The Brilliant Idiots - Ping Paddle Supreme

Episode Date: August 7, 2026

This week on Brilliant Idiots, Charlamagne The God and Andrew Schulz makes the case that Tom Holland is the greatest Spider-Man ever, and the debate spirals into Doctor Doom lore, Jean Grey's MCU introduction, and just how big Brand New Day's box office run really is. Charlamagne breaks down finally getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, they get into it over LeBron landing in Philly, WNBA drama, and whether New York or Boston is the realer hoops city. ************************************ Sponsor Brilliant Idiots: ⁠⁠https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/brilliant-idiots⁠⁠ Jess Hilarious - Til Death Do We Parent - ⁠Pre Order⁠ 2Chainz - The Voice in my head is God - ⁠⁠Pre Order⁠⁠ The Black Family Who Built America - Cheryl McKissack Daniel -⁠⁠Order Link⁠⁠ Uncommon Favor - Dawn Staley - ⁠⁠Order Link⁠⁠ Get Honest or Die Lying Why Small Talk Sucks- By Charlamagne Tha God - ⁠⁠Order Link⁠⁠ Check out Andrew Schulz - ⁠⁠www.theandrewschulz.com⁠⁠ Check out all the podcast on Charlamagne's "Black Effect Network" - ⁠⁠https://blackeffect.com⁠⁠ Checks out AlexxMedia ⁠AM Mornings⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Squarespace. Squarespace is the all-in-one website platform designed to help you stand out and succeed online. If you have a business, you need a place for it on the internet, nobody's going to trust you. Let's just be honest with ourselves here. And you can get discovered fast with integrated Squarespace SEO tools. Every website is optimized to be indexed with metadata descriptions and auto-generated site map and more. So you show up more often on search engines and bring in more of your ideal customers. And Squarespace makes it easy to showcase your expertise and engage clients with, video content on your website, upload and organize your videos, create stunning video libraries,

and even monetize your content by adding a paywall, perfect for online courses, exclusive tutorials, and premium workshops. Head to squarespace.com slash idiots to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using the code idiots at squarespace.com slash idiots. Now let's start to show. At Desjardin Insurance, we put the care in taking care of business, your business to be exact. Our agents take the time to understand your company so you get the right coverage at the right price. Whether you rent out your building, represent a condo corporation, or own a cleaning company,

we make insurance easy to understand so you can focus on the big stuff. Like your small business. Get insurance that's really big on care. Find an agent today at dejardin.com slash business coverage. Yep, Shalameenegu. Andrew Shal. We ought to bring an idiot's podcast. Heather Kyle Walker. Yes, sir. Salamane. How are you, sir? I'm well, man. How are you? Bless Black and highly favored, man. We just two 40-something-year-old old, old man, doing the best we can. We're doing the best.

We're just doing the best. We can't. Try to take care of our family. Two old fathers just out of here doing the best we can, man. Working class, man. You see what I'm saying? Just working hard. You see what I'm saying?

We're working hard. You was in L.A. He was, we took a week off last week. Sorry we didn't tell you. Sorry about that, guys. That's on me, man. I was out in L.A. shooting this movie and it's how's that going man the movie is beautiful it's like i mean the guy is

shooting it like the director's sick and then the guy who's shooting it is like a legend can you say what is the budget uh yeah yeah i think the i think it's out uh homeless high school kid uh becomes the fastest mile runner in america how well a homeless high school yeah what does he eat get into that homeless high school kid yeah how do you become a homeless high school kid yeah how do you become a High School kid. You're homeless and you still choose to go to school? I guess, though, right? To get a meal?

No. You have to go watch it. You have to go watch it. He don't get fucked in nothing, does he? By some adult looking to see if he, you know, what you're willing to do for some room and bored. He's sleeping in the school, though, right, if he's homeless? I don't know.

I mean, the fact that you guys are asking so many questions makes it feel like, you know, there's some interest out there. What's the name of it? They have the name yet? Running. Running. Wow. Okay.

All right. Little on the nose. Does it become like a track star or something? Guys, who knows? When does it come out? Who knows, okay? When does it come out? Who knows?

Who knows? They're still filming. It takes so much time for me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That shit sounds like some shit that's going for a fucking Oscar or something. The guy who's making a director is Gavin O'Connor. So did you see a miracle? It's a movie about the,

U.S. team that beats the Russian hockey team. Uh-uh. You saw it, yeah. And then, like, Warrior. I don't know if you saw that one, Tom Hardy, the accountant, Ben Affle.

Sounds prestigious? Yeah, no, he's a beast. And then the DP of it is this guy named Janusz Kerminski. Yonush Kerminski is a Spielberg's guy. So he did say, Prime Ryan, he did. Got you, got you.

He's just an absolute beast. So you got some really cool people to be working with. Got you. I saw people who they were talking. about our Odyssey review. What'd they say?

They were mad that I didn't know Greek mythology. Who the fuck said I knew Greek mythology? Where did you see these reactions? Somebody sent it to me. You know, I don't know. It did came up on my Instagram, though. But what was the criticism that you're not an expert in, like, ancient Greek mythology? I wasn't trying.

You know, I saw it because it was a debate because people were saying, is he supposed to be? They're talking about the fucking movie. But what was the tape? And somebody said that that wasn't Helen Detroit. Yeah, it was. That's what I thought too when you told me. But then it was like

she didn't have a twin sister. Well, they said maybe the movie didn't flesh it out that well. Some versions of the Odyssey They are twins, others, they're just... Got you, got you, got you, got you, got you.

None of this shit is real. Like, we're going off whatever one got written down hundreds of years later than it actually was told. It was a good-ass movie, man. It was incredible. That's it.

That's it. You seen Spider-Man? Not yet, but I heard his fire. Whoa! What you mean? Yo, son. Somebody really? No, no.

What's you mean? Hold on. Hold on. What you mean? And I'm shouting out whoever DM me. But someone DM me, they go,

get ready. They go, get ready for Charlotte to hate on Tom Holland. Listen, because, you know, once a white boy gets some motions, Charlott may got to shut that shit down.

Well, especially if he's married to a black woman. Well, you got to shut that shit down immediately. I will say, give Tom some props. I thought about this while I was watching the movie. Yeah. Did you ask him what he's done for black people? No. Tom Holland and Zendaya might be the only true Hollywood stars. Left?

Who? Yeah. I mean, just in general, like, for what we know as Hollywood stardom, they might be the only two. So what does that mean? A compliment, he still had to shit on Salome in order to give him. Oh, Salome, don't got shit on Tom Holland. No, no, no, no, no, no. Salamie don't got shit on Tom Holland. Let's just hold on for a second. No, no, no. I would like you would define Hollywood star.

Walk outside, swarmed by paparazzi. Literally can't move. Box office. So box office success? Box office success. All right. Not because. I got a lot of love for Tom Holland.

Tom Holland's going to be a $2 billion movie. This motherfucker dropped the, Spider-Man, almost in a billion a weekend. Hold on, hold on, hold on. I got a lot of, because I think Tom is brilliant. Yes. No question. But if we're talking about, if we're talking about box office success, I can't attribute box office success when you're part of the franchise to just box office success.

In other words, you said this before, you were talking about the Daily Show. Yeah. And you were like, you can put people in there and it will work because it's an institution. Can't do that with Spider-Man. Tom Holland is the greatest Spider-Man of all time. It's not Shaddle Tom Holland is unfuck's believable and he's just so charming

he's an amazing actor, he's incredible. What I'm trying to say is is as Tom been put in a position where he's the lead in a movie that has no existing IP and is generating the rev? Spider-Man versus Marty Supreme. Two very different.

Well, I wouldn't even count Marty because I think Josh Safty has right now we follow directors more. It's like Coogler puts something out. It don't even need to be made based on anything. We're going to watch it for Coogler. Josh has got that. Nolan has got that.

There are certain people where you're just going to go see the movie. But Tom is in very rare air that I only want to see his version of Spider-Man. Well, that's fine. The next Spider-Man, whenever it's going to be five years from now, 10 years from now, hard act to follow, bro. It might take a nose dive to be honest with you. Well, this is the Bond shit. James Bond, you get an idea of who you...

Let me get this out, but you get an idea of who James Bond is in your brain, and then they throw someone else in there, and they got to be so spectacular for you to, like, essentially, like, edit out what you thought James Bond was. But you know what? I agree with that, but I also think,

Tom shatters that theory of having to be part of a franchise because we've seen other Spider-Man franchises. Toby McGuire can't fuck with Tom Holland. Andrew Garfield can't fuck with Tom Holland, bro. I think Garfield can't, Toby was a beast. And by the way, they were all in a movie together and Tom still outshined. Listen, I'm not saying. Toby was a close.

Are we going to act like Toby wasn't him, though, during Spider-Man back in the day? During. I thought you're going to act like he wasn't him? I, everybody's a fucking... Garfield, I didn't even... A Chrysler 300 thinks it's a phantom till a phantom shows up, bro. Uh-huh.

I know you're not talking. Now we're talking. I'm just saying, you know. Now we're talking about Toby. I thought Toby was a phantom. Shots, I thought Toby was a phantom. No, no, no, no, not. This is proficient.

Listen, I thought Toby was a fandom, bro. The Hollis got that dancing sequence walking down the street that Toby had. Remember when Toby found he got his powers and he got his powers. Yeah, yeah. I don't know. I don't know if Tom got, now listen.

But Tom Holland did that dancing thing with Zandaiwa, he did some show. Yeah. That shit was crazy. Yes, yes, yes. You all remember that. That shit was, that almost lost him his career. You know, like, Tim. That shit was funny.

I couldn't believe it that happened. I was like, what the hell is going on? He did a great job with it. Yeah, it's too good. Toby can't fuck with Tom Holland. Let me just put this out. I can accept Garfield. Garfield is a better emotional actor.

He's a better. dramatic act. I don't know, bro. You're not going to say Tom washes Toby. Wash. Washed. Shish crazy. You're crazy. Yo, shows, I'm staring.

Wash it. You're crazy. You got to see the new one, yo. And it's good. By the way, I liked it. I thought it was a great movie. Who was in the movies with Toby? I don't even fucking know.

Exactly. I don't know. Exactly. Ain't nobody in these movies with Tom either. Santaya. Zendaya. And Dan is like a bit. People don't, she's a bit character.

She's probably on the screen, what, 30 minutes? Yeah, not that much. She's a bit player. Like, and I like Zendaya in these movies because she's his emotional anchor. But, nah, bro. Tom is different. Right. Tom is different.

It's like that. It's like that. It's like that. I fuck. Wait, hold on. I love Tom. Wait. I don't want to see him as Tom Shade here.

I love Tom. And what else is Toby Dunn? Yo, you're being crazy. You are, you're tripping. He's got a lot of stuff. You are, I'm asking a question. All I know is fucking Spider-Dame. What else is told him?

What the fuck else is Tobe? I mean it sincerely. Pull it up. Toby, I mean it sincerely? You're chirping. Told it up. Toby will fuck you up. He's eating this dead at.

Like, hold it up. No, I'm telling you. You sleep on Toby before. I'm not asleep. I just don't know what else he's been in. You think Jonah Hill does your chit-su- Boss baby. He was in the great-cat.

Oh, stop it. Oh, stop it. Boss baby with fire. Boss baby? You'd be a disres smile. I don't know. Look, hold, stop from the top, Look at this.

