The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Postgame Show: You CAN Know What Someone's Going Through (feat. JuJu Gotti)

Episode Date: June 18, 2025

We have a three-way competition between Andrew Streeter, Yeti Blanc, and Jeremy Tache for post-Stanley Cup Victory songs. (Jeremy also has a jingle he wasn't prepared to play for Tony Reali). Plus, JuJu earns ATH points with his takes on the WNBA and Mental Health Awareness Month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Proximo. Cuervo.com. Please drink responsibly. Cuervo. A truly lovely three days with Tony Reale having him around here, making everything a little brighter and, and bringing us a championship. Yes, I think I could take credit for that. We were not sure would be here this week. I remain stunned that the Panthers did it that way at the end. I thought at the beginning of that series

it was gonna be an all-time series, and then all of a sudden it's like, no, it's not, Panthers are better, never mind, Panthers are gonna do all the scoring Oilers are tired We have some song to commemorate some of the things that were done around here So I don't know whether this is Yeti or straighter or Jeremy. Where are you gonna start Billy on some of the songs? Where are you gonna start? I'm gonna start with Andrew Street. There's a follow-up to a song He had last year about Mcoverrated

This is good You're still makeover rated. Your contract might have been for a hundred million bucks. But none of that can matter. I'll let you hoist the cup. Just listen to Grant Cody. Because that guy knows Puck. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

Oh. Oh. These guys are great. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. You're still makeover rated. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. You're still makeover rated. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha God, that is so good. They're strong, huh? Andrew's tremendous, man. It's a him. It's only just one guy. Really?

That's one guy. One man Ben. Andrew. Wow. I mean, sending love to that guy today. He's our shaky graves. That guy knows puck is what he said of Greg Cote. That's the echo from Edmonton to here.

That guy knows puck. Let's see what competition we have for him. Ooh, a little dashboard confessional. Let's go get it. I'm hearing some cold play. Paul taught him how to sing. He grates with no exemption. You're not a king without a crown.

He sees McJesus skating by. Dashboard confessional, yeah. Another year with hopes degraded, the cup evaded. He's writing down the Conners. Makeoverated, Leonno titled, they are gone. Read what he writes. You never knew it all along. Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe man yet he brought it to also also one guy Jeremy is also He's proud to sing, he grades with no exemption. Man, yet he brought it too. Also one guy.

Jeremy is also one guy and he's here to make fun of Mike Ryan. Mike and his relationship with Brad Marshon, constantly calling him a bad guy. So, here we go. Oh yeah. Brad Marshon was a Bruin and I hate those jerks Very nice.

Like no one can so when Harmonizing. The cats traded for my man I thought he's a criminal Lash out, say he's a bad player And he's just your average third liner. Help win the cup, he could never. But then he scored six goals.

So he's a bad guy. Locker room is glad guy. Seemingly good dad guy. Jolly like just dad guy. I can throw up my hands and say I messed up. Panthers just won the cup. so tell Brad I said what's up And I'm the bad guy Duh

Woo Oh wow We're gonna get to Juju here in a second Good job Jeremy Yes good job Jeremy He gets very little praise around here So let me knock him down a peg He's not confident in the song that he made

about Tony Reali. There was supposed to be a song about Tony Reali to introduce Tony Reali. It was supposed to introduce him and be ready three days ago and then two days ago and it was never ready for the lab. And then what ended up happening is this. We're gonna have to play it

because he's leaving for the week. So what was supposed to be the introduction is gonna have to be the goodbye. So I will go ahead and send that to Billy because I have not sent it yet because I was embarrassed by it. It's just a demo track. We're doing a parody of the Mentos jingle and you know, I was recording some scratch vocals yesterday.

That sounds fresh. It does sound fresh. Let me get it to Billy. I'll get it. It's not as good as any of the three songs you just heard. We'll see if we play it at the end or not, but let's bring in Juju here. And Tony, you were talking about,

I'm gonna call it the Caitlin Clark story because I guess if she's involved in any story, it's always gonna become. It's always becoming that, but Juju knows this. I mean, there's multiple news cycles that happen with the league. Is the league versus Caitlin Clark? Is the league propped up by Caitlin Clark? And it's all tiresome to me as a fan of the game. Right, right. And it's one of

the things that I've grown ultimately tired of as well. While appreciating the coverage that comes along with it, it's just very frustrating that not one mention of the fever clenching a spot in the commissioner's cup with that victory. Not one mention of the New York Liberty's epic comeback against the Atlanta Dream last night to secure the fever spot against the returning Minnesota Lynx going back to the

Commissioner's Cup after winning it last year on the back of a performance, second half performance by one of the stud Bugs Courtney Williams and a great effort from Diamond Miller last night while Nafisa Collier went out with a back injury. Not one mention of the wings getting their first home victory in front of Gino Arieema while giving a hug to Arikay, her hated rivals. Not one mention of the 32 points required

from Brittany Sykes and the Washington Mystics come back against the sky on the road. Like, bro, I feel like if we gonna talk about Kaitlyn Clark, let's actually do a service to the game as well. Not just, oh, Kaitlin got pushed. Did you see it? And that's leading all of the news cycles, but not one credit to the actual league.

