Pardon My Take - Charles Barkley, Grit Week Has Begun, Mt Rushmore Of Things That Begin With G, Plus Happy Gilmore 2 Review

Episode Date: July 28, 2025

It’s Grit Week and we’re in Baltimore ready to hit the road. We’re crammed on the RV and recap our meet and greet with the Baltimore AWL’s. We talk some training camp news, Hank’s UFC review and other sports stories (00:00:00-00:22:25). Who’s back of the week including Jokic crying about his horses and more (00:22:25-00:34:33). Mt Rushmore of things that begin with G (00:34:33-00:53:02). Charles Barkley joins the show to talk Grit, what he expects with the switch to ESPN, his golf game, the Dream Team, getting soap stuck up his ass, Vaseline in his belly, gambling and tons more (00:53:02-01:36:02). We finish with a review of Happy Gilmore 2 (01:36:02-01:44:09)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/pardon-my-take

Hey, pardon my take listeners. You can find every episode on Apple podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime members can listen ad free on Amazon Music. On today's part of my take, it is grit week. We are in the RV and we have an all time interview with Charles Barkley. Probably I'll say it was a white whale and unbelievable interview. I'll say it was a white whale and unbelievable interview. Uh, wish it had gone for like six hours. The round mound of rebound. Yeah. He was incredible. He was as advertised. Yeah.

So, uh, really, really good interview. We're going to do the Mount Rushmore of words and start with G for grit, but grit is not allowed to be picked. Uh, we're going to talk about the weekend. Hank's got a UFC recap. We have a training camp. Terry might be a camp, uh, holding in, and then we're going to talk about the weekend. Hank's got a UFC recap. We have training camp. Terry might be a camp. Holding in.

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The best week of the year. We are in a weird setting, piled in here. Max is over my shoulder. I feel like I'm on a sitcom where he's like the guy who's just standing over my shoulder. He's leaning very cutely on the couch though. Like he's watching us like like you're doing great, sweetie Stop stop stop stop it love Baltimore though. Love Baltimore

Great city went to the Inner Harbor went down to Pussers Pussers Pussers bar saw a lot of AWLs This is the the meet-and-greet that we did today had the most babies that I've ever seen Yes, and one I think one guy said that he has a kid who was born on the day that part of my take debuted. Yeah. He's, uh, he didn't bring his kid. He was not, he's nine now. And I said that when he, if we do this for another 10 years, we'll hire him as an intern. Yeah, we have to do it. He, uh, also I'd say, I'm gonna buy that kid his first beer. It was the most, it was very Baltimore, most babies, most tattoos. Yeah. I think, I think we hit both those boxes. A lot lot of tattoos a lot of the pants the Ravens pants showed up big time today

Yeah, a lot of Orioles paraphernalia Orioles sneaky have like the best color scheme in baseball. Yes and logo. Yeah. Yeah So yeah, it's great being in Baltimore. We're gonna hit some training camps this week. We're on the RV What are you going about? It's not giggling I don't like Max. Can you? I was not giggling. I got eyes on him. All right. Because I don't trust him behind me.

Now I want it. Yeah. All right. So we're on the bus. We have Charles Barkley, which was so awesome. If you like stories about getting things stuck in your ass, getting things stuck in your belly button. I mean, it started off hot.

And shout out to Zach. Zach was Johnny on the spot for Charles. You'll hear it during the interview, but he misplaced something and Zach picked it up for him. Yes. I think I was happy to grab that for him. Also the way we got Charles on the show, we shout out Biz. He's our guy. Got me a mutual connection that I was able to talk to. And we also did a strategy where we're like, hey, so this was during Tahoe week. We sat on it for two weeks. We wanted to run it, but it was just like, we have to save it for Grit Week. He's the perfect guy. PFT and I were like, we got to just get in front of Charles Barkley because once we introduce ourselves, I think he'll do it. And we just went to the high limit room at

Harrah's and it was like a field of dreams thing where he, we just waited there for like 15 minutes and then he just appeared. I think he was even less than 15. I think it was like five or 10 minutes. He showed up, he started playing blackjack and he introduced himself to everybody in the room. He's like, Hey, I'm Charles. You can call me Chuck. To everybody in the room. Great guy. And me and Big Cat both took a same, we're like, Hey, we do the part of my take podcast. We're trying to get you on. And he goes, yeah, let's do it. And then just like moved on. Yeah. And I thought I was like, I don't know if he's going to actually do this, but credit to biz

biz also hit me up the day after and wanted to talk to me about what it was like to talk to Charles Barkley. That's how much he likes talking to Charles. He's like, so what was it like trying it for your first time? Yeah. You love it. It was once more. I want some more. It's like, so what was it like trying it for your first time? Yeah, you love it. It was more. I want some more It was like hunter Biden explaining crack. It was so good Yeah, it was in Krause soap here also shout out to Zack cuz at the meet and greet tonight We showed up Zack rolled in a little bit after us and Zack waited in line outside the meet and greet to get into your Own meet and greet. Yeah. Well, there was there's also like a restaurant situation going on. So you're not sure these people I saw the line from at posters pusses posters. Yes So the line was uh, you can see it inside. I wasn't sure if it carried outside. We did confirm that wasn't the line.

Yeah, we were sitting inside for like 20 minutes and I just get a text from Zach saying, Hey, I'm waiting in line. Yeah. You're part of the show. Back homes. Yeah, I love the Baltimore accent to the people that were coming up to us tonight. It's like the hardest to imitate unless you're from here, but it sounds so cool. So cool. Um, so yeah, awesome. Charles Barkley interview. Great week. Shout out Craig, by the way, that's Charles Barkley's friend who, uh, I did harass him over texts and in person, but he came through. So, uh, we're excited

for the AWL seat. That was, we should have had him on years ago. Hopefully we can have them on multiple times because we both, there's few interviews where we walk away Like smiling year to year. That's how I walked away from the Charles Barkley. It was great smiling ear to ear And I'll just say this Charles looks great. He does he looks he looks skinny. He looks really good Should we talk some sports some ball? Let's talk ball. Okay football's back football is bad guys. There's football this week There is football this week Terry's a camp. He's holding in. So that's a good, that's a good thing for you. It's gone from a holdout to a hold in. Uh,

he is there, but he's on the pup list cause he's got an ankle that he's dealing with. Okay. An ankle that I'm sure is a hundred percent of real injury and not just something that they're using as an excuse, but it sounds like both sides are in agreement. Terry's like, I'll come to camp, but don't make me practice. Give me a bogus injury. So they're both kind of playing ball. Okay. Right? That's good. My mission is when we go down to DC, I will personally sign Terry McLaurin. Okay. I'll personally sign him. Yeah. That's my mission on Tuesday.

Because we are. We're going to be in DC. We're doing Raven's camp. We're doing Commander's camp. We're doing Eagle's camp. I just love being a camp. Cause this is one of those things that it never gets old where we show up to these camps to do interviews. And then there's always like maybe 45 minutes where the guys have to set everything up and PFT and I get to just stand on the grass and just watch and smell. And it's fucking awesome.

It's great. Can I share a deep fear that I have? I told this to memes and pug earlier when we're getting ready to to fly out here I'm I've been very nervous about meeting Jayden about the handshake about the like very first interaction I've been running rehearsing it in my mind. I've been running through all the iterations I'm trying to figure out the perfect things to say to Jayden. It's very there's a lot going through my head if he goes pound I'll have to even think about I have to think about I would be pumped with a pound because you can't fuck up a pound Yeah, I know

Yeah, and then I wrap his fist in my hand. Are you going full DAP? Mike I'm thinking I'm gonna go three step DAP try to hug. Are you gonna? Want a hug it depends on how that goes You gotta do a hug, half hug. You gotta want a hug. It depends on how the gap goes. You gotta hug. I go three-step, tap, the clap, the twist, the pop. You just have to go off his movement. You can't decide any of this. Yeah, you also might want to, like, you should send, like, maybe Max goes first just so you

can see. You can get the scouting report. Max is not allowed to touch him. Okay, so maybe Hank goes first. Yeah, okay. So you get a scouting report, you're like, all right, he's going this way. Here's what we're doing. But he might see Hank and get bad vibes and not want to do the full map. All right, so Zach will go first. Yeah. Okay. So you get a scouting report. You're like, all right, he's going this way. Here's what we're doing. But he might see Hank and get bad vibes and not want to go first.

Zach can go first. What if he goes to shake my hand? And I have to, he's not going to shake your hand. He's going to see you coming a mile away. So I, so if he goes to shake my hand, I'm not allowed to, I'm not allowed to shake his hand. I just have to be disrespectful. You can shake his hand if he initiates, if he initiates, you're not allowed to touch him. Don't touch him. I'm the one who's saying he's a top five quarterback without a doubt. No questions asked. That is true. That's a good point. Yeah. But I was thinking about hitting him with a you to man. Okay. I respect you. I don't know what to say. Like I'm telling you, I'm very nervous about this. Huh? Is that a you to man? Yeah, I don't think so. You the man. That doesn't work. You demand

is not you shouldn't go you demand What's up with it? Just be like I love you You're coolin no just say you're just say I just whisper really softly. I love you. I Honestly thought about just saying I love you Why not or I respect you because if you can give you can go with no Don't do I respect you do. I love you. Fuck it, dude. Just go full send knows who you are I don't scare them off. I don't want to scare them off Yeah, just be like hey not be weird, but I love you. I'm gonna have to rehearse this I brought to the 3d goggles to sim because he likes the 3d thing to simulate in the games

I might just I'm gonna simulate meeting jaden daniels until I get it right. Okay So yeah that will come later this week. Should talk, what's going on with Christian Wilkins? All right. So I got a report on Christian Wilkins. Okay. So he, he got cut from the Raiders cut from the Raiders and then he has how many millions of dollars in salary, tons of millions that they already paid him that they're trying to get back. It was his signing most like 30 something million shitloads of millions. And apparently you can just get that money back if you're a team and you're not happy with how somebody progressed from their injury. But then the report came out today that there was a quote incident with a teammate that led to his release. And Christian Wilkins is a very good football player also has multiple times on camera, put his finger in people's butts. He's a big butt guy. Yeah. So the other... Josh Allen's dick once too. The report was... Is all on the field of play by the way. Sources within the team are being careful and won't leak many details. One says quote, it was weird. Like a very weird incident. So it sounds like it was a butt incident. It sounds like he put his finger in a butt. Reading between the cheeks on this this I think it is an asshole

Incursion I would I would say it feels it feels like it was a butt so cuz he's had There's like multiple I was looking below the report and there were just multiple instances of people like college yeah rose Fingers in butts latent finger in the asshole. Fingers all up in the butt. Checking the prostate. Now, Christian Wilkins is a good player. Is he penetrate your butthole and still be loud on a team good?

I don't think he is. Depends on the price. Like if Aaron Donald stuck his fist up somebody's ass. You got to be able to handle it. You look the other way. It's every, yeah. He can do anything. He can put his whole face in your ass.

Yeah, but if you're injured you can't be doing no You can't know if you're if you're in the tub, you can't be putting your finger in people's butts No, no. All right that that was a story We also just have varying degrees of this quarterback stinks or this thing, you know, Aaron Rogers highlights Caleb Williams highlights everyone freaking out. It's still very early in training camp. Yeah. Remind everyone. We also have a very funny just wrinkled that, well, it's not funny. Matthew Stafford is out for a while because his back. The funny part is Devante Adams is on the Rams and excited to be on the Rams. And now his quarterback is Jimmy G. And if you remember correctly, he basically was like, I need to get the fuck away from Jimmy G.

