The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: Frank Azaria & The EZ Street Band

Episode Date: October 14, 2024

Hank Azaria (briefly) joins the crew to discuss his Mets, his Jets, and his Bruce Springsteen cover band. Then, Stu and Greg are starting to come around on the 12-team College Football Playoff as Jess and the Shipping Container take us through an unreal weekend of College Football. Plus, the potential Yankees-Dodgers World Series, Paintin' Manning, and road trips. Also, after referencing his extended family, Greg Cote is furious that the crew wants to know more about his extended family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBattard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, Fat Face, and the habitual liar.

Alright, a very exciting sports day is upon us. Well, upon me and Hank Azaria who will join us in a second but I have piqued Greg Cody's curiosity because I informed him that our friend Hank has started a Bruce Springsteen cover band and you are glued to your computer looking things up. Super exciting. I'm a big Bruce fan. I love the idea of a cover band. I love the name of the cover band. Hank Azaria and the EZ Street Band. Perfect. Perfect. I'm sure they slay live in person. Right. Public performance and I can't wait to hear them. Chris, I was just as surprised as you were

that your dad used the word slay. Yeah, I don't know what he's doing there. Next is mid. Right. Hank joins us now. Hank, whose idea was it for the Bruce Springsteen cover bit? Hello? Hello.

Yo. Yo. Yo, Hello. Hello. How are you, Hank? I'm good. I'm good. How you doing? I'm doing good. We were discussing the the Bruce Springsteen cover band that you'll put together and I'm wondering whose idea like how did that come to

fruition here, Frank Frank Frank Frank. That's great. I'm going gonna call you Frank for the rest of the time. He looks like a Frank. He does look like a Frank. Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, Bruce Talks since I was 15. I thought let me sing some songs as Bruce surprised my party guest, cheered myself up. And it went so well that we became a cover band and we raised money for charity doing it. We're known as Frank Azaria and the EZ Street Band. I knew that would come back to haunt me. Oh yeah, you're never living that down. Now, sadly, by the way,

I have two minutes. I'm so sorry. I was supposed to be on a while ago. So, I basically have enough time to say, let's go Jets, let's go Mets, and we'll be at Brooklyn Bowl in New York if you're a geyser in New York. November 8th, come see us. Excellent. Hank, this has the chance to be the best day of our lives. Also has the chance to be the worst day of our lives. How do the chance to be the worst day of our lives. How do you feel right now? How do you think it's going to go for you? I feel like yin and yang.

In general, I feel optimistic about the Mets because I like their ownership and their GM. So this is all house money. So even if the Dodgers sweep the Mets, I still feel kind of good in general, right? And the Jets, I feel like, you know, they can, I'm kind of optimistic about this year. I think Rogers always start slow. They'll play better. They may make the playoffs, but I don't feel good about them as an organization because I'd be loony to feel that way about them.

What did you think of the Jets canning their coach? I feel like it can't hurt. I mean, on the penalties alone, like I wanted him gone for two years, like, what is with that? And now that the rest of the team is a little more buttoned up, it just jumps out. It's like, in what year of your coaching tenure are you going to address stupid penalties?

Ha ha ha ha. And maybe this is the kind of shake up What year of your coaching tenure are you going to dress stupid penalties? And you know, so, and maybe, you know, this is the kind of shake up that, I mean, Rogers and whoever is the coach of the team, that's just what we're doing. Their defense seems good under all bricks. So let's just see what happens. I know you have to run. If you could only choose one team to win today, jets or match you're choosing who? Mets because like I say oh really I mean they're they're an championship run I mean I want to see them you know how often you get this Jets the Jets are just like this lost cause that for some reason I'm attached to right I'll tell you the only reason I ask that is because I've seen the

Mets win a World Series I haven't seen I can't recall the last time I saw the Jets in first place. Yeah, but if this were the NFC Championship game, I'd probably be pulling for the Jets. Right. But it ain't. They'd be in the AFC Championship game, Frank. Pardon me. All right, Promote, where are're going to be again one more time. We appreciate you joining us.

Brooklyn Bowl, November 8th, EZ Street Band featuring Frank Azaria. All right. I miss you, buddy. I'm going to go check out a concert. Take care, man. Please do. Good to just talk to you ever briefly. I'll come back and wine more at another time.

Let's see how tonight goes and then perhaps we'll have you back tomorrow. Thank you, Hank. Yeah, go Jets, go Mets. I want two victories tonight. That's what I want. All right, selfish, okay. All right, all right. Perfect.

