The Bobby Bones Show - (Thurs Early Bird) Chayce Beckham Is On The Show Sharing How He Had To Learn To Become A Singer, Answers Uncomfortable Questions From Listeners & More! + Why Is Eddie Calling Himself A Hero? + Mailbag: Spend Over Thousand Dollars On A TV?

Episode Date: January 19, 2023

American Idol Season 19 winner Chayce Beckham is on the show talking about his music, how he had to learn how to sing, answers uncomfortable questions from listeners and more! Plus, find out what happened that Eddie is now calling himself a hero for. Mailbag: Listener wants to buy a TV that is over one-thousand dollars, but his wife won't let him spend that much on a TV. He had the idea of buying it for his Superbowl party and then returning it to get the refund. We share our thoughts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Morning, studio. Morning. Everybody good? Yeah. Love to hear it. Welcome to Thursday show. I am good. Yeah.

All right, let's go. First, over to Eddie. He calls himself a basketball coach. But this season, most of his games aren't even close. Here he is. Produce ready, everybody. Guys, I have a huge conflict. So on Sunday coming up, the Dallas Cowboys,

my favorite football team in the whole wide world, they're playing a playoff game against San Francisco 49ers. I cannot wait. This is huge. But it's also my son's birthday. He's not a huge Cowboys fan. He says he wants. wants to go to dinner, probably around the time the game is. He wants to go to a movie. It's his

day. I get it. He's going to turn 15 years old. It's a big deal. But guys, this is once in a lifetime. Is he open for negotiation, meaning could you make his birthday even better if you did it the day before and some on Sunday? Like, could you spread his birthday out do even more if he didn't take up that evening? I think I can. I just have to play my cards right. I have to kind of word it right. I have to maybe bribe them real big on Saturday. Yeah, that's the bribe. Is that, hey, I, And your son's very smart. Very smart. I would say, you know the Cowboys are playing Sunday night.

It's your birthday. Now, do you want to have a all-day Saturday affair? Multiple things and then do some stuff on Sunday as well for your birthday and then we watch the game. Or do you want to just do something stupid on Sunday night. Call it stupid. That's not a bad idea. I do think if I were him, though, and it was my birthday, I would take more if it were Saturday and early Sunday than just Sunday. Hey, maybe a little bit of Friday.

now we're talking Come on Don't negotiate against yourself though Don't look like that there unless he says And I think you tell him Hey I'm gonna send your friends and you Out to dinner in a movie That way he feels like he

He always too smart for that And I also want to spend time with myself But I think he will like and understand Okay That's offered me a deal here Okay Way better and he still gets through something On his birthday Sunday day

And then you can do something Sunday evening While you watch the game We can also have Cowboys cake I love it You just have to really make it worth as wild Okay, let me write it out, rehearsed a few times, and I'm going to try it. That's a problem. Don't rehearse it.

What do you mean? Talk to him like an adult. Oh. Not like, hey, son, come over here. I have this idea. But I think he'll take it. He's smart kid. I take it.

All right. Thank you, Eddie. Always with the most outrageous things to say, and some listeners wish he'd go away. It's Lunchbox, everybody. Oh. I got some devastating news the other day, guys. I mean, it shook me in the core. like made me cry a little bit, tear up in my eyes.

I went to go visit my fellow cast members of Bad Out of Hell in Las Vegas. You went over there when you went to Vegas? Yeah. Like to the theater? Yeah, because I was like, hey, man, I'm here. Might as well go say hello? Did you text anybody and say I'm coming or did you just walk over? No, I just walked over.

I thought, oh, surprise, I'm here. You thought you'd find, did you think you'd get in? Well, yeah, they know me. They all know me. He was on there. I just would never think doing a one-time stent with no words, people would remember or that I'll be getting in the way. That's me. I always felt like I'm putting people out.

But anyway, you go. Oh, no, they were all, you know, they talked to me before and after and they tweeted me on Instagram. So I went over there to say hello, see how things were going. Guys, bad out of hell's been canceled. The show's been pulled. Dang. Did you know that, Eddie?

Yeah. I mean, I saw the poster. What did it say? After the fact, it was like done, done done. Does they cancel? Done done. No longer, no more showings. Is it because it ran its course and did so many sold-out shows.

and made so much money, they possibly couldn't make any more money? No, no, no, no, I went, and they saw me it was no longer there. And so then I did some research, and it got pulled at their short run, one of the shortest in Vegas history. Oh, gosh, that's terrible. Las Vegas is bad at a hill closing, citing financial troubles. Yeah. And they say it all went downhill when a homeless guy got on stage and had no words riding a motorcycle.

Oh. So it was an emotional moment I was like, man, I felt for my fellow cast members and like my whole production crew That does stink that they lost their jobs though Gosh, it was terrible I was so, I was like, oh yeah, it's hilarious if I drop in And I just like meat loaf is that big of an artist

To do a whole production around I think that's partially the issue It's like we're basing it around meatloaf I know one meatloaf song for real Yeah I would do anything for love Other than that's like we're going to do an hour and a half A meatloaf songs

Couldn't tell you the name of those songs We are? But I'm sad to hear that lunchbox. Yeah, well, the one in Europe is like three hours long. Oh. Maybe he's big in Europe. Maybe they have a... Oh, gosh.

Yeah, guys. Just if you guys could think about me at this time and like... Okay, I'm sorry. Be a little bit nicer because I'm emotional. You are emotional, yes. Okay. Lunchbox, sorry to hear that. Thank you.

All good? Yeah. Okay, she does the... Every day she does the pile and some say she has the best style. Here she is Amy, everybody. Maybe what could be therapeutic for lunchbox Be to write down what he's feeling about this And let it go

And either flush it down the toilet Or burn it in his fireplace Because that's what I've been doing With things I need to surrender and let go up Although I will say fire is more therapeutic Because last week I flush something Felt good, didn't know it could feel better Until this week, I burned it

Wait, you flush things down the toilet Well, you make sure you rip it up really small. So wait, if you have like an issue or a sadness. Or even a fear, something. You write it down? You write it out. It can be very therapeutic for you. It might just be a few words.