And that's where the frustration grows within the league. Well, you just did it right there. The league has raised its game. I think you would agree with that. And the rivalry now, Minnesota, New York is there. But even to say that this is only happening to King Clark, we can remember, you remember a time, Juge, when there were the Jordan rules in the NBA decades ago. Are we seeing that now where Clark is officiated differently or the players of the league are

going up against her differently? Yeah, most definitely. Just like when the Pistons, every time MJ came across the paint, they put him on his behind and when they lost to him finally, they didn't shake his hand. They just let him walk right by. So yeah, I definitely think that the sister is going to be the best player we've ever seen in the league. I can pretty much predict that.

But at the same time, the growing pains of watching her become that star, us people in the media have to get used to some of these things that are just regular, not preposterous. What I understand about how Juju is covering this, because it's not like this is the first time he's registered this objection. He deeply cares about the specifics, the details of what the competition is birthing, and the only time it becomes a national controversy

that we the men can talk about is if it's Caitlin Clark adjacent or it has some of the powder keg stuff that Caitlin Clark has. And so it's a tough place for him to be in as someone who wants everyone in the league to be celebrated for their greatness. And all those people can have all their resentments

toward Caitlin Clark for the coverage, even though that's not Caitlin Clark's fault, it's our fault. I think it's, I think part of what we've seen over the last two or three years is the coverage of the game Needs to get up to a certain level and I also would apply that to the refereeing in the game So I think we saw that last night. Well, that's a problem Well, that's what that's what juju is complaining about but juju it Were you able to see that in Atlanta?

Were you saying that that happened to your dream last night and it happened in Atlanta or was that in New York? It was in New York. I got a multi-screen set up over here. So I kept my eyes on both games at once. The dream were up 17 points in the second half with a spot in the commissioner club secure almost. And then Sabrina Yanescu, 34 points. Brianna Stewart, everybody locked in that fourth quarter and snatched a victory,

which was the reason that the Fever were allowed to get that spot in the Commissioner's Cup Championship. I know, Tony, that Juju is appreciative of the general vibe and energy you bring around here. It's something that he brings around here a lot. You're simpatico, you and I, Juju. You and I talk about about on South Beach Sessions some of the mental health stuff that'll come out tomorrow,

but Juju has been telling us that this is Mental Health Awareness Month, and he has been wanting for a while to keep telling people to not be alone with whatever it is that their anxieties are. Juju, is there anything on that front that you wanted to speak power to today? Yes, I think as well, like everybody in this office, we don't tell them enough that they are so special, bro. Like we come in here, we clown everyone,

we do all the jokes or whatever, but we don't necessarily remind them on the way out that, man, you're actually awesome, bro. And so Tony, reality, when Nick Wright is giving you your props, bro, that's a brother who don't give nobody too many props. And so I feel like that's one of the things you can lean on in times where a month down the line, too much down the line, when you're going through a rough patch, you can rely on, man, don't worry about my brother, Nick, right?

They really hit me in the right spot. You feel me? No pun intended. And also one of the people who did the other songs today, Andrew Streeter, I wanna send some love out to that brother. He's dealing with an incredible, incredible loss right now. And in that loss, he found the time to still send us songs and be cheerful for us to play these wonderful songs he's making.

And so this, I wanna send love out to that brother and all the people out there that's dealing with loss and everybody who just feels alone. No bro, you got somebody just reach out to your friends, tell them what's bothering you bro. And I promise you, most people will surprise you and give it down. Juju, I could not agree with you more.

First of all, sending love to Andrew because he needs it and deserves it. But when you talk about vulnerability in the mental health space, talking with your friends, I know you and I have spoken before, but transparently, Tony, you have represented that for so many of us around the TV space who are up and comers and trying to break into this business

over the last several years because of even what we just spoke about before, you're this beacon of positivity and light and energy toward everyone. And with that, you've also been vulnerable in sharing the fact that you do have anxiety that can simmer underneath, or depression that can simmer underneath.

And as someone who has tried to kind of model my professional life in some ways and professional persona after what I saw you do when I was 10 years old. I'm a pleaser who wants to just bring positivity to people's lives and anxiety can simmer underneath that for sure. And your ability to articulate that and show people, hey, I don't, as Dan mentioned,

I don't look like the anxious person when you see me on the outside, but I'm dealing with things inside, and that I think exactly plays to what Juju was talking about here. Very nice of you to say, I think there's an expression we use, it's like you never know what's going on for someone else,

you never know what's going on behind the scenes for someone else, and my view of that is you can know because that person can verbalize what that is. So that was my thought process. That's how I would experience it. If I was going through something, I would want to share it to demonstrate that someone else now who may be in that situation

can see a model for that. But the reality is you never know when someone's going through. Well, you can. you can have seen them. I'm gonna get to the polls in a second but as Jeremy was pouring his heart out Billy was whispering to me listen to Jeremy's terrible vocals. YouTube Now he comes to you might have a guest or two Tony reality Couldn't quite nail that last note I'm Tony Freshness, fresh forever with Tony Fresh and full of life. Couldn't quite nail that last note. Oh, would you stop?

