Money Spent Going to the Movies & House Hunting

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show

Episode: Money Spent Going to the Movies & House Hunting
Date: November 22, 2025
Host: Premiere Networks
Participants: Morgan & Mike D (Mike Deestro)

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Morgan and Mike D answer listener questions covering a variety of personal interests and life updates. Topics include the cost of being a movie buff, insights on streaming subscriptions, experiences with braces and dental work, opinions on movie casting (especially Jared Leto), house hunting and pet plans, favorite Thanksgiving foods, and a peek behind the scenes at what goes into producing The Bobby Bones Show. The tone is conversational, candid, and filled with relatable moments and practical tips.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Personal Updates: Arizona Dreams & Dental Adventures

• Arizona Love: Mike D shares his affection for Arizona, stating it could be his dream retirement destination, preferring it over Florida due to the heat.

  "If I was like retired and 70, I could live in Arizona. Like, I see the people who just spend the off season there. I'm like, that's the life." – Mike D (03:37)

• Braces and Dental Decisions: Mike D reflects on life post-braces, his retainer routine, and the choice between a dental implant and a bridge.
  • Chose a bridge for ease of procedure and recovery.
  • Describes the process humorously:

    "I call it like putting in my teeth at night." – Mike D (04:01)
    "Mine's like cemented in there... So I can't pop it out and pop it back in." – Mike D (04:53)

2. Movie Habits & Streaming Services

• The Cost of Going to the Movies

  • Mike D uses Regal Unlimited for under $30 a month; he estimates spending about $360/year but gets great value, sometimes attending multiple movies in a weekend.

    "I spend under $30 a month to go unlim." – Mike D (05:38)
    "If you go to two movies, it pays for itself." (06:17)

  • Both Mike and his wife have subscriptions; perks include free popcorn due to accrued points.

• Streaming Service Maneuvers

  • Mike discusses his rotation of streaming subscriptions and hunting for Black Friday deals (ex: a full year of Peacock for under $5/month).

  • Frustration with confusing mergers (Disney and Hulu) and increased prices:

    "Disney plus interface is my worst interface. ... Hulu has one of the best interfaces. And moving that over to Disney is going to be so confusing and so cluttered." – Mike D (08:17)

  • Gift Idea: Suggests a year of a streaming service as a perfect practical gift.

    "A year of streaming services is amazing." – Mike D (09:07)

  • Familial Subscription Struggles:

    • Morgan shares her frustration at being kicked off the family Netflix plan, forcing her to subscribe herself.

3. Movie Opinions: Jared Leto & Tron: Ares

• Jared Leto Critique
  • Mike D admits to "protesting" the latest Tron film due to Jared Leto's casting, blaming him for franchise failures:

    "If you put him in a franchise, he's going to kill it." – Mike D (10:28)
    "Ever since Suicide Squad, him as the Joker – that's it. I don't think he's a good actor." (10:42)

  • Morgan counters with her love for the Tron concept and disappointment that Leto didn’t meet expectations.
  • Discussion expands to method acting, with Mike comparing Leto unfavorably to Christian Bale and Daniel Day-Lewis.

4. Shoe Chat: OOFOS, Crocs, Brooks & Adidas

• Listeners ask for footwear recommendations.
  • Mike is a Crocs guy for recovery, Brooks for running, and enjoys experimenting with Adidas for cushioning.
  • Morgan extols the virtues of OOFOS for comfort and recovery at home.

5. House Hunting & Pet Plans

• Rental Realities:

  • Mike and his wife must move as their current rental is being sold. They're open to buying but will likely look for another rental.

    "I don't think we're ready to buy yet, although we've been looking and it's like not bad right now." – Mike D (19:11)

  • There's discussion about the pros and cons of houses vs. apartments, with Mike leaning towards a house for comfort and space.

• Pet Ambitions:

  • A fenced yard is a must-have so they can get a dog.
  • Mike feeds local stray cats but doesn’t plan to get one—though Morgan encourages the prospect of adopting both.

