The Bobby Bones Show - Christmas Gift Exchange Drawing + Draft Commercial Jingles + We Talk To Amy's Nephew Who Is A Meat Scientist…No, Really A MEAT SCIENTIST! + Ryan Hurd Stops By With A GIANT Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Pie!

Episode Date: November 29, 2021

We drew names and announced the theme for our annual Bobby Bones Show Christmas Gift exchange! Bobby talks to Amy’s nephew who is a meat scientist. He answers all of our weird questions about his job and MEAT. Ryan Hurd stops by to have us taste test the Reese’s 9 inch pie that sold out everywhere, his grammy nomination and first No. 1 song as an artist. Plus, we draft the Best Commerical Jingles! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We'll catch up later on and see what everybody in this room did for Thanksgiving. I do want to start with a story Amy told me about being at Starbucks. So take it away, Amy. Okay, so there was this woman, I guess she'd been waiting there for a while. And a lot of people were getting their orders. It was busy. But this one woman, she'd been waiting there. So she went up to the barista counter and said,

hey, just checking on my order. You know, my name's Linda, whatever, sweet old lady, probably 60-something years old. The barista, who's maybe 20-something years old, loses her mind on this old woman. She's like, I'm doing the best that I can. I'm sorry you have to wait. Basically, like, uses her hands to look around and is like, can't you see that we're busy?

I mean, but she's yelling. I mean, you can tell it's, for this barista, it's way more than this woman asking this question. And like she's clearly having a day and she needed to probably go take a break and breathe, but she didn't. So she snapped on this woman. And then she's making someone else's drink and her hands are shaking. It's just intense. Like everyone around me that we were waiting, we just all were side-eyeing each other.

Like what are we witnessing right now? This is very awkward. And you know what? The old lady when she walked out, she finally got her drink and I saw her outside. And I said, hey, ma'am, I just wanted you to know, like you did. nothing wrong that she's clearly just having a bad day. But I wanted her to leave Starbucks of the more positive experience. Amy's the PR team for Starbucks now. That poor old lady. I know. I felt so bad. I was like, happy holidays. That helped. What else happened?

Well, then, I mean, I just was thinking, why is everybody so angry? Is it just that time of year? because we're at a red light and this guy gets out of his car. I don't know what happened to make this guy angry, assuming maybe almost got cut off, whatever. But this guy pulls up to a light, the car behind him, he gets out and he starts yelling at the guy behind him. But like from his car door, he got out, stood up and yelled from his car door. I was really nervous he was going to go over to the car.

I was also really nervous that the car he was yelling at was maybe going to have a gun. And I'm like, why are you yelling at him? You never know. We talk about it on the show all the time. You never know when someone is carrying a gun and you are risking your life just because you're a little bit angry. So how'd that end up? I don't know, light turned green how to go. But I still was just, I was a little baffled at those two experiences and how people were handling their anger.

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Am I right, guys? Yeah. Right. It is time to open up the mailbag. You send an email and we read it all the air. It's something we call Bobby's Mailbag. Yeah. Hello, Bobby Bones.

I've been with my girlfriend for four years. There has never been a doubt in my mind that she's the one. I'm finally at the point of my life where I feel comfortable financially, and I think the time is right to ask her to marry me. I wanted to do it soon. I was thinking about asking her on Christmas Eve. I told my best friend about my plan, and he thinks that holiday proposals are cliche, but I don't really want to wait until next year to ask her. I have it all planned out. Am I ready to do this thing? What do you think? Should I propose on Christmas Eve or wait until the holidays pass? Signed, Caleb L.

Here's a situation, Caleb. I used to think it was very cliche too, but some people want to do it during the holidays because there's a lot of family around. And a lot of times in March or June, there aren't. You don't have that support system that you would love to be involved at arm's length. I think if it's the perfect time in your mind and you know you and her better than anybody else, you do it. Look at your growth here. Don't worry about being clear. Even if it is cliche, who cares?

You do it if it feels good to you and you stop worrying about other people or what your friend says is cliche. That's the answer. I used to think they were the lamest thing ever, but I never really understood why having a family around was important. To me, I wouldn't do it on a holiday. I didn't do it on a holiday. But seeing Caitlin's relationship with her family, I understand now that it's important. It was important to her to have people around her when it happened. So do your thing.

Don't worry about your gober friend here. Yeah. If you're ready, go for it. Go for it. That rings be burning a hole in your pocket anyway. Yeah. And it's an easy day to remember as your proposal anniversary, which won't be a thing after a while, maybe one year. But then that gets overshadow about Christmas Eve.

It's really nothing to remember. There you go. That's my advice. Do you feel any different? No. I mean, I think you, regardless of when you're going to do it, if this is the time you want to do it, you just do it. Like you said, who cares what anybody else thinks.

Yeah. And it will be great if family is involved in it somehow or having them around as special. But then you got Christmas the next day. And I don't know what you got over for Christmas, but nothing's going to top the proposal. That's the gift. Wait, what? That's not the gift. You just got to get a little something after that.

Just a little something. That's the gift card. Yeah, that's it. Five bucks Starbucks gift card works. I'll tell you. Okay. All right. If you want to email us, Morgan, what do they do?

Mailbag at bobbybones.com. We've got your email and we've read it on your air. Now it's about the clothes. Bobby's mailbag. Yeah. Our producer Ramundo went to Mexico for a wedding, right, Ramundo? Yep. How was that, by the way?

Oh, it was great. He was my best man, so my best friend, and then my wife got to go, and it was a small ceremony, but right out over the Pacific, it was gorgeous. Did you feel safe down there in Mexico? Oh, yeah. I mean, we traveled as a group of 10 people. Everybody was COVID-tested. Everybody that stayed at the house, COVID-tested.

They have very strict policies there in Mexico as well. Well, I'm not talking about COVID. I'm talking about getting your head chopped off. Maybe other parts of Mexico, but we were all a safety zone, I think. So we were good. I think. I think we're safe here from the cartel. So you go to Mexico, you have the wedding. It's amazing. You come back. And then what starts to happen with your body? Yeah, it was really weird. I just started eating a bunch of food. And it was the first time I've eaten two fast foods for one meal. I went and got, what was it, Sonic? And then I even swung by Wendy's and got a chicken cheddar melt. I mean, so for whatever reason, my appetite is almost doubled since I came back from Mexico. So what does that mean to you, though?

Could be a bunch of things. One of them, maybe I got a bug, something that was in the water, and maybe the food I eat, that bug just ends up eating it up. Oh. So mostly, you think he have a worm. He thinks he has a worm. Oh. Not a bug.

A parasite. Yeah. I mean, whatever that is, my appetite right now, I mean, I just keep eating. I got a whole pizza the other day. and usually me and my wife share it. I ate the whole thing and I told her, I said, hey, we're going to have to order another pizza before you get home. I down that whole puppy by myself.

Aside from this, you just ate the whole pizza. Well, usually... She got home and was like... We... She'll order food takeout as she's coming home, and then it'll come sometimes before, so I'll start eating. And then by the time she gets there, then she'll eat. But yeah, this time, there's no food left over. You couldn't even save her after a long day at work?

She got home and there's no food? Well, okay. we'll address that later. Amy, what do you think about Ramundo and his worm? Well, I mean, I had a friend that got some sort of parasite traveling. She was in another country. Came back. And she found out she had it, but it did speed up her metabolism so much that she ended up losing weight. This was years ago.