Yep. He can't quit him. So the wide receiver Netflix show is just Devonte Adams being like, Jimmy G is trying to get me killed. I need to get out of here. Yeah. And he just went all roads lead back to Jimmy G. I think that it's probably Sean McVeigh and Matt Stafford having a handshake agreement. Matt Stafford being like, I want to play again, but I'm old, So please don't make me play in training camp all the time. And Sean being like, yeah, okay. I understand. Yeah, absolutely. It makes perfect sense. Um, also Kenny Pickett got a hammy. I saw that. So that's sound to fourth. Yeah. The Browns quarterback situation changes a little. Yeah. I, right now I have a Flacco number one again on my Cleveland Browns

quarterbacks. I think, I think Flacco starts the regular season. I would agree. I mean, it doesn't, it's, if Kenny's hurt, they're not going to start to know should or I feel like should or isn't third Dylan Gabriel's in second. Yeah, absolutely. And they, they would rather have Joe Flacco start and let Dylan Gabriel learn a little bit. Yeah, absolutely. Um, all right. Oh, also Malik neighbors hated Daniel Jones. Yeah. On belief. That was pretty clear. He had a, uh, interview where he, he was talking about having, uh, it's nice to have a true leader in the locker room over and over. So, and James Winston also as a true leader, he said that,

uh, he's not an outcome based quarterback. Yeah. Which is, uh, you think basically like, yeah, if his interception, it's like, was the process correct? Yeah, it's about getting there. Right. It's about the journey, not the destination. Yeah. I was about to say shout out to their couple of AWS. There's two AWS with I'm getting their shirts out. We apparently sold and probably need to put back on sale. Absolutely have to. Those are hot. What is that a reference to again?

Go ahead So I'm getting there. You know that we is read the tweet. I read it You know what? Do you know what tweet you're looking up? I'm searching Ray Allen. I'm getting there. I'm searching it right now while you're looking for it. We've We've talked some love about Maryland in Baltimore. Yeah I? I'm just looking through my bookmarks. I don't know why I bookmark this, but it is funny because we're appropriately in Maryland right now. It's from Cumwizer.

Okay. Is the Twitter account. It's a great new kind of beer. Cumwizer. He said, and again, this is all love to Maryland, but this is a funny tweet. I have to read it. Maryland is the most pathetic state shape ever. Like, oh yeah, no, I don't need a lot of land. I'll just take your scraps.

That's fine. I'll take this fuck ass area and I don't need anything else. Sorry for bothering you type shit. I'd be embarrassed to be proud to be for. Yeah. I mean, it is funny when you look at a map, they just cut the shit. They cut the fuck out of Maryland. They cut it up. They carved that shit up. You know what the most cut part of Maryland is? It's on the Eastern shore. When you look at that and then Delaware takes half the Eastern shore. And then at the bottom, dude, Virginia is just like, Oh yeah, we got this too. I'm gonna need that, that bottom. They got cucked. Yeah. Okay.

Whatever you say, Virginia, take your scraps. That's fine. I'll take this fuck ass area. I think they're talking about the Western part. That's a true fuck ass area in the Western part. That's just like a little piece. And it's just such a funny state shape because it's a straight line up top. And then it just, they just got cucked on everything. Big time. And, and the district of Columbia too. They took that right out of Maryland. Sure. Oh Cumwizer. All right, ready? You want the full thing? Yeah, all right. Yes sir, okay, I got you.

It's, I'm getting there. When you masturbate, think about my tongue on your clit and switching back and forth from dick to my tongue. Nice. That's from Sugar Ray 20, Ray Allen. Ray Allen, great tweet. I like how too, when you had to find it, it's just a tweet of me tweeting it out. What was it like when you ran into Ray Allen at Tahoe, Big Cat?

Not really warm. Really? Well, he gave me like a, I was like, hey, we're trying to get you on Pardon My Take and he was like, oh cool. I'll tell my people. And then I texted Josh, our great booker. I was like, Hey, I saw Ray Allen. He said that he'd be down to come on. And then he like 20 minutes later, he's like, yes, cool. I'll tell my people. And then I texted Josh, our great booker. I was like, hey, I saw Ray Allen. He said that he'd be down to come on.

And then like 20 minutes later, he's like, yes, people just passed again. Yeah. Smart move. Yeah. But also not a smart move, because kind of like the tennis pod, if Ray Allen came on, the tweet would basically be done.

If we joked about it with him, he would kill it. He would kill it. Yeah. Like, that's the beauty of the show, is you could just kill a joke like that. The tennis pod is probably going to have Ray Allen on. Yeah. They're probably going to get him.

Oh, oh, oh. Oh. I got one more piece of breaking news. OK. Breaking news. T-t-t-t-t-t-t-t. Ben Simmons, one of the most sought after free agents on the market, is expected to sign with the Boston Celtics, league sources say.

Oh, wow. As first report on part of my take, Boston has been engaged in pursuit of Simmons since the start of free agency sources said that's the Aria report. Hank. Max. I don't think this is I don't think this is real. Are you saying you don't trust the Aria report? That is kind of what I'm saying. That sounds anti-Semitic. That's crazy. That is that He has 15,000 followers.

Is this the same guy as Material Change? No. Who is that? That was a different Ari, wasn't it? Shams has not said a single thing about this. I feel like that might be just the same guy. He just popped up in the head. He might be a different Ari.

He was reporting NBA news? I don't know. I don't know if it's the same Ari or not, because I feel like that Ari is still online. If this is Material Change guy, this rules. Just keep swinging, keep swinging dude because he was he had the worst. What was it? What was it? Yeah, kawaii So congrats on Ben Simmons, I would be excited for Ben Simmons. I don't I'm around with Max I don't think this is like a hundred percent different. I think it's it's probably 25% true. He's just trying to be first Okay, but there's four teams interested

I think it's probably 25% true. He's just trying to be first. Okay, but there's four teams interested Four to six teams per the aria report got it Hank while we're well while you have the mic here UFC report. Yeah a lot of great fights. I Have one main takeaway. Mm-hmm Sharaputin Magomedov is The greatest UFC looking fighter of all time. He looks like an angry leprechaun the best UFC fighter in the world. The best UFC fighter in the world. The best UFC fighter

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in the world. The best UFC fighter in the world. The best UFC fighter in the world. The best UFC fighter in the world. The best UFC fighter in the world. The best UFC fighter in the world. The best UFC fighter eyes. We'll show you the guy's eye. It was it was it was more than black and blue. Look like he got he looked like a tire pump put underneath his eyelid and it happened almost instantly. Ready for this Hank? It is a very violent now. Hank doesn't like violence but he loves UFC. What? Oh yeah. That's pretty crazy. It's also crazy because if you see the actual clip it happened Like he got hit he went down by the time he was standing up. You could see it actually blow up like in Real-time it happened in a matter of seconds Gross great fights though. Yes always your TV. Yeah, that's a great recap. Thank you

Yeah, what was it was the atmosphere like Saturday night when you're watching those fights? Uh, you know, I, I like to wait until the all 22 comes out so I can, you know, get the, get the view from my eye in the sky. So I wasn't actually watching. That was a trick question. I was trying to trap you into it because it was Saturday during the day. Right. But you still haven't seen it. Hank, what about the Red Sox band wagon train? Yeah. Can you tell me what happened this week? We were

beating the Dodgers when we walked into the mean greed. I did not check if we won. We'd be the Dodgers. Yeah, we're good. Yeah. And Aaron judges hurt, but not that hurt, but a little hurt to the point that John Carlo might be warming up

to play some outfield, which is so funny. And then Aaron judge just deaching. Yeah, they're not going to. They're not going to shut him down, right? He's going to keep hitting. They're going to try some outfield, which is so funny. And then Aaron Judge just de-h-ing? Yeah. They're not gonna shut him down, right? He's gonna keep hitting?

They're gonna try. I think they're gonna wait a week or so to revisit. Okay. But Giancarlo playing the outfield is what we all want. That is what we need, yeah. Yeah, we absolutely need that. It also was Hall of Fame weekend for Major League Baseball. Yeah, what happened to Ichiro's speech?

I don't know. I don't know, I just saw a bunch of clips of it. I didn't know it was Hall of Fame weekend until C of it. I didn't know his hall of fame weekend until uh, CC's, his bat. He got stuck on the side of the highway. That was it. That was like, oh, he was like, anyone going to Cooper's town can help me out. And I was like, oh, it must be hall of fame weekend. I like that. Each row of cracks joke, shares wisdom and calls out loan voter in national baseball hall of fame speech. Nice. Also, we had our AWL Nick Kurtz with maybe the greatest game of all time. I'd say probably the best offensive game

in baseball history. 19 total bases. Four home runs. Four home runs, six for six, eight RBIs, or no, how many RBIs did he have? Even more than that, I think. He went single, home run, double, he went single home run double home run home run Home run for home runs just insane crazy. We got to your Dallas Braden on the call. That was nice

Say his name was his name again Say it fast Nick Kurtz. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, is that okay? Yeah, that's good Why would you say I like to say Nicholas Kurtz? Okay, just be safe Nick Kurtz. Yeah, just be safe. Nick Kurtz. Yeah. Just be safe. Are you trying to do like a Steve? Yeah, yeah. That's kind of like, it's not exactly. I don't think it, I don't think it's the same. It's close. It's close. You're right. With eight RBI is by the way. Nine. You know, you said you were right. Eight with eight. Yeah. Eight.

I think you have nine. I'm looking at it. And he's wrong. He's a rookie, which is crazy. And if you look at how he's been hitting since like, I the first month that he was in Major League Baseball wasn't great. But since then, he's like the best hitter in Major League Baseball. Yeah. In the entire league. Yeah. Um, all right. Do we have anything else before we do who's back and then we'll do Mount Rushmore. All right, let's do it. And then we have Charles Barkley. Awesome interview. Who's back of the week? Brought to you by our friends at Truly Truly Unruly is the high elk hard seltzer that drinks light, but parties hard. Truly Unruly is a hard seltzer that breaks all the rules with 8% ABV. It hits hard, but still tastes amazing. Comes in four fresh flavors. Tropical Twist, Berry Blast, Citrus Crush, Strawberry Smash, the Truly Hard Seltzer taste you love, the high-alch unruliness you're looking for. It's the official hard seltzer, pardon my take. Get unruly today with Truly. Truly was the reason we were out there

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that's because of corn sweats. That's what it's called. Yeah. I love corn. It's basically like the meat sweats, but when it's humid, you can just blame the corn. So the hot one. So the core really hot. What was it about the corn? What is it about it? Yeah. That made it hot in Chicago. Uh, corn sweat is crops releasing vapor that soaks the atmosphere and turns the outdoors into a steam trap. So it's basically like, you know, the board is stuck in our own, the corn turns the earth into a sauna. So polar vortex steam room, but for corn, it was a

cornhole. Yeah, trapped in the cornhole. That was a that was good thinking on your feet. Thank you. Yeah. Well, I was thinking about your sharp right now. It's been really hot. And it's like, this can't be normal. And it's like, Oh, this must be the corn. So yeah, it was. I'll tell you what I I alluded to at the beginning of the show, but like after Charles Barkley, we're gonna do Happy Gilmore to review. And I know Hank has some good takes.