And unrealistic. See you, buddy. You love the idea of starting a cover band. No, you guys are all gonna call BS on me with the Mets and the Jets. Why? No, no, you're attending a concert as well. I'm calling BS.

No, no, that's what I'm saying. I'm with Roy. If we were gonna do Draft King's odds on you attending a Hank Azaria concert. I would go just for Hank. Not in the Brooklyn Bowl. You never going is like minus 800. I don't understand why you keep saying

this could be one of the best days of your life. Like it's- Billy, I'm a fan of the Mets and the Jets. Yeah, but it's like week six of the NFL. Sports life. This is not a super Mets and the Jets. Yeah, but it's like week six of the NFL. This is not a super meaningful game for the Jets. It's a game for first place. We have week six of the season. I know, but it's beating Buffalo, it's beating Josh Allen,

it's Monday night, it's Aaron Rodgers. If they're gonna do that, he's likely gonna have a big game. But it's week six. You're not winning the division today. You're not clinching. Of the teams that I root for, the one I want to see win the most, because I haven't seen them

win yet, is the Jets. Yeah, but you're doing like, It's a regular season game. I know, but it's a game for first place. And it's game two of the NLCS. They're down to one, though, so. The fact that you asked that question. It's so clearly a Mets victory that you need more than a Jets victory

Even if you're want the Jets to win more in the playoffs like this is such a big game for the Mets My Mets fans gonna fan over right? Thank you, Greg. Yeah, I mean the NFL means more to me at this point and the Jets mean more to me at this point Than the Mets right and and if you follow two teams, one has more of your heart than the other, right? Like emotionally, you're more of a Jets fan. Yes. There you go.

It's really a product of, I've seen the Islanders win Stanley Cups. They won four straight in the 80s. I've seen the Knicks have some success, although I haven't seen them win a championship. But the Riley years were fantastic. I've had nothing with the Jets. I had two years with Mark Sanchez, that's it.

Well, I had that one other year with Vinnie Testaverde of 14 to nothing, or it was a 10 nothing at halftime of the AFC championship game, and they blew it in the second half, didn't go to the Super Bowl. I've had precious few moments with this football team. We got Aaron Rodgers two years ago, I've been waiting for this game, a game at home, national platform, Monday Night Football against Josh Allen with a new

coach. I have been waiting for this moment since Aaron Rodgers has arrived in New York and so I'm excited for it. How did that come to fruition here, Frank? Thank you. You're welcome. It was the fruition. It was already the F was already there and he looks like a Frank. I mean I'm serious. He looks like a Frank. Put it on the ball. Does Hank look like a Frank? If you're gonna call him anything but Hank, he's a Frank. Frank Azaria. He's probably got a brother named Frank. You think? Yeah, absolutely. Just because they rhyme? Franks and Hanks go together. Really? really yeah his name is Henry

Yeah, Hank you think there's a Hank Sinatra out there somewhere. Yeah, really I do Frank's lesser-known brother Frank Aaron yeah What is it about celebrities whenever you like have up like their siblings name rhyme with their name, it's funny. You know, it's like, is that Bo Thiesman? There's just something about a name. Oh, it's Spitz. It's just, there's just something about a name rhyming. I like this bit, keep going.

Yeah, it's like, I'm not gonna play it anymore. Ben and Ken. No, please keep playing it. You're adding material? Moe Biden, my brother Moe Moe Biden my brother Moe my brother Moe he's great He could be president younger than me sitting around the kitchen table and scram Hank has to rescue cats one named Mookie and the other named Wilson So you do it. On my dad's podcast this week,

Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody. With? We do, Fine. Greg Doesn't Know Movies, which is a popular bit. We bring my brother in, we ask him obvious movie questions. And so I'll give you guys a little spoiler alert. Here's one we did.

Okay. We said, dad, name one actor that has played the Joker in a movie. So you know, there's a lot of answers here. You know, Jack Nicklaus. Nicklauson. Nicklauson. Nicklaus.

You had the golden bear. He's a heath ledger. And my dad's answer was John Ledger. I was thinking of John Legend. Which is a hilarious visual. Easy mistake. John Legend playing the Joker would have been hilarious. I mean, I was thinking of John Legend which is a hilarious visual of John John Legend playing the Joker would been hilarious I mean I was thinking of that one Joker from the TV series back in the 60s Caesar Romero Caesar Romero

Original I couldn't come up with the name at the dog guy that's Caesar Milan Yeah That's another Explorer's name Caesar Romero No, I just couldn't come up with the second time you tried to make fun of your dad today There is a lesson to be learned there yeah, I did on purpose leave your damn dad alone that was just for comedy Sure. Yeah, okay Hank Thomas Hank Thomas the Hank Thomas. The big hurt. Exactly.