Or it could be a whole pages and pages of stuff. And then you just surrender it. You let it go because you don't want it to have or to control you in a way. So if I write down, I'm scared of snakes. And then I flush it down the toilet. I won't be scared of snakes. She's not saying that it's going to happen. Right.

It's not like a practical thing you do to actually make it go away. It's when you're in your head about something. Yeah, it's more of a symbol. Oh. So with that, though, like, I'm releasing this from myself. And then you do it. I don't know. I think it's cuckoo.

But I understand why it's a thing. Do you feel like it helps? Yeah, I feel 10 out of 10 recommend. It's therapeutic. Lunchmucks is legitimately scared of snakes. So that's not what I'm talking about. I mean, other things. And for you, for everybody it might look different.

Physically. Yeah, she said fear. So I just, when I heard that, I thought, okay, I can write this down. And I worry about clogging the toilet. Okay. Oh, what are you slush? Well, she said you're writing down paper. That's why you should probably burn it.

But I said if you do toilet, make sure it's just like one thing and you rip it up a lot. Or maybe write it on toilet paper. That's tough, though. Toilip paper does not say. Yeah, it ripped. All right. From Mountain Pine, Arkansas. He's a coach on NBA 2K.

And on the headset, it's crazy what people say. Bobby Bones. Thank you very much. I got to tell you, you ever see those posts, it's like, I was today years old when I learned this. Yeah. And all those are mostly about things that you should have learned a long time ago, but somehow you missed it and you just learned it and it's late.

I had one of those yesterday. On my Apple TV, it goes, your charger is low. Charger battery. And I'm like, I don't know. Where do I get a charger battery? I've never seen that before on my screen. So where do I buy a, the remote battery? Where do I buy a remote battery?

Because it's a little black Apple remote, right? With a little circle that. Oh, okay, I got you. Everybody guys, it's Apple TV remote. Got it. Okay. May not be describing it perfect, but Apple TV got a remote, a little black thing. It's got the two buttons and the one big one on top.

You ever have it say it's running dead? No. No. Never seen that. Yes. Okay. No idea. You plug it into the phone charger. That's how it charges back up.

Really? I'm aware of this, because also that's the only way I've been able to use it. But how has it been getting charged in your house? I think Caitlin is smart and knows you put it on the charger. You've just never encountered it. I've never seen that before. And it popped up where I watching dark. And I was like, the remote's going to die.

Do we need to order a new remote? And she laughed, thought I was kidding. And I was like, what? Or is there a new battery? Because there was air tags, there was her new battery in it. The watch battery. And she goes, no. She grabs it.

It shows me the bottom of it. She goes, you just charge it. Wow. Yeah, I didn't know that. You didn't either? No. Dang. I wonder how many other things are done for you guys just by your wife?

No idea that they're even doing. A lot. Well, I would say, though, difference for me. I was single until I was 39. So I probably had to learn how to do most things. Where Eddie's been married, what, nine? You got married at age nine? No, I've been married for 17 years.

But she's probably done a lot of stuff for you that you have no idea. Absolutely. Yeah. I just didn't do stuff like get more than four forks. Did you know that underneath the oven, you know that where you store all the cookie sheets and everything? That's actually used for the oven. It's not storage. Yeah.

It's a warmer. Yeah. It's a warmer. Yeah, I knew that. All my pans are down there. Like everything. I've never used it. Man, we got some good warm pants, man. We bought these.

Didn't know that. It's time to open up the mailbag. You send an email and we read it on the air. It's something we call Bobby's Mailbag. Hello, Bobby Bones. I heard you talking recently about how the best time to buy a TV is right now. I've had my eye on a new 70-inch TV for months. That's over a thousand bucks.

But my wife says we cannot spend that much. much money on a TV. I had the idea of buying the TV for my annual Super Bowl party and then returning it and getting my money back. The store has a policy that I can return within 15 days for a full refund. I'm about to run the idea by my wife, but I wanted to hear your thoughts first. How can I get her on board? Signed TV Terry. Well, I'm not going to answer how you can get her on board because you shouldn't get her on board. That rule is not so you can go and borrow a TV for the Super Bowl. And then take it back. That's being dishonest. because when you pay for it and you buy it, you could go rent one,

but then you have to pay for that, you don't get your money back. It's less money. You can go rent a big TV, do it with integrity, use the TV, have a party, take it back. But if you buy one, you're telling them, I'm buying this to have, I'm paying this money, and then when you take it back, you get all the money back, so you've got a product and a service and paid nothing for it. That's being dishonest, so you should not do that. And secondly, what if you break it?

Oh, yeah. They'll probably still take it back, though, honestly. Now I want to do this. I know you don't. You can't do it. You can't do it. TV Terry, you don't go to your wife. Lunchbox?

TV Terry, been there, done that. It works great. There's no need to get the wife on board because you're going to take it back. So you show up with your house, bring the TV in, put it up. She yells at it and be like, honey, it'll be gone in 15 days, no problem. And you take it back, you get your money back. You have a great Super Bowl party. You have a great TV.

And heck, your wife may see that TV up there and be like, maybe we should keep that. So it's a win-win. There's no need to go to your wife. Just go to the store and do your deal. You don't think it's dishonest, though. What is dishonest about it? You bought it? You tried it?

You didn't buy it. And you're not buying it. No, you did buy it. But you're not trying it that you might keep it. You're literally... What do you say when you return it? You're literally going to get it to use it and take it back. Yeah.

Oh, man, you know, it just didn't work out. That's a lie. It didn't work out exactly like you thought it would. Yeah. Super Bowl was awesome. Yeah, you watched it. Now you returned it. It did.

Do you ever wear clothes, leave tag on, take clothes back? 100%. I mean, I had an alarm clock in college. It broke. Guess what I did? Went to the store, bought the exact same alarm clock, got the new one out, put the old one in, took it back, said, hey, it doesn't work.

Got my money back. Yeah, that's fraud. We need to understand it. I mean, that's what. But then you have an alarm clock that works. Yes. And I got my money back. And you got your money back.

So you basically stole. No, I paid for it. And then I got the new one. put it on my, you know, bedside table, and put the old one in the box, took it back, said, hey, it doesn't work, got my money back. And it's sort of like if you buy it. But you got a new clock.

