The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Local Hour: 12 voices, 1 Obama, 1 F***, and 1 Awkward Gender Reveal,

Episode Date: May 29, 2024

Today's cast: Dan, Stugotz, Greg, Amin, Chris, Billy, Jessica, and Mike. It's a Greg Cote Wednesday, and the energy of the show is exactly what you'd expect. Greg laments how this Florida Panthers series may just kill him after their OT victory to tie the series at 2 games a piece. We discuss Greg's heroics, Igor Shesterkin, and what a rhino would look like on skates. Then, Amin is FURIOUS with Dan and the rest of the crew after the MASSIVE decontextualization of his Jrue Holiday comments from this past offseason. How many times will Amin use one of his annoying mocking voices toward our crew? Plus, the (Richard) gearhead helmet is here for Mike's Kyle Larson admiration and Jessica's F1 minute, Amin heads to the therapy couch, and Greg Cote dismisses MoNAco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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and as an added bonus, a furious Amin El-Hassan has flown in because he continues to be pissed off at how he says we misrepresented his Drew Holliday take, where when Drew Holliday was traded to the Celtics, he called him a corpse, and he's trying to say, but he's a good player, I also said that, but you said he was a corpse. So he's flown in for that, and what I wanted to ask

the group, I wanted to take bets from the group on how many impersonations do you think Amin is going to do in that whiny voice that he assigns to others that is his go-to impersonation that he's been doing more and more around here and it's begun to annoy me because the last time he was here he did it like seven different times. Jessica, you do a pretty decent impersonation

of Amin's shitty voices as someone else. Oh, but Amin said Drew Holiday was a corpse. How many times? I'm taking whatever the over is. I'm taking the over. Where do we set the number? Two and a half. For the full show or for like the first segment?

Full show. Full show. Well, let's do both. First segment, I'm going over two and a half. Was there a break in between or if he doesn't go back to being a mean, is it still the same impression? It depends on how many, they're all the same impression.

Well, there's two impressions There's Obama and then there's the one there's also that one, but then he also does like a variant of it, which is oh, oh, oh I'm sorry And I'm gonna take the side bet over two and a half. Oh, oh, oh, I'm sorry's first segment first segment Mike That's a no no full show. Oh, I'm sorry Over two and a half for a show. that's a lot. I mean, okay. I I don't know he he is Someone who has been doing this more and more and it feels lazier and lazier I think he did it seven or eight times last show it could be he's getting lazier

But also we could be really legitimately triggering him constantly I think it's both. I think that that is uh, I Did you trigger me? Two and a half, I mean two and a half is low. I want to set the number for the show I want to say for the show. I'm gonna set the number at four and a half over I was gonna set it at like six and a half. He doesn't have that many characters though. It's like two characters. I'm telling you, it's that, then it's Obama, Obama as DMX, Obama as Stephen A.

He goes back to the character though several times. I'm gonna go under. I think he's gonna play the hits. He's gonna do like the same two voices over and over again. Billy, what would you bet on Obama? If you got a. Well, actual Obama, zero.

I don't see why he would make an appearance today, but. That's not what I was asking you, Billy. What do you mean? Let him finish. No, I don't mean actual Barack Obama. I'm saying actual mean doing Obama impression doesn't seem like we would need an Obama impression today. Thanks for clearing that up.

It's getting confusing. We'll get, you know, like the Obama, you know, Stephen A Obama, DMX Obama. We'll get one of those, you know what I mean? One and a half. Did you answer my question? Yeah. What was the question?

I think I did. Set the number on Obama's. Barack Obama's not coming today. Set the number, one and a half? One and a half. You're going under? I'm going, actual Obama's zero. See, that's where the mix up is.

Yeah, it's confusing. I'll take the over. That must pay out. This is the Don LeBattor Show with the StuGuts Podcast. Today's episode is sponsored by DraftKings. Stay tuned because you'll hear more about DraftKings and all it has to offer throughout the show. DraftKings, the crown is yours. Last year at this time, sports almost killed Greg Cody.

