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All right, we got a brand new full hour for you. And to be completely transparent, things have been a little chaotic in our studio this last.
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And our listeners have noticed.
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Yes, Jeff's been MIA for a couple of trivia segments. Jose was with him at one point. People have lost their voices. They're back again. Jose's still got a cough. Like, it is chaos. People are noticing in the comments.
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Yeah.
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Kanimi said, what's going on over there? Is Jeff okay? And Brooke, were you able to get your glasses fixed?
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Yeah, the glasses thing, it's really interesting.
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Oh, God, her lens keeps popping out mid segment.
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Yeah.
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And I'm really blind. You know, I looked at my prescription the other day and it's like minus 14. It's worse than I remember.
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Jeez, I didn't even know the numbers. And that sounds.
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It's got to top off soon. Like, it's got to be near the end of the.
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No, but I did just find out that my contacts were covered by insurance because I'm like, I can't survive without them.
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Contacts like telescopes?
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Yeah, pretty much. Yeah. Just magnifying glasses that you put in my eyes. See, this is the chaos that we're talking about. I don't know how we got here, but let's just start the full show for you.
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Yeah, you're going to love it.
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It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning and we've got an update.
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Update on the poll?
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No, no, not on the poll.
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What are we updating then?
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Just a regular update. Cause remember the woman who was suing the amusement park after she got hit in the face with a duck while riding the roller coaster?
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Yes, the original duck face girl.
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That's right. Well, that lawsuit still pending.
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Oh. So what's the. What's the update?
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Did we put no update there?
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Oh, did we find out what happened to the doc?
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No.
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Oh.
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Zero updates on that situation. But I. The update I want to tell you about. I don't know if you guys remember this. Oh, a different woman got into a disagreement with theme park staff regarding who should get priority when boarding a go kart ride.
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No.
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What do you mean by that?
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We mean, like, if it should be kids first and then adults.
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Yeah.
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Men, women first.
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She thought she should get to go first. And that led to some children in line calling her a Karen. Those children's names, Alder and Nora.
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That's right. Kids call out those Karens.
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But let's be honest, the whole. Okay, Karen thing, that's kind of played out at this point. Let's get More creative with the insults to older women, children. Okay, you're better than that. But regardless, that lady sued the amusement park because there were no.
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And she spent her time and energy.
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Exactly. Because there were no signs anywhere that said guess should not disparage other guests in the line, Which. Fair point.
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Wait, so she sued the park not because she didn't get to go first in line, but because the kids called her a Karen and she felt bullied by the young children.
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And there was no signs telling children, don't bully the Karens on the line.
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There needs to be signage Now I get it.
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She's totally gonna win this one.
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Yeah.
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Can't wait till they pull those 9 year olds up onto the stand. Their witness, Jeff, wants to put up.
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In studio that says no back talking Jeffrey ex.
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But that would be broken every day.
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Since then, we've learned, shockingly, her lawsuit was dismissed. Can you believe that?
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I didn't predict it at all.
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But she did ask to talk to a supervisor at that amusement park and yelled at him for 30 straight minutes. We know that for a fact.
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And you know what? I bet that supervisor gets paid enough to make that worth it.
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I'm sorry about the go karts, lady.
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Man, Karen's can just not get a win right now. That is just one victory for a Karen. But.
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All right, why don't you go install the signs then we will.
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Darn.
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In the meantime, let's move on to the shot collar question of the day. And let's all promise to not be Karens when our digital producer gives us a totally unfair question. Here we go.
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Today is the birthday of a Hollywood icon, Gerard Butler. He's the man best known for yelling this is is Sparta. While he earned a 12% Rotten Tomatoes score in his rom com with Katherine Heigl.
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Wow. Hey, that's still a higher score than Kim Kardashian has with her new law show.
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Oh, really? And on the bar itself, shots fired.
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At Kim Gerard's impressive acting career has spanned four decades, earning him zero Oscar wins or nominations, which is honestly impressive.
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He didn't win that with Gladiator.
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That was Russell Crowe.
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So that's why.
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And Russell Crowe did win, I think.
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Yeah, that's why.
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Today, to honor the great Gerard Butler, you'll be quizzed on other famous butlers from television and film during a special Butler I Hardly Knower edition of plenty of 20.
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Wow.
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So irrelevant. You can't even get a question about it? Nope.
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Say a number one through 20. I'll give you a hint about an iconic Butler from a popular TV or movie series. Name them to stay in the game.
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Oh, God.
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Let's start with the woman who has something in common with butlers everywhere because someone's always cleaning up her mess. That's Alexis.
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11.
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Number 11.
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Alexis.
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This person is the gold standard of butlers. He's loyal, he's sarcastic, he's ex British intelligence, and he's basically Bruce Wayne's therapist with a tray. I need his name.
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I'm glad you gave this to me because I think this is the only butler I know.
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Me too.
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Does he have a last name, though?
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He definitely does, and I very much need it.
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I don't know.
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I think his name's Alfred, but I don't know his last name. Alfred Butler.
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Alfred Butler.
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Would you make an A?
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Butler is incorrect. His name was Alfred Pennyworth. You got it right, though. He was from the Batman movies.
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It's because you get your penny's worth when you hire him. That's why. Oh, yeah.
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He's like a trademark zinger as the last name.
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Brooke, despite that joke, I'm gonna let you play this round.
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I'm gonna pick a butler's favorite number two.
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Why?
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Because of a butt? That's disgusting. Despite both those jokes, Brooke, I'm going to read you a hint. This butler is a master of savage comebacks and eye rolls. And he was the only person in Bel Air who could roast Will Smith and iron his shirts.
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Butler Joffrey.
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Oh, she said it right.
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She did. Joffrey. O F F R E Y got that correctly. Jose Rover to you.
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Oh, man. Let's go.
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Number eight. Number eight.
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I'm nervous, Jake. I don't know a lot of butlers with my two butlers. I.
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You might know this one, Jose. Before he was an AI In Tony Stark's ear, he was the guy actually bringing him his tea.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Ashton is shaking his head in disappointment. That there's.
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It was another superhero, wasn't it?
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He's an AI In Tony Stark's ear. So he's some sort of.
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He was a real person at one point and then became the computer.
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He's shaking his head because Tony Stark doesn't drink tea. Oh, yeah, it's pure vodka.
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You know that he knows all the Easter eggs. Oh, man, I cannot think of it. I. I remember a girl being his assistant. But what is the AI in his ear? I'm just gonna say shout out to Spider Man.
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Jose's gonna say, tony Stark's butler is Spider Man. Incorrect. Pepper Potts was the name of his assistant.
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That's what I was thinking.
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His A.I. his name. Jarvis.
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Jarvis.
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Edwin Jarvis when he was a human.
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Darn.
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Joffrey, we're over to you.
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How dare you.
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28 and 11 are off the board.
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19.
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All right.
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Jeffrey, the towering undead butler worked for a family so creepy, even he looked underdressed. And when he said you rang, you suddenly weren't hungry anymore. What butler am I talking about?
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H, I feel like this is really unfair to me as someone who's dealt personally with butlers his entire life. I didn't really watch them on TV and movies.
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You don't bring up your butler often. You just bring up your nanny. Mostly, yes. He must have not mean as much to you.
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Well, I'm not a pretentious jerk.
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Oh, that's probably why his nanny had a butler.
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Exactly.
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Thank you very much.
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So, an undead butler. It's got to be somebody from Adam's family.
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Come on.
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Come on, Jeff.
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Let's go with Gronk.
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Oh, gosh.
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Gronk. Gronk.
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I don't know. I'm trying to think of, like, a scary sounding name. Oh, yeah, Not Gronkowski. This guy's just Gronk. I'm Gronk.
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Jeffrey says Gronk. That's incorrect. It was another kind of hard, onomatopoetic word. His name was Lurch. Lurch, the butler of the Addams family. And that means, despite all of her terrible jokes, Brooke was the only person who got Today's plenty of 20 and she will win.
