THURSDAY, Oct 5 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, October 5, 2023
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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.)

DO SOMETHING NICE DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Today is Do Something Nice Day. Go ahead, do something nice, anything nice. And, do it to, or for, another individual. It won’t hurt … we promise. Doing something nice for someone almost always evokes a very pleasant response. At the very least, it results in a smile. More likely, that person will do something nice to, or for you. And, best of all, doing something nice just might be contagious. In keeping with the spirit of this day, set a goal to do something nice for someone. Perhaps, you can do this for several people. Then, sit back and watch the results!”

NATIONAL APPLE BETTY DAY

NATIONAL PET OBESITY AWARENESS DAY

WORLD TEACHER DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Teachers deserve a little recognition, and some thanks and appreciation. Aside from parents and direct family, who else has as much influence on the hearts and minds of a child … your child? Teachers not only educate, but they help to shape and frame your child’s beliefs, values, and behaviors. Parents and students are encouraged to offer thanks and recognition today. On October 5, 1966, a UNESCO and International Labor Organization conference adopted a special recommendation on teachers. The date of this event was selected by the Director-General of UNESCO, Federico Mayor, at the International Conference on Education in Geneva in 1993 as the date to annually honor and recognize teachers around the world.”

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
Vegetarian Awareness 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, Oct 5

“Bargain”
Paramount+ – New Series
Synopsis: When Noh Hyung-soo stepped into a hotel room to meet Park Joo-young, the last thing he expected was to be blindfolded, tied up, and have his body parts auctioned off by a human organ trafficking ring. Then an earthquake strikes trapping him in a building with the organ hunters.

“Everything Now”
Netflix – The British series comes to streaming
Synopsis: Edgy British teen comedy-drama following a young woman who’s fresh out of treatment for an eating disorder and returns to high school looking to make up for lost time by checking things off her bucket list.

Season Premieres:
Disney+ – “Loki”
Netflix – “Lupin”
Max – “Our Flag Means Death”

FRIDAY, Oct 6

“Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe”
Prime Video – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Digs deeper into the claims of Shaleia and Jeff Ayan, who founded the Twin Flames Universe, an online community that sells courses and seminars to help members find their one true love (or “twin flame”). The couple use their claims that they are chosen by God to compel members into changing themselves in drastic ways, even influencing some to change their gender identity.

“Totally Killer”
Prime Video – New Movie
Synopsis: Blumhouse comedy-horror film about a teen who travels back in time to 1987 to stop a murderous rampage before it happens.

“Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Paramount+ – New Movie
Synopsis: In 1969, a young Jud Crandall dreams of leaving his hometown of Ludlow, Maine behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within. Jud is forced to confront a dark family history that will forever keep him connected to Ludlow.

SATURDAY, Oct 7

“The Boogeyman”
Hulu – New Movie
Synopsis: Follows a grieving family being haunted by a mysterious supernatural creature that seems to feed on suffering. Based on a story by Stephen King.

SUNDAY, Oct 8

Season Premiere:
Paramount+ – “The Circus”

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. “Model Dressed As Giant Furball Gets Lost On Runway”
2. “13 Mistakes Tourists Make While Visiting Lisbon”
3. “What It’s Like to Be a Woman at a Ham Bar in 2023”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Birthday Trip To Disney World Ruined By Painful Wedgie”

