FULL SHOW: Accidental Friend Zone Awkward, Caught Cheating Confession + Beat Brooke (3/31/26)

All right, you're here, you did it, and we've got a full hour for you that's all brand new, Awkward Tuesday, mass speaker, lots of trivia. Yeah. Lots of times that you can think that you're smarter than me, and I'm okay with that. Hey, it's Brick and Jeffrey in the morning, and we always just love to highlight you first. Yes, this comment, not sure what it's referring to, but at some point we talked about blues clues, I guess, because they said, speak in a blues clue. Oh yeah. Okay. I believed my mom dated the original Steve until I was 29. Guys, I'm turning 32 in April. No way. I have so many questions. Yeah, why? Yeah, I don't know. I bet it was some dude that was her boyfriend that did a good blues clues impersonation. Yeah, maybe. Or she just left him unattended a lot, turned it on, and was like, go spend time with your dad. Yeah, yeah. Then walked out. What a good idea. Spread a rumor like that. I love it. All right, your brand new hour starts right now. I hate to start off the show this way with some in-office controversy. Ooh. I love to start this way. How long do we got? Well, yeah, of course. Someone needs to have the courage to speak up, and I guess that person has to be me. Oh no, it's just gonna be your complaint? I thought you were getting real gossip. It's not my complaint. It's broken Jeffrey in the morning, but apparently there's been a secret petition floating around, and I'm not happy about it. Uh-oh, what is it? I'm not gonna say whose desk I found it on. What? But I will say it's in my possession now. Uh-huh. And I'm not even gonna hint around about it. I'm just gonna read you the title of this petition. I've never seen a petition like this ever. Oh really? Because it says petition for our technical director, Ashton, to make chocolate peanut butter balls for Christmas 2026 instead of jerky. What? Oh, wait a minute. Chocolate peanut butter balls is Jake's thing? That's already saying, Jake's wife is the best in the world. I'm pulling back the curtain here a little bit. Our digital producer is the one who always gives out peanut butter chocolate balls. Oh, the best. While our technical director, Ashton, his thing every year is jerky. Yes, it's right. Homemade jerky. And it gets better every year. So who on this show would want to double the chocolate peanut butter balls instead of having jerky? Okay. Well, I'll tell you, there's only one signature on this petition. Oh, God. And it belongs to Brooke Fox. Oh, Brooke Fox. The creator of the petition. I mean, you know Ashton is in the room right now, Brooke. His feelings are already sensitive. And here you are besmirching his jerky, demanding that he makes a different Christmas present. I was framed. Who do you think you are? I was framed. This is not my signature. Handwriting experts have already confirmed it's you in the signature and it's you in the writing above it. We ran it from chat GPT, Brooke. I also think, Brooke, it's in poor taste that you have eight signature slots, meaning Ashton would have to sign it himself. You want Ashton to sign his own death petition, Brooke? There's like eight members of the show, Brooke. I'm more worried about Jake than I am about Ashton. Oh, now his chocolate peanut butter balls aren't good enough for you. Yo, I love them. They're his wife, Rachel's, and they're phenomenal. She even sows like special bags to put them in. She has a problem with the bags that you're putting them in, Jake. I had to do the silky. I didn't know she could sink any lower than she already has. What, what, Brooke, complaining about on this show, the nerve, I am going to rip that petition up once we get into the shot call and watch me dip. I mean, I'm going to sign it first and then I'm going to tear it up. So, Jake, I apologize. Give us some trivia, Fleeve. I guess I can just continue with the segment. If you can, you're so brave. Well, today is National Crayola Crayon Day. Honoring the most powerful and creative tool of our childhood, the mighty crayon. All right. Of course, back in the day, Crayola gave us all the classic colors, red, blue, red. And then they finally got around to yellow eventually. Oh, wow, Jake learned his colors, guys. But nowadays, they're not playing around with their little restaurant four pack of colors. Things like banana mania, jasberry jam, or real. What's a jasberry? It's like, am I drawing a picture of a sunset or am I ordering off the IHOP menu? In the last few years to stay relevant, they've really gone outside the box with their names and you'll be quizzed on them during a special real life Crayola or made up fakeola edition of 20 of 20. Jake's so good at this, how are you making up stuff? You'll say a number one through 20. I'll tell you the name of a unique crayon color that you might find in the box. You just have to tell me if that's a real life Crayola or a made up fakeola. We'll start with the woman who uses a crayon called burnt apricot disaster to fill in the gaps of her spray tan. I knew it was, I was like, what's it gonna be filling in my eyebrows, my lashes, tan, you have it, Jake. Could have been your hair, I did stay away from the hair this time. That's Alexis. 13. Your color is kind of a warm orange yellow, like melted cheddar that's been left on a pot of noodles sitting on your stove. Oh yeah, Jake. It's called mac and cheese. To stay in the game, tell me if it's a real Crayola or a total fakeola. I mean, why wouldn't you have a mac and cheese labeled Crayola? Because if you label it after food, kids will eat it. That is a good point. You might think it's like flavored and then want to take a bite, a little lick of sniff. Okay, I totally thought it was real, but now I'm changing my mind, I'm gonna say fakeola. Fakeola, Alexis. I would have guessed it was real too. It is real, it's the most 1993 crayon that was ever created. I remember it, I remember thinking cool, it does look like mac and cheese. How did it taste? Like wax. Good wax in the 90s. Brooke, 13 is off the board. 