Listen, it's The Bird Show.

We are less than five minutes away from Running of the Brides 2010 in Phileen's basements.

Five minutes.

I think people are ready.

They've been ready.

Earlier they were jumping around to keep warm, and now they're jumping around to loosen up their muscles.

Right, yes. They're doing some stretches, some crunches, some push-ups.

Got to get in there.

Hey, Joanna, can you hear us okay?

Yes, I can hear you.

How are you?

I'm freaking out.

Why?

I see those women and I see the little gleer in their eye and it is scary.

Joanna, how tall are you?

I am five feet tall. Five feet tall. She's going to get trampled. And she's bouncy. Like she's a little five feet. Like she's like, she's like a ping pong. She's going to be a pinball in there. Exactly. She's going to be on the ground. My girlfriends were like, shouldn't you be wearing like knee pads and elbow pads Helmet. A helmet. Joanna actually got to go in.

She had to go in. My girlfriends were like, shouldn't you be wearing like knee pads and elbow pads and a mask?

A helmet?

Yes.

Joanna actually got to go in.

We gave her a list of tasks earlier today.

Joanna, by the way, when you get the go ahead in there, you can just interrupt us.

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