THURSDAY, June 12 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, June 12, 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.)

NATIONAL JERKY DAY

NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE DAY

RED ROSE DAY

SUPERMAN DAY
The Checkiday Website says this:
“Superman Day was started in 2013 by DC Entertainment, two days before the release of the Superman film, ‘Man of Steel.’ At this time it was known as Man of Steel Day, and it was not until subsequent years that the day simply became known as Superman Day. Both the name change and the continuation of the day seem to have happened organically. On the inaugural day, DC Entertainment partnered with comic book retailers and bookstores across the United States to celebrate the day, and gave out free copies of All Star Superman #1 Special Edition. Superman was created in 1933 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, but it wasn’t until April 18, 1938 that the Superman we know of today appeared, and made his debut in Action Comics #1. It was so popular that Superman got his own comic book the following year.”

June is:

NATIONAL DJ MONTH – Yeah!
National Adopt a Cat / Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
African-American Music / Black Music Appreciation Month
Great Outdoors Month / National Camping Month
International Men’s Month
Lemon Month
National Candy Month
National Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Rose Month
National Seafood Month
Pride Month
Women’s Golf 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, June 12

“American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans”
Prime Video – New Documentary
Synopsis: Chronicles NASCAR’s 2023 endeavor to compete in the historic 24 Hours of Le Mans race with an American stock car.

“Deep Cover”
Prime Video – New Movie
Synopsis: Kat, an improv comedy teacher, is beginning to question if she’s missed her shot at success. When an undercover cop offers her the role of a lifetime, she recruits two of her students to infiltrate London’s gangland by impersonating dangerous criminals. With Bryce Dallas Howard and Orlando Bloom.

Season Premieres:
Netflix – “FUBAR”

FRIDAY, June 13

“Atsuko Okatsuka: Father”
Hulu – Stand-Up Comedy Special
Synopsis: The rising comedy star shares relatable anecdotes like her seven-year break from laundry and the amusing realization that marriage licenses must be obtained before weddings.

“Echo Valley”
Apple TV+ – New Movie
Synopsis: A woman’s secluded life is interrupted when her troubled daughter shows up frightened and covered in someone’s blood. As she pieces together the shocking truth of what happened, she learns just how far a mother will go to try to save her child. With Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney.

“Too Hot to Handle: Spain”
Netflix – New Sex Hookup Show
Synopsis: A group of flirty Spanish singles expect sun, parties and steamy hookups, but they quickly learn that to win 100,000 euros they must give up sex completely.

Season Premieres:
Netflix – “Kings of Jo’Burg”
Netflix – “Rana Naidu”

SUNDAY, June 15

“Underdogs”
ABC/National Geographic Channel – New Nature Series
Synopsis: Spotlights overlooked and underappreciated wild creatures, showcasing their bizarre mating strategies, surprising superpowers, deception, dubious parenting skills and gross-out behaviors.

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. “How To Get Married At A Taco Bell Restaurant”
2. “Turns Out Donkeys Have A Natural Tick Repellant”
3. “Meet One Of The Contestants Starring In NYC’s First-Ever Pigeon Impersonation Pageant”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Your Dead Skin Is The ‘Favorite Food’ Of These Critters — And They’re Living In Your Bedroom”

THE BEST FRENCH FRIES RANKED

A new nationwide ranking from Seating Masters, based on over 40,000 Yelp reviews, has found the Best French Fries in America.
1. In & Out
2. Shake Shack
3. Freddy’s
4. Bojangles
5. Chick-fil-A
6. Cane’s
7. Zaxby’s
8. Arby’s
9. Hardees
10. Checkers/Rally’s

U.S. NEWS

MAN IN CAPE AND UNDERWEAR STEALS WOMEN’S UNDERPANTS

Police in West Portsmouth, Ohio, are looking for the man who broke into a Dollar General store and stole several packs of women’s underwear. What was even more unusual is that security cameras showed the man was wearing only a pair of white underwear and a cape. The man who police are calling “Captain Underpants” smashed the front door glass on Sunday morning, June 1, made his way to the women’s clothing section, grabbed some ladies’ underwear, and took off out the door.
* (gasp) Grampa!
* The underpants are definitely a motif with this guy.
* Did he grab the ladies underwear for his sidekick?
* Underwear and a cape. As costumes go, that’s just a half-step above a plastic outdoor trash bag with holes cut in it for your head and arms.
* If I understand this correctly, he stole about $6 worth of underwear.
* Not-So-Super Hero.

