The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Best of DLS: A Very Weird Hour
Date: December 26, 2025
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

Episode Overview

This episode embraces its title, "A Very Weird Hour," by stringing together some of the most unusual, offbeat, and classic moments from the show’s archives and guests. In true Le Batard fashion, the episode is heavy on comedy, light-hearted banter, and South Florida flavor. Key elements include a retro motivational rant from Ray Lewis, an oddly captivating Al Roker interview, Roy’s infamously ridiculous Top Ten lists, a “Real Tough Guy or Fake Tough Guy” game with Antonio Davis, a nostalgic spot with Flo Rida, and a wild infomercial pitch-off with the late Billy Mays.

Main Segments & Key Discussion Points

1. Setting the Tone: "We're Going Weirder Than 'Stranger Things'"

[03:19-04:00]

• Dan opens the show self-consciously:

  "What we did transparently after Stranger Things aired on Christmas night, we were like, how can we be stranger than Stranger Things? ... today's episode is a little bit weird. Today's like stranger episodes."
  (03:19)

• Explains the premise for the odd assortment to follow: classic show moments and out-of-the-box interviews.

2. Ray Lewis's Motivational Rant from 2016

[05:05-06:06]

• Ray Lewis offers full-throttle New Year’s inspiration, laying it on thick:

  "The problem is, we create New Year’s resolutions instead of lifestyles, man. It’s about lifestyle."
  [05:41]

  "You want to do something, snap a picture of yourself and at the end of this day, ask yourself what you don’t like about you before you judge anybody else. Happy 2016. Do you?"
  [05:59]

3. Al Roker: The Mount Rushmore and Life of a Weatherman

[06:06-12:34]

Mount Rushmore of Weathermen

• Al Roker rattles off his favorites:

  "Willard Scott. Dr. Frank Fields... Sonny Elliott from Detroit. Dr. George Fishbeck in Los Angeles... Dallas Rains.... Brian Norcross who was down there in Miami."
  [06:11-06:33]

• Jokes about not knowing/not liking Phil Farrow.

  Stugotz: "Not that gas bag Phil Farrow though."
  Al Roker: "I don’t know Phil."
  [06:33-06:39]

Fame and Impostor Syndrome

• Humble about his profile:

  "I don’t know that I am the most famous weatherman in America."
  [06:51]

  "It’s still like, wow, they haven’t found me out yet. This is amazing. I love this country."
  [07:28]

• Kids say: "Al Roker, you look so much better in person. And I think they believe that’s a compliment."
  [08:16]

Grueling Schedule and Work Ethic

• On waking up at 3:15am, never sleeping before his daughter:

  "I get up at 3:15 and I do not go to bed until my 13 year old daughter is in bed... So you’re not going to get me complaining."
  [08:30-09:10]

Thoughtful on Gastric Bypass and Food Addiction

• "No, I can be honest with you, not to get too serious. Losing both parents, you know, losing friends in 9/11... There are a lot of difficult things. [Surgery] was something, you know, that I just, I knew I needed to do something."
  [09:21]

• On why food is a unique addiction:

  "Unlike, say, drug abuse or alcohol abuse... you have to eat, so you deal with that."
  [10:02]

• Candid about his struggle:

  "I really like food."
  [10:38]

  "I still like a good... some good ribs, but I don’t need a rack and a half anymore. I have two or three."
  [11:33]

• On his old eating habits:

  "Stop by McDonald’s, get a couple quarter pounders and a couple fries and a thick shake... sit down in front of the TV and... pig out. Could be a pint of Häagen-Dazs at once..."
  [12:12]

• Stugotz, in classic form:

  "That interview did nothing but make me hungry."
  [12:58]

4. Roy’s Ridiculously Themed Top Ten Lists

[15:39-22:16]

Top Ten Board Games

• Roy’s list blends puns, wordplay, and inside jokes:

  • "Back Gammon"
  • "Hungry Ass Hippos"
  • "Fats Dominoes"
  • "Connect Foe"
  • "Obama Napoli"
  • "Candyland"
  • "Life Sentence"
  • "Risk Ross"
  • "100 foot Yahtzee"
  • "Bill Pacheesi"

  (15:39-19:45)

Top Ten Baseball Players if They Were Rappers

• Hilarious hip-hop/baseball puns:

  • "Bone Thugs and Harmon Killaroo"
  • "Jay Zo"
  • "Notorious BI Jeter"
  • "LL Cool J Johnstone"
  • "Grandmaster Flash Gordon"
  • "Doug E. Glanville"
  • "Two Live Karoo" (Stugotz: “That’s the best one. On this list, no doubt.” [20:38])
  • "DJ Jazzy Jeff Konine"
  • "Run Diemcito Gaston"
  • "JT Snow Coasting"

  (19:45-22:16)

5. “Real Tough Guy or Fake Tough Guy” Game ft. Antonio Davis

[25:26-29:48]

• A rapid-fire game rating NBA players’ reputations for toughness:

