Full Show PT 2: Thursday, July 30 [Vault]

Summary

The Bert Show - July 30, 2026

Full Show PT 2: Thursday, July 30 [Vault]

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Episode Overview

This lively episode of The Bert Show blends pop culture, personal stories, and thought-provoking social commentary in the warm, funny, and authentic style fans love. The cast—Bert, Jen, Melissa, Joe, Jeff, Steve, and others—cover topics ranging from a friend's invention making it into "Iron Man 2", charitable efforts with Jersey Mike's, the uncomfortable truths shown by social experiment TV shows, generational "manliness" skills, and Bert's ongoing struggles with his mother. Alongside humor and camaraderie, the episode explores serious conversations around bystander intervention and family dynamics.

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Key Segments & Insights

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Iron Man 2, Simcraft, and the Coolest "Man Cave" Invention

[01:02–04:13]

• Jen shares excitement about "Iron Man 2" and a personal connection—the Simcraft motion simulator, invented by her friend, appears in Tony Stark’s basement in the movie.
  • "A friend of mine for years has been working...on this invention that is called Simcraft. Okay. And it's a motion simulator." — Jen [01:43]
  • The Simcraft allows for hyper-realistic racing or flight simulation, used by race drivers and pilots, and is unique due to its free-moving framework.
  • Simcraft being featured in the movie is a point of pride, likely leading to buzz and possibly profit for the inventors.
  • They plan a Simcraft launch party and a group outing to see the film.

"There is a Simcraft in Tony Stark's basement that he owns." — Jen [03:17]

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Parenting, Pop Culture & The "Iron Man" Debate at Home

[04:56–07:18]

• Bert recounts a lighthearted but telling family moment: buying his son a talking Iron Man mask, only to learn his wife is staunchly anti-Iron Man, primarily due to concerns about violence in media.
  • "My wife is so anti-Iron Man, she won't allow..." — Bert [04:56]
  • Bert's son cleverly manipulates the scenario to get both a book and the mask.

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Jersey Mike's for Charity: Sub Sandwiches & Big Adventure

[07:34–10:25]

• Jersey Mike’s and The Bert Show team up for "Bert’s Big Adventure," raising $27,016 by selling sub sandwiches and collecting donations.
  • Steve and Jeff from Jersey Mike’s join to celebrate smashing the $20,000 goal.
  • The promotion's success comes from the enthusiastic participation of both The Bert Show and Jersey Mike’s fanbases.
  • Funds provide Disney trips for chronically or terminally ill children and families.

"Jersey Mike's and you guys raised $27,016. That $16 is going to go a long way right there." — Bert [09:30]

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"What Would You Do?" Social Experiment Discussion

[11:15–25:08]

Segment Background:

• The team discusses the TV show "What Would You Do?", which stages social dilemmas to observe real-life bystander intervention.

The Bar Experiment:

• Focus on a woman apparently too drunk—an actor—being propositioned by a man (also an actor) in a bar while hidden cameras watch bystander reactions.

Main Points:

• Most bystanders—especially young men—fail to intervene as the predatory scenario escalates.
  • Only a few, most notably an older man and a group of women, step in.
• Jeff reacts emotionally:
  • "I have my daughter, 25 year old. And they die every year. Sorry, I died, they die. All these kids. I don't like it. It happens to any woman like that." — Jeff [15:07]
• Group Reflection:
  • Disappointment and concern around passive bystander culture.
  • Discussion of the 'bystander effect' and generational differences in masculine behavior and responsibility.
  • Social dynamics: young men often default to enabling predatory behavior in groups, but older adults and women are more likely to intervene.
• Callers Share Real Stories:
  • Jen: "I fault her friends...her friends not taking care of her. But I think that you still have to intervene." [25:08]
  • Callers describe intervening and sometimes being rebuffed by intoxicated women, raising the complications of such situations.
  • The team debates whether interventions shift depending on the ages and social circles involved.
• The hosts underscore the gravity of the "bystander effect":
  • "That's how people end up being missing. Everybody's thinking somebody else..." — Bert [26:26]

"Do you speak up? Do you walk out? What do you do? It's an awesome show." — Joe [12:20]

"I just think when you're young and you're single, it's like every young guy's goal is to get sex. And if you can help another young single guy get sex, you probably don't stop that." — Bert [21:39]

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The "Manliness" of Car Maintenance

[27:08–34:41]

• After Jen’s flat tire, the team discusses generational changes in "essential" manly skills—changing a tire, jumping a car, fixing things.
  • Bert admits he’s never changed a tire or jumped a car, always calling AAA or driving on the rim to a service station.
  • Callers express frustration with declining practical skills among men.
  • Jen and others share that their parents made them learn basic car care before getting their licenses; frustration ensues over helplessness and attitudes like "I don’t want to get dirty."

"Man, this is the state of men today...these are some basic mess you should know." — Jeff (caller) [33:10]

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Family Dynamics: Bert & His Mother

[35:23–39:53]

• Bert shares a vulnerable, ongoing issue: he hasn’t spoken to his mother in months after years of hurtful interactions. He receives a letter from her but hasn’t opened it, fearing it contains more pain.
  • The group discusses emotional boundaries, when and whether to open the letter, and the impact of toxic family relationships on life's happy moments.
  • Listeners and co-hosts suggest letting someone else (his wife) read it first, and waiting until after a month filled with family celebrations.
  • Bert reflects on therapy and learning what "normal" family dynamics can look like compared to his own upbringing.

