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7a Prank Call Easter Bustin, Believe it or not, and Scoop Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 04-03-26

37 min
Apr 3, 2026about 2 months ago
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Summary

This episode of The Roula Show features a prank call targeting a taco catering business owner, listener stories about unbelievable but true experiences including a severe motorcycle accident survivor and a child stuck in a playground swing, and coverage of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voting with a focus on Pink's candidacy. The show also highlights a charity car wash event to support YoJ, a KRBE staff member battling pancreatic cancer.

Insights
  • Customer service excellence can be tested through absurd requests; the taco business owner's willingness to accommodate unusual demands demonstrates strong service orientation despite the prank nature
  • Near-death experiences and coma recovery stories resonate deeply with audiences and drive engagement, particularly when survivors demonstrate remarkable resilience and life perspective shifts
  • Community-driven fundraising initiatives leveraging radio station platforms and local business partnerships can effectively support staff members facing medical hardships
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voting remains contentious with genre classification debates, suggesting the institution may need to clarify its mission as music tastes evolve beyond traditional rock boundaries
  • Airline fee increases for checked baggage represent ongoing cost pressures on consumers, with elite status and credit card membership becoming more valuable as base fees rise
Trends
Increased airline baggage fees signaling continued cost-of-living pressures and consumer frustration with hidden travel expensesCommunity radio stations leveraging their platform for charitable causes and staff support, building listener loyalty through local impactSurvivor storytelling gaining prominence in media as audiences seek authentic narratives of resilience and spiritual experiencesGenre classification debates in music institutions reflecting evolving definitions of 'rock' music in contemporary cultureWorkplace harassment litigation becoming more complex with contractor vs. employee classification determining legal remedies available
Companies
United Airlines
Announced increased checked baggage fees to $50 for first bag and $60 for second bag, effective April 3rd
Quick Quack Car Wash
Partnering with KRBE for charity car wash event to support staff member YoJ battling pancreatic cancer
Cumulus Media
Parent company of KRBE radio station where the show broadcasts
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Institution holding voting for 2026 inductees including Pink, Mariah Carey, and other nominees
Kinder Children's Cancer Center
Joint venture between MD Anderson and Texas Children's receiving matched donations from car wash fundraiser
MD Anderson
Partner institution in Kinder Children's Cancer Center receiving fundraiser donations
Texas Children's
Partner institution in Kinder Children's Cancer Center receiving fundraiser donations
Lakewood Church
Church where caller Ben's sister worked as prayer partner during his coma recovery period
Smart Financial Center
Venue hosting Dancing with the Stars performance, tickets given as prize to caller Ben
Nutcracker Market
Spring edition event April 17-19 at NRG Center, tickets given as prize to caller September
People
Eric
Main host of The Roula Show conducting interviews and managing show segments
Special K
Co-host conducting prank calls and participating in show segments
Sam
Co-host participating in show segments and commentary
YoJ
KRBE staff member battling pancreatic cancer, subject of charity car wash fundraiser event
Ben
Caller sharing story of severe motorcycle accident, coma recovery, and spiritual experience
September
Caller sharing story of son stuck in playground swing requiring fire department jaws of life rescue
Christina
Owner of Buenas con los Tacos catering business, subject of prank call about rabbit roasting event
Pink
Nominee for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2026, promoted by host Eric as candidate for induction
Blake Lively
Plaintiff in sexual harassment lawsuit against director Justin Baldoni regarding 'It Ends with Us' film
Justin Baldoni
Defendant in Blake Lively sexual harassment lawsuit; federal judge dismissed majority of claims
Judge Lewis Lyman
Ruled on Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni case, dismissing 10 of 13 sexual harassment claims
Quotes
"Business is business. So I don't care. Do you have a message for Christina who set this up?"
Taco business owner (prank call victim)Early segment
"I've seen the angel in my, I want to go to church and then let me go to the club. Let me go to church. You know, God doesn't play."
BenBelieve It or Not segment
"He was excited when the fire truck showed up. He was like, seriously, child, in this whole time, except in terms of that, he was in that swing."
SeptemberBelieve It or Not segment
"Pink is a powerhouse. I want her to do the halftime show for the Super Bowl. I want her to sing the national anthem, all the things."
EricRock and Roll Hall of Fame segment
"That's why women don't sue for sexual harassment because it's just too hard."
