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MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR THURSDAY, September 5, 2024
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TODAY IS …
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NATIONAL BE LATE FOR SOMETHING DAY
The National Day Calendar website says this:
“(This day) aims to promote the positive parts of procrastination. For example, those who focus more on spending quality time with customers and family versus being punctual seem less anxious overall.”

NATIONAL CHEESE PIZZA DAY

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CHARITY

September is:

Baby Safety Month
Better Breakfast Month
Chicken Month
Classical Music Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
Honey Month
Little League Month
National Piano Month
Self Improvement 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, September 5

“Apollo 13: Survival”
Netflix – New Documentary
Synopsis: Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and the struggle to bring its astronauts safely home.

“Coming From America”
Max – New Unscripted Reality Show
Synopsis: Follows four African-American families who pack up their lives in America to seek out their African roots and build a new life.

“Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist”
Peacock – New Series
Synopsis: Kevin Hart stars as Chicken Man, an 1970s Atlanta hustler who holds a huge bash to celebrate Muhammad Ali’s return to the ring, only to see his get-together busted up by a bunch of armed crooks. With Samuel L. Jackson, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard, Don Cheadle, and Chloe Bailey.

“The Perfect Couple”
Netflix – New Series
Synopsis: Amelia Sacks was about to have the wedding of the season, marrying into the richest family on Nantucket, but planning for the celebration comes to a halt when a dead body appears on the beach.

FRIDAY, September 6

“Rebel Ridge”
Netflix – New Movie
Synopsis: A former Marine confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin’s bail.

“The Boy and the Heron”
Max – The Academy Award winning animated film comes to streaming
Synopsis: A young boy enters a fantastical world in search of his mother.

“The Money Game”
Prime Video – New Docuseries
Synopsis: The world of college sports changed with the recent implementation of NIL (name, image, and likeness) rights, allowing college athletes to finally make money from sponsors while they are in school. The show looks at the impact of the new ruling on some of LSU’s biggest athletes, including gymnast Olivia Dunne, basketball player Angel Reese, and football star Jayden Daniels.

“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives”
Hulu – New Series
Synopsis: The scandalous world of a group of Mormon mom influencers implodes when they get caught in the midst of a swinging sex scandal that makes international headlines.

Season Premieres:
Netflix – “Selling Sunset”
Starz – “Power Book II: Ghost”
The CW – “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

SATURDAY, September 7

“Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos”
HBO – New Documentary
Synopsis: The two hour and 40 minute show exhaustively examines the series creator and the show that changed TV forever.

SUNDAY, September 8

“The Wonderland Massacre & The Secret History of Hollywood”
MGM+ – New Docuseries
Synopsis: Best-selling crime novelist Michael Connelly takes viewers on a wild journey into the twisted story of the massacre at Wonderland Avenue on July 1, 1981 – one of Hollywood’s most famous murder cases that has fascinated people for more than 40 years.

Season Premiere:
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”

TRAVIS KELCE CALLS HER “TAY-TAY”

What cute little nickname does Travis Kelce call his girlfriend Taylor Swift? Appearing on the Rich Eisen Show on September 3, Kelce was talking about the prep work he did before his onstage cameo with Taylor at London’s Wembley Stadium during “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.” He said, “I’m always down to have some fun onstage with Tay-Tay.” Kelce often refers to her affectionately as “Tay” in interviews, but this is the first known use of “Tay-Tay.”
* What else could he call her? Taybo? Tayby? Taybae? Toto? Swiftums? Cashcow?
* Ah, young love. Kinda cute in a “gag me” sorta way. Oh, wait – they’re both 34. Yeah, gag me.
* I heard she calls him “Sniveling Little Weasel,” and he calls her “Yes, Dear.”
* And that’s our mandatory Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce publicity item for today. Unless there’s another one before my show’s over. The morning is young.

AUDIO: NEW CEO AT THE WEATHER CHANNEL

Exciting things are happening in showbiz: The Weather Channel has a new CEO. It’s Christopher Young, who previously worked at media company Entravision, and ran outdoor ad company Vista Media. The channel was purchased in 2018 by the Allen Media Group for what was said to be in the $300 million range. Mr. Young said, “I look forward to working with the Allen Media Group team to help execute our continued growth and long-term strategies.”
* Are they looking to somehow “grow” the weather? Expand it?
* What is there to run? It’s a computer graphic with pictures from the National Weather Bureau.
* I was going to make a joke about how one of his bold new initiatives will be to start a Weather Channel Podcast – BUT THERE ALREADY IS ONE!
* “When you need the weather, where’s the first place you go? Well, your phone, right. But where’s the second or maybe third place you go? The Weather Channel!! Only The Weather Channel brings you up-to-the-minute weather, unless we’re running commercials or cutaways to places where you don’t live. OK, so maybe we’re the fourth place you go. The Weather Channel!!”
CLIP: Maybe you’re only getting one side of the weather story. What we need is an ALTERNATE weather source: Fox Weather Channel.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/FoxWeatherChannel(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. “Do You Know What The ‘O’ In ‘O’clock’ Stands For?”
2. “Robot Controlled By Mushroom”
3. “What Happens If You Eat Eggshells?”
And here’s a spare, in case you don’t like one of those three: “Man Pulls Three Planes While Walking On His Hands”

