Full Show PT 1: Thursday, November 20, 2025 [Vault]

Summary

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The Bert Show – Full Show PT 1: Thursday, November 20, 2025 [Vault]

Episode Overview

This episode of The Bert Show focuses on real, funny, and authentic morning conversation, blending interviews, listener calls, and the usual banter that makes the show a favorite for many. The star segment features an in-depth conversation with Spanx founder, Sarah Blakely, tracing the high-spirited and inspirational path of her entrepreneurial success, the origins of Spanx, advice for dreamers, and the ongoing impact of her philanthropic work. In classic Bert Show fashion, the team follows this with hilarious storytelling and rowdy segments, including “inebriated advice” from fraternity parties.

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Key Segments and Discussion Points

1. Interview with Sarah Blakely, Founder of Spanx

(02:05–23:13)

Sarah's Entrepreneurial Journey

• Origin Story:
  • Sarah came up with Spanx while stuck in Atlanta traffic. After struggling to find comfortable undergarments, she cut the feet off her control-top pantyhose, leading to her million-dollar idea.
  • “I thought of so many bad names for the company, and just one day I was in traffic forever, and literally the word popped in front of me. Spanx. And I was like, that's it.” – Sarah Blakely [02:31]
• Rejected Names:
  • Her early ideas included offbeat names like “Open Toed Delilahs.”
  • “If I named it that...I don't think I'd be sitting here with you guys.” – Sarah Blakely [02:56]
• Humble Beginnings:
  • Founded in her apartment with $5,000 in savings while selling copiers.
  • She cold-called Neiman Marcus and Saks, eventually landing a spot on Oprah’s Favorite Things, achieving instant exposure.
  • “For two years at night and on the weekends, I was trying to get my idea off the ground, and not one person thought it was a good idea.” – Sarah Blakely [06:10]

Overcoming Challenges and Gender Barriers

• Encountered skepticism and dismissal—especially from men in the industry (patent attorneys, hosiery mills).
  • “The patent attorneys that I was going to were men, and they were laughing at me. One patent attorney...thought I'd been sent by Candid Camera.” – Sarah [06:19]
• Self-taught much of the process; wrote her own patent and designed her own packaging.
• “Once I finally got a hosiery mill to make me my first prototype, I called the Neiman Marcus buyer in Dallas...And within five minutes...I was like, you know what? You just need to come to the bathroom with me.” – Sarah [06:48]

The Role of Gut Instinct and Keeping Dreams Private

• Recommends NOT sharing your exact idea too early so you don’t get discouraged by naysayers before you’re committed.
  • “For one solid year, none of my friends, none of my family knew the exact idea. They just said, oh Sarah’s working on that invention.” – Sarah [08:24]
  • “We've got so much going on in our gut. And when you put it out there, you get farther and farther from your gut.” – Sarah [09:35]

Branding Genius: The "K" Sound and Naming Spanx

• Looked at brands like Kodak and Coca Cola, deduced the power of the “k” sound in memorable names.
  • “For good luck, I want my name to have the K sound in it...the last minute, I changed the KS to an X because I did research that made up words do better for products than real words do.” – Sarah [11:25]

Product Innovations

• Introduced “Mama Spanx” for maternity support.
• Designed with comfort in mind—different waistbands for different sizes, “double gusset” (not a “trapdoor!”) for easier bathroom breaks.
  • “On the high waisted one...you don't have to take off your whole dress, your whole outfit...there is a crotch...has a double crotch that will open when mother nature calls.” – Sarah [14:19]

Spanx as a Cultural Phenomenon

• Listeners call in to praise Spanx, emphasizing confidence-boosting effects and problem-solving features.
  • “This is the best invention for women ever. So I just want to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you for these things.” – Caller [13:55]

Philanthropy: The Sarah Blakely Foundation

• Founded with inspiration (and a $750,000 check) from Sir Richard Branson after her run on the “Rebel Billionaire” reality show.

  • “I did not win the show. The winner, Sean, got a million dollars...Richard turned to me and said, Sarah, I have not forgotten about you, and handed me his paycheck for doing the show...” [16:56]

• Focuses on funding women’s education and entrepreneurship, including sending 278 girls to college in South Africa.

  • “If anyone wants to donate any money to the Sara Blakely foundation, it all goes to a girl who's going to make a difference in the world.” – Sarah [22:55]

• Memorable Moment:

  • Meeting Nelson Mandela and his wife, demonstrating the global impact of her journey.
    • “I'm sitting at his dining room table, and he's like, so Sarah, what do you do? And I'm like, well, I invented Spanx. And he's like, where does it start? Where does it end? What does it do?...His wife, like, slapped him on the arm...It's about the butt. Us African women, we need it.” – Sarah [18:32]

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2. Listener Engagement & Spanx Q&A

(12:22–23:13)

• Where to Buy: Saks, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, boutiques, and now at Target under the Assets brand.
• Product Expansion: Maternity Spanx now available (Mama Spanx).
• Impact: Listeners detail how Spanx has become a must-have clothing staple—especially at weddings, work, and formal events.

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3. Hoss: The New Co-host’s Wild Weekend

(25:37–34:38)

MySpace Fame & Early Antics

• Hoss, new to Atlanta and the show, becomes an office legend with hundreds of MySpace friends.

• In his first weekend out, he quickly becomes the subject of humorous, racy on-air stories—hooking up with a possibly engaged woman who carries a $14k diamond ring.

  • “She carries it with her just to remind herself not to get that emotionally involved anymore.” – Hoss [27:50]

• The team jokes about her possibly still being engaged and hiding it, poking fun at ring etiquette in bars.

Atlanta Nightlife Chronicles

• Recounts his romantic adventures:
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre and a trip to “Devil’s Turnaround” (a haunted cemetery).
  • Attending a fraternity party at either Georgia Tech or Georgia State.
  • “We stayed five minutes and she got freaked out, so we had to come back home.” – Hoss [31:36]
  • Endless ribbing from the show’s cast about the girl’s possible double life and Hoss's own activities.

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4. “Inebriated Advice” – Hoss at the Fraternity Party

(34:38–41:21)

Segment Concept

• Hoss takes listener email dilemmas to a drunken crowd at a frat party for advice, creating a blend of raw humor and “truth bombs.”

This Episode's Dilemma: Is It OK To Date Your Cousin?

