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FRI PT2: Frankie Muniz On The Malcolm In the Middle Reboot + The Selfish Wheel Returns: Pickleball And Gifts + Is Amy a Cougar? (Podcast)
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Bobby Bones
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Lunchbox
Oh, gosh.
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Bobby Bones
We spent 40 minutes doing. No, we can't take him off.
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Eddie
Take me off. What are you talking about, Mike? Come on now.
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Bobby Bones
Can't take them off. But first, here is our interview this morning with Frankie Muniz. Here we go on the Bobby Bones.
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Frankie Muniz
Show now, Frankie Muniz.
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Bobby Bones
Hey, Frankie, you have a race tonight. What do you do day of a race now to. I don't what not to eat or stretch or what.
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Frankie Muniz
You know, I'm a pretty superstitious person, so when I find something that I think works, like, I've got to keep doing it. And, you know, so far this season, you know, we're. We're two. Two races into the season, but I had a really good result in Daytona. I got my first career top 10 in the truck series. And in Atlanta, we were racing so good. Like, we were up there. We were battling with, you know, past champions and winners and cup drivers. And I felt really good. And the thing that I did before each race was a really cheesy peloton dance, cardio warmup. So that's going to be my thing so far this season until it stops working.
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Bobby Bones
What is the difference? And we have a lot of drivers on, but most of them drive cars. So what's the difference in car and truck when it comes to competing?
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Frankie Muniz
I mean, really, not much, to be honest. The. The chassis, the truck chassis is built off the car chassis. Like, if, you know, I think people think we're racing like, trucks with a truck bed. Like, there's a truck bed, but there's no. You can't put anything in it. You know what I mean? I would say the. The trucks and the cars are all about the same speed. The biggest difference, I would say, is the truck pokes a little bit bigger of a hole in the air. So I think it brings the closing, the race, the racing a lot closer because just the draft is bigger. You can affect other people's vehicles with yours based on where you place it on their truck, so there's a little more you can do with the air. But otherwise, I would say the racing is almost identical.
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Bobby Bones
Talking with a lot of professional athletes and even drivers, they all have different feelings on where they want their adrenaline to be when the race starts. Some want to be completely jacked up on adrenaline, some don't because they want to be able to keep their heart rate low so they can make decisions as if they were thinking on a regular Tuesday, where do you fall in that? Are you ready? Are you jacked up and ready to go before a race or no?
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Frankie Muniz
I definitely like the first couple races. When I started in the NASCAR world two years ago, I was like, my heart rate an hour before the race was at 200, and it stayed there the entire time, and just like. But I just got exhausted.
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Lunchbox
Right.
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Frankie Muniz
You're just physically so drained by the end of the race because, you know, you're. You're in that fight mode the whole time where now I. I seem more calm when I start the race. I try during the race to. To breathe and. And make myself kind of stay more in that relaxed state. As much as you can at, you know, 200 miles an hour, I find it when I'm there, you're just less tense. You can. You can definitely relax more and. And make better decisions in those split seconds you need to. When you're not, know, running at a 10 the whole time.
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Bobby Bones
Where did the passion for racing come from, at what age and how did you start?
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Frankie Muniz
I mean, I was always a huge race fan. Like, always enjoyed watching as a kid. I didn't grow up in a family that liked racing. Like, I. I think even to this day, my mom and my dad, they like that I'm racing, but they don't care because they're not, like, fans of it. But I remember being, like, six years old and waking up and watching the Formula One races and IndyCar races and NASCAR races and. But I never thought I'd be a driver. But I got to do the pro celebrity race that they did in Long Beach a bunch of years, and I ended up winning that in 2004, and that was like, I can't explain to you the joy that that brought me crossing the finish line first and, and I was hooked. But even then I didn't know how I'd become a professional driver. But kind of I, I guess I was lucky in the sense that I got offered a test by a team. I was really fast. They signed me to a two year development deal and the next thing I knew I was a professional race car driver. So it wasn't like thought my whole life that I get to do, but I'm so grateful that that small experience in the pro celebrity race led me to where I am now because I can say this, like, I've gotten to do a lot of things in my life and I've, you know, had a lot of success and I'm super grateful for all that. But when I put my visor down and I leave the pit lane, I truly feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing. And that's a, that's a pretty cool feeling to have.
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Bobby Bones
I'm a big priorities and capacity guy. And so you got to kind of select what you want to do and then how much of it can you actually. Where in your life was that pivot point where racing became a priority that you could give capacity to and it wasn't acting and now you're committed to racing?
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Frankie Muniz
Well, Malcolm ended in 2006 and that was my first year. 2006 was my first year as a pro driver. And, you know, so I'm kind of leaving Hollywood in the height of my career. Right. I, I remember calling my agents and managers saying, like, hey, I'm going racing and if I'm going to compete against the best drivers in the world, that this is their life. Like, I need to compete like that as well. I can't do it as a hobby. I can't do it on the side. I can honestly say, like, racing right now is 100% my focus. I'm doing everything I can every day to be as prepared as possible. That said, we are about to start filming the Malcolm reboot during the season. I have a three year old, I have a wife, I'm building a house. And I'm trying to figure out that balance. I'm trying to figure out, you know, that maybe sometimes it is okay to say no to certain things. I've never been that person. I've always been like, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll do it. I could do that. I could do it. And just trying to make sure that I'm, I'm giving 100% to everything I'm doing because I don't want to look back at the end of the year and go, darn, I, I could have tried harder or I wish I didn't phone that in or, and I'm trying to, and also still be a good husband and a good father and it's, it's definitely tough. You know, I feel like life is, is flying by. But I also have learned in my past that when you have opportunity, like I do, like this full time season in NASCAR and Malcolm coming back, like those aren't things that are going to be around forever, right? So I need to make sure I take advantage of that opportunity and, and give it my all.
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Bobby Bones
Just a couple more racing questions. What is that toll on your body whenever you get out of the truck after the race?
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Frankie Muniz
I mean, I'm, I'm definitely beyond exhausted. I mean I, I train really hard. I, I probably work out, I don't know, like two hours a day. I do a lot of cardio, I'm trying to lift a lot of weights. My heart rate in the race car never really drops below 1 70. So, you know, I, I kind of, to put it in perspective, it's like sprinting uphill for two and a half hours in a 160 degree sauna, you know what I mean? So it's extremely mentally and physically exhausting and I'm, I'm definitely spent. I am a lot older than a lot of the other drivers. I'm, I'm 39. Most the guys in the truck series are 18, 19, 20. And I see them get out and they don't even have a bead of sweat on them and I'm like, I don't get it. But it's definitely extremely physical and that's one thing I'm really trying to focus on is being as prepared as I can physically before I get in the car. Right? So like doing whatever training I can to make sure I'm, I'm ready. So I, you know, I don't want to like get towards the end of a race and be having a good run and just be like, I'm so physically exhausted I can't turn. You know what I mean? So I, I'm trying to get in better shape.
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Bobby Bones
I read you had a pilot's license. Are you just an adrenaline guy in general or just like a trap automobile? I don't even know how you compare the two. You just like to go places and things.
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Frankie Muniz
You know, it's funny, I, I don't consider myself an adrenaline junkie at all. Like, I sure, I race cars.
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Bobby Bones
Sure.