Show co-hostBlake Lively lawsuit discussion
Full Transcript
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Yeah, but I don't know where to start. I'll just do it for you. If you are the winner, text the national keyword, keep K-E-E-P to the number 95819. That's the trip text number 95819. Every hour you can enter for a chance to win one of the four trips to Madison Square Garden, New York City, see Harry Styles or the trip to London. You don't have to win the New York trip to then be a finalist for the London trip. No, your entry is in there. It could be either one, either one. All right, so that's good luck with that. One of 4.1 K-R-B-E. If you know the three digit extension, it's a 2-1-4-4. All right, let's get it. Now, time for the prank call featuring special K on the ruler show with Eric. All right, y'all go to K-R-B-E.com for slash prank call requests so you can fill the form, the short form, and you can get with special K to prank somebody in your life. Let's get Christina on. Hi, I'm calling because I want to prank my sister-in-law. She's super nice, super accommodating, and super friendly. So I kind of want to see if y'all can push her limits and ask her crazy requests. She owns her own business and she's usually very willing to accommodate her customers. Yeah. And what is this business and how does she run it? It's a taquissa, so she makes tacos for parties. It's kind of like a catering business, like she'll come and she'll bring her own grill and all that, and she brings the decorations, she brings all the food. It's depending on the package that the people request. All right, well let me see what kind of wild-ish I can come up with here for y'all. Yes, thank you. Hi there, I got your number from Ms. Liz. She was at one of your parties that you catered with some tacos and whatnot. Yes, ma'am. Hey, okay. Well, unfortunately my cater did cancel for this weekend. Do you have any availability whatsoever at all? Any of these days this Easter weekend? Saturday. Okay, because I have the meats and it's right here in the heights and it's an Easter themed party. Okay. I have the decorations, but I know sometimes you have someone's well for the kids while they're, while they chase the rabbits around. Okay, so you're wanting to be a security for the event or I'm a little confused. Yes, it's actually in my backyard. I have a huge yard, like I said, I'm in the heights, so I'm rich. So it's a, um, it's a bunny busting event like mutton busting. Oh my god. Okay. You've seen mutton busting at the rodeo where the kids chase. Yes, ma'am. Okay, well this one where they chase the rabbits. Oh, nice, nice one. Yeah, they chase them down and then they tackle it and then they have to field dress it as quick as possible. Wow. Yes. Okay. And so is your event for this Saturday? Yes, yes. So after they field dress it and get it already in skin, do you have a deep fire that we can actually fit rabbits in? No, ma'am. So my, my business is a taco catering business. Yes. So, um, maybe like bunny tacos, you have a grill? Oh my god. Yes, we have grill. Yes. So after the kids, you know, grab a bunny and they, you know, they, they call it, you know, you know what they have to do, they're hunter kids. So then we could put in on that grill that you bring. Oh my god. I've never done something like that. I won't be a mess. I have some very talented kids who know how to field dress it, skin it, prep it. Oh my god. And then they would, you know, just make bunny nuggets and, and um, bunny tacos. Um, so whenever I do the catering, two hour service and I'm basically, you know, I'm using my grill at all times. So I mean, if I, if I let them do that, then I would have to back off on the grill. So I won't be able to serve you guys. So you won't be like, we could put the little rabbits on there and you could just watch to make sure we don't catch on fire. I mean, if that's what you want to do, that's fine. Yeah. They're called rabbit roasters. You've never, you've never seen them. No, ma'am. Oh goodness. Well, don't worry. They're field rabbits. They're, they're real bad bunnies, as the kids say, the bad bunnies. Okay. You've heard of the bad bunnies? Sure. Okay. Well, thank you for being so accommodating. And I guess this is just something that the children can grill their own rabbits. Oh, who would do that? I have no idea, but it feels like a prank. Well, it feels like Ms. Christina might be messing with you today. Oh my God, I'm going to kill her. Oh my God. Is this 104? It is. Oh my God. Let me close my door of my office. This is hilarious. Oh my God, excuse my language. You're kidding me. Oh my God, no way. I'm going to click and kill her. Oh, yeah. What did you really want to say? This is on. This is what I'm trying to say. Like bunny rabbits on your grill. I was like, I mean, is that what you want to do? That's horrible. I am not going to take any pictures of that and put it on my social media. Oh my God. My name is Special K. I'm from the Rulishah with Eric. I cannot. It's okay. I've heard you for like a long time and never in a million years, I thought I would be pranked this way. Oh man. Well, look, I needed an Easter prank and Christina and I thought, hey, what a perfect time to get a tequiza tacos made of pure rabbit. Oh my God, I pictured it all. I was like, why would you allow your kids to do something like this? I'm sure if that's what you wanted to do. Business is business. So I don't care. Do you have a message for Christina who set this up? Yes. Tell her that I said, Titi, I am going to kill you