TUES PT 3: How We're Going To Scam A Scammer + Bobby’s Halftime Show Review + Jayson Arendt Stops By The Studio

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – Episode Summary

Title: TUES PT 3: How We're Going To Scam A Scammer + Bobby’s Halftime Show Review + Jayson Arendt Stops By The Studio
Host: Bobby Bones
Release Date: February 11, 2025

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1. Attempting to Outsmart a Scammer

Timestamp: [00:00] – [04:03]

The episode kicks off with Bobby Bones addressing a recent scam attempt targeting Amy. A fraudster posing as Caitlin Lowry’s manager contacted the team via Zoom, raising suspicions about the legitimacy of the invitation. Bobby introduces the plan to turn the tables on the scammer by engaging through their secure system.

• Bobby Bones: “We are going to do this first half of the post show up until the point where Amy gets an opportunity to talk to the scammer.” ([04:02])

The team deliberates on safely accessing the Zoom link without compromising their systems, ultimately deciding to use the meeting ID and passcode instead of clicking the direct link.

• Bobby Bones: “If you don't click the link, just use the ID and the passcode to get into it.” ([03:37])

2. Bobby’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Review

Timestamp: [04:03] – [12:24]

Bobby delves into his thoughts on the recent Super Bowl halftime show featuring Kendrick Lamar. He critiques the performance for not aligning with the typical “corny” expectations of Super Bowl audiences, suggesting that Lamar’s avant-garde style may not resonate with the vast and diverse viewer base.

• Bobby Bones: “I think Kendrick Lamar was a little too cool for the Super Bowl because that needs to be corny.” ([06:00])

He highlights the artistic elements, such as the absence of AI and the live performances, appreciating Lamar’s boldness in debuting a new song during the show despite anticipating mixed reactions.

• Bobby Bones: “He debuted a new song... He didn't give a crap if people liked it.” ([07:16])

Bobby also touches on the racial undertones, noting that the lack of white performers might have contributed to some of the negative feedback from certain audience segments.

• Bobby Bones: “There were a lot of white people out there. It makes me uncomfortable.” ([07:46])

Despite his criticisms, Bobby acknowledges the visual brilliance of the performance and commends Lamar’s commitment to his artistic vision.

3. Interview with Jason Arndt – Merging Music and Baseball

Timestamp: [12:24] – [33:12]

The show welcomes guest Jason Arndt, a multifaceted entertainer balancing a career in both music and baseball with the Texas Tailgaters, a team inspired by the Savannah Bananas’ entertaining approach to baseball.

Background and Role: Jason explains his dual role as an outfielder and the lead singer for the team’s band, emphasizing the innovative blend of sports and live performances.

• Jason Arndt: “I will be playing outfield and then lead singer for the team band.” ([17:14])

Team Dynamics and Entertainment: He discusses how the team integrates music into games, with performances occurring before, during, and after matches, creating a unique fan experience.

• Jason Arndt: “We'll figure it out as we go... Maybe little things like singing when I hit.” ([17:28])

Career Transition: Jason shares his journey from college baseball at UNC Wilmington to merging his passion for music with his athletic career, highlighting the support from the organization and his eagerness to create memorable experiences for fans.

• Jason Arndt: “Nobody wants to hang it up... How do I create those moments for every fan.” ([22:08])

Future Plans: Looking ahead, Jason outlines his plans to move full-time to Nashville post-season, aiming to further develop his musical career while maintaining his athletic commitments.

• Jason Arndt: “I'm looking to move full time once the season ends... and create fan bases the way they have.” ([31:12])

4. Technical Difficulties and Outcome of the Scam Attempt

Timestamp: [33:12] – [40:08]

As the show progresses, technical issues arise, leading to disruptions that suggest a successful breach by the scammer. The team grapples with sudden Gmail outages and Zoom malfunctions, creating chaos in the studio.

• Mike: “Message could not be sent. Check your network and try again.” ([35:05])

Despite these challenges, Bobby reassures listeners that Amy is safe and that the team managed to regain control over their systems.

• Bobby Bones: “Hey, you're safe, Amy, you're safe. Go ahead.” ([39:44])

The ordeal underscores the vulnerabilities they faced and sets the stage for a more detailed discussion in the following episode.

5. Tribute to Roy D. Mercer

Timestamp: [40:08] – [44:57]

In a heartfelt segment, Bobby pays tribute to Brent Douglas, the actor behind the beloved Roy D. Mercer character from KMOD in Tulsa. Roy D. Mercer’s prank calls and comedic sketches left a lasting impression on listeners, and Bobby reflects on the character’s cultural significance.

• Bobby Bones: “Roy D. Mercer... we heard them... let's listen to those calls because... they somehow got to me as a kid.” ([41:08])

He shares personal anecdotes about how Roy D. Mercer’s broadcasts influenced him and honors Douglas’s legacy within the radio and comedy community.

• Bobby Bones: “Brent Douglas and Phil Stone... created the Roy D. Mercer character in 1993.” ([42:34])

The segment highlights the enduring impact of local radio personalities and the timeless nature of well-crafted comedic characters.

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Notable Quotes:

• Bobby Bones on the Halftime Show: “He knew doing it there were gonna be people that did not get it or did not like it. I think it probably made a lot of people uncomfortable too.” ([07:24])

• Jason Arndt on Creating Memorable Moments: “That's Jesse's like motto... try new things. If it fails, like, learn from it, take it the next day.” ([22:25])

• Tribute to Roy D. Mercer: “Rock and peace, Brent Roydmercer.” ([41:34])

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Conclusion

This episode of The Bobby Bones Show offers a blend of high-stakes real-life drama with the technical hiccups of battling a scammer, insightful critiques of major entertainment events, an inspiring interview with an innovative performer, and a nostalgic homage to a local comedic legend. Bobby Bones masterfully navigates these diverse topics, ensuring an engaging and multifaceted listening experience for his audience.

Transcript

[Bobby Bones]

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[Mike]

No, it's a zoom, but I don't know. I just.

[Bobby Bones]

Mike, would you mind going and looking at the link?

[Mike]

Everything looks like a normal zoom invitation. Or it says, here's the meeting invite, join, zoom meeting. Then it has the link and then it says meeting ID and then a passcode.