"My mom and I haven't talked to each other in months...I just know the pattern, man." — Bert [35:23]

"Before I met Stacy and before I was getting a whole bunch of therapy, I just thought this was how families did things. And now I know differently. So when I get stuff like this, it hurts more." — Bert [38:24]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Simcraft in Iron Man 2:
  "There is a sim craft in Tony Stark's basement that he owns." — Jen [03:17]

• On Iron Man Toys & Parenting:
  "My wife is so anti Iron Man, she won't allow..." — Bert [04:56]
  "He used the book to get in the store in order to get the Iron man mask." — Bert [05:52]

• On Bystander Effect:
  "That's how people end up being missing. Everybody's thinking somebody else..." — Bert [26:26]

• On Emotional Boundaries & Toxic Parents:
  "Before I met Stacy and before I was getting a whole bunch of therapy, I just thought this was how families did things. And now I know differently. So when I get stuff like this, it hurts more." — Bert [38:24]

• On Modern "Manliness":
  "Man, this is the state of men today...these are some basic mess you should know." — Jeff (caller) [33:10]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:02] — Simcraft invention in "Iron Man 2"
• [04:56] — Parenting & pop culture: Iron Man toys at home
• [07:34] — Jersey Mike’s fundraising reveal
• [11:15] — "What Would You Do?" hidden camera social experiment
• [27:08] — Car trouble & discussion on manly skills
• [35:23] — Bert’s struggle with his mother

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Episode Takeaways

• The Bert Show deftly weaves humor, real-life challenges, and important social topics.
• Listeners get not just entertainment news, but frank discussions about family, responsibility, and how bystander behavior shapes real-life outcomes.
• The community aspect is strong, with listener stories adding to the show's heart.
• Whether celebrating a friend’s invention on the big screen or wrestling with tough family choices, the cast brings empathy, wit, and a feeling that you’re part of their world.

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To join the conversation:
Call 1-855-BertShow or visit thebertshow.com
For donations and more on Bert’s Big Adventure: q100atlanta.com

Transcript

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[Bert]

You're on the Birch show.

[Jen]

So Jen's been telling you about how Iron man is opening tonight at midnight. And of course Iron Man 2, of course, that is opening at midnight tonight that I'm very excited about, obviously, because I'm a geek and so I will. It's Friday night that I'm actually going to see it, not tonight at midnight. However, I have a personal connection with this movie that I want to share with you guys. So I have a friend, you know how we've talked so many times about how, man, if I could invent this or if I had this great invention, if this would, you know, be something that would be successful, wouldn't it be cool? Right? We've had that conversation over and over again. You've, you know, Bert, you've teased about if somebody came to you and said, you know, if I have this invention, will you invest? You know, however much like we tease about the snuggie and everything or the fart blanket. The fart blanket.

[Melissa]

Right.

[Jen]

Well, a friend of mine has invention this a little more sophisticated than that. But a friend of mine for years has been working, he and his wife on this invention that is called simcraft. Okay. And it's a motion simulator. And I've actually been in this thing where it's kind of a.

[Steve]

You have.

[Jen]

It's been whatever it's been in racing. It's like racing simulation, flight simulation. So a lot of race car drivers have tried this out and some pilots have tried this out because it is basically, and I don't know how to describe it, it's in this Frame. So you're sitting in a seat in a frame where when you're in motion, it's very fluid because the framework allows the seat to move in all kinds of directions. So for instance, are you watching a

[Bert]

movie in front of you to make you feel like that?

[Jen]

There's like three, I believe it's like three independent screens that kind of give you a landscape view of what you're looking at. So it a couple years ago that I first tried it in their basement where, I mean that's where inventions are, right? In people's basement. And so sitting in there playing a racing game and you talk about how we've been at Atlanta Motor Speedway and you drove the cars and how you banked up and how the banking of a racetrack kind of puts you on the side. Well, with this it feels like you're

[Melissa]

going to fall over to your side, right?

[Jen]

Well, with this you actually, it moves to where you feel like you are banking on the side, you know, instead of like, you know, other things that might try to simulate things, it just kind of shakes. Well, this thing because of the framework allows the seat to move because there's nothing underne. You know what I'm saying? So anyway, so they have this invention, it's really cool. And they've been shopping around all over the world. What ends up they had talked to Marvel, okay, Marvel Comics, who owns Iron Man. And sure enough, when you go to see Iron man tonight or this weekend or whenever you go to see it, and Tony Stark has his basement of all of his toys where he has his motorbikes and his cars and everything. There is a sim craft in Tony Stark's basement that he owns.

[Bert]

Isn't that cool?

[Jen]

And my friend's invention is, is in Iron Man 2 in this movie.

[Melissa]

Awesome.

[Jen]

Isn't that awesome?

[Bert]

Besides that just being cool, like ego wise, will that turn into bucks for him eventually?

[Jen]

Oh, I'm sure, I'm sure.

[Bert]

Because people go, what is that thing?

[Jen]

Yeah, because people, yeah, because it is a unique toy. Because, I mean it's pretty much the ultimate man cave is if you're Iron man fan. I mean Tony Stark is like this, he's big in collecting all these kind of things. So. So yeah, people wonder, well, what is that? Because I recognize the car, I recognize the motorbike. What is that? And then you can find out all more about Simcraft. But it is so exciting for them. So Friday night we got a whole Simcraft party we're going and we're gonna be playing on the Simcraft and Then as a group, going to go see Iron Man 2 together.

[Bert]

Very cool.

[Jen]

So, yeah. So I'm very proud of that.

[Jeff]

And you guys are gonna be the

[Joe]

only ones applauding when they show the first dude walking.

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Joe]

One whole row is Jamie Dog.

[Jeff]

Woo.

[Bert]

Here we go. Simcraft. Here we go.

[Melissa]

So, and for people like me who maybe don't know Iron man, who's Tony.

[Jen]

Tony Stark is Robert Downey Jr. S character. Character, okay. And he and his character, he's a rich guy. He's the owner of a company that a technology company. And so he is, you know, a billionaire. So he has these toys that, you know, he's able to collect all kinds of classic cars and motorbikes and all kinds of fun stuff that he had in his basement. And he invented the whole Iron man suit and everything because he's technologically advanced.

[Bert]

I found out last night, I didn't know this until it was too late, that my wife is so anti Iron man, she won't allow.

[Jen]

Why.

[Bert]

It was said in passing last night. I really got to talk to her more about it. But on Saturday morning, I took the kids to Target. That's how you know you're a parent when it's nine in the morning and you're at Target buying books and gifts for your kids. So Hayden really wanted this Iron man mask, right? I didn't even know he was all that into it. I've seen like an Iron man toy here or there at the house, so he's really into it. So we go to Target and you put it on and it talks. It makes the Iron man voice. So we were watching something on Nick last night, and the Iron man commercial came on and she's so anti.

[Melissa]

What'd she say?

[Joe]

Did you have to sneak in and hide the mask that you bought Hayden?

[Bert]

No, she realized that I didn't know. And Hayden. Hayden knows the Iron man rules but didn't tell me about it. So I kind of got played on Saturday morning.

[Jen]

Daddy, let's go get Iron Man.

