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MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR WEDNESDAY, November 20, 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.)

FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA DAY

NATIONAL CHILD’S DAY
The Holiday Calendar website says this:
“This special day has been around since 1953, when it was first established to honor the rights and welfare of all children across the world. Every year, this day is celebrated with various activities and events that focus on promoting the well-being of children.”

NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE DAY

UNIVERSAL CHILDREN’S DAY
The Days of the Year website says this:
“Universal Children’s Day was first announced by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1954. Its original two goals: to encourage children of all races, creeds and religions to spend time together, getting to know each other and appreciating each other’s differences, and to prompt governments worldwide to pay more attention to the welfare of their youngest citizens.

November is:

Adopt a Senior Pet Month
Great American Smoke Out Month
National Adoption Month
National Military Family Month
National Native American Heritage Month
Raisin Bread Month
Stamp Collecting Month
Vegan Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

JAKE PAUL-MIKE TYSON FIGHT HAD 108 MILLION VIEWERS, CLAIMS NETFLIX

Netflix says last Friday night’s boxing spectacle between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson pulled in 108 million viewers worldwide. Netflix determined that number from what they say were 60 million concurrent streams of the program. (* The additional 48 million must have been “other people in the room.” But there’s no way to really prove that, is there?) So, Netflix can brag about 108 million views, but that still doesn’t top the daddy of ’em all: The Super Bowl. Last February’s Super Bowl LVIII (58!) had a global audience of about 186 million people. And the granddaddy of ’em all: the 2022 World Cup final between Argentina and France claims more than 1 billion viewers.
* 108 million viewers of a show with constant technical glitches. Netflix says they had a full FIVE people on the phones answering complaints.
* 108 million. So how many concurrent streams is their system set up to handle? 8 million?
* That many witnesses, yet no one called the cops to report an old man getting beat up on TV.
* What I loved was Mike Tyson’s old-man-pants boxing shorts. Those things were pulled up to his armpits.
* And why did he keep biting his glove? Was it soaked in painkillers?

SHOULD YOU SING ALONG WITH “WICKED”?

Now that the ultra-popular Broadway show “Wicked”: has been made into a movie coming out this Friday, the question is being asked, “Can you sing along with it?” NBC News, hitting the hard stories for a change, asked movie-goers.
– Many said they plan to lip sync, but that they would save the actual singing along for another time.
– Said one: “I want to hear Cynthia Erivo singing, I want to hear Ariana Grande singing. I don’t want to hear you singing.”
– Recognizing the fan passion surrounding the musical, some theaters like Alamo Drafthouse have already sold out “interactive” showings, which actually recommend fans go all-out and sing along.
– NBC noted that some moviegoers have welcomed singing out loud. When the “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” film hit theaters, singing and dancing appeared to be encouraged.
* And some news services throw Taylor Swift’s name into their story for no other reason than to get tagged in a computer search.
* If you can sing along with “Wicked,” can I fight along with “Gladiator 2”?
* If you sing along with “Wicked,” can I get my money back?
* The real question is, should you sing along with “Wicked” if you’re in the next theater over watching “Gladiator 2”?
* I’ll sing along, but I only know the songs from “The Sound of Music.”

SPEAKING OF “WICKED”, DID YOU KNOW THERE’S A “WICKED: PART 2” COMING NEXT YEAR?

Did you know that the “Wicked” movie coming out this Friday is only part one of a two-part film? Rather than cram everything from the Broadway show into one over- long movie, they decided to make two overly-long movies, and get you to pay twice. The studio says that, given the fact that the original Broadway show clocks in at close to three hours long, there was no way director Chu and his talented production team could fit every last detail of the acclaimed, multi-award-winning stage production into one single film adaptation.
* Yet the stage version DID manage to fit every last detail into one show. Go figure.
* It would have been shorter, but you know how Jeff Goldblum takes three times as long to say his lines.
* And after these two comes the prequel.
* And Kevin Costner sits at home paying off debts from his “Horizon: Parts 1 and 2” movies going, “What the hell?”

