The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Local Hour: Samson v. Cote

Episode Date: February 27, 2024

Today's Cast: Dan, Stugotz, Greg, Billy, Chris, Lucy, Mike, and Roy. It's Greg Cote Tuesday and both of the Cotes are rattled as Greg is turning down dates for Hee Haw Three performances and Chris has angered Mike through his trip to New York last week instead of stepping into the EP chair. Then, baseball players with pierced nipples, broadcast booths growing with franchises, and the Goldberg-Greenberg-Goldstein dilemma. Plus, David Samson joins the show to file a Cease and Desist against Greg Cote and his Hee Haw Three merch store on whateveritscalled.com. No...seriously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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slash legal slash CA dash PRU dash disclaimer. This is the Don Lebator Show with the Stugatz Podcast. I don't think that we have ever started a Greg Cody Tuesday quite this way where he's coming in a bit rattled, I would say, because He-Ha-3 has taken off. He has now declined tour dates. He-Ha-3 had a paid gig as musicians to tour expenses paid, turned it down, they're too busy, they're not accommodating requests right now. Greg Cody's in high demand. And he wants his intellectual property and he's caused a problem at the company and he doesn't understand the problem he's caused. We'll get to that in a second.

He's caused. We'll get to that in a second. He's confused. You're talking in riddles. I don't cause problems. I solve them. All right, well, David Sampson insists on coming on because he says you've violated company policy. No problem solver. David Sampson, what's his title with the company?

Right, good question. Well, he runs the merch store. Does he? Yeah. Like, is he an apron on? And like good question. Well, he runs the merch store. Does he? Yeah. Like, is he an apron on and like he's a salesman in a retail store? How does that work exactly? You have salesmen in retail stores wearing aprons.

Home depots, yeah. Home depot, Macy's. And orange apron, right? Yeah, of course, bring back retail. Macy's? Yeah, Macy's like the perfume counter, they have aprons and stuff. The cosmetic.

Exactly right. They sure do. It's wrong with cosmetics. What's wrong with aprons? Exactly right. Yeah. All right, so, but he doesn't understand that part of it. That's one thing you don't understand.

He also doesn't understand that I told him before the show, there is something your son did last week that was very wrong, very wrong, and you would have been proud of it. Wow, that's hard to believe. What is it? What'd you do, kid? I took time off. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ryan had just left his position as executive producer company was in a lurch one day to the next Chris Cody shouts

Hey, gotta go to New York and everyone's learning of it and the company goes into a ditch with your son-in-charge I'd call it one week to the next but you can call it one day the next well It was a problem it created a problem for the executive producer who had left with much fanfare Getting his father's music career off the ground and three days later Mike Ryan stuck in the same job He's always in, because Chris Cody shirked his responsibilities to go to New York.

But Chris Cody is back and Mike Ryan's still here. He's still here. Is that Mike or is that a hologram? Sounds like great leverage for Chris. He left for two days and everything fell into a ditch. Right. And at some point it's a you problem. If this is the guy you're looking at to hold everything together.

I mean, look at this. Look at me. Well, here's the, yeah, look at this. Washington. Yeah. Well, here's the thing. Father of our country. It does look like George Washington today, but that's not George Washington. It's Larry David. What? Yes.

It's a good Larry David. It's visually funny. And I was about to come in here today in rage because nobody did the costumes. I've got Nacho Libre under my arm. And I'm like, no, why will no one pay their punishments? I come in furious and I ask, Stu gots, does he have to pay any punishments? And they say, nope, he's all paid up.

He kept getting the golden helmet. He owes nothing, all his punishments are paid. And I'm like, are you kidding me? He's paid like three in five years, one time he's just put on a sweatshirt like Rocky. Like he doesn't pay any of his punishment. You got the costume. I was Rocky that day, yes?