Spider-Man. Spider-Man. Spider-Man. Brothers. What the fuck did he doing brothers? The Great Gatsby? Are we like depended that we don't know movies here? I didn't remember.

I can't remember him now. Leo was all right. Steve Biscuit? He was in C-Biscuit? Yeah, he was the horse. I thought he was in. Boss baby, Spider-Man, Sea Biscuit. Come on.

Tropic. Bro, I don't remember. Come on, bro. Oh, I thought he was in Lord of the Rings. Come on, come on, man. Be and disrespect, come on, man. That's all I'm trying to say. Come on, man.

Fucking Tom Holland's in the Odyssey, guys. What do we do? Who's the guy that's in Lord in the Rings? Yo, you know how hard it is to be a superhero? And the Rings. What is it? You know how hard it is to be a star of a superhero franchise? Go do another franchise and it actually be good and a hit.

And not once did I wait for him to fucking throw out his web slingers in the Odyssey? What other franchise is he is he going to? No, I said, you know, how hard it is for him to be the, The star of a franchise. And then go to another. Go to a movie like The Odyssey. People are trying to do it. Think about Robert Donny Jr.

He did Sherlock Holmes at the height of Iron Man. You don't even remember that shit. You know what I'm saying? Think about all the stuff Chris Hemsworth has done. He really didn't do that good in The Odyssey, though. Who? Tom Holland. Really?

No, he didn't. Stop. All right. So now, now. What are you on judging you? I want you to show me, and this is no shade because Tom is fucking unbelievable. But show me the massive success that Tom is. carried that's not Spider-Man.

I don't know. Because we know massive successes did Sobie had. We do? I'm not going to do this. I'm asking, I'm not going to do it. School of people. I don't know. That was Leo.

That was Leo. That was Leo, baby. Cut it out. Big Leo was in it. I don't even think. That's, I forgot he was in it. Toby not even on the artwork. I forgot Leo was in that.

Go back to the cover. Go back to the cover. Toby's not going on the cover of, bro. Go back. You're right. You're right. Toby's not even on this fucking cover, bro. You're right.

Stop. Tom Holland. You know why? I forgot he was in it? Why? Because the book, The Great Gatsby, Toby is playing the guy who's the star of the book. I didn't know that. See?

I'm not, I'm tired of experience. Is it Leo in the Great Gatsby? Yes, he is. Toby playing the Great Gatsby. Who's he? Tom, what's his name? Holland. Toby wants to play Tom Holland in a bio.

Chris, what's his name? Tom, what's his name? Oh, there he is right here. He's Nick. He's Nick. No, no, no, Nick. He was Nick Carraway. Listen, I'm not shitting on Toby

because I'm looking forward to seeing Toby in Doomsday. All I'm saying is Tom Holland is the greatest Spider-Man of all times. No, he might be. He might be. But you were acting like Toby was trash. No, not, not, not, not trash.

You just can't fuck with Tom. That's fine if you can't fuck the Tom. But what you were acting like Tommy's a Hall of Fame up. Thank you. You know what I'm saying? That's what I'm saying. But then you, there's a disrespectful.

levels to the hall of faith. Not everybody gonna be Jordan. That's all I'm saying. That's fine. You were trying to act like he was trash. No, no, not trash, just not Tom. He was the best Spider-Man until Tom Hop. He was the best Spider-Man until Tom Hawley. That I can deal with. And Tom

done four of them. That doesn't make an interesting pod conversation. What makes an interesting pawn conversation is what he said initially. That's what makes it fun. Listen, he's done four of them, bro. And listen, I like the new Spider-Man. Yeah. If you're not a fan of comic books, no, no, if you're a fan of comic books, you'll probably

enjoy it. If you're not a fan of, if you're not a fan of the MCU and you're just a casual person going to see a movie, it is a great movie. It's entertaining. It's action-packed. But if you are a stickler like me, it's too much going on, bro. What's a mean? It's too much going on. It's too much going on. And it's shit that Marvel is doing that I just don't agree with. You can't just introduce Gene Gray, bro. Yes, you can.

No, you can. Yes, you can. How? They just now got the rights for, to introduce X-Men to Marvel. No doubt. You're not going to do it when they're already grown. So the only way to do it now, this is her. She just got her powers not too long ago. She hasn't even met Professor X.

They haven't even told us how they ended up in the 616. You can't take an Omega-Level mutant, one of the founders of the X-Men, and just put them in a Spider-Man movie. And when you listen to Kevin Feigey tells you how they decided it at the last, she was the last person. But that was one of the big development changes that we kept going through was who was the bad guy. There was one version of a bad guy, then another version of a bad guy, then a version of bad guy, then a version essentially of this bad guy that was revealed to be a very obscure character nobody ever heard of. And it just wasn't, it wasn't satisfying. And that might be what Tom was talking about, because he said, well, what about this character? And I said, well, we can't use this character, but.

and knowing that all of the journey that Peter was going on has to culminate in his confrontation with the villain at the end, that's when Gene starts to come up. A young person, very similar in age to Peter, maybe a little younger. Peter, again,

who just said, had a mentor in each of the other spider movies, and seeing a young person who did not have a mentor, seeing a young person who has powers, like Peter did, but didn't have an end many. They didn't have anybody to help guide, to help guide. And that is what led and the origin story of Jean Grey in the comics before Xavier finds her, before she joined the X-Men, does have something to do with her sister and something to do with her not controlling her powers. And that is when it really came together.

And then our co-producer, Emily Fong, sitting around the table, said, what about Sadie Sink? And we all went, okay, it's Gene Gray. Like, they were going to go with, like, mindworm or somebody. They just wanted a villain that had power. to take over people's minds and that you turn that in the gene gray? Yeah, but they're going to put the X-Men in Spider-Man's universe. I see what they're doing. Yeah.

I don't like it because what they're trying to do is they're going to make it to wear the snap. Did you see who they thought was going to play for mindworm? Who? Mind-worm in your mouth. Come on, Carla. Chuck, when you get intense, that's what he knows when you go to it, right? He knows comics, God. He loves comics.

looks too much. This curiosity got the better of. Now you got my warming your mouth. When you watch a new rock star, new rock stars or something, okay? But they're going to try to make it seem like the ex-gene was activated because of the snap or something, right? So that's where all of these mutants came from. That is whack, bro. You can't have this whole 10 plus years, 15 plus years of Avengers and all this stuff and give us the X-Men after the fact in the Earth 616. You got to give them a little grace because they didn't have access to the I don't care. They could have introduced the X-Men the same way they introduced the Fantastic Four.

They could have been in a whole other universe. Now you got incursions coming. They could have still been young and all of that shit like that. And then the worlds could have came together. The way they're doing that shit now is whack. Where did Punisher and Spider-Man become friends? When did that happen? And why the fuck did all-

why were all of those superheroes in New York and nobody helped their devil's blind ass? That devil was getting his ass kicked all up and down New York City. One of the shit couldn't show up. Spider-Man couldn't show up. The new Avengers couldn't show up. They said that. Yo, you deal with low-level stuff and we deal with upper-level stuff. So don't-not-mentioned them.

They mentioned Spider-Man and Daredevil. In this Spider-Man movie, there's a poster of a kingpin in the background. Spider-Man's in-between. He does low-level stuff and then the Avengers tapped him out one mission. Don't like it. I have a question. Come on. I'm a question.

Come on. Savage Hulk shows up for this shit, but can't show up for Infinity War or Endgame? This was the best version of Hollywood. But why wasn't he? Why didn't you become the best person to yourself and we needed you? This shit is kind of crazy. I have a question, though. Why?

I'm sorry giving it away. It's a great movie. I'm not going to sit there and act like it's not a great movie. Was it not the best Spider-Man movie? No, it's not. Name one Spider-Man movie. The one before that one was better. Nope.

You don't think so? The one before had all the incursions, all that extra shit. We need all that. This one, it had, this one checked every single box. You know what he wants to say. I know what one you want to say. Which one? Second one?

I know. The original with Toby is the one. I know, no, no, no. I know you want to say it. That's a question. That's a good question. Why did Gene Greene? Spider-Man did not know who Gene Gray was, though, right?

No. So why did she come in like, oh, you still can't sense where I am? Like, they knew each other already. I didn't like, I don't understand that. No, because his power was malfunctioning. And so when his power was malfunctioning, when he was like, the hormones were changing. Yeah.

Then he couldn't censor the way he was censored her. Yeah, but she was talking to him. I'm like they knew each other already though. No. It was just like she was thrown off like, why are you the only person who was able to see when I'm jumped into somebody's life? Well, she did know him because she went to his head a little bit. So she knew a little bit of it. But also, Sprite had nothing to do with what she was trying to get either, though.

Like it's very cool. Spider-Man was getting in her way. Spider-Man didn't know that she was actually trying to get her sister. Yeah. He didn't know that's what she was looking for. Who's her sister? Um, Sara-gray. Once again, they're just introducing fucking mutants to the-

Oh, to the fucking-s. Sauergris. Sarah Gray was in the comics, but she just wasn't. I'm saying they're just introducing these mutants to the MCE and not giving us no explanation. They didn't even tell us why the fuck he was mutating the way he was mutating.

Yeah, that's what they didn't even tell us that shit. He motherfuck just started squirt and come all over the place. Yes, they did. He was going to be puberty. No. But Loula, he just heart-proofing. All they said was his arachnid DNA was fucking acting up. How?

Why? They show us that, hey, this is the lifespan of a spider. so this is going to happen to him in his lifetime. That shit's silly. Oh, you wasn't paying attention. That shit was phenomenal. By the way, in the comic book, I've seen that. And that happened.

They did a better, and I know you can't be right on par with the comic books, but at least give me a little bit more detail. At least show me a little bit. That would have been a good way to explain mutation because they could have said, yo, there was something that happened from the Hulk was there. Hulk lived through all of that. Both of them did. They could have said it was something from the snap that's causing mutations.

Now you're like, oh, Okay, now I see why Gene Gray is here. They just said, here, here's some fun shit. Here's Punisher. Here's Gene Gray. Here's the Hulk. Here's a lot of action. It was good.

No complaints. Great. You're going to love it if you go see it. But as a comic book guy, as a Marvel cinematic universe guy, a lot more questions. The only thing I agree is, yes, they should have did X-Men in a different universe. I agree with that one. That shit is too much. Why did they introduce it here so that in Doomsday, it could make sense?

Probably. I don't even know how this shit connects it doing with it. I think they did it because they know how big this movie is going to be. And so let me introduce people into the X-Men by putting them on our place. I don't think they anticipated this, bro. Almost a billion dollars in a weekend. I anticipate it's the second highest grossing movie of all time. The last one did crazy like that too.

But a billion a weekend, Alex? Right. I mean, almost a billion a weekend is crazy. Think about it. They did kind of cheat, though. They did kind of cheat. Why? Because they did an early preview to the movie on Wednesday.

So they got two extra days of rollout. This is how big of a star Tom Holland is. The movie theater I went to, literally every theater was showing Spider-Man. Different variations is Spider-Man. RPX version, 3D version, standard version. Like, they had show, I mean, it was just rolling, show, show, show, show, show. Tom Holland and Zendaya, if you asked me, two biggest stars in Hollywood and it's not even close. I think you're right.

I mean, Zendaya quite possibly gonna be in three billion dollars movies this year. She's still got fucking Dune 3 coming out. Yo, that's gonna be the crazy. You see what I'm saying? Well, Tom's still got Dumesday coming out. I don't know if he's in that.

