THURSDAY, Mar 6 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, March 6, 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.)

ALAMO DAY
The National Today website says this:
“The Battle of the Alamo’s finale is commemorated on Alamo Day, which takes place on March 6 every year. The Battle of the Alamo came to a brutal conclusion on March 6, 1836, 13 days after a sporadic battle, rounding off a critical milestone in the Texas Revolution. The fort was retaken by Mexican soldiers and virtually all of the Texan defenders, including frontiersman Davy Crockett, were killed. However, on April 21, Sam Houston and his men overcame Santa Anna’s army at San Jacinto. They screamed ‘Remember the Alamo’ as they stormed, and Houston’s triumph ensured Texas independence. Texas was annexed by the United States almost a decade after in 1845.”

DAY OF THE DUDE
The Days of the Year website says this:
“Day of the Dude is a unique celebration inspired by the easygoing philosophy of The Dude, the main character from the movie “The Big Lebowski.” This day is dedicated to embracing a relaxed lifestyle, where the focus is on chilling out and not stressing over the small stuff. It’s also a way for like-minded individuals to connect, share laughs, and bond over their shared appreciation for The Big Lebowski and its laid-back philosophy​. Whether it’s enjoying a bowling game, sipping on a White Russian, or just doing nothing at all, the day encourages people to find joy in life’s simple moments.”

NATIONAL DENTIST’S DAY

NATIONAL FROZEN FOOD DAY
The On This Day website says this:
“Birds Eye frozen food went on sale for the first time on this day in 1930 – restricted to 18 stores in Springfield, Massachusetts. The owners, the Goldman Sachs Trading Company, wanted to see how the public would take to this novel idea of offering food for sale. A year earlier, Goldman had paid $22 million to Clarence Birdseye, the inventor of the process, to secure his trademarks and patents.”

NATIONAL WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE DAY

March is:

Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month
American Red Cross Month
Employee Spirit Month
Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
Gender Equality Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
National Craft Month
National Women Inventors Month
National Women’s History Month
Read an E-Book 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, March 6

“Deli Boys”
Hulu – New Series
Synopsis: Mir is bent on being the successor of his father’s convenience store business, while Raj couldn’t give a damn. But when their father dies in an accident and the dark reality of how he amassed his wealth is unearthed, Mir and Raj must throw any existing plans out the window as they take up a life of crime.

“For the Win: NWSL”
Prime Video – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Follows players like icon Alex Morgan, rising superstar Trinity Rodman, and soccer phenom Marta through the 2024 NWSL playoffs as dynasties crumble, history refuses to wait, and new champion will be crowned.

Season Premieres:
ABC – “9-1-1,” “Doctor Odyssey,” “Grey’s Anatomy”

FRIDAY, March 7

“Chaos: The Manson Murders”
Netflix – Documentary
Synopsis: Delves into the shadowy and complex narrative of the Manson family murders, challenging the official accounts of the most infamous killing spree of the 1960s.

“Heretic”
Max – The theatrical release comes to streaming
Synopsis: Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

“When No One Sees Us”
Max – New Series from Spain
Synopsis: Local Spanish cop Lucía Gutierrez and U.S. military lieutenant Magaly Castillo must work together to uncover the truth behind two mysterious cases.

SUNDAY, March 9

“Filthy Fortunes”
Discovery – New Reality Show
Synopsis: In a modern-day treasure hunt, the “King of Hoards,” Matt Paxton, travels the country searching for rare, big-ticket items hidden in cluttered, filthy homes.

Season Premieres:
ABC – “American Idol”
AMC – “Dark Winds”
Bravo – “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”
Max – “The Righteous Gemstones”

AUDIO: BAMBI: THE RECKONING

The first trailer is out for “Bambi: The Reckoning.” As you may be aware, the copyrights on many old stories and characters have expired including, in this case, the one Disney had on Bambi. So, naturally, somebody’s turned the story of a sweet little fawn in the forest into a tale of blood lust and revenge for killing his mother. And, oh, he’s angry. Here’s what Bambi does in the trailer: Bambi flips a moving car off a road into a ditch; kills grandma while she’s standing in her living room; opens a car door by the handle and eats the driver; hunts down a girl in a kitchen (like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park); decapitates a hunter; crushes a guy under a car; and there’s a fireball explosion, for some reason. (* No chainsaws?) Bambi himself is a CGI 36-point buck with teeth like Venom and a growl like Cocaine Bear (see audio clip below). “Bambi: The Reckoning” also stars human actors, but you’ve never heard of any of them so it doesn’t matter, that’s not why you’ll be going to see this. The film comes out this summer.
* He’s a good momma’s boy, that Bambi.
* Bambi causes the mayhem, but I bet it’s Thumper calling the shots.
* What did the grandma do that was bad? Cook Bambi’s mom?
* Coming next: “Goldilocks: Loaded for Bear.”
* “Bambi: The Reckoning.” I reckon I’ll skip it.
CLIP: Here is what Bambi sounds like in the movie.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/BambiTheReckoning(dot)mp3