12. Your color was released just last year. It's a dull brownish green, like something you forgot in the back of the fridge. You know, like all your food. They call it expired guacamole. Is this a real Crayola color or a made up fakeola? I would have started to turn. Well, my son really likes to draw boogers, so this sounds like it would be the perfect crayon for that job. And going with the logic you were using before, this would make kids not want to eat it. I actually don't think it's real because I don't know if like expired food registers with kids, do you know what I mean? Oh, wow, that's smart. So I'm gonna say fakeola. She got that right. That's brilliant. Very powerful lobbying boards in Mexico, they would never let anyone talk about their avocados that way. They would have a ripe avocado. Only a positive light. We're talking crayon colors because it's National Crayon Day and we're over to Jose. Brooke has gotten hers right, Alexis got hers wrong, 13 and 12 are off the board. Let's go 15. Your color is a shade of oatmeal brown called hug me. Wait, that was awesome. It was released in 2022 and it's supposed to make you feel good when you use it. Is hug me a real Crayola or a big fakeola? It's brown. Like a teddy bear. You know, recently I looked up what colors can you sleep best on there? Cause I have like colored lights in my apartment. Did hug me come up? And they say like orange and like brighter colors. I have a tip, Jose. Turn the lights off when you sleep. There you go. Wait a minute. So what I'm saying though is I can kind of see brown, like maybe it's happy. Maybe it's happy. Maybe it's a hap- Does brown make you happy? Well, when I go number- No, no, no. I'm gonna say that yeah, it's true. He's saying yay, true. He means real. And he does mean it cause it's correct. Thanks, science. All right, Jeffrey, we're over you. You gotta get this right. And then Alexis will get shocked. I'll go number three. Your color was released in the good old 2024 and it's kind of a faded, muddled, reddish brown. It's called hot dog water, Jeffrey. Is that a real Crayola or a huge fakeola? Dude, it should be real. That's so fun. I think kids would laugh until they started using it and realize it comes with a smell too. Ew, that's so weak. It's like a gas station roller grill at 2 AM. That's not always a bad smell. Son, are you drawing taquitos? But I could see them releasing a special ballpark edition of colors where hot dog water makes it. I'm gonna say real Crayola. Real Crayola is what Jeffrey said. I'm sorry. That's our second fakeola of the round and that means Brooke and Jose, you have won today's edition of We Know Color. Blu-En-Tee of 20. Brooke and Jose get to choose who gets shocked. They're gonna be singing Blue Dabadi Dabadi by Eiffel 65. Who's it gonna be? I wanna see Alexis try to attempt this song. Is that okay with you? I'm Blue Dabadi Dabadi Dabadi Dabadi Dabadi. Dabadi Dabadi Dabadi. Yeah! Somehow it got worse with the lyrics. I got confused. That was so funny. Spot on and spot off at the same time. Jose, that was the right choice. I don't know how to feel. That was your shock color question of the day. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. The average person's day is filled with tons of tiny micro frustrations. Yeah. Slow Wi-Fi, weak break room coffee, one of your shoes squeaks whenever you walk around. Why is there so much linoleum? Those are all for normal people though. Brooke's daily frustrations, those look a little bit different. Oh, I wonder. Like when she forgets people's names who've worked with her for 15 years. When her Starbucks order gets made by an unattractive barista. Oh, come on, where's the IKANI? Just as it tastes as good. When we ask her geography questions about a foreign country that she doesn't own a vacation home in yet. Oh, that gets her. So frustrated. Talk about gross. And today, every question that she gets asked will only add to her growing list of frustrations. Oh. It's gonna keep getting worse if somebody actually beats her in trivia today. We'll find out coming up. When Brooke's Box. Woo! Woo! Woo! Oh man, another sad sack is up to the plate again. Oh my God. For Bailey, who believes that losing really is a disease and there's no cure for her. Oh my God. Because in her eyes, Brooke is really fast and really good at this game. Oh, well. And Bailey, I've not offered this to many listeners who come on the show, but if you want me to read your questions at hyper speed, I mean, you probably won't understand anything that I say, but we can try to beat her together. Oh, wow. What do you think? Let's do it. You want to tag team Brooke with me? Yeah, let's do it. All right. So you're saying you were losing because of Jeff previously and if he just steps it up, then you'll be a winner. Maybe it's both of us. Okay. I just bottom line, I want you to win. Cause I don't want you to be a five time loser, Bailey. We need a victory today and I hope you can get it. Yep, we need to win. Okay. Here we go. Brooke's gonna leave the studio and now is your moment. You got 30 seconds to answer as many questions as possible. If you don't know when you can say pass, but you have to beat her outright if you want to win. Are you ready? Ready. I can tell you are. Here we go. Your time starts now. The Matrix debuted in theaters on this day in what decade, 80s, 90s or 2000s? 80s. What type of instrument is a saxophone, woodwind or brass? Woodwind. What is the technical term for frozen rain? Hail. Name the country that's home to the city of Prague. The pass. Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld co-created what famous sitcom? Pass. The word espresso comes from what language? Latin. Interesting. Okay. Yeah, I don't know how I did there. Yeah, I'm not really sure either. Let's bring Brooke back into the studio. And it says here, Bailey, you currently spend most of your days running around taking your children to sports. What do they play? Football and baseball. Oh, okay. Interesting. You know, Brooke has a unique way of handling the stress of being a sports parent. What she does is she drops them off at the field and then never picks them up. And then eventually they learn, I don't like as many sports, cause I'm walking home in the dark through the bad parts of town. So I don't endorse what Brooke does, but it does ease the stress. If they do their chores that day, they will get a flashlight. So. There you go. That could be helpful for you, Bailey. I'll think about it. Maybe not. My kids are gonna be really good at parkour. Maybe, Frisbee. We'll see. No, but you're the type that loves your children and picks them up and takes them wherever they wanna go. Oh yeah. Wow. Okay. I'm a little bit tired. All right. Good for you, Bailey. Now it's Brooke's turn. Show off. Brooke, you ready? Yeah, I'm ready. Your time starts now. The Matrix debuted in theaters on this day in what decade? 