Why would he not be in it? Spider-Man. They haven't announced that he's gonna be in it. But why would his character not be in the movie that he was a huge part of? They're making it seem like he's not going to be in it. He'll probably be in Secret Wars, but he'll be in Secret Wars. I don't know if he'll be in Tobey's in Doom's Day, though.

What's Secret Wars? was the sequel to Doomsay. Toby is definitely in Doomsay. They said Toby's actually in the opening scene. Really? Yeah. From some of this, I don't know if these scripts are real, but he's actually one of the opening scene.

I'm not lying, yo. I promise you. Look it up, Taylor. I'm not making this stuff. I watch new rock stars. A lot of it. I watch new rocks. They said Toby's quite possibly

he's going to be in the opening scene. They said that that was the in credit scene of Spider-Man. They said that's what that represented. We just found the biggest clue that confirms Toby McGuire is returning in Avengers Doomsday. When the spider tracker glitches, we boosted the color grading and saturation, and a hidden number suddenly appears on the screen.

That number appears to match Earth 92683, Toby Maguire's universe. If that's intentional, Marvel may have just teased Toby's return, but here's where it gets even crazier. After No Way Home, Dr. Octopus is finally cured. He's no longer obsessed with the power of the sun, and after seeing Tony Stark's nanotechnology, he could return home and use it to upgrade both his mechanical tentacles and Toby's Spider-Man suit. That completely changes their timeline. Now combine that with the reported Doomsday leaks.

They claim Deadpool and Wolverine destroy Toby's universe, forcing Toby's Spider-Man and a redeemed Dr. Octopus into the multiversal war against Dr. Doom, which means we could finally see Toby McGuire's Spider-Man fighting alongside Wolverine, Deadpool, and Dr. Octopus against Dr. Doom himself. If these reported leaks are true, this could be Toby McGuire's biggest MCU role ever. But they did it. The end credit scene was preview to Secret Wars. When Doom transports everybody into outer space. Maybe.

Or they said that that was, because the Spider-Man stayed in Queens. It didn't move. I don't think. What's the lure to Doom? Dr. Doom, he was the strongest. But what's the lure to him? He's not really a bad guy. technically. He just thinks that the world would be a better place if he ruled it.

But what is, how does he have power? How did he come up? Science and magic. So he blends technology and magic. And how did he come up? Like, did he come up with anybody that we know were they friends as kids and then they separated? Like, oh, I remember. Fantastic Corps. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. He was with a fantastic school. So him and like, Richard, what's his last name? Reed? Yeah. They're like the two smartest people. in the world. Got it. And they knew each other as kids. Yeah.

Or like high school or college. And then they separate. Reed Richards. So this is kind of like Magneto and Professor X in a way? Yes. Is that Marvel's version of it? Yeah. Got it.

Yeah. Born Victor von Doom in the fictional Eastern European nation of Latavria. Latavria. How do you pronounce that? Latberia. I'm sorry. Latvaria. He was raised in a poor Romani family.

His father, Werner, was a physician. and his mother Cynthia was a powerful sorceress. Cynthia made a bargain with the demon Mephisto for power to protect her people but lost her soul in the process. After both parents died while Victor was still a child, he became obsessed with two things,

becoming the greatest scientist in the world, freeing his mother's soul from Mephisto's realm. His brilliance earned him a scholarship to a university in the United States when he met Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic. The two became academic rivals. Victor built the machine, intended to communicate with the dead,

but Reed warned him that his calculations were flawed. Victor ignored the warning. The machine exploded, horribly scarring his face, rather than admit his own mistake, Victor Blame Reed Richards, becoming one of comics' greatest rivalries. It's going to be good. But I don't even like that.

I don't even like how they fucking introduce in Dr. Doom, yo. Man, why not? Because, man, you can't just get to a Doctor Doom. You got to lead up to a Doctor Doom the same way they gave us a slow roll of Thanos over the last decade. Like, there is nothing,

I'm going to be honest with you. There's nothing about the Marvel universe in this phase where we should be getting a Doctor Doom movie. Hmm. we should be getting the king. Seriously, we should be getting they should have just recasted Kang.

We should not be getting the doctor to do them right now. I don't think King has enough juice. Yeah, it didn't have enough juice. I didn't know who the fuck Kang was. An ant man, nobody liked it. Now, I ain't made people fuck with. They watched it. They made a billion dollars that movie.

But people didn't like the whole Kang story. Oh, they were watching for Paul Rudd. Bro, Earth is so sweet right now. Earth is so sweet right now that the superheroes in New York and just kicked their feet up and let a blind lawyer and run around New York City and try to protect it.

All of those fucking superheroes were in New York, the Hulk, the Avengers, Spider-Man, Punisher, and they sent Jessica Jones going through menopause to fucking help dead devil. She was going through menopause so much that her powers would work sometimes. On and off. What the fuck are we talking about?

They're dealing with low-level criminals. Avengers dealing with aliens. Criminal? Compared to... Okay. So Spider-Man... Dan Devil was fighting the hand. Okay.

Spider-Man was fighting the hand. Where was you and that devil needed a hand against the hand? And fighting... Spider-Man? Nah, come on. Come on. I'm saying all that to say.

Tom Holland and Zendaya are the biggest stars in Hollywood. I don't think anybody would refute that. What I'm saying is I'm curious to see what happens when Tom has got to lead a movie that has no... He led Odyssey. Hey, Billy.

Yo. You'd be in disrespectful. Okay, okay. You're being disrespectful. All right. Who was in Odyssey? Matt Damon. And Hathaway.

When the last time Matt did a Billy? Interstellar. Or not interstellar. The Martian. Years ago. Now, hold on. Let me look at Matt. I don't even know.

I don't know if the Martian did a Billy. Tom Hot. Three people in fucking Odyssey are in another billion-dollar movie this week, guys. There's a billionaire boys club in the Odyssey And it ain't Matt Damon Okay It ain't Travis Scott

It ain't Elliot Page It ain't Charlie Theron It ain't Robert Patterson It ain't Ann Hathaway Oh I'm sorry My bad my bad Um There was a little movie that Matt was in

called Oppenheimer I don't know if you Oh shit That was two years Out to the Jewish community Yo What are you talking about? Oh yeah, you won't give him credit for Oppenheimer.

You tell a story, a historical story. Of course, people are going to show up. Oh, come, man. I don't even know what I'm doing right now because it's every episode, every episode. What this podcast is, it's a literal shoehorn, is we will start here close, we will go as far away as possible,

and then by the end, he will just say the first thing that he disagreed with me about. That is every conversation we have. All I'm saying is, you tell me. If they're not a billionaire, yo, you tell me. Is there not a billionaire boys club in the Odyssey that ran it back a week later? The Odyssey just came out two weeks ago and hit a Billy. Now Zendaya freaking Tom and John ran it back for another Billy?

No, it's great. Ooh. Ooh. Mm. Mm. Matt Damon wishes, bro. Robert Patterson wishes. Bro, Paterson's in Dune.

He's gonna run it back for a Billy. You know why Tom better than Robert? What? Clearly. Robert ain't get... Robert got a franchise with a superhero and they popped it off like tough. Ooh.

Say it again, Robert... Robert got a franchise of an iconic superhero Batman and ain't popped it off like tough. Okay, well, what I would say is, what I would say is, I want you to look at the number of numbers for Twilight. Oh.

Then I want you, the gay vampires. We're not done yet, we're not done yet. Gay vampires? We're not done yet. I want you to look at the numbers. Isn't that gay vampires? Then I want you to look at the numbers. Wait for it.

Wait for it. For Harry Potter. Robert Patterson wasn't Harry Potter? You're not even a thing. I don't even know why I'm talking movies. Robert Patterson wasn't in Harry Potter. I don't even know what I'm talking movies with you. Get the fucking .

I don't know why I'm talking about Daniel Radcliffe with somebody, man. I don't even know why I'm talking about. I'm talking movies, which you were doing. I know who's in movies. Stop. Twilight was gay vampires. They stuffed each other's victim in this, Fever. That's what I'm saying?

Everybody got time for this shit you're talking, bro. You know what's Matt? You know what's crazy? I was trying to find a way to hate on Tom, and I can't even do it. That's how good he is. I tried, bro. I tried. As soon as I was like, I got to keep the screen girl.

I couldn't even think of nothing to hate on Tom. The only knock you could ever say on Tom is, has he been positioned with a movie where he has to be the draw. Spider-Man is going to get a certain Maddrault. Oppenheimer's going to get a... The Odyssey. Yo, we went to go see the Odyssey because of Tom, Zendaya, and John. Yo, just face it, Scho.

I didn't even know Matt Damon was in that shit, bro. That's just Tom was in that shit. Because I saw the interviews Tom did when Tom said, yo, whatever Christopher Nolan is doing, Marvel, y'all need to get on board. I was like, oh, shit. I didn't even know fucking Matt Damon was in that shit. Really?

Nah, bro, not at all. Didn't Matt do something with you? Fuck you, bro. That was Matt's greatest role. Listen, listen, Matt hasn't done nothing that great since the Odyssey was the closest thing. All right? The Odyssey was the closest fucking thing, bro. And yo.

He literally left the next day after filming that promo for the special with me. He left the next day to go film the Odyssey. If Matt sold fire. Yeah. Why was Christopher Nolan to draw? Christopher Nolan and Tom Holland is the reason we went to go see the audience. Christopher Nolan is the biggest thing in Hollywood. He's bigger than any actor.

He's bigger than any producer. He's bigger than any studio. Christopher Nolan is the biggest thing in Hollywood. No question about it. Yeah, but Tom Holland makes him bigger, bro. Tom Holland is the Odyssey. Tom Holland. Him standing next to Tom Holland.

Whoever said me that DM about how Charlotte was going to hate on Tom Holland, I just want to let you know he saw it. No hate for Tom Holland. And he's doing his best to now celebrate the white boy in a month. No hate for Tom Holland, but Tom Holland makes it easy

for me to hate on all other white guys. Robert Patterson, not even close. Toby McGuire, not even close. Timothy Shalamee, please. You know, please. Tom Holland, if you didn't have a British accent and you were a swaggy, like, white boy from America,

he would be hating you so much. Best role Timothy Shalamee plays. in years was the role of a Knicks fan. Okay? Role of a Knicks fan was better than Marty Supreme. What else was he in?

What was the Ping paddle movie? What's the shit called? Ping paddle. Marty Supreme. Wasn't he the new trolley and the chocolate factory guy too? Yeah, I didn't watch it. Oh, yeah.

Look, garbage. What else going on, man? Wait, why are you on Marvel? What are y'all thinking about the new Black Panther? I trust Ryan Couglo. Let me ask you this honest question. Yeah. 100% honest.

Yeah. Would you be comfortable with Tom Holland being black man? Why would he be in there? Is Black Panther? Can't do. Is Tom Holland good enough for you? I mean, there was a white guy that was a Black Panther at one point. Do you think that he's good enough to go?

No, I don't want that in my superheroes. Like, I want, like, even when they're talking about now, having the Black Magneto and Black Professor X, I don't want that. I want to make Magneto Jewish, like he's always been in. Professor X handicapped. You know what I'm saying? Like, I want, that's, the X-Men is the, I was literally having this conversation to want it. X-Men is the one superhero film that they don't have to do any diversity to because it's

already diverse. They got everything you want. Black people, Asian people, handicaps. I'm sure people have asked this question, but like, Professor X has the ability to, like, move his chair with his mind. Yeah. Why doesn't he move his legs with him? I don't know.