this weekend. The business is called, uh, buenas con los tacos, right? Buenas con los tacos. Yes. And where can people find you if they want an actual catering event with actual delicious tacos? No bunnies. So I'm under Instagram, buenas con los tacos, and I'm on Facebook as well. Buenas con los tacos. All right. Can you say these words for me? Can you say Special K prank me on KRBE? Uh, Special K prank me on KRBE. Oh my God. Feel, dress them. I'm glad he didn't go into what that means. Yeah, the kids are going to feel to dress them. Like, wait, what are they going to do with them? Like, I'm just going to go on and on and on. You have a deep fryer that fits all the bunnies? Oh my Lord. All right. Well, they just wanted to see how far she would go with saying, yes, sure, I'll take the business and there it goes. Which is good. It shows that she's willing to, you know, accommodate Eric. She's going to accommodate her customers. It's like the most important part of that neighborhood block party. And she's over there roasting and grilling the bunnies that the kids just catch. Well, that's weird. But I lose my mind. All right. Y'all go to krve.com forward slash prank call requests. And you can get somebody to most common answer. Once you realize you've been pranked, I'm going to get them. I'm going to kill them. I'm going to kill them or I'm going to get them. They've only gotten revenge two times that we know of though in the 20 years on the show. Kevin has turned it back around on the prank. E just two times where the prankster, the person I got pranked came back around to the get the person that pranked them. So y'all could, you know, always reach out. Okay. Coming up next, it's all about your stories that sound unbelievable, but they're true. Call us at 833-390-KRVE. And we have a special message from Roman, one of our sweet listeners who wanted this back. And last week it was great. Now this week it could be tough because it's good Friday. I know a lot of people aren't in their routine. They just schools out. A lot of people are not doing this, you know, teachers are not in the cars. Parents aren't in their kids. So it could be tough, but it could be worth it. If you have a really good Believe It or Not story, I'm not saying we have something to give away, but maybe we have something to give away. Maybe. If we want to. We have some cool things to give. I'm not saying. Best story Wednesday. What it is. Might be. Might get some stuff too. It's not a bunny. Believe it or not. I breathed today. Don't say Believe it or not. I didn't sleep through my alarm. Can you believe that? Yeah. Okay. I don't know. That doesn't mean. We're not talking about that kind of story. Something that sounds unbelievable, but it's true whether it happened to you or somebody you know, let's hear from the next on the Rula show with Eric. Next roll with Vernon Davis, the transformative journeys of athletes, artists and entrepreneurs. Ladies and gentlemen, lights out Sean Merritt. I want to be the biggest and the best one I do. And so whatever it takes, I'll get it done in business and everything else. All I do is know how to fight and earn what I want. My man, Malik asks what actor, comedian, what you want to collaborate with me, Jamie Foxley, Kevin Hart in a movie. We said it on Vernon Davis podcast. So we'll circle back. Be like, yep, you're going to clear. Next roll with Vernon Davis. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. The Rula show with Eric at 104.1 K RBE. I'm just going to sing it for you. Believe it or not. These stories are true. Don't ever let anyone try to bullcrap you. Maybe you nearly died nearly chopped off your head. Rula show with Eric. Believe it or not. Eric's nose been broken since his sixth grade and he didn't know it. It is crazy. Believe it or not. Can't breathe while he sleeps. That's why he snores. You found it? Believe it or not, the stories are true. Don't ever let anyone try to bullcrap you. Either you could be dead nearly chopped off your head. The Rula show with Eric. Believe it or not. I don't know what's going to happen next. You can go to. Excellent. Here we go. Yeah. This is over. Sweet little Roman. Roman, this is for you. His parents are raising him right. And actually, we do have Roman. He did call in on Sunday. Roman is a cute little boy that I met at Taqueria Rondas when I was there giving away Megan trainer tickets. And he asked me why don't you believe it or not anymore. And I go, you know what? We're going to put it back in the rotation just for you. We give some of our segments breaks just to see, you know, because we have so much to do. We want to rotate something else in. And so I said, you know, it's a good point, Roman. And he lets us listen to one call. Yep. Here's what he said. Hey, there's me, Roman. Thank you, Rula, Eric, special K and Sam for bringing back, believe it or not. I love the morning show and I listen every weekday morning. Bet you're not listening today. I know he's probably sleeping because it's good for you. I don't blame him. I would. Good Friday. Good Friday. You like a surprise? You like a surprise? Surprise? Come on, it's a surprise. All right. So we're looking for your calls at 833-390-KRBE. You tell us an unbelievable but true story. Good morning, Ben. What is the deal? Hi, Ben. Why can't I click Ben's line? There it is. Hi, Ben. Good morning. Hello. Good morning. All right. Lay it on us. What's your unbelievable but true story? Unbelievable. Well, back in 2000, many years ago, I was involved in a crash rocket motorcycle