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Head over to masterclass.com/bobsherry for the current offer. That's up to 50% off at masterclass.com/bobsherry. Masterclass.com/bobsherry. - Wow, it's six o'clock in the morning already. - Welcome to the Bob and Sherry show. - Good morning. - Good morning. - It's time to wake up. - And now from the Belacial Bob and Sherry Studios, it's Bob and Sherry. - Welcome on in to the Bob and Sherry show. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody. Would you like to hear some of the new floats on the Macy's Day Parade broadcast? - Oh, yeah, yeah. - I don't think anybody is going to be in Manhattan that day. But before I tell you about the new floats, let me just ask you. When was the last time you watched the Macy's Day Parade on TV? - Last year. - Last year. - Yeah, you did watch it? - Yes. - I haven't watched it for years. - I mean, I put it on while I'm like cooking and stuff. It's not like I'm sitting in front of it, but it's on and yeah, I'm, that's part of my tradition. But yeah, to sit in front of it and watch it, you don't even turn it on and have it on in the background. - We haven't and I know what you're talking about 'cause that used to be a part of our life. But it hasn't been of recent and it's, we were talking about, I don't know anybody that stays up until midnight to watch Ryan Seacrest with Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve. And I'm just wondering, do people really watch the Macy's Day Parade with everything? It used to be so spectacular when I was a kid. - I think it's one of those things that you can kind of go in and out of because there's no plot. - Yeah. - You know, there's nothing. - And it's really a mac and 4. - But you go, oh, there's so-and-so and there's so-and-so, oh, there's the turkey needs to be basted or whatever. And you go back and you can see something else. - The big dogs. - The Westminster, the Kennel Club? - Westminster. - Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, I love that. - So you go back and forth. - Yeah, it's good. - So here, it starts at eight o'clock in the morning, by the way, Eastern. Here are some of the new floats. They include a Magic Meets the Seas float, which is Disney from Disney Cruise Lines. Doris Fantastical Rainforest is returning for the first time in 15 years. The Wondrous World of Wildlife celebrates the iconic Bronx Zoo. I bet that's a good one. And the Netflix series Wednesday is gonna have its own float. I once went to a warehouse in New Jersey, right across the river and I had a TV crew and we shot, I can't remember what was there. It's the warehouse where all the floats are stored after they appear and it was something to see. Yeah, they have this one warehouse in New Jersey. Now, speaking of Thanksgiving, I was reading about different sort of traditions that people have for Thanksgiving. One of them was breaking out in '80s paper turkey centerpiece. Another one was thanking the turkey before you eat it. If you have little kids, I would not do that. I don't think that's a good idea. Turkey Day Pajama Day. And this is the one that really jumped out at me. The annual Thanksgiving whipped cream fight. Have you ever heard of that? What? No. And wouldn't wanna do it 'cause I know who the annual cleaning up the whipped cream fight lady would be. Well, I was wondering about that too. And I thought, do you go out on the deck and I thought, you know, maybe I should get three or four cans of ready whipped. I know my wife would be in for that. And we're gonna have the grandchildren over and so we give them each a can. And I'm thinking, I know Christian is gonna love this. But here's what could happen. Elle is only three and a half years old. And if she can't figure out how to get that thing to fire at her brother and he's over there, literally creaming her. They're gonna be tears. No, you can help her, you can help her, you can help her. I can see this. They will remember this for the rest of their lives. This is a great, this is something that's very memorable. Yeah, do it outside, do it in the backyard. Maybe have, get back on the phone with Landon and tell them to tell her to send bathing suits, right? Get the kids in there because it's warm where you are. Get the kids in their bathing suits, send them out for a whipped cream fight, hose them off, and then bring them in and throw them in the bathtub. Yeah, I'm off for it for little kids. Oh God, yeah, yeah. I just don't want her to kill her. You gotta let them, you gotta let them just cover you. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Completely. They will remember that forever. Maybe I have to be on my knees so I'm the same size as they are. That's one of the rules. I may go and do that. I think you should, I mean, it's just, all you have to shampoo it out of your hair and get on with it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love this idea. Yeah, that's right. Love it. Here it is. All right, well I'm glad to hear somebody's watching The Macy's Day Parade. Yeah, oh my gosh, yeah. I'll put it on again. It goes on for like 10 hours, doesn't it? Yeah. I mean, it never ends. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. This is Bob and Sherry. Available now in the Bob and Sherry store. Our 2025 Bob and Sherry calendar. A 28 page full color calendar perfect for hanging on the wall. The fridge, wherever. Each month features fun photos of our team in the studio. On the road and visiting our listeners. Classic photos, CD covers and photos provided by you. The 2025 Bob and Sherry calendar. Available on the Shop tab. Conveniently located at bobandcherry.com. Leave us a talk back with the free Bob and Sherry app. Hey Bob, Sherry, Max, Lamar, Doc. It's Annie from Forsyth, Georgia. I was coming about a couple of things. Sherry, you had said how exhausted you were from doing Thanksgiving and it was just, you know, you wish you could get a break from it because it's so much cleaning and cooking and shopping and just so much and it is. I mean, it is a lot and I had to do it every year and I've done it for 20 years. Now, I listened to another episode later on and the archive vault you were saying, I don't know how long ago this was that y'all recorded this one, but it said I am so excited about Thanksgiving. I can't wait to cook and have all these people over and it's gonna just be fabulous. And girl, that made me so sad 'cause I am right there with you. I used to feel that way and I remember feeling excited about it and excited about what I was gonna make and I was excited about company and all this and I'm exhausted now. I just don't have that flavor flavor that I used to have, that fire that let me out to do it anymore. I'm just tired and I would love to just have someone come in and do it for me. That would be great. You know, just like a team of people come in and do everything and I would just love it. Okay, so I feel yeah and I am with you on that and my heart hurts for you girl. So second thing was Bob, Bob, you have so many brownie points now for doing that tree for your wife. I mean, like brownie points for decades because that was the sweetest thing I've heard you ever do. I've heard you do a lot of stuff and I know you love Mary, but Bob, that was just precious. And I know she appreciated that and you are so special, both of y'all. Annalmore and Max and Doc, I love you guys. I have a happy Thanksgiving and be safe. Thanks, bye. Oh, Annie, yeah. I wish that somebody would come and do it for both of us and then the two of us could just sit on the couch and eat with our hands and our pajamas. I'm right there with you. Yeah, well, what do you think? Putting up the tree was the sweetest thing that I ever did. That was, I haven't done anything else that was-- Well, she's not with you all the time and sees all that you do. She didn't say that was the only sweet thing you take. You said that was the simplest thing that you did. Yeah, take the console. That is so out of the box, that was very out of the box. That's why it's so memorable. That's why she was telling you that. And I'm sure Mary was really-- Was it really that unusual as a man? I mean, she was like saying, she never knew of a man that did something like that. Is it that unusual? Was it? Yeah, yeah, see, 'cause the bar-- If you weren't where this, Mary was away and I put up the Christmas tree with the lights and everything. The bar is in hell. So you just putting up the fig tree and getting some of the lights on it. Yeah. Bend down and let me crown you. Yeah, that it is very unusual. Take the win, take the win, take it. You know what else I did, just the other day? Mary is a therapist and there is a local women's club and they invited her to be the speaker at their monthly meeting. So it's all women and the word went out that a therapist was going to address the women's club. And a lot of women showed up, not just in the women's club, but word got out. So there was like 70 women there at the women's club. And she said, we had just finished. It was the appearance at two o'clock in the afternoon and we had just finished and she said, I'm off. And I said, okay, I'm gonna come. She said, you don't have to do that. You've seen me, you know what I say? It's not necessary. It's just a bunch of women. Well, I jumped in the shower and shaved and I put on my blue sport jacket, my blazer, and I showed up and sat down there in the first row with 70 women. And I really think I hit another home run doing that because she referenced me and made a little joke and all the women laughed. And I just felt like, yeah, more guys should be like the Bobster here. It was very good. - Isn't that, and isn't that what it's really all about when we can't really do it? - Yeah, yeah. - Isn't that, would it be too much to say the reason for this season? I don't think so. Morons in the news is next, it's Bob and Sherry. Morons in the news is sponsored by State Farm. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. - Do it, let's go, go. - Bob and Sherry, idiot! With Morons in the news. - So some illegal signs are popping up around Boulder, Colorado. I'm putting this story in Morons in the news, but I'm not really totally against the people who are doing this. Here's what they're doing. Everybody knows what a regular rectangular speed sign looks like, right? So it's like, say, 35 miles an hour. Speed limit, 35 miles an hour, black and white. We all know what they look like. Somebody has produced signs that look so official. The material is made out of the same material that the speed signs are made out of. The same letters are blocked that way. And this is what's all over there. There are approximately, let me see how many, there are approximately 15 of these signs that somebody has put up. It says 35 miles an hour and right below, it says, get off your damn phone, right below it. And there's another one that's 45 miles per hour or something like that. Don't kill any kids today. And they are all over Boulder, Colorado. They have been fastened professionally to the signs. It looks like the state or the city did it. And the police are very upset about this. The Boulder Police Commander said, I definitely appreciate the gesture behind what they're intending to do. But it's a crime and there are other means people can take to stop these behaviors. I'm not totally against whoever is doing this and I gotta tell you, they're making an effort. I would have any idea how to get the material, the metal and the printing to do that. Which is probably going to make them easy to catch. - That's probably true. - Yeah, that's probably all the signs though. They do look good. - Yeah, now there's a skating rink. There's a skating rink in England and it has a pink iPhone buried under the ice, not on purpose. One of the workmen lost his phone and he borrowed his daughter's phone. He accidentally left it in the middle of the ice rink right before it was flooded with water and frozen overnight. The next day it was spotted, but the director in charge of setting up their ice rink said, unfortunately there's no way we will be able to get the phone out of the ice now. If we were to dig it out, it would affect the structure of the ice so it'll have to remain in tuned for the next two months. Chipping the iPhone out of the ice would ruin the smooth surface of the rink and re-freezing the entire surface of the ice would be too expensive in time consuming to even think about. So all the forgetful workmen could do was tell his daughter the truth and get her a replacement phone until this one could be thought out. He said my daughter was not happy at the start, especially as she dismissed the new phone case, but after a short period of time and the promise of a temporary replacement phone, she sort of cooled off. I promised if the phone doesn't work once it's thought out, I'll get her a new one. I sort of hope they come back with a story and let me know if it does work when it comes out. - I know, what do you think the chances are of it being okay? - I think it's good, I think it's good. - You do? - I think it's good. - Really? - I do, I do, I do, I think so. We'll see. - And finally, and Moron's in the news. In Arizona, a truck overturned on the highway and spilled thousands and thousands of cans of white claw onto the road. It was a 16-wheeler that overturned on the 303 at about 11.30 in the morning, so hard, heavy traffic, the entire load of cans spilled out. No one was injured in the incident, an investigation is into what caused the truck to lose control on the highway, but it reminded me of my favorite white claw meme, so everybody knows Scooby-Doo, right? So it's Fred from Scooby-Doo, the blonde one with the little neck scarf and standing in front of Fred is a gentleman who's tied up with a giant white claw can on his head and Fred says, "Okay, let's see who you really are." And he pulls off the white claw mask and it's Zima underneath. (laughing) And that is Moron's in the news. All right, coming up, we have some Thanksgiving movies that everyone from your grandpa, all the way down to the little kids can watch and not fight over, comedian Dan LaCotta, and Y-U-O, a big thank you to a man named Edward Winslow 'cause he's the real reason we even have Thanksgiving. We got that story for you, plus the Bob and Sherry box office and more, keep it here, this is Bob and Sherry. - The Bob and Sherry website, the odd cast, contest info, bobandcherry.com. - You know, for years, we've been pardoning the turkeys, the president, they always have them out there and they pardon the turkeys and send them on their way, but whatever happens to those turkeys, well, here's how this works. The presidential flock of contenders, they are not just regular turkeys. These turkeys have to be prepared for potential stardom at the White House from an early age, so when they're very, very small, they start training 'em and the birds are acclimated to crowds and lights and standing really comfortably on a table and not running around. You always wondered how they would just stand there and not do anything. Well, guess what happens, they get two of 'em, the two prized poultry are now given names and they battled for the title in the official Turkey online poll where the winner is granted the coveted pardon. Now, ahead of the ceremony, the birds rest in the luxurious Willard Hotel to have their own room and last year's birds, two birds, corn and cob, were pictured reclining in their fancy hotel room ahead of the final competition. This year's birds also will enjoy their own hotel room after being transported from Minnesota to the Willard via a black Cadillac Escalade. Now, according to Steve-- - Sounds pretty good. - Yeah, no, according to Steve Lyke and he's a chairman of the National Turkey Federation, the turkeys are also prepared for the spotlight to be on 'em. They listen to all kinds of music to get ready for the crowds and the people along the way. He said, "I can confirm they are in fact, Swifties," and they also enjoy some prints. He said, "I think they're absolutely ready for prime time." Now, after a heated boat, corn was declared last year's winner. But fortunately, the second place bird is also always spared from the chop as is the runner-up and the first alternate. So that a lot of these, everybody that's in the competition does not get killed. Now, the White House says that following the ceremony, the birds are retired for some much deserved rest and relaxation and neither bird makes an appearance on the White House Thanksgiving table. So they're still alive. Now, both birds from this year's parting ceremony will retire to their home state where they will spend the rest of their days at the University of Minnesota's College of Food. Now, birds in previous years have been sent to all kinds of locations as one of the locations is Virginia Tech's Gobblers Rest exhibit in Blacksburg to a farm named frying pan farm, it's in Virginia. So don't worry, they're taken care of, they live in the lap of luxury, no problem. - I'd like to be one. Like, I'd like to risk being stuffed and roasted so that I could that be part of this to the farm. - It's a good gig, it's a good gig, it is a good gig. This is Bob and Sherry. - You could give the people you love something they want for the holidays, but wouldn't it be more fun and kind of amazing to give them something they want to be? That's the gift of Masterclass. Masterclass is the only streaming platform where you can learn and grow with over 200 of the world's best. See, that's why Wirecutter calls it an invaluable gift. You can elevate your cooking skills with Wolfgang Puck or if you love crime like we do, you can use behavioral science to help read people from FBI criminal profile or John Douglas. And the classes make such a difference. 