[Amy]

Are we trying to do the whole system, Bones? Like, do the kind of. The whole zoom thing. Put it through the system so we can record it and do that. But if it's a bad link, we're in trouble.

[Bobby Bones]

That is a great idea.

[Mike]

It's worth the risk.

[Bobby Bones]

Say that again, Mike. If you don't click the link, just use the ID and the passcode to get into it. That way you're not clicking anything.

[Mike]

Oh, good.

[Amy]

That's good. We can do that.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I don't know what that means or was just different things.

[Mike]

I'm not going to click the direct link they provided because who knows where that will.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you're going to go to the app.

[Amy]

Yes, yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Or the. On your. Okay, but let's do it on ours then. And can we put it on the big screen? Yeah, we can do all that and then we will be able to record it. Yeah, just send that to Eddie.

[Mike]

Okay, sending.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so is this real? I started getting frustrated. The beauty of it is she gets on and it's Kaitlyn Lowry and Amy's in the middle of an interview and.

[Amy]

We have recorded high quality. We're good.

[Bobby Bones]

That would be funny. And we'll just walk out of the room and let Amy do the interview because they sent her some questions. But I just think there's no way since it's a Facebook. They're using Facebook as their main, like, a lot. And the guy didn't send you a link until late.

[Mike]

Yeah, he sent it late yesterday after correspondence back and forth of like. He's like, are you Pacific Eastern, Central? I was like, I'm central. He's like, perfect. That works for me.

[Bobby Bones]

This has got to be a scam.

[Mike]

He said. He said. All right. Central works for me as well. Further comma, I'll send you the meeting invite later today. Thanks. And then I got it at night.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Amy]

What's wrong with the further comma?

[Bobby Bones]

Who knows? We're gonna do it and we'll complete the mission. Yeah. Oh, no.

[Mike]

It feels like a foreign country that way. Trying to be like, this is how they speak.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, a couple things. Number one, I finally. I was home last night. I was able to watch the halftime show on television because we watched it in the arena and I mentioned yesterday we couldn't hear anything. I really liked it, but I can understand. I don't think it was for the super bowl because there are too many older. The super bowl needs to be corny. The super bowl halftime show needs to be corny. It needs to be corny as in it needs to be songs that have been hits for so many years that most people know them. I think Kendrick Lamar was a little too cool for the super bowl because that needs to be corny. Also, nobody ever likes the halftime show. And it's off. It's corny sometimes. I mean, the Weeknd, as far as, like current, nobody streams more than the weekend. It was slightly corny. And so people were like, we hated it. Everybody hated the weekend. When Katy Perry did her thing and like, like left shark. Yeah. Or Lady Gaga, like fell off it.

[Mike]

Like, what about J. Lo and Selena?

[Bobby Bones]

Selena did it.

[Amy]

Selena did it.

[Mike]

I mean, Shakira. Shakira.

[Amy]

I'll say it, man, I missed that one.

[Mike]

Sorry. Jayla. Was Selena.

[Amy]

Yes. The act?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, here. Here are my thoughts after going home and watching it. But I do think I'm probably a bit more of a Kendrick Lamar fan than the average 44 year old white guy in country music. So I think that base is. My opinion is based on that. I knew every song but two. One of them I'd never heard and I was like, how do I not know that song? And this is why I think the halftime performance was cool. He debuted a new song like, who's gonna do that during a halftime show? That's on where he's sitting under the street light. That's a brand new song. Like, he did not give a crap if people liked it. Is what I found to be ballsy about it. He knew doing it there were gonna be people that did not get it or did not like it. I think it probably made a lot of people uncomfortable too. They were watching a performance with no white people in it. If you want to be honest, I think there were a lot of white people going, I don't know. There's a lot of white people out there. It makes me uncomfortable.

[Mike]

Oh, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

If you don't think race is a part of it too, why People weren't liking it, sure. But also, you could just. The people that I could understand and appreciate were people, like, I didn't get it. It wasn't my thing. But they weren't like, I hated it. And there's a big difference in somebody yelling, I hate it. And I don't really understand it. It wasn't my thing. Like, it wasn't good for a halftime performance. I don't think it was good for a halftime performance for the Super Bowl. Cause I don't think it was corny enough. I think it needed to be something that a lot of people knew all the songs to. But when people are screaming, I hated it. With really no reason to hate it, I'm like, what is that rooted in? Because I enjoyed it. But even I again, thought this probably wasn't for mass consumption at the super bowl because it is the most watched thing in all television. And for sure, there were some racial elements of some people hating it.

[Amy]

My mom loved it. She texted me. She goes, this is good.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, visually, it was awesome. They didn't use any AI. That was all people doing all. We watched it all the. Like, that was all people, like, doing all the shapes and the American flag. And also, I just was like, man, he spent all this time just going hard on Drake. That's hilarious. I didn't know. He kept teasing that they were gonna go into not like us. I didn't. Cause we couldn't hear it. I didn't know they played like. Cause everybody was like, well, Drake's is. There's. There's a defamation suit against Kendrick for that song. And so they were like, there's no way he's gonna play it at the Super Bowl. And so what I couldn't hear was early on, when you hear the first and he doesn't. Then he doesn't do it, and he goes away. And I was like, that's hilarious. Like, Drake's watching, going, oh, he didn't do it. And then at the end, he goes into it hard. I liked it as a performance. I don't think that most people. I don't think it was right for the super bowl as far as. It just needs. It needs to be basic. It needs to be the wiggles or 20 hit songs that are. Are not relevant, that people that are 70 and 13 even know for people to be happy and even though they're not going to be happy. But I did think it was really cool watching it.

[Amy]

Did they show Serena Williams?

[Bobby Bones]

That's his ex girlfriend, but she was a part of it because she used to date Drake.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And Drake.

[Amy]

We didn't see that, Amy. They didn't show.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we couldn't see any of that.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah, but you watched it. What? Later. Not you, Eddie. You haven't seen it yet.

[Bobby Bones]

I watched it last night. I saw a clip. I saw like TikTok of her being in it. But that's why, like, there was also so many easter eggs. The whole thing was a video game controller.

[Mike]

Oh, I didn't realize that that was.

[Amy]

The X and the O. Yeah, we.

[Bobby Bones]

Picked that out because we had the higher perspective of it. Oh, it's a PlayStation. Never saw that.

