KFC Radio - Best of Clancy And The Rockets Week 1: Alex Bregman, Jon Taffer, and a Whole Lot of Cake

Episode Date: November 19, 2018

Clancy, Carrabis, and Kayce made their debut on Barstool Radio SiriusXM Channel 85 and had a hell of a week. Alex Bregman saw Kayce on Twitter and decided to call into the show. Jon Taffer stopped by and did a cold read on the entire cast. Kevin introduced Kayce to Heather Brook and we reminisced about growing up. Jared Carrabis earned several cakes. Genuine congratulations to Kayce Smith for being 5 years in remission from cancer. Tune in everyday Mon-Fri at 1pm for 2 hours of Clancy & The Rockets on Barstool Radio Channel 85 on SiriusXM.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/kfcr

Hey, KFC Radio listeners, you can find every episode of KFC Radio on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. Alright, welcome to the first podcast ever of Clancy and the Rockets. Every week you get a best of, the best hour of our entire week, which that means that's gonna be awesome. It's probably a good show. Because if you take ten hours and just pick out the best one hour, I wish all of life was like that. Because that's like a highlight reel.

That's like reality TV. That's what they do. They take the best 24 hours, or the best of the 24 hours, and put it in like, oh, they take the best of the whole week? Yeah. We got 10 hours, five days, boil down to one hour, a little bit longer. Don't tell serious. And so we're going to be funny the whole time.

So I don't know, what is making the cut on the first show? I feel like the first week of this show is pretty loaded. Well, I'll tell you about it. The whole thing is brought to you by Liquid IV. Liquid IV, your girl Casey has a feeling she's going to need this tomorrow after celebrating. I always need it, Kevin. After celebrating that five years in remission, I feel

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IV. Go to liquid-iv.com. Use the promo code KFC and you get 20% off anything on the website. That's liquid-iv.com, promo code KFC, 20% off the whole website. So we'll let you get a feel for the new show. This was the introduction for all of us as we kind of felt each other out. And we kind of, you know, got our feet under us as we figure out exactly what the show is going to be. You smile in like three years. It's a genuine smile, too. It is. You are genuinely happy.

It's like the grin should just keep going higher and higher and higher. Well, listen, here's what happened, folks. I have been doing a radio show for two years with Dave Portnoy. You can't even call that a radio show. No. I don't know what it is. It's like you're a zookeeper just trying to wrangle him in. It's like you're fighting a fucking snake the whole time.

Until 6 p.m. for two straight years. I am now, I got no Portnoy. No. And I'm here until 3. Yep. Do you know years. I am now, I got no Portnoy. Nope. And I'm here till three. Do you know how much better my life just got? Your life just radically changed. Happy Kevin. I mean, I don't know how to deal with

Happy Kevin. Nice to meet you. How are you? How are you folks? Nice to meet Happy Kevin. Maybe that's why, you know, like, it's Clancy, not KFC. Yeah. It's a new leaf. It's not really a rebranding. I am still KFC. I don't want people to think that.

But it just sounded good. It's just a different guy. I don't know if I've ever met Happy Kevin. I don't know if I have. Okay, that's fair. That's fair. Put it this way. Maybe I can't remember him.

I think the heartache really began. I mean, when you're a Mets fan for your life, it starts early. Starts young with the misery. Yeah, the Jets. We'll get to them, too. Jared will have no idea what you're talking about. I watched the game yesterday. No, I'm saying from being miserable.

Oh, no, yeah. There'll be a good dichotomy here between the winner and the loser. And then you're kind of just like somewhere in between, right? You know, you've seen a couple here and there, but you're not me. You're not him. The Cowboys in the 90s, and that's about it from a Dallas standpoint. Yeah, okay. So losers. So, yeah. Well, Cowboys in the 90s, and that's about it from a Dallas standpoint. Okay. So losers.

So, yeah. Well, yeah. Yeah. But there's levels to this shit, bro. There's levels to the losing. There is. For sure. We're going to get all into it.

And as if I have to remind everybody, I have lived in Boston. So I have lived somewhere where winning is normal. Yeah. You had a championship through osmosis. You were around winning. Yeah. I was paying state of Massachusetts tax. See, I've actually always been around winning, too was saying no no see that of massachusetts tax see i've actually always been around winning too it's just the wrong fucking team correct i've been

through dynasties left and fucking right yeah but they're just not mine and i just why i will always contend that the life as a mets jets nicks ray aisles fan in new york is worse than anywhere because you're you're miserable but you're also surrounded by the winning. Do you care about hockey? No. I mean, I do. I really did enjoy my time on the Islanders bandwagon. It was fun. They were a very fun team. They really embraced Barstool. But then, you know,

when push comes to shove, I don't know a fucking thing about hockey. I feel like hockey is probably one of the best bandwagons to jump on because the fans are so fucking crazy. Yeah, no, but that's the thing. They get offended by it. They're like're like love my sport love my sport love my soccer and then you love their sport they're like yeah you're not a real fan yeah that's true it's a good point but it's fun to go to hockey games oh yeah i mean it's really fun to go to isles games so and also once frankie barelli came along uh and he was like a true islanders fan

and i was like all right well you're the real fan when you were doing the rundown after the parade i know that you mentioned it, but I never really got your thoughts on it. When I said that I don't drink at Red Sox games, you think that's weird? I think it's weird to be like, I'm not drinking at all. I'll have like a beer.

Yeah, that's what I mean. If you go to a ball game, I think you should have a couple beers just because that's like what you... You go to the movies, you get popcorn. even if you don't want popcorn you get popcorn yeah but it's not even so much getting drunk it's more just like if I meet a kid and I have like the smell of alcohol in my breath like I don't even like want

that I mean I think you're off the show that is the worst excuse of all time I don't in fucking Boston the kid is probably drunker than you are but like I'll talk to

the executives of the team like after the game like it's just a bad look they're all they're all drinking too do you really think no they're not you don't think that

the executives of the Red Sox and their suite are just not having drinks that is bullshit they're not like a cocktail a beer here or there

maybe they are like I'll have like a couple beers I'm not I don't get drunk at games. You're not 16 at high school right now where people are worried about alcohol on your breath. You're an adult at a sporting event.

Of course you're going to have alcohol on your breath. But I'm working. It's different. Shut up. All right, then drink a beer right now, Kevin. I would drink a beer right now. Go get a beer, Casey. Because why?

I'd be worried if there was a child that would walk in and smell it on my breath? If there's beers in that fridge after our first break we're gonna drink beer. Fine! Oh shit! Fine! I mean you're talking to all sorts of people That was the wildest thing I've ever heard. I thought you were gonna be like I wanna like focus on the game and I wanna remember everything in the game

It's for the kids The Rock is thinking about the children So are you also one of those people that get mad when people start chanting fuck at the stadium because think of the kids? That is a wild jump to make. All right, Peter Gammon's over here. No, that's a wild. You saw the videos when I was out in fucking L.A.

I was saying all kinds of – oh, yeah. Yes. Let's go, Spider. Let's go, Spider. This is for the children. This is for the children. Are these twisties? I mean, yeah.

Hey, hey, hey. All right, we're going to do a little toast for the first show. I mean, I'm worried that Jared's going to be breathing on the children. Hey, hey, hey. Are we going to do a little toast for the first show? I mean, I'm worried that Jared's going to be breathing on some children. It's for our first show. Travis and Casey. Fuck you, Casey. Welcome to like Barstool where you can have a beer while you're working, bro. That's just an asinine.

That was crazy. I did not expect you to say that. Yeah, I don't want to smell alcohol on my breath when I meet people for the first time. You're such a loser. And that's why I wanted you on this show, Jared. That's why this is going to work because you're a goddamn wild card. His brain works differently than ours.

I don't think it works at all sometimes. That's the real appeal. I legitimately think that he worries about kids smelling his breath. He clearly does. If you have like a dad come up and be like, hey, I want you to meet my son. Can you imagine? The dad has beer on his breath.

