Chicago Bears Injury Concerns | Feedback Friday

Summary

Dan Bernstein Unfiltered on 312 Sports – "Chicago Bears Injury Concerns | Feedback Friday"

Episode Date: November 21, 2025

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Episode Overview

This lively episode brings together Dan Bernstein and Matt Abbatacola for their signature “Feedback Friday” mailbag, mixing sharp Chicago sports analysis—especially regarding the injury-riddled Chicago Bears—with smart, heartfelt, and hilarious listener interactions. Topics move rapidly from Bears news to food and pop culture, touching on other city teams and listener feedback from around the globe, culminating in an inventive, comedic, “Top 10 Steelers of All Time” list, laden with trademark banter and tangents.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Chicago Bears Injury Crisis

• Main concern: The Bears may be missing all key starting linebackers (TJ Edwards, Tremaine Edmunds, and Noah Sewell) for their upcoming game, which is a significant threat to the defense’s integrity, especially against an Aaron Rodgers–led offense.
• Dan’s take: Tremaine Edmunds’ absence looms large due to his “remarkable” year, highlighted by his length, zone discipline, and leaping ability.
  • Quote (Dan, 03:09): “He has been able to dissuade lots of passes with his length and his discipline...I don't want this to be like when you didn't really appreciate Brian Urlacher until Hunter Hillenmeyer came in.”
• Defensive adjustments: The duo discusses possible replacements, including deep reserves like DeMarco Jackson, or unconventional use of DBs as nickel linebackers.
• Matt’s concern: Unprepared, inexperienced players facing quick-passing attacks from elite QBs is a recipe for disaster.

2. Feedback Friday—Listener Mailbag Highlights

a. Bears and Kevin Warren Stadium Remarks

• Dan shares the YouTube comment of the week—on giving Bears President Kevin Warren a game ball instead of a player, quipping he should have gotten “a shovel” to break ground on the new stadium instead.
  • Quote (Dan, 04:30): “Here you go—give him a golden shovel. Go put that in the ground somewhere.”

b. Food Mishaps & Home Run Inn Pizza

• Stories from listeners about accidentally baking pizzas upside down, especially with Home Run Inn cheese pizzas due to indistinguishable sides. Matt gives grace, admitting, "Fine, fair enough…if you're drunk or you're high, whatever, you might throw it in upside down." (07:18)

c. Product Placement Jokes

• Jokes about Parmigiano Reggiano cheese getting its own product placement agent—imagining absurdly obvious movie dialog.
  • Quote (Matt, 08:07): “Wow, that cheese was delicious! Of course it was. It’s Parmigiano Reggiano.”

d. Small Town Tales & Werewolves in Illinois

• A listener from Podunk, IL, describes a local “werewolf” scaring kids at the bus stop. Dan riffing: “You should always be prepared for an outside werewolf.” (09:01)

e. Pope Bob & Ecclesiastical Sports Fandom

• Fantasies about the Pope being a show listener, riffing on church and sports references merging.

f. Taco/Nacho Food Hacks

• Listener shares hacks for taco night: wrapping Taco Bell–style hardshell tacos in melted-cheese flour tortillas for crunch and less mess.

g. Global Listeners

• John from Berlin, Germany reflects on cultural spaces and community, referencing their discussion of Pope Leo’s message about “the city being alive” due to arts and culture. His heartfelt note thanks Dan for highlighting an inspiring side of the faith.
  • Quote (John, 16:09): “The Pope described, and you extrapolated, the very heart and vision we have for our work. Very few people understand the thing we do…your distillation of the papal address was the closest I've heard anyone get it in a while.”

h. Nighttime Eating Confessions

• Uncle Pete from the Chicago area finds solace in Dan’s own gluttonous late-night eating stories, feeling validated in his “nighttime degenerate” habits.

i. More Listener Anecdotes

• Oddball stories, like an adult baby “nursery”/fetish business in Mount Prospect—a real sight according to a local.

j. Thanksgiving & Novelty Foods

• Listener Robert discusses Amazon’s Thursday Night Football theme and the discovery that the composer is Pinar Toprak, a woman, which they celebrate as progress in a male-dominated field.
• Deep food talk: Thanksgiving-flavored Oreos, creamed corn traditions, and “Jiffy Lube cornbread” becomes a running gag (“I go to Jiffy Lube for my cornbread…”).
• Quote (Matt, 36:15): “Did you really? I said Jiffy Lube cornbread...I go to Jiffy Lube to get my cornbread.”

k. Annoying Holiday Commercials

• Listener “Tall Paul” in Boston rants against over-recycled, lame commercials for Buffalo wings in major ad campaigns, spotlighting three different brands with the same tired “do buffalo have wings” gag.

l. Amazon Sledding Commercial

• Dan’s (and Matt’s) issue with the implausibility of an Amazon holiday commercial featuring elderly women sledding: “There’s no shot they’re getting back up the hill ever.”

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3. Musical Interlude—“Good, Better, Best” AI Song

• Closing mailbag, the hosts play an AI-generated “Good, Better, Best” nursery rhyme as a comedic send-off, echoing an earlier joke about Aaron Rodgers. Ends with “Go the f**k to sleep.”
  • Quote (Dan, 47:24): “Thank you…I was hoping it was going to go that direction…” (listener-generated content – Ryan in Seattle)

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4. Top 10 "Steelers" of All Time

(Starting at 50:34)

• Hilariously Unfiltered: Not the Pittsburgh Steelers, but a mixed bag of steel-related (and “stealer” as in thief) cultural references—a “committee” list with both sincere and tongue-in-cheek entries.
• Format: Each host presents their own “top 10,” resulting in laughter, confusion, and playful banter.

Dan & Matt’s Notable Picks:

1. Steely Dan (band)—Dan’s #1 for musicianship and cultural influence.
   • Dan, 73:52: “The cool thing about Steely Dan is they always worked at the highest level of their intelligence…still absolutely jams.”
2. Iconic “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” Photo—Matt’s #1, honoring the Mohawk Skywalkers (Native steelworkers).
3. Steel Magnolias (film)—Acknowledged for cast and cultural status.
4. Andrew Carnegie & J.P. Morgan—Steel industry titans.
5. Steel Curtain—The famed 1970s Steelers defense.
6. Danielle Steel—Bestselling romance author.
7. Public Enemy’s “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos”—Dan’s music pick.
8. Justin Steele (Chicago Cubs pitcher)—Dan’s local nod.
9. Richard Steele (boxing referee)—Dan highlights his legendary presence.
10. Steelers Wheel ("Stuck in the Middle with You")—Dan’s musical trivia.

Honorable Mentions Include:

• The Hamburglar
• The Steel Drum instrument
• Bonnie & Clyde, John Dillinger (noted “stealers”)
• The Pink Panther (“stealing” the diamond)
• Man of Steel (Superman)
• Wrestling’s George “The Animal” Steel

Memorable banter about the definition of “stealer,” the odd history of McDonaldland characters, and trivia about the band Steely Dan (e.g., Chevy Chase’s stint as their drummer in college).

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5. DBU Picks (Sports Bets) – [78:21]

• Matt: Raiders -4 vs. Browns (Shador Sanders expected to start)
• Dan: Miami Heat +2.5 vs. Bulls, Kobe White over 2.5 threes, DeAndre Swift over 11.5 receiving yards (expecting passing game impact due to Bears’ injuries).

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• Injury Panic:
  “The Bears may be down all their linebackers and last time I checked that’s not great.” — Dan Bernstein [01:20]

• Linebacker Importance:
  “He has been able to dissuade lots of passes with his length and his discipline… I don’t want this to be like when you didn’t really appreciate Brian Urlacher until Hunter Hillenmeyer came in.” — Dan [03:09]

• Kevin Warren Game Ball (Listener Comment):
  “Instead of a game ball, someone should have given him a shovel.” — Dan quoting listener [04:30]

• On Thanksgiving Oreos:
  “Turkey and gravy—I don’t want a cookie like that.” — Matt [34:17]

• Jiffy Lube Cornbread Running Gag:
  “Did you really? I said Jiffy Lube cornbread... I go to Jiffy Lube to get my cornbread.” — Matt [36:16]

• Listener Mail—Berlin note:
  “...the cultural spaces we create are vital to preserve and grow the human spirit and its connection to the divine.” — John in Berlin, read by Dan [16:09]

• Musical trivia & banter:
  “You know their song... ‘Stuck in the Middle with You’—that became popular again because of the scene in Reservoir Dogs.” — Dan [66:13]

• Steely Dan’s Origins:
  “If you are curious about the name Steely Dan... it comes from a steam-powered dildo mentioned in the William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch.” — Dan [76:53]

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Episode Tone & Style

• Language: Direct, irreverent, honest—occasionally laced with sarcasm, but never mean-spirited.
• Dynamic: Dan and Matt riff easily, mixing sports authority with long-running in-jokes, rapid tangents, and a willingness to let segments wander into pop culture, food, and listener lives.
• Community: Listener voices are centered, with international reach and a community vibe; their contributions frequently drive both serious discussion and the show’s signature absurdity.

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• [01:20] Main Bears injury report/open
• [04:29] YouTube comment of the week (Kevin Warren/shovel)
• [06:00] Home Run Inn pizza story & food mishaps
• [09:02] Small town werewolf story
• [11:16] Taco hack & Taco Bell talk
• [13:59] Listener mail from Berlin
• [16:38] Listener Nighttime Eating Confessions
• [34:09] Thanksgiving Oreos & creamed corn debate
• [41:23] Holiday commercials listener rant
• [50:34] Top 10 “Steelers” segment begins
• [78:21] DBU Picks (sports bets for the weekend)

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Takeaway

This episode is a quintessential slice of Dan Bernstein Unfiltered: blunt, channel-surfing but insightful Chicago sports talk, laugh-out-loud riffs on food and culture, and deep connection with a loyal, far-flung listenership. The main sport storyline—Bears defensive uncertainty—feels almost secondary to the lived-in banter and mailbag camaraderie. If you want a podcast as Chicago as an undercooked pizza or contentious Cubs bullpen, start here.