[Amy]

Okay. I didn't mean anything.

[Bobby Bones]

So there are all these little minor things that even if you didn't enjoy it almost you could be like, dang, that was art. Like, not my thing. But I can see all of. All of the effort and micro, like the micro artistic vision that was put into it. So yeah, I thought it was super cool. Probably more of a Grammys thing because that's a snobbier audience. But even the Grammys, they would have just acted like they liked it and actually not liked it. And he did a lot of songs for the new album. And again, that's ballsy because it was like DNA I was going through today and that album hasn't been out for Peekaboo.

[Amy]

I like that one.

[Bobby Bones]

And a lot of the songs too were. I mean, they were from when him and Drake were going back and forth. It was hell. Anyway, I liked it, but I didn't. Yesterday I was like, ah. We couldn't tell what it was. We saw him take down the Palestine flag. When they took that guy down. That's mostly what we were watching because it was right in front of us on the backside.

[Amy]

Did you see that on tv?

[Bobby Bones]

Nope, never showed up on tv. And what was cool too. It was hard for us to see what was happening on the screens down there because they kept turning the screens off behind him so it'd be completely blacked out. But the other side, the screens were on so the people in the crowd could see. But they were switching them so fast you couldn't really see by the Jumbotrons what was happening down there. We did see the people. I'm an idiot on this part.

[Amy]

This is funny.

[Bobby Bones]

We saw all these people going under the stage beforehand, like, just they opened up a big.

[Amy]

Hundreds. Hundreds of people.

[Bobby Bones]

Hundreds of people going under the stage and didn't think anything about it. And it starts and Kendrick's on the car, and then he jumps off the car and all those people start coming out of the car. And I go to Eddie, I'm like, how'd they fed all those people in that car? Eddie goes, you just watched 100 people go under the stage. Coming from under the stage.

[Amy]

I'm like, in the car, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm like, oh, yeah. I'm like, oh, yeah, that makes sense. So. Not that anybody cares, because two days later, my final judgment that nobody's asking for is I personally really liked it. I thought it was a little too cool for the super bowl because the super bowl audience is so wide that it needs to be very corny. And the people still aren't going to like it because they don't like anything, but it's not going to be as openly disliked. And what I liked about it as somebody who creates is that Kendrick, DJ af, like, he didn't play even his. He played Be Humble. That's one of the biggest songs. But he didn't play some of his biggest songs because he was like, I'm gonna go out and do exactly my thing. I know some people aren't gonna know what's going on. And screw it.

[Mike]

What do you think is his most well known song?

[Bobby Bones]

Probably Be Humble. It's probably. Probably humbler. Swimming pools. Yeah, swimming pool's old. But nope. He did a song we haven't even heard yet. That's pretty crazy. So anyway, that. That's my thoughts. But visually was awesome. When they were doing the Flag. That's so cool. And we couldn't really see that from up there.

[Jason Arndt]

I guess we had a better vantage point for.

[Amy]

Yeah. What flag? What flag? What do you mean?

[Mike]

The people.

[Bobby Bones]

All the dancers and they turn red, white.

[Amy]

Oh, they were doing the.

[Bobby Bones]

We were behind it on about the 40 yard line. And the screens weren't good because they kept turning them off and on. They would get on tv. You guys were on the other side looking right down. Yeah, we could see the whole field. And then whenever they switched the screens, I would just look the other way and I could see everything happening. Like I saw when, like, Sam Jackson was down there. I saw everything. I asked my wife too, without any leading her into knowing that I couldn't really hear anything. I said, what'd you think of the halftime show? And she's a massive sza. Fan. And she's the reason that we listen to so much Kidrick Lamar and mostly sza. She was like, I thought it was awesome because I'm a fan of. And she knew, except for the one song that wasn't new, she knew every song. And so I was like, it was cool on tv. She was like, yeah, it was. Visually, it was amazing. And if you knew the songs, you loved it. But again, I don't think enough people that watch the super bowl gen pop in Iowa and Florida and California and age 7 and 73 knew enough. Kendrick, that's my final. My final stance on it. That's not even a stance.

[Amy]

Your opinion.

[Bobby Bones]

Thank you. And you know what? I deserve it because it's America yours, man. And yeah, Serena was dancing because, you know, Serena's brother was shot and killed by the Cribs.

[Mike]

Oh, I remember that from the movie about their family on hbo. King or King Richard?

[Amy]

Richard.

[Bobby Bones]

And she must hate Drake so much that she was doing the Crip walk on stage with Kendrick. And the A was a small. A. A minor.

[Amy]

A minor. I got that part. Well, you had to explain it to me while we were watching it.

[Mike]

Little nuggets.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm sure there are a hundred nuggets we don't even know yet that went into that thing. Okay. So there's my opinion and my stance, although I'm not really standing on anything. It's just my opinion. Do you want to bring Jason in? Scuba?

[Amy]

He's coming.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I'm going to tell you, though, I looked at that. That you should watch. No, I looked at that. That Zoom password. It looks different.

[Jason Arndt]

Does it?

[Amy]

Yeah, it looks different. I'm gonna do a little research while we do this interview.

[Bobby Bones]

So we're bringing Jason in. Hey, Jason. Good to see you, buddy. Hop on over there. So this is Jason Arndt. Remember we told him. Isn't him a person? We never met him.

[Amy]

Oh, no.

[Jason Arndt]

We must clean you on Zoom. Yeah, there you go.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah, we did see him on Zoom for a little bit. That's why he was familiar looking.

[Jason Arndt]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So Jason called us.

[Amy]

He a ball player? You're a ball player?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, used to be.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Jason Arndt]

Still.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you're still playing? What year are you then?

[Jason Arndt]

Well, I'm not in college anymore.

[Bobby Bones]

Then what are you playing?

[Jason Arndt]

So I kind of. Yeah, I kind of teased that a little bit.

[Bobby Bones]

No way.

[Jason Arndt]

But I couldn't announce it fully because it wasn't. But can you announce it out yet? I'm on a brand new team in that organization that does. It's like, based around a band. So I'll be, like, singing and playing left field.

[Bobby Bones]

Wait, hold on, wait.

[Mike]

Like a. Like a parody baseball team?

[Bobby Bones]

We don't want to get you in trouble.

[Mike]

No, no.

[Jason Arndt]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know what you could say.