TOP HALLOWEEN CANDY BY STATE

Each year online vendor CandyStore.com releases a list of the most candy sold by state, based on pounds sold in bulk. Here is the most popular candy by state for 2023:
– Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina: Skittles
– Alaskas, Montana: Twix
– Arizona, Maryland: Hershey Kisses
– Arkansas, Massachusetts, Virginia, Wisconsin: Butterfinger
– California, Kansas, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington DC: M&M’s
– Colorado: Milky Way
– Connecticut, Missouri: Almond Joy
– Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Nebraska, New York, Texas: Sour Patch Kids
– Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Wyoming: Reese’s Cups
– Georgia: Jolly Ranchers
– Hawaii, Nevada, Pennsylvania, West Virginia: Hershey’s Mini Bars
– Idaho: Snickers
– Indiana, Michigan, South Dakota: Starburst
– Louisiana: Lemonheads
– Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota: Hot Tamales
– Mississippi: 3 Musketeers
– New Jersey, Tennessee, Washington: Tootsie Pops
– Ohio: Blow Pops
– Utah: Candy Corn
* Yeah, that kinda figures, doesn’t it, Utah?
* Now everybody can drive to the state that has their favorite candy and Trick-or-Treat there.
* Nice to see Reese’s Cups taken down a peg or two, for once.
* I wonder if the Jolly Ranchers sold to Georgia make their ranchers jolly?
* Sorry, Red Vines. Better luck next year.

U.S. NEWS

WOMAN STALKED BY MAN IN SMALL PLANE

A man is accused of using his small plane to fly over New York and stalk a woman in a small town just north of Albany. Police said that Michael Arnold, 64, would take off from a small airport in Bennington, Vermont, where his plane was based, and fly roughly 30 miles to Schuylerville where the woman lived. He repeatedly flew his small plane dangerously low over the village of Schuylerville and the woman’s house. The woman said Arnold has been stalking and harassing her both on the ground and in the air since 2019. Arnold had a protection order against him, which included a cease and desist from flying any aircraft. He violated the no-fly order and was arrested for stalking.
* Wow, how expensive was THAT obsession?
* It’s obvious he’s just plane crazy.
* She can hear you sneaking up on her in that plane, you know.
* Idiot! These days it’s super-easy to stalk someone with a drone. Uh … hypothetically.
* What’s worse: Being followed by a stalker in a plane, or being followed by black helicopters? Let’s open the phones.

MAJOR LEAGUE PITCH CLOCK: THE RESULTS ARE IN

The regular season of baseball is over. It was the first year with a pitch clock to move the game along. What were the results?
– The average time of a nine-inning major league game dropped to 2 hours, 40 minutes, a 24-minute decrease in game length.
– There were just nine 3½-hour games, down from a record 390 in 2021.
– There was a spike in batting average and the most stolen bases in nearly 40 years.
– Left-handed hitters benefited from the new restrictions on defensive shifts.
Said Dodgers catcher Will Smith: “It’s nice for you to get home a bit earlier. You don’t have the four-hour games anymore.”
* Good to know his mind’s in the game. Thanks for your effort, Will.
* Dumb remark like that, someone should slap Will Smith in the face.
* There was a 56% reduction in televised crotch scratching, too.
* Now can we do something about soccer? Suh-NOOOOOOZE.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

SPANISH TOWN ATTACKED BY BIRDS

For the past five months, the people of Pravia, a town in Spain, have been under siege from flocks of crows attacking their homes and vehicles. The attacks started in May, when the townfolk noticed birds mindlessly flying into their windows repeatedly until the impact caused them to bleed, and things have been getting worse ever since. No one knows exactly why the crows are targeting people’s homes and vehicles, but they are relentless in their attacks, pecking at and flying into windows until they start to bleed. When the attacks first began to occur around Pravia, many local people believed it had something to do with the crows being very protective of their young and keeping humans away through their behavior. But that period has long passed, but the birds remained just as aggressive, if not more so. Some believe that the lack of food and the constant destruction of the crows’ natural habitat have pushed the birds to this extreme behavior.
* Or maybe they’re just jerks.
* The town must be like that Hitchcock movie, The Birdpoops.
* They’ve gone ravin’ mad.
* This has been your life-is-like-a-horror-movie Halloween story of the day.

