The Dumb Zone FREE - The Dumb Zone 2-19-24

Episode Date: February 19, 2024

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The Dunzo. The Dunzo. The Dunzo. All right. You look like a future pedophile in this picture, number one. Number two, it doesn't even have a first name. It just says McLovin! What? What name? What name? Who are you, Seal? Yeah, that's right. Happy 61st birthday to Seal. I'm gonna listen. I wanna listen to the dumb song. Yeah, that's right.

Happy 61st birthday to Seal. Most people woke up thinking about that. That's why the post offices are closed today. I wanna listen to the dumb song. I mean, it's gotta be. And other government agencies. And that's why Jake's not here. Every year he takes Seal's birthday off.

So this little podcast, this little stream, this little whatever that we record live to tape featuring Dan. Me. Hi, Dan. Jake, not here. Blake. Hi, Blake. Hey, dude. But there's no way we can handle this ourselves.

No. Too much for me to handle. So, because it's a free episode, we really need to bring it today. Didn't you tell me that Friday? Like, the paid episode, you were saying, oh, those people are already there. But, like, these are people we need But these are people we need to groom. We need to groom you. Perhaps even go over to old patreon.com slash the dumb zone.

But, you know, that's up to you. But because it's an episode, we really need to bring it. We decided to get out, do a comprehensive search, looked across the land, hired a firm to tell us who would be the best possible fill-in today. And that is how we have landed on Ted Emmerich, the great Ted Emmerich. Whoa. Teddy Ball Games. From broadcasting.

From broadcasting. Well, I mean, I feel like you don't receive just one check. That is correct. Or one name on your check. One name. One name. Are you kind of like me? Now you're trying to find all these different people that have paid you for the year?

Yeah. Give it all to your tax guy in just a box? You're rounding up your W-2s and 1099s. You know, really in-depth tax talk here, Blake. You and I are on the same wavelength. Totally. Dan's getting there. I'm now part of this terrible beating that you live in.

So I've got to save this, and I've got to mark the mileage we drove to Oklahoma. Yeah. Write it off. I've got to mark, you know, if I buy paper, we mark that. Yeah, there's supplies. Yeah. Write it off. I got to mark, you know, if I buy a paper, we mark that. Like, okay. Supplies. Yeah. Yep.

Where is Jake, by the way? Is he on another stoner ski trip? I think he's in Mexico. We could actually call him. He has offered that. Does he have unlimited PTO in this new setup? Yeah, but he's going to tell us that because we called him, he can technically say he worked that day.

Okay, well then I guess we can't call him. I'm confused about the ability to call internationally anyway. Just because I just got a notice yesterday that we got $50 of international charges last month. Uh-oh, France? And so, yeah, I don't know. She got her new SIM card and all this. France prep has really begun,

so we now officially have our flights. We're going. All right. Oh, that's not a joke. Me, I'm going. You're not. Still can't believe that. March 11th, we leave. You're not still can't believe that March 11th we leave

you're not on board with that Blake why we'll get to that yeah good for you Dan locking that down have you been to France I've not

or just overseas yes I've been overseas it's awesome dude like I To France, I have not. Or just overseas? Yes, I've been overseas. It's awesome, dude. Again, back to you, Blake. I just don't get it. I've been looking forward to it, but now that it's real, I'm almost not looking forward to it because I don't know how I'm going to handle the jet lag

because we leave at we leave at like noon or something from here then go to Atlanta for a holdover and then we we go from Atlanta but then we land at 7 a.m. France time you have to stay up the entire day but 7 a.m. France time is like midnight here I know

and your body is telling you I need rest I need to sleep no stay up get on time so will I with where you, I need rest, I need to sleep. No, stay up. Get on time with where you are. The thing is, can I get drunk? Can I do something to fall asleep while we're on the plane? Take a gummy. That doesn't make me fall asleep. Really?

That just makes me clean the kitchen and be productive. Maybe I need to take more gummy or Maybe. Or a different kind of gummy. Yeah, you, I can't remember if Haralabob said this on our podcast or another one, but breakfast time is when you get on your new schedule. He tells, he said, get up, get in the sun, and eat breakfast in your new time zone. Yeah, fasting. Yeah, so you can't, oh wow, that's going to be a long day of not eating. Right, and they're offering, you know, it's part of the you can't... Oh, wow. That's going to be a long day of not eating. Right.

And they're offering, you know, it's part of the meal, the thing on the plane. But... And if it's salmon and broccoli, you have to eat it. Yeah, that doesn't save... Maybe I could just do the dinner fast. Like, starting, I'll eat at noon or whatever, and then that's it. Until... Yeah, you probably

eat on the first plane which i guess would be midnight but 7 a.m yeah i don't know it's gonna be tough man yeah like and obviously i would have chosen a different flight but it was all based on one flight was like 2 000 bucks and this one was like 700 oh yeah Oh, yeah. So I think I'll go with the $700. Of course. Yeah. But I'm sure Haralabob has got a PJ or he can actually say, okay, I'll pay $2,000 because it's better for my sleep schedule. Well, and then pay another $2,000 for his dog.

And for his dog, yeah. Man, what a life he leads. I know. After listening to that interview. My first international flight was, I was in college and went to Ireland with Kate, my wife, girlfriend at the time, of course. And that's where all of her family is. And I remember it's the same setup. You know, you're flying in, you get in.

They lived there. Yeah, a lot of her extended family. I mean, parents are here in America. family is and i remember it's the same setup you know you're flying and you get in they live there yeah a lot of her extended family i mean parents are here in america okay but you know from ireland originally and you land at 7 a.m whatever it is and you just have to fight it you have to stay engaged did you do we're doing this yeah and i slept for like 10 hours that night you know i i got to about i think it was around maybe nine o'clock that night and those first few days yes are you going to get up early of course you are but the sooner you can get on schedule the better it will be for the duration of your trip yeah and the trip's only like seven days or eight days i guess in monday we leave and then we come back the Tuesday, late Tuesday, the next week.

And another thing is just now, you know, hotels. Oh, my Clemson daughter wants to go, so now we had to get her a flight real quick. Nice. And it adds a whole other. Oh, no. It's adding a whole nother layer of beating and financial burden.

Yeah. But she wants to go and she's like, when will I ever have a chance to go again? I'm like, okay, yeah, you're right. So now it's like we can't just get a hotel room with a king bed. That's fine. Yeah.

But now, okay, now we got to get a hotel maybe with a pullout too or something a suite but then we're all going to be and it's we want to stay somewhat near the eiffel tower which is probably even higher dollar because that's where this daughter lives in her little tiny apartment so we've been checking airbnb and vrbo do have those, but that's so hit or miss when the picture looks good, but then you get there and it's horrible. I don't know if you've ever had a bad experience, but I have. And I can't imagine going over there.

I don't know. Yeah. One of those companies tried putting me in a homeless shelter one time. Wow. Really? It was really cheap. Yeah. Well, and that's the thing. Wow. Really? It was really cheap. Yeah. And it was,

it's a, well, and that's the thing. My wife is like real conscious about the money, which she should be because we're in a certain weird situation now. But so now she's looking at, well, I want to pay this one is $130 a night.

I'm like, what do you think it's going to be for $130 a night that sleeps six? Yeah. Like it's going to suck. Yeah. And then it's going to suck. Yeah. And then it's, you know, so a hotel is probably the way to, and then another wrench is, wife is like, I'm going to Amsterdam. I don't care if you want to go.

I'm going and blah, blah, blah. Okay. Well, of course, I'll do what you want to do. Well, now, daughter one also wants to go, and now extra daughter wants to go. So now it's like, all right, so we'll get a hotel for three nights Take a train to Amsterdam Because it's a four and a half hour ride Oh my gosh

Stay overnight Friday Do Amsterdam all day Saturday Stay overnight Sunday Or excuse me Saturday Saturday in Amsterdam. And then train ride back Sunday. And now we have two more days in France. Blake, you are visibly stressed out just listening to the logistics. No, I don't like this.

Trying to set it up is a horrible beating. Because now we've got to get a hotel over in Amsterdam too. And figure out a bunch of stuff to do. Yeah. Which. I mean, bunch of stuff to do. Yeah. Which, I mean, you're going to have an escort. I don't know what she's going to do. Right.

I'm going to get in a hinge. All day. And I'll be in the window. They're going to put you in the window advertising her services. No, I guess. Cash bar. Okay, let me explain.

If you were doing that here, then I could understand. But I just, I'm so afraid of not knowing their language. Yeah. Being out of, like, I get so mad at people when they're just aiming, or just wandering aimlessly. Like, let's go, go. And I feel like if I'm over there, I'm trying to get on a train to amsterdam i'm not i don't know that just seems really stressful i would just be so out of place and it's you're

right everything is going to cost a lot and i don't know i don't envy your trip coming up our listener who lives in france i talked to him over the weekend and he's going to be back here in Missouri for that week. Because I thought that would have helped. Yeah, you could have crashed with him. Not crash. Yeah, I should have been like, hey. Can I have your house?

Yeah. I'll take over your place. How much would you charge me? I'll pay instead of an Airbnb. You should actually do that. Should I? Yes. Paying dumb zone merchandise.

I don't think he lives anywhere near the Eiffel Tower, but that would probably be way better. Yeah. Can the other daughter just crash with the youngest? No, because it's a very small, her apartment is very small. Like there's already three people in there and it's a thing this size. And is she going to fly here To then fly to Atlanta Or meet you in Atlanta No she's going to meet us in France

Because Oh she's just going to go straight The The cost For leaving And getting on our flight Again It was $2,000 for that

It's still like $1,000 Her flight Yeah Ends up being But yeah So now... Yeah, it's all a very stressful weekend. And so if I slide into business talk...

Do we need sounder for business talk? Yeah, absolutely. Okay. This is for Blake to timest business time. It's business. This is for Blake to timestamp it. Oh, yeah. So over the weekend, I was also trying to, you know, I haven't got back to, remember I told you, I guarantee you I will get back to all the people who have asked for a 690 remote or 690 sit-in.

Yeah. Or they've reached out and said they were interested in advertising. We do have someone that will be able to contact them now. Ooh. You got a business manager? We got a sales guy. We might have a business manager. Wow.

We got both. Big time. So what we need, though, what they're telling me is we needed a good website or a website. The websites are important. Because we were going to try and tie in and try and look more professional than we are and tie in all the whatever email addresses to that website. And so it'll be like sales at dumbzone.com. So we have acquired dumbzone.com.

Okay. For a price way higher than I thought we would have to pay. $6.91? I will tell you in a moment. Okay. Because I will make that price seem lower. Because this is the... These are the steps that took us to getting dumbzone.com. So we want the dumbzone.com.

And it's another... One of our new people are like, you got to have everything match. You want your social media stuff to match your website. Branding. Everything. It's about the brand. So Blake has done a pretty good job on the dumb zone. In fact, we had a nice

listener give us the dumb zone on Twitter. Because we used to have like dumb zone 69. Yes. So I think on most platforms you have the DumbZone. I'm not sure if it's Instagram.

I think Instagram is the one that's a little different. Yeah, that's DumbZone69. So I think across the board we have the DumbZone. But for the DumbZone, it was taken. And so there is a way in your domain name purchasing website, like GoDaddy, I use something called Namecheap.com. That's where all the past things I've bought, that's where, you know, whatever. I own Kempspin.com. There's just nothing on there.

Oh, nice. I've owned it for years, but, you, but it's like a just in case. So when I go there to buy thedumbzone.com, it says it's taken. You can bid a minimum bid of $199. Now, when you do that, you have to sign up to another website. It's like a third party, a broker, that they will contact this person, and they will give bids back and forth. So for $20, GoDaddy's was like $70. So on Namecheap, it was like for $20, sign up for this, and we'll be your go-between.

Namecheap probably doesn't have Danica Patrick, though, in some exclusive video on their site. Right. So I bid $200. I mean, why go nuts? Yeah. See what that'll get you. A lot of discussion on whether we should do this or not. We had dumbzone.com on the hook in the cart,

but the price to me was too outrageous. I didn't want to pay that price, and we wanted the dumb zone. So that offer was rejected and countered. As you know, in the fantasy sports world, that happens a lot, right? Reject and counter. But that's good,

because if we're going to stick with fantasy, at least the owner is checking trades. Right. Because that's part of the $20 you spend is like a, we may never be able to contact them. It's just a, you're hoping that the $20 is good.

So, the counter was $75,000. Okay. That's a drastic jump. That's like you're trying to trade for a tight end, and he's wanting your entire team. $75,000.

Yeah, Christian McCaffrey, please. Oh, my gosh. So I bid. I rejected that and countered. I figured, okay, this is just silly. But all right, let's play around a little bit. You countered again? I did $250.

And you had to pay an extra $20, right? No, no, no, no, no. So it turns out, I think I told you this on Friday, but it turns out it's not $20 each transaction. It's $20 for the first. I had clicked the wrong button. All turns out it's not 20 each transaction. It's 20 for the first. I clicked the wrong button. All right. I'm not good at internet.