Yeah. Because you used the other one for a whole lot of time. You basically stole one way or the other. Why didn't you just take the broken one and say, hey, this broke and swap it out for a new one? I don't know if they'd do that. But I do know. You didn't have the box.

You didn't have your money back. I do know that like Costco will take anything back. Like, so you can take, you can have a TV for 10 years like Eddie did. Okay, I did that one time. It was my dad's idea. It wasn't mine. What? That's what I'm saying?

My dad, he saw my old TV and it had just broken. He's like, you know Costco has a return policy? Did you get it at Costco? Yeah, like a long time ago. And we went back. It's like, yeah, I mean, this thing's not working. 10-year-old TV? But it's not supposed to work.

Guess what? It's got a hanger on the top of it. You know what they said? Go pick out a new one. Exactly. So there's nothing wrong with this TV, Terry? Hold on. But what Eddie did was according to their policy,

even though, Gray. Yeah. Great. But Lunchbox, this is totally different. This is not part of the policy where you can get a TV, use it with the intention of just bringing it back. People do it all the time. I've bought shoes.

People murder people all the time. That doesn't mean it's okay. I bought shoes, warm to a wedding, took him back. Yeah, I hear you. TV, Terry, I say you don't do that. Amy? No. Eddie?

Don't do it, man. It's wrong. Lunchbox. TV, Terry, do it, man. No, no. If I was your wife, I'd be so unattracted to you. If that's how you chose to do it, I don't need her to be attracted to me during the Super Bowl.

Okay. She means in general. It would linger. It would linger. Okay. You guys want to email less you can. Morgan, what's the email address? Mailbag at bobbybones.com.

Okay, close it up. We've got your email and we read it on your air. Now it's about to close Bobby's mailbag. Yeah. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what I'm saying. Yep, that's me.

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I met him originally on American Idol. I was a mentor on that show for four years and spent a lot of time with him. You know, he was living at home, had a really rough stint in his life. He lost everything. he was driving a forklift. He had talked about his struggle with alcohol and playing bars but had just kind of moved back home and said,

well, things aren't going so good. So let me see if I can start over. His mom was like, hey dude, why don't you go and audition for American Idol? And he didn't have enough money to buy a decent guitar. So his family gathered a bunch of cash. I think it was like $1,700 in donations. They bought him a guitar.

He played that one on the show. He went on the show and he crushed it. From California, he's a country guy who likes to fish and sing, and he's here today. He's really good. Chase Beckham now here on the Bobby Bone Show. On the Bobby Bone Show now. Chase Beckham. Chase, how you been, buddy?

I've been good, man. It's good. You were coming in, and obviously we know each other, and you have to pardon me for this. I don't ever remember who wins. And I worked on the show. I didn't know. I was like, man, Chase should have really won that show. Then I looked.

You won the show. Yeah. That was one of those times where it was like the person who should have won. You want it, want it. I mean, thank you. I appreciate that. I wasn't sure, because usually I'm like, oh, man, that person was really good. They're going to do really well after this show.

You never know. True. But you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You came into that show and you're just such a good singer. But where did you cut your teeth? Like, where did you do all of your singing? Well, man, I really learned how to sing in backyard parties and, like, in dive bars and, you know, playing party music. And, you know, we do covers and reggae music and all sorts of stuff.

Where did you get your first guitar? Like, how old and where? I was three. I was three when I got my first one. Three, how do you play a guitar of three? Well, I was a big kid. I was playing guitars at my grandmother's house that were like, you know, old hammy downs that were just way too big. So she got me this little, like, classical nylon acoustic guitar. I still have it when I was about three years old, yeah.

And that was like my first instrument that I learned how to play. Was it always music to you then? Did you always feel like that was at least something you were going to do? even if it wasn't the only thing you were doing? I was, I mean, I'm horrible football player, horrible basketball player, bad at school, you know, just about everything else that you could, you know, want to be good at I'm not. I tried my look at songwriting and singing and stuff, but I couldn't sing growing up, you know,

it wasn't like something that was like just, I stumbled upon it. But you weren't for a long time? You weren't good? Oh, it was bad for a while, you know, trying to learn how to sing. And like, I wasn't like a naturally just like gifted singer. I tried for a long time to sing in ways that worked for me, I feel like. And then whenever people were like, yeah, it sounds good, I was like really surprised. So does that mean there's still a chance I could be a good thing?

There's still a chance. There's always hope. I'm inspired by your story that I still can do it. I've tried to tell people that, but then people are like, no, I'm tone deaf. Like, it's not possible. And I'm like, well, you know, there's definitely things that factor into it. But yeah, if you practice long enough, I think that, like, when I did the vocal coaches on Idol, like, that was a nightmare because they were just like, you're doing it all wrong. Because they are coming from like a traditional classical style of teaching singing.

Yeah, how to project your voice and how to sing and they're like, you know, because I have a raspy when I sing. It's a lot more raspy than when I talk and they're like trying to get me to pull that off. But that's just kind of, for me, that was like my natural auto tune. It's like if I felt like I was off, I'd just rasp it up a little bit and hopefully it sounded better. Well, I want everybody to hear you. By the way, Chase Beckham's here. I really like this guy.

I mean, I felt like you and I kind of hit it off. We definitely have a similarish background, you know, spending time with you a little bit on Idol. But like, Chase is like a real dude, real singer, and he has a song called 23, and that's the song. You did this? Did you perform this as one that blew up? Yeah. I mean, it slowly has done, I couldn't really ever imagine, you know, the amount of people who've got to listen to the song and who've streamed it. So thank you to everybody, you know, who's listened to it.

But it wasn't like, it wasn't that much when I moved to town to where it was. like yeah this is going to be a radio single it was like a few million streams and that was great and it did good on like digital charts so i was excited you know and because nobody had ever heard my music before so this was great but um yeah over time it's just um i put out new music and i've toured a ton and just like traveled non-stop and uh just kind of in the back that song's just been like stacking up stacking up and so uh i went back and looked at it at one point i was like oh my god where all these streams come from like night and day so um yeah it ended up now it's the song that we're coming to radio with just because of just the audience basically kind of telling us that that's what they wanted to hear.

