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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.)

BATMAN DAY
Batman’s first ever appearance was in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939.

LOYALTY DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Loyalty Day is an opportunity to express and reaffirm our loyalty to our country. Loyalty Day was first celebrated in the 1920’s. Communism was on the rise, and feared in America. At the time, May Day (May 1st) was perceived by some as a Communist holiday. In a sense, Loyalty Day was intended to counter this. The U.S. Congress made this an official holiday on July 18, 1958 with the signing of Public Law 85-529. Then President Dwight D. Eisenhower, proclaimed May 1, 1959 the first official observance of Loyalty Day.

MAY DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“May Day, the first of May, is celebrated around the world. It has a number of meanings. In many other countries it is a celebration of spring and the coming of summer. It is celebrated with many spring flowers, many of them blooming right in your own backyard. To communist and socialist countries, it is a celebration for the workers. In many countries it is celebrated as part of a one to three day holiday. Of particular note, it is not a national holiday in the United States, except in Hawaii where it is known as “Lei Day.”

MOTHER GOOSE DAY

SAVE THE RHINO DAY

May is:

Chip Your Pet Month / Pet Month
Date Your Mate Month
International Civility Awareness Month
National Barbeque Month
National Bike Month
National Egg Month
National Hamburger Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month
Older Americans Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

GMA WEATHERMAN ROB MARCIANO OUT

ABC News meteorologist Rob Marciano is out of a job. The Good Morning America regular weatherman is no longer employed by the news division. Marciano had been with ABC News and Good Morning America for nearly a decade, joining in 2014. The exact circumstances of his departure aren’t clear, though the New York Post reported in March that he had been “banned” from GMA’s Times Square studio after making a colleague feel “uncomfortable.”
* He’s a weatherman. Unless it’s 72 with moderate humidity, everybody’s going to feel “uncomfortable.”
* With weathermen, you have your dewpoint, but pretty quickly it can become a don’tpoint.
* His tenure might have been a little stormy, but now his reign is over.
* I predict the climate for future job interviews will be chilly.
* Gone with the wind.

THE BUZZ

MOVIE CLICHES

Reddit asked, “What are you tired of seeing in movies?” Some of the responses:
– “Dancing in the kitchen.”
– “In a car scene when the driver stares at the passenger whilst talking for 10 seconds without looking at the road.”
– “The concept of ‘Oh no. Danger is approaching. I’m gonna stand here in shock, until it is so close I can feel its breath on my skin, before I decide to run.’“
– “The Rock in a jungle.”
– “Multiverse anything.”
– “Having guns and knives make noise when you wave them around.”
– “Thin girls beating up grown men in fights.”
– “A person visiting another person at their home to tell them something. SEND A DAMN TEXT!”
– “Post-apocalyptic nightmare, where society has collapsed several years ago but everyone has pristine teeth.”
– “Waking up and immediately kissing in bed then making love. No way this happens in real life.”
– “Honestly I’m tired of seeing sex stuff.”
– “Making every movie 2 hours and 50 minutes long so when it eventually airs on cable they can stretch it to 4 hours with commercials.”
– “Jared Leto.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What are you tired of seeing in the movies?

U.S. NEWS

EMERGENCY SLIDE THAT FELL OFF BOEING PLANE LANDED AT HOME OF LAWYER SUING BOEING

That emergency slide that fell off of a Delta passenger jet last week shortly after take-off has reportedly turned up. It landed outside the home of a lawyer whose firm is currently suing Boeing over safety issues. Attorney Jake Bissell-Linsk, whose firm filed suit against Boeing over the blown-out door incident last January, discovered the deflated slide washed up outside his oceanfront home in Belle Harbor, Queens. near New York City’s JFK Airport on Sunday. Some workers from Delta were able to retrieve the slide and haul it away.
* Talk about evidence falling right into your lap.
* It sounds like an amazing coincidence, but it would be more amazing if it had landed near anybody NOT suing Boeing right now.
* Now he can add “public littering” to the charges.
* Boeing would score some PR points if they set it up as a giant Slip-n-Slide for the kids.
* Man, that company has a screw loose. LOTS of screws loose.

BANK ROBBER ESCAPES ON BUS

Monday morning, a bank robber robbed a Chase Bank in Skokie, Illinois. Police say he entered the bank around 10:18 a.m., implied that he had a weapon, got some money, and left. Police believe he got away on a city bus, Chicago Transit Authority bus #1547 – the 97 route that takes you through downtown Skokie up to Westfield Shopping Town at Old Orchard. You know. It also shoots down Oakton. Police say the suspect was still at large as of Monday night.
* Ah, the glamorous life of bank robbery.
* Police detectives are supposed to pull the CCTV footage all along the bus route, see where he got out, where he went, and catch him. Don’t these cops watch TV?
* “Gimme all your money! Also can I borrow two dollars and 25 cents for busfare?”
* Refuses to pay surge prices for Uber and Lyft?
* This is actually good advertising for the dependability of Chicago public transit.
* Nice to hear there’s at least one shopping center doing well in America.