All paid up. Stugats is all paid up. I come in here, not your lead break. And as I'm ready to yell at Chris Cody, like, hey, who's in charge, Chris? Chris, are you in charge? Child of nepotism. You can't skip work when we need you to be

executive producer as we're trying we need you to be executive producer as we're trying to figure out who the executive producer would be. And this part, Greg Cody, should offend you as an old-timey businessman. If we opened up the job of executive producer to this show, to the media crumbling around us, to anyone in the United States,

the line was stretched from here to Dallas on people who want to sit in that seat to run the show so that they could come after Mike and respect all the things we built around here your son flew to New York to do what to do what something that made Stugott proud which is not the way Metal Arc should be run he did what he had to do dino he would anyone in his situation would have done okay so explain this part to the audience explain this part no because I found out about this and this is with it the doubly offensive part.

Doubly offensive. While executive producer, he's flying to New York, because he's got, I mean, this is very Miami, because he's got to go see about some cash. Yes. Because he's the big winner when it comes to a pool of people. They have a $500 pool.

Like, yeah, you're making a little something out of nothing here. Yeah, you know, a little bit just to get some cash. $500 means more to some people than you, Dan. Right. You don't even have to report that. Mm-hmm. I'd report $500 if I was you. I mean, I report every cent.

Same here. All right, so we've said too much. Does everyone? No, not enough. Not quite enough yet. No, because we've said too much. Does everyone, no, not enough, not quite enough yet, no, because this is my predicament, Greg Cody, who spawned this child of nepotism over here who just stumbling his way into executive producing.

Right. Every time you need somebody to fill in as the executive producer, I'm there for you. I just, you know. I would love that. I would love for you to be out there. Exactly, the pervings sastry. I really would.

I would. What are you doing tomorrow? Teach me how to run the board and press what buttons when, and I'm there. I would, I would. I would, I would. Exactly, I would. I would, I would. I would, I would. What are you doing tomorrow? Teach me how to run the board and press what buttons when and I'm there. Please try this, Dan. You think so? You guys think that would go well?

Yeah. Lucy's saying yes. Put Greg Cody in charge as executive producer today. Yeah, switch seats. Just show me where the Hakim's laugh button is and I'm good. That's all I need to know. Would you try to find that thing?

Oh, you think that seats easy? No, I'm good. That's all I need to know. I'm trying to find that thing. Oh, you think that's easy. No, I'm kidding, of course. It's very difficult. Christopher makes it look easy, and he's got big shoes to follow in Mike Ryan. What size shoe do you wear, Mike? 12. Yeah, see, big shoes to follow.

Mike, where are you on all of this? Because I brought this to air against your will. You didn't, I didn't mean to do this to you, but I'm, you know, storming in. We talked about it before I said I didn't mean to do this to you but I'm you know storming in we talked about it before I said I didn't want to and you still did it the very definition of you meaning to is premeditated I don't want to discuss it because I was genuinely hurt by it I I found out that I was sitting in that chair, a chair that I thought I said goodbye to a week prior. I found out about it the night before. I had a babysitter. I had to cut my night short because I found out as a surprise,

Chris Cody was off to New York doing something that I think he probably could have done during the weekend. And not miss shows, but that's okay. Like that's his prerogative. I'm not here to PTO shame. I think I was more hurt than anything because I've spent 18 years trying to build that position into something desirable. And we haven't prioritized looking outside for a candidate. We're hoping that someone internally ascends and wants it. And- Like Greg.

To have a situation where I'm being surprised that I have to sit into it because the communication is such that someone decides, and I understand why it's a solid reason, but I would have thought that chair met more, so I was a little hurt by it. You just gotta check the schedule a little bit more. You'll see it all the way.

I did check the schedule. It was not the day before, right? No, I found out about it the day before, because there was an email on Sunday that had talent schedule, and I came in on days that I wasn't scheduled for. I had to cancel meetings, but it's fine. But at the heart of it, I was just genuinely hurt

that this wasn't being treated as the opportunity I thought it would be after all the hard work that I put into it. Chris, it seems like you told somebody though, right? Like someone before, the night before you left. Like you told someone a week ago, they didn't, Right, they didn't communicate it to Mike. I think it's not the issue that.

A week before it was Super Bowl week, it was crazy, we're all coming back, everyone's drunk for three days. The communication, like whatever, I found out the night before I come in at night short, that's fine, that's not a big deal. To me, the part that hurt was, this is an opportunity, and it's not being treated as such.