6. Thanksgiving Traditions & Food Preferences

• Holiday Food:
  • Mike's favorite is mashed potatoes, though he avoids them now due to butter/dairy concerns (suggests vegan alternatives but is not entirely convinced).
  • Cornbread is a close second, but he prefers it dry, almost burnt, discussing his unusual fondness for charred food:

    "I like the flavor of something being burnt to a crisp." – Mike D (25:31) "Even earlier this week, I accidentally burned my dinner... I ate it. I was like, oh, that tastes a lot better." (26:00)

7. Behind the Scenes: Producing The Bobby Bones Show

• The Work of a Producer

  • Mike offers insight into the meticulous and sometimes chaotic preparation required:

    "A lot of having the show together is just having enough material and how you have enough material is just keeping everything."

    • Compiles stories, screenshots, and drafts in various formats.
    • His workspace is “organized chaos”—but he knows where everything is.

      "You have organized chaos." – Morgan (27:53) "I code everything in a way where I can find it easily." – Mike D (29:15)

    • Sometimes, despite best efforts, the one needed story is missing right before going on air.

  • Describes his evolving role as less editing, more project management:

    "Here are all these fires. Control all these. And that's really what this job is." – Mike D (30:49)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Movie Theater Subscriptions

  "Sometimes I go to two movies in a weekend, sometimes multiple in a day. So I really get my money's worth out of it." – Mike D (06:17)

• On Streaming Overload

  "We're going back to cable style... you have Disney with Hulu... I hate that, I hate the Disney Hulu merger the most." – Mike D (08:17)

• On Gifting Streaming Subscriptions

  "A year of streaming services is amazing." – Mike D (09:07)

• On Jared Leto

  "If he gets cast, he's not the first choice, but he is somebody who is famous, recognizable, can still get people to go to the theater. But I don't think he delivers as far as, like, making good movies." – Mike D (10:55)

• On Burning Food

  "I like the flavor of something being burnt to a crisp." – Mike D (25:31) "Even earlier this week, I accidentally burned my dinner... I ate it. I was like, oh, that tastes a lot better." (26:00)
  "I like it all the way... I like it when you can, like, just peel off the layer of burnt and just eat that part of it." – Mike D, on marshmallows (26:10)

• On Organizing the Show

  "A lot of having the show together is just having enough material and how you have enough material is just keeping everything." – Mike D (26:35) "My desk is organized chaos." – Mike D (27:55) "Here are all these fires. Control all these. And that's really what this job is." – Mike D (30:49)

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Key Timestamps

• 03:37 – Mike D dreams of retiring to Arizona
• 04:01 – 05:28 – Dental work and post-braces life
• 05:38 – 07:39 – Movie-going expenses, Regal Unlimited perks, streaming subscriptions
• 08:17 – 09:07 – Streaming service mergers and gifting ideas
• 10:21 – 12:44 – Jared Leto, Tron: Ares, and movie opinions
• 13:41 – 15:29 – Shoe recommendations: OOFOS, Crocs, Brooks, Adidas
• 19:11 – 21:20 – House hunting, renting vs. buying, and pet plans
• 22:25 – 26:16 – Thanksgiving favorites, substitute ingredients, love of burnt food
• 26:29 – 31:17 – Behind the scenes at The Bobby Bones Show, Mike’s method of organized chaos

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode is a quintessential "Best Bits" Q&A format—informal, highly relatable, and peppered with wit and practical advice for everyday life. Whether you're a movie lover curious about saving on ticket prices, debating which streaming services are worth it, seeking honest shoe reviews, or just enjoy listening to candid behind-the-scenes moments from a top morning show, you'll find something to connect with.

Morgan and Mike D’s chemistry shines as they banter about everything from burnt cornbread to the perils of method acting and the endless juggle of producing live radio. Plus, you'll come away with actionable tips for gift-giving, subscription-sifting, and maybe a curiosity to try (or avoid) completely charred marshmallows.

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Note: All extraneous ad reads, intros, and outros were omitted to focus on the episode’s core content.

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It is time for some listener questions and Mike D. And I answer. Okay, how does that sound, Mike?

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Good. How a Q and A works.

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We're starting with a shout out from Diego from Arizona. He said, you2 are my favorite.