AUDIO: BABY NAME REGRETS

A new study of 450 people conducted by BabyCenter revealed that nearly one in 10 parents say they wish they had chosen a different name for their child. In addition:
– Within the first year, 21% of moms feel regret over their baby’s name; 15% experience a dislike of the name within the first month.
– 20% of those polled prefer their child’s nickname to the full legal name they gave them.
– 15% of the respondents claim people have teased their child’s name.
– About 15% of parents prefer their child’s middle name to their first name.
– 6% of mothers legally change their baby’s name after birth. Experts suggest that parents who plan on changing their name should do it before the baby can recognize their name, which is usually between 6 and 7 months.
CLIP: Our “Baby Name” song.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/BabyNames(dot)mp3

CURRENT SLANG

Are you up on your teen slang? Here are some of the groovy words coming out of your kid’s pie hole:
– Sigma (an alpha male)
– Rizzler (someone who is flirty)
– Skibidi (pronounced like “skippity”. This word has no inherent meaning. It can be used as a wacky adjective to mean cool, bad or dumb, depending on the context.)
– Fanum Tax (the theft of food between friends)
– Mogging (someone who is more attractive, successful, or skilled than others, makes them look bad in comparison)
– Mewing (when you flatten your tongue against the roof of your mouth in an attempt to pull your chin up and give you a more defined jawline)
– Ohio (something that causes one to cringe)
* I’ve been Ohioing through most of this list.
* I’m still trying to work “bussin'” into my conversations, and now I’ve gotta do skibidy?
* Okay, it’s “alpha male” because “alpha” is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. “Sigma” is the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet. So a “sigma” male is actually 17 places behind an “alpha” male. Don’t these kids today know Greek?
* And if you say any of these words to your kid today, they will roll their eyes and say you are so out of date.
* A.I is just making up words now, right? Just sticking random letters together and putting it out there on the socials?

U.S. NEWS

OOPS, WRONG ORGAN!

A man died on a Florida operating table when the doctor mistakenly removed the man’s liver during surgery, and then tried to pass the organ off as an “enlarged spleen.” 70-year-old William Bryan and his wife were visiting their rental property in Florida last month when he suddenly began experiencing lower left abdominal pain. He went to Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Walton County, where tests found an abnormality of his spleen. General Surgeon Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky persuaded Bryan to undergo a laparoscopic splenectomy procedure on August 21. In the middle of the surgery, Shaknovsky removed Bryan’s liver by cutting the major artery supplying the liver. He died immediately from catastrophic blood loss. But then, after erroneously removing Mr. Bryan’s liver, Dr. Shaknovsky proceeded to explain to Mrs. Bryan that her husband’s “spleen” was so diseased that it was four times bigger than usual and had migrated to the other side of his body. The removed organ was later correctly identified as a liver. The liver is located on the right side of the human body; the spleen is located on the left side and is significantly smaller than the liver, roughly the size of a fist.
Postscript: The law firm handling the case for the Bryan family claims Dr. Shaknovsky had a previous “wrong-site surgery” back in 2023 where he supposedly removed a portion of a patient’s pancreas instead of performing the intended adrenal gland resection.
* Typical man, never asks for directions.
* It’s like the time his wife sent him to the store for blueberries and he came home with a box of prunes.
* The spleen is on the OTHER side of the body? Is this like, surgical dyslexia?
* “Not only did your husband’s spleen migrate to the other side of his body, it had it’s bags packed and a plane ticket to Rio.”
* Like their slogan says — “Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital: We De-liver!”
* I think the doctor here is about to have a wallet-ectomy.

