WE'RE BACK! MON PT 1: Bobby Broke In Somewhere On Christmas Day + Morgan Got ENGAGED! + Our Words Of The Year

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show

Episode Title: WE'RE BACK! MON PT 1: Bobby Broke In Somewhere On Christmas Day + Morgan Got ENGAGED! + Our Words Of The Year
Air Date: January 5, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones
Producer: Premiere Networks
Show Regulars: Amy, Eddie, Lunchbox, Morgan

Overview

The first episode of 2026 kicks off with Bobby and the team returning from their holiday break. The show is filled with reflections on the previous year, personal resolutions for 2026, hilarious banter, and two big stories: Bobby accidentally breaking into Razorback Stadium on Christmas Day, and Morgan’s surprise engagement. The team also discusses favorite family traditions, listeners’ questions, regifting etiquette, dark origins of Disney movies, and classic Bobby Bones games.

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Highlights & Key Discussion Points

1. Words of the Year 2026

(01:27 – 08:02)

The show’s personalities share and reflect on their chosen "words of the year," setting intentions for 2026.

• Amy:
  • 2025 word: "Alignment" – felt successful.
  • 2026 word: "Less"
    • Quote (02:01): “Less everything. Like you name it. Less things, more experiences, less texting, more meals together... less wanting, more contentment, less screen time... less oversharing, more building in silence." – Amy
• Eddie:
  • 2025 word: "Slow" – didn’t stick.
  • 2026 word: "Serious"
    • Quote (03:29): “I’m serious about the things I’m going to do. I’m no longer going to be joking.” – Eddie
• Lunchbox (LB):
  • 2025 word: "Moving" – attempted “making moves.”
  • Initially chose "Grab" but realized it was redundant; after debate, settles on "Healthy."
    • Quote (07:50): “Healthy could be like, being friendly is… could be under the healthy category.” – Amy
• Bobby:
  • 2025 word: "DFJ" (“Don’t Freak Out/Judge”) – mixed success.
  • 2026 word: "Positive"
    • Quote (06:08): "I'm just going to be more positive about possible outcomes because I have quite a few positive outcomes, but I'm never positive about them. And then afterward I'm like, I wish I would have just been more positive about that." – Bobby

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2. Bobby’s Christmas “Break-In”

(08:03 – 10:25)

A listener asks about Bobby’s Christmas traditions.

• Bobby shares that he’s begun adopting his wife’s family tradition of watching "Elf" on Christmas Eve.
• Recaps walking around Razorback Stadium with Arkansas Keith on Christmas Day.
  • Accidentally entered through an open gate; got caught by the police but explained honestly.
  • Quote (09:41): “The gate was unlocked. We walked through… after 20 steps, ‘Excuse me, guys…’” – Bobby

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3. Morgan Got Engaged!

(14:44 – 22:49)

A major personal announcement as Morgan returns to the show.

• Morgan’s boyfriend proposed at Botanica Gardens in Wichita, a family Christmas tradition spot.
• Details:
  • Her family was involved in planning; only her dad knew in advance.
  • She was genuinely surprised even though they'd looked at rings together.
  • Quote (16:58): “I was completely surprised… We had gone and looked at rings together, so I knew we were going to, but I had no idea when it was going to happen.” – Morgan
• Lunchbox pokes fun at the “predictability” of the engagement (with classic teasing).
  • Quote (15:28): "This might be the most predictable engagement we've ever had in the world..." – Lunchbox

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4. Listener Questions & Confessions

(22:54 – 25:55)

• A soon-to-be dad writes in for advice about facing a new phase of life.
  • Bobby and Eddie emphasize that no one’s ever ready, and feelings of inadequacy are normal.
  • Quote (24:53): “I don’t think anyone is ready to be a dad. Like I definitely wasn’t ready to be a dad. But you figure it out…” – Eddie
  • Bobby encourages, “There are much dumber people than you that have been great dads.”

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5. Regifting, Christmas & Etiquette

(10:25 – 13:16)

• The crew debates expectations about regifting and honesty when receiving gifts.
• Bobby recounts a story about double-gifting and his wife warning him not to mention to the giver that he already had the item.
• Discussion on how to handle returning gifts and not hurting people's feelings.

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6. On Parenting Styles: Velcro vs Helicopter Parents

(32:37 – 36:43)

• The concept of “Velcro parents” (over-attached, always intervening) is introduced.
• Amy asserts she’s not a Velcro parent, admits it’s sometimes hard not to step in.
  • Quote (33:20): “There was one recently where I definitely wanted to swoop in and I took everything in me not to. I had to practice stay on my side of the street.” – Amy
• Eddie jokes that he tries to be “Velcro,” but his kids push him away—calling himself a “pickleball parent” (tries to be involved and cool, but they don’t think he’s cool).

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7. Games & Fun Segments

Bobby Feud: Top New Year's Resolutions (2026)

(25:56 – 32:35)

• Contestants: Amy, Lunchbox, Eddie.
• Surveyed Top Resolutions: Diet & Exercise, Get New Job, Reduce Screen Time, Pay Off Debts, Quit Drinking, Order Less Delivery, Drink More Water, Donate More, Get More Sleep, Seek Therapy.
• Amy narrowly wins the game.
• Notable moment: Playful protests and failed guesses about surprising popular resolutions.

Morning Corny

(44:32 – 44:44)

• Q: What’s a spider’s New Year’s resolution?
• A: To spend less time on the web.
  • (Groan-worthy reactions from the room.)

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8. Dark Origins of Disney Movies

(39:05 – 43:47)

Bobby gives a rapid-fire run through of the dark, original versions of classic fairy tales (e.g. Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Little Mermaid) that inspired Disney movies.

• Listeners and cast express shock and horror over how grim the original stories are.
• Quote (40:05): "She doesn’t wake up until she gives birth to twins and one of them sucks on her finger to remove the cursed splinter. What? I’m weirded out." – Amy

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9. Miscellaneous & Notable Quotes

Regifting Etiquette

• “Just accept the gift and say thank you and then you can figure it out later.” – Bobby (12:15)

On Parenting:

• “Give yourself a name then. What kind of parent are you?” – Bobby (34:49)

On Life Changes:

• “Don’t put all these pressures on yourself right now. It’s all gonna happen anyway.” – Bobby to listener (24:24)

On Morgan’s Engagement:

• “I am glad you guys didn’t do [the engagement odds bit], just for the fact that it would have put me on a track.” – Morgan (22:38)

On Unusual Glasses:

• “Your glasses don’t fit anything else that you do. They look like Meemaw glasses.” – Bobby teasing Eddie (46:01)

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Notable Moments (with Timestamps)

• 02:01 – Amy introduces "Less" as her word of the year.
• 06:08 – Bobby talks about being more "Positive."
• 09:41 – Bobby and Arkansas Keith get caught by police at the stadium.
• 16:58 – Morgan recaps her engagement.
• 24:53 – Eddie advises soon-to-be dad: “You figure it out, man…”
• 33:20 – Amy on resisting being a Velcro parent.
• 40:05 – Amy reacts to the disturbing origin of Sleeping Beauty.
• 44:37 – Morning Corny: “To spend less time on the web.”

