Tosh Show - My Favorite Dodgers Employee - Mike Choi

Episode Date: June 24, 2025

Daniel fires up the crowd with Mike Choi for a conversation about growing up in Chicago, doing in-game entertainment for the Dodgers and Clippers, and winning big on The Price Is Right.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Here. Pete. You went to get lunch. Went to get lunch. Alright. John. Yo. John's here. Oh, how you feeling John? I'm here. John, he just underwent, first of all, every week,

you have to ask John, like, how you doing? And then you have to be, you need to block out 30 minutes because something horrible has happened. He does have something, he's like, so cursed. Yeah, he, some weird stuff happens to his body Anyway, yeah, I saw him there day. I was like, why are you dressed like that? And he's like we're dressed like what and he's just he just the way he was walking. He's just stiff He's like, oh, I just had an operation on my testicle

Yep for you had a vasectomy a successful vasectomy, correct? Oh, yeah, nothing down there Then how many days later did you find out that you had a bunch of righteous kidney stones? Two days later. Did you pass a kidney stone or you just knew that you had them? I thought something was wrong. I had to go to the ER. I thought something with your vasectomy had gone haywire Turns out you just had kidney stones. Yeah, so basically I went to the ER They're like pee in this cup and it was like chymasala It was very red and gross and they're like, oh you cup and it was like chai masala, it was very red and gross and they're like, oh, you have...

Your urine was bloody? Oh, it was covered in blood. This is not newsworthy. This is just, this is a normal day in John's life. You're just normal. I mean, it's an abnormal day, it never happened in my entire life, but sure. Well, maybe this hasn't, but there's always something,

something crazy is going on. Well, the Lord works in mysterious ways that is true That is true, and it's all part of his plan now because of the kindy stones You are probably pushing aggressively and one of your testicles What did it do it tors it tors tors now? How do you spell tors? It's like horse with a D at the end, but the T or the H is a with a D at the end, but the T, or the H is a T. But you remove the H? That's a horse.

That's not how you, to somebody they can't spell, you can never be like, oh, it's like horse, but there's a D at the end and then there's no H, and what do you do to unthorst a ball? It had been like this for weeks after the vasectomy. When I went to out of town, we were staying at a hotel, we were up visiting Terika's family. I mean, I feel like, you can't tell the story, just say your wife, because as We were up visiting Terika's family. I mean, I feel like you can't tell the story.

Just say your wife, because as soon as you say Terika, we're going to have to spend 45 minutes explaining that that's a name. Yeah, OK. So I married someone with an ethnic background who has a name that's not American. Yes, my wife. So anyways.

I still can't wrap my head around it. Yeah. First, I learned the can't wrap my head around it. First I learned the word forced and Terika. She called her brother, he took me to the ER. What's his name? What's her brother's name? That's a good question, Eddie. Adam.

Adam, oh, oh, so ethnic. It's a Quranian name. Please, I don't wanna get in trouble with the Quran right now. Yeah, exactly. So they diagnosed you immediately that your ball had twisted? So they took me in and did a ultrasound.

They're like, hey, your testicles upside down and twisted. And how do you know if a ball is upside down or not? That's true. That's what the ultrasound is. Was it actually on top of your penis? No, no, no, it was in the top. Wait, were the beans on the Franks? This does sound like something about Mary. It's just everybody coming in to get a look at your balls.

Exactly. Holy shit. They called in the specialist. Well, sure, he wants to see it. He described that he'd have to cut open my scrotum and untwist the ball, remove it if it was dead, and then suture me back up. I freaked out.

He's like, every second counts, and then he left for an hour to go to the doctors. Why would you freak out? It's like not cancer. Who gives a shit? I didn't know about testosterone levels, sex. Who cares? You know how much more productive you'd be

if you would knock it off, chasing Terika around the place? Right. Frank Thomas still takes pills. He gets plenty of tea. Doug Flutie. Yeah. He's still takes pills. He gets plenty of tea. Doug Flutie. Yeah. He's still pounding out.

All he does is like a simple smoothie every morning and he's horned up and ready to go. Ready to breed. Hold on, let me ask a serious question that's gonna sound ridiculous. Could have you successfully jacked off during this moment? Ooh, yeah. Never. If I would have sent in, like, I'm talking,

a $10,000 whore. I'm telling you. She couldn't get you aroused? This was the most excruciating thing in my life. I don't think you've ever seen a $10,000 whore. $20,000, $50,000 like keep going. They couldn't get you aroused. Walking was excruciating. I get it. But you're not walking in this scenario. You're saying you couldn't have gotten a boner. No, no way, huh? No way I've never been in that kind of pain and the kidney stone was the worst pain I'd take kidney stones every day for a month over two hours of this. All right Well anyway, so he untwist he cut your ball open and and and it wasn't dead wasn't dead. I woke up

I had both my balls. He didn't take any of it out. He said they're fine He said they're great. So you made the whole thing up? Yeah, this is all a big lie. None of this happened. Well, how come it wasn't dead? I don't know, man. I'm glad it wasn't. I don't understand why you were so attached to this testicle.

You take one of your balls right now. If they had it cut open, I'd say take them both out while you're there. What do they do? I'm 50 years old. I have no idea what my balls do. I know that I don't want them to get kicked. Or cut out. And I'd love it if they weren't there.

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Please welcome Mike. Hey, how are you? Thanks for having me. How'd you like that intro? That was great. That was beautiful. I don't do the cannon. I wish.

