The Bobby Bones Show - THURS PT1: Another Country Artist Fell At Bobby's House + Bobby Wants To Start His Own Nation + Baller Or Buffoon? Guy Gets Private Jet to Bring Him A Sandwich!

Episode Date: February 20, 2025

Bobby shares that another A-List country artist fell at his home studio yesterday. Bobby found out about a nation that exists inside of the United States which motivates him to want to start his own. He gives his outlines to what the rules of the country would be. Lunchbox brings a story of a guy who paid for a private plane just to bring him a cheesesteak. Is he a baller of a buffoon?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Come on, buddy. Hi, welcome to Thursday show. studio. Morning. So remember when Sarah Evans fell at my house? Oh yeah. So we had Sarah Evans on the show. We were recording with her. And it was an old chair that we had. They're like from like 1930. I have them because they look cool. But we're like, hey, be careful. And she sat kind of hard, dumped over. We've talked about it on the show. Funny, but only funny now because she was okay. Yeah, totally okay. And she was a great sport. And so Luke Bryan was at the house five or six days ago, doing something. And he came back yesterday. So it's like two in a week. And when he was there a few days

ago, I was like, hey, be careful in this chair. Because if you sit down really hard, and Luke is a big guy. Luke is 6-2. If he's wearing cowboy boots, he's 6-4. He's a big dude. And so he comes over yesterday, and I guess I probably should have reminded him. And again, he's a big dude. He definitely is bull in the china shop sometimes in the best ways. And he sits down and boom. thing. Wipes out. He falls back. Goes hard. Boom. Not only that. Again, I should have said something to him. Not only that. Like, he's, like the, like the legs ripped out of the bottom of the chair. So now I have to, I just have to put new chairs there. Yeah. That's, this is a sign. But no. They're cute, but. No, it's not a sign. It's not because I've had the conversation, hey,

but if you don't sit hard, it's not an issue. Sarah Evans was leaning back. She was doing the thing where you, We do when we get in a chair and we lean back and sometimes you just fall over. So she leaned back more than it was the old chair. Right. Luke definitely sat hard and the old chair died of slow death. Did what the old chair would do. Yeah. And then he's like, I'll just keep sitting in it.

I'm like, dude, the legs are broken at the bottom. And he's like, I don't care. I'm like, you're going to have to hold your core for an hour. About 30 minutes in, I could tell he was like, oh, man. Because it was like balancing the whole chair. So that'll end up being on a bobby cast. but yeah the chair RIP chair

those were great chairs yeah I know they were so cool it took two victims though it did take too when Luke fell though he fell like such an athlete because he went over

and like tucked and got tight and went boom and Luke and I are friends so I laugh I mean I laughed did he have a drink in his hand because what was impressive about Sarah

she was holding coffee and most of it stayed in her like it went up the mug but then back into the mug pretty amazing it's like when it's like when someone jumps in the water from a boat and they have a beer in their hand.

They hold it out. Yeah. Or if they get like thrown in the water and they still have their beer out, that's kind of what she was doing with coffee. But yeah, so rest in peace to the chair and Luke sat there in Hillless Corps for another 30 minutes. Wow. Oh, I mean, we probably did an hour and 20 minutes. It wasn't even another 30 minutes. We probably did another 50 because we got on something. And then, because we had told Luke it was going to be an hour because I had right after that hour a couple

interviews that I was doing where people were interviewing me about the Nashville live music thing that we're doing. It's a, it's in movie theaters all across the country coming up next month. And so I'm doing like a, I'm hosting it, but I'm doing this with three really famous songwriters. And like if you see it, the movie theater, they're like, uh, Phantom of the Opera. You can watch it live. You ever see those? Like it's a preview. Yeah. So we're doing like a Nashville songwriting night, but in theaters all across the country from here. And I had interviews where they were interviewing me about that. And so, I was like, we'll end here, because I'll go do that, and I'm sure you have stuff to do. And then at one point with like five minutes left, Luke's like, I got all time in the world,

let's keep going. And I'm like, weighing it. I'm like, man, I got to do these interviews. But also, like, Luke was on one and it was really good because he was just super comfortable. And so I like, I knew the people, because I've worked with them before, they were interviewing me. And I was like, possible to bump 15 minutes. So we did. So we did like an hour and 15 minutes, right?