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Yeah, I think I would have to pick Jeffrey on this one.
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Joffrey.
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Joffrey.
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Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you're just, you know, you're talk of all these butlers that you know and you didn't know. Lurch, I thought that was pretty pathetic.
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It felt like your wheelhouse almost heightist.
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All right, my butler's gonna be coming for you later. Just know that.
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You don't even remember his name. Probably so.
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Doesn't need to. So I'm gonna be singing Fancy by Iggy Azalea. Here we go. I'm so fancy.
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Oh.
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Cause you got a butler?
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You already know I'm in the fast lane from LA to. That was your shot collar Question of the day. We got your phone tab. It's coming up in just a few minutes.
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Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.
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In a few short weeks, we'll all be at the Thanksgiving table trying to survive another dinner with our families.
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The first half hour was fine. It's the next three hours.
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And who are you on Turkey day. Are you the drunk one who's spiking the gravy boat with vodka like Alexis?
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Well, gross. Vodka gravy makes everyone happier just drinking.
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It at the table.
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Are you the drunk one who's making a move on your cousin like Brooke?
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No, I'm just being friendly, Jeff.
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Is that how you say hello in the foxhouse? Or maybe you're the drunk one who takes his pants off to make more room for pie like me.
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Drunk?
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You've never heard of elastic? Like, there's ways around that.
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Yeah, this is much easier, whichever one you are. Channel. It's as we practice our Thanksgiving manners and sharing during a brand new edition of what's on your mind.
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Okay.
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Pants on though, Jeff.
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Yeah, okay. Alexis spiked that gravy, though. We're doing it. Coming up right now. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. And sometimes I wonder if our show would sound more sophisticated if we weren't American.
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I mean.
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Yeah, yeah, dude, we had accents.
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Honestly, if we were in Scotland right now, this segment would be called wits growling. Roomed up in your school, but what's.
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Going on in your noggin?
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Nope, it's just a regular old Yankee version of what's on your mind.
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Well, darn, we're a lot less whiskey.
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We share what each member of the show's been thinking about lately, starting with Brooke. Brooke, what's on your mind?
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Well, I learned something about our place of employment earlier this week, and that is to never have a medical emergency here.
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Oh, yeah, I was just planning on having one.
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Darn. Don't.
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I'm gonna tell you.
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Don't. Okay.
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Why?
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I'm sitting at my desk. We have like an open concept office, and this woman who's with the ownership of the building that we're in, casually strolls up and says, hey, anybody having a medical emergency, I mean, literally asks it as if we're having a problem with the printer. I'm not exaggerating.
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It's nice of her to ask. It's a kind thing.
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And we all kind of look around like, what is happen happening. Yeah. And she goes, well, somebody called 911 from a studio and said they were having a medical emergency, so I just came up to check it out. Mind you, she is not an emt. She's not a firefighter. There's no police officers coming in behind her.
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She's just a good Samaritan coming up to check on everybody.
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She's casually strolling from studio to studio.
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Good word. No sign of urgency.
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Luckily, no one was injured.
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It.
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It was some sort of false alarm.
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Oh, it was good.
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But where were the professionals? If. So you called 91 1.
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I feel like she would have done an awesome job even without all the devices. Like, if someone had just stepped up and raised their hand saying I was having an issue. Yeah, she would have kicked into gear with some sort of MacGyver fix.
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I don't think so, man. She was so casual.
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Ye of little faith. Brooke.
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Dude.
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Just stay safe at work, people, okay?
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Take yourself to the emergency room.
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Exactly.
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Yeah. I refuse. Jose, what's been on your mind?
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Was sick last weekend, and all I wanted was soup. And I love Panera soup. Panera is, like, top tier. So I go on to Uber Eats. I'm a pro at Uber Eats app, right? I go click, click, click, boom, boom, boom. Matter of moments. Three cups of soup, baby. I'm in soup mode, right? This is all I'm eating. And a side of bread. Next day, I'm craving the same thing. I go back on the app, and I go to the Panera bread, and I'm like, what the heck? It says 15.99. Extra fee.
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Yeah.
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I'm like, whoa, this is wrong.
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That's a lot.
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Well, maybe it's to deliver soup because it sloshes around in the car.
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It's like, this can't be right. So I go back, and I look at my receipt from yesterday, and you had paid it, and I paid.
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Oh, God.
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Over a hundred dollars.
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Oh, geez.
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For 3 cups of soup? 115.99 fee. And apparently I ordered it from another city. It took 45 minutes to get to me, and now I know why.
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So you ordered cold soup?
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Well, actually, it was pretty cold by.
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The time it got to me.
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So crazy.
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So Anyway, I paid 35 doll of soup.
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Sometimes I order bagels delivered in from New York City, or I'll get my, like, gelato shipped in from Florence, but I've never had my broccoli cheddar shipped in from an hour north. I need to try that.
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Yeah, it's pretty awesome.
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It probably tastes way better.
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Exotic.
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Oh, yeah. Okay, next time. Alexis, what's been on your mind?
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So we hosted a friendsgiving at my house last weekend.
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That's cute. Cody did this?
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Yes. And we do it every year, but this was the most. It was 20 people.
A
We came over. Wow.
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And none of the friends in this room made the friendsgiving, did we?
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In my defense, our seating arrangement is always a little iffy. Like, we put beer pong tables as kitchen tables. Cause we don't have one.
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Classy.
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And then we turn the couches so it's what you sit on as the seats.
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Oh, that's sophisticated.
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And then for food, we do no turkey. We do rotisserie chicken from Costco. And then while I'm there, I grab my Mac and cheese that some people still think I home cook.
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Okay. All right.
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And it worked again this year. I got a thumbs up across the table mid meal and they were like, alexis, keep it up. Great Mac and cheese. The problem this year is that some people show up like early, like 6. Some people show up at 7. We don't eat until everyone's there.
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Yeah.
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So the food was very cold. We had very cold soup.
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You didn't time it right from the grocery store.
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Did not time it right. And we've never had this many people over, so we ran out of silverware.
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And we didn't have more.
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So we did have everybody eat with the serving spoons. Like you scooped it and then you just kept it.
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Pretty much fits with what's going on so far.
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Yeah, that sounds fun.
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Still, while you're sitting on a couch eating on a beer pong table. Yes.
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And some people posted on the dog kennel. Cuz we did run out of space, but we made it work and we gave a lot of wine. So I hope that people, like, thought it was good, you know, like trick them.
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It's better. That sure is nice wine too.
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Well, $5 wine.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I think anything sounded nice there.
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The box got a nice picture.
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Your 20s are so good.
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I love this.
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I'm sort of not upset anymore that we weren't invited to this wine.
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I'll take you off the list too, Jeff.
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Okay, thank you.
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All right, Jeffrey, what's on your mic?
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Well, I'm not somebody who typically gets starstruck by people. Like, I think part of it is I went to a private school with a bunch of children of celebrities who went to school with me. Not to mention when I first met Brooke, she was on air and I was in promotions, and she kind of ruined the whole celeb image for me too.
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I was not a celeb.
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Yeah, I could tell. Celebrities are supposed to act rich, not have coupon cards. Anyway, I realize there is one type of celebrity, though, that is my weakness.
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Who's that?
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Strong? Athletic. Former college athletes. College, yes.
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Are you hitting on Alexis?
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I know she's a college athlete.
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I said strong.
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Yeah, because I was at a house party recently, and across the room I clocked this really tall, muscular dude, and he is wearing A hat from the college where I went to school. So I'm just making casual conversation with him. I'm like, oh, did you go to school there? Like, are you a fan? Or like, what is. What's the deal? And he tells me, well, I actually played D line for the football team.
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No way.
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I was like, what, you guys are.
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That excited about it?
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And he tells me his name and I don't know what happened to my brain, but for the next like 30 seconds, all of my cool is gone. And I just keep saying, oh, my God, you're him. You're football guy. You're him. I watched you football you him while.
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He'S out of post college, right?
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Yeah, he hasn't played years, but I'm just like, so it's been a long time.
