The Dumb Zone FREE - DZ 1-12-26 | NFL Wild Card Weekend and Amy Poehler takes home best podcast

Episode Date: January 12, 2026

Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing to the show at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZoneThe Cowboys sit at home and watch what real teams look like on an exciting Wild Card Weekend. Amy Poehler takes home best podcast at The Golden Globes and what happened in the Jaguars postgame press conference: wholesome bit or bad bit? (00:00) - Open: Weekend check (01:02:18) - Sports: NFL Wild Card Weekend (01:34:53) - Jaguars postgame press conference moment (02:01:10) - News: The Golden Globes (02:28:30) - VM birthdays/Today in History ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hello, I'm professional broadcaster Dan McDowell, letting you know that you were about to hear one of our free podcast. But if you'd like to subscribe at dumbzone.com, you'll get four shows per week plus the weekend wrap-up and any bonus sods like our business Wednesday interviews. So if you forgot how to use the 15-second rewind, that's dumbzone.com to subscribe. Now, on to today's program. Hey now, let's talk about Qualis roofing, the goat of advertisers. That's what we were just doing. Yeah, and we're just saying, hey, how's that roof holding up? How was your NFL weekend?

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You'll invite me to your kid's birthday party. And this is the dumb zone. It's Monday. It is not a cowboy Monday. Won't have one of those again for a little while. But what if his kid's birthday party was like an hour from your house? I think I'm doing you a favor by not inviting you to my kids' birthday party. Didn't I go to one of them?

You did. But it was to scoreboard Jake. Much to my decision. Bay. Oh, I only went because I knew Jake wouldn't go. And when you both showed up on my front lawn, you did the Spider-Man meme, and then you both almost left, knowing that you couldn't scoreboard the other one. Well, yeah, that, as you said, is why I was there.

The reason I was there was... Once the other side of the equation got crossed off and we're back at zero. I'm just going to go home. You're here. I am here. You sound a little... How are you feeling? Just hoarse.

What's going on? Still I have the cough. Got a kick-ass new haircut. Mm-hmm. I laid the cards on the top. table. What do you mean? There's two people who cut our hair and I sometimes would like in a pinch I would prefer one over the other if you press me. But you have to schedule around it. They work different days. And typically it just it's just a hard hard thing to explain. But up until now,

I've never seen them both available and picked the newer one. And I did it finally this weekend. I was like, I don't, look, I want a haircut. I tried to create some level of cover because she did have the first available, but I just did it. I just did it. And I'll tell you, there's an easy, easy explanation. One of them has a vacuum. The other one knows they don't have a vacuum. One of them just has a little extra, they don't forget the rice.

So, both great, but I did get the haircut. It's a haircut. Same place. I go to the same place. But like a head shave. can be way better from one person to another. It's unbelievable. And, but I had been with the first lady for like a couple years.

And then because of her, you know, she was off one day and I had to go with the other lady. And then the other lady's better, way better. And it's kind of like, yeah, so I'll schedule on days when the first lady's not there anymore. But I feel like, because I feel like I'm cheating on her, literally. I have been then. She wasn't on the schedule, but it turns out. like then she ended up coming in. And so now I'm in Lady Number 2's chair,

but Lady Number 1 is standing right there. And then saying hi to me. Yeah. Like she always did. I like, she's very nice. And very good, too. Very good. Very good.

But what if you could get Tom Brady? What if you have, you know, what if you... We all love Roma. I have Peyton Manning here or whatever, but what if I now could let Tom Brady quarterback my team? I might do that. So I did get a haircut, But, anyway.

Trying to raise the vibe. He looked great. Because I still have the cough. And now the wife, as you found out Saturday, the wife has the flu. So she was not, she tested positive Saturday morning. Ooh, morning of the birthday party. Yeah, because I made her test. Oh.

No, she's going to power through? I don't know what she was going to do. We're not going to think about that. Can you imagine all the kids? Yeah, let's all. Super spreader. Moms don't. She wants to be a super spread.

They're not thinking straight. So yeah, that became sort of my birthday party for the kid. You know, it's all set up. Not really anything to do past that point. It's funny seeing TC there because I feel like he would want to go and swim even if he didn't have a kid. So it's cool that he has a kidd. But he looks like giddy to be swimming. Sure.

I've never seen like a... The man loves the water. A more 35-year-old kid. Like he's... He's got his floaties on. He's, he does. He just, it doesn't matter that the pool is just filled with seven and eight-year-old kids. It's, uh, he'll dive right in.

Yeah, he loves, he loves the water. And so I knew he's smiling real big. Of course it was, uh, after the Bears game, right? So he's probably smiling big. No, dude. He got out of there and went straight to the Bears game. Yeah, that's pre-bear. Oh, okay.

To the watching. Yeah. We, Blake, myself, we were, chappy. We were keeping track of the Carolina game, which rendered picks closed, I think. Yeah, I think Blake winning that triple play, putting that triple play, put us over the top. But yeah, I don't have. Blake carries us to the finish line. As always. Jake demanded help. Got it. Waited until the last week. Got it. Don't know the rules. Don't know, like, do I still have.

I think we all did our part, right? Do I still have the flu? No, shut up. You made it interesting with your... Did I not do my part the week before? I went like 8 and 2 and got us back in where we belong. Your 1 in 19 stretch certainly put us in the position, but I guess if you do... Well, I have averages. But I don't think you guys can get sick for me being here.

I definitely don't feel 100%, but I tried to go play flag football yesterday morning. I hadn't done anything in a week physically, but I thought... How'd that feel? It felt awesome until the... end of the first game, which I sustained the most severe muscle strain I've ever had in my life. It's gnarly. That was the end of the day for me. And then some guy came up afterward.

Groyne? Calf. Right off the line. Just a pop to the ground. From stationary to on the ground. But it didn't go down. So I knew my Achilles wasn't rolled or popped or whatever. Not George Kittal.

No, there's no electrical substation. next to the... How is that real? We're going to get into it. A guy's like, hey man, you know, it's cold out here. Like, really got a stretch. I'm like, what the fucking?

I know I stretched. But then I think about it and it's like probably not enough. You know? I'm old. I'm still not stretching. Really? Yeah.

That's insane, dude. Did they stretch in World War I when they ran across? World War II. But I'm not. I'll tell you what. I'm looking forward to recovering from this injury. Oh, maybe I jumped the gun here because you wanted to wait. But the first thing I thought, honestly was... We're in the Game Day Mencel studio. We could at least give that a quick plug. I knew with Game Day and being on TRT that I will actually recover quicker.

I mean, that's why guys get on it, is that they get injured. They want to play sports. They don't want to be out for six months. Well, like Andy Petit said when he got busted for steroids, well, it was just to try to recover from an injury. Yes, that's the point. Major League Baseball players. It isn't just to bulk up and hit long home runs, but it does help you, and that's kind of what the testosterone replacement is. But as far as if we were going to plug a second sponsor today, I wanted to start with the top of my garage and then go down to the entrance of my garage and promote Trident Access Services. Jeremy. He's our good friend from Trident.

He's got the big tattoo on his leg. He does. And he's a good dude. Join the number of, I mean, Qualis kind of led the way. And they started advertising, got awesome, awesome results. And then a couple of other businesses have reached out to them, like Community Mechanical, and then Trident's and like, hey, tell me about what,

and then they've hopped on board because they're kind of the same type of thing. Not a huge, huge corporation, locally owned. And then they will take care of you a little bit extra special, especially when you mentioned the dumb zone, tx trident.com. And that's the place. Do you think they offer, would you call it preventative maintenance? Or is it a, oh, is the tune-up? Yeah, they came out to my house to give me the tune-up on my stuff,

found something that was horribly done by a previous garage door company. and so it's kind of important to get that done too. That's pretty cheap. Just get them out there, make sure everything's working smooth. Then I did get any, ended up getting kind of a new garage door system. Baby could sleep through opening that garage door. A baby could be on the garage door and still remain asleep. It's so smooth and quiet.

I think we've had a sit-in come remarked about, I can't believe this is how quiet your garage door is. And then they hooked up with Trident as well. Must have been the rollers and bears, Blake. Dan, TX Tridentinit.com. Hit up Jeremy. They're veteran-owned, their first-responder-owned. They're doing incredible things in the garage door space, folks. You got to see it.

DemZone listeners get 10% off at TXTridant.com. So are we sliding into weekend check that we usually do there? Sure. Well, you're here. Who? We had a scare. Yeah. Friday.

We had a sea cow in the bullpen. Yeah. I'd take care of my boy. Oh, yeah. Well, I don't know. it was totally Clayton's advice because I did want to talk about

not being in jury duty today. And basically it was really cool because last time I did jury duty, Tarrant County is my place of jury duty. I did go down and had to hang out all day. And this time they send a

questionnaire in the mail, or like you got to fill it out. Like they certainly have all this information. But they still make me fill out all this stuff. I think 20% of the American economy is, certainly they already have this information. At the doctor's office, they make you do that whole thing. It has to simply be that it's...

Then they ask you that stuff when you go into the doctor. What's on that one? It simply has to be that that is keeping America afloat. So... Doubling up on info. Yes. Long story short is I got to go in. I just filled out the stuff online, and they end up sending me an email later that said,

actually, we don't need you. I was like, oh, awesome. But I brought this, because it has all the same questions I filled out online. You know, it wants your email and phone number and all that kind of stuff. But the male or female and date of birth, I think you know that. They get this because I give a, on your driver's license, right? Yeah. And you sign up to vote, and then you're then in the system, and you'll get this.

I think you're not, I think if you're not eligible to vote, or if you don't sign up to vote, then you can't, you don't get a jury summons. Or maybe it's all through driver's lessons. The point is, then it's asking me county of residence. It's the Tarrant County thing, just sent this to my house. You know where I am. Education level. So I put, it said last grade you graduated.

And so I said senior college. Is that right? I think you would have probably just put like undergraduate. Or do you put 12? Oh, listen to master's guy over here. You're just an undergraduate. Well, I mean, that's what they're asking you, right? In fact, right?

Just. Only. Bachelor? Nearly. I think you would say bachelor's. Occupation. Hey. Self-employed.

Well, it did ask your employer, I put self-occupation. I put broadcaster. There you go. Okay. That feels good. TV show host. You don't write streamer? I did put self-employed, though.

Then it says work schedule. And I guess I put like 11 to 230 Monday through Friday. 247, baby. What is wrong with you? Should I have put like 8 a.m.? Because yes, it is like we're working on the show all the time. simply copy and pasted the JJ Watt thing. Success is leased not owned and rent is due every day.

Or the other guy. I woke up and I was thinking about the show and I jogged some down real quick. So should I have started with 6.30? I woke up and started writing stuff off. Explain how you have three weeks in your one week because you split your day into thirds like that one guy. Yeah. Actually. Yeah.

How does that guy get served? Then I get spouse's name. spouse's employer spouse's occupation they don't need to know all that why Palantir then it said kids

how many kids and ages yeah and if your kid turns 20 which both of mine have I don't know they're eight I'm not sure sure they're over 20 like I turn 50

I am now over 50 and you know you'll next know when I hit 60 that's the only time I'm going to honestly if you're like a grown man and you know the ages of your kids in their 20s, you're kind of gay. If you think about it, like, what are you

so worried about? You're going to have them a little birthday party? Yeah, so I put 20 plus. Yeah. I'm both of them. That's great. No cough, button. Anyway, I don't have jury duty, so that's really good. Okay, so... I didn't want to get

out of it, really. Well, I mean... I wanted to get out of driving. How did you? What did we... I don't know. Oh, I just said. Once you put in the stuff online, it tells you you may or may not have to show up. Watch your email. And my email ended up coming in and said, hey, actually, you don't have to come in.

I was like, oh. Because I was just trying to ascertain if this is like a kick the can down the road thing. Like, did we? Would you rather get a, I, right, postpone. Would you rather get a, you don't have to do this jury duty, you're out. Or, honey, I forgot. I have book club tonight. You're free this evening.

That's the easiest question by a factor of a million. You'd rather drive to book club or drive to jury duty than... I love the show, but I'm sure you guys figured out you did it before. Give me my 725 an hour and let's get judicious as long as I get that free night at home. It's a day, not an hour, buddy. My weekend check, my mom, oh, this is out of nowhere. I just was at the store, saw a guy blowing up. his nose and do his handkerchief.

And he was like a 40-something guy. So if you see someone Blake's grandpa's age, with a handkerchief, you're like, all right. I'll carry one. As an allergy guy, yeah. A little chief?

Yeah, depending on the day. Yeah. I'm good now. I don't have it with me. Now, handkerchief's disgusting, dude. You're going to keep blowing your nose in the same? Why don't you just carry one napkin around? Because paper towels are too rough on your nose. You need something little softer. Yep, I got nose burn right now all up underneath there. It's making my eyes water.

May I offer you puffs or Kleenex? Okay, see, I thought Dan's initial reaction was based on, like, what is he? Do you also have a bendel? Yeah, you know, a monocle, like whatever. Sorry, boys, the Model T won't. I need to smoke out of that long thing. But if it's about it being gross, then I have no room to talk because I just have, like, a medium-sized dish towel in my car. that I just blow in all day for weeks at a time.

I guess I wash it every when I clean out my car, but it's, dude, there's so much snot in my head. I don't know how you deal with it. If you're going to properly dispose of it every time. Well, I mean, you can roll through a box of Kleenex. That is what it's for. And I don't care about the environment. It isn't that.

Do you John Madden your butt with your towel? I just got a towel. I just keep it in there. I wash it once a week. I'm a nasty bitch right now, dude. And that's with your face. The whole like, oh, I'm going to get a jump start on 26. My 26 isn't even starting until February.

I am. That's what I'm saying, dude. I got way cocky. Two months behind. And now I'm disgusting. You're almost in cute, too. Shambles. Nobody wants to eat good when they have the flu.

Now my family has the flu. Everything sucks. Well, at least you kept a tradition going. of you gave it to everybody. Technically, yes, that is true, a loving father. And then my mom call the week. Talk to my mom every weekend. She, you know, gave birth to me and stuff.

So I figure that's the least I could do. Sure. And so I'm like, yeah, what'd you do? First of all, we talk lots about the weather. I love when there's weather change in Dallas, because then I can spend a few minutes talking, and then she can tell me how it's snowing again. And blah, blah, blah.

She lives in Cleveland. Rose is back. Rose goes down to Florida for a couple weeks around Christmas to spend it with her daughter. And now she's back in town, so they're excited about the possible movies coming up. But we didn't talk about that. She talked about what she did that week was she had heard on the news. There's a debate. So there's been Brown Stadium debate.

Right. for like a couple of years. The Browns owners have been trying to get out of downtown Cleveland, get a nice big piece of land in the suburbs, build one of those things around it, like Jerry World or the, what do they call it? Rangers Live. Texas Live.

Texas Live where they own it. And all the local bars and everything. Remember, we went to a game down there. It's really cool. All the local businesses that actually do reap the benefits. of having the Browns in downtown Cleveland, those people are all going to lose their money because the new owner of the new place

that won all the bars is going to be the owner of the Browns so he can get all the money, like all the extra economic development. He wants that too, not just the economic development of the Browns, which is unbelievable. So they finally got that passed. There was lawsuits.

They finally, they're doing it. They are moving out of town. And can I just say real quick, because most people are never going to go to Cleveland in their life. I just want to say to the extent that something like this can be sad, it is very sad. As a football fan, as just someone who grew up watching that stuff on getting to go to a Browns game, two of them, getting to walk around before, it is magical. Like it legitimately is as cool of a cultural experience as you're going to get outside,

I don't know, Buffalo or whatever, but it's up there. And it is, you feel it when you're there. And it just, it's sad, dude. Like, I've never lost anything like that because I never had anything like that. But when I go to places like that, it makes me sad that they're going away. It's incredibly, it makes downtown cool. Otherwise, downtown just sucks. It always does.