So I figured for fun, since I'm in this game, all right, I'll just throw in 50 extra dollars because I know it's a lost cause now. He's not serious.

In fact, so I think right after the thing though, talked to jake talked to our new business guy and everything and it's like all right let's pay for dumbzone.com so while this negotiation continued with this guy i bought dumbzone.com so remember his first bid was like 75 000 so we bought dumbzone.com for $695. Damn, dude. Which seemed excessively high to me.

Dumbzone.net was available, dumbzone.whatever, all these other things, but... dumb-zone.com I think was a penny. Right, that's available. The-dumbzone.com I think was a penny. Right. That's available. The-dumbzone.com. Yeah. Like all that stuff.

That dashes don't work. No. It feels like they work for 690 bucks, but anyway, so we bought it. Okay. Okay. So we got dumbzone.com. Yes. And then it renews every year for like 10 bucks.

Okay. So apparently it's like a premium site because it has certain keywords. And I think zone is a keyword. It can't be dumb. Not dumb apparently. So they say that premium sites are always going to cost because they have certain keywords

that are great for searching. I don't know. When naming this stupid effing podcast, we didn't think about any of this stuff. We were sitting here one time and we were like, I don't know,

we were the hang zone. I don't know, we're idiots. You know, we, and were you in this room? I don't remember. Jake,

no, you weren't here. You were still working at the ticket. It was just me and Jake. We had just, you know, the musers had just barely said, you know, hey, these guys, like, we all knew it was official now.

Okay, so now I guess we have to move forward. What are we going to do? What should we name it? We searched a few things, and we're going to call it, like, the Dragon Den, whatever, and it turns out, well, that is all these Game of Thrones people or fans have. Which makes sense. There's 50 Dragon Den podcasts.

So, yes. So, ended up with Dumb Zone. Didn't think, oh, someday somebody's going to tell us we need to brand all these things the same and blah, blah, blah. So, yeah. Anyway. Needed to hire that brand manager on day one. So, I countered with 200. Now back to this guy because now I'm just playing.

And have you said what the website directs to? What is it? Because I think that's a part of this. It directs to like nothing. It's nothing important. So when you pull up the dumbzone.com. Is it like Chew? Well, it wants to play me a video of two beavers.

What? Promoting snuff. Okay. Yeah. But you would think they have some sort of value in this website or something, but that's how basic it looks. There's a video, and it's just promoting promoting snuff and it's just really weird. Snuff?

But this does not seem like a $75,000 website. No, it doesn't. Adscheaper.com is the banner up top. I went with $250,000. Okay. He comes back with $70,000. Oh, yeah. Hey, he's going to meet you

in the middle. I was throwing this back and forth with one of our great lawyers, Brunig, and he said, hey, you're doing good. $50,000. You traded $50,000 for $5,000. Yeah. You're on your way. Yeah. Yeah.

So then I think I... I just didn't do anything for like a day. I just didn't do anything for like a day. The next day, he comes back again with a $69,000. So now I think he's doing bits. Now, yes. So I countered with $420,000. Oh, excellent.

And I told him I liked his style because you could put a little direct message. You could put a direct message in there. And his were, you know, at first, I mean, it was very choppy English, but it almost seemed like I'm faking the choppy English. Oh, so he was leaving comments for each one? Yes. And at first it was like, this is very valuable. No way, dude.

Or something that was like, this is very valuable. Or something that was like... Pay or else. Need money to feed cat. Shut up. Like he was doing bits. And you're certain it's a he? In my country, we love your president, Jill Biden. Jill Biden.

Like he was just all these silly things. So I put, I like your style with the 69 000 i gave him 420 he uh i think he went down to like whatever uh 65 000 and then i i gave him my final offer of 69 or 690 um and yeah so but i'm i have a our one of our business guys is like, you know what? I was able to find his whatever address. I don't know if this is him, but I think it's him.

And then we can actually try calling him. Okay. We doing that now? You want to do it now? Yeah. Okay. It's time for a dumb zone interstitial. You got to keep them separated.

We called and we got voicemail. That's what you can do in this recorded medium. Yeah. Pretty exciting, isn't it, Ted? Podcasts are amazing, medium. Yeah. Pretty exciting, isn't it, Ted? Podcasts are amazing, Dan. Jeez. They really are. If he calls back...

Yeah, he won't, right? Like he thinks we're mad or something. I'm not mad, though. I'm very interested in this bit. Yeah. And just the fact that... Remember, Gordon did this. mad though. I'm very interested in this bit. Yeah. And just the fact that you remember Gordon did this. Gordon Keith at the Ticket did

this a long time ago when I worked with Bob. He bought badradio.com and so for years we had, or was it bobandan.com and we were using bobandan.net Did you just refuse to sell?

Yes, for many, many years until I guess he changed a lot over the last five years and you weren't noticing it and then he He transferred it over to us at some point.

But did you offer him money? I don't know. It's not like we could offer enough money for gordon yeah you know it was all about the bit i think it was about the bit which i do respect uh so anyway we own that website we're going to have uh emails sent out very soon to those who have emailed me uh with an actual... And then it's like we're trying to get... Again, I'm not good at internet. I'm trying to use my internet people to get our website.

And you have to go through Namecheap to get the Google business emails. And it's all very confusing, Blake. So what if this guy comes back and says, All right, fine. I'll sell it to you for $1,000. Fusing, Blake. So what if this guy comes back and says, all right, fine, I'll sell it to you for $1,000?

Well, let's just cross that when we come to it. Then are we going to say we spent $1,700 on two websites? Again, I'm not the business guy. I don't make these decisions. Okay. Here's another important question for you. You mentioned how important it is to have email addresses with atthedumbzone.com

Are you willing, Dan, to sacrifice your Hotmail account and move primarily to danatthedumbzone.com No. That's a bridge too far.

Yeah, I won't do that. It's too sacred. Yeah, for all those in the nation. Yeah. In the Hotmail nation. The Hotmail zone. Yes. So I absolutely can't do that.

You had a busy weekend. Hey, thanks, man. What did you do? Argyle girls softball? No, I don't do that. The girls did win on Friday night, so we're playing round three tonight. Basketball?

Which is exciting, yes. Lady Eagle basketball. But Sunday was opening day for my slow pitch softball league. All right. We had our draft a couple weeks ago. Did you draft? Did you go number one? I was first round, I think, but no.

Oh, man. I don't know if I'm first round or not. Not 1-1. So humble. I think I was late round one. That's a value pick. Big time value.

Met up at the cages last weekend. Tried to break off some of the rust, but then, yeah. You go to a cage for slow pitch softball? Listen, when you haven't played since June, I needed to take a few hacks. Okay. This is how far I've fallen.

Yeah. Just so you know. Yeah, if you have to practice to get ready for a slow-pitch softball game. And I'm aware how far I've fallen. Are you able to tune the machine so that the delivery is that slow and underhanded? We just would get in the cage. We'd just have a guy pitch to us. Okay.

Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, we're back. What's the team name? Who were you drafted by? So last year, I was a Red Sox. Okay. And this year... How boring is that?

Oh really? Okay Not boring Alright Because that's not a current Major League team We're an Indian You can be hard and be fun You're a winner at every game Indian Fever, you can be part of the fun.

You're a winner at every game. That's where the excitement begins. So catch Indian Fever. Be a believer with the Cleveland Indians. Well, I have a lot of gear if I come out to support you. You know? You're going to break out Wahoo just for that. Do you go Chief Wahoo? Yeah, I wore my Chief Wahoo just for that. Do you go Chief Wahoo? Yeah.

Hats? I wore my Chief Wahoo hat. Okay. I don't think the team did, but I don't know what hats we got, but I blew the dust off my Chief Wahoo. Okay. Yeah, we're a Cleveland Indian. The Wiley Indians.

Yeah. Okay. How about you? Were you doing any big games this weekend? I was in Houston for Westwood One on radio. The Houston Cougars and the Texas Longhorns. So you work for Westwood One. So that wasn't an ESPN game.

That was not an ESPN game. But you also have an ESPN slate, right? Mm-hmm. I do. And it's primarily with ESPN, especially for college basketball. But this particular weekend, I didn't have a game with ESPN. And I always try to work in Westwood One when I can. How far in advance do you get your ESPN schedule? And then do you call Westwood OnePN schedule? Oh. And then how do you, then do you call

Westwood One after that? Yeah, they're when you're freelancing like that, you're in touch with everyone. Does he have the noisy headset? What? I just know we're going to get a lot of comments. Okay. Well, you can change it out if it is. What, just when I turn

my head, is there sound? Yeah, maybe it's your jacket. Okay. Well, what do I turn my head? Yeah, maybe it's your jacket. Okay. Well, what do you want me to do, Blake? Listen, I just know people will yell at me because of the noisy headset. Or you want to interstitial and change it out? No, just keep going. Just stay right there.

Don't move. I'm not asking for a lot. What was the question? I don't know. All right. Yeah, I do games mainly for a lot. What was the question? I don't know. All right. Yeah, I do games mainly with ESPN. I have a contract with them. That's my first priority.

And when it works, I had my schedule weeks ahead of time. Multi-year contract, or is it one year at a time? God, you want all the details. Yeah. I don't have an answer for you. Okay. Why do you want to be details. Yeah. I don't have an answer for you. Okay. Why do you want to be elusive about that? Jeez.

Let's see. I'll tell you what I got. Nothing. But I used to have a- You want to know the rate? You want to know everyone's- We used to have a multi-year contract. When we first started at the ticket, it was a one-year deal in 1999 because they had a

guy named Rocco Pendolaola and things blew up horribly apparently with him not meshing with the current line of the ticket back then. Yep. Mike Reiner in particular but I don't think anybody really got along with him. What time slot was he? Midday. Noon to three. Oh really?

Yeah. So Bob was working there already for about six months or so, and he was doing the night shift by himself. And they hired me to pair up with Bob, and they put us in middays with a one-year contract. And the next time around, we got a two-year contract. I believe the next time around, another two-year contract. contract. I believe the next time around, another two-year contract.

And then there could have been one more in there or something, but then at some point, we moved to like a four-year deal, and then they would have an option, and they could exercise that after four years or three and a half years.

They would just say, yes, we want you for that last year, too. And then it got into five-year deal territory, which was pretty cool. Which is why, that's a lot of the, you know, my nervousness now

is like, well, I used to feel good about, hey, okay, I know we're going to have this or this for the next few years. Yes, we can get our kid a car or whatever. And now it's like, oh, what's going to be next month?

Yeah. But you're still not going to answer me, are you? I don't have a five-year deal, Dan. I was going to say, he's acting like a one-year employee. Producers know contracts at the ticket, right? Or at least when you signed.

They may have changed that up now. I'm not sure. Yeah. I know there's extra stipulations where I don't know if it's a contract, but there's certainly other factors to keep you there. But no, I did not have any of that. You didn't sign anything? No. You were you were just like hey we'll pay you this and you're like okay yeah okay which in the long run was great just because you could leave if you wanted i could leave whenever

however being inside the building and not having that one everyone else did, it's not great. What do you mean? I don't know. It could just be like I'm naive, but I think you want to lock down your good employees to contracts, and you don't want them to leave. And so when I'm seeing everyone else up there get one and I don't, I'm like, oh, okay. like oh okay i think when some new radio stations burst onto the market they started whenever somebody became a producer they would then give them a contract although i'm pretty sure i know a couple guys from some of the other stations under that umbrella too who were signed as a producer but it was after you so at some point i think the company just said we're now going to

give producers contracts so i don't think it was about, we're now going to give producers contracts. So I don't think it was about you. Well, I'm going to make it about me. Okay. So actually, you felt bad, even though it was a good deal you had. Oh, I had a sweet deal, yes, but I don't know. I'm like the ugly girl at the dance. Like, I want to be wanted.

Yeah. Well, I'm glad that you weren't. Like I said, ended up being okay. All right, I have some sports. There's quite a bit of things happening over the weekend. I have some audio.

And I'm going to start with All-Star. First of all, did you guys watch any All-Star stuff besides Highlights? Not a single second. Like, who can? I turned on... Let me tell you. Like, when I was in high school, I was obsessed with the Saturday night All-Star game package.

It was the three-point shootout, the dunk contest. I cared so much about that growing up. But then I tuned in on Saturday, and I see three Indiana Pacers trying to throw basketballs through hoops, like the skills challenge. And the teams are like the Pacers, the rookies, and the vetsets and then they move on to the

shooting competition where there are different points based on where you shoot on the court and at no point did i ever understand what was going on and none of it was entertaining and that's just a huge disappointment which then led into the game like i tuned in for a couple minutes on sunday night but like they're not they're trying to score, but that's it. And Luka's doing three-quarter court shots. Him and Jokic are having a great time, which is fun, I guess. But even Adam Silver was pretty mad after the game of how pitiful it was. Yeah, I wonder how those ratings do and all that kind of stuff.

They can't do well. But as you started it with, that's the same way I felt, I guess, about a lot of things in sports. Boy, when I was in high school or when I was in junior high, I loved name whatever it is. And I just don't think it actually sucked as bad as it did back then. Yeah, I mean, back in my day, Dan, they played defense. I mean, the final score was 175 to 169.

