Clocks, Hunter, and our friend Meg

Summary

Bubba On the Lake – Episode: Clocks, Hunter, and Our Friend Meg Release Date: March 15, 2025

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Introduction and Listener Appreciation

In this engaging episode of Bubba On the Lake, host Bill Bubba Bussey kicks off by expressing heartfelt gratitude to listeners for their overwhelming support of the podcast's first episode. Bubba acknowledges the encouraging messages received via emails and social media, emphasizing the importance of community and support.

Bill Bubba Bussey [00:55]: "The gift of encouragement. We talked a little bit about it. It's very important and some of you have a gift for it and we really, really appreciate it."

The Daylight Saving Time Debate

Bubba dives into a passionate discussion about Daylight Saving Time (DST), voicing his long-standing frustration with the biannual clock changes. He argues for adopting daylight saving time year-round, highlighting the negative impacts of losing an hour in the fall. Bubba cites various studies and statistics to support his stance, pointing out the increase in heart attacks and strokes following the clock adjustment.

Bill Bubba Bussey [02:30]: "When we lose an hour in the fall, heart attacks, strokes and other ailments that send you to the emergency room goes up by 24%."

He humorously suggests a compromise of moving the clock forward by 30 minutes permanently, seeking listener agreement on this lesser change.

Bill Bubba Bussey [06:00]: "Can we just land on that 30 minutes split the difference, we'll call it even if we're not going to get a win. Really."

Bubba also shares personal anecdotes about the confusion DST causes in various professions, including aviation and healthcare, further underscoring his frustration with the current system.

Introducing Hunter Bussey: Podcast Production and Gaming

The episode transitions to a family segment where Bubba introduces his wife, Betty Lou Bussey, and their son, Hunter Bussey. Bubba discusses Hunter's role in the podcast, detailing his contributions to marketing and production.

Bill Bubba Bussey [10:03]: "You work at Southern Immediate Care in Birmingham, Alabama. They have multiple clinics around the state. I help with their marketing."

Hunter shares his experience with podcast editing tools like GarageBand and his involvement with the Meltdown podcast, which focuses on movies and entertainment.

Hunter Bussey [12:15]: "Shout out to Tim Tyler and EG over at the Meltdown. Enjoy my time over there. They just, you know, it's a basic podcast. Talk about mainly movies and entertainment, but everything else going on in the world."

The conversation shifts to Hunter's passion for gaming and streaming on YouTube, where he interacts with viewers and discusses popular games like Red Dead and Prop Hunt. Bubba humorously teases Hunter about his online persona and potential for success in the streaming world.

Bill Bubba Bussey [16:14]: "Boo Koodles. Like who, who, who are examples of people you want to be like doing this."

Potential for Betty Lou’s Own Podcast

The discussion moves toward expanding the podcast's family involvement, with Bubba and Betty Lou contemplating the idea of Betty Lou launching her own podcast. Their friend Meg Wilson Bryant contributes to the conversation, sharing insights and humorous anecdotes about family dynamics and podcast planning.

Meg Wilson Bryant [26:23]: "It was like one of those things that was completely devastating."

Recorded Segment with Meg Wilson Bryant

In a pre-recorded segment, Meg Wilson Bryant joins Bubba and Betty Lou at their back porch studio. Meg shares a personal story about getting a tattoo on her 21st birthday, which led to an unexpected reaction from her mother and the cancellation of her birthday party.

Meg Wilson Bryant [26:23]: "I got my tattoo on my 21st birthday... my mother... canceled the whole birthday party."

The trio engages in light-hearted banter about photography mishaps, outdoor studio setups, and the challenges of capturing the perfect shot. Meg emphasizes the importance of sharing genuine, unfiltered moments on the podcast.

Meg Wilson Bryant [32:33]: "There's gonna be really real huge demand for this."

Conclusion and Future Episodes

As the episode wraps up, Bubba reiterates his appreciation for Hunter and Betty Lou's involvement, as well as the guest contribution from Meg. He encourages listeners to subscribe, follow, and support the podcast to help it grow and bring more engaging content.

Bill Bubba Bussey [37:36]: "We have some really cool interviews coming up on the next few episodes. We don't want you to miss a minute of it."

Bubba signs off with warm thanks and a promise of more exciting content ahead, leaving listeners eagerly anticipating future episodes.

