In the Weeds: Bobby Calls Out Opry Critics + Responds to Sharna Burgess' DWTS Claims

0:02 Hey everybody, so I come to this a little irritated because I just found out how to screw my tire. So I'm a little irritable as I record this, which could be good for you because I usually come on this and just say stuff that I tend to regret later. I want to talk first about the Grand Ole Opry and...

0:26 I think Sam Smith is playing as a guest, doing a guest appearance at the Opry. And I'm watching people on TikTok be upset about that. And it's weird because I think people that are upset about it just don't know the history of the Opry. And they're like, oh, it's country music. It is. You're right. It is a great place for country music. I've played the Opry probably 20 times. What makes that place great is how warm and welcome it is to all these great country music folks.

0:52 And I would say folk music folks. And I would say bluegrass music, folks. And I would say through the years, well, just every other genre too. And so I just am not going to sit here and allow people to trash the Opry when they're just wholly uneducated. So I just did some data diving here. And you can be upset about Sam Smith if you want. But so the Opry list, Sam Smith, And he is playing, by the time you see this, he's already played with Maggie Rose, Jamie O'Neill, T.

1:27 Graham Brown. Again, it's a booking for one night. It's definitely not an invitation to become a member. Let's look at some other recents first. Pharrell, 2016, played the Opry stage. Michael Bublé, Opry Country Christmas. Post Malone, 2024. Ringo Starr, Sabrina Carpenter. So that's just recent pop folks that I played the Grand Ole Opry. And so the Opry has a long history of having guest performers from outside country music.

2:01 Even Terry Bradshaw, the former Steelers quarterback, who I've seen him perform at the Opry somewhat recently, but also he's been playing for years. Paul McCartney played the Opry back in the day. And then I just said, all right, let me find people who have played from the 60s and up. all the way through to today, where it was controversial when they played the Opry. 1963, I don't know who this is. Clodagh Rogers, apparently it pissed some people off. He was an Irish pop singer. He was invited by Jim Reeves to Nashville for a grand old Opry appearance. Oh, it's a she. I never heard the name Clodagh, so I didn't know it was a she.

2:36 So everybody was all mad because she was a pop star. She was later in the Eurovision competition where all the countries are performing. So, okay, people got mad at that one. The Opry ain't a country. The Byrds. The Byrds, the rock band, performed at the Opry March 15th, 1968. They were the first rock group to play the Opry. People were pissed. Their appearance drew controversy from people who felt like, wait a minute, they weren't country enough. The Byrds. Look at an old picture of them. I mean, they look as folk and as rock. If they were today, that would be country. So, okay, there's one. Neil Diamond. Neil freaking Diamond, Sweet Caroline. He even said, hey, I'm not a country singer, but I'm really happy to be here.

3:29 James Brown. People were mad at James Brown for playing the Opry. Porter Wagner hosted him on March 10th, 1979. And James Brown played You're Cheating Heart, which was pretty cool. And then he did Papa's Got a Brand New Bag. The Country Music Hall of Fame has an archival recording listing Brown as a performer. I saw this on the WSM radio site when I looked it up. So I just feel like people like to talk so they can get clicks or they're just wildly uneducated in the history of country music and the Grand Ole Opry. So look, am I a Sam Smith fan? Not particularly. He has that one song that sounds just like Tom Petty. Kind of like that one. What was that one? Won't you stay with me? Cause I'm on my knees. You can

4:19 stand me up at the gates of hell and I am Sam Smith and it sounds just like Tom Petty. That's the same song. If you're mad at Sam Smith for playing the Opry, you're just looking for something to be mad about, something to crow about on social media. The Opry's a business. Number one, if they don't have people that are interesting to get people to come to the Opry, then people don't come to the Opry. And if tickets aren't bought, the Opry doesn't stay running. This is a business. I would bet you my bottom dollar that the people at the Grand Ole Opry, if they can make that place run and be just extremely profitable and everybody have a great time and all they put on are country music stars and people from Nashville, that

5:11 they would do that. But I mean, Sabrina Carpenter played the Opry. That one I would have liked to have gone to. That's pretty cool. I'll be honest with you, that's pretty cool. I didn't go to that one. But that's what's up. That's the first thing I'd like to start with. Number two is, what's difficult for me is that I am in my own algorithm. Meaning if people talk about me, it shows up in my algorithm. And sometimes that's okay. Occasionally it's good. But a lot of times, When I see people talking about me, I just end up getting irritated at what they're saying. And I, a lot of times, will not talk about what I see people saying about me because I know they're actually talking about me just so I'll talk about them back so

5:59 they can have a platform. I don't really think that's the case in this next clip that I saw. And I'm going to do my Dancing with the Stars power ranking coming up in a second. But I saw a clip of my former partner. It had to be recent on a podcast and they were talking about why she wasn't invited back. And I'm not sure if she wasn't invited back right after my season or if she was on for another season. I could probably check that. But she was giving the reasons that she was off the show for a long time. And one of the reasons that she speculated of the two reasons, which was pretty reckless to say, was that it was because of me and all the backlash. I can tell you right now, and I'm going to be extremely kind about this. I

6:46 know why she wasn't invited back. And I'm not going to share it because it ain't my business to share. And I was happy to see her come back. She came back on season 30 with David Allen Greer. No, Brian Austin Green. Two different people. David Allen Greer was on A Living Color. But that's just not true. I think there is a little bit of resentment on her part with me because we didn't win because of what she was really good at. She had other really great dancers and they never won. She had a backstreet boy.