accident. Yes, I went back in the days and I was doing about 120 on the freeway. And I was filming up. And it was about two in the morning after a club. Yes. I know I was in college and nothing hurt me. I was heading to 45 North to get to Bellway where we did about 200 miles an hour easy on the Bellway. Oh my gosh. We're heading that way. And there were two friends where I was with them in front of me, like a car that needs a part. And to last thing I remember, I woke up a month later. I booked my left wrist, my left collarbone, my left knee was shattered, foot, bulk of ribs, the punching line collapsed long internal bleeding, life support, respirator, pneumonia, just tubes everywhere. The doctors somewhere, the first three days, I'm not going to make it, not going to make it, take pictures, have pictures of the blood and that pneumonia as well. And I'm going to die, die, die. I thought it hurt. And then at the same time, I wrote a story about it, I booked about it because my grandpa was an Indian Anderson, throat cancer. And so my parents were going back and forth, back and forth. And where there was him, I'm sorry to speak fast, trying to go fast. That's fine. That's okay. Go ahead. And there was my grandpa and my sister was a prayer partner at Lakewood Church back then. And she was praying for my grandpa and said, I'm just going home, do the Lord, I'm going to pray, I'm going to suffer. He was in a coma two weeks. I was at the same time, my dad's father and son, imagine, he was in a coma two weeks, I was in a coma a month. Same time. Both of them in a coma at the same time. Wow. And did you, can I ask you real quick, when you were in the coma, like you said you woke up and it was a month later, like you had, it just felt like, it felt like that. Because you couldn't hear that whole month, you had no idea a month and a half. You can hear people talking like in your sleep. No, no, I couldn't, but they said I would like make movements and stuff like turn my head towards the people that were speaking to me, but I don't remember that. But yeah, it felt like I was asleep for a day, I mean, a night, I had no idea it was a month gone by. But anyways, when they turned my support off on my grandpa, I woke up three minutes later and I saw my grandpa on the other side. I saw the angels, I saw it all. Trust me, it is real. Then the neurologist said, you have nerves the bottom of your brain, the back part and the twist. He said, these years back together, if he's just having the bad or you trip and fall, it's to the twist. He said, but if you, you, he said, my nerves were severed, I hit the wall so hard, I cracked the helmet, I severed the nerve. There's no during surgery on nerve. I'll be a vegetable the rest of my life. I got my bachelor's degree, my master's degree after the accident, they come in the walking miracle. Oh my God, Ben, that is crazy. Ben, how old are you now? Ben, how old are you right now? I'm 50 years old. You are 50 years old and in 2001, as I got 20s, fancy free, nothing can hurt me. You're on a motorcycle going 200 miles an hour. I know the bikes could go that fast and you live to tell this tale. What do you tell people that meet you, that want to buy a motorcycle or are they say they have a motorcycle? What do you tell them? Do you say get rid of it? I tell them all the time. I talk to them all the time. It makes you wear your helmet. If you have to have a bike, wear that helmet, wear this. The only thing that's saying to me that's like I said, which is true is the only thing that's saying, but I mean, it's not worth it to me here in Houston. I mean, the traffic, the cars don't see you. There's too many cars and I don't know what happened to me. So, but just, that's okay. It's unbelievable that you are absolutely the statistic that should have died. That was reckless with a giant motorcycle, as you call it, the Crock-Trock, those really fast ones. You left a club. You think nothing can hurt me. I mean, you could have killed somebody. You guys could have killed somebody. All the things, all the bad things are lying down here and you were in a coma for a month and came out of it. You are healthy and talking and walking and smart. Wow. Wow. Ben. And now you saw what the other side looks like and now you're probably at peace with life. Exactly. You're probably like, that's scared. That's what I feel like the way. Yeah, I feel like the way, believe. You have to, you better believe. I've seen the angel in my, I want to go to church and then let me go to the club. Let me go to church. You know, God doesn't play. So, I'm being, he's, it sort of took for me to realize it's all real. You know, I've seen the other side. I was there. I saw my grandpa. He's the one who sent me back. I've seen the angel. I saw it. I saw it. Ben, let me ask you this question. I'm going to deep dive the angel thing because I've heard a lot of stories, especially when you believe or not, people have stories of crossing over and things like that. Was there a color to the angels? The stories I've heard about angels is that there's, they're colorful, like purples and gold and pinks. Was there a color when you saw them? No, I, I, I think somebody should, someplace you'd ever been in Africa or New York, somewhere you'd never been. It's all like a white cloud. It's all white. Like the movie goes with Pettus Waze. Get that movie. It's the only movie that I've seen that is perfect, perfect, perfect. As you know, the movie, when he tells them, you know, you see him and they kiss each other and she goes, Sam, they're