Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - FULL SHOW: Jeff’s Big Pumpkin Parody, Rank Me Date + Scariest Haunted House EVER (10/17/25)

Episode Date: October 19, 2025

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Brand new full hour for you right now. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Thanks for being part of the podcast. And I'm going to say, iconic. Jeffrey's song today is iconic. I think that is the perfect word for it. It's a good one. Love it.

We're getting you in the spooky spirit for sure because we're also talking about the scariest haunted house in the entire country. Which is nuts. Unbelievable. Yeah, unbelievable. New phone tap and lots of fun ahead. But first, comments, what do you see, Alexis? I'm staying in the spooky spirit because Raphael said, it's funny how I feel the same about candy, but Brooke is able to make it weird.

Love her. Oh. How is it weird, okay? Just because the amount you talk about the Halloween candy. God, I just love it so much. Yeah. See, I do. And I feel like this is the only month of the year that I can voice it.

Yeah, you know. Yeah. Then it looks weird when I talk about. about it in April. Yeah. You know? That's a good point. This is your moment to steal it, buy it, eat it every day.

That's right. That's right. All right. Candy lovers, eat away as you listen to your full hour that starts right now. Good morning, BJ nations. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. That should not be the name that we go with. Why, Brooke, explain.

Yeah, what's wrong with it? You know, as a person who also has the initials that, I would just recommend it against Okay. We'll workshop the name, but we are broken Jeffrey in the morning. And we appreciate you listening live on the radio to us right now. But you can also hit up our podcast, Spotify, Apple, wherever you listen. And it is interesting how people catch us on all these different platforms. It's so cool. We hear from people all over the world. It's amazing. And like our second date updates on YouTube right now are absolutely fire. I was looking at the view numbers for each YouTube video for the past week. 14,000, 12,000. 15,000. That's cool. Never mind. Those are Brooks' weekly paycheck numbers. Oh, my God.

Still impressive, though. You mean daily. Oh, is that daily? I don't know why it's not hourly. I've been working on that forever. You deserve it. Either way, we appreciate our YouTubers because we put all our content up there,

our awkward Tuesdays, phone taps, closure calls. Thank God there's no videos of us playing pickleball on YouTube because we did that yesterday as a show. But it was so fun. We'd have way more views if we put that up. I know.

I'm ready to join. I'm ready for us to start a league or how does that work. Jeff, you played while you held a beer. That needs to be footage. Alexis and I lost while I was holding the beer. Yeah, but I knew you wouldn't take that well. You were so competitive. It's incredible.

Brooke, how would you describe your, you know, let's call it athletic prowess? It's a learning experience for me. Slow and calculated. Sure. This is your athletic type. I'm fine with that. Okay. But I have so much fun.

Yeah, hitting the balls over the fence into the neighbor's yard. That was fun. Listen, we're not playing to be good. We're playing for enjoyment. For fun. Yeah, it's like the show. Yeah. They'd do it for fun.

I'm not trying to be, you know, Pete Sampras over here on the pickleball court, okay? Anyway, if people want to play us, you can text in to 7-8-5-9-2 because we will take on anybody as long as you're 75 or older or suffer from some sort of visual or physical impairment. Yeah. Then you're going down, son. Maybe that's my problem, the visual part. Oh, yeah, just to name one.

But let's move on. We're going to get to the shot collar question of the day and send it to the guy who blew out both his knees and both his elbows playing pickleball. Our digital producer, Jake. Worth it. Well, today is no ordinary day, my friends. Because it's the birthday of the man.

The myth. The boy with the throat as golden as his family. fund. Oh my god, I forgot. Our own Jeffrey Remington, Octavius Dubbo! It's my birthday? Happy birthday, Jeff! Why didn't we started that? Yeah, happy birthday, Jeff. Oh, yeah. I didn't even remember. Well, you've all had the pleasure of working alongside him for years, hearing his words,

feeling the mist spraying from his mouth. Mm-hmm. They've got a moist now. That's an inside thing, but you guys have no idea how way it gets here. I've had the pleasure of being in him for all those years. But how well do you read? How well do you really know your marble-chested colleague? Oh.

We'll find out during a special Jeffrey Uncovered edition of Plenty of 20. Dare I say Jeffrey Uncut? No. You are Jewish, right? Don't spoil my questions. That would be super cut. Yeah, yeah. Supercuts.

Hold on a second. I'm never going there again. Here's how it works. You guys say number one through 20. I'll give you a trivia question about the birthday boy. just answer it correctly to stay in the game and avoid getting shocked. We'll start with the woman who bought Jeff

a birthday Starbucks, but accidentally drank it herself. Sorry, Jeff. That's Alexis. It's the thought that counts. That's certainly that could happen. Number nine. Alexis, what is Jeffrey's middle name? Is it David, Daniel, or Darwin?

Darwin. Jeffrey Darwin to Boe. Jeffrey, David, David, David, DeBois, Jeffrey Daniel DeBoe. If it's David's sorry, Daniel sounds better. Oh, I'm going to go Daniel. You're going Daniel? Yeah. My parents take a huge compliment,

that Daniel sounds better. It does. I was supposed to be named Daniel. That was their first choice. Had you been so much cooler? Yeah. There was a baby born right before me in the hospital, and they were like, that's a Daniel.

Let's give that other kids some other name, Jeff. That's how naming babies works. Brooke, it's your turn. Nine is off the board. Okay, give me Jeffrey's favorite number, 17. Wow. Acknowledgement of the favorite number. Brooke, Jeffrey got his first celebrity crush back in middle school.

Oh, God. Here are your possible options for who that was. Was it Betty White? Okay. Martha Stewart. Merrill Streep. Oh, boy. Bjork.

Amanda Binds. What is happening? Whoopi Goldberg, Jewish last name. Or Hillary Duff. Oh, man. I have a type. I will say. I know he does have some mommy issues.

I'm going to take all the older ladies off the board. Or is that why he'd want the older ladies? I think it's either Hillary Duff or it's Amanda Bines. Are you ruling out Bjork? I am. I am. I bet he was in love with Hillary Duff. Yeah, we all were broke.

Yeah. It definitely has to be heard. Brooke says Jeffrey's crush in middle school was Hillary Duff. And yeah, you can't get enough of that wonderful Duff. She's still so gorgeous, too. We're two for two. Jose, we're over to you. Let's go.

Number eight. Jose Jeffrey's very first family pet was a black Labrador. Aw. Was his name Chamberlain, Reginald, Margo with an X, Beaumont, Alistair, oh, my God. Percival. What the? Whitmore.

Oh, God, I'm not going to remember any of these. Or Bosco. That is such a rich family dog. All of the above. Oh. Only because I feel like there was. one time Jeff and I had a talk, and I heard him say the name Bosco. Oh, I feel like I've heard it too.

Give me Bosco! Bosco! Yay! It's my best friend! We're three for three for the birthday boy, and that means we're going to a final question as a consensus for the room. Brooke, Jose, and Alexis will work together. So far, you all know me so well. We don't have calculators to do numbers that high.