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Tone & Style

Lively, supportive, playful, and teasing among longtime friends and colleagues. Listeners are included in inside jokes, honest life confessions, and lighthearted arguments. The show balances self-deprecating humor with heartfelt advice and celebrates life milestones together.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode is a fun and candid return for the Bobby Bones team in 2026. You’ll hear their annual words of intention, personal stories from the break (including a perhaps-too-adventurous stadium visit), engagement excitement, and frank discussions on parenting and self-improvement. The team’s trademark camaraderie shines—as do their debates on everything from regifting to fairy tales gone wrong. Even if you’ve never listened before, you’ll feel like you’re hanging out with a group of old friends willing to share the highs, lows, and laughs of everyday life on the air.

Transcript

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[B]

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[C]

Here we go.

[B]

Come on, Bobby. Transmitting across America. Turn it up. This is a Bobby Bones show.

[D]

Let's go.

[B]

Hey, hope you had a great weekend. Welcome to Monday's show Morning Studio.

[D]

Morning, Bones.

[B]

Amy's about to hit us with her word of the year. Last year, the word of the year was alignment for you.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Do you feel like 2025 was aligned?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Okay. The year before that was water. Because you wanted to be more fluid.

[A]

Yeah, I should have had kept that as one. I want to be more fluid and I wanted to drink more water. And right now I am dehydrated.

[B]

So it's now time. If we can get a drum roll please, for Amy's word that she's going to dedicate her life to in 2026.

[A]

Yes. A little mantra of sorts.

[B]

Go ahead.

[A]

Less, Less, Less.

[B]

Less white.

[A]

Less everything. Like you name it. Less things, more experiences, less texting, more meals together. Get it. See you less, but you replace it with something more. Less wanting, more contentment with what I have. Less screen time, more interactions or even time for creating.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

Get it.

[C]

Some people say less is more. Heard of that before?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

But she wants less of some things to have more of other things.

[A]

Less oversharing, more building and silence.

[C]

So that means your segments are going to be shorter, you're going to talk less.

[A]

No, Sometimes I get real excited about something.

[B]

Spoilers on movies.

[A]

I put it out there, and I start. Start talking about it. Like, even if it's just amongst friends, but I say I'm working on something or have an idea, I start to, like, put it all out there. So less oversharing on that stuff and more building in silence. And then if it comes to fruition and actually happens, then I get to share more about it. Because then I like a loser when I don't. Like, I have this idea and I start talking to people about it, and then I don't follow through. And then I'm like, well, I suck less of that.

[C]

Less.

[B]

Eddie, last year, your word was slow.

[C]

Really?

[B]

Yeah, because you said you wanted to live life at a slower pace, speak slower.

[C]

And that didn't really happen. Like, I still talk fast, and I wanted to be like, you know, Bobby, I. I thought about what you said, but I can't do that. Like, I have to talk.

[B]

So you didn't stay with your word last year?

[C]

No, no, no.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

What is your word for 2026 this time?

[D]

Serious.

[C]

And this goes with that? I'm serious. I'm serious about the things I'm going to do. I'm no longer going to be joking. Just anything, man.

[A]

Donating things, easy.

[C]

But if I say something, which I'll be a little more careful to say certain things, if I say it, I want to be serious about it.

[B]

So your word for 2026 is serious. Okay, lunchbox. Your word last year was moving as far as business growth.

[D]

Yeah. Making moves. And I did that. I did make moves. I attempted to make moves.

[B]

How'd you make a move? We want to.

[D]

I got on that one show for Pigeon Forge, the tourist show. It was.

[B]

Is a YouTube. It was content. It was still something.

[C]

How did you get that?

[D]

They reached out to me.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah, it was great. But it was content. Okay.

[D]

If. I mean, there was multiple episodes, so I could. I don't know, I consider that a show, but maybe. Whatever. And then I also tried to make like. I mean, I tried for the job at, you know, the professional soccer club here in town. I tried to get on prices. Right. So, I mean, making moves is what was more of trying to do things like you didn't necessarily have to get them.

[B]

So you didn't make moves, but you tried to make moves last year?

[D]

No, no, you had. If I didn't try.

[B]

What's your word this year?

[D]

That's the thing.

[C]

Oh, you don't have one.

[D]

I was trying to think of something like, what's going to. Like, what is 2026 going to mean for me. And I decided that my word of the year is grab.

[C]

Sound good?

[B]

Sounds like we need HR in here. Yep.

[C]

Don't be doing.

[B]

What are you grabbing?

[D]

Opportunity. Grabbing my future and taking a hold of it.

[C]

Isn't that other way of saying moving? Yeah, same as the moves.

[A]

Or grab. Grab a butt food and gift bags.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Steel.

[C]

Steel. Oh, that works.

[B]

Yeah, Still.

[D]

Okay, so he goes. Unlike grab.

[B]

No, no, no. It's. It doesn't matter. We're gonna give her.

[A]

No, I like you. Grab the bull by the horns.

[D]

That's right. That's what I'm saying.

[B]

But isn't that moving, though? It's what you said last year.

[D]

Now that you say that.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

I didn't realize it was. But it. It does kind of sound like that.

[A]

But that's good. He's got a theme. He's got maybe grab a little bit different energy.

[D]

I don't want to.

[A]

Because move.

[D]

I don't want to have the same word two years in a row.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

I didn't realize they meant the same thing. So let me go back to the drawing board. Okay.

[B]

I'll come back. We'll circle back.

[D]

Yeah, circle back.

[A]

Circle back.

[B]

Mine last year was DJ F tried to not be as rigid, so I could just not care as much to foster a bit more creativity. I feel like I did four out of ten. I still cared. I was still pretty rigid. I was never late once. I tried to be late once.

[C]

I know that was the one night.

[B]

I think my word for this year is going to be positive because I have the tendency for anything that's happening. I just have worst case scenario in my head all the time. Like, anything that happens that's probably not going to work out like it could. I'm just gonna be more positive about possible outcomes because I have quite a few positive outcomes, but I'm never positive about them. And then afterward I'm like, I wish I would have just been more positive about that. I wouldn't have put myself through whatever stress I put myself through, and it ended up pretty great. So I'm gonna be. I'm gonna be more positive situationally about things.

[A]

Nice.

[C]

Okay, hold on. So, like, when we text about games and I say, like, hey, dude, it's okay. I think we got this.

[B]

Now you're jinxing it.

[C]

But see, that's positive. Can you do that with sports? Are you going to be able to be positive with sports outcomes?

[B]

I don't think so. I think it's more about just my things I can control. Be positive about that. Yeah.

[C]

All right. So we're still gonna be negative with the sports.

[A]

Not all things you can control because.

[B]

Or things I can have an influence of.

[A]

Right. You can't influence.

[B]

I can't influence Razorback football.

[C]

You can't? No. That's them.

[B]

Lunchbox circling back. What's your word?

[D]

Yeah, I'm debating between two. You guys, help me out. Healthy or friendly?

[B]

What?

[A]

This is interesting twist.

[C]

What do you mean by healthy?

[B]

Like, what do you mean by friendly?

[C]

Like, you're gonna be.

[B]

I think healthy is great because you have to get that testicle checked, obviously. And I think he probably is dying.

[A]

To feel back to normal. Like, I know he's not been able to run, and that's such an important part of his overall well being.

[B]

Go with healthy because I don't want to see you fail.

