The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: Read The Room

Episode Date: March 4, 2025

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I'm sorry, I'm not gonna 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. This episode of the Dan LeBattard Show with Stu Gotts is presented by DraftKings.

DraftKings, the crown is yours. Can you guys put up that graphic please for March Sadness because I have done a very poor job of, and Billy's drowning, Billy's drowning, God bless football, March Sadness, the work never ends, and he's been, are you in charge of this tournament? Because I feel bad. Absolutely, I mean, yes, but no. If that makes sense. Okay, it doesn't.

I mean, I'm not, I came up with the idea, now it's become, so what are we doing? And I'm like, I don't know, I just offered the idea. But then it's more like, well, are you gonna do that? I'm like, I just gave you an idea, you didn't have an idea. So, go to levitardaf.com and you can submit your video. We're gonna pick 64 to go up against each other. Wow.

And then fans will be voting against each other. And you'll get a prompt every round that you'll do it, and then fans voting will determine who will watch a game with a Dan Lebatard. If I may? Yeah. I think you guys have done a spectacular job promoting this. It was yesterday where we learned about this,

and you just explained it pretty clear as day. Here, to start another segment So you guys are doing a great job Yeah, keep those streak for Dan Lebatard continues keep those videos coming because as I told you yesterday the way that I've learned that things Work is maybe the first 64 so you want to get on that first 64 just to make sure you have a shot because if you're You know submission 218 but we have 64 that we like, I don't know that number 219 is gonna come in and bump someone out.

So get in also, here's something that I didn't expect to happen, friends. I had someone reach out to me on Cameo yesterday, and the request was, can you record my video for March Sadness? So, you know, like a Larry or a Tom or whatever reached out to me and said, That's creative.

They want me, Billy, to speak on their behalf why they should get into March Sadness. So, I mean, I don't think that. Wait, did you do it? I haven't done it yet. And I find myself, Greg, I think in a similar situation as Dan, in terms of I may be compromised here. Yeah.

I think the situation here though is different though because if I do this video where I am going to be someone submission on their Be half it is fan voting so fans can decide who moves on from round to round You know I mean, so like I'm not actually compromised here. I'm just doing a fan a solid in exchange for Compensation yeah, of course, but you know that's just them's the breaks These entries gonna be seated like I feel like you would be number one seed. No, well I'm not a fan. No, the fans are the ones that go and do it

and then we will get 64 bests and then we will seed them and then they'll go up against each other bracket style. I am so clear on what this contest is. Yeah, you get the prompt. What's the time limit on the video? 30 seconds, that's what it said on the graphic. 30 seconds? You can't even do anything in 30 seconds. Or less. Oh yes you can. I'm still clearing my throat

after 30 seconds. I want a Brutalist length video. I'm gonna submit a four hour video. Is Greg allowed to make a submission? Yeah anyone can make a submission. Yeah. Alright I'm on it. One of our submissions will just be Adrian Brody's acceptance speech at the Oscars. Not how it works. no. God, that was terrible. That's not, no. So obnoxious. Not the contest at all. Three minutes in, he goes, the music starts playing,

and he's like, turn that off, guys, I'll be quick, I'm wrapping up. And then he goes on for another two and a half minutes. Awful. And part of his speech is he invoked, like, this is special because my career kind of died after I won the previous one. Why was that, Adrian? Did you wear out?

You're welcome at all. Maybe read the room. This is like when Ben Affleck came all the way back after Argo and decided hey Superhero movies. That's my move. Like if I'm considering him for a role. I see that speech. Nope someone else I Actually went back and watched Killian Murphy's speech from last year when he won for Oppenheimer. What a good speech He was in, he was out, he gave like a very poignant message at the end, like this is for all, we live in Oppenheimer's world, this is for all the peacekeepers.

And then he left and I stood up in my room and I clapped again, cause that guy gets it. And no one thought about him as he had to stand there for six minutes. Must have been bored to tears. Watching Adrian Brody do whatever the hell that was. McConaughey speech a few years ago, that was good.

That was great. It was fantastic. Adrian Brody should never work in this town again. Seriously. Okay, put it on the poll. Miami? At Levitard Show, should Adrian Brody ever work in this town again at Levitard Show?

