When Bubba met Betty...

Summary

Bubba On the Lake: "When Bubba Met Betty..." Released: June 2, 2025

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Introduction

In this heartfelt episode of Bubba On the Lake, host Bill "Bubba" Bussey takes listeners on a nostalgic journey back to the origins of his relationship with his wife, Betty Lou Bussey. Joined by Betty and a very special guest, Sue Marshall, who played a pivotal role in their love story, Bubba delves into high school memories, recounts humorous anecdotes, and reflects on the impact of their union over the years.

Meeting Sue Marshall

The episode begins with Bubba expressing immense gratitude towards Sue Marshall, the woman who introduced him to Betty. Sue shares her friendship with Betty and her role in bringing the two together.

[03:41] Host: "It is a lady that I owe a debt of gratitude that I don't know how I can ever pay you... the former Sue Green, now Sue Marshall."

High School Days and the Set-Up

Bubba narrates the circumstances under which Sue orchestrated his introduction to Betty. It was a cold winter night in 1982 during a basketball game at Pleasant Valley, where Bubba attended the city school, Jacksonville High School. Sue recounts how Bubba's friend Stephen was eager for him to find a girlfriend, leading to the initial setup.

[04:44] Host: "It was a cold winter night in 1982 as we traveled to Pleasant Valley for a basketball game..."

Sue explains that Stephen was the mastermind behind the matchmaking effort, encouraging Bubba to meet someone from Betty's circle.

The First Encounter

Bubba and Sue describe their first interactions, highlighting the awkward yet memorable moments. Bubba humorously recalls his dilated eyes from an eye exam during their first meeting.

[09:12] Host: "I went and had an eye exam that day, and I had my eyes dilated... I think that's the first time I met you."

Despite the initial awkwardness, the chemistry was undeniable. Bubba shares how their shared sense of humor and fun bonded them quickly.

[16:02] Host: "We laughed and cut up just like we do now."

Navigating Young Love

The conversation shifts to the early days of Bubba and Betty's relationship. Betty candidly discusses the pressures of impending responsibilities, like nursing school and career decisions, which Bubba navigated with humor and patience.

[19:14] Betty Lou Busse: "I was in nursing school... I just kind of needed to know. Am I getting married? Am I going to work?"

Bubba reflects on their decision to marry, attributing much of their success to Sue's intervention and guidance.

[19:22] Host: "It'll be 36 this summer if we make it that far."

Answering the Next Generation

Bubba and Betty engage with questions sent in by their children, Caitlin and Hunter. Caitlin's questions focus on Betty's high school days, prompting nostalgic and humorous responses from Sue.

[25:47] Host: "Caitlin's first question to you, Sue, about Betty. Was she as funny as she is now in high school?"

[26:22] Sue Marshall: "Oh, gosh, yes. For sure... She's just... That's how she has always been."

Cherished Memories and Anecdotes

The trio reminisces about memorable high school events, including Betty's accidental announcement of the "Alabama School for the Dead" and Bubba's infamous pontoon boat mishap.

[29:24] Betty Lou Busse: "I accidentally announced we were playing the Alabama School for the Dead."

[42:25] Host: "I was just thinking, this is embarrassing... floating through the air in a pontoon boat."

These stories not only highlight the humorous side of their past but also underscore the deep bond and enduring love between Bubba and Betty.

Tribute to Greg Warren

Towards the episode's conclusion, Bubba pays a heartfelt tribute to his late friend, Greg Warren, who was set to be a guest on a future episode. Bubba shares their shared history in radio and expresses his sorrow over Greg's passing.

[44:12] Host: "I lost a long lost friend this week. His name is Greg Warren... Our thoughts and prayers are with his family in this time."

Closing Reflections

Bubba wraps up the episode by reflecting on the importance of gratitude, love, and the unexpected ways friendships can shape one's life. He underscores the significance of Sue's role in their love story and emphasizes the blessings of everyday moments.

[50:34] Host: "God's greatest blessing and greatest miracle is if you're not praying for a miracle today... It's such a blessing each and every day. Let's just be thankful."

Notable Quotes

• [04:14] Betty Lou Busse: "We finally made this happen."
• [16:11] Betty Lou Busse: "I love the confidence that I had to just call and say, why didn't you call?"
• [19:32] Host: "It worked out. It is."
• [27:00] Host: "She's beautiful, she's blonde, she's funny, she walks on her tiptoes. I mean, who doesn't love that?"
• [44:18] Sue Marshall: "Hey, I'm just happy y'all are happy. That's all that matters."

Conclusion

"When Bubba Met Betty..." is a touching episode that celebrates love, friendship, and the serendipitous moments that bring people together. Through laughter, shared memories, and heartfelt gratitude, Bubba, Betty, and Sue remind listeners of the beauty of authentic connections and the enduring power of love stories nurtured over decades.

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Transcript

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[Bubba]

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[Host]

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[Bubba]

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[Host]

Let's go. Hello, hello, hello and welcome to another edition of Bubba on the Lake. We're glad to have you along. We want to thank you for being a part of this podcast. We are having a great time doing it and we hope that you are enjoying it half as much as we're enjoying Put it toget putting it together for you. Of course. We're broadcasting from the Meliella studio and Our website is BubbaontheLake.com and of course you can reach out and contact [e-mail] don't forget to subscribe, turn on notifications and all that other stuff so you never miss any anything coming from the show. And we have quite a summer lined up of shows and podcasts that I think that you will enjoy. So we appreciate you being there. Today we're going to introduce you to a very, very special lady. And dare I say, this whole podcast would probably not be going on if it had not been for her many, many years ago. So we're going to go ahead, take a quick break. We want to thank all of these sponsors that make it possible and, and we'll be right back and introduce you to a very, very special lady.

[Bubba]

You're listening to Bubba, Bubba on the Lake.

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[Host]

Well, welcome back. And we have got a very special guest here in the Melayella Studio today. It is a lady that I owe a debt of gratitude that I don't know how I can ever pay you. The former Sue Green, now Sue Marshall. She is the lady that introduced me to Betty Lou Busse. Sue, how are you?