7:27 They didn't win. She had a football player. They didn't win. She had people. They didn't win. I come on the show. I danced good enough, but we didn't win because of dance. We won because of what I brought to the show. my version of performing. And I think there is unfairly to me, a little bit of resentment in that there's never a positive thing said about me ever. And I had a screw in my tire and I'm pissed. So when I see the clip and I'm like, I got a drywall screw in my tire. And then I see her saying, well, yeah, I think one of the reasons would be because of all the backlash. No, I worked at the BBC right after I got off of Dancing with the Stars for two years. Because of the massive success that we had as a team on that show

8:19 and all the votes that I got, I ended up taking a TV show to them that they picked up and then they signed me to a multi-year deal because they saw how me and the people that consume my content, how we just rolled together and like, dang, he's got a base. Let's do a show together. We did. So I know, and it wasn't because of me. I can tell you right now, it wasn't because of me that she didn't get invited back to the next season. And that is reckless to say. So that's number two. What else you want to talk about? I got a whole list of crap here. Next. I was talking about this list where they listed the most influential people in radio history.

9:05 And I read the list on the Bobbycast, which you can see on Netflix. And to my surprise and delight, I was number 21 of all time. I was surprised I made the list. Not because I don't think I deserve to make the list, but because usually I don't get put on lists. A little bit's because people don't think country music's real or like in the grand scope of things. And two, my name sounds like a cartoon character.

9:32 But I read the list, put the clip up, stations... or like different news agencies start to pick up the story. They thought I made the list up myself. That was the story that I made a list and put me at number 21. I didn't make the list. There's a story from the internet that I was reading. If I'd have made the list, I'd have been at two. I wouldn't have put me at one because that would have been unfair. It had been Howard Stern, then me. If I'd have made the list, I'd have put me at two or 69 just to be funny. I didn't make that list. It wasn't from an article. So I just like to say that nobody was really going after me on that, but it was just Presented as, hey, Bobby Bones makes this list of the greatest radio broadcasters of

10:18 all time. He comes in at number 21. That's bull crap. I'd have been two if I'd have made the list. Okay, so I got to check that off here. I have a theory and it's based on having conversations with people in the music industry that won't commit to saying that it's true, but just kind of dancing around it when I ask. And we'll start the clip right here. My theory is that all the Stella Lefty slander was started by another artist and their team. That's my theory based on conversations that I've had, that it was started by another artist's team. Do I have absolute facts? I do not.

11:10 Do I have a lot of people chirping my ear about it?

11:11 Yes.

11:13 That's why I don't say who it was. It's just a theory. It kind of got ruthless. And then once it has an identity of its own, everybody just jumps in and that's what happened. Because you realize you could talk about this and get clicks. From the songwriting issues, which by the way, she put Noah Kahn on the song.

11:37 That happens in country music all the time. I could tell you three or four different songs where they've had to add someone on as a writer because it sounded similar to another song. That's happened. That's happened a bunch. And then the Nepo stuff from the rumor mill and my stepdad used to work at a mill. So I'm very familiar. His was a sawmill. Mine's the rumor mill.

12:04 I think a lot of that was started by another artist camp. Do with that what you will. Okay, you can end the clip there. Thank you. I get a lot of people asking me advice on hosting events. You know, one guy for Giving Tuesday had told me that he's going to host an event and he didn't really know they expected him to host the event because he was a literal DJ who mixed music and he thought he was getting hired to DJ the event, but they thought he was going to host the event. He said, well, how do I do this? And I wrote him a bunch of jokes and I think he read some of them and it went pretty well. He messaged me back.

12:37 I thought that was really cool. So I'm going to give a two minute guide to hosting an event whenever they're hiring you specifically to do it. Number one, whatever you're going to say that's kind of funny or insightful. If you have something that is personality based by you, you do it at the very beginning and you do it quick and you get it over with. And then nothing else the whole night is about you because they brought you to host. Now, if you're just hosting and you don't have like me, I'm going to do jokes.

