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Fair enough.
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All right, here's the deal.
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This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast.
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All right, we got a really funny day coming at you guys here. I hope you enjoyed Zaslow day yesterday. A Fae. It is a Fae. Speaking of Faye, how about fake and gay Faye? That's what Mike Ryan was saying all day. Oh, this episode. As. Yeah, it's this episode. So you guys remember that day where I wasn't actually there? It was my brother dressed as George Harrison. And then Mike was basically JD Vance slowly devolving into whatever that was calling into Tucker College Football Playoff. Yeah, whatever he was doing, he was like a little bit of like five different. He was several different people over the course of the day calling out the College Football Playoff, which ultimately, by the way, ended up including Miami. So I. And by the way, I think if you ask Mike Ryan, this episode of this show, no joke influenced the College Football Playoff committee. No, I don't think. If you had him in his heart of hearts. In his heart of hearts, Mike, did this character ultimately influence the College Football Playoff committee to include Miami? His answer would be yes. And do we think that. No. So you'll have that as the first episode that you hear today. We're gonna figure out which of those hours is. Is the most substantial. And then the second hour you're about to hear today another all time drop that's going to be in the show forever. We got a wrap, Tony. We got a wrap. Our interview with Spice Adams. Is that what was happening? There's not come with a question mark. His name? Yeah. No. Wolf.
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Yeah.
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All right. It was the Spice Adams. Enjoy that too.
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Hello, Greco D.
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Your son's wondering if.
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You can use a mic right when you speak but you say no. That kind of thing the same way.
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Way that you don't have a new.
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Back in my day this week. Hello.
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What are you saying?
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You're plugging your new show of Greg Cody's show with Greg Cody. When you were younger and a teen Ethel Merman took the world by storm Just like the Hee Haw 3 all of your shame.
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Run through us like J. Dolphins are alive.
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Diana said that you are right.
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So D says he's sorry. Forever doubting your fire so you can have the grin of a donkey eating briar.
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It's a mule. It's a mule that's eating the briars.
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Shout out.
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Kirsten, that is. That is a singing voice revelation not seen around here since Rose. That was. I was moved by that song.
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Wow.
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Greg Cody was too, just from his narcissism of hearing his own voice.
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Whose vocal was that?
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Kirsten.
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Really?
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You're. You don't know who anyone is around here.
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I don't know.
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You don't know who anyone is around here.
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When's the last time I heard her sing?
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You don't know and we can tell you. Anyone is anyone and you would not know. We can fool you.
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Never.
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You don't know who anyone is around here.
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I do. I know everyone.
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He got mad the last time we did this. You got mad.
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You want to play quiz?
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I don't take a quiz.
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No?
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No.
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Why were you happy about the death of Jimmy Cliff?
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Oh, I wasn't. I didn't hear about it until this morning.
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You're smiling right now. He passed away.
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I know.
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When informed of the news, you smiled. This is wrong and gay.
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You've got to stop this. You have to stop this. You really do. I. I've run out of penalties to give you. I don't have any more penalties to give you. Like I then acknowledge the truth. No, I'm not gonna acknowledge the truth.
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I'm gonna hear, which is both teams play. Billy's got a major penalty five minutes for being Billy. I clear that one out. You don't fight for freedom. You fight for woke.
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Why are you still talking? Why are you still in a microphone disrespecting our rules or.
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I thought I was penalized for Billy. He always kept talking. Why does he have a different set of rules? This is unfair. It's woke. And minor penalty two minutes for tripping the entire show. Minor penalty 2 minutes for verbal diarrhea. Major penalty 5 minutes Grooming comedy to. Minor melon. Two minutes. Pest trend. That's my favorite one of him speaking bad Spanish. It's good. Okay.
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You want to talk some Jimmy Cliff?
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I mean, why were you happy about that?
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I was not happy. I was stunned to hear the news and perhaps inadvertently still smiling, had excited.
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To talk about death.
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I think that's something. It's like a phobia or something where you hear about death or something, and as a defense mechanism, you smile a little bit. Jimmy Cliff.
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Claire Dunphy. Nope.
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Jimmy Cliff introduced me to reggae music. For a lot of people, it was Bob Marley. For me, it was Jimmy Cliff. That 1972 soundtrack, which I heard about a couple of years late.
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We should get the back in my day music if we're going to do this. If he's going to all of a sudden eulogize Jimmy Cliff when he was happy that Jimmy Cliff d. I wasn't.
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I don't even know that fool.
