The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: Dom Kang Returns (feat. Sam Morril)

Episode Date: May 6, 2025

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This is the Don LeBattor Show with the Stugats Podcast. New Yorker writer Jay Caspian Kang says LeBron is starting to tweet. LeBron! More and more like Trump. The tweet from the Met Gala or not from the Met Gala reads, Unfortunately, because of my knee injury I sustained at the end of the season, I won't be able to attend the Met Gala in New York tonight as so many people have been asking and congratulating me on!

Hate to miss an historical event! My beautiful powerful queen will be there holding the castle down as she always has done! Prayer emoji, salute emoji, heart emoji, sparkles emoji, sparkles emoji, sparkles emoji. It's the line of people have, they've asked me to be there and they want me there, but I won't be there. I think he was like co-chairing or something,

so he had I think more than just, he had I believe a role, so that's why they were asking if he was gonna be there. Why are you shaking your heads, Zez? I like how you put the emphasis on the grammar of an historic. A lot of exclamation points. What's the last three emojis there?

What were those? Sparkles. What's a sparkle emoji? I don't even know that. Just like a sparkler? No, that's a different. You would surely know the difference between a sparkler and sparkles, yes?

Yeah, sparkles, sparkler I've used, sparkles, I don't know how that would be shown in an emoji. I just, I've never seen it, I've never used it, I'm just curious. So do you know what sparkles look like? No, I know what a sparkler looks like, I know what fireworks look like, I don't know what sparkles are supposed to look like.

They look kinda like stars, I don't really, I'm not fluent in emoji so I don't know what sparkles are supposed to look like. They look kinda like stars. I don't really, I'm not fluent in emoji, so I don't know what they're meant to represent. Sparkles are incredible, aren't they Greg? Cause like, you can play with them for the July, and somehow even if it like, little hops off and it gets on your hand, doesn't really hurt. Doesn't burn you some.

Yeah, bring them back Jack is exactly right. Oh see, I see the sparkle emoji right now. It doesn't even look like anything. It looks like the insignia of a car it looks like an automobile logo or something. Like a Scion. Yeah yeah it's just useless. I appreciate speaking of useless and speaking of bring him back Jack I appreciate that somebody that we haven't seen in a long time has uh... reappeared now for warriors wolves i don't know if you guys know this uh... i don't know if zaslow or greg cody have ever met

uh... don kang no i have not boxing promoter ron kane on kidding and don't joke no dot well what who's who are you? Don King, the boxing promoter. It was just like a little sound, sound, sound. No, it's not Don King. An understandable mistake, my dear friend. Thank you.

There you go. An understandable misstep, mishap. My name is Don Kang. I'm often confused with the one and only Don King. We are very different individuals, I promise you that. He says only in America, I say strictly in the United States. And I'm here to promulgate the indefatigable, pugilistic showdown between the dastardly delicious Draymond Green and the rudely, rudimentary Rudy go bear. All right, I need to help I'm please

This series is gonna be tremendous It's a showdown in minnesota down Between the Golden State Warriors and the Minnesota Timberwolves Have you ever seen a man be put in a chokehold in less than 120 seconds? You will in this series Have you ever seen a man get booed by 20,000 people for something he did five years ago? You will in this series. Have you ever seen a man put his head down and dribble and then spin and barrel and only use his left hand? You will in this series and every series that Julius Randall plays in.

Only strictly in the United States. Strictly in the United States. I love it. I saw him crawling into the studio before. I didn't know what it was. I only saw the tip of the hair. I thought a dog was in the studio. I'll permit you, Mr. Zaslow, for confusing me for some of our rich brothers in the canine industry.

But I am here to let everyone know about the conflagration between the magnanimous Anthony Edwards and the incontrovertible. Magnanimous, not magn, you gotta, if you're gonna read the big words, you've got to read them correctly. The incontrovertible Stephen Curry. Strictly in the United States. The showdown in the middle.