Everybody drinks. Can you imagine some kid like turning to his mom and being like, Mom, I met this August Rocket, but I think he's been drinking. I can smell the alcohol. What are you talking about? What's also even better is that you're just screaming fuck over and

over. So it's like, oh, well, he had, you do it in, I mean, I've been to games with you. You sit and you scream. You're actually one of the most, like, profane lunatics I've ever met in a game. Yeah, like, but think about the kids. They've never smelled a Bud Light. That is true. I'll give you that. Yeah. It's true. Regular season Jared is a different guy. Stay home

if you don't want to hear a fuck word. Kevin, here's it. You don't want the smoke. Don't come with the rocket here's an example of why i like i just don't understand jared's thought process of drinking so the eastern conference finals last year in boston we all went back to do barcelona radio to do the rundown yeah we're sitting in the bruins suite for the game i had a headache that night i think i drank did i drink i drank you did not did I did Casey we have hold on hold on

here's the deal wait let me just say this my previous job was wrangling in Dave Portnoy it's gonna be referee between you two fucking morons and I don't know

which is gonna be harder she has this this warped perception that if you're not shit face that you didn't drink that night that's not at all true

the night of the Celtics like I had a few beers I just wasn't mangled she wasfaced, that you didn't drink that night. That's not at all true. The night of the Celtics, like, I had a few beers. I just wasn't mangled. She was like, oh, yeah, you don't drink at sporting events? I was like, yeah, I had a few beers.

We know what mangled look like with the Duck Mill boys. We've seen that before. If you had a few beers, then I remember incorrectly. You were sick that night. That's what it was. You didn't feel good.

Oh, yeah, because I went to the Grand the night before. You talk about getting mangled. Like, I mean, it was like 100%. That's what it was. You didn't feel good. Oh, yeah, because I went to the Grand the night before. Yeah. You talk about getting mangled. Like, I mean, it was like 100%. That's what it was. Yeah, you didn't feel good. You were the whole of the fucking universe. I'm going to need a fucking whistle.

I'm going to need like a goddamn whistle or something. Just know this, Kevin. Round two. Know this. I'm right. He's wrong. That's pretty much how I feel the Carabas and Casey dynamic usually works. That's it.

So the new show, the reason i think jared will work out is because when i first met jared and we first started doing content he was like i don't know anything but baseball and i was like you know what that might be true maybe you don't know anything more than baseball but you can do a lot more than talk baseball i don't know if you know it i don't know if you realize it i'm gonna drag it out you, though, because you are a weird cat. For sure. And when you get going, like, I'll tell you something. Your baseball coverage is amazing.

Thank you. And it's absolutely the most boring part about you. When you get going on the other shit is when you start putting asses in the seats, man. I think the camera just added a completely different element to that because it's like when you're blogging baseball, there's so many things that you can say. Give me a camera in fucking Yankee Stadium. it's like oh well and that's where you're in the baseball world where not many uh of the people are you know super charismatic or funny it's much more cerebral there's some funny people out there i'm not gonna name names kevin but i sent the video to hubs over the weekend and there's another network that basically tried to do exactly what we were doing.

And it could not have been less. The copycat league does not work. If you don't have the charisma to do it, it comes across cringe where it was so bad, but you could just tell by looking at it that the producers or wherever, like this is what Barstool is doing. We need you to do this. Like literally to a T it was bad.

Can't do it, man. If you don't have the rocket, you can't blast off. I mean, that's what it comes down to. So we got Jared here and then Casey, of course, who, you know, when you were brought in, you wanted to do radio. Yes. And, you know, you found your spot now. I'm here.

Yeah. Drinking beer with you, fine fella. It's at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. It's going to be a beautiful job. This is great. I mean, the job has just changed so god damn much. And honestly, like, I could not be more excited about it because what I, what Barstool Radio was and what it became was awesome in its own right.

But it's the Dave Portnoy Show. If you do a show with Dave, it's the Dave Portnoy Show because he is just, like, the biggest personality in the room, no matter what, all the time. It was a fun run of two years of doing just Dave's

life and just Barstool's stuff and all that kind of nonsense, but I no doubt regressed as a radio host doing it. It beats you down? It sucks the life out of you. Everybody's been in the room at times where it's like the conversation's rolling and then it's just like but you know i need to talk about my credit card points or something like that so you know after a while of uh i feel like i was like pumped to do radio and then it

kind of just became the day portnoy show and so so now I'm like very, very pumped to have my own show, our own show. Yeah. And it's like a new start for everything. It's been a big, long year that I was kind of waiting. We all knew these changes were coming. So I was kind of waiting for this to happen before kind of like kicking everything else off. So kind of starting fresh with everything in general, and this will kind of be the professional version of it.

So looking forward to that for sure. And I feel like you in a way too. I mean, you were talking about getting out of Yak and transitioning over here is, you know, a way for you to kind of spread a little bit too. Yeah. I don't know if you guys can relate to this, but I've always thought

this so this room we've done podcasts different radio shows in this room this room never changes but it it feels like a different room depending on what show you're on definitely so like what she came in and she was like i don't know which seat i'm gonna sit in yeah i can make a difference like your view school yeah got to claim your territory, and it changes for every show. Speaking of which, on the first day of school, have you ever had a class where the professor makes you say something about yourself on the first day?

Yes. What was your go-to thing that you said? You ever do the two truths and a lie sort of bullshit? You would just be like, I'm Kevin and I. I've never done that. I mean, I don't think I ever participated in those things. I would probably just be like i never i've never done that i i i mean i don't think i ever participated in those things i would probably just be like i like the meds i definitely have and my go-to is always i play the harp because nobody else plays what you play the harp i do play the harp who the fuck and why the fuck did you play the harp you ever get access to a harp

i mean we have one at my parents house we had two for a while oh so you're super bougie yeah no well bitch please that's because i was playing it no uh i like i mean yeah and first of all i went to like we'll just get this out on the table yes very bougie i went to private catholic school i wore the full catholic school girl uniform and played the harp the whole thing so yes I'm the stereotypical Dallas girl. Fine. But, I mean, that fact, like, as soon as you say, oh, I play the harp, like, nobody else can top that. No.

So that was my issue. You still don't have to worry about doubling up. Yeah, that's fair. The harp. The harp. Like, I'm just so angelic. Doesn't it just fit the stereotype? From the harp to, you know, Johnny football and college football

and the aggies and barstool and barstool sports what can't this girl do let's let's hit our first break i don't even know what to say to that all right so yeah it was a little i feel like figuring each other out was a little not like it was a bad thing but it's a process it's just an adjustment learning process yeah exactly i had total starting a relationship yeah yeah You gotta feel each other out. That's a good point, because it's like, when you start a relationship, you obviously have some interests. Like, I saw you at the bar, I saw you online, whatever, so I know

I'm gonna like you on some level or else I wouldn't be doing this at all, but there's still, like, I gotta figure out your likes and your dislikes and what to do and what not to do. So, yeah, pretty soon we're gonna fuck, Jared. I'd say basically we're just in a threesome. That's what this really is. I didn't want to say that it was an arranged marriage

because that seems more forced. It was kind of like a dating app. We all were interested in working together but had never done so as a unit. Someone asked me how many test shows did we do before we did the first show. I was like, fucking zero. We've all kind of worked together in some capacity. You throw us together on the first show

and that's kind of what you got. The first week was just, that was I feel like by Friday we had been doing this for longer than a week. I feel like after that, like after Monday, we're like, this feels like we've been doing this for months. We're super comfortable with each other. I came in on Monday being like, I'm gonna

this is a real radio show after the fucking shit show I was on with Dave. I was like, I'm gonna do prep. I'm gonna like write stuff. I'm gonna think about stuff. And then after the first show went well, I was like, okay, I can just go. I'm going to write stuff. I'm going to think about stuff. And then after the first show went well, I was like, okay, I can just go back to walking in the studio and letting it rip with these guys. I have a take. Let it rip. We need to be doing this more than two hours.

I know. I could use a third hour. Which is crazy to think that after one week, we did ten hours. The first ten hours we've done together, we're like, fucking tack on a few more. I could do a third because I really do feel like there's like, ah, we didn't get to that topic. We're like, oh, I wish I didn't have to cut that conversation short, but we did because we got to keep it moving. I wish we could take

more calls. There was a couple of days we only took like one or two calls because we were fucking letting it fly. There was also like the whole aspect of doing a one hour show because you've never done the one hour show, right? No, it's too little. So when I did the one hour show, it's almost like these hours feel like the 15 minute segments. Right.

Yeah. Like you can expand and get into a bunch of different shit. So yeah. And I do feel like the callers are I want to like groom the callers and get them into the show. But we we barely even had them because we were just talking ourselves. One caller who we did get, though, who was quite the surprise was Alex Bregman. Yeah. That was quite a moment for a first week of a show to basically,

if you ask me, I think the highlight of the entire new channel was an impromptu interview phone call from Alex Bregman talking shit and busting balls. So because he searched his name on Twitter, right? Because he was searching his own name on Twitter. He decided he needed to hit on Casey Smith and he decided he needed to put the rocket in his place.

