The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: The Connect 4 Regional Friendly

Episode Date: February 27, 2026

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It's nice to see the game. It's like an old-timers game. I'll play a recreational game before. We happen to have a monster-sized Connect-4. Already gimmicky. Are there any tuna sandwiches? We have, don't deflect. This is not about me.

We have the Connect 4 set in the studio here with us where Dave Damashek, world champion. Is it like, I supposed. Is it like Seinfeldon? Is it like Seinfeldon? No, I choose not anything. Where'd you go? You went to a tournament? I went, well, my friends and I had a tournament.

I won it three years in a row. Is it like Seinfeld D'O'LWords? I choose not to race. I just told you. I'll play a game of recreational. Okay. I want to play this? I mean, I retired last century, literally.

And he will face Mike Ryan. I'll play the occasional game of recreational court. I want this to be like if it were being broadcasts. You two are one of you's the play-by-play, one of these guys are playing. I want this to be like it's a real broadcast. Consider me, Apollo Creed, showing up to fight Drago that night. I'm showing up for an exhibition. You're probably rooted for Drago, didn't you?

This is going on your record. So which one of us is the color guy? I'll be play by play. You'll be the color. Mike, I'd like you to go first. I'll go first. I want to be a gentleman. Well, is that normally how it's, like, how is it normally determined? Well, Mike has already cast himself as the villain.

We know what, we know what, we know what his head's at. He was given a tuna sandwich and attacked that person for doing it. So, you know, obviously he's the heel here. All right. Let's do it. Mike's going first. I need something. I need the players to really cut the chatter.

Let the broadcast. I might play blonde. I might just close my eyes and see if I can do it. Mike is the dark red pieces. Dave is the dark blue. Dave is the light blue. I might Kenobi this. I might Skywalker.

Mike is up. He goes right down the middle. Got some chatter on the court right now. Dave Damacek, real confident in his abilities. Dave goes right above Mike. Mike now immediately to the left of his first move. Dave is going to block that attempt. Mike right above his next move.

So he had two in a row now. Dave has two in a row going up. Mike now has three in a row. He's going very fast. You got to let it breathe so the color guy can come in with us in the comment. Dave blocks that attempt of three in a row. Pace is slowed down considerably after a fever start. You like to see the guys.

Mike's got to be worried here. Mike's got to be worried for the double up three, two. Mike's studying the board. Tony giving hints. Mike now has three in a row on the bottom. Dave blocks. And Mike blocks. Mike comes in now.

He's got two in a row, the third row from the right. You see what Dave is going for here. He's trying to double build. Dave now has three in a row right down the middle. Don't give it away. You know. What? Well, how do I give their line?

You can't do that. Okay. You just say, Mike was looking around the board. All right. What moves should I make? That was insane. All right. All right.

Just realize play-by-play doesn't work for Connect 4. You rarely see that where the broadcast gets in the way of the play on the field. And there goes Damashik. Damasek is setting up a lot of stuff right here. He's all over the board. Massive blunder by my partner. Mike's studying the board for his move here. This reminds me of the game back in 75.

You remember that one? Yeah. Between old Joe Damashek. Now, no relation. But he was one of the great Connect. four players of the modern era before the merger. Everyone remembers that classic.

Almost a shot clock violation here. Damashek will not be duped by the trickery of one Mike Ryan. Damashek is playing chess right now. He's set up... Mike Ryan waves at Matumbo, no. The most obvious... Yes, it's obvious not to go there.

As he inspects the board, Zaz, do you Do you like tuna sandwiches? What exactly is Mike Ryan's strategy getting up real close to it? Everybody knows the closer you get the more seriousness. When there's an exciting moment

in a sporting event you're watching on television. Everybody inches closer to the TV. That's because it's very serious. Everybody knows that and that's the same thing that's happening right here on our bored. He's leaning in. Damasek's like four moves ahead on every move. Yeah, absolutely. Damashik's got to be minus 220 right now.

