Vault: She has two maids of honor in her wedding

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bert Show – "Vault: She has two maids of honor in her wedding"

Original Air Date: July 3, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this heartwarming and humorous segment of The Bert Show, the team dives into wedding drama with guest Joy, who has brought an entourage of 11 out of her 12 bridesmaids—and her mother—to search for her perfect wedding dress. The twist? Joy has not one, but two maids of honor, both dear friends from different chapters of her life. The core discussion: Should she pick one to accompany her as she gets exclusive early access to dress shopping, or can everyone just get along? The lively banter and playful challenges test friendships and loyalties in true morning show style.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Meet Joy and Her Bridal Squad

• [01:13] Joy introduces her group: 11 bridesmaids, her mom, and her two maids of honor.
• [01:41] She explains she has two maids of honor: “Because I have two best friends.” – Joy
• Stephanie (her friend since 7th grade) and Marie (her friend from college/sorority sister) are both deeply involved in Joy’s life.
• The hosts relate to this scenario, noting how common it is to have both a childhood and college best friend.

2. The Two Maids of Honor Dynamic

• Joy and her friends laugh about navigating who stands closest at the ceremony and how responsibilities are divided.
• Tracy, a guest commentator who had two maids of honor, offers insight: “It does relieve responsibility from just being one.” – Tracy [02:43]
• Jokes are made (“Are you seriously comparing heights to see who's gonna stand next to you at the wedding?” – Host [08:47]) as they contemplate the logistics.

3. Dress Shopping Dilemma—A Friendly Challenge

• [03:33] Joy is offered early access for dress shopping but can only bring one maid of honor.
• The hosts propose a fun but nerve-wracking contest: Each maid of honor gets one minute to convince Joy why she should go.

4. The Showdown: Stephanie vs. Marie

Stephanie’s Pitch ([05:04]–[05:43]):

• “I've known you longer... You're my best friend in the whole world. I tell you everything... Think about all the stuff we went through in high school, all the terrible boys...And then I saw you, Ben. And I saw you fall in love with him. And I've been there the whole way.” – Stephanie [05:04]–[05:43]
• She appeals to their long-standing history and emotional connection.

Marie’s Pitch ([06:06]–[06:48]):

• “You found my wedding dress here at Running of the Brides... Let's just talk about my fashion sense... Dancing with our straighteners, jumping on the bed. We could be jumping in our wedding dresses that I picked for you. And in our underwear. That's not allowed.” – Marie [06:06]–[06:48]
• Marie emphasizes her fashion expertise and fun college memories.

Host Commentary:

• The hosts tease and encourage the two, poking fun at their tactics and the competitive spirit.

5. Joy’s Struggle and Final Decision

• Joy is overwhelmed by the pressure: “Can I choose? Neither. Because I hate this.” – Joy [07:10]
• The group jokes about the intensity: “Well, we love people crying on this show.” – Tracy [07:16]
• Joy suggests letting fate decide or flipping a coin, but is pressed for an answer.
• She negotiates: The winner goes in with her; the other gets the honor of walking first in the ceremony.
• After much back-and-forth and group encouragement, Joy finally (under much pressure) chooses:
  • “Well, because Stephanie gave me your blessing...” – Joy [09:06]
  • She picks Marie (but with Stephanie’s blessing). [09:44]

6. The (Happy) Plot Twist

• Ultimately, the hosts reveal everyone can go in: “That was so mean. You all can go in. Seriously. All three of you go.” – Host [09:47]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “[Are] all three of you really close?” – Host [01:47]
• “Hypothetically, had both of them said something to me.” – Guest Commentator (on Maids of Honor competition) [02:40]
• “We thought about doing it friend style, you know, where they have to fight to whoever stands first.” – Joy [03:07]
• “This is so mean.” – Stephanie, after the dress shop challenge is proposed [04:17]
• “For the rest of her life, she's going to remember who helped her pick out her wedding gown.” – Host [04:03]
• “You realize it's difficult for anyone to take you seriously talking about fashion sense while you're wearing Shamrock Chicken boppers.” – Host [06:54]
• “Can I choose? Neither. Because I hate this.” – Joy [07:10]
• “Oh, she really is going to cry.” – Co-host [07:50]
• The host and Tracy reveling in their “witchy” plotting: “We're witches.” [07:55]

