The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: Uncle Tony Phoney Bologna

Episode Date: June 16, 2025

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This is the Don LeBattor show with the Stugats podcast Stugats I have to say that a couple of the reality ideas so far have not really worked they've fallen apart I don't know why this bounce house is back in here now inflated and right side up as opposed to before Yeah, when he did the Tony takeover and the bounce house was upside down We now have video though courtside that we never got live when we went out to the gym before and Tried to go to Tony with a fan of the shows to gots wearing a poppy t-shirt. You could get it Levitard af comm

Tony reality we started buffering on the video as soon as he was going to give us the highlight of being don't dawn for the cause of making america more positive place by being a sacrificial lamb for a fan of the show in order to get us a moment where he gets dumped on that he wants to go viral that will absolutely not go viral let's check that out but i try and we're gonna spread some positivity you told me to go viral that will absolutely not go viral. Let's check that out. All right, John, we're gonna spread some positivity here.

You told me you could dunk. We're gonna see if you can do it right now. I'm gonna take this one, take one for the team here. In the, here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.

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Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go He does. Yes. Look at it. Positive, right? I'm more positive than Milla. Are those rims? Those rims are short. Oh, no doubt. You think Tony could dunk? I mean. Those rims are short, correct? Yes. Those are not 10-foot rims? No.

I don't think he can dunk with such ease. Okay, so well. Wow. I have been told that they are nine feet. I don't understand why that bounce house is still in here. I want to remember Stugatz because South Florida, one of the reasons reality failed today so far is because he was here to go get South Florida fans and feel the Panther buzz, the championship buzz that's all around us. Yeah. That hasn't been seen in this town since last year at this time when we had

this parade outdoors to celebrate that Mike, that Greg Cody had won forever, that Connor McDavid was indeed overrated. Let's check in with last year's parade here through the heart of downtown Miami. Your general thoughts on Greg Cody? I can't believe he's still working in the profession of sports. I thought he would have been in one of those retirement farms or whatever. Look at him right there. Oh yeah. Yes, there is Greg Cody.

We wanted to bring him in. He is doing his personal victory lap. You can see that he's outside and he's doing his personal parade. Where's the people? Where are the fans? Well, they're late arriving. On the plane back to Edmonton. Some of them are sleeping. Some of them flew back to Edmonton. There's Grant Cody taking a personal parade.

It's a little bit different than the one that the Celtics had, slightly, but we... It's early. We are, well, you know, these things require planning. Word'll get out. Planning. There is Greg Cody. Wow. In the middle. The same thing.

Please have him out there the entire show. Yes, in the middle of his victory lap. The entire show. Alright, fade down there because, to God's, I think we might get a chance to do this this again to Wednesday we might get a chance to do this again with a game in South Florida I don't know why Mike and Zaslow or Roy would be afraid of a game seven in Edmonton. Just run back the one from last year I mean, I'm not afraid of the game. I'm afraid to travel. What do you mean? Why we wouldn't be afraid of a game seven like it's hockey and literally any puck and bounce any stupid way what do you mean why would I not because you've

got an all-time road team playing at the height of stage they'll be afraid I know you know one game scenario they got Connor McDavid and dry side oh yeah pretty damn good their own you a piece of chunky ice your seasons over that's why you want to avoid a one-game sample. Who wouldn't be afraid of game seven of the Stanley Cup final? Any one game scenario which you're rooting for your favorite team to win whether it's football hockey basketball baseball of course I'm gonna make you nervous. No I'm not I am NOT saying I am NOT saying that I don't understand why it is in any circumstance any fan base would

be scared of a game seven in any sport. I have been covering sports for more than 30 years. Just making sure. I'm under no misunderstanding. Go on. However, because the Florida Panthers are an all-time road team When I tell you 25 and 11 in the playoffs on the road since 2023 that record is with teams not as good as this one polluting what this one is doing because When it goes on the road, it has a goal disparity And in those games an absurd goal disparity of plus 30. Right, well they could be plus 29 and have 12 losses on the road and it's still super impressive and you lose a one game sample on the road against the best player of his generation it can happen.

