WEDNESDAY, June 26 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR WEDNESDAY, June 26, 2024
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: A & M AUTOLAND – The Bed Bunker

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.)

BEAUTICIAN’S DAY

NATIONAL CANOE DAY

NATIONAL CATFISH DAY

NATIONAL CHOCOLATE PUDDING DAY

NATIONAL ORANGE BLOSSOM DAY

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
Women’s Golf Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS TO TAKE ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL

The Hallmark Channel is making a movie for this coming holiday season, called “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.” The movie stars Tyler Hynes, Hunter King and Ed “I’ll take any job” Begley Jr. The filming will take place in Kansas City, and events will center around the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs, although it is not known if any of the team will make an appearance. Here’s the plot of the movie: “Alana Higman, a Kansas City Chiefs superfan, is sure to win the team’s ‘Fan of the Year’ contest. But when grandpa’s good luck Chiefs hat goes missing, Alana begins to doubt everything she believed about fate, destiny and even questions her future with Derrick, Director of Fan Engagement — unless, that is, a little Christmas magic can throw a Hail Mary.”
* Not to spoil the ending, but they kind of give it away with “Holiday Touchdown.”
* Now there’s a football movie that makes me wish for Sudden Death.
* Why do all these Hallmark movies sound like they were written by bunnies?
* How many times do you think they’ll mention Taylor Swift in the movie – within 20?
* The Hallmark Channel – For when you’re not quite good enough to be cast in a soap opera.
* How about mixing it up a little with some Hanukkah movies?

MORGAN WALLEN HIT IN THE HEAD WITH PANTIES

Country star Morgan Wallen got hit in the face with a pair of women’s underwear while he was in the middle of performing his hit “I Had Some Help.” In a clip posted by a fan who attended the country star’s Friday concert in Minneapolis, Wallen smiles while singing at U.S. Bank Stadium. As he crouches down on the catwalk to get slightly closer to fans in the front row, a baby-blue thong flies into frame, gently smacking the hitmaker’s forehead. Wallen smiled and chucked it back into the crowd before walking away.
* And, boy, if they catch the guy who did it, they’re gonna ban him from the arena.
* Well, he did want to get closer to his fans.
* Remember when panty-tossing was kinda cute? Now you need to call in a hazmat team.
* Being hit with panties onstage – better or worse than being hit with a cellphone? Let’s open the phones.

THE BUZZ

PETTY REASONS FOR HATING A CO-WORKER

Reddit asked, “What’s the most petty reason you’ve ever disliked a coworker?” Some of the responses:
– “Someone in the office has vocal fry to the point I have to put my earphones in.”
– “They pronounced salmon with the L.”
– “She would scrape her spoon on the bottom of the little plastic yogurt pot for literally minutes at a time, trying really hard to get every last modicum of yogurt out of it.”
– “Knew a bald guy who was polishing his bald head all the time at his desk.”
– “He ran indoors. Why are we running in an office?”
– “We called her Colombo. Every time at team meetings… Meeting is over. Everyone is up. One foot out the door…and… “I have ONE more question!”
– “Way back when I was quite young I heard a coworker say something derogatory about Led Zeppelin and that was it for me.”
– “Fake baby voice to sound cute.”
– “Once I couldn’t stand a coworker because they used too many exclamation marks.”
– “Years ago I had a colleague that, when at his desk, would randomly snap his fingers and stomp his feet twice, in this exact order. Like every two hours or so.”
– “Their desk plant was too big and intrusive.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you dislike a co-worker for some petty reason?

TRENDING: ICED COFFEE AND ONIONS

There’s a new trend on TikTok – people are chopping up spring onions – those skinny little green ones – and tossing them into their Starbucks iced latte. The spring onion latte reportedly originated in China, where odd food and drink combinations are fairly common. The New York Times notes that Chinese culture has a food category called “dark cuisine” where two foods that absolutely don’t go together are thrown together – like ice cream fried rice, or chicken wings in blueberry soda. But in this case, it’s iced coffee with some chopped onions tossed in. How does it taste? Just like you’d expect. Says one reviewer: “One sip is an uncomfortable experience. The feeling of the green onion sliding down my throat with a mix of coffee and milk is just horrific.”
* Well that’s because he left out the peanut butter.
* This was a grown person, mind you, doing something because TikTok told them to do it. As mom used to say, “If your friend jumped off a cliff, would you?”
* If nothing else, it guarantees you your own seat on the light rail to work.
* Oops – in the time it took me to tell you about spring onion lattes, they’ve been replaced by another trend.
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you try weird food trends you see on the internet? Have you ever found a good one?

