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6a April Fools, Megan Thee Stallion Broadway and Chick Fil A No Phones 04-01-26

31 min
Apr 1, 2026about 2 months ago
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Summary

The Roula Show team celebrates April Fool's Day 2026 in a studio filled with giant balloons, discussing entertainment news including Megan Thee Stallion's Broadway debut interruption, Brandi's memoir revelations, and the Price is Right scandal. They also cover a real Chick-fil-A initiative called the Cell Phone Coop Challenge and Houston's rapid population growth.

Insights
  • April Fool's Day creates significant challenges for media outlets balancing entertainment with misinformation risk, particularly for traffic and emergency-related content
  • Broadway productions require backup performers ready to step in immediately when lead performers experience medical emergencies mid-show
  • Historical entertainment industry practices around appearance standards and workplace conduct are being re-examined through modern documentaries and memoirs
  • Family-focused restaurant initiatives addressing phone addiction are gaining traction as a marketing strategy with tangible rewards
  • Houston's population growth of 126,000 residents annually (2024-2025) is reshaping infrastructure and traffic patterns significantly
Trends
Increased scrutiny of legacy entertainment industry figures through documentary exposés and memoir revelationsFamily digital wellness initiatives becoming mainstream restaurant marketing strategiesBroadway productions emphasizing understudy readiness and mid-performance contingency protocolsRapid metropolitan population growth creating infrastructure and traffic management challengesApril Fool's Day misinformation spreading through entertainment and news websites requiring audience skepticismCelebrity health incidents during live performances generating immediate social media updates and transparency expectations
Companies
Chick-fil-A
Launching Cell Phone Coop Challenge at 150 locations where families put phones in a box during meals to earn free ice...
Disney
Discussed Cinderella Castle at Disney World and April Fool's joke about converting it to Elsa's Castle from Frozen
Taco Bell
Referenced 1996 April Fool's prank claiming they purchased the Liberty Bell and renamed it the Taco Liberty Bell
BBC
Mentioned 1957 April Fool's segment about Swiss spaghetti harvest that fooled viewers into calling about growing spag...
E! Network
Aired documentary about Price is Right scandal featuring Barker Beauties discussing workplace misconduct allegations
KRBE
Houston radio station (104.1 FM) where the show is broadcast, mentioned throughout episode
Push and Win Law Firm
Personal injury law firm specializing in Houston car and truck accident cases, episode sponsor
People
Megan Thee Stallion
Made Broadway debut in Moulin Rouge as Zidler on March 24, 2026, but was rushed to hospital mid-performance on April 1
Brandi
Received Hollywood Walk of Fame star and released memoir 'Phases' discussing relationship with Boys II Men singer Jua...
Bob Barker
Price is Right host facing allegations of racist remarks, inappropriate relationships with Barker Beauties, and workp...
Richard Dawson
Family Feud host criticized for kissing all contestants including minors, behavior now viewed as inappropriate by mod...
Juan Nemoris
Accused in Brandi's memoir of taking advantage of her at age 16 when she was 22 and opening for Boys II Men tour
Ryan Gosling
Subject of April Fool's joke claiming he and Eva Mendes would do live pregnancy test reveal
Eva Mendes
Subject of April Fool's joke about pregnancy test reveal with Ryan Gosling
Christina Aguilera
Mentioned as performing in original Moulin Rouge film with strong vocal performance
Pink
Performed in Moulin Rouge film soundtrack
Lil' Kim
Performed in Moulin Rouge film soundtrack
Maya
Performed in Moulin Rouge film soundtrack
Whitney Houston
Brandi mentions speaking with her hours before Whitney's death in her new memoir
Kanye West
Brandi discusses difficult working relationship with him in her memoir
Maria Osmond
Discussed eating disorders caused by network pressure about appearance while on ABC's Osmonds show
Quotes
"I've always believed in pushing myself creatively and theater is definitely a new opportunity I'm excited to embrace. Broadway demands a different level of discipline, preparation and storytelling."
Megan Thee StallionMid-episode entertainment news segment
"The shame ends here. The silence ends here."
BrandiMemoir discussion segment
"You shouldn't do that. Maybe you'll mess with that part."