• Hoss (very drunk) gathers drunk college opinions on whether it’s okay for a girl to hook up with her second cousin.
• Consensus (by various drunk partygoers and show staff): A lot of laughter, Southern stereotypes, and “No, that’s gross” with various degrees of seriousness.
  • “I'm from North Carolina, man. I actually dated my cousin before — we kind of hooked up.” – Random partygoer [36:33]
  • “If it's a second cousin, that's far away from the bloodline, you know what I mean? That's like, twice removed.” – Radio Host (Bert Show) [36:41]
  • “...like, we're not back in the Bible era anymore. You don't need to your own cousin to have kids.” – Sarah Blakely [36:02]
  • “To be honest with you, man, I'm not gonna lie to you, man. The first girl I ever dated ended up being my third cousin...I found out she was my third cousin. And when we still dated — we never did anything...but, dude, that was like my third cousin, man.” – Hoss [39:26]
• The bit devolves into comedic chaos, with Hoss’s own cousin story and show hosts making fun of the “incest question.”

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5. Miscellaneous Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On Following Your Dreams:
  • “Overnight success generally takes, like, what, five, eight years, right?” – Radio Host (Bert Show) [05:53]
  • “Once you put it out there, then your ego gets involved and you have to defend it...and you end up not pursuing it.” – Sarah Blakely [08:17]
• On Comfort & Undergarments:
  • “Men have been making all of our undergarments, and so maybe that's why they've been so uncomfortable…” – Sarah Blakely [05:01]
• On Band Names:
  • “Open Toed Delilahs...That's like a band that would play outside of Music Midtown...” – Radio Host (Bert Show) [02:51]

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Notable Timestamps

• Origin of Spanx & Sarah’s “bad names” [02:31-02:56]
• Spanx 101: From $5,000 to Oprah [03:09-03:47]
• Gendered barriers & DIY patenting [06:09-07:14]
• Listener testimonies & product accolades [13:22-13:55]
• Richard Branson’s $750k foundation gift [16:56-18:25]
• Nelson Mandela anecdote [18:32]
• Hoss’s MySpace fame [26:03]
• Double-gusset/innovative Spanx design [14:09-14:19]
• Hoss’s cousin dating saga [36:33-39:26]

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Episode Tone & Style

• Authentic, self-deprecating, and quick-witted
• Lots of laughter, vulnerable real talk, and off-the-cuff fun
• Guests and hosts keep it “real,” blending career inspiration, raw humor, and Southern charm.

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Conclusion

This episode showcases the unique blend of The Bert Show's entertainment: in-depth success stories, practical inspiration for dreamers, candid conversations on life’s messier questions, and laugh-out-loud group chemistry. Sarah Blakely shines as a model of persistence and intuition, while the inebriated advice segment keeps the tone light and unfiltered. If you want inspiration, honesty, and heart mixed with the relatable chaos of morning radio, this episode is a must-listen.

Transcript

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[Sarah Blakely]

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[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

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[Hoss]

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[Hoss]

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[Hoss]

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[Hoss]

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[Hoss]

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[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

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[Hoss]

You're on the Burch show.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Sarah Blakely joins the Birch showing at Q100 right now. How are you?

[Sarah Blakely]

I'm awesome.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

How are you? Thank you for coming in.

[Sarah Blakely]

You know what? Traffic can't be that bad in Atlanta. That's where I thought of the name Spanx. It's good for something sitting in Atlanta.

[Radio Co-host]

Traffic.

[Hoss]

Yes.

[Radio Co-host]

Serious.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

We have gotten times from time to time from people that say their most creative times in the day are that hour or that hour and a half. If you can just accept it and, like, become creative and embrace it a little bit.

[Sarah Blakely]

I thought of so many bad names for the company, and just one day I was in traffic forever, and literally the word popped in front of me. Spanx. And I was like, that's it. So that's where it arrived in my consciousness in traffic.

[Radio Co-host]

What are some of the rejected names?

[Sarah Blakely]

Oh, God. Open Toed Delilahs.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

That's like a band that would play outside of Music Mid center, the locals only stage.

[Sarah Blakely]

I don't think I'd be sitting here with you guys.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Right.

[Sarah Blakely]

If I named it that. This is bad.

[Radio Co-host]

They're actually at the Earl on Friday night.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

For those that don't know who Sarah Blakely is or what Spanx is, give us the 101 course on both.

[Sarah Blakely]

Okay. The 101 is. I invented footless pantyhose out of my apartment in Virginia highlands. I had $5,000 in my savings. I was selling copiers at the time. But I discovered the best undergarment, you know, out there and. And went on the Internet, got it made in North Carolina, cold, called Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and got my start on Oprah.

[Hoss]

Jeff.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

That was Jeff.

[Sarah Blakely]

I did. Oprah called, and she chose Spanx as her favorite product of the year. And so I had semi trucks coming to my apartment twice a week with boxes of Spanx. I quit my job selling copiers and just went on the road promoting it.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

And we're so missing some stuff in this history. We're so missing. It's almost going, like, too fast.

[Radio Co-host]

I thought of this thing in my apartment. Then Oprah called, then the semi came. And look here.

[Sarah Blakely]

I'm trying to give the 101.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Yeah, we're going way, way, way, way too fast. So you were a copy salesperson before? Yeah. And was there a specific time when the idea came to you? Were you, like, putting on pantyhose? You didn't like the way you looked. Do you remember that night?

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah, actually, I do. I had white pants that I'd spent a lot of money on. They hung in my closet. Like every woman in America, you've got something that's just hanging in. You're trying to figure out what to wear under it. And you could see the thong. You could see the panty line. I went shopping for body shapers at 27 for the first time. I was mortified. They were too thick. They left lines on my thighs, they pinched my waist. And one day, I literally cut the feet out of my own control top pantyhose, put on my white pants, my strappy shoes, looked great. Went to the party in Buckhead and was like, this works. But they rolled up my legs all night. So I thought, okay, if I can comfortably figure out how to get them just below the knee and stay there. This isn't thick. It smooths you out. It makes you look a size smaller. I can still breathe. It gets rid of the panty line. This will be a home run.

[Radio Co-host]

Still breathing is key in that whole thing because even just regular, straight up pantyhose, sometimes you can't breathe.

[Sarah Blakely]

Well, you know what I realized as a woman? It never dawned on me. Men have been making all of our undergarments, and so maybe that's why they've been so uncomfortable, you know? And when I went to the hosiery mill, I found out that the mills have been taking an average waistband between the smallest and the largest size and putting that middle size on every pair to cut costume reduction product and cost. Cut cost. I'm still, like, hungover from my party.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Sorry. Anyway, I've got the most caffeinated coffee you've ever had in your life, if.