You sated it. We're nervous about it because it's only the most obvious thing in the world for any fan. We can get to that attitude if we get to game seven. Right now, I think everyone's pretty much united here. Let's do it game six. This is what I am rooting for. You're allowed to root for something else. I am rooting for the Panthers in game seven to win more road playoff games than a team

has ever won to cement their legacy in winning two of three because they went to Edmonton to win the third one because they didn't give a bleep about where the games were played. The Panthers this postseason do have a little bit of a history of playing with their food. Yep, they do, they do. And if you can have that moment,

hey, they went to two game sevens against the Edmonton Oilers, I guess it adds to their legacy. Last time they played a game seven, they were reputable writers saying, this is the biggest hockey game of all time. So I can only imagine that becomes the biggest hockey game of all time. We'd love to handle it in six.

Just so we're clear Dan you're rooting for the Panthers to lose at home game six right? I'm rooting for the best thing in sports. Game seven. Panthers to win game six. Watching your team lift a trophy in front of its home fans. Silence is everywhere. Roy you tell me how happy you were making the flight to Edmonton and doing the broadcast from the silence of that tomb.

Oh man, it was glorious. It was a pin drop up into the Conor McDavid goal. You couldn't hear a thing in that crowd, man. But you have no interest in going back, right? No, absolutely. You gotta put it aside here, Roy. One minute it's great, the other minute the travel's terrible.

Did you like it or not? He doesn't have to pick a side. He's going to joylessly hoist the cup. That's right. Angry and tired, he's going to hold it up and be, this is the happiest day of my life, and you're going to look at his face, and he's going to look sour. Listen, they didn't get it done in game six versus Toronto,

they didn't get it done in game four versus Carolina, get it done tonight. No, on Tuesday. Get it done on Tuesday. Okay, that's fine. You are tired. We can do the whole get it done. We're tired thing You can't dispute what I'm saying that better for everyone involved hockey sports sports fans

Everyone better for everyone except you guys who are scared of a game seven is for Edmonton to do the same kind of thing They've done in two games where they score with 17 seconds left in regulation or they come back from down three nothing in the first Period because they're able to do something against the Panthers no other team's able to do. Dude, you did this last year. Don't do this again. I mean, he got his way last year. Why are we having a debate here? Most neutrals would want a game seven, and most fans of the Florida Panthers, outside

of a sicko, and I'm disappointed and you bang the drum, would say, you know what? Let's do it in Edmonton. I prefer to risk that. I'm not even actually saying, I'm not saying that it is what I prefer. I'm saying what is better is game seven. It's irrefutable. It's not a debate.

Okay, and so you guys are the only ones rooting for something, and I'm with you. We're Panther fans. But you're the only ones rooting for something, and I'm with you. We're Panther fans. But you're the only ones rooting for something other than that because Panthers in six doesn't make this an all time series. This does not become an all time series. It makes them an all time team.

Yeah, but the Panthers in six does not make this an all time series. Right, well when you say you guys, you mean all Panther fans. Yes. Okay, cool, all right. Not much of a debate. Don't you want something nice for the Panther fans besides winning the Stanley Cup?

They wanted a road win one at home that'd be such a great feeling for Panther fans of course how about Harry Aster? Who has been there since? 1999 how about Walter Katz an original season ticket holder Don't you want those people to have the pleasure of seeing their team hoist the cup on their home? They won at home last year oh those people to have the pleasure of seeing their team hoist the cup on their home ice. They won it home last year. So Harry had that luxury last year and I guess so did Walter Katz. Well congratulations to both of them.

That's very nice. Good job by the Panthers. Don't you want them to have it again? I mean Harry has been there since 1999. Did Walter Katz an original season ticket holder? He invented the rat. He threw the first rat on the ice. Walter Katz did original season ticket holder. He invented the rat. He threw the first rat on the ice Walter Katz did Marchant is now known as the rat king. I don't know how much

Making him a board off from the 790 days What do you think he said As I have good news for you ticket prices are plummeting here. Like I see him under $800 right now So like I would I would I would wait because you may be able to love both your children tomorrow Ticket prices are plummeting here. Like I see them under $800 right now. Yeah, get impressed. So like I would wait, because you may be able to love both your children tomorrow. Yep. I mean, I love both my children today.