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It's been a long time.
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That's the moment he realized he's never gonna tell anyone that ever again.
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It was so embarrassing. I was super star struck and I couldn't think of anything else to say to him.
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Oh, yeah.
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So moral is if you're hosting a party and there's gonna be any sort of former college football athlete there, do not invite me. I will kill the mood.
A
Yeah, it sounds like. It sounds like you were really uncool.
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Did you get a pick at least with him?
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Yeah, I did not, but that's what's.
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Been on our minds. You could te to 78592 and tell us what's been on yours. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning and we're getting Text in at 78592 with listeners telling us what's been on their minds.
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It's my favorite week. Yeah. Day for the tech sport.
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I love it.
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This one says, please, please, we need more of Ronaldo. I love those pranks from Jose. Please bring it back. Make me laugh. I love you so much.
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It is Rolando, but it's Rolando I always know when you are thinking of.
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Can't be much of a fan if you can't spell the name right, but.
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You get that all the time.
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You want pranks, you got to sub your friends and your family members on our website, brookandjeffrey.com otherwise we won't know who to call.
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Yes.
D
Another text says, hey, guys, this is Ricky from Sacramento, currently going through a divorce. If it wasn't for you guys, I don't even know how I could deal with it. I love you. You're the best.
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A Ricky, you got this.
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That's right. We do moonlight as divorce lawyers and we help Ricky out. We have to, seeing as we cause most of them.
A
So I'm going to say you are going to lose more than half of everything if you use us. But yeah, we'll try.
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Another text says, I think your needs an entire day where everyone texts in and compliments Jeffrey.
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Oh, yeah, I love that idea.
B
Who said that?
D
Good luck into my parents to be on board with that one. But another one says, give me that mouth to mouth, Brooke. I think I'm drowning. Well.
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Oh, okay.
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Our listeners need you.
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Brooke, if you could still text, you don't get the mouth to mouth.
D
All right, well, hopefully you're okay, but if you need a divorce lawyer, then you can keep texting in Brooke and.
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Jeffrey in the morning.
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On any reality show, even if you don't win, at least you'll get something useful out of the experience.
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Like your 15 seconds of fame.
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Yeah, kind of like bachelor contestants gain millions of followers online.
A
Oh, okay.
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Love island people get a host of brand deals.
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Seriously.
D
Along with a bunch of things that medically will stay with them for years and years.
E
Hey, some of those they had before the show.
A
That's a love souvenir.
D
Exactly. But the winners of our segment, Battle of the Tinder Dates, they actually lose an average of 12 followers. And they get left on red. Once again.
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Brave people to still come on and do this game.
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Sure is. It's not going to make you famous, but it will make you a legend in your group chat when you participate in a brand new battle of the Tinder dates. Coming up right after this, two hopeless.
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Daters, one dating app that dares you to swipe right. The question is, whose love life is more tragic?
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It's Battle of the Tinder Dates. It's the dating game show that believes every good first date should be riddled with crabs. Cause you went out to a fancy seafood restaurant.
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I was gonna say, isn't that nice?
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Battle of the Tinder Dates, where two of our listeners go head to head and sometimes mouth to mouth to find out whose love life is the most tragic. We'll go over the rules in just a second. But first, let's meet today's contestants. Since in this corner, he's not trying to rush things physically.
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That's good.
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In fact, he says he's saving himself for his third marriage. Meet self control, Cole. Hello. Hello, everyone.
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Glad you held back in your first two marriages.
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Yeah.
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Yes, exactly.
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Good job, Cole. And in the other corner, he gets ready for every date with positive mirror affirmations and a strong cocktail of testosterone injections right into the rear. Say hello to tiger shark Mark. Hello, everybody. Hello.
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Hello. Careful of those side effects, Mark.
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All right, hope you're amped up for this game, because here's how it works. One contestant will start by telling one of their worst date stories. Then the other will try and counter with a nightmare story of their own. We're going back and forth for three rounds until we declare a winner. Let's start it off with self control, Cole. Get it?
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Well, okay, so we were eating, and she was staring at my chewing, and I. I asked if something was wrong, like, did I have food on my face or something?
D
Okay.
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And she told me I was chewing like an alpha and it was turning her off.
E
Oh, turning her off? Yeah, you're chewing too strong.
A
Yeah, I mean, I kind of get it. Like, if the chewing isn't right from the beginning, 30 years into the relationship, you're gonna want to kill the other person.
D
Brooke roots for the female on that one. Mark, we're over to you.
I
So this girl invited me over to her place, and I found out she was very, very shy. She didn't want to talk. Oh, but she made Alphabet soup for us for dinner and only wanted to communicate by spelling out words.
E
I kind of like that. But, like, what if you're a bad speller?
D
Not to mention dirty talking in bed. Yikes. That's gonna be messy.
B
I had to not go there for this soup girl.
A
She's got issues.
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Yeah. We're on to round two. That means. Cole, tossing it back to you.
I
All right, so I took. I took a date to an ax throwing bar, and I. I thought it would be fun, but then she showed up with her own axe.
D
That's actually like bowling with bringing your own bowling balls.
A
Yeah, she's got a case for it.
D
Exactly.
I
And then she asked the bar if they could put up an 8x10 photo of her ex on the target for her.
D
Wow. She really came prepared.
I
Well, yeah, and she was insanely good and accurate at it. Like, she hit it every time.
A
Okay. I probably wouldn't ghost her, though, at the same vein. Like, this is gonna be a tricky one to get out of.
E
Very nicely. Friends.
D
How did you feel about that, Cole?
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I mean, it terrified me. I mean, I feel like I need to go into witness protection.
A
Yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah, we probably shouldn't be talking about it.
D
Hopefully she's not listening to this. You're great, whoever you are. Yeah. Impressive.
E
All right.
A
That guy didn't deserve you, Mark.
D
Can you count?
I
Yeah, I once went out with a girl. We went to Dinner. And she pulls out her laptop and she hits me with a timeshare presentation.
E
Oh, God.
A
Does she have a quota she's gotta fulfill by the end of the month?
I
I didn't know if she was showing me what she did for work or what was going on. And if she was actually trying to sell me something. She kept answering. I don't know, it just seems like a no brainer if you don't take me up on it.
D
Oh, that's a good line.
A
I mean, by week three, you're gonna be happy you did.
I
I mean, an hour later, I wound up buying a condo for a few weeks.
A
But you didn't have another date. Wow.
F
Yeah.
D
Did you at least get a beach facing unit? It wasn't even worth it. Oh, God.
E
Available when he wants.
D
Okay, we're on to the third and final round. That means we need your best stories here, gentlemen. So self control. Cole, what have you got for us?
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So I matched with this super hot girl and she told me she had a surprise date planned.
A
All right?
I
And okay, my red flag radar should have went off because she told me to meet her outside of Starbucks at 3:00am.
A
I mean, I just feel like she's planning to commit a crime.
D
Some people are morning people.
E
Yeah, we gotta get them right when they're open.
A
3Am is not the morning.
D
Okay?
I
I'm there waiting and she shows up a half hour later and gives me a huge hug.
A
Okay, wait, you actually went at 3 in the morning?
E
Yeah, bro.
F
Oh, she was super hot.
I
She was super hot. Okay, yeah, so apparently we were first in line to get this hard to find Starbucks bear cup.
D
Oh, yes. Those are fire.
E
Yeah.
I
What happened when she bought it? She sprinted back to her car, took off, and then she blocked me.
A
What, she just used you to hold the spot in line? Yeah. Genius.
D
Brooke is so jealous right now. That's such a good move. Dang.
E
That was a good move, though.
D
Tiger shark. Mark, this is your last chance.
I
Okay, so I took a date to a rooftop bar that she suggested. We got there and they had a table roped off for her with an incredible view.
D
Whoa.
A
Okay. Vip.
I
Yeah, I was impressed and I asked her, how did you get this table roped off? And it turns out every Friday she pays us host extra so she can have a perfect view of her ex's apartment to see if he's hanging out with someone.