Strictly in the United States is a great ripped off slogan. But when you say choke hold within 120 seconds, Juju put it on on the poll at Levitard Show. Will Timberwolves... This is what's going to happen, isn't it? It's transcendental. Is that Levitard? Will warriors, Timberwolves, have a choke hold within 120 seconds? Oh, I submit to you that fireworks will come rain and down

from the very heavens of the target center sparkle sparkles perhaps have you seen them i don't know if you see one and i have to have been sparklers they are beautiful are they like sparkler are they like sparkler and you get dream on green the great pugilist of this era going up against the hated the despised

the diabolical Rudy go bare strictly in the not say where else can you see a Frenchman and someone from Flint Michigan say it ends tonight why is he diabolical that's what the chat GPT said I should use. But I can't tell you how funny Strictly in America is as a- The United States. Oh, I'm sorry. I got your slogan wrong. Don Tang, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. It's been a while.

I believe the last time I was here was, we were looking for a rematch between Nikola Okich and Markiv Morris. It didn't quite happen because, I don't think Markiv got in that game, but I told everyone, be on the lookout because there will be a rematch, soon and soon there will be. And it did happen in the NBA finals,

but I was not allowed to promote. And that's, you know what? I can't be mad at that. I can't lose my temper because some people just don't have the foresight to know when a good thing is staring you in the eye but I tell you now wolves and warriors you know why they love that series Mr. Levittar. Well I thought I said goodbye to you I thought that was gonna be goodbye to Don Cain. They both start. Well, I thought it said goodbye to you. I thought that was going to be goodbye to Don King. They both start with the letter W.

And someone's got to win, and it's going to be Don King, exclusively in the Stars and Stripes. Oh, wait. What do you mean? What? That's a totally different thing. Exclusively here.

What Zaslow said moments ago about Russell Westbrook, I do believe that that's a lovely moment for someone who I thought you accentuating the part of that guy going back to that fan base and that fan base still loving him while choosing whether or not it's going to love this team the way it loves what he brought them as the triple double guy, Russell Westbrook must feel, nationally and internationally, like everyone thinks he stinks except for that place. Do you think he acknowledges that people think he stinks?

Yeah? Well, don't you think the last five years of Russell Westbrook's career have been that he's gone from triple double guy we love him he stated okay see stayed with the small city and kevin drapery on his legacy by bouncing around and james hardin rule the game by shooting budget threes but westbrook stayed in his town until the very end

and they went back last night to me can you even write a feel-good story around Russell Westbrook given how prickly he is and given how everyone else outside of OKC feels about Westbrook? All of us acknowledge he's a great player. All of us acknowledge some form of that's the most fast-twitch muscle fiber I've ever seen on an athlete. That's one of the greatest athletes you'll ever see, and that game will probably not

age well because he doesn't shoot threes but he's going to go to the rim is going to be stubborn is going to be defined to the very end he doesn't want to go to the bench like Carmelo Anthony at the end or all of the end all these great stars and he knows now that most people are thinking he can't help make a champion better he can only make the nuggets worse but holy shit what a story he got last night and it's just by simply passing to Aaron Gordon who I again said only dunks. It was probably one of the greatest moments of, or greatest nights of his career, right?

Like Harden goes back there, they don't cheer for him. Durant goes back there, they definitely don't cheer for him. They're still, they're giving standing ovations to Westbrook and he was right in the thick of the biggest moment of the game and he makes the right play when no one else likes him To beat that team it was probably one of the great moments of his career I mean also let's not reduce it just to that point he played great all night long He was one of their best players as he was one of their best players during game 7 He's had a great playoffs and it's like this is the thing

I think a lot of a lot of star players go through right where there's a transition period where like I'm no longer a star player But I still haven't accepted it and then you accept Oh, you know what I can still be contributor playing meaningful basketball if I accept this smaller role and when that happens There's great fulfillment that comes out of it. And I think Russell Westbrook has found that in Denver He's been an amazing contributor for them And the one thing I think especially when you see how Harden went out in game seven the one thing you know about Westbrook and a lot of times people hold it as a negative he's gonna play his ass off he's gonna try the effort will be there the intentions

gonna be there now sometimes the decision-making is not there we hold our breath we've grown we do all those things but you know he's gonna show up in a way that hardened out time and time again, as shown, he doesn't quite show up in those moments. The other thing I wanna say about Russell Westbrook is he is in a way a victim of the over analysis of the social media age. In that Russell Westbrook was a star player,

great player, right? Everyone applauded him. Did he have some bad moments? Sure. But then you get people who are analyzing him and say, yeah, he's a great player, but there's these things that he does that aren't so great, right?