MAN KICKS BUFFALO, BUFFALO BUTTS

A Yellowstone National Park visitor was injured while harassing a bison last week. 40-year-old Clarence Yoder, from Idaho Falls, Idaho, had allegedly been bothering a herd of bison. He approached one and kicked it in the leg. The bison turned and said, “Bye, son,” and that was the end of Mr. Yoder. Other park visitors reported the incident. Park rangers located Mr. Yoder’s car near the park’s west entrance. He was arrested and charged with being under the influence, disorderly conduct, approaching wildlife and disturbing wildlife. The man suffered only minor injuries from the bison encounter. This was the first reported incident of a visitor being injured by a buffalo at Yellowstone this year.
* Oh, but there’ll be more. Yellowstone is the Old Faithful of stupid tourists.
* Other visitors reported him but he said that was all bull.
* Here’s how drunk he was. He kept yelling, “Where’s Kevin Costner???”
* Dang. Now I’m hungry for buffalo wings.

NEW APP TRACKS NYC ICE CREAM TRUCKS

In New York City, you can now track exactly where all the Mister Softee ice cream trucks are with an app. Described as a NORAD for ice cream, you put your zip code into the app and it shows you where they are in your neighborhood. You can even see how long each individual truck has been on the road – presumably so you can tell if they’ve got a full stock or might be running low.
* Or, exactly how long it’ll be until the truck comes around the corner so you can jack the driver.
* We’re slowly finding upsides to the new surveillance state.
* “Hey! Why’s the ice cream truck been parked in front of that crack house all day?”
* As if today’s kids are still out on the New York streets playing stickball waiting for the ice cream man. No, they’re all inside on the video games, calling UberEats for ice cream delivery to their front door.
* They got the in-truck trackers from Amazon, so when the driver opens the door, it says “Hey! No bathroom breaks!”
CLIP: The Mister Softee song.
CLIP URL: morningsidekick(dot)com/prep/wp-content/uploads/IceCreamTruckSong(dot)

DISNEY WORLD HAS A MICHELIN-STARRED RESTAURANT

A Walt Disney World restaurant is the first theme-park eatery to earn a fancy-schmancy Michelin star. Victoria & Albert’s restaurant at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort was awarded the coveted designation in the Michelin Guide. Planning on going? Here’s what you need to know:
– There’s a strict dress code and they don’t allow children under 10.
– It has prix-fixe menus starting at $295 a person. STARTING.
– Guests can opt to add a wine pairing to their meal for an additional $150.
– They have a selection of waters sourced from around the world.
– The menu changes seasonally based on market availability and at the discretion of the culinary team. Diners can expect dishes like a Langoustine Tartelette, a Cinco Jotas Iberico “Eclair,” Miyazaki A-5 Wagyu beef, and other words that maybe sound like food.
– According to the promotional picture of the restaurant, there’s a live harpist.
* ♪♫ “When you Mich-e-lin a star / Dinner costs more than a car…” ♫♫
* Well, it’s cheaper than a day ticket to the parks. And no screaming babies.
* For those prices, I want my champagne chilled inside Walt Disney’s cryogenic chamber.
* Scrooge McDuck gave it zero stars.
* And oh — you betcha they exit you through a gift shop.

TRENDINGBARBRA STREISAND MAKES SOCIAL MEDIA FAUX PAS

A slimmer Melissa McCarthy posted a photo of herself and filmmaker Adam Shankman at a film event on Sunday. On Monday, Barbra Streisand saw the post and responded to it, writing, “Give him my regards,” adding, “did you take Ozempic?” The public jumped on it, figuring out that Streisand probably thought she was sending a private message to McCarthy. A few hours later, Barbra posted, “OMG, I went on Instagram to see the photos we’d posted of the beautiful flowers I’d received for my birthday! Below them was a photo of my friend Melissa McCarthy, who I sang with on my ‘Encore’ album. She looked fantastic! I just wanted to pay her a compliment. I forgot the world is reading!”

“KINGDOM OF PLANET OF THE APES” HOME VIDEO WILL INCLUDE NO-VFX VERSION

The home media release of the upcoming “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (* which, jeeze, doesn’t even come out for another week) will include a “raw” version of the movie, allowing people to watch the original footage of the actors’ performances in their motion-capture ping-pong ball suits. Wes Ball, the director, revealed that he is already working on the bonus features, and one of those will give audiences at home the option to watch the entire movie without the computerized video effects. He says, “You can see how close they get, what they do, and how they stitch everything together. It’s amazing, and you can just sit there and enjoy it.”

TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

The nominations for this year’s Tony Awards have been announced. These are the awards for shows you’ll never see, starring actors you’ve never heard of. Here are the top categories:
Best Musical: Hell’s Kitchen; Illinoise; The Outsiders; Suffs; Water for Elephants
Best Play: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding; Mary Jane; Mother Play; Prayer for the French Republic; Stereophonic
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical:
– Brian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses
– Brody Grant, The Outsiders
– Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along
– Dorian Harewood, The Notebook
– Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical:
– Eden Espinosa, Lempicka
– Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen
– Kelli O’Hara, Days of Wine and Roses
– Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook
– Gayle Rankin, Cabaret

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play:
– William Jackson Harper, Uncle Vanya
– Leslie Odom, Jr., Purlie Victorious
– Liev Schreiber, Doubt
– Jeremy Strong, An Enemy of the People
– Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play:
– Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic
– Jessica Lange, Mother Play
– Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane
– Sarah Paulson, Appropriate
– Amy Ryan, Doubt

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

May 12, Sunday – Mother’s Day
May 27, Monday – Memorial Day
June 14, Friday – Flag Day
June 16, Sunday – Father’s Day
June 20, Thursday – Summer begins (The June solstice occurs at 4:50 P.M. EST)

BIRTHDAYS

Jamie Dornan (actor, “50 Shades” movies) … 42
Wes Anderson (director, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”) … 55
Tim McGraw (country singer) … 57
Joanna Lumley (actress, “Absolutely Fabulous”) … 78
Rita Coolidge (singer) … 79
Judy Collins (singer) … 85

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

“I’ve never had a movie that got great reviews. I’ve had movies that got different levels of good and bad reviews, but you can more or less count on plenty of bad reviews.”

(A) Adam Sandler
(B) Amy Schumer
(C) Wes Anderson

ANSWER: (C) Wes Anderson

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2011 – President Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, was killed by United States forces in Pakistan.
* Rest In Peace … NOT!

2003 – President George W. Bush landed in a jet on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast and, in a speech to the nation in front of a banner proclaiming “Mission Accomplished,” declared major combat in Iraq over. In fact, U.S. forces would remain and fight another 8 1/2 years, until December of 2011.
* I guess it all depends on what your definition of “over” is.

1971 – Amtrak, which combined and streamlined the operations of 18 intercity passenger railroads, went into service.
* A national railroad was supposed to be safer, but unfortunately that plan kind of jumped the tracks.

1931 – The Empire State Building opened.
* Suddenly, a lot more people in New York City started getting high.

1927 – A British airliner served the first in-flight cooked meal.
* There’s one country where the airline food can’t possibly be any worse than the food on the ground.

1840 – The first adhesive postage stamps were issued.
* And after 161 years, they still taste awful.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2015 – Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars gave The Gap Band a writing credit on their huge hit “Uptown Funk,” due to its similarities with their 1979 track “Oops Up Side Your Head.” “Uptown Funk,” which had topped the U.S. chart for 14 weeks, originally had six songwriters but was now credited to The Gap Band as well.

2014 – Justin Bieber’s personal assistant was ordered to do community service after police found ecstasy in his room. Xavier Domonique Smith, also known as Lil Za, was also sentenced to probation and ordered into a drug treatment program. He was fined $1,000.

2013 – A Minnesota man was accused of pretending to be a member of Pink Floyd at a U.S. hospital after racking up as much as $100,000 in unpaid medical bills. Phillip Michael Schaeffer, 53, went in for treatment April 20 and claimed he was Pink Floyd singer-guitarist David Gilmour and that he didn’t have health insurance. The man was treated and released from the St. Cloud Hospital, Minnesota, but not before he signed an autograph for an employee’s son.

2013 – Chris Kelly, one half of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, died in an Atlanta hospital at the age of 34 from an overdose of heroin and cocaine. Kelly had been found “unresponsive” at his home.

2005 – Coldplay became the first British band to have a new entry debut in the U.S. Top 10 singles chart since The Beatles. Coldplay’s single “Speed Of Sound” entered the chart at number eight, only the second time a UK band has achieved the feat. The Beatles managed it with “Hey Jude” in 1968.

2003 – Soul singer Barry White suffered a stroke while being treated for kidney failure. The singer died two months later on July 4th, 2003.

1998 – Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg was arrested for possession of marijuana. Snoop and MC Delmar Arnaud were each found with less than an ounce of the drug, and were booked on one count of misdemeanor marijuana possession each.

1989 – Police in California were called to a jewelry store after employees reported a suspicious person. The person turned out to be Michael Jackson shopping in disguise.

1984 – Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac filed for bankruptcy.

1967 – Elvis Presley married actress Priscilla Beaulieu.

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. 63% of women surveyed said they do THIS at least once a week. What is it?
Weigh themselves

2. Researchers have discovered that when a woman smells THIS, she is inspired to shop and spend money. What is it?
Chocolate chip cookies

3. According to surveys, 60% of women secretly hate THESE. What are they?
Bridal showers

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