[A]

And. And healthy could be like, being friendly is. Could be under the healthy category.

[B]

Yeah. If you're healthy, maybe you're friendlier.

[D]

Okay, we're going with healthy.

[B]

Going with healthy. Okay, good.

[C]

Good luck, man.

[B]

Good luck with everybody's words.

[D]

Thanks. Are you serious when you say that?

[C]

I'm definitely serious about it.

[B]

I'm positive you'll be healthy.

[D]

Thank you. Amy. Are you. What was yours?

[B]

Less.

[D]

Less.

[B]

Hey, you be less, you stay less. Bones. I was listening to an episode back in 2018. Bobby said that he didn't have any Christmas traditions yet because he didn' wife or kids. And I know the baby hasn't came yet, but I was just wondering if Bobby had any traditions with his wife that they've been doing on Christmas. Anyway, love the show. Clint from Mississippi. Bye, Clint. Appreciate that. Not yet. My wife's family has a tradition of they watch Elf on Christmas Eve. And I've said this before that we didn't really have. Sometimes we only have Christmas. Not really. And some. We definitely didn't have any traditions growing up. So the first time I went over to their house on Christmas Eve and everybody, like, laid in pallets on the floor and watched Elf. It was really foreign to me. Now I look forward to it. And we were in Fayetteville for this Christmas, and it was a little different because people were coming in. Like, all those kids in that family now have their own kids, so it's harder to get everybody together. But we all got together for a little bit, and Elf was on. But the kids are so little. It's hard to get everybody to watch Elf to watch anything, because kids are running around all over the place. But, yeah, I think probably next year we'll start that I've kind of just been taken in on some of their traditions for now. But Christmas was good. It was warm as crap.

[A]

I know that part felt weird.

[B]

Weird. I liked it. Like, Arkansas. Keith came up on Christmas. He drove up to Fayetteville, and we went and walked around the football stadium because it was warm.

[C]

That's cool.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, like, can you just go do that if you want to, or do you have to have a special?

[B]

No outside? We ended up going in a gate, and the cops came and got us, so. Yes and no. We just went and walked around Razorback Stadium because he's not up there a whole lot. I was like, hey, nobody's out. It's Christmas Day. Let's just go walk around. We looked at the statues and stuff. There were, like, hog statues. And I said, well, I know somewhere we can probably kind of get in through a gate had no connection. The gate was unlocked. We walked through 20 steps after that. Excuse me, guys. And he's a little scared because, well, it's a cop and he's a law abider.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I was like, oh, we're just walking around. The gate was open. I didn't hit him with the flex or anything. Wow.

[A]

They had security out there.

[B]

Christmas Day, they did, and they were on it. So no traditions yet. Oh, that would be fun. We go walk around the stadium, the Arkansas football stadium, every single year.

[A]

Maybe you and Keith can have that.

[B]

All right, hit me with the next one. Hi. Little late on your podcast, but listening to the 12 days of Christmas. Eddie, you ruined it with how you said salsa every time they told you to stop saying it, and you kept doing it. You ruined it. Love the show. Bye. Wow.

[C]

Ruined it.

[B]

I would say we got the joke after the first couple. You didn't have to keep doing the joke over.

[C]

I don't know how else to say it.

[A]

Yeah, I don't think it's a joke.

[B]

It is, because he doesn't say salsa like that every time.

[C]

Salsa.

[B]

No, you don't say that every time.

[A]

I thought it was funny. Also, speaking of Eddie, Salsa. That was really good because he just.

[B]

Did it a little too hot. Real spicy, little too hot. I don't want to pee on his gift.

[C]

Dang, guys.

[B]

But I texted. Caitlin says, what are you texting Eddie? His sauce is too hot. She said, he gave that to you. Why would you critique someone's gift?

[A]

Well, I think the critique is necessary. I'm with you on that because I think, should he gift us more? We need to. We need to dial it back on the heat a little bit, but other than that, so delicious.

[C]

So dial back on the heat. But you guys definitely want more salsa.

[D]

Yes, yes. But the heat was unbearable.

[A]

Like, we need it this week.

[B]

I'm already at all and I'm as caucasianly taste budded as possible, meaning I don't like hot stuff. And it was still really good. I just fought through it, but it was a little hot. And my wife said, why would you message him about something free? I said, because he wants the feedback. Because he wants to give it to us again.

[C]

And your text was like, is this one a little hotter than the last one?

[B]

I was a little nice about it.

[C]

You are. You're nice about it.

[B]

I got a double up gift during Christmas and this is just my wife's mind versus mine. And so I was given a gift and I opened it and it was something I already had. And I immediately was gonna go, oh, this is cool. I already have one of these. And before I got that out, she goes, don't say it. Because she knew where I was gonna go. I was like, but I already have one. Should I tell them? She goes, no, just accept the gift and say thank you and then you can figure it out later. But I wasn't saying what was it? Don't worry about it.

[C]

That's not important.

[A]

Is it something about you?

[B]

My other Mexican friend gave me Tata. So when Eddie gave me his. Oh, no, no. It was nobody from here.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

If it was, I would definitely say it.

[C]

So have you dealt with that?

[B]

I just have two of them now.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah, because like, how do you deal with it? Oh, I never turn something. My boyfriend was like, the. They wanted to know, like, maybe the phone number associated with it. And so then he had to guess the person's number because they needed to look up the order. And then he was like, but no, no, no, no, no. Because if you return it, then they may get a text or an email. And so he's like, scratch that, scratch that. Because that's like the worst.

[B]

Okay, I.

[A]

Who do you give it to?

[B]

I'm not saying that. Why would I say who I re.

[A]

Gifted the gift to? Oh, you re gifted it because giving it away and regifting is different because you might be like, oh, hey man, here's this. But did you wrap it and give.

[E]

It to somebody else?

[B]

I didn't wrap it, but I gave it away during the Christmas time, so it felt like a Christmas gift.

[A]

Interesting.

[B]

Yeah. So I kept the spirit going is how I see it.

[C]

That's beautiful.

[B]

But I Literally was gonna go, oh, thanks. I already have one of these. But that she says, shut up. Like you. You're not doing it. I was doing a purpose. Yeah, Ray, give me number the next one for. I just got out of prison a month ago, and I made it a month and my first Christmas. And I want to say, anybody out there who thinks they can't do it, do it because I. I used to be a drug dealing nobody. Anybody can be anything now. I'm about to go to college and do what I do. Let's go. Anybody can be anything. I agree. The world is bendable. Okay, well, you aren't motivated by.

[A]

No, I am. I'm like, okay. Like, we're so he's been. He's been out a month.

[B]

My first Christmas. I wanted to say I've been out, made it a month.

[C]

That's cool.

[B]

One day at a time, bro.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

Anybody can be anything. Go do what you do.

[A]

It sounds like he got rehabilitated in there.

[D]

He's going to college.

[A]

I know.

[B]

Yeah. I. I watched a really good show over the break. I don't know if I should just wait. Wait for Tuesday reviews day. I did also on Tuesday reviews day, I saw my first and it was the only movie of all of 2025 that I'm giving five stars to. Whoa.

[C]

You never do that.