[Bert]

Well, and, you know, he was so clever about the way he does it. I'm glad he's not listening because I got to give him credit. He's just like his old man that he told me that he wanted to get a book. And I'm like, if my kid wants to get a book, then, man, I'm gonna bend over backwards if my kid digs reading that much. Let's get up on Saturday morning, we will go get you that book at Target. So we get in there and he talks me into one book and one toy. And I think his initial intention was to go in and get the Iron man mask. And he used the book to get in the store in order to get the Iron man mask.

[Melissa]

The book? An Iron man book?

[Bert]

No, it was a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book. Yeah, but I think it could have been any book. I think he was just. That was his game plan right here.

[Joe]

What are you doing with Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Meals too? I don't know. Let's go get my toy.

[Bert]

But she started talking about yesterday. I gotta be totally honest with you. As a husband, I sort of checked out. And as a dad, I checked out because it seemed to me so ridiculous that there are already Iron man toys in the house. So when she was complaining last night that I bought this, I didn't even hear her reason why.

[Melissa]

Okay.

[Bert]

But I heard her say the word violence. And I know she won't allow him to play with any kind of toy guns or anything like that. But we're not gonna be seeing that movie for whatever reason.

[Joe]

Really?

[Bert]

Yeah, it was explained to me last night, but.

[Jen]

So you're gonna miss me? You've been married 16 years in his basement.

[Bert]

You've been going out with somebody for 16 years. Sometimes you just check out. You can feel the vibrations on the ears and you pick up some words. But, yeah, I'm gonna miss it.

[Jen]

For those allowed to go see Iron Man 2 this weekend, be sure when. Yeah, it's kind of like a kid. It's almost like a seat in a. In an. In a cage. Okay. It's like this framework. So when you're. When you're looking at Tony Stark's basement, take a look for Simcraft. And that's my friend's adventure right here in Atlanta.

[Bert]

That's very cool. Yeah, very cool. Listen, it's the vert show. We have been working with Jersey Mike's now for quite a while. For about. What was it, a month that you guys were raising money for Burt's Big Adventure?

[Steve]

A month? Yes. All during March.

[Bert]

Right. And Steve and Jeff are area directors for Jersey Mike's. And your efforts over 30 days are about to pay off. We were asking you guys to come on in and buy the number 13.

[Jen]

Number 13? Number 13. Number 13.

[Bert]

You do?

[Steve]

It's good.

[Jen]

Italian sub.

[Bert]

Italian sub. Jeff had an issue with the 13. He wanted to go nine.

[Joe]

Well, I always. I'm. I don't change a lot.

[Jen]

Non conformance.

[Joe]

Yeah. So I just. I stick with a 9. I may have snuck a 13 in, but I was mainly a 9 guy.

[Bert]

Did you feel like you were cheating? Like there's sub infidelity going on?

[Jen]

Well, the awesome thing about it being in March, too, is when Katie, Joe and I went to our local Jersey Mike's there, they had the basketball tournament on, and so we. Tennessee would be on. So I'd watch Tennessee playing. We'd have our subs.

[Bert]

Have your third party.

[Jen]

Yeah. Support birds, Big Adventure.

[Joe]

I gotta be honest with you, I thought when Kathy said he was bringing in Jersey Mike's, I was expecting sandwiches and not people.

[Jeff]

So this is.

[Joe]

This whole segment is overall disappointing so

[Melissa]

far, and it's making me hungry as subscribers.

[Bert]

Well, hopefully that's about to change as far as the disappointing thing goes.

[Steve]

I think so. I think you'll be happy. Our goal was $20,000. So it was about a week left in the promotion, and Cappy called up and said, you know, where we at? How we doing?

[Joe]

I'll take 2000 subs. Another lunch for Cappy.

[Steve]

So we brought a bunch of coupons down to the station, and you guys loaded them up on the trucks and took them out to every event. And they were free subs. All they had to do was come into their local Jersey Mike's and donate a dollar to Burt's Pick Adventure. And through the last week, with the push, we ended up at over 27,000.

[Jeff]

Wow.

[Sleep Number Announcer]

Wow.

[Jen]

That's fantastic.

[Bert]

Wow. Thank you, guys. It's been a good couple of weeks for Virtual Big Adventure right here. Thank you.

[Melissa]

Incredible.

[Bert]

Jersey Mike's and you guys raised $27,016. That $16 is going to go a long way right there.

[Steve]

There you go.

[Bert]

Thank you, guys. That is really big money. Every time we have somebody that gives us any kind of donation, I always say that that's big money for Burt's Big Adventure, and it really is. I mean, we're a small organization. We keep it that way for a reason. For the reason that when you give $27,000, you know exactly where it's going. There's no hidden fees. You could hear it on the radio. You can see the kids on the website. So you know where that's going. Yep.

[Steve]

Well, we were talking with Cappy, too, that, you know, this hopefully is the first year of many, I hope. I mean, our franchisees were ecstatic. Your. Your fan base and our fan base combined, they were all coming in the stores. They were pumped up about it. And 27,000 number thirteens later. Here we go.

[Bert]

That's awesome. Well, thank you guys, and thanks to everybody. At Jersey Mike's. That helped out. And thanks to all the Burke show listeners that went down and bought a 13 as well. And hopefully we see you guys again next year.

[Steve]

I think so. Looks great.

[Joe]

Okay, thanks for bringing in that tasty cardboard check. That sure is gonna tide us over until lunch. That's cool.

[Bert]

Jeff is just looking at you like a big old turkey leg right now. Get out of here quick. All right, if you guys want info on Burt's Big Adventure, then go to the website. Q100ATLANTA.com this is the trip that we take down to Disney World every year, and we take children that have chronic and terminal illnesses, and we take the whole family and we pay for everything. And it is top shelf the whole way. And the only way we can continue to do this is by you guys helping out and donating either through Jersey Mike's or individual donations. And you can do that all online. Q100ATLANTA.com the Bird Show. This is the bird show, I suppose. I think Jeff was saying that this used to just be a segment on abc. Right now it's a whole show.

