The Bobby Bones Show - TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (TUES): Amy's Hosting A Big Event + Eddie's Son Wrote A Movie Script

Episode Date: August 25, 2026

Bobby is pumped his favorite show of all-time is getting another season. Amy is hosting an event tomorrow, but we worried she stole the opportunity from Lunchbox. Eddie’s son wrote his 3rd movie script. We try to help him on how he can support his son’s passion. Lunchbox is excited about his kid’s sports schedule that is life changing for him.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's time for the good news. Tell me something good. I'll go first, and mine really isn't about something that happened yesterday, but I think it's my favorite show ever. They're in production of Black Mirror. Another one? What do you mean? Black Mirror. Season 8.

Oh, season. Yeah, that's what I meant. Another one. Another season? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Wow.

I'm way about. behind, huh? Man, I didn't realize there are eight seasons. I know. That's so many different concepts and every, you know. You've seen all these? Every single one. Of course.

Some twice. Some get so dark. They're all dark. I think I had to, yeah, that's true. Some get even darker. So I feel like I had to take a break. You know, maybe there's a couple I can think of that aren't dark. Like there's one about getting old and just being happy and you're happy.

because you basically check into this hotel forever. Whoa. But it's like your mind, your brain. Whoa. So that starts happy, but then it gets a little weird. Yeah, weird is probably the, they're all weird. It's all where technology is going. And I think also that's what's freaky is some of it.

It's not true now, but it could totally happen. Yeah, and some of the stuff from early on is kind of already come true. That's crazy. Yeah. Yeah, I don't even want to. There's some really great episodes. That's all. But they're in season eight.

So when's it coming out? They're in production. I don't know. We did watch lanterns last night, episode two. It's really good. The guy, Kyle Chandler, is good. Yeah, he's great. You should see him in Friday Night Lights.

He does a great job. It's really good. Coach Taylor. Nah, too old. I'm not going back that far. No. football is football it's all the same and you just did that with another show where you went that far what the wire the wire and he gave up on it i watched the full first season and i said oh back then i think

this would have been an amazing show today it's pretty good i think like every show time kind of eats at it a little bit yeah not friday night's though because no i think so amy because like high school footballs just changed how name it i mean eddie didn't have an answer in their mom The money? The money? That's all this, that Texas football, you have that element. We don't get paid to play high school football. No, but I mean, now the whole transfer thing, you know, like when you put a mailbox address, you know, and you can play for a certain team. They were doing that back then. People have done that.

That's in the show, but I think they do that different now. Oh, well. Can't you just go to a school? No problem. Well, in Arkansas, you can and it sucks. Right. Our athletic teams are bad now because anybody that's any good can just freely transfer wherever they want. Yeah.

And in the show, it's like, oh, my aunt lives there, and I stay with my aunt. Yeah, but all states are different. Okay. There's still some states you can't do that. It really has ruined small schools in Arkansas with their sucks. Let's tell me something good. Black Mirror Season 8 in production, that's mine. You?

I am hosting an event tomorrow for Home Street Home. Was Lunchbox originally doing it? Case lock? He did this? No, this isn't through work at all. It's something I've been a part of for a few years. And we've worked with Home Street Home for. I mean, a long time, like a decade.

But this particular event, I've been on the committee and hosting it and been in charge of the video that airs every year. And this year, Brandon Ray, who works for Bobby, helped with the video. And it turned out so good. He sent me the final cut last night. I mean, there's like one little tweak that I think we're going to do. But otherwise, I'm excited that the video's done and finalized and grateful that he could help because it just made it so easy.

That's what we filmed at Bobby's, what do you call it, your Netflix studio that one day. And it's just all come together so nicely. And it's even a little bit, we did something kind of funny at the beginning, which is good because it's, you know, a heavier topic with our homeless community. But it's a singer-songwriter thing. So it should be fun. So I'm just excited that it's finally here, something you work on for a little bit. And then, bam, it's going to happen.