13:05 I'm going to do jokes and make fun of myself. I'm going to lightly roast. I did the radio hall of fame a few weeks ago, and this is exactly what I did. Now that I think about it, I wrote a bunch of jokes. I wrote one about every single person who was getting inducted into the radio hall of fame. Actually, I wrote three or four and I ended up cutting it down to one or two. And I did a joke about every single person probably was 78 to 80% on and funny. I never got to practice them. So I didn't know if they were really funny or not. It was pretty good. And Once I finished those jokes, it was no longer about me. I think one of the things, the traps that people fall into in hosting an event, especially if they're doing something

13:41 kind of funny at the beginning, or they have a few light laughs at the beginning, is I think they have to be that the rest of the time. Once you flip, stay flipped. After I finished my jokes, I never made it about me again. And being a good host is like being a good referee. Nobody should have anything to say about it once you walk off. Maybe the beginning part. But if you're just there to host, man, you're nothing but a referee and nobody commenting is a good thing. It's like singing the national anthem. You're expected to go out there and do a good job. And if you crush it, nobody says anything. If you do bad, everybody's going to talk about it and tweet about it and put it up on TikTok. So my advice is

14:27 if you're going to host and you're doing some personality, do it at the very beginning. And then get out of the way and just block and tackle, do all the main things about hosting any sort of event or show or whatever the case is. So there's that. I interviewed a girl, a woman. I don't know. What am I going to say without getting canceled? I interviewed a female.

14:46 I don't know if I can say that. I interviewed somebody without a wiener, but I don't know. I don't know. And so I was doing, I was interviewing them for a position in on my show. And it was a fantastic interview. And this person came in and just crushed, brought notes, folders with literature. As soon as we sat down, they started asking questions. They took control. Just what about this?

15:16 What is this? What is this? What is this? By the time that they had finished asking questions, we had pretty much talked about anything that I wanted to ask. That's how you nail an interview. Afterward, I go back from my office to the studio because I'll usually schedule something like that in the middle of our post show day, meaning showings at 10, we're usually up there until one or so. So I usually schedule something like that about 1130 or so. And so I'll leave my office and go back to the studio. And so I'll go back to the studio, do my deal, walk away, come back.

15:51 When I come back, there's a card thanking me for the interview. Now, Abby on the show did this a long time ago too. And she actually mailed it, but

15:58 Speaker 1: Speaker 1:

16:06 That showed me more than anything that I could ask and get an answer from. So my advice to you guys is because I get that a lot. Like if I go into a job interview, like what am I supposed to do? How do I get this thing? Number one is smile, smile. People want to hire people. They want to be around just generally speaking. hire, work beside, be a part of a team, all of that.

16:33 You want to do that with people that you actually like to be around. And if you go in and you're pleasant, just generally speaking, that's the first step. If you're not pleasant, that can shut a whole interview down. It doesn't matter what you do that's good. Just life in general. If you're pleasant to be around, that's the edge.

16:50 So smile, ask questions, really act like you want to be there. I interviewed a bunch of people for that position. Six. That's a lot. It's a lot for me. And I would say half of them, they're just kind of acting like, yeah, if they get it good, if they don't, that's okay too. Even if you feel that way, don't act like that. Heck, get the job and then turn it down if you don't want it. But go in, smell good, like dress to impress, be a little too professional looking. Because the position that I'm hiring for, you don't need to dress up.

17:32 But of course, you want to come dressed up. Be your professional best. So yeah, really got dominated in an interview and thought it was so great. Now, we ended up not hiring her. Criminal record. But no, I'm just kidding. We just haven't hired that position yet. I have like three more interviews to go. But I just wanted to share that with you guys. Also, people ask me too, like, are you hiring specifically? I'm always hiring, but right now, no, but I'm always hiring. If you do something or you show a skill set that is going to bring me value, not specifically me, it doesn't matter if I'm hiring or not.

18:13 I will hire you. There was a guy on Instagram. You guys may remember him. He had posted a video and I think the video, the gist of it was, do you guys do this as well? And it was him quoting basically the audio credits of the Bobby Boneshow podcast. And on those credits is me going, all right, thanks for listening. Scuba Steve, executive producer. Eddie, dude, Reed sings a theme song. Here's our social media. It was all this.

18:44 And it's about a 35 to 40 second end of the podcast. And it was a funny little bit because he was literally just quoting it back word for word verbatim. And it's kind of funny because he must listen to the podcast a lot. And so I messaged him and said, hey, can I take this video and post it online? He's like, yeah, sure.

18:58 And kind of a nerdy looking guy, like myself. One recognizes another. And I said, do you edit? And he said, what made you think that? I said, one recognizes another. He said, yeah, and I don't want to give too much of his spot up, but he works audio, video in a different city. He doesn't work here. And I said, hey, why don't you come on the team? Can you work part-time for me? And he goes, yeah, he works part-time for me now. And I wasn't looking for that. He wasn't looking for that. But if you have a skill set, which he did, but also that video was funny. And that's what kind of got him in the door, even though that wasn't really the door he was looking to walk in. Like it works. But I'm always hiring. Just

19:44 not right now, but I'm always hiring. Just right at the moment, no. But yes, I'm still hiring. right now. If you can prove that you have something that's going to allow this small company, not the big company. The big company is my radio show and iHeartRadio and they do all that hiring. The interview that I just did for that position was with iHeartRadio. But we have a small little unit. We're like the Navy SEALs except not near as trained or good or patriotic. Well, we're nothing like the Navy SEALs, but we are a unit of people.