[B]

Never do is a movie, and I did not plan to watch it. Maybe I do in the podcast today. Regardless, I watched my first five star movie. I have so many things to talk about. The segment we didn't do before the break, which Lunchbox suggested was let's debate if Morgan's gonna get engaged. And Amy is the one that said, hey, we shouldn't do it.

[A]

Yeah. Because he wanted everyone to go around and give their percentages. Like, what's the likelihood Morgan's gonna get engaged? And I felt like I really didn't think it was gonna happen, but small chance that it would happen. I wouldn't want to ruin that for her boyfriend if he heard that. And it's like, oh, well, great. Now they're all Talking about how 100% she's gonna get engaged. Because I know Lunchbox probably thought it was 100% his.

[B]

I was 100. I was about 88.

[A]

Okay. I was at like 5%. But I just felt like it was so close to, like, what if it actually did happen? I wouldn't want to, you know, disrupt any of his plans. Like, I don't know how he would feel about that.

[B]

So Morgan got engaged over Christmas Yeah. Yeah. All right, Morgan, lunchbox your thoughts.

[D]

This might be the most predictable engagement we've ever had in the world. Like, I mean, it was just. I mean, it was so easily predicted. We all knew was happening. And let's just.

[B]

Amy was at 5%.

[A]

To be fair, I thought I knew that she felt like he was the one and it would likely happen. I did. I was not on the train that it was happening. Christmas break.

[D]

Well, let's just go over the timeline. He's about to leave Nashville. He's given up on life. Like, he's moving back home with mom.

[C]

And dad, giving up on life.

[B]

I don't know if that's true.

[D]

No, no. He talked to the man upstairs, like, at 9:30pm he said, give me a sign that I'm supposed to say it now. Stay in Nashville. Two hours later, at the bar, he meets Morgan.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

And then he's about to be homeless. He's losing his place. He's like, hey, can I move in with you? Moves in with Morgan. Christmas comes around. He's like, man, I don't know what to get her. I know. I know what. She'll take a ring. Boom. It was like. It was all right out there. I mean, five months and we're engaged. It's crazy.

[A]

It was more. It was longer than five months lunchbox.

[D]

The most predictable engagement in the history of engagement.

[C]

How long was it?

[B]

Oh, well, let's talk to Morgan, guys.

[D]

Okay.

[E]

Yeah, great. Keep talking about me without my input.

[D]

First of all, congratulations.

[B]

That's not first of all. That's like ninth of all. You just did, like, eight things.

[D]

I'm very happy for you, excited for you, but, man, this was like. It was.

[B]

Okay. Morgan, over to you. You have the no interrupting stick now lunchbox.

[D]

Did you know it's coming?

[B]

No. You have the no interrupting stick.

[C]

You can't talk.

[B]

Go. Go ahead, Morgan.

[E]

Yeah, we got engaged, and it was awesome. I was completely surprised. Surprised in not knowing when it was going to happen. We had gone and look at rings together, so I knew we were going to.

[B]

Have you told us that?

[E]

No.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

No, that was something we did. We only went once, and I just. I had no idea what I wanted. I had no idea even about an engagement ring. I'd never looked at engagement rings. So we went and looked, and that was, I guess, all he needed. And then he decided to propose. He wanted it to be around my family. He wanted it to be a complete surprise. It's very difficult to surprise me because I'm. I ask a lot. Of questions, and I'm very inquisitive. And he also wanted it to be a really pretty scene. And him and I both really love Christmas, so it was perfect.

[B]

Where. What town did you do it in?

[E]

It was in Wichita and it happened at botanica, which is like a family tradition for us. We go every year as a family to. It's like botanica gardens that they do 2 million Christmas lights. And my sister and brother in law were also in on it, and they helped him scope it out to find the best spot for the proposal.

[B]

Is it a botanical gardens? Yeah. Got it. And you didn't know your parents, did they know?

[E]

He asked my dad.

[B]

But did he know it was coming though, that night?

[E]

No, he didn't. He said yes, and obviously he knew it was going to happen, but he also wanted it to be a surprise for my mom, so my mom did not know.

[B]

Was he acting weird leading up to it?

[E]

No, not until the very, like, last. As we're getting ready to go to botanica garden, I caught him like, sitting on the bed. It's called botanica.

[B]

It is called botanica.

[A]

It's called botanica.

[B]

That's why I asked. It was botanical gardens.

[E]

It's called botanic. It is botanical gardens, but it's called botanica.

[B]

That makes sense for us.

[E]

Yes.

[A]

We didn't know if it was like, Italian.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

No, it's. But I'll just say botanica. When we were about to leave, he was sitting on the bed and he was just kind of staring. His eyes were closed. And I walked in, I was like, are. Are you okay? Are you good? He's like, I. I was just contemplating my outfit for tonight. And I was like, that was a little strange. And that was the only moment where I was like, that was a little weird. And then I started to pick up on little weird things throughout. Like, my sister kept looking around when we were at the garden's lunchbox. And at that point I was like, okay, that's weird. Who are you looking for?

[A]

Everybody's here.

[E]

And so I can look back and see all the things. But I wasn't piecing it together because I didn't expect it to happen at that moment.

[B]

Lunchbox, you get one thing to say positive.

[D]

No, I'm just happy for you.

[B]

There you go. That's it. You nailed it.

[D]

No, no, my.

[C]

Well, talk to her because you have an.

[D]

And what did he get you for Christmas?

[E]

There's another gift. It was. It was something custom that was special to us.

[C]

Okay. Oh, that's cool.

[D]

I just Wonder. So does that mean now he doesn't have to pay rent?

[E]

No, we. You share finances.

[B]

Homeless thing. I've not heard the homeless.

[D]

Oh, he was losing his place, man.

[B]

He wasn't.

[A]

He had no apartment.

[E]

He had a literal apartment.

[B]

That's Ray's story for sure.

[D]

No, I know. He's like, but. But this was a lot. I mean, I'm just saying it wasn't similar.

[E]

He literally lived in an apartment and his lease was ending and he could either continue it or. And he chose not to. We chose to move in together. He still had the money to pay for an apartment.

[D]

So we say.

[B]

But that's all we do on this show is say there's anything we can say.

[A]

Why would you say he does, like, Lunchbox. He has a job. So, like, where does this money go?

[C]

So we say he has a job.

[B]

Does he.

[D]

I mean, it's just. It was. I'm so happy for you.

[B]

I'm glad you sound. It just.

[D]

I don't know. We all. I mean, you guys all saw it, right? Like, the predictability. No, what is that song? The show. A little predictability.

[A]

The evening tv.

[D]

There you go.

[B]

I think predictability in the way of like, they had been together a while.

[D]

A while.

[B]

How long have you guys been together?

[E]

It's been about 10 months.

[B]

It's fine. That's an adequate time.

[C]

It's almost a year.

[D]

And also, I feel like.

[B]

I feel like it is almost a year.

[C]

You can round it up to a year earlier.

[A]

Lunchbox had five months.

[C]

Exactly.

[D]

She went to him, was like, look, how did you let Abby get engaged for us? What's going on?

[E]

Definitely not.

[B]

What?

[C]

I didn't think about that.

[D]

And then he was like, all right, fine.

[B]

Oh, you think the pressure from Abby getting engaged was then on him?

[D]

Yeah, like, oh. She was like, hello, what are you doing? And so then he was like, okay. I don't know, it just. It's crazy.