So, yeah, it was fun to get to perform it, and I got to win with that song, and something that I wrote on my couch when I was 23 years old, 26 now. How long it take you to write that song? Not long at all. It's not, yeah, it's very, what's the word, whenever something's not typical. It's very unorthodox, and that's the word. That's a good word. It's not something. You know lunchbox

like four times today now that he's heard He has a new word and you keep choosing it over and over again Yeah Unorthodox in what way structurally?

Structurally, yeah I think the way that I wrote it even when we recorded it They're like oh it should end right here And I was like no It needs to go on a little bit longer And I think it was kind of just like out of the box You know it wasn't something

That I put a lot of effort into And sometimes that's like the best music comes from that kind of stuff It's when you just grab something And run with it All right Chase Beckams here He's going to do a song 23 Here we go Chase whenever you ready buddy

Nice, Chase Beckham. Let me ask you about that song a little bit because to write that song, and it is coming from personal experience. One, you have to have some self-awareness that you're struggling. And then two, you have to, like, write it. And you have to go, well, I'm going to put these words down, and then I'm going to play it for somebody, which is an extra level of vulnerability.

So there's a lot there to get to the point where you actually record it and play it. So why that song in then and why would you write that? Yeah, we were just talking about that. It's a funny thing because it was like, you know, I'd made a ton of mistakes and burnt so many bridges at the time and was just definitely headed down a horrible path in my life. And at the time, my girlfriend of seven years, you know, like the song says, was breaking up with me.

We lived together and she was leaving the house. And she had been gone for a couple days. I went to stay with her parents or something like that and came back to grab some stuff and was leaving again. And in that couple of days that she was gone, I was, you know, sitting on the couch and I think I was just like super hung over from, you know, just binge drinking and partying and stuff. And I sat down and I wrote that song and I kid you not, I wrote it in maybe like 15, 20 minutes, just like scribbled down a bunch of stuff. A lot of the stuff doesn't really rhyme as much as, you know, it's just thoughts, really. And then I've been playing that riff for a long time. You know, I wanted to do something with that riff.

By the way, he's playing guitar himself. He doesn't have a player with him. He's playing guitar. So that was something that I'd been playing for a while, and I just kind of put the story of, you know, my reflectiveness at the time. It was like, looking at the dust settling everybody gone, and you're just kind of there by yourself.

And it's like, oh, I may have screwed up a little bit and, you know, how can I fix this? And a song definitely doesn't fix things right then and there because I tried and she didn't really care about to hear the song at the time. You know, but over time performing that song, especially at first, at first, when, like, are you like, I'm going to sing this song about me? And then it's like, here I am, knowing I'm struggling and sad and alone. I don't know, I don't know. Now I would just feel like that would be, if you haven't done it a lot, like, here are my guts. Look at them. I think that's what I always tried to do in music and maybe 23. It just does that in a little bit more of a upfront and more blunt way of saying, like, hey, this is what it is. But I think that's kind of what I try to do with all my music is. write about stuff that makes you feel, you know, and gives you the feels. And so the listener hopefully can say, oh yeah, I'm that guy in this song. And to me, that's for the greatest

song. I'm like, I'm this guy in this song right now. And it's like a little movie in your head when you're driving in your truck listening to music, you know. That's kind of what music is for me. So I think it's cool. Chase Beckham's here. We've got five uncomfortable questions from listeners. Are you ready for them? Oh, yeah. Why does Chase spell his name weird? Ask my mama. Yeah. Because it's C-H-A-1. Y-C-E. Have you ever asked her what that's about? She said she got it from a book. Do you know which book?

A naming book. Oh, got it. You know, like a... Got it, got it, got it. I guess my name was supposed to be Mickey. That was supposed to be my name. I like Chase. My uncle wanted to name his son, Mickey.

So it was like this conflict of interest, and my mom just picked a name out of a book, and that's what it was. Which, by the way, I'm going for memory here. You have four siblings. Are they all sisters? Yeah. Yeah, that's right. I got four sisters. that's that's a lot that's a lot that's a lot I mean I was talking about all women for a lot of most of my life so with my mom my son my grandma but that's a lot of that and then all their friends do you know how to like braid hair because that for a while I could do that stuff pretty good I'm pretty bad yeah yeah good for you know all the brother stuff yeah last job before this I worked at United Rentals I was a driver for we had equipment you know that kind of stuff for construction stuff

sites. I deliver equipment. Have you ever fished with Luke? Yeah, fished with him. I don't want to say a bunch, but we fished together quite a bit. How much did you make winning American Idol? Like, do they give you a check? Yeah. I mean, I know the answer to this, but you can answer it. It's not much. You know, it's not much. They don't give you a million dollar check if everybody wants to know. No, there's not a million dollars. There's 990,000. You get all your money, you know, doing other stuff. And then finally, what's the story with John Stamos? Have you met John Stamos? Yeah, I met John Stamos.

What was that? Is there a story? I don't know. These are the listener questions. I thought John Stamos was a really nice guy. And he gave me this bracelet that I still have. That's the story for me. That's a good enough story for me.

He was cool, man. I mean, that's Uncle Jesse. Like a bracelet off his own wrist or he just carries? He gave us all one. It was kind of routine in a sense where he had a bunch of them, and I was handing him out. But I kept mine. I still have it.

I would change that story. He only had one. His grandma gave to him before she died and said, give this to one person that you really, and he gave it to me. I wish it was that cool because that's what I thought it was when I was walking away.

And everybody else had one. I was like, oh. Chase, I'm rooting for you, man. You definitely, you know, great singer, great story that I think a lot of people relate to. Like, I like you. I don't know what else to say

except, you know, just keep pushing along. You've worked this hard to get to work even harder now. Yeah, we're still going. I appreciate you, you know, taking the time. And it's good to see you, man.

And thank you guys for listening to me. Well, no, they put your plugs in when we were doing. They changed the station. They were flipping over to... What did you guys? What did you guys? No.

All right. Chase, good to see you, buddy. And hopefully we'll see you really soon when this song is like killing it, okay? Hopefully. All right. There is. Chase Beckham, everybody.