It was good. And with Luke, we finish. And I go to Mike. I'm like, how was that? And he's like, it was good. I was like, it felt like it was all over the place because Luke just goes and he'll hit three topics. You didn't even ask him about it. Like, he's talking about French vanilla ice cream. And I was like, what do you think about country music? Like he gets somewhere completely different. So that'll be out in a few weeks. But even it was like him whenever American Idol came to him because Idol starts back, it's his

eighth year on it. And that's really where him and I became close too because I did four years on that show, but hearing how he didn't really want to do it at first because Idle had left Fox. It was rebooting on ABC. He was going to have to give up some touring dates because he made, if you believe, the reports at first, $10 million a year, but he had to give up a bunch of touring dates to do that. So it wasn't like it was 10 million made money. It was probably a couple million that he would have to be in California, so he was weighing all that. And he's like, it's not that I don't want to do the show, but it's not like they're going to have $10 million, and I'm like, wow, 10 million extra dollars. So we talked about that. And then, you know, calling Urban, who did Idol

on ABC, no, on Fox and calling Blake Shelton, who did the voice. So we talked about all that. And then I was like, is it weird that people know how much money you made? Because in this space, that really doesn't happen. And athlete world, it does happen because agents will spread that to, you know, congratulate themselves and it's kind of how the market's set. All that will be coming up soon. But yeah, Luke wiped down the chair. It's kind of awesome. Especially because he wasn't hurt.

He wasn't hurt. Yeah, that's the big takeaway. I'm drinking this apple drink. I won't say what the brand is. No free advertising. I hate apple as a flavor. It's the worst flavor. Like sour apple?

Apple's the worst. It may be because it's green. Maybe if it was red, I might like it more because I like the flavor of red. I don't like apple anything. My wife and I were to place last night and they were like, do you want to, I think it was an olypop? And it was like, what flavors do you have? And they were like, we have crisp apple.

And then this is apple? That's the worst fruit flavor. Name a fruit flavor of something that you drink or candy that's worse. Grape. No, grape is great. It's good. Oh, I prefer apple juice over grape juice all day long. I don't mind apple juice so much.

I'm talking about when something's flavored apple. Yeah, I want an apple jolly rancher over. a grape jelly rancher. Okay. I think you're in the minority there, but it is your taste. Really? What, you heard these? Oh, grapes's great. Yeah. It's awesome. Grape's good, but apple, I mean... You guys like Apple? Apple's good, too. I mean, I'm not saying... I don't really know any other...

I can't think of any other one that's bad. Also, cherry? I don't like peanut butter, so most people do. That's weird. I would say peach-flavored stuff is pretty bad. I like peach. I either love peach. I don't like peach drinks. Yeah, peach drinks are terrible. And I love peaches. One of my favorite fruits behind watermelon.

But yeah, you're right. Peach drinks are bad. You know they make big red? They make a big peach. Worst drink ever. Ugh, I didn't know that. That sounds disgusting. And I love peaches.

Morgan walked in with no glasses on today. Yeah. How's your disease? I'm still dealing with it. But a hat is also a similar. She said, as long as I have a hat or glasses on, I'm okay. Why? What's the deal?

It just helps protect the light from hitting my eyes too much because the eyes are connected to all of that. So I'm doing better, but I'm not in the clear yet. So I'm just trying to allow my body to keep adjusting. So when you wake up and you have this, what's it called again? Vertigo. Well, it's called BPPV. So vertigo is a symptom.

And my diagnosis is BPPV, which is a positional vertigo. Got it. So vertigo is what happens because of whatever BPVV is. BPPV, yeah. For example, my butthole hurts, but it's only because I have IBS. So if someone's like, what do you have? Well, I have a hurt butthole today. Right.

Well, why? We'll have IBS. It's an issue. So that's the same. Your vertigo is my hurt butthole. Okay. Yep, we can roll with that. So when you wake up, do you know how bad it's going to be as soon as you wake up?

Or do you have to like walk around before you go, okay, today is a 7 out of 10? It definitely gets progressively better throughout the day. Waking up, I won't have the best idea because this last time when it happened to me was rolling over in bed. So I'm kind of afraid when I wake up. I'm just not sure what I'm going to open up my eyes and feel like. Have you watched those POV videos on TikTok? I have been. That may help them.

It may help vertigo. Those make me feel better, at least, that I don't have like the black plague. Yeah, it's like they're all bad now. You guys watching them? Eddie, you watch them? You send me a couple that were awesome, but I haven't like gotten my, my algorithms not feeding me yet. The black plague is, it sucks, but it's like cool to watch. You lived through that?