[Sarah Blakely]

You want to anyway. But it just freaked me out because I said, you know, you know, Spanx, I'm going to size my waistbands. Because we've been miserable. If an A woman needs an A waistband and an E woman needs an E waistband, we cannot put the same waistband on all of them. So little tricks that I learned, and I think that's why all the celebrities are so vocal about it. I'm not paying any of them to flash their Spanx on the red carpet. I mean, they've really embraced it. And I think it's because of how comfortable it is.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

I'm always excited, like, because an overnight success generally takes, like, what, five, eight years, right? So I'm assuming, because what you said is that men have been designing this part of the industry for so Long. Like, how much rejection did you get right off the bat with this kind of crazy idea?

[Sarah Blakely]

Two years.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Two years?

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah. For two years at night and on the weekends, I was trying to get my idea off the ground, and not one person thought it was a good idea.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Were these all men that you were going to?

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

All of them?

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah, all of them. The patent attorneys that I was going to were men, and they were laughing at me. One patent attorney here in Atlanta later admitted he thought my idea was so bad, he thought I'd been sent by Candid Camera. I mean, really? And I went to Barnes and Noble in Buckhead and bought a book on patents and trademarks and wrote my own patent. I trademarked the name Spanx online. I incorporated online. I designed the packaging on my friend's computer here in Atlanta. I mean, literally, I did it all with $5,000. And then once I finally got a hosiery mill to make me my first prototype, I called the Neiman Marcus buyer in Dallas and said, hey, I'm Sarah Blakely. Will you give me 10 minutes? I'll fly there and show you my invention. And she said, if you're willing to fly here, I'll give you 10 minutes. And within five minutes of meeting with her, I was like, you know what? You just need to come to the bathroom with me. And I did. I had no shame. I did my own before and after for her, and she just said, I'm sold. I'll put it in seven stores and see how it goes.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Just like that.

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah. And I called my mill owner, and I'm like, sam, Sam, I need more Spanx. And there was dead silence. And he goes, sarah, I thought you were gonna give these as Christmas gifts for five years. Like, he still thought the idea was so bad and didn't make sense. He's like, what do you mean you landed Neiman Marcus? I'm like, atlanta Neiman Marcus.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

At any point at all when you were being rejected for two years, were you like, okay, I'm obviously wrong here. These people are trained. This is their industry. They know, I'm just gonna give this up and try something else?

[Sarah Blakely]

I did, actually, and this is an interesting part. Oprah's had a lot to do with my journey on this, but I completely stopped what I was doing and released it. And I remember the moment where I said, I'm letting go of this. Give me a sign. I'm either supposed to do this or I'm not supposed to do this. And two months later, I finished a sales seminar early at the End of it, I went to my hotel room, flipped on the end of Oprah, and that day she lifted her pant leg and showed the world she too had cut the feet out of her pantyhose.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Now, the day that you asked for the sign, this happened. Or this was six months later.

[Sarah Blakely]

Two months later.

[Hoss]

Two months.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Okay.

[Sarah Blakely]

I totally.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

You were gonna wait a long time for that sign, weren't you?

[Sarah Blakely]

I was, Yeah, I was. I mean. Cause I was so in my head about it. And everybody kept saying, it's not a good idea. And I give all this speeches, and one of the main things that I tell people who have ideas is don't tell people your specific idea. Not because you are worried it's going to get knocked off. Most ideas never get knocked off until you're already a success at market, and a lot of people get really paranoid in the process, but because once you put it out there, then your ego gets involved and you have to defend it and explain it, and you end up not pursuing it. So for one solid year, none of my friends, none of my family knew the exact idea. They just said, oh, Sarah's working on that invention. Maybe we'll find out what it is. And it was a year later, after I'd already put enough of my heart and soul into it, I brought it up and then I got the, well, Sarah, sweetie, if it's such a good idea, why hasn't somebody else done it? You're going to spend your whole savings, and then if it is a good idea, the big guys will knock you out of the park the next day. And if I'd heard all that the first day or the first week that I had the idea, I probably never would have done it.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

That sounds like such good advice to me, because I think that within your circle, I think there is. There's almost like this subconscious or underlying feeling like I want my friends to do well, I just don't want them to do as well as I'm doing or. And I certainly don't want them to do better than I am. So if you start, like, sharing that idea, I don't know if it's consciously or subconsciously. You can get all caught up in that negativity based on whatever reason it is.

[Sarah Blakely]

I just think we've got so much going on in our gut. And when you put it out there, you get farther and farther from your gut. You know, my initial gut was like, this works, Sarah, look. Look at what it's done for your own wardrobe. You wear all these clothes in your Closet that you haven't been wearing. You buy lighter colors that you don't wear. You're not alone. And so I just stuck with that. And I think if I had brought it up, you know, you really do. You start getting farther and farther from that sort of intuitive voice that's telling you what you need to know.

[Radio Co-host]

Well, it's a good thing she followed her gut. I mean, I think Jen's the same way, because every time I have dress pants on, every time I have a dress, I have Spanx in my top drawer. For every occasion, you have to. It is like, it is like a wedding requirement at this point. Like you to know what shoes you're wearing, what dress you're wearing, and what Spanx are gonna go with it.

[Sarah Blakely]

Right.

[Radio Co-host]

Like, seriously, it is. And I don't think, you know, I don't think anybody says yes to being a bridesmaid without their Spanx in hand anymore.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Right. Could anybody have said anything to you to make you stop this Spanx process?

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah, I think so in the beginning. I think if I had heard that stuff in the beginning, I would have. I would have not pursued it, really. Also, I was so. I didn't know enough to know, and I think that helped. I'd never taken a business class in my life, Made all my friends that went to business school, Harvard. All these things, you know, after I'm inventing and sitting in my apartment, they're like, what's your exit strategy? I'm like, what are you talking about? I want to exit a room and look good. Like, I have no idea. I have been really getting my real world MBA in this journey.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

I love your story. Congratulations.

[Sarah Blakely]

Thank you.

[Radio Co-host]

I wanted to ask you quickly about the name of the company, because I was reading on your website sort of the ideas behind the name, and I thought it was interesting. It did come to you in traffic, like you mentioned at the beginning. But I thought it was so fascinating how you came up with what sound you wanted.

