TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (FRI): Amy’s Crazy Vacay Plans & Bobby Meets Awesome 90’s Celebrity!

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show: "Tell Me Something Good (FRI): Amy’s Crazy Vacay Plans & Bobby Meets Awesome 90’s Celebrity!"

Date: May 15, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones (Premiere Networks)
Main Guests/Co-hosts: Amy, Lunchbox, assorted regulars

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Episode Overview

This uplifting and humorous episode of "The Bobby Bones Show" centers on the “Tell Me Something Good” segment: the cast shares personal moments of gratitude and joy, from Amy’s evolving summer vacation ideas to Bobby’s interview with a 90s rock legend, and various little moments of kindness from around the room. The cast dives into relatable conversations about family, personal growth, and the small acts that make life better—all with their signature banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Amy’s Wild Journey to Finalize Her Summer Vacation (01:58–11:40)

• Amy’s Internal Debate: Amy shares her indecision about summer vacation: she’s considered Paris, an Alaskan cruise (inspired by her late mom’s wish), and finally settles on Arizona.
  • “I could easily see that time frame sneaking up on me and then I just go to Colorado ... but I need to see more of the world.” (02:15, Amy)
• The Alaskan Cruise Connection: While reading "Winter Garden," Amy is reminded of the unfulfilled dream to take her mom on an Alaskan cruise before she passed.
  • “Should we go on the Alaskan cruise? ... that’s what mom wanted to do before our mom passed away.” (02:50, Amy)
  • “Man, I’m really glad we didn’t do the Alaskan cruise and go rogue on the doctor ... she spent most of her time [sick].” (03:18, Amy)
• The ‘Cruise Guy’ Dilemma: Ray’s travel agent contact could offer a discount or help, but Amy and Bobby discuss the potential discomfort of getting a “free” trip.
  • “I don’t want to go anywhere on a boat or an airplane where I’m not actually paying for. ... I want to make sure they’re looking out for me.” (04:19, Bobby)
• Final Destination: Arizona (Canyon Ranch in Tucson): Amy’s friend Lauren works at an upscale wellness resort; Amy and her podcast cohost Kat (who is pregnant) may turn the trip into a relaxing, pseudo-retreat.
  • “I think I know where I’m going for vacation—Arizona ... this place called Canyon Ranch, they have hiking, yoga, meditation.” (07:47, Amy)
• All-Inclusive Fun with Friends: Kat agrees to join, the duo potentially mixing business with pleasure (but planning not to “work”).
  • “That could be fun. ... It could be like a podcast retreat—but we don’t have to work.” (08:13, Amy)

Notable Moments

• Running Joke: The group teases Amy’s winding storytelling and vacation indecision.
• Managing Expectations: Bobby encourages Amy not to give up on dreams like Paris—“You should. You don’t have to do it right now. You got plenty of time.” (09:30, Bobby)
• Social Media’s ‘Perfect Life’ Illusion: Amy reflects on credit card points and jet-setting Instagram influencers.
  • “Am I doing credit card points all wrong? ... I want a $59 flight to Europe with a bed.” (11:09, Amy)

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2. Tell Me Something Good: Around the Room

A Parade of Small Joys and Heartwarming Tales

A. Podcasters React to Show Titles & Emotional Framing

• Bobby comments on “off” or clumsy episode titling, especially around vulnerable content:
  • “Yesterday, it said, ‘Tell me something good: Bobby realizes baby Billy will never meet his mom.’” (12:35, Bobby)
• The team discusses how these personal moments can be misrepresented as “good news,” sparking a candid discussion on grief and legacy.

B. Kindergarten Graduation (15:01–16:09, Lunchbox)

• Lunchbox shares the bittersweet end to attending kindergarten graduations for his kids, many of whom repeated the year for educational reasons.
  • “They’ve redone kindergarten twice ... so I’ve probably done six, seven kindergarten graduations. We’re done.” (15:01, Lunchbox)
• Funny riff on whether a repeated graduate truly ‘graduates’ (“But they didn’t graduate that year…”) with the whole crew joining in on the confusion.

C. Neighborhood Kindness & Pet Wedding Fashion (19:56–21:11)

• A neighbor brings over extra homemade dinner, delighting Lunchbox and his family.
  • “She had an extra pan ... dinner for us. She dropped it by the house. ... The kids devoured it.” (20:10, Neighbor)
• Morgan describes the saga to get her dog’s dress tailored from Ukraine for her wedding (“Remy’s like 20 pounds … had to send the dress back to Ukraine … but it made it back and now fits perfectly.” 20:29, Pet Owner)

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3. Bobby’s Big Day: Interviewing Gavin Rossdale from Bush (22:26–26:36)

• Behind The Scenes of ‘Bobby Cast’: Bobby details a packed day shooting for Pilot (the gas station chain) and then interviewing Gavin Rossdale.
  • “I interviewed Gavin Rossdale, the lead singer of Bush ... which was a band that I loved growing up.” (22:53, Bobby)
• Celebrity Culture Shock: Bobby reflects on how guests perceive him based on the studio’s decor—trophies, concert photos, and memorabilia leading people (Gavin included) to believe he’s a wildly famous stand-up comedian.
  • “Dude. Thought I was Chris Rock.” (26:16, Bobby)
  • “...now the lobby tells people that don’t know me a story that’s not 100 percent accurate.” (26:36, Bobby)
• 90s Icon Vibes: Gavin was “super cool” and approachable, breaking the LA stereotype—huge for Bobby.