He was writing a newspaper column every day off two eight seeds in hockey and basketball going all the way to the championship round and it was almost the end of him he looks much fresher this year much more radiant this year and he does so even though last night he was shitting himself in the press box because he pretends to be objective but he is not and the Panthers the Panthers had a scary game that again goes into overtime. He gets home at two o'clock in the morning,

so we've got the benefit of exhausted Greg Cody today. He has only slept three hours. The best kind of Greg Cody. Okay, well, we'll see about that. No, I root for my deadline. I root for what makes my job easier you say that but that would suggest you're rooting for the panthers to lose so they don't so you don't have to write about stanley cup games and i don't believe

that's true i believe you want them to get to the final no i route for what's easier for me that night uh... i said to an unnamed colleague last night in the press box can't we get a four to one game once in a while can I get a game that's so easy that I go into the third period being able to finish my column and then just fill in the score. That's the ideal game from my standpoint no matter who's winning or losing it. I want an easy game to write. Dan, I want to stick up for Greg here and say I feel exactly the same way. Last night I wanted the Mavericks to win just so we could just be done until next Thursday.

I don't have to watch any more games. You have no deadline. I have a deadline that I have to watch this stuff. I have to watch it, but they have to come in informed. I have to watch these press conferences. I have to know what I'm talking about. If the Mavericks had won, we'd just get to repeat, rinse and repeat, talking points for the next week.

Oh my God, it would have been a dream. But technically not a deadline. I mean, like the people like Greg, they're our real heroes. They have to stay up and file by the end of a game. I mean, you gotta send stuff to your editor. Sometimes something happens in the third period that you weren't expecting,

and everything you wrote, you have to delete. I mean, Greg is a true hero. I'm sorry for having empathy for Greg and not having exactly the same life he has. Sorry about that. Maybe I should quit my job and go right and right on deadline. So then I can tell Greg I know what you're talking about and I feel the same way. I can't do it until I actually live Greg's life. I got to do it for how many years, Greg?

Forty years? Fifteen years? Something like that. Something like that. My fault, guys. Empathy for someone who hasn't lived that exact same life. Get outta here with that. Well, thank you for calling me a hero. Oh, I feel like depression coming. There was an Obama in there somewhere.

There was an Obama in there. I heard a little bit of Obama. There was actually some phlegm is what happened. I've got Bitter Stugatz watching basketball late into the night, and he came in today and spit out through the side of his mouth an acidic What happened to rehabilitated Kyrie last night? Yeah, nothing happened. They lost he was terrible I'm tired of hearing about Kyrie and what a great teammate he is and what a great leader He is and what a great player he is. He is none of the above. I don't

want to hear about it. I am serious. He is six to sixteen last night. One to six to give you 18 points in a closeout game. He was dreadful. If we're going to talk about Kyrie after they win and talk about how rehabilitated he is, sorry about

that. Then we have to talk about how lousy he was after a loss. Yes. Sorry. Wait. Those are the rules. You're not sorry. I need to stop you because you are taking the aggressive lane of just putting the bookmark in where it is you were on the Kyrie commentary before he started winning. I mean, Dan, all this talk about what a great player he is. He has never won unless he's had a LeBron James or Luca. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats. Stugats And 14 and one right but he doesn't get to close out games without LeBron James without Luca without Kevin Durant He never gets the one on his own ever We will talk about that game in a second because Minnesota did all the dumb shit at the end that they needed to do to

Lose a season, but they won the game anyway, Carl Anthony Towns getting in dumb foul trouble go bear again having foul trouble Foul issues and they keep attacking him. him will get to that game in just a second but because greg kody's here and he's tired we what we need to ride this particular thorough head that thoroughbred for the next uh... for four hours you know what uh... what's the role and what state is the thorough head in right now but i'm exhilarated right now i'm both exhausted and exhilarated. You know, I don't have an NBA game, I don't have a hockey game to cover tonight so

it feels like a night off. It's a good thing. I'm taking it one day at a time. The Cats needed to win that game last night. They deserved to win the game, but it was a similar story to the previous game where they dominate the third period but they don't score that one extra goal and then they go into overtime you're thinking oh but here comes the prince of the power play Rhino Sam Reinhardt and that guy is money in the bank and he scored the same kind of goal that he scored 30 times this season and nobody can stop it it's an amazing thing to watch Greg has bowling tonight he's fine I I do man. I'm gonna be out there. He's got bowling

tonight but I want you to see what he just did which is something out of the old sports writer Jim Murray's toolbox where he takes something that happened in sports and he just tries to make a nickname get off the ground and it will not. The Prince of the Power Play. I kinda like it. The alliteration there. Sam Reinhardt, Prince of the Power Play is not gonna get off the ground, but since the 1920s, sports writers have been talking

about the galloping for horsemen and everything else. You never know. No, you do know. That's not gonna get off the ground. The Prince of the Power Play is not gonna do anything. Not up to you, Dan. He already has a nickname right now okay how about working pretty well for him how about this one Rhino came out with a horn sharp and made the horn loud that's good as his

nickname yeah it's a long wordy yeah it's a little wordy first one was better out with his horn sharp. His horn was loud. And his horn was loud. It's a goal horn. He was playing on horn. You gotta picture a rhino. Well, Horny retired.

