The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Local Hour: Fat Dan Le Batard

Episode Date: April 16, 2025

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I cannot remember the last time. Have they ever worked together here? Here comes Stugatz. I was just gonna wonder where's Stugatz because I don't think you two have worked together. We have. We have here. Not recently, not recently, but yes. But we did it here.

Yeah. Yes. And how many times have you done it? I think once here and maybe once in the Clevelander. How about at seven ninety all yeah yeah i thought you try a couple times yeah yeah okay so this is a gathering right now nostalgic gathering for people who've been listening to seven ninety since its inception of two legends higher me well he hired you and it legends of such strength

that aminah has in one of our giant personalities around here, is flying in with emergency desperation from the Memphis Golden State game that he was at last night, which is great, by the way. Wow, big game, great game. Just great, takes everything Steph and Jimmy got to take out finger guns. Yeah. Amin flies in with desperation and urgency

to come and bring us the information from last night's game but has to step aside for the legendaries as low so that he can interact with the legendary stugat and i don't love that for me and i gotta be honest i don't we all sacrifice i don't love i don't love the means not i'll sacrifice my seat of the name wants to sit here i don't know i don't love it's not that I don't love a meme causing the chaos That Jessica causes in that in that seat I'm just saying that I don't know whether a mean is hurt or not by Jonathan Zaslow someone that he perhaps doesn't know that well

Jonathan Zaslow who wasn't available to us earlier this week because he's very busy with ESPN now He was doing very busy ESPN things. Oh, big deal. Legend. Well, I mean, it's a big deal and was a big deal at ESPN too. Was and is are two different things, yeah. He didn't hear what you said.

He was too busy talking. He didn't see you there because he's ready to do the show with Zazzle. Yeah, I mean, he's in the other room. This is the Don LeBattor Show with the Stugats Podcast. That's a lot of work Amin is doing to get back here to Florida this morning for this show after being at Memphis Golden State last night. You must be beat up.

Almost missed my flight too. That was lab, cause trying to get out of the game and then the traffic around the arena. There's a point, my flight left at 11.35. I want to say at 11.08, I was still on the freeway. And I actually was like, I don't think I'm gonna catch it, I'm gonna try to figure out some other plans. And we got there and I said to the Uber driver,

I said, there's no one in security, I've got a chance. And sure enough, there was no one in the line, no one in the thing, they didn't stop me, my stuff was green. Wait a minute, you made it from curbside to your plane in less than 15 minutes? Yeah, I was at 1108. I was on whatever that freeway is leading into the airport.

The busy one, yeah. Yeah. No check bags though, right? No check bags. I'm just picturing you're in different Uber driver, just like, I don't care, man. No, this guy was, he was talking to me the whole time. Like, he's like telling me about, oh man, that Niners games, the first time they had an event of the Niners game, it took two hours to me the whole time. Like, he was like, telling me about,

oh man, the Niners games, the first time they had an event at the Niners game, it took two hours to get out of there, he said, after that, they figured it all out. They said, Chase still haven't figured it out. I love a confident Uber driver, I do. Like, don't worry about it, we got this. I feel like they're all confident.

Yeah, they all have a story, I'll tell you that much. This guy had stories out the wazoo, just talking about all the traffic patterns out of different venues. Out of Oracle Park, where the Giants play, he said, it's all right. He said, Niners, they've got it the best. They have it down to a system, 70,000 people

can leave at the same time, and you're out of there in 15 minutes. Chase still has work to do. You know when you know your Uber driver knows what he's doing? It's when he's at a traffic light, and he's looking ahead in traffic. He's scanning on the map. Yes. He's like, what other routes can we take here? he's doing. It's when he like, he's at a traffic light and he's like looking ahead in traffic. He's like scanning on the map.

Yes. He's like, what other routes can we take here? He's planning. He's not following ways. Right. He's like, I know these streets. He knows the shortcuts. I don't understand.

You said you, you told the Uber driver, there's no one in security. You're going to be good. Were you like texting him when you were already in the airport? Made it. Yeah, actually, that's when I tipped him. You're friends now? Send the tip with a little note. Hey, actually, when I tipped him. You're friends now?