U.S. NEWS

GAMER FLIES TO FLORIDA TO ATTACK FELLOW GAMER

Edward Kang, a 20-year-old gamer who lives in New Jersey, has been arrested for allegedly flying to Fernandina Beach, Florida, to attack a fellow gamer with a hammer following an “online altercation” that the pair got into while playing the online video game ArcheAge. The victim’s stepfather was awakened in the middle of the night by screams for help, and he found his stepson on the ground in a physical struggle with Kang, who was wearing all black clothing, gloves and a mask, and carrying a flashlight and a hammer. Kang had walked into the unlocked house late at night and waited in a hallway to attack the victim when he took a bathroom break during a late-night gaming session. The victim suffered severe but non-life-threatening head injuries. When Kang was asked why he did it, he stated that the victim “is a bad person online.”
* There aren’t enough hammers in the world to take care of all the “bad persons online.”
* The victim might be a “bad person online,” but Edward Kang is a bad person in the real world.
* Usually gamers drink energy drinks, they don’t get hammered.
* Who would do something that crazy? Fly in an airplane these days, I mean.
* As he’s being hit with the hammer, the guy’s yelling, “Boy, this game is really realistic!”

88-YEAR-OLD GETAWAY DRIVER SENTENCED TO JAIL

An 88-year-old Montana man was sentenced last Thursday to two years in prison for his role in two bank robberies within four days of each other. Steven Whitecloud, of Billings, was the getaway driver in two bank robberies that took place last August. His accomplice, the actual robber, was Whitecloud’s 26-year-old grandson, Patrick Justice. Authorities said the two stole a combined $15,000 in both robberies. Mr. Whitecloud suffers from severe health issues, including stage 5 lung cancer in remission, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hepatitis C, high blood pressure, arthritis and scoliosis. He requires the use of supplemental oxygen and has limited mobility.
* That’s one way to get the health care you need.
* Should you really keep someone who’s 88 waiting 10 months to be sentenced?
* Was the getaway vehicle a car or a Rascal scooter?
* Must be pretty easy for cops to follow a getaway car with the left blinker going all the time.
* Guess what brand of toilet tissue Mr. Whitecloud prefers. C’mon – guess!

TRENDING

PARAMOUNT ERASING MTV.COM ARCHIVES

The Paramount company – producers of movies and TV – is $500 million in the red. The company on Tuesday announced severe cost cutting measures, including the elimination of 25% of its workforce. One of those measure was shutting down the website MTV.com and all the digital artifacts that were stored on it. Paramount tossed twenty plus years of news archives – journalism performed by music and political writers. MTV News was once a force in music, entertainment, and politics in the early 90s – before the dawn of cheap reality shows took over the channel. As the channel’s popularity soared, the News division became important to pop culture. Now all those interviews – hundreds of thousands of hours with rock stars and politicians – are gone.

M.I.A. INTRODUCES WI-FI-PROOF CLOTHING LINE

Rapper M.I.A. (* Anybody? Anybody remember her? Anybody?) has launched a line of clothing to protect the wearer against Wi-Fi, 4G & 5G waves. The items include:
– A $100 shiny silver bucket hat – it looks like a standard bucket hat – with “99.5% electromagnetic wave deflecting powers.”
– A $200 “Data Protection Dump Bag,” which includes a built-in Faraday cage to block all data and WiFi connections from getting through to the contents of your purse.
– A $50 pair of boxer shorts made from “Original Silver Street Shield textiles providing protection from electromagnetic radiation.”

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

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

Ariana Grande (singer, actress) … 31
Nick Offerman (actor, “Civil War,” “The Last of Us,” “Fargo,” “Parks and Recreation”) … 54
Sean Hayes (actor, “Will and Grace”) … 54
Chris O’Donnell (actor, “NCIS: Los Angeles) … 54
Colin Greenwood (bassist with Radiohead) … 55
Chris Isaak (singer/actor) … 68
Mick Jones (singer/guitarist with the Clash, “Rock The Casbah”) … 69

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

“Nobody makes me laugh.”

(A) Donald Trump
(B) Vladimir Putin
(C) Sean Hayes

ANSWER: (C) Sean Hayes

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2015 – The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that same-sex marriage is a legal right across all US states.
* Lots of people celebrated – especially wedding photographers.

2000 – Rival scientific teams completed the first rough map of the human genetic code.
* Great. So where are the cures for baldness and the common cold already?

1896 – The first movie theater opened, charging 10 cents for admission.
* And an insanely high four cents for a bag of popcorn!

1819 – The bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr.
* He peddled his invention all over town.

1284 – Legend says the Pied Piper of Hamelin led the children out of the town after people refused to pay their pest control bill.
* He led the children out of town? Now THAT’S pest control!

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2005 – Ticket prices were announced for the forthcoming Rolling Stones gig at the Hollywood Bowl in November, and were set to become the most expensive in rock ‘n’ roll history at $450.

1990 – New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg was released from the hospital after a fall.

1986 – Metallica guitarist James Hetfield broke his wrist while trying to skateboard down a hill, requiring a substitute guitarist for the tour which was underway.

1977 – Elvis Presley’s final concert took place at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.

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. 41% of people surveyed said they do THIS once a day, and 33% said they do it twice. What is it?
Wash their face

2. 57% of people surveyed said they would never break THIS rule. What is it?
Use the “express line” at the supermarket for more than the “allowed” number of items

3. 33% of people surveyed said they do THIS before they have their picture taken. What is it?
They floss their teeth

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