And she, well, she liked the parasite because of that. And so she did not get rid of it. And that was really bad because it ended up giving her diabetes. And now she lives with that for the rest of her life. Wow. Yeah. Well, I thought this was going to be a fun story. Like an after school special, we learn a lesson, but we're all a better for it.

We are learning a lesson. Like, I don't, I, this could be what's happening to raise. It's speeding up his metabolism and it's making him hungry. But if you've got that, you need to go to the doctor and get it checked out because there could be lifelong, you know, side effects. How do they test for a parasite? Just take your blood? I think, I think I've had some before. I can't remember why I thought I did.

I ended up taking some pills. I think after I got back from Haiti one trip and I got rid of it. it, but I don't know. They can, they have ways. Just go to the doctor. Ray, are you going to the doctor or do you like that you're hungrier? No, it definitely needs to be checked out because even my wife, I was sitting on the couch and she goes, your stomach, you look almost pregnant. It's doubled in size. Yeah. That definitely sounds like a parasite. Yeah, and it's not me. I mean, we can take a picture of it and put it on the website, but I mean, I'm not even pushing it out. It's easily, something's in my stomach and it's not normal. Is something in your stomach, that entire

pizza or the two burgers you ate? I mean, that could be what it is. You're just eating more. But it's odd that it happened right after Mexico. And I mean, now that you're talking about food, I kind of want a pizza now. Yeah, me too. And I don't have a parasite. Okay, Ray, get it checked out. Yep. I don't know how you do that. Do you have a doctor, like your own doctor? Yeah, we have to for work and then we get discounts on the insurance. Okay, well, perfect. There you go. Learn something new every day. Okay, Ray, go check that out.

Let us know before we leave for Christmas break if you have a parasite. It's not contagious, right, Amy? Like, we can't get it. Ooh, I think you can, bones. I don't know. Okay, then you need to go in the next couple days. No, it's not. I mean, you would have to, like, consume.

Somehow the parasite would have to come from Ray's body to yours. I don't, listen, Bobby, you said we're like that show doctors. We're not. We don't know anything. But here's what Ray and I do that you guys don't know. We do Italian greeting every morning we see each other. which is kiss on the mouth. Oh.

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Jason Aldeen talked about being home from touring more often for his kids. After Memphis was born, I did make it a conscious episode. effort to back off a little bit. We probably went from playing 75 shows to 55 shows, you know. So just to make it where I'm at home a little bit more, you know, a few more weekends a year. Kane Brown gave the Cleveland, Ohio Boys and Girls Club a new gym, and he shared why he did it. I love basketball, and we get to give these kids a new gym today. And I think it's amazing.

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Hi, good morning. Morning. Tell us your story. I wrote into the B-Team to talk about my friend Liz. About seven years ago, she lost her son to leukemia. Before she lost him, we had started Team Caden to help with their expenses. After he passed, she turned it into the Team Caden Foundation. She gives back to families that are with children that are facing daunting medical battles.

We have a 5K every year in our small community. She raised over 20, we all helped her, raised over $24,000 this year for three families. She gives two scholarships to our local high school, and she gives the cancer research. So I just love how she turned their heartache into something really special. man that's somebody who went through something that you never want to experience and yet she took something so positive from it and is helping other families that are fighting the same fight she did she's amazing and what's her name and she rallies this all around her name is Liz and her son's name was Caden Liz you're awesome and Caden would be very proud that is that that's a fantastic story and Michelle thank you for sharing that with us today all right thank you that right there is what it's all about that was tell me something good Our last day to work was last Wednesday.

So we did the show Wednesday and then we were off. But between when we left the show Wednesday and Thanksgiving, Lunchbox did two Thanksgiving social experiments. And we're going to plan both here. What is social experiment number one, lunchbox? Well, I had bought a turkey at the store and I was like, you know, I wonder if a restaurant will cook this for me. You know, I go.

Oh, my. Yeah, because I got home and I realized, man, and this turkey's not going to fit in my microwave. And so I wonder if they're going to help a lonely guy like me out and say, you know what, we'll cook it for you. In your microwave? That was my ploy, is I don't have a stove, you know. Got it, got it, got it, got it, got it.

Okay, okay, here we go. This is, what kind of restaurant are you going into? This one's a fast food place. I guess, ma'am, I was wondering if you guys cooked that for me. Can we cook it for you? Yeah, it won't fit in my microwave, and I'm trying to get it ready for Thanksgiving. No, sir. We don't do that here.

It's just like a 12-pounder and I tried to put it in my microwave and it won't fit It's not gonna fit you can't fit it in there the deep friar Just like you do the french fries just I'll let you come over Thanksgiving if you fry it I won't even be in time Alright, so it's no go oh man all right Boy she said no immediately yeah immediately she must have been the manager to have that kind of power He must've been managing the place. Oh yeah here's number two. Yeah, I was wondering if you guys could cook this for me for Thanksgiving It won't fit in my microwave.

Yes, ma'am. Yes, we can't cook any outside food in our store. I won't eat it here. No outside food can be cooked here, and we won't even be open Thanksgiving anyway. I mean like cooking now, I'll wait. Sir, we can't cook your food. All right. I'm sorry about that.

That's all right. Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving. Oh, my gosh. Over two. So what's the second experiment because that one didn't work? This one, I took. took my turkey back to the store, and I went to two different stores,

and I asked them if they would cut it in half, and then they could sell the other half because I can only eat six pounds of a 12-pound turkey. All right, here's the first clip. So this 12-pounder, it's only going to be me, so I just need about six pounds. Can we cut that in half? Oh, I can't do that. I can't use the salt. Oh, man.

You sure? Yeah, I'm positive. Sorry about that. Oh, you know, because it's going to be awkward me by myself with this 12-pound. turkey. You know, I got no friends or anything, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. Sorry, okay, so you can't cut it. I can't do it. Ah, all right, man. This is so awkward. Did the guy go same here? Yeah, he did. When I said, I have no friends. He said same here. Oh, no. Poor guy. You should invite him to your house for real on Thanksgiving. No, that'd be awkward. Okay, here is one other clip. Oh, I was just

going to see if you could cut this in half for me. No. Not just like on that slicer, because I only need half the turkey. This is there's 12 pounder. I only need six. So you can't cut it in half? No. And then like just leave half back, put half back on the shelf? No. You sure? Yeah.

All right. Thanks. She was not having your BS. No, she was not happy. This ends the social experiments about Thanksgiving. We did three of them. The first one was lunchbox acting sad, asking if he go to somebody's house. And they said, everybody said, no.

Yeah. The second one was, would they cook as turkey? And everybody said, no. The third one was, well, they cut it in half and sell the other half because you're just a lonely guy and that's too much. And everybody said, no. Okay. So what do we learn about this social etiquette of folks? That people lie about all these stories about, oh, everybody's so nice around Thanksgiving.