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Important Timestamps

• [01:13] – Meet Joy and her bridal party
• [01:41] – Why Joy has two maids of honor
• [02:11] – Tracy’s story: having two maids of honor herself
• [03:33] – The dress shopping dilemma & the one-minute pitch challenge begins
• [05:04] – Stephanie’s heartfelt pitch
• [06:06] – Marie’s pitch, emphasizing fashion and friendship
• [07:10] – Joy’s emotional struggle with the decision
• [09:44] – Joy makes the call: Marie
• [09:47] – Plot twist: Everyone gets to go

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Tone and Style

• Warm, playful, and occasionally mischievous, The Bert Show brings a real, spontaneous energy to the conversation.
• The cast encourages honest reactions and isn’t afraid to push buttons for the sake of entertainment, always rooted in affection.
• By the end, camaraderie and friendship win out, reinforcing the supportive and fun dynamic the show is known for.

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Takeaway

This episode perfectly encapsulates lighthearted morning show fare—serious friendship decisions, comedic cajoling, and ultimately, everyone winning. It serves up laughs, relatable dilemmas, and a reminder that the most memorable wedding moments are those shared with the people you love.

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Transcript

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[Host/Interviewer]

We have to meet Joy.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Joy.

[Marie]

Hi, Joy.

[Host/Interviewer]

Hi, Joy.

[Tracy]

Hello. Hello.

[Host/Interviewer]

Hey, how are you?

[Stephanie]

Hi.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

What time did you.

[Host/Interviewer]

What time did you get here?

[Joy]

We got here at 5.

[Host/Interviewer]

5 this morning?

[Joy]

No, 5 yesterday.

[Host/Interviewer]

Oh, nicely done. And who did you bring with you to help you find a dress?

[Joy]

Well, I have 12 bridesmaids total and there's 11 of us here and my mom.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Hi, mom. Hey, Mom.

[Joy]

And my two maids of honor.

[Host/Interviewer]

And your two maids of honor.

[Joy]

Right.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

So why two?

[Joy]

Because I have two best friends.

[Host/Interviewer]

No, you don't.

[Stephanie]

Really close?

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Are all three of you really close?

[Joy]

Are you guys close? Actually, yes. Stephanie and I have been friends since the sixth grade. And Miranda met in college. Yeah, and then we all became friends.

[Tracy]

That's usually how it works out. You have your childhood best friend and your college best friend.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

That's true. That's true.

[Host/Interviewer]

And are you 100% confident in your decision to have two maids of honor? Yes, because Tracy did that.

[Joy]

Oh, really? Yes.

[Guest Commentator]

And I think it was the best decision I ever made.

[Tracy]

Hello, cliche.

[Host/Interviewer]

Do the two maids of honor think it was the best decision you ever made or do you think that independently they may think one of they would be better than the other?

[Guest Commentator]

I think independently they would think that maybe one of them was more suited to be my maid of honor than the other.

[Host/Interviewer]

Hypothetically. Hypothetically, had one of them said something to you, you could probably imagine how that conversation would go.

[Guest Commentator]

Hypothetically, had both of them said something to me.

[Tracy]

But it does relieve responsibility from just being one. I mean, because I've been Maid of honor before. So, I mean, you know, at least I get to split the duty.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Now it's your ceremony. Are they gonna walk down the AIs out together?

[Joy]

That's. We're still ironing out those details.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Okay.

[Joy]

I'm thinking about having them walk side by side.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Side by side is really cute. Or they could duke it out over the hottest groomsmen to walk them down.

[Guest Commentator]

That's true.

[Joy]

We thought about doing it friend style, you know, where they have to fight to whoever stands first.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Yeah.

[Narrator/Announcer]

And when is your wedding?

[Joy]

October 23rd.

[Narrator/Announcer]

So it's coming up.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Yeah. That's awesome.