So for Brooke, Jose, and Alexis, here's your question. If Jeffrey could have a walk-on song to enter the studio, would he pick, Here Comes the Hot Stepper. It's raining men. I'm too sexy or heard it through the grapevine. Heard it through the grapevine. I'm going to vote, I'm too sexy. What's our other options?

It's raining men or hurt it through the grapevine. Oh, it's raining men, I think. I don't know what are you going to go. I think we choose that one for Jeff. I don't know if he'd choose it, but maybe since we choose it, we all go with it. I don't know. I still think it's too sexy. We can do too sexy.

Because he's manly. All right, right, said, Jeffrey. They say, I'm too sexy be Jeffrey's walk-on song. That is incorrect. You guys flatter me. It's actually none of the above. It's the Jewish Havanaugha song. Which means Jeffrey has won his own birthday edition of.

Yay, Jeffrey, you win it. Plenty of 20. What a great. So I get to choose to get shocked. and I think all three of you should serenade me at the same time by singing the birthday song while lifting me up on a chair

Havanaigila style. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Jeffrey. Okay. Happy birthday to you. Hillary Duff would have sang it better. Just saying that that is your shot collar question.

of the day. Happy birthday to me. Yay! Harry Duff, if you're listening, text in. Yeah, please. My boy wants to talk to you. We're going to do a phone tap right after this. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Who wants to put the wee in Halloween?

Yeah. That's wee with 17 E's, by the way. And no ages, by the way. We've had a whole controversy in my stream about this. That's right. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning because you look around and haunted houses are in full effect. People are decorating their lawns. We've got spooky corn mazes.

All of it's going on right now. And so are giant pumpkin contests. Oh, yeah. When they grow so big, you can't do anything with them. Except wham. Yeah. I'm going to show you a picture here, and it'll be up on our Insta Stories at Brooke and Jeffrey. But the guy who grew it, Brandon Dawson, is a manufacturing engineer from Santa Rosa, California.

He just took home top prize in the 52nd annual champion. chip pumpkin way off here's the photo of Brandon with his massive pumpkin any guesses for how much this bad boy weighs I don't want to ruin it for you I'm talking about the pumpkin Jose not the guy you handed us a picture that shows the scale without looking at the numbers on the scale 11 pounds let me guess 2,346 pounds that's exactly right it's 2436. 2,3,346 pounds. And it is sweet justice for Brandon because last year his giant pumpkin was over 2,000,

but came in second place to a dude that was six pounds heavier. This is pumpkin revenge. And his prize, they give him $9 per pound. Dude. Which Alexis, do the math? A lot of money. That's right. Just over $21,000.

That's what I was going to say. That is so cool. I really want them to start hollowing these out and just making him a jack-a-lantern and you could walk inside it. Yeah, that would be so smelly though. Brandon's secret on how he did it, how he got the pumpkin so big.

Pumpkin steroids. Brandon said water, a little bit of fertilizer. Yeah. And then he did a big wink into the camera. Okay, it was a steroid. Seems legit to me. Love. Yeah.

No pumpkin juicing going on in Santa Rosa, but I probably wouldn't need it either. Just to be safe. But head over to our Instagram if you want to see the picture. and more incredible content from us. Laser Stories is coming up right after this. It's the radio segment that's helping you get excited to brush your teeth with taco sauce toothpaste. Yeah, that sounds awful.

It comes in mild, spicy, and atomic mouth fiesta. So set your gums on fire with laser stories. No, it's very fresh breath. The segment where we read weird news stories around the globe, just like everyone else does, except we've got a laser. Those other dental diabloes just don't. This first laser story is out of California.

You've probably heard about people being caught using novelty license plates or ones that were altered or faked. Oh, okay, like after you steal a car? No? No. Just like weird ones that aren't, like, technically allowed to be used. Oh. You got by your own?

This is new. The California Highway Patrol stopped a driver early. this month who had an elaborate hand-drawn plate. That's not sketchy at all. How do you even see it? They tried to make it look legit by mimicking the actual California script font at the top and it included a representation of the registration sticker and the DMV's website down at the bottom. I get it.

They didn't want to pay the fees for a real license plate. I see, I see it in somebody's cousins like, man, I can do it. According to the deputy, the weird thing was the plate number and tags were totally legit. Wait, what? It was actually their plate number and tags? The number was valid. Oh, so when they ran the plates, it was legit. To their car? But the driver said they'd lost their actual plate and were just trying to stay compliant.

It must have fallen off at some point. And they were like, oh, I don't want to get a new one. God, Hank, why did you only put one screw in that life? his plate when you put it on. The officer said the driver got points for creativity, but they still received a fine of $197. Oh, come on. Which is more than five times the cost of getting a new plate

that they could have ordered through the DMV for just $27. Oh, man. I don't think they should have got a ticket. They should have got eight forever. Yeah. This next laser story is out of Courier's Corner. Boo! Sorry, I felt appropriate.

I don't know. It's just male people, I think. Well, if you order a pizza, Are you ever worried about missing the delivery because you fell asleep? No. Dude, I've done that once. I was drunk and I missed it. It was awful.

I've never fallen asleep when I was hungry. No, I was wasted and I ordered food and I woke up and I'm like, no, and it was at the door. If you said no, then you're probably not a college student. Because Grubhub says 72% of students have missed a late night delivery order sometime in their college career. Yeah, okay, the late night isn't because they fell asleep. It's because they're drunk, like Jose said. Well, it could be that they nodded off studying or were so drunk that they forgot that they even ordered it. So because of that fact, Grubhub is now coming out with something they call snooze insurance.

Double rainbow, oh, my God. So if you're a little sleepy while you order, you just hit that and then you don't have to pay for it? No, you basically sign up ahead of time, where if you're a Grubhubhub plus student member, they're offering a makeup meal to replace the one you slept through in order to take a, advantage of it, you have to apply for a code over the next few weeks, which will provide $15 off any future do-over meal. Okay, can I just... Okay, that's kind of nice?

Maybe I can pretend to be asleep. Take the pizza. Yeah. So with the do-over? Your hand is out, bro? Yeah. I give it to me. Experts say it's basically just a marketing gimmick to advertise their student membership

accounts, which are free to join if you're enrolled at participating schools. That's cool. Still, many college kids applaud the ice. idea. One commented, saying he passed out on three separate occasions last month alone, only to wake up and find his food was either cold or missing. Oh, man. Somebody else took it? I feel like three times means you're the problem. He says it's about time. Grubhub finally does something to fix this issue. Yep. Blame it on Grubhub. This next laser story is out of the cider circle. Okay. If anyone wants to know the difference between the life of

influencers in the life of normal people. Well, here's your case study. There's apparently a new trend of people taking carved-out mini-pumpkins to Starbucks and having the baristas fill them with the drink that they order. Oh, my God. Stop it. And the idea is because Starbucks normally lets people bring their own mug. Yeah.