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Frankie Muniz
I, I, I, I do things that maybe people put in that category, but, like, I'm afraid at 39 years old to jump on a skateboard. You know what I mean? Like, I don't, like, I don't want to get hurt. You know what I mean? I don't know. I, I've never skydived. I have no desire. I've never bungee jump. Like, like, when I think of things that, like, are adrenaline junkie things like Travis Pastrana, I don't do any of those things. Any of those.
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Bobby Bones
The, the Travis Pastrana when he jumps out of the airplane with no parachute. You ever see that clip where he jumps and then they have to, like, catch him and then. And then lock up with them?
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Frankie Muniz
I literally just was watching that, literally the other day I saw it was on Instagram, and I was like, I don't even understand how you fathom wanting to try that. But, hey, he's awesome for what he does.
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Bobby Bones
I was reading about the Malcolm in the Middle revival, and I think a lot of people my age that were born in the 80s, we all watched Malcolm in the Middle and loved it. But before Malcolm, like, how did you get into acting because you were young is something you wanted to do, and your parents were like, yep, we'll help you, or something they kind of led you to do because you had a lot of tendencies as a performer, you.
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Frankie Muniz
Know, as a kid, I literally did everything. I'd go from football to basketball to tap and jazz to what, soccer? Like, I. My parents had me involved in everything that I wanted to do, and acting was one of those things, that same kind of racing. I hate to say that, but, like, happened on a whim. My sister actually did, like, a summer arts camp, and they put on a show at the end of the summer, and it was awesome. And I remember she was going to audition for another play or something, and she's like, you should audition. And we were jumping on the trampoline, and she picked a song for me to sing, and I showed up not knowing what I was doing and, and sang. And it was for A Christmas Carol, and I got the part of Tiny Tim. The second rehearsal, an agent came up to my parents and was like, hey, I'd love to represent him and send him on auditions for commercials and movies and. And really, from that day forward until Malcolm ended in 2006, like, it took over my life. I never, I never said I wanted to be an actor, if that makes sense. I Loved it. But it, it was the thing that took over. I, I, It's a, it's a weird thought. Like, I never said I didn't want to be an actor. I just, like, it was one of the many things I did. So I, it was, we were all kind of along for the ride, my family and I. You know, it wasn't something that, like, we, we were lucky in the sense that we didn't have to work too hard at it. It just kind of started happening and I never stopped working until, you know, I, I decided to go racing and Kind of a. Interesting thing to think back at now. You know, I have a, with a son, and I want him to be involved, same way in, like, all these different things in sports and see what he really likes and loves and, and it's weird that, like, one of those things can literally change his life forever, you know, if he, if he's good at it or he gets lucky or whatever it may be. So it's an interesting thought.
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Bobby Bones
When you talk about finishing Malcolm in the Middle and you went right to racing, then I wonder, did you have the resentment? Because some actors, they got famous as a kid, have resentment that they're only known for that one role as they try to get other roles. But I feel like if you went from one and you straight pivoted, maybe the resentment wasn't there or wasn't the same. Did you have it at all?
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Frankie Muniz
Actually didn't. I mean, even remember, like, my agents and managers back then being like, we've got to make sure we pick the right movies in your, you know, during the hiatus, you know, to make sure people, you're not getting typecast. And, and I was always kind of like, well, I just want to do the things I want to do that I think will be fun. But also, I always thought if I were remembered forever as Malcolm, you know, a show that everyone around the world loved, that's pretty cool. You know what I mean? I, I never shied away from it. Like, I didn't, you know, I've always kind of been grateful for the opportunity I had. I don't know. It's, it's, you know, even, even these days, you know, we're about to redo Malcolm, and it'll be the, you know, even though I've done some acting here and there over the last, let's call it 20 years, it hasn't 100% been my focus, but I'm thrilled that people are really excited to see where Malcolm and his family are. So the fact that Like, I get to be a part of that. Is, is, is a cool thing. So I would never shy away from it. I do understand why maybe people do have that resentment. But I also think that a lot of actors think the grass is greener on the other side type of situation. Like, there's a lot of actors who are on hit TV shows and they go, oh, I don't want to do my show anymore. I just want movies and, and do different roles and, and I'm like, I look back at it now and I go, you have no idea how lucky you are to be a, a working actor at all. But be like successful on a show that people love, like, take advantage of it. It's not going to last forever. I mean, maybe if it's Grey's Anatomy and they're on like what, season 23 or something like that, season 24. But even then, like, you know, I think Ellen Pompeo, I think about, I go like, you know, she has the easiest gig ever. She knows the character so well. She's making tons of money, she's having fun, she see the time. I mean, I feel like that's a great, a great gig. But I don't know, I think actors, they forget that when they first started, they would do anything they could for free, right? Local theater, oh, you need me in this commercial. I'll be in the, I'll be in your film. I'll do everything just to get the opportunity to work on my craft and be an actor. And then all of a sudden they kind of go like, I want to do bigger things and better things. And you know, they forget that, like it can go away in an instant.
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Bobby Bones
You guys are doing the revival on Disney plus. Can you just give what the plot's going to be like, what's happening whenever everybody gets back together?
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Frankie Muniz
I don't know how much I'm allowed to give, but I've seen some like reports, like not reports, but like news stories come out like that kind of say what's happening? But Malcolm, you know, obviously 20 years older, you kind of, you get to see where he is in his life with his career and success. He does have a daughter and I think that's going to be a pretty cool element for people to see. And the plot around the story is it's hal and Lois's 30 or 40 year wedding anniversary and they're trying to get the whole family and everybody back together. And, and Malcolm is having a hard time finding the time. And I don't know, there's a lot of, let's call it typical Malcolm drama that ensues with, with the family getting back together.
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Bobby Bones
All right, three final questions, all completely random. One, if you're still, if you are a wrestling fan, how'd you feel about John Cena's heel turn? And if you're not a wrestling fan, ignore the question.
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Frankie Muniz
I, I, I can honestly say I haven't watched wrestling since maybe 1998.
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Bobby Bones
Classic. Okay, that's me. I'm the one, and I don't feel good about it. Okay, so I'll answer that. Question number two, Dancing with the Stars. I know you did the show. You finished third, so you made the finale episode. Did you feel like you would win that season while doing it?
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Frankie Muniz
I never thought it was even a possibility. I remember starting, you know, they asked me to do that show for 10 years, and I was like, no, I don't dance. It's not my personality. Put myself out there like that. Like, I don't know. And I finally did it, and I loved it. I remember, like, once I started realizing I didn't want it to end, so, like, I worked crazy, crazy hard, and I don't think anybody ever put in more time than, than I had at that point rehearsing, but I just had a good time. But I remember even being at the finale, like, you know, you do the dress rehearsal and third place, and they do, like, a fake third place. I was like, I'll let me know where I need to go because, like, obviously I don't deserve to be second or first, and I finished third. So I, I, I, I was thrilled to have made it to the finale because I got to, you know, perform all the weeks that I possibly could and all the dances I possibly could, but didn't, didn't think. I expect, I, I definitely didn't expect to win.
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Bobby Bones
Did you keep a relationship with Jane or Brian or Brian Cranston through the years after Malcolm?
