Full Show PT 1: Monday, November 17

Summary

The Bert Show – Full Show PT 1: Monday, November 17, 2025

Podcast by Pionaire Podcasting | Aired November 17, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode brings a healthy blend of fun and real-life drama—true to the Bert Show’s signature format. Major segments include a hilarious "Phone Scam" prank, a lighthearted yet revealing "Battle of the Bridesmaids" decision for a listener’s wedding, and an engaging celebrity interview with The OC’s Rachel Bilson. The conversation flows with lots of laughs, honest listener engagement, and the cast’s signature chemistry.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

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1. Phone Scam – The Graduate School Prank

[01:33 - 07:36]

• Premise: Jeff and the team prank call Carolyn, who recently applied for graduate school in education, pretending to be the admissions department concerned about her not following instructions on an application.
• Highlights:
  • The host pretends to be a stern official, questioning Carolyn’s qualifications to teach since she missed minor application details (e.g., not writing a "G" on an envelope or including a memo on a check).
  • The prank escalates humorously, threatening to prevent her from attending classes and even calling security.
  • Carolyn defends herself, stating, “I'm also a human being and I make mistakes.” (05:03)
  • The reveal at the end leaves Carolyn both relieved and slightly mortified.
• Notable Quote:
  • Radio Show Producer (as prankster): “If you can’t learn, how can you teach, you know?” (04:55)
  • Carolyn: “People make mistakes all the time writing checks and filling out forms, and they don’t have problems.” (05:38)
• Memorable Moment: The prankster’s demand, “Is it hard to write a G on an envelope? Is that difficult?” (05:46)

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2. Listener Drama: The Battle of the Bridesmaids

[07:42 - 27:48]

• Premise: Listener Jessica is torn between two best friends—Jenny and Andrea—for her maid of honor. The Bert Show turns it into "Battle of the Bridesmaids" with interviews, listener votes, and plenty of banter.
• Process:
  • Both friends are asked identical questions about Jessica, her fiancé, and hypothetical wedding scenarios.
  • Jessica listens to audio clips of their answers on air and discusses them with the cast.
  • Issues discussed range from relationship dynamics ("Why did Jessica choose her fiancé?") to wedding party experience, bachelorette party plans, and the couple’s first fight.
• Standout Answers:
  • Jenny opts for an upbeat approach and classic bachelorette ideas (shopping, clubs, strippers).
  • Andrea is more practical and nurturing, suggesting spa weekends and discussing how she’d reassure Jessica if she got cold feet.
• Revealing Personal Moment:
  • Jessica candidly admits the likely cause of future marriage arguments would be “our sex life, actually. I tend to be a little more adventurous than Doug.” (12:59)
  • The cast reacts playfully, and the topic is handled with open humor.
• Listener Involvement:
  • Majority of listener emails vote for Jenny, citing her sincerity, fun attitude, and the “never-been-maid-of-honor” factor.
  • One listener reports that Andrea seemed more prepared—possibly "cheating" by knowing the questions ahead due to her more specific answers. (20:52)
• Decision:
  • Jessica, swayed by listener and host opinions, ultimately names Jenny as her maid of honor, but ensures Andrea remains a bridesmaid.
• Notable Quotes:
  • Jessica: “I just want whatever's gonna make them dance [for the wedding playlist]” (17:17)
  • Melissa: “To me, it—I mean, that’s the perfect choice. Jenny’s never been maid of honor, and she’s your oldest, oldest friend.” (25:09)
• Memorable Moment: Playful takes on “The Price Is Right,” with the cast joking about game shows and spinning the wheel, injecting levity as Jessica makes her choice.
• Timestamps for Key Segments:
  • Introductions and setup: [07:42–08:27]
  • Plays of critical bridesmaid Q&As: [08:27–18:19]
  • Listener & cast decision: [19:09–26:43]
  • Price Is Right/levity: [23:39–27:01]
  • Jessica names her maid of honor: [26:22–26:43]

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3. Celebrity Interview: Rachel Bilson

[29:27 - 36:54]