And they'll fill that up. So why not celebrate fall by using a hollowed-out pumpkin as your mug? Pumpound. So that you can then take a picture of your pumpkin spice latte and a pumpkin. It kind of tastes like. pumpkin, though. Like and like. So some baristas have heard of the trend and they're willing to do it. Some are

even enthusiastic about it, but workers who've not heard of it are skeptical and they'll just give the customer an actual coffee cup so that they can pour it into their pumpkin themselves. You suck. Yeah, you do it. Then they're wasting the cup though. I mean, you might as well just skip it.

Can I bring a bread bowl places? You know, like maybe a gas station and fill it up with like that fake cheese that they always have. Oh my God. I didn't know where you were going. I thought you're going to go slushy. It's a sad day when you walk into a gas station with a bread bowl and be like, help me out. Yeah.

It sounds pretty good, though, doesn't it? Look over there and run to the nacho machine, nach cheese. Interestingly enough, the majority of commenters are asking people to please not do this because it slows the entire line of orders down. In any event, if you want to try it, Alexis, there's nothing wrong with asking nicely to see if they're cool with doing it. There's probably very little taste difference also. It's just something to do if you're willing to buy a pumpkin to use

for a cool little social media post. Someone's going to mess up and bring a full-size pumpkin in instead of one of those mini ones. This next laser story is out of Halloween headquarters. Recently a popular sports betting site crunched the numbers to find the odds of each type of candy landing in your kids' Halloween bucket. Oh my gosh. And they did this by taking stats from Instacart, Ash and other candy sellers.

Here's what they found. Brooks' favorite, Reese's peanut butter cups. Yep. You got a 67% chance of finding at least one in your bag. That's it. I thought, 95. Yeah. I'm going to thought 99%.

If your kid doesn't deliver at least one peanut butter cup to your face, then they have officially failed Halloween. Do you know what's amazing? My kids don't like them. No way. I've never heard of anyone. I get them all. They're not your kids.

They don't even care. biologically, not your children. Second most popular is peanut M&Ms at 65%. Regular M&Ms are next at 62%, Kit Katz at 60, and then Snickers at 58%. Tasty.

The top non-choccalculate candy with Sour Patch Kids, 55% chance of one of those ending up in your kid's bag. Nerd clusters are coming up. I'm telling you that's what all the kids want. They're so good. They also looked at three more things your kid might not enjoy getting. There's a 2% chance. They'll get a 2%. brush, a 4% chance

they'll get a box of raisins. Oh, gosh. And a 23% chance of finding some candy corn. No! People still give it out. Do we got some Halloween fruit snacks this year to hand out?

Oh, interesting. That's kind of good. My son picked him out. He's like, those are cool, mom. I like that. Well, as for this guy. He doesn't even know if he'll get to trick or treat this year.

He's still counting his candy from 2016. Oh, wow. Okay. He's a little. But, you know, he'll get around to it. Much down these laser stories has come to an end for the day. We'll do it again, same time on Monday. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

When you think Halloween's scary, do you picture mummies and witches and vampires with a little bit of fake blood dripping down their lip? I love it. Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt the vampire, John. That wasn't that scary to me. I mean, I don't think you have any idea what scary really is. Because there's a haunted house that's making the news today.

And you're not going to believe what they have inside and what it takes physically in order to go through. Oh, my gosh. Frankly, I don't know how this is even legal. You mean Frankenstein. But. I will say that's been going on for years. and the wait list to get inside is insane. We're going to tell you about the craziest haunted experience in America coming up.

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to different people. Yeah, for sure. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Like, for the Brooks of the world, it's all about the candy and wearing the most obscure costumes that nobody really understands what you're trying to be.

Dude, I've been doing it since a child, okay, third grade when I went his baby Jane. Wow. The real ones know, okay? I'm not going to ask you to explain it because I'm sure we won't get it. But I do remember in 2016, she wore a pig costume

with a Switzerland flag cape get it ham and Swiss you guys classic brook I didn't go there no where are you all at

that's just what brook does but for others it's an excuse to dress as sexy as possible to work and be able to get away with it oh my hand is raised okay you guys are boring for the rest Halloween is an exercise

in creating the worst most horrific scenes of blood and suffering straight out of your scariest supernatural nightmares I was talking about like lawn decor right now

because this goes way beyond just lawn decor it's why one haunted house is in the news today because it's been dubbed

the most terrifying scare experience in the country so what makes it that well first of all it's several giant warehouses all connected to each other

no way heck no More bigger than usual? It's full of traps and tripwires and multiple exits for you to run out screaming to your mommy. Okay. Oh, man. This is someone's house, you said? Warehouses. Warehouses.

Oh. Sorry, Brooke owned several warehouses. Oh, true. Is it a conversion warehouse like mine? I didn't understand that. Like a men's warehouse? Yeah. Suits everywhere.

That'd be hilarious. But no, you probably want to know how is it any different than just a number. normal haunted house. Yeah. It sounds bigger, but it can't be that scary, right? Yeah, and they have those ones already where people can go touch you, you know, and like grab you and stuff. I will say this one has a 40-page long waiver that you have to sign.

That's never good. It basically says you give them consent to do whatever to you. Are you going to send that to a lawyer first? That includes touching, hitting, beating, minor stabbing, not major. Shut up, Jeff. That's a lie. I'm kidding about the status, but honestly, I wouldn't put it past them because they do say you might be exposed to physical and psychological torture with risks such as having your teeth extracted, being tattooed, or your fingernails being removed. Did you say that?

Oh, fingernails, I don't mess of fingernails. Who's trusting the employees that are doing this to you? And what is wrong with this country that people are so star for an adrenaline rush that they need to go get their fingernails held out? That's the crazy thing. That's true. Even with all those warnings, people are still actually signing up to do it. You guys are sick. And you're allowed to go in as long as you present a doctor's note, a background check, you have to pass a drug test, and comply with the rules, which include no swearing.

What? Yeah, right. I am swearing. If someone's removing my fingernails, a curse word hat, one curse word before. I guess your Jeff. Good golly. Oh, Jiminy Christmas. Oh, geez.

Oh, wow. A zombie punches you in the face And you're just supposed to hold your tongue Oh, crimeony Gosh, my fingernails Now the other really interesting part of this Is let's say you book a time to go through it At like 9 o'clock at night

Okay You have to arrive there at around 630 So that you can watch a two-hour documentary On the experience Just to prepare you for what's about to happen Wow And you're telling me people are volunteering To spend their time this way

I could actually see this I would never obviously do this But people that are like real seekers, they almost want to be murdered. And this has been going on, just giving you the history of this. This has been happening since 1989. What? And we're just now hearing about it here? Is that because no one survived to tell the tale?

Actually, yeah, I'll get to that in a second. But in the past, guests have stated that they were not allowed to leave physically. What? Since the mid-90s, the house management has reluctantly implemented safe words. although some guests say the people inside ignore them. Oh, okay. Legally, on paper they have to have it.

And did I tell you how long it is, too? How long the haunted house experience is? Well, the video leading up to it is two hours. Yeah, and like a normal haunted house lasts about what? Five to ten minutes. It feels long, but it's five minutes. This one, eight to ten hours inside.

Hours! That's a haunting. You sign up for maybe getting a tattoo. I mean, that's a few hours. Yeah, that's true. So you enter it 9 p.m. And you're not done until six, five, eight, five a.m. If they let you out.

