Chicago Bears Injuries | Chicago Bulls Fall to 6-5 | What's up with Joe Maddon?

Summary

Dan Bernstein Unfiltered – Episode Summary

Date: November 13, 2025
Episode: Chicago Bears Injuries | Chicago Bulls Fall to 6-5 | What's up with Joe Maddon?
Host: Dan Bernstein
Co-host/Producer: Matt Abbatacola
Podcast Theme: Straight-shooting Chicago sports talk, covering major teams with unfiltered opinion, humor, and plenty of local flavor.

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Episode Overview

This episode opens with Dan Bernstein's furious reaction to the Chicago Bulls' ugly loss to the Pistons, a performance that punctured early optimism about the Bulls' season. The show navigates through radio play-by-play peculiarities, the Bulls' lack of effort, Joe Maddon's bitterness and legacy, NFL injury reports (with a Bears focus), and an amusing detour into the Pope's favorite movies. There’s a distinct mixture of sharp sports analysis, storytelling, and Chicago-style comedic riffing throughout.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Bulls Fall to 6-5: A Crushing Loss & A Dose of Reality

• Dan’s Immediate Reaction (01:09):
  Opens directly with, “Bulls. That ain’t it, man. That was a absolute turd of a basketball game last night. As excited as I've been about this team... that was—I was so angry.”
  • Attributes his mood partly to being stuck in traffic, forced to listen to the Pistons’ radio call via SiriusXM, which leads to a long riff on old-school radio broadcasting.
• Pistons’ Play-by-Play Critique (02:52):
  Dan and Matt lampoon the legendary George Blaha’s radio style—described as, “Like someone’s at the game describing it to him… he’s passing along what he’s hearing.”
• Bulls’ Complacency & Roster Breakdown (06:26–08:10):
  • Dan rips the Bulls for failing to take advantage of a depleted Pistons lineup:

    “Everybody on the Pistons took the night off… and they still beat the Bulls. They embarrassed the Bulls because the Bulls got punched in the mouth by a bunch of hungry mofos that wanted to prove themselves.” (07:01)

  • Cites the Bulls’ wasted depth, poor free throw shooting (19/28), 21 turnovers, and lackluster play from Dalen Terry (“God awful”).
• Blaming Adam Amin (11:56):
  Jokingly blames Adam Amin’s return to the TV booth for the Bulls' woes:

  “It's Adam Amin's fault that they're bad. Because I knew he was coming back…he ruined everything.”

• Summary Quote (15:11):

  “All I needed was somebody on the radio going, Bulls are bad. Bulls are bad. Bulls are bad.”

Key Timestamps

• [01:09-15:11] — Bulls-Pistons recap, radio play-by-play riffing, Bulls’ flaws, and comedic interludes about technology and AM radio.

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2. Josh Giddey: Stat Nuggets and NBA Triple-Doubles

• Giddey’s Rising Star (23:26):
  Dan highlights Josh Giddey’s 20 career triple-doubles at age 23, putting him ahead of many all-time greats.
• Historical Context (24:05–25:06):
  • Discusses triple-double leaders, from Westbrook (1st) to Giannis, noting, “Michael Jordan only had 28. Giddey is going to rise on this list in a hurry.”
  • Matt: “He’ll pass Jordan this year.”
  • Dan: “Yeah…unless Jordan comes back to play. I just thought that was wild.” (25:16)

Key Timestamps

• [23:25–26:37] — Giddey’s stats, historical comparison, humor about Michael Jordan returning.

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3. Joe Maddon: From Chicago God to Bitter Ex

Main theme: The changing role of baseball managers and Joe Madon’s inability to adapt or stay positive in public.

• Maddon’s Decline & the Giants Hiring (31:25–32:28):
  • Discussing the hiring of Tony Vitello (college coach) by the Giants, Joe Maddon’s reaction:

    “To think somebody can just do what you took 20 some years to be considered qualified to, it's kind of insulting.”
    (Quote from Joe Maddon, [32:28])

• Dan’s Disappointment:

  “Every time he opens his mouth, he sounds more angry and bitter… Cubs fans were smart enough to not venerate a guy who nearly lost the World Series for you.” ([33:38]–[34:20])

• Analysis of Baseball’s Evolution:
  • Joe was once the “old hippie guy willing to embrace all the new,” now can’t recognize how the game evolved beyond him ([36:02]).
• Fairness of New Hires:
  • Matt: Emphasizes that Tony Vitello’s college coaching success is meaningful:

    “It's not like he's walking into this not knowing what baseball is…that just sounds angry and bitter.”* ([36:35–37:08])

• Concluding Thoughts:
  • Dan: “I don't need to hear from Joe Madden anymore. I really don't.” ([40:17])

Key Timestamps

• [31:25–42:08] — Joe Maddon’s place in Cubs history, bitterness, generational shifts in baseball management.

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4. Chicago Bears: Injury Report & Updates

• Host Recites Injuries (43:09 ff):

  • “Cover your eyes, cover your... Don’t cover your ears because that wouldn’t be good for right now.”

• Lists a litany of Bears injury concerns:

  • “Jaquan Brisker, did not practice with a back. TJ Edwards, did not practice…DJ Moore, DNP with the shoulder.”
  • Continues with further names and updates, expressing uncertainty about exact return dates.

• Ben Johnson on Bears DBs ([43:32]):
  Audio quote:

  “We should be able to get them back at some point… but kind of to be determined on when those clocks will start clicking.”

  • Dan and Matt read between the lines — “It just didn’t sound good.”
  • Jokes about whether “in the weight room” means progress or just passing the time.

Key Timestamps

• [42:10–45:25] — Bears injuries, Ben Johnson’s vague reassurances, the reality of NFL health updates.

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5. The Pope’s Movie List & Comedic Local References

• Pontiff’s Picks (48:52):
  • “It’s a Wonderful Life, The Sound of Music, Ordinary People, and Life is Beautiful.”
• Chicago Twist:
  • Hilarious riffs on what would make for a “cool Pope”— if all four faves were "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" or obscure cult films.

    "All four of them are Paul Blart, Mall Cop." (50:48)

• Local Color:
  • References to Chicago pizza joints near the Vatican and local cinema culture.
  • Dan, deadpan: “Great pizza place about a block away, though. No shit. Great pizza. Alice.” (53:04)
• Movie Jokes:
  • Imagines the Pope as a Tarantino superfan; Caddyshack or Blazing Saddles as his favorites.
  • Satirical grading: “I give it six of the host. And a glass of sacramental wine.” (55:38)

Key Timestamps

• [47:08–55:45] — Catholic cinema picks, local Chicago flavor, and rapid-fire comedic riffs.