Very good. Some really good. Well, yeah, I just know from what PFT has been spoiled me. I've been waiting. I've been waiting on it. We spoiled it. Yeah, it's not citizen Kane. I'm not telling you that Rosebud was the slide. You didn't watch. I was our homework. It was not our homework. I started. I started watching it and then so you didn't watch UFC or Happy Gilmore. I watched Happy Gilmore one. I watched how we get more one. Okay. Greatest movie of all time. You don't want to be lost during Happy Gilmore to

it. It came on and like I you know, I'll watch it eventually but the the intro being the exact same. I was like, I just want to watch Happy Gilmore 1. Like when it started with the same music and voiceover stuff. When did you watch Happy Gilmore 1? On Friday night. Oh really? Wait, wait, wait. I started to watch Happy Gilmore 2. This is insane. This is crazy. You started to watch Happy. And I was like, I'm just gonna get mad. I want to just enjoy a movie. And Happy Gilmore 1 is the funniest movie of all time. All time. You might be the only person in America that did that.

No, I actually think there might be a couple people who have done it. After the opening scene? Yeah, there were some people who were mad about Happy Gilmore 2. But after the opening... I just knew it was gonna be a repeat. I'm like, why shouldn't I just watch the first one?

It's gonna be a repeat? The beginning narration was literally the same song, same voiceover, same thing. It's like, all right, this movie, which I'm assuming is how it goes, is like a pretty similar story to the first one. It's a remix. I'm going to watch it.

But once again, you guys are spoiling shit for me. Right now, Hank, right now you're spoiling our upcoming review of Happy Go More 2. True. True. All right, good who's back? Thanks. I have two who's backs. All right. Uh, first who's back is Hank and Mount Rushmore season. Great performance last week. Yeah. But you let's get real. You nailed that top to bottom. Good work. You mean on just Friday, on Friday show. Yeah. Yeah. Great. You You said last week Friday was last week. Got it Yeah, there was more than just Friday. I'm talking Friday great work by Hank Star Championship DVD

You say your lips to God's ears mother whose back of the week is Philly sports fans Good sports town and it travels that was in Yankee Stadium, right? There was a video of playing against the Yankees How to two fans allegedly? Having a having a great time at the old ball game together. Just, uh, he was saying we're number one peanuts and crackers. Jack's just given her, he was given the Bronx salute. Yeah. He was telling her fastball down the middle. It was the Bronx salute. It might've been a little bit low for Bronx salute. And she really thought that he was getting the spirit of the game. And

you love to see two kids go out to a ballgame Like that enjoying themselves love his love and feel Philly fans love love. Mm-hmm Brotherly love that's not me. I'm brotherly that wasn't brother maybe like stepmotherly love Love love is love. Love is love, but they had a great time at the old ballgame That's what we like to see sports fans. Yeah, who says baseball's dead. Not us not us not us never All right I had a couple whose backs first is yokich the video of yokich crying after his horses one so good so fucking good I

Would you be pissed if you're a nuggets fan like a little bit a little bit, but it's also so funny But it's also so funny. But it's good to see him expressing that emotion about something. Yeah, the way I put it was Jokic, he just rocks because he loves horses more than anything. And then in the horse off season, he's like, I'll win a couple of MVPs.

Yeah, it's his hobby. Yeah, he would rather, it's almost like, I gotta go pay the bills and win an MVP and be the best basketball player in the world. Yeah, I mean- But I almost like I got to go pay the bills and win an MVP and be the best basketball player in the world. Yeah, I mean, I really want to be back with my horses. It was abundantly clear that he cares more about his horse winning races than he does about winning NBA championships. But he also cares a lot about winning NBA championships. And he's very good at that, too. Yes. So just let Yokech be Yokech. He loves the card horses, too, which is I don't

think it's as much. It's just a Serbian thing.. Yeah. You know what I would not do though, if I were a nuggets fan is shame him for this. No, because that's just going to push them away. Agreed. I think nuggets fans just have to become just as big of a horse fans as Yoke is big time agree. Like build, build a fucking world class horse racetrack in Denver and then maybe Yoke, it will be more attached to your city. Yeah. He can't leave. Yeah. Also I saw there was a, I think LeBron posted something with Jokic's agent. Did you see that? I'm going to look in the Instagram. Maybe it was, was it a, hold on, I'll find it. It was, so it's not what you think of like LeBron and Jokic teaming up. It was, oh, so his, so Jokic's agent posted something with LeBron and said the

summer 2025 is a perfect time to make big plans for the fall of 2026. It was him, Maverick Carter and LeBron. So you'd initially think, oh, this is LeBron trying to team with Jokic. It's, I think the threatened league that people are talking about new basketball league because he's a big agent in Europe and he's got like all the Euro ball. So interesting. Do you see what do you see what Luca tweeted out today? What do you say? There's a tournament of one on one basketball that's gonna be going across the country this summer. Okay, that would be awesome to watch. Summer's over. Yeah. Well, no, August. That's going to be going across the country this summer. Okay. That would be awesome to watch. This

summer's over. Yeah. Well, no. August. It's like July 31st into August. This summer's over. Hank knows it. Hank knew it. He said when grit week starts, Hank knows summer's over. Yeah, football's back. Football's so back. Yeah. Yeah. You're excited

for it. Uh also Mario uh, who got caught by Princess Peach. Nintendo announced. Was it? What? Do we talk about this on Friday? No, I saw that report. It came out on Friday. Big report.

Oh, Hank, I forgot you just weren't on Earth for the last three days. Nintendo released what? This was a big story. It was. Nintendo released a statement on Princess Peach's relationship with Mario and said they're good friends and help each other out whenever they can. 40 years of that total friend zone white knight bitch.

Very sad. Very sad for Mario. You think Luigi was smashing? No, Luigi smashing the other one. Daisy, Daisy, Daisy. And Mario is not all up in Daisy's guts. Nothing for Mario. Yeah. Daisy. Daisy. Daisy. Daisy. And Mario is not all up in Daisy's guts. Nothing for Mario. Yeah. Nothing for Mario. Mario. How many times does he have to save her? I can't believe I missed

that. It is funny though. It was like, it was going viral for a while on Friday. Did you hear about the aliens? I did. I did hear about the aliens. Did you see Dante Jones pick his butt? Nope. Yeah, that was crazy video my former teammate Yeah What else did you miss Shane Victorino play versus Vanna bananas? That's fun again. That's fun. Yeah, what else did Hank maybe miss? Shaq fucking hates Rudy go bear. Yep. Yeah. Yeah, that's that's that's been known. Did you?

Trump's caddy dropping a ball. That's very funny. That's also like I class if you're if you're a person of money or power, like you have to have a caddy doing that. Why would you ever hit out of the bunker? That's like the like just I would love to just have someone just going in front of me all the time. You're like, found it right in the fairway. His course. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

OK, Zach, do you have a who's back for us? I do whose back force? I've got a quick one this week I never been touched on the video game stuff a little heavier So I will brought my horizons, but this is a pretty notable they had a EWC this last weekend Are you familiar with the WC? Yeah, I Sports World Cup out there and saw yeah Definitely thought you meant yeah, it uh, so it's the Saudis So Kaat champs I would say is the biggest tournament of the year

We when you said you were broadening your horizons. This is not I I was like a I'm gonna brought future Before I'm gonna brought broaden them. This just felt notable. Yeah Listen, you got a report on what you got to report. I appreciate that but I will broaden them I promise. Yeah, but uh optic the green wall was able to defeat Vancouver again To trophy-raising ceremonies at the end of the year for this title of Bo six Game was it black ops six black ops six. Yeah, that's huge So optic is just wiping this shit out of everybody else right now, right? Oh, yeah seasons over What a turnaround beginning the year didn't look too, and they just finished off just taking out heads.

Can I, I'm gonna say something right now, and we're a team of Mount Rush Rush. So this is outside of Mount Rush Rush. This is separate, this is off the field. This is separate. Would you say I've been fair with you? More than fair. Would you say I've been firm with you?

More than firm. Okay, do you think I could be firmer? Get as firm as you'd like, sir. All right, I'm gonna be, I'm gonna get real firm with you. I'm gonna get firm. OK. Do you think I could be firmer? Get as firm as you like, sir. All right. I'm going to get real firm with you. I'm going to get firm but fair. I don't want to hear another thing about video games from you until you start streaming for us.

I won't say another thing about video games. I promise. That's a deal. No, no. You don't understand what I said. OK. You can start streaming tomorrow, and then you can talk about it all you want.

I got you. That's what I'm looking for. Just not another word. I'm doing more of a I want you to start streaming tomorrow and then you can talk about it all you want. I got you. That's what I'm looking. Just not another word. I'm doing more of a, I want you to start streaming. Okay. So it's like, I gotta take something away to get you to do the thing that we want you to do. I can do that for you.

The people want to see you streaming video games. The thing is I'm not the best big guy in full transparency. No, it doesn't matter. Exactly. It doesn't matter. Exactly. So for the stream gaming, I either have the mouthpiece or the game and ability. You have the mouthpiece. I got a lot of, I got a lot of dead air and then not first stream game, you either have the mouthpiece or the or the game and ability I'm have them out. I got a lot of mouthpiece. I got a lot of dead air and then not the best

That was old Zach news that with his fresh new haircut, okay I got this so just so we're clear you understand I want you to keep talking about video games But but because you're stream I can do that for you. Yeah, I will be there with fair No, yeah, you'll be good means gonna walk you through it. He's got you. We got his team boys Yeah, yes, but you are you are the you never walk alone. You are the liver. Pardon my take Same thing. Let's walk boys All right, good job again don't know what you just said Yeah, it was umic One Saudi Arabia.

So they want to Cod live. It is Cod live. That's a perfect way to explain it. It's Cod live. It's the Saudis getting in, dropping money. Yeah, they can wear shorts while they do it. Co-pred shorts out there. Okay.

Is it Cod but louder? What's up? Is it Cod but louder? There was some interference by the crowd that they're trying to figure out, but the crowd like sells some different things for the game. It's not very good. Got it. Got it I've got chirping other guys trying to defuse bombs. It's a whole thing in Saudi Arabia in Saudi Arabia. Okay Okay, let's do our Mount Rushmore. It's presented by hey dudes. I'm actually wearing my hey dudes right now same same

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So we're doing it in honor of grit, but grit cannot be picked Who is up first? I'm feeling very uncomfortable Yeah, he was doing this earlier too. What? No, I was not. Yeah, you were this is this is this is gonna be an honor game I'm not even gonna look at you guys. Okay, I'm just gonna I'm just gonna look at my boy memes here All right, so who's up first? Pft's got the ball. All right, let's go Hank. I love our list. Love our list. We're hot. All right on three for three number one We're taking game sevens. Hmm

Okay first overall Memes look like I just did something terrible. No, it's good. That's a great pick. It's great pick. It's great pick. Great pick What about games have two best words in the English language or what game sevens What about that would mean that game is one of the best words sports podcasts and the best two words and sports are Game seven game seven. Yeah Okay, wait, I can't get my Well, we don't have Wi-Fi on this bus, which I didn't. I didn't realize we didn't tether. I was tethered and then I thought I could go

to my phone to see what I sent and now I'm screwed. Do you have the list? I'm texting to you right now. Okay. Text me the numbered list right now. Yep. Oh no, we have our one one that we're going to pick, right? Is a pick? Yes. Oh, okay. Yeah. We're gonna go with grid iron. Can't do football without grid iron. Good pick. Grid iron. Okay, we are gonna go. I'll never fully understand about that. Same page. The grid iron is like a shape. You texted me. Yep. It's an iron and it looks

like the football field. Grid iron. Uh we're gonna the reason that we had that reaction earlier because we were shocked that Hank didn't pick this. We're going to... the reason that we had that reaction earlier, because we were shocked that Hank didn't pick this, we're going to go with golf. Okay. Good pick. Yeah. And then... You love golf.