The opportunity to replace someone that isn't gone. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha What's going on here, and I think it's a it's a pretty cool opportunity and Quite honestly like I was hurt by it and now I'll just prioritize looking at outside candidates But child of nepotism here is in charge today, and he does look like George Washington You do look more like a founding father than than Larry David, right? And is it is it the size of your jowls is that what's happening here? I don't, is that it's more powdered wig than cul-de-sac? You tell me what it is, man. I looked in the mirror and I just like ran away. I was like, no, don't like this. Generally when you impersonate a Larry David,

you do it without a beard. You gotta shave, go shave. Yeah, I mean, commit. Gotta go all the way on an impersonation. Billy, why were you laughing at Greg as he limped into the studio? Laugh is, you know, I don't know that that's the right word. Greg's injured, he's playing hurt today. He hurt his knee, it's not my place

to put his business out there, but I heard what happened and it sound like a trying tale of what happened, how he hurt himself and, you know, did I giggle maybe the way he described it possibly, but you know, we should be commending him for not just being here playing hurt, but also volunteering to step in and his son's absence on the days his son can't be in that chair. Lucy. If anything, he's a great team player here that I feel like if I understood right what's going on here, he's being set up to be massacred shortly by David Sampson,

which I don't understand. I really don't. I don't massacre easily. Yeah. I'm taller than Sampson. Yeah. I could beat him in arm wrestling. He doesn't intimidate me.

Really? He's a nice dresser though. It's gonna be a physical fight, really a physical fight. I would like the idea of whatever this dispute comes down to being settled by an arm wrestling contest. I feel like that's fair. Samson's a rabid spider monkey. What?

He will climb up your arm and he will break your arm in pursuit of the things that he wants. He's never broken an arm. He could beat me in a marathon. You think you could beat David Samson in arm wrestling? Did you not see what happened to AJ Burnett? Pierce Knickles, AJ Burnett. Not surprising. Arm-w beat David Samson in arm wrestling? Did she not see what happened to AJ Burnett? Pierce Snippel's AJ Burnett. Not surprising.

Arm wrestled Samson? If you said to me baseball player from your past that has Pierce Snippel's AJ Burnett first name. Why would anyone say that to you? It'd be a weird thing to say, but it would be the first name I'd say about you. You would have an answer though. Okay, I don't know.

You would have an answer. If it came out. Like, how would that come up? Exactly. Someone comes up to George Washington and says, name a baseball player, Pierce Nipples. You would be like, why would someone do that? You're walking down the street.

It's George Washington. And someone comes to you aggressively and says, name a baseball player, Pierce Nipples. And you go straight to the 90s. AJ Burnett. AJ Burnett. It's a random category right there. Is there a hall of fame here? And why are you. AJ Burnett. It's a random category right there. Is there a whole of fame here?

Why are you thinking about these things? A Jeopardy category. I think it's the tattoos that connotes nipple ring. If Jeopardy ever has a category of baseball players with pierced nipples, things have fallen off. AJ Burnett would be like 100. Daily double. I don't understand what you're doing though.

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That's BetterHelp. H-E-L-P dot com slash D-L-B. Don Lebatard. That's how it's going to end. The mailing it in at the end of the retirement. Chris, go get me this. It's just an A-B, him coming out and hitting the one and two notes of that kind of thing and you know it and then just giving us finger guns and leaving. Baby. You should listen to the Great Cody Show podcast because that's all we do for 55 minutes a week is just say catch phrases we even make songs about them but and you know it is a song for crying out loud that's great hopefully that's a suey nominee for best song and you know

it baby and you know it And you know it baby and you know it And you know it baby and you know it And you know it baby and you know it And you know it baby and you know it This is the Don Lebatar show with the Stugats! Speaking of, I just want to explain the audience something Stugats, because some people here who have listened to us nationally might not know the story of the Florida Panthers

and Steve Goldstein, and when a voice for a team becomes really a voice for a team during a cool time. Somebody who, when you're hearing his enthusiasm on calls, many of you who grew up with him in the Panthers organization, are hearing your emotion carried with him and you've watched for long enough to see him become a really excellent broadcaster like Sculpt the Skill. Hockey's tough man. That is a fast sport and he is clean. No one's got any objections to how Steve Goldstein has mastered his craft and he's done it 20

years in this market as hockey has been like a pretty shitty thing for most of those years and to see him carry that call let's get that call for Roy and Mike because they weren't here yesterday when we played it the first time what a cool moment at the end of this Washington game not just to have it end this way when you know you've got the best team they're playing all the most fun hockey everyone in the sport hates them but they're exciting and now they're yours and the calls coming to you from a grassroots broadcaster who's flying down the ice with you and taking your enthusiasm with them