That's cool. Eddie. My son completed his third. script. He wrote a script. I mean, he just writes scripts now. That's what he does in his free time. So he goes to school. He has a job till about like 5.30. He gets home about six. He eats dinner. And he writes like every day. And he's written three scripts now. And this is like his third one. Finished it. He sent it to me. And this is the hard part. He's always like, dad, have you read it yet? And I'm like, I'll get there. Like, I'll get there. Reading's hard for me. So reading isn't hard for you. Yeah. Because you read

stuff all the time for the show. Correct. But those are articles. I can go through that for like, you know, five minutes and I'm done. But you could do five minutes at a time. So what kind of script? Like, how long is the script? Let's see, pull it up.

But that's not the question to ask him because he'll go, well, it's this long, I can't do it. This looks way long, guys. Right. When it's read a page here, read a page there. Let me go to the very end. Would it help if you printed it out? 192 pages, guys. A hundred and 92 pages.

That's long, but imagine you did 10 pages a day. I know. But what I was looking at, Facebook gives you like really good stuff. It gave me an app where it, you put the script in it and then it reads it out, like almost like audible, but it's like with characters. Oh, that's cool. I would love to do that. That way, even it kind of sounds more like a movie. You avoid reading so much, I start to be concerned that you actually can't read. I can read. No, I'm telling you, he avoids it so much that I find maybe he's found ways to get around it and he'd never learn to read. No, no, no. It's like, how can I explain this? It's like if, like, I have weak legs, I can walk, but it hurts to walk.

But that's why you strengthen your legs. Oh, that way. By walking more. I know. I need to read more to strengthen it. But right now I'm just like, gosh. Well, it's cool. He did another script.

It sucks you haven't read it. Yeah. Or that you make excuses. I read it. This is kind of a tell me something suck. No, no. His son's so excited. And here you are even excited for him.

And then you're not reading it. That part's a little weird No it's not weird It's just like I wish it was like He played football and I can just go to the game And watch it you know what I mean Oh my gosh oh my gosh Instead of like I gotta sit down and read this book

Which is really or the script Which is really tough for me It's tough It's tough Thanks you for that That's why it's tough You guys want to read it And then you just tell me what it's a

I'm not interested in reading it No but if you said hey this is really good And it mean a lot to him If you read it then I would read it So what's it about? I don't know but it's called 2057, so I'm assuming it's about the future. Something happens.

He hadn't read it, Amy, so he doesn't know. I didn't know if his son told him, hey, it's about this, this, and this. I hope in the middle of it, there's like some sort of monologue where he's characters by himself and he's like, man, I wish my dad would read my scripts. No. The one thing that I wish in the few, the one thing for society is a parent that cares. And it's a whole thing. He wants you to get to it.

What's funny about his scripts, like the last two, because I did read the last two. There's always a dad in there that's kind of like loves to just watch. watch sports on the weekends. And it's like, is this, is this me? And he's like, no, dad, it's just a, it's just a average dad. Well, you just said, instead of reading a script, you wish you could just watch him play football. Well, I'm just saying it's easier to sit there and watch and play football. Like my other boys, they work hard at their sports.

You're right. It's easier. For me, because I'm dyslexic, dude. You use that as such an excuse. It is a crutch. I won't say it's an excuse. It's a crutch. Oh, my.

I have one. I have one eye that doesn't work. I've been working on one eye for a long time. Did you just give up, Bobby? No, I didn't. Oh, man. Do you strengthen the other eye? I strengthened the other eye, and I just kept fighting with it.

This left eye's a fighter. So your other eyes is like super eye? Not anymore. Used to be. Yeah. Just getting older. Another tell me something sucks. Oh, macular degeneration sets in.

Yeah, I think you picked the wrong crutch because you're not the only dyslexic in the room. And she's reading like crazy. I know. She's also, well, yeah. I get it. I'm also, what? Bring it up. I'm also listening at the same time. No, no, no.

She has more time. Okay, but. She has every other week. But let's say you have a limited time to read. You're not even reading limitedly. Oh, dude, if I had all the time? No, no, it's not all the time. It's not all the time.

I don't have all the time to read it all at once, but I could sit down. Like, last night, I read for 12 minutes. That's it. I'm in the middle of a book now. I like it. I wish I could have read more, but I didn't get a chance to read until, I mean, I was about to fall asleep, but I make it a point. One, it helps my brain so much.

