THURSDAY, May 2 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, May 2, 2024
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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.)

BABY DAY
The Days Of The Year website says this:
“Baby Day was established to celebrate the smallest members of our species, and the wonders and joys they face as they grow up. Growing up isn’t always easy, and that’s why these wee travelers have parents to help them traverse the challenging road ahead. Children come in all shapes and sizes and represent a new beginning and a wonderful innocence in the world, and we can learn as much from them as they can learn from us. After all, while they come into the world free of knowledge, they also come into the world free from preconceptions, cynicism, and prejudice.”

NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE DAY

NATIONAL TRUFFLES DAY

May is:

Chip Your Pet Month / Pet Month
Date Your Mate Month
International Civility Awareness Month
National Barbeque Month
National Bike Month
National Egg Month
National Hamburger Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month
Older Americans Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

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

THURSDAY, May 2

“A Man in Full”
Netflix – New Series
Synopsis: Real estate mogul Charlie Croker’s imminent downfall stokes a feeding frenzy for his crumbs while Croker hisses at them to stay away while he attempts a rebuild.

“Beautiful Rebel”
Netflix – New Movie
Synopsis: The origin story of one of Italy’s greatest rock stars, Gianna Nannini, who chased her dream despite obstacles from her family and the music industry.

“The Contestant”
Hulu – New Documentary
Synopsis: True story of a Japanese reality TV star left naked in a room for more than a year, tasked with filling out magazine sweepstakes to earn food and clothing, while his experiences were being broadcast to over 15 million people in a TV show called Denpa Shonen: A Life in Prizes.

“The Idea of You”
Prime Video – New Movie
Synopsis:
A 40-year-old single mom begins a whirlwind romance with the 24-year-old frontman of a popular boy band.

“Turtles All the Way Down”
May – New Movie
Synopsis: 17-year-old Aza Holmes has struggled with obsessive–compulsive disorder, but new challenges arise when Aza reconnects with her childhood crush, Davis.

Season Premiere:
Max – “Hacks”

FRIDAY, May 3

“Prom Dates”
Hulu – New Movie
Synopsis: Jess and Hannah, at 13 years old, made a pact to have the perfect prom. However, 24 hours before the big event, everything is ruined when they break up with their dates. Now they have one night to find new dates and make the fantasy come true.

“Stop Making Sense”
Max – Concert Documentary
Synopsis: The Talking Heads 1984 concert movie, newly restored to 4K.

“Unfrosted”
Netflix – New Movie
Synopsis: Jerry Seinfeld’s take on the competition between Kellogg’s and Post to create a new breakfast product in the 1960s. (Spoiler: It was the Pop-Tart!)

SATURDAY, May 4

“Katt Williams: Woke Foke”
Netflix – Comedy Special
Synopsis: Comedian Katt Williams performs a livestreamed concert.

“Star Wars: Tales of the Empire”
Disney+ – New Animated Series
Synopsis: Six episodes of yet another Star Wars series.

SUNDAY, May 5

Season Premiere:
Disney+ – “Monsters at Work”

WHY ROB MARCIANO WAS LET GO FROM ABC

Weatherman Rob Marciano, the forecaster for ABC’s Good Morning America, was let go because of reported clashes with fellow meteorologist Ginger Zee. According to the New York Post, Marciano joined “Good Morning America” in 2014 to take Zee’s weekend gig, while she, Zee, had been promoted to the daily “GMA” show. While Marciano reportedly had a “hot temper,” Zee was equally capable of being “nasty,” the source said. “Unfortunately their personalities didn’t work.”
* Their personalities worked perfectly fine, for a couple of jerks.
* It being ABC, the decision came down to who had the better legs, and… well, sorry Mark.
* Dummies! ABC should have worked the “feud” angle and doubled the ratings.
* When hot air meets a high pressure system, there’s gonna be storm clouds.
* When weathermen are sad, do they drown their sorrows at an isobar?

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. “We Tested Bidets For 3 Months”
2. “In The World Of Cheese, A Drama Unfolds”
3. “Here’s What Those Little Triangles In Airplane Cabins Are For”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Do You Really Need Different Moisturizers For Different Body Parts?”