D
Oh, my gosh. Healthy.
A
I like that. She's killing two birds with one stone. A date. And spying on the exit.
B
In case he's spying back, he sees her on a date too, you know.
D
How did that hangout go?
I
Well, after she told me that, she actually reached into her purse and pulled out binoculars.
E
Oh, okay.
D
Oh, my God. Again, very healthy. Sure can't believe you would let her go. March.
G
Shame on you.
E
Oh, my gosh.
D
And there's the final bell, which means the match is over. So, judges, let's score this. Alexis, who you giving it to?
B
I go Cole for getting used for the Bear cup scam.
D
One for Cole, Brooke.
A
I see. I go Mark for timeshare dinner because he's a sucker that bought it.
D
We all knotted up here. Jose, you're the final decision.
E
We gotta go. Bear Cup, Cole.
A
Man.
E
Okay, self control.
D
Cole, congratulations. You are our desperado dude of the week. Oh, I knew it. How does that feel?
I
It feels amazing. I feel very blessed.
A
I think that should be the opposite of what you're feeling, Cole, but okay.
E
I wish we had a Starbucks gift card to give him.
D
I know. Talking like too much of an Alpha right now, Cole. You better simmer down. Text in to 78592 if you want to appear on the next edition of Battle of the Tinder. Dates your phone tabs come coming up right after this.
A
Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.
D
It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. And whenever you rent something, whether it's a car or a hot tub or an extra long coffin that locks from.
A
The outside, what rental services are you contacting?
D
Only the best.
E
Brook.
A
I see.
D
I'll tell you, there's a reason that they warn you. Make sure to check inside before you return it.
A
Yeah, especially that coffin.
D
Yeah, it's so that they can avoid super awkward calls like the one we made today when old Alan Winterbotter needs to reach out to a tuxedo rental store to say he may have accidentally left something inside his rented clothes. And yes, he wants it back in your phone tab right now.
A
It's another phone tab.
D
Weekday mornings on the 20s.
H
Former lawyer. This is Tammy.
G
Hi, Tammy, it's nice to meet you.
H
Okay, nice to talk to you.
F
Who is this?
G
My name is Allie Alan Winterbottom. I'm a customer of yours.
H
Well, we certainly appreciate your patronage. So how can I help you today?
G
Yeah, you can help me because I rented a tuxedo and dropped it back off with you guys just two days ago.
H
Okay.
G
I realized that I may have left a personal item inside of it.
H
All right.
G
Oh, my.
H
Well, can you?
G
I feel like a real dunce.
H
Oh, no, it happens all the time. It happens all the time.
G
Oh, you're sweet.
H
We're pretty thorough when we go through the tuxedos. I kind of need your help with what exactly you're looking for.
F
What?
H
Did you leave?
G
Well, yeah. I really don't know if you want me to tell you that.
H
Well, I mean, the only way I can tell you if we found it is if you tell me what it is.
G
That's true.
I
Well.
G
Okay, I'm not proud to say this, but I think I left my diaper in there.
H
I'm sorry.
G
Yeah, it was a pretty crazy night and the host was serving cheesecake and even though I'm lactose intolerant, I just said, hey, what the heck, go for it. You're only 93 once, right?
D
So.
H
And you're trying to get this back?
G
It's not just the one. There's that in some backups too.
H
Oh, God.
G
I had three other folded ones in the front pockets and a Huggy special in the back.
H
Those types of things are disposable, so you shouldn't want it back. Why are you concerned about getting it back?
G
Hold on a second there, missy. Have you been to the store lately? The diaper prices are soaring higher than my blood pressure.
H
Okay? I mean, if we had found them.
G
Wait a second. I'm racking the old noggin up there and there's a chance maybe I left them in the old limo.
H
Okay, that. That is not. We don't risk.
G
I met two sk at the party that night. Roberta and Roberta's twin, Regina.
H
Okay, so you're gonna. You're gonna have to talk to the limo company.
G
Let's just say I lost more than a diaper in the limo that night. Oh, yeah. Still got it.
H
Sir. You. You're having some great adventures, especially for a man of your age.
G
Wait a second. What you trying to do there? Are you sweet talking me?
D
No.
G
You want a slice of the old Allen pie, do you?
H
Okay, Alan, there's a lot of me to go. I cannot help you with any of that.
G
Yeah, professionally. Right, right. You're on the clock.
H
No, I. I can help you with tux rentals. That is it.
D
Yeah.
A
You.
G
You don't know this, but a lot of ladies want me for my Beanie Baby collection.
H
Oh, Ellen.
G
Yeah, I mean, I haven't looked at the prices since 96, but I'm assuming I'll be able to buy me a nice condo down in Florida with that treasure trove.
H
O. Alan, I can't help you if you left diapers in a limo.
G
Well, you could help me if you know of a place with non lactose cheesecake.
H
Sorry, I don't. I don't think I know anything that can help you.
G
Well, that really is a bummer. Cause right now the only spot that I know of with a good slice is Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. You know, the radio show does them prank phone calls, whatnot. Oh yeah, you should listen because it'll really fill up your diaper.
D
No, you're on the radio right now, Tammy. My name is Jeff and we're doing a phone tap on you.
H
Oh, thank God. Oh my God.
D
Yeah, your manager Mike set you up because he said it's your five year anniversary at the show. He thought you get a real kick out of this phone call.
H
Oh my God, I am so relieved because I had no idea how to deal with that. Or how to get off the phone for that matter.
D
You're saying. So in your entire time working there five years, no customers have ever left a diaper in any of the formal wear.
H
No one has ever called in to retrieve a lost diaper.
G
Well, I'll tell you, it happens sometimes. Times those limo parties, they get pretty wide.
H
I am sure they do.
E
Wake up.
A
Every morning with phone tabs. Weekday mornings on the 20s. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.
D
What are the natural enemies of romance? Bad lighting.
A
Oh, yes.
D
Wait a minute.
E
There was something like dishonesty.
D
Morning breath. Morning breath.
A
Pretty.
D
Pretty much a turn off. Brooks. Tap dancing routines.
E
Dude, I just thought that got it all spicy.
A
I'm a hoofer. Okay.
E
What is that?
D
I stand corrected. Big turn on.
E
What's a hoofer?
A
Shuffle me off to Buffalo. Okay, okay.
D
Maybe Brooks, stop talking. For a while today, the only things blocking our listener from true love are honesty and truth.
A
Those are the same things.
D
All he did was be a hundred percent honest on his dating profile about what he's looking for in an ideal partner. Just keeping it 100. And what happens? Of course he's painted as a villain for that Truth bites us again. You can decide if his truth telling went too far in your brand new second date update. Right after this second date update, it's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. And a guy named Corey is back on with us again.
A
Okay.
D
After he tried getting a second date a few months ago. And I know we do a lot of these, so you probably won't remember.
A
Him, but I'm just terrible with names. Jeff, let's go.
D
He did make the fatal error of playing the job game with his date where you each tell each other what job would you be good at? And he said groupie for her.
A
Oh, I remember.
E
I do remember.
A
That was such an insult.
D
Kind of surprised that woman and said no to another date with him. But you know. Exactly. Corey, it's good to have you back. How you doing, man?
F
Thanks, I'm doing great. How are you?
A
Okay. And before we start, you didn't accidentally offend someone again, did you?
E
Yeah, like you're self aware now.
F
I'm pretty sure I didn't know. I think I did a good job this time.
A
Okay.
D
All right.
E
That's good.
D
Well, you may think that, but she is not calling you back, so we don't know for sure. Let's get the full story about this newly lady. Better lady, hopefully. And how did you meet her?
A
The woman was fine. It was not her fault. Jeff, that is such a weird place to place blame on someone calling someone else a groupie.
D
Corey is our listener, so he can do no wrong.
E
In my eyes, it is her fault.
D
Maybe what I meant was a better match for Corey. Okay. With a nicer lady. So let's. Let's figure out what's going on with her. Who did you meet recently?