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4. Headline Brainstorm: Naming the Episode (27:07–27:53)

• “Bobby has awesome experience with celebrity, or Amy has crazy vacation plans?” (27:09, Co-host)
• The two merge into the final headline: “Amy’s Crazy Vacay Plans & Bobby Meets Awesome 90’s Celebrity!” (27:22–27:27)

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5. Wholesome News Round-Robin (28:17–33:35)

A. Firefighter’s Lifelong Impact (28:17)

• Bobby spotlights a firefighter from Colorado Springs who delivered a baby in 2004 and then attended her college graduation 22 years later.
  • “Helped deliver her at the family’s home ... and he’s there at her graduation.” (28:19, Bobby)

B. Cards of Kindness Movement (29:57–33:35, Amy)

• Amy highlights Juliet Burl, a mother and substitute teacher in Las Vegas, who began a national “Cards of Kindness” penpal campaign—handwritten notes for encouragement spreading hope across the U.S.
  • “Little acts of kindness add up and can be really powerful.” (29:57, Amy)
  • Cards of Kindness has “spread everywhere” via social media.
• The group reflects on the lost art of thank-you notes, their family traditions, and emotional legacies.
  • “My dad ... would underline the keywords and then sign his name, that was his love language though.” (31:34/31:40, Amy/Bobby)
  • Discussion of generational differences in expressing affection.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Amy, on choosing her trip:
  “I think I know where I’m going for vacation ... Arizona. This place called Canyon Ranch, and it’s like they have hiking and yoga and meditation.”
  ‒ Amy (07:47)

• Bobby, on handling free travel:
  “If I’m trapped somewhere by boat, water, sea, air—I want to make sure they’re looking out for me, and it’s not a free thing.”
  ‒ Bobby (04:35)

• On Gratitude and Legacy:
  “I wish that I hadn’t resisted for so long the need to change … we have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes.”
  ‒ Bobby (18:21)

• On studio ‘myth-building’:
  “I wasn’t initially the plan, but now ... you can kinda pick your own adventure on what you think I was good at, which I was just kinda medium at a lot of stuff. … the lobby now tells people a story that’s not 100 percent accurate.”
  ‒ Bobby (26:18/26:36)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Amy’s Vacation Story Arc: 01:58–11:40
• Naming the Episode Segment: 27:07–27:53
• Bobby Interviews Gavin Rossdale (Bush): 22:53–26:36
• Tell Me Something Good Round-Robin: 28:17–33:35
  • Firefighter Story: 28:17
  • Cards of Kindness: 29:57
  • Notes & Family Reflection: 31:34–33:35

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Tone & Language

The episode is buoyant and spontaneous, filled with genuine laughter, relatable vulnerability, and playful teasing. The cast is loose, jumping from heartfelt stories to light sarcasm, encouraging each other through life transitions, big and small.

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In Summary

This episode’s heart lies in celebrating life’s wins—both big (childhood dreams and career highlights) and small (friendly favors, sentimental traditions). Amy’s “crazy” vacation journey provides the episode’s thread, while Bobby’s brush with a 90s rock legend adds zest. The team’s banter about show titles, social media illusions, and the meaning of gratitude is as funny as it is genuinely touching.
It’s a must-listen for anyone in need of a laughter-laced lift and a reminder that joy is often found in life’s winding detours and little kindnesses.

Transcript

[Amy]

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[Bobby]

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[Podcast Host (Robert Smigel or similar)]

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[Bobby]

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[Podcast Host (Robert Smigel or similar)]

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[Bobby]

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[Lunchbox]

Who.

[Podcast Host (Robert Smigel or similar)]

Ah.

[Bobby]

Who?

[Amy]

Ooh.

[Bobby]

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[Bobby]

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[Amy]

So I've been trying to figure out what I'm gonna do when we have vacation this summer. And I think I nailed it down yesterday and I'm feeling really good about it. It's not Paris.

[Lunchbox]

What is it?

[Amy]

It's not Paris.

[Bobby]

Say something good though.

[Amy]

Well, what feels good is that I. I could easily see that. That time frame sneaking up on me. And then I just go to Colorado to see my sister, which would still. That is great, but I need to see more of the world.

[Bobby]

Okay, why are you talking down about all this? Like you said, okay, it's not Paris. No, this is good. What is it?

[Amy]

Because I thought. Because I know that I have on. I've been manifesting Paris and I thought you'd be like, why aren't you going?

[Bobby]

This is good. I might do that. And tell me something suck. But no.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby]

But also, you can go to Paris anytime if this doesn't work.

[Amy]

Not anytime.

[Bobby]

Sure. You can go the next year. Go the next year.

[Amy]

That's what I keep saying. And then I texted my sister yesterday when I was in the midst of trying to figure this out, and I'm like, should we go on the Alaskan cruise? Finally? Because that's what mom wanted to do before our mom passed away. And we were trying to take my mom. And then the doctor was like, she cannot be on a boat for nine days or seven days or however long it is. So we took her to South Padre. It was very different.

[Lunchbox]

That is very different.

[Bobby]

And all lovely, but very different.

