The Bobby Bones Show - (Mon Full Show) Merry Christmas! Brenda Lee In Studio Talks About Her Hit Christmas Song & More! + The Annual Christmas Gift Exchange! + Lunchbox's Caroling!

Episode Date: December 25, 2023

Merry Christmas! We're celebrating today with the queen of Christmas, Brenda Lee. She's in studio talking about how her song "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" didn't become a hit until it was in the movie 'Home Alone,' and more! Then, we do our annual Christmas gift exchange, find out why Abby and Lunchbox did NOT like their gifts. Plus, we share what the most returned Christmas gifts every year are and hear some Christmas carols from Lunchbox! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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because I'm never going to be Bob and Bobby's like a young name. She was like, young. She was, do you think Bobby's a young name? I was like, yeah, Bobby, it's like a young name. And she said, do you really think that? Are you kidding? I was like, of course I think it. So we look it up and it was like at its height in like 1927. I didn't know that. Bobby's were really going in 1927. I didn't know. I thought it was like a young name. So how many Bobbies can you name? Go back and fourth until you fall out. All right. Okay, Amy.

Bobby Flee. The chef, good. Lunchbox. Bobby Fisher. The chess player. Good, Eddie. Bobby McFaron. The singer, don't worry, be happy.

Good, Amy. Bobby Bones. That's me. Lunch. Bobby Bouchet. Yep, Waterboy. Eddie. Ricky Bobby.

I'll accept it from the water boy. Amy. Bobby Brown. The singer or the makeup? Both are to be taken. Okay. Bobby the makeup is eye. I can't take the other Bobby Brown?

Bobby Bonilla. Baseball player. That's great. That's great. Yeah. Eddie? Bobby Darren? Bobby Darren singer.

Like the Trudor from like the 50s or 60s. Let's go. Amy? Bobby Jones. The golfer. Oh, that's good. And also people think I am when I do anything where they don't know country music. Lunchbox?

Hold on. He's done. No. I would say Bobby winner. Bobby. You must have been somebody you knew in high school. Balconi's little league. Yeah.

Lunchbox is eliminated. Eddie. Bobby. Bobby Bobbberson. Oh, my nickname. No. No. No.

Amy, I think you win the Bobby game. Can you name another one? Bobby, your real last name? Bobby Wagner, the linebacker for the Rams. Probably I wouldn't have accepted. Bobby Moynihan, the comedian. But Bobby Helms, who sings this song, Jingle Bell Rock. It's an old name for an old song. Bobby Helms. I did all that to get to this.

It's time to open up the mailbag. You send an email and we read it all the air. Something we call Bobby's Mailbag. Yeah. Hello, Bobby. My girlfriend recently broke up with me. I just bought her a pair of Norma Tech compression boots. Ooh.

Days before we broke up. Days. She accepted them. I have the receipt. I am still in the window to return the Norma Tech compression boots, but I need to act fast. To put in perspective, we're both poor college students. And the boots cost $750 brand new. They cost that much?

Yes. You bought me some of those. I have them. I did. Same ones? Yeah. I use them. Oh, I'm so glad you used them.

I still use them. Yeah, people use them. Yeah. I feel like the ones I got are sending a bit more, but maybe they're, maybe minor higher compression. I definitely, I don't brag. But I mean, you've given, you've been very generous to me. No need to brag. For your like 40th birthday. Yeah, no need to brag.

There's no need to brag. I literally was like, I'm not bragging. It's a great gift. Well, you did. You said, mine were a little more expensive. I know, you did do that. Like you threw out. I got you a nicer pair.

You flex. Anyway, wait, right. There you go. Would it be right for me to ask for the boots back? How should I ask if so? Sincerely, boyfriend given the boot. Ha-ha-ha. So here's the thing.

Would it be right? Sure. There's nothing that's going to put you in jail for going, hey, do you mind if I take those boots back? You just can't be upset or hold it against her if she keeps them because they were a gift. Yeah, but I don't think you can ask for them back. You can't. It's very easy. You can ask for any gift back.

If you wanted to ask me for those back that. Oh, that's a lot more than that. If I wanted that George Strait shirt that I don't remember giving you, you just wear it now. No, no, you gave it to me. Fine. But if I wanted to go, like, can I have it back? Or the... Peloton. No, the Peloton treadmill you just have. That's awesome. That's a great gift I got you. Do you want it back?

Her now ex-husband, I think got a little irritated. I've spent so much money on her. Well, no, he was going to get that for me for Christmas. Oh, yeah, I remember that. How many friends in your life do you have like Amy? I don't have none. Well, who got to keep it? Did you keep those? You better have. If he has it, oh, my goodness. Oh, my gosh. Oh.

My God. You bought her ex-husband that. It is at my house. Calm, down. Why did you look at me funny? Because I was just like letting you all think of a second. I don't believe you.

I see a picture. It's at my house. Amy has a Barry Manilow shirt that I have that she know. That you gave to me? I don't remember giving her these clothes. What? Do you want it back? No, but if I wanted to ask about, I could, but you don't have to give it back because

you own it. Well, I shall give them back since you don't recall giving. No, you keep them. On the house. Okay. You can ask for them back, but she's probably not going to give them back. She shouldn't give them back. doesn't want to. So she shouldn't give it back, but you can ask. But I wouldn't. You wouldn't

give it back? I would. If you got asked, would you give it back? Yes, absolutely. I wouldn't have broken up with him. I would have said, because such a nice guy. Or I'd have broken up with him before. I would have taken the boots and been like, I can't take these because here's the thing. I can't be with you anymore. Or you would have stayed at least a month. Or I'd have stayed another year or so, yeah, with him. A year. For 750 bucks. Yeah. A year. All right. Good luck. Get the boots back. That's what I say. If you need us to call or make a video and ask for them back, we will. I will. No.

That's hilarious. What do you mean? We won't. Okay. We, there's no mouth in the pocket. Okay. I will. And anybody else on the show that wants to be a part of the game?

I'll do it. I'll do it. Okay. Email us back. All right, that's the mail bag. We got your email and we found the clone Bobby Mailpack. It's a Bobby Bones show interview. This is so cool for me.

So Brenda Lee is here. She's celebrating 65 years of her Christmas song, rocking around the Christmas tree. Rocking around. The Christmas tree She recorded this in 1958. She was a teenager when she did it. She got a new EP out. It's more Christmas songs.

She has such a life and such a history and country music and rockabilly music and super awesome. So here she is. On the Bobby Bones show now. Brenda Lee. Brenda Lee is so nice to have you in here. I see you driving around town sometimes.

And I always kind of geek out and I'm like, there's Brenda Lee. Well, aren't you sweet? I am very sweet. Yes, thank you. You're welcome. Very, very sweet. Yeah.

So, correct me if I'm wrong here, but the song that every Christmas has played all the time over and over again, you sing that when you were six years old, is that right? Nine. Do you remember singing it? Because I don't remember almost anything at nine years old. I do. Yeah. I remember the players that played on it. I don't ever forget.

I was sitting at home when the phone rang, and I answered it. And it was one of my friends. And she said, Brenda, did you know that your song is all over the same? the movie Home Alone. It says here that it was recorded in 1958. I guess I just assumed that it had always been a massive Christmas hit because in our life it mostly has been because Home Alone came out when we were young. Yeah.

And it was played but it wasn't like nobody went crazy over it. Yeah. You know, but it's a good song. It was written by Johnny Marks. So was it weird to you that it blew up way later? Yeah, it was. And that was really the catalyst that pushed it. where it went.

And you have a Christmas EP that you put out earlier this month and you do rocking around the Christmas tree, Santa Claus is coming to town, jingle bell rock, a marshmallow world, a reimagined rocking, as we like to call it in the biz, rocking. That's what we call it. You guys don't call it that, but me and Brenda call it rocking. Yeah, we call it rocking. So are you known as like the Christmas lady now? That's a big part of how a lot of us were introduced to you is rocking around the Christmas tree. Thank you. I, you know, like I said, I never thought That that would be my signature song. That everybody, if they remembered me, would hear that and say, yeah, that was her song.

But it's become that. On the Bobby Bones Show now. Brenda Lee. How old were you when you recorded, I'm Sorry? 14. I'm sorry. Oh, sorry. And as a kid, were you just a very gifted singer from a young age?

I guess. I mean, I never took lessons. I never practiced. I was a kid, though, who did, you know? And it just all came natural. And at what age did you start to go? I think I'm going to do this as a job. Was it at six, seven, eight, nine years old?

Did you start traveling around singing? Yeah, I did. And I came from a very poor family, very poor background. And I was so thrilled that I was going to get to go and work and do what I was. loved but get paid for it where I could help my family. So would you get on a bus with adults and travel the country? No, not at that point. It was by car and I slept up in the back window. Yeah. Because I was little and I could fit. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, that is old school. Because you didn't have to buckle. And no seatbelts. And people roll windows on smoke smoke. No seatbelts back then.

That's right. Yeah. So you're traveling around the country. You're a kid performer. You're basically Justin Bieber before Justin Bieber. Do you know that? I didn't know that. You're the original Justin Bieber here. Which is super cool. Yes. Yes. What I think is remarkable about your career is, you know, as we talk about the songs that, you know, you're like, I'm surprised. But you're in the country music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

And the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Yeah. Yeah. So you have like two, three different massive careers that independently anyone would be super proud of. But the fact that you're in, multiple Hall of Fames just shows how versatile you were as a singer, as an artist. You know, what years do you feel like you were thriving the most artistically? Like what age for you?