88% of members feel that Masterclass made a positive impact on their lives. What a gift I have loved Masterclass and I know you will too and there's no risk. I mean, every new membership comes with a 30 day money back guarantee. You can give the person you love a year of learning with Masterclass. Masterclass always has great offers during the holidays. Sometimes up to as much as 50% off, head over to masterclass.com/Bob Sherry for the current offer. That's up to 50% off at masterclass.com/Bob Sherry. Masterclass.com/Bob Sherry. Bob and Sherry Books, Swag and the mother of all mothers merged. Just hit shot at bobandcherry.com. - All right, after everybody eats and they're stuffed and they're sitting around and maybe they don't wanna watch football or everybody can't decide what a movie is what you're looking for. And I've got a few movies. They're in no random order, not from best to worst, worst to best. It's just random movies that are Thanksgiving themed. Now that doesn't mean that they're gonna open up with a turkey on the table. But there's some sort of Thanksgiving thing going on. The first one I've got is scent of a woman. It's an Al Pacino movie from many years back. He won an Oscar for his performance in this movie. He plays Frank Slade, a very bitter retired army colonel who lost his sight so he can't see. And he actually has a plan to kill himself after a big time Thanksgiving weekend until an unlikely friendship with a college student that is sort of like being put with him to help him get around and that kind of stuff. And he's played by a young Chris O'Donnell. And is everybody saying this? - Is this the, is this the now that you're describing it? Is this who I, yeah? - Who I, yeah. - I have not seen this movie. The chemistry between him and the actor. I mean, it's a really, it's a good movie. Yeah, it's a very over the top Al Pacino performance, Bob. It is capital A Al Pacino, but it's really good. - Yeah, I got that from the trailer. And for some reason it didn't appeal to me, but maybe I'll give it a shot and I'll put it on. - No, it's good, it really is. - Okay. - The Addams Family Values. - This, I mean, Christina Ritchie, I mean, her is Wednesday. She's stuck in a summer camp and she is forced to act in a strangely timed Thanksgiving pageant. And instead of breaking bread with the pilgrims, her Pocahontas that she is stages a scene of righteous retribution, having pilgrim limbs flying all over the place with blood gushing out during a massacre. - It was the song, and I can't say it right now, but it was the song that Pugsley sang that just cracked me up. - Oh yeah, well, I'm speaking to Pugsley. He's one of his lines in there is, "I am a turkey, kill me while he's dressed as a bird." It's really over the top, but it's a terrific movie. - Soul Food, this is a great, this is a food-centric story. Mama Jo, who's played by Irma P. Hall, she's, her family has been together, she's held them together for 40 years, all based on their Sunday dinners together with great food, you know, tables full of food. And when diabetes puts her in the hospital, the dinners stop. And all of a sudden, her family starts to fall apart, and they figure the only way to save the family is to get them back to the table where they have to work things out with each other. It stars Vanessa Williams, Vivica Fox, Neil Long, and Michael Beach, just to mention a few. It's full of stars, and it's really is, it's a good movie, it's fun. Now this one is gonna be one that might not make sense as a Thanksgiving movie, the original Rocky. Now listen, that heart is a Christmas movie. If that heart could be a Christmas movie, Rocky can be a Thanksgiving movie because Rocky and Adrien, their whole romance starts with a really bad Thanksgiving dinner where the turkey winds up getting thrown out the window, and it makes them go on their first date in the ice skating rink. And don't overthink it, just watch it. If you hadn't seen it in a while, it's, you know, it's a good movie, and I don't think nobody's gonna be mad about it. I mean, I really know, I mean. Now, how can there be controversy over a Rocky movie? You're right, that's one of those. You have to have a movie that everybody, even if it's not their favorite, nobody's gonna feel attacked by it. And how is a Rocky movie not perfect for that? - No, that's exactly right, that's exactly right. So, and we got a few more-- - Do you have some more, Ronald? - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah, we've got a few more. - I've got a few more. All right, sounds good. This is Bob and Sherry. True, weird stuff. 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When you're sitting around and maybe not everybody wants to watch football, so these are some different movies, now this is going to be controversial. Bob, this is not going to be for you. This is not going to be for you. The name of the movie is Thanksgiving. It's a horror movie about a Thanksgiving-inspired serial killer who terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts during the holiday. The bright spot in this is Patrick Ditzy plays the sheriff. So you got a little eye candy with Patrick Ditzy, but there's a lot of blood and a lot of hatchets and all that kind of stuff. - But sometimes people want to see a horror movie. Maybe this is the one that after you've watched a couple of movies, maybe this is the late night movie. I don't know, I mean-- - It used to be, okay, we're going to go to a movie. We've had the Thanksgiving dinner, you want to get outside. And all of you had a choice was what was at the movie theaters. But now, all of these movies that you're talking about, they're on demand, almost everybody's got it. - Yeah, you can watch anything. Now, here's another one, pieces of April. Katie Holmes did this movie after she got through with Dawson's Creek. It's a very well-regarded, independent dramedy where she's like the punky black sheep of the family. And she's trying to prove that she's got her stuff together to her family by hosting Thanksgiving dinner at her tiny apartment. And of course, it is a disaster. But it's a disaster that ends well, because they're a family. That's your whole theme of Thanksgiving is, yeah, there's going to be some problems. Because, listen, you're sitting here in a household, you're watching it, and y'all got your own set of problems. So hopefully, the people on the TV screen have worse problems than you've got. I mean, you know, that's sort of how this goes. - It's a pretty intense movie, but it's really good. Yeah. - That's another one that, like, you put Rocky on for the Ants and Uncles and the grandparents. Then they go to bed and the kids watch the Thanksgiving serial killer. And then you and your sister-in-law open a fresh bottle of wine and watch pieces of April and cry. - Yeah. - That's kind of like the, that's kind of your viewing schedule with that, right? - Yeah, yeah. Now, here's one, a Woody Allen movie, Hannah and her sisters. They actually shot a lot of this movie in Mia Farrow's actual apartment. That was the backdrop for the movie. And it's about a show business family. There's three sisters. And of course, they've all got egos and problems. And their mom's, that's another problem. It's very star-studded though. Michael Caine, Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher. There's a lot of people in this movie. And it's funny and it's sad and it's all those things. So all these movies are gonna be funny and sad. - Yeah, yeah. - And that's part of like what, isn't that part of like what the holidays are when you get together with your family? There's a lot of funny and there's a little bit of sad because almost every year, oh my God, this is gonna make Bob cry, but almost every year there's somebody missing, right? Maybe we lost Paul Paul this year or your brother and his wife finally got divorced and you miss your sister-in-law or whatever. You know, there's always that little bit of sadness. And without it, how could we be grateful for the good stuff, right? - That's true, that's true. And the final one that I suggest this, in fact, I think we're gonna watch it after Thanksgiving at my house, Plains, Trains and Automobiles. - That's a great movie. - I mean, this maybe should be one of the most popular Thanksgiving movies for most people. - Isn't it getting remade, isn't there a remake of it? - At least it's coming out. - Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't. - I think there is, I think there is. - If it is one of, if not the best performances of Steve Martin and John Candy's careers, I mean, it's true at the very top. I mean, oh my gosh, it's just so, so good, so, so good. - Yes, they are a long time. - They're doing it with Will Smith and Kevin Hart. - No, no, no, I'm sorry, no. - Well, they picked the right actors to play those roles. I have to say that. - I think I'm punching the stomach, it really is. - Yeah, 'cause John Candy, I mean, that was a Will Smith, that was a Will Smith. - Got it. - Did anybody get that? - I know it was a slap, it was probably a slap. - It wasn't a slap in the face, is that what you're saying? But I'm watching it, I'm watching that 'cause I haven't seen it in years. We talk about it all the time, so I'm watching that movie at Thanksgiving. So, all right, there's some picks. Pick what you want, watch what you want, enjoy it. Happy Thanksgiving, this is Bob and Sherry. - Everyone needs a laugh. It's sponsored by Progressive Insurance. Cars, homes, boats, motorcycles, RVs and more at progressive.com. - It's time for everyone needs a laugh. Here is comedian Dan Lakata. (upbeat music) - What's that? - Thank you so guys so much, it's so good to be here. I don't know about y'all, but I'm feeling a little crazy tonight. (audience cheering) I'm feeling a little bit so crazy tonight. (laughs) - I'm just kidding, my wife is like the world to me. - But the world got some problems though, I think we could all agree. I got into it with my wife over Zoom, this past Thanksgiving. (audience laughing) She was deployed at the time, already used up all her PTOs so she could be home for Halloween and we're zooming and I'm like, "Honey, what are these things you sent me in the mail?" And she goes, "Oh, those are test strips. "I want you to test the turkey before you eat it, "make sure it hasn't been laced with anything." I'm like, "You want me to what?" Test is one of my trigger words 'cause I am still in high school. (audience laughing) And I don't do any kind of tests, okay? That's why I don't have a license. But I should've tested this turkey, folks. Here's what happened. My dad takes this thing out of the garbage bag it was in and it stunk like a skunk from hell. I'm like, "Yo, where did you get this turkey?" My dad was like, "Eh, don't worry about it. "I got it off the dark web. "It was a little cheaper 'cause it died from bird flu, "but don't worry, you can't get bird flu "from eating something that died from bird flu." I checked, I'm like, "Well, that sucks. "I've been trying to get bird flu for like 20 years now "'cause it does turn your dooky white for a day "if you get it, that's real." (audience laughing) (audience laughing) It's real. (audience applauding) Yeah. So my dad starts to prepare this bird and I know people like to tease whites for not seasoning our food good enough and that's actually true 'cause my dad based in the turkey with Dasani water and slow-cooked it in our microwave for like 10 hours. Finally was ready. I was like, "I call the leg, it only had one leg." (audience laughing) I'm sucking on this turkey leg and all of a sudden my mouth starts getting as dry as a desert. I was just like (groaning) It felt like dune in my mouth, all right? So I went to the urgent care. The doctor was like, "Ooh, sir, I'm so sorry "to tell you but that turkey you ate, "it was laced with something and it has given you "a case of jerky tongue." That's where your tongue gets his dries a piece of beef jerky and I was like, "All right, well since it's not bird flu, "you guys gotta fix this. "I'm going to a porn convention this weekend "and I'm gonna need my tongue, okay?" (audience laughing) He was like, "Ooh, sir, I'm sorry "but your insurance only covers bug bites." (audience laughing) So I'm looking at your medical history. All it says is that you were born a (beep) and you'll probably die a (beep) (audience laughing) I could inject it with an IV of raspberry Palmer Granite Snapple but it'll run you about 15 Bitcoin, that's over half a mill. (audience laughing) Although, and this is off the record, there is a guy in Patterson, New Jersey who will swap it out for a dog tongue. (audience laughing) If you buy him five things off his Amazon wish list and I'm going through the wish list, it's all DJ equipment on there. (audience laughing) So I pick five things, head to this dude's address, which ended up being in the back of some hoo-co lounge and he was like, "All right, come on in, "just strip everything off and we can get started." I was like, "Is all that really necessary?" He was like, "Hey, if it'll make you more comfortable, "I'll get naked too." (audience laughing) He drops trowel and I've never seen him more tattered hog in my life. (audience laughing) On the main part, it had all the AFC East team logos and on the end, it was a QR code that linked to young Sheldon bloopers, which actually did put me at ease a little bit. (audience laughing) Yeah, I was kind of hoping he would numb the tongue first, but he didn't have any anesthesia. All he had was AOC, Angry Orchard Cider. So, I chugged like 12 AOCs. He did the chop, did the swap, and it was mostly successful. Only downside is I can't beatbox anymore. All I can do is this. (audience laughing) That's it, just one click. I'm like the little girl from hereditary. Remember? (audience laughing) You know, I love that movie. (audience laughing) I love that movie, but ever since I had voted a moving bus, jumpscares do not work on me anymore. (audience laughing) Maybe I shouldn't listen to my wife more. (audience laughing) Thank you guys so much. (audience cheering) I think garage surgery swapping out your tongue for a dog tongue is the only thing we haven't had on more on Zoom. I believe. I don't know. I think we've had every other flavor of elective surgery in people's garages in Patterson, in Jersey. B-O-B-A-N-D-S-H-E-R-I dot com is Bob and Sherry hooks swag and the mother of all mothers merged. Just hit shot at bobandcherry.com. Rich famous people have the most amazing lives. They can do things the rest of us can't do. I wish, I really wish I was rich and famous. You know what I would do? I would do something that Elton John did. He met at a dinner party, his future husband, David Furnish. And he said to him, "Would you like to have dinner "tomorrow night at my house?" And David said, "Yes, I would." So I showed up, I'm just quoting from David Furnish. And he said, "I arrive at Elton's house "and there are four giant cardboard boxes." And I asked, "Who else is coming? "What's all this food for?" And he said, "He didn't know what I would like." So he ordered the entire menu of the restaurant and had it delivered. That's money. I would like to have done that with Mary, you know? I would like to have called up, but here's what would have happened to me. I would call up Portofino's restaurant, which I like very much down the restaurant. And I would have everything, spaghetti and red clam sauce, the lasagna, the pizzas. I would have all of the pasta dishes that they have and they're all so delicious. And then she would look at it and she'd say, "It's nice, but I don't eat pasta." And I really don't. I'm really not into Italian food. That's what would happen to me. - Yeah, but me too. - But what a cool thing to do. You know what I mean? To be able to do that. Do you know that I was reading about Elton John when the movie was out? He was at one point spending $20,000 a month on flowers for his house. - Can't even imagine. - Cannot even imagine. - Which is why he had to go back out on tour. - With one, the reasons. - Yeah. - You're exactly right. Even with all of the success that he's had with music and concerts and all, he spent too much. You're exactly right. This is Bob and Sherry. - You could give the people you love something they want for the holidays, but wouldn't it be more fun and kind of amazing to give them something they want to be? That's the gift of Masterclass. Masterclass is the only streaming platform where you can learn and grow with over 200 of the world's best. See, that's why Wirecutter calls it an invaluable gift. You can elevate your cooking skills with Wolfgang Puck or if you love crime like we do, you can use behavioral science to help read people from FBI criminal profile or John Douglas. And the classes make such a difference. 