Full Show PT 1: Wednesday, March 4 [Vault]

Summary

The Bert Show — Full Show PT 1: Wednesday, March 4 [Vault]

Date: March 4, 2026
Hosts: Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy & The Bert Show Cast
Episode Theme: Paranormal Encounters & Trendy Diets

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Bert Show dives into the world of paranormal investigations with a special guest “ghost investigator”, who shares chilling experiences and spine-tingling audio clips from haunted locations. The group discusses the reality of haunted houses, the process of ghost hunting, and the emotional toll it can take. The latter part of the episode shifts to popular diet trends, specifically the banana diet craze originating from Japan, and the hosts poke fun at diet fads and celebrity culture's impact on them.

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Paranormal Investigations: Ghosts, Stories, and Evidence

Free Paranormal Investigations and Skepticism Turned Belief

• [01:07] The guest ghost investigator makes it clear they never charge for investigations:
  • "Not a dime. We never charge for an investigation. People who pay for investigation would expect results. And you know, sometimes we just don't get any."
• The hosts highlight the credibility that comes from not charging and discuss how the investigator started out as a skeptic.
• "There's no doubt in my mind there is something out there. I mean, not even a 0.1% chance that there's not something out there." – Ghost Investigator [01:36]
• The guest shares personal experiences prior to becoming a professional investigator, including unexplained household phenomena (exploding coffee tables, beds moving at night, scratches on walls) [02:08].
• "I've never done an investigation in my own home. I don't want to know..." – Ghost Investigator [02:39]
• When people request investigations, one of the first questions is:
  • "If I catch something, can you deal with it? Can you go to sleep at night in your house if we bring you, you know, a voice that says...'you bitch' in your 16-month-old daughter's bedroom?" – Ghost Investigator [02:49]

Ghost Investigator’s Profession and Haunted Real Estate

• Lighthearted banter about using “haunted house” claims as a real estate strategy.
• "You're really a real estate agent... telling these people their houses are haunted so they put them on the market and you buy them for cheap." – Host 2 [03:05]
• "That would actually be a pretty cool marketing idea." – Ghost Investigator [03:11]

The Freakiest Paranormal Clips: Live Playback & Reactions

White House – The Broom Incident

• "There was a broom laying on the floor... asked it to move the broom. Sure enough, the broom moves. And then all of us are frozen silent. And you hear a voice say, 'So who do you want?'" – Ghost Investigator [03:27]
• Hosts respond viscerally:
  • "Damn, it's creepy." – Host 1 [04:23]
  • "I want to get the hell out of here." – Host 1 [04:26]

Restaurant Bathroom EVP

• Seasons Bistro, McDonough—a haunted women’s bathroom everyone avoids being alone in.
• Captured EVP says “sassy” while Amanda was inspecting the bathroom [05:16].
• Hosts joke about apparitions in men’s room and tease about the dangers of holding your breath [05:03].

Red’s French Restaurant – “Remember the Secret Hole?”

• Clip from historic McDonough:
  • "You'll hear a voice that says, 'remember the secret hole?'" – Ghost Investigator [06:41]
• Hosts speculate on bricked-up doorways and hidden gold [07:04].
• "Quinn's probably gonna have people trying to cut brick out of the building now." – Ghost Investigator [07:04]

The “Ghosts Don’t Know They’re Ghosts” Clip

• "They say, oh, gosh, they think we're ghost."
• Hosts reflect on the possibility that spirits might not know they're dead, referencing the movie “The Others” [07:52].
  • "'Who's the ghost and who's real? How do we know?'" – Hosts 1 & 2 [08:06]

Downtown Roswell – “Because I wanna…”

• Clip described as very clear and “following them down the street” [08:22].
• Hosts impressed with its clarity:
  • "That one's undeniable." – Host 2 [08:37]

The Insane Asylum – “Help, I need you”

• Secret location; voices captured saying, “help, I need you” [08:38].
• "That was just a disturbed soul... that wanted to get some help." – Ghost Investigator [09:37]

White House – “I hate this room”

• Particularly active “attic room” with clear whisper: "I hate this room." [10:00]
• "That's clear as day. Melissa, why are they got a whisper like, I know you hate this room, but you're really trying to freak me out, man." – Host 1 [10:23]

The “Mommy” Clip & EMF Detector “Get the Toy”

• Voice saying “mommy” with no children present [10:47].
• EVP responding to equipment, saying “get the toy” (referring to the electromagnetic detector) [11:09].