Even my cousin Hank. Willie Oost Bason played the Batman once. What? Hank Caliendo. Hey. Hank Stallone. I'll play this game all day. Frank O'Harris.

Hank O'Harris. I'll play this game all day. Franko Harris. Hanko Harris. Ha ha. Frank Goldberg, the hammer. See, Hanks and Franks go together. They do. Not one of these has been real.

I'm not lying. Right, Billy is. Hank and Beans. Yes. It's a fair point by Billy. We have no idea if any of these are real. All right, if you're a Frank out there and you got a brother named Hank, call 1-800-HANKS-AND-FRANKS. 786-456-4837.

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Yeah, this is the done libertar show with a stooge the It's going to be interesting. The the college football playoff. I'm starting to come around on on 12 teams. Yeah, I love it. And I'm starting to come around on the the merging of conferences because we are getting more great games than we've ever had and we're getting more meaningful games than we've ever had

and I'm telling you like this, the new matchup of undefeateds is the matchup of one lost teams. You can lose once. I don't think you can lose twice and make it to the college football playoff. And you have one of those this weekend with Tennessee and Alabama.

It's gonna be interesting. I don't think, Jess, do you think a two loss, a three loss team could get in? Well, between Tennessee and Alabama, I think so because Tennessee plays Alabama and Georgia and of course if you do end up playing in your conference Championship game and win and you're a highly ranked conference champion you will automatically get in so I do think there will be a number of two loss teams in the playoff because But the nature of conference championship weekend means that a lot of the one last teams will probably play against each other. I agree, and if you're an elite program,

Georgia, Texas, Alabama type level, two losses, you'll get the benefit of doubt over the small program that's had one of those 11 to one seasons. It's cool because of how many teams think they have a chance right now. That's really what they're doing with all of them. That is the cool thing though, right. That's what's great about it.

It's like the wild card in baseball. Like you have Illinois at five and one ranked 22. You know what their program right now? They're thinking, let's win out. And we, like, you know, they're not going to. They have a chance, right. It's just cool because that's what you have. So many teams here that are like this point in the season

thinking we can actually do this. Yeah, Miami's a good example, not to be parochial, but in a normal year, even if Miami is 6-0, they're not one of the top four teams. You're not thinking that they're a playoff team. Now, you certainly are, and they could lose to Louisville in their next game, and you're still thinking, all right, they're not out of it.

You know, they still have a chance to be top 12 but the ACC team like they could always win their conference to get in so like right even if they lost to Louisville in the four team they could still say we win the conference room in like I don't really yeah but you still have to win you still have to be one of the top two teams in your conference to play in the conference championship so like it's like the conference matchups are still super important to win because you don't want like a SMU or someone to like slip past you

and get a chance to play in that game. Because I do think with the ACC and possibly even the Big 12 this year, it will be interesting to see what happens to the conference championship losers if the committee is gonna favor it like a three loss SEC team that doesn't play in their conference championship game

versus the loser of the ACC or Big 12 championship and like how they compare and contrast ranked wins versus losses etc etc so I think it's really important for Miami to win the game the rest of the games on their schedule and at least make it to that game because then if you win you're in if you lose you still are 11 and 1 or 12 and 1 at that point you have a much better shot yeah particularly because Miami has is gonna play one of the weakest schedules they're not gonna have beaten a ranked team they're not gonna play the ranked team which is really weird but I saw some graphic that Mike tweeted out that

the Canes are like second and shrink the schedule right now or something I gotta look this up this house that might put out it was it was something let me get back to you Florida's done better since that opening loss like like Florida has they played better Yes, Florida has improved their strength. They did totally blow it against Tennessee this past weekend That was a game that yeah, they had but I think Christopher's point was the exact point It's more teams having a chance this late in the season. We're halfway through right, but they have a chance of making the playoffs Yeah, Illinois usually out of it by this time. They having a chance this late in the season, we're halfway through, but they have a chance of making the playoffs. Illinois usually out of it by this time, they have a chance, SMU has a chance.

Even a team like Syracuse, who has one loss, they have a chance, they play Miami final game of the season at Syracuse. Like if they run the table, one loss, beat Miami, they get a chance of getting in. You've probably got 20 teams, maybe two dozen teams that still think they have a realistic chance. It can't not be great for the sport.

