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8a Relationship Performance Plan, What you Banned your Partner from, Eric CPAP Netflix show Idea 04-13-26

33 min
Apr 13, 20265 days ago
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Summary

The Roula Show discusses relationship dynamics including a girlfriend's formal performance improvement plan for her boyfriend forgetting her birthday, things couples ban each other from doing, and Eric's experience at a CPAP training class that inspires a potential Netflix show concept. The hosts also cover local news about Memorial City Mall's ice rink closure and celebrity updates.

Insights
  • Formal accountability mechanisms in relationships can be perceived as either controlling or creatively effective depending on context and how they're implemented
  • Bans in relationships often backfire by creating forbidden fruit appeal rather than preventing unwanted behavior
  • Niche community experiences (like CPAP training classes) can serve as compelling settings for ensemble comedy shows by bringing together diverse characters with shared vulnerability
  • Social media amplification of relationship conflicts can shift public perception and normalize unconventional relationship practices
  • Detailed communication is critical in customer service and phone screening to avoid misunderstandings
Trends
Gamification and corporate-style documentation being applied to personal relationships for accountabilityIncreased awareness and normalization of sleep apnea and CPAP usage among general populationFacebook Marketplace and peer-to-peer selling platforms creating new social dynamics and safety considerationsEnsemble comedy shows set in mundane institutional settings gaining traction (DMV, Superstore model)Relationship boundary-setting through explicit bans and restrictions becoming more common discussion topicLocal mall infrastructure changes and closures impacting community recreational spacesCelebrity tour accessibility and ticket scarcity driving radio station promotional strategies
Companies
Netflix
Eric pitches a potential Netflix show concept based on his CPAP training class experience
Facebook
Discussed as platform for Marketplace buying/selling and safety verification of sellers
Disney
Mentioned as having created a reboot of '16 Candles' with actress Debbie Ryan
Oprah Winfrey Network
Referenced for Oprah's commentary on Friends' lack of diversity in early seasons
Cumulus Media
Parent company of 104.1 KRBE radio station where the show airs
Metro National
Company that operates Memorial City Mall and manages its ice rink closure
Amazon
Mentioned as source for affordable nugget ice maker alternative to expensive branded options
NRG Stadium
Venue hosting Bruno Mars' Romantic Tour on April 22nd
People
Eric
Main host discussing relationships, CPAP experience, and pitching Netflix show concept
Roula
Co-host engaging in relationship and lifestyle discussions throughout episode
Sam
Co-host discussing personal experiences with appliances, ice makers, and relationships
Special K
Co-host mentioned as banned from Home Depot and Lowe's due to overspending
Alameda
New staff member learning to screen calls; made error writing 'churches' instead of 'Church's chicken'
Sandra
Regular caller banned from Church's Chicken locations for excessive complaints about food quality
Vernon Davis
Guest host for 'Next Roll' segment discussing leadership and life experiences
Dietrich Wise
Featured guest discussing leadership through example on and off the field
Bobby Bones
Featured guest discussing life experiences and willingness to take risks
Harry Styles
Concert ticket giveaway for his Together Tour with stops in New York and London
Bruno Mars
Romantic Tour promotion with ticket giveaway contest for April 22nd show at NRG Stadium
Molly Ringwald
Star of original 1984 '16 Candles' film discussed during TV show comparison segment
Debbie Ryan
Star of Disney's '16 Candles' reboot discussed during TV show comparison segment
Queen Latifah
Star of 'Living Single' TV series discussed during television show comparison
Christina Applegate
Referenced in discussion about David Hasselhoff poster with hawk imagery
Quotes
"You're gonna learn. You're gonna have a file. You don't have to work. They would say HR has a file on everybody that works somewhere. That's not his file, forgot the birthday."
EricEarly in episode
"If you respect me, you would know I do not find it, I'm not happy if you go to this place."
HostRelationship bans discussion
"It's a mismatched group of adults forced into a weekly CPAP class led by an overly intense sleep coach who treats it like life or death."
ChatGPT (show concept description)Netflix show pitch segment
"Everyone in this room can't breathe while they sleep. It was like a DMV show that just got canceled on NBC."
EricCPAP training class discussion
"I didn't realize so many people are having snoring issues. I didn't realize it was this big."
