SmartLess - Listen Now: Over the Top with Beadle and Rosenberg

Episode Date: December 15, 2023

Get ready for a quick hitting, last topic standing battle of badass sports and pop culture takes. Sports heavyweights Michelle Beadle and Peter Rosenberg pit the biggest, wildest, and most hyped sports and pop culture stories against each other in a topical “Royal Rumble” that will determine who or what is the biggest story on Planet Earth this week. Each round, two newsworthy stories are thrown into the ring and Beadle and Rosenberg will debate which one should stay and which should be thrown over the top rope. They’ll spend the next 90 seconds sounding off on the remaining story, but hang on...when the buzzer sounds, a new story enters the ring and they’ll do the whole thing all over again! One story stays and one is eliminated. The battle continues until one final story is left standing. Wondery’s new show is a fast-paced and gutsy blitz through the week where no topic is off limits, but only one doesn’t get thrown OVER THE TOP!Enjoy Over the Top with Beadle and Rosenberg wherever you get your podcasts: http://Wondery.fm/OTTSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey everyone, it's Sean. I've been shorn on time lately, so I haven't been able to keep up with everything going on in both the sports and pop culture landscape these days. You know, huge I am on sports, but I've heard of this new podcast called Over the Top. It's hosted by Michelle Beedle and Peter Rosenberg, and it's a fun royal rumble style format that packs everything you need to know from the world of sports and pop culture into one weekly podcast episode. The way it works is, two stories enter.

One gets tossed over the top rope. Rinsen repeat until one final story from the news is left standing as the undisputed most important thing on planet Earth that week. Give it a try. I'm about to play a clip from over the top while you're listening. Follow over the top on the Wondry app or wherever you get your podcasts. What's your name? Our next challenger is an old friend. Really?

With friends already? Just days after dominating the conversation on this show, leading us on a dazzling five story streak, it's never happened before. It's the longest we've ever had. Zach Wilson heated our advice. He manned up, he balled out, and they crushed the Texans, you know, just like the script called for 30 to six.

Do we continue talking about the hip hop homage or do we go back to Zach Wilson with positive energy this time, Peter? How could I possibly want to talk about Zach Wilson more than something related to hip hop greatness and celebration? But what do you say? It was a wonderful celebration. You can go watch it back. I believe it's on Paramount in full.

So you can watch it there and you can find pieces elsewhere. It's amazing. The hip hop 50 celebration that's been going on since last spring has been amazing. Sorry, fresh prints. Just like Uncle Phil used to toss jazzy Jeff out of the bank's household by his belt loops. We're throwing you out and over the top. I got to talk about the Zach Wilson thing because this was whoever wrote the NFL script for this season really threw us a curveball with the Houston game. Houston

has been good. CJ Strauss been amazing. This is a team that's really vying for the playoffs. The jets are finito. There's nothing left. We've seen what we need to see. Zach Wilson stinks. He has no confidence whatsoever. Oh, yeah. 27 of 36, 300 yards, two touchdowns. No picks. Are you kidding me, Zach Wilson? Just when I thought I was out, I pulls me back. I got to watch next week now. Of course you do. And not only because of that, because now it's being reported that Aaron Rogers has been quote, medically cleared to play on Twismissive, this entire, it's a soap opera. It never stops.

And by the way, how awkward must it be like if you're Robert Sala and you, you know, you bring Zach over, it's raining, it's miserable conditions, and you're just like, good job. But he has to know that the world's against him and you can't trust anyone. It's like, it's like the sopranos in there. You can't trust anybody in that locker room. It's just you on an island, Zach.

