FRI PT 1: Lunchbox BUSTED Amy! + Is True Crime Harmful To Amy? + Issue With Future Mother-In-Law Who Gossips + Easy Trivia!

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show – FRI PT 1: Lunchbox BUSTED Amy! + Is True Crime Harmful To Amy? + Issue With Future Mother-In-Law Who Gossips + Easy Trivia!

Date: November 21, 2025
Host: Bobby Bones (and The Bobby Bones Show crew: Amy, Lunchbox, Eddie, Morgan, and guests)

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Overview

This Friday episode of The Bobby Bones Show packs in a blend of games, debates, personal stories, and classic show banter. The episode features a spirited round of Easy Trivia, a humorous investigation by Lunchbox who thinks Amy is hiding a secret trip to “The Price Is Right,” listener questions about tricky in-law situations, and a lively discussion about the popularity of true crime media—particularly how it might affect Amy. The show rounds off with fun facts, "Tell Me Something Good" stories, and an interview with Phil Rosenthal, creator of Everybody Loves Raymond.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Easy Trivia Showdown

Timestamps: 03:07–15:18

• Game Play: The cast battles through trivia categories: Disney characters, 90s celebrities, children's television, U.S. presidents, bands with animal names, abbreviations, nationalities, and world geography.
  • Notable Answers:
    • Tinkerbell (Peter Pan's fairy), Dumbo (elephant), Magic Carpet (Aladdin), Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story).
    • Michael Jordan (Bulls championships), Will Smith (Fresh Prince), Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic), Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone).
  • Funny Moments:
    • The group struggles with “Who is the youngest president ever elected at 43 years old?” (JFK, not Obama).
      • Morgan: “I mean, is it Barack Obama?” (07:07)
    • Amy overthinks ATM:
      • Amy: “Automatic teller machine. Automatic? ... Is it different than automated teller machine?” (09:06)
  • Eliminations:
    • Morgan is first out on the JFK question.
    • Lunchbox fails with "Global Personal System" for GPS—real answer: Global Positioning System.
• Final Face-off:
  • Geography: Eddie wins, correctly answering, “Rio de Janeiro” for Christ the Redeemer and helping Amy realize Machu Picchu is in Peru (with a small assist).
• Quote:
  • Lunchbox (on trivia nerves): "There's not a lot of hope here, guys." (11:17)

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2. Mailbag: In-Laws Who Gossip & Proposal Strategies

Timestamps: 15:36–18:25

• Listener Scenario: A listener wants to propose but worries his girlfriend’s mother will accidentally spoil the surprise if told in advance.
  • Amy: “I say you tell them and just risk it. Risk it because…” (16:13)
  • Bobby's Advice: Strategically time the conversation so the parent has minimal time to spill the beans—"mere minutes before the proposal" if possible.
    • Bobby: “We told them mere minutes before we went public...” (17:20)
  • Eddie shares calling his father-in-law from the bathroom right before he proposed (17:42).

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3. Lunchbox “Busts” Amy: Price Is Right Drama

Timestamps: 21:00–25:02

• Lunchbox's Theory: He “overheard” Amy talk about going to LA and has pieced together that she’s going to be on The Price Is Right—something the team seems to be "hiding" from him.
  • Lunchbox: “I busted you guys. Like, 100% busted you guys.” (21:06)
  • He cites evidence from hallway eavesdropping and Amy’s casual mention of a California trip.
  • Amy asserts she only ever said California, not specifically LA.
  • Eddie admits he also made the LA–Price Is Right connection.
  • Bobby stays coy: “I say nothing. We’ll talk about it again...” (24:44)
  • Resolution: The topic is punted to after Christmas break for further clarity.
• Notable Moment:
  • Lunchbox: “I think you didn’t want me upset leading up to the holidays… It’ll be even funnier if we just send her without telling Lunchbox.” (23:06)

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4. Fun Fact Friday

Timestamps: 26:23–31:34

• Diverse Fun Facts:
  • Maine is the "whitest" state (90% white); Hawaii is the least white (21.6%) (27:09).
  • The Pledge of Allegiance started as a marketing scheme to sell flags to schools (28:38).
  • “Muscle” comes from Latin for “little mouse,” as ancient Romans thought bicep movement resembled a scurrying mouse (28:54).
  • TV dinners were born out of leftover Thanksgiving turkey (29:38).
  • Adidas and Puma founders were brothers who split after a fight: Adolf “Adi” Dassler (Adidas) and Rudolf Dassler (Puma) (30:22).
  • Wild turkeys can fly up to 55 mph and run 25 mph (30:58).
  • Jerry Seinfeld had 66 different girlfriends throughout Seinfeld (31:17).
  • The only kicker to win NFL MVP was Mark Moseley in 1982 (31:33).

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5. Special Guest: Phil Rosenthal (“Everybody Loves Raymond”)

Timestamps: 32:35–39:31

• Show Origins:
  • Rosenthal describes getting introduced to Ray Romano, basing much of Everybody Loves Raymond on the actual Romano family, and using his own family to fill in gaps.
    • Phil: “I saw potential in his actual life...What I didn’t know about the characters and stories and personalities of his family, I filled in with mine.” (32:49)
  • The Italy episode was inspired by Ray’s lack of travel experience; convincing him to shoot in Europe took years.
    • Phil: “I said, 'We should do an episode where we send you to Italy as you and you come back as me.'” (34:31)
  • Bobby credits the show for inspiring his own travel.
• Working with David Letterman:
  • Odd office set-ups and little direct interaction—Letterman was mostly hands-off but supportive.
  • Phil: “After that initial meeting, I heard from David Letterman...a grand total in the nine years we were on, I’d say altogether five minutes worth of time.” (37:17)
  • Story about Letterman calling Phil for 20 minutes his last week on the air to say thank you.
• On Ending the Show:
  • It was emotionally difficult but creatively necessary to end on a high note.
    • Phil: “It was easy to say, we’re done. It was hard to leave my friends.” (38:53)

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6. Tell Me Something Good

Timestamps: 25:16, 39:52

• Stories Highlighted:
  • Emily Murphy started an Amazon wish list to ensure every child at her school receives a holiday gift (25:16).
  • Pargan (“Papa Bear”) celebrated for 40 years at McDonald's with a $40,000 check and a limo ride (39:52).

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7. True Crime & Amy’s Obsession – Is It Harmful?