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And God bless him, that's disrespectful. He lived to be 81. Jimmy Clip. He. He had a soundtrack to a movie called the Harder they Come. The harder they come, the harder they fall. And that was the first introduction I had to reggae music. Later I went back and discovered his contemporaries like Marley, like Peter Tosh, Toots and the Maytals. But Jimmy Cliff to me was an underrated statue of. Of reggae music like. Like just a. A pillar. Somebody who's among the all time greats. And I'm. I'm sorry to hear he passed away.
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So you reacted by laughing or by. No, by appearing Pleased?
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I. I might have had an inadvertent smile on my face.
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Toots and the maytols are wonderful.
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Or were.
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Were wonderful.
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They sure were. Hibbert died just a couple of years ago.
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This is a classic back in my day right here. Talking toots in the maytalls.
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Any of these words?
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No, but that's. That's right. That's. That'. What? That's what back in my day should be. Except written.
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Yeah.
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And crafted with care.
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It's even better when it's spontaneous. Kids out there.
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No, it isn't.
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Look up, Jimmy.
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Cliff, it's not.
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Look up, Jimmy.
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Say it's better. You think it's better spoken than written in your case. When you can take care with the written word. The reason you don't do them anymore is because they're hard. And you don't do hard things anymore.
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Is that right?
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Is that wrong?
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No.
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You've claimed to have done all of them. That's your reasoning.
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I have done.
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That's asinine. I mean, that's what he says. You're basically saying you're out of thought. That you've run out of thoughts.
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That nothing else capable of new thought.
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You cannot pine for. You have run it to the end of subject matter. That would allow you to pine for a different time.
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He's recapped everything that happened in the past. We do this back and forth. We're all like text them or say an idea to him. Now. I think I've done that.
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I have done. I've done them all. I don't pine for anything anymore. Not even Pine Sol.
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That one there is all the things you can pine for. Pine Sol. The smell of a dish.
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Dan, you trampled a great one. Say that one again, Greg. Miami. What?
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Miami Soul. Sol, baby.
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Sorry. Tony. Thank you. Thank you for that correction.
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That's great. Ruth Riley. Am I right? Ruth Riley up in the house. Ruth Cody. Ruth Doogie. All the great Ruths. Is that a name from the Bible? I think it is. Who?
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Doogie?
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No, no. Ruth.
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Oh, yeah.
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Ruth. Yeah, yeah. What was Ruth's part in the Bible like? What's the significance?
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First of all, I don't think there is a root.
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There is, Dan. Again, you're wrong.
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There's a Ruth in the Bible. Okay, I see the same.
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She didn't write the book.
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There's not a book of Ruth.
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I think there is. Where my Bible people at?
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I don't know why you keep talking that way.
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Why am I mad at.
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Why did you just say Ruth Riley? In the house. As if all you were just naming a player of wnba. You're in Miami because it's the only thing.
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You know the Miami soul Ruth Riley is the only player I associate from those days.
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But what did you say that that way for what way?
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What do you mean?
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I think you did in the house boy. Or some form you did something. I don't. I can't quote you.
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Where my Bible people at?
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No, before that. Yeah, before that.
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We're right here. We hear you. You shouldn't be afraid. She didn't write the book, but she was part of the book, obviously.
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Thank you, Mike Ryan, I am going to insist that you put down a modicum of that makeup and join me in conversation as we head into a football midweek extravaganza in which the entertainment is going to prepar you for Bad Bunny. Because all of a sudden football has gotten a little bit better at choosing its entertainment acts. And so anything that has Jack Black in Detroit is going to. Is going to. It's going to. What are you laughing about? Jack White? Yeah. Jack Black is totally different. Jack Black is a totally different person. You're right. That's a totally.
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Anything that has Jack Black in Detroit, though, I'm in.
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That's a. That's a.
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But that's a Tenacious D Dano. Way different show.
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It's a totally different concert though. Yes, Tenacious D would be wonderful, but not as good as Jack White.
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Mama. My, my, my, my, my, my, my. They're all stuck together.
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It's one nacho the they did in. In Madrid. They did Daddy Yankee as a. They are actually trying to expand across and through music and through. I'm going to say what Jay Z intended in whatever it is that they're doing with their super bowl acts. They're going to break out a pregame show for Thanksgiving, right? Football gonna. Football is going to do it. Giant again.
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They have a halftime show executive produced by Marshall Mathers and his first hiring was Jack White, who has been outspoken. Now, I don't know about you, but I don't like politics with my music, which is why I think it should be Jason Aldean. Let me tell you why in the heartland, his voice matters. He doesn't tell you. He doesn't tell you what to think. He doesn't even ask you if you'd like to. Jason Aldean doesn't think. Not a single original thought has crossed through that man's mind.
