#603 - We’re Talking About Current Stuff! Bobby & Eddie Catch Up on Pop Culture

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed human. Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Headlines of the Week. That name sucks. Like we tried this last week and I called it in case you missed it. Yeah. And then when we loaded it, everybody thought it was just a best of. Oh, OK, that's not good. I was just playing old stuff. So. Week headlines. We'll catch you up. We don't have a name for it yet, but that's what we're going to do. OK, are you ready? Ready. I'm Bobby. I'm Eddie. That's Eddie. If you're watching on Netflix and you're new, we're now going to catch you up on the things from this week that you might have missed. No. God, we suck on that. That's not good. Yeah. We'll start with this. There was a Zach Bryant show in Lincoln, Nebraska this week, and he had to cut his show short because of lightning. He played 20 of 26 songs, but the lightning got so bad. There was even a picture that I think that he posted once everybody got upset. And it was them playing and it's this massive lightning bolt like cracking on top of them. Wow. That's probably the one that made them go in. And everybody was upset. At least a lot of people were upset because they had to cancel the show. So Zach Bryant never afraid to tweet at fans called one lady, Karen, tweet. I believe that was his response because she was like, Hey, you need to like refund us some. So here's my official stance on shows getting cut short, much like a baseball game. Like for a baseball game to count, it has to go seven innings. Correct. And you don't go seven innings. You go three innings. We'll just pick it up where everybody come back. Yes. Five innings. Once it hits seven innings, that is an official baseball game. I think once a show hits an hour, nobody wants to stop their show, but once a show hits an hour, that's seven innings. And 20 of 26 songs, you wouldn't know the difference. Had the guy just went out and played 20 songs, you wouldn't have been screaming, we want our money back. You would have been like, that's a heck of a show. 20 songs. That's crazy. Here's one thing to argue about that. Sometimes these artists hold that big song or the big hits till the very end. And if you make it through 20, because you want to hear, I like it. I love it. Or like friends in low places and you miss that on that one. Oof, that would hurt a little bit. Sometimes artists don't even play their big song. So, so I don't think that's accurate because there are artists that we know that are like, you know what, I'm not going to play that song tonight. Yeah, they're tired of singing it. Because they have so many hits. So 20 of 26 songs. That's a full show. You're almost done. Yeah. That's a full show. To the people that were tweeting and saying, you owe us a partial refund. No, no, it's either a full show or it's not. And then some people were like, you give us 50 bucks in your merch store. What? Credit. Zach Bryan does not owe anyone else anything. And trust me, I've had my issues with the guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But he's one of the top three stars in country music right now, as far as getting people to come to show. Sells more tickets than pretty much everybody up there with Wallin and Combs. Zach Bryan, that's the top tier of selling concert tickets. And if you go to a show, 20 songs is a full show. If he just played 20 songs and walked off, you wouldn't think you were being screwed over. And also it's massive lightning. So you ever been to a show that was canceled? Like, whether like in the middle of it canceled? No, not that I can remember. I remember I was looking forward to counting crows. It was a tour where counting crows was open up for live. But I guess they were both headliners, so they would alternate. And they were coming to Austin and man, I was looking forward to that show. And I drove all the way to Austin. I was living in South Texas at the time, McCallan. So I drove up there and the day of it was just raining and raining. And then they eventually called it. And a lot of times for just rain, the show will go on. It still does ruin the instruments. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. And if it does rain, and this isn't universal across the board, but if it rains and the artist still plays a lot of times, they won't use their best instruments because they know water will still mess up. Yeah. So you're not going to mess up the good ones. So you're not going to use your best guitars. You know what made me so mad about that show, though, on the ticket? It said rain or shine. And I remember, dude, I remember thinking like liars. It does suck though for the artist because they don't want to travel. And it's not just about them. It's they have a whole production crew to pay for to get to that city. Yeah. Yeah. So they're losing money too. Yeah. So even if you get refunded, which you probably did, that was a full refund. They lost money because they had to pay to get there. They had to pay for their buses, their gas on the buses, the food they ate. They could have easily gone to the next city. So they probably got to the city and had to make that call. Oh, we're not going to be able to have this show. Yeah, that's a tough decision. A lot of times too, if it's raining and the weather looks bad through the entire night, they'll call it because of that as well. And then just move on to the next. Well, even a stage coach this last week. Oh, yeah, the wind. So it got so windy that they had to cancel some people. And then they took Lanie Wilson, who was headlining that night and they moved her to like 10 30 or 11, like even later. So she got up and Riley Green was canceled. Like imagine he's still going to get paid, by the way. Yeah. The festivals kind of do that, right? So he went out. He did not get to play. Whenever Lanie was playing her show, she brought Riley out to play a song. And I did see that Riley in like Sydney Sweeney played like a bar or something or sing karaoke at a bar. She had a she had a like a pop up. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. In that. So that's why everybody was singing with Sydney Sweeney. She literally had like a commercial, one big commercial happening. And I think everybody knew if they went to that, because that's all Bailey Zimmerman singing karaoke with Sydney Sweeney. And I thought, that's crazy. Bailey knows Sydney. And then it turns out she had it. It's smart. It's there. And then all the artists go sing with her because they want to meet her. And then they shared on their socials. And I believe it was like, what is it? Some kind of lingerie company or something. Yeah, it was lingerie. Yeah. OK. So very smart. And then she was there enjoying the show too with Scooter Braun. But a very smart commercial for Sydney Sweeney, because that's what that was. Riley was canceled and Journey was canceled. Oh, wow. Journey, lead singer. Still same. Still same guy that's not the lead singer. Yeah, Joe Perry. So so he's Steve Perry, Steve Perry, Joe Perry's Aerosmith. Aerosmith, Steve Perry, not in the band anymore. So who sings for Journey? The guy they found off YouTube. Ah, that's right. Who's really good. OK. Yeah. I mean, it sounds just like. And I saw there was some beef too with him and them. You can't go to your third lead singer. I don't know