September 2, 2026 • 14 mins
Sam gets a surprise call into the studio for his birthday and it's 1 of our favorite visits EVER.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Murphy, Sam & Jodi After the Show podcast.
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Speaker 2 (00:09):
Sam, it's your birthday. Your mom is calling the studio.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Did you set this up?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
No. 87-year-old Miss Judy, who we love, who works at
the daycare, who works Saints games on the weekends during
football season, our inspiration.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
And she's, we're pretty sure, calling for you.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Hey. Hello.
Speaker 5 (00:28):
Is that you?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
No, it's not me.
Speaker 6 (00:31):
Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday,
dear Sammy. Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Hi, Miss Judy.
Speaker 6 (00:43):
That was so sweet. Well, you know, he's aging like me.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
Not quite as bad as me.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
He's getting better.
Speaker 5 (00:52):
I was there once.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
You know, I mean, you're leading the pack here. You're
showing us the right way to do it.
Speaker 6 (01:00):
Well, I'm not sure I'm showing you the right way
or else God just said she's going to keep doing it.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
I feel like I'm tired of her.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
I think God did say, but I also think you
do live right with the way that you live and
you just keep doing and keep going.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
And I think we think Sam's getting better.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
My mother used to say, God's not ready for you
and the devil don't want you.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
That's funny. And you are... You're doing your regular work
at the Dome and all that this year again, right? Yeah.
Speaker 6 (01:34):
Well, I haven't been at the Dome yet, and they're
coming up this weekend. So I may not get it
back because I don't know if I can walk that
much or stand that much because of the hip replacement.
I don't know if I'm ready, and I don't want
to sign up for it all. I did sign up,
but if she puts me on, then I'll just have
to see what I can do.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
But other than that, I want to do it because
I miss my sinks. And I don't like looking at
them on TV. I want to be there so I
can scream. They have to listen to somebody.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Isn't the standing, don't you have to stand up for
like five or six hours?
Speaker 5 (02:11):
Oh, you have to stand up the whole time, the
whole time.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
And you have to walk wherever they need you. And
you have to tell them to get in their seat.
And that's the only seat they can have. And if
they get in somebody else's seat, you got to get
them out. I had one last year that cursed me out. Oh, really?
He was so loaded, though. A young guy. He was loaded.
Speaker 6 (02:33):
And he went and got up in the wrong seat.
And I said, no, you have to come down here.
You can't go up there. That's not your seat. So
then he cursed me.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
And I said, well, come on. If you don't come down,
I'm going to have to get the police. Well, he said,
get the police. So I did. I got the police.
They went and got him. And then the girlfriend was
mad at me because I got the police. But you
can only want them for so long.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Yeah. Well, hey, you were just doing your job, right?
Speaker 5 (02:57):
That's all I was doing. I was collecting my paycheck.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
So, Judy, I want to ask, how do you feel
about Sam getting a new baby Lucy?
Speaker 5 (03:08):
I love it. Me too. I love it. I just
can't wait to see it. That's all.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (03:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
She's great.
Speaker 5 (03:15):
Her and Lucy. I mean, him and Lucy. I'm glad.
Is she getting in the bed with you yet?
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Yeah. I have to lift her up because I think
she's scared to.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Do it still.
Speaker 6 (03:26):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 5 (03:26):
Uh-huh. She don't know yet. She'll learn.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
And then you can't get rid of her. I'm just
glad you got it because you should have got her
a long time ago.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
He takes his time.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
I'm glad you got her.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Me too.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
So y'all have a good day.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
I just wanted to sing happy birthday because the old
man's getting there.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
All right.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Bye-bye. Love you.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Bye-bye.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
Love you.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Bye-bye.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
She is so awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
What I want to do one day is I want
to see her with the kids at the daycare.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
What she's like with them.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
I would think she would be incredibly influential and memorable
to a child.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Is she animated?