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Frankie Muniz
I talked to Brian a lot. He's just always been one of those people that always reaches out and checks in, and I love that about him. Like, he's definitely my, my role model as a, as a human in general, but especially as an actor. And, yeah, he's, he's always been so supportive of whatever it is I'm doing and, and shown up. I've talked to Jane a few times. I'm really excited to get back on set with everybody. You know what I mean? Because, like, I feel like it's, I always, I always explain Malcolm or, like, doing a show, or at least for me, like, Summer camp. You go, you spend all your time with everybody. You have an amazing time, you make amazing relationships, and you're like, we're gonna be best friends forever and we're gonna write each other every single day. And. And then you go back to like, your life and they go back to their life and maybe you write a few times and. And then you go, wait, five years has gone by. Ten years has gone by. Holy crap, it's been 20 years. And I'm excited to see where everybody's been and just, just to get to rekindle those, those friendships and those relationships and. And it's my goal to be a better friend this time around once the show's over.
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Bobby Bones
Craftsman Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway tonight at 9pm Central on FS1. Hope you get in your peloton. Get loose. I hope you're feeling good. Do you feel like you're getting better? Like. Cause again, you're more reps, you get better. Like you said, you've had some, some top 10 finishes. Do you feel like you're getting better?
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Frankie Muniz
You know, racing is so. It's such a mental game, you know, last year was rough. The prior year, I almost won the championship. I felt really good. I felt like I was learning. I felt like I was doing really well. So it was easy to show up every week and feel like you could win. Last year was the opposite. Like, I felt like I couldn't finish a race. We had a lot of mechanical issues and a lot of problems, you know, so just having those first two races, even though we had a bad wreck in the, in the last one, we were running really good. We were, we were where we want to be competing and that feels good. So it's kind of a case by case basis. The highs are so high, the lows are so low, but you really kind of have to forget each race and just kind of focus at the task at hand. But I can say those good finishes help with my confidence, make me feel like I can do this, I can compete against these guys. You know, I'm, you know, because sometimes you have self doubt, you know what I mean? And it's not easy. It's definitely not easy. But I don't know, I'm trying really hard and I want it more than anything now.
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Bobby Bones
We're rooting for you. Hey, Frankie, thank you for spending some time with us. Good luck tonight and we'll be watching you, man. Have a great evening.
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Frankie Muniz
Thank you so much. See you.
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Bobby Bones
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Bobby Bones
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Lunchbox
Me.
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Bobby Bones
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Eddie
Get your Bobby Bones on it's Bobby Bones.
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Bobby Bones
Let's spin the selfish wheel. All of our names Are on it. If it lands on you, you get to talk about whatever you want. It can be the most selfish thing, something we normally wouldn't talk about. Doesn't matter. Here we go. Let's spin that wheel. All right, it's me.
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Amy Brown
Come on.
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Bobby Bones
I like talking about playing pickleball.
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Lunchbox
Okay, you know what? I thought you're gonna go alien, so let her rip.
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Eddie
Yeah. Hey.
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Bobby Bones
With aliens.
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Lunchbox
Oh, no. Dang it.
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Bobby Bones
So I tried to get in a pickleball tournament last weekend. I know. And I. I tried on, like, Tuesday to get in the one that was on Saturday, and it was full already because they don't have them all the time here in town. And I couldn't get in. So then I called the place. I was like, can I get in? Then I called their boss. Place that was run. Now I couldn't get in. And so I put myself on a list of if a pickleball tournament opens up in the area, hit me up, because I want to go play. And I don't even know how good I am, really, because I don't play against people that, like, keep their own. Because there's ratings. There's like, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0. 4.5. 5.0 is, like, pro if you had to rate yourself. Good question.
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Lunchbox
Good question.
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Bobby Bones
I'll come back to that, because I don't really know, but so I got an email. I was like, hey, there's a pickleball tournament. It's in, like, two weeks or something. Signed up, paid 70 bucks.
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Lunchbox
Nice.
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Bobby Bones
Boom. Got in. It's three hours away. I'm not going to that.
- [28:29]
Eddie
Three hours away.
- [28:30]
Lunchbox
Memphis.
- [28:31]
Bobby Bones
No, it's in, like. So go to Memphis, you play, and they get robbed. Yeah, I mean, you play, get your prize money, get robbed on the way out. Yeah, it was some weird turn, like. Like, it was not. Columbia is that far away.
- [28:46]
Lunchbox
Columbia is not too far. It's an hour and a half. Yeah, maybe. Yeah.
- [28:49]
Bobby Bones
But I signed up for a tournament three hours away, and I'm not driving three hours to go play in a tournament. So I guess, like I said, I don't really want it.
- [28:55]
Eddie
I'll take your spot.
- [28:59]
Bobby Bones
You never played. I know.
- [29:00]
Eddie
That'd be hilarious. Your rating will go way down.
- [29:02]
Bobby Bones
I don't have a rating.
- [29:03]
Eddie
I know. I'm saying. But you'll start out low, so you'll get the easier competition.
- [29:06]
Bobby Bones
You wouldn't be my name. No, no, no. It's not how it works. So you sign up in a tournament like I was going to sign up in a 3.0 tournament to play singles because I don't know what that is. And I played with a friend who I'm friends with his wife, and his wife's like, hey, my husband plays all the time, like four times a week. So I invited him over to play and I beat him. And before I beat him, I was just like, kind of feeling out what number he was. And he was like, yeah, he was playing like 4.0 tournaments. And then I beat him.
- [29:31]
Frankie Muniz
Dang.
- [29:31]
Bobby Bones
Now I don't. He could have been having a bad day, but I was feeling pretty good about myself. And I did twist my ankle a little bit.
- [29:37]
Lunchbox
Uh oh.
- [29:38]
Bobby Bones
But I didn't say it because I want to be one of those guys that gets injured. So we're playing best of three. I win the first one. He got me on this. I twisted my ankle in the middle. Amy so bore. She's on her computer.
- [29:46]
Frankie Muniz
See?
- [29:47]
Bobby Bones
Selfish segments. Guys, we have to pay attention.
- [29:49]
Eddie
I'm looking up.
- [29:50]
Bobby Bones
Lunchbox was doing his stupid stuff about Survivor.
- [29:53]
Eddie
I'm looking up where your tournament is so I can figure out how far to drive.
- [29:57]
Bobby Bones
Selfish segment.
- [29:57]
Lunchbox
I will say I spaced out when Lunchbox was talking.
- [29:59]
Bobby Bones
I know. I can't even. Oh, you did?
- [30:00]
Lunchbox
Yeah.
- [30:01]
Bobby Bones
Yeah. Well, that's. You can't do that.
- [30:02]
Amy Brown
I'm actually interested in your rating anyway.
- [30:07]
Bobby Bones
Spin the wheel again.
- [30:08]
Lunchbox
Your ankle, like, just a tiny.
- [30:10]
Bobby Bones
Hurt it at the end of the first game. I lost the second game, but I tried so hard not to favor my ankle because I don't want to be the person who's like, I'm injured. I'm losing. I hate that person.
- [30:20]
Amy Brown
That's Eddie.
- [30:21]
Lunchbox
Excuse me. When.
- [30:23]
Amy Brown
When have I said that you get injured often?
- [30:26]
Lunchbox
I broke my arm.
- [30:28]
Bobby Bones
Well, and your foot. But the difference is he doesn't play with it or he doesn't not have an injury and fake like he has one for when he's getting beat.
- [30:35]
Lunchbox
Because people.