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Ryan Hurd is sitting in my desk back in the studio and I'm at a hotel room far, far away. we've never actually let a guest sit in my chair but Ryan after your Grammy nomination I think you deserve it welcome Ryan thank you studio look at this guy this is incredibly weird but thank you for having me looks like you're hosting this show

it's very cool I'm like driving the ship I guess I don't know am I the captain don't get yourself buddy I'm like Dwight Shrewt at the office where they give him the fake steering wheel at the front of the boat on the boat

yeah yeah we have a lot of stuff to talk about And Ryan didn't come in because of his best country duo group performance Grammy nomination that him and Marin have been nominated for Grammy, which is a huge deal. He didn't come in because he's had a number one song. And his first as an artist chasing after you, because that happens to we talk to you,

he actually came in because he brought us some pie, some of that recent pie. Oh, you got one? That's what I said. How did you get that? All right, here's the story. I saw Bobby tweet about this. it was $40. I'm like, I'm going to buy that pie. And I didn't think anything of it. And then I saw they only made 3,000 of them.

Literally an hour later, people were selling them for a lot of money on eBay. And I, I guess we'll just eat it. And I had so many people reach out and ask me about it to give a review. Scuba Steve invited me to come on the show to share the leftovers, which I'm really excited about. This is the weirdest thing I've ever done on the radio. But I think it's my, favorite thing I've ever done on the radio. So thank you for having me. And everybody, come get a little bit of this Reese's nine-inch cup pie. Yeah, yeah, please review it, because I wonder, is it just a big cup or is it a little bit more pie? Here's my review. If you love a regular old peanut butter cup, you will love this because it is not a pie. It is a gigantic nine-inch peanut butter cup. And I'm not saying it's bad. I'm just saying, in my opinion, I think they could have done like a pie crust on the bottom, like a chocolate pie crust.

Yeah. But they did. So come. It's not like the most amazing, like visual anymore. I might actually need a knife. I have plates. I mean, look at that thing. So I tried to eat it like a pizza.

Thank you. It is hard to eat. But you like peanut butter cups. This is for you. I am mouth deep in this stuff. It is so good. That's disgusting. It is like he said it's a peanut butter cup and it is and I'm trying to eat it like a pizza.

That chocolate is very thick. So it's hard. It's like you could chip a tooth. Like guys, this is excellent. It's almost frozenish, but it's not. I never put it in the freezer. I just put it in the refrigerator. But aren't you mouth deep in anything you eat ever?

Like I don't know that that's any different being mouth deep. Well. Well, I can just do nibble, but this I'm going all mouth. All the time. All mouth. Okay, that's different. Hey, by the way, Ryan Hurd is here. he brought us some of the gigantic peanut butter cup.

When they announced the Grammy nominations, Ryan, and you and Marin were nominated, were you shocked by that, or were you expecting that it may, or were you hoping it may happen? Well, you obviously always have a dream one day to be nominated for a Grammy. I totally forgot that the Grammys were being announced that day, the nominations, and I was on the golf course,

and I was, I made a double bogey after, because Marin called me and said, we just got nominated for a Grammy. And I guess I just didn't even click in my mind that this year I would maybe get nominated. This is my first year being nominated for like the CMAs and CMT Awards and now the Grammy Awards. So yeah, I was very surprised and just really proud to be a part of that for the first time. And he is on the road, starting in January in Columbus, Ohio, Seattle, Portland, Spokane.

If you can hear us, he's going to be near you. So go to Ryan Herd.com, get tickets. Listen, between your number one, your record coming out, Pallago, which I hope everybody checks out. between your number one song Michigan winning, you got the peanut butter cup pie like things are looking up for Mr. Hurd. It's been a good year, man. It's been a good year.

It's been a good year. I'll say this though. Last week I was home with Hayes and I love sometimes it's just like we have to switch off because we're both working and so I had him for a whole week just me and him and our washing machine basically exploded and spewed water into

our whole house and we had an inch of water on both floors and ruined so much of it and I just remember thinking like it doesn't matter if you got nominated for a Grammy your washing machine doesn't care. So it's it's been a very, very amazing week and also a humbling one in other ways and just very thankful for all of it. And I think it's just like sitting here kind of sinking in when you've said the word Grammy like three or four times. It kind of got the chills a little bit for the first time. So just saying you got nominated. Oh, they can, but not you. I mean, Millie Vanilli, it was taken away. So as long as

you're not like busting the lip-sinking controversy, you're all good. I'm good on that one. Yeah, he's good. I definitely saying it. Amy, in my basement. Give us your review of the pie before we go, the peanut butter cut pie. Oh, I'm obsessed with it.

I think it's amazing. I think at first bite, the layer of chocolate on top is a little thick for me. Too much. I agree with Ryan. They could do some sort of a different real pie crust on the bottom that still fits the vibe. Keep the peanut butter the same. That's perfect. And then a thinner layer of chocolate on top.

and they'll be good to go. Yes. So Ryan agrees. Ryan, congratulations. Oh, I have a confession because I saw Ryan in the glass room before he came in, and I didn't know why he was here, and I had no idea how to do with this pie. And I was like, oh, my gosh, they brought Ryan into scene with me. What?

I did love your, I listened back to your, you singing our song many times. It was so good. Thank you. Nailed it. I told Bobby that it only sounds good with you. and so I thought he brought you in for oh my gosh oh that's interesting

we should bring teddy in here and set the mics back up sometime and we can do it together next time okay next time and you come in with your next single or net we will have you and Amy will perform chasing after you together can we go out and put that on the books Ryan next time you come in you got it

okay there is Ryan Hurd everybody big weekend for him Grammy Michigan the pump the peanut butter pie everything is turning up roses for Ryan Hurd. Here's a voicemail from Danny in Louisiana. I have an unpopular opinion. You did a Best Blake Shelton song,

and I personally think that often is the worst song in country music. I'll say it. It is so cheesy. That would never happen, and I just can't stand that song. My husband thinks I'm crazy. I don't know. I would put it down.

as possibly the worst song in all of country music ever. I think the song is good because it's catchy, right? Yeah. Yes, it's cheesy. It would never happen. But if you're going to talk about worst country songs, there's a song called Donkey, I think that Jared Neiman did. It was like, let me ride that donkey, donkey,

that's a terrible country song. But no one listens to that Blake song and goes, yeah, I felt that happened to me as well. Yes, it's cheesy, but I think it's very catchy. Amy, what are we going to say? No, I mean, I love that song. I actually feel it. Like, I think back to the days of answering machines and...

But also, you're from Austin, and I think that's probably where your love for it comes from. Good point. Yeah. Here's another voicemail from last night. What's up? I just want to know what happened to the cicadas. Where is the cicadas?

Yeah, Ramundo, our audio producer told us that we're going to kill us, overwhelm us, take us down, even told me that my wedding was in jeopardy. Raymundo, what do you have to say for this? Yeah, I was just trying to warn you, guys, it's better to be prepared than not at all. And they just went to states, north, south, east, and west of us, just not Nashville, not Tennessee. And also, they never really appeared in the way anywhere. I mean, they appeared in places, but not to the degree that you told

us they were coming. There's a video of a construction worker, I believe, in Ohio, getting attacked by these cicadas. So he begs to differ. He saw him. I could show you a video of somebody getting attacked by bees. And that doesn't mean that everywhere you go all over the country, there are bees attacking people. True. Well, yeah, I was just being proactive, not reactive. I hear you. All right.

Thank you. Thank you for the voicemails. You can call us anytime and leave one. 877-77 Bobby. That's our number. Here's Amy's pile of stories. So more than half of people say they're superstitious on game day. Like if their favorite team is playing, they try to do things like wear a specific jersey or put on a certain hat.