RoulaApril Fool's ethics discussion about traffic updates
"It's like something Mr. Beast would do or something. It is 100% unspeakable or Mr. Beast would do."
EricBalloon prank reaction
"Don't get fooled. Think of everything that you're going to read today."
RoulaApril Fool's Day warning segment
Full Transcript
Push and Win law firm is your dynamic duo in personal injury cases, specializing as Houston car and truck accident lawyers. Available 24-7s call 1-833-PUSH-WIN. They will challenge the big truck companies to ensure accountability for their client injuries. Don't navigate with the insurance companies alone. Use the dynamic duo Push and Win to tackle complex negotiations to secure your fair compensation. Join a winning team that fights for your rights. Visit pushwin.com for more. Remember, we Push, you win. It is Wednesday, April the first, 2026. That's April Fooley's day. April Fool's Day. 6.04 a.m. with the gang, Arula, Eric, special Kate and Sam. But I can't tell you that I know that for sure, because I can't see through the balloons. I don't know special Kate's in this room. Is he lost? Is he in there or no? I don't think he made it. His microphone is on a balloon. You have to go to our socials everywhere from KRBE, the radio ruler. Producer Eric. Slam given. Wow, what a way to wake up this morning. We are standing in a room that is equal to a kids' fun house where we legit are surrounded by the biggest balloons I've ever seen and the regular size balloons. The whole room and our chairs are covered in saran wrap. And our headphones were trapped in our chairs. Where's my headphones? I don't know. It's kind of comfortable. It's like a pillow. These balloons are bigger than, what did you say, three times bigger than a yoga ball? Oh yeah. Those yoga balls, you could just totally relax. You're trying to sit on one? No, try to sit on the saran wrap chair. Oh. You like, you need to, she'll be like needed to go there. I thought it was going to break. My goodness. Look at this one. This one's up against the wall behind me. Who did this? It's almost like I can relax up against a bouncy ball. This is like something Mr. Beast would do or something. It is 100% unspeakable or Mr. Beast would do. Fill the room full of giant balloons. I'm actually, I'm not hating this. It's going to pop and you're going to fall right back. I'm so terrified to say to pop while we're on air because we have already had a couple and we do not use good words. Right. And I don't know if I can hit the dump button. Oh, you can reach it. You can get all the foods everywhere. So this may be a great day today. Definitely can't sit in the chair. I could try though. That's what I'm trying. Yeah, I tried to sit in mine but this is a random. Oh my God, can't even see Ruella now. I can't see Eric. Do you want any balloons? If I have to use the restroom, I'm screwed. Oh my God. This is, okay, let me try. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh. Hold on. Oh, oh. Did he break it down? It had not broken the plastic but I'm sitting in it. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. What size are they? Those double D's? Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. No, you can't just put a big one. These big ones are massive. Oh my gosh. Did something spilled? Did coffee spill? It's locked. It's locked. It's locked. I know that's the dangerous part because we are packed with balloons. Like I can't, I am just confined to my little space. At least I can see Eric. Yeah, yeah. Kevin, I won't be able to see it all. Whenever Kevin tries to get in here, you can't really open the door. We had a hard time even getting, that's why he started to show it 6 or 4 because we couldn't get in the room. I saw two red balloons by the back door, and I go, what is the clown it? Don't be careful. Whatever you look at online today, don't even look online. Yeah, because you're going to repeat something that's fake. Because of the restroom I'm looking, I'm like, Oh, what in Vegas hotels are charging now for extra air conditioning above 78 or something if you went low, all lies. I could see them doing that, though, charging for, and I think things that should be off limits for April Fool's jokes when it comes to broadcasting are the traffic updates because a competing radio station's traffic girls said, shut down of all four of the main freeways already. And then you're like, what? Oh, it's April Fool's. And then she says, she said that all the major freeways were shut down because of whatever. And then 10 seconds later, she says, OK, April Fool's. But I'm like, I don't know. You shouldn't do that. Maybe you'll mess with that part. But you know, there are things that we've done in the past that are pretty epic. We just did right now just to make our boss nervous. Yeah. We're not dead. Somebody just texted Eric. I remember that cat April Fool's joke from years ago. Play that cat again, Sam. Oh, we're just goofing. Playing the cat. Because you know how it is nowadays with radio, like