I think the problem is, what we're waiting to see, at least I'm waiting to see, is if you could have a 12 seed upset, one of these big, I don't know if that's possible. Like you have it in college basketball, I don't know if we'll possible that you have a college basketball i don't know if we'll see that in college for yet that that but to it and i know it's only twelve teams but it's going to have that march madness feel to it yes there is a twelve beating a one now the there's buys so it you know i don't know how that would work but there's going to be an upset

i would think and and that's going to be the joy of it to to wait for that to see an iowa in the championship game? I mean, anything can happen. Right. I'm good with Iowa State not making it to a championship game ever. I mean, they played good against West Virginia.

There were a couple bad turnovers at the end for West Virginia, but still, they won. It's what I say with the NCAA tournament. I want George Mason to advance the elite eight get the hell out of my final four I don't need you there I want Blue Bloods that's I want Kentucky I want Duke I want Carolina I want I want brands. I agree that's why I've been saying all along you got to have a Dodgers Yankees World Series I'm sorry Guardians and Mets, but you know, when the Yankees and Dodgers played in 1978, they averaged 44 million viewers, which is the most watched world series to

this day, okay? And it's a fallacy that the Subway series is going to draw. If it's Yankees-Mets, last time they played in 2000, it averaged like 17 million, which was low, especially low, even for that era. So if you're TV and if you're a typical fan, you want Dodgers, Yankees. Major League Baseball is... Fine. Sorry, how much? Actually, Dan's not here. No, how much? It's okay.

Five dollars. I'll pay it. Major League Baseball, their worst nightmare is the Guardians getting in. They don't care who wins the NL. I mean, they kinda care they want the Dodgers probably because of Otani, but Mets or Dodgers will do. If it's Guardians over the Yankees, that is the worst case scenario for Major League Baseball.

You actually think that Mets would be as good for baseball as the Dodgers? No. There's no chance. No. No, I as the Dodgers? No. There's no chance. No. No, I think the Dodgers are probably. Definitely a better option in the National League. You're saying Major League Baseball

would prefer the Dodgers? Yes. Like, there's no discussion. We want Dodgers, Yankees. Yes, I agree. Yeah, but at the beginning of the season, Mets would have probably been right after the Dodgers, to your point.

Yes. I think I'm with Billy, Dodgers are one, but it's not a bad second choice to have the Mets would have probably been right after the Dodgers, to your point. I think I'm with Billy, Dodgers are one, but it's not a bad second choice to have the Mets. They take the Dodgers with the Guardians. I think Billy's right. Yeah. Meaning they just want Otani in the World Series. Yeah, that's it.

And I don't care if he's sitting 250, the perception is that Otani is finally in the postseason. Let's marvel at this greatest player of all time. All time people are saying now. Not just today but all time. And so let's... I sang into the mic. You know I think baseball is being lifted. The ratings are great. Baseball is having an epiphany, a wonderful moment largely because of Otani. You have to have him in the World Series. I was thinking about you in a cover band. I would love that. I know you would. Yeah. No I would. You're jealous of Hank Garner. I am. Aren't you in a cover band? The He-Haw 3 is a cover band?

Yeah, we like to do original material. Do you? Viva Greg Cody is not original material. It's a cover, you just put your name in it. That's a very valid point by Billy. No, I am jealous of Hank Azaria. There's so many Bruce Springsteen cover bands. I feel like I know three people just off the top of my head in a Bruce Springsteen cover band. Really? Yeah. Come on, I didn't know that. Name them.

I'm not gonna name them. Come on. Now when Frank Azaria talks about playing the Brooklyn Bowl, is he literally playing a bowling alley? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I'm not a legendary one though. Yeah, because the Hollywood Bowl is like a big arena. It's lovely. Right. So, the Brooklyn Bowl is actually a bowling alley. It is. Yes. Okay. I didn't know that. I think it's actually a bowl. Well, it is a bowl at a bowling alley.

Okay. Meaning you go there, there's a bowling alley, and then there's a concert stage with a bowl of seating. Oh, I see. If that kind of makes sense. Okay, so it's both. Yes. It's a concert venue slash bowling alley. Yeah.

Odd combination, that one. Okay. It feels like something that Stu Gott's totally just made up, but it is true. I did. It is true? I got lucky, I gotta be honest. There's multiple locations also, by the way.

