TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (THURS): Ticket Taker Surprised With Super Bowl Trip + Amy Predicts The Super Bowl

Summary

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Episode: TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (THURS): Ticket Taker Surprised With Super Bowl Trip + Amy Predicts The Super Bowl
Date: January 8, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones (B)
Featured Cast: Amy (A), Lunchbox (C)

Overview

This episode focuses on uplifting "Tell Me Something Good" stories, featuring a longtime ticket taker surprised with a Super Bowl trip, a heroic rescue by a homeless man, and an amusing segment about a dog eating a $20 bill. The cast also delves into playful (and psychic!) Super Bowl predictions, all delivered in the signature lighthearted and jokey style of the show.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Ticket Taker Gifted Super Bowl Trip (00:05–01:07)

• Bobby shares an inspiring story about Jack Hofstadter, a Buffalo Bills ticket taker, who has worked at games for 50 years, starting at age 16 and now 66.
• To honor his dedication, Jack is being sent to the Super Bowl.
  • Bobby remarks on Buffalo's cold weather and Jack's commitment.
• Panel jokes about how special it would be for Jack if the Buffalo Bills make it to the Super Bowl (00:33).

Notable Quote:

“For 50 years he’s taken tickets and it’s cold in Buffalo.”
— Bobby (00:41)

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2. Amy’s Psychic Super Bowl Prediction (01:07–04:54)

• Bobby asks Amy to psychically predict which teams will play in and win the Super Bowl—despite her not knowing who’s in the playoffs.
• With help from "psychic music" and whimsical vibes, Amy visualizes a “cat and a horse.”
  • Cat: Possible teams—Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers.
  • Horse: Denver Broncos.
  • Panel jokes about which teams these could represent and discusses other team mascots like Rams and 49ers.
• Amy doubles down:
  • Sees the Broncos (horse) beating the Panthers (cat).
  • The cast humorously notes this would be a rematch of Super Bowl 50 (2016), which the Broncos won over the Panthers.

Memorable Quotes:

“I’m picturing a cat and a horse.”
— Amy (02:11)

“The Broncos to win the Super Bowl, according to Amy Psychic prediction.”
— Bobby (04:26)

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3. Heroic Rescue by Homeless Man (05:18–07:39)

• Producer Eddie tells an extraordinary story: On New Year’s night, a woman’s minivan—carrying her and her 8-month-old—plunged into a bayou after hitting a curb.
• A homeless man living nearby saw the incident, grabbed his kayak, and successfully rescued both.
• Cast praises the man’s bravery and debate that someone should gift him a home.

Notable Quote:

“That guy should have a home.”
— Bobby (05:57)

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4. Dog Eats $20 Bill: Can the Bank Replace It? (07:41–13:20)

• Amy shares a lighthearted story about her dog pulling a $20 bill from her friend’s purse and eating it.
• She recounts the process: You can take a bill to the bank for replacement if more than 50% remains.
• Lunchbox and Bobby humorously brainstorm a “get rich quick” scheme about splitting bills and cashing them at separate banks, which Amy quickly corrects.
• The group shares jokes about the dog’s love of money and makes playful comments about money and relationships.

Notable Quotes:

“If you show up to the bank with at least 50% of the bill, they’ll replace it for you.”
— Amy (07:53)

“The dog’s like you, like… but I don’t think you’re searching for money.”
— Bobby (11:19)

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Memorable Moments & Timestamps

• [00:05] – Bobby’s “Tell me something good” opener for Jack Hofstadter’s Super Bowl surprise.
• [01:13] – Amy, with no clue about playoffs, kicks off her psychic SB prediction.
• [02:11] – “I’m picturing a cat and a horse.” – the psychic fantasy begins.
• [04:26] – Official on-air pronouncement: Amy picks the Broncos to win the Super Bowl.
• [05:18] – Incredible bayou rescue story unfolds.
• [07:41] – Amy describes turning in dog-mangled $20 at the bank.
• [12:27] – Bobby and Lunchbox hatch (and hilariously deflate) a money-doubling plan.

