Vault: Her dance challenge update

Summary

The Bert Show — "Vault: Her Dance Challenge Update"

Date: July 10, 2026
Host & Cast: Bert, Wendy, various Bert Show Cast Members

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Episode Overview

In this lively segment, the Bert Show crew follows up on Wendy’s bold claim that she could outperform Kate Gosselin on "Dancing with the Stars." Sparked by Kate's lackluster jive, Wendy is challenged to learn and perform the same style of dance in just four days—with professional instruction, a live audience, and all the glitz that comes with a ballroom performance. The episode details Wendy’s preparations, her first meeting with her instructor Antonio, and the playful banter from the rest of the team as the challenge takes shape.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Origin of the Dance Challenge

• After watching Kate Gosselin’s "Dancing with the Stars" jive performance, Wendy critiques it as "lame" and claims she could do better.
  • Wendy: "I could learn a jive dance in four days and do it better than Kate Gosselin." (02:05)
• Bert immediately holds her to it, proposing she take on the same challenge—four days, a jive, an audience, and even a similar costume—with a $100 reward if she wins an online listener vote over Kate.
  • Bert: "You think you really can do this, and let's go ahead and do it... and if you beat Kate Gosselin, I'll just throw you 100 bucks." (02:22)

2. Finding an Instructor & The Venue

• Wendy meets her chosen dance instructor, Antonio, and shares her excitement:
  • Wendy: "He is gorgeous. And he's Latin. So he's gonna teach me the jive." (03:07)
• The setting is Daza Dance in Johns Creek—a major Southeast ballroom studio hosting public Friday dance parties, where attendees range from beginners to experienced dancers.
  • Wendy: "This is a huge studio. This is the biggest in the southeast that I found out last night." (04:23)

3. Creating 'Dancing with the Stars' Atmosphere

• The cast agrees to mirror the DWTS format, including:
  • Four days of rehearsal (Monday–Thursday), with the live performance at a public Friday dance party.
  • Wearing proper costumes, dancing in heels, and performing in front of professional dancers and strangers for the authentic pressure of competition.
• The final performance will be recorded and posted online for listeners to vote.

Quotes & Banter:

• Unidentified Male Commentator (re: audience): "If you're wearing high heels and dancing, you're gonna have every regular guy plastered right up against the glass of that room." (04:18)
• Wendy (on costume): "Yeah, I have to wear an outfit. I had to do the entire thing." (06:31)
• Wendy (on nerves): "It'll be in front of professional dancers, which made me a little more nervous than dancing in front of every one of my co-workers." (06:22)

4. Rehearsal, Real Talk, and More Antics

• Wendy affirms that rehearsals will only start Monday, to avoid any unearned advantage.
• There is playful teasing around her chemistry with instructor Antonio, suggesting the makings of a DWTS-style narrative:
  • Unidentified Female Commentator 2: "You've been having an affair with your... instructor..." (04:54)
  • Wendy (joking): "I mean, that's okay." (04:58)
• Detailed logistics are discussed, such as shoes ("they have to be tight on your feet so your ankle won't break." [06:02]), costumes, spray tans, and involving listeners and cast members as the audience.

5. Final Plans and Listener Involvement

• The performance will be public at Daza Dance’s Friday night party (Johns Creek).
• Video will be posted the following Monday for official voting.
  • Bert: "So you got next week and the video will go up next Monday." (07:35)
  • Wendy: "Yes...I'm excited." (07:38)
• Listeners are invited to attend or to vote online for Wendy or Kate.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “She can’t dance. So I... I challenged myself that I could learn a jive dance... and do it better than Kate Gosselin.” — Wendy (02:05)
• “I actually got a little more nervous that once he said that idea. I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.” — Wendy, reacting to performing for strangers (07:04)
• “They have wine, they have beer, and it's just a fun party. And then I would do a dance on Friday night.” — Wendy, describing the event (05:25)
• “If you're wearing high heels and dancing, you're gonna have every regular guy plastered right up against the glass...” — Unidentified Male (04:18)
• “Of course, I'm gonna go get an airbrush tan. Like all the Dancing with the Stars.” — Wendy (06:39)
• “We'll have Rhett maybe follow the rehearsals and day by day, just like they do on Dancing with the Stars, to see if there's any fights going on with me, affair or whatever.” — Wendy (joking about the DWTS drama angle) (07:14)