Yeah, I'm a huge golfer myself. Mame shot an 82 yesterday. Mame shot an 82 yesterday. Golf will be our first and girls will be our second. Oh, girls. Oh. Girls. What age?

Like under 18. What age is girls? Are you girls? Not women. Is girls now a age group? Yeah. Oh yeah. There's women who are in there. Girls. That is not not true at all. That's yikes. Girls. Yikes. I want to apologize to everyone who's tuned in for the Charles Barkley interview. We don't know this guy. Max, he's on a flight log. Girls. You guys can try and do this. That is just not how this works at all. Have a question. What college football team do you root for again?

That doesn't make sense. That doesn't make sense. So yeah, that doesn't make sense. The answer is offensive. That didn't make sense. Go Hank. You're up, Hank. You don't think it was. No, we love girls. You know, I love girls.

Is your mom a girl or a woman? She's girl. Mom's a lady. They are synonyms. Oh, lady. Women. Yeah. Ladies. Lazy. Pick Zach. That would have been a good one for L L words. Okay. Don't get upset. But like there's, there's, they call, they call girls young women. They don't call girls old girls. Yeah. Good point. They don't call women old girls. That's an outstanding point. Yeah right. No you can't argue with that. Okay I think we go with our plan right stay strong don't break. Number

34 there right. 34 yes yeah we didn't know late edition. It was late edition. Uh, we're to go with uh guitars Okay, all right good pick. Yeah, I mean this you know, pft I get a lot better than girls guitar solo on the list, but yeah guitars guitars rock Everything to music. Shout out to mercy. Yeah, I just by the way, I looked up girls in the dictionary Mm-hmm a female child or adolescent. Oh no. And the example was a six year old girl. Oh no. Oh no. It's just interesting. Okay.

Yikes. So, whew. Hank, just remember when you're voting. You got the ball. I got the ball. He's got the ball. You felt strong about this one, but I like whatever you like.

Okay. Can't go wrong with that list. we're going to go with gold gold okay good element yeah great pick next pick we're going to go with green, okay great Yeah, I know we might late tonight but at the very I was no Know the thing we said on the way out when we're like fuck. This is great Our next pick is guys being dudes Okay, what's better than that? Give me an example sack work Max is not included in guys being do yes. He's boys being these guys being felons. Yeah

You guys like guys being dudes max you like you like guys being dudes? Or do you? You can talk about girls more. Everybody calm down. What's your favorite age of girl, Max? Give us, give us one answer to that. Give us one answer to what your favorite age of girl is. Can you give us one? We're going to go away. Oh, you can't even give us one! I mean, you guys are just... This is just rage bait. I'm not taking the bait. If you say 25, it's a woman. I'm not taking the bait. If you say 25, it's a woman.

I'm not taking the bait. Max is not mad. You can't say my favorite girl age is 25. Yes, you can. No, you can't. That's not a girl. That's a woman. That...

They are synonyms. No, I just read you the... Yes, they are. I read you the definition. They are. They're not. You're a fucking pedo. Dating apps, does it go like men, women? Zach, Zach, this isn't you.

Keep going, Zach. Yes, no, that is him. That's part of our meeting. Why would you answer his question? Yeah. Because this is range made. I'm not taking the bait. He answered the question.

Just give me one favorite age of a girl. What your favorite age of a girl is. I will not. I am not answering the question. Why, why is there a bank? I don't have to answer the fucking question! Why is there a bank called Boys to Men? If their synonyms wouldn't it be the same thing? Really good point.

Really good point. We're gonna go with Grand Theft Auto. Nice one. Good pick. Max, what's your favorite? We literally made our company off of saying Saturdays are for the boys. Yeah, that's different. Well, yeah, because that's way different. That was the exact synonym.

That's us acting like just gays. You guys are going to act like boys. You just gave that synonym. No, we're acting like boys. You just gave that synonym. You don't understand what Saturdays for girls are. No. No, yeah.

Matt, I think that's correct. Yes. Busting with the boys is a shi- Dude, you're acting like a boy. You are just saying barstool things. Yeah, no, no, yeah You're you're wrong Dude, we're talking about acting like boy when you act like a boy. That's like we're doing fucking like childish shit Yeah, when you say I like girls, we all say, Ooh, yeah. You sound like lane Maxwell, Max. Is that your next bit? He's lane. Are you okay? Take it. Take it. I mean, why don't you stand for something and just take it. Just go full Epstein and take it. Take just lane. Get the pedal vote.

We did that one. We just girls. That's it. You guys. You guys thought girls. No, I did not have very great that now is a fourth. We all said good pick. Max.

That's a great big. I think Max. Thank you. Grant the thought of better picked in girls. That was confirmed. No, that's definitely. We're going to take it. The Godfather. Okay. Okay. All right. Okay. Grant the thought of better picked than girls confirmed. No We're gonna take it the godfather. Mmm. Okay. All right. Okay

It's a godfather Parentheses movie. Oh, no, you didn't parentheses movie parentheses movie Okay We're gonna take we're gonna take a pic with parentheses as well then. I don't want... We don't need the parentheses. We do not need... We need the parentheses on ours. Nine? Yeah. We would like to take... Ooh, are we next? Yeah, no, we're next. Okay. We would like to take Gorilla, parentheses, Harambe. No. Why? So now you're out on parentheses? I think you can take Gorilla's. Alright, fine. Then we won't take it.

We won't take it. That's fine. I mean gorillas are pretty cool. Yeah King of the jungle Okay We can't blow up here this is where we blow up I'm thinking 14 and 12 44 is pretty good To like 16? Three?

No. 28. We really want to take Gorilla Slit, parentheses Harambe. All right. 28? All right. Would...

No. No. Can I, I'm going to say it because you guys are not going to take it. It is not our pick, but Zach has been wanting me to take gushers the entire time. I told him that's a great honorable mention. Yeah, no, it's a great honorable mention.

Mount Rush, when we were walking into the RV, he goes, just think a little bit more about gushers. Okay. We're, we're stuck. We're stuck. we're stuck. We're not stuck. What about? What do you got, what do you got? No, wait, I mean.

No, you can't find it. That's true, that's very true. Our last pick is going to be what? What do you think? No, you got this, you got this. Take the rock, take the rock. I just threw it to the rim, slam it down. This. You got to say what you were thinking. Okay, you I'm thinking you go the G pick Right. No, no, no you say what you were thinking

All right, we would like to take no no don't say no Okay, what do you think about? Yeah, do it all right go we would like to take Guy Fieri. Yes. Okay. We love guys. Yep Love Guy Fieri. That's good. It's strong. That's we didn't break. Gosh, yours would have been interesting I I think it would play a little bit, but it's definitely risk All right, our last pick. Mm-hmm God Yep, God. Great pick.

Big man upstairs. Almost took Jesus Christ with a G. But God. Shout out to God. I mean. The greatest of them all. Literally. Heavenly Father. Most praise.

We had it on the list. Big ups. Yeah. Without God, Mount Rushmore doesn't exist. We were thinking about taking Gravity at one point. That's a good one. Yeah. We almost took with our last pick,

we almost took girlfriends, which would have played, I think. And we almost took girl on girl porn. Yeah. That would have been so good. Lizzy's. Yeah. Goal Grand Slam Grand Slam Grand Slam. Yeah. I said gumbo. Yeah. I had gumbo on the list. Yeah. The G spot. We had that as well. Ganja. Yeah. Gas Grizzly bear. Great white shark. Yeah. Gruden Gretzky. Good picks. Google. Google. Google.

G unit. Game shows. Nothing better than a nice gong. Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google Google No one thought about taking guns. Glocks. I had Glocks on the list. Memes, yeah, Memes, I almost just went full all different areas and gone guns, gays, and God as our first three. That would have been so confusing. Instead you went with girls. I think that was a Warren Zevon song. Instead you went with underage girls? That is not what guacamole. He has the word underage women ever been said no

You just said girl on girl porn. That was an honorable So honorable mention getting laid G-spot, you know, he said G-spot. You always said G-spot. Yeah. Grandparents. Yeah. Gas. Gas is good. Gasoline and gas, what the kids call it.

Yep. And farting. Garage fridge. It's nothing better than a garage fridge. Garage fridge is good. Where you just keep all your beer. Guinness. Garage.

Yeah, garage. Gold Line stand. That's good. The best. The best. Get up. Yeah. garage. Yeah, garage. Goal line stand. That's good. The best. The best. Get up. Yeah. Yeah. Grill cheese. Good pick. Grilled cheese is a miss.

Godzilla. Godzilla. Godzilla minus one. Godzilla fellow. These are honorable. Godzilla minus one. What did you once you rip off a couple of yours? Graphic t-shirts. Yeah. Jello ball. Yeah. GPS. Oh, that's actually who's back to you little mellows tattoo. Yeah, the feet.

That's hot. Cheeto crazy. Anyone have GIFs or gifts? Yes. Zach said that. What's your favorite gift of it? Rotates. It does.

Nick Cage. Okay, that's right. I like the Jack Nicholson from Cage. Okay, that's right. Jack Nicholson from anger management when he's smiling. That's a good one. Yeah. Verbal gift. Verbal gift. Or Kramer. Giddy up.

That's a good one. Alright, easy. Or Shania Twain. It's not the Mount Rushmore of N, Hank. Okay. What was it? Not the Mount Rushmore of what? The letter N. And so I'm Michael Richards over here. Would make griddle I played. What's up?

Played wouldn't make griddle. I know it's not the pre for all of them. I don't think so. They use it for every Gordita crunch. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Leave out the for every Gordita crunch. Yeah. Oh, Gordita. Yeah. Leave out the crispy. The cheese. Yeah. The cheesy. Yeah. Crunch. Yeah. Um, grapes, gumbo, great. You're good. Gumbo said goats. Pretty good list. Goat cheese. Pretty good. Goat cheese. Not a big goat cheese. Goat cheese. You guys like goat cheese? Not a big goat cheese. Goat cheese is good in salad. Greg Olson, George Kittle. Shout out to our boys. This one got turned down. Oh, green

lights. Green lights are great. Green lights are great. Yup. Green lights are great. Guts, the show. Do you have it? Guts. What'd you say? This one got turned down for max grandparents. Oh, yeah PFT said that well we said it. Yeah Galaxy the galaxy the galaxy the Milky Way galaxy fucking sick. I'm grateful best Gash Gilmore Gash you got Gilmore girls. Oh man Gilmore guys the podcast guys the podcast Fuck yes, pretty good guys, the podcast. Fuck yes. Pretty good. Groot, the superhero. Oh, wait, who? Groot. I am Groot.

I'm aware of my friends. Guardians of the Galaxy. I watch Guardians of the Galaxy. Great. Great movie. I love to talk about Groot from. Despicable Me, also another great G. Yeah, good G. Great. He kind of runs the minions, you know, he is the Overseer of the menus the ringleader of the minions. That's gotta be a sick arsenal to have. Yeah Strapped who do you got? It's I'll say this

So we've been doing this on grit week on RV, if I remember correctly, the two memorable moments from the RV is Max not liking titty fucking and liking girls. And look at that chick. Look at that chick with straw. Yeah, put those together. So you don't like titty fucking and you like girls. That wasn't Grit Week though, that was Beer Olympics. No, I'm talking about just the RV, yeah.