[Sue Marshall]

I'm doing great, Bill. How are you?

[Host]

You know, we've wanted to talk to you about this for a long time, and we'll get into that. Let's bring in my better half. Betty, how are you?

[Sue Marshall]

Great.

[Betty Lou Busse]

How are you?

[Host]

Can you believe we finally. We finally got Sue.

[Betty Lou Busse]

We finally made this happen.

[Host]

You know, so many times, sue, we've. Over the years, we would be having a special moment, you know, just staring into each other's eyes and.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, yes, we do that so often.

[Host]

Or the sunset. And I said, you know, we need to thank sue for this moment, because she is responsible for this.

[Sue Marshall]

Well, we appreciate. I appreciate it.

[Host]

You did good. I did.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I think I did. Way back in 1983 or 82. 82, yeah, that's right.

[Host]

It was a cold winter night in 1982 as we traveled to Pleasant Valley.

[Betty Lou Busse]

For a basketball game, and here I was.

[Host]

So the setup for this is that Betty and Sue went to Pleasant Valley, and it was a smaller country school that just had opened up at the time. Yeah, county school out in the county. And me and your current boyfriend at that time went to the city school, which was Jacksonville High School. And, man, I mean, I remember that night because he was just bugging me to death to go to the basketball game. And, you know, we both had basketball. Basketball is big at both schools, and y' all. But y' all were a smaller school, so, you know, we didn't play each other directly, but y' all played and we played, and it was usually on different nights. So, you know, if you're a high school kid, any reason to go out? Well, Stephen had called me, and he was just wearing me out, and he. And I thought, you know, I really didn't want to go, and I don't know what to do. I said, okay, I'll go. I'll go. So we go and we see you, and we're having a good time, and, you know, we're always cutting up, and we're gonna go. We're gonna have a good time. And. And I remember you saying, I need to get you a girlfriend out here.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, well, he actually told me we need to fix him up with one of your friends, you know, so.

[Host]

So I. I never knew Was it you plotting that, or was it him plotting?

[Sue Marshall]

It was him, actually. Yeah. He was like, we need to. We need to find him a girlfriend. And which one of your friends would be perfect?

[Host]

Because I think you had a choice. He.

[Sue Marshall]

He knew you made a choice. Yeah, he.

[Host]

He. I think he knew that if I had a girlfriend or. I thought all along you were the one thinking this, that I would be out there more often, thus he would be out there more often. That was the kind of. The scheme of the whole thing, right.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, that was actually his idea. He would see you more if he had a buddy, and.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Host]

So you. And we'll just. You know, we'll just walk through this story as it happened. I remember you telling me, we got to get you a woman out here. And you said, just pick one out. Pick any one out. Any one out, and I'll fix you up.

[Betty Lou Busse]

All right?

[Host]

And I thought, well, you know, I kind of got it going on. And so, you know the white painter's pants. Yeah. Oh, yeah, absolutely. Probably overalls or something, you know, and do you remember telling me that? Just pick anybody out?

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, my gosh.

[Host]

And. And I picked out somebody and you said they were unavailable.

[Sue Marshall]

That's right. Yeah. Choose again. Gotta choose again.

[Betty Lou Busse]

You heard that right, folks. I was not first choice, but here I am.

[Sue Marshall]

Okay, look, who won.

[Host]

And you. You even went into. I think, because you were afraid it hurt my feelings or a little bit that you said, oh, well, you know, she's had a boyfriend since kindergarten. I mean, this is a long. I mean, any. Anything. Anybody else, we could work that out, you know, But I mean, it's. It's just been long term. And. And I was looking around, you know, trying to see, and we were looking at the cheerleaders down there because we were up top. And I said, what about that bouncy blonde down there on the end? It's walking on her tiptoe. She was cute.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, yeah.

[Host]

And I could tell she had a lot of energy.

[Sue Marshall]

I was like, oh, yeah, yeah, that's Betty.

[Host]

See, the dogs even agree.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, yeah. They said, yeah, I'm talking about my mama.

[Host]

And. And you said, I can make that happen.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Host]

So what did you do then?

[Sue Marshall]

So I just asked Betty and I. And Betty at the time couldn't date.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

Should I say that?

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, well, you know, my mom knows now.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, Sorry. But yeah. So I was like, well, to say.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Sorry, Mom a lot.

[Host]

If she survived last week, she'll make it through anything.

[Sue Marshall]

She could. She could spend the night with me, and we'll double date, and my mom will cover.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, gosh.

[Host]

Well, I thought we were just visiting a movie.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, it was very. Yeah. Innocent fun.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

You know, high school.

[Sue Marshall]

That's right. Just met.

[Host]

So you Was it. I forgot what the next event was. It. Was it a beauty pageant that I came to shoot pictures for somebody.

[Betty Lou Busse]

You came and took pictures, and I don't know if you were there or.

[Sue Marshall]

I was in the beauty pageant already.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Okay.

[Host]

I already knew that Betty was the chosen one and that we were going to try to work this out, but for some reason, I went and had an eye exam that day, and I had my eyes dilated, which I. You know, you look strange anyway when you do that, and I think that's the first time I met you.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Well, yeah, just. We didn't really meet that night at the ball game. Just maybe in passing.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. Just kind of.

[Host]

Yeah. Sue sold you off. That was it, basically.

[Betty Lou Busse]

So we did talk for a minute at the.

[Host]

Yes.

[Betty Lou Busse]

At the pageant. You took some pictures and all that. So that picture's around here somewhere. I don't know.

[Host]

And you did. You did. You think I look weird with my eyes dilated?

[Betty Lou Busse]

Could you tell thinking, what weirdo comes to take pictures that just had his eyes dilated? You know what I mean? I thought, how focused can you be? Yeah. How can you get your picture focus? So I don't know, but I thought, well, I guess I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

[Host]

And we've. We've told the story about us dating on the radio before and probably need to retell that just for the podcast audience. But we. We hung out some and went to a few places, and then we had an athletic banquet that you invited me to.