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Notable Quotes:

• Bill Bubba Bussey [02:30]: "When we lose an hour in the fall, heart attacks, strokes and other ailments that send you to the emergency room goes up by 24%."

• Hunter Bussey [12:15]: "It's a basic podcast. Talk about mainly movies and entertainment, but everything else going on in the world."

• Meg Wilson Bryant [26:23]: "I got my tattoo on my 21st birthday... my mother... canceled the whole birthday party."

This episode masterfully blends personal anecdotes, family interactions, and topical discussions, providing a relatable and entertaining experience for both long-time fans and new listeners alike.

Transcript

[Announcer]

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[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Hey, it's Bubba. Hey Bubba. Bubba on the lake. Bubba, Bubba on the lake. Jay's got it going on. Gotta come and check this. Talking people, talking places From Bubba's perspective. This is Bubba, Bubba, Bubba, Bubba, Bubba on the lake. Hey. Hello, hello, hello and welcome back to Bubba on the Lake. I am your semi retired, mostly washed up host, formerly the Rick and Bubba Show, Bill Bubba Bussy. I want to take just a minute before we start today and say a special thank you for all of the very kind emails, text comments on various social media about the first episode and being back out there so to speak. Very, very thoughtful, very, very kind and Betty and I both were very much touched by it. Thank you. That did mean a lot and we appreciate it. As a matter of fact there's somebody, you know sending another one right then. It's the gift of encouragement. We talked a little bit about it. It's very important and some of you have a gift for it and we really, really appreciate it. Alright, I want to get right into what's going on this week as we're recording this podcast. We set the clocks forward again. As we sprang forward we lost an hour and this thing, we have ranted about this for gosh, 40 years now and to no good. We're still tampering with the clocks twice a year and to me it's just an absolute no brainer. I want to stay on daylight savings time year round period. I don't mind the sun being up at 8:30. I do mind being in total darkness at 4:30 in December. I've mentioned this many times before but just to recap, we are the easternmost state in central time zone. So in December it gets dark at 4:30. I have relatives that live in Texas, I have spoken with them. Doesn't get dark there in December to 6:30 which is totally acceptable because the seasons cause more and less light anyway. But they are people that don't like this idea apparently. I don't know who they are. I run into one every now and then. But even President Trump called it a 5050 issue. So I want to bring this forward in the art of negotiation. Why don't we move it forward 30 minutes, call it even and never change the clock again. Anyone, anybody, anybody on board with that? We can work this out. Matter of fact there's more votes coming in as we speak. I really don't know why it's doing that or how trying to Find that button. I'm not even sure what's beeping in here now, but couldn't we just land on that 30 minutes split the difference, we'll call it even if we're not going to get a win. Really. The wind to me is not the time, even though I hate being dark at 4:30 in December. However, it's changing the clocks twice a year. A lot of the clocks change themselves now, and that is just dandy. But there's a lot of them that don't. And a lot of them, apparently at my house are in difficult places to get to and require ladders. So it's just. It takes you a year or an hour, I should say twice a year to get all these things set. And look, folks, there's more to this than. We just think it's a bad idea. Everybody kind of gets that feeling when you change a clock. And there's a reason, if you look at the stats and there's a lot of studies on this. But I will say the middle of the road is that when we lose an hour, when we lose an hour in the fall, heart attacks, strokes and other ailments that send you to the emergency room goes up by 24%. Okay? Heart attacks, strokes, those kind of things. 24% increase the day after we tamper with the clock in the spring, when you get. Or when you. When you would add an hour the other time of the year, you actually have 21% less problems at the emergency room. So when you. I'm even confused now, are we spring forward in the fall, we fall back, we lose an hour in the fall, the problem actually goes down 21%. See how confusing it is? It's just a nightmare. And when I used to work in the TV business and had to work overnight, when 2 o'clock hit, it was total confusion. You didn't know you had to go back and relive an hour, you had to miss an hour. I can only imagine the problem that the airline people have when this happens. What a nightmare. They've already got to deal with time zones. Now you're shifting the time zones. What about people? And I know this firsthand from my wife Betty, being a former nurse. The fact of people giving medicine in the hospital, you're supposed to get your medicine every four hours. Oh, my gosh. Don't you know that's a head scratcher? I mean, the nurses have this pattern down and now they shift it an hour one way or the other, y'all. It's so archaic. I really can't believe, along with this gender argument, that we're still even discussing these. There's plenty of other problems out there we can fight about, argue about, debate. We're not going to run out of issues, folks. We got plenty. I cannot believe that this is still on the table.