Speaker 3 (04:11):
I think she does sometimes talk to them like an adult, though.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Good.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
You know how I have the snark? I think sometimes
she has the snark, too, with the two-year-old.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Pick up the spoon and put it in your mouth.
Speaker 6 (04:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I don't want to. Well, then you don't get to
put it.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Well, yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
You know, that kind of thing.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
That's memorable, though, too.
Speaker 6 (04:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
It's memorable because they may not have that sort of
snark at home.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
What she loves, too, and she's told me this a
few times, is like when she goes to the store, Walmart,
or the grocery, she'll see them with their parents.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
And she said they all call her Judy. They don't
call her Miss Judy.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Oh, really?
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Look, Mom, it's Judy.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
And that's by her design? She wanted it that way?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I don't know if it's because they hear the other
teachers saying, hey, Judy, or what it is. Wow, that's interesting.
She sees them all the time.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Hey, Judy. It's not a sign of disrespect if somebody
wants to be called by their first name. My parents
were always like that. My mom... Wanted to be Merle.
My dad wanted to be Dane. And that went for
us as kids and for everybody else. They weren't mean
about it. It was just that was their preference, you know?
Speaker 4 (05:18):
It's just so cute that she called here.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
And what was funny was that she continued to ring
the studio line and was like, she's calling for his
birthday for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
She called 877-310-4MSJ. She called the studio line. And was like,
I have a phone, Mom. You can just call me.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
She knows where you are right now.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
She assumes that's how to get you based on where
you are right now.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
And she's joined us for so long now. I bet
you she knew that we would have wanted to share
that on the show. And she probably wanted to share
that everywhere anyway, not just in a call to you.
It's so sweet. You don't think that's the case?
Speaker 6 (05:50):
I know.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
I think she's trying to get Sammy in. Right now,
Sammy's in the studio.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Last time she called to the studio line, I asked her,
why you? You could have called my phone. She goes, well,
that's the number y'all tell people to call.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Yeah, right.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Okay, you got me there.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Look, what a special thing that your mom calls you
and sings. Did you tell us that she sings every year?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Every year. That's special. Well, she's done that here on
the show multiple times.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
And it's before she says hello or anything. It's like, yay,
happy birthday.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
So special. Look, I love.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
to make people's birthday special for them. And that's all,
that's what she's trying to do for you. She was
not going to stop until she got you. So I
think she rang the show a few times and we
happened to miss it.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
So after the show podcast, there you.
Speaker 6 (06:38):
Go, Judy.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
And she won't stop the song until she completes it either. Now, luckily,
and this is hopefully years away, but I do have
her on a voicemail one year when I didn't answer.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
She sang it.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
And now you have it in a podcast.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Oh, that's true too. All over the internet.
Speaker 6 (06:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Um, And so she's probably thought about that. Did she
send you a card? You get a card in the
mail too?
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Yeah, I'll get a card. I haven't checked the mail
in a couple of days, but there'll be a card
in there and there'll be money in the card too.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Oh, how much?
Speaker 3 (07:07):
It's usually like 20, 25 bucks. She used to, she
always sent a check, but in the last five, 10
years or so, I don't, I just like, don't, stop
sending me money. And so I don't cash the checks.
And I think she got tired of, Where's my check?
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Reconciling.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, so it's like now I get cash so I
can't do.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Anything about it.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
You know, I had that experience when I was a
little girl. I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
I had that experience when I was a little girl.
I had grandparents that would write me a check and
put it in birthday cards. But all I ever heard
was save your money, save your money, save your money.
So I saved all the checks in a drawer in
the birthday cards. And eventually my parents came to me
and said, You know, Pawpaw's wondering why, you know, they
(07:51):
were balancing their checkbooks or whatever. And they were like
off by the amount of money they had given me for,
you know, a couple of years or something. And I
was like, oh, but I was told to save my money.