The Street EVP – “Never Alone”

• In haunted Roswell, walking near Founder Cemetery, clear voice responds to their conversation about a condo fire [12:07].
• "It’s like she leaned into the recorder." – Host 2 [12:24]

Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) Explained

• Caller asks for clarification [12:35].
• "EVPs known as electronic voice phenomenon... 99% of the times occur and you don't even know it at the time that it's happened." – Ghost Investigator [12:46]
• Investigators use sensitive audio recorders, sift through hours of recordings; it's painstaking work.
• "I like to do it after... the kids go to bed and it's just totally silent." – Ghost Investigator [13:44]
• "When it's dark." – Host 1 [13:52],
  "You're out of your mind." – Host 2 [13:54]

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Fad Diets, The Banana Craze, and Diet Culture

Celebrity Influence on Trends

• Discussion on how celebrity actions create waves, referencing Kabbalah strings, the Jennifer Aniston haircut, and now the “side ponytail” [15:42].

The Banana Diet Phenomenon

• Pop figure in Japan claims weight loss with the “banana diet”, leading to a national craze that’s spreading to the US [16:01].

• "When you first get up in the morning for breakfast, all you have is a banana or two... and then a glass of warm water. And then you eat whatever you want the rest of the day." – Host 1 [16:12]

• Key rules:

  • Banana(s) + warm water for breakfast
  • Eat normally for lunch and dinner
  • No snacks (except fruit)
  • No eating after 8pm
  • Bed before midnight

• Hosts joke about the growing list of requirements:

  • "And you have to be a Sagittarius." – Host 2 [17:34]
  • "And your mom's maiden name has to be Kelly." – Host 2 [17:36]
  • "Oh, man, I'm out." – Host 1 [17:38]

• Skepticism over diet fads:

  • "Remember women were farting all over, but they were losing weight." — referencing the cabbage diet [17:42]
  • Discussion of the “Skinny Bitch” book, which also advocates starting the day with fruit and water [17:54]

Is It Real or Just a Gimmick?

• Investigation into the true origins: it was just a Japanese pop star’s breakfast routine, spun into a diet by an opportunistic author [19:19].
• "It's just from standard issue diet books like don't snack. If you snack, have a piece of fruit. Don't eat after 8 o'clock. It's all standard diet stuff." – Host 2 [19:28]
• "All they do is add a gimmick to it. Like your first thing in the morning has to be a banana." – Co-host [20:14]
• Comment on people’s desperation for quick-fix diets:
  • "If this is new, well, this will work. Then it doesn't work. Oh well. Grapefruit diet. Okay, that'll work." – Host 1 [20:22]

Bananas Sold Out!

• Host shares that local supermarkets are running out of bananas due to the craze [20:40].
• Joking suggestions: “fruit roll up diet” and how any fruit could substitute [20:59].

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• [01:36] Ghost Investigator:
  "There's no doubt in my mind there is something out there... I can't tell you what they are though."

• [02:49] Ghost Investigator:
  "If I catch something, can you deal with it? Can you go to sleep at night in your house if we bring you, you know, a voice that says, 'you bitch' in your 16-month-old daughter's bedroom?"

• [04:23] Host 1 (reacting to EVP):
  "Damn, it's creepy."

• [06:41] Ghost Investigator:
  "You'll hear a voice that says, 'remember the secret hole?'"