Have you ever fired a t-shirt cannon? I've hired, not yet. They haven't entrusted me with the t-shirt wish. Have you ever fired a t-shirt canon? Not not yet. They haven't entrusted me with the t-shirt. You've never fired a t-shirt. No no no but that's on my bucket list. Yeah, right. Okay first question. Yes. Do you believe in ghosts? Generally no, but I have had a couple of different instances that would prove otherwise but one might just have been a case of sleep paralysis and the other one might have been just like a old lady with cat-like Reflexes give me the second story. I want to know about the old lady with cat-like reflexes Well, this is just like a couple years ago in Sherman Oaks. I'm walking down the street There's an old lady walking kind of a little bit closer than I would like her to walk

You know, I look a couple of different times behind and then the last time I look, she is like, she's completely gone. And like, you know, there were apartment complexes on the opposite side of the street, but again- Oh, so she might've just lived there. Yeah, but again, this lady's like 80 or 90. For her to have like, for the amount of times I look back to like, kind of size her up. Are you a slow walker? No, no, no, no.

In general? No, no, I'm actually, I'm a very fast, fast walker. Again, like the third time I look back, like, I'm not jo- It's still like, I get goosebumps thinking, like she was completely gone. I mean, you're not a little man. Why are you so scared of an old woman? I wasn't scared of her. You were just like over your shoulder so many times.

Well, she kind of gave me the creeps. And like I said, third time completely vanished man That's a ghost you were born in Korea and then moved to Chicago. Yeah born in Korea until I was two the reason we moved over eventually my dad Was getting his masters at the University of Mississippi. So That was kind of odd that he chose Mississippi. Oh, it's a beautiful place. I've never been. You've never done the Bible Belt? No. I'm very scared of going east of... Wait, what is the Bible Belt technically? Well, I'm gonna say it's Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina,

Georgia. I might as well throw Missouri in there. Yeah, all of those, I'm kind of a little... Is Texas part of the belt? Texas? Louisiana. Oklahoma, Louisiana? Oklahoma's part of that? Cause I think, okay.

They're like the buckle there. Yeah, but pretty much. That's the Bible belt. You've never been to any of those places? No, no, actually I have. I've been to, I was, oh, this is probably why I never wanted to go back. Cause went to Myrtle Beach for a...

Myrtle fucking Beach. Spring break. Yeah, that's a good spring break. Yeah, yeah, no, not for me, not for me. Did you watch Magic Mike 2? No, no, no. That was about Myrtle Beach. Was that set in Myrtle Beach?

Yes. No, for me, I felt very awkward. I felt very othered when I was in the South. And so, yeah, that kind of left a sour taste in my mouth. So I've never been east of Illinois or Indiana pretty much ever since. You go back to Chicago? About once a year, twice a year.

I have a two-year-old now, so we don't travel as much, obviously, in these last couple of years. So I know you have a couple of kids. Is your daughter's two-ish too? Yeah, she's two. Yeah, mine just turned two last Monday, so that's our first. It's good having children to just say no

to other people's plans. Yeah, she is kind of a built-in excuse. Or at the very least, leaving early. Pretend that's why I leave early at a Dodgers game. I'm like, I got kids. Wait, what time do you normally arrive? I try to miss the national anthem because I don't like to take my hat off. Okay, that's one.

Okay, okay. And then, what's that? That's respectful. Thank you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I definitely leave the second take me out to the ball game of song. Okay, so in the seventh inning, yeah.

I make it to the seventh. And then some people say, oh, that's not good. Well, the games don't matter. If you're gonna play 180 games, then me leaving after the seventh inning of one game shouldn't affect things. No, I totally agree, but the thing that's crazy, so now that we've had the pitch clock these last couple years, so you know, the games are done. Games are quick.

Yeah, like two and a half hours, you know, typically. So we still have fans who won't arrive until like, they get there like at the fifth sixth inning and it's kind of like I that always blows me away you're spending all that money to come out to the game dealing with parking and so forth and by the time you're actually in the stadium like you have maybe like three innings left. I don't spend money. I get free tickets. Do you? Yes. Do you? Uh-huh. You know I don't ask a lot. I ask usually once a year I want to go and I like to go before it gets boiling hot. Yeah, by the way in Chicago. Yes

Were you you weren't a Dodgers fan? No, I was a White Sox fan. So it's been Well, I look in the camera right now and say fuck the Cubs out. Oh easily fuck the Cubs No, and oh wait, but let me rephrase. I will never root against the Cubs or Oh, oh, easily. Fuck the Cubs. No, and wait, but let me rephrase. I will never root against the Cubs or any team from Chicago, so I want everyone to do well. Okay. But push comes to shove. Yeah, I'm a White Sox fan for sure.

Explain to people, because you were in show business for a bit there. I mean, yeah, post-production. I mean, I guess technically it counts as show business, but it's not. You're working on television. Yeah, it's not the glamorous side of the business, that's for sure. You're stuck in a dark room and there's no windows. But you went there because they paid more

than the other side. The dark rooms pay more. You know, I was a post-production coordinator before making this sports switch with a couple of post-supervisor and associate producer credits. Well, you worked on The Sing-Off. And I was a fan of that show.

Really? Nick Lachey was the host. It was on like only, it was on a short run like right before the Christmas holiday. And I always thought this is a great show. The singing was wonderful. And the show just disappeared. Well, you know, it actually like,

I don't know if you're familiar with group Pentatonix. They're kind of like the- Yes, I'm off. Are you kidding me? Yeah, yes. I only listened to them during the holidays, but- But yeah, yeah, I mean, they came from the show. It really hit like that bubble when like, it's weird to say when acapella singing got huge.