Send a tip with a little note. Hey, by the way, man. The guy helped him out. I mean. He came in clutch, man. Look, he had the shortcuts. He knew when there was a road that was about, because they close off roads around the arena,

he said, this one's about to open up. And everyone else was kind of like jostling for the other turn. And he just hit that turn as soon as they blew up the barricade. That guy saved my life. Put it on the poll at lebatard show can you ever get

from the curb to a plane that is in flight within twenty minutes all the time no check bags then it's it's the thing that i am worried about their is the fact that they close the doors early and the extra 10 minutes, like he did not have enough time

to make that flight, that is not enough time. But he made it. Well, but were you running? Of course, I was like, O.J. And did you make it? Like were they closing the door? Dan, they don't close the door for me. That can't be true.

They don't. Put it on me. That can't be true. They don't. Put it on the poll at Labotard Show. Do you feel like all Uber drivers are confident? And what did you say? Oh, and do all Uber drivers have stories out the wazoo? Oh, yeah, it's always their second job. I feel like the door closing of an airplane is not as dramatic as they make it seem in movies. Like in Home Alone, there's like that scene where the door is shutting.

No, I've had it closed on my face. Really? In fact, I've only missed one flight in my life because it was closed in my face. You said I'm Dan Leventhal, no? I did not, it didn't do any good. You should have. It wouldn't have done any good.

I've done it, I mean. Zaslow has a big problem that I wanna get to, but I wanna get to the game last night because my God, they needed all of Jimmy Butler to be all the Jimmy Butler things to get past the team we know wasn't going to win the championship. That team of 30-year-old people are going to have to do an awful lot against teams a lot better than Memphis, but they got the one they needed last night to improve their seeding.

How much fun was that for you? Because Golden State is going to be one of the primary storylines that until they're eliminated I mean it was a really fun game for a bunch of reasons first of all the clash of styles Memphis is big they were attacking the glass Golden State small and kind of crafty they start the game up big because they're just playing smarter than Memphis and Then when you get to the second half Memphis starts to figure it out a little bit and slow things down and particularly Curry the crazy thing was for about 85 percent of the night I said Curry's not having a good night Curry's not having a good night and then it's just like boom boom boom and I look up he's got 37. No but that's why they got Jimmy they got they I mean the number for the difference in that game is Jimmy and Steph get free throws and John didn't

Well, yeah, John got hurt, but but but I think the thing Jimmy got free throws Jimmy Man, you said was 11 11. I know but hold on. Hold on Jimmy Manufactured free throws meaning we're trying to guard you you're gonna foul me because you can't guard me Steph was the beneficiary of Jimmy's fouls because now Someone getting aggressive like Scottie Pippen Jr. trying to pick up 90 feet fouls Steph 45 feet away from the basket, he's shooting free throws. He shot a lot of free throws simply based on the fact that they're in the penalty and they're in the penalty because Jimmy Butler. So it's one of those things. It wasn't that Steph got to the free throw line as much as Jimmy got

to the free throw line and line instead of my my larger point is that are the golden state warriors have never had the player that gets to the free-throw like that clay and staff have been great at making their free throws but jimmy butler will go stop the game pump faking a couple of times and next thing you know uh... what at yes job got hurt if you're going to win a game like that jimmy butler and steph curry knockout john moran it can't be between those

players two of them on golden state have thirty free throws and memphis is has three yeah i mean look it it it was a clash of styles i'd i've felt i know people in a disagree with the air i thought memphis messed up with a lot of that he even though he had a lot of rebounds and was he was always guarding Jimmy It was insane. We're saying it happened every jazz. We're sitting there media roses Oh, this is their plan and then and then of course they have the five second count late and everyone says how does that happen? I say I'll tell you how it happens. You fired your coach with two weeks ago

You got a new coach. And I'm not putting it on their new coach. It seems like you are. No, quite the opposite. I'm putting it on management because you give a guy two weeks to have to come up with stuff. I don't need two weeks to know that ED should be going butler, I know that.

