TUESDAY, June 10 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR TUESDAY, June 10, 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. We present only those specially designated days we feel your listeners would find most interesting or significant.)

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (FOUNDERS DAY)

BALLPOINT PEN DAY
On this day in 1943, Hungarian inventor László Bíró filed a patent in Argentina for the first commercially successful ballpoint pen. In 1930, Bíró was watching children play marbles in a puddle. He noticed the marbles left a small trail of water when they rolled on the ground. This gave him an idea: Why not use a ball-shaped metal nib for writing, which became the initial design idea for the ball pen. In 1945, Marcel Bich bought the patent for the pen from Bíró, which soon became the main product of his company Bic.

HERBS & SPICES DAY

NATIONAL BLACK COW (ROOT BEER FLOAT) DAY

NATIONAL ICED TEA DAY

June is:

NATIONAL DJ MONTH – Yeah!
National Adopt a Cat / Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
African-American Music / Black Music Appreciation Month
Great Outdoors Month / National Camping Month
International Men’s Month
Lemon Month
National Candy Month
National Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Rose Month
National Seafood Month
Pride Month
Women’s Golf Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

SNOOP DOGG GETTING A BIOPIC

Rapper Snoop Dogg is getting the biopic treatment. “Outer Banks” actor Jonathan Daviss has been cast to play Snoop. The film will tell the story of Calvin Broadus Jr.’s eventful journey along his path to fame as Snoop Dogg, from inner city rapper to Global Ambassador of NBC-TV (* for whenever the network wants to appear “youthful”). His debut album, Doggystyle, debuted in 1993, spawning the hit singles “What’s My Name?” and “Gin and Juice.”
* What’s the title? There’s already a movie called “High Society.”
* Jonathan Daviss is a good choice, but he’ll have to be digitally stretched and skinnied.
* Don’t worry – the film will be subtitled in Shizzle speak.
* I hope it’s accurate, and doesn’t just blow smoke. Although come to think of it, blowing smoke would be pretty accurate.
* Something tells me the theaters showing this movie will sell a LOT of snacks.
* Who’s gonna play Martha Stewart? Probably Nicole Kidman, like she does everything else.

THE BUZZ

IT’S NOT JUST A PHASE, MOM

Reddit asked, “What’s your ‘It’s not a phase, mom!’ that turned out to just be a phase? Some of the responses:
– “Wearing Doc Martens everywhere (even on the beach).”
– “I bought a BMX bike and was convinced I would be in the X Games. Turns out I lack the coordination (and bone density).”
– “Long hair. I thought I’d keep it too until male pattern baldness hit me in my thirties.”
– “My Jnco jeans in the 90s. I was convinced they were peak fashion and I’d never stop wearing them.”
– “Being a vegan. I was convinced I would be vegan for life. Lasted for 4 years.”
– “My Bieber haircut. I regret it so much.”
– “Me wanting to be Lilly Truscott from Hannah Montana in the 5th grade and wearing long sleeves and a beanie during the summer in Phoenix.”
– “If you scroll far enough in the comments section for the ‘Bring Me to Life’ video by Evanescence on YouTube, there’s a comment from 14 year old me that says ‘I feel like I’m the only one who can relate to this.’ I’m 22 now and cringe thinking about it.”
– “Wearing shorts in the winter. From 2002 until 2007 I rarely ever wore pants. My mom said she wished I would grow out of that phase because I looked like a crazy person wearing shorts in 15 degree weather. I said it wasn’t and that I hated pants. I did in fact grow out of that phase.”
– “Wearing a corset and top hat.”
– “My skateboard career lasted about 30 mins in my 40s. It lasted until I came off and severely broke my ankle.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Did you go through a notable ‘phase”? Was it just a phase, or are you still into it?

U.S. NEWS

TWO RESCUED FROM DEADMAN’S POINT

Two people had to be rescued after accidentally dropping their phones down Deadman’s Point in San Francisco Saturday afternoon. The tourists were caught on the cliffside between Deadman’s Point and Mile Rock Beach. They tried to go down the cliff to retrieve the phones they dropped but became stuck. Crews responded to the scene to pull the pair up to safety. Neither person was injured in the ordeal, but were cited by Park Police following the rescue.
* That must have been the special San Francisco Park Police Butterfingers Citation.
* They were given fines and a reading test, to see if they could read the sign “Deadman’s Point.”
* They must have gotten the phones. How else did they call to be rescued?
* Looks like Deadman tried to make another couple of points.
* If only wearing your phone on a lanyard around your neck didn’t look so dumb. A real shame.
* Still, they did good. Back in the day, these would’ve been selfie deaths.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