20:18 And so we do a lot of the podcast stuff. We do a lot of the content creation. We do the YouTube, we do all that. And so I'm always hiring, just not right now, but I always am. If you have something that's going to help make us like more money and grow, but I'm not hiring right now, but I'm always hiring. Okay.

20:36 Hang tight. The Bobby cast will be right back. and we're back on the bobby cast.

20:53 Okay eddie and i are sitting here these are all dms that i've gotten mostly people asking questions about the show or us ready okay eddie what's something about bobby that listeners would never believe unless they hung out with him also eddie did not know these questions ahead.

21:10 Of time So something listeners would never believe about you because they don't hang out with you.

21:17 Yeah, I'll read it again. Eddie, what's something about Bobby that listeners would never believe unless they hung out with him? That's tough, though. That's so hard because you're so transparent. I know.

21:28 And you really tell everyone how you are. You're very honest. I think the one surprising thing to me when I first started hanging out with you is how much you don't talk when you're not on air. Like you really don't have a lot to say. Uh, not to say that we can't have conversations cause we do, but like, you're not as talkative as you are on air. And, but you're transparent about that. You've told people that. So I feel like people have heard you say that. But to me, that was very surprising when we've like first met because I feel like, Oh, this guy's a radio guy.

22:05 Like this guy's talks all the time.

22:07 That's probably annoying. He won't stop talking. But in person, dude, we were just very like, man, a few words. I think sometimes people are disappointed with me in that way if they just meet me out because I don't. I don't feel the need to be the life of the party. I don't feel the need to be the center of attention because I professionally live as the center of attention for half the day. I don't crave it. Yeah. And you don't go hiding from people. You just go out.

22:35 About your way and then if someone says hey are you bobby bones you're like hey what's up like take a picture and then you move.

22:42 Yeah i'm not mean no but uh yeah i'm not there are some people that i know that are famous or public and they are that all the time and even off camera they are large and big and they need all the attention all the time but even i think that's a bit different because i do it every day for six seven hours a day where let's just say i'm their country singer They do it on the weekend for a few hours. Also, I'm just tired. Dude, that is one thing, too. I remember you always being tired.

23:14 And just because I remember your hours. Before I joined the show, we were just friends. Your hours were so crazy that you were always exhausted.

23:23 Another question. Do you guys ever finish arguing on the air and then keep arguing during the commercial? I think this maybe is a show question, but You can answer that. Does the show ever argue on the air and then it rolls over after? Rarely. Almost never. Very rare. It's so contained. Yep. And it's also, I'm not going to say fully performative because people feel that way, but we also know if you're not going to be compelling, don't even start talking. Like when it's time to go, go be entertaining. And then also this is not personal. It's like games. Correct. Most of us, there will be times.

24:00 And I can think of a few times when we've had to have a conversation about what was just said on air or how someone acted on air.

24:08 We're mostly talking about one person.

24:11 We're talking about one person where it was so like, whatever happened was so just like, what is happening? We have to talk about this after the fact. I remember a couple of times.

24:22 We've had by way. You mean I have to go guys. Yeah. This just happened. Stop. Or like what just happened? Yeah. Why did you do that? Yeah. But you're right. 98% of the time, everyone has the understanding that, yeah, say what you mean, mean what you say, but as soon as it's over, we got other stuff to focus on.

24:41 We're going to move on. Yeah. And we've all been together so long now too. Uh, okay. Bobby, what's something Eddie is legitimately better at than you are? Even if you hate admitting it. Oh, this one's very easy. I don't hate admitting it at all. I actually use you for it. Um, Cooking, grilling. It's your thing. Yeah. It's not my thing. You're really good at it. And like fixing stuff and putting stuff together. Yeah. Also, not my thing.

25:07 My thing is calling people to get stuff fixed. But I would say you are a great cook. Cook's good, right?

25:15 Sure.

25:15 Yeah. I love to cook. And then you're good at putting stuff together. Like just doing like normal man stuff. I like that. Yeah. That one's easy. I honestly thought you would take longer to think about that.

25:26 Why?

25:26 Because we're so competitive.

25:28 Like I'm not competitive, but you're just competitive nature.

25:30 With you? No, just nature.

25:33 Oh, nah.

25:33 I'm competitive at things that I like want to compete at. Would you ever say, is there a sport that you would say I'm better at? No, God, no. See, here we go. I knew it.

25:43 No.

25:44 One sport that I am just better than you. If you are better, it's because I haven't trained enough. okay but we're not talking about that you're like three shots better than me on the overall score through 45 seconds you you made three more baskets than i have but you've also played eight times the amount that i've played so.

26:05 But wouldn't that be the same for anything like if i practiced reading i'd be a better reader than you no i.

26:11 Don't believe that's the case i think naturally i'm a better reader than you i have better comprehension okay that was a bad example it was a pretty good reader I don't think one sport. I don't think athletically you are superior to me in any sport, but that's okay.

26:28 Wrong.