Yeah, he did. Imagine a rhino on ice. I know, right? Big ass skates. I'll be with those skates feet. You'd think. The rhino's foot's like this. I would think that with a rhino you wouldn't make a shoe, right?

You'd just have the skate kind of like a base and then straps, like a sandal. I think so. Hearing the hockey analysis around here has been a great deal of fun the last couple of days because I got Mike Ryan, because Mike Ryan loves his hockey and is listening to an assortment of hockey podcasts.

So he feels totally comfortable saying to Bobrovsky, hey, don't allow any rebound. Because he's an expert and he doesn't think that Bobrovsky who's doing something that's pretty hard should allow any rebound. Greg Cody comes in here today and he's got all sorts of opinions on what the Panthers should be doing. And then I hear him say right afterward,

I tried ice skating a couple of times, it didn't go well. I was very slow in general. Here's all my critique of everything that was done wrong last night. Well, Greg and I were saying, because I told him about Mike's complaint about Bob and the rebounds he gives up, and I responded to Mike, he's doing it on skates playing on ice.

That's hard. Just skating is hard, let alone playing Goaltender. I appreciated you telling me what the sport was afterward It's good stuff Just like Igor a little bit better Is in a no-win situation? Okay, here's the criticism he gives up too many rebounds over here's the criticism He covers the puck too much and gives up too many face-offs the goalie can't win

I think the rebounds are kind of part of his game. They're not like super threatening, the rebounds that he gives up most of the time. I think he's a little too quick to the ice and he leaves the top shelf open. But that's just me nitpicking folks. I got actual hockey analysis here. We're gonna get to it in a second

because Igor Shosturkin, one of the most fun names anywhere in sports, is a nightmare to play again it's uh... it the gorgon is nice yes but watching over hagi watching how hard it is to get a puck past him you have to do it out of midair watching the goals in that game last night are beautiful the ones the one that the rangers got to tie it

when this stat is crazy to me, it's a crazy stat. The Panthers, when leading after two periods this year, are 64-0 and 4 in their last 68 games. They're the best third period team in the league, but the Rangers are the best comeback team in the league, and they're best in close games. So the Rangers tie the game and threaten that that the panthers have not lost a game where they led going into the third period since january i've got a chance that's crazy that's crazy got a stat that i think will shock you the uh the new

york rangers have one win in their last nine regulation games. They're OT merchants. Everyone, I listen to a bunch of New York Rangers stuff and they wanna see Zabinajad play better. They wanna see Kreider play better. This is how you stay in this series. Five v five, I think the goals are just about even or if not, New York Rangers have an edge. Even though five v five, Florida's got hundred more shots. This is how you stay

in the game you muck it up you trust that you have the goalie advantage I think they're doing the exact right thing over there and if they want to have Panarin go down the middle of the the ice or Zabinijad be a bigger more focal part in the offense they're gonna take more risk they're gonna open themselves up and they're gonna have more quality chances for Florida. One thing for New York is they've been really efficient with their chances. Individual moments of brilliance, they've been hunting bar down, guys have been playing out of their mind like Goudreau, but I think this is exactly how you stay in this series if you're in New York

because I think it's pretty evident that Florida is the better team, but that doesn't matter in hockey playoff series, especially when he got one of the best goalies, if not the best in the world. I concur. God, he's annoying, Igor. Like, that's my takeaway. He's just like, they should've had, we should have way more goals.

I mean, what's annoying is Barkley-Goudreau, like, just going bar down, and he had four goals all year, and he's killed you in this series with big plays and Lafreniere who came into the league with a lot of fanfare. Like Lafreniere entered the league

with like Crosby type hype. He's become a star of these playoffs, has he not? Yeah, I mean, this is a guy that was talked about as being a bust and he's the best player on the ice, well, the best skater on the ice, not named Igor Shisterkin. Or Barkov, Bark bark off been great, man Yeah, it's how he touches the rush right and no one can get him. I know you had the puck from him

He had to assist but he was a little he was a little frustrating frustrating to watch He did I get the puck out away from him. I don't know if it's bad ice. I if it's pretty good Yeah, yeah, well, it's just Sturken made some just brilliant plays easy gloves saves such a fan of his He's just a tremendous player. And we figured out what Rhino would look like, what a Rhino would look like with skates, by the way. Thank you. I appreciate that. One of the many global observations I will make about the fun of hockey in general this time of year when you put stakes on it.

