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MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, October 22, 2020
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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.)

NATIONAL NUT DAY
The Natural News website says this:
“October 22 is National Nut Day, which started in 2009 in the UK by Libertarian Foods, the UK’s only farmer-owned Fairtrade nut company. National Nut Day has gained popularity in the United States as well. Everything from restaurant menus to social media activity have demonstrated increased interest in all things nut related (sorry, but sarcastic references to quirky friends or family members don’t count). For good reason. Nuts are beneficial to your health, providing you with a host of vitamins and minerals. Once shunned by those suggesting they caused our bad cholesterol levels to soar and should be avoided, nuts have gained strides proving just the opposite. Contrary to what some still believe to this day, nuts do not contain cholesterol but instead, have nutrients that play a role in your body’s ability to balance its levels.”

SMART IS COOL DAY
The Days Of The Year website says this:
“If there’s ever a time to show off your IQ test results, Smart is Cool Day is probably it. Schools typically put together shows for their pupils and students and invite both street-smart youngsters and successful degree holders to speak to them about the importance of staying in school.”

October is:

Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
American Cheese Month
Car Care Month
Child Health Month
Consumer Information Month
Cookbook Month
Country Music Month
Fire Prevention Month
National Pizza Month
National Popcorn Month
National Service Dog Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

RUDY GIULIANI VICTIM OF EMBARRASSING BORAT PRANK

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the man who inspired America and the world in the aftermath of 9/11, and who then became attorney to and shady political operative for the Trump administration, makes an embarrassing appearance in the upcoming “Borat” sequel. Everyone’s talking about a scene in the film where the 76-year-old Giuliani is being interviewed for a fake conservative news program.
– At one point, the interviewer – who is an actress portraying Borat’s daughter – suggests to Giuiani that they have a drink in the bedroom of a hotel suite, which is rigged with concealed cameras. They go to the bedroom, Giulliani sits on the bed. After she removes his microphone, Giuliani lies back on the bed, and puts his hand down his pants seemingly to tuck his shirt back in, keeping his jacket on. Suddenly, Borat bursts into the room and says: “She’s 15. She’s too old for you.”
– Giuliani has responded in a statement, “The Borat video is a complete fabrication. I was tucking in my shirt after taking off the recording equipment. At no time before, during, or after the interview was I ever inappropriate. If Sacha Baron Cohen implies otherwise he is a stone-cold liar.”
The movie, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” starts Friday on Amazon streaming.
* I thought he might be pulling another Hunter Biden laptop out of his pants.
* A sex-with-a-minor joke. Sacha Baron Cohen is such a great talent!
* You know what Giuliani was after, don’t you? That’s right, just like any politician – more air time.
* Boy, and just when Rudi was thinking “Two more weeks and I can get out of this Trump situation with no dirt on me!”
* At least he didn’t trick Rudi into wearing one of his jockstrap bathing suits.
* PHONE TOPIC: Are pranks like this fair? Are they deserving to the victim?

THE AMAZING RANDI DIES, 92

James Randi, a magician and illusionist known as “The Amazing Randi”, has died of “age-related causes” on Tuesday. He was 92. Randi got his start as a magician and escape artist in the 1950’s. He helped Alice Cooper by designing his guillotine stage prop as well as touring with him in the ’70s. And throughout his career as a magician he became a regular guest on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson and on the children’s television show “Wonderama.” But by age 60 Randi had retired from magic and was one of the co-founders of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, whose mission was to debunk paranormal claims. Among one of Randi’s more famous instances of debunking was of the religious televangelist Peter Popoff. Randi discovered that Popoff was using an electronic transmitter and an earpiece to get information about his subjects broadcast to him by his wife behind the scenes. He also set up a televised debunking for spoon-bending psychic Uri Gellar, who failed a psychic test on “The Tonight Show” after Randi had Johnny Carson make sure Gellar couldn’t get near the props before the show. Randi also offered a million dollars to anyone who could prove, under strict controls, they had real psychic power. Nobody ever won the million dollars.
* That’s because, as psychics, they knew they weren’t going to win the million dollars.
* The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry refused to believe Randi was dead until they got the coroner’s report.
* By the way – where does the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry stand on the safety of mail-in ballots?
* Ah, death – the one thing from which there is no escape. Well, one other thing from which there is no escape is explosive gas after eating Chipotle, but you know what I mean.