88% of members feel that Masterclass made a positive impact on their lives. What a gift I have loved Masterclass and I know you will too and there's no risk. I mean, every new membership comes with a 30 day money back guarantee. You can give the person you love a year of learning with Masterclass. Masterclass always has great offers during the holidays. Sometimes up to as much as 50% off, head over to masterclass.com/bobsherry for the current offer. That's up to 50% off at masterclass.com/bobsherry masterclass.com/bobsherry. Leave us a talk back, talk back with the free Bob and Sherry app. Hi Bob and Sherry, Max from our all the rest of you often people. So I am listening to today's podcast. You did not do the part about funerals. I saw a thing where you could be posed. You're not in a casket, but in a standing position or a sitting position. And honestly, I want to be seen in it also or less in the forest and lightly covered out enough. But the idea that at my funeral I have posed in this obnoxious thing. I look alive, but mannegan stuff. I just thought that would be the funniest thing. And if anyone else thinks that would be hilarious, I think Lamar might be one of those guys. People walk in expecting to see a casket. Now you are at the front just standing there looking alive, looking like you're about ready to say something to everybody. Hilariously disturbing. Anyway, all right. If you don't laugh, you cry, and I'd rather laugh. That's what I want. You know what I want? I want to be posed sitting in a chair in front of a microphone and underneath my chin, a sign that says I'll be right back. That is what I want. Actually, I love it. You know what? We would make the kicker story on the news, if you agree to do that. That's true. We'll get a little publicity. Yeah, look at you even in death, you're a giver. You know, that would be where we win a Marconi. That's the year that we win a Marconi award. I noticed she said she wanted to be maybe a lady in the forest and lightly covered. Yeah, that doesn't work out because the animals, they come get you. They will distribute you all over the forest. I don't know what she wants. I think that's what she wanted on me. Yeah, that would be a very natural thing. Kevin one time asked me to put his body in a tree so he could have a sky burial. That's going to look good tonight on Dateline. Yes, he died in the garage. We don't really know how. And then I put his body in a tree. I mean, please do what you wanted. That wouldn't be scary for neighborhood kids walking by. I do believe we have another one today. Hey, Bob and Sherry Renee and Wardville, North Carolina. I was just listening to Sherry talk about how Christmas is just a big ball of work hanging over you and grow, I feel you. My single mom, my kids are grown now. But of course, it's still all falls on me with the cooking and having half decorated and all that. And I noticed this cashier on Christmas from July. I really enjoyed the Christmas music because I felt like I got into the spirit without all the work hanging on me. So this year, I have passed the baton over to one of my sons who now has his own children. And I've asked them, we're going to do Christmas at their house. And actually, the odd thing, my daughter-in-law is really excited about it. So that's listed the burden off of me. I feel like I can enjoy it now. In addition, I have a puppy. So the tree is just a terrible idea. So we're going to skip it. So you know what? I feel so much freer. And I'm really looking forward to the holidays this year. Happy Thanksgiving. Have a great day. That is-- Renee, that is awesome. It is. Did you hear how happy her voice sounded? She was so-- I did. She was so excited about having all that lifted from her shoulders. I-- this has been this holiday season in particular. I don't know why. So we have-- we're going to go out of town to help some family members in the beginning of December. So in between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I've got this out of town thing. And then I come back, and then it's Christmas upon us. And I just feel like, how about if we don't? And I floated that. And no one agreed that maybe we could just skip it this year. I don't know why I'm having the struggle with it that I am. It's just so much. It's so much. It is interesting how another generation takes it over at one time, not for everybody. I mean, there are families where it's always the mom and dad or the grandparents that throw it in. Everybody comes to them. But what she described, I think, happens a lot. And I know I have daughters with children. My daughter, Landon, has two. And the idea of going to her house where she has put everything together, and she can have the tree for her kids, right? And Mary and I just show up and say, well, here's the gift we gave. What's to eat, you know? I've seen the appeal of that. I'm going to bring these two calls together in my own life. And I'm going to have myself in bombs standing up at the kitchen with a talk balloon coming out of my mouth that says, no, it isn't that spicy. And I'll just be there for all time. And everybody wins. It's Bob and Cher. It's the stuff we wouldn't couldn't shouldn't do on the regular show. The odd cast, odd cast on the free Bob and Chery app. They are loved by people around the world and the 2024 Trans-Siberian Orchestra winner tour is gearing up. And with us right now is one of the amazing musicians, Al Petreli. Hi, Al, how are you? - I'm good. Thank you, Preston. How you guys doing today? - We are doing very good. - We're good, we're glad to have you here. - Yeah. So this year's tour is called The Lost Christmas Eve. Tell us about that. - Well, The Lost Christmas Eve was the third installment of Paul Millennials Christmas Trilogy. And for whatever the reason, we have not performed this story live, I think it about 12 or 13 years. - So when we got off the road last year, we took about a week or two to catch our breath in early January and by mid-January, we started having production meetings about, okay, how are we gonna make the show bigger and better than last year? And how are we gonna make it different? You know, 'cause that's always been paramount to us that we never wanna repeat ourselves. We always wanna do something new. You know, I got about 40 or 50% of the folks in that audience, I affectionately consider the repeat offenders. And they come back year after year, sometimes show after show. And it would break my heart if they ever said, "Ah, you know, I've seen this last year, "and it's the same thing, it's not gonna happen." So we work hard all year long to make sure that this surprises that portion is gonna be real familiar to the audience because they want to hear their favorite songs. But the rest of it, we're on this year, it's gonna be all different. - I wanna turn it over to our director, Max, who went to see you last year and was absolutely amazed, especially about what was it, the snow that you saw last year? You made it snow indoors. I don't know how you did it. And it was like, then it vaporized. I went, this is really magic. But the show, so what's great about the show, there's sort of a thread of the story that goes through it, you know, that you follow throughout. And it is rock, and it is theatrical, and it is engaging, and it moves. And I had to tell you, I had never seen you guys before live, and I've seen a lot of shows. That was an amazing show, and the audience was just as entranced. - Well, of course, I appreciate that. And if I say it, I'm someone to show. You know, if you say it, it's true. You know, 'cause you got no reason to say it. You know what I mean? - Yeah. - But as far as like the production and the special effects and all that stuff, again, that's part of Paul O'Neill's Genius. When Paul was starting to write these stories and underscored these soundtracks to these stories, it encompassed all the different genres of music that he grew up. - Uh-huh. - And I read an incredible quote, not too long ago by Leonard Bernstein, who was speaking about Beethoven. And he said part of Beethoven's brilliance was his music was always accessible, but never ordinary. And that was something I found to be true of Paul O'Neill's work. You know, everybody in the audience gets the story. Everybody listens to it and understands it, but nothing about the show or this music is ordinary. - Oh, isn't it the greatest achievement a person could have to have your work be part of a family's holiday tradition? When you think about it, like what greater goal could there be than to be creating the kind of art that people look forward to experiencing every holiday? - Oh, there it is. - Yeah. - Listen, one of my favorite things that's occurred to me, you know, and I'll be 62 years old next week. And last year after the tour, my wife and I, we met with my two young daughters, Dad and Disney, and we were celebrating New Year's in Disney World. And of course, my wife is the one who wants to get to the park at 7.30 in the morning, and she won't leave until I, you know, the last