[E]

That's also not what happened. We went and looked at rings. It was in October, and from that moment forward, he was working with one of my friends and a jeweler to design the ring. So it's been in works before that happened. There was no thing around her engagement whatsoever. Completely separate. So let's not do that.

[B]

Were you this much of a hater at Abby's engagement? I forget.

[A]

No, I mean, he probably just didn't have the time. He's hated on every. Like, when I got engaged 20 years ago, he was hating all the girls.

[B]

Had a two week break.

[A]

Hold on.

[B]

He's had Enough time.

[D]

I did not hate on yours. Yours was like three weeks, and we all hated on yours. We were shocked. And then the fact you came in.

[A]

And said didn't hate on it, but you all hated on it.

[D]

But I hate. Well, Bobby was included.

[B]

Don't put me into this.

[D]

And the fact when you announced that I'm getting married on New Year's Eve, I was like, oh, my gosh, this is the worst engagement ever. That was what I was really frustrated about. So, yeah, I don't know if I. I don't know if I hated on Abby's because, I mean, what they already. They've been together for, like, 12 years.

[B]

And I don't know that they have been together a lot more than that. I think you nailed it, though.

[D]

Oh, Abby's been together for three years.

[B]

Abby, how long you guys been together?

[A]

No, it's been two.

[B]

Oh, it has been two years.

[D]

Yeah, it's been a long time.

[C]

You said 10.

[B]

Well, look, everybody's happy.

[C]

We're good.

[D]

What were you gonna say, though? You said but. You said but earlier.

[C]

He wants you to be on his team.

[B]

We'll talk more about this on the podcast. Check it out.

[D]

I mean, we're all happy for.

[C]

Right? Yes, we're all very happy.

[B]

Absolutely. But I did want to say that was the bit we talked about where we were like, we're not doing this bit, but we may tell you on the other side. And that's what it was. Amy said, we're not doing that bit.

[E]

I am glad you guys didn't do it, just for the fact that it would have put me on a track. Since he was doing it, I would have been like, oh, maybe it is gonna happen at Christmas. And honestly, I just. He wanted to completely surprise me, and that's. That's what he accomplished.

[B]

Congratulations. No, nothing else. Lunchbox.

[D]

I'm not. Hey, show the ring to the camera. Where's the camera?

[B]

Congratulations. There it is. It's the anonymous sin box. Anonymous sin box. There's a question to be had. Send it into the. Hello, Bobby Bones. I'm 32. Just found out I'm be a dad first kid. Still feels surreal. I didn't grow up with a dad. He wasn't around. How do you navigate all these new feelings in the beginning, the fear, the pressure. Also, how did you tell your family? I want this moment to be special, but also don't want to feel the weight of expectations. I assigned soon to be dad. I. I don't have right answers on this. I really didn't have to tell my family. I didn't have a lot of family to tell. We called Keith, Arkansas Keith and he was like, oh, yeah, how about that? Because I think they just kind of gave up. And Arkansas Keith was my stepdad at one point, but we called her family. Bam, bam, bam. But I think to her ever tell you the story about me recording her parents? So I was in charge of when we told them it was on FaceTime and it was on her phone. Her mom and her dad were together and we told them that she's pregnant. And I was in charge of recording their reaction. And I guess I accidentally hit record before I was supposed to hit record. So then when I hit record, I was turning it off. So I missed them in all their reaction. But then I hit record to turn it off and I thought it was on. So what I did record was them after the reaction.

[A]

So you had no footage of the action?

[B]

Nothing. Only before and after you had one job. Yes, Totally screwed that up. Don't put all these pressures on yourself right now. It's all gonna happen anyway. I don't know how to be a dad. I'm not a dad yet. But all this stuff, there's gonna be a time and place for it. But it's not productive to penalize yourself for something that hasn't happened yet. So don't do that to yourself. Don't hold yourself accountable for something you haven't even done wrong yet. I think all that's natural though. I mean, Eddie, you could speak to it. You were a first time dad the first time.

[C]

Yeah, I don't think anyone is ready to be a dad. Like I definitely wasn't ready to be a dad. But you figure it out, man, and it's an awesome thing. And you're gonna think that everything is impossible, but it's not. And it all works out.

[B]

How do you navigate all the new feelings? I think you don't have the opportunity to not navigate them. So you just know they're gonna come.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And again, don't penalize yourself before you even do anything wrong. I think that's a big part of life. Don't beat yourself up before it's time to. Because sometimes you beat yourself up and you don't even need to beat yourself up whenever it comes because you actually did a better job than you thought you were going to.

[C]

I think community is big too. Like ask your buddies who are other dads too. Like, hey, what do you do here?

[B]

I ain't doing that.

[C]

Hey man, I'm here whenever you need me.

[B]

I'm good, though.

[A]

What? You're just gonna figure it out.

[B]

I don't have any buddies. I'm gonna go to.

[C]

I'm right here. Lunchbox is right here.

[B]

I'm all good. Hey, thank you, though. Thank you for offering. I'm all good. Just know this is all normal and natural. That's super exciting for you. It's very normal. It's very natural. But don't hold. Don't be mean to yourself because something hasn't happened yet. So you got this. There are much dumber people than you that have been great dads. That's what I say to myself.

[C]

That is true.

[B]

There are way dumber friends of yours that have been good dad. So if they can do it, you can do it. All right, there you go. All right, it's time to play the Bobby Feud. We have top New year's resolutions for 2026. Just gen pop, a survey found the top 10 New Year's resolutions for Americans in 2026. It'll go Amy, Lunchbox. Eddie, Mike, who's first, though?

[C]

Amy.

[B]

Amy, you are first. Let's play the few 10 answers on the board. Go ahead.

[A]

Lose weight.

[B]

Lose weight. Show me lose weight. Lose weight. At number one. Lose weight, diet and exercise.

[A]

Figured, save money.

[B]

Show me Save money. Save money. Or pay off debts or loans.

[A]

Less screen time.

[B]

Show me. Yeah. That.

[C]

Taking everything.

[B]

Yep. Number five. You have eight points so far.

[A]

More family time.

[B]

Show me family time.

[A]

What's wrong with people?

[B]

Over to Lunchbox. Lunchbox. She only has nine points. Ten answers are on the board. Top New year's resolutions for 2026.

[D]

Yeah, she took all three of the ones I had written down. So we'll go with switch careers.

[C]

Gosh, I just had that one.

[B]

Show me switch careers. Wow. Yeah. Switch careers. Comes in at get a new job. Number two. There you go.

[D]

Oh, Number two. All right. All right. You're gonna stay in touch with friends. More connection. Connection with your friends.

[B]

More. Show me connection with friends. All right, Lunchbox with two points. Eddie, there are four answers off the board. Diet and exercise is get a new job, reduce screen time, and pay off debts or loans. We're looking at the top 10 New Year's resolutions for Americans in 2026. What do you have?

[C]

Not much. They took a lot of the good ones, but Give me move to a new city.

[B]

Show me move. All right, points are doubled. Round two of three, Amy, over the year, eat healthier.

[C]

You said diet, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Who said diet?

[D]

You said that.

[B]

I said lose weight. Diet and exercise.

[A]

Oh, all of those were lumped in my bad.

[D]

Dang.

[A]

Because you may want to just eat more nutritious and not lose any weight.

