FRI: Hank Williams Jr. In Studio + Weirdest Places We've Slept + Bobby Feud: Most Returned Christmas Gifts

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show — December 26, 2025

Episode: FRI: Hank Williams Jr. In Studio + Weirdest Places We've Slept + Bobby Feud: Most Returned Christmas Gifts
Host: Bobby Bones
Guests: Hank Williams Jr., Dan Auerbach, Show Regulars (Amy, Eddie, Lunchbox, Mandy Woodruff Santos, Ryan Seacrest cameo)

Episode Overview

This lively Friday episode brings a mix of music industry legends, quirky team stories, and interactive game show fun. The show features a candid in-studio interview with country superstar Hank Williams Jr. (and producer Dan Auerbach), team confessions of their weirdest sleep locations, and the always-popular "Bobby Feud"—this time, guessing the most returned Christmas gifts. Sprinkled throughout are uplifting stories, lighthearted banter, and a conversation about building happiness, literally, one jar at a time.

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Key Segments & Highlights

1. Weirdest Places We’ve Slept (02:48-06:54)

Bobby opens the show by inviting the crew to share the most unusual places they’ve ever fallen asleep. Complete with hilarious stories and playful jabs, this segment delivers behind-the-scenes peeks into the team’s pasts.

• Bobby Bones:

  • Remembers falling asleep at the radio station while running Rick Dees’ Countdown, dreaming of “Living La Vida Loca,” resulting in seven minutes of dead air.
  • Quote: “I remember dreaming that I was dancing with Ricky Martin, living la vida loca...I probably was asleep for seven minutes.” (03:30)

• Amy:

  • Recalls dozing off during step instructor certification on a gym floor, which might explain failing the theory portion.
  • “Passed the actual physical part and failed the kinesiology part and why I am not a step instructor.” (05:12)

• Eddie:

  • Passed out on the bathroom floor at a party, using a roll of paper towels as a pillow after a George Strait concert.
  • “Everyone said that I threw up in the bathroom and never came out. They just decided to leave me there.” (05:50)

• Lunchbox:

  • On spring break, slept inside a huge concrete construction tube at a roadside intersection.
  • “I just climbed in there and fell...went to sleep. Woke up and it was morning traffic, cars driving all around.” (06:36)

Memorable moment:
Eddie: “I’m homeless!” (06:43)

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2. The Friday Morning Conversation: Hank Williams Jr. & Dan Auerbach (06:57–16:09)

Intro & Banter (06:57–08:14)

• Hank Williams Jr. reflects on his first new album since 2016, emphasizing its deep roots in blues and his musical upbringing.
  • “Everything I’ve said on this record is real, and everybody knows it...I’m paying tribute to all these guys.” (08:00)

Thunderhead Hawkins Persona (09:24–10:14)

• Hank reveals his alter ego “Thunderhead Hawkins,” explaining it’s about honoring his blues influences rather than his country persona Bocephus.
• Lighthearted confusion ensues as Bobby tries to keep up with Hank’s many nicknames.

Hit Songs & Life-Changing Accident (10:14–13:31)

• The conversation gets real as Bobby dives into Hank’s 530-foot fall off a mountainside:
  • “530 feet was a long way in. 17 operations. Yeah, I have a little bit of back pain now and then.” (12:12)
• Hank says he remembers everything about the fall, crediting that awareness for his survival.
  • “That’s why I live, they said, because I remember every bit of it.” (12:19)
• On his most recognized song?
  • “‘Monday Night Football, 31 years...Are you ready? All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight!’” (13:09)
• Favorite song according to Bobby: “There’s a Tear In My Beer.”
• Bonus recommendations from Hank: “The Eyes of Waylon,” “All in Alabama,” and related stories about performing against the odds.

Working With Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) (14:54–16:09)

• Dan recounts meeting and working with “Thunderhead,” including Hank’s entrance into the studio, lighting up a cigar, and the musical chemistry born out of shared blues influences.
  • “No one had ever smoked a cigar in the studio. So that’s how it started.” (15:22)
• As for why Dan wanted to work with Hank:
  • “When I found out that he was a fan of R.L. Burnside, I thought we could do something fun.” (15:41)

Memorable moments:

• Hank repeatedly threatens to leave the interview to finish his expensive cigar, only to stick around for more questions.
  • “I want to get out of here...I got a $26 cigar out there.” (11:04, 11:19)

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3. Tell Me Something Good (20:20–21:48, 37:45–38:46)

Uplifting listener stories, including:

• Mackenzie Scott: A young woman calms a fussy baby in a nail salon so the mother can enjoy her appointment. The gesture goes viral and initiates an ongoing supportive relationship.

  • “Mackenzie even offered to babysit anytime this mom needs help again.” (21:14)

• High School Gift: An anonymous $1.8 million estate is left to a Wisconsin high school alumni’s old school; they plan to turn it into a performance center.

  • “She wanted to give it to the high school because she had such great memories there.” (38:17)

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4. Bobby Feud: Most Returned Christmas Gifts (21:53–29:24)

A hilarious round of the “Bobby Feud” game, focused on the most returned Christmas gifts as surveyed by listeners.