And now that a team is going over 200. No, no, now it's two. Somebody cracked two. I mean, it was 200? Yeah. They cracked 200 for the first time ever. Was it 211, 186? 211 to 186.

Oh, my God. That's stupid. And apparently Adam Silver and then, like you said, Blake, were really upset because they thought that, oh, we talked about this, that players were going to exert themselves more. They were going to try on defense to deliver a show for the fans. And I loved what Anthony Edwards of the Timberwolves said he says for me it's an

all-star game so I'll never look at it as being super competitive it's always fun I don't know what they can do to make it more competitive I think everyone looks at it like it's a break so I don't think everyone wants to come here and compete. I mean, what do you want? What do you expect? Yeah, it's interesting. It just feels like, I don't know, like Jordan at the, you know, the Dream Team practices. You know, he loves being around all those guys because he's going to go in

there and, like, dominate, like show, hey, I'm actually the best one here. Yeah, and I guess you have a little bit of that with the MLB All-Star game because it seems like the pitchers and hitters are trying a little bit. Yeah, well, because if you're pitching, you don't want to just be lobbing the ball up there. Yeah, but that's neat to get to see an All-Star pitcher and hitter, but why can't NBA players treat it like that? Hey, let me see if I can score on whoever. Micah was trying his hardest in the celebrity game.

I'm really close to finding him annoying. He was trucking girls and everything. Yeah, he's a try-hard man. He's like, whatever, if you're out here'm and he won mvp yeah he had 37 points i mean i even saw some stuff like hey uh if ruka if luka wants to improve his mvp stock he should try hard okay but then you would have been the only one out there doing it and so that's not going to you know win any friends, all that kind of stuff. I think it was Luca that was a part of the meme because it said, Adam Silver,

hey guys, let's try this year. And then the video of Luca shooting from three quarters court, and it hits like the shot clock. I mean, the NFL saw this and what, do we have the Pro Bowl anymore? No, we have flag football and we have exhibition and challenges and all of that. I guess I can somewhat understand injury. Of course there, but I think the players view it the same way in the NBA. Just that possibility of injury. Did you like the court? Indieocracy.

It's a little extra. It's all lit up. It's a little extra, but all lit up It's a little extra But that's That's where we're moving I guess you're right To go back to your Original point

Maybe we just need to ask Some high schoolers What did you think of it Because if they think It's awesome Then it's a generational problem I don't think your daughter's watched That's a good point

I'm going to go hang out At the local high school After the show here So LeBron spoke before the game, and I thought you'd like to hear a little LeBron audio because it's amusing in certain ways. I think you can lean back if you want to, but you were rocking.

I think that's... Okay. You haven't moved. You've done great. Thank you, but we're going to change that out there. I want you to be somewhat comfortable. You're really producing me here. It's been an absolute

honor to be able to grace the floor throughout my career and be out there with the greatest players in the world. A year in, a year out. This is very humbling, very blessed. It's something

I will never forget, obviously, part of my journey. The humble, humble all-star LeBron James. That's where we start. As he is just a humble guy, they were asking him who, you know, as you kind of took the torch from Jordan as the face of the NBA, they were talking to him about who he sees as the next face of the NBA. I don't know, because when I came into the league, I didn't look at myself as the face of anything.

You know, I didn't look at myself as the next Michael or the successor to Michael. You know, I looked, when I came into the league, the first thing I thought about was that I have to start over now. You know, I had built my rep in high school from my freshman year to my senior year. From being a 14-year-old freshman, I was 6'2", 180 pounds. And, you know, I was like, okay, well, how can I make a name for myself at St. Mary's, all the way to my senior year where I was the number one player in the country. And that's the same thing I did when I got drafted. I did not come in with the mindset that I was the number one player in the country

still, I came in with the mindset that I gotta start over and I'm just one of 450 guys. I think that's what allowed me to kind of just build and build and build. I didn't think about being the face of the league. I knew I was being put in a position that was, you know, being the face of a franchise, NBA franchise at 18 years old was very stressful. And, you know, I knew the odds were stacked up against me and a lot of people wanted to see me fail. And I just kind of used that as like motivation.

No one believed in LeBron. Wait. At the very beginning, he said, I never felt like the face of anything, and then he admits at the end, as an 18-year-old kid, as the face of the franchise. Right, so I was the face of one of 30 NBA teams. His face was on Sports Illustrated at 17, whatever it was.

Yeah, but when I was the number one ranked player in the country, the 1-1 draft pick as a high school kid, I didn't consider myself as anything. But just one of the guys. Just one of the guys. One of the guys who I believe has the chosen one tattooed somewhere on his body, doesn't he? Yes. The guy who puts the invisible crown on his head in celebration at times. And he's earned that, right? Fine.

But you know this, Dan. When you guys were talking about Micah Parsons on his podcast at the end of the season, players try to dream up this adversity, even if there's none that's facing them. Nobody believes in us. Everybody doubts us. They're trying to create their own fuel. We are the ones who people don't believe in. are the ones who people don't believe in right here yes this little old podcast so this is reporter jeff zilget and somehow jeff zilget inspires profanity from lebron jeff last question back left jeff zilget usa today le LeBron, you sometimes react on social media when a guy scores 70 points, and it's happened a few times.

Let me just fast forward. It's a pretty long question, but he asked him about somebody scoring lots of points. What do you think about that? The way the game is played today and what circumstance is that going to happen? First of all, it's fucking great to see you. What? It's so great to see you. Yeah, you know the story here, right? Love this. And the fact that you got the last question is even greater. You tried to hide in the back. I love that as well. Love you, man. Wow, it's great to see you.

man. Wow, it's great to see you. To your question, the league is so much scoring in this league. Yeah, so Jeff Silga, a longtime NBA reporter, like you said, with USA Today, he's battled cancer and had surgery, I believe, recently. And so as a result, I know LeBron's dropping an F-bomb on you, but it's been praised as a heartwarming moment that LeBron would recognize that. I mean, obviously, this is a guy who's covered LeBron, again, as a national reporter, NBA reporter. Yeah. So for years, he's seen the guy. Yeah. He got cancer.

Reached out on social media. Yeah. Some might say to bring a little more attention to LeBron. I would not say that. Of course he wouldn't. But, you know, people are talking. And

speaking, okay, and then this is the if anything went viral from this press conference, I would say it's something in this last cut. So same guy. You already heard that he got the last question, but he's going to tack on a little more. LeBron, I'll use the opportunity for a bonus question.

Assuming you're... Of course you get a bonus question. You don't have to ask that, of course. Assuming... See, I guess the silver lining of getting cancer. Better access. You get to ask a bonus question to LeBron. You get to meet Kevin James.

Of course. Assuming that you're closer to the end of your career than the beginning of your career. I am. I promise you. Have you mapped out what that looks like to you in terms of how many more seasons? And then, you know, does it end with the team you're playing for right now?

I have not mapped out how many seasons I have left. I know it's not that many. I also don't know if I will. I was asked this question a couple of days ago. Will you kind of take the farewell tour or will you kind of just Tim Duncan it? Okay, this is interesting. I'll back it up, but he did the – I listened to the whole thing. That's LeBron.

I'm going to listen to the whole press conference. He does this, though, throughout. He has things he wants to say, and he will say – like he'll just start answering a question that nobody asked him. But he'll say, you know,

I've been asked, and I think even in the 70 point thing, you know, I've been asked, could somebody score 100? You know, and like,

he'll just, hey, you didn't ask for this opinion, but I have this opinion and I want to put this out there. And he ended a press conference a couple years ago with, you're not going to ask me about the Jerry thing?

Like he was just waiting on someone to ask him about it. Yeah, the picture that surfaced. Yeah, you're right. I was asked this question a couple days ago. Will you kind of take the farewell tour or will you kind of just Tim Duncan it? And you know what? He probably was like, wait, this is the

last question. Just like you're saying. It was the last of a press conference, so it's the last question of a press conference. So, yeah, sorry. I was asked this question a couple days ago. Will you kind of take the farewell tour, or will you kind of just Tim Duncan it? I'm 50-50.

I'm going to be honest, because there's times where I feel like I guess I owe it to him. Now, he also there, if you noticed, kind of paused for laughter. He's trying to hit the beat. He thought that Tim Duncan line was really good. Farewell tour or will you kind of just Tim Duncan it? Looks around. I'm 50-50. I'm going to be honest because there's times where i feel like

i guess i owe it to my fans that's been along this journey with me for two decades plus to be able to give them that moment you know whereas every city and whatever the case may be and you know they give you your flowers or whatever the case may be you You know, and that seems cool. But the other side of I've never been that great with accepting, like, praise. It's a weird feeling for me. Wow. I owe it to the... You know what?

I don't know if I'll do it. But I want the fans to have something. Yeah. It's not for me. It's not for the gift you'll give me. No. I want the fans to be able to give me that gift. I want the fans to be able to give me that gift.

Yes. Honey, when you perform that act on me, it's not for me. I'm giving you the opportunity. You are able to make me feel good. So that you can enjoy this journey. That is a gift for you. A salty little... Okay. All right.

Knew where you were going with that. That's difficult for you to enjoy. Shot glass full of a gift. Yeah. Unnecessary. I think we need to paint the picture correctly. It is an audio medium. Yeah, yeah.

But yeah, I love that, man. I've never been able to take praise. Just a, ah, no, no, no, no, no. This makes me uncomfortable. But you know what? I'll accept it for you. You know, when I go to Portland I think the fans in Portland need to be able to shower me with gifts don't they deserve that it'll be the last time I play there so I think

we need to put a special night on for them where I go out before the game and they give me things uh he said when I come into the game I don't know if he said it there or if I cut it out, but he said, like, I saw the Kobe one. I saw the Jordan one. Did Jordan do a farewell tour? I remember long, long ago that... With the Wizards? I remember Kareem did it. And yes, you would go to each city and get, you know...

I actually had to mobilize as a kid and get to the Cavs game for Kareem's last game there. I was all into that bit. Oh, okay. So I was right there. LeBron's right. I wanted that chance to go see so-and-so for the last time. Especially, you know, a Western Conference player being in an Eastern Conference city. That was the only time.

But, I don't know. That's fun. Fun with LeBron. He's the best. Do you believe him when he said that he was made aware of the Warriors-Lakers trade talks when everyone else found out. You want to hear that? Okay, sure.

A story that got everybody's attention last week between the Lakers and the Golden State Warriors. Golden State trying to acquire LeBron James. And how far did this go? And how much did you entertain that thought? It didn't go far at all. I actually heard about it when everybody else heard about it. Obviously, Charles been in the league. Kenny been in the league, Kenny has been in the league,

Shaq has been in the league, and sometimes there's conversations that happen behind closed doors that you don't even know about. And until, I guess, if it's real or not, then they'll bring it to you, but it never even got to me. I absolutely don't believe that. No, there's no way. I think you don't even start having those conversations,

whether it gets to a real point or not, unless he's on board with it. I must have missed this. Was he being shopped or trade rumors? Before the deadline, apparently, ESPN reported it. It was out elsewhere. The Lakers and Warriors talked about a potential package. And, you know, it didn't go very far. Apparently, Draymond Green said over the weekend, no, we were not going to include Jonathan Kaminga.

Like that would have been part of the package. Oh, so Draymond is in the room. Draymond's apparently a part of this, too. Of course, it didn't get far. But no, there's no way. LeBron, of course, would have signed off on that for it to even proceed. Draymond was in the room discussing? I don't know about that.

But, no, Draymond was saying, again, we saw his appearance. What was it on? I saw the clip on social media today. He was on the alternate broadcast, right? On True TV with Taylor Rooks and I forgot who else. With Barkley as well. I don't know if he said it there or in just some media session, but his point was, oh, we weren't giving up Kaminga.

I think Draymond's good. I love him on the Brock. He's obviously going to be around for 20 years, right? Yeah. It feels like he's going to fit right in. Yeah, he'll slide right in. He's a around for 20 years, right? Yeah. Like it feels like he's going to fit right in. Yeah, he'll slide right in. Like he's a Barkley Shaq. Yeah.

Just entertaining. I'm not sure how much he was a part of the presentation this year, but last year he was at the desk, and I thought he filled in really nice. He's a personality, man. Yeah. All right. Well, let me slide into a different sports topic, but similar, which is more audio. And now we switch to Micah Parsons.

Because Micah Parsons was on Screamin' A. Smith's podcast this weekend. I guess he had Stephen A. on last week. this weekend. I guess he had Stephen A on last week. Then, of course, the all-star celebrity game where he crossed him over or something. Stephen A. Apparently that was real. I had someone tell me Friday,

hey, did you see Micah Parsons send Stephen A to the hospital? Did they actually go to the hospital? Well, that's what I was told. And then, of course, I'm like, oh, what happened? And it just felt very elementary school playground. He shook him so bad he broke his ankles.