[Betty Lou Busse]

You went to that?

[Host]

I'm sorry, I went to that.

[Betty Lou Busse]

It was the. The great lip. Lip. I can't say lip sync after party.

[Host]

That's easy for you to say. Yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

That you missed.

[Host]

I did. I slept right through it. I slept right through it. And. But. And there's no excuse, but I did have a reason, and I had to cut. Saturday was cutting grass. Here we go.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Striking the violins.

[Host]

Listen, we didn't have a riding mower. I mean, it was this. This is one of those stories. This is. So I had to cut our grass with a push more. We had a huge yard. We had all. It was on a hill. We had a big ditch wonder. I still have toes. Honestly, as much as I slipped on that heel. And I used to cut with flip flops on, you know, Brilliant. So we also had to cut other yards in the neighborhood. You know, my dad made me cut up some other people's yards too. You know, the widows, we had to take care of them. And so I would break at lunch and then go back with a weed eater and do the afternoon. Then I would usually chill for a few minutes and get a shower, go out, do whatever we're doing. And when I. When I had my cool down, I fell asleep. And when I woke up, it was about 10 o' clock at night and Betty had already called to chew me.

[Sue Marshall]

Out and curfew was 11, so. Yeah, you blew it.

[Host]

It was a done day.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Curfew. Yeah, I abided by that.

[Host]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, mine was too, because Bodie bus, he didn't play no games. I remember telling him that I needed more time because things, you know, I didn't have enough time when I go out.

[Sue Marshall]

He said, too many chores.

[Host]

He said, start earlier. He said, you leave at three in the afternoon. I don't care. I said, yeah, but nobody else is. There's nobody out there. So anyway, Betty got mad. We didn't talk for a long time and we ran into each other a couple of times.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, you did. And bless your heart, you chose a firm for some reason back in the 80s.

[Host]

She always brings that up. Always. I'd like for this to be a sweet story, you know.

[Betty Lou Busse]

You know, curly hair.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Betty's like, what, dodge that? No.

[Host]

So. And I. I saw you at the blood drive where you passed out. Yeah, that and I. I caught you and kept you from. From hitting your head on the ground.

[Betty Lou Busse]

You did. That was very nice. Thank you.

[Host]

You're welcome. I really did it because I wanted your cooking. You weren't.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I know. I know you did.

[Host]

And I saw you at two or three events at college.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, I remember seeing the parking lot going into the Stone Center. Whatever. Yeah, whatever. History.

[Host]

And then we. You actually dated a friend of mine for a while and I saw you coming over to their house in high school. Well, I'm just talking about in general, the whole, whole deal in between. And then we. We. I ran into you at a remote at movie gallery, right Back when people rented movies. Now, some of you have no idea what that is now, but that was a big thing on Friday. Get your arm full of movies for.

[Sue Marshall]

The weekend all the time.

[Host]

And you had to be. You had to be kind. And rewind.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, exactly.

[Host]

So after that, that evening. Pretty funny. Betty was engaged at the time and.

[Betty Lou Busse]

You don't have to go into that again.

[Host]

And What. What do you. You want to wrap up here all day? Oh, you want to focus on Sue's part? Okay, well, we. We probably need to finish that whole story at some point. But you. You handed me a phone number, and I tried to call you. I thought mixed messages here, because I just saw she's wearing engagement ring, you know, but look, engaged is not married. Let's be clear.

[Sue Marshall]

Okay, sure.

[Host]

And she gave me a number, and I tried to call it, and it was the wrong number. It's some old lady. And she was very tired of me calling, asking for Betty. I mean, she was getting mad at one point, so I thought, well, Betty is still mad about that high school thing. I. Still mad about it. I cannot believe it.

[Sue Marshall]

She gave me the wrong number on purpose.

[Host]

That's what I thought. That's what I thought.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I really didn't.

[Host]

So it was about. I think it was about. I think it was about Friday. The week after that, she calls me and says, why haven't you called? And I said, I tried, but it was the wrong number, and some old lady's really tired of me trying. She said, that's not the wrong number. And I read it back to her because I still had it on my desk. She said, that ain't my number. I said, I know, I know. And she said, why don't we go see a movie again?

[Betty Lou Busse]

I love the confidence that I had to just call and say, why didn't you call? I knew he would.

[Host]

I mean.

[Sue Marshall]

What'S the dealing? An old woman.

[Betty Lou Busse]

That's right.

[Host]

So we. We went out, and you. You want to pick up there that you were in the process of breaking that engagement off?

[Betty Lou Busse]

What do you want me to say about it?

[Host]

Well, I mean, do you just want to repeat that?

[Betty Lou Busse]

I mean, I will.

[Host]

So they could hear it from you.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I was. I was in the process of trying to part ways or whatever, and, you know, sometimes when somebody lives out of town and they go back home for spring break, you know what I mean? And they didn't take no for an answer. You're, like, in limbo over here. I'm like, well, I'm not really engaged in my mind. You know what I mean? But I guess they kind of think they are. So anyway, it was unfortunate chain of events.

[Host]

The timing was a little off. Yeah, but.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, but, you know, it all's well that ends well, you know what I mean? They're happy, I'm happy.

[Host]

So we.

[Sue Marshall]

That's all that matter.

[Host]

We. We went out and I told Betty at the end of the first date, I said, I'm gonna marry you. Because she was so much fun.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, yeah. That kind of weirded me out, though, because I'm like, now what psychic stuff is he doing? Pulling on me, you know? So.

[Host]

So guys don't. That. That's one thing. They can be spooked. Probably. Probably jump the gun there a little bit. But we had such a good time. It was so much fun.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Host]

We laughed and cut up just like we do now.

[Sue Marshall]

She was always a lot of fun.

[Host]

Yes.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Host]

And then party. Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

Always laughing, always moving. 90 to nothing.

[Host]

Always happy, you know? So I thought, wow, I could use that in my life.

[Sue Marshall]

And everyone can use that in their life.