[Amy]

Even though a hand. The 45 minute flight from Austin to Padre, by the time she landed, she was feeling sick and she spent most of her time on the porch feeling sick. So I'm like, man, I'm really glad we didn't do the Alaskan cruise and go rogue on the doctor and just be like, you don't know what you're talking about, because that was pretty terrible. But I'm reading this book right now, Winter Garden. And in it, some of the characters are. They just got on an Alaskan cruise and it's two daughters and a mom. And I'm like, what? So I text my sister and I'm like, should this be what we're doing? And then Ray, Ray, you know how you have that cruise guy, you. So he DMed me at some point when we got back from our cruise, and he was like, hey, you ready for that Alaskan cruise? So what does that mean, Ray? Like, does he. Will he hook people up?

[Bobby]

I wouldn't want to be hooked up. I would just use him as a resource to help you get all the good things that you're going to pay for.

[Amy]

Oh, have you looked how much Alaskan cruises are?

[Bobby]

No, I'm just telling you, I'm not going to go anywhere on a boat or an airplane where I'm not actually paying for. I don't want that free because I feel like I'm not going to be safe.

[Amy]

Oh.

[Bobby]

Or I'm going to owe somebody.

[Amy]

What if I just, on the boat had to be like, oh, Alaskan cruise

[Bobby]

tech, you can do whatever you want. I'm just saying if it's something. If I want to go eat at a restaurant that's different, that's in town, I can leave. That's. I. If I'm be trapped somewhere by boat, water, sea, air. I want to make sure that they're looking out for me, and it's not a free thing. Okay, but that's me.

[Amy]

Well, I just thought it'd be cool if I. If that worked out.

[Bobby]

Three Alaskan cruise.

[Amy]

I call my sister and I'm like, guess what? We got a hookup. All we get to go do this, what we wanted to do with mom. And my sister might be more inclined to be like, oh, are you asking

[Bobby]

Ray to hook you up with a free Alaskan cruise? To.

[Amy]

No, the guy messaged me and I haven't replied. Like, I was. As I was asking, what's the deal with him? He's a cruise guy and a friend of Ray's. Ray? What does he do?

[Travel Agent]

Yeah, he's just a travel agent. And really the great thing with that is they'll give you a pretty sizable discount. And if there's ever an issue, you're get with a travel agent, it's fully refunded, and they can usually convert it to another cruise or something like that. Whereas if you just booked it on your own, sometimes you're screwed.

[Amy]

Okay. Yeah. I mean, because I. I will pay. You're right, Bobby. I'll pay. But maybe there's. Maybe there's a, you know, you get a free tour of free sunset walk or something. I don't know.

[Bobby]

So then free sunrise walk. What was Amy doing?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, Sunrise.

[Amy]

Sunrise walk, sunrise walks on the cruise. So this is where I was yesterday. Just kind of. I've got to figure out my vacation. My sister, she never replied about the Alaskan cruise.

[Bobby]

What's the good in this?

[Amy]

The good is I think I have a plan, and it's in Arizona. Okay.

[Lunchbox]

Is it booked? Like, did you do it?

[Neighbor or Guest]

Sedona?

[Amy]

Nope. Tucson.

[Bobby]

You and Vrabel. Oh, it's that place.

[Co-host or Friend]

Where does.

[Amy]

Where was.

[Bobby]

Where was he In Sedona.

[Amy]

Oh, okay.

[Bobby]

I don't know where the place was.

[Amy]

This is Tucson, so it would be different. So my. My friend from college, you know, Lauren, she was my sorority sister. Kappa. It. You know her, right? Yeah.

[Bobby]

Is that pertinent to the story?

[Amy]

Kind of. Because she started working with this place, and it's really awesome. And she hit me up a while ago and she was like, I would love for you to go. And I thought, well, maybe now is the time that I go do this experience. And it's very relaxing.

[Bobby]

That's great. You took us on a wild drive here. We got in the car and we went. I'm not Going to Paris. Okay. My mom, before she died, wanted to go on Alaskan cruise.

[Amy]

Probably not doing that.

[Bobby]

Well, probably not gonna do that, but. You think I'm gonna free one from Ray's guy?

[Amy]

No, I was curious. It's not that it has to be free. I was curious when he texted, when he DM'd me about, are you ready to go on a lesson cruise now? I don't know what that means. So I was saying, is that like a hookup or he. Yeah, to raise point, I guess. He's a travel agent, so he can plan it to make sure you have the best experience and you go on the best cruise because. I don't know. I would like guidance. I've never done it before.

[Bobby]

But you're not even doing it this time because you're going to Arizona.

[Amy]

Well, my sister never replied.

[Bobby]

And I remember the Opry one. Let's start over.

[Amy]

What?

[Lunchbox]

The opera?

[Amy]

That's bad. The opera one I thought was good.

[Neighbor or Guest]

What did Lauren have to do with anything?

[Bobby]

Just do the good, and then you can do all the other stuff.

[Amy]

It's like, I'm just the. Lauren came in a picture of, like.

[Bobby]

Tell me. Tell me something good.

[Amy]

I think I know where I'm going for vacation.

[Bobby]

Oh, yeah? What's up?

[Amy]

Arizona.

[Bobby]

Oh, that's cool, right?

[Amy]

Yeah, it should be cool. This place called Canyon Ranch, and it's like they have, like, hiking and yoga and.

[Bobby]

That sounds awesome.