I can't think of a sport that the drama and the stakes get distilled to something that happens so fast that if you're watching on television, the game just ended and you're not sure if it went in the net or not, because every time they're swooping past the net, everything is moving so fast. It's different from football, baseball,

all the other sports in from football, baseball, all the other sports in terms of they're all methodical in their endings compared to the way that hockey can end where the difference between 3-1 and 2-2 is monumental and you've got your heart in your throat the entire third period because of how quickly you can get your heart snatched from you. It's a lot harder to catch it live. One thing that I'll give ESPN a lot of credit for, they are so quick with the goal graphic behind the boards. Like it's, it's sometimes it screws up. They put it up on the one goal that hit like the top.

I thought the whole arena, all the Rangers fans went nuts. I thought it was two nothing. Yeah. Oh man, that was a hell of a chance. That was another frustrating thing. It's like, wow, these guys are going to put away every quality chance that they have and meanwhile, we're going to go one for 12 on quality chances. Backstreet's back, all right. Since the dawn of mankind we've cooked our food over an open flame and debated the best way to grill. One thing not up for debate, grilling and beer always go together. But not just any beer would do. Whether you barbecue, text in style, or just celebrate Wednesday with burgers and dogs, I love Miller Lite. Every single time my team plays on television, I am sitting behind that television screen with a Miller Lite or three. Miller Lite keeps it simple,

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ounces whoo Don LeBattard is there back in my day there is actually Here's your guy, Greg Cody, with Back in My Day. Okay, here it is. Adultery! We are back! I can't wait for this one! This is the Don LeVatar Show with the Stugarts. Amin has flown in because he's very upset at the show for misrepresenting him. Yesterday he won Gas Bag of the Week. Chris, do you have the sound?

Congratulations. That he gave us on the show immediately after Drew Holiday was traded to the Celtics. This is the, he says it doesn't have context, but I don't think this was creatively edited to mess with him. Let's hear what it is that Amin said that he is claiming he did not say. Going out and get Damien Lillard for Drew Holiday's corpse

and some toenail clippings isn't making the steam significantly better. What do you mean, what am I doing? I mean, what are you saying? You're calling people crud and toenail clippings and you just called someone a corpse. No, you think Drew Holiday is at his peak right now? No, there's a difference between being in your peak

and being a corpse. There are a lot of stops between those two things. Man, it ain't that many more stops. I've continued my rage for as long as possible, but I shall now unleash like the thousand waves raking upon thee. That usually doesn't start with uh. Is that a stain?

Usually the thousand waves just land on you and you're dead and it happens very quickly. That's the wave of cresting. There's so much that you guys, like this is why people don't trust the media. Hey, every single player who's been misquoted, I apologize. I apologize because what happened there staggering okay so first of all Dan sets it up as this is what a means that after you all they got treated to the Celtics no this is what a means that after

Damien Lillard got traded to the Bucks the holiday part to the Celtics had not happened yet had not happened yet so Had not happened yet. So this was me reacting to Portland getting Drew Holiday. Of course you clipped out the part where I said unless you're getting a sweetheart package for Holiday down the line, of course you missed the, you clipped out the part where I said, hey, he's still a good player. Well the part, the part I didn't miss was the corpse. The part where I said the guy was talking about retirement. You called him a dead man.

Being a corpse! Pretty good for a corpse though. The next thing I say, he's a good player. He's still a good player. I literally walked it back in the f***ing moment. Whoa. But it's amazing. It's amazing that the edit would just chop it off right just by accident. Right. And that by the way does not also factor in some more context. That's just a factual context that you guys cannot escape. You

guys edited it in a way that makes it seem like what it's not. You think Ju Allday is at his peak right now? Is he at his peak right now? You looking at me like, ooh, is he at his peak right now? Is he at his peak right now? Seems like he's cresting. Right, number one. Number two, my favorite part about the conversation yesterday is Dan says, huh, he called him a corpse,

and he averaged 18 points and seven rebounds. Am I supposed to be, oh, oh my God, what a monumental Wilt Chamberlain-esque line that was! 18 points and 7 rebounds in a sweep of a series! That's pretty good for a Corbs! Oh my god! Big a Corbs! It's also pretty good for a still pretty good player. Yeah, but you called him a dead person.