• Top Answers Guessed:
  • Clothes & Shoes, Jewelry, Home Appliances, Workout Equipment, Perfume & Cologne, Candles, Tools, Books, Electronics, Lingerie
• Eddie, Amy, and Lunchbox compete and bicker about their answers (with Lunchbox ultimately victorious).
• Fun back-and-forth about odd gift returns, with real-life examples and jokes about returning pets and the struggles of picking gifts for partners.
  • “Jewelry. Show me jewelry. Number two. Jewelry. Have yourself a Mary.” – Lunchbox (24:43)
  • “We missed the biggest one. Electronics.” – Lunchbox (28:58)
  • “Number 10 was lingerie.” – Bobby (29:13)

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5. Life Hacks & Well-Being: Dryer Balls and the Happiness Jar (29:32–36:58)

Dryer Balls Segment (29:32–31:09)

• Amy explains (with reflexive giggles from the crew) how switching to wool dryer balls helped her resolve skin issues.
  • “I can’t use dryer sheets anymore because of my rash…so I ordered wool balls…they have no smell.” (29:47)

The Happiness Jar (35:14–36:58)

• Amy introduces the concept, inspired by author Elizabeth Gilbert, of recording happy daily moments on slips of paper, storing them in a jar, and reading them on tough days.
  • “Even looking at it build up…on your low days you can just look…wow, I’ve been able to find a sliver of happy every day.” (36:24)

Bobby’s skeptical, predicts the show would find a way to “ruin” the jar into a collection of sarcastic or negative notes.

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6. Lighthearted Segments & Recurring Bites

• Morning Corny: Amy delivers a classic pun — “Why do keyboards never sleep? Because they have two shifts.” (39:27)
• Bonehead Story of the Day: Lunchbox tells a story about a man robbing a Dollar General for Hot Pockets by threatening with a gun, only to get caught eating them in a nearby store break room. (39:59)
  • “He called the police…they went in the break room. Guy was eating Hot Pockets.” (40:27)

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• “I just remember dreaming of Ricky Martin, living la vida loca...I probably was asleep for seven minutes.” – Bobby Bones (03:30)
• “Everything I’ve said on this record is real, and everybody knows it. So I’m sitting there 12, 13 years old…and I’m playing Jimmy Reed, and I’m trying to learn…This one is all about something I’ve been wanting to do a long time.” – Hank Williams Jr. (08:00)
• “530 feet was a long way in. 17 operations. Yeah, I have a little bit of back pain now and then.” – Hank Williams Jr. (12:12)
• “Monday Night Football, 31 years…Are you ready? All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight!” – Hank Williams Jr. (13:09)
• “You just walking?” – Bobby Bones
  “I’m ready to go.” – Hank Williams Jr. (11:16–11:18)
• “We missed the biggest one. Electronics.” – Lunchbox (28:58)
• “I can’t use dryer sheets anymore because of my rash…so I ordered wool balls…they have no smell.” – Amy (29:47)
• “She wanted to give [her estate] to the high school because she had such great memories there.” – Eddie (38:17)
• “Why do keyboards never sleep? Because they have two shifts.” – Amy (39:27)
• “He called the police…they went in the break room. Guy was eating Hot Pockets.” – Lunchbox (40:27)

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Episode Flow & Tone

The episode masterfully blends humorous storytelling (from both the crew and their famous guest), music industry insights, and interactive fun, all in a conversational, teasing, and upbeat Southern tone. Transitional banter helps the show flow, with moments of energy, genuine reflection, and plenty of quick-witted, family-friendly digs amongst friends. Hank Williams Jr. injects a mix of gruff charm and unpredictability, making for one of the episode's most memorable stretches.

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Summary Table: Important Segments & Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment/Highlight | |------------|---------------------------------------------------| | 02:48–06:54| Weirdest Places We've Slept | | 06:57–16:09| Conversation with Hank Williams Jr. & Dan Auerbach| | 20:20–21:48| Tell Me Something Good (Mackenzie story) | | 21:53–29:24| Bobby Feud: Most Returned Christmas Gifts | | 29:32–31:09| Amy's Dryer Ball Life Hack | | 35:14–36:58| The Happiness Jar | | 37:45–38:46| Tell Me Something Good (High School gift) | | 39:27 | Morning Corny | | 39:59 | Bonehead Story of the Day |

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For New Listeners

This episode is a perfect microcosm of what makes The Bobby Bones Show a staple in country radio—laugh-out-loud segments, candid celebrity interviews, relatable stories, and a genuine, down-home atmosphere. Hank Williams Jr.’s appearance is both unpredictable and revealing, offering unique backstage insights into musical legends and the realities of music-making.

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Note: All timestamps MM:SS approximate based on transcript timecodes, omitting advertisements and station/business promos as requested.

Transcript

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[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

Come on, Bobby. Transmitting across America. Oh, show. Let's go. Welcome to Friday's show. We got a big one. Morning studio morning. A little later, Hank Williams Jr. In studio performing. Super pumped about that. We're gonna go around the room, get to know each other a little better. I'll ask the question since you haven't heard the question yet. I'll go first. What's the funniest place you've ever fallen asleep? Think about that. I go back to being probably 18 years old. And I used to run a countdown on the weekends on my very first radio station. It was called Klaz. It was a Rick D's Countdown. Rick D's weekly top 40 here. Coming to number one. And had to switch CDs out so the first CD would finish. It'd get to, like, number 20. I'd put in the CD from 20 to 10, put in the CD from 10 to one. But I had to watch it myself. And I remember that middle cd. I was so sleepy because I had work the night before. I had, like, three hours sleep, and I was out at, like, a bar or something doing a radio event. And I remember dreaming that I was dancing with Ricky Martin, living la vida loca.

[Eddie]

That's a cool dream.

[Bobby Bones]

And I was like, in the video, and that was the number 11 song that was playing, and it went off, and I just stayed asleep. Dead air. Oh, I woke up. I was like, huh. I probably was asleep for seven minutes. There's nothing on the air. And I just remember dreaming of Ricky Martin living la vida loca. Because that was the last song that was playing as I fell asleep. And I woke up like, oh, God, I switched it out. Nobody ever called me.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Nobody.