That's a good point. That's on the coach. That's a great point. I mean, that's on the coach. But also, that's how he got the job. Why management that's how you got the how you got the job right cuz management was saying that um... tailed jenkins you're not playing eating up this is the guy that we pro-life in this basket play more so it's like it's them to be do then if you don't

all but this one's hugely interesting at the intersection of all the things changing in that sport is go better than to be able to play now or not is he gonna be able to play this time of year or not then it is incredibly disrespectful to compare those two infinitely go into a hundred million series with brutal bear as my center plane forty plus minutes before i have he out there on the asking will you win any of those serious allow a lot more than i would

know i don't know i'm not asking that i'm i'm asking and have been asking since he was drafted hey that can play in the league anymore i'll say this i think he's better than what i thought he would be as far as physically last night was a great example of like dude this eight the stage for him, and it's not cause he's a rookie,

it's because he's physically incapable of even pretending to guard anyone out there. At least Rudy Gobert has decent for his size lateral movement, great length. He's got the play of the year too. Yeah, and I mean like beyond all that. Like I- They're hunting him at the end of the game.

But this wasn't even a hunting at the end of the game. It was hunting at all times.-hmm. He just and he was lost there was one play where it was literally someone I think was Pazemki cuts back door And he has to turn his whole body around to see what happened and then he turns around the ball gets to Jimmy He's like oh, I got to close out the Jimmy, and it's like you're dead in the water kid I mean that game wouldn't have been close if the Warriors lost and they had to play the winner of tonight's game Sacramento Dallas on Friday like that game wouldn't have been close But how much fun would that have been if it's an elimination game for the Warriors and it's not even the playoffs

That's what I was I was room for Memphis to win last night just so we can have that chaos on as Dan just called them a team of 30 year olds He's absolutely right that was an elimination game for them because they were like, there's no way we can play until Friday in this play-in and then Sunday turn around and play game one against Oklahoma City. Sunday was actually, last Sunday against the Clippers, that was their Valhalla.

They messed up. So they knew on last night, there's no chance we can let this thing extend anymore. We need the four days of rest. They wouldn't win a single game against Oklahoma City. I don't think well I want to do this. I want to do this with you guys because I believe there are At least a couple of teams in the West that have some of the ingredients that you would need to surprise an Oklahoma city team that I don't believe anybody in the West is nearly as good at but the

ingredients that you would have to have I would say that Golden State has them and I would say this is what I'm rooting for hmm that the Clippers have it because the reason I got a Clippers but I'll tell you why I'm rooting for the Clippers beyond thinking they're exceptional the reason... You're big on the Clippers, man. I'll tell you why I'm rooting for the Clippers. Beyond thinking they're exceptional, the reason I'm rooting for the Clippers is if that team wins the championship, we're going to have a hell of a confusing time figuring out where and how to put James Harden and Kawhi Leonard in history's players

because they've got a champion. Because James Harden has one championship and Kawhi Leonard has multiple championships. Three on three different teams? And then I would ask you the next question on that, why I'm rooting for this. If the Clippers win the championship, this is the question I've been wanting to ask Amin. If the Clippers win the championship, did they get the better of the trade with Oklahoma City given that they erased laughing stock Clippers from the resume forever?

Remember what the history of that team is, Amin. Remember what the history of that team is, Amin. Remember what the history of that team is. Absolutely not. Let me answer that one right now. Absolutely not, absolutely not. But to the point about the Clippers, first of all, Dan, you'll be delighted to know this. I had an NBA player tell me about a week ago,

Clippers are going to the finals. And I said, you're out of your mind. You're out of your mind. And he said, watch. Because he he said as long as Kwai is healthy and playing the way they defend there's no way they're gonna lose at anybody. What are you saying out of your mind because they're not good enough or out of your mind because Kwai hasn't finished a playoff series in a thousand years? No no the caveat was if Kwai is healthy I'm saying out of your mind

because Zubats has been amazing at center, right? They start Zubots and pretty much four guards, Qui, Harden, Norm Powell, and Chris Dunn, right? Who's their backup center? Can you name them? No. Can anyone in the room name them? No. You got two options.

One is Ben Simmons. Hmm. It's a good option. And that's the better option. The other one is Drew Eubanks. I feel like Amin really cornered us on that one. We all just had to be ignorant in his face. Back out there.