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Notable Quotes

| Timestamp | Quote | Speaker | |--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------| | 01:09 | “Bulls. That ain’t it, man. That was a absolute turd of a basketball game last night.” | Dan Bernstein| | 07:01 | “They beat the shit out of the Bulls. They embarrassed the Bulls because the Bulls got punched in the mouth…” | Dan Bernstein| | 08:10 | “They were complacent is what happened. This Bulls team… played complacent basketball… They couldn’t hit a free throw…” | Dan Bernstein| | 11:56 | “It's Adam Amin's fault that the Bulls sucked. Everything was fine with the Bulls, and he ruined everything.” | Dan Bernstein| | 23:39 | “Did you know that Josh Giddey has 20 career triple doubles?” | Dan Bernstein| | 32:28 | “[Joe Maddon:] … It's kind of insulting. The prerequisites to get jobs… don’t require the years of experience…”| Joe Maddon (quoted)| | 34:26 | “Cubs fans were smart enough to not venerate a guy who nearly lost the World Series for you.” | Dan Bernstein| | 40:17 | “I don't need to hear from Joe Madden anymore. I really don't. …the guy's really, really just wasting everybody's time.”| Dan Bernstein| | 50:48 | “All four are Paul Blart, Mall Cop…Yes, I'm serious.” | Dan Bernstein| | 55:38 | “I give it six of the host. And a glass of sacramental wine.” | Dan Bernstein|

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Episode Flow & Tone

• Language & Tone:
  Trademark Bernstein—irreverent, self-deprecating, openly critical, with banter, tangents, and offbeat Chicago references.
• Structure:
  Begins with Bulls frustration, veers into radio/media and tech complaints, grounds analysis with statistical deep-dives and sharp critique, and always brings things back local—whether it’s rants about car radios, old-school announcers, or Chicago pizza.
• Humor:
  Vibrant, with extended riffs about AM radio (“For all I know, every station in her car is George Blaha”), blaming Adam Amin for Bulls’ struggles, and turning the Pope’s movie picks into a running gag.

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• [01:09–15:11] — Bulls loss: game recap, play-by-play broadcast humor, team evaluation
• [23:25–26:37] — Josh Giddey’s triple-double stats and NBA history context
• [31:25–42:08] — The legacy and bitterness of Joe Maddon; evolution of MLB management
• [42:10–45:25] — Bears injury report, Ben Johnson’s cautious optimism, player status
• [47:08–55:45] — The Pope’s movie list, Chicago movie chatter, comedic riffing

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Takeaways for New Listeners

• Bulls fans: This episode will be cathartic after a bad loss—Dan expresses your anger, picks apart the failings, and skewers any false positivity.
• Chicago sports devotees: There’s wide-ranging, passionate banter encompassing MLB, NBA, and NFL—always with a local, sometimes curmudgeonly, lens.
• Podcast style: Expect sharp opinions, expert-level stats, local humor, and a conversational format with extended digressions. Ads and generic intros/outros are skipped or joked about.

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Bottom line:
A classic episode—raw Chicago honesty, zany tangents, blistering sports insight, and no shortage of memorable one-liners. Bernstein and Abbatacola invite you straight into the conversation, whether you’re frustrated about the Bulls, nostalgic about 2016, or amused at the thought of the Pope binging “Paul Blart: Mall Cop.”

Transcript

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[Dan Bernstein]

Dsw.Com Dan Bernstein Unfiltered Unfiltered on 312Sports hey, Bulls. That ain't it, man. That. No, no, no, no, no. That was a absolute turd of a basketball game last night. As excited as I've been about this team and the, the pleasant surprise of six and oh, and people getting all over their skis. Oh my God. They could be the four seed. Really. That was. I was so angry. First, I can tell you why that I was just really angry last night and part of my mood was bad because I was stuck in traffic listening to the start of the game. And we're in my wife's car and she doesn't have any a.m. or so I'm listening on Sirius XM and I'm getting the Pistons feed of the game. Did you know George, blah blah, George Blaha is still doing their play by play? I did not that George Blaha has been doing their play by play since I was a little kid. That's like, I mean, he's still there. He's got to be a hundred years old and it's not even really play by play. His voice is great. He's in really good voice and it's George Blaha and Rick Mahorn and it's as if someone else is at the game describing it to him and then he's passing along what he's hearing from the person who's at the game. He's 80. He is 80.

[Co-host]

80 years old.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, he. And he kind of. He sounds like. He still sounds announcer y, but he's basically excited that he's identified who has the ball. And that's Herder. And. Ooh, that's. That's a nice play. And it's. It's not. It's not radio play by play. I don't know what it is. It's a guy. I'm telling you. It's like someone else. Is it like his grandson is at the game telling Grandpa what's going on?

[Co-host]

They're on the phone together.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. And then he's saying what someone else at the game is seeing.

[Co-host]

I can't remember the last time I checked in on a Pistons broadcast. Me.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, my God. How is.

[Co-host]

How is blah with Mahorn? How's that sound?

[Dan Bernstein]

And it's hard. It's almost. It's almost like cubist. Cubist play by play. Like describing Guernica to someone. It's impossible to really see or understand quite what's happening. It's like he's reading a ticker. Like the guy in Bull Durham.

[Co-host]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

Sort of.

[Co-host]

And that's how he's doing the play by play.

[Dan Bernstein]

Right?

[Guest or Contributor]

Or.

[Dan Bernstein]

Or. Or he's reading the printed play by play.

[Co-host]

Why doesn't Beth's car have AM radio?

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't know what's going on? I couldn't figure it out. And I was driving.

[Co-host]

Okay. So.

[Dan Bernstein]

And I asked her.

[Co-host]

It didn't have it.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, it was. It's new. It's a new car. And. Yeah.

[Co-host]

You just couldn't figure it out. It doesn't mean it doesn't know it.

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't think it has it. And she didn't. She didn't think it had because every time she gets a new car, by the time the lease is up, we haven't figured anything out.

[Co-host]

Okay?

[Dan Bernstein]

So the other car, we didn't know how to get AM radio. And then the lease was up, and then we got a new car, and by the time the lease is up on this one, like, we didn't even know there was, like, a backseat seat warmer in the other car until we turned it in.

[Co-host]

Okay, so I might need a simpler car.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, no. This car's impossible. All these cars are impossible. We don't know.

[Co-host]

I'd say maybe get it easier.

[Dan Bernstein]

We don't know how anything works.

[Co-host]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

And they explain it to us. Like, they say, okay, do you want a tutorial of the car? And then I, halfway through, I zone out and we drive it off the lot. And then when we turn it in, there's all these things we never knew we had. Yeah. So I don't even know how it works.

[Guest or Contributor]

Maybe.

[Dan Bernstein]

For all I know, every station in her car is George Blaha. It'll be like, you turn on 971 of the drive, and it's George Blaha. George Blaha. Trying to explain Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[Co-host]

It's generally. There's a button that says am.

[Dan Bernstein]

Don't even. Don't. No, it's all. There's no dials. It's all.

[Co-host]

Yeah, touchscreen.

[Dan Bernstein]

Touchscreen.

[Co-host]

Everything should be am.

[Dan Bernstein]

Just.

[Co-host]

Okay. All right, well, I'll let it go.

[Dan Bernstein]

When Jason gets home.

[Co-host]

That makes better sense that you just can't figure it out. Not that it doesn't.

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't think it has it. New cars don't have am. So anyway.

[Co-host]

Okay, anyway. The Bulls.

[Dan Bernstein]

So I can't really figure out what's going on in the first quarter. I just knew that they were bad, and they're missing free throws and they're bad, and they're barely even saying what. What's happening with the Bulls. And you have to go by the. When the crowd cheers, so you'll hear the crowd cheer or boo or react. And then a little while later, there might be a reference to what actually happened.

[Co-host]

Well, I was listening in the radio on am, and I had to go to slammers, pick the boys up from baseball practice. And I decided to get out of the car and just stand in the back of the car to get some fresh air because it was a nice night. Yeah, I left the car. They were down 19 or 20 points.

[Dan Bernstein]

Just don't.

[Co-host]

So then Hank comes out, and he was like. He's on his phone. He's like, bulls are down three. And I'm like, no, they're not, dude. They're getting killed. He's like, dad, they're down by three. And he shows me the screen. I'm like, what the hell?

