THURSDAY, June 19 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, June 19, 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.)

GARFIELD THE CAT DAY
The National Day Calendar website says this:
“June 19, 1978 was the first publication of Garfield, which chronicles the life of lead character, the cat Garfield (named after cartoonist Jim Davis’s grandfather); Garfield’s owner, Jon Arbuckle: and Jon’s dog, Odie. By 2013, Garfield was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals and holds the Guinness World Record for being the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip.”

JUNETEENTH
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Juneteenth day celebrates and symbolizes the end of slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. It was not until June 19, 1865 that all slaves were finally freed. That concluding event was when General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas with his troops and issued Order Number 3 which finally freed the last of the slaves.”

NATIONAL MARTINI DAY

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 19

“The Waterfront”
Netflix – New Series
Synopsis: A family struggles to keep their crumbling North Carolina fishing empire afloat through increasingly dangerous means.

FRIDAY, June 20

“Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical”
Disney+ – Special
Synopsis: Brings the magic, music, and spectacle of the hit movie to the stage, with surprises and special effects.

“Grenfell: Uncovered”
Netflix – New Documentary
Synopsis: Explores one of the UK’s most devastating modern disasters – the June 14, 2017 fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, resulting in 72 deaths and over 70 injuries.

“Olympo”
Netflix – New Series from Spain
Synopsis: Spain’s top athletes train at CAR Pirineos, including Amaia, the demanding artistic swimming team captain. When her best friend Nuria outperforms her, Amaia realizes some athletes are inexplicably improving. How far are they willing to go?

“Semi-Soeter”
Netflix – New Movie from South Africa
Synopsis: Power couple Jaci and JP find themselves in a bumpy predicament when a new work pitch for a baby brand forces them to play the perfect pretend parents.

SATURDAY, June 21

Season Premiere:
Netflix – “The Great Indian Kapil Show”

SUNDAY, June 22

Season Premiere:
HBO – “The Gilded Age”

KELSEY GRAMMER TO BE A FATHER AGAIN AT 70

Kelsey Grammer, 70, is going to be a father again. The actor was spotted stepping out with his heavily pregnant wife in London on Tuesday. The “Frasier” star, who is already a father of seven, was seen walking beside wife Kayte Walsh, 46, who showed off her baby bump. The couple are already proud parents to daughter Faith, 12, and sons Gabriel, 10, and James, 8. The actor, who has been married four times, also shares daughter Spencer, 41, with his first wife, as well as daughter Greer, 33, with ex-girlfriend Barrie Buckner, and daughter Mason, 23, and son Jude, 20, with ex-wife Camille Grammer.
* Oh, dear god, Niles!
* He keeps rebooting the franchise, doesn’t he.
* He’s got to stop tossing that salad and scrambling those eggs.
* I see Kelsey Grammer, and I think of Frasier, and I think of Eddie the dog. Eddie needed to be fixed, too.
* Sure, it’s crazy, but when you’ve got $80 million, everything’s a lot easier.

OZZY OSBOURNE SELLING HIS DNA

Ozzy Osbourne is selling his DNA so you can clone him. The 76-year-old rocker has teamed up with Liquid Death iced tea. His DNA will be available on ten limited edition iced tea cans, under the special promotional name “Infinite Ozzy.” The pitch says, “Introducing Infinitely Recyclable Ozzy by Liquid Death. These cans of low-calorie iced tea with B vitamins have each been drunk by Ozzy himself. And each can contains trace DNA from Ozzy’s saliva, as well as his handwritten signature. Now, once technology and federal law permits, you can replicate Ozzy and enjoy him for hundreds of years into the future. There will never be another Ozzy Osbourne, unless you have his actual DNA.” In a promotional trailer shared on their website, Osbourne is seen drinking from the cans before crushing them and placing them in a sealed container.
* Oh, saliva DNA. I was afraid it might be something else.
* With B vitamins? Bat vitamins?
* If you can figure out the sequence of his DNA, then you can figure out what the hell he’s saying when he speaks.
* And with his handwritten signature, you could try forging some checks. This idea just gets better and better.
* I would think if you’re 76, you might not particularly want to drink something called Liquid Death.

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 A Local Diner Became Home To One Of The Largest Teapot Collections”
2. “These Are the Dogs Most Likely to Get Diarrhea”
3. “Your Ring Finger Might Reveal Whether You’d Be Able To Finish A Marathon”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Why You Need To Use Caution When Peeling The Stickers Off Of Fruit”

THIS IS NOT FUN

Reddit asked, “What’s something people pretend is fun but is secretly hell?” Some of the responses:
– “That crazy sling shot ride.”
– “Zip-lining.”
– “Tickling.”
– “Singing “Happy Birthday.”
– “Office parties.”
– “Bachelorette parties.”
– “Being a bridesmaid is actually miserable.”
– “Oktoberfest in Munich.”
– “Group vacations with more than 4 people. It starts as ‘fun with friends’ and ends with passive aggression, drama, and one person crying in a bathroom.”
– “I’m of the opinion the majority of people in most nightclubs aren’t having a good time.”
– “Watching a live improv show.”
– “Parades. Being in the parade is not fun.
– “The cruise I’m currently on.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you agree with any of these? What supposedly fun thing do you think is hell?