I lived through all of them. No, I think I died most of them. I watched Chernobyl. I worked at Chernobyl yesterday. Oh my. Yeah, it exploded. I lived a day as Michael Jackson, and it was the only thing I played with was a monkey. That's good.

Yeah, you wake up as Michael Jackson and you walk through a day of that. You were worried about what you were going to do. Yeah, I was like, I don't know how this is going to end. So, but I got through that. I was a doctor from the 1400s that specialized in the plague. And they had, they wore big, like a bird mask back then. Like their masks had a big nose, like a bird nose. I did that yesterday in POV.

It's pretty cool. You sent me the Challenger one. That was kind of sad. Oh, man. Like the Explo. I was an astronaut on the Challenger, 1986. Mm-hmm. I only know that.

So did it explode? Yeah, it did. You get in it. But it starts like, ah, waking up, cup of coffee with your crew, and then to the end of the day. Oof. That's terrible. Yeah, most of them are sad now that I think about it. I never seen Chernobyl, like the documentary or whatever or the show.

Is it good? Yes. Because, I mean, you send me the POV and I'm like, well, I don't really know what's going on here. And then I saw the end. I'm like, well, I need to watch this whole story. And it's only four or five episodes or something like that. It's a limited series. There's no season two because it doesn't exist for season two.

Where was that? Another country? Yeah. I don't remember. Chernobyl. It's in Chernobyl. I know how to say it, but I'm saying like maybe Germany-ish. What's not in America?

Okay. Ukraine. Got it. Ukraine. in one of those Sourcruck And what was it Like a power player?

Nuclear yeah Yeah It was a nuclear accident That was in 1986 Was the Challenger in 86 as well? I think so What a crappy year of true Yeah they both were

Chernobyl and the Challenger explosion Was 1986 Yeah you'd like it It's sad I mean you won't like what happened But you would like it Because it's very historic And it's also good

So you feel smarter After you watch it It's only five episodes we started watching, and I wouldn't do this on Tuesday, Reviews Day, we started watching a show called The Capture. Peacock has nailed it with a couple shows. They have, if you haven't watched the Day of the Jackal, it's awesome. And I finished that and talked about that on Tuesday or Reviews Day.

Day of the Jackal is freaking A-plus. You watch that? And the Capture is British as well, so it's not in English, it's in British. So partial English, partial what the heck they just say? It's super cool. there's two seasons of it and it's about a soldier and like it starts where he's convicted of murder in Afghanistan and he's in court trying to prove it wasn't his fault

and then it kind of goes into some really cool places but that show's really good and Callum Turner plays the soldier and he is Duolipa's fiance that's where I know him from more than... She has a fiancé? Uh-huh. Didn't know that. Hey, dude, give up the times, ma'am. Hey. So what else is on Peacock? The Dei the Jackal, which is A-plus. And then the capture. Which is...

The new suits show is going to be on there too. I never watch old suits, though. Wait. Is there a new season? Yeah, but it's suits L.A. Same people or no? No. All a new cast. Okay.

Well, I never watched old suits, so I guess I'm not disappointed or happy about it. So you can watch the new one and see if you like the new one. I go back to season one of the original. It's really good. You know, what's really good is it's not done yet. Are you watching Paradise? Oh, my God.

It's one of the best shows out. I think it's going to be. my favorite show. It's getting there for me too. Have you caught all the way up? Yes, all the way caught up. It's freaking awesome. It's on Hulu. Yes, and you can watch it on Disney too, because they're connected.

Oh, yeah. So can't do a full review, but it's not Tuesday Review Day, but that show I thought was going to be good. It took me places that I didn't expect to go, which definitely could have ruined the show because it's not exactly what it pitches itself as. But if they would pitched it as what it is. I think some people would have been turned off by it. Yeah. But I think once you

get into it, it's awesome. I'm obsessed with it. Me too. I've turned like my whole family onto it. It's my new, like, it's how I felt about silo season one. The guy that plays the main guy Xavier. Yeah, Sterling K. Brown. Who was in This Is Us. Oh yeah. He's so good in it. Yeah, it's awesome. So that's a few shows that I'm just in the middle of now that all three of them are awesome. Ah, David Jackal, we're done. But you guys would love that show. Have you not watched any of the White Lotuses? No, we almost started season one. I think when season one started, I'm not sure what year that was.

