TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (TUES): Little Girl Sends Apology Note To Police

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show

Episode: Tell Me Something Good (TUES): Little Girl Sends Apology Note To Police

Date: January 13, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones (with Amy and crew)
Podcast Network: Premiere Networks

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Episode Overview

This episode centers around uplifting, feel-good stories shared by the Bobby Bones Show crew in their recurring "Tell Me Something Good" segments. The featured story is about a young girl who wrote an apology note to the police after accidentally calling 911, sparking a conversation about childhood mishaps, police visits, and personal anecdotes from the hosts and guests. The team also highlights inspiring actions by middle schoolers and charitable organizations supporting veterans. The tone is light-hearted, conversational, and at times comically self-deprecating, making it an engaging listen for fans of positive news.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Middle Schoolers Use 3D Printer to Change a Friend’s Life

[02:50–04:34]

• Story: Students at Edgewood Middle School in Indiana designed and created a prosthetic hand for classmate Owen Lewis using a 3D printer.
• Global Program: The project is part of a broader initiative that provides free prosthetic limbs to children in need. Owen was involved in the design process and is adapting to using the new hand for daily activities.
• Impact: The prosthetic, manipulated via wrist motion, has increased Owen’s confidence and is expected to benefit more community members in the future.
• Notable Moment: The crew marvels at the capabilities of modern school tech, joking about the difference between printing toys and prosthetics.
  • Quote ([03:23] Amy): "That's cooler than a Dallas Cowboys little thing."
  • Quote ([03:25] Amy): "Owen helped shape the design over several weeks and is now testing how the hand works in everyday life. The device moves using wrist motion, allowing him to grip items like water bottles and school supplies. And it's helped them feel more confident."
  • Quote ([03:28] Amy): "That is what it's all about."

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2. Navy Veteran Receives Life-Changing All-Terrain Wheelchair

[04:42–06:00]

• Story: Petty Officer First Class Jerry Padgett, a Tampa Bay Navy veteran who suffered a spinal cord injury, was gifted an all-terrain wheelchair by Freedom Alliance (a veteran support nonprofit).
• Importance: This wheelchair allows Jerry to reconnect with outdoor activities and enjoy time with his family, boosting his sense of independence and inclusion.
• VA Recognition: Jerry expressed gratitude, noting the act reminded him that veterans are not forgotten.
  • Quote ([05:16] Jerry): "...this gift is also special because it's honestly just a reminder that veterans are not forgotten."
  • Quote ([05:45] Amy): "Yeah, I don't need it, but... I've seen them, they're awesome. Yeah. Good story. Good shout out to Freedom Alliance for doing that. That's what it's all about."

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3. FEATURED STORY: Little Girl Sends Apology Note to Police After 911 Call

[13:48–15:19]

• Story: Lily, a young girl from North Haven, Connecticut, mailed a handwritten apology to police after accidentally calling 911, believing she was using a toy phone. The police publicly reassured her, saying, "It's okay. Things happen," and the post received hundreds of supportive comments, many sharing similar childhood accidents.

  • Quote ([13:48] Amy): "After accidentally calling 911 just before Christmas, a young Connecticut girl mailed a handwritten apology note to the police department."
  • Quote ([13:54] Amy): "In her note, Lily apologizes, adding that she thought she was using a toy phone. And she writes that she won't do it again. The post quickly drew hundreds of warm responses..."

• Crew’s Anecdotes: The story prompts a roundtable on their own (or family/friends') childhood emergency call blunders.

  • Quote ([14:36] Ed Helms and Kal Penn): "Yeah, I mean, one time I called 911 and just hung up... And they showed up at my house..."
  • Quote ([15:22] Amy): "It's always crazy when a cop shows up at your house."

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4. Personal Stories: Accidental Police and Emergency Encounters

[15:20–20:22]

• Childhood Cop Visits: Various hosts and guests share stories about police showing up at their homes—sometimes due to prank 911 calls or inadvertent incidents:

  • Band practice noise complaints.
  • Power line emergencies.
  • Fires started by misadventure.