You know, those, you know know those traps that are like the box with the stick that holds it up and the piece of cheese underneath? He walked right in. Casey's the piece of cheese. I mean, what else can you say at that point? Week one, and I'm just a piece of cheese. It's like, not a piece of meat, a piece of cheese. A piece of cheese. I do love cheese.

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good with words, but I ain't worse. But it started out a joke Of a romantic start to my tongue Alright, we're back. Clancy, Casey, and Carabas here. The phone lines are open. 833-85-STOOL. Alex Bregman now joins the program.

What's up, Alex? How we doing? Yo, Alex Bregman, what's on your mind today, Bregman? You know, I'm just hanging in Houston. Still, you know, still trying to shake off our loss, you know? Mm-hmm. It was a big loss.

Which one are you talking about? Are you talking about the LSU loss or the Astros loss? There's been a lot recently, haven't there? Yeah. Yeah. I'm talking actually both. How's Beantown right now? I mean, dude, I keep – it's tough because I keep trying to wear the sweatshirt that I was wearing during the parade,

and I keep pulling confetti out of my pocket. It's such a nuisance. I know. Trust me. I know the feeling. Yeah. That's true. You do know the feeling.

Yeah, that is true. That's fair. That is fair. You can't rub it in too much, considered. You been doing a little pregame video work these days, or what, Bregman? No, not too much pregame video work these days or what, Bregman? No, not too much pregame video work these days. I've tried to tone that. We haven't really had any games recently to do it for.

Didn't play well that day. Let's mention that. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Hey, listen, personal accolades. It's all about personal performance. It's not really about the team win or anything. Don't worry about it. you played better than Jared played.

You did play better than Jared played. Like, I can side with you on that. I don't know. I mean, like. See, and that's why I called in because you were on the show, to be honest. Yeah. All right. Yeah, I know that.

So, I mean, like, let's just put it out there. I contributed more to the Red Sox season than you did to the Astros. Like that. I mean, at the end of the day, we're looking at overall contributions. And I think I contributed more to the Red Sox season than you did to the Astros season. Hey, I mean, borderline, there's a possibility that in two days you could you could receive some MVP votes. I mean, yeah, like I feel like that's I put it this way if I get a playoff share and a world series ring did I have a better year than Alex Bregman

oh you might have you might have yeah at the end of the day at the end of the day a ring is all that matters it is is. It is. And I know that you have yours, but I'm about to get my fourth. And I also saw that you have a YouTube channel. You are on fire. You might go with Jeter in most rings ever. Right to the Hall of Fame, bro. Right to Cooperstown.

Here's the thing, though. Jeter was kind of just like a supporting cast member. He was riding coattails. Yeah, member. He was riding coattails. Yeah, Jeter was just riding coattails. I was the central focus of the show. You ran the show. Yeah. Yeah.

So I saw that you have a YouTube channel now, Bregman, and I saw one of the videos that you did was you called a restaurant and you asked are there any single moms or any waitresses that are struggling with money. And you went there and you got some waters and then you guys left $500 as a tip to this girl who had her car broken into, which I thought was great. So now I'm going to copy your video and leave a $501 tip for somebody. Just to say that I love you more than you. You copied a video and go 501.

I'll do it again and do 502. All right. We can do this all fucking awesome. Single moms in restaurants are about to get paid. Greg is going to be giving like $10,000 tips soon.

Yeah. Jared's going to be using Portnoy's card by the end of this. I'm going to be like, yo, do you have any waitresses that have been through like 20 divorces and have 16 kids?

And I'm going to leave them $505. 505 dollars rocket the hero yeah i love that and see that's when are you gonna be in new york city next because i feel like i feel like you and i should go to a restaurant together find some single moms and leave them some some cash i'm in i'll be in new york city mid-december we'll do it okay i think also maybe your number it'll be like a christmas it'll be in New York City mid-December. We'll do it. Okay. I think also maybe... I'll just do a number. It'll be like a little Christmas-themed video. Yeah, it's true. All right, I'm going to follow you right now. The Rocket runs around the office talking about how he can hit mid-80s on the gun, too,

talking about how he can strike out people left and right. I think you two should maybe find a cage somewhere or a field somewhere and maybe you step up to the plate against the Rocket. I don't know if you're ready for that. You might want to do the pregame work. You maybe need to do some studying on the Saugus Rocket, but I would like to see maybe a couple at-bats.

Have you heard about the no-hitter that I threw in 2004? How old were you in 2004? If I faced you in 2004, I would have put you in my back pocket. I was 10. I was 10. So you're admitting

that I would have struck you up. Yeah, I mean, if you were on that team in 2004, the results would have been the same. There's no way that it would have not been a no-hitter. Yeah, well, did you guys see the first swing on game day? That was, it was like, it wasn't very good. I saw you guys posted that.

I did. That was a tough look. That was a tough look for us. I tweeted about that swing, and all I said was that I hated to see it. I didn't want to see it. I feel like your year has been tough enough as it is. That's not the way that I want to remember your year by. I know.

It was just the continuation of that last game, so I had to stop that immediately and hit a few. How did you find the number to call in? You obviously don't follow Kevin on Twitter. Where did you hear about this? I saw a pretty, I saw a pretty blonde girl. Oh,

she's already paying off. I already pay in dividends. Knew this rockets thing was going to work. I'm looking at your, your YouTube account right now. Bregman. Are you, are you trying to get into like the,

the, the content game? I see the tipping, but you know, does bar still have to worry about you as a competitor here? Well, I don't know about that yet, but we're trying to get into the content game. Nobody in baseball has really done that before. So yeah,

nobody in baseball has a personality. So that's kind of the problem. You guys are all fucking lame. See, I mean, I beg to differ. I think some of us do. Yo, let's show it, man. Prove it. Let's go. I'd love for that to happen. I think we need more of it in baseball.

Well, if you're going to be here in mid-December, I have a long list of ideas for things that I could do. I love the Instagram stuff. I love when Bryce Harper tried to do it for a little bit, make baseball fun again. I don't think that the league kind of caters to it and really helps you guys put your personalities out there all that much.

But I would fucking love for someone in baseball to be making videos and be funny and be calling in and get in the game more. You see how much the NBA benefits from it. I would love for you to do that, Bregman. No, I completely agree, and that's kind of what we're going for here. We're trying to kind of get into that space and kind of show a personality, and I think that the game does need more that the fans want to see people's personalities, and I think why not start now?

I was going to ask. I have to know. Showing your personality with all this stuff on Instagram and showing that you're doing the pregame video work and all that, do you regret that at all? Has it backfired on you, or are you going to stick by it? See, here's the thing. I like talking a little trash doing all this

stuff whatever I don't I don't care at the end of the day the only thing that matters to me is what happens on the field and if you if you beat me on the field I'm gonna be the first one to tell you yeah Evaldi threw 102 right by me he got me yeah yeah yeah he did I mean the thing about it with this this postseason, everybody who kind of tried to flex a little bit of personality on the Red Sox ended up on the shit end of the stick. Now, see, a year ago, we were saying the same exact stuff. Yep.

Well, so how much does – I feel like you having that ring, I think, gives you a lot of slack to be able to fuck around a little more. It hurts Aaron Judge more than it hurts Alex Bregman. Aaron Judge on the Yankees playing the song, then losing and not having a championship to fall back on. I mean, I would not be surprised if there's a hundred year curse on the Yankees right now. You have the you have the ring in your back pocket and it gives you a little bit of leeway to have some fun. I think Aaron Judge played pretty well after doing that. I don't know. There's this thing that there's this

thing. Again with the personal accolades. It's all about the personal performance here. I think they got outscored like what, 20 to 4 or something like that after that? Okay. I'm just throwing this out there. I'm just throwing this out there. Hear me out for three seconds. Alright.

In the NBA, in the NBA, people talk a ton of trash, right? There's this thing. A lot of professional athletes have said that the reason why they talk trash is because it makes them want to perform and step their game up to the next level to back it up. So I think in some instances it's good. In some instances hey, you get it shoved and you have to own up to it

and tell the world, hey, you got me. That's the name of the game, bro. I like shit talking in professional sports. It makes it more entertaining. It makes it so much better. And baseball needs that. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure you've seen the video since then, but when Nasty Nate punched you out and dialed up 106 on the gun there were some people in the in the red sox dugout being like put that in your fucking instagram so like that's

the back i love that and i love that hey i loved it david i loved how david said post that i didn't know i didn't post the homer i know i didn't post the homer. I didn't post the homer I hit off of him. I didn't do that. You should have. I mean, listen, that's what it's all about, too. I mean, you hit 30 bombs and drive in 100. You're a type of guy who can talk shit and can back it up.