Jessica, I'm a little annoyed. Mike has come on, he's been just hot the last couple of days. Days? Well, yeah. Thank you. He is looking good. Thank you, put it in the work.

What prompted the shave? The shave? Yeah. I wanted to see what my face looked like now that I'm thinner. Not a fan of it. Roboto. It's cold in here.

He's... That's a nipple stickers. No matter how much It's cold in here, huh? He's a, he's a. That's a nipple stickers. No matter how much weight I lose, those are always gonna be there. Oh, for the love of God. Oh my God, he just showed his tummy on camera. This is a moment. Wow.

I don't know what kind of moment. Mike is feeling good about himself, but he's also revving very high, and so he has twice hit us now. One was before the show, where he's just coming in hot and he's just hitting everyone with a cleaver of read the room that phrase read the room but and so i look up and there's just yelling involved and i look up and it's

just read the room and it's an argument is broken out about james bond about about the idea of michael stray hand as james bond and mike ryan screaming at everyone in the room that Michael Strahan needs to read the room. I just, nobody likes the guy that tells everybody else to read the room. I like the confidence, but now's not the time for Michael Strahan to be doing this.

An American to just bully his way. No, no, I think I can play the UK's most iconic role. No, you can't. Yeah, but anybody can do a British accent. No, no, no. That would slap. I bet you Michael Strahan can't. Oh, come on.

I would venture to say his is probably bad. His is probably bad. And this is distinctly American. Can we hear Michael Caines over here? Can we hear, Greg Kodiak said he could be, he could see, we with some training, he could be a movie star. You wanna give us your?

A working actor. I don't think I ever said star. You said you could feature movies. You said anyone could do a British accent. So let's hear yours. Go for it. Can you do one? This is your Bond audition.

I have a, I need a script. We can make that happen. All right, we'll get it for you. We'll get it for you in a moment. The amount of confidence I'm down with from Michael Strahan, I actually can understand how Michael Strahan can climb to the heights of professional football, conquer morning television,

and then be the face of GMA, and then decide, yeah, I could be James Bond. It actually makes perfect sense why Michael Strahan would believe he could be James Bond, kinda like the way that Stephen A. Smith would believe he could be James Bond, kinda like the way that Stephen A. Smith firmly believes he could be president. I get how your confidence gets to that place. That's not my issue.

If you think you can be James Bond, we can disagree about that, but I'm down with your level of confidence. It's just not right now. America's name has been tainted throughout all of Europe. We cannot have Michael Strahan just barging in and volunteering that he could be James Bond right now, given our global standing.

It's just too much. Now's not the time. Read the room. I do think any British person can do an American accent, but most Americans can't do a British accent. Oh yeah? Have you watched Dante's Peak? No. Well, I don't know what Pierce Brosnan was doing.

Okay, I believe lately around here we've done a lot of disrespecting of a lot of forever franchises and so we've been making a lot of 007 jokes but what was happening before the show between Mike and Carl was not a joke. Carl, and I'm not hearing a dissenting opinion around here, and I was busy, so I didn't catch, I was busy with all of Greg Cody's mocking of me, giving away my integrity as a journalist, that I didn't catch what the argument was about.

However, I believe it's passionate, as I've heard Carl be, about anything around here. And so, I'd like to hear from the group here that doesn't respect 007 in defense of the franchise, because I believe that Mike Ryan, when he's arguing on behalf of James Bond, or anyone's arguing on behalf of a black James Bond, Mike Ryan saying, not now, read the room.

No, no, no, no. It has nothing to do with a black James Bond. Don't you put that on me, Dan. That is not what I'm doing. I am anti-Michael Strahan being James Bond, because the timing's not right. Idris, go for it. I think you'd be great. The dissenting opinion that I heard from Carl, who is black,

said that I just don't see Michael Strahan sitting in a bar undercover in Siberia. and I had never thought about it that way Yeah, it's probably not the most undercover approach Michael Strahan would stick out in Siberia Excellent point. I'm just saying I'm sorry the way you just threw so many people under the train tracks so quickly I'm just all I'm telling you This is I'm only catching pieces and shrapnel of an argument because I was involved in my own thing, which is trying to avoid Greg Cody making fun of me

mercilessly for selling my soul and journalism to run this company. I just heard Carl arguing with you, and I heard you arguing with him, and I heard Michael Strahan, and I heard black007, and it was just a lot of words. I wasn't processing any of what was being said. You could ask before we just go on air

and call people racist. I didn't know. Did I just call? Why didn't you read the room at all? You're just taking the variables and not any of the actual context. I just felt the heat of it on my neck. I wasn't reading the room at all.