AUDIO: CAT CAUGHT SMUGGLING CONTRABAND TO BRAZILIAN PRISONERS

In Arapiraca, in eastern Brazil, a cat was caught smuggling contraband into a prison. The feline was discovered last December with an impressive array of items taped to its body. Guards spotted something unusual about a white cat casually strolling through the prison gates. Upon closer inspection, they discovered tape wrapped around the animal’s body. The cat was carrying a saw, multiple drills, and a complete mobile phone setup with a charger, earpiece, memory card, and batteries.
* “Hey, look what the cat dragged in!”
* It’s like a reverse cat burglar.
* As if the guards wouldn’t have heard anything when they ripped the tape off the cat. (see clip below)
CLIP: Ripping tape off a cat. No cats were harmed in the making of this audio clip.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/cat-tape(dot)mp3
* That cat has been handed a death sentence. Nine death sentences.

AUDIO: SWISS MAN SETS RECORD FOR BEING COVERED WITH SNOW, ON PURPOSE

A Swiss man broke a Guinness World Record by spending more than 2 hours buried in snow while wearing only swim trunks. Elias Meyer, a competitive powerlifter, said he decided to take on the title for the longest time spent in direct full body contact with snow after discovering no one had yet cracked the 2-hour mark. The previous record, set by Polish man Valerjan Romanvoski in 2022, stood at 1 hour, 45 minutes and 2 seconds. Meyer, wearing only his swimsuit, was buried under a mound of snow for 2 hours and 7 seconds. He said the cold bothered him less than the weight of the snow pressing down on him, causing his shoulders and elbows to ache. Meyer said he wanted to demonstrate that the “body is capable of incredible things.”
* I can think of on thing in particular that happens in the cold. (see clip below)
CLIP: “Shrinkage” from Seinfeld.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/Seinfeld-Shrinkage(dot)mp3
* Did he drop a weight on his head before he thought of doing this?
* How do you make it through two hours of being covered in snow? You just chill.
* What’s stupider, laying in a pile of snow for two hours, or watching a guy lay in a pile of snow for two hours?
* Or giving the guy an award?

AUDIO: FINALLY, FASTER HUMAN COMPOSTING

Looking for a quick and easy burial? How’d you like to be boiled and flushed down the drain? There is a new method of human remains disposal seeking legal approval in the UK; it’s called alkaline hydrolysis. The process uses water, alkaline chemicals, heat and pressure to break down a body into liquid and pieces of bone, which can take between just two and 18 hours. But here’s where it gets good: Bones and teeth survive the process and are ground into a powder to be returned to the family, while the rest of the body is broken down into liquid, which can be sent down the drain to the sewers. It’s being called a “water burial,” though some refer to it as being “flushed away.” A study of the process claims that the water a body boils in is full of compounds that are safe to be put back into the wastewater supply. The method is already approved in Ireland. The cost is around $1700 (€1,500).
* It’s a chance for grampa to clog up the toilet one last time.
* As the Wizard of Oz said to Dorothy about the Wicked Witch: “Ah, you LIQUIDATED her, eh?”
* This is how you get sewer zombies, I think.
* Human bodies are safe for sewers? With all the plastic that’s in ’em?
* This is just a scam to make that $3,000 cherrywood casket look much more attractive.
CLIP: Here’s the Roto Rooter jingle, revised with incredibly bad taste.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/RotoRooterGrandma(dot)mp3

TRENDING

LOOSE ZEBRA WAS NOT BRANTLEY GILBERT’S ZEBRA

That zebra that was on the loose over the weekend in Tennessee? That was not Brantley Gilbert’s. While the country singer does own a zebra, his was not that one. In a video shared to social media, he said “Folks in Nashville, thank y’all so much for all of the concern and all the thoughts and prayers, but no need to be concerned anymore the zebra is home safe and sound.”

JUSTIN BALDONI’S LAWSUIT AGAINST BLAKE LIVELY DISMISSED

Justin Baldoni’s $400 million libel lawsuit against Blake Lively was dismissed by a federal judge in New York on Monday. The two actors have been in a heated legal feud since December 2024. Baldoni’s lawsuit was a countersuit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and the couple’s publicist. Lively first filed a complaint in December against Baldoni accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of the film “It Ends With Us.” Lively’s lawyers called the dismissal a “total victory and complete vindication. We look forward to the next round, which is seeking attorneys’ fees, treble damages and punitive damages.”