[Sarah Blakely]

Right. Well, I open toed Delilah's. All these horrific names that have been coming to me for a year and a half. And I narrowed it down in my mind because I started thinking, all right, Kodak and Coca Cola are the two most recognized names in the world. What do they have in common? And I just started playing with it in my mind. I said, okay, K sound. They have the K sound. And I have friends that are stand up comedians. And I know it's this weird trade secret among comedians that the K sound will make your audience laugh. So in that moment, I thought, all right, for good luck, I want my name to have the K sound in it. And that's when Spanx in traffic came to me, and I was like, okay, it's got the K sound. And the last minute, I changed the KS to an X because I did research that made up words do better for products than real words do. It's also much easier to trademark.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

It's also the day the Burke show was born. Had I known that years ago, that's what we would have gone with.

[Radio Co-host]

We could put letters all over the place and people still won't laugh at it.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Good morning, Jennifer. You're on Q100 in the Burt show with Sarah Blakely, the founder of Spanx.

[Caller]

Hi there. I have a great question. Where can I find you? This is awesome. I've never heard of it.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

This is the first time you've ever heard of Spanx?

[Caller]

Yes. And you said it's S, P A N, X. Yeah.

[Sarah Blakely]

And you got to spell that right or you're going to get a real treat.

[Caller]

I didn't think about that.

[Sarah Blakely]

Ew. Yes. S P A N X.com is my website, and you can get them in the hosiery department at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's. You can get them at several boutiques throughout Atlanta, like Intimacy and Phipps Plaza, Mitzi and Romano in the Highlands.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Were you born and raised here?

[Sarah Blakely]

No, I'm from Florida.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

You're from Florida? Yeah. Did you go to Florida?

[Sarah Blakely]

I went to.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Did you go to Florida State?

[Sarah Blakely]

I went to both.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

You went to both? Yeah. You're not allowed to do that.

[Sarah Blakely]

That's why there's. I'm never unhappy on game day. No, but does that help?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

It's a different caller now. She's gone. Good morning, Jessica. You're on Q100 in the virtual.

[Radio Co-host]

Good morning. Hey.

[Caller]

Oh, my goodness, girlfriend, you rule. A lot of girls. I don't hear you telling them about, but those Spanx, we have dimples in our booty. When you put the pants on, sometimes when you're in thongs, you can see the dimples. People can see them. Covers them up completely and then sometimes even makes you go down a size, which is so much better. And I'm telling you, girls at work. I've got like 40 girls at work calling me on the weekends. Just where can I get them? Where can I get them? They rule. This is the best invention for women ever. So I just want to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you for these things.

[Sarah Blakely]

Thank you. Awesome to Hear now, did I hear.

[Radio Co-host]

That there's a trapdoor in some of these recently or. No. A trapdoor like that, you don't have to pull them down, but you could.

[Sarah Blakely]

Go to the girls room. I've never heard that. Yes.

[Radio Co-host]

I wasn't sure what else to call it.

[Sarah Blakely]

We call it the double gusset.

[Radio Co-host]

Oh, that's really nicer than the trap door.

Like on the guys tighty whities. Just a little boop. Just open it.

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah. Listen, on the high waisted one, where it goes. Goes all the way up below your bra. We didn't want to have to take off your whole dress, your whole outfit. So. So, yes, there is a crotch that, you know, has a double crotch that will open when mother nature calls if you don't want to take the whole garment off.

[Radio Co-host]

Is that brilliant or what? I mean, is that brilliant?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

The double gossip.

[Sarah Blakely]

But listen, I got to tell you.

[Radio Co-host]

Guys have been doing that for years. Through the loom. Invented that.

[Hoss]

Dude.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

I've never used it. I've never used it.

[Radio Co-host]

Me neither.

Seriously.

[Sarah Blakely]

Men don't use that.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

We don't use that.

[Radio Co-host]

No, never in pantyhose.

Men don't wear tighty whitey, like she.

Said, when you're in a nice fancy dress. They don't understand because they don't have to go through the whole thing when they go to the bathroom every single time.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

So the only thing.

[Radio Co-host]

Here we go now how hard it is to be a woman.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Even on the box of reach, they have that trapdoor in front. No guy uses that.

[Sarah Blakely]

Really?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Don't you use that?

[Radio Co-host]

Yes.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

You do not.

[Radio Co-host]

What do you do down any urinal?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Yeah. I mean, not all the way down to my knee. Not all the way down to my knees. It's not like I'm my 4 year old and they have to come all the way down to my ankles every time. I never use that door. I've never used it.

[Radio Co-host]

Come on.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Never once.

[Radio Co-host]

You are 100% the minority.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

I guarantee you I'm not.

[Hoss]

Yes.

[Radio Co-host]

How much?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

I'll bet you a million. I'll bet you everything that's in Sarah Blakely's bank account. Avery, Gina. Good Morning. You're on Q100.

[Caller]

Hey, good morning.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Hi.

[Caller]

I like to say that your story is so inspirational. And I just. You know, the first time I heard the word spanks, I heard it on the red carpet. And just to think that the person who created it lives right here in the atl. I mean, that is just a great story. And I still cut my feet out of my pantyhose. And just want to know what colors do they come in and what is the price point?

[Sarah Blakely]

That's a great question. They come in nude and black, and then my full hosiery comes in a variety of colors. There's. There's also a color called cocoa that they come in, and the price points range between 20 and $28. But I just recently came out with another brand called Assets, which is about half the price point at every target in the country.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Very cool. Every target in the country.

[Sarah Blakely]

Every target in the country.

[Radio Co-host]

Awesome.

That'll be a nice little check.

[Sarah Blakely]

Well, it gives me. It's awesome because it gives me an opportunity to give back a portion of all the sales.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Yeah. Let's talk about the Sarah Blakely Foundation. I mean, you got a nice little lift here from Richard Br. For those that don't know about the television show, and I mean, a huge party this weekend in Atlanta. Tell everybody about that and the foundation.

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah, that was a dream. I was on the Richard Branson show, Rebel Billionaire. I, you know, I was told it was gonna be sort of the version of the Apprentice, but around the world was Sir Richard Branson, the wild guy who started Virgin, and he's a business hero of mine. I thought it would be a great opportunity to hang out with him. I showed up in England. I got selected for the show. There were 16 of us. And I go, hi, I'm Sarah. I'm the entrepreneur. And they're like, that's nice. And I was like, excuse me. And the first thing I had to do was scale the side of a hot air balloon at 9,000ft in the air on a dangling rope ladder and have tea on top with Richard. And I'm afraid of heights. So I clung to the bitter end Richard gave me. Unbeknownst to the Fox executives and everyone, I did not win the show. The winner, Sean, got a million dollars from Fox. Richard turned to me and said, sarah, I have not forgotten about you, and handed me his paycheck for doing the show, which was $750,000, and said, Go start a woman's foundation of your choice. And this past Saturday night in Atlanta, downtown Ritz, downtown Macy's building, we had 1200 people come out and support the Sarah Blakely foundation launch. Sir Richard Branson flew in from England, had never been here. It exceeded all of my wildest expectations. I mean, my team worked day and night for three months. I don't think anybody slept. Just to make sure that it could be so incredible. We flew two girls in from South Africa who had never left their township, Bonatti and Pelele. And it was just incredible. We sent 278 girls to college in South Africa. From the dinner.