the old days, you could do crazy stuff. You don't always talk about the stuff we did back in the past. But they're like, OK, guys, if you're going to do something, you have to tell us like two weeks ahead, talk to the lawyers. It's too much work. Too much work. Also, it's kind of like, OK, we've done everything now. We did it. We've done everything in the time where we could do it. Yeah. It's not worth doing it now. And then but we did the cat thing and that cause we just played that cat noise like that and ignored it the whole morning. I didn't drove people nuts. People thought there was a cat stuck in their car. People were pulling over on the highway, like going over the highway, going and looking at their engine freaking out. Just from that, something simple like that. That had to be at least 15 years ago, right? What happened? I can hear your is your mic on? Oh, oh, no, it's not. I was talking to Kev off air and then the bike went down. I guess that coming into the studio today. You can't get in. I don't. I think he is mad. What's he mad? Unless you did it. Oh, yeah. Maybe that's why. Yeah, maybe the person trying to act like he's not. Uh huh. Because he's the one that I mean, whoever did this, like I said, well played. This is a lot of work. A lot of work. There must be at least 100 balloons plus. I don't know the reason why it would be April Fools. But I know it's more like it's just my birthday last week. Yeah, April. A lot of it is doing selfies with his boobs. I know. This is kind of fun. It just proves everybody wants boobs. How long can I bounce this balloon behind me? It is good. It is good. And I'm like, if you sit on a yoga ball at your desk instead of having a chair, imagine you're bouncing on the yoga ball instead of it being under my butt, it's behind my back. Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't pop me. Don't pop me, bro. Oh, that was a butt-bammy. There it is. Don't pop me, bro. So mean. These are really thick. Oh, my gosh. These balloons are really big. Go to At Radio Rula at producer Eric at KRBE Out Slim. Give me if you want to see all of our different angles of how full this room is of balloons. At least there's air in here. It makes you smile. It does. This is fun. I'm not going to guess my birthday again, even though it's not. If it's your birthday today, happy birthday. There's always a birthday for you. Someone texted, it's my birthday. April Fool's Day. Nothing like being born on April Fool's Day. Oh, it is? Yeah. So early birthday. Behind the scenes in the radio world with people out there, there's a, our competition is firing a lot of people today. They're like, no, this is so sad. They fired a morning show and stuff. It's not an April Fool's Day. And it's like, men are getting fired on April Fool's. Yeah. It's almost like really, really, you can't wait until the second. I mean, you shouldn't fire anybody, but. Right, but if you had to. It's like, would you believe it? Or why wouldn't you eat till Friday? I guess first of the month, April 1st, they got to get them off the books. Oh, duh. The first quarter is done. I guess so. The 31st, they got fired, right? Well, a lot are going to see today. But the one that you were talking about, you texted me yesterday. Yesterday, yeah. And they just got here. I think they've only been here a year and a half. Yeah. You don't get a chance. Right. January 25. I don't know, man. I feel bad for it. Oh. It takes years to get an audience. Sure does. And it probably took years to blow all these balloons. I know. I want to see how they did this. I would love to have seen the behind the scenes time lapse. And you're going to get hurt, dude. That's going to pop. You're going to crack your head. And then we're going to call. No one will believe us. I'm going to call. I'm going to call. I'm going to call. I'm going to call. I'm going to call. And then we're going to call. No one will believe us. No, because there's another balloon right here. So this one pops. I'll land on the blue one. Then you pop that and then put your head. I don't believe us. We like all the pop. We have to do a best of show because Rula, we have to take Rula to the hospital. I know. I hurt my back. Nobody will believe us. See, see. Look it. She almost fell. Oh my. Oh my. Where's the cameras when you need them? I don't know. I hope that's recording because. That's not because it pops. It's because it moved. And I went back and there was no balloon behind me. Don't say that. I can't reach it. I know. Use your core. Look at that. Oh yeah. You got your core. All right. So it's April Fool's Day. Don't get fooled. Think of everything that you're going to read today. Like the Cinderella castle at Disney is turning to the Elsa castle. They already did that. That's a fake story. I even fell for that one. I saw a good story about Chick-fil-A I could tell later. Is it real? Yeah. It's real because it's only they started in Georgia. Okay. I think that I think it's legit because it's something. I heard