[Host]

We dated for a while, and I think you thought we were getting too serious at that point, right? Too quick.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Because let's face it, I'd just been engaged.

[Sue Marshall]

Engaged again.

[Host]

A week later, she's collecting rings. You know, like you do if you go through the drive through, and I give the little. Oh, I got all. I got the whole set.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I got all those Arby's glasses.

[Host]

And you.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I had a lot of beef and cheddar.

[Host]

What was it you told me? You said, you think we need to.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Break up for a minute? I said, let's just pump the brakes for a minute. You know what I mean?

[Host]

And I think you said, break up.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, well, whatever I meant, not break up, but just kind of slow things down here. Going nuts all of a sudden, you know, and you go, what is it takes two to go?

[Host]

Well, I think it was, you know, break up.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I don't want to break up.

[Host]

So we're. We're all, you know, what we are is a series of choices we make in life, you know, and they're ab. And sometimes C is not an option. You have to pick an A or a B. And then you look back and you go, wow, this is a whole series. This is how I ended up here. Well, I, you know, I was kind of put on the spot. I was caught a little off guard because I thought she was having a good time, too. And I think it was probably one of my greatest moments. I said, betty, it takes two to go together. Which is. That's what we used to call it, you know, it takes two to break up. I don't want to break up. I'll see you tomorrow night.

[Sue Marshall]

There you go.

[Host]

She looked at me and tilted her head. You know, kind of like how a Irish setter will do when they don't understand.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Comparing me to the Irish setter in the world.

[Host]

Of course, the Next night, we went out and we. We kept dating and eventually got engaged after Betty was pressuring me. Then she was foot on the gas.

[Betty Lou Busse]

That's a whole new story. Yeah. I was in nursing school, and I was either going to stay in the Jacksonville area and do nursing or move, you know, Birmingham, wherever. And that's paid a little better for nurses. And a lot of the people I was graduating with were doing that. So I'm like, well, I guess I. I got to know what the deal is here. Am I getting married? Am I going to work? You know, what are we doing here? Or both, you know? And so I just kind of needed to know.

[Host]

She's putting the heat on.

[Sue Marshall]

Yep.

[Host]

Trying to close the deal. And she did. Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

How many years later?

[Host]

It'll be 36 this summer if we make it that far.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

Oh, you will.

[Betty Lou Busse]

God willing.

[Host]

So, sue, you lift the fuse on all that. And so I. I don't know how I can thank you for giving me the greatest gift on planet Earth.

[Sue Marshall]

Well, godly wife, y' all have invited us to your beautiful home, and we so appreciate. We've. My husband and I have enjoyed it, and it's a beautiful view, and it's been great getting back.

[Host]

You know, we probably should have done that, oh, I don't know, 10, 15.

[Sue Marshall]

Years ago, probably, but, you know, it's okay. Hey, we're doing it now.

[Betty Lou Busse]

That's right.

[Sue Marshall]

That's all.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Make up for lost time.

[Sue Marshall]

That's right.

[Host]

So we're. We're going to take a quick break. Come back. I want to talk more about Betty and Hosko. And I have a list of questions that my kids have sent, and they want honest answers. Caitlin feels like for some reason, people are not being honest with her. How we were when we were kids. I don't know why.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I don't know either.

[Host]

So we'll be right back with Sue Marshall. You're listening to Bubba on the Lake.

[Bubba]

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

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[Sue Marshall]

We're happy to be here.

[Host]

So, sue, let's talk. Let's go back to the beginning. You're part of this. In high school, Betty was a cheerleader. Now, you were not. But y' all were friends, right?

[Sue Marshall]

Yes, I moved here or moved to Pleasant Valley the summer before we started ninth grade, so I knew nobody. And she was one of the first ones that just hopped over there.

[Host]

She really does. She hopped once. You walked?

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. And she said, hey, I'm Betty. And that's how it started. And I tried to. To try out for cheerleading or. But no. No.

[Host]

But you were an athlete, though.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, I was an athlete. I played basketball, and I was in the band. I was actually the first drum major.

[Host]

Really? Well, I knew you were a pretty good basketball player. What position did you play?

[Sue Marshall]

I played forward and center, so.

[Host]

Oh, wow. Down in the paint, huh?

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Host]

Back before the three.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. So, yeah, it was fun. It was fun.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. Fun times.

[Host]

What you play in the band?

[Sue Marshall]

I played the trumpet.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, I think we cheered for y' all, too, didn't we? Didn't we cheer for the girls and the boys?

[Sue Marshall]

Oh, yeah, you did.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

So here we were.

[Sue Marshall]

So we all went all to the ball games together and everything, rode the bus together. And all that, so. Yeah, we had fun times.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, it was fun. I still think of you every time I eat a Girl Scout cookie.

[Sue Marshall]

There you go.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I told you that yesterday. You know how different things, flavors or smells, will make you think of something or whatever. Yeah. Jurgens lotion and Girl Scout cookies.

[Sue Marshall]

There you go. Yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Always thinking.

[Host]

Do we. Do we need to expand on that a little bit?

[Betty Lou Busse]

I won't get started on the Jovan musk goal with you. Good Lord.

[Host]

I got a fresh bottle.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, I know, I know. I saw it. I thought.

[Host]

Please, Lord, I thought we got. I'm gonna spray a little that for old time's sake.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Making it. We'll have every deer in the county out here in New York.

[Host]

Well, the rumor was it had deer hormones in it. That's. That's why Betty. She was drawn to it. She had no choice.

[Betty Lou Busse]

It was just a natural instinct.

[Host]

Do you know, I look back now, we kind of had it made in high school and didn't know it. Didn't.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, in the 80s. What a great.

[Host]

You mean the great. Wait a minute. The greatest decade mankind's ever seen.

[Sue Marshall]

Great.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I mean, no cell phones, you know.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. I had to go to a pay phone to call mom and say, hey.

[Host]

Our kids now, I couldn't call because.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I didn't have a phone.

[Host]

Yeah, they panicked at the idea of no cell phone, but. But also much better. Well, nobody could prove you did anything.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Host]

You know, there was plausible deniability in that.