I mean, this is like watching the Queens camp. Bishop to Rook 9, Dano. Mike studying the board. I didn't bring that back. For audio. Do you not react on Mike's behalf. The crowd is trying to lead him on. Is Mike an idiot?

Someone in the peanut gallery just asked if Mike was an idiot. Mike. We're here at the invitational Connect 4 regional friendly. I am so invested in this game right now. That's a friendly that is going to go on Dave Damashik's world champion record, though. Dave now. The middle row is completely stacked. Dave Damasek.

Mike is up. Curious. Mike really wants to put it in that spot that will screw him. Yeah. Hey, yo. What would you say the odds are right now in this game if we're doing live betting? I mean, we're doing live betting on not our sponsor, but our own thing going on. And Mike loses.

Those three were just staring at him in. Exactly right. Dave, you set him over the double T trap on both sides. Poor kid was out of his depth. Dave, Dave, Dave, Dave, we know why have damage check for the post-game interview all the point. He has a mic. Mike, you wait right here, okay? Dave, what did you see?

What led to that victory? Yeah, just real proud to be an American right now and represent everybody from these United States. It feels real good to get one. And nice job by Mike there. He did his best. Felt for the double team. Today it wasn't good enough. Felt for the double T formation.

Now, Dave, how did you react to when it's field like you had a very straightforward type of victory that kind that happens from a little negligence from your opponent only for the broadcast to point it out to the opponent and then to get the block? Yeah, to be honest with you, it felt like the moment was maybe a little bit too big for my opponent here. I hope he learns from it. But, you know, in the meantime, it's always great to get out there and compete. And, yeah, as you can see, I employed the straightforward strategy. Cardinal rule, load up in the middle, group your same colors and go from there and play defense.

It's always, you know, like defense, much like it does in some other sports can win championships and has for this fellow right here. Now, Dave, did you know when Mike Ryan made his last move? Were you setting him up? Did you know that that was where he was going to go? Because your final piece, you reacted really quick. I knew the game was over before it began. Now, Dave, it's been off for several decades from coaches. competitive connect foreplay. How's your body feeling right now? I'm okay. I mean, listen, I just am not in a spot right now.

Like I've said before, and I'll say again, this sport has given me so much. It would be disrespectful to reenter the fray and start playing competitive for again. That ship has sailed. I'm an old man. I've got to tell you, it does feel good to get out there, though, and stretch out a little bit. Thank you to Dave Damish. Everybody, let's give it up for our champion. Devails once again. Mike, Ryan, come over here. Mike, what do you believe was the turning point in today's match? He got aggressive in the middle, and I didn't really have an answer for it.

I knew I was on my heels pretty much from the moment that I laid that first piece. He really is as good as he says he is. I'm a little frustrated with how I gifted it to him, but the way the board was going. It was just a matter of time. I got smoked. Now, Mike, you heard all the mythology surrounding Dave Damashik. Was any of that playing a part in your brain as you were playing the game? Yeah, yeah. No, he beat me before we started playing.

I kind of, I felt it in my knees. And he's as good as he says he is. And, you know, back in the lab, it's going to be a long off season, for sure. But I hope to get him the next time. How do you bounce back? Will there even be a bounce back next time? I'm going to try to pick somebody really stupid and get the boost of confidence there and then build on that success. Get in here, Chris Cody. Damn it. Everybody, let's give it up for both competitors.

Looser cleans up, by the way. My favorite part is when you release them to the... I will say, too. I was trying to look at the board on the monitor, and it really created, as you can see, you can see, it creates an odd specific challenge to play with two shades of blue against that giant monitor in the background. Yeah, not ideal. It tricks your eye. Not ideal.

I mean, I was able to overcome. I'm used to playing red and yellow. It's red and black, I think, generally. Hey, since this is game night, since this has turned into game night on the show, I'd like to give Tashay another shot at Tony and TNT here. But if we did Mr. Lister and they had to trade back on another category, what would thread the needle in terms of fairness? What does not advantage?

Okay, we can do one of those. No, we don't have to. What doesn't advantage? either fella as far as you know. You know the better Zaz. I think NBA. Yeah, they're both up on NBA. They're both up on NBA.

