The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: The Pop Off!

Episode Date: March 19, 2024

Dan, Greg and the Shipping Container preview today's Pop Off. Greg explains his recipe, and Mike and Tony begin to set the lines for who will win. Before we get to the contest, Chris has a major update on the legendary toe from his Oktoberfest experience. Then, the Pop Off commences as Dan heads up to 46 floors above the Earth to make his famous popcorn, while Greg is in prime form and infuriates his son by not following instructions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I just think he thinks he's good at everything. He thinks he can run a six minute mile. He thinks he can run a six-minute mile. He thinks he can kick 50-year-old field goals. 50-yard field goals. Yeah, I'm sorry. I said cuck there and I got scared of myself. You should have. Yes. You don't have a popcorn recipe, do you? Certainly I do. Yeah, absolutely. It's tried and true. I tinkered with it a little bit last night. We had a taste test involving my wife. I gave her a couple of different options. You know, do I want to use oil?

Do I want to use butter? Do I want to use ghee? Prepping. Wow. It's pronounced ghee. Ghee, it's ghee. Ghee, okay. So how did it go?

It went well. She gave me a preference on a certain item that I was wavering on and blah blah blah. You know these are all proprietary secrets. So I'm that's why. How confident are you? Oh I'm quite confident. Yeah.

You always are right about everything. Well I try to be but you know ever since Roy Bellamy's turkey beat my turkey. Right. You know I've been knocked down a peg. So now I have to get back up you know, I've been knocked down a peg. So now I have to get back up, you know, but I prepare I prepare more than the average bear and Making himself laugh the odds makers back here in the shipping container have a Dan minus 250 Greg Cody I don't mean to cut this contest off at the pass but I have

concerns about the integrity of this contest. I do too. How so? Well I mean it's not a blind taste test and you know. Oh the power dynamics. That's fair. I mean earlier today I overheard Dan in a coterie, you know, talking about career advancement and everything. This is all made up. This is not true in any way. I can't offer someone a raise or promotion if they vote for my pop. I mean we can ignore that that is the elephant in this room at the moment. But I was talking about your attempts at espionage, which I rebuffed. But I don't know if you were successful

in approaching other people to get intel on Dan's recipes. Okay, let's open that can over. I think more context is needed because he kind of told me what he was thinking of doing and I was like, I don't know what Dan's recipe is, but I've heard rumors of certain things and I think that might be what Dan uses. My sole reason for bringing it up was to avoid overlap.

The last thing I want is to have two competing popcorns that are eerily similar. That's actually a pretty good defense of your attempts at espionage. And it's the truth as well. Mine, totally distinctive. It'll be like nothing you've ever tasted before. Except it'll be just like mine. No. I mean it is popcorn. It's hard to...

First of all, it starts with the corn itself. And I use a premium corn. You are the corn gang. Don't give it away, Greg. No, no, I wouldn't. I mean at some point I'll reveal all details that are available. I'm excited about this. it starts with the corn. Let's put it that way. This is a really good line, by the way. Dan, your popcorn is exceptional, and I know how much pride you take in it,

and I know how you don't want anyone across you with any criticisms whatsoever. Just so you know, I'm voting for you no matter what. There you go. Just the way I like it. The fix is in. Just the way I say that. The fix is in.

I'm the Putin of popcorn, ladies and gentlemen. I claim that it's democratic but it's not. I don't know if you've ever seen the video of Putin playing hockey but this is what they're accusing me of doing to the popcorn contest, where Putin plays hockey against a bunch of Russians and weaves between six players who are clearly letting him score, yes! It's akin to Steven Seagal in that martial arts competition, taking on all homers.

We'll get to the pop-off in a second, but Chris Cody, yesterday you promised us, we never got to it, but here's the Putin video of him just scoring unchecked in the middle of the ice, much smaller than all the other players, and he scores every time he wants to because he's amazing. You promised us yesterday, though, an update to the scandalous Oktoberfest bathroom bar toe that snuck out from underneath a public restroom. I can't lie, that's a clean finish by Putin. Really?

Right in the five hole. It's like, he's got a sneaky good finish. I know, but there wasn't a lot of interference in front of the net, the kind you'd usually expect in front of a goalkeeper. Yeah, but he went top shell. I understand that, but that wrist action, you cannot fake.