26:28 I'm wrong. I'm wrong. I'm wrong. You're not. We had championship. I beat you, but I'm wrong. Okay. Yes. You have me at this. Cause I Charlie Brown it. Let's go kicking. Oh, kicking, like kicking field goals. You're actually good. Like you, you are good. It's surprising. I was born kicking things. It's in my blood. You do it right. You take the angle.

26:50 I run straight ahead and straight foot Charlie Brown. So I take back what I just said. I'm 99.9% athletically superior to you. But I think if I train kicking, I can really whoop you. See, here we go. But you're better than me. You're better than me for sure. Okay. Next up. What are the thing, Bobby, that you said you'd never do as a parent that you're already doing? Oh, I like this question. I just don't think I said I would never do anything. I rarely say I'll never or will only do anything because I, I, I'm just not an absolutist in any way. Um, I think even with like screen time, if it was, we're not going to do screen time until a certain point I put football games on and that's the screen. But is that

27:36 screen time? No, it's learning. It's like watching a documentary. Exactly right. I'm just not an absolutist really in any way whatsoever. Um, And also, I knew I didn't have models as parents, so I didn't have going into it things that I was dedicated to proving were right. So I don't know if that's an answer that I can give honestly. I think what's different from when I started was I never thought that I would be a guy that could just jump in, wrists, elbows deep, and just change diapers and it not affect me. I knew I would do it because it would need to be done, and I was not going to be the guy that was like, I'm not doing that. But I always thought, because I just kind of get grossed out by stuff,

28:17 I always thought, it's nothing to me now. That's amazing. It is another day. Wow.

28:24 Do you notice how some of them smell worse than others, depending on the day? And your baby's still young. But she's eating real food, though, now.

28:32 Okay. There are some where you're just like. I just expect them all to be awful. Okay. And then I work backwards. So expect the worst. Yeah, and then when it's not, hey, it's a little bonus there.

28:45 I really like this question, but I wish we can answer it. We can ask it like every 10 years because your baby's so young that you've only experienced a certain.

28:55 Yeah, it's hard for me now because she's not impacting my decisions. Yeah, yeah. I, Caitlin and myself impact all of her decisions. So yeah, I think that's fair too. So I don't know that my sample size is big enough. But the thing that I didn't expect of me was I thought I would be grossed out forever, and I'm not that grossed out by it.

29:15 Like, I want to ask you when she's going to get a phone. But then again, like, at that, when she gets a phone, is it going to be different where, like, everyone gets a phone when they're five years old?

29:23 I can call her now. I gave her one this morning. Okay. Which artist have you met who was way different than what you expected? Oh, you have one?

29:36 Got one wow go cane brown what did you expect douchebag what did you get really cool guy but very quiet and reserved.

29:50 Was the reason you thought he was a douche because he was so quiet and you just thought he thinks he's too cool his whole look tattoos. So you were jealous. He looked cool.

29:59 He just looked like someone like, okay, you're so full of yourself, but I really like, he's not full of himself.

30:04 He's a very nice guy. Yeah. Thoughtful guy. Very thoughtful.

30:07 And like someone that you talk to for a little bit, you're just like, I really like this person. And that's not my, that was not my first impression. Cause my first impression really was him doing all his Tik TOK videos or his like, whatever. He'd stick to the camera in his car. I'm like, who is this guy? We would never be friends. I really like him.

30:25 Yeah. That's a good one. I'm going to go similarly. I'm going to go Luke Bryan. Because the first time I met Luke, like met him, met him, we were in New York. He's just larger than life and loud all the time. And I thought, oh, I'll never be friends with this guy. He's so loud. He just, when he arrives. You know he's there. And I'm the opposite.

30:50 And I knew really quickly that I was wrong about that. because he's just a really nice guy. He's a loud guy. He's still, he's the guy that we'd be in like American Idol dinners. And it'd be me, Lionel, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, sometimes Ryan, mostly not Ryan. And Luke would hold court in a room where everybody wants to hold court.

31:13 Yeah.

31:13 Like Katy wants it just as bad as Luke does. When Lionel talks to everybody, shuts up and respects. Oh, the man's talking. Yeah. Everyone just kind of goes, whoa, got it. But yeah, I was wrong. I had a quick false impression of Luke that, Oh, he wants everybody to pay attention to him all the time. He's just naturally that gregarious. Yeah. Oh, that's a big word. Great guy.

31:35 Same with Kane. Just a wonderful guy. All right. What's one artist that you love that others just don't get? It's a tough one. It's tough because if we love them, they're probably somewhat big. Yeah, universally loved. And then... if it'd be hard to say that people don't get them and we don't want to be cool guy, like here's a band you never heard of.

32:01 I kind of have one, but, and I've just heard things about people not liking this about this artist.

32:08 Go ahead. As Lainey Wilson.

32:09 I think people, she's universally loved, but I've heard people talk about her accent and be like, that's not real. Like she's overplaying it. She's not that country. No, we've known her for a very, very, very long time. And that is how she talks. And that is how she is. That's how she thinks like that's who she is. So I would say, and I, and I really like her.