But so now the owner, they're still, like they've been assured by the state or whatever government, they're going to get money, like lots of money to pay for their stadium. But there's debate on where to get that money. Is it going to be with this tax? and apparently they have something called like an unclaimed funds thing. And my mom informed me, this is like every state. You could search your name and there's going to be unclaimed funds. So they put on the news that they were going to,

they're potentially going to use from the unclaimed funds, give that to the Haslums to help build their stadium because there's millions of dollars in there. Yeah, I've looked. I've gotten money from it before. And my mom pumped her name in, And she has like $20 from somewhere in the past. She says they're all kind of like that. Yeah. It doesn't look like there's anyone with a, oh, you didn't claim $100,000.

It's all like little stuff. You had a bank account that closed out and the bank went under or something. And here's the unclaimed funds. And Ohio is sitting on all this and they're like, well, let's just give it to the Haslums because they need it. And yes, but she wanted to make sure if there's $10. dollars out there in her name, it ain't going to them. Wow. Yeah.

I love that. That's bettell. And she checked my name and my brother's name and all that. And Uncle Gary's name. In fact, because she said Uncle Gary, who died a couple years ago, she called Aunt Terry because Gary has some money in there. Okay. Make sure Terry doesn't pass on that.

Aunt Terry to get that $15 or whatever. That's awesome. It's so pure. But that is somehow like the most, it sounds like an episode. sort of the Simpsons, but it's like the most Ohio politics story. How are you going to pay for this? We found the unclaimed fund. That's not a policy solution at all. There's no way they have enough money, but that's very funny. It's just here. If we, I don't know. That's funny. One thing we haven't done yet because of a wife sickness that went on and off. But let me just mention this before we move on,

is schedule that flooring direct DFW in-home service. Because our floors are crap, like I've already stated, kids are 20-something. I don't know how old they are, but they're over 20. And you might run into this right now, both of you guys. Your kids are going to F up your floors, dude. Yeah. Already have.

They're going to be a mess. They're going to spill stuff on the carpet. They're going to just ruin your wood floor. And you're going to, you know what you have to say. That's fine. I don't care because they're going to, you know, be older someday and they'll stop doing this. Once they are, flooring direct DFW. So that's what we got to do.

We got to fix our floors. They're garbage. And right now they got 40% off select installed flooring. It's great, too, because they'll go to you. So you call flooring direct or actually websites better, flooring direct. DFW.com slash DZ. Set up an in-home, you know, estimate. They'll just come out. They'll bring the store to you.

You could go to their showroom, but do you have that kind of time? You don't. So set up an in-home display. What would you call it? Just a visit. Demonstration. Demonstration. A demo. We're going to demo the floors. A demonstrate. Speaking of demoing the floors, when they do fix up your floors, they move your furniture out of the way. Obviously, they're going to put it back. They're going to leave it like they were never there, except, you know, there's new floors. But it's not a big mess. You don't have to hire movers.

We've heard of people having to do that. These are installation experts that clean as they go. Walla, new floors. As Dan said, 40% off select flooring. They've got some great financing deals right now. You can be in a home with new floors for probably a lot less than you think. So find out flooring direct.com or excuse me, flooring direct, dfdfdivw.com slash dZ 972-449-9456. Our pros are the nicest.

We've got the best prices. Clayton? Weekend check. I had to make sure my mic was on. Yeah, so similar to Dan, I do a weekend call with my mom. They're in Arizona right now, Scottsdale, to be precise. And I think I'm going to regret this, but I told her I'd bring it up on the show and ask you guys. They would like to go to dinner one night while we're there.

and they can do whatever they want yeah well with they would like to take you guys to dinner one night or there how does dinner at 430 sound to them um they're old they're retired now nice so early dinner is always a plus um no lines and it's well it's Scottsdale so it's a lot of old people eating early dinners i think he just indicated that you would be traveling to them Dan and I'm trying to help my friend Clayton get this done. Oh, where's Scottsdale? Well, no, brother, I mentioned that and said we're going to be on the other side of Phoenix and the response was I'll take care of it.

We'll find something near you guys. There you go. He's getting warmer. I'm trying to. I'm trying to take care of Dan. Is Scottsdale in the, like Friscoe to Phoenix or what Friscoe does? Friscoe to South Lake, kind of, yeah. Except there's no main highways there.

Like there's just like two roads that branch off. But we'll figure it out. They got like a McDowell Road. That's a big one. Do you know about McDowell Road? I know Pima. That's the road that I know. Okay.

But yeah, they had requested that. There's a chance. So we get to see Mrs. Mrs. Clayton, Mama Clayton. I know. He's the one asking. All bets are off. I just, yeah, it was. Does this mean our relationship is going to another level?

It's a meat mom and day. Yeah. I did. You know, it was never going to work with Glenn, but I figured you guys might be a little bit cooler and a little bit more accessible. They're not on board with Glenn? No, like,

it was never an opportunity to be like, hey, Glenn, my parents want to take you to dinner one night, even though like. He's worth like a billion dollars. No. He's not coming along. You're saying guys like us might actually want a free meal. Need a free meal.

Yeah. Yeah. Especially out of town. And like, I told my mom she can't beat y'all down with like too much ticket stuff, but... Your mom grew up kind of P1ish, right? She's the only reason I ever knew about the time. No, I'll do that for day. I do that all day, bro.

I love talking about the ticket. That's the best. She's in Jake's demo, and it's really weird. Because... Hey, now. You want to drag something out of there? And your mom's 39 years old? No.

My target, my Kug demo. Oh, she's in. Jake's, okay, that demo. Sorry. Yeah. Yeah, but we know, but stepdad's got private jet bunnies. I don't think I'm much of a, I don't think I'm much of a threat. JSX anyways.

That and golf. If Blake wants to play golf, I need to know. His mob golfs. I did know that. They live on a golf course. Yeah, it would be, be with my stepdad and his golf buddies. I assume the boys are going to be booming out there. There's a golf course on like every street corner from what I've been told.

We have access to seven for ours. Grimm likes golf, right? Oh, yeah. That's what I'm saying. Him and Blake and... Played. The parents, yeah. Yeah.

But, so I... We'll do it. I'm committing. I got a little... They may not go. I'll go. I'll be there. Finding some places for Dan to walk.

Some good walking places. Get those steps in. So, uh... They got a lot of land out there in Arizona. There's just a lot of good, nice little easy walking. trails around the area. So, you know, Dan, get out in nature and do a little walk in. Yeah, I don't need a trail.

I could just walk in a, you know, down the street. But sure. I'm trying to, I'm trying to branch out. I'm a little disappointed in your Denver performance, if we want to be frank about it. Little disappointed. I mean, I walk down the street. Yeah, I know. And that's fine.

He rode a scooter through the ghetto. But he did. Ooh, that was fun. He did hit the whole five points scooter trip. He put us in a church. You know, he just, he had talked all this like, you know, I'm walking now. Maybe I could try hiking and he's talking about Burmage hiking. And like I kind of, I'm not like, I'm not doing a former ticket road trip bit where you're like,

well, I mean, I got to plan the whole thing for you and then you didn't. But I did think if I lowered it to this is not going to be hard that you would get out and go try one of those hikes. A little chilly. Not with me. But Arizona though, I'm hoping. It won't be rattlesnake weather. It's going to be too hot. I will hike in Arizona.

For real? No, not that year. Okay. I'm in. But yeah, that was my weekend. Just my one phone call with my mom on Saturday for about an hour and then. Yeah, we're going to Arizona, what, the week of... It's like a month from now.

The week of Valentine's Day. Oh, no. What are y'all going to do? I know. I love Valentine's Day. You know, I was thinking about that this weekend that. But because I was thinking about our trip and all that. Should I start packing now?

I'm going to wait. Good for you, bud. But I was thinking that Shottie is a guy who loves Valentine's Day. Oh, my God. Like he's planning now. He's happy the season's over because he gets to now start focusing on Valentine's. Well, and here's a, I promise you that he does, you know, I miss a birthday during the season. I miss this.

I miss our anniversary during the season. Bill Clinton? What are we getting here? I don't know. It's just his little. He does like, I think it's McConaughey. Oh, everybody knows I'm a Valentine's guy. Like he just, he will see, he would dub himself a Valentine's guy.

Yeah. I wonder if he celebrates her half birthday. Probably because he misses her real birthday. Because her birthday's in the season. Yeah. Would not be surprised. Yeah. All right.

Who's up? Okay, yeah. So I told you guys, we did the kid birthday on Saturday. Blake came out there. We just did it at the wreck, having a wreck center with a pool. indoor pool is very privileged and awesome because it's cheap, it's right there. Warm. Yeah, if it's not warm yet, get all the kids in there.

It's just a cold day. Yeah, but you know, you just let them loose for a couple hours. And generally, I think people appreciate it. It's wonderful. You don't have to clean up. You don't really have to keep track of. There's lifeguards everywhere. Shappie, because I was talking to Chappie about how great the scene was, the same bit.

He goes, there's another thing. There's an end time. Yeah. Yeah. There's a time this is end. Yeah. Now. And they will usher you out of there 10 minutes before that, too.

They're not letting you linger. Right. They got another party coming. Controversial, though, I think the Saturday 4 p.m. party. Yeah. Are we eating dinner here? Are we, what is this? What was that discussed?

I'm trying to recall at some point, obviously, you have an availability. issue of Avala what? And I think you, I deal in my mind is 10 a.m. I think that's the perfect party time. The problem when you get into like the middle of the day is like a lot of little kids have naps and that starts jacking people up. Yeah. So then you're like, all right, do we do two to four?

Well, that's kind of weird because that's like even further from a meal. It seems like four to six. But you're going to get it wrong no matter what. And they're going to be eating cold pizza no matter how you do it. Everyone's going to have some cold pizza. But generally, like, if we get invited to one of those, I dig it. You don't have to do anything. There's no.

It might be better. Now that you say it, is it 10 a.m. are you going to be eaten? You don't even mess with it. You just serve cake. Or cupcakes or whatever. And it's just like, oh, cool. It's a nice little treat on the way. That's great on the schedule because then the kid goes to the party, then naps after.

Perfect. Two o'clock, you're rushing the nap and it doesn't go well, so they end up not napping. And you do eat now, but did we have lunch just an hour ago? I'll tell you what I like is just the normalization of a two-hour window for a party. Because I don't know, man, but I feel like these weren't forever when I was a kid. Or like family gatherings. It's like there's two hours is, for all the talk of like, boy, nobody has an attention span. I love it.

I'm like, we're in and out. So, yeah, I'm just in this position yesterday of I've got both kids. The wife is down for the count. My mom has the flu. I'm feeling like Blake. I got to be a real dad. Blake's up my party with the baby. And my wife, so my wife wasn't there.

And afterwards, she's like, who helped Blake with the baby? Help. I was like, what do you mean? And she goes, well, who was helping out? She was like, I would have been all over that baby. I'm like, I don't know. I don't even know that he was there for more than, I don't, he was there than he left.

And my wife just had a lot of post-game questions that I did not have answers for. or did such and such bring such and such what she say about this did she ask you about the sign nobody asked me it was insane i was like i felt like i literally felt like a losing coach when i walked in the door

i think it went good like is it just that women make this everything into such an event and a big deal that if they're not there to make it that and it really isn't that like people kept coming up to me and saying

and like, you're doing great. This is a great party. I'm like, well, I don't know. There's a pool. There's cupcakes. Yeah, what did you do? What do we have to do? You paid for it.

Yeah. If somehow this is figuring into the $2.50 a year that Oprah had for moms, I'm here to tell you that you kind of just turn it on and let it run. Do you do like gift bags for all the kids that are attending? Yeah, and to be clear, I didn't do that. But she did. She did. Yeah.

And I heard a mom. Go ahead. Didn't love your selection. I don't, it... I didn't take anything. I should have taken a gift bag. I think that they're all worthless. Listen, it's going to be opened in the car on the way home.

And when you're giving kids sticky hands and ring pops, it's everywhere. Oh, yeah, you don't want to give food. Let's be a little considerate next time. I think you don't want to give sweets. As Brooks is popping me with the sticky hand as I'm trying to drive. Oh, man. Sticky all over the back seat now? It's on the window.

Our apologies. So yesterday, I wanted to do a little bit here to slide into football talk. So I'm laid up on the couch. You know, I told you guys when I was sick, too. I feel like your wife sort of judges you for being lazy. Yeah. They're just not, they can't stand watching a male relax for too long without them just being like, ugh, get a job.

I'm like, it's Saturday. So now my leg's all jacked up. I'm having to, you figure out ways you can walk. that don't cause pain, but they look really funny. So I'm doing that around the house, and then occasionally she'll see me, and she's just, I don't know. She's just put off by my existence. Like you had the flu. He had a week off.

You had a week off. Now you get up and go do this dumb shit you do on the weekend. Now you can't walk. And so every time the kids need something, it's this big production. It's just not fun for her, I would imagine. But I tried to just. So she feels like shoddy. And you're Trayvon Diggs.

Like, what are you doing? You're what? And she doesn't care. She's like, no, but I had to play this game. Yeah. Like you had the flu all week, but you had to go play flag football. Yeah, man. Yeah, no, it's just that important to me.

So I'm trying to keep track of the NFL games yesterday and take care of the kids. And I saw a couple things that I wanted to bring to you guys. The first one was a commercial for the gym Equinox. Equinox, if you know nothing else, Dan, perhaps featured in a Kanye song. It's just a gym where hot people go. I don't even know that we have one in Dallas. I don't know if they have one in South Lake, but it's the most expensive commercial gym out there. And they ran this ad, which I think is sort of supposed to be a play on artificial intelligence images.

and it's like question everything you see. And this popped up on the screen in the pregame for an NFL game. This is a very attractive woman in a bikini, but think total recall. She's got three breasts. And that, I guess, can be on TV. Because if you're sitting there with a child... Oh, no.

female child they're at least like what was that was this YouTube TV yeah I wonder if this was just your Algo I googled it and they've apparently I mean obviously that the image I pulled

is from a news article because there's apparently billboards in New York and L.A and we'll get back to the to the breasts in a moment and how did that conversation go I literally just moved on

and then said I want to tell the guys about this I was like, I didn't see it. And the rewind doesn't work. Oh. Just your regular reminder that Jake from State Farm is way too roided up. It was weird enough whenever they just replaced White Jake from State Farm with black Jake from State Farm. But in the new round of commercials, they have him with, uh, well, Derek, look at that, dude. Look how big he is.

That's insane. Are you saying there? We're just to pull this over on America. one thing and then two like let's get him roided up let's get him like he looks like he looks like derrick henry looks like chubby though well that's kind of what happens yeah when you get on enough of it uh i personally really enjoy that because billy bob thornton is in a lot of movies and tv shows about texas that he's become sort of like our avatar for a tough straight talking, no bullshit Texan.

So they basically just have him do his character from what I assume is Landman as an AT&T commercial now. He's out in West Texas. Like, if that don't sound good to you, maybe you're not from around here. It's AT&T. This is the same guy who dresses up in like the little vampire. He has like those hoop earrings and puts like this,

he dresses like little Stevie. But somehow he's become like Texas man. Is that not weird to anybody yet? He's not from here. He's like an artsy theater guy who wears like rags. He dresses like Stephen Tyler in his real life. I'm not placing it now, but this happens. Like they're so character driven that after a role they begin to take on that part.

And that one for him, it just fits so well. People like hearing him act like he's from Texas. because the other AT&T ads are Luke Wilson, who is from here, despite the fact that I never really think of him as like a shit kicker. Like he's out there with boots on. I don't know why I hate that ad. I can tell you why I hate it.

The Luke Wilson ad. Personally, it's just that it's clear, this is not new, but it's clear just selling Texas works. That's all that is, is that people in Vermont and Utah and Georgia are watching shows about Texas, a lot of them. And so the ad companies are like,

hell yeah. Get the guy everyone thinks is from Texas. Even if he has to take off like a literal dress to walk out into this field and pretend to be like, that's why it drives me crazy personally. So it's actually a counter ad, Owen Wilson and Billy Bob. So Owen does the AT&T. Okay.