[C]

Shout out and shout out to Arizona. I love Arizona.

[A]

It's your favorite place, your favorite state.

[C]

Yeah. It's like one of my. I just love the heat.

[A]

Do you think you'll ever move out there one day?

[C]

I could live like if I was like retired in 70, I could live in Arizona. Like, I see the people who just spend like the off season there. I'm like, that's the life.

[A]

That's where you'll go instead of like Florida.

[C]

Yeah. I would go to Arizona. I would melt there.

[A]

You love that place. How are your teeth doing after having the braces off? This is from Melissa in Indiana.

[C]

They're great. Like, I've been really good about wearing my retainer. I kind of love my retainer.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I call it like putting in my teeth at night.

[A]

That's funny. Like your dentures.

[C]

Yeah. I got to put my two fers in.

[A]

Oh, good. And you're happy? Life's good.

[C]

I am really happy with the decision not to get the implant and getting the bridge.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Because the overall process was easier. The thing I was like a little weirded out by, by how much they ended up shaving off of my teeth to actually put it in there. Like I thought it was gonna be a little bit, A little more dramatic than I thought, but that was way easier to do than I think the process of putting an implant in there, like recovery time was like nothing and I didn't have to have like multiple visits.

[A]

So do you now have one of those? Cause you know how sometimes there's this guy and I, I can't remember his name on TikTok, but he has like his, I guess got something happened to it, and he'll just, like, pop it out on a live. Can you do that?

[C]

No, like, mine's. I asked about that. Mine's, like, cemented in there.

[A]

Really?

[C]

So I can't pop it out and pop it back in.

[A]

Well, that's cool, though. You don't have to worry about, like, eating food and a tooth just comes out.

[C]

Yeah, that's what I was worried about. I was like, how, like, careful. Do I have to be, like, could I by accident, like, pop it out? They're like, no. It's, like, submitted in there.

[A]

Okay. So you'd have to, like, do some damage.

[C]

They, like, put that cement on there and then, like, force it on there, hold it for a while, and then it settles. So like, even, like two hours after I got it, I couldn't drink anything because I guess it was still, I don't know, forming, hardening. Or whatever. So I wouldn't want to try to pop it out. Yeah.

[A]

Okay. Well, that's good that it never happens. But now you don't have a party trick, so.

[C]

Yeah, very sorry.

[A]

How much money do you think you've spent going to the movies, Renee and Washington?

[C]

I have Regal Unlimited, which is the chain we have here, and I spend under $30 a month to go unlim.

[A]

That's crazy. But. So a year. 30 times 12 is what? I hate math. I'm not going to try and do it.

[C]

Was that 300?

[A]

I'm just going to get my phone. It hurts my brain to even see numbers, if I'm being honest. 30 times?

[C]

Well, 360, right?

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Oh, yeah.

[C]

12 times three.

[A]

Wait, 12 times 30amonth? 360? Yeah. So $360 a year. Yeah, but how long did it take you to figure that out before we got that?

[C]

I believe they started it in 2020. I want to say 2023. Maybe 2022, because it was probably like when they were trying to bounce back from the pandemic type thing. But I mean, if you go to two movies, it pays for itself. Sometimes I go to. I mean, most times I go to two movies in a weekend, sometimes multiple in a day. So I really get my money's worth out of it.

[A]

Does it only count for you, or does it count for you and your wife?

[C]

We each have to have one.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

So we buy the tickets together and just use each of our memberships, so it's still a lot cheaper. And then you get discounts on, like, not an ad, by the way, but you get discounts on snacks and stuff. So I haven't Paid for popcorn in four or five months. I just. I keep racking up free ones because I keep paying for tickets. That's awesome.

[A]

Yeah. Okay. That's a cool way to do it. And. But also add to that your subscription to other services.

[C]

Yeah, that's. I think I have every service right now, really, which is. I. Why did cancel Crunchyroll, which was my anime streaming? Because I didn't watch it as much. Like in the last two months, I haven't touched it. I was like, I could probably do without that one. I ended up signing up for like a month of Paramount. So I've been watching old episodes of spongebob. I still have Peacock, which last year, I don't know if they're doing it again. This year they had a Black Friday sale where I got a year of Peacock for like less than $5 a month, which is awesome.