SLY STONE DEAD, 82

Music legend Sly Stone, frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, has passed away at the age of 82. His death comes after a “prolonged battle” with COPD, otherwise known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, as well as struggles with “other underlying health issues.” Sly and the Family Stone formed as a funk band in San Francisco in 1966. The group would go on to be pivotal in the development of not only funk music, but also soul, R&B, rock, and psychedelic tunes up until they disbanded in 1983. The band included two of Sly’s actual siblings, his brother Freddie Stone, and his sister singer/keyboardist Rose Stone. They created huge hits like Dance to the Music, Everyday People and Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin). However, his substance abuse and concerning behavior heavily impacted the group, which split up for a final time in the 1980s.

SEAN COMBS TRIAL: MONDAY, JUNE 9

Here is what happened at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-and-drug trafficking trial on Monday:
– “Jane” – not her real name – continued her testimony of how Diddy forced her to take drugs and have sex with strangers, and how he threatened her with releasing sex tapes..
– She said a 2023 incident was particularly upsetting – he made her have sex with a “cowboy wearing heels.”
– She said that she spoke to Combs about not wanting to have sex with other men. Combs told her that’s not what he wanted from her, and she responded that she needed a break.
– When “Jane” began to distance herself from Combs via texts in October 2023, he wrote back that he wanted to see her and that they didn’t have to have sex. Jane responded that she knew he was going to spend the day “love bombing” her. Asked to explain love bombing, Jane testified that Combs would shower her with love and affection to an overwhelming point. Love bombing is a “form of psychological and emotional abuse” and is used as a manipulation tactic. It was a pattern from Combs whenever he wanted to have hotel nights, Jane told the court.
– Prosecutor Maureen Comey asked Jane, “Why did you say, in a text, ‘I know I was consenting?’” Jane responded, “I picked the word up from him. He said, ‘If anyone saw these videos they’d say you wanted it.’”
– Combs kept having his marathon “freak-off” sex romps — even after the feds raided his homes.
– Combs’ mother was in the courtroom. At one point, he turned toward her and mouthed: “I love you, mommy.”

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

June 14, Saturday – Flag Day
June 15, Sunday – Father’s Day
June 20, Friday – Summer begins (The June solstice occurs at 10:42 P.M. EDT)
July 4, Friday – U.S. Independence Day
Sept. 1, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Thursday – Patriot Day
Sept. 22, Monday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 2:19 p.m. EDT)

BIRTHDAYS

Kate Upton (model, actress) … 33
Bill Burr (comedian, actor, podcaster, “Unfrosted”) … 57
Elizabeth Hurley (actress, model) … 60
Kate Flannery (actress, “The Office”) … 61
Jimmy Chamberlin (drummer with Smashing Pumpkins) … 61

Today’s Birthdays grade: Some middling actresses, the drummer for a big 90s band, an alum of “The Office,” and a cranky comic. Not an exceptional lineup, but not bad, either. Grade: C-plus.

[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 would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest.”

(A) Donald Trump
(B) Simon Cowell
(C) Elizabeth Hurley

ANSWER: (C) Elizabeth Hurley

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1977 – Apple shipped its first personal computer.
* It featured a sophisticated new “desktop” style interface that, in slightly altered form, would later make Bill Gates the richest man on Earth.

1940 – The Second World War ratcheted up a notch as Italy declared war on France and Britain, and Canada declared war on Italy.
* To which Italy responded, “Canada? What the hell did we do to Canada?”

1935 – Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron founded Alcoholics Anonymous.
* Wow – how bad was THAT hangover?

1859 – Peter O’Reilly and Patrick McLaughlin, traveling to California to prospect for gold, made a stop in Nevada where they discovered the Comstock Lode, which turned out to be the richest mine in the United States.
* It was one of the few times anyone’s ever gambled in Nevada and won.

1692 – The first witch was hanged in Salem, Massachusetts.
* I don’t want to be nit-picky, but shouldn’t that be “alleged” witch?

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2022 – Justin Bieber announced he had Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a rare neurological condition that had caused parts of his face to become paralyzed. He postponed and cancelled some of his world tour appearances to focus on treatment.

2016 – Rod Stewart was knighted for services to music and charity. Stewart said: “I’ve led a wonderful life and have had a tremendous career thanks to the generous support of the great British public. This monumental honour has topped it off and I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

1992 – A Los Angeles judge threw out a $25 million palimony suit brought against British rock singer Rod Stewart by Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kelly Emberg, his longtime girlfriend. She had claimed the couple lived together as husband and wife from 1985 to 1990.

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. 1/3 of people surveyed admitted to eating THIS for breakfast. What is it?
Pie

2. According to a survey, THIS is America’s #1 comfort food of all time. What is it?
Grilled cheese sandwich

3. According to research, most people throw away 1/4 of THIS food product. What is it?
Bread

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