• [07:52] Host 1:
  "I always wonder if, like they hear us and they're like, what is going on [like in the movie 'The Others']."

• [08:37] Host 2 (on “Because I wanna...” EVP):
  "That one's undeniable."

• [09:44] Ghost Investigator (on reviewing recordings):
  "I like to do it after... the kids go to bed and it's just totally silent."

• [17:36] Host 2 (mocking diet fads):
  "And your mom's maiden name has to be Kelly."

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Paranormal Introduction / Ghost Investigator Joins: [00:53]
• Cost and Motivation for Ghost Hunts: [01:07–02:59]
• Origin Story & Belief Conversion: [02:08–02:59]
• Haunted Real Estate Banter: [03:04–03:20]
• Playback of Freakiest Ghost Clips: [03:22–12:07]
• Understanding EVP Technology: [12:35–13:59]
• Diet Culture/Celebrity Influence Discussion: [15:42–19:55]
• Banana Diet Craze: [16:01–20:59]

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Summary

If you’re looking for a mix of real-life ghost stories and fun, skeptical takes on diet crazes, this episode delivers both. The highlight is a riveting collection of ghostly audio evidence—from voices in local restaurants and old asylums to haunted attics—paired with the organic banter and humor that The Bert Show is known for. The second half’s take on the banana diet both informs and pokes fun at how quickly diet fads catch on, driven by celebrity culture and the search for effortless weight loss.

A fun, creepy, and informative morning show episode for fans of both the supernatural and pop culture commentary.

Transcript

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[Ghost Investigator]

Not a dime.

[Co-host]

Zero?

[Ghost Investigator]

Not a dime. We never charge for an investigation. People who pay for investigation would expect results. And you know, sometimes we just don't get any. Not very often, but sometimes you just don't get, you know, don't get any evidence.

[Host 2]

Right. And I think there's. That's sort of like why there's credibility with these guys also. And that's why we've loved working with them. I'm making a mint off of this.

[Ghost Investigator]

Not a penny.

[Host 1]

I mean, you guys started as skeptics, but there's been so many different EVPs or different occurrences or different experiences for you with the paranormal that it's just

[Ghost Investigator]

spread you on to do more. There's no doubt in my mind there is something out there. I mean, not even a 0.1% chance that there's not something out there. I can't tell you what they are though, you know, Ghost hunters. Yeah, that's good marketing. Whatever. I don't know if they're spirits, demons, ghosts. I don't know what they are. But these voices are not heard at the time and they are extremely. I would not spend my time away from my family, sleepless nights, just for nothing there.

[Co-host]

When did you believe, when did you go from maybe this isn't real to no doubt in your mind?

[Ghost Investigator]

Probably even before I began investigating. In the personal experiences that I've had, not only have the lights turned on and off, the radios turned on and off, but I've literally had a coffee table that literally exploded in my family room. We have had the scratches on the walls, the bed pushed in the middle of the night. I believe even before I started investigating, I just wanted to find out. I wanted to play with other people's ghosts. I don't know if I've ever mentioned on here, I've never done an investigation in my own home. I don't want to know, you know, and that's what I tell people is, you know, when they call in, there's a few questions that we ask. One of the main ones is if I catch something, can you deal with it? Can you go to sleep at night in your house if we bring you, you know, a voice that says, you know, you bitch in your 16 month old daughter's bedroom? You know, I don't think I could, I don't think I could sleep with that. I think I know who it is in my house. I'm good just imagining who it is.

[Host 2]

I think I just figured this out. You're really a real estate agent?

[Ghost Investigator]

I am licensed, yes.

[Host 2]

And what you're doing is you're going around, you're telling these people their, their houses are haunted so they put them on the market and you buy them for cheap.

[Ghost Investigator]

I really think that'd be a great idea for somebody who like could try and make money in this real estate market to actually like advertise all they list as haunted houses. I think that would actually be a pretty cool marketing idea. But.