• Premise: The cast interviews Rachel Bilson, famed for her role as Summer on The OC and starring alongside Zach Braff in the upcoming film The Last Kiss.
• Key Discussion Points:
  • Early career memories—Melissa shares having been an extra on The OC, which amuses Bilson.
  • Fan Encounters: Rachel explains people often approach her as “Summer,” sometimes unable to distinguish between character and actress.
    • Rachel Bilson: “Sometimes now people are like, Summer. I just don’t respond because that’s not my name. You know what I mean?” (31:55)
  • Paparazzi Culture: She discusses the mixed feelings about getting recognized and the invasiveness of paparazzi.
    • Rachel Bilson: “My grandmother got to see me—a paparazzi shot in a magazine… Other than that, they’re very, very cruel. Can be anyway. And it’s sort of like they go after the negative and try to put you in a bad light. So that kind of sucks.” (33:47)
  • Hollywood “fame hotspots” and how some celebrities court paparazzi attention by going to certain places.
  • Discusses debut film The Last Kiss, confirming a sex scene exists but no nudity:
    • Rachel Bilson: “I just didn’t want to show nudity because I felt confident about, you know, not having to do that. And we still got the point across without it. So it was my first movie, and it wasn’t comfortable doing that.” (36:03)
• Morale: Cast wishes Rachel well, and the segment wraps on friendly, jokey terms.
• Notable Quotes:
  • Rachel Bilson: “They made a clock with my face on it. And it’s always weird.” (32:21)
  • Jeff: “There must be something about [the first paparazzi encounter], though… the first time is, ‘Oh hey, that’s cool.’ And then the second time is, ‘Oh hey, that sucks.’” (33:40)
• Timestamps for Key Segments:
  • Celebrity interview setup and intro: [29:27–30:30]
  • Fan encounters and "Summer" identity: [31:19–32:13]
  • Paparazzi talk: [32:53–34:50]
  • The Last Kiss discussion: [35:01–36:21]
  • Wrap up and closing jokes: [36:27–36:54]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Phone Scam Realization
  • Radio Show Producer/Co-host (as prankster): “Call me back. I’m over at Q100.”
  • Carolyn: “The radio station? What? … Are you kidding me?” (06:54–07:08)
• Sex Life Honesty in Bridesmaid Segment
  • Jessica: “I tend to be a little more adventurous than Doug.” (12:59)
• Bachelorette Party Planning
  • Jessica: “I want the whole shebang, you know, I want to go and, you know, just whoop it up and flirt and, you know, have a good time.” (16:13)
• Rachel Bilson on Celebrity Obsession
  • Rachel Bilson: “Yeah, they scare me.” (32:13—referring to fans who believe Summer is real)

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Additional Highlights

• Running "Price Is Right" Gags: Amidst serious decisions, the cast spices up the tone with mock game show banter, poking fun at each other’s pop culture obsessions.
• Listener Engagement: The listener vote is robust and referenced as a major factor in Jessica’s final decision for her maid of honor.
• Chemistry & Tone: True to the show’s tagline, the cast keeps the atmosphere fun, funny, and genuinely relatable, blending real feelings with laughter.

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Overall Takeaways

This Bert Show episode shines as a microcosm of the show’s enduring appeal: real-life dilemmas, interactive entertainment, and candid celeb interviews all layered with good-natured humor and authentic camaraderie. Listeners are brought deeply into the cast’s world—whether it’s a prank call gone sideways, the pressures of choosing between friends, or the glitz (and weirdness) of Hollywood fame.

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Perfect for listeners seeking laughter, relatability, honest conversations—plus a dash of celebrity insight.

Transcript

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[Bert]

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[Jeff]

The Burt show all right, Jeff is back and he brings us a brand new Birch show phone scan.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

The woman applied for graduate school for education and she missed a line on her application. So if she can't follow instructions, how is she qualified to give them to our children?

[Jessica]

Hello?

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Hi, I'm looking to speak with Carolyn. Fred, please.

[Jessica]

Yeah, this is Carolyn.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Hey, Carolyn. Fresh message. Colin with the admissions department, Georgia Interstate.

[Jessica]

Hi.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Hey. I got a few issues here with your graduate application and I want to clear these up so we can move forward without a problem. Okay, here's the deal. You are obviously in graduate school for education, which we think is terrific. What we have, though, is a direction following problem, and that worries us because our standards are pretty high.

[Jessica]

Way to say, sorry, did I make a mistake on the thing?

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Well, yeah, you did. Here's the situation. When you send in your check, we ask that you indicate your Social Security number, your ID number on the memo line of the check. And we also, because this is graduate school, we wanted you to put a G on the outside of the envelope, and you did neither of those things.

[Jessica]

Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I must have.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

So I was doing a million things.

[Jessica]

At that time and I must have totally overlooked it. But you got the check and everything because I'm going to classes. Right, right.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

It's all deposited and everything. I just want. Right, yeah. When you were between your college degree and starting graduate school, how many years of teaching did you have?

[Jessica]

I did about four.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Okay. And what grades were you teaching, or grade?

[Jessica]

I did mostly 10th and 11th.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

And did it frustrate you when students didn't follow directions?

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Okay, and how did you handle that?

[Jessica]

I don't know.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Maybe make them do it over or something.

[Jessica]

No, probably not. Are you seriously. Is it that big of a problem with the memo line? I mean, other than that, everything was fine.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Yeah, but we're sending you out to form young minds.

[Jessica]

Yeah, okay, but I mean, I don't think I'm. Okay, I don't think that that has a lot to do with how I teach, though, you know? I mean. Yeah, but.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Yeah, and you're kind of laughing about this.

[Jessica]

I don't know what to say. I mean, it's kind of silly if you.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

I'm probably going to want to bring this up to review, so.

[Jessica]

Okay, you know what? Honestly, can I. Can I. I can't do this right now. Can I, like, call you back or is there someone else I can speak with? Someone Amanda, you know, someone above you, or.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Well, you're more than welcome to call back if you want to. Okay, I mean, that's fine, but I'm gonna ask you not to attend class or even come to the campus.

[Jessica]

Oh, no, I have to. I have to.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Well, we're not even sure that we're going to let you remain a part of the program.

[Jessica]

Why? Because I didn't write something on a memo line?

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Well, because you're going to be a teacher and you, obviously, you're not good at following instructions. And if you can't learn, how can you teach? You know?