So I went into the drawer and I showed them
that all these checks fell out. I don't know if
I got paid all at.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
Once or not.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Yeah, because checks usually a bank after 90 days or
180 days or whatever is not going to.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Probably didn't get paid.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
So.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
It doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
The just like Miss Judy, you know, does the. calling
Sam on his birthday did you have anything like that
that your mom or your dad did Jodi for your.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Birthday my mom still well since texting became a thing
this was not when I was little obviously but she
texts me usually at 808 in the morning on my
birthday because that's when I was born yeah I was
born at 808 in the morning and um so I
think that's kind of sweet um My dad was just,
(08:44):
you know, in my life when, I mean, he died
when I was 16 years old. So I can't remember
if there was anything that he did every single year,
but I will say he would sing to me too.
It wasn't on the phone, but it would be at home.
You know, he would pick up the guitar. He was
that kind of person who'd pick up a guitar every
once in a great while and just play and sing.
(09:05):
And when he would do that, my mom and brother
would scatter and I would sit at his feet and
he loved it. He likes having a little audience. And
so I would do it and I would just, so
on my birthday, sometimes he would play.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
That's so sweet.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Why would they scatter?
Speaker 4 (09:19):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Cause honestly, because my dad and I were a thing
and they were kind of, they were close and me
and dad were close and they didn't want to, he
wanted an audience and he would play one song and you'd.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
Go to leave and go, wait, I want to hear you.
I want to hear you play one more for you.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
And they were like, not about it, but I was.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
So it worked out.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
I'm probably going to sit there until they stop playing.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
I just love that that much.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
You know, the tradition later in life for me, well,
as kids, the tradition was everybody took a bite out
of their birthday cake.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
So cute.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Which actually goes back to my when I finally got
the films from my dad transferred to you know digital
in the 1940s when he was a little boy they
did that same tradition so there's there are home movies
of my dad taking a bite out of his cake
when he was a little bitty but.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Like before anybody cuts the cake it's a full pretty
cake and they just bite it I've never seen anything
like that until we got.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Married But shortly after Jody and I met, I think
it was right around that time period, my mother had
a refrigerator magnet that if you pushed it, it was
one of those cheap speakers, you know, and those refrigerator
magnets and very tinny sounding. And it would just say,
happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
Happy birthday to you. Over and over. It was the
same thing.
Speaker 4 (10:40):
It was a cake. It looked like a big cake.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Right. And so she would call. She would hold that
up to the phone. It was fun. And that became
one of those traditions. And she would try to call
me at 210, I think is when I was born
in the afternoon. But, yeah, those little sweet traditions. And,
(11:02):
of course, I miss those because I don't get those
anymore from my dad or my mom since they're not here.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Did you get a hold of the magnet?
Speaker 1 (11:11):
You know what? That's a great question. I don't know
if my sister has the magnet.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
I think your sister might have the magnet.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
I hope she does.
Speaker 4 (11:16):
I think so. I don't know if it still works.
It's just one of those things.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
What we have are the spinning flowers that were at
my grandmother's house that you push the button and it
plays In the Mood, which is that old big band song.
Same tinny speaker, but the flowers.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Dance and they spin.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
The flowers move up and down and dance. And that's
something that our girls, when they were little, they would...
You know, a kid always finds.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Those things in a house you walk into that they
love a grandparent's house or an aunt and uncle's house
you know where the toy is or where you know
that and that was the thing when the girls were
little they they would go straight to that at heidi's
house because they knew they could you know touch the
button and it would start playing so it's special that
we have that in our family room now yeah because
they used to play with it when they were little
(11:58):
you know there's a grandparent's house or a house like
that doesn't have it's not your house it doesn't have
a room full of your stuff but Kids know right
where those things are because they know those things are
for them. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
The one that I remember, I know this is not
really the birthday related thing, but as soon as you
said that, it made me think about one thing at
my grandmother's house, Heidi, who we called her Heidi, in
her kitchen, they had, and I didn't know this was
an antique, I don't even know what you call it,
you put loose tea leaves in it. And I guess
before they had tea bags that you could buy, you know,
(12:32):
pre-made in the store, they would put their own tea
leaves in this little Cylinder thing.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
A little silver thing.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
And then hang it on the side of the cup.