if that's. That stagecoach. No, no, just in general. I guess all some some internet fighting. I'm not sure if it's true or not, but you can't go from your third or your second lead singer to your third. You can go from your second back to your first. Van Halen did that. So if you do lose your lead singer, you can then get a new one one time. You get a one coupon. Yep. And if that works, great. But you can't go to a third. If you do, never works. It never works. Van Halen did it with the guy from Extreme Van Halen did both of those examples. Yes, they did. They went. Then they had David Lee Roth. And one. He's OG. Then Sammy Hagar. Correct. Equal or more success. Yeah. And I think if you do say more success with that band, it's based off of the success they already had. So when you say more success, I think it was trending upward and just kept trending upward. I will say that the Sammy Hagar move made him a little more of a serious band because some of their music like right here right now was a song that they put out was a little more political. And to that before then Van Halen was just a personality lead singer. So so it made him a little more of a serious band. I was a little too young for Van Halen, but I like the David Lee Roth version better. That's the 80s. Just a jiggaloo. And Sammy Hagar. And then they had the guy from Extreme. Yeah. Dude, I don't know his name. I just know there one song more than where is it? But Sharon. Yeah. Gary. Gary Sharon. Possibly. There we go. Have a computer right in front of me. But see, I don't even know. Gary Sharon. Boom. Let's go. I nailed that. Good job, man. Thank you. I don't even know if they had an album because like I don't remember that. They did. It was. I would imagine if you have a new lead singer, you have to put out an album. Like if you declare this is our new lead singer. But they did go back to David Lee Roth. Then they went back to David Lee Roth. Have you seen the video of David Lee Roth walking down a hallway in a hotel and he hears like a party in a hotel room and they're playing like jump or Panama or something. So he knocks on the door. But those aren't his songs. Yeah. Yeah. Jump and Panama or David Lee Roth. That was David Lee Roth. And so he knocks on the door and this like college kid answer is like, yeah, we can help you. Hey, man, you're listening to my song. Okay. Didn't know. Oh, do you want us to turn that down? He just thought it was an old man complaining. That's funny. So jump and Panama or David Lee Roth. Hot for teacher. That I do know David Lee Roth. That was David Lee Roth. And just a jiggaloo. That's the two. Yeah. And then Sammy Hagar was more like, um, Right now. Come on. Yes. Till tomorrow. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Speaking of older bands, I did an interview with the New York Times last week and they called me to talk about these festivals that are putting country music festivals like Stagecoach that are putting these alternative bands mostly from the nineties and early 2000s on, unlike the lineup. Yeah. And so I was talking with them like, why do people like this? And I had a couple of answers. I don't know if my answers are right, but to me, I said, well, one, people love to sing songs. They know. And at Stagecoach, I think the wall flowers played counting crows played third eye blind played journey was supposed to play, but the weather got them. So there are a lot of those bands and say, well, people know those songs and it doesn't matter. As long as you got somebody that's playing hits, it doesn't really matter the genre. So secondly, a lot of that songwriting from that time in that genre is kind of what country music does now. Personal tell stories. I said, I think that's a part of it too. And then it's also the people that can afford the tickets for the most part. Enjoy those bands when they were kids, like adults. So that to me would make me want to go to a festival and I'm festivaled out. We've played a bunch of them. As an artist, we've been to a bunch of them. Yeah. But I think adding acts like that is super fun. Your thoughts. Yeah. I mean, I enjoy it, you know, especially our age, you know, we love country music the way it is now. But then if you see lit is playing like, all right, like bonus counting crows, like bonus. I think the same man, like I think people that love country music love other genres of music. Yeah. So what I said in the interview was, I think if you were a country music fan in the late 90s and early 2000s, because before boy bands, like the biggest music was the alternative stuff. Yeah. I think country music fans got the alternative stuff. I don't think every alternative fan got country music. Correct. Because I think country at the time was a bit too niche where alternative could have been considered niche, but it exploded and was pop. Yeah. At that point. So country fans got the alternative music fed to them, but not all alternative fans got country music fed to them. And I think that's a reason as well. So I have a really good example of that. So I growing up, like in fifth grade, I had a friend of mine who was like my best friend, my fifth grade best friend, right? We were like really close. He moved away to another town and then like we would stay in touch together with like letters, you know, he's like, hey, how's it going out there? Whatever. And then like three years later, four years later, he comes back into town. He's like, you want to hang out and like, you know, grab lunch or something. And I was showed up in my cowboy boots. Like I was all Garth Brooks out. Wranglers, you know, one of the brush popper shirts and he is like all grunged out. And we're like, whoa, like crazy. This is like, what are you listening to? And I was like, oh, I love Pearl Jam and Vanna all that. And I'm like, oh, I love Pearl Jam. And everybody's like, yeah, but you look like your cowboy. I'm like, oh, I love Garth Brooks too. But it's cause I was a country fan, but I also loved all that other music. He wasn't, he was a grunge guy who was like, you listen to Garth Brooks. Like that's weird. Yeah. So to your point, that's exactly how it was with me. There's a festival that is happening in Kentucky in September. This looks awesome. It's the most awesome festival possible I've ever seen. Yes. And this is us as music fans first nerd second. It's called Bourbon and beyond in Louisville. Right. And they're not paying us. They don't even know we're talking about it. We're just fans. We're just fans. And it's September 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th. Oh, my gosh. That's too much. I'll be honest with you. I'll be honest with you. That's too much. I don't know if it's four days, but that's so just look at the lineup. There's a massive country music presence here, but they've also it's almost 50 50 with like cool bands from back in the day and current country music. What's the name again? Bourbon and beyond. OK, Bourbon and beyond. All right. It's at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville. On Thursday, it's Foo Fighters. Oh, gosh. Queens of the Stone Age. Awesome. On Friday, Mumford and Sons, Casey Musgraves. Cool. On Saturday, Chris Stapleton, Red Clay Strays. On Sunday, Dave Matthews Band, Hooting the Blowfish. That's awesome. And those are the headliners of all four days. And so other bands that are playing like Jason Isbell, Counting