Okay, make sure no one's looking at any laptops and then we're safe. Why would be a good category? Or we can do musicals. It's a fun one, yeah. Glee covers? 19th century English literature. What do you would do? I mean, what's a good call here?

NBA category. Could go real easy. Could go like, as a, for instance, teams that have won the NBA title, this Century? That one's way too easy. MVP? MVP? I understand why teams that are down 01 in a series start to sweat a little bit. How about this? This is too big

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Don Lebertard. Florida Claws back from Down 2O because they were getting their asses. is handed to them by Toronto, to then get lit a fire underneath them by their head coach, Paul Maurice, who did the thing. Remember how the run was sparked last year? Stugats. He called him a bunch of peas and bees. He did the thing again. Called him a bunch of peas and bees.

And then, boom, five unanswered. You win the division. This is the Dan Lebatar show with the Stugats. Players who have been a part of losing a playoff series to the. Miami Heat this century. I know that's a big one, but I bet you that if you... Okay, let's say that one again. So players... I don't know. It might be too specific.

Yeah. It feels a little specific. Players have lost to the Miami Heat in the playoff series this century, so we're not taking the 90s, starting from... I just want to get... I want to have a deep list that they'll both have a lot of answers for. There's like a million players there. Yeah. That's, it might be too wide.

A thousand players. Okay, how about this? NBA teams that have the color red in their uniform. Oh, there's the music. Now you know, if, if you You just tuned in, you know, whoa, there's a feud taking place. Is that one good, I mean? Sure. Red in their uniform. Well, come up with another one.

I like MVP's. I think MVP's. It's kind of like Super Bowl losers. It's like, yeah, it's a very finite list. MVP is tough. Any NBA MVP? Who is the awarding body that you're going off of? The MVP.

The one, the guy, the person who gets a trouble. The person who got the award. This isn't sporting news and all that. Yeah, let's go with the person who won. We're doing my personal MVP. thing for a long time. We're not doing that. We're doing MVP's.

So does Tony go first since he won? You won? No, it's his choice. I'm going to go with the current reigning MVP, Shea Gillis, Alexander. Nikola Yokic. Okay. Joel Embed. Yonis Anson de Kumpin.

Why did you hesitate? Creating drama. Because once, once, if you have, that's what I was just talking with the competitors about during the break. It went your foe, says the one that you had in your, brain, it really causes you to freeze up. You really like, I can't think of any name in the history of people because he just took mine. Tony's up. LeBron James. Derek Rose.

Check. Oh, going back to 2000. Should be embarrassed going with Derek Rose. Yeah, I didn't. I wasn't, I wasn't even going to say it. Yeah, I wouldn't say it. Even if it came down to me, either say Derek Rose or losing I would take the LBron. Because everybody knows that that was LeBron's MVP. Thank you. Bad week for you, Jeremy. Steph Curry. Check. Steve Nash. Check.

going deep. He's already out. K.D. Check. Kurt Warner. Lions. So do I win? Say another one. Go ahead. Play the game. Kobe Bryant. Check. It's starting to get hard now.

Kobe only got one, right? Only one. His running mate, check. Check. Michael D. Only one as well. I'm going to go Magic Johnson. Check. Everybody, I was just about to remind you both that the sport existed before We're 1998. Dave, just to give you an insight into my mind, what I'm going to try to do is look at the year

and think of the MVP of that year. The problem is with the finite amount of time, it's hard to go through every single season. Okay, we got magic. Check. Uh, cap. Karim. Check. I thought he's a cat for a second.

No, no, no, no, no, cap. Look at Tash. This is really a team. No, I'm just trying to think of anybody else from this century. You're like, a means like the person watching Jeopardy on TV. Like, this is so easy. The pressure is what gets to you, friends. There's several more.

It's literally every famous player in NBA. Did you see Mike Ryan crumble when the lights got hot and Connect 4? He wasn't ready for competitive level 4. Bill Russell. Check. Yeah. Jeremy is reaching. It's not a reading. Not reaching, but I think he's running low on names based off that one.