THE BUZZ

GUYS ARE IDIOTS: MISSED SIGNALS

Reddit recently asked, “What’s the biggest hint you’ve ever missed from a woman?” Some of the responses:
– “In high school, I caught a beautiful classmate sitting at my desk. When she looked up and saw me, she turned bright red and looked extremely embarrassed. Hours later, I realized that someone had written a love note directly on the cover of my notebook… And all I thought was, ‘Huh, that’s weird.'”
– “She said, ‘You know I’m single right?’ I said, ‘Yeah, me too.'”
– “Long story short, on a road trip I found myself next to a girl in a bed in a hotel room. I reached out for a bottle of water that was on a table across from her and accidentally brushed her bra strap with my elbow. I apologized and took a gulp of water. She asked ‘Is my bra in the way?’ I said, ‘Nah, I managed to get the bottle, don’t worry about it!’ One day after the road trip ended, it hit me.”
– “Watching TV in my living room at roughly 2 a.m., in the dark. Her: *applying strawberry lip gloss* Me: Why are you putting on lip gloss? Her: Strawberry lip gloss tastes so nice. Want to taste? Me: Nah, I already know what it tastes like.”
– “I had a girl at college ask if I was single. When I said yes, she asked if I was looking for a girlfriend and I said yeah I suppose so. She says, ‘It would be nice to just have someone to go on dates with.’ I, in all my skills with the ladies, came back with ‘yup, sure would be!’ And walked into class.”
– “In high school as I’m coming out of class my long-time crush stops me and says that she heard that I’m some kind of math genius and asked me to tutor her. I asked her what she’s going to pay me. She says very suggestively, ‘Oh don’t worry, you’ll be well rewarded.’ I say, ‘No I need actual numbers to know if it’s worth my time.’ What an idiot.”
– “We were seeing a movie together and she said she was cold. I said, ‘Yeah it’s pretty chilly,’ and did nothing. Later she said it again, pretty obvious what she wanted. I proceeded to give her my jacket to put around her.”
– “My first weekend of college a girl asked me if I wanted to wrestle her in my dorm. I wrestled her in my dorm. Nothing more.”
– “In high school I asked a girl to come watch a movie rental with me and some friends. She was sitting on the floor in front of me, and rubbed her neck saying that her neck/shoulders were sore. Completely missing the cue to offer a back massage, I got up and offered her a Tylenol.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Men or women – do you have a missed signals story?

U.S. NEWS

SHOPLIFTER IMPROVISES FLAME THROWER AS WEAPON

A woman caught shoplifting at a California 7-Eleven last Tuesday used a lighter and an aerosol can to spray flames at an employee who confronted her. According to the Manhattan Beach Police Department, an employee of the convenience store saw the woman stealing food items from the store. The employee confronted the shoplifter, at which point she produced a lighter and an aerosol can, lighting the spray to create a makeshift flamethrower. The clerk avoided serious injury, but the flames were enough of a distraction for the suspect to flee the scene on foot. They are still looking for her.
* Someone’s been taking lessons from Gina on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” reruns.
* At least she didn’t have a 5-gallon can of gasoline.
* “MacGyver: The Next Generation.”
* Then she zoomed away on a skateboard mounted with a giant fan.
* There are a lot of things at 7-Eleven you can use as a weapon. The hot dogs, for one.
* And if you could figure out how to weaponize all the cholesterol from those snacks, you’d be sittin’ pretty.

QUICK-THINKING CLERK THWARTS FAMILY DOLLAR ROBBERY

Back on August 7, a man tried to rob a Family Dollar store in Abilene, Texas. The suspect allegedly instructed the employee to empty the cash drawer, but the employee explained that the register would not open unless a purchase was made. So, the suspect then tried to buy nail clippers, but the employee quickly closed the drawer as soon as it opened. Frustrated, the suspect left the store. Police later located the man and arrested him for attempted robbery.
* So he actually lost money robbing the store?
* And he left with a hangnail. How humiliating.
* He should have tried for best two-out-of-three.
* I guess when everything in your store costs just a dollar, you hang onto ever nickel you can.
* Close one. The robber could have gotten away with fifty or sixty bucks.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FRATERNITY SUSPENDED FOR HAZING

The University of Iowa has placed one of its fraternities on suspension after an alleged hazing incident last Friday. A fire alarm went off at the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house, and firemen arrived at 12:15 a.m. to find 56 blindfolded pledges “with food thrown on them” in the fraternity house’s basement. The fraternity was ordered by the university’s Office of Student Accountability to “suspend all operations” pending the outcome of the investigation into the hazing allegations. The fraternity’s national organization also placed the house under suspension.
* Some people pay extra for that, is all I’m sayin’.
* Maybe they called the fire department to hose them all down.
* 56 blindfolded pledges had food on them, but firemen arrived before the others could release the starving ferrets.
* There’s nothing about alcohol being involved. No wonder they’re being suspended.
* This story brought to you by Tide Ultra Oxi laundry detergent.

TARGET PUSHING “HOT SANTA” THIS YEAR

Target has started an ad campaign for Christmas featuring what they call a “weirdly hot” Santa. The fictitious store worker wears a red velvety shirt and has a big white beard, and he walks around helping — well, horny housewives — with their shopping. And a lady describes him as “weirdly hot.” Another commercial shows hot Santa driving from the North Pole to a Target store in a Ford Bronco and walking into the store, the camera focused on his — well, his hot ass. The obligatory oldie they use as the soundtrack: “Born to be Wild.”
(See the ads on YouTube – “Target Hot Santa”)
* Looks like Santa asked himself for Ozempic last year.
* This Saint Nick will make your knees knock.
* Hot Santa’s fine, but do they really have to show the women asking to see his candy cane?
* And where is Mrs. Clause while all this is going on?
* Coulda been worse. Coulda been a horny reindeer.
* Don’t get too excited ladies. Remember, Santa comes only once a year.