Oh, yeah. But it kind of hit that little, that bubble. So, because that was right around the time. What was that movie with the... You know the movie with the cups? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But yeah, that was right around in that era. So it was like, there was just this zeitgeist

of acapella singing going on. And I feel like we were on the forefront of that, so... I know, that was right around in that era, so it was like, there was just this zeitgeist of acapella singing going on, and I feel like we were on the forefront of that, so. I know, the show was good, and what's his name? I always liked Sean from Boys to Men. Yeah, yeah, for me, that was extra special, because I was a huge Boys to Men fan growing up, so then being able to interact with him as a judge,

that was kind of surreal, so. What made you want to transition from a career in the entertainment industry to sports? Ultimately, I was so burnt out from working in the entertainment industry. I knew I wanted to change, get a change in, kind of pursue something different. I mean, as a kid, everybody, I mean,

who doesn't love sports growing up as a kid, right? So. I know a few people. Well, I mean. We got a name for them, but we're not supposed to say it in this day and age. But, yeah, a huge sports fan growing up, you know? So fast forward to after COVID, it was like,

oh, maybe that's something I want to pursue. All right, talk about how the conversation went when you told your wife you were gonna quit a steady, decent paying job to start over as a Dodger Usher. No, it went well. So, no, honestly, no, no. Right when I was making this decision, we were either just engaged or just prior to getting engaged.

And on top of that, we were talking about starting a family. We're kind of in that process and then also wanting to buy a house because we wanted a family. All credit to my wife. She was supportive right from get-go. She's like, if this is what you want, if this is what's going to make you happy, let's do it. The Usher thing was right around that time, the Dodgers had posted an open house interview

for their Usher staff and showed up to this interview. And it was like one of those catacall interviews that was like literally like speed dating. Yes. And so the first lady that... Did you look around at the other people that were doing this and go, oh my goodness. Yeah, because you know what's crazy? They're significantly younger or significantly older than me.

Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. And on top of it, like, you know, there were kids showing up just wearing t-shirts and, I'm not joking, like t-shirts and sweats. I'm like, in my mind, like, what is this world I'm getting into where it's like you know I was in a tie I was you know like it's like yes the interview even though it's an open house it's an interview and so the first lady sees my resume and she's just like you sure you want to be an usher I'm like just want

to get my foot in the door you know hopefully this leaves other things she's like all right passes my resume on to the next person and then looks at my resume and he's like yeah you're not passes my resume on to the next person and then looks at my resume. And he's like, yeah, you're not going to be happy being one of our ushers. But, you know, it's not much better. But are you interested in joining our fan services team? And so interviewed with our fan services manager, pretty much got hired on the spot. And I don't know if you're familiar with that department. But we're that team is basically the team that's like, man's the help desk. So we're there to like kind of answer questions about procedures

policies so forth where like Dodger dogs are throughout the stadium but we also that department was the department that also fields all the all the complaints about like oh why didn't I get like this Pablo why didn't I get this and people can be mean there oh yeah like one time it was Father's Day we were giving out bucket ass first 40,000 people were getting Father's Day bucket hats. So I'm at one of the stations. And invariably, when we run out of these bucket hats, people come to our stations to yell at us for,

why don't you guys have enough bucket hats? And this was the first time in any aspect of my life that I ever had somebody say, do you know who so-and-so is? To like be like, you know? So he pulls the, it's not just that he's family or he's like I'm the cousin of Jason Bateman. It's a good I'm not gonna argue with you. I think I think he deserves a bucket hat. Come on Dodgers do the right things But like I don't feel like cousin at a certain point cousins bad. Yeah. Yeah for those who may not fully grasp

What happens during live sport events, please describe what a typical shift looks like for you. So I'm under the marketing and promotions department. My team specifically takes care of, if it's not baseball, we're taking care of every other aspect of entertainment that happens. The national anthem, the DJ, the bobbleheads, any of our video games up on the scoreboard, any of our video hits. We get to the game roughly three hours before.

We show up for our briefing. We find out, because every game we're assigned to a different, they're called activations, and then we're typically done around the seventh, eighth inning. Why do people care so much about bobbleheads? I think a lot of people care about them because they know they do well on the resell market. So they're just collecting them to resell them?

Yeah, I think a lot of people. And how much do they resell for? How much could they resell for? I mean, the Shoei bobblehead that came out last year, there was like a variant where it was like, he was gold. I don't know if they actually sold for it, but they were going on eBay for like five, six, $7,000. Are you personally responsible

when we see some unfortunate son of a bitch on the Kiss Cam get friend zoned in front of tens of thousands of people My team would definitely be responsible that we haven't actually done the kiss cam probably like in three or four years blow people's mind And let people that because everybody will argue this but the Dodgers are the ones that invented the kiss cam That I I couldn't confirm that either way so you would know more about that than I would. I mean, they invented the kiss cam? They were the team. They did.

Which is great. Okay. I mean, because I'm sure it brought on tons of lawsuits. It's the only time legally you were allowed to make a move on someone sitting next to you, whether they wanted it or not. I think it holds up in court. Do people complain about the nets going the whole way down the baseline because I love it You do. Oh, I think it's awful. I'm team safety on that one. I I zone out. What are the often?

What are the odds? I mean, you'll me send you some videos I mean it's happened but like yeah talk about happened once is all the odds are less hundred 162 games for 30 teams like that's just past the you're on the wrong side of this one They're not gonna get rid of these no they won't they won't but I'm just saying like seeing that like it's crazy I like it. Okay By the way the helmet full of ice cream first of all it melts within eight seconds Yeah, and it's just it's an ungodly amount of food. It's well Yeah, I don't the weird thing too I know

they sell them as souvenir items but like everyone always what do you do with that helmet? It fits my daughter's head perfectly. Oh really? Yeah. But then when do you when do you wash it out? I didn't I just kind of I just kind of little little wipe it and there you go. Wait during the game? During the game? Put it on her head? Yes I did. I don't trust myself catching a pop fly over the net. But those aren't protected they won't. Better than hitting her head, I guess, right? Okay. All right. Yeah. How old is your son?

Six. Have you had him do the kids take the field? No. That's my department. Are you familiar with what that is? I'm familiar with this. This is pregame. Yeah. Well, so it's literally the very last thing we do before first pitch. Uh-huh. So we randomly select eight kids.