And so it's also my form of meditation. I feel like that's the only time I can separate myself from the world is if I'm focused on those words. I try to meditate. I'm not the best at it. I could probably get better if I really focused. When I read is the only time that my complete focus is on, and if it's not, and I read a whole page and go,

I don't know anything that just said. I have to reset myself and go, it's because I have too many outward things trying to get in. start again at the first of the page do it again it's the closest thing I can get to meditation is reading for me that's why it helps I did a whole in the weeds on investing in yourself

and one of the things I talked about was reading not because it's about being a book snob it's about what it does for your brain and also what it does for you as far as slow everything down so that's my version of meditating but I always I don't always I try to find time to read

even for 12 minutes and you could do that I can do that. You're looking up golf odds for more than 12 minutes a day to bet. That's to make money for the family. You bet a dollar at a time. That's not to make money. But have you ever? Yeah.

You've hit a dollar when it makes money for the family. I hit one this weekend. Made $12. No, no, I made $41. That's not money. That's not family money. That's a meal. For half of you.

No, it's not. Yeah. Sonic. Yeah. Fast food. Anyway, that's cool. So are you reading the four agreements right now? Not yet

Who, Bobby? Well, I mean, he was reading Oh, I have it, but I haven't started writing it yet. But Bobby read for 12 minutes yesterday. He read a book and how many minutes you read your book? No, you should read your kid's script. I'll read that. Yeah, just even a page.

Man. Oh, a page is easy because, I mean, it's a script. I can read that right now. If it's so easy, then why aren't you doing it? Because there's 120, 192 pages. Okay, don't focus on that. Focus on a page at a time. And no pictures.

One at a time. No pictures. That gets you. Too much dialogue. It's good about how's your script going. Uh-oh. It's going as well as Eddie's reading. But I unfortunately, well, not unfortunately, but I focus my attention on something that I'm working on hard right now, which is my career.

And at some point, I'm sure I can take that elephant down and build that script. My idea is still super unique and no one's got it. So I'm just keep my fingers crossed that no one continues to develop that one. But yeah, I would love to. Like, I have writers in L.A. that I could get with and carve out an hour a day and work on it. But, man, when you get to the end of the day, I'm just so tired. And then I go home and I feel terrible because I've been absent from my family. and so I'd feel guilty, and so I focus on them for the hour that I have,

and then I go to bed, and I do it all over again. You have writer friends in L.A.? Oh, yeah. Oh, my God, yeah. I used to work with one hand-to-hand every day with Secreis. Phenomenal writer. And that's cool. Send him the script.

But, man, maybe that TV show could be your career and you could give up everything else. That would be pretty sick. That would be so awesome, man. That would be so awesome, yeah. I mean, come on. And I get to direct and do the thing I really want to do. That'd be freaking amazing.

I feel like you were going to say something, but you didn't. I don't know who knows. No, no. He just, I would have bit his tongue there. Yeah, it looked like he was, you were thinking something, but you weren't saying it. I wasn't. I was just going to go to lunchbox and say, tell me something good lunchbox. Got it. Yeah.

So my three kids, their soccer season has started. And yesterday was the schedule reveal, all their games came out. And the great news, guys, we don't have a single 8 a.m. game on a Saturday. That's awesome. That is so awesome. I mean, we're awake by that time anyway, but trying to get out of the house that early and rush to the field is so stressful. And so we have no 8 a.m. games. Three kids, three different teams, and the scheduling gods look down on us and said, you know what, no 8 a.m. games for that family.

So thank you, whoever made the schedule. You just said the scheduling gods. Yeah. I'm just saying it's awesome. That is something I am looking forward to now the rest of the season. When do kids actually understand the sport they're playing? Oof. It depends.

Yeah, what level? It depends on the sport, too. Well, I see you could play like soccer at three. Yeah. And I would imagine they're just running around. Correct. At what age do they start to understand soccer? That the ball needs to go in that goal and you need to defend that goal?

Sure. Five. Yeah, five. So you play for two years. Is that knowing what's going on? Uh-huh. Dude, it's so funny, though, they all follow the ball. Like, I went to one game where the ball went out of bounds and went like down the street and all the kids kept falling it.