And has a World Series ring. Alex Bregman statistically was a top five player in baseball this year. So that's the kind of guy who should be running his mouth and talking that shit. So keep doing it, Bregman. How old are you, 24? No. Yeah. You're 24?

Oh, my God. That's so fucking young. Are you 24? We got 15 more years in this, boys. Have you ever thought about perhaps playing in Flushing, Queens? Any thought to... Oh, no, please, don't go to the Mets. Save your career.

No, you know what? Don't come to the Mets, Alex. I don't want to see it happen to you. That's how ugly it's gotten. Yeah, don't do that. I don't know why we don't just have a little Boston-Houston rivalry for the next 15 years. I mean, trust me, I'll be the mouthpiece of this rivalry.

I am going to be your worst nightmare for the next 10 fucking years. Alex, I'm going to be in your kitchen. Now that, now that I fought, now that I follow you on Twitter, you will never hear the end of this. I'm going to be in your kitchen all day,

every day, even in the off season. I'm going to be like, Hey, Merry Christmas, motherfucker. Knock, knock.

Here's my championship ring and my duck boat parade pictures and videos. I love it. I love it. Yeah it yeah honestly i know you say that but you're gonna look back to calling into this show as the worst mistake you've ever made because he is gonna bother you for the next decade i mean alex is obviously good at shit talking i'm all i'm here for this rivalry a hundred percent yeah no because now after i called in, I get a slide in the Casey's DMs, and it's all good. Oh! And we get to the real reason he called in. All right. Who's the real winner here, fellas?

Who's the real winner? All right, bro. We appreciate you calling in, man. Call up anytime you want, and keep it up, dude. All right, y'all. Have a good one, man. Later. Let's hit a break when we come back.

All right, that was that was pretty dope this is interesting i was not expecting alex bregman to i don't know why i wasn't because he did all the instagram and snapchat and shit i didn't think he was gonna be like as funny and personable because all baseball players are boring as shit he's he's one of those guys that's gonna sort of move the game away from like uh oh the average age of a baseball fan is a 55 year old white dude yeah the 55 year old white dudes probably is a 55-year-old white dude. 55-year-old white dudes probably hate Alex Breckman, so that's a good thing.

I mean, the only thing that he's got going for him in that department is that he's white. True. That's about the only thing that the 55-year-old white men are going to like about Alex Breckman is that he's also white. And he's very self-aware, talking about him just completely fucking up that swing on college game day. There are a lot of professional athletes that wouldn't do that.

He got in front of the story. He got in front of it. We didn't ask him about it. He was just like, hey, by the way, I struck out. It was on TV. He knew the deal. He's smart. Jared, you also know the deal when it comes to the moon landing. We talked about that. He does not. That's totally fake. That never happened. It literally never happened.

We also established a nice running theme here on week one of cakes. We are officially the cake gang of Barstool Sports. We've had, what, four cakes? Four cakes in a week. And we went down, we took a stroll down memory lane, talking nostalgia as far as who your first crush was.

I showed Casey Smith, my favorite porn star. We talked about all sorts of stuff growing up. So you can hear that from week one of Glancing at the Rockets. All right, we're back and we're crying. By the way, that music video, Alicia Silverstone, that was one of those moments where I became a man. Like a defining moment in your childhood as a boy. That was a big one. Original Boner Jam is what that's called.

Yeah, that's up there for sure. She had that whole run of Aerosmith videos. It was crying and then crazy. And it was just every time Alicia and Liv Tyler were in the mix. That was also weird because it was his daughter. That was all crazy. Yeah, I mean. But Alicia Silverstone bungee jumping off that fucking thing, flipping the bird.

I was like, oh, yep, I got a boner. I'm drawing a blank on what the first music video was that gave me a boner. Hit Me Baby One More Time had to be. It was before that. We were in fourth grade when that song came out. Something love, but it was something Isaac. Chris Isaac, Wicked Games? Yes.

That's the one that Portnoy remade. Yes. To me, that once was sexy. We got an unknown call from Casey. It's probably the dude right now. Yeah, right. He tracked down my number. That was...

Portnoy remade that video and forever ruined the sexiness of it. Yeah, but that video... That was softcore porn for sure. That was a legit porno. Yeah. On VH1. Yeah, I remember that.

It was very strange. That was one of the worst things that Barstool's ever done is Dave recreating that. It was disgusting. Yeah, there it is the worst things that Barstool has ever done is Dave recreating that. It was disgusting. Yeah, there it is. You hear the little twang in the guitar and all of a sudden Jared's just going to come. I could jerk off to the song.

You don't think of Dave when you hear this now? No. I absolutely think of Dave's dumb fucking nose and his whole ugly face. No. Seriously, turn it off. I can't even do it. If you have not seen Dave doing Wicked Games, keep it that way. If you're one of these morbid, curious people who want to go

see faces of death on the internet, go Google Portnoy Wicked Games. And then he ruined Sorry by Bieber. Nobody can ruin that. No, Dave did. And that didn't ruin it for you? Nobody can ruin anything.

Christina Aguilera, Dirty. That's a porno. That wasn't, like, one of the early ones for me because I'm old, but that was just, like, should I, you know, go on porn or should I? You had to have been, like, early 20s. Oh, he was younger than that. Oh, yeah, come on. Jesus Christ.

What year did that come out? Jared, we were in probably elementary school in that. No. It's probably, I mean, I'll look it up, but, I mean, I'm sure it was in high school. Christina Dirty. I mean, that had to be, like, 99, 2000, 2001. No. I was going to say, it's probably, I mean, I'll look it up, but I mean, I'm sure I was in high school. Christina Dirty, I mean, that had to be like 90, like 99, 2000, 2001. 2002. 2002? So I wasn't off by that much. We were in 8th grade. I was probably like

16, 17. No, we weren't in 8th grade. We were in... 2002, I was in... 7th grade. I was in 8th grade. But you know what, the point about that is like you can be in 8th grade, you can be like 80 years old. You see that video, and it makes it move. Oh, yeah.

She was special. I could still do a number. You want to talk about crazy, crazy, or craziest. Dirty, dirty, or dirtiest. Dirty. That version of Christina Aguilera is like peak crazy, sexy, hot girl. I don't think she ever had like a crazy stage where she was just like shaved head Britney. The same time that she ever had a crazy stage where she was just like, shaved head Britney. The same time that she

was doing all of that, Britney Spears was putting out the girl next door type stuff, which really isn't when you look back at it, but it was the difference between super sexy and beautiful. Yeah, there was levels to it. It was like Jessica Simpson was out there pretending to be a virgin, and then Britney Spears was like

schoolgirl, which is like sexy but hiding. And then Christina Aguilera had like assless chaps on, like grinding her ass like a fucking stripper. That changed the game. The black and the blonde. I was like, what is going on? Once Dirty came out, every other female pop star was like, I guess this is what we got to do to stay relevant.

Let's just go be hookers. Do you remember the Stuff magazine? Yes. Or FHM or Maxim? It was Maxim. Yeah. With the tube and her ass sticking out remember the Stuff magazine? Yes. Or FHM or Maxim? It was Maxim. Yeah. With the tube and her ass sticking out of the center of the tube. Those, there are certain things as a guy and maybe even as a girl, like certain posters,

certain magazines, certain music videos that just stick in your brain that will forever change you. Certain movies. The movie Species. You ever see the movie Species? Yes. That was like, I was probably real young for movies. The movie Species. You ever see the movie Species? Yes. That was like, I was probably real young for that.

Natasha Henstridge, she's an alien who needs to fuck guys to spread the alien genes. I've never seen that. Do I need to watch that? Well, see, you're probably,

how old are you? I just turned 30. Right, 30. So you're a little bit younger and you're also a girl so you probably didn't feel the need. I remember being like, I need to see,

I've heard about Species. What's going on here? It was like boobs and tentacles. I was like, this is going to be crazy. And that was like a moment of my life, like before species and after species. The Wild Things threesome. Wild Things is such a good movie. It's actually a good movie aside from the overwhelming porn aspect of it.