And you don't swear. You're like, sorry, I didn't make it to work today. I was at the haunted house. They say so far, no one has reached the very end before. What? No. Okay, that's the key where even me inside went, well, maybe I could do it. I'm so competitive.

Even Olympic sprinters have tried to just run through the entire thing. Didn't make it. And is it possible? The reason is because some guests have been waterboarded? What? That's torture, Jeff. That is true. That happened.

No way. That's illegal. But you sign a waiver saying you can't. That's in the 40 pages. Or is it because they were forced to eat and drink unknown substances and then were bound and gagged and sometimes drugged? Unknown substances. I don't like this. I don't know.

That sounds kind of part sounds a little fun. I was going to say it does sound like a fraternity hazing. Yeah. Bring me back to the good old days. But like I said, still, despite all this, people want. want to try it. In fact, the wait list to get in currently is at 27,000 people. What? That is wild. I never want to run into one of those 27,000 people in my life. They only take 50 participants a year.

How much must this cost for them to like put this all together and they only give out 50 tickets? And they're paying people eight hours a night? That's expensive. The guy who's putting it on, his name is Russ, whose ex-wife describes him as a quote, dangerous predator who enjoys torturing people. But it's his ex-wife. Any ex-wife would say that. We really just read that.

Like, it's normal. So, just keep that in mind before you go and sign up and fill out your application for him. I'm going to say, hell no, Russ. Yeah. But maybe, maybe it's gotten better

since the early 90s. I would assume. Did you hear the quote from his ex-wife? You watch out for Russ is on the dating apps, because that means this man single and out there. Has he gone through therapy and grown?

That's possible. Oh, so now it's like a happy experience. Yeah. So I will say many people in line did witness a woman being dragged, screaming out of a van as part of her experience. Oh, my God. But they didn't get out of line. They stayed.

She didn't swear. She didn't swear. And, yeah, I don't even want to say the name of this haunted experience. It is in San Diego, though, and you can go find the link to it up on our Insta Stories at Brooke and Jeffrey right now if you want to go check it out. Everyone's Googling San Diego haunted house right now. It's called Sick in San Diego. Yeah, so that is the most terrifying haunted experience you could find in America today.

I didn't even like discussing it. It creep me out. It's disturbing. Let's move on. We're going to do your phone tap right after this. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning, and it's time for your prank phone call. And today, we reach out to a woman who's frustrated over her missing package. Oh, that does make you mad.

I agree. I do have some good news for her, though. The package is near her place. Oh, that's great. Very, very near. Yeah. The only thing holding her back from getting it is two short words. Uh-oh.

You're going to find out what I'm talking about in your phone tab right now. It's another phone tab. Day mornings on the 20s. Hello? Hi, this is Kirby Tumwater. I'm calling from Amazon. Is this Karen D. Oh, wow.

Amazon? I never. Yeah. Yeah. I know. I'm sorry. We received a message through our chat bot saying you were having an issue with one of your packages. Yeah, for my cat. Right. I'm looking at your order right here. It says that you purchased a five-pound bag of kitty litter along with a kitty toy. Is that the order that you're talking about? Yeah, it was supposed to be delivered yesterday. I went outside and it wasn't there.

I see. Okay. You know what? Wait, sir. Let me just go out and check again. okay okay you can do that let me look some stuff up on my end too okay uh no no you're not seeing anything okay no no okay just looking this up for you okay oh okay hey well good news it says the package did arrive but i just told you i looked and it's not there right yes i think i see what's going on. The reason you're not seeing it is because it's through our new drone delivery service. Did you say drone?

That's right. We delivered it via Robin. I don't know who Robin is. No, sir. No, it's not who. It's what. Robin is our new drone delivery system. It's state of the art. Okay, well, I don't care how state of the art is. I'm telling you, sir, I didn't receive the toy for my cat. Ma'am, I hear you. The thing is, Robin is there

actually been waiting for you since yesterday. Oh. Where is the package? Up in the air. Up in the air right now above your property. What? Yeah, he just needs you to come outside to formally receive the package from him. How am I supposed to do that?

Real easy. So can you just walk outside for us real quick? I just was outside. Well, I need you to go back again. This is ridiculous. I'm sorry, man. We apologize. for the inconvenience.

Okay. I'm outside and I'm telling you I don't see anything. Well, right, because he's high up in the air. He's waiting to hear from you. So just put your right hand up in the air and loudly say, Hi, Robin. I'm not doing that. No, I'm not.

Well, then he won't be able to locate you. Hi, Robin. I said it. I feel like an idiot. There's nothing there. Okay. Okay, now I'm going to continue to trouble. shoot this with you. I should ask though, by the way, are you wearing a helmet?

Why would I need to even wear a helmet? It's just we did have an incident with a church group in Virginia recently who was dive bombed by a rogue drone delivering Bibles. Okay. Okay. You know what? You're probably fine, though. I am, I want to speak to you, manager. Absolutely, ma'am. I'll do that right away. We just have to try one more thing. What is it? Since the kitty litter was made in China, it could be looking for a Chinese response. So just give me a great big, knee-how. Me-how.

I did it. Oh, you didn't say Robin. People are looking at me right now. Like, I'm crazy. But you're not, ma'am. You're just waiting for Robin to bring you your items. You can tell them that. Nehow, Robin. Nehow, Robin. Nehow, Robin.

Are you here? Are you happy? I've made a fool of myself. No, ma'am. I still have no kitty, Lita. I still have no toy. I, ma'am, I am not happy, but I think maybe your husband, Bob, is because I should probably tell you, Karen, you're actually on the radio right now with a show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. My name is Jeff, and your husband set you up for a phone tap. I'm so sorry. Oh, my God, I'm going to kill him.

I'm going to kill him. He just wanted to mess with you. He told us that your Amazon order didn't arrive on the day it said it was, so he thought we could mess with you. I was calling me a worry ward. Karen, I got to say thank you so much for being a good sport here. Can I just get one more big knee-how before we leave? No, me-how. You forgot Robin again.

Say Robin. Wake up every morning with phone tabs. Weekday mornings on the 20s. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. It's the classic phrase you always hear. Oh, I normally never do this on a first date. It always means that you always do it. Why are you so good at it?

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now. Second date update. When your date plans change at the very last second, not by your choice, but because of like an unforeseen obstacle with the venue. Okay. Like the baseball game got rained out. Oh yeah, you can't control that. The KFC ran out of chicken.

That doesn't happen. What's your mood? Like, how do you respond? You could instantly give up right there and say, no, I'm not doing this. I'll FaceTime you from my bubble bath, but I don't pivot on the fly. Makes it super datable. Yeah, be flexible, Jeff. Come on.

Be spontaneous. That is the other option. Shake it up, do something new. And apparently that's what one of our listeners, Sierra, had to do recently on her date. And I'm curious what that looked like. So, Sierra, welcome to the show. Hi. Hey.