[Jessica]

Okay, sir, seriously, I'm not going to not go to graduate school because I forgot. I'm also. Besides being A teacher. I'm also a human being and I make mistakes.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Okay. And I don't think that's a good reason for me not to be able to go to class. I'm not gonna not go to class.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

I don't wanna have to call security, but.

[Jessica]

Are you kidding me?

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

I mean, I will, like. I mean, I think you're kind of being ridiculous. Like, all I'm trying to do is set a standard for our teachers so that.

[Jessica]

Are you kidding me?

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

The next generation of adults is responsible.

[Jessica]

Yeah, but you're gonna honestly send security on me? Like, if I'm like a. I can't.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Believe you're not more humbled, embarrassed by this.

[Jessica]

No, I'm not. I'm sorry. I'm not. People make mistakes all the time writing checks and filling out forms, and they don't have problems.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

I mean, is it hard to write a G on an envelope? Is that difficult?

[Jessica]

Oh, my God. Are you kidding me right now? You have to be kidding me.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

I mean, you know how to do a G, right?

[Jessica]

Yes. I made a mistake. I realized that I was supposed to write that I made a mistake.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

It's hilarious.

[Jessica]

I don't think that warrants me not being able to go to class.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Well, I'm just. You said you wanted to call back, so we'll sort this out. And until then, I'm not gonna have you possibly forming young minds when you've got an attitude like you do, and you obviously can't.

[Jessica]

I have an attitude?

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Oh, my God. Listen to you. Is this what you're gonna do to kids?

[Jessica]

Sir, I.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Is this how you're gonna. You're gonna lose your temper like this?

[Jessica]

I'm not losing my temper. I'm just. It's very frustrating to me that you're telling me I can't go to class when I forgot to write a letter on an envelope.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Well, it's frustrating.

[Jessica]

I mean, I'm not trying to be rude, but do you understand how that sounds? Absolutely. R. Uh huh.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Apparently.

[Jessica]

What's your name?

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

What's that?

[Jessica]

What's your name?

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

It's Jeff.

[Jessica]

Jeff. I can't deal with this right now, okay? This is a little too strange for me, okay? So I'm gonna have to call you back. I'm gonna have to think about and call you back.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Call me back. I'm over at Q100.

[Jessica]

Okay, what's Q100? What's the number?

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

The radio station. The Birch Show.

[Jessica]

The radio station? What?

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

You were just phone scammed. This is Jeff at the Burt show on Q100. And you've just been phone scammed.

[Jessica]

Are you kidding me?

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

No.

[Jessica]

Oh, my God. Thank God. I was gonna say this cannot be real. This is so retarded.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Yeah, we just want to make sure the standards for our teachers are very high.

[Jessica]

No, they're high. They're high. I'm doing good.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

All right. Hey, good luck in graduate school.

[Jessica]

Thank you.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

All right, take care. Bye, Carolyn.

[Jessica]

We will.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

We will scam you. The Burt Show.

[Jeff]

Hello, Jessica.

[Jessica]

Hello.

[Jeff]

How are you today?

[Jessica]

I'm good.

[Jeff]

For those of you just checking us out today, we have been talking to Jessica and two of her best friends over the last couple of days.

[Bert]

And Jessica's getting married in California here very soon. And of course, just like any bride planning the wedding process, she was picking her wedding party, but she's got two very bestest friends in the whole wide world and just could not decide between the two of them who would be her maid of honor. So she called us to kind of discuss it. And of course, the Burt show has to turn it into a competition, which we do with a lot of things. So we had the battle of the bridesmaids between her two bridesmaids that were up for contending for the position of maid of honor. So we talk to them each day, and we actually have a recommendation for you today, Jessica.

[Jessica]

Oh.

[Jeff]

Now, I'm assuming that you have been in contact with both Jenny and Andra over the last couple of days.

[Jessica]

We haven't. You know, they did say it went well. They had fun, but, yeah, I just really, I didn't listen to it because I didn't want to be biased. I didn't want to think somebody was doing better than the other and be worried. So I just let you guys do it.

[Bert]

Okay.

[Jeff]

All right, well, let's play a little bit of the audio from both of them over the last couple of days. Because what we did was we got Andrea on and we also got Jenny on, and we asked them the same questions, and we just kind of sat back, listen to their answers, questioned them a little bit more, and then we put it into the hands of the listeners. We'll all give our opinions also. But there was definitely a clear cut winner.

[Jessica]

Really?

[Jeff]

At least based on the email that I got correct. I don't know about these guys. You too? You too, Jen?

[Bert]

Yeah, I've got a couple of emails here, and, yeah, it's pretty clear cut.

[Jeff]

Okay. Did you get any? You won't even hear this.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

No, but I got them and only one person was mentioned.

[Jeff]

Okay, here was a series of the questions and answers that we asked both of your potential maid of honors, why.

[Melissa]

Did Jessica choose her fiance?

[Jessica]

Well, when we were young, we always used to say something that would be really important would be a man who treated his mother really well. And she told me that he has a lot of respect and has a wonderful relationship with his mother. And I think that sort of just shows that he's a really great guy, and he's really, really cute.

[Bert]

Jenny, I want to know, how many times have you been a bridesmaid and how many weddings have you attended?