[Radio Co-host]

That is incredible.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Five years ago, she's selling copiers, and now there are pictures on her website with Nelson Mandela.

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah, I mean, it's amazing. That was a pinch me moment. Okay? I have them seldom, but, you know, all of a sudden, because I'm working so hard, and every now and then I go, oh, my gosh, you know, this is my life. And I was with Richard Branson in Africa, and he chose two contestants. We got on a private plane from Zimbabwe to Mozambique. An armed car picked us up, took us to Nelson Mandela's home, and we hung out for the whole afternoon and had lunch with Nelson Mandela and his wife. And that was a pinch me moment. I'm sitting at his dining room table, and he's like, so, Sarah, what do you do? And I'm like, well, I invented Spanx. And he's like, where does it start? Where does it end? What does it do? And his wife, like, slapped him on the arm and goes, oh, honey, it's about the butt. Us African women, we need it. It was really a moment. Like, God, I was just in my apartment selling copiers, and I'm explaining this invention in Nelson Mandela.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

One time I had brunch with Pauly Shore.

[Sarah Blakely]

That's pretty cool.

[Radio Co-host]

Now, these girls that you flew over from South Africa, I don't know how fair that was, because I'm sure they flew over, you put them up at the Ritz or something, some real night, they go to this party, and then they went back home to their little town in South Africa, probably going, God, America is the greatest. Everything there is so beautiful. And they threw this party for us. And if they ever come back and have to, like, sit in traffic or get on Marta or something, stay In.

A Motel 6 or something, this crap sucks.

Get Sarah on the phone.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Yeah, right.

[Sarah Blakely]

No, actually, they're still here. They're here for 10 days. And different people at Spanx, different employees are housing them in different, you know, taking them into their home. And they're doing an internship with me. And it's just, you know, so great. I asked the girls, I said, what is the main difference between America and where you come from? And they go, the portion sizes. And then they said, and I thought this was interesting. They go, nobody has fences around their homes. So in South Africa, for safety, everybody's got huge fences around their homes.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Johannesburg.

[Hoss]

Yeah.

[Sarah Blakely]

So they were really Surprised?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Good morning. We can speak to Jennifer, but many are calling with Jennifer's question, so she'll represent all of them. Hey, Jennifer.

[Caller]

Hi, Sarah.

[Radio Co-host]

Hey, Jennifer.

[Caller]

1 first say, I've been using your product for. For three years now. Since they showed up in Nordstrom's, I've been using them. Thank you. I'm a firm believer in them. I absolutely love them. The problem is we need a maternity hosiery.

[Sarah Blakely]

Hey, you know what? I got one.

[Caller]

Do you really?

[Sarah Blakely]

Yes. They're called Mama Spanx. I have Mama Spanx on my website. Go to spanx.com and we have a mama version of the power panty, which is my number one seller. The little shorts, we just came out with that in the last month. We have a footless mama and a full length mama, and they give you lower belly support and lower back support as well.

[Caller]

You are amazing.

[Sarah Blakely]

Thank you.

[Caller]

So they're available on your website?

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah, they are. Go to spanx.com and they're also in some maternity stores.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

We're gonna go ahead and we're gonna link over also from allthehitsq100.com because you just get one or two letters wrong in Spanx and you're in a place that Melissa Carter goes to a lot. Probably the rest of you don't want to go to too much.

[Radio Co-host]

He's just disappointed displacing it on you. Spanx with the X is a higher bookmark than the one with the K. I just want to let you know.

Spanx is a favorite of Bert's. He just. He never realized there was another one with. With, you know, pantyhose and stuff on it.

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah.

[Radio Co-host]

Different trapdoor that Bert's going through.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Congratulations on all your. I love your story. I love that you're from Atlanta. I wish we would have had you on earlier than this Saturday. I mean, after the big foundation stuff. But congratulations.

[Sarah Blakely]

Thank you. It was amazing. We raised over $600,000 that night, so.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

And once again, just to Clari. The money for the foundation goes directly to women.

[Sarah Blakely]

I'm helping women globally. I want to fund education and also entrepreneurial ventures for women. So I want to find women around the world and in America just like I was in that moment in my apartment and give them a leg up with funding, and I'm taking a portion of all Spanx and asset sales and doing that ongoing. But this launch was really to specifically send these girls to South Africa. That was the first place I chose.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

And one of the things I think.

[Radio Co-host]

Is at the dinner, like, the cost of the dinner was was it a full college education or a year?

[Sarah Blakely]

It was a year. Each dinner ticket was $1,100, and I was so determined. Each guest got a photograph of the girl they sent to college for a year.

[Radio Co-host]

That's awesome.

[Sarah Blakely]

So every penny of their dinner ticket went to the girl.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

And did I hear correctly on your website, are you picking up like 100% of the administration costs?

[Sarah Blakely]

I am. I'm funding absolutely everything. So if anyone wants to donate any money to the Sara Blakely foundation, it all goes to a girl who's going to make a difference in the world. And that website, I should say, is Sarah Blakelyfoundation.com and we'll go ahead and.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

We'Ll link to it from all the hits. Q100.com also Sarah, really great having you here.

[Sarah Blakely]

It's fun being on here.

[Radio Co-host]

Thank you. Congratulations.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

It's really exciting. We're very, very excited for you and congratulations for all your success. Great story.

[Caller]

Thanks.

[Hoss]

You're on the Burt Show.

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[Hoss]

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[Sarah Blakely]

Whoa.

[T-Mobile Promoter]

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[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Wow.

[T-Mobile Promoter]

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[Hoss]

I'm the worst. I only got my mom a robe.

[T-Mobile Salesperson]

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[Hoss]

So I have to trade in my old phone, right?

[T-Mobile Salesperson]

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[Hoss]

Incredible.

[T-Mobile Salesperson]

In fact, wrap up my old phone too for my aunt Rosa. Forget that. Aunt Liz will be jealous.

[Hoss]

Sounds like my family drama.