[A]

You know, I'll be honest, I didn't even think about subscription services with Black Friday.

[C]

That is a great. If anybody does a Black Friday deal on subscription subscriptions, it is so good because you can pay very little to get it for a whole year.

[A]

It's so true too. But you know what's also wild that I've noticed is we're going back to cable style because I saw Apple TV and it might be Paramount or it's Peacock.

[C]

It's one of the P's I hate getting on. And it's like, watch HBO Max on am. Like, what's the point?

[A]

Literally. But you have to have the subscription to be able to watch it on there. It's like it sneakily knows, but they all are partnering up with each other. Like you have Disney with Hulu.

[C]

I hate that. I hate the Disney Hulu merger the most because Disney plus interface is my worst interface. It gets so hard to find things. I love Hulu and now it's going to Disney. And I hate it because I think Hulu has one of the best interfaces. And moving that over to Disney is going to be so confusing and so cluttered.

[A]

It is.

[C]

And I just paid for my whole year of Disney. Back when I first got it, it was like 70 bucks for a year. It's gone up so much.

[A]

Well, hey, you know what? Shout out to you because you have made me spend however much I spend in a year on Disney. Because you were the original person who got me a Disney subscription.

[C]

I got that subscription day one when it went live. Yeah.

[A]

And it was the best Christmas gift because I still use it. But like, obviously now I'm paying for it. But that first year, man, that was a great Christmas gift you got me in the exchange.

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I think that's a gift people don't think about. A year of streaming services is amazing.

[A]

No, it's a great gift. So if you're looking for gift ideas, please give it to somebody.

[C]

Like those people who it's hard to buy for and you want to get them something practical that they're going to use. A year of a streaming service.

[A]

Well, and because now listen. So I've been. My family and I, we all share. So, like, some of us buy something and other we kind of cross reference because there's so many. And everybody wants everything. Right. Well, I just got kicked off of the Netflix and I. I was not happy about it. I was so not happy because my parents and my sister are all going to be on it because they're in the same area code or something.

[C]

Yeah, that happened to me a couple years ago.

[A]

And it's funny is because, like, I worked around it for a while and I was thinking, okay, it's, you know, they'll leave me alone because I got around it. But one day I logged in there, kicked me right out, and I'm. This is not cool. And I had to buy Netflix for the first time ever. And then it's so funny, though, because I'm still paying for the other ones and my family uses the other ones. I was like, this is crap.

[C]

And then whenever you sign up for one, you feel the need to watch everything. You're like, I'm paying for this. I gotta watch every single thing on this streaming service.

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No. Very much so. I'm like, what new releases does each one have? Because I'm watching all of them. What did you think of Tron? Aries. This is from Chandler and Callie.

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Fun fact. I protested this movie. I didn't want to.

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Why?

[C]

I don't like Jared Leto.

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Oh, okay, okay. I was like, tron. I love Tron. Why did you protest?

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He is what I believe to be like a tainted actor as far as if you put him in a franchise, he's going to kill it. And that's what he do with Tron. That movie came out and they're saying, now we're not making any more Tron movies.

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Okay, wait, so where. Where did this start with him?

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With everything he is. Ever since Suicide Squad, him as a joker. I'm like, that's it. I don't think he's a good actor. And I think if there's a movie that's coming out and they cast Jared Leto, it's going to be a bad movie.

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Why do you think that is?

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I think him as a person, probably. I don't think he's the easiest to work with. Even in the filming of the Tron movie, he had everybody refer to him as his character's name and not Jared Leto. I feel like he takes it to an extreme, to the point where it's detrimental to the movie. And I almost feel like if somebody. If he gets cast, he's not the first choice, but he is somebody who is famous, recognizable, can still get people to go to the theater. But I don't think he delivers as far as, like, making good movies.

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That's fair. That's a fair take. And so he's on that method acting side, but, like, very extreme.