You sound like a go-with-a-flow type of person. I try. Yeah, you sound like a baseball-in-the-rain kind of lady. Yeah. That's good. Sorry to hear that your date plans crash, but tell us what happened. So I met this guy, Ashwin, on a dating app. Oh, he sounds fancy and rich. His name is Ashwin. It's so fancy. I don't even know how to spell that.

Not going to lie, the name intrigued me, but what I really liked the most was he was funny, which is so important. But he was also playful, like he was kind of saucy, but not disrespectful. You know what I mean? Rosie a little bit, but like totally joking. It's like talking to your grandpa, but 60 years ago. No, Jeff, not at all. Everyone can erase that. Everybody has a grumpy grandpa who likes to poke fun at them, right?

Not grumpy, yes. He's not an old man. This is playful flirty. His name is Ashwin. He sounds like a grandpa already. Okay, you got us there, Jeff, but the rest of us lost us on. Okay. Well, we all have different images of what Ashwin is, but what was the plan for the date?

Well, you know, I'm happy to say that wasn't my first impression. That's good. I liked him enough to say yes to a date with him. And I think that he was kind of trying to impress me, which obviously is fine with me. Yeah, totally. He had made rooftop bar reservations at this, like, trendy place. Rooftop bars are always good. Yeah.

You've never been to a rooftop bar that's, like, not cool. It's true. It's on a roof. I don't know why. You know what I mean? Like, you put him in a basement, not awesome. Yeah, that's a dive bar. Yeah, but on a roof.

So cool. It means something. Yeah. Okay. So you sound like you're excited to get some rooftop drinks. Oh, I was so excited. I love this kind of thing. Okay.

And he seemed exactly like his profile. He was super cute, super nice, funny. Aw. Everything that I was hoping, we go up the elevator. And the guy at the door said he was so sorry, but the whole place was closed for like some kind of a cryptocurrency event. Oh, God. I'm sorry, Brooke isn't mad their clothes. This is the crypto thing.

They're the only people who could afford to rent out an entire rooftop. I just picture a bunch of dudes with receding hairlines. Yeah, telling each other the same things. In puffer vests. Yeah. Careful, you're turning a Lexus on too much with your description. Even I draw the line in crypto. Oh, no, but what a bummer.

Your whole plane for the night just got totally ruined. Yeah, I mean, it was really disappointing. And I could see the Ashwin looked so. disappointed, like, you know. Totally. I'm not sure he was excited for the day, too. So what did you do? So I just said, screw it, let's take a walk.

I'm not wearing the greatest shoes for it, but I just really wanted to spend time with him at that point. So we walked down the street and we walked and talked for a while and we just kind of ended up at this old, like, it was just like a diner, like a normal, you know. Oh, okay. It wasn't like a cute, like, oh, we're trying to be retro diner. It looked like it had just been there for like 70 years. You went from, like, Nobu to the Waffle House.

Yeah, the grease trap hasn't been cleaned in at least two years. But that's where the food tastes so good. Yeah, but that's what makes the fries taste so good. Okay. We're putting a lot of emphasis on, like, the location of the day, but what about the bond, the connection between you and Ashwin? Did that change once you ended up at the crappy diner? No, I mean, it was, honestly, it was kind of perfect. Like, we were sitting there eating cheese fries and drinking milkshakes and in our formal clothes.

and just talking, you know, and probably because the plans had changed and we were thrown in this situation, we ended up having just the greatest, most real conversation. That's awesome. That's such a good sign for anyone. If you can be anywhere with someone and still have a good time, that means that you actually have a real connection. Yes, and after our plans fell through, you know, like, it just felt so good. It felt so comfortable talking to him. We've talked for hours.

Oh, my gosh. How could he not be calling you? Yeah, what? Yeah, I mean, how did this night end? Well, okay, so one thing led to another. He kissed me good night, and I did, of course, end up at his place. Really? Post-chilly cheese fries, you guys went back to his place.

Hey, I'm telling you, I felt very comfortable with him. Apparently. I didn't leave until the next morning, in fact, which is unusual for me. What did he say? Was he there when you woke up? Yeah, no, he was just. His sweet, playful self, he gave me a little kiss on the nose, which I thought was adorable. Okay.

So it wasn't even awkward the next morning. Yeah. No, not at all. It makes me wonder if it was like one of those typical guy things where it wasn't enough of a challenge and it became too easy so the guy gets bored. He doesn't sound like a guy that is like that, though, Jeff. This sounds like they made it. They never do, Brooke. Yeah.

They're always the Prince Charming until they ghost Jew. No, but it sounds like they were just vibing on a deeper level than that. If he just wanted to get in her pants and that's all he wanted or he was disappointed in that, they could have gone anywhere and just gone and drank and then gone back to her place. That sounds exactly like what they did. No, they went to a diner. They talked for hours. They walked the city.

Like, that is a totally different thing. Maybe he knew that crypto event was happening and this was all set up as like a little ruse. Be like, look at me. Look how spontaneous I could be. Let's go back to my place. You are so cynical against men right now. Brooke, I'm just telling you this. I've heard guys do stuff like this.

and sometimes even worse. I know. I still want to thank for the best, Jeff. I'm sorry. All right. Well, you can be naive if you want, but let's call Ashwin and we'll see what he has to say. Thank you, guys.

With your second date update right after this. Hold on. Second date update. Wow. Another first date blown up by a pod of crypto bros. You have like this happens all the time. Every single week we deal with this. Because our listener, Sierra,

was supposed to meet a guy named Ashwifew. at a rooftop bar, but of course when they arrived, the entire venue had been rented out by a bunch of crypto nerds. Geekin out over yield farms and stabilizing their coin pools or whatever they like to talk about. Bro, look at these candlesticks popping. Sorry, I've done a little training. Don't even know what that means, but it disgusts me. God, no wonder I don't enjoy any of it.

Here's the thing. Sierra and Ashwin didn't let that kill their night. They actually swung it into a really fun evening at a local diner. which eventually led into a sleepover. Aw. Really good. It sounds so sweet. It did until Ashwin is suddenly not calling her back.

Dude, he kissed her on the nose, for goodness sake. Like, that is... Is that a romantic move? It is absolutely romantic. Yes, it is. Like, that's a I really like you move. Is there another way to read that? See?

Yeah, come on. It's so sweet. And you've reached out to him, or you haven't. You're just waiting to hear from him. This was what was so weird. We texted a little. bit after that, but he just, I got the vibes that he was not

interested. Oh, even through texts. Yeah. Yeah. You can feel that energy shit for sure. I hope it's one of those where he's just scared of real love. Yeah, no, really? No, that's stupid, but sometimes, like, you had said, oh, there's a little challenge. Like, if it's too

easy and everything is great, right? Sometimes people don't like to be in that space. I don't know. We'll see which category Ashwin falls into if we're able to get him on the phone here. I'm going to dial his I hope it's the too perfect category. Yes, yes. We're praying for a Disney ending.

Here we go. Getting her another nose kiss, Jeff. Through the phone. That's right. What a promise. Okay. Here we go. Hello?

Hey, is this Ashwin? Yes. Hey, man. Thanks for answering. You're on a radio show right now. It's called Brooke and John. Jeffrey in the morning. Hey, hi.