Timestamps: 43:29–50:36

• Amy’s True Crime Addiction:
  • Admits listening to true crime podcasts “almost daily” and TV shows regularly.
  • Amy: “I get drawn in with, like, how crazy some of these people are and the fact that they were oftentimes so close and they could do something so awful.” (43:59)
  • Morgan says it terrifies her, while Abby also enjoys the genre.
• Psychological Effects:
  • Bobby cites a Cleveland Clinic study indicating overconsumption of true crime can heighten anxiety, foster hypervigilance, and reduce trust.
    • Bobby: “True crime can increase overall anxiety, even if it’s not being anxious about the crime, just overall anxiety...” (45:58)
  • Discussion on why women, in particular, are more drawn to true crime than men.
  • Lunchbox quips: “Sometimes you don’t know who you’re sleeping next to.”
• Dark Humor & Reflection:
  • Bobby and Amy riff on whether stress from true crime content seeps into general anxiety and jokes about who on the crew would be most likely to secretly be a serial killer (jokingly, Eddie is “voted” most likely).
    • Bobby: “You only do crazy things for things you crazily care about...that’s why people kill their freaking husbands and wives.” (47:17)

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8. Miscellaneous: Bonehead Story of the Day & Morning Corny

Timestamps: 50:38–51:46, 41:40–42:11

• Bonehead Story:
  • Five men attempt to rob a cashless bank in California—leave empty-handed and arrested (50:42).
  • Crew jokes about the modern concept of cashless banking.
• Morning Corny:
  • Thanksgiving-themed: “What do pilgrims learn in school? Pilgrammer.” (41:46)

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• On anxious trivia:
  • “There’s not a lot of hope here, guys.” — Lunchbox (11:17)
• On true crime podcasts:
  • “I get drawn in with, like, how crazy some of these people are and the fact that they were oftentimes so close and they could do something so awful.” — Amy (43:59)
• On ending a sitcom:
  • “It was easy to say, we’re done. It was hard to leave my friends.” — Phil Rosenthal (38:53)
• On possible serial killers:
  • “You only do crazy things for things you crazily care about… that’s why people kill their freaking husbands and wives and best friends.” — Bobby Bones (47:17)
• Holiday gift story:
  • “Emily Murphy... posted an Amazon wish list. But not for her. For gifts, so they could make sure all the kids would get gifts—and they filled it up quick.” — Bobby Bones (25:20)

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Conclusion

This episode highlights what listeners love about The Bobby Bones Show: lively banter, relatable advice, and a variety of entertainment. From Amy’s (possibly) secret Hollywood adventure and personal dilemmas to the psychological effects of our favorite genres, the crew’s chemistry shines. Celeb guest Phil Rosenthal adds behind-the-scenes style, while trivia and fun facts keep the mood upbeat, even as mystery and mischief (or lunchbox conspiracy) swirl. For listeners both loyal and new, this episode is quintessential Bobby Bones: clever, candid, and consistently entertaining.

Transcript

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[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

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[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

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[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

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[Jordan (Producer)]

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[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Here we go.

[Amy]

Come on, Bobby. Bobby Bones transmitting drive cross America.

[Bobby Bones Show Intro]

This is the Bobby Bone Show.

[Lunchbox]

Let's go.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Welcome to Friday's show. We got a big one. Morning, Studio Bones. Easy trivia. The category is Disney. Eddie, what's the name of the fairy in Peter Pan?

[Eddie]

Tinkerbell.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct. Amy, what kind of animal is Dumbo?

[Amy]

Elephant.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Correct.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Lunchbox. What does Aladdin use to fly a magic carpet. Correct. Morgan, what's the name of the space ranger in Toy Story?

[Amy]

Oh, Buzz Lightyear.

[Bobby Bones]

Correct.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

So Eddie's the champ. He's wearing the tiara so far this season, as we play to five, Amy has two, Eddie one, Morgan, one. Lunchbox was zero. All right, here we go. If you miss it, you'll hear this sound.

[Lunchbox]

You've been boned.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Don't get boned. Eddie, which basketball superstar led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships during the 1990s?

[Eddie]

Michael Jordan.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct. Famous 90s celebrities. Amy, which actor played the Fresh Prince in the 90s sitcom the Fresh Prince of Bel Air?

[Amy]

Will Smith.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct. Lunchbox, which actor was Jack Dawson in the 1997 movie Titanic?

[Lunchbox]

Oh, that's Leo DiCaprio.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct. Morgan, which child star played Kevin McAllister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2?

[Amy]

Oh, shoot. Yeah, I don't know that. I know his name. I can see him. And now that you said his character name, all I can think of is Kevin McAllister. What is his name? Macaulay Culkin.

[Lunchbox]

Correct.

[Phil Rosenthal]

Oh.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Children'S television. Eddie, what show follows a curious monkey and his friend, the man with the yellow Hat?

[Eddie]

Curious George.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Correct.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Amy, what's the name of America's favorite purple dinosaur that sings, dances and plays games?

[Amy]

Barney.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct. Lunchbox. What show follows a little girl who loves to explore with her talking backpack and monkey?

[Lunchbox]

Adora the Explorer.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct. Morgan, what show is set in a neighborhood where Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster live?

[Amy]

Sesame Street.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct. Everybody's still alive. The category is US Presidents. No. You guys all. All right.

[Lunchbox]

I don't really like presidents.

[Eddie]

Let's see.

[Lunchbox]

I'm not really presidential.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Eddie, who is the 16th president known for freeing the slaves?

[Eddie]

Abraham Lincoln.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct. Amy, according to the myth, what US President was said to have wooden teeth?

[Amy]

Oh, George Washington.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct. Wow. Lunchbox, you love money.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, great.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

What president is on the nickel?

[Lunchbox]

A nickel. Come on, man.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

What president is on the nickel? 5 seconds on the clock.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, man. Hold on, hold on, hold on. The nickel. Because the quarter is George Washington time.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Answer.

[Lunchbox]

Thomas Jefferson again.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

You think he possumed it?

[Eddie]

Of course he did.

[Lunchbox]

He knew that Right.

[Eddie]

He knew it.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, my God.

[Amy]

I don't think he knew that one, guys.

[Eddie]

Sure.

[Amy]

Yeah, I'm sure.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Morgan, who is the youngest president ever elected at 43 years old?

[Amy]

The youngest president ever at 43.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

43.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

He's like 43 years old.

[Amy]

Oh, gosh. I mean, I just think they're all old, so I don't know that I've ever realized one of them was going to be the youngest. Oh, boy. I mean, is it Barack Obama?

[Bobby Bones]

Was he.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Was he five seconds?

[Amy]

He was pretty young. George Bush? I don't know.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Answer.

[Amy]

Barack Obama.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Incorrect.

[Lunchbox]

You've been bowed.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Morgan has been eliminated. The answer is jfk. Correct. John F. Kennedy.

[Phil Rosenthal]

Morgan.

[Lunchbox]

I had Obama.

[Amy]

Okay, how old was Obama?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Older than 43. Bands with animals in their name.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Cool.

[Amy]

Sorry, sorry. What bands?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Bands.

[Amy]

Bands.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Like musical bands.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, cool.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yes.

[Jordan (Producer)]

Got it.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Eddie, what 60s pop band saying I'm a Believer and shares its name with the type of primate?

[Eddie]

The monkeys.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Correct.

[Amy]

Oh, I get it now.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Amy, what classic rock band is known for songs like Hotel California and Take It Easy?