So I have a full list of the things that people do, Bobby. and I want to know where you fall if your favorite team is playing. I fully believe that if I can't watch the first kickoff that we will lose the game. So I don't need to watch again either until the halftime kickoff or not at all.

Wow. I don't know why, but if the game is coming on, I'm like, Caitlin, I've got to watch the very first kickoff because then Arkansas will not win. And there is no rhyme or reason to it. And I don't actually know the record on games

that I've watched the kickoff and haven't watched the kickoff. But that's how I feel in my heart. Why? What else do the people do? That specific thing is not on the list. But what about a certain food or snack? Like, do you have to eat the same thing every time you're watching?

No, but you know what I do during commercials? I do push-ups. And if I don't do push-ups on the other side of it, I expect us not to do well. So I'll do push-ups or sit-ups. And that's why a lot of times I like to watch games by myself. I don't like people there when I'm watching, especially Arkansas games. Only Arkansas games, actually. Which, by the way, shout out.

We put the Wopin-Nell Missouri this weekend. So, yeah, we'll pig. But anyway, continue on. Well, so this one's definitely not you. half of people like to have a specific friend or family member present for the game. No, I'm good. Yeah, you want to be alone. Do you carry a good luck charm?

Nope. No, no. That's all the stuff that I've said, I've done. Okay. So I'm going to say no to the rest of these, but I have my own little quirks. Well, the ones that are left or some people have to sit in a specific spot on the couch or stand in a certain part of the room. Some people listen to the same music ahead of the game to pump themselves up.

And then, yeah, people wear a specific jersey every time. their team plays and like 40% of people won't wash it. That's disgusting. What about Christmas movies, Bobby? Are you watching those? No, but Caitlin's family has a tradition of watching Elf on Christmas Eve. So I will watch that. I'm just not a big Christmas movie guy.

You know, personally I like Home Alone in the summer because it's a movie that goes anywhere. But other than that, I'm pretty good. Why? Okay. Well, I am watching the Hallmark Lifetime, Cheesy Christmas movies nonstop. And if anybody else is and they want to get paid for, it. Reviews.org is looking for a chief holiday cheermeister, which they're going to pay $2,500 simply to watch and review 25 holiday movies and 25 days.

You know why they do this, right? Why? They're basically paying $2,500 to get us to talk about reviews.org. And then they hire one person paying them $2,500, and then us talking about it has brought them more attention than the money they've spent. Oh. Well, I mean, but if you're going to watch the Christmas movies, why not get paid $100? a movie to do it.

No, I get it, but 25, that is quite the commitment. Okay, well... Are there even 25 good ones, period? Yes, yes. There are plenty out there. And heads up, reviews.org, your applications do by December 3rd, if you want to apply for this job. And then lastly, Morgan Wallen is selling more concert tickets than any other country artist, more than Eric Church, Luke Combs, and Chris Stapleton.

In fact, really, only the Rolling Stones are selling more tickets than Morgan. Everywhere he sells, it's like, okay, we're going to do this arena. Okay, we've done an extra day. We're adding another. Arenas. That's right. Arenas.

And so, yeah, I think people are excited to see Morgan Wallen for sure. Yeah, he's added an extra concert at Madison Square Garden and even at Nashville's Bridgestone to you're right. He's adding multiple days to every city. It's kind of cool. I'm Amy. That's my pile. That was Amy's pile of stories.

It's time for the good news. With Amy. Tell me something good. So this couple just moved. to the U.S. from Columbia, Susanna and her husband Edward. And she kept hearing people talk about Thanksgiving. And, you know, she was like, oh, I want to be a part of a traditional American Thanksgiving. So she went on the next door app.

And she posted that her and her husband just moved to America. And they were curious about what a Thanksgiving was like if anybody wanted to have them over. She said she had zero expectations of anybody replying. But like 100 people reached out. Wow. And invited her and her husband over to their house to experience. a traditional American Thanksgiving. So she said she narrowed down her options and ended up going over to this nurse Carol's house.

And here's a clip of Carol talking about why she invited strangers over. I just felt like she seemed so genuine in her reaching out. And I felt like we could reciprocate and show her a good side of America. Yeah. And not only America, it's in Boston. And she said that this whole experience changed her view on Boston. and that she realizes people are super kind and welcoming. That's right. They're not all mace holes up there.

Yeah. I love them. All right. Great story. That's what it's all about. That was Tell Me Something Good. All right, this is a public service announcement of the Bobby Bone Show. Today is Monday. If you have Thanksgiving leftovers in your refrigerator today, they are probably not good anymore. Here's the story.

according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it probably will not be safe to eat your food today. The USDA says three to four days on leftovers. They should be quickly stored in shallow containers and placed in a fridge or freezer. They should only eat three to four days. So Friday, Saturday, Sunday. I mean, today's the last, last day.

You got to let it go. So just a heads up. You're going to be mysteriously sick and not know why, but that's why I'm here to help you. So leftovers, I would just say after today. Like eat them all today, because after today, no boy, no. That's right.

Sometimes I just throw Spanish in there now. That's my life. I like it. That story's from Fox 7, Austin. Let's go over to Amy and do the morning corny. The morning corny. What game does Comet like to play it a sleepover? What game does Comet like to play to sleep over?

Truth or dear. Okay, we're not a Christmas joke, by the way. Yes, yes. Thanksgiving has passed, so now, it will be reindeer, snowmen, Santa, trees, those kind of jokes. All right, right, hit that end again. Sorry about that. That was the morning corny.

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That's get sunday.com. Hope everybody listening right now I had a great Thanksgiving Hope you spent it with family And or friends Just hope it was A plus You know I am doing the show From a different country

Which I have been for the last couple of weeks So Thanksgiving was weird for us I think Caitlin took it a lot harder than I did Because I didn't grow up with a lot of family Or traditional thanksgivings And so for me Thanksgiving is just Hey some years you see friends

And some years you don't But her she's so close to our family for her it was very difficult. We had our Thanksgiving at a hotel restaurant. It was me, Caitlin, and Morgan number one who used to work on the show. So it was actually a really nice dinner, but I think what she missed

was the three days of family that she usually has. But I would give it a C-minus because the food was really good. And they had like a traditional American Thanksgiving there. So that's what we did for Thanksgiving. We had a good time. We have a little game.

I forget what the game is called. Mike, you know the little red card game we have? It's called like Get to Know You or something. Something like that. We played that game and, you know, it was good. But I promised her next Thanksgiving will be better. So that's mine. Amy, what about you?

I was good. I hosted some family, some friends. Morgan, number two, and Abby came over, which Abby's our phone screener and her mom was in town too, so she brought her mom and that was fun. Like, Abby and her mom are basically the same exact person. Like, literally, I've never met a mom and daughter duo that are like that much alike.

And so we had a lot of fun. We ate. We had a few vegetarians, but two turkeys. So a lot of meat was left over. And then we played Pictionary and a game around the table. It was a lot of fun. How many people showed up to your house? I think there was like 13.

Wow. Or so. Yeah. Who did the dishes? I think my father-in-law mostly. Maybe my husband did some. I don't know. Not me.

Because I did all the cooking. Like my mother-in-law and I did all of the dishes and everything that was served. And so I was like, okay, fine, we'll use real dishes for everything. Because I feel like I'm a paper plate kind of person. I don't care. But then my sister has somehow convinced me, even though she wasn't even there, that eating off of real dishes makes the food taste better. So we did that.