Transcript

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[Matt Abatticola]

Dan Bernstein Unfiltered Unfiltered on 312 Sports.

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm Dan Bernstein. That's Matt Abatticola. This is Dan Bernstein Unfiltered on 312 Sports presented by my bookie. So we've got our feedback Friday. Today we have our top 10 Steelers. I want to note the Bears news that we have to start and that is all eyes will be on the injury report today. It's possible forgetting whatever is going on with with Aaron Rodgers or Mason Rudolph. The Bears may be down all their linebackers and last time I checked that's not great. To be already missing TJ Edwards probably. And now it's Tremaine Edmonds maybe and Noah Sewell maybe. And just say who's next. It would be DeMarco Jackson. Amen Obama MIGA and Reuben Hippolyte. The second. Yep. Would be what they're looking at at the linebacker spot. Or they could just have a couple backers and maybe use more cj GJ is there as a nickel linebacker type but they're going to have to work around it and we'll know more later. But it's not great.

[Matt Abatticola]

No, it's not. You don't want all three of your starters to be down already, which is. Yeah, that's.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well even it's two start.

[Matt Abatticola]

Really. Edwards wasn't going to be back this week anyway. I don't think so. You were going to be down, down, down Edwards at least. And now you have the other two guys out, so not looking good. That also hurts on those. Those short passes that Aaron Rodgers can just rifle out, you know, and those quick slants, and that's just. That's not good. You don't want guys that haven't had a whole lot of reps out there against Aaron Rodgers if he. If he does play.

[Dan Bernstein]

My biggest concern is Edmonds because of the year he's having. He has been remarkable. And it's not just stuff in the score sheet. He has been able to dissuade lots of passes with his length and his discipline zone drops and his leaping ability, his overall frame. I don't want this to be like when you didn't really appreciate Brian Erlacher until Hunter Hillenmeyer came in.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah. And we have some audio we'll play later on in forward progress about Dennis Allen talking about Tremaine Edmonds, too, and the seasons he's having and the switch in positions and how that's benefited the linebacker.

[Dan Bernstein]

So I think what we should do right away is get into feedback Friday because of all the work that you do and how conscientious it seems that you, the DBU listener, has been in sending things in as soon as you hear, obviously, email is probably the best way to do it. Although I do want to highlight what I thought was the YouTube comment of the week, and that had to do with Kevin Warren receiving a game ball instead of Nishan Wright and how much that bothered me and Mr. Kevin Warren, with all that he's been saying about his plans for the stadium. A commenter said, instead of a game ball, someone should have given him a shovel.

[Matt Abatticola]

That's good.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I loved that comment. That was an absolute laugh out loud for me that said, kevin, Kevin, come on down here. Here you go. Give him a golden shovel. Go put that in the ground somewhere. Okay. Thanks a lot. All right. Atta way to go, big fella.

[Matt Abatticola]

That's good. So I like that. I like pulling out the, like, one YouTube comment of the week, like the highlighted YouTube comment of the week. Because two weeks ago last week it was the orange jumpsuit on my video parole hearing. And then this week, the shovel is just perfect.

[Dan Bernstein]

Just awesome. Just making sure. Did you grab the song that I sent you? You sent me a song that was sent in? Yeah.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, no, I did not.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay. I emailed it.

[Matt Abatticola]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

I just wanted to make sure.

[Matt Abatticola]

Did you say in the email, pull this song for the show?

[Dan Bernstein]

I think so.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, you did.

[Dan Bernstein]

Here and let's see. In sent items. Yeah, it just says 4ff tomorrow. And there's an MP3.

[Matt Abatticola]

All right. Yeah. That doesn't really indicate. Hey, pull this. So we have this out. I thought you were saying, hey, in.

[Dan Bernstein]

Case you want to hear. Can I play it from this computer?

[Matt Abatticola]

No, I can play it from this one, though. Let me pull it up.

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm just making sure. Because I want to do that. It's all right. I want to do that last because that's the one that I really, really liked. The great thing about Feedback Friday is often we forget stuff because we go through so much and we cover so many top. Do you remember what you said about the instructions on the home run in pizza?

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, because there's instructions say to do a cheese side up, and I saw that email. Whatever. Fine. But still, go ahead.

[Dan Bernstein]

This is from Jeff.

[Matt Abatticola]

It's fair.

[Dan Bernstein]

Jeff says. I'll admit it. Hello, boys. Love the pod. Nice to hear you two goobers hitting your stride. So the pizza upside down thing, I can say I've never done that, but I can say I know several people who have. In every case, it was the home run in cheese pizza. Here is why I give those folks a bit of grace for that pizza. Specifically, the color and texture of the two sides of the pizza. Not super different. If you're in a rush and the kitchen isn't super well lit, I can easily see that happening. I personally have had to double check a couple times now for any other version of a home run in. In which it's happened. The victim is definitely an idiot and needs to have oven privileges taken away.

[Matt Abatticola]

All right? So when I saw that, I said, fine. Fair enough. Because the. The bottom and the top of the home run in cheese pizza, especially if you get the ultra thin.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay, it.

[Matt Abatticola]

It looks pretty much identical.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's what he's saying.

[Matt Abatticola]

Fine, I. I get it. I'll let that slide as I'm. I've known people that have put pizzas in ovens while coming in after coming out from. Or coming home from being out, and they forget the pizzas in the oven until they wake up to an apartment full of smoke and there's a black disc in their stove. Yeah, disc, disc, Black disc in their. In their stove, in their oven. I get it. So I get it. If you're drunk or you're high, whatever, you might throw it in upside down because they look the same. Fine. Fair enough. Point taken and received.

[Dan Bernstein]

Mr. Pouty Pants responding to the note that parmigiano, reggiano chees has hired an agent to get it product placements in movies and television shows says, I cannot wait for the Iraq poing of Parmigiano Reggiano.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yes.

[Dan Bernstein]

Wow, that cheese was delicious. Of course it was. It's Parmigiano Reggiano.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yep.

[Dan Bernstein]

Honey, can you pick us up some Parmigiano Reggiano on your way home from work? This cheese is very good. Hello, cheese. You must be why it's famous cheese. Parmesan.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yep. That's gonna happen.

[Dan Bernstein]

Hadn't quite thought of it that way, but thank you. And Sean says, my family and I live in Podunk, Illinois, just a rock skip away from Effingham. And it made me laugh my ass off. Dan, when you mention Effingham in the first week of the show. Anyway, my wife's a principal in an elementary school in a town of 800 people, and she was getting ready for bus pickup at the end of the. And she notices a werewolf or a guy dressed as a werewolf outside howling at all the kids that are getting on the bus.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, boy.

[Dan Bernstein]

Because she's the principal, she approached the werewolf and said, can I help you? And the werewolf told her it's howlo ween. And she told the werewolf, halloween isn't for another two weeks and you should go home. It may not have been T.J. watt, but you should always be prepared for an outside werewolf. Got it.

[Matt Abatticola]

That's good.

[Dan Bernstein]

And thank you. This is Marquette. Boy says, from the day Pope Bob walked out onto that balcony, I've routinely thought to myself about there being a non zero chance that the supreme pontiff himself was a bores and Bernstein listener. Did he push out a sorrowful bike rack when learning of the death of Monsignor Robert Bush? When discussing the first book of the Bible, does he interject with and members of Genesis, our favorite movies ranked by slices of pieces? Is David Hochberg his guy, or at least his other guy, says, love the show. Talk more, Pope. Well, I guess it is possible. I guess. I guess it's. I mean, I don't know. Chris. He said the bears should cover Caleb in mistletoe to keep those werewolves off him. And thanks, guys. I can't possibly imagine myself ever again now watching a clip of porn without hearing Ed Farmer in my head.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, boy. Sorry about that.

[Dan Bernstein]

So thanks for that. Yes, just like that. That's how Farmo likes it. Fireworks about to go off, hang a star on it.

[Matt Abatticola]

It's the use of the third person that makes it even better.

[Dan Bernstein]

Referring to himself as Farmio.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, and you know, going back to Poe Bob, I just. I just pictured him doing a sermon with Psalm 83. Does he do 83?

[Dan Bernstein]

I would love for it to be the case.

[Matt Abatticola]

People are like, what? What happened to him?

[Dan Bernstein]

And this is from.

[Matt Abatticola]

Open your bibles to Psalm 83.

[Dan Bernstein]

83. This is from Cole in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After the ice cream bar talk and you're navigated into taco night discussions, I had to share this. Assembling a taco tip. While the hard shells matty are heating in the. Take a few flour taco sized tortillas, add shredded cheddar, microwave for 15 to 30 seconds to start melting the cheese to the tortilla. When the hard shells are out of the oven, put them inside the cheesed flour tortillas, assemble the tacos the rest of the way. You prefer you end up with a crunch you love without the whole taco falling apart.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, no, I get that. Doesn't Taco Bell have something like that?

[Dan Bernstein]

Something they call double stacker?

[Matt Abatticola]

Whatever they call.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah.

[Matt Abatticola]

So there's a hard thing inside of a soft thing. Yes, but it's not really a flour tortilla. It's more. It's like a. It's almost like a pita type thing.

[Dan Bernstein]

Is it like. Like a. No.

[Matt Abatticola]

Is that the chalupa or gordita?