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, they should have been up by 100. Everybody on the Pistons took the night off. All five of their start. The Pistons started.

[Co-host]

Yeah, Cunningham was out.

[Dan Bernstein]

They're all out. They started Duncan Robinson, Paul Reed, Ron Holland. They started Javante. They started Ron Howard, Ron Holland, Javante Green, and Danis Jenkins.

[Co-host]

Oh, so that's a warpier.

[Dan Bernstein]

Their bench. Their bench was Tol. Olu Smith, Wendell Moore Jr. Bobby Clinton, Karras Lavert, and Chaz Lanier.

[Co-host]

So they just took the night off just because.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes.

[Co-host]

And they still beat the Bulls.

[Dan Bernstein]

They beat the Shit out of the Bulls. They embarrassed the Bulls because the Bulls got punched in the mouth by a bunch of hungry mofos that wanted to prove themselves. And what it did was the reason it hurt so much is because it punctured the whole Bulls early mentality of star. But boy, we can. We're going to use our depth and our pace and we're going to out scrap you. And the Pistons are like, okay, we.

[Co-host]

Don'T have a star playing tonight, but we're going to, we're going to, we're going to take it to you.

[Dan Bernstein]

You don't have a star. All right, watch Paul reed go for 28 and 13 and six assists and four steals and a block.

[Co-host]

Well, all I know is they were down 19. Hank tells me they're down three. We get in the car, I listen to the end of the game and then they lose.

[Dan Bernstein]

They played so hard. That Pistons team, they are rugged. I can only imagine what their practices must be like. Oh boy, if this is, if this is your second unit, they, they were just walking in, taking the ball away, they were throwing it down to Vuch and Vuch would look around and somebody just going to rip the ball out of his hand.

[Co-host]

Six and five now is that okay?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. But this was. I hope, I hope Billy Donovan. Mild mannered Billy Donovan players coach, always deferential Billy, if this doesn't offend your basketball sensibilities, if this doesn't make you angry as a coach for everything you stand for, for everything about which they really want to be proud in this early season. This cut their heart out. They were complacent is what happened. This Bulls team, a lineup of Isaac Okoro, Modest Bouzelis, Nicole Avuchevich, Kevin Herder, Trey Jones. They played complacent basketball the damn. They couldn't hit a free throw. They couldn't hit a damn free throw. They finished the night 19 of 28 from the foul line. Dalen Terry was one of four. God, he was just God awful. You want to play your way out of a rotation, play like that. You want to lose your job in a few weeks to Noah Esengay, play like that. And no, they didn't have Giddy and no, they didn't have Kobe White. But they, they looked for like they just had somewhere to be or they didn't care. The kicking the ball all over the place. Turned it over 21 times.

[Co-host]

Well, every time I was, when I was listening it just, it just seemed like I heard the Bulls radio call this lavert. I just kept hearing Lavert's name. Was he like, all over?

[Dan Bernstein]

He's. Yeah, he got wherever he wanted with.

[Co-host]

I mean, that's what it's. It seemed like he was doing because obviously I had no visual listening on.

[Dan Bernstein]

The radio ever he wanted with the ball.

[Co-host]

I just kept hearing his name over and over and over and over.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, at least you were listening to radio that knew that there was a game going on. I'm sorry. I know, I know. George Blaha is a legend. I don't want this to blow up and say that I hate South Sudanese basketball, but.

[Co-host]

But you do.

[Dan Bernstein]

But George Blaha is a living legend. But good God, man, it's radio. You can. You can put an old TV guy out to pasture because you can see it. I don't. I know. I know. Piston fans love that voice. They grew up with that voice. Yeah, but. Jesus Christ, you gotta tell me what's happening. I'm not there. I'm tuning in. Tell me what's happening.

[Co-host]

You know, what did George would tell you? He would tell you to figure out how to work your AM radio.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's what he would tell you. Yeah, I know, but he's. I mean, it's a serious exam. It's crystal clear sound. Yeah. And you get to hear the local commercials. I love that. Yeah. When you get to hear, like for the Detroit car dealers and like their version of the window. It's like Detroit window guy.

[Co-host]

I don't have a.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's schmuss schmarmstrong. The Detroit window guy.

[Co-host]

I don't have serious in my car. I just. I don't wanna pay for it. Natalie has. In her car. So when I'm in her car. Okay. See, I always. I always listen to other stuff. It's fine.

[Dan Bernstein]

I didn't know I had it, but because Beth has it, I can get the app. I have the app on my phone and it goes through Apple carplay on my car. So I have it.

[Co-host]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

And I realized that. Cause Yacht Rock conked out on her other car and they couldn't figure out why we lost Yacht Rock.

[Co-host]

Wow. No AM radio or yacht Rock. Jesus, why would you drive ever?

[Dan Bernstein]

I threw a fit without yacht. The sound of my summer is as long as it's not Jay Ferguson and Thunder Island. I just. I got sick of Thunder Island.

[Co-host]

But I.

[Dan Bernstein]

You know, give me. Give me all the Kenny Loggins and all the Michael McDonald.

[Co-host]

I know you love the Yacht Rock.

[Dan Bernstein]

And when we.

[Co-host]

That life you live.

[Dan Bernstein]

Right, Exactly. Because I'm always on my bro. But they. But. Good Lord. And then they came home and everything felt worse. It was one of those games that, like, looked weird on the tv and Adam Amin was back. You know what? It's his fault. I'm blaming Adam Amin.

[Co-host]

Okay?

[Dan Bernstein]

It's Adam Amin's fault that the Bulls sucked. Everything was fine until everything was fine with the Bulls, and he ruined everything.

[Co-host]

Adam Amin?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. Yes. It's Adam Amin's fault that they're bad. Because I knew he was coming back and I expected. Okay, he's back with Stacy and they're singing their songs and all that. Nothing against Wayne or Connor Onion, the made up guy.

[Co-host]

You see, like, no, they made up.

[Dan Bernstein]

A thing called Connor Onion. And he sounds like ESPN baritone.

[Co-host]

That's a guy doing Bulls games. He did Connor Onion.

[Dan Bernstein]

Are you. I didn't made it up. His name is. It's a real. It's a real dude. And he does. He's. He's like the, like, perfect, like, ESPN voice, play by play guy. I think he does big ten network stuff. Look him up. He's there. Actual dude. But Adam Amin's back and he ruined everything. He made the Bull. He. Adam Amin ruined Bulls basketball. Okay, well, fix it, Adam.

[Co-host]

Something's got to go.

[Dan Bernstein]

Then he's got to fix it because, God, they were horrendous. Like, as bad as you think they were. They were worse.

[Co-host]

Yeah, I'm lucky. I didn't see any of it. I just got to hear it now. I'm gonna have to go listen to George Blaha. No broadcast. No, I need to hear it now. I need to hear what it's gotten to.

[Dan Bernstein]

And the great. He. He has a beautiful voice. So it's not unpleasant in. It's just not play by play. Yeah, it's. It's sort of like it. Because everything's a little bit late. And then he's. He's. He seems pleased to know who the players are and then sort of excited where he mentioned, like, that's Tre Jones and of course he's the brother of Tyus Jones. Like. Ah, yes, he is. But where is he and what is he doing?

[Co-host]

Where's the ball?