[Amy]

The Eagles.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct. Lunchbox. What band had hits like Mr. Jones and Accidentally in Love?

[Phil Rosenthal]

Oh.

[Lunchbox]

Mr. Jones. That's the one you like. That's Counting Crows.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct.

[Better Picks Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

You want. The other ones are fun.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

If Morgan would have been in. Or whomever. The fourth question would have been this one. What animated virtual band led by Damon Albarn is known for Feel Good, Inc. And Clint Eastwood.

[Lunchbox]

Arctic Monkeys.

[Eddie]

No, no. The gorillas.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

The gorillas, yeah. Oh, Happy? I got sunshine in a bag. All right, three left. Abbreviations. Eddie, you're first. What does ATV stand for?

[Bobby Bones]

Whoa.

[Eddie]

Oh, no.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Atv.

[Eddie]

That is a. Like a four wheeler. Like a. An automatic transmission. Oh, I got it. All terrain vehicle.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct.

[Bobby Bones]

Wow.

[Eddie]

That one just came to me.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Good one, Amy. What does ATM stand for? Yeah, atm. Talking about the thing that you go to and get money out of.

[Amy]

So what else?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Nothing. What does ATM stand for? I'm talking about the machine.

[Phil Rosenthal]

Go ahead.

[Amy]

Okay. Automatic. I'm talking this out real quick.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Just because.

[Amy]

Automatic teller machine. Automatic? Yes. I don't know. That's all I've got because it's like a automated teller, so. Oh, is it automated teller machine? Would that. Would that. Is that different than automatic automate? Oh, my gosh. Now I'm screwed.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

What?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Well, okay, what is your answer?

[Eddie]

If you do that, it'll work.

[Phil Rosenthal]

Ah.

[Jordan (Producer)]

What?

[Amy]

Why would that pop into my head last minute? You're gonna have to count me down and just make me pick. 4, 3, 2. Automated teller machine.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

That's correct. And that's why I laughed. I didn't mean to. As soon as she said out of nowhere, I laughed out loud.

[Phil Rosenthal]

That's close.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

It's automated teller machine.

[Amy]

I went with it because there had to be a reason. It popped in my head.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

What does Lunchbox GPS stand for? What?

[Lunchbox]

Gps. Ah, man. Gps. Go well. GPS system.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Personal system.

[Lunchbox]

But what is the G? Gravitational. That's not gravity.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Do you guys know it?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

No, no.

[Lunchbox]

No one knows.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I think I might have struggled with altering train vehicle. I think I'd have got there.

[Eddie]

That was. No, that was tough.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I think I would have got there. And I don't think I would have said automated. I think I would have said automatic.

[Lunchbox]

Gps.

[Bobby Bones]

Personal.

[Eddie]

Is he ever countdown?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Nah. Let's just sit and watch.

[Eddie]

All right.

[Amy]

I mean, it is going.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

The primate in the wild.

[Eddie]

Just watch him.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Look. As he tries to figure out something that is completely impossible for his. The brain, his size. What does g. He now looks at the sky, hoping something comes to him from above. He rubs his head. Now he realizes there's not a lot of hope.

[Lunchbox]

There's not a lot of hope here, guys.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Lunchbox. What does GPS stand for? Five seconds. Yeah. Watch the primate slowly die.

[Better Picks Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Slow death. Geo. Personal system. You've been boned.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

What would you have said?

[Amy]

I had geographic photo system.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Eddie.

[Eddie]

Geographic position system.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

You're closer, Morgan.

[Amy]

I had geographic personal system.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Global positioning system.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, global.

[Eddie]

It had to be positioned like where you are.

[Amy]

Positioning.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

All right, two remain. Eddie and Amy. Here we go. The category is nationalities.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Lovely.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Eddie, if someone's Welsh, what country are they from? Oh, boy.

[Eddie]

Someone's Welsh. Oh, they are from Wales.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Correct.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

If someone's Danish. Amy, what country are they from?

[Eddie]

Come on, baby.

[Amy]

Danish. Danish. No, they're Irish. If they're from Ireland. Sorry, say it again.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

If someone is Danish.

[Amy]

Oh, I don't know. The only thing that says that the D that's in my mind is Dublin. But Danish.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Dublin.

[Amy]

Danish. Danish.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Watch.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

If the primate has a stroke, I can't figure out even her own language.

[Amy]

Welsh. Ireland. Irish. Ire. Daint. Danish. What? What? Danish. What'd I say? Dublin. Dublin.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

If someone is Danish, they're from what country?

[Amy]

Danish. Where did Danishes come from? Is that where we get the Danish that we eat? You know, a Danish.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

No one helps her. They let her struggle until her timely death.

[Amy]

I mean, I don't know any place that starts. Denmark.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Your answer.

[Amy]

Denmark.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Correct.

[Eddie]

I mean, she only had five minutes.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I gave him time, too, though. If it's funny, I let it go. Lunchbox had forever to do. Global positioning system.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

I know.

[Eddie]

It's my destiny. Dude, you're messing with my fate here.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

All right, I won't do that anymore. Okay, the category is where in the world gps. Eddie, what city would you be in if you were gazing up at the famous statue known as Christ the Redeemer?

[Eddie]

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

City would you be in?

[Eddie]

You would be in Rio de Janeiro.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

That's correct.

[Amy]

Have you been there?

[Phil Rosenthal]

No.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Good job.

[Amy]

That was really.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

That was really good.

[Amy]

Thank you.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

That's really good.

[Amy]

That's.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Amy, What South American country would you be in if you were hiking up to Machu Picchu?

[Bobby Bones]

Picchu.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Here we go again. Machu Matcha. I drink matcha.

[Amy]

Bolivia.

[Eddie]

What is that song? I never heard that one.

[Amy]

It's from my Spanish class in seventh grade when we were studying spins in.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Circles until they ultimately collapse and die.

[Amy]

We would. It was a song to remember the capitals of the South American countries.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I just tossed the sheet.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Yeah.

[Amy]

What's the question?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I don't remember.

[Eddie]

Machu Picchu.

[Amy]

Machu Picchu.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Machu Picchu.

[Amy]

Uruguay. La Paz, Bolivia.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

10 seconds.

[Amy]

Machu Picchu. Where's Machu Picchu?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

That's the question.

[Amy]

Chile. Brazil.

[Bobby Bones]

Chile.

[Amy]

Where's Machu Picchu? I've never been.

[Eddie]

No crap.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

The primate has drunk off the berries from the local tree.

[Bobby Bones]

I.

[Amy]

If I. Golly. This is why I need to travel the world.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Five seconds.

[Amy]

Ah. Ma Jupyjoon Jelly.

[Jordan (Producer)]

Peru.

[Amy]

Peru. Yes.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Eddie is our winner.

[Lunchbox]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones Show Intro]

It's the anonymous in box. There's a question to be had. Send it into the mailbag.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Hello, Bobby Bones. I'm planning on proposing to my girlfriend of three years. I want to ask her parents for permission.