Crows, Charlie Crockett, right? Country, Four and On Blondes, kind of pop alternative. Portugal, The Man, Gary Clark Jr. That's Blues, Joan Jett. And you can keep going down and there's stuff like Adam Ant, Amos Lee. A ton of country acts, but then also it Caitlyn Butts, Vertical Horizon. Wow, she's everything I want. Yes, almost. You almost got that. He's everything I want. Maybe your version. How does it go? You might be right. She's everything I want. Now I'm confused. She's everything I need. Maybe it's I. He's in my room. It could work both ways. I don't know, dude. I don't know. Is it he? Did you start singing? I said she at first. OK, he's everything you want. He's everything you need. OK, he's done some. Yeah, that's a jam. And they also had what, Blue Sky Morning? Yeah, you're a guy. You're a guy. Oh, yeah. I am not as a jam. That vertical rides now like three songs. Anyway, this festival looks really cool. And are we going? Probably, I mean, honestly, probably not. But it would be cool to go. It would be really. I don't have the energy to do festivals. I mean, the only way we could have a baby now, too. I know. And if I tell my wife, I'm going to go watch it because the phrase up there, she's not going to get that. She's going to be like, really? But you've never seen like the people that go to festivals with their babies and they got the little headphones on there. Never. That would be that, dude. That would never happen. I don't love festivals enough for that to happen. It would be cool to maybe go for a night. The fray is playing by the way. A long way for a night. It's like two and a half hours. Is it? Yeah, from here. OK. You're driving. I'm not going. Oh, the fray. They don't have the original lead singer. Oh, right. Did he die or do they fight? No, no. I don't. I think he left. I don't really know. One or two things. I know he didn't die because I see him sometimes on Instagram. So they're falling out. He's the ball, dude. Yes, I remember that. The guitar player from the fray is now the lead singer of the fray. I feel like if your lead singer leaves and you switch them out, that should be put in parentheses. Oh, like the fray, new lead singer. The fray, not the same lead singer. OK, like sublime. With the wrong. Yeah. Whoever the guitarist is, let's call him Chuck. The fray with Chuck. Chuck as the lead singer. Yeah, because I don't know what they sound like. I loved the fray. It's the only artist I've ever seen because we were they were doing a show for my radio show and they were headlining and they played and they finished the show. And I'm backstage because I'm going to go on after the show and thank everybody for coming out. I watched them finish their set, walk back, come back out to encore, listen to the crowd and go. Not enough. And they went back and that was it. No, the crowd didn't want it enough. Or maybe they didn't want to go out enough, but they surveyed the crowd's cheering and said, nah, not for us. Wow. And then turn the lights back on. Got to respect that. At the time, I didn't because it was my show. You're like, what are you doing? Go back out there. You do the songs. I was a massive, the fray fan. It's weird without the lead singer, but I haven't heard them. I hope he sounds exactly like the other guy. Yeah, that's interesting. Like, do you do you start singing like the other guy or do you do your own little twist to it? I hope less twists. More, more like the original. Because the journey guy we're talking about. Sounds just like. Just like them. Like they went, they sought someone, even someone like ACDC, when their lead singer, Bonscott died, like late seventies. Did he also sing high? Yeah, very much so. OK. And so Brian Johnson, who's the lead singer now or was through their major commercial American success, had a very similar sound and style. Although I've heard him do like commercials from before he was famous and he sings so straightforward, like that I think his skill was he could just kind of sing like Bonscott did. Wow. But you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's what we're saying. Like you can if you can emulate your voice to sound like the original, like what's I mean, the best case scenario is the sublime guy. I mean, it's his son. So he sounds just like his dad. Oh, yeah. Because I don't know what Rome sounded like, but I don't know of Rome. Rome or is it Rome? Is it Rome? Sublime with Rome. OK. I don't know if he made himself sound like Bradley or what, but like, you know, in this case, the sun sounds just like I think Rome was already an artist. So he was himself just playing with sublime. But that's tough. But very much had a sublime sound. Like I don't think he had like the vocal, the same vocal mannerisms, etc. But a son does sound like him. Yeah. Also playing this festival, plain white teas, Our Lady Peace. Oh, cool. Do you know the plain white tea song? Yeah. Hey, there, Delilah. Hey, there, Delilah. And there was another one, too, that they did that was really good. Yeah. Three. One, two. Yeah, it's got its numbers in it. It is numbers. Yeah. Three. Hold on. OK. It's three. That's it. Two. Oh, come on. It's in my eye. I keep I keep thinking of the Bruno Mars one. No, no, no, I get it. It's I got a lot of songs in my head right now. Like one, two, three. But four, two, one. That ain't it. But we're trying. Oh, man. What is it? But it was good. I got a list of it in my ears. I remember when we were working for I was working for a music television station and we interviewed the plain white teas and they gave us the singer and the drummer and they're like, man, it sucks to be the drummer because the two songs that are really big. You're not in them, right? Because they didn't have drums. Right. One day, two, three. Yeah, that's it. I love you. I love you. That's a good one. Also, Our Lady Peace is awesome. Oh, dude, clumsy. Superman's dead. Yeah, I can't remember what's that one. I love is that three. Is it 3 a.m. No, 4 a.m. 4 a.m. Oh, dude, so good. Yeah. Yeah, so that's five. Oh, no, no, you're thinking somewhere like five. Oh, American Tail. Where? Yeah, different. That's not that American Tail was a 80s cartoon of a mouse that got lost from his parents. I know you're out there somewhere out there. Oh, of course. Yeah, so that's an awesome festival. I love when they mix it up like that. Again, other country artists like Max Mcnowns playing. That's cool. Caitlin Butts, Better Than Ezra. That's awesome. Better Than Ezra, too. Avery Anna, who's done this podcast, who just won the ACM Best New Artist, Lisa Loeb's playing. Wow, Lisa. Didn't you have a crush on Lisa Loeb? Everybody, every dude did, right? I didn't, but I guess the glasses. Every dude but you. OK, so there's that. Shout out to all the festivals that are putting on artists that aren't exactly like the expected artists, because I think that is really great for the consumer. Because you don't have to go. You don't. Like, you don't have to go to the county co-stage. Yeah, no, that's an option. Hang tight. The Bobby Cast will be right back. And we're back on The Bobby Cast. There's a story I wanted to talk about. It's out of Vegas, and I saw the Twitter account, Lost Vegas, locally tweet this. And somebody had hit a $10 million slot jackpot. Wow. This is going to drive you crazy. And I am somebody who waited tables a lot of my life, had a lot of jobs where I not only