[C]

Yes. Yes.

[B]

Yes. Lunchbox.

[A]

Dang. I'm an idiot.

[D]

Travel more.

[B]

Show me travel more.

[D]

Oh, that was it.

[B]

Eddie, points are doubled. You have zero points.

[C]

Yeah, some people, they just drink too much and they're like, you know what? Not this year. I'm gonna drink less.

[A]

Good one.

[B]

Show me less. Is you talking about alcohol?

[C]

Absolutely.

[B]

Show me less alcohol. Number four answer. Hey, eight points. The top five are off the board.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Talk it out here. Eddie, how you feeling?

[C]

Not great. I have one written down, but lunchbox kind of touched on it. He said, be closer to your friends. I'm gonna go one step further and say, make new friends.

[B]

Nah. Points are tripled. Amy, you are in the lead.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You have nine points. Five answers off the board. Diet and exercise, get a new job, reduce screen time, stop drinking alcohol, pay off debts or loans.

[A]

Read more.

[B]

Oh, that's a good one.

[A]

I feel like you're tricking me now.

[B]

No, it's a good one. And I say that it didn't make it.

[C]

What?

[A]

Gosh darn it, I'm out.

[D]

No, you're not. I'm out. Amy, I only got two points, so I gotta get one.

[C]

Well, come on, what do you got?

[D]

I'm trying to think filler mustering right now. Yeah, Eddie, I'm trying to think new year, new you. And when you say new you, you're gonna get out of that bad relationship. You're gonna get that new partner.

[C]

Did that just come up?

[D]

That just came up. You're gonna get out of that bad relationship. You're gonna get work on you.

[B]

Let's go.

[C]

You've said a lot of things, though.

[B]

It says, like, eight. Yeah.

[D]

So your answer is that new relationship.

[B]

Partner, get in a new relationship. So lunch is out. Eddie, it's over to you. You can win.

[C]

I had get a new boyfriend pretty.

[B]

Much the lunch and Morgan just lose over and over again. Mike, are they the ones bouncing it out?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Find a lover.

[C]

So I'm pretty stress free here because, I mean, yeah, he's only got.

[B]

You're in, but you want to win, right?

[C]

I do want to win that.

[B]

You guys got the top five.

[C]

Okay, I got something.

[B]

Go ahead.

[C]

Learn to do something new.

[A]

Oh, that's a good one.

[C]

Come on.

[B]

I thought reading was really good. I'm surprised I didn't make it. I do learn to do something new.

[A]

Oh, no, there's not, like, new hobbies.

[B]

No. So first of all, our winner is amy. And number six, a little more specific. Order less UberEats or DoorDash.

[A]

One thing that is specific.

[B]

At number seven. This was Amy's word a couple of years ago. Drink more water. At number eight, donate more.

[D]

That never crossed my mind. That was not on my radar.

[B]

Anything else come to your mind for the last two? Morgan, you didn't play. Is there anything that you would have said?

[E]

Stay off your phone.

[B]

But we did reduce screen time. Okay, that made it.

[A]

Shop last.

[B]

Chop lift. That's what I thought she was.

[D]

Less Amazon. Get a new pet.

[B]

Number nine, get more sleep.

[A]

Oh, good one.

[C]

That's tough.

[B]

And what screams amy because number 10.

[C]

Oh, get a therapist.

[B]

Boom. Go to therapy, seek therapy or counseling. And there she is. Our winner of game one of 2026. It is. Amy. Great job.

[C]

Bones.

[B]

Are you guilty of being a Velcro parent? What do you think that is, by the way?

[A]

Like, attached to your kids? Too much?

[B]

A Velcro parent's a caregiver who remains constantly attached to their child. It can be physically, emotionally, or mentally. The parent sticks to their child like Velcro and they intervene rather than allow the kid to handle it. Go through tough things on their own. That way they can be close if there's disappointment, frustration, anger, confusion, boredom, etc. Huffington Post. Are you a Velcro parent, Amy?

[A]

Nope.

[B]

You let him go mess up.

[A]

Definitely not. I can't.

[B]

Was it hard to not be a Velcro parent? Velcro parent?

[A]

I think in certain situations. Not all in certain situations. There was one recently where I definitely wanted to swoop in and I took everything in me not to. I had to practice stay on.

[B]

And you didn't because you saw long term benefits of you not jumping in and them learning.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

For themselves. Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

I just. I had to just keep saying over and over, stay on your side of the street. Stay on your side of the street.

[B]

Now you're not being literal. They weren't being abducted on the other side of the street and you just didn't jump into hell?

[C]

No.

[A]

In that case, I would intervene. 100. This was a situation where I needed to just stay on my side of the street. And I was very proud of myself.

[B]

So Velcro parent, probably the cousin of helicopter parent.

[C]

It's different though, right? Cuz one of them hovers, the other one sticks.

[B]

Yeah, I think Velcro's a little more intense. Eddie, I feel like you're at least a little more Velcro than Amy is.

[C]

Honestly, man, I'm not. I try to be, but I don't think my kids let me stick to them.

[B]

Are you helicopter?

[C]

No.

[B]

No, no, no. Okay.

[D]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

Yeah. You're denial parents.

[D]

Yeah, denial.

[C]

My technique is to not let them do things like, like, you know, so, like, if social media is an issue, then you're not going to get Instagram, like, boom. We're not going to do that. And so in that case, like, they're just not gonna get into that trouble. But when they go to school and they have a problem, like, with a friend or whatever, I try to be like, hey, man, talk to me. Let's do it. Like, I'd love to help you with this. They're like, no, I'm good, Dad. I got it. So I try to be Velcro, but they don't want.

[A]

I don't think offering feedback if you're asking is being Velcro. I think if they have a situation at school and you're like, hey, if you want to talk about it, I'm here. Or would you like feedback on it? That's being supportive.

[B]

Give yourself a name then. What kind of parent are you? If you were to have a Velcro helicopter, it can be anything. Something that doesn't even exist. What would you say? Because I think, whenever. Are you at a stroke?

[C]

What happened?

[A]

What are you saying? My. Mine might depend on the day. I'm fluid.

[B]

You're a fluid parent? Yes.

[A]

Like, I can be.

[C]

What.

[A]

What version's gonna show up today? No, just kidding. I tried to be consistent as possible, but, you know, we slip up.

[B]

Eddie, what would you say about you.

[C]

Maybe, like, a pickleball parent where, like, pickleball is a cool sport, right? Like, I think I'm a cool dad, but then. But they don't really think I'm cool.

[B]

Just, like, people don't think pickleball is cool. They don't play it.

[C]

If you play it, it's like, this is the coolest thing in the world. But if you don't, you're like, okay, nerds over there.

[E]

Old people, right?

[B]

So you're the pickleball parent?

[C]

I'm a pickleball parent.

[B]

That's pretty good.

[C]

I try my best.

[B]

You do try to do cool things with your oldest kid?

[C]

I try to be cool with him.

[B]

And he's like, dad, stop.

[C]

They're boys. Like, if they're like, one of them's like, I see texting a girl, I'm like, dude, hey, you want to talk to me about. No, no, I can help.

[B]

Talk about Girls, but not. I can help you pick up the girl.

[C]

No, I can help you. Like, like you're struggling texting with a girl. I'll tell you what to say.