Yeah. We have to get to the stakes involved with making this a real bet, because I heard some great ideas by Mike during the break for the losing bet. If Zaslow loses this bet, he does get to keep working with us and around us, but he has to come in with a hair system of Mike's choosing every day to do the broadcast. What does the hair system mean? And isn't allowed to have any say so over what that

looks like or to mention it. So he just has to do it as if it's his new broadcasting look and then get all the text from friends wondering, are you doing that on purpose? Why are you doing that? And he's not allowed to explain it. Even in my text sites, what are you talking about? You have to for a period of time that we have not decided. The bet is every broadcast you do here, you have to take off the backward cap, and you have to slather on that surface area that is your forehead a hair system of Mike's choosing.

What is a hair system? Exactly. Have you ever seen baseball tonight? It's a wig. Oh no. There you go. No. Yes? Have you ever watched Kansas play men's basketball?

Yeah. Yes. All right. Two people at the center of those two things. Hair systems. Okay, I think I see what you're doing. A toupee of some sort, although I don't think we're calling them toupees anymore.

In fact, I'd love to know two things. It's a piece. I'd love to know when we stopped calling them toupees. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. When did we stop calling them toupees? I'd also like to know when we started making birthday cake flavors such a popular thing. Was that with Cold Stone or was that at another time in our lives where all of a sudden birthday

cake flavor became something that everyone had to have? I do remember when I had it for the first time at Cold Stone. I'd never experienced it before that. It's good? Yeah, it's a little too sweet. You don't know birthday cake flavor? No, I only do vanilla or chocolate ice cream. it on the pole at lebatard show. Do you love birthday cake flavored? Things I wanted to play for you guys for a second before I play something funny from NASCAR

I wanted to play for you guys something not funny from the Brevard County Sheriff that was going viral over the weekend because I think we can all agree hugely dangerous time in America also a weird time in America whatever your feelings about this weekend that military parade was an embarrassment and the American people sort of objected in a way that so that's i don't know how to i don't know what's accurate terms of numbers but if it's thirteen million people it's one percent of the american public population that would make it one of the biggest protests numerically against what is happening in washington

that we've ever had in america of any kind as this fight rages on, and we're just beginning at the start of this presidency, and after the presidency is just really executing some of the things that they ran as a platform to keep honest, the immigration story, this is the hostility that you have rising from people like, I think this is Brevard County in Florida, in a state that's

weaponized, in a state where it's safe when the states are going to start fighting between Florida and California, this is what you have policing in the state of Florida. If you resist lawful orders, you're going to jail. Let me be very clear about that. If you block an intersection or a roadway in Brevard County, you are going to jail. Let me be very clear about that. If you block an intersection or a roadway in Brevard County, you are going to jail. If you flee arrest, you're going to go to jail tired because we are going to run you down and put you in jail. If you try to mob rule a car in Brevard County, gathering around it, refusing to let the driver leave, in our

county you're most likely going to get run over and dragged across the street. If you spit on us, you're going to the hospital and in jail. If you hit one of us, you're going to the hospital and jail and most likely get bitten by one of our big beautiful dogs that we have here. If you throw a brick, a fire bomb or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at because we will kill you graveyard dead. We're not going to play. So that is the beginning of this, Dugatsa, and that's a reaction to peaceful protest.

That's what the reaction is to the idea that, you know, we might not want to other others so much that it's hateful and police state will take over and say, yes, we will continue to protect the white people from the threat of immigration, except in the exceptions of the meatpacking and hotels and restaurants and the places where we need these people because America needs the economic benefits of continuing to eat well. Yes, Donald Trump posted a true social thing and it's not the first time he's alluded to this that there should be special carve-outs for anybody working on a farm. Yeah, we know what's being protected here. The food is being protected.

The needed immigrants who are not illegal who make the economy run and if there are more hurricanes in Florida, who will help rebuild Florida as they run the risk of peaceful protests being, if they're in the street, run over by police cars, according to that Brevard County Sheriff. Right, I think there's general buy-in, though, on a lot of the things that he said,

and most people in a vacuum, like if you attack a police officer, most people understand that there are consequences that come with that. Also, when it comes to deescalating protests and just general means of crowd control, maybe that is a bit of an aggressive tone to set. Kill you, graveyard dead?

Yeah, and I think I saw a veteran actually weigh in on this and how the military is trained, because they get projectiles thrown at them all the time when they are in war zones and they are trained to not shoot at unarmed people to keep things secure to keep crowds under control so it was curious to see such an aggressive counterpoint to that the right has been very good at conflating peaceful protests with rioters everyone just assumes if you're out demonstrating your voice in your your freedom of speech

that you're part of a movement that is violent and that is not the case where's reality uh... reality went outside to cause more chaos and said that he would be back in in moments i've got answers on the birthday cake stuff. Well, that is the important question from that Brevard County Sheriff thing that I did want to take.