EricCPAP discussion
Full Transcript
Hey, this is Anthony Push from the Push and Win Law firm. If you've been injured in an 18-wheeler accident, call us today, 833-PUSH-WIN. You can also visit us online, pushwin.com. 104.1 K-R-B-E, a cumulus media station. Good morning, everyone. We ready? Live from the TFC Energy Studio. You're the ruler show with Eric, featuring Special K and Sam. All right, Harry Styles, a flyaway up for grabs. We got four tickets to New York, and we got one to London for Harry's Together Tour. Text the national keyword, Harry. H-A-R-R-Y to 95819. That is the text number, not our regular one. That's the trip text number, 95819. Tender for a chance to win a trip to see Harry Styles. All right, if your mate was to present you with some forms to fill out or send you an email of, hey, when you have time, can you look at this, please? The performance improvement plan. Now, at first, when I read this story, Rula, I was mad. I'm like, why does this guy need, this is a red flag. This guy needs to run away from her because she wants him to sign this piece of paper. But then I started thinking, well, she has a point because what he did was pretty stupid. So this couple is not married. They are dating. And his girlfriend gave him this formal work style document, lining out exactly how he failed by forgetting her birthday and what he needs to do to fix the fail. How do you forget a birthday? The plan spelled out his lack of planning and thoughtfulness and it had new, quote, action steps, like using calendars and reminders or schedule check-in monthly or daily or even weekly for future important dates. Now, he admitted he felt weird because he actually signed it, especially because he already tried to make it up to her with a nice dinner, but she insisted he take the document seriously and encourage him to post it online. But so do you guys think that's a red flag for either? Post it online. That's how we all know about it. Why would she want him to post that online? To get a reaction? Shame. Oh, to shame him, yeah. Yeah, mostly. Mostly the online reaction guys surprisingly was on her side. Did they say how long they dated? Are they're dating? It doesn't say. Okay. It says a lot of people called the move funny but fair, saying forgetting your partner's birthday is a big miss and that over the top corporate approach was just a creative way to make sure it never happens again. I just gotta make sure when they go out, she has her purse with them at all times because that's where his balls are. Oh my God. This guy, once he did this, I mean, this is your future, buddy. Every mistake she's gonna throw in your face. Yeah, you gonna learn. You're gonna have a file. You don't have to work. They would say HR has a file on everybody that works somewhere. That's not his file, forgot the birthday. I mean, that clearly means that the, she's that kind of person, her birthday means everything because you all know there's two kinds of people in the world. The ones that really, really care about their birthday. Countdown to my birthday, it's coming up. Birthday. And then others are like, that's my birthday, it's cool. Thanks. It's nice to celebrate it. It's awesome. Yeah. Yeah, it's weekday. Don't text me. Maybe there's three kind of people because there are some people that really don't care. They'd rather skip the day. But I'm like, you know, Christina, we had mentioned her former member of our show. She was the kind of birthday person that was like, everybody needs to know my birthday. Come on, we're making a plan. Like she would invite her friends. Put on a calendar. She'd invite, coming up. I think Kevin had to, one of the parties and then like you had to do everything she wanted to do. Because it was a successive day of different non-alcoholic spots. Yeah, that's what hurt you the most. It's my birthday, everyone. I have a sash. Kevin's like, oh. She ate my sash. She was a sash gal. Sash gal. She was sashie and sassy. I met her at the morning show Boot Camp. She was wearing that and I was like, oh yeah, she did like the sash. And then you guys told me to go to lunch with her or dinner with her and I did dinner by myself with her. The first time you were hired. Oh man. She's not here to defend herself. I was like, this is awkward. It was just awkward. It was just awkward because it's like, hi, I'm here at placement. Yeah. And hi. Spell the tea on what I need to know about this crisis. I don't know what we're supposed to talk about, but hi. She's doing great in California. She's pregnant. Yeah, she's having a baby, y'all. That's amazing. She got married on a baby. It's a boy. Which because of our show. Met her man. Well. Right here in Houston, Texas. They moved to California. He's a journeyman and she went to school for to be a counselor. He's a white. He's a journeyman, like for electricians. Oh, that was electricians. Maybe you're right. Electricians, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've never heard that term. Oh yeah, if you're a journeyman, you can make a lot of money. Journeyman. It's called a journeyman. There's a different. No, there's different levels of electrician and plumber. Right. So she's living her best life. Good for her. Yep. Listen every now and again to podcast out to you. I always remember, Christina, your birthday is March 25th. Yeah, that's what I talked to her. Wow, you're