[T-Mobile Salesperson]

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[Hoss]

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[T-Mobile Promoter]

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[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

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[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

With Hoss here, I'm not even sure where to start. I mean, there's so many avenues to go down with old Hoss here. Phil Turana, as we told you guys last week, is going to be leaving the Burt Show. Hoss has joined the Burt show from Charlotte, just to make it easy from Charlotte. So he's going to be hanging out with us. And now he's part of the Burt show, right? And last week he knew nobody in town at all. He starts this MySpace page and like by the end of the first day, you had how many friends?

[Hoss]

About five or six hundred.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Five or six hundred.

[Radio Co-host]

There are people in this building, by the way, so mad at you for that. They've been at MySpace forever. They've got like 172 friends, you know, and then they happen to go to your page and they're like, how did he do that?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Yeah, you're not making a lot of friends. Like on Friday, you gotta keep something in mind. The history of the show with Phil Turana. I've been trying to get Phil Turana to hook up with listeners for a long time. Just, you know what? Just go out, have yourself a good time. Take advantage of the girls that are listening to this radio station. Go have a good time. So he's tried and tried and tried and tried for four years and never been successful. Hoss goes out one time last Thursday night. What happens? Hoss?

[Hoss]

She wakes up right beside him. Next morning.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

First time in Atlanta.

[Radio Co-host]

You wanted Phil to be a player, and he's just not a player. It's just not in his blood. It doesn't pump through his veins. He's a good guy. He dates a lot of hotties. And a lot of them listeners.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Yes.

[Radio Co-host]

But, like, he has to get to know them, be friends with them, be a gentleman. And Hoss here is just a big old hoe. So there's a difference.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

You put the hoe in Hoss right there.

[T-Mobile Promoter]

Exactly.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Didn't we? Now? So Hoss hooks up with this girl on Thursday night and wakes up next to her Friday. They go to Fadoz on Thursday night. They have themselves a great time for her birthday. For her birthday?

[Radio Co-host]

Yeah, her 21st.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Her almost 21st. So he wakes up the next morning, and the interesting thing about this girl is she's got a. She carries around something very interesting. Very interesting in her purse.

[Hoss]

Yes, she does. She told me on Thursday night that she is previously engaged and owns a $14,000 diamond ring.

[Radio Co-host]

So what she got there, she had it with her. Got that in a safe deposit box, I'm sure, right, Exactly.

[Hoss]

Exactly. Yeah. She carries it with her. She says that she carries it with her just to remind herself not to get that emotionally involved anymore.

[Radio Co-host]

Do you think she might carry it with her because she's still eng. Did you ever did that thought ever?

Just in case she runs into her fiance.

[Sarah Blakely]

Right.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

I mean, as Hoss was telling us the story, all four of us jump on him with the same theory that this girl is engaged. Dude, what are you talking about?

[Hoss]

Then I find out this weekend that she is going on a trip to a foreign country with him.

[Radio Co-host]

Oh, she's engaged?

[Hoss]

No, man, she's got a ring. She's the one that hit me up on MySpace. She's like, hey, let's go out. I'm like, all right, great, great. That's. That's good. Let's do it.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

So I run this story. I run this story by Stacy this weekend, my wife Stacy. And I'm like, you know, she's got this engagement ring. She's like, no, no, no. I understand it. Like, maybe she was engaged and it broke up. And when she's out at a bar when there's a guy that's hitting on her that she doesn't want. I could see that she slips on.

[Radio Co-host]

The ring so that you can.

You don't do that with a fourteen thousand dollar ring. You do that with like a cubic zirconia type of deal or even a band.

Like, even, you know, like, you don't.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

You're engaged.

[Radio Co-host]

Ring is. But at least you have the merit, you know, the wedding Band on your chest?

[T-Mobile Promoter]

Yeah.

[Hoss]

She showed me this ring and, like, it's one step below what Kobe's wife got.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Really? It's nice.

[Hoss]

It's insane.

[Radio Co-host]

Are you sure it's not from Claire's Boutique?

[Hoss]

You know what? I have no idea.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

What's Claire's Boutique?

[Radio Co-host]

What does that mean?

That's the mall. The little mall. Teeny Popper jewelry store.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Okay. You know, right next to the wet seal.

[Sarah Blakely]

Yeah, exactly.

[Radio Co-host]

Exactly.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

All right. So not only does she have this big old ring, she's telling you she's going out of the country with her fiance. Her fiance fiance. So, I mean, if she's engaged. So you see her Thursday night and you don't see her again? You're just on the phone with her all weekend or what?

[Hoss]

No, we. We went out Friday night and we went out Saturday night as well.

[Radio Co-host]

And she is not afraid about you talking about her on the radio?

[Hoss]

Apparently not.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Well, we haven't said her name or any distinguishing.

[Radio Co-host]

I thought her name was Amber.

[Hoss]

Didn't you say that's what. That's what we're. That's what we're saying.

[Radio Co-host]

Calling her. We're not.

But that's not her real name.

No.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

No.

[Radio Co-host]

You know what?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Thriller. We didn't put her through the name Discovery.

[Hoss]

It may not be Amber.

[Radio Co-host]

Her real name is Mrs. Carlson. That's her real name. We could call her that if that's easier.

[Hoss]

That's fine.

[Radio Co-host]

The missus. Why don't we just call her the missus?

The blushing bride.

Right.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Did she say where she's going?

[Hoss]

She just said she was going to a foreign country.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Foreign country?

[Radio Co-host]

I think a lot of people. A lot of people honeymoon in Paris.

[Hoss]

She probably is going there, but it.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Didn'T stop her from hanging out with you all days and nights. So this guy is out of town? Town?

[Hoss]

I. I would assume so, yeah. You know, I never thought if he was in town or not.

[Radio Co-host]

I thought you never even thought he was in town.

[Hoss]

Why do I have to? Exactly.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Why would he ask? Yeah, absolutely.

[Radio Co-host]

I'm going to try that. Let's go out this weekend, Bert. Try to pick up chicks. We'll. We'll take our wedding bands off and put them in our pocket. And then as the pickup line, we'll explain. Yeah. Our hearts were broken. We just carry our wedding band. Please try to ignore the fact that the skin underneath my wedding band hasn't seen the light of day in five years. If you could avoid that, it would be cool.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

So where did you go this weekend? You're starting to See a little bit more of Atlanta. Finally out of the apartment.

[Hoss]

Friday night, me and quote unquote, Amber, we went to go see a movie. Went to see Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And then we went to this place called Devil's Turnaround.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

I don't even know this chunk.

[Radio Co-host]

I thought that was a move. I didn't think that was it.