So in terms of being regarded as an upscale flavor, Momofuko released a milk bar in 2008 that received a lot of acclaim. However, I traced back the invention of the birthday cake remix at Cold Stone to 2004. Everyone agrees this was a turn-of-the-century type deal. I think the popularizing of birthday cake as a flavor was done by Cold Stone Creamery. Wow okay so the first time I tasted Cold Stone and I do remember the first time I tasted it I was at Gulfstream. I was like what is this? This is the most amazing thing I've ever tasted. You remember what I'm talking about? Yeah. You were there with me i think of course i was very beginning of the

one i that the on wonder not to put you there this would be not surprising to anyone listening to this that i would speak with the on wonder of the discovery of the birth cake birthday cake flavor the way a child would talk about meeting a disney character in the magic kingdom or the way have fact it would talk about candy talk about meeting a Disney character in the Magic Kingdom or the way a fat kid would talk about candy. It's a bit sweet though, the whole birthday cake thing, I think. I don't think we're going to get a lot of people who don't like that flavor.

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with the Stugats! I do think the hockey conversation though is interesting from the Oilers' perspective. I understand that our love and myopia of this little weird thing in South Florida that represents something more excellent than just about anything we've ever known because we're on the cusp of making this an all-time team. When I say the all-time team. They're on the cusp of making this an all-time team like when I say the all-time team there on the cusp I guess where but you've got the 72 73 dolphins Yep, that's 50 years ago. You've got the heat of LeBron and Wade

Yeah, and we are a game away from this thing representing like the greatest excellence We've ever known in South Florida sports deserving of all the praise that it gets from Everywhere because everyone in the sport understands how great this thing is It's a crazy thing to watch them get the respect of Everyone in the sport and to watch Edmonton's fan base which cares so much about this and and to watch Edmonton's fan base which cares so much about this and Canada's fan base which cares so much about this have to watch this be great in Florida for 10 years watch Florida watch Florida take over because it's South Florida taking over from what Tampa was doing for Canada watch to watch this has to

hurt so much and be hard to understand they've got the best player in the game, which is why they often go to state taxes Well, I think people who love hockey also understand that it's who the Panthers are doing it against and how they're doing it They're doing it against what many people will say is the best player of this generation And they're doing it against a team that many people say are more Talented than the Florida Panthers like they have the best two or three guys on the ice. You can debate that all you want, but they're doing it against a team that's supposed to also be historic. I have information here that our bet is rounding into shape, but that also Tony Reale wants

the Tony takeover to continue. And I think so far, I'm not going to call it a failed project but a couple of the things that he has tried to do as part of this takeover have landed less well than I would like which works better for our show than most things but still puts a bounce house in this room uncomfortably over my shoulder for reasons I can't explain I also don't understand why he inflated it upside down why are you saying like this is gonna be you have to have a positive attitude come over here House seems like a liability girls. Can you go through there with Uncle Tony baloney macaroni pepperoni?

We've got this and then we have a cannon over here. You have a Stanley Come on, we've got the Stanley Cup final right now. Tony baloney nice tone Alright, this is not what is the okay? All right, let's not hurt anybody here. All right. All right. All right this I'm very worried I'm worried about the dangers of liabilities of a child being harmed Very very salty guy, but he needs to embrace the positivity and I love what you're doing there Maybe Uncle Tony baloney is gonna get out of here for a second I'm throwing off the weight in the air, but I wanted to meet my new friend

Tony baloney is a little heavy for the bounce house the bounce house appears to be falling apart weight limit I I feel back I feel for this gentleman on Father's Day allowing his children in our care. We have wonderful family allowing his children in our care. We have wonderful family from East Texas. Baby Cannon is with us. And then we have a family from Indiana here as well. These are borrowed children? These are. Please be careful kids.

The children belong to all of us. There are too many kids in here. This is what passes. Look, are you having fun? Ari Addison, are you having fun? Yes. Does this slide have water? Is this also something that has?