good. March 25th. Why do you know that? It's impressive. Because it's Greg and Amanda's day. That's what I was. But Kevin, I know yours is July 17th. Yes. Yeah. Let's not bring that up again. Is Carolina the same birthday? Yes. Mumble's wife? Yes. I have a couple of birthdays, buddies. Also, my friend Alex has the same birthday as me and a night writer. Oh, Daniel Hasselhoff? Yes. Yes. David Hasselhoff. David Hasselhoff. My mom's favorite. No. No. For those that missed this, Eric's mother had a picture of David Hasselhoff in like bikini underwear, holding a hawk and wearing a pleather jacket. No, that was, the hawk was a. Oh, Christina Applegate. Christina Applegate. But he had the pleather jacket and the bikini. I actually have a photo of my sister for Christmas. She got the poster, but she didn't want it. I think it was a guy gift. So my mom kept it down in the laundry room. Down the basement. Every time I go down there, I'm like. That is hilarious. What is that? Poster. What is that? So do you think that that should be on the thing? Performance improvement plan for my birthday. I wanted a poster of Justin Bieber and you didn't get it for me in his aluminum shorts. I say red flag. From the Grammys. It's a red flag, but still you gots to learn. If you want to keep her, you better learn how to do her right. Don't forget that birthday. Among other things, he's probably doing all kinds of things wrong. If he forgot the birthday, he's forgetting a lot of things. I mean, there's an entire movie based on forgetting a birthday. Guess that movie. The entire movie is based on throughout my birthday. That's easy one. Is it? I don't know. I don't know. It was in made in the 80s. It's an 80s movie and the entire premise is, I can't believe they forgot my birthday. See it's classic. I can't believe they forgot my birthday. It was the whole premise of the movie. And she wasn't 17 or 15. Iconic. Iconic. Wait, Lobby Day just yelled in the next room. Oh my God. I can't believe I just heard him scream. I can't hear him. Lobby Day, what is it? 16 Candles? Yeah. Yes. I've never seen that movie. Have you seen that movie? You're like 22. Yes, because they made like a reboot on Disney called 16 Candles. Oh, did they really? Yes. Are you serious? Yes, they did. It was with Debbie Ryan. She was a little girl and they all forgot her birthday and then she got like these 16 Candles. Debbie Ryan, is that Jesse? Yeah, that's Jesse. So she got these Candles and she would blow out each one it was a wish, but then everybody ended up forgetting her birthday. Oh, interesting. So it wasn't a reboot. Which one's better? Yeah, which one's better? 16 Candles, the movie or the? Oh, yeah, the new one. What? No way. He's 22. The other one was like Molly Ringwald? Yeah. You didn't like that? It was all right. It was the 80s. Jake Ryan and his Porsche. Jake Ryan and his Porsche. Yeah, forgetting about that. We have to get the movie list for a Lama Day to Watch. Oh, yeah. Have you seen Back to the Future? You have. No, I haven't. What? Marty McFly right? Yeah, you know it's about Jurassic Park. Yeah, I've seen Jurassic Park. The original. Not the world movies though. No, the original. Oh, yeah. Okay. Na na na na na. Yes, that's the one. Yeah. Right, that's the one with the little frills and it was like. Yeah. He like spits on you and then kills you like the vultures. They got Newman from Seinfeld. Have you ever heard of Seinfeld? You know what Seinfeld is? Oh, yeah, Jerry Seinfeld. Jerry Seinfeld, right? Have you ever seen that TV show? No. How about? It's on Netflix. Friends. I've seen episodes of Friends. I was more of like a Martin. Oh, yeah. We don't see Martin as much. Like where am I gonna find Marty? He's not on Netflix. No, he's on. He's back on one of those free channels. Alameda, did you find it weird that on Friends in New York there was all white people? Yes, no, I did think it was a little weird. That was all white. Famously Alameda, when that show was a hit in its prime, they were all on Oprah and Oprah even joked. It was after the first season to the second when it became Monsters Hit. Y'all gonna have, I can come by and I can be your black friend is what they said. Right. And they didn't get anybody of color on that show, even for any kind of a storyline until like the last couple of seasons. What was the one that they ripped it off? People said they ripped it off. Living single? Oh, living single? Living single was a good series. Was it a bunch of single girls living in the city? Yeah, four girls living together. Queen Latifah was in that. Yeah, living single was with Queen Latifah. Living single, yeah. But a different world was college. That was Dwayne Wade. And, Whitley. Whitley. Yeah, Dwayne Wayne. Oh, Dwayne Wayne. Sorry, I said, Dwayne. I saw you said the basketball player. Dwayne Wayne was his name. Dwayne Wayne, Khadim Hardison, and Whitley. Yeah, Whitley. They were in... God. God. God. God. Get back over there. Get back over there. Get back over there. That's the one. Get back on those phones and try to call us at 833-390. K-R-V-E. That's what we are, Transitional Music for a Long Minute. I don't know if you've ever seen that show. What is banned in your relationship? Is there a restaurant? Is there a city? Is there a specific place that you cannot trust your mate to go there or y'all just, it's off because bad things happen