That's actually one of my most favorite things that we do as a pitch. So we randomly select eight kids. That's actually one of my most favorite things that we do as a part of my team. We pick these eight kids, they get assigned a player and literally right when the Dodgers take the field, we send them out, they go out to their assigned player, they get a baseball sign. I think it's like one of the coolest things we do because I don't think... Well, it doesn't seem random if you're saying that I can shoehorn my kid into it. Well, no, no, no. I mean, it's a mixture of preselected kids and then typically, so it's eight. And then some VIP kids?

Well, yeah, we could. We can make that happen for you. But also, we do genuinely, because there's usually three or four spots that we have to fill game day of. So we'll go out, we'll kind of scope the kids and see kids that are like, hey, these look like they're like really, you know, big Dodger fans. And so parents always think we're trying to sell them something, which is always like, oh, no, no, no, I'm not trying to sell you. I just want to take your kid away from you for a little bit.

No, give them like a once in a lifetime opportunity. No, that's nice. Yeah. Yeah. That's wonderful. Oh, no, I don't want my kid to do that. Stay away from my kid. Who's given the best first pitch you've ever seen? I like it. Who's given the best first pitch you've ever seen? We had a miniature horse appear last season who threw out the first pitch. You guys are really scraping the bottom of the barrel here.

So it did this thing where it was pretty funny. It was like with its nose inching the ball forward towards home plate, so that was cool. I don't know if that's the best, but that was definitely the most. Who's the one, did you remember the worst first pitch? We haven't had terrible ones, cause you know, they all get a chance to warm up,

be sufficiently warm up, before they actually have to go out there. And on top of it, they don't have to throw from the mound, if they don't want to. Can you throw from the mound? You can throw just, like, you can't go onto the rubber, but like you can throw from the general. That's gonna affect my ball. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

My favorite first pitch is Bill Murray was in Chicago Okay, okay, where he threw to first. Oh really? They made me laugh. That's pretty funny He like looked over shoulder and then just whipped it at first. They had to have planned that right? I don't know. I was a kid. It made me laugh. There was nobody there. The ball just went sailing. Oh, there was no- okay No, he just threw to first. Okay. The joke Your promo team is called the Blue Crew. Yeah. I got some ideas for what you guys should do.

Like, wait, well like what? I can pass them along. Good. Okay, how about this? Backwards Base is night. Backwards Base is night. Yes, you're flip-flopping first and third. They're gonna run the opposite way around.

Okay. I think it'd be fun for everybody. I mean, this sounds like a Savannah Bananas kind of thing. I'm just, baseball, every stadium is a different size. There's walls that are different. So knock it off, you're allowed to run backwards one night. The whole game or just like a inning? The whole game.

OK. Because they did like. Fine, one inning. I don't know. I'll settle for one inning. It's even crazier. They did kind of float. I mean, to that, like, I think the league kind of floated out

that idea of like the golden ball or something like that. Like if it, I don't think it's ever gonna happen But it's like if you hit a home run when it's the golden ball, okay, I'm sure like five runs or something I don't like that. I got another promotion idea for the Dodgers game ready for this. This is something I will volunteer will make it tasteful because we've blown it out of proportion with security Okay, the securities is the most important thing. Yes, but streakers on the field. We don't need to destroy them We don't need to tackle them. I get it that we don't want to but the fans love it. So here's my pitch It's it's not produced but celebrity streakers. Oh my god. Okay, wait, but so they would get naked

Yeah ish maybe maybe maybe maybe we just have like a little dong slingshot on, whatever. But we run, the security's allowed to tackle me, but I'm gonna go for it. And no one's getting arrested, everybody's gonna cheer, I'm gonna try to juke, and we'll see how long it can last. Like a fifth inning, kind of like in between innings. Yes, in between innings. You pit this. Respectful to the game stuff.

Celebrity streaker. It's pretty good. I think people would love it. I'm okay with getting laid out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. You pit this. Respectful to the game stuff. Okay, okay. A celebrity streaker. It's pretty good. I think people would love it. I'm okay with getting laid out. Oh, really? Yes.

Like I'm just saying, I don't want the consequences of now I have to go to jail. I don't want to be like my arms broken. Yeah. No, they can take me down. They can lay me out. We had one of our ball girls famously like a year or two ago who she like a fan was on the field

and was about to hop over and she kind of like helped take them down because they're part of our our team as well our greater team. So that was kind of a cool moment for her. Where do you park? Oh, we get to park on lot two. So it's like not not the it's one section over from the stadium. So it's pretty good parking. I love the Dodgers and I moved to Los Angeles in the late 90s and I hated every team and I was like, and I love sports. Hey, I'm from South Florida.

So I was like, I'm not gonna cheer for these teams, but I was like, I have to pick one team locally here that I adopt and it was the Dodgers. Mainly because I liked Vince Scully. I was like, I'll listen to him. And then it's just the most beautiful stadium. It just holds up. And people complain about the the parking but yet whenever I park in the worst possible spot You know in the lot it's still just easy enough to walk into the game

Well, I have a couple of hacks So stadium way as long as you get there in time where their spots open you can park for free on stadium way And it's not much more than a three four minute extra walk than if you're parking a lot one or two and then lot are you familiar with like lot 14? Well not by number, but I get it. So if you're looking at Dodger Stadium going up Vince Scully, it's the outdoor lot So not inside the stadium, but just to the right so that lot costs like maybe Five six bucks and you can park there for the game And again, it's not looking to save five or six bucks. Well, but the best thing about parking on these areas,

so it's not that like you're saving money, which you are, but it's more so getting out because it's the leaving that's the worst. That's true, that's true. Well, you have a different hack, Daniel. I got a different hack. I got a different hack. My hack is I don't care how much it costs

and I'm gonna leave before the game ends. But does it depend on like, if it's a close game will you stay? Or are you just out there? No, I have children with me. Yeah, yeah. When's the last time you stayed through the end of the game? Never.