- [30:36]
Bobby Bones
People will do that too. They'll be getting beat. They'll be like, oh, like, ankle injury. I don't want to be that guy. Even though I turned my ankle a little bit, and so I just tried to hide it. And then I ended up winning game three. Really fought back from adversity again. They should option that Disney plus. But now I'm just kind of wondering what level I'm at. And I still got to go play the guy for a thousand bucks. In Cleveland, we have an attorney that's coming on 25 whistles on Monday to make sure we could set up an escrow legally to put the money in. We can't say it's a bet. It has to be a competition.
- [31:01]
Amy Brown
Why do you have to put it in escrow?
- [31:03]
Bobby Bones
Because I don't trust giving this. Letting this dude hold money.
- [31:05]
Amy Brown
I'll hold it for you.
- [31:06]
Lunchbox
We don't know that.
- [31:06]
Bobby Bones
He doesn't know you either, so he doesn't know that we're not scamming him.
- [31:09]
Amy Brown
Oh, well, I. I'm good for it.
- [31:11]
Lunchbox
No.
- [31:13]
Bobby Bones
Every scammer has said, don't be.
- [31:14]
Eddie
Don't be scared.
- [31:15]
Bobby Bones
Don't be scared. Yeah, we got you.
- [31:16]
Amy Brown
Okay, so you put it in escrow.
- [31:18]
Bobby Bones
So we have an attorney. Yeah. So on Monday's 25 whistles, he's on with us.
- [31:22]
Amy Brown
Okay.
- [31:22]
Bobby Bones
Talking about how he's not my attorney. He is a. I don't know him, but he's going to do it. And it will be even for both sides because I don't want to get scammed for a thousand bucks. I paid this 2000 bucks to hold the money. I get up to Cleveland to play him, and then I don't even get the money.
- [31:41]
Amy Brown
Yeah. So how do you get your rating?
- [31:44]
Bobby Bones
I think you play in tournaments.
- [31:45]
Amy Brown
Oh, you can't just. But. But I mean, if you had to guess.
- [31:49]
Bobby Bones
I don't know what. How to do that. I mean, I can look it up.
- [31:54]
Lunchbox
Like in the Karate Kid, he just told him he was a black belt when he really was just trained by Mr. Miyagi.
- [31:59]
Amy Brown
Right.
- [31:59]
Bobby Bones
How do I get a pickleball rating? Okay. Self rate using USA Pickleball skill assessment sheets or participate in tournaments. Here's a self rating. Now it says self rating. Use a USA Pickleball skill assessment sheet sends you back. I'm running in circles here. How to find your pickleball rating. I'll do, like, three more minutes of this because I can tell when my selfishness. Really, nobody cares about it. I do have questions.
- [32:33]
Amy Brown
No, I've asked multiple times.
- [32:34]
Eddie
Can I tell you what a 4.0 is? It's understanding and performing pickleball.
- [32:37]
Bobby Bones
Hold on. I'm gonna rate all of them. 1.0 player has never played and has no skill set.
- [32:41]
Lunchbox
That's lunchbox.
- [32:42]
Bobby Bones
That's a fear 1.0 player 2. And you can be in the middle of like. It'd be a 1.3, apparently 1.8. A 2.0 player is just starting to play and has no other sports background. 2.5 player has limited experience, can sustain a short rally, and is still learning all the rules. 3.0 player understands the fundamentals and basic rules. As well as court positioning, they can construct limited points. 3.5 player knows the differences between the hard and soft game. They can get to the non volley zone consistently and are beginning to understand the benefits of stacking. They may have an unrelated sports background that may help some with new skills more quickly. Do you understand difference between a. I'm at least 3.5.
- [33:24]
Amy Brown
Then you know what A soft, hard and soft.
- [33:26]
Bobby Bones
That means how to hit the ball.
- [33:27]
Eddie
Oh, I thought it was part of.
- [33:29]
Amy Brown
The four different course, you know. Okay. Yes. You know the difference.
- [33:32]
Bobby Bones
You know the difference? Hitting the ball hard or like soft, dropping it over softly. Okay.
- [33:38]
Lunchbox
And what about the stack? You know the stack.
- [33:39]
Bobby Bones
You know stacking in doubles. I don't really play a lot of doubles but stacking would be if we're standing on the same side on the serve and then you both jump to different places.
- [33:45]
Lunchbox
Okay.
- [33:46]
Bobby Bones
I'm left handed. We stack a little bit sometimes just because left handed people have big disadvantages and the occasional advantage. Depending on court. 4.0 players able to identify and attack opponent's weaknesses. Is aware of their partner's position on the court. Able to move as a team with their partner. So this is mostly doubles. What's five? They have up to eight. Oh my God. Yeah, I'm not, I'm not that yet. I'm not pro yet. But I'm trying to go probably. But anyway, I signed up for a stupid tournament, paid 70 bucks and now I can't even go because three hours.
- [34:15]
Lunchbox
Do you get the money back?
- [34:17]
Bobby Bones
I don't think so.
- [34:17]
Lunchbox
Is that money gone?
- [34:18]
Bobby Bones
I think as a wise man once said, money gone. Sorry.
- [34:21]
Lunchbox
Sorry.
- [34:22]
Bobby Bones
Yes.
- [34:23]
Lunchbox
What was the prize for that tournament?
- [34:25]
Bobby Bones
Metal.
- [34:26]
Lunchbox
Like no money.
- [34:27]
Bobby Bones
Oh, the guy I played, I don't think. No, no prize money. The guy played one silver medal like a week ago.
- [34:34]
Lunchbox
That's cool. But so like dude, like a serum metal ceremony.
- [34:37]
Bobby Bones
I never been to a tournament. Dude. Yeah, I don't know.
- [34:39]
Lunchbox
Just wondering what you're going there like. Because I mean I'm just going there.
- [34:42]
Eddie
To beat people and do a sign that says this court is for pickleball 3.0ers and then the people are 4.0. So it's like embarrassing.
- [34:48]
Bobby Bones
It's like a tournament where they. I don't think it's signs because there's so many people playing at once. But I think they're like. I'd never been to a tournament. I tried to go to my first one, I couldn't get in.
- [34:56]
Lunchbox
I mean you play one in town. I'm going but now you're in.
- [34:59]
Bobby Bones
Dude, will you go in, like, have no shirt on or. Right, like a B on your chest? 100.
- [35:02]
Lunchbox
We'll all do it.
- [35:02]
Bobby Bones
That'd be awesome.
- [35:03]
Eddie
Well, mouse in your pocket.
- [35:05]
Frankie Muniz
I'll go.
- [35:05]
Bobby Bones
No, you have to wear a sports bra right on your belly. That's how they do it in Bobby. Yes.
- [35:10]
Amy Brown
Oh, yeah. We could do B O, B, B, Y. Yeah.
- [35:13]
Bobby Bones
And then I lose on a 1.0.
- [35:15]
Amy Brown
How do you think you would handle losing?
- [35:17]
Bobby Bones
Fine. Because as long as I'm still in the tournament.
- [35:22]
Amy Brown
No, I mean you'd lose.
- [35:22]
Bobby Bones
Double elimination.
- [35:23]
Amy Brown
Okay. You're double eliminated. Like, how would you handle that?
- [35:26]
Bobby Bones
I would shake hands, say, hey, great game, walk out of the place, get in my car, drive home, and then punch myself in the face.
- [35:31]
Amy Brown
See, I'm like. This is where I get worried. Like, adding another thing to your plate to get all worked up about.