But it's a good movie. The champagne threesome was like, well, now I'm corrupt. Yep. I went from a normal person to like. Cruel Intentions is there. Yeah, that was like some weird incestual makeout type shit, right? That's up there. Titanic.

I've said this before. The scene in Hollow Man where he's invisible and then he starts going into the room and unbuttoning chick's shirts. Yeah, that was super rapey. Yes. Super rapey. I was like, I didn't know that you could do that in a movie. Right. That was super like not allowed. Yes. Super rapey. I was like, I didn't know that you could do that in a movie. Right. That was super, like, not allowed.

No. That was like, in my childhood, I was like, ah, I didn't know that you could actually cross that line in the movies. How old were you for that? That was, what, 2000, 2001? So I was in sixth grade. Yeah, Species is 95. So it was like, I was 10.

So you were, you know, you were seven. Six or seven. Six. Yeah. Anyway. How did we get here? Yeah, that's the beauty of this. I don't even know.

Oh, we were talking about this song. Christina Aguilera. Oh! At least she still was crying. So that's what I was going to say. When that Maxim shoot first came out and Christina Aguilera was like half naked and all these, when you first get exposed to the internet as a kid, you think like, oh my God, I can just type whatever I want into this and I get the return.

So you just type in like Christina Aguilera boobs. And it's like, well, they're not out there, but there's this. And I was like, this is going to have to do. This is it. And it wasn't photoshopped. Yo, those like FHM, Maxim, and Stuff Magazine were like, I mean, the Vita Guerra cover, the Shakira cover. I can remember all of these things.

That's all you had. That was before you could just hop on Pornhub. You needed that. These fucking kids these days. Can you imagine these days with a smartphone? I've said this a million times before, but I feel like maybe we have a new audience here at the one to three slot listening to CCK.

So I feel like I need to reiterate it. Our generation is the greatest generation. Yeah. Because we are the perfect balance where we are young enough that we're capable on the internet. Your parents are like, how do I use a smartphone? So we're capable. We know how to. And we have reaped the benefits of free porn, free music, free movies, being able to Google, being able to watch YouTube, everything.

But we can remember a time where that didn't exist. Yeah. So we had to fight for it. I had to fight for a nipple. If you've never had to watch scrambled porn, you're less of a man than I. Nice. Okay? If you've never had to ride out into the woods because your neighborhood

had a communal box of paper magazine porn, you're less of a man than I. Yeah. If you have, if you, these kids have like full blown movies at their fingertips. They have full, everything connects. You can talk, you can chat, you can send nudes when you're like seven. They didn't have to work for a goddamn thing. Imagine having Snapchat when we were in like elementary school and middle school. That would be horrendous.

Horrible, man. I mean, I feel like one of the things that has nothing to do with porn with the internet, though, that I remember that kids don't have to deal with is the dial-up and your mom would be on the phone. And we had one phone line in the house. And I'm trying to get on AOL to talk to all the kids on the chat rooms that I could have talked to all day at school. But I didn't want to. I had to do it. I had to put up some salty-ass away message.

But my mom is talking to my aunt for two hours. That was one of the most infuriating things ever. The 56K modem, man. Oh, yeah. Imagine being in fifth grade, right? And you're talking to your girlfriend, and then your fucking mom picks up. Jared, I need the phone. Wrap it up.

I need the phone. All right? You've been on for two hours. Get off the fucking phone. How about when you had to call and speak to the mom and be like, Hi, it's Mrs. Smith. It's Jared. Can I talk to you?

Yeah. They just dial you up directly on the smartphone. Oh, man. Well, girls used to, by the time I was in middle school, girls started getting their own, like, lines. Yeah. Oh, yeah, that was the best. You could call right to their room.

Yeah, you basically called their room. You basically call their room. Still. Ellen would just be like, hey, I need the fucking phone. I'm not going to tell you again. Get the fuck off the phone. I need to call you on to Carol. How old were you guys when you got your first cell phone? Fifth grade.

I would only get it for like... You go to a game. Yeah, like I'm dropping you guys at the movies. Here's your phone. In fifth grade? Yeah. Mine was seventh, and it was one of those Nokia block brick phones.

You could play bad games of Snake on it. That's still like the most popular phone of all time. There was like a billion of them made. Yeah. But it's like if you accidentally hit the internet tab, like your whole life's over because it's going to charge your parents like $1,000. Yeah. And it's also counted every single text message you sent.

Like, there were multiple months. Fifty dollars. Where I had to, like, sit and watch my mom be like, do you see all of these text messages that you sent? You cost us 50 extra dollars. Like, who are you texting all the time? What's it called? Like, T9 or some shit?

Yeah. That was like the, like, you hit the letter three times, the number three times to get to the letter. Yes. Like, one, two, three was C. One, two, three, F. I could do that in my fucking sleep. Oh, yeah? I probably still could.

I remember, I don't care if it was you that I told this story to. When I was a senior in high school, we still had to fucking text like that. So my physics teacher said, if you can send a text without me seeing your phone, then fucking text away. So I would always wear a hoodie with a pouch in the front, and I could just text whoever the fuck I wanted to text in my hoodie while I'm looking at you and retaining whatever. Do you think you could text on a T9 without looking better than you could on just the regular Apple?

Oh, for sure, because you can't feel it. Yeah, but I just feel like with the predictive text, I feel like I can kind of get close enough. Yeah, you don't have to look at your phone anymore. But, you know, to go back to the original point, like, the kids who are born with this shit now. Yeah. Like, Shay and Keegan, like, know how to, like, Zoom and shit like that on the tablets. Like, the other day, Shay was playing with my phone.

An alarm went off. She just, like, swiped it up. Like, get out of here, alarm. I need to keep watching my YouTube. It's wild. They're just born with it now. Keegan's shitting in his pants. He knows how to scroll in and out.

Zoom in and out. It's crazy. It's terrifying. I wasn't even allowed to use the internet by myself until probably seventh grade. That's just good parenting. Shout out to Ellen. Yeah. My dad would have to sit with me. Good parenting. Yeah. They'd be like, all right, where if I wanted to go. That's just good parenting. Shout out to Alan. Yeah. Like my dad would have to sit with me.

Good parenting. Yeah. They'd be like, all right, like where do you want to go? Oh, WWF.com. Like I want to watch like the entrance videos

for my favorite wrestlers. And I'd sit there with me and then he would like play them for like a half an hour and then be like, all right, I'll get the fuck out of here. That's good parenting

because the amount of shit you can fall into and that's another worst part of when you had a shared computer, is like, I mean, maybe the worst moment of my entire life, and she better not be listening today because I told her yesterday, no more listening, ma. I remember the most awkward conversation of all time. You want to talk about awkward when you're watching a movie

and there's a sex scene that pops up with your parents and you just want to crawl into your hole and die? She flat out came to me and said, what is IDeepThroat.com? Oh, Heather. And I was like, mom. No. Did you just say deep throat to me? And yeah, I said, oh, Heather.

I was like, mom, how much do you want to know? She's a circus performer. She's the most talented girl in the world. I want to say that that was the first porn I ever saw was Heather Brooke. It was like a sleepover of my boys. We were just like, oh, what is this? LimeWire? Because I used to be too afraid because my dad works very heavily

with computers. So if I download something, he probably gets like a... He's gonna know. Yeah, his fucking pager probably goes off because your son just downloaded porn. 911? Yeah, my dad's like a fucking Russian spy. I don't even know. I'm not fucking with that on my computer. So I'll go to my friend's house. They would download the porn and I'll have to save it in my brain to go think

about it later. Mental pictures. Yes. So Heather Brook, I mean she was the OG. We'll show you that during the break. I don't know what you're talking about. I mean, even as a girl, you'll just be like that was impressive. Oh, I'm sure. I have no problem

with that. Think of like a girl just like'll just be like, that was impressive. Oh, I'm sure. I have no problem with that. You can just appreciate the behavior. Think of a girl just inhaling a fucking forearm. That's what she basically- To the elbow. Yes. It's crazy. All the way down. She's a talented woman. She is the Babe Ruth of dick sucking.

She is. I mean, what an accolade. It might be like Barry Bonds, to be honest, on steroids. You know what I mean? If Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds got fused together and then sucked to death. Good God. What an accolade.

So, it was a big week coming into Friday. I feel like we already had a massively successful first run of Clancy and the Rockets, but what went down on Friday, I think, maybe took the cake, literally. See what I did there? I see what you did there.