80s, 90s or 2000s? 90s. What type of instrument is a saxophone? Woodwind or brass? Woodwind. What's the technical term for frozen rain? Hail. Name the country that's home to the city of Prague. Czechoslovakia. Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld co-created what famous sitcom? Seinfeld. The word espresso comes from what language? Italy. A trio is three and a duet is two. What do you call one person singing alone? Solo. All right. I didn't say Italian. I think when I say something and then I see Jake and Jose who are keeping score and they look at each other, they make eye contact and they both shake their head. No. And I do the biggest acts I could draw on my pain. I have multiple things to take issue within Brooke's answer. Oh, wow. What gives them the scoreboard? Controversy is swirling, but let's go to the scoreboard first. Drop you off with my kids. With our own Jose. There's a person on my back. And oh! Balaias. Bailey, you got too correct today. Okay. That's pretty good, babe. That's pretty good. That is nothing. Five correct! Oh my goodness. Dude, Bailey, why aren't you blaming Jeffrey for this? This is obviously his fault. Remember? Oh yeah. Oh my gosh. Shelly, we love Jeff Brooke. Yeah. Leave him alone. I'm sorry. You joined the five time loss club. It's okay. Let's go over the answers for everybody. The Matrix debuted in theaters on this day in the 1990s. 1999 specifically grossing over $460 million. The instrument saxophone is part of the woodwind family because it uses a single reed. Yeah, I was in sixth grade band playing the alto sax. That was too easy. The technical term for frozen rain would be hail. The city of Prague is located in the Czech Republic. Did we give Brooke that answer? No, we did not. It's Czech. That's not Czech. We don't use Soviet terms around here. Also, it's not even the Czech Republic anymore. It's Czechia. Oh, that's true. Come on, Brooke, what are you? Communist. World baseball classics. I need a letter next time. We have brought shame to all of Europe with everything you said. Sorry to our Czech listeners. Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld co-created Seinfeld. The word espresso comes from Italian, the language. Yeah, not Italy and not Latin. No. And if three is a trio, two is a duet, one person singing is a solo. I would have got that one, dang it. Bailey, if we had only gone with the super-hyperspeed version. I thought you did it. We decided to do normal. Oh, that's where you went wrong. Next time, Bailey, the good news is just for playing, we're going to give you a pair of tickets to see Charlie Puth perform at WAMU Theater on Sunday, May 3rd. Awesome, thank you. You're welcome. Will you call back, Bailey? I'm going to call back, and hopefully, this time is a charm. Sixth time, it would be the next time. You got that wrong, too. You know what? It can only get better from here. We'll hold you accountable each time, OK? All right, come back and play again soon. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. When are we going to replace the FBI with one woman who's been cheated on? What do you mean? Because we all know suspicious girlfriends are the best detectives on earth. Oh, yeah. They'll figure out ways to track down information no one else on the planet could find. And today is just more proof of that, because one of our listeners admits he was unfaithful, but was blown away by how his ex was able to figure it out. OK, so FB1, is that what we're going with now? Is that what the noon is? Yes, and he's not even mad about it, just impressed at how she was able to do it. You'll find out in a brand new mass speaker coming up right after this. You don't know me. A confession I can't take back. I am. The mass speaker. Text to 78592 says, for the past year, I've been collecting my boyfriend's belly button fluff. Ew. I'm not quite sure how it started or what to do with it all, but the little jar I have is getting pretty full. Stop it, Jeff. I literally have like a belly button phobia or something. I hate belly buttons. OK. I hate them. Listen, if you're looking for suggestions, you'll be knitted into a bean for him or some dining room placemats, perhaps. What? There's no wrong answers or bad secrets when you're here on the mass speaker. How would you move in your belly button, not part of plastic surgery at this point? It's made me smooth. On this segment, we will keep you anonymous no matter how weird your life is. And we've got a guy on the phone ready to come clean today. He's chosen Martin as his fake identity. So Martin, welcome to the show, man. He's scared too. He's speechless. He doesn't want to be here after that. Yeah. Martin, are you there? There's on mute. Hello. He's like digging around in my own belly button for a second. I had to take a moment with the belly button. Yeah. Yeah. We don't blame you. You're realizing your girlfriend doesn't love you as much as you thought she did. But the voice changer is on. You are the mass speaker. Whenever you're ready, let's hear your confession. OK. So that's something that I'm necessarily proud to admit. Those are the best kind. You know, years ago, back to my younger days, I used to be unfaithful. A bunch of my girlfriends. Yeah. One of those people. Should we hang up on him, Brooke? He's got to be a story. Obviously, he regrets hurting people in the process of that. He was being selfish as some do. I'm most certainly lost. And I think this is the moment that I pivoted. OK. OK. I want to come on and test because it's the craziest way I ever got caught. I did get caught multiple times, but this is like rock bottom. Oh, yeah. OK. Because cheaters don't really care that they get caught. No, they do the minimal amount of hiding. Exactly. We have a we have a segment on our show where people say how they