You were like on it, you felt like you were singing, creating, like everything was going right. Probably 14, and I was getting the great songs, and you get a great song and it's not hard to sing. But it never was work to me at all. I loved it. And I think a lot of people in our industry are unhappy because they don't like what they're doing, but they love the money that it's bringing in, and they love all that. And you'll finally burn out if you don't like what you're doing. Did you ever burn out?

Never. Because I had a lot of responsibility, even at the age I was. My dad died when I was seven. And it was almost like, and I love to sing. Nobody made me sing. It was like, okay, well, I can sing. Maybe I can make some money. And you would send it back home?

I'd give it to my mama, yes. So I guess you would go back home with it. Well, we lived in Georgia. Got it. So I was on a show called John Farmer and the TV Ranch Boys. And there was a place, a big, huge dance hall called Sports, arena and I used to sing there every weekend with the guys on the show as a kid so if you're a kid and you're in an industry with a lot of adults and times are different back then though but were there a lot of

bad influences around you not because it was you but because that's just the nature of that kind of business you're just around adults and the road's hard and there's drinking and and how did that affect you as a kid it didn't affect me but I would see the drinking and I would see the it was hard even as a kid to ride in a car and I remember sleeping up in that back window. I was kind of kept away and hid from a lot of that stuff. Oh, that's good. So you had people around you that cared about you that protected. Oh, absolutely. That's great. And when I look back at some of your like for example, playing Vegas at 12 years old, what was Vegas? Like just for, it doesn't even matter what year it was, but for a 12 year old to be playing Vegas, that had to be really exciting.

It was exciting and Vegas was exciting and Vegas was good not like it is today. Evil now? It's changed a lot. Somebody pooped in my shower last time I was in Vegas. True story. It's not a joke. Went in there from me. Poop to my shower Brenda.

That's so it is evil. So yeah, no, I know. End of interview. Yeah, I'm telling you, end a Vegas trip for me. You peeped and he didn't. No, no. No, no, someone pooped in my shower. We went back in the room after we've been down to the, I thought you said you did it.

No. I wish it had been me. I wouldn't have been as grossed out. We walked back in the room and we were pooping our shower from somebody else. What'd you do? Colin said there's pooping my shower from somebody else. Vegas has changed. That's why I'm asking about Old Time Vegas.

Yeah, I loved Old Time Vegas. Yeah. The days when Wayne Newton was the thing and all the good acts and the quartets and all, they were playing there. And it seemed like that was the place to be at the time. Did you ever gamble? No. Oh, man. Never? Never. Can I ask you about some people, like, for example, Little Richard, so exciting as an artist, not just a player, not just a singer, but as a whole artist.

And I know that you knew Little Richard. What was he like? He was crazy in a good way. He was very sweet. He supported a lot of people. And his show was one of the most exciting to this day that I've ever seen. And he's but for him. younger than me from Full House. He went on and was the uncle on Full House. And so he went and he played the school show. I was a big little Richard fan. I was too. What about someone like Patsy Klein? Patsy and I were the best of friends, even though I was a lot younger. I was a kid. But I'd go and she talked to me about show business. She taught me a whole lot about how to deal with people.

And I lived on Kelly Road at the time. And we had 12 acres and it was all fenced. And her plane went down almost in our backyard. That close home. And it broke my heart because even though, like I said, she was older than me, I just loved her. I still, I'm close to her kids to this day. What about someone like George Jones?

Well, George, I mean, what a singer. One of the best singers I've ever heard. But the stunts he pulled. And we see that we hear about them or we see like a recreation, but we probably have no idea. Well, he was funny. And, you know, I could see him drinking a little bit. But other people say, we don't know how.

that he goes on stage. But he did, and he did great. True love scratch for a nothing to say. The race is on, and it looks like heartaches on. I never knew that side of him. Because you stayed away from him in a personal life, or your age was so... My age was so young. Mama wouldn't let me.

When I got off that stage, Mama was waiting, and there we'd go. Wow, that's a lot of love. It is. It is. That's got to be tough. As you're getting famous, your mom's still going, I'm still the mom, even though you're getting famous. Absolutely. What was your mom like?

My mom was a beautiful woman. My dad died when I was seven. So mama had a lot to do, and she was. She was a pretty woman. And she was asked many times by bails in the industry for a date, and she never would do it. And I would say, mama, date them. Maybe you'll find somebody for yourself and be happy. And she would always say, I'm happy now.

So I just kind of let it drop. Sounds like she's one of the major influences on still who you are today. Absolutely. I don't know who or what I would have been without my mother. Do you ever go back to your hometown in Georgia? Yeah. Yeah, what's it like now? It's still the same.

Honest to goodness. I expected to go down and see maybe one big building. I knew there it wasn't going to be like Atlanta, but it's still the same precious little town that it was when I left. Do you have a sign? It says, Home of Brenda. Anything like that? No, they have a sidewalk that goes all around the school I went to.

And it's the Brenda Lee sidewalk. Oh, that's cool. Do you want a sign? I'll make them put one up if you want one. Do you want one? Yeah, do it. Yeah, no, don't think I won't call and talk to the mayor. Oh, do it.

Okay. Make that note, Scuba. We're going to call, dang it, and get a sign that says, welcome to the home of Brenda Lee. There you go. And then it's going to say, quote, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. A couple more questions for you here.

If you were to separate your careers individually, you have like three different massive, wildly successful careers. Thank you. And what people know now that's my age, and younger are rocking around the Christmas tree. It still played currently, I mean, as a current Christmas song. It is. And then, I'm sorry, went viral and still, ah, it's probably sampled for songs all the time, too.

It is. TikTok uses it all. Yeah. Yeah. So it is. Do you still make decent money off the Christmas song? Oh, yeah. Oh, good.

Oh, I like that. All right. So that supports you? Like, you still get the checks? I get the checks, but my husband is the breadwin. winner. So he supports us. Hey, wink, wink. And he makes sure that the royalties are right. Oh, good for it. Good. And all that's right. And then he has his own separate business, which is a millwork company and makes all the trim for the wonderful homes here. And really? Yeah, does all that

stuff. I need to give you guys a call then. Yeah, well. Were you singing as he puts it on? You are crazy. But, you know, he works every day. And I say, why are you working every day? You don't have to. He says, I love it and I want to take care of it. Because we have two girls, three grandchildren, and one great grandchild. We figure that we're going to try to leave them something.

If there's extra, I'm here too. Okay. Because you're being real nice to me. and I like that. Yes, I'm sweet. You'll get a check in the mail, don't you worry. Thank you. Well, not now.

No, I'm not dead. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Some people think I am, but I'm not. Okay, let me say this. And Brenda, at some point, maybe even next year, I do this show that's like a different show, it's like an hour long, we really get into the career.

I'm so just wildly interested in your career, other than the Christmas song. Okay. I would love for you to come over to my house studio, some time and us just because you have such a history of not just this town not just this format multiple just living different lives through the years with different people when i go to uh foreign countries i sing in their languages i've learned no way yeah how many languages french spanish japanese what song can you sing in japanese i had a hit song there uh called uh one rainy night

in Tokyo. And you can sing that Japanese? Nule ta hodou O'nimwa. I don't know if you're lying, so I'm just going to go yet. You're doing to my shibigga na se kassetsu

Nakhutek. That's a little bit of the big hit. Wow. You're not making that up because I don't know Japanese. I can't fact check that. No. You call, you get...

My Japanese front on the phone. I don't have any. I don't have any. I just have to trust you, Brenda. All right. All right, there's she. Brenda Lee, everybody. Thank you, Brenda.

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That's about a turn. No, in a couple segments, we still want to have this joy, okay? Okay. This is a bit. We're fun. Everybody drew a person. The category's S. Ramundo sitting in a hot seat right now because Ray, you'll open your first gift.

Yeah! So Eddie drew Raimundo. Yeah. And so, Ramundo, what do you have in your hand? It is an envelope. It says Merry Christmas, Ray. I guess he refuses to call me Ray Mundo. I will not call him Ray Mundo. Okay. Oh, I think I know what it is. And then we're not doing that. We're not talking about what it might be. We're just only letting them open it. All right, go ahead. All right. I'm starting to open it up. It looks like there's a card in there. There is a card in there. I start with S. It says all I want for Christmas is for you to get what you want.

Thank you, Eddie. You're welcome, Ray. Here's a Christmas, Merry Christmas. And it is a Cowboys' Super Bowl winner bet. $100. If they win the Super Bowl, I will win $850. Yeah. That's pretty cool.

It's a future. It's a future. That's a pretty good one. That's pretty good, boys. And then where's the S? It's the sports betting slip. Or Super Bowl. For the Super Bowl winner.

Right, that's a good bet. It's good. One small caveat. They don't win the Super Bowl. Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa. I thought about that, Ray. I thought about that. If you don't want the bet, you can cash it out or hedge.

Dude, I just keep the bet. I love the return, so I'm definitely going to let it ride the whole time. Let's go, baby. Oh, thank you. Merry Christmas. Ray. Ray knew a week ago, he goes, I think I know what he's getting me. He's getting a Super Bowl ticket.

Well, well, there was some, you know, planning along with it. What kind of plan did you need for that? Where do I place the bet? Do I do it in his account? Do I do it in my account? What if I win and I have to give him the money? It's a lot of stuff. Okay, next up, Raymondo, Merry Christmas, buddy.

Merry Christmas. All right, next up, Eddie, you're going to the hot seat. Okay. Eddie's walking over to the chair, which we have Christmas lights all strung on the chair. And Eddie will be getting his gift from Mike D, head writer of the Bobby Bone Show. Oh, what if it's a Super Bowl bet? Mike D has a... Oh, big snowman box.