If you don't mind looking that up, there was some reason we didn't start season one. And because we didn't start season one, we never got into the other stuff. None of them are connected. So do you ever want to start it? You can watch them separate. Well, that's what she said too. She was like, we start season three, Caitlin. Okay.

I thought you're making a joke. Yeah, you can. Yeah. And I was like, if we're going to do it, let's start from season one. Yeah. Well. It's a good show. The girl, cool.

Jennifer Coolidge. Her, that's, I guess not. But there is some stuff in season one that. Yeah, we want to start out with season one if we're going to do it. Do you? Because they're all available. So 2001, what years is it now, 2025? I think my wife and I were still pretty new.

2001. Wait, 2001. Sorry, 2020. Oh, yeah. I was like, we were still pretty new. And that show is a bit irreverent. And I was like, we'll find some stuff that I, when you're kind of feeling each other out with what you're, Consumption is.

Yeah, yeah. So we didn't start it, but yeah, I think we'll do that next. I'm shocked at some of the stuff they show. And White Lotus? Yeah. You run to show recently. We can't talk about shows. I can't talk about shows.

You're on probation. You did. I did not. I think you did. You did. And it may be on today's show or was it on it? I didn't. Yeah.

You did. It's a true story. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. You're on probation again. Really? Yeah. I'm sorry.

You gave out some details. Oh, come on. Okay, we're going to go. Let's start the show. Thank you guys. Hey, what? Hope we didn't ruin Chernobyl for anybody. We didn't give any of the storyline.

We didn't even talk about what it was. Yeah, you said it was a nuclear explosion. That's what the whole show is about. And you told us the Challenger blew up. It's not even on the show. He's trying to invest. I'm just kidding. All right, we are here.

Thank you guys. Let's start the show. In 2023, former bachelor star Clayton Eckerd found himself at the center of a paternity scandal. The family court hearings that followed revealed glaring inconsistencies in her story. This began a years-long court battle to prove the truth. You doctored this particular test twice in so-ins, correct?

I doctored the test ones. It took an army of internet detectives to crack the case. I wanted people to be able to see what their tax dollars were being used for. Sunlight's the greatest disinfected. They would uncover a disturbing pattern. Two more men who'd been through the same thing. Greg Alespian and Michael Maranini. My mind was blown.

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Woo. Woo. My dad gave me the best advice ever. I went and had lunch with him one day. And I was like, and Dad, I think I want to really give this a shot. I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings.

I'm working my way up through, and I know it's a place that come look for up and coming talent. He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you, which is really sweet. Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved. Mm. and he's like, just give it a shot.

He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat. Just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be. Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck.

Listen to Thanks Dad on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me, Clifford 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 Podcast, or where you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok podcast network on TikTok. There's a country inside of the United States. I'm not talking about Washington, D.C., but its own country, the Melassia Nation. I saw it on TikTok. I looked it up. It exists. Here, hit it. Most Americans don't know that there's a country inside the United States. It has its own flag, currency, and even a dictator. Welcome to Melossia, hidden in the Nevada desert. Melasia was founded in 1977 by Kevin Baugh, who declared himself its supreme leader.

Covering just 11 acres, this tiny nation has its own laws, military, and even a national anthem. Melossia uses its own currency, the Valora, which is backed by cookie dough instead of gold. It also has a strict border policy, requiring visitors to go through immigration before entering. But here's the craziest part. Melossia is still technically at war with East Germany, a country that hasn't existed since 1990. It refuses to recognize the fall of the Berlin Wall. The U.S. doesn't officially recognize Melosia, but that hasn't stopped it from running like a real country. And this guy wears a Melosia military uniform when you go in?

It's the funniest thing I've ever seen. He has medals and sashes. Yeah, his own country. His own medals. Like, he's not even stealing valor. That's his own country. I'm ready for Bobbyville. Oh no.

If he can do Melassia, there's no reason I can't do Bobbyville. What? Wow, they refer to him as His Excellency. He gets a pick. It's 11 acres. I mean, that's a lot of land. That's what like somebody who lives 20 minutes out of town has. So I went over to chat, GBT.

I said, is Melasia Nation real? This is AI. Yes. The Republic of Melasia is a real micro-nation. but it is not officially recognized as an independent country by any government or international organization. And then it goes through Kevin Bao, who founded it in Dayton, Nevada. And again, he's basically just being funny. But the fact that you can go to this and people go and check out molossia, the tourist thing is hilarious.