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Tone and Language

The tone is playful, conversational, and filled with good-natured ribbing among the cast. Bobby keeps things moving and brings warmth and humor to the inspirational and quirky tales. Amy’s innocence about sports and candid storytelling spur on the show’s natural humor, while Lunchbox adds punchlines and mischief.

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Recap

If you’re looking for feel-good news, oddball anecdotes, and endearing moments of cast banter, this episode delivers. You’ll meet a Super Bowl-bound ticket taker, a kayak-wielding hero, learn a quirky bank tip, and enjoy Amy’s “psychic” NFL picks—all with laughs and heart.

Transcript

[A]

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

[B]

It's time for the good news with Bobby. Tell me something good. A longtime ticket taker in Buffalo was surprised with a trip to the super bowl because he'd been doing it for five decades and they wanted to reward him. So he'd been ticket taken at games since the age of 16. He's now 66 years old.

[C]

That's amazing.

[B]

And they're sending him to the Super Bowl. Honest. I mean, obviously super honored by it. It'd be cool if Buffalo.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And they still possibly could go. They're playing Jacksonville this weekend. But that's super cool that you're going to the Super Bowl. WIVB with that story. But for 50 years he's taken tickets and it's cold in Buffalo.

[C]

Oh, yeah. They're outdoors freezing his butt off up there.

[B]

Congratulations to army veteran Jack hofstadter, who after 50 years is going, that's really cool. It kind of suck if you're. It's fun to go Super Bowl. I'm sure they're going to get them a flight and everything, too. But let's say Buffalo makes it to, like, just the AFC Championship Game and they don't make it to the Super Bowl. What would be the coolest is if you go and watch your own team. That would be super cool. Amy, who's going to win the Super Bowl?

[A]

I haven't thought about it.

[B]

Well, take a think because you don't even know who's in the playoffs. Take a think.

[A]

Not a clue.

[B]

Who do you think is going to win?

[A]

I guess Buffalo.

[B]

What? What? You can't pick them. What two teams do you think will play in the Super Bowl? Go psychic for us here. Can you give us some psychic music, please? Let's give Amy a second here. Now, she doesn't know who's in the playoffs, much less who the favorites are in the playoffs. So if she's still able to pick them, I'll probably. I'll probably run with them. Do a little draftkings.

[A]

Oh, really?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Do a little draftkings on it.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

What are you seeing here?

[A]

Where's my music?

[B]

Is that what's keeping you?

[A]

Thank you.

[C]

Gosh, she needs her music.

[A]

Yes. Thank you. Meow.

[B]

Oh, seeing a cat.

[C]

Interesting.

[A]

Is there a cat?

[B]

I'm not answering questions. You just tell us what comes to mind. What two things come to mind? A cat, two teams. Okay.

[A]

I feel like the Kansas City Chiefs have been in the super bowl the last. Like, they're probably not. They're kind of gone a little Downhill, huh?

[B]

Well, we don't want to give you. We don't lead you anywhere.

[C]

Just.

[A]

But maybe not.

[B]

Have the spirits come to you?

[A]

I'm picturing a cat and a horse.

[B]

Okay, so let's look at it here. A cat and a horse. The cats still in the running are the Jacksonville Jaguars.

[C]

That's a cat.

[B]

The Carolina Panthers.

[C]

Huh.

[A]

Interesting.

[B]

That's it. Okay. But there aren't really no horses.

[A]

There's no horses.

[B]

The Broncos. Oh, you're right. I've missed the one seed.

[A]

That's what I'm picturing.

[B]

Both of those are on the same side, so unless. Unless it's Denver. Is the horse in the afc, which you're predicting. And the cat would be Carolina.

[C]

Carolina. Nfc.

[B]

I would challenge her psychic.

[C]

North.

[B]

Yeah. What about a ram? Are you seeing a ram? Maybe a ram. You were thinking horse.

[A]

I didn't see a ram.

[B]

So Seahawks, A bird ram.

[A]

I pretty much had that. That.

[B]

That a bear is not a cat.