- [35:37]
Bobby Bones
I need something to get all worked up about, because I need to put that energy somewhere.
- [35:40]
Amy Brown
Okay. All right.
- [35:43]
Lunchbox
You have to get worked.
- [35:44]
Bobby Bones
It's that or ufc. You guys pick.
- [35:46]
Amy Brown
Oh.
- [35:46]
Eddie
Oh.
- [35:47]
Amy Brown
I think you might die.
- [35:50]
Eddie
If I was you, I'd go pickle ball.
- [35:52]
Bobby Bones
I'm 1.0. UFC.
- [35:54]
Amy Brown
But also, he did say if he loses, he's going to punch himself in the face.
- [35:57]
Bobby Bones
So I might get myself in UFC inadvertently.
- [35:59]
Lunchbox
And you print yourself. Interesting.
- [36:00]
Bobby Bones
One more here. Let's do Selfish Wheel.
- [36:06]
Lunchbox
Oh, yes.
- [36:08]
Bobby Bones
Well, you didn't win a prize.
- [36:10]
Lunchbox
This is big.
- [36:10]
Bobby Bones
Okay, Selfish will. Go ahead.
- [36:12]
Lunchbox
Guys, I have gifts for you. Yes. Come on. You need these gifts.
- [36:19]
Bobby Bones
Okay.
- [36:19]
Lunchbox
Can I please give you this gift?
- [36:20]
Amy Brown
Yes. I want.
- [36:22]
Lunchbox
Bones, look at me. Look at me and be honest.
- [36:23]
Bobby Bones
This is gonna be stupid.
- [36:24]
Lunchbox
No, it's not stupid.
- [36:25]
Eddie
Well, where is it?
- [36:26]
Lunchbox
You know, in high school, if you're.
- [36:27]
Bobby Bones
Giving us a gift on the podcast on the show, this is gonna be stupid.
- [36:33]
Eddie
I mean, you have no gift with you because it just randomly came up on the wheel. So you don't have it.
- [36:37]
Bobby Bones
I'm sure he has it, but I'm sure it's gonna be something we have to do for him. Go ahead.
- [36:40]
Lunchbox
It's not for me.
- [36:41]
Bobby Bones
Go ahead.
- [36:41]
Lunchbox
But it is for life.
- [36:42]
Bobby Bones
Go ahead.
- [36:43]
Lunchbox
I brought you guys gifts. Let me go get them. Filibuster. Both. Filibuster.
- [36:48]
Eddie
What? Oh, I know what he's gonna go get.
- [36:51]
Bobby Bones
I do, too.
- [36:51]
Eddie
I know he's gonna get.
- [36:52]
Bobby Bones
I. I think I know what he's gonna get, too. Don't say it.
- [36:55]
Eddie
I'm not. I'm. I'd never ruin the surprise.
- [36:56]
Frankie Muniz
I'm not.
- [36:57]
Eddie
I'm not a surprise ruin. I'm not Amy. I'm not gonna spoil it.
- [37:02]
Bobby Bones
Oh my God, they're planning.
- [37:03]
Amy Brown
Oh I wanted one of these. Thank you.
- [37:07]
Bobby Bones
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- [38:13]
Amy Brown
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Bobby Bones
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Frankie Muniz
For her.
- [41:12]
Bobby Bones
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- [41:50]
Lunchbox
This is a product of Remember my show and Tell, which I had that planetarium thing. Whatever I got.
- [41:59]
Bobby Bones
Like, my gift shouldn't be have to do work.
- [42:01]
Lunchbox
No, it's not work. It's not work. It's however you want to do it.
- [42:04]
Bobby Bones
Can I put my energy drink in there?
- [42:05]
Lunchbox
Ooh, that's an experiment you can try, but I want to see. I gave you guys plants. So these are Japanese money plants. They came originally from a plant I bought. I took the leaves off, I put them in water. They grew their own babies. So you guys have the babies. There are three babies. Amy, Bobby, lunchbox. You guys have these babies. It's up to you to keep them alive. You want to give them energy drinks, see what happens. Hey, maybe you get the biggest babies out of all of them.
- [42:32]
Eddie
How much sunlight does it.
- [42:33]
Bobby Bones
I don't want to do work.
- [42:35]
Lunchbox
It's not work, dude. It's your baby. It's. If you want to take care of it, you can take care of it.
- [42:40]
Eddie
How much sunlight does it need?
- [42:42]
Lunchbox
That's up. That's up to you. Hey, what do you mean?
- [42:44]
Eddie
It's your plan. You need to jump.
- [42:45]
Lunchbox
No, no, no, no. Once you give a gift, it's no longer mine. This is yours.
- [42:49]
Eddie
What is it called? Japanese money.
- [42:50]
Lunchbox
Yeah, money and lunchboxes.
- [42:52]
Amy Brown
Perfect.
- [42:52]
Bobby Bones
Would you like to have a Japanese money plant? I love one.
- [42:55]
Lunchbox
Oh, my gosh.
- [42:55]
Bobby Bones
You're giving away money. I don't want it to die. I would like to give it to a better home. I'm basically putting it on the steps of the fire department.
- [43:02]
Lunchbox
I believe that if you have something to care for, it'll take your mind off other things.
- [43:08]
Bobby Bones
I have many things to care for.
- [43:09]
Lunchbox
I have not a money plant.
- [43:11]
Bobby Bones
I have two dogs. I have a wife, and I have all you need Androthols.
- [43:15]
Amy Brown
But this will be representative of, like, if we can keep this alive and nurture it.
- [43:19]
Lunchbox
Yes.
- [43:20]
Amy Brown
It'll represent, like, the little things we need to do. Like, we need to remember to water ourselves and give ourselves air and sun.
- [43:27]
Lunchbox
Correct.
- [43:27]
Eddie
And it's really called a Pilea Pepperidendis.
- [43:30]
Lunchbox
It does need sun, but I feel like these lights are kind of like sunlight.
- [43:34]
Amy Brown
I feel like these lights might harm.
- [43:36]
Bobby Bones
This is not a gift.
- [43:37]
Lunchbox
Well, then, you know what? Take them home. Take them home.
- [43:39]
Bobby Bones
We have to take them home.
- [43:40]
Amy Brown
We're not gonna put it by a window.
- [43:41]
Bobby Bones
Why?
- [43:41]
Amy Brown
It looks pretty on my table.
- [43:42]
Lunchbox
They're beautiful.
- [43:43]
Bobby Bones
No, no, no. At least. No, no, no.
- [43:45]
Lunchbox
And then what if these plants have a little.
- [43:46]
Bobby Bones
I'm not having somebody hit it. Dump over. It takes forever to get the carpet cleaned anyway.
- [43:50]
Lunchbox
Good point.
- [43:51]
Eddie
This is a member of the stinging nettle family.
- [43:54]
Bobby Bones
Perfect. I love to be stung by fringes.
- [43:55]
Eddie
And it is super easy to look after. This remarkable little plant is a true beauty with its rounded, dark green leaves. It is perfectly shaped to add a little bit of interest to your indoor jungle lunchbox. Loving this being such a popular little guy. We've written a little all you need to know guide on how to honor your plant.
- [44:11]
Lunchbox
He's calling it a little guy. This is great.
- [44:13]
Eddie
That's what the article. I didn't call him.