person's out, that kind of thing. And we watched the parade go by, and I had my young daughter, Layla, who's eight years old on my shoulders. And Bicky and Minnie and Goofy and all of them will come walking down Main Street, dancing to its TSO song. And my daughter, who was on my shoulder, was kind of leaning down, kissing me on the cheek, and says, "I'm so proud of you, Daddy." - Oh. - Oh. - Oh. - That. - What a moment. There it is. You know, so for me and Gil, if I was in like a traditional rock band, and we were out hitting it and doing all that, that's wonderful. I love that. But the fact that my daughter is watching the reaction of Mickey Mouse dancing to something that I recorded 30 years ago. And all, and the fact that Disney's playing this music in Disney World, a hundred thousand people celebrating it will recognize it. I just kind of sat there with my baseball hat on and just had this sense of overwhelming pride and joy in what I was there to watch Paul or Neil create and help him bring it to life. - Yeah. - So yeah, it's a beautiful, beautiful feeling to know the part of this, yeah. - That's amazing, Al. Thanks for coming by. I know you're super busy today, but you know, you're part of our holiday tradition too. So we appreciate it. - And you are part of ours. So I greatly appreciate the love and the support. And you know, I have nothing but respect for you folks. Thank you for taking time now to talk to me today. And pretty soon we'll be blowing it up. So let's get to work. - Yup, we'll see you there. It's Bob. - All right, thank you. - Can you believe this is sponsored by Indeed. When you need to hire Indeed.com/credded. - You read it once. - I don't believe that. - And then you read it again. - I can't believe this. - It's Bob and Cherries. - I believe this. - I just believe this. - There are some things that we don't know that we should know. For example, the whole reason we have Thanksgiving as a holiday is due to a man named Edward Winslow. He was a printer and an author and a trader and a diplomat and a politician. He was one of the leaders of the pilgrims who came to the new world. He was a very, very important and significant and busy, busy person. In fact, even that pinch-faced misery, cotton mather, called Edward Winslow, Hercules for his strength and fortitude and dealing with all of the challenges that faced the Plymouth settlement and then later all of New England. Edward Winslow faced down groups of Native American peoples that were hostile to the colonists and their allies. He went face to face with the British on the other side of the ocean that wanted to punish the colonists and the pilgrims. He was not afraid to, he was like a lobbyist. He was not afraid to wade into the halls of power and fight and advocate for his people. Nobody knows his name today, which is sad, right? But it was back in 1621. Edward Winslow wrote a letter and in it, he described an event that has since become one of America's most beloved holidays. And here's what he wrote. - Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fattling that so we might after, a special man of rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. They formed one day, killed as much foul as with a little help beside, served the company almost a week, which time, among other recreations, we exercised our arms. Many of the Indians coming amongst us and among the rest, their greatest king, Massiah. With some 90 men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed upon our governor and upon the captain and others. And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from what that want. We often wish you partakers of our plenty. - And there you go. - Very nice, very nice. - There you go, that is the root of Thanksgiving, the holiday, which we didn't learn, but we'd never learned that story of it in school, although we did learn how to make turkeys using our hands, and that is a skill that should never be allowed to die off. We just did that with the kids last week. - They spoke like Yoda back in those times. - Oh, thank you. - You know, you're right. You're exactly right. - Oh, I got a no punctuation. - Yeah. - There's sitting fragments run on sentences. (laughs) - So the thing about Edward Winslow, he wasn't like the other pilgrims who were basically farmers, you know? Edward Winslow went to a cathedral school. He learned Greek and he learned Latin. He went to university in Cambridge. He was an apprentice printer in London. I mean, he was really different amongst the first settlers in the new world. He ended up in Holland for a while, which was a refuge for the Puritans. And then eventually he came to America, where he was just so overwhelmed by the size and the beauty of the place. He said that Cape Cod in New England, although it many dangers in the harbor and the seas are dangerous and the seasons are cold and the winds are high, we have settled where God has pleased to preserve us. I mean, that is a good description of a New England winter for sure on the coastline. - But because of this one individual, he documented the relations with the local Native American tribes. He was the one pilgrim who adjusted his attitude and humbled himself to learn from the indigenous people. He's the reason, Edward Winslow is the reason why the colonists in many ways survived. And that we have Thanksgiving today and nobody knows his name. But now you do, so this Thursday, maybe raise a glass to Pilgrim Leader, Edward Winslow, who is the reason that we're gathering together to eat football and watch, or to eat turkey and watch football. Where to eat football and watch turkeys? You know, y'all do you. - It's the stuff we wouldn't couldn't, shouldn't do on the regular show. - Be on gas, on the free bob and share your ass. - So I'm looking at a picture of a woman, and she is an older person, and her hair is a little disheveled. She's in a beautiful terrace overlooking the ocean at sunset, but she has the most miserable look on her face. Her eyes are angry, her mouth is down turned. She is just not happy. And the meme says, this is what your face looks like. When your friends want to split it evenly, but you only had an appetizer. It's so true. It's so true. It's so awkward when you're in a situation like that. When somebody just says, well, there's 10 of us, let's just divide it evenly. And you've got someone in our group, like Max, who does not drink. And so we're pounding back the brew skis or some wine, and he's got to kick in for something that he didn't have, and nothing runs up a restaurant to have faster than alcohol. Does it seem like alcohol costs more these days than it did when you were in your 20s? - Well, I'm drinking better stuff now than I was drinking in my 20s. - Well, that's true. So it could be my fault that alcohol costs a lot more. - Yeah, that's true. There's a difference between blue none and a good cab from Sonoma County. You're exactly right. - I mean, you know, in your 20s, it's pop off for everybody. Now I'm like, I'm sorry, you don't have Tito's, no great goose, no cattle one. Yeah, but we've talked about this. Mixed drinks like cocktails and restaurants are obscene, obscene, Lamar, those delicious, once in a lifetime, smoke margaritas we had in Phoenix, weren't they about $25 each? - Yeah, I think they were. - Yeah, it was crazy. - I just had dinner, I was in Raleigh last weekend, and just a standard old-fashioned was $16. - Jeez. - $16. - What do you have? - I mean, yes. - Oh, but it was poured by a mixologist. - Not a bartender. - Well, listen, crafted. - Listen, for that price, I wanna lap it out of the mixologist's cup tans, okay? - Exactly. While he, while he purrs softly. - In my ear, yeah. - Yeah. - And there's a tip in it for you too, Bucko, but for that one. - Hey, happy holidays, everybody. - This is Bob in sharing. - You could give the people you love something they want for the holidays, but wouldn't it be more fun and kind of amazing to give them something they want to be? That's the gift of Masterclass. Masterclass is the only streaming platform where you can learn and grow with over 200 of the world's best. See, that's why Wirecutter calls it an invaluable gift. You can elevate your cooking skills with Wolfgang Puck, or if you love crime like we do, you can use behavioral science to help read people from FBI criminal profile or John Douglas. And the classes make such a difference. 