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Craig, do you know who Marshall Mathers is?
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Leave it to Beaver.
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That's Jerry Mathers.
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Oh, yeah. No, of course I know who Marshall Mathers is. I've been a fan of Eminem almost as long as I've been a fan of Jimmy Cliff.
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Proud of yourself? You are. You've been a fan of the Beatles longer, Greg.
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Yes, I have. I saw the Beatles on ed Sullivan in February 1964. You all know.
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You saw me all the way back then.
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Yes.
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You also said you saw the Wilt game.
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Go ahead and give him the background.
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There is video. Have you seen this? There is video of the Wilt game.
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Thank you.
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It came out last week. You want to pretend it didn't. We all saw it. Also, why did Chris Cody speak like Yoda? Yeah, we heard it. He was searching for Wilt Chamberlain. He couldn't find it. It was something that happened. I was searching. And you choose to ignore happened. I had a panic in my brain. You should have seen, like, if my inside Out. I felt like. Have you ever seen the movie Inside Out? There was like two seconds of panic. What words he looking for?
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It wasn't just panic. It wasn't just panic.
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Someone gave me the word. He tried to fix it on the back end, which is what these pulsers are doing.
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Chris, it's my favorite form of your panic, okay. Where I look across your face and there's a blank slate. And it's like what you do register before you register the name Wilt Chamberlain is. Oh, shit. This is absolutely a name I should know.
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I'm heckling myself because I just had it in my brain a second ago. I'm like, you went to air because you had the name and someone that happened in this 10 seconds of talking where all of a sudden you don't remember the fucking name.
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I see you, idiot. The fear that sweeps across his face when he recognizes I'm about to forget Will Chamberlain name. If someone doesn't.
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I was like. I was trying to make fun of him, too. I'm like, this guy tried to shit.
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Yeah.
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Was the thing. He watched the game, Will.
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I saw both. I saw Wilt and the almost as.
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Much panic when Zaz just stared at me. Earlier in the show, I got confused by George.
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I got confused by Jack Black performing with Eminem in a different political. Although I suspect Jack Black's politics probably run similar to Jack White. What?
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He said that thing and apologized for it, which is what you should do when you get something wrong. Now there's an injustice, and it's happening right in front of your eyes. Two teams played a football game, but the winner doesn't matter. Because the radical left is telling you the loser is better. It's woke, it's wrong, it's bad, it can kill you and your family. And on top of that.
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Stop it.
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It's gay.
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Greg, what are you doing? Why are you putting your foot. Stop. Get out of here. Don't.
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Get the thing.
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Get out of here.
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Minor penalty. Two minutes. Murdering the show with their bare hands in a dismemberment. Kid in cold blood.
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Two time recipient today. Why is your foot up on the. On the desk?
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My surgically repaired right knee was aching me and I thought it would help if I stretched it out and elevation. Yeah, but that's okay. You know, I don't have to.
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State. Don LeBatard and then Matt Stafford. Through him 25 and two. Oh, there's a brand new kid in town out of by stugats they call him Puka his quarterback is not named Tua Nakua. This is the Dan Levatar show with the.
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Stugats. I was just wondering why it is you jostled the microphone.
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Everything. God, it's gay. His trick knee. That's what they want.
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Everything. You can't stay in here and keep behaving this way. And you've got to respect. You've got to respect some of the rules around here. You can't just make your own rules. Greg, are you okay? We haven't checked in on the status of your trich knee. You seem to have been walking very well since your initial.
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Limping. No more.
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Cane. I doubt you're doing any of the rehab. My guess is you stubbornly just go right back to living your life the way you were living it.
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Before. Nailed.
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It. I've done three rehab sessions thus.
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Far. Skip the last.
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One. I had a fourth one scheduled that I did postpone but plan to get right back on.
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It. Okay, but you're probably supposed to do more than three. Like you.
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Probably. They're another month. Month.
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Plus. You like it. I don't mind complaining about. He's like, I get.
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Tired. Yeah, that's called working out the rehabs beaten my.
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Ass. I don't believe that he's used that bicycle in the Barbie room in the last. Any time recently. Except for content, I believe. I believe he's. The only time he's used it is if he's filming something to be funny on the one thing that he's got in the office that he could.
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Use. I mean, he likes a bit.
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Of promoting his podcast by me walking in and like, oh, you interrupted.