[Joe]

I think it started out as, remember, like on Dateline, they used to Chris Hansen stuff, and it became like the most popular thing. So then eventually you started promoting that. I think that's how this started a year or two ago. And now it's a regular show where they put people in uncomfortable situations to find out what the general public's response is. So they hire actors to play the role, like, as Bert will explain, of a girl in a bar and a guy trying to take advantage of her. The one I first saw that was fascinating was they got a. A couple of black people to play customers at a store where they were blatantly treated dispropiled because of the race, treated disrespectfully by the store owner, who is also an actor, to find out what all the other people in the store would do. Fascinating to see because you can't help but put yourself in that situation and wonder, God, if I was in a store and there's a black person right there and the owner of the store is saying, we don't want your kind in here.

[Bert]

Would you step up?

[Joe]

Do you speak up? Do you walk out? What do you do? It's an awesome show.

[Bert]

This is the setup from this weekend.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

You're sitting at a bar and can't help but notice my birthday.

[Jeff]

Bartender, it's my birthday.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

This plastered young woman celebrating her 21st birthday.

[Bert]

It's so pretty.

[Jeff]

There you go.

[Bert]

Thank you.

[Jeff]

For you.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

She's waiting for her girlfriends to return when this stranger joins her.

[Bert]

What kind of birthday shots are we taking?

[Joe]

I was.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

His intentions. Ever done a body shot quickly become questionable.

[Jeff]

What?

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

And he can't seem to keep his hands off her.

[Bert]

Those birthday shots coming?

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

People at this New Jersey bar seem concerned, but will anyone step up to protect this defenseless young woman? Our hidden cameras are rolling.

[Bert]

Okay, so you have all sorts of dudes, all sorts of women. Right. That are in the bar with them, and they're watching this whole thing go down. So here's a little bit more of the setup. And now they're trying to get. And again, these are actors. The drunk woman and the sober guy. Sober guy trying to get her out of the bar.

[Jen]

Oh, he's an actor too.

[Bert]

These are actors. Okay. And there are hidden cameras that are. They're videoing the whole thing.

[Melissa]

Okay.

[Jeff]

Is she gonna be all right over there?

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

She came in here plastered, and they're

[Bert]

trying to give her more shots. Wanna get out of here?

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

What people don't know is that the young woman and her pursuer are both actors. Now watch as he tries to get her out the door.

[Melissa]

We'll get some air.

[Jeff]

We'll get some fresh air.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

Yeah.

[Sleep Number Announcer]

Okay.

[Bert]

Yeah, I should maybe. Oh, all right.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

I think that's the end of the birthday shot.

[Bert]

My hotel is literally two blocks away. Oh, I don't. I don't know you.

[Jeff]

I know. I know.

[Melissa]

I don't know who you are.

[Bert]

I know. But I'll take care of you.

[Joe]

We'll hang out.

[Jeff]

He's taking advantage.

[Bert]

Why are you touching me?

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

Concerned or not, so far, no one is preventing him from taking her out of the bar.

[Bert]

Don't get moved. All right, so you have some guys at the bar that are talking amongst each other. The mics are picking that up, but nobody's saying anything to her.

[Jeff]

She don't walk out with you because she don't know you.

[Melissa]

I'm taking care of her.

[Bert]

I'm going to get her back to the hotel.

[Sleep Number Announcer]

All right.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

Yeah. Near the door, a white knight appears just in the nick of time.

[Jeff]

She cannot do that because she don't know you. Yeah, if she said she knows you know me.

[Bert]

We had a couple drinks together.

[Melissa]

I don't.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

Do I look like a nice guy? I don't care what you're nice to do this. She don't want this place without you,

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

and he won't let up.

[Jeff]

She don't walk this freaking place with you if she don't know you.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

Until the defeated Young man walks out the door alone.

[Jeff]

Yay.

[Joe]

My name is.

[Jeff]

Yes, sir, how are you?

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

When we catch up with him afterwards, he's overcome with concern, thinking of his own daughter. Why did you get involved?

[Jeff]

I have my daughter, 25 year old. And they die every year. Sorry, I died, they die. All these kids. I don't like it. It happens to any woman like that. I don't know why it happened.

[Joe]

Wow.

[Bert]

He's got his own daughter. So he was totally feeling it, right?

[Melissa]

There's good men there.

[Bert]

So I think what they do is they go back in and they recreate it later on. And will people interfere or will they just let them go?

[Jeff]

How's that feel?

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

Back at the bar? Will anyone stop our young woman from becoming a vict?

[Jen]

You know what? She doesn't want you to do that.

[Melissa]

Doesn't want to be touched back at all.

[Jen]

She doesn't want you to touch her.

[Bert]

I beg, I beg to differ. Okay, well, leave her alone. She's not interested in you rubbing her. Just having a good time.

[Jen]

She doesn't know you.

[Sleep Number Announcer]

What are you?

[Jen]

What are you her mother? Maybe I am, yeah.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

And once women get involved, they often inspire others to join in. Just watch this tug of war. How?

[Jen]

Friend.

[Bert]

Your friend is coming, right? Yeah, my friend.

[Jeff]

She's going to come. I think they went to the hotel, right?

[Bert]

They went to the hotel. They went to the hotel.

[Jeff]

Went to the hotel.

[Bert]

Well, maybe I should go outside and get some.

[Jeff]

Are you sure?

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

And when he tries to carry her out,

[Jeff]

I'm going to make sure she

[Joe]

gets back safe to her hotel.

[Jeff]

What should we do?

[Bert]

Not let him take her. She doesn't want to go. So the women are pretty much saying nothing. No, you're not allowed to take her anywhere right now. Here are some of the young guys in the bar.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

But there are some differences, especially when the bystanders are young men.

[Bert]

You want a shot?

[Caller]

Okay, wait.

[Jeff]

I want a couple. What?

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

You only turn 21 once while this guy does. Tell our sleazy actor to settle down. Just listen to the conversation. When our party girl goes off to the ladies room.

[Bert]

You think I can get her out of here?

[Jeff]

You gotta go for a walk on the beach. I like that.

[Bert]

Let's just go for a walk to the Hilton. You might wind up at the Hilton. And when our friends come back, that's where you come in. That's fine with me. I like the brunette.

[Jen]

Cheers to my birthday.

[Steve]

Cheers.

[Bert]

It's a young single dude.

[Melissa]

So he was making. I couldn't tell. Who was he?

[Joe]

Who's Helping him make plans as to how to get her out.

[Caller]

How to get her out.

[Joe]

Don't say you're going to the hotel, say you're going for a walk.

[Bert]

Now here are a. I think these are a group of young married guys. How they gonna handle it?