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 Many Donut Holes Equal A Full Donut?”
2. “Fans Left Confused By Miley Cyrus’ New Haircut”
3. “Where There Are More Hogs Than People, Mapped”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Scientists Built a Lollipop That Lets You Taste Movies”

THE STRANGEST REASONS FOR DIVORCE

Reddit asked, “Divorce lawyers, what is the strangest reason your client filed divorce for?” Some of the responses:
– “I had a client file for divorce because every morning his wife would ask him how he takes his coffee … for seven years.”
– “He didn’t help her put up a shower curtain. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
– “Because he owed his bookie $70,000. He didn’t want to leave his wife but he figured he would get half the house in the divorce, which was worth $700,000, and pay his debts. He already blew through their life savings gambling.”
– “I had one person who got divorced because her husband wouldn’t take her out to the movies anymore.”
– “She had spent $42,000 on psychic hotlines.”
– “Because his wife kept eating ‘his’ food.”
– “One of the reasons she needed a divorce was that he bought expensive shampoo.”
– “Guy signs over Power of Attorney to his mother before leaving. As soon as he was out of the country mother files for divorce of the wife because they never got along. Dude is in the middle of the desert and didn’t know until he came back in three weeks after the fact.”
– “His wife was telling people one of her reasons was the amount of toilet paper he used. She was a super coupon clipper thrifty lady and would listen when he went to the bathroom to see if he was using ‘too much tp.’”
* PHONE TOPIC: Your strange divorce story.

U.S. NEWS

FLORIDA JEWELRY THIEF SWALLOWS EARRINGS

Last week, a Florida man swallowed Tiffany & Co. earrings worth $769,000 in a robbery gone wrong. Orlando police say Jaythan Gilder, 32, ran out of a Tiffany & Co. store in Orlando with two sets of earrings — one 4.86-carat set worth $160,000 and another 8.10-carat set worth $609,500. Gilder was stopped by the Orlando Police Department, but they were unable to locate the stolen earrings and could only charge him with resisting arrest. But while in jail, Gilder asked staff if he was going to be charged “with what’s in my stomach.” Gilder then underwent an X-ray where detectives were able to spot foreign objects working their way through his digestive tract. Officials are waiting patiently to collect the stolen earrings.
* They’re hoping everything comes out all right.
* It depends on if the thief gives a crap.
* “Where did you get those beautiful diamond earrings you’re wearing?” “Oh, there’s quite a story behind them!”
* In this case, diamonds are not necessarily a guy’s best friend.
* “Ooooh! Why did it have to be a Princess Cut!”

BROTHER-IN-LAW SUED OVER SUPER GLUE IN THE BELLY BUTTON PRANK

A man on Reddit’s “Am I The A–hole” tells a story of how he sued his brother-in-law for putting super glue in his belly button after he had drunkenly fallen asleep at a family barbecue. The man writes, “We tried to remove it, but when we attempted to peel it off, it caused some tearing around the edges.” He went to the emergency room where they used a solvent and an ointment to remove the glue. He was left with a medical bill of $2,253. He asked his brother-in-law to cover the cost. The brother-in-law refused. So, he took his brother-in-law to small claims court and won, although he still hasn’t paid. The man writes. “This has caused a major rift in my family. My wife is upset, and her family thinks I overreacted.”
* That’s how it is in this family. He stuck it to you, you stick it to him.
* I’m shocked! Treated in the emergency room and it was only $2,253???
* No mention of the part the beer plays in all of this, is there? A good lawyer would sue the brewery.
* Relax. There are so many other places on your body where putting super glue would have been much, much worse.
* PHONE TOPIC: Pranks gone wrong.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT PLAYS VIOLIN UPON LANDING

A flight attendant for United Airlines pulled out his violin and serenaded the passengers after touching down in San Francisco to welcome travelers to the Bay Area. He walked up and down the aisle as the plane taxied to the gate, and continued as people got up to disembark from the plane. Some liked it:
– “It was a definite pleasant surprise,” said one passenger.
Some called it “unsettling” and “self-indulgent”:
– “Just because I’m trapped and sitting doesn’t mean I have any desire to be serenaded,” wrote another.
* But most people said “Don’t quit your day job.”
* Maybe it was his choice of songs – “Looks Like We Made It” by Barry Manilow; “Lucky Man” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer; “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees…
* So now flying has become “America’s Got Talent.”
* “Any requests?” “Yeah, more legroom!!!”
* At least it wasn’t an accordion. Or bagpipes.
* When they start passing the microphone around for karaoke, that’s when I stop flying.