And I'm ready for Bobbyville USA. Lunchbox. It has a signature drink. It's called the Molossilini, a non-alcoholic mix of Sprite, Grenadine, and pineapple juice. and you add cherries, slices of banana, orange, and pineapple, and onions and spinach are banned in that country because the president doesn't like them.

I'm in. And Bobbyville? No peanut butter. No onions. No mayonnaise. We're out with it. Now I know milk because I can't have any sort of dairy. Oh, no.

No milk. So if you guys want milk, no cows. No beef. We'll take beef. I'm going to tear up everything. I've learned. I'm going to tear up everything and our people are going to be richest crap.

Okay. But 11 acres is probably going to me and my wife. Does he have other people in this? Or is it just him? Are there like followers? He says he's a military. I don't think it's a cult. He has a first lady.

Oh, guys, there's a website. Now I'm on the website. Yeah, that's where I was. Are there other people there's a population of 40 people, 36 people and four dogs. And 11 acres? I guess the house is just a neighborhood then. You can see pictures of this whole thing online.

They have parades. They do parties. I was blown away. This guy put that much time into it. but hopefully in 2026 we'll have Bobbyville we'll have broken ground on our new country it says that

micro nations like Melasia are created for political expression artistic projects and other things but about Melosia it's up there the official website of the Republic of Melasia dang that dude's got to figure it out

it's pretty cool let's invade let's take it over let's invade Melassia right that's 30 people the people from Bobbyville invade Melosia Melossia and then I have two countries. That'd be awesome. Isn't that fun though? Oh my gosh. Yes. This is crazy.

I saw on TikTok. I was blown away. I was doing that and I was doing the POV videos. Have you guys done those yet? The point of view. Just do POV videos on TikTok later today. And I was in the Great Pyramids. I was a female worker in the time of the Great Pyramids. Oh, that's cool.

One, they wanted to show the Holocaust. So I was at Auschwitz, which was crazy. I know. That's not cool. I was at Pompey. the day the volcano exploded yesterday and I was an artist in the 1950s, a singer in in 1950s. And they're like a minute, minute and a half generated by AI and it shows you kind of what it would be like living then. Oh, you were busy. Yeah, between, well, you had a busy day.

I was getting IV last night so I don't get dehydrated. Oh, yeah, no. I was just sitting there I wasn't implying. No, you were. I'm lazy. No, it had nothing to do with you as a person. I just met all the different characters you were yesterday. Oh, that's good. I felt, I, I felt, I, I felt attacked, but you're right. You were not attacking me. That's how you filtered it. Absolutely. It went through. Totally on me. That was your, you already. That's my insecurity screaming out. Mm-hmm. Okay. Watch the PLV videos, though. You'll love them. They're awesome. Hello, Bobby Bones. I'm not sure that my ex knows what it means to be an ex. After what I thought were four great years, she dumped me out of the blue, saying she wasn't growing enough. Turns out there were three or four other guys out there she was growing with. What really sucks is that I had a great relationship with her son. And it was obvious the kid,

viewed me as a father figure. She knows this and still insists on trying to bring him over to my place to babysit while she goes out because she knows how much I like hanging out with him and he likes hanging out with me. But it's wildly unfair to the boy and to me to string him along like I'm still part of his life in that way. What's the best way to handle this? So far I've declined to babysit for her because of this and I think she owes it to her

son to be honest and tell him I'm not in the picture anymore. Signed, the co-parenting X. So I would encourage you to view this a bit different. And I'll just speak from someone who only had a mom for a lot of my life or only had a grandma for a lot of my life. When my mom was gone and my grandma was raising me and she adopted me. There were, I'll say, father figures that stepped in for two, three, six years at a time. If it was my youth director at church, if it was my football coach, Coach Gandalf, if it were my best friend in high schools, dad, whose name was Jerry, if it weren't for those guys to hop in and go, hey, I got you,

I'll be a father figure for a while, I would have had nothing. So it wasn't about there being a replacement dad or someone stringing me along, but I'm very lucky that these men knew the situation that I was in and made it a priority to them to make sure that I at least had someone like that I could lean on. So I would include that. encourage you to not look at it like you're the substitute dad. Now, she may just be using you for that. But if you really want to be a father figure for this kid, he's going to need it. She doesn't have someone that she's with now, obviously. And he'll probably need consistency. And you could be a version of that because I needed that. I had that. I think you could be that.