[Dan Bernstein]

I've never.

[Matt Abatticola]

I've never gotten one. Maybe, maybe gordita.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's like a non kind of thing.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, that's what it looks like. I got. I got tacos last night from Taco Bell.

[Dan Bernstein]

You did?

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah. You know, there was multiple drivings and practices and things and back and forth and dinners kind of happened as they happened. And I was driving back home and I. Yeah, I called. I called Natalie and I'm like, hey, I'm going to Taco Bell. And she's like, for you. I'm like, yep.

[Dan Bernstein]

Unless you're like, you want anything?

[Matt Abatticola]

And she's like, no, I'm good. So. Yeah, I just got. I just got six. Six hard shell Supremes.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's not enough.

[Matt Abatticola]

I know it was. I wanted a little light snack.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, six is about right for us.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, I think it was good.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I had. I was out at a dinner meeting and I had fried walleye and then I figured, you know, that kind of puts me in the mind of something. So I stopped at the Culver's drive through on the way home and big old concrete mix in.

[Matt Abatticola]

I don't know if you got like a walleye sandwich too. I've not your walleye dinner.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, I had the Walleye dinner. But then I got the big concrete with salted caramel and pecans vanilla.

[Matt Abatticola]

The culver's by us, the little marquee. They have their flavor of the day. And then if there's a special. And they don't really separate the writing so it all flows into one big word. So for example, it'll say lemon ice, walleye fish sandwich is back. And so it all blends into one thing.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, that sounds right.

[Matt Abatticola]

Like chocolate dipped strawberry perch sandwich is back. Ew. Yeah, they need to separate a little more.

[Dan Bernstein]

I would advise similarly. Where are we here? Okay.

[Matt Abatticola]

Did you guys see the one from Germany dude that emailed us from Germany?

[Dan Bernstein]

I got it.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, yeah, you do that one?

[Dan Bernstein]

You want me to do that one? Oh, yeah, sure.

[Matt Abatticola]

I just. I thought that was cool.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I was regular listener in Germany. Yeah, I was good. It's John in Berlin, if that's the one to which you're referring. Yes, John in Berlin says, I wanted to take a few minutes to write, reflect and share with you about your short segment this week talking about Pope Leo's message about the cinema. For 14 plus years, my wife and I have been living in Berlin, Germany, creating cultural spaces for people to come together, share in community and experience artistic expression in the city. We do this all out of our deeply rooted faith in God. And the way you highlighted the Pope's words this week, namely his quote, if the city is alive, it is, thanks in part to its cultural spaces, was inspiring In a chaotic post Christian city like Berlin, also with the many empty cathedrals, as you mentioned, we too believe that the cultural spaces we create are vital to preserve and grow the human spirit and its connection to the divine. You expounded on the idea and said how such places are expressions of holiness. It's exactly that notion that we too believe and try to cultivate in our spaces. The Pope described, and you extrapolated the very heart and vision we have for our work. Very few people understand the thing we do. And your distillation of the papal address was the closest I've heard anyone get it in a while. So thanks for that. Honestly, at first I was surprised. Cause I know you've often been a sharp critic of some of the expressions of Christianity in the Church and our society. But then I thought it shouldn't be surprising because many of those critiques, I also share wholeheartedly what I find to be a common thread. And a lot of that vitriol of yours is the abuse of power over others, which is just and right to condemn Those things are always the opposite of a God who is love. So thank you for taking the time and highlighting something that you did find inspiring from the Christian faith. It was actually a great boost to our spirits this week. I remember one time a while back, the Reverend Jim Wallace went on the Daily show and he told Jon Stewart that his humor and his satire were the same work that many of the prophets of the Old Testament had and that he was in the line of those prophets in a modern age. I think the same can be said if you keep railing against injustice and having a fun ass hilarious time doing it. Always listening from abroad. Blessings and peace. John in Berlin.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, I like it.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, that's super cool.

[Matt Abatticola]

Gonna get that Berlin population listenership growing.

[Dan Bernstein]

John this is Uncle Pete. A note from him. And these emails come into dan312sports.com matt12sports.com is probably the easiest way to do it. It's Uncle Pete. He says loving guys are killing it. But I've got bigger problems. I have three kids, two on purpose. And after I put them to bed, I'll take one of those funny gummies. I'll end up ridiculously high. And then I eat way too much. But when I hear Dan talk about all that crap he eats at night, it makes me feel better about myself. Dan, the fact that you're sitting down to a whole plate of nachos and then a pint of ice cream makes me believe I have a future. And damn, does it feel good to know there are other nighttime degenerates out there.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, but you're not. I mean, your habits have changed where you're not eating at midnight anymore, though. No, I'm not eating earlier.

[Dan Bernstein]

But I may also be. My appetite could be similarly affected as.

[Matt Abatticola]

His when I always thought that was the craziest part, that you would make these meals for yourself at like 11:30 midnight.

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm still making some grandiose meals for myself.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, but it's just not at midnight, though. That was the thing.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, we're getting up earlier. We're in here much earlier. So I can't do that. And I realize that as I'm getting older, I really like getting enough sleep.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, sleep is good for you.

[Dan Bernstein]

Sleep's really good for you. I like it. I like feeling good when I wake up. And he also thanks to Pete for including some Madison Muskie's artwork here. The 1986 Madison Muskies. I actually worked for the team in 87, but I believe this. You know who was on the team in 1986 I believe Ron Coomer was there.

[Matt Abatticola]

Really?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes, I believe the. I believe our guy, the coon dog was actually a Madison Muskie in that year that you have here. Eric says when we were talking about that diaper store, like the experience. Well, different. Not like actual adult diapers, but a place where adults could go pretend to be babies. And as part of a as a fetish, he said, guys, that was in Mount Prospect back when it opened. I had a condo down the street. Obviously we heard about it like everyone else. So my friends and I walked over there after a few beers on one Friday. They had that place locked up like an armory. You couldn't see in, you couldn't get in. We found a YouTube video the owner did, since we wanted to see what was inside. They had legit adult sized cribs and adult sized baby toys. Like if you wanted to be treated like a baby being put down for a nap, you could climb an adult sized ladder into a crib that was like six feet off the ground. Wow, he said, it's completely fucked. You two were so off the rails on forward progress on Wednesday, you should have just quit. When Dan asked if you were done, he said, I was laughing so hard and just zoned out. When you got back to actual sports.

[Matt Abatticola]

Talk, what happened Wednesday? I don't remember. I remember one show that just.

[Dan Bernstein]

I think that was Wednesday.

[Matt Abatticola]

Was it Wednesday?

[Dan Bernstein]

It kind of got away from us a little bit. Something happened and I apologize for nothing. I absolutely apologize for nothing.

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[Dan Bernstein]

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[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abatticola]

Ron coomer, Madison Muskies 1989 was 89.

[Dan Bernstein]

So it was after it was the okay, so 89. All right, I was wrong. I was wrong.

[Matt Abatticola]

That's our next segment.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, that could be any segment for that. A thought from Michael who says my autocorrect changed the word feedback to feed bag. But I like it and I don't care enough to change it back. Ever since Sunday night when the Bears took sole ownership of first place in the north, the topic of conversation has been yeah, but are they good? And it reminds me of 2001. For some dumb reason I remember vividly listening to a Boars and Bernstein show in the midst of that eventual 133 season. Dan, you said the following. I don't remember saying this, but I trust him. Dan, you said, quote this Bears team could win the damn super bowl and I'd still look back and say they aren't really that good. Sounds like something I'd say. It seems like the whole football watching world is in agreement with trusting our eyes and our sensibilities versus what the record says. But this feels different than 2001. Why? Well, is it because we have a quarterback in Caleb Williams who might be turning into a star before our eyes over our Jim Miller outperforming everyone's expectations? Or the fact that we have several receivers capable of explosive plays instead of just the sure handed Marty Booker? Or the promise of when healthy the best defensive backfield in the league instead of relying on Mike Brown Heroics and R.W. mcWhorter's overachievement? Yes, possibly. And if this team does in fact make a playoff run, they'll likely be steamrolled by the Eagles once again like a quarter century ago. But what makes this team different is the coach. While Ben Johnson still learning on the job and how to run his own team, he brings a level of excitement for future seasons to come that Dick Jaron did not. And while all the current player potential may or may not outshine those mentioned from 01, we all have faith that Johnson can mold these young talents into a special team where none of his predecessors could. Maybe not this year, but eventually. So are this year's first place Bears any good? But who cares? It was never about this year. The fact that they are this far ahead in development in a let's see what works and what doesn't season. That's what Chicago is more excited about than being atop a one year playoff graphic. That's from Sheriff Scabs AKA Michael Michael.

[Matt Abatticola]

Nicely done.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, that's good. That's. See, I like you know what that is. That's thinking something through and then sitting down and writing about it. Mr. Pouty. Oh, this is. No, this is. This is Nate who says I love people thinking about Pope Bob walking around the Papal residence swapping out priceless works of art with Chicago sports memorabilia. I imagine him climbing a step ladder, taking down a Michelangelo masterpiece unseen by the public for hundreds of years and replacing it with the autographed socks jersey from Justin Ishbia. Maybe someday he'll call Kevin Warren, trade a few statues from the Vatican Museum for the George Hallis statue in front of Halas Hall.

[Matt Abatticola]

That'd be great. Tonya, they don't have a sports bar. They should open one up. We should do it.