expected but needed tips, because that was why we did the job. Especially as a waiter, you didn't make a full hourly wage. So the money that you took home to pay your car payment, to pay your insurance, to pay your rent was tip money. So I'd like to say that up front. I don't know where this is going. This will say up front, big tip guy. Love tipping now, it's my favorite thing. I got a few hobbies, going to games, tipping, eating, tipping. All right. There's an older couple from Iowa. They had a $10 million jackpot on a slot machine. And everybody was upset because they didn't tip. They didn't tip who? Off a slot machine. So then this account, Lost Vegas, locally says if you had a $10 million slot jackpot in Vegas, you should tip to people who provide a good service and made the trip fun. What are you talking about? Who? The slot attendants? Oh my good. The person that came up with all the keys? Cocktail servers. Stop. Anything around $30,000 to spread around is fine. That is the craziest thing I've ever heard. Now, I'd like to say if you want to do that, that's awesome. Go for it. You just want $10 million. So basically, you're going to get $5 and 1 half million, right? Great, yes. After taxes. Life changing. Excellent life changing money. And I would hope that you would just generally be nice out of people because you have more money. Absolutely. You're probably way happier. As soon as you win, you're a happy person. I have real trouble with a slot winning to have a mandatory tip because nobody did anything. I agree. The people that are bringing you drinks, you're tipping them as they come. And you don't know if you just put $1 in there and hit it. Like you're assuming they were there for 30 minutes. What if they just walked in? It's a great point, too. And again, I totally understand if you have come into a lot of luck, I like to pass that on. Like if there's great good fortune on me, I like for other people to have good fortune, too. Generally speaking, also I worked in the service industry. I don't feel like if you're playing a slot machine that there's a huge service being done. And if there is, if the person's walking around bringing drinks, you're tipping them as you go. Every time. If I play craps, I tip the dealer, or I will put money down and play for the dealer, which they often like more than just the tips. But I mostly do that for luck. Not because you're thanking them for their service? No, because I don't think they get all of it. I think it just gets spread out over a bunch of people. Because it does look like they take it and they put in this big little bag with a bunch of other chips in there. And if I leave with a big pile of money that I didn't start with, I for sure throw $10 back on the table, $20 back on the table. But I'm not obligated to do that, as I feel like I'm obligated to do that if I'm having dinner and the person that is serving me is serving me for their wage. From my wage. The fact that everyone was going crazy, they didn't tip off a slot machine blows my mind. I'm Mr. Tip. Let me show you my tips. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they don't even know about what you do at Sonic. No, I was saying, show my tips. Oh, I was doing a joke. I got it. You got it. I didn't even catch that. I got myself in a bill. Show them your tips. Sonic. Yeah, Sonic, man. No, I've created an unhealthy environment at my local Sonic's. Because what I will do is, you brought this up. This is not of my own volition. What I do is I order on the app, big Sonic guy. My name's on the app, Bobby. And so when I order, mostly I just order like a large water with nerds and real fruit. Sometimes I get a corn dog. But it's always just a few bucks. Good healthy stuff. And I can tip on there, and it's like two or three bucks. But for the same reason, if I have good fortune, I like to pass that fortune on. I'll tip $100 on a $2 or $3 order if I have $100 in my wallet, which a lot of times I do. And most of the time, these servers are like teenagers. It's like a huge, can you imagine them get $100 bill? Like what? And some are. Some just people grinding away. Sure. And my sister has been managing a Sonic for a while now. So I get it. The problem is, if I get there and I don't have $100 in my wallet, which has happened a few times, it's like I've disappointed them tremendously. Because I don't know if they see Bobby, and then there's a race out to see who gets it. If I only give them a $20, or if I only have $3 a tip, they hang their head. And I feel bad. So it's put me in a weird place to where almost now, if I don't have $100 in my wallet, I don't go. Yeah, you set that standard. I know. I really do believe that they do see your name. And they're just like, I got it. I got this one. Well, I know they do. It also may be that they have dedicated stall numbers. OK. But don't you go to the same one? Very much so. You're a very regimented person. Regiment, same thing every time. So shout out to Sonic. They don't pay for anything here. But I believe in tipping. I don't believe that there's an obligation to tip if you win slots. Or if you win any gambling. You know why? Because you're gambling your own money to possibly lose. Correct. Matter of fact, you're probably going to lose because you're paying for entertainment. Yep. That's what gambling is. You know what, though? I do understand that this account or whatever, Vegas, whatever, when you said it was, I understand where they're coming from. They're trying to look out for their own people. I'm sure the community would love tips every part of the community. But no, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The expectation of it? No. As your people would say, no bueno. My people would say that. No bueno. You want to? Mui bueno. Is that right? Yes. Yes. Really good. If you don't want to, no bueno. It's all right. It's OK. OK, so that was another one of my stories. Do you tip at the gambling tables? Man, that's a tough one for me. If I hit a good one, like if I'm at roulette and I hit a number, yeah, I'll throw $10 at the dealer. But it's a hard one because the dealer had nothing to do with that spin. And you're not just getting a service. You're actually risking your own money. Right. It's a hard one. And I really, this is something I started doing recently. Before, I was like, I'm not tipping the stupid dealer. Why would I do that? And they're stupid. I know. Why would I do it? But now? I don't think that. I'm just repeating you. Now I'm like, no, it's OK. If I hit a big one, you can afford it. Just give them $10. You got good fortune. Why not pass on the good fortune? Correct. You know what I've also gotten better at is a hotel. Like when I leave a hotel, I'll leave a tip. I never used to do that. Yeah. If you have a couple bucks, leave a couple bucks. Yeah. For the cleaning people, the maid service, whatever. Like, it's great. You can do it. Never thought. And part of it is because I never watch them. I never see them clean. So I never see the service being done. But it's good to remember afterwards. My grandma and I used to clean cabins at this resort. And so, man, when people leave us even like $2, it was awesome. But we split it too. But it was awesome. And again, it's $2. It was you and who? My grandma. And so you all would split it evenly? She wouldn't take a majority? Because she probably took you there. And she was also