[Dan Bernstein]

Right where. You never know where the ball is. You barely know that the ball's in play. But it's okay because he's beloved. Yeah, you just. You can like, like the whole Hawk Harrelson thing or Harry Carey or whatever it is when you're kind of riding the old war horse into the.

[Co-host]

Yeah, but that's tv.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's so.

[Co-host]

It's fine.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's. It's okay.

[Co-host]

See what's happening. There's a cameraman following the ball around.

[Dan Bernstein]

The idea of radio play by play is I can't see it.

[Co-host]

Generally speak.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's.

[Co-host]

That's. Yeah. Generally speaking, if you're listening on the.

[Dan Bernstein]

Radio, you can't see and you know what's happening. And I told you, one of my. One of my regular anxiety dreams is the play by play dream.

[Co-host]

Oh, I thought it was the late for class.

[Dan Bernstein]

I get that all the college or high school. I didn't know this course was on my schedule or I didn't get the.

[Co-host]

Syllabus or you're doing the presentation in a dress.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, no, I do that. That's. That's a pleasurable dream.

[Co-host]

That way you have it.

[Dan Bernstein]

But believe me, public speaking, I don't get anxiety dream about public speaking. Generally, like being in front of people, it's all. But the play by play dream is they put me in a spot where I can't see the game. That's what it usually is. Well, no one else from visiting radio ever complains. Yeah, but I'm outside the stadium, I can't see the game. I can't call the game. Well, I don't know. This is visiting radio. It always has been. Nobody else ever calls George's grandkid.

[Co-host]

He'll. He'll update you. Right.

[Dan Bernstein]

It just kind of like somebody in the building has to tell me what's going on so I can call the game. And that was. That's what. Whatever this sort of avant garde, artistic version of one level abstracted play by play is. So I was already mad because I knew the Bulls were shite and I wasn't. Maybe it was better that I didn't get a clear description of it, that I got this hazy description of what was happening. That was basically all I needed was somebody on the radio going, bulls are bad. Bulls are bad. Bulls are bad. Bulls are bad. And then I could get home and turn on the TV and blame Adam Amin for the bad. Look, 124 to 113 and just horrendous. It's like they just said. They came out, they decided, are we interested tonight? Now we're the Chicago Bulls. We don't have to try. Good Lord, man. Everything. Your whole identity of pace and scrappy and like stupid shots and stupid fouls and missing free throws. And then there was nobody there for a while and they. Like, in the third quarter, all the seats are empty. There was just something bad about it. So stop doing that. Get better. Play better. I hope Billy just has A bag skate today. I hope he brings him out to practice and does the old practice with no basketballs.

[Co-host]

Well, there's a reason why The Pistons are 10 and 2.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, I know, but that was their second unit. It was their third unit. These are two way guys. I know, but Dan Green, my guy.

[Co-host]

What'D you think of this team? I mean this team is competing for the play in games.

[Dan Bernstein]

I understand who they are. I know, I know this is not a team that's competing. I'm just most mad about not trying. I never like against. Against Wemby. I wasn't mad when mad. What are you gonna do? You know you're losing to an alien. I'm not mad about that.

[Co-host]

I saw block, I saw block last night where he's. There's a point guard going around a screen and the point guard goes up and he doesn't even jump.

[Dan Bernstein]

He doesn't have to.

[Co-host]

Catches the ball and he just one handed. He just brings it back down.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's like playing with your kid in the basement.

[Co-host]

It's terrible.

[Dan Bernstein]

He's doing Nerf.

[Co-host]

I mean it's a grown man dribble in the ball and he just stands there.

[Dan Bernstein]

Not just a grown NBA player. Yeah, he's doing Nerf hoop stuff. Stuff you do in the hallway of your dormitory.

[Co-host]

I mean, I know the five, zero start was fun.

[Dan Bernstein]

Six zero, right?

[Co-host]

Six and. Oh, right, six zero, is it six zero.

[Dan Bernstein]

It lost five in a row.

[Co-host]

They lost four in a row.

[Dan Bernstein]

Four in a row.

[Co-host]

Yeah. So they were, they were five and one. Okay, five and one. They've lost four in a row now. And I know that was a fun start and it was exciting and Josh Giddy was playing out of his mind. But I mean like, you had to know that's what, that's not who the team was.

[Dan Bernstein]

But you talk about having it all happen at once. Yeah, this wasn't like death by a thousand cuts. This was. They came in, they took a meat cleaver and they hacked you in the chest. They pulled your beating heart out, took bites out of it and shoved what was left back in.

[Co-host]

And then nine plays, eight right in the play in game. So right now they're playing Toronto. So there you go. You got the playing game to look forward to.

[Dan Bernstein]

Just, I mean, come on, man. And I know Billy won't do it because he's too nice and he's so player deferential and he's going to maybe, you know, let the veterans talk and let them kind of figure it out because that's what he does, but. Oh, boy. And I know it's the wrong thing to do. This is just me. But like, that is. You don't get basketballs. You show up at practice and the ball rack is empty. And we're going to have a little talk. I want you to run through our stuff. You can pretend, but you don't. You don't deserve to touch a basketball for the first series of practice.

[Co-host]

All right, let's see how that would go. Maybe they could have George do play by play on that. Maybe do play by play without a ball.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, he's doing it without a game. It's all right.

[Co-host]

I gotta find current George Blaha. Need to check that out.

[Dan Bernstein]

But at first you're like, oh, I know that voice. And he kind of. He's got a little bit of a Bob Euchre kind of sound to him. There's a little bit of pukey, but his voice sounds great. I'm not worried about the. I'm just. I don't know if he's at the game. It might be like a work from home thing. I don't know, man. But it's a legend.

[Co-host]

Well, if you can get that gig. Living legend doing NBA games from home.

[Dan Bernstein]

Just. I don't know what's going on, but I don't think he was at the game. Okay. And I'm sure he's a lovely guy and everybody's gonna get mad at me now. Well, dad Bernstein said bad things about George Blaha. How dare you?

[Co-host]

That's right. People are always gonna.

[Dan Bernstein]

We're the well spoken torch wielding mobile. We're going to show up. We share. We only have one torch and we share it.

[Co-host]

I made Notre Dame fans mad yesterday. But here's the thing though. I heard more. More positive thoughts of course on that because I think I'm in the majority of people that don't like Notre Dame.

[Dan Bernstein]

So there's a.

[Co-host]

Well, you stop being mean to George. Blah.

[Dan Bernstein]

Fine. I want us instead. I'll say.

[Co-host]

And Lou Aldang.

[Dan Bernstein]

Let me say nice things about Josh.

[Co-host]

What if George Blaha and Luol Dang end up doing Bulls play by play.

[Dan Bernstein]

One day or South Sudanese play by play.

[Co-host]

Well, you know, you're not watching that.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, I have to watch it. But everybody thinks that I. That I hate South Sudanese basketball. I should mention that we are brought to you here. I'm sorry, I got. I guess so waylaid by my Bulls thoughts that we're brought to you in partnership with my bookie. I'm Dan Bernstein. That's Matt about a cola if I hadn't told you yet, but you already know because it's a podcast and it's not radio and I have to unlearn some of these habits. Deep breath. Get my heart rate down. Good. Okay.

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[Dan Bernstein]

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[Co-host]

Well, yeah, it's. It's even bigger than that. It's top 10 Vikings.