88% of members feel that Masterclass made a positive impact on their lives. What a gift I have loved Masterclass, and I know you will too, and there's no risk. I mean, every new membership comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. You can give the person you love a year of learning with Masterclass. Masterclass always has great offers during the holidays, sometimes up to as much as 50% off. Head over to masterclass.com/bobsherry for the current offer. That's up to 50% off at masterclass.com/bobsherry, masterclass.com/bobsherry. - The Bob and Sherry podcast. - So we got a talk-back message on our app, and it's free, you can do it if you download the app, there's a little microphone in the bottom center of the screen, you can tap it and talk in the Apple automatically. Deliver your message to us, or you can give us a call at 844-52-S-H-E-R-I. So we got this message, it was really intense, and we want to play it, because this is a difficult time of the year for a lot of folks, the holidays are hard, and sometimes you can feel that you're just in a box with no doors or windows, and there's no way out, and you feel so hopeless and so desperate. And this is a season where we kind of foreground gratitude, and we talk about family and community, and how important it is to connect. And so, well, just listen. Hey, everyone, I lost my brother to suicide last year, last January, 2023, and I went into a very dark place in my life. I've been through a lot, but that really just knocked me over. And I wanted to let you guys know that I was completely disconnected from the world, and at some point, just from reality itself, I didn't listen to music. I didn't, I stopped listening to your podcast. I stopped watching TV, and when I wanted to, or when I tried to come back, the first thing I did was to start listening to your podcast. And you guys were the first, you brought the first laugh out of me in a moment in life where I thought I would never smile or laugh again. And I just want you to know that you were just something big in everybody's life. All of your listeners, you're definitely big in my life and just meaningful. I love you guys so much. I've listened to you guys for very, I mean, even before I had kids, I was super young, and thank you for pulling me through. When my children heard me laugh again for the first time, they both said, "Is mom listening to Bob and Sherry again?" And they just are also very thankful that I now laugh. Laughing was a really big part in my life. Was and still is. I think it's because of my just really crappy upbringing. I had to laugh otherwise, I would just be spending my whole life just crying. So anyways, try that on a good note. You pulled me through and for that, I will always be thankful. Oh God, there's so much more I would love to say to all of you guys, but I think that that's something that I feel all of you guys need to hear. We all need to hear, you know, something that gives us purpose in this world, in this life. And I started to discover that again in mine. I work at elementary school and I'm a student advocate. So I work with all the kiddos that are constantly getting referrals and making poor choices. And this year actually, I was nominated for Employee of the Month for the month of November. So I actually am gonna have my recognition today, this evening. Anyways, I live in Buddhism just for your information. I wish I would have met you guys. I hope you come this way soon. I love you guys so much. And thank you for bringing laughter back into my life. Thank you for making me smile again. I love you. - I don't know what to say. - I do, it goes both ways. Y'all listening to this show and reaching out, whether it's that a talkback or a DM on a social platform, we also, you know, are people with things happening in our lives that we often don't share because the job is to not make you sad or angry or disappointed or whatever. But I can't tell you the number of times you have lifted us up. I hadn't experienced just recently at our Katmas event where I didn't even realize how much I needed some of those hugs and some of that fellowship. So yeah, this is a two-way street. This is community. It's what it looks like. And sometimes you can see the faces of your community and sometimes you can't, but it's knowing that they're there that keeps you going. And I'm so sorry for your loss of your brother. And I'm so glad. - I always remember her. I'm so glad that we were a little bit of a distraction when you were ready for that again. This is Bob and Cherry. - Have you heard about the Bob and Cherry newsletter? It comes out every month with pictures, content, contests and a bunch of stuff you can't get anywhere else. And if you sign up right now, we'll help you with your holiday shopping with the Bob and Cherry gift guide with affordable gift suggestions from everyone here on the show and links to those gifts. Sign up now for the Bob and Cherry newsletter. We never spam you. And we want to help you with your holiday shopping. To get the newsletter, sign up now when you see the pop-up at bobandcherry.com. - Bob and Cherry books, swag, and the mother of all mothers merged. Just hit shot at bobandcherry.com. - Sales of pajamas are soaring and not just for wearing in bed. 40% of us wear pajamas doing other things in the evening, like surfing the internet, even a rise in the number of people working from home has fueled this rise. It's true. It's true. There are people who are listening to us right now who go to work in their homes and they are in pajamas all day long. It's being called a third wardrobe in addition to normal work or leisure outfits. I have an excellent Thomas the Tank set of pajamas that I am very comfortable in. I don't wear them very often. I wear sweatpants and in the wintertime long sleeve t-shirts when the day is done. And I got a pair of shoes that I only wear in the house. If I get into a pair of pajamas, I don't know, for me, it's like an announcement. I am very casual. I am going to be doing nothing that is of value for the rest of the day. And I have to be careful because we get up so early, right? We get up so early. My wife gets up after me. And so like four o'clock in the afternoon, you know, I take a shower if I've been out riding my bike or something and I'm thinking, all right, what am I going to wear now? If I slip into a pair of pajamas and she's still walking around in work clothes, what am I, Hugh Hefner's? Or a nerdy, well, lazy bum, you know? Pajamas do, whereas the sweatpants don't, they don't send the same message, right? - For my mental health, I have to be dressed every day, all day. If I do, if I let myself slide, I slide fast and hard all the way down. - That's interesting. - So that's just something that I've learned about myself. I love my jammies. The weekends are a little different, but during the week, like right now I am fully dressed, including shoes and a bracelet, fully dressed. And I will remain so until bedtime because I just know, I just know what happens if I let go of the wheel even a little teeny bit. - What happens? - So I'm in the fight. It's interesting 'cause we just had that call a few minutes ago. I'm in the fight to keep my head above the water and it's very difficult. I am by nature, a super optimistic, can do kind of person. And I haven't felt that way in a very, very long time. And if I have to do a lot of little, the seemingly stupid things to keep myself from sliding. So one of those things is I have to get up and I have to get dressed. And I have to eat because I'm a person who, if I'm feeling any certain kind of a negative way, sad or whatever, I don't eat. Now unfortunately, I also remain the same size at all times, it's like a magic trick. But so I meal prep, I meal prep like overnight oats or I'll meal prep salads or whatever because I have to force myself to get dressed and I have to force myself to eat. And then I have to force myself to not commit violence when a family member says to me, but you sound defined on the radio because that's the goal. The goal is to get up, get dressed, eat something, sound fine, be fine, feel better, move toward the light. For me, if I don't do those things, it's not good for me. And nobody can see me, right? Nobody knows. I'm sure that if Kevin had to tell the police what I was wearing today, he probably couldn't. But I'm not doing it for anybody else. I have to do it for myself. Are there not things that you have to do to keep yourself intact and moving forward? - Yeah, I need to go outside. Like I have a friend and he never goes outside. He works from home and he doesn't leave his house. And I don't know how he stays sane. I have got to either be on a bike or walk in the dog or I don't know, in a restaurant, I have to be out with people in order to feel alive and invested in the world. - I just have to have on pants with a zipper. If I got the zipper pants on and some shoes that I had to tie, then I feel like all right, Queen, you are halfway there. You are halfway to being good. You got your pants on and you got your