WEDNESDAY, Aug 13 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR WEDNESDAY, August 13, 2025

COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: A & M AUTOLAND – Everything’s On Sale

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.)

INTERNATIONAL LEFTHANDERS DAY
Established on August 13, 1976, by Dean R. Campbell, founder of the Left-Handers International organization, to raise awareness about the unique challenges left-handed people face in a world predominantly designed for right-handed individuals.

NATIONAL FILET MIGNON DAY

NATIONAL PROSECCO DAY

August is:

Black Business Month
Family Fun Month
International Peace Month
National Back to School Month
National Catfish Month
National Crayon Collection Month
National Goat Cheese Month
National Golf Month
National Panini Month
National Peach Month
National Sandwich Month

THE BUZZ

SO YOU JUST GOT A GIRLFRIEND

Reddit asked, “Men, what did you find out about women when you got a girlfriend?” Some of the responses:
– “I learned how to take much better care of my own hair.”
– “It’s never your bathroom.”
– “Buy a garbage can that has a lid for the bathroom.”
– “Bras are stupidly overpriced.”
– “A little snack can diffuse a lot of anger.”
– “Her burps set off car alarms.”
– “That there is a ‘product’ for every inch of your body.”
– “One thing that’s true of every woman I’ve known is that none of them want to take out the garbage.”
– “Once you stop trying to solve all of their problems they seem to be nicer to you.”
– “When she says she doesn’t want something for her birthday or Valentine’s day, you better get her 2 things to be safe.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Can you relate to any of these? Men, what did you find out when you got a girlfriend?

U.S. NEWS

MAN OVERBOARD, SPENDS NIGHT ON BUOY FULL OF SEALS

A 29-year-old fisherman fell off his boat and survived a harrowing night by clinging to a buoy for nearly seven hours. The buoy was full of seals. John Gsell was fishing off California’s Central Coast when his boat “struck a large object” around 10pm on Friday, sending him into the 55-degree water. Unable to reach his drifting boat, he aimed for land (* because … the land was closer than the boat he JUST FELL OUT OF???). Along the way, he spotted a buoy and spent an hour swimming to it. He hauled himself aboard, where he found a few local seals. They spent the night together. Around 4:45am Saturday, the Coast Guard found his empty boat, sparking a search. But another fisherman, heading out early, spied Mr. Gsell perched on the buoy roughly a mile offshore, and picked him up.
* So long, and thanks for all the fish!
* He spent all night trying to teach them all to sing “Kissed By a Rose.”
* The guy’s not saying what happened on that buoy. His lips were sealed.
* He should have the smell washed off by Labor Day.

WORLD’S OLDEST CHICKEN: 14 YEARS

A Texas woman’s pet chicken has officially been named the oldest in the world by Guinness World Records. Pearl, the pet chicken, is 14 years old. Pearl’s owner, Sonya Hull, said she hatched the chicken in her personal incubator on March 13, 2011. Most hens live an average of five to eight years. Hull says Pearl is still laying eggs, but not as frequently as she used to. Her mobility is limited now, so she spends most of her time in the family’s laundry room, although she does come out into the living room because she likes to watch TV when she hears it on.
* She loves chick flicks.
* And she loves TV shows:
– The Joy Cluck Club
– Hen Calls the Heart
– The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fowl-lon.
– It’s Always Sunny-Side Up In Philadelphia
– And, of course, Matcock(adoodle)
* When I hear “14-year-old chicken all I think is: Yuck! Stringy!
* I have a chicken pot pie in my freezer older than that.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

SWISS DRIVER FINED $110,000 FOR SPEEDING

A driver in Lausanne, Switzerland, was clocked going 50 mph (77 kph) in a 30 mph zone (50 kph) on a city street. He’s now facing a fine of up to 90,000 Swiss francs (over $110,000) in fines as a result. In Switzerland, people are fined according to their income, fortune or general family financial situation. This particular speeder, a repeat offender, is one of the 300 wealthiest people in Switzerland — with a fortune in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
* $110,000. Even for the Swiss, that’s a lot of cheddar.
* There goes the rich man’s lunch money.
* With those fines, I sort of wonder how much he paid for his car, but it would probably make me depressed.
* They asked him to keep on speeding, the country could use a new firetruck and some bridge repairs.

WOMAN FINDS, RETURNS $1,000 CASH

Annie Rawdah of London, Ontario, was at a drive-through ATM on Sunday afternoon when she noticed cash sitting in the machine – someone had left it behind. She wanted to give it back to the bank, but it was closed. She left with the cash, about $1,000. Rawdah returned to the bank Monday morning with the cash and was told that a man had just come in to claim it – a roofer named Mohamad Allo. Rawdah handed in the cash and said the bank told her the money would be returned to him. Mr. Allo was relieved, and grateful. He wanted to give Rawdah a gift, but she didn’t want anything in return. Many people were surprised that she turned the money in, but, says Ms. Rawdah, “If you find money that doesn’t belong to you and you can return it, please do. You can’t build your own happiness on someone else’s pain.”
* Unless you’re an acupuncturist.
* It’s good to have ethics. Plus security cameras probably filmed her taking the money from six angles, plus got her license plate number.
* How did he leave $1,000 in the drive-through? Short attention span?
* Imagine what that guy heard from HIS wife all Sunday afternoon.