U.S. NEWS

MAN MARRIED WITHOUT KNOWING IT

Beverly Hills Police are looking into a bizarre case where a wedding was held without the groom present and without his knowledge. Police were contacted by a 42-year-old man last Friday, who said that he found a package from his ex-girlfriend at his home which included a copy of a marriage certificate – showing he was married. The man had been in a relationship with the woman, and they got a marriage license back on June 2, but broke up before a wedding took place. However, the woman somehow convinced a pastor to certify the marriage without the groom being present. The woman then went to the County Clerk’s Office and filed the certificate. Investigators spoke with the reverend who signed the document showing that they were unified. He admitted that the groom was not present at the wedding. The woman, 36-year-old Kristin Marie Spearman, was arrested on felony stalking charges. She is currently in jail.
* …where she has taken several prison brides.
* Who’s the mystery guy? Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers? [He came to football camp saying he was married; his family had no idea, there is no record of marriage on file.]
* It’s worse than identity theft – it’s bachelorhood theft!
* Why does this sound like the plot of a Seth Rogen movie?

SHOT SUSPECT COMPLIMENTS POLICE ON THEIR ACCURACY

California police body cam captured the bizarre moment a suspect complimented officers on their aim after being gunned down. Back on May 1st, LAPD responded to a domestic dispute call. Upon entering the residence, the officers were confronted by 26-year-old Shamar Bennett, who appeared to be holding a rifle. They fire several rounds at Bennett, wounding him. The officers commanded Bennett to crawl towards them as he complains that he was shot in the leg. But then he says, “That was a good shot, though. That was a good shot.” According to LAPD, Bennett’s weapon was a BB rifle. He now faces multiple charges.
* And the LAPD have begun a rating system: “How’s my shooting?” “Five stars – would be shot again.”
* And like everyone else, the cop who shot him is looking for a tip: 20%? 24%? Select your own amount?
* Maybe by “That was a good shot” he meant ’cause it wasn’t in his head?
* “Crawl towards us.” “But you shot me in the leg!” “Okay, HOBBLE towards us.”

DEPUTY LASSOS SUSPECT

Deputies from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office in Washington state received a call Saturday afternoon about a domestic incident involving a fight between an adult son and his parents. The deputies found the son, a 32-year-old man in the throes of a mental health crisis, standing in a lake holding a chainsaw. After nearly an hour of negotiations, one officer – a member of the unit who often encounters large animals on the job – went to his car and grabbed his lasso. The deputy tossed his lariat over the man, jerked him off his feet, he dropped the chainsaw, and nobody was injured. The man was taken to a local hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
* …and then sold at the cattle auction.
* It helped that one of the other cops dressed up as a rodeo clown to distract him.
* What was the fight about? Whether he should catch them a fish for dinner? A really, really, really big fish?
* It’s like Indiana Jones crossed with Yellowstone. A new action hero: Yellowjones.

MINNESOTA CYCLIST IN WRONG PLACE AT WRONG TIME: IRAN ON FRIDAY

Minnesota man Ian Andersen (NOT the Jethro Tull Ian Anderson. He’s 77.) is on a mission to bike across all seven continents. Guess where he was last week? Iran. Andersen, age 32, was biking through Iran when Israel launched bombing strikes on Iranian nuclear sites and the country’s military leaders. On Friday — “the day the bombs started falling” — he and his guide were on the road driving south to the capital, Tehran, where Andersen hoped to apply for a visa to Afghanistan. They sheltered in place and decided to speak Spanish so no one would suspect Andersen’s American identity. He was able to flee to neighboring Azerbaijan on Monday. “It was really just, like, the worst timing possible,” Andersen said.
* Understatement of the year.
* And yet, he thinks being an American in Afghanistan will somehow be safer than dodging bombs in Iran. Oh, you sweet summer child.
* At least he didn’t go with his first idea – biking through North Korea.
* He hopes to make it to Antarctica with his bicycle by mid-July.
* Still, it could have been worse. He could have been back in Minnesota.
PHONE TOPIC: I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

TRENDING

JOEL MCHALE ADMITS TO HAIR TRANSPLANTS

Joel McHale opened up about his hair transplants during an appearance on the “We Might Be Drunk” podcast earlier this week. The 53-year-old comedian said, “Yeah, I’m fully bald. This is four transplants.” He said he first did it with a method known as “the strip,” which is an older hair transplant technique that involves surgically removing a strip of scalp. “Don’t do a strip,” McHale said, “Do plucking.” Plucking extracts individual hair follicles and then implants them in the affected areas. McHale said he paid around $10,000 for the procedure. And he added, “I can get you a name of a guy in Turkey. But just make sure, ’cause if somebody is like, ‘I’ll do it for $3,000,’ then you don’t do it. You get what you pay for.”