[Jessica]

I have been a bridesmaid only one time, and I've been to dozens and dozens of weddings.

[Melissa]

Two hours before this wedding, Jessica is panicking, and she's getting cold feet. Jenny, I want to know, what do you do?

[Jessica]

Just tell her to think about all of the amazing reasons why she is with him and, you know, what brought her to this moment and the great things about their relationship.

[Melissa]

First question I have for you, Andrea, is, why did Jessica choose her fiance?

[Jessica]

I think Doug is a very charismatic guy. He's like the life of the party. He's charming, he's classy, and she just totally loves that.

[Jeff]

On a scale of 1 to 10, this really feels like a 10 to you.

[Jessica]

This match, I would say. Yeah, I think it's pretty close. I don't think I've seen something that's been this good, you know, for a while. I mean, they seem to be in sync. Nothing is perfect in life, but I think that they're pretty much a nine.

[Melissa]

So let's say two hours before the wedding, Jessica is panicking, and she's getting cold feet. So I ask you, what do you do?

[Jessica]

Well, actually, I think I would call Doug and, you know, get him over there and try to get Doug and Jessica together and talking and, you know, see if they can. You know, she really knows how wonderful he is, and he knows how wonderful she is, and they can kind of make a connection and maybe try to facilitate that. And, you know, I do the best that I could to make sure that they could come together, but if I can, I think I'd just pour a drink.

[Jeff]

All right, Jessica. So that was a deep sampling of some of the answers. Is there anything there that stands out to you?

[Jessica]

I think they both did really well. I can't believe you're saying there's one person who everybody likes better.

[Jeff]

Yeah. Let me get them both on here. This is. Jenny's back with us. Hey, Jenny.

[Jessica]

Hey.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Hi.

[Jeff]

Hold on one second. Okay. Andreala, good morning.

[Jessica]

Hey, how are you? I'm okay. How are you guys?

[Jeff]

Good. Okay, all three are on at the same time now.

[Jessica]

Hey, girls. Now they sound nervous.

[Jeff]

Who's nervous about finding out? Right now?

[Jessica]

I'm a little nervous.

[Jeff]

Who is that? Is that Jenny or Andrea?

[Jessica]

That's Jenny.

[Jeff]

Jenny.

[Jessica]

Me too.

[Jeff]

I'm nervous too. No, I'm more nervous. No, I'm more nervous.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

I'm the most nervous.

[Jessica]

Everything's a competition with us now, Jessica.

[Jeff]

I'm gonna have Melissa read off some more of the questions and answers that were asked of both of them before we tell you who the clear cut winner was.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[Melissa]

All right, one. We asked, what would Jessica and her new husband fight about during their marriage? And Jenny's response was that they're gonna fight about how many kids they want. And Andrea said that money would be the number one cause of the argument.

[Jeff]

Does anyone sound more accurate than the other one there? Jessica?

[Jessica]

Well, I actually think it would be a third thing.

[Melissa]

Okay.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Okie doke.

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

I mean, I. We. Well, it's, you know, our sex life, actually, I think, is what is sort of the ongoing conflict.

[Melissa]

Okay.

[Jessica]

I tend to be a little more adventurous than Doug.

[Jeff]

Mm.

[Jessica]

So I. I don't. I think that is gonna be more of an issue than the kids. I mean, I think the other stuff is kind of. Kind of on the same page.

[Melissa]

Okay.

[Jessica]

I mean, I think the kids thing will work itself out, and I don't. You know, maybe money's like a classic problem couples have, but I don't really think we have had that much of a problem with it.

[Jeff]

Are the two of you sexually compatible?

[Jessica]

In what way?

[Jeff]

Every.

[Jessica]

Like, he's a little more conservative than me. I. You know, actually, I'm surprised that they didn't know that, because we've had conversations about the fact that it's like this big myth that men want it more than women. And I'm like, I don't know who came up with that idea.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Hey, keep this up. There might not even be a wedding.

[Jeff]

Jenny. Andrea. Has she talked to you about that?

[Jessica]

Yeah, I just. That's kind of adventurous to stay on the air.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

I feel like we're on Family Feud, and Bert just went, show me doing it.

[Jessica]

Yeah, we did talk about it. I just, you know, I just figured that the finances is. I mean, I think the physical thing that they could work out. I think the finances might be something, but that's just my feeling.

[Jeff]

Hold on. That was Jenny saying that that was Andrea. That was Andrea. Jenny, how do you feel about that?

[Jessica]

Yeah, I just sort of figured that Long term with their relationship, that was not necessarily gonna be, like, a huge issue. And I just thought that, like, the future, in terms of how many kids they were gonna have, I think that's. I mean, I hope she's right.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Maybe it's. Maybe it's situation.

[Jessica]

I would like to not be fighting about that for my whole life.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Maybe it's a situation where you guys just aren't compatible, and then he starts paying for it, and he uses up all your money on hookers, and then it's a finances issue.

[Jessica]

Oh, God.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

It's possible.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

Okay, so did the two of you know that that was a problem, and you just didn't want to go public with it?

[Jessica]

And that's why I don't think it's a problem.

[Jeff]

He doesn't think it's a problem. You think it's a problem?