shoes on, you made an effort. Look at you. It's Bob and Sherry. - Now, let's open up the Bob and Sherry archive vault. - When Bob and I talk on the show about how we thought we were the only people that had really sad pity party thanksgivings, we were kind of shocked at how many people. - I know and I suggested that we ask the audience, maybe we get a couple of phone calls and we were flooded. - Thanksgiving in jail, thanksgiving at a gas station, thanksgiving with your brother in food poisoning and the people's moving her to himself, who is like the happiest man I know has also had a very sad thanksgiving. - Tell us about it Lamar, what was the situation? - Well, when I was a kid, we had numerous situations 'cause my dad, he loved the bottle man. He loved it and he was passing out in the middle of the cranberry sauce and it was all that. But once I got married and I got my own tradition started, Thanksgiving is a great holiday 'cause there's no pressure. It's not the Christmas pressure, it's no pressure, okay? But it's a family holiday. And my wife Carla decided a few years ago that she knew some people that didn't have family and they were from out of town and they had nobody to have thanksgiving with. And so she invited them over for Thanksgiving dinner. - And such a good day. - I was like, I was gonna be excited. And I'm like, what have you done? What are you talking about? I said, it's a family holiday. You don't bring people from the outside in. And she said, but they have nobody. And I said, oh, I hate that, don't get me wrong. I mean, I feel bad for them, but that's why the Cracker Barrel is open. It's Thanksgiving day. I mean, you don't bring them into my house because I've got this whole routine going. And I'm a people person, don't get me wrong. But at Thanksgiving, I get to eat way more than I should and I get to lay around and take a nap. And if we all get mad, we're still family. So we all have to get over it and it's not a problem. If you need to unbutton that top button, you unbutton it, man. Let's go. And, but when you have company, it changes the entire dynamic of the day. It does. So these people roll up in here and they've brought their own cranberry sauce that they made from scratch. What? Who does this? A cranberry sauce comes in a can. It's got those mines imprinted on it so you know where to slice. Amen. That's how I like it. And the fresh stuff is in a big glob and you have to spoon it out. I mean, there's no way to get it into a circle. I mean, who wants this? And they got, it's got the little twigs in there sometimes, right? I don't like those. Cranberry sauce should not be crunchy or have any texture. Right. The only texture you got is those lines around the middle for the can ones. I mean, it still makes me sense to me. And so we, they have a couple of other things. They make some sort of whipped cream that's good for you. Nobody wants that because it's Thanksgiving. Yeah, right. So, you know, we eat and so I'm thinking, okay, good. We've eat, it's been great. We've had, y'all, thank you, appreciate it. We've been good people. And they go, y'all want to watch a movie? What? What are you talking about? A movie takes two hours. We're watching movies, okay? I don't mind a movie on Thanksgiving. If I can doze off in the chair, well, I can't doze off 'cause we got company. Call it keeps gouging me like, I stay awake. You got to make conversation. I mean, normally it's not a problem, but on this day, I'm like you, Bob, this is, this is hell for me. This is hell because I cannot enjoy myself on Thanksgiving. Plus the pressure of having to keep the conversation up with these people you don't even know. And it's hard to relax with strangers. Yes. Yes. What did you do? What movie did they want to watch? Oh gosh, we watched Carla's favorite movie, Somewhere in Time with Christopher Reeve, where he goes back into time. Oh. The beating is kid. That's sad. Are you kidding me? God rest his soul. Oh man, you know, and they were cheering it on. I'm just like, oh my gosh, what are we doing? So this, this went on. I mean, this went from like 10 30 in the morning to like after five in the afternoon. Oh, somewhere in time. Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I was trying to go back in time. I mean, the clock stood still, if I didn't tell you. It was horrible. Who is the female lead in that? James Seymour. James Seymour, the most beautiful woman to ever be creative. You know what a romantic he is? Lamar took his wife to the inn where that was filmed. Yeah. Did you really? I, and I proposed to her by having a piano player at our first restaurant play the theme from Somewhere in Time. That's how I proposed. Holy cow. You deserve better than you got on that Thanksgiving day. We're gonna taste them. Carla don't miss a trick. We're sitting here in this place and we're sitting there, the guy's playing the piano and all of a sudden he starts playing the theme for Somewhere in Time. I pull the ring out of my pocket. I drop down on my knee and I ask her to marry me. She's awesome. And then she goes, is this not crazy? That he's playing that song at the very time that you're proposing. (laughing) I said that. Yeah, I said how about that? You know he cost me $250 to get him to come here and play that. Why are we doing that? You have raised the bar for all men. Well told Lamar, thank you. Lamar, I hope you're not forced to have dinner with strangers and eat homemade food. Oh no. 'Cause that's just wrong. No. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Leave us a talk back with the free Bob and Sherry app. - My name is Michelle. I'm calling from North Carolina, Shelby. And you were talking about the glorious color of eggs and the wonderful yoke that comes with farm fresh eggs. And I was just thinking about going to the farmer's market. There's an older gentleman who sells eggs in all shades. And he was telling us that he had given some green eggs to a neighbor. And when the nurse came in to help him one day, she cleaned out the refrigerator for him. He asked her where his eggs were and she said that she had thrown them away because they were moldy. He asked what she meant by that and she said that they were green. And he said those were perfectly good eggs. That's just the color of the shell. Some people just don't understand that they come in all shades and they're just so used to the plain white ones that you get at the store. But I agree with you, Sherry. Farm fresh eggs are the best. They have wonderful color, wonderful flavor. And I'm so glad that you and your neighbor have a good relationship and that you're able to share these wonderful moments. Have a great day and thank you for your wonderful show. It makes me laugh every day on my way to work. - Oh, thank you. - I didn't know they were green. I didn't know they came in a color like that. - Oh, blue and green. My neighbors, chickens, they lay speckled eggs, brown eggs, beige eggs, blue eggs, green eggs, creamy colored eggs. They're gorgeous. I only know about multicolored chicken eggs because of Martha Stewart. But Lamar, who alone among us can claim a country upbringing, you knew, right? The chickens could lay different colored eggs, right? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Most of those had a lot of spotted eggs. Now, I've never seen a green one. I've never seen a green one, but I know they exist. I've just never seen one. - I'll take a picture, the next batch of eggs that I got from Georgia, Angela, and I'll show you. They are the last carton. There were five or six different variations on these eggs. And I saved the most beautiful ones to cook with or eat last because they were so pretty. And you don't farm eggs. You don't have to put in the refrigerator. So I've got this bowl of these beautiful eggs that don't even look real sitting on the counter. I'll tell you what. There's something to this nature thing, y'all. If you could just put the phone down and go outside, I'd be damned if there ain't something going on out there with this nature stuff. It's Bob and Sherry. Thank you so much for listening to the Bob and Sherry podcast, the podcast and talking Lamar. We would love it if you would subscribe, rate, and review and maybe share it with a friend on Facebook, Instagram, wherever you go. And thank you again so much for listening. You could give the people you love something they want for the holidays, but wouldn't it be more fun and kind of amazing to give them something they want to be? That's the gift of Masterclass. Masterclass is the only streaming platform where you can learn and grow with over 200 of the world's best. See, that's why Wirecutter calls it an invaluable gift. 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