CONTEST: KENTUCKY DERBY HORSE OR K-POP GROUP?

The Kentucky Derby is this Saturday, May 4. Have listeners guess if it’s a horse running in this Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, or a Korean K-Pop group?
1. Fierceness (racehorse)
2. Red Velvet (K-Pop)
3. Big Bang (K-Pop)
4. Sierra Leone (racehorse)
5. Catching Freedom (racehorse)
6. Forever Young (racehorse)
7. NewJeans (K-Pop)
8. Just a Touch (racehorse)
9. Dornoch (racehorse)
10. Mystik Dan (racehorse)
11. Just Steel (racehorse)
12. BlackPink (K-Pop
13. Girls Generation (K-Pop)
14. Woolah (K-Pop)
15. Honor Marie (racehorse)
16. Mamamoo (K-Pop)
17. Track Phanton (racehorse)
18. Stronghold (racehorse)
19. Ikon (K-Pop)
20. Itzy (K-Pop)
21. Resilience (racehorse)
22. Catalytic (racehorse)
23. Ateez (K-Pop)
24. T O Password (racehorse)
25. Endlessly (racehorse)
26. Everglow (K-Pop)
27. Domestic Product (racehorse)
28. Epic Ride (racehorse)
29. Monsta X (K-Pop)
30. Grand Mo the First (racehorse)
31. SuperJunior (K-Pop)
32. Day6 (K-Pop)
33. Society Man (racehorse)
34. West Saratoga (racehorse)

U.S. NEWS

BASEBALL FAN PELTED WITH HOT DOGS ON DOLLAR NIGHT

It was $1 Hot Dog Night in New York on Tuesday at Citi Field as the Mets took on the Cubs. Mets officials announced that they sold a stadium-record 44,269 hot dogs during the promotion. One of those fans sported a custom T-shirt, which he wrote on to keep track of how many hot dogs and beers he ate. By the time he got to 9 hot dogs and 10 beers, he had gotten a little rowdy, and fans started pelting him with their $1 hot dogs. Several police and security staff escorted him out of the stands.
* He deserved it, frankly.
* What a wiener.
* He must have gotten “$1 Hot Dog Night” mixed up with “That’s My Fetish Night.”
* At least it wasn’t “Steaming Hot Clam Chowder Night.”
* Then, a baseball scout signed the hot dog throwers to the the Oakland A’s pitching staff.

FLORIDA BOWLING ALLEY BRAWL

A brawl broke out inside a downtown Miami bowling alley early Tuesday morning. Video captured the melee at the Lucky Strike, which involved at least seven people. The fight took place at around 12:45 a.m. as several objects and drinks were thrown back and forth. And then the bowling balls started flying. At one point in the video, two women wrestled over one ball before the shorter of the two broke free. The other woman then grabs another ball and throws it at the shorter woman, striking her on the side of her head (* Ooo – a Brooklyn!) and knocking her to the floor. Both groups in the fight had fled the scene by the time police officers arrived.
* They all split.
* They couldn’t stop them while they were returning their rental shoes?
* That’s the last time they allow beer frames an Grandma League Bowling Night.
* It takes a lot of balls to brawl in a bowling alley.
* There were a lot of strikes, somebody was framed, and the whole incident belonged in the gutter.
* Spare me the puns, will you?

SMOKED SALMON SNATCHED

Some thieves made off with over 100 pounds of smoked salmon from a Seattle, Washington, fish market on Sunday. Employees of the Seattle Fish Guys, located in the Central District, found evidence of a break-in Sunday morning. The deadbolt on the front door had been drilled through. The thieves took some cash and office things, but mainly took all the smoked salmon. “A hundred pounds at least,” according to the owner, worth thousands of dollars.
* They cut right through the lox.
* If this isn’t a case for a sniffer dog, I don’t know what is.
* All of Seattle’s cream cheese sellers have been put on high alert.
* If you think this sounds fishy, you’re right.
* 100 pounds of smoked salmon, or as Jelly Roll calls it, “brunch.”