F
Yeah, so I met Charlotte. And I think the problem last time, like you said, it was just wasn't a good match for me. So this time I was like, I'm gonna be super specific and just like more intentional about it.
A
Are you talking about on the dating apps? On who? Yeah.
F
Yeah.
A
Okay.
F
Yeah, so I just like put some information on my profile that would kind of like screen out anybody who was just wasn't gonna be a good fit.
D
That's a good idea.
A
What did you say? No groupies allowed.
F
I promise you I'm staying away from the groupies of anything.
A
Okay.
D
Okay. Safe for a first date. So what did you write on your. As your criteria for what you're looking for? Looking for?
F
Well, the first thing obviously was that they had to have a sense of humor because I feel like that was a problem last time.
A
Does anyone ever think they don't have a sense of humor though?
E
Yeah, some people don't have a good sense.
B
Do they know that?
A
But they know. Like is that. Are they self aware?
B
Yeah, I don't think they're funny.
D
Some people don't like humor. Some people are like laughter. Ew. No thank you.
A
I haven't never met one. But okay, well what else was on the list?
F
Brunette. Gotta be a brunette.
A
Oh, weird.
D
Oh, why is that weird?
E
Why, why is that?
D
Why can't you like who he wants to like?
A
Because 90 of women don't real hair color. They could be any hair color you want it to be, depending on the month, you know.
D
Okay, so dye it brown before you meet.
F
Yeah, yeah, exactly. Like, even if you have like natural brown hair and you dye it blonde, then we're not a good fit.
A
Okay. Just want it to be brown hair.
D
Okay.
A
Okay.
D
You're very specific about what you like, and that's okay.
F
Gotta be mid to late 20s.
D
Mid to late 20s.
A
Are you also mid to late 20s?
F
I'm 32.
D
Okay.
B
Girl in their 30s doesn't work for you.
F
I'm just found that that's the sweet spot, that's all.
E
Okay.
D
I mean, Corey, you're taking a risk and you're weeding out the people that for sure won't match with you.
A
Okay, yeah.
D
What else is on your list?
A
Oh, there's more?
F
Yeah. So they got to be able to parallel park.
A
That's funny. That's like a funny thing, right? That's like your humor got to be a joke.
F
I guess it's kind of a joke because it's mildly funny. But I mean it like, it's just annoying to me with people like, camp parallel park. Like, you're a grown up and you can't even do that. Basic skill. I'm just like, get out of here.
E
Not everyone's in the city as much having to park every day. Some people have a lot of space to park their cars.
A
I mean, I don't like guys that get seasick, so. I mean, there's weird stuff out there, you know?
E
I guess.
A
All right. Okay. Yeah, totally.
D
All right. And you said there was one more.
F
They got to be okay with me being five minutes late to everything.
E
Oh, you're a late person.
D
You run late.
A
Yeah, that's helpful information because if someone is a super punctual person and that would stress them out, then they're not a good match for you.
D
Brooke finally approves of one quality that you're looking for.
A
I was okay with a pair of Charlotte parking.
D
Okay, so out of all the criteria, did you get any matches with women or.
F
You know what? I got one.
A
That's what happens when you tunnel it like that. That's why we need to call her back and get a second date.
D
And so is that the Charlotte girl?
F
Yeah, that's Charlotte.
D
Okay, so it sounds like you met up with her. How did it go?
F
Yeah, we went to dinner. I was late by. Not by much.
A
Okay.
E
All right.
F
We had a little laugh about it. And honestly, and then we just had the best time from there. We Went to a restaurant and we sat outside. It was like, picnic benches and stuff, and we just talked for hours.
A
So when did you do the driving test to make sure she was legit on the parallel parking?
F
She was like, you know, I already did it because, you know, she parked when she arrived there. Okay. And then it was close to the curb, and it was lined up straight.
A
So funny.
B
Okay, did you mention very hot conversation?
D
Yeah. I mean, she knows all the steps, but hopefully you got the neighbor's security footage to corroborate the actual story. So it sounds like, overall, she checked all the boxes that you set out. The connection seems to be good.
A
Yeah, the chemistry sounds so great.
D
What's happened since then?
F
We exchanged a bunch of texts. And look, it's not like she doesn't want to go out with me because twice we've set up dates. It just. Both times after she said yes, something came up. She's like, oh, I'm sorry. I can't do that.
A
I mean, maybe if she's the woman that fits all your criteria. She's a woman who fits a lot of guys criteria.
F
Yeah, I'm sure that's possible, but I. I just. I hope she's gonna give me another chance, that's all.
D
Yeah, all right.
A
That's a good attitude.
D
At any point, did you ever ask if she has any deal breaking criteria for you?
F
No. As far as I know, she likes me and has no reason not to.
D
Okay, so the date was all about you then and what you want in checking all of your boxes?
F
Not necessarily. We just didn't talk about that. She wasn't like, oh, are you this? Are you that? I don't know know. I thought she liked me. We didn't just talk about me the whole time.
D
But it could be a different story when we reach out to Charlotte.
E
Other than it's kind of. It does seem all about him. Maybe. Maybe he was too focused on his checklist and.
D
And if she's not okay with it being all about him, then she doesn't deserve him.
B
Well, she's his only option, so kind.
D
Of got to make it work. For now. For now. For now. We might loosen the strings a little bit when we call Charlotte and get you your second date update. Coming up right after this second date update. If you're just joining us, Corey is back with a very specific set of criteria for what he's looking for in a woman right now. Mid to late 20s, brunette, good sense of humor, ability to parallel park, and has to be cool with him running five minutes Late to everything.
A
Yeah, covers it.
D
The wedding vows. They write themselves with these. Basically. So Corey put that energy out into the universe, and the universe gave him Charlotte, the perfect brunette. They had a pretty perfect dinner date, perfect parallel parking job. The only thing not perfect is he can't lock down that second date with her yet.
A
I mean, but they're still texting, which is a good sign.
B
Trying to plan.
A
Yeah, trying, but she keeps canceling.
D
Yeah, she keeps saying yes and then changing her mind. Cory, where is your head at right now?
F
I'm just trying to figure out what's going on. This is kind of crazy. I'm kind of sick of this kind of behavior from ladies, honestly.
A
Oh. Oh, that's aggressive.
D
Okay, you might need to add a new thing to your criteria. Yeah, no women who breadcrumb me.
A
Okay, then no one would respond to him. He. This is literally the only person that fit every other thing. We can't add any more to the list.
D
You're saying there's a chance.
A
I'm saying it may not be Charlotte's fault here.
E
Yeah, well, let's find out.
D
Okay, you might be right. But, Cory, you ready to do this?
F
Let's do it.
D
All right, here we go. And, Corey, remember, remember, need you to stay quiet until we can at least get her to tell us a little bit of information, and then we'll call you in. Okay?
F
Mom's the word.
A
Okay, I'm scared.
E
What if she lied about parallel parking, guys?
D
Oh, my gosh.
E
That's gonna be a bombshell.
D
This could be devastating.
A
That's why she's not calling him back.
E
Yeah, I couldn't admit it to him.
D
I don't know.
E
All right, sorry. Hopefully I didn't ruin it for everybody.
D
Let's find out. Here we go.
F
Hello?
D
Hey, is this Charlotte?
H
Yeah.
D
Hey, Charlotte. Thanks for answering. You're on a radio show right now called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning.
E
Good morning, Charlotte.
H
Wait, what?
E
Yeah, I said good morning.
A
That's not what she's saying. She's trying to understand why she's here.
D
Sorry.
E
A lot of voices.
D
A little overwhelming probably, but we're a show. We're called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning, and we'd love a second of your time to just chat a little bit.
A
About your dating life.
H
How did you get my number?
D
Some would say the universe provided it to us, but others would say a guy named Corey gave us the digits.
H
Whoa, wait a minute. Corey called you guys?
A
Yes.