[Lunchbox]

I.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

The problem is, I want it to be a surprise. But our mom cannot keep a secret. It's not even on purpose, but she'll for sure slip up and say something she shouldn't. I'm old school. I want to be respectful, but I do not want my girlfriend to find out prior to it happening. This will be a first for both of us. I want it to be perfect. Should I still talk to them and just beg her mom not to say anything? Or should I propose without their blessing? Signed ring. Ready. You can go first.

[Amy]

I don't know how much it would matter to her if you've talked to your parents or not.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Not.

[Amy]

And her parents are not. I understand not wanting to spoil it, but, like, if you just be like, oh, yeah. Later, they might be like, well, you should be like, you didn't talk to my parents before and then you have to say, well, yeah, I thought they were gonna say something. So now you don't try, like I don't know. I say you tell them and just risk it. Risk it because.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

So we had a situation recently. Ish. Like when we found out my wife was pregnant, there were people we told in our super close circle first. There were people we told in our close circle second. And there are people we felt like we had to tell before we announced it publicly. People that were close to, but not people that. That they just needed to know before we told everybody. There were two people specifically that we told within five minutes of us posting it online because we knew they had big mouths. Now we love them, but we knew as soon as we said something to them, not even purposefully, they'd be talking about it and it was going to end up somewhere. And so we told them mere minutes before we went public with it. And I think a bit of that has got to be strategized with that. With this.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Oh, like ask their blessing. Mere minutes.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Mere minutes. Like you've got to figure as close, maybe not mere minutes, but as close as you can to the actual proposal because probably you're going to get the yes.

[Amy]

You know them, yeah, that's a good idea.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

As close as you can get to asking for it.

[Amy]

And then they're like, when are you planning on doing it? And he's like, in five minutes.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Showtime, baby.

[Eddie]

When I proposed to my wife, I went to the bathroom at the restaurant and called my father in law. And it wasn't because I thought he would slip, but it was just like I put it off and I'm doing it that night. So I called him and then proposed like an hour later. No chance for anyone to ruin it.

[Amy]

I don't recommend that.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Hey, so I want to marry your daughter.

[Lunchbox]

Boom.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Where are you? If you're really worried about that, I would just strategize and try to time it as close as possible.

[Amy]

And it really depends on traditionally how they feel about the whole thing. Like your future fiance may not. That may not be a thing in their family at all, but yeah, I think it is.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Or he wouldn't make it. Wouldn't be such a priority.

[Bobby Bones]

True.

[Amy]

I mean, just do it as close as possible.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

That is my suggestion.

[Lunchbox]

Good luck.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

We're rooting for you. Close it up.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

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[Better Picks Advertiser]

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[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Hey there. Dr. Jesse Mills here. I'm the director of the men's clinic at UCLA Health, and I want to tell you about my new podcast called the Mailroom.

[Jordan (Producer)]

And I'm Jordan, the show's producer. And like a lot of guys, I haven't been to the doctor in many years. I'll be asking the questions we probably should be asking but aren't because guys.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Usually don't go to the doctor unless a piece of their face is hanging.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Off or they've broken a bone.

[Jordan (Producer)]

Depends which bone.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Well, that's true. Every week we're breaking down the unique world of men's health, from testosterone and fitness to diets and fertility and things that happen in the bedroom.

[Jordan (Producer)]

You mean sleep?

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Yeah, something like that. Jordan. We'll talk science without the jargon and get you real answers to the stuff you actually wonder about.

[Jordan (Producer)]

It's going to be fun, whether you're 27, 97, or somewhere in between.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Men's Health is about more than six packs. In supplements, it's about eight. Energy, confidence and connection. We don't just want you to live longer, we want you to live better. So check out the mailroom on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your favorite shows.

[Lunchbox]

On an all new episode of iHeartRadio's Las Culturistas, Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award winner Sarah Paulson spills on red carpet hacks.

[Amy]

We saw these pictures and we're like, what is the story with this?

[Lunchbox]

She gets real about the inspiration behind her roles.

[Amy]

No, there is no end to how people will behave.

[Lunchbox]

And she puts hosts Matt Rogers and.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Bowen Yag on notice.

[Amy]

I don't think so, honey. I feel very, very triggered by this.

[Lunchbox]

Open your free iHeartRadio app search Las Culturistas and listen to the full podcast now.

[Amy]

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[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Okay, Lunchbox thinks that Amy's going on Price Is Right, which we've talked about, but he also thinks we're hiding it from him.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I busted you guys. Like, 100% busted you guys. I overheard Amy and Scuba talking. They didn't know that I was nearby. And she was like, yes.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

How does somebody not know you're nearby? You are the loudest person in the whole building.

[Lunchbox]

Because there was curtains at the CMA interviews.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Classic.

[Lunchbox]

And they were talking.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Curtains got him again.

[Lunchbox]

And they were. And Amy's like, so I'm going to be in la. And she starts naming the three days she's going to la. And I'm like, wait a minute. And she was like, yeah, I've talked to Bobby about it. And I'm like, hold on, hold on. So they are obviously sending her to la, not telling me, and she's going on the Prices, right? Then I was like, maybe I just heard something. Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe I'm making something up in my head. Then we do the segment where Amy goes over her three big events in her life and she goes, oh, I got a trip to la. And we just gloss over it and we don't say anything about it.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I heard that.

[Lunchbox]

Exactly.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Did you think Price is right?

[Eddie]

I mean, I thought it was weird that she just threw in. I got a random trip to la.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

La.

[Eddie]

I mean, what else is in la?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Exactly. Hey, so for new listeners, Lunchbox went. He took days off work and he went and tried to get on Prices, right? And he was in the audience for three days. Three days, right.

[Lunchbox]

Well, audience two.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

And you got kicked out of one.

[Lunchbox]

Got kicked out of one, that's right.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

And he did not get on the show. And so then we said, well, let's send Amy. That would be fun to do. And so we stopped talking about it because that's a. There's a lot of negotiation there. Like, can she get off that she has family stuff? What do we need her for the show? So, okay, you just think so.

[Lunchbox]

I mean, you're busted.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

That's not what that is.

[Amy]

Okay, but do you see how they change things? Because this entire time I've never said la. I've said California.

[Lunchbox]

No, you said Los Angeles.

[Amy]

No, no, I didn't. No, I didn't. I know for a fact I didn't, because it's. It's California.

[Eddie]

In my mind, I heard la, and in my mind I saw her on the in the audience.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

You also thought that I did. Okay, well, then maybe she is.

[Lunchbox]

But why.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

But I don't.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Maybe she is.

[Lunchbox]

You act like I wasn't gonna find out, like that's what's.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

So what was our goal then? To send her and not tell you and then only tell you once we come back for the New year?