some people talking about it in New York today. So I don't think I'm going to do some research before I say it. So coming up next are all my scoop stories fake or real. Yeah. April Fool's stories or what? Where I I don't know. Ryan Gosling said he's going to go live with Eva Mendez. Oh. To do a pregnancy test revealed. Is she pregnant or not? No. Those are two things that we never do. That is a lot of life. They don't want to be. That's April Fool's. I know they've been. You're still against that. But yeah. Everything that you hear today could be a tricky game. It would be a tricky game. All right. Listen. We're going to pick four winners. It's four trips to New York City to see his together together tour. And one of those winners will go to London. For the ultimate Harry Styles concert. That's the real deal. That is the real deal. And the national keyword is satellite. Satellite. S. A. T. E. L. I. T. E. L. I. T. E. L. I. T. E. L. I. I. T. E. L. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. Perhaps when I traveled home I traveled home. Perhaps when I'm a ruler show with Eric 104.1 K. R. V. Oh, it's brought to you by Thakiria Randa sender today is April Fool's Day. Don't get fooled. Yeah, we got fooled. So we walked in. Somebody's like, I can't find it in the gallery on the 104 website. Go to our socials. Yeah, at K. R. B. Is Instagram here. Be as it up at radio. Oh, go to radio rule at producer Eric and slam given stories or anyway, I just put the story. Start putting them up. Just throw them up. Yeah, we're just going to throw them all in there. You can you can see how we walked into work today and we couldn't see anything because there's so many balloons everywhere. I mean, we're talking these balloons are really good quality balloons. I'm impressed. They are giant. I didn't know when you buy balloons like that. I have no idea. All this works. Somebody did all this work. So just be aware of all the headlines you're reading today, especially on entertainment websites. You know, I was joking. Oh, Ryan Gosling and even Mendez are going to a live pregnancy test reveal. No, they're not. But here is an and that was not Lady Marmalade. That was Opalite by Taylor Swift. Best part is just doing it then to see the baby when he was. Yeah, exactly. But the reason I picked Lady Marmalade as my little fake song to tell you about is because Megan Thee Stallion on April on March the 24th started her eight week run in the musical Mulan Rouge. She made her Broadway debut as Zidler. It's a strictly limited eight week engagement. And she's supposed to be in this production in New York City through May 17th. However, yesterday, they had to stop the performance, tell everyone, everyone just take your stay seated and stay inside. It'll be fine. But she had to be rushed to the hospital. And nobody really knows why yet. Her hairstylist wrote on his Twitter slash X. Everyone say a prayer for Megan. We're all at the hospital. They're not saying what's wrong with her. They're saying that she started feeling very ill and she was promptly transported to a local hospital where her symptoms are currently being evaluated. They will share additional updates as more information becomes available. And they just say that they she only did a few opening scenes and then they stopped them on Rouge, mid show. Oh, man. And they just said stay seated. And then the understudy came out to replace Megan for the remainder of the performance. So they did finish that show. But that's what we know so far. And I'm sure as the morning goes on, we'll probably see something maybe next 20 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour as to an update of what's happening there. Megan previously said previously said in a statement, talking about her excitement to be part of this. I've always believed in pushing myself creatively and theater is definitely a new opportunity I'm excited to embrace. Broadway demands a different level of discipline, preparation and storytelling. But I'm up for the challenge and I can't wait for the hotties to see a new side of me. This is great for her because she starts doing this. Then she'll start getting more in the TV and movies. You know, and then she'll just I won't even start. Won't even see anymore. Yeah, she probably heard rap. Does she sing? Yeah, well, I mean, and Mulan Rouge, she's singing. I don't know. What is she playing the Riddler Ziddler? Is that the John was almost character? Hold on. I got to look at it because I never watched the movie. Mulan Rouge is 25 years old. Y'all the movie with the cold kid. I saw the trailer for that as a kid. I'm like, nope. No, you know what? Not for me. That not for you. But I remember I went to the sneak preview of that movie and I'm not really one that thought I was going to be locked into this as a musical. But man, it was done so well. It's such a good story. Mulan Rouge and that song with Pink and Maya and Lil Kim. Yeah, it was a good song. And Christina Aguilera was so good. That's like