Eddie, can't wait to hear this thing open. Ivan in person. All right, you're over the hot seat, buddy. Merry Christmas, guys. Describe the box. It's kind of like a little bigger than a shoe box, I would say. Shape like a shoe box. And I'm shaking it, and it feels like it's clothing. Okay.

Okay? Kind of my thing. All right, here we go. Let's open it up. Thank you, Mike, by the way. Thank you, man. You don't know what it is yet. Oh, okay.

There's a box that says Decker's brand. I don't know what Decker's is. I know what Dockers are. Yeah. Maybe they're dockers. Wow, they misspelled it on the box. Yeah, maybe. I'm opening the box here.

Oh, oh, Mikey! He got me in a Cowboys jacket. Where's the S? Where's the S? Is it starter? If you look on the tag, it is a satin cowboy jacket. Let's go! Mike, that's awesome.

That's a good jacket. Merry Christmas, Mike. Dallas Cowboys, Day. That's a good jacket. Thank you. I love this one. That's good. Thank you, guys. Okay.

That was it. What do you mean? That's awesome. What's wrong with this? I just didn't know if there's more than that. No, that's it. That's it. That's it.

All right. I like it. I just asked. You said, that's it. That's a hating. No, that's a hating. That's an awesome gift. I didn't think it was hating.

I was just asking because it was a big gift. That's it. In that tone. Mike D. Hot seat. Eddie, you just left your trash there, man. Oh, that's okay.

Christmas, man. Dad'll clean it up later. Yeah, exactly. I thought I'd even find having a dad growing up. I mean, dude, that. Was it awesome? That's pretty fun, man. Yeah.

It was. Okay. Mike D. is in the hot seat. Abby's bringing his gift in. All right, Mikey, describe it from here. Thank you. We have a big snowman bag. Some wrapping paper in here.

Let's see what's inside. Feels like a box. Oh, we love a box. We love a box in a bag. So inside the box is... There's three gifts, by the way. Killing these gifts. Oh, she said three.

Looks like a speaker? Speaker? Intage audio speaker. Okay. Like an old? As for a speaker. Old, old, it looks like an old 1950 speaker. That is cool.

Okay. Here we have something else. It looks like a sweater. Yeah, a sweatshirt. It's a Stratus sweatshirt. Thank you to his wife. Okay.

That's what it's called. I'm wearing it now. I mean, it might be the same shirt he has on right now. Let's go. Can't have too many. Can't have too many, Zuckerberg, you know I mean? Yeah. Well, yeah, it was small.

It's like taped on the tissue paper somewhere. Dang, I knew it would get lost. Sapphire? What is it? Oh, no. Oh, it's a car. Oh, there we go. A secret card taped.

And it is a Starbucks gift card. Oh, that's cool. That's cool, Abby. Yeah. A good set of gifts, Abby. Thank you. Is that like a Bluetooth speaker? Is that what that is?

Or is it like? Yeah. Okay. I don't know. I just didn't know. Do you know what that is? Bluetooth? Do you know how to do that?

Do you know how to do it? Next up. Amy, you're on the hot seat. I am? Yeah, and Raymondo's going to bring you your gift. Okay. Okay, we have this big white chair on the stage. Amy's sitting in.

With lights everywhere. Christmas lights all over it. There's a microphone there. Okay. I love this time of year. Raymondo's walking in the room. All right, go ahead, Amy. Thank you.

All right. Amy, you got to describe it. Yeah, Amy, what is it? It's a little reindeer wrapping paper. Very cute. I actually really like the wrapping paper a lot. And it's not a plane box. It's a Christmas box.

Cute. Just put a bow on that. Sufice. Oh, Christmas everywhere. Christmas tissue paper. Oh, wow. Wow. What is it?

What is it? How does this start with an S? Hold on. Well, you got to talk to us. We're here. Okay. Hold it up. All right.

I know the symbol. It's escape. Day spa. It's a spa here. Es. Oh, Spah. Oh, my gosh. Amy.

Maybe you can get that. You can put that together. There's just something going on their brain, guys. No, to be fair, it's called. I escaped I get it I get it now Wow

So wait This is just like a gift card in there Oh Wow That's nice You're welcome How nice? Like how nice

How much? Like nice Like how much I have more than 100 Yes Like 200 Less than a thousand That is for me to know

It's nice Thank you Ray Nice job Ray Mundo That must have hurt the bank a little bit I wouldn't have thought of that Spa, yeah. Okay, that's one more. Morgan, you got to go to the hot seat and I have a gift from Morgan. The lights are broken. Amy's stuck in the lights.

One light went out, now the whole room. No, I don't know what that is. That's not it. That's empty, isn't it? That's from the gift exchange. Oh, that's when the gift exchange. No, you're in the seat. I have your gifts over here. Why are you going to stare at me?

Wow. You need help? I mean, if it fits in this room, it feels like Christmas date. Yeah, because you're going to get something. That has a motor in it? It's like taking him a lot of. effort to pick this up. Oh, no.

Wow. Why are you struggling? What? Is it heavy? Yeah. Okay, I'm walking over. He is shoving it in his shirt. Don't worry about it right now.

It's under his shirt. Interesting. What are you doing? Okay. Okay. It's not a funny joke, dude. HR. Okay, I'm holding it close to the next.

The eyes are closed. What did Mike say? HR? Because you had your shirt up. Weird, dude. You're going to put your shirt over her head. I had to, I don't want anybody to see it. It was a little suss.

Can I open my eyes? So, you can now open your eyes. Okay. Go ahead. Okay. So, what are you? Did you wrap it? Yeah, it was a bow.

Is that a 40? What? It's a sack. It's a sack. Y'all. Whoa. M.D. It's a sack of stacks.

Oh, my God. Oh, my gosh. This is terrible. Wow. It's a sack of stacks. Remember when we reference this and by. Bobby got mad at us and that's exactly what he did. Is that real?

Are those all hundreds? That's not real. There's more still. I didn't even get it all out. There's only ones? There's more. She pulled out another stack. How many stacks of stacks is in there?

There's stacks of cash. I mean, that's a lot of money. Single. Whatever it is. Singles. Morgan, you're going to have to go to the bank and put those in hundreds or something because it doesn't look great. Well, the thing is, when I was getting on, I felt a little weird. Yeah, for sure.

I was like, I need stacks. acts of ones and you know where they thought I was going. Not to church. There is a little like cowboy thing here, you know? I could go to. What Catholic thing? There's like a cowboy for ladies. Amy, relax.

Cowboys down under or something. Yeah, kind of. hilarious. Morgan, Merry Christmas. Thank you so much. Lunchbox, you jealous? I don't know. It's single.

What do you normally do? You can tell she doesn't know. It's single. All right, there you go. Okay. We are. Merry Christmas. we will come back.

That's nice, man. That's real night. I mean, look at that, dude. Wow. Oh, ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas. It's time to give away some more gifts. Yeah.

A minute ago, we did the first part of the show. I will say, you guys are great. Thank you. You're great with these gifts. So Eddie got Ray Mundo at Dallas Cowboys' Future bet, which you bet a hundred bucks in the Cowboys win the Super Bowl, and if they win, Raymondo wins, like, $800. $750. That's awesome.

You can also hedge at any time, meaning you can cash you out if they're winning. No, I'm going to keep it. That's the most valuable present so far. Mike D got Eddie a satin cowboy's jacket. Love it. S, because the category is S. Abby from Mike D, got him a sweater, a speaker, and a Starbucks gift card, which is cool. Ramundo for Amy, you got her a spa gift card. And for Morgan, I got her stacks in a sack of singles.

Amazing. Lots of cash. A lot of S is there. So now we're here. We got a couple more gifts. First up, we'll be Morgan, who is our head of digital buying for Scoobo Steve. Scoobie, what do you have in front of you there? I've got a box here and then a bag.

So I've got two gifts set to open up. The first one is the boxes I was instructed open. Nicely wrapped. Heavy? That's pretty heavy, yeah. Nicely wrapped. Oh, but this was one of those like something inside a box. This is what it is, right?

These are, it looks like Disney vans for the 100th anniversary. Whoa, these are so cool. Wow, it's got all the bad guys on it like Jafar and all. Wow, this is so awesome. Dude, this is really, really, really cool. It is like, it's awesome. Wow. That's really fun to watch Scooby be a kid.

Yeah. Oh. It's the 100th anniversary of Disney shoes from Vans. So it's all the villains? All the villains, yeah, villain multi. Whoa. So S for shoes? Yes.

Dang, you nailed that. Dude, that's really, really cool. And you got my size right, too. Let's see what they look like. He literally just pulled them out on the camera. I didn't look. You were on Facebook talking to your cousin from my school. Yeah.

Sorry, bud. I don't give a crap. The video on post of Buyibones.com. I won't look. Now I'm going to open up the box or the bag, sorry. Uh-oh. Oh. Whoa, this is so cool.

This is like a vintage-looking Orlando Magic sweater. Oh, that's cool. That's cool. That's very, very cool. That's very cool. Thank you so much. That's awesome.

And you remembered my, got my size right, where lunchbox last year got me like kid's size shirts. So that's really nice to you, Morgan. And lunchbox complains about people buying, sending wrong sizes up here. Yeah. But he already knows us. What is that? There's more?

And then there's more. Morgan wants me to fly high to space. She got me some gummies. Oh. Like gummy bears? Well, like gummy bears, but for like adults. But like fun gummy bears? Like, melatonin?