[Eddie]

No one was listening.

[Bobby Bones]

Guess not. That was the scary and the funniest place ever. Falling asleep. Amy.

[Amy]

I mean, I don't know if it's funny or not, but there was that time I was trying to be a step instructor. I was 18. And the fun part for me was the physical part, like when we would learn routines, because it was two parts. It was that part learning how to actually do it. But then the, like, kinesiology part, like the books part, where you have to, like, study, and there's all these people there. And, you know, you're. You're paying to be there. You want to get certified. And we were sitting all on this, like, gym floor, and I'm like, up against the wall, and I just fall asleep completely. Which probably is why I passed the actual physical part and failed the kinesiology part and why I am not a step instructor.

[Bobby Bones]

Dang. Wow.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Dang.

[Lunchbox]

Ready?

[Eddie]

So it was a party. My George Strait was playing a concert in Kingsville, Texas. And me and three of my buddies went to go visit my brother because he lived there. We went to the George Straight concert. Man, we.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

We.

[Bobby Bones]

We went hard.

[Eddie]

We went real hard. And I remember waking up on the bathroom floor and I had a roll of paper towels as my pillow.

[Amy]

Is this funniest place. We passed out sleeping guys.

[Bobby Bones]

So you woke up, go Ahead.

[Eddie]

I woke up on the bathroom floor with a paper roll of paper towels as my pillow. And everyone said that I threw up in the bathroom and never came out. And so then they just decided to leave me there.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that passing out?

[Lunchbox]

That's passing out.

[Bobby Bones]

But isn't that still asleep?

[Eddie]

That's falling asleep.

[Bobby Bones]

It wasn't your house. That was a friend's house.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it was like, I guess where the party was.

[Bobby Bones]

Lunchbox.

[Lunchbox]

I mean, I guess. I mean, I chose to sleep here because I was in South Padre for spring break, and you were only allowed a certain amount of people in the hotel room. And so four people got wristbands, and the other three, we kept trying to sneak in. And the last night, they wouldn't let us in. So I tried to sleep in the back of the. Like, the bed of the pickup truck, and they're like, oh, no, you can't sleep on the property. So I went to an intersection, and they were doing construction, and those big cylinder, like, concrete.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Circle. Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

I just climbed in there and fell. Went to sleep.

[Amy]

What if they started construction?

[Lunchbox]

Well, I woke up and it was morning traffic, like, cars driving all around.

[Eddie]

I'm homeless.

[Lunchbox]

I came out of. I came out of the little tube and went. Walked back to the hotel.

[Eddie]

What on earth?

[Bobby Bones]

Good for you, buddy. We're glad you made it. We're glad you all. Eddie made it. Amy didn't make it, but made it, you know?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Well, good. See, I feel like I got to know you guys a little better.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

The Friday morning conversation with Hank Williams Jr. And Dan Auerbach. Hank, how are you?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Pretty good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. It's first time that you and I have met.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I've, you know, come close to you. It's, like, sniffed you a little bit.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Like, that's awesome.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

They met me in a lot of songs over the radio, though.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, that for sure.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Damn sure.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

If you lived in the United States of America, that's for damn sure.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, and I'm from a small town in Arkansas, so that's for real. Sure.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

That's why that hog is up there.

[Bobby Bones]

That's right.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

I got some Dallas cowboy, rich white friends. Boy, they would love seeing that right there.

[Bobby Bones]

Jerry Jones. Is that one of them?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Yeah. They were hogs. Yeah, they were hogs.

[Lunchbox]

How's that?

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

So this.

[Bobby Bones]

This project's, you know, pretty cool how it came together. Dan, by the way, Good to see you. Great to see you. Good to see you both you guys. So, Hank, first of all, it's your first record in what's like 2016, I think. So why did you want to put out new music now Board?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

You know, I don't care about that part. This thing, let me just put it. And you're gonna know. We don't have to waste any more time.

[Bobby Bones]

You know, I'm all about not wasting time.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

I'm down here. Little Hank Williams Jr. Is at 4916 Franklin Road, and he's growing up with every one of these dudes. Lightning Hopkins, B.B. king, John Lee Hooker. Everything I've said on this record is real, and everybody knows it. So I'm sitting there 12, 13 years old, and I got my little guitar and I got my amp, and I'm playing Jimmy Reed, and I'm playing all these dudes, and I'm trying to learn how. I'm trying to learn how to do anything on there. Well, this ain't Hank Jr. At 13 anymore. This is the other side. And I'm paying tribute to all these guys. Icon father was taught by a black gentleman named Rufus Payne. And, boy, he had some real, real good lessons from that guy. So I'm looking at it kind of gone full circle. My tee tot was John Lee and BB and on and on and Jimmy Reed. So this one is all about something I've been wanting to do a long time. This ain't forget Hank Jr. This ain't got nothing to do with Thunderhead Hawkins.

[Bobby Bones]

All right?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

That's my aka.

[Bobby Bones]

Nobody told me Thunderhead was coming in.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

They call him Thunderhead. Cause he fell off that mountainside.

[Bobby Bones]

On the Bobby Bones Show.

[Amy]

Now Hank Williams Jr. And Dan Auerbach.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, here is Georgia Women, live in studio from Hank Williams Jr. Oh, I'm sorry. We can't post the live performance on the podcast. But if you go to our YouTube page, you can watch it there or maybe listen live. Okay. All right, now back to the podcast. How about that Thunderhead? You say hog? It's Hawkins under Hawkins.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Hawkins.