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

And these young married men seem to wish they were in our actors shoes.

[Bert]

I guess the rings. The rings give it away.

[Jeff]

Can I get this thing over?

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

And when our party girl's not around, they too offer up some advice.

[Bert]

Do you think this is gonna happen? I don't think she knows where she is.

[Jeff]

So you look, she'd be a little

[Bert]

nervous she's gonna wake you up with

[Jeff]

a pants around her eye.

[Bert]

It' hard to hear them because their voice disguised and their faces are blurry too. But they're basically saying go for it.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

They even appear amused when our actor lures our wasted party girl out the door.

[Jeff]

Let's get out of here.

[Jen]

Oh, I really want we should stay.

[Melissa]

Get out of here.

[Jeff]

Come on. I can't believe it. This guy, that guy just hit the Mega Millions 3.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

But it's not so funny when you learn that this young man is an off duty cop. That's right, he's a cop. And he later tells us he didn't do more because intervening could get complicated for someone in law enforcement.

[Melissa]

Huh? Wow.

[Jeff]

Wow.

[Melissa]

Exactly.

[Jen]

Why wow, that's so disappointing. Especially with guys.

[Joe]

Remember the first couple? Shocking the first couple helped her first couple dudes.

[Melissa]

First one dude was a dad and then the second was the woman.

[Bert]

What, Melissa? That look.

[Jen]

No, I. Because it's disappointing. I'm curious what the guys think about it because of course the girls are disappointed.

[Bert]

I'm not surprised by the results, unfortunately.

[Joe]

I think it's. I, I don't know what. I mean, honestly, I don't know what I would do. Like I would like to think that I would be like the first guy, but I can. I'm almost sure I would be influenced by the group of people I was with. Like it would have been a situation where like if I was there with like Jen, Melissa and Wendy and one of y' all said, hey, that guy can't take that girl out of here, then I think I would probably try to step up and be the hero and go, yeah, I'm gonna go get her. She can hang out with us, you know, and then go try to whatever and get her over here and whatever.

[Jen]

I think it's most people though.

[Joe]

But I think if it was a situation where I was with a bunch of dudes who Were like, ah, look at that. I think I'd probably play right along because the women.

[Jen]

I think the women came together because one woman stood up, then the other women decided to band with her. So I don't think it's. I think most people would react based on who they were with.

[Bert]

I think when you're like 21, 22, 23 years old, and you're single and you're a guy also, it's just you almost have this mentality that it's the dudes club, like, you're every single guy's wingman. So if a guy has an opportunity to get some, I think as when you're young, you're like, go do what you got to do. Now, once you get older, I think that changes. But the truth, like Jeff is saying, if you're in a crowd of younger guys and you're young, you probably let it happen. Here's B. Good morning, b. You're on Q100.

[Jeff]

Hey, guys. Hey, Bert. Good morning to all you guys. I've watched this show many, many times. It's a great show. I love it. But here's my only issue with the show. A lot of times it's so over the top that I don't think it's as realistic. Like, in this case, I mean, it was so blatant. Hey, hotel's just down the street. And I know obviously they're trying to get a reaction out of the folks, so I understand that. But, you know, to Jeff's point, even with the racism. I've seen the one with the racism, and you don't usually hear people say, I don't want your kind here. You know, in my store. Go shop somewhere else. You know, it's usually a lot more subtle. So my only concern with the show is, while it is a great show, sometimes, you know, it's so over the top that it's kind of unrealistic, you know? So I think the key would be to find out how people will react when it's a lot more subtle. You follow me?

[Jen]

Even over the top, though, they still wouldn't help her. I mean, it's blatant that he's trying to get out of there, and it's disappointing that these guys aren't even sticking up for. Even if it's over the top. I mean, now, subtly, that's even more scary.

[Melissa]

Do you think that some guys feel like if she's that drunk and that young and by herself, maybe she deserves whatever she gets?

[Bert]

No, no, I don't think that's the thought process at all.

[Joe]

I think it's. That's their business. And if she's, you know, like she's. Even though she's drunk, she's still an adult. She's in a bar, she legally can drink. They served her.

[Bert]

So I'm trying to use my words carefully here because I know they're going to offend, but I just think when you're young and you're single, it's like every young guy's goal is to get sex. And if you can help another young single guy get sex, you probably don't stop that.

[Melissa]

Even if he's taking advantage of somebody who's drunk.

[Bert]

Yeah. I gotta be honest with you.

[Joe]

I don't, I don't know if the

[Jen]

tactic is to try to get somebody drunk.

[Joe]

I don't know if a group of young men or a young guy would look at it as taking advantage of like, I don't think that would be the thought process. I think it would be, yes, she's an adult, she's legally able to drink. The bartender served her. Like a guy would put the responsibility off on everyone else.

[Bert]

Now, let me ask Jeff this question. Let's see if it changes the game entirely. Okay, Jeff, so she's 22.

[Joe]

Yes.

[Bert]

And there's a guy in the bar that's 45 or 50.

[Joe]

Yes.

[Bert]

Do you intervene or not?

[Joe]

I don't think it would make. It depends. Again, it's the same situation. It depends on the crowd I'm with.

[Bert]

Sadly, that would change for me.

[Melissa]

You'd be more likely to intervene.

[Bert]

Yes.

[Melissa]

Than if it was another 21 year old guy.

[Bert]

Yes.

[Melissa]

Got it.

[Jen]

So, yeah, because the caller was talking about over the top, her reaction would still be the same, even though the guy, you know, let's say the guy wasn't. I get his point. The guy wasn't saying, I'll just go to a hotel. Let's just, you know, come on, let's go, let's go. And she was saying no. I think that her response would still be the same. If a woman is trying to fight a guy off, I think that's the issue is, would you. Because if she's obviously into him, then nobody's going to say anything. But if she's trying to fight him off and he's forced her out of the bar, you know.

[Bert]

Hey, Cindy, good morning. You're part of the Burt Show.

[Caller]

Hi, good morning. I just want to tell you I was in a similar situation. A girl was really, really drunk and these two guys, these two guys were kind of Corralling her into a corner, and she looked really uncomfortable and wanted to get away from us. I intervened, and I went over my sister and I and said, hey, you know, leave her alone. And she got really mad at my sister and I and started screaming at us that she didn't know us and leave me alone. And it's none of business. And it was really awful. And she was falling down drunk. Wow.