We're in the 1960s. I mean, yeah. There are so many easy answers. Easy ones. I know, but guys, when you're on this side of it, it's not that easy. When you're starting to think of it, you're like, damn. Who played basketball ever? So you're choking a little bit.

If there were an actual like four second clock on this, you guys would really already be done. Larry Byrd. Check. Russell Westbrook. Check. We need those chest timers. Yeah.

They got to slap it like fresh. I mean, it's a good thing I'm not on the buzzer because they would have buzzed by now. Tim Duncan. Check. That was the next one. Ah, I hate when that happened. Don't worry. There are a lot more.

A lot. I know. I know. Relax. And they're obvious names. It's not like... It's so easy when you guys are looking at the list of MVP. Jerry West.

That's also... This game's easy. Actually, no, hold on. Oh! Yeah, that's where it was? Uh-oh. It's not an MVP. Wow.

He's so happy. Wait, Tashay went. No, Tony went first. Okay. Can I just throw some names from this century that you guys didn't even say? Dirk, I know, is one of them. I don't think you said Steph Curry. I know he said, Steve.

We said, we said, Steph. We said Nash. Dirk Nevitzki. Yeah, no one said, here's an easy one. Charles Barkley. He's only on TV every goddamn day. No one said Alvin Iverson? Did anybody say Will?

Did anybody say Wilton? No one said Will. I was close to Wilton and I was close to Parkfield. No one said, anybody say magic? Yeah, he said magic. No one said Oscar. Look. Did anyone say James Hardin?

When the pressure is on it's a different thing. No one said Janus. Yeah, he did. I love him. None of us were listening. You got mad at me for hesitating. Oh, yeah. Wow.

Kevin Garnett. Kurt Warren. I was on the big ticket. I was just about to say big tickets. Tony had all because he was about to say. Carl Malone. Another one I was about to say. David Robinson.

George Miken. The Admiral. George Miken. I got to tell you, it's a little bit surprising that Jerry West never won MVP. Yeah, that was just a... Not surprising.

He played in an arrow with, like, incredible dudes. I know, but they made him the logo. He's the logo. He's the logo. And Jerry West is our logo. They just picked the picture. It says, okay,

and then people have to sleuth later to find out that it was Jerry West. It wasn't... Let's take our greatest player. All right. You know what? I've officially had it. A mean has been throughout this show,

may I say, a little bit of a no at all, because he hasn't been put on the spot yet. I think he's been the only normal one. Let's change that right now. It's time for to pick up where we left off yesterday. NHL player, prescription drug. Like I mentioned, because of the Scandinavians and beyond, a lot of overlap on the Venn diagram of hockey players' names and prescription drugs that are out there.

Let's do this game before we get to our next game, which is Connect 4, but you can only make a move if you say an NL. Sy Young winner beforehand. This is really coming together. Kershaw. Here we go. All right. We got to wait for the music, right? Is there no music for this? I don't think we had music for this one. We had music. It was a fun music. I remember doing a day.

It wasn't this, maybe. Rupa Hints. Rupa Hints. Dallas Stars potent centerman, Rupi Hints. Or cirrhosis treatment, Rupahins. I'm going to go,

let me to go walk you. through my thought process here. The medications typically are not hard to pronounce. That what Rupa Hinson sounds a difficult thing to pronounce. I'm going to go NHL player. I betrayed myself by giving it

multiple pronunciations in one. Rupa Hints is the high flying centerman for the heavyweight team, the Dallas stars. Roy knew it. That's why that's the limitation of this game. I can't go to Roy. You got to play it straight. I'm laying out, man. You didn't do it that first time.

I heard you laugh. I thought it was just funny to me. I heard you laugh. Ruperance. That was a real giveaway. I wanted to put science behind. Yesterday I almost threw a shoe at him because he said the answer as Chris Cody was being asked the question. Because I thought you were asking Sir Sivian.

I mean. Lions. Yeah. Thank God he said lions. Chris Cody. Shit. Zarelto. 6-6 defensemen with the big shot from the point.