MAN SEARCHING FOR MISSING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ALLIGATOR

Remember that guy who tried to take his emotional support alligator to a Phillies game last year? Well, it’s missing, after the owner took it on vacation to Georgia. Joie Henney says Wally, his emotional support alligator, can be petted like a dog or hugged like a teddy bear. Now Henney is distraught after Wally vanished while accompanying him on an April vacation to Brunswick, Georgia, a port city south of Savannah. He said he suspects someone stole Wally from the fenced, outdoor enclosure where Wally spent the night on April 21 and left Wally outside the home of someone who called authorities, resulting in his alligator being trapped and released into the wild. “We need all the help we can get to bring my baby back,” Henney said in a tearful video posted on TikTok. “Please, we need your help.”
* Was he crying crocodile tears?
* Help how? Should we all form search teams and head for the Georgia swamps?
* So if you see an alligator, try to pick it up and pet it. If you still have your arm, that’s probably Wally.
* Two words, pal: Tracking chip.
* You know, he did try getting an emotional support dog, like a normal person. But Wally ate it.
* Meanwhile, Wally’s thinking, “I can’t believe I got away from that creep! So handsy!”

ZOO BEAR EATS DUCKLINGS IN FRONT OF KIDS

At the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington, a zoo bear shocked guests at a girl’s birthday party by devouring ducklings that had landed in the water in its enclosure. The children and their parents had stopped by the bear exhibit as the coastal brown bear, named Juniper, watched a duck family swim past. Juniper jumped in the water and gobbled up the duckling one by one like chicken nuggets.
* ADORABLE chicken nuggets.
* Obviously, the bear has a quack problem.
* Suddenly, zoo admissions are up, and you can’t keep the crowds away from the bear exhibit.
* The mother duck was thinking, “Note to self: Teach the next batch how to swim in an actual pond.”

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

JAPANESE AIRPORT HASN’T LOST A BAG IN 30 YEARS

There is an airport in Japan that has never lost a piece of luggage in 30 years. Kansai International Airport in Osaka just won the Skytrax award for World’s Best Airport for Baggage Delivery 2024. The award, which the airport has received eight times, is based on an evaluation of wait time before baggage pickup, efficiency of baggage delivery and response to lost baggage. The airport first opened in 1994 and serves an estimated 20 million to 30 million passengers annually. They handled about 10 million bags in 2023. In a press release, the airport said, “We believe that the record of having no baggage lost since the opening of the airport is the result of the daily efforts and careful work of everyone involved, including airlines and handling companies.”
* Come on, airports can’t talk.
* What’s their secret? Duct tape and Superglue.
* Well, that seals it. From now on, I’m only flying through Osaka.
* Can we put them in charge of Boeing airplane parts?
* The first worker who loses a bag? Don’t even try to explain. Just get in your car and go home.

TRENDING

CARRIE UNDERWOOD NAMES NEW DONKEY “CHILI DOG”

Carrie Underwood welcomed a new baby donkey to her farm. The foal’s parents are named Jack and Diane, and they are the proud donkey parents of… “Chili Dog.” Underwood shared the news on her social media with a photo of the family.

MICHAEL RICHARDS MAKES RED CARPET APPEARANCE

Actor-comedian Michael Richards made his return to the red carpet for the first time in eight years in LA on Tuesday night. The 74-year-old Richards reunited with his “Seinfeld” co-star Jerry Seinfeld at the premier of Seinfeld’s new Netflix movie, “Unfrosted”. The pair were photographed hugging, posing for photographs and waving to fans in the crowd. Richards hasn’t worked much since the end of “Seinfeld,” mostly due to the public outcry after he went on an off-putting racist tirade during a stand-up set in 2006, when he was filmed hurling racist slurs at hecklers. He says he will detail the incident in his upcoming June book, “Entrances and Exits.” which he says “is a hymn to the irrational, the senseless spirit that breaks the whole into pieces, a reflection on the seemingly absurd difficulties that intrude upon us all.”

DUANE EDDY DIES, 86

Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose songs include the twangy instrumentals “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at age 86. Eddy died of cancer Tuesday in Franklin, Tennessee, according to his wife. Eddy sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and mastered a distinctive sound based on the premise that a guitar’s bass strings sounded better on tape than the high ones. He once said in an interview, “I had a distinctive sound that people could recognize and I stuck pretty much with that. I’m not one of the best technical players by any means; I just sell the best.”