And I said, no way. But apparently, they talked about it at the beginning of the podcast. I thought I saw a clip where he fell down. So I guess that was it. Anyway. Stephen A can shoot a basketball pretty well. Really? They showed him shooting around, and it was very shocking.

Yeah. It's useless information, but I'm just saying. Yeah, you wouldn't expect it. So he did a lot of cowboy talk, though, as he will. And, you know, all of this stuff is very interesting we heard him talking with jordan love we heard demarcus lawrence talking about the cowboy loss uh we'll get get to that in a second but here's just a quick he starts with talking about why did they lose to green bay i think uh green bay just had a really start. And all year we've been a front-leading team.

We get to establish some things. We mix in the run, play action. Dak really gets going. But when you get down 21 so early, it's hard, bro. Because you know it's almost pass every time, so they got to get into their blitzes, get into their scheme. Schematically, they just got everything. They were just clicking on all cylinders.

And when you're clicking on all cylinders, it's hard to win. That's not good because it just kind of went with what a lot of people were saying heading into the playoffs, you know. Geez, any – first of all, they don't seem to play well against good teams. And then, yeah, that was a criticism. Yeah, yeah, you've got a lot of offense or you lead the league in offense or yards or this or that, but it's because if you get into one of these games, you're putting up garbage time yards and stats and points in the fourth quarter

because you have been dominating the whole game. But when you see the first sign of adversity, you kind of fold up. That, oh, man, yeah, but we found ourselves down. Other teams are down at halftime. Other teams have tough, you know, you're going to have tough games. You're in the playoffs. They're all going to be good teams. There's no. You're in the playoffs. They're all going to be good teams.

There's no under 500 teams in the playoffs. And you're at home. I mean, you had a lot going for you. But it's the, hey, I don't know. It didn't seem like the accountability we're wanting to see one Dallas Cowboy to take. Yeah, DeMarcus Lawrence said they were tired. I mean, everybody had to play every game this year.

And then Micah's just saying, well, we kind of like teams to be in third and long. When they get in second and short, it's not that much fun. And then when they triple team me, that's not fun either. Yeah, well, let's go back to that DeMarcus Lawrence thing. So yeah, we played that audio last week, right? The look on Blake's face, man. Anytime you guys talk about Mike, and now I can picture it as

a listener, as a subbie myself, it just... The lifeblood has left your body. Like I said, anytime you hear Parsons now. He's almost there. I don't't know it's he's just handled this offseason so poorly and we've had such great interactions with him to where we all love him but then now it's just the fact that he has a podcast and he's blaming his teammates

and it's just not a good look i don't know how well this is all going to go in the locker room because you mentioned Demarcus Lawrence said, you know, we were just tired. We have a target on our back because we're the Cowboys. Everybody wants to beat us. Don't get me wrong. Yes, I agree that teams play us like the Super Bowl. We are the Dallas Cowboys.

that teams play us like the Super Bowl. We are the Dallas Cowboys. But in the end, that's not a good enough reason or excuse to say that publicly. If you said it to someone else, you know what I'm saying, one-on-one, you know what I'm saying, cameras off, sure, be my guest. But what I feel like, once that regular season ends and they get in the playoff,off you supposed to get rejuvenated

Like this is a whole new me whole new you like we need to get ready And that's part of that culture stuff where I was talking about where I where I want to dive into the players that we got to change like It should never you should never go into a game like I'm tired like I'm ready like I'm ready to go home Cuz that's exactly what happened and it did happen I'm coming to the game every like like man i got four more weeks left i don't know what y'all got but i got four more weeks left like that's part of culture and identity that i just feel like we're missing like that i would like that's just something that i don't agree with at all

so there's a lot there so number one if Micah is telling someone don't say something publicly, because there's a guy that will just say whatever he wants at any time, in whatever form it seems. Now he's publicly saying, yeah, I don't think Demarcus Lawrence should say that. saying, yeah, I don't think Demarcus Lawrence should say that. And, in fact, not only that, but I also think that's the problem with the culture around here, and that we need different people.

So, is he referencing Demarcus Lawrence as being part of the problem here? He's throwing Demarcus Lawrence under the bus. Yeah, he's talking about a culture shift. I don't know, but I thought he's been the type to also say that, yeah, everyone, no, yeah, we've played the audio. People play them differently. Right, he's complained about that publicly. So what is this?

In fact, he was the one doing that on his podcast with, who was the Eagles player? I can't remember who it was. DeAndre Swift. Yeah. Yeah. Because DeAndre Swift was the one saying, no, we have to look in the mirror. And he was saying, yeah, but people are always getting up for us. And that kind of sucks. That wears on you.

So he almost kicked this off. Demarcus Lawrence jumped on it and said, yeah. And then he jumped on that and said, oh, maybe because he is so online, maybe he saw the negative sentiment towards those thoughts and thought, okay, now I'm going to change things and say, and I don't think you should be telling people that behind closed doors either. I don't know that you should say, well, let's not say this publicly, but you know what? I mean, let's give, let me give my litany of excuses behind closed doors then as to why we didn't produce.

Because we're tired, because this, because that, because, you know, is it because you were at home? Is it because you had everything fall in line for you to to kind of sail through the playoffs? Like, who is the. Who is the big, you know, the quarterbacks that were left that they would have had to get through? Had they gotten to the Super Bowl, you would have said, oh yeah, okay. Yeah, it's Mahomes. Look at what an easy path they had to get to the Super Bowl. They would have had to have gone through Jordan Love, Jared Goff, and Brock Purdy. Yeah.

So I haven't previewed this. This is what we call MICA. Teams try too hard against us. Goodness. Here we go. Seattle was good. Seattle played us good. I feel like everybody played like we got everybody's best.

Yeah. I feel like Eagles, Cowboys is that round where everybody want to beat us. Yeah. Everybody. Everybody getting their best shot. Getting their best shot. It's the Super Bowl for sure. A hundred percent.

A hundred percent. And he's saying that with a negative connotation. Like, man, we just don't have an easy week. So, yeah, he's just shifting. I don't know. And I don't want to go out of order here, but you were saying that he's like ripping DeMarcus Lawrence. And maybe this next clip tells us that he just doesn't have

good self-awareness because I feel like he's ripping this type of person but that he is this type of person you know that's it's all about this and that's why I say it is more culture and cultural than it is uh players you know you I just think nowadays you got guys trying to get paid, guys trying to, you know, they want to live. They want to live like rock stars. You know, they want to. Especially if they're Dallas Cowboys. You know, you got guys that live above the star.

They want to live up to the star. You know, guys like me, I try to hide from the star. You know, playing for the owner, I'm like, yeah, this is me. Like, I love it. But off the field, you ain't got time for all that. Yeah, I try to hide from the star. Playing for the owner, I'm like, yeah, this is me. I love it. Off the field, you ain't got time for all that. Yeah, I want to be left alone. I want to be quiet. I like to just be to myself.

So that's from Screaming A? Okay. Today or this weekend? This is the same thing. Okay. Some people just care too much about getting paid. That's not me. No.

Some people just cared too much about getting paid That's not me No Some people Out in the limelight You know They like to They like to be out And talk to people

That's not me He's got a weekly podcast He was on the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game He was on Stephen A's podcast He agreed to do Undisputed Right His second year

But And then He likes to keep to himself. Yes, the reclusive Michael Parsons. Michael Parsons. Speaking of Michael Parsons, that's what Jerry has called him. And he's just talking about interacting with Jerry after the season. Yeah, so that's what I like about Jay.

I wish I was dope. I think Jay's one of the best GM owners that I've been around. And not even just I've been around because I've only been on one team, but from what I've heard from other NBA and NFL players. And it's just like this. The Super Bowl, Jerry sees me walking out the window. Jerry was at the window. He says, hey, you going to the Super Bowl?

I said, yeah, I'm going. He said, come see us. And I was like, hey, you got any extra tickets? You know, I got some home'm going he said come come see us and I was like hey you got any extra tickets you know I got some homeboys that want to come Jerry sends me four extra tickets to the Super Bowl suite and we just sit and talk from before the game until the whole half about players I want to bring in players I want to be around who do I need who do I want to be with future of our team and that's just dope to have that type of feedback with an owner that you know loves to hear your ideas and what you think and where the team can be and you know Jerry's been you know pretty amazing about that with my family and

stuff like that so I've had had them conversations with him and we spoke for two three hours this this week going along Jerry I'd love Miles Garrett next to me. If you could get Chris Jones, too, I think he'd be good. Patrick Queen's a really good linebacker for the Ravens. Can you get him in here? Roquan Smith. Players I want to bring in. Players I want to be around.

Like Micah Parsons, now assistant GM. All right, he goes on to talk about players. So I told Jerry, I said, look at every team that kind of was in that Final Four. Who did they have? Who did Baltimore have? A great linebacker core, right? Who did San Fran have? Great linebacker core right uh who did San Fran have great linebacker core KC Bolton and uh uh they came along I said we need to get us another we need to get another bigger

linebacker who's gonna come down and I said we need to get a super 330 nasty interior look what how Eric Armstead Javon Hargrave caused havoc and you know um the last two games uh look at you know how um elaine mcneil detroit and they front with hutchinson and all them um you know it's just certain things i was like i was pinpointing we can build in this because we're slim like we have guys and i think osu has been great for us and uh you know but we just need a big old 330 can't move because i saw the way chris jones affected that super when i was like my god like and and not even just chris jones mike pennell like you know i think we got a lot of rushers. I think Osa, he could play inside, outside, one of the most versatile DTs.

You know, when we lost Hank, he's a big dude. But we need to get one of them big old, nasty, pass rushing. I left that in at the end. Pass rush. Excellent. Yeah, Osa, you're great. Hankins, you're great. But, you know, we need a good guy in here

like someone who's good that's what Mozzie is supposed to be yeah maybe 30 plus maybe if we took a defensive tackle in the first round maybe that would fix some things well what's interesting is like so if Mike Zimmer says here's what I think I need for this defense and Micah Parsons says here's what I think I need where does Jerry lean at the end um it's hard to know yeah because he definitely doesn't want to lose Micah just kind of like I think you know um Dak went to bat for Dalton Schultz and got that contract done at least the you know the last year. Yeah. They threw the franchise tag on him.

And you'd have to wonder if Dalton Schultz is worthy of a franchise tag. You know, good. Yeah. But then come to find out he wasn't the best tight end on your roster at the time. Right.

So yeah, maybe players are not the best at evaluating talent. Maybe you shouldn't listen to them. I mean, Micah is asking. He wants to bring in things that will help Micah. Yeah. You know, wouldn't that help if they had a big, nasty defensive tackle? I think it would help the defense overall, too. But they're awfully small up the middle, as you guys have talked about.

Yeah. Didn't they have an opportunity to sign some linebacker that was on the market, released last year, Philly signed him instead? Shaq Leonard. Yeah. But that didn't really do much for Philly either? He didn't play all that much. Right.

Okay. Yeah, I would just say, like, the nasty 330 he's talking about is probably a handful of guys in the league it's not exactly easy to get one of them but yeah I don't know it's that the weird part of that is like Hankins is probably 330 Osa's they those two guys played the same position. But he's just saying, yeah, we kind of need someone better. Yeah. Okay, I see a couple cuts you put in that I haven't listened to. I heard them arguing about Dak. If this is them just arguing back and forth, I actually don't want to hear it.

No, but I did think – I did enjoy listening to that more than I probably should have just because on Micah's podcast and when Micah's talking to players around the league, nobody checks him. It's always just Micah spouting off. But I did enjoy the fact that Stephen A. would be like, you really think Dak should have won MVP? And would at least have some sort of... No, I don't.

It's annoying. But at least it just wasn't Micah just going off for a minute, and yeah, Micah, all you say is right. I did enjoy that someone was actually able to just check him a little bit. I will play the last cut for you, because Micah says he doesn't care about getting paid, but we have proof that he does care a lot.

That's the first thing he notices about other guys. Oh, they're contract here. They're about to get paid. He's always mentioning that. And so to end the episode, Stephen A. says, hey, your extension's coming up, and I thought his answer was pretty interesting. Dallas got to pay Micah bosses in a lot of people's eyes.

I brought this up early, but I'm going to end by asking this. No matter what the circumstances, no matter what the situation is, you are absolutely positively sure under no circumstances do you want to play in your career for another NFL team. Yeah, I retired before

I mean, go Soros. You retired before you was a wimp. Even if Jerry Jones or Steven Jones tried to get you at a discount. I mean, I know there's no state income taxes instead of

tests, but damn it, money matters. You good with that? I mean, I don't think like, like I

don't really look at it like as a discount. You earn what you get as a league. Like, it's up to me to maximize how much i get you know i don't i set the ball that's the difference between a lot of cats a lot of cats put in b work but want a results a lot of cats put a c word we

went and that's why i say there's tears in his league. You got guys who consistently do it. They say, I'm this because I deserve this. Then you got guys who get this, and then they go back to their original results because they're satisfied. I'll never be satisfied. All right. I'm not sure what to make of all of that.