[Betty Lou Busse]

You know, likes do I get, you know, whatever.

[Host]

All that stuff. Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

None of it's awful.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, not in the grand scheme of things, for sure.

[Host]

So, Sue, I asked my kids.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Although, please, like the podcast.

[Host]

Yes. It is a different world now.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yes. Please subscribe. And, like.

[Host]

Hunter and Caitlin couldn't be here today, and. But my. I asked the kids if there was any questions they wanted to ask you about Betty and Hosko. Now, of course, Hunter has not sent one question, and Caitlin has sent a page full. Okay, so Caitlin's first question to you, sue, about Betty. Was she as funny as she is now in high school?

[Sue Marshall]

Oh, gosh, yes. For sure, for sure. She's just. That's how she has always been as long as I've known her. And I've known her since ninth grade, so. Yeah.

[Host]

Did Mom. This is from Caitlin. Did mom have a lot of boyfriends?

[Sue Marshall]

Well, I mean, no.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Morning by you.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Host]

Well, I knew several of them.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

She was very liked by you.

[Host]

Why wouldn't you? Why. What is not to like about her?

[Sue Marshall]

Ugly.

[Host]

She's beautiful, she's blonde, she's funny, she walks on her tiptoes. I mean, who. Who doesn't love that?

[Sue Marshall]

She laughs all the time.

[Host]

Yes, yes. If you laugh, you're an easy target. That. That high score with me. I need somebody to build up my humor, ego, that's for sure.

[Sue Marshall]

Well, 30 something years, I'm.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, it's built.

[Sue Marshall]

I think she succeeded.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, that's right. That only goes built up.

[Host]

So the next question is. I want to know everything, which is not a question. What did her teachers think about her? What did other parents think about her?

[Sue Marshall]

Oh, she. All the teachers loved her.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Well, yeah. I should have got my yearbook out for that one. I could have read you.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, yeah. Now me, not so much.

[Host]

But.

[Sue Marshall]

Betty.

[Host]

Yeah? Were you in trou.

[Sue Marshall]

I was never trouble.

[Betty Lou Busse]

And it was just one. Our English teacher hated you.

[Sue Marshall]

I don't know what I did to her. The first. She was my homeroom teacher. Yeah. The first day I went to Pleasant Valley, she was my homeroom teacher.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, my.

[Host]

And what did you do?

[Sue Marshall]

I didn't do nothing. I just sat there and she just. I don't know. I don't know if it was my last. I don't know if it was my last name.

[Betty Lou Busse]

No. Because there was a lot of greens.

[Sue Marshall]

I don't know.

[Host]

Yeah, I started to say that that whole neighborhood was full of greens.

[Sue Marshall]

I don't know. I don't know. But anyway, didn't go well for me for four years with her. But hey, I got through it.

[Betty Lou Busse]

You got through it.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Host]

But everybody else you got along with.

[Sue Marshall]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

All the teachers were nice. Yeah, they were all good, you know, good teachers. Pleasant Valley was blessed to have our teachers in that community. I feel like. You know what I mean, looking back.

[Host]

And you were an office Aiden.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, yeah. I was an office aide. A teacher aide.

[Sue Marshall]

At some point our senior year, that's all I was. I took B with the eighth grade. I was an office aide. I was a teacher.

[Betty Lou Busse]

A. Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

My senior year was a breeze. I was like.

[Host]

Well, you were the center on the basketball team.

[Sue Marshall]

No wonder to do anything, you know, just.

[Betty Lou Busse]

What are we. We're doing? What do we do?

[Host]

So I'm confused here. What. What are we.

[Sue Marshall]

Never mind.

[Betty Lou Busse]

What does this mean?

[Sue Marshall]

Let's go on.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I was gonna. Do you remember every now and then they would let me do the intercom thing and say something over the intercom.

[Sue Marshall]

All the little.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Morning we were playing. I guess the announcements were. We were playing Alabama School for the Deaf or whatever. That Friday or whatever. And I accidentally announced we were playing the Alabama School for the Dead. And I thought, Juanita Whiten or whatever, you know, she was a secretary. She was about to pop. Mr. Wiggly comes out of his, you know, office. The principal, and I'm like, what? You know, I didn't know what I did. You know, I just mispronounced that one. So.

[Host]

Alabama School for the Dead.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, that. Bit of a tough game right there. We'd have won that one. Yeah, that would have been a forfeit.

[Sue Marshall]

But anyway.

[Host]

All right, I want to be clear. This announcement.

[Betty Lou Busse]

We've already won.

[Host]

This podcast has not been in the wine before we started. I want to be clear.

[Betty Lou Busse]

What time is it? Nine in the morning.

[Sue Marshall]

Not yet.

[Host]

So you. You also, I know, not only had some PA problems, you also had some typing issues.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, no.

[Sue Marshall]

Typing.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, that's okay. That's the teacher that was Ms. White, like me and do you know. Okay. I was supposed to type as the office aide. I was supposed to type the faculty handbook. You know, back then, they didn't have computers and able to run it off, so I was given the job to type it up. Well, the D and the S are very close on the typewriter. They're just opposite sides. You know what I mean? So I'm typing whatever. And I think Mr. Burns was supposed to proofread. Somebody proofread it. Well, apparently, I type instead of sickle. Did you ever hear Mr. Birds loves to tell this story? And so I'm like, crap. You know what I mean? What do you do there? But. But Mr. Purry, you know, the math teacher, you know, she was very.

[Host]

So nobody called. Nobody called to slip up until the meeting.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah. And so she raises her hand. Mr. Burtz said, Ms. McCurry goes, does this leave apply to me? We have had a good laugh over that. But the typing teacher, she is the one teacher. Because I was always rolling somehow over my cord, and it would unplug all the typewriters around me, you know, when I would do that. And I didn't mean to. It just. There wasn't room to move in there, you know?

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, she was very serious. She was like, it's all about.