I was just- Classic shit stirring. It really is. How are we always on for this? That really was incredible. You will not turn me against anybody but Michael Schrehan. I wasn't trying to. Carl was arguing with you.

Was he not? Carl, were you not arguing with him? No, we actually had two completely separate points to make there. I was very much pro-Black 007, where Carl came in and he's like, absolutely not. Cannot, even if it's British. Wow.

Idris Elba, don't care. Okay, so hold on now, Dan. Is Carl racist? I just wanted to talk to Carl about this. Carl doesn't want a black 007, Dan. You put yourself in quite the spot. Yeah, Mark, I appreciate you doing that to me. Carl, thank you for all your good work.

I appreciate it. But he's got great ideas as to why. He's not just a racist. He's thought this racism through. Oh! Ha ha ha! I'm Bond, James Bond. I'll have a martini, shaken not stirred.

You're just doing Ringo Starr. Ha ha ha! There are a number of different English accents. Ringo Starr also can't be James Bond. I heard a little bit of Austin Powers too. It really isn't a big country though. Do I make you horny, baby? Bond, James Bond.

It kind of sounded a little like Eric Reid at the end too. Groovy, baby. Okay, so we've decided that you and Michael Strahan a little like Eric Reid at the end too. Groovy, baby. Okay, so we've decided that you and Michael Strahan can't be James Bond. Well, you know, we need an old James Bond. Haven't they all been kind of old? Like Daniel Craig's not some spring chicken. They're all middle-aged.

Yeah, that's what it's supposed to be. What about like a Ralph Fiennes? Ralph. He's in his 60s. Old James Bond. Isn't Ralph 60? Yeah, I think so. He did, like I saw, he said that he wanted to get his body in the shape of a rope for that movie, The Return.

Have you seen, like he did like Homer's Odyssey, he did a movie like that this year that came out to not as much fanfare as Conclave did. He got an incredible shape for that. His body does look like a rope, however, he's 60. Oh, he's very attractive. Oh, but it would stand to reason, right, if we're gonna give movie star franchises,

action franchises, to 50 and 60 year old actors the way that we would, that Strahan would of course think he could just be 007. Like, hey, I'm a 50 year old and I'm a lot fitter than these other guys. I've kept myself in shape, and why wouldn't it seem to confident people competing for money and entertainment that they could all be James Bond in their 50s

because all the action stars are 50? I think Strahan was talking to the CEO of Amazon and was like, I'll do it, I'm here, and then it got aggregated. And now it's become a very hot debate in which you called Mike Ryan a racist. During. When Carl was the racist the entire time.

I misheard it, I'm sorry. I will apologize publicly to both you and Carl. I caught pieces of the argument. It just, I wasn't listening closely. And I'm sorry that I, I am publicly sorry that that happened that way. I did not intend for that. I misunderstood it. I don't believe you. I think it's not, I think you're lying right now and I think you're

just trying to stir shit constantly. I understand, like I said, the confidence in why Michael Strangland thinks he can be James Bond, but can we like start, it's like Sivanay wanting to be president and coming out and saying like he may have to be. The people A wanting to be president. And coming out and saying like, he may have to be. The people want him to be, he doesn't want to be. But he's also been quoted as saying he's got no interest in doing anything but that if he goes into politics. Like, would it kill you to start as comptroller? That's crazy.

Like get some level of experience. I know it's like super vogue to not be a politician. And we've seen two elections won by novice politicians, 45 and 47. Well where you guys make fun of me on this stuff and where it is that there are sales in journalism, I will say that I have really just had my breath taken away by what a marvel Stephen A. Smith is in terms of being able to climb to the heights of power in a country where the power is given away to people like Trump and Musk and we keep giving all of the power away and fame and attention to the things

you need to have. He has masterfully played his career so that he has a ton of options. And it is somehow unsurprising that his betting odds for Democratic presidential nominee are higher than Michelle Obama's or Kamala Harris's. Like, he's cut the line because it's fame and celebrity just on betting odds. Yeah, I mean, that's no way to judge it. Okay, but just for the moment, it's, it's look, man, you say that's no way to judge it. Okay, but just for the moment, it's, look man, you say that's no way to judge it, but I just saw a reality star, like I'm in the middle of an apocalypse, we all are, where you're like, wait a minute, okay, so we're this clearly in bed with Russia?