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[Bill Bubba Bussey]

It's just. It's just bizarre to me. I can't. I can't get over it. I thought for sure we would solve this in my lifetime. And here we are tampering with the clock again. And I don't know about y'all. I got one on the microwave. It's a nightmare, that thing. I mean, it's. It's. It's like trying to solve Rubik's Cube to set the clock. I mean, did you like that? Dandy Don. So, yeah, it's just. Can't. Can we. Consensus. I'm good. 30 minutes. I'm good. Can show hands. Everybody else. We all vote for that. Let's go for 30. All right, folks, we have a lot to cover today. We have an interview with my son Hunter coming up. We're trying to run my daughter Caitlin down as we reintroduce everybody from my family here to the podcast. And again, thank you so much for your support of the first episode and hopefully many, many more. So we have a lot going on. We'll be back right after this commercial break. And again, we thank these sponsors, and we ask that you do, too. You're listening to Bubba on the Lake. One, two, three.

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It's Bubba on the Lake. Bubba on the Lake.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Hey folks, you're back. It's Bubba on the Lake. And sitting down with me is the lovely Betty Lou. Betty, how are you?

[Betty Lou Bussey]

I'm good.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

You look great today as always.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Thank you. I really just rolled out of bed and this is how I look, folks.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

But anyway, and joining us as we continue to reintroduce our family to you is Hunter Bussey. Hunter, how are you?

[Hunter Bussey]

Oh, how's it going?

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Good. Glad to have you.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah, glad to be here.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So everybody always wants to know what you kids are doing. So catch everybody up. Where do you work at and what are you doing now?

[Hunter Bussey]

I work at Southern Immediate Care in Birmingham, Alabama. They have multiple clinics around the state. I help with their marketing and they.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Are a sponsor here above on the lake and appreciate that they very thankful. Yes we are. They do a great job and we're glad to have them on. And please let them know how much you appreciate them supporting this program. Now, Hunter, not only do you have that, but you have agreed to help me with Bub on the Lake part time away from work. We're not going to do it during work hours, obviously, but at night and primarily on the weekend. You're going to help us out, right?

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Now what all are you. Can you, can you edit? I guess we need to add it.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah, I can edit.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Are you pretty good with GarageBand, Logic Pro, all that stuff? Yeah, you know, I use GarageBand a lot. It's just easy, you know. I mean you could do Logic Pro and some of the bigger ones, but it's really not necessary.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah, I use GarageBand in high school and college and you know, helping you with some things and saw it used at the Auburn Network when I was there.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So, you know, that's, that's the thing. I mean the new model for everything, media wise, even podcasting or broadcast or whatever is lean and mean, man. You just. It ain't like the old days, you know. No, it's, it's very, it's very. Everybody kind of separated, you know, you're in your little pod and you do your kind of thing. And, you know, having the big building with a big, you know, work center and offices everywhere is kind of. Kind of not the, you know, the modeling that's obsolete.

[Hunter Bussey]

Not a thing anymore.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Well, it really is. And as long as you can get everything done and shoot everything around online, you know, it saves a lot of time. You don't have to get out and drive and. And do a lot of that stuff. So, Hunter, not only that, you're going to be helping me produce this podcast.

[Hunter Bussey]

I am.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

And that. That there's a lot of phases of that. There's the getting guests in here, there's the preparing, there's the actual post production of everything, which I will be leaning on you heavy for. But you. You also are doing some other projects too, that I think are kind of interesting and kind of, kind of go with the times that we're in. Tell us a little bit about being on the Meltdown.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah, shout out to Tim Tyler and EG over at the Meltdown. Enjoy my time over there. They just, you know, it's a basic podcast. Talk about mainly movies and entertainment, but everything else going on in the world.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So, you know, I met Tim and I told him I used to listen to him. He used to be on Jocks, and then they had. They had a show in the afternoon, kind of late, and I used to hear them coming in from the farm all the time. I'd go down there and bush hog or whatever. On the way in, I would listen to them. They did a great job, but I had no idea. I mean, I knew they said he was a big guy, but when I met him, he is a mountain.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

I mean, it oughta be like he's the Jolly Green Giant or something. Every time y'all talk about him, he's so tall.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

It ought to be called the Mountain Meltdown. I told him, I said, man, I could be a thousand yard rusher behind you. They'd never even see me. But I've watched the podcast. Y'all have a lot of fun. What are you doing on there exactly?