I didn't stay, but when I grew up as a kid, my dad would bring me to St. Louis Cardinal games in Missouri. I mean, he never stayed. We were always like, let's go. It's a family tradition. But then what if like, get out of here. I don't even know what the end is like like you're supposed to listen to it on the radio when you drive home

That's that's how I know sporting events and last two innings are for the radio But are there ever any instances where you're like, oh my god I miss I wish I would have stayed because I miss that friends is last show I hit a grand slam to win a game Wouldn't that be neat you won the rookie of the year now did that involve breaking your arm and suddenly being able to throw a 100 mile an hour fastball? Yeah, that's a Cubs reference. So I don't, yeah, I don't, I refuse to talk about that. But no, no, it was, yeah, it was a pretty big honor.

And again, there's just this whole thing, like anything I do, I hope that I put my best foot forward and try to make a good impression. By the way, this proves what I've always thought. Hiring is the worst part of every job, and the people that work for you, for the most part, it's not their dream job, therefore they're awful at it.

And it definitely feels like it's magnified as I get older and look at younger generations. But like if you're just a hard worker and a good worker, you're gonna just do well. How quickly did you get through this? One season of the shit job? Yeah, I knew pretty early on that, yeah, that fanservice, as grateful as I am for getting that position,

that that was, I was not gonna be there long-term. You also worked for the Clippers. Yes. The stadium is beautiful. Oh, it's amazing. It's amazing. I mean, it's been winning all sorts of awards for like being like innovative and technology, all the technologies. Have you been in a game there?

No. No. You should go. You should go. Are you doing the exact same thing at the Clippers games that you do in baseball or no? It's fairly similar. I'm under the sales department team, basically. So basically for the Clippers, they sell experiences.

You can play on the court before the game? Yeah. What's that cost? Honestly, it's not that much. I feel like after you buy your actual ticket package, it might be like an extra like $10 to $20 a head. Can I hang on the rim? No.

We actually have a strict no dunking policy. We've kicked people out for trying to dunk. These guys are monsters hanging on all game long. You think I'm going to affect the rim with my 185? Wait, can you dunk? Can you touch the rim? I can definitely hang on a rim, but I don't know that I can still dunk. You can still jump, like...

Yeah, well I'm 6'4". Wow. That's not that impressive. If I was on an NBA team, they'd call me 6'6". When's the last time you... Yesterday. Wait, really? Well, I got a goal in my yard and I touched it every day.

Okay, okay. Well, we would have to kick you out if you... If you hung on it? Yeah. Even if I paid the extra $20 ahead? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Have you ever been close enough to smell James Harden's beard?

No, but we have this activation, so it's very much similar to like, kids take the field, it's called Anthem Buddies. So every game we line them up and they're standing in front of the players, but James specifically makes sure he's off to the side. So there's definitely been different occasions where like, as we're shuffling the kids off, he's definitely given me several dirty looks throughout the off to the side. So there's definitely been different occasions where as we were shuffling the kids off,

he's definitely given me several dirty looks throughout the course of the season. Because why? I think he's just, you know, he wants to get in the zone for the game so he doesn't want any distractions and so forth. So he doesn't want a child touching him? No, so I mean, he's definitely off to the side.

Like if you ever watch a game, you'll see all the players and all the kids right in front of him and he's like six feet off to the side from that. What a beard. He's got his head like this I always feel like it's cuz of the beard Are you gonna be involved in the 2028 games here in LA? That's a good question I think they just didn't they just announce a couple weeks ago that Dodger shading would be a venue So I'm assumed well, oh, that'd be fun if I'm still with the team Hopefully I am in some capacity or another

But yeah, yeah, that would be amazing same thing I think into a dome was probably gonna be a venue for some events as well So yeah, I mean we have the all-star game coming next year. So that'd be cool to into a dome So that'll be fun all-star basketball game. Yeah, that's barely something That's a notch above the in-season playoff game or what? No, no, no, no, no. I mean, it's... The only thing the NBA's gotten completely right is the play-in game.

That's fun. That's a lot of fun. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. That worked. What about you? Interested in football? Uh, I enjoy gambling on football, so... Now we're speaking my love language. So, for instance, for both baseball and basketball, I'm sure it's for all sports.

You can't gamble on that sport if you're working for the sport, at least knowingly. So that's why you won't work for the football. Well, no, no, not just that. Because you're gambling problem. Football is my, no, I don't have a, I mean, I guess I am Asian, so I have a little bit of a gambling problem, but.

Is that the stereotype that is spot on? No, yeah, but you, right? This is like, I feel like a general like Asian people like I've been in casinos my entire working career. So yeah, I'm very aware like I always poker or like anything I'll bet on sports. I love it. Yeah, and I always assume That Asians right right or wrong no more. Yeah about whatever we're about to bet on Yeah, are you a more of a blackjack guy or a poker guy over back in the day? right or wrong, no more about whatever we're about to bet on. Yeah, are you more of a blackjack guy or a poker guy?

Poker, back in the day, I used to play at the Hustler Casino constantly. Lost a lot of money there, lost a lot of money at the Hustler. Did you get free donuts at 6 a.m.? Six, no, I wasn't that much of a, you used to play until? I used to till the donut cart came around. There was a donut cart that would come?

At 6 a.m. to reward us for staying all night. Okay, okay. It was a good time. Larry Flint would roll up in his gold wheelchair. No he didn't. Yes he did. No he didn't. I saw him playing with Phil Ivey every night. All of them. Yeah. All right. Is having a wife and kid holding you back from achieving your dreams? No. No. Not at all. Because a lot of people in these sports jobs just jump around the country constantly. You're right, you're right. So I know that that's one reality that's not going to be for me. Having my daughter being married, that actually gives me more of a push and drive to do better and kind of be there to support my family.