Mammoth defenseman Simon Zarelto. Or anti-bloodding treatment. Zarelto. I'm going to go with medicine. Wow. We're two for two. 50-50. Good job there, Chris Cody.

It is. You might have gotten him on Zuccarello. One more? Yeah. All right. Zaz. Kiskali. Kiskali.

Leaf Center, already one of the best skaters in the league. Noah Kiskelly. Breast cancer treatment. Kiskali. I think it's pretty. breast cancer treatment. Wow! Three for three.

Wow. Nice. I'm proud of all of you guys. This is a real streak. Jeremy was so happy. You didn't go to him. God. One more for Tony.

I'm feeling that. I knew all those, by the way. Artem Zube. Ardumzub. Sizable Russian goaltender for the Ottawa senators. Sizable is a good way to describe a goalie. Give me the medicine. Arterzoob or

kidney medication. Artem Zub. I was just offlineing with Amin And when you watch NBA basketball and hoops long enough And playoffs long enough You get a lot of ads for pharmaceuticals I've never heard of Artem Zoo So I think he's a sizable Ottawa goaltender

Ardeme Zub is a goaltender for the Ottawa Doesn't look like a goaltender It looks like a defenseman there Apparently he also is a skater You can do it all It's up there with Michael Jordan Either way, either way One more

All right To Norr Davis You guys are doing, you guys are on a great streak here. Jeremy. Get the music back. Connect me. Connect me. Flyers tough and skilled winger.

Travis Kineckney. Or. Blood pressure treatment. Connect me. Kurt Warner. Blood pressure treatment. Ah, Tats. Damn.

Idiot. You idiot. Streak. That's it. That's it. He's down 3-0, by the way. That's a good game. Good job, everybody.

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Stugats. This is the Dan Levitar show with the Stugats. Can I show you guys something that caught my attention yesterday on social media? So there is a professional wrestler from AEW called Darby Allen. All right. And that part's not important. But he is a big deal when it comes to wrestling. Okay.

He's a very famous name. And this video is circulating on social. media where he is doing a podcast that apparently is also like streamed. Okay. So there's also video. But he's sitting in the backseat of an Uber or a Lyft, whatever. And they're taking him to, I think, that night's wrestling event. And you will hear the Uber driver is very, very upset with this interview taking place in the backseat of his car.

and he proceeds to throw him out of the vehicle in the middle of the highway. Give us a watch and listen. Tucson for AEW collision. We got this program going on. Can we expect to see like Matt with... One second. I hate to interrupt like your AA or like therapy session or whatever, but it's kind of rude of you to be on speaker phone like in someone's Uber.

Is it cool if I finish? Um, look, man, I've been driving since 5 a.m. I'm tired. Like, can you just put the phone up? Like, it's a little rude. This is like an interview. Yeah, we're like on, we're on national TV right now just doing an interview here. I don't care.

I make like $15 an hour. Like, I don't care. Yeah, but you want five stars. This is like, this is one star behavior. Is this your AA sponsor or something? No, it's not an A. I don't care. I just put the phone away.

I'm straight edge. Yeah, he's, yeah. He's easy. I knew it. face pain, this Gene Simmons saying like, you're going to be trouble. Like, yeah. That's one-star behavior, sir. You know, and honestly, a lift driver would not drive like that.

I'm sorry, I'm not going to get the TV. Take me in the Tucson. Yeah, yeah, take him to Tucson so we can be doing a AW live here. Yeah, real fun, buddy. Real, dude, I'm over this. I'm getting out of my car now. Let me see you. We're in the middle of the highway.

I don't care. Out! Get out! We're in the middle of the highway. See, lift driver who he'll do it? And he's left standing on the side of the road in the middle of the highway. All right, what team you guys on? What the hell?

Fakeest thing I've seen a long time. I don't think it's fake. 100% fake. I do not believe that's fake. 100%. I think that was a real meltdown. And that was a real meltdown. 100%, huh?