AUDIO: WOMAN MAKES PB&J SANDWICH WHILE APPEARING IN COURT VIA VIDEO

A woman in Detroit, Michigan has gone viral for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich during her virtual court hearing. The judge admonished Asja Outerbridge when she appeared in Detroit’s 36th District Court on a misdemeanor charge while she was making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for her 3-year-old daughter. Outerbridge at first had trouble connecting with the court via video, and things went downhill from there. The judge also didn’t like that she was wearing a Marilyn Monroe T-shirt in court, even if she was appearing from her home.
* She was making a PB&J, the judge called it baloney.
* It was a clear case of Habeus Jiffus.
* The judge found her guilty of not making a sandwich for everyone.
* Clearly the judge has never had to deal with a 3-year-old who’s hangry.
* Oh, please there are so many much worse things she could have been doing.
CLIP: A very-much edited version of Asja Outerbridge’s virtual court appearance.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/WomanMakesPBJInCourt(dot)mp3

NEW BURGLARY TECHNIQUE: PLANTING A PHONE CAMERA IN YOUR YARD

A Queens, New York, woman found what looked like a phone buried in her front lawn. The Android phone was wrapped in black tape, with only the camera exposed, pointed at the house. Police say burglars are now doing this to spy on homeowners, tracking their daily routines or scouting for valuables left outside, so they know when to strike. Similar incidents have popped up across the Tri-State Area, and police say covert surveillance cases like this are now turning up across the country. Police recommend trimming hedges to eliminate hiding spots, installing motion-detecting lights and staying alert for camouflaged devices that could be stashed in your yard.
* If you’re looking for an excuse to not mow your lawn, this is it. Let the long grass block the camera.
* Maybe it’s just another stupid TikTok challenge of watching grass grow.
* Technology. Wonderful, wonderful technology to make our lives easier.
* It was so much harder in the old days, when a burglar would have to sit outside in a lawn chair and report back to base with a walkie-talkie.

GOLFER SETS RECORD FOR LONGEST PLAY

Long Island, New York golfer Kelechi Ezihie, who only started playing golf two years ago after learning the game as a caddy, hit the course at Huntington Crescent Club at 6 p.m. on Sunday with the intention of setting a Guinness World Record by playing nonstop for 24 hours. However, he found out at around 3 a.m. Monday that a British golfer had played 32 hours straight in Norway. So Ezihie set a goal for 36 hours, which he achieved on Tuesday morning at 6 a.m. He was allowed five-minute breaks each hour, but otherwise had to keep walking and swinging. At night he played with glow-in-the-dark balls. (* How do they know?) He performed the feat to raise money and awareness for Life’s WORC, a nonprofit serving people with disabilities. Guinness officials will now review video evidence to determine if he meets all the criteria for the record.
* No one who’s been up that long should be driving.
* Just when I’m getting ready with my smart-alec wisecracks, they have to throw in that he did it for charity. Dang!
* He had to stop after 36 hours at 6 a.m. because, like any golfer, he had a 7 a.m. tee time.
* How many 19th holes did he play?
* Everybody was pleased. Well, except the British guy who played for 32 hours. He’s freakin’ LIVID.