You also have a blog that explores the hidden sides of California. Now I hate leaving my house, but if I wanted to blow my kids' minds, is there something that I should definitely I mean be doing with them? The thing is for me, they don't have to be necessarily these grandiose things. They can be, but they also can be small things. You're probably aware of that,

every September where they do the waves of flags out on the Pepperdine front lawn. I mean, I think that's something a lot of people aren't aware that they do to memorialize the people that lost their lives. But it's- I have photos of my kids in there, and we always try to find, you know,

like one or two flags from different countries so that kids can name those. Yeah, so for me, like, I'm Korean, as we kind of spoke about a little bit earlier, and so there is one Korean flag, because there was one Korean national who lost his life. Do you find the flag? Does it take you a while? It's not easy.

No, it's well, for me, because I know what the flag looks like. I get it. I know what the flag looks like. You're not that special. Are you familiar with the Malibu Hindu temple? It's like this beautifully white ornate temple on Los Virginas Canyon. That's like just before you kind of get to the tunnel if you're going out to the ocean, right? It's beautiful and it's you can visit it. We're not Hindu. No, no, yeah I mean they welcome all you know, and then I mean cuz you know, they want they want donations

So we'll walk anybody with that you don't have to donate you go to the Santa Monica Children's Museum Oh, is that the one that's in the bottom of the the pier or the main? Yeah, that little plaza on the third street at the end of it. Okay, okay. No, I'm not familiar. Well, here's the hack. Okay. You have to become a member.

Oh, okay. Okay, because they let like one hour in the morning before they let the general public come in. Okay, okay. And all the toys are arranged nicely everywhere and all the things that they interact. But then once they let the riff raff in, you just got to grab your kid and run. Chaos. It's like a tornado.

How much is the membership? I think it's a donation. Okay, okay. You know, whatever you want. Other than the early access, would you recommend it? Or are you kind of like a... Yeah, I recommend it because you're donating to, it's like a children's museum, so it's a good thing.

Two year old, like my two year old half-brother is a little bit older. Yeah, she'll have the best time, no, she'll have the best time of her life. Okay, all right. There's all kinds of things. Does she like to climb? Does she like bubbles?

You know, she's starting to really be self-sufficient I don't but she hasn't really started she loves bubbles I mean they have a they have a bubble machine that you can make literally a bubble the size of this room No, yes. Oh like we're the magicians that can kind of get inside it Well, it's different this thing you just crank this thing and it opens up the thing and then you start blowing into it And this huge wall is a bubble. And you just start blowing. And the people that work there,

they get really good with it. It's like somebody working a kiosk in a mall with a boomerang. They know how to use it. I love bubbles. I mean, that's, but what's funny is, the reason I say that is because like, I think they're fantastic.

But also I think like anytime you go to a bubble show, not a bubble show. What the fuck are you talking about a bubble show? It's like, it looks weird if just adults go. I feel like that's something where you only have kids. Cause we, my now wife, we went to, there was like this bubble magician who did a show kind of in the Long Beach area.

So like, I was excited for that. You traveled to this? Yeah, we got tickets and then of course it's all little kids. And then here's like, you know, adults without any kids watching the the bubble show So that was that was awkward. Best pizza in LA and don't pick any place that does deep dish. Just normal normal pizza Oh, I've got one for you. Hail Mary pizza in Atwater Village. Okay Are you? I don't know. I don't I haven't been there. They do it's basically New York style it's a

Sourdough crust they kind of do some crazy toppings if you get a pie there and don't and don't enjoy it I will pay for that pie. No, no, no, you know, I will love it. All right well, I don't know why we haven't discussed this yet, but I You were on the prices, right? You got to play Plinko you spun the wheel you hit a dollar to beat someone who had spun 95 cents prior. No, no. Just to lose in the showcase. No, yeah, yeah. So even more impressive, the woman...

You played Plinko. How much cash did you win in Plinko? I won almost 60,000 in Plinko. Did you have a strategy on Plinko? No! Who has a strategy on Plinko? You should know if you set it here, it's going to go in this region. I don't know. No, but it's all... You never studied it? If you set it here, it's going to go in this region. I don't know. Oh, but it's all What's the from like Jurassic Park in?

Chaos theory right like you can't even if you put it in the same spot It's not going to go the exact same path because of all the right. So anyways, I got all six or seven coins from guessing all the The items right. Mm-hmm. And so it was the 50th anniversary special too, because typically that center. Where were you there? It's been a dream of mine to be on Price is Right since I moved out to LA. There was one time we stood in line.

Dumbest dream. We stood in line in front of Television City one time. A group of you and you had t-shirts on? Yeah, yeah. And it turned out they weren't filming that day So we had like stood out for like a couple hours until security comes out And he was like you got it cuz we were like first in line, so we were like we're getting there wasn't a line No, we were the first in line, so we were all so like stoked fine security comes

I was like we're not taping right Tony there was a line that day Oh, I'm gonna start end. They called your name. Did you hug and kiss everybody that you were with? Oh, yeah. My wife gives me grief because I'm high-fiving all my friends, and I totally forget to high-five and acknowledge my wife as I'm going down. It was like, I feel bad about that.

I really truly feel bad. But then, yeah, I won. You won down. Contestants, what was the item that you had to bid on? So it was a gold necklace, which we still have today. It was valued. At the time, I think it was about $10,000. What was the item that you had a bid on? So it was a gold necklace, which we still have today It was like value at the time. It was a I think it was about ten thousand dollars What'd you bid on that necklace? So I bid you just not a ten thousand dollar Again, it was because it was the 50th anniversary. So everything was man. Everything was elevated

I got it got it got it. So my only strategy was whatever bid that I thought, you know There's only I think like one or two people, I was just gonna bid a dollar higher or go a little higher. Asshole move, got it. So I did. You just fucked those people up. And again, we all were bidding like, I haven't seen, I haven't watched it in a while.