[Dan Bernstein]

Be a killer. We already have. We already have. Beer, church, making the Roman style pizza for them.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yes. I love it.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yep, everything they need from lovey Pittsburgh. All these references, man. Guys, longtime listeners since the early 2000s. Love the podcasts. Love the baseball talk. The Shoda discussion had me thinking. I'm looking at the Cubs starting rotation. I don't even know if Shota Imanaga can secure a number five spot if they sign a one or two veteran starting pitcher. If everyone's healthy, how do you fit in? Shoda, you forgot to mention Boyd when you were going through the rotation. As of now, the Cubs have Horton, Boyd, Steele, Tyone, Shoda, Raya and Assad. Even if they only sign one good starting pitcher like Dylan Cease or Michael King and free agency. Wouldn't it likely push Shota out of a spot? Assuming everyone's healthy and Jed doesn't trade anyone. I feel Jed has and is going to sign a number 3 caliber starting pitcher and free agency to a multi year deal. The offense is pretty much set. We'll be losing some starters soon. Tyon will be a free agent showed will be done after next year. Boyd has a mutual option for 27. Ray is insured. That leaves the Cubs with Horton and Steele under control after 2026 unless Boyd's mutual options picked up. It would be smart to secure a good starting pitcher for multiple years since we'll have holes in the rotation after 26 and we don't need to spend on anything else. Steele's hitting free agency in 2028. He's already 30 so we're gonna need help soon. I'm not angry. Showed his back. I like the insurance but 22 million bucks for a guy that may or may not be your fifth starter and a guy the Cubs didn't want to start in the playoffs. Not my money. I'm. I just find it funny he may not have a spot making 22 million a year.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, I get it. Good point. Good email. He's going to have a spot. They wouldn't have signed him for that. That one year $22 million deal. And if they sign anyone else in free agency and pitching it's not going to be for a multi year deal. I just don't think it's going to be. It's going to be a one year deal and it's going to be a veteran guy that they think has still got some gas left in the tank to help in the 2026 season. They're. They're not signing someone beyond one year. It's just not going to happen. And that's why the show, the show to thing worked out and now when Jed looks at it it's a. It's a. It's an abundance of starters and that's. That's a good problem for their pitching to have. That's how they're going to view it.

[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abatticola]

Your child who can't throw.

[Dan Bernstein]

Are you sure? Yes.

[Matt Abatticola]

Okay, I double checked. It's the window. Your place is not your kids.

[Dan Bernstein]

Just wanted to confirm Robert in Naperville was a big hit a couple weeks ago when he was talking about.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, that was the pie.

[Dan Bernstein]

The Taco Bell. Yeah, Baja Blast.

[Matt Abatticola]

I gotta get one this hot.

[Dan Bernstein]

So Robert has written once again he says happy feedback Friday, Friday feedback. No food review this week. Was thinking of ordering the limited edition Thanksgiving dinner flavored Oreos, but I had an appointment with my gastroenterologist a few days after the whole Baja Blast pie thing and the guy followed me out to my car instead. I want to talk about what Amazon has been airing on Thursday nights. No, not the football product, which has ranged from meh to liquefied dog ass, but rather something about the actual production itself. Normally I'm loathe to give any Sort of credit to this publicly traded Lovecraftian horror. But last night I unwittingly christened Amazon's broadcast with a behavior I usually reserve for the most iconic of sports broadcasts. I was actually whistling along with Amazon's Thursday Night Football theme music while making dinner. I'd have to think about what it sounds like now. Again, I only ever do this when sports broadcasting's most unassailable earworms are playing Scott Schreier's classic NFL on Fox theme and MLB on Fox theme. John Williams's Wide Receiver. That's Sunday Night Football on NBC. I didn't know that was John Williams.

[Matt Abatticola]

I don't know that either.

[Dan Bernstein]

Johnny Pearson's Heavy Action, which is Monday Night Football on espn, and of course John Tesh's Round Ball Rock. So I decided to look into it a bit more. I was absolutely delighted to learn that the music for Thursday Night Football on Amazon prime was composed by a woman, a film and TV composer named Pinar Toprak. How cool is it that such a traditionally male dominated space, not just sports broadcast theme composition, but music composition in general, has expanded, allowing other voices a chance at expression on the global stage. For me, I really do think her efforts have encapsulated the sport quite well. Ultimately standing in the same class as those other themes we love. Bravo to Pinar Toprak and I guess bravo to Amazon.

[Matt Abatticola]

Do you remember the debate, the argument that broke out after a box, a rangy update where he referred to the John Williams Orchestra and you jumped in and you were like, he didn't have an orchestra. Like he was conducting like the London film. London film, yeah. You remember that, that argument that you got into?

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't.

[Matt Abatticola]

You kept referring to it as the John Williams Orchestra.

[Dan Bernstein]

So Raji thought like John Williams had his own entire orchestra.

[Matt Abatticola]

That's what he kept referring to it as. Yes. And you're like, it's not. It's like the London Philharmonic. He's a composer, conductor and he conducts with various symphonies and orchestras. It's not his own.

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't remember that argument, but I'm still very right.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh no, you are. And I just love how he doubled down on it. It was not going to give in. It was really good.

[Dan Bernstein]

Ladies and gentlemen, the John Williams Orchestra.

[Matt Abatticola]

No, that's exactly what you did too. And hey, by the way, did you know that there were. There's a special Oreo Thanksgiving dinner inspired cookies.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's what he said.

[Matt Abatticola]

Did you know? Did you know that was real? I thought he was making a joke.

[Dan Bernstein]

I always presume the Oreo thing is real.

[Matt Abatticola]

So Oreo is celebrating the holiday with what the brand is calling a limited edition test and learn line of flavors called the Oreo Thanksgiving Dinner Inspired Cookies, which the brand says reimagines classic holiday flavors in every bite. The cookies are covered in fudge, infused with one of six Thanksgiving inspired flavors. Turkey and gravy, sweet potato, creamed corn, apple caramel pie, pumpkin pie, and cranberry sauce. The cookies have been available since October 29, exclusively on Oreo.com and are packaged in a nostalgic tin for collectors. An Oreo spokesperson told USA Today. So. So first of all, okay, the cranberry sauce. Fine. Pumpkin pie, Fine. Apple caramel pie. Apple caramel pie, fine. Turkey and gravy. I don't want a cookie like that. Sweet potato might be okay. But here's the thing. Do you do creamed corn for Thanksgiving? No. See, I never thought creamed corn is maybe. Maybe that was just me and you like. Is creamed corn part of everyone's Thanksgiving dinner?

[Dan Bernstein]

The only time I've ever had or have creamed corn is fishing trip, Canadian fishing trip, shore lunch.

[Matt Abatticola]

And creamed corn is part of it?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yep. I don't know why it became sort of shore lunch tradition. When they put the cans in the hot water to heat them up, and then there's usually like a Chef Boyardee spaghetti, creamed corn, and baked beans. They'll throw three cans in there just to have something up. Yeah.

[Matt Abatticola]

Huh? Yeah. I never see it now. Do you do regular corn, like corn off the cob?

[Dan Bernstein]

My mom makes corn pudding.

[Matt Abatticola]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

Which is incredible.

[Matt Abatticola]

Okay. So like a casserole type thing.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes.

[Matt Abatticola]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. Soft casserole sliced in chunks.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, yeah. And there's like a. You know, the Jiffy Lube cornbread. Jiffy Lube. The Jiffy Lube cornbread. That's a new one.

[Dan Bernstein]

Did you really?

[Matt Abatticola]

I did. I said Jiffy Lube cornbread. It's my favorite one. Yeah. No, I go to. I go to Jiffy Lube. I go to Jiffy Lube to get my cornbread.

[Dan Bernstein]

Sounds like an old Delta blues musician who's playing at the juke joint tonight. I heard Jiffy Lube cornbreads back in town. And he brought the whole gang.

[Matt Abatticola]

So I'm doing shopping Monday night. So we're gonna go to Mariano's and then I gotta hit the Jiffy. The Jiffy Lube to get my cornbread.

[Dan Bernstein]

We've done the multi point inspection of your car. This is what your air filter looks like. And this is some piping hot cornbread.

[Matt Abatticola]

It's really good.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, thank you.

[Matt Abatticola]

Don't knock it till you try it, man. Jiffy Lube. They can do oil changes and cornbread like no other.

[Dan Bernstein]

That'd be great if, you know, talk about a brand like. Like a. A co. Branding opportunity. Jiffy Lube and Jiffy. Why not?

[Matt Abatticola]

So have you ever seen the recipe? It's like Jiffy, the cornbread mix. And you put in, like, a can of corn, a can of cream corn. Okay. So that I'll do that. And a jalapeno family likes that. And then I do regular corn off the cob. But I've never done creamed corn for.

[Dan Bernstein]

Thanksgiving off the cob. Like an elote.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah. So I'll get fresh corn and freeze.

[Dan Bernstein]

It so that I have it for.

[Matt Abatticola]

Thanksgiving because it's not the time of year.

[Dan Bernstein]

So I do that like in the husk. You'll freeze it?

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

And then.

[Matt Abatticola]

And then do it all off so that way I have fresh corn instead of doing frozen or corn in a kitchen. Yeah, but never creamed corn. Like cream. Unless maybe it's like an old. Like an older. Because we're old. An older person's thing.

[Dan Bernstein]

Maybe the people that do, like, green bean casserole will also do a creamed corn. I don't.

[Matt Abatticola]

And then it's called creamed corn. Right. Cream corn.

[Dan Bernstein]

Creamed.

[Matt Abatticola]

Creamed it.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, creamed. Creamed corn. Yes.

[Matt Abatticola]

You want to hit Jiffy Lube after with me?

[Dan Bernstein]

Get some cornbread cornbreads.

[Matt Abatticola]

I do like the butterfly jazz player, though. That's great.

[Dan Bernstein]

Delta blues. Jiffy Lube. Cornbread just sits on a folding chair. Sits there, plays the dobro.