So don't look at it as in I'm going to show her. Look at it as I'm going to show him that if he needs a dude, I'm a dude he can be with. Unless you just don't want to do that. Because again, if it's not healthy for you, like, you think, well, I don't get to be his dad, so I don't want anything to do with it. Then that's okay. You get to put your boundary down. But if it's about him, he will need a father figure.

And you can step up and be one of those. You don't have to be the one, but you can definitely be one of those. That would be my advice to you. So it's all perspective. And mine is I'm very lucky for people like you, the co-parenting ex, that were there for me. take that and do what you want but i do say if it's just not for you you set a boundary and say no thanks but don't feel like you have to be his dad you can just be a part of his life in that role boom i just fix that i love fixing a problem

love fixing a problem all right there you go uh close it up watch watch what do you have baller or buffoon i'm scrolling the internet and i come across this video that's making the rounds of this dude he's in houston and he really wants a philly cheese steak from this place called pats in philadelphia And so he calls up a private company and he's like, hey guys, I'm just really craving this cheese steak and

this is what he says. I am craving a Philly cheese steak but I want it for my favorite spot and I want to get it here by dinner tonight. There's a restaurant in Philadelphia called Pats. They just sell this incredible cheese stick that I want to deliver it today. And what's the order? Just the typical original

affiliate cheese state? Yeah, but extra cheese please. Beautiful. I have a hawker 850 that can do it today. 32,000. Yeah, lock it in. Can you arrange your car to deliver to my house? Yeah, yeah.

So once it lands, we'll just have a driver pick it up from the airport. The pilots will put it in like a, like a heated compartment. So it should still be perfect from Pats and it will be the house by dinner time. We'll get it delivered.

Sounds good, let's do it. That is crazy. How much did he spend? $32,000. This wasn't a bit. It wasn't fake. Does he have a lot of money? Yeah, he has a lot of money.

Like, this dude's rich. Okay. And I'm like, that is awesome. Like, that is why you want to be rich. Ball or buffoon, Amy? I mean, that's a little buffoon. I would say it's buffoon-to. Boffoon-ish.

Yeah. Yeah, I would say if you really want it and you have a plane, why don't you fly up there and eat it yourself? Like, get to full experience. You didn't have time for that. Are we sure? He's on the phone calling, spending 10 minutes asking about a cheese steak. You'd have your assistant do that, probably, if you had no time. Lunchbox.

That is absolute baller. Then be able to say, hey, you know what? Hey, just put it on a private plane. don't even need people on the plane and fly that cheese steak and have it delivered to my house, $32,000? That's nothing. I'll take it. To be able to say it is baller, but to actually say it and spend money like that on that feels buffoonish.

Dude, imagine. I understand that he was ordering one cheesecake. But let's say he's got old, you know, what's a girl's name? Cindy. Cindy, over for dinner. And she's like, man, I really like a cheesecake from Pats and, Philadelphia is like, you want that? We'll have it tonight, baby.

And he has it delivered? That girl is going to be like, oh my God. When you just get on a plane, though, and go, if you have that, because they have friends. No, no, but he had to work. He's at work. But for dinner, you fly an hour and a half up to Philly on a private jet and you eat it there. That's even more baller than getting it delivered. Because they have an app called Goldbelly that we use sometimes, and you can order food from any restaurant in the United States.

And they package it and send it to you. It takes about a day to get there. That's cool. A day. They're not putting it on a day. They're not putting it on a private. private plane. No, but it's like

DHS or however they're flying. Right. Yeah, and it costs a little more. Like we ordered some lobster lobster on bread, lobster rolls. I'm from markets on me. I don't know.

All we have is red lobster. And so we ordered some lobster rolls from this place when we went to New Hampshire and took a train up to Maine last year. Because we couldn't believe the app. They were like, really? We did. So we ordered it.

It was awesome. And it was all like sealed. But it wasn't that. $32,000. It was like if I order something on Amazon. And it's delivered. Yeah. Buffoon. Baller!

I hate to agree with lunchbox. Oh, come on. This is balling, dude. To be able to do it's one thing. To actually do it and spend that money is another. The fact that he has the money to be like, I just want a Philly cheese stick from Philly. Send a PJ.