Milano stripped away by Gustav Forsling Milano again stripped away by Sam Bennett the Panthers try to win it! It's betting! It's Forzling! Let's go home, baby! Gosh, switch it! It over time! It's musically perfect because of all the history. It carries down the ice with it.

The other thing that Goldy does, and he does it so well, because you mentioned he's been calling games for this team, and this team has been lousy for a long time, and Goldy's been right there for it. So what you're hearing in his voice the last couple of years is a guy who has been there with you with the fans through the down times and now is having a blessed calling games for this team because this team is fun. They're young. They're exciting. And he gives that off with every single broadcast. But he comes from old timey sports radio in this market when all these guys were kids And they all grew up with him in this market like it's hard to get out of this market into

The national mainstream and he's done it because he's excellent and the enthusiasm around this team is real And I was just curious with Roy and with Mike you hear that and feel what? Even before you got the Panthers gig, I worked on his weekend show at 790 to take it. This is back when he had hair. He had hair at the time. So to see him. Yo, get me blue wings.

So to see him making these highlight calls like this is just like. It's like watching your kid grow up. Well, I mean, did you just become Goldie's dad somehow? Like what's happening here? I mean, did you just become Goldie's dad somehow? Like what's happening here? I remember when I saw young Goldie every Saturday morning on SportsBang and I said, this guy is destined for greatness. I mean, Roy has been a local observer of Miami sports media more than most, I think, like

that he's actually viewed Goldstein's career from the bowels of next to Stugatz in sports radio. Literally worked for them. I recall when I was a wet behind the ears high school graduate that attended a job fair hosted by the Florida Panthers and then became a sales intern hopped up on a aim instant messenger and a new medal. Going to what at the time was the NCRC and seeing Steve Goldstein who at the time was the NCRC and seeing Steve Goldstein who at the time was just

an in arena host giving out of town updates and he would just always be around. He was a grinder that wanted that job from pretty close to the franchise's inception. He's really worked on his craft. He's improved, made a lot of leaps. Has also in recent years added a signature call that you've seen there.

He's a testament to hard work in this market. Because that is very much just hanging around and grinding. He has survived several different administrations over there at the Florida Panthers. Nobody survives all of those administrations. Like nobody does. It's hard for...

Look, forgive me, Mike. You know that organization better than I do, but there's so much turnover there through ownerships that there's always a new grift in town coming to try and make that franchise work, and the last crew now has the best crew, and they're trying to build something different. This is not an organization of lifers. One of the things I want to point out about last night, like the heat went again, okay, Stugans on the road, four in a row, they do it at Sacramento, and bam says to everybody, now it's a bonus, like, no, I'm better at this than you are. The heat with whatever they throw at you, do something that is taken for granted in this

market. They always matter. Sacramento, look at their past. They're never any good. You don't get to go through administrations always being relevant. When when Stephen A Smith is going back and forth with the Pelicans and he's saying in 22 years you guys have one to play off series. Like it is hard to do what the heat do with whoever it is that they have. And I'm watching the Panthers come into this sphere and be something exciting from Broward that's different, but that's not a crew of lifers. That's not a crew like the Heatz crew is a Heatz crew. Well, on the broadcast, certainly they are.

