E
“City on a Hill” – Showtime
“Married to Medicine” – Bravo
“Masterpiece: Grantchester” – PBS
“Tuca & Bertie” – Adult Swim
“Who Do You Think You Are?” – NBC
“The $100,000 Pyramid” – ABC

TIKTOKKERS THINK THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER IS GATEWAY TO “STRANGER THINGS” UPSIDE-DOWN

The European Organization for Nuclear Research just announced it would resume research with the Large Hadron Collider, a machine created to explore the structure of the universe. So, of course, fans of the Netflix show “Stranger Things” are spreading conspiracy theories that the collider has opened a portal to an alternative universe or maybe a gateway to hell.
– One person wrote: “I really hope you don’t rip a hole in space/time, create a mulitverse or start a real life Stranger Things.”
– Another said: “What if it really did open a portal to hell or something.”
Sound scientific observations, indeed. But in reality, the collider is performing energy particle collisions, hoping to lead to new discoveries about how the universe was formed.
* Okay, folks, let’s go back and review what a “green screen” is.
* At $4.75 billion, it’s the most expensive promotional tie-in in the history of television. But Neflix thought it was worth it.
* Portal to hell! Idiots! Everybody knows the real danger is it creates a black hole that sinks to the center of the earth and sucks us all in.
* They’ve been running the thing for years, so if it had opened an upside-down world, don’t you think we’d be seeing a world where evil people are in charge, people don’t follow science or logic, and things like economies and supply chains aren’t working like they should? So just shut up.
CLIP: “Stranger Things” theme song.
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THE BUZZ

THREE 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. “National Parchment Paper Day Promotes Use Of Parchment Paper In Cooking”
2. “It’s Time You Learned How To Clean Your Meat-Encrusted Grill”
3. “The Story Behind Those Britney Spears-Approved Toilet Paper Earrings”

And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Can You Think Yourself Drunk?”

THE UNWRITTEN RULES OF HOME OWNERSHIP

Reddit asked readers, “What unwritten rules do you learn only AFTER becoming a homeowner?” Some of the responses:
– “You will NEVER complete a project with a single visit to a home store.”
– “If a fence is in fair to good condition, then your neighbor will claim it belongs to them. If the fence is in disrepair or has recently fallen, your neighbor will say it was built by the people who previously owned your house.”
– “The house knows when you have money. If you’ve suddenly come upon $2,000, that’s when the furnace will need a $2,100 repair.”
– “Fire alarm batteries will always need changing at 2 in the morning.”
– “Previous renovations aren’t there just to make it look nice. They’re hiding something that will become apparent as soon as you try and change something.”
– “Every repairman or contractor that comes into your house will tell you the guy who fixed it before didn’t know what he was doing.”
– “The closer your house is to a Home Depot, the easier your life will be.”
* Speaking from experience, if you want a part, go to Home Depot. If you want the right part, go to Ace Hardware.
* Another thing about houses – a day will come when you discover you are not the only creatures living in it.
* Just remember, men – HGTV is your enemy. All it does is gives women ideas.
* I offered to do a home show for PBS. Instead of “This Old House” I was going to call it “This Damn House.”
* Just keep telling yourself: “It’s better than renting. It’s better than renting …”

STUDY: HANGRY IS REAL, FOLKS

Researchers in Europe have discovered that “hangry” is a real thing – feeling hungry really does lead to more anger and irritability. The study, from Anglia Ruskin University in England and Karl Landsteiner University in Austria, asked 64 adults to record their levels of hunger throughout the day over a three-week period. They also kept track of their emotional well-being, recording their feelings at the time on a specialized smartphone app five times a day. The study found that hunger accounted for roughly a third of the variance in a person’s emotional well-being throughout the day.
* This study has Snickers’ fingerprints all over it. Chocolatey, greasy, smeary fingerprints.
* The takeaway here is, always have plenty of snacks nearby.
* All this really proves is that research undergrads all over Europe still wait until the night before their topic is due to come up with some goofy idea for a study.
* Tomorrow we’ll bring you the scientific results of whether jeggings are jeans or leggings.
* Well, that was a stupid waste of time, and somebody get me a donut, dammit!

U.S. NEWS

MAN GETS NASTY OBITUARY FROM HIS KIDS

This is an obituary from a Jacksonville, Florida, newspaper. It’s for a man named Lawrence Pfaff:
“Lawrence H. Pfaff Sr. was born in Belmont, NY, on April 16, 1941. He passed away on June 27, 2022, living a long life, much longer than he deserved. He is survived by his three children, no four. Oops, five children. Well, as of 2022 we believe there is one more that we know about, but there could be more. His love was abundant when it came to himself, but for his children it was limited. From a young age, he was a ladies’ man and an abusive alcoholic, solidifying his commitment to both with the path of destruction he left behind, damaging his adult children, and leaving them broken.
Lawrence, Sr’s hobbies included abusing his first wife and children. He loved to start projects but never followed through on any of them.
Lawrence, Sr. did spend over 20 years in the NYPD, but even his time in service was negligent at best. Because of his alcohol addiction, his Commanding Officer took away his gun and badge, replacing them with a broom until he could get his act together.
Lawrence, Sr. possesses no redeeming qualities for his children, including the ones he knew, and the “ones he knew about.” It will be challenging to miss Lawrence, Sr. because he was narcissistic. He was incapable of love. Lawrence, Sr. can be remembered for being a father to many, and a dad to none.”
* They showed him!
* Well, at least they’re in touch with their anger, which is healthy.
* On the bright side, the funeral will be quite the party.
* There’s one guy who never got the visit from the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
* That’s the thing about dying – you never get the last word.
* It’s writing like this that could bring the newspapers back into popularity.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

HUMAN CANNONBALL MISSES NET

A circus human cannonball was injured after missing a safety net. The 28-year-old man was performing with Uncle Sam’s American Circus in Llanbradach, Wales last week. Footage showed the man being shot out of a cannon, missing a safety net and crashing into a metal rail on the perimeter of the net. He was lying motionless on the floor until other members of the circus caried him off on a mat. Uncle Sam’s American Circus said he would “make a full recovery over time.”
* I bet the ringmaster went ballistic.
* Was he loaded? Well, of course he was, he’s a human cannonball.
* What did the circus say to the Human Cannonball? You’re fired.
* You’d think something called Uncle Sam’s American Circus would just be two hours of Fox News.

