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Bill Bubba Bussey (0:00)
This podcast is sponsored in part by Coke, AM First, Buffalo Wild Wings, Southern Immediate Care and Central State Bank. Hey, it's Bubba.
Bubba (0:14)
Hey, Bubba.
Bill Bubba Bussey (0:15)
Bubba on the lake. Bubba, Bubba on the lake. Yay's got it going on.
Bubba (0:22)
Gotta come and check this. Talking people, talking places from Bubba's perspective.
Bill Bubba Bussey (0:27)
This is Bubba, Bubba, Bubba, Bubba, Bubba on Bubba. Bubba, Bubba, Bubba on the lake.
Bubba (0:34)
Let's go. Hello and welcome to Bubba on the Lake. I'm your semi retired, mostly washed up host, formerly of the Rick and Bubba Show, Bill Bubba Bussey. And let's get started with our show notes right out of the gate. Welcome to our new podcast. Podcasting is not new. As a matter of fact, Google tells us that there's over 5 million podcast out there right now. 70 million episodes waiting to be listened to. Well, I guess now there's 5 million and one. Now don't let the name throw you off. This podcast will not be about just living on the lake or the Gulf of America. There will be some of that for sure, but there will be a lot more too. News, politics, faith issues. Nothing is off the table. But fun will always be the goal. I want to think of it as people, places and perspectives. Now, from time to time, we are planning on taking the show on the road. We're not going to be a travel show, but we are going to get out and introduce you to some exotic locations. They tell me that if I do that, I actually get to write off my vacation. Is that right? I've got some folks here watching who do not want to be identified. Why don't you want to be? Oh, you don't know if it's going to go good. Okay, well, thank you for that vote of confidence here in segment one. They don't want to be identified because they're not sure if the show is going to be a hit or not. And if it's a dud, they don't be a part of it. I love it. Thank you for your honesty. I appreciate that. We will have some celebrities on from time to time. We can scare them up, but we'll also have everyday people. We'll have people on that. I think you will enjoy getting to know people who are just fun to hang out with and people who I have got to know and I want to share that with all of you. I want you to know too that I've got a lot of advice on how to do this podcast. I mean, a lot. And I appreciate the input, I really do. Many of you have said all we want you to do is New stuff, don't focus on the old. Move forward, do your thing, do the new thing, leave the past alone. I understand that we've also had people who said, oh, now you can tell us behind the scenes what really happened on things on the old show and you can share the truth that you never could share before. Well, I don't think that we will necessarily do one or the other. I think we're going to have to do both. We're certainly going to move forward, but we can't act like the last 31 years didn't exist. A lot of our experiences happened during that time. A lot of the people we've met, a lot of the things we've done and a lot of the things we'll refer to happened over those past 31 years. So I don't plan on acting like that didn't happen. But it is not going to be the primary focus. Our plan right now as it stands is to do one audio podcast per week. Now, as demand increases, and we hope it does, we'll move to doing two or maybe even three if demand continues to increase. Maybe a few live ones along the way. And if you guys blow it out, I'm all for bringing it back live on tv. I have no problem with that. Now what I do have a problem with is the cost of a TV studio. Don't know if you've priced one of those lately. A little costly even in the cut down version. So we'll really have to grow the show if you want to get to that level. It's really up to you where this podcast goes and how long we end up doing it. I'm willing to do it as long as you guys support it and want me to do it. I will share this with you. I thought about not doing anything. I thought, what have I got to Prove? We had 31 years, we've done this. I, you know, I'm proud of what we accomplished looking back, of how you guys supported us and what we did, but I really miss the audience. I miss the interacting, I miss hanging out with you guys and getting to do things. And I know it's somewhat limited in the podcast format here, but who knows, maybe we can do some things a little different that other podcasts don't do. Look, I'm all about having a cookout, okay? And that's part of living on the lake, is you always fellowship and sometimes you do it last minute, which I've learned here, which kind of goes against my natural clock. But it could be 4, 45 and someone will call up and say, hey, how about a cookout at 5? And I go, okay, I'm in. Usually don't have to think too long about that. So the bottom line is this whole process is going to be relying on you. I miss seeing the creativity and the funny things that you guys come up with. So we're going to start bare bones and grow this together as you, the audience, sees fit. It's really all up to you. And how do you do that? Well, we've got some things listed on the website. You need to subscribe, you need to follow us on social media, punch all those buttons. You need to listen to the podcast. Time spent listening matters. It's all part of the big algorithm of how things are done now in this new world order. Now, when I come back, I want to talk about some of my fears and challenges. Challenges, I should say. And there's one of them being able to speak plain going forward and introduce you to the most important person on the planet to me, as I reintroduce my wife, the lovely Betty Lou. We'll be back in just a minute. You're listening to Bubba on the Lake.