We're no longer the face of democracy this overtly? Because when Greg comes on and says, duh, duh, Donald Trump is in bed with russian oligarchs they're trying to create the same thing here they're trying to make russia here and now and and they're just land barons like i could make gaza that will make it a strip mall like the a by greenland at no but i'm i'm serious like what's happening with the power we've given it away to idiots but we've given it away to fools. They've, these people who are,

who are leading us to war, like what are we doing with Russia and Ukraine? Like this is simple. Anyone in America would look at this and just say, what are we doing? No? Like there's another- I mean, no, it does make like all this sort of like

Cold War feel, like the miracle on ice doesn't really hit the same now than it used to right Bond is like less relevant I just finished watching the show the Americans and I'm like I feel like the Russian spies would get cabinet positions now they killed one of the best Rocky villains ever now like now Apollo's the bad guy it's very bleak we're gonna make the United States Russia that's what we're going to do. Just all white people. Just like make it all white people. Run everyone. Run all the other bloodlines out.

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You have no thick skin! I literally put together a freaking stage for your toenail! I am your career right now pal! Look at me! I am your career! Stugats! You. Look at me! No. I am your career! No. Stugats! You have messed with me, David! And now, you're messing with me!

And I'm more dangerous, pal! This is the Don Lebatar Show with the Stugats! Uh, Jimmy Johnson, I meant to get to this in the local hour with Greg Cody because I do want every once in a while to give truligies on people while they're still alive what they meant to me. I've talked to Jimmy the last couple of days and he wants to be left alone for a while because he's not going to do what he's been doing for a while. This is the end of his career and he knows, as Bobby Bowden said, that when you retire from this stuff, there's only one more ceremony where people gather at this age. He saw Wayne Huizenga, who built Fort Lauderdale, who brought the Panthers here,

he saw him at the end, you know, lose his faculties. And Wayne Heisenga, owner of the Dolphins, is people who built things down here, gave Jimmy Johnson like he gave Nick Saban, a wide berth to coach the most prestigious thing that there was in this town. And Jimmy Johnson didn't want to do it so much after his mother died, and he kind of wanted to get to the rest of his life and be with his kids. He's proud of one son who's fought really hard through addiction and he's developed real family ties and this is the end of jimmy's career and i understand that he's an

immortal and he's mortal but when you retire after thirty one years at fox and you're part of building that network your part of fox became the power that it has at least in part because it was a serious network that had to be dealt with because Jimmy Johnson was broadcasting football games on Fox. That career. I mean, I don't know if I could say the second part of his career is more impressive than the first, but I would say it from this respect. developed real friends and family in Jay Glazer and Terry Bradshaw. There is nothing like that on television, except inside the NBA, where you see friends grow old together and you see that they love each other on television and straight and they welcome in straight hand and it fits and they can welcome in

anybody and it would fit because that's a group of people who have learned to be professionally adult in front of us for 30 years. Jimmy Johnson is now retired. He is done with all of this. You, as someone who has covered him in this market and knows what he means to this market, would place him where in the pantheon of epic sports figures we've ever had here? I think he'd be on the Mount Rushmore. I think it'd be in the top four. Shula, Dwayne Wade, Pat Riley, and Jimmy Johnson. I'd be satisfied with those four. Moreno would like a word?

Well, you know, number five is always going to like a word when it comes to Mount Rushmore. But Jimmy Johnson, I think he's one of four or five coaches who have won both the Super Bowl and a college. This is crazy what you're saying right now. We can't let you put Jimmy Johnson ahead of Dan Moreno. We can't let you put Jimmy Johnson ahead of Dan Marino. We can't put Jimmy ahead of Dan Marino. Jimmy Johnson invented Swagger and solidified what became the glory days at the University of Miami.