D
The reason that he did it is because he told us a little bit about your hangout the other night when you went and got dinner together, and he's a little bit disappointed. Disappointed that you two haven't reconnected for another meetup. So. Make sense.
H
I'm just taking this all in.
A
I mean, he said that you guys have been texting, that maybe he was just getting the vibe that you keep canceling on him on purpose. Like, you don't. You're not maybe as excited about another date as he is?
H
No, I mean, I thought the date was cool, but I don't know, he. He kind of has a of lot of requirements, I guess you could say.
D
Yeah.
A
Are you talking about requirements? Yeah, his dating bio. His list on his dating bio.
H
I mean, that was kind of like the whole conversation when we were on the date was about his profile.
D
Yeah, we heard. We heard a little bit about it, but that's where Corey is in his life right now. He's just trying to figure out if there's somebody out there that can meet the types of things that would fit the style of person that he is. And he thought that was you, Charlotte.
H
Oh, okay.
A
Would you not agree with that?
H
I mean, it would be nice if he didn't have a list, but the day was cool. It was nice.
D
Then I guess we just need to know if Corey's intuition is correct that you're blowing him off on purpose. Like, is there something specific that's holding you back?
H
Well, there kind of is.
E
Oh, okay.
D
Okay.
H
If I'm honest, I feel guilty.
A
You feel guilty?
D
Well, yeah. You should, but. What?
A
He's joking.
H
No, but I really do feel kind of guilty.
D
About what?
H
I know he had mentioned to me that he only dates women around mid to late 20s. Yeah, which is fine. However, I'm not in that age bracket.
A
Please tell me you're not younger.
D
What?
B
Yeah.
E
I mean, if you are 24.
D
Like, where do you fall.
H
I'm in my 30s.
A
Wait, does that mean you're lying about your age on the apps?
E
Oh, yeah.
B
You have to have it set.
E
Think of that.
H
Yeah, I kind of. I kind of did. Yeah.
D
Charlotte.
E
Oh, you lied on your bi.
H
Why?
A
Why do you lie? I mean, it's not a big difference. Why do you lie about your dating age?
H
I just feel like guys. Guys are very specific when it comes to age. And even though, I mean, we're the same age. I'm 32, but I just feel like they want younger, and I'm just not there anymore.
A
Yeah, but wouldn't you not want to meet a guy that wouldn't? I mean, like, if you Met a guy who only wants to date someone in their 20s, then maybe they're not the right person.
B
Like, if they're that strict on it.
F
Yeah.
H
I mean, but the thing is, Corey was such a cool guy, and I feel like we hid in a off.
D
So this thing, the lie about your own age. That's the reason why you keep kind of waffling back and forth on going out with Corey one more time?
H
I am not looking forward to telling him, but I feel like. I mean, I have to eventually. I have to talk to him. I can't just keep.
D
Yeah, yeah.
H
Ignoring and canceling and.
D
And what's the thing that they say about, you know, just ripping off the band Aid and getting it over with.
E
Without knowing you're ripping off the band?
D
Yeah, you've kind of. You kind of done that, Charlotte. Because Corey's actually already listening to this phone quietly on the other line.
A
So we heard everything.
E
He's offended by all this.
D
Yeah, I'm serious. If. If he's there. Corey.
F
Hi, Charlotte.
A
What a weird grunt.
D
Yeah, we're gonna back away and let you two talk this out. I think you need a moment. Yeah.
F
So, Charlotte, you lied, huh? Why?
A
She just.
H
I mean, be honest, Corey. Like, if I did tell you the truth, you wouldn't even give me a chance. Like, I kind of had to fib on this.
D
She's got a point.
F
Well, I guess we'll never know because you did lie.
E
What? Oh, come on, Cory.
A
You're just gonna shut her down like that? Remember, she's the only person that met all the rest of the requirements.
D
She's being really.
F
Didn't she said she was something and found out she's a granny and a liar.
A
A granny?
B
Aren't you 30?
H
Wait a minute. If I'm a granny, then you're a grandpa. Because they're the same age. Look, like.
F
Whatever. It's fine. Charlotte obviously don't want to date you now.
A
What?
H
Oh, you're being really immature.
F
Okay, you're a liar. But I'm immature because I don't want to date you. That's fine. Look, I.
H
Like you've never lied before.
F
Come on. I was very upfront.
H
Oh, a little too upfront. Like you're not like a 10, you know.
A
Oh, gosh.
E
Oh, God. Oh, man.
F
Whatever. I mean, that doesn't make you look good. You went out on the date with me, so. Look, I don't even want to argue about it. I want you. I think it's only fair that you venmo me half the cost of the dinner.
E
What?
H
Venmo.
A
Corey, what are you doing? Dude, I know that they. She, like, fibbed on her age, but you liked her.
F
I did like her until I found out she wasn't a truthful person.
H
Corey, I'm not going to Venmo you. This is ridiculous. Like, you ordered street tacos. I think the bill was, like, $8. Like, you can't be that cheap.
E
It was tacos. And make a drink, right?
F
Well, you can tell it to the judge.
A
We take her to a small claims court.
E
Very small claim.
H
You have to be joking.
F
I'm not joking. No. Have you heard of Judge Mathis?
A
You want to go to a TV judge?
D
TV show? Judge Mathis.
H
Cory, you're gonna embarrass both of us. Stop it.
F
Oh, you're gonna be embarrassed. I've already been on the show twice because of issues I've had with roommates.
E
He's just dying to sue.
D
I don't know if that admission actually makes you look better.
E
I know, dude.
A
Dude, I'm thinking you just need to venom the eight bucks. If he's that desperate for it, just get him out of your hair.
H
I'm not doing it. I'm not going to Venmo you. No. This is ridiculous.
D
The Venmo and the court talk aside, it's at this point that I would like to offer a second date.
A
They already.
H
Oh, no. This is a. We're declining. A strong decline from my.
D
No, you. You won't have to pay for these tacos. They'll be on us, Charlotte.
A
And Corey needs to say yes. He's got no one else that matched him on the date.
F
Can you please stop mentioning that? You're supposed to be on my side.
B
She had to lie to be the one person who did.
E
Yeah, she sounds kind of like a groupie to me, brother. You know what I'm saying?
D
Anybody else?
H
I am not a groupie person. Believe me, I know.
E
Neither was the last one.
A
It's an inside joke.
H
Yeah, the last one. So what do you mean? He calls everybody a groupie?
A
No.
E
Kinda.
A
He was on this show before, too.
D
The fact that you don't get the joke means you're just not meant to be together, Charlotte. So I'm sorry.
A
Don't take it personally.
H
Oh, no, no, no. Don't be sor. This is. This is helping me.
F
Hey, you know what? Let's just hang up on her, because I got to get back to my dating profile. I got to add some new criteria to it.
D
So your new criteria is women who won't go out with me a second time. Have to be okay with Venmoing me for half the bill for the date.
E
There we go.
B
They give you enough characters, you're going.
D
To get so many matches after that, bro.
E
That's the whole bio now.
D
Yeah, look at Jeffrey in the morning. Man, these are tough second date updates for us to do where everybody's wrong but also everybody's kind of right. You shouldn't care about other people's age. You shouldn't lie about your own age. I've been telling Brooke for years to put her real age on The Morning Show LinkedIn page, but nope, she's still 26 years old. For everybody.
A
It's crazy that everyone believes it. Oh my God, I look so good.
D
But you know, when everybody disagrees and everybody agrees there's no middle ground, it was impossible to get them back together.
E
Disagree.
D
Oh, well, okay, I've changed my mind then.
E
Okay then.
A
I agree. That's a hard one. I mean, there should be more compromise in the world of dating. And just in the world.
E
Not everything is a deal breaker. Red flag, you know? Or it could be a flag. It doesn't have to be a deal breaker.
D
Yeah, but that's not very good for the plot now is it?
E
No, that's true.
A
Do it for the plot, huh, Jeff? Yeah, okay.
D
That's what we're.
B
Jeff just learned what that was.
D
We're all doing it for the plot. Hear. You're gonna hear that for the next four months. Every single day but six.