Yeah, but if you put those- I'm done participating in this conversation. No, titty fucking. I'm done. I'm just waiting in this conversation. I will not. I will not raise my voice. No, you didn't get rage. That's no at all. Me just kept telling me he was like, relax, relax. It's fine. Just give me the mic. Just try to try to take the fuck. You didn't even know we picked GTA. Yeah. You blacked out GTA. All right. It's time for Charles Barkley. Let's do it.

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So we start every Grit Week with the same question. Yes. Charles Barkley is our guest, the man, the myth, the legend. Let's start with what does the word grit mean to you? Good question. I think it's just your competitive nature. Like talent is different for everybody. The notion that everybody's gonna be

on the same talent level. When I see grit, I think about TJ McConnell. Like just like that dude gives you everything he's got. And that's all you can ask for any player. I think me as a former player, an announcer and a fan, I hate when you can see people just half assing it. You know, we're the luckiest people in the world to get paid a ton of money to do something stupid.

You know, bless all these guys, but we're the luckiest people in the world to get paid a ton of money to do something stupid. Bless all these guys, but we're the luckiest people in the world to get to do something silly and fun. It's facts. And you make a lot of money. You make more money than teachers, firemen, policemen, doctors, anybody in the armed service to dribble a stupid ball or hit a stupid ball or carry a stupid ball. Or to talk about guys that do that Yeah, we got really dumbest job. Yeah, but man

Grit to me just like just compete man. I can live with the results Win or lose because you know, that's gonna happen. But if you compete like give it your best. That's all you can ask for Yeah, I think you you show grit with your golf game. You never quit. You got better. Yeah. You know, I've been to hell and back. Um, I just think I remember I forgot to put on deodorant. That's great. You know, you know, I was just thinking we can get you some. I will get you. I've got to get, you know, so, you know, I hate when you put on a colored stir You get the white marks. Yeah, and

Let me check check. Wait, listen fuck. I forgot to go to the Edgewood shopping I need some deal. I need some antiperspirant No, because you know, it got nothing worse when you put on a shirt and you get to all the white marks Yeah, and I was specifically put on my shirt and I said, I've got to remember, don't forget to put on deodorant. And I forgot it like a damn moron. But you know what, it's forward to go back to your original question. You know, it really sucked to be bad at golf.

It was frustrating because I'd never been bad at anything in my life. Because I was really good and then I got too many lessons. When I was standing over the golf ball, I had like 10 guys talking to me. And I ain't going to lie, I was terrified over the ball. And the best thing that ever happened to me, I was at Tom Lehman's golf tournament, and I met a guy named Stan Utley. And I told him, I don't even play anymore. I just play for charity, embarrassed myself for charity.

And then the next thing I know, he says, Hey, give me a chance. I stand up giving up that work with butch Hank. I'd work with every teacher in the world. My brain was fried. And man, thank goodness I met Stan Utley and he bought me back from death. Yeah. I would say grit too is your career,

like your high school career, growing. You grew six inches from junior to senior year? Yeah, I was a back, a 5'10 backup chubby point guard. And I grew from 5'10 to 6'5 in one year. And you know, people always ask me, I didn't have any body issues. Yeah. I was never in pain. You know, when I got back to school, I knew I had grown a little bit. I didn't know I body issues. I was never in pain. You know, when I got back to school,

I knew I had grown a little bit. I didn't know I had grown that much. So I went from being a chubby backup point guard to a six-five all-state player. So, man, it was a great time. Yeah, and the story goes that, like, you know, you weren't recruited until the very end of your high school career in the state tournament.

Yeah. Like, that's when you started to get people to look at you. That's, that's kind of a crazy sliding doors moment where if you don't ball out in the state tournament. Yeah, it was crazy because I had never gotten a letter going into my senior year, so most, cause people always say Charles partner came out of nowhere. That's cause I grew, but you know, most teams have already contacted who they want to recruit and offer them scholarships.

So the turning point was me. I played against one of the best players in the country named was Bobby Lee Hurt. Went to Alabama and people weren't sure because I was only like 6'5". They didn't know if I could play against big dudes. And Bobby Lee was like 6'10". And he was the number one big man in the country. And I think I had 2020 and then that's when I started getting letters but it was really just Auburn, Alabama, UAB, some smaller schools and the best decision I ever made was going to Auburn because in fairness the only reason I went to Auburn was because they sucked.

It was actually a really good thing because I was really close with my mother and grandmother. So UAB is only 30 minutes from my house, but they actually made it to the Sweet 16 and had everybody coming back. Alabama got Bobbie Lee and Ennis, but they made it to the Sweet 16 and had everybody coming back. So when I went down to Auburn, they had lost like 12, 13 games in a row. And I was like, yeah, this is a place where me and y'all suck.

Because you know, I tell all these dummies who go to college today and transfer, I says, you have to make an educated guess or you're going to get to play. I says, don't give me the education BS because if you want to educate, you can get that anywhere. But the number one reason when you're a jock, you want to play. And the best thing it had to me was going to Auburn, getting to play right away. Because if I went to Alabama, well, UAB first, Alabama second, I wasn't going to get to play. But I tell all these kids, you see these dummies all the time now, well, do you see who they had on the team when you went there? Then they transfer, like, I'm not getting to play.

I'm like, dummy. What were you doing when you were on your recruiting trip? I probably shouldn't go to Duke if I'm playing behind Cooper Flagg. These kids, they make these bonehead decisions. I said, man, go where you're going to get a chance to play. How much money would Charles Barkley have made in the NIL era? I would have made a lot. I would have made a lot, but you know what? They've got if you were a pro? What would you have made if you were a pro? What would you have made if you were a pro? What would you have made if you were a pro?

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Inside the NBA, I'm happy it's still going on. Yeah, I'm happy it's going on, but it's going to be interesting. Yeah, it's going to be different. It's going to be different. But you know, that's the bad thing about it. We don't know how it's going to be different. Right, but it could be different good. You never know.

Well, you know, we have questions. Yeah. Like normally, the number one time on our show is after the game right get like 45 minutes to shoot shoot the shot some magic. Yeah, but Me and Ernie I've talked about it like are we gonna get to do that or they gonna say we got to go at The Sports Center, right? And like first of all, it's an honor to work for ESPN because they're the biggest sports network in the history of television but like we have those 45 minutes, it's an honor to work for ESPN because they're the biggest sports network in the history of television. But when we have those 45 minutes and it's like one o'clock in the morning and we can

just go crazy. And it gets weird. It gets weird. Yeah. That's the magic. Yeah. But are they going to say, no, guys, y'all got 15 minutes. We got to go to Sports Center.

Yeah. I hope not. No. I don't think because... Well, here was my question. You guys had basically a two year everyone love fest, which you deserved. Thank you. It had to feel good, but I think the fans of Inside the NBA

are so vocal that if they mess with it, you're gonna have an army behind you being like. Yeah, but ESPN got their own thing. They're gonna have to get to Sports Center. I know, but there's a lot of pressure when there's something that's that good. You guys are that good. But that's the thing, we don't know.

We don't know. Because everybody can say right now, we're going to leave everything the same, but if the game ends, Sports Center going to be like, nah, y'all got 45 minutes to shoot the shit, but we need to go to Sports Center in 15 or 20 minutes. It's going to be a learning curve.

So like I say, we excited, because of the main reason everybody got to keep their job. Because I ain't gonna lie, it really sucked, really sucked the last couple of years, especially the last year, because for me personally, I learned a lot about myself. What I mean by that is, I'd never been around people

who had to worry about paying their bills. Right. You know, cause all my friends are basketball players and rich people. Right. And they're like, you know, and the people I've been working with for 25 years, cause we always go out and drink after the show,

hearing guys talk about mortgage. I was like saying to myself, what's a mortgage? So I gotta, I can't send my, I gotta get my kid into a public school instead of private. And I was sitting there like, man, you are kind of out of touch with reality. And these people I really genuinely like and love, because I've been with them for 25 years,

but to hear them talk about, man, we're gonna lose our job in six months. And then as it gets closer, you can see the concern. And I thought TNT, our bosses did a shitty job. They did an awful job of keeping us abreast. I'll give you an example. We were playing golf during the playoffs and we were reading the internet, finding out if we were going to get fired or not.

And I was like, TNT, our bosses, they sucked, plain and simple. They're like, yo, man, just tell us. Let us know. Shoot us straight. Shoot us straight. These are real people. We literally were playing golf during the playoffs, looking at the internet. Then one story said we lost it.

The next story said we still in negotiation. Then we lost it. We're still in negotiations. And TNT never came to us like grown folks and said, hey guys, we're probably going to lose to NBA, which we could have understood. Right. But I thought they sucked. I told them they sucked. Because there's a way you treat people. Yeah. Because if they had have came to us and said, hey, you know what, it's a lot of money. Because, you know, we were paying $1.2 billion a year and it went to $2.5 billion.

That's a lot of money for 11 years. If they had said it's not a good deal, we would have understood. But to let us hear about it, and I'll tell you something really shitty about it too, I found out that we got traded to ESPN from ESPN. That's true story. So I'm sitting at home on a Friday night. I get a text, because all the room was in error. We didn't know anything. I'm sitting at home on a Friday night. I get a text from Scott Van Pelt, Brian Windhorst, A.O. Duncan and Bob Myers. Welcome me to the

family. I'm like, what family? What are you talking about? What are you talking about? And then about an hour and a half later, I get a call from TNT that like, well, the story broke. I says, well, you probably could have gave us a heads up. Yeah, you've known for a couple of days. I says, you traded us to ESPN and we have to hear about it on the internet. I said, that's just not the way you do business. I said, Ernie Johnson deserved, because he's the godfather, Ernie Johnson should not hear he got traded

from ESPN people of the internet. Yeah, was it a full trade or are you guys still doing work for TNT? Well, that's actually a great question. Great question, thank you. They're trying to do something, we don't know what it is yet. We taped a pilot and it was a shit pilot.

Yeah. So it was brutal, it was brutal. Wait, tell me about the shit pilot, I want pilot and it was a shit pilot. So it was brutal. It was brutal. Wait, tell me about the shit pilot. I want to hear more about the shit pilot. So we did four segments. One segment, and one thing I got to get to you and to you, Craig. They said it was awful and it's never going to see the light of day. So we did like four segments. One segment was Kenny doing fashion. One segment was like Shaq doing Shaq, the funny section you do, I forget. One we did axe throwing and then we did finger painting. We did four like, we did like four 15 minute sections and I was sitting there like, I think

this is stupid. I don't know how stupid it's gonna be until I see it. And when we walked out the studio that night, we're like, that's the stupidest shit we've ever done. And that's my major concern with TNT. I think we can handle the ESPN portion, but I don't want them doing something stupid with our show to people like, man, they really ruined that show. Right. But I will say, them doing something stupid with our show to people like man. They really ruined that show, right? Yeah, right I mean, but but I will say I give them credit. They said the pilot was shitty. That's an important thing to know

It's important to know. Yeah, they're finally straight with you. Yes Yeah, I said that's all you want. Yeah, because I don't want us no more. You gave us a great company I've enjoyed our show all these years and people love our show. Don't just do something stupid just to do it. It's great television and the pilot should be just put you four guys in a room. Yeah. The microphones and that's it. Well, the problem is Ken and Shaq don't watch sports.