But he didn't even win the first championship, Howard Schnellenberger did. Howard Schnellenberger did. So didn't he invent Swag? No, no. Those teams, Schnellenberger's... Put his rings in a box. Schnellenberger's hurricanes were classic underdogs.

Jimmy Johnson's hurricanes were braggadocio defined. He wanted his team to be cocky. Jimmy Johnson invented swagger at the University of Miami. You mentioned that again. But they didn't win, though, so... In three consecutive seasons, he won a championship, he finished second, and he finished second. And he never got over losing to Penn State 14 to 10 in a championship game with his best team ever. He had a whole roster of guys

who were gonna be playing on Sunday the following following year uh... and and then with the dolphins he makes three playoffs in a row and and he drafts to hall of fame players he dressed the two best quarterbacks have ever had uh... he leaves day one set with a roster that finally won uh... a playoff game just after he left i think jimmy johnson's been great and and

his broadcasting career maybe even better and and i can say that about any of the other coaches of what the part i'm saying is better right is that when jimmy johnson was a professional football coach he speaks of that time now with the retching sound at the man that it made him because the friendships felt real and i'm sure they are with norv turner and whatnot but the fire of all that, the intensity of all that, the job he had to do as a boss to overlord a guy like Tony Wise who would be a lifetime disciple because Jimmy Johnson had these people, he was running

through a furnace because he was taking them to the top of football. Those friendships can get burned up or become stronger. I'm sure went both ways wants that you always see these guys golfing whatever they went through together was a beautiful hard thing but he wretches at the thought of it because he wasn't as close to those men as these who make him cry all the time now because he can get emotional easily now because he loves jay glazer cuz he legitimate and because he loves terry bradshaw most of all you know best friends but but best friends who became best friends in adulthood

think of how many of those you have best friends who became before best friends after 50 because it's a different thing right you choose your friends early you work through things with them you go through work with them jimmy johnson terry bradshaw became best friends on television And they became best friends in a way that I'm guessing Jimmy Johnson has more access to what real depression looks like and what it is to care about someone who can sink into real Depression and needs the help of someone who loves him. I guess I haven't talked to Jimmy about this But if I had to guess what their relationship is

I would guess that Terry Bradshaw has allowed to Jimmy Johnson to come out a little more vulnerably late in life and talk about things that Jimmy probably wasn't analyzing very much when he was you know working too hard getting up to 50 years old but I ask you as an expert on this town they disagree with you here like the shipping container I feel like disagrees strongly with your Mount Rushmore and I would like you to defend your take because I don't think it's as absurd as they think it is.

Although, Marino, you're talking about some symbolic things and Marino- I think Marino has to be like- But he built a children's hospital. Can we make this a Mount Gregmore, which we do on the Greg Cody Show, which is a top five. Then I would have Marino as my pick. There we go.

Mount Gregmore. We were also, maybe like we do a player Mount Rushmore and like a coach executive Mount Rushmore because like then you can put Spolstra on the coach one. I feel like he should be on something, right? Maybe. It can't be four coaches. On the coach, Mount Rushmore can be.

Or Mount Regmore. You could really like nail down the player Mount Rushmore to just two names. Really? Wade and Marino? Wade and Marina Wade and Marina That's a tier to itself bubble Jimmy. I would agree with that What about Kachuk bark off would be Kachuk's got to win a little bit bark off would be the pan and I guess bark of Well, we'll see that that story is yet on who would be the Marlin Miguel Cabrera?

Nobody no, but no Marlin nobody no more Marlin even made it to my OLI on coaches You can make an argument for Jack McKeon, left him out of my OLI. When Paul Maurice, Ron Frazier, and Howard Schnellenberger OLI on my coach, Mount Rushmore. Wow, Ron Frazier, how about that? RIP. Culture builder.

My Mount Rushmore for coaches, Jimmy Johnson. Well, Jimmy's then making it only because of his time at the University of Miami then. I mean, he does get some points for the Dolphins, but. But Cowboys can't be in play here. But Miami was very proud of that Cowboys team because he also had Michael Irvin on it. So it kind of felt like a Miami team.