in your relationship at that location. If you missed roses today, Vegas as an entire city was banned in Emerson's relationship with Logan because he had cheated on her there. So he was never allowed to go there, but when a work conference was to take him there, he got all his coworkers to lie to Emerson and say, it's in Denver. Let's just say we're going to Denver. So where you've been banned from? Yeah, or what? Maybe it's like a Tex-Mex restaurant where you had too many margaritas and bad things happened after they made out with somebody at the bar. Or they spent too much money. Next to those little horses. You know what I'm talking about. Like Special K at Home Depot and Lowe's and all those stores. Booster's like, nope, you're not allowed your band. 833-390. So we want to open it to any reason they're banned because they spend too much. Not just because it's cheating or something. I'd love to see what would your mate actually ban you? I would never ban my wife from anything. 833-390. KRBE is our phone number. Let's talk to you next on The Rula Show there. Next roll with Vernon Davis. I'm your host Vernon Davis. Okay, y'all, thank you. Thank you, that's my... Today we have Dietrich Wise. Through my example on the field, off the field, during game day and practice, that was one way that I led. Because then it led to success. Next roll isn't about what's next. It's about why they do it. My man, Bobby Bones. Like I've had a lot of stuff happen, bad and good. And so I don't have any fear of mixing it up. That's powerful, man. Next roll with Vernon Davis. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. Taylor Swift on The Rula Show there. It can 104.1 KRBE. We're talking about things that you had to ban in your relationship because of whatever reason, in roses, in that situation, which is typically about somebody being unfaithful, it was Emerson that had banned Logan from going to Vegas because he had cheated on her once before in Vegas. So that was a do-night fly zone for them in their relationship. And he got his coworkers to lie that they were in Denver versus Vegas for this conference. And in the end, he did send them to somebody else and he was cheating anyway. It's hard to ban your mate from something though. We're just gonna know your mate won't be happy if. Just say, I wouldn't say the word banned. I'd be like, if you respect me, you would know I do not find it, I'm not happy if you go to this place. Yeah, that type of thing. You're banned, you can't go there. Right. Does that make people want to do things more or more? Absolutely. You're gonna tell me no, it's gonna make me want to go do it. And it has to be like a joking, lighthearted thing. Like the text says I've tried to ban my husband from Facebook part marketplace because he shopped so much. Oh, that's his life. I know, I joke, I was like, was that a, you were meat exited? No, he uses it too. I know he does. He's always sending me things. Do you guys meet up? And we're like, please stay, you go somewhere. Where's the meetup spot? No, you just go to their house. What's they say you're supposed to meet? What about them coming to your house when you sell something? I have done both meetup and non-meetup. Yeah. I mean, here's one thing to look for. I guess it's for women they worry more about. If this, say looking for something today, they're selling a dresser and it says you joined Facebook in 2026, no, you fake. No, really? Yes, because everyone's been on Facebook forever. Yeah, yeah. You know, if you're legit, you've probably been on Facebook for a while also. And you're not, I'm not gonna be your first person. No, you can, exactly. You can check and see this person had other sales. I can rate you as a seller. Well, I know, it was my first time selling a couch. Well, then good luck. Then nobody would ever buy it from me because I've never seen one before. No, they may. I sold Washer and Dryers. Washer and Dryers. Oh, Washer and Dryers. Yeah, Washer and Dryers. Washer and Dryers set? Okay. Yes, thank you. To a woman. She comes to my house and I told her, I'm like, well, originally they were messaging, right? And I was like, yeah, I was like, I didn't know it was just gonna be a woman. I was like, you gotta come, like you have to move it yourself. We're not offering to move it. I'm sorry. Sure, sure, you gotta move it yourself. She came by herself. Oh, no, did you have to help her? No, she moved it herself. I told Mark, I was like, Mark, you have to put this down off the porch. Because the porch is like maybe five steps. I was like, you have to at least put it down off the porch and stuff. No, she handled it herself. She tossed it. She knew how to do it. It was insane. Did she put that rope around it? Put it around your belly and it picks up. She had like a dolly and like, because they are kind of light, but she just manhandled this stuff and put it up in her truck by herself. Kev, I wish I filmed it. I was so impressed with her. I was like, no, there's a way. Yeah, I was like, you just came by yourself. She's like, yeah, I figured if it looked sketchy, I wouldn't knock on your door. Oh, wow. Wow. I had a good, I sold a gate, a driveway gate. It was pretty big. We took it off the rental, but it was still like the parts of it were good. So I was like, well, this is a driveway gate. 10 years old, y'all. It looked rough. Who bought that for how much? How did they take it? Oh God, I sold it for almost as much as I purchased it for. It was crazy. This guy came over, but here's the problem. He came over and it didn't fit into his truck. So we had to get all my tools out and we're sitting in my driveway, sawing this gate down so that he can take the frame of it. And I am so salty, I'm hungover. All I wanted to do was just hit it. Hey man, just come back with some kind of like a trailer, dude, I'm not doing this today. You either wanted it or you don't. I'm not selling anything for you. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, I guess. Look how mad you are still. How long ago was that? Still mad about that. Still mad about that. I was in canvas hungover and don't mess with him. We're taking this call, but at first I thought she was banned from somewhere else. Okay, Eric, I was gonna say this. Now listen, this is how important it is for details, America. It is important to put details. Alameda sent a note to me and Eric and said Sandra's banned from churches. I'm like, oh, damn. And we're like, churches got what she do. And I go, and so I mouthed to him, what did she do? Cause who knows what kind of crazy bamboo we'll call we're gonna get, right? Let's find out. And what did he say she's banned from? Sandra's on to tell us. Let's talk about details. Hi, Sandra, good morning. Good morning. Back on the show with Sandra. So what kind of a church was it? I know. You just didn't like the candles, saying enough prayers. What happened there, Sandra? Why'd you get banned from multiple churches? First and foremost, I'm gonna tell you, Sam, you're right. My daughter, my granddaughter sent me out. Wait, hold on. Wait, let's talk about it. Let's see, Sandra, let's say the lane. How many churches were you banned from and why? Cause that's what we thought. We thought we were talking about God, you know, doing your night light and the candles. What is the actual story that Elamadeh was not officially telling us? And that's why details are important. The one in New K.E., right? But which one? Which church? Is it a church? Like a Presbyterian Catholic? No, the church is kicking. The church is kicking. Yeah, I got that. I got that. Well, churches is plural. She said, he wrote CHURCHES. That is multiple churches. So we thought. We thought churches with an apostrophe is for chicken. Oh, with apostrophe S. Oh, okay. So we thought it was a religious establishment she was banned from. But you're talking chicken. Chicken. Okay, the churches in New K.E. banned you why? Why? That's a rooster, by the way. It's a crime. Every time I went, like, it was like awful. Like, I mean, the chicken was undercooked or I asked for two legs, they gave me a leg and a thigh. I don't eat much. So what'd you do though? I mean, did you complain too much that they said, do not eat here anymore? I complained. I complained. And I said, well, you know, these cheddar poppers are like really cold. I'm like, can you warm up a little bit? Damn cheese poppers. I'm like, so why do you charge me a dollar through the jalapeno ranch? Why don't you get it for free over here in Pasadena? So then I go the one over there. I don't know, I think it's been free. And then this is Spain. Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you. Sandra, you're done. You can't go, Sandra. Sandra, you're done. You're banned. I said, Sandra needs a glass of water. Sandra's banned. Sandra's banned from us. She's banned you. She went to a different location as the same crap. Say yes. Alana, make a note when Sandra calls, she is on a one month detentional window. Oh, she's banned. She's banned from the rules. May 13th, she can come back. Yes, the day is yours. The story is on there. I'm still so confused. OK, church's chicken. But what was she saying about me with something? I don't know. That's what she said. Sandra was right. Sandra, stay in the lane. That's something we knew. That's what we knew something was all. Whatever you were talking about with the washer and dryer and maybe you're right about being impressed. Who knows? Who knows? Sandra has a lot of thoughts. And we love her for it. But why didn't she try? We wanted her to stay in the lane on the church's chicken. Church is like, I don't know. I'm into these Popeyes and KFC churches. But back to the details, Eric. This is why for Alameda to learn less than anybody else, it's like saying, let's eat, grandma, meaning let's eat. Like grandma, let's eat. Versus no, let's eat grandma. This is why it's very important to write down details. Alameda, come back here for a second. Alameda, come here. He wrote, she's banned from churches. And then I said for what? He goes from church's chicken because she complains too much. Did you realize that? I did. I did realize halfway through. We were looking at each other. And I was like, I just put churches on here. I was like, they're definitely going to think this is like a religion thing. I added chicken, but this was already past the point that they already saw churches. So I was like, OK. So Alameda is in news behind the scenes answering the phones. And we're still in that trial window because we're not sure if we want to keep him or not. Today we're going to do a little one-on-one tutorial with how to answer the phones when it comes to the Rula show there. You're doing great, sweetie. That was great. Well, people will