Pick it up and give it to me. I mean to know how much money this guy has. And I would think, Amy makes a great point with her tone, because I know what she's thinking, that if he's spending money on stupid things like this, he probably doesn't have a lot of money, unless it was like handed to him by his dad,

because people that make good money decisions, don't make terrible decisions like this. Yeah, like he might run out. But maybe not. Maybe he has like tons and tons and tons. But you just think like, gosh, eventually. But the private plane company did something. They found a jet that was already in Philly.

So it didn't fly from Houston to Philly back to Houston. It was already in Philly. But it has to fly back to Philly. I don't know. It doesn't stay in Houston. And also that one way is not $32,000. That's where that doesn't check out. So it's got to fly back as well.

All right. Well, it was awesome. I'm just saying that was so ball. Oregon, you meet a guy and he's like, I'm going to fly in some food. It's going to cost $30,000 for dinner. I mean, yes, he is a buffoon, but it would be ballers. And she'd probably marry him. I'd be worried about that being a love bombing situation.

Or like this guy makes terrible decisions, like terrible financial decisions. On the night of February 1st, 1976, Elvis Presley sent his private jet from Graceland in Memphis to Denver and back. And one night because he wanted a 8,000 calorie sandwich made from a hollowed out low filled an entire jar of peanut butter, one jar of jelly, a peasant. Honda Bacon, not your average snack, priced at $50. That's what the sandwich was, but he sent his own plane to get it and bring it back. And Elvis is a crazy, he's nuts. He died because of bad decisions. Well, that's true.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, in some ways, Elvis was awesome, but in some ways, big buffoon. Oh, man. Oh, that sandwich looks terrible. Okay. I guess baller wins, though. Yeah. That sucks.

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My dad gave me the best advice ever. I went and had lunch with them one day, and I was like, and dad, I think I want to really give this a shot. I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings. I'm working my way up through, and I know it's a place they come look for up and coming talent. He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you, which is really sweet. Yeah.

He goes, but there's so much luck involved. and he's like, just give it a shot. He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat. Just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be.

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Listen to the Clifford Show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. It's time for the good news. With producer Eddie. Tell me something good. Two years ago on Valentine's Day, Kaysen Palmer, he was a senior at the high school. He said, you know what? I'm tired of seeing some of these girls get sad because they don't get roses during Valentine's Day.

So he went out and bought roses for everyone. That was two years ago. And now his little brother, he's a senior. He did the same thing. He bought 300 roses. passed him out to all the girls in the high school so they wouldn't be sad on Valentine's Day. Oh, wow.

A couple reasons why I probably did this. Number one, he's a straight baller. And girls love him anyway. Or number two, no girls like him at all. And he's not a baller. And he's trying to be a baller. That's really the only two ways you do that. One meaning you get all the girls and say you just know.

Like you have that, what was that movie with Mel Gibson where he could like read the woman's mind and like they spoke to him? Like he could read, or it's the opposite, which was me, who got no girls. But yeah, Mel, you have seen that movie? It's what women want? Oh, yeah. 2000, he could, like, read their minds.

Yeah, good reference. I hadn't thought of that movie in a long time, but yes, I do remember it. And I'm just thinking about how expensive roses are and these are high school kids. Yeah. Okay, cool. Maybe he bought him the day after Valentine's Day. No. He's a big lunchbox fan.

Okay, good job. I like it, though. great story. That's what it's all about. That was tell me something good. Imagine you're inside a bank and someone comes in to rob the bank. Okay, so they're robbing the bank. They're on their way out. Their back is fully exposed to you on their way out. They're looking at the door walking out. Do you charge the person from the back and talk to them?

No. No. No. Nope. Not my lane. Yes, 100%. Why? Because when they're not looking is your time to shine. Like if they're looking at you and they got the gun pointed at you, you're like, hey, all right, you know what I mean? When they're not looking, boom, you're the hero. Last month, a man in Albuquerque stopped a bank robbery as a suspect attempted to flee with $2,400, which by the way, you're robbing a bank and all you got was $2,400. Yeah.

You need to have a little more patience. Put more in the bag. Umberto Garcia Rodriguez. Boy, that is the most Hispanic name ever. It's three awesome. It's three awesomberly. Umberto Garcia Rodriguez. And he has my last name and Mike D's last name.

Umberto Garcia Rodriguez tackled him from behind. Okay, good. He was the tackle. He's the hero. Good, good, good, good. Yes. He's the protagonist. Causing the money to scatter, bank employees and customers joined it to help

restrain the guy until police arrived, leading to his arrest on robbery charges. That's my favorite name in the past year. Umberto Garcia Rodriguez. It's the ultimate. It's the ultimate, yes. That's from K. That's from K. I think there's no chance I would have done that.