[A]

Denver Airport.

[B]

A. You were seeing the statue of the Denver airport.

[C]

Oh, really?

[B]

Were you really? Or are you lying?

[A]

No, I'm not lying.

[C]

That's crazy.

[B]

Okay. The Packer is not a cat. The 49er.

[C]

Yeah. What about, like, a guy who's searching for gold? Do you see that?

[B]

Okay, so it's. She's picking the 49ers. She's picking the Panthers and the Broncos. I mean, in the Super Bowl.

[A]

Bobby, that'd be so crazy. If your team makes it to the Super Bowl. First year a super fan.

[C]

Be lucky.

[A]

That'd be crazy.

[B]

I'm super fan of the Panthers.

[C]

You are.

[B]

Keep pounding, baby, is what I say.

[C]

I.

[B]

Okay. Anyway, big shout out to this guy.

[C]

So.

[A]

But you're saying that. So that's possible.

[B]

It is possible. Yeah. The Rams are playing in Carolina. Carolina's the four seed. The Rams are the five seed, but Carolina had a pretty rough year to actually be the four seed.

[C]

And. Amy, can we go one more like, who's going to win out of those two?

[B]

Well, we let her. With too much information.

[C]

Yeah, we gave her what she's.

[A]

I think I know what this information means.

[B]

Who wins?

[A]

The horse or the cat's acting like. Well, I don't even. I don't even know. There's two different categories in the NFL.

[C]

The horse or the cat.

[B]

Who wins? The horse or the cat.

[A]

Music?

[B]

Oh, sorry. Sorry, sorry.

[C]

Come on.

[B]

Music, please.

[A]

I'm sorry, Bobby. It's the horse.

[B]

No, it's okay.

[A]

No, I mean, I am.

[B]

So you're picking the Broncos. Maybe that's the one pick. Here we go with.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, it's pretty good.

[B]

The Broncos to win the super bowl, according to Amy Psychic prediction.

[A]

When's the last time they won, Abby?

[B]

Superfan.

[C]

Yeah, Abby, tell us.

[A]

They just won against the Chargers. No, no, when's the last time they won the Super Bowl? Oh, the Super bowl.

[C]

Sor.

[A]

That was 2015.

[B]

The Broncos last Super bowl was Super Bowl 50. It was the 2015 season, but it was 2016 when they won, so I'll accept that as your answer.

[A]

Okay, enough questions. Thank you. All right, not bad.

[B]

And the Broncos, here you go. In 2016, do you know who the Broncos beat? The Carolina Panthers. Shut up.

[A]

Wow. Could this be a repeat?

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Okay. Anyway, big shout out to our buddy Jack Hofstadter, who's going to the Super Bowl. That is what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good. It's time for the good News with producer Eddie. Tell me something Good.

[C]

This is crazy. 9:40pm, New Year's Day, there's a woman driving in her minivan and she's crossing a bridge over a bayou. She's got her baby in the back. Eight month old baby. She hits a curb, loses control, falls off the bridge into the bayou.

[B]

The hole.

[C]

The whole minivan is going underwater. Well, there's a homeless man who lives in the woods right by the bridge. No way he sees it all go down. He's got a kayak. He gets in the kayak, goes to the car, jumps in the water and saves the two people.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Like, they went to the hospital. By the time they made it back to the shore, the paramedics, everybody was there. They made it to the hospital. They said there were no life threatening injuries and they're gonna be okay.

[B]

That guy should have a home.

[C]

Yes. Buy him a home.

[B]

I don't know who's buying it, but that guy should have a home.

[C]

Like he's just living under the bridge in the woods, sees it all go down and jumps into action.

[B]

He happened to have a kayak and happened to have the ability, the physical ability to go in, swim and pull out. The mom and the baby both lived.

[C]

Mom and the baby, no problems.

[B]

You guys ever hit a curb and crashed into anything?

[C]

Amy. I mean, Amy. Go ahead.

[A]

Just a curb.

[B]

Oh, just a curve.

[C]

Have you guys hit. Have you hit a curb ever?