[Lunchbox]

Yep, I think that's what it was. You didn't want me upset leading up to the holidays. You didn't want me angry.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

So your Christmas spirit kept us from one of you.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, you guys were like, you know what? It'll be even funnier if we just send her without telling Lunchbox. And then, boom, surprise. So, I mean, if it's December, if mine's airing March 31 and April 2.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yours, you can get on.

[Eddie]

He's in the crowd, though.

[Lunchbox]

I'm in the crowd, so. And that was.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I don't think you can call that yours. I think you have ownership if you're an extra.

[Lunchbox]

So I would say Amy's gonna be on probably late April, early May.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

That's your working theory?

[Amy]

I mean, it's 100 accurate.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I. I'll say nothing.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I love it. Let's just let it live and see what happens.

[Lunchbox]

See, that's annoying.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Nobody is screwing you over, though. Even if she's going, you're not being hurt. Nothing is being taken from you. There is no half step back for Lunchbox because she's doing something.

[Amy]

And let's be clear, like, I don't really want to go. Like, this isn't something. But Bobby are like, you have to go.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Say no more.

[Lunchbox]

See, that's what I'm saying. But why not just tell me, though, why. Why weren't you guys just up front?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Oh, that's the problem.

[Lunchbox]

That's the front. You think we're cheating on you guys? Like, you're going behind my back. Like, hey, man, let's do this conniving thing where we're. And then even Eddie, you were on to it.

[Eddie]

See, I mean, I just thought it. Like, when she said it, it just rang like, oh, la. That makes sense. You know, Price is Right, we've been talking about.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

You honestly thought that, though, when she said that? Yeah, I did.

[Eddie]

That's the first thing I thought of.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Okay, well, let's leave it there. We won't clarify anything for now.

[Lunchbox]

Of course not.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

But when we come back after. We're not leaving for like a month and a half break or anything. But when we come back after our Christmas break, we would. We'll. We'll give you the details.

[Lunchbox]

See, that's. I mean, whatever. I. I'm just saying I'm.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Are the details that you. You need to know.

[Lunchbox]

What do you mean that I know?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I'll say no. I said too much already. I've said too much already. But I think a little bit of that you made that story up in your head. Just a little bit of it.

[Lunchbox]

I don't think I made up any of it.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Okay.

[Lunchbox]

Amy going la.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Amy say nothing. We will talk about it again. Our first show back after our Christmas vacation. Put a note in our calendar to talk about this. Our first show back. Okay, everybody good? Yeah. It's time for the good news with Bobby.

[Lunchbox]

Tell me something good.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

The school, they have a. Every year kids buy gifts for other kids. But it's like you bring one gift and it goes to another kid. So you don't buy gifts for everybody. It keeps kids like Valentine's Day, you know, you have to bring something for everybody or. So it's. It's a long standing tradition. But a lot of the kids couldn't even afford the one gift. So Emily Murphy was like, hey, let's figure out how we can make this a lot easier. And so she posted an Amazon wish list. But not for her. It was for gifts. So they could make sure that all the kids would get gifts and they filled it up quick.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Love that.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yeah, super cool. And so they call it our daughter got into because the. Apparently she had so many boxes at her house. I gotta imagine that's a lot of Amazon boxes. I think we get a lot of Amazon boxes sometimes, but hundreds of Amazon boxes. Her daughter helped her organize it and all the kids got that gift. It's a great, great thing. That's from people. That is what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good. Fun fact Friday. I mean, what do you think the whitest state is?

[Amy]

Widest.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Whitest.

[Amy]

Oh, like the color.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

The most white people.

[Amy]

I'm trying to think of why.

[Eddie]

I thought you meant.

[Phil Rosenthal]

Yes.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

What do you think the white estate is interesting.

[Amy]

Let me think here. Please. Not New York.

[Eddie]

Just go with what you think the white is.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yeah, the white estate people.

[Amy]

Not snow.

[Eddie]

Correct.

[Amy]

Okay. Alaska.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Great. But I think they're more. A lot more indigenous there.

[Amy]

Okay. This could end up. This could be indigenous too. Montana, Maine, Maine. Very white.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Seems white has the most white people.

[Amy]

Never been there, but seems white.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

90 of population. Take another guess. Number two. Delaware, Vermont and West Virginia are next. Okay, what do you think the least white state is?

[Amy]

Oh boy.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I don't know why you guys are act like this is anything bad.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, it's just an awkward guess.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Weird.

[Eddie]

The least white.

[Amy]

The least white.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

This is all government census stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

Sure.

[Amy]

The least white. Okay.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Hawaii.

[Amy]

There you go.

[Lunchbox]

Good guess, Amy. Good guess.

[Amy]

Right.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Hawaiians. Least white.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

21.6. Yeah, I know. I saw that. The census pop up. You guys are all acting like something's wrong.

[Eddie]

The guessing could be weird, you know.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

No, it's like, like.

[Amy]

But. But all of that tracks.

[Eddie]

All right, what's the Brownestown?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Texas, probably, or California.

[Eddie]

Yeah, one of the two. New Mexico.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Listen, you're looking at European influence, Mexican influence. It's. Yeah, it's all that. But, yeah, I would have met. Probably. Probably Texas, probably because the border is longer.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah. It is just.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yeah. California has the largest Spanish population. So now I'm wrong. It's California, followed by Texas and Florida. Huh. You want another one? What is it? Well, nothing like that. Something from the census I read today the Pledge of Allegiance was originally created as a marketing scheme to sell more flags.

[Amy]

No way.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

What?

[Eddie]

How did they get all the schools to do it in the morning then?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Because they associated with the flag.

[Amy]

Every school has to buy a flag now.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

The Pledge of Allegiance was originally a marketing scheme to sell more flags to public schools.

[Jordan (Producer)]

Goals.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

And it worked, Amy.

[Amy]

So the word muscle comes from the Latin term meaning little mouse. Ancient Romans thought that the movement of a bicep muscle under the skin resembled a little mouse scurrying about. And the tendon is. It's like tail. So that's where you get the word muscle from. It's your. Look at your bicep.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Those guys must not have been doing curls like I do them. You know what I'm saying?

[Amy]

Well, you'd be like, they called that bull.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Amy]

Maybe more like. What's that? The kind. The rodent. That's like gerbil sets. I couldn't think of it. Gerbil. Gerbil.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Morgan, you're up.

[Amy]

TV dinners were invented because of Thanksgiving. In 1953, Swanson overestimated turkey demand and had 260 leftovers of turkey. So they repackaged it to the very first TV dinners.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

That's pretty cool. I used to eat TV dinners like crazy. That and frozen pizzas.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

All through high school and college. Because I'd buy my own. That's.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

That's.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I liked them and I could afford them in that order. I don't be like, so I could afford, but I liked them. And then I, I. It's all it's what I can afford.

[Amy]

I thought I liked Lean Cuisines, but.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

No, once you get out of it.

[Lunchbox]

You realize you don't so good.

[Amy]

The marketing, I think, got to me. I was like, ooh, lean. Ollie, too. But then I didn't realize, well, that's the purpose. The sodium content was Eddie.