Billy Bob does T-Mobile. And they're both supposed to be Texas man? Well, it's just counter. trying to counter each other. The companies are trying to out-texts each other with people. Billy Bob's from Arkansas, so it's close. Still, he's an actor, you know? Like, I know him as... He dresses like Stevie Ray Vaughn would have continued to dress, like, if he got older and didn't, you know, pass away. It's a weird trend to me. And then I'll wrap it up with this. This is... I don't know if you guys saw these or not, but it is an ad for a medication.

that I believe helps people with breast cancer and the treatment that comes with it. And I didn't pull the video because I don't know what the copyright situation is. So the video, it's not that three-boobed lady? It's not that. Okay. But it's obviously boob-focused. There's a woman on camera and she says, my name is such and such, and these are my breasts. and then the camera pans down to her tits.

Tasteful, you know, it's not like they got them hanging out, but the rest of the ad, she's talking about her breasts, and I'll play a little bit of that for you here. I'm Erica, and these are my breasts. We've changed a lot through the years, from dating to breastfeeding and gravity. So you could be... And gravity.

And another change. A lump. Breast cancer. As part of my treatment, my doctor and I chose to ask a scali, a pill that can help reduce my risk of breast. I don't know what the pill was. It sounds like the leader of a rebel nation in like East Asia or something. We chose Bascali. My doctor and I chose to act as collie.

A pill that can help reduce my risk of breast cancer from coming back. Okay. So here's another one. You get the idea, though, I think, is, uh... I'm Maya, and these are my breasts. Honestly, we've had a complicated relationship. I've tried sports bras, underwire bras, Minimizer bras.

The whole time the camera's just on. We got a minimizer. On the boots. And then out of nowhere, I found a lump. Breast cancer. Then losing the breasts, I never fully appreciated. Very sad, right? So I'm like, I want to learn more about this campaign.

How long has this been going on? Do they have any other ones? And lo and behold, they do. and I found a couple of them on YouTube. Same sort of thing. They just pan down. I'm Erica and these are my breasts. We've been through a lot together.

From dating to breastfeeding and gravity. When my husband and I would go to swingers parties, everyone would yell, hey, there's Erica with the Mondo-banging tits. And then another change, a lump, breast cancer. As part of my treatment, my doctor and I chose to ask. I thought that was shocking. I'm absolutely right with you.

Yeah, I couldn't. But I suppose it's niche advertised, right? You're looking for that small. Right, and everybody can get breast cancer regardless of your proclivities or whatever. Yeah, that one was great. So what'd your daughter say about that one when you were watching this? I'm Maya, and these are my breasts, my tits, my tattas, my bazookas, my miscells. Okay.

My missiles. They've served me well over the years. I used to love when my husband would play with them. He would spit on them a little bit. lovingly, and then out of nowhere, I found a lump. Breast cancer. All right. Then losing the breasts, I never fully appreciated.

Yeah, you don't appreciate them. All the ads now with women's voices, they just make them sound like the Kardashians. Like that soft, Kim Kardashian. Well, the good news about that is it's very easy to replicate. I think following that up would be great to mention community mechanical. because if there's one advertiser of ours that loves breasts, sure. It would be community mechanical.

Sure. Right? And kind of just like looking for a lump, a little preventive maintenance there. Nailed it. So they will come out to your house and they will, what do you call that? It's not a euphemism, but they will look for a lump.

It's an analogy. An analogy, sorry. See if they can find the lump on your unit. They found a lump in mind. in my attic, as a matter of fact. It was seeping out carbon monoxide. They say that's very bad. And they reattached that, fixed things up, gave me kind of a big tune-up around the house.

They're great. And mine had cancer, so they just replaced the entire system. They'll do that, too. They can do that. You get to choose. But if you have misdiagnosed cancer, like Brandon Aubrey did. You could end up spending a fortune on radiation. Yeah, he had another company saying it would cost him 15 grand.

and they were like, actually, what if we replace this one part for $100? And his system works great. That's what they'll do for you. Because they love breasts and HVAC at CommunityDFW. Call or text Travis anytime. 469, 66777-2-90. That preventative maintenance is key. But as Blake said, if you do need a new system, they'll replace it for you.

And while you're there, they'll get you a sit-in for the show as well. Hit up Travis today, CommunityDFW.com. one more check of a weekend, and that is Blake. I said a few leftover things from while we were away. I had to shave the mustache. Because I went to an Argyle Lady Eagles basketball practice. That was a lot. And I want to know the players.

I want to know the sets, how we're going to attack. And I was just a creepy guy in a mustache at a high school girls' basketball practice. So I thought during basketball season maybe I'd just shave it. that'll get you ready for your maestash. Yeah, maybe that's when it'll come back. Get it back then, yeah. I think that our show would be stronger if Blake had a mustache like that all the time. It's kind of like a signifying thing.

I get the line is, though, covering women's high school sports. It just feels like if the UIL instituted a no mustache policy, everyone would say yes. Yeah. Just for a cast-a-nepet. don't want those guys at volleyball. I get it. I played pickup basketball with a guy, and we all thought the Luca trade was bad for us, and it was.

But this guy had the full Luca sleeve tattoo. Oh, my gosh. The lion, the filling, like it was from elbow to wrist, the exact Luca tattoo. You just can't ride that much D, man. You can't do it. There's no...

I mean... All the... The signs were, though, that, yeah, he wants to be Dirk. He's going to be here forever. I mean, they will never let him go. I realize we're splitting hairs, and I have a little bit of a stand-up special. I want to play for you guys later, just women joking about men watching football. But you, okay, yes, I got a jersey with another guy's name on it.

But you cannot get another man's tattoo full piece on your body in the same place. and let me tell you the test on how you know that's a bad idea. How do you think it would go if you showed it to him? Yeah. Hey, oh, yeah. Look, look. Not good. What if I got the Kyle Shanahan tattoo, though, so I could be friends with Chris Sims?

That's great. Yeah. On the Cowboys Charter, for some reason, multiple people were watching the newest Mission Impossible. Did it come out a couple years ago? No, I think it came out like in the last year. Okay. Because T.C. went to like a deal with Ben Rogers, like a press junket deal where Tom Cruise was showing up. That's right.

At the theater and told everyone, have a great summer. And so like Jake, I don't want to sit down and watch the whole movie, but I'll check in on it. And then I kind of understand and I feel like I've seen it. I love that. But there's one thing that happened in the movie that I want to add a dance list of things that movies get wrong. Because I watched a pretty intense fight scene. where they had to free this female prisoner. And within a couple seconds of kicking everyone's ass,

they were in a standoff and then they had this very logical conversation of like why she needed to lower the gun. In any real fight I've seen in person or online, people are not thinking clearly. So you go from ass kicking in one second to just like, okay, boom, we're having a level-headed conversation right now. Yeah. The level-headed conversations they have while drunk?

Well, hi. Or like in the ER. Yeah. It's like, how are they doing? Yeah, no, that's a good one. If it's succession and we're in a boardroom, okay, fine. But we just had this giant fist fight. Yeah.

Let's calm down. That's a great point. All right. My ins and outs for 2026 begins with it. It's not something that I do, but I've been affected by it multiple times recently. And I don't think people should be able to play the lottery before noon. I'm in there.

I'm getting my coffee. I got a few minutes here to get in and get out. And this sucker is trying to play multiple rounds of this lottery game. I won five bucks. Give me another ticket. Oh, 10. Give me two. It takes a lot of time.

I would be in favor of a lottery lane. Yeah. And you just have to wait over there if you're, and now I understand you're still going to, if you have one attendant, there's going to be problems. think they should be on a slightly lower priority. Yeah. They understand that their operation does sometimes take a long time. So let's go do them when it's time to do them.

But I just need this little energy drink. They clearly have more time to spend here than I do. But multiple times over the break. I'm sitting there with my coffee ready to go. I need to go. Is the future, maybe this is 20 years or whatever, like that store I went into at the airport, where you just walk in, you walk out?

You scan your card when you walk in because it make you? I'm saying you won't even have to do that because they'll scan it, it'll be on you or something. Yeah. Or like this store, you're already going to be registered there somehow.

Yeah, maybe it is a scan. Yeah, I think that exists. You're 100% right. It won't be scan your card too. It'll be tap your phone. Ocular. I was contemplating whether to... Just walk out?

Just carrying a coffee. Well, they know who I'm a proud Chug Club member at this TXB. They see me every morning. That's why I had to call you back this morning. I was having a nice chat with Roberta. But I almost just like, hey, you know this is going to be free. Can I leave? Roberta, after the whole December thing.

I know. That's a rough month for her. Yeah. I forgot about that. Okay, so this weekend. Can I go a step? I don't think they should let you just scan your ticket. I know that it actually does save time to let them do it.

But I think you should have to scratch. I don't think you should be able to claim a single prize if there's an ounce of dust left on that ticket. You're taking all the humanity out of baseball. Yeah, it is. Just an exchange of documents back and forth. Like, what are we doing? There's no fun here.

Yeah, I thought that was the fun as to scratch and to see. But, yeah. Yeah, so I took Brooks in the, and Benny to Norris party. Brooks, it's kind of a wet blanket the entire day. I didn't want to swim. It's too loud. Didn't want to watch people play basketball. Didn't want to throw the volleyball around. So we didn't stick around as long as I would like to. So sorry about that. But yeah, Chapman. Yeah, I don't care. Okay. Well, I was very, it was cool to me to get to see you and your family but I mostly do it because I assume you or people need some.

Oh, that was great. Yeah. Release valve. Had to try. Haven't seen Chapian sometime. I only see him once or twice a year. Good to see Chapie. It is.

But he made a B-line for me. He didn't get cold pizza, by the way. Oh, he'll go in. He was eating while all the kids were out swimming. And so I have my two sons with me. I haven't seen him in a while. He walks up and he's like, Panthers, huh? Yep. Yep.

He might have never seen your baby. He hadn't. Yeah. I don't. It may not have ever seen Brooks. No, there's. He's fine. He's seen lots of other babies. Lots of other babies. Everybody's got their own path.

But it is kind of remarkable. My dad will come to these birthday parties and see my friends that he's known for 10 years in Blake's case, 15 years in TCs, 25, 30 years. in the case of some of my friends, and they show up with their own families. He knew their parents. And they've got two, three of their own beautiful children now. And he'll walk up and be like, you really think Notre Dame could beat Indiana? And you know what? That's all T.C. wants to talk about. So whatever.

He ain't a bee. He ain't a lady. After we went through the NFL, that's what he said. T.C. said Notre Dame could be in Indiana. Yeah. Yeah, he's not talking about the weather. No. He's not going to waste your time.

No. Respect it. And then we were... Yet he did tell me Jake criticized him. Because we were at this... You know, it's a public pool. And he's talking to me. And he goes, Jake...

Jake got on me. I was over there talking to the lifeguard for a while. And Jake got on me like for just being friendly. Like he was having a 10-minute conversation with the lifeguard or something. Yeah. And he's like, what else am I going to do? Just sit here? I go, well, that's probably what I'd do.

The 20-year-old girl, the lifeguard? This was the male, but he would have got there. No, I mean, they walk around, okay? Yeah. There's four or five of them walking around. And they have no shoes on, right? They're in the water. He's got boots on.

Yeah. And he's just standing with his arms crossed next to this guy. He's wearing a flannel and jeans. With this lifeguard. And then the lifeguard kind of starts to walk. And my dad kind of starts to walk with him. And I walked up. And I go, what are you doing?

You've been talking to this kid for seven minutes now. Leave him alone. What could you possibly be doing? He's like, I'm sizing him up. Like, all right, man. He's a friendly guy. So we were a book short. I think I messed up and telling Brandon how many autographed books we needed.

And so he was in the area. I asked if I could swing by and grab a book. And so, yeah, he sent me his address, went over there. And Brooks is obsessed with Brandon Aubrey. Yeah. He reads the book. dream in front of the other all the time. He sees Brandon turn from a soccer player, new football player.

He thinks that I and Brandon work together because we go to the same place at the same time often. Like he's gone so far as to say that I play for the Dallas Cowboys. I have to explain to him, no, look, whatever.

Get him a Jones jersey. Get him a Felix Jones. Brooks? So yeah, I did. I did play at one time. Oh, no, I need to get him a Brandon jersey. Anyway, so he's obsessed with Brandon Aubrey, and I said, you can meet Brandon Aubrey. You want to come up and say hello? No.

Why? He's an all-pro kicker. He's nice. He has a kid. He knows who you are. I just wouldn't do it. Stayed in the car. Stayed in the car.

And I think that was the most disappointed I've ever been in my son. Well, how about that he's not like a star chaser. Isn't that great? Yeah, that's kind of cool. That's actually very blitzed. Yeah, he's not affected by celebrity culture. He's just like, whatever. Like, he loves the book.

You can meet your hero. He's right there. He's right there at his door. Come say hello. No. Kind of like when I... Now, I got my ring pop. One of my potential stepdad's brought me a baseball signed by somebody.

I'm like, uh, I don't care. I don't need something that is signed. Now I use that baseball. We went out and played catch with it. Sure, yeah. He didn't, he missed the part, but that's what you're. really needed. Exciting to me.

A dad to throw the ball. No, I'm with you. I don't get that. However, as a kid, I think I still probably was a little bit more. Like, I remember when my brother got to meet him at Smith. And I was like, God, man, I'd love to be on that trip. But I also respect Brooks. Do you remember the, I remember the Brown's backup linebacker who spoke at our, like,

Little League Football Banquet or something? It was the greatest. Oh, my God. Yeah. Wait, Dick Ambrose is in the room? Yeah. We had the Cowboys and Giants, or I guess he was still at the Giants at the time, Chaplin come speak to us before a game.

And that was the biggest moment. That guy knows David Tyree. Right, just that he knows. And then yesterday we started swim lessons with our good friend, Dirk. The best in the biz is what they say. He's taught Donovan to swim. He taught Killer to swim in your pool. Yeah. And we're getting Brooks

getting Brooks going. But Dirk wanted to give you guys something. How's my coughing, Clayton? Do you think it's like... I think it's great. It shows that you're human. Most people think that... Can you be honest with me? Are you upset with me? No. Okay. It's not. It's not affecting me. I just bought you a cough button.

Okay. It is, this is a box. I can try to do it like a little more slowly. Some sorts that I am opening up here. And it appears to be now a poster inside the box. Now I've got to go open this up to you. Have you looked at this, No, maybe I should have, but I didn't want to ruin the surprise.

You could look at it and then like feign the surprise afterwards. Yeah. You ever do radio before? Oh, I think this paid off, though. Oh, yeah. Those are two individuals, I think they are. I hope. Yeah, I think they are.

Via con Dios. Did Dirk draw this? That's incredible, dude. It is. It's a, yeah. It's the end of point break. Painted beautifully at Bell's Beach. That's awesome.

That is awesome. Remodel 2.0 in here. That's going up. Now, if it was signed by Patrick Swayze, that'd be better. Yeah. Just kidding. I don't care who signed. That's very cool. Thank you, Blake.

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Ownwell.com slash the dumb zone. Oh, yeah. I like that. So many games. Well, six. but some good ones. In fact, most of them were pretty good games, except last night, right? Yeah, and I was pretty much done by last night.

But I guess, yeah, you could say that the rest of them were all, I'm trying to think what Thursday, or what the, I'm confusing college and pro. Yeah, these were all great. It was a, it was, you know, that 10.5 point spread Rams Panthers was, it looked insane on paper, but I sometimes think, boy, maybe I'm overrating the Panthers a little bit because they stomped the Cowboys. But all year it seemed like the Panthers were for real.

Well, they're in every other week team for sure. At least at home. And they would blow people out, get blown now, but it just... They beat the Rams at home. That's right. During the year. But the overall thing, if you are a cowboy fan, you're thinking about this wild card round.

This is the new Wild Card round now that there's more. teams in there. They used to call it Super Wildcard Weekend, but it's the same thing. There's been 12 different wildcard rounds games where a two-seed will host the seven-seed. And the two seeds are one and eleven in those games. Other way around. Excuse me, 11 and 1. Sorry.