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Me. I was just. Yes. I want you guys to look at that room. Put that room back up. And I want you to see where this legislature, this right here, is a legendary journalistic titan in this market. He has seen soccer grow over 50 years. For him to be relegated to the Barbie room as a journalistic icon with that exercise bike that should be hanging laundry on it because it's got cobwebs. He does not use it. Anything he says to the otherwise is not true. For you to be. Was it on that couch that you were sitting? The sad couch.
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Actually. I was so enthralled by the game, I was standing to watch.
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Honestly. On your trick knee? On your unrehabilitated trick.
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Knee. I can stand. Okay. My childhood bedroom, when I'm sitting for a long time, it's when.
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It. Those walls could talk. That.
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Is. That is Chris's old childhood bedroom, I would say. I remember that as a small room, but only because there was a bunk bed in there. There's a. You were babying on a bunk bed. You were babying on a bunk.
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Bed. No, I had a real bed in there. I was there through high school.
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Daniel. Okay, they moved the bunk bed out of.
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There. I forgot about that bunk bed. Thank you for the memories. Anyway, Mario doesn't look very happy there. He agrees with Mike being cheated out of that lucrative 12th spot. They really needed Utah to lose. That would have helped. Wouldn't have been enough, but it would have been. Been a big help. Now they're just relegated to the pipe dream about maybe still making the ACC title game. They need four or five cards to all fall in unison in the same direction like dominoes. Very doubtful that it'll.
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Happen. Why did you begin singing the song Memories like a Showgirl? Is it because you're intoxicated by them making hello into a song that makes you think that you can be an old. An old vaudevillian singing hello. Crooning act that just sings his occasional.
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Thoughts? Yes, it's because I'm intoxicated in general, not by what they said. But seriously, it was very emotional to hear that song. I've always been a big fan of Adele's. I really have. And the fact that she would do a tribute song to me interspersing my comedic sale. Yeah. I mean, it's just special. Really.
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Special. British superstars, we stick.
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Together. Thank you, George. Georgie, it's not.
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George.
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It's.
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Huh. It's Jeremy. It's not.
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George. George Harrison.
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Man. That's right.
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Dan. Did you guys have any Norm Powell conversation that you wanted to get off the ground between? Because I don't. Look, I'm gonna try and explain this, but this is an unusual situation that Miami finds itself in where they have two known all stars. And what we've been saying for a while is those two known all stars need a player here who's better than them. Jimmy Butler was that player. They fell into line behind that player. Norman Powell was an almost all star on a Clippers team that has totally fallen apart without him. Kawhi and James Harden, they needed what it is that he was offering because he's the modern day's perfect player. Will play defense for you, will shoot threes crazy and can go 30 a night like it has done it three times because of how they're playing, because of how they built the thing around him. So I'd be curious between two homers how to assess as Tyler Herro. They're only returning all star. I shouldn't say they're only all star. Bam's an all star. Their all star is returning. When? It's now Norm Powell's team. Like, you know, if they're going to play this way and he's going to be the 30 point a game guy, I'm good with it being his.
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Team. I mean, I'm good with it too. But the thing that I would add there is the way this team plays, it's not in the type of style where it's so and so his team. Like it's such a free flowing, fast paced offense. It's not. Give it to this guy, let him go one on one. He's the number one option. I think Hero is going to fit in so perfectly and to push back a little bit on the whole, you know, the team plays better without him in past years. Okay. But this team plays a completely different style than those teams of past years. A style that I believe is going to suit Tyler Hero perfectly. And if he's bought in like you said he is, then the offense is going to go great. It just feels weird to say It's Norm Powell's team when he came over and he's the new guy in town again, has had a better 15 game start than anybody in Heat history. But it's like, how long can this guy continue to do that? Was he projected as a guy who's going to score 30 points a game in the NBA? Like, I don't think.
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So. I don't think it has to be anybody's team. You know, there's no LeBron James on this team. But I will say that I lost my.
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Training. You know what? Greg's absolutely right. Greg, I know what you were trying to say. We're talking about how can Tyler Hero fit into this team? And what we've seen is any given night, Anyone can score 30, so why not take a guy we know can score 30 every single night? You know, And Tyler Hero. Jeremy, if I may, I don't know if you're seeing this, but you once suffered a grave injustice and Dan once caped up for your cause. Remember what happened with UCF 2017? That's right. UCF was once in a Greek party. And Dan Lebatard, he took to the microphone and he started speaking truths. And now he should absolutely do that. Because ucf, it's so true. Like, UCF really is an aggrieved party in this entire thing. Like what. What everyone doesn't seem to understand is that UCF was undefeated. Miam is no different than they were before. Knowing that UCF being in this position and Miami being in this position, the one that they're in, is no different. And it's the great free state of Florida that has been aggrieved. Aggrieved today. Hi.