Right. Do you think the goalie was processing, if I save this, I die? Yeah, I mean, there's some of that, yes. Half that team fell out a window after the game. Ha ha ha ha. Chris Cody, what is the update that you're promising us? For those of you who do not remember his,

what is alleged to be his famed Oktoberfest toe, Chris Cody has since retracted that this is his foot, it is not his foot. I mean, my foot is clearly in this picture here. You can see my knee, I'm taking a shit, and this guy's foot came into my stall. And I did what one would do in that moment, I took a photo of it, and I showed it one would do in that moment.

I took a photo of it and I showed it on air thinking, what are the odds that this guy, if he ever sees this, what's he gonna sue me, hey that's my foot? So I'm at the Panthers game the other night with a buddy and as I'm walking by somebody, some guy just goes, hey that was my foot at Oktoberfest. And my instant reaction is that's hilarious, that's a good listener of the show. Good callback.

Yeah, that's hilarious. And he goes, no seriously, I'll DM you. And I have this moment where I walk back away with my friend, I'm a little scared, because the guy, he kind of was smiling, but he had a look like I'll punch you in the face. So I was like, if that's really him, I should go back there and get a video of him. And I got my mind into content mode. And I'm like, maybe that's really him, I should go back there and get a video of him and I'm like got my mind into like content mode

and I'm like maybe he's messing with me. But if it's true, he'll DM me. So I just kind of like went about my business and I'm like, all right, maybe this guy will DM me. Next thing I know, I get a DM from a guy and he's basically like, it's me. And he shows me a screenshot of his Octoberfest ticket on the same day

I was there not proof yet that that it's his all he's got to do is send you his foot. That's Dan I'm a good. I'm a journalist. I respond to him I need to see the toe for me to believe it was you now It's like creepy as the creepiest possible sliding into the DMs foot foot foot foot He responds to me as much as I want to send feet pics to men over the internet, I'm going to pass it, pass at this time.

Wow. No, that's not proof. Here's the next best thing. And he sent me a picture of his sandal, of the sandal that is in that stall. So as far as I know, the guy is a, he's like big fan of the show. What are the odds that the guy that I did this to

six months later is like, hey, it's me. I've got a number of questions, though. This guy's personal moral compass on how far he's willing to go. He's got no problem telling you to your face, I'm the person so inconsiderate that I sprawl out when shitting and stick my feet I get wide in other people stalls. I have no problem admitting that I will prove it to you with a ticket stub and a

Flip-flop what I will not do here's where I draw what I will not do is show you what would be the ultimate proof Which is an identical foot with a crooked second toe. I will not send that to a man. Perhaps you should give him your wife's DM. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Yeah, he did. Yeah, he absolutely did.

Why don't you FaceTime him or toe time him? Now, can we put the foot back up there? Because in the way- Do we have to? The way that I took this in the first time, to me, that's a Hispanic foot. Really? To me, I mean, what am I, am I-

What are you doing there? No, I'm just saying, it's just like the toe, like that most, my foot is pale as shit. Like that's a, like, I don't know. That second toe is part of a means hand on the follow through. The second toe is really crooked. And the only reason I bring up that I,

this guy couldn't have been. It looked like a white foot to me. Okay, maybe. This definitely looked like a white foot to me. The great toe is beautiful, and the other four toes are rather unbecoming. You know how I know that's a white foot? Because it's wearing thong flip flops at an Oktoberfest.

That's how I know it's a white foot. That is a telltale sign. That is a telltale sign. Well, the guy couldn't have. I never once considered it was anything but a white foot, considering the context. The guy couldn't have been whiter. Is that second toe digging into the ground

for maximum leverage on whatever it is that's happening inside that stall? Been there. It is the, just so you know, we're approaching the 20th anniversary of this show. Could you message this gentleman and find out if he's open to an activation in which we bring listeners into a stall and they can sit down and experience it live and in person for themselves?

Part of all of our planning that's going to go into our 20 year anniversary where we bring in just an assortment of circus oddities. I've been workshopping, I should probably talk to you about it, do we want to do a lot of little ones or maybe one big one, but either way, this toe has to be a part of Toe Man. I think I want it to be as weird as possible. What did you say?

Hylia Moovey Co. and waiting for you in one of the, I'll tell my friend Alex. One of those soles is that foot. Greg, what did you say? Toe what? Well, Toeman is the nickname I've just developed for him. Greg, your nicknames today have been really terrible. Yeah, you know, sometimes you don't wanna think too hard.