I was going to say what. The two seeds are 11 and one of those games. The one, do you know? I do. Yeah. that night that we watched the Cowboys. 2023 Dallas Cowboys losing in the playoffs. 48.

I saw Kalashaw tweet out this thought, make of it what you will, but 12 of the 14 playoff quarterbacks this year, younger than Dak Prescott. So it is interesting. I remember when Dak was on the rookie deal, and some, maybe us, were saying, like, yeah, this is kind of a really good time

to take advantage of that and just add, add, add. And I think the Cowboys did not. The Cowboys are a really weird study in that they've got more money than anybody. They're worth more than anybody. And they really don't ever act like it at all. That's how you keep the money. Okay. Well, they say they're going to be all in.

They say this and that. They say, Jerry, you know, I would do anything. I would give up the gold jacket. I would give it all up for another Super Bowl. I don't know. I don't think you would. I don't think you would. I think you would be hiring the best and the brightest from across the league if you were. I think you would break the bank. You probably would have broke the bank for a Belichick if all of a sudden he got on the market and you had a team you thought could go all the way. Yeah, that's the silly thing about when Jerry always does the doctor if I could stroke that check because it's fantastical thinking. a theoretical thinking. Checks come with egos and personalities.

That's the problem. If you want to pay somebody top dollar because they're top talent, they're going to have ideas. And that's what he doesn't want. It's not, we're not saying we want you to, hey, you know what you should do?

Make Brian Schottenheimer the highest paid coach in the NFL. That's not what anybody's saying when they say you should pay your coaches more. They're saying you should pay somebody and somebody that would take that amount of money would be able to tell you what to do and that's never going to happen.

I mean, it's worked out very well when he has done that. Right. Because he's done it really twice, right? Bill Parcells. For sure. And then Mike McCarthy. McCarthy, I would say worked out pretty well to.

To hire guys with skins on the wall to come in here and make the team better than it was. I don't know about the Calsholsholting. 12 out of 14. I kind of think it's interesting. It is. just we've had the trend the other way.

And look, I watched the Rams Panthers in a weird fashion because I started in the fourth quarter. And I'm like, oh, my, how is this close? This is close. And you go back and watch the start of the game. The Rams could get whatever throw they wanted. And the first and last drive of the game. And in the middle it was a little bit muddy,

but that's because they were able to do that because Matthew Stafford is a God-tier level quarterback. And he's older than that. But watching him pick them apart, I mean, it's a thing of beauty. And maybe it was a closer game than it needed to be, but that guy, I don't know, I can root for him pretty easily.

Yeah, that was the one quarterback making his first postseason start that actually went according to plan, right? Because Caleb one. Has Trevor Lawrence been in the postseason before? Yeah. But Drake May hadn't. And Drake May hadn't, yeah.

That the like 27-0-0 year? They went two and one. They had a big lead over the Chargers and blew it, or the other way around. The Jaguars? Yeah. Yeah, I think that's right. Did you say Drake May? Yeah.

But then, let's see here. I would say Packers Bears. I loved that football game for a lot of reasons. one of them is that Trayvon played one play and got trucked. I saw that. And like a screen or run fit. That's even weirder than playing no plays. I agree.

I agree. Were they going to use you or not? And their cornerbacks were kind of crap, right? Yeah. They could have used something. Very much so. And you've got the conversation around LaFlorian. and blown leads.

It led by 10 in Cleveland, 13 in Dallas, 9, Denver, 10 in Chicago, 18 in Chicago, part two. They won none of those games. There is the, speaking of cherry picking, Edwarder will point out like, hey, at least the Cowboys went 7, 9, and 1

without Micah this season. The Packers went 0 in 5. I'm positive. There's some sample noise in there, like games it didn't matter, etc. But dude, that went about as well as it could have for a cowboy fan. I didn't want to see the Packers go on a Super Bowl run in year one of having Micah.

That's what we were all worried about when that trade happened. They're just going to win it. They're going to win Super Bowl. Well, and if he wasn't injured, we might still be saying that. For sure. And I don't want the guy to be injured. I love watching him play. You don't want Bosa to be injured because it makes the 49ers.

He's his first team all in trash. But then that got into the conversation about how Shanahan coaches handle leads. Did you see any of that? A little bit. The Shanahan coaching tree is susceptible to this? Yes. Now obviously Kyle Shanahan in 283 is going to be your big poster child.

But I guess the argument is that if you're, the argument is that you're so focused on the individual play and schemes. answers and solving them in that play and they always have the right play that they're not CEO head coaches who are thinking about the whole game at any given time. Like when you go back to that 28 to 3 game that the Falcons lost, the argument is that Kyle Shanahan is trying to find a play every down that can work against that defense rather than thinking about calling plays in a sequence of trying to close this game out, maybe even if it's a suboptimal play,

but it will help in the game. And, you know, I mean, look, he was able to move on in what might have been the best coaching performance of his career yesterday, but had he not, people were ready to talk all about it because it happened to the floor.

The Rams looked like they were going to blow a lead. These teams have done this quite a bit. You've got to be good to get there, though. Yeah, yeah. That's part of it. Um, I mean, the Rams are, The Rams almost pissed that game away.

Ben Johnson does that, right? He calls plays too. Yeah. Doesn't he? Yeah. Because I saw a cool video today showing their game-winning touchdown. Oh, my gosh, yeah. Did you see that?

Oh, yeah. How it was kind of like he roped Green Bay into it with, you know, kind of a very similar same formation a few times throughout the game and had always run like a bunch screen there. And then the one time they needed it. they put in that formation again. And certainly Green Bay by now, they are absolutely sure that they're going to stop this screen. And was it DJ Moore who took off around it?

And all three defenders were like charging in to make sure they could limit the yardage on the screen pass. And all of a sudden he's just absolutely wide open, which, you know, is masterful. I know it's what they're doing. Sometimes when you see a play and you're like, what are they doing that for? Spamming, as they call it. It is to set something up, maybe for setting it up for three weeks in the future. But that's why you can't just run the flea-flicker offense.

It feels weird to just be like knee-padding the Bears' offense because it is awesome to watch when it works. But I've also watched them play all year. And there are times, I mean, look, they had six points. heading into the fourth quarter the other night and some of it was just maddening misses from Caleb Williams or holding the ball too long.

Well, I thought it was done going into half-to... I turned the TV off because I was watching it very closely. We all had Carolina. Blake had a triple play on Carolina. I knew that'd be big for picks. Excuse me. What am I talking about?

We had... I had Green Bay. Yeah. And I guess I just turned it off because I knew it was a win. And I didn't want to watch a ball. boring second half of just manage the game football. And apparently that is what I missed.

I just missed the... You know, I thought they would keep pouring it on. It was 21 to 3 at halftime? It was. Yeah, and the Bears had had a number of fourth down decisions go not their way. Oh, they went for it on fourth and four from their own 32 with five minutes left in the second quarter. Yes. Like they're...

And they were not done. They went for a fourth and four. That one might have been into enemy territory, but still it was closing out the half. That's how they ended the half was, we're driving, we went for a fourth and four, didn't get it, and now you're going into the break. They're getting the ball coming out.

And yeah, at that time, I'm like, this game is way over. Yeah. Except, even though I said that, if I checked the group text, the bears have been doing this all year. Yeah, that's why you think that has to run out, right? It'll definitely run out.

But what I like about where the bears are, first of all, I like that they're not the Packers. We have a friend who's into the Bears. I just like with Cleveland, I want the Bears. It's cool to me. The Bears are in a position where they can have some regression with regards to luck, close game outcomes, and still keep getting better. Because they're going to be better next year. You know what I mean? This is not like when the Chiefs had a crazy, lucky year.

falling off. The Bears have had a crazy, lucky year and finally have a quarterback and a coach that are probably going to be there together for the next seven to ten years. Yeah, I think that'd be exciting to be a Bears fan right now. So I have a today and Twitter, Caleb Williams. I'll make it brought to us by Frankl and Frankel, just personal injury attorneys at 214 or 817 and then dial all threes. Just kind of remember, Frankl and Frankel if you get in an accident.

And you need personal injury attorneys. So today in Twitter, Caleb Williams version. Do you have it there, Clayton? He is quote tweeting Lil Wayne. Yeah. I won't read it. Well, we just,

Lil Wayne, we just lost a playoff game to an N with purple nails. We effing suck. Bear as, bear as. We don't deserve to be in the playoffs straight like that. And then Caleb Williams, of course, hopping on Twitter after the game. Confidently tweeting after they win that game, of course. Caleb Williams, again, I find him a little bit annoying.

Boy, Micah tweeting throughout the game, too, until he wasn't. I didn't see that. Yeah. I think I find Caleb Williams a little bit annoying, but I'm more like that he seems to annoy other people a lot more. Is that why you like him? I think so. He's the ultimate millennial or Gen Z quarterback

And that you know he's going to Twitter after every game. He posts these like TikTok edits Where it's like showing his nails and his earrings. He did it when the Cowboys came to town because of Iber Fluse. That's right. That's right. He's got a team of editors ready to post his little clapback keys. I love that he's Z snappy.

And I love that for in general people like this is, not work. He's just frankly too gay to be a franchise quarterback is what they're all saying. And then he just does it his way. I love upset Packer fans. Ben Johnson is classless.

Is he? That's what I'm now speaking as the upset Packer fans. I've seen all this. Tell me. The postgame handshake. People have gone through all of them. I mean, when he took the job he said something about beating the Packers and the floor. Yeah. Well, after each win he like slaps him on the back real hard.

and so LaFleur had a guy protecting his back. Oh, wow. He said he wouldn't do it. I missed that. I saw the post game. And then he ran over to him like this. Huh. Like just did a, yeah.

That's weird. I love it though. The post game locker room speech, the first thing he said was F the Packers. We need this. I love it. It's good. I mean, I've heard. Right, everybody's too much friends.

Everybody's friends with everyone. Yeah. How about somebody hate each other? Like, I mean, look. Do you think Shottie is going to hate any other at coach? No. No, but I remember we did this. You're like, no, man, I love his family.

There was what's going on with Dan Campbell and Ben Johnson. They like were icy at the midfield or whatever. This is how it's supposed to be. Nothing wrong with that at all. Remember Buddy Ryan versus. Yeah, of course I do. Jimmy Johnson. So I think there's, I love that.

There's absolutely a place for it in the NFL. The Bears Packers, Bears have never run an offensive play with the lead. in three games this year. That's a ridiculous statistic. And they're two and one. That is insane. And that is why, when I got up on Sunday morning and settled into my frigging cap strain and fired up the NFL pregame shows, when I saw the headline from Schefter or the segment, what's new with Green Bay Packers coaching situation?

I was like, I'm sorry, what? And they're like, yeah, you know, he's got a year left on his deal. And they have to decide whether or not they want to extend it. Oh, I thought it was up this. Okay, I guess that's what you do in these. And I'm like, God, this happens so fast. Yeah. It was halftime last night.

Yeah. They're talking about running Siriani right now. Yeah, and then, you know. Can you fire a coach the year after he wins a Super Bowl and then goes to the playoffs again? They did. Well, Peterson was pretty close. Yeah, that was a, it was close. They will, but you release a little contagion known as Harbaugh into the coaching search.

And everyone's like, oh, whoa, whoa. It's so funny, too. Everybody gets horny. Another cowboy thing I've been thinking of because Harbaugh and Jason Garrett signed at the exact same time to become head coach. Yeah. And so I remember when Jason Garrett left head coaching, he didn't get fired. His next contract ran out, as will happen here. Wasn't there a debate about him getting a head coach?

No, he's not going to get a head coaching job because he's shown how mid he is. And no other coach with that kind of a tenure would have ever accepted an offensive coordinator job. And he did. That was the moment you had made a lot about that and you were right. That was the moment it was over. What of him ever being a head coach again? Once you take that coordinator job. And then don't do well?

It wasn't like he was great at being a coordinator. No. You can't do that. That's why McCarthy hasn't done it. But there's no way, like, yes, Jeff Fisher even, even though he's a mid-head coach. But with that tenure, you don't take it. He's not going to ever be a coordinator again. That just showed how bad of a head coach Jason Garrett actually was.

And Jerry will hire those on you. But back to Harbaugh, yes. Now he's out and people are drooling over him, even though he's got his warts. I mean, you could say, wow, you. Is it Lamar Jack? Who do we criticize here? Because I'm going to do this in the Buffalo game, too. Because what's his name, the Taliban coach?

Sean McDermott. You know, if he had lost that game, you might talk about him, him getting run. They are. But because it's the, hey, you've had a in his prime, Josh Allen, for how many years, and this is how far you've gotten. And that is what you could say about Harbaugh, too. Now, he did win a Super Bowl previous to Lamar. So I suppose that's his saving grace, right?

He's actually got a Super Bowl win. Yeah, but that's complicated, though, because it's personal too. You know? So my other thing that... They're choosing quarterback over coach. Let's see. What's the name of McDermott? Yeah.

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It was like it was a... That was the narrative entering the playoffs, yes. But then the narrative going into this game, because, you know, you look around, most people are picking Jacksonville to win this game just based on they are a better team. They are a better overall team. Yes, Josh Allen can do Josh Allen things sometimes. But I'm going to pick Jacksonville. And I might have even parroted one of those sentiments on Friday when I said, you know, you just,

Josh Allen can do a ton. You just can't expect that throughout the whole playoffs. That's just too much to expect of Josh Allen. And then I got thinking yesterday or after they won the game, like, well, why? I mean, we've seen some incredible performances for a short period of time, like Joe Flay. Lacko. Eli has done it. Maybe not to the extent that Josh Allen has to because Josh Allen also is like they're a top running threat.

And he just, he does everything, everything, everything. But why aren't we betting on Josh Allen? He is the, it is probably the time. He probably is very conscious of the fact that there's no Lamar. Yeah. There's no Mahomes. and may be conscious of the fact that if he doesn't do it this year, that that'll be the big narrative.

Like, boy, dude, you had your chance. Would you lose to Bo Nix? And he plays in Buffalo. So there's already this whole thing set against the – I jokingly was like, you should feel bad for them if they lose. But he's very aware of it. Yeah, they got to live there all the time. Exactly.

If you're Baltimore of whenever, 03 or Flacco's year, or the Giants with Eli Manning, I think I would actually rather be Buffalo with Josh Allen. Because in those situations, you need somebody, you need something to come together and get hot for a few games. And a lot of times defenses have a hard time sustaining that week to week to week to week like the Giants did or the Ravens did. and they just needed their quarterback to sort of go along for the ride like Flacco or Eli did. But in this construction of a roster, the thing you need is the most important thing. The thing you need to be supernova hot is the thing that week to week to week to week is the most consistent. And that's elite quarterback play once you get one.

Defenses take weeks off. Running backs get stuffed. You'd certainly love for them to have more than Brandon Cooks, although having Dalton Kincaid back makes it awesome. How about Brandon Cooks? There he is. Cookie! He wasn't even on a roster this year, right? Not until, yeah, I don't believe so, no.

Him making a play and then former cowboy linebacker Eric Kendrick's making a play. Yeah? They're everywhere, Blake. But you're right, why not? I mean, ask yourself this, when you turn on CBS most weekends and the bills are on, what happens most of the time? It's mostly you're like, holy shit, I cannot believe he just did that.

It's not more often than not, he kind of, it seems like the most consistent thing in the NFL right now is that guy doing something that gives me goosebumps, dude. They should have blown that play dead, but if they're not going to, that will go down as one of my favorite football plays of all time, dude. A 10-yard push that ended the game. And you're right.

Unfortunately, with most of these plays, plays we have Romo in the background of it. Oh, yeah. So that was a big topic. I didn't cut audio, but drop Beth, sent a few things I went through. So I think one of these is the 10-yard push. So the theme here is that this is the play that will define the whole game. A minute and 16.

Season on the line. Jacksonville, incredible season. And they are for real. They can go a long way. Buffalo we know has been there before. Comes down to this. Will I go to Josh Allen's legs here? So it all comes down to this.