just awesome, I guess. Yeah, that's awesome. That's really cool. Yeah, if there was a tip left from the last person, we would split the money. Wow. Unless she like would hide a little up front. And I never saw it. That's a good point. I don't think she did. I also wouldn't put it past her because she did teach me how to play cards. My grandma raised me for a lot of my life. She taught me how to play cards and poker at four, five years old. And then she ran a bingo. Oh. Well, first she taught me how to cheat after she taught me how to play cards. Yes, grandma. Just little tricks, little tricks, like looking at the bottom of a card on the deck. But I'm just like seven with these skills. But yeah, she loved to play bingo, like gamble bingo. And I would go as a kid and we would go to the VFW. We'd go to the Benedictine Manor. This is with the Doppers? No, it was slide cards at first. We'd go to the Elks Lodge. And you would go and you'd buy like a dollar a card or whatever and you play all night. And so the Doppers happen later at some of the fancier places. But that would cost more to play because they'd always keep buying paper cards. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Because you'd all of them, they're ruined. Where we played, it was always the same card. So there was no real, the price never went up because there was never buying new cards. But we did that for a long time. And I used to go with her a lot. And so, but she loved to gamble anyway. It didn't matter. Poker, that's where I get. That's kind of where I get it. Absolutely. And so they shut down all the bingo in Arkansas because it was illegal gambling. At the same time, Oakland Race Track was still happening. Come on, guys. Doesn't seem fair to me. Doesn't seem fair to me either. But what she did was a lot of the old ladies that still wanted to play, they would call each other and she had a van. And they would be like, aid to them. And they would drive around the city in a van and play in the van with money. While the van was moving? Yeah. It's almost like international waters, you know? Until they got pulled over and they took my girl to jail. Oh, no. They arrested her. Yeah. I got arrested. Now, they didn't put her in jail. Jail, they freed her. Freed her like they liberated her. Free granny. Yeah, no, she got arrested and they took her in. So they pulled them over and then all these old ladies in the back plane, were you there too? No. Wow. So I think because I took up a seat and didn't have the money to take up the seat. There's only so much room in a van. Yeah, it's a big van. Wow. That is. I haven't thought about this story in so long. But yeah, she got arrested. Did she have to serve like any time? Literally, it was nothing. It was like a little fine. This sounds like an inside job. It's almost like somebody tipped them off. Like why do they pull over a van with an old lady driving to begin with? They would switch drivers. I remember that. They would. So one can play. I think thinking back, if you won, you then had to drive. Or say you won one. You won and you drove until the next and then they switched. That seems fair. But that's wild to think about my grandma doing that back in the day. That is crazy. Whenever we would have poker nights, just her and I. Because she'd sharpen me up. And she would beat me. And she would take my money. And I remember once, I was out of money. And she was like, when you're out of money, life lesson, you should stop playing. And I was like, I need to play more and try to win back. Life lesson, when you're out of money, you should stop playing. Because what we would do is we would play cards all night, not go to sleep, and then go to yard sales all around town. She never mapped out where to go. Good quality time together. I like this. Oh, a lot. A lot. It was just overnight and gambling. And then wake up real early because you got garage sales. No, not even waking up. You just stay up. Just stay up. Because you wanted to get to the garage sales as soon as the sun started going up because you wanted the first pickings. That's right. The good stuff. So I remember once I had no money and I had my favorite cup's hat. And I was like, how much is this worth? And she was like, I don't want you to gamble your cup's hat. And I was like, no. I want to throw my money back. You saved up for that hat. It's your favorite hat. I don't want you to gamble the cup's hat. I said, I really want to. She goes, OK. I think she picked a number arbitrarily. Said like three bucks, four bucks. She gave me four bucks. She took the cup's hat. She then took my $4. I never got the cup's hat back. Yeah, she died last night. I never. She never. She didn't even leave it on the will. No, she still had it. Wherever it is, her life lesson to me was don't gamble what stuff you can't lose. That's right. And I remember that so vividly, losing it, being so upset. Like, just give it back. I want it. I never saw it again. She probably saw the foreshadow of you being an older man and being like, here's my winning ring. How much can I get for this in Vegas? Or she pawned the cup's hat. So she could play bingo. Yeah, yeah. So I appreciate that from her. I didn't at the time. Yeah, that's a good lesson. It's like my kids now, if they gamble, because they love to say, I bet you he'll hit a home run right here. And be like, you can't just say that. If you say, I'll bet you, and there's a dollar amount, it's got to be paid. And they do it. And now they say it less. But they still do it. I bet you two bucks. This is going to happen. OK. And does it happen? They pay. What if they don't have the money? No, they have to have the cash before they even make the bet. Yes. You don't send the loan shark out to take out their knees. You're dead. That's the real lesson. You have to break a finger just to show them in life. This is what happens when you don't pay. This will happen. The Bobby Cast will be right back. Welcome back to The Bobby Cast. I got two more headlines here. So Mara Higgins, she's famous. I didn't know her either because the stuff that she does, I'm not super familiar with. She was on Love Island, which I've never watched. And then The Traders, which I've not watched. You familiar with other of those shows? I've heard of them, but I've never watched them. So I think she finished second on The Traders because I've only seen clips. I think that dude beat her and then bought her a purse. I'm pretty sure this is her. But they've cast her on Dancing with the Stars. I think they've announced two or three of the people for the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars. It's like a slow roll announcement. Yeah, and usually they'll do one, maybe two. Last season, they announced Alex Earlway early. Then somebody else a little closer, and then they do the whole announcement. Am I right on her, Mike? Yeah, run her up. OK. So she's been announced that she's going to be on the cast, and they went to her in a red carpet interview, and they said, hey, you're going to be a Dancing with the Stars. Do you know how to dance? Do you have any training? Are you going to start now? And she said she doesn't know how to dance. She says, let me training. And she is really not going to do anything to get ready. She wants to be a blank canvas. She goes, she's been advised just to be a blank canvas when you get there, and it'll be better for