• Amy’s Fire Story ([16:17–18:59]):

  • As a seventh grader, Amy hosted friends at home unsupervised; a stray cigarette caused a roof fire, leading to a full emergency response and neighborhood gossip.
  • The story is comically recounted, with her trying to balance embarrassment over boys being present with the excuse she gave police (playing with matches).
  • Quote ([16:30] Amy): "The only room that suffered... the most damage in the house was my mom's because the fire was above her room."
  • Quote ([18:32] Amy): "I don't know if it's our neighborhood paper or the statement or something. Like there was a list of fires and the cause... was that I was in the attic playing with matches, which maybe that's what I told the police. I don't know."

• Amy’s Address Irony:

  • She never needed to call 911 until moving to a house numbered 911, and then had several emergencies.
  • Quote ([19:16] Hari Kondabolu): "The irony is I never had to call 911 before, ever. Until I lived and my address was 91 1. That's crazy."
  • Quote ([20:04] Hari Kondabolu): "Let's just say I don't live there anymore and I have not called 911."

• Thematic Reflection:

  • Experiences highlight the innocence of childhood mistakes and the kindness or patience of first responders.
  • Playful banter about curse/omens around house numbers and police visits.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On 3D printing and prosthetics:
  • ([03:28] Amy): "Well, they made this kid a hand. That's pretty cool. Yeah. Prosthetic hand. Prosthetic arm. That is what it's all about."
• On veterans and recognition:
  • ([05:16] Jerry through Hari Kondabolu): "It's honestly just a reminder that veterans are not forgotten."
• On childhood 911 calls:
  • ([14:36] Ed Helms and Kal Penn): "Yeah, I mean, one time I called 911 and just hung up... And they showed up at my house..."
• Amy’s house fire confession:
  • ([18:32] Amy): "...maybe it would say like youngest daughter or one of the daughters was in the attic playing with matches and I was like, oh, how embarrassing..."
  • ([19:16] Hari Kondabolu): "The irony is I never had to call 911 before... Until I lived and my address was 91 1. That's crazy."

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Timestamps of Major Segments

• [02:50] – 3D-printed prosthetic hand story
• [04:42] – Navy veteran receives all-terrain wheelchair
• [13:48] – Little girl’s apology note to police for accidental 911 call
• [15:20]–[20:22] – Crew’s personal stories about police visits and emergencies
• [18:01–18:59] – Amy’s house fire and attempting to shift blame

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Tone & Style

The episode is informal, friendly, and full of humorous asides, with the hosts gently ribbing each other and sharing personal stories. Messages of hope, community, and the importance of kindness and understanding are seamlessly woven into the relatable banter. The “Tell Me Something Good” segments serve as affirmations of positivity and resilience in everyday life.

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Summary for New Listeners

If you didn’t catch the episode, you missed a collection of heartwarming news stories and hilarious confessions from the Bobby Bones Show crew—centered on little acts of kindness, community resourcefulness, and the often comical reality of being a human who sometimes just makes mistakes. The standout moment is a young girl's heartfelt 911 apology, which launched a cascade of childhood mishaps from the hosts that will both warm your heart and make you laugh.

Transcript

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[Joel and Matt]

Come on.

[Amy]

It's time for the good news with Bobby. Tell me something good. A group of middle school kids in Indiana, they had a 3D printer. Do your kids have 3D printers in their schools?

[Mike]

Yes.

[Amy]

That's crazy. I never even seen one of these. Do they use them?

[Mike]

Yeah, like, he comes home with, like. Comes home with like, some, like, Dallas Cowboys thing that he made. He's like, did that on the 3D printer.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Oh, that's cool, huh?

[Amy]

Well, they did this here and they changed a classmate's life. Students at Edgewood Middle School designed, on a 3D printer, a prosthetic hand for one of the kids.

[Joel and Matt]

Whoa.

[Amy]

They ever do that yours?

[Mike]

No. That's cooler than a Dallas Cowboys little thing.

[Amy]

Owen Lewis is the kid. The effort is part of a global program that provides free prosthetic arms and hands to children who need them. Owen helped shape the design over several weeks and is now testing how the hand works in everyday life. The device moves using wrist motion, allowing him to grip items like water bottles and school supplies. And it's helped them feel more confident. Teachers say the program will be used more in the community.

[Joel and Matt]

Dang.

[Amy]

Fox59 with that story. They can just do that at school.

[Mike]

That's really cool.

[Amy]

What's the biggest thing they can 3D print? I guess you could 3D print a house.

[Mike]

Honestly, I don't understand how it works.

[Amy]

I don't even understand how it works either. Like bricks. Like 3D print bricks and build a house.