[Dan Bernstein]

It is our second go round at top 10 Vikings. I'm very excited because of all the Vikings that I missed last time. And I am also looking forward because Fridays and Mondays I am on terrestrial radio. If you are listening on your morning drive, you should be listening to the Drive 97.1FM the Drive. Chicago's classic rock. And I am on every Monday and Friday with with those two goofs behind this wall here, Sherman and Tingle. 8:15 Dan Bernstein at 8:15 Mondays and Fridays on 97.1fm. So make sure you listen to that. I want to say Something nice about Josh Giddey.

[Co-host]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

They obviously need him. Did you know. Did you know that Josh Giddey has 20 career triple doubles?

[Co-host]

No.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay. I kind of knew that. So here's what's amazing.

[Co-host]

Well, I knew he had. He had back to back games and it was the first time since Jordan he has 20.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay. Career triple doubles.

[Co-host]

20 career triple doubles.

[Dan Bernstein]

And we were looking at the list on organizations win championships on Tuesday because I was very interested to look at the active leaders in triple doubles.

[Co-host]

For Bulls.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, just all over. Okay. Just to see who's where. Yep. You know, and you know, Westbrook is number one all time. Oscar Robertson, you got a lot of, you know, then It's Jokic, Magic, LeBron, Jason Kidd, Luca Harden, Wilt Chamberlain and number 10. Surprise me. D' Amata Sab Bonus has 68, which is ahead of Larry Bird at 59. Giannis is at 56, and Bird's not getting anymore. Draymond Green's at 30. Bob Cousy, Draymond Green and Ben Simmons all at 33. And then you start going down this list. Josh Giddey is only 23 years old. Josh Giddey's tied with Charles Barkley with 20. And Josh Giddey is going to rise on this list in a hurry. Michael Jordan only had 28 career triple doubles. Elgin Baylor only had 26. Johnny Havlicheck had 31. Grant Hill had 29.

[Co-host]

I mean, he'll pass Jordan this year.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. There's a really good chance he's going to pass Jordan this year. Yeah. And I don't know, unless Jordan comes.

[Co-host]

Back to play, I won't go.

[Dan Bernstein]

Hold on a second.

[Co-host]

Gonna let that happen.

[Dan Bernstein]

Insight to excellence. I'm Mike Tirico. Michael, what are you doing? I'm back. Putting my damn shoes.

[Co-host]

Yeah, that's all it is. I'm back.

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm back. And there he goes. He's not gonna let no Josh Giddy get past him. I just thought that was wild. And I know that we got more possessions now. There's more stats. There's more counting stats now because there's more possessions. So it obviously changes things. But this isn't a function of like the baseball playoff numbers because of all the playoff games look like career, all these things, they're all skewed toward the here and now. Oscar Robertson is up there at 181. You know, the old heads, they had their chance of triple doubles, too. Yeah, but he had more defined roles. You had more things, individual things that you were sort of expected that was your job rather than, this is, you know, positionless basketball. But keep your eye on that now. Josh getting a pass up Chuckles Barkley with his next one.

[Co-host]

Wait, who's the, who's the highest in the Bulls ever?

[Dan Bernstein]

The highest on the Bulls ever would be Jordan. Is it Jordan at 28? Right.

[Co-host]

Okay. So, yeah, giddy, giddy. Could be the all time leader before the season ends.

[Dan Bernstein]

The all time Bulls leader in triple doubles. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, just. I just thought that was cool watching.

[Co-host]

Watching history for the play in game.

[Dan Bernstein]

I think you've got your next ad campaign. Well done.

[Co-host]

Yeah, they can have that free of charge now.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's not free of charge, but I can definitely give you a discount on your next trip to Protein Bar and kitchen. And you're gonna want to use this because of the new stuff that they have going on this time of year, which is really cool. Our buddies at Protein bar and kitchen and in their 15 locations around the area, most are in all over Chicagoland, Northbrook, Oak Brook, that they've got cool new stuff coming your way. And the protein bar creatine edition is their new thing. So if you are into the creatine boost, shakes, smoothies and acai bowls for $1.99, they're partnering with arrival creatine. And it's not about. We used to hear about this and it was all about like, you know, getting, getting huge. They found now that creatine elevates energy and aids in recovery, it promotes mental clarity and you can just add for $1.99 a creatine boost in the shakes, the smoothies and the bowls. And also did you know this? At the Lake street location, specifically, you can be part of the vanguard of something new. For protein Bar, they're testing gluten free crispy chicken. So in their classics, in the Buffalo bowl, in the Caesar wrap the Cobb salad. If you want to add chicken to the Caesar salad, gluten free crispy chicken. So that's all really cool. But here's how you do the discount. As a DBU listener, you can get 50% off your next visit to protein bar and kitchen, you have to download the PBK app. And this offer is exclusive to the app. And the code is DBU5.0 DBU50. And that's going to get you 50% off.

[Co-host]

Yeah. When you go check out the Lake street location, I know there's a big construction project going on.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's open for that. That's where we were.

[Co-host]

But it's all open. So you can still get there. It's easy access. You just. Obviously you're not walking down the middle of the street, so then you're good to go. Stay on the sidewalk.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes, good advice.

[Co-host]

Get to the door and then you can walk right in.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's good advice. And I know you have had a terrific experience with the app above and beyond what you can get with our discount. DBU50.

[Co-host]

Yeah. So if you want the discount, get the app. Use the app. When you use the app, you get rewards. They go right there into your phone. It's super easy to use. You can even pay on your phone. It makes it super easy and simple to use. But you want that discount, you gotta download the app and get it right now. It's very easy to use and friendly as well. I think I'm gonna have to do the Chicago Med bowl soon again. It's been too long.

[Dan Bernstein]

And I'll say this about the creatine boost as well, that a lot of people like. Protein bar for post workout. Yep. Because I think you have like a 40 minute window. Every. Every coach I've heard has said something different and athletic trainers have said, but to reuptake protein and when you do that creatine boost, that gives you that. That extra recovery shot if you. So after your workout, you want to go grab one of those shakes. It's just ideal for you. And they're so conveniently located there. You. You finish up your spin class or your. Your lift or your MMA session or whatever it might be, and go grab one of these. Protein bar and kitchen. The PBK app. The code DBU5.0.

[Co-host]

You know, I'm just looking at your Bulls here. They're. Yeah. One of the. Only. The only top 10 team in the. In the Eastern Conference to have a negative point differential. That's bad, right?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah.

[Co-host]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is. Do you remember when the Cubs won the world series?

[Co-host]

Yeah, 1908. So I was doing afternoon.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, they're not the White Sox. You're allowed to remember that they won the World Series in 2016.

[Co-host]

Okay. All right.

[Dan Bernstein]

You don't have to forget. But we'll get to the White Sox a little bit later on when I. Because I got some stuff onto Pope. We got to talk about our guy Bob.

[Co-host]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

Bob is awesome. I love Bob. So when the Cubs won the World Series, I had always said that the manager of the Cubs, when they finally win, it would be basically a Chicago God. That that person would be like Ditka, would transcend everything. We always made the joke. We'd Never pay for a meal, would never pay for a drink, would be treated like a conquering God.

[Co-host]

Yeah, Chicago royalty for sure.

[Dan Bernstein]

And it didn't happen with Joe Madden because he didn't manage the World Series particularly well and he closed his restaurant and he left town. And all of the star making and everything that Joe Madden enjoyed. And I thought I might feel bad about that. I don't now. I don't know what the hell happened to Joe Madden, but every time he opens his mouth, he sounds more angry and bitter, really bitter. And it's uncomfortable about the Cubs thing, about everything, about everything. So Madden did get his next shot and he was kind of in charge of the Angels as much as anybody can be outside of Artie Moreno. And they were under.500. In his whole tenure there, we saw that the San Francisco Giants hired Tony Vitello as their manager and he was a college coach at Tennessee, right?