Greg Brackets, I mean, come on. Greg Bracket, Toeman. Outside of Putin and Popcorn, our nickname game is lagging. Because Toeman lends itself to a Batman like sing-along toman Little music in the background you got a song after this foot segment. Let's eat some popcorn What would toman's powers in the mood? He can fly

He wiggled his my dad used to say if he could wiggle his ears, he could fly because his ears were so big. And it would be a similar thing with Toe Man. You know, if that guy starts going like this, all of a sudden, this is a new and improved show with the Stugats. Gamble on by DraftKings. Stugats here. Did you know that according to FBI property crime data, most home break-ins happen in broad daylight? As the days get longer this spring, protect your home with SimpliSafe. It's the award-winning home security I use and recommend.

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the question. I've always admired that about you, that you are, you have no problems whatsoever professing your love. Well the thing is, I got a new wife now, you know, me and Bianca didn't make it. I got a new wife now, you know me and Bianca didn't make it So I moved on we moved on it was for the better both of us still gods things Just got a little awkward there. So let me be the first on this show to congratulate you on the new wife Vance Congratulations on on on feeling whole feeling complete, you know Let's talk tailgating, yeah. Don't be, don't feel awkward, buddy. You know, a lot of people do.

No, I don't. I mean, Dan does. It's much too late for that, Vince. I appreciate you soothing me in this regard, but I already feel terribly awkward, and then my teammate comes to my defense with not a question. Well, congratulations.

Just a healthy congratulations, and the further pointing out of that awkwardness because he's always good for me in those spots. I'm also thinking of divorce Vince, after many, many years, 18 years, with a partner who does things like that to you. This is the Don LeBattar Show with the Stugats. The pop-off has begun. Greg Cody is with me in studio. Dan is up at the, he's in a hotel

room somewhere. He is, he looks very comfortable in a kitchen. He really does. He has started the process of making his popcorn. Greg, you've been observing what Dan is doing. What are your thoughts so far? Well, I think he is going to get and deserves some credit for doing it old school Doing it old school. He's not I'm using a microwave without apology But I will get some points deducted by people who prefer the old-school method So we'll see if I can overcome that. All right, so Dan again, he's in the hotel. He's in a room He is in the kitchen. He is currently making popcorn. Let's go up to Dan and he's holding something up I have no idea. It seems like a secret ingredient. Let's go to the laboratory to find out. I am

hidden away at a secret location 46 floors above the earth. I have an assortment of different ingredients I will say though there is something of a strategic advantage that Cody now has that might resemble excuse making by me, but I have two things at play that I was not expecting. First of all, this stove is not something I've worked on before and I'm not sure about the heating levels. And then more disastrously, I have forgotten an ingredient at home. I have an ingredient at home that's missing. I was horrified.

Oh my God. Yeah, I was horrified to look. Yeah, I left it on my oven at home. How important is this ingredient though? In terms of all your ingredients, where would you list this one? It's the least important, but it's a connector. It's an important connector. Wow.

So this is... Excuse machine. I can hear the sizz. Wow. So this is- Excuse machine. I can hear the sizzling though. No, fair enough. Fair commentary by you guys, but I think I'm still going to win because microwave popcorn, how good does that smell? Oh my God, this smells good.

I know you can't smell it there. I don't know. But we've got a team of people here. They're nodding because it smells good already. We can't smell it down here. What's it smell like, popcorn? I gathered. I gathered. It smells lot like a gourmet popcorn

Delicious popcorn. Yes, very concerned about this missing ingredient. That is quote a connector Where we got to play it as it lies though? Dan just moved to 115 in my book. Yeah a lot of late action minus 115 the corn king What was Cody before the pop-off plus 300? It's actually down right now great value You're the favorite plus you go second betting. Yeah The bets are rolling in for me. That's why the lines changing Dan Do you feel like I have time to do top five people in sports that can know popcorn while you're making your popcorn? I Think you do because I have not gotten a single pop yet, and I've been up here seven minutes

I'm dealing with a but no that's not the connector excuse that's a Bocke's that's a Bocke's stove excuse it's a whole it's all different set of excuses yeah that's why you're supposed to use the microwave It doesn't happen with microwaves. Yours will be done in a minute. We're getting down to minus 110, minus 110 real quick. We gotta pick them line. Yes. I mean, listen, there's nothing worse

than missing a connector when you're cooking. Unless your missing ingredient is the popcorn itself, I don't wanna hear any more excuses. Get his ass, Greg. Greg, Greg, Greg Cody, you sound just as bad 46 stories up as you did when I was sitting next to you. This is getting crazy. Wow.