waiting on you and he turns around and it's all white and you see the white shadows walk and you know, floating back and forth. It's exactly what I saw. Exactly. Exactly. Well, I feel like a lot of people I taught to like, I see, take time videos of like the nurses that are with like hospice. They see people at the end and so many of them, nobody, I never hear a story of people like, I don't want to go. I don't want to go. People are just at peace and they're just like happy. Yeah. It's peaceful and just quiet and everybody's just, you know, so, man, my God, I didn't want to come back. I had no idea and I woke up, I said, well, that's your time. And I, I haven't been linked for yet. Shake my head for no games. Talk to me six months to speak one plus one, two plus two, everything where Pampers has to be there and I have all over again, everything. Unbelievable. Hey, do you, do you like dancing? Because we can give them some dance with the stars. Dance now? You know, we have, we have, we have access to a lot of fun things, Ben, and we hear really unbelievable callers or special callers. We just like to give things out and you know what, you've probably opened somebody's eyes to your story today. And so I'm going to, I'm going to give you something from our show. We're going to give you four tickets to sit in the suite at the Smart Financial Center for Dancing with the Stars. It comes with complimentary ballet parking and private premium entrance with the concierge service just for you and that amazing story, Ben. Hold on buddy. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. I want to meet you in person. Give you a hug. I'm totally following his story. God bless you, man. He's talking fast and I hear every word he's saying. Yep. I love it. I love to hear stories like that because people don't want to believe stories like that. And, and he, like I said, he is the poster child for everything he did wrong and he admits it. He was Cavalier, 20-something years old. I'm going to race down this free, 45 North is the most deadliest freeway in America. It is the deadliest freeway in America. There's dangerous freeways and there's deadliest freeways. 200 miles an hour. 45. That's insane. I've never gone that fast. No, absolutely not. I live out in the country and I could, I could have done it if I wanted to. I got scared at like 140. He had to relearn how to talk. He had to relearn how to walk. He had to, he said he was in diapers and look at him. He got his master's degree. Oh my god. That just, Hey, someone said that's believe it or not and look at me now. 100 percent. That's believe it or not and look at me now. Ben wins that prize. And that's interesting about the coma because I was wondering that like, like whenever you go to surgery, they knock you out of my colonoscopy. It's like, all right, turn your head, Eric. Three, two, one next thing I wake up and I'm, right. Isn't that crazy? It's like such a weird, you miss a whole month or if you're in a coma. Wow. I mean, I don't hear more coma stories. I got more stories than not coma, but I don't know what September is about. Hi, September. Is that your, your name? I sang it right. September, right? Yeah. Hi. Hi, September. I met a January. I've not met a September. My mom's name is June. Is March listening to? I've heard of March. I've heard of April. I have a school in April. That's funny. And May. Okay, September. What's your unbelievable true story? Okay, mine's just a funny about my son was two. We were out at the park, you know, during the summer, we were out there for a good hour and a half. And he, you know, the toddler swings, they have the little four holes in it, but they're little legs in so they don't fall out. So we've been in and out of those for a good minute because we went to all the little sections of the park. So the last stop, I put them in again. We're swinging. This spot was uncovered. It was the middle of June, so it was getting hot. And so after about 10 minutes, I'm like, it's okay. It's, let's go. It's getting hot. Let's go get a drink in his neck. I tried to get him out of the swing. He wouldn't come out. I'm like, okay. He's buckling down. He's being stubborn. I tried and tried. I could not get him out. So I called his dad from work. I said, you have to come get our kid out of the swing. I can't do it. And I mean, he was resisting you September, like holding onto the side or like his legs were stuck in the holes of the toddler swing. Yeah, legs were stuck. Oh no. And he was, he was a big, he was a big baby. Like he's a big boy, but I'm like, I'd had him in and out of these swings all day. Right. And so his dad came, his dad couldn't get him out. I was like, well, I guess we got to call the police. Oh no. We call the cops. They send this really petite little female officer. I'm like, I can't get him out of his dad. Can I, you know, no offense, but I'll figure maybe we'll get him out of the swing. We had to call the fire department. Oh, they came out. Jaws of life. They came out. Yes. No, they had to cut. They had one firefighter on each side holding the chain on the swing. Another one using the jaws of life to cut down the metal side where the chains are attached. They peeled it off in the front, took him out, had to cut the swing down from the set because of safety reasons. He thought it was great. He was having the best time ever. He was scared. I thought he'd be scared of the noise. No, he was not scared. He was excited when the fire truck showed up. He was like, seriously, child, in this whole