[B]

I think I've driven on the side, like, scratched up my wheel before.

[C]

No, but like, when you're going full speed.

[B]

Oh, no. Do you ever see those TikTok videos where they take the cars and they go over different speeds, over all the speed bumps at once to test out their shocks. And some of the cars just explode.

[C]

Oh, just blow up.

[B]

Because it's like. And they're like the frame just boom comes. The car doesn't literally explode, but the frame blows up. Also.

[C]

I tell my wife, because she blows through the speed bumps. Boom. And I'm like, you're brewing in the car every time you do that.

[B]

Do you ever see the Tiktoks where they drive the 18 wheeler into the car that's up against the wall to see if the car will stand?

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

So it's like 18 wheeler, 50 miles an hour, Honda Civic, and it just, boom, caves it all the way in. Oh, 18 wheeler, 50 miles an hour, Yukon. And it goes in like 75. It tells you the death percentage. I don't know. My algorithm gets.

[C]

No, I've seen that one. But it's an animation, right? It's not like they're not.

[B]

No, no. Real ones. Oh, I thought real. Nobody's in them. Oh, they're not putting people in them.

[C]

So who's driving the cars? Just like they put a brick in the pedal.

[B]

That's a good question. Nobody is. There's nobody driving the car. That's a good question. Yeah. The guy saved a life. That is a great story. That is what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good.

[C]

The Bobby Bone Show.

[B]

So here's some more good news. Amy had a friend that your dog ate their money.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

So just like she straight up went into her purse, grabbed out a $20bill and started eating it. And I look over because I hear her kind of munching on something, and she's just on the ground going at a $20 bill. But I know that if you show up to the bank with at least 50% of the bill, they'll replace it for you.

[B]

Is that what they said when you showed up? Did you go, did you take the money in or.

[A]

Yeah, I already got it. I already got a crisp $20 bill to replace it.

[B]

Wait, so what's that conversation?

[A]

Well, you go to the.

[B]

No, no. With your friend.

[A]

Oh, it's like, oh my gosh, where's your purse? Because I think my dog got into it because it was like the purse was on a bench, then the wallet was on the floor, and then she was over with the $20 bill. So it was like she pulled the wallet out, pulled the 20. Like, I think she just has a thing for money. She likes the way it sells. This isn't My first go round with her eating money and the fact that she went into my friend's purse, though, that's. This is the first time me experiencing that. But I've gone through this with. With her before and money. So that's how I knew the bank would replace it for my friend.

[B]

So you just say, I owe you 20.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And you take that.

[A]

Yeah. I was like, I owe you.

[B]

Or do you give her 20 right then and just go get it for yourself?

[A]

I had a 20 up in my room. So I was like, hey, here's a 20. Don't worry about it. And she was like, no, it's not the big deal. I was like, yes, it is. Here, take the 20 and then I'll replace this one. It'll be fine. Because I knew if I went to a store and TR. To use that 20, they would be like, no, this is no good. But if you go to the bank, they will accept it as long as 50% of the bill is still there. You don't even have to have the other half. But you. They like proof that it's either been damaged by, like, fire or animal or whatever this is.

[C]

This is crazy. So you're telling me.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

That we can take a $100 bill, tear it in half. You, Bobby, take it to the bank, you're happy.

[B]

And hear what she said.

[A]

Now you're. Now you're.

[B]

It has to be over 50%, so the other half's not going to be 50.

[C]

Oh, she said up to 50.

[B]

No, not up to that.

[C]

What you say, Amy, you said 50%.

[A]

It says as long as you have more than 50% of the bill intact.

[B]

Everybody would be turning. I had the same idea.

[A]

And then you've got to prove that the missing portion was destroyed by fire, chemicals, or animals.

[C]

I could just burn the edges a little bit lighter.

[B]

Dang.

[C]

You know?

[B]

Yes, but you're taking in to get what you're hurting. We were about to make 100 bucks.

[A]

Yeah, they just. They consider the bill unfit for circulation.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

So then they destroy it and they.