caught their significant other cheating on them. We don't usually get the cheaters being like, here's how I got caught. OK. So I'm interested. What happened? I'll tell you, I started with a knock at my door in a Miami hotel room. Oh, OK. So you're in a Miami hotel room. I'm guessing there's another woman that's not your girlfriend with you. That would be correct. OK. OK. My girlfriend, my main girlfriend. OK. So I was in North Carolina for business because that is what I told her I would be doing. She believed you. Yeah, I went golfing in Miami instead of with some work friends and didn't tell her about the other. You know, I guess. Yeah, friends in that girl you talked about. Remember, well, you don't need to tell your significant other. Everything that you're doing, some mystery needs to exist. Right, Brooke? How did she find you? So day one to help cover my bases, you know, I posted a photo on my Instagram of me and my work buddies all standing outside some random building just like this is North Carolina. It was just regular office building site. I figured like who would know. Right. Next to us in that photo, something I didn't realize is one of those like I think they're like electrical boxes. You'll see them next to like buildings like a meter. No, just the big unmarked metal things. Yeah. OK. We used to have them by my house as a kid. I used to sit on it and I think it explains a lot. Yeah, electricity has gone through me. Yeah, you were chewing on the wire. Yeah, I've also sat on them. I were you aware that they have unique numbers each and every one of them. Did you know that? Oh, they know. There's like a I can picture the number stenciled on the kind of it's like reflected. It's like a big number on a car like it's a specific. That's where it is. Geo tag or whatever. Believe it or not, we don't go around reading the numbers on electric boxes all the time. I want you will have to this. I'll tell you that much. Really? Why? My girlfriend did some sleuthin and searched for that specific number like zoomed in on the photo found the number and then she figured out I was not in North Carolina. And she figured out I was in Florida and it's good for her. Yeah, you know me or text me. She flew out. She flew out. Oh, Alexis is applauding. That is an incredible. That is very impressive. Yeah, that's detective work. So she could tell from the numbers on the box where you were. I want to be mad, but she was right. Yeah, and I lied. And honestly, I'm kind of impressed because I wouldn't have thought. Is that what you said when she opened the door? You're in there with it. Oh, I can't believe you found me. Honestly, I'm impressed. Yeah, she found the hotel. And she found my room. How did she found everything? How did she find the hotel? Yeah, women can find anything they want if they put their mind to it. I'm curious how she is to hear it. Why spend all the money? You know he's cheating. Like, girl, take yourself on a better vacation. I was thinking that. How would you guys find me in a hotel? Do you just call hotels? So what's the move? How did she find me? I have no idea. Alexis, how do you find a guy in a hotel? Probably stalk your friends and doesn't see if anybody needs to clue there. Yeah, that's true. One of your buddies may have tagged himself somewhere in Miami. Maybe, maybe. But they wouldn't have tagged the hotel. I do. Oh, my God. I don't know. So she shows up to your hotel room, knocks on the door and opens it. And what happens? You know, the curtain unveils. She freaks out. There's the everything that's actually going on. And so good to see you. And what are you doing here? Oh, wow. And there was another girl you said with you. But yeah, I hadn't told her about the first girl either, you know. Yeah. So she's confused as well. Yeah, I'm guessing you got dumped by both of them at the same time. Hopefully. Yeah, we didn't we didn't hang out after that. Yeah. Hang out. Hang out. No more hangouts. Oh, my gosh. Miami, man. That's incredible. Did she pursue a career as a private investigator? She should. You'll have to tell me she has blocked me on all of this. But Alexis, there's a way to get around blocked people, right? How do you find them then? I'm not going to help him. I'm on her team. Oh, no, dude. It hasn't should be. But you said from this moment is when you learned your lesson, you saw the light and you never cheated again. It took a little smoothing over. But yeah, no, this was the beginning of the turning over. OK. Oh, man. The leaf is big. It's a beautiful leaf. The turnover, it takes a while. Yeah. And he doesn't take photos near any electrical boxes anymore. Dude, I just don't take photos. At least you'll learn something. Text him. 78592, if you have a confession you've been holding on to, we can hide your identity, mask your voice, and make you our next mass speaker. We got your phone tab coming up. Next. It can be difficult when you work somewhere for a while and a new boss comes in and takes over, ready to shake things up. Oh, yeah. Like, for example, let's say your city's basketball team has an owner and he's a big coffee magnate. OK. And decides he doesn't want the team anymore. But he promises the new guys are definitely going to keep the organization local. Totally. Sounds like a huge loser. Yeah. I'm not. He was crossing his fingers behind his back. Been there, done that. And that's why today we call a guy who has no idea new ownership has bought the pool cleaning service he works for. And he's definitely not ready for the radical changes they want to implement ASAP in your phone tab right now. Brooklyn Jeffries phone tabs on the 20s. Hello. Oh, my. Right there. Oh, this is the best $40 I've ever spent. My god. Hello. Oh, oh. Hi, Jerry. Yeah. Jerry, can you hear me? Yeah, I can hear you. Hold on a second. Hold on. I. Oh. Woo. I. I don't. So much better. Wow. Oh, hi, Jerry. I don't think we've met. I'm the new owner. I'm. I'm sorry, the new owner. Well, did Mark not tell you? I just bought. Bl***** pool care. Oh, uh. Name's Wendy. Wendy Wetmore. Nice to meet you. Yeah. To be honest with you, I'm kind of surprised Mark didn't give me a heads up about this. I mean, I knew the company was for sale, but I didn't hear that it had sold. I barely gave him a second