PLANE TURNS AROUND DUE TO DIARRHEA

Last Friday night’s Delta flight 112 from Boston, Massachusetts, to Rome, Italy, turned back over the Atlantic two hours after departure due to what is called a “biohazard issue,” when a passenger reportedly had “severe bouts of diarrhea all over” their seat and, quote, “all the way through the plane.” A passenger video shows the mess all the way up one of the two aisles of the Airbus A330 plane. The flight diverted back to New York, was emptied and cleaned, and resumed service about 20 hours after the odoriferous ordeal. This isn’t the first time a Delta flight had to be diverted due to diarrhea. It’s not even the first time this year – a Delta flight from Atlanta to Barcelona was forced to make a U-turn after a flyer soiled themself mid-flight.
* Somebody from Boston needs to be getting lots more fiber.
* The worst part? You can’t crack a window.
* Delta: We’ll Get You Where You’re Going When You’re Going!
* Too bad they forgot to put restrooms on those pla—wait, there are 8 bathrooms on an A330?
* Talk about a crappy flight.
* Soon you’re going to need a boarding pass and a note from your gastroenterologist to fly anywhere.

COUPLE DESPERATE TO RE-JOIN EXCLUSIVE DISNEY CLUB

How far would you go for a Disney fix? Here’s a story about a couple that are maybe a little too far into the cult. Scott and Diana Anderson love Disney. The Arizona couple, both 60, traveled to the theme park as many as 80 times a year. The Andersons spent more than a decade on the waiting list to join Disney’s exclusive club, called Club 33, finally joining in 2012 and paying annual dues of $31,500 (*see what membership gets you below). But on September 3, 2017, Scott Anderson was accused of being drunk near the entrance of California Adventure. Disney yanked their membership – rules explicitly note public intoxication isn’t allowed. Since then, the Andersons have spent $400,000 in a legal fight to get back into the club. At the trial, Disney security guards said Scott had a strong smell of alcohol on his breath, was slurring his words, and struggled to stand. In his defense, Scott Anderson claimed to have had at most three drinks, which triggered a vestibular migraine and caused the symptoms in question. On Tuesday, an Orange County jury found in favor of Disney, denying the Andersons their Disney dream. The couple plans to appeal. Scott says, “My wife and I are both dead set that this is an absolute wrong, and we will fight this to the death.” Diana said, “I’ll sell a kidney [to pay for the fight]. I don’t care.”
* To be clear: you only need to sell a kidney if you want to afford a single-day pass at Disneyland.
* That vestibular migraine was only the beginning of their headaches.
* So much for their trip to LegalAdventureland.
* Do they have no family members who can stage an intervention and hire a de-programmer?
* For $31,000, I’d want the missus to be able to wear the official Minnie Mouse costume during our lovemaking.
* Maybe next year, they can just drive to the Grand Canyon or something.
Here are some of the actual things you get as a member of Club 33:
– Free parking.
– 50 single-day admission tickets.
– 5 private VIP tours per year.
– FastPasses to the rides.
– Access to all of the exclusive lounges and gourmet restaurants at all of the parks. The meals are generally 5-course, and yes, you still have to pay a prix fixe price.
– Waitstaff that will talk about Disney stuff with you.
– Exclusive access to Club 33 merchandise.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

UPSIDE-DOWN PINEAPPLE LOVE

There is a social media craze in Spain where singles are encouraged to seek out prospective partners in supermarkets by walking around the store with an upside down pineapple in their cart. Single people looking for a hookup have been drawn to branches of the Mercadona supermarket chain, where it is claimed they can find romance if they visit between 7pm and 8pm and put a pineapple upside down in their cart. If they like someone, they bump their cart against the other’s cart, indicating they are interested in talking to them. The supermarket chain has addressed the craze, posting a pineapple with the caption: “The pineapple on the shelf of Mercadona is waiting for you to get a date.” Meanwhile, another Spanish supermarket chain, Lidl, has launched its own campaign to encourage customers to do the same in its stores – but with a watermelon rather than a pineapple.
* “Boss, I just thought of a great way to get rid of all those unsold bananas.”
* Of course, no one’s buying the pineapples ’cause after three days each one has been handled by 200 people.
* If you’re in a hurry, instead of a pineapple you use a box of condoms.
* I tried this in the store the other night, and a woman came up and replaced my pineapple with an ugli fruit.
* Why a pineapple? Beets me. If you’re looking for a date, and you carrot all, and you’ve got the thyme, lettuce explore this. Just say, “Honeydew,” and wait for someone to create a rhubarb.

TRENDING

“ONLY MURDERS” RENEWED FOR FIFTH SEASON

Two episodes into its fourth season, Hulu’s “Only Murders In The Building” has been renewed for a fifth season. The show has been popular with critics and audiences alike since it first debuted. Most recently, Season 3 received 21 Emmy nominations, including nods for Martin, Short, and Gomez for outstanding lead actor & actress in a comedy series. The current season 4 is scheduled to run until Oct. 29. In this new season, the main trio (Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez) are trying to solve the murder of Sazz Pataki (Jane Lynch), the former stunt double of Martin’s character.