This is quite the pop off. Wow. Not his fault. You forgot your connector. Connector. Stop lashing out. Most people call it salt. It's awful.

All right. Top five athletes in sports that can know popcorn. OLI, Colonel Reb. Mascot for the Mississippi Rebels. Don't know how I feel about that mascot. Oil can boy. I know how I feel. Donnie Pepper.

Is that popcorn I hear? Wait a minute, wait a minute. What do you mean? That's not popcorn. Pepper on popcorn? What do you mean Donnie Pepper? Who puts pepper on popcorn? A lot of people do Dan. Might be a connector someone would say. Don't give it away Greg. Number five. Butterbean.

Number four. Lisa Salter. There's an S in the S. Salter's. Oh, sorry. Sorry to Lisa. It's like giraffe, giraffe, giraffes. It goes either way. Number three, Tubby Smith.

Sorry, I just hear popcorn. That's why I got distracted there. Look at that thing, look at that popcorn go, Dan-O. Number two, Greg Popovich. Ha! And number one, Cornelder. Yeah! Cornelder! Yeah!

Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha! So stupid. I hear popcorn, Dan. I mean, this is exciting. You do? Chris Cody, I need, if you don't mind, can you get me the filibuster, please, real quick, of the Cornelder call of Mike Ryan on the Duke Miami game? Just because I need a few more minutes of popping here because I got to get these Temperatures right. I don't know if you can find that for me

And if I can produce the show 46 stories up in the air at a secret location or not I will say this a new stove is always a tricky game a dangerous game at that So you're cranking up the excuse machine, but I understand why I mean That's a good visual So you're cracking up the excuse machine, but I understand why. I mean, oh look at that. That is so nice. That's a good visual. Oh, live line. Yeah. Back down to minus 150 for Dan.

That bruises the popcorn when it hits the lip. Oh, Greg Korty. Spraying a lot of stuff in there, Greg. Yeah. Is that hairspray? What do you got in there? Oh, look at this. Look at this.

It is. It's one of the secret ingredients is hairspray? What do you got in there? Oh, look at this. Look at this. It is. It's one of the secret ingredients is hairspray. Yes. Put it on the poll please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Does anyone put pepper on their popcorn? Or hairspray. Oh, this is good right here.

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As many laterals now as BS pass interference penalties on that last drive. Walton now pitches it back to Johnson. Guess we're gonna keep going with this. Toss it back. Here comes another pitch. Cornelder has it. Throws it back to the Plumbers 9-1-1 goal line. Dallas Crawford looking for a block.

Gets one. Definitely not a block in the back. He throws it across to the 30. To Cornelder. Big legal block. He's got it to the 40. Cornelder crossing El block. He's got it to the 40 Cornelder crossing El Palacio de los Jugo Smithfield Cornelder speeding now to the 40 speeding ticket FickHoward.com hold her now dashing down the Dandy Bear

sideline so what your kid has ringworm Dandy Bear Holder inside the Gus Richetta red zone Cornelder He's at the 10! He's at the 5! Lindy! Eric! Scotty! Mike! Miami! Sequarium! Touchdown! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! There are presently no flags on the field, and certainly no one will have a problem with how this game ended! Yeah! Oh wait! We don't speak English so everyone hates us. I hear something new every time I listen to that and I laugh at something new every time

I listen to that. Ringworm is what got me that time. Why do you keep spraying your popcorn? I have popcorn. No, I'm not giving away any of the secrets. I'm ready to come back down though. I have popcorn all over the floor here. I think I haven't tried it yet. John, do you want to stick your hand in here? You want your hand? John Reed. All right. You said stick the hand

in the mix it all up. All right. I'm bringing it down now I'm coming down right now. You guys ready for this. Oh, we are Ready, yeah, it took you long enough when we come back Greg Cody will do his Howdy folks, it's Mike Ryan. It's springtime and while every time is a good time for Miller Lite Springtime is among the best I was sitting out in my backyard watching some flowers bloom and some beautiful birds swimming from royal fishtail palm to royal fishtail palm and I had a Miller Lite in my hand and I said yeah this is the good life. Over the years a lot

has changed. One thing that hasn't the great taste of Miller Lite. It was the original light beer and to this day it is still the very best one. Miller Lite has more was the original light beer and to this day it is still the very best one. Miller Lite has more of the taste that you want and less of the stuff that you don't. Oh Miller Lite, you were always there for me. I thank the heavens for you every time I'm sitting on my back patio and I take a sip. Ah, tastes like Miller time. To get Miller Lite delivered right to your door visit MillerLite.com slash Dan, where you can find it pretty much anywhere that sells beer. Celebrate responsibly Miller

Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 96 calories per 12 ounces. Don LeBretard. Many of you, by the way, are writing in and you're saying, Dan, quit being so mean to co-hosts that you always deem incompetent. That's the formula, man. Me being mean to the co-hosts is what allows Stugats to take a very wealthy vacation right now. Stugats, it's a winning position for everyone but me. Have you guys not figured this out yet? That's the whole thing, is me being rotten straight, man.

As everyone else gets to be incompetent, then I yell at them for being incompetent. And here's the miracle of it it it's the magic elixir bad which is the only thing Greg Cody can be becomes good and lovable and it's because standing next to obnoxious strident me makes everyone look that way yeah and the brush with death helped yeah that was planned by me the whole thing was contrived this is the the Don Lebatar Show with the Stugats. We've got a handful of disasters going on. I've just walked into a room where Chris Cote is infuriated with his dad and I saw Stugats

chewing popcorn when I came in. What? Which I don't think is the way we were supposed to do this. So, and incidentally, I left the mess 46 floors upstairs because the stove burnt into one of the plastics that I was holding things in. Oh, I hate that. Oh, no. So the bottom of the popcorn fell out.

Chris, what happened with your father before we go to Jerry Seinfeld, Mexican Jerry Seinfeld in the kitchen? What happened was is I'm annoyed because the whole point of this is the audience seeing the making of the popcorn. And I'm pretty sure he's already made the popcorn. We didn't get any of the popping sounds

that we got with you. We can go to him now, Greg. The popcorn's already made? Some of it. It's popping. You'll hear the popping in about 30 seconds. Oh, you're making multiple bags. Microwave popcorn is how you're making it, and you're just sprinkling some seasoning

on it. Are you telling us any of your secret ingredients? Sure. They're not secret. They're visible. I'm using Blue Jewel popcorn, which is the best. Using Irish butter, which is the best. I'm using kosher salt.

I'm falling asleep as I'm saying it. Which is the best. Which is the best. And grated Parmesan cheese, which is the best. I mean, put it on the poll please, Juju. Is grated Parmesan cheese the best? Yes or no? You're nervous.

I finally wrap my head around who Tony reminds me of today. He looks like John Stossel, like this. Wow, that's a great reference there. Old 2020 episodes. Who's that? He was sort of Geraldo Rivera light without the politics. He got slapped in the face by a wrestler for exposing the business in 2020.

It was a famous thing. You also, Tony, somehow look like you're straight out of a Beastie Boys sabotage video as well somehow. So everything but Seinfeld though. Well, you don't look anything like Seinfeld. How are we doing the taste test parts of this? Who are the judges and where are we on feeling, you didn't do this again where it's four judges

and we're gonna need a tiebreaker, are you? Yes, well, Roy can't eat today. Okay, I had five. In my mind, it was gonna be me, Tony, Roy, Mike, and Stugatz, boom, five, best out of five, but Roy is fasting right now. Five totally impartial judges. So we're gonna do what we did last time.

If it is split after the four of us. We'll go to Cougs Okay, and I do really feel like there's something cheap about going to the microwave This is my doing microwaving the popcorn is barely trying like it's not really trying I mean you guys have talked a lot of junk about each other. I'm really surprised at how hostile this has all become I'm also not at all surprised that you screwed up on the stove and burnt a plastic receptacle. Now have we, Dad, have you started seasoning yet? Cause this is your second bag of popcorn you're throwing on there.

This is the third and we're seasoning as we speak. Ooh, nice. Ooh, is that some melted Irish butter there you're drizzling? Mm-hmm. Nice. Dan, I'm kind of a fan of a lack of effort when it comes to popcorn, just in, out and in my mouth. You know what I'm saying?

You could have ended that sentence a few words early by just saying you're a fan of a lack of effort when it comes to popcorn, just in, out, and in my mouth. You know what I'm saying? You could have ended that sentence a few words early by just saying you're a fan of a lack of effort. Yeah. Then we wouldn't have gotten in, out, inside my mouth. Hey-o! Sometimes you over-prepare the popcorn, and you think too much, and it's not as good as you want it to be.