- [44:15]
Amy Brown
But why is one of the little circular plant. What is it? Leaves thingies. It's on lunchboxes. It's already dead.
- [44:23]
Lunchbox
Yeah, I saw that. That's kind of why I gave it to lunchbox. It's kind of like when you buy something and there's like a stale cracker in there. Like, oh, throw that one out.
- [44:28]
Eddie
It loves soaking up some sunshine. But in the summer months, just be careful not to leave it directly exposed to sunlight. It'd be such a shame to scorch this gorgeous greenery. Oh, man. Watering, of course, is very important.
- [44:41]
Lunchbox
Watering is important.
- [44:43]
Bobby Bones
It's a plan. I. I don't know if you did this to be nice or as a joke or to torture us.
- [44:49]
Lunchbox
Why would you think I would do this to torture you.
- [44:51]
Bobby Bones
I have no interest in plants.
- [44:53]
Lunchbox
This is me being nice and sharing my love for plants.
- [44:56]
Eddie
Only water it once a week.
- [44:58]
Bobby Bones
That's.
- [44:59]
Lunchbox
This is nothing. Dude, they're so low maintenance. It's like a beta fish. Those guys don't die. Well, actually, the one in college died.
- [45:05]
Bobby Bones
Oh, no.
- [45:06]
Amy Brown
I killed one of those.
- [45:07]
Eddie
Don't let the soil go bone dry. It'll be unhappy with you.
- [45:09]
Bobby Bones
Write your gift. Guys, Guys.
- [45:11]
Amy Brown
Out of what?
- [45:12]
Bobby Bones
I don't care.
- [45:13]
Lunchbox
10 go 10.
- [45:14]
Amy Brown
10.
- [45:15]
Bobby Bones
I go 10.
- [45:16]
Amy Brown
I love it.
- [45:16]
Bobby Bones
Out of one. I go zero.
- [45:17]
Amy Brown
Very thoughtful. He had to take the plant and repot it for us and put the.
- [45:21]
Lunchbox
Soil in last night.
- [45:22]
Amy Brown
Bring it up here. No, he's not.
- [45:24]
Bobby Bones
I'm telling you.
- [45:24]
Eddie
He's just trying to get it out of his house.
- [45:26]
Bobby Bones
I know.
- [45:26]
Lunchbox
I have plenty of plants in my house.
- [45:28]
Amy Brown
He's re. What's it called?
- [45:29]
Lunchbox
Repurpose propagation.
- [45:31]
Amy Brown
Propagation. Propagating.
- [45:32]
Lunchbox
Yeah.
- [45:33]
Eddie
I give it a one.
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Bobby Bones
Out of how many?
- [45:35]
Eddie
Ten.
- [45:35]
Amy Brown
One. That's so.
- [45:37]
Lunchbox
So me.
- [45:38]
Eddie
Amy, I don't.
- [45:38]
Bobby Bones
I don't play And I also don't feel like his intentions appear.
- [45:41]
Amy Brown
What do you feel like his intentions are? I'm very curious because, like, what would.
- [45:44]
Bobby Bones
Make fun of us when it dies? So we can be like, I can raise a plant. You can't. It's a superiority I'm not with.
- [45:50]
Eddie
Mr. Green Thumb yell at you for killing his plan. How dare you.
- [45:53]
Bobby Bones
I got a buddy. A butterfly.
- [45:55]
Lunchbox
It's not my plan.
- [45:56]
Amy Brown
Thinks that way.
- [45:57]
Lunchbox
I don't. Thank you, Amy.
- [45:58]
Eddie
Whose plan is it?
- [45:59]
Lunchbox
And it's not my plan. It's your plan now. So it's on you if you want to kill it.
- [46:02]
Amy Brown
I don't want to kill it. I probably will, but go ahead, dude.
- [46:06]
Lunchbox
You want to kill your plant? Kill it.
- [46:07]
Amy Brown
I want to.
- [46:07]
Bobby Bones
It's gonna spend a great life with its foster parent.
- [46:09]
Lunchbox
Abby, you let your plan go to the foster system.
- [46:14]
Bobby Bones
I'm gonna let. I'm putting it. That's something you should know about, and you should appreciate it.
- [46:18]
Lunchbox
I do. I mean, I don't appreciate it, but I think you should keep it.
- [46:22]
Bobby Bones
One other thing. And thank you for the gift.
- [46:24]
Eddie
Yeah, appreciate that, ma'am.
- [46:26]
Lunchbox
I don't feel like.
- [46:27]
Bobby Bones
Sorry, sorry, sorry. Thank you for the chore water.
- [46:30]
Lunchbox
He's like, lunchbox said you water it once a week. It's nothing.
- [46:32]
Amy Brown
But it's the gift that keeps on giving. Cause if you take care of it, you could propagate it.
- [46:36]
Bobby Bones
It's the gift that makes me work more and more and more. I can't.
- [46:39]
Amy Brown
But it's rewarding.
- [46:40]
Lunchbox
Very rewarding.
- [46:41]
Bobby Bones
Hey, thanks, Eddie.
- [46:42]
Lunchbox
You're welcome.
- [46:43]
Amy Brown
That's my hope. Like, I. I think I typically kill plants, but if I keep this one alive, it'll be rewarding.
- [46:48]
Lunchbox
You can do it, Amy.
- [46:49]
Bobby Bones
Try.
- [46:49]
Amy Brown
I'm gonna try.
- [46:50]
Bobby Bones
Great.
- [46:50]
Amy Brown
That's why I gave it a 10.
- [46:51]
Bobby Bones
Eddie said he thought he saw you driving the other day. Or his exact words were, I think I saw a cougar.
- [46:57]
Lunchbox
No, no, I saw a cougar in car that Amy drives. And I was like, is that Amy?
- [47:02]
Amy Brown
And it wasn't me.
- [47:03]
Lunchbox
I don't know. Maybe it was you.
- [47:04]
Bobby Bones
Are you saying she's a cougar?
- [47:06]
Amy Brown
Well, what is that? Why would you say I'm a cougar?
- [47:09]
Lunchbox
You know, you see people in cars. You're like, okay, that's a young college kid. Like, that's a cougar.
- [47:13]
Amy Brown
So now you see me, and I'm like, the older. I mean, I am. I'm turning 44 next week, so that'd be cougar.
- [47:18]
Bobby Bones
Ish.
- [47:18]
Lunchbox
We are who we are.
- [47:19]
Bobby Bones
Yeah. So he said he saw a cougar. And I was like, where? And he goes, well, I could have been Amy in her car.
- [47:24]
Lunchbox
Did you go to a hardware store on Wednesday in the parking lot?
- [47:30]
Amy Brown
No. What? Hard, like, what hardware store?
- [47:32]
Lunchbox
Like a big one?
- [47:33]
Amy Brown
Like. No.
- [47:34]
Bobby Bones
Well, there's not, like, two big ones.
- [47:36]
Lunchbox
Yeah, one of the two big ones. Yeah, like that.
- [47:38]
Amy Brown
No, I wasn't at Home Depot.
- [47:39]
Lunchbox
Not Wednesday.
- [47:40]
Amy Brown
No.
- [47:41]
Bobby Bones
Did.
- [47:41]
Lunchbox
In your car.
- [47:42]
Bobby Bones
So what were they in the parking lot?
- [47:44]
Lunchbox
They were driving. Like, I was driving past them.
- [47:45]
Bobby Bones
Got it.