[Amy]

Meditation.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, you're gonna have fun there.

[Amy]

That's my. I called Kat, who co hosts my podcast with me, and she. To see if she had free time during that, because I would be maybe going by myself, and she was like, oh, my gosh, I think I can go during that time. That could be fun.

[Bobby]

So awesome.

[Amy]

We might go. And she was like, oh, that sounds like the. Because she's pregnant. And she was like, oh, something relaxing, like, and I'm pregnant. It's like we're doing all these crazy activities or having a. Everything's on the grounds and there's a nice pool. So now Kat and I might do that. And it sort of could be like a podcast retreat, or we could.

[Bobby]

Don't work. This is vacation.

[Amy]

We don't have to work. But, like, we. We do need to do some planning because she is pregnant. We do need to figure out our schedule for when she takes maternity leave.

[Bobby]

Question. That sounds like a fun vacation. Have you considered doing, like, an Alaskan cruise at some point? Because I know before your mom died, that was something that you guys were going to do together.

[Amy]

Yeah. So I have. Funny you say that, because I just. In the book that I was reading yesterday, they are embarking on an Alaskan cruise. And it's a mom and two daughters. And that was supposed to be my mom and me and my sister. And ever since my mom died 12 years ago, we've thought about going and we haven't gone.

[Bobby]

That's something to put on the list to do.

[Amy]

Definitely.

[Bobby]

Ray's got a guy, too. Ray?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby]

Didn't you have a guy?

[Travel Agent]

Yeah. And he can get you good insurance. And if anything ever goes down, it would be refunded and then also some kickbacks.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby]

You should DM him or see if he's ever DM you.

[Amy]

Okay, I'll check that out.

[Bobby]

What I don't want you to give up on though, is Paris. Because I still get some point.

[Amy]

I think I should do that.

[Bobby]

You should. You don't have to it right now. You got plenty of time. I know you've been kicking the can, but that's such a far trip. That's a kick the can trip. Anyway, it'll be perfect at some point. That's really exciting about your vacation.

[Lunchbox]

Tucson sounds great, Amy.

[Amy]

Okay. All right. See how we got there? See?

[Lunchbox]

No, do you see how I got a.

[Neighbor or Guest]

Wait, wait.

[Amy]

Can you see it?

[Neighbor or Guest]

Can I ask a question?

[Amy]

Yes. Lunchbox. Ask away.

[Neighbor or Guest]

What did Lauren have to do with the story? I thought you said you were going with Lauren from college. Sister.

[Amy]

She just started. She. She just started working for Canyon Ranch. So that came into my mind because she texted me about going and she was like, have you ever tried this out? It's an amazing experience. And so I thought, okay. And they have one on the east coast, and I did the east coast one with my boyfriend, but I've never done the Tucson one, which apparently is the most desirable one. And it's like an amazing. So it popped in my head, like if I'm looking for something. And look, we're down to the wire here, so. Wait, wait, on what?

[Lunchbox]

Wait, wait, wait.

[Amy]

Why am I talking?

[Co-host or Friend]

Yes.

[Neighbor or Guest]

I just needed. I got confused. I thought you were going

[Bobby]

to.

[Amy]

No, it's just that I'm trying to brainstorm ideas of where to go, and I think it should be domestic because I. I'm a little too late for international. I feel like plane tickets would be crazy. And then that gets me thinking about how I'm not using my credit card points effectively because I follow all these people on Instagram. They're like flying first class with a bed, and they're like, you can't look

[Bobby]

at people on Instagram.

[Amy]

No, no, no. They're like. They're like, I'm a normal person. I paid $56.

[Bobby]

They start with, I'm a normal person.

[Amy]

Because you think people with that. It's like this. They've. They paid all this money, but they're like, no, I have a normal wage. I make normal money. And I paid $59 for this bed to Europe. And they're like. Because I used credit card points. And I'm like, am I doing credit card points all wrong? Like, sure. My flight to Tucson might be free on Southwest because my points. No, no, no. I want a free. I want a 59 flight to Europe with a bed.

[Bobby]

That's probably a lot of points. That's a lot of points.

[Amy]

I can get points.

[Bobby]

Thank you for your story. I think it's good. I still don't have an idea what we're doing for vacation, because we don't know. We can do probably nothing with the baby. Yeah, probably nothing. We may go to Fayetteville or something. I don't know.

[Amy]

Yeah, it is hard with a newborn.

[Bobby]

Yeah. So I don't have one. So that's. That's good for you. You know, something I saw yesterday that was really weird, I was looking on our YouTube page, which I hope people go over to our YouTube and subscribe. It's obbyboneshow. That's the show page. And I saw our personal tell me something good clip. And if you pull up the screen cap of it, it says, tell me something good. And there's always a sub, which is like, an indicator of what we're going to talk about. And today it could be like, tell me something good. Amy has crazy vacation plans where it leads you into going, oh, this is going to be good. Or, tell me something good. Lunchbox. Won a hundred bucks in the lottery. And then you. You know, that's what we're going to talk about, but it's always in the positive. Yesterday, I'm not kidding, it said, tell me something good. Bobby realizes baby Billy will never meet his mom.

[Lunchbox]

That's what it said.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah. That was the.

[Bobby]

That was it. That's not. When you read exactly what. But that's not. Tell me something good. And that's not good. That was me just matching Amy's vulnerable moment. I was like, that said, that's not. Tell me something good.