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Greg. Hi, Jeremy. It is true that there's no difference between that UCF and this Miami. Other than this, Miami lost twice to unracked teams. But the point I wanted to make about the previous conversation about Norman Powell is that Norman Powell, I told.
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You guys, that's what.
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Was. Dad, describe the last.
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Minute. I told you that that's what was going to.
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Happen. What? Describe the last minute.
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Dad. What does that mean? What do you.
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Mean? Recap what happened.
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Greg? I told Mike in the garage that this is what was going to.
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Happen. That was crazy. It's not even believable that that.
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Happened. Greg.
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What? What do you. Did you notice anything in the last.
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Minute? Yeah, what about it? I. I see. What am I looking.
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At? Who's.
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That? That's George Harrison. You're Jeremy. What's the big.
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Deal?
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Wow. I guess he's Am I.
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Wrong? I guess he's.
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Right. You explain it.
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Then. I thought we big shot. Maybe it isn't a big deal. Okay? We got really excited about.
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It. But like, all right, I saw the photo of the four.
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Beatles.
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Okay. It was that.
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Guy. But, you know, calling him Jeremy throughout the.
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Show. Well, I wasn't. I was calling him George.
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Huh. He was right about that. You didn't call him Jeremy.
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Once.
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No. In defense against us right now. So you didn't.
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Know? I thought it was George. Still do.
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Okay. You're annoying. I don't. Are you seeing.
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This?
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What's. I don't. Look, I came in on my day off. What's happening right now should scare you. I mean, because of.
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Dementia. I don't know what you guys are staring.
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At.
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Okay. Who have you been doing the show with? All show. Who have you been doing the show with? We've done. We're in our fourth hour. Who have you been talking to? All show. In that right.
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Corner. George.
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Harrison. Yeah, you mentioned.
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That. Yeah, but who. How many times you want to ask me.
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Then? Greg. George Harrison was stabbed to death in.
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1999. That's fake.
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News. Who.
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Did. I've been told he died of cancer. That news. That news article I read earlier was wrong. Don't trust.
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Wikipedia. Who do you think? That's a.
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Problem. Finally.
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Is. You've been talking to Jeremy for three hours without announcing that it's not.
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Jeremy. Right. I knew it was not.
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Jeremy. My God, you're going to do.
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This. Nobody. Nobody in the audience knew it wasn't Jeremy. Nobody in the audience knew it wasn't Jeremy. This was a joke exclusively meant to fool you. And now you're pretending that you're the only one who.
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Knew. Now at the big payoff moment.
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You'Re the only one who knew that that was Jeremy's brother. Not Jeremy. You're the only one who knew.
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That. And you chose not to say any for three.
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Hours? No. I thought it was George Harrison. You guys don't get.
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That. Just won't give.
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Up. Like you just. You're playing defense right now. Great. Defense. You're playing. This should scare you. I know it scares.
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Me. Go.
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On. Minor.
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Penalty. Two.
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Minutes. Murdering the show with their bare hands in a dismemberment kit in cold.
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Blood. So that whole thing was an 11 joke just to fool.
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Me. There we.
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Go. Greg, you have to leave.
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Now. And the audience, which at least.
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We got them somehow fooled the audience. But not.
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You.
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Right.
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Well. So everyone on the Internet watching this, no one knew for Three hours. That. That wasn't Jeremy. Except for you. You're the only one who knew. That's amazing that you would be that clear eyed about that. Not being Jeremy but you not asking for.
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Much. All we want you to say is look over and be like.
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Holy. No, he didn't give us.
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Jesus. Like you just are. Have you seen this? It's two guys. I thought it was one. That's crazy. Is this how you would react like if you found out your wife was cheating on you? You just like walk and be like.
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Huh. I knew that. So it's a Jeremy impersonator. It's a big.
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Deal. It's not a Jeremy impersonator. You're right, Greg. Supernormal thing that happens on the show all the.
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Time. Thank.
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You. I'm leaving this one confused, honestly. Like I don't know why we do anything. All of this is. It's stupid, it's wrong. At least my dad gave us this.
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Payoff. Don't do.
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This. It's.
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Woke. Don't do this. I'm gonna end the segment. End the segment. End the segment. End.