you. I'd like to say, as somebody who won that show, that's terrible advice. It's the worst advice ever. I was a blank canvas. And I don't know. You may look, see if she has any dance history at all, cheerleading, even competitive dance. Any kind of dance experience? If I could go back in time. Because they asked me to do the show because I was on American Idol. I had done, I guess, one season. I was coming back for a second season as like the official mentor. So I was on every episode. And Ryan had just started doing Ryan Seacrest, Ryan and Kelly in New York. And so there was, he couldn't get back for as many shoots. I was filling in for a lot of that stuff with the contestants. So I had a prominent role. But a lot of it was because I needed someone to also supplement when Ryan couldn't be back. And then also it was if Ryan's sick. Because that happened once. I had to host the show because I think there's been three hosts of that show ever. Me, for one episode, Seacrest and Dunkelman. Wow. Back in the day. So ABC's like, hey, you want to do the show? Dance with the stars. And I was like, I don't think so. I don't know how to dance. And they're like, no problem. You'd be kicked off in four weeks. Because everybody gets through one week. And then don't worry about it. That's what they said. You'll be off in about four weeks. And then usually the old people fall because they have like hip injuries and stuff. Wow. That's crazy. And so I was like, OK, I don't really know what I was doing. I especially didn't know how to dance. But if ABC, my boss, on the television side, wanted me to do it, I was for sure going to do it. So I agreed to it. And then I just kept working. Did I do in the radio show touring? I'd do anything until it was time, until the day that they came here. Because they come to you at first and you meet your partner. And so when Sharna was here and I met her, I had no understanding even of ballroom dance. Because it's all ballroom dance. My advice would be, you see any dance experience at all? She was a young kid. She did some Irish dancing. So maybe she has a slight. Is that a category? In a little ballet. But she was really young. Oh. OK, so there's possibly, as your people would say, un poquito. Más o menos. Yes, un poquito experience. Everything's your people. I love it. So there may be a little in there. If I could go back, I would not go in blank canvas. I would at least learn the fundamentals. I want to learn too much. I didn't even know what an eight count was. Or that even went on eight counts. Yeah, I don't even know what that is. Same. And I remember getting there and Sharna being, OK, we're going to do this to an eight count. Yeah? What's an eight count? I get what's supposed to count to eight, but what do you mean? Yeah. That, and then if you're not in shape, like different. I could run. I can lift. No, you were in shape. It's dance. It's a whole different animal. Because you'd be trying four to six hours a day, for me, even longer than that, because I'm so far behind. And because of what you're doing on your feet at that pace, for so long, your calves strain, your back, your neck. It's all things you don't think about. It is not as intense as doing sprints for 45 minutes or an hour. But overall, through the day, it's way more intense. And I remember having to get people to come and just hire people to give me massages because it was hurting so bad. And I wasn't really good shape. Gosh, you don't realize that. So she ain't going to see this, but Mara Higgins, if you're watching this and you're going in this blank slate, you got to get yourself in dance shape so you can then learn more. Because there's only so much they can put on you if your body doesn't allow you to learn it. And then two, you probably have the fundamental understanding of the counts if she has some experience at all. But anybody doing that show, don't go in blank. At least go in getting ready physically and knowing what you don't know. That would help you tremendously. And this comes from a former champ. So yeah. Former. Former dancing with the stars champion. Controversial. Please tell me that you told whoever told you it was only going to be four weeks and you're gone. Please tell me every week you're like, four weeks, huh? No, mostly after every week I was like, I'm still on, huh? Wow. Four weeks, looks like we're at six. I was never in the bottom three. And I just kept waiting to get put in the bottom three. But I was never in the bottom three. And they don't tell you how you're doing with the fan vote ever. It is not something that's shared. And so I would dance and get mostly sevens. Yeah, whatever the judge would say there. Maybe a six occasionally, maybe an eight occasionally, but mostly sevens. If I had to look back, it's probably, my average score is probably in the sevens. Where other people were eights and nines, there was people like I got 10s. I was never that. But after the show was all the way over. Because there are like legalities to favoring people in a competition where there's money. There are like game show rules because of them catching people cheating at game shows back in the 50s and 60s. So they can't tell you anything. They can't show you anything favorable. At the end, after it was over, they came to me and they said, your fan vote was so high, you probably could have just taken it, I say the word dump, dump on the floor and walked off. And still won. Wow. Which was crazy. I had no idea. I didn't know I did this time. And I mean, I worked. Everybody works hard. You don't last on the show that working hard, but I was so far behind. I think I can confidently say I outworked everybody by far. Because I was so bad. If I think about it, I got an even, I wouldn't. Because I was doing two other jobs at the same time. Oh yeah, man, you were so busy then. So when she says, I've been advised to just be a blank canvas, who is she being advised by her pro? No, I don't. Does she know who her pro is yet? Probably not. Okay. So she probably doesn't know her pro. And probably just people who've done the show, because the show's been around 35 seasons. Okay, but you're not advising that. No, I'm advising the opposite. Whoever she's talking to. I would advise, okay, if she has a little bit of dance experience, a little bit of ballet, a little bit of Irish folk or whatever it is, that's great. She probably has the understanding. Physically, I would start dancing. Because it's like wanting to run a marathon, but not on marathon day, but no training beforehand. Like could you really go out and do it if you just push yourself through it? Yep, but day two is gonna be terrible because you're gonna be hurting so bad. Even if you're in decent shape. So that's all. Okay, do the rest of the people that are not announced, do they know they've made it at this point? Let's see. It's basically May, June, July, August. Probably not all. I would assume right now there's probably half the cast that knows some that has told them that they really want. Yeah, I probably can, but give me a little time. And some they've told, hey, we can't confirm you yet, but hopefully we'll be able to confirm you soon, depending on, they don't say this depending on who accepts. But that shows just popped off like crazy again. Yeah. It's funny too, cause like when I go back home and I see family or whatever, and they're just like, oh