He's upset because he's in the other room and he now wants to embarrass the people in this one. Like, this is crazy because yes, Dan, if the defendant, Quiet, healthy and all this stuff is great and then I thought wait they're playing Denver in the first round. Two quick fouls on Zubats in the first quarter you're done. You're done because now what do you you're playing Ben Simmons? That's a that's a good weakness to point out but I do think you're kind of skipping over what Zubats has spend because before those who do not know what is happening with the clippers both offensively and defensively because yes

you've seen kohi's resume you've seen james hardens resume that's not why the clippers are championship worthy this year is you but it's the third guy uh... uh... look uh... i've looked at all those sportsbooks and they all have cate cunningham as a front runner for most improve play which is preposterous number one overall no more that's not only number one of our pick he hasn't even like disappointed he's been great entire dot he's been hurt but what is helping he's great so what part of them has improved and that's not a disrespect to him

he's a great player but he's doing exactly what everyone thought he would be whereas Zubas is what six seven years into his career and showing us things that we hadn't seen before then you're right he's he's excellent defensively and offensively he has been incredible for them but you gotta play Gaziokic in the first round two quick fouls in the first quarter it's done oh that's the thing they can get eliminated in the first round. Two quick fouls in the first quarter, it's done. Oh, that's the thing. They can get eliminated in the first round. I'm in a position for Stugats to laugh at me if they lose in five games or Kawhi gets

hurt or anything. They're a fragile thing. Not just me, by the way. Everyone laughing at you. But I'm telling you why I'm rooting for it because it's going to be real confusing in your personal record book to do whatever it is that you're going to do. James Harden, you're going to get a part two on James Harden. Because.

Dollar signs going on now. Make sure Stancic is listening. But what are you going to do if the championship is won by James Harden drilling a bunch of important buzzer beaters because they've got two other guys out there to make you not worry about James Harden? I'm gonna be shocked. So all the way back in the summertime

when Paul George left and went to Philadelphia, I said Philadelphia and the Clippers have two starkly different gambling strategies, right? The Clippers strategy is, hey, our main guy, Quai Leonard, is a guy who's hurt a lot, right? And is kind of inconsistent showing up during the regular season because of the injuries, right? So what we need to do is hedge our bet with someone who's there all the time. Say what you will about James Harden.

The guy plays 80 plus games and he plays 30 plus minutes, he never gets hurt, and he can carry you through those middle innings not only of games but entire seasons, right? Get to the playoffs, are there questions? Yes, but then the ideas, then why is he healthy and he can carry us from there. Meanwhile, the Sixers were like hey Our main guy also gets her line Joel and bead but rather than hedge I'm gonna run a parlay Give me another guy gets hurt a lot and Paul George pair them together

And if they they're healthy at the same time we'll give me incredible and if they're not We're gonna have those six worth of record in the NBA. I think we bury the big story here Ben Simmons is a clipper Yes, he had some options. He had some options after he was bought out and he chose he chose the Clippers He didn't have to choose the Clippers. There were reasons I assumed that it's real estate and location based I don't know if he thinks or thought that they could surprise some people But I what do you think of my contention says that if the Clippers won the championship? They would be the single most surprising champion in the history of the league I mean Toronto winning in 2019 was is up there for me at Toronto and should we talk about here?

Clippers oh for Pistons They were so dominant in the regular season That's a good one starless piston team and because they I just kicked the crap out of the Lakers so that's a really good one Clippers would be huge Clippers would be huge especially because Kawhi hasn't finished a playoff series in forever and now you want to go think about it he hasn't finished a playoff series in forever now you want to win win for playoff series not cumulative over his career no no in no, no, in one postseason. He's done it twice, says.

Well, I saw him do it once. I saw him do it as the primary piece once, and I saw him do it with LeBron looking over his shoulder, waiting for him to come off the bench and being scared at 25 the first time. You're doing a weird thing. Tony and I are laughing, because it seems like what you're rooting for

is a Clippers-Pacers NBA Finals. You're a big Pacers guy too I are laughing because it seems like what you're rooting for is a Clippers Pacers NBA Pacers guy to Dan you love Halle. Oh, I'd like to see Clippers Celtics tie lose revenge the The most surprising one and this is everyone get out your lake yourself Take your sepia tone stuff and everything so 1975 Warriors because this was a team that everyone thought was gonna finish the worst in the conference. I was just gonna say that.

And in fact, they were trying to move, and so they gave Al Adels like, hey, you can have whoever you want, because we don't think your team is gonna be any good. We're gonna move out of the area. We're gonna move to a new look. I think they were gonna try and go to San Diego or somewhere like that.