Molar and Goldstein, I would dub as Panther lifers. Red Deer was brought in very early on in the franchise history. Goldy was around for, I mean, decades at this point. So the broadcast team has absolutely grown up with you. And I think that they do- On both teams, by the way. Yeah, yeah, but with a franchise that has so little history,

at least in the broadcast booth, you have people that you know have been with this franchise for the vast majority of their professional careers and they truly love it. And it shows in the broadcast I think. Greg Cody, get moved by this stuff? I do. Goldstein has paid his dues in this market, worked his way up and I want the voice of

my team to be honest at all times. Like when the team sucks, I want the play-by-play guy or the voice of the team to reflect that, to reflect how the fans are feeling. And right now the Panthers are the best they've ever been and the best of the team to reflect that, to reflect how the fans are feeling. And right now the Panthers are the best I've ever been and the best in the league. And I want a Homer voice at this time in Panthers history. I want that. You want Steve Goldstein.

Yes, I want that because it reflects how great this team has become. Did Goldie die? No. I just thought it was a cool call. Great call. Yeah, great call The bounce back from that entry so cool He has a great hockey voice. Yeah, he does Chuck is back tonight by the way Nothing worse than watching a hockey game with a guy calling the game who doesn't have a great hockey voice

He doesn't have this classic hockey voice though No, he's got a very unique voice for for play-by-play especially in that sport and he is a South Florida guy So it's really cool. And I think he's risen to the level of getting close to national prominence I I've seen over the last few years him get the occasional national gig. He's called multiple Olympics on the radio Yeah, am I missing something here doesn't when you about Steve, you're asking about an accent. There's some New York in his accent. Yes. Yeah, but I mean, he's been down here in South Florida

for what, 30 plus years at this point? But to be a voice in hockey, there aren't that many of them, right? These are cool broadcasting jobs. Like I don't know if people have been noticing also locally Jorge Sedano is now learning the craft of how to do play by play all over the place because he wants to be versatile as the media changes like to

ride one of these rockets as a broadcaster you get to go along for the ride in a way that also helps you economically more people are hearing you they're listening to your story they start to know your story you develop a connection with the team oh this guy rides with them from there the same way Eric Reid rides with the heat from back there where he slices Doc Rivers the other day with, oh, it's a lot easier talking under the headsets, Doc Rivers, as you coach the bucks, giving your opinions. Eric Reid saying that slices more because you know it's a voice that is courteous and decent, but also just slaughterhouse Homer. Like slaughterhouse Homer, like,

okay, we're gonna ride this, and oh, you don't like our team, we'll ride the magical carpet ride of Eric Reed and Steve Goldstein. They're gonna gallop into the galaxy being Homer-ific for the rest of your lives. Unless you're Tripp Tracy of the Carolina Hurricanes, who wants to celebrate Matthew Kachuk

getting yanked from a game because of injury, Unless you're trip Tracy of the Carolina Hurricanes who once says celebrate Matthew Kachuk getting Yanked from a game because of injury Disgusting display and his apology if you can call it that wasn't really one at all He set a really bad example for the youth of America Hockey broadcaster. Yeah, well, I got the memory of an elephant mr. Tracy I got the memory of an elephant, Mr. Tracy. Stugatz once called Mike Greenberg Goldie. I do like that idea, Goldie of, ah, Goldie. Grity, I like the idea of a friend named Goldie.

I called you Goldie. That was a bad. Kind of a name is Tripp. I can't believe we smung that sound away from me at the end that it wasn't so valuable to them. I do like that idea, Goldie. Goldie, Greeny. I like the idea.

I have a friend named Goldie. I called you Goldie. That's our intellectual property. We smuggled it away. That's too hot. So I need ESPN. Why did I stop and explain? I...

Goldie. Because you couldn't believe you were tap dancing with Goldberg. Those were the heights. Those were the heights of Goldie. I was tap dancing with Greeny. That's were tap dancing with Goldberg. You those were the heights those were the heights of I was tap dancing with Greenie That's a phone Goldberg a lot going on Hammer time I do like that idea Goldie of Goldie Greenie. I like the idea. I have a friend named Goldie. I called you Goldie

Kickrat hard in the head ended his career. Yeah reckless wrestler appeared Bill Goldberg Fakes don't go to love my favorite thing in pro wrestling is how much Brad Hart hates Bill Goldberg He even insists on calling him Bill Goldberg Because he knows he hates that instead of just Goldberg Got kicked in the head by Bill Goldberg cost me 17 million dollars What's the matter Dan? You got Hank confused with greedy

Yes, that's what's a matter that's all it happens that I know but that so I've got a fine on on Goldberg $35 I Got it seven funds. Are you really digging into here? You still have a wallet. Look at you. So Greg, you're about to go up head to head with Samson in a couple minutes, right?