[Mike]

Yeah. So when they 3D print, it's just like the. What it's going to look like. They don't actually 3D print the brick, do they?

[Amy]

You're asking the wrong person. I've never even seen one of these, Mike. Yeah, you basically have like, a 3D model that you load into the printer and then it just prints it out. It builds it out. What's the paper? A lot of times I think it's like a little, like, plastic.

[Mike]

Yeah. My son's is like plastic, waxy thing.

[Amy]

And do they do that in a class, your son?

[Mike]

Yeah, it's like its own, like, Workshop 3D Printing.

[Amy]

Well, they made this kit, a hand. That's pretty cool. Yeah. Prosthetic hand. Prosthetic arm. That is what it's all about.

[Joel and Matt]

That was.

[Amy]

Tell me something good. It's time for the good news with Amy. Tell me something good.

[Hari Kondabolu]

A Tampa Bay Navy veteran who was seriously injured while serving in Afghanistan has received a life changing upgrade. He is Petty Officer First Class Jerry Padgett. And he suffered a spinal cord injury, other impairments when an explosive device went off. And he just got a brand new all terrain wheelchair from Freedom Alliance. And this is really cool because now he can get outside and enjoy activities with his family and his son and stay active in ways that he couldn't before. And this part really got me. He said that this gift is also special because it's honestly just a reminder that veterans are not forgotten.

[Amy]

Yeah, that hits different.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Yeah.

[Amy]

What's Freedom Alliance?

[Hari Kondabolu]

It's an organization that works to help veterans out.

[Amy]

Are you. Do you know that or just making that up?

[Hari Kondabolu]

Yeah, no, When I read about it. No, it's a. Like a. A nonprofit that supports veterans in various ways. Like they gather to help them in a lot of ways. In his case, it was the all train wheelchair.

[Amy]

Contextually, I agree. It's probably an organization. I don't know if you knew that or you were just.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Yeah, no, I saw it in the article.

[Amy]

Ah, good for that. Good for them. Man, it'd be cool to have one.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Of those just what an all. An all terrain.

[Mike]

The wheelchair.

[Amy]

Yeah. I don't need it, but it'd be. I've seen them. They're awesome. Yeah. Good story. Good shout out to Freedom alliance for doing that. That's what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good.

[Mike]

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[Amy]

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[Mike]

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[Amy]

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[Mike]

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[Amy]

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[Mike]

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[Amy]

Yes, I do know about it. Us youngsters, we know all about it. It's a hockey show. It's a Canadian show, but it's about two dudes who are in love with each other and they play for different teams.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Yeah. And I haven't watched it either, but.

[Amy]

I've seen a lot of people, same team. You know what I'm saying?

[Hari Kondabolu]

Oh, my.

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[Hari Kondabolu]

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[Mike]

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[Hari Kondabolu]

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[Amy]

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[Mike]

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[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

At first, I thought it was. When she called it, I was like, whoa.

[Amy]

Why don't you want to watch that?

[Hari Kondabolu]

I don't. That's not my thing. I don't want to watch that. I don't want to watch two guys doing it or two girls. Or two girls if they want to do that. That's okay. I don't want to watch it.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

Oh, my goodness.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

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[Mike]

Fair point. She doesn't want to watch it.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Okay, y'.

[Mike]

All.

[Amy]

Do you know I'm not a fan of hockey.

[Hari Kondabolu]

That's what you're calling it?

[Mike]

I don't know the rules.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

I don't really understand.

[Amy]

Where I come from, we didn't have that.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah, we didn't have hockey, so I'm not really gonna watch anything about hockey. Yeah, No, I haven't watched it, though. I haven't.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Who has? Come on, Morgan. It is on my list to watch.

[Amy]

It's a massive show. I've seen a few scenes. My wife was walking it, watching it, and I walked in. I was like, what are you watching?

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

I've seen a few scenes. Come on.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Is that how you're supposed to put it these days?

[Amy]

They say the noises are very graphic.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Oh, gosh.

[Amy]

And report back. I don't care. It's a massive show. They were even presenting at the Golden Globes. Yeah, they were main dudes. And they were talking. I was watching a clip where they were talking about how there are closeted American of the three sports that reach out to them, saying, hey, we're also closeted athletes. Like, appreciate you guys kind of shining a light on that.