And then, you know, your tea would, whatever, it's steep. Steep.
With that, right. And I don't, as a kid, I
loved that thing. So I would go out and I would,
in the backyard, put grass in it.
Speaker 6 (12:50):
Oh, oh.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
But that was my little thing to play. And I
think I actually still have that.
Speaker 6 (12:54):
Cool.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
Of course you do. I think I do have that somewhere.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Of course you do.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
But yeah, you're so right about that, Jodi. At a
grandmother's house, you become fixated on those little things like that.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
As you should.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
I will tell you, I love that she called you
today on your special day. I knew she would.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Well, I just didn't know it was going to be
the studio that she was going to call all of
us for you. But for a mother, I will tell
you guys, and maybe it's true for fathers too, but
for a mother, as your kids grow and get older
and they become their own people and they're not really
underneath you every day and life changes and they start
(13:29):
to grow up, their birthdays can be emotional for you.
I experienced that recently with Taylor's birthday in August. I
was emotional on her birthday, just thinking about her life.
The day she came into the world was a very
big day in my life, too. It's one of the
days that split my life because it was the day
I became a mother.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
She's our firstborn. And aren't you the oldest?
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Okay. You're the firstborn.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
So your birthday has significance to her that she may
not even be telling you about.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
And that's okay. She wants you, you know, to enjoy
your day and sing to you and all that.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
But when she thinks about your birthday and your life
and who you are now, there's an effect for her,
for sure. It's the day she became a mother. And
she mothers hard, you know. She's a mom through and through.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
You notice that she didn't even say hello to us.
The first thing she did was start singing. Well, she
wanted to know it was Sam that she was singing to.
Is that you, Sammy?
Speaker 4 (14:33):
Anyway, what a great birthday.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Happy birthday. Thank you.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
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Speaker 2 (00:09):
Sam, it's your birthday. Your mom is calling the studio.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Did you set this up?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
No. 87-year-old Miss Judy, who we love, who works at
the daycare, who works Saints games on the weekends during
football season, our inspiration.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
And she's, we're pretty sure, calling for you.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Hey. Hello.
Speaker 5 (00:28):
Is that you?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
No, it's not me.
Speaker 6 (00:31):
Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday,
dear Sammy. Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Hi, Miss Judy.
Speaker 6 (00:43):
That was so sweet. Well, you know, he's aging like me.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
Not quite as bad as me.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
He's getting better.
Speaker 5 (00:52):
I was there once.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
You know, I mean, you're leading the pack here. You're
showing us the right way to do it.
Speaker 6 (01:00):
Well, I'm not sure I'm showing you the right way
or else God just said she's going to keep doing it.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
I feel like I'm tired of her.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
I think God did say, but I also think you
do live right with the way that you live and
you just keep doing and keep going.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
And I think we think Sam's getting better.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
My mother used to say, God's not ready for you
and the devil don't want you.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
That's funny. And you are... You're doing your regular work
at the Dome and all that this year again, right? Yeah.
Speaker 6 (01:34):
Well, I haven't been at the Dome yet, and they're
coming up this weekend. So I may not get it
back because I don't know if I can walk that
much or stand that much because of the hip replacement.
I don't know if I'm ready, and I don't want
to sign up for it all. I did sign up,
but if she puts me on, then I'll just have
to see what I can do.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
But other than that, I want to do it because
I miss my sinks. And I don't like looking at
them on TV. I want to be there so I
can scream. They have to listen to somebody.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Isn't the standing, don't you have to stand up for
like five or six hours?
Speaker 5 (02:11):
Oh, you have to stand up the whole time, the
whole time.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
And you have to walk wherever they need you. And
you have to tell them to get in their seat.