E
Seven, Right?
D
Yeah, exactly. So email the show, even if it's just for the plot, and we'll call that person who's not calling you back. Go check out all of our second date updates. Great plots on those. Okay? They're available online wherever you get them.
A
Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.
D
Tis the season to fall in Cuff.
A
Wait, Oh, I thought we were getting arrested.
B
Yeah, it was our first act too.
D
Why not both Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning? Cuz according to dating experts, fall is the time when most people couple up. And of course, many of them meet on dating apps. Yeah, which is why I want to ask my co host to see if they know the top five lies that people tell on dating apps. Do you have any guesses what the top five lies would be?
A
I like you give a height. Height.
D
Number one. One. I'm six feet tall. Number one lie that people tell on me.
E
I mean guys. I mean, maybe girls will lie about that too for some reason.
G
But why?
E
Why do guys lie? Like you're gonna Meet up with her eventually. She's gonna see you.
A
Well, they're just hoping. We're really bad at measurement.
E
There you go.
D
It's just about getting your foot in the door too.
A
Like personality will be your little tiny foot.
D
Cuz you're short.
E
Okay.
D
Unnecessary. Necessary. Brooke.
E
Shape of a doorstop.
D
Any other guesses of lies that are being told?
A
Oh, God, it's all gonna be anything. It could be.
D
I heard hiking. Okay, number two, I love hiking. Outdoor activities as a hobby is the most common filler on dating apps. When it's totally not true, it's probably.
A
Because people stress out when they've asked, then they're asked about their hobbies. Like, I don't. Yeah, what if I don't do anything? I don't to come off not interested. Anyone could talk about walking.
E
I'm single, I go home and I watch Netflix.
A
Yeah, you could say you were.
E
You want to join in on that?
D
I'll go through the rest real quickly. Number three, I'm looking for something serious.
A
That's a lie.
D
BS you are. Over 40% admit they're really after something casual. Number four, I barely use this app. Have you heard that before?
E
Yeah, yeah, it's funny because I say that I go on Tinder once every six months and I say it and no one believes. She's like, yeah, right.
A
You should just say the opposite. I'm on here so much.
E
I'm on here daily. Never seen you before.
D
And number five, that's just my roommate in the pick.
A
Oh, of course. If it's really an ex, you're really hot female roommate.
E
Yeah, we're carrying.
D
Those are the top five lies people tell on the dating apps. If you're looking for love out there personally, I just listen to the second date updates. Yes, there you can hear real lies Laser stories coming up right after this.
E
Hello, it's Laser Stories.
D
It's the radio segment that's mashing together McDonald's and Wendy's to create a limited time sea snack. The filet o Fish Frosty now comes in tasty tilapia or halibut chunks.
A
Yellow halibut would be expensive. Dude, my kids don't need to use those gummy sharks anymore.
D
There you go. Put the ocean in your mouth with laser stories. The segment where we read weird news stories around the globe just like everyone else does. Except we've got a laser. Those other sardine smoothies just don't. This first laser story is out of Florida. A 44 year old man named Peter Riera raises chickens for A living. And the other night he was out at a bar knocking back a few when he got into a discussion about poultry.
E
It'd be a hot topic, as you.
A
Would if you're a chicken farmer.
D
Yes, this is his area of expertise. And it was with three other guys who'd been drinking most of the night. And that discussion turned into a full blown argument.
H
Passionate.
A
Listen to the expert here, guys.
D
Of course, in his mind, Peter is the foremost expert and these bozos didn't know what they were talking about when it came to chickens.
A
There's a lot of, lot of chicken idiots out there, Jeff.
E
Like someone talking to us about radio. Yeah, yeah, I think we know a little bit. Yeah, you know, we're in it.
D
Well, they wouldn't listen to his opinion, so he did the reasonable thing, pulled a gun and started firing.
E
Oh my gosh.
D
After that, cops got involved and arrests were made.
E
Yeah.
D
Here's a clip of a local detective explaining what happened. The shooter evidently raises chickens and the conversation was about how many eggs a chicken can lay. One victim ran out into the roadway trying to get away from the shooter. The other two victims hid. We had several phone calls. The shooter himself called 91 1. Arming yourself with a handgun when you're under the influence is not, is not a good idea. There's never going to be a good outcome with that.
A
Really thought he was going to end that with some sort of why did the chicken cross the road joke.
D
Yeah.
A
You know, really was setting itself up for that.
D
I feel like most chicken arguments do end this way. Though it is Florida. Peter is now facing multiple charges and is being held without bond. For what it's worth, all three men said Peter was way over the top about his chicken knowledge and that didn't sit well with them.
A
I'm just worried about who's taking care of the, the chickens now.
D
You know, chicken's pretty self sufficient though.
A
I don't think so. Don't tell him that. You are not a chicken. I want him to call in and.
B
Play you and chicken trivia.
E
Okay.
A
There you go. Let's go. Bok bok bok.
D
This next laser story is out of the collectible corner with Wicked for Good hitting theaters on the 21st. It must be good timing to auction off the original Wicked Witch's hat.
H
You, my pretty and your little dog.
E
Oh my God. It's gotta be worth like millions. Yeah.
A
Her hat is iconic.
D
The pointy black hat that Margaret Hamilton wore in 1939's the wizard of Oz will be auctioned on December 3rd. So how much will it get? Speculation is all over the place, especially because the original pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore. Those sold for $28 million last year. Eight.
E
Oh, my God.
A
And I'm sorry, right now, everybody loves the witches more. Yeah, I mean, Alphabet energy. Absolutely. All day.
E
I can see that.
D
So the 28 mil, that's a lot more than expected. As for the hat, last time it sold was only a year ago for 2.9 million.
A
Oh, my God.
E
Are they reselling it now?
A
Cuz of the new timing everything in.
D
The collectibles, the experts are saying it could go for more than double now.
A
Smart.
E
That's smart.
A
Who would have ever thought buying a $2.9 million hat would be a good investment?
E
I know, like, everyone should be making fun of you.
D
What I want to spend my money on is none of your business.
C
Okay?
D
If I want to wear the hat around while I cook, then that's my right.
B
Interesting.
E
He paints himself green.
D
Screw you guys. This next laser story is out of food news. Jell O is celebrating its 125th anniversary with three. Three new limited edition Thanksgiving items. Oh, they're calling them no thanks molds because they're shaped like three of the most divisive Thanksgiving foods. Brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce, and pecan pie.
A
What? Boy, those are, like, one of my three favorites.
E
I mean, the cranberry I can skip, but I love me some Brussels.
D
So to be clear.
E
Wow.
A
Brussels.
E
Wait a minute.
A
This looks like a dinner for from a 1970s cookbook is what it looks like.
D
Well, just to be clear, they aren't doing the super weird flavors thing. These are just silicone molds that are shaped like those polarizing foods, not new flavor mixes. So the cranberry mold comes with actual cranberry jell. Okay. But the brussels sprouts is lime, and the pecan pie is orange flavor.
A
It's not very appetizing.
B
Hard to look at.
E
Yeah, it's interesting.
A
Jello's a hard sell on my kids.
D
But now your family has a name and a backstory for the bird that it's getting this year. So each no thanks Mold costs $5, and it comes with a kit with a box of jello mix. They're available exclusively on Walmart.com beginning today while supplies last.
A
Is it ever a good ploy of a company to do. No. No thanks.
D
On a food item?
H
I don't know, but I want to.
B
Try to make these shot versions.
A
You know, add some alcohol, give it a little flavor.
D
Good. This Next laser story is out of holiday headquarters. If you're shopping in a Target this holiday season and it seems like an employee's being extra attentive, they're probably not flirting with you.
A
I think you probably could always assume that. Is anyone on the other around?
D
Well, I think most of the time they wouldn't even talk to you. But this is just a new policy that Target has supposedly launched called the 104 program, which requires their workers to engage with customers when they're within 10ft of a shopper.
E
Oh, wow.
D
You have to.