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It. No, I'm not gonna do it. And it's gay. Wow. Right now get up to 20% off select online storage solutions put heavy duty HDX totes to good use, protecting what's important to you. The solid impact resistant design prevents cracking and the clear base and sides make items easy to find even when the totes are stacked. Find select online shelving and tote storage up to 20% off at the Home Depot. To organize every room in your home from your garage to your attic, visit homedepot.com how doers get more Done. Done.
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Libertard. You don't remember the.
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Idea? I was probably like that kind of.
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Thing.
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Something. Okay. No, the home run call was that kind of swing. That kind of.
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Thing. Stugats. Oh, it's a good.
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Call. Thank you. And plus, it doesn't matter who's hitting it. Like you're not tailoring it to a particular name. You know all that jazz. You know you don't got to do that. Oh, that would be a great call. Swing. That kind of thing. This is the Dan Levatar show with the.
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Stugats. Something in the way he moves says he might be Jeremy's brother. But that'd be a weird thing to fool me. I don't wanna ask them now. They never believe me anyhow. Is that a wig or it Is that.
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Gross? I don't know. I don't.
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Know. Is that mustache? Faith.
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Father. I don't.
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Know. I don't.
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Know. Zasla remains stunned that Greg Cody had no reaction to anything there. Chris and his fury has been a source of entertainment throughout the break, where Tony and Jeremy are roaring with laughter at their dad, at Chris's dad being maximum. His dad pretending to be unsurprised by something that fooled the entirety of the.
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Audience. And then we explained it to him after. He was just like, yeah. Oh. Then I thought, you just got someone to dress up. It's like, just give me a react. Give me something. Chris gonna have a stroke. He's still just, like, sitting there. Like, he's like, you're still acting like, I don't understand. Or the initial explanation. I thought it was George Harrison. Like.
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What? Okay, so it's someone who looks like Jeremy that we were supposed to think was Jeremy. I get.
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It. We all knew it wasn't. Did you think it was Jeremy at any point where you're like, that's not Jeremy.
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Jeremy. No, no, I thought it was. Sure.
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Okay. What? Jeremy.
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Emerges. You think that it.
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Wasn'T.
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Yeah. But you didn't think, like, wow, you got me. Was like, a good.
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Reaction. Let's get Juju's thoughts on this. I believe I would do anything that he sides with Greg Cody as. As he always does. Juju, what are your thoughts.
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Here? I thought it was a wonderful transition, man. Like, when I first saw it, I was like, huh? And then I looked at the audience and they didn't understand. They didn't react at all. Like, for the first couple times y' all showed them, it was about time. 20. Then they was like, wait a second. That's not Jeremy. And it was just one brother. So salute to the.
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Audience. But we're wrong for being mad at Greg Cody for taking his personal pride and getting in the way of tripping the show's joke ability to do the joke.
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Right. Know your teammate, brother. You don't pass Nick. Nick Young the ball and don't expect him to Chuck. 1. There you.
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Go. Come.
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On. We know my brother. Me and Nick Young like.
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That. We had every angle covered. I. I guess quality losses matter. Swaggy P. Am I the only one who finds it a little bit unsettling? Two. Jeremy's right.
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There. I don't think that we've gotten to enough NFL football today. So let's do top five shoulda could from NFL Sunday with Juju Gotti, and we'll do some stat of the day, some MVP of the day, and some listener comments as well. Let's start with Your top five shoulda couldas from NFL Sunday. What do you got any Oli.
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Oli? I'm not even going to touch my bills. They didn't happen on Sunday so I'm not going to go there. Fire Joe Brady, number five. And remember these plays. If they wouldn't have happened they would have won this.
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Game. Number.
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Five. Although you said Dan Michael Wilson spending that ball took some time and take too much time off. They still ran that clock down. But if the Cardinals kicker had made a 33 yard field goal in that game, they would have.
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Won the Jags. Jags are such.
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Losers. Trevor Lawrence sucks. I'm sorry. I can't. I can't not say it anymore. He.
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Sucks. Okay. That's a little strong and right. It doesn't have a lot of nuance in.
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It. Not.
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Neither. Right. And they almost lost the game on that Tim Patrick blunder. He didn't even turn around for the ball. But they.
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Recovered. Whose fault was fault? Whose fault was that? Was that. I don't assume that it's the receiver's fault when Trevor Lawrence air mails.
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What I assume it is, bro. Let's cut my boy some.
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Slack. Number.
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Four. Number. Number four. The Giants should have kicked the field goal. Thank you. Thank you. Never would have saw.
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Overtime.
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Yes. Never would even sniffed.
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It. Yes.