I called him a still good player immediately after that. A still good player dead person. Immediately after that. Yeah, something called walking something back in the moment. But and so you might say to me why did you overreact? Me why would you overreact? Why would you go so high right? Why would I? Why would I? How about the fact that A that trade happened while I was on a flight with no Wi. I had no idea what happened. I land, I mean, Jamie Lilla got traded. Oh shit, okay, let me look up the details and I'll talk to you guys when I get home.

No, no, you gotta come on air right now. You gotta come on air right now. Like guys, I'll be home in 15 minutes. I'm literally walking out. You were pissed. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Cause you had ample opportunity to set up context But you chose not to do a game. I will set up context. Thank you for identifying the gender of my child

Never never been set on air before So I will provide the context provide the context that was that was I will provide the context. If I will provide the context, that was, that was unprovided yesterday. So I step off the plane, I find out about this, I get asked to be on the show, I say well I'll be home in like 15 minutes, can you guys wait? No, it has to happen right now. I say fine, I get on, I'm in the Uber heading home. I'm not gonna ask my child to just sit and wait in the airport while I do whatever shenanigans

you guys want. I'm immediately ambushed by one Guillermo Billy Gill. Ambushed. I was ambushed. I remember that, you got mad at Billy. Why'd you get mad at me? Oh, he's driving, he's driving while he's on air. Oh yeah, remember that?

That wasn't safe that that wasn't safe That wasn't safe if we're gonna be honest to Danza. Why are you so upset? I'm upset because I didn't want to do this at this time I don't right I don't want to do this at this time But because I'm a team player because my time is your time, right? I could easily said no guys I'm with my child. We're gonna hang out when I get home I'll be available, but if you guys don't need me by then, then guess what, you'll have to wait till tomorrow.

No, I said this is a big thing that happened, let me give some reactions, so I give the reaction. I give the reaction under duress, right? Under duress. It feels like you're blaming us. Absolutely, I'm blaming you, what you said yesterday. That you called him a corpse, you're blaming us, you're providing all the context. Well, he got off a flight then. All the ways we pissed you off. Your commentary was soaked and you were angry at

us. I remember it's the angriest you've ever been while giving analysis. No, second now. Second angriest. I like this character. There's a new champ. Angry analysis guy where your analysis isn't about your analysis It's about all the resentments you have toward us in the company 1000% 1000% and my favorite part is I was just seeing this yesterday that Kendrick Perkins Apologized for voting for Rudy go bare for defense of player of the year But it's like but perk like all that information that's happened in this series Has been happening

for six goddamn seasons at least. Maybe more. He did more. Ken Perkins did more than simply say he regretted his vote. He withdrew his voting and said that he and voters had disgraced the Defensive Player of the Year award by selecting a player that isn't respected by his peers. But this is, it boggled my mind. I'm like, Perk, this isn't respected by his peers, but this is it boggled my mind on my perk This isn't something new. We're what happened to Rudy go Barrow. We knew this about him every year this happens

We knew this about him meanwhile my take on drew holiday was a he's not as good as he used to be and Be that was I was talking about your take was he's not as alive as he was talking about retiring then he was talking about I don't want to do the right Jimmy Butler did that and and most importantly everything I said was in the context of how he would fit with the Portland Trail Blazers with a team that was headed different we know where they're headed that's the best point you've made so far no the best point I made is I called

them a good player and you guys cut that out yeah the second best point I made was the part where I said hey unless you have a sweetheart deal for for holiday coming which they did so I literally accounted for taking a victory lap absolutely I was right yeah I was, I was right! Yeah, thank you. I was right! I was right. He swayed me. Nailed it. He swayed me.

He made a lot of good points, and his tone was good. I wanna apologize on behalf of whoever unfairly edited you, Amin, and put you in this position. Seems like you got more than one thing to apologize for, Billy. I think we were all right about

hitting you over too, by the way. Yeah, we had one. How many times did I mean to avoid? Oh, I'm into the voice! How many times? Wait, hey, wait, hold on, let me pause one second. Oh, he did it again! He did it again!

Because I paused so that he'd tell me. Oh my God! I didn't know one! I didn't know one! Taking this to the bank! Oh, oh! How many more? How many more?