[Bobby Bones]

Thunderhead Hawkins. H A W K I N S. Hawkins. That's right.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, in the next segment, more with Hank Williams Jr. And Dan Auerbach from the Black Keys. They're in studio. I do want to talk about whenever you fell off the mountain. Almost died. Big news story back in the day. Hank Junior's here. We'll talk about that coming up next on the Bobby Bones Show.

[Amy]

Now, Hank Williams Jr. And Dan Auerbach.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, I'm confused. Is Thunderhead Hawkins, is that your new name all the time or is it just for this record?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

It's A family tradition. And we can pick and we can rock. Who's done that while we're sitting down there in the hall of fame? Senior. Junior.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm confused because now you're back to hang. Junior, you just said you were only Thunderhead Hawkins today.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Well, on this record, okay, those 85 million other ones is that Bocefa stuff?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Gotta help. You gotta help me here.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Got that.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm confused. Got lots and lots of names.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Let's do something.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. What do you want to do?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

I want to get out of here.

[Bobby Bones]

Wait already.

[Ryan Seacrest]

We just.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

I'm gonna smoke my cigar and get the hell out of here. I don't like this now, you know. You understand? Can we leave now?

[Bobby Bones]

You just walking.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

I'm ready to go.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. Goodbye.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

I got half. I got a 26 cigar out there. So I've got about, in the words of my uncle, about 10.50 left on it.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, I'm gonna. Then I'm asking three quick questions. Yes, after the third one, you can walk out.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you this. Are you this much of a leader in the studio?

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Huh?

[Bobby Bones]

Do you just tell people what to do in the studio like this?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Ask them, they'll tell you.

[Bobby Bones]

Dan. How's Dan? How's he in the studio? I mean, this was.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

When did you write that one? On the way over here.

[Bobby Bones]

You know, it was all for the love of the music. So, I mean, it was just all gravy, really, the whole time. Are you really leaving?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Are you sure?

[Bobby Bones]

I'm gonna get through my three questions.

[Lunchbox]

All right.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I didn't hear.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

I can't hear too many amplifiers.

[Eddie]

All right.

[Bobby Bones]

All right.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Marcus Trucker was really loud.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll ask three quick. I'll be. I'll be as generic as possible. Are you ready? I fell off a mountain.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

My back hurt.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I wasn't gonna ask that one. I know, but if you want to go there. You fell off a mountain. Everybody thought. Everybody thought you were dead.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

530Ft was a long way in. 17 operations. Yeah, I have a little bit of back pain now and then.

[Bobby Bones]

What do you remember about that fall?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

All of it.

[Bobby Bones]

You do? You didn't black out?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

No. That's what. That's why I live, they said, because you. I remember every bit of it.

[Bobby Bones]

When you landed at the bottom, you think you're gonna live?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Nope.

[Ryan Seacrest]

How did.

[Bobby Bones]

When did you know you were going to live?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

They strapped me to the outside of a helicopter. That ride was pretty rough, Cold. Then you get down there and they cut everything off. I Said don't cut my cross off. They cut everything off. I had a gun and a shoulder holster. Cut all of that off. Operated all night. Woke up day and a half later. Something like that.

[Bobby Bones]

When could you sing again?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Oh, it was a long time after that. All right, it was starting all over.

[Bobby Bones]

Second question. You ready for it?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

When people see you on the streets, what song do they associate you with the most?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Monday Night Football, 31 years. That put a stamp on them on America. They kind of know that one. Are you ready? All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight. That's what it is.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you sing that one at shows?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Wear it out, Wear it out.

[Bobby Bones]

All right.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Come to a show sometime, buddy, and you'll find out.

[Ryan Seacrest]

One more.

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[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Wait.

[Ryan Seacrest]

One more.

[Lunchbox]

What is it?

[Bobby Bones]

You keep leaving.

[Lunchbox]

I don't wanna.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm ready to go. Okay.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Got one more. All right, this is my question. It's actually more of a statement. You know my favorite song of yours, There's a Tear In My Beard.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Oh, you like that?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's my favorite.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

You have good, good taste.

[Bobby Bones]

Cause I'm crying for you, D. Yeah.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Well, that's Daddy, that's me. I'm doing that part, you know, that was the words that I found. And the little acetate thing.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I remember the video.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

When they cut, that's a real, real good taste. Also. You might want to look up the eyes of whaling. Kristofferson said, where in the world did that come from? I said, where do you think? You know, Eyes of Waylon is a song everybody should listen to. There's a lot of them like that. That all in Alabama When I thought I was not gonna make it out there Feeling better Started turning up loud Looking at the crowd and bending them guitar strings I knew all the while it was my style could they ever forget my name? Rockdham and Raleigh knocked them out of Knoxville Just couldn't do no wrong the people went wild and the band said, child, you better keep on singing your songs. And I'm feeling better now. Can I leave?

[Bobby Bones]

You can go. There he is, everybody. There he is, everybody. There he goes. He grabs his bag. Hey, Dan, how. When you're working with Hank Jr. What is he like in the studio? Is he like that all the time?

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Man? The first thing he said when he walked in, we'd never met him before.

[Bobby Bones]

We're all sitting in there. These guys had driven up from Mississippi, and we didn't know what to expect.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

And the first thing he said was.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't really feel like right now.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

And he went into the other room, into the.

[Bobby Bones]

Into the live room and just lit up a cigar. No one had ever smoked a cigar in the studio. So that's how it started. So both as an artist and a producer, like, it's got to be really hard to get your time. So why Hank Jr. Of all the people that are begging for your time, when.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

When I found out that he was a fan of R.L.

[Bobby Bones]

Burnside, I thought we could do something fun. So I called Kenny Brown here.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

He played with RL since the 70s.