[Host 2]

Well, let's go through these because we asked you to bring in the freakiest

[Ghost Investigator]

of the freaky and that's so hard to pick. I mean every one of them just freaks me out, you know. First one was from the White House. This one is very clear. We had. You're going to hear a broom. Actually there was a broom laying on the floor that I tried on several different occasions. Please move the broom. Never happened. Went back again, asked it to move the broom. Sure enough, the broom, the broom moves. And then all of us are frozen silent. And you hear a voice say, so who do you want? Did you hear that. At the very end? Yeah, at the very end.

[Host 2]

That whisper at the very end. I like listening back one more time.

[Ghost Investigator]

That was the broom.

[Host 2]

That whisper. Hoodie lines.

[Host 1]

Damn, it's creepy.

[Host 2]

Tell you what, I want to get

[Host 1]

the hell out of here.

[Ghost Investigator]

The next one that we've got actually came from a restaurant called the Seasons Bistro.

[Host 2]

And this is in what part of town.

[Ghost Investigator]

This is down in my hometown of McDonough. Horribly, the whole town is just haunted. And this one's a haunted woman's bathroom. Everyone who goes into this woman's bathroom goes in there with a partner because they are not going into this bathroom by themselves.

[Co-host]

I've seen apparitions in our men's room. Usually a chapter that one weird guy from sales goes in there. He's there for a long time. Orbs strange sounds that might have been

[Host 2]

you just losing oxygen,

[Ghost Investigator]

holding your breath.

[Co-host]

Have you ever gotten really, really dizzy and have a need for fresh air?

[Host 1]

What is wrong with you?

[Ghost Investigator]

All right, so in the bathroom, this was with Amanda in the bathroom. She was in there by herself. This voice just comes across and says, sassy.

[Host 2]

She's half naked in the bathroom and someone says sassy?

[Ghost Investigator]

Yeah.

[Host 2]

Wow. What was that at the very end?

[Ghost Investigator]

That was Amanda talking.

[Host 2]

Oh, okay.

[Ghost Investigator]

Yeah. She wasn't really using the bathroom. We were actually investigating the bathroom. So we're bathroom inspectors too. So next one was, I would not

[Host 2]

remember last year when I was at the Beverly Hills Inn. I was supposed to leave there and, you know, take a shower there and then come to the radio station. I wouldn't go into the bathroom by myself. I didn't brush my teeth and do my hair. Didn't get in the shower. After feeling all that night, I would not go into that bathroom.

[Ghost Investigator]

So the squealing tires at about 4 o' clock in the morning.

[Host 2]

That was me getting home.

[Host 1]

That was not a ghost.

[Ghost Investigator]

The next one's real cool. This one is actually again, down at McDonough. Some of the best ones that I've ever captured have been down in the historic city of McDonough. It really is just an awesome little place restaurant called Red's. Red's French Restaurant. And I don't know what this means. I've asked him about it because he did the total renovation on this building. But this voice, there's a lot of talking, like out background noise in the background, but you'll hear a voice that says, remember the secret hole?

[Co-host]

I kind of. Kind of heard that.

[Ghost Investigator]

Yeah. And there's somebody talking in the background. But it's. Remember the secret.

[Co-host]

I would have really freaked you out if it happened in the bathroom.

[Host 2]

And again, they could probably hear it in their cars.

[Ghost Investigator]

And the only thing he could think of is there was a doorway that was just bricked up from, you know, used to connect to the building right next door to it. But that was the only secret hole he could possibly think of. But it used to be a bank. So maybe there's some gold hidden in there. Quinn's probably going to have people trying to cut brick out of the building now, so. Next one, all time favorite. No doubt about it. We've had more emails on this particular clip than any other EVP we've ever posted. This one makes me think maybe what we're dealing with are not ghost because they say, oh, gosh, they think we're ghost.

[Host 2]

Okay, this one is my favorite. I hear the gosh part, like, loud and clear. So you think in this case they don't know that they're ghosts.