[Lunchbox]

Huh?

[Bobby]

It was the weird. I want to let Mike pull that one up. But I read that and was like, that is not. Yeah, that's like, walmart that's like if AI wrote it. If it just listened to it and wrote one. Yeah.

[Pet Owner]

Hey, I just followed what Mike did. I. I get sent titles and I just pluck it in.

[Lunchbox]

Oh,

[Bobby]

read it.

[Co-host or Friend]

Bobby on his mom never getting to meet baby Billy.

[Amy]

That's the.

[Bobby]

Tell me something good.

[Pet Owner]

That was the title for the podcast yesterday. So I follow what Mike does, but a little bit.

[Bobby]

If Mike jumped off a cliff. Because that's a yes. That's.

[Lunchbox]

That's.

[Bobby]

I didn't know who did it.

[Amy]

So.

[Bobby]

Podcast labeled weird. I didn't see that one. I never look at the podcast. I did. I do look at the videos. If Mike jumped off a cliff, would you.

[Amy]

No.

[Pet Owner]

But also, he has a better beat on maybe something you want that maybe I don't understand.

[Amy]

Fair enough.

[Pet Owner]

So I'm just kind of following, and maybe I don't quite know all the information. So I'm just fair.

[Bobby]

That's an absolutely fair answer. I just wondered. I just thought it was bizarre when I saw. Tell me something good. Bobby's mom died and will never meet her grandkid.

[Co-host or Friend]

I will say in that one. Not a lot of people had something good in that. Tell me something good.

[Amy]

Well, I did.

[Bobby]

Amy did.

[Amy]

It was spontaneously, go drop in on your friends and like, that's a cool moment.

[Bobby]

But then it's definitely not. Bobby never meet his grandma.

[Lunchbox]

What was Amy's again?

[Amy]

Mine was that I. My son had to go to church, and I decided to pop in at my friend's house because I think I was looking at it as. We don't do that enough. Like, pop in on our friends.

[Lunchbox]

How do you put that one in Title. That was tough.

[Bobby]

I don't remember everybody. Oh, I don't remember me either.

[Amy]

Oh, I do. I know Eddie's.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, it's my son's award.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby]

Oh, Eddie's son wins a big award. It doesn't matter. The. The one that was not good was Bobby's baby will never meet its grandmother.

[Amy]

But you only ended up saying that because I was saying when I popped in on my friend. She's pregnant. Was showing me her stroller, and then I was sad. I'm never gonna have a str Roller because.

[Podcast Host (Robert Smigel or similar)]

Oh, my gosh.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Amy reflects on her infertility.

[Bobby]

That's today's Dang. Okay, tell me something good, Eddie.

[Amy]

Who's next?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, let's see if this could be a title.

[Bobby]

My.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, I went to my last. My last ever kindergarten graduation. My last. Do you know how many of these I've been to? Sad Nah, I'm happy. Like, we've been to so many of these because a lot of my kids have repeated grades just because we hold. We hold them back for educational reasons, whatever. But so they've like, they've redone kindergarten twice. So I've probably done six, seven, seven kindergarten graduations. We're done.

[Bobby]

But why would they graduate kindergarten if they didn't get to graduate kindergarten?

[Amy]

Oh, well, they just decided to re. Enroll them again.

[Lunchbox]

They redo it.

[Bobby]

But don't you decide that before graduation?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, well, yeah, they're like, are they going to do kindergarten again? You're like, yeah, let's just do kindergarten.

[Bobby]

But then they do graduation anyway.

[Amy]

Yes, well, yeah, because they're with their.

[Bobby]

But they didn't graduate.

[Amy]

Yeah, but they did.

[Lunchbox]

They graduated.

[Bobby]

No, they don't. No, no, they didn't graduate that year.

[Lunchbox]

They did. They're just. They did go again.

[Amy]

It's elective.

[Bobby]

I know. But they didn't graduate even if you're holding.

[Amy]

Yeah, but you're gonna tell the kindergartner. You don't get to go to your.

[Bobby]

They don't even know about it.

[Lunchbox]

They're fine. Oh, they know.

[Amy]

They know.

[Lunchbox]

They know.

[Amy]

They know. And you can't.

[Bobby]

They're like, why am I in the same grade? I just graduated.

[Amy]

No, you just say, this is what everybody.

[Lunchbox]

You know what's funny about that though? Like when you do two graduations like that they have, they always say, what do you want to be when you grow up? They always have different answers.

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[Podcast Host (Robert Smigel or similar)]

another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy not quite on Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Jim Gaffey to Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier this week. My guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel help an acapella band with their between songs banter. Who's the worst singer in the group?

[Bobby]

The worst?

[Podcast Host (Robert Smigel or similar)]

Yeah, Me. Is there anything to the idea that because you're from Harvard, you only got in because your parents made a huge

[Bobby]

donation to the group? The Yardbirds. Right. That's the.

[Podcast Host (Robert Smigel or similar)]

The Name the Harvard Yard, but they're

[Bobby]

open if you have a name suggestion.

[Lunchbox]

We're open.

[Podcast Host (Robert Smigel or similar)]

Since you guys are middle aged. One erection. Listen to Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Bobby]

Humor me. I need some jokes to make me seem funny.