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Yes. Number.
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Three. There's a.
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Reaction. Number three. Xavier Gibson of the Eagles. Let the punt drop on the one. Don't try to field.
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It. That's crazy. That was an incredible play by number 38, Elijah Clark who got pushed three times. Got up and did what, Zaz? Put a hat on the ball. That's what you're supposed to do on the punt return team, buddy. You like the hat on the ball? I'm okay with that. You know what happened this week, right? I know there's lots of punch outs. I know. But. But you know who got an extension. Yeah, I know about that land, man. All right. Make sure you know about that lamb.
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Man. That was. That was an exercise in courage. What Elijah Clark did on that play. On that play for.
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Dallas. Then he got pushed 15 yards.
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And. And. And Greg Cody was unsurprised by.
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It. Correct. Takes a lot to surprise me, Dan. Been around. Clearly been around the block. Number two. It was fourth and four. The Colts gotta go for that in the fourth quarter. Are you just gonna punt the ball to Patrick.
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Mahomes? So scared. Just backpedaling the entire fourth quarter, Right? Just.
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Backpedaling. They weren't even on their side of the field. They could have went for.
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That. Not gotten.
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It. Mahomes didn't even get him on every drive. He. He went out on one drive and had to punt. But they just kept backpedaling like they were so scared of that.
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Team. I don't think the Colts had one first down from the fourth quarter into overtime, did.
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They? When I tell you when the fourth quarter started, down 20 to 9, it's the biggest comeback of Mahomes career. You're surprised by.
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That? It doesn't sound like that can't be right though.
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Dan. They're. They're. I know it sure.
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Can. How often they true them by no.
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Fans. It doesn't sound.
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Right. They were down 21 nothing against the Texans in. In 2020 non.
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Playoffs. Yes. That was the first time that they did it. But down in the fourth quarter, down 11 in the fourth quarter, they made their way back in the first quarter the first time. That drive didn't even have him scoring every time. All it was was a touchdown, a two point conversion and a field goal to tie. Correct. Like it wasn't even two touchdowns but it was 300 yards to 18. The Colts shit themselves in the fourth quarter. They've got the MVP. You're arguing all season about who's the MVP in their backfield. And they both did nothing in the fourth quarter against the champion when you could have ended their season. I mean that's it. And then Stafford's better than all of.
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Them. Close up shop's.
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Over. Number one. The Minnesota Vikings should have built a time machine, went back and kept Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones because.
A
Pu. It's rough. Sucks. It's like it feels like their process was right. The Vikings. But hold on. What's the process? The process was we're going to take him because he said he'd run through a wall cuz hardball hit him for three days. They drafted a quarterb top 10. I believe he's number 10 overall. Right. They drafted a quarterback top 10 and they clearly believe in that guy. And they wanted to stick with what their, you know, scouts told them instead of giving Sam Darnold, who had one good year in his career, an incredible amount of money. Like the process was right and it's turning out to be franchise altering. Wrong. Now you waste a very good roster with a quarterback who's not good with one of the best receivers in the.
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League. No, but you got. Wait a minute. We're doing some revisionist.
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History. It.
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Is. Wait a minute. Minute five. JJ McCarthy starts ago. You guys all told me Kevin O' Connell can do that with quarterbacks. Every one of you was telling me that Kevin o' Connell can just do that. That's the amazing gift he has. He can do it with Daniel Jones, he could do it with Sam Darnold, and he can't do it with this guy. That was five. Five stars. That guy had a fourth quarter. And all of you were telling me that Kevin o' Connell knows how to make.
A
Quarterback. He's a rookie. I mean.
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Right?
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Right. Week one matters. What we see in week one. Monday Night Football, Week.
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One. You guys all told Kyle Shanahan for based on one fourth quarter he had on Monday Night.
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Football.
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What? I mean, he's been.
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Hurt. He's not. He can't.
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Play. Okay, fine. You're right. What do you want? He's been hurt. What do you want? I mean, Kevin o' Connell deserved that kind of patience. Right. He's still young. So we were wrong. Yeah. I mean, let it go. You were right about something.
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Congrats. Speaking of patience, my patience was kind of tried today and one of my teammates hit me up and wanted me to speak up. You feel me? I've totally not. Not with this. Salute to Kirsten. You feel me? Great singing. But another one of our teammates text me and said they felt very uncomfortable today. And I hate to bring it up here, but I have to. The couch in the back, bro. He didn't necessarily consent to those. You know what I'm saying? That was happening to it back there. I think I want to report that to.