Yeah, but then you have someone like Miguel Cabrera who did his best elsewhere while being part of the Moreland. Although that hit off the rocket. But he did his best work down here in this market, I think, with that Miami run. Number three is Eric Spolstra Mmm often forgotten because he's always compared to Riley more successful head coach in terms of championships Then Pat Riley best timeout caller in sports history Kind of kind of ruin that a little bit Pat Riley's number two and then Shula number one and that one's pretty easy

But I think we can all agree Marina Marino and Wade, that's a tier to itself. You could make like a social and global impact metric for Messi, but he hasn't been here long enough yet. Throw him in there though, he just looks good. Hasn't won anything either. Only one ring for Riley down here though as a coach, if we're gonna be honest, and he kinda shoved Stan Van Gundy out of the way to get that one.

So, I mean, hmm. Did he put someone on Mount Rushmore for half a season of coaching? What about Stu Gotts? He's a coach That is true. LAX. Who would be three and four on the player Mount Rushmore? We've established. Morning. Morning. No. No. No, I wouldn't put morning over over LeBron. No Well, but the thing with LeBron though, We got four years of his prime and he won two championships But four years is not a lot to be in this market to be considered He was a best player in the world. We want people that were here longer that were worse. Yeah, I Want people who are longer and also had an impact and won something?

I was actually legitimately doing like sort of community stuff too, though'm talking about impact in a mark man don't forget he left this community that is true I so I haven't forgiven him what are we doing with Larry Zonka Zonk would be up there for me is he on the Rushmore he can't be up there he might be if the Rushmore of players he can't well I'm trying to decide who be out the Rushmore of be weird if he't be. Well, I'm trying to decide who round out the Rushmore of local players. It'd be weird if he was on the coaches one. Zonka is why the Dolphins won back to back Super Bowls.

It wasn't Bob Greasy throwing setback. He's a Super Bowl MVP. Barkov might be there. Barkov, he's had longevity, decade plus. Barkov might be there. How can you say that Barkov can be there but not LeBron James? Because LeBron James was here four years,

Barkov's here 10 years, big difference. Yeah. People watch LeBron. Okay, you know, put Lionel, Leo Messi there. What are you doing? He's been here four years, Barkov's here 10 years. Big difference. Yeah. People watch LeBron. Okay. You know, put Lionel Messi there. What are you doing? He's been here two, three years. I'm just trying to sort out this Mount Rushmore that has 50 people on it now.

Shut up. You could make a Mount Rushmore of players the Marlins traded. Oh, I mean, you could not. You'd have to limit it to four. Well. Here's the thing in the middle of that that went, I think, largely unnoticed, just like a stray rocket of enthusiasm. Chris Cody saying of Cabrera,

oh my god, that home run. That was a moment. Off the rocket. We're just doing moments? That's on the Mount Rushmore of moments. Yeah, of moments? All right, we'll do moments. Wait, hold on, is Messi on the Mount Rushmore of moments?

No, I think we close it out with Manu. Really? Marina Wade Barkov with Manu. Really? Marina Wade Barkov Manu. Older than Joey. What's Wade's moment? You kidding me? Just go outside. This is my house?

I think Messi's moment was when the paparazzi caught him at Publix. The 06 finals, to answer your question, is Dwayne Wade's moment. Yeah, exactly, that's not this house. Even though it was rigged. Was the scene behind me my moment? The set?

No, you've had. Your moment was the Speedo thing, I still don't know what that was. Yeah, and that was another moment in which you surprised. Also addressing the wrong Wu-Tang member in Vegas. But that wasn't here though, so that doesn't count. That was in Vegas. That was in Nevada, Mojave.

By the way. Much more positive Dan Leventard moment. By the way, Dan, everyone during the break was saying that you thinking that we could get into the Speakeasy was another Four Seasons moment. Yeah. If you know, you know. How great is this?

For me only. Yeah, but Cynthia and Roy and. Well, they allowed your crew to come with you. You are my crew. Not if, no. They used the other two tickets. Yeah, there was two tickets allotted for the remainder of the crew.

You are not going to turn this into you guys didn't have access to this. No, I would have. I would have been fine. I'm a VIP, but everybody else, no. Your incredulity about this proves it was another Four Seasons moment. Yeah, trust me. If we went with a crew of 17. There's no way they get in there

We're not they're not letting Ethan in even there were six people. Well, that's how you make things exclusive You don't let people in in a perfect night a speakeasy has no one in it. That's the dream night for a speakeasy We there were like nine people. Yeah, that's capacity. No, I'm talking about our people. Yesterday? Yesterday, there's no way. Who were those people? Sean McGill was in there.