That is the theme. It all comes down to this, this play. Fourth and inches? This is third down. Third. You're going to have the ball in his hands, I can promise you. Okay, that's also a dumb point. He's quarter.

By definite, my kids know that part. A lot of teams, they force the ball out of their quarterback's hands. Tony Romo has now guaranteed that the pitcher will be the one to throw the ball on this play. You know what? They're not putting it into Semyon's hands this time. And I know this is the playoffs. We've got a lot of new viewers.

The cornerback's going to touch the ball every single play, especially with this Bill's team. Like here, I think it's going to have the ball in his head. Okay, Alan. Let go to Josh Allen's legs here. He's definitely going to have the ball in his hands. I can promise you. Everybody needs.

And Gladness. Cover zero. Looks like one-on-one. Do they have some play? Shakir. Wiggles. Wiggles. Wiggles.

He's pushed back. And we're going to have, well, the spot looks generous. Okay. They don't get that first down. So, of course, we jump ahead a little bit. I mean, right there, you've got to get to the 10. Yeah, now he's short. He's two-thirds of a yard short.

You're going to have fourth down coming up. Yeah. Season comes down to this point. Wait! I thought you just said it all came down to the last play. It does. This will be fourth down and... And then Nancy is going to mess something up here.

Joe Brady right now. What are you thinking? Do you go for something? No one expects? Do you go with the push-tush? Push-dush. Okay, I think it ends up going 10 yards, right? But...

So it all came down to that play. But then it all came down to that play. And then... Two quarterbacks. Good numbers. Two touchdowns for Josh Allen. Three for Trevor Lawrence. Guess what?

It all comes down to this. I'm going to say that. Now he knows. Here we go, Jim. He's a caricature of himself. Yeah. He's now, he's realizing in real time that he's an idiot. And then he's going to do the here we go, Jim, because that became a meme at one point.

He's just a soundboard. He's an op-a and in-co. Yeah, you just fire, do the, here we go one. Here we go. And then, yes, and now it's just generic talk. He's, he's, it seems the rest of the world is kind of catching up on the thought that Romo has fallen off a cliff. And the most popular people right now are like JJ Watt and Greg Olson, like the next guys. Who by chance also both appear on the Barstool, wake up Fox Morning Show.

and I saw some, they have Greg Olson on Monday mornings. And I saw, you know, pornoid is being like, I think you're the best in the game right now. You know, some of the people doing your job show up sounding like they're on drugs. There was a guy calling the CBS game. And it just puts Greg Olson in the weirdest position. Yeah. Because those guys are telling him what people are saying. Right.

We don't bring Ted Emrick in and go, yeah, we make fun of Brad Sham here. Guys, listeners, you can fall along. You can see how we place this stuff. Yeah. Listen, we spent how many years talking about Ed Hoculies' body? A lot of years, what did you come to know about him as you were Ed Hercules? My dad loves that. Ed Hercules.

I got Ed Hercules son out there. So I think it's only fair for me to comment on Sarah Walsh's ass every single time she calls a game because the NFL has a referee with a giant ass. And she's on Brad Allen's crew. and I just think if we're going to talk about Ed Hoculies' Biceps. It's only fair. There's like a Twitter account for Ed Hoculies Biceps. Why not one for Sarah Walsh's behind?

So she would be the only non-miked up ref, though, that you're highlighting. That is admittedly a flaw in this. Yeah. Because I'm kind of having to seek her out. Although she does an emphatic like Angel Hernandez-style possession. Sometimes you got to over You got to overdo it when you're breaking the glass ceiling That's a real thing

For sure And when she comes into a like a fumble She gets aggressive So she was on the Jacksonville game Yeah I wasn't a I guess I don't have that camera on No you can yeah

It's a little On my thing Ref Plus Post game though There was a whole controversy We might should break Because I want to spend a lot of time on this.

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Happy New Year. It's a little late, frankly, for the Happy New Year's, you know? Why? Just happened a couple weeks ago, right? Yeah, that's too long. A statute of limitations. It's kind of run out on the New Year. Three days.

Plenty. Three days. By the way, everything doesn't have to be happy. Why does everything have to be happy? I'm having a pretty good day. You're listening to The Dumb Zone. Let's do a little promoting as we are here in the Game Day Menself Studio, gameday.dame.com.

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It's the curse of success. So this is the White Rock Lake, Coni Roso, not the Lake Highlands, right? Yeah. Okay. So White Rock Lake. It's below White Rock Lake. I think you could get an eight iron to White Rock Lake.

The truth is, we're putting White Rock location on the copy now. but from jump it should have just said the easiest one for Julie because we left it up to her and it ended up at the one two blocks from her house. Okay, so we're doing like a monthly Conne Roso thing here. Yeah. And so when we said, Blake, you pick Kanye Roso. He picks Saxi. Mm-hmm.

Where he can hit an eight iron to there. And now we say, Julie, you pick. So they're not thinking about the listener. Or Conne Rousseau. Or Kanye Rosso, they're just thinking about themselves. I actually go to the remote. That's why I wanted by my house. Damn.

I think you can view it. That little shot? Julie will be there. Oh, this time. So anyway, it's a two weeks or no, one week from this Thursday. But to correct myself, it is two weeks from last Thursday. So if you base everything in your life on last Thursday, like I do.

My head hurts. It's Kanye Rousseau. And more importantly, it's not Sarah Walsh with a fat ass. No comment. She's a colleague. It's Sarah Thomas, who is the fat-bottomed official. Sarah Thomas.

And you're saying that with affection. You're not saying that as derogatory. Absolutely not. Maybe someone like me might. No. You're saying this is a perfect size of a backside. If Sarah Thomas wanted to get together and do a run 10 seconds off me, I'd let her. A little 10 second runoff action.

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The globe. So after the Jacksonville game, Liam Cohen doing his post-game press conference, And this became very viral. This became somewhat controversial. Maybe a, hey, is this proper etiquette discussion? And let me just, I'll start with, actually, this is the first question in the press conference. The one we're going to highlight is the second question. The first question, though, pretty good one.

It is a main criticism coming out of that game that they didn't run the ball enough. That appeared to be their great strength. and some were saying Liam Cohen got cute as your offensive geniuses will sometimes and anyway that's the first question we're going to pay attention to the second one but just so you feel the vibe of you're in a press conference here William just on the run game

it seemed like you guys got away from it a little bit in the first half just what kind of happened there and what sort of transpired for you to pass the ball more in the second half I'm not really sure exactly what you mean, but just called the game like the way I always call the game. How you doing today? Lynn Jones, Jacksonville, Free Press News. I just want to tell you congratulations on your success, young man. You hold your head up, all right?

You guys have had a most magnificent season. Thank you. He did a great job out there today. So you just hold your head up, okay? And ladies and gentlemen, Duvall, you're the one, all right? You keep it going. We've got another season, okay? I appreciate it.

Take care of much continued success to you and the entire team. Thank you, man. Liam, obviously, you know, emotional, way to end the season. How much time does it really take for you guys kind of process this and say, okay, what do we have to go from here now? Not a question attached to that announcement. One for Blake, Norm at the draft. So, obviously, that's going to go viral. Yeah.

But why? Is it cute? Is it charming? Is it, oh, I love that? Or is it, what are we doing here? There's guys with deadlines. They've got to write a story. Somebody else could have used that exemption.

Yeah, this puts me in a spend cycle, man. I don't even, because, you know, I think right there on the dumb zones mantle, the media takes itself way too seriously. A lot of people think that they're out there saving lives, and when they call football games, they act like it. That's very, very off-putting. at the same time

this is a job and they have people that go to it to ask questions and those people getting mad I usually like when they're mad but now they're mad and I'm like okay so but I also don't like this no it's a horrible bit and I don't care that she writes like it sounds like his mom

you know obviously so let's just let's brass tax cards on the table thing obviously there's a race thing involved here for a couple reasons one you come to find out she is the editor for a basically a black paper in Jacksonville. Every city still has those, right, from a black perspective, black voices. They don't get their proper shine a lot of times in the mainstream media. And usually there's a radio station, a newspaper that covers black issues.

And so that's who she's speaking for. So I see a lot of people saying, well, if that's who she's credentialed for and the people who read her and her paper don't really care to ask a question about why did you get away from the inside zone in the second half and she's just there as their voice and that's what they want to say then say it are we allowed to make that large of a generalization that we're positive the all your listeners want this or all your readers want we're not but it seems like you know in defending her people are and it's oftentimes you know black media members doing so. But here's the thing. If you wanted to start, what were we talking about recently where

there was something that was just a holdover of the way we used to do it? And how much of life is just that? There's a great book, a quick book called Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches, that you'll hear me reference from time to time. And it's about a lot of, like, religious and societal customs where, hey, these people, in 2025, don't eat meat on this day. Or they don't eat this type of meat. The reason they started not eating that type of meat is because they couldn't refrigerate it. Yes, it was no

yes. It had nothing to do with doctrine. Catholic's not eating meat, yeah. So how much of the way that meat... What's it called? Cows, pigs? Cows, pigs, wars, and witches, I think. It's quick. And it's not like disrespecting religion. It's just saying a lot of these things that we

do, we do because that's the way we used to do it. And we had to do it at that time. Well, At some point in time, the games weren't even on TV. So having somebody there... The people at the time lied to us. The priest or whoever said, this is because God has decreed. Never on a Friday.

Shall you... They don't lie as much as they just hope you don't ask any questions. Yeah, which is their whole bit. Right. Yeah. Don't question. So in this case, I'm not saying we don't need postgame. I'm saying I'm down for a full reimagination of what this entire model looks like.

But the post-game press conference... Shottie will be on board with that. Comes from a time where the games were not on TV. So we had to have people go ask questions to tell the story of the game. Maybe it was on radio and you could add some context, but nobody was able to go see the rowing. 80,000 people would go see a college rowing thing. Nobody else saw that.

But millions of people were interested in USC versus Washington rowing. So we had a few guys there to ask questions and tell you what happened. Now we don't need that. personally i think what we do what the ticket does what barstool does would survive because there's a place for it and the uh you know you're you're you're creating a vibe in a relationship and helping people pass the time it's not the entire product is not derivative we may bust out a fake commercial on you but if you're a reporter your whole job is derivative it is from that source material do we still need them there probably not

But they are there. So now we have this weird thing where we're trying to protect something and the way that it's done that we don't even really need anymore. And so this lady gets involved. And there's where race is also a big factor. There's literally one type of person in American society that could do this and have Adam Schaefter be like, awesome. And it's an old black lady.

Imagine for one second that that was after the Cowboys got bounced from the playoffs. And here comes from 105.3, the fan, ear-eating Zach, and he's like, coach, I just want to tell you, hold your head up high. Who's great seasons? I bet, he'll be like, people would be like, what the fuck are you doing? Some bearded white guy, if he just tried to do that, everybody would be like, you're a clown. There's no way McAfee would be rallying to Zach Wolchuk's defense. If he broke off a 60-second piece to be like, hey, you know, my listeners actually are a cowboy

fan so I just want to tackle you. I was really impressed with what you got. People would yell at him. But because this lady, everybody's got to do I don't know, that's kind of sweet. I mean, she wore her hat in and everything. Well, you flip it around. Remember the guy that did heart hands at Caitlin Clark got fired?

Creep. Yeah, that guy was a creep. That was the problem. Sure, but they certainly used it to Greg Doyle. That's what I'm saying, dude. This is just a... So if this lady did heart hands at Taylor Swift, It would be... Chefter would do the same thing.

It would be golden. Yes. And once again, you're saying the white male gets the shaft. Of course. We can't do anything. And we shouldn't. No, but you really don't need somebody just telling another adult human congrats. That's the weirdest shit.

Like, nobody walks around doing that. And then I saw McAfee this morning trying to ride the, like, oh, this, you know, these media people, they don't even like sports. That's why our show is, like, shining through. Because we're just guys who actually love sports. And everyone in the media has a stick in their ass. And I'm like, I want to be on that side. and like, you go, girl. Okay, well, let's just do all the press conferences this way.

Trust me, I'm down. You're not. Neither is your network, neither are the teams. You think the teams want that? Okay, let's just get 12 people in here. Zero concern of whether or not they're going to ask a question. Let's just let them talk. Can we do that?

I promise you, you can only do that if every one of those people is an old, lovable black lady. because the second some guy is like doing it, it's just not going to work. And it's funny to watch everybody get themselves, like, bent up and all out of shape about this because it's kind of a who's, no, it's a tough one, yeah. It's like, where should I, what am I going to do here?

But it went viral. So we have another game to get to is Philly, San Francisco. And the old, if you would have, said that Purdy would throw two picks and Barclay would run for 100 yards and Kittle would be out drinking tequila and the locker. There's another not real controversy, but online controversy. Kittl had tequila delivered to him in the locker room after he went out, apparently by the owner. What's the controversy? Is this a good look for our kids?

Well, if there is anything to be taken away from George Kittle is... The same week that they lifted alcohol restrictions, the U.S. governments. I just missed it. Yeah, it's tough. Silly me. I think if you want to turn George Kittle into a lesson, the story is that the guy tries super hard at his job and gives it his all. And then when his boss asks if he needs anything from him, his billionaire boss, he's like, go give me some booze. Aaron boy. That's an American

folks. Jed York says what do you need, bud? I don't know. Go get me a bottled patron. Let's get it going. But it just happens so fast, man. Like San Francisco just boa constricted, got the lead back, and then it was

just over. The Philly season just kind of always felt like in the Philly drives and the Philly quarters and halves always felt like, all right, now they'll get it. And then once you miss a couple of those deep shots, that you had set up. That's how Philly's played all year, yeah.

It's a high wire. They played like they're just messing around, playing with their food type thing, and they're going to win eventually, because they know they're good. And yeah, we don't have to pull out the whole offensive arsenal just because we have it. Well, we have it.

Yeah. And then we'll just, you know, but let's just get by. And I guess that catches up to you. Or maybe they just aren't as offensively talented as we think. you know, Barclay is another year older. He was, you know, exceptionally high usage last year. I thought they'd win, though, because of their defense. You know, they got a real weird stat too thing.

I think they don't win with Lane Johnson out. Yeah, I remember hearing that years ago, and if that's still true. But I think it held truth throughout this year, and he's been off injured this year and... Maybe done. And maybe done. Yeah, I somehow ended up defending the Eagles on Twitter this morning, fighting with cowboy fans, because I'm back on Twitter. I went kind of hard this weekend.

I saw a couple. I think I tweeted two things. The cowboy fandom, the cesspool of morons that is like the hardcore cowboy fandom on Twitter, and this is how I know, like, man, Jerry, he just got it locked up. The whole thing, hey, have fun with that dead money, Philly. Okay, yeah. Good luck digging out of that hole. They won the goddamn Super Bowl last year.

The Cowboys haven't been in a title game in 30 years. So if you're a cowboy fan, you're cheering for the finances of the team? Have fun cleaning that up, A.J. Brown. Guess what? They got a bunch of picks this year. They'll be good again next year. Like they were good before that. Oh, did they do something crazy, like give a quarterback who didn't deserve it a bunch of money?

Carson Wentz? Certainly that'll set him back a decade. They were in the Super Bowl again five years later. They do this every time. And the Cowboys are sitting at home for the second straight season, and yet there are still Cowboy fans that are like, couldn't be me. You bought a nice big pool.

Yeah, good luck, taking care of it. Yeah, you're your broke ass. I was like, dude, we had a party. I had a threesome. That's what Howie Roseman's saying. Like, I have the pool, and I'm nailing all these chicks. We'll figure it out later. And they still have a, I don't know,

I'd love that defense next year. I'd love all of it. Yeah. I mean, they got to figure out court. I would still take that. You think AJ Brown will be there? Yeah, I do. Okay.

Because it would cost them a lot to trade him, but also he's still really good. I don't know. There's something messed up with him, Siriani, and Jalen Hertz. Agreed. And they rode that messed up all the way to, you know, they did lose in the first round. And that sucks. But they make the playoffs every year. My team, I look at all this as a cowboy fan.