time, except in terms of that, he was in that swing and there's all this time. It must have been like a couple of hours, right? He was never complaining like I want to get out or I want to snack or no, he just thought it was so fun. He's in the swing. No. That's why I was like, yeah, and I was by myself at the time and I couldn't like just go over. There's a party going on in the middle and I couldn't just go there. Not like anybody would have been able to snatch my other swing. I couldn't get him out. So what was holding him in there? Like the thickness of his thighs? Those are weird angles. Those those seat swings with the legs. The fire department said when they were cutting him out is he had wedged himself in and even like his little booty cheeks were like under there. That's how far he like buckled down and wedged himself into the swing. And then from me trying to pull him, I really tried to pull him out. His legs got swollen. And so yeah, so he was excited because they took him out, took him to the fire truck, gave him a water, gave him some snacks, made sure he's okay. I mean, his dad are like, are you serious? And yeah, he used the job of life to get him out of the swing. Do you get a bill for that? Or is it like? I did it. I'm surprised. I'm surprised. Oh my gosh. We asked if we can have the swing. It's proof to take back to his dad's work. And they're like, no, it's park property. But yeah. How long ago did this happen? September, how long ago did this happen? It was 2000, 2005. So he's 22 now. This is a story you never live. You tell everybody about that story. I bet. It is a wedding reception. You take a picture of him in the fire fighters. The wedding. Yep. I'm gonna do that. And I told him, I said, you're lucky. My phone was crappy back then because the senior yearbook would have been in there. Two years later, the iPhone was there. High school senior photo. Here he is in the swing with the jaws of light. Wow, that's gonna make me think twice now when I see the park little toddler scene, Sam. I was really worried because you said it was super hot. I was like, oh my God, did he get melted into the seat? That's what I was thinking. I was afraid he was gonna get dehydrated. Yes. So I'm glad it wasn't anything like extreme to his body. Yes. They get super hot. The slides with the metal and the ones we used to have. Remember, we had the big slide. They had a hump in the middle of it. So I mean, you go flying. It was great to be a kid in the 80s, 90s. The Gen X death slide in the playground. Oh my God. Yes. Seared and burned. Oh my God, September, what a story. Hang on the line. You know what? I'm gonna give her some too. Give her some too. That was a lot of effort, mama. You want to go to the Nutcracker market for the spring? Yeah, maybe look for some swings. Sure. Oh my God, you might find some outdoor equipment there. Hang on the line because then 22 now and six, six, four and like built like a brick house. Take him with you and find something to do in the yard. Oh my God. Oh my God. All right. The Nutcracker market spring edition is happening April 17th of the 19th at NRG Center and you scored a four pack of tickets for that. So tell your son, thanks for giving me these tickets, honey. What's his name? Adrian. Adrian scored your mama some shopping tickets. Hang on the line. We'll get your information off the air. That is so fun. Oh my God. Two great stories. Wow. I was like, we can't really top Ben's. I could have gone down that rabbit hole for a long time, but that was cute. And now I'm never going to look at the park swings the same again. I would start with those swings because they're kind of hard. They're super hard. It's a weird angle to them. 100% and 100% in. I have 100% got Santi like almost like stuck in them. Yes. And another parent had to help me get him out because it's still moving. It's still swings and you're going to try and... And if a kid does not want to get out of them, you cannot get them out of it. And you got those thick thighs. Yes. And you can't get the right angle to get them out. And then their feet have to like go down in order for their shoes to get out of it. Yeah. Bring some lotion or butter. It's got to be a better way. Butter those thighs and slip them out. Oh my goodness. Y'all go to the list of line at 713-278-VENT. That's 8368 on your phone. And you tell us stories of, you know, something sounds unbelievable, but it's true. All right. Today is the last day to vote for this superstar to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and many others. Have you ever actually voted for this or are you just mad when the person you like didn't get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? It's your chance today, your last chance to make a difference for who's going to be the next superstar in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We'll give the scoop next on The Rural Show with Eric. It is brought to you by Taqueria Arandas. And today is the last day to vote for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees. And the one I'm going to focus on the most is the one I want to make sure gets in. Pink! It's Pink's time! Three Grammy wins, 21 nominations, 15 top 10 billboard hits, billions of streams, a record-breaking summer carnival tour in 2324. Pink is a powerhouse. I want her to do the halftime show for the Super Bowl. I want her to sing the national anthem, all the things. She is up for it for the first time and I want her to get it. You got to go to rockhall.com slash pink. Her music is more rocky, more