I really don't know. That must be a question of people. It's actually crazy. I really don't know, yo. What are his legs made out of them? Why don't you just float? Why don't he just float? You know what I'm saying?

Or go possess somebody that can walk. You can do that too. You know what I mean? Like, it's just, I don't, I don't know. I don't know. I don't want no white black pants. What about black Spider-Man? We have one.

Miles Morales. I know. Do you think that's going to... Oh, yeah. He's all nowhere. He's Puerto Rican. Well, Puerto Rican. black. He's black and Puerto Rican. He's ever Latino. He's Puerto Rican. So that's on the way.

That's absolutely on the way. They got one more Spider-Verst movie, which is going to do crazy numbers, and then they say they're going to introduce the live backs and Miles Morales. Tom Holland said that's actually who he wants to pass the torch to. Oh, wow. I saw, but that's how I wouldn't do it, y'all. There was a- Don't follow that. Don't follow Tom. Don't follow. It's like that, huh? There was a cover of, there was a cover I saw with Spider-Man, I guess, What's a brand new day? And if you look closely, there's like a shoe mark of Miles.

No, it's not. Yeah. That's something to sit the Internet made up. A shoe mark. Why would there be a shoe mark of Miles? Because everybody knows the Miles is the ones. Yeah, that's what it was. Maybe.

I don't fucking know. What else we got, man? What else going on, Shotsie? Wait, when do you rank it in terms of Marvel movies? Marvel movies? Yeah, Marvel, yep. I don't know. I don't think I rank it.

You rank it now. It's not connected to nothing. See, this is what I got to do. I got to stop going into Marvel movies looking for continuity. Like, none of this shit has had any continuity over the last seven eight years. The reason I can't rank it over any of the original Infinity Saga movies is because all of those movies had continuity. Like, I can't put this over end game, infinity war, civil war. I can't put it over none of the Avenger movies.

I can't. I don't know where I would rank to it. I can't put it over to the Black Panther. I don't know, bro. I don't know. It's just a good movie. It's good, but it's good. It's a good movie that doesn't feel like it's connected to anything, at least now.

Maybe later we might connect the tissue. You can't give it up. Do what? If Tom is as great as you say, why can't you just give it up to the movie that you saw? Because Tom, see, Tom can, he's carrying a film like this. You know what I'm saying? So he can be in a film that may not be necessarily... Where do you rank it before I even say it?

What do you rank it? Probably top five. Okay, he thinks it's top five of all Marvel. Not just top five Spider-Man. Yeah. No, it's top one Spider-Man, and then it's top five Marvel. I put end game, end-game Infinity War, Civil War, and then probably Ragnarok, and then I'm putting...

I thought you liked Black Panther, though. It's really good, but it's good in the way of... there would be in probably top ten. It's crazy. You didn't put any Guardians movies in there. Guardians. Those Guardians' players went crazy. Fire too, yeah.

I think we don't even consider Guardians part of it. Fire. I did forget that just now. Like, Guardians feels like its own thing, even though it is connected in Marvel. Yeah. Outside of when the Avengers shits,

we don't even really consider Marvel for some reason. But it's incredible. Which is crazy because all the Spider-Man movies, the comp would be the Guardian movie. Yeah. Because they're light, they're campy, they're fun. So far of the Spider-Man's I've seen, they're not fucking with guardians. Guardians on a different level, bro.

Right? Guardians are on a different level. I can't get past a raccoon. The raccoon is the, come on, you know. And this thing is weird. I do. I think it's weird having a raccoon with a gun. It's not weird, a green girl?

But that's because aren't they part of space, so like, why is a raccoon in space? Nah, she makes you. He would be. offended if you called him a raccooter. I know that. But he is so. That's what he is. It's a superhero movie, man.

I don't want to hear nothing about on wokeness or none of that shit in superhero movies. I don't want to hear about what's real in a movie where motherfuckers are flying, bro. It's a superhero movie. Y'all just questions how that guy is that... You know what's even crazy about these movies?

How the fuck do they breathe in space? Exactly. Nobody ever questions how Spider-Man, Iron Man, Chris Evans, breathe in space. They're all humans. No, they got the helmet. What you mean?

They always have stumping. Yeah, I am. No, they don't get on them ships and they mask come right off. Yeah, but on the ship there's oxygen. Not in the alien ship. Yeah. Remember when they snuck in on the alien ship?

The aliens clearly don't. I don't know what the fuck the aliens breathe. Yeah, you don't know. Once again, why are we trying to figure that's a fucking movie? It's a superhero boy. Who gives it? I'm just saying, this is what happens when you just just complained about what we try to figure it.

I know, man. This is what happens when you try to make sense of super-er-examines. Superhero movies, okay? It's a fucking superhero movie. Let the superheroes be superheroes. Look at these pitiful numbers that Robert Patterson has in Twilight. I can't even believe you even pulled those shit up.

Yeah, what are they? Hit them out. Read them out. That's crazy. Read them out. Read them out. The first one. 137 million worldwide.

Second one. Yo. The second one is? Yo. The second one is. 709.8 million. Third one is. All time.

That doesn't mean that they were. Third one is. Tom did that in the weekend. Third one is. 698.5 million. worldwide all time. And that's been since 2010. Fourth one is. Seventh one is.

Fifth one is. That was 2011. Hold on. Hold on. Fifth one is 829. Now I want you to run those numbers through inflation. Yes. And I want you to tell me that that's worth now. But listen, listen. I want you to tell me what in 2009 right after the financial crisis. Motherfuckers lost everything.

And they went in debt to go see. They ran up. They ran up these numbers. But it took 23 years to get to this number. Tom Holland did it in 48 fucking hours, bro. What she's talking about? But you got to... Tom Holland did it over a billion 48 hours.

We got to inflation. Also, buying a ticket back then, a ticket for the movies was like $7. How difficult is it now? Now it's $20 to go to a movie. So Tom Holland's the fucking goal. The opposite, if you know math. What do you mean?

Because then the chickens were cheaper back then. Correct. So you got to sell more tickets to make that money. Nah. First of all, first of all, right. Right. Wait, only, the tickets weren't all that. I was working in the movie theater when that was happening.

Nobody's going to the movies now. Tom bought people back to the movies two weeks in a row. Did you just see what he did? Yes. Yo, he just did. He just said he brought back two weeks. Because I'm acknowledged that I know it's three, but fuck that. That was.

Because my body won't let me lie. I know it's three. How do I argue with that guy? Because I know it's three. But for the sake of the argument, I got to say two weeks in a row. You see what I think? I don't even know. Do y'all know what I have to go through?

Because I don't know if my ears and my eyes are deceit. But my body won't let me lie. I threw up three because I know it's three weeks. But for the sake of the argument, I had to say two. But you got up. 829 million in 2012 is about $1.2 billion today. All right. Tom Holland did that.

No. They didn't. Tom Holland did almost a billion this weekend. Almost a billion. What if the movie falls off a cliff? Second? No. First of all, first of all

What's the highest grossing boxed office film of all time? If Spider-Man's number two, what's number one? Avatar. Probably Avatar, right? Yeah, probably one of the Avatar. And then Titanic. I was thinking of the Avatar.

I was thinking Spider-Man, I mean, Star Wars and one of the avatars, I was thinking. No, Avatar. And then Titanic. Yeah, Avatar, right? Which one? The first one? The first one.

Cameron joint is basically it. Shout out the fucking Tom Holland, man, the goat. Square Space is the all-on-one website platform to help you stand out, succeed online, whether you're just starting out of scaling your business. Squarespace gives you everything you need to claim your domain showcase your offerings with professional website, grow your brand and get paid all in one place. Squarespace makes it easy to monetize your content by selling access to online courses, blogs, videos, and memberships. Start with a fully

customizable website and earn your recurring revenue by gating your content behind a paywall. Simply set the price and choose whether to charge a one-time fee or subscription for access with Squarespace email campaigns, all the tools you need to engage clients, promote your services, and grow your business are built in. Set up email automations to stay connected, nurture leads, and save time while seamlessly integrating your offerings into beautifully designed templates that drive bookings and sales. Schedule emails that reach your audience at the perfect time keeping your business top of mind and driving long-term growth.

Head to Squarespace.com for a free trial. And when you're ready to launch, use the offer code idiots to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. That code is idiots at Squarespace. com slash idiots for 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. You know what's humbling, getting older, okay, and realizing your body negotiates with you now. When I was 25, I'd sleep four hours, eat some bullshit, hit the gym once, and somehow wake up looking athletic. Now, I have one burger, and my stomach is like, yeah, can't see your penis no more

when you look down, huh? Everybody blames age. But I started looking into it, and one thing that surprised me is that men's testosterone naturally starts dropping in our 30s. That can make it harder to stay lean, build muscle, and keep your energy up, even if you're putting in the work. That's why I recommend Mars Men. It's a natural supplement design to support healthy testosterone levels

with ingredients like Tungat Ali, Shilajit, zinc, and boring. No weird stimulants, no synthetic hormones, just ingredients that are meant to support your training, energy, and recovery. I've definitely noticed more consistent energy, better workouts, and I don't feel like I'm dragging through the day the way I'm. I used to. And the best part, they've got a 90-day money-back guarantee, so there's really no risk in trying it. For a limited time, brilliant idiots, listeners get 50% off for life. Plus free shipping and three free gifts at men go to mars.com. That's men go to mars.com for 50% off

for a life. Free shipping and three free gifts. After your order, they'll ask where you heard about them. Make sure you tell them the brilliant idiots sent you. Right now, for a limited time, everyone's part of the Buick team, even you. Buick's employee pricing for you event is on now. Get a purchase credit of up to $3,168 on a 2026 Buick Envision. Surround yourself with signature Buick refinement from an available massaging driver's seat to an expansive panoramic moonroof and a stunning ultra-wide 30-inch diagonal screen.

Don't miss Buick's employee pricing for you event. Visit buick.com for more details. What else we got, Taylor? Huh? Pull up some shit. What else we got, Tim? I'm going to love me. Y'all that are hilarious.

Okay. To switch it all the way over. Why does that see transgender dolls, y'all? Did y'all see? No, I don't want to see. What happened? So there's... What are they?

Autobots? There's transgender... What is the transgender dog? How come I see? I don't want to see. Those are set to debut in Minnesota classrooms this fall. The taxpayer-funded paper dolls come with genitalia that can be removed

and then swapped out. A therapist at the University of Minnesota Medical tells the New York Post that they spent over a decade developing the dolls. The goal is to help kids, quote, learn about the different options. I don't even believe this is real. I don't believe this.

As a parent, I kind of like this. Tell me why. Because now you don't have to buy different dolls for your kids if they're different genders. So you have a boy he wants to play with a boy. Then it went, why do we even show the genitalia of the dolls?

When did we even show that? When we were growing up, there was no genitalia on the doll. Yeah, it was nothing. Okay, I'm shocked Bobby even had tities, but she didn't have nipples. Bobby didn't even have nipples, okay? Ken didn't have a dick. He didn't have to see, like, why?

What's the point of this, guys? Like, this is rage. I really, I really can't believe. Or bait rage. What's the term rage bait? There you go. But I can't believe we're back on the trans stuff again. literally couldn't believe it with the WMBA shit.