[Host 1]

Right? They may not be. You know what I'm saying? Like, I always wonder if, like they hear us and they're like, what is going on in like the Others? If you have not rented the Others, that's a great Halloween movie.

[Ghost Investigator]

It's a wonderful movie.

[Host 1]

But that's the concept to the Others is like, who's the ghost and who's real?

[Host 2]

How do we know?

[Host 1]

How do we know?

[Ghost Investigator]

I don't want to think about it. Next one we played earlier in the week, but I have to put it on there. It is very, very clear. This was at. This was in downtown Roswell. Definitely says without a doubt. Because I wanna

[Host 1]

now wait till you see. Wait till you hear what happened. She's sitting there talking. Why are you in here?

[Ghost Investigator]

No doubt about it. And it's following them down the street.

[Host 1]

They're walk the street when they picked it up.

[Host 2]

That one's undeniable.

[Ghost Investigator]

Absolutely no doubt about it. This next one was actually captured in. If you'll see on the website, it's called the insane asylum. We didn't really have permission to be there, so I can't really say exactly where it is, but it was definitely an insane asylum. There was quite a bit that we actually captured out of this one. But this one definitely says, help, I need you.

[Host 1]

That keep.

[Ghost Investigator]

There's two different voices there. You'll hear there's two voices. One says, help, and then the other one says, I need you.

[Host 1]

Oh, damn. Damn. I'm having a hard time not cussing right now.

[Ghost Investigator]

We're on delay, I think, so

[Host 1]

you should be with Andy. Add an investigation.

[Host 2]

We heard a little bit of that the other day.

[Ghost Investigator]

I definitely grew up military. There's no doubt about that. So that one was definitely creepy coming from an insane asylum. Definitely. That was just a disturbed soul that was in there that wanted to get some help. The next room also came from the White House. Again, there's one particular room in this house that is the most active room in the house.

[Host 1]

Is that the attic room I was in?

[Ghost Investigator]

It sure is. And for whatever reason, we've always wondered, what is it with this room? And. And in this clip, it says, I hate this room. Now there's a pause. It says, I hate this room.

[Host 2]

Wow.

[Ghost Investigator]

Wow.

[Host 1]

That's clear as day. Melissa, why are they got a whisper like, I know you hate this room, but you. You're really trying to freak me out, man.

[Ghost Investigator]

Next one. Honestly, I don't remember where this one's caught.

[Host 1]

We were trying to figure. Figure out kind of what we were doing, what we're going to do.

[Host 2]

I didn't hear the chuckle, but I heard the mommy.

[Ghost Investigator]

All right. It says mommy.

[Host 1]

And it's like Wendy just threw a

[Ghost Investigator]

pin down, kind of like. Sounds like a smurf at the end.

[Host 1]

And there was no child there.

[Ghost Investigator]

Oh, no, not at all. We don't let children on investigations.

[Host 1]

No, we were trying to figure. Figure out kind of what we were doing.

[Co-host]

True.

[Ghost Investigator]

Okay.

[Co-host]

We don't allow children on our investigations. Well, that's a problem. Just so you know, you shouldn't be there either.

[Ghost Investigator]

I think that one is actually captured at one of the townhomes that we did in Roswell. The next one shows that they really do watch and understand what you're doing at the time. And one of the detectors that we have is known as an EMF detector, and it's electromagnetic frequency detector just kind of picks up disturbances in the magnetic frequency of the earth. And you'll hear this thing going off in the background, and it starts beeping. And this, whatever this is, comes across and says, get the toy. It sounds like it's referring to the EMF detector.

[Host 2]

All right, one more here. One more to totally freak you guys out.

[Ghost Investigator]

One more again. This shows you that you are never alone. Walking down the street, they can be following you, listening to you, and even talking about you. This is one of the scariest. Yeah, this one's just weird again. Roswell. Crazy haunted. Love the city. Go check out the ghost tours. It is just a great, great little city there in historic Roswell. Walking down the street, headed towards Founder Cemetery, talking about a condo that had been burnt down three times. And this thing just responds right back to him.