But like once you get from the gas station here or from another state? No, it looks like ones you get from another state that are illegal in the state we live in. So I'm okay with that. How do we get that here? No, it's contraband if you ask me. That's okay. It's okay. Confiscated.

All right. There it is. Nice job, Morgan. What's the S on that one? They're called space gods. Yeah. Is the line. What state?

California. Okay, so they're not illegal. No, it's in Santa Ana, California, those where they made them. Okay, but they're not... No, like I went into a store here and bought them. Yeah, it's like buying yellow jackets at a gas station. Okay, we can cover it that way, sure. No, okay, whatever.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. All right, next, scuba, if you want to clear your trash out? Yeah, I got you, yeah. As we do our... And I'll say this, too, we do have this segment plus one more later, but we can't do the segment later because a couple people have timed their gift. I don't know what that means. Those people that timed it are Scuba buying for lunchbox and lunchbox buying for Abby.

What on Earth? Can I just say that the date snuck up on me? So yeah, the gift was supposed to arrive at my house. It snuck up on you? But you've been stressed about for three weeks. My wife is supposed to deliver it up to the studio. That's why I need more time. It was supposed to arrive at my house at 6 a.m.

Is your wife coming? Yeah. That's if it arrives. That's it arrives. So we're just holding out. Okay, walking over to. Oh, Bobby's up. A hot seat.

Okay. Who got Bobby? I made you do. Amy, was that stressful? Oh, I saw it. It's big. It's a big present, dude. Why would it be stressful to get me something? Not because you can buy anything you want.

Yeah, you have everything in the world. You want something? You buy it. Yeah, but you give me something, it's heartfelt then. Look at how massive that thing is. Oh, my goodness. It looks like a big picture. I know what it is. No, don't do that.

We're not doing that. We literally... Okay. Then you want to play the game if he gets it right? You have to like... Can I guess? Yes? It's a cutting board. Oh my God.

Like a personalized cutting board that says chef bones. That he'll never use. Okay, so this thing is probably three feet tall. Goes up to Amy's hips and it is wrapped in brown paper. And it's taped very, it's thoroughly taped. Do you wrap that in? Yeah. Wow, good job.

It feels like it's a picture of some sort. Is it fragile? What are you looking for, Amy? Cissors. Oh, I can do it. Maybe, get by your mic. We can't hear you. Okay, it's a picture.

Amy forgot we're on the radio. Maybe just standing in the room talking. Maybe, well, because then I was like, well, I kept it in the plastic so it doesn't get scratched or ruins. What do you see, bones? Okay, it says Arkansas. I like it, but I don't, what is it exactly, Amy? Do you see? It's a flag.

So it's custom made specifically for you. There's no color. No, it's Arkansas red-ish. Like a deep, deep, dark red. That's red. I thought it was black. Oh, my God. No, it's red.

The frame is black, but that is like red. I thought with the aesthetic of your new studio or wherever you want to put it at your house or whatever, it's approved by your wife, so it matches a vibe. So it's a flag of? Well, they call it a flag, but it's just she can put. Like if I go into war, I run with it. Ah! That's black to me. Yeah.

That's black to me. I mean, it's a dark red. It's very dark. Far off. So my sister had one of those custom made for my house that says, okay, Bueno, it's sort of just like that. And I thought, oh,

we can put anything. And so I had one custom made with her doing Arkansas letters and or to spell Arkansas. I love it. Thank you very much. So where's the S in that? Huh? What's the S? Oh, sign.

It's a sign. Or something Bobby a life. Well, Katie, that works. Caitlin is the one. You're right. I said, shoot. I said, well, I have this flag being made, and I think it will be. No, you mean sign.

You had a sign being made. Perfect. And then Caitlin said, that's totally a sign. And I was like, perfect. Yeah, it's awesome. Thank you. The other day I had on some pants or had a shirt. And I was like, my green shirt.

And everybody was like, no, that's black. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, that's definitely red. And you can see red. It does look red. Do you guys? Yeah, it's a dark red, though.

But it's right. Well, thank you. Yeah, because. It's almost like an Alabama red. Well, we didn't want a bright red at your house. By we, you mean my wife didn't want something. It was screaming. Well, thank you very much.

That is awesome. All right, we have these gifts, and we have two more gifts to come, which we'll get to in a few minutes, where lunchbox thinks scuba's getting him a snake. I mean, I'm just dreading it. That'd be cool. And then lunchbox has a gift for Abby that his wife is bringing up. Oh, boy. It was supposed to arrive at my, it said delivery by 6 a.m. this morning, so. Well, you really timed that terribly.

I told you. It snuck up on me, man. we have I had this bid out for like a month and a half I know but you get busy on my year yeah oh boy you go home you know and you forget about work and you oh man well Merry Christmas thank you Amy it's awesome It's the grand finale Lunchbox bought a gift for Abby because

He drew her name That's right well you drew her name for me but yes So looking back everything has to be an S That was the theme Eddie bought Ramundo a sports betting slip To Cowboys to win the Super Bowl Mike D bought Eddie a satin Cowboys jacket. Abby bought Mike D a sweater, a speaker, and a Starbucks gift card.

Ramundo bought Amy a spa gift card. I bought Morgan stacks and stacks of cash and a sack. Amy bought me a really cool sign. Yeah, Arkansas sign. Custom flag. Morgan bought Scuba some shoes and some space gummies. Yeah. So all it's up, all that's up.

We have two remaining. You guys ready? Here we go. So Lunchbox made us wait, and I don't know why, but he has a gift for Abby, which we drew this naturally, is all organically. We hated for her that this happened. But you could surprise us with a really lovely gift. Exactly. You guys gave me a hard time because I gave her singing for dummies a couple years ago, and I said, listen, I got to go big.

I got to do something for Abby that makes her year. Yes. Okay. So that's what I did. Okay, then what do we do? Oh, you want me to go get it? Yeah, I don't like that it's not in front of me. I don't like that. That's what makes me nervous.

Well, I couldn't wrap it. Well, you can wrap it. No, I told you it came last minute. Oh, okay, okay. It came last minute, so I didn't get wrapped. I feel like it's going to be like a stripper. No. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. That would be hilarious. It'd be terrible. Go ahead, lunchbox. Let's go. Bring in my present. Bring in my present.

My heart's pounding right now. I don't like this. All right, the door's opening. It is Santa. Oh my gosh. Oh, my God. Oh, it is a stripper Santa. It's a stripper Santa.

Stop, stop. Stop. It's a Santa Claus. Stop, Santa. Hey, Santa. What do you have in your bag? Keep going over there. Why is he limping?

What is he? What is he? That's Abby. What's he got in the bag there? What's he doing? He's bending over. Oh my gosh. Stop it.

Stop right now. It's ridiculous. Oh, God. Stop. He's got a speaker up. On the... What? He's like a little Santa.

He's stretching. Santa's stretching. He's not real. Right now. Oh, oh, whoa. It's like Darren's dance grooves. Oh. Is this magic mic?

Yeah. Oh, now he's doing flips. Oh, he's doing flips. Oh. Oh, my gosh. I got a feeling this is like the real Santa, guys. This is not the real thing. Oh, he's climbed up near Abby's legs.

He smells like cologne. Wow. Like a really strong cologne. Oh, he's opening his shirt. Hey! Santa has a shirt. Santa has. big muscles.

I'm not even going to lie. He has abs. Santa's muscles are massive. Yeah, they are. Okay. You don't have to take the pants on. You keep the pants on. Santa,

Santa is going to town. Oh, wow. Santa's doing gymnastics. Wow. Santa's still got the beard on, but I got a feeling he ain't old. Oh, he flipped. Santa did a flip.

Amy's freaking out now. He's scared Amy. Okay. Santa is now shirtless in his... He definitely has muscles for Santa. Abby's breathing hard. Wow.

How do you do that? Santa's bouncing. Oh, he's back up. You better not look. You better not cry. I'm telling you why. Abby, how you feeling? You know, like awkward.

Yeah. He's a little awkward right now. I'm not looking at Santa. Like his face is covered by his beard. Yeah. Oh, okay. Like I said, I got a feeling that's not the real Santa. It's not.

It's definitely not Santa. Oh, we just grab my hand. Okay. How long is this go? How far is it going to go? I think Lachbushbaugh's paid for one song. Thank you so much, Santa. Wow.

There he is. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Wow. Wow. Amy, you're next. All right.

Everybody, big round of applause for Santa. Okay. Thanks, Santa. Nice work, man. Wow. Well, Merry Christmas, Abby. That's not the Santa I remember. Merry Christmas, Abby.

Hey, Abby's flustered. Hey, Abby. I don't. Abby, what do you have to say? That's a lot. There was a lot of muscle next to me. Hey, how great was that present? Was it?

Was it great? Or was that awkward for me? I'm looking at you and Abby, I see greatness. You do? I see greatness in your eyes. It was borderline, but I think that's a pretty good present for you. And heck, I'm a little more about to go to the gym. I'll be honest with you.

Oh, man. Santa was ripped. How do you? hire that? I just got to Google man. What did you Google? Male strippers? And you said wear a Santa suit? And I told him wear a Santa suit. He said, no problem.

That's probably expensive. That was a good Santa suit. It wasn't cheap, man. Yeah, because he sounds like a... That was the expensive present. That's good. Abby. Look at her. I just don't know. It's weird. It's weird to me. That I'm just up here and while you guys watching that.

It's weird. But you would have liked to be here. Where everybody's like, yeah. It's just like me up here. So would you like us to leave? Now a confession. That stripper was Ray. It was not right.