to communicate. I was so excited, especially when I heard that you're the head pool boy. Oh. Oh. OK, actually, I'm the head pool service technician, but absolutely. Yeah, not anymore. That was your old title. So going forward, we're referring to you as head pool boy. It's not fun. I don't know if it's really appropriate. So. Jerry, let me give you some background. You see, the reason I purchased this business is that I see a lot of untapped growth. OK. So we are going to revitalize and reenergize this company by getting sexier. What are you talking about? Do you currently own a Speedo? Maybe, too. A Speedo? Yes. My research says that housewives really appreciate their pool being serviced by a man in banana briefs. Ma'am, I know we haven't met yet, but I'm really in the last person that you want to see a Speedo. Oh, not summer ready. I feel that. No. Listen, you better get there, because we'll also require every pool boy to be fitted for a branded mesh T-shirt. Oh. OK, really? Jerry. What is this? Come on now. We all have to adapt and change. You remember what happened with the dinosaurs, right? They were a string bikini and the bunch. Look where they're at. Actually, ma'am, I don't believe the dinosaurs ever existed. Oh. OK, you're one of those. Yeah, I'm one of those. OK, we'll put this into your little pretty conspiracy theorist brain, Jerry. There's going to be some major outfit changes, including waterproof hugs and sparkle gloves. OK, listen, I'm a pool tech. I'm not a stripper. Correct. You're a sassy pool boy from now on, Jerry. Why did Mark do this? What is this? I almost forgot to tell you, you know that long pool stick with the net on the end of it? You mean the skimmer. Whatever. At some point, if the lady of the house comes to talk to you, you'll ask her if she wants to limbo. This is a joke, right? No. Hear me, when I tell you it's not like that. People just want their pools cleaned. Oh, Jerry. We go in, we add some chlorine. Here we go. How low can you go? How low can you go? Are you playing limbo music? Of course I am. Shake it, pool boy. Ma'am, you don't want to see me shake anything, I promise. Oh, Jerry. And if this is the direction the company is going, where I'm going to have to limbo and wear Speedos? Oh. I don't know. I don't think it's going to be a good fit. You should probably just fire me now. Wow. I'll figure out what to do from there. You know, your co-worker Vincent didn't tell me that you were such a stick in the mud, Jerry. You didn't have any fun. I'm not wearing Speedos or whatever you said. But you would never laugh when we would do a prank phone call on you, you know? Wait, did you say it's a prank phone call? Yeah, because this is actually a prank for the radio show, Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Aw, man. I was wondering what the hell they were going to make me do. I mean, I've had this job for 13 years. I want you to get your confidence in a Speedo. Oh, I doubt it. Give mama a daiquiri and let's go, Jerry. Oh, my god. I don't know. Brooke and Jeffrey's phone taps on the 20s. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. It's almost time for your awkward call. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. And today, a woman is reaching out to us with deep regret for complimenting a man. I hear you, girl. Preach. Yeah, the ladies understand. I mean, like, why would you? Why would you ever do that? Seriously, she made one simple compliment to this dude she was seeing, and he took it the wrong way. So wrong that they're not even hanging out anymore. Yes, it was the worst type of backfire, and now Jose and Brooke are going to have to dig deep for the best advice possible to help this woman change a man's mind before he goes through with his big plans for tonight. I'm not very deep, but I'll dig as far as I can get in there. OK, you wade into that pool, Jose. Let me get you a teaspoon. It's coming up in a brand new awkward Tuesday phone call. Next. It's awkward. It's Tuesday. It's awkward Tuesday phone call. You know, dating experts say sometimes attraction isn't about looks or personality or even chemistry. What is it? What is left, Jeff? I mean, those things do seem to count for something, but in reality, all it takes is proximity. You just got to be close to someone? If you're around someone for long enough, they can slowly become your George Clooney. Oh, we did just talk about that. Like, there was a study. Didn't you say that about one of our engineers the other day? Yeah. Sorry. Was it about Dale? Dale. I only know them off looks. Sorry. No. He's the hot one. OK. Anyway, a woman who works in a dentist's office had a patient in close proximity to her. And the rest is an awkward Tuesday phone call. So let's see if we can help her out with it. Her name is Kate. Kate, welcome to the show. Oh, thank you. I appreciate it. I really need some help. OK, wait. Kate, are you the, Jeffrey said you work at a dental office? Yes, I work at the clinic. Oh, OK. You're the face of the dentist. Oh, no. The gatekeeper of the appointments. Yes. OK. So there was some sort of, according to your email, romantic encounter? Well, yeah. It didn't start off that way. This guy just a patient came in. You're like, I have all your dental charts. Yeah. And then we just like hit it off. I was getting him ready and we were just talking, you know. But I really, I found myself smiling when I went back to the front desk. And then later I found out that he asked my boss for my number. Hey. Oh, wow. It was mutual. That's great. So like my boss was like, oh my god, do you even have any idea who this guy is? And I was like, no. And he's like, oh yeah, like he's a huge in tech. And so, you know, of course, I Googled him and was like, oh my god. I see. He was there to give veneers. I see. OK. So. Yeah, he actually has beautiful teeth. But we did go out. Great. After you saw how much he was worth. She was going to go out of any way, Jeff. She already liked him. I already liked him. Yeah. OK. The conversation was so fun. OK. So, I mean, you weren't too nervous going in. I was a little nervous, but like he just was like a fun presence about him. He's like energetic, but also kind of like easy going in a way. Like you just I felt like calm around him. That