[Host]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

She was my patient. Years later, when I was a nurse on third shift, I go in there and cut the light on because I didn't recognize the. I didn't realize it was Until I flicked that light on to do her temperature.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Blood pressure and all that. She looked at me and said, oh, my gosh, I know you. I know I said, you're not in hell. It's okay.

[Sue Marshall]

And don't worry, I'm not going to be doing any type of eyes.

[Betty Lou Busse]

And I promise us, I'm not giving you emails.

[Sue Marshall]

No topic.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, man. Yeah.

[Host]

I can't believe that. That it went that far that somebody didn't proofread that before. They said, okay, this is it, and made many, many copies and handed it out in a meeting.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I wish Mr. Burns was on this podcast right now because he could tell you he's the one that could probably tell some stories about everything.

[Host]

Oh, yeah. Yeah, he could. And he's funny. He's funny guy. We need to get him on.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Mm. Yep. You hear that, Mr. Burns? You're next.

[Host]

The old sick leaf Betty. That's good. I can just see her in that meeting, pointing to that book.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I'm sorry, does this apply to me?

[Host]

Oh, gosh. So see, what else about Betty, do you remember? Or what do you remember about Sue? Let's have. Let's have some fun with Sue. This for now.

[Betty Lou Busse]

She was very athletic, you know, which I was not. So anyway, I was always, you know, just impressed that you could do all that basketball. I could not play an instrument because, you know, our school was new, so they drug everybody, tried to get everybody in the band to learn how to play an instrument.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, just pick one.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Well, I tried two or three, and finally they just said, go back to your leading.

[Sue Marshall]

That's how y' all used to do me. Just stick with. Stick with basketball in the band because you cannot do a cartwheel. I know I can't do. Yeah, tried, but no.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, man. But like you said, we're. We're always very similar because neither one of us take things too seriously.

[Sue Marshall]

No.

[Host]

Thank goodness.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah. And even in high school, there was those that kind of did, you know, everything was life or death. It seemed like for them, you know.

[Sue Marshall]

I just had fun in school that sweated.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, I had fun. I tried to make good girls.

[Host]

You don't have to sell me on that.

[Betty Lou Busse]

But I did have fun.

[Host]

I went to college for 12 years. You ain't got to tell me. I changed it to tell people it was a decade of learning, you know, 10 years, because nobody believed 12. They thought, that's impossible. I go, no, it's not. It's really not.

[Sue Marshall]

Well, you know what my dad would say. He was a barber after he retired from the military, and he. He would tell everybody, you know, my daughter's been a senior for four years because, you know, they added a grade.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

Seniors in ninth grade.

[Betty Lou Busse]

That's right.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

We were the first. What is it? Was it. Was it the first graduate graduating class? The charter class.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. And they would just add, we were seniors for four years, you know. Right.

[Host]

We really were.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. And my dad would tell people that, and they'd look at him like, well, you must have a really. You know, she really.

[Host]

She really enjoys studying.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Which, you know, that was. It was kind of good in a way, but it wasn't good because we didn't have anything to look up. Like, I remember when prom came around, and we were like, we're supposed to decorate for prom. You know what I mean? Because normally the juniors would decorate for the seniors and whatever, you know, so.

[Sue Marshall]

We had to do it.

[Betty Lou Busse]

We did it all.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

So that was funny. And we had no clue what we were doing.

[Sue Marshall]

No. We had nobody to.

[Betty Lou Busse]

No.

[Sue Marshall]

Figure it out.

[Betty Lou Busse]

As a cheerleader, you know, you normally would have the older cheerleaders to kind of, you know, get some thoughts from what to do at a pep rally or whatever. So we just kind of came up with our own thing, you know, Went okay.

[Sue Marshall]

Oh, yeah. Did good.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

Just run around and.

[Host]

That's right.

[Sue Marshall]

All their little.

[Host]

Well, sue, we should have had this discussion, like, decades ago. And I. I'm. I'm embarrassed that we haven't done that, but for some reason, we thought you lived in another state somewhere. Yeah, we talked about you a lot. And then Betty said, you know, sue lives in Jacksonville. How did I not run into you somewhere?

[Sue Marshall]

I know. I don't know. Well, I just don't get out too much.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Well, I know. Come to find out, she never gets off Possum truck. That's right.

[Host]

That's right.

[Sue Marshall]

I just. Yeah. I just hang out on. On the Big Valley off Possum tr.

[Host]

If you. If you've got everything you need, why leave? And that's what I'd say.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. So.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah. I don't get off Sundown Ridge much over here either.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, I wouldn't.

[Host]

I'd. I'd like to stay on Sundown Ridge a little more.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Host]

Yeah, there they are.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Dogs like it.

[Host]

Yeah. They're fired up again. The Barkers are at it. So, you know, I wonder, because the. The kids that went to Pleasant Valley would have gone to Jacksonville. Right. The majority of them hadn't built that school. And I just wonder if things would have been different if that had happened. Would we have met? Certainly would have met on the same circumstances. But I knew your brother because we.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Played basketball, because he went To Jackson them all. He sure did. Yep. Old Bobby, who knows?

[Sue Marshall]

It just meant to work out the way it did.

[Host]

It did. And right there, you were right in the middle of it, see?

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. I was excited because I saw high five for you.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Way to go.

[Host]

I mean, you probably would like something nicer than a high five for a gift, but that's all we got.

[Sue Marshall]

This has been great.

[Host]

I saw Betty Meal at Collagia.

[Sue Marshall]

I mean, you know, after we had graduated several.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I don't know how long at that reunion.

[Sue Marshall]

And. Well, no, I had saw you out, and you were like, guess who I'm seeing again?

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, yeah?

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. And I was like. She said, bill. I was like, all right. And then next thing I know, y' all are getting married.

[Host]

I'm like, yeah, you did it. Did you fix any other people up that got married? Are we the. We the soul?

[Sue Marshall]

Pretty much the.

[Host]

So we were the top. Top rung on that, huh?

[Sue Marshall]

Yep.

[Betty Lou Busse]

The old run.

[Sue Marshall]

All right.

[Betty Lou Busse]

I've never fixed anybody up that got married.