the original Christina Aguilera. Oh, yeah. The first before the enhancements. Yeah. That's the original. So she's playing the guy. If you saw the movie, she's playing the guy who's basically like the the ring master guy who's like the announcer guy. He does have a song in the movie. I don't know. I don't know if on the Broadway version, I assume she does have a song. She's a singer. That means during the rapper. Did you say they stopped the show or did they stop the show and she got to the hospital, then they got the understudy and finished the show. Keep it going. So if you saw the show, if you had paid tickets to the show, they didn't have you leave and then say like, OK, sorry. Right. I know. OK, so here's a story that's a little cringy. So yesterday, Brandi got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And what we've learned about the Hollywood Walk of Fame is you can apply to get a star and I think it costs twenty five thousand dollars unless the price has gone up because it's been a long time since I read that number. Sure, it's gone up. Yeah. So twenty five thousand minimum is what's going to cost you to get your star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And there's, you know, conditions there, not just anybody like Joe Schmo can't just say, I want a star on the Hollywood. You have to actually have been in entertainment, all the things. OK. So Brandi gets her star. So that's why she's in the news. And then in her new memoir, she talks about having a relationship with Boys to Men singer Juan Nemoris. He was 22. She was 16. She was the opener for the Boys to Men tour. And that's where they got close. But let's be real, y'all. A 16 year old and a 22 year old. Nope. Nope. I'd be like, why did you put that in the book? So she says she believes he took advantage of her innocence and that she was manipulated. And she said in her memoir, the shame ends here. The silence ends here. She describes aspects of her relationship that were physical as him. Getting what he wanted from someone too young to recognize she was being used. They ultimately broke up when he admitted to multiple infidelities. And then it went on from there. And her memoir, she also talks about being talking with Whitney Houston before Whitney Houston died a few hours before she died. How difficult it was to work with Kanye West in her in her career. You know, Brandi was a teenager when she was found. I remember the biggest thing about her was, oh my God, Chloe Bryant and Brandi went to the prom together because they were high school kids and that she was in state. I love that. You know. So anyway, her memoir is out. It's called Phases, a memoir, but that's pretty explosive. You see the E Networks Price is Right. Scandal. Oh, is it an E? Because I talked about it last week, the day before it hit about how all the Barker beauties are talking about how horrible it was. Bob Barker was so bad and I haven't made time to watch it. Or did you watch it? No, not just I've heard people talk about it. I've heard a lot of you. It ruins your childhood. I don't want to watch it. It totally ruins your childhood. And actually, I think they can't tell people, oh, guys, you. Everyone's ogling the Barker beauties. You guys, we're going to change the rule. You can only look at them for no longer than 10 seconds. Like they're changing the rules like you can't stare at them. OK, so as a child, if you are of a specific age before, I mean, even now, like you have streaming, you stay home from school. You're probably like on YouTube or something. But there was an entire two generations of kids that on their sick days, you watch the Price is Right at home. Yeah, that's what you watched. You're home sick from school and you have the TV on. If it wasn't a soap opera or something boring, it was the Price is Right. And the Barker beauties, what they called the girls that do the you got a brand new car, put their arms out. So one girl's name was Janice, one girl's name was Diane and one girl's name was Holly. And it's so funny because when I saw that story was about to hit the next day, there is a channel that my TV will default to. I have a Samsung TV and it has its own like Samsung Live channels. There's a channel default to that's 24 seven prices. Right. It's so random. That's weird. It's never done it before. But I think I came in the day after I told you guys, y'all. Direct TV is there. I think Direct TV has one like that, too. And Roku Roku. I think I got through Roku that. Yeah. Yeah. Because you get a price is right. Old ones, old ones or the new ones. There's two channels. So here's what's weird about this. I saw that story. It's going to hit. I saw that story was going to hit Eric about the Barker beauty scandal. And then one of the odds the next day, my TV like goes to sleep on that channel. And and when I when I go to like shake the remote to wake it up or whatever, I'm not waking up. But you know, when I went to go like actually change it, the scene that I'm on is Bob