[Bobby Bones]

Kent Kimbrough Jr. Kimbrough's son, Eric Deaton. These guys played on some of my favorite blues records of all time, and I thought they'd be a perfect fit. And they were.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

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[Amy]

Season two of unrivaled basketball is here.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

And the talent is unreal. Paige Beckers, Nafiza Collier, Kelsey Plumb, Brianna.

[Amy]

Stewart and more are back to redefine the game. Unrivaled basketball season two, sponsored by Samsung Galaxy, tips off January 5th on TNT, TruTV and HBO.

[Bobby Bones]

Max, it's time for the good News with Amy. Tell me something good.

[Amy]

So MacKenzie Scott. She's 20 years old in Arkansas at a nail salon getting her nails done, and she notices a mom there with her baby. But the baby is really, really fussy, so the mom can't really enjoy her appointment. So Mackenzie's done with her nails and offers to go over and hold the baby. The mom was like, oh, I don't know. I don't want to give my baby over to a stranger. Right? But then she decided, you know what? This woman's going to be sitting right with me, hands her baby over, and the baby instantly stops crying. So Mackenzie holds the baby for, like, 45 minutes so the mom can finish her appointment and just relax. It turns out she's a single mom, doesn't have a strong support system, and she ended up taking a video of Mackenzie holding her baby and found her on social media later that night, posted the video. It went viral. Like, 10 million views, thousands of comments, and they've stayed in touch on socials. And McKenzie even offered to babysit anytime. This mom needs extra help again since she doesn't have a strong support system.

[Bobby Bones]

That's pretty cool. She do anything. 45, man, that was a long time.

[Eddie]

That's a long, long time.

[Amy]

I know, but she was enjoying holding the baby, and it just. She just realized, like, oh, this mom really needed this. This nail appointment, this break, like a little me time. And she was able to be a part of helping her out with that.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe for getting your toes done, you can hold the baby.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Be hard.

[Bobby Bones]

If you're getting your toes, be hard.

[Amy]

Or. I'm sure she kind of booked the appointment, was hoping her baby would sleep through it, but just wasn't working out that way.

[Bobby Bones]

That is what it's all about. That was.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Tell me something Good, Bones.

[Bobby Bones]

We asked 5, 000 of our listeners on our show Facebook page, what are the top 10 most returned Christmas gifts? We just said, what's most? And here are the top 10 answers. We're gonna play the Bobby fumes. We rolled the dice before the show segment here. Eddie, you're first.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Remember, first, second, and third rounds, the point values go up. Eddie, 5,000 listeners were asked, what's the most returned Christmas gift?

[Eddie]

I'm gonna go with a necktie. A tie.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh.

[Eddie]

Think about it.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, let's do it. Because I think that covers it. Go ahead. What I'm talking about. The number one answer is clothes and shoes.

[Lunchbox]

That's what I.

[Bobby Bones]

We're gonna. It's only worth one point, so we're gonna go ahead and say that's that one.

[Lunchbox]

I was like, man, I can't believe you went that detail.

[Eddie]

Well, that takes out a lot of my guesses.

[Bobby Bones]

All of Eddie's are clothes and shoes. Nikes, Adidas. Shoes, clothes and shoes. Number one answer. Eddie gets one point.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Okay.

[Eddie]

I feel like I get this a lot and I don't use them because I already have them. Electric razors.

[Bobby Bones]

Electric razors. Show me razors.

[Eddie]

You thought about it, though?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah. And I'm going to give you guys a hint after round one.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

So you're all going to suffer the same consequences. Round one. Amy.

[Amy]

Kitchen gadgets.

[Bobby Bones]

Kitchen gadgets.

[Lunchbox]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

And number four was home appliances. Oh, that's good, Amy.

[Amy]

Okay. Alrighty. Home appliances. So that extends beyond the kitchen.

[Bobby Bones]

I know.

[Amy]

Okay, this is really getting difficult. What about like, perfumes or colognes?

[Bobby Bones]

Perfumes are closed. Most returned items for Christmas. Show me perfumes or colognes. Number six. Perfumes and colognes. Wow. Good job.

[Amy]

Okay, let's talk about neckties. I mean, people like to get this. You should be careful. If you do, like any healthcare, wellness, like workout type stuff, people might be like, what? Why'd you give me this? I'm returning it.

[Bobby Bones]

Show me workout equipment. Number five. Workout equipment. Good job.

[Amy]

Let's go. Okie dokie.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, 5, 000 listeners were surveyed on our Facebook page. What do they return most from Christmas?

[Amy]

I want to return these because games are fun, but maybe games.

[Bobby Bones]

Show me games.

[Eddie]

It's a good guess, though.

[Bobby Bones]

Lunchbox.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

This tough, man.

[Bobby Bones]

It is, man.

[Lunchbox]

I'm just gonna tell you.

[Bobby Bones]

Tell me, man.

[Lunchbox]

That's why I don't ever buy for my wife.

[Bobby Bones]

Go ahead.

[Lunchbox]

Women are never happy.

[Bobby Bones]

Go ahead. Jewelry, show me jewelry.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

That's good.

[Bobby Bones]

Number two. Jewelry. Have yourself a Mary. A little.

[Lunchbox]

Two points. Yep.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

You're welcome.

[Lunchbox]

All right.

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Another thing.

[Lunchbox]

You should never get someone on Christmas because you. I mean, they say they want it, but it's like, man, a couple weeks later, it's like, I don't want this thing. It's an animal.

[Bobby Bones]

Show them an animal. Yeah.

[Eddie]

How do you return the dog?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, you take it back to where we got. Amy did that actually. Cat.

[Lunchbox]

Exactly.