How many more? We skyrocketed. Twelve, yeah. Yeah, I'm up to twelve now. Alright, so we have twelve of those, one Obama, one f***ing Obama. One. We got an Obama? I didn't hear Obama. See, this is what I'm up to 12 now. All right, so we have 12 of those one Obama one Obama one Which I was an and one very awkward gender reveal Just gonna they're just gonna Shoehorn whatever they want in there. I mean, I'm sorry to do this to you two minutes

Minor penalty two minutes asshole His argument was compelling it was good. He changed my mind. It's a light fine for being an asshole But like I love how you guys are just gonna like get out of here. No, I'm gonna get out It's all right. I'll give me the major. You know what? I'm gonna stay right here Ten minutes, we've got a penalty five minutes major asshole Trail is so good. Get out! You asshole! Get security. Get Frankie up in here.

Well guess what, you assholes are in trouble. Hit it again. It's not a delayed power. He's challenging the penalty, so it's under review I think. Take the show away from the listener and let them blame me. What do you mean I won't be able to? You won't be able to because we still have 30. What do you mean I won't be able to? You won't be able to because we saw 30 seconds of a contractuality.

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wagering, deposit restrictions, terms, and responsible gaming resources. Don LeBattard. Quiet man. Yes. You know, I'm a married man. I don't cheat on my wife despite that gratuitous line in back in my day.

That you wrote. Stugats. I wish you were here, my wife. I really miss her. No, I don't. That's the thing about beingats. I wish you were here, my wife. I really miss her. No, I don't. That's the thing about being married. You know, you're not allowed to say, I don't miss my wife.

I've been gone two days. I haven't been gone long enough to miss my wife. I'm sorry. I call her. I'm on the phone with her for 30 seconds. You know, what am I? Hello, all right. All right, we'll see ya.

All right. And then, you know, I'm gonna see her in two days. I was jumping Charlie. Good. This is the Don LeB libertar show with the Stu guards Billy would you do me a small favor please and find that gear head helmet so that Jessica can give her f1 minute and also i'm assuming that mike has uh... updated nascar opinions to give us now that he is uh...

he has become someone who has become obsessed with all things nascar are you willing mike ryan to uh... not necessarily challenge uh... the f one minute which is very popular your vip you busy with something great uh... i'm hearing on the research and that's what you wanted what you, what are you, what are you, okay, you're researching what happened in NASCAR this weekend? No, I knew that Kyle Larson had done both,

the double, the indie Coca-Cola. That's the thing, he didn't, he tried. In fact, if he had- I think Mike should be, I think Mike should be on this. No, no, no. Actually, the motorsport- This is a very impressive helmet

and costume situation. It broke in transport. It did. Richard Gear? It's not a Richard Gear. No, no, no, no. It's just a Gearhead helmet. It's a Gearhead helmet.

You want Mike to go first with his NASCAR minute? I think Mike is the real Gearhead of the crew, and I think that this would look great on him, actually. This is the front. Yeah. And then you put it on your head. OK. And then these are goggles.

All right. I don't know if you guys saw the new Mad Max movie, This is the front, and then you put it on your head, and then these are goggles. I don't know if you guys saw the new Mad Max movie, but this looks like a very Mad Max costume design situation. Looked better when it was still a part. Yes, it's coming apart. It broke and transferred. That's a good look. We don't make things terribly well here at Metal Arc.

Me and Al Hassan has gone to the therapy couch. We've gotten him some counseling here for major asshole. He has been afflicted with major asshole, and so we've gotten him some professional treatment in the other. Out of context, and it robs you of the meaning. It's like they know what they're doing. They know they are purposely misrepresenting.

We will be checking in with him periodically as he files all his complaints at the expense of Metal Arch Media. Go ahead, Gearhead. It does look like Furiosa. Yeah. The sight lines aren't great on this, so bear with me. I actually don't want to talk about NASCAR all that much. I think the best race of... Man, Sunday was such a bummer because the weather affected it, but Sunday was shaping up to be like the greatest day

in motorsports history. He had Formula One having their signature Monaco race, which is a crap race. That's not, I know Jess has said that on the air several times. Don't spoil the minute. Yeah, I won't, I won't. But moving on, the Indy 500, I don't know if you guys have seen the ratings for what the Indy 500 did.

And this was a race that was delayed several hours because of weather. It got eight million viewers. What? Yeah, and I don't know how much of that. I saw some people saying online that this is the first time they lifted an Indianapolis blackout. It's blacked out historically in Indy

because 300,000 people attend this race. It is quite literally the largest race in motor sports. And that race was really thrilling, including a pass in the final lap. It was just wonderful to see. Kyle Larson actually led a couple of laps late. That was kind of, he was kind of going for, let me just say I led at the Indy 500 because he took a bad pit penalty that essentially cost him the race. So a rookie mistake.