[Host 1]

There's one that has burned down, like three times now, I think back. And that's the reason.

[Host 2]

It's like she leaned into the recorder.

[Ghost Investigator]

Yeah.

[Co-host]

You know, just to make sure we

[Ghost Investigator]

heard her nice and clear. Wow.

[Host 2]

Good morning. Q100. Hello.

[Ghost Investigator]

Hello.

[Host 2]

Hi.

[Host 1]

Hi. Hi.

[Host 2]

Hi, Mark.

[Host 1]

Show happy Halloween. I'm just calling to find out what EVPs are.

[Ghost Investigator]

EVPs known as electronic voice phenomenon. And the EVPs actually 99% of the times occur and you don't even know it at the time that it's happened. We have very sensitive recording devices that will actually record whatever frequency or vibration that these voices are actually on. So we'll most of the time go through an investigation thinking absolutely nothing happened, go home, no knocks on the walls, no doors opening, none of that kind of stuff. And then you go back and listen to all the audio. And the frustrating part is, you know, we'll typically bring six to 10 recorders. If we're there for four hours, we have to go back and listen to 40 hours worth of the audio that we were just at. So it's very painstaking, but with the trained ear, you can definitely catch these voices in the background. And so it's just some sort of phenomenon that occurs.

[Host 2]

So think about all the time it's taken him the last week to put all this audio together. He's been a gamer.

[Host 1]

I just want to know where you. I mean, do you now when you're listening back, do you do it in the daytime?

[Ghost Investigator]

You know, I do it any chance that I possibly can. I like to do it after. I mean, I've got kids after the kids go to bed and it's just totally silent.

[Host 1]

When it's dark.

[Ghost Investigator]

When it's dark, yeah.

[Host 2]

You're out of your mind.

[Ghost Investigator]

That's what I do. I'm sorry.

[Co-host]

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[Host 2]

That Jennifer Aniston haircut years ago.

[Host 1]

Exactly. Yeah. Right now it's a side ponytail. Like celebrities in Hollywood started wearing the side ponytail and everybody's wearing side ponytails.

[Host 2]

Is that what it is? Yeah.

[Host 1]

Well, in Japan, there was a pop figure who claimed to have lost. And of course, because it's in kilos and I don't do the metric system,

[Co-host]

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[Host 1]

She lost some kilos.

[Host 2]

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[Ghost Investigator]

Right.

[Host 1]

Or you live in Japan. And she claimed to have done this on the banana diet. And so in Japan, the banana diet became very popular, and now it's spread here to the United States. And I noticed that. I looked over and Wendy has her bananas over here eating and her lukewarm water. And that's what the banana diet is. When you first get up in the morning for breakfast, all you have is a banana or two, or it says however many you want, and then a glass of warm water or lukewarm water, rather. And then you eat whatever you want the rest of the day. Then you're gonna lose weight.

[Host 2]

And what's the theory here behind the banana?

[Host 1]

That it raises your metabolism to eat the banana and the lukewarm water so that the rest of the day your food is burned faster.

[Host 2]

Really?

[Host 1]

Yeah. And you can't eat past eight. And you have to eat, like, your normal meals. And you can't have, like, any snacks in the middle. If you have a snack, it can be like a fruit, but, yeah, no snacks.

[Host 2]

Okay, so let me get this straight. Banana, first thing in the morning, banana, warm water. Okay. And then you can't have snacks.

[Host 1]

You're not supposed to have snacks on it. I think that's what I read. And then you go straight from there to lunch.

[Ghost Investigator]

To lunch.

[Host 1]

And then you can have whatever you want for dinner. But you have to eat it before 8pm so you can't eat anything else after 8.

[Host 2]

The rest of it sounds like just.