So like I can talk about the NFL. Like I got up this morning and watched Sabalinka play. That was a hell of a match. You know, I get up and watch all sports. I do. I love football is my favorite sport and boxing. Those are my two favorites. But Ken and Shaq are not going to watch sports. Ernie will watch. Ernie went to the French Open and he saw that amazing final between Alcatraz and Center. And I was sitting at home and I was texting Ernie, this is the greatest match I've ever seen. It was incredible.

You're still there. Because I saw him in the semifinal. And then I said, yo, you please tell me you're at this match. It was the greatest thing I've ever seen. You're still there. Because I saw him in the semifinal. And then I said, yo, you please tell me you're at this match. It was the greatest thing I've seen in a long time. Let me get your thoughts on the NFL, you're a big football fan. Yeah, I'm a big Eagles fan. Shout out, go Birds. Okay, all right. So how are we feeling about the Birds rolling it back next year?

Well, they're going to be really good. I think the number one thing you have to worry about when you win is guys relaxing. You have to change your mindset when you win. You have to realize like we're going to be the hunted, not the hunter. But I think with Saquon and Jalen and Coach Nick, you know, they got, Harry Roseman, probably the best GM in the NFL now. They gonna be good. But man, you have to hope, you have to be,

because when you go that deep in the playoffs, you have to be healthy. Yeah. But you don't plan an extra three or four or five games, man, it takes a toll on you. But the main thing, you know, man, Saquon was a gift from heaven. I can't wait to meet him.

I never met my cousin. He's a Barkley, so I'm gonna, if you're that good as a Barkley, I'm going to claim you. Yeah, absolutely. So I'm really looking forward to this year. I'm really looking forward to college football. As usual, Auburn should be better. But I'm really excited about Coach Belichick at Carolina.

Man, I'm really pulling. He's a good friend of mine. And I really want to see him do well down there. I was still on Big Cat last night. We're talking about Belichick that I got the last couple months for for Belichick have not been good. Well, it's probably made him think like he spent what not been good. I was in Jordan.

Yeah, we love Jordan. We've had her back. She needs more power. She yeah, she needs to stay stand down. No, no, no, no. She's around the program. No, no, no. Hey, you know, I, I try to be a good friend of mine.

I'm not a good friend of mine. I'm not a good friend of mine. I'm not a good friend of mine. I'm not a good friend the program. No, no. Hey, you know, I struggle whether to call Coach, and I prefer to stay out of people's personal life. Yeah, you got it. But she's got to stand down. Yeah, I think they have. Because you got to understand something. They're using her to get to Bill.

Yeah. And she has to understand that because people don't like Bill. And he deserves some blame for that because the way he treated the media, now the way it ended in New England, they want to get him back. Yeah.

So they're using her to get to him. I just hope he's successful because he's a great dude. He's the greatest pro football coach ever because Coach Saban's the greatest college coach ever. I want to see him finish on a high note. That's my number one concern. I want to see him finish on a high note.

Yeah, I just think the last, what, 20, 25 years of Belichick's career, he's avoided the media. He's like these jackals. I'm never going to give him anything. And then the last- But you can do that when you're winning. You can do that when you're winning and then whatever. See, that's like these guys are normie. They're like, you can treat the media how you do that when you're winning. You can do that when you're winning and then when you're going.

See that's like these guys are annoying me. They're like, you can treat the media how you want to when you win. But you got to understand when you lose it, they're going to come for you. That's like these golfers now, where I don't have to talk to the media. I'm like, well you run to them when you do well. Well you got a product. See that's the thing, we're in a business relationship with the media. I tell these guys, yo man, that's the reason we make all this money.

The media pays it. But you have to understand something. When you want to sell a product, you go to the media. When you play great, you run to the media. When you play like shit, you can't avoid the media. That's why I'm starting to get pissed off with some of these golfers now. When you got a new product coming on, you go on TV and hype it and talk about it. But when you play bad,

they gonna write bad things about you. That's the way that this is a business relationship. I understand it. I tell all the guys, yo man, when you do good, they gonna write good stuff about you. When you do bad, they gonna talk bad about you. If you don't understand the business relationship, you need to get another real job.

Did you understand that when you were playing? I did. Dr. J, who was great for me, Moses Malone's the most important person in my career because he made me lose 50 pounds. I didn't realize that I was fat and lazy until he told me. Because I wasn't getting to play early in my career. I was like, why am I not getting to play?

He says, well, Chuck, you're fat and you're lazy. I'm like, what do you mean? He says, which part did you not understand? He says, son, you're fat and you're lazy. I'm like, what do you mean? He says, which part did you not understand? He says, son, you really talented, but you weighed 300 pounds. You can get away with that in high school. You can get away with that in college. You can't get away with it in the NBA.

And this guy worked with me before practice, after practice. He said, let's lose 10 pounds. I noticed the difference right away. He says, let's lose 20. Now I'm starting to get the start. He said,'s lose 30. Let's lose 40 and I get to 250 That's what I played at my whole career. But the one for him Constructively criticizing me. He wasn't doing it to be mean. He was constructively criticizing me That's why I like a lot of these punks today

You know Constructive criticism is not trying to be critical. Sometimes you need it. Yeah, you need the straight answer. Yeah, you need the straight, yeah. You know, so Moses is the most important person in my career. But Doc taught me how to deal with the media. He said the first question, like some guys in the media, they're just trying to get clicks.

Well, I'm so old, they didn't call them clicks back there. Yeah. Just trying to get your attention. It's on papers. Yeah. But he said the first question you have to ask, is a criticism fair. I said, what do you mean? He says some criticisms are fair he says

Then you say if it's unfair you let it go But those are guys is trying to get attention and get clicks and things like that But the first question you have to ask yourself is the criticism? And that taught me how to deal with the media. Yeah, that's really smart. I know you're not a role model, famously. Yeah. You are a role model for me in gambling. Thank you.

Because you have the right approach to it where it's something fun. I love to gamble. I don't want to be shamed for it. I like to do it. I've been blessed to make more money as I go along. So obviously I get- You have to rein it in though.

Yeah, of course, but it's still fun. So I love gambling, but I became a total crazy person because I won a million dollars probably 10 times. I've lost a million dollars probably 30 times. I've lost a million dollars, probably 30 times. Right, right. And what I've, so every time I went to Vegas, I'd be up 300, 400, $500,000. My friends would be like,

dude, you gotta quit, we up, let's go. Let's go get drunk and have some fun. I'm like, no. In my mind, I was like, I wanna win a million because I'd done it a few times. I like no in my mind. I was like I I want to win a million because I've done it a few times And then I just kept losing and I lost a lot of millions and millions and millions and I quit for like two years And I was out with my friends one night. We like to smoke cigars and drink. I said man

I sure miss Vegas miss casinos and One of my things I demand out of my friends man be honest with me at all times just tell me the truth I can deal with it he says yo man gambling ain't your problem being a fucking idiot is your problem explain they're like dude gambling is peaks and valleys we have sit there with you you'd be up 300 400 thousand000, $400,000. You're like, Chuck, let's go get drunk for the night, quit. But you want to get to the imaginary million, then you lose that and then you lose the whole million credit line you got. He

said, dude, let's go to Vegas, win a couple hundred thousand dollars, lose a couple hundred thousand dollars and then have a fun weekend. Yeah. And I said, okay, you know what? Let's try this. So now, because you know, I live in Scottsdale, so I go to Vegas, we go to Vegas every two to three weeks. There's nothing like a football weekend there at Sportsbook. And it's like, okay, we know how much credit you got.

Let's win a couple hundred thousand, enjoy watching all the games. We lose a couple hundred thousand, let's quit, go drink, we play golf. And I'm like, cause I'm not gonna be mad if I lose a couple hundred thousand dollars. Now, when I lose a million, I'm depressed for like a week. It's not funny anymore. It's not fun anymore.

But I had to be like, okay, dude, you love to gamble. Go and lose a couple hundred thousand, you ain't love to gamble. Go and lose a couple hundred thousand. You ain't gonna be mad. But you win a couple hundred thousand dollars. Oh man, we had a great weekend. And that's what I do now. You also, I like your honesty about it because I try to do the same thing

where it's like, listen, I'm a loser. I lose, I've lost my whole life. There are times I win. Hey, let me tell you something. My casino host, who's a great friend of mine. Well, are you sure? Yes. If you didn't gamble, you guys still be...

Falling in love with a stripper? That's right. So I got a couple of hoes, Dan Napier and Bill Munson, the two of my hosts, they've been friends for a long time. He says, dude, we don't care what you when you win. We like it when you win. You know why? You're going to come back.

Right. He says, my job as your host is just to get you here as many times as possible because we're gonna win. Yeah. And I said what he says, they don't build these pretty ass buildings because people are winning. Yep. He says, we like it when you win. We know you definitely gonna come back. Yeah. But he's but he says, my job as your host, is just to get you here as many times as possible We're gonna give you all the toys and trinkets, you know, they're gonna send the private jet for you I'm getting a case of crystal rosé. Thanks. See you for getting me hooked on that

And Like you get all this free crap. It ain't free if you lose. Yeah, but he said he's a dude We love it when you win because we know you're coming back for sure. But our job is to get you here as much as possible because the more you come, you're going to lose. Right. Because I always tell people, hey, when guys say I'm a good gambler, don't tell me you're a good gambler when you're getting shit cards. Yeah, right. How the hell are you a good gambler? If the deal is turning over 20 and you got 17.

But that's that's exactly what I hate. I hate when guys are like, yeah, like I always win. You don't always win. This is going to get you the biggest like you're going to win this bet. It's you're going to lose. You're going to lose. I like to do it. It's fun. It's fun. That's a good way to look at it. And so I'll tell you actually the only way to win. It's quit. No football. Gamma and all sports actually the only way to win. It's quick. No, football, gambling on sports is the only way to win. But you have to bet the money line.

Yeah. Where you only gonna win cents on the dollar. Yeah. Because teams always win, they just never cover. I know, I know. But if you would bet, this is just my opinion, if you bet the money line and say, instead of trying to win $1,000 win 50, uh, when 500 or 750 and happy with that,

that's the way I think the only way you can win bet. You're sounding like my, I had a bet for a while that was called the can't lose parlay that actually got banned. It became illegal. Yeah. Is, uh, I, it lost all the time, that was the joke. And I said, I can't lose parlay. I would never do parlay. Parlay is the stupidest thing ever. There's an official like transcript of Massachusetts gambling commission being like,

Dan Katz is the worst gambler of all time. It's well known. And it's like, there we go. You know, I went through a period of like two months where I tried to play parlay's and you hit always. Three out of four. You always hit three out of four. And the thing that pisses you off is always the fourth one.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, that's why you get them damn good ass odds. I said, yo man, we can never do parlay's. I said, that's the reason they're giving you 10, 12 to one because you always hit three out of four and it pisses you off. Yeah, also I want to give you a quick compliment. We saw you at the casino last night. You were playing blackjack. I feel like this is not a normal move.

You were playing significant amount. I think it was whatever it was, 25 grand a hand. Guy next to you, your friend was playing $200 a hand. I feel like most guys don't let that happen where it's like, but you're just there with your friends. Yes. And that's a cool move. I only play with my friends. Right. Because they all ask me, do you want me to take this hit? Yeah, right. with your friends. Yes. And that's a cool move. I only play with my friends. Right. Because they all ask me, do you want me to take this hit? Yeah. Right.