[Host]

I think several of who got married.

[Sue Marshall]

Have you? Yeah. Wow.

[Host]

Well, I'm not going to run the list right now. Some of them were through the show. You know, we used to do personal ad shows.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Host]

And we shamed one guy who broke up with his girlfriend to call her, and they ended up married. They've got beautiful kids now. Talk to him the other day, as a matter of fact.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Really?

[Host]

Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

Okay. Nice.

[Host]

It's a good feeling in it.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Host]

I mean, you don't want to just call attention to yourself over it all the time, but, like, I do. But you go, yes. I knew it. I just knew it. That that was the right thing to do. One of those moments in time. You never know when you got that ab and you got to make the right call.

[Sue Marshall]

That's right.

[Betty Lou Busse]

You know, the oab.

[Host]

We are the sum of our decisions. Well, sue, anything else we need to cover about your time at Pleasant Valley? You and Betty ready?

[Betty Lou Busse]

We're glad to be out. Yeah. Glad to be out of school. And many years later, I do not want to go back to school. College or high school.

[Sue Marshall]

That's not.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Host]

I remember in high school, looking so. I mean, from like, fifth grade on, just thinking, I'll never get to 12th grade. Never. And then you get to 12th grade, and you have a good year. Senior, you know, a lot of things, you know, kind of set up to make that a good year. And you get on the other side of Christmas and you start thinking, oh, my gosh, what am I going to do? You Know, I got to. I got to get a plan here, and I don't have one.

[Sue Marshall]

Then it just goes. I mean, before you know it, you're.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah, I'm 30s. Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah.

[Host]

Well, both of y' all look great. Y' all have aged. Well, not all of us have. Okay. Getting up early will add years. I mean, it just. It's not the model year. It's the miles. You've been driven, and I've been running like a taxi most of my life.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Been busting rocks.

[Host]

I'm gonna call Caitlin to talk about your schedule. That is one of the funniest things she does, by the way. So just one more check to see if our son came up with a question. I think he must be satisfied with what we've had. Still nothing from Hunter Bus. Yep. We. We've really enjoyed getting to see you again. And your husband, Bill. And you. You ordered him from up north?

[Sue Marshall]

Yes. Yeah.

[Host]

Massachusetts? No, New Hampshire. New Hampshire.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah. Can't get that from here.

[Host]

He's a super nice guy. How long have y' all been married?

[Sue Marshall]

25 years.

[Host]

Wow. Wow. That's crazy.

[Sue Marshall]

It just goes by so fast.

[Host]

I mean, but think about our age now and in high school, how you looked at that age.

[Sue Marshall]

Oh, yeah. I thought, I'm gonna die at any minute.

[Host]

I thought life was over about 40. Oh, yeah, I figured. Yeah. You know, you're just hanging on after that.

[Betty Lou Busse]

We're in their 40s, and I thought, wow, they're old.

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[Betty Lou Busse]

You know what I mean? And, shoot.

[Host]

Yeah, I don't. I don't feel that started much now, but, you know, it's creeping up on us.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, it does.

[Host]

You got to make the most of it.

[Sue Marshall]

That's right.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Who knew 50 years later my mom would still be telling jokes?

[Host]

Yeah, that's.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, man.

[Host]

Your mom has really come out of her shell the last few years.

[Betty Lou Busse]

She's done well. She really has.

[Host]

How old will she be this year?

[Betty Lou Busse]

94.

[Sue Marshall]

Wow.

[Host]

Is she listening to the podcast?

[Betty Lou Busse]

No, she doesn't have a.

[Host]

You don't think one of your sisters would love to throw you under the bus to let her hear from us? Or Bobby?

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, no. Nah, they probably don't.

[Host]

Well, if she survived last week, this will be a walk through the park.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, she's all right. She'd get a kick out of it.

[Host]

I mean, what can she do? She can't run you down spanking.

[Betty Lou Busse]

That's right. That's right. What is she gonna do? She can't outrun me now.

[Host]

Yeah, you Hide her Walker.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Oh, man.

[Host]

So, sue, thank you. Thanks to Bill. Thank y' all for coming over. And we're gonna try to get in the boat and get a little lake time.

[Sue Marshall]

All right.

[Host]

The wind will die down a little bit. A little windy today.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, it has been windy.

[Betty Lou Busse]

It's gonna be hard to dock it.

[Sue Marshall]

Rainy.

[Host]

Yeah. I'm gonna tell you, docking a pontoon in the wind is a. I mean, it's a little. It's an exercise in geometry and physics because not only are you blowing sideways, you're spinning.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Host]

Because the back of the boat catches more wind with a canopy on it. So.

[Sue Marshall]

Yeah, we don't want to do what y' all did.

[Host]

No, no.

[Betty Lou Busse]

We don't want to go Dukes of Hazard.

[Host]

No, we're. No.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Host]

I still hear about that everywhere I go. That was a real boneheaded thing for me to do, to go airborne in a. In a pontoon boat. You know, they're not designed for that, honestly.

[Sue Marshall]

They're not aerodynamic, Those kind of boats.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Yeah.

[Sue Marshall]

Special for ramps.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Right.

[Host]

I remember flying through the air, thinking, this is bad, you know, because it's like the cone of silence. You're floating, and you're thinking, oh, gosh, what just happened? And you're trying to figure out, why am I airborne?

[Sue Marshall]

You know, why are there pillows going down the air?

[Host]

And then about then, the front of the boat is plowing into the water, you know, and you're like, oh, please come back up.

[Betty Lou Busse]

And this coming from Safety Bob.

[Host]

It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing. It really is. Well, so thank you for being here. Thanks for Bill. And I hope this is not the last time we get to see you.

[Sue Marshall]

Oh, I hope not.

[Host]

We got to pick the pace up. Let's not make it up another 25 years, because chances are I won't be here.

[Sue Marshall]

Well, hopefully so.

[Host]

I don't know. 25 is a long time. Play the odds there Saturday Night Live.

[Sue Marshall]

That.

[Betty Lou Busse]

Like, I went to.