I didn't see his face for a second. Abby. Oh, I looked really cringe. How do you feel, Abby? I don't know. I don't know. Was that real? Like, that was the real gift.

Yeah. Why do you keep giggling? I don't know. Okay. There she's Abby, everybody. All right, Abby, you can get up. We have one more gift. I want to go.

She doesn't want to get up. Hey, real talk. Hey, is he still here? Santa took my hundred. That was your hundred? Yeah, it's like the fake hundred that I have up here. Oh, it's fake though. Who cares?

Yeah, I got to pay him though. He's going to spend and go to jail. Yeah, it's counterfeit. Oh my God. Did you pay him already? I think he left. What? Did you pay him already?

No. Are you pulling cash out? Yeah. Dude, look at that cash. That was hilarious. That was hilarious. Oh, you already left? Just follow the music.

The music was still going. Do you hear it? Chase the music. Last gift and lunchbox is going to the hot seat. We've been doing our. Christmas gift giving all day. It's been a great day. It has been a wild day.

I love it. So lunchbox is in the hot seat. Oh, here we go. He's getting a gift from Scoo Steve. Scoo Steve is blindfolding lunchbox right now. It's the final gift of the day. Abby, how are you doing in there after your gift? I'm still sweat.

Like, I'm sweating. I need like to change my sweater because I'm sweating. I can't see. Good sweat, though, right? Yeah. Yeah. That's because it was steaming? Uh-huh.

It was pretty steaming, actually. Me too. Steamy Santa. Me too. Scoba is tying me up. Like this is a... Okay, lunchbox now is double blindfolded. The theme is S.

All the gifts are S. Scooba Steve is now... Can I say what you're doing, Scooba or no? He's taping something to lunche's shirt. And he put things... Don't grab anything in lunchbox. He like put things all across lunchboxes his lap, like some sort of paper.

I already can feel what they are. Now, this person, this thing, has been featured all over the world. Your microphone's that on. Oh. He's guest to. All over the world. This is a big deal. He has been in movies, films in the wild. You've seen him anywhere and everywhere. And now lunchbox gets to meet this face-to-face for the first time in the history of his life. Okay. I don't know what's happening. What an intro.

Yeah. It's Santa again. All over the world, it says. It's sexy Santa. It better not be a snake. I'm a freaking lose it. All right. Coming in the studio now. Oh, he brought. Oh, wow. He's the lottery. Oh, I recognize that person from Oh, that's awesome. He's going to love this.

That's almost too nice. What are you doing? Why are you squirming? Because I think it's a snake. It's a massive snake. Dude, you're going to pull all the TVs down. Dude, he's cursing. He's cursing.

That ain't good. That ain't good. That's a massive snake. What kind of snake is that? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I can't hear her lunchbox. I don't care.

This is a red-tail boa constrictor. And funny enough, he is not the biggest snake that I work with. Oh, God. He's looking at them. Lunch, I need you in the camera. I can't get near that sucker. So he's actually only about five and a half feet, maybe 20 pounds. Oh, my God.

Females of this species, though, they get anywhere about 9 to 12 feet and about 60, 80 pounds. So he's on the smaller side. It's wrapped around her waist a couple times. It's a bit of them. How what? Quick they are. How quick are they, lunchbox? Real quick.

Do you think it could get to you? So with these guys, they are found in the rainforest of South America. And a good rule of thumb about all snakes is they can only eat something as big as the widest part of their body. So I'm perfectly safe. I'm tired of tea food. So you could hold it, lunchbox? No, I cannot. If you're brave enough to come up and touch it, you can come up in touch.

This is not a present. Can I touch it? This is not a present. That's totally fun. Can I touch it? Yeah, you can come over and touch. Oh my gosh. So Enrique is actually about nine years old.

He was born at the Nashville Zoo. He's used to being in front of large clouds. He's making a move. Well, I can't help it. Yeah, they probably sense that tension. He's thick. Oh, that's what she said. Recommending that you stop being so loud and just man up and touch it.

I'm good, man. It's your gift, lunchbox. It's the worst present ever. This is a meet and greed. Like, at the zoo, I don't even go in that room. Like, I don't go in that little part of zoo. The snake room of the reptile. I don't do that.

We do know that a lot of people don't like snakes, and that's totally okay. We do have to appreciate, though, that they keep us healthy because they eat a lot of rodents and pests that carry a lot of bacteria that make us sick. And unfortunately, this reaction is actually a learned behavior. So most kids, they see adults losing their mind when a snake comes near. And so they actually start mimicking the adults whenever they eat that. So your parents are serious.

Yeah, so don't ruin your kids. They should be able to experience this. They like them. They like them. I did not learn this from anybody but myself. And that's okay. So. He can't even look at the snake.

I can't. I don't like when his tongue goes like I'm about to eat you. What he's doing is he's actually smelling. Oh, well. So snakes use their tongue to smell. So they don't use their nose to smell. He can smell the fear. Bones, look at her.

I'm not bones. Her body language is having an adult conversation trying to teach lunchbox. And he will not even turn. It's like my dog when it pees and won't look at me because I know it peed. Gosh, it is moving. So it is a pretty common reaction. We always try to have people maybe like appreciate snakes a little bit more. They got a bad rap.

One thing that we always do talk about at the zoo is it's always to have a snake in your yard than a mouse in your house. The only reason that a snake might attempt to bite somebody is if they smell food. So as long as you're not like holding rats or having mice and rats in your pocket, you're good. I see you tell me. Or if they sense danger. So as long as you like keep your distance and stay calm and walk the other direction, snakes are generally not going to do anything to you. He had blindfolded lunchbox and put rats in his shirt.

It's like, someone pulls a gun. Hey, it's like, check in your front pocket, lunchbox. Someone pulls a gun on you. Stay calm. It's like, no, I can't stay calm. Okay. Well, what a gift. Wow.

I got two other things, too. Well, that's great. I just don't want the snake to freak out. I did a bunch of stuff with snakes in Costa Rica. So I have no, like, a bit on. He is really relaxed right now. He does a lot of our school programs. So he does like school.

He's simply for like 400 loud children. So he's used to activity and stuff like that. So he's a rock star. Yeah, let me tell you. And you're not going to pet it at all? It's your gift. No, no, no, no. It's Christmas.

Oh, man, if I touch it, I'll free. This Christmas, he got you a snake. Thank you. Thank you. Snick's got a raw deal in life because we've signed. I got a raw deal. I got a snake as a present. He's got you other things.

Other things, too. He got you other things. But this also is, I guess, a little bit of payback for all the Christmases that happen every year. even before my time where I heard he was a sourpuss, gave bad gifts. So I figured this was one little sting, but I gave you some other nice things as well, too. Well, thank you very much

for coming up from the Nashville Zoo. We really appreciate that. Yeah, that's really cool. Thank you guys. I cannot believe you walk around with that on your waist. That'll strangle. Who are you talking to? Because you're looking at the wall. Are you leaning? He's frozen. He hasn't been able to stand up. I am looking for an exit. Okay, well, head on now.

All right. All right. Okay. He's frozen. That's what the snake's going. Just drop it. Okay. Never. Just a little over here. Okay. Thank you guys. I don't even want to clap.

Let's say, live its life. Thank you very much for coming from National. We can do little snaps. Yeah, we can do, we do, we do, spirit fingers. Thank you. Bye, Enrique. Bye, Enrique. Bye, Enrique.

Bye, Enrique. Bye, Enrique. Balemos. Balimus. It's time for the good news. With Amy. Tell me something good. So there's this grandmother.

She's been going to St. Mary's church for years. She got married there. She witnessed her daughter's wedding there. Very special place to her. So when she heard they were going to knock it down, she was devastated. Well, her daughter and her granddaughter, they were able to get a pew from the church and restore it and give it to her so she can have it forever. That's super cool.

Here's the clip of her. Oh, Mary, you know where that gets? That's awesome. That's awesome. Clearly an emotional gift, but super special. It's made me emotional. There you go. That's what it's all about.

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A voicemail from Tamara in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Just wanted to tell you what I got for Christmas this year. I got to become a partner in Hope. My best friend's grandson just finished his treatment. He's considered cancer-free. He got to ring the bell. And in honor of Wyatt, I got my Christmas wish. It became a partner of Hope.

Thank you, guys. Love the show. Man, thanks. Awesome. Wow. Yeah, I really appreciate you sharing that with us. and doing that and glad to hear that news. That's amazing.

Ashley Monroe is completely free of cancer too. I saw that too. I saw not. I was with Ashley a month or so ago. It's the same place. So we just hung out and talked for a long time. I love Ashley. Yeah, she's great.

And she was fighting cancer and she's cancer free. I loved, love, love, love to hear it. So Tamara, thank you for that. Ashley, amazing. Amy, you're also amazing. Oh, thank you. You're welcome. Let's get over to the morning corny.

Let's go. The Morning Corny. Come the new year, I want to get over my addiction to chocolate, marshmallows, and nuts. Not going to lie, it's going to be a rocky road. That's pretty good. That was the morning corny. Stop clapping for yourself, baby. Christmas tradition of Eddie doing Felice and Avida.

And it's a tradition because a couple years ago, we were having people play music on Christmas constantly. And somebody didn't show up. And he's like, I'll just do Felice NaviDat. So we did it, but it was actually more fun than anything else. Yeah, that was cool. So Eddie, we're just going to set up and do this, and they set up three microphones for some reason. And I don't know what is about to happen.