And then what ends up happening is people start echoing it and somewhere along the way we convince ourselves that he's all about those things that are his flaws and none of the good things he brings to the table table and we do it time and time again with player after player to player and then they have to go somewhere else you know subdued the role of make themselves smaller and all the so we praise them because you already keep so much dirt on them uh... that it's already over so i think ross was with a great example of that

i think it's funny that he's getting so much credit for making that pass at the end of the game. Now granted, he's never been known as a selfless player. He's not who you think of, but he's a great passer. He led the league in a cis three time. Look, he's been a great player for a long time. Before we bring on Sam Rowe, that was absolutely dead on analysis from ameen there might not be a player in the nba who would get more of this serated by the advanced metrics of this is an

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Don LeBataard. You owe me everything. You owe me everything. You owe me everything! You have added 10 years to my career? Yes I have! This man has! You haven't! That man!

Who the hell are you? Stugats! I am! Who the hell are you? Who the hell are you? Should be thanking me! Bullshit! Me!

You're a rude young man! Me! You're a fool! You're a fool! I already called you a fool! You're a fool right back! You can't call me a fool! You're an idiot again! It's a fool-off! You're an fool! You're a fool! You're a fool! I already called you a fool! You can't call me a fool! You're an idiot again!

You're an idiot twice! You're an idiot for dismissing how much I've helped you! This is the Don LeVatar Show with the Stugats! Sam Morrell with us now and he's our Knicks correspondent but he also loves all basketball, really dislikes Draymond Green, really dislikes Stephen A. Smith, really dislikes morning television and so he joins us now here very early from California. Are you going to or are you coming back from ruining a local television event because you're doing the funniest thing right now you are doing active promotion on live television where you're trying to ruin morning television uh... i'm on my way to ruin one day and thank you for asking

live or are they have they gotten on to your tricks now and they only like they'll take you and then run you out of the studio. You're headed actively right now into bothering people at work on a local television station in Los Angeles? I'm not, but at this point they know the scam. If they're agreeing, they know what they signed up for. And now the problem is they're disappointed if I don't go too far.

You know, like they're like, oh, that's it. You brought on your friend as a gimp. That's all he did. I don't know too far. You know, like they're like, oh, that's it. You brought on your friend as a gimp. That's all he did. I don't know how much further I can go. Maybe Gary will whip it out on this one. Who knows? Okay. This is not where the limits of comedy are, Sam.

You have to do better. What do you mean? I don't know how far this goes. It goes right over the edge. Yes. Well beyond the gimp. Do your job. We have something. We'll see if it works.

We got something planned for today. Okay. I'm looking forward to it. I wanted to talk about what I'm describing as the best Knicks feeling there's been in 25 years today. That was a damn good game, dude. That was awesome. Jeez, you know, Bridges, that guy just like comes through with the end.

For three and a half quarters, we're like, what the hell is this guy doing? I know he played great defense, but like offensively you expect something from him. And then just such a clutch play, Brunson, you know, is gonna be clutch. OG playing out of his mind. I mean, this is pretty damn fun.

Sam, Bridges made corner three and then the big stop on Jalen Brown at the end. Worth the five picks now I'm sorry. I hear you. I said after the made three in the corner and then the stop on Jalen Brown Is he worth the five picks now? I? Look if we win a championship of course she's worth five pick so I don't know if I five first is insane I've said it's insane, but the guy Leviton insane the third guy offensively is a

tough guy to find. If he wins you games, then he's worth the picks, yes. You say that and that's a giant if and it's, I'm going to say, and I don't mean to smoke you out on this one. I feel it's a bit cowardly because I think Knicks fans secretly hate Bridges and are waiting for him to ruin their season. This is, you're just trying to start shit right now. This is what happens.