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But I don't think he has the body of work to warrant being so method. Like, if you're doing that and you're doing like a Christian Bale type performance or a Daniel Day Lewis, like, you get a pass there because you are using the method acting and getting a great result. If you're doing it and you just come off as a jerk to everybody. Like in the Suicide Squad, everybody hated him. He was like, male, like dead rats crap to people. Yeah, he wanted to get into, like, the mind of the Joker and embody that. And then he was on screen for like, seven minutes in that movie and destroyed that character.

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Yeah, that's a fair take. And I guess I've, you know, not watching enough movies. I've never thought about it, but it's hard because I loved Tron. I loved the original movie that they did. Gosh, I don't know how many years ago. And then I liked the remake. I liked, like, that just the entire idea and concept of the movie. And so I was really excited to see Tron airs too, especially after riding the ride at Disney, because a ride at Disney is super cool and you feel like you're part of Tron. And then we went and watched it, and I did like the movie because I, again, I like Tron so much. But to your point, Jared Leto wasn't like, I wasn't blown away by what he was doing. You know what I mean? But he is a huge part of this one.

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And I also think we're like, very. I mean, obviously we're in like, a remake era right now, but I think it's very focused on, like, these legacy movies from the 80s coming out right now that I just feel like Tron is the weakest of those.

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Yeah, it's fair I mean, I don't. I don't feel like the OG ever got the recognition it deserves.

[C]

Groundbreaking for the time. And like, as far as, like, when it comes to sci fi movies, like, that's a pillar of the 80s, but I think him killing the franchise now it's like time for it to go. Like, maybe they could do a series.

[A]

Yeah. Such a bummer though, because I love that concept. Like, the idea of a video game and there's like this other side to it is so cool. That's like my. I eat up that sci fi world, you know, because Ready Player One is my favorite movie, so I eat that up. And I love Tron. Such a bummer. Uh, this one's from Alyssa in Illinois. She's wrote this a few times, so I figured I'd. I'll finally answer it for what style of oofos are your favorite? True to size. Do you have any oofos?

[C]

No.

[A]

You would love those.

[C]

I'm more of a Crocs guy for recovery shoe.

[A]

Really?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That's funny. You like Brooks shoes for running?

[C]

Yeah, Brooks and I've also started trying out some Adidas.

[A]

Okay. I love Adidas, which.

[C]

They have some really, like, comfy ones. Like, I like the Brooks for the stability. Like, I feel like on my longer runs, like, those are my go to just because, like, I feel like I worry about like twisting something or like falling weird. And those keep me, like, fully supported.

[A]

Okay. I like this. See, we got shoe reviews.

[C]

But then like the Adidas I've been trying. I think they're like the SLVOs or something. They're really cushiony and I like that.

[A]

Love a pillowy cushion under your foot. That's what oofos are. They're like a pillowy cushion. They feel they're meant to. A lot of athletes use them for recovery and for. If you have like plantar fasciitis, they're great for that. I only wear em every time I get home from work. I'll take off my shoes, put them on. I have like my home slippers that are oofos and my feet feel so good, especially after a night of wearing heels. You know how amazing it is. I dream about coming home and putting on my.

[C]

That's how I feel about my Crocs after my long run on Sunday. Yeah, those on. I wear them all day.

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See?

[A]

Okay, so you can do Crocs of the. The style of UFOS that are my favorite. I have two. I wear the like slip on sandals, like little. They're like normal slip on. So they have a different name slides. Yeah. Thank you. I knew there was something else. They have a slides that I really love. And then they also have some fuzzy. Not slippers. They're like covers. They're like fuzzy shoes that kind of look like tennis shoes, but they're fuzzy.

[C]

I have a different mental image of fuzzy when you describe those.

[A]

Like my blanket right now. My fuzzy blanket.

[C]

I like fuzzy socks. I'm thinking like fuzzy dice. I'm like, oh my.

[A]

No, no. Fuzzy blanket, fuzzy socks. Think like that. Those are my two favorite. Okay, we're gonna take a quick break.

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We are going to have to move because we're still renting and they let us know that the person who owns the house is probably going to sell it. So we're going to move. I don't think we're ready to buy yet, although we've been looking and it's like not bad right now.