[Hunter Bussey]

So I'm just, you know, helping. I'm a contributor, if you will, along with some others, like Brian Pavlick and others. So it's a lot of fun.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Now, I noticed that the episode I was watching not too long ago, you. You're this. The Star wars expert, Apparently, Yeah. Or movie expert. What. What all boxes do you check on.

[Hunter Bussey]

That show a little bit. Everything. You know, I like sports, I like entertainment, especially Star Wars. I mean, you've showed me that when I was, what, five Years old and haven't looked back since.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Yeah, thank you for that.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Well, I'll be honest with you, we. We were at a junction where we were trying to move from Thomas the Train.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Oh, I remember.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

And I had seen all about Sir Topham Hat. Sir Topham Hat. Percy and, and Percy and. And one of the problems. Hunter couldn't say Percy. Correct. So that was always a problem. That was always a problem out in public. But. Well, I know, and this is a family story, but so I was looking for something to, to bring you along just a little bit so I could enjoy watching it with you. Because frankly, Thomas the Train was wearing on me just a little bit at that point. So I did show you the Star wars and oh my gosh, you never look back.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Lightsabers of every color.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Oh yeah.

[Hunter Bussey]

I think I ripped through those VHS tapes multiple times. Been rewinded and they're about worn out.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Well worn.

[Hunter Bussey]

I still have them too.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Oh yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

I think you watched them so much that the metal came off. You know, I think it's just like a piece of plastic now. Didn't even play.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

And there's probably still holes in the carpet where you used your lightsaber while you watch.

[Hunter Bussey]

Oh yeah, yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

You had to have the battle while you were watching. So it was so cute. It was, it really was. And then you've also got this channel now and I've watched you a couple of times. I like getting in the chat room and messing around with everybody, but you stir the pot a little bit. Yeah. What is this channel thing? I don't. I know this happens, but I don't really understand it. So explain it to us. What's the name of the channel?

[Hunter Bussey]

So the channel is just my name, Hunter Bussy. I need to come up with a name. I haven't gotten that far yet in the process. I'm just having fun with it at the moment. But yeah, just basically playing a game with friends or just playing by myself and just talking to everybody and what's going on in the world. So.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So I've heard about this. So you, you play video games and you are online and people can see you and they can see what you're doing on the screen. And that's all it really is. Right. They're just watching you play video.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah. Stream it off directly from the console, which is nice feature nowadays most of the time you have to have third party things from there. You can just do it from the PlayStation.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So that's the other question. What format do you use? What equipment? How are you doing this? Because I will get email. How's Hunter doing that?

[Hunter Bussey]

I mean, it's literally my PlayStation and I linked it to my YouTube account and I just can go live directly from the console itself and then I use my laptop as a second screen to be able to interact with the chat. So.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So you were telling me about people who did this and made like just boo. Coodles of money.

[Hunter Bussey]

Oh, yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Boo Koodles. Like who, who, who are examples of people you want to be like doing this.

[Hunter Bussey]

I don't know if I want to be like them, but you know, they have a good business model. Like there's a guy named Ninja. I think his name's Tyler Belvin's Balvins. I don't know if I'm getting that right or not.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Tyler the Ninja, Sure.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

I'm ready for that boatload of money to be coming in.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah. Yeah, for me too. No kidding. Yeah. But yeah, there's other people like Courage and a bunch of other people like that that do similar things, but they're way ahead than I am.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

So they just like call their self Courage. Is that what you just said?

[Hunter Bussey]

That's what his name is.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

See, maybe you need some weird name like that, you know, Hunter Buss. I mean it's a great name for, for you and being my son and I appreciate it, but it doesn't exactly.

[Hunter Bussey]

Make the brain tingle. I know.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Well, I mean, you know, if you look at this model, I mean, maybe, you know, you should be, you know.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Why don't you call yourself Fierce or something?

[Hunter Bussey]

You know, go to the drawing board.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Turbo.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

I like the Big Cat.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

The Big Cat Hunter.