No, this is not that water. It comes straight from the can. Last one. Very nice. Last one. Last one. So I wanted to ask the girls do you think the Panthers should lose game six on purpose to have a game seven because that's what you think. I do think it's positive. Good for the sport. My friend is a grouch Oscar the grouch is you wouldn't know that was an old man from a long time again, but this is Oscar the grouch There we go Modern reference than you guys at the world record their excellent excellent record for bouncy houses walk with me. Thank you That's mr. Dan Oscar the grouch call him the grouch

Okay, and and this is this is mr. Stoo. Mr. Stoo's a fun guy. That's a lot of respect a lot of respect for Stoo Thank you so much girls. You made my day more positive because this grouch doesn't understand that's right. It's neat to play Okay, thank you, Tony. It's good to see you again day more positive because this grouch doesn't understand that's right needs to play. Okay thank you Tony it's good to see you again that'll be here all week. Well that worked. I don't mean to threaten you guys but that'll be here all week. The bounce house. I hope the bounce house isn't here all week.

I hope we have another clip set up of Greg Cody there from the parade last year so that we can do this again on Wednesday or after game seven either day. I want you to imagine this from Edmonton's perspective for a second straight year I want you to imagine Edmonton with the best player in the sport losing in either six or seven games and having to endure a face full of this again Greg you feel vindicated? How scared, hold on a second. Hey, hey, you too. Thank you. Chris, how scared was your father?

Do you have any idea how scared he was in the press box? Because he was legitimately fearing harm that someone would harm him after the game if they lost. He was trying to act, when I talked to him, like he wasn't feeling the pressure of the whole McDavid thing. And I was feeling the pressure of it, so I don't him like he wasn't feeling the pressure of the whole McDavid thing and I was feeling the pressure of it so I don't know how he wasn't but he's such a ridiculous shot right here honest appraisal you were scared you were scared last night right I just told

people that you were telling me hey Dan you might have a liability issue on your hand if I get hurt after the game tomorrow night or last night because someone hurts me after the game after they've lost he's too Engulfed in the celebration Thank you, yeah, can he no yeah, can he no longer hear me? We'll come back to look alike in a stugots. I have a couple of things that I need to get to one of them is NASCAR related And also, what are you laughing about Billy?

Just Greg saying at the end of the clip a Cynthia look-alike because she was walking in as the parade is going by He really sold the whole parade. He really did. I thought there were a lot of people there. Yeah, there were not We've got the bet locked in with Zaslow, I am told. But before we do that, let's get to the NASCAR sound here and video. Mike, what's the setup we need on this? So the setup that you need is Carson Hosevar is this new hotshot driver that's in the Cup Series.

A lot of people think that he's going to end up signing with Hendrick Motorsports, which is the prestige brand for NASCAR. He's got a lot of learning to do, and he's rubbed some drivers quite literally the wrong way and in a couple weeks over the course of a couple of weeks in the season he's unfortunately not by his intention just by driving like a rookie taking out Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in a couple of races. They almost came to blows last week. Remember Ricky Stenhouse was a dude that punched Kyle Busch in the face at last year's All-Star

race. He's capable of some violence. So you know that scene in Happy Gilmore where the ball lands on Jaws' foot and they're like, ah what are the chances? Josevar wrecks out once again in Mexico City. I don't think that guy is named Jaws. I think he was just Jaws in the 007 franchise. I don't think that guy is named Jaws. I think he was just Jaws in the 007 franchise. I don't think that guy's name is... His name is Jaws. His name is not Jaws. Well, Verne Troyer was referred to as Mini-Me for a very long time because it was an iconic role. That was his name. Yeah, so, Josevar wrecks again. However, he takes out the one person you shouldn't have taken out which is once again Ricky Stenhouse so after the race Ricky Stenhouse exchanges some words

with Carson Hosobar I'm gonna beat your ass when we get back to the states. Pull up! Pull up! I guess he's worried about what the laws might be in Mexico. He's not gonna beat his ass there, but when we get back to the airport in the United States, that's when the ass kicking is gonna take place, right when we get through customs. I don't know if we have the IndyCar video. We'll take a second to cue that up, but it wasn't even the best video

from the Motorsports Weekend. We had to change the music to something royalty free so we wouldn't get pinged on the YouTube, but this is exactly how this went on the broadcast. Joseph Newgarden, who is basically a parody of an American race car driver, leans into his good looks. He is driving with no issue at the IndyCar race. They cut to some B-roll of him, hamming it up for the cameras,

and then they come back, and it's comedically perfect. Here it is. ["No One Makes Me Feel Like It Too"] Oh, huge accident. Joseph Newgarden upside down on the left. And he's got the car. Smile on your face, no one makes me feel that way. Oh, huge accident. Joseph Newgarden upside down on the front straight. His helmet causing those sparks. Absolutely massive.