[Matt Abatticola]

Dobro. It sounds like something Dr. Dr. Stephen Brule would play.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, it's. It's the resonator. The metal resonator.

[Matt Abatticola]

Is that called the dobo?

[Dan Bernstein]

No, dobro.

[Matt Abatticola]

Dobro.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's not a do. It is. It's called a dobro. It's.

[Matt Abatticola]

Are you thinking of the oboe?

[Dan Bernstein]

No, I'm not.

[Matt Abatticola]

It's making up instruments now.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's a resonator guitar. Did you ever see Sinners?

[Matt Abatticola]

Yes.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's a dobro.

[Matt Abatticola]

You mean the guitar?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes.

[Matt Abatticola]

Okay. It's called a guitar.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, it's a special kind of guitar that's got a metal resonator.

[Matt Abatticola]

Have you seen Sinners yet? Yet. It's good.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. Recommend it, like, seem I've probably seen it more times than you've seen Maverick.

[Matt Abatticola]

No, that's not true. No, that is not possible.

[Dan Bernstein]

All right, this is.

[Matt Abatticola]

Sorry. About that.

[Dan Bernstein]

We're, we're, we're. We got a couple left. Couple.

[Matt Abatticola]

That's great. Come.

[Dan Bernstein]

Go to the second door. No, it's like second door.

[Matt Abatticola]

Are you here for an oil change or cornbread?

[Dan Bernstein]

No, I'm here for cornbread.

[Matt Abatticola]

All right, so second Bay, drive on through.

[Dan Bernstein]

The guy's underneath and hand reaches up, piping hot cornbread.

[Matt Abatticola]

Have you ever been to a liquor store that used to be like a Jiffy Lube? And it's a drive through liquor store they have in the South. That's where I've seen them on vacations.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, it sounds like Uncle Nick's out in Rockford for late night Euros.

[Matt Abatticola]

But I think I just got an idea now. Like a pop up, like Thanksgiving dinner. Drive through. So it goes right through. Get your oil changed, get a full Thanksgiving dinner. I don't know how that came out.

[Dan Bernstein]

Tall Paul in Boston. So we've heard from Berlin, we've heard from Chattanooga, we're from Effingham. And now we've got Boston.

[Matt Abatticola]

Tall Paul. There was Fat Matt, Musky Pete.

[Dan Bernstein]

He doesn't fish for muskie, he just Musky Pete. Just a little. I actually met Muskie Pete, the actual Muskie Pete.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, really?

[Dan Bernstein]

In Hayward, Wisconsin. Did you.

[Matt Abatticola]

Was he, Was he with. Was it Pitching Wedge Tom or what was.

[Dan Bernstein]

We had the whole list of people at Daniel's house.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yes.

[Dan Bernstein]

Who's coming over? Knock, knock, knock. Oh, it's Musky Pete. It's like. It's like Mr. Rogers.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, I think it was. I think it was Kangaroo Pitching Wedge Pete or Putter Pete or nine Iron Pete.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, yeah, there was, There was one of those.

[Matt Abatticola]

It was like one Leg Tom. Or was that Eileen who had the. She had one leg.

[Dan Bernstein]

There's two Leg Tom, who also is just Tom. So Tall Paul says, I am loving the daily podcast, both DBU and Forward Progress. You guys have the perfect balance of insightful sports conversations, scorching critique when necessary, and lengthy, off topic ramblings that leave me laughing while I'm out on a run or commuting.

[Matt Abatticola]

When does the insightful sports talk start?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, we'll get on this.

[Matt Abatticola]

Okay. What episode is that on?

[Dan Bernstein]

It's been a couple of months. We might wanna think about doing that. He says. Living in Boston, the podcasts give me a bit of connection to a city I still would consider home, even if I haven't lived there in quite some time. Onto my topic at hand, commercials, and specifically the onslaught of holiday commercials during sports broadcasts. It seems every year the holiday commercials and communications Come earlier and earlier. We're beat over the head with holiday themed commercials that rarely work on first viewing, but definitely leave you vomiting and throwing the remote after the 83rd viewing over a weekend wall worth of sports watching. Dan, you have highlighted the Amazon commercial with the butt cushions for the old ladies sledding. And yes, that one has me running for the mute button. But this year, I want to highlight the absurdity of three completely separate commercials making the same joke about Buffalo wings. There's Buffalo Wild Wings, where Lil Dicky, the comedian and rapper jokes that he's never seen a make or model like the buffalo mascot in the commercial. There's Target, some guy named Chris running around Target preparing for game day and the holidays with various jokes including checking out a customer at the cash register, commenting, I didn't know buffaloes had wings. Chris, you are a comedy icon. And then there's Stella Artois, Matt Damon, and David Beckham. Damon has to describe that Buffalo wings hail from Buffalo because David the Brit wondered why he was eating buffalo. Goddamn hilarious. Make it stop. Not only are these not funny, they'll never end. And they're all making the same incredibly lame joke. I recognize I might be setting a high bar. How could commercials actually be funny, witty, or, heaven forbid, sell the product, but happy holidays. But more, I wanted to say happy terrible commercial season, beating you over the head over and over and over again for the next eight weeks. Love the show. Love ya suit.

[Matt Abatticola]

Good stuff. Yeah, I don't watch commercials, so, you.

[Dan Bernstein]

Know, I get it. I hadn't really put it together. And my worry, like I said the other day, about the number of Christmas commercials using the naughty nice list as a bit. It might be AI. It might be. You've got people at big ad agencies and you're getting parallel development and parallel evolution because people are feeding the same things into the same programs. Did you.

[Matt Abatticola]

Did you shit all over the Amazon commercial? The old ladies and the.

[Dan Bernstein]

At one point, I think I did. Not recently.

[Matt Abatticola]

I was gonna say. I don't remember hearing that. I like that commercial.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's all right. Okay. My quibble. Yeah, it's one and done. Oh.

[Matt Abatticola]

Cause they're not going back up the hill, right? No, 100%. There's no shot.

[Dan Bernstein]

You turn around and it's nighttime. Like, it's dusk and they're looking up the hill. Unless there is a chairlift. And even then.

[Matt Abatticola]

No, they're not.

[Dan Bernstein]

They're not. They might break in half. No, they, like. They're not getting back up the hill ever.

[Matt Abatticola]

Like, I was expecting Them to start walking and then the next Amazon is like, them ordering, like, dresses for the one funeral. Who? The girl who died halfway up the hill.

[Dan Bernstein]

Like, I hope you like that. I hope it was worth it.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, Amazon, you get sleds, you get funeral dress.

[Dan Bernstein]

Know what an ass pad costs? But that. I mean, probably 35 bucks for a good neoprene ass pad these days because.

[Matt Abatticola]

You need one that won't get all wet and it's gotta be weatherproof and.

[Dan Bernstein]

But it's for one shot.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

Unless I got a helicopter. Climb in, ladies. Up we go.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, they're. Yeah, they're one and done, that's for sure.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. So I hope you liked it. Or maybe they are dying. Like, there's a real sort of dark version where they.

[Matt Abatticola]

They're all.

[Dan Bernstein]

Maybe they all have, like a week to live or they've got a mutual death pact or something where they all go off and drive off a bridge so they.

[Matt Abatticola]

They go sledding one last time, and.

[Dan Bernstein]

Then one last time they go suicide. Yes.

[Matt Abatticola]

No, that's not good. We don't want that. I like that commercial.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay.

[Matt Abatticola]

It's sweet. But definitely one and done.

[Dan Bernstein]

And we're gonna close with this. This is what I had you load up.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, yeah. Got it right here.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I just. You're.

[Matt Abatticola]

You've heard this already?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah.

[Matt Abatticola]

So it's. It's okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's great.

[Matt Abatticola]

We're safe.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, we're safe. Well, I mean, we don't have to be safe anymore. Well, I know, as far as getting sued or anything.

[Matt Abatticola]

No, I meant as playing it. And there's like some virus that disrupts and destroys the whole Hubbard system. So we're good.

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm not speaking English.

[Matt Abatticola]

He played it.

[Dan Bernstein]

This says, your recent talk about closing the book on Aaron Rodgers made me recall you joking about Good Better best being like a nursery rhyme.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

So, considering some of the stuff this week, I thought you might enjoy this AI generated performance. Let's hope the bears sing this to Aaron on Sunday as a mule cart wheels him away to his favorite sensory deprivation tank.

[Matt Abatticola]

Good, better, best Never let it rest till you're good Gets, gets better and.

[Commercial Narrator 2]

You'Re better gets best.

[Dan Bernstein]

Now go.

[Matt Abatticola]

The to sleep.

[Dan Bernstein]

Thank you.

[Matt Abatticola]

I was hoping it was going to go that direction. I really was. I was like, that would be ideal if it ended with a Shut the fuck up or go the to sleep. There we go.

[Dan Bernstein]

There it is.