Barker in the middle of the game show, stopping down to ask all three Barker beauties. What's going on in the romance department? And then Janice is like, well, I'm still happily married. And then Holly's like, and then Jess, like Holly's in love. And then she he's like, oh, oh, Holly. She goes, yeah, his name is so and so. I met him here on the Young and the Restless set. He plays so and so on the Young and the Restless. Go check him out. He's so cute. So dreamy. And then when it comes to Diane, she's real like quiet like because then Jess, like, oh, Diane's in love. Diane's in love. And Bob Barker did not ask her further the way he was pressing the other girls. You know why Sam? Because Diane and Bob Barker were hooking up behind the scenes. And at some point, one of the scandalous stories is that Bob Barker found out that Diane had had other boyfriends of different races and he was screaming at her about it. It sounds like he was racist. And then in front of the whole cast and crew, he's screaming at her about it. And then she got in a huge fight with him and everyone was like, stunned silent and somebody said, you need to go apologize to him. You're going to get fired. And then she said, I do enough, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah to him. I don't need to kiss his butt too. And the thing that blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah to him is very naughty and not for air, but it was yelled out on that set. And then she was shortly fired. And they fired Holly because they said, quote, she got too big. And she's like, I was on medication after surgery and it bloated me. Like these are the things like Maria Osmond, how old is she now? Like 60 something, 70 something. She said when she was growing up on ABC, she was one of eight Osmond kids. She's the only girl and the eating disorders that she had to put herself through because the suits were like, you're getting too big. She's getting too big. Right. Back then, you'd think the majority were women that watched it. Right. Why would they care if a woman gained four or five pounds or ten pounds? We're running the show. Because he's yeah, you're at the suits. And then somebody said, don't forget that creepiness on family. If you'd be a creepy Richard Dawson kiss and everybody, including the 16 year olds. Oh yeah. There's videos of him. Disgusting. Can you imagine that, Sam, you and your whole family are on Family Feud and the host comes over and kisses your mom on the lips, kisses you on the lips. No. No. Disgusting. No, thank you. Like the thing that. It's a big kiss too. It's not like. If anybody growing up, if you're 70 years old right now, were you at home in your 20s watching that and thinking that's kind of a ick, but you just didn't say anything. I don't think anyone thought it was. They're cool. That's what he does. You're going to get kissed. You're going to get kissed. When we come back, I got, I did find out this Chick-fil-A story is true. I think it's a good idea. Sam could do this easy with her family at Chick-fil-A. Oh, really? OK. But I don't think people with a three year old and a one year old could do this. But you just said she could do that easy and she has a three year old and a nearly one year old. That's what I'm saying. She's a normal Sam could. OK, OK, OK. I'm saying, I know I couldn't do this at Chick-fil-A with what they're offering people. OK, well, let's find out. Is it April Fool's? Oh, stop, stop, stop. He's pulling on you. Puffy on the balloon. Stop. You are triggering people. Oh, my God. Where's the cat? Good morning. That was shows up. I woke up. Not even up. Now is the time to make it to my place and I was afraid to pop them on the air. So Sam wouldn't cuss. But you know we're still in the air, right? Well, you know we're still in the air, right? We have a curse though. We have a curse. We did it. That's good. All right, we'll be back. We'll end here. Oh, stop. Don't forget it's April Fool's today. Be aware. Don't get fooled. We'll be right back on the Rural Show there. Hey there. I'm Paula Pan. I help people make the smartest money decisions possible. Joe, you know what's been great about being a saver? For money to make. And that money over the past couple of years has made a pretty good yield. Pre-pandemic, money was making zero. Now it's actually making something, but that's starting to go down, down, down. I love how we can play the fact that inflation's been really high as a positive. But if you're a saver, you know what that means? Cha-ching. Silver lining, Joe. Silver lining. Afford anything. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. It's K-R-B-E. But let's go. The Rural Show with Eric. Okay, so Eric got a story about something that the average family that has a one in three-year-old can't do, but he challenged Sam to do it. Now Sam could do this because she doesn't let her kids near her iPads and phones and stuff. Okay. But this legit, I looked it up, I don't know if it's happened here in Houston yet, but it's at 150 Chick-fil-A stores. They're calling it the Cell Phone Coop Challenge. Basically, customers go there to eat inside. I mean the coop. And it's a coop. Like a chicken coop. Oh, COOP. Not COUP, like it's a coop. Like you're taking it over. Oh, the coop. Like you're taking over Chick-fil-A. I was going on the coop too. Like why not? I was like, he said Marcells, Kevin. He said Marcells. Marcells, yeah, that's where I grew up. He's not saying it right. Okay, the coop. COOP, like a chicken coop. Magic Bunch of Rendex. Say, hey guys, we live at Marseille. It doesn't sound right. No, you're from Marcells. It's Marcells. Okay, so it's an actual chicken coop. What are they doing? It's like a little box at your table. Okay. And you tell them and you put all your phones in there and then you eat as a family and you talk. And at the end of it, if you do that, your reward is you get free ice cream. Everyone gets free ice cream. Oh, hell yeah. That's what I'm saying, Dix. Oh man, that's great. Easy. Got it. Yeah, it's like Uncle Kevin needs to go in there with the kids. But a lot of times, the hard part of whatever I go to Chick-fil-A is they wanted to play in the playground. I'm like, no, you got to eat your nuggets first and they'd be like, try to go in there. Then you worry about some bully kid. I know. There's always that one kid in there that'll press. That name's crazy. Yeah, there's always one kid that will. Baby Fight Club. The other thing, you know who's more geared for the dads? Yeah. I mean, how many dads are at tables with their families and they're on the phones? So it's really for the dad to put his phone in the coop. The dad's part, like I just want to join my chicken sandwich. I don't want my kids bothered me. Right. Go on your iPad. Oh my gosh. I'll buy you nice cream. I'll let you dance. Forget that coop. I want to buy you the ice cream. Yeah, I could totally do this. But when do you think you're going to let Santee get a phone? Look at the phone and like to look at it. Just look at it. He likes to take my phone around and make videos and take photos. But not like watching an app or play or watch Blimpy or whatever. Blui, blui. Yeah, when I have to cut his hair because I cut his hair. So I let him watch TV then. On your phone? On my phone because yeah, because I'm cutting it in the bathroom and I don't have a TV in the bathroom. You cut your kid's own hair and it's successful. I took that once and it was an epic disaster with the pictures. I would say it's pretty good. I think it looks great. I didn't know that you were doing that. It actually looks surprising. How many times have you cut his hair? Every single time. Like I don't know how many times in three years of his life, how many hair cuts has he had? Oh, like professionally like on some play? No, in general. Some kids for until they're three, they're not getting there for, you know, Ava didn't have hair for how long? Forever. Santee's hair grows so long. And you're doing marks too? I wish I was. Doing your own. I do the back. I do the back shape up. But I can't fade. I don't know how to fade properly yet. So Santee's is very like basic. Like you're getting the straight lines, a little bit of rounds. And then I'm cutting the top of it and then trimming the back. Well, I'm surprised that he had the taste of the phone during a haircut. He's not coming at you for it all the time now. Yeah, I know. What you get a little bit of that? Yeah, crack. He knows he just gets up when he gets his hair cut. You want some of that juice? All right. Let me point out again to those just tuning in. If you go to our social media, At Radio Rula, At Producer Eric, At Slam Given. Maybe you should have it up there. You will see the balloon world we walked into today for April Fool's. Today's April Fool's Day. And there are some Hall of Fame type April Fool's jokes that still are on the books. In 1957, the BBC aired a segment about the Swiss spaghetti harvest, showing actual farmers picking spaghetti from trees. Dude, they brought that back. What? Commercials. I believed it in the 90s. So many people believed it, Eric. And they called the television station to ask how could they grow their own spaghetti trees. In 1996, remember when Taco Bell said they bought the Liberty Bell in Philly and they're calling it the Taco Liberty Bell? Yeah. I believe that could happen. Outraged people called the National Historic Park in Philadelphia to express their anger and outrage before Taco Bell revealed it was a joke. It was a joke. And the one a couple of years ago that even I fell for when I first read the headline, I was like, wait, I forgot it was April Fool's. The Cinderella Castle is now being overtaken by the Elsa Frozen movie theme because it was such a popular movie and outsold Cinderella. So they're turning into Elsa's Castle. I was mad at that one. And I was like, oh, I guess that makes sense. If they were changing the times, I guess. I didn't even realize, I thought it was Sleeping Beauty's Castle, Eric. I got to mix it up because there's one of Land and World. Does Disneyland have Cinderella? They're both different. Okay. Then it has to be Cinderella is at World. And then Sleeping Beauty is at Land in California. Two times I was there. They didn't even let me walk through it. I had dinner in it with some friends that Thanksgiving year that you and your family, we hadn't planned to be there at the same time. Yeah, you were up there. It was pre-ankle surgery where I couldn't do the 26,000 steps. And Eric saw me in the park like bent over. I can't walk. Cinderella Castle is at Disney World, so in Florida. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Because the Cinderella Castle, yes. And there's a guy because there's a lot of Disney adults, you know, Disney adults. Lots. And there's a guy in there when we were having dinner and they do the firework show at night. And if you're inside the castle, you see the fireworks shooting off from the windows. And you can hear the music that goes with the thing with the choreographed music with the fireworks. That's what it's fun. This guy legit gets, he was eating by himself. He gets out of his chair, slides out all dramatic. And then from the backpack pulls out these two like light things. And then he starts maestro-ing the music of the fireworks. And he's alone in the dining room. And he is like maestro-ing and maestro-ing. He's in love with life. And we're like, what? Does he work here? Right. That's what I was going to ask you. Wait, hold up. He does not work here. Is he part of the show or is he just an enthusiastic clientele? He just knew that he'd watched it so many times. He knew exactly when they were up. Oh, no. That's fine that you'd go a lot, but you don't need to make a... Hold on. Were you like children we need to leave? All of us were looking at him like, oh my God, this is for real. Everyone's step back. You're like, what's next? What's at the end? That's what I'm scared of. Kevin, somebody's texting us the one of the most epic pranks they've ever heard us do is when you told everyone you were straight. I had my girlfriend call in. I'm tired of hiding. She was so mad. It was Penny, a former intern Penny. Oh, sweet Penny. That was fun times, fun times. It's time for What's Going Down in H-town. I'm a ruler show with Eric. 104.1 K-R-B-E. It is brought to you by Easy Fiber and we are growing every day, Houston. I don't think this is news to you, but do you know exactly how much we're growing? Well, Houston leads the nation in population growth, adding more than 126,000 residents from 2024 to 2025. I told you, we're going to have like 8.5 million people. We are approaching 8 million, Eric. According to the Greater Houston Partnership, we are approaching 8 million people reflecting sustained demand driven by a strong economy, global talent, inflows, and long-term affordability. Plus land, you can just keep building. Boston can't build anymore. There's no more space here. We have lots more space. What's that Luke Bryan song with Jordan? I can't remember his name. By Dirt? Yeah. You got to buy dirt because God ain't making any more of it. That's why roses can work because think about 20 years we've had over 2 million people move here. When I was here in 2003, it was like 3 million people. Yes, and now it's approaching 8 million. Wow, it's amazing. That was nuts. I was like, that's why there's so much traffic. And if you're new to Houston, get out of the fast lane for God's sake. Get out of the fast lane noobs. Move over noobs. Don't you be getting on I-10 and 45 on that far-left lane thinking, Before we go to break, Maxie turns 5 today. Oh, Maxie has such a cute name. April Fool's Baby, they said. So can you say happy birthday to Maxie? Happy birthday, Maxie. Go ahead, Sam. Hey, hey, happy birthday, Maxie. Maxie, Maxie. And it is not a joke that Artemis the launch is happening today. That is not an April Fool's joke. Are we going to be able to see people by the moon? Can we see it like, you know, when we see Santa Claus in the sky? I don't know. Ask him. I don't know where to ask him. All right, coming up next, Special K's got a telemarketer turnaround. Yes, that's right. You know, it's going to tell them and turn them around and flim-fam and all that business. Solar, it's all about solar. I told that dummy it's dark outside. You can get no solar power. All right, you're going to hear it next on The Religion with Eric and KRV. Hi, I'm Joe Saul C. Hi, host of the Stacking Benjamin's podcast. You know what? A lot of us get taxes wrong. Filing your taxes is basically data entry. There's been this trend of people going, oh, it's so cool to file my taxes in August. It's so awesome. Don't worry, I have an extension. It'll be fine. I'd like to totally do it later. Stop. Do your frigging taxes now. That was a really good fashion voice. Did you like it? You do that more frequently, please? Yes, every show for now. Stacking Benjamin's. Follow and listen on your favorite platform.