[Mike]

Like that banana team.

[Jason Arndt]

Yeah, it's the same thing. Okay, so I will travel and play with. Against them and all that.

[Mike]

And that's cool.

[Jason Arndt]

There's, like, four teams.

[Mike]

I see those clips on.

[Bobby Bones]

They're creating a league of that entertainment this year.

[Jason Arndt]

There's, like, a championship league and really play, like, winner take all.

[Mike]

Bobby's like, can I sponsor?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I watched the guy that started that. I watch him do talks and he talks in all yellow.

[Jason Arndt]

Yeah, he's awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And just his vision behind it early on. And it's. It's the Harlem Globetrotters of. Of baseball. And baseball generally, like, Major League Baseball, has never been less interesting to America. Like, the ratings are so down. But the Savannah Bananas, what they're showing is if you put something entertainment on the field, they sell out.

[Jason Arndt]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Baseball stadiums.

[Jason Arndt]

I'm pretty sure every game so far is. Is going to be or is already sold out.

[Bobby Bones]

How did. How did you end up be. Or did you audition? Did you say, I can play ball and sing or what?

[Jason Arndt]

So my senior year of college, I was still playing at UNC Wilmington, and I was playing shows of my band at the time. Like, we were kind of traveling around North Carolina and playing, um, and putting songs out at the same time. And that kind of got a little bit of attention going. And they caught wind of it, and we're like, okay, this would be a cool angle to add a new team that does that into our system. And so that's kind of how it worked.

[Bobby Bones]

So what is your team? Can you say your team name?

[Jason Arndt]

Yeah, so we're the Texas Tailgaters, but that's fine. So it'll be. It'll be cool. It's kind of like the styles, like outlaw baseball, country tailgates.

[Bobby Bones]

What do you. What do you do?

[Jason Arndt]

I will be playing outfield and then lead singer for the team band.

[Bobby Bones]

So what does that mean, Team band? Does it play before, during, after?

[Jason Arndt]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. All.

[Jason Arndt]

All three.

[Bobby Bones]

How do you play during?

[Jason Arndt]

So it'll be like. If you want me to be honest with you, what they told me is this has never been done before. So we'll figure it out. We'll figure it out as we go. That's cool. But I know that we'll have sets before and after each game. And then it'll be like, probably little things in the middle, like I'll come in from left field, like singing when I hit or something.

[Bobby Bones]

Will they let you still play shows while you're out?

[Jason Arndt]

Probably not. I mean, we'll play Friday, Saturday, every week pretty much. So it's not really. Wouldn't really work into that system. But if we have off weeks, maybe.

[Bobby Bones]

So May. It starts in May. May 24th, 25th, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, versus the party animals.

[Jason Arndt]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

So, like, the party Animals, there's the. You are playing the Savannah Bananas. There's the firefighters. Yep. Do you know what each of their themes are yet?

[Jason Arndt]

The Party Animals is like, is wild. I mean, them people get wild for the party animal games. The Bananas is more like the Yankees of the organization. And then the firefighters is kind of like, it's still new. Like, last year was their first year, so they didn't really get to do what they would call them headline games. And that's where it's like your show. And so that's kind of where you fit your. Your mold of the style of game that you're playing.

[Bobby Bones]

So. Okay, just to rewind for everybody here. Jason sent a video into the mailbag of him covering a song way, way.

[Jason Arndt]

Way back in the day and by Jamie Johnson.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And so we played it. We were like, yeah, dude, there's something there. And then he called into the show like, two and a half years later to say he had three songs out. And so I was like, dude, change your name. He still hasn't. So good for him. Only because it has a cool name, but it's a R E N. And it was like, if you make it, that's going to be cool because it's so different. But there are also going to be times where people are like, I don't know how to say that. Or if it's like, Jason aren't dot com. That's going to be hard to find. We kind of weighed it. We weighed it. And so he then sang on the phone, which never turns out positive because the phone doesn't sound good. And he still sounded good. We did a zoom interview with him because we featured him on the country top 30 for his song My July. You are playing shows. So Valentine's night and the 15th, you're in Charleston, South Carolina. No, no. Greenville, North Carolina. Then Charleston, South Carolina. So you're playing shows before the season starts?

[Jason Arndt]

Yes. So I'll play. I'll play from this point forward pretty much every weekend. We'll be on the road until, like, April first is report day for spring training. And so that's kind of when I shut down. But I'll play every weekend up until then.

[Bobby Bones]

Can you. Did you have to sign anything? Can you. After the season's over, you can still play?

[Jason Arndt]

I can still play.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. So it's just. You just can't play. Mostly because Friday and Saturday you're playing baseball.

[Jason Arndt]

Yeah, exactly. And we'll be. I mean, I'll be gassed. I mean, we're going to be doing a lot, so it's kind of. It'll be hard for me to get out outside of that to play.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you playing much now?

[Jason Arndt]

I'm playing a lot right now. Twice a week, Fridays and Saturdays. Kind of wherever we end up going for that weekend, it's around the region and kind of moving out and getting down and around and trying to cover different spots that I've been before.

[Bobby Bones]

And.

[Jason Arndt]

And we've seen a lot of. Of uptake in people coming out that have been before, which is really cool. To have people come back and then people singing songs back to you is really cool. And that's something that I've started to experience too, and like requesting songs during your shows.

[Bobby Bones]

Did anybody randomly that you knew hear you on the countdown and like, what the crap?

[Jason Arndt]

Yeah. So you guys will know this name. Carolina Roy.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, the. Yeah.

[Jason Arndt]

So I was.

[Bobby Bones]

Dad.

[Jason Arndt]

No, no. So I was at a Brett Young concert because my mom is like the biggest Brett Young fan you'll ever meet. And we, we went to that. I had an off night. So we go to that and I'm standing there just like waiting in line for popcorn, and this dude comes up to me and he goes, you're Jason, right? I was like, yeah. He goes, he goes, dude, I'm Carolina Roy. I call in all the time to Bobby Bones. I was like, that is the craziest thing ever.

[Amy]

We know him.

[Jason Arndt]

Unbelievable.

[Bobby Bones]

That's funny. We don't even know what he looks like, do we?

[Amy]

What does he look like?

[Mike]

No, he's taller.

[Jason Arndt]

He's taller. Good looking dude. He's funny.