Your heat have fallen down the toilet and all you want to do is ruin a good thing that we have right now. No, I'm just saying that you're ready to distrust this team because it loses at home and you don't trust Bridges. You don't trust him. You trust Brunson. You want to trust Carl Anthony Towns. You don't trust Bridges.

Does this Nick's team have some sadomasochistic tendencies? Like, are we a sub in the bedroom as a team? Yeah, we wanna be told, like screw you, we wanna be told you're a nasty little worm and that's when we go off on the road. That's where we thrive. So at home, I don't know what's going on, like part of me worries, like,

is it that the diehard psycho fans have been priced out? Is it that this team responds to hatred? Maybe that's what it is. Brunson loves the booze. Sam, speaking of Brunson, how amazing is it to have a guy who not only is great at the end of the game, but empirically the best at the end of the game.

The best. In the NBA. The best, by a lot. That's not close. I was texting my brother yesterday, like this doesn't feel real. We're not used to having a guy this cool. I mean, even the shot he missed,

we weren't even, I wasn't upset because we're not there without Brunson. So you can't be mad when he misses a shot like that. You know, how many times does he make it? And the reason we're even in the game to begin with is because he hit those three threes in what a five minute span with you know it's crazy that al horford is still this good 57 years old that guy's ridiculous so uh you know it's crazy pardon me for looking around him in downtown seattle and it's pretty sketchy right now jesus christ i mean these people are like vultures

this is crazy. And I'm coming from, this is dicey. All right, sorry. Wait a minute, I don't want you to get, get to the local television station so that you can ruin it. Do you have to start running or are you okay? No, they walked by. It was two people circling me.

It's like West Side Story, but they're on a lot of fentanyl. I don't know what's going on here. Sam, is Brunson the best player in the series? As a Knicks fan, we feel that way. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. As a normal person. No, no, but hold on. Is Brunson?

As a normal, yeah, I think he is. I think he is. I think Tatum's incredible. Tatum's a great player, but I think Brunson's better. I'd rather have Jalen Brunson. I think he's that clutch. I think you believe that he's going to hit the big shots. He's proven it again and again.

Yeah, I'm taking Brunson every time. But how do you feel about Jay Williams? And you know your next history, Jay Williams saying after the shot against Detroit, and I don't know where that ranks for you in terms of coolest moments, him hitting the three on the road, but the way he hit that shot and you knowing that it was going to go in because of who it is that was taking it. Is Jaylen Brunson a better New York Nick than Patrick Ewing and the best New York Nick of

all time? That's a question. Here's the thing. Why do we have to do this? Why can't we just have nice things? Why do we have to be like, this was better than this? Like Ewing was incredible, dude. I love Patrick Ewing.

The reason I love basketball is because of that starting five, Ewing, Oak, Mace, Starks, Harper. I know Mace was off the bench, but in my mind, he's playing the five over Charles Smith. And I don't know why we always have to do this. Ewing was an incredible defensive player. They're such different players, Ewing and Brunson. Brunson, down the stretch, there's no one I want taking the shot more.

And it's insane because he's so damn no one I want taking the shot more. And it's insane because he's so damn small. I mean, the fact that they had Thompson on him in the Detroit series, they had a giant on him and he slayed a giant. And now it's a very different type of defense, White and Holliday are incredible defenders, but Brunson is an anyone slayer.

He'll f**k you up, it doesn't matter who you are. He's Jalen Brunson, he's gonna hit the shot. So yeah, every time I'm taking him over to Tatum, and that's with much respect to Tatum, he's a great player, great two-way player, but Brunson is that clutch. You take Brunson every time. Sam, I wholeheartedly agree with you.

First of all, shout out to your Bonafides, where you stopped everyone in their tracks before they could stop you. You said, Mace came off the music, I know. I know, Charles Smith was the other starter. So shout out to you for there. But also, I agree with you, comparison is the thief of joy. Having said that, rank these for me.