I don't think he's like that. I don't think Darby's like. that meta. Like what is the wrestler, what does he have to gain by making that fake video? We're talking about it now. No, but he's like a really famous wrestler. He doesn't need that kind of attention.

Yeah, but we wouldn't be talking about him. He's not like a really famous wrestler because they don't know him. I hope that's true. I'm with a mean. I hate to be so skeptical. It doesn't feel real. The performance of the Uber driver felt phony to me.

And also, it's up it. What is, it's a It's like that was Mike Ryan's reaction when Zaz tried to hand him a tuna sandwich. So stop this car. Let me out. I'm not going to be a party to this. I feel like that the, I don't know the wrestler, that that guy also, if somebody said, I'm stopping this car, get out. But we're on the highway. Get out here.

Like you'd be like, no, I'm not getting out. I'm not getting out of the car. I think, I'm paying you for this. What I know of Darby, who is a bit of a vagabond and a bit of a bit of a. daredevil too. He recently climbed Mount Everest. I think he's like kind of chill about that stuff and is going from what is, I think initially a bad look to him to by the time the guy has his full emotional breakdown. So you sent me this yesterday and he didn't understand what the Uber driver's problem is. Now the Uber drivers like should not have acted that way, especially by

why do we dream this like it's real? What are we doing here? Well, because there are people that do this that don't understand. Do what? They go on speaker when they enter an Uber. or are in a public place and they clue everyone into the conversation that they're having instead of putting on AirPods or a headphone and that's very rude. Hold on a second. I completely understand what you're saying except those,

he's not in a public place around public people. He's paying for a service and he's on the phone while the service that he is paying for is being performed. He's not sitting at an airport terminal with people around him who have to listen to his conversation, he's paying for service.

Zaz, you love wrestling on top of everything else. I'm just saying, okay, so that's an element of it. If you were doing a show and you were interviewing somebody and the driver turned around and said, keep it down, I don't like this, you should stop doing this.

Would you be like, ha ha ha, this is pretty funny. It's going to hurt your rating. It's going to hurt your, you'd be like, what the hell are you doing? I would go wait. I would handle just like the wrestler.

I would laugh. I would not. Oh, I would go off. I would go. Dude, if I'm on an interview? I'd say, give me that guy. I'd say, put the driver on the phone right now. Of course, you wouldn't just be like, oh, this is a zany.

Well, I don't know who those, you know, radio hosts are. Like, I don't know what they're. But what would your reaction be? I would probably feel uncomfortable. Me, I'd feel uncomfortable. Because I'm on live radio. Adjita? And I'd have a little bit of Ajana.

Like how madame is. Because the live radio that I'm doing is being, like, thrown for a loop, and I'm the one who's at the center of it. But you would go crazy. if the Uber driver interrupted your interview. I'd be annoyed. I mean, you would turn it into a bit was what you would do, right? I mean, hand him the phone.

Let me have some time with it. Hey, hey, I started to interrupt your air-a-in-a-in-meeting. Let me do that joke later the third time. Yeah, exactly. It's the least believable performance ever in the history of performances. That's why you can't get randos to do stuff in videos because... I love how you wanted to be Robert De Niro. Like, what do you think it looks like when an Uber driver who's been working since 5-A

crashes out. You just start shouting. It doesn't look like that. Okay. All right. The shouting. It's real or not. The shouting is the least part. It's the build-up. It's all of it's like, I don't know if you're doing like an AA meeting. Like it's just it's not, you guys can't be this gullible. The AA meeting is. It's the second

AA meeting. I want to believe all over again. That's actually like, you guys want to believe he had already said. Oh my God this happened. It's not happening, guys. You're the one who thinks wrestling is real. I mean. But the misunderstanding. The misunderstanding about the AA meeting is that when he's straight edge when he's talking about being straight edge,

like that actually makes me think it's actually more real because he confused it for an end. You can't be this gullible. Mike, you're a smart guy, man. I'm not shifting the discussion from like the initial behavior. It could be fake. Like, we're talking like, you know, you remember that show on ABC? What would you do? Right? Like that's a conversation that I'm

interested in because Zaslo over there thinks it's totally fine with Ardez. Okay, well, let's talk about that part before we get back to the real. I'm with Zaz. The fun move is to insist on not getting out. If you want to make the best thing. And by the way, I'm with a mean, it's fake, but the best result is if you are faking it even, is to refuse to get out and see where that goes.