Here's the thing. I wish that we had our own studio that only we use because then I would be hanging up a dry erase board that took a tally of who earns the most cakes over the first year. You have to have a cake tally because right now it's... We just do it behind our desk. We have that whole wall behind us.

We can just start keeping a tally there. We're going to need a full cake tally. I want to have like 36 cakes by the end of the year. But then it's going just just do it behind our desk we have that whole wall behind us we can just start keeping it we're gonna need a full cake tally i want to have like 36 cakes by the end of the year but then it's gonna start to be like ah did you really earn the cake because now listen you can't force it it's got to be legit like you have like nick and now we're getting like joke cakes like because i got it i got you got a joke cake i got a joke cake i'll give him the first one the world series cake was a real one yeah being in the background of an instagram video that aired on fox news is not cake worthy i was not in the background i was a real one. Being in the background of an Instagram video that aired on Fox News is not cake worthy. I was not in the background. I was a fucking star in that video.

Define star, Jared. I mean. Everything the Saugus Rocket does. Yeah. You didn't even speak. You didn't even speak. You had no speaking. I didn't have to.

Nonverbal acting. Ever heard of it? Yeah. You're a fucking mime now? My presence was very strong in that video. It made it. I was the glue. I didn't even know you were in that video, to be completely honest.

I mean, did you see it on Fox News? Yeah, it was on Fox News. Big deal. It was like a minute video. They showed 15 seconds of it and they showed my 15 seconds. Casey Smith. It's a big deal. Huge.

John Taffer. Also a big deal. He came through live in the flesh. Our first in-studio guest to talk about business and how to succeed. And then he also broke down the entire cast. The three of us. Yikes. Personality breakdowns.

Some things on point. Some things not so on point. But the highlight of the entire week, of course, our girl Casey Smith. Five years in remission. Five years cancer free. She earned the cake. She gets the gold star of the week.

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It's now our number two of Clancy and the Rockets. We are joined by a very special guest live in studio, John Paffer, once again, here at Barstool HQ. What's up, John? I love being here, guys. It's like with family. Yeah. I mean, at this point, for better or worse, you're in. I am.

You're on the inner circle. I'm stuck. Yeah, you are. That's what I say. Better or worse. It's good sometimes. Other worse, you're in. You're on the inner circle. I'm stuck. Yeah, you are. That's why I say better or worse. It's good sometimes. Other times, you can't get out. I'm at the Golden Knights game the other night, and somebody runs up to me and says, Man, I listened to you on Barstool.

You're a fucking legend on Barstool, man. I love it. I mean, listen, you're a fucking legend in many other places before Barstool. How old was this kid? He had to be young. He was about nine, yeah. Yeah, I like to say. Yeah, if he thinks you're famous from Barstool, he old was this kid? It had to be young. He was about nine, yeah. Yeah, I like to say. Yeah, if he thinks

you're famous from Barstool, he had to be about 12 years old. So I got a question for you. So you are, and you've been doing your monthly appearances on KSU Radio. We do a segment.

Yeah, we do a segment called Real Adult Advice with Jon Taffer. So after me and Jon just give our ridiculous takes, Jon Taffer calls in and he says, here's what you actually should do.

Here's what a real adult would think. And I have not agreed with them once. Not once. I mean, it's actually been like polar opposite. And as much of it as it's a joke and a bit, it's certainly not. I was like, oh, damn, I thought the exact opposite of that. Okay. But I certainly value your business mind and your team working mind and your business building.

So this is a new show. We have a whole new channel. This is the first week that the three of us have been on the air together. Cool. So am I your first guest? Yeah, you actually are, right? That's awesome. In person.

In person. That's awesome. We have people calling, but you're our first guest. So it's another barstool record I've got. Yes. Add it to the list, man. This one's probably the best one you have, to be honest. So do I get a plaque? You get a cake. You get a cake. We get cakes on this got. Yes. Add it to the list, man. This one's probably the best one you have, to be honest. So do I get a plaque?

You get a cake. You get a cake. We get cakes on this show. Awesome, I'll take a cake. What kind of cake would you go for? I'm a white cake coconut guy.

Oh. That's fancy. That's a fancy person. That's a famous person cake. Yeah. That's a famous person cake. Like, us regular day people are like, we want chocolate.

I was going to say, chocolate frosting. I don't even need the cake. I just eat it from the fucking jar. Chocolate cake from Hooters. Best cake in the game. That's a famous person cake Us regular day people are like we want chocolate Chocolate frosting I don't even need the cake I just eat it from the fucking jar Chocolate cake from Hooters best cake in the game Really? I used to own Hooters In North Dakota I had four Hooters myself

And in all the years that I owned Hooters Sold food in Hooters I have never had anybody come up to me and say Man the food in Hooters is amazing have never had anybody come up to me and say, man, the food at Hooters is amazing. That's Jared. That's me. And I will say the fried pickles at Hooters are delicious. Well, the fried pickles are pretty good. Actually, their fried shrimp is pretty good.

Their little popcorn shrimp. I just wonder if the chocolate cake being in the shadow of a Hooter had something to do with it. That always helps. It could have tasted like cardboard, but you were looking at those boobs and it tasted great. I am not. I'm not there for the waitresses.

I'm there for the chocolate cake, Casey Smith. I resent your statement. I would love to go to the. And you read Playboy for the articles, too. Of course. Great literature. Yes. Of course.

I would love to go to a Hooters with you and have a little slice of chocolate cake. Okay. Well, I used to own Hooters and I never tried the chocolate cake. That was a no, by the way. No, I don't think it was. I'd love to go. And he said, okay. Like the look on his face. He wasn't that enthusiastic, yes.

It's on the list of maybes. So what advice would you give the three of us who are trying to build this show together? Anybody who is your new coworkers, new teamwork, new show, new product. What's the best way to gel business-wise, work-wise, and get the best out of your whole new team? Well, first of all, understand you're not doing a radio show. That's not what you do. You're creating reactions. You're achieving it through the radio show.

So understand what your product is. Your product is not the show. Your product is the reaction. The show is nothing but the vehicle to create that reaction. That reaction is your product. Okay. So you've got to understand that when you listen to the show and think it's great, that doesn't mean shit. It only means shit if the audience reacts to it because they find it compelling, engaging, whatever it is, offensive, whatever it is that causes them to listen, that reaction

happens. So, you know, whenever anybody says, I'm in a radio show business, I always laugh. You're not, man. You're in a reaction business. Radio work is the vehicle to the product. Now, what would you qualify as a reaction, though? Just like a literal emotional reaction? They have to have feedback. They have to call in. They have to tell a friend. They have to turn the dial in. When we're compelling, we know it on social, don't we? When we connect

with people, we know it on social, don't we? And when we don't connect, there's a very uncomfortable silence out there, isn't there? So you've got to not focus on the show. You've got to focus on the reaction. And you've got to learn what creates those reactions and what doesn't. And when something works and creates those reactions, okay, how do we duplicate that reaction? Because they're speaking to us. They're saying, I like that.

So when they speak to us in that way, we respond by giving them more of that. When this silence occurs, they're also speaking. They're saying, I didn't fucking like that. So let's move on. Let's not do that again tomorrow. So we've got to understand that if we don't know those reactions, if we can't measure them, and if we don't stay close to them, then there's a far greater likelihood we're going to fail.

What do you think of the... That's deep shit, isn't it? That is deep shit. I mean, it's like, I feel smarter just sitting next to him. That's why he's rich, man. And we're not. That's why we're not. We're not smart like him. Do you subscribe to the idea of there's no such thing as bad publicity?

Oh no, there's bad publicity. I mean, ask Roseanne Barr. You know what I'm saying? Maybe not necessarily bad publicity, but the old like Howard Stern, people who like me listen for five minutes, people who hate me listen for 15. I get that, but I also think that sometimes that's just kind of a cop-out for, like, people hate you. You know what I mean?

Yeah, but that's different than bad publicity. So I hear what you're saying. You know, it's interesting. When William Morris does my brand brief, and people like me, the agencies do brand briefs, and they rate us in, like like trustability and intelligence and likability with men and women. They do all these scores on us. Howard Stern has something that they actually call in these reports, the Howard Stern factor. And they call it that. And it's an actual term.