[Bobby Bones]

We've tried to set him up with, well, everybody. We try to set him up with everybody. Was it a difficult decision for you to go or how difficult was the decision to go, okay, I'm not going to tour for three months or four months to play baseball whenever it's been what your focus has been.

[Jason Arndt]

So it really wasn't a hard decision when they laid it out the way they did because they kind of told me, they're like, all right, our fan Base is multimillion people all over the country, all over the world. And if you come do this with us, I mean, you're going to get to do what you already do just on a bigger stage because we have a full band. I'll get to play all my songs in every set.

[Bobby Bones]

And you get to say your name.

[Jason Arndt]

Yep, my name is on the front of that. For my band.

[Bobby Bones]

They're not like jumping Jack. Jason here he is like, they know it's Jason Art.

[Jason Arndt]

So it's, it's kind of a. It was almost a no brainer. And the other things that are coming with it is like, kind of like you talk about with fail until you don't. And that kind of stuff. That's Jesse's like motto is, is, you know, like, try new things. If it fails, like, learn from it, take it the next day. And so they're the best at creating those unique moments for fans that people take home and live with forever and they'll never forget you because of that moment. And that's kind of my thing as an entertainer, is how do I create those moments for every fan that comes to my shows. At every show, you know that someone goes home and remembers that forever. And so I'll get to learn from the best of the best on how to do that and create fan bases the way they have.

[Bobby Bones]

And also, I mean, you still gotta take bp.

[Jason Arndt]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

You still gotta practice.

[Jason Arndt]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

Is it exciting to get to continue your ball career a bit too? Or had you kind of already resigned the fact that it's over after I'm done at Wilmington?

[Jason Arndt]

Well, I kind of resigned it. I had hung him up in my head. I was like, I'm, I'm cool. Once we got towards the end of the year, I had almost kind of checked out. Cause I was like getting ready for everything that was coming. And then that call came in and I was like, I guess I could still play a little bit, I guess. You know, I don't really want to hang it up. Nobody wants to hang it up. As an athlete, like, you never want to say, okay, I'm done with this. But you know, you kind of come to that realization sometimes. And it was a false realization, I guess. And I took it and ran with it back in the sport.

[Bobby Bones]

That's super cool. It's a, it's a big pivot, but it's one that makes sense organically. Like you are playing ball. You are a singer now. You get to play ball and sing. Yeah, that's pretty cool.

[Jason Arndt]

It's cool. It's something that not very many people get to say they have done.

[Bobby Bones]

Would the goal be to make it to the Bananas? Like, would the team. I don't know if that's, you know, if you're killing it with the party animals or, like, hey, we got to call it. We're gonna call you up to the Bananas because they're the known team right now.

[Jason Arndt]

I wouldn't say that would be as beneficial for me because they don't have, like, a team band. It's not really focused on that. Their whole team motto is different, and so I kind of get to be in the center of the band. So our band is made up of baseball players on the team.

[Bobby Bones]

The whole thing.

[Jason Arndt]

The whole. The whole team or the whole band is made up of guys on the team. And so it's kind of this cool aspect of, you know, we got a bunch of baseball players who play instruments, put them together. So it's. It's. I'm excited to do that. And I wouldn't say I want to be on a different team, because that's my style.

[Bobby Bones]

We're gonna come back with Jason. Just a second. We have to break for a minute because we're trying to catch somebody scamming Amy, but we're gonna come back with Jason after the break. So let's. Let's shut everything down, and then we're gonna try to catch the scammer, and then we'll be back in a few minutes. Everybody good?

[Jason Arndt]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

You look like you've seen an alien. You don't even know what to do.

[Bobby Bones]

Right now with your face is I couldn't believe we got that far. That's all I will say. And Jason stayed in with us the whole time. We won't reveal too much because it'll be on tomorrow's show. We recorded it but Jason was sitting right next to Amy and her computer. That definitely went deeper than I thought it would.

[Jason Arndt]

It was pretty wild. I've never seen something like that before either.

[Bobby Bones]

So tomorrow's show, it gives us a.

[Mike]

Better idea of how they get like if someone was more vulnerable or didn't know as much about computers, like how they could easily access something.

[Jason Arndt]

I will say for a second I did think you were going to do it.

[Mike]

Same.

[Bobby Bones]

I think the whole room was a little concerned that Amy was at a fall for it again. Okay, so that will be on tomorrow's show.

[Mike]

Because I'm like, how does he live with himself?

[Bobby Bones]

No More. No, we're not talking about it. That's the next day. That was on today's show. We just did all that. We have a guest here.

[Mike]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

And then it's not be rude now she's wanting to go back. Well, what if I click into it now? Jason, how long are you in town?

[Jason Arndt]

I mean, I. I'll probably leave Thursday.

[Bobby Bones]

So what are you playing any anywhere around here? Do you have friends here?

[Jason Arndt]

No. So I'm going to. I'm going to go get up with my producer and kind of work through two of the new songs that we're getting ready to get going for this summer.

[Bobby Bones]

As in record them?

[Jason Arndt]

Yeah, well, not really record them kind of pre production stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I mean you're pick if you're. That's what you're working on songs you're going.

[Jason Arndt]

Yeah, exactly. And then I'll be back next month to fully cut them.

[Bobby Bones]

And how often do you come to Nashville?

[Jason Arndt]

Probably once a month for right now.

[Bobby Bones]

Who are we talking to? Oh, Matt. So one of our buddies is Matt still, who when he was an early artist, you know, he was kind of red dirt, but he was coming to Nashville like once a. Once a month. Like coming in, doing his thing and then he was like, man, I never really could get a full grasp of it until I moved there. Is that ever the intention to just move to Nashville?

[Jason Arndt]

Yeah. So I'm kind of. Right now I'm looking to move full time once the season ends with the Texas Tailgaters and kind of like October.

[Bobby Bones]

Is there a home base for the Tailgaters or do you just stay on the road?

[Jason Arndt]

So that would suck for this year. We're still still based in Savannah, Georgia. But I think the intention because next year they're adding two more teams to this league.

[Bobby Bones]

Wow.

[Jason Arndt]

And I think their goal is to make it like regional. So where like Texas would be in Texas and then they'll have one like on the west coast like the ufl.