- [47:46]
Lunchbox
And I was like, oh, okay, cool. Oh, that's. That Amy. That's Amy. And I was like, well, you know what? I'm gonna ask if that was Amy.
- [47:53]
Amy Brown
It was not.
- [47:53]
Lunchbox
It's not. Okay.
- [47:54]
Amy Brown
I do have to go to Home Depot.
- [47:56]
Bobby Bones
Is that offensive that he thought you might have been a cougar at first? Was it offensive?
- [48:01]
Amy Brown
I think at first. But then when I really think about my age, I. Then I guess take it as a compliment because. But I don't know. I'm not with a. Isn't it?
- [48:10]
Eddie
Well, you were with a 20 year old.
- [48:11]
Amy Brown
That was.
- [48:13]
Bobby Bones
That was for sure.
- [48:15]
Amy Brown
That was a long time ago. So then if. If. If you're not with someone younger, are you still a cougar or is it just.
- [48:21]
Lunchbox
I think it's just the age. Right?
- [48:23]
Bobby Bones
I think you're a cougar if you're open to the possibility of.
- [48:29]
Amy Brown
I thought this is a cradle robber.
- [48:31]
Bobby Bones
No, no, no, no. Credit robber would be if the person's like 19, 20.
- [48:36]
Lunchbox
Oh, oh, I thought that was just anyone younger.
- [48:38]
Bobby Bones
That's like a cradle robber would be like a dude with somebody who's 19, 20, 18. 19, 20, 21. A cougar is just somebody in their 40s and up who likes men in their middle, young, mid-20s.
- [48:52]
Amy Brown
But I had no 20s, man. If let's say it was me or.
- [48:56]
Bobby Bones
That'S even on the look, like, even on the lookout.
- [48:57]
Amy Brown
But I'm not on the look. I have a boyfriend that's older.
- [49:00]
Bobby Bones
No, no, I hear you now, but I'm saying Eddie thought it was a coo. You were. Well, I guess you look like a cougar.
- [49:06]
Amy Brown
Okay.
- [49:06]
Bobby Bones
Like, you were looking like you were on the hunt for young men at.
- [49:09]
Amy Brown
The hardware store looking for a man.
- [49:13]
Lunchbox
Are you getting like, sirs a lot now?
- [49:17]
Amy Brown
Really?
- [49:18]
Lunchbox
All I get.
- [49:18]
Amy Brown
I get. Ma'am, Ma'am, Ma'am.
- [49:19]
Lunchbox
It's terrible.
- [49:20]
Amy Brown
Ma'am.
- [49:20]
Eddie
It's terrible.
- [49:21]
Amy Brown
Ma'am.
- [49:22]
Lunchbox
Hey, man, you using that cart? No, sir, I am not. You can take that, sir.
- [49:26]
Amy Brown
Oh, yes. Oh, ma'am. Mrs. Brown. Ms. Brown. Just call me Amy.
- [49:32]
Lunchbox
It's so sad, man. It's a weird, like, time in your life where, like, no one called you sir, and now all of a sudden they're calling you sir.
- [49:38]
Bobby Bones
It's interesting.
- [49:39]
Amy Brown
You don't get it at all.
- [49:40]
Bobby Bones
I don't. I think my glasses hide my age a bit.
- [49:43]
Amy Brown
Well, I'm getting glasses and that's it.
- [49:45]
Lunchbox
Me, too. Me too.
- [49:45]
Bobby Bones
Well, mine are so thick, though, you can't see any age in the eyes.
- [49:49]
Amy Brown
Yeah, okay, that's. I'm gonna get some.
- [49:50]
Bobby Bones
And also, I'm. If I'm not here, I mean, I'm a bit Peter Pan dress wise. I just wear sweats and cutoffs.
- [49:58]
Lunchbox
Like, I'll wear.
- [49:59]
Bobby Bones
I have all my hair. I have all my hair.
- [50:01]
Lunchbox
That's helpful like that.
- [50:02]
Bobby Bones
So do I. Yeah, but you're a woman. You're a cougar.
- [50:06]
Eddie
Yeah. When you're checking that dude into high school, it was like they knew. Ma'am, is this your son? No.
- [50:11]
Amy Brown
Yeah.
- [50:13]
Bobby Bones
The average parent spends 67 hours a year negotiating with their kid.
- [50:18]
Lunchbox
There's no negotiations.
- [50:19]
Bobby Bones
Excuse me.
- [50:20]
Amy Brown
Sometimes there is.
- [50:21]
Lunchbox
No, not in my house.
- [50:22]
Amy Brown
Wow. It's just a blanket. You don't even let them present a case?
- [50:27]
Lunchbox
It depends. If it's like a big, big, big ask or whatever, like, then we'll talk about it. But if it's just like, come on, can I have Coke? No.
- [50:33]
Amy Brown
Oh, yeah.
- [50:34]
Bobby Bones
Will you ever change your mind on a big ask if you've said no? Not if you've said maybe, but if you've said no. Have they ever convinced you to change your mind?
- [50:42]
Lunchbox
There is a. What do you call that? Like, a system where you go down from, like, all right, there's the first answer, first response. Then my wife and I talk about it, and then he pleads his case. Then we go back and talk about it.
- [50:54]
Bobby Bones
So he talks first, though. So he'll talk to you and your wife or just you? Or just your wife?
- [50:58]
Lunchbox
Sometimes he goes straight to my wife first.
- [50:59]
Bobby Bones
Okay. And then you'll talk about it together behind closed doors. Mm.
- [51:03]
Lunchbox
Then we'll make a decision. What do you think? And then we kind of tell him, and he'll be like, no, no, no. But what about, like, I really think this. All right, we'll think about that. And then we go back and think about it, and then that's the final decision.
- [51:14]
Bobby Bones
And it has changed. Where. If you've said no, but then you've talked with your wife, she has convinced you to listen a bit more and you can come out of that room going, okay, I'm a bit more open and change your mind.
- [51:23]
Lunchbox
Yes, yes. But it usually ends up being kind of like, all right, let's try it for a couple weeks and see what happens. But if you can prove that you're able to do this and it's all good, then we'll move on.
- [51:34]
Amy Brown
Yeah. Without whining. That's what I say to my kids. Like, if you want to present a case, that's fine. But no, no whining. But I want to.
- [51:41]
Bobby Bones
I need more details.
- [51:42]
Amy Brown
Because if they're like, well, why can't I do this? Or if it's like, if there's any whining a part of the case, then the case is thrown out. But if you want to. Because I think it's just good practice for them. If you want to put together some reasons and some facts and why you think this should be, go for it.
- [52:02]
Bobby Bones
Is that like staying out later or going somewhere? Like, what? Generally, I mean, because you're a couple of.
- [52:08]
Amy Brown
There was one recently with my daughter who's 17. I don't. I haven't talked to her about talking about this, so I'm not gonna say the topic, but she put together a PowerPoint.
- [52:19]
Bobby Bones
That's awesome. She's in. I don't even care what it is. Wanna do drugs? Okay, PowerPoint it is. You nailed it. Do all the drugs you want. Because you showed follow through. Yeah.
- [52:26]
Amy Brown
Yeah. I mean, so she had something. We were pretty much like, no. But then I said, you should present a case. I was gonna murder my classmates.
- [52:37]
Bobby Bones
She really made me mad. I don't think so. Here's a PowerPoint. You know what? You made a good point.