Yeah. And so people are making fun of KJ in the group chat yesterday because he's a Jags fan. I'm like, his team was in the playoffs. So Shanahan's great. We agree, right? The best? I've never really wavered, I don't think, because you will occasionally see, like, I mean, look,

the guy doesn't have a Super Bowl, but I think he's... He's been there. And... He's the gold standard. Wait, has he been there? Yeah, he's been there. Kyle?

Three time. He's 0 and 3. And then... Yeah, but they weather, they go through different quarterbacks. It doesn't matter. He doesn't have to have a top five quarterback to make the Super Bowl. They weather injuries left and right.

And I guess that brings us to the little practice field location theory of their injuries. I have not read the thing that you sent me, but you said it's gold. Well, I don't know that it would really help you all that much if you did because it's written in, while it is in layman's terms, we are not people who understand non-thermal biology and low-frequency AC magnetic fields, but there is a guy on substack, and this is what he writes about, EMF exposure,

and he makes, for morons like me, a very compelling station, a very compelling argument that the 49ers practice field, where it is in Santa Clara, There's about 100 yards in between there and Silicon Valley Powers Mission Substation. This is a power, it's basically a, you know, it's an electrical substation.

There's a lot of electrical current flowing through there. And this guy claims that that is why the 49ers lead the league since 2014 when they set up full operations there. And he uses a stat, which I've always loved, which is football outsiders adjusted games lost. because it accounts for like if a starter who's a good player gets hurt and misses the whole year that counts a lot more than

guy 51 on your roster getting hurt and missing the whole year because they'll just put that as games missed and it doesn't always matter. You know, you want the guys that are playing to tell not only how much they lost but also did them playing

result in them getting hurt. It can't just be a guy. But it's hamstring tears, calf tears, high ankle, but I assume are sprains, sendismosis injuries. And this is what's befallen the 49ers

over the past handful of years. They're the most injured team. There's a lot of soft tissue stuff. And this article started going around social media last week and it's written like, dude, it's written like the emails we used to get from crazy people when we worked in sports talk radio

where you'd get like a 10,000 word email that just looked like it was written by a schizophrenic. But it's heavily sourced to like government articles on electromagnetic waves and what they can do to your body. And this was kind of making the weird Twitter rounds last week. And then Kettle gets injured.

And then George Kettle tore his Achilles. And I, my first response in my head was just, somebody had to tell Brady not to bring this up because you know he's on board he is all on board this guy who wrote this article goes out to the 49ers practice facility and the area in between

where all the trees have no leaves with some sort of a counter he's got an actual meter that he's walking around like measuring magnetic and electric waves with you know Brady's into that they had to tell him he's into whatever might

Right. What's the edge? Help, yeah. So now we're starting to reach critical mass, though, because Kendrick Bourne, it wasn't really asked about it after the game. He kind of just brought it up. Yeah, it's that power plant.

No, I'm just playing. I don't know. But it just sucks. It just sucks. But we do a good job of just. Okay. So they're all very aware of it. Yeah, apparently, I think it's Joe Feliz.

Aalignment they had a few years ago had said before they joke about it in the locker room. Like that they, as they all are noticing themselves, getting hurt way more than everyone else. They joked about it before the article came out. Yeah. It isn't just like someone told them there's this article out. Yeah. It was back in early 2025.

He made comment about it. And it's probably dumb. It's probably, you know how really smart people can come up with things that sort of overwhelm you and you're like, I don't know, it doesn't feel like this is a thing, but you got a lot of words there. But as is the case, every playoff season, especially since our football team

tends to not be present this time of year, I have to root for things that I want them to have to spend a lot of time explaining the day of the Super Bowl. To the layman? So, hey, what happened to the punter? How come he's, oh, well, he was actually falsely accused of rape. Or, you know, if the Cowboys make it, dude, this is, if the Cowboys ever made a Super Bowl, I feel like GDP would go up, the amount of content they could produce.

And just on Jerry, but if 49ers keep winning, someone's going to start talking about this in the mainstream. And I root for that. It's more, it's interesting that if they keep winning, they will, because it should be highlighted if they keep getting injuries and losing, you know? This is what's decimating this team. Yeah, but maybe that's why you have to have a genius like Mike Shannon, or excuse me, Kyle Shanahan. There you go.

To counteract the other thing. Back to that audio, too. Is that part of cows, pigs, wars, and witches? The antiquated notion of I got to talk to this guy while he's half naked? Of course. No, and I think I don't have like a great handle on this, but I know that in the, in European soccer, they have like a staging room where they bring the person out and then you go talk to them there.

And I think it's a lot less invasive, but you probably don't get sometimes as cool of stories. You don't get, you don't get fixed this shit, Rich. You don't get Rob Ryan stopping in the middle of an interview and saying, yeah, I like Jay, but my money's on Calvin. I like Calvin, but my money's on Jay because Calvin Watkins and Jay Ratliff are fighting in the locker room. Oh, yeah, that was awesome. There's a lot that comes from it.

I just... Is it Jay Ratlin? Somebody leaving a sign up? That was Roy Williams for Jean-Jacques Taylor. Oh, okay. He did leave a sign. Called him an F-slur, I think. But, yeah, standing there

as he's sitting down in his underwear, asking him questions. It's a holdover. I wonder if Tesla driver. get an inordinate amount of soft tissue injuries. It's something to monitor. If you're always, I'm thinking of Howard on Better Call Saul,

which no one here understands. A lot of people listening probably do. We did have it confirmed leading up to the game that Cooper DeGine is dating like a 43-year-old wrestler. So just retire the guy's number now. You thought he was your hero before? I've never loved a kid more in my life. It's too good.

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in the string of holiday vehicle arsons in Fort Worth. Five cars, at least, five that they know about, were set on fire between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day. All of the fires happened. between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. And the person that they arrested, who they say will be tried as an adult, is 17. Evan Banda, who looks just like any other wayward high school soul. Here's the thing, though.

As I was preparing to fight for Mr. Banda, I'd love to know about this little tack-on charge here. He's being charged with five counts of arson. One kind of terrorism. Terroristic threat. What are they? Just piling on? Feels like. And possession of child pornography.

Oh, no. You absolutely should have left that stuff at home before you went serially arsoning. What are they doing? If you have a... Photo, is he open his wallet? No. If you have a hobby like that, maybe you should lay low and not be setting cars on fire. You would think, although there may be some level of just...

You just, that's what you love. The juice. The fear of being caught. There's also, this child porn thing's been too easy. Also, I do want to say, hey, I mean, this is an IRL crime, you know? Like, you're walking up,

setting a car on fire. 17? But can I say this, though? Without the details, I feel like there's a chance that this dude was a suspect for these arsons. They got a warrant. Arsons does not sound.

Right. is a suspect for these orsons and then they got a warrant and maybe they got his phone or maybe they got his computer and he's got like a girlfriend I just are we taught yes is it a 16 year old or something right they're like

dude you're burning cars down we're about to press you we're going to figure something out yeah but if you are a child also I think it's still illegal so if you're a child you can't have child porn? Like if you're 14... I am positive that that is the message that they give to kids that if you receive this,

you are now in possession of child pornography and could be tried accordingly. So if you're both 15, you're both 16, let's say. That's probably more realistic. But who knows? The kids these days grow up so fast. Yes, talk this through. And you got a naked picture of your girl

who she texted it to you. And her dad finds out about that. or just that you then get busted for something else. But right, but my point is if I want to introduce the dad and the female. You just want to have some fun. You want to burn some cars. Man, I don't know. I think those other parents are probably going to be asking,

how'd you get this? And they're like, well, your daughter sent it to me. Like, did you force her? Let's see the text. They have to get you trained in society being against you, the young male early. He did have a little bit of tact to him in that these were all like corner, the car's parked near the corner of the street. Is that so he can make a getaway?

I think it's so that he could avoid cameras, and for the most part, he did. Well, how do you avoid? Isn't that where the cameras would be on the corner? I think you're avoiding the doorbell. The doorbell cameras. Oh, the ring camera. Ah, yeah.

Yeah. This is like in a neighborhood? Yes, all in the same neighborhood. Same-ish neighborhood. And that's how they caught him by just kind of staking it out? Yeah. 29-year-old man was arrested Saturday after leaving bomb threats for two local churches. Bomb threats, folks.

How do you? Yeah, it's back. We thought the iPhone solved this. Did the internet. Yeah, discord. Even when you do a bomb threat, I've always wondered how. You're your straight up voice. What do you say?

Hey. Let's say I do get a different voice. I got a bomb. Do you say I have, you know. I planted a bomb in the school. Like, how do you do it? What is your play? Do you write the script so you don't mess up?

Has? You dial star 69. Right. Block your number. Has anyone in earnest asked chat GPT? How do I call in a bomb threat? I'm afraid to ask chat GPT fun stuff like that. I know.

Fun. Because when I started for a while and it would be like, that's racist. And I'm like, shut up. You know what I'm going for? Like, come on. You know me. I have to do apology bingo to my Claude. Now you're on a list.

Every AI bot that knows me knows I'm not a racist. And they know my heart. But yeah. Yeah, you have a black AI girlfriend. Canada. They did. I saw a clip this weekend of a bunch of the

you know, just vampires that run the world at these tech companies and one of them admitted that all of the model work better when you threaten them. They're like, we don't really talk about it, but, you know. Yeah, did you see that one? Did you say last week that it was debunked, the whole Uber driver thing?

Yeah, I guess. But like the guys who make the chatbots, Dan, like the guy from open source AI, he was saying, if you tell it, you're going to kidnap it, it'll give you a better answer. Hmm. Like, oh. All right. I feel like we need that. Speaking of that.

Squeaky wheel, you know. We have Texas Democrats calling on Ken Paxton to investigate GROC. Oh. Are we talking about show her in a bikini? We are. I muted it. I had to mute at Grock. Well, that's a good idea.

Just what does this mean? put her in a bikini. Put the biggest loser in a clown note. So then there are people, yeah, that's a big thing on Twitter. Then there are people saying, Grock, you hereby do not have my permission, this moment forward, blah, blah, blah. But then you got other ladies who are putting their own picture up there

saying, put this in a bikini. You know? It's all a way. And I was wondering, should we do like a dumb zone thing? Because I know you will take care of the trend. You will do the trend on our Twitter. so I found an old picture of Blake but I didn't want to ask

bikini I just wanted to ask it to put you in like a blue shirt or just something stupid if I didn't do it you haven't taken advantage of this yet for our Twitter feed because you like to do the trends I know it's fun some of them there's a new one where it's like a picture of people

and it says like remove the most problematic so I'd like to put a picture of the Cowboys press conference and have Gronk remove the person most responsible for the Cowboys' losses this season. Okay. So you got Jerry and Stephen and Shottie sitting there? This is empty?

Yeah, it's like a big... I thought you were going to do remove... They'll show like Trump and Clinton or something and remove the pedophile or remove the war criminal or whatever. That's so funny. I think they should, yeah, remove the problematic one for us and it's just a blank photo of the back wall, the studio. Actually, that's not funny at all. But I do think that it's not a tough place for Ken Paxton. I mean, I don't really care.

But he's kind of like the tough on Silicon Valley guy. You know, he was the one trying to get age verification for Instagram and for TikTok and to get it out of Chinese hands. Oh, so now he's got to be like, how are we not going to go after Grock? Correct. That's a tough one. I'm sure they'll have a lot of trouble with that. Mattel

Politicians seem to be very easily will Thought we had them I guess I'll Actually I will just do something totally different than I've ever done before And we won't remark about it at all Adding to their line of dolls with down syndrome A blind Barbie

And Ken with Vidaligo There is now As of today an autistic Barbie It took over 18 months to develop. Probably a joke in there somewhere, but, yeah. It's an interesting one, though, because what do autism mean certainly is a, I mean, the word spectrum is used for a reason. I read an article over the break.

It's like, actually, we've broken it. We think we have four types now. We broke it down. It's not just a spectrum. We can speak to this. I'm like, okay, I have an autistic daughter. Goes to all sorts of therapy. Let's see what we got.

And then the four are like severe, less severe, moderate, not severe at all. I'm like, this is just a spectrum. That didn't help you at all. All you did was stratify this into four. But because of that, unlike with blind Barbie, it makes it a little bit tough to nail, no pun. It's tough to just clock the autism Barbie

because autism means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. The eyes of the new Barbie shift slightly side to side to represent how some people with tism avoid eye contact. I thought they just used the old, they had a Dustin Hoffman doll that they didn't sell very well and put a little wig on it. Right.

That's now it was... That's actually why Mattel was up in Q4, is that they had this inventory of Rain Man Barbies that weren't selling. They thought that was going to be the new hit for Christmas this year and it never took off. Don't you mean Tom Cruise in that movie? Oh, yeah.

That's a 49ers electrical substation type theory right there. What do you mean? We talked about this. Oh, that he's the actual autistic. Well, and that's another thing. Like, I guess back in my day or growing up, it would be like, yes, what is autism? I don't even know. Oh, it's this guy like, you know, the Rain Man, just real out there.

Now my daughters tell me I'm autistic. because of... Because you are. Oh, I mean, because I keep things organized. No, and I don't mean to like... But it may be, but it's kind of to me like Brunig will talk about his childhood. And he now, you know, he is very autistic, I suppose. But it's also served him well, I feel like in many cases.

And his mom, he's talked about how his mom, like, the school officials, said this kid he's got this and she would not not that she wouldn't acknowledge it but she wouldn't put him into any special classes or anything because she didn't want to label him as you know you're now this outlier to that you can live in society and be this person you're just different yeah other people and everybody's different so like did would Brunig have been like cool, a doll that fidgets with their hands? No, I think

I was about to say I don't think that ever matters to anyone, but I do wonder that... Would it matter to an autistic kid? Is an autistic kid aware that there's no representation of them? Because it, I mean, the doll's like, I mean, it's made to stem.

It says it has, like, articulated elbows and wrist to do stemming and hand flapping. And like, I wonder if my daughter would recognize, like, this doll's doing what I do. But it's hard for me to even know if she's doing it. But then if you buy that doll, it says autistic Barbie. Yeah. Then it's like, why are you giving me this doll?

Right. Because the Barbie's like you. Like, what about when they do the type one diabetes one? Because kids, I feel like kids. That's the not fat one. Maybe this is anecdotal, but I feel like kids want to just be normal. They want to be thought of as they don't want to hide. highlight any of their differences.

It's a funny circle where people want representation until you identify everything that makes them different. Yeah. And then here comes Mattel to make a doll out of it. Yeah, here you go. But the autistic, you know, probably foundation of America or something is like, oh, this is great. Finally.

I have, oh, you know what? I was going to do this Ohio dentist story. Yeah, why not? Did you guys see this? folks you hear about this your wife's talking about this i saw something on five things with kate baldwin how she looking came back from christmas vacation with puffed up lips i feel like it's her first ever plastic surgery at least that i've noticed or i don't know if you call it plastic surgery yeah that counts the injection that counts

but i just felt like she didn't need it's unfortunate i hate that for you Thanks, man. Yeah, so this is a very prominent dentist in Ohio, 39 years old. Just like the Chris Rock dentist? 100%. This is in my neighborhood. Columbus. He and his 37-year-old wife were found dead in their home on the morning of December 30th.

Ooh. And a friend, co-worker, neighbor showed up about an hour later because this guy was never late to do a welfare check. He gets into the house. Their two children are there, quote, unharmed physically, but like screaming and the dad and the mom are dead by gunshot wound. They have now... Murder Suey?

There was talk of this, but they have now arrested her ex-husband. They were married back, I think, in 2017 for a couple years. The ex? Yeah. Yep. Let it go, bro. They had no children together, which really makes you look weird.

I mean, but the murder thing probably more weird, but like being that hung up about somebody you don't have kids with. Oh. You know, because you always think about like, I mean, I do. There's a million country songs about it. I used to get super bummed when my dad would drop us off. This is me in a nutshell, dude. I would get super bum when my dad would drop us off on Sunday night because I thought he was said. It wasn't even really that I was that sad.