[Jessica]

Yeah, he's fine because he's getting enough, and she's. Exactly. Exactly.

[Jeff]

Gotcha. Okay.

[Melissa]

All right.

[Jeff]

Wasn't expecting to go in that direction. That might. That might be a second tier to this when this is all over.

[Melissa]

So Jessica is also pointing out some of the questions we asked that had different answers. Another one was your ideal bachelorette party. Now, we asked Jenny that question, and she said we would go shopping in Atlanta, go clubbing, go to a hotel, and have a stripper. And Andrea's response was that we party all the time. So she thought that a spa weekend where you guys could just chill out and relax with each other would be the best bachelorette party.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Nope. Having sex with her husband, who doesn't want to do it, is what she wants to do on her bachelorette party.

[Jeff]

Jessica, if you had to give a score to one or the other there, who scored higher?

[Jessica]

I guess Jenny's a little bit closer because she has the stripper. I mean, I figure it's a bachelorette party. I want the whole shebang, you know, I want to go and, you know, just whoop it up and flirt and, you know, have a good time.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

She is a freak.

[Jessica]

Can of freak. It's my last chance.

[Jeff]

All right, what else you got here?

[Melissa]

Another difference in the question was again, about the wedding. What kind of music would be played at the reception? So Jenny said that the cha cha slide would be played as well as dance songs. She said Jessica loves to dance. Andrea. I mean, it wasn't too far, you know, different. But she said Shakira, Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Eve. And then she said, you have to play, you know, what a Wonderful World somewhere at the reception.

[Jeff]

Who nailed that one? So to speak.

[Jessica]

I guess they're both pretty close. I mean, you know, at first I was thinking I wanted. I went to a wedding and they had a big band and I thought that would be really cool. But then I thought I just don't know if people are gonna like that. So I just. I want just typical wedding music. I just want whatever's gonna make them dance.

[Jeff]

So it's a push here, right? All right.

[Melissa]

All right. One question about going back to you and your fiance. We asked what your first fight was about and Jenny says she doesn't remember your guys first fight. And Andrea says that Doug was partying too much and Jessica thought that is all he wanted to do. He went over the top and even passed out once at an intersection.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Ooh, that sounds like a fun story.

[Jessica]

Yeah, well, I don't really want to talk about that on the air. It's sort of embarrassing for him. I mean, that's. I don't. That's. I don't think that's what we had our first fight about. I think our first fight about was. Was probably something really stupid, but I don't remember what it was.

[Jeff]

Which one answered that way? The drunk at the intersection.

[Melissa]

Andrea.

[Jeff]

Andrea.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Andrea.

[Bert]

Okay, that's not any more embarrassing than he can't satisfy you in the bedroom.

[Jessica]

No, he's not that. He doesn't satisfy me. Oh my God.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

It's not that just he doesn't satisfy you right now.

[Jeff]

It's just. It's quantity you're talking about. Quality is okay. Quantity.

[Jessica]

Exactly.

[Jeff]

Well, maybe you ought to take him in an intersection.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

He'd be sleeping.

[Melissa]

And the final one that you know, that we haven't covered is just how many times have you been a bridesmaid? Is what we asked each one. Which was I think the defining moment for some of the listeners in my emails on their choice. Jenny says she has been to 25 weddings, only been a bridesmaid once. Andrea says she's been to six weddings and has been maid of honor four times and a bridesmaid twice.

[Jeff]

That have any kind of bearing at all?

[Jessica]

Well, not so much on my choice. I would imagine it might be it make it easier for her to not be a maid of honor in mine because she's done it so much in fact, she may even want a break, I don't know. But it doesn't, you know, it doesn't stop me from wanting to have both of them, you know.

[Jeff]

So nothing was said here to make or break any way you were thinking you're still just as Confused.

[Jessica]

I am, honestly. I wish. I wish I could say, well, the other.

[Jeff]

But there was a definite way this whole thing went, at least in my emails, and I think we're all feeling the same thing. Melissa, you want to start it off here?

[Melissa]

Well, in my emails, you know, we'd asked listeners to let us know their choice, and overwhelmingly there was a vote for one person. I only got one vote for the other. So in my email, Jenny was the one that was the overwhelming vote. And I think, and I think for two reasons. One, because she's never been a maid of honor, and two, because they felt like her answers may match hers more and that she was more, you know, more, not, I guess, more. I don't know, motivated is not the term that comes to mind, but I think just not as serious, not, you know, more fun. Like she'd be more fun. Maid of honor Jan Hobby.

[Bert]

All right, here's a sample. One subject line says, hi, Jen, I vote for Andrea. I love the Burt show. And this person says he was voting that way because he felt she was being real. Here's a sample of the emails about Jenny. It says, I chose Jenny because she was so sweet and seemed very sincere. It also seemed to me that Andrea already knew the questions, maybe by listening the day before, and that gave her longer to think about the answers. The reason I think this is because when you ask the question, what would make you think it wasn't just cold feet? And she started talking about him partying so much, sounded like she was going to mention that there was a first fight and then said that she didn't want to skip ahead. So she thought maybe she knew the questions that were coming. And this was from listener Crystal who says, I don't think it was very fair for Jenny, who had never heard the questions before.