32:31 So I would say that's probably one of them.

32:34 I would say if I'm to go into my household, my wife does not get the counting crows at all. She's just like, it's middle-aged whining, man. All they do is whine. All he does is whine. Like she says, I don't get why you're so drawn to this. I love it. And so that would be, My wife doesn't get it at all. Dude, that's so interesting because he is so whiny, right? Why do we love him or love that music so much? For me, I love anything like really emo. He's emo. Yeah. And also it's probably a time in our life too. Oh man.

33:10 I remember I would drive and listen to it and just be lost in my thoughts.

33:14 But also Counting Crows were considered alternative back then. Yeah. Now it's... you know, hot AC, easy 92. Yeah. But now back then they were an alternative band because they were so different. So there was like a rock element to them now that really is missed because well, rock is elevated. It's just different. Uh, but yeah, counting crows, uh, a couple more here. What's the most normal, boring thing that you did this week that wouldn't fit into people's idea of your life?

33:44 Um, I mean, I'm reading, um, now that's pretty boring i like to read by the fire outside in the late afternoons dude that was not something i would ever do i do like nature i love sitting outside watching the birds all stuff like that but reading a book by the fire is such an old man thing that like that's i'm really enjoying doing that lately.

34:09 Check in with me in a year to see if i'm still reading yeah It's a new thing right now.

34:13 It is a new thing, but I'm finding something very relaxing about reading outside.

34:18 Love it. You don't think I'm going to keep it up? I hope you do. I've been the one hopefully encouraging you to do it. You're right though, dude. I need the right books. Yes. Even I will give up. If I hit two bad ones in a row, I'm like, I'm out for a few months.

34:30 Like how do you, I can't, and I'm reading a pretty good one right now, but I don't know how you can get into like a book where you're just like, I need to know more.

34:39 It's so well written. When you hit one, You'll know? You'll know. Okay. Because you'll be thinking about it while you're doing something else and you'll be going, I cannot wait to get back to that book. Really? It's rare that it happens like that, but man, when it hits, it's so rewarding to get to go back and have 15 minutes to just roll through and you just don't want to stop. Not all, even not all good ones are like that, but occasionally you get one that just, that you don't want to stop. I can't wait. Yeah. Oh, mine's going to be, In the last week, I mean, I had to put two new car seats in the car.

35:13 I'm pretty good at that now, but I probably spent an hour getting them out of the box, putting them together. That's a pain, dude. Now they clip into the bottom, but you still have to adjust the straps. That was a pretty mundane part of the week. It's kind of boring. Just putting two new car seats in cars here. If you asked your wives what's the most annoying habit about you, what would they say?

35:37 Gosh, you would have a whole list of things. I think it'd be a tie between two. Leaving my clothes by my bed. When I, you know, right before I go to bed, I take all my clothes off and I leave them right by the bed. And she's told me over and over, will you please just put your clothes in the basket? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it.

35:58 I never do. That's one. I think another two would be a backseat driver.

36:04 I'm kind of bad at that.

36:07 Like, Hey, but passenger seat though. Yeah. Yeah. That's the turn backseat driver.

36:10 Yeah.

36:11 Yeah.

36:11 But I'm like four way stop. Like your turn. Oh, that's annoying. Oh, are you not going to use your signal there? Okay. Yeah. I didn't think about that one, but I do that a little bit where I always drive. And then when I don't, I'm not comfortable sitting on the passenger side and I think her braking is always wrong.

36:30 And even if I don't say anything, I freak. Like she's braking too late. Yeah. I agree. She's going too fast. Yeah, dude. And I won't say anything and I'm not doing it on purpose, but I'll like, Oh, I'll make noises and tense up. I do the same thing. And she's like, what are you doing? I'm like, I don't know. And I'm not used to sitting on that side of the car either. So I feel like I'm too close to the, to the curb, to the ditch. I'm like, Oh my God, you didn't hit the ditch.

36:52 That's i say that all the time you're gonna hit the curve you're gonna hit the curve.

36:55 And it's just we're not used to sitting on that side of the car i know so would that be one of yours well now that i bring that up probably if you asked her that was my number one is just i'm just a contrarian to everything everything everything it doesn't matter even if i really don't believe it i'll present the other option another opinion why do you do that it's it's part of who I am and it's also been pretty good for my career I know but we're talking about personal life but I think I do it in my personal life and I've just turned it into my career I don't take it from my career and take it in my personal life I'm just generally a challenger like is it hard for you to say like yeah yeah good point like is it hard

37:34 to just say that it's a really good point yes but if I can think of another possible alternative to what you've said I would like to share it even if it wouldn't be my first selection.

37:45 Like whenever, and I'm not speaking for your wife, but when you do this with me, I know when you're about to hit, like, cause I see your eyes kind of go, you listen to what I'm saying, but you're thinking about the other side.