I will tell you that one of the things that makes me nervous here is that I'm always making my popcorn to be a healthy popcorn. So I can't use cheese and popcorn. You lose. I can't use, I'm at the disadvantage of I can't use cheese and butter. Those are not among my ingredients. What are you spreading right now, dad?

What is that? That was lemon pepper. Oh. Wow. All right, I'll hear this man out. And now what? Cheese, parm, which is the best. His connector.

It's pretty good, but it's not a connector. So you were spraying something that was top secret, but that was a healthy amount of spray that you were putting on there. That man looks super healthy. I'm being told we have B-roll of Dan putting a crazy amount of seasoning on his food. It's not necessarily seasoning.

That is the seasoning, yes. That's not crazy. In fact, it was too light by the time. You're still going. It was too light? Yeah, it was too light. Jesus. Five more seconds. My God.

Yes, it's drowned in it. That's correct. That's exactly how you do it. I've got it. It's ready for anyone who wants to try it. I would like to try it, but are we gonna do the... Yeah, we have to do. Yeah, is there more pomp and circumstance to this,

or you're just gonna put it in my mouth? I, uh. Circumstance. Let's bring one of these bags in here. Let's take both of the bags, you guys do this however it is that you wanna do this. That's the same batch, because the colors look a little off.

They do, yeah. Yes, do you keep that one? Okay, I'll keep this. A lot of stuff in here. Before we start tasting though, let's go back out to my dad. Dad, are you doing your finishing touches? Where are we in your process?

We are just about done. It's gonna be ready to taste. All right, maybe put it into two different bowls so we can get one in here in our room and then bring one in there with Dan. We didn't save any money on the cutlery there, huh? We went with the fine china there. Fine china.

These seem like really bold flavors. I'm gonna need a palate cleanser in between tastes. Yeah, we're gonna use some cups of water if we could, folks. A little like really bold flavors. I'm going to need a palate cleanser in between tastes. Yeah, we're going to need cups of water, if we could, folks. A little moose bush? A little moose bush? We'll look at Greg. I don't know, man. I'm trying.

So do we want to change the odds? Looking at Dan, seeing what my dad's done, like what do we think? No connector, I mean, new stove. This is a pick-em line. Minus 110, minus 110. It has tightened up. I think it has tightened up a little bit. I mean, new stoves. Pick them line. Minus 110, minus 110. It has tightened up. I think it has tightened up a little bit.

I mean, I've made a ton of excuses. So I have already, and on top of everything else, I can't tell you when I was cleaning up the burnt plastic, I'm like, man, this is what choking would look like at the height of what sports feels like. This is, I am choking. So what happened there? You just rested a plate on a stove

that was on I'm using a stove I have never used before and I had and and the gadgetry is a little bit confusing it's got a lot of protective and plastic devices around it and referred to a stove as gadgetry if I showed it to you there was a single a double a triple and'm like, what the hell is this? Like, why am I going triple the heat on this? I don't need triple the heat on this. Wow, now my dad is spooning the popcorn into separate bowls for each of us.

Presentation, he gets the win here. The presentation is way nice. You just handed people like two bags it blocked bag. I didn't know that there was a presentation element This was all taste not top chef It's just give me I'm not gonna discount the presentation just because you did sir. Yeah, well I can go out there and present to discount the presentation just because you did, sir. Well, I can go out there and present if I want. You tried to, and you burnt the plastic.

I didn't know this was a beauty contest. I thought it was a personality contest. You choked. I did choke. I'm like, Dan, this is not, there's no visual here. Whatever's in my mouth, that's what I'm judging. It's like telling the jury to just disregard what you just heard.

Like, they can say yeah, but in the back of their minds. All right, I am ready to be tasted. All right, come back into the studio. I don't think we're gonna need Cougs. I gotta be honest. They're bringing in a bunch of water here for us. So Stugats has already decided where his vote is going because he's already eaten Greg Cody's popcorn

before he even seasoned it. Like this is the thing, Stugats just went in there and ate a plain microwave popcorn and that's what he's gonna vote for her thing with no seasoning just something just horrible Redenbacher's thrown in the microwave for 90 seconds It was delicious All right, I guess now we all just dig in okay. All right, but where's Greg Cody Greg Cody back in the studio We can't just dig in we have to do this. We try Dan's first. We try Greg's second. Okay, yep. Because Dan's has been made longer. We don't want it to get stale. So we'll go

to Dan's first. Roy, how long have you been fasting? This is a three-day fast. This is the final day, which is pretty funny. So does this hurt? Does this hurt? The smell of popcorn, is it hurting you? My stomach hurts right now, yes. Yes, I'm very hungry. Okay, can I try? I'm not one of the voters, so I'd like to try Greg Cody's popcorn. It has like 17 ingredients you allege that you're allergic to.