[Amy]

Those were extenuating circumstances.

[Bobby Bones]

But you did it. You did. You're like, how do you return it? So I answered it like you did.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, like, like, Amy, did you. You gave up on it.

[Amy]

No, my dog was gonna eat it.

[Bobby Bones]

I know, but okay, so here's the. Here's the hint I was gonna give you. Figured it out. Be a little more general.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I. I got that.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I know. General. Round two points have doubled. Amy, there are still six answers on the board.

[Lunchbox]

Eddie's turn.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie?

[Eddie]

Yeah, I'm here.

[Bobby Bones]

We have. Sorry, we asked 5,000 people. What's your most returned Christmas gift?

[Eddie]

Man, I'm gonna go with candles. Candles are easy to gift, but nobody wants them.

[Bobby Bones]

You're right. You're right about candles.

[Amy]

No, I want.

[Bobby Bones]

It's always the easy, generic thing. And I'm like, there's no way they like this. But my wife loves candles, and we buy candles.

[Eddie]

I think I got your wife a.

[Bobby Bones]

Candle last year, and I think she really liked it.

[Amy]

Yeah, y' all got me a candle once, and I was my favorite.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I've never bought someone a candle.

[Bobby Bones]

You should show me a kendo.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Come on.

[Bobby Bones]

Worth 16 points, Eddie. Oh, my goodness.

[Lunchbox]

I am mind blown.

[Eddie]

Now I'm in trouble. So I'm just gonna take a stab at.

[Bobby Bones]

These are the top 10 most returned Christmas gifts. Go ahead, daddy, Stab away.

[Eddie]

Give me an alarm clock show.

[Bobby Bones]

Go ahead and buzz it.

[Lunchbox]

Don't even have to repeat it.

[Bobby Bones]

Just buzz it. It's not that. That's a bad one.

[Eddie]

I'm just being too specific.

[Bobby Bones]

You just said it's not alarm clock.

[Amy]

Amy, how many points do I have?

[Bobby Bones]

14. You're in second place. But remember, points are double.

[Amy]

Dang it. I know.

[Eddie]

Come on, Amy, really?

[Bobby Bones]

Four answers on the board.

[Amy]

Okay. General. General. General.

[Bobby Bones]

Show her a general. Oh, that's good.

[Eddie]

That's good.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

General Patton.

[Amy]

Okay, I'm gonna go with, like, General Dwight, General Eisenhower. Toiletry type stuff.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's real broad.

[Bobby Bones]

Toiletry type stuff. Like a razor.

[Amy]

Trees.

[Bobby Bones]

Toiletry.

[Amy]

No, not like a razor.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, like a razor lunchbox.

[Amy]

No, I meant like a bath bomb.

[Lunchbox]

Easy, man. This one's easy.

[Bobby Bones]

Do it.

[Lunchbox]

Tools.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Do it.

[Bobby Bones]

Do it.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's so good.

[Bobby Bones]

Show the man some tools. Wow, that's good. Lunchbox, number nine. Answer, 18 points. Lunchbox now takes the lead. Oh, my gosh dang it, man.

[Lunchbox]

Come on, guys, it's easy. You're walking through the bookstore. You're like, oh, I'm gonna get someone a book. I've already read that book, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Sorry.

[Lunchbox]

I might take it back. Give me books.

[Bobby Bones]

Show the guy some literature. Correct.

[Lunchbox]

You thought that was right?

[Eddie]

I did. I really did.

[Bobby Bones]

Points are tripled.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Oh, my God.

[Bobby Bones]

Score right now. Lunchbox 20. Eddie, 17. Amy, 14 is anybody's game, but you gotta get a. Gotta get an answer here, Eddie. Guys, this is huge. There are 1, 2, 3 answers on the board. We're looking for the top 10 most returned Christmas gifts. And number one was clothes and shoes, jewelry at 2, home appliances at 4, workout equipment at 5, perfume and makeup at 6 and 7, and candles and tools at 8 and 9. I just spoiled one of them. It was makeup. So that one dead is dead.

[Eddie]

That's the one I had, too.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't have it.

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I didn't have it.

[Bobby Bones]

There are two answers left on the board. I'm an idiot. I'm sorry. Go ahead.

[Eddie]

Okay. Check it out, though. You didn't spoil it, but I know it. You get a CD or a dvd, and you're like, I have no way to play this.

[Lunchbox]

35 called.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm returning this show, Eddie, the mid-90s. No.

[Eddie]

That was part of returning it. Guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie's like, you get a vhs?

[Eddie]

No, no, stop.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Okay.

[Amy]

You can't return a gift card, can you?

[Eddie]

You can.

[Lunchbox]

I think you can.

[Ryan Seacrest]

You can.

[Amy]

So do it.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy, there are two answers on the board, but if you miss it, lunchbox wins.

[Amy]

Y' all are lying.

[Eddie]

Okay, get. Don't do that one.

[Bobby Bones]

Two answers on the board.

[Amy]

Okay, I'm gonna go broad here with, like, furniture.

[Eddie]

Furniture.

[Amy]

Well, it could be. That could be anything.

[Bobby Bones]

Show her an ottoman.

[Eddie]

No.

[Lunchbox]

We missed the biggest one. Electronics.

[Bobby Bones]

Number three was electronics. That was the alarm clock, eddie. And number 10 was.

[Lunchbox]

Wait, wait, I'm still guessing.

[Bobby Bones]

You already won.

[Lunchbox]

I know, but I like to go ahead. I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Say lingerie.

[Lunchbox]

Lingerie.

[Amy]

Wait, I had underwear on my list.

[Eddie]

You didn't say it, though.