[Matt Abatticola]

Nice.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well done. Ryan in Seattle to close out yet another edition of Friday Feedback. Or Feedback Friday, whatever you prefer. Whichever one you I just write FF up there and it can be whichever one you want. Now, I was on Fridays and on Mondays, you know, I 8:15, I sit over there with Sherman and Tingle.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

You know, once I can get past Tingle's personal security and they pat me down, I do. They do the retinal scan because you can't get close to Tingle without just making sure. Sometimes they have to actually burn off your outer layer of skin to make sure there's no pathogens on there. And they were really tired because they had a thirsty Thursday. And I think they really enjoyed it.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, really?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Tingle's hurting today. So I kept thinking, this guy needs the perk shake. That's what he needs. He needs to go to Protein Bar and Kitchen. And he needs the perk because instead of spending more money on something that is essentially just a giant breakfast dessert, the perk at Protein Bar and Kitchen has cocoa, malt, espresso, whey protein, chocolate whey protein, and almond milk. 24 grams of protein. So you get your caffeine, you get your protein, and you don't get all of that fat sugar. So you can feel better about it and feel like you've got a little bit more energy. And that's what's really cool about PBK Protein Bar and Kitchen. Because when you are craving something and you want something that you can feel good about, that's going to make you feel good. That's where you can go, whether it is lunch, whether it's dinner, whether it's before or after a workout. And what's even better is now you can get 50% off with the app and with the code DBU50. DBU50 for 50% off on your next visit. And you say, where am I going to go? Well, any of them. Protein Bar and Kitchen is all over the Chicagoland area. 15 locations. There's one in Northbrook, there's one in Oakbrook. There's plenty downtown. There's definitely going to be one near you. And you can also now get a creatine boost, if you like, in shakes and smoothies and acai bowls, because they've partnered with Arrival Creot Creatine. And it's not what it used to be about, like getting huge and adding all of this, this mass. It's an elevator of energy. It's a recovery aid, promotes mental clarity. And you can just add the creatine boost in whatever you're getting. Also, if you need to be gluten free or you are picking up for somebody who is they're testing out gluten free crispy chicken right now at 10 West Lake street so that's for the Buffalo bullet, the Caesar wrap and the Cobb Salad PBK, DBU50 in the app.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah. And that Lake street location. There's construction for the L going on, but they're open.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yep.

[Matt Abatticola]

So get on in there. It's all good. Nice and clear, right in front of the building itself. So you're fine, good to go.

[Dan Bernstein]

All right. It is time now. The committee has done its work. I have put together my list and this is for the top 10 Steelers of all time.

[Matt Abatticola]

The committee when they were after this all week, late hours and it was a really, really broad approach to the top 10 Steelers of all time. And they gave me the list this morning and they have several. There's actually a bunch whole bunch of honorable mentions for the top 10 Steelers. Starting with the Beijing National Stadium. It's the largest steel structure in the world. Over 42,000 tons of steel to construct it.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay.

[Matt Abatticola]

The film 2011 starring Hugh Jackman called Real Steel. He plays Charlie, a down and out prize fighter. Teams up with his estranged son Max to build his train.

[Dan Bernstein]

Estranged or strange Estranged son.

[Matt Abatticola]

He could be strange too.

[Dan Bernstein]

He said his strange son. Hey, dad, you want to team up?

[Matt Abatticola]

He very much could be strange.

[Dan Bernstein]

I know mine is coming home a knight.

[Matt Abatticola]

Maybe he works at a Jiffy Lube, makes cornbread and what they do. Dan, do you know Real Steel? You familiar with this movie?

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm not.

[Matt Abatticola]

So they like build like fighting robots. They're like robots that box and fight and so it's his.

[Dan Bernstein]

Hey, box.

[Matt Abatticola]

Last chance at redemption there, Hugh Jackman.

[Dan Bernstein]

So that's a very lame last chance at redemption.

[Matt Abatticola]

It is, but it's a.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's a really redeemed from. What if that's your redemption?

[Matt Abatticola]

Redemption from his own personal boxing career that failed. He never was able to win the big title.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh. But now he's going to be redeemed by creating a robot with his strange son Max. With his strange son. But his ability to put his boxer's mind into the robot and fight. Yes. Glad I missed that one.

[Matt Abatticola]

Another honorable mention. Andrew Carnegie, big Scottish, American industrialist. He became the richest man in the world building the American steel. The American steel industry in the late 19th century. So he gets a nod.

[Dan Bernstein]

He gets more than a nod from me. He was.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, he's on the list.

[Dan Bernstein]

Number three. Oh, wow. It's Andrew Carnegie.

[Matt Abatticola]

Doesn't matter.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes, it does.

[Matt Abatticola]

No.

[Dan Bernstein]

The guy led the expansion of the steel industry.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, he gets a mention.

[Dan Bernstein]

A mention? Yes.

[Matt Abatticola]

There's others more worthy. Moving on. Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut. Borrowed. You know them as Bonnie and Clyde. Yep. So they ran around the Midwest. They were killing people and robbing banks and kidnapping stuff and things.

[Dan Bernstein]

Also added to our team Rob.

[Matt Abatticola]

1932-34. So they get a nod. The 1968 film.

[Dan Bernstein]

What does that have to do with Steel? Oh, stealing. Okay, okay.

[Matt Abatticola]

They're robbing well known robbers.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, okay.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah. You didn't approach that at all.

[Dan Bernstein]

I had one, but I kind of fudged it a little more than that.

[Matt Abatticola]

The Thomas Crown Affair, 1968 film starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway gets a mention again.

[Dan Bernstein]

Wasn't it remade with Pierce Brosnan?

[Matt Abatticola]

It sure was. And Pierce Brosnan.

[Dan Bernstein]

And.

[Matt Abatticola]

Redhead.

[Dan Bernstein]

And Margaret.

[Matt Abatticola]

Nope, not Anne Margaret. Look it up. Who is it?

[Dan Bernstein]

Crown. It was Carrot Top.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yes. His love interest was Carrots.

[Dan Bernstein]

Renee Russo.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yes, that is correct.

[Dan Bernstein]

And Faye Dunaway was in the remake. She played the psychiatrist.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, yeah. She was the psychiatrist that they talked to. Yep, yep. All right, moving on. John Herbert Dillinger gets a mention. American Gangster during the Great Depression. He. He is known for, or accused of, I should say, robbing 24 banks and four police stations. So he gets a mention.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay. And also the story about him having a massive wang apparently is not true. Apparently the people. It's too. The people who saw his body at the morgue said that there it was tinted. The sheet was like popped up. But everyone was saying now it was. It was his arm tenting the sheet.

[Matt Abatticola]

What was his arm doing between his thighs?

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, it was. I. I don't know. I'm just saying everybody thought that that.

[Matt Abatticola]

Was that the arm that held the.

[Dan Bernstein]

Tommy Gun about Dillinger. Yeah, because you get more exercise.

[Matt Abatticola]

Well, no, you take people's legs out a little easier because you're lower.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, I don't know.

[Matt Abatticola]

I don't know. Ocean's Eleven, the 1960 film that was the Rat Pack at Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr also starred Angie Dickinson. So you know the original. You've seen it?

[Dan Bernstein]

No, I never seen it.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, so it's Danny Ocean, who was Frank Sinatra, and he gets all his World War II buddies and they rob five casinos in Vegas in the same night.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, the remakes a little more famous.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, that's with George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

And the scene where Julia Roberts comes down the stairs walking like Ditka after.

[Matt Abatticola]

Wine or you mean just like in general.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's weird. Don't you remember? He's like this is the best part of my day. And Julia Roberts, in a dread, descends the staircase. But she looks. I remember the scene. She's walking like Koch. It's weird.

[Matt Abatticola]

Maybe her heels run backwards.

[Dan Bernstein]

She does not have a glamorous walk at all. That is not a Runway train walk. And she's kind of like, you know.

[Matt Abatticola]

Looking like a runaway train walk.

[Dan Bernstein]

No.

[Matt Abatticola]

What's a runaway train walk?

[Dan Bernstein]

Funny that you said that. Do you know who starred in Runaway Train? Her brother.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, I don't know. Billy Crystal?

[Dan Bernstein]

No.

[Matt Abatticola]

A little old woman from Goonies?

[Dan Bernstein]

That's Throw Mama from the train.

[Matt Abatticola]

Okay. That's not Runaway Train. Oh, no. Denzel Washington with Runaway Train. And Chris Pine, I think they were in. They were on Runaway Train.

[Dan Bernstein]

John Voight and Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay, I believe, also in Runaway Train.

[Matt Abatticola]

Eric Roberts is Julia Roberts brother.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. Oh, didn't know that.

[Matt Abatticola]

Moving on. Another honorable mention. Vincenzo Peruggia. You know him?

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't.

[Matt Abatticola]

He was an Italian decorator best known for stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. He had worked there briefly as a glazer, and then on August 21, 1911, he stole the Mona.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay.

[Matt Abatticola]

He gets wrecked. That's pretty. That's a pretty big.

[Dan Bernstein]

What are you doing today, Mona Lisa? All right, good luck to you. What time are you going to be home?

[Matt Abatticola]

All right, last mention is dinners at six. The steel drum. The instrument? The steel drum. Yeah. It makes great music. So it gets an honorable mention. All right, number 10. Number 10 on the list here. Dan the. See if you know this.

[Dan Bernstein]

That was all honorable mentions. Yeah, honorable mentions.

[Matt Abatticola]

Number 10. Mohawk Skywalkers. You know them?

[Dan Bernstein]

No.

[Matt Abatticola]

Really? It's nicknamed for Mohawk iron workers and other construction workers who helped construct buildings and bridges in America. Canadian cities including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Detroit, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal. They contributed to the construction of iconic structures across North America, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, Sears Tower, the CN Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco Bay Bridge and the George Washington Bridge, the United nations building and the Twin Towers. So they. They have the ability to walk along the beams without any safety harnesses or anything.

[Dan Bernstein]

So.

[Matt Abatticola]

Pretty cool. And then all those buildings have the.

[Dan Bernstein]

Ability to fall down and die.

[Matt Abatticola]

Well, they have the ability. They just didn't do that.

[Dan Bernstein]

Are you sure? Yeah. Or do we just not talk about those?

[Matt Abatticola]

No, that's why. That's why they're recognized as great iron workers. So they get a nod at number 10.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, the ones that didn't fall were the great ones.

[Matt Abatticola]

Well, yeah, I guess Like.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I'm sure. Wind blows and all of some of these great ones are bouncing off the concrete. Great.