Brooklyn Bowl, there's one in Las Vegas, one in Nashville, one in Philadelphia. Really? Yeah. Four locations. Four out of the bowl in Las Vegas. Can people just be rich and quiet? Like if you're rich, you're just like,

oh, now I'm gonna start a band. It's like, why don't you just go be rich over there? And just enjoy your money. A quiet hobby. Wait, you're blasting Hank for doing this? He's made a ton of money off The Simpsons. Exactly right. Whatever happened to the,

I don't know what happened to the industry, but what happened to the industry? You used to walk through a Target or a Walmart or a KB Toys or whatever, and there was model cars, and then you had that really sticky glue, and then you'd have to break off the piece, and then, oh model cars, and then you had like that really sticky like glue, and then you'd have to like break off the piece, and then oh my gosh, look,

I just made like a Dodge Viper or whatever, and you yourself know, my goodness, this took me like 15 hours, there's 1800 pieces in here, you lift up the little hood, and you see how I put the engine together, you had to get the little model paint, the silver model paint to paint the engine so that it was so. What happened to that?

What happened to those quiet hobbies? Why do we have to have all these public hobbies now? Here's the thing. Oh boy. You can be a very talented actor, you can be great at doing voices, whatever. Doesn't mean that you need to start a band. That you don't need to be a rock star now

all of a sudden as well, you know what I mean? Save the rock starring for the rock stars. Right, I understand, but it's for charity. That's what you say when you're doing something obnoxious. Exactly. When a portion goes to charity. Right. Yeah, when you're doing something obnoxious,

you say it's for charity, I agree with you. That's true, that's a fact, Jack. It is, but I think Billy has a point though. Or you use your kid as a shield. Exactly. Yeah, my saying to celebrities would be, hey, celebrity, stay in your lane, right? If you're Hank Azaria, you don't have to be a rock star. If you're a famous actor, oh, I'm going to take up painting, I'm going to start selling my paintings. How about you leave that to the payers and you act? is that would be a quiet private collection, okay? Jim Carrey, we don't need to know about all your paintings your galleries and all that business leave the painting to the painters

He's doing something that he's known for he's who imitating Bruce Springsteen He's actually using a different voice for this situation. Right, I guess that is his wheelhouse. I know that's a good point by Roy. He's a performer. Right. Okay. But also you have to be careful saying stay in your lane when you're at a bowling alley because you might think you mean lane three.

Well, that's the most important rule of bowling is stay in your lane. It is. That's a very valid point. Yeah. I hadn't thought of that. No gutter balls allowed. Hey, it's Mike. I'm talking to you from the road right now because I am literally traveling

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We're waiting for this one! This is the Don Lebatar Show with the Stugats! Speaking of painting, I was making fun of my friend's wife this weekend. She's doing. How are we gonna connect these? She was painting. Can't wait to see. She was painting.

Okay. And you guys ever heard of this like painting with numbers thing? Yes. Not a fan. Why? It's called cheating. Thank you. It's like, hey kid, if you're doing the number thing, one, two, three, and you draw a dinosaur,

guess what, you didn't actually draw a dinosaur. Right. It's a good learning tool. Right. But for kids. Yeah, yes. Not for adults. I think it's okay for adults to pick up hobbies

after they are adults. Unless you're rich. I walked into the house. Unless it makes noise. I walked over to the painting. And I assessed, and I just wasn't as impressed as I would have been if there weren't numbers You know what draw a dinosaur go ahead and do it. I won't I can't draw. I'm not saying I can draw

I'm just saying I feel like if you're painting he's acknowledging he can't draw he's saying he doesn't want the numbers It's it's like steroids. It's a shortcut Yeah, when you're painting by numbers the numbers are steroids. What if you what if you what if like back in the answer? The numbers are sterile. What if, like back in the day, classical art is painted with a model? Is that cheating too? Like, why don't you just know what a nude woman looks like? You know what I mean?

Paint it from memory. Oh, you can't remember what boobies look like? I think there's just different scales of cheating. Oh, you've never been late, Da Vinci? Yeah, exactly right. Da Vinci. I just think Michelle's taking the easy way out. Wow, classic me. She is. By using numbers Michelle's taking the easy way out. Wow. Classic me.

She is. By using numbers. By using everything. Yeah. I look down on paint by numbers. Do you? I think it's okay as a learning tool though, Greg. Do you?

Yeah. Okay. If you're gonna frame it, I mean. If my daughter was doing it, I'd be like, all right, this makes sense. Right. But when I walk in and see a 37 year old, and I'm like, okay, this seems.