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

May 12, Sunday – Mother’s Day
May 27, Monday – Memorial Day
June 14, Friday – Flag Day
June 16, Sunday – Father’s Day
June 20, Thursday – Summer begins (The June solstice occurs at 4:50 P.M. EST)

BIRTHDAYS

Ellie Kemper (actress, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” ″The Office”) … 44
Jeff Gutt (singer with Stone Temple Pilots) … 48
David Beckham (legendary British footballer) … 49
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (actor, pro wrestler) … 52
Ty Herndon (country singer) … 62
Lou Gramm (singer with Foreigner) … 74
Larry Gatlin (country, gospel singer) … 76
David Suchet (actor, “Agatha Christie’s Poirot”) … 78
Englebert Humperdinck (singer) … 88

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

“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.”

(A) Will Ferrell
(B) Nicolas Cage
(C) Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

ANSWER: (C) Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2012 – A pastel version of “The Scream”, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sold at auction for $119,922,500.
* “I scream, you scream, we all scream, for Edvard Munch!”

2007 – In its first case on climate change, the Supreme Court declared in a 5-4 ruling that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
* Okay, everybody – stop exhaling!

1995 – Baseball owners accepted the players’ union offer to play without a contract, ending the longest and costliest strike in professional sports history.
* The players had to hold out for more money, to pay for the new generation of steroids coming on the market.

1978 – Velcro went on the market.
* And stuck there.

1966 – The Soviet Union’s “Luna 10” became the first spacecraft to orbit The Moon.
* It took pictures of a cold, desolate place with no life or resources … kinda like Russia.

1954 – Plans were announced for the building of Disneyland.
* Of course, back then it was just called the Magic Blueprint.

1877 – The first Easter season Egg Roll was held on the grounds of the White House in Washington, DC.
* And an hour later everybody was hungry again.

1845 – H. L. Fizeau and J. Leon Foucault took the first photograph of the Sun.
* What – it took TWO guys to point a camera at the Sun and click the shutter?

1827 – Joseph Dixon began manufacturing lead pencils.
* And the next day, several hundred were hanging from the ceiling of the factory.

1792 – Congress established the Philadelphia mint.
* It was delicious, AND freshened your breath!

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2009 – Bob Dylan mingled unnoticed with other Beatles tourists during a minibus tour to John Lennon’s childhood home. He was one of 14 tourists to examine photos and documents in the home, where Lennon grew up with his aunt Mimi and uncle George. Dylan was on a day off from a European tour.

2006 – A John Lennon schoolbook containing the 12-year-old’s drawing of Lewis Carroll’s poem The Walrus and the Carpenter was sold at auction for $239,733. The poem inspired Lennon to write The Beatles’ 1967 song “I Am the Walrus.”

2001 – Mariah Carey signed the richest recording deal in history to date. The 31-year old singer signed a deal with Virgin for three albums worth over 90 million dollars. The singer had sold over 120 million records worldwide, scoring 14 US No.1 singles.

1999 – The Black Crowes played a concert in Knoxville, Tennessee. Joshua Harmon, a teenager sitting in the second row, sued the band a year later for $385,000, claiming significant hearing loss.

1998 – Rob Pilatus, one half of disgraced pop duo Milli Vanilli, was found dead in a Frankfurt Hotel room after taking a lethal combination of drugs and alcohol.

1990 – In England, Eric Clapton was fined over $500 for speeding at 105 mph. Clapton was also banned from driving for three months.

1967 – 154 Austrian Rolling Stones fans were arrested when a riot broke out at a 14,000 seated Town Hall gig. A smoke bomb was thrown on the stage.

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. In a recent survey, over 65% of people admitted they are afraid of THIS item in their home. What is it?
The garbage disposal

2. About one-third of Americans have THIS in their home, usually in a closet. What is it?
A Scrabble game

3. In a recent survey, 62% of homeowners said they never plan to do THIS. What is it?
Move

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