[Hoss]

Ended up being. No, no. We went to this place called Devil's Turnaround. It's supposed to be like a haun. Haunted war cemetery. So we went out there and it was about a 30 minute drive. We stayed.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Have y' all ever heard of that place? She's just making stuff up now.

[Hoss]

No, I went and googled it because I was like, oh God, what is she doing? But no, I went and googled it. It's a real site or whatever. But we stayed five minutes and she got freaked out, so we had to come back home.

[Radio Co-host]

I know somebody who tried the Devil's Turnaround and it ended up so embarrassing that they. They didn't have sex for like two years.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

I think we heard the urban legend right before.

[Radio Co-host]

It's actually funny what it's called. The Devil's Turnaround. Yeah, I thought I wanted to have sex with you, but you've turned me around.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

So you go out with her one night, Very romantic. Night at a cemetery. Exactly.

[Radio Co-host]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Devil's Turnaround.

[Sarah Blakely]

Ah, romance.

[Hoss]

She's the one that wanted to do something on a Friday the 13th. Like watch some scary movies and then go out to this place. Thought it was going to be an awesome night.

[Radio Co-host]

As an excuse to jump in your arms.

[Sarah Blakely]

Huh?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Protect us.

[Hoss]

Exactly.

[T-Mobile Promoter]

I'm scared.

[Hoss]

I was scared.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Be the big man and take care of me.

[Radio Co-host]

Oh, I'm sorry. Did I cut you with my engagement ring? Sorry about that.

No wonder she. She wanted to go 30 minutes out of town because her fiance was in Atlanta probably.

[Hoss]

So.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

So that's Friday night. How about Saturday night?

[Hoss]

Saturday night we went and had dinner and.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Where?

[Radio Co-host]

Satan's Lounge.

[Hoss]

We went back to Fado's, had dinner and just.

[Radio Co-host]

That's your place.

[Hoss]

Exactly. Exactly. It's the only place on Ohio.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

It's our 48 hour anniversary.

[Hoss]

Remember that song that was.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Let's go back to the first place where I lied to you.

[Radio Co-host]

Hey, you sure you don't want to go across the street to Cheesecake Fact now? My fiance's a bartender.

[Hoss]

I mean.

[T-Mobile Promoter]

What.

[Radio Co-host]

What's that? I mean my. He used to be my fiance.

[Sarah Blakely]

Right?

[Radio Co-host]

I've been previously engaged, like before.

Before I met you earlier today.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

I see you're in.

[Hoss]

We went to Fado's, and then we went out to a frat party. Fraternity party. Fraternity party.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

What school?

[Hoss]

Either Georgia Tech or Georgia State. I'm not really sure.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Okay. How'd that go?

[Radio Co-host]

We're good.

[Hoss]

We're good. I had some. Had some good times. Watched a couple people getting in some fights.

[Radio Co-host]

Did they try to brand you?

[T-Mobile Promoter]

Huh?

[Radio Co-host]

Did they try to brand you?

[Hoss]

No, they didn't.

[Radio Co-host]

Hot iron.

[Hoss]

Yeah.

[Radio Co-host]

Did they know Bert?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

I was there.

[Hoss]

Ringleader is what they called him.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Do you know that dude in the corner? For three years, we've been trying to get rid of him. He won't go.

[Hoss]

But, yeah, it was a pretty good night.

[Radio Co-host]

Haas looks up, and it's Bert pumping the cane.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Hoss, what are you doing here? Dude feels so good when he eats your lips.

[Hoss]

Cast him.

[Radio Co-host]

And he's probably. And he doesn't even. He's got. He doesn't have the red plastic cup, but he's got the tumbler from the formal with the girls from Delta Delta.

[Hoss]

Delta two years ago, boss.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Let's go straight king. All right, so now we sent you out with an email to do some inebriated advice. So was this at the fraternity party? You did this? Or would you go back in a bucket?

[Hoss]

Or this was it? This was at the fraternity party that we did this.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

All right, so what we have decided to do now with the emails on relationship advice that you guys send us, we can't possibly get to them all on the air and get you some advice. So rather than just throw them out, what we're doing now is we give him the hoss and he goes to a fraternity party or he goes to Buckhead or whatever. And at 2 and 3 in the morning, when everybody's nice and drunk, he gets you advice because drunk people know everything.

[Radio Co-host]

Of course, the experts, any subject matter, they will know exactly which way you should take, what course your life should take.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Yeah, you got it down. So what email did you use on Saturday night?

[Hoss]

One where a girl. I think I set it up in the clip. But one where a girl had gone to a family reunion and met up with her cousin who she thought was hot. He thought she was hot, but she didn't know where to go from there. She didn't know if they should hook up. So.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Okay, and this is a fraternity party at either Georgia Tech or Georgia State.

[Hoss]

Exactly.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

And you don't know the. The name, which fraternity?

[Hoss]

No.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Okay.

[Hoss]

I went to my family reunion a few weeks ago, and I think my cousin is hot.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Hold on a sec.

[Hoss]

What?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Before we. How much have you been drinking?

[Hoss]

Oh, yeah, I am. I am probably the worst one out of all this guy group.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

So you're hammered talking.

[Hoss]

Okay, I'm hammered talking to other hammered people.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Could you guys pick up on that a little bit?

[Radio Co-host]

It sounds like Bill Clinton, right?

[Hoss]

I went to my family reunion a few weeks ago, and I think my cousin is hot.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Say reunion.

[Radio Co-host]

Reunion.

[Caller]

All right.

[Hoss]

I went to my family reunion a few weeks ago, and.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Hot.

[Hoss]

And I know he thinks I'm hot, too, but he's like a second cousin now. Is it okay that I go for it?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

I have a hot cousin, too. Do. And I have never put any moves on her whatsoever. Only Alabamian people. They're the ones who.

[Hoss]

Their cousins. There's a saying in Spanish that says.

[Sarah Blakely]

That the closer the cousins you are.

[Hoss]

The closer you can get. Hey, you say it in Spanish.

[Sarah Blakely]

Entrepreneur. All right.

[Hoss]

My God, that is so hot. You're saying that if your cousin was hot that you would actually hook up with him.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Hey, if he's hot, why not?

[Hoss]

No way. You don't go with, like, family.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

That's, like, borderline redneck style.

[Radio Co-host]

Like, you know, incest and stuff.

[Hoss]

No worries.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Where are you from?

[Hoss]

From South Africa. South Africans don't get down like that. No, no, it doesn't work like that there.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

So.