QUEEN GUITARIST BRIAN MAY HAD A SMALL STROKE

Queen guitarist/astrophysicist/all-around good guy Brian May has revealed that he suffered a stroke last week which left him temporarily unable to use his left arm. May, 77, said in a video on his website that he was doing “OK” but that he was “grounded” and advised not to drive, fly or do any activity which raises his heart rate too high. “I’m here to bring you first of all some good news, I think, good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days,” he said. May praised medics for their “fantastic care,” adding, “I didn’t want to say anything at the time because … I really don’t want sympathy. Please don’t do that because it’ll clutter up my inbox and I hate that.”

“DANCING WITH THE STARS” CAST

Season 33 of “Dancing With the Stars” premiers September 17 premiere. The dancing stars were revealed on Good Morning America Wednesday. Anybody still watching this?
– “Beverly Hills 90210” star Tori Spelling
– “The Bachelor” star Joey Graziadei
– NBA player Dwight Howard
– “Fake heiress” Anna Delvey
– Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik (“Clark Kent”)
– “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Phaedra Parks
– “Pretty Little Liars” actress Chandler Kinney
– Actor Eric Roberts
– Retired NFL star Danny Amendola
– Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher
– Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Brooks Nader
– “Bachelorette” star Jenn Tran
– “Family Matters” actor Reginald VelJohnson

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Sept. 11, Wednesday – Patriot Day
Sept. 20, Friday – National POW/MIA Recognition Day (The third Friday of September)
Sept. 23, Sunday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 8:44 a.m. EDT)
Oct. 14, Monday – Columbus Day
Oct. 16, Wednesday – National Boss’s Day
Oct. 31, Thursday – Halloween

BIRTHDAYS

Rose McGowan (actress, “Chosen”) … 51
Michael Keaton (actor, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”) … 73
Cathy Lee Guisewite (cartoonist – “Cathy”) … 74
Al Stewart (singer/songwriter/guitarist – “Time Passages,” “The Year of the Cat”) … 79
William Devane (actor, TV pitchman) … 85

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

“I’m just shocked at how blatantly shallow people are sometimes.”

(A) Kanye West
(B) Any of the Real Housewives
(C) Michael Keaton

ANSWER: (C) Michael Keaton

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2003 – In London, magician David Blaine entered a clear plastic box and then was suspended by a crane over the banks of the Thames River. He remained there until October 19 surviving only on water.
* Meh. It’s called “fasting.”

1997 – Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, at the age of 87.
* And where, I ask you, is the Superstar Nun who can replace her?

1930 – Charles Creighton and James Hagris completed a drive from New York City to Los Angeles and back to New York City all in reverse gear. The trip took 42 days in their 1929 Ford Model A.
* And you thought people doing asinine stunts was a MODERN phenomenon.

1923 – Two boxers, Gene la Rue and Kid Pancho, K.O’d each other simultaneously in a fight.
* It became the first and only fight everybody could be sure was NOT fixed.

1901 – The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues was formed in Chicago, IL. It was the first organized baseball league.
* And thus began the long, historic build-up of a beloved national pastime into the mammoth, fan-fleecing juggernaut it is today.

1885 – The first gasoline pump was delivered to a gasoline dealer.
* Everyone cheered “Hello” to the new gas pump, and “Goodbye” to fresh air.

1882 – The first U.S. Labor Day parade was held in New York City.
* I wonder of the parade workers got time-and-a-half?

1774 – The first session of the U.S. Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, where the delegates drafted a declaration of rights and grievances.
* Being the first American congressmen, one of the grievances was “not enough hookers in town.”

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2016 – An asteroid was named after Freddie Mercury to mark what would have been the singer’s 70th birthday. The Queen frontman has had his name attached to Asteroid 17473, which was discovered in 1991 – the year he died.

1998 – Aerosmith scored their first U.S. No.1 single with the Diane Warren written song “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing.”

1992 – John Cougar Mellencamp married model Elaine Irwin.

1987 – “American Bandstand” hosted by Dick Clark was canceled after 30 years on television.

1986 – Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing” won the MTV award for Best Video.

1976 – Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington was seriously injured in a car crash in Florida.

1964 – The Animals started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with “House Of The Rising Sun.” When first released the record company printed the time of the song on the record as three minutes feeling that the real time of four minutes was too long for radio airplay.

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, men named THIS their #1 Top Tinder Turn-Off. What is it?
“Duck faces”

2. 10% of men don’t know THIS about their partner. What is it?
Their eye color

3. Thirty years ago, 20% of men said they didn’t like THIS. Now, 50% of men don’t like it. What is it?
Their bodies

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