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Important Timestamps

• 01:30 — Introduction to Wendy’s dance challenge and reference to Kate Gosselin
• 02:05 — Wendy’s claim and challenge accepted
• 03:07 — Meeting with Antonio the dance instructor, Daza Dance studio introduced
• 03:54 — Deciding on live audience Friday night performance
• 05:25 — Description of the party atmosphere and public invitation
• 06:22 — Discussion on nerves and performing for professionals
• 07:35 — Confirmation of timeline and posting of the video

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Episode Tone & Dynamics

The segment is energetic, full of playful ribbing and supportive encouragement, reflective of the Bert Show’s blend of authenticity and comedy. The group’s banter about dance, nerves, and even instructor “romance” keeps things light as Wendy preps for her moment in the spotlight. This makes for an engaging listen—even for those with zero interest in ballroom dancing.

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Summary

This episode captures the Bert Show’s signature humor and camaraderie, centered on Wendy’s journey to prove she can out-jive a celebrity on national TV, all while inviting listeners into the fun. Expect a build-up to a very public test—with plenty of laughs, a dash of drama, and a genuine radio-family challenge. If you want to live vicariously through a morning radio dance-off, this one's for you!

Transcript

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[Bert]

The Burt Show Speaking of Wendy here, she has, we have challenged Wendy this week. She came on here a couple of days ago after watching Dancing with the Stars and she saw Kate Gosselin's really lame performance this week. Just thought she's kind of slept, walked through the whole thing. And Wendy said she could do a better job than Kate Gosling could on Dancing with the Stars.

[Wendy]

Well, yeah, well, they're given, I found out they're given four days, eight hours a day to rehearse and learn the next dance for the next week. So they have four days of rehearsals and then they do their performance. But they've been together for three weeks. But Kate goslin just looks like she is not enjoying it at all.

[Unidentified Male Commentator]

Somebody's holding a gun to her head to be there.

[Wendy]

There's no effort involved. Not. And she's. She can't dance. So I. I challenged myself that I could learn a jive dance because that's what she did on Monday morning. I mean, Monday night, she did a jive dance and learned it in four days. So I said I could learn a jive dance in four days and do it better than Kate Gosselin.

[Bert]

So I called her out on that. I'm like, okay, you think you. You really can do this, and let's go ahead and do it. Four days. You. You go ahead, find yourself a ballroom dancing instructor. And we gave her a couple of different leads, and then we'll do it same way Dancing with the stars does it. So we're gonna have to get you like some kind of like in studio audience or something. And you'll have to wear almost an identical outfit or at least similar outfit to Kate Gosselin also. And we'll put a video of you dancing to whatever song Kate Gosselin was dancing to. Put em up online listeners will vote, and we'll see who gets more votes. And if you beat Kate Gosselin, I'll just throw you 100 bucks.

[Wendy]

Right, right. And then I met actually with a dance instructor last night. His name is Antonio.

[Unidentified Male Commentator]

His name is Antonio. He should be terrific.

[Wendy]

He is gorgeous. And he's Latin. So he's gonna teach me the jive.

[Bert]

Antonio.

[Wendy]

And he works at daza dance up in Alpharetta, up in Johns Creek. Met last night, but they do something similar to Dancing with the stars on Friday nights where they have a huge dance party where it's like from 8 to midnight and everyone just gets together, drinks wine, sort of has their moment on the dance floor. So watching people and you're drinking, having a good party time.

[Unidentified Female Commentator]

So is it the people that have been in class there for a while, like people that are really good at it or people that just learn that night?

[Wendy]

Anything. And like, however long experience, it's kind of fun, but it's open to the public. So we were talking last night about doing this whole jive dance and learning, and we were talking about doing learning Monday through Thursday and then performing on Friday night, but inviting people to the party on Friday night.

[Unidentified Female Commentator 2]

Because one of the things we said with Wendy is if you want to be like Dancing with the stars, we have to involve some kind of audience.

[Bert]

Has to be a live audience. Because there's a nervous factor I mean, she was just in a studio dancing with the instructor. Not nearly as nervous as Kate Gosling was in front of millions of people.

[Wendy]

Well, even in here, if we brought in a couple of people, like 10 people, 15 people, no big deal. Especially if there are people around the office that I see every day.

[Unidentified Male Commentator]

If you're wearing high heels and dancing, you're gonna have every regular guy plastered right up against the glass of that room. You'll have an audience.