[D]

Oh.

[C]

Like, dude, this is cool parenting.

[A]

What do you tell him to say? Nothing.

[C]

He always says, leave me alone, dad. Okay, fine, fine. You know, I got your mom.

[A]

I like it better.

[B]

That's what you say. I got her. I got her.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

You're only here because I got her.

[C]

Exactly.

[A]

I do like it that Eddie's at least trying to be involved in that way. Cuz some just get uncomfortable with any talk like that and they just don't even talk about it. So I think it's cute that Eddie tries to insert himself and then his son is like, no, I'm good.

[B]

We just bought. Cuz we're gonna have a baby soon. We bought a thing that you put a. A super baby in. In the bathtub. You can't put them in the bathtub by themselves. I mean, not by themselves. You can't even. They don't even take b. You got to put them in like a smaller thing to go in the bathtub. Like a strainer. It looks like a strainer. Like I'm straining spaghetti. You put them in the strain. You put a super baby in the strainer to give them a bath.

[C]

Bath and super baby. Because it's a little, little baby baby.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Some people don't super baby sounds.

[C]

I know, man.

[A]

It's a big super baby. But you mean when it's at its tiniest super baby.

[B]

That baby's so.

[A]

So it goes in the bathtub. I just figured. I don't know because I never had a newborn baby, but like I just always see people bathing them in the sink and stuff.

[B]

It's easier to do it. You can do sink? Yeah, sure. If you want to, you know, get them up with your used oatmeal bowls. But we have a. For the bathtub, we bought this thing that you put it in. It kind of looks like a salad strainer. That it's tall, I guess. And you put the. You know, I'm gonna let the baby swim. Don't you just throw them in?

[C]

They do that.

[B]

Don't throw them in. Just see what happens.

[C]

Dude, they do that, you know, like the Nirvana cover of the baby swim. That's what they do.

[B]

That's like a toddler though, right? Or like a four year old.

[C]

That's a super baby.

[B]

Oh, man. Yeah. So that we just got that.

[A]

Some people give birth in water.

[C]

Yeah, dude.

[A]

Baby comes out in the water.

[B]

They put like, what do you think about that?

[A]

I'm always interested because I'm intrigued by it. They set up like a little blow up hot tub looking thing in their bedroom, which I would opt for that over birthing in my bed. Like, I had a friend that gave her.

[B]

I don't want to do it at the house. Oh, yeah. Well, like, even when you say that, it's like, if we're gonna do it at the house in a tub, which we're not, and there's no judgment here, we're not doing it in the bedroom.

[A]

Yeah, well, my friend specifically wanted to do it it in her bed where.

[B]

She want to have the baby. Where she made the baby.

[A]

Yes, yes, yes. It was a full circle moment. And she was like, there's nothing more, you know, sacred or intimate than like our bed. So she wanted the baby to be born there. And she had mirrors and everything.

[B]

There is not a wrong, but there's very few wrongs. Just because I don't quite understand doesn't mean it's wrong. But that we. That ain't happened.

[A]

That's not happening.

[C]

But that bed's ruined, right?

[B]

That bed's dead.

[A]

Well, they put down special.

[B]

It doesn't matter.

[C]

It's over.

[B]

You're telling me stuff ain't getting through? You can tarp that thing four times times. Stuff's still getting through. There's a lot of stuff going through. We talked many a boat. Water still got under there after a big storm.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

The dark stories behind Disney movies. I didn't know a lot of this. Number one, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In the original fairy tale, the huntsmen bring the evil queen the lungs and liver of a boar and she eats them, believing that the lungs and liver of Snow White.

[C]

You can't put that in the movie.

[B]

At the end of the story, Snow White and the prince punish the queen by making her wear red hot iron shoes. And they make her dance at their wedding until she dies. Dang, that's dark.

[C]

It is dark.

[B]

They put fire iron on her feet and make her dance till she dies. That's some. This is very Vengeance Twisted number two. This is the original stories that ended up being Disney movies. Sleeping Beauty. The prince doesn't kiss the sleeping princess. He impregnates her while she's sleeping.

[A]

No way.

[B]

And she doesn't wake up until she gives birth to twins and one of them sucks on her finger to remove the cursed splinter.

[A]

What? I'm weirded out.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Who wrote that?

[C]

Yeah. I wouldn't have green lit that cartoon.

[B]

Well, they didn't. They didn't. That's why they changed it up. The next one, Cinderella. In the fairy tale, the Ugly Stepsisters cut off parts of their feet to make the glass slipper fit.

[C]

That makes sense.

[B]

But they take a knife and cut off toes. They don't just cram them in. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

Because in the movie, they cram them in.

[B]

And at Cinderella's wedding, birds peck out, their eyes peck out like guests. The Ugly Stepsisters.

[A]

Oh, the Stepsisters.

[B]

The Little Mermaid. In the original Hans Christian Andersen story, the mermaid does not get her man. He marries someone else. After he marries someone else, she has the option of becoming a mermaid again if she kills him and his new bride.

[C]

Whoa.

[B]

So she's a human, but she doesn't have many to be with. So it's, well, you can go back to being a mermaid, but you got to kill them. And she can't bring herself to do it, so she turns into seafoam. Her ultimate curse.

[C]

I feel like this could be a movie.

[B]

That's a terrible ending to a movie. She's just sea foam. Yeah, yeah. She falls in love with the guy, the guy marries somebody else.

[C]

But murder, murdering them, that'd be cool.

[A]

So who. Who got their hands on these? And they were like, hey, I know that this is how the story goes, but if we just change this detail, like, we can make it a kid kids movie.

[B]

So her book Tangled. But Tangled is the story of Rapunzel. That's correct. Who had the really long hair. In Rapunzel, the original story, the witch learns of Rapunzel's affair with the prince, so she cuts her hair and banishes her. Then the witch blinds the prince with the scissors that she cuts Rapunzel's hair with by jabbing them into his eyeballs.

[C]

Whoa.

[B]

Rapunzel and the prince eventually do find each other, but the prince has no eyes.

[C]

Dang, dude.

[A]

Golly.

[D]

This is crazy.

[B]

Back then, sickos. Well, it's like you can't tell just a happy story. All right, Because I imagine there are sickos now that write horror movies and books and. But these are supposed to be happy stories.

[A]

And why are. Why are all of them this way?

[B]

In Pinocchio.

[A]

Oh, no.

[C]

What did they do?

[A]

Oh, no. What did they do to him? I don't want to know. Actually, you want to check out. It wasn't his nose.

[B]

In the book, Pinocchio gets tired of Jiminy Cricket trying to give him advice, so he kills him. Oh.

[C]

I mean, Jimmy Cricket was kind of annoying.

[B]

The cricket doesn't even have a name in the book. He's just referred to as a talking cricket that gets killed.

[C]

He's like, shut up, Cricket.

[B]

Page four. Mulan. And this is ancient Chinese. In the Ballad of Mulan, when the true identity of the title character is revealed, she's told she has to become a concubine to the emperor. You know what that is?

[A]

No.

[B]

A concubine. It's like a woman. A woman. There's like one of the many wives he just has sex with.