It's time for the good news. With producer Eddie. Yeah, home there's something good. DeMario Davis is an Air Force veteran and he's shopping at Walmart with his son. When he notices there's a customer who's angry and he's got a knife in his hand, he's threatening other customers and employees.

So DiMario, he thinks quick. He sees one of those stanchions, you know, that's like separating lanes or whatever. He grabs the pole. What's it called? Stansion? Never heard of that. Yeah. That's like at the movie theater, you know, you walk through the stanchions.

The pole with the rope. Uh-huh. That's a stanchion? Yeah. Wow, you learn something. You're going to be inspired very well. So he grabs that heavy pole and he nails the guy in the back of the head. The knife falls out.

Another customer grabs the knife. They keep the guy down until cops show up. Man, they are heroes. And DeMario, here he is. He's talking about how. If you're in this situation, this is how you do it. If you have the heart in you, I would suggest it just to try to save lives. You know what I said?

Law enforcement can't do it all by themselves all the time. They're not there. If you're a concerned citizen and you see something happening, I would suggest you probably try to step up and help. It's a great video. It's awesome. You see the video of the guy at Guitar Center tackling the guy? No.

And putting him in like a lock, like a UFC lock. As he was like shoplifting. This guy saved a live because he had a knife. but I'm just thinking of the videos that are cool. There are a couple of them. The guy tries to steal the guitar center. And this dude, I don't know if he has some training. I didn't read the whole article.

I just read the headline, watch a video and checked out. But he jumps on him and like leg wraps him and holds them. Oh, that's cool. He had some kind of training. There's another video, which we talked about on the show. It was that like Circuit. Maybe Circuit City doesn't exist. Or Best Buy where they look like they're trying to steal like I.

Oh, yeah. It's Best Buy where the whole employees, they form a little wall. It's like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Playing defense, like football. Really? Yeah, and they're like line. They look like linebackers. They're like, let's go, baby.

Wow. Awesome. All the cameras, except for Big Brother watching every move. Cameras are cool, huh? That's a great story, though, Eddie. Yeah, thank you. All right, that's what it's all about. That was tell me something good.

A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care which I'm saying. Yep, that's me. Clever Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media.

Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment, and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast.

It's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to the Clifford show on the IHeard radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes,

follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. American Soccer is about to explode. The World Cup is coming. Ramers sending on to Ernie Stewart the Chip. I'm Tab Ramos. I'm Tom Boke. On our podcast, Inside American Soccer, you'll get the real storylines.

I'm not worried about Policic. I'm not worried about Balagan. I'm not worried about McKinney. My only concern is what happens in the back. The biggest decisions. If you're going to look at stats and numbers, he has no shot at making this World Cup team. And the truth about the U.S. national team.

It wouldn't be a huge surprise if our team ends up in the quarterfinals or potentially a great run into the semifinals. The World Cup is almost here. Experience it all with us. Listen, Inside American Soccer with Tom Bogart and Tab Ramos on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcast. If you are a founder or a freelancer or the friend who always says,

hey, you know what, what if I started that? This is for you. I'm telling you I had nothing to my name. I didn't know a single person in New York. And somehow I'm dressed by Oscar de Lorenta walking down that red carpet. This month, we sit down with entrepreneurs and creators who actually did it, who turned the scary leave into a business, a paycheck, and a life they are proud of.

Direct center of our happiness or our regrets is whether or not we're taking action on the things that matter to us. They're not selfish. They're so important. They actually lead to our greatest contributions because when we're living fulfilled, we actually show up better everywhere. We lead better. We're better friends. We're better relationships and collaborators and all those things because we have passion about the things we're doing. If you're trying to build something of your own this year, join us in these conversations that will make you braver and smarter with your mom. money. Listen to Dos Amigos as part of the Michael Tutta podcast network available on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

Dolly Parton's birthday today, Dolly is timeless. I don't think I would know how old she was unless it was in front of me. Because she seems 50 and 90 at the same time. Yeah. Like she seems like she's been around forever, but she also has the spunk still that I'm like, maybe I'm guessing too old. How old do you think Dolly is, Amy? Oh, man.

I know. Timeless. Dolly's timeless. Right. So I'll go with 80? Eddie? 75. Lunchbox?

I talked about my, what is? My wife the other night and I said, 73. She has to be 73 years old. She's 77. Oh. Oh. Okay. Happy birthday, Dolly Parton.

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born January 19th, 1946, and a one room cabin on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in Pittman Center, Tennessee. What do you think Dolly's number one streaming song is of all time? Amy? I will always love you. That comes in at number four. From 1974, I Will Always Love You, a song she wrote, recorded.

Did not know Whitney had recorded it really until she was driving in her car and heard it come on the radio. Yeah, awesome. She told us that story here on this show. Lunchbox, Dolly's biggest, most streaming song. There's only two options here. And the number one song is Islands in the Stream. Islands in the Stream number three. 1982 with Kenny Rogers.

Also was a pop song. Pick the wrong one. It was so big. Eddie, they're doing. two songs still. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's Dolly's birthday. What is her biggest streaming song?

Bones, I believe it's going to be, uh, let's go Jolene. Number two, Jolene. That's crazy you guys did that. 1974, Jolene, her number one streaming song, Forever, All Time, 1980, 9 to 5. The one on top five we didn't get to is Here You Come Again.

So here are some things we learned about Dolly over the years in our interviews with her, our top five here. At number five, we talked to Dolly, and she revealed to us what she requires on her tour bus. Here you go. They usually just start. I just need water or like fruit, like a fruit plate, like cheese and fruit. But that's more for people that come in and out for myself. I just have mostly what I want on my bus anyway. At number four, Dolly told us she will write songs everywhere, and sometimes they'll come to her in a dream.

If I'm taking a bath, I always got either a little tape recorder or something. something where I don't even want to forget that line. And I'll sometimes dream song. Really? Wake up and say, you better write it down because I used to think I'd remember, but you don't. So it's best to do, you know, to write it then. Number three, Dolly told us she doesn't like to fly. If it's absolutely possible, she travels by bus.