And the Howard Stern factor is the ability to do something that so offends you and then he can hug you a minute later. So Howard Stern can tell everybody in the world to go fuck themselves and then be on network television that night in a family show. I mean, there's a reason why it's called the Howard Stern Factor, because he's the only fucking one who, like, he invented. How? Well, it's interesting, because in the William Morris report, they say, I have the Howard

Stern Factor, because on Bar Rescue, I tell people I insult their manhood, everything, and then I get a hug two minutes later. So I don't know how you do that. And if you try to do it consciously, I don't think it works. It's got to be natural. It's got to be authentic. I feel like it's – And him, it's authentic.

Yeah. I don't know if it's the way – I feel like almost everything combines. We were watching Bill Burr at the Garden, the comedian. Yeah. And he says stuff that if we were to say on any of our platforms, we would be – You'd be off the air? Yes. And he's kind of grandfathered in, and he's so good at it that people just respect the comedy of it.

But he's, like, grandfathered into it, and I wonder if it's just, like, the way he looks, the way he dresses, the way his accent, it all combines to just kind of somehow give him a free pass. I don't know. I think so, too. It's like – Because otherwise it's unexplainable. There was a comedian by the name of Buddy Hackett who died years ago. And Buddy Hackett was a really famous comedian. And Buddy Hackett had this cute way of talking.

But he would say things to you that if anybody said that stuff to you, you would walk out of the room. But he could get away with it. And you're right. It wasn't just the words or just the personality. It's a whole package. It is. And so when I'm in bar rescue, I know that I can push them far. I know it.

I feel it. Right. I sense it. So I can push them farther than somebody else and still pull them back. Somebody who doesn't feel that, if they go down that road, just might get punched in the mouth. Right. Yeah. I mean, sometimes it's like, hey, as long as they're listening and they're reacting, fine.

But like, you know, Jared here, I mean, every time he talks, people are just so turned off by you. But they're not apathetic to you, which is like what you're saying. It's like if you have people that are apathetic to what you do, then that's a bad thing. It is. But then there's another fact. The fact of the matter is, let me pick

on you for a second. You are really likable. Oh, thanks. No, you are. That makes one of us. No, no, I mean that. I think that you're really likable. I mean, I look at your smile, your approach. I mean, you're a really likable guy. I don't expect you to be an asshole. That's not your persona. You know what I mean? And yeah, you get aggressive on her. But you know, I'm guessing one-on-one, you're a good guy. You're not a confrontational asshole kind of guy. So that wouldn't work for you. Right.

Because that's not who you are. And that's where it comes across as phony. Exactly. You're absolutely right. And everybody freaking knows it. You know, Bar Rescue was on eight years. If it was bullshit, I wouldn't have made it. Right.

Last year, too. Yeah. That's interesting that it's like if people are expecting it from you, they kind of let you get away with it. And if it's out of character, it's like, well, fuck you right back. I have a different read on him. Let's do it. I think that you're much colder than he is. Yeah. I think that he's warmer than you are. I think that

he's more embracing than you are. And I think that you're quicker to become a dick than he is. Yes. Did I nail that? You nailed that. Another high five? Yes. Am I still the wizard? Yes. He does this on KC Radio. He broke down John like that. It was unbelievable.

Okay, what about you? Okay, now you're very pretty. Thank you. You know that. You leverage that to your advantage sometimes. You're extremely nice and smiley, but behind your back, you'll put a knife in somebody's back if it advances you. Oh, damn.

And you're more aggressive than you come off to be. How did I do? She didn't know about the backstabbing. I would not say backstabbing. But you will say something about somebody behind their back that might advance you. I don't know if that's true. I feel like she's more of a sight to your face. There was a couple times

she came rolling in the studio. You're more aggressive than you might seem when I first met you. That's true. That is true. But I do pride myself, I think, on saying things, for better or worse, saying things to people's faces that maybe I shouldn't. Yeah. Like, well, she can get, this is calm Casey, aggressive Casey. It's almost a completely different person. I mean, you nailed that part.

So do you ever get the attitude, I'm taking this fucking person down? Yes. It's usually Jack. That's what I'm reading. So if you have that attitude, saying something about them to somebody who will take them down when they're not present, you might do.

I feel like she would do that to a guy like Jared. To someone who deserves it. I could see it to Jared. I couldn't see it to you. Do what? I said you would never say anything. You have no problem saying

the most horrible things to my face. That is true. You know me well. Yeah. So give me two sentences on me you uh i feel like you might have gotten to the point where you almost expect all the questions that i just asked you where you always think you have all the answers that's right i mean because you probably do but you do have all but i i feel like i i've never asked you a question where you haven't had such an answer ready that I can't tell if that is just a shit ton of life experience or if you're just always ready to be answering the question and giving out an answer.

But I think they're the same thing. I guess so. They probably are. Because they've got to have the experience. Because I don't know what you're going to ask me, especially you. If you don't have the experience, like one of these days I'm going to find something you don't have a fucking answer for or you don't have the experience for and you're going to give me an answer anyway. And I'm going to be like, bullshit, Jon Taffer, you don't know what you're for or you don't have the experience for and you're going to give me an answer anyway and i'm going to be like bullshit john taffer you don't know what you're talking about gotcha i fucking gotcha i feel like in just 10 minutes

of knowing you by the way good luck with that that's what i was going to say like i can tell you like 10 minutes of knowing you like my read is like you're smarter than everybody else you ever talked to and it's like the whole bill belichick like chess and checkers thing there's nothing that i'm going to say to you that you don't have a move already in mind for. Do you have a mentor? I'm very experienced, guys. I mean, I've run nightclubs, I've paid companies, public, private. I've had thousands of employees over my life. I've been married

twice, so I've been through the divorce and the marriage. I've had kids. So I have a deep set of experiences. I'm not sure there's a lot you could throw at me. I don't think there is. Is there someone you ask questions to? Or did ask questions to? Honestly, not really. Not even in the beginning.

You know, two mentors that were really powerful to me are both dead. Three of them, really. Who are they? You know, so probably my biggest mentor, you're going to laugh, is Howard Hughes. Okay. I found him amazing because he did so many things. He not only won an Oscar. Do you know Howard Hughes invented the uplift bra?

Did he really? Shout out to Howie. Shout out, Howie. Because he was shooting a movie, and Jane Russell was in it, and it kept zooming in on her boobs, and he didn't like the clip. So he designed. He created collapsible landing gear in airplanes. Yeah, he was.

And then he won Oscars. Yeah. And then he created drill bits. So I just have a huge respect. I live in Summerlin in Las Vegas. Summerlin is Howard Hughes' mother's maiden name. He owned the whole fucking valley. This dude did it all.

So he was one. Disney is another one. There are things about Disney, his creativity. When Disney opened Walt Disney World, he was dead broke. He had to borrow money to put the black top down. And opening day, it was still hot. All the women's high heels sunk into it. He almost didn't open. That's how tight it came still hot. All the women's high heels sunk into it.

You almost didn't open. That's how tight it came. Put everything on a fucking line. I respect that. Yeah. And then the third one that is, believe it or not, is Thomas Jefferson. Really? I think Thomas Jefferson is really cool, yeah. And people say the slaves.

I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about other things. Forget about the slaves. No, no. I mean, that's incredibly distasteful, obviously, by today. And I'm not talking about that. But I'm separating the good that he did. For what?

He wrote our Constitution. He was very big on, it's hard to say because of his slavery, but he was very big on human rights. He was very big on protecting property owners. He had an interesting premise about America, which is really fascinating. He believed that if you didn't own something, you shouldn't vote. Yeah, fuck yeah. That's what's up. If you don't own something, you shouldn't vote. Yeah, fuck yeah. That's what's up. You don't own anything.

Shut your mouth. I didn't like that part of it. But, you know, he was just an extremely influential guy on our independence, our constitution, and, you know, it took a lot of balls for him to do the things that he did. So I really respect that. I also love George Washington, who was the first distiller in America. That's big time.

Yeah, that's big time. That's 20,000 gallons of bourbon. So the guy who made, like like tits and booze. I like it. Yeah. And Mickey Mouse and Mickey Mouse together. It's a hell of a night. I mean,

that on a postcard, you are a king of nightlife and all sorts of different social events and all that kind of shit. I did something the other day for the first time I went to a wrecking club. One of these joints where you just smash it. Yeah. And they're talking about turning it into a bar where you would like have a section where you drink. And then, you know, obviously all safe and like, you know, zoned off.