[Jeff]

Jeez, some people just.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Our listeners are csi up on you. They're like looking for hairs in the backseat of the car right now.

[Jeff]

So based on your emails, Jen, the.

[Bert]

Majority did go to Jenny, although I thought it should be Andrea.

[Jessica]

Oh, thank you.

[Jeff]

Well, that's the one vote you got actually to eat. That was the one email that was sent to Melissa was from Jen.

[Bert]

I emailed the rest of the show.

[Jeff]

And I have to concur with both of them. Also, a sample here. Jenny stated from the beginning that as long as she is a part of her girl's day, whether it be a bridesmaid or a braid of maid of honor, she was going to be happy. Andrelle seemed too hesitant with everything. I don't feel she would appreciate just being a bridesmaid. And the others that came in were pretty much like, you know, you've just known Jenny most of your life, and she just kind of deserves it because she knows you better, and she's been there from the start. And I'd say from the emails I got, it was probably 95% to 5%.

[Jessica]

Wow.

[Jeff]

In favor of Jenny.

[Jessica]

Wow. Cool.

[Jeff]

Now, I mean, you don't have to take our recommendation, right? I mean, obviously you can veto that, but Andrea, is there anything that you feel like was.

[Bert]

Andrea.

[Jeff]

Andrea was misrepresented or.

[Jessica]

Oh, well, just because I'm smart doesn't mean I should be chastised. I just want to. You know, guys, I didn't plan ahead. I didn't get any questions ahead or anything. I might skip ahead because I just figured there's a whole bunch of stuff coming up that you guys wanted to ask me. But, you know, I mean, I love you, Jess, and I agree. You know, whatever you want to do, honey, is fine with me. And, you know, I think I do know you pretty well. I'm sorry I mentioned the intersection, but I think I recall that was the first one. I didn't know about your sex life as much as maybe I should have. I didn't want to mention it, but I love you, and, you know, I just want the best for you. Whatever you want to do. Thanks. You're so sweet. Thank you.

[Jeff]

Thanks. Andrea, we're gonna let you bail now, okay?

[Jessica]

Okay. I'll talk to you later, honey. Okay. Okay, bye.

[Jeff]

All right, Jenny, Andrea's gone now. How you feeling about things?

[Jessica]

Me or Jenny?

[Jeff]

Jenny.

[Jessica]

Oh, I'm really, really excited, and I hope that Jesse feels comfortable with this.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Did you offer Angie a version of our home game?

[Jeff]

I didn't. I got a whole bunch of Lee Press on nails for her and some turtle wag.

[Melissa]

Turtle wa.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

I thought that was just kind of rude how you hung up on her. And everybody else who participates gets to.

[Melissa]

Take home play the bird show at.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Home, the home version of Battle of the Bridesmaids.

[Jeff]

Hey, Jenny, we're going to let you go also, okay?

[Jessica]

Okay. Thank you.

[Jeff]

All right. You want to make the offer? Well, no.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Jenny won, so she's like the.

[Jeff]

If you get, let's go to the Showcase Showdown.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Yeah, if you get, you get to spin. The big wheels are ready, everybody. Oh, look at that. 80 cents. Good luck. See you, Jenny. How much does this box of dried potatoes worth?

[Melissa]

I get so scared that something's gonna get caught in that wheel and flip underneath it.

[Bert]

Too.

[Jeff]

I would never go on that show because I'm convinced I'm not tall enough to actually spin the wheel.

[Melissa]

I was even old man Bob Barker won't let you do it. He'll do it himself.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

You know, before we left on the.

[Bert]

Trip, I wanted to play Plinko.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

My parents. My parents were at the house and they were watching Price is Right. And it's still on.

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Melissa]

Oh, yeah.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

And it was. It's on at 11am so it was like 11 to noon or whatever. I think maybe 10 to 11. I don't know. They were watching it.

[Jeff]

I was doing the show. But he hasn't been, like, alive in like seven years.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Well, he's doing it like Weekend at Bernie's. Somebody walks. And the woman spun the wheel and it didn't go all the way around, which I guess is a requirement. And my mom yelled at the screen.

[Bert]

That's one stage retirement. It's the Price is Right stage.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

There. You got mad.

[Jessica]

Oh, come on. Put some muscle into it.

[Melissa]

I like the little yodeler, though. Didn't want him to quit. Go over the cliff.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

No, because then it's done.

[Jeff]

Jessica.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

All right. So, I mean, now you have at least the listeners recommendation. I think Melissa and I were in unison also. We thought that Jen was. Was gonna make the better.

[Melissa]

Yeah, I think that. Because from your standpoint, like, if they weren't on the phone, I would have said, look, it's the bridesmaid thing, maid of honor thing. You know, Jenny's never been the maid of honor, and she's your oldest, oldest friend. To me, it. I mean, that's the perfect choice.

[Jessica]

Yeah, you're right. You're right. I mean, I'm gonna really approach it as the fact that Andrea had. Has been a maid of honor before, and Jenny's never done it. And it's true. I mean, I, you know, I did meet her first, so if we're just gonna go for time, I can, you know, I hope Andrea can understand.