[Wendy]

And that's not NER nerve wracking. But when we were talking, she doesn't notice them. I mean, these are people, obviously, I see every day. So if it's like, professional dancers that are gonna be at this party, because they do it every Friday. So these are professional dancers. These are students of professional dancers that have been taking lessons for months and months. Because this is a huge studio. This is the biggest in the southeast that I found out last night. So they teach ballroom dancing all day long, 24, 7. So this will be.

[Bert]

You're in good hands with Antonio.

[Wendy]

Oh, love him already. No, but these are.

[Unidentified Female Commentator 2]

You've been having an affair with your.

[Unidentified Female Commentator]

Does your instructor romance rumors.

[Wendy]

I mean, that's okay.

[Bert]

She's not close to the other.

[Wendy]

Absolutely.

[Unidentified Female Commentator 2]

Whatever it takes for good art.

[Wendy]

No, but we would. We would learn that starting on Monday. So there would be no practice this weekend. No practice today. We would start on Monday. So it's fair. And everything is like Kate Gosling. So start on Monday, go through Thursday, learning the jive. And then on Friday night is when I would perform for anybody who wants to come out. It is open to the general public. Anybody who wants to come out. They have wine, they have beer, and it's just a fun party. And then I would do a dance on Friday night.

[Bert]

Okay. Now and then they. We would video it there.

[Wendy]

Absolutely.

[Bert]

Monday, we put that video up online.

[Wendy]

Okay.

[Unidentified Female Commentator]

I like that idea.

[Unidentified Male Commentator]

If you're not gonna be able to practice eight hours a day, Monday through Thursday, so you could technically start because it's 32 hours, so you should. I mean, I fool me. I would milk out every hour.

[Unidentified Female Commentator]

Did you start last night at all?

[Wendy]

I had. Nope. We just talked last night.

[Bert]

She just looked at him last night.

[Unidentified Female Commentator 2]

I watched his mouth.

[Wendy]

I got the grand tour of the ballrooms last night. It was great. No, I actually tried on a pair of dancing shoes, and it's just bizarre because normally when women go and buy shoes, they're a little bit loose, so you can walk around them. These have to be tight. Like, they have to be tight on your Feet so your, your ankle won't break. And I had, I had no idea about that.

[Bert]

But these aren't the shoes that you will be dancing in next Friday night. So they, you have to somehow make the transition.

[Wendy]

No, these will be the shoes.

[Bert]

They are.

[Wendy]

They're going to be the shoes. So they're heels. Like I am dancing the jive in heels. Like little bitty heel.

[Unidentified Female Commentator 2]

Just like Kate Gosling.

[Wendy]

Just like Kate Gosling. But it'll be in front of professional dancers, which made me a little more nervous than dancing in front of every one of my co workers.

[Unidentified Female Commentator]

Do you have to wear one of those sexy outfits?

[Wendy]

They have them there. Yeah, yeah, I have to wear an outfit. I had to do the entire thing.

[Unidentified Female Commentator]

Gosselin thing. Yeah, I like it.

[Bert]

So they have the outfits there for you to purchase or whatever also.

[Wendy]

Oh, yeah, they have the outfits ready to go. I can choose one. And then of course I'm gonna go get an airbrush tan. Like all the Dancing with the Stars.

[Unidentified Female Commentator 2]

Yeah, I like the element too. Like she said, there's professionals in the room, you know, because that's very similar to Dancing with the Stars professionals. And the judges are all professional dancers.

[Bert]

So we'll invite Bert show listeners to come on out there if they want to spend a couple of hours also. So there'll be a certain element of audience and people you don't know also.

[Wendy]

Absolutely.

[Unidentified Female Commentator]

You are going to be busting your butt next week, aren't you?

[Wendy]

I actually got a little more nervous that once he said that idea. I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[Bert]

That's a great idea. It's turnkey for us. Very easy.

[Unidentified Female Commentator 2]

Yeah.

[Wendy]

So we'll have Rhett maybe follow the rehearsals and day by day, just like they do on Dancing with the Stars, to see if there's any fights going on with me, affair or whatever. Affair. That's.

[Unidentified Female Commentator 2]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Female Commentator]

Keep that hot chemistry that you cannot deny.

[Bert]

What's the name of this ballroom studio again?

[Wendy]

It's Daza Dance and it's up in Johns Creek.

[Bert]

Daza Dance.

[Unidentified Female Commentator 2]

Daza Dance with Antonio.

[Wendy]

All right, perfect.

[Bert]

So you got next week and the video will go up next Monday.

[Wendy]

Yes.

[Bert]

All right, Very good.

[Wendy]

I'm excited.

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