[Eddie]

So Adidas and Puma, they were both founded by brothers. So it's Adolf Dler and Rudolph Dassler. They got into a big fight. They had a shoe company, but got into a big fight. So they broke up in 1948. And Adolf, who went by Adi, started Adidas, and his brother Rudolph started Puma. I mean, dude, they're huge brothers. Like, successful brothers. That both of them had really big shoes that we still wear today.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Also, both names we really don't use anymore. Adolf and the awful tyrant of a dictator. And the Red.

[Jordan (Producer)]

Yep.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Lunchbox.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Wild Turkeys can fly up to 55 miles an hour, and if you ever see them on the land, they run 25 miles an hour.

[Eddie]

That's fast.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

That's moving pretty good. Yeah, if you can run 25. Those NFL players, whenever they're at full speed, they're, like, in their 20s. So a turkey can run as fast as, like, a wide receiver that's caught the ball running for a touchdown.

[Eddie]

Dang.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yeah. Pretty crazy. Seinfeld, the Jerry seinfeld character, dated 66 women over the course of Seinfeld, and all failed for different reasons.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I guess he had a lot of girlfriends.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

And then my other one was a kicker. Earned the NFL MVP award in 1982.

[Phil Rosenthal]

A kicker.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Mark Mosley, wanted as a member of the redskins. He made 20 out of 21 field goals, which is fine. It's good. But, man, everybody must have sucked. There must have been 20. 20 miles per hour runners that year. That was gonna sucky season. That's Fun Fact Friday. Thank you. Fun Fact Friday. So I love Everybody Loves Raymond. Like, really. I don't know if I would list it as one of my favorites of all time, but I think for as long as it ran, I think it's one of my favorites of all time because I think I've seen every episode of it. And it ran for so long, and it was so good to the end. It was created by a guy named Phil Rosenthal. He also has the show on Netflix called Somebody Feed Phil. He also has the show on Netflix where they took and tried to sell Everybody Loves Raymond to Russia. In Russia, they, like, step on banana pills and stuff. It's back then. So, like, none of the humor didn't hit. Yeah, really great. So he's got a new cookbook out called Phil's Favorites. But I sat with them and I just wanted to know, like, how'd you meet Ray Romano? And we talked about the origin of Everybody Loves Raymond.

[Phil Rosenthal]

And then I got a video cassette of a comedian who had been on Letterman once for five minutes, and Letterman said there should be a sitcom for that guy. Letterman had a production deal at CBS so he could develop shows for comedians.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Is that Worldwide Pants?

[Phil Rosenthal]

It is, yeah. And I meet Ray, and we hit it off. I get the tape. I remember I saw that performance when it was on, because I watched Letterman every night. I said, sure, I'll take that meeting. He must have met with a dozen guys. His first choice wasn't available. He wanted someone from Friends because that was the hip new show, and I was the opposite of that. And I saw potential in his actual life. He really had twin boys, an older daughter. He really lived close by to his parents, who always butted into his life. His older brother really was a police sergeant who was divorced and was jealous of him. And my joke is, he finished telling me this, and I said, well, I don't think there's anything there we can use. But, no, I saw. Listen, he's not an actor. Why not surround him with the stuff that's familiar to him? And what I didn't know about the characters and stories and personalities of his family, I filled in with mine.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Was he receptive to you making it? And I don't want to say not cool, but yes. No, he was receptive. Nobody thinks that their family's cool, is my point.

[Phil Rosenthal]

Like, absolutely. In fact, his first suggestion when I said, let's do this, your family. But he didn't see the value in it right away. He said, can't we just do a show where I sit, like, in a diner with my friends and we crack jokes? And I said, first of all, there is that show. It's called Seinfeld. Second of all, I'm the wrong guy for that because I need a story. All the shows that I emulated, I found the strength in story, beginning, middle, end, and family.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I went to Italy because of Raymond, and I remember the moment because I. You know, with Italy, I associate the. This specific episode where Raymond's like, It's like pizza. And he's like, give me. Let me. Let me have another piece. And he's standing at that.

[Phil Rosenthal]

That's right.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Like, that is why I went to Italy for the first time.

[Phil Rosenthal]

That episode of Raymond that you just mentioned, Ray. When I asked him in between season one and two of the show where he was going on his hiatus, he said, I go to the Jersey Shore. And I said, well, that's nice. Have you ever been to Europe? Because it changed my life. He says, nah. I said, why not? He goes, I like the Jersey Shore. So like all of us, right, we need that little push sometimes. I said, oh, right then and there. I go, oh, we should do an episode. He goes, what do you mean? We should do an episode where we send you to Italy as you and you come back as me. Someone who's excited about travel and especially Italy and the food in Italy and the people in Italy and Italy. Took me three or four years to convince him to get on that plane. He didn't want to fly either. He's a little afraid of flying. But when he went, the best part of that episode was the arc of the character that I wrote. God doesn't want to go, complains the whole time, and then gets it.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I feel like I lived that arc, too.

[Phil Rosenthal]

That's great. Yeah, I saw it happen to my friend Ray. He comes running up to me, phil, have you had gelato? I saw him change, and now he goes all the time.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

So more with Phil Rosenthal, who created Everybody Loves Raymond. And my hero is David Letterman. Always has been. But David Letterman produced Everybody Loves Raymond. And so he had to go to him and kind of go, hey, will you hire me? And then how they knew it was time to end that show Everybody Loves Raymond after nine seasons. Let's go on the Bobby Bones show now. Phil Rosenthal. Okay, give me a great Letterman story to kind of wrap us up here.

[Phil Rosenthal]

I go to New York, and when you go into David Letterman's office, his desk is facing the wrong way. In other words, you come in the door and you're behind his desk. And I look at this, and I go, that's odd. And just then, he comes in behind me. I go, oh, hi. And he goes, have a seat. And he gestures for me to sit at the desk behind the desk. I said, not behind the desk. He said, absolutely, behind the desk. Like, it's my office, my meeting. He and his other producers sit in the chairs in front of the desk. And I'm a nervous wreck. David Letterman sits to the side. He's sitting in a chair kind of like this, but he's leaning it back against a bookcase. Now, the bookcase has a stereo, and the stereo is blasting heavy metal music that they do not turn down. So I have to Talk like this to them. I thought it was the weirdest thing. No one offered to take my coat. It was freezing outside. I had a winter coat. They just sit there. They go, so tell me what you think the show is. And I said, well, it's basically Ray's personality, and I'm taking the real elements of. From his actual family, because it seems really funny to me. And I explained the situation and I said, what?

[Lunchbox]

I don't know.