Yeah. That's hilarious. That's hilarious. That's hilarious. It's like the pied paper. Yeah. And all the parents are like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That is true.

And they're three years old. But I would say at four years old, they know they're supposed to go score the ball. Most of them know they're supposed to go score. And then at five, and I would say seven is when they start realizing, hey, if we're not all in one big herd, it makes it easier to score a goal. They start kind of spreading out. And the problem, too, is once they go into school, you got these kids that are being held back. so you've got like five-year-olds with seven-year-olds playing together, and the seven-year-olds obviously know how to play.

And the five is, they're still kind of learning. I mean, at that age, even a kid who hasn't been held back, but just has an advantageous birthday month, is physically developed more. Correct. I mean, that's what part of that Outliers books about Eddie. You'd love that book. Outliers? I don't have that one.

Yeah. I have four agreements and the alchemists and my son's script. Yeah, but it is amazing. Have you thought about that? With your daughter, like, holding her back for athletics? No. Because a lot of people do it. There's so many people.

And in the state of Tennessee, you can do it up to two years. So, like, two years is so much difference in physical ability. Like, a lot of people did it, like, June, July. But now, I mean, if they're kids born in February, they're like, oh, we're going to hold them back. I'm like, February, that's crazy. Behind every night spent making the kids' lunches, there's a lot of suspense. Will they finally eat the veggies? Will the pastos survive the first bite?

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We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook on the Big Money Players Network. Our show is extremely accessible to first-time listeners. Each week, we talk to someone in show business, aka the biz, and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer us. Everyone has a good time, and no one gets mad at their publicists for letting them do our show. We've had a lot of great guests like Sarah Sherman. Not that great. Actually, can you help me shape this?

How about we flip it on his head? How about we flip the script? What is the surprise woman? Who actually you think is the straight man is actually the one who's acting weird? Adam Scott, this entire time you've been expecting Adam Sandler to come to visit the show. I would never expect. I would never set expectations for something like that to happen. If the universe allows for something like that to happen, I would.

I am open to it. I'm always going to accept. You know, Danny McBride, fine. Yeah, it's all this fragile masculinity exuding. I could smell it walking down the hallway, to be honest with you. I was like, is that weed? Nope, it's fragile masculinity. Ben Stiller, no.

Because a lot of times, out of context, people don't get it or even know what a circle is. You know what I mean? They're like, oh, what's just a state. Everyone's so dumb. And fake. Right, fake. and also not interested or just like, oh, I've got my life. I don't care about your life.

And a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us. Oh, and by the way, Will Ferrell told us personally he loves the show and he wants to be a guest on every episode, but he's just so busy. Listen to Hollywood Handbook on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Yeah, I don't think that we would do that. Mostly because let's just get an education and get crack a line. You want to go be a doctor? Let's get that. Let's get that rolling. But my wife's family is so athletic naturally. Yeah, so you're probably good. I pray that it's not my athletic genes to Billy gets.

I would be so disappointed if she's me athletically. Because I was okay, okay to pretty good. I was a smart player, so it made me a good player, but no. But if I had a dad, can you imagine? Oh, my gosh. I'd probably be playing. To play ball with baseball. I know. But yet, Caitlin's family, She has a brother that's 6, 6, 6, 7, played college basketball. Her sister, crazy good athlete. Her dad, I saw pictures of him at the beach when he was like 37, 38. He's got like 11 abs. Whoa.

And he's still, Bill. He's still got, and he's in his 60s. Please let her get that. And then also we have all the resources because her uncle, DJ, is a head softball coach. Right now at Tulsa, but who knows where he'll be. DJ's mom is the head coach at Oklahoma. Good point. So, yeah.

I'm not putting that pressure on her, though. You'd be whatever you want to be. Please be an athlete. Hey, just put a softball on her hand in right now. Please, please be an athlete. Did you know they have ballet for like six-month-olds? You take a class, like a dance class? Stop.

What do they do? Mostly it's just like waving ribbons and colors. But it is like a dance class. That's just stealing money. That's cute. Oh, it's stealing money from the parents. It's like... It's an activity.