- [52:40]
Lunchbox
Yeah.
- [52:40]
Amy Brown
No, it wasn't.
- [52:41]
Bobby Bones
You know what you did? You really delivered in a way I didn't expect.
- [52:44]
Eddie
That's good negotiation. And she actually had points. Invalid. My kid just says. I'm like, you can't do that. Why?
- [52:49]
Bobby Bones
Well, here's how much you know.
- [52:50]
Frankie Muniz
I know.
- [52:51]
Eddie
It's so frustrating because then you're like, well, I decided it's not a safe decision to do that. Why? And then it's just like, oh, my gosh. They just say why 100 times, and.
- [52:58]
Amy Brown
You gotta say, safety is my top concern.
- [53:01]
Bobby Bones
Like, if he launched a PowerPoint response, like, five, that'd be awesome.
- [53:04]
Lunchbox
Oh, right.
- [53:04]
Bobby Bones
It didn't matter what it was. Candy all day, Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He did a PowerPoint. Sure. The average mom or dad spends a lot of time Battling their kid over things like food. They strike up to five bargains a week. Dinner is the meal. Kids push back on the most vegetables. And then they go into a lot of specifically food things. Don't like vegetables. Anybody have those?
- [53:29]
Lunchbox
I have one that just doesn't eat, like, doesn't want to eat. The other three, they love to eat.
- [53:33]
Bobby Bones
Doesn't want to eat to prove a point or just.
- [53:35]
Lunchbox
I don't know what it is, but he just doesn't want to eat. Like, he'll like, even. What I used to do was just say, like, all right, you serve your plate. Because at first I would serve it or my wife would serve it, and then they wouldn't eat it. And we'd be like, finish your food, please. And then we're like, all right, fine. If you think that's too much, next time you serve your own plate. But whatever you serve yourself, you have to eat. Then he'd do, like, one French fry and, like. Like a little piece of a burger. Like, come on, you have to eat. But it's just a thing, Like, I don't know. He doesn't want to eat. He's always the last one at the table because he's not done eating.
- [54:06]
Bobby Bones
Because. Not that he's not done, because he doesn't want to be done.
- [54:09]
Lunchbox
Just doesn't really want to eat.
- [54:10]
Bobby Bones
Yeah. Amy, you. Your thing.
- [54:12]
Amy Brown
Well, something that. I mean, we struggle with vegetables, but sister is wanting to add more. She does not like a lot of them, but she's.
- [54:19]
Frankie Muniz
She.
- [54:19]
Amy Brown
She has desire. Now that she's getting older, she gets that. Like, oh, I feel a certain way if I eat this or I eat that or don't eat. So she's trying to add more vegetables. Stevenson will open up the fridge and pull out a box of mixed greens or lettuce or whatever, and just stick his hand in there and put in his mouth like a rabbit. It's. It's awesome. However, he also loves sugary cereal. And there's this one that I buy, and they get to have every once in a while. And the other day he made a bowl. Cause he had permission to eat it. And then he got done, and I saw him reach for it and fill up another bowl. And I said, oh, nope, one bowl. And I got the. At dad's house, I get to have two bowls.
- [54:55]
Bobby Bones
Oh, no. Dang.
- [54:59]
Amy Brown
And I said, well, you're not at. Lucky for you, you'll be there next week.
- [55:04]
Lunchbox
Wow, that hurts.
- [55:06]
Amy Brown
That hurts.
- [55:06]
Bobby Bones
I got her.
- [55:07]
Eddie
That's good.
- [55:07]
Bobby Bones
He got him back.
- [55:09]
Lunchbox
My kids, like, to do the.
- [55:10]
Eddie
Everyone.
- [55:11]
Lunchbox
Everyone has whatever. Fill in the blank. And I'm like, okay, well then I'll go to your school tomorrow and I'll ask everyone. Well, not everyone. Well, you just said everyone.
- [55:19]
Bobby Bones
I just wouldn't want you at school even if everybody did. I just wouldn't want you at my school. The one that I have to have with my wife is no onions. I'm the kid. I hate onions. She's like, you won't even see them. I'll cut them up so small. They need to be there when she cooks. They need to be there for the taste. I hate onions. If I see one, I'm not gonna eat anything. I'm seven. And she's like, you will not see a single onion. And if I see onion, I'm like, I see an onion. And she's like, shut up. And I'm like, well, I'll go to my dad. She's like, you don't know your dad. And I'm like, good point.
- [55:45]
Lunchbox
Got me.
- [55:46]
Amy Brown
Dad doesn't make me eat onions.
- [55:47]
Eddie
Yeah, but you are like my kids. I mean, there's no onions and my.
- [55:49]
Bobby Bones
Wife just chops them up.
- [55:51]
Amy Brown
I mean, that is true. Your dad doesn't make you eat onions.
- [55:53]
Bobby Bones
I hate onions.
- [55:54]
Lunchbox
Even grilled.
- [55:55]
Bobby Bones
My dad didn't make me do a dang thing. He didn't make me eat onions. He didn't make me do homework. He didn't make me feel safe or loved. He didn't. We could do this all day, boys and girls. Thank you guys. Hope you had a great weekend. Be sure to check out on Amy's podcast. What was the thing you were doing this week on your podcast?
- [56:14]
Amy Brown
Oh, like a short list of self care things because, you know, I just did that weekend away with my kids and my ex husband and one of the big themes was simple things we can do as a family if we ever need to reset. And so it's four different ways just to check in with your emotions and reset if you need to. But like, have you ever heard of dopamine dressing?
- [56:33]
Bobby Bones
I know what dopamine is. I've never had that with my turkey.
- [56:36]
Amy Brown
Yeah, no, it's not. It's dressing like when you're getting ready.
- [56:39]
Bobby Bones
I'd love to have dopamine dressing with turkey though. That'd be awesome.
- [56:41]
Lunchbox
Sounds good.
- [56:42]
Amy Brown
But there's. It's science and you know, colors can go into it too. That colors, like if you wear a certain color, you'll feel a certain way, but then also just knowing what feels really good on you. And if you go in your closet and if you have a go to or you can like figure out outfits that you just feel your best in when you look in the mirror or when you show up at work or wherever, you get a hit of dopamine because you feel more confident and you need those dopamine hits. So that's just one of the tricks, is trying to figure out that in your closet. And then different methods and techniques and tools you can use where you don't need anything. Like you don't need a pen, you don't need a journal. You can just do it anywhere. Like I did one of them with my kids the other day and it totally reset us and it was great.
- [57:23]
Bobby Bones
This is me when I look in my closet. Kayla, what color is this? Green. Never mind. What color is this? Blue. Okay. Does this red match my Arkansas hat? That's not red. Okay. That's me in my closet every day.
- [57:39]
Amy Brown
Yeah.
- [57:39]
Bobby Bones
With every single.
- [57:40]
Amy Brown
You probably feel your best when you have on your red because it's like a dope.
- [57:43]
Bobby Bones
It's a dope. It's a dope hit in the closet.
- [57:46]
Lunchbox
Just dope. Not dope.
- [57:47]
Bobby Bones
I'm a dope because I can't tell what color anything is.
- [57:49]
Amy Brown
Yeah.
- [57:49]
Bobby Bones
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Who's paying for the mattress topper?
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You mean the beanbag chair?
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Aren't we getting a mini fridge?
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