And that's the only seat they can have. And if
they get in somebody else's seat, you got to get
them out. I had one last year that cursed me out. Oh, really?
He was so loaded, though. A young guy. He was loaded.
Speaker 6 (02:33):
And he went and got up in the wrong seat.
And I said, no, you have to come down here.
You can't go up there. That's not your seat. So
then he cursed me.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
And I said, well, come on. If you don't come down,
I'm going to have to get the police. Well, he said,
get the police. So I did. I got the police.
They went and got him. And then the girlfriend was
mad at me because I got the police. But you
can only want them for so long.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Yeah. Well, hey, you were just doing your job, right?
Speaker 5 (02:57):
That's all I was doing. I was collecting my paycheck.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
So, Judy, I want to ask, how do you feel
about Sam getting a new baby Lucy?
Speaker 5 (03:08):
I love it. Me too. I love it. I just
can't wait to see it. That's all.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (03:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
She's great.
Speaker 5 (03:15):
Her and Lucy. I mean, him and Lucy. I'm glad.
Is she getting in the bed with you yet?
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Yeah. I have to lift her up because I think
she's scared to.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Do it still.
Speaker 6 (03:26):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 5 (03:26):
Uh-huh. She don't know yet. She'll learn.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
And then you can't get rid of her. I'm just
glad you got it because you should have got her
a long time ago.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
He takes his time.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
I'm glad you got her.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Me too.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
So y'all have a good day.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
I just wanted to sing happy birthday because the old
man's getting there.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
All right.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Bye-bye. Love you.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Bye-bye.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
Love you.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Bye-bye.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
She is so awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
What I want to do one day is I want
to see her with the kids at the daycare.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
What she's like with them.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
I would think she would be incredibly influential and memorable
to a child.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Is she animated?
Speaker 3 (04:11):
I think she does sometimes talk to them like an adult, though.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Good.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
You know how I have the snark? I think sometimes
she has the snark, too, with the two-year-old.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Pick up the spoon and put it in your mouth.
Speaker 6 (04:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I don't want to. Well, then you don't get to
put it.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Well, yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
You know, that kind of thing.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
That's memorable, though, too.
Speaker 6 (04:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
It's memorable because they may not have that sort of
snark at home.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
What she loves, too, and she's told me this a
few times, is like when she goes to the store, Walmart,
or the grocery, she'll see them with their parents.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
And she said they all call her Judy. They don't
call her Miss Judy.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Oh, really?
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Look, Mom, it's Judy.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
And that's by her design? She wanted it that way?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I don't know if it's because they hear the other
teachers saying, hey, Judy, or what it is. Wow, that's interesting.
She sees them all the time.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Hey, Judy. It's not a sign of disrespect if somebody
wants to be called by their first name. My parents
were always like that. My mom... Wanted to be Merle.
My dad wanted to be Dane. And that went for
us as kids and for everybody else. They weren't mean
about it. It was just that was their preference, you know?
Speaker 4 (05:18):
It's just so cute that she called here.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
And what was funny was that she continued to ring
the studio line and was like, she's calling for his
birthday for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
She called 877-310-4MSJ. She called the studio line. And was like,
I have a phone, Mom. You can just call me.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
She knows where you are right now.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
She assumes that's how to get you based on where
you are right now.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
And she's joined us for so long now. I bet
you she knew that we would have wanted to share
that on the show. And she probably wanted to share
that everywhere anyway, not just in a call to you.
It's so sweet. You don't think that's the case?
Speaker 6 (05:50):
I know.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
I think she's trying to get Sammy in. Right now,
Sammy's in the studio.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Last time she called to the studio line, I asked her,
why you? You could have called my phone. She goes, well,
that's the number y'all tell people to call.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Yeah, right.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Okay, you got me there.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Look, what a special thing that your mom calls you
and sings. Did you tell us that she sings every year?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Every year. That's special. Well, she's done that here on
the show multiple times.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
And it's before she says hello or anything. It's like, yay,
happy birthday.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
So special. Look, I love.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
to make people's birthday special for them. And that's all,
that's what she's trying to do for you. She was
not going to stop until she got you. So I
think she rang the show a few times and we
happened to miss it.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
So after the show podcast, there you.