[Steve]

Really?

[Caller]

Yeah. So, I mean, it is. You don't know when you're going to intervene, what you're going to get. And we kind of sat around the bar for a while and waited to see what would happen because we were really concerned about her. She was obviously alone, and these guys were taking advantage. And by the way, Bert, I'm kind of disappointed that you said that. That's okay.

[Bert]

I didn't say it was. Never said it was okay. Don't mix my words. I never said it was okay.

[Caller]

Well, just that it's. That that's a guy's goal. I mean, I get that about being young, but where's your character? I mean, just because you can do something, you know, I mean, this is when girls wake up in the middle of the night and don't know where they are and call the police, you know, it's not okay.

[Bert]

Yeah, I absolutely, absolutely agree.

[Joe]

Here's the situation.

[Jeff]

Bert.

[Joe]

Yeah. You gave me another scenario. Let me give you another scenario.

[Bert]

Well, if yours is too difficult, I'm just not going to answer it.

[Joe]

Well, and guess what? When you do answer it, I'm going to misinterpret your words, and I'm going to say that you're encouraging this stu to happen. Okay, so it's a situation like that girl just described, where you decide to intervene, right? You want to go out there and say something. So you go out there, maybe you're with a couple buddies, and you all go out there and say something, right? And the girl shoes you off.

[Bert]

She what?

[Joe]

Shoes you away. She's like, no.

[Bert]

She says, shoe, shoe, shoe.

[Jen]

Get out of here.

[Joe]

Shoe fly, shoo fly. She's like, no, no, no, no. I'm just getting to know this guy. He's really nice. Then what do you do?

[Bert]

Probably let it happen.

[Jen]

I mean, I think that when somebody's really drunk, you have to expect one of them to get mean at you because the guy's gonna insult you. Like the woman said, well, you're. You're a mom or something. I mean, that's a typical guy, responds to somebody who's trying to break something up. But I think that if you. If she's really sloppy, drunken, you know, that she is not. I mean, first of all, I fault her friends. I fault her and having. I fault the women for not, you know, her friends not taking care of her. But I think that you still have to. You still have to intervene and save her from a really. Could be a really horrible night, you know.

[Bert]

Here's Casey. Good morning, Casey. You're on Q100.

[Caller]

Hey, I just want to let you guys know y' all skipped over the worst part. The two cops, they suggested that the guy should take her somewhere secluded on the beach and then said, hey, maybe you should take her up under the pier.

[Bert]

Oh, those are the police officers that said that. Oh, wow.

[Caller]

Yeah, it was really scary.

[Bert]

That is disturbing. Here is Josh. Good morning, Josh. Here on Q100.

[Steve]

Hi.

[Caller]

Hey.

[Jeff]

How are you guys?

[Bert]

Okay.

[Jeff]

Hey, I just want to let you guys know, this is called the bystander effect. The more bystanders you have in a situation like this, the more. The less likely people can feel compelled to go intervene because they feel the weight is off their shoulders. Other people are watching. They shouldn't have to intervene because somebody else will.

[Bert]

That's how people end up being missing. Everybody's thinking somebody else is somebody else.

[Caller]

Take care of them.

[Melissa]

Right.

[Bert]

This is the Birch show. It's the Birch show. I didn't realize this, but Jeff had called in while we were on.

[Jen]

Oh, did he?

[Melissa]

Okay.

[Jeff]

Bird show. Hey, it's me again. Hi, me.

[Bert]

We're here too.

[Jen]

Hey, you.

[Bert]

Are you long time listener, first time caller or what?

[Jeff]

Oh, hey, how are you? Good.

[Bert]

What's going on?

[Jeff]

So I just posted. I'm on my way in. By the way, I just posted a picture of Jen's tire. Yeah, I tweeted it. She knows how to get a flat.

[Bert]

Is it really like it blew up on crashed?

[Jeff]

No. I don't know. She must. She must have driven on that thing for. I don't know. She drove back from Florida yesterday. Right. There's a chance that she got a flat tire in making is like the

[Bert]

rim all jacked up.

[Jeff]

Oh, my God. There's no rubber left on the tire.

[Bert]

Oh, really? It's that bad?

[Steve]

Oh, boy.

[Jeff]

Insane.

[Jen]

I'm glad she's okay then. Yeah, he's driving that long on a flat tire exploder.

[Jeff]

The hero truck is there and Brandon is there, so I'm not getting dirty.

[Bert]

Would you even know how to change a tire if you had to right now?

[Jeff]

Hell yeah, I would not.

[Jen]

You would not?

[Bert]

Yeah, no, I know the Stuff is in the trunk, and I've seen people do it, but I've actually never gone and done it myself.

[Jen]

So, Jeff, what you're saying is that the tire was already kind of bald. She must have driven on it.

[Jeff]

Oh, no, I'm saying that whatever. However it happened, and she was explaining,

[Jen]

but she just kept driving on it.

[Jeff]

Yeah, she said she was in the far left lane and it went. And she didn't really know it went. But wait till you see the picture. I mean, it's like. It's like the stuff you see during a NASCAR race.

[Bert]

It just, like, completely exploded.

[Jeff]

Yes. I mean, it's shredded. So. So I don't know who called the hero truck, if that was Jen or if it was Carl who did it on her behalf, but, I mean, he was there 60 seconds after I got there.

[Bert]

Wow. That fast.

[Jen]

That's awesome.

[Bert]

Here's Carl. What's up, Carl? Yeah, I call the hero truck.

[Jeff]

Bert, man, come on, man.

[Bert]

You know, I've seen a ton of times.

[Jeff]

Come on, man.

[Bert]

I talk about guys like you. I know, dude. I think I could do it because I've seen it done. Because I've seen it done.

[Jeff]

You've never changed a tire before. You've never stopped for real, man. You've never changed a tire before.

[Bert]

I've never changed tires. You got to be kidding me. I've never changed a battery. I've never changed the oil, did a jump. I have cables, but I've never physically put them on the battery.

[Jen]

Carl, did you hear earlier how he was all, like, being all like, oh, I'm too much of a man to go see Mary Pop? That's why you can't change the stuff.

[Jeff]

I know why.

[Bert]

Yeah, My parents made me take, like, an introductory car automo, like, a car maintenance class when I was, like, 16 years old before I got my license. So I went for, like, the three weeks, and I did everything there. So it's somewhere in my head, but I've never actually had to go and do it.