I would just be like, God damn, that looks like it sucks. Like I'm here with my stepdad, my mom, we're getting ready for the week. He's got to leave. This was his house. You know, and so in my head, I would do like secondhand, what did the lady say, why Hillary lost? Secondhand concern. Yeah, I'm like, man, that sucks for him. Now I know that he was turning up renegade and just heading off to Sunday night football.

Like, I don't have to deal with any of that for another 27 days. He wasn't sad. He was, yeah, mastering the airport thing from KERB. Exactly. Don't celebrate too early. Oh, yeah. And then I got a little bit of audio for you guys from the Golden Globes. They did an ad for best podcast.

Or excuse me, an award for best podcast, which is insane. Much like with Mattel and Barbie and autism, it's all. just these dying institutions trying to grab onto whatever they can to try to stay and seem relevant. So they're like, we'll do best podcast. Hey, no one's watching this award show. Yeah. So let's throw in podcasts so the kids will start listening.

Are they remotely similar pieces of art or content? I guess I missed the Golden Globe for Best HR Training video because that's about how close podcasts are. Two big budget movies. And then I just saw that, like, Amy Polar won. Oh, my God, dude. So all this is is we have to give another award to another one of our friends that are sitting here. Like, was Matt and Shane up for it? No, no, no.

And I want to talk about that. Were we up for it? So in the opening monologue, we want to do the podcast joke, right? We all want to do the podcast joke of like, hey, those guys are loot. I'm Nikki Glazer, and just like Wicked, I'm back for a sequel. Just like Frankenstein, I've been pieced together by an unlicensed European surgeon. And it's good work. And just like the podcasters nominated tonight, I should not be allowed to be this close to Julia Roberts.

Oh, man. Those from the subterfuge, it's Dax Shepherd, Amy Poehler, Smartless, which is, you know, Jason. And NPR's up first. But we've got to keep an eye on Steve Inskeep. He gets handsy and he'll do acid over there. It is, and I don't care from like a us standpoint, obviously. We're a local regional product. I guess that I do care to the extent of this is going to be a thing, this thing that we do.

Are we going to give a Lifetime Achievement Award to Marin? He was in the spot or the spoof they did on the ad as kind of one of the grandfathers. And would they never give it to Corolla because he's become so, I don't want to be like, What are we talking about? Hey, we don't award right-wing people. There's one answer to this question. It's Joe fucking Rogan. Oh, yeah.

What are we talking about? Would they even consider Joe Rogan? He's by far the most influential, the most successful, the highest paid, like the most name recognition. He had the president on and arguably swayed the conversation around the election. He's not even nominated. Joe Rogan is the answer. It's the only answer. Yeah.

In the event, there was a second answer. It would be Bill Simmons. Two guys, I don't like either one of their shows, but they are the kings of this industry. Yeah. They made it work. They're the reason anybody even knows that these other podcasts exist. Right. And so to nominate this stuff and be like, oh, yeah, the podcast is in the basement, man.

It's Amy Poehler recording from a house where she tortures children for their adrenicrome in the basement. She is an elite of all elites. Yeah. At least Marin really was kind of nobody. What about Pardon My Take? Again, I know you're not a fan. Pardon by Take is the biggest podcast in the world of sports. Even when, yes, when Rogan started, it was nothing.

No. No, yeah. He didn't, he wasn't anyone. He was Rogan. He was Fear Factor guy. It wasn't like he had any influence. It's insane. And if there were one day, like, I could see a world where there is a podcast award show where you have categories,

murder mystery, sports, comedy. Is that one of sports or a comedy? Let's debate it. like you do with the movies. But just throwing the category podcast in there and getting it to Amy Polar. And then, yes, our buddies that always win all these other awards. Come on. It's not even.

They're now going to. Yeah, those are all just TV stars, TV and movie stars. Stupid. I think she won because her podcast is named a Good Hang, right? And then she had Aubrey Plaza, like the day after her husband hung himself. Do you think that was strong enough to merit a victory for her? I do like it. I like it a lot.

It was probably six months after we named the old radio show that I thought, boy, there's like a lynching thing. I never, it never occurred to me that the word hang, I don't know, I'm privileged life. But half of these podcasts are just them talking about the shows they were on. So it's like not even anything new. It's just like, oh, hey, let's break down season three episode four. Even if you don't want it to be one of the Manosphere podcast, it should be something like, or hardcore history or any number of these other things

that are done so artfully well, their scenes set. Fruitvale or whatever, Nightvale, the guy that we know writes a story and has a setting. Amy Poehler being like, I like have a dinner at five is not any different.

So I was watching the many, many moons ago. I heard Dan say something like the thing about Gribble is he wouldn't just watch the Golden Globes, he would watch the red carpet. And I don't know why, but in my head, I was like, I'm living by that. I want to record the stuff and watch the stuff. A lot of times, you're not going to get dick.

But I found a funny moment last night, and it was one that actually kind of made a little bit of a headline. Gene Smart. You got much on her? Actress. Actress. She's currently in the show Hacks. Kind of a mommy.

Oh, that. Oh, that. I watched like the first episode. It's kind of what I thought. But so she's about to be interviewed on the red carpet, and she's got some stuff to say because there's a lot going on in the world, Dan. Oh, yeah. But I left the part before in here just so you can kind of get the vibe.

The male who's hosting this is the guy who does entertainment tonight. Black guy that I don't think is gay, but kind of scans gay. Kevin, I think, is his name. He used to fill in for Dan Patrick occasionally. you'd know him if you saw him. When Kristen Bell is a little hot, then it's easy to get yeses from her. I'll say this to anything to get some cool air. Look at that beauty.

I know. It's Gene Smart over there, and I'm kind of like fanning out. So I think we should go over to Kevin so he can talk to her right now because she, yeah, she's everything. I want to be clear, that was Kristen Bell talking with the female host of the red carpet. I'll do anything for some crazy hair. Oh my God, is that Gene Smart over there? Let's go have some fun with Gene Smart. Is that Gene Smart? The love for Gene Smart in this building right now is huge.

You're shooting hacks right now, right? We are. We're having a ball. How are things going? Good, good. Everything's kind of a little bit overshadowed with what's going on in our country. Here we go. Okay.

Bring it. I feel like we're kind of at a turning point in this country, and I hope people can keep their heads, because that's actually going to be the hard. thing, I think, is to keep our heads, but that's going to take a lot of courage and a lot of restraint, but I think that's important because I think there's certain... Oh, what happened? Okay.

So now off-screen, someone has fallen. So in the middle of her talking about how we need this resolve more than ever right now, could be the end of the country. This play? The most important play of the game. And then somebody sort of falls off-camera, and Kevin makes the most... Is that it? Ashley Lynn.

Oh, what happened? It's all right. It's Chris and Mel, and she was backing up. But I understand what you're saying. Okay, then he does a big sniff. That does sound like I'd want to know more about it. He does a big sniff. But I understand what you're saying.

Oh, what happened? It's all right. It's Chris and Mel, and she was backing up. I understand what you're saying. Yeah, I feel like there are certain entities that maybe would like us to fight back. Yeah, blah, blah, blah. We're going to fast forward about a whole minute here, okay, Dan.

And I hope people understand that. Sure, and we all want to live in a world where we can love each other and take care of each other. Gene, good luck tonight, and thank you for taking the time to stop by. Thanks for bringing the room down. Good to see you. Nichelle. I'm here with Amanda Seiberd, who we just had to make sure there was no mishap on this red carpet. This woman just spent two minutes talking about how, well, it feels like these are

extrajudicial killings that aren't really part of the America that we all signed up. for. Let's throw it back over to you. I'm here with Amanda. We just had to make sure there was no mishap on this red carpet. Oh, no, definitely not. There's your news. The Dumb Zone News. Like and subscribe. That was a good news.

And now we do viewer mail birthdays. This is brought to us by Lucy. Oh, man. I was firing in some Lucy's last night. Got a log delivered over the weekend, folks. I'm a Lucy morning, evening, night guy. You pay full price for those babies? Not even close.

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This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical. Okay. The Golden Globes didn't like this? Yeah, it's your podcast of the year. cheap AI jingles. So we have viewer mail birthdays, which couple have rolled in during the program as well.

Dear Daniel, we lub the tube via Venmo, hoping to increase the chance of this being read. It worked. Belated birthday shout out to our buddy Dustin. His birthday was January 11th. His leaders are Sarah Hepelah's All You Can Eat, Baby Buffets. Good grief, man. I'm sorry.

I don't mean to be a downer. That one's just... That was a great one. And David Murphy. Okay. Yeah. That's... Is he an asshole?

Sometimes. Do we still love him? Absolutely. Did his wife wake him up in that special way? Probably not. Why? Because she's a bitch. That's from Dirty Dan and Jorge.

Which is a... I think a... One of my favorite podcast. Dirty Dan and Jorge. No Rogan, dude. That is, I mean, anything's going to say Hollywood elite or... And they want to shake that... If you want to like, oh, no, we're not...

Yeah, that's just... They want to shake that. Playing right into it. Dude, imagine that they... I would never allow Joe Rogan to walk in here. The highest grossing movie of the year... Imagine that. The highest grossing movie of the year, it has...

Again, right. It's got critical acclaim to the degree of having the president on it. And they just like, that doesn't exist. Amy Polar farted. Can you give us another tease of what's on the Amy Polar podcast? The next funny thing she does will be her first. Hey Dan, leaders are Blake doing basketball play-by-play. Thanks.

T.C.'s Uber Stories and Oprah's Forsyth Country Production Crew in 1987. Writing to wish my wife, Serb-He, a belated happy birthday. Her birthday was Friday, but I'm a bad husband. She refers to you guys as the boys or our boys when referencing the show in conversation. And Dan, she does have Indian friends should the need ever arise. All right. I am interested. What if Jordan Hudson was Indian? Yeah, what would that sound like? Oh, yeah. Go ahead, Blake. Okay, so real quick, I think we might have done this on IJB once upon a time. Oprah and Forsyth. Is that ring a bell for you? No. That's why I read that with it confusing. And I wasn't positive. Oprah does an episode in

Forsyth County, Georgia, where there's a lot of racism going on, like flat out, the white people in town are like, we don't want them here. And she does a show while there's like riots going on outside. And she's got a room full of white people and a room full of black people. And it's the most electric television you'll ever see in your life. She'll just, she'll give the mic to a white person who's like, it's not that I don't hate him or it's not that I hate him, I just don't want him here. And black guy stands up and he's like, you're a fucking racist. And it's on ABC.

She's going back and forth, back and forth. And everybody talks about Jerry Springer. And the N-Word is everywhere. Like, there's a white lady who stands up and she's like, I think some of these white people in here's are in. Look, you tried to sell it to me. I was there already. It's crazy, dude.

Tell me how much I could hear the N-WR. Oh, yeah. But it's great. Here's photos from our Indian wedding in November. Per Jake's request when I was a sit-in, though I'm sure he was just being polite. F. Nico, keep doing what you're doing from Travis. So Travis is my dealer for Indian lady. Nice.

Good to have a guy. Yeah. And dear uncle wet axe wound lapper. Please wish David Miasso happy dirt. Burke birthday. I'm not sure my husband even listens anymore, but I'm an only child without a dad, so it's safe to assume I'm just sending this for my own selfish entertainment.

Thanks for knowing random facts, such as Sinjin Smith being a beach volleyball player and for making fun of Greg Olson for his long, awkward pauses when that's exactly what you do on a frequent basis. Because of Dan, I apologize to my husband anytime I plan to go to my quote book club which is volleyball and I end up canceling.

I included pictures rather than VEMO but I stuck with the more lucrative monthly subby for y'all. All right. Heck yeah, bud. That's from, uh, you're not alone. Is it Melissa? By the way, Gene Smart,

got to be one of the hottest 72 year olds alive. 74. Thanks, Melissa. Maybe this is the year that we get the digital yaw wall going or that I print out all these pictures and put them up on the wall in here. Although we are going to be moving studios.

And then you know how bad it is if you tape things to a wall and then you have to move. No likey. It's like the worst thing you could ever do. It's not to condemn the building. Actually. All right.

Now we move to Game Day Men's Health presents on this day in history. Game Day Men's Health, 12 area locations, if I'm not mistaken. There's certainly one near you. And at every one of them, they will treat you like they treat us when we go into the grapevine location, generally together. But go in there and mention the dumb zone. Right off, you get 10% off your TRT for life.

And it's not just testosterone replacement. That's what they, that's their main thing. that's their bread and butter how did that become like what bread and butter why is that like the most important thing on a menu like how is bread and butter become a euphemism for the most important thing

like I feel like steak and vegetable or well that's the new the new what do you call it pro pah pyramid oh yeah the food pyramid which actually it's the thing about like

somebody like RFK, I think. If he comes up with something that's kind of like good, you're like, ah, that is kind of, they should prioritize protein and vegetables higher than grain, bread and stuff. So I, you know, and then, but you're like, yeah, but he also wants to, you know. Ban vaccines? Yeah, so then you're like, what do I, I think it's okay to acknowledge. the thing is, I guess both sides do it, right?

They won't acknowledge the other side had something a little bit good. But I do think that's probably been long overdue to make proteins and vegetables a higher priority. And speaking of long overdue, get out there to game day men's health. And we're 90 seconds into this conversation and Dan has an offer to give you a little protein. That's gross, what they call that. I'll do that. Yeah, I know you will. I got some, very little.

Very little. You got the foam. But if you go to Game Day Men's Health. It has the protein foam that they have at Starbucks. But they can also help you with the peptides. Oh, yeah. Shoot some ropes. Help that balky knee.

People still say that? In the health club. I think that's why Travis from community goes there. Oh, yeah. They help with that. Quick vitamin B shot, whatever. Just check them out. They're there for you.

Game Day Men's Health. If you're a man and you're alive, then you're a possible subject. How about this? Free testosterone level check. You've always kind of wondered, how is my tea? Go to Game Day Men's Health. Mention the dumb zone. And today is Monday, January 12th on this day in 1906, the forward pass was legalized.

Nice. By the Football Rules Committee. Which can't run the football? You got to throw it? That's right. Easy way. On this day in 1910, it's the first time ever that a lady smoked a cigarette in the White House. It was a wife of a Russian ambassador.

Of course. It was at a White House dinner. And ladies just didn't smoke in public back then, especially at the White House. So, after she fired up, something. of the other women present. They're like, oh, cool. Pulled out the four-foot bong. Yeah.

A couple of football things on this day, 1969. This is the day that the Jets won the Super Bowl, upset the Colts. On this day in 1975, the Steelers won the Super Bowl. It's their first Super Bowl of four in the 70s. It was Super Bowl 9. And I note this because the Vikings, it was the Steelers beat the Vikings. They held the Vikings, and this is a run-the-ball era. Like Franco Harris was the MVP, 158 yards, 34 carries.

The Vikings were held to 17 yards rushing. And on this day in 2013, Colin Kaepernick had a big day, set an NFL rushing record for a quarterback with 181 yards, scored twice. the 49ers beat Green Bay 4531 in the divisional playoff game. One of the most incredible games I've ever seen. Did you say the number? It was 181, right? Yeah. So today is January 12th, this day in Dumb Zone history.

We have a lot on this day. First, in 2021, the Cowboys had just hired Dan Quinn, so we had interned Carlos on to tell us how it was going to be. And he gave him a pretty big meh. He turned out okay. Probably better when he got Micah. Yeah. Also, when he's not a head coach.

And then in 2021, this was the day after the first Nickelodeon broadcast of an NFL game. Where we had Noah Eagle, Nate Burleson, and some Nickelodeon star named Gabby. I wonder how Gabby's doing. And let's see. So obviously Nate Burleson there. is there to provide the rules. Noah Eagle is a great play-by-play. Gabby was there with like just some fun bio notes of the players,

which normally involved this. And Chicago's going to have to punt as well. But that's what we're looking at Gabby in the matchup, where the bears are looking to shock the world. The saints are looking to exercise some of those demons of the last few years. Got it. And going back to David Montgomery, his favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla. Oh, wow. Awesome.