[Phil Rosenthal]

I'm filling in with my family. And they nod like this. And Letterman goes, just don't embarrass us. And I said, oh, that's very nice. I said, that's what I tell my kids when I drop them off to school every morning. And he goes, and I leave that. And they were, in a way, treating me as if I had the job already, because saying, don't. Just don't embarrass us is like saying, go ahead, go do it. But I gotta be honest, I. That was the audition. I didn't know he had to sign off on me. After that initial meeting, I heard from David Letterman, a grand total in the nine years we were on, I'd say altogether five minutes worth of time. They were not involved. He didn't know really about sitcoms. He would send us a top 10 list for our gag reel for a wrap party at the end of each season. He would maybe call and say, congratulations on the Emmy. But when he was going off the air a few years later, himself, Ray had an opportunity. He'd been on the show many, many times since Raymond was on. Ray had the opportunity to go on Letterman in the final weeks and say thanks. And I thought, you know what? He gave me a pretty good life, too. I should at least call and leave a message. I call and leave a message. Can you tell Dave that I called and I wanted to say thank you. Do you know that in that week, his last week of being on the air, maybe the busiest, most crucial week of his career, he called me back and we talked for 20 minutes. And he was absolutely lovely and charming and gracious. I couldn't have asked for more. And I have seen him since then, and he's always very kind.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

My final question, how hard was it to end the show?

[Phil Rosenthal]

Well, it's hard because you create a family, meaning the family of people that you work with, 150 people. So we knew it was time to end. You want to get off the stage before somebody says, hey, you should get off the stage. And so that was being a student of sitcoms. I knew we should end well and end before we become lousy, because maybe then the show will have greater lasting value. It was easy to say, we're done. It was hard to leave my friends. That's the hard part. But that shouldn't be the reason you stay. Especially, you know, if you. If you respect your audience, your good time and your cash payout shouldn't be the reason you stay.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

There he is. Phil Rosenthal.

[Phil Rosenthal]

Thank you.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

If you want to hear the full interview, it's fantastic. It's over an hour long. Just go search for the Bobby cast. That's Phil Rosenthal on iheartradio or wherever you listen to your podcast. It's time for the Good News with Amy.

[Amy]

So Pargan, he works at McDonald's, and he has worked at this particular location for 40 years. They even have a nickname for him. It's Papa Bear. And he said he stayed at this restaurant for so long because it feels like family, like. And that's what it is to him. And other employees feel connected to him. He's just overall an awesome person. So guess what? They did.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Hopefully something good, because sometimes these stories make me feel sad.

[Bobby Bones]

Why?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Well, because they go, well, they've been there for 50 years, and they like to. They get a card with 10 off.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. No.

[Amy]

Friends and co workers surprise them with a. Well, a red carpet welcome, a limousine ride to dinner, and a $40,000 check. Thousand dollars for each year that he'd been at the McDonald's.

[Eddie]

That's better than what you were talking about.

[Amy]

Yeah. He's described.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

That's awesome.

[Amy]

As he's described as a pillar of the community. And they say his dedication has shaped the workplace in countless ways.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

$40,000. That's crazy.

[Eddie]

I mean, I was impressed with the limo and the red carpet, but.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah. And it's the McDonald's in Saugus, Massachusetts. I don't know for sure how to say the sagas, but maybe we just open our Massachusetts.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yeah, you didn't need to bring that up.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, yeah.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Shout out.

[Amy]

Well, Massachusetts people will know. Sagas. Saugus.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I think that.

[Phil Rosenthal]

Yeah, There you go. All right.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

There you go. That's what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good.

[Bobby Bones Show Intro]

Wake up. You wake up in the morning. Favorite habit. Trying to put you through. M Riding this wigs. Next bit now. Bobby's on the mic. So you know what this is? This is the Bobby now.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Time for the morning corny.

[Lunchbox]

The morning corny.

[Amy]

What do pilgrims learn in school?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

What do pilgrims learn in school?

[Amy]

Pilgrammer.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

But the kids don't grammar anymore, Pilgrim. Yeah, like, is that like a thing?

[Amy]

Yeah, Ela, they call it.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah, Ela. I've heard of that. Yeah, Ela. That's like English Language Arts.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I'm glad we're almost out of Thanksgiving joke. Why?

[Lunchbox]

Because they've been bad for like two weeks. That was the morning.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Corny Ray, play me this voicemail. I'm just wondering what the sympathy level is out of Bobby's wife right now when it comes to his surgery. I have a three month old. When my wife was very pregnant, I could not imagine also being in surgery. I'm assuming that she would have been not as sympathetic for me during that time. So I'm just wondering how it's going for you and what the sympathy level is like. Thanks. She's actually been a rock star about it. And I tried to not allow her to do much because she's very pregnant and so. But she did. She was like, no, you can't. I think a lot of it too is she told me to hurt myself and be on the disabled list even longer. So she's like, I'm gonna take a lot of these duties. And yeah, I'm pregnant, but don't hurt your. Someone I wiped out and like, totally wrecked on my scooter. Like, my. My in the house scooter. I think she was like, oh, no, I've been doing all this and you still found a way to hurt yourself even more.

[Eddie]

Well, you were alone.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yes, she left me alone. That's what I said. Never leave me alone. No, she's been awesome about it. And I've. I've tried to do as much as I can. Like, it's hard to go out to dogs and stuff, but I do. And I've tried to feed the dogs in the morning and I do like 75. It used to be a hundred, but now she's been. She's been great about it. I want to talk to the girls on the show. How true crimey are you, Amy?

[Bobby Bones]

I can't.

[Amy]

I'm. I'm pretty sure grimy. I listen to some podcasts mostly daily.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

You do podcasts too? Not just TV shows. You do podcasts?

[Amy]

Yeah. At least every couple weeks I get a dateline in.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Wow you, Morgan?

[Amy]

Not at all. It actually terrifies me. I think it would make it worse for me to watch that because I'd believe those things happen and then I'd never leave my house.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Abby, you do true crime at all? Either Netflix or podcasts.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Love it. Okay, so YouTube. What do you love about it. Amy, you first.

[Amy]

Well, I don't know what it says about me because it does scare me a little bit, but I think I just. I don't know, I get drawn in with, like, how crazy some of these people are and the fact that they were oftentimes so close and they could do something so awful.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Go deeper. Like, why do you think you're. Because this is not just you. This is a very popular genre.

[Amy]

Is it? Is it? I. I really don't know that I fully examined it, what it is for me, but is it an escape from my own life? In a way, I certainly hope it never happens to me, but I guess it helps me be probably prepared as well.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yeah. Abby.

[Amy]

Yeah. I think it's like, the mystery of it and then trying to figure out why they would do something like that.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

So there was a article that came from the Cleveland Clinic, and it does talk about true crime and our America's obsession, especially women's obsession with it. True crime. For some reason, dudes don't like it as much. I don't know why. Like, I will watch, like, a docu series on a serial killer, and I'm like, well, that was interesting. Yeah, that guy kind of sucked. But I did that. I don't chase.

[Amy]

Yeah. But I'm listening to, like.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yeah, I know you're.

[Amy]

You know, Debbie and Fred 10 years ago in Mississippi, and they want. Debbie wanted to get divorced, but instead she decided to kill him.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Like, Snapped is a show on a women's network.