But it's like training wheels on a bike. Eventually you gotta take them off and just fly by yourself right? You're starting with the numbers. Okay how about this you go to IKEA and you get like some furniture is it cheating if you follow the directions on how to put it together? No. That part checks out for me. But you're an adult. Yeah you're an adult. Come on Michelle do you know how to do this thing together or what? No that's sort of cheating. Yeah obviously. That's what I'm wondering too. Another example would be in the kitchen,

if you're following step by step. Oh, recipes, please. Are you really cooking? Exactly, if you're following a recipe, you're not cooking, that's ridiculous. Coming from the guy that prints out, still like the way MapQuest used to be printed out. Yeah, I loved MapQuest.

You print out recipes. I did. I would go on trips just to print MapQuest. Yeah, I didn't care where I was going. But you always print recipes. You're a recipe printer. I am. As a backup.

As a backup. As a backup. As a guideline. Yes, as a guideline. Exactly right. Speaking of painting, I love the Peyton Manning commercial. Peyton Manning.

Peyton Manning. Peyton Manning. Because you can'tning. Peyton Manning. Peyton Manning. Peyton. Because you can't say Peyton. No, we got it then. And Peyton without them sounding just alike. Classic Hank Frank situation. You think they stumbled into that

or that's what they were going for? It's a great commercial. Hank Beamer. Yeah. Pfft. Pfft. Pfft. Greg, when you used to print out maps,

did you ever like, I don't know your relationship with road trips very well, but did you used to print out maps, did you ever, I don't know your relationship with road trips very well, but did you used to do the old AAA where you kinda call into AAA, you have them send you all the maps before a road trip or the book? The Triptych, they called it. Ah, the Triptych, exactly right. We used to get that, we'd go on a trip,

the wife and I would be driving up to New England, right up the coast. The old ball and chain. Ball and the jack for 3,000 miles. Little Cape Cod. I can tell you how to go, 95 North. Okay, but when you get a trip tick, trip tick tells you where you wanna stop, where you get off, where you stay, where you eat.

Oh! It's like my favorite book of all time is Blue Highways by William Lee Seedmoon, and it talks about taking the off-roads, and trip tick tells you that. Yep. Okay, trip tick says, hey, you can get off 95, take this little road here, go for five miles,

there's a peach festival. Exactly. You know what I mean? Stuff like that. Mm-hmm. Classic Triptych. You love that peach festival, don't you? You know, like-

It's a music festival. You know what? I'll stop and smell the roses on a trip. I like that. Yeah. Life's a highway. Yeah. Yeah.

That's the reason I prefer car travel, which people don't do anymore. You know, we go- You can't take exits on an airplane. And if you do, you're in trouble. Life's a highway. Yeah. Yeah, that's the reason I prefer car travel which people don't do anymore You know we can take exits on an airplane and if you do you're in trouble. Yeah You do not prefer car travel. I do I think he does Texas right now you'd rather drive You know what? He loves a road trip. He's lying if there was no deadline. Absolutely. I'm not in a hurry exactly Okay, we're rushing way too much nowadays I agree now yeah you know the combo platter is the highway the combo platter is to fly to California and then rent a car and drive it back the whole

Pacific maybe a short RV or something a little RV yeah yeah I don't like an RV you know why not big I don't know yeah too big I like a hotel, you know? Why not? I don't know. Yeah, too big. I like a hotel room. No, you're not, no. What do you mean? No. Wow. I agree with you. Yeah.

Really? Yeah. Oh yeah. Doesn't have to be a fancy hotel. Mr. MapQuest, you print out this? Yeah, it can be a motor lodge. You know, with a shuffleboard. I love a good motor lodge. Yeah, right?

With a shuffleboard court, it needs to have one. It does. It's a staple of a motor lodge. There has to be a local dinghy band on a stage that's almost collapsing in the back. We're doing retirement home with shuffleboard. I'm not associating shuffleboard with hotel.

I'm longing for the day, now that pickleball had its moment, I'm longing for the day that shuffleboard makes its comeback. And we've talked about this, I don't know if people wanna hear this again, but they've tried to modernize a shuffleboard where its comeback. And we've talked about this, I don't know if people wanna hear this again, but they've tried to modernize a shuffleboard where those home basketball courts that they're basically just like those rubber squares

that you kinda put down. It's like a cheating basketball court. It's like those little kid's blocks basically, right? They've started doing that with shuffleboard which is the complete wrong consistency for a shuffleboard court because you don't want that friction. You need it to be slab of concrete.