[Co-host]

And you have to go to bed before midnight.

[Host 1]

Right? Right.

[Host 2]

And you have to go to bed before midnight.

[Co-host]

Those are all right.

[Host 2]

And you have to be a Sagittarius.

[Host 1]

Right.

[Host 2]

And your mom's maiden name has to be Kelly.

[Host 1]

Oh, man, I'm out.

[Host 2]

These fad diets I'm always a little bit skeptical of because for a while there it was like the cabbage diet. You remember women were farting all over, but they were losing weight.

[Host 1]

Farting like old men. Yes. Do you remember that book, the Skinny Bitch?

[Host 2]

Yes.

[Host 1]

They have a similar theory, but their theory in the morning is just start with fruit and room temperature water. So they don't specify it as bananas, but that's one of the things in theirs is to start with fruit as the first thing you put in your body.

[Host 2]

Has it worked for you?

[Host 1]

They say don't drink coffee, which means I threw out the book. Have you lost any kilos? Well, I just started yesterday, so no kilos. I don't think it has any kilos.

[Co-host]

If you Google it. And maybe Wendy should leave the room. Cause it's all because it's mind over matter, whatever psychosomatic stuff. But if you google it, supposedly this Japanese pop star made it up and somebody took off and wrote the book about it.

[Host 1]

Oh really?

[Co-host]

With a Japanese pop star? All they said is I would start every morning with just having fruit for breakfast, usually a banana because it was the most convenient. And water. So then somebody took that. So people, apparently in Japan, if like one famous person shaves one eyebrow off, like everybody between the ages of 16 and 30 shaves one eyebrow off.

[Host 2]

Doesn't sound too different than our country.

[Co-host]

So they said that. So there started to be this run on the bananas and some guy who is a writer slash supermarket manager wrote a book and put all this other stuff in there that would make you lose weight. And people said they started following it. And this stuff is just from standard issue diet books like don't snack. If you snack, have a piece of fruit.

[Host 2]

Don't eat after 8 o'. Clock. It's all standard diet stuff.

[Host 1]

You get plenty of sleep. So that's why you go to bed before midnight. Assuming that you get up at a

[Co-host]

normal time, you can apparently eat any sort of. It doesn't have to be a banana. It's any sort of natural fruit in the morning.

[Host 2]

That's what Gene was saying. Yeah.

[Co-host]

It can even be a glass of orange juice in the morning because that makes you feel awake and alert and not like you have to eat more. And then after that, you just basically, the book says eat healthy.

[Host 2]

It just gives you a really good snapshot into the mentality of how we're so diet conscious that people are desperate to find something that they can lose weight with quickly. Even if it's a diet like this, that only half makes sense. If somebody is losing weight on it. Everybody wants to lose weight on.

[Co-host]

It's not even that it has. It all makes sense because it's been

[Host 2]

said for 200 years.

[Co-host]

But it's cut out the snack.

[Ghost Investigator]

Right.

[Co-host]

But all they do is they add a gimmick to it. Like your first thing in the morning has to be a banana.

[Host 1]

Well, the reason they do that is because most people fail their diets. And so if this is new, well, this will work. Then it doesn't work. Oh, well. Grapefruit diet. Okay, that'll work. You know, and it's, it's just, yeah, like you said, just eat healthy and exercise and get plenty of sleep.

[Host 2]

But weird.

[Host 1]

But it takes time. And people don't want the time to, you know, to lose the weight.

[Host 2]

Wendy was saying, though, she went to like a supermarket yesterday and they were, they were out of bananas.

[Host 1]

There was no bananas. I got like the last little bundle of bananas. I was like, it's like a sigh

[Co-host]

of relief coming out of bananas. Apparently you can use fruit, apples, or my favorite fruit roll ups.

[Host 1]

That's what you need to do is a fruit roll up diet.

[Co-host]

Any sort of fruit in the morning will work. Applesauce, the Birch show.