[Co-host]

No pro experience.

[Dan Bernstein]

No pro experience, but they thought Tony Vitello could be a manager. So Joe got increasingly bitter in his time as Cubs manager as Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer turn the screws a little bit because they didn't think he was managing intelligently and by the numbers he wasn't. He was doing a lot of dumb stuff. And they moved their office down closer to the clubhouse. They were starting to say, hey, no, no, no, Joe, we don't do the plan. And that's every team, every team is looking at the manager now as an extension of the front office because the front office guys have all of the information that should be available. And there's no more of the old farty baseball guy managing by his gut. Because it's. As much as people want to romanticize it, it's stupid. Here's what Joe Madden had to say to knbr. This is the big sports station out in the Bay Area regarding the hiring of Tony Vitello by the Giants. So he's talking to Giants fans, quote, Quite frankly, I'm using the word insulting only from the perspective that you don't have to have any kind of experience on a professional level to do this job anymore. Because when I was coming up, you had to have all that. You had to go through the minor leagues, you had to ride your buses. I was a scout. I started in 1981. I finally get a managerial job in 2006. There was a rite of passage, a method to get to that point. So to think somebody can just do what you took 20 some years to be considered qualified to, it's kind of insulting. I guess the Overarching point is, in today's world, prerequisites to get jobs of this caliber, even jobs like the mayor job of New York City now, it doesn't require the years of experience that you may have had to have gone through in the past. I think communication skills, perceived leadership skills, those are the kinds of things that become more valid or important and not necessarily having kind of like internal knowledge, working knowledge of the craft at hand, which would be Major League Baseball or running a city. It's not just baseball. It permeates through the entire world right now. The hell, man. Yikes. You know what? And the more I hear this garbage, I'm glad that Cubs fans all over the people were. That it soaked in that across the board, Cubs fans were smart enough to not venerate a guy who nearly lost the World Series for you. Everybody knew it. Everybody knew how bad that was. Despite him being sort of the, you know, the star and enjoying the camera and the stuff with his artwork and all that and seeming like a nice guy. What bothers me is that he was hired and he came up with the raise as a guy really willing to embrace all the new. He was the guy who's like, okay, we're doing this because it's the right thing. And analytics back then, when people would use analytics pejoratively, and he's like, oh, no, no, I'm open to all of that.

[Co-host]

Yeah. Because they weren't spending the money, so they had to.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. And he was melding all of these things, and he was. He was the, like, the old hippie guy who's still in touch with the youngsters.

[Co-host]

Well, he was giving the image of being the old. The old guard that was embracing the new methods and was gonna, like, help usher in a new chapter of baseball.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. But now that it's sort of grown beyond him or he's. He didn't even recognize where those trends were headed.

[Co-host]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

That now just all this sort of warmed over. Well, I guess you don't have to be qualified anymore. I rode the buses. This guy didn't like. Really? You can't just say, hey, congratulations to him. I hope he succeeds. Like, I don't know what his goal is. You're not going to get another job doing this.

[Co-host]

Yeah, that just. That just sounds angry and bitter. And if you look at Tony Botello, too. Yeah. I know he has no major league experience, but it's not like he hasn't been involved in baseball. He's been an assistant coach and a manager or a head coach for college since 2002. Just looking at his numbers here, his coaching career with Missouri, TCU, Arkansas, Tennessee, overall, he's.341 and.131. That's a winning percentage of.722. National champion last year.

[Dan Bernstein]

So what. I mean, he doesn't need to list his resume.

[Co-host]

He doesn't. But it's not like he's walking into this not knowing what baseball is either.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's. It's.

[Co-host]

And for the Giants. The Giant. And that's. Here's what's more important. The Giants were more concerned about the culture of what they're doing, and they thought Tony Vitello would be a better fit to bring in the type of culture and atmosphere they want around their baseball team. And, yeah, it's. It's an unconventional move, but he's. He's shitting on the Giants in their front office and their ability to make a decision to hire a guy to.

[Dan Bernstein]

Manage, it's just too bad. I don't know. And then to drag Zoran Mamdani in this.

[Co-host]

Yeah, well, I mean, that just shows.

[Dan Bernstein]

A political lean, but it shows more than that, too. It also shows fear.

[Co-host]

Well, that's a considerable attribute of that political lean.

[Dan Bernstein]

It shows a lot of fear.

[Co-host]

Yeah. And when you're afraid, it's easier to point the finger than to take accountability to anything you've done and say that.

[Dan Bernstein]

This is unfamiliar to me. This is foreign to me, and it scares me.

[Co-host]

Yeah. I mean, you know, if. If people are gonna be bold in their. In their beliefs, say you don't like it because the color of the guy's skin and how you pronounce his last name, it just doesn't. It doesn't sound American. But, I mean, I'm just saying maybe.

[Dan Bernstein]

I can't. I can't.

[Co-host]

No, I'm not saying that for Joe Madden, I'm talking about. But I've seen enough of that shit to make that. That assessment on my own. If I want. I'm an adult with a fucking brain. So that's just. That's how it is. But, you know, going back to the Joe Madden, the Cubs thing, and, you know, Ditka and his godlike status in town, it's just. I don't think anyone outside of a Bears head coach would ever achieve that status. I really don't. I mean, the Cubs are the second best thing in this town as far as sports appeal and fan base, but the gap between Bears and Cubs is huge.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. It's significant.

[Co-host]

And it's. It's true. If Ben Johnson wins a Super bowl, that dude will be Ditka level, Ditka status moving forward. He will. And you know, if. If Craig Counsel wins one with the Cubs, it's gonna be great. And Kelp fans are going to cherish that season and those memories like we all do for 2016. But it's not going to be about putting Craig Counsel on a pedestal foot. Football is just a different creature.

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm. I'm just disappointed in Joe Madden. I always thought he was really likable and I don't know. I don't know what you have to gain by. With the feelings that you have. It's just too bad. Why can't you say, hey, I had a great time managing the Cubs. I've had a great time as a manager. I wish everybody the best, and I'm gonna get in my rv. He always projected this, something other than what he actually is. And it makes me wonder, was he always a phony? Was he always harboring this kind of fear and bitterness? Was he? Was he?

[Co-host]

Well, that's a fair question to ask and one that, you know, we'll. We'll never know because we're not inside of his brain, but it's a fair question to ask. And I can also. The counterpoint to that is you just don't know what's happened.

[Dan Bernstein]

True.

[Co-host]

Over the last several years, I don't.

[Dan Bernstein]

Know what's happened in jobs that he's wanted and what he's been told. Or maybe it's. Maybe his relationship with the Cubs front office just so soured him. But, man, you worked for Andrew Friedman like you work for the guy that's running the Dodgers. I don't know. Yeah, it's too bad. And I don't need to hear from Joe Madden anymore. I really don't. Yeah, I don't care what he thinks about anything anymore. And it's just. The guy's really, really. Just wasting everybody's time with thoughts that should not be solicited. So there.

[Co-host]

Yeah, I think, honestly, you look at the Tony Vitello thing, I think it's pretty cool. I mean, you take a guy from SEC baseball and, you know, he's got no experience in Major League Baseball. He's 47 years old. He's a young guy who knows, man, what if he does something really, really good?