AUDIO: “FAST & FURIOUS” FRANCHISE TO END AFTER FILM #11

The “Fast and Furious” franchise will come to a conclusion after the 10th and 11th films. Justin Lin, who directed the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and ninth “Fast and Furious” films, will return to direct the final two installments and the franchise to a conculsion after over two decades in theaters. The latest film in the series, “F9,” was originally supposed to debut earlier this year, but the film was moved to Memorial Day 2021 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
* What did they run out of first – ideas, or cars to wreck?
* The movies have made billions of dollars, so naturally, they’re going to stop making them. That’s how Hollywood works.
* Of course, the “Hobbs and Shaw” spinoff franchise is only just getting started.
* Normally, we’d joke that a franchise is out of ideas when they send their characters into space, but – swear to God – according to one of the stars, Michelle Rodriguez, in the upcoming 9th movie, they’re going into space.
* Beating Tom Cruise’s space trip to the screen!!! Ha-ha, Tommy! Sorry!
CLIP: An interview with the screenwriter of the Fast & Furious movies. (This is actually a bit from The Onion, from back in 2011.)
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)(com)/prep/wp-content/uploads/10-22-FastFuriousScreenwriter.mp3

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. “Meet The $70,000 Robot That Makes You A Smoothie”
2. “Celebrities Show What They’re Wearing To Vote Early”
3. “Can You Swim In Syrup As Fast As In Water?”

And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Surprise! There’s A Secret Organ In Your Head”

COOKING IN THE NUDE

According to a recent survey from meal-delivery service HelloFresh, 15 percent of U.S. adults – roughly 36 million people – admit that they’ve cooked in the nude. One other odd statistic from the survey: 2 percent of the respondents answered “Don’t know” when asked if they ever cooked in the nude.
* Because the lights were off?
* I don’t mind people cooking in the nude, but, I tell you, when I saw it happening at Burger King, I had to walk out.
* Like I always say: Nothing beats getting hit in the groin with hot bacon grease.
* The annoying part about cooking in the nude is, your food gets cold by the time you’re done picking out all the curly hairs.
* Here we go again: The sole purpose here is to get the name HelloFresh out in a news story.
* You don’t think all these companies are doing surveys because they’re FUN, do you?
* And yes, they worked the concept of “nudity” into it so morning radio shows would HAVE to mention it.
* Next, a survey by Craftsman Tools about doing home repairs in the nude.
* PHONE TOPIC: Have you cooked in the raw?

U.S. NEWS

WOMAN TOSSES BAG OF METHAMPHETAMINE OUT THE CAR WINDOW, HITS COP

A Louisiana woman was pulled over for a traffic stop. She allegedly had a bag of meth with her, so she tossed it out her car window. The bag hit the deputy making the stop. While approaching from the passenger side, the deputy was struck in the leg by a plastic bag flying out of the passenger window. Stephanie Dowdy, 33, was charged with a felony narcotics possession charge, obstruction of justice, driving without a license and improper lane use.
* And not littering? I am disappointed.
* At least she was coherent enough to roll down the window first.
* Still, you know she’s gonna try the “That’s not mine!” defense.
* Folks, before you destroy your brains with meth, figure out some hiding places in your car.

FAMILY ATTACKED BY BEAR, TWICE

A Muncie Creek, Pennsylvania family was attacked by a bear for the second time in two years. First, in December 2018, Melinda Lebarron was attacked and dragged into the woods by a bear. She was in the hospital for two and a half months recovering from her injuries. And now, just last weekend, Lebarron and her husband, Sid, were attacked after they let their dog out into the backyard Saturday night. Moments after they did, the dog was attacked by a black bear. The Lebarrons ran into their house to escape the attack, using a curtain rod to beat back the bear. They were forced to leave their dog behind, and it was killed. The Lebarron’s believe the bear that killed their dog Saturday is the same bear that attacked Melinda two years ago.
* They know because the bear told them, “You don’t come here for the hunting, my friend, do you?”
* It’s just as well the dog was killed. After watching his family abandon him with the bear, that relationship was toast.
* The Lebarrons are thinking of changing their family business, which is making pic-a-nic baskets.
* Too cheap to put up a fence?

TRENDING

CMT MUSIC AWARDS

Here are the winners in Wednesday night’s CMT Music Awards:
– Video of the Year: Carrie Underwood, “Drinking Alone”
– Group Video of the Year: Old Dominion, “One Man Band”
– Female Video of the Year: Carrie Underwood – “Drinking Alone”
– Male Video of the Year: Luke Bryan, “One Margarita”
– Duo Video of the Year: Dan + Shay – “I Should Probably Go to Bed”
– Breakthrough Video of the Year: Gabby Barrett, “I Hope”
– Collaborative Video of the Year: Blake Shelton with Gwen Stefani, “Nobody But You”
– Performance of the Year: Chris Young – “Drowning” (From CMT Artists of the Year)

QUIBI FOLDS

Quibi, another TV streaming service whose gimmick was that all of its episodes were short, is folding after only six months. Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman raised an astonishing $1.75 billion for seed money for the service. But the streaming service, aimed at people who ride the train or bus to work, launched just as the pandemic shut everything down. There’s no word on what will happen to all of Quibi’s content.

YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO WATCH THE CHARLIE BROWN HOLIDAY SPECIALS ON NETWORK TV THIS YEAR

You will not be able to watch the Charlie Brown holiday specials on regular TV this year because Apple TV+ has bought the rights to them. This is the first time the beloved “A Charlie Brown Christmas” hasn’t been aired on network TV since its premiere on CBS in the 1960s followed by its run on ABC since 2001. Viewers will have to watch the Christmas, Halloween and Thanksgiving specials on Apple TV+ from now on. AppleTV+ is $4.99 a month, although the company says there will be some days when they’ll let you watch it for free.
– “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” premiered on the streaming service on Oct. 19 and will be available for free from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1.
– “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” is coming to Apple TV+ on Nov. 18 and will be available for free from Nov. 25 to Nov. 27.
– “A Charlie Brown Christmas” will debut on Dec. 4 and will be available for free from Dec. 11 until Dec. 13.

THE WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM TO BE THE WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM FOR ANOTHER YEAR

The Washington Football Team formerly known as the Washington Redskins will be hanging onto the name “The Washington Football Team” for another season. Though it originally was thought the “Washington Football Team” would be a one-season stopgap after the franchise ditched its controversial name in the summer, it now appears the organization will need another year before it comes up with another name, according to team president Jason Wright.

TV TONIGHT

MAJOR NETWORKS – “Presidential Debate 2” – This should clear things up for everybody.

CBS – “Big Brother” – They’re squeezing a show in before the debate because everybody’s sick of it and they want to get it over with.

FOX – “NFL Football – New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles” – If it was the worst game ever, it would still be a more entertaining confrontation than the debate.

CW – “Supernatural” – Sam and Dean investigate the murder of a childhood friend, and revisit a motel from their past and a case they thought was solved a long time ago. Wrapping up loose ends or running out of fresh ideas?

CW – “The Outpost” – Gwynn and Zed fight for control of the outpost. Maybe they should have a debate?

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Oct. 24, Saturday – United Nations Day
Oct. 31, Saturday – Halloween (Unless it’s cancelled …)
Nov 1, Sunday – Daylight Saving Time Ends, turn clocks back 1 hour
Nov. 11, Wednesday – Veterans Day
Nov. 26, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Monday – Winter begins, winter solstice is 5:02 a.m. EST.
Dec. 25, Friday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Thursday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, 2021 – Friday – New Year’s Day

BIRTHDAYS

Zac Hanson (rock musician, “Hanson”) … 35
Michael Fishman (actor, “The Connors”) … 39
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (actor, “Modern Family”) … 45
Spike Jonze (film producer, director, “Her”) … 51
Carlos Mencia (comedian, sit-com star, talk show host) … 53
Bob Odenkirk (actor, “Better Call Saul”) … 58
Jeff Goldblum (actor) … 68
Christopher Lloyd (producer, actor, “Back to the Future” movies, “Taxi”) … 82

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

“I, uh, don’t think I’m, y’know, so different than your average, y’know, average.”

(A) Neil deGrasse Tyson
(B) Dwayne Johnson
(C) Jeff Goldblum

ANSWER: (C) Jeff Goldblum

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1962 – The “Cuban Missile Crisis” began when U.S. President John Kennedy announced he had ordered the blockade of Cuba after discovering Russia was building nuclear missile sites on the island. When Kennedy demanded Russia dismantle the site, many thought the confrontation would lead to World War Three.
* Imagine! The world came THIS CLOSE to never having The Beatles!

1939 – The first televised pro football game was telecast.
* A good day to buy stock in La-Z-Boy recliners.

1897 – The first car dealership opened, in London.
* And two days later was the first time anybody uttered the phrase: “I’ve been buggered!”

1797 – Frenchman Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first successful parachute jump when he leapt from a hot air balloon at about 3,000 feet and landed in a Paris park.
* “Break open the champagne … and a new pair of pants.”

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2008 – In England, a homeless man claimed a £2,000 reward by returning a waxwork head of ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney which had been left on a train. Anthony Silva found the item in a trash bin at Reading station after auctioneer Joby Carter left it under a seat at Maidenhead station. The homeless man thought it was a Halloween mask and had been using it as a pillow before realizing what it was. The wax model sold the following week for £5,500 at auction.

2000 – George Michael paid over $2 million for the Steinway piano on which John Lennon wrote ‘Imagine.’ George said, “I know that when my fingers touch the keys of that Steinway, I will feel truly blessed. And parting with my money has never been much of a problem, just ask my accountant.”

1997 – Elton John’s tribute to Princess Diana, “Candle in the Wind 97”, surpassed Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” to become the biggest-selling single record of all time. It sold 31 million copies in just 37 days.

1990 – Pearl Jam played their first ever concert when they appeared at the Off Ramp in Seattle.

1976 – Keith Moon performed for the last time with The Who.

1966 – The Beach Boys released the single “Good Vibrations.”

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. 37% of women surveyed say they get their hair cut for THIS event. What is it?
Having a new driver’s license photo taken

2. Women have $60 million in surgery done every year directly related to THIS lifestyle choice. What is it?
Wearing high heels

3. According to surveys, THIS is the number one food women crave. What is it?
Chocolate

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