All right, we'll get back to that part in a second. Let's go to the other part where I don't think that the driver has any right to ask him to get off the phone in that spot. Okay. The place where the driver is right is, like, to me, headphones. He doesn't need to be hearing the entire interview. So you think if he had headphones on the driver would have been okay with him? I think it would have been different. I'll give you putting it on speaker is a little rude. Putting it on speaker. But it is not rude enough for to be attacked the way that guy was. That's why I mean things. It's fake. Guys, there's a video I want to show you guys. It's totally real. It's a guy. He comes up to a girl that says,

can I get your number? She says, no. And then he gets in a Lamborghini. And then she walks up to him and says, oh, I'm sorry. Can I give you my number? And said, no. You said no to me a few minutes ago. And then he drives off. And then people comment underneath. That's what gold diggers get. It's totally real, just like this video. I'm not getting bogged down on that. To me, like, I'm not getting bogged down in like, what would you do? What would I doing a fake situation that never happens, I wouldn't do anything. What would you do in a real one? It's not real. What would you do in a real one,

though? A real one of what? That's a situation. If you went into Uber, you're on speaker. If I'm on speaker and my Uber driver starts yelling at you. And would you get out because you know, these days are different? If that guy starts acting on hinge the way that he did and he's telling me he got out of his car, I'm probably getting out of the car. Because this guy's crazy.

And I don't know this person. I don't know what they're capable of. And if it's all a bit and he knew the guy wasn't and actually shoot him or do anything crazy, he would have engaged me. He actually got out, like right when he was asked to. If an Uber driver or a cab driver or Lyft, whatever, said, well, I don't want you talking in my car like that. What you would actually do is say, like, well, this won't stand. I'm telling your bosses about this.

Can I speak with one of your bosses? Not one star. Like, you are not going to continue. You don't like making $15 an hour? You're not going to make that. Once I get this to the head office, you can't tell me. As a passenger in your car, not allowed to speak. I'm actively losing brain cells having an explanation.

But I would say, all right, well, then we can get off at the next stop. You're not going to drop me off. Just drop me off at a gas station or whatever. And I'll get out. And that would be the end of that. And then I would do all the other things to make sure I've ruined this person's life forever because they asked me to get off the phone or the speakerphone, which, again, does not happen. They ask you to get off the phone you want to have on speakerphone, whatever.

What's the time when you go into the Uber and that guy's on the phone? He's on the phone for 45 minutes, and I don't want to hear him talk. It's a not sure. By the way. Hey, buddy, can you end your conversation? It's rude, but I'm not going to say anything to him either. But why is he entitled to have me not on the phone, but he's going to be on the phone for 45 minutes? The last time I flew from Miami back to L.A.X.

This exact thing happened. The guy in the row behind me was loudly talking on speakerphone. Yeah, that's unacceptable. Just the one side. And I got fairly close. I'm pretty mouthy about these things out in the wild. I'll call strangers out. I'm like, what are you doing, man?

Really? I like doing that. Yeah, I have a lot of fun. You like doing this. Yeah, I like to live a little dangerously, even though I'm a gigantic coward. I like, I like mouthing off to people. I like calling out my friends when they fall for dumb internet videos. Just all over the internet and no one seems to be calling a big.

Because everybody is dumb and they want to believe. They want to believe. Really putting yourself out here. Like, what if we find out it's real? It's not real. It's not real. It's not real. It's not going to be proven real.

Chris Cody. But yes, that is on, that makes the list of most obnoxious behavior out in public. Like in a waiting room watching something on speaker. In public. People like doing the grocery cart thing, not returning your cart to the stack. And I agree with that. That's not the greatest violation. This would be on the list, though.