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Yeah, it's. I think there are worse times, but it's definitely still not great. You're going to know just a middle. Right.

[C]

Kind of a reevaluate at the start of the year and see how things are looking. But we're definitely going to have to move next year.

[A]

Okay. Would you guys move to rent another house or would you rent an apartment?

[C]

Probably another house. We've been looking at some other places in our area and we're like, man, we kind of want to move right now.

[A]

Different options. Yeah, because you guys have been there since I've.

[C]

Yeah, I've been there since 2018. Like this is the longest I've ever lived in one place for a while.

[A]

It's nice to rent a house too, because you get the experience of living in a house versus having to rent out an apartment or a condo.

[C]

So yeah, I don't think I could go back to an apartment unless it was like downtown, like where you get that kind of vibe of it. But aside from that, I don't think I could go back to that.

[A]

Okay, well, hey, some movement could be happening. 20, 26 could be a good year.

[C]

She really wants a fenced in backyard so we can get a dog.

[A]

Well, you're lucky I have that on my ask. Mike from Louisiana, what is the latest update on having a dog or a cat?

[C]

That is the update. If we move into a place with a fence, we will get the dog.

[A]

But will you also get a cat? Because you had told me you wanted a cat.

[C]

Probably just the dog. I really want the cat. The only, the closest thing we have to having a cat is there are some strays that come around every now and then and I like to feed them.

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Have you not tried to scoop one up?

[C]

No, because they're usually, I mean a city cat is like hardcore. Like they know what they want. Like we've, we were. This cat would come for a while and we like bought it food. Like my wife started to like enjoy the cat because she would come and she would, she wouldn't get scared. She would come and like hang out, eat and then leave. She didn't want to be tamed.

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That's that.

[C]

She just like came for the food, chilled for a little bit and then goes about her business.

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I will say most feral cats, they cannot be tamed. And if you try, you're going to get an eye out. But there are some that act like they want to be in and sometimes if you can like keep getting friendly with them, sometimes they would like a life inside. Just saying. Then you just, you know, there was never a big decision. It was just kind of a cat that was already around.

[C]

Oh yeah, that's what I did as a kid at the trailer park. We would have cats that would come around. I would do the same thing. I'd feed them and then like my favorite ones. I got like my parents a little bit more comfortable around them. And then I started bringing them in the house and they're like, all right.

[A]

See, this is what you got to.

[C]

Do with your wife.

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Then you can have a dog and a cat. You know how much fun it is to have a dog. And a cat. It's pretty fun.

[C]

It looks fun.

[A]

They're pretty entertaining. They keep me plenty busy. So I think I still vote that you guys have both and you eat the cat now.

[C]

Oh, yeah, I would love the cat now.

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You're getting there. You're warming her up to it. I like this. Okay, so 2026, we're looking for some big changes. What is your Thanksgiving? Your favorite Thanksgiving side dish for both of you? Alyssa in Illinois.

[C]

My favorite is probably just mashed potatoes, but I don't really eat them anymore.

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You don't?

[C]

No.

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Why haven't you? Oh, is it because, I mean, a lot of it.

[C]

To make them good, you need butter. So it's like, it's not really the same having them.

[A]

Okay, okay. But hear me out. I've learned because I've tried a whole lot of substitutions and tried different things. There's a really good vegan butter I've tried. It don't, like.

[C]

Just doesn't feel like the same thing to me. Like, vegan butter. I got anything in the dairy world when it comes to vegan stuff is hard for me. Like, there's some cheese that I do like. Vegan, like, cashew cheese is good.

[A]

Yeah. See, there's been a lot of substitutes since I've found. And I was like you. Because, you know, I'm like a. I'm like a dairy fiend. And I thought I'd never eat any of it. But this maybe. I don't know if it's the same brand that you tried, because I know there's a few different ones, but I'm telling you, this butter that I bought, it was like, the exact same.

[C]

Like, my wife will use it to bake stuff. And I feel like for that it's good. But I was never really big on just putting butter on. Just random things. Like, I'm just not a fan of, like, butter.

[A]

But you could put butter to bake mashed potatoes.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And you wouldn't know.