Okay, number one. Again, with your crew. Rhonda's son. Yeah, but you're my crew. I don't know what it is. One, Roy. You're my crew. And Roy sent in. Roy had a credential.

And Chris sent, okay, that's four. Shoulda had a sweet. Four of the the five. Four of the other five. No, and then there were tickets for Greg and Chris that they did not use. Well, no, those were used by Kristen and Cynthia. No, we sacrificed so others could get the tickets.

Yeah. You said there were nine people in this Pee-Kee-Zee. Greg's selfless. And I'm still waiting for the other five. One of them was 30. Yeah. And two of them were Panther PR people, Yeah, so those weren't our people. Was Kachak's dad in there?

Slow night. Big Walt? There weren't that many people in there. DeChambeau? Huh. Imagine that. By the way, speaking of that, I've been meaning to ask you the significance of the Jersey number 25.

Is that the percentage of your integrity left? Or is there another reason for it? I was just curious now the moments have to be in South Florida like the actual moment has to be in South Florida Billy I think so yeah all right so billboards aren't on there even though he did that for this market he did that for us no that's in the Northeast Ohio region I don't know if I can get four I definitely have three four moments in Miami. Like four positive Dan Lebatard moments that he's like this is our guy. You guys are saying this was a positive moment. It's yeah. Yeah. It has not felt this with

my friend Greg Cody. There's very little about this with my friend Greg Cody that has been shared in positive. Would you not agree? I think this is like what happened last night in terms of pro South Florida Dan Lebatard moments is a silver medalist. I was surprised I was not booed. I was surprised by that. Why? Preaching to the choir pal. Third place is the Jim Mandich parade.

That was a cool one. That was your bronze medalist. Silver was last night and first place the speedo where you surprised everybody. Yeah. Oh, maybe the battery. The battery at the first take taping down here. Yeah, down here. That's, okay, that's a Rushmore. Do like on air moments count? I think Greg scooping his engagement was.

That's not a Dan moment. That's a moment for Greg. I would go rant over that, the original rant. The rants were good. Dan met that moment. Wow, this has been a real nostalgia tour here today. Are you done with me on this subject? Are you like, me on this subject?

Are you like, is the integrity joke is a good one that we're gonna make for the rest of our lives, right? And you will always be able to point out, because this is forever, the internet is forever. So I'm experiencing this very differently between you and them, okay? Because everyone's making fun of me, but they're doing it positively, and you are legitimately pretty close to ashamed of

me uh... i mean i'm i'm positive of your performance no but you're really quick with the beat you're pretty close to ashamed of me for doing it yes or surprised you did it i i i don't think it serves you well are What? Are you ashamed of me for doing it? Ashamed is too strong a word. How close to ashamed are you?

Pretty close. Not quite there. Not quite there. Had you worn the jersey on the show today, which you should have, it might have lapsed into shame. But you should have done it. Yeah, you should have worn the jersey.

In fact, at the next commercial break, go put on the jersey. Just rip the bandaid, yeah. Did you sign the drum or did they say, don't sign the drum, just sign the wall inside? I was able to sign both the drum and the wall. Whoa. That's big status?

I'm sure you recognize some of those cigs. Look at me, I was too busy enjoying myself. Wow, they even put a little space between the le and the batard, that's classy. When you're about to strike, are you reading that? Like, oh man, Gretzky? Guys, I will tell you again that I was scared. I don't understand, like, none of this is comfortable to me

and I was being weighed down by the withering criticism of my friend here, my supporter who couldn't be bothered to show up, but criticized through rocks from afar to make fun of me so that he can have this moment where he could be very close to ashamed of me. I didn't know if I was doing the right thing. It was something I didn't want to do and I didn't want to do it, cloaking it in journalistic responsibility, but it's mostly because I was afraid of it, because I thought I was just gonna screw it up.

I thought I was gonna do something wrong. I thought, how hard do I have to hit this, and is there the chance the stick will fly out of my hand? It is the thing I was most afraid of. They're like, hit it hard, no one's ever done more than five, so I was gonna get to five. McDaniel got to five, I wanted to go to six, I did.