And what ended up happening was Al Adels was like, all right, fine, I get to pick my players. He picked a bunch of black players. Because at that point, everyone talks about, oh no, the league was integrated. But it was integrated for excellence. It's like, oh yeah, black people can be president if you're like Barack Obama who was like,

checks every single elite box. But if you were a run of the mill kind of guy, it was really hard to get playing time or even a roster spot so Al Adels stacked the decks with the blackest team to date in NBA history and what ended up happening is they won 48 games they had a whole lot of like tension during the year because of a bunch of guys weren't exactly all on the same page when they got to the finals everyone was like this is a nice cinderella run but now you guys will play the boat and get your heads bashed in

and then i'm sweeping them the city what forty eight went to i believe it's the lowest number of wins to win an nb title i think that is the biggest upset in the history another big surprise i don't know if you guys feel that i i i do have to stop you just for a second we'll get to the second base rolls but i don't know i just guys feel this way. I do have to stop you just for a second. We'll get to the second biggest surprise. But I just want to clearly understand what he said because the information is good.

You surprised even radio legend. No, he knew. He was going to say it. I feel like he might have been lying. What? I came here today hoping for the history of the 75 Clippers. Yeah. Rick Barry. It's Warriors. So, Rick Barry. Warriors. Warriors.

So yeah, so you know what? I'm sorry I'm gonna have to do this for the first time just as I regret doing this. You're so close to that. I need to find it here. I need to find out where it is. No, that's not it. You're celebrating him. No, that's not what I meant to do. No, that's the wrong thing. I'm sorry. No, here it is. I found it. You dropped a i think that i think yes thank you minor penalty two minutes for lying i'd just want to better understand what i mean was saying that because i think the audience received it the same way i did how

can you say with a straight face to us that the most surprising team in nba history is the blackest team in nba history you can't say that i mean it's something mad dog with several can't say you cannot say that publicly emphasis on history you can't say that the most surprising team in nba put on the poll at lebatard show can you say the most surprising team in nba history is the most surprising team in NBA, put it on the poll, at LeBattard Show. Can you say the most surprising team in NBA history

is the blackest team in NBA history? That can't be a surprise. They had Rick Barry, I mean. Hey, ballin'. The 1975 Clippers did. They did, yeah. Warriors, that's fine. Warriors. I did that on purpose!

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That's 50% off your first year at MonarchMoney.com with code DAN. The City Down Lebatard Show with the Stugats. We have something I want to get to here with Zazz because I heard him and Stugats negotiating and I think Stugats is going to try to help Zazz with something that he may or may not help him with. It's going to be hard to help Zazz with something that he needs help with. But I did want to tell you guys here that at some point today I need you guys to remind me to apologize for what was one of the most embarrassing mistakes of my career this week. And it sort of escaped some notice,

but I want to put it out in front of everybody so that everyone can see it, and I can apologize for, legitimately, I'm not making this up, one of the most embarrassing things that I've ever done that some of you may or may not have noticed that I have to get out in front of people and take the flogging on. Before I

do that though, Dan Dockich is really mad at me. Wow. Wow. Bless of the past. I mean, he's just mad. Well, I don't know what he's mad about though. Well. Is he mad because he saw in Kristof Sporzenkis' eyes that he would never be good? Remember that one? Yeah.

You can see it in his eyes. Yep. He also doesn't think that Eric Spolstra is a good coach. What? Classic Doc. He's just a guy, I believe is what he called him. Just a guy. But when I say, I don't know why Dan Dacich is mad,

I have that partially wrong. I could actually be lying in that circumstance because he's mad because there are people other than white people in the world. That's because he's mad because there are people other than white people in the world that's why he's mad uh... but when he's mad in this clip i don't know what he's mad about i'd legitimately have not heard anything in this clip except that he's doing the best thing that you can do at the front of this clip sports radio one oh one

he's got it mastered you have to start what you're saying this way. Fat Dan Leventhal I said Indiana basketball never said a word about Florida don't care about Florida care about Florida on the field, but fat Dan Leventhal did what fat Dan Leventhal did he got a sausage stuck in his mouth now see Indiana and this is something fat Dan Leventhal can't understand See fat Dan never played fat Dan has sat fat Dan likes to buffet fat

Dan is actually the poster child for for now the crumbstained media guy He can't even get my criticisms right you care about Florida. Well, I care about Florida care about Indiana from 1993 back to 1970 23 years Indiana went undefeated twice Won three national championships went to the elite eight six times Once Bob Knight was done and they did they decided they're going another way in basketball. It hasn't worked and they decided they're going another way in basketball, it hasn't worked. That's my point. My point has nothing to do with Florida.