[C]

That's true.

[A]

You know what I mean? It's not like you. Unless you put, like, butter right on top of mashed potatoes.

[C]

Do you? No.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

I guess you put gravy on it.

[A]

Yeah. I was like, I think you put it in. Then you wouldn't know. So you could start making it that way. You should try it this Thanksgiving, because.

[C]

I think it's between that and probably like, just straight up cornbread.

[A]

Oh, yeah, cornbread's good. I don't know if you can make it because you can always try, like, a different. Some Variation substitutes. But have you ever had corn casserole?

[C]

I don't know.

[A]

You would love it if you can find a way to make it where you'd like the, like, substitutions and ingredients. It's like cornbread, but, like, creamy is the best way I can describe it.

[C]

That sounds pretty good.

[A]

Yeah. And if you like cornbread, that's like your. I feel like you can make it.

[C]

I like a really good, dry cornbread. Okay, so you don't like.

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You're like, yeah, Morgan.

[C]

No, I don't like cornbread under, like, a heat lamp.

[A]

Really? Like, straight up dried out.

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Yeah.

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Do you put honey on your cornbread?

[C]

No. Raw.

[A]

This is weird. Not going to lie. You're weird.

[C]

I have, like, vivid memories of, like, going to a buffet as a kid and gravitating towards the cornbread that had been there for a minute.

[A]

That. That. No, that's, like, hard cornbread.

[C]

Yeah. I think it goes back to, like, elementary school, where that was always a side dish at least twice, maybe three times a week.

[A]

Hard cornbread.

[C]

Cornbread.

[A]

What were they doing to the cornbread?

[C]

It would just, like, stay baked for, like, I don't know, three days.

[A]

Was it also you that was telling me that you like things, like, sometimes burnt?

[C]

I like. Yeah, I like things burnt. I also like cold. I don't like cold.

[A]

Yeah. Okay. This is that conversation.

[C]

Yeah. Even earlier this week, I accidentally burned my dinner. I was like, wait, I just made it better without realizing it. I like that crispy chardness. Like, just hardcore.

[A]

So this is why. This is what's happening with the cornbread.

[C]

I like the flavor of something being burnt to a crisp.

[A]

I don't think you're alone in that.

[C]

There's just something about, like, that. Especially if you make it on the grill and it gets, like, that charred, Like, I like that to an extreme. Like, I will. I prefer to burn some things, like, completely burnt, though. Not always completely burnt. But this week, I was making dinner, and I left it on the stove for a little bit too long, and it burnt, like, to the point where the smoke alarm went off, and I was like, oh, crap. And then I ate it. I was like, oh, that tastes a lot better.

[A]

This is wild, Mike. This is wild. It's like, I think of, like, a marshmallow for a s'. More. Would you burn those all the way?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You want it, like, perfectly brown and a little bit crispy?

[C]

No, I like it all the way. And then I like it when you can, like, just peel off the layer of burnt and just Eat that part of it.

[A]

That to me tastes like just straight up. Like you're just eating fire.

[C]

Exactly.

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Wild, wild experience. What is it like behind the scenes for you on the show, Ricky in California? This is our last question.

[C]

I think I am constantly gathering and making notes is kind of my job behind the scenes.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

I think the goal to like producing anything is just remembering things and taking note of things. I think that's a lot. A lot of having the show together is just having enough material and how you have enough material is just keeping everything. So it's a lot of organizing. It's a lot of. Anytime I see a news story copying that, saving that, and putting it into a big word document that I keep. So like my entire world is like draft emails of ideas, a lot of word documents with ideas. It's just keeping everything, keeping a tab on everything, screenshotting things on TikTok. I think a majority of behind the scenes work is just compiling and having enough to do a show every day. Having so much that in case we run out of everything to talk about, I just have a stack of things on my. On my desk, which you've seen how much things I have over there.

[A]

You got a lot going on.

[C]

It's a lot. Sometimes it'll fall over during the show. It's like, gosh, had that organized.

[A]

Do you feel like you're an organized person?