6,000, 2,000? Not even, like yeah. And then so when Drew announces that it was like 10,000, everyone was shocked. Go up on stage. Then they reveal the first game is Plinko. And I'm like, such a winner. That like dream come true for me on top of it. Because that's that's the game you want. It's the only game that you just want cash. And again, you know, there's no there's no strategy. You just drop. You just drop the. First you got to win all the coins. But yeah. Yeah. And I got all those, you know, higher lower. I got all those right. I'm just trying to go random. But for the one that I got the $50,000 on

After the fact everyone's like why didn't you keep dropping it in the same spot? But then again, I'm like, I don't think that it works like that for plinko. It was nice. It was nice Yeah, our necklace 60,000 plinko everything else a free roll. Now, let's get to the big wheel. Yeah, so this was amazing This was amazing. So I can't remember if it was the first or second woman, but the one woman lands on the dollar Oh, so right then I'm like I'm done, you know, I am done right? So the first one I think I spin like 65 Uh-huh. Do you eyeball where the 45 is or no? No cuz you can't know wheel. It's heavy So you got you got to 45 you have got to do a little spin off with her. Yeah. So you win a thousand dollars for that.

Yes. Is that right or a hundred dollars? It's a thousand, a thousand. A thousand dollars. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, then? And then, so then we go to a playoff. So it doesn't, so I just, I had to get a dollar

just to go to a playoff. Uh-huh. Right? This is unbelievable. So then she spins and she spun. It was low. So basically it was like, any decent spin, I'm gonna move up. What'd you get?

I don't remember. Now you're in the Showcase Showdown, you're the lead guy. Yes. You pass on the first Showcase Showdown no matter what. Exactly. You don't even see it.

Well, that wasn't my... My only strategy was, if there's a boat, I'm passing. Because it's like, I've heard horror stories of it. Do you own a boat? Yeah, fuck it. Yeah, I own a boat. Isn't it awful there's a boat, I'm passing. Because I've heard horror stories of it. Do you own a boat? I don't know. Yeah, I own a boat. Isn't it awful to own a boat?

I love it. Really? Yeah, I'm a boater. Just like the storage and cleaning and all that? I don't clean it and I don't store it. I've always heard that it's awful to own a boat. Everyone says the best day for a boat owner is the day they buy and the day they sell it.

But whatever. So first, the big prize of the first batch of prizes for that first showcase, it's a boat. So I'm like, I'm passing. I'm passing. Damn it, I wish you had a boat right now. I would be too. Just driving around LA.

Oh my God, that would have been awful. But then the second one, it was a brand new BMW SUV, a trip to South Africa. I don't like these trips. Yeah, what? I don't buy it. Their trips are all weird. Wait, a trip to South Africa though. Is it first class air?

That I don't know. Yeah, but I think you can like, let's say, let's say if it's coach, I'm sure you could, right? Okay. You must be able to, cause at least for the cars, I think I heard that like, if you want a car, you can basically upgrade to whatever other model. Because you basically go to the dealership after whatever they have in partnership.

I didn't know this. I'm almost positive that that's true. But did you like the BMW that they had? Oh my God, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I was so stoked. What'd you bid? This is where the strategy bit me in the butt.

Because obviously you don't want to overbid, right? Because then you're just out of it. Well, how did she do on her bid? Here's the thing, the only reason I feel good, she was like maybe like three to $100 off. So in hindsight, it didn't matter what I bid unless I knew. $300 off? Yeah, it didn't matter.

She knows boats. Yeah, I way underbid it. Because I think I bid somewhere in like mid-40,000s, and then the package, it was like 55,000. So I was way off. You don't get to talk to the models at all? No, no. Did you get to hug any of them a little bit?

No, I wanted to hug the one, there's the one Australian guy, so he's kind of like. What? No, no, he's like. You wanted the one man, model to hug? He's like a fan favorite. He's like really, yeah, he's like, like, he's like a- You wanted the one man model to hug? He's like a fan favorite. He's like really like, yeah, he's like, yeah. So like, I was definitely, you know, like when I was up for play though- I'll be honest, this has gone downhill since Bob Barker left.

Yeah, I mean, never even seen this guy. Oh, but uh- Alright, so you met the Australian? Yeah, no I didn't. I wish I had, but I didn't. But you did prices right here in America. you do squid games in in South Korea? I don't I mean is that like that's not real what? I've heard rumblings that there is some truth to the squid games where you would potentially die. Yeah Well, it doesn't even seem but potential it's like you're definitely gonna die Yeah, it's like only one person you know win. It's like big odds. That's a tough sell

But I love children's games gifts. Everybody's on the show gets gifts. Yeah. Oh man. It's just stuff I find around my house. You're gonna love this. By the way first recently I potty trained my daughter So oh these are do you use Cotier? They're the best diapers in the world. We get Costco diapers No, no, you're gonna blow your daughter's mind. Okay. These things are amazing. Got you a couple hundred of these. Oh, they're so good I this is amazing. I just we just potty trained. This is amazing. These are the pant use the pant But don't let her sleep in the pull-ups use the the regular okay, get that off my desk This is what this is size four is in right? Yeah She'll be a four if she's not a four yet. She will be wait is your two-year-old in pull-ups yet?