I don't like to fly. I get motion sickness. I don't like that helpless feeling that I can't get out if I want to. I travel by my bus when I can. And when I do fly, we usually fly private jet. It's really hard doing commercial anymore just because it's. soul, such a zoo. I just take my bus anytime I can. Dolly talked about writing Jolene and I will always love you on the same exact day. In 1972, I think I wrote it. At the same time I wrote

Jolene, that was a good writing day. You wrote this to the same day. Yeah, I believe so. It was writing that writing period of time because I remember all my paperwork and like they came out pretty close, you know, at the same time. So everybody said, boy, what was you taking? That was a good, that was a good writing day. And this was what I was talking about earlier. So Dolly was, you know, super popular with I Will Always Love You from 1974. And they had reached out and said, hey, can we use I Will Always Love You for the movie, The Bodyguard? And she goes, yes, but then she heard nothing about it. That was just it. She just said yes. And away they went. And then, boom. So I sent it. And I hadn't heard anything more about it until I heard it driving from my office to my house in Brentwood.

I just heard Whitney saying, if I did the acapella part and it was just, it wasn't ringing the trap. I thought, well, that's weird. And it was only when she went into the course of it that I will always love you that I realized what I was listening to. And it was so overwhelming.

I almost read. And I have to honestly say that is one of the biggest thrills and one of the most overwhelming feelings I've ever had about anything in my life. So cool. It's so cool that Dolly comes in about once a year and we just get to sit down and do this.

And every year we celebrate a birthday by talking about the coolest things about her, but she, it's like her, I can list them on one hand, basically. Reba, Garth, maybe just those three, where you meet them and you go, oh, like I can't describe it,

but it makes sense they're massive superstars. Obviously you have to be talented, but it's how they communicate, it's how warm they are, it's how approachable they are, while still being a superstar. And Dolly's the best. It's awesome.

It's been super cool to get to know Dolly. over the years. Happy birthday dolly, 77 today. Everybody knows Eddie the dad. We love him. His kids even sing the song about Eddie the dad. But what if a dad, on a moment's notice, turns into a hero. Hero! Eddie, tell us what happens. Guys, look, I'm not a hero. But look, that's what a hero says. That's what a hero says. I'm not a hero. I was driving home and I saw like a group of kids and it looked like they had just gotten off the bus.

So it's like a bus stop or whatever. And something wasn't right. And they're all huddled around something. And the closer I get, I notice there's a fight going on. So what do I do? I pull the car over. I get out. I make a big, I honk, do it.

Open the door, slam it. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, break it up. Break it up. Oh, yes. You jump out into the pile of kids. You wrist your own safety? As soon as I said, break it up, they all looked. Oh, my gosh.

And they all scattered like cats. And the two that were like on the ground wrestling, I was about to grab the guy that was on top. He was definitely winning. And he kind of gets up and like, oh, there we've got to go. We got to go. We got to go. And they all split.

And it was just me and the one that was kind of on the ground. He's like, oh, man. Thank you. Thank you. And then he starts off. I'm like, are you good? Are you good? I'm fine.

He runs off. And the guy that was beating him up yells, we're not done, bro. You just got saved. Oh, no. You probably saved his life, though. Yes. So I'm like, wow, that was crazy, full of adrenaline. But then I started thinking, like, did I ruin it for the kid?

Like, is now the bully or whoever was winning that fight going to find him? Like, did he get beat up 10 minutes after I left? Like, I felt like a hero at that moment. I think he saved the kid's life. I think he saved the kid's life. And I'd like to commend you. Wow. You stopped your car. You jumped into action.

You risked your own safety, which is, you didn't think about it. It was instinct. Guys, when you're a dad and you see kids fighting, like, you just do what you do. It was instinct. I just, you know, felt I had to do that. There were no other adults around. No, it's like they had just gotten off the bus. They all had their backpacks on one.

He was just pounding the other kid. Oh, yeah. Like, one was definitely winning the fight. Nothing says like you're an old grumpy man. breaking up a kid's fight. You have no relation to these kids. You let them fight. You let them handle their business. You don't know what that... You should stop two kids from beating the crap out of each other. You don't know what that kid did to the other kid. Like maybe he's spit in his face and so the guy punched him. You breaking it up. Get out of your. That is none of your business.

Drive on by. Leave them alone. Not a hero? No. I think you're a hero. Look, man, I just, you know, I did what I felt I had to do. I'm not a hero though guys. I hear you. I'm just a hero says though. Look, I'm just a dad. You're basically like the guy who landed the plane. The 19 year old, 18 year old guy? No, and the Hudson. Sully? Oh, Captain Sully. You're the Sully of the Bobby Bone show.

Wow, wow. Wow. Thank you. Thank you guys. Wow. It's a little different. Yeah, yeah, Eddie. Hero! Wow. Have you guys seen, speaking to jumping into action, have you guys watched Kai the knife-wielding hitchhiker on Netflix? No, I've heard it's crazy. What is that?

The knife wielding... It's not a show. It's a documentary, but it's one. It's a movie, but it's like an hour. He's real? Yeah. He was a meme. He's a real dude.

Dang. And you probably would see him, maybe recognize him. But what was happening was... I'm just going to tell you the very beginning of it because I don't want to spoil anything. But back in the day, Kai, as we got to know him, because he was on Jimmy Kimmel, he was everywhere. He saw a guy run a car into a dude.

pin him up against, like, his work truck and start to call him racial slurs. Oh. So he's got him pinned, screaming at him. And so Kai, who is, like, a homeless guy. But, like, just a young, like a, I don't even know the truck. He's just moving around the country. Like a nomad? Yeah.

But the show's called Kai, the Knife-Fielding Hitchhiker. So he's moving all the way across the country. He takes a hatchet out and just starts whacking the guy who pinned the guy with a car. And he got very famous because of it. I've never heard of that. That's on Netflix. That's crazy. You should watch it. It's good. Okay. And it's only a one-timer. And it's basically an episode of any other show, that length, an hour, hour 15. It was 100% on Rotten Tomatoes as far as the reviewers. And people didn't give it as high of a score, but I really enjoyed it.

