The Bert Show – Full Show PT 3: Monday, April 13 [Vault]
Date: April 13, 2026
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Episode Overview
In this lively and freewheeling episode of The Bert Show, the hosts dig into weddings and relationships, share quirky emergency-room stories about jewelry injuries, explore gender differences around curiosity and bedroom antics, and react to some outrageous real-life news. True to their morning show style, the conversation is funny, authentic, and welcoming to listener input, featuring call-ins and light-hearted banter. Segments are both laugh-out-loud and occasionally cringe-inducing, with memorable quotes and real stories about marriage, mishaps, and sometimes the downright bizarre.
Segment 1: Wedding Planning Red Flags
(Main discussion: 01:27–14:26)
Key Points & Insights
- The team discusses a wedding planner’s claim: She’s identified five warning signs in wedding planning that predict relationship trouble.
- Host and panelists debate and react, with many listeners sharing personal experiences via live call-in.
The Five Red Flags:
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Bride Refuses to Let Groom Choose Cake
- Total control by one partner signals inability to compromise—trouble down the road.
- Bert: "If it’s too important and she doesn’t let you participate, that’s a big red flag." (03:40)
- Wendy: “If he wants to participate and she’s not listening… that’s a huge problem.” (03:27)
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Groom Lets His Mom Call the Shots
- Excessive involvement from a groom’s mother (a “mama’s boy”) foreshadows future interference.
- Multiple listeners confirm this is a hot-button issue.
- Caller Charlie: “My mom was super, super involved… she’s actually almost planning a second wedding for us for when we get back.” (07:23)
- Amanda (Charlie’s wife): “She’s really caring and wanted to show her love by helping and it was just too much.” (08:42)
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Bride Blows Half the Budget on Her Dress
- Secretive or lopsided spending is a sign of lack of respect and poor partnership.
- Burt: "It's a huge sign that she doesn't respect him and refuses to compromise. And trust me, those tendencies don't disappear after she walks down the aisle." (05:40)
- Melissa: “I know a marriage where that kind of happened… a lot of drama during the planning stages over expense.” (06:18)
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Bride Freaks Out Over Groom’s Bachelor Party
- Extreme jealousy (e.g., threatening to leave over a bachelor party) implies deep trust issues.
- Burt: “If you can’t trust him, why the hell are you walking down the aisle?” (10:34)
- Wendy: “Just gotta be trustworthy and let it go.” (14:00)
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Bride and Groom Fight in Front of Others (Especially Wedding Planner)
- Public arguments suggest lack of respect.
- Burt: “Arguments are private and dragging me into them shows that there is a lack of respect for each other and for their bond.” (10:46)
- Jennifer: “If you can do it in front of a complete stranger, there’s no hope.” (14:16)
Notable Moments & Quotes
- Listener call-in from Charlie and Amanda—real-time feedback about over-involved mothers-in-law, leading to funny but revealing exchanges (06:53–10:07).
- Multiple listeners (12:22–13:00) weigh in: some say the groom’s mother should pay up but stay out, others (Melissa) joke about the transactional relationship between in-laws and the wedding.
Timestamps
- List of red flags begins: 01:27
- Discussion of “Bride Refuses to Let Groom Choose Cake:” 02:13
- “Groom Lets His Mom Call the Shots:” 03:40
- “Bride Blows Half the Budget on Her Dress:” 05:06
- Listener call: Charlie and Amanda on meddling moms: 06:53–10:07
- “Bride Freaks Out Over Groom’s Bachelor Party:” 10:18
- “Bride and Groom Fight in Front of Others:” 10:46
- Wrap-up/reflection: 13:00–14:26
Segment 2: Jewelry Injuries – Unlikely ER Stories
(Main discussion: 16:10–23:39)
Key Points & Insights
- Jeff reads a fact: 800 people per week go to the hospital due to jewelry-related injuries.
- Hosts and listeners swap stories about injuries from rings, earrings, piercings (including the infamous “Prince Albert”), and more.