test you. Call up and test Alameda and see how he does. And for sure, we'll Alameda know to say, well, we really appreciate your thoughts. We don't have time for that call right now. I encourage you to go to the listener line 713 to 7-8-VENT. She was fun, though. Sandra was very fun. Sandra was good. Remember, she's for, because we hit her last week. I'm like, we did. Twice, twice. She came from. She won the grandmas in the six o'clock or something Friday. I like her a lot. Yeah, Sandra, we love you, but that's our joke now with you, Sandra, your band. Till May 13th. You cursed. And so that hurts. You cursed. Say bad words. You're cursed because you're cursed. That's what it is. All right. At 713, 2-7-8-VENT, that's 8-3-6-8. What are you banned from and why? Eric should be banned from buying one more bottle of bourbon. Oh, man. I think that's not even bad. There are only people in Texas to drink all the bourbon you have collected. I've been good. But you have over 400 bottles now. It has to be. No, only like 280. Only 280. I've been giving some to Sam. I've been giving some to me, and I appreciate it so much. We have drank all of them. So for some reason, you'd buy new. Even his birthday, I gave him some. That's a stronger one. Wait, I have a question for you, Sam. Speaking of giving them away. And you're very good at that. You drink them? They're not just sitting there clutching. Oh, no. We drink them too fast. Oh, yeah, that's a problem. Once I gave you a bottle of something that I gave it to you because my husband, I couldn't figure out what we would drink it with, it was like a basil vodka something. Do you remember that one? Yes. Do you ever drink it? Do you ever figure out how to drink that or is it still sitting around and giving away a throw away? I mean, basil vodka, I've had basil olive oil, great. Basil vodka would be fresh, but we just couldn't get it with the right cocktail going. I want to say maybe we made a cocktail with it because that was, I feel like that was a couple, yeah, a couple of summers ago. It was in COVID. Okay, my house in COVID gave me like a box of booze. I think it was. We either did that or when we were kind of like going through our stuff that were like, is it worth it to keep? Right. But I want to say we maybe made cocktails with it because I don't remember seeing it. That's your beer keg. I don't hear that. I'm a kegerator. Well, because beer is really fattening. And so we kind of like simmered on that. Also, I had a baby so couldn't drink for a long time and Mark wasn't going to just like refill the keg and then just be like, Sam, can you pour me a beer? And I'd be like, And that's torture. And everything like that. So no, I have not refilled the keg yet, but summertime, absolutely. And I got an ice maker. I didn't get the nugget ice, but I got these little like, they look like bullets, like little bullet ice. Oh yeah, those are good. Yeah, because poor Kev, he came over and tried to fix my ice maker, but then she started leaking and now my floors are all... Oh my God. I live in a hotel for 35 days because of that problem. Right. I know, I'll never get an ice machine by itself again. Like in your cabinetry. Oh, might sound like on the cabinet. Mine's by the kegerator. It's just a tiny little guy, but then I take the ice and then put it in the freezer. Be careful, they sound great, but a lot of times, especially we've got wood floors or something. Oh yeah, no, no, no, no. Yeah, but doesn't your refrigerator have ice? Yeah, I use that. It does, but it's different. I don't know why that's different, but it's just different. And when you put that ice maker in your cabinetry in an area where you like to make drinks. Push by a bar, you have it by a bar, and you're making drinks. Cursed somehow, and it's always gonna backfire on ya. And by the way, for those of you who wanna buy a nugget ice maker for the countertop, there are some real expensive ones out there. Real expensive ones. And I found a deal on one, which was fine, but then I found one on Amazon for half the price, and it's way better, smaller footprint, makes the ice faster, and we just use it all the time. So sometimes more expensive and quote fancy is not better than just the junkies, quote, junky stuff on Amazon. The only time I think expensive work is like a shirt. The fabric feels. Yeah, but then you just had that issue where you had to buy those collar things. Yeah, yeah, that is true. Yeah, to keep my collars stiff. Maybe just was it excited to be around my neck? I'm leaving the collar right there. It went limp. I'm leaving that joke right there. Stop it. All right, coming up next is Celebrity Scoop. Let's talk about death and celebrities. Oh, by the way, somebody said Basil Blueberry vodka cocktails, what we should have made. And I also have an awesome idea for a future Netflix show. Okay, is it called Seinfeld? Nope. It's four friends in New York. Yeah. I have a great idea for an ensemble show that I think could be a big hit. Okay, we're gonna hear that. Is it Dream Smashers? Yep, you guys can smash me if you want. Hybrid Scoop, next time. Wait, that sounds bad. Dream Smash me. Dream Smash, Eric's Netflix idea. Yes, sir. Smash, fuck! I don't care, V. Celebrity Scoop. I'm a ruler show with Eric. 104.1, K.R.B.E. It is brought to you by Taqueria Randasen. I just wanna give you a heads up that we've got your