That's exactly how it happened on the broadcast. Everything good, adult contemporary music, hamming it up for the cameras, cut back live. He's upside down, his head is dragging across the asphalt. One more time please. And those are sparks coming from his helmet because that's his head. That seems like a lot of friction to cause sparks all over the place. We rack one more time this video. This is How It Happened on the Broadcast. No one makes me feel like a dude. Just a look in your eyes, a smile on your face. No one makes me feel that way. Oh my god.

That's not a small amount of sparks, either. Oh my god. It's horrifying. Dan, this is what I was worried about when we had the kids in the studio. This is, this is, this is. It sounded noisy back there. It sounded unsafe.

It sounded dangerous. This begins the reality takeover for the week. I want to play him some sound here of Charles Barkley. This is after OKC wins that game late to make it to two. Here is Charles Barkley, biggest star in all of sports broadcasting. Yeah, I think they in trouble because when you have a team on the ropes, you got to have To make it 2-2, here is Charles Barkley, biggest star in all of sports broadcasting. Yeah, I think they in trouble. Because when you have a team on the ropes, you got to finish them off.

If you go up 3-1, you in great shape. But now you go back, you know, Oklahoma City number one that got a better team. They got a better team. Now they're back to their original starting lineup, which will be better next game. Then they realize like, man, it's a lot of shots. We got to play. We got to play our bench more. We get we're back to the thing that got us to the NBA finals. We're going to go back big, big.

We can dominate them on the boys like we did. And they're going back to Oklahoma City. I think I think this series is a wrap. Oh, it's a wrap. What? It's a wrap. What? Barkley's declared it is a wrap. Oh, it's a wrap! What? It's a wrap! What? Barkley's declared it's a wrap! Jaws from 007 is on the screen!

He was terrifying! Series is tied 2-2! It's as exciting as it could be after four games! The series is over! It's a wrap! Each team has won a road game. It's over! I understand because the NBA dropped the ball and they team has won a road game. It's over. I understand because the NBA dropped the ball and they didn't have a finals game on Father's Day.

We're not talking about it. That was a God check victory for OKC on Friday. It was. What a great series. That was a championship resolve. They were dead in the water. It's over. Don't have to watch it anymore. I'm going to give you guys the stat again lest you not understand what OKC just did. It wasn't just the third lowest assist game of the season for OKC and all three of them are in the series. Indiana is not allowing them to play the basketball they want to play. The Pacers had one field goal in the last five minutes, one point in the last three minutes but any time a team has put up the stat line OKC did.

Ten or fewer assists, fifteen or more turnovers, less than twenty percent from three, that team is over eighty two with that stat line. Three threes. Three threes. Three. All mid-range game and free throws and reality smiling because I got notes. I didn't know you did it like this. Look at this chicken scratch over here. Gnats and dinosaurs and oh yeah, well, yeah. It's important to us.

I know what that's about. Yes, read them too. Yes, we can read them. We reveal the notes, we fly by the seat of our pants. What happened with the dinosaurs? I used to take points away and around the horn when I saw somebody's eyes go below the camera so as I knew they taped something on the camera.

Yeah, that's what happened. Durant type. We would deduct points for that. Deduct points, absolutely. Stu, that happened to you once. Well, wait a minute. What? you were telling me before you left the studio that Mike Ryan is gonna get in the pantheon of all-time bad takes of around the horns 23 year history that he's got a comparable bad take to some of the worst ever given on around the horns. Well if he goes out and wins a cup and is the