I feel like he's trying to say the right thing, and then once he thinks about it, he's like, oh, wait, it's a discount. I'll retire. Well, what if they offer you significantly less? Well, let me put it like this. Yeah, he did. He did walk it back a little bit. But he's saying the right things, but I don't think he means it.

I mean, he wants that to be the headline. little bit but i yeah he's saying the right things but i don't know i don't think he means it i mean he wants that to be the headline michael parson says he will retire before putting on another uniform okay and i'm sure at one point emmett smith said that and uh demarcus ware said that and whatever countless others who wanted the storybook of only being a Dallas Cowboy. But yeah, once business starts getting to be business, I thought we would never speak into a different microphone than one owned by the ticket in Dallas.

You know, I would have absolutely guaranteed that. But two sides have to be able to say that. And now the Cowboys also have to, well, yeah, but I've played well enough to be the highest paid defensive end in the league. Yeah, but, you know, you're a Cowboy, and you know how the Cowboys always do these negotiations. They did it with Dak. You know, they often lose in the end, but they do the, you're a Cowboy,

so you can make up the money. If you were a great edge rusher who played for Jacksonville, you would not get nearly the endorsements you're going to get as being a great edge rusher playing for the Cowboys. So we can only split up this pie so many ways. So we got to, do you want good players around you? I thought you wanted us to get a big linebacker and a big defensive tackle. We can only split up this pie so many ways. So we got to, you know, do you want good players around you? I thought you wanted us to get a big linebacker and a big defensive tackle.

Well, we can't do that if you want all the money also. They can. But they're going to, I mean, you know how they play it. And then you said you'd retire. So this is our deal. Yeah, I mean, you started negotiations in public Yeah So Yeah

It's silly But I suppose that's what the NFL offseason is He needs to take a break We need to not hear from him For a good couple months We've gotten a lot of Micah Like there was what The two week break after the game Where we didn't hear from him we've gotten a lot of Micah. Like, there was, what, the two-week break after the game where we didn't hear from him.

And then I feel like we hear from him every third or fourth day. So why don't you just sit out the next couple plays, and then we'll just hear from you whenever the Cowboys draft whoever, and you can give your opinion then. You'll probably host the Bleacher Report draft show just like you did last year for some reason. But just chill out.

Please. Micah needs a break. And so do we. How do you like that? Buzz Dumbs Up. So you gotta go deep here. Not much else that you can do. Here's the snap. Point stays in on

coverage. Watson hit from behind. The ball is loose. That's going to end the game. Zeroes across the snap. Point stays in on coverage. Watson hit from behind. The ball is loose. That's going to end the game. Zeros across the clock. Argyle wins 26-22. Not deserved. Sorry. Not deserved.

You didn't deserve that one. Oh, boy. When the officials give you that one at the end there, that's tough. That's really, really tough. That's a heartbreaking loss right there, Roy. When you play the number one team in the state and you have them down 22-19 with 25 seconds to go in the game and they get a touchdown when they push off at the three-yard line and go into the end zone.

Salina played their guts out, Roy. They did. You know what? They did. They have a lot to be proud of. This team, you know, no one gave them any chance, even in the first week. And they weren't given a chance, and so they have a lot to be proud of for responding the way they did. And you know what?

for responding the way they did. And you know what? If Argyle goes on and becomes the state champion, one bad call, and you can say, well, you know, we should have beat the state champion. And they have a chance to do that. Yeah, they do. Roy, I want to thank our sponsors. Also let you know President Bush passed away.

Oh, darn it. President Bush 41 passes away. So just want to let you know that as well uh prayers to his family and to the country for a great man who served his country will you're listening to the dumb zone well if you're a mean green fan you're probably like it's good to see unt finally play some defense this has been uncharacteristic here in the second half well texas tech has its largest lead up by 16 and warren washington is becoming more and more of a factor in texas Tech's world. Ted just... That one literally hit me.

No puppet! Thank you. Didn't want to step on that. By the way, that's my new way to test a mic before a game. I just go, no puppet, no puppet, no puppet, no puppet, no puppet, no puppet, no puppet, and people think I'm... No puppet, no puppet, no puppet, no puppet, no puppet, no puppet, no puppet. People think I'm insane.

But I do it in honor of you guys. I mean, I just love being on with my favorite recreation podcast. You know, right behind Joe Linardi's racquetball, bracketology. You know, I got mocked a lot for that. Oh, you did? However, one of our good subscribers sent me Friday's The Dallas Morning News newspaper. This is what a newspaper used to look like. It's got paper with words on it and stuff.

This article was talking about inflation levels. Crazy, right? Oh my gosh. That's business. It's happening. They were talking about recreation inflation. It says, Recreation includes many things that aren't related to each other,

like cable TV. I love cable TV. Pet products. I mean, you got a couple dogs. Jake's got a cat. Sporting goods. Love them. Toys.

Movie admissions. And books. I think we're a recreation podcast. The letter of the law from Blake Jones. Hey, everybody. It's time to answer some of today's viewer mail. It's time to answer some of today's viewer mail.

I guess we're not. So Rick says, quote, apes giving each other C-sections and Dan naked fighting a coyote while the coyote laughs at his genitals are exhibits A and B why this is a comedy podcast. We're laughing. Coyote laughs at his genitals are exhibits A and B why this is a comedy podcast. No Puppet from Rick. Day two, number 923. That's the number of subby he is.

I put my email into that deal. Turns out I'm a day three subby. Sorry to disappoint you in that deal. Turns out I'm a day three subbie. Sorry to disappoint you in that way, but I had to see if it was for real. I had to see if you could get it off the ground. Speaking of just the podcast in general,

John Anthony Harworth, day three, number 1730, said, Stop the count. The Dumb Zone has a 5.0 rating on Apple Podcasts from exactly 420 reviews. Whoa. Wow. Business people wouldn't like me saying this.

You're business people, but it's the perfect amount of reviews and the show doesn't need a single one more. Updated number as we sit here at 155 on this President's Day. Happy President's Day. Happy President's Day to you, Dan and

Blake. Central time. 421 ratings and reviews. So somewhere between this morning and now. One guy put it. Or girl. Or whatever they want to identify as. We take them all.

Got something from Carlos who said he's from something called podstatus.com. He says your podcast, The Dumb Zone, has a good performance on Apple podcast rankings the last 30 days. And they say particularly Slovenia. We are number eight in the sports category in Slovenia in the last month. Because we had ISTAC on? Gotta be the ISTAC factor.

Number 13 in the sports category in the U.S. Number 116 in the sports category in Norway. in Norway, in the all-podcast category, number 135 in Slovenia, and 198 in the U.S. For whatever all that means. You've got the green arrow pointing up next to your name. That's what all of that means. Was he trying to sell us something, or just wanted to let us know how we're doing? Probably the whole podcast.

It's the same email that you have all the analytics stuff in. So it's like they must know. They sell their email list, right? Whatever the site is that you use to push it out to all the different podcasts, it's the same email. Okay. The rest is that. I to push it out to all the different podcasts, it's the same email. Okay. It's the same email. I don't think... Yeah.

He... Oh, I got this email regarding Friday's show. It says, Dan, you started on two different stories about Bassick that sounded interesting, but then you got sidetracked on both. Ha! You're about to tell the story of how you met when he was a New York Met in the Rangers clubhouse, and then about how obsessed with the Mavericks he was. From Dan, who is our one, number 41.

Wow. Subby. Dirk. He's the Dirk Subby. I do kind of remember that, and I don't remember what we were getting off on, though, or what got us off track. He's the Dirk subbie. I do kind of remember that. I don't remember what we were getting off on, though. Or what got us off track.

Well, let's start with the first one. You met Bassick as a Met, right? And you were telling Jared that you and Bob used to go into other teams' locker rooms just to mess around. And that people don't really do that anymore. That's right. So we would have like a quiz, whatever, just as the basis for how can we get to talking to you for a few minutes.

And then if that quiz veered us off into other directions, that's what we would hope would happen. And the one with Bassick certainly did because he was the first guy in my life of being in a major league clubhouse where the person I was approaching was very excited to meet me because he's from DFW, of course, and was a big ticket listener. And, yes, so he's on the New York Mets.

I don't remember if he was in their starting rotation. This was pretty early in his career. But he was so fired up, and he's like's like oh I'm just a huge Mavs fan and blah blah blah and I love you guys and this and that and we did the quiz with him you know and so that's really it from there I became friends with him or maybe

exchanged phone numbers it's always weird to try to exchange phone numbers With somebody and they won't I don't know if I ever told you I once met Odobee McDowell And he also was like a Guy who knew me from the ticket And I'm like yeah I knew you from when I was a little kid

You know you got traded to the Indians He's former Olympic center fielder he was The Rangers first round draft Pick in some year in the 80s Indians. He's former Olympic center fielder. He was the Rangers first round draft pick in some year in the 80s. Drafted by the Rangers. Was their center fielder. Traded to the Indians, I think in the Julio

Franco trade. Pete O'Brien and Odobe McDowell and some other stuff. Jerry Brown, the second baseman, was sent to Cleveland. Julio Franco was sent to Texas. As Julio Franco, there was concern about Julio Franco being on roids and the crowd he was hanging out with, as I recall, as an Indians fan. And I thought, yeah, his career will probably be over pretty soon after this trade,

and I think he went another 20 years. Right. Like he played forever. So Odobee McDowell said, no, I'm not giving you my phone number. Yeah, we had a great conversation for like five or ten minutes, and then it's like, hey, can I get your phone number? And he's like, oh, you can ask John Blake for it, or he'll hook me up. Because I thought, oh, we'd get you on.

Have you on the show sometime. And on the flip side of the coin, you couldn't get Mel Hall to stop talking to you. That's right. Well, until the government took his phone. Until he got his phone taken away from him. Yeah, he's got a burner now. You know who Mel Hall is? No.

He's a former Indians outfielder as well. Famously acquired in the Rick Sutcliffe trade of 1984. Rick Sutcliffe was traded just before the trade deadline, so it's nearly mid-season. Well, maybe it was well before the trade deadline. But he would go on to win the Cy Young in the National League, going 16-1 for the Cubs that year. So that's a little fun fact you can use to impress the ladies.

Yeah, man, I'm going to drop that in. But he was one of the, they traded, Joe Carter was the gem in the deal. Joe Carter traded to the Indians. Mel Hall was one of the other guys. So he was an outfielder, a major league outfielder. He ended up moving to DFW after his playing days were over. He was a pretty colorful character. His bit was he would have three batting gloves

that were layered over each other. So one batting glove, but then another one about a half inch, and then another one another half inch. And he would have them hanging out of each one of his back pockets. So he had six batting gloves total and he said it was so I could wave to people as I

jogged around the bases after hitting a home run. Wow. So somehow I got word that he lived in DFW when I first started working here in the very early 2000s. And we ended up getting him on the show, discovering that he was a fellow adult male men's league baseball player. And he wasn't in the same league I was in. But the league he was in, he was great. He was just bombing home runs left and right because he's a former Major League player.

He was the Blake of that league. So we had a, we called it the Mel Hall Home Run Challenge where we had some listeners come out. Me, Bob, Mel Hall took some swings over at Rivershawn Park across the street from the old Ticket Studios. Oh, Bob, Mel Hall, took some swings over at Rivershawn Park across the street from the old ticket studios. Oh, yeah. And, yeah, Mel Hall wowed the crowd by hitting some into the trees, and

it was a good time. It was had by all. And we ended up having him in studio again at some point, and, yeah, one of the big memories I have was being in the parking lot and him talking to me and me thinking, I wonder if 12-year-old me would be very disappointed to know that I just want Mel Hall to leave. And then he would call Rick Arnett back then was our producer. He would call him asking him for free tickets for this or that. He would

use memorabilia as trade like, oh, I can give you a bat. If you can get me cowboy tickets for this weekend, I'll give you a used bat. A game used bat. Fair trade. I might even have a Mel Hall bat somewhere around here. Well, why did our relationship

end with Mel Hall as he was arrested? For, I believe... Oh, no. Some kind of an underage relationship situation, like with his girlfriend's daughter. Like he lived at... Anyway, if you search Mel Hall, yes, he is in prison and has been for... June 17, 2009, Mel Hall was sentenced to 45 years in prison after being found guilty of two counts of sexual assault against minors. Yeah. Wow. being found guilty of two counts of sexual assault against minors.

Yeah. Wow. So, silver lining, he's not really taking a lot of my time up anymore, so it worked out better for me. Probably still get him on the show. Yeah, but when he gets out... And as far as my... If we are to refer to, you know, going back... Ooh, what am I doing here?

Bassick being obsessed with the Mavs. He certainly did tell me that like the first day I met him that he was really into the Mavs and that's why he knows us. Well, the story was that when he was a relief pitcher with the Washington Nationals

where he would eventually give up the home run that allowed Barry Bonds to pass Babe Ruth on the all-time, or was it Hank Aaron's? It was the Hank Aaron home run, right? Yeah. Who would care? It would be a huge story.