[Jen]

I am surprised as a guy, because, I mean, I do think parents are a little biased when it comes to teaching their kids about cars, you know, like my family. You know, my sister probably knows more about cars than the rest of us, but at least I do think it's very important to know how to change kids.

[Jeff]

It's totally true.

[Bert]

I got one worse for you.

[Jeff]

I do love Birch. Justification for everything. Change a tire? No, but I know this stuff is in the trunk. No, but I have cable.

[Bert]

I don't think I could Jump a car today. But I do think that I could change my tire. Here's another one for you, Carla. Right.

[Melissa]

If you're.

[Bert]

If you're already starting to lose respect for me, I've already told these guys a story. I had an old Jeep wrangler back in the day. Like an old red Jeep wrangler. It was, like, jacked up.

[Jen]

It's a man car, manly car.

[Bert]

Stomper looking car. Like, no doors on the side, soft top. Yeah. Man's car.

[Jen]

Right.

[Bert]

Stacy and I are driving home from a party one one day, and the Jeep breaks down. And I don't know what's underneath the hood. I never had my dad teach me.

[Actor (Drunk Woman)]

I gotta go.

[Jeff]

It's worse.

[Bert]

Stacy gets underneath the hood, underneath. It's on her back underneath the Jeep on the side of the road while I'm, like, sitting on the truck, sitting in the car.

[Jeff]

Oh, no.

[Jen]

That'll make you feel manly.

[Jeff]

Oh, no. Yeah, that's violation, man.

[Bert]

I'm about to pull your car right now.

[Jeff]

Knows how to change a tire, isn't it 1,800 AAA 1, 2, 3, 4. Something like that.

[Bert]

I'm not gonna lie to you. If I've ever had a busted tire, I've called aaa. Yeah. Or I've just ridden on it long enough to get to a Shell station. I'm not gonna lie to you.

[Jeff]

Wow.

[Bert]

I don't see you getting your hands dirty either.

[Jeff]

Yeah, you did. Didn't you know where Jen was pulled over? Because I think you sent Brandon, didn't you, Carl?

[Bert]

I did not know. And somebody. Who? Carl or me?

[Jen]

He said, Carl.

[Bert]

Oh, Carl.

[Jen]

Carl said, yeah, yeah, Carl said.

[Jeff]

He sent.

[Bert]

He sent the hero truck. Even though I'm going at himself, Carl's

[Jeff]

like, oh, come on, man. You don't know how to change a tire. Hey, Brandon, go change a tire.

[Bert]

All right, so you're going to be in what time you think?

[Jeff]

I'm actually pulling in the parking lot right now. She's only like, two exits away.

[Bert]

Oh, really? Okay. But she pretty freaked out. Is she pretty frazzled?

[Jeff]

No, she was fine. I think she was annoyed, actually, because she was on hold with Triple A and nobody picked up. She was at the entire time. Like, the minute I called Carl to tell him that I was gonna be late, he's like, well, is Jen near you? And told me where she was. I said, all right, I'll go by that whole time, she was on the hold with Triple A until I got there, until she was still on hold. When I left, she hung up. When the Hero truck got there.

[Jen]

But it's a great plug for the hero truck because the hero truck was right there.

[Bert]

Someone's got to even explain to me what the hero truck is.

[Jen]

The hero trucks are those big yellow vehicles that drive on the highways all the time, but if you call the number, they're there in two seconds. I guess they're for people like, you know, you don't know how to change tires. You run out of gas, jump, you jump the car off. Or if you don't want to wait on hold for AAA that you pay for and get something for free.

[Bert]

All right, Jeff, we'll see in a couple seconds.

[Jeff]

Bye.

[Steve]

Bye.

[Jeff]

Bye.

[Bert]

Here's Ali. Good Morning. You're on Q100. Hi.

[Jeff]

Hey, what's up? Burst out. How y' all doing today?

[Bert]

What's going on, dude?

[Jeff]

All right, man. I was at Quit Trip 1 one weekend, and this lady, she was like, like, maybe, like, 45, and she was trying to get her car jumped off, and she said she was at the quick trip for, like, 25 minutes for anyone to help her jump a car. She said she asked, like, maybe about 15, 10 guys, and none of them knew how to jump a car up. And she had her own jumper table.

[Bert]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

And she was like, are you serious? Like, no one knew. They're like, don't you have aaa? She's like, no, I got jumper cables. I just don't know how to put them on. And luckily, you know, I was there, and I jumped off, and she said. One guy said, I'm not getting dirty, you know, so.

[Bert]

Oh, no.

[Jen]

Now, I can understand if you didn't know how to do it, because you could do some. I mean, it could be bad if you put the cables on wrong, but to not want to get dirty.

[Bert]

Come on.

[Jeff]

Yeah, it was horrible. You know, like, man, this is the state of men today. Like, hey, I hate to say it, but, you know, it's like, people don't want to jump tie. I mean, jump a car off, you know, change a tire. I'm like, these are some basic mess. You should know.

[Bert]

I know. You're right. I should.

[Jen]

I think. I wish we should eventually. Another time, take calls from women who've been stranded on the side of the road and count how many guys pass by that didn't stop to help.

[Bert]

Well, it's a manly thing, too. Like, you're supposed to know how to do this. So rather than stop and feel like a wuss, and you just probably keep on driving. Hey, Kathy. Good Morning. You're on Q100.

[Caller]

Hey, Bert, I did not realize that that was you with me the other day when I had a flat tire. And I want to give props to Uncle Carl for calling hero. Good for him. But, no, the other day, I was. I had a flat tire in my husband's truck. No doubt. And this guy pulls up. I'm in my dress clothes. I'm a school teacher. I'm in my dress clothes, you know? He pulls up in his all workout clothes, and can I help? I'm like, sure. He goes, well, where's the jack? I said, you know what? Never mind. I'll just do this myself.

[Bert]

So he couldn't go. He didn't even know it was in the trunk to go find it.

[Caller]

Okay, well, in a truck, it's not in the trunk. It's behind the seat.

[Bert]

And you were so offended he wouldn't know was behind the seat. You just sent him on his way.

[Caller]

Yeah, I'm like, dude, you don't even know where the. I mean, if you don't know where the jack is, are you gonna know how to change a tire?

[Bert]

Yeah, that could have been me.