But you could like finish your beer and then like smash your pint. So this is a great idea. So I'm going to give a drunk guy a sledgehammer. Well, that's why I thought that was everyone's first. That was everyone's first thought. Sound safe, Kevin. I mean, I think it'll be fun. But my first thought was like, yeah, this is outrageous. What's with the axe throwing bars, though?

It's just waiting to happen. Yeah, we were talking about the axe throwing. Would you, let's say someone comes to you, bar rescue, like, oh, I got an axe throwing bar, and it ain't working. Are you even wasting your time? I tell him to sharpen up his concept is what I do. You're out. What about the wrecking clubs in general? Forget about the bar.

Just the idea of going and paying money to break it. There's something psychologically that's important. It was a rush. Oh, yeah. So it felt good. Oh, yeah. I mean, I did it for a video for the Jets. It was like after the Jets' latest loss.

So terrible. I got to take my frustration out. And I went for the video. But as I was doing it, I was like, oh, this is kind of cool. So I could see that. I just don't like the idea of mixing alcohol. Right, right. That makes sense, yeah. By the way, I got a football from the Jets a couple weeks ago.

Said that they all watch Bar Rescue in the locker room on Sundays. Signed by the team. Well, maybe on Sundays they should be doing something else. Maybe you should go Bar Rescue the New York Jets. Yeah, for real. Shut down the fucking team. Before I let you go, I'm looking up here because we've been talking about this Vegas trip. February 20th.

Yeah. Knights Bruins. Yeah. That's where we're going to center this around. So here's what I need. I need to know how many are coming. I need to put this together so I can get us the tickets and get us coordinated. And I'll set us all up with a great dinner.

Yeah, dinner. Then we'll go to the game. Okay. Then we'll hit a club after. I'll take care of it tonight. Let's go. Vegas is my oyster, guys. I'll be in Vegas for the winter meetings in December.

Maybe if you were a little more warm, John would invite you to do some things. Maybe you guys could go to Hooters. Maybe, I mean, we're... Get some chocolate cake. Yeah. Are there any Hooters out in Vegas? There's some Hooters.

There's even a Hooters hotel in Vegas. You can take your chocolate cake up to your room. How's that? Alright, well, I would love to have some chocolate cake with you in Vegas. Be warmer, Jared. So let's put this together and I'll get everything set up for us. I'll get us in the bunker and all that kind of stuff. My guy. I appreciate it. You can check out John

on his podcast. Obviously, Bar Rescue is always out there and keep a lookout for a lot more that John will always be doing. I have a feeling you're going to be seeing him everywhere for the rest of the week. Kevin. Yes.

I hope so. Mr. Taffer, huge fan. The lovely lady on your right is five years cancer-free today. Yeah, today's her remission day. Yeah. A nice hug and a kiss from John Taffer. That's the best part of the day so far. The best part of my fucking life right now.

How wonderful is that? Thank you so much. So one of my dearest friends, Maria Menounos, had terrible brain cancer, and she's now fine. And her mom had brain cancer, and she's now fine. Wow. That's amazing. So congratulations. Thank you.

And I understand now why all the positive energy is coming out of you. Oh, thank you. I'm guessing that you had an innate ability to overcome this. I really appreciate that. And I can see that. There's a real positive energy to her. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. She's a fighter. I'm going to start crying. John Taffer is going to overcome this. I really appreciate that. And I can see that. There's a real positive energy to her. Yeah, for sure. She's a fighter.

I'm going to start crying. John Tapper is going to make me happy tears. I am very emotional. People don't achieve those kinds of things. Well, thank you. You know, disconnected

people don't achieve those kind of things. It speaks to a greatness within you. I really appreciate that. And I am aggressive, so you nailed that. So, I mean,

you're just winning all day today. Well, you were certainly aggressive about that. All right. Thank you, man. We appreciate it. When we come back winning all day today. Well, you were certainly aggressive about that. All right. Thank you, man. We appreciate it. When we come back after the break, we'll take some calls and we'll get into the rest of these topics before chicks in the office take over at 3 o'clock.

It's Clancy Casey and Karabas on Power 85. I see a red door and I want it painted black. No colors anymore. I don't like people who food shame. I'm not food shaming. I want to eat my Taco Bell. I want to eat my chicken fingers. Kevin. I don't want to be shamed.

I saw something this morning. You don't think that there's a difference between Taco Bell and real Mexican food? Not really. Have you been to Texas? I don't think that the money justifies the difference. Okay. That's a fair take. Have you been to a difference in dollar amount between good and bad makes no sense for mexican food

and melted that and tortilla this i like taco bell but if you tex-mex queso or tex-mex fajitas in comparison to taco bell is just not even close in texas though you can't eat this bullshit like you know melted cheese no no no it's, you know, melted cheese and shit. No, no, no, it's not. Not if you have like a real... Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake. Oh, shit. I was like, why are we talking about cakes right now?

It's Casey's cake. You knew it had to happen. I just have to say real quick, five years, cancer-free. You're in an awesome environment. You're doing a great job. And we are just so excited. She's going to happen. I just have to say real quick, five years cancer-free. You're in an awesome environment. You're doing a great job. And we are just so excited. She's going to cry. For every day that's going on.

Cry, Casey. It's just a beautiful moment. And we're just so happy to have you. So what better way to celebrate that than with a lovely cake? So congratulations, Casey. Really, congratulations. Roan, you're the first person to get me to cry in this building. Wow.

What a guy. Nobody better and more positive and more heartfelt to give it to you than Roan you're the first person to get me to cry in this building Wow what a guy Nobody better and more positive and more heartfelt To give it to you than Roan We had our group text going earlier What the hell is this Wait wait say it again Big day of accomplishments so we're Bringing cakes into the office

So congratulations to you, Jared, for being on Fox News last night. It's his first Fox News appearance. He was in Tommy Smokes' Instagram video, which made it on to the segment with Tommy Smokes. Oh my god. There you go. Congratulations. Both things are just equally

as important, so we had to get cakes. Thank you so much. Oh, that was fantastic. Jared is the cake arbiter of all things. Thank you. That was awesome. We were texting earlier, and Casey was like, I mean, I don't need it. I don't want a cake.

Like, oh, yeah, well, we're going to get cakes for People's Choice Awards and fucking World Series accomplishments, but we're not going to get a cake for the actual accomplishment of living five years cancer-free. Jared's going to be the kid for the rest of his life at this barstool place. It's like, oh, it's your son's birthday, but your daughter's going to be

upset, so you have to get the two presents. That's now Jared. I do that with my two-year-old and my one-year-old. We got to get one because they can't share. We got to get two for everybody. I mean, it is true. I was on Fox News last night. I was. Tell me the lie. Show me the lie. I was there. You just stole that

moment for me, Jared. How does that make you feel? I didn't ask for this. I didn't even know I was going to be on Fox News. But you went tomorrow. You'd be like, oh, my God, Casey got a cake for being cancer-free for five years. I've been cancer-free my whole fucking life. Where's my cake? It's true.

Definitely. I'm going on 30 years without cancer. I mean, I deserve six cakes. Let's go. Like, I'm more accomplished because I've been doing it for longer. That absolutely would have been a story. What does your cake say, Casey? Congratulations on being five years cancer free.

I mean, Roan's speech like that was like. I know, I know. See, Roan's one of those guys. I don't know if I trust him. He's always, he's always, he's always positive and nice. I've said that to his face. But nobody better to give a speech like that than him. I mean, he was the first person to ask me about my cancer on the radio.

So this is like all coming full circle. There you go. Congratulations on your cake, Jared. Hope you have a nice day. Why, why am I getting like angry, Casey? I didn't ask for this is like all coming full circle. There you go. Congratulations on your cake, Jared. Hope you have a nice day. Why am I getting like angry, Casey? I didn't ask for this cake. This cake just showed up. No, like in the group text this morning,

I was like joking because you made such a big deal about the cake all week. I was like, well, I want a cake. And then actually in parentheses right away, I was like, no, no, no. I actually don't need it. I don't need a cake for this. I was like, listen, I speak woman well enough

to know we're getting a cake. Oh, yeah. Oh, no. I mean, I actually did not expect a cake, but I really need a cake for this. Listen, I speak woman well enough to know we're getting a cake. Oh, yeah. Oh, no. I mean, I actually did not expect a cake, but I really appreciate a cake. And I'm starving, so now I'm just going to eat with my hands. We're having cake for lunch right here. Oh, yeah. That's fine.

Let's hit our break. When we come back, final segment of the day is the cake gang over here on Power 85. We'll be back. We'll be back. I'll see you next time.