I couldn't believe we're back in the same conversation. It feels like I'm in some, like, bizarreo, what is that Bill Murray movie, Groundhog Day? Where it's just like every three or four years, the same topic comes up and everybody is performatively outraged by it. Now, I didn't hear exactly what Sophia Cunningham said, but the gist of it is she doesn't want biological men playing in women's. But I thought we all figured that out. Like, I thought we all came to the conclusion that it's not hateful to say that there's a genetic advantage for certain people. Well, I always said it should be one per team. But that's before the WNBA was really, really exciting like it is now.

This is, I remember you can go back to early episodes of Burydonidians. I was saying it should be one transgender per WNBA team. They don't need them now. The NBA smoking shit. Like, I love the WMB. Right, right. No, that's a good point. I was about to take it serious and then I was like, well, I didn't hear for that.

No, we're not here for that. No, 15 years ago they were not here for that. 15 years to take it serious. I almost took the bait. Listen, 12. You almost rage, baby. 10, 12 years ago, they might have needed one transgender protein.

One. You know what I'm saying? It's one. It's the one to make it exciting. Now, they don't need it. They don't need it. They got Olivia Miles. They got the Asian Wolston.

You got the Kailen Clarks. You got the Angel Reese. I know the point you're making. They out there bawling. Yeah, I know the point you're making. But yeah, go on. And the league is so good. The women are cheating on each other.

They're getting divorced. Brittany Greiner's on her second divorce. With three kids. Fire. You know, three? Three kids. Leaving broken homes everywhere. They're undressing Paige at the WMBA.

All-Star Games. You didn't see them telling her they bullied her to take her shirt off. You didn't see that? No. And she's just chilling a sports bra with a jacket on. No, man. Yeah, leave that girl alone. They throw and dildoes on the court.

WMBA is popping. WNBA got everything it needs to continue to be a prosperous place. So why have they never taken one of those like smelling dogs? Oh my God. Because you know when they threw the dildos and they're like, we don't know who threw it. Take the smelling dog, have them smell the dildo, and then smell throughout the arena. But it'll be confusing, man, because I know they sell tuning in the arena. But the dog will be confused as fuck.

Seriously, the dog will be so fucking confused. Oh, you're spinning around a circle. You see what I'm saying? Half courts been around saying, I'm going to listen, all I'm simply saying is the WNBA has everything it needs to continue to be a prosperous league.

Number one, they have a great product that they're putting on that floor. And number two, they got all a drama. WNBA storylines are better than an NBA storyline, y'all. Facts. What's the drama going on in the NBA? There's no drama. None.

We still fucking LeBron going to the sister. LeBron going to new teams are still shit people talking about. That's the biggest story. What's the biggest story? LeBron to the Sixers. I mean, Nixon is six. Nixon. It's okay being a one-term president.

There's no shame in that. People are going to look back at Biden better than it feels right now. You guys had a magical run. I'm happy for you. Oh, I didn't even know he was talking shit about it. I know, I know. I just caught it now. Hold on.

Let me sit up, man. Hold on. I feel nice to Chris now because he brought his daughter last week and I realized like, Chris is a real human being, man. He had like a grown-ass daughter. Had a grown daughter. Teasing his guy. Grown daughter. I can't do this. Raised a Sixers fan. I will say this. This is a lesson in authenticity. This is a lesson in resilience. Yeah. For who? For me. Oh.

When the Knicks made their run. I've lived in New York City for a long time. Yeah. people said to me come on man stop being a hater yeah enjoy it yeah go to the watch parties celebrate i said no i said last round they came to my city they stomped on the jerseys they disrespected that's not what being a true fan is about Andrew you've lived in different cities yeah am i going to find any pictures of you out there in a heat jersey in the heat not a single one am i going to find you on anything no you don't do that you don't switch it up no you respect that I respect.

You don't switch it up. I respect that. Even when the entire city is flowing in the other direction, you stand and look. Ten toes down. It looked very dark a month ago. Yeah. It looked very dark for us. Why?

You had Jalen Brown. No. Fucking Tyrease Maxie. We had Maxie. VJ and Bede and a broken down called George. And then something happened. What happened? We got Jalen Brown.

I said this feels different. I'm not used to this feeling. And then what else happened? And then in his. His wisdom, the goat looked around the league. He surveyed the league. He didn't wait for this. I knew.

This is good. The goat surveyed the league and he said, what's the one fan base that stood ten toes down? What's the one fan base that deserves my presence? What's the one fan base that didn't switch it up and flock, like everybody else in the front row of MSG? What's the one fan base where if I bring my talents to that city, they deserve the difference I'm going to make.

And in his wisdom... This is how you talk in your mind? He looked around. He said to Philadelphia is 76ers. Right, right. Wow. I'm very happy for you guys. Yeah.

It was a beautiful moment in time, but it's just going to be a moment. You think that... So you think that Sixers about to take it up? Taylor, who are you? I'm not a... I'm sorry. I wasn't raised to be a Sixers man.

I understand. Where were you born? Where are you raised? In PA. Philadelphia. Upper Darby? No. Stop getting it wrong.

It's not upper Derby. I know there are some dark moments and you slander the goat. But now's the moment. No, I already said, look, I said if he gives PA a ring or PA, if he gives Philly a ring, I respect him a lot more in a sense. You know, you know, the New York Knicks are the reason that LeBron James went to Philadelphia because I believe. Why do you say that? Because he wanted to play in New York and he saw the love that a team. like the Knicks can get when they bring a championship to a city that's been starved of a championship.

There's only like two for real. I mean, I could be completely wrong, but I believe there's only like two, maybe three completely basketball cities in America. New York. I'm going to say three. Philly and Boston. And I'm going to give L.A. just a little bit. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, Lakers.

Yeah, you're right. You really look at it. Yeah, but nobody's from L.A. That's what I was saying. It's like everybody moves L.A. So you're pretending to be a Lakers fan. I'm talking about the Paul, the Paul Pierce's guys like that.

There are a lot of guys who really the Westbrooks, the hard. I don't know if Philly's a basketball town. Yes, it is. Basketball town. Hello. Can I make an argument? Philadelphia is a basketball team.

Sure. I think Philly is a bigger football town. Yes. Then it is basketball. Yes. But it's roots. We thought that about the New York, too. No, but what I would say, nobody in New York City.

Nobody in New York City. You got to understand. Nobody in New York City, not a single one of us growing up, put on football pads or a helmet. Yeah. We have no understanding of football. Like, the idea of playing football in high school is, like, absurd to all of us. We played one sport.

You played baseball when you were a kid in Little League, when your parents would take you out to Randall's Island. But outside of that, you never touched the baseball. We played one sport, it's basketball. It's the only sport this town cares about. Philly's close to that, though. I would say... Philly's the closest.

Philly's close to that, but Philly got a relationship with the Eagles that, like, a college town has with their team. Let me give you a counter to that. Yeah. I agree with you. There's no question the Eagles

are the number one team in the city, and a lot of that is because they've been successful. They won. But this is the one difference between New York and Philly when it comes to basketball. Philly is a college basketball town. Philly has the big five. They have a 60, 70-year-old tradition

of those teams going. at each other. So they like college. Yeah. So they like college. But for, for example, what I would say is like, there's no style of a Philly basketball player. So for example, you would never go, oh, yeah, he's a Philly style point guard or he's a Philly style. That's interesting. In boxing, Philly Boxes, yeah.

There's a style, right? Broad-strictly and Kenny Anderson, these classic New York City punkers, Kenny Smith. But I think all that stuff is out the window with the internet right now. I can see the point. I'm just talking about culture that freetates. the internet. You know what a New York point guard is, Sebastian Telferre, Stefan Marbury. These are like long legacies of point guards that go went to Bannister or what was the other school out Lincoln or went to Christ the King. Like we got these institutions.

Yeah. Even our rappers hooped in high school, Cam was playing, Mace was playing. Like these- Gilly played? Gilly played. Gilly played, bro. I think Gilly plays better now. Shout out to Gilly. You know, yeah. You know, listen, I was looking at Gilly's, somebody put out of a table. in high school. Gilly was smoking shit. No, Gilly's a Gilly. Like smoking shit.

But even Gilly, I see as an Eagles fan. No, he didn't switch up. He didn't switch up. I'm not saying he switched up. But identity-wise... He'll be more excited when the Sixers bring it home next year. Fair enough.

I guarantee you the highest selling jersey ever in Philadelphia sports history was Alan Iverson. Yes. And probably Dr. J. number two. All right. So let me tell you that... In all the sports, I bet you if you looked it up,

Alan Averson got the highest selling jersey in Philly history. All right, sure. So here's the thing. with New Yorkers love it oh shit see what I'm saying he pulled out the AI

why are you walking around a random a judge wait why do you why well why Chris it's hot what yo

now tell me if you think this take is crazy tell me that you take it's crazy I don't even know if you grew up in New York City this sounds crazy but it might be true like, I don't even really know if you like football if you grew up in New York City.

I think people in New York, it's Jersey in Long Island. Yeah. Maybe some like more far parts of Queens or Staten Island. A little Staten Island. Staten Island. Staten Island a little bit. But like, because they actually have room to play football out there.

You can have, the high school is going to have it. I think if you grew up in the city, city, you like the giants or the jets or whatever, but it's not, like, that's really a suburban thing to like football. So to us it's only basketball. Boston, I would say... Basketball time.

It's basketball because of the history of the Celtics. And because the Patriots aren't necessarily in Boston. Well, to me, the Patriots are Boston. But here's the thing that I don't get with Boston. I never seen people playing basketball in Boston. I never seen a hoop somewhere. I never heard of a pickup run. I never heard of like an iconic place where you could go play hoops.

We got... Somebody just stopped dribbling in Boston right now. They're listening to the brilliant idiots in their headphones. They're like, what the fuck is Andrew talking about? And they're alone. They're in that park alone. There's nobody else. Like, homie from above the room, chef.

That's it. That's it. That's it. Shadowballing. I'm just saying, can you, like, do people play? If somebody told me that there's not a single place to play basketball in Boston outside of the Boston Garden or the TD or whatever it's called, I would believe it. In New York, we have iconic. Pick up.

pickup courts, the Rucker, West Forth, the garden out in Queens or whatever, where like Marbury and Tel-Fair played in the projects or whatever they called that shit. There's like iconic, not even professional basketball. Sure, Philly has Sunny Hillie. You know what I just saw? How many ever heard of that. Oh, come on. You know what they said the highest selling jersey in Philly history is, Chris?

Fucking Bryce Harper. They said when Bryce Harper signed with the 50s 2019, his number three jersey became the best-selling Jersey launch in the history of professional sports. What do we talk about? What the fuck? I'll be honest, I don't even think, I don't even, I would be shocked if y'all even knew the rules to basketball. Let's not get, let's not get, let's not get sidetracked right now. Gilly might be the best Philadelphia that's ever played basketball.

You can't prove me otherwise. Homegrown talent. Yes. Tell me another homegrown talent from Philly. Well, can you name one NBA player from Philly? Rashid Wallace. I can't believe you didn't say Kobe, by the way. I don't count Kobe because he was raised in Italy.

All right, fair. So give me one, give me one raised in Philly. Well, you know, people say Will Chamberlain is one of the five greatest players of all time. Will was Philly. Oh, yeah, yeah. Overbrook High. What are we talking? Oh, yeah, yeah, you're right.