[Matt Abatticola]

Number nine, the Hamburglar. Okay, you know the hamburger?

[Dan Bernstein]

I know him well.

[Matt Abatticola]

One of the original residents of McDonaldland, along with Officer Big Mac, Mayor McCheese, Grimace, and Captain Crook as part of 1971's McDonaldland Characters.

[Dan Bernstein]

I grew up with him, yes. What about the french fry guys?

[Matt Abatticola]

Well, they were there too. But listen to this. The Hamburglar started out pretty different from the lovable little urchin he was in the 80s. Now, do you remember the original? I mean, you were born late 60s. Do you remember? So they didn't change him until 1985.

[Dan Bernstein]

Original was also a rapist.

[Matt Abatticola]

Okay. So in fact, the earliest version of him was less child friendly and more call the cops, he's not supposed to be near a school.

[Dan Bernstein]

Kind of look less child friendly.

[Matt Abatticola]

That's another way of saying he was a terrifying old man with long, stringy gray hair, a black mask and weird rat like teeth. He's still obsessed with stealing hamburgers. But taking a look back at the oldest McDonaldland commercials makes you wonder if the ad agency really understood the target audience. Do you remember when he looked. That's him right there.

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm looking.

[Matt Abatticola]

Ooh, yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, I don't.

[Matt Abatticola]

You don't remember that?

[Dan Bernstein]

Too young.

[Matt Abatticola]

Well, that was until 85 when he got that makeover.

[Dan Bernstein]

Really?

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

Ooh, no.

[Matt Abatticola]

Is that gross? I'll post a picture of that when we're done.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, that, that's. Well, you know what? I guess I do kind of remember that. But it didn't. It didn't imprint, I don't think.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, we'll get it up. Number eight, Danielle Steele. You know her? She's an author, American writer, best known for romance novels. Best. She's the best selling living author and Stephen King and the fourth best selling fiction offer of all time.

[Dan Bernstein]

Good work if you can get it.

[Matt Abatticola]

Over 800 million copies. Old. It's like my book, My year with Mike Quaddy, we're at just over seven million.

[Dan Bernstein]

Mike Quaddy? Yeah, Mike Quaddy.

[Matt Abatticola]

She's written over 210 books, Dan. So she gets a nod at number eight. Number seven, the 1989American comedy drama called Steel Magnolias.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's my number eight. That is a unanimous number eight, Steel Magnolia.

[Matt Abatticola]

So it started. Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts. Also had featured Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O', Connor, Sam Shepard. This is actually the launching point for Julia Roberts. She won the Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for Steel Magnolias. All right, number six, the Steel Curtain. Steel Curtain was the nickname for the defensive line of the Pittsburgh steelers throughout the 70s.

[Dan Bernstein]

Not the iron Curtain.

[Matt Abatticola]

Not the Iron Curtain. Overall, though, the 1976 Defense Dan allowed only 9.9 points per game on average throughout their season. Their final nine regular season games, they allowed just 28 points.

[Dan Bernstein]

They allowed only four opponents to live.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, they killed seven people. Number five on the top 10 Steelers. The Isabella Gardner Museum robbery. Ever heard about this?

[Dan Bernstein]

No.

[Matt Abatticola]

In the early hours of March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Security guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves bound. The guards looted the museum over the next hour. The case is still unsolved. No arrests have ever been made. No works have been recovered. The stolen works of art have been valued at hundreds of millions of dollars by the FBI and art dealers. The museum offers a $10 million reward for information leading to arrest and the recovery of the art still unsolved to this day.

[Dan Bernstein]

Wow. Okay.

[Matt Abatticola]

Number four is Steely Dan. Dan.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's my number one.

[Matt Abatticola]

All right, I'll let you have all the. All the kudos for Steely Dan, then. But they're, you know, if you don't know them, they're a rock band.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, they're more than a rock band.

[Matt Abatticola]

Well, that's why they're your number one.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes.

[Matt Abatticola]

Number three. I bet you have this on your list to the Pink Panther.

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't really.

[Matt Abatticola]

That surprises me. 1963American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards. It starred Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, David Niven. You guys all know it. Like Inspector Clouseau. Yeah. And so he's trying to stop the Phantom, who is the antagonist in the movie, before he steals the prince, the priceless diamond known as the Pink Panther.

[Dan Bernstein]

But wouldn't the Phantom be the stealer? It's still top 10 Steelers.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's not top 10 crime movies.

[Matt Abatticola]

No, but he's a Steeler part of that movie. Okay, so it gets recognition.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay. I told you, the community has a smoking weed.

[Matt Abatticola]

They weren't. Yeah, they weren't number two. And no commentary needed. The man of Steel, Superman gets number.

[Dan Bernstein]

Two honorable mention for me.

[Matt Abatticola]

And I'll tell you, too, the. The last Superman movie that came out, one of the best DC movies I've seen. So it's good stuff. All right. The number one stealer for the committee of all time is lunch atop a skyscraper. Photo. You know that photo, iconic, historic photo. The 11.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh yes, yes, yes. Sitting on the beam, of course, in New York.

[Matt Abatticola]

So it's a black and white photo taken September 20th of 1932 of 11 iron workers sitting on a beam of the RCA building 850ft AB the ground during construction of Rockefeller center in Manhattan. It was arranged as a publicity stunt as part of the campaign to promote the skyscraper. It's been referred to as a piece of American history taken during the Great Depression. The photograph became an icon of New York City providing hope to Americans of what was possible for a better, bigger future despite the current times. So that ranks as number one little piece of history lunch atop a skyscraper. Photo 11 Ironworks sitting on a steel beam 850ft above the ground.

[Dan Bernstein]

That is the committee's top 10 Steelers of all time. My honorable mentions on my list did involve Superman as the man of Steel. As you mentioned, I had an honorable mention ranking for famous wrestler George the Animal Steel. George the Animal Steel's real name. This is my favorite favorite part of this. Guess what his real name is.

[Matt Abatticola]

It was like George.

[Dan Bernstein]

Sipowitz. It's Bill Myers.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, is it really?

[Dan Bernstein]

Is he original? So if you read through the Wikipedia bio, then it's just the original Bill. It's just great.

[Matt Abatticola]

That's great.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. So George the Animal Steel ranks an honorable man mention. You mentioned steel drum.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yep.

[Dan Bernstein]

As an honorable mention I put steel guitar, the, the famous pedal steel, the sacred steel. And actually my brother in law is a professional steel guitarist, semi professional. And I went to look at the list of steel guitarists to say this is sort of your, your epitome, your avatar. Hadn't heard of any of them. Absolutely shocked.

[Matt Abatticola]

Did you expect to hear.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I thought that there'd be a name and then I was like, oh yeah. I mean I have pretty good breadth and depth of music knowledge and these names did nothing for me. So that's part of what was honorable mention there. Get more famous, talk more steel guitar and maybe you'll move up in the next rankings. So that brings us to number 10. Number 10 is a band that had one famous song. The band is Steelers Wheel. Steelers Wheel, a Scottish folk rock band formed in 1972.

[Matt Abatticola]

Were you familiar with them before this?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, of course. Because you know their song.

[Matt Abatticola]

I do. Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

Stuck in the Middle with youh. Oh, Clowns to the left of me Jokers to the right Here I am, Stuck in the Middle with youh. And that became known and popular once again because of the scene in Reservoir Dog in which Michael Madsen's character is cutting off a cop's ear as he dances around. But the other name in that band, Joe Egan and Jerry Rafferty. You should be familiar with the later work of Jerry Rafferty, who then had solo hits with Baker Street, Right down the Line and Night Owl. But Jerry Raftery was the driving force behind Steelers Wheel. That comes in at number 10.

[Matt Abatticola]

So I. I didn't. I don't know who I thought sang that song, but I never knew that Stuck in the Middle with youh was by a band called Steelers Wheel. Really had no idea. I don't know who I thought it was, but I didn't think. I never heard of that before.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay, well, now you have.

[Matt Abatticola]

All right, that's interesting.

[Dan Bernstein]

Number nine, John Pierpont. J.P. morgan. J.P. morgan, who dominated Wall street in the Gilded Age. The old Gilded Age, not the one we're living in right now. Now, he was the force behind the creation of US Steel. So for that reason, JP Morgan and what he meant to the steel industry is the number nine Steeler and his remarkable resemblance to Joel Quinville. If you look at pictures of JP Morgan, you can't tell me that isn't like a. A Joel Quennville after. After he lets himself go a little bit grief. Right?

[Matt Abatticola]

Whoa.

[Dan Bernstein]

Isn't that amazing?

[Matt Abatticola]

Good thing he was rich. He is not handsome.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, he also doesn't look happy.

[Matt Abatticola]

Good grief. Look at his eyes.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I know.

[Matt Abatticola]

They're dead.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, I mean, doesn't.

[Matt Abatticola]

Well, I mean, not like dead, but his eyes look dead.

[Dan Bernstein]

Does he not look like Joel Quennville?

[Matt Abatticola]

He does.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. That's J.P. morgan.

[Matt Abatticola]

He looks like he would ignore inappropriate behavior as well.

[Dan Bernstein]

Jesus. Turn a blind eye to some of that.

[Matt Abatticola]

Good grief, man.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, scary looking dude.

[Matt Abatticola]

Park a Bonneville in his nose. Holy Christ. That mustache is awful, too.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, it's not. No, that thing's awesome.

[Matt Abatticola]

Trim that up a little bit.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, no, that's a power stache there.

[Matt Abatticola]

Look at his tongue stuck in it.

[Dan Bernstein]

Look at the big old vest. And he's got his glasses hanging off his vest.

[Matt Abatticola]

He's got. All right, we'll post a picture of him, too.