[Amy]

You can have opinions, you can have like a strong stance. And then there's your body having its own program.

[Dr. Maya Shankar]

I'm Dr. Maya Shankar, a cognitive scientist and host of the podcast A Slight Change of Plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans. We share stories and scientific insights to help us all better navigate these periods of turbulence and transformation.

[Amy]

There is one finding that is consistent and and that is that our resilience rests on our relationships.

[Bobby]

I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change. We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes.

[Dr. Maya Shankar]

Listen to A Slight Change of plans on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Amy]

The story I've told myself about love or relationships can then shape my behavior and that can lead me to sabotage the possibility of connection.

[Debbie Brown]

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[Dr. Maya Shankar]

The world is becoming with Lonelier. We're not becoming more social and connected, we're becoming more individualized.

[Debbie Brown]

But we actually need people in connection. If you've been searching for a soft place to land while doing the work to become whole, this podcast is for you. To hear more. Listen to Deeply well with Debbie Brown from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Lunchbox]

It's like if that's what you said the first time, you should say that the second time.

[Amy]

Every year it changes.

[Bobby]

It could change, but year two, they're showing the other kids where to sit. They're like leading it.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, no, guys, I've done this before.

[Bobby]

Over here. Lunchbox. Tell me something good.

[Travel Agent]

Yeah.

[Neighbor or Guest]

Last night one of the neighbors, I guess she went shopping and she made some pasta with some cheese in the middle of it and some spinach and she bought too many ingredients, so she had an extra pan. So dinner for us. You dropped it by the house.

[Bobby]

That's nice.

[Neighbor or Guest]

Yeah, it's really good too. And the kids Devoured it.

[Lunchbox]

Lunchbox gets dinner for free. Oh, are we.

[Bobby]

Oh, we can figure out the title at the end. Is that what we have to do now? I'm just starting to think on this.

[Co-host or Friend]

If y' all want to just speak in headlines, that'll really help.

[Bobby]

Morgan.

[Pet Owner]

I finally figured out my dog's dress for the wedding.

[Bobby]

What?

[Pet Owner]

So. So her and my cat are my something blue. And I have them dressed in blue outfits, but I had to get Remy, like, a customized dress, and it came from Ukraine, but the first one that arrived was, like, for a lab, and Remy's like £20. So then I had to send the dress back to Ukraine, and it was a whole thing because the package almost didn't get a go because of the war. But it made it back and she was able to adjust it and. And now it has arrived and it is perfectly customized to her little body. And she looks adorable.

[Amy]

That's cute.

[Bobby]

A lot of odd elements in that story.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. The dog's going to wear a dress

[Bobby]

that she ordered from Ukraine and there's

[Lunchbox]

a war going on. Yeah.

[Bobby]

Maybe it's just Friday, you know, could be that's why everybody's feeling a little odd.

[Amy]

What? I feel like everything's been great.

[Bobby]

Yeah.

[Amy]

With everybody.

[Bobby]

Yeah. Last night I had a long day yesterday, so I did the whole show. I went and I did a four hour shoot for pilot. Shoot some content for them. It was excellent.

[Amy]

Pilot the gas stations.

[Bobby]

Yes.

[Lunchbox]

What's the other pilot flying planes.

[Bobby]

No, that's not a company. So I'm just curious.

[Amy]

I was just clarifying.

[Bobby]

Got it. Glad you did. Thank you. So I shoot for pilot the gas stations instead of.

[Amy]

Yeah. It could be for pilot.

[Bobby]

Pilot Lights, Sully.

[Lunchbox]

Pilot.

[Amy]

Sully, Pilot, Pilot magazine.

[Bobby]

And a lot of times, if I'm doing that. And I shot with two different artists. I shot with Thelma and James, and we did like a driving thing. And then we go back to the gas station and that shot with Larry Fleet, we go back to the gas station and they have really good food there. Kind of one of their things. Kind of like European gas stations, where they have really good food at European gas stations when you're driving through. So pilot. That's something they're really focusing on. They brought their corporate chef in that does. And so we're talking with him about the food. And usually if I do this and have to eat something over and over again, I get really tired of it. But they had a chicken tenders, so I had to shoot it like six times. Chicken tenders were awesome. No dairy. The sauce has like honey mustard. It. It's like a honey mustard type sauce. So that was good. Drove home after not home. Drove to the Bobby Cast studio and interviewed Gavin Rossdale, the lead singer of Bush.

[Lunchbox]

That's awesome.

[Bobby]

Which was a band that I loved growing up. We got invited to the show tonight. I can't go.

[Lunchbox]

Really? Yeah, I can't go.

[Bobby]

Yeah, I knew you couldn't. But he was really nice and real. Right, Mike?

[Co-host or Friend]

He was awesome.

[Bobby]

Like super cool. And you never know about like those either. Guys that are not Nashville, they come from LA or Europe. London. Yeah, he's LA now because sometimes LA guys, they feel like, because the LA culture, they have to present themselves as something bigger than they are. Always doesn't matter how big you are, you got to present yourself something bigger. Nashville's the opposite. No matter how big you are, you have to present yourself as something smaller so that you seem nice and relatable. And he was really nice. And that'll be a while before it comes out. But we had a really good time and so I had an extremely long day where I was just hype, just exhausted at the end of the day. But everything just kind of worked out really well. That kind of kept me up. So I was grateful for that. At the end of the day. Nice because it started really early and I didn't get home till 6:30 or 7 and then I had to go right to baby until like 9:30. I did sleep hard last night though.