Will, I mean, technically, Will, Kobe? Yeah, Kobe's in it. They literally call Lomeroom Kobe School. Listen, I don't even got to look it up. All I know is if LeBron James wins a championship in Philadelphia, it will be great. It'll be great for the city of Philly. They haven't won a championship

in, what, 43 fucking years and winning a championship for our all-time historic franchise. That's actually... There's no chance. Guys, there's no chance. You got to be so good. You got to go through the Knicks.

Don't let me tell it. They're going to get their hope. Don't let me tell it. What's the one thing that's indisputable... I never heard Chris Rang's voice. I never heard Chris Rangisers. What's the one thing that's undisputable about Lebron?

What do we all agree about LeBron? He chokes? No. Flops? What? Basketball genius. Why? Everything.

It has to do with everything. He looked around. He could have gone anywhere. He could have gone to San Antonio to put them over. I don't know. I don't say the 76's problems all these years has been they've been too stupid. In many ways. I don't know if there was a market for Bronn like y'all think it was.

Oh, my God. Come on. I really don't. There's a financial market, meaning people want to see him play one last time. He's a basketball genius. Let me tell you something. Nobody's worried about LeBron. Nobody on the East Coast, not a single team is going, oh, no, we're playing LeBron.

Why? Because why? It's a little bit of him when he has to be one of the top two guys. You got to be worried about five. You got to be worried about death. You're right. You got to worry about Brinches. You're not worried about Josh Hart on your offense.

Who am I worried about Josh Hart? Y'all don't got no chemistry. I got Jalen Brown. I got a rejuvenated Joelle and Bede. I got the young friends, VJ. Edgecombe. Joe, he's fine. Tops. His needle can go 90 degrees.

He's back. There's only one basketball, bro. Who's going to be the number one guy on the team? Every night's a different story. That's not going to work. That's not how it works. Called versatility. All right.

It's called losing. No. You got to have a Jalen Brunson where you get the rock in his hand. He wants his team to be fluid, fucking liberal. You would want your team fluid. We're going to flow right through the east, the west,

the playoffs. Nah, I'm a beautiful thing. Yeah. See, all, well, it seems like Chris does,

you respect a player that goes to different teams and try to win the ring instead of staying on one team. I will say, I loved what Derek Fisher said. That was hard, and I agree with that. Derek Fisher said,

you're not ring chasing if you're the reason the people get the ring. But you're not ring chasing when you're the guy that creates the rings. Yes. Like, go back in NBA sports history.

It's not about where, like, what team the guy is on. It's about what team, it's about where he is, not the city or the team. Yeah. So, Lou Al-Sinders, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he didn't chase rings. Where he went, the rings followed. Yes. Yes, indeed. So it's the same, like, when you look at the history,

of all of the greats, it's where they are that the rings go. It's not the other way around. It's not like a ring is sitting in Philadelphia and he's going to chase it. His addition will increase the chances of them getting it. Yeah, they look good on paper without them, but they may not win it without them either.

And they could also come up short with him. I agree. Like, that's not ring chasing. Like, LeBron goals the team and teams, the rings follow him. No, I completely agree. Like, that was actually, I was like, you know what? KD to Golden State is ring chasing.

KD, the Golden State is ring chasing. Because KD never won a ring anywhere and still hasn't won a ring anywhere else. He went to Golden State because Golden State were champions. He won two rings and hasn't won anywhere else. LeBron is won everywhere he went. He's been the difference maker. 100%. So it's the same thing.

He goes to Philly. That's not ring chasing. You can't knock LeBron's rings. No. People try to knock the bubble ring and I think that's bullshit. Do you all respect that more? What's that? What?

Going to different teams and getting your ring. ring versus. It's not about more or less. It's, if you go to a different team and you build the team, you deserve the credit. If you go to a different team that's already an amazing team and they're already winning championships and you win another one with them, it's not as valid. It's going to be one of the biggest points that people bring up if LeBron wins the ring in Philly because he literally won a ring with every team he went to. So as soon as somebody says, man, he's chased, he went to different team to team and he won a ring every time he went to a team. He's going to win a ring with us. And he might.

It will undisputably be the goat. I've always had Jordan above him. No. Really? You're going to play him above now if he wins? Now you're just saying anything. That's crazy. How are you just saying anything for the sake of saying anything?

Listen, LeBron's standing. Who's going to shoot on that team? Like, let's just talk about the build of the team. Like, this is a three-point game we live in right now. I got my young gun. Anthony Simon's coming off the bench. No, no. Give me your starting five.

The five that are going to play the last eight- Tyrese, Mark Maxy, arguably one of the best shooters in the league. Can shoot his ass off. Now he gets a playoff ball with LeBron orchestrating. You got one. You got one. Vijay's been in the lab all summer. What does that mean? Putting on muscle, perfecting his three-point shot.

He's going to be a sniper. You got Maxie. Two. You got Maxie. Brown, a very legitimate shooter. No. Yes. Embeddeed, always a decent three-point shooter.

He better hope that he's out there. He's going to pick it up. I'm going to see him at around 40%. this year. Chris, there's no way Joel and Bede will be playing outside of the perimeter

on this team. He has to go down low. That's the other idea. He has to go where LeBron tells him. That's dumb. If he's still shooting threes on this team...

No, I like him shooting threes. No. I like... I don't. I mean, me personally, I think for that team, you need him on the wing because you need to create lanes

for Jalen and you need to create lanes for Paul. Because otherwise it's going to be to George. No, he's gone. gone. Sorry, not Paul George. Jaylon.

Jalen. J.L. Brown? Now, if he has to take a cat down low and bang him and post him, we'll do that too. Maxie. I'm going to be honest with you, based off what Shultz just said, Nixon 5, bro. How did I think about it? Like, they got to get this chemistry. I already knew they wasn't going to have no chemistry.

I don't think next round. They're out hitting the clubs. They're partying. They're living out of the first round. Oh, my God. Come on. I don't think you make it out of the first round. You don't have any shooting.

There's no shooting. This is a three. three-point game. You don't come back from down fucking 39 or whatever the hell we came back from with going two for two. Well, talk to me. A difference. The thing I did like about the Knicks is the Knicks do take it to the basket.

I think that San Antonio Spurs died on the three-point shooting that game. Because they didn't switch it up in the second half and they just kept shooting, shooting, shooting, and missing. Meanwhile, Knicks was going down there getting layups, getting dunks. We were hitting three. Going to the basket. They were hitting a few threes. But I think it was the fact that the Spurs were missing a bunch of

threes and the Knicks were driving to the basket. That's what I like about the name. You got a hit. You guys aren't ready for maxi off ball. That's what you don't understand. He's been miscast playing out of position. Now LeBron is orchestrating. LeBron is playing point.

He's setting all these guys up. Why would you be playing point? So you have all five of your players on the perimeter? Hey. That's kind of what we did. If Embed has to take you down low and punish you, so be it. Cat doesn't want it with him down low. Cat will smoke M.B.

No. Oh. Come on. The Knicks are going to be so good. It was a beautiful year for the next year. I'm very happy for every day. They're going to be better next year. They champions playing with a different level of confidence.

Every level of confidence. You're not thinking about New York confidence, though. We got new confidence. This is a different type of confidence. I think you guys might miss the playoffs. No, I'm not going to go that. We're just going to sit it out and then we'll... I think you might miss the playoff.

Come on, God forbid, but the B could get injured. Without Embed, that's like, you... You guys are kind of a mediocre... You said, God forbid, and B could get injured? God forbid. I don't wish that on anyone. If B gets injured, we're going to run. Listen, God said, got you.

You ain't even got to worry about that. It's part of his legacy, as part of his destiny. Joel and B., 47 games next year, okay? In this week's episode of The Brilliant Nidious, is also brought to you by tempo. Summer always sounds relaxing in theory, but somehow it feels busy than ever. I've been outside all weekend, man, between vacation.

and concerts and, you know, pool days, and the kids at camp trying to keep everybody fed, healthy, eating, and just trying to keep the kids busy, things can easily fall off track. That's why I've been loving tempo. Okay, the meals are already prepared, ready in just minutes, and they make it easy to have a healthy option waiting for you. No matter how chaotic the day gets, all right? Tempo delivers fresh, chef-crafted, dietitian-approved meals right through your door. It's making it easy to eat well and save time on our busiest days, okay?

Each meal is perfectly portioned for lunch or dinner and ready in just two minutes. That means real food, real fast. Without the sad desk lunch or drive-through regret with over 20 recipes every week made from nutrient-rich ingredients, tempo keeps things exciting and helps you stay consistent with healthy habits. And no matter your goals, there's a tempo meal for you. Protein-packed meals with over 30 grams of protein, fiber-rich, calorie-conscious, gut support, and even GLP-1 Smart Meals. Get GLP One Smart Meals delivered to your door this summer. Tempo meals are full of protein and fiber, making it eat. easy to reach your goals and feel your best.

It's convenient, but also flexible enough to fit the way you want to eat. For a limited time, Tempo was offering brilliant idiots to listen to 60% off your first box. Go to TempoMeals.com.com slash idiots. That's templemills.com slash idiots for 60% off your first box. Temple Meals.com slash idiots. Rules and restrictions may apply. Let's get back to the show. Guys, this episode has also been brought to you by hard penis.

Hard penis brought to you by Blue Chew Golds, okay? All the other competition out there is going to take 30 minutes or more for your shit to get rocked up. Blue-chew gold is 15 minutes or less. There's no wasting time. You know, if you got to go, you got to go. If a shorty brings you into the bathroom, you got to be ready to go. Okay? If a girl's hitting you up on her lunch break, you got to be ready to go.

You don't have all this time to be in hard. And blue-chew-gold understands that. And that's why they got your back. Okay, I can tell you about the ingredients and all this stuff. other stuff, you don't care. You just want to make sure you're hard on 15 or less. And on top of that, because they care about you and they care about this podcast, you buy two months, they're going to give you the third month free. All you got to do is use the promo code idiot. It says, bluechew.com, use the promo code idiots. You buy two months. You're going to get the third month for free. You are

welcome. Now let's get back to the show. At Desjardin Insurance, we know that when you own a nail salon, everything needs to be perfect from tip to toe. That's why our agents go the extra mile to understand your business and provide tailored solutions for all its unique needs. You put your heart into your company, so we put our heart into making sure it's protected. Get insurance that's really big on care. Find an agent today at Dejardin.com slash business coverage. church announcements this Saturday in Monks Corner South Carolina I am having my 11th annual

Back to School drive Okay book bag drive and fish fry Okay you know how we do 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Berkeley High School bus loop we're going to have backpacks and we're going to have the food trucks and the jump castles and the face painting all of that good stuff all you got to do is pull up

the Berkeley High School this Saturday from 6 p.m. The 8 p.m. Salute the sprayground, man. Sprayground gave me a fantastic deal on some backpacks. So all the kids in Monk's Corner

that come to my 11th annual back to school driving fish fry will be getting spray ground backpacks and school supplies, man. So, yeah, see y'all this Saturday. What you got, Hesachia Walker? Saturday, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Great outdoors fest. Awesome show. Wild venue. outdoors, like insane. So we'll see you guys up there. Halifax, Nova Scotia. I'm coming up there. I'm bringing Mark Gagnon, Camp Patterson, Lucas Zelnick, Rory Gardner

opening up. So it's going to be a great show. We'll see you guys there. All right. Let's get back to the show. What else we got, Taylor Gang? Oh, Saluta. I'm getting a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, brother. I wanted to bring that up. I'm getting starred in Hollywood Walk of Fame. Unbelievable.