OHIO WANTS TO BRING BACK FITNESS TEST FOR STUDENTS

Remember the Presidential Physical Fitness Test? The mile run and pullups? Today’s schoolkids have never experienced it, but a group of Ohio lawmakers wants to bring it back. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to require 1st- through 12th-grade students to take an annual fitness exam modeled after the Presidential Physical Fitness Test, which was discontinued in 2012. That fitness test involved sit-ups, a shuttle run, pull-ups, a sit-and-reach and a one-mile run. Students were placed into percentiles based on their age and sex. The lawmakers pitching the new Ohio Fitness Test say the state’s children need more exercise goals. The rate of obesity for Ohio children is 18.3%, slightly higher than the national average. The House bill, if approved, would give awards to students who perform in the 50th and up percentiles. While no one would be disciplined for poor physical performance, those who perform below the 50th percentile would receive the ever-popular participation certificate.
* They can have one of mine, I got a drawer full.
* Put their cellphones at the finish line of the mile run, you’ll be surprised how fit those kids are.
* Presidential Fitness Test? Uhhhh… I think we gave that up back around Nixon.
* It shouldn’t be allowed to be voted on until all the lawmakers involved take the test themselves.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

SOUTH KOREA TURNS DOWN THE MUSIC

South Korea has halted its loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts directed at North Korea in an effort to improve relations. The decision comes just a week after President Lee Jae-myung’s election, which was won partly on his promises to ease tensions with the North. The broadcasts were a response to North Korea’s campaign of floating garbage-filled balloons into the South. The loudspeakers had broadcast news from both Koreas, updates on democracy, and details about living in South Korea — content considered provocative by North Korea. They also blasted out K-pop tunes…
* .. which is just inhuman.
* And you know South Korea has the best electronics for a hi-fi system.
* Dave Grohl is looking into purchasing the speakers for the next Foo Fighters tour, which would be awesome.
* Now the North Koreans who started liking the music have to be rounded up and deprogrammed.

TRENDING

BRIAN WILSON, DEAD AT 82

Brian Wilson, the brilliant musician who created the California sound and chronicled the teen lifestyle in a series of ’60s hits by his band the Beach Boys, has died. He was 82. From 1962 to 1966, the Beach Boys racked up 10 top-10 hits and seven more top-40 chart entries, most of them written or co-written and produced by Wilson; their popularity during this period was rivaled only by that of their English labelmates the Beatles, whom Wilson came to view as his artistic rivals. Wilson went on to push the boundaries of rock’s possibilities with a string of mid-’60s music with his band: the amazing album “Pet Sounds,” the complex 1966 single “Good Vibrations” and his magnum opus “Smile,” which he did not complete until 2004. Wilson had been active as a touring artist up through 2022. In early 2024, it was announced that he was suffering from dementia, and a conservatorship was established at that time for his immediate personal needs after the death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson. Wilson is survived by daughters Carnie and Wendy and two adopted daughters, Daria and Delanie, from his second marriage.

SEAN COMBS TRIAL: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11

Here is what happened at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-and-drug trafficking trial on Wednesday:
– A former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs’, identified by the pseudonym “Jane,” was back on the stand after giving an emotionally charged testimony the day before.
– On Wednesday, “Jane” recalled how excited she was to receive a Van Cleef necklace and bracelet set for her birthday in 2023. “Jane” said she wore lingerie and greeted Combs “with open arms” because she was “happy to be wrapped up in my lover’s arms.” Asked if this birthday celebration led to another “hotel night,” she said: “Unfortunately, yes.”
– Defense lawyers presented exhibits in court suggesting “Jane” initiated some “freak offs” with Combs at a hotel. Lawyers entered as evidence photos of a room with rose petals and balloons, decorated by Jane.
– “Jane” said she encouraged Combs to go 30 days eating healthy foods and staying off drugs, and that included Combs pushing for a “sobriety party,” which was a “hotel night” without drugs. That party lasted between 12 and 18 hours and included Jane having sex with three men. She told the court she “unfortunately” agreed to Combs’ request.
– The lead prosecutor said the government will rest no later than a week from Friday and perhaps as early as Wednesday next week.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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)
July 4, Friday – U.S. Independence Day
Sept. 1, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Thursday – Patriot Day
Sept. 22, Monday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 2:19 p.m. EDT)