[Hunter Bussey]

It's better than the other nickname, Big Cheese.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Yeah, you could call yourself Einstein after our big cat.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah. And the 30 pound monster.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Yeah, yeah, but that, that, that come. That name comes with a lot of responsibility if you're going to be Einstein.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

True.

[Hunter Bussey]

Not that. Yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So what is the next episode? What are we going to see? I don't know.

[Hunter Bussey]

I'm still trying, you know, I go with it, you know, as I go. Whatever's popular is what I, you know, throw up there. If I'm feeling something that I want to show everybody, then I just.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

What was it I liked?

[Hunter Bussey]

You like the one, the western one, the red. It's called Red Dead.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Yeah, yeah, Red Dead.

[Hunter Bussey]

Red Dead. Red Dead, yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So what has been the most popular? Which episodes have the most viewers too?

[Hunter Bussey]

I mean, the one that I did where you were stirring up chaos in the chat, me playing Red Dead and you know, riding a Horse around, mom. Like that. So.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Well, I was back on the Red Dead.

[Hunter Bussey]

I was just having my most viewed stream.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

I was just having a little fun trying to find you a girlfriend, that's all. And we're not going to go into that here on the show. Let's not. But I was just stirring it up. And, you know, we had several. I was shocked. Several ladies. Young ladies, you know, watching the stream that sent in pictures of their sister.

[Hunter Bussey]

No comments.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Good grief.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

I tell you.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Well, I was trying to get your viewers up.

[Hunter Bussey]

Definitely.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

It did.

[Hunter Bussey]

That worked. You stirred the pot.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

I mean, the Dating Game and, you know, all these bachelorettes and bachelor shows, I mean, they draw in the numbers. People love that stuff.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Maybe next Valentine's Day can. That's. I'm assuming we'll still have this podcast next Valentine's Day. We'll use that as if Hunter doesn't have a girlfriend by then, we're gonna have the first bachelor show on a. Well, probably not the first one on a podcast, but you know what I mean.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So you're gonna go out and do all the production? Yeah, I guess so.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah. I was waiting on you.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Who's gonna be following Hunter around on dates, running the audio?

[Betty Lou Bussey]

We don't have to do all that. I'm just saying get a date. You know what I mean? Find him a valentine. You know what I'm saying?

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

What are you saying? Go online to find one?

[Betty Lou Bussey]

I don't know, just.

[Hunter Bussey]

Heck no.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Talk about it.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

I hear that happens here in this part of the world every now and then.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Yeah, I don't know.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

We may have to do a podcast on that.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Yeah, we might.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

You learn all kind of things as you hang out here at the lake.

[Hunter Bussey]

Have you ever heard the term the freaks come out at night? Yeah, the freaks are all on there. That's where they are now.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So what's going to be. What game are you reviewing the next episode and tell everybody where they can find it?

[Hunter Bussey]

I'm not really. Well, I'm not really reviewing them, but probably do a little. The best ones that I have success with is prop hunt.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

It's what?

[Hunter Bussey]

Prop hunt.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Prop hunt.

[Hunter Bussey]

Prop hunt.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Now, what is that?

[Hunter Bussey]

It's like just a separated mode within another game that we play. And you basically have the group of people that hunt the props, and then you have a people that are the props, and you hide around certain parts of the environment while the other team hunts you. And you have a time limit. It's a lot of fun. Creates a lot of good clips. Have one up on my YouTube channel now that seems to.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Can I tell you, I just like the football games.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah, I do.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Like. Yeah, they're easier for me to follow, I don't think. I don't get all this where, you know, the Rifleman's going through the woods shooting everybody. I don't. I don't really get that.

[Hunter Bussey]

We're supposed to get a new one here soon, I hope, and with a better Auburn team on it. So we'll see.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Okay.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Well, I would say this from seasons past. It can only get better. I mean, there is a point where you're so bad, you go, well, it can't get any worse than this. And so that's something to look forward to. And I know you're. You're a big fan.

[Hunter Bussey]

Oh, big, big fan. Big opera fan.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Well, Hunter, thank you for joining us, and I appreciate your help, and I hope that you're able to do everything with these audio files that you said you can do. Yeah. Because if not, it's gonna be a real mess, and we're gonna have a disappointed sales team.