[Lunchbox]

I don't think underwear is lingerie.

[Bobby Bones]

Why would you yell wait? I had it on my list. What are we waiting?

[Amy]

Was it really lingerie?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Number 10.

[Amy]

So underwear would have worked.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Our winner's lunchbox. Bones, let's do Amy all the Time. Amy all the Time.

[Amy]

Amy all the Time. Amy all the Time. So I'm now using dryer balls. Have you heard of those?

[Bobby Bones]

You said that funny. Is it? Instead of sheets?

[Amy]

Yeah, because I can't use dryer sheets anymore because of my rash.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

All right.

[Bobby Bones]

Remember? Yeah.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

So what?

[Bobby Bones]

How do you know?

[Amy]

Well, I just. I. I process of elimination myself. But then I went to the dermatologist, and he confirmed that I probably just shouldn't use dryer sheets at all, ever. Even if I think that my skin can handle it, because my skin's just really sensitive. So I ordered wool balls. They're dryer balls that made out of wool. And you throw them in the dryer here.

[Bobby Bones]

You're just at 12.

[Amy]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. So do they work the same?

[Amy]

So far, it's been great. I just went on Amazon and ordered like a pack of balls.

[Eddie]

Oh, boy.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you think that there are other people that may have an itch or a rash and maybe don't know that it's the sheets and not the dryer balls?

[Amy]

Absolutely. My dermatologist even said it could be fabric softener. And I'm thinking, why do they sell us this stuff if it's ruining our skin? So I'm just eliminating it all. It's not worth it for me to risk a rash. So now I have dryer balls and I don't use fabric softener anymore, which is so sad because I love the smell of my fabric softener, but I'm using vinegar or something.

[Bobby Bones]

Do the balls not smell good?

[Amy]

They're just bulb. They have no smell.

[Eddie]

No smell.

[Amy]

I saw online that some people add a drop of essential oil to their balls and put it in there, but I don't. I haven't done that yet.

[Eddie]

Can you reuse the balls?

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Like.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, great question.

[Amy]

Yeah, you just have. You just order them and then you keep them and you toss them in. If you. Depending on the load size, you might be two balls, maybe three of them.

[Eddie]

This is too much.

[Bobby Bones]

I can't do this anymore. No. I know. It wasn't meant to. Ray, we got to get out of here.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Go.

[Bobby Bones]

Go, Ray.

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This is Mandy Woodruff Santos from Brown Ambition. Hey ba fam. When you start a new business, your first reaction might be to say something like yes, Queen, let's go. But one thing to say that could be a huge help is Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. And just like that, State Farm will be there with the coverage that fits your needs whether your business is growing or just opened its doors. State Farm agents are small business owners too, so they know what it takes. They can help you create an insurance plan that fits your small business needs and budget. And when you need help, State Farm is there to answer your small business questions or help you file a claim and get you back in business. With State Farm, you can worry less about the unexpected and focus more on your business. With a State Farm agent, you know someone is helping you achieve your goals. Just say like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

[Amy]

Season two of Unrivaled Basketball is here.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

And the talent is unreal. Paige Beckers, Nafiza Collier, Kelsey Plumb, Brianna.

[Amy]

Stewart and more are back to redefine the game. Unrivaled basketball season two, sponsored by Samsung Galaxy, tips off January 5 on TNT, TruTV and HBO.

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[Bobby Bones]

To do a happiness jar for the show. I'm not sure what this means.

[Amy]

Yeah, I saw Hoda talking about it. Something Elizabeth Gilbert does. She's an author, and she has a happiness jar that she goes to. And every day she. She puts something that's happy that happened to her in the jar. Just the littlest thing. And then on days that she's having hard days, she digs in the jar, and she gets to read back all the happy things that have happened to her over the weeks, the months, the year. We can do that here on the show. Like, at the end of the show, something happy that happened. Let's drop it in the jar. And anytime we need to be reminded, maybe it's something happy about someone specifically on the show or it's a funny segment from the show. Like, oh, that was kind of funny. Let's put it in the happy jar.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

What if it's like, it made me laugh at Eddie broke his arm?

[Eddie]

That's not happy.

[Amy]

No, no, that wouldn't make.

[Bobby Bones]

But, you know, that's what the jar would turn into, is my point. No, it's like we'd find a way to ruin this jar real quick.

[Amy]

Your happiest moment of the day, or in our case, the show. But people could do this at home, too. Like with your kids. Like, put your happies in a jar.

[Ryan Seacrest]

I like this for home.

[Bobby Bones]

I think it's great we'd find a way here to make this the most toxic jar in the history of media. But at home, you could do that. So you only go into it, though, if you're having a bad day.

[Amy]

No, you do it every day. You commit to the happiness jar.

[Bobby Bones]

But when do you go into it to relive the happy moment?

[Amy]

Oh, well, it. It's helpful on the bad days. You get to dig through and read through all your little happies. You know, it can come in handy anytime. Like, you can revisit it or not. You just know you have this jar full of happiness. And then even looking at it build up because it's a sliver of paper. Like, you on your low days. You can even just look at the jar and be like, gosh, wow. Somehow every day, no matter what, I've been able to find a sliver of happy.

[Bobby Bones]

So what if I do a happiness jar as an experiment for myself? And then it's end of the month, we'll just pull out some happies, and you guys can see what made me Happy over the month.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Okay. But you're not going to tell us what made you happy.

[Bobby Bones]

No. And then we just. We just pull some out.

[Amy]

But here's the deal. This is the day it's going to get hard for you. If Arkansas's participating in any kind of.

[Bobby Bones]

Hours, I'll slam the jar into the wall.