BIRTHDAYS

Chris Young (country singer) … 40
Timothy Simons (actor, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Veep”) … 47
Eamonn Walker (actor, “Chicago Fire”) … 63
Paul Schulze (actor, “Nurse Jackie”) … 63
Scott Thompson (comedian, actor, “The Kids in the Hall,” Brian on “The Larry Sanders Show”) … 66
Jenilee Harrison (actress, “Dallas”, “Three’s Company”) … 67

Today’s Birthdays grade: Hmm. Have you heard of anybody on today’s list? Other than a vet of over 250 episodes of “Chicago Fire,” today’s list is pretty ho-hum and kind of obscure. Maybe tomorrow will be more exciting. Grade: D.

[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!

“I think a case could be made that there’s sort of a crisis of masculinity in the West. Particularly with white males.”

(A) Jason Statham
(B) Jason Momoa
(C) Scott Thompson

ANSWER: (C) Scott Thompson

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2019 – The earliest evidence of humans smoking cannabis was discovered in a 2,500-year-old grave in the Pamir Mountains, China.
* Along with dozens and dozens of chicken wing bones.

2010 – “Toy Story 3” premiered at the Taormina Film Fest in Italy, and went on to become the first animated film to earn $1 billion.
* Yep, ticket sales went to infinity and beyond.

1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were slashed to death outside her Los Angeles home; O.J. Simpson was later acquitted of the killings in a criminal trial, but held liable in a civil action.
* A very confusing call ’cause there was no instant replay.

1962 – Three convicts used spoons to dig their way out of Alcatraz.
* From then on, the remaining prisoners had to eat their pudding with their fingers.

1935 – The Senate’s longest speech on record, lasting 15 hours, was given by Huey Long.
* Huey “Really, Really” Long.

1897 – The original “Swiss Army Knife” debuted. The red-handled knife contained a large and small blade, can opener, bottle opener, corkscrew and an awl with a hole for sewing.
* What, no digital readout? No MP3 player?

1839 – The first baseball game was played in America.
* And during the seventh inning stretch, everyone had a piece of Mom’s apple pie.

1665 – New Amsterdam was renamed New York by the English after the Dutch pulled out.
* Good thing, or The Big Apple would have been known as The Big Tulip.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2019 – After hackers stole tapes from the making of the classic Radiohead album “OK Computer” and demanded $150,000 for their return, the band released the tapes in full, with profits going to climate crisis activists Extinction Rebellion.

2015 – In Gothenburg, Sweden, Foo Fighters guitarist Dave Grohl fell off the stage and broke his leg only two songs into a show. He received medical attention and returned to finish the show in a temporary cast, propped up while somebody held his leg. The rest of their European tour was cancelled while he had surgery and the tour resumed on July 4 in Washington, DC, with Grohl performing from a custom-made guitar throne.

2013 – Mumford & Sons bassist Ted Dwane was rushed to a hospital to have an operation after scans revealed a blood clot on the surface of his brain. He fully recovered.

2006 – Prince received a Webby Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his “visionary” use of the internet; Prince was the first major artist to release an entire album, 1997’s “Crystal Ball,” exclusively on the internet.

2005 – Pink Floyd announced they would reunite with former bassist Roger Waters, who left the band in 1985, on July 2 for the Live 8 London concert. This would be the first time the band had played together as a quartet since The Wall tour in 1981.

2000 – The third George Strait Country Music Festival wrapped up with a sold-out show at Houston’s Enron Field, after grossing about $22 million from only 10 stadium dates.

1990 – Mariah Carey’s self-titled debut album was released in the U.S.

1965 – All four of the Beatles were named to receive MBE’s in Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday Honors List.

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. 25% of men get tired after 26 minutes of doing THIS. What is it?
Shopping

2. To improve their appearance, more than one quarter of men surveyed said they have done THIS. What is it?
Shaved their chest

3. 89% of men do not know how to properly do THIS. What is it?
Tie a bow tie

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