Are you prepared? Like what, what, what, Dan, what advice can you give him? Cause I feel like he's being set up for a blind site. No, what's going on, but Greg doesn't. You have the information here. I, you know what's going on, but Greg doesn't. You have the information here. You're leading him to a slaughter. I don't know what's going on. I've asked Chris.

Samson's insisted on coming on, because we've got a legitimate problem on our hands, and I don't know the depths of it. Chris, do you, because Samson insists on coming on to talk to Greg about it on air? I just got a text. I need to come on tomorrow. It's business.

Wow. Nothing personal. He didn't even say nothing personal, he was just like business, gotta talk to your dad. Wait and see. Okay, 927, I don't know more than that. I just call him, you guys could call each other. I don't know what the allegation is, I have no idea.

Greg, I will say this, regardless of the allegations, I sigh with you. Thank you. Okay. I appreciate that. I don't need a single detail, I sigh with Greg. Thank you. Okay. I appreciate that. I don't need a single detail, I sigh with Greg Totey. Can we decide this based on vote? But if not arm wrestling, can votes decide how this ends?

It is election season, Dan. Sure, but what is that going to prove to anybody? Nothing, you're in charge, so we just ask you, can we decide if you have votes? I mean, it depends on what the accusation is. Yes. John Rocker would also be on my list. Oh pure sniffles Folks whether you're hosting a game day a movie night

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It's Dijorno. Don Libertad! I miss crank windows. Too many unnecessary conveniences now, cruise control. Please, I've got cruise control built in. It's called my right foot. It controls how fast the car goes. No button for steering wheel lever needed.

Power steering, there's another one. Why don't I give my power to the car? The power that I once had. The car is a ton of metal. I'm a damn college graduate. Stugats. Bluetooth, HD radio, satellite. I'll take AM, please, with Wolfman Jack

talking through the static. And I'll crank the windows down so everybody can hear. I'm Greg Cody, and that's how it was back in my day. This is the Don Lebatar Show with the Stugas. ["Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"] Billy, I have a concern here as we onboard David Samson here shortly because I've got a problem. Like, we run the company, but Samson runs the merch store.

I, you know, I said said last week and this is genuine, what Greg did to me didn't feel terribly fair where he's texting me, hey I wanna put merch up on my store, give me an answer, I just wanna make sure it's cleared, my people are worried, but I'm just checking in, what should I do? And 27 hours later I said check with our COO. And then he said, no, ship sailed, I already did it.

And now things are for sale. And now I've got a problem where David Sampson's bothering me with shit I don't wanna worry about cause lebatardaf.com is just a little place that was meant to pay some employees some extras and it's turned into this ugly thing that's now run like a business. But Greg was asking you, he wanted a quick answer, he made that very clear.

It's 27 hours later, does not work for Greg. Yeah, evidently not. Not fast enough. COV Dan, I mean, I got to be more prompt. Yeah. Right, okay, so that's what happened and we'll bring on David Sampson in just a second. A what? A second, thank you Roy. But Billy, Greg has had his foot up on the table and one of these rotten boat shoes that is

uh... Decks shoes. Same from the 1980s. One of... This is a new one. He finally got rid of the ones that were... You buried in the backyard. Right. What were those? How old were those? Oh, those were from the 70s, I think. Deck Cody.

Yeah. Deck and deckle. But... I have new ones that I got for Christmas, but I can't bear to part with these. So I haven't even begun breaking in the new ones yet. But what's happening with your leg? Cause Billy was laughing at the way you limped in

because you weren't even talking bowling injury. You came in saying, hey, I'm not going to be able to make bowling. Well, no questionable. He hasn't ruled himself out. Right. Day to day. I'll throw a He hasn't ruled himself out yet. Day to day. I'll throw a practice frame to see how it feels.