[Bert]

I do want to make a quick pitch for Andrea, though, because I really think that it sounds to me she knows you better in your, like, everyday life and that that might be better in handling situations on the wedding weekend. Now, I do give Jenny credit for knowing you longer, but I would just make the pitch for Andrea in that way.

[Jessica]

Yeah, I know. That's why I was. I was surprised that Jenny did better because Andrea has more time with me in the last, you know, in the sort of later part of our friendship. Right.

[Bert]

Like while you've been with your as an adult.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

Well, either way, you have now you. I mean, you've got the scapegoat that you've wanted. I mean, you couldn't make the decision, so.

[Jessica]

And she's. She's definitely still going to be a bridesmaid.

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[Jessica]

She just won't wear the same dress.

[Jeff]

So you are going to pick Jenny?

[Jessica]

Yeah, I mean, I have to pick. I'm already like, past my deadline, so I'm just gonna let you guys. Yeah, I'll just take your. I mean, why did we do this if not, you know, I think you.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Should jack with him and make up another game show and stick with the prices right here.

[Jessica]

I'll be calling another radio station tomorrow.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

So I think you should. You should invite them both over to your house tonight and then set up like your ironing board with four different products on it and oh my God.

[Melissa]

You spent way too much time with your parents.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Like a can of chunky soup. That's like random things too. A bottle of shampoo.

[Bert]

Can you please take him to compound this weekend and cleanse him of this like parental.

[Melissa]

You know too way too much about this show. Once you run across the studio. Let me say your name.

[Bert]

Jeff.

[Melissa]

And then you run around the studio.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Okay, do it.

[Melissa]

Okay. And the next contestant on the prizes right is Jeff. $.

[Jessica]

Hi, Bob.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

$1. Hey.

[Melissa]

You had the exact guest. So you get to take that hundred dollars out of my pocket because I'm a creepy old man.

[Jeff]

Hey, Jessica, we're gonna let you go. Sorry about this tangent, but Jeff was homeschooled.

[Jessica]

Yeah, you guys know that.

[Jeff]

Talk to you later. Bye bye.

[Jessica]

Bye bye.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

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[Jeff]

What you need to know going into this interview with Rachel Bilson here was that Melissa was on the OC before Rachel.

[Melissa]

Yeah, back when the OC started, the way they did, part of their, you know, promotion was they had DJs from different cities come out and actually be extras on the set. And so I went out there and I forgot what year that was that I went out there and did that. So my five frames of fame.

[Jeff]

You know, it must have been four years ago because. Yeah, I mean, the series started four years ago. You were in the first one.

[Melissa]

Yeah, that's right. And so we referenced that here in the beginning of our interview with Rachel.

[Jeff]

She has been on. She wasn't supposed to be a main character, but she was so good people were digging her that she became a full time character. And she's been doing this for four years now. And now she's just like, she's a legitimate celebrity. The paparazzi are following her out. So we talked to her about that. And also she's got a new movie coming out Friday with Zach Braff. It's her very first movie. She's stoked about it. Here's Rachel Bilson on the Birch show on Q100. Hi, Rachel.

[Jessica]

Hi.

[Jeff]

How are you today?

[Jessica]

I'm good. How are you?

[Jeff]

Good. Let me introduce you to everybody on the show. My name is Bert.

[Jessica]

Hi.

[Jeff]

I'm not lying about that. It's sexy. This is Jeff Dollar.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Hi there.

[Jessica]

Hi.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

You and I have never worked together.

[Jessica]

Cool.

[Jeff]

But Melissa Carter can't say that. Melissa Carter can't say that.

[Melissa]

Hey, Rachel, how are you?

[Jessica]

I'm good. How are you?

[Melissa]

I'm good. What they're talking about is I the first season of the oc, I was actually an extra on the set.

[Jessica]

Really?

[Melissa]

So we were in the same, you know, I was, I was in your orbit. I was, we were in the same environment.

[Jessica]

Wait, someone just said that though, in my last interview that they Were on the OC as an extra on set the first year.

[Melissa]

They're pretending to be me.

[Jessica]

Yeah, they are. There's competition. You better get on that.

[Jeff]

My guess is that you took a look at Melissa's work and you said, you know what? This is an industry I need to be in.

[Melissa]

Right.

[Jessica]

Because you were my inspiration. So thank you.

[Melissa]

You're welcome, Rachel. Anytime I can do it.

[Jeff]

I am guessing that the oc, you know, is like one of those hardcore shows where people are so invested in it that I am curious if you have ever been approached on the street from a fan as Summer and not Rachel.

[Jessica]

Oh, gee, that would have to be. Yes, all the time.

[Jeff]

Does it happen all the time? Like, people are really, like, upset with the storyline. They come to you as Summer.

[Jessica]

Yeah, definitely. It happens because when you're on a TV show and you're in these people's homes every week, they feel like they know you and they can just talk to you about things, and it gets a little awkward and uncomfortable at times, but, you know, and they want you to answer the.

[Jeff]

They want you to answer the questions. As Summer or as Rachel?

[Jessica]

Well, I've had both, but, yeah, usually Summer. Sometimes now people are like, summer. I just don't respond because it's like, well, that's not my name. You know what I mean? So I wouldn't react to that.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Are there ever people, and this is a stretch, the answer might be no. But are there ever people actually surprised that you are not truly a person named Summer?