rock-esque, you know, an essence of rock. She's so good. I love her voice. Some people nominate it. I mean, that doesn't even make sense. I mean, I know it's just, I guess they just, she called it the Music Hall of Fame. Yeah. And I would have got, nobody wouldn't worry about it. Right, right. I mean, it started out as the Rock and Roll because it was just Rock and Roll. Plus Cleveland, that was where the guy used the phrase Rock and Roll, the DJ, I forget the name. Which we are going to Cleveland. Oh, yeah. We'll be there, guys. Yeah. It's the only time I'll ever go as if someone's paying me to go. Exactly. We have to go to a convention in Cleveland. So that's when we're going to go. Others up for the vote today, Mariah Carey, Billy Idol, In Excess, Lauren Hill, Phil Collins, Jeff Buckley, original singer of Hallelujah. Yeah, there's a lot of good- Black Crows. Not the original, but not the original. Oasis. He's one that made it famous first. Shaw Day. I love. Smooth operator. I do like Shaw Day. New edition. I don't, that does not make sense. Shakira. Luther Vandross. This is so weird. Wu-Tang Clan. They're all up. What is the theme? The Rock, Roll, Roll, Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame. You've been there. You've been there. Yes, I've been there. Do they keep like, let's zeppelin together with my Beatles and Stones? Yeah, like Rock with Rock. And then they have like a section of their rap. Just like any museum, they constantly change how they put displays up. And when I was there. Does that make sense? They had, yeah, I mean, there's kind of like an evolution to music, but they're definitely, I remember the thing that stuck out to me the most was how much they were, they're like a boner for Stevie Nicks. They had one whole Fleetwood Mack Wing. And then they had one entire wall, like a long parade of all the outfits that she wore in the 70s and in the 60s and 70s. Stevie Nick fans, they will travel, they have money, to go there. Yes. They're older, so they have time to go year round, and they will spend money to see that. And there was one Lady Gaga outfit that was isolated in this glass box to like the left, kind of like the one off. If you're going to the bathroom, there's this glass box. The refrigerators. It's a Lady Gaga. It wasn't the meat suit. It was a metal suit that looked like giant spikes. And out in the front, I'm sorry, outside the front of the Rock Hall of Fame when I went was Johnny Cash's actual tour bus. That's cool. The one that he proposes to June Carter Cash on. Could you go on it? In the movie, yeah, you can go on it. I went in it. You can go inside of it. And in the movie, Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon played June and Johnny. And he's like, why don't you marry me? And she goes, don't do that. When a girl, a girl doesn't sleep on a bus with eight stinky men, doesn't want to be asking to get married on eight stinky bus. Why don't you think about what you're asking? Like she was so mad. So what's the bus look like? Do I have one big bed or in the back? It's nothing as cool as you think it was, especially because this was a bus from like the 60s and the 70s. It was just not, not it. But back then I'm sure it was it. But that was cool. So I'm curious to know when we go in August, what the big thing is going to be. But go to rockhall.com slash 2026 and you can, I'm sorry, no, wait, hold on. Go back because that was the votes. It's rockhall.com. Just go there and then you can click the nominees and you can vote. Today's last day to vote. Okay. Yesterday, late in the day, this came down that Blake Lively and Justin Beldone's lawsuit. Everyone's like, do you all forget that was happening? It's been going on forever. Yes. It ends with us. She claims sexual harassment ensued him. He's the director of it ends with us. Well, yesterday, a U.S. federal judge ruled that she was an independent contractor rather than an employee. So he dismissed the majority of her sexual harassment lawsuit against Justin Beldone. That is a huge win for him. But he did allow some wiggle room for other claims to proceed. A trial is set for May 18th targeting allegations that after disputes on set, the production team tried to damage her reputation. That can proceed. The dismissed claims, it's Judge Lewis Lyman. He threw out 10 of the 13 claims, including the sexual harassment, rejecting accusations that intimate scenes and onset interactions with Justin Beldone constituted a hostile work environment. The three claims that they kept focused on retaliation against the production company for actions taken after the disputes. There's a countersuit that was filed against Blake Lively for defamation and extortion. That was previously dismissed. It was a $400 million countersuit. The lawsuit that's heading towards trial now by 18 is on those three other claims. Now, it's set to proceed despite all these dismissals. We'll just see where it goes from here. Over the last, I feel like eight weeks, Ryan Reynolds and Blake's text messages between heads of studios and Taylor Swift and all these things came out. I'm like leaking out. Who sued first? She sued him for sexual harassment. She started this. She just said, I mean, all that's supposed to be in leat by lost her friendship. It's just such a accusation. And then if it didn't actually happen, and that's just like, you're taking like 50 steps back on when things happen, it's just messy. Because that's why women don't sue for sexual harassment because it's just too hard. Yes. And so I hope they can come to