[Michelle Williams]

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[Amy]

But, no, I haven't watched it. I'm not just not a hockey guy, Amy.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

What's your reason?

[Hari Kondabolu]

I'll give you my reason. I mean, flyer thing.

[Mike]

She says.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Y' all are acting like it's. I don't feel like that's weird.

[Amy]

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[Hari Kondabolu]

It's not.

[Amy]

It is my thing. It's just a hockey, you know?

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah. You'd love to, but.

[Amy]

I would love to. I just don't get it. I just don't get the hockey icing.

[Mike]

I don't get that.

[Amy]

I thought I'd go on a cupcake. I didn't know that was. Yeah, no, I don't. Anybody in the glass room watch Heated Rivalry? Is it all the episodes? No, no, it is a Canadian show. I said that earlier, but they're paying that network that makes it, I think, 600,000 bucks an episode.

[Mike]

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[Amy]

I don't know if that's crazy or not. I just saw I don't know either.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

Stories, it sounds like to me.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Amy]

All right, well, thank. Thank you for the voicemail. It's not Amy's thing, so.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Nope.

[Amy]

All right, there we go.

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[Amy]

And I'm Hari Kondabolu.

[Mike]

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[Amy]

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[Amy]

Oh, it's time for the good news with Bobby. Tell me something good. After accidentally calling 911 just before Christmas, a young Connecticut girl mailed a handwritten apology note to the police department. Can you imagine all the letters they'd have? They got lunchboxes, apologies written.

[Mike]

I'm sorry.

[Amy]

I shouldn't have called.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

I don't accidentally call. I call for very important reasons.

[Amy]

The North Haven Police Department shared the note from Lily on social media, responding with, we got your letter. It's okay. Things happen. In her note, Lily apologizes, adding that she thought she was using a toy phone. And she writes that she won't do it again. The post quickly drew hundreds of warm responses from people sharing similar childhood mix ups. WFSB with the story. Did you ever call 911 as a kid? Anybody?

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

Yeah, I mean, one time I called 911 and just hung up.

[Amy]

Well, you've done as an adult.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

No, no, but as a kid, yeah. And they showed up at my house, and they knocked on the door, and my dad answered, and he's like, hello? They're like, someone called 911? He's like, not that I know of. And he goes, anybody else here? And he goes, yeah, my kids. Can you have them come to the door so we can make sure they're okay?

[Amy]

Oh, damn.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

And we all three check, and we all three came to the door, and he's like, all right, thank you so much. I was like, dad, it was me. I called and hung up.

[Amy]

You told your dad afterwards?

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

Yeah, but not when the cop was standing there. Absolutely not.

[Mike]

What did he say?

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

He's like, don't do that. Like, don't be stupid. As we said, that was it. And that was it. But the cops did come, and they made us come to the door to see that we were okay. And that was it.

[Amy]

Was that exciting to you?

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

That's pretty cool. Pretty freaking cool.

[Amy]

It's always crazy when a cop shows up at your house. Yeah, because it's not even about 911. Like, once we didn't know a power line had gone down, and near the front yard, near the street, and cop shows up, light on. You're like, what is happening? It's weird when a cop shows up to your property and. You ever had a cop come to your house?

[Mike]

Yeah, we had a garage band. Like, when we lived in Texas, me and my band, we'd play in the garage, and the cops.

[Amy]

Oh, somebody called.

[Mike]

They knocked on the garage door, and we're like. We can hear behind the drums, like, oh, hold on, hold on.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Stop the.

[Mike]

Stop the plane, guys. And once again, we roll it up, and it's two Cops. And they're like, guys, I just want to let you know. It sounds great, but one of your neighbors doesn't like it, so you need to cut it off.

[Amy]

Oh, wow.

[Mike]

And we found out which neighbor it was.

[Amy]

And then what'd you do?

[Joel and Matt]

Nothing.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

We just knew.

[Mike]

We always knew which one it was.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

You didn't egg them or toilet paper? Nothing.

[Amy]

Well, they didn't know who did that.

[Mike]

Yeah, they would have known. Exactly.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Cops ever come to your house as a kid or.

[Amy]

Yeah, either one. Kid or adult?

[Hari Kondabolu]

Yes and yes. Yeah, the kid one was when my house caught on fire when I was in seventh grade, and I had boys over and I wasn't supposed to and.

[Amy]

Boys over in seventh grade, Amy.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Seventh or eighth?