access to Bruno Mars, sold out, the romantic tour, when it comes to the Space City. April 22nd. Nice. It's called Blast Off to Mars. I see what you did there. Yeah, Blast Off to Mars. Okay, next Wednesday, well actually this coming Wednesday. It's this coming Wednesday. Not next Wednesday, cause some people are like, what is that, the next one? Yes, that is the next one, but when you say next Wednesday, that means next week. We're saying in two days from now, this Wednesday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., whenever we play Back to Back Bruno, if you're caller 104, you score access to the show before, yeah, that's it, before he gets here. Is that something you're like? I'm reading the line and that's not a true statement, so I had to skip it. Oh. It said before the tickets go on sale, that's not a true statement. Tickets are already on sale. Oh. They wrote this before the fact. Probably. Oh. Right? Oh my. Oops. I have no idea. I do pre-read as shockingly as that sounds. I mean, I don't. I read three seconds ahead. But I read, when I saw it, I go, oh, okay, yeah, that's cool, but I did not pay attention to that line. I totally skipped my eyes. Look, Sam's even shocked also. Yeah. Rula, you're pretty good with going with the flow if there's an error in the copy, whereas Sam and I will read right through it. I did a street scene one time and then I cursed on the air when I read it wrong. Like at the end of it. But I did it when I thought the mic was down already and I stopped and I was like, should do be. And I looked and I was like, oh, oh. I think he said it again. I think he did it again. Should do be, should do be, should do be. Okay, so back to reset. Listen from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. That's Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Whenever you hear Back to Back Bruno Mars, the Color 104 as soon as the second song starts, once you realize it's a Back to Back Bruno Mars. And then you're gonna score tickets to the show. It's the romantic tour, April 22nd at NRG Stadium. Lots of new music coming too. We did Runway, The Awesome Hybrid of Madonna and RuPaul. That is now Dochi and Gaga. For Del Worsh, front of two. And also Olivia Rodrigo has a new song called Drop Dead next Friday. Okay, Eric, tell us about your idea for a new show. So Friday after the show, we're done. Ready to enjoy it. Went to the gym. Like that's usually after the gym, it's my, the world's my oyster. But I had to go to the staffer to this class at one o'clock to learn how to use a CPAP machine. I'm like, oh, I thought I'd just go there, pick it up, go there, go, no, no, no, no. You're gonna be here for two hours. I had to be trained on how to breathe on this machine. And you just show me like five minutes, I can get a YouTube, a clip. Yeah, YouTube, wow. I had to go in a classroom. First I sat down, there's all these people around me and they, some weird people. Oh, I was nervous. It was fun, I mean it was fun. Interesting, let's say interesting. But I mean it was just like, all, it was just, I felt like I was at the DMV, like every age group ever, it was just nuts, it was fun. It's like an episode of The Office. But we were all talking and just like, I'm just starting to think. Everyone in this room can't breathe while they sleep. It was like a DMV show that just got canceled on NBC or other channels. I think Tim Meadows was in it. I forget the name of it, but it got canceled. I'll go ahead and play you talk, let's see. So for two hours I'm in this class and people were asking the dumbest questions and that was fun. What's a dumb question they were asking? I can't even remember, because there's so many of them. Oh my, my. Like, do I plug this in? So I asked a dumb question just to be funny. I said, can I put bourbon in it instead of water? And she's like, I think she thought I was serious. She probably did. No, you cannot do that. I'm like, oh, because that's be distilled water. Distilled water, yeah. And here's how you clean the machine and do all the stuff, which is, I guess, good to know. But there's like buttons on it. You hit this and the guys, what does this work? I'm like, hit this, do this. And so Eric is cursing their names because you know that their questions are delayed with time to leave. They have a mannequin with each type of apparatus to put on your face. So we have to look at these and then you gotta pick them. It's like, I feel like I'm an Harry Potter. She kinda chews the hat and the hat chews his huge hat thing. You get to choose which apparatus you're going to use. But they read, the main person has a, from each doctor tells you what you should have to use. Okay, yeah, I suggest it. Yeah, what you should pick and stuff. Calibration and all the things. But then I'm thinking, man, this could be somehow, with these characters where they could all be friends and like one guy doesn't wanna be their friend. But not every episode is at the meeting of the CPAP. No, no, no. It's just, they met at the CPAP meeting. And then you follow their boring yet ridiculous lives. ChatGPD says, it's a mismatched group of adults forced into a weekly CPAP class led by an overly intense sleep coach who treats it like life or death. Between mask malfunctions, denial and ego, they keep failing at better sleep, but the real mess is their daytime lives and somehow this awkward group