is such a good sign. Rich guys are normally all over the place. Yeah. But it's like how Brooke feels around me and Jose. They're just calming like you love being in their presence all the time. That's exactly the man that popped into my head. Oh, I thought about that. Not my husband. Really sweet of you to say. Yes. OK. Sorry, did we get his name? Oh, his name is Jim. Jim. Jim, all right. This isn't a second date, so. Yeah. Do we get in? Do we get into the date or not? Yeah, tell us. What does the awkwardness come into this? Well, OK, so it turns out that he was married for quite a long time and he's been divorced about a year and he hasn't gone out with anyone in that time. So I think, you know, he was very not insecure, isn't quite the word, but not comfortable. Yeah. OK. On the date, he wasn't super comfortable. He was just like, where do I put my hands? Yeah, right. Exactly. And so just to put him at ease and encourage him, I was like, oh, my God, I started joking with him because that's what I love about him. I mean, I shouldn't say I love what I really enjoy. Careful. And so he and I like were joking and I said, you would do so great on the dating app. And he's like, oh, come on, no, I wouldn't. And I was like, you totally would. You would clean up. That's a joke that could backfire, my friend. Yeah. Boosted him up. Not only did you boost him up, but you also came across as like, if someone said that to me, I'd be like, oh, you're not interested in me romantically. You want me to date other people? No, I know. But like, we actually had gone out four or five times. And by that point. Yeah. Sorry. I didn't mention that. So I feel like by that point, I just felt comfortable living in because I think we're cool. But I think I made a mistake by saying that. Why? Why? Because then he texted me about a week after that and he's like, oh, my God, you were totally right. You're the best. And he's like, I have 20 matches. And out of the 20 matches, he has like 15 dates lined up already. Whoa. Yeah. The first ones tonight, you guys. A lot of hit. So you don't think that's just part of his hilarious sense of humor that he's joking about that with you, you think for real, this is going down. I really do because that would be the worst sense of humor. OK. Well, he followed it up by telling you like so he told you I'm going out tonight with someone. Yeah. He thinks you friends. Yeah. He's like, no, I get it. It's totally my fault because I was just trying to be encouraging to him. So now he does think like I'm his wingman or buddy or something. And he even said more. He's like, excited. It's like this is like a new lease on life for me. And he has you to thank for that. Wow. Kate, so you do sound definitely regretful about what's happened. But yes, why have you reached out for help with an awkward Tuesday phone call? Because I think maybe it would be a good time to call him and have a really awkward conversation about how I want another shot. I mean, I know it's a long shot, but I feel like if I don't take it, I'll be so mad at myself. Oh, yeah. Maybe he's waiting for this. Yes. And he just doesn't get it. Yeah. You know. Yeah. No, I'm sure every guy wants to say, yeah, I'm going to look past the 15 beautiful women I have dates lined up with and go hang out with my friend. Hey, half those dates are going to bail anyways. Yeah. They're going to cancel. Oh, maybe new to the world. He doesn't realize. Yeah. Maybe this is part of the advice that we're going to give you when we come back and let you make your awkward Tuesday phone call to your super rich, wealthy, possible future boyfriend. Yeah, thank you. Yeah. Hopefully that's what happens with your awkward Tuesday phone call next. It's awkward. It's Tuesday. It's awkward Tuesday phone call. If you're just joining us, we're about to make an urgent call here trying to stop a guy from going on a date tonight. Yeah. Yeah. And instead asking him to reconsider our listener, Kate, who accidentally friendzoned herself by telling him he'd be a huge catch on the dating and he is. Why would she say that to him? Yeah. Because when they were hanging out, she learned that he got out of a long marriage recently and he seemed kind of nervous and unsure of himself. Dude, they were four to five dates in. That's like almost the start of like a relationship. I mean, like that's where you start to decide, like, are we doing this? We're dating. But his nerves were getting the best of them being back in the dating scene. So she tried to lift him up and be positive. Yeah. And her encouraging words were a little too encouraging. Yeah. Yeah. Because now he's lined up 15 new dates for himself, one of which happens tonight and Kate wants to try to change his mind. So she needs our help on how to do that. Brooke, what's your advice? This is hard. You don't want to come off desperate. I think what I would do. No, you don't. Don't. You want to be a catch, right? Yeah. Especially for a guy like this. That's why you fight fire with fire, Kate. You tell him you have a date tonight with someone super hot. Oh, that is kind of smart. I was expecting more mature advice from Brooke. No, I was thinking about it. I thought about like, be honest with your feelings. But then that just comes off as clingy. OK, I don't know about that one. That seems like that could just be the end of anything. No, listen, in high school, I used to tell these boys that I like that other boys from another school were taking me out when really I was just eating banana cream pie with my best friend. Or a pair of glasses. And you know what? I eventually dated that guy that I lied to. That is a good one. That's one tool in your tool bag that you could use. Jose, what's your advice? You need to get out of the friend zone. The best way that you can do this is to bring up that it's great. You got to experience dates with you, but we never finished our lesson. Oh, oh, I'm saying is next. What? Are you regretting calling into the show for advice? Sounds like a friend right now that I'm talking to you want to kiss him or not? I do want to kiss him, but I don't want to be like I don't know, like a lesson. Maybe you haven't kissed after four to five dates. Not yet. Oh, oh, super friend zones. This is worse than