I think there's a chance I would have done it if they were hurting somebody. Yeah, like they had a little child with them. And I think there's a chance that I feel I would try to stop that. But I don't know. I would have let the guy just go. It's money that's nobody's. It's companies. So no from me, no from you, but you.

Yes, and that means it's an inexperienced bank robber because you never turn your back. You have to slowly leave the exit the bank or move fast. I mean, you can't be like, oh, if there's enough time for someone to tackle you from behind, you're not moving fast enough. I feel like a really inexperienced bank robber would be who I wouldn't want to tackle. because they also probably don't realize you don't shoot anybody in a bank robbery. Like they're in just freaking out having to rob quickly. They didn't put much time into it, not knowing if they shoot somebody, it's a whole different crime. And they're in jail for a long time.

Like that would make me not want to tackle them even more. Yeah. So, yeah, I don't think you would have tackled him either. I mean, some people like to be heroes. Okay. There was an old man on a flight once lunchbox wouldn't take down. He was like, hold my phone, about to tackle this old man. And first we were like, he's doing nothing.

And then he didn't even tackle him. Because the old man sat down because he was getting a little limpy, with the flight attendant and I was like, all right, you know. He was really old. And I was like, if he wants to get lippy, we'll get lippy. And I said, here, hold my phone. And then he calmed down. He calmed down and sat down that middle seat.

You think has he heard you go hold on the phone? He saw me starting to walk that way. This next story, Amy, I meant me think of you, KBZK, a woman's attacked by her door dash driver over tip recovering. A woman was attacked by her door dash driver February 13th. Earlier that day, she had been celebrating the birth of her first grandchild. After being awake nearly 24 hours, order of food, due to a last minute addition to her order, two different drivers were assigned. The first driver took an hour to deliver the food, spending most of the time in an Alpably's parking lot.

When he finally arrived, she noticed her food had been tampered with. She was delayed. She chose initially not to tip, but later changed her mind and tip both drivers. At that moment, the first driver violently forced the door open, the one who wasn't tipped. because I guess they should take that when you drop the food off and not tell you what your tip is for five minutes until after you drop the food off. Yeah, but they can still come back.

They know where you live. Well, it's not saved. It's not saved in their phone. So unless they saved it and they wouldn't know to save it until they knew they didn't get a tip. Otherwise, they'd be saving everybody's address. I'm telling you no one's going to do that. Okay.

Well, it needs to be longer than five minutes. Sure. So I'm with you on that. But like maybe, yeah, there's a delay. So the driver's like pushing the door open because of the tip. knocked her down. She had multiple injuries, including damage to her spine, hip, shoulders, and jaw. The driver entered her home and yelled, you got what you deserved and fled. Oh, my. The second driver, who got tipped, called police. Of course, they're happy. This is what I fear. Amy fears retaliation from everything. Everything. I think it through. That's my, it's my first thought. It's like, how would they retaliate against me? Even if it was a terrible job, I'm like, just tip them, do whatever you need to do. It's fine. I don't want that to happen to me. I can't believe you would push the door open. Yeah. And she was definitely saying I tipped him later, but you probably only tipped me because you got attacked. Because it happened right then.

They should definitely put a buffer on when you, the order is completed and they drop it off because it says your order is now arrived. Again, five to ten minutes from when they leave when their tip shows up. They shouldn't know if you tip them wonderfully, medium or terribly while they're at your house. So they can, they can screenshot the address. But they'd have to do with every single one of them beforehand. Yeah, they would. With the intentions of anybody that doesn't tip me, I'm going to go break in and kill them. Yeah.

Yeah. Maybe. I'm going to go ahead and assume they're doing that. The reason I know that that really doesn't happen is because a driver had dropped off that case of white claw. White claw, instead of what I had ordered, which was like some vegetables or something. Right. And so I got this big case of white claw and I was like, well, this isn't right. And then I get a call going, hey, the driver dropped off the wrong stuff.

Is it okay if I re-give them your address? because they didn't know how to get back to my house. To which I go, okay, so they don't have everybody's address saved. So I said, that's fine. And they made the switch and got their white claw back. Otherwise, we had a white claw party up in here. And that is the end of the first half of the podcast. In 2023, Bachelor star Clayton Eckerd was accused of fathering twins.

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