I actually talked to him like the day before and told him, you've got to just serve one up, man. You've got to do it. He's like, no, I can't do that. And then Bassick at that point was, and Barry Bonds was hitting home runs off everybody. But I hope he did kind of serve it up.

Looks like he did. Just because it was like right down the middle. Yeah. Yeah, why wouldn't you want to be a part of history? Yeah, it was 756. Yeah, it was breaking down the middle. Of course. Yeah, why wouldn't you want to be a part of history? Yeah, it was 7-56. Yeah, it was breaking Hank Aaron's record. But the story was that his manager knew how Mavs-obsessed he was.

I don't remember which year it was, but the Mavs were in the playoffs making a nice run, and they would not call on him to go into a game while the Mavs were playing a playoff game. Like, they knew our bullpen is down to whatever got, you know. We're down to 10 tonight. We can't go to Bassick. Because he's in tune with Mavs Kings Game 5. Right.

Like, he was so into it. He couldn't, like, he was... That's really weird to be that much of a fan to where you're a Major League athlete, but everybody around you knows how into this you are. God damn it, Nick Van Exel.

There's me finishing that story. The TV in the clubhouse. And finally, I just want to hit this. It was a birthday we missed on Friday. Fantasy Dan. Oh, but it was a yesterday birthday, on Friday. Fantasy Dan. Oh, but it was a yesterday birthday, so it's okay.

Sunday, the 30th birthday of my fiancee, Asta. Pasta without the P. Okay, that's a new one. I may wake her up with a Van Taylor sunrise special. Alright. If she tests negative tomorrow. She has

a whole bunch of COVID all up in her. I don't think you want a piece of those tonsils then. Do you remember Van Taylor? No. Yes, you do. Go ahead. See, this is why... ISIS bride.

Yeah, this is why we need Jake. Was he a congressman? Tonsil play? Yes. Yes. Yes. And he was cheating on his wife with the Isis Bride and some of his texts were leaked and apparently he liked to

produce on her tonsils. He also wanted another act to be performed on him before that. He wanted an RJ. Right. The gears are turning in Dan's brain.

RJ. Come on, dude. Rim job. Beth. I keep forgetting. You don't need subtlety here in the den. It's fun to play the game.

And with this setup. Her leaders are CrayTray's breastfeeding YouTube videos and Jake's travel stories. What an elaborate bit. Here's a picture of her next to a literal whale penis, which is humbling, and at the Blue Lagoon where she's just hot, from Dummy Grant in Austin. Good dude. Dummy. As opposed to DF.

Well, there's been some pushback, and I don't have a position on if people that listen to us are called subbies or dummies or DFs. What does the brand manager think? The pushback is, of course, that it... And it's what I said long ago. I feel like P1 occurred organically, and I've heard many radio stations come and go where they're like, oh, we have to do the...

Yep. Is the fan dude like Tolo? Tolo. Like they made that up. Turn it on, leave it on. Yeah. And maybe some other station has done that, Is the fan dude like Tolo? Tolo. Like they made that up. Turn it on, leave it on. Yeah. And maybe some other station has done that,

and I guess it works over time if you just do it, but it just feels... You don't want it to seem forced. Yeah, so if whatever emerges in the end, I don't care. As long as people subscribe and we're all happy. And pay you money. We can pay for that website. With

negotiations continuing. Yeah. Okay. I did want to tell you about one thing from Radio Row which we missed out on. Okay. Because we missed out on, Okay. Because we missed out on, I think is a pretty great bit. And I've tried booking the guy,

but he said he doesn't want to do any more publicity this session. But this email was going around. Just wanted to check in and see if you will be on site in Las Vegas for Super Bowl week and if you would be interested in having current NBC Sports broadcaster and former NFL Network broadcaster

and reporter Randy Moss on your show to talk about the big game. Randy will be making the rounds on Radio Rose available as a guest on Wednesday and Thursday ahead of the Super Bowl. Randy can talk about football, which he covered on NFL Network from 08 to 21. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, the Super Bowl. Randy can talk about football, which he covered on NFL Network from 08 to 21. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Okay? It's a pitch for Randy Moss. The other Randy Moss. However, it's the white Randy Moss. Yes. And a lot of people were getting pretty angry on Radio Row when they thought they had booked Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss.

So did this guy, Randy Moss, actually work for the NFL Network? Yes. So nothing was fake? No. No. But he knew what was going on? Yes.

Okay, because I think we may have had him in the past. The white Randy Moss? But on purpose. Okay. Yeah, I wanted to book him. Both of them. He knows what he's doing. Okay, so you saw that and said, okay, I'll book Randy Moss.

He knows what he's doing Okay so you saw that And said Okay I'll book Randy Moss Yeah because I think that A clip went around Of Boomer Sison And Gio

On the fan in New York They figure this out As they're going through it That Oh this is not The real Randy Moss And they get Pissed

What are you talking about here Right This guy He needs to know what's up He knows what he's doing. False advertising. And I thought it was great. I thought it was a great bit.

You're expecting Randy Moss and then some white guy who's a horse racing analyst sits down. Yes, yes. Hey, you want to talk Super Bowl? Hey, you want to talk about the preakness? Radio Row is a good place for bits. Yeah.

Like, didn't we try to do something with Kid from Kid and Play one year just to see if people would book him? I don't know if you were there that year, Blake. No, I don't remember that. But you came out and we printed something up to see if we could get, and we did. We got him booked on a couple of radio stations. That's awesome.

Just because you're looking for somebody. Yeah. I had to be Pat Green's handler one year. Really? Got to walk around Pat Green, which was cool. Did you get mobbed? People didn't have a lot of time for me, but just walking through a crowd

with a celebrity of his stature, it is pretty amazing. Get him on 104.1 The Fart and wherever. Oh, dude, he was doing... Just all the, dude. He was doing big Sirius XM. He was doing all these TV stations. He did not have time for Louisville radio. Baton Rouge. I got a little more business talk, which is that, well, it's sports business.

What do you guys think of Coach Sarkeesian? The New Deal? Did you see it? Saw the headline and some of the details. Getting a raise, right? Pretty significant one. Big one. Like they're doubling his salary. Wow. This is the world of being a college football coach.

Where you do not have rules like they do, kind of even, for the players still. But these are college coaches who bitch about the portal. Mm-hmm. And that's not fair. These players don't even have to play up to a certain standard. They can just leave.

Oh, interesting. Well, so he was being paid. Let's see. What year did he first start with UT? Two years ago? Well, so he was being paid. Let's see. What year did he first start with UT? Two years ago? I thought it was longer than that. Two or three? He first signed a six-year, $34 million deal.

Now they've added an extension. Yeah, 2021 was his first year. Wow. Okay, so they added an extension. They tore up was his first year. Wow. Okay, so they added an extension. They tore up whatever the next couple years because they obviously had a very good year.

And that's the way you do it in college football. And probably this happened right when Saban retired. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Everyone was getting paid. And Jimmy Sexton, the agent,

is at the heart of all of this. He's got all of his clients. So it was six years, $34 million. Now the next seven years, it'll be $74 million. Wow. He starts with $10.3 million in 2024 with a $100,000 annual raise through the end of the deal. Why?

That seems kind of silly, but okay. Just so you can say, hey, I made more this year than I did last year. That's always fun on your social security thing, the thing they used to send them. Do you ever look at that and how much you made when you're 18 and how much you made when you're 25 and on and on? And you just hope to keep making a little more every year? Yeah.

I guess I don't check the social security because I'm not going to get it. What do you mean by that? You think it won't exist? No way, right? I don't check the Social Security because I'm not going to get it. What do you mean by that? You think it won't exist? No way, right? I don't know. Also, because it's not enough just to get $10.3 million a year, you can get bonuses, which could be up to $1.85 million per year. So, yeah, originally, so he's going to make $10.3 million this year.

In the original contract, his contract this year would have been $5.8 million. So it's just about doubling. They're also giving him two cars. I love this part of it. Yes. Two dealer cars. Yeah, the perks. Country Club membership. It. Two dealer cars. Yeah, the perks. Country Club membership.

It's a big deal. So again, we're paying you $10.3 million. You can probably afford the Country Club membership. Yeah, but you gotta go sign up and you gotta take a tour

and you gotta meet the people. No, you're already in. Yeah. Access to a private jet. Now you're interested. The PJ comes up. Dan's all about it. What do you mean by access? UT

will provide 20 hours of a private jet flight time for personal use each year. Unused hours will not carry over. Okay. So I want to go, you can't just use it every week.

Well, I mean, you can until your 20 hours runs out. But of course, I make $10.3 million. Maybe I can then just get a private jet. Or do you think they're going to be really tight with that 20 hours? You know, Craig Way got access to one for

work purposes at Texas one time really yeah because you know he's the busiest man on earth does everything UT related and has done that for decades now you know usually somebody in that position you're the voice of the football team and men's basketball, and somebody else handles women's basketball and baseball or other sports. Craig does as much as he possibly can. So I don't think he has regular access, but I remember when I was a part of the broadcast myself doing pregame, halftime, and postgame, was a part of the broadcast myself doing pregame halftime and postgame there was some conflict where there was no way he could make it from i think it was a football game to a men's basketball game the next day he couldn't do it flying commercial and a texas booster said use my

plane we need you there craig. That's awesome. Yeah. That's the dream. Yeah, where's one of our boosters? Our subbies to give us a little PJ action. I got to get to France at a certain time. I can't. Some have been nice enough to offer up their airline points. I don't know if they're going to let us borrow a PJ. Airline points?

Yeah. Okay. I hate using airline points. I always feel like I'm getting screwed if I use airline points. Yes, for sure. It's not equitable. It doesn't seem like it. But if you'd like us to use yours, we would love to.

Blake would. I would. Because he's not going to really go anywhere anyway, so you, we would love to. Blake would. I would. Because he's not going to really go anywhere anyway, so you won't really have to give him anything. I said 1.85 million performance incentives, possibly, that's like for conference championship, which I don't think is going to happen again. No.

I think they're out of that game, right? Going to the playoffs, going to the postseason at all. So I guess, you know, let's see, little stuff like that. Coach of the year, if you are coach of the year. Yeah, sure. If you're even conference coach of the year, you can get $100,000. And then the country club, the private jets, a weird special one-time payment of $300,000 by April 1st, 2024.

So a signing bonus. But he gets to pick when it comes in? And then tickets available for use. Up to 12 for all home football games. Then the opportunity to purchase 20 more. Up to 8 for any away football games. Same

thing. You could purchase 20 more. Up to 8 for any conference championship game. Up to 6 for any home game for any other sport. You want to go to a baseball game, don't pay. Like, as if he would have to pay if he was walking in anyway. But the business thing involved in this that I don't understand, we'll have to ask Finance Fred or something,

they're paying most of the money to Sarkeesian's LLC, which allows him to write off agent fees. How about that? I don't know what that means. I know we have an LLC. Which is good. And I know we're supposed to write stuff off. I wonder if Sark is sitting there as long as I am, like,

geez, man, going through the credit card bill, highlighting this from July. Like, okay, this was a subscription to this website, this sports website. Okay. Space.com. Oh, yeah, Space.com, Sebi, for sure. Yeah, that seems over the top for someone making that much just to save on agent fees. And I'm sure there's a tax implication here. Which is, I'm implication here quite significant yeah with a deal like that the numbers you just laid out i

mean if it's 10 whatever it happens to be i don't know what college coaches pay their agents um yeah that's brilliant but you think back 10 years ago where Sarkeesian was and you know, his addiction and all of that. This is remarkable. Yeah. To now have a deal like this. Drinking's not so bad. No, it can lead you there. That's why I'm going to start drinking.

I just haven't drank enough is the problem. Want to do some news today? Yeah, let's do it. Okay. Oh, man Dude Here's Blake Jones No I did not sign off on that intro Am I wrong?

I am so with you It's the scariest sound we have That freaked me out as a kid When that started This was like 2001 or whenever it was launched. I vividly remember the first time I heard that. I was tagging along with my dad at the KRLD studios, which were beyond center field at the ballpark at the time. And he was working late, recording some stuff for the next morning, and I was just hanging out on one of the couches there,

and I heard, you know, obviously the station is playing over the PA, just like, you know, any radio station that you might encounter in the hallways. And I just remember that tone, that siren. Ugh. Yeah. God. encounter in the hallways and i just remember that tone that siren oh yeah god no that that puts me back in the back seat of my parents car and then just driving anywhere at night and yeah it could be a tornado it could be an amber but just whatever it just no that that sound it just that the anxiety, blood pressure, like, this is serious. And, you know, then you think about the kid, you know, kidnapped or whatever the situation is. Yeah, then you start laughing.

Well, then the guy coming on has such urgency in his voice. Yeah. You know, hey, around the, you know, Collin County, there's a tornado touching down. You need to, you know, seek shelter or whatever. Hey, we're looking for a 12-year-old girl. It just spells bad news I can't believe that Dan thought that I

can't believe that Dan thought that whatever dude scary you think that I sounded like the sample that you guys played on Friday yeah do you want to hear it again what was that

I just played a... This is one from like, I don't know, 2009 maybe. Dan was like, is that Ted Emmerich? Is that your fake Dan? Everyone has a fake Dan. Dan's thought of this. Okay, here's the example I played on Friday. This noise isn't great either.