Get the sausage out of your mouth. Dan Lambertard, pay attention here. If you're gonna quote me, quote me well from whatever venue you are doing it or from whatever freaking media company you are doing it. Stay in your lane, Dan. What did you say about Indiana basketball? What did you say he does make some compelling point he's right I mean facts you never played you love buffets crumb stain

Sausage Stugats is being made happy here by Zaslo's presence I see he's really he's really unloading the cannon from over there and then turning away with a flinch from me. She's had him. Never. Never. You never played the game, Dan.

You didn't. Crumbs dance. Crumbs don't usually sing. Sausage. I think what he is talking about, I said at one point with that TikTok video that Florida was dancing around to I thought that Doc itch made some sort of point that you can't win a championship doing tick-tock videos, which is to be fair to me

Something doc itch would say checks out and so so it is the doc itch right? I but I didn't say I didn't say it about the right team because evident evidently I don't know whether to believe him or not He didn't say that about Floridaida and i quoted him wrong so i got the team rock you know what dan docket everything you said is right well powell i got the team wrong that what

but everything i said about you not like anyone who's not white is also right uh... interesting so we're even embarrassing moment everything i said about you not like anyone who's not white is also right interested so we're even embarrassing moment will get their okay all we have i was just reminding you that's all that's not the embarrassing no no i know i was reminded please do please keep in mind please write it down right here uh... what were you and says negotiating about because

well we're not negotiating Zaslow is struggling Pearl Jam is coming into town next week. It's as low as favorite band. It's like me and dead in company and Zaslow who is a I believe is a member of the ten club. Of course I believe of course I am and he can't get tickets. So he's asking me to try to help him out. Dan. This is taking over my life They're here next week. They never come to Florida They're playing two shows ten minutes from my house small venue to next Thursday and next Saturday

I mean, how could there be a world where Pearl Jam is playing ten minutes from my house? And I'm sitting at home not at the show, but I got shut out from the fan club tickets I got shut out from the on sale of ticketmaster got shut out from the on sale of Ticketmaster, there's literally like 10 seats available on Ticketmaster right now, they're a thousand dollars each and they're all the way up in the Raptors. I lay awake, I didn't sleep last night, honest to God, I lay awake at night thinking how am I going to get tickets?

It's ruling my life! I need to move on. Game time definitely has the best deal. No, see that's the thing, they don't know. Don't say no, wait a minute. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute, wait a minute. Five minute major. Okay.

Game time is great, but not for this. Five minute major. Game time is great for everything. for this. Out, out, out, out, great time. Game time is great for everything. Go find those tickets to Pearl Jam at game time. Out, out, out, out. Great time. Promo code Dan. Are you kidding me?

This ESPN shit's going to your head so much that we say game time, you say the word no afterward? I know someone who's never disparaged the sponsors. Sitting in this room right here. That's unbelievable what he just did. What are you promising him, Stu Godstree? I'm not promising him anything. I promised him that I would make a phone call

and see if I could help him out. I don't like being the ticket guy. There is a lot of pressure. I just got Mike Ryan tickets to see Deading Company at the Sphere. And Mike is the most annoying kind of person to get tickets for because he wants all the details like hey I got you the tickets go pick them up at Will Call leave me the hell alone and so now I have this added pressure from Zaslow to get him tickets for Pearl Jam

I'm on the game time app right now and I see plenty of great available right now for Pearl Jam. Game time is the best we all know this Zas is worst. We've all known this for 20 years around here, if you've ever been in this market. He does things like that. He's a rebel. This is how he climbs at ESPN, who continues to feed all of these gas bags like Zazzlow

and give them more and more power, even though they have no respect for anything. Speaking of feeding, if you're hungry, Jimmy John's. Great sandwiches, really quick, great delivery too. And they're toasted, yeah. We have the best sponsors. They keep this whole thing afloat so that we can do this every day.