Speaker 6 (06:38):
Go, Judy.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
And she won't stop the song until she completes it either. Now, luckily,
and this is hopefully years away, but I do have
her on a voicemail one year when I didn't answer.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
She sang it.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
And now you have it in a podcast.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Oh, that's true too. All over the internet.
Speaker 6 (06:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Um, And so she's probably thought about that. Did she
send you a card? You get a card in the
mail too?
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Yeah, I'll get a card. I haven't checked the mail
in a couple of days, but there'll be a card
in there and there'll be money in the card too.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Oh, how much?
Speaker 3 (07:07):
It's usually like 20, 25 bucks. She used to, she
always sent a check, but in the last five, 10
years or so, I don't, I just like, don't, stop
sending me money. And so I don't cash the checks.
And I think she got tired of, Where's my check?
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Reconciling.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, so it's like now I get cash so I
can't do.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Anything about it.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
You know, I had that experience when I was a
little girl. I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
I had that experience when I was a little girl.
I had grandparents that would write me a check and
put it in birthday cards. But all I ever heard
was save your money, save your money, save your money.
So I saved all the checks in a drawer in
the birthday cards. And eventually my parents came to me
and said, You know, Pawpaw's wondering why, you know, they
(07:51):
were balancing their checkbooks or whatever. And they were like
off by the amount of money they had given me for,
you know, a couple of years or something. And I
was like, oh, but I was told to save my money.
So I went into the drawer and I showed them
that all these checks fell out. I don't know if
I got paid all at.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
Once or not.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Yeah, because checks usually a bank after 90 days or
180 days or whatever is not going to.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Probably didn't get paid.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
So.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
It doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
The just like Miss Judy, you know, does the. calling
Sam on his birthday did you have anything like that
that your mom or your dad did Jodi for your.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Birthday my mom still well since texting became a thing
this was not when I was little obviously but she
texts me usually at 808 in the morning on my
birthday because that's when I was born yeah I was
born at 808 in the morning and um so I
think that's kind of sweet um My dad was just,
(08:44):
you know, in my life when, I mean, he died
when I was 16 years old. So I can't remember
if there was anything that he did every single year,
but I will say he would sing to me too.
It wasn't on the phone, but it would be at home.
You know, he would pick up the guitar. He was
that kind of person who'd pick up a guitar every
once in a great while and just play and sing.
(09:05):
And when he would do that, my mom and brother
would scatter and I would sit at his feet and
he loved it. He likes having a little audience. And
so I would do it and I would just, so
on my birthday, sometimes he would play.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
That's so sweet.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Why would they scatter?
Speaker 4 (09:19):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Cause honestly, because my dad and I were a thing
and they were kind of, they were close and me
and dad were close and they didn't want to, he
wanted an audience and he would play one song and you'd.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
Go to leave and go, wait, I want to hear you.
I want to hear you play one more for you.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
And they were like, not about it, but I was.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
So it worked out.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
I'm probably going to sit there until they stop playing.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
I just love that that much.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
You know, the tradition later in life for me, well,
as kids, the tradition was everybody took a bite out
of their birthday cake.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
So cute.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Which actually goes back to my when I finally got
the films from my dad transferred to you know digital
in the 1940s when he was a little boy they
did that same tradition so there's there are home movies
of my dad taking a bite out of his cake
when he was a little bitty but.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Like before anybody cuts the cake it's a full pretty
cake and they just bite it I've never seen anything
like that until we got.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Married But shortly after Jody and I met, I think
it was right around that time period, my mother had
a refrigerator magnet that if you pushed it, it was
one of those cheap speakers, you know, and those refrigerator
magnets and very tinny sounding. And it would just say,
happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
Happy birthday to you. Over and over. It was the
same thing.