Jalen Brunson game winner against Detroit, Allen Houston against the Miami Heat, LJ versus the Pacers. Ooh, those are three good ones. Those are three good ones. They're all incredible. I honestly have to go with LJ because a four point play

is insane and Larry Johnson doing it on the Pacers. I mean, you remember that moment. LJ was so fired up that they had to grab him and be like, calm down and hit the free throw. Like that's how crazy that moment was. A four point play is rare. It was rare at that time. I don't know if you're in the nineties, they weren't, I feel like Jamal Crawford like started hitting four point plays and before that they weren't really a thing. He didn't even touch them. So yeah, probably not, but you know what?

I don't give a shit. He hit the shot, it was clutch, it was awesome and fuck the Pacers. I secretly really want a Knicks-Pacers Eastern Conference Finals and I want the Knicks to fucking smoke them to get revenge for last season. Sam, is there any concern at all that Boston missing 45 three-point shots is a large reason why your team barely won in overtime?

Of course I'm concerned. Do you think I'm just taking this and being like this is how life is going to be from now on? I know who we're playing. I know we're playing one of the best basketball teams of all time, but a little credit to the Knicks perimeter D. Our game plan was to not allow any threes, which is why they got a few straight to the basket shots.

The Celtics play a very boring style of basketball. They just chuck threes all f*****g day. I'm bored watching them. I don't care for them. I don't like that they're Boston. I love't care for them. I don't like the Boston. I love the city of Boston. I hate their sports teams. But look that game plan is to force them to shoot bad three

pointers because you know, they're going to shoot him. I know Derek White and Tatum and I know they're going to hit their threes. I know they're a great two point shooting team. Yeah, we got away with one but that was the game plan. So hopefully we can stay on him a little respect to bridges Bridges and Josh Hart and OG Ananobe for playing insane perimeter D, same with Deuce when he came in. Deuce had a bad series against Detroit.

He came in, hit some big shots. We did what we had to do on the road and we like playing on the road. So I think our defense was pretty fired up yesterday too. Sam, if a racehorse broke its leg, wouldn't it be more humane to give it a wheel than to euthanize it? I see where you're going with this and I don't care for your sarcasm. What do you mean?

No, because we were talking- You think that- No, we were talking about the- You think it's rude to give a Nick fan hope is what you're saying. No, no, no. You think it's rude? No, no, to be perfectly honest with you, Sam,

we were supposed to have our animal expert on now and we bumped them for you, but I'm getting these animal questions in whether we like it or not. No, don't back off. Just don't explain it to him. He's genuinely curious. Yeah, we were talking about the Kentucky Derby yesterday and all the horses that end up getting euthanized. We're also talking honestly, because all of the ones running in the Kentucky Derby were descendants of Secretariat. So we're talking about how prevalent incest is in the horse racing community and whether or not there are defects

You know not defects but mutations genetically by the fact that all the horses are related to each other and seemingly They're reproducing with each other. So are they beneficial defects or are they not? This is what we're going to ask, you know the animal expert and he was also asking So if you have a horse and it breaks a leg instead of killing it just put a wheel there Yeah, just give it a wheel. So like a sad walking around handicapped horse, that's what you wanna say? No, I was actually saying if the horse had like one wheel,

maybe two wheels, if it had, I'd probably bet on that horse as opposed to the horses with four legs. I feel like, I don't know who's asking me this question right now, but this is like the artistic portion of the show. Okay, Tony, I don't know what the hell is going on. I was fired up with the Knicks. You're making me sad thinking about

candy cap horses right now. It's what he does, it's what he does. So I'm sorry. Yes, Sam. Candy capable horses. What the hell is going on? Sam, Sam, you know what? Thank you, you're a comedian.

So I appreciate you doing that. Major penalty five minutes rooting comedy if you had to two wheels would you put them front legs or back legs? They drag in the wheels I'll go try to be funnier than a comedian. That's always a good idea. I mean he hasn't been funny yet, so oh Dude, don't west side story with Tony. No Tony. I wish that story had wheels wheels so it would have been derailed so hard. Tony, you suck, Tony! Tony, you suck! What an asshole Tony is! Sam, I'm sorry, he had... Sam hasn't been funny. What kind of... You think he's gonna steal my joy today? No, no one's gonna steal my joy. I've been circled by meth heads in downtown Seattle. They can't steal my joy.