Unbelievable. In the category of radio, next we have a man who is the voice of the culture, a radio hall of fame inductee, and an absolute force. Charlemagne the God. You know, all the digital dickheads out there, man. Tell me.

It's just funny. It's funny to watch because it's not hard to have conversations with people about stuff like this because you can just tell them if they choose to listen, right? So people will see my name along with like, who else? getting in this year, Kiki Palmer, Delroy Lindo, Idris Elbaugh, right, Little Wayne.

And they're like, what the fuck is Charlemagne up there for? Guys, they have a radio category. The Hollywood Walk of Fame has a radio category. So they have radio, music, acting. It's radio music acting. I forgot, I can't remember

the other categories, but they have a radio category. I know y'all think radio is just prehistoric, okay, and nobody listens to it anymore, but that's not the case. And the Hollywood Walk of Fame has an actual radio category. I think there's 2,800 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and like 9% of them are radio personality. So it's just a rare feat. Why wouldn't I be in there for radio?

I'm just saying, like, why wouldn't I be on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for radio? Yeah, there'd be no reason not to. Elvis Duran has a star. Angie Martinez got selected for a star a couple of years ago. Wendy Williams has a star. I feel like I should have a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for radio. You're so good at like knowing what people are saying to think about things. I mean, you look at it.

You see it. Like, you know, if somebody put a post, somebody will at me and tag me, and they'll ask the question, like, why is Charlemagne getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Because there's a radio category. I'm already in the Radio Hall of Fame. I think I'm pretty good at this radio thing, guys. I think so. I've been doing it for 28 years, okay?

Right. Right. It'll be 16 years of Breakfast Club this December. Right. All right? And the funny part is when motherfuckers be like, what the fuck is the radio person? What the fuck is the radio guy getting a star

in the Hollywood Walk of Fame for? Because when they think Hollywood Walk of Fame, they think Hollywood. They think movies, yeah. Movies and shit like that. No, they have a radio category. So, yes, I'm going to get my goddamn star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

And for the people who stay other stupid shit like you pay for it, you don't know what you're talking about either. You have to be selected for it first. Then you got to pay for it. Okay? Yeah, what is the... Why are they just trying to discredit? Shultz, come on.

What would the world be if people didn't try to discredit you? Man, I saw a great quote. What are you talking about? I saw a great quote. What are you talking about? What would the world be if they didn't try to discredit you, man? In your accomplishments. But for people who want to know, you pay for the star after you get selected because you have to pay for the actual physical star.

You got to pay for the star to be in the ground. You got to pay for the lifetime maintenance of the star and you have to pay for the ceremony. So it's just like, you know, getting invited to the Met Gala. Like, I don't know if y'all know or not, but these people make donations, right, when they get invited to the Met Gala and it goes to the museum. So, hey, man, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, they got it. they gotta make money too I guess but you don't pay for the star

you can't go there and say hey let me get a star if that was the case it'd be a lot more than 2,800 of them a lot of the award shows are the same way what do you mean like sports campaign in this stuff

you gotta you gotta pay the organization that throws them oh I didn't know that yeah oh wow I wanted to find this fucking quote what's the quote something like um

like like taking pleasure in the in like the criticism of the successful or the downfall of the successful is the drug of the mediocre or something like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Like you're exposing your own mediocrity by taking pleasure in knocking successful people down. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Does that make sense? Yeah, Ron. I love it. Listen, by the way, I love it.

There's nothing more that warms my cold heart than to watch people mad. at me being successful. The time and energy that y'all take to make your videos and send out your posts, thank you. I appreciate you.

Because I keep telling y'all over and over, the algorithm don't know the fucking difference. It just doesn't. The algorithm has no idea why your name is alive in the algorithm is just in the algorithm. So thank you. The downfall of the great

has always been the joy of the mediocre. Ooh. Ooh. So that means that the continued evolution of the great must make the mediocre sick. Right? Or did I just make that up? No, of course, they don't want you to win because there's got to be a reason why they're not winning. Well, I can't wait to tell y'all when the ceremony is going to be, okay?

I want to be there. Me too. Of course. What are you talking about? I got to do it. What do you mean? I hit you up when I saw. And I was like, bro, when is this?

I got to go. I thought you were doing it like last week. No, no, no, no, no. I'll probably wait until like early 2027. Because it's 4 to 2027. Got it. By the way, I don't even know when. Because once I, you know, take care of everything,

then they tell you schedule the ceremony and stuff. But I hope it's at a time where all of us can, you know, pull up. You know what I mean? I can't wait to do graffiti on it. That'd be dope. Yeah, that'd be dope. If y'all don't stick one. one of them WMBA Dildos on his star weekly,

we don't have real brilliant idiots fans in LA. If there ain't a WMBA dildo stuck on that plaque weekly. That's what the money's for. The money is a clean inch. We're going to, hey, I'm starting another fund. I'm starting another fund. Or make the, no mind. It's the WMBA Dildo fund.

Okay? So we need a weekly. You're going to have the most popular star on the walk of a fan. I can't wait. And you know what's so interesting about the star? it wasn't something that I ever thought about. I never thought about a star in Hollywood, which is weird because usually I see other,

like if I see like an Elvis Duran or Wendy, I'm like, oh, that's a goal. I never thought of that as a goal. I don't know why. Like never, like never did I ever think about that as a goal. Because I don't know if it's like, I don't know if it's like a way that we judge radio people. No.

It's not Big Boy got a star. Right, right. Big Bo got star. There are other examples of, success that we would dictate like the gravity of a radio personality outside us, star on the Walker fan. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. At least in my mind.

Yeah. You know, if someone told me like Howard Stern never got a star, I'd be like, he don't have one. But I'm sure he's been offered a star. I don't know if he's been offered because he's publicly bashed the process. Like, he thinks it's ridiculous that you have to pay for it once they select you. Well, who do they expect to pay for chipping up the stuff? street and like inserting the thing.

I don't know. Listen, I respect all sides of why people want them and why people don't want them. I know I'm going to get mine. I mean, it's a small fee to pay for immortality. You know, as long as Los Angeles is here and it will be here for at least another five, ten years. I mean, it's an honor to have a methed-out

homeless person take a shit on your name. Hey, man. Who wouldn't want that? Hey, man. Listen, I'm getting it. I want it. Hollywood Star Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hall of Fame radio personality sounds pretty good to me. It is an unbelievable accomplishment to be immortalized in the center hub for entertainment for the world.

I have no problem with it. What are we talking about? I have no problem with it. I was sitting on my porch and started getting texts and I was like, what the fuck is going on? Oh, you didn't even, you weren't even there. I had no idea.

I had no idea that I had been submitted that, you know, You know, somebody, they have to submit you. Somebody has to submit your name. I had no idea I had been submitted. It was a complete, complete. I had the same reaction as everybody that was hitting me. That was talking shit.

The fuck I'm getting a star for. The fuck am I getting the star for? But then you, oh, they got a radio category. All right, make sense. That's so smart. No, so I want it. What else we got, Taylor? How much can I pay to have your name spelled wrong?

I mean, I'm definitely doing T. Yeah, I thought about this shit. You gotta do it. That's the name. That's the name, right? That's the name. That's the name. Why would you not?

I want you can't do Lenard McKelvey. Oh yeah, why would you do that? It's not the same. Why would you do Lanari? And it's Hollywood, right? My stage name has Ben Shalman. I feel like your stage name should be on the star. It is.

Yeah. Why you act like you wouldn't be? I don't know. I mean, it can be whatever I wanted to be, but yeah. Yeah, I think Charlotte made the guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because every actor who's changed their name uses their actor name. Yeah, Whoopi Goldberg name ain't Whoopi Goldberg?

Tom Cruise name and Tom Cruise. Jamie Fox. Jamie Fox? Yeah, absolutely, 100%. What's Tom Cruise's name? Cruz, Tom. No, what is his real name? It's going to be hollering in a minute.

He's not even going to want to be a cruise in a fucking minute. It's going to be fucking Tom Holland. What else we got, Taylor? His name is Thomas Cruz Mapathor. What? I see why he changed it. Let's do some asking idiots, ma'am. Let's do it.

Let's do some asking idiots, man. Is that real the Easy 800s? Because them shit looked fire. Have you seen them? Let me see. They ain't on front. Them shit right there look fire. Let me see them.

Them shit right there? I want them. They kind of look like Sikoni's a little. bit. They look comfortable, man. This is the first time I've seen him directly rip off a sneaker, right? Yeah. This is a direct rip off of a new balance. A new balance. Yeah, so on your new balance. These are new balance like 9-9-5s or something like that. Yeah. I like the colors and a color way. Yeah. But like the shape of the sneakers is an identical new balance. Yeah. Or like an ASIC. Oh, the ASIC. Yeah, the new ASICs too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right. You're absolutely right.

Let's do some, let's do these ads tell them. Then do some asking idiots. Also, while we wait, did you know that Gen Z men are being more stay at home and the women have to work? About time. How many millions of years we, you know? I'm working millions of years, man. What is the Gen Z man? What year is that?

My buddy had a funny-ass tape. He's dead. He's gay? No, he's dead. Oh. And he was, he's talking. you got three kids he's talking about like being with the kids and whatever and he was like man we're spending our generation is spending three times more time with our kids than our parents

and past generations like we're the first dads that are just there all the time and uh but we still have the responsibilities of of work and that kind of stuff right and uh what you He was saying his wife, he's basically like, he's basically like, look, like, I never had anyone to learn how to do this from. You know what I mean? It's like, I'm making this up as I go. Like, you had your mom doing all the time with you and the kid. You have an expectation of what you're supposed to do.

We're the first generation being full-time dads and our wives aren't happy with how we're doing it. We're like, who the fuck were we supposed to learn from? Our dads are playing golf. We're going to do other shit. hanging out or drinking at the bar. That was normal. No.

My dad was very present. So was mine. So is mine. I don't have the excuse. I don't have the excuse. But the data shows that most times dads were they're fighting a war. My dad was outside. Dad was outside.

Fighting a war against his loins, all right? He was fucking, my dad had a whole of the family. Yeah. What you're talking about. Ask an idiot. What we got, what we got, Taylor gang? What you got, Taylor, gang? What you got?

What's your guy for? What's your God for us? Taylor gang. What's your God for us? Why you sounded like some boozy just now? What you got for us? What's your God for? What's your God for?

What's your God for? Still one saint says, If both of you had to start your careers today, would you have the same level of success? If both of you had to start your careers today? Would you have to start? I think more. Yeah.

I think more. Are we starting our career today with all of the knowledge that we've acquired over the last, however many years? Oh, I think they meant just... Randomly? Like, we just had to start now. I mean, I don't, I guess. You're going to have to say, listen, luck is, plays a part in all this.

Yes, it does. So we can't. I never used to believe in luck until recently. What made you change? Because, I mean, I believe in God, first and foremost. I believe in God. And I believe in hard work. But I guess, I don't know.

I guess maybe what's in my mouth. to Alicia Renee, my good sister, Alicia Renee told me this, because I read Joe, uh, Joe Morgan's book, John Morgan's book, I'm sorry, John Morgan book from Morgan and Morgan. Yeah. And the name of his book is, uh, hold on, I'm gonna tell you right now, is, is it, was it, it's not, it's not hard work, it's luck. Hold on, let me tell you right now. John Morgan book is called, yes, life is luck. Lessons from a paper boy and how to improve your luck. And basically, what he says is that being self-made is a myth

and you have to focus on how to recognize lucky breaks, handle misfortune and build a return on luck. But what he actually describes his luck is also too, just God. Like, you know, some things are just, you know, destined to be, right? Yeah.