TRENDINGLUKE BRYAN WANTS MORE CATEGORIES ADDED TO CMA AWARDS

Luke Bryan is hosting the 2024 CMA Awards with Lainey Wilson and Peyton Manning this year. He was asked which category, if any, he would add to the CMA Awards. Bryan said, “I think you should allow singers that are in groups to be up for Vocalist of the Year. When you look at a Ronnie Dunn and a Randy Owen … some of the great singers of our time that never had the chance to win Male Vocalist.” And he also suggested adding a Touring Artist of the Year, “Which is kind of like Entertainer of the Year.”

AUDIO: VIC FLICK, “BOND THEME” GUITARIST, DIES AT 87

Vic Flick, the famed British session guitarist who played the classic riff for the James Bond theme song introduced to moviegoers on Dr. No, has died. He was 87. Flick also played on No. 1 hits for Peter and Gordon (“A World Without Love”) and Petula Clark (“Downtown”); performed on Tom Jones’ “It’s Not Unusual” and collaborated with the likes of Jimmy Page, George Martin, Herman’s Hermits, Cliff Richard, Eric Clapton, Dusty Springfield and Engelbert Humperdinck.
* He was quite the clever Dick, that Vic Flick. Quick with a pick and slick with a lick.

JAY LENO INJURED AGAIN

Jay Leno has injured himself yet again. The 74-year-old comedian had a black eye, a swollen face and a bandaged wrist as he arrived at the Comedy for Koby event in Beverly Hills on Monday night. He was wearing an eye patch over the black eye. Explaining what happened, Leno said he was staying at a hotel on a hill, walking down to a restaurant at the bottom of the hill. He thought, ‘Well, the hill doesn’t look that steep.’ He slipped and rolled down the hill, hitting his head on a rock. Back in November 2022, he was working on one of his cars in his garage when it caught on fire, giving him third-degree burns on his face. Just two months later, he broke multiple bones in a motorcycle accident.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Nov. 28, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Saturday – Winter begins, winter solstice occurs at 4:21 a.m. (EST)
Dec. 25, Wednesday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Tuesday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, Wednesday – New Year’s Day

BIRTHDAYS

Jaina Lee Ortiz (actress, “Station 19”) … 38
Jeremy Jordan (actor, “Supergirl”) … 40
Josh Turner (country singer) … 47
Dierks Bentley (country music singer/songwriter) … 49
Joel McHale (actor, comedian, game show host) … 53
Ming-Na Wen (actress, “The Mandalorian,” “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) … 61
Joe Walsh (singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist with The Eagles) … 77
Joe Biden (U.S. President) … 82
Dick Smothers (comedian, “The Smothers Brothers”) … 86
Today’s Birthdays grade: Josh Turner & Dierks Bentley, solid B’s. Dierks gets a B+ for having a name like Dierks. Joel McHale… A for “Community,” D for “Crime Scene Kitchen.” Joe Biden… not gonna go there. So, overall… B minus.
[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 operate off of fear almost exclusively.”

(A) Dwayne Johnson
(B) Clint Eastwood
(C) Joel McHale

ANSWER: (C) Joel McHale

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1998 – Forty-six states agreed to a $206 billion settlement of health claims against the tobacco industry. The industry also agreed to give up billboard advertising of cigarettes.
* It was THEIR turn to cough it up.

1995 – Princess Diana admitted being unfaithful to Prince Charles in an interview that was broadcast on BBC Television.
* I’m sorry – Princess who?

1929 – Salvador Dali opened his first one-man show.
* And there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that the show was called Hello, Dali!

1888 – The time clock was patented on this date.
* And tomorrow is the anniversary of employees figuring out they could get their friends to punch in and out for them.

1620 – The first child was born of English parents in present-day New England when Peregrine White was born aboard the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay.
* And so it began.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2022 – Elton John completed the North American leg of his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour” at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.

2003 – Singer Michael Jackson was booked on suspicion of child molestation in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was later acquitted.

1998 – A three-day World Conference on Music and Censorship began in Copenhagen.

1998 – Alanis Morissette did an in-store performance for the opening of a Tower records store in Buenos Aires. The proceeds from the sale of her album for the day were donated to a local children’s hospital.

1994 – David Crosby received a liver transplant.

1984 – A large crowd of fans watched the unveiling of a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star for Michael Jackson in front of Mann’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Jackson became star number 1,793 on the famed walk.

1976 – Paul Simon hosted NBC’s Saturday Night Live where he performed live with George Harrison on “Here Comes The Sun” and “Homeward Bound.” Paul McCartney and John Lennon were both in New York City watching the show on TV.

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. About 16% of us have recently done THIS in our driveways. What is it?
Sat in the car, without going anywhere, just to get away from everyone inside the house

2. Three out of ten people have done THIS in their car while driving. What is it?
Flipped someone off

3. Roughly 25% of us have done THIS in our car in the past month. What is it?
Worked from our car

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