I'm looking into their eyes and I'm going, I don care whatever I feel is better than what you took your first high Can't compete with what the Knicks did to Boston yesterday because the Knicks are doing and they're gonna come back to oh, baby Sam if you had the choice would you go to the Met Gala or Knicks road playoff game? Why would I want to go to the Met Gala? Obviously the Knicks the Met Gala You think I want to see someone dressed like a fricking turkey? I don't give a shit. F*** the Met Gala. The Met Gala to me just looks like a...

I remember Tina Fey described it as a jerk parade. And ever since I heard that I was like, yeah, that sounds right. Why would I want to go to that shit? Knicks all day. Okay, yes. Would I rather be dressed like a turkey or be a turkey for 25 years as a Knicks fan and now you're ruining my joy with that?

Don't, don't, don't turn a bend with that, Dan. Don't try to, don't be a joy thief. Well, just a Tony. Don't be like Tony. I feel like Tony is the one that's the joy thief here. I believe that he's insulted, I believe you accused him of autism? Whoa.

I didn't accuse him, I diagnosed him, Dan. Learn the language, learn the term. Okay. Last thing before you get out of here, any thoughts on Stephen A. Smith running for president? He said he has no choice to consider it, but to consider. I think it's great. I think it's great. We've had a black president.

Let's get a black with a guy in office. It could be progress. There it is. Okay. Sure. That's not a word that we use anymore, Sam. Oh, I know. I meant it as a positive.

I think he seems I mean, he's the worst, Steve. We all know that. I mean, he's terrible. I love the clip is circulating that he's like, go next. And then also the Villanova does not have one NBA player on that team. We got three on the team that's that smoked one of the best teams ever. So Stephen A stinks. But could he be a good presidential candidate? No.

Swerve. What did you have in the way of thoughts on Draymond Green in this Minnesota series? Wait, who are they playing? T-Wolves, right? OK. Warriors, T-Wolves. Look, my heart is with the T-Wolves because they got Dante and Julius. Once a Nick, always a Nick. Ant is fun as hell.

The Warriors. Look, Buddy Heal, that was pretty awesome, that game seven for that kid. You got to give him his props. I will say, I think that's going to be a good series. I'm fired up for that. But yeah, I loved the moment he had with Jimmy after the game where he called him Alpha

because he's the butler. I like vibes like that after a big win. I was in SF for that game and it conflicted with my show at the Masonic, which annoyed me. You know, anytime you entered that, my real thing is Knicks and then how many tickets I'm selling on the road, that's where it comes down to. So I was annoyed that the Warriors had a game seven.

I'm rooting for the T-Wolves in that series. I'd like to see Dante and Julius ballden around one. That was good to see. Now, Sam, are you in any way concerned about the trepidation of Rudy Gobert against the irascible Draymond Green, strictly in the United States? I'm hoping that something unhinged happens as a fan. I mean, here's what happens.

You want to keep stockpiling the evidence that Draymond Green is mentally ill. So when he really does something really dangerous, so you're like, we told you, that's all you want. I mean, how can he keep outdoing himself? I mean, he put the guy in a sleeper hole. He's a crazy, it's like he thinks he's Ted DiBiase, the million dollar man. He's a psycho.

I love watching how unhinged Draymond is. So I'm looking forward to him doing something really stupid that costs his team a game. Truly seditious words from the comedian Sam Morel. But I do declare I would like to know whether the inevitable Stephen Curry will have one of the... Why are you talking like that? What is happening? I'm Don Kang. I'm a promoter. And we have a showdown in Minnesota.

I thought you were Samuel L. Jackson and Django Unchained. Oh, okay. All thought you were Samuel L. Jackson and Django Unchained. Oh, okay, all right. Okay, excellent. Sam's little unhinged here. Give me a funnier wrestling name that you could have chosen as a professional comedian than Ted DiBiase.

Rowdy Roddy Piper might have worked better, Dan. I'm thinking about that right now. I f***ed up, I f***ed up. Nah, Million Dollar man was the one, especially when he won sleeper hold as a finish. Sergeant Slaughter went with it, like the Cobra clutch. All right, I shouldn't rethink it. All right.