A
So basically all Target employees are going to stay 11ft away from everyone.
D
But if they are within that, that 10 foot range, they're being told to smile directly at them. So then as you get closer, they'll make eye contact and wave or even say hello.
E
Hello.
D
Remember, she's just being friendly. She's not flirting with you.
E
I don't know, Jim. I think she likes.
D
If they are within four feet of a shopper, employees then must ask if they need help finding it, anything. Or they're directed to ask how their day is going. Or a similar pleasantry like, hey, you want to wear my red vest and re sticker things with my price gun. Just friendly chat.
A
It seems like a lot. I had a friend who worked at Target a long time ago, and she said that one of the company policies is they couldn't have blood clots in the aisles. And that was more than one red Target worker congregation.
E
I was like, what is that crazy weird policy?
D
Target says heading into the holiday, they wanted to make adjustments and implement new ways to increase connection during the most important time of the year.
A
I like when people leave me alone when I'm shopping.
B
Don't ask me how my day is.
E
Yeah, I get if I'm approaching you, but don't approach me.
A
Yeah, I'll come find you.
D
Exactly. Eye contact, though.
E
I mean, it's kind of look down, everybody.
D
Yeah, check me out. Other places have similar proximity rules for customer interaction, including Walmart and Disney. So it isn't the first time a company's asked workers to carry around mental tape measures. Dude, Disney, they'll run up to you.
E
And dance with you. Like, the Disney interactions are wild. Do you want to feel bad for them? I know. I'm like, I'm okay.
D
Speaking of mental tape measures, this guy just used a tape measure last night.
A
What?
F
Wait a minute.
D
He's measuring s socks for stockings? Of course. He wants the biggest one. Santa can put whatever he wants in it. And that sound means Laser Stories has come to an end for the day. We'll do it again same time on Friday.
E
Win Brooks Fox.
D
It's come to my attention that I may have missed the previous one or two rounds of Brooks trivia here cuz I happened to be busy attending to very important personal matters.
A
They were important. The show is what's important. Whatever happens at the rest stop down the highway is not.
D
Listen, the point is I am back today because I want to be here and not because police raided that rest stop in a quote, sting operation. I don't care what the newspapers say. My lawyer is handling all of it. Okay? So welcome back to the damage control edition of Beat Brook.
A
Please don't tell us anymore so we're not accomplices. That's all I want.
D
We'll shake hands afterwards.
A
So you know what happened. I do not trust you to use.
D
The soap today on the phone we have returning player Matthew. He's 0 and 1 against you all time. Matthew, you believe me, right?
F
Of course I do, Jeff.
D
Thank you, Matthew. It's nice to have an ally.
A
How many sting operations have you been part of, Matthew?
F
The jury's out on that one. I am not. I'm not liable to talk about that exactly ending.
D
Just because I was in that highway rest stop bathroom doesn't mean I was doing anything nefarious. That's what my lawyer told me and that's what I'm sticking to. Exactly. Okay. Where. Where are you going, Brooke? The rest stop. It's to the left. Okay. She's going to go check it out anyway. In the meantime, let's play the game. Matthew, you got 30 seconds to answer as many questions as possible. If you don't know and you can say pass, but you have to beat her outright if you want to win. And I hope you do. Are you ready?
F
I'm ready, Jeff.
D
Good luck. Your time starts now. Today is national French Dip day. A traditional French dip sandwich. Sandwich comes with a side of what Sauce Vibranium is the material that makes up what superhero's shield?
F
Wonder Woman.
D
What's the proper name for a champagne glass?
F
Loot.
D
What giant movie monster comes from a place called Skull Island?
I
Gong.
D
What's a group of clams called? A cluster, A calamity or a bed?
F
A bed.
D
Mick Jagger is the lead singer of which rock band?
A
Hand.
E
Wow, Matthew.
C
Incredible speed, brother.
E
That was great.
D
Like a true pro. Came in there, dominated. Well done. Brooke is now back in the studio here. And what else should we talk about with Matthew? We are coming up on Thanksgiving here and according to Matthew he's told our producer his three favorite things to eat on that holiday.
A
Oh, I like to discuss this. What do you got?
D
Garlic mashed potatoes, which apparently he mashes himself.
A
Good.
D
He enjoys his mother's recipe for stuffing and turkey, but only if it's super moist.
E
You like the dark meat?
F
No, my. My mom taught my wife how to cook it very well too. So there's a very special method of. Even the white meat is incredibly moist as well.
E
Do you guys use the turkey bags?
F
Yeah, we do use a turkey bag. That's one of the methods.
D
I love the fact that Matthew can mention his mother and super moist in the same sentence. Jeff. It's a very healthy relationship. Matthew, we all respect Jeff.
F
You guys are welcome over here for Thanksgiving anytime.
A
Then we don't want to get involved in your family.
E
Speak for yourself. I'm into it.
D
Selling our family now. Yeah, that's right. Okay, save a seat for us. But now, Brooke, it's your turn. Are you ready?
A
Yeah, I'm ready.
D
Your time starts now. Today is National French Dip Day. A traditional French dip sandwich comes with a side of what sauce you. Vibranium is the material that makes up what superhero shield.
A
Vibranium is Captain America.
D
What's the proper name for a champagne glass?
A
A flute.
D
What giant movie monster comes from a place called Skull Island?
A
Godzilla.
D
What is a group of clams called a cluster? A calamity or a bed?
F
Bed.
D
Mick Jagger is the lead singer of which rock band?
A
Oh, my God. Mick Jagger is the lead singer of Rolling Stones 2.
D
We'll take it. Just snuck that answer in. Let's go to the scoreboard with our own. Jose.
I
I am not some maniac who needs.
G
To be high or loaded all the time.
A
Yes.
D
Banos.
E
That's a really good clip. He's so loaded. Matthew, you got five correct, bro. Who was. We were all impressed. Like, all of us looked at each other like, whoa.
D
Damn, that is a moist. I know which one I missed too. Oh, no.
E
Well, Brooke, you got the same amount of questions in. And five as well.
D
Oh, my God.
A
That was a good. Good.
F
It was. It was a Captain America vibanium.
D
Yeah, just barely. Wasn't enough, Matt. So Ty does go to the house. Let's go over the answers for everybody. It's National French diploma day. A traditional French dip sandwich comes with a side of au sauce.
F
So good.
A
I drink it right now. Sounds so good.
D
Speaking of super moist, Vibranium is the material that makes up Captain America's shield. Proper name for a champagne glass would be a flute. The giant movie monster who comes from Skull island would be King Kong.
E
Come on, bro.
A
Sorry.
D
Godzilla comes from the sea. A group of clams is called Just a Bed of Clams.
A
And MC Calamity would be so cute, though.
D
Mick Jagger is the lead singer of the Rolling Stones. So, Matt, I'm sorry, man. It wasn't enough to win today. But just for playing, we are going to give you a pair of tickets to see Italian singer songwriter Damiano David perform at the paramount theater on November 21st.
F
Cool, man. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.
D
All right. You're welcome back on the show. Anytime, man. We're going to do win Brooks Bucks same time tomorrow.
A
Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.
Date: November 16, 2025
Podcast Host: iHeartPodcasts
This episode delivers the usual blend of chaos, quirky confessions, dating disasters, and office banter that fans expect from the Brooke and Jeffrey team. The main highlights feature a “Second Date Update” wreaked with mismatched expectations, a cringe-worthy “Battle of the Tinder Dates,” a story about Jose’s epically expensive soup order, and Jeff’s unexpected celebrity man-crush. Interspersed throughout are games, listener texts, and classic slapstick humor. The team also wrestles with technical and personal mishaps—from medical scares at work to recurring coughs—giving the show its characteristic “morning-show energy meets group chat” atmosphere.
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This episode embodies the Brooke and Jeffrey signature style: snappy comebacks, audience interaction, embarrassing confessions, and unpredictable dating woes. You’ll be laughing, cringing, and—just possibly—reevaluating your own dating app checklist.