So did he get in trouble for doing that? I'm not talking about anything because you need to watch it. I don't want to say anything. All right. But he got very famous. Wow. But he pulled a hatchet out and went to town on the guy who was driving the car, who pinned the guy up against the truck. And it's his story about how famous he got. grossy story. So watch it. It's Kai, the knife-fielding hitchhiker. Eddie, you're basically Kai.

No, he's not. Eddie did nothing but interrupt some kids' drama. Like, stay out of it. Do you go to the middle school playground and make sure no one's doing anything? Leave me alone. That would be weird. Not purposefully. Maybe you want to patrol it though today, just to see.

Just in case. A win is a win. A win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me. Clever Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football,

or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated.

One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment, and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast. It's a space. For honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger.

So, if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to The Clifford show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok podcast network on TikTok. American soccer is about to explode. The World Cup is coming. Ramos sending on to Ernie Stewart for Chip.

I'm Tad Ramos. I'm Tom Boe. On our podcast, Inside American Soccer, you'll get the real storylines. I'm not worried about Policic. I'm not worried about Balagan. I'm not worried about McKinney. My only concern is what happens in the back. The biggest decisions. If you're going to look at stats and numbers, he has no shot at making this World Cup team. And the truth about the U.S. national team. It wouldn't be a huge surprise if our team ends up in the quarterfinals or potentially a great run into the semifinals.

The World Cup is almost here. Experience it all with us. Listen, Inside American Soccer with Tom Bogart and Tabramos on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcast. If you are a founder or a freelancer or the friend who always says, hey, you know what, what if I started that?

This is for you. I'm telling you I had nothing to my name. I didn't know a single person in New York. And somehow I'm dressed by Oscar de Laurenta walking down that red carpet. This month, we sit down with entrepreneurs and creators who actually did it, who turned this.

scary leave into a business, a paycheck, and a life they are proud of. Direct center of our happiness or our regrets is whether or not we're taking action on the things that matter to us. They're not selfish. They're so important. They actually lead to our greatest contributions because when we're living fulfilled, we actually show up better everywhere. We lead better. We're better friends. We're better relationships and collaborators and all those things because we have passion about the things we're doing. If you're trying to build something of your own this year, join us in this conversation. that will make you braver and smarter with your money.

Listen to Dos Amigos as part of the Mycultura podcast network available on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Tomorrow, actress, Anna Kendrick is on the show. And then Monday, Hardy will be performing here on the show. Let's go. We've got a couple good days. I tried to get them to coming together, but they didn't know each other. So it didn't work.

They were like, who is that? Anna Kendrick tomorrow, Hardy, a voicemail now from Kim and Virginia. Hi, Bobby Bone Show. I have a morning corny for Amy. And my favorite joke ever, what do you call a sleepwalking nun? A Roman Catholic. Laffy-taffy joke there. Man, Laffy Taffy's.

You talk about a trip down memory lane. I used to buy those things. I didn't really care about the jokes as much. I loved a laughy taffy. Yeah, they're good. Because they lasted a long time. Yeah, and I love taffy. I don't know.

I love, I love, like, you go in there, like, homemade taffy. I don't know what home it came from. It's always good, because you feel like a grandma made. Like somebody like, yeah. I don't even like salt water, but I like saltwater. Here's Amy's pile of stories. Bobby, have you seen it online, especially on TikTok, when people slice of a potato, put it in the bottom of their sock, put their sock on and go to sleep?

Yeah. And I think Morgan did this too. Was there a potato you did? No, it was onions. Okay, so I think people are just grabbing random vegetables to make TikToks. And apparently it either sucks stuff out of your foot or makes... Toxins. Okay.

There is no way this works. Well, people are swearing that they've tried all these other things, but a remedy for their illness, like flu or whatever, was the potato and the socks. Once box when your hangy-bang was hurting in the back of your throat, what fruit did you put in your body? Nothing. I put a steroid shot and some... antibiotic. Or what vegetable or whatever. Yeah, I did not do any of this

potato onions or tomatoes in my sock. I do think Lunchbox has launched. Well, Lunchbox and Eddie together because they brought this to me for different reasons. The hangy-bang-y is kind of now the official name of that thing in your throat. Lunchbox has called it that his whole life. And Eddie told me the night before we talked about it, lunchbox keeps calling this thing hangy-bang-you. We got to talk about it on the show. And Eddie was so mad about it. He is so angry. No, but you were so mad. You were angry at him because you thought he was stupid for questioning that it's medical real term was hangy-banggy. You were both mad at each other. And now we're all calling it.

It's the hangy-banging. It is. It is the hangy-bang-y. It is the hangy-bang-y, for sure. But I don't believe the potato in the sock thing works. Which you would be correct because experts are having to come out of the woodworks to be like, hey, it's discoloring because you've sliced it and then it's exposed to air, and then your body heat, and it causes enzymatic browning. There was somebody used to not, they come to the door. I mean, it's probably when I was, right before I left Austin. When I used to answer the door and not worry about getting murdered.

And so, yeah, hello. Hey, I got a special state-of-the-art vacuum cleaner I'd like to show you. And I was single. And I was very clean at the time. A little less now OCD about cleanliness because the dogs, they have two dogs now. And I was like, this one's different.

He goes, oh, absolutely, it's water powered. It's a state-of-the-a-beda-beda. Come on in. Invited him into my house like an idiot. It's like got a big tub, like a bucket tub, and there's a hose that comes out. And he's like, okay, check this water up. Pours the water in from the sink. It's clear, clean.

He puts it in. He goes, watch this. Pulls the water out, water's dirty. And he's like, look how much dirt that I was able to get from your house. He goes, it's a pretty clean house. Do you generally feel like it's clean here? Absolutely, I do. Well, not so much, my sir.

And I'm like, wow, so I bought the dang thing. I never got the water that dirty again. I don't know how I was had, but it feels like that potato. Because I would go, one of my friends, I don't remember who it was. One of my friends came over was like, watch how dirty this is. I said, looks clean here, doesn't it? Yeah, watch. Now look at the water, pulled up, it's still clean.

You can drink. I couldn't do the magic trick. It's terrible. I get suckered. I don't even know how that happened. But the potato, same thing. There's something, it's not the toxins. It's obviously the air.