Sam, Dibiase is universally funny as a comedic name. You will not do a lot better than Ted Dibiase, comedic. Go ahead, try. I wanna- He did. Let's let the man go. See you later, Sam. Good talking to you. Good talk, go Kn go. See you later, Sam, good talking to you.

Good talk, go Knicks. What are you guys laughing about? I mean, that was a great appearance. To be honest, maybe it's because I'm rooting for the Knicks now, but I definitely see it with Sam. I mean, the line with, it's like West Side Story with fentanyl, it's just crazy. Fantastic.

It was a great hit from Sam. He gets, I guess, really fired up when he's doing these morning show hits. He wasn't lying when he said, I looked at meth heads in their eyes I'm glad to know your first high could not compare to how I feel right now. That's the most energetic. I've ever seen him That's the most effort best. Hold on. I got it the don king in there, you know, don't hang I thought the don can kind of don't hang snuck in one of my favorite words of all time by the way Ineffable and that's a. You never hear anybody use that word

Thank you, Don Kang. You're welcome. I'll let him know when he comes out you I Would like to talk for just a moment if we could about lies that come back to bite you Okay, because I don't know if you guys when I ask this question of the room the entirety of the room Do you guys have any thoughts on? Let's do this in honor of Stu gots in general the Stu gots lifetime achievement award for lying Lies that come back to bite you I mean would you have any? Would you have any nominees here on something that because I see you smiling? Yeah, I had one that happened to me this last weekend.

The old, my phone died. And then someone seeing me use my phone. Oh, wow. Yeah. And I just, it just, I just completely forgot I told a lie. And then I was like, oh, I stumbled into, I charged it a little bit, but the person who found out knew, knew I was lying. And it was like, I just, I just couldn a little bit, but the person who found out knew I was lying. And it was like, I just couldn't keep my,

that was, it's not, you know how they say you can't keep your lies straight? I couldn't keep my lies straight. Just one lie. Couldn't keep it straight. Well, that's what every liar says. That one lie, I couldn't keep it straight. That's probably not your one lie.

Was the one I got caught on. What was their reaction? Were they hurt? I mean, it was just kind of like disappointment slash disgust. Was it a person we know? No. No. And how much sewage and shame did you stew in on,

oh, I hurt that person's feelings by accident because I was just avoiding them and I lied to avoid them. Well, OK, so here's the problem. This isn't the first time that this person has caught me in a lie that came back to bite me. I also once said that my Apple Watch is only there to keep track of my steps and alert me if I get an email. I don't get any texts on my Apple Watch.

Man, you really don't want to talk to this person, huh? Why do you keep interacting with someone you want to lie to so much? Like, just cut him out of your life life I just don't want to be held accountable to having to respond every single time someone sends me a message or this specific person on this this person seems to catch on really quickly could this person be watching right now god I hope not well I mean I got caught already both times so it's like I'm over too so it's not they're not learning

anything new here But you're kind of admitting that you don't want to respond to this person ever No, I just don't want to respond outside of my own time frame I can't be the only one who gets lies that come back to bite me right someone else here has one right well I feel like what just happened there is the room stared at you and no one else had anything because you're the only one who Smiled when I first brought it up because I'm the only one who's okay with showing my vulnerability thank you Don Kang the liar is the only honest one in the room that is correct that's America right there strictly in the United

States that thank you guys Zaslow I don't believe that that Greg Cody has ever been so cheap as to do what Zaslow has recently done, which is I'm going to allege an act of bravery that is, I'm gonna say borderline dangerous. How much did you pay for a spirit flight? You paid for a spirit flight? No, what's worse than that? No, no, hold on a second, hold on a second. I had to get home from Atlanta the other day and

Greyhound was out of the option when when I'm searching for flights The ticket for one way home from spirit 35 bucks don't fall for it. I don't pay for don't fall. What do I pay for? I'm here. I mean I like I got home That's like an hour right? That's what I'm saying, but did you pay for bags and stuff? That's how they get you no no no no I made sure that I had a carry-on that would fit everything and I just I saw the $35 like I Don't care how I'm getting home for 35 bucks. I gotta do it right they charge you for the carry-on They charge you for not sitting in a middle seat. They charge you if you're gonna have a glass of water. They charge you for boarding at a certain time.