MASSIVE BINGO WIN

During during a large community bingo game last Saturday in the Brazilian town of Iparana, the caller called out the number 49, and 101 bingo players simultaneously yelled out “Bingo!” and rushed the stage to claim their prize. Normally, there aren’t that many winners in one game. Game organizer Mauricio Facanha said the mistake was caused by a glitch with the printer. All the winners lined up to claim their share of the prize, 1,000 Brazilian dollars (or $184 US dollars) split 101 ways. Everybody won 9.90 Brazilian dollars — although the organizers rounded it up to 10 Brazilian dollars, or $1.85.
* “Don’t spend it all in one place.”
* It’s like “Jerry and Marge Go Large” without the large.
* B-I-N-G-Ohhh, crap!
* Everybody got 10 Brazilian dollars. Can you at least buy a lottery scratch ticket for that?

TRENDING

RIHANNA IS A BILLIONAIRE

According to Forbes’ 2022 list of “America’s Richest Self-Made Women,” Rihanna is now the youngest self-made female billionaire in the country. The 34-year-old singer’s net worth is estimated at $1.4 billion placing her at No. 21 on the list of very, very, very rich women. While Rihanna remains most famous for being a multiplatinum recording artist, her vast fortune is primarily rooted in cosmetics.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Sept. 5, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Sunday – Patriot Day
Sept. 22, Thursday – Fall begins, Equinox is 9:04 p.m. EDT

BIRTHDAYS

Kirsten Vangsness (actress, “Criminal Minds”) … 50
Jorja Fox (actress, “CSI: Vegas,” “CSI”) … 54
Jim Gaffigan (comedian, actor, author) … 56
Shelley Duvall (actress, “The Shining”) … 73
Ringo Starr (drummer, The Beatles, real name Richard Starkey) … 82

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

“I am about peace and love. I am about non-violence. And so I’ve just got to express that every chance I get.”

(A) Vladimir Putin
(B) Simon Cowell
(C) Ringo Starr

ANSWER: (C) Ringo Starr

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

COVID-19 in History:
2020 – Texas recorded more than 10,000 daily cases of COVID-19 for the 1st time.
2020 – India surpassed Russia to become the world’s third-worst affected country, with daily COVID-19 cases exceeding 20,000 and total cases over 700,000.
2020 – Violent protests were staged in Belgrade, Serbia, in response to the government’s announcement of a weekend lockdown due to COVID-19 surge.
2020 – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced he had tested positive for COVID-19.

1999 – In the first class-action lawsuit by smokers to go to trial, a jury in Miami held cigarette makers liable for making a defective product that causes emphysema, lung cancer and other illnesses.
* The next step: make the cigarette companies cough up some cash.

1980 – The “Solar Challenger” became the first solar-powered aircraft to cross the English Channel.
* But solar aircraft never caught on so they ended up digging a tunnel under it.

1957 – The first package of “Sweet’N Low” sugar substitute was served at a restaurant.
* Over 50 years of sugar substitutes and Americans are more obese than ever.

1930 – Construction began on what is now the Hoover Dam. It was originally named Boulder Dam.
* Then the vacuum cleaner company made an offer for naming rights.

1802 – The first comic book, “The Wasp,” was published in Hudson, NY.
* Parents thought comic books would lead to juvenile delinquency. Actually, the real problems start when kids move on to the hard stuff – video games!

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2010 – Paul McCartney joined Ringo Starr onstage at a concert at New York’s Radio City Music Hall to help celebrate the former Beatle drummer’s 70th birthday. With Ringo’s All Starr Band joined by Yoko Ono, Joe Walsh, Angus Young and Steven Van Zandt, Paul belted out “Birthday” and Ringo delivered “With A Little Help From My Friends.”

2009 – Michael Jackson’s family and fans said farewell to the pop superstar at an emotional memorial service.

2007 – The Live Earth concerts took place around the world with The Police closing the days events in New Jersey. The concerts were organized by former US Vice-President Al Gore, as part of his campaign to “heal the planet.”

2006 – Syd Barrett died from complications arising from diabetes at age 60. The singer, songwriter, guitarist was one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, active as a rock musician for only about seven years before he went into seclusion.

2000 – Eminem’s wife, Kimberly Mathers, was hospitalized after she slit her wrists following her husband’s show as part of the Up in Smoke Tour at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

1984 – Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Born In The USA.” The album went on to spend a total of 139 weeks on the U.S. chart.

1984 – Prince started a five week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “When Doves Cry,” his first U.S. No.1 which went on to sell over 2 million copies.

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. After chocolate and vanilla, THIS is the world’s third-favorite flavor. What is it?
Orange

2. Who brought oranges to America?
Christopher Columbus

3. How many cups of corn flakes do you have to eat to get as much fiber as one medium orange?
Seven cups

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