I don't know if it's going to be a surprise or a treat. Who knows what's about to happen? Don't say, but who knows? Mike, do you? Mike doesn't know? How does nobody know? Here's the thing about, like, Mike is me. Yeah, Mike is you.

Mike is me. But he doesn't talk as much as you. Sure. But if Mike doesn't know, I'm scared. Don't be scared I'm telling you It's not a big surprise guys Everybody relax

But let me tell you Hold on We're gonna get to us Hold on Lunchbox do you know I have a guess No no but you know I have no idea

Have you seen anything No but there can be only Well I did see Eddie practicing with two guys You did A couple weeks ago When I busted him not singing We're not working

But singing Is it the production room choir? Oh boy You want me to tell you Oh gosh That's the only thing Is that what song He was singing though?

No Okay, Morgan, do you know what it is? I think I know. Okay, Amy, you don't? I don't. I don't. Ray, you do? I have no idea. Oh, you don't?

No. Okay, do you start playing the song? I thought we're just going to have fun doing this song. Oh, no, no, we'll bring them out now, but let me introduce them. So you guys, and you guys don't know what it is because you don't stay late. Lunchbox thinks I stay late. I goof around. I do anything.

But what's what we're doing is we're jamming. We're preparing for this one time, one time a year performance. He made this bit up. He made this bit up. Bring him in, boy. Is it the production room choir? This is Los Mucachos Boracios.

Hey! It's Scuba Stephen kick off Kevin with hands. They're my percussion section. You guys are the so... Oh. You're going to love this, guys.

This would have been fun, but not the hype. There's no, you guys have it up. We didn't do anything. Why don't you say immediately, no, it's just Kevin and Scuba? No, no, I want it to be a surprise.

Oh, my gosh. Are you guys surprised? No. No. Are you guys disappointed? Yes. All right, Merry Christmas. Everybody, let's go.

Here we go. You ready, boys. Wee. Feliz Navidad. Please Navidat. L'EFernerner, and Felicida. Feliz Navidat. Christmas. Prospero O'Neary

and Felicity. All right. Sing. Merry Merry Christmas. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart. Please Navidad. Yes, Navidad.

Felice Navida I don't know how to say the word they don't want to get canceled Amy I want to wish you a Merry yes I want to wish you a Merry Christmas I want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart police Navidad Okay, please slow down slow no and start over and Felice Navidad Please Naviidad Jesus Coupley on yours

Felice Naviad Let's go I want to wish you a Merry Christmas Ray let's go I want to wish you a Merry Christmas I want to wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of my heart I wish you a Merry Christmas

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas I want to wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of my Los Mucachos Boracos We're basically all our own sports team here And we're going to do the draft But instead of players

We're going to draft the best Christmas songs Amy gets to go first Amy what's the number one First round draft pick for you And once we get all our teams made You guys can go vote at bobbybones.com Amy, your first overall pick is All I want for Christmas, Mariah Carey.

It's a good one. Yeah, of course. Because all I went for Christmas is you. That's a good one. Would you've gone with that? No, but it's not, just because I didn't think of. I have it here, but I think that was better than what I would have. Yeah, good job. That's good, Amy.

Lunchbox, what is your number two pick? The number two pick. It's the greatest Christmas song of all time. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. By anyone specific? Oh, no, just Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Because I may go with a Luke Brine version, Rudolph. Run, Run, Rudolph.

That's a good one, too. Eddie. Bones, give me jingle bells. Everybody loves jingle bells. No? Just the generic? There's Frankie. Old blue eyes.

But you don't get Frank Sinatra. You can claim whatever you want. It is too right. No, so you have to pick an artist? You can do whatever you want, dude. No, I like generic. Anyone that does jingle bells. Okay, so I'm beside on put generic.

Oh, my goodness. I don't understand what that means. I mean, Lunchbox isn't going to know any artist. Yes, that's my problem. I don't know any. Morgan. I'm going with It's the Most Wonderful

Time of the Year Andy Williams. Nice. That's a great version. It's the most. And we don't have the clips up because nobody knew what we were picking.

Can you sing them? Why don't you sing them, Bones? It's the most wonderful time of the year. Okay. That's good. So it's over to me now. Elf on the shelf

by the raging idiots. Wow. Just be a strong picked by me right now, but I'm not going to pick them at round one. That's what I wanted to mention knows so people can stream it.

As the final pick of the first round, I'm going to go with Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee. That's good. Rocking around the Christmas tree. Have a happy holiday. She lives somewhere close to me because I see her driving around. You do?

Every once in a while. You know what she looks like? Unless she's recently passed. Yeah. Someone pointed out to me once. Oh, okay. That's awesome. Yeah, Ray, do you have Brenda Lee?

I'm looking. It sounds like it's in black and white. I mean, she was really, she was like a little girl when she's in that one, right? She was. That's okay. If you don't have it. She's 78. She's not that old.

All right. So that's round one. Oh, nice shot. Yeah, she is. Okay, I'm going to go. For my next one, I'm going to go, Silent Night, Brett Eldridge. Ooh. It's my round two pick.

Pick number one. We go reverse order. Morgan, what do you have? This is hard. I have some really good ones at the top, but I feel like this is the right one I need to go with. I'm doing Last Christmas by Taylor Swift. It's good. What is that one? Last Christmas, I gave you my heart.

Yeah, but no one knows Taylor Swift sings it. Yeah, we do. They did. You gave it away. It's a good version. Eddie. Bones, give me Frosty the Snowman. By generic.

Burrle lives. I feel like he's the dude that randomly sings Christmas songs. Burl Lives is the dude that sings Christmas songs. Okay, okay, okay. Well, let's write it down. All right, let's do it. Let's do it. Lunchbox.

Uh, well, I Googled. So you guys are going artists because you get, I mean, I guess I'm going. You don't have to go artists? I thought we couldn't Google. Or can we? And we're allowed to Google. Oh, we are? Okay.

Yeah, because if you run out of names, like, you don't. Get it up in the dome. Oh, geez, I'd be in real trouble. I'm going to go, geez, I'll go, that's just so hard. It's a lot of Christmas love, man. You can begin any song, you just go generic. I'll go Blue Christmas, Elvis Presley.

There you go. Sing it. I probably would have went Porky. I don't know. Porky pigs is my favorite version of that, though. I don't know. I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue, blue. Christmas.

No, we over here without you. I've never heard that. Okay, well, let's save it. We'll come back to it. I love that version. I've never heard that in my life. But you're doing Elvis? Are you just doing generic?

I just do Elvis, I guess. I don't know. I mean, I don't know if anybody else sings it. Yeah, the Porky, dude. Porky, Elvis, America. You probably want Elvis. Where you guys? I'll have a blue.

Oh, Christmas. Yeah. Okay, good. Give me that one. All right, so lunchbox. You have two picks. You have one to go. Oh, Amy has one more.

That's right. I thought you were first. Go ahead. Yeah, I'm going to go white Christmas. Brett Eldridge. Oh, okay. He sings White Christmas? Yeah. I think you can do Brett for all of them.

I think you can do anybody for anyone. I was tossed up. I was tossing Brett and Michael Blubley around. Ooh, bubbles. Why? Why? It's going to be confusing in my Brett Eldridge. I'm at the bottom of the list and it's going to look like I stole it from you because I'm below you. I don't know what to do about that.

Okay. Well, so that's two. Amy, you're two picks. You have one more to go. All I want for Christmas Mariah. White Christmas, Brett Eldridge. One final pick in your draft. Go ahead.

Merry Christmas, in sync. Let's get a one. Merry Christmas. Happy holidays. Merry Christmas. Lunchbox, final pick. No, Brett Eldridge, dude. I don't know anything.

Brett Eldridge sings, man. Any Christmas song. He did it on Glove. That's the problem. Adam Sandler, Hanukkah song. Oh, that's a good one. Oh, that's not Christmas. That is Hanukkah.

It's holiday. You do whatever you want. I'm going to go. Wham! Last Christmas! That's a good one. Last Christmas. That gave him my heart. There you go.

Yeah. Wham. He knew who was in Wham? No idea. George Michael. Go, Wham. Who's he from? Wham.

He went solo after that? George Michael. Oh, Wham. You got to have fate, fate. Oh, so is that George Michael or is that Wham that sings that? George Michael. Got it. Eddie.

Oh, boy. Bones, I'm going to go with Santa Claus is coming to town by the Jackson Five. Santa Claus is coming to town. Oh, that's good. Morgan. Oh, gosh. I don't know. I'm stuck between two really good ones.

I got to do Michael Boubley because he's like king of Christmas. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. I've heard that. I mean, you can play, you can say any artist because any artist you want sings a Christmas song around. Sure, but we would know them specifically, though, if it's a version.

Yes, you could. Yeah, you could. Lunchbox has Rudolph Reno's Rand, your generic. Blue Christmas Elvis. Last Christmas, Wham. Sure. Eddie has Jingle Bell's generic. Frosty the Snowman, Burrell Ives, and Santa Claus is coming to town, the Jackson 5. That's good. Morgan has it's the most wonderful time of the year, Andy Williams. Last Christmas, Taylor Swift. And it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Michael Bublae. Yeah, that feels good. Yeah, so here in mine, and I have one more to go. I have rocking around the Christmas tree, Brenda Lee, Brett Eldridge, Silent Night. Now, I'm torn because you guys can't pick. I'm either going to go with The chipmunks. Oh, that's a jam. Christmas don't be late. Christmas don't. And I want a hula hoop.

But I'm going to go and write it down just as this. White Christmas from home alone. Drifters. I'm just going to say from home alone. Okay. Bada-da-da-da-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-da-bo. It's time for the good news. With Bobby.