[Lunchbox]

But that's good.

[Bobby]

Gavin Rossdale was really nice. That's my. Tell me something good. Not that I was worried, but this is what happens too. I've kind of gamed the system a little bit, built these studios, not my house studios, not the ones we work at for the radio show, bought a couple buildings, built them out for the Netflix studio for sports studio. So super nice. I'm super excited and proud of them. All my own money. And when you come in there is a specific waiting area, like a lobby and I own the building. So there's like an Arkansas old football picture, but it's like a ticket from the 1960s that's blown up. There's a picture of me in a theater, the Little Rock Theater. And it's a sold out show and it's like me from behind in the crowd. It's one of my favorite pictures. There's like the million dollar show signs and people would come in and just assume I'm like this. That don't know me, assume I'm like this wildly famous Stand up comedian. And so then I have some other plaques said, well, I just should capitalize in it. So, yeah, I toured for four or five years doing stand up pretty regularly, but I never got good. I got okay to pretty good, but I never got good. But I have all these sold out plaques, like 30 sold out theater shows in a row. So I put a couple of those up in that room because now it's basically the museum of me. There's a big frame picture of when I got in the Radio hall of Fame. So, like, Gavin Rossdale comes in, doesn't know who I am, obviously, because he's Gavin Rossdale. He's from London, he's from the 90s, he's Bush. It does not collide with our world in any way. By seeing all this, he thinks I'm this wildly famous standup comedian. So during the interview, he's like, you know what? It's like, you're a massively famous comedian.

[Co-host or Friend]

I'm telling you.

[Bobby]

So people that don't know me just see this, and now they think I'm something, that I'm really not.

[Lunchbox]

So funny.

[Bobby]

It's so funny. And I didn't plan on that happening, but I started to notice that with people who did not know me or what I did, they just were told, hey, this podcast is big. We should go do it. But what they're collecting in that room, what they're gathering, is that I'm this wildly successful comedian. And they bring it in. They're like, you get it right? If you notice that, Mike. Yeah, it's so funny.

[Co-host or Friend]

It's always interesting, like what they gravitate towards from your career. And then he went full on in the comedy.

[Bobby]

Full on. Dude. Dude. Thought I was Chris Rock.

[Lunchbox]

That's awesome.

[Bobby]

And so I wasn't initially the plan, but now there's enough stuff in there that you can kind of pick your own adventure on what you think I was good at, which I was just kind of medium at a lot of stuff. But it's kind of funny that the lobby now tells people that don't know me a story that's not 100 accurate.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Friend]

Should we just Photoshop some pictures of you with, like, world leaders?

[Bobby]

Me and Gandhi. It's me and Gandhi.

[Co-host or Friend]

You went to the moon.

[Bobby]

And that wasn't the initial idea of putting that stuff up. I just didn't have anything else to put up. Like, it's like my building. And so now, to me, that's hilarious when people come in and have no idea and they think that's really? What? It is. So Gavin Rossdale, really cool guy. That's mine. What's the headline from this?

[Co-host or Friend]

You want to hear my two options?

[Bobby]

Yeah, go ahead.

[Co-host or Friend]

I have Bobby has awesome experience with celebrity, or Amy has crazy vacation plans.

[Bobby]

How about.

[Amy]

Can you merge the two? Yeah, Amy's crazy vacay plans.

[Bobby]

Oh, you did vacay, too? To save characters. Amy's crazy vacay plans. Slash, bobby meets awesome 90s celebrity. Because I think 90s is a little quirky element that maybe would interest people more than just celebrity. Will that fit? Yeah. Okay, cool. Not, like, tell me something good. Eddie's dad died.

[Lunchbox]

But I never said that.

[Bobby]

I know, but.

[Lunchbox]

All right.

[Bobby]

There you go. That's what it's all about. It's time for the good news with Bobby. Tell me something good. 22 years ago, this Colorado Springs firefighter helped deliver a baby in an emergency situation. 22 years ago? Well, she's graduating college. And he kept up with her and went to the graduation.

[Amy]

That's awesome.

[Bobby]

That's pretty crazy. 2004, got an emergency call. He went in, helped deliver her at the family's home. The mom, after they got out of the hospital, brought the newborn to the fire station to thank him. They stayed connected. Graduation comes, and he's there.

[Amy]

That's cool.

[Lunchbox]

It's amazing.

[Bobby]

That's all. That's wild. Just getting called in to deliver a baby. And you're not a doctor, but you have the skills because you're a firefighter. Yeah. You go to somebody's house, just how wet it is.

[Lunchbox]

The birth.

[Bobby]

Yeah, I saw it. They start pulling out trash bags. You're like, oh, this is a Carrot Top show or something. I was gonna make a Gallagher reference, but nobody was gonna get that. Gallagher.

[Neighbor or Guest]

No, don't do that. Thank you for not doing that.

[Bobby]

Yeah. You ever see the guy with the. The big.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, I know.

[Bobby]

The watermelons. Sledgehammer. The watermelons.

[Neighbor or Guest]

That's not Thor.

[Bobby]

Well, Thor has a hammer, but Gallagher was the comedian that had the sledgehammer, and he hit the watermelon. Entire audience would get soaked by the. No, no. That's why they do that.