[Hunter Bussey]

No, yeah, we'll be good.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

We'll be good. Hunter, thank you for joining us. You'll. You'll be a reoccurring person here on the show.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So we'll get to hear a lot from you, and we're looking forward to it. I love you. I appreciate the man you've become. I appreciate your spirit, and you're. You're strong in that, and that means more than anything to me as a dad.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah. Well, I appreciate it. Love y'all. If y'all are looking for my YouTube channel, it's just my name on YouTube. You know where to find me. And feel free to reach out if you ever want to talk.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Your full name, William Hunter.

[Hunter Bussey]

No, it's just Hunter. Yeah, just Hunter. By S S E Y. Yeah, don't.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Forget the E. You heard it, folks. Go on there. There they are.

[Hunter Bussey]

Here they come.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

You know, we appear to have a lot of people come to the door here at our house. But anyway, we almost made it out of the segment. We were mere seconds, but, Hunter, thank you, and we're looking forward to that. Check that out. Follow, subscribe, do all that stuff. You know the deal, and we appreciate it. You're listening to Bubba on the Lake.

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I'll tell you where. He's on the lake.

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[Bill Bubba Bussey]

All right, folks, we're back at bubba on the lake. This next segment is a recorded segment. Originally, I had not planned on playing. Our good friend Meg Wilson Bryant dropped by and we were just playing with the equipment, working on it, seeing how it was going to work, and it ended up being a real fun segment. So I wanted to share it with you. Now here is Meg Wilson Bryant when she dropped by the house and we were testing the equipment. We're back here at the back porch studio and joining us is old friend, my buddy. I knew her as Meg Wilson, but technically your name is Meg Bryant.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Right? I guess I could do like Meg Wilson Bryant.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Right? You could.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Better known as megalov.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Megalov. What a great nickname. Mega love.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

It stuck.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

It says a lot, doesn't it?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yes, it does. I may be Meg less a love right now, but I was really mega love at one time, so.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So just to clear you're. You're not married, you're not attached right now.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I am not.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So you. You're kind of looking right.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I knew that was coming.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Well, I'm just asking for a status report.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I'm literally enjoying this single life and all that that, you know.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

You know, this is not the personal ad. Show me.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I don't want to be. It's valentine's back for that. I knew it may.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

It's coming up.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

And you know, you know, they did that to me one time. Bubba set me up to like have a blind. You remember that? Like a blind date in the studio.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

And it was awkward, but it didn't go good. I think his last name wasn't Brian, was it?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

No.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Okay.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That was a different.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Oh, boy.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

And also joining us, the lovely Betty Lou.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Hello.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Hey, babe.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Hey.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

How are you?

[Betty Lou Bussey]

I'm taken.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Yes, yes, you are very taken. She is not available.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Guys, I have always said this Betty Lou bussey is one of the funniest people that I've ever known.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

I agree.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

So this is a whole nother level.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

And quite frankly, I think one of the luckiest, too.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

There's no doubt about that. I think everybody knows that.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Oh, boy. Now we're in deep. The water may not be up.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

We're in deep. There it is. There's the first singer of the day.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Well, and we've talked about it. I said all along, Betty needs her own podcast.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

She does.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

And we had talked about Betty say what? But we never really got around to doing it because we all had other jobs and I couldn't get Hunter to do it. So, you know, it became a problem. But you know what?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

At least it was a problem.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

We're in a situation now that we can, you know, fall. This goes well, we can scale it up. Betty can do her own podcast. I mean, let's face it, everybody's doing a podcast. They are. I mean, if you ain't doing one, you're the oddball out. I mean, it's like not having a tattoo now.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

You know, I don't have a tattoo or a podcast. I mean, I'm just left out in the dark.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

A great story that I shared with my family this weekend about when I got my tattoo on my 21st birthday.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Okay, first off, what do you have?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay, it is. I'm embarrassed to say, it was Dixie Dan's tattoo baller in Italy, Alabama.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Sounds like a nice place.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

It was my 21st birthday, and all of my. The guy I was dating at the time and several friends did not think I would go get one, so I really just, you know, threw it out there that I would go get one in heartbeat. Next thing I know, we were there. Okay. I didn't know where to get it. I do. I don't regret getting. I got regret a little bit where it is, but it's on my bra strap, and it's just a little rose. Okay. And so dog's excited about it. Well, I mean, you know, I mean, so. But here's the thing. My sweet little mother, who's come a long way since this moment happened, but my best friend Glenda had planned a huge birthday party for me, right? 21st birthday. And I mean, I'm talking about, you know, how I throw a party. So we were going to have a party.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