And we used real napkins and everything. I washed those. I did those in the laundry. But yeah, I don't know. Somehow magically the dishes got done. So I had Morgan number one. You had Morgan number two? Look at us. Take care of our Morgan. Yes. Hey, Morgan, how was it over at Amy's?

Oh, it was so good. Amy is such a good cook. Like, I loved the food. Her family's mac and cheese was amazing. And then I totally bonded with her cat Maggie. We became best friends. So I have a feeling I will be at Amy's more often after this because of that. Hey, Abby, how was your experience at Amy's house? Do your mom have fun? Did your mom feel like, you know? My mom is. Was your mom cool? with it? Yeah, she is so, like, shy and nervous. So she was like, I don't know anybody. I feel so weird going to somebody's house. I have never even met Amy. But she had so much fun. So she took a few shots and get loose or what? She should have. No, but she loved it and she thought the food was amazing too. So, but she was really excited and glad that you, like, invited us. She thought it was nice. Eddie, I was watching your social media

and you went to the beach. You went to Florida? Yes, I went to Destin, Florida. First time we've ever gone to the beach during Thanksgiving, which is weird to be at the beach when it's a little Cold, never done that before. I saw a clip where a shark was under someone's paddle boat. Yeah, man. Me and my kids, my wife had gone back to the condo and I was there with two of my kids and we saw the shadow of whatever it was just in the water because the water's so clear there and I was like, oh my gosh, that looks like a shark. And then you know, Bones, when you see like a wave come up and then you see the silhouette of whatever it is, I mean, this was a straight up shark you saw the fin

the tail everything and it was huge and it started started to go towards these people in a paddle boat as a mom and two of her kids on a paddle board you know the ones you stand on it's like a surfboard you stand on with a stick and I'm thinking oh my gosh that shark is going right for them I look like a porpoise

to me I'm just going to say what I said I look like a porpoise it looks like the thing is the thing is I actually went to the lady when she came back I said what was that she goes it was a shark straight up I looked down and it was a shark as big as a beach chair, like a beach lawn chair. So what happened on Thanksgiving? Did you guys order in food or did you carry food down to Florida?

I actually carried the frozen turkey down to Florida. I wanted to do it here in Nashville before we got to Florida, but it was still frozen. So I thought it out the entire way. I got a deep fryer and I fried it up. Man, it was delicious. What about all the sides? Did you carry those down with you? Yeah, no, we made that.

My wife made that the night before. As soon as we got there, we got like the mac and cheese. the mashed potatoes done, the green bean casserole. And all I had to do was fry the turkey. I mean, everybody was super happy with the food. What are the odds that he has COVID, guys? I don't know. 95%.

I feel good. I feel good. Last time he went to Florida, he came back, had COVID, wasn't on the show for a month and a half. Yeah, I remember that. Lunchbox, your Thanksgiving? Oh, man, we were just at the house and let me tell you, we used paper plates, we bought everything,

and we just stuck in the oven because when you got three kids under the age of three, it is impossible to do anything because my wife would try to cook and they would be in there by trying to touch the oven so you just really just heated everything up and we ate and it was fine whatever it rained all day so the kids couldn't go outside and run around so it was just a loud a lot of screaming and mess sounds relaxing that sounds like normal though for you yeah no it's normal but that's what I'm saying so it was really like any other day so as much as I'm going to say oh thanksgiving so fun no it's just like any other day well next up is Christmas and it I mean, it hits quick.

Like a couple weeks and you start bracing for Christmas. And I, listen, Christmas, I will not be working. We'll be back. We'll be doing traditional Christmas. Where are you doing Christmas, Amy? We don't know. We were just talking about that. And I honestly, I have no idea.

We kind of have to be bendy, breezy, whatever ends up happening. Cover girl? Yeah. Yeah. All right. I don't know. I mean, I'm sure we're going to go to Oklahoma. Okay.

We haven't talked about it, but I'm going to do whatever Katea wants forever. now. I guess. She has been trapped with me forever. Eventually, I'll get to tell you guys the story of where I am and why I'm here. But right now, I can't. But when I do, it will basically be an homage to Caitlin and her patience with me. Got it? Good answer. Cool. All right, we're going to draft the best commercial jingles. How this works is we're drafting a team. All three picks matter. Lunchbox has the first overall pick because we rolled the dice backstage and Lunchbox One. So Lunchbox, to you, what's the best commercial jingle song?

Man, I mean, every time you hear it, you know what it is and it goes, Bap, ba, ba, ba, bop, I'm loving it. That's kind of weird. McDonald's. Wait, how did yours go again? I don't have beat or rhythm, so I can't do it. I'm loving it. Okay.

Bada, ba, ba, ba. I'm loving it. Yeah, how did you do that? How do you do that? Buta, ba, ba, ba. Repeat after me. But da, ba, ba, ba. Bada, ba, ba.

No, no, no. Really, really try this. No, I'm so trying. Bada, ba'apapa. Bada, ba'a. You're not serious. No, I am. Like, Eddie, look at my face.

Oh, he's dead serious, bones. Like, look how hard I'm trying. Just repeat after me. Bada, ba, ba, ba. That's kind of it. That's kind of it. Good, good, good, good. Okay, lunchbox has McDonald's.

I'm loving it. Yes. Eddie. Man, that's a good number one, but I will go with, give me a break, give me a break. Kit Kat. That's a good one. That's a good one.

Morgan? I'm going with the insurance. Nationwide is on your side. That's good. That's good. I'm next. I'm going to go with, there are a lot of good ones right now.

I'm going to go with, I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Weiner. Yeah, I'm going to go old school with Oscar Meyer Weiner. Because I just like saying Weiner. I'll be honest with you. I just picked it. I figured that's why. Amy?

Okay. Then I'll go with, um, wait. Which one did Morgan do? Nationwide. Okay, okay. I'm going to go with Like a good neighbor. State Farm is there.

Yeah, that's good. Okay, we all have our first picks. Now we go backward this time. Amy, what is your second pick? Okay, I'm going with, I'm a big kid now. Huggies. Yeah.

Good, good, good, good, good. I'm going to go with, I will my baby back, baby, baby, back, baby, I will my baby back, baby, baby back. Yeah, yeah. I'm going to go with my baby back, Chili's baby back rib song. Morgan? That was so good.

That's what I had. I'm going to go with the food, though. They're magically delicious. And I said that wrong. Lucky Charms. I got it. I got excited. Lucky Charms.

You're going luck. They're magically delicious. Yes, that one. Eddie? Yeah, I'm aging myself on this one. But, I mean, I know it. Everyone knows it. The best part of waking up is Folgers in your car.

Dang it! That's good. That's good. Lunchbox. Oh, man. You know me. I don't want to grow up. I'm a toys are us kid. Because everybody knows it. And every time you heard that as a kid, you're like, man, I don't want to grow up.

You can sing that, though. Do that again. I don't want to grow up. I'm a toys or us kid. Oh, almost. Oh. Yeah, you have it. I knew what you were singing.

Okay. I don't want to grow up. I'm a Toys R Us kid. Do that. I don't want to grow up. I'm a Toys R Us kid. So close. Gosh, I am so bad at singing.