I thought. She said that he's nervous about getting back in the dating world. I'm sure he's trying to take it slow too. Yeah, so did my husband. Slow, whatever. Did you just say my husband and then in the same sentence? He tried to take it slow too. How did that work out with him? OK, well, we're running out of time here, Kate. So we got to make this call. I'm going to dial this guy Jim for you and see if you can convince him to cancel his date plans tonight and choose you and kiss you. Finally. Oh my gosh. We'll see. It's up to you how you want to do it. But we're going to be behind you in your corner ready to jump in when you need help. All right, you ready? Yeah, thanks. All right. Let's see how it goes. Hello. Hey. Hi. It's Kate. Yikes. Oh, oh, oh, oh, um. I'm sorry. I why did you call me from your number? Huh? Oh, um, is that your just because. Just because I am trying to be mysterious. OK, just not this. Anyway, um, you and me were texting. And where are you? Why are you? Looks like you got a lot of dates lined up. And I was just like, yeah, I've got a date lined up, too. I just wanted to know where somebody. Oh, OK. Yeah, it's like super hot. Oh, good. Yeah, I'm glad they're hot. That's great. I mean, I have a date tonight, too, so that's cool. That's cool. I'm just kidding. I don't really have a date tonight. I was just saying. Kate, can I ask? I'm really trying to be mysterious here. Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead. Ask me anything. No, no, I just did. Oh, I'm sorry to hear you. What did you say, Jim? I'm asking what's going on because you're calling me from a different number. You're acting mysterious. You're talking about dates you have with a hot guy that you don't have. I know. Are you OK? Yeah, no, I'm fine. I'm fine. I mean, like, physically, I'm fine. Emotionally, I feel like kind of a mess. So, like, you know how we, like, went out on four or five dates? Four dates, exactly. Four wonderful. We went on four dates, remember? Yeah. I was there. Well, can I just be honest with you? You treated me so well and I had such a good time and it was, like, just so fun and effortless. And that's why I started joking with you, like, about how you do on the dating apps. And I just I know we haven't kissed or anything or we didn't kiss, but I think I caught some feelings. And I see that you have all these dates lined up and I feel like I just want them to be with me. Oh, hold on, hold on. OK, I think that there's some kind of misunderstanding that's happened. Listen, you know in front of your boss, right? Yeah. So it's all going to be on the other day about you. And he said, maybe I'm just too rich for you. Mm hmm. You know, and that's what people feel weird. Yeah, like some people feel weird about when other people have money and they don't really know how to act and maybe made you uncomfortable or something and and that maybe we should be friends. And I mean, like, you know, I don't want you to be uncomfortable like at the end of the day. So like, oh, maybe I just have too much money for you. No, that's crazy. Yeah, that's not a thing. I would agree with that. Yeah, like I love money. Not like in a way like I just I. OK, yeah, you need to pump the break a little bit. What what is happening? Hey, Jim, Jim, what's happening is you're on a radio show right now. It's called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Like the radio or my V radio. Sure, you can call it that if you want to. Yeah, V podcast. That's right. And this is called an awkward Tuesday phone call. Kate reached out to us because she was looking for a little bit of advice on how to have this conversation with you. Yeah, she accidentally friendzoned you. She obviously didn't want to. Oh, Jim, it's true. And I'm so sorry. I don't even know what else to say. And maybe I shouldn't say anything because I keep digging holes for myself. You do. OK. And you know what? I never said I can't date a rich guy or I don't like rich guys. Like money is just not the most important thing to me. But I told my boss he's taking me all these fancy places. But the thing is that I said I don't I like you. I don't care about the money part of it. Like that's not what matters to me. That's what I said. That's a nice thing. Isn't that nice to hear, Jim? Yeah, I mean, that's nice to hear. I mean, a lot of girls with dating apps for the same thing. OK, they were lying. Did you put your net worth on the dating app? Are you not supposed to? No. Oh, well, no, it's just like what your job is. So I just put in promises. No, let's take that on salary. Now I know how you got 20 matches. Yeah, it makes sense now. Yeah. So you want to go out? Yes. Well, you know, I was confident. So wait, Jim, you like Kate, you were sad when she brought up the dating apps. It sounds like. No, I was sad when her boss said she didn't like rich guys. Yeah, that was one I didn't say that. That's like a false narrative. Yeah, misinterpreted. Now Kate was screaming that she loves money just a second ago. I think what she's trying to say is money doesn't matter that much to her. She likes the person. And Jim, I like you. Oh, how does that feel, Jim? You know, just thinking about all the dates at the camp. Oh, so that's good. I'll do it for you. So just to confirm, Jim, that's something you're open to, because we heard that you're going out with someone tonight. Would you be willing to step back from that and give Kate another chance? Yeah, you're free to name. Oh, yeah. Don't forget the kissing lessons. Yeah. I want that. Kissing lessons. I'm sorry I didn't hear about that. There you go. You will, Jim. Kissing's changed a lot since you were married. So get ready for a whole new experience with Kate. OK, do I need kissing with him? You'll find out tonight, dude. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. You know, I really like that he gave her such a bad time about her phone over and over and over again. You're going to trade it on that part because you know rich guys don't trust people on burners. Oh, and he was clocking something suspicious happening very early on in the call. You're right. But he still answered an unknown call. Or you could say divorcee's don't trust anybody on burners. I think it's probably more accurate. That might be true. But I am glad to learn that he's such like an easy going dude, because a lot of guys fresh off a divorce like that are just like, oh, you know, I just want to wear my leather jacket now and only date women with big boobs for a while. But this guy, he was deep. It was amazing. He's a lovely man. Unfortunately for him, he has too much money, though. You know, it's a crutch. I actually hope we get an update for them. This could be cute. They were cute. Yeah, we'll see if it continues. We've asked them to stay in touch with the show and we want you to get in touch with us too. If you ever need help with some awkward situations in your dating life or your personal life, we can give you the advice, not necessarily to fix it, but you know, it's advice to go forward. There you go. Yeah. Got a return player today named Tiana, who's played twice before, has never won. She's a Botox doctor who's hoping to see better days on this show. And if she doesn't, at least she hopes to see Brooke suck. Well, you know what? We won't know how she feels. Her face is just there. Rude. I'm kidding. It's a Botox joke, Joe. Oh. Died it. Everybody loves Botox. Yeah. Yeah. Right? Do you just Botox the face, Tiana, or do you do the whole body? Oh, we do the whole body. Yeah. There are places you don't even want to talk about. Some people Botox below. Yeah. Yeah, they do. Yeah. Really? Wait, do you get all the wrinkles out of anywhere? Yeah. Well, that too. It's used for other, there's other reasons for it. Whoa. I thought it would look like smooth like that. Yeah. I guess we're just going to have to be left wondering because it's time to get to the game. Brooke's going to leave the studio. You know how it works, Tiana. You got 30 seconds on the clock to answer as many questions as possible. If you don't know when you can say pass, but you have to beat her outright if you want to win, are you ready? I'm ready. Okay, here we go. Your time starts now. On this day in 1889, what world famous landmark first opened to the public in Paris, France? The Eiffel Tower. In a horse and a donkey mate, what animal do they create? What actor plays Deadpool in the Marvel movies? Ryan Reynolds. Name the rock band that sings the famous song Don't Stop Believing. Queen. What spice is the main flavoring? Oh, wait, wait, wait, journey, journey, journey. What spice is the main flavoring in a snickerdoodle cookie? Oh, peanut butter. You say peanut butter? Peanut butter. Okay. Peanut butter. Welcome back into the studio now. And Tiana, this is exciting. It says on my screen that you're going to Paris for the first time in your life. I know. Yes. Hey. Yeah, we're bringing my parents. They're bringing us. What are you most excited to see in Paris or eat? Oh, eat all the food and drink all the wine. Okay. Can you do us a favor? Will you eat a huge croissant? Just for all of us? I will. I will do it and I will tag you in my picture. And say it right. It's croissant. There you go. There you go. Good job. And I don't want to give you... She's getting kicked out of one bakery for that. I don't want to give you a ton of advice on where to go and what to do there, but I have heard that you say hello in France just by raising the middle finger. I know it's different than here, but trust me, it works. I'm looking at it. I'm going to try not to do that. No, just try it at the airport right when you land and then just use it all throughout the city. They're going to love you. They're going to look upset and say, don't worry, I'm American. Yeah, I think they'll know. Yeah, they'll give you a pass. We have listeners in France. I'm sure they'll comment on our podcast and confirm Jeff's information. Yeah, totally. Comment your middle finger on the Brook and Jeff podcast and we'll know that you love us. All right, let's get to Brooke's turn. Brooke, you ready? I'm ready. Your time starts now. On this day in 1889, what world famous landmark first opened to the public in Paris, France? The Eiffel Tower. In a horse and a donkey mate, what animal do they create? What actor plays Deadpool in the Marvel movies? Hugh Jackman. Name the rock band that sings the famous song, Don't Stop Believing. Journey. What spice is the main flavoring in a snicker doodle cookie? Mmm, cinnamon. A grouping of what type of bird is known as a parliament? A parliament of doves. No owls. I think it's too late to change your answer on that, Brooke. We're going to go to the scoreboard to see how you both did with Jose. What we've got here is failure to communicate. Balaños. Tiana, you got three correct. We could not get to that fourth one that you were fighting for though, just so you know. Yes, we started the halfway through the next question. Brooke. I don't know. Four. I'm sorry, Tiana. I'm going to contest it. I'm contesting it. Even if you did get it right, it would still be a tie and a tie goes to the house. I know, I know. But I appreciate your... I don't want to make these sounds better. I like that you're a fighter no matter what, Tiana. Let's go over the answers for everybody. On this day in 1889, the Eiffel Tower first opened to the public in Paris. Did you get it? You didn't plan that question around her. It just happened to be. Wow, it's meant that you go to Petty. In A Horse and a Donkey Mate, that creates a mule. The Marvel movies Deadpool is played by actor Ryan Reynolds. The song Don't Stop Believing is sang by Journey, and that's the one we couldn't give you the correct answer for because we had started the next question. The main spice in a Snicker Doodle cookie is cinnamon. The type of bird that's grouped together into a parliament is a group of owls. It wasn't enough to beat Brooke today, but the good news is just for playing, you get a pair of tickets to see Charlie Puth perform at WAMU Theater on Sunday, May 3rd. Nice. Amazing. Thank you. Absolutely. Now, before we go, have you taught yourself any French for your upcoming vacation? Merci beaucoup. Oh yeah. Say it like that. We're going to have to bleep that. Global Translate. Global Translate will help. Tiana, it's a pleasure having you on. Enjoy Paris. Onshore. Onshore. That's hello. Anyway, goodbye. We're going to play again, same time tomorrow. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.