[Amy]

No, no. But that's going to be the real challenge for you, is picking out the happy moment on a day where Arkansas has lost.

[Eddie]

I thought that's when you opened the jar.

[Amy]

He could. But you still have to add something. Even if you're reading the happies, you're gonna. You still have to contribute every day.

[Eddie]

That is tough.

[Bobby Bones]

Every day. But you have me. Have to remind me some days.

[Amy]

That's fine.

[Eddie]

I mean, you have to have something happy every day.

[Bobby Bones]

What if a day just shows the.

[Amy]

Point of the exercise?

[Bobby Bones]

Like today. Not really that great a day so far.

[Amy]

Exactly. It's to show that even in I'm.

[Bobby Bones]

Happy this segment's about to be over.

[Amy]

There'S nothing you can be happy for.

[Eddie]

I mean, that works.

[Bobby Bones]

It's time.

[Amy]

Good news with producer Eddie.

[Eddie]

There's a high school in Wisconsin that received a huge, amazing gift. And they're like, what on earth? Like, who gave this? It was a $1.8 million estate.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Wow.

[Eddie]

Somebody donated their estate to the school.

[Bobby Bones]

And then they just sell it and keep the money.

[Eddie]

No, no, no. The school's like, well, what are we going to do with it?

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Right?

[Eddie]

But first they were like, who. Who is this? So they did some research. They found out that it belonged to Millie Lindahl, and she went to school there, like, 70 years ago.

[Lunchbox]

Wow.

[Eddie]

And she said she didn't have any family. She didn't have any kids, no close relatives. So she wanted to give it to the high school because she had such great memories there. And now the school's like, I think we're gonna turn into a performance center and just name it after her.

[Bobby Bones]

So they're not selling it. Get the money. They're gonna actually use the land.

[Eddie]

They're gonna use it.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Oh, wow.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

That's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

That's crazy. I feel bad for old Nelly.

[Eddie]

Millie.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

Whatever.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Just by herself. Yeah. No one like, just like, I'll just give it to the school, I guess.

[Amy]

But she had a lot of fond memories there 70 years ago.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not fighting that. I'm just saying that. Dang.

[Eddie]

That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. Good story. That is what it's all about. That was.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Tell me something good.

[Bobby Bones]

Wake up. Wake up.

[Hank Williams Jr.]

In the morning.

[Bobby Bones]

His wigs. Next bit. Now Bobby's on the mic, so, you know, it did. This is. This is the time for the morning corny. The morning corny.

[Amy]

Why do keyboards never sleep?

[Bobby Bones]

Why do keyboards never sleep?

[Amy]

Because they have two shifts. Okay, get it.

[Bobby Bones]

That was the morning corny. No, I get it, but I've worked a lot of different shifts. There's more than two shifts.

[Amy]

Not if you're a nurse.

[Bobby Bones]

There's. Well, I'm not a nurse. I was never a nurse, though. Day shift, night shift. Over night shift. Yeah, I hear you.

[Eddie]

She's fighting for this.

[Amy]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Bobby Bone show story of the day.

[Lunchbox]

This story comes to us from Highland Park, Michigan. A man walked into a Dollar General and went to the Hot Pocket and said, I'll take some of those. Start shoving them in his pockets and his coat. And the employee goes, hey, you can't steal those. And he goes, I got a gun. I'll blow your head off if you say anything. And he left.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a lot for a Hot pocket.

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[Bobby Bones]

You know, maybe. If anything, it's like, I have a club or a base or even a knife, because you want to go, gun. That's a whole different level.

[Lunchbox]

He called police. He was like, hey, I think the guy works at a store a couple doors down in the shopping center. And they went in the break room. Guy was eating Hot Pockets.

[Bobby Bones]

Of course he was. What else? You really shouldn't say anything, but I just wouldn't go, gun.

[Amy]

Yeah, or blow your head off. Because what if it's like, you know, I'm gonna shoot your pinky toe?

[Bobby Bones]

Or you can do like the mob does and be like, maybe I will. Maybe I won't do something bad to you if you stop me.

[Amy]

Oh, leave it.

[Bobby Bones]

Just.

[Eddie]

So choice is yours.

[Lunchbox]

Well, no, not yours.

[Bobby Bones]

Keep it away. That's like mob. You're really doing anything. Okay, okay.

[Lunchbox]

I'm Lunchbox. That's your bonehead story of the day, Bones.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm gonna wrap it up for today. Thank you so much for listening. On Instagram, I'm Mr. Bobby Bones. You can click and follow, we'll say. Appreciate you guys being here. Lots of. Lots of options for you. So the fact that you listen to us, we really appreciate that. And if you spend 10 minutes or five hours, we appreciate that. Thank you very much. Bobby Bones. Joe. The Bobby Bones show theme song written, produced, and sang by Reed Yarberry. You can find his Instagram reedyarberry Scuba Steve Executive Producer Raymundo Head of Production I'm Bobby Bones. My Instagram is mrbobbybones. Thank you for listening to the podcast. This episode of the Bobby Bones show is brought to you by Chase Sapphire Reserve. Traveling is one of life's greatest joys. Honestly, can anything be more exhilarating? Yeah, it can. With Chase Sapphire Reserve, it's your getaway to the world's most captivating destinations. First, you'll earn eight times points on all purchases through Chase Travel and the card gets you into the Sapphire Lounge by the Club at select airports nationwide and access to one of a kind experiences. Whether you are booking a once in a lifetime trip or your next weekend escape. Discover more with Chase sapphire [e-mail] Sapphire Reserve cards issued by JP Morgan Chase Bank NA member FDIC subject to credit approval terms apply.

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[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

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