It's good, though. Like, I don't even think people know the jingles when I do them. The McDonald's one, I had no idea until you went, I'm loving it. You went, but da-da-da-da-da-da-ba. I'm loving it. Oh, my goodness. Okay. Here we go.

Lunchbox has, I'm loving it from McDonald's. And I'm a Toys R Us kid. You have one pick left lunchbox. Guys, I have one food on my thing and this one. Oh, man, I don't know which one I'm going to go with. Oh, man. Whatever it is, sing it. I know, I know.

I know. There's two that I have and I'm like, I don't know which one to go. They're both so good. But what would you do? No. What? Go ahead. Now sing it.

Let's go ahead. Yeah, come on. What would you do for a Kondike bar? Oh, gosh. That's pretty good. No, it's not. It's what would you do for a Klondike bar? What would you do for a Kondike bar?

No, what would you do? What would you do? What would you do for a Kondike bar? One more time. What would you do? What would you do for a Kondike bar? Eddie, you get to add your final piece here. You have, Give Me a Break, Kit Kat and Folgers, the best part of waking up.

Sing it to me. I think my picks are pretty good. So this third one, I mean, I've got to, let's get that trifecta with every kiss begins with Kay. Interesting. I don't know. I think he went to Jared. That's fine. Yeah, that's fine.

Morgan, you have Nationwide as on your side and you have, they're magically delicious. What do you have next? $5 foot long. I'm going subway. That was the one I was the debate between. I couldn't decide. I'm going to go with. this is the Bobby Bone Show

I mean that's a jingle Okay Is that a commercial? What Amy? Okay, okay Yeah, that works You want to die on that hill Is that what you say?

You know what? I ran it by Scoobble before the draft If that was legal Because I thought about it I'll be honest Oh, look at you Wait, did he say it wasn't legal? No

I just decided that When Klondike was still there I was like, all right, I got to go with Klondike. Okay, I'm going with this is the Bobby Bone Show jingle. Okay, Amy, go. I mean, I don't even know what's left you guys,

but I'm going to go with, uh-oh, spaghettios. Yeah, that's good. Oh. I was surprised no one with meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meo, meow, meo, meow. Oh, meo mix. Good. Or call J.G. Wentworth, 877 Cash Now.

That was good. And then I had nausea, heartburn, indigestion. That's a hard one to do. Pept. That's a bumming, yeah. Yeah. I had Be All That You Can Be in the U.S. Army. Ooh, good one.

But how does this song, how does the jingle go? I don't know. Well, that's not a jingle. That's a slogan. Oh, true. And Amy's singing G.I. Joe over there. I don't know. Okay.

Our teams are up. You can go vote at Bobby Bones.com. Nice job, guys. That was fun, huh? Yeah, it's awesome. I'm loving it. No, it's still not it. No, it go do-d-d-do-do-do-do.

Dada-da-do-do. I'm loving it. It throws in a da-da. It's time for the good news A 24-year-old runner across the finish line at the L.A. Marathon and became the youngest person, get this, to complete 100 marathons. Oh. Oof.

I mean, doing one. You've done a marathon. I have, and it was one of the most difficult things I've ever done. Jocelyn Revis became interested in 13th. As a spectator in 2013, she ran the race the following year. She decided after running a few more marathon, she wanted to pursue the Guinness record for youngest person to complete 100 races. Wow. I mean, good for her.

That's tough. I mean, at one point, I ran the end of a marathon. The end of a marathon? Accidentally, I got trapped in it. I was there to be support and I got trapped so I had to finish the marathon. Everybody was like congratulating me. They put a medal on my neck. You went through the finish line?

I was trapped in the walls. They gave me bananas. That's hilarious. But I was so embarrassed to admit that I actually got trapped. in it that I was like, thank you, thank you. You just went with it. I just got out of town. Yeah.

But that's crazy. A hundred marathons. Yeah, her body must be very built different than mine. Like after one, I couldn't walk for like six weeks. My knee was shot, my foot, my back. She must be a runner. Yeah. Also, to be at a marathon and be inspired to run a marathon,

when I watched the marathon, I thought I could never do this. Like, I didn't leave there going, that's something I want to do. I left there going, well, I just finished one. And I'm good now. All right, that's what it's all about. That was Tell Me Something Good. The Bobby Bone Show is proud to be supported by Grand Canyon University, an affordable, private, non-profit Christian University based in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona.

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through my calendar for December and something popped up for December 1st, which is this Wednesday. And it is the six months since Amy had the mysterious package put on her porch that she did not want to talk about. She said there was something or a mysterious package she maybe got in the mail that she didn't feel safe about and that she didn't want to talk about, but she said she would in six months. And that is this Wednesday. That is true. And I remember this and you were like, do not say what it is. But I don't know that is. we're six months out and shout out to her for putting that in her calendar. I don't know if it's something you want to talk about.

Yeah, I don't think I'm ready. And yes, I just, I'm impressed that she had that as a reminder. So thank you for reminding us. But we're not, we're not there yet, are we? I don't think so. I think today's the 29th. So November 29th, December 29th, January 29th, February 20th. March 1st, rain or shine, Amy will say what was delivered to our house.

I just don't think it's safe to say so right now. Yeah, I'm not ready yet. So I want to stay, and I didn't put that on you, I just don't think it's time for you to say yet. Oh, thank you. It might be dangerous. Okay, cool. So, March 1st, please say D&PA, put it back in your calendar,

and please call us back and remind us then. All right, let's go over and do the news. Bobby's Big. Stories. All right, my first story is from the New York Post. A woman is devastated after no one shows up to her friends giving. The club's gone viral. Basically, it shows a woman sitting at a table on her own.

after no one showed up to her planned dinner. Christian Zamora is her boyfriend. He shot it and put it up. And he says she had planned this video for two weeks. Big Friendsgiving. No one showed up at all. And this story started to get retweeted a lot and shared a lot. I'm calling bull crap on this.

Like I think this is one, somebody just looking for some clicks on TikTok, some views. Second of all, I've had a Friendsgiving before. You don't commit to having a Friendsgiving unless you have real live friends that say, going to be there. Amy, you had one. We talked about it a little bit ago. If you didn't have at least six or seven for sure's and four or five probablys, would you have even had a Friendsgiving?

Yeah, that's how Friendsgiving come about. Even the one that we had at your house several years ago, it's like you kind of, people start to say, hey, don't have anywhere to go. I don't have anything to do. So they're looking for something to do. And then somebody decides to be the host of it. You don't just decide to do it. So no one showed up. They didn't even send her a message to let her know they weren't going to make it. This just screams looking for views. Mike D and I talk about this a lot. Mike D, do you believe this story? Yes or no? Not at all. Okay. This is just somebody who probably had a great Friendsgiving who was like, okay, before everybody sits down, let's shoot a video and say

nobody came. So I wanted to start with that and say, I think that is a load of crap. Hey, Ray, say load of crap in your announcer voice. Load of crap. There it is. Nice. Yeah. Christopher Collins told police he suspected his wife was killed by intruders, but he has since been charged with murder in the case of his wife's death two days before her death, they had signed a $250,000 life insurance policy. That's right. A Texas woman was found dead two days after she signed a quarter of a million life insurance policy, and now her husband has been charged with her murder. You would think, and follow me here. First of all, he's a terrible guy. If he did it,

he's a terrible guy, the worst. Obviously, he murdered his wife. But if you were going to do this, don't you wait more than two days? Because that screams. I just killed her to get the money. Am I right or wrong, Amy? I mean, yeah, I think you have to have more foresight with this. If you're going to do it, I don't condone this behavior. No, we're not. We're not.