Good morning. Welcome to the show, Ashwin. Hi. Sounds like you might be busy or something right now. Yeah, I hope you have a second to talk to us because we're doing a segment called a second date update. I sure. This is weird. Okay.

Yeah. Give him a lot of credit. So the reason that we're calling is because you went out on a date recently. with a listener to our show, a woman named Sierra. Oh. Yeah. I mean, oh, he lost the nicest.

Yeah. So here's the thing. Sierra, we talked to her, and she told us about your hang the other night. The diner. It sounded so cute. It sounded pretty good. Despite all the obstacles that came up,

you two were able to have a really good thing. Would you agree with that? I mean, we did. It was probably one of the most amazing space. I've ever been on. What the heck, bro? Why aren't you called? We're all over here waiting to find, like, the crazy reason or something.

That's so sweet. Sorry to be so emotional about it, but it's just that, you know, Sierra's really confused. It's just kind of embarrassing. For you or for Sierra? For me. All right. Well, I mean, if it's too much to share. You should do it anyway because we could really use the content.

I don't want to pressure anybody, you know? And Sierra really deserves to know, wouldn't she say? Yeah. Yeah, no, she is. She's really awesome. This is mostly a me, a me thing. Okay. Well, if you're willing to open up to us just even a little bit and we could pass the message to her, I think that would go a long way.

We had this amazing, amazing night. And she told me that she doesn't do this a lot where she goes to a guy's place and that she was curious where she ran. Oh. Where she what? Ranks? Wrenks? Where she ranks, like compared to other people? Yeah, I was very, I was very thrown off by that question.

That's a weird question. Is it a joke? You had to have it a joke. If it's a joke, it was not a joke because I asked her to clarify. I said, what do you mean? Yeah. And she said, well, I'm sure you've been with X amount of people. Oh.

Wow. Kind of a rude assumption. Yeah. Okay. But the assumption person. But you know what? Or it's a testament to your experience that you had. I guess.

So that's... You could take it as a compliment. What did you say? I mean, did you actually rank her? God, no. Well, I told her that I'm not sure how to answer that. Yeah, that's good. And eventually I said top three for sure.

Oh. See, that's cute. That's a good safe answer. I said, like, what? Only top three. Oh, I take top three. That's great. Oh, sorry.

And you don't want to say number one. because then you're too eager. And I don't believe it if you say number one. Yeah, I've seen myself. I know I'm not that good. But then I told her, since I answered this for you, you have to reciprocate. Why would you do that? You don't want that.

She asked it to him. Oh, God. What did she say? She said you're definitely in my top five. Okay. Okay. Not bad. She liked a little bit lower than what you ranked her, but it gets worse. I asked her out of how many.

No. And she said, maybe five. Oh, wait. Five out of five. Okay. So you're in the top 100%. That changed everything for you. Okay.

I would assume because it just changed everything for me. What did you assume? It just kind of felt, it felt a little humiliating, honestly. Did you tell, did you laugh or did you say, okay, that's rude? I didn't really know what to say because I already felt so vulnerable. You know, we're in my bed naked. good and we've just been together. Oh, okay.

It's like getting a participation trophy after the fact. Hold on, let me try again then. Yeah, well, you know, maybe there was some sort of miscommunication or she didn't say quite what she meant. And I'll give her a chance to explain herself right here because I need to let you know, Sierra is on the other line of this call listening, wanting to talk to. Oh, God. Oh, God.

She's the one that should be embarrassed. Yeah. Ashwin, hi. Please tell us five is like the number one rank, like it's the best. Oh, yeah, you were going backwards. Yeah. She's like, I can't lie. You tried to save you.

I feel so bad. First of all, Ashwin, I'm so, so sorry. I can't believe I made you feel that way and you've been feeling that way this whole time. Oh, that's a great apology. Does that feel good, Ashwin? She acknowledged she did something wrong. Yeah. Yeah, thank you.

Thank you. Hey, guys, we're mending a little. Hey. I mean, you're still top five. Jeff. Yeah, can we address that? Is it okay if I, if I explain a little bit? Please.

Yes, go into details about why he's going to. No, just literally explain yourself. Men that can take constructive criticism is not a bad thing. What did one through four have that he does? Okay, just one thing he could do better. Let's work on one step at a time. Mm-hmm. And for some reason, I didn't do enough for play stuff.

I'm open to, I'm open to feedback. Do not interrupt that statement, Jeffrey. Not enough men make it. You should assume you didn't. Okay, well, you know, actually, maybe we shouldn't be asking what he could change. Maybe it's better to ask you, Sierra, why you said that to him. Yes. When I said, oh, you're definitely in the top five of five, I was trying to be playful.

I was trying to make a joke. I was trying to be kind of foggy and flurgy. You were kidding? Yes, I was kidding. Oh. Why did you lead with that? It was a joke. Good.

Don't we have a laughter sound button or something we could have hit there? He's definitely top four for sure. Let's just put it. That's a joke too, right? Yeah, I think so. Doesn't matter. It's better. Yeah.

Still climbing the rain beans there, bud. You have to do anything. That was great. Can we please stop talking about what number I'm ranking? Okay. Fair. All right. Yes, I'm so sorry. I'm just so embarrassed.

I was trying to make a joke. It didn't land. You definitely have said your apology. Yeah, you've said that a lot. And I think Ashwin gets the idea that you didn't mean it. But we mean this when we say we'd like to send you out on another date, the two of you. Ashwin, if you're willing to give her one more chance, we would pay for it. Don't let your pride stand to the way of this one, Ashwin.

Yeah, no. Her explanation definitely makes me feel better and embarrassed that I can't take jokes about bedtime. Bedtime. Yeah, no, I definitely would be interested in another date. Oh, that's cute. All right. So, congratulations. That means Sierra, you got what you came for. Another date with Ashwin. Thank you so, so, so much. Oh, my God. I feel like we just had two listeners who owned their.

own mistakes which was just wild on this show yeah that never happens it's a little bit too mature for my life yeah this means tomorrow's gonna be really bad on the show yeah brook and geoffrey in the morning can we all agree where do i rank is a question that should not come up until at least date number three no jeff never at least let him tell you just don't ever you've never had that conversation with your husband god no with your husband why would you have that conversation you just let someone tell you that was the best, that was great, or you just don't bring it up. That is a terrible conversation to have.

If she was joking, it's a funny joke. Yeah, that's a good joke, for sure. That was actually really good. I don't know if she really was joking. I don't think she was. It was the right thing to say in that moment in order to say it. Well, finally, finally the right thing to say it now. Exactly.

And I fully expect to hear from both of them when we do an update update. I will love it. I think they're so cute. Yeah, we're hopefully by then he's climbed the rankings into her top three. But she hasn't added like 10 more I'm moving for him We don't know what type of relationship they're going to be in Right

That's also true I can't say we are open to our listeners Ranking us on our podcast I hope we're in the top five Don't compare us to your others, okay Or top 10 We'll take top 30 even As long as we're ahead of JLD

Then we're a big win in our books Dude just lie and say we don't even have a list Yeah We're good to all this We've never done this before Go and find us wherever you get your podcast. We're up at Broke and Jeffrey. Brooklyn Jeffrey in the morning.