TRENDING

BRAD PITT’S BURGLARS ARRESTED

Four people have been arrested in connection with a burglary earlier this summer at Brad Pitt’s house in LA’s Los Feliz neighborhood. Police said that, on June 25, suspects broke in through the front window, ransacked the home and fled with miscellaneous property. Pitt had been out of the country in June on a globe-spanning promotional tour for his new movie, “F1.” Detectives have made four arrests, but did not release their names.

TAYLOR SWIFT ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM

Taylor Swift announced on her website on Tuesday that she’s been working on a new record, The Life of a Showgirl. Swift made the announcement alongside her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason Kelce on their New Heights podcast. Swift, 35, teased, “Can I show you something?” and then pulled a record album out of a green briefcase, although the album cover was blurred. She said, “This is my brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl.” There are rumors that it will be a return to country music for her. The album’s release date is also a mystery, although Swift’s website says copies will ship before Oct. 13.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Sept. 1, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Thursday – Patriot Day
Sept. 19, Friday – National POW/MIA Recognition Day (The third Friday of September)
Sept. 22, Monday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 2:19 p.m. EDT)
Oct. 13, Monday – Columbus Day
Oct. 16, Thursday – National Boss’s Day
Oct. 31, Friday – Halloween

BIRTHDAYS

Sebastian Stan (actor, Marvel’s Bucky Barnes – The Winter Soldier) … 43
Debi Mazar (actress, “Younger,” “Entourage”) … 61
John Slattery (actor, Tony Stark’s father, “Mad Men”) … 63
Danny Bonaduce (actor, “The Partridge Family,” radio personality) … 66

Today’s Birthdays grade: Two Marvel actors, one who also had a major role on “Mad Men,” a mostly-TV actress, and Danny Partridge. Okay, but no fireworks. Grade: C.

[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!

“People ask me, what was your rock bottom? I say, pick.”

(A) Charlie Sheen
(B) Andy Dick
(C) Danny Bonaduce

ANSWER: (C) Danny Bonaduce

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2016 – American swimmer Michael Phelps ended his career at the Rio Olympics as part of the winning 4×100 medley relay, his record 23rd gold medal. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals.
* Wow. Show off much?

1997 – The first episode of South Park aired.
* Poor Kenny had no idea what he was in for.

1961 – Berlin was divided by a barbed wire fence to halt the flight of refugees from East Germany to West Germany. Two days later, work on the Berlin Wall began. It finally came down in 1989.
* And then the Soviet Union went to pieces.

1960 – “Echo I,” a balloon satellite, allowed the first two-way telephone conversation by satellite to take place.
* But the balloon made everyone’s voice sound like a Munchkin.

1924 – The company that would become Greyhound Bus Lines began when Carl Wickman started hauling Minnesota miners back and forth to work in his gray Hupmobile.
* It started out white, but one day of hauling miners and it was completely gray.

1907 – New York City’s first taxicab went into service.
* Boy, was HE busy!

1889 – William Gray of Hartford, CT patented the coin-operated telephone.
* Back then you could pay by either inserting two pennies, or four small potatoes.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2009 – Guitarist Les Paul died in a hospital in White Plains, New York at the age of 94, suffering from severe pneumonia. Paul is credited with developing one of the first solid-body electric guitars, which went on sale in 1952 and contributed to the birth of rock. He also developed other influential recording innovations such as multi-track recording and overdubbing.

2002 – Adam Ant pleaded guilty to threatening drinkers in a London pub. The former 1980’s pop star had returned to the bar with a starting pistol after being refused entry. He had also thrown a car alternator through the window of the pub.

1999 – Mick Jagger’s marriage to model Jerry Hall was declared null and void at the High Court in London. The annulment stopped an expected long and costly court battle, in which Ms. Hall, 43, was reportedly seeking millions of dollars from Jagger.

1994 – The first full day of music kicked off at Woodstock ‘94. Billed as “2 More Days of Peace & Music,” the event commemorated the 25th anniversary of the legendary 1969 festival. More than 350,000 fans traveled to Saugerties, NY, where they enjoyed sets by Aerosmith, The Cranberries, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Salt-N-Pepa, Blind Mellon, Sheryl Crow, and Primus, plus performances by many of the original acts from 1969, including Joe Cocker, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, The Band, and Country Joe McDonald. Also on the setlist? Lots of rain and even more mud.

1977 – Randy Bachman quit Bachman Turner Overdrive. The group then disbanded.

1965 – Jefferson Airplane played their first public performance at The Maxtrix in San Francisco.

1924 – A country music record sold one million copies for the first time. It was “The Prisoner’s Song,” recorded by Vernon Dalhart.

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. On average, most of us do THIS more than 18,000 times in a lifetime. What is it?
Break the speed limit

2. THIS percent of people who go to court for speeding are found not guilty or have their case dismissed. What percent?
25%

3. Members of THIS profession receive more speeding tickets than any other. What’s the profession?
Doctors

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