It's not great. But at least with this you think this is just a test. Yeah, that's right. We do this test once a month. We'll be okay. All right, so let me just sit back here. Just driving along. Oh, be okay. All right, so let me just sit back here, just driving along, and oh my God.

Oh, shit. The Waxahachie Police Department has issued an Amber Alert for Philip Olive Weideman, who goes by Ollie, a white boy, six years old,

four feet tall. That sounds nothing like me. That sounds nothing like me. A little bit. Maybe. Seriously, what do you get paid?

Like, is it a yearly contract, or what is it? I get paid a game rate times the number of guaranteed events. That's my salary for the year, Dan. Here's what I want you to do. Next one. Next Amber Alert. Work in, like, a bit. Work in a... You're the Amber Alert Next Amber Alert, work in like a bit. Work in a...

You're the Amber Alert guy. Yeah, work in like... I've never voiced an Amber Alert. So humble. He just doesn't want to... No. Well, see, this is his game. He wants to pretend he's not the Amber Alert guy because he's not going to

turn that money in on his taxes. That's right. Okay, no, I'm with you. I've got to save on my ancient fees. What's going on in Hood County? Is a warthog on the loose? We'll get to Hood County. Look how bad Ted is. I've never seen him. This worked up.

Anyone that steps into the den just wants to produce the show. So bad. Hey, you should get to this. Now hurry up and do this story. Bridgeport Police, Wise County deputies, and the Texas Rangers are investigating a shooting that occurred after a fight at a Bridgeport nursing home. I think it's bad that you name your baseball team after this other organization. Right. So is it Dulles on this case?

I always thought it was cool. You think it's cool so we can get that kind of comedy? I knew he would go to this line of comedy. I was just trying to think of what ranger he would name. Okay. But they took the original logo from the Texas Rangers. I thought that was cool. I don't mind it.

Okay. Now, their history is a little... A little shaky. As we've come to find out. A little bit. But then again, that's the nation, isn't it? Yeah. We have a suspect history.

America's great, but... Yeah, you know. A little racist. The part that stuck out to me there was the nursing home. What are we fighting about at a nursing home? Will police respond

and find a man suffering from a GSW Golden State Warrior Gunshot wound Witnesses tell police where the shooter fled And he has since been detained The victim died later in the day But Come on

What are we fighting about in a nursing home Jell-O Dominoes Yeah Cards What are we fighting about in a nursing home? Jell-O. Dominoes. Yeah. Cards. Shuttlecock. Yeah.

Shuffleboard. Pickleball related. You know, last week at this time, I wouldn't have understood that you said shuttlecock. I wouldn't know what that meant because I saw it last week on doing one of my word games, and so I had to look it up. So it's the thing you hit in badminton. Right. And old people are not playing badminton.

Ooh. That's what I'm saying. I'm saying they're the only people playing badminton. I'm saying badminton. Oh, you think it's just died? Yeah, I just don't think there playing badminton. I'm saying badminton... Oh, you think it's just died? Yeah, I just don't think there's badminton. It seems like it's a little bit too much exertion for an old sitting around

a nursing home. I could be wrong, though. Just to be honest, I was looking for shuffleboard, and I landed on shuttlecock first for some reason. I think shuffleboard... Yeah, but shuttlecock, that seems like an old person word. Yeah. You know, it is the dumb zone.

Just, you know, dumb core. That's my mentality right now. Philosophy. Are you guys aware of this Jason Kelsey mask ordeal? Yes. Dan, you're not?

What's going on? So, apparently in the after parties, Jason Kelsey was wearing this Chiefs luchador mask, which I'm pretty sure you talked about Nacho Libre before, or you may just know what a luchador mask is. Yes, because of Nacho Libre. Okay. So he was wearing a Chiefs luchador mask and uh

you know everyone was going crazy because hey look jason kelsey is taking tequila shots out of bowling balls in buffalo now he's wearing this luchador mask at the after parties of the chiefs games like he's just he's an animal he a bit. And I think people picked up on this because there's one video in particular where they show Travis Kelsey with a drink in his hand dancing with Taylor Swift and they start making out

and they're having a great time. And then the camera pans over to Jason Kelsey, I believe standing next to Marshmello, the DJ. And Jason Kelsey's wearing the luchador mask and it's just like the tale of two different brothers. Pumping his fist. Yeah. Come to find out an 8th grader in Dallas said

hey that's my mask and I would like it back. And it kind of read like Jason Kelsey stole the mask. Okay. Now that a few days have gone by, they have put everything together. And Jason Kelsey had bumped into this fan. This kid from Dallas is a huge Chiefs fan.

Somehow able to go to all the Super Bowls. And gave the mask to Jason Kelsey to take a picture with. And they took the picture and Jason Kelsey just walked away with it on okay and so he was just so in the moment and probably multiple drinks in that he just didn't process what was going on and he just kept the mask on the entire night and apparently he said later on his podcast with Travis yeah I just found this mask on the floor, man. Great time. Does the kid have the photo to prove? Yes.

Oh, okay. What do we make of all this then? At the end? Is he trying to get a Jason Kelsey? Some kind of a thing? I mean, they're going to meet up and they're going to have this. What state was Jason Kelsey in at that point? That interaction? I mean,

he's gone. No, I don't know if I blame him for anything here. I mean, I don't know. I think if, if that were my mask, I would just say,

Hey, I had a memory. That's my mask that Jason Kelsey has. And maybe I don't bring it up to news outlets that, Jason Kelsey stole my mask, I would just say, hey, I had a memory. That's my mask that Jason Kelsey has, and maybe I don't bring it up to news outlets that, hey, Jason Kelsey stole my mask. That's just me. You're a humble guy. I'm like LeBron. That's right.

You don't want attention thrown at you. The flowers. But you will take it if it's going to help the community to be able to give you a present. I mean, yeah, the fans deserve it, really. Because they've been a part of your journey. Yeah, but I've never viewed myself as the face of anything. Besides the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers.

We have a strike in Fort Worth. At the Molson Coors Brewery. Now, you may know this building as it's got the big Miller sign on the side of it. Right. Apparently, they make Miller, Miller Lite, and Coors. And people are striking here. And it's the first strike in Fort Worth since the 1970s. Okay. A couple hundred of its workers were outside this weekend as part of a walkout in frustration

over negotiations. Ah, yes. Now, Dan, you may have to walk me through this part. Workers are asking for new contracts with pay raises, improved health care, and retirement benefits. Company says what they offered was fair. Oh, okay. Well then I mean, you should just take it then.

Obviously. That is interesting. And now the company is moving on with their contingency plans. Which is? Scab workers? The article doesn't say, but with any sort of robots?

Machinery work? Why not robots? Right. And why... To me, I don't know... If I was that easily replaceable, I don't know if I would be striking. Because one day they'll just, yeah, build a robot to do your job

and not think twice about it. To put the banquet beer in the 12Ks. Yeah. Well, sometimes you think the opposite of LeBron. You think too highly of yourself. You think, well, I'm not that easily replaceable.

I'm not saying I have experience at that, but I'm just saying sometimes you might think that and then they just go, okay, well, we'll replace you anyway. And then you go, oh. I agree. And then you go, oh. I agree.

And then you're naming something the dumb zone the next day. Yeah. But there at least you have some sort of whatever you want to call it, quote unquote fame. People know you.

Thank you. You have personality. Thank you. And the product would slip without you. But when you're in a job like this and where, hey, this is how we do things and 90% of the population can do it, I don't understand what your leverage is there.

Well, I guess the leverage, that's why you unionize, right? The leverage is if you have none of us, it's a collective action. And that will force you to treat us what we determine as fair that's how you get the meme with the guy wearing the Elmo head and Blaze going up behind him and he's got his

fist in the air power to the people and in this situation I feel like the company has power because they could find people to replace them. But, like, let's say the ticket. I think you guys could have striked at any time and gotten whatever you wanted. If collective action, yes.

There's no one, anyone who would be on the same page. And that's why, yes, in certain industries, the entertainment industry, Major League Baseball, if, I mean, I just finished – somewhat recently finished reading the Marvin Miller book. That's a very big deal in it is you have story forever, well, then don't be collectively together. Well, management will give the players all kinds of you know warnings like hey I mean if you had free agency if we didn't have contracts

that locked you into one team forever that would ruin the game and if you say it long enough and you are pretty successful doing it this way then eventually the players all kind of nod

and go, yes. And then when somebody says, hey, we should unionize. Yeah, but that's just going to lead to, I mean, would that lead to free agency and player movement? Well, that will ruin the game. And now the players are saying it for you because the press is already going to parrot what the clubs are saying. And now the players are starting to for you. Because the press is already going to parrot what the clubs are saying. And now the players are starting to say it.

So it was very difficult to even get them to do anything in the beginning. And every little step they made, there was always a lot of player resistance. And until they kind of... I think arbitration was the big thing. Like, if we ever had arbitration, that's a huge deal

because it gives you an independent third party. And so that's what baseball set up with the Players Union eventually. That took a while. But once they got that, then they could say, all right, we'll take it to a third party neutral observer. And that third party would go, wait a second.

This guy gets paid $100,000 and this guy gets paid $20,000, yet they had similar numbers. Yes, I think youration, you know, appointed by both sides, I guess. Somebody that they agreed. And, yes, if that were to occur in, let's say, contract negotiations, then they would say, all right, well, what does this station make? You know, hypothetical radio station. What did they make? Well, what do you make? Well, what have you made in the past?

What do others make who do your similar job? You know, I think for sure the reason to unionize isn't as much for the stars, not to say I'm a star, but the whole, you know, the stars of baseball didn't really care about it. It was for the rank and file. Yeah. And so, yes, it would be like a, hey, let's make this radio. If it's a board op, hey, I only make this. The guy that works across the street makes double my salary,

yet they make, that radio station makes half of your revenue. That's where the third party arbitrator would say, yes, the salary should be higher here because you can pay it.

Yeah. But, you know, there's all kinds of things. But yeah, collective action is usually a big key. And I don't know how it relates, though.

No, I mean, it relates, but that's not a real skill. I don't know the skill that it takes to work at the brewery. Maybe it couldn't just hire you. But I would guess that you could learn it. I don't know. That's kind of my point. Maybe, maybe not. If you're this replaceable, I don't know. But a cool part of the story that I had no idea about

is... But that's why they want to be collective. Yeah. Because you can be replaced. Much like I guess you might say, the lower level employees at a radio station, oh, I can go get someone else to do that job. And they may or may not be wrong. And you're told that repeatedly.

You may or may not be wrong. Yeah, you're treated that way, especially. No, but they may actually be right. No, they are. Do you know how many people are waiting outside that door? If I can keep the musers together, the three musers, while I can mix and match people around them, they're still going to be successful because that's how good they are.

So they don't really need the union as much as all the other people around me. So these workers are making $1,000 per week in strike pay, and I did not know what strike pay was. And apparently if you were a part of a union, some of your paycheck goes to this strike fund. Wow. The company knows that this union does have enough funds to pay these workers if they were to strike

for a certain amount of time. I thought that's very forward-thinking. I thought that was pretty awesome. Yeah, baseball did that, I believe, in around the early 80s. They had their sights set on it. Like, they knew the next collective bargaining. They already received signals from the owners. They're going to, you know, free agency had already started,

but they were going to try and put the clamps on that and demand compensation from other teams to be part of free agency. So if you signed a free agent, well, if the Rangers signed a free agent from the Yankees, the Yankees would be able to pick any player they wanted from the Rangers and just take them. That was what the owners wanted. And that's why the players, they saw this is coming down the road in two years, so they started putting away even more in their strike fund.

And so they could weather that storm. Because that's the company's goal. Just wait it out. Right. You're going to need that money at some point. Yeah. You're a worker. Even the players who make a lot of money,

you probably live above your means. We're the company we can't oh you know it's yeah it's very interesting yeah I'm much more interested in this stuff now I was I was trying to I was trying to place it yeah like that like yeah these kinds of things make a lot more sense now. So yeah, interesting situation there in Fort Worth.

Okay, Ted. Yes? You want to check in on Hood County? Let's do it. All right, anyone... Okay, I'm reading this verbatim. Okay, so if the grammar's not right, don't yell at me. Put on an accent, too. Okay, so if the grammar's not right, don't yell at me. Put on an accent,

too. Okay, we'll see. Anyone losing this fur baby on Contrary Creek has black collar kind of been on him or a while, but he right in the middle of road. As we pass

as we pass through safely As we passed through safely, he was following us like he was lost or someone left him behind. Didn't know, probably missing in someone's home. I tried calling him to feed him in case he hadn't ate, would get close, but then pull back. Okay, so this dog's on the road.

Right in the middle of the road. Person is thinking about rescuing him. Denna responds, Please do not pick up our dog. My husband passed on January 27th and the dogs lay out by the road waiting for him in case he

comes home every day since he died. Wow, what a bear trap she has stepped into. Not sure how long they will do this, but the pipe fence is where they live. Thank you for caring. Great job, Denna. Wow. That was unnecessary.