I'm just reading this and going, this guy is a terrible guy, and he's stupid because you're going to, two days after, that automatically paints you as guilty. That's what I, allegedly, right? Yeah, yeah, allegedly. That automatically, but yeah, tragic story. they had signed the paper for life insurance on November 16th and on November 18th. Apparently some intruders had broken in.

I wonder, anytime anybody goes to sign up for new life insurance, do you now have to have this thought of like, well, do I trust this person that I'm living with now? Because why are we getting this new insurance suddenly? Well, that's why I don't tell you jabronies who's in my will, because you'll kill me. Yeah, think about that. Okay. An autopsy found that she died from a gunshot wound. Medical examiners determined the bullet was fired from a 22 or 25 caliber weapon

and that officers also found a 22 cartridge in his pocket in the guy's pocket. That is from insider. And then I wanted to end on this because what's happening around the country now, lots of people are going into stores together and just stealing everything and then running out because you can't stop everybody. Have you been seeing these in the news? I mean, some of the ones that you've told me about and I've seen a few, but I mean, it makes me not even want to go shopping in public anymore.

I have two from Daily Mail, one from USA Today. The first one, dozens of looters rampaged through two Minnesota Best Buy's, taking TVs, tablets, and hoverboards as a flash mob robbery hit in California. That's the first one. The second one, a group of 10 people went into a Home Depot in California and grabbed hammers and crowbars and then ran out to a waiting car. They had the sledge hammers ready to hit people who were trying to stop them. Police deputies say the entire hammer section at the store was cleaned out,

which is a weird thing to steal. I mean, they have like a hammer party somewhere, but they did one of these where they went in. Does anyone know why they would steal hammers? You would think they would have grabbed more expensive stuff there. And then from USA Today, five people rushed into a Nordstrom store in Southern California the night before Thanksgiving and fled with several purses.

LA police said a security guard was sprayed with an irritant meant to deter charging bears to keep him from actually stopping them. They stole $25,000 in bags. This is another flash mob theft. and they're happening we have just three this morning two of California one of Minnesota and I know why they're stealing hammers

that's what they use on the smashing grab so if they go in and steal those they can use them in their crime if they buy a bunch of hammers they're on camera and in their receipts it's like oh wait these guys bought a bunch of hammers then you go bust them so they need them for their next robbery well just going in with one person

and paying cash for a hammer I think is less of a red flag than if you're going 10 in and grabbing hammers and running out You like risk your whole life to get your hammers to commit your crimes. I would go rob people's sheds for hammers instead of stealing ten hammers from a Home Depot. Okay. Well, that's the news. Thank you guys. Those were Bobby's big stories.

On the phone right now, it's Amy's like nephew-in-law or something. What is it, Amy? Yes, he's married to my niece. So it's your nephew, yeah, nephew-in-law. Yeah, I guess I'm his. aunt-in-law. We were talking about a woman who eats raw beef as her diet. Like, she just buys it and eats it. And Amy goes, well, I have a family member who is a meat scientist. I don't even know this is a real thing. I'll be honest with you. But I was so curious. And we have Amy's nephew-in-law on now, Dr. Drew Cassons. Dr. Drew Cassons, thank you for hanging out with us today. I'm really

interested in what you do. So we appreciate the time. Well, Bobby, thank you for having me. I really appreciate it. Questions, questions. I got questions. How did you get into being a meat scientist? Yeah, so I really meet scientists. I know it sounds crazy, but I think what all started with my background in animal ag and got involved in meat judging at Texas A&M, and that really sparked the passion for meat science. And I think a lot of times people think about meat science is so weird, but, you know, it's needed. We eat meat, so we have to have the scientists there to make sure it's good for us. Does anyone ever go, hey, so what do you do, doctor? And you're like, are you like a heart doctor or are you like a knee doctor and you're like no i'm a meat doctor is that ever they're like

what seriously for sure um it's really funny um i i joke all the time that i'm a doctor but definitely can't save anybody by his life by any means um so we just you know the meat science byers making sure that food is tastes good and it's it's juicy it's flavorful and it's safe for you okay here are my real questions is it safe to eat raw meat like this lady was talking about raw beef can you just eat raw meat from the grocery store not in that capacity right We've got to make sure we're cooking our meat products to a safe temperature. Now, there are things like, you know, beef tartar, if you've heard of that before, that is a raw beef product you can consume.

But we add things to it like lime juice, lemon juice, acid, to kind of help and break down that bacteria. So it is healthy to eat. If I went out and killed an animal and I was real hungry, could I just eat it right then and there raw? I would definitely advise against that, Bobby. Probably not the best diet to do. And the reasoning why is because, you know, bacteria lives in the environment.

And a lot of times those animals have bacteria on their hide and on their skin. And as you're breaking that carcass down, a lot of times that bacteria gets them to the carcass. And then that can result in you getting deathly ill. So I would definitely advise against going out there and killing the animal and eating it right away. We have Dr. Drew Casson's on. Did you graduate from Tarleton State or do you work there now? I work there now. So I got my undergrad master's A&M, my Ph.D., Oklahoma State.

Let me ask you this question then, Mr. Fancy, because sometimes I go to fancy places and I'll see there's Wagyu beef on the menu. Are Wagyu cattle really massaged and serenaded with classical music? Definitely not here in the U.S. Maybe in other countries like Japan, they might do that kind of stuff. But most of the Wagyu beef you're going to see here in the United States, just a breed of cattle. And those breed of cattle just really tend to be highly marbled, very tender, very juicy a lot of flavor to them. But I don't think we really serenade and massage those cattle here in the U.S. like they might in Japan and other countries.

If I'm ordering a steak at a restaurant, for health purposes, what's the best way to order a steak? I mean, you can order that medium rare. I mean, that's what I prefer. Even people do rare and blue rare. A lot of times, you know, with steaks, that bacteria's on the surface. And so by putting on a grill that's really hot, you're killing all bacteria. And so it's safe to eat. About 135, 140, no problem for sure. Did you say Blue Rare? What's that mean? So Blue Rare, so we have degrees of doneness for stakes.

And Blue Rare is the lowest degree of doneness. And it's more of just cooking the surface just a little bit. And so on the inside, you still have a fairly raw piece of meat. And some people do like that. I mean, it's cold in the center. For me, it's not very appealing. That sounds disgusting. Oh, golly.

Is red meat, you know, the big story is don't eat a lot of red meat. What's your take on that, doctor? Red meat's good for you. We need to make sure we're consuming lean red meat. That's the kicker there. You need the protein. And meat provides some really good vitamins and minerals that we can't get from anything else, right? We need some essential minerals.

in our body and meat the best source for that. And so eating lean meat is the best opportunity for you. You ever want to punch a vegan in the face? I don't think I've ever had the opportunity to get that close to one before, fortunately, but, you know, I think more than anything, it's just the education basis of it. You know, I respect their wishes. I hope they respect ours, too. We're just trying to feed America, honestly.