Well, I've written another song of the week. Yay, Jeff. Woo. Yeah. I feel the excitement in the room. It feels genuine. I was actually excited for you. Okay, well, you know what that means?

What? It's time for apologies. Oh. So this is a list in non-alphabetical order to all the people who when they hear my song will probably feel wronged or slighted by it in something. sort of way. I see a pre-apology list. Yeah, let's just go down real quick. All the professional musicians

lyricists, bass players, and talent agents of those bass players. I always get mad. My employer, because I know I've embarrassed us again, all my previous employers for having any association to me, my mom, Brooks'

mom, our program director's mom, basically all the moms are going to listen and say, what, he doesn't even sound like the real T-Pain at all. You're right, moms, and I am sorry. My mom, the T-Pain expert. Now that I've pre-apologized to everyone, my brand-new song of the week is coming up right after this. Okay, friends, real talk.

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The Big Take podcast from Bloomberg News dives deep into one big global business story every weekday. A shutdown means we don't get the data, but it also means for President Trump that there's no chance of bad news on the labor market. What does a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich, reveal about the economy? Our breakfast foods are consistent consumer staples, and so they sort of become outsize indicators of inflation. What's behind Elon Musk's trillion dollar payout? There's a sort of concerted effort to message that Musk is coming back.

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And I'm Mark and Delicado. You might know us as Hilda and Justin from Ugly Be. We played mother and son on the show But in real life, we're best friends And I'm all grown up now Welcome to our new podcast Viva Bethi! Yay!

Woohoo! Can you believe it has been almost 20 years? That's not even possible. Well, you're the only one that looks that much different. I look exactly the same. We're re-watching the series from start to finish

and getting into all the fashions, the drama, and the behind-the-scenes moments that you've never heard before. You're going to hear from guests like America Ferreira, Vanessa Williams. Michael Yuri, Becky Newton, Tony Plana, and so many more. Icons, each and everyone. All of a sudden, like, someone, like, comes running up to me, and it's Selma Hayek.

And she's like, you are my ugly bitchy. And I was like, what is she even talking about? Listen to Viva Betty as part of the MyCultura Podcast Network, available on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, guys, it's Stephanie Beatriz. and Melissa Fumero, and this is more better. We are jumping right in and ready to hear from you. Your thoughts, your questions, your feelings about socks with sandals.

And we're ready to share some possibly questionable advice and hot takes. God, that sucks so hard, though. I'm so sorry. Can you out petty them? Can you match their pettiness for funsies? Yeah. We had so much fun last season, laughing, crying, talking to some new and old friends. Remember when we were in that scene where you guys were just supposed to hug and I was standing.

Oh, yeah. And I was like, can I also hug them? I'm like, this f*** has no friends. And this time around, we are, say it, Melissa. Should I? Say it. Getting a little more better. Oh, finally.

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Deserved a bigger laugh for Charlie. I like Charlie Brown. Yeah, but now is the time when people are flocking out to the local pumpkin patches trying to hunt down the perfect gourd. Yes. Right now, prime time. I'm a tall and skinny lady. I don't know for my pumpkin.

Everyone's walking up and down the line saying like, oh, you know, this one's too small. This one's too orange. This one's not orange enough. Yeah, that's right. Some of those green yellow ones. This one's shaped like Brooks' head. Bingo, that's exactly what I wanted. It's big.

I have a large head. Just pop some glasses on it and call it a day. But it's really evolved over the years where before, like, it was just a little patch of dirt with some pumpkins on it. You went, grabbed a few and left. I mean, before you just went to the grocery store parking lot. Sure. Now they've made it into this whole experience with, like, corn mazes and hayrides and cinnamon donut shops and farm animal kissing booths.

Yes, and you've got to buy apple butter for some reason. You'll never use it, but you should buy it. It's $5 to mouth kiss the goat. Oh, wait, what? The farm animal kissing boots. Oh. Not the greatest of all time. Did you miss?

You must not have been listening to what I was saying. That's okay. But for some families, you're not going to get out of there for under $100 anymore. It's just not going to happen. Dang, that's expensive. I've never been to one, so I don't know. They're a lot. It is very commercialized, but that doesn't mean it's any less magical.

Aw, that almost is nice. Once you get out there and you experience the pure joy of trudging through a muddy field on an ice cold day, paying quadruple the price of grocery store pumpkins that they pulled from this exact same field just a week ago. Man. They even pull them for you. Yeah. Aren't you guys excited or what? Yeah, let's go!

That's why I had to sing about this time-honored tradition, and instead of doing Jay-Z's Big Pimpin, it's Young Jeffrey's Big Pumpkin. Yes, it is! Let's go, Jeff! All right, I'll point when I'm ready. Points! It's Big Pumpkin, baby. Big Pumpkin. Jee, jeez, jeez, yeah.

You know I carve them, cut them, break them open to scrape out all the seeds and take them out the hood. Yeah, it's smelling good. I'll bake them up and eat them. Outside it's cold and freezing. I'm talking about pumpkin season. Better get a booty out to the pack and pick one that's decent. On the farm where they keep them slopping in the mud just like a pig would want a veggie with a bountiful butt and more back than job of the hut.

I feel a cold cut like a turkey tub. something to warm me up yeah they say a hot cider by the fire and they put it in a dixie cup yummy i am hunting for a pumpkin one that is fricking stunning orange color round and fatty your pumpkin sugar daddy bank rolled me a dozen cause i love them gonna take them home and gonna pry em open throw them in my oven make pumpkin pot ah ah ah ah ah ah ah yeah bake it all hot ah ah ah ah oh whip cream on top ah ah ah ah ah oh me from too now Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, yeah, we doing big pumpkins full of seeds. Check them out now.

Big pumpkins in orange and green. We do it big pumpkins every Halloween. And with a no return policy don't need a receipt. No, no, no. Gourd hunting, getting filthy. Now I got wet mud in my NICEs throwing a fall chill with a moderate breeze. I got more boogers than the pay place at Chuck E. Because I'll be in the corn maze don't know where to go.

Got lost next to a scary crow. My direction sense is terrible. Gotta find that tractor area. Ooh, this tractor ride is awesome. That's because I call shotgun. Some kid want to sit in the front, and I say, kid, that's not my problem. If a punk it in the market, it's unstuck, just got a wiggle it. Go to grab it by the stand man jiggle it.