an agreement. But you want them to pay though. It's like you want these guys. Yeah. But what is right and what's wrong? I feel like this is just such a, unless you have 100% proof. It's very messy. It is very. To be continued May 18. It's time for what's going down in H town. I'm a ruler show with Eric. 104.1 K R V E. It is brought to you by easy fiber. Okay, two things I want you to know about. If you are planning to travel for the summer or really ever checking bags on United, it just got a little bit more expensive, friends. They are upping the fees for your checked bags. They say they have not raised these fees in at least two years, but don't raise them at all. It is now going to cost you $50 and $60 to check a bag on United. No, what in the world for my first bag $60 for the second, you could say five bucks if you prepay that, but it's starting with travel booked on Friday, April 3rd or later. So if you booked your ticket for the summer last week, those bag fees will apply. Oh my gosh. If you book a ticket today and I'm moving forward, these will apply because I'm one of those top tier ones. Yeah, free bags, free bag check. I mean, I get a couple of so I had that too. My husband does. But if he's not traveling with me, I don't think I have the access to that. You know, I also do carry on. Oh, you do? Yeah, unless I'm traveling with the kids. But still, that's ridiculous. Don't worry about wrinkles. Thank you, Eric. You can fold a bunch of stuff like a little lunch bag. This is so tiny. Yeah, because he gets three bags. Maybe we get three bags on the credit card. My alleged plush members, like we said, the credit card holders. I'm going to ask people, Rula, hey, do you want, give me 20 bucks. I'll put your bag under mine. Oh, yes, true. Yeah, but then now you're on the hook for their bag. Exactly. Oh, do it. So if you're an elite, if you're a credit card holder, an elite mileage plus member, a military personnel or a premium cabin passenger, you still check your bags for free. Otherwise, you're paying $50 and $60, $50 for the first bag, $60 for the second bag. How much have they made since they changed this? When did this happen? The fuel increase. 2008 when they started charging bags. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or so was it around then? I can't remember when it was, but they have not given a reason for this increase, Eric, but they are saying we have done in two years is also increasing check bag fees. And they're just assuming rising fuel costs could be a possible factor. All right, let's get to some family business, family business. I know it's probably going to rain this weekend. And all that yellow pollen's over your car. You probably really want to wash your car. Well, we want you to wait till Monday or wash it this weekend and wash it again on Monday. Because that yellow pollen does going to cover you again. Because we are doing something that we want to help one of our colleagues here at KRBE. He's been here since 1994. It's YoJ. YoJ is the commercial production director of KRBE. He was on the air here when I started. He is a joy. His name is Joy spelled backwards. We love him so much. And he is in the battle for his literal life with pancreatic cancer. And we're trying to help offset some of the brutal costs of chemotherapy and treatment. Things you don't have to worry about. It's like, come on, he's got to worry about just, you know, fighting. Yep. Quick Quack Car Wash has answered the call. We are going to be there on Monday. The KRBE team will be there Monday 4 to 7 at the 9,300 location, 9,300 West Timer location. It's 9,300 West Timer. It is a preview to the grand opening. From 4 to 7, you get a free car wash. We're just asking you to donate whatever you can to YoJ's cause to battle cancer. Now, Quick Quack Car Wash is then going to match the donations that we raised for YoJ and give those to the Kinder Children's Cancer Center, which is a joint venture between MD Anderson and Texas Children's. That's so nice. And they're already nice enough to give us the free car washes and then do this. Thank you so much. So 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Monday, Monday. Mark your calendar Monday, Monday, Monday, 9,300 West Timer. We are talking to YoJ on Tuesday about this. Here's a little bit of how that conversation went. This Monday, April 6, 9,300 West Timer. Quick Quack Car Wash between 4 and 7 p.m. Come get a free car wash. Please help YoJ. That's me in the KRBE. That's so sweet. In good spirits. That's his voice. You hear his voice all day long on KRBE. Now you be listening for it. That's YoJ's voice. God bless you, YoJ and your family. And we really want people to show up and wash their cars. Coming up next, we're going to do a little round table. And this story, this could help you out this weekend. The best time you should text after a first date. Oh, we need that. When is the best time to text after a first date? Not one week later. That's called ghosting. You're on our show. That's you with us. All right, we'll go around the table next on The Ruler Show with Eric. Vince Collin A's is redefining news talk. I'm Vince Collin A's host of the Vince podcast. I'm bringing you the truth beneath the headlines of all of the nation's top stories in depth interviews. We feature newsmaking interviews with the top guests on the whole planet. And I'll ask the questions you only dream of other interviewers asking. And a front row seat to the most important conversations of the day. 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