Tell me something good. There's a program in Montgomery, Alabama. And with the YMCA, they're helping people. It's called Brown Bag Bus. And so what's happening is they have turned these old buses into a way to deliver meals to kids who can't get to grocery stores, have food insecurity, can't have healthy food either. And so over 500 kids in these Montgomery School districts are benefiting from this. The bus drives around. It's basically like the ice cream truck.

That's cool. But healthier. So maybe not as exciting to the kid at first. They have music? Hey, but food. But way better. Yeah. Yeah.

I don't know they have music unless it's like a white snake on the radio. Here I come again on my own. The bus driver, yeah. The program's all about children. Every lunch they distribute has a vegetable, fruit, protein, carton of milk. They even deliver on holidays.

So the communities come together to raise money for it. They have people that drive the buses. They even pay people that drive the buses so they also can work. It's a really cool program that the YMCA is doing down in Montgomery, Alabama. I just wanted to do a little highlight of that.

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Your podcast. Good morning, everybody. Here it is right here. The Christmas song we love to. I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. Only a hippopotamus will do. It's a good one. Casey Musgrave does a really good version of this too.

Oh, yeah, I heard that. It's good. So she wants hippopotamus for Christmas. And lunchbox wondered if you could actually get one of those. What do you call? So who'd you call? Call a zoo. They're there.

You're right. They have a hippopotamus at the zoo. So here's lunchbox calling the zoo. What do you want to say here? And I just used pretty much the lyrics of this song to try to negotiate a deal for a hippopotamus. Okay, here we go. Hello, this is the from the zoo. Yeah, I was calling because I need to get a hippopotamus for Christmas.

Oh, like a stuffed hippopotamus? I know. My son really wants a hippopotamus for Christmas. Well, we have a stuffed one, a plastic one that comes with a giraffe, a ranger, and a toy Jeep. and a hippopotamus t-shirt, but I don't think we allow hippopotamus to be sold, sir. Well, my kids said, I don't want a doll, no dinky tinker toy. I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy. So I have to get a hippopotamus.

Only a hippopotamus will do. We're not a marketplace. We sell membership. I know, man, let me tell you. This is Jason Gibble businessman making business deals trying to get that money. And so I know you're saying that, oh, you don't sell a hippopotamus, but listen, I'll pay whatever you want. I mean, that's still not going to be possible, sir. We're just, a hippopotamus is not for sale at our zoo.

I only, my son only likes hippopotamuses, and a hippopotamus is only that thing will do. His mom says, oh, the hippopotamus will eat him. But his teacher told him the hippopotamus is a vegetarian. That's all good and well, sir, but the danger is much larger than that. You need to have trained staff, and we're not going to sell you with hippopotamus. Oh, that's not a big deal. I only like hippopotamuses, and hippopotamuses like me too, so there will be no problem. So I will come by and have a check for $15,000.

Just come and purchase a membership. All right, I'll see in a little bit. I'll see you with, I'll bring the check by. Thanks a lot, man. There he is. Oh, boy. I think part of that enjoyment was lunchbox trying to say epitomuses. Guys, it's a hard word.

Like, when you're trying to say it, I'm trying to, I'm a hip, blah, blah, blah. It's a good song, though. I think about this all day. Is it a plural hippopotamuses. That's a good question. Probably. What if it's hippopotamai? Yeah.

I don't know, but it says it in the song. The lyric says hippopotamuses. Okay, well. I did like that you got to that too because you made of, yeah, it's hippopotamus, because it does say it in the song, hippopotamus. It's either hippopotamai, hippopotamuses, or hippopotamus. Oh, so all the above. Oh, all the above.

Okay. That's a good one though. Good Christmas time call from lunchbox. We have 5,000 of our listeners on our show Facebook page. page. What are the top 10 most return Christmas gifts?

We just said what's most and here are the top 10 answers. We're going to play the Bobby Fugh! We rolled the dice

before the show segment here. Eddie, your first. Remember, first, second and third rounds the point values go up. Eddie,

5,000 listeners were asked. What's the most returned Christmas gift? I'm going to go with a necktie, a tie. Think about it.

A gay? Yeah, let's do it because I think that covers it. Go ahead. What? What I'm talking about? The number one answer is clothes and shoes.

That's what I'm right. It's only worth one point, so we're going to go ahead and say that's that one. I was like, man, I can't believe you went that detail. Well, that takes out a lot of my guesses. All of Eddie's are clothes and shoes. Nike's. Noges. Closed and shoes.

Closed and choose number one answer. Eddie gets one point. Okay. I feel like I get this a lot and I don't use them because I already have them. Electric Razors. Electric Razors. Show me razors You thought about it though

Yeah Yeah And I'm gonna give you guys a hint after round one Okay So you're all gonna suffer the same consequences Round one Amy Kitchen gadgets Kitchen gadgets

At number four was home appliances Ooh that's good Amy Okay All righty Home appliances So that extends beyond the kitchen I know.

Okay. This is really getting difficult. What about like perfumes or colognes? Perfumes or colognes? Not bad. Most returned items for Christmas. Show me perfumes or colognes. Number six.

Perfumes and colognes. Wow, good job. Okay. Let's talk about... Neckties? I mean, people like to give this. You should be careful if you do. Like any health care, wellness.

like workout type stuff. But people might be like, what, why did you get me this? I'm returning it. Show me workout equipment. Number five, workout equipment. Good job. Let's go. Okay.

5,000 listeners were surveyed on our Facebook page. What do they return most from Christmas? I wouldn't return these because games are fun, but maybe games. Show me. Games. It's a good guest though. Lunch box. Yeah.

This is tough, man. It is, man. What's you going to tell you? Tell me, man. That's why I don't ever buy for my wife. Go ahead. Women are never happy. Go ahead.

Jewelry. Show me jewelry. That's good. Number two, jewelry. Have yourself a merry little two points. Yep. You're welcome. All right.

Another thing, you should never get someone on Christmas because you, I mean, they say they want it, but it's like, man, a couple weeks later, it's like, I don't want this thing. It's an animal. Show me an animal. How do you have a time? Yeah. Turn the dog. Well, you take it back to wherever you got. Amy did that after the cat.

Exactly. Those were extenuating circumstances. But you did it. You were like, how do you return it? So I answered it like you did. Yeah, like Amy did. You gave up on it. No.

My dog was going to eat it. Okay. Okay, so here's the hand I was going to give you, figure it out. Be a little more general. Yeah, yeah. I got that. Yeah, I know. General.

Round two points doubled. Amy, there are still six answers on the board. Eddie Stern. Eddie. Yeah, I'm here. We have, sorry. We have $5,000. people. What's your most returned

Christmas gift? Man, I'm going to go with candles. Candles are easy to gift. Nobody wants them. No, I want it. You're right about candles. It's always the easy, generic thing, and I'm like, there's no way they like this. But my wife loves candles

and we buy candles. I think I got your wife a candle last year. And I think she really liked it. Y'all got me a candle once and I was my favorite. Yeah, I've never bought someone a candle. You should. They'll like it. Show me a candle. Number eight. Come on it. Worth 16 points, Eddie.

Oh my goodness. I am mind blown. Now I'm in trouble. So I'm just going to take a stab at. These are the top 10 most return Christmas gifts. Go ahead, Eddie, stab away. Give me an alarm clock. Show.

Go ahead and buzz it. Don't even have to repeat it. Just buzz it. It's not that that's a bad one. I'm just being too specific. You just said it's not alarm clock. Amy. How many points we have?

14. You're in second place. But remember, points are doubled. Damn it, I know. Come on, Amy. Four answers on the board. Okay, general, general, general, general. Show her a general in the military.

No, that's good, that's good. General Pat. Okay, I'm going to go with like. General Dwight D.E. I'm going to go. Toiletree type stuff. That's real broad. Toiletree type stuff. Like a razor.

Poilet tree. No, not like a razor. Okay, like a razor. Lunchbox. No, I meant like a bath bomb. Easy, man. This one's easy. Do it.

Tools. Do it. Do it. Oh, that's so good. Show the man some tools. Wow. That's good. Number nine answer.

18 points. Lunchbox now takes the lead. Oh, my gosh. Dang it. Man, come on, guys. This is easy. You're walking through the book story. Like, oh, I'm going to get some of the book.

I've already read that book, man. Sorry, I might to take it back. Give me books. Show the guy some literature. Incorrect. You thought that was right, anyway. I did. I really did.

Points are tripled. Oh my gosh. Score right now, Lunchbox 20, Eddie, 17, Amy, 14. That's anybody's game, but you got to get an answer here, Eddie. Guys, this is huge. There are one, two, three answers on the board.

We're looking for the top 10. Most returned Christmas gifts. Number one was clothes and shoes. Jewelry at two. Home appliances at four. Workout equipment at five. Perfume and makeup at six and seven and candles and tools.

At eight and nine, I just spoiled one of them. It was makeup. So that one is dead. That's the one I had, too. Eddie. No, I didn't. Shut up.

There are two answers left on the board. I'm an idiot. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Okay. Check it out, though. You didn't spoil it, but I know it. You get a CD or a DVD and you're like, I have no way to play this.

I'm returning it. I'm returning it. Show Eddie. The mid-90s. No. That was part of returning it, guys. Eddie's like, you get a VHS. No, no, stop.

Okay. You can't return a gift card, can you? You can. I think you can. You can. So do it, Amy. There are two answers on the board, but if you miss it, lunchbox wins.