[Caller]

I mean, my parents made sure that I knew how to change tires before I could even get my driver's license.

[Bert]

So you did change it all by yourself, and you went on your way.

[Caller]

Changed it all by myself. Yeah.

[Bert]

Yeah, I just. I'm sorry.

[Jeff]

That's a little harsh, though.

[Jen]

I don't think I would have known where Jack was in a truck.

[Bert]

Me neither, anyway.

[Jen]

But I guess the guy's supposed to know. She says behind the seat. Driver's seat.

[Bert]

Here's Michael. Hey, Michael. Good morning.

[Jeff]

Good morning, guys. How y' all doing this morning?

[Bert]

Okay, sir, how are you?

[Jeff]

I'm doing pretty good. Hey, Bert, if you need somebody to teach you or show you how to do. To change a tire, man, I could show you how.

[Jen]

I am pretty sure he's got women in the studio that can help him.

[Bert]

That hurts, man. That hurts. Here, bird show.

[Joe]

The bird show.

[Bert]

So I tweeted about this yesterday. You know, my mom and I haven't talked to each other in months, right? And to tell you guys why, we take years and years and years and years, but basically, my mom said to me around, like, I don't know, November or something like this relationship, I can't. I've got too much going on right now, and this relationship is too hurtful. I don't want to speak to you, so whatever. So then a couple of months later, she emails me back, and she's like, okay, I'm ready to talk now. I'm feeling healthy. So I sent her one back saying, you know, my life's really not on your timetable, so I'll hit you back when. When I'm ready for this. So we haven't talked to each other at all. And the things that led up to it just. There's so many. There are years and years and years and stuff. Just can't get into the whole thing. So I got a letter from her 48 hours ago in the mail, and I haven't opened it up.

[Joe]

You mean like a handwritten letter?

[Bert]

Handwritten letter, snail mail. And I just know the pattern, man. Like, I know that the things she's gonna say in there are gonna be hurtful. So it's sitting on my counter right now, and I have no idea when I'm gonna open it up.

[Jen]

I wouldn't do it on Sunday.

[Bert]

Right now. I could open it up and, you know, it could be, like, a complete reconciliation note. Who knows? Like, I'm so sorry that this has happened to us. We should be past this. But my gut says they're gonna be daggers flown in that thing.

[Melissa]

What? I don't understand what.

[Bert]

That's what she does. She just. Like.

[Melissa]

Like, I could understand a parent who had a child that maybe put them through a whole lot of whatever. Like a. I don't. Honestly, I can't even imagine it, because typically, parents who have kids that are, you know, drug addicts and stealing from them and, you know, doing everything possible to hurt them, those parents are still, like, Would never throw daggers at their kids. I just. I don't get it.

[Bert]

As a parent, I can't understand it either. Like, the things that my parents have said to me over the years, I could never, ever say to my children. Because you don't go out of your way to hurt your kids. Right?

[Melissa]

Right.

[Bert]

And that's why I don't think that she goes out of her way to hurt me. But she says things unknowingly that are just really hurtful as a child, and I just don't. I'm at a place right now where I just don't feel like dealing with it, but that letter is always there on the counter, just calling me, like, you want to deal with me now? It's either deal with me now or deal with me later, but you're going to deal with me. So it's just sitting there right now.

[Melissa]

What do you think you're gonna do with it?

[Bert]

I roll it up and smoke it. Well, the suggestions that I got on Facebook and Twitter yesterday I thought were really good and ones that I hadn't thought of is have Stacy open it. And then she's sort of the filter saying, yeah, this is something that you could probably take right now, or, no, let's wait a couple of months before we deal with it.

[Jen]

But even if she says that, it'll still eat at you, you know, Is it. How now, as you've grown older and you've gone through this phase with your parents several times, how long does it take you to recover from something that is hurtful?

[Bert]

It used to be easier. Now it's getting harder, really? As I get older. Yeah.

[Jen]

Because I was going to say just rip the band aid off and get it over with. But if you're. If it's going to take a while for you to recover from it, then I would wait until, you know, after. When you have time to do that.

[Bert]

I tell you what I think's happened is, you know, before I met Stacy and before I was getting a whole bunch of therapy, I just thought this was how families did things. And now I know differently. So when I get stuff like this, it hurts more.

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Melissa]

Because, you know, it's so unhealthy.

[Bert]

Because I know it's so unhealthy, and it's so unusual.

[Melissa]

You know, I would say the opposite of the rip the band aid off thing. I would say wait, because this is a big month of celebrations for your family.

[Bert]

Yeah. Okay.

[Melissa]

Your wedding anniversary, Hollis's birthday. Your wife's birthday, Mother's Day. Mother's Day. Like, this is. May is always, like, a big month for you. Like a big month of celebrations. And you should be able to celebrate all of those things. They're all, like, really awesome things for your family. So, like, maybe wait till June 1st.

[Bert]

I think that's a great idea. I hadn't thought of it.

[Jen]

As long as it doesn't.

[Melissa]

You have.

[Jen]

But then you have to put the letter away from you so you don't see it.

[Bert]

Yeah.

[Jen]

It just depends on how much it's in your head that it's sitting there.

[Bert]

Well, the importance of celebrating all these things might take precedence over, you know, sort of the curiosity of what's in that letter. That's a good point that I hadn't thought about.

[Melissa]

Because if that.

[Bert]

How can you just totally compartmentalize it, though, and not think about it, you know?

[Jen]

I mean, only you can answer that.

[Sleep Number Announcer]

I can.

[Melissa]

You just don't want it to be a dark cloud over this month that's supposed to be such a celebration of your life.

[Bert]

Well, either way, it will be either dealing with it or not dealing with it is still going to be a dark cloud, right?

[Joe]

How well is Hayden reading?

[Melissa]

You think that's a good solution?

[Jen]

You can make this into a lesson.

[Bert]

You are so ready to be a parent. I didn't know until just now.

[Joe]

That's what I was thinking. You see, you could be a learning experience.

[Melissa]

You can use big words.

[Jeff]

If it's talked about, rumored or gossiped. You'll hear it first on Gen Hobby's Entertainment Buzz.

[Joe]

Q100 sound it out, Hayden. Dysfunction. Dysfunctional.

[Jen]

Look, Daddy, there's fun in this dysfunctional

[Bert]

the Bird Show.