Yes, Tony. No, that's what Chris Cody does. No, I put my shopping car back. Don't worry. You do? I do. Now? Yes.

Many years ago, I. He did a thing. No, no. My thing is, and I stand by it, like, what you just did, the outrage people, I think you see a lot of shopping cards out in his parking lots. My take was, I don't think it's that big a deal, and I think a lot more people do it who rail against it, and I was more just defending. It's not a felony.

Thank you. It's a crime against your fellow human beings. It creates jobs. There's people whose job it is to go get those cards. I'm trying to think of, like, a situation. Does it change your opinion? Hold on a second, Jeremy, when 3.4 million, follower count, Newsweek, has linked to the story. Oh, my God.

A lot of people bought, a lot of, National Enquirer's been in publication for my entire life. National Choir is a step too far. You think Newsweek's editorial board saw a video that's going viral and said, guys, let's have a meeting. Let's send our reporters dispatch out there. Send our best guy on it. And Amin has me wanting this to be real so bad. Or is the social media team just like, this is viral.

I want to be viral too. That's how this shit works. I got to explain the internet to you people. Y'all don't know how this works. You think people are fact-checking before they retweet? That would you have? You got like the head of Newsweek out here, like, get me the best and brightest on this wrestler. Man, I want this to be real.

I think you're going to be wrong. All you had to do was just hang out. But instead, you became the craziest one on that side of the glass. This is three minutes left. This is the thing that drives me crazy. Every single. It's like the other. day there was a thing that said Scott Foster, NBA referee, suspended for three missed calls

of Goldens in the Lakers Celtics game. And the way that shit went viral, and I'm like, he didn't even rest the game. Nobody took five seconds even think, is this real or not? It's just, oh, it's real. And let me react. Let me be in the place because I want to react to the place. I want to talk about Uber drivers who tell me to go off speakerphone. Has anyone here ever had an Uber driver do that?

Everyone raising their voice. Everyone pointing, fingers disagreeing. Guys, wait at end the week. That's right. Against the spread. That's right. Against the spread is presented by Draft Kings. Draft Kings. The crown is yours. Roy, what do we got? Sabres Panthers tonight. The Panthers are favorite one and a half. I'm trying to go.

The Panthers have beaten the Sabres in 8 straight games following a win in the previous game. But the Sabres have covered the puck line in last year. 12 games where they were underdogs. That streak is getting broke tonight. The Panthers are going to win by two or more tonight, so going with the Panthers against the Spritz. Mike, what do we got? This afternoon, Saudi Pro League, soccer.

Al-Hilal love the roster moves that they made. They were clearly the cream of the crop and the Saudi League. I'm going with Al-Hal-Hal-Haw-A-L against Al-Shabaab. Minus 1 and a half taking Al-Halal. Saves play last night, Roy? Uh, the Sabers, no. The Maple Leafs did. They played, like, they lost to Tampa. But the Sabers didn't play last night. Well, then give me the Sabers.

Nah. Let's end on a fun note here. Go ahead, Jeremy. I'm sorry. I was just trying to create another situation where you're saying like, oh, they're performing a service for you. And so in turn, they have to be trapped with you listening to you on speakerphone. But I have to be trapped with him speaking on speakerphone. Jeremy, what about a black car service? Like, is there, are you different? Like, what's, if I'm paying? Yeah, if you're paying somewhere, I can have a...

I can take a call in the back seat. The Uber driver? Let the hate flow. Yeah, I can take a call. Okay, if you were getting your haircut. I'm not saying it's, like, it's maybe a little rude, but it's not. It's super rude. Call me the name.

That's all it is. There's no way. You're doing something like that job and that you feel entitled to reprimand the people that may or may not tip you. There's to be no way that you would do that. You would have to be completely unhinged to do that. and that is the puncher's chance Mike Ryan and the people who believe this

have here. Beach Boys was a good call. Bartim Zub. I mean, will you track the rest of today as to whether or not this is real or fake? I shan't spend a single calorie on this BS.

This is dumb and I try not to burn my energy on dumb things. It'd be great when it's real. Great tone.