  • Kendrick Perkins: “Real tough guy...he would punch somebody for real.” (26:01)
  • Reggie Evans: “Fake tough guy...every time you look around, you’re floppy.” (26:07)
  • Tyler Hansbrough: “Real tough guy intentions...He’s not a real tough guy. No.” (26:36-27:01)
  • Udonis Haslem: “Real tough guy. I think that he would... he would actually do it.” (27:05)
  • Zach Randolph: “Oh, tough guy.” (27:20)
  • Rajon Rondo: “Fake tough guy. He...got some things going on he need to work out with himself.” (27:41)

• Antonio Davis on Charles Oakley and NBA fear:

  “When you’re being told you’re going to play the Knicks and they have a guy on their team that if you show any weakness...this guy is going to smash you every time he sees you...I’m not going to lie.”
  (28:19-29:07)

• Stugotz: “So you went into the fear. I mean, you were faking is what you’re saying.”

  Antonio Davis: “Fake it till you make it. But let me tell you, after that, I knew what tough was.”
  (29:22-29:48)

6. The Art of the Pitchman: Billy Mays Drops In

[30:07-36:21]

• Billy Mays talks about the world of infomercials, the ‘American dream’ of pitching inventions:

  “Go for it. Because everybody has an idea. It’s these people that put these ideas down on paper, make a prototype...that’s when I come in...I’m the quarterback that takes them to the next level.”
  (30:07)

• Classic pitchman catchphrases:

  "Take a look at this. I'm still not done. But wait, there's more."
  (31:06)

• Worst product ever pitched:

  “A light that goes on the inner side of the [toilet] lid...red is stop...green was go. So it was trying to tell someone how to go to the bathroom...It bombed out there.”
  (31:57)

• On shameless pitching:

  “Have you pitched something on TV that you don't really believe in?”
  "Never will, never have."
  (32:45)

• “I'm very oxiclean. And you know what? I don't know anybody that could act like [Vince Offer, the ShamWow guy] and get away with it.”
  (36:05)

7. Flo Rida: Miami Roots & Overnight Success

[36:21-42:47]

• Flo Rida stays humble about opening for Pitbull and gives props to 2 Live Crew.

  "Definitely. We gotta give it up for the 2 Live Crew, you know?"
  (37:18)

• Reveals the origin story:

  "[Sat] in the studio...I'm gonna take Florida, break it in half and...the flow representing my melodic style, rider representing my gift to speed up and slow down my grind pattern. So there it was. Flo Rida."
  (38:13)

• Miami lifestyle—on bar mitzvah/private gigs that pay $100K for one song:

  "So far I did it probably like five times."
  (41:11)

• On staying grounded:

  "You know, if they could go out and purchase my music, I could at least give them, you know, a minute of my time."
  (40:01)

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Ray Lewis:

  "The problem is, we create New Year’s resolutions instead of lifestyles, man. It’s about lifestyle." (05:41)

• Al Roker:

  "It’s still like, wow, they haven’t found me out yet. This is amazing. I love this country." (07:28)
  "I really like food." (10:38)

• Antonio Davis:

  "You either are [tough] or you are not." (26:11)
  "Fake it till you make it. But let me tell you, after that, I knew what tough was." (29:26)

• Stugotz:

  "That interview did nothing but make me hungry." (12:58)
  On Roy’s list: "Two Live Karoo is the best one. On this list, no doubt." (20:38)

• Billy Mays:

  "If you want to be around us [pitchmen], you got to act like." (35:27)
  "I’m very oxiclean. And you know what? I don’t know anybody that could act like that and get away with it." (36:05)

• Flo Rida:

  "I'm gonna take Florida, break it in half and...the flow representing my melodic style, rider representing my gift to speed up and slow down my grind pattern. So there it was. Flo Rida." (38:13)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• [03:19] – Episode premise: Out-weirding "Stranger Things"
• [05:05] – Ray Lewis’s motivational monologue
• [06:06] – Al Roker’s weatherman Mount Rushmore & life
• [15:39] – Roy’s Top Ten Lists (Board games, Baseball-Rappers)
• [25:26] – Real Tough Guy or Fake Tough Guy (Antonio Davis)
• [30:07] – Billy Mays: Pitchman stories & infomercial beefs
• [36:21] – Flo Rida on Miami, success, and fan connection

Tone & Style

This is an episode bursting with the irreverent, unpredictable, and affectionate energy that characterizes the Dan Le Batard Show. The banter is self-aware, relaxed, and always up for a left turn—laughing at itself while lovingly spotlighting South Florida’s quirks, sports outliers, and American pop excess. Every segment is a mini time capsule of Le Batard’s unique showmanship—part sports talk, part oddball variety hour.

For New Listeners

Even if you’ve never heard the Dan Le Batard Show before, this episode is a sampler platter of its oddball humor, eclectic guests, and affectionate nostalgia. Whether you love sports, Miami-grown hip hop, classic infomercial culture, or just memorable radio chaos, there’s likely something in this “very weird hour” to make you laugh—and maybe even inspire you to snap an honest picture of yourself before the year ends.