[Amy]

Now we know. Now we know.

[Bobby]

Scooby, you know Gallagher.

[Podcast Host (Robert Smigel or similar)]

Oh, my God.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. They even even saw specials on tv.

[Bobby]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Advertised Sunday nights, like, Gallagher. And, like, all he did was just smash watermelons.

[Bobby]

It was before us, but they would show it on, like, Nick at night and stuff.

[Lunchbox]

He had wacky hair. He was, like, bald with, like, the hair along the sides.

[Bobby]

Yeah. To make a guy.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, I remember that guy?

[Neighbor or Guest]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

He wore a suit. Did he wear a suit? Like, wacky 80s, like pink shirts? I do remember that guy.

[Bobby]

Anyway, the firefighter. Great job, man. Alan Kent. Shout out Alan Kent and Gallagher. I'm not even sure if Gallagher's alive, but shout out Alan Kent, who is alive and Gallagher. That is what it's all about. It's time for the good news with Amy. Tell me something good.

[Amy]

Now, this just shows that little acts of kindness add up and can be really powerful. This woman, Juliet Burl in Las Vegas, she's a substitute teacher, a mother of 10, a grandmother of eight. So I imagine she doesn't have a lot of free time, but she has launched a campaign called Cards of Kindness. And what she does is she starts just mailing out cards and notes to friends and family. Well, that grew through social media and requests from people across the country. So then she started personalizing message of support and positivity. And now so many people have joined in, and Cards of Kindness is spreading all over.

[Bobby]

That's when you trademarked that brand, Cards of Kindness. Cards of Kindness.

[Amy]

Cards of Kindness.

[Bobby]

You sell packs of Cards of Kindness.

[Amy]

Not a bad idea.

[Bobby]

But then you donate the money. Of course.

[Lunchbox]

Of course.

[Amy]

Horror. Yeah. To buy more cards.

[Bobby]

So this is just a nice handwriting hand card campaign, right?

[Amy]

Yeah, it's just something that she thought of as a way that she could spread kindness across the country. And it's working. It's. It's actually spreading. And so it's just encouragement of writing someone else a thoughtful little note.

[Bobby]

That's one thing I wish I did more of, is write nice notes or even thank you cards. Really bad at handwriting in general. And I think that's my excuse, because it's not a real excuse.

[Amy]

Yeah, I mean, it doesn't have to be long, though. I think it's.

[Bobby]

It's not. I know it's not. It's not a real excuse.

[Lunchbox]

Can you just write thank you, Bobby? Or does it have to be a

[Bobby]

little more than, I'd rather not get a note? It's like if somebody gives me a card for something, a birthday card, and they just write, thanks, Mike. Oh, I'm like, I didn't even want the card. Like, you could have just said, thanks for all that.

[Amy]

My dad used to just find the perfect card at the store, and then he would underline the keywords and then sign his name.

[Bobby]

That was his love language, though. But you knew that about him.

[Amy]

I know, but he did. He did it to my sister and I were talking about it the other Day we were like, oh, we could be like dad and just get a card and underline it.

[Podcast Host (Robert Smigel or similar)]

What were the words?

[Amy]

He would do it. He would do it to us as the kids, but also his. We'd find him like to his wife and stuff a card on the counter underlined. And he wouldn't even sign his full name. He just signed C. Oh, dang. For Cliff.

[Bobby]

Did he have a hard time being vulnerable?

[Amy]

Yes. Very taught.

[Bobby]

That was taught to him.

[Amy]

Not, I guess, model. I mean, I don't know. He lost his dad when he was only a month old, so he never knew his dad. And his mom died when he was 19 and he was the youngest of a lot of kids, so I think

[Bobby]

he had to be strong.

[Amy]

He just had to finger quote, strong that way.

[Bobby]

Dang.

[Amy]

So like he was only sibling left at the house when he was 18 or 19. And when his mom died, all the other ones were already off. So I think he carried a lot and just like learned to shut off some things so he didn't have to really feel, I guess.

[Bobby]

But did you ever say, dad, write it along or note?

[Amy]

No, of course. It's not something I really even thought about until after he was dead. And then my sister and I were like, huh, that's interesting how he used to do that. But that, you're right, that was his way. I mean, we kind of laugh about it now, but gosh, he probably didn't have another way.

[Bobby]

That's the first thing I thought of when you said that is that's not him avoiding. It's him not knowing how to do it.

[Amy]

And that was his best way to.

[Bobby]

I'm sure he showed you in other ways.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby]

That he loved you.

[Amy]

Yeah, I think I know that he loved me. I think I would have just appreciated more time or love.

[Bobby]

Languages didn't match.

[Amy]

I know it'd be like well paid for your college.

[Bobby]

Massive love language from him. Yeah, providing.

[Amy]

Yeah, no, he provided. Even probably when I didn't. It maybe wasn't the easiest for him. Depending on where we were in the roller coaster of finances, ups and downs.

[Bobby]

Well, I should write. I should write better notes.

[Amy]

What are we doing? Tell me something.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, this was. Tell me something good.

[Neighbor or Guest]

What was this?

[Bobby]

Tell me something good.

[Amy]

Plus therapy, cards of kindness.

[Bobby]

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

[Amy]

This is an I heart podcast.

[Bobby]

Guaranteed human.