Yeah, it's like feeling, mostly it's like touching things and feeling textures of things and colors that they do. So I saw that. You guys, you signing up? I'm going to go by myself. You're doing it. I'm going to do a whole class and then, yeah. Okay. Good.

Everybody, everybody feel good? Yeah. Amy, you should tell your story about Eddie's son and the violin. Oh, okay. Oh, hold on. Is this tell me something good? Well, kind of reminded me of it because you're talking about your son. Which I love so much.

And this is a good story, so it fits. Yeah, so violin, fiddle, what are we calling? I mean, it's the same thing, but Eddie's son wanted to play the violin. I forget where we are with that. He's playing it. Okay. Oh, yeah, we bought it and everything. Yeah, we knew that.

I didn't know what was at your house. Do you want me to send you audio of his practicing? Oh, I'm sure it sounds like cats is killing themselves. I'll get audio for you guys. Okay. I didn't know it was at your house yet. Oh, yeah. That's awesome.

Go ahead. Okay, so we were talking with Eddie about it, and I was saying, I know, like, I guess part of it was that he's a guy? No, he's an athlete. Okay, well, I can't remember how I brought this up, but I was like, I know a cool guy from A&M that plays fiddle and then played for Pat Green and all this stuff. And I said his name. I was like, oh, it's Brendan Anthony. And I opened up my email yesterday, and I have an email from him. And he said, hey, Amy.

Where do you think he is now, Eddie? Oh, he's probably on tour with someone. So probably playing Yeah, the fiddle for some Create a scenario. He's Luke Brian's fiddle player. Hey. Hey Amy, Word made its way

to me from several people about your kind mention on the show a couple of weeks ago. One of the sweetest reachouts was from my daughter's elementary school principal. It made my daughter feel very special. Just a note to say thank you for the shout out and I hope you're doing well. My radio team at Big Loud helped me track down your email address.

that's okay. Congrats on all the success. Thanks, Brendan Anthony, VP, Big Loud, Texas. He runs Miranda Lambert's record label. Oh, he's a label dude. Oh, so he's not doing the violin. So the violin did nothing. He's still plays. He's still heavily involved. Are you kidding? That's how he got into this. Yeah, no, this is like, you don't think his music led him to running a record label? Oh, I thought this was like, Eddie would see that this is such a great. Like, look at where him playing the violin or fiddle when he was a kid and then having an amazing music career with one of the biggest Texas country artists ever. Yeah, and I think that's cool, but I think there are different

ways to get there, not play the violin. Yeah, but no, and he served, like, he worked 10 years, I don't know, I ended up looking at his bio, like, for the, some big, shoot, now I should know the name, but something with music in Texas, like a big board, and now he transitioned out of that job into this one, and I'm sure he still plays. He's very passionate about live music and the importance of it.

He runs a record label. It would be like, college football player being an athletic director of a major university. It's the same thing. That makes sense. Like you can only, you go so far, and then you go, do I want to keep traveling? Or do I want to use my education and all the people that I've met to do something else? And so he decided to run a label. Make an impact.

I read a quote from him when I was looking up an article and said something like, Nashville might be, you know, music city, but Texas is music state. Country music state. I don't know. I'm paraphrasing. I'm paraphrasing. I don't really have a relationship with either, like, in a personal level. But yeah.

I think being from Texas, and I think Eddie could maybe appreciate this, but like growing up the way we did with Texas country, like I get that quote. Like I feel it. Yeah, you guys are the most insulated loving ourselves state ever. Yes. You're raised that way. I know. You have to be. Because you're also your own kind of country for a while.

That's where it comes from. Yes, we were. Yeah. The Republic of Texas. Sure. I guess everything is Texas, Texas, Texas, Texas. But there is something. about that Texas country music.

Because you grew up in it. Absolutely. And they also didn't want to be part of everything else. But here's the thing. A lot of them did. I mean, Pat Green tried it. Some of them did. Some of them did. He did try. So is this guy rich? I'm sure he does well.