Remember, he's not an Indy car driver, he's a NASCAR driver. But all eyes were on him because even though Indy 500 was delayed, he tried his damnedest to make it for the second half of the Coca Cola 600. He actually arrived on time, but he arrived during a weather delay. And after 200 laps, NASCAR decided to call the race. So Kyle Larson didn't actually complete the double or one and a half. And it wasn't like the same thing like the LeBron thing in 2016. I deserve to get ripped for that one because I doubled and I tripled down within the context I think the very next sentence. I think what it showed us. I think what that number showed us is

the masses are really hungry for competitive open-wheel racing and Monaco despite it being a signature event doesn't really deliver that and And Monaco, despite it being a signature event, doesn't really deliver that. And added to the heap of sports right now that have an arrow pointing up, because that is just a tremendous number. We've gotten a great many complaints in general about talking about ratings.

Just people don't want to- So many years of me watching that show and knowing like, hey, the first obstacle is always this. And then the year that I do it of course obstacle date does anybody care about that context new you mentioned eight million viewers it made us all up surprised that the interest would be that high in televised racing which is a bit of a hard sell because it's just

unless you really care about racing, it's a pretty noisy viewing experience and repetitive viewing experience. And boring, yeah. But those numbers are not up for dispute and so we give you that as context just to tell you that there are plenty of people who care about this and only Mike does around here as it relates to NASCAR.

Do you guys like Google ratings the day after things that you watch? Is it because we're in the media? Because I never once have wondered how many people watch this thing that I watch. I didn't wonder how many people watch the Indy 500. I just saw, I guess it got on my algo, like that and the graph of the pole to position finish

in Formula One Monaco where basically three people had a change in their position in the Monaco race as opposed to what happened in the Indy race where it's just a lot of passing. If you're not. I refuse any sort of criticism from a person who uses the word algo very nonchalantly in middle conversation. Hey, I was on your side, asshole.

I was on your side, asshole. I was on your side, asshole. Wait, hey, we're not supposed to be. Hey, wait, wait, who's in therapy? It's a private session. It's a private session. This is a HIPAA violation. You dick. You're in a retort.

Don't judge the patient. You shouldn't be listening to that. Gaslighting. Absolutely irritated for their enjoyment. And that's what I've come down to, like that whole thing. Therapy is a judgment-free zone. Are you ready, Jessica, to do your F1 minute? Did you get it all out, Mike?

Because once we've arrived at ratings talk, I think- Yeah, I could tell, like, no one was interested in it. The Kyle Larson thing, I thought, was a fascinating thing. And he was really devastated by it. He posted something that was probably too long for people to read in a sport that not anybody here cares about. Did he get there in the middle of the other race?

Yeah, he did. So they swapped out drivers? Yeah, you can. You can actually do that in a pit stop. NASCAR allows that with a waiver. Relief driver? Like he would just hop in the five. The five's his.

He pissed off some NASCAR fans, right? Yeah, you're making a joke. Yeah, well, I mean, he very clearly, and Hendrick Motorsports very clearly prioritized that. Several millions of dollars in resources went into Kyle Larson attempting this double. And for him to not actually do it is a huge bummer. Respect the Coca-Cola 600.

It's a stunt that worked, by the way. It's stupid. Don't finish what you can't start. I mean, seriously. You're saying that. Yeah. You're saying that. Don't finish what you can't start. I mean seriously you're saying that yeah You're saying don't finish what you can't start. I'm getting to it I'm getting a lot of screencaps of people getting refunds for your book. I'm concerned wait what refund refunds are gonna be given What do you mean? I've seen a lot of that. I really why don't know don't know do they request a refund or no that people are

Confused because they didn't get the book and did get a refund and so they assumed. Was it supposed to be out already? The book's not out yet. I know, but it's not, you pre-order. Listen, there are no refunds. I'm telling you that right now. I'll take it up with Random House right after the show. In fact, I'll do it during a commercial break.

There are absolutely no refunds. You bought the book, you bought the book, enough. I mean. But people have put up. Whether I wrote it or not is not my problem. Whether I wrote it or not is not my problem. Whether you get it or not is not my problem. You purchased a book. Enjoy. I'm simply telling you that people have written us showing us evidence of them getting refunds for a book they have not gotten. It's the only reason I have the information. I think

there were like two different sets of pre-orders and some people didn't get what other people got. Some people are upset they didn't get the inserts, they didn't get the autograph copy. Yeah, they're like bad, you're stuck with a book. Seriously. Dummy. Or not. Or not. They're getting refunds dude. You keep saying you can't have your money back when they've already gotten their money back and And the only reason I know it is because they're providing proof that they got their money back. Listen, I got paid. So, I mean, the refund comes from Random House. Not from me. I promise. I assure you, I am not wiring anyone any money. I mean, how about that? You got an advance? Oh, big one. Okay, because nobody believes this book is going to actually get made. Daddy doesn't write for free, Danna. You get others to write for free.

