TUESDAY, June 11 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR TUESDAY, June 11, 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.)

CHEER UP THE LONELY DAY

NATIONAL CORN ON THE COB DAY

NATIONAL GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY

WORLD POPULATION DAY
Wikipedia says this:
“World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987 approximately the date on which the world’s population reached five billion people.”

June is:

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

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

FINALLY, THAT “PRACTICAL MAGIC” SEQUEL YOU’VE BEEN SCREAMING FOR

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are in talks to return for a sequel to the 1998 movie “Practical Magic.” Plot details of the sequel are not yet known. The original was about two sisters who come from a long line of witches who had to contend with a curse that kept them from never finding love. The original movie received generally negative reviews and failed to make a mark at the box office.
* Wait wait – don’t oversell it!
* They’re probably thinking, “This time, we’ll have zombies and maybe a car chase.”
* How ’bout if the studio just burns $100 million and saves everybody a lot of needless aggravation.
* It’s nice when they can finally find some little movie or TV show for Nicole Kidman to do. She must be bored just sitting around all day.

THE BUZZ

SCHOOL BULLIES: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Reddit asked, “Anyone who still knows their bully from school, what are they doing now?” Some of the responses:
– “Thanks to the magic of social media, I’ve gotten to watch them fail at life.”
– “She married a cousin of my husband’s and convinced him to cut contact with his family.”
– “He messaged me on Facebook some 15 years later to apologize for bullying me and to tell me he’s becoming a priest.”
– “They are in jail, and guess what I’m the warden.”
– “Proctologist. I’m not joking. His dad was a proctologist, and now he is.”
– “One of the school bullies bullied me relentlessly in grade 7 and 8. But then we became really good friends starting in grade 9 when we developed friends in common and realized we were into the same stuff. We are still friends 30 years later. He’s a very kind person who has devoted his life to helping refugees.”
– “My 5th grade bully ended up as my sister-in-law. She still calls me every few months and I listen while she has a long emotional ramble. She’s told me a bunch of dark things about her dad, things that put her struggles into context. When she bullied me, her dad had just gone to jail. She clearly has some mental issues but she’s had some life experiences that really traumatized her too. Now I feel compassion for the hurt 10 year old who hurt me so long ago.”
– “Saw him at a bar once, in my home town. Came up and apologized for how he treated me and my brother, saying he was a a dumb kid that didn’t know better, that he had started a family and was trying to make amends. It was really heartfelt and I let him know I forgave him, the stupidity of childhood doesn’t need to continue to adulthood. But I didn’t remember him at all.”
– “I was the bully.. the kid I bullied turned out to be a great dude and my best friend in the whole world. I’m always grateful for him, his kindness, & forgiveness.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you know what happened to your bully? (Be warned: some people were really damaged by their bully and the stories aren’t pleasant!)

CONCERTS: DO YOU LIKE KNOWING THE SET LIST BEFOREHAND?

Former rock icon and current curmudgeon Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who, has a new pet peeve: He doesn’t like that a band’s set list is published on the internet before the show. Many fans often know most, if not all, of the songs to expect at a concert as a result. Daltrey tells Billboard magazine, “There’s no surprises left with concerts these days, ’cause everybody wants to see the setlist. I’m sick of it.” He says, “The Internet’s ruined the live shows for me. Who wants to know what’s coming next? People forget about surprises. I can’t stand it.”
* Roger, The Who has been playing the same ten songs for the past 20 years. It’s not that big a secret.
* If you’re going to see Psy, is he NOT gonna play “Gangnam Style”? Are The Lumineers NOT going to play the stupid “Hey Ho” song?
* Why can’t they just play a different set list? Would the band have to go to jail?
* I don’t care about the songs. What I want to know before I buy my ticket is how tall the guy in the seat in front of me is.
* [Here is some WACKY BANTER you and your co-host can do. Don’t overplay it.]
1: Roger Daltrey doesn’t want to know what’s coming next?
2: No, Who’s coming next.
1: Then what’s on first?
2. Who’s on first.
1: What’s on second?
2: I don’t know.
Both: Third base.
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you like to know the setlist before going to a concert? Why or why not?

U.S. NEWS

MAN TAKES BLOW-UP DOLL OUT TO DINNER; SERVER FIRED

A server at a North Carolina restaurant said she was fired after posting a video of a man having a meal with a blow-up doll. In the video she said, “OK, I’m not supposed to be making TikToks at work, but this calls for it. I work at a nice restaurant in Charlotte, and I need you guys to see what just came in the door.” The video shows a man reading the menu at a table with a blow-up doll in the chair across the table. She wrote that she expected to be fired for posting the video, but that’s okay because she wanted to move on. Meanwhile, the video went viral, and the man in the video posted his own TikTok claiming that dining with the doll was his punishment from losing a bet in his fantasy football league.
* The guy who WON the bet gets to keep the doll.
* Losing a bet in Fantasy Football – THAT is my new go-to excuse for screwing up in life.
* “I’ll have the veal piccata, and just a hot dog for my date. No bun.”
* He took her to dinner to pop the question, and she just popped.