I should've just kept. You should've run through the stop sign, because I see there's always that guy. I should've just kept. You should've run through the stop sign. Cause I see there's always that guy with the thing like leading you, you should've run through the stop sign. Yeah, but I did not, when I just saw Luongo do it, I was not as bold and confident as him. I feel inferior by leaps and bounds to Luongo. But he's the standard.

Chris, what was your other nomination for? I do have another, for Dan moment, does this one make the top Mount Rushmore, Mike? The first time we saw Dan put french fries on a salad. Oh. I'll put it as OLI. That's a strong one. I'll never forget that.

Mike has a list back here. I'm kind of curious what's on here. Right now I'm building top Dan moments that happened abroad. You didn't put in there Las Vegas, Wu-Tang. No, that doesn't make a difference. That was a bad moment. Oh, this is good moments.

I thought just moments in general. You know, the paratops are best. You know, the parat Carrot Top is 60? Really? Yeah. He looks it. He seems like it. Really?

From shoulders up, he looks all of 75. Shoulders down, different story. Who are you talking about? Carrot Top. Oh wow, he's 70? Yeah. No, 60. Oh 60.

All right, Greg, the show was moving too fast for Greg there. Your 70. Greg. Shoulders up he is. So Greg, Greg, the show was moving too fast for Greg. Your 70. Greg. Shoulders up he is. So Greg, just Carrot Top, they went quickly from Wu Tang to Carrot Top, and this is the first time anyone has brought up Wu Tang to my face,

and it still hurts. Like I will tell you that I am exposed here, and that, you talk about shame. He's splayed. You talk about a shame, no, a splayed, a shame, all of it, oh my God. That's the first time any of you have mentioned it. I was hoping we would go the rest of our lives

without anyone doing so. I feel like a lot of your worst moments coincide with Greg's best moments because Greg was thriving. He was great, he was so great. He carried us on his back that day. Meanwhile, Dan was spiraling. That's correct. Similar to when he. He carried us on his back that day. Wow. Meanwhile, Dan was spiraling. That's correct.

Similar to when he scooped your engagement. Thriving. Proud moment. Best thing I've ever written. What's your fourth best moment that happened abroad? Accurate. Because I got the top three right now. Gramercy Theater, you sold it out in 90 seconds.

You delivered a good show with the help of Greg. Thank you. Second place is The Billboards. Oh yeah, yeah billboards in Akron, Ohio Which Greg was also a part of supplementing every step of the way it would seem he's right there Good right next to you and number one is going to China with Michael Jordan Wow Back in the journalism days that was a moment Would you do that interview if they said the only way you can talk to Michaels if you have wear Michael Jordan Jersey? I bet he would have he's got the track record for it

didn't you almost die in a hot air balloon once yeah that a good moment was that is that one of your top I was in content I don't I I don't know why yes this is close to death as I've probably ever been given that a hot air balloon on our yes on our honeymoon crashed into the African, yeah, a hole burned into it, and it crashed in a field that was dangerous. So the last two trips that you've taken to Africa, you've almost died.

Ron's almost gotten him killed. Both. Twice. Well, that was a gift from Ron. That was- Well, now we're starting to wonder insurance scams. Ron might be trying- Ron might be trying to kill me. It seems possible.

He welcomed his son into our life yesterday. How did everyone feel about that? How did everyone feel about Sean McGill's run through here? A bit yappy if you ask me. Oh, so loud. Does not shut up. Won't stop talking that guy Sean McGill Maybe Ron wrote the notes that made Dan make the mistake at the Vegas show too that almost caused him to die of shame

Third attempt at his life just spitballing here for potential Dan moments There was the time he made this noise her profile at the company and her voice. I Don't think that makes it no that does sound like baseball being hit. Her profile at the company and her voice A deep shot to left field! Her profile at the company and her voice It sounds like a rocket man. That ball was hitting 400 feet. Her profile at the company and her voice 400 feet. Her profile at the company and her voice. That ball was pulled. Got some fat speed on that.

Hot shot hit foul. Gary Sheffield did that. Like that's. You got that as a foul ball into the dugout. I've got that. That's a scream. That's a home run from Castellanos. How did you make that sound? Folks, I'm not sure I'm ever going to put on these headsets again.

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