Types of Mishaps:
- Rings caught and causing finger injuries (e.g., degloving)
- Earrings and braces mishaps
- Children’s fingers swelling due to toy machine rings (Caller’s 11-year-old son: “We actually ended up in the ER twice. He had to have rings cut off.” 20:41)
- Humorous and gross-out humor around body piercings: “Prince Albert” and its origin (18:08–19:14)
Notable Moments & Quotes
- Melissa: “Wendy, you had to drive me to Northside because I couldn’t see… Mark Lamuth… 12 rings… I bumped right into him.” (17:22)
- Jenny (Caller): “His ring got caught up on something up there and it actually ripped his fingers off.” (20:12)
- Melissa on cringe: “I never thought the phrase ‘pulled my brackets off’ would make me Kegel. Every muscle in my body tensed up.” (22:06)
- Jeff: “I only have four [pieces of jewelry]…”
Melissa: “And your little Prince Albert thing?”
Burt: “That's not really a piece of jewelry…” (18:08)
Timestamps
- Stat introduction—jewelry injuries: 16:10
- Hosts’ personal jewelry stories: 16:47–18:03
- Body piercing chat: 18:08–19:14
- Listeners' injury stories: 19:35–22:23
- Discussion wrap: 23:39
Segment 3: Do Women “Lift the Sheet” After a Hookup?
(Main discussion: 24:12–31:38)
Key Points & Insights
- Bert describes a “classic movie/TV scenario” where after a hookup, a woman lifts the sheet to check out a sleeping man’s physical attributes.
- Hosts and callers debate: Is this real, and why do women do it?
- Many women call in and admit, yes, sometimes it happens—especially when alcohol is involved or details are fuzzy.
Notable Moments & Quotes
- Bert: “I’m just really curious if women do that.” (25:01)
- Caller Caroline: “Yeah, I have to say I’ve lifted the sheet before… Maybe little trophy just to take a peek after the whole event.” (27:09)
- Jennifer: “If you did it the night before then you look and you’re like, oh, that sucks.” (27:42)
- Caller Jennifer: “My girlfriends called me and they were like, you have to look and you have to use a ruler.” (30:13)
- Melissa: “That’s why I only hook up in Europe, because they use the metric system and it just sounds more impressive…” (31:05)
Timestamps
- Scenario intro: 24:12
- Women’s take (hosts and callers): 25:53–31:38
Segment 4: Viral Moment—Glenn Beck Radio Meltdown & Remix
(Main discussion: 32:06–35:58)
Key Points & Insights
- Playback and humorous remix of a well-known conservative radio host’s on-air meltdown over healthcare reform.
- Hosts gleefully dissect the tantrum and joke about its cinematic villain potential.
Notable Quotes
- Glenn Beck (remix): “Get off my phone, you little pinhead!” (34:09, repeated for effect)
- Wendy: “He needs to be the villain on a Disney movie. Doesn’t he sound like the villain?” (35:10)
Timestamps
- Glenn Beck original meltdown: 32:38–34:09
- Remix and reactions: 34:09–35:58
Segment 5: DIY Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong
(Main discussion: 35:58–39:28)
Key Points & Insights
- News story about a woman who gave herself plastic surgery with online-bought silicone.
- Her botched home job leads to major health issues; discussion on the lengths people will go to for beauty, especially in tough economic times.
Notable Quotes
- Reporter: “By the following day, it was completely inflamed… horrible blisters.” (37:39)
- Wendy: “There’s just some things you don’t need to get discounted. Plastic surgery… you gotta go, if you’re going there, go there.” (38:50)
Timestamps
- News intro and reactions: 35:58–38:50
- Panel reflection and wrap: 38:50–39:28
Final Thoughts
- The wedding red flags segment struck a chord, with strong reactions about boundaries, trust, and meddling parents as enduring hot topics in marriage.
- The jewelry injury stories ranged from the hilarious to the cringe-worthy, showing how everyday objects can become ER nightmares.
- The “sheet lifting” discussion provided candid female perspectives, full of both honesty and humor.
- Viral audio moments and cautionary tales about DIY surgery rounded out an episode anchored by authenticity, audience participation, and irrepressible fun.
Most Memorable Quotes
- “If you can’t trust him, why the hell are you walking down the aisle?” – Burt (10:34)
- “That's why I only hook up in Europe, because they use the metric system and it just sounds more impressive.” – Melissa (31:05)
- “Get off my phone, you little pinhead!” – Glenn Beck audio (34:09+ remix)
- “There’s just some things you don’t need to get discounted. Plastic surgery… you gotta go, if you’re going there, go there.” – Wendy (38:50)
For fans of listener stories, light-hearted real talk, and the humor of shared experience, this Bert Show vault episode hits all the right notes of candid, collective commiseration.