You on an island. Are we talking Tommy DeVito or Zach Wilson? No, I'm never gonna talk to him. And unless I'm forced again to talk about Tommy Cutletz, I'm not doing it. Well, in this case, let's keep it to Zach Wilson. No, I'm never going to talk to him unless I'm forced again to talk about Tommy cutlets. I'm not doing it. Well, in this case, let's, let's keep it to Zach Wilson. That was a poor joke because you referenced the sopranos, but I get it, but I refuse to give him those props. I appreciate you. He called them cutlets. I, let's, the Zach Wilson thing is an incredible drama. And Jets, Jets fans have to ask

themselves, do you really want to see Rogers play at this point? Or are you now just curious to see, can Zach Wilson give you like a few games in a row where he actually raises his trade value and you maybe like get something for him? Because what's the point of Rogers coming? They're not winning the Super Bowl this year. The reason he would come back is because Aaron Rogers wants the world to know that Aaron Rogers will be the first to do it. That's why that's not a good reason.

Yeah, that's not a good reason. It's his reason. Yeah, and at this point, I think he's starting to know it's not happening. I think he knows Rogers that this is not a good idea. Yeah, last week with Mac, if he sort of started, you know, finding a way to back, well, you know, we'll see blah, blah, blah, vaccine joke, vaccine joke. I'm smarter than you. I'm better than you will see.

We'll see. So I don't know, dude. You still think he might? I still think he would just for the sake of showing the world that like he wants to be the footnote, the one, the first, the guy. And then those stories will legend would grow. It's like he wasn't playing for anything, but honor and wisdom.

Christmas Eve, miracles. Like the whole thing, it's just the, but it's gonna happen. It's gonna happen. This time he made it six plays before injuring himself horribly in front of everyone. Miracle my ass. Does anybody really process? Because it was sad at the time? Oh, it's, it's almost surreal.

But we need some distance to appreciate your man ran out on TV, going full Hulk Hogan flag. And as he basically he planted the flag into his own foot and killed over, that's basically what happened. It's, it's pretty remarkable. All right. Our final challenger before the break is approaching and guess who it is. Maybe the MVP of the show and you think about it. You know who I'm talking about. My boo boo, Tate Taylor

Swift, named the time person of the year. I know there's going to be tough. Are we talking Zach Wilson or Taylor Swift person of the year? Well, Peter, obviously when you think about legacies and what each has accomplished, it's neck and neck. Oh, my dog is so angry about any of those things. Your dog doesn't like KT. No, I think she does. I think she's chosen. It's the cat that put her over. I'm sorry, Zach Wilson. You were great. We love you. We are really on your side, but no, you have to go. Because the year 2023 is Taylor Swift's year. There it is.

She's a billionaire. Her tour is one of the biggest tours in the history of the planet. She brought her cat to the cover shoot, which speaks to us as animal lovers. Like I have my dog at work, you have your dog at work. Like if I ever made any kind of an award situation, the dog's coming with me. And for that, you know, when you read about all the stories and the tons and tons, and when I say tons of money, I mean six and seven figures of money

that she gives, it stops on the tour. As much as I have mocked her voice and her songwriting ability in the music itself, and I will continue to do those things because I am true to myself, I think as a person, she's incredible. I got nothing but positive. And it was a dominating, I mean, this was a year to be had. She put out new music.

She read it old music. Her tour was insane. The movie, she's dating Travis Kelsey. So everyone's talked, she somehow infiltrated football. Like you could say whatever you want. And Beetle and I are apt. As you know, neither of us are true like Taylor Swift people. No, we are.

But I appreciate greatness. You know what I mean? Like I put everything aside. I just watched the, and it wasn't great, but it was worth watching. I watched the thriller 40th anniversary documentary on Showtime. Okay.

It's not the greatest Michael Jackson documentary, like they did it off the wall one, which was I think done better. But I just appreciate no matter who the person is, seeing someone at like the absolute pinnacle of greatness that's unimaginable. And that's where Taylor Swift is right now, whether you're a fan of her music or not,

there's no denying in this moment, she is the most famous and acclaimed person on planet Earth. We gotta just live in it. She is the moment as the, as the cool kid say. And by the way, this thing comes out, this actual episode we're doing right now. Happy birthday, Taylor. We did it on purpose.

Our entire lives are molded. Taylor. Taylor is. Happy birthday. What do you get a billionaire for her birthday, dude? Good luck Travis. Ooh, that is tough.