MARTHA’S VINEYARD IS OUT OF POT

Martha’s Vineyard has a serious marijuana problem: they’ve run out. One cannabis dispensary closed down shop, and the other is currently selling all its remaining supplies before it shuts down. Locals figure that, by September, Martha’s Vineyard will run out of pot entirely. The problem is that although Massachusetts has legalized marijuana, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission says that transporting pot across the ocean – which is how you have to get to Martha’s Vineyard – would be breaking federal laws. For several years, sellers on Martha’s Vineyard have been growing their own pot, eliminating the need to import. But the grower is shutting down. As for locals living on the island, taking the ferry to buy pot can be expensive and time-consuming. There’s no dispensary in Woods Hole, where the ferry lands, so they either need to take an Uber from there or bring over a car on the ferry, when space for vehicles limited during tourist season.
* They’ve already had, like, a dozen meetings on the problem but nobody can remember if they came up with a solution, pass the Cheetos.
* If only the people in Martha’s Vineyard could afford to send one of their household staff out to buy pot.
* Can they train carrier pigeons to fly back and forth with little dime bags?
* Maybe they need to change the named from Martha’s Vineyard to Martha’s Growhouse.

STRANDED KITE SURFER WRITES “HELP” ON THE BEACH WITH ROCKS

A kite surfer became stranded on a deserted beach on the Santa Cruz County coastline on Sunday. He used rocks on the beach to spell out the word “HELP” and was eventually spotted by a private helicopter pilot who did indeed call for help. He was not injured but just needed assistance getting off the beach surrounded by steep cliffs. Crews from Cal Fire, Santa Cruz County Fire Department, and California State Parks worked together to rescue the kite surfer, using a rescue helicopter to extract him off the beach.
* Talk about tacking on hidden fees! He only needed a helicopter, but they threw on two fire departments and rangers from a state park to totally run up the tab.
* Plus everybody cost extra ’cause it was a Sunday.
* “No, no! I don’t need all you guys, I was just writing, ‘HELP CALL ME AN UBER!'”
* The rescue was delayed for a half hour while the guy finished etching picture of his girlfriend in the rocks, like Tom Hanks in Cast Away.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

ELEPHANTS CALL EACH OTHER BY NAME

A new study claims elephants call out to each other using individual names. While dolphins and parrots have been observed addressing each other by mimicking the sound of others from their species, elephants are the first non-human animals known to use names that do not involve imitation. In the study, a team of international researchers used an artificial intelligence algorithm to analyze the calls of two wild herds of African savanna elephants in Kenya. They found that elephants use specific vocalizations for each individual, and recognize and react to a call addressed to them while ignoring calls addressed to others.
* They also found that elephants have cruel nicknames for each other, like, “Hey, big ears!” and “How’re ya doin’, tiny trunk?” It’s like men-talk at a barber shop.
* When asked HOW they get their names – WHO gives them their names: their parents? the herd? themselves? – the researchers suddenly had to go take an important phone call.
* Elephants can call each other, but they have a lot of trouble with the touchpad on their iPhones.
* Finally, something from AI that’s useful in our daily lives.

TRENDING

BILLIE EILISH ONCE GHOSTED BY A GUY

While appearing on Monday’s episode of the BBC podcast “Miss Me?” singer Billie EIlish, 22, said she was once “ghosted” by a man she had “known for years.” Ghosting is a term for abruptly ending contact with a friend or romantic interest without warning or explanation. She said it happened last December, and the sudden loss of communication made her wonder if the guy had passed away. Eilish said, “It was somebody that I’d also known for years and had a plan, day of, on the phone, making a plan, this is my address, be there at 3 – never heard from him again. Ever. I couldn’t believe it.” She didn’t reveal the guy’s name but said that she still hasn’t heard from him.