You don't write. Daddy doesn't write. I speak. Daddy doesn't write for free, Dan-o. You get others to write for free. You don't write. Daddy doesn't write. I speak. Daddy doesn't write anything. I don't like this. Not well. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Wasn't really much to spoil Dan Oh, I enjoyed just the gargantuan amounts of wealth coming out of Monaco Which does gargantuan amount of wealth pretty well before F1 gets there the amount of people showed up with giant yachts only to have them Dwarfed by other giant yachts was it was a bit mesmerizing

to behold sort of as as the world burns with climate change this sport spending this way around can we go faster toward our own death is fascinating to watch it's completely absurd as is this helmet this gear head helmet I I woke up early I did a little Dyson air wrapping this morning and I don't like I don't like this I don't look it looks good better on want to wear this. It looks good. It looks better on Mike. OK, but let's start the imaging so she could get through this minute as fast as possible. Young Richard Gere also looks a lot like Miles Huggins. People don't talk about that.

That's American gigolo Richard Gere. And there's no Chicago Richard Gere on here, which I find very underwhelming. Looks like me at age 25. Where's the gerbil? It lights out in Monaco, and Charlotte Clare has a great start. There's no Chicago Richard gear on here, which I find very underwhelming. Looks like me at age 25. Where's the gerbil? It's lights out in Monaco, and Charlotte Claire has a great start.

Will the Monaco curse end today? His teammate, Carlos Sainz, has a puncture, and he's pulled over, but wait. Kevin Magnuson makes contact with Sergio Perez, and the Red Bull is destroyed. It'll be a red flag, and the cars come into the pits. At the restart, Charlotte Claire has a fresh set of tires, and 75 laps to go.

The Monagas driver leads the Monaco Grand Prix, and he's still in the lead, and he's to go. The Monogas driver leads the Monaco Grand Prix and he's still in the lead. And he's still leading. And there's 60 laps to go and he's still in the lead. Still going. Yeah, still leading. No one's passing him. Nope.

And he's still going, just 40 laps left. And Charles is still in front at the Monaco Grand Prix, his home race. And he's still going, just 20 laps now. Yeah, still leading. Is this boring to any of you guys? Yeah, exactly. And Charlotte Claire crosses the finish line

at the Monaco Grand Prix, the Monogat's driver for the first time wins his home race. The curse is lifted. Not a lot of drama, plenty of super yachts. I cannot dismiss Greg Cody saying that he looked at 25 like American gigolo Richard Gere. Very similar, I've been told that over the years. Richard Gere was a national and international sex symbol

in that movie. Yep, thank you. Paid to have sex with women because he was beautiful, and you're saying that you were that at 25. Yeah, well, you know, you didn't know me in the late 70s. That's all I'm saying. Monaco, the most pretentious city, I mean, I went to the city-state. I went in a casino there once, and you can't even, they ask you to take off your hat if you're wearing a hat. What am I going to the church? You know, get over yourself.

What happened there? That's not really pretentious to ask you to remove a hat. Get their ass, Greg. In a casino? I mean. I think in Vegas they'll like turn you away from clubs if you don't have pants on, right? I mean, clubs don't.

And Vegas also had a Monte Carlo. The Chappawockies were there. But not a casino though. I mean, come on. There's pretentious places like that here. I agree though, Monaco. That is like the appeal of the race is that it's old. Monaco? It's old.

What happened there? Monaco is pretentious. It is. But that's not the reason it's pretentious. Vegas asked me to remove the hood from my hoodie because it was cold out. I came inside. Vegas.

Take it off. You're taking my money now you're going to from my hoodie. It was cold out. I came inside. It's Vegas. Take it off. You're taking my money, now you're gonna take my hat? It's silly. Come on. But yes, it is very silly. The entire thing is very silly. I agree. You'd think they could afford their own hats.

Weird and fascist. Yeah, that's right. Monaco is one of the most pretentious cities in the world, always has been. Monaco. Not because they ask you. We already covered that. Soious cities in the world, always has been. Not because they ask you. We already covered that.

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