You blow it out.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

And so Glenda calls my mom. She said, I think you should go ahead and tell your mom that you got the tattoo and just let it process. I was like, I don't know. So we called my mother. I'm talking about screams, wailing not screams of joy. No wailing cries of, you've changed the perfect body I brought into the world. And, you know. Anyway. Canceled the whole birthday party to the bed. No. Yes, she did.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Oh, no.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

It was like one of those things that was completely devastating.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So why. Why rose? What does that mean?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

No, literally, Bubba. There was no thought to it. I was stuck. I was there.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Not an anchor. Not a.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

No. I wish I had airplane. I don't even know what I. If I could really think what I would get now, maybe I don't even know what I would get, but it certainly wouldn't have been this.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

When I think of a rose, I think of thorns.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Exactly. Every rose has its rose has its thorn.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Yeah, that's right. Kiss on the rose or something grave. I don't know that song.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

What is that?

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Betty, let's get our titles right before we start kissing.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay, this is Betty.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

This is a family podcast.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Family podcast.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

All right.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

But you have a tendency. You really started off hot by asking me about the dating life that will not take it to a family place. So we need to stay.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Well, I was just. I just wanted to set the table so people would know who you were and what you were about and, you know, so everyone that stalks people on podcast would know to contact.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yes, this is true.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

You should hear what the ideas he had about us talking marriage and whatever. We don't want people to be sick. You know, I said we.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You know, y'all are in relationships.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

We have a lot of options. And I said, you know, if we want to really take this podcast to the next level, and there's two or three about good Christian marriage out there, but I don't think I can cut Betty loose with the microphone.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I was gonna say there is no way. She's one of the most. I love to be around her because, you know, you love people that. That really don't have a filter.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Yes. And that is the case here.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

It is. And so I just think that would be interesting to start a topic between y'all and literally just see where it goes. Because. Because we have done that in our own just friendship. You know, we start talking about something, and the next thing you know, it's.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Well, even though this is a podcast and it doesn't fall under the FCC regulations for broadcaster, I feel like we'd have to use that a lot.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

I probably need one of those in real life. Yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Thanks.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

100. That would be every day. Oh, like, is there a delay or is it just straight talk? You want to catch it?

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

No delay.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Oh, no.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

What if you're standing in public talking to somebody and somebody. Yeah, that'd be bad.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Now we'll catch it post production, probably so hopefully.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah. Depending.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Depending on how good our producers are.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yes, this is true. It's a lot of pressure there. A lot of pressure.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Based on our pay rate, it doesn't look good right now.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

But do you know how good it is for me to see Hunter and Caitlin? I mean, because you were pregnant. Hunter was a baby. Oh, Caitlin was in. In your belly.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You know, we did that shower for you.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

That's right. I forgot about that.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I mean, I've literally known them their whole life.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Meg, how do you like her studio?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I think this is the best thing ever. And. And I don't know, you'd hear a.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Little breeze blowing because the breeze is blowing.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

But that's.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

We're outside. We literally are outside. And we've got about a 90 degree view of Lake in front of us, which is kind of nice.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

This is. I. This is going to be really uncomfortable for y'all when you get up in the morning to look out here and be like, I think Meg's on the porch again. Did anybody invite.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Should I do the porch swing bed thing out here for you?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah, yeah.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Okay.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That has happen.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

I thought we wasn't going to cover that.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Huh?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

The porch. Oh, yeah, that. That needs Hunter. How uncomfortable are you when it starts to go that direction? It's pretty uncomfortable. I can imagine. You know, with it being his parents.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

He can't help. He's got cool parents.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay. I mean, there's no that really.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Listen, I didn't have that. I didn't have that. So, you know, it was kind of cut and dried at our house.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

I didn't either.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

I don't know. My mom is pretty funny. She's not.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Oh, she's funny.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

She can cut loose. Yeah. But just recently.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yes.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Like she came out of her shell in her 80s, you know what I mean?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I love that.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So she does stand up for us at family events.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I think that she's not.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