[Tracy]

Very cool.

[Host/Interviewer]

So go ahead, Tracy.

[Guest Commentator]

Well, I just want to know, because I had to decide who stands closest to you because they can walk down the aisle together, but inevitably, somebody's got to stand next to you.

[Host/Interviewer]

Well, we're.

[Tracy]

So, basically, who's your favorite? Just kidding.

[Host/Interviewer]

We're going to help with that.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Okay.

[Host/Interviewer]

Because we're willing to. Joy, we're willing to send you in early. We've got one more slot, and you can go in early and start looking for your wedding dress.

[Joy]

Shut up.

[Host/Interviewer]

Shut up. But you can only take one person with you, and it has to be one of your maids of honor. So we'll give them each up to a minute to make a pitch on why they are the better maid of honor.

[Joy]

Oh, that's tough.

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[Tracy]

The truth shall come out.

[Host/Interviewer]

Yeah. So you each. I mean, you're selling yourselves. This is important. For the rest of her life, she's going to remember who helped her pick out her wedding gown.

[Marie]

Oh, God.

[Host/Interviewer]

You have 60 seconds to make that be you. Otherwise you'll be forgotten about.

[Stephanie]

This is so mean.

[Tracy]

This is basically what they've been telling the friends behind her about why they, you know, I'm.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Because.

[Tracy]

Yeah, so.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

So 62nd each. And then they got to get in there. We're running out of time here.

[Host/Interviewer]

Yeah.

[Tracy]

Who.

[Host/Interviewer]

Who wants to go first? Stephanie, who you've known since you were just tiny little kids in diapers at age 6, or Mireille, since you were. Is that right? Mireille Marie.

[Marie]

I'm her little sister in the sorority.

[Joy]

It's coming out now.

[Tracy]

Which sorority? It a shout out.

[Joy]

Alpha Z Delta.

[Tracy]

Okay.

[Stephanie]

Hey, I'm her twin in the sorority,

[Marie]

so I forgot to mention that getting dirty.

[Host/Interviewer]

Who's going first, Stephanie or Marie?

[Stephanie]

I'll go first.

[Host/Interviewer]

All right, Stephanie, you've known her since what, sixth, sixth.

[Stephanie]

Seventh grade.

[Host/Interviewer]

Seventh grade. You have 60 seconds.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Go.

[Stephanie]

Okay. I've known you longer. You're the first person I met you're my best friend in the whole world. I tell you everything. Think about what I do for a living, working with my clients. I'm very trustworthy. I'll be patient in there. And I can stay calm under pressure. Think about all the stuff we went through in high school, all the terrible boys that we both dated. I saw you go through so much turmoil in high school. And then I saw you, Ben. And I saw you fall in love with him. And I've been there the whole way.

[Host/Interviewer]

And who has Ben?

[Joy]

My fiance.

[Stephanie]

Our wonderful fiance, I hope.

[Tracy]

Hi, Ben.

[Stephanie]

And I love you.

[Joy]

All right, all right.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Way to go. Stephanie's pick.

[Host/Interviewer]

She definitely went. The longevity angle.

[Tracy]

Yes, she did.

[Host/Interviewer]

The stuff that happens since seventh grade is nonsense. That doesn't really count. Marie still has a chance. Life counts in college.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

That's right. Life starts.

[Marie]

That's right.

[Stephanie]

On your own.

[Tracy]

Take a number, what you can remember of it.

[Host/Interviewer]

All right, Marie, you've got up to 60 seconds.

[Marie]

All right. Well, let's start. First of all, you found my wedding dress here at Running of the Brides, so I'd like to thank you for that. Also, let's just talk about my fashion sense. If you ever sew, always talk about. Just remember that in your mind. You want it to look beautiful. Also, I want you to think about the movie that we play in our heads. Joy. This is in the movie. Also. Dancing with our straighteners, jumping on the bed. We could be jumping in our wedding dresses that I picked for you. And in our underwear. That's not allowed.

[Stephanie]

Sorry.

[Host/Interviewer]

Talk more about that.