RYAN REYNOLDS SPOTTED IN AUDIENCE OF “THE VIEW” WITH HIS MOM

Ryan Reynolds popped up on “The View” Monday morning – not as a planned guest on the show, but just as a regular member of the audience, sitting in the front row with his mom. Halfway through the episode, Whoopi Goldberg drew attention to their presence, asking, “Just out of curiosity … how come?” Reynolds said, “My mom is here visiting her grandkids. And yesterday she said, ‘It’s my dream to go to “The View.” And I said — well, first off, I try to do what she says because you don’t know what she’s capable of. Unspeakable violence, my whole life,” he joked. Reynolds said he “made a call” to make this happen, “And here we are.” His mother said she watches the show daily.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD FALLS OFF STAGE

Carrie Underwood took a nasty fall onstage in the pouring rain at the Carolina Country Music Fest in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Sunday night. Underwood finished performing her classic “Before He Cheats” when she walked toward the back of the stage in the midst of a rainstorm. Concert footage then shows Underwood suddenly taking a tumble off the stage and disappearing.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

June 14, Friday – Flag Day
June 16, Sunday – Father’s Day
June 19, Wednesday – Juneteenth
June 20, Thursday – Summer begins (The June solstice occurs at 4:50 P.M. EST)
July 4, Thursday – U.S. Independence Day
Sept. 2, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Wednesday – Patriot Day
Sept. 23, Sunday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 8:44 a.m. EDT)

BIRTHDAYS

Shia LaBeouf (actor) … 38
Joshua Jackson (actor, “Fatal Attraction,” “Dr. Death,” “The Affair”) … 46
Peter Dinklage (actor, “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” Game of Thrones”) … 55
Dr. Mehmet Oz (TV doctor, talk show host) … 64
Hugh Laurie (actor, “All the Light We Cannot See,” “House”) … 65
Joe Montana (ex football quarterback) … 68
Frank Beard (drummer with ZZ Top) … 75

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

“I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That’s about as exciting as my life gets.”

(A) Leonardo DiCaprio
(B) Ryan Seacrest
(C) Peter Dinklage

ANSWER: (C) Peter Dinklage

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2001 – Timothy McVeigh was executed by injection for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.
* Unfortunately, we couldn’t kill him 168 times.

1994 – The largest popcorn container was created – 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped corn.
* If you bought that at a movie theater it would cost over 20 billion dollars.

1993 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people who commit “hate crimes” motivated by bigotry may be sentenced to extra punishment; the court also ruled religious groups had a constitutional right to sacrifice animals in worship services.
* Don’t treat people badly. Animals? Knock yourself out.

1992 – Baseball owners approved the sale of the Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group.
* The new owners promised to provide safe, reliable baseball with incredible gas mileage.

1990 – The Supreme Court struck down a federal law prohibiting desecration of the American flag.
* That explains Stars-n-Stripes Brand condoms.

1972 – The first “mainstream” porn movie – the X-rated “Deep Throat” – opened and caused a lot of talk.
* And it opened very, very wide.

1912 – Silas Christoferson became the first pilot to take off from the roof of a hotel.
* The height and distance records were later broken by James Bond.

1895 – Charles E. Duryea patented a gas-driven automobile.
* Which got him a great big kiss on the mouth from Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller.

1742 – Benjamin Franklin invented his Franklin stove.
* He could have attached a kite and invented the electric stove.

1644 – A Florentine scientist described the invention of the barometer.
* Over three centuries later and we still have this delusion that we can predict the weather.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2022 – Justin Bieber was forced to cancel his current tour after he revealed he was suffering from facial paralysis. The 28-year-old said in an Instagram video that the condition was due to a diagnosis of Ramsay Hunt syndrome.

2020 – American country music group Lady Antebellum abbreviated their name to “Lady A” during the George Floyd protests in an attempt to blunt the name’s associations with slavery and the Antebellum South, causing a dispute with black blues and gospel singer Anita White, who had been using the name Lady A for more than 20 years. Mutual lawsuits were withdrawn after a confidential settlement.

2011 – Pink Floyd’s 1973 album The Dark Side Of The Moon, re-entered the Billboard Album chart at No. 47, and reached the milestone of 1,000 weeks on Billboard’s charts. The album, which was released in 1973, has done consistently well reaching No.1 on more than one occasion.

2002 – The singing competition “American Idol” debuted on Fox.

2002 – Sir Paul McCartney married Heather Mills at St. Salvator Church, Ireland. Mills and McCartney separated on May 17, 2006 and when divorced, Mills was eventually awarded a lump sum of approx. $20 million, together with assets of approx. $10 million.

1998 – After much fanfare, Amazon expanded its operation from books only to music as well. Amazon’s online CD seller opened for business with a list of titles numbered at 120,000 divided among 14 genres.

1995 – Courtney Love was hospitalized after having a reaction to a prescription medicine.

1971 – Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys put his right hand through a window.

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. Before deciding on one, women need to see 6 of THESE to choose from, but men only need 4. What are they?
Selfies

2. Men are able to make twice as much of THIS as women – and the answer is not “money.” What is it?
Saliva

3. More women than men watch THIS sporting event. What is it?
The Kentucky Derby

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