[Jessica]

Yeah, they scare me.

[Melissa]

Really? No doubt. Are these the ones that will probably make comic books for you or, you know, give you little toy horses or anything like that?

[Jessica]

Yeah, well, I've had, like, weird. You know, like they made a clock with my face on it. And it's always weird.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

It's always time for Rachel.

[Jeff]

Good.

[Jessica]

I like that.

[Jeff]

Talking to Rachel Bilson, who is known as Summer on the OC but she's soon gonna be known as the woman on Last Kiss was Zach Braff. And we'll talk about that in a second. This whole thing, the OC Thing, has happened so quickly that I guess when you start rising up the ladder, like you certainly have, there is a price to pay for. I mean, now you're famous. And I think that price is probably your private life.

[Jessica]

Yeah. I think no matter if you are on a show or whatever and it succeeds and people know who you are, you definitely have that. Where your privacy's gone and it's a little invasive, but it also comes along with the territory so you kind of have to deal with it accordingly, I guess.

[Jeff]

Do you remember the first time where you were like, okay, private life going right out the window now? Because now people know who I am.

[Jessica]

No, I think it's like their first paparazzi encounter is always a bit odd. So probably that would have to be when you kind of realize that it's out the window.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Is the first paparazzi encounter cool? Like, do you call somebody and go, dude, I was at Starbucks. I came outside and every.

[Jeff]

Excuse me.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Everybody was standing there looking, ready to take my picture.

[Jessica]

Actually, I'm the one who personally called the paparazzi. So, yes, it was very exciting.

[Jeff]

There must be something about that, though, the first time it actually happens, there must be something like, oh, hey, that's cool. And then the second time is, oh, hey, that sucks.

[Jessica]

Right? You know? Yeah, definitely. I mean, the first time I saw it in a magazine, it was cool because my grandmother got to see it and before she passed away, so that was kind of like, oh, she got to see me. You know, paparazzi shot in a magazine. But other than that, they're very, very cruel. Can be anyway. And it's sort of like they go after the negative and try to put you in a bad light. So that kind of sucks. But I've made it out okay where they've been sort of nice to me. But they're definitely not your friends.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

In a situation with, like, somebody like that we see in the magazines all the time a Paris Hilton or Nicole Richie or Jessica Simpson or something like that, or even, like, a Britney Spears. How much of that in Hollywoodland is, like, staged? Like, how much of that is.

[Jessica]

Well, I know that these people, they go to certain places where you know that paparazzi are. Because they expect celebrities to go there. So it's sort of like they set themselves up. A lot of the time, if they go to lunch at the Ivy or something, you know, there's gonna be tons of paparazzi. So it's really, like, a lot of it they could control. I know some they can't because they just follow you. But there's definitely those situations where they could avoid it.

[Jeff]

If you want to be alone, though, you can get away from that, though, right?

[Jessica]

I think so, yeah. I definitely lay low. Not that I'm that desired in that area, but I definitely try to stay as low as I can.

[Jeff]

We gotta talk to you about the Last Kiss, too. I saw the trailer yesterday for it, and I gotta be honest with you. Like, as soon as this thing comes out, And I think it's the 15th. I'm gonna be one of the first in the theater. It looks great.

[Jessica]

Yeah, please do. It is the 15th. This Friday it opens, and I think it's a really good movie and something you're not used to seeing. So I definitely recommend it.

[Jeff]

It feels very Zach Bratis, obviously, because he's in it, but it feels Garden Stadish again. And we all saw that movie together in here, and it's one of my top five movies of all time.

[Jessica]

You know what? That is such a great movie, this movie. You know, it's not a follow up to Garden State by any means. It's actually a remake of an Italian film, and Zach's only acting in it. He didn't direct it or write it, but Paul Haggis adapted the script. So there's so many great things about this movie, and it is a very real movie and an honest movie in that sense. So I think, you know what? It's really good. And if you like Garden State, I feel like you will like this movie.

[Jeff]

So good. It's gonna be great. Now, as I understand it, and you never know what's true or not. There was supposed to be a sex scene between you and Zach, and you said, you know what? That's just not my thing. Why do you feel so strongly about that?

[Jessica]

Actually, there is a sex scene still. I just didn't want to show nudity because I felt confident about, you know, not having to do that. And we still got the point across without it. So it was my first movie and it wasn't comfortable doing that. The sex scene is still there and it's very present.

[Jeff]

Well, good luck with the first movie. It sounds to me like you've teamed up with great people. It's gonna be a fantastic movie.

[Jessica]

Thank you. Go. See you this weekend.

[Jeff]

I'm telling you, I'm gonna be first in the theater. It's called the Last Kiss with Zach Braff and Rachel Bilson. Also, thanks a lot. Good luck with the movie.

[Jessica]

Thank you so much.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Do you want to get Melissa's MySpace address or something so y' all can be top 8 friends? Cause you work together. Are you cool?

[Melissa]

We already. Oh.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Oh, I'm sorry, Melissa.

[Jeff]

Dude, the time for you to be funny is long since passed.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

Sorry about that, Melissa. Apparently, she.

[Jeff]

She hates you.

[Radio Show Producer/Co-host]

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