Exactly right. Some paint, maybe some little bugs that you painted over when you repainted it, and that's it. That's what you need for shuffleboard. I don't associate shuffleboard with crappy hotels. I associate, what's that game with the pole and the ball attached to the string

from Napoleon Dynamite, where the ball's spinning? Oh yeah, yeah. Tetherball? That's what I imagine. Tetherball. That's like a crappy hotel. I picture like the ring that you have to throw onto the hook. Ooh, that's a bar.

You stand there and you throw the ring. That's like a bar. I'm telling you, the staple to a motor lodge in New England, because that's where Greg was talking about, it is. It's shuffleboard, it's an old band on the stage that's about to collapse, there's a soda machine. I'll trust you guys on this. A pool that's slightly green, not too green.

A general store right down the streets. Big bulky ice machine in front of my room so that in the middle of the night people are getting ice at 3 a.m. I'm trying to sleep. It's a vibrating bed which isn isn't working you put quarters in it It doesn't work ridiculous. I feel like they go too far out of their way to get that ice machine like in a separate room It's like it's fine. I can deal with 12 seconds of ice noise outside my room

There's always like a you always have to like walk through two doorways just to get through this this damn ice machine I disagree. I don't want the ice machine anywhere near me It's a nice little sound. I don't want the ice machine anywhere near me. No, I don't either. It's a nice little sound. I don't want a room by the elevator. You know, yeah, you do. Really? Are you a first floor man in a motor lodge?

I don't like the first floor. I feel like that's how you're most susceptible to crime. In a motor lodge, it's almost always first floor, right? Yeah. Yeah, one story. Occasionally, they'll have two stories. Yeah, luxurious ones. But that's when you're creeping from motor lodge to motel.

You know? I think that's the distinction. The second story. I think that is the distinction. I think a motor lodge inherently is one floor only. Am I right, Roy? Is the Schitt's Creek Hotel a motor lodge? Yeah, that would be a motor lodge.

I'm just trying to visualize here. Yeah, very much so. Hank Tanana. You take, Greg, on this road trip across the country, you take a hotel over a motel? Nowadays, yes. Really? Yeah.

But what about back in the day? Back in the day, we would leave 1440 in a big sedan with my dad driving, the mom in the front seat Me and uncle dick in the back seat We would be driving, you know balling the jack doing like 500 miles a day Stopping at a little motor lodge and we thought we were on top of the world It always be like a little cheap steakhouse next to it a sizzler or something like that And it would feel like Kings and Queens

Going into a cheap steakhouse because that was like high living at the time. And that's the reason we didn't fly is that we couldn't afford it. So it took us like three or four days to get from here to Lawrence, Massachusetts where we would visit the Lonats. And it was a wonderful time, great memories.

The Lonats? What are the Lonats up to? Most of them are dead. Oh. Yeah. Frank and Hank? Yeah, no of them are dead. Oh. Yeah. Frank and Hank? Yeah. No, my cousin Georgie's still alive.

Georgie Lonats still with us? Yeah. Oh. It was the last time you've seen Georgie. Yeah, it's been years. Yeah, was he at the birthday party? Let's call him. No, he was not.

My brother sees him quite a bit still. Dick does? Yeah. Nice. Why do you want to call Georgie? Sketch up, man. You never know when it's gonna be the last one. That's a long story We won't get onto that over we're not on speaking terms with the little nuts with Georgie. I mean, it's just it's a long complicated story Well, we got time. What do we have made for air?

Yeah, George Ocean Georgie was offended that Harry the bag Gary the Harry Gary the bag was invited to his birthday party Not didn't make it down to the party Reasons related to my previous Love the idea of you printing out the map quest directions. Oh triptych man. They don't understand Triptych Greg. No, I just don't get it. No, you're left there with a booklet, like a thick triptych. Oh, and multiple states, you had a couple different, oh. Oh my god, it was great.

And they tell you about, nowadays, you can get it on your iPhone, but back then, they told you when construction was happening, when you might wanna veer off. Plan for construction, yeah. Yeah, and that was great. I was a huge fan of triptych. As soon as you cross state line, you'd switch out the tript Plan for construction, yeah. Yeah, and that was great. I was a huge fan of Triptych. As soon as you'd cross state line,

you'd switch out the Triptych to the new state. Yeah. That's when living was living. You know what I mean? That's when you didn't mind getting lost. You got lost, but you had your Triptych and it showed you how to find the way back. And it's not necessarily just get right back

on the same interstate. No, no, there's multiple paths to every destination. Yeah. And if you didn't find it on the trip tick, you stopped at the gas station or the gas station. And you asked someone. Ah, I miss those days. You just asked someone.