I'm sure he makes more money doing that than he would playing fiddle on the road for somebody. Luke Bryant's fiddle player? I don't know. It's a salary though. You play for Lou Bryan. So you're thinking now it could lead him to being rich. I mean, also, what a grind. Like, he's got kids.

Like, that lifestyle can be a grind. Oh, yeah, yeah. All the temptations out there. Anyway, this didn't. Brendan Anthony? Yep. Dang, he's wooded. He's young.

He still looks young. Yeah, we went to A&M together. Yeah, Amy, you're not listening to what he's saying. Do I not look young? You do, but I just picture a VP of Miranda's label at being in his 60s. No, he's probably 49 if I had to guess. Oh, this dude's like cool. Yes, I'm telling you.

I'm looking at his big loud profile. Huh, what's that? That could be your son. That's what made me think of him the other day when we were even talking about it. I was like, I went to A&M with a cool guy that played the fiddle. But you played the fiddle, though. By the way, I felt like a Ukrainian who lived in Russia for a while, and Russia didn't even really know of living in Texas, like I was behind the enemy lines.

And like I got to fully take in the culture with you guys. Yeah. I lived there for 12 or 13 years. You were Texan, dude. No, I was a Texan, but I was never Texan. There's a difference. I was a Texan, but I was never Texan. But did you get,

Roped into the Texas country music scene? I liked some of the people because I got to know them. Randy Rogers from the Randy Rogers band. You liked him. Okay. Like I said, I like some of the people, but I never, no. I never went to shows for the sake of it. But that was you guys, you grew up on that.

That's what we did in high school and college. It was like every. Jerry, Jeff, Willie. We had our own. We had our own stuff. Like meth labs and stuff. Oh. I remember Django's, who.

We go to the med lab. campers and just hang out. You guys were, yeah. So one of my best friends in high school was Jerry Jeff Walker's son and for his 16th birthday we got on a bus, like a party bus and went to Lucanbach. And then we had, they made t-shirts and everything.

But I'm like, what in the world? How was this allowed? I don't know. But there was alcohol on the bus. Like, we drank the entire. Well, I mean, Jerry Jeff wasn't on the bus. I don't even know what they knew. But like the whole way there.

And then it was. some, I guess the Lukanbach, Texas, like a... Fourth of July? Maybe, yeah, I'm trying to think Django's birthday's in August. Like, it was some big concert out there. And, but, like, we were 16, and I can't imagine my kids loading up on a bus and doing that. I mean, they wouldn't. Thank goodness they're not a part of that crowd, but...

If you go back two more generations, though, people were getting married at that age, right? It's just... True. And before that, people were dying at 13 or 14 being cave men. And like that, wow. Wow, we just went way that. I'm just saying the further you go back, the weirder it is that you're doing stuff younger and younger. What are those things they called on the kegs that are smaller?

Is it a pony? You guys had those? There was a pony on the little charter bus. Like, just thinking like, how were, how, how, what did our parents think we were doing? I mean, we had a driver. They probably knew. It wasn't as big a deal then. I don't think, I mean.

Like my dad would let me order. beers at dinner. Yeah, I mean, my dad was like 17. I guess my mom was not. Well, I respect the culture that you guys had as Texans with music. Your state was big enough where you could do that. There was a touring route that was that allowed that. I just was never part of it. No, I will never be because I'm not from Texas. You're arcing. Although Kaylin's, it's different because red dirt is not exactly just Texan. And so, you know, Kail. does love a lot of those Oklahoma red dirt bands that we have to listen to sometimes. Yeah, but that wasn't our circle.

Like even cross-Canadian ragweed, like, they made it a little bit. They were red dirt, though. They weren't Texan because they were from Oklahoma. I had a problem with that. That's where the blur is. You can be both, some Texan artists could be red dirt, but it was hard for Oklahomans to be Texas country, but that doesn't mean they couldn't play all the same towns. They just couldn't call themselves Texas art.

They just had to be red dirt. But we had, they played a million dollar show. Oh, yeah, the Turnpite. Yeah. When I first met Caitlin, see, I like that. I know it's all she listened to.