[Bobby Bones]

The football leagues happening. They're all based. They have a center maybe in Dallas or Vegas where the team. There's like six teams and they all kind of. I think it's Vegas and they all kind of live there. But it feels like that's what this is at first. Like all the teams are in the same place and you go and you play.

[Amy]

Are you living in Savannah?

[Jason Arndt]

I will be. Yeah. I moved down mid March and I'll be there for spring training, which will be like baseball spring training. And then after that it'll be, you know, get the Band in shape, get them ready to go, make sure that they know what they're doing.

[Bobby Bones]

You have friends here in Nashville a lot?

[Jason Arndt]

I've. I've been kind of coming for about a year now and met a lot of good friends here that I stay in touch with pretty much every day.

[Bobby Bones]

Arlington, Texas is the hub city for the ufl. The UFO headquarters. I'd see address there. But all the teams are there like the cities that have teams. So they're all based there the same way that they're all be based in Savannah, all eight of them.

[Amy]

And the Arlington Renegades. I guess that's their home base.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I guess that's all their home bases. They just.

[Amy]

They're the only Arlington.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. The others just represent other teams. Oh, that's really cool, man. So you start. You do some shows. Oh, man. Well, you got all that scamming I talked on. So here's Jason's schedule. If you guys are want to go see Jason of the 14th and 15th, Greenville, North Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. February 28th, Clemson, South Carolina. And then three other North Carolina dates in Wilmington, Charlotte and Greenville. And then it's baseball time. Are you throwing now? Just to make sure.

[Jason Arndt]

I haven't really started my arm care stuff yet. I've been hitting a little bit. I've got a messed up elbow, so.

[Bobby Bones]

I kind of from.

[Jason Arndt]

From I used to be a pitcher and I messed up my elbow and never got it fixed. I just kind of slowly worked my way into it, but try not to overdo it.

[Bobby Bones]

So is the single still my July single?

[Jason Arndt]

Is my July, but the most recent one is a single called could have been that I put out in January.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, cool. Well, dude, one good to see you in person. It's. It's been a slow buildup. You know, we talked to him on the phone, we zoomed him. It's like he scammed us. He slowly. He slowly got us. We're in. Got to meet him in person and then I got to meet him here and that's super cool, dude. I hope you have an awesome like 3 or 4 months playing with the team and continue to let us know when you put songs out and I don't know, we'll check in again in a couple months or so. I appreciate that'd be super cool, Amy. Anything for Jamie's face is still in scrunchy face.

[Mike]

I can't send emails right now.

[Amy]

What do you mean?

[Mike]

I had to send. I was. I just.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh my God.

[Mike]

I just had one. I realized I had one open to Julie, one of our bosses. I had to send.

[Bobby Bones]

There's no way you let. You didn't click something right to let him into something because there's no way in just a zoom he can take over anything if you don't allow access.

[Mike]

Message could not be sent. Check your nep. I've never seen. Check your network and try again. Oops. Something went wrong. Okay, like, Morgan, we go.

[Bobby Bones]

We help you.

[Mike]

I'm not familiar with this happening to me.

[Bobby Bones]

Jason, good to see you, man. I got a question. What about your band members? Do you just leave them high and dry while you go play baseball?

[Jason Arndt]

Well, so they. The North Carolina band circuit, they all kind of work around, so my guys will play with other people, too.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Jason Arndt]

So I don't. I wouldn't say I leave them high and dry. They got plenty of stuff going on.

[Bobby Bones]

Good question, though. Good question. Morgan, how's it going over there?

[Mike]

She's on the wrong network, so we're changing.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, she just on the wrong Internet. Oh, my gosh.

[Jason Arndt]

I don't know if that's it.

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

But we're testing. Oh, my gosh. Go ahead and log in.

[Mike]

What?

[Bobby Bones]

Login your Iheartra now. Morgan's hacking Amy. She's like, let me. Let me take over.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah, you think I have that memorized?

[Bobby Bones]

Do we have cables and cords running through this room? Like orange extension cord?

[Amy]

Yeah, that's for the camera.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. No, the whole thing was. Was wild. Guys, are you on the right Internet now? I.

[Mike]

No, I use iheart Guest.

[Bobby Bones]

You can't access some things sometimes on.

[Mike]

But I'm not being on the network, guys. I feel like he's in my computer.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy, do you have any questions for Jason before he goes, or are you just focused on that?

[Mike]

Yeah, can we all.

[Bobby Bones]

When.

[Mike]

When you start playing? Like, can we all come to a game?

[Bobby Bones]

This is her just. This is her being nice here.

[Mike]

Like, would y'all play in Nashville? Like, I don't think.

[Jason Arndt]

I don't think we play in Nashville this year. But I know the Bananas play at Nissan.

[Mike]

Really? They set up a baseball field.

[Jason Arndt]

I don't know how they're going to do it. Okay, well, they managed to do things that are impossible.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, no Nashville for the Texas team, but they. Albuquerque, Reno, Cincinnati, Richmond, Salem, Philly, St. Paul, Baton Rouge, Fayetteville, Pittsburgh, Frisco, Texas, San Antonio, Round Rock, and Houston, Texas.

[Mike]

What's your number one, like, as an athlete thing that you try to do to take care of your.

[Bobby Bones]

Now she's in interview mode, guys. We Got her back to take care.

[Jason Arndt]

Of my body as a.

[Mike]

No, because, like, as an athlete, like, yeah, we like learning things. How to. Bobby's an athlete.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I'm a crazy athlete.

[Jason Arndt]

I would say it's the same as, I guess, music, for that matter, as sleep. I mean, you have to get the right amount of sleep. If you don't sleep, I mean, you're. You're running on E all the time, and you'll never get the best out of yourself.

[Bobby Bones]

Cool, thanks. Thanks, Amy. Thanks for your input. All right, Jason, Good to see you, buddy.

[Jason Arndt]

Thank you for coming.

[Bobby Bones]

Thank you for coming by.

[Jason Arndt]

I appreciate it.

[Bobby Bones]

There you are. Jason on Everybody goes. Follow him. We'll put them in the show notes there. And. Because if we try to spell it again, we're going to get lost and somehow Amy will get hacked. Amy. So what. What's happening?

[Mike]

Oops. System encountered a problem. Retrying in 32 seconds. Retry now.