“EVITA” STAGING HAS “DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA” SUNG TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE THEATER

Actress Rachel Zegler is currently starring as Eva Perón in a new production of “Evita” at the London Palladium in the UK. She’s getting rave reviews, but there’s one hitch: She performs the musical’s most famous number, “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina,” from a balcony overlooking the street outside the venue. In the play, Evita is supposed to be singing from presidential balcony in Buenos Aires. In this production, she sings to the non-paying people out on the street. Paying fans inside the theater have to watch a livestream of the performance on a screen from their seats. The decision has sparked controversy among some West End theater-goers who have spent up to $500 on tickets to the show only to not get to see its most famous song performed in person.

SEAN COMBS TRIAL: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

Here is what happened at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-and-drug trafficking trial on Wednesday:
– Nothing! Because a juror fell ill. Judge Arun Subramanian told the courtroom, “We have a sick juror who cannot be here and had vertigo, was on their way here and had to turn back. He is not here, and he is on the regular jury. So, it appears we cannot go on today.” The trial will reconvene on Friday.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

TODAY – Juneteenth
TOMORROW – 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

Chuku Modu (actor, “The Good Doctor”) … 35
Zoe Saldana (actress, “Lioness,” “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Star Trek” and “Avatar” movies) … 47
Robin Tunney (actress, “The Fix,” “The Mentalist”) … 53
Lara Spencer (TV host, “Good Morning America”) … 56
Paula Abdul (singer) … 63
Kathleen Turner (actress) … 71
Larry Dunn (keyboardist with Earth, Wind and Fire) … 72
Ann Wilson (singer with Heart) … 75

Today’s Birthdays grade: Our biggest star today is an actress who struck hat-trick gold with the Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Trek, and Avatar franchises (ka-ching!) – plus more stars from movies, music and TV … and one of ’em’s under 40! Grade: B-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!

“I love wearing men’s clothing and underwear.”

(A) Taylor Swift
(B) Martha Stewart
(C) Zoe Saldana

ANSWER: (C) Zoe Saldana

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2017 – The first full genetic study of cats was published in “Nature Ecology and Evolution.” It revealed cats were domesticated 9,000 years ago, and all cats are descended from one species of African wildcat.
* The reaction of cats everywhere: “Meh.”

1999 – Stephen King was struck by a mini-van while walking along a road in Maine. He was severely injured with a collapsed right lung, multiple fractures of his right leg, scalp laceration and a broken hip.
* Did Dean Koontz have an alibi?

1934 – The Federal Communications Commission, which among other things oversees the fabulous world of radio, was created.
* So now you know who to complain to about my show. JUST KIDDING!

1912 – The U.S. government established the eight-hour work day.
* Would someone please tell my boss?

1911 – The first motion-picture censorship board was established, in Pennsylvania.
* So everyone knew where to go to see the good stuff.

1910 – Father’s Day was celebrated for the first time.
* For this first time in thousands of years of human civilization, it was officially recognized that kids didn’t come from storks.

1846 – The first baseball fine was levied, when umpire Alexander Cartwright fined a Hoboken, New Jersey player six cents for swearing.
* It doesn’t sound like much, but back then, baseball players only got 25 cents a game.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2020 – Bob Dylan released his 39th studio album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways.” With this album, Bob Dylan became the only artist to date to have an album chart in the top 40 throughout seven consecutive decades.

2012 – Rickey Goodrich, the former chief financial officer for Pearl Jam, was charged with 33 counts of theft for allegedly stealing at least $380,000 from the Seattle band’s management company. He was eventually sentenced to 14 months in prison.

2011 – Amy Winehouse was booed by crowds in Serbia’s capital Belgrade after appearing to be too drunk to perform.

1987 – Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream & Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia announced a new ice cream flavor, Cherry Garcia.

1980 – Donna Summer became the first act signed by David Geffen to his new Geffen Records label.

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. When it comes to THESE, half of us love them, 30% of us hate them, and 20% of us are afraid of them. What are they?
Thunderstorms

2. Most people who try THIS, give it up after doing it once. What is it?
Rollerblading

3. Even though THIS could be considered risky, 75% of us will do it this month. What is it?
Put a cotton swab in your ear

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