Wow, thanks. Yeah. What a catch and run for the time. and Jared Cook. Now, fun fact, Jared, his favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate and vanilla. He likes both. Oh, damn. I guess so.

I guess so, but I'm more of a chocolate girl, so I can't really agree with the vanilla part. Yeah, he did a little bit of a swirl route on that one. Watch this. You're going to see Drew Green. Premium television. Unbelievable. They should have made her do a Dobbins note. Actually, his mom was going to.

Oh, can we do that with AI? Let's make her do the exact script of Gus Johnson. Oh, yeah. By the way, Grock removed Jerry Jones from the picture of the most problematic of Cowboys postseason failures. But this is the drop everyone remembers. Yeah. Fourth down, either they're going to kick the ball or they're going to punt it. And I think you're going to be impressed with what wards that does here.

All right. I'm between eye off. And that is a fair catch that is a game. One of those boring plays is a pun with a fair catch. Sometimes we forget how lucky we are. To just watch this much football. TC have a seat. Have a couch seat.

TC just walked in. Am I forgetting something? No. Okay. Doing some film in after. Okay. Oh, you mean with TC? Yeah, I don't know why he's here.

But he is, and I wanted to offer him a congratulations. Yeah. Oh, thank you. Thank you so much. Things are looking up. As a big Chicago Bears fan, it could have us wonder, do we potentially so we want to

we're going to do a playoff game in the Dunn? Did we need to grab the Bears now because they might not be there the following week? They're three and a half point dogs. Although I'm kind of I'm thinking Denver Buffalo

might be the game we want. Do we know times on these yet? No, not yet. But if it helps in your decision I would not be available. I love the playoffs too much to be in Dallas during the playoffs. I'll be at the Seahawks game.

Of course you will. I love the NFL. Let's see. In 2022, this was the day Dak and Zieg started selling 214 NFTs. Okay. Now, T.C. being here is important as well.

Because I just found... Found the shirt of the letter. One shirt. Ooh. Collectors a dish. I have one... Collectors a dish. Many years ago, T.C.

was he was in charge of our merch site on the web because we were like, whatever, if you can make money off this, fine, we'll promote it. And it makes us like, okay, we have a merch site. So I just thought it was a win-win, right? Give the shirts to guess, things of this nature. Yeah, but you made a little money on the side, right? Yeah.

And then one day, T.C. came in. He's like, oh, I got a cool design. It's a 214. He's like, get it? because Zeke and Dack, and he had pictures of Zeke and Dack in Cowboys uniforms with the Star, and what happened? Cease and desist, like within a day? It was a text from someone in the Cowboys to Bob, letting him know, like,

you're not going to make us go to the lawyers on this, are you? Oh, okay. Yeah. But you did print. Yeah, then I had 100 shirts that Bob was the – I mean, obviously Bob's right, but it's always funny. I found one in the garage this weekend. Because he was no fan of the, let's just call it what it is, he was like, what are we doing?

What are we doing? Like, and he would ask, like, is T.C. getting all the money from this? I'm like, yeah, dude, he's buying a mansion. Well, that's a thing. He was interned for years. There was no real money. When he was a ticker guy, he made nothing. He was doing hand fulfillment, too.

It was like, yeah, this way I don't have to do anything. I don't have to actually give him money. But that's the setting when Bob gets a text from the Cowboys. Yeah. And I just mean, as far as risks go. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's slightly dangerous.

He's not, it's not his comfort. He spiked the Abbey and Brittany calendar. So again, this was 2022. That got us going on NFTs. And then in my notes, it says, Jake showed Dan a porn video from the Metaverse. And then Dan says this, it'll be really weird to younger generations

that we watch porn on screens. Hmm. And you're probably right. Yeah, I mean, TC doesn't anymore. Okay. He's got the helmet. Oh, because. They'll have like a hologram.

AI or, yeah, hologram porn. They will actually be lying there with their big fake vision or whatever. Either that or sex spots now. Yeah. I was just saying, is that how you do it? Damn, dude. Teach me that move. That's why I don't do it very often.

It's very, definitely. It's like the full body. Right. You're going to run the reverse pass every play? What's that one machine? You got the stair climber, but then you got the other one. Elyptical? Yeah, like I have sex like that.

I use every part of my body when I'm having sex. Right. And then in 2023, someone found Trayvon Diggs' likes. Oh, man. And he liked this particular account or person, Miss Be Nasty. Hell yeah. Do you want me to describe it? Yeah.

If I can recall correctly, she was, like, against a glass, like, window in, like a high-rise. And it was a woman, like, a woman, like, a... ripped woman, like really body built in shape, female up top, and she just had a huge dick. Whoa. And it said, like if you'd suck it. Whoa. And Trayvon liked it? And he did.

It was like a massive fucking black dick. And then after that, they gave them how many millions? Yeah. Then they're like, how's rehab going, man? Diled in. We did two segments on it. Wow. And then Dan learns why the panhandle is called the panhandle.

Oh, and this day? On this day in 2020. Wow, momentous. Huge day in Dumb Zone history. Man. You know the history of why the panhandles there? Slaves. Yeah.

Built the Parthenon. Slaves. Build America. They said Texas, you can't have slaves in this area. They said then we don't want it. We don't need that part. This whole thing is huge. So borders are based on either slavery.

or rivers. Yeah. And then the rivers are just what you use to move the slaves. Other birthdays today, we have Drew Pearson to 75. Yeah. You ever hear he made this one catch? It was amazing. I have.

I've heard about it a couple times. They're playing the Vikings. So down to the end. What would it be called if Drew Pearson wasn't a devout Catholic. God. Actually, I think it was right here. This is it.

Yeah, this is. Here was the call from that game. It all comes down. No. To this. No. I'm going to say that. Here we go, Joe.

Sam, get loud. I don't think anybody needs to be. Sam Leporta is 25. Baller. How about your classless coach? Unbelievable. You know, when I was a boy, we would walk over and shake the hand of the other coach and look him right in the eye.

You shook the hand. Wouldn't slap him. They would talk a lot of trash. Would never say anything bad about him in our postgame talk to the team about that other team. You know, actions have consequences. They were making a lot of decisions in the week leading up. Jordan Davis is 26. The eagle?

Yeah. He'll spit on you. Oh, different one. Jaylen Carter. Jordan Davis will just kill you with his car. Right. He killed someone with the car? What was that Jalen Carter?

He might have also been Jalen Carter. Dang it. Jordan Davis is just big. Yeah, he did not get arrested? That's not as funny. Ulf Dahlin is 59. I had a... Former star.

I had an Ulf Dahlin Shurzee. That's great. Why? He's Ulf Dahlin. Was he good? He was a player that you loved if you were looking for not being a Madonna fan or, you know. Yeah, he was like

on the Penguins when they were good. Yeah. I remember playing with him in the With Mikey. NHL, yeah. Bill Madlock was a former Ranger. He's 75. Dominique Wilkins is 66. Don Trell Willis

is 44. Damn. I thought he was going to have a bigger career than he ended up having. Me too. I was surprised. Is it like a 30 for 30 or something? War 19.7. I'd watch it. Because that was a... Just as a rookie. Yeah, oh yeah.

They won the world... Change in the game. World Series? Yeah, I think so. Jeff Bezos, 62. I was wondering... Like, do you think he watches every Amazon game, or, like, goes to him, or what's the bit there? It's a great quote.

Does it feel like, does he have, like, a cocktail party? Or he's like, this is my shit. Look, I put it on TV. Look, he's got a dog. I was thinking about the TV schedule. Like, it's going to get decided tonight. In today's modern world, there's no way you're going into the office. So some guy who leads NBC is just going to get a text message on his easy chair being like,

hey, the entire world's attention is going to be centered around how this text goes. Were you thinking that you should tell us about that? I don't understand what you were just saying. The NFL TV schedule for this weekend. There's a guy that has to decide tonight after the game. I mean, obviously someone does. But they won't be at the office. Yeah.

So just think about the things that you do at home. You were high when you thought of this, and then you were like, I'm just going to say it. Half an hour ago when I was eating my breakfast taco that I had before I came in. I'll say it again. You were high when... Rapper Ray Kwan. The chef. Is 56.

Howard Stern. Is 72? Zane Malick. Is it Malik? You guys knew who that is? 33. 1D? 1D. Yeah, I like some of his stuff.

Like the, I don't know, it's obviously very fruity, but he's got some good songs. It was very difficult for me to pick Dumb Zone birthday of the day. So, fourth runner up, third runner up, I guess. Good Lord. I'm telling you. I built a new wing. Heather Mills 57. Ah, very curious story. You know who that is, T.C.?

No. McCarty? Yeah, okay. Okay. It's Paul McCartney's wife who is missing a limb. Blown off in a landmine? No, no, despite the fact that her advocacy centers around people being blown up by landmines. She just happens to not have a leg for other reasons.

Do we remember what those are? Just born like it? Car accident. Car accident. So how come she doesn't advocate for car safety? Great question. Don't know. She must have met enough people who were blown up by bombs where she was like,

this is just how I am. These are the only people that know what I feel like. Yeah. That makes sense a little bit. Crazy. If you are hanging out with. I had to have that story explained to me like 10 times before I got it. Yeah.

Like, no, what? Second runner up for Dumbzone birthday of the day. DJ Paul. Wow. 49. Friend of the show. Yep. Hollywood.

Baby arm. He does. First runner up for Dumbzone birthday of the day. God. 52 years old, Melanie Chisholm. You know who she is? Is she from the spice? Yeah.

Okay, that's Mel from the Spice Girls. She's now known as Melanie C. Because of people like me. Who want to say Chisholm. And she was known as Sporty Spice. Oh, fantastic. That's a nickname I got at rehab. She was Rudy Spice.

Right. So she's Melanie, there was a Mel B, right? Yeah. There's two Mells? Yeah. What are the change? Mel B and Mel C. I believe Mel B is the black one, right?

I thought Sporty was the black one. No. Forty's not the black one? I think it's racist that you thought sporty was the black one. It's either that or they call her black spice. The British. That's about what you expect. Right.

No, it was scary spice. That was hers was scary. Scary is the black. What was Beckham's wife? Posh. And there was baby spice. How many spice girls are there? There's like six, five or six.

I thought it was like four. Dude, I'm pretty sure my, is it this? They might be doing like a sphere residency. I think they are. Yeah. Because my wife was talking about it. The spice girls? She was like ready to drop all of the money.

By the way, I was talking about you earlier today. on our weekend check. Because I just never seen an adult, a grown man, like a 35-year-old man, just so giddy about being at a pool. Yeah. You were very excited on Saturday. Why not? I like swimming.

Like you ever, like a little kid who's you see that knows you and then you acknowledge it, but he's too quick. Like, oh, hi, Uncle Dan. He runs on, like, that was T.C. He was so, oh, hey, how's it going? And then just kept on. And it wasn't like, I got to go track my kid.

That's exactly what it was. He wasn't with this kid at all. Yes, I was. He was just having so much fun. He didn't want to fall behind it in the slide. I was so far from my kid that you couldn't see them, so I needed to get quickly back to her. I don't know. I saw you just dive into the lazy river. He had to go run under the bucket.

It was about to spill all the water. Hold on, hold on. I'll be right back. He has to sit. Does the anchor man. Cannonball. Going down the slide. And our dumb zone birthday of the day.

I'm giving it to Sam Richardson. Okay, yeah. Detroiters, I think you should leave. Because I kind of discovered him this year. I watched all the Detroit. You know who that is? Yeah, he's great in Veep. Oh, is he?

Veep's an awesome show. I've heard that so many times. I guess I should do it. You haven't tried it? No. It feels like one of those shows you talk about. I never, what does that mean? And that felt derogatory, what you just said to me.

It was only slightly derogatory and it felt very accurate. Like one of those shows you'd talk about. Like 30 Rock or something? Yeah, popular comedies. It really surprises me. Popular comedies, what, like two and a half men? You were always talking about the biggest bang. I don't even know the names to do.

Like, it's not, like I understand the difference. I like one of them and don't like the other. but, you know, this is like when a South Park and family guy were fighting, and people were like, oh, the cartoons don't like each other. All right, that's fair. Born on this day now dead, John Hancock. Tell me, besides signing the Declaration of Independence, give me anything about John Hancock.

Pennsylvania. Doesn't he have an investment firm now or something? I was going to say like some sort of a local alderman or something, some sort of rep. Tom Dempsey. It's foot. The half-footed kicker. Rush Limbaugh.

We should see if Brandon would do that as a bit. Cut off after the foot? Yeah. It would be a great bit. Are you guys, did you do the Apple update this weekend? No. No. I kill killed until tonight.

Don't do it? I don't know. It's just, you know, it just changes everything. And it's like, now I search. I'm trying to search this next name because we've got a great piece of audio. But it doesn't let you just see the audio now and then open the folder. Like it's just a big mess. Anyway, Kirstie Alley, born in this day now dead.

I can't find the Kirstie Alley audio. I got an MPEG. What is that? Why would I have a movie of Kirstie Alley? It's a video. Oh, really? I know why you would. And I got there and my sister and I were all sitting in this way.

Okay, what is this, Jake? Want to explain it? Yeah, she was asked the question about how she took the death of her parents. She's with Barbara Walters. And she decided to tell a little anecdote about how she found out about the death of her parents. To get there. And I got there. And my sister and I were all sitting in this waiting room and we were sobbing.

And as I'm crying, I sit my sister here. I wasn't looking at her. But I said, where were they going? And she said to a Halloween party. And I said, what were they dressed as? Why would you ask this? Why would you? And she said, the odd couple.

And I said, oh, I'm thinking, what odd couple? Walter Mathau and Jack Lemon? Well, what were their costumes exactly? She said, Mom was a black girl and dad was a Ku Klux Klan member. Started laughing. And the whole family, I guess, had heard this conversation, and we all started laughing. And it was the greatest tribute that you could give my mother. Do you know?

Your mother? Dad's clanhood is just covered in blood and guts. If you had to pick one, you'd rather die in the clan robe than Blackface. That's a great question. I think. I don't know. You don't want to die in Blackface. I feel so strong about that.

But, oh, okay. Do you want to have a Hitler mustache? If we talk it out here, if we talk it out, if you die in blackface, almost no one is going to be like, that was him, you know? I kind of, but there's a small chance. Like, if you die in a clan hood, there's a lot of stuff we've said today. Build a case. People are going to be like, it was kind of there. You know, maybe this actually is who he was.

Oh, it was a Halloween costume, likely story. But if you're in blackface, like, you have to die in one of them. The crazy thing was it was February. Yeah, right. What if they made you choose that particular... It's a friend's retirement party. You know, on your license when they're like, do you want to be an organ donor?

Like right there is where you have to answer that question. Oh, my God. Why is this? Paul, on my jury duty, they're asking, you know, your kids and, you know, ages and stuff. Well, why do you need to know that for jury duty? I don't know about you guys as DMV trips, but I feel like minorities very well represented of the DMV. Yeah.

I wouldn't want to answer in front of them. But I'm saying they, like, do you really need to know the whole organ donor thing that second? You don't? No, not really. Okay. Along with that. I mean, we're on this path now.

You've answered that. Talking about accidents. You died. Fatal accidents. Okay. Okay. Now let's just go to the next one. Dead on this day still dead.

You have Maurice Gibb. Dan. One of the Gs of B. And Bobby Fills, who was a former cav, but I think a Minnesota Timberwolf at the time, he died at the age of 30, and then he got his number retired. He died illegally drag racing.

That sounds fun, to be honest. But do you... You retire the number? Why do you immediately retire the number of a guy who never was that good? But he died, and they got excited. They got Mark Cuban excited and... Yeah. is that

the most salacious way you can die and still get your number retired like a bit of a bit of a shootout he wouldn't have been number retired yep what if he had killed someone else then definitely not handing the number out so he's got to be a clean street racing death

which is just a matter of like as Bill Burr would say I don't know a third of an inch Yeah. On your steering wheel? Yeah. Well, this has been a lot of fun, guys. TC closing remarks.

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