Some people don't step into the bear trap. You make it for them. As Denna did there. Can we get a picture of Denna? I can find you a picture of Denna. I'm just saying.ena? I can find you a picture of Dena. I'm just saying. Yeah, I'll get you a picture of Dena. Could you use a little visual aid?

No, she could use a shoulder to Lena. Oh, that's right. She is newly single. NBC 5 did a story on how, I'm primarily doing this story for you, Dan, how fast foodies are getting fed up with the price of fast food now. Apparently there are foodies and now fast foodies

where they really like good fast food. Okay. Basically, the premise of the article is the price of fast food has increased so much to where it's now no longer convenient. The prices are matching that

of a sit-down restaurant so what's the premise here the food uh at home category you know where you get your groceries you go home and you make the food uh inflation wise only up 1.3 percent compared to food away from home that rose 5.2. So these fast food CEOs are seeing their business plummet because people are now returning to make their food at home. That article got posted. Not me. Nope. Go ahead.

That article got posted in the Hood County Breaking News, and I thought I'd read some of the comments. Oh, no. From people. I'm sure they have problems with the Whataburger. comments from people. I'm sure they have problems with the Whataburger. Boson says it's because everyone

wanted a raise. Now that it happened, all prices of everything have gone up, so it only hurt all of us. Not everyone has gotten a raise there, Boson. Bill says prices are out of control even at Taco Bell, where even a senior discount lunch still costs about 10 bucks

yeah thanks Biden Nita says I haven't had McDonald's food in many years it's the worst fake food is not healthy I wish I could say it's our president's fault we have no president his brain is gone so we have someone telling him what to say

that's why prices have soared it's insane. It's cheaper to go buy groceries and make stuff at home. Wait, I thought buying groceries was too expensive, too. I've heard that. I'm sorry.

No, I've just heard that. It's just gone up across the board, Dan. Everything is up. Including your gorditaita Crunchwrap. I'll end this with Joe Sid says, prices higher and the portions smaller. Bags of chips only half air. Pringles three inches down from the top.

It's almost too funny. I always laugh at people who make a big deal of that. It's mostly air. And finally, if you are the one with the land at 377 and Friendship Road and Toler, a calf

got through your fence. A calf. Toler Rattlers, I believe. Check me on that. Interesting. I'm pretty sure that's a two-way school for you. There's your news. We've got a battle here. The Dumb Zone News.

Tula Rattlers. Yes. Like and subscribe. I'm going to find dinner for you. The Dumb Zone presents Today in History. Oh, now you're not interested? Let's see here. So it's Monday, February 19th, President's Day.

That's why we remembered President Bush on this day. I'm having an awesome President's Day. Are you? Yeah. I'm in the den, man. So on this day in 1838, Indian captive Rachel Plummer was reunited with her husband after spending over a year with the Comanches. She was kidnapped along with four other people, including her son, during a raid. She ended up writing a book about the experience.

The title of the book is... My Year with the Comanches? Rachel Plummer's Narrative of 21 Months' Servitude as Prisoner Among the Comanche Indians. Rachel Plummer's narrative of 21 months servitude as prisoner among the Comanche Indians. Did she not have an editor? I was going to say, did they not have... I don't think that's going

to sell very well. In 1838. You need a hook. Right. Yeah. You like how I put my foot up on your table now? I'm really at home.

Yeah, relax. I know we're not on video today, but... I've tried to make it welcoming for you. I even moved the dog bowl so you could do the closed door policy with the bathroom. He doesn't do that for everyone.

Like Jared, I made him go right in front of us. I changed... Like a pot in the corner. I heard about that. That's why he won't be back. I had to change the water on the goldfish today and I went open door.

Change the water on the goldfish? Yeah. It's another one for you. Is it? Yeah. I never heard that. Well, there you go. You're welcome.

You don't mind if we go feed up? Of course not. Okay, I don't know. This is a sturdy coffee table. Everything in this room is garbage. I wouldn't say that. Seriously, this couch was about to be thrown away before it was like, okay, well, let's just put it up here. Well, I know you want shoes off, so I just didn't know if feet on your coffee tables also along the same line.

No, I feel like shoes, you walk through public restrooms, it's sticky, you have that. Then you walk into a house and you start walking around. This is a brand new ballgame then. Yeah, isn't it great? Now you can go laptop on your lap. This feels awesome. Look at that. This day in 1942 is during World War II. Now, did he stand up and deliver that message?

He did. I don't know. It wasn't covered in the movie Pearl Harbor, so I'm unfamiliar. Boy, a lot of Pearl Harbor feedback. It did not flop. Apparently. It's a great movie. On this day in 1976, President Gerald Ford.

Decent. He called the issuing of the internment order for people of Japanese ancestry in 1942 a sad day in American history. It was called the issuing of the internment order for people of Japanese ancestry in 1942, a sad day in American history. He signed a proclamation formally confirming its termination. So actually, it was an active program officially until 1976. 76? Yeah.

Damn. Hmm. And Gerald Ford rose out of his wheelchair as well to end the mistreatment. And on this day in 2008, an ailing Fidel Castro resigned the Cuban presidency after nearly 50 years in power. They did a comprehensive search to determine his successor. They hired a search firm. And it just so happened that his brother was the best candidate. Raul Castro, a nepo baby.

And a famous wedding on this date in 1995, Baywatch actress Pam Anderson married rocker Tommy Lee. And they produced a famous video together. And you've seen that wedding consummated. Watched a documentary on this on Hulu. I stuck with it for two or three episodes. No, it wasn't a documentary. It was a scripted show. Right.

Sebastian Stan and... The guy from Superbad. Yes. Seth Rogen was in scripted show. Right. Sebastian Stan and... The guy from Superbad. Yes. Seth Rogen was in it, too. Lily... Was it Lily Collins? Not Lily Tomlin as Pamela Anderson. I couldn't stick with it because...

No, it's an 80s actress. It was SNL, right? At some point, Lily tomlin um i maybe not snl but yeah in that era she was like in a movie with steve martin uh yeah and yeah lily james excuse me lily james um yeah i gave up after in one of the episodes. Can I guess? Go ahead. Is it when they have Tommy Lee's penis talking? Yes. I was out at that point.

Like what? It looks at the camera? I didn't even make it that far. Oh, yeah. I got through about an episode or maybe two. What do you mean? This thing sucks.

What do you mean it looks at the camera? Well, I mean like it actually... Yep. It's, you know, like, it actually... Yep. It's, you know, they put a voice on it. What? He points it at the camera? I don't know if he points it at...

I don't remember. I didn't go back and watch it and break it down frame by frame. But... That's an early sex tape, though, that I was on board with as a kid, for sure. Yeah. Have you seen it? I don't think so. I think I know they're on a boat,

but I think that's all I know. His wiener is exceptionally large. Here we go. Here's an article from Entertainment Weekly. How that talking penis came to life in Pam and Tommy episode two. Oh, okay. I guess I didn't make it through 2.

Yeah. Again, I was what did I say? 2 or 3? Yeah. I was done after 2. Ugh. Birthdays. We have June Jones, 71. SMU? Hawaii? Did you guys know June Jones was an NFL player?

No, I didn't. No. I didn't either until I was... When I check birthdays in the morning, I'll scroll through NFL... ProFootballReference.com has a list of birthday pages for every sport. One year, North Texas beat SMU so bad it made June Jones quit. That's right.

And he would never be heard from again. Then he went to Hawaii? I think it was. Wasn't he Hawaii first and then SMU? Really? He ran one of those sling-it-around offenses? Yeah. Yeah.

Roger Goodell, 65. Really? He ran one of those sling-it-around offenses. Yeah. Roger Goodell, 65. Boo? Do we hate him? The Joker is 29. Luca's buddy. I'm with Jake. I hate those videos. What? Just of how cool... Him and Jokic palling around? Yeah.

Why do you hate it? Just the fact that they may want to play together one day and it won't be here. Yeah, they seem like the best of buds. Dave Stewart is 67. Oh, man. Do you have the story that goes with Dave Stewart? Go on.

The former A's pitcher. So I was listening to the Musers this morning, and this came up, and I had to find the details on this. UPI, was that United Press International or something, from 1985. Texas Rangers pitcher Dave Stewart was arrested this week for allegedly having sex with a word that we don't use anymore. Starts with a T. Prostitute on skid row, police said Thursday. Transvestite? Correct. Do you want to say that?

The arrest on charges of participating in an act of lewd conduct was the second in the area this month of a well-known athlete. This is Dateline Los Angeles. month of a well-known athlete this is dateline los angeles olympic gold medalist edwin moses was arrested january 13th in hollywood after he allegedly propositioned an undercover female officer so dave stewart was 27 at the time this is when it gets good uh police commander william booth said mr stewart said he was unaware that the prostitute was a male until after the arrest what year was this uh 1985 january 24th 85 that was his statement and we have reason to believe him it it also said that uh when police found him uh the prostitute was engaging in oral copulation on Stewart. It's a word you don't hear often these days.

Okay. So when was that? 1985. What month or whatever? January 85, when he was with the Rangers. Okay, so they still, he played out the year, and then they traded him during that year to the Phillies. Ended up being released. Because I was looking at his history.

Do you know who he is? No. Okay, he was an A's pitcher and he was always one of the best pitchers in baseball, as I recall. He won 20 games four years in a row. So during the McGuire, Kent Saco, Bash Brothers, he was like the guy. Never won the Cy Young Award. Got a couple of thirds, a second, and a fourth. But he was just always one of the best pitchers in baseball. That's just my memory of him.

But that wasn't until the age of 30 that he had his first 20-win season. I didn't know about this Rangers story. Yeah, when he was 27. From oral copulation to one of the premier pitchers in baseball. His last two years before the Rangers traded him, he was 7-20. Like, he was just terrible. He was nothing. And then I wonder, do steroids make pitchers better?

Because that was a big deal with the A's. With the A's, yeah. They were just roided out. Millie Bobby Brown is 20. And he couldn't tell it was a transvestite prostitute. But I feel like our technology with that has gotten so much better. Like, you shouldn't have been fooled by that. Technology?

What, you just have a radar for that now? Nowadays, I think they can... Wave a wand? They can make it to where you don't really know. Until you know. But back then, I feel like I probably should have spotted that roll of quarter in his pocket or something.

The Adam's apple? Yeah, the beard or something. Jeff Daniels is 69. Seal, 61. Seal? What are you, Seal? Leslie David Baker is 64. Sod.

The office. That is, yeah, Stanley. Stanley, right, yeah. And then Haley Duff, 39. Summer. She's from Napoleon Dynamite, which Ted has never seen. I've never seen. That is one of my blind spots.

Died on this day, we have in 2023, Richard Belzer. Greatness. Comedian, munch on Law & Order SVU. Didn't expect you to say greatness, but... I liked him on Law & Order. Okay, yeah, sure you did. Man, my mom was very into Law & Order and all of them, so we watched that a ton growing up.

And born on this day, now they're not alive, it's Nicholas Copernicus, the astronomer, who had the crazy idea that the Earth revolves around the sun, not the other way around. Everybody else thought it was the sun. And he's like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm saying we revolve around it because the prevailing thought was that the Earth is the center of the universe. That's why there's life and all that kind of stuff. But, I mean, I was doing this in my head when I first saw his name on the list,

and I wondered if you guys would come closer than I did. Guess any year that he was alive. He was 70 years old when he died. year that he was alive. He was 70 years old when he died. So can you guess any year that Nicholas Copernicus was alive? Just a year that falls within his time on earth. Let's even give you a plus or minus of 20. So you have a 100-year window. Over 100 years. Now did I just want to play the Millionaire music? Probably I do love when you play this music 1580

Okay 1580 Blake The time's running out People don't want to hear this sound effect anymore I'm gonna go They should I love. I'm going to go... They should. I love it.

I'm going to go pretty close to Ted. 15.10. 15.10. Nicholas Copernicus. Lived to the age of 70. lived to the age of 70. Born in 1473, died in 1543. Blake, you are the winner.

Well done. Feels good. I mean, Blake has always been up on history. And that was Today in History. Closing remarks. Oh, I will just say we're not going to do a show tomorrow because it's actually... Oh, no. And I don't even know how many people make it to the end of these shows. That's why we kind of put the fluffy birthdays at the end if you don't want to stick around.

The meat is earlier. But we are going to. So to speak. I'm going to see a Dr. Phil show taping. What? So I was able to, through a friend, got some tickets. We'll talk about it later this week. We'll do a Wednesday show instead.

Oh good. You got to bring some content back for that. So put out the text blast or whatever on Patreon if you can.

Text blast on Patreon. Well don't do you get like an alert if you're a subbie? No. Well some people do.

I don't get a text alert. Or they get like an email alert or something. I mean, I get an email when a new episode drops. Okay, well, if you put out the... He hasn't hit the bell icon. Oh. To like and subscribe? Well, you got to hit the bell for notifications.

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