When I tweaked my left hamstring, you couldn't, you know, that's my plant foot. So I knew that that would disable me for a couple of weeks. But this is an injury that feels like it's in the back of my kneecap. And it hurts when I sit and when I stand, I injured myself sitting on a couch. That's great. And I sat awkwardly, felt it right away, I had a fine night's sleep, but then when I woke up this morning, ouch.

I literally said the word ouch, which I never say. It's like last week when I sneezed and the actual sound was ouch. When I woke up this morning, I stood up and I actually said the word ouch. Are you sure you didn't say ouch? No, I didn't say ouch. I said ouch and nobody was in the room to hear me.

Wow, unbelievable. Did it really happen? Wow. No, it did. It did really happen. This is the problem with the renegade parts of this business. That Greg Cody's achu now could be his intellectual property because we haven't signed any contracts about how that sound gets used. We're a free media thing. All our sound is our own.

Now, Greg Cody wants to fight about whether He-Ha-3 is his, or He-Ha-3 is Metal-Arcs. Did you say we're getting paid for the merch store? I mean... Are we getting paid for the merch store? David Sampson just sent me a text. He's very upset. He said, let's go. I don't have all day. All right. Well, you guys have at it here. All right. Sampson just sent me a text he's very upset he said let's go I don't have all day. Alright well you guys have at it here alright Sampson come on yeah no well Sampson just you're in charge of the

merch store so I've got chaos on my hands what's happening now? Well the reason why you have chaos on your hands is that you asked me to do this and then when I call you to tell you that something has to be done you wash your hands of it pretending that you're above it and you don't want to upset anyone in your employee. So you play both sides and then you tell me that I have to do it and the only way I can reach you is on air. So I need to do it today Greg. Strong language. We go back a long way and I am sorry for what I'm about to do not but you violated our company policy And no one's gonna say anything so I have to and instead of

Telling you what you did. I was going to sing it to you though. You did not invite me to be a part of he-haw 3 So I merely need to deliver this message to you very clearly. Is that what this is about? No, no, this is about money. Clearly only money, not fame, not fortune, just money. Dear Mr. Cotay, it has come to our attention that you have been selling clothing merchandise using intellectual property owned by Metalark Media and Den Labitar. That's a disputere without proper authorization. That's that's in dispute. Oh, we haven't even started. Okay. This unauthorized use constitutes a violation of our copyright. Violate it. MetalArch media and Den Labitarre hold exclusive

rights to the intellectual property associated with our brand and content your sale of merchandise without our consent infringes upon these rights and undermines the integrity of our brand, but they have we demand We demand Greg coat that you immediately cease and Desist what from selling any merchandise that utilizes Metal Arc Media's IP, including, wait for it Greg, but not limited to trademarks, logos, any proprietary materials, and, you don't have 27 hours my friend, you have 24 hours upon receipt of this message.

Yeah, and then you're gonna hit me the worst part. The worst part, or what? Well, I'm glad you asked. Failure to comply with this demand will result in further legal action to enforce our rights under copyright law. We reserve the right to pursue all available remedies,

including seeking damages, including from Chris, should you be unable and unwilling to pay. Any financial harm that has been caused by your infringement. Okay, so. May I respond or are you on a filibuster here? Hmm. Like, do I have a chance to respond? Oh, you will have to respond.

Good. Can Chris respond? Please confirm in writing. I'm eager to respond. I'm ready to vote. I object. Please confirm in writing within 24 hours of receipt of this message that you have ceased all sales of infringing merchandise and that you will refrain from any future unauthorized

use of Metal Arc Media's intellectual property. Sincerely, not Dan Levittard, I asked him to sign this, he refused, therefore I'm signing it. And I do have the authority under Metal Arc Media's umbrella to sign this letter. Okay, I'm going to say what I'm going to say and if you need it in writing, then grab a pen off your desk and write what I'm about to say. Two things.

Number one, the phrase he-haul is my intellectual property. And I am absolutely entitled to sell he-haul merchandise on my website. I have an attorney who will back me up on that. Number two, an unnamed high-ranking metal arc executive daresay ranked above the level of merchandise store clerk. I did not approve this. It was not Dan. It was another unnamed high-ranking executive. You didn't give me. There is. It was not Dan. I did not approve this. It was another unnamed high ranking executive.