[Amy]

I mean, the coincidence is crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

If it were anybody but Amy.

[Mike]

I function well Lunchbox, though, all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

My favorite thing was Lunchbox trying to give Amy advice on what to do during it. And Lunchbox wanted to be Amy's.

[Jason Arndt]

I did.

[Bobby Bones]

I did Amy's manager. And I was like, morgan, hop up there. Because Lunchbox will for sure get her hacked.

[Jason Arndt]

There, he's typing.

[Amy]

Good job, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Good to see you, Jason.

[Mike]

Go to there.

[Bobby Bones]

Whatever.

[Mike]

Nice to meet you.

[Jason Arndt]

Nice to meet you.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, there. Are there Gmail outages? Hi.

[Mike]

Nice to meet you.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, Amy, there's a Gmail outage right now.

[Mike]

There is. Well, that's unfortunate.

[Amy]

No. Is that what you're on Gmail?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Oh, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

User reports indicate problems at Gmail. There's a spike right now.

[Amy]

Originated with the scammer.

[Bobby Bones]

He took all of Amy, allowed everybody.

[Mike]

Oh, no.

[Amy]

All because of Amy.

[Bobby Bones]

Go ahead. See if something else works. What? It's just Gmail?

[Amy]

Because this isn't Facebook connected to Gmail.

[Mike]

My Zoom is my Gmail.

[Bobby Bones]

No, Google is Gmail. But Facebook and Google are the same company.

[Amy]

They're not.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Mike]

When I sent him the link, we were emailing on Gmail.

[Bobby Bones]

You think he took down Gmail? If you just email somebody that doesn't give them access, or they would email everybody and just take over their computers. Okay.

[Mike]

But then also, my Zoom is connected. You've just set it up through an email and it's my.

[Bobby Bones]

Unless you secretly click. No. What are you doing? I'm quite. What are you doing? Oh, Step on her tail.

[Amy]

It sounded like Mike.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm getting out of the Accent. You think it's bugging your.

[Amy]

She bites, Morgan.

[Bobby Bones]

I just step on her tail.

[Mike]

I just have so many tabs open, I can't have them close. I have too much happening here.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, can you go to another page? Oh, my Gmail worked. This has been.

[Amy]

This is a great day. Great day.

[Mike]

So it's just my Gmail?

[Bobby Bones]

It's just yours, Everybody.

[Mike]

Guys, John is in my computer.

[Bobby Bones]

John is in her soul. Guys, he's gone beyond our computer.

[Amy]

His name wasn't John, right?

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, I'm gonna bet that's the name. That's a scamming name. Yeah.

[Jason Arndt]

Now try and send something.

[Mike]

What happened to my drafts? There they are. Okay.

[Amy]

Oh, Amy, you're good.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, you're safe, Amy, you're safe. Go ahead.

[Mike]

Okay. I'm gonna send this.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Go ahead. We're good.

[Jason Arndt]

It's fine.

[Amy]

Ah, thank goodness.

[Bobby Bones]

Message sent.

[Mike]

Email or Gmail? Outage must be up, but. Oh, it didn't touch the other file.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you feel like John is still in you?

[Mike]

Maybe.

[Amy]

Amy, what happened there? When you screamed like, what happened there?

[Mike]

I thought Morgan was going to close all my towels, and she was just closing my Zoom tab. Like, thousands of tabs. Oh, yeah, but I know exactly.

[Bobby Bones]

That's her life's work. You almost killed her life's work, Morgan.

[Mike]

I know. I know. I know exactly what every tab is, and I need it open today.

[Bobby Bones]

I hear you. Okay. Some stuff we will move from this. I just encourage everyone. If you're listening and you're watching us on YouTube, tomorrow's show, it'll be on. It'll also be on the podcast. And we're gonna put on the whole thing on the podcast.

[Amy]

You want to put the whole thing up on YouTube? You gotta put that video up on YouTube. Right.

[Bobby Bones]

So we'll talk about after. But because that was for sure, I'm not gonna say anything. We'll have to talk about it after. Okay. I don't even know where we go from here.

[Amy]

That was awesome.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

The guy that played Roy Mercer died. Are you guys familiar? It's a very Southern thing, but. Or I don't know. Like, Eddie and I say a lot of Southern, Hispanic culture, kind of.

[Amy]

It blends. Yes, for sure. Roy D. Mercer.

[Bobby Bones]

Roy. Roy D. Mercer. We used to listen to his prank calls all the time, and they were based out of KMOD in Tulsa. But the guy who played that character, Roy D. Mercer, died. I was looking at the KMOD Twitter. It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of Brent Douglas. Roy D. Mercer, one of the patriarchs at kmod. Our thoughts and deepest condolences go out to his family, friends, and all who are lucky enough to have Brent in their lives. Rock and peace, Brent Roydmercer. I'll even @ times when I'm on with somebody, a little hidden tip of the cap reference. If I'm like, how big old boy are you? He would say that in just about every call. How big old boy are you? And the guy, I'm about 6'two2 8. So, yeah, saw that. I didn't know him, but listen to him and listen to those calls. Because I didn't live in Tulsa, but I listen. Those calls somehow got to me as a kid.

[Amy]

They made, like, CDs. I think he released CDs. I remember people really bringing those by and us just listening to them.

[Bobby Bones]

And I think probably ours were tapes recorded off those CDs illegally. Yeah. Brent Douglas and Phil Stone, DJs at rock music radio station KMOD in Tulsa, Oklahoma, created the Roy D. Mercer character in 1993. Initially, they used the character on comedy sketches for the radio station Prank Call sketches were part of the morning show. And then they became legendary. There was a guy on TikTok, it's a radio show somewhere. I was watching this video, and he was doing a bit, naming a song in one second. He's pretty good at it. He's like, watch. I can name the song in one second. And then another show started doing it. And he was like, I think he knows the guy who's doing it. He's like, they lifted my bit or something like that. And I was like, we've been doing that bit for, like, 10 years. And we lifted that bit from Name that Tune the TV show. Because that's like a 1960s game show where it's like, how many notes? I can name it four notes. Then we just started going, one second a song. We've played that game for years and years. So I challenged him, friendly, friendly, friendly. I was like, hey, we've been doing this for, like, 10 years. I probably have memorized a bunch. So could be a little cheating, because I think I've memorized more. But I was like, wrestlemania, we up now. You get a response or anything. But I always think it's funny when radio guys, and I'm not even saying them because it was a real epidemic for a long time where they're like, this person's stealing my bit. And it's like, one we've been doing it and we stole it from a game show from, like, that Was before we were alive. Right. The original Name that tune and they stand up and there's a guy on a piano because the new version has Randy Jackson on it. But the old one had to be like, 60s or 70s. And like, I can name that tune in three notes. Dung, dung, dung. And then we. Oh, 1952.