And so I believe, I believe that as well. So I don't want to say I all the way believe in luck, but I just believe that there are these divine breaks that happen. Whether you want to call, you want to call them, whatever you want to call them.

Yeah. There's just these divine breaks that happen for you. But I think they happen for you because they're for you. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like I don't think everybody, I think your path is completely different than anybody else's path. Like you could tell another comedian exactly what you did. It might not work for them.

And it might not work for them. Trust me, I see it. It's one of my favorite things to do. Watch people who put stuff on YouTube and put their stand-up special stuff. You're bad. What? What? What?

I like watching it. I like watching it because I'm like, you know what? I can see why it's not happening for you. But then there's other people who do it. And I'm like, that motherfucker is funny. It's just a matter of time. Right. You know what I'm saying?

That's the difference. But that's what I mean when I say what works for you won't work for everybody else because they're not you. Yeah. They don't have what you have. Like, and just because you see it work for, it can work for a few people. I'm sure that putting stand-up specials on YouTube, it has worked for you. It's working for a lot of people.

I can think of Ali's a big and a few people. all those guys like that. Oh yeah, amazing. Those guys are funny. Yeah, I mean, you need to have, you need to have it. You gotta be funny. You gotta have it. You gotta have it.

Yeah. And the formula don't matter if you don't have the it. So I don't know, I feel like we, I feel like we'd still be successful if we had to start the day because that was just in our cards, I guess. Yeah. P-L-R-D-8222 said, what's your favorite summer memory ever? Ooh, I've made some good ones this summer.

Really? Definitely, bro. What you got going on? I told you I've been chasing dopamine all fucking summer. Real dopamine hits. It started with the Jay-Z show going to all. Well, actually it started with vacation. Yeah.

Being in Anguilla for 10 days, you know, that's my happy place. But then coming home and then I buried next weekend, going to Jay-Z for three days. Yeah. Went to all three Jay-Z shows, which I didn't plan to do. I only plan to go to one. But that dopamine was so high from that Friday and went to all of them. Then last week, or the week before last, went to Vegas to go see GZ on a Friday. Mary J. Blige on a Saturday, dopamine high through the roof.

And then this week was, last week was, I went to go see a great play. Oh, my God. You should go see, fuck, why can't remember the title of nothing? It's every brilliant thing with Tracy Ellis Ross, hold on, what's it called? You know what I'm talking about? It's a one-woman play, but you'll like it because you understand mental health. I mean that too. Yes, every brilliant thing.

Oh, my God. Man, when you talk about art that puts people's anxiety and depression in perspective, in grief, in perspective, oh, and she's the only person, she's a one-woman play, so it's just her. But the audience is her co-host. So when you walk in, inside your playbill

is a number and a line. And so as she's on stage, she's doing the play and she'll say the number. And then the person, whatever number is, you got to scream the line back to her. So she incorporates the whole audience. Oh, that shit is so dope. It's dope. That's risky, though. Whatever you don't pay attention to the thing.

She keeps saying the number. Yeah. Just say nine, nine. Yeah. Yeah. Like 10,000, 32. 10,000. And she does it so dull.

Like, you don't even. realize like is she in a scene though like well it's incorporated because it's called every brilliant thing so she's the play is about her writing down all of these things that she loves and she numbers them you know what i'm saying so when she screams out the number the person screams out the thing and then that keeps the play on everyone in the play gets called on there's no way not every not everybody in the audience but majority of a lot a large part of the audience yeah and she's surrounded on stage by a lot of the audience. The shit is dope.

The shit is dope. So, long story short, and then I got, like, my good sister, getting married this weekend. Like, you know what I mean? Like, so it's just,

it's dope. It's, non-stop dopamine. So this has been a very memorable summer. My daughter's going to college. Like, this has been a very memorable summer. I will remember the summer of 26th. I got the fucking star

on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Like, it's a big, yeah, this summer I've been created a lot of memories. What about you? Um, there's like crazy childhood memories, but, uh, I honestly think it's my, my daughter's at an age now where, like, we're really communicating. Yeah. And, uh, it's just unbelievable. It's amazing. You know, it's like painful being away because she can literally go,

when, dad, will you come home? Will you come? Oh my God. Yeah. But like, just being able to have conversations with her, you know, being able to. her to like express what she wants and then go do it. Yeah. Going little like daddy daughter dates. That's been the coolest thing that I can remember. So, for sure. Dope. I went to the Hamptons though.

You other than that I went to the Hampton. Yeah, what did you think? I thought the Hamptons was dope. I get it. It reminds me of the low country. Interesting. It reminds me of like South Carolina. Like the Hilton heads, the Isle of Palms, the kid was, I get it.

I get why if you're in New York, you would want to go to the Hampton. It's a cool vibe. It's cool energy. Food is pretty good. Lobster rolls. Oh, my God. Where'd you go? You love a lobster.

I love a fucking lobster. I don't remember the name of this place. It's shit. The only place I remember is the ice cream spot because my kids made me go there like twice. Oh, the in town? Yeah. Klaus or something like that or whatever.

Something would it be? Budapery. Oh, yeah, Budapery. That's what it's called? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was dope, though. I had a good time in the handsom. What's one aspect of life that everyone takes advantage of?

Time. Yeah. Time, time, time, time, time. You have so much of it until you have none of it. Time. That's the best advice. The nice thing about having kids when you're older is that all the people that are your age

that already had kids and older than you constantly remind you how fast it goes. Yeah. So now I have that in my brain. I'm like, okay, I got to soak up these moments. I got to take this. All right, I'm tired and I'm hung over because I had martinis at dinner,

well, fuck it, let's get up. Because how many years, how much time am I going to have with her at two and a half years old just pushing her on a swing? That's actually made me stop drinking. Interesting. Because of that. Yeah, the mornings you're cooks.

I want to be up. I want to be up. I want to be up with the kids. Like, I don't want to be, just wake up. Yeah, nah, nah, because it impacts everything. Your workout, all of that shit like that. Like it makes you, yeah, I agree with that. time time time definitely uh can you remember a time in your life that you wish time stopped temporarily

absolutely million times every time i fucking had a premature orgasm oh yeah 100 you know what i'm saying like every single time like why am i nutting fast again you know that like god damn can can That's not what they talking about? It's my time. You ask me a question. It is. Like, come on. What about you, Schultz?

I am. That's a good one. I mean, yes, of course, in those situations. You wish time stopped temporarily. I'd be doing that shit, too. What? Stopping time. It's just like Blossom.

I'd be like. Is that what she could do? Yes. Every time I'm in a moment. that I really, really enjoy, I do that shit, yo. Just to see. I just feel like, stop time. I'm dead serious.

I do that, especially on vacation. And time be stopping. What the hell you're talking about? You too young to know who Blossom is, man. I don't think you're talking about the fucking Powerpuff girls. I'm like the fuck she had that. Nah, man. That's the, that's the Blossom y'all know.

That's not the Blossom we know. Next one. Okay, the Blossom we know is motherfucking Mayambiolik. Yep. Who's that? Miami Bialik, okay? Jewish goat! Right?

Okay? Are you all going to explain more? What is it? Go watch Blossom. Oh, it's a movie? She was on Big Bang Theory too, though. Yeah. Yeah, Miami is a legend.

Oh, shit, I really. Don't play with Miami. Y'all are. No, I didn't connect it to. I'm sorry, Bezai Ten Sai. Zah. Chris, that's not like a name you should be saying. Oh, what you're going to do now?

Are we going to get brilliant idiots live in 2027? I just don't. know how. Why? Why didn't you sing that? Because we're busy, man. Yeah, but y'all find, this is about finding time.

People only make time for what they want to make time for. That's true. I like making time for this. I like doing brilliant idiots every week as a podcast. I love it. Y'all listen to us. So why not making it a... We'll end up doing something eventually for sure.

But... Wait for the movie, man. The movie, man. Don't y'all want the movie? Let us cook. Let us cook. Don't you rather have a brilliant idiot's movie? Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? I got a, I think we should have a scene in the movie where we walk past like a graveyard. Oh, what movie should Christopher Nolan do next? The brilliant idiotous movie, Godfammy. Okay. Yo, Chris. Jay underscore stab 9-0.

We need you, Chris. Your first comedy. Okay. Let's do one more. Not bad. Let me see that. Wait, I know. There is one.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. What? You got one you wanted to do? Yeah, I went to y'all do this one. Which superpowers would I give each other? Which superpowers would I give each? Would we give each other? I would give him the superpower to be able to land one dick, like just one.

It's a superpower where you're able to actually get one off. If fruits and vegetables went to war against each other, who would win? Vegetables? Yeah, vegetables. They're way harder. Yeah, exactly. No, vegetables are way harder. He's taller than the fruit.

Also a pumpkin is just heavy. Pumpkin. Yeah. Yeah, but the fruit's going to be squeezing people's butts. You know what I'm saying? Grabbing cocks. You know what I mean? They're going to war with each other.

Oh, I know you're talking about. I get what you're saying. Oh. I give it. He's a annoying. I missed it. I missed it. And I mean, what would a fruit do to an eggplant?

Are you serious? Like, what is you talking about? Okay? A fruit would fuck an eggplant up. You hear me? As always. Wait, wait. You didn't answer, Sean.

What superpowers would you give in here? What superpowers would... I like the other one. You know what superpowers I would give him? See, I wouldn't want to give him a superpower. I would want to be Gene Gray and then possess him and just go crazy and finally do this special that I want to do. Wow. A white devil's advocate.

I've been trying to get him to do a special called White Devil's Advocate forever. I want to possess him and do the White Devil's Advocate. Okay. Why I go? It's not what I do already. Nah, but this is different because I want you to go in front of him. to each audience and tell the jokes. You go in front of a group of transgences,

you tell a joke. Go in front of a group of black people tell a joke. You go in front of a group of Jewish people that tell a joke. You go in front of a group of people tell a joke. Like, it's just equal opportunity,

slander. They're all in my show without doing. But it's be fun. You want it to be only. Yes. You remember that Chris Rock special where he starts it off. He goes, London, New York,

and you show him and all the different. That's what I would want to do. Okay? And I would shoot the show. special, not tell nobody I shot it, get on X one day and just go crazy. I mean, just starts saying the most wildest shit to where Andrew's trending, everybody's mad,

and then it's like, watch my special at 8 o'clock on Netflix. Then it comes on and people are even more pissed off and they're even more pissed off because it's actually fucking funny. And then shows wakes up and don't know what the fuck's going on. I'm just sitting there smiling. We wake up in Brilliant Idiot Studio. He's sitting there. The chaos has happened. Nobody knows why it's happened. He's all confusing. He's all confused, but the world is a better place. Why? The world is a better. The world is a better place. Okay. Listen, as always, if you listen to this podcast, you think we're smart, you think we're intelligent,

you think we're brilliant, you're absolutely right. But if you listen to this podcast, I think we're Just a couple idiots who don't know shit. You're right, too. It's the brilliant idiots podcast. Thank you for listening. Peace. Hey, y'all. It's Kelly Clarkson with Wayfair.

Ever order furniture online and wonder, what if? Like, what if it doesn't hold up? That sofa was four days old. You should have ordered from Wayfair. With Wayfair, there's no what if. Just style you love and quality you can trust. Visit Wayfair.ca. Wayfair, every style, every home.