And she can't stand up. That's what's even funny. I mean, she can, but it's with a wall.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

She does a semi stand up.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Yeah. Y seen a comedian with a walker and I mean, really need it. It's not a prop.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I love. You could probably really sell tickets to that show. I mean, I think. I think that's what people are missing. They don't want. They don't want it so produced that it's not real anymore.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Well, this ain't real.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That's what I'm saying. It's gonna be.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

But it is, if you know what I mean.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yes. There's gonna be really real huge demand for this.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

If you've heard her bit about the chicken in the movie, it's quite. It's quite the showstopper at the family event. So I'll tell you.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I love that so much. Those stories have got to be told, you know what I'm saying? It's not fair for you to keep them to just yourselves, your family. There's like an.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

It's unfair, quite frankly.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Unfair.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

But I can tell you do get your personality from her if you're saying that.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Oh, yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

But what makes Bet thank goodness.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Oh, yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

More than her daddy. To me, though, her dad was a little harsh. He was a little rough. Rough cut.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You know, you don't know how funny you are. You're just being yourself, which is.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

And see, I get to see it all the time. And I feel guilty that I'm. I'm hoarding it all. And I think the world needs to be involved in this a little bit.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

In the words of Clark W, that's the gift that keeps on giving.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Yes, it is.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That said that.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

That was Eddie.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Sorry. Excuse me.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

So tell us, since you're dropping by to visit and we're glad you did.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

A lot of our friends at Drop by are now going to be on the podcast. That's how we're going to schedule guests. Oh, look, a new guest is coming down the driveway.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Who is it? Well, you need to forewarn them about what that means coming down that driveway.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Yeah. It's a religious experience. You got to have faith.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

It was really one of the strangest feelings because. So for those of you who don't know and don't need to know, because we need to protect. Besides, you know, just any randomly, somebody would come up, but you go over the top of the driveway and you can't see down. So it's a literal. Just leap of faith.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

It is.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Over the hood of your car, you see the hood of the house and the lake.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yes.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

And you can't tell where you're going.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

No. So you don't know if you're on the driveway.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Yeah. You just kind of ease over and it's like a teeter totter. You go down and then you see where you're going, and then you drive on down.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Do you remember that ride at Six Flags? The Free Fall?

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Oh, yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Click, click, click, click.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

And Then it pause.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That's the emotion.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

How did it go?

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Sorry.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Say it again.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

You know, just kind of.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Betty, we've got to get her not to do sound effects right into the microphone. But look, it's learning. We were trying to take some pictures out here yesterday, and Betty is from the. I take pictures with my girlfriends and none of us want to look, you know, overweight or anything. So she's on her tiptoes, holding the phone like 100 miles high. And I said, betty, that may work for the girls. It's really not our shot because I'm under an umbrella now. Called my hat. You can't see me, or, you know, you need to get down here. This is.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

It is a whole thing.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

It's a whole different thing.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

I had no idea. I needed a lesson on picture taken before I got out.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Just like when we were having our pictures made a second ago. I said, that's not my angle.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Yes.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

And I didn't. That was such a diva thing to say. I had no idea. No.

[Betty Lou Bussey]

Well, I'm wondering if my foot should have been out a little bit more.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

No, it was perfect. It was. The second shot was perfect. We had to get Hunter to revisit it.

[Bill Bubba Bussey]

We'll be back in just a second. Meg Bryant Wilson, or whatever she's called now, is here and she's our guest, better known as Megalov. She's here with Betty and I and we'll be right back. You're listening to Bubba on the Lake.

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[Bill Bubba Bussey]

Bubba on the Lake it is Bubba on the Lake and thank all of you for tuning in and being part of this podcast. Now we're going to go ahead and hold the show and wrap it up right here. I have another interview but it's going to run us way long and I don't want to get into that here. I do want to thank all of you again for your support. We ask that you go out and subscribe, like follow, do all that stuff that you're supposed to do online. That will help us out greatly as we continue to grow this podcast and be able to bring more and more things to you. We got some really cool interviews coming up on the next few episodes. We don't want you to miss a minute of it. I thank Hunter for stopping by, Betty as always being a part of the show and Meg Wilson Bryant, better known as Megalove. Meg is going to be helping us to some on the side and we appreciate her. We appreciate you guys. Thank you. Love you and we will talk to you again the next time we sail into Portland.

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