[Dan Bernstein]

You know, there's one guy who made his name as a college head coach who's doing pretty well right now. That guy Pat Murphy.

[Co-host]

Oh, yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

That just won his second consecutive NL Manager of the year, you know, who Else is an out of the box hire.

[Co-host]

And what is that? Four division titles in a row? Three or four, yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

You know who else is an out of the box higher? The other manager of the year, Steven Vogt in the al, who also had almost no experience whatsoever in managing or coaching. And that's consecutive manager of the year awards for Stephen Vogt and Pat Murphy. Murphy, who was a college guy and who. Yeah, he had pro experience, but he made his name as a college head coach and he's got that brewers team, I think, with a leg up on the Cubs for the foreseeable future.

[Co-host]

Yeah, it seems that way. Well, I know that I'm going to have to go out and get a Giants hat now to support Anthony Gregory Vitello.

[Dan Bernstein]

There you go.

[Co-host]

That's my guy. Anthony, let's take a quick look at.

[Dan Bernstein]

The Bears injury report right now. And cover your eyes, cover your. Don't cover your ears because that wouldn't be good for right now.

[Co-host]

They're covered already.

[Dan Bernstein]

Kevin Byard did not practice, but that's rest. Jaquan Brisker yesterday, did not practice with a back. TJ Edwards did not practice hand slash hamstring. Grady Jarrett, rest day. Dnp, DJ Moore, now they're listing shoulder, not hip slash groin. DJ Moore, DNP with the shoulder.

[Co-host]

Well, we talked about that with the J Band when he was stretching out.

[Dan Bernstein]

What he was doing with the. Yeah. Roma Dunze, ankle, did not practice. Tyreek Stevenson, shoulder, did not practice. Jade Walker, concussion, did not practice. Limited practice for Cole Comet with a back. Dominique Robinson, that's an improvement for him.

[Co-host]

That's Dom Rob to you.

[Dan Bernstein]

Ankle injury. DeAndre Swift with a hip, limited D Swift, full practice for Josh Blackwell coming out of concussion protocol. And Reuben Hippolyte ii. Josh Blackwell, the sequel to Ruben Hippolyte, he practiced in full with a knee injury. I think this should improve dramatically today when we look at that injury report. But as long as somebody is ready to cover Justin Jefferson.

[Co-host]

Do you want to hear from Ben Johnson? Now? He was asked about Jalen Johnson and Kyler Gordon. You want to hear that?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. Yeah. Thank you for asking. I think that's. I think that's a terrific. We can do whatever we want. Yeah, I know.

[Co-host]

I just want to know what you wanted to do.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, I do. My name's on the show. Thank you.

[Guest or Contributor]

We should be able to get them back at some point. End of the season here, but kind of to be determined on when those clocks will start clicking here. You know, I just saw Jalen in the. In the weight room. So he seems like he's excited about where he is right now and he's hopeful that he's going to be able to be out on the practice field here in the near future.

[Dan Bernstein]

You initially said, like, short. It would seem like it would be.

[Co-host]

A short term ir.

[Dan Bernstein]

Is it correct?

[Guest or Contributor]

We're still thinking that. Yeah, we're still thinking that. So I can't tell you exactly when, but hopefully in the near future here.

[Co-host]

Okay. I mean, we're hoping it's short, but I can't tell you when. And hasn't the short period already elapsed?

[Dan Bernstein]

Beyond short? Yeah, we're beyond short already between short and long, but I can't tell you where.

[Co-host]

And then Jalen Johnson, he's in the weight room. He's excited where he's at. So I was wondering, is he excited about being in the weight room or was he excited about his recovery point? Where he's at?

[Dan Bernstein]

Maybe being in the weight room recovering connotes like a certain level of. Maybe he wasn't able to be in the weight room before. I don't know.

[Co-host]

And I don't know if he was like lifting weights or was he just in the weight room, like bumped into coach in the weight room room?

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't know.

[Co-host]

But I don't know that. That didn't. It just didn't sound good.

[Guest or Contributor]

We should be able to get them back at some point.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I agree. It's. That's.

[Co-host]

We should be able to get him back at some point.

[Dan Bernstein]

Or he's sandbagging a little bit.

[Co-host]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

Or maybe he's just. Is being coachy.

[Co-host]

Yeah. Where it's okay after this game. Whatever. What's the next game after Minnesota?

[Dan Bernstein]

Is that the Steelers game?

[Co-host]

What do we got here? Steelers. Eagles on the 23rd. So Minnesota.

[Dan Bernstein]

So maybe.

[Co-host]

Yeah, maybe it's just one of those things where the Steelers game, they're just. They're playing, they're active. Who knows?

[Guest or Contributor]

But we should be able to get them back at some point.

[Dan Bernstein]

Great. Okay. Yeah, I like. I hope he's being a little squirrely.

[Co-host]

Yeah, we'll see.

[Dan Bernstein]

Which certainly could be the case now. We're going to do forward progress a little bit later. Don't miss it today. Do not miss it today. Tim Jenkins is going to be great. Yeah. It's going to be very quarterbacky.

[Co-host]

And then tomorrow for forward progress. I know we mentioned already on DBU, we'll have the top 10 Vikings. We'll have feedback Friday.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's going to be great.

[Co-host]

Okay. So, yeah, I don't know if it's.

[Dan Bernstein]

Going to top the review of the Taco Bell pie.

[Co-host]

Oh, not this weekend. Next week and all that. We're getting one of those. Oh, actually, I think the boys asked if I can grab one for Thanksgiving.

[Dan Bernstein]

One of those. Really?

[Co-host]

So I'm going to get one for the boys to have on Thanksgiving to try.

[Dan Bernstein]

Really?

[Co-host]

Yeah. I sent the article to Hank and Jack and they both said it looked good.

[Dan Bernstein]

Of course they did.

[Co-host]

They're 12.

[Dan Bernstein]

I mean, like, that's that. That's who it's designed to appeal to.

[Co-host]

So I'm going to. I'll pick one up.

[Dan Bernstein]

Mountain Dew, Baja Blast Taco Bell pie.

[Co-host]

That will be on my dessert table for Thanksgiving.

[Dan Bernstein]

We have had people request that clip or the text of the review. Yeah, it was such a hit.

[Co-host]

It was good.

[Dan Bernstein]

So, yeah. And feel free to send them in. If it's good enough, I'll read it. So we'll have. If I laugh while reading it, if it's funny, if it's, you know, send in your review, whatever they are. Movie reviews. That's the thing about Feedback Friday.

[Co-host]

Well, and then when I get one for Thanksgiving, I'll. I'll do a live video. I'll not alive, but I'll do it. I'll do a video of.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay. Eating it. I will try it.

[Co-host]

Yeah, we'll do reviews of them. It's. I think it's going to be really good. I can't wait to try it. So we'll have Feedback Friday, as well as top 10 Vikings. And then tomorrow on Forward Progress, we're going to have Paul Charchin join us.

[Dan Bernstein]

Just for Viking stuff.

[Co-host]

Yes.

[Dan Bernstein]

All right. Yeah.

[Co-host]

So a good, good way to end the week.

[Dan Bernstein]

You saw our guy, Pope Leo, Bob from Dalton. Pope Bob, our guy, Bob Prevost from Dalton. And there was a picture going around of him yesterday. I don't know if you saw was a picture of him in 1982.