[Hoss]

I'm not going to lie to you, man. People here in North America, we do get down like that. I'm from North Carolina, man. I actually dated my cousin before we kind of hooked up.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

See, that strong. You just got to do what you got to do. If it's a second cousin, that's far away from the bloodline, you know what I mean? That's like, twice removed.

[Hoss]

So, I mean, so say right now, me and you were second cousins. Would you do me?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Yeah. Yeah, definitely.

[Sarah Blakely]

Honestly, like, I think my. My cousin's hot as both my cousins. They're so hot. Anyway, that's nasty as. Like, we're not back in the Bible era anymore. You don't need to your own cousin to have kids.

[Hoss]

If I, Hoss, was your cousin, would we be hooking up right this second?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

No.

[Radio Co-host]

This. That's nasty.

[Sarah Blakely]

That's Alabama. No.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Or Georgia. No.

[Hoss]

Why is it not okay?

[Radio Co-host]

Because it's incest.

[T-Mobile Salesperson]

Ew.

[Radio Co-host]

No.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Oh, hi.

[Hoss]

So you're telling me if you had a hot cousin that you wouldn't hook up with him?

[Radio Co-host]

I have a hot. My cousin.

Then no.

[Hoss]

You're such a liar.

[Radio Co-host]

I'm not a liar.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

You hear how H's is Just getting closer and closer to the mic. The TR. He gets.

[Radio Co-host]

And then. Then it all becomes one word. So you're telling me if you had a hot.

[Hoss]

No, no, no, no.

[Radio Co-host]

So you're telling me that you wouldn't.

[Hoss]

Have go if you had a hawk cousin.

[Radio Co-host]

Okay, let me ask it. Okay, okay.

[Hoss]

Let me ask it.

[Radio Co-host]

And every.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Listen, let me ask you that. This.

[Hoss]

Yeah. Okay, hold on. Okay.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Is that.

[Sarah Blakely]

Then he passes out.

[Radio Co-host]

You're the family reunion.

[Hoss]

Reunion.

[Radio Co-host]

Your family barbecue.

And everybody from Alabama right now is just mortified. At least they didn't throw Tennessee under the bus.

Are you referring to the Alabama oni. Refer to at the beginning.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

That's Alabama. This is Georgia.

[Sarah Blakely]

I was like, what? There's a world of difference, right?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

What's the second cut of this? That says Hoss drunk.

[Hoss]

The second cut.

[Radio Co-host]

I think you got those confused. That's the first cut.

[Hoss]

The second cut was even. Even. I was even more drunk than I was in that first cut. And this was at probably about 5:30 or 6 in the morning, and Amber decided to. To ask me this question that had been asking all night. Yeah, it's Hoss. Yeah, I totally think you should go for it, dude. Like, I know you are, like, second cousins and all, but still, like, man, you're not like, first cousins, you know? And you're like, even if you're cousins, man, you're not like brother and sister, dude. I mean. I mean, y' all can still hook up and stuff. Like, man, like, to be honest with you, man, I'm not gonna lie to you, man. The first girl I ever dated ended up being my third cousin. I'm not gonna lie to you. I swear to God. Her name was Heather Ross. I didn't know she was my third cousin cousin until like, two weeks after we started dating. And then I found out she was my third cousin. And when we still dated, we never did anything mad. It was kind of like. It was in eighth grade, but it was still kind of freaky and kind of weird. But, dude, that was like my third cousin, man. First cousin, man. Don't worry about it, dude. She. If she's hot, man, I'd say go for it, man. I don't. I don't know, dude.

[Radio Co-host]

Where are you at this.

[Hoss]

She's hot, man. Go for it. No, like I said, man, I dated my third cousin, man. I mean, I kind of got, like, kind of like West Virginia and freakish, man, but don't worry about it, dude, Man, I'd say go for it, man. Go for it. Hook up with her, man. If you can hook up with her, do it, dude.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

How pathetic a sight is that? What are you, like, in the. Like, the main living area, and there's nobody left, but the music is still cranked out. You got all these beer cups all around you, and you're just talking by yourself into a mic, and he's all.

[Radio Co-host]

Sweaty, and he's face is all flush, you know, eyes a little swollen. You're red right now.

[Hoss]

You're. I'm 24 years old. I am two years out of college, and I was the last one at the frat park.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Is that a true story about your cousin?

[Hoss]

Yeah, I never did anything with her, man. It was eighth grade. I had to do a class project. I found out she was my cousin. We ended it right there.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

We're gonna have fun with this, dude.

[Radio Co-host]

You had to do a class project. You're doing your family tree, and you're like, okay.

[Hoss]

Oh, oh.

[Radio Co-host]

Oh, yeah. Look at that branch. It's crossing that branch. That is not good, Linda.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Hey, you're on Q100.

[T-Mobile Salesperson]

Hi, y'.

[T-Mobile Promoter]

All.

[Sarah Blakely]

I'm over here crying at work.

[Caller]

This guy is crazy.

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

This is the world of Hoss. Welcome to it.

[Radio Co-host]

I think he's taught us something about broadcasting, because I never really paid attention to how good it sounds when you breathe. Like, what a way. Because people sometimes think, oh, do you guys do the show live? Are you on tape? What a way to let people know that it's authentic radio rather than just every now and again. So all the history.

[Hoss]

Yeah, I totally think you should go for it, dude. Like, I know you're all, like, second cousins and all, but still, like, man, you're not like, first cousins, you know? And you're like, even if you're cousins, man, you're not like brother and sister, dude. I mean. I mean, y' all can still hook up and stuff. Like, man, like, to be honest with you, man, I'm not gonna lie to you, man. The first girl I ever dated ended up being my third cousin. Listen, it's the vert show.

[T-Mobile Promoter]

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[Sarah Blakely]

Whoa.

[T-Mobile Promoter]

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[T-Mobile Salesperson]

Hey, can you wrap these, please?

[Radio Host (Burt Show)]

Wow.

[T-Mobile Promoter]

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[T-Mobile Salesperson]

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[Hoss]

I'm the worst. I only got my mom a robe.

[T-Mobile Salesperson]

Well, it's better than socks.

[Hoss]

So I have to trade in my old phone, right?

[T-Mobile Salesperson]

No @t mobile. There's no trade ins needed when you switch. Keep your old phone or give it as a gift.

[Hoss]

Incredible.

[T-Mobile Salesperson]

In fact, wrap up my old phone too for my Aunt Rosa. Forget that, Aunt Liz will be jealous.

[Hoss]

Sounds like my family drunk.

[T-Mobile Salesperson]

Oh, I got it. I'll give it to my abuela. I'll take reindeer paper with hey where are you going?

[T-Mobile Promoter]

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