No, my two-year-old's potty trained. That's why I'm giving you the diapers your two-year-old's already potty trained She's two six two and a half so it's it's not a competition Okay, my kids learn things at different rates. No, that's him. No, but two's still pretty early She's I'll be honest like she started she's fully now. That's why I'm giving you the diapers Is she is she in a bed started at one for no, she's still a grip. Okay, she likes her Great no, no, this is amazing. This is a nice sleep sack. I don't we don't need it anymore Wait, this is huge. No. No, it's not huge. No, it's it'll be kind of moist It's no it's nice. It's moist. Whatever. Wash it again. Here's some cute

Wait, this this is this what's a two-year-old Yeah, these are do they don't work for her anymore. Oh, so these are pre-worn yes, they're pre-worn You're not getting anything that isn't used. I don't like this anymore in my house. My wife likes it. This you bring anywhere for her. Oh my god, that's adorable. But it also has straps so that you can hook it to, like you can bring it to a restaurant and put it on and it can be their booster cheese. It's a lot nicer than a restaurant one, but I told my wife, I'm like, we're done. She doesn't use it anymore. She's like, we're gonna love it. Okay, alright, alright, alright. Thank you. No, this is amazing. Some of it is. Isn't there a tray for that? Oh, I forgot. I'll grab that. I'll get, I'm like we're done. She doesn't use it anymore. She sits. Okay. All right. Thank you No, this is amazing. Some of it is isn't there a tray for that. I forgot I'll grab that I'll get I'll send you the tray

I'll send you there's a trade ago. Great. Here's some sweaters and some dresses my god look at this one says Paris Oh, it's so cute. She'll love it Bunch of dresses. This is amazing. No. No, I know no this is I will wholeheartedly we will wholeheartedly Here's a dog that poops Yeah, whatever show us some Got our big coloring book. Oh my god get this dog off my desk. This is amazing I know this has never been used. I don't think or maybe what it's just a huge blanket for picnics But uh like when you go to the parks, but it's big my wife's like why did you get it so big? There's no I always feel like you want a bigger. That's what I thought but now it's too big like my wife

Like we're taking up half the park What oh that's amazing well now you got a big blanket I don't know how I'm gonna take this all back with me. No we'll get you something okay. Well you got a name price cats Here's a cat. I don't know how I'm gonna take this all back with me. No, we'll get you something. Okay. Well you got a name with price. For cats, here's a cat. I don't like cats. Here's a ball. Wait is that a cat? Yeah, it's a cat. It's got whiskers. Like a... Whatever. Why, where's the... Sunshades. I don't need those. Hate those things. You ever use those on your car? We do. These are kind of old. Yeah throw them away.

These are kind of old. Yeah, throw them away. Throw them away. Wait, I brought... where were they? I brought you gifts. I don't want anything! No, well it's also for your kids as well. Hold on, let me see what you... you brought me... Is this from Nordstrom Rack?

No, no, that's just the bag. Well, it's funny that you mentioned Vin. Because this is a Vin bobblehead. A Vin bobblehead. That's, well, it's funny that you mentioned Vin, because this is a Vin bobblehead. A Vin bobblehead, that's not bad, guys. So that's for you, that's for you. I like Vin. This is for your son, a Mookie Betts bobblehead. He doesn't like Mookie.

Wait, how does he not like Mookie Betts? No, he does. Okay, and then this is for your daughter, little Dodger Hello Kitty plush. Look at this, I actually, that wasn't even for you, I always have my Dodger cap. I got a lot of hats They love it. I know I'm just letting you know that I actually am a Dodger fan Oh, okay, but you but you didn't you didn't put it on it all during this well

I'm not gonna wear a hat during the interview. Okay, but then why is it here? Cuz I cuz I wore it here. Oh, I got it. I got it. I don't live here. Okay, okay Thank you very much you want no no yeah, yeah, by the way. Yes, let me tell you a complaint about Dodger Stadium Okay, you could do better to put more Toy type things in the gift shop. You'd make a killing. There's nothing Yeah, the dumb Dodger dog that's like a gross shade of pink. Yeah, or the rally monkey There's like three things that my and, which store have you gone to? Have you gone to the top deck store?

The top deck store is our main store. I don't go up to the top. I go to the entrance... The store right on the entrance way. And the outfield on the right there when you walk in. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mike, thanks for being on the show. I appreciate it. Thank you for having me. That was fun. Just like great shoes, great books take you places.

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This week's free plug is for the Beverly Hills Horseshoe Club in beautiful Beverly Hills, Florida. Huh? Interesting. Beverly Hills, Florida. Huh? Interesting. Beverly Hills, Florida. I've never heard of it. I, I've lived in Florida. Where is that?

Above Tampa. Above T that's no man's land up there above Tampa. It's located just off state road. Four 91, not rodeo drive. Uh, they have 24 clay courts, mostly in shaded areas. That's fancy. It's like Roland Garros, the red clays of Beverly Hills, Florida at the horseshoe club, uh, the courts are open during daylight hours, seven days a week for

anyone who wishes to play or practice. Both club members and Non-members may make use of the facility. Okay, that makes no fucking sense What's the point of a membership? Maybe a membership gives you a deal by the way, you guys play horseshoes I have I have a horseshoe pit up in Tahoe and I like I like to throw the shoes around First of all, very dangerous. Yes. Heavy, they're heavy.

Now, I know if you get a ringer, is that three points? That's how we play. The farthest away from the stick that you can, is it called a stick or post, whatever, it's only the width of one horseshoe. Anything past that doesn't count at all. So you get one point for that and three points for a ringer. And what are you supposed to play to? Because we always played a

five because if not it takes too long. Yes I thought 21. 21 is what you're supposed to play to? Yeah I don't know what you're supposed to. I've never done it. They hold a full schedule of sanctioned tournaments on the second Saturday of the month. Is that coming up? You figure that out. Look at a calendar. I don't know when you're listening to this. They also conduct handicap leagues. Do we say handicap?

It probably shouldn't. That's out of their website. That's from their website. They should update their website. They have handicap leagues at 9 a.m. Not who, 9 a.m.? You know how long it takes them to get up and do all the things to get out the door?

It's quite a bit of, yeah. Them. You know long it takes them to get up and get do all the things to get out the door You know what I meant, you know, no I get it that's it That's I think it should be that they should get a nice afternoon. I guess in Florida though You don't want to be too late in the day. That's true. Or maybe they're talking about amateur horseshoe pitchers like What's their handicap? I don't I don't get it. Well, anyway, this is the Beverly Hills Horseshoe Club in Beverly Hills, Florida. That sounds like a good time. See you next week. So what happened at Chappaquiddick?

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