becomes the only place they're honest. I'm like, hey, that could be something. That's maybe. At least one see. Because think about, when I talk about, and I send photos or do posts, I get hundreds of people. I didn't realize so many people are having snoring issues. Yeah, CPAP's. I didn't realize it was this big. So maybe it might be something out there. Kind of like the office meets community, meets DMV. Superstore. Superstore, which was a great show. DMV actually was a show. It was a comedy set in the place. Everyone dreads going most. Tim Meadows was in it. It premiered October 13th, 2025. It says it's one season, but it doesn't show cancellation as far as my quick search. But anyway. I think I got canceled. But yeah, so I've done this thing since Friday. And they say you got to do these two four hours a day with it. Oh yeah. After a certain time, if not insurance, will make you pay for the machine. So it will tell, it will tattle on you? Yeah, it reads everything, sends to them. It gives me a score of this stuff. It don't. It tattles on you. It doesn't. So if I took the mask off. Oh my God, a little tatler. It tells me like, I'm averaging 12 events an hour still with that machine on. Still? Yeah. I mean, the machine helps fix it. OK, so take me back to what was it before per hour? Like 137 times he's having something. 20 or 30. Stop asking questions. They're relating. So I tell you. Do a raw feed about this. It's H.J. I'm a rolling show. You dare it. Shut up. 4.1. Come on. OK, since now we're doing local stuff, I saw the Memorial City Mall ice rink is closing completely. OK, so we need information on this. Brought to you by Easy Fiber, by the way. A couple of people had reached out to me over the weekend. And I said, because it was Greek Easter weekend for me, I had a lot going on. And I said, why don't we touch base on this on Monday? Because the Memorial City Mall ice rink is set to be closed by Metro National, who runs that whole area. The area that anything that has the blue neon or the colorful neon for the holidays or different things. That is supposed to be. I don't have the date, though, because I didn't deep dive the story yet after the show. I was going to get to them to see, is this something that you can save and rally to save? Or is it like a done deal? Why are they going to close it? My godson, Jonathan, shout out to you, honey. He's an awesome ice hockey player. And he learned how to. I think that's where he learned. I know that he goes there for practice all the time. And I had texted him is this actually via my knees. I was like, hey, can you text Jonathan? Because it's different. It was already weekend. And so I didn't get directly from him. I got this from my knees who told me he told her. OK, second hand knowledge. Second hand knowledge. So don't hold me to it. But he said, yes, it is going to close. But I don't have a reason to why it closed. So I was going to talk to them after the show today. In my head, I was thinking it's because of the accident or whatever happened a few months ago. Oh, yeah. And maybe insurance. The chemical spill. And maybe insurance is like for the malls. Oh, yeah. It's not worth it. We're not going to cover this anymore. You already had this one. If it happens again, we've already known it happens. We could be reliable. I don't know anything about that stuff in my head. According to KHOU. I'm not a lawyer. They say as part of the upcoming relocation and construction of the mall's main entrance, it will not be possible to maintain the required ice conditions once construction begins. But doesn't that mean they can just close it for a while and then bring it back? No. They say it will not close until Friday, July 31. This was a message on their website. But it will be closed for repair. Icegate Memorial City is temporarily closed as repairs are made to crucial infrastructure. We apologize for the inconvenience and interruption in the program. That was then. But it will shut down for good in July. But can it go somewhere else? I don't know. I don't know. They don't just pick it up. They say they're going to find out the show today. Yeah, you can. It's big. It has to be a specific size. And all the things there's more to talk about, but it's fine. Yeah. There's a lot going on at that mall. That's going to be completely different. It's been there since 2003. Put a five below in there. 23 years of that. Because they already closed the American Girl Store Diner cafe and store. That made me sad. That's like our child. Our children's childhood stopping, Eric. At least I kept those dolls. I got them in a container. Man. OK, let's see. More to come from that story. Coming up next, if you missed the Rose's update. Well, you know, Emerson came to us because Vegas' band and her relationship and her man Logan apparently went back to Vegas and didn't tell her. He claimed it was a work thing. What she actually found out was bad. And then what happened over the weekend was worse. And here it next on The Rural Show with Eric and K.R.B.E. Hey there. I'm Paula Pan. I help people make the smartest money decisions possible. Do not ever worry about your salary. You need enough to make sure that you aren't in a bad financial position. Once you have that, your salary becomes moot. What matters from that point forward, upside gains. 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