[Tracy]

Jeff, Jeff.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Easy.

[Marie]

And I'm gonna find the perfect dress. I know what I. I can see it in one second. And I'll find it. And you know I will.

[Host/Interviewer]

You realize it's difficult for anyone to take you seriously. Talking about fashion sense while you're wearing Shamrock Chicken boppers. I mean, the only thing that you've got going for you is that everybody's wearing something jacked up on their head.

[Marie]

Love it.

[Host/Interviewer]

All right.

[Marie]

No, I'll find it.

[Joy]

All right, Joy, can I choose? Neither. Because I hate this.

[Host/Interviewer]

You have to pick one.

[Tracy]

It is never easy on the bird show. Well, we love people crying on this show.

[Marie]

Oh, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry. What just happened?

[Host/Interviewer]

What have we become?

[Tracy]

We're so jaded.

[Joy]

I just want to flip a coin.

[Host/Interviewer]

Can't flip a coin. You heard their pitches. The pressure is on.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

You gotta pick one.

[Marie]

Pick the worst person to make this decision ever.

[Joy]

Can I have my friends pick?

[Tracy]

You have 60 seconds, Joy, to pick this.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

You got to pick one or else

[Tracy]

you're not going in.

[Joy]

I hate this.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Oh, she really is going to cry.

[Joy]

I know this is tough.

[Host/Interviewer]

This is a great idea.

[Tracy]

Tracy, we're witches.

[Joy]

Not a great idea.

[Host/Interviewer]

Or. Or you could pass on them both and just go in and run like you normally were going to.

[Marie]

What if we both went in together?

[Host/Interviewer]

Stop changing the rules.

[Tracy]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

Jeff is not an odd who can change the rules in the middle of. If you have ever played with him since he was 8 years old. That's the way it goes in Jeff's world.

[Joy]

Oh, I know. I'll. Whoever gets to go in with me, the other one walks first.

[Narrator/Announcer]

That's a good one.

[Marie]

That's fair play.

[Tracy]

Fair play.

[Marie]

What?

[Tracy]

So like, Stephanie said that Marie could go in so that she could walk first in the wedding

[Joy]

so Marie would be next to me if I chose her. Wait, no, it's.

[Host/Interviewer]

Are you seriously comparing heights to see who's gonna stand next to you at the wedding?

[Marie]

No.

[Joy]

Oh, is that what she's doing?

[Marie]

I know Joy so well. I already know her answer.

[Host/Interviewer]

All right, Joy, we need an answer. Who's going in with to you to pick out your wedding dress right now? Just say it and get it over with. Bandaid.

[Joy]

Well, because Stephanie gave me your blessing.

[Host/Interviewer]

Say it.

[Joy]

Would you rather stand next to me?

[Tracy]

We are only on the air until 10 o'.

[Guest Commentator]

Clock.

[Joy]

I'm sorry. Okay?

[Tracy]

I'm just kidding.

[Stephanie]

Which is hard.

[Guest Commentator]

I know.

[Stephanie]

It's true.

[Tracy]

And the door's open at 8.

[Joy]

Okay.

[Tracy]

And your mama's looking at you.

[Joy]

Hi, Mom.

[Tracy]

Oh, she's giving that? You better make a decision, honey.

[Host/Interviewer]

We don't have an answer in 10 seconds.

[Stephanie]

You gotta go into the room.

[Host/Interviewer]

Five, four, three, two, one.

[Joy]

Murray.

[Marie]

Okay.

[Tracy]

All right. Murray's going in.

[Host/Interviewer]

That was so mean. You all can go in. Seriously. All three of you go.

[Stephanie]

All three of you guys go.

[Co-host/Interviewer]

What?

[Host/Interviewer]

We had three slots?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yeah, all three of you guys get to go in.

[Host/Interviewer]

Yeah, take your mom too. Yes.

[Marie]

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go. Joy's like, oh, my God.

[Tracy]

Why did you. That's going to be a conversation later. Nothing, huh?

[Host/Interviewer]

You know what, though? It still happened. She still said mire.

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