CATS CAN GLOW IN THE DARK

In a new study published by researchers from the Western Australian Museum and Curtin University, fluorescence among mammals was found to be “extremely common.” Researchers studied 125 mammal species for the presence of “apparent fluorescence” under UV light. They found flourescence in mammals such as domestic cats, along with polar bears, bats, mountain zebra, wombats, dwarf spinner dolphins, leopards and Tasmanian devils. Fluorescent compounds were found in bone, teeth, claws, fur, feathers and skin of these animals. Scientists say it is undetermined if fluorescence has any particular biological function in mammals, or if it is simply a result of their chemistry.
* Well, obviously if an animal could have its bones which are inside its body be able to fluoresce under ultraviolet light it would help them to … uh …
* The phenomenon was first noticed when somebody brought their therapy wombat to a rave.
* 12,000 years of cats, and no one’s noticed this before?
* Did our caveman ancestors read their books by catlight?
* Just one thing … mountain zebra? There are zebras in the mountains? Are there stripes like, brown and green?

TRENDING

DREW BARRYMORE SHOW COMING BACK; THREE WRITERS AREN’T

Three writers on “The Drew Barrymore Show” have declined their invitation to return to the daytime talk show as it gears up for its post-strike return. As you remember, ther was some controversy during the strike when Drew announced she was going to return to the air without writers, until she was talked out of it, presumably by some writers. Now that the strike is over, the daytime talker extended offers to the writers as soon as they could, to which all three declined, according to an individual with knowledge of the show’s staffing decisions. The series is actively interviewing for new writers.

WEDNESDAY’S EMERGENCY TEST FREAKED OUT AIRPOD USERS

Yesterday’s nationwide emergency alert test sent AirPod users scrambling to rip out their earpieces when they suddenly started blaring the alert sound. The alarm sound is very loud and jarring, and despite the warnings that the alert was coming, many people were unfortunate enough to be using their AirPods when the alert blasted out. AirPod users have complained to Apple about the volume of alerts for years. A Texas couple last year sued Apple alleging that their 12-year-old son suffered “permanent hearing loss” when the volume of an alert ripped one of his eardrums.

C-3PO’S HEAD UP FOR AUCTION

A head of the C-3PO robot from Star Wars is going up for auction next month as part of a huge movie memorabilia auction held by Propstore in London. The golden head, complete with light-up eyes, comes from the personal collection of C-3PO himself, Anthony Daniels, who played the droid the “Star Wars” movies. It is expected to fetch more that a million dollars. Other items from Daniels’ collection that are up for sale include C-3PO’s hands and feet, hand-annotated scripts and an unopened cereal box used as a prop by C-3PO. Daniels said in a press release, “I trust that the pieces will go into the right hands. I hope this can bring pleasure to Star Wars fans and collectors all around the world and give them a chance to own a piece of the real thing.”

SNL RETURNS OCTOBER 14

Now that the writers strike is over, “Saturday Night Live” will be returning for Season 49 October 14 on NBC. Pete Davidson, who was supposed to host last season, will host the first episode back with Ice Spice as musical guest. The following week, Bad Bunny will be both host and musical guest.

KEVIN SPACEY HAS HEART SCARE

Under the category of Not Sure How We’re Supposed To Feel About This, actor Kevin Spacey was rushed to a hospital fearing a heart attack after his arm went numb while he was attending a film festival. The Oscar-winning actor, 64, is appearing at the 15th Tashkent International Film Festival in Uzbekistan. He became unwell while touring the Afrasiyab Museum, and felt his “entire left arm go numb for about eight seconds”. He underwent a series of tests, including an MRI scan. Doctors said it was not a heart attack, and gave him the all-clear. He appeared on stage at the festival later that night, and told the crowd his health was “normal”. Spacey has been fighting various charges of sexual assault for the past few years. He has denied it all, and was cleared in one case earlier this year, but a couple more cases are still pending.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Oct. 9, Monday – Columbus Day
Oct. 14, Saturday – Annular Solar Eclipse (ANNULAR*, not ANNUAL)
(* The moon will not completely cover the sun – being farther from Earth it will be slightly smaller, resulting in a “ring of fire” effect)
Oct. 16, Monday – National Boss’s Day
Oct. 31, Tuesday – Halloween
Nov. 5, Sunday – Daylight Saving Time Ends, turn clocks back 1 hour
Nov. 11, Saturday – Veterans Day
Nov. 23, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Thursday – Winter begins, winter solstice occurs at 10:27 P.M. EST
Dec. 25, Monday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Sunday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, Monday – New Year’s Day 2024

BIRTHDAYS

James Valentine (guitarist with Maroon 5) … 45
Kate Winslet (actress, “Mare of Easttown,” “Divergent” movies, “Steve Jobs,” “Titanic”) … 48
Daniel Baldwin (actor) … 63
Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist, “Cosmos” reboot host) … 65
David Bryson (guitarist with Counting Crows) … 69
Brian Johnson (singer with AC/DC) … 76
Steve Miller (guitarist, singer, songwriter – The Steve Miller Band) … 80

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

“There’s more to life than cheek bones.”