I just sat there in raw dog. They don't do wifi either. It had to be 100 bucks out the door though. It says 35 but they get you all these fees. No, I think I made it happen, 35 bucks. I told my son, I'm like, hey man, we're flying spirit. He was very upset, he goes, are we like, are we sitting on the wing? You know?

Did it look like the steerage in the Titanic where they were playing like harmonicas and accordions and shit? I had to, I was, I had to do it. When you say you were flying spirit, you actually had to fly the plane because at that money, you don't even get a pilot, right? I mean, how much did you spend for a bag of peanuts I didn't buy anything I told you I raw dog did he's

not listening at this portion of the show generally do you mean you flew in spirit like you're supposed to go to Atlanta but you didn't actually go no and and I didn't you know I didn't purchase the the seats because you're right if you get anything but a middle seat apparently you have to pay for it so I'm with my son we're seated in different rows. Because I didn't choose my seat, I didn't want to pay for it. How old is your son?

16. And how does CPS react? He's a big boy, he'll be all right. You sit right there, I'm gonna sit over here. Shout me out if you need me, man. None of you have ever taken a $35 Spirit flight. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show, have you ever taken a $35 Spirit flight? And let on the poll at Levitard Show. Have you ever taken a $35 Spirit Flight?

And let me also add a little bit of context. So it was either taking the $35 flight home or the next cheapest flight at the time that I needed was $250. Yeah, that's the one I take. Times two. That's the one that I take. I gotta take the Spirit Flight.

No, you don't. No, because I kinda wanna ensure that I'll be okay. He's here, and if you're not okay, you're dead. I'm here. Who cares, what difference does it make? The $220 and you're dead, who cares? If you're not okay, you're dead, who cares what difference does it make?

Yeah, what's your dead? I'm sorry, no, death. What's your dead? It's only like the worst thing possible. Well, but he's saying it's not like you're being tortured. You know, it's all of a sudden. I'm not being tortured. It's over.

My final moments are, oh my God, I'm dying in a fireball. If I were to look up honestly, the airline disasters, I don't think Spirit's on any of those lists. I mean, we haven't actually had many airline disasters. There's been a recent uptick to which I would say now would be the time to take the $200 flight. Now batting, number 99, Spirit Airlines. I'll tell you, man, if I need to get somewhere and I see a $35 flight I have to take it. I didn't know there was such a thing. Your son's not gonna

Let you forget this this is gonna be a story that you're gonna hear about. How's he not gonna let me forget it We got home. Yeah, but it's just bad. It's just bad. It was an hour To Atlanta's a nothing flight Totally I didn't fly international in Spirit. Bad news. You sat in a different row as your son. You're going to hear about that. At 16, he doesn't want to sit next to his dad anyways.

Honestly, they were on a trip. You went to what? You went to a concert or something together? Yeah. They had enough time together? Did you teach him how to fashion a shank out of a toothbrush? Yeah. You guys are flying elitists around here.

I don't understand what's going on here. No, when it comes to, like, Spirit Airlines. $250 was the next flight. I went on Spirit Airlines once. Not bad, fair. I went on Spirit Airlines once in my 20s. It was also to Atlanta. And what happened?

I decided never again because of my experience on Spirit Airlines. What happened? It was a hell ride. Why? It was terrible. It was delayed several hours. The seats were uncomfortable. My knees were in my chest. It was turbulent. Everyone was rude. I

didn't feel safe. Shall I go on and on and on about why I decided my experience there was so bad I shall never do this again. Now Mike let me ask a follow-up question. Did you bring any cartons of cigarettes for bartering purposes? For bartering? Absolutely. Everyone knows that you have to do that. Got to. How else are you have to do that. Got to. How else are you going to use the bathroom? You think you can just walk up and use the bathroom on a spirit bar?

They have bathrooms? Oh they do. You just got to bring like three cartons of cigarettes with you though. Thirty-five bucks man. Had to do it.