A
Hr. Why? Greg didn't even know anything was happening at the time. He thought it was totally normal that I was just a couch. Sure. That went over his head too. Why do we do anything? I saw Mike with his pants.
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Down. Can you give me the stat of the day music, please? Chris Cody, can you find me the stat of the day music, please? You're still annoyed with him. This music will make you happier, won't it? Start of the day, start of the day. It is your start of the.
A
Day. Yeah. This is a stat.
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Segment. Start of the day, start of the day. It is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day. It is the start of the day, Start of the day, Start of the day. It is your start of the.
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Day. Brothers. George Pickens right Now individually has 144 receiving yards on the season to date. The entire Pittsburgh wide receiver Corpse only has 1009 yards. Third round pick in a sixth round pick. Back to.
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You. Hey, Summon if DK Metcalf didn't look like he's chiseled out of stone. Would would like would we think he's that good? We've had this conversation earlier. I think it was before you were here. Zaz like he's not that good. Like he was never their number one. He just was number one in stature. Tyler Walken was their.
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Best. One of the things that happened yesterday I yes also fast for his spot, fast for his size but Smith and Jigba is having a better season already than any Seattle receiver ever. Like through 11 games he's already having a better statistical.
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Episode: Best of DLS: The George Harrison Prank Fails
Release Date: December 30, 2025
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Chris Cody, Greg Cody, Mike Ryan, and others
This “Best Of” episode revisits one of the show’s infamous prank episodes, centering on the doomed attempt to convince Greg Cody that Jeremy Taché’s brother—dressed as George Harrison of The Beatles—was, in fact, Jeremy himself. Amidst this high-concept chaos, the crew weaves through discussions of sports (especially football), Miami Heat talk, pop culture, and the perennial dysfunction that defines the Le Batard universe. Signature segments, musical moments, and Greg Cody’s ever-unique reactions fuel an episode about elaborate inside jokes flaming out spectacularly and the joy in watching everything spiral in real time.
Quote – Dan Le Batard [03:23]:
“Do you guys remember that day where I wasn’t actually there? It was my brother dressed as George Harrison... If you ask Mike Ryan, this episode, no joke, influenced the College Football Playoff committee.”
Quote – Chris Cody [06:38]:
“That is a singing voice revelation not seen around here since Rose. I was moved by that song.”
Notable Exchange:
Chris: “You reacted by laughing or by... appearing pleased?” [10:21]
Greg: “I might have had an inadvertent smile on my face.” [10:24]
The crew riffs on why Greg doesn't do written ‘Back in My Day’ segments anymore—Chris accusing Greg of “not doing hard things anymore.” [11:00]
Quote – Dan Le Batard [14:23]:
“They have a halftime show executive produced by Marshall Mathers and his first hiring was Jack White, who has been outspoken. Now, I don’t know about you, but I don’t like politics with my music, which is why I think it should be Jason Aldean... Jason Aldean doesn’t think. Not a single original thought has crossed through that man’s mind.”
Notable Quotes:
Chris Cody [31:03]: “Now at the big payoff moment you’re the only one who knew that that was Jeremy’s brother, not Jeremy?”
Greg Cody: “I thought it was George. Still do.” [29:02]
Dan: “You just won’t give up... You’re playing defense right now. Great defense.” [31:16]
Dan: “All we want you to say is, look over and be like, ‘Holy—’” [32:08]
Greg: “So it’s a Jeremy impersonator. It’s a big deal.” [32:21]
The crew’s growing exasperation leads Chris Cody to note, “I believe Chris is going to have a stroke... He’s still just sitting there, still acting like, ‘I don’t understand.’” [35:24]
Key Takeaway:
Quote – Dan [27:22]:
“Anyone can score 30, so why not take a guy we know can score 30 every single night?”
[37:06] JuJu Gotti delivers a top five “shoulda coulda” moments from the latest NFL Sunday, providing quick hits on questionable team decisions and situational strategy.
Highlights:
Quote – Chris Cody [43:53]:
“Can you give me the stat of the day music, please?... This music will make you happier, won’t it?”
For old fans, the episode is a highlight reel of everything that makes DLS special: failed bits that become running jokes, Greg Cody’s obliviousness, Chris’s desperation, and Dan’s ringleader energy. For new listeners, it’s dense with in-references but typifies the irreverent, improvisational approach that’s garnered the show its cult following.
In Dan’s words:
“All of this is… it’s stupid, it’s wrong. At least my dad gave us this payoff.” [32:40]
The attempted prank may have failed—but it became an instant-classic moment in DLS lore.