Because I'm playing 25,000 a hand and he's playing for 200. I says, take it. And then if he wins and I lose, I'm like, okay, he asked me. Yeah. There's nothing worse than playing with a fucking idiot. Back in the day, I used to play with an idiot and they take a shit hit and win and they go crazy and they fuck the rest of the table. And you can't beat the shit out of them because you want to. That's why I don't play with random strangers. You're like, you hit that. The dealer's got 16 and you hit that and they hit and they

fuck the rest of the table. Because else is gonna take a hit right you know The dealers got 16 you're not supposed to hit and they get like a four or five and get 20 or 21 And I said you weren't supposed to take that hit. Yeah, then a dealer turns over I like oh my god Yeah, and when that person's playing at the end of the table right next to the dealer fuck up They fuck the rest the first base and third base are really important. Yeah. If you're going to sit at third, you better ask me my damn opinion. Exactly. Yeah. You're not paying for what I'm playing for. Yes. Yeah. So your process for betting on NFL Sunday,

you like to bet favorites money line? I do. I think that's the only way you can win. I think, well, so my strategy is it's a bad strategy, so you should not follow it. I do a lot of reading. Going into the weekend, I feel like I'm ready. I read what all the experts are saying, and they're usually telling me to take- Don't ever do that again. Like, take stupid- Steve Young.

I hate Steve Young to this day. So Steve Young, I'm in Atlanta. I had went to Coach Belichick's practice, and I'm and I go on TV and I says man I think the Giants are going to win the Super Bowl. I said live on TNT I think the Giants are going to win the Super Bowl. I says I don't think the Patriots are going to go 17, 18 and 0. I says the Giants are going to win. I've been to Vegas 26 straight years for the Super Bowl. I get on the plane, I get up Saturday, we go play golf. I get up Sunday, we go play golf.

I make the mistake of turning on the TV. I said, I got the Giants all weekend. Steve Young gets on TV and says, guys, we're gonna have the first undefeated season since the Miami Dolphins. I said, oh shit, every time I see Steve Young here, I just hate him so much. You let him know? I do.

Yeah, you have to. He says, I can't believe that this is the first time in my life I've seen a team go undefeated since the Dolphins. He said, I was a little kid when the Dolphins went, I think it was 72. He said, we're going gonna have the first undefeated team in NFL history since the 72 Dolphins. I tell my guys, man, I just saw Steve Young. Yeah, the last thing you listened to. That's the last thing. That's why I never forget.

Let's go back to your point, man. I don't want to listen to guys on, like you listen, I don't want to read too much. Like I start, I wait to normally Thursday before I start watching NFL, NFL Live, I'm like, okay, that's a good point. Okay, that's a good point. But then I said, okay, I take what they say because they're good at it, but then you got to make your own decision

because I learned from Steve Young, man, because I was like, man, they're gonna, Mike, because I remember, because if you go back and look, man, because I was like, man, they're gonna, Mike, because I remember, because if you go back and look, I remember in the press conference, a guy said, Tom Brady says, they said you only gonna score 17 points. And Tom kind of snicker like,

oh, they gonna hold us to 17 points, because you know, they were having like 35, 40 that year. He says, yeah, somebody said, and your top say we only gonna score 17 points i don't even know if they scored 17 i mean because that defense was ferocious yeah uh but no man i try not to i listen to them but they get them wrong all the time too now i read the gambling guys that tell you to take the least fun bets ever the ones that you that you hate watching like the unders i. You make your stuff and go to them. I don't want to sit here rooting for no points. So one of the reasons what drives me crazy is

when a favorite is winning and they don't cover, because halfway through the third quarter, I started rooting for the upset, because I know in no way. You know it's not a matter of losing. Because you know right away, oh shit, they're not going to cover. I want them to lose. They're going to win the game. You flip, you're like, I'm rooting against them. Yeah, they're not going to cover. I want them to lose.

They're going to win the game. You flip, you're like, I'm rooting against them. They're going to win the game, but they're not going to cover. That pisses me off so much. That pisses me off so much. Are you at all nervous that Wemby is going to be generational talent and you're going to have to go to San Antonio Bunch for the NBA finals? Listen, man, I won't disperse to do good.

Cause my love for Coach Popovich, you know, I like messing with them. They some great fans down there. It's funny. I mean, it's, and they actually feel like they taking it like gone back and forth. Yeah. See, you know what?

See you guys are so much younger than me. See the world is so fucked up now. I'm so old when you could actually joke. Yeah. I tell people, old when you could actually joke. I tell people, remember when you could actually tell jokes back in the day and people laughed? Now they're like, oh, you're going to get counseled, you're going to get fired. I'm like, you know, sometimes a joke is just a joke. That's the thing I hate about this whole society today.

I think that people, I trust people that are like, he's joking. Like, he's not, like if I called a person fat, that's rude and disrespectful. It's punching down. Yeah, I would never punch, I would never say that to him. I would never walk up on a woman and say, you're fat. That's just rude and inappropriate. Number one, I'm big myself. But this thing has gotten so out of whack now.

Come on, man. I trust the public. Y'all know I'm just joking about something. But it's gotten so out of whack. Like I can't imagine your guy, you guys, like you have to worry what you say all the time. Which is stupid. But I'm saying, yeah.

You're right though, yeah. I think that, let's stupid. But you're right, though. Yeah. I think that. Let's say if I heard y'all say something like that was a joke. Right. I can relax. Right. Right. But somebody's always somebody's offended by every someone. Yeah. Maybe Taylor Swift. Somebody's offended by everything. Yeah. Except Galveston. You were right about Galveston. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, that was correct.

First of all, I had to go back. Everybody was grading Galveston because number one, about Galveston. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, that was correct. First of all, I had to go back. Everybody was grading Galveston. Because number one, I didn't want to get traded from Phoenix. I was kind of going through the doldrums, and the Rockets bring me in. I was like, I want to finish my career in Phoenix. They're like, well, we have training camp at the beach. I'm like, oh, OK, that's a plus. So I like, because I did want to finish my career in Phoenix.

I got shocked by the trade. And they're like, OK, at least I can spend a week at the beach to get my head right. Going into my last couple of years of my career, I drive down to Gaffson. We ride on the water. I'm looking at water kind of dirty. And I say, yo, what's going on over here? They're like, well, Gaffson is located. So we got a beach that we can't, you have to wear your shoes on the beach

and the water is up in your ankles and it's dirty, all in garbage. We ain't at the beach, we in hell. Yeah, you don't wear shoes in Galveston, you get like tar on the bottom of your foot. What's the time of the beach if you can't walk in the water? There's a beach right across here, but we can't go on it. Yeah, you can drive on the beach, Galveston.

There's like motor oil skills. And I had to go back, the people were really nice, but man, there's no need. What good is having a beach if you can't use it? I agree with you 100%. Yes. Can we talk about a great beach, Barcelona, dream team? That was great.

How much fun, how much fucking fun was going to Barcelona? It was crazy. You know, the best thing about it, the guys were so cool. We got along so well. We had so much respect for each other. Now the practice was crazy. We were trying to kill each other because a lot of egos going on out there. Oh man, we had so much fun.

I mean, the guys, the guys were so much fun to be around. Like Magic and Michael and me and Scotty played cards every night for three, four, five hours. Who was the best? Whoever got the best hands. Michael is a, Michael tries to buy the pot. He didn't realize we all rich.

He's like, okay, we all got money, dude. He always tries to buy the pot. Like I'm gonna raise you. Like we got money too, fool. But that was so much fun. We went to a couple cases of beer every night. Larry Bird and Patrick Youn became like great friends. We made up shirts, Harry and Larry.

I mean, they became great friends. Man, it was so cool. Was there ever a moment where you're like, we got a game tomorrow, we got to be ready for this? Or was it just like, we're the best team of all time? So, we, Chuck Daly says, you guys do know if we lose, this will be the greatest upset in sports history, right?

We're like, oh, never even thought about it like that. Right. He says, you guys, we can't be fucking around. And then from that point on, we're like, kill, just kill. That's why people like, we weren't trying to win games by 60, 70 points, but Chuck says, this would be the greatest upset in sports history. They would never stop talking about it. They call y'all the dream team.

It'd be a nightmare if we lose. And Chuck was so awesome. He had two different starting lineups. Everybody just like, hey, you're gonna start this game. You're gonna start. And so the guys were just amazing. And it was fun too. You ever fuck with Shaq and be like,

hey, you remember Barcelona? Shaq wanted to say he was on like the second dream team. We're like, no, you're like on the fourth dream team. And it was fun to go into Barcelona on the beach. Cause we took like an hour and a half, two hour walk every day cause you know, it was the top of this beach. Yep. And we'd be like, great, put a shirt on.

Great, put a shirt on. Great, great, great, put a shirt on. Like we would just walk up and down every day down the beach. It was beautiful. But you know, first of all, we went to the pool. They were topless at the pools. We always went up there and got a case of beer

and sit by the pool and watch. And as we got that, before we took a nap, we walked on the beach and we just looking at these women like, wow, impressive. Please put a shirt on. Wow, impressive. We did that like every day. How did, so you were the leading scorer on that team, right?

Yes. So how did that work out? Was there any, like, I know there's a lot of superstars on that team. Sometimes, you know, we always joke that there's just one ball. That's what we say when we don't have shit else to say. We're like, there's one ball.

I don't know if these great players are going to play well together. But since you have to spread it around. It's easy for great players because they can play without the ball. So you can never be a great player if you don't play without the ball. And if you play with other great players, it's really easy. The Warriors, yeah.

The better players you play with, the easier the game is. Like when you're a one-man wrecking crew, it ain't no fun at all. Like my last few years in Philly, I was by myself basically. When I got traded to Phoenix and got Dan Marley and Kevin Johnson and Mark West and those sets of ballers and those guys, that's why I got MVP. I was a much better player in Philly, but because I had Dan Marley and Kevin Johnson and those guys, the game was so much easier for me. Was there any like, I don't know if even jealousy is the right word?

No, we had no jealousy. No competition like, hey, Charles is going a lot. Oh, that was our practice. The practice were the most intense things I've ever been through in my life because you had Michael and Clyde who hated each other. Yeah. You had Magic and Scottie, and Scottie had just locked Magic up in the finals. They were trying to kill each other.

You had Carl Malone and me who was trying to prove who was the best power forward in the world. You had David Robinson and Patrick Union who was trying to prove who was the best center. So the practices were, they're the most intense thing I've ever been through in my life. The games were easy. Yeah. But let me tell you something, those practices were like game sevens. It was incredible the intensity

the ego Like it was on it was it was it was crazy, but that was the only time that's that's when it was tough at practice The games were like hey, man, we represented United States. Let's get it done. Yes didn't call timeout. No Well, we didn't need no timeout. No, that'll whoop ass and take names Yeah. All right. So I know you got to go in a second. This has been awesome I think y'all for having I got a couple quick hitters for you Last time that you had a bar soap get stuck in your ass. So so, you know, I Travel with my own soap. I've almost see it's a conspiracy by these hotels

Yeah, these little ass bars soap. That's how they get you, Bill. And they're out to get me. Yeah. They're out to get big asses. So I never use a rag. I just use the bar soap to scrub my body down. And I was wiping my ass a couple of times.

I had like, oh my God, that was close. So now, and I'll tell you what's funny. I told this story on a podcast, me and Ernie's podcast. You stole that name from me by the way. Yeah. Did I? The steam room.

Yeah. Yeah. It was crazy. I didn't realize how many companies made Big Soaps. So I had like, I'm not even joking. Everyone, yeah. I had like 200 bars of soap. I gave them to a shelter.