[C]

I have to be.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And I feel like it's my way of organizing things. Like, I think if you saw all my things, you would say it looks disorganized, but I know where everything is and I kind of have it in a place where I can find it easily.

[A]

You have organized chaos.

[C]

Yes. Like my desk is organized chaos. I don't. I wish I was one of those types of people who had really good file management as far as, like, their desktop is perfect and they have like all the. Is that you? Yeah. And like everything's like labeled correctly. Like, I have it all where I could easily find it, but it's in different places. Like, I could not tell you, like, if you needed to come in and put together a show, like, here is this.

[A]

Yeah. You could be like, go here, go here.

[C]

It's kind of everywhere.

[A]

It's based your method of madness.

[C]

Yeah. A lot of it is in different locations. Like, laptop printed out on my desk, in my phone, in my email. So it's all over the place. But it is there. And I just think it's because I have a lot of different. Not just the radio show, but a lot of different podcasts, a lot of. Just inside of the radio show. There are other shows. So I need to keep things separate where I know where I need to go to find things.

[A]

This is what it's like working with Eddie. Have you ever seen Eddie's desktop?

[C]

Yeah, it's for us.

[A]

Eddie has like three thousands of just photo, video, different thumbnails all over his desktop. And then you put mine next to it. Mine's just completely empty. And so anytime I'm like, hey, Eddie, do you still have. He's like, haha. I don't know. It's probably somewhere in here. I was like, I'll just pull it again. And I just like go back. So that's like probably what it's like. But like for. For you guys, you know exactly what that means.

[C]

Yeah, but I know it. Unlike Eddie, I would know exactly how to get that to you in an instant. Because it's like it's. I code everything in a way where I can find it easily.

[A]

And you never, You've never been that way where you're like, I don't know where that is. Anytime I ask you for something, you have it, you give it to me immediately. So yours is not that experience.

[C]

There are times when we're doing the show where Bobby will ask for a story and like, I can't find it. And it's. That's like my biggest, like, oh crap, I messed one. Like that happens every now and then. Just because in the chaos of everything, my brain works sometimes where like, I think I did something and I think I have it here. And then when I go to find it, I'm like, I think my brain just stopped for a second and I do not have that.

[A]

Yeah, but also, like, you're human. You know what I mean? Like, that's normal for that to happen.

[C]

So it's always like in the, like four seconds before we go on the air, he's like, can I get that story? I'm like, that is the one that I do not have.

[A]

Like, I have 500 others.

[C]

That is like we were talking about in the other part of like picking the wrong line at the grocery store.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

It's always the one story I didn't print that's the one that is needed in that moment.

[A]

Oh, and that's the words like your. Your kind of gut just lights up.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Dang it. That's the one. How. Well, yeah. And Mike D. Always has a lot going on behind the scenes, beyond the ones that he just described. That's just like putting it In a nutshell, it's probably the best way to put that because if Mike D or I, or even really anybody behind the scenes on the show sat here and told you everything they do in their job, we'd be here all day. There's a lot of things, a lot of roles, everybody.

[C]

The only way I've been able to describe it to people who maybe have never worked in a place like this is like, I'm like a project manager, I guess.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Of like. Because I think when it comes to some of the things I started out doing, like, I don't do as much editing as I used to do. Like, it used to be like, that was like my bread and butter. Like, I was just good at editing. And I think over the years, it's kind of evolved into, like, managing more things, which is just like, here are all these fires. Control all these. And that's really what this job is. It's a lot of either controlling fires or keeping spinning plates going.

[A]

Yeah. And you know what? You're really good at it. So that's all that matters. Well, Mike D, thanks for joining and chatting with us this weekend. And make sure you check out his podcast movie. Mike's movie podcasts.

[C]

That's it.

[A]

Wherever you listen. And ikedistro and all the things. I'm ebgirlmorgan on all the things and the show obbyboneshow. We got lots of stuff up everywhere, content you can consume. We've got it for you, so go check it out. And that's all for us. Anything else you wanna add, Mike?

[C]

That's it.

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All right, Bye, everybody.

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Bye. That's the best bits of the week with Morgan. Thanks for listen. Be sure to check out the other two parts this weekend. Go follow the show on all social.

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