[B]

Give you a new guy when you went in with it. Anything?

[A]

They just said, well, what happened? And I said, they asked you that. Well, I can't. Yes, of course they asked what happened.

[B]

It's none of your business. They do.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Here's more than 50%. Give me my 20, Nunya.

[A]

Yeah, but it says.

[B]

But the bank has been missing you. What happened?

[C]

Tell us what happened to that bill.

[A]

It wasn't like an interrogation. They were just like, oh, yeah, what happened? And. Or Maybe curious for themselves that my dog ate it.

[B]

That's probably what you do.

[A]

I think it's just. Yeah, curiosity.

[C]

It's interesting.

[A]

I'm pretty sure they have to ask.

[C]

No, they don't. I'm with you, dude. Like, none of your business what happened. Just give me my bill back.

[B]

Yeah, the law says this is over 50%.

[A]

It is the law. Google it.

[B]

And you got it back. Yeah, I got it in the story. Just for our listeners.

[A]

I got a crisp $20 bill. We are good to go. So was it new?

[B]

Was it fresh mint?

[A]

It looked like it. I took a picture of it. I put on my Instagram. It looked like, perfect. And car, I don't know what the deal is, but there is something on money that just makes her go. She finds it.

[B]

What are you going to say?

[C]

She's like everyone else, you know, like her mom.

[B]

That's. That's what I thought you were going to say. Come on, Eddie.

[C]

What do you think you're going to say? That.

[B]

That was the easy joke. I thought that's what you were going to say.

[A]

I don't get it.

[B]

The dog's like, you, like, but I don't think you're, like, searching for money. But that was. They're low hanging.

[A]

Yeah, like, I make money.

[B]

You like those dollar bills.

[C]

What does that mean?

[B]

But you really. I mean, you don't. But that's not the main motivation for you.

[A]

Their joke, like, is so not true that it doesn't even make sense.

[C]

That's why I didn't say it.

[B]

Correct.

[C]

That wasn't my joke.

[B]

So you say all women like money.

[C]

That's good.

[B]

But you like money, so it's not just a win. But I, I. Women will marry anything that has money. But would you marry an old lady if she had a billion dollars? Oh, gosh, I don't know. That's my point. You would, too.

[C]

You're feeling.

[A]

He's contemplating that.

[C]

Think about it.

[A]

You would totally would.

[B]

Probably.

[C]

I think you would.

[A]

Is Lunchbox saying that I'm only with my boyfriend because of money?

[B]

Well, I never said he was rich. You just said it. No, no, no, no, no. He wasn't the joke. No, it didn't go that far. Just the easy joke was, she's just like her mom. But that's not true about you. So, no, he's not saying it because of you. It was just an easy joke. And not only that, he's not saying that about you and your boyfriend.

[C]

Got it.

[B]

You have made your own money.

[A]

Thank you.

[C]

Yeah. Yes.

[A]

I have.

[B]

And you can take a dollar bill in at 51% or more. What you should do is try to do 51% and then go in with the one that's 49 and a half percent or whatever and be like, see, if they just think it's 50%, then we're making money.

[A]

Yeah, because I never even thought what these guys were thinking of ripping it.

[B]

In half and going to two separate banks. They lit up because they thought, oh, my God, no one's ever figured this out.

[C]

We're gonna make money.

[B]

You guys thought you figured out something that America has. Yes, 100%. I thought we had the perfect scheme. Eddie goes to one bank, I go to another. We're both getting 100 bucks.

[C]

But you know why that rule exists? Because somebody did it.

[B]

Well, probably. No, not nobody did it. It. That just makes sense.

[C]

You don't think somebody said, like, oh, this half. My dog is the other half.

[B]

Measure it. I think just when they made that rule in general about money not being complete, it was, well, we can't take Money that's below 50% of people. Like when they probably said, you guys, Eddie and Lunchbox.

[A]

Yes, Right, right, right. It's just common sense.

[B]

Yes. Okay. Thank you for that tip, Amy.

[C]

You're welcome.

[A]

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