And I really like it now, but not Texas country. It's not Texas country. That's red dirt. They're from Oklahoma. Anyway, I wanted Amy to tell that story at some point. Thanks, Amy. Yeah, so look, your son's on a good trajectory. We'll see where it takes him.

I mean, he's playing it, so we'll see. Does it get any better? No. You don't get good at that for a while. I know. I know. I mean, right now he's just impressed that the bow is made of horsehair. Oh, he's still on that? Yeah. All right. There you go. That's what it's all about. It's time for the good news. With lunchbox.

Tell me something good. Sammy is a 12-year-old boy from Philadelphia who has a blood disorder, been battling it for years, and so he got to make a wish. He's like, what can I do with my make-a-wish? You know what? The homeless shelter. Let's have a family day where there's games. It's like a carnival. That's so cool that he uses make a wish on other families. So his favorite football team, the Philadelphia Eagles found out. They're like, you know what?

We're going to surprise him with a couple of the players. They're going to show up and surprise him. And we're not talking to Scrubs, the quarterback, Jalen Hertz, and their star running back, say, Kwan Farquil! Those are the two you want. Yeah, those are. That's it. You don't want like a backup defensive lineman.

No offense to all backup defensive linemen out there. but it's been very easy to do that. That's really cool. I mean, how crazy is that? And cool of those two to do it because they don't have to do it. Jaylon Hurts and Sequin, they have to do that. Right. Yeah.

And John Cena. Because he shows up at all of them, even if he's not invited. Yeah, that's a great story. Good for the Eagles. Good for that kid. It started with that kid being selfless. I got a question. Is it all, make a wish.

Is that bad side? Okay, I would like to dig into this. and know more of what you're asking. Because I saw this, like, story, and I'm like, all right, this is really cool. But it's also like, man, this is it? So your question is what? Like, I make a wish means it's near the end. No, no, I need you just ask the question.

Like, just say the words. Say the words. Does that mean he's about to die? Not always. Oh. Sometimes you get to make a wish. I would say a lot of times kids get to make a wish if they're just sick and going through something. It's not always about.

Some of it is. Okay. But not all of them. it. All right. That's a good question, man. We just wanted you to ask you. Yeah, I just saw like, oh, he used his make a wish. I'm like, oh, man. You don't want to have to make that wish. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I was like, man, if you get a make a wish, it's not good. And then he's selfless with it. Right. Because if you've got to make a wish, even now and you're not sick, you still wouldn't be selfless with it. Oh, no, it's all about me. Yes, I'm saying.

I know something amazing. Yeah. All right, there you go. That's what it's all about. It's time for the good news. With Amy. Tell me something good. An elderly couple had to call cost less plumbing, heating, and air conditioning to come to their place because their air conditioner just stopped working in its triple digit heat in Fresno, California. And when the technician got there, his name's Ethan Hernandez, he noticed that the woman was struggling to even pay the $95 service fee. And her husband had just recovered from cancer treatment. They had the stack of medical bills. So he called his brother, who also works for cost less.

plumbing and then the brother was like okay let's see what we can do and they talked to the owners of the business and they decided to replace the couple's entire system free of charge dang that's great and so it's air cost less plumbing heating okay you didn't say heating and air I did plumbing I said heating and air conditioning oh no I just I just focus on plumbing good for them for having an all around company then they can do it all get most of the uh mine aren't they don't come up with plungers they just fixed the air yeah like each of that could though They probably could. That's like an all-out handyman.

Yeah. Hiller? Plummer heating, cooling, all the things. All the things. All right. They never show. I look in their belt.

They don't have a. I don't think they have. I think they're coming over for what your specific. I don't know. I should be ready though at any time. You never know. Also shout out to Fresno. Underrated City.

Really like going there. And I feel like it never makes a list of like cool places. Like good food. Nice people. Underrated Fresno. That was Fresno, right? Yeah, Fresno, California. Shout out to that company.

Shout out to Ethan, the technician who noticed it and called his brother. At plumbing, heating, air truck fixing, roof repaired, pot hole filling, road overrooting, and all. Yeah, they're like a Swiss Army knife. Cost less plumbing heating and air conditioning. That's what it's called? Cost less? Yeah. Okay.

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