You didn't give me time to respond. I responded 27 hours. You got to talk to the COO in charge of this. It's the second in command there. Okay, alright. So it wouldn't have to go up to Skipper, the dumbass merch store. Wouldn't have to bother. Skipper was the most powerful man in sports.

You're going to bother him with your merch with he and ha! He ha three, bada! I have text proof that I had at least tacit approval. Tacit approval. To go ahead with this. And so between my intellectual property attorney siding with me and my high-ranking metal-lock executive in text form granting approval you have no case David Samson that kind of thing so

forth and so on. So Mr. Cote I appreciate your prompt response but you miss two very important things. One, LeBatard AF has been selling He-Ha merchandise since its inception, and the reason why it is intellectual property is that it's not allowed. They should cease and desist doing so. Wow. Well, I would certainly encourage you and whatever subcult lawyer you have. Right. 24 hours, David, to write back to Greg on that one.

Oh, he will not. Please, send a cease and desist to John Skipper over our merchant. How many publicly fighting over like $400 in t-shirts? What are we doing? We're gonna hire lawyers on both sides to fight over a he and a ha. Yeah, I don't have to hire a lawyer, I married one.

Listen, Dan, if you wanna solve it, you can end this right now. If you want to relinquish rights to your intellectual property to Greg and Greg Cody and the Greg Cody show by all means, just tell me. I don't have skin in the game because I make the same amount off the merch store as Stu gots.

Zero. You're the one who makes the money off the merch store. No, I don't, as a matter of fact. No, I'm talking to Dan. I coined the phrase, I eat butt all the time. It turns up on a lebatard show merch store my phrase I didn't get a free t-shirt My hobby said that on the show. Yes. Thank you Please keep in mind folks that every word that said when you have a metal arc microphone is

Property of metal work. Yeah, what if it's my ideas and fun frame and intellectual property is owned by Dan? What if I say is metal arc on Nike? We can't keep calling. Contextually, yes. We cannot keep doing this thing of I eat, but all the time is property that's intellectual. There's a three.

I'm not going to have this creative company ruined by I eat butt all the time. Is that metal arcs or is that theirs? Is he his or is Haw there? He-Haw is my intellectual property and I'm gonna challenge the audience to rebel against the authoritarian David Sampson by going to the Greg Cody show merch store or what's it called dot com it's whatever it's called whatever it's called whatever it's called dot com buying merchandise whatever it's called you cannot wait a minute wait a minute yes now Dan's promoting you can't be so bad at

this you cannot be so bad oh yes he. That you ask your son the incompetent. Right. We just coined the, we just bought the phrase a couple of days ago, I haven't memorized it yet. Right. I said, what's this, whatever.com. Despite when you're sitting in that chair. Whatever it's called.

Whatever it's called. We're going to break your website right now. I want sales of that show. I'm gonna cut without even wanting to or needing to, I'm gonna give LeBatard a 5% vigourish of all sales. What do you do with the next? Wait a minute, video's coming. He's taking 100% of your sales.

Video is promoting their website instead of ours, David, because this is what happens. It's outrageous. That has to be edited out. We are not promoting other people's websites. And Greg, now that you've been warned, any revenue that you get from this live moment on For a he-ha shirt that actually just adds to our

You know how much this terrain is worth you just wasted our time with promoting your website and causing me a problem With this guy because we're fighting over he and ha come on this offends Mike Ryan And it should I mean I don't know who this tacit is guy who's just given approval left and right. Okay, it's a high ranking executive. Is it time to vote or what? I'm not gonna throw him under the bus. You're welcome Greg.

I will privately show the text to those in my coterie. How's this vote gonna go? I'm just gonna have full scale employee revolt. I don't know, I mean I don't know how the election's gonna go. It's fixed. Wow. Oh.

Do you know how hard it is, Samson to enter a dispute? Stugott says sight unseen, I sighed with Greg Cody and he leaves the dispute, feeling like he's never won bigger. I'm the little guy.