37:56 And I think sometimes I really agree with you, but I'm going, I think there's another option here that I would like to share. And, and I bet your wife does too. She knows when it's coming. I think she would say that is the most annoying trait about me. That's funny. Yeah. That's just you, though, man. Here's the last one we'll do. What's the one story about the two of you that you will always tell your friends, but you haven't told much on the show?

38:19 I don't know that I have that. We'd have to work through that one. Oh, you've talked about this, but me flipping the golf cart is epic. I tell that more privately than we talk publicly about it.

38:31 God dang, crazy. Highlight. Do you know I still don't really drive golf carts? Like, I still don't.

38:38 If I have to, if it's just me out there by myself, I'll drive the golf cart.

38:41 You almost died. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. Eddie was driving down a hill, and he had a buddy in the car with him, and they got going too fast, and he hit a ditch, and the cart flipped over the top of them. Landed on our buddy. It was the wildest thing I've ever seen, and I was genuinely concerned, but I also played the odds. I was.

39:00 I was scared for you guys, but I also was playing the odds. You were laughing. That you probably weren't dead, and two, that even if you were hurt, you'd want it documented. Oh, you were filming. So I was recording it and taking pictures the whole time. It's one of the most unbelievable things I've ever seen.

39:17 The one thing, the memory I have of that is obviously the screech that you hear before the accident. Like, I can't take that out of my mind because I tried to hit the brakes. So like, I was like, we're going too fast. We're going too fast. Hit the brakes. But every time I hit the brakes, it was skidding.

39:32 So I'm like, I'm not going to be able to hit the brakes. So I just went into this grassy area. Didn't see there was a ditch because the grass was long, nailed it.

39:41 We flipped. You're right.

39:43 I thought we were like dead, but we weren't. And I realized our buddy wasn't dead. And then you come up with a phone. filming laughing hard you were laughing you're breathing though yeah we were alive well we did we have to get the cart off of yes we had to pull it off steve we had to get off steve so um and then and then out of nowhere some guy comes up like hey are you okay hey are you bobby bones and.

40:07 You guys are dead on the ground we're still.

40:09 On the ground And the guy was really mid-sentence like, hey, are you guys, hey, are you Bobby Bones?

40:14 Can I get a picture with you?

40:15 And Bobby's taking pictures with fans while I'm trying to get the golf.

40:19 Cart off of Steve. Man, what a day. And then Eddie never paid for the golf cart. They wanted to, like, make you pay for it.

40:25 And then, yeah, yeah, yeah, they found a bottle of something in there because we'd been drinking.

40:29 But, like, that wasn't the reason. That's what they always say. That wasn't the reason. I think it was hole three or something. It was early.

40:36 And so I remember them saying like, I found this in there and it was like an empty bottle. And I was like, great. We need your name. I gave him a fake name, fake number, fake all of it. Oh, that's why you never paid. Did you ever go back to play there?

40:49 No.

40:49 Oh, never. I will never go back to play there. Your name's like a bad check on a bad checklist there. There's a picture of me there. Thank you for the questions. That was super fun.

40:59 Hang tight. The Bobby cast will be right back. and we're back on the bobby cast.

41:16 All right going into week seven here's the dancing with the stars power rankings according to me well last week no one went home on dedication night mostly because they don't want someone doing a dance for a dead relative and then getting kicked off the show because that sucked. And I think pretty much everybody knew no one was going to go home, but they don't tell you. They don't tell you anything. And then at the end of the show, they said, no one's going home. And they're going to do the scores from last week with the scores from the next week and all the votes. All that being said, let's get into it here. We can start at number 10, who I think is, I think 10 and nine are kind of on the hook. Next

41:57 week though, they'll be cutting two people. So At 10 is Connor and Riley. They got a 32 total. All of the dances this last week were touching, so I just want to say that to begin with. You had to empty the clip. If you have anything in the tank that's going to make people sad, emotional, happy, root for you, you had to empty it this last week.

42:20 And he did a dance for his dad. The judges are recognizing how much that Connor has improved since week one, but the lowest... score of the week and then also the lowest season total as well because total again the week was 32 the season was 127 he doesn't just need a breakout next week he pretty much needs everybody else to just forget there's a show and not show up although really likable guy but I think his time has come to an end at number nine is Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess again a low score of 32 for the week Their whole dance was a pregnancy reveal and it's pretty good. And then a gender reveal is pretty good. Empty the clip. They emptied the clip. He's probably gone next week. He's just not that likable. He's

43:12 not someone you don't like, but he's not someone that you really warm up to. Also, I think he's probably a little too good looking. Like his whole life is probably been getting like free stuff for being an athlete and good looking. Finally, The uglies win. It's difficult. He's gotten a little better, but him and Sharna are a tough team to root for because they're both just like chiseled, right?

43:38 There's not a lot of warmth with either one of them. So they're at nine. At eight, Tatiana Ali and her partner at yawn. Another low 32. Listen, her James Avery tribute was pretty legit. As someone who loved the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, pretty legit. Also, Alfonso came on, who was also in the Fresh Prince. Duh, he was Carlton.