(A) Benedict Cumberbatch
(B) Angelina Jolie
(C) Kate Winslet

ANSWER: (C) Kate Winslet

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2015 – Governor Jerry Brown of California signed a bill giving terminally ill patients the “right to die.”
* The Grim Reaper was a big campaign contributor.

2005 – Vampire novel “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer was first published by Little Brown.
* And Little Brown made big money.

1994 – 48 people were found dead in two Swiss villages. The people were members of a secret religious doomsday cult.
* Their first flaw in logic was thinking “doomsday” would be a secret.

1990 – A jury in Cincinnati, OH, acquitted an art gallery and its director of obscenity charges stemming from an exhibit of sexually graphic photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.
* However, they did violate several animal cruelty laws.

1989 – Jim Bakker was convicted of using his “Praise the Lord” evangelical television show to defraud his viewers.
* He didn’t have a prayer.

1974 – American David Kunst completed the first journey around the world on foot. It took four years and 21 pairs of shoes. He crossed four continents and walked 14,450 miles.
* Take that, Forrest Gump.

1969 – “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” debuted on BBC television.
* Finally, something completely different!

1947 – President Harry S. Truman held the first televised presidential address from the White House.
* And can you believe it – it had nothing to do with putting “spin” on anything! Ah, the good ol’ days.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2020 – Taylor Swift was at No.1 on the U.S. chart with her eighth studio album, “Folklore.” It was a surprise album, released in July following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 when Swift cancelled a concert tour and quarantined herself, during which time she conceived “Folklore.”

2015 – Stevie Wonder’s divorce from fashion designer Kai Millard was finalized after several years in court. The pair were married in 2001, but split in 2009 and Stevie filed for divorce in 2012.

2011 – David Cassidy filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Sony, claiming he had not been paid royalties for sales of Partridge Family merchandise bearing his image, including lunchboxes, magazines and board games. Cassidy told CNN “It’s just a matter of being fair and doing the right thing. Just be fair, be real, be genuine, don’t be greedy.” He won the lawsuit, but an arbitrator awarded the relatively modest amount of $157,964.84.

2003 – Beyonce started a nine-week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Baby Boy.”

1999 – Roger Daltrey announced that The Who was reforming, making their first performance in Las Vegas on Oct 29th. The show was also to be broadcast live on the Internet.

1998 – The U.S. Supreme Court refused to throw out a suit that charged Andrew Lloyd Webber had copied the “Phantom Song” from “Phantom of the Opera” from the song “Till You” by Ray Repp. Repp lost the court battle in December.

1991 – Guns N’ Roses started a two-week run at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Use Your Illusion II.”

1991 – Marky Mark (now actor Mark Wahlberg) and the Funky Bunch went to No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Good Vibrations.”

1974 – Olivia Newton-John started a two-week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with “I Honestly Love You,” the singer’s first of five U.S. chart toppers.

1974 – The Beach Boys went to No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Endless Summer,” the group’s second U.S. No.1.

1966 – Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding played together for the first time – The Jimi Hendrix Experience was formed.

1965 – Johnny Cash was arrested crossing the Mexican border into El Paso, Texas after customs officials found hundreds of pills in his guitar case. He received a suspended jail sentence and a $1,000 fine.

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. The average American does THIS about 4 times a day. What is it?
Looks something up on Google

2. The average American does THIS about 20 times a day. What is it?
Opens the refrigerator

3. The average person does THIS about 6 times an hour. What is it?
Touches their face

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