Speaker 4 (10:40):
It was a cake. It looked like a big cake.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Right. And so she would call. She would hold that
up to the phone. It was fun. And that became
one of those traditions. And she would try to call
me at 210, I think is when I was born
in the afternoon. But, yeah, those little sweet traditions. And,
(11:02):
of course, I miss those because I don't get those
anymore from my dad or my mom since they're not here.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Did you get a hold of the magnet?
Speaker 1 (11:11):
You know what? That's a great question. I don't know
if my sister has the magnet.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
I think your sister might have the magnet.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
I hope she does.
Speaker 4 (11:16):
I think so. I don't know if it still works.
It's just one of those things.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
What we have are the spinning flowers that were at
my grandmother's house that you push the button and it
plays In the Mood, which is that old big band song.
Same tinny speaker, but the flowers.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Dance and they spin.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
The flowers move up and down and dance. And that's
something that our girls, when they were little, they would...
You know, a kid always finds.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Those things in a house you walk into that they
love a grandparent's house or an aunt and uncle's house
you know where the toy is or where you know
that and that was the thing when the girls were
little they they would go straight to that at heidi's
house because they knew they could you know touch the
button and it would start playing so it's special that
we have that in our family room now yeah because
they used to play with it when they were little
(11:58):
you know there's a grandparent's house or a house like
that doesn't have it's not your house it doesn't have
a room full of your stuff but Kids know right
where those things are because they know those things are
for them. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
The one that I remember, I know this is not
really the birthday related thing, but as soon as you
said that, it made me think about one thing at
my grandmother's house, Heidi, who we called her Heidi, in
her kitchen, they had, and I didn't know this was
an antique, I don't even know what you call it,
you put loose tea leaves in it. And I guess
before they had tea bags that you could buy, you know,
(12:32):
pre-made in the store, they would put their own tea
leaves in this little Cylinder thing.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
A little silver thing.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
And then hang it on the side of the cup.
And then, you know, your tea would, whatever, it's steep. Steep.
With that, right. And I don't, as a kid, I
loved that thing. So I would go out and I would,
in the backyard, put grass in it.
Speaker 6 (12:50):
Oh, oh.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
But that was my little thing to play. And I
think I actually still have that.
Speaker 6 (12:54):
Cool.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
Of course you do. I think I do have that somewhere.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Of course you do.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
But yeah, you're so right about that, Jodi. At a
grandmother's house, you become fixated on those little things like that.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
As you should.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
I will tell you, I love that she called you
today on your special day. I knew she would.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Well, I just didn't know it was going to be
the studio that she was going to call all of
us for you. But for a mother, I will tell
you guys, and maybe it's true for fathers too, but
for a mother, as your kids grow and get older
and they become their own people and they're not really
underneath you every day and life changes and they start
(13:29):
to grow up, their birthdays can be emotional for you.
I experienced that recently with Taylor's birthday in August. I
was emotional on her birthday, just thinking about her life.
The day she came into the world was a very
big day in my life, too. It's one of the
days that split my life because it was the day
I became a mother.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
She's our firstborn. And aren't you the oldest?
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Okay. You're the firstborn.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
So your birthday has significance to her that she may
not even be telling you about.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
And that's okay. She wants you, you know, to enjoy
your day and sing to you and all that.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
But when she thinks about your birthday and your life
and who you are now, there's an effect for her,
for sure. It's the day she became a mother. And
she mothers hard, you know. She's a mom through and through.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
You notice that she didn't even say hello to us.
The first thing she did was start singing. Well, she
wanted to know it was Sam that she was singing to.
Is that you, Sammy?
Speaker 4 (14:33):
Anyway, what a great birthday.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Happy birthday. Thank you.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
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