[Sue Marshall]

What was it?

[Betty Lou Busse]

She, like, went to Disney World, and the line was so long, and then I got gang green or something like that. They're like, you know.

[Host]

Well, we're off on a tangent here, so. Anyway, so thank you, Betty. Thank you. And, Sue, I. I don't know how I can ever repay you for this one right here.

[Sue Marshall]

Hey, I'm just happy y' all are happy. That's all that matters. It's all about being happy.

[Host]

It worked out. It is. We'll be back in just a minute. You're listening to Bubba on the Lake.

[Bubba]

We'll Be right back.

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[Host]

You're listening to Bubba on the Lake.

[Bubba]

Hit Me Bad, a production of Intergalactic Pants and Tees.

[Sue Marshall]

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[Host]

We are back in the Melloyalla Studio. It is Bub on the Lake. We want to thank sue and her husband Bill for coming and spending time with us. They spent several days. We got to catch up and laugh and we had a great time. So good to hear from them. And how do I ever thank sue for setting me up with the lovely Betty Lou? You talk about the butterfly effect. If she had not done that, all that we've got going on right now probably would not be happening. I know a couple of kids that wouldn't be around, so we have a lot to thank her for. And you know, you always wonder if it was destiny and meant to be, would the universe have put us back together in some other scenario if that one didn't work out? But I certainly appreciate sue and everything that she did. We want to remind you that we still have the comment line 308 Big Lake. 308 Big Lake. Send those on. Love to hear from you on those. And of course, emails@bubba babaonthelake.com in this segment here and as we wrap up this episode, it is with heavy heart that I have to say I lost a long lost friend this week. His name is Greg Warren. He passed away, and Greg was scheduled to be a guest on this very podcast in a few weeks. Greg has been a friend. He was a few years older than me in high school, but I met Greg when we were all in the big CB craze. He was one of the guys I used to talk to on the CB back in the 70s. He invited me to come up to the College Radio Station, WLJS 92J@ Jacksonville State University and see that operation when he was working there in college. And I went up and visited him and, you know, after we saw everything there and all the flashing lights and all the records and got to hang out and watch him do a little bit of an air shift, I was hooked. I was probably 9th or 10th grade, and that had a tremendous effect on me and the trajectory that I wanted to go. I knew I wanted to be in the radio business. I wanted to be around that. I enjoyed that. And at the time at our college radio station, you had to get in line to get an overnight shift. So we worked on that. And then when we got in college a few years later, we got on the air there, and as they say, the rest is history. So we're going to miss Greg. I had not seen him in a while, and he actually worked for me at one point at a little electronics store that I had. So we had several times that we ran together in life, and I thought the world of Greg. Great guy. We're just going to miss him. We reconnected not too long ago when we were beginning plans for our 50th anniversary at 92J, the College Radio station. And he was at the meeting. We got some pictures made. I actually posted them online with me and him and, and Coach Kelly, and we took a little tour of the new field house there. And I was very much looking forward to seeing him, interviewing him about those early days at the college radio station and everything going on. But sadly, we have lost him. So our thoughts and prayers are with his family in this time, and we just want them to know we love Greg and he will be deeply missed. We appreciate all of you being part of this podcast. I hope you enjoyed that little walk back through history with me and Betty. And we'll be bringing you more and more as we continue, and we appreciate you being part of it. Remember 308 Big Lake Keep those comments coming, keep the emails coming, and as always, we need you to subscribe and turn on notifications. Also, follow us on social media, including our Instagram account bubbaonthelake, and it will be much appreciated. We thank all of you for being a part of this podcast. And remember I said it a few weeks ago. I really do believe this. I heard a preacher say it not too long ago. God's greatest blessing and greatest miracle is if you're not praying for a miracle today. Bore our health and everything, we just take it for granted. But you know, it's such a blessing each and every day. Let's just be thankful and I am thankful for you and we hope to catch you again on Bubba on the Lake.

[Bubba]

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[Bubba]

Bubba on the Lake speaks through the air Voices ripple waters the world stops to stare News and the scores Text spins on his wheel national renown the truth he reveals from the mellow yellow studio he sends the sound echoes through the nation where legends are found the lake holds the power Ripples don't let Riding waves that won't die Late night static stars hanging low Every turn of his voice the world seems to glow Microphone crackles like fire on stone Bubble carves the stone stories makes the air his throne from the mellow yellow studio he sends the sound echoes through the nation where legends are found the lake holds the power Ripples don't lie up on the airways Riding waves that won't die Sports it flies fast Tech turns the tide News shakes the edge Bubble reads it wide Listeners they gather like moths to his flame One man's voice rising ever the same from the Mellow yellow studio, Yo. He sends the sound Echoes through the nation where legends are found the lake holds for power Ripples don't lie Bubble on the air Waves riding waves that.

[Host]

Won'T die here's what you'll find on the latest episode of Bubba on the Lake.

[Podcast Guest]

If you could go back and relive one moment from your career, what would it be and why?

[Host]

You know, I don't know. Maybe get a little clearer operating agreement with our last gig on how that would end. That might help a little bit. As opposed to a handshake deal, I.

[Podcast Guest]

Want you to elaborate on maybe the friends you have in high places or certain things that you've been awarded for certain work you've done. I remember I went through a phase where I, like, genuinely thought you were maybe, like, a CIA human asset or something.

[Host]

Oh, yeah, we went through that.

[Podcast Guest]

Made sense.

[Host]

Well, I probably fed that rumor in your mind a little bit just to.

[Podcast Guest]

Have fun, but, I mean, having a trust.

[Host]

Can I. Can I clear the air right here? I'm not a CIA asset, okay? In no way.

[Podcast Guest]

No, you're not.

[Host]

Even kind of.

[Podcast Guest]

That wasn't even in a cell at all, because physically, I don't think we meet the criteria for that one.

[Host]

But the Bubba on the Lake podcast.

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[Host]

Well, I guess that's another episode. Hunter, you want to go get some ice cream? Hey, let's do it. I'm always down.