They're lying. Okay, don't do that one in. Two answers on the board. Okay. I'm going to go broad here with like furniture. Furniture? Well, it could be, that could be an issue.

Showing an Ottoman. No. Guys, go. We missed the biggest one. What? Electronics. Number three was electronics. That was the alarm clock, Eddie.

And number 10 was, Wait, wait, I'm still guessing. You already won. I know, but I like to win it. I don't know. Say lingerie. Laugere! That's great, laundry!

You didn't say it, though. I don't think underwear is lingerie. Why would you yell, wait? I had it on my list. What are we waiting for? Was it really lingerie? Yes, number 10. So underwear would work?

Yeah. Our winner's lunchbox. All right, it's Amy versus Eddie here. But on the phone, we have Jessica, who lives in Oklahoma City. Hey, Jessica, you're going to pick Jessica between Eddie and Amy, and whomever does the best at this game. If you pick them, you won a prize, okay? Okay.

Who would you like to pick to play for you? Eddie or Amy? Amy. What on earth? So what's going to happen is I'm going to play a country star singing, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. And if you nail it, you get a point. Five of them, let's go.

Number one, guys, write your answers down. Here we go. Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire has so delightful. And since we know place to go let us know let it snow let it snow let it snow that's no and doesn't show signs of stopping and I bought some corn for popping

I'm in Amy who do you have Darius Rucker? Eddie? 100% Darius Rucker That's correct one point for both of you Next up Oh the wind But the fire is so delightful And snow And...

Oh, like last minute in? Yeah. Amy? Lady A. Eddie? Oh, Lady A. Wow, she got it the very last night. How did she do that?

By the way, Jessica's planned for the prize of crap from the back. And she's sweating it right now. Hey, Scoob and Steve, what's in our package of crap from the back that she'll win? We've got a Mitchell 10 penny farm emo hat. Edge of Tomorrow, DVD, and 4K. What's that? Edge of Tomorrow was a Tom Cruise movie with Emily Blunt that came out maybe like 10 years ago. Cool.

It's on DVD now. My sonic slush shirt. Nice. And cues and cues board game. That's a good one. Yeah. Okay, next up, name this country song, country singer, Santa Christmas song. Go ahead.

Oh my gosh. I hear some parts. I hear something that I recognize. Mm-hmm. What did you write down? Nope. Nope. Oh.

Who is it? Who is it? You want me to tell you? Yeah. We'll be going to you for the answer. That's Mitchell 10, Penny. Correct. I just mentioned that.

That's totally his voice. Jessica is like, oh, what have I done? You might miss one? Okay, we have two left. Okay. Name this country star singing this Christmas song. Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so to stop me.

I think I got it. I'm in. And I brought some corn for popping. The lights of turkeys good night. But if you really write an answer down. Okay. What do you have? Riva.

Eddie? I'm not for sure, but give me Sarah Evans. You're both wrong. Morgan, did you know it? Yeah, Ashley McBride. Mm-mm. Trisha Yearwood. Really?

That's Chris? Oh, the weather outside. It does sound a bit like Ashley Bride, though. Yeah. But yeah, Trisha. That's a little bit like Sarah Evans, you know? Dang it. That was my chance to get ahead.

Amy, you have to get this one? Just to at least tie. I don't know. Okay, here we go. Oh, the weather outside is fructful, but the virus is. So and since we've no place to, it's no, let it's know. And I'm robin.

I'm in. Amy, you got to have it. I'm in. Guess something, Amy. Oh, my gosh. Karen Pertruchoff. Eddie? That is Joe D. Messina.

Wow. How did you get that? That's right. Did I? I just listened. And I guess. Wow. Oh, I feel bad for the color.

You must be a good listener as a husband. Oh, I'm a great listener, man. He's a horrible listener here on the show. How does he get that? Jessica, I'm sorry you didn't win. That's okay. Sorry, Jessica. I'll tell you what, though, we can go sudden death.

One, Amy, if you get this one, she wins. Okay. Sudden death. Sudden death. Against me again? No, or do you want to give her a chance? Just Amy, straight up. Okay, it must be hard.

No, it's just the next one on the list. It's literally the next one on the list. Okay. All right, here we go. All the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful. Since we know Place to go

Let it snow Let it snow It doesn't show Amy Sudden death Get her a prize Okay Okay okay

Okay Come on Amy Don't let her down Okay I'm trying not to Answer Can you hear it one more time? No Okay

Fine Toby Keith Correct Oh my goodness Let's go Yes sir Okay Okay, come from the bat

How did you get that? I don't know I don't know Did you listen and guess? This came to me Okay I had nobody else Jessica you

You win the prize Amy didn't win the game But Jessica wins the prize We love this Jessica thank you for calling Appreciate you listening Yeah, thank you All right

We thought we'd end the show today With a little Christmas caroling That's what we've done all day Except It's not the singers We brought in It's actually lunchbox Oh

Oh, great. Love it. What did you decide to do? I decided to go to different drive-thrus and get people in the holiday spirit because... Oh, you know, they were so annoyed when some guy comes up. It starts singing in the speaker. And the first one I went to, it doesn't have a speaker. You order at the window.

Oh, you sang it right to their face? So she's sitting there and she has her little thing ready for me to order. I just start singing to her. Okay, dokey, here is Lunchbox, driving up and seeing Christmas carols. All right, you ready? I'm here to go. Get you in the Christmas spirit. You better watch out.

You better not cry. You better not pout. I'm telling you why. Santa Claus is coming. Come on, take it. See, I can't think about Santa Claus right now. My birthday's far. He's making a list.

He's shaking it twice. Find out who's naughty or nice. Santa Claus is coming to town. He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. knows when you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake.

You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not, pal. I'm telling you what. Is that, y'all is not the lyrics for real? Santa Claus is coming to. I mean, that's joy. She did like it.

She kept trying to insert, like, are you going to order? Yeah, I was wondering if you're wasting her time. Because, you know, they have to turn people over quickly, and the computer can show how fast people got through and that affects their grade, their rating. Was there a car behind you? She's like, bro. Sano Claus, I'm coming.

Go on fast. That is funny, though, she sang along. Here is Lunchbox doing White Christmas. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas just like the ones I used to know where the tree tops glisten and children listen Is that it?

No, you want me to keep going? You can keep more in person, though. Oh, no, I, did you like it? Was that good? It was cool. Like a nine out of ten, you're in the holiday spirit now, or like, eh, improve. Bye.

Okay. I feel like we just heard him sing, and we could have heard that in here. So I have one more clip, and it says Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, but it says 81 seconds. Oh, you got to play it. I mean, it's so good. I mean, are you not feeling in the Christmas?

Okay. It's just, okay, go ahead. How's it going? Hey, what's going on? Man, not a lot, you know what I mean? I just think you need to get in the Christmas spirit, so I'm here to get you in the Christmas spirit. Oh, are you going to think me like a Christmas carol? Rudolph the red nose. Rainier, reindeer had a very shiny nose.

And if you ever saw it, so... It's crazy he doesn't. stay on the melodies of the biggest songs of our childhood. Yeah, he's probably been singing his whole life. He's like, Rudolph, the red nose reindeer. It's like every counting cross show I've ever been to except the last one where they have big hits, but they sing them weird.

And you can't sing along. And if she wanted to sing Rudolph, she'd be like, Rudolph, what? Because he just sings it so weird. Go ahead. You would even say it glows like a light bulb. All of the other reindeer, reindeer used to call him names.

They never let poor Rudolph. joining any reindeer games Then one foggy Christmas Eve Okay, does she ever come in? Do you not? What's the 81 seconds for? Yeah, I mean, this is really long. Why the need?

I feel like she left. Is she still there? I don't know. She turned the lights off and went home. Here's the problem. I didn't know she was still there, but you see, you've got to keep going. Oh, yeah. You know what I mean? I mean, she does talk to me at the end.

Okay, go ahead. Santa came to say, Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight? Then Al the reindeer loved him, loved him. And they shouted out with glee. Yippie. Rudolph the Red.

Okay, so you could have just like got to the part here at the end. You know? She still hasn't. Or you could have been like Rudolph the Riz. You'll go down in history. And then she comes back on, you know? Oh, you mean I could have fast forward? Yeah, we'd have to hear the whole song of you singing.

But you just didn't know what? We did. The anticipation of is she going to join? Is she going to... I've been anticipated it out. Show's over, you know? I've been anticipating for the last five hours. I do like it, but go ahead, finish it up, Bray.

Thank you. Merry Christmas. Did that work? Did that actually get you in the spirit? Man, that wasn't very convincing. All right, I'll work on it. I'll get better. I thought you'd sing with me, but you didn't even join in ever.

I did not. I'm so sorry. That's all right. Maybe next year. Okay. All right. Merry Christmas. Do you want a burger?

Hey. So what can I do for you? We learned a lot here. One, I like that's fun. I'm in the Christmas spirit now more. I felt like she thought I was. And two we can... Yeah, two we can...

Get to the meat of that, speaking of burgers. Yeah. You know, I'm here, Rudolph, the rest... You'll go down in his story. You mean like his editing? Yes, there's none.

But here's the problem. You only want two lines of the song. Yeah, we just want to get to the joke. Then what's the point of Carolyn? We can play any... We can have an artist sing the song if want to hear the song. Oh. You know?

I liked it, though. But we learned it. I messed up like... One, two, three. Seven times today. And you only did it once. It's a good day. I'll go down in history.

You'll do what? Go down in history. Mm-hmm. Okay. All right, that's it. Instagram, Mr. Bobby Bones. Thank you. We'll see you tomorrow.

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