[Dan Bernstein]

I think people know what J.P. morgan looks like.

[Matt Abatticola]

I didn't know what he looked like.

[Dan Bernstein]

All right, number eight, the aforementioned Steel Magnolias. So, I don't know. Congrats on that. I've never seen it, by the way. I ranked it number eight just because of the star power.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, it's a very good movie.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's because I'm just a huge fan of so many of the people, and particularly Dolly Parton now and Sally Field forever, you would like.

[Matt Abatticola]

You should see it.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, thank you. Number seven, Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos by Public Enemy. One of their slower songs, not one of their better known songs, but number seven, Public Enemy's Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos. Number six, another baron of the steel days, Charles M. Schwab. He created Bethlehem Steel or led Bethlehem Steel to become the second largest steel maker in the United States. And he began his career, he was an engineer for Andrew Carnegie. He was a stake driver and an engineer working like he killed vampires. And then he became president of the Carnegie Steel Company. He helped negotiate the secret sale of Carnegie Steel to a group of New York City financiers led by JP Morgan.

[Matt Abatticola]

Doesn't he, doesn't he do money now?

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, so does J.P. morgan. And then after the buyout, this is. Charles M. Schwab became the first president of U.S. steel Corporation which came out of Carnegie's former holdings. So Charles M. Schwab, the number six Steelers of all time. Number five, Justin Steele of the Chicago Cubs.

[Matt Abatticola]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

Justin Steele, 62205. He was the Cubs fifth round pick in the 2014 June amateur draft from George County High School in Mississippi. Justin Steele, who actually when, when brought up earlier on this show was, was reaching out on, on Twitter. Really have much else to do but Justin Seale, nice guy, big time golf fisherman as well. So I decided to rank him number five. Number four, boxing referee. Richard Steele. Never has a boxing referee immediately engendered the kind of respect that Richard Steele had, especially when he was refereeing big time heavyweight fights. Because Richard Steele looked like a man who was not to be messed with. He was a former US Marine, he was a friend and a teammate of Ken Norton while in the Marines. He was an amateur boxer there and he began refereeing fights in the 1970s. He refereed 147 world title fights.

[Matt Abatticola]

Wow, that's a lot. That's 147 more than me.

[Dan Bernstein]

Mike Tyson's defeat of Razor Ruddock, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns in 1985. Hagler losing to Sugar Ray Leonard, the first of two fights between Julio Cesar Chavez and Meldrick Taylor. There's. When you, when people will mention how many boxing referees can you name? People will say Mills Lane.

[Matt Abatticola]

Mills Lane. Yep.

[Dan Bernstein]

And people will say Richard Steele. And then maybe there was the other. Was it Dick Steele? Was it Carlos Padilla? Who is, who is there? There's another one who I can picture, but I'm not Exactly sure of his name. But Richard Steele is number four. We mentioned the number three Steeler of all time is Andrew Carnegie. The number two Steeler of all time, Roman God Vulcan. Okay, Vulcan, whose Greek. The God of steel, Greek counterpart was Hephaestus. He was Vulcan Uncle Festus. Not Uncle Festus. Hephaestus Uncle Festa, the bald head jester. What about me? I'm the Mike Molester. Vulcan, the God of fire.

[Matt Abatticola]

Another guy on our team, Mike Molester.

[Dan Bernstein]

Including the fire of volcanoes, desert metalworking and the forge. So Vulcan was the original, the Ur iron worker. Okay, so Vulcan, Vulcan number two and number one stealer of all time, Steely Dan. Steely Dan, the irascible duo. Difficult, more than a duo. They were for a while they were a collective of some of the best studio musicians in the world. Countercultural in a way that they were jazz and rock and they were kind of assholes.

[Matt Abatticola]

So they stopped performing, like in the 70s, early 70s, went studio.

[Dan Bernstein]

Only Donald Fagan would get stage fright. He didn't like it. And some of their stuff was so complex that it was probably chose a bad profession that it was difficult before.

[Matt Abatticola]

He's like Cougar flying jets.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, you know who their original drummer was at Bard College in New York?

[Matt Abatticola]

Dave Grohl.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, it was not Dave. He was a drummer or keyboardist. One of their original members was Chevy Chase.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, I didn't know that. I knew that. Yeah, I think he was a keyboardist.

[Dan Bernstein]

Might have been keyboardist, yeah.

[Matt Abatticola]

There's a documentary coming out about him too.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. Also an asshole. So I can see how he fit in with these guys. And I know in his old age Walter Becker became. He softened a bit. Donald Fagan certainly has not. The cool thing about Steely Dan is they would you always say work at the highest level of your intelligence.

[Matt Abatticola]

He was a drummer.

[Dan Bernstein]

Chevy Chase was.

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, he was a drummer.

[Dan Bernstein]

So they always worked at the highest level of their intelligence. Musical intelligence, lyrical intelligence. A lot of their songs are really dark and multi layered. And as much as you can jam to them, they deal with some heavy stuff. And I always respected that about them. Donald Fagan is crotchety as ever. And if you've seen the yacht rock documentary, you know that he bristles at the idea of Steely Dan even being referred to as yacht rock. And they asked him if they could if he wanted to be a part of the documentary. And they played the voicemail and he said something, oh, fuck you. And he hung up on him or whatever it was. He just yelled at him. And their. Their music is still great. And they spawned basically what we know as yacht rock through the session musicians, through David Paich and Jeff Porcaro.

[Matt Abatticola]

That's why you love him.

[Dan Bernstein]

Who played for them, who went on to form Toto. But in what yacht rock truly is, it has nothing to do with being on a boat, a broat. It has to do with something that sounds expensive and refined and where every detail is attended to. And that's what Steely Dan was and what their music has been just exquisitely turned pop, jazz, rock, fusion, whatever you want to call holds up to this day. And a lot of their stuff just is still absolutely jams. And if you are curious about the name Steely Dan, Donald Fagan and Walter Becker named the band after a steam powered dildo mentioned in the William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch. So those, the stories, the urban myths, everything you want. It is true that the name Steely Dan is. It comes from a steam powered dildo.

[Matt Abatticola]

They sold over 40 million albums. Inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame in 2001. They've won three Grammys along the way. And yeah, Chevy Chase played drums in college for a band called the Leather Canary.

[Dan Bernstein]

Mm.

[Matt Abatticola]

He referred to the band as a bad jazz band. After leaving, two band members and classmates went on to be successful as the band Steely Dan.

[Dan Bernstein]

There you have it.

[Matt Abatticola]

So there you go.

[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abatticola]

Who cares? Probably some hunk who said wombats. I can't get enough of it.

[Dan Bernstein]

Time for DBU picks. You ready?

[Matt Abatticola]

Yeah, I'm ready. Yeah, I have. I'm going to the NFL this weekend. The Las Vegas Raiders. Dan of Las Vegas of the National Football League.

[Dan Bernstein]

The Raiders. Yes.

[Matt Abatticola]

They're hosting the Browns of Cleveland. The Raiders are minus four on this game hosting the Browns. I'm taking the Raiders and laying the four points as the Browns are starting Shador Sanders at quarterback, his first start start in the NFL. I think Mason Crosby is going to have a day, so I'm going to take the Raiders minus four hosting the Browns.

[Dan Bernstein]

You mean Max Crosby?

[Matt Abatticola]

Max Cross.

[Dan Bernstein]

What did I say? Mason Crosby.

[Matt Abatticola]

I did. Who's. What is he?

[Dan Bernstein]

Was he a former packers kicker?

[Matt Abatticola]

Yes, he was. God damn it. I think my brain is just shot today.

[Dan Bernstein]

I think we need Mason Crosby going to get his oil changed.

[Matt Abatticola]

Jiffy Lube cornbread.

[Dan Bernstein]

Getting some cornbread.

[Matt Abatticola]

All right. Boy, oh boy.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay.

[Matt Abatticola]

Thank God that he's.

[Dan Bernstein]

Friday, my bookie presents DBU picks and I've got a lot here. There were three things that jumped out at me. They say after a long NBA road trip, the first home game often is more like a road game. It often just becomes you're not really used to being back. And sometimes the effect of a road trip trip and especially with all of the basketball. The Bulls played at a very high effort level is going to come back to bite them a little bit. I've got. I'm going to take Miami plus two and a half points tonight.

[Matt Abatticola]

The Miami Heat.

[Dan Bernstein]

Miami Heat.

[Matt Abatticola]

Who are they playing?

[Dan Bernstein]

The boo.

[Matt Abatticola]

Oh, the Chicago Bulls.

[Dan Bernstein]

Chicago Bull.

[Matt Abatticola]

They played a Bull in Chicago.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. So I'm going to take the heat plus 2.5. However, I also think that Kobe Wolf White, as rested as he is, will hit more than the 2.5 three pointers. I think Kobe White will get his three threes. So I'm going to take the over on that. And he and my Bears number, DeAndre Swift's over under for receiving yards. 11 and a half. I'll take the over.

[Matt Abatticola]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

On DeAndre Swift this Sunday, I will take over 11 and a half receiving yards. Yards.

[Matt Abatticola]

That's a good. That's a good pick because if he's getting the ball out quick, trying to get out of the flats again, trying to take advantage of where a defender was and like the chance.

[Dan Bernstein]

One check down. Yeah, possible one check down and I will take that. So Miami plus two and a half. Kobe White over two and a half, three pointers tonight and DeAndre Swift over 11 and a half receiving yards on Sunday. Lock in your pick picks now with my bookie bet on anything, anywhere, anytime. That does it for Dan Bernstein. Unfiltered. Brought to you in partnership with my bookie, Dan Bernstein.

[Matt Abatticola]

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