my gosh, I love Bobby Bones. I love that you work with Bobby Bones. And it's always different, right? Like, oh, I love the radio show, or I love, you know, Dancing with the Stars. I love Dancing with the Stars. A lot of people, I see the majority of them older ladies. Like Bobby from Dancing with the Stars, when you see him tell him, I rooted so hard for him to win, and I'm so glad he won the championship. I mean, it's been seven years or something at this point. They still remember it. And the people that come up to me still about that seat, cause unless there's something for me to talk about with it, I don't normally talk about it. Cause I don't want to be just playing the same hit over and over again. Right, that has been. Yeah, I don't want to be, we did a one hit wonder episode, you know? I got more hits to play. I don't want to play that song. You do. But I love talking about it, but it's wild this many years later that people will come up still so lit up about it and remember it. It's got to be a feeling, cause like I was thinking of like, you know, when, I don't think somebody was interviewing Matthew Broderick talking about, you know, Ferris Bueller's day off. And they're like, when you see that movie, what do you think of, and to Ferris Bueller or to Matthew Broderick, it's got to be a glimpse in his career. Like, I don't know, it was how many months, two months of us just shooting it and then promoting it. And that's it. And I've done so many other things, but people want to talk about that one thing that they remember you from. I feel like with the answer to the stars, that was such a, just a little part of your life. Yeah, it was all in six months. Yeah. Very hard six months, not just for the dancing, but for the, again, I think I was the only one working a full-time job at the same time, but also it's not like, you know, I was hauling hay or- You were dancing though, man. I was, and I was doing a radio show five, six hours, and I was traveling, I was touring, doing stand-up. It was very hard. And physically it was hard because of the show. But it was six months, but I remember, there were a couple people that told me leading into it, cause I thought about not doing it, because I thought at the time, I don't want to do this show because my association, cause I'd never seen the show as far as like, watched it with any regularity. Obviously I knew the show, it was a pop culture phenomenon when it launched, and they announced to people every year, I would be like, man, I don't want to be like somebody that goes on a show because there has been, and like it's their last, you know, cling to fame. And I had a couple friends that were like, well, you never have been, so you don't worry about that. Like, you know, it has been. You never had it. Yeah. I can't go down. Fame was like, yeah, that's a good point. But I remember Drew Scott, one of the. Oh yeah, Property Brothers. Property Brothers, he had done it, and I had asked him, we're playing soft walking together, and you're not supposed to share, you sign an NDA, but they do say you can talk about it, if you talk about it with the old cast member, like to ask advice, that's fine. That's all Drew Scott. And I said, hey, you did the show, and he was like, did you have to do it? I said, but for you, like were you good at it? He goes, no, look at me. He's tall and gangly, and he goes, I didn't know what I was doing. He said, you have to do it. And so to see another like goofy white dude, be like, you have to do it. And then Charlemagne the God on the breakfast club in New York, one of my really close friends, I was like, I don't want to be husband, and he didn't hit me with the way you never have been, so don't worry about it. But he was saying, hey, look at the people though, that are on the come up that have done it. Kim Kardashian, Zendaya, Wendy Will, there's just all these people that have done it. Just as famous as they are now. And he was like, that wasn't the headline, because they were still on the come up. So the headline is always like vanilla ice, you know, Paul McCartney's mailman, all the way down. Yeah, yeah, so that's what makes the news, not the people that are on the way up, because that's not the news. That's another really good point, yeah. So I did it, but thanks to their advice. It was, Mara, you got to get yourself a dancing shape, and you may be good on the fundamentals, so there you go. Let's take a quick pause for a message from our sponsor. This is the Bobby Cast. And then finally, something we talked about last week, the Michael Jackson movie, Michael. Oh yeah. Which we didn't see, but Mike D did see it, and you really liked it. Yeah, it's pretty good. As far as music biopics go, I think of the ones that have come out recently, like Elvis and the Bob Dylan, the Bruce Springsteen movie, it's the best one. So. Did he say biopics? Biopic. Hey, what is it, a biopic or biopic? The word looks like biopic. It does. But it's biopic, because it's a bi, like a biography. A biology pick. No, biography. A biography pick would be like a chance. A biological. A biology. That's true. So close though, those words are so close together. So he liked it, I'll watch it. The controversy though was, they didn't put any of his controversies in. Correct. But the reason was, it cut off at a certain year before the controversies. Was that to you something that was very apparent in the movie or did it just feel like it ended at a time they wanted it to end? Yeah, it didn't feel incomplete to me. At the time that they chose to end it, I was like, that makes sense. It's not like it felt like, oh wait, they didn't talk about that. It felt great. The top-grossing music biopics of all time. Ooh. Interesting. And now I have the list, I have the top 10. I'm curious to see how many you can name. Man, this is tough. I can name a lot of them, but I wonder, like top-grossing. I wonder if Ray, was one of the top-grossing ones. At number nine, Ray. Okay, not, okay. No, you're on though. Ray was awesome, by the way. Ray was one of my favorites, because my son was asking me about, he loves movies and he was asking about the Michael Jackson one and I said, he said, what are some other good ones? Cause he's seen Bohemian Rhapsody. He was like, ah, that was okay, whatever. He's like, what are some good ones? And I said, Ray, you have to watch Ray. Ray's really good. And then I love the Johnny Cash one. Walk the Line. Walk the Line at number six. 186.8 million, also great. Yes. Walking Phoenix and Reese Weatherspoon. Newer, but really good Elvis. Elvis at number two, 288.7 million. I didn't much like that. Really? You didn't like that? It felt too spacey and goofy. It was definitely different and that's the director's style. Buzz Lerman, yeah. Yeah, that's his style. Yeah. I'm sure Austin Butler was great, isn't it? I watched it. I just thought the Tom Hanks character was, Colonel Tom. Oh, Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley. It felt like an impression of somebody doing an impression of somebody big. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The makeup was weird too. Yeah, that was really weird. That threw me off so much I really couldn't enjoy the history. I agree. Okay, you got three so far, the 10. Okay. What about Bohemian Rhapsody? Number one, $910 million. Wow, you know I've never seen it. I've never seen it. It's good. I think it's good. It's really good if you're casual. It's pretty good if you're a real music fan. Like if you enjoy studying the history of music, which we do, I think you'll like it. I think your kids will like it. And Rami Malek is really good in it. So you do all the singing? No, remember we had the guy on our show that did the singing and he came in? Oh, that's right, he did. Yes. Martel, something Martel got. Yeah, he's so good. It sounds just like Freddie Mercury. So number one, $910 million is Bohemian Rhapsody. Number two, Elvis. Number three is Michael already at $207.3 million. Already. That's a lot of money, right? Yeah, that's a lot of money. Mike does a movie podcast, by the way. That's why he knows this stuff. So that's top three at six, walked a line at nine, Ray. What else you got? La Bamba. Didn't make it. No, I know I was going on a limb there, but... That's one strike, you get two more strikes. Okay. Man. Where's some other relief? Trying to think of like, who are some of the... Selena? Come on, Ken. That's another big swing. I don't know what number 10 is and it's not Selena. I think it's kind of from your people. Okay, what is 10? As my people say. La Vaian Rose. Oh, no. La Ver En Rose. No, that's got to be like French or something. But who's the artist? Is that the artist? I don't know, it's number 10, it made $87 million. Whoa. It's French. Oh, so mostly my people, European. As your people would say. Yeah. Man, I don't know. What is that, Mike? What is that about La Vaian Rose? It is the tumultuous life of French singer Edith Piaf. I don't know Edith Piaf is. Don't know. So they can hear you. Okay, good. Edith Piaf, yeah. Okay, so we have, you got one more strike. This is my last one. Yeah, I can give you a hand if you want. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I'm neglecting the hip hop world. I think that. Eight mile, not a bio pic. Not a bio pic? Okay, I wasn't gonna say eight mile. I was kidding, I knew you weren't. Although eight miles, all it's on. Eight miles, so good. What about, oh, what's a, you got it. Compton. Yeah, straight out of Compton. Number four. 201 million dollars. So there are three you haven't got. One of them I know you've seen and you love the artist. I don't care for the artist at all. I don't dislike the artist, but I don't like it. This is not my music. Jimmy Buffett doesn't have a bio pic. But you're in the right ballpark-ish. Oh, Bob Marley. Bob Marley. Yeah, Bob Marley won love 181 million dollars. I'm not a fan of that one. But you love Bob Marley. Love Bob Marley, the movie to me was just fluff. Movie Mike Sit? Yeah, not very good. It made 181 million. Yeah, still not a good movie. I think we all saw it. They got us there. That's the thing about music bio pics. They still get you to pay your money to go see it, even if it's a bad movie. Yeah, because I bought it. You know, like when you can stream it, you're like buy it or rent it. I'm buying it. I watch this all the time. They also do really well internationally, so. Okay. Two left. I know, I think for sure, that's not really a term. But I think for sure you've seen number eight. It's come out in the last couple of few years. Okay. So I was gonna ask. The other ones probably in the last five to seven years. Okay, so they're all pretty recent. They're both pretty recent. Man, is it, walk hard, the Dewey Cock story? You know, not a real bio pic, but excellent. Good one, dude. Excellent. That one is so good. Underappreciated for how funny that freaking movie is. You don't want this Dewey? Walk away. It's not addictive. Man, give me a hint. Like. Okay, number five, making 195 million. He is not American. If I tell you. Oh, I got it. Go ahead. Is it Elton John? Yeah. Was it Rocket Man? It is. Rocket Man. Never saw it. The guy that played Elton John, Edgar Targerson. Taryn Egerton. There you go, Taryn. Man, you gave a good effort there. I'm gonna try to hit some of those. Targerson. He look like Brooks Nader now. I would like to see them together. Okay, okay, okay. What's the name again? Taryn Egerton. Yeah, is that what I said? You're a good actor. You ever see the episode of Friends with Joey? Can't do French bad? Yes. That's like what that was. And number eight happened the last couple years. It's an artist you really like. It's an artist that I just kinda like. But you really like them. I can appreciate their value to music. Not really my favorite. We've both seen them at concert, probably not together. But seen this person at concert. This person. Is it Bob Dylan? Is Bob Dylan? A complete unknown. A complete unknown. Timothy Chalamet, making $140 million. Yeah, did you like that movie? It's pretty good. I liked it. I enjoyed it for what it was. I didn't know that it was only gonna be that period of his life where he was going from folk singer to electric. Which was a huge part of his life, but I just thought it was gonna be more than that. So I liked it for what it was. I thought it was gonna be something else. Those are your top all time. I just thought it was crazy. Michael Jackson's is already over $200 million. Already. And it just came out. You ever seen The Doors? With Val Kilmer? Iceman? Yeah, Iceman's in it. He's Jim Morrison. Edgar Turgerton? Edgar Turgerton. I don't think I've seen it. Oh dude, that's a good one. That's a really good one. Little long, but man, covers the whole career. I don't know that I'm a Doors guy though enough to get me into it. I did see a TikTok though with Mike D from the Beastie Boys doing I think what you want with the two sons. Really? Like recently? Oh, that's cool. Yep. That's really cool. We seen that video? Whenever you get home today. I think it was what you want. So what you want? I'm a big Beastie Boys fan. I should have know what song it was, but he was performing it with his two sons. Are they good? It was mostly him. But they were doing it with him and they were teenagers I think. Oh, okay. Cause I'm saying they're older I think. That sounds cool. All right, there we go. Thanks for listening or watching our show called Stuff that we haven't talked about yet. I don't know, I just did not. Why don't we even list this as? What do you mean like title it? Yeah, cause if we do something like you miss this, it's just going to seem like we're just doing old segments. Yeah. It can just be current stuff. Oh, that's a good one. Current stuff? Current stuff. Boom, we just got it. Nailed it. Mike, what do we call this thing? I like current stuff, man. Just can't beat it. That might be it. Current stuff. Current stuff we're talking about. Current stuff we're talking about. There you go. Wow, okay. Or is that kind of like dyslexic? Could you say we're talking about current stuff? Or is that like too Yodish? Current stuff we're talking about. What if we call it we're talking about current stuff? We're talking about current stuff. That sounds normal. This week. This week. There we go. No, I'm just saying this week we'll call it that. Oh, I thought you were adding this week to it. No, now it's all closed. We're talking about current stuff. This week. No, I'm saying until we decide we can't. Okay, hit it. Stay with it. Okay, what's it called? We're talking about current stuff. We're talking about current stuff. Okay, we're talking about current stuff. All right, thank you everybody on Netflix for watching. 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