Two tickets on Game Time right now, 417, huh? Oh, please. Yeah. You get two tickets, and then what you do, you get an Uber, you pregame, a little Cuervo, maybe a little Smirnoff. Boom. You're in business.

I want to get to the embarrassing thing, and I want to talk a little more aboutnoff, you're in business. I want to get to the embarrassing thing and I want to talk a little more about this Pearl Jam thing because I too am very excited that they're going to be this close. Two tickets, you're going with a friend, maybe you split the tab, maybe you Venmo' em. Did you get tickets? Well, we'll talk about this a little bit with Zaslow

because I do have an unbelievable ticket guy. Unbelievable. In that I have, and this has only been happening over I would say the last three or four years, where the hardest stuff, the Taylor Swift stuff, and anything on a moment's notice, I just can't believe that this thing exists. But, I think I have the same guy.

Do a couple shots of Jägermeister, make sure they're ice cold though. Yeah. And then maybe you throw in, hey, what about this? What about when you get there? You don't want to keep drinking liquor because you've had enough liquor? Switch to Miller Lite. So I want to get to this with Zaslow, but please do not let me forget at any moment to remind, I'll do it within the next hour here, that I owe an apology to somebody publicly for something that I did on this show.

Okay, so are you getting Zaslow tickets? Like, what are we, really? Well, no, no, no, no, I'm not saying that. I'm just telling you, I make the ask very infrequently. Like, Stu Gatz hasn't learned this lesson. I've been trying to teach it to him for years to get asking them yet what but okay so you you do that way and you keep asking and you often get your tickets

i asked people of power very very very infrequently for anything and i maintain my relationships with those people in power because of how infrequently i asked for things to got to not built like that and he sometimes gets tickets to i wouldn't mind having a competition with stu gotts about whose ticket guy is better trying trying to get out the same ticket guy try to look i doubt well maybe maybe maybe i i am pretty confident. Well, if we have the same ticket guy,

let's do it this way. I think I can say with 100% certainty as we sit here that I will get Zaslow a ticket. What? No, wait, you know what? I can, but I might not. I can, but I might not. That's not 100%.

No, no, no, no. Don't you care about me? It's a source of extreme stress in my life right now a lot of people take says a lot of people would want the tickets I get what you're trying to say Dan he could he would buddy. That's what I'm trying to say exactly That is what I'm trying to say. I'm not promising Zazzle that I could correct this problem for him I am telling the audience as a way of Executing this competition with you about who has the better. How did become a competition? It's a good competition. I like this.

Is it? Well, because we're all working for you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's that's the deal that you've got around here, Stigots. I'm the one trying to get them tickets right now and the only one. But can you get them? I don't know. I told them. I don't know. Then we don't have the same ticket guy. How about this? I didn't go to that ticket guy. I didn't, I didn't go to...

I don't know if I want to waste an ask on Zasdaq. No, no, you should waste an ask. How about this though? You get for one night and you get for the other night. No, I can get tickets. I know I can get tickets. For me. And me.

Well, but I don't make excessive asks of the people in power. I would do what Stugatz is doing here, where there's a line where I would ask for me. It would have to be hugely important. And now if I'm asking pluses, plus one, plus two, plus three, I'm gonna do like a wedding guest list of who's willing to be the best man type of list. Sure, but this is important. Did you already ask for tickets for this and a plus one?

Oh, I have tickets. You have to for both nights? Yes. Okay, so you already made the ask and now you have to make additional asks. That's right. Wow. That's correct. It's easier.

The add-on ask is easier than just a different ask. Yeah, but Dan doesn't want Zaslo sitting next to him and his wife. I'm the best person to sit with at a Pearl Jam show. The best. Feelin'. He's the guy, as soon as the music starts, he calls out what song it is. Oh, that's this song.