You said, hey buddy, I'm looking for Route 64. Any idea where I can find it? He's like, sure, follow me, I'll take you there. Yep. You know, that was a different time. It was a different time. He would leave his post, leave his job, and you would follow him out to the highway.

Right. Right. You put up the Be Back in five minute signs, and then you help old Greggy out. Yeah. Yeah. It was a great time. Yeah, it really was. Are you guys just describing the end of the movie, The Graduate or something?

Yeah. It was just an easier time. I'm really uneasy about this whole Georgie Lennat situation, I'll be honest with you. Why? What's the matter? I feel like we opened a can we weren't supposed to open today,

so I apologize for that, Greg. Yeah, you continue to open the lid a little bit further no no I'm trying to close it trying to seal the old George you will not leave you know what I mean that I'm curious I mean curiosity killed the cat I'm a dog but no one loves dropping a name that no one knows out of left field more than my dad and then we go too far and he's like why'd you guys why are you bringing this guy up right you mentioned George Linna I made a cat that we're here because of you he's like why'd you guys why are you bringing this guy up right you mentioned George Lenat? I made a casual that we're here because of you. He's not the one not when there's more follow-ups on George Lenat It's your fault. I said the Lonats we were visiting

You said my cousin Georgie like Billy had the He's the last living one you You brought the family this George I brought the family does Georgie have any, not to get too into any offspring? He does. Okay, so the Linat lame will live on. Yeah, it will. Okay, good. Yeah.

All right, that was my concern. Yeah, they continue to live in the New England area, mostly Massachusetts, right near Lawton's Hot Dogs. Really? Actually, yeah. Is that the one you were gonna buy? It was. Wow.

Yeah, and then it slid into the Merrimack River and was never heard from again. Did it really? Yeah, the whole Lotton's Hot Dogs. It was a trailer. Is that true? Yeah, it was a little hot dog joint built on a trailer right across from Merrim's Knitting Mill. What used to be called Merrim's Knitting Mill. Best hot dogs you've ever had, probably. They were great. What happened, erosion? Yeah, I think so. It was right on the edge of the Merrimack and eventually it just eroded and and fell right in the river hmm it was on tough times anyway they were looking to sell my brother and I actually talked about buying notice that the building was

leaning that conversation didn't go why it never sold My wife won't let me invest in a restaurant. She thinks that's the worst way to spend your money. Well, she was right about that one. It fell into a river. Why do you still want to do it? I would have bought Lotton's Hot Dogs. Really? Yeah. So that dream has died. Yes.

Well, theoretically, I could buy the name and the recipe and open it up again. Yeah. But if I'm going to do that, it would be with Villa Rose Pizza Theoretically I could I could buy the name and the recipe and open it up again Yeah, you know, but if I'm gonna do that it would be with Villa Rose pizza in my own area another place that closed Yeah, well, he wants to save it. Yeah wrong management exactly, right? Yeah, I feel like Greg might be the one to step in and save a restaurant, you know, I think so Yeah, this is this is just to kind of bring everything back. This is what Hank should be doing Not these cover bands for all the fame and glory.

How about you go through and you save these classic restaurants that are closing down? I think you're right, Billy. Because they have the wrong ownership group. I think, you know, the guy in Billions, what he did was he saved his local pizza joint that was about to shut down. He gave them the necessary funds to stay open

and continue to fund that restaurant. And so I'm coming around to what Billy is saying. I think Hank should not be doing Bruce Springsteen cover bands, he should be saving local businesses. Yes. Yes. Yes. Including local bands. Well.

Right? What? And we're back. Pay for a local band. Exactly right. You're just having a tough time making ends meet. Yeah, Greg's right. So you go and you save a classic restaurant and then you have an open

mic night and you bring in the bands they can perform there and you're doing the Lord's work really you know what I mean? You go and you do your little Simpsons voices when people come in you're running the counter hey I want to buy a pizza from I don't know Moe or whatever whatever it is that Moe says you know what I mean? You give them a slice of pizza, you save the establishment, put on an apron, toss some dough, make some pizza. Do the voices, have some bands. Make some pizza.

So you don't start your own band. Toss some dough. I think Billy's right. It is, the Lord's work. You don't start your own band, you save bands. Major League Baseball, oh geez. Hey, it's Mike Ryan, and there's so many great things about football. My favorite thing is the random occasional year or my team is good.

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