I will admit, and remember, I said I'm only gonna judge on what's in my mouth. Dan's looks better. My dad's is like really white. Dan's got a nice tan to it. Presentation? Yeah, I'm just saying, based off the look, I mean, the presentation is nicer for my dad,

because he's got a nice little dish for that. All right, Mike. Are you ready? Yeah, okay. We're trying dance first Yeah, eggs is good. No buttery and cheesy, but I'm not allowed butter and cheese. So like I'm excuse making cheater No, I'm not allowed it but he's got to finish that cup. What I'm saying is that When I'm not allowed it, I'm gonna have a bad reaction to how wonderful that tastes. Oh, okay when I'm not allowed it, I'm gonna have a bad reaction to how wonderful that tastes. Oh, okay. All right. I'm having Dan's.

This is a classic, one of my favorite popcorns on the planet, some saying my favorite. Better than the other night, too. Better than Oscar night. Yeah. Tastes really good right here. I gotta tell you, if you weren't missing a connector, I can't pinpoint it.

It does seem distant from each other, each kernel. Okay, but how, instead of just chewing, and do we have some order to who's voting, how's voting, everyone's eating at the same time, are they, are all of you eating my popcorn right now? We're all eating Dan. We're all eating you right now. Greg's is good, I'm the only one.

We've got you in our mouths right now. You're voting for Greg? I mean, I am. I'm marinating on you. I'm savoring your flavor, Daddy. I'm just sitting here. It's got a little kick to it too. Like my eyes are watering up a little bit.

I don't know why. You've never revealed this publicly but I'm certain there's like some coconut oil element to this. It's incredible. That might have been the binder that he's missing. No, that connector if that's a connector that's in there. That's great. I love that.

I love that popcorn. I'm ready for Greg. Do we all feel like we have it? You, sir, know how to make popcorn. All right. But wait a minute, are we gonna get, I just wanna cover again, because we want dramatic buildup in order for this to get the payoff.

I have the palate cleanser, coffee grounds right here. The voters are, again, Chris Cody, the voters are. Stu Gotts, me, Mike Ryan, Tony. That's four of us, if we are split, we go to Cougs. Okay, so right now. You're voting for a split, you want Cougs. No, I'm pretty confident in my popcorn, but as the only one who has tasted Greg's,

I will tell you that his has a moistness that mine does not. It's got a buttery aftertaste that feels like you're just slurping sauce and if you like that. Don't talk about it, be about it, I'm eating it. How is it that the one guy that wasn't doing a thing had the most suggestive sentence on the air? All right, we are moving on to Gregg's popcorn.

All right. Everyone put Gregg in your mouth. Gregg, how do you feel about your popcorn right now? How do you feel about the batch you made? Delightful. I've had more of yours than I've had of my own. You finished mine. Greg crushed my popcorn, crushed it. Missed lemon and pepper?

I have a critique, but. Oh, okay. It's good, Greg. This is really good. Thank you. I think the flavor was excellent. I think you did over season for me. The cheese in yours, Greg. The lemon's a little, it bites a little too much though. I don't know if I love the lemon pepper in here.

Yeah, but I like that part. I'm Latino. I love that. Do more. I'm nervous. I know who I'm voting for. Me too. Well, I know who you're voting for. Like, you don't even have to taste the popcorn. I think I need to go back.

I know which way you're voting. What is this? No, I do know. You never know. When Greg Doty's here, you always side with him. I do know, though. It's the only consistent thing about the two of you. Well, no.

That and the masters, I mean. It is missing a little something by being a microwave batch of popcorn. I would argue that that is cheap in a way that prevents it from being gourmet. You're a true artist. Just throwing it into the microwave. Wow. How about the fact that my Black Jewel gourmet popcorn is virtually hull-free. Really?