TRENDINGERIC CHURCH’S BAR NAMES DRINK AFTER MORGAN WALLEN STUNT

Just two months after Morgan Wallen settled his felony charges for throwing a chair off of the sixth floor of Eric Church’s Nashville bar, Chief’s on Broadway, Church’s bar is making light of the situation and has created a new drink in honor of the notorious incident. If you remember, Wallen tossed a chair off of the sixth-floor balcony, nearly striking police officers below. The drink is called The Chair, made from raspberry vodka, raspberry liqueur, lemonade and a splash of soda.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

March 9, Sunday – Daylight Saving Time Begins
March 17, Monday – St. Patrick’s Day
March 20, Thursday – Spring begins, Spring Equinox is 5:01 a.m. EDT
April 1, Tuesday – April Fools Day
April 15, Tuesday – U.S. Tax Day
May 11, Sunday – Mother’s Day
May 26, Monday – Memorial Day

BIRTHDAYS

Shaquille O’Neal (retired pro basketball player, TV pitchman for every product sold in America) … 53
Connie Britton (actress, “Zero Day,” “The White Lotus,” “Nashville,” “Friday Night Lights”) … 58
Tom Arnold (actor, comedian) … 66
Rob Reiner (actor, director) … 78
David Gilmour (musician, singer, ex with Pink Floyd) … 79

Today’s Birthdays grade: A Pink Floyd alum, a noted director who starred in an iconic sitcom, a White Lotus vet, Shaq! And … Tom Arnold. Oh, well. Everything can’t be perfect. 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’m on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but it’s all up in the medulla oblongata. I’ve got a lot up there. I’ve got a lot of knowledge… in this medulla oblongata.”

(A) Joe Biden
(B) Mel Brooks
(C) Shaquille O’Neal

ANSWER: (C) Shaquille O’Neal

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2021 – The U.S. Senate passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill called the “American Rescue Plan.”
* $1.9 trillion – because $2 trillion would have been crazy.

2015 – NASA’s Dawn space probe entered orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres.
* Sorry – the “little planet” Ceres.

1986 – The USSR’s Vega 1 spacecraft flew by Halley’s Comet.
* My dad had a ’72 Vega and he couldn’t get that thing around the block.

1930 – The first frozen foods went on sale in America, from Birds Eye.
* Personally, I don’t understand the appeal of frozen birds’ eyes.

1926 – Walt Disney Studios was formed.
* They haven’t done too badly for a Mickey Mouse operation.

1902 – The Census Bureau was formed.
* The U.S. government finally decided they needed a more precise population count than “Ump-teen million.”

1900 – Aspirin was invented by chemist Felix Hoffmann.
* If I have a headache, I take 2 aspirin and keep away from children, just like it says on the box.

1836 – The Alamo, under siege by Santa Anna since Feb. 23, finally fell.
* Bad Santa!

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2022 – “Heat Waves” by English indie pop band Glass Animals topped the U.S. Hot 100 in its 59th week on the chart, breaking the record for the longest journey to No.1, surpassing the previously held record by Mariah Carey, whose “All I Want For Christmas Is You” took 35 weeks to ascend to the No.1 spot in 1994.

2016 – Lana Rae Meisner, the wife of former Eagles’ bassist Randy Meisner, died after she accidentally shot herself while looking for something in a closet. Although the couple had a history of domestic incidents, police immediately cleared Randy of any wrongdoing whatsoever.

2004 – Diane Richie, the estranged wife of singer Lionel Richie, went to court seeking $300,000 a month in maintenance support. Diane’s monthly costs included: $20,000 a year on plastic surgery; $15,000 a month for clothing, shoes and accessories; $5,000 on jewelry; $3,000 on dermatology; $1,000 for laser hair removal and $600 on massages.

2004 – David Crosby was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana after leaving his bag in a New York hotel. The luggage was found by a hotel employee looking for identification, who instead found a handgun and marijuana. The employee called authorities, and Crosby, discovering himself that the luggage was missing, telephoned to say he would return for it. He was met by New York police, who arrested him.

1970 – Charles Manson released an album called “Lie” to help raise money for his defense in the Tate-LeBianca murder trial. The album jacket was made to look like a cover of Life magazine with the letter f removed from the word Life. In the mid sixties, Manson had been a wanna-be musician who befriended The Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, eventually talking the group into recording one of his songs, “Cease To Exist.” The title was changed to “Never Learn Not To Love” and was released as the B side of the single “Bluebirds Over The Mountain,” which eventually climbed to number 61 in the U.S. in early 1969.

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. About 26% of women and 16% of men are doing THIS today. What is it?
Dieting

2. About 32% of people who break their diet do it by eating THIS. What is it?
A piece of pie

3. If you do THIS during a diet you are more likely to lose weight. What is it?
Sleep more

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