[Co-host]

I did not.

[Dan Bernstein]

With the Blues Brothers hat, the Wayfarers and the sideburns. No, look it up. Look it up. Just look up Pope 1982. And it is. It is the greatest picture you've ever seen. And it is actually Bo, and he looks like Jake Blues. And it. It's not ironic, it's not a costume and it's. It's just awesome. It's a black and white photo and he's got the sideburns and everything. But what he did. Officially, the pontiff has revealed his favorite movies because on Saturday, he's apparently meeting with some movie stars. As I don't know exactly why he's doing it. He's gonna meet with Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Gaspar Noe, and they're traveling.

[Co-host]

Was he from Beauty and the Beast?

[Dan Bernstein]

No, that's Gaston.

[Co-host]

Oh.

[Dan Bernstein]

They're traveling to Vatican City to have an audience with Leo at the Apostolic Palace. And so concurrent with this, he's released his four favorite movies, and they are It's a Wonderful Life, the Sound of Music, Ordinary People, and Life is Beautiful.

[Co-host]

Wow.

[Dan Bernstein]

Did you find the picture?

[Co-host]

No, I can't find it because. Yeah, it just keeps coming up old.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, I kept. It was on Blue Sky. I'll find it. You can find it on Blue Sky. I know, and I'm thinking it would have been really cool. Nothing wrong with his movies. I'm obviously glad that he had something. A challenging sort of modern movie like Ordinary People at, for its time, was considered daring in what it showed, that was sort of lurking underneath the quiet American upper middle class suburbia before David lynch did Blue Velvet and stood all of that on its ear and twisted it around and chewed it up and spat it out. So I was thinking, like, what would have been better? Like, what really would have been cool if it showed up on the Pope's list? Like, if the Pope really wanted people to be like, damn, Bob. My first thought was Bob. They came in and the papal assistants come in and they present him, you, Holiness, we're going to need your favorite films and Bob's. And he thinks and he contemplates and he says, well, I'm going to need some time alone to consider. And he emerges and they have like a big parchment and a quill pen as they're writing everything down. Yes, yes, your holiness. Number four, Paul Blart, Mall Cop. Okay, okay. Number three. Actually, number three, two and one. Also. Paul Blart, Mall Cop. That's it. All four of them are Paul Blart, Mall Cop, and like. And the Papal handlers, I think, look at each other. A couple of the colonels, like, is he serious about this? Yes, I'm serious.

[Co-host]

I would like it if he.

[Dan Bernstein]

All four are Paul Blart, Mall Cop.

[Co-host]

No, if he's like a Quentin Tarantino guy.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, that was fiction, I was thinking. Or like, really like obscure Jim Jarmish films. And I was trying to think, like, ultimate cool Pope. He's like, all right, here it is. Write these down. Donnie Darko, Boogie Nights, eraserhead, Evil Dead 2, but only Evil Dead 2. Not one, not army of Darkness, Trash, Evil Dead 2.

[Co-host]

So these. So you've mentioned Cate Blanchett.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah.

[Co-host]

Adam Scott, Spike Lee, Chris Pine, Mad Max. Director George Miller, Drugstore Cowboy director Gus Van Sant.

[Dan Bernstein]

Really? How did Chris Pine wrangle an invite?

[Co-host]

Other individuals expected to meet with the Pope. Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Viggo Mortensen, Tony Kay, who directed American History X, all expected to meet with the pontiff. Okay, you think he's, like, trying to get movie roles?

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't know if he's got a. Does he have a SAG card? I don't know. Maybe he does. Hey, you know, you need an extra. He's been an extra in that White Sox video that we've seen where he's just there as Bobby Jenks is, you know, mowing him down.

[Co-host]

Expressed his desire to deepen dialogue with the world of cinema, exploring the possibilities that artistic creativity offers to the mission of the church and the promotion of human values.

[Dan Bernstein]

I wonder what's his theater? What's his local name? What's the Grindhouse in Dalton? Like, the sticky floor, Saturday afternoon place to go watch the Incredible Melting man or something. Or like, it's alive. Maybe he was like a total cinema dude. Spend all day just taking in flick after flick.

[Co-host]

Well, the Vatican doesn't have a movie theater. I think he needs to get one put in.

[Dan Bernstein]

There isn't one in the Vatican.

[Co-host]

No, really, there isn't. I think he. I think he should get one put in. Maybe tear down a third of the Vatican and just rebuild it.

[Dan Bernstein]

Great pizza place about a block away, though. No shit. Great pizza.

[Co-host]

What was it?

[Dan Bernstein]

Alice.

[Co-host]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

And it's the classic Roman style where they take the scissors.

[Co-host]

Oh, really?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, they snip off these big long pieces. Yeah, it's called Alice, and it's right near St. Peter's he should go get some, actually.

[Co-host]

Oh, I'm sure.

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm sure.

[Co-host]

Oh, he probably gets beggars flown in.

[Dan Bernstein]

Of course he does.

[Co-host]

They lay it on thick.

[Dan Bernstein]

Aurelios give me that sweet sauce. That's right. Having Aurelios open up down by the Pope.

[Co-host]

Yeah, but.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, so kind of. I. I thought it was. It was good, but he. It could have been awesome.

[Co-host]

It could have been.

[Dan Bernstein]

It could have been awesome. If he's just like, I gotta put three amigos on here. I have to.

[Co-host]

If he's like a big rom com guy. How to lose. How to lose a guy in 10 days. And me and Pope Bob.

[Dan Bernstein]

Love, actually. Yeah.

[Co-host]

Love act. Oh, for sure.

[Dan Bernstein]

And he's like, oh, my God, I watch it every year. I've seen it 50 times. I know it's not Good. But I've just got a thing for love, actually.

[Co-host]

What were his four again?

[Dan Bernstein]

His four were It's a Wonderful Life.

[Co-host]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

Life is Beautiful. Okay. Ordinary People and the Sound of Music. All right, he's got a couple of anti Nazis stuff in there. If it's never been clear where he stood on.

[Co-host]

Oh, they say it was Never Been Kissed, the Drew Barrymore movie.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, that, that. That is not on there.

[Co-host]

Okay, Pope, Pope Leo. What do you like? I like Never Been Kissed, seen on the pitching mound, clock counting down.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's really. All that and Caddyshack.

[Co-host]

Oh, that. See, that would have been good. Or like Blazing Saddles.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, just. Well, but David, that would make sense because it's anti racist. The most anti racist movie ever made. But if he. He just like. Yeah, it's a complete mess. But Caddyshack works. I don't know why, I don't know how it's of its time. Everybody's doing a different bit, but come on, you gotta put Caddyshack on. That's great.

[Co-host]

Good for him.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, good for the Pope. All right, Pope Bob. All right, Bob. Thanks a lot. And then, of course, people making the jokes about, you know, Bob from the Vatican giving each movie slices of pie. I liked it. You know, I don't know. There was. There's a woman and she's singing and listening.

[Co-host]

Or they could do like communion wafers. Isn't that what they.

[Dan Bernstein]

How many hosts?

[Co-host]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

I give it six of the host.

[Co-host]

And a glass of wine.

[Dan Bernstein]

And a glass of Sacramento wine that has been Dan Bernstein Unfiltered on this Thursday. This is brought to you in partnership with my bookie, Dan Bernstein.

[Co-host]

Unfiltered.

[Dan Bernstein]

Unfiltered on three. One, two, sports.