Yeah, it's a hull-less popcorn. Wow. is virtually hull free. Really? Yeah, it's a hull-less popcorn. Wow. They can't call it hull-less because if you think- I know what you mean by that, but Chris says it, can you explain it to him? I mean, you know the- Thank you for asking, Mike.

The hull is the portion of the popcorn that you really don't wanna eat, the one that gets stuck in your teeth and you know. What's it called? The hull. Oh, yeah, like. What's it called? The hull. Like bread. Like Bobby? Corn, popcorn hull.

You may not have noticed this about Stugatz, he only asks the question so he can do the like Bobby thing. He doesn't actually care what your answer is. He's just trying to. Dying sports, I can tell it's popcorn. I would have went bread hole. I would have been a good answer. John Saucingham is the youngest pop culture man.

Where were you three hours ago when I asked you? He missed. I've gone back to Dan's popcorn, and I am finishing this. He missed the timing. Mike looking for a raise. When the joke would've worked best, so he asks you to repeat it so that he can then do the thing.

Well, it's a clarification and that too. No, it's not. Just make sure I heard it correctly. It's not a clarification. You just missed your window and you circled back around because you wanted to make a Bobby Holger Man, I love those popcorn. All right, Stugats. Stugats votes for Greg Cody. Tony, Tony, who do you vote for? It's done. I don't I don't need to hear you could turn off his microphone. It doesn't matter

Wait, I'm voting first. I'll go first. Stu Gatz has voted, he's voted for Greg Cody. For the record, Chris is related to Greg. I'm voting for Dan. I'm being honest, it's just the taste, it's what I would go back, I just did, I closed my eyes, I said if I was at a movie right now, which of these would I want to have for the entire movie? Your father is so pissed at you.

The way that he stared at you was a look of parental disapproving I haven't seen from him at you since you were seven years old. The lemon just was a little, I don't know, I generally love lemon pepper, but I didn't love it on popcorn. So it's one to one, Stugatz.

I don't need to hear from Stugatz. Stugatz has not voted. He has voted. I wanna hear everyone's vote specifically. I'm telling you how Stugatz is going to vote. Tony? So guys, I'm a you how I'm keeping track is going to vote Tony So guys, I'm I'm a little torn me and Mike back here very distinguished popcorn Enthusiast not true. We're looking at certain things right? Yeah, Dan's Dan's popcorn

Seasoned beautifully is there's no much there's no such thing as too much season right Dan seasoned perfectly What I like is that there's remnants of the seasoning in my cup which know which you can dab it in Yeah, yes Hungry man, I love the flavoring of Greg's popcorn though not as much seasoning as I would have wanted I want more lemon pepper dust on my fingers than anything. Oh, I think I'm gonna go Dan Good Greg Cody go oh and two in cooking contests? Looks like it. He's gonna be mad at you.

Like he's gonna bring this home. He's gonna take you out of his will. He had your vote locked in. Yours and Stu Gats's. He was hoping to get to a Kugler vote. Bad day for Billy not to be here for you. Yeah. I made the schedule this week in order to...

In order to... Damper the jury pool? In order to rig the contest. Jerrymandering. It was just punishment for what he did to our tournament yesterday. Mike Ryan, would you like to cast a surprising vote in the other direction so that we can send it to Cougs and make it more dramatic? I do feel all this pressure to make it more dramatic right now.

It's only two-nothing. I still have a chance. Exactly. It's a one. You have Stugatz's vote. It's two one. Stugatz hasn't voted yet. Two one. Two one. Until I hear his vote, he hasn't voted. Okay. Stugatz, what's your vote?

Did Mike vote yet? No. You go ahead. No, you go ahead. No, you go first. No, I don't wanna go. Mike already voted. Already did. He hasn't voted. He hasn't voted.

Somebody vote. It's 1-1 right now. It's 2-1. It's 2-1. It's 2-0. We need your vote. It's 2-1 with yours. It's 2-0 who?

Mike, what's your vote? I'm really sorry. I'm gonna take the drama out of this. Yes. No. I'm going with Dan It's the best popcorn and he is my boss Your dad is so mad right now Chris The money ball with coogs! That is five. Your dad is so mad right now, Chris. You gave it a hell of a ride, man.

I'm going to go get more. It's just the seasoning. I need more seasoning. I'm having yours right now, but I put Dan's seasoning on top of it. Oh, for two. He's so mad at me. And that's without the connector. How much would I have won by if I had used the connector?

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