Conn Smythe trophy winner, winner I mean and you said he was a bad player at the start of the cons my winner let's uh let's stop that don't speak that into existence what if he has a hat trick tomorrow night that that certainly tightens the race between and then another one game seven I'm gonna tell you McDavid needs one of those He it's a must score game for McDavid not a must win. He has to score a couple of goals And meaningful goals. And a must win. It's not a must win. It is a must win It's a must score for McDavid. Okay, he needs to get the Oilers out to a two-nothing lead period end of discussion It was it was a bad sports take thankfully I capitulated on that sports take but my general point on him is

i mean you can prove me wrong on these are not happy for the all-time around the horn worst takes are well pablo torrey picked a sixteen over one seed every year and of course as history and now it's mild upon all of us the other 16 minus 150 points. Oh, there we go that that was there. There's multiple all-time bad takes from Stu here Yeah, one of them being that face that he's making right there Jackie McMullan guaranteed that Doc Rivers would not leave the Celtics to coach the Los Angeles Clippers She said you could take five hundred points away from me and i

did when he left for the clippers david dennis junior this past year said bill bell check will not be on the sidelines for u n c in september now i had to do some creative scoring here because we're not gonna see september on around the horn but uh... we got to a point there he lost minus five oh one so that's so what i'm not sure what in the cop and the cons might

after yet about just winning the cup with ten for ten goals and all this is in twenty two playoff game from calling them a a rotational winger uh... and not a good hockey player at the time that he joined the for painters that is six feet underground, dead wrong. Graveyard dead. Yeah, that was a bad take. I apologize for that take.

Now, do you feel in some way you motivated him? Look, we don't need to have that discussion. But if you're asking me to change my point of view on Brad Marshand. Not now. Before the second biggest game. Don't do it. In franchise history.

You don't know me very well. Yep. Brad Marshand is spectacular. What he said. franchise history you don't know me very well yep he said guy Roy how are you feeling about well but what how are you feeling about when you saw Tony Reale he hugged you it was a very warm moment except I got nothing back in return that's okay we'll get there will we yeah we'll get there Roy and I will get there all he gave you was i'm tired as you held him

he flew internationally yet well if they lose on tuesday you won't see me because i have to go back to put on the pole at lebatard show do you want any hugs after you've flown internationally so he seems very understanding of the situation that he does he's got to have a simple rule for hugs, okay? And the hugs are actually the same rule for Disney cast members in the park. Right. When a child hugs Mickey Mouse and Goofy or all these people, the instruction is you do not let go until that child lets go. The child dictates how long the hug is. So I go

in Big Teroy and it was dictated to me immediately that this hug was going to go for one tenth of one more second and that was the end of it. And I have to live by those rules. That's how I live my life. Yeah, you got three pats on the back and I was out of there. Yeah. And you said you were tired. Yeah. And that was, and you haven't seen him in how long? Since your wedding.

Yeah, since the wedding. How many years ago? We've chatted a lot online. Oh, yeah, we definitely had a lot. It was the last time you saw each other. He held you. You got out of the embrace very quickly. COVID, yeah. It's been five years. COVID, yeah.

But no, we solidified. We solidified the relationship. Just general male repression. This is a bro hug. Pretty much. We have the bet. Finalized. What's the final?

I don't know if we have it finalized. We decided to not take a side in tonight's NBA Finals game because all you hoopers tell me that when OKC wins they win big and they're favorites. So we're not going to do a spread thing here but we're going to do something based on player performance. If you check DraftKings Sportsbook, it is a price plus $145 bet to take the over on Shay Gilder's Alexander 50 plus points rebounds and assists. It's not a winnable bet you know how many times he's done that this postseason? Twice. Well it's not a winnable bet. What do you mean it's not it's only plus 145 on DraftKings Sportsbook those aren't terrible odds.

That's fine but it's happened twice. You can't just take the regular over-under. You gotta juice this one up a bit. And here's the thing. That thing's still blowing hot air. Yeah, it is. I thought you were just pointing at my face. Put that up in the poll. What's blowing more hot air today,

the bouncy house or Leviton? And I'm taking both my kids? No, you're not taking two kids. Well, hold on a second. No, you're out. That's not fair to him. Reality's making the rules. One kid. No, you get two tickets reality's making the rules one kid Thing reality reality can you understand this I'm all about show material But one of my sons if they're gonna remember the rest their life. They're gonna be devastated

You can get my son's well-being is more important than show material the show material outside the arena with a transistor radio listening to the game like it's 1964. Right, I'm going to have to give my boys the tickets. And your boys get the tickets. You have two tickets, you make that decision. Yeah. You make that decision. Alright, and what's the, you know, if I lose?

I'm going to take this hair thing very seriously. We're going to go into consultations. I pick a hair system of my choosing for several days in the summer. What is this?