It's playing right here. Alive. They haven't played this since 1999. Ha ha ha. Dan, you don't know. You don't know how rare this song is. That seems like a good person to go to. I'm the best person to go,

haven't opened with ocean since 2003 You were there for that right Wow, they start out the show with back-to-back off of ten this incredible show buckle up Dan I can get a buckle up sports radio show right next to me. That's just all Pearl Jam sports radio show right next to me that's just all Pearl Jam. It's what, Channel 23 on SiriusXM, just all Pearl Jam. Yep. Grateful Dad is 24. It's my channel. This is exciting but also very stressful

because it feels like you can help me out and then I can start sleeping again. I don't lay awake at night checking online for tickets to become available. Well let's see though what it is that we can execute here though because do you believe that Stugots will actually try for you or as soon as he leaves here he will stop thinking about it? The dead are 23 by the way that's a fun. True story Stugots got me tickets one time for Pearl Jam this is like 15 15 years ago. He did, okay? I was gonna get seats. They have to be decent enough seats and it's a very big deal

for me, okay? You can't tell me you're going to... It's all taken care of and then like last minute in typical StuGott's fashion, like, I'm sorry I couldn't come through. I told him, I said, you have to understand our friendship is on the line here. If I'm trusting you to get the tickets, you're telling me don't worry and then you don't come through. I don't ever talk to you again. Our friendship is over. That's how serious this is.

He did come through. He did. I did. So it's your turn. So you're not gonna try anymore? I did try. I put a call in. But this.

I didn't go to the guy yet, but I mean. I'd like you to, I'm a very nice boy. You went to your B guy? You went to your B guy? Well the B guy's the A guy. I didn't go to the guy yet, but I mean I'd like you to I'm a very nice boy I went to your guy you went to your B guy. Well the B guys the a guy I Don't understand in this scenario I Mean he has someone that he refuses to go to he's gonna go to the other guy first, right? I don't understand what the B guy isn't what the a guy is the a guy is a guy who can get it done the Right guy is the guy that you you go to more frequently

He doesn't want to use that ask so I went to the B guy is the guy that you go to more frequently. He doesn't want to use that asco. So I went to the B guy first. If I need to go to the A guy, we'll see. When will the B guy answer? Will he answer? Today. Okay. Before the end of the show? I'm not certain if he'll answer before the end of the show. I will pepper him a little bit, you know, maybe around 1030 an hour from now, but I can't guarantee anything. Come on, you don't want to go with me. Ed comes out, they do a third encore. Wow, they haven't done three encores in 20 years. While you guys wait, you can fire something up on Peacock,

maybe. Watch that, you know, pass the time. Maybe Bel Air, I hear. That's pretty good. Nice to know Dan has a guy, though. I'm going to keep that in my back pocket for a rainy day. I'm not likely to ask on your behalf. You're way down. I'll tell. I'm gonna keep that in my back pocket for a rainy day. I'm not likely to ask on your behalf. You're way down.

I'll tell you, I'll tell you. Just in my back pocket. Dan, it's for my daughter. She really wants to go. Well, here, when. I wish I knew that during Taylor Swift time. Ah, the daughter. When Stugat says there's a lot of pressure

in being the ticket guy, because he is right, everyone I know believes I can get any ticket to sports there is people think that about me so I can just imagine for you in the world yeah to for the Super Bowl everybody I know thinks that there is not a that I'm game time that I can get any ticket and World Cup final Which I can't time at game time. I can who's the most shameless person that asked you the most that you never asked for well I've never asked them so that's not true. I've never asked you for tickets I'm going to guess I'm gonna guess that whoever is your prime ticket guy is only your prime ticket guy because I got you

Tickets through that prime ticket guy is only your prime ticket guy because I got you tickets through that prime ticket guy who's my B guy? That's your B guy? My A guy is your B guy? I'm gonna guess. The guy that got me tickets to Springsteen on Broadway? You know your B guy I think can get tickets because I presented you with that ability because you needed tickets for something so i'm not only not have taken your request i'd gave you i think the guy there's no way that you would be able

before me through this guy to get those tickets no way not not what i'm talking about thank you did thank you look am i going to pearl jammer not to america's mariah yep we don't know is that Not what I'm talking about. Thank you, Dan. Thank you. Look, am I going to Pearl Jam or not? Two Americas, am I right, Roy? Yep.

We don't know, Zess. We are bragging about A guys and B guys, but nobody's gotten him a ticket. I'm trying. I need to start sleeping again. You trying. What have you done so far? That's the thing.

When he says I'm trying, there's nothing. There's nothing. Where's the try? Show me the try. This is why I don't like getting tickets. I just got Mike Ryan four tickets, dead in companies, fear, Thursday, this Thursday night. I have to show proof that I'm trying.

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