[Amy]

No, don't go up now. Don't start climbing.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

Is that weird?

[Hari Kondabolu]

Not boys like that. Like, just friends that were like. I had friends over, and the boys that came over, they were bad boys. They smoked. And one of them flicked a cigarette onto our roof. And it was a hot Texas summer day, and we had a wood roof and that shingle caught fire. And my mom was out of town. My sister was supposed to be watching me. And the only room that suffered, like, the most damage in the house was my mom's because when the fire truck came, all. Because the fire was above her room. And complete water damage, like, had to. I mean, it was terrible.

[Amy]

Because the fire truck sprang water.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Yeah, because all the water, it was full on fire.

[Mike]

Like, you can see the flames.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Oh, yeah. Full on fire.

[Joel and Matt]

Wow.

[Hari Kondabolu]

No, no, no. It was bad. And guess what? We were about to leave the house. I didn't even know my house was on fire. And it was when we were taking my mom's car.

[Amy]

You shouldn't. That.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

You shouldn't have been in seventh grade taking the car.

[Hari Kondabolu]

It was the middle of the day.

[Amy]

Bad boy.

[Hari Kondabolu]

And we were backing out, and they were like, what's that smoke? What's that smoke? And I was like, that's weird. And then we're like, oh, my gosh, the house is on fire. So we pulled the car back. Actually. Actually, I think we were like, let's leave the car out. Let's leave the car out. Like, we were just like, house on fire. We need to move the car. And then we had to call 91 1.

[Amy]

Was that a hard call to make because you knew you had done something wrong and you still had to call?

[Hari Kondabolu]

I don't think in that moment I cared. I just was like, oh, shoot. Like, we need to fix this. It was after the fact. And then There was a write up in the paper and I think I got like, karma because it said that my. I don't know if it's our neighborhood paper or the statement or something. Like there was a list of fires and the. The cause of fire was that I was in the attic playing with matches, which maybe that's what I told the police. I don't know.

[Amy]

You wanna tell them bad boys over.

[Hari Kondabolu]

There smoking right where I was.

[Joel and Matt]

Like, she was.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

They named you by name.

[Hari Kondabolu]

I don't remember all those details, but like, maybe it would say like youngest daughter or one of the daughters was in the attic playing with matches and I was like, oh, how embarrassing. Cause, yeah, I'm not like a little child and people think that I was playing in matches in my attic and caught the house on fire. Which at the time probably would have been better than having boys over when my mom was out of town and I wasn't supposed to have them.

[Amy]

What was the adult thing where the cops came over you're referencing?

[Hari Kondabolu]

I mean, I just. I had to call 911 a lot, you know, which is funny because I moved from there. So it's fine. We can talk about it now. The irony is I never had to call 911 before, ever. Until I lived and my address was 91 1. That's crazy.

[Mike]

That's ironic.

[Hari Kondabolu]

And I probably called 91 like five.

[Amy]

Times and they thought you were just calling.

[Hari Kondabolu]

And every time people would show up, I was like, please don't be a listener.

[Mike]

You should call that.

[Amy]

What do you mean? Like the cop?

[Hari Kondabolu]

Yes.

[Dr. Jesse Mills]

Yeah.

[Ed Helms and Kal Penn]

Oh, that's interesting. That's a good point.

[Michelle Williams]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Why? Because you didn't want them to?

[Hari Kondabolu]

Yeah, I just didn't. Yeah. Well, not that they would, but I was like. It was a whole thing. It was a process. It was a thing. But that. That's what I thought was the most ironic part is other than when I had to call in seventh grade, my house on fire. I'm not. I don't call 91 1. And then when I live at 911 is when I had to call 91 1.

[Mike]

I wonder if the people living there currently have to call 911 all the time now.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Yeah, it's like a curse.

[Amy]

Oh, you guys are really stretching for signs.

[Hari Kondabolu]

Let's just say I don't live there anymore and I have not called 911.

[Mike]

Wow. Since this could be a movie.

[Hari Kondabolu]

It's called 91 1.

[Mike]

I don't think 911 and 911.

[Amy]

I've seen a lot of movies and Bad ones. I don't even think it's that. Yeah, okay. There you go. That's what it's about.

[Joel and Matt]

That was.

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[Amy]

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[Amy]

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[Mike]

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[Hari Kondabolu]

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