44:04 And so, I mean, she's really improved as the season has gone on. Also, this season, it's very much like America. No middle class. Sucks. It's the elites and it's the lower class. And right now she's in that lower class. The moment from the last week is lovely, but now she's got to score big time to survive. Number seven is Jackson and Emma. And I've really had high hopes for Jackson. He just has not been able to improve substantially.

44:43 I think I probably... He gave him a bit too much credit for being an athlete. He's improving. But he's not really where he needs to be in order to make that finals run that I was expecting him to make. I still hold a little hope for him. I'm rooting for him. I'm genuinely rooting for him. And I'm rooting for Emma because she's the best. But man, he is slowly tick, tick, tick down the list because there just hasn't been a hammer of a week. Likeable guy. Kind of likeable guy. But just hasn't been improving. And if you're not just wholly lovable, you got to improve so much.

45:21 So he's at seven. And at six is Julia Stiles and Ezra. It was another emotional, pretty high scoring night. She got a 36. They did the Save the Last Dance tribute, which was the week before, which was pretty cool. They did Heath Ledger this last week. So she's good. It's cool. There's nostalgia there. But I think she is that top of the lower class. Will she survive another week?

45:53 I do think so, unless she just falls down. But heck, I fell down one week. You can get through if you fall down. Heck, maybe that's the approach that some of these people should take. Just fall down and just cry. You got to do something, guys. We're getting down to the nitty gritty here. So I have her at six, Julia Stiles and Ezra. All right, now, all these others are contenders. One through five, they are the contenders of the show. It used to be at six for me, now it's at five. I had to take Jackson out of the, hey, I think they can win it category. Sucks.

46:27 At number five, Mara Higgins and Mark Ballas. So they got 35 this week. And she did the whole, she had the dress, and she was swinging it, and she did the Irish, what do you call that dance? It's like a Paso Doble dance. I never did a Paso Doble or Paso Doble. I don't even know what you call it, but she's really good. The problem is this is America. And it didn't make you like her less, but man, if she'd have thrown on some red, white, and blue and been like, I know I'm from Ireland and I love Ireland. Or maybe she starts with the Irish and all of a sudden she rips it off and it's red, white, and blue and an eagle lands on her shoulder. Like that's the turn she's got to make.

47:13 This is Dancing with the Stars, America. Trust me, I've been to Ireland. I love it. I love the people. I love all people everywhere. But I'm also judging by the voters of this show. But she can win the show. But I have her at the bottom of the upper class. She's at five. Number four. Any four of these can win the show, like no doubt. Harry Shum and Jenna Johnson.

47:37 It was a heartfelt dance for his wife. He's just, Three points, I think, for the whole season behind. Well, we'll get to it in a second. He's still a favorite. He's good enough to win. He needs some of these weeks where he's not number one or number two. And this is perfect. It's perfect. He needs these lower weeks so the judges can say, wow, you're really good and you're improving. So I like the strategy. Although I don't know what the strategy is. Like, don't be the best.

48:05 But he's at four. Number three is Jenna and Val. Except Val didn't dance. Alan danced. And I will not take Alan's slander. I did a TikTok. And basically I was like, Gleb's a douche for saying that about Alan. And Alan's lovable. And Alan did a great job. So Jenna and Alan, but that's Val. She handled the partner change perfectly. I thought Alan actually made her seem A little warmer. Also, she's a pro dancer. She knows what's up.

48:39 She probably dances with a thousand people. So if one of the people had to have a new partner and still thrive, it was going to be Jenna because she is the dancer of the show. So I have her at three. Number two is Amber. Highest score of the night. She got 38 last week. And the first couple to get two tens. That's pretty legit. She's one point behind Ezra for the season lead. I think right now it's a two and a half person race at the top.

49:06 And I'll get back to that in a second. But my number two is Amber Glenn. She's killing it. And the number one is Ezra. Like right now he's the dude. Danielle is such a great partner for him. But still my number one, still the season leader. His tribute to his mom earned the season's first 10. And he's just good.

49:29 He's likable. He's an athlete. Ezra is the one to beat right now. Just overall season scores, Ezra 159. Amber 158, Jenna 158, Harry Shum 156, and Mara 155. Those are the five that I had up in that upper class. But then there's a big drop down after that. So it's Ezra's to lose. It's Amber's to win. It's Jenna's to figure out a strategy to get her a little more beloved. And it's Mara's to like, I don't know.

50:13 Be American. Love America. You got to get those viewers. You got to make them think you're freaking out there every day eating apple pie. You should walk out with a baseball glove and a ball chewing some tobacco. I'm not saying that's the right thing to do. I'm just saying sometimes you got to really pander for the votes.

50:34 Harry Shum also is pretty awesome. So those are my rankings this week. It's weird without Guillermo there. I really missed old Guillermo. That was fun. So, power rankings this week. I think the next two to go are probably Conor and Tyler. We'll see. I think Tatiana and Jackson are pretty vulnerable, though. And we'll do this again next week.

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