[C]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[B]

Okay. In an act of defiant, she kills herself. No, Christina Aguilera singing that one. And then finally in the Hunchback of Notre Dame. In the book, Esmeralda is hanged for the attempted murder of Phoebus. I don't know. I don't know. Even though Frollo did it, it. Quasimodo kills Frollo, then jumps into a mass grave with Esmeralda's body to die. I don't know. That could be the actual story. I don't know. The Hunchback.

[C]

Yeah, I don't know that one.

[B]

I just know Igor. So be happy. These aren't your Disney movies that stabbing the eyeballs out and putting the hot iron shoes on the prince. Making the queen die by dancing in the hot.

[A]

And the worst one. Oh, the worst one for sure. Impregnating. Like, he didn't kiss her. He had a do it with twins. She didn't wake up till she was giving birth.

[B]

Like. Yeah, that's crazy. That's a tough one too. Yeah. Anyway, I don't know.

[C]

No, I'm glad they didn't turn out that way.

[B]

I don't think they'd have made it to us.

[C]

You imagine explaining your kid what's going on when you're watching the old cartoon.

[B]

See, she's asleep. But wake up, wake up in the morning. Then you turn the radio on.

[A]

On.

[B]

And the dial just keeps on turning. This week's next bit. And Bobby's on the mic. So you know what this is? This is the Bobby. And now for the Morning Corny.

[D]

The Morning Corny.

[A]

What's a spider's New Year's resolution?

[B]

What's a spider's New Year's resolution?

[A]

To spend less time on the web.

[B]

That was the Morning Corny. Back, everybody. Lobby Bone show Bonehead story of the day.

[D]

This story comes to us from Florida. A 39 year old woman was headed to court cause she stole $29 million from the government. And as she's pulling into the Courthouse, they have a license plate reader, and it went off. Stolen vehicle. Stolen vehicle. So she got out of the car and cops like, hey, we need to detain you. You know why she goes, yeah, car's stolen.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[C]

She knew.

[B]

Wait, if she stole all the money, why'd she also steal the car if she had all the money?

[D]

No, no, she was going to trial.

[B]

Yeah, but I'm saying if she stole.

[A]

All that money, like, why not buy your own car?

[B]

You have. You just stole 20 plus million dollars.

[D]

Oh, good point.

[A]

Was she robbing? Just give to the poor.

[B]

She's Robin Hood.

[C]

Don't think so.

[B]

Justice for Robinette Hood. Yeah. Okay, I'm just confused. Why, if you have all that money, why you're also going to steal a car?

[C]

Maybe it's not about the money, man.

[A]

Yeah, maybe it's just about.

[D]

Okay, I'm lunchbox. That's your bonehead. Story of the day, Bones.

[B]

So something Eddie thought was sweet, turns out he now thinks is rude. It has to do with your vision.

[C]

Yeah, I was telling Morgan, I mean, just kind of talking about how, like, I'm just struggling with my vision, so I use my glasses to read stuff off my computer.

[B]

Your glasses? Look, I think everybody's entitled their own style.

[C]

What?

[B]

Your glasses don't fit anything else that you do. They're. They look like Meemaw glasses.

[C]

Well, I just do it like that because it's like bifocals, right?

[B]

Put them on the end of your nose.

[C]

Edge of my nose.

[B]

So I look like Cruella de Ville and 101 Dalmatians, but I can still.

[C]

See far, so I look up above them. Right. So anyway, so Morgan is like, do you want me to send emails to you, like, in big fonts? And I was like, well, that's really considerate of you. But then I'm like, wait a second. That's rude. Like, I don't need. I can still see my emails. And she's gonna send them in, like, 24 font. I'm good.

[B]

Your glasses are so weird looking that I think it makes us care more about your vision.

[C]

What do you want me to wear?

[B]

It's like a performance when you put them on.

[C]

I do have these other ones that are like Jeffrey Dahmer, you know, like bigger, you know, like 80s.

[A]

That's like when I wore mine like that. Y' all said I look like a serial killer, so I haven't worn them since.

[B]

You're telling me this room's judgmental on what people wear?

[A]

Yeah. And then what Eddie needs to get is the kind that I did have, which I have since lost. And I'm really annoyed by it because they were expensive. But they're progressive glasses, Eddie. Where up top, there's, like, nothing. So you're good. Like, you don't have to put it down on your nose because I get what you're saying. You just need them to read. But then down at the very bottom, it has the prescription, so you can.

[B]

It's like the mullet of glasses.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Party in the front office in the front, party in the back.

[A]

Yeah, it's like a mullet of glasses. And I had some, and they were. Well, they were darker. And then Bobby was. Thought I was copying him, which I wasn't because they were tortoise.

[B]

Same glasses, big frames, big dark rim.

[A]

Frameshell.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

I thought you were Bobby when you walked in.

[B]

I looked over, I thought it was a mirror. I was like, why did they put a mirror in the studio?

[A]

Well, now, come to think of it, you know how I just said I lost them? Now, I have a theory that just popped in my head.

[C]

What?

[D]

Bobby took them.

[A]

Did you take them?

[C]

Did you take them and break them?

[B]

I don't have time. I don't have time for hi jinks around here. You guys do too much hijinks. I don't do hijinks around here, okay. I'm all for hijinks, like, to bring in. And you guys have drama. I don't do hijinks.

[A]

It was one of the great mysteries for me last year. They just disappeared. And I can't find prescription anywhere. Yes, well, they're progress. Like, up top, no prescription. Down bot. So someone else might be able to put them on, and they just think they're wearing them and they're cool. When they look down, they're like, oh, magnified.

[B]

They're mullet glasses. Yeah.

[A]

So I don't know where they are.

[B]

I had nothing to do with. I wouldn't steal your glasses.

[A]

It's just a theory popped in my head just now. Had to say it.

[C]

That is interesting.

[B]

You guys are always up, no good around here. What?

[E]

Morgan, can I also add that Eddie's missing a piece to this story? He said that he was told by somebody to if he keeps wearing his glasses, his vision's gonna get worse.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

So I said, hey, I'll help you out. To not wear your glasses more, and I'll make the font bigger.

[C]

I told her that a doctor told me once that I could. If I could just stick it out and, like, use my eyes to, like, really focus, you'll prolong getting reading glasses.

[A]

Oh, I see.

[C]

Because once you get the reading glasses, you kind of give up, and then your eyes just depend on the reading glasses.

[A]

Okay, that makes sense.

[B]

I'm still wondering where your glasses are, if someone stole them. The thing is, you misplace a lot of stuff.

[C]

Is this you just playing?

[A]

Yeah, but, like, I don't do.

[B]

Guys, I don't. I don't do fun stuff like that.

[A]

But an expensive pair of prescription glasses, I feel like I don't just.

[B]

You don't lose glasses.

[C]

How expensive are those Progressives? Because I'm interested.

[A]

Well, pretty expensive, but, yeah, I was able to use my hsa.

[C]

Okay. Health spending account.

[B]

Home shopping at work. We're done. Thank you guys for being here. We will see you tomorrow. Bye, buddy.

[C]

The Bobby Bone Show.

[B]

The Bobby Bone show theme song written, produced and sang by Reed Yarberry. You can find his Instagram at reedyarberry. Scuba Steve Executive Producer Raymundo Head of Production I'm Bobby Bones. My Instagram is Mr. Bobby Bones. Thank you for listening to the podcast. This is an I heart podcast. Guaranteed human.