Get out of here. That is phenomenal. I mean, that's my heart outside of my body. That's it. That's what you imagine this would all be, the Mentos commercial? Oh, I mean, I am a child of that era, so that's that. And Tony Freshness sounds exactly what I would love to be. That's, you, okay, do I need to explain

what Mentos was to the world? I don't think Billy's impressed. I think you should explain to Billy why it is that was moving to you. The fresh maker. With Mentos, if you had a parking spot that was too small, if you took Mentos, people would come out of the woodwork to lift up a car and pull you out of it.

With Mentos, if you were going to a job interview and you sat on wet paint, you would pinstripe your suit with just this simple candy in your mouth. Tony, are you aware of this? Vaguely. Like I've seen the YouTube of the commercial maybe somewhere far away and then I looked at it Oh, yeah, that kind of thing. It's a banger, too

I don't know I don't know what type of pinstripe suit thing bring it's like a paint roller and he like holes the oh You got it. You got it. Yeah, I've seen it. Mm-hmm tangential positivity that comes okay. Oh no. Oh, he can't cross the street What's gonna happen? How is he possibly? Going to summit this Everest? Well, he just took a Mentos, and now he's working his way through the limo. Oh, and that's a, yeah, yeah, guy's got a car phone, so you know he's very snooty.

That's a good commercial right there. Nice little look. It had such sensibility of this is Euro cool. Didn't it? I don't know where Mentos was made in the world. Even the taste of it didn't connote American taste. Where is it? Does Mentos give off foreign freshness to you guys?

No, where is Mentos? I'm with him. The delivery was Mentos, the fresh maker. It was almost like we're Dutch and we're trying to really put this out there. In the Netherlands. I was gonna say Swedish. Come on, man.

Still got it, still got it. Okay, put it on the poll please at Levitard Show. Do you think of Mentos as a foreign candy? Because even the little exercises they went through, I mean, that wouldn't stop an American from going through somebody's, we would do that, you know, regularly. But if you're Dutch, you needed Mentos to get over the hump

of doing something that was fresh. But to me, you know, it's positivity, too. So that's, Jeremy, you nailed me in a song. Thank you. Now, now I also like what we can do with that. We could spin that off now because you know, this is on YouTube. I'm going to be doing more than maybe the, the, the just the around the horn type of sports debate or anything, but I'm going to, I'm going gonna delve into other places. So some, I may need a Norwegian speed metal version of Mentos. I may need a 1920s Charleston jazz version.

You think we can pull that one off? I think that we can maybe. I'm happy to go back in there and knock it with you. Maybe the next time that you come down here or we have you on Zoom, by then, get in the lab, I can get in the lab, I can bring in the keyboard, and actually start working on some stuff

and give you some different versions. Maybe even throughout the show. I'm gonna be doing kids, kids so we can do kids' instruments. I know that's already part of somebody else's, that's Fallon's routine, but yeah. I know we're big on supporting each other. Today when I pulled into the garage,

I was not feeling well last night or this morning, but I powered through. So today when I pulled into the garage. You were a hero today. You, as Cody abandoned, he abandoned his responsibilities and you were a hero today. That's fine, I'll take it. When I pulled into the garage,

the first thing I saw was Jeremy taking his keyboard out of his car and I just rolled my eyes in the back and I said, oh my gosh. You wrote this today and put it out for me Jeremy? I do what a mistake this was today. We've established this already, but I've known Jeremy for about 10 years or so and it came from a musical place.

His submission to Around the Horn was musical. We've had Billy's cl- We've had Billy's cl- Billy has clearly had enough of everyone's positivity. He wants to go home for the day. We're going to bring in the crew here to celebrate more championship. Uh oh. I'm sure that'll make him feel better.

As Juju does the polls. We gotta bank. Juju, you do the polls while we celebrate here. If you can speak loudly, please. We are champions in South Florida. Update the polls here, Juju. This is going to go well. Forever. Back to back champion.

When you meet a guy named Jeremy, do you assume that he's Hispanic? 91% of the audience says no they don't. That's fair. And speaking of support, support Angel Resto by going to lebataraf.com and getting some shirts. You feel me? New McOver-rated shirt available today. Does baby poop smell fine or nice until the solid foods come?

64% of the audience says no that baby poop is not. They don't remember. 64% I'm going to do a taste test with you. Alright go Gapho. Last pose. Does a pinky ring symbolize you want to make a bet? 76% of the audience says, yes it does. Those are your pose. Choose you on Aliouf after the finals.

Check him out on Aliouf. The Panthers are champions. Thank you Tony Reale. Alright, I'm positive.