[Amy]

Oh, dang.

[Bobby Bones]

It premiered on NBC radio, dude. That's when they gathered around the freaking.

[Amy]

Radio with, like, xylophones and all these noisemakers.

[Bobby Bones]

You mean just for the broadcast?

[Amy]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Like, there's old footage of people recording a radio show. And yeah, you're right. There's like 20 people in there all doing different things.

[Bobby Bones]

I moved to television and the 50s. CBS picked up the show and carried it through 59. In the 1970s, NBC broadcast two daytime versions of the show. Yeah, I mean, we totally stole it from that. But I'm pretty good at the One second a song game. I might be the best ever. I'll be honest. I might be the best ever. That's a good one.

[Amy]

Has anyone stolen Bobby sings One second or one note? What's the game that we play?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that. Nor should they.

[Mike]

Where Bobby goes.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a pretty bad game. That's a pretty bad game. Yeah. I think I'm the only one that can pull that one off because it's. It's so bad. I do. There's another. I don't even want to go. I don't want to get triggered. Triggered about a whole different thing that we used to do that. I knew a producer that ended up taking it to tv. I want to be triggered. So move on. Sometimes I want to be triggered.

[Amy]

You want to be triggered.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't today because I'm still a little bit tired from our trip, which I don't want to be triggered talking about the trip either, because I got so irritated yesterday.

[Amy]

Oh, my goodness.

[Bobby Bones]

I know. But I get tired. I get triggered. Somebody in the company was. Was like, man, you guys had a lot of fun times out. You know, just. He kind of referenced. We were just goofing around for a week.

[Amy]

Yeah, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And I was like, bro, we did two. We did. We did market visits and charity shows and then did two. It didn't matter.

[Amy]

Did we find time to have fun?

[Bobby Bones]

Sure you guys did. I was sick for two days.

[Amy]

Like, we. Yeah, there was a point where, like, oh, we're going to force ourselves to do something. And then like, two hours later, we're like, I want to go back to the hotel and go to bed.

[Bobby Bones]

I got annoyed that it was treated like it was a it. We did something at the very end that was cool. That was like a once in a lifetime thing. But it doesn't matter. I prefer not to be triggered, but I'm still a little, little tired. I had to make sure I didn't lose my voice, though. Like, drink a lot of water, because we did lots of singing on Tuesdays and Wednesday nights. Lots of interviews, multiple shows. So I got to make sure I don't want to come down with a sinus infection.

[Amy]

Right?

[Jason Arndt]

Just sinuses.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what it was. Ma'am, I don't even know where we go. Hey, Ray, how long total? 18 on this one. Yeah. What about the first half? It's at least 25. Really?

[Amy]

At least.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, that'll be good then. What is today? Tuesday.

[Amy]

We're Tuesday. God, that's fun.

[Bobby Bones]

What? The whole thing happened. The whole thing. And if you're like, man, what happened to them? The whole thing happened in between. While you guys. I heard a commercial or something. We had shut down for half an hour to do the scam thing, and it got out of control. So that's a little bit why we're off center a bit. The whole company almost got hacked.

[Amy]

Well, yeah, maybe. We don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

And then Amy starts yelling. I think John's still in me. Okay, we're done. Let's wrap it up. Anybody have a podcast?

[Mike]

I do.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, go ahead.

[Mike]

Mine is with Kat. It's our bonus episode, the fifth thing. And we do ADHD hacks. Like, brain hacks.

[Amy]

You can hack adhd?

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, hers. You can.

[Mike]

No, I mean, actually, I don't know if hacks is the right word, but we're using that word. But tips and tricks to help you be productive when you might be otherwise, you know, distracted.

[Bobby Bones]

Morgan, you have an episode? Yeah, I do. With Dr. Harry Cohen. He's a psychologist and now an author of a book called Be the Sun, not the Salt. And it's really just, like, basic principles of being a good person. It's a cool episode. And what's his name? Dr. Harry Cohen. Dr. Harry Cohen. And he's very soothing. He's like 75 years old and just has this really cool old kind of grandpa voice. I love him. All right, thanks to Jason Art for stopping by. Thanks to, you know, earth for existing. Thanks to Earth for existing.

[Amy]

Thank you for everything.

[Bobby Bones]

Earth and I think we're going to call it. And we'll see you guys tomorrow. All right, goodbye, everybody. A lot of my friends, they can't even get their day going without stopping by Starbucks. But the great thing now at Starbucks is, is that if you go and you decide you want to hang out in Starbucks for a little bit, they're now doing ceramics, like glassware. So if you're going to go, you're going to meet a friend and you order a drink and you say, I want it here, you're going to get it in a mug or a glass. So you go to Starbucks anyway. Next time, stay a while at your next Starbucks. Visit Bobby Bones here with some exciting news. The Top Shelf Country Cruise Setting sail February 2026 aboard the luxurious Celebrity Reflection. And the big announcement is country superstar Keith Urban will be performing on board as the headlining act. This is a one of a kind cruise that will stop at beautiful destinations like St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Martin. Open booking for the Top Shelf Country Cruise with all of us and Keith Urban begins February 20th. Go to topshelfcountrycruise.com to learn more. Picture yourself going for a drive. What comes to mind? Potholes. Those guys on motorcycles that drive up in between you in the lane. Sleepy truck drivers. Red light runners. Distracted pedestrians crossing where they shouldn't. Yes, sometimes it feels like the road is out to get you. But thankfully, Hyundai offers available class exclusive advanced safety features that help protect you and your family. They put your safety first and everything else second. For example, you can change lanes with much more confidence thanks to the available Blind Spot View monitor, which shows you a live video feed of your blind spots. Learn more about Hyundai at Hyundai USA.com or call 562-314-4603 for complete details. Step into the world of power, loyalty and luck.

[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

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