And if you leave a potato out, even not on your foot, it gets dirty looking. Yes. Yes. Okay, go ahead. All right. So, Bobby, let's say you're quitting a, job, do you give two weeks notice? What notice do you prefer? Yes, you're supposed to. Here's my problem. I've always had a problem with two weeks notice because if you're leaving because of something

that you feel is toxic, you should just be able to leave, right? And maybe it affects any sort of severance or not. Some jobs have it, some don't. But why if I'm not in a place that's good for me, do I have to give them notice? Why don't they give me notice? Sometimes they're going to fire me in two weeks. Oh, that's a good one. I'm just saying it's not all equal. So I've always had a problem. with a generic two weeks notice. Now, if you enjoyed it and you need the recommendation, or maybe not even enjoyed it, if you feel like I really need this person

to not say I sucked in my next job, there's a reason to hang around if they need the help. Now, if I were firing somebody, let's say today I was going to pull you in my office and fire you. It would never happen in a million years. A plus, you're the best. I would go, hey, we're going to have to let you go, but today's your last day,

even though we're going to pay you out. Because I don't want you, who knows what you're up to. Especially you, you know? What? What does that mean? I don't know. But I just wouldn't want somebody here for two weeks either.

Right. Well, listen, when I quit my job, like, I don't know, 16, 17 years ago to join this show, I went in and sat down, handed an official resignation letter. I worked for two more weeks. And that's great because you had a wonderful relationship with them. And you felt like, you know what, I respect them? It's been a great job. I'll give them two weeks to find somebody else.

But if it sucks, no way. I'm out. Well, I bring that up because that's what's trending is the no two weeks notice based on that thinking of like, hey, when you get fired, you're kind of out. Yeah, give me two weeks. You're going to fire me. Let me know. Hey, Eddie, two weeks, I'm going to call him off if I can get fired.

Two weeks. Here's your two weeks notice. That would be terrible. It would be terrible. I know. But if you have two weeks to go try to find a job. Right. It isn't fair.

It's almost like when college athletes couldn't leave, but a coach could. A coach could just go take another job, but college athletes couldn't leave at all. And you're like, wait, that ain't. They can't. I didn't know that. And it was only because of old standards that were created a long time ago. All right, tough standard. What else?

Someone ranked the 25 best country debut singles of all time. So that means an artist. This is the first song they've ever put out into the world. And boom, smash it. It's good. So I don't know the top of the list, but is my church from Marin Morris on there? I am only looking at the top 10 and it's not in there. Wow.

That song was not a number one for her. But man. So good. It was like a jam. Not a cannibal. Boom. What's that one called? Ruckingball.

That was a wrecking ball for her. And everybody, it was like, here she is. Boom! It was awesome. All right, five, go. Ake-Brakey Heart. Don't tell my heart. Billy Ray Cyrus.

I guess I was too young. I do remember the song. I remember being on pop radio. I remember walking into Parthina's General Store because we used food stamps there to buy hamburgers. And they had an achy-brachy-breaky-heart sweater. And I remember trying to buy it with food stamps and she wouldn't let me. Oh.

I was like, come on, I'll give you like five bucks extra in food stamps. And she would not let me buy an achy-breaky-heart, like, sweater. hoodie. Alright what else? Brooks and Dunn, brand new man. That's her first song? Wow. I had no idea what their first song was. I'm surprised that their first song was a big old smash. Back in the day, they were kind of warmly brought in and not just, wow, here they are.

Or what else? Cruz, Florida Georgia Line. That song was massive before they even signed a record deal. It so came out of nowhere that they were able to have a hit and then negotiate a record deal with a hit. Well, that's legit. which gave them a lot of leverage of money. I remember hearing it because I heard Taylor Swift say something about it. And so then that's when I checked it out.

I was like, oh, this is so good. Which, speaking to Taylor, she's at number two with Tim McGraw. Really good. What's number one? Is it old or new? Old. Like, what, can you give me a decade? 2000s.

Oh, that's not old. I was like a Johnny Cash. Oh, sorry, 2001. None of these are, all of these are in the 90s. Oh, I didn't know. 90s, 2000s. Chicken fried. Oh, man, that's a good...

Come on. That's a great answer. That's their first song. Okay, number one... Chicken fried's at 9, by the way. Okay. And then Mary Morris was at 11. Okay.

Number one... Let me think. Guy or girl? Guy. From the 90s. Mm-hmm. Give me another hint. Hair.

Oh, Austin. Yeah, Blake Sheldon. Dang. Nice box. Great job. That's it. Just hair. You got it.

I was going to say Mullet, but that would have given me. Great job. Oh, I was going to say. I mean, out of nowhere. Home town. Holy crap. I can't believe he got that. Wow.

Yeah, Austin was good. Austin was great. Austin was really good, but then it became great as Blake got bigger. And it's so clever. Man, some beach was good, too. Yeah, that's good. I like honeybee, though. That was Amy's pile of stories.

It's time for the good news. With Bobby. Tell me something good. Glen Lake Elementary School, it's a small school in Minnetonka, Minnesota. It's about 500 kids there, and there are eight kids that have a wheelchair, and they have a playground that they thought was accessible and inclusive. There was a ramp, and the ramp doesn't quite work anymore, but these kids in one specific classroom, teacher Betsy Julian's fifth grade class,

they're like, this playground isn't easy for a bit of play. If you can walk, if you can run, if you're in a wheelchair, we want the swings and the merry-go-round. We want the ramp to work. So they started raising $300,000. That was a goal. Well, somebody jumped in and goes, here's $200,000 as an anonymous donation.

Wow. Anonymous as could be. So we know for a fact that wasn't lunchbox because he would never do anything anonymously. Yes. So, but they're still raising $100,000. That's their goal. And so they've set up a go fund me.

Glen Lake PTO. So you can go search that out if you want to be a part of this. But Glenn Lake PTO is they, these kids, these fifth graders, try to raise $100,000 to build this playground for everybody in school so that everybody can play, which is, I think, fantastic. And if they're kids and they're doing it, that's amazing. That is what it's all about.

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