Second base, but a little more vigorous. Go take a look at the pumpkins out in the field and they lit of the flow. So, man, these shades of orange skin, it's like I'm on Jersey show. Come in a jacko lands, and it's so. red, you just can't handle. Put it on the porch outside. It's trying so bright all because my tea-like candle, no stencil, but men I come saw my new pumpkin was gone, because Cinderella called it just to Uber back home. Shout out to the patches with the autumn attractions, and I really hope that they're cash in, because they're growing that fruit as curvy as a

Kardashian. There ain't no point into wearing scams, fresh-baked donut and cinemas, walk out that farm with a double tin, but I go back again, because we be all snug and wearing our fleece and flannel. shirt thump in our new LL beans we load in big pumpkins into my backseat couldn't make it to the farm so we went down the street and now we be country bumpkins in the city just buying store pumpkins at the grocery rocking my north face that big coat and a G in the parking lot patch where the fries used to be yeah yeah I like that mark drop drop the pumpkin good it makes you want to go this

year. Last year, I did just take my kids to the grocery store. Yeah. It's magical, but not quite as magical. We still took one selfie. I was like, hey, what's up for you guys? Parking lot. Yeah, we'll Photoshop like a beautiful background behind us later. We're going to keep it real, Jeff. Whatever you need to do to get your pumpkins. That was inspirational. Exactly. Everybody's

hunt looks different depending on who you are and where you are, but there's nothing that beats the magic of grabbing that perfect pumpkin. Yeah. You like the song, you have to carve your pumpkin at Jeff's face this year. Oh, that would be good. Or the show logos. I appreciate that. And text in,

78592. You can tell us what you thought about the song of the week. We're going to post a video up with all the lyrics on all of our socials, on our YouTube,

on Instagram, TikTok, all of it. I love what you do fast raps because then you talk really fast afterwards. Oh, yeah. Let's just get this over with and get on to the next day. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

Win, Bruce, Fox! Coming to you live from the Brook and Jeffrey Studios in game seven of the ongoing trivia about between defending champion Brooke Fox and her challenger Garrett.

She's played them six times so far. They're locked at an even three and three. Wow. Making this one for all the marbles. One game, one moment. Who will rise to the occasion? Let's go win the whole thing. No?

Brooke. That was great. That was amazing. I was excited. How do you do under presser situations, Brooke, better or worse? I'm really good under pressure. You have to be if you're a procrastinator.

Yeah, I'm the same. If you're someone that procrastinates in life, you have to be able to do it all last minute all at the same time. So well, said as you can. That's how your laziness pays off? That is so well said. And Garrett, how do you do under pressure situations? This is game seven for you.

I am the king of procrastination, so I guess that's a good sign. Oh, wow. Did zero studying for this. Yeah, probably going to kill it. Two procrastinators. Square up. Let's see how it goes. Brooks leaving the studio.

you've got 30 seconds to answer as many questions as possible. If you don't know when you can say pass, but you have to beat Brooke out right if you want to win. Are you ready? Let's do it. Of course you are. Here we go. Your time starts now.

Today is National Pasta Day. What country is the largest producer of pasta in the world? Italy, China, or the U.S.? China. The liquid part of your blood is called what? Plasma. Gumbas, shy guys, and chain chompers are all bad guys from what video game franchise? Super Mario Brothers.

The song, We Don't Talk About Bruno, is from what Disney movie? In Canto. In Greek mythology, who was God of the underworld? Hades. What Asian country was originally called Siam? Oh,

Taiwan, I don't know. That's wrong. We'll take it, though. Appreciate you tossing out an answer there, Garrett. Now, Brooks coming back into the studio, and it says on my screener here, Gary, it says on my screener here, can't talk.

Oh, I know we were going to do the seventh inning stretch. No. No? No, we're just, going to skip to learning more about Garrett, who says he loves Halloween, and he has three kids who are going to be dressing up for the holiday. What are your kids dressing as, Garrett? I think Mario is actually going to be my youngest, maybe. Oh, that's pretty good. Jose's got some mushrooms that your kid can borrow if you want to be in character.

That'll be a fun experience. He doesn't have to use them, but, you know, let's carry him around. Do you dress up, too, Garrett? You know, I haven't in a long time. Maybe I will this year. I don't know. Yeah, see, that's the thing. You've got to be a good example of those teens.

Yeah. Yeah, it'd be a little weird, you know? Yeah, you can be Yoshi, have your little one ride you all around the neighbor. Yeah, I like it. Or be Princess Peach, dude. Have her come save you. That'd be hilarious. Yeah, yes.

We got ideas for you, but now it's Brooke's turn. Are you ready? I'm ready. Your time starts now. Today's national pasta day. What country is the largest producer of pasta in the world? Italy, China, or the U.S.? Oh, probably China.

The liquid part of your blood is called what? Heban globin. Gumbas, shy guys, and chain chompers are all bad guys from what video game franchise. Fortnite? The song, We Don't Talk About Bruno is from what Disney film movie? The family Matrigal, oh, my God. Enconto. In Greek mythology, who was God of the underworld?

Ooh, Hades. He got really excited about that one. She knew that one immediately. Yeah, they're my favorite. We've been getting into Greek mythology in our family because my son's reading all the Percy Jackson books. Oh, really? Yeah. Cool.

Cool. I don't know who Percy Jackson is. Was he also in the underworld? You should read the Percy Jackson. They also have a good series out right now. I can't read and you know that. Don't call me out on the air. Some side stories aren't worth mentioning. So there you go. Let's go to the scoreboard

to see how you did with Jose. The nuts. Gotty. Baranos. Garrett, you got five. I'm correct. All right. What a good game.

For game seven. Game seven. Garrett got five. Brooke comes up to the plane and only three. She strikes out. Garrett. You take game seven. You bring down Brooke.

Well done. Yeah, Garrett. Thank you. Let's go to the answers for everybody. It's National Pasta Day. The country that's the largest producer of pasta in the world is China. 5.3 million. tons of pasta are produced there a year.

Italy is second at 4.2 million. I love noodles so much. Liquid part of your blood is called the plasma. Gumba, shy guys, and chain chompers are all bad guys from Super Mario Brothers. Garrett had a little bit of advantage. The Halloween costume helps. Yeah, he knew that one. The song we don't talk about Bruno is from the movie Enkanto.

Yeah, you got there. In Greek mythology, God of the underworld would be Hades and the Asian country that was originally called Siam. Thailand. Thailand. It's Thailand. She just didn't have to. Changed it in 1939

after the Siamese Revolution. Interesting. Garrett, congrats. You took down Brooke. You get a hundred bucks. Yeah. Plus, just for playing. We're giving you a pair of tickets

to see Maroon 5 at Climate Pledge Arena on October 21st. Sweet. All right. Wow, Garrett. You're pretty even keel for being the champion. I'll come back. Don't worry. We'll start another series.

Okay. We'll stomp you all over. again, Brooke. Thanks for playing, Garrett. We're going to do Winbrook's buck same time on Monday. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Hello, America's sweetheart, Johnny Knoxville here. I want to tell you about my new true crime podcast, Crimeless, Hillbilly Heist

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You might know us as Hilda and Justin from Ugly Betty. Welcome to our new podcast. Viva Betty! Yay! We're re-watching the series from start to finish. And talking to iconic guests like Betty herself,

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or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, it's Stephanie Beatriz. I'm Melissa Fumero, and this is more better. We are jumping right in and ready to hear from you. Your thoughts, your questions, your feelings about socks with sandals. And we're ready to share some possibly questionable advice and hot takes.

God, that sucks so hard, though. I'm so sorry. Can you out petty them? Can you match their pettiness for funsies? Yeah. All the things. Because aren't we all trying to get a little more better? Listen to more better on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.