[Amy]

Yeah. My mom loves snap, so I feel like my Snap obsession, I get it from my mom. But anyway, that's like my true crime, isn't it? They're not even, like, famous national stories. They just are stories that are getting covered and you get the details and you're like, why didn't they just get a divorce?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Like, well, Cleveland Clinic now has a story that there is psychological fallout that is happening long term with people who consume this.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

It can seriously affect viewers mental health for the worse, especially if they're constantly, which they say one or more a month.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

True crime can increase overall anxiety, even if it's not being anxious about the crime, just overall anxiety. And it can create hypervigilance within your nervous system. You're always looking for a bad person, and it makes you worried about what's around the corner. Even if you can't associate it with true crime. It also makes it harder for you to trust people.

[Amy]

Maybe that's where my retaliation thing comes from.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Maybe. Of course it is.

[Lunchbox]

100%?

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's it.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Lunchbox]

You just now realize that it's all.

[Amy]

The craziness I didn't know was for sure coming from there?

[Eddie]

Are you anxious all the time?

[Amy]

No.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Well, I don't think it's an anxious all the time. It's. There's more anxiety within you and it can be a little more. But you don't even realize that's what it's from. Because you don't feel anxious about murderers. You just, for some reason, a little more than normal. You're just a little more anxious.

[Amy]

Like Lunchwalk says, though sometimes you don't know who you're sleeping next to.

[Eddie]

Okay, why would you say it like that?

[Lunchbox]

But you have no idea, because it'.

[Amy]

So crazy to me how many stories there are out there of like people killing their spouses. It doesn't.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Like, I get it.

[Amy]

What do you mean?

[Eddie]

Yes, I mean.

[Amy]

What do you mean?

[Phil Rosenthal]

I get you.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I get why you kill a best friend or a spouse or anybody close to.

[Amy]

What? What do you mean you get it?

[Eddie]

Sometimes you want to kill them.

[Amy]

What?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

No, no, not like in real life.

[Eddie]

But it's like sometimes like I would.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Say a passionate person or someone that's wired that way that has an extremely close relationship with somebody can be trig in a way that would affect where the outcome would not be ideal. That's why people shoot their friends.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

What?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Not you. You thought about shooting. No, I haven't, but I, I understand. I understand why people do crazy things. Like you only do the craziest things to the people you're craziest about.

[Amy]

No, but one, one, a lot of times it is because they want to end the relationship. They're either having an affair and they can't get out of it, but it's like that they, you know, instead of leaving them, let's just murder them.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Like, yeah, I don't like that. I don't like any of that.

[Amy]

When I don't understand or like, like the two adults, like, say you are like, it's the wife and then the guy she's cheating with. And this is two adult brains coming together to be like, yeah, let's just kill him instead of hiring a hitman.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Seems like the dumbest thing you could possibly do. It's always on that website, that fake website that's set up.

[Amy]

I mean, I get a lot of times it has to do with insurance money.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Well, that I get too, because that's about money. Like I get anything what has to do with money.

[Amy]

And divorce is expensive, so it's like, maybe they're weighing their options. Like, lose a bunch of money in divorce or kill them and get the insurance.

[Lunchbox]

Or they do it a lot because they don't want to lose the kids.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

How does it make you feel? What? That just overall consuming all that.

[Amy]

Well, but I don't. I don't get well. Yeah, I'm always anxious, so that's probably it. What I don't get is why is it that I want to watch that when I. When I want to unwind? Like, when I'm, like, stressed out from the day, I'm like, oh, gotta turn that on. Because you can get. You get lost in the story. Is there is something a little relaxing about the stress.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

There's something relaxing about chopping up a body and putting it in a bucket.

[Amy]

They don't always chop them up.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I listened to one podcast with my wife once. We were on a road trip, and we just took turns doing podcasts. And so hers was about something. They, like, found this person's body, so they're tracking it the whole time. Like, this is like, I'm interested, but I'm not searching for things in this genre. Like, it doesn't make me feel good.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

And there's always eerie music in the.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Background, and they lead you, like, five different directions before they actually lead you the real direction. They're like, I don't know that in that day, Clint was looking to the left end of the ride a little more than he normally does.

[Phil Rosenthal]

That's what it is.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

So then you start blaming Clint. You're like, for sure Clint did it. And if you never listen to another episode, you thought, yeah, Clint did it. But if you finish it up, you realize it wasn't Clint at all. He just had something in his eye. Needs some Visine.

[Amy]

I really struggle when they seem so normal and look so normal. And they. It's like they could be, like, easily a friend of ours.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

And they end up, which one? Which one of us is secretly. If we had to pick one of us. Oh, let's say it at the same time. Any of us in the room. Let's take Scuba Steve off the table easily. Scuba Steve's easily the winner.

[Amy]

Wait, secretly a killer?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yeah. Who would easily be somebody that would be a serial killer? Not Scuba Steve. Easy one. He's the easy answer. Other than Scooby. Okay, ready? I'm keep saying my name like that. For sure.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

You're out.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

You're out for sure. You choked someone at a Kohl's once and didn't wake up. For a week.

[Amy]

Now I'm struggling because you literally just said, I get it.

[Lunchbox]

I do.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I understand why passionate people do passionate things. I totally understand. Because you don't. You only do crazy things for things you crazily care about. And that's why people kill their freaking husbands and wives and best friends. And so aside from that. One, two, three. Eddie. Hey, it's for sure Mr. Jolly over there, for sure.

[Eddie]

Check out the trunk.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Yeah.

[Jordan (Producer)]

Yes.

[Lunchbox]

Yes.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Bobby Bone Show Bonehead glory of the day.

[Lunchbox]

This story comes to us from California. Five men walked into a bank, waited in line. When they got up to the tellers, this is a robbery. Give me all the money. Give me all the money. Put in the bags. Put in the bags. And the teller's like, sir, guys, this is a cashless bank. We have no cash. They're like, open the drawers. And they open the drawers. There's really no cash.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

How is there a cashless bank, though?

[Bobby Bones]

Though?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Meaning people aren't dropping cash off at all.

[Amy]

Like, I don't know.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Is it even really a bank?

[Phil Rosenthal]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Are they just doing loans there or like. Like, just check wiring?

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

I've never heard of a cashless bank, so I'd be the one to go, all right, I'm ready to rob. Let's go to that one. That's crazy and funny.

[Lunchbox]

So they got away with nothing and they got arrested.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

They process electronic payments. They enable digital banking. They provide digital records. They offer convenience and security, and they offer. Yeah, I would not know. I would think they'd have a little bit there.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Something.

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Okay, give me the money from your wallet then, wise guy. That's what I say. Give me something.

[Lunchbox]

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

[Host (possibly Bobby Bones or main show host)]

Goodbye, everybody. Bobby Bones is on 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 Mr. Bobby Bones. Thank you for listening to the podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

This is an iHeart podcast.