Do you ever go to a restaurant and you're like, this meat isn't good? And you're like, I'm a doctor in meat. I would just like you guys to know you can really improve. Like, are you a snob, a meat snob? If you ask my wife and family, most definitely. I really don't eat a lot of meat or steaks outside at restaurants, honestly, because I can do better job at home. But, like, okay, so like Roadhouse, you can go and pick out your steak.

So we go to Texas Roadhouse. You better guarantee I'm sitting there at that window case, picking out my steak before I sit down to eat that because I want to make sure I get the best eating experience possible. Okay. Final question for me, then I'll let them if they have one, ask one. But if you were stranded on an island and no food and you had to eat a human, what meat on the human would be the best to go for? Because I would go butt cheek.

I'll just tell you right now. Yeah, I would go butt cheek, you know, if I got to go. It's just straight flesh. But I don't know. You're the expert. Maybe you don't have an answer for this. But I just wanted to say a few things and stall and let you think about it. The butt cheek thing would probably be a good one to go with.

The problem with that butt cheek, it might be a little tough, right? So I would go more toward that back area, that loin section. Those tend to be a lot tender of muscles compared to the other ends of the animal. And he got me with knowledge and education. Yes. Amy, do you have a question for Dr. Drew Casson's, your nephew-in-law? Well, I want him to answer the original question that even got him on here, because I brought you up, Dr. Drew, my little nephew,

that because you told me about ground meat and how when you're ordering a hamburger at a restaurant, you should always get it well done. And people don't do that. They get medium well, whatever, but well done. So I wanted you to explain why that is. Yeah, I think the biggest thing with ground beef is you think about bacteria on the surface. And so when we're taking a piece of meat, a cut of meat, and we start to grind it up, we're putting all that bacteria on the surface on the interior.

and we're spreading that bacteria out. And so with ground bees, you have bacteria potentially all through that product. And so it's very important to cook it to 160 degrees Fahrenheit to make sure we kill off any bacteria that might be in that product. All right, there is. I think we should applaud them for coming down with us. We've never had to meet scientists on. Doctor, we appreciate the time.

One day, it'll be my goal to have a steak with you and just hear all about it. I'm looking forward to it, Baba. but you have a good time. Great guest, Amy. Who else in your family does crazy stuff? This is awesome. Okay. Now, there we have it.

Thank you to Dr. Cassins. In front of all you guys, you have somebody's name. This is the person you're buying a gift for for Christmas. Okay. And our gift show is usually the last one of the year. So we have, you know, a few weeks for you to go out and buy this person a gift. Lunchbox, who do you want to be buying you a gift? You.

Why? Because you buy the nice gifts. I think everybody buys nice gifts. No one else puts effort into their gifts. Now there is a bit of a wrinkle this year. We're going to do Mystery Box Christmas. So when you have the gift that's bought for you, you can either take that gift the person got you,

valued under 50 bucks. Oh. Like that's the limit, 50 bucks. Or you can take what's in Bobby's mystery box. Which I'll have a mystery box or two. And we get to like go in and pick it, whatever? You don't get to know what's in it, but you pick one of the two boxes.

Okay. But it's a mystery. Interesting. Yeah, but now I'm worried if I get you, you'll buy me crap, and I'll think, oh, it's good. Man, this is going to be tough this year. But you can open the gift from the person that got you the gift. Like, you see it.

And you're like, oh, a $49 electric razor. Oh, and then you can keep it or switch. Then you can keep it or go to the mystery box. Love it. But once you go to the mystery box, I get to keep the gift. So the mystery box could be like a box of paper clips. It could be. Oh, my goodness.

So let's see who we're buying for, okay? Okay. All right, Amy, who are you buying for Christmas? Um, Scuba Steve. Okay, good. Morgan, who you buying for? Raymundo. I'm buying for Morgan.

Stupid! So I get two Bobby boxes, is what you're saying. The one time what? The one time I got you, you know what it was? The cracker barrel. I mean, the one time, so you couldn't even get me anything good. Eddie? Yeah, here we go.

Let's see what I got. Who are you buying you get for? I am buying for me. Oh, how'd that happen? Merry Christmas, Eddie. Let's box who you got? Oh, this feels good. Abby.

This feels great. Wow. Get ready, Abby. You're going to have a great Christmas. Give it to Steve, who do you have? I've got you. Bobby. Nice.

Good luck. Abby. I have Mike D. I got him last year, too. Woohoo. Mike, do you have? I have Amy. Okay.

And so who does Ray have? Me. Eddie, I'll tell you what. I'll buy you a gift to. No! Yeah! Because I got myself. Yeah.

That's what I'm talking about. Wait, no, that doesn't work. Yeah. Why not? You buy all gifts. No, no. This is perfect. Oh, no, no.

You have to buy for someone. Uh-huh. So who wants to trade with Eddie? Somebody trade with Eddie. Mike, who do you have? Okay. Mike, who do you have? Eddie's shopping for me now.

Yes. And then Mike D. Shopping for Eddie. Perfect. Sounds great. Yes. Okay. So, so everybody has.

their person now. I got Abby. It's made my day. And so you'll get the gift, you'll open it, and you can have and keep that gift, or you go to the mystery box. Yeah. Everybody feel good? Love it. Yeah. Okay, that will be our final show of the year. I think on the 17th, Mike. Is that what it is? Yeah. Okay. Merry Christmas, everybody. Merry Christmas. Bobby Bones show. Bonehead. Story of the day. This story comes to us from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Two women were at Walmart shopping when one woman got mad at the other one, grabbed a cold chicken, and wha! A cold chicken.

Cold chicken. Hit her across the back of the head with it. That's like a rock, huh? It's just weird, too. That's the weapon. She just grabbing for anything nearby? Yeah, I think they were in the meat department, and they were worried it was going to be a cold case, but they solved it.

You're right, though, about a cold meat? Or a frozen? Yeah. It's a boulder, man. That's a rock. Wow. I'm Lunchbox. That's your Bonehead Story of the Day.

We really appreciate you guys hanging out with us today. But before we go, I do want to do the Good News Countdown. It's the Good News Countdown. Counting down the biggest good news stories across the land. Here we go. Up first. Number three. A woman had a medical issue on the highway and passed out behind the wheel, but her car kept going and was out of control.

So a random guy sacrificed his own car by pulling in front of her hitting the brakes. She suffered a few broken ribs but survived. Both are going to be okay. That's a tough decision though. I think I would do that. I'm not someone who says I would be a hero because most things I would go,

nope, wouldn't do that. I think I could pull my car out though to stop a car that's going crazy. I would be nervous. I would try to position it to where it was the passenger side, but you probably don't have a lot of time to position if that's happening. But good for that dude.

Good story. Next. Number two. A woman in Boston went into labor five weeks early and freaked out because she wanted to be married before the baby came. A doctor at the hospital named Gregory Woods was ordained, so he officiated their wedding in the hospital. The woman's father even showed up to the hospital with her wedding dress. Now she's married and has a healthy baby boy. So there you go. Number one. A nine-year-old in Florida received an

award for bravery after she fought off a guy who tried to steal her mom's purse. They were getting into their car outside a store. He knocked the mom down. The daughter kept punching him in the head until he ran off. There's security footage of it. Cops, the rest of the guy two days later. He got beat up by a nine-year-old. That's the funniest part of this. I mean, great for the nine-year-old. I hope that's, but he got beat up by a nine-year-old. His friends will never let him hear the end of that.

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