But every company had Big Soapsap sent me some to Atlanta. So I had enough soap to fill up a closet, but now I travel with my own soap. I'm never taking a chance with hotel soap again. You can lose those little bars. You can't roll that down. No, you cannot. I love it. Because you know, once it's in there, it's in there. Yeah. It's just going to absorb into your body. You're not getting that back. Oh yeah. I travel with my own big bars of soap now.

All right. So another hygiene question. Yes. You said one time that you kept Vaseline inside your belly button. Yes. I used to... Carmelo told the story. I filled it up before the game because there's nothing worse than a person with big lips.

And during the game, after you lick your lips a few times They get all crusty and white. So I used to stick Vaseline in my belly button and It's a good place to hide it. Yeah, yeah, and Carl Malone's the only person told the world He says he said we had him on on the show when I was you still keep Vaseline your belly button I said Ernie go to the next course and he says Carl. What are you talking about? He says this dude used to keep Vaseline in his belly button. But I did used to keep Vaseline in my belly button. Because man, let me tell you something. There's nothing worse than a dude with big lips

and they're all white and crusty. Yeah. When it like slide out, once you start to sweat, the Vaseline just drips out? No, it stays in there a little bit because you have to reload it half time. I guess if you got to pick a hole to keep Vaseline in. That's the right hole.

The other hole was blocked by soap. Yeah, it's got soap. Alright, so last question, rowback question. RHOBACK.com promo code TAKE. 20% off your first purchase. Q-zips, polos, hoodies, joggers, shorts. ROWBACK.com promo code TAKE. This has been so much fun.

We really, really appreciate it. My last question, kind of similar to the soap where you get a bunch of soap, you know, sent to you. Have you had recently a guy in a sauna try to give you a bracelet? You know, you told that story that it was a bracelet from a guy. See, Ernie, Shaq and Ernie and Kenny have to make something so pure, so evil. The guy gave me, he, I wasn't familiar with the bracelet thing and I was sitting in the steam room and I said, oh man, that's a good bracelet there. He said, I forget what they call it.

He said, no, he said blah, blah, blah, it means this, this. And when I get to the front desk from the health club, the guy says, hey Charles, we've got something for you. And it was the man's bracelet. And, you know, I was like wow That's pretty cool and I made the mistake of telling him foods. I work with He didn't give it to me in the steam room I thought he did but no has that happened because I feel like that would be a copycat thing where if you know Charles Bartlett

Steam room you're giving him a bracelet. No, he gave it to me. He left it at the front desk America I didn't give it to me. I want a bracelet from another man in the steam room. I don't want that. But if anyone sees him, if anyone sees Charles and the steam room going forward, give him a bracelet. That's exactly right. It's almost worse than he left it for you. He was thinking about you later. Yeah. He's like, I really like that guy. I appreciate his generosity. Yes. Yes. Well, Chuck, you're the best. Thank you. We're huge, huge fans. Thank you so much for giving us some time. Hey, man, it's my pleasure. Continued success. Yeah.

I'll see you in the casino tonight. Yeah, you'll see you at the casino and keep giving Biz some shit. Oh, that's my guy. He is the best. He's literally the best dude ever. He is. To do this, though, he thanks people too much. He'll thank people for like 50 minutes afterwards, because he's Canadian. So just tell him, hey, Biz, one thank you is fine. Well, the Canadians are nice people. Yeah, they're very nice. Great just him being like, hey Biz, one thing you saw.

Canadians are nice people. Yeah, they're very nice. Great guy, but he needs to chill out with Maple Leaf stuff. He thinks he's on a team. No man, I'm rooting for them. They gotta win soon. I know they let Marner just go,

but man, I root for that. Because that's my favorite city in the world. Toronto is the best city in the world. Wow, I love it too, yeah. Toronto is the best city in the world, Wow. I love it too. Yeah. Toronto is the best city in the world. Easily. Chicago summers, the second best. Those are my two favorite places in the world. Yeah. Got to get you the office. I'll be there. Yeah. Sounds good. All right. Thanks. Thanks, brothers. Thanks, man. Charles Barkley is brought to you by truly unruly. It's the high al card seltzer that

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I just thought everyone was talking about it. I feel like we aligned PFT. We haven't talked about it, Hank, as well, because you watched it. But I was watching on the plane and you were sitting next to me and you probably got my reaction as I was watching. Yeah, well, I fell asleep for a little bit. But I thought it was exactly what I expected going in, in that it wasn't the best movie.

It was nostalgia. There was a shitload of cameos. I laughed a few times. And I went away being like, OK, that was fun. I actually thought it was a very funny movie. I enjoyed it. I don't know if I'd go as far as very funny, but that's no, my, my mark is,

do I laugh more than six or seven times out loud? Yeah. I laughed probably 10 times out loud during the movie. I'll say this, a lot of cameos, the movie is pretty much entirely cameos and like throwback jokes. Guy Fieri. Guy Fieri is in there. That one made me laugh a lot. The best cameo by far, Rob Schneider.

Yeah. What a great job Rob Schneiderider. He's so funny. I will watch anything. Rob Schneider's in Rob. You're the man. Yeah. Appreciate you dog. Yeah. And if you do another movie, Adam Sandler, we do do a podcast. There were some podcast cameos hit us up. No, it was weird because I saw a lot of people reacting to it. I didn't watch it till Saturday night. So people were reacting on Friday. People were very upset. And I was like, I just don't understand if you, I would get it if you have to go to a movie theater

to see the movie. It's a made for streaming movie. It's, you know what it's going to be. Like you know, I knew going in, I could figure out the storyline within two seconds. Actually, I kind of got a little like the shooter McGavin storyline. They did do a good job of switching that one up a little, but I like, I expect it was like, Hey, it's an hour and a half. I'm going to sit on my couch and watch it. I'm going to have a little nostalgia. There's going to be a few moments that make me laugh. And I'm going to go away being like, okay, that was fun. Not this is the worst movie ever. I can't believe they did this. I can't believe that people think that like it's just, it was such a low bar. You know what I mean? Yeah. I can't believe that people think that. Like it's just, it was such a low bar. You know what I mean? Yeah. And you don't have to go, you don't have to spend

any money. You just sit on your couch and watch it. They didn't like try to make a brand new movie. Yeah. Pay for Netflix. It was like, yeah, everyone has Netflix. It was like very much just straight up, Hey, we're going to redo happy Gilmore and we're going to have modern people in it. And it was good. It was fine. It was funny. I enjoyed it. I liked Ben Stiller returning. I loved how now Brooks and Bryson saved professional golf from an upstart league that comes into it. Well, I would love to watch the people from live watching happy go more being like, this is funny. They're making fun of us. And then Brooks and Bryson are actually on the side of the PGA tour. That was awesome. I just don't, I, maybe I'm just, maybe I'm out of touch, but I never went into it being like, this is going to be better than the original Happy Gilmore. No, if you, if you haven't, right. So that's, but I think there were people who thought it was going to be better or on par with the original Happy Gilmore. I never thought that I was like, I'm just going to take a little nostalgia blast from the past, watch some cameos and burn an hour and a half of where I can turn my brain off

and just watch a movie. Yeah. Now, if you haven't seen happy Gilmore and you just watch happy Gilmore too, it's probably the worst movie of all time. Yeah. If you've never seen the first one, that's fair, but I, but they didn't try to make a brand new movie. They were just like, we're going to make a funny, silly movie. That is basically all head nods to the Happy Gilmore one and also cameos from people that you recognize. Yeah, I also think if it was in the movie theaters, people would

have a legitimate legitimate complaint. I watched pretty much all the Adam Sandler straight to streaming movies. Yeah. And they're all basically the same. It's like you turn it on, you know that you basically can just turn your brain off, not have to worry about it being too serious or bum you out. You'll laugh a couple of times. You're not going to think about it the next day. You're going to be like, that was one of the best movies I ever saw. But you're going to laugh a couple of times and be like, all right, that was cool. John Daly was great too. John Daly was great. Great job as an actor. I wouldn't even call him a cameo. He was like a part of the movie. Yeah. Reggie Bush was great. Yeah. Reggie Bush was in there. Bad Bunny. Well, I didn't

know that. That was actually incredible. I had no idea that was Bad Bunny. I thought that he was just an actor. I didn't know what he looked like. I laughed out loud multiple times at Bad Bunny's books. He was really good. Very funny. Very funny. So yeah, I don't know why people, I guess I just say, I do know why people get upset,

but I just feel like it accomplished everything that it was. I was expecting it to not be blow me away that That it was going to just be like a fun popcorn. I was shocked on Friday and Saturday when I saw people online saying like, I turned it off after five minutes. I turned off. It's like, what, what did you think you were getting yourself into when you started happy Gilmore too? That made you turn. I actually thought that the plot twist like two minutes in the movie. I laughed at it. I thought that's fine. That made memes very angry. Yeah.

Memes was not a fan of the plot. Memes you're like a number one Adam Sandler fan, especially in the good, bad movie draft. Do you think that it qualifies? It definitely qualifies. I liked it. I really enjoyed the family. Like, their son's just beating everybody up.

I think they should focus more on the kids and the family. And Shooter. Too many cameos. Too many cameos. too many cameos, way too many cameos. The movie, the movie was like, how long was it? Hour and a half. It was like 90 TikToks. Yeah. Perfect. Yeah. Great film. Yeah. Don't have to think. Yeah. Having any type of entertainment when I count this podcast kind of in that in that genre of I don't have to turn my brain on. I'm I'm welcome to all of it. I wish that after every like minute when it switched from scene to

scene, it just like scrolled up like you were watching TikTok. Yeah, like it's simulated. Someone will put it all on TikTok. Yeah, so they do. Right. They put full movies on TikTok. Yeah, it's one scroll at a time. You can watch the whole thing. Yeah. Yeah. imagine turning it off and being like, I'm going to watch Happy Gilmore. I can't believe that. Although when Tuesday's Gone hit,

it did make me think about the first one. But there were enough actual throwbacks to footage from the first film that it felt like I watched half, like half of Happy Gilmore 1 while I watched Happy Gilmore 2. Yeah, I mean, this wasn't, I'm not necessarily excited to watch, but I will watch. I'll be more one degree. It's movie of all time.

I think it's like it's the it's the perfect. All time. Yeah. Oh, BoBan. Awesome job by BoBan. Great job. Maybe he was the best cameo. Yeah, he might have been the best cameo. All right. We forgot to do lottery balls in studio, so we're going to do something different. This is I mean, it's Grit Week. You can you can claim you won a Grit Week one. I'm going to say memes. Will you feel, I mean, it's grit week. You can, you can claim

you want a grit week one. I'm going to say memes. Will you feel like you've won the lottery ball if you win what we're about to do? Okay. All right. Uh, what we're going to do is Chris, can you write down a number on your phone? One to 100, any number one to one hundred he's gonna write it We're gonna guess and then he'll reveal because we forgot to do it. That's our bad No, he'll show us right after Okay, tell us when good. All right numbers three 54 74 85 23 I'm going to go with three. 72. Damn. Alright, no one. Damn. You had 74 memes?

74. Memes, how many people asked you if you've gotten it yet? Uh there was a ton at the meet up today. Yeah. And they were like, oh, I think you're gonna get it this week. I was like, oh, we didn't film. They go, damn. Then they just gave me a number. Yeah. Well, we do have a surprise for later on this week. So, maybe we'll be able to film it at some Okay, good show boys great week. Love it. Love you guys So So So So So I'm out. Thanks for watching!