Hour 1: Greg's Turd Sandwich

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Hour 1: Greg's Turd Sandwich

Date: February 17, 2026
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Greg Cody, Chris Cody, and crew

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Overview

In this raucous and wide-ranging “Local Hour” episode, Dan, Stugotz, and the crew use their signature blend of humor and irreverence to break down a wild finish at the Daytona 500, the aftermath of a botched ashes-scattering, hilarious soundbites from Stephen A. Smith, the icon status of Ron McGill, Greg Cody’s “catchphrase countdown,” LeBron’s mysterious retirement ETA, and the joy & cynicism of sports fandom. Along the way, the group takes playful jabs at each other, debates the nature of iconic status, and reveals the uniquely affectionate chaos that defines the show.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Daytona 500 Finish & The Great Ashes Debacle

[00:38-04:12]

• The crew starts off lamenting how Tyler Reddick’s thrilling win at Daytona is being overshadowed by viral stories — notably, a Michael Jordan interaction and, especially, a fan’s failed attempt to scatter a loved one’s ashes onto the racetrack:
  • The failed ashes scattering led to remains blowing back into the fan’s own face, prompting much laughter and movie comparisons (notably The Big Lebowski and Meet the Parents).
  • Dan (C): “You need the ashes to land on the track. It can’t blow back in your face, blow behind you, blow into the popcorn behind you…” [00:38]
  • Greg (F): “People are surprised to find out how much human ashes weigh. Cremains, they call them…like six to eight pounds.” [04:34-04:45]
• The crew agrees: “In real life, nothing is funnier than what happened at Daytona” (C, [04:02]).

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2. Stephen A. Smith’s Unmatched Confidence

[06:00-11:01]

• Chris Cody sets up a debate: is Stephen A. Smith’s soundbite claiming he could have easily prosecuted the O.J. Simpson trial more ridiculously self-confident than his assertion that he could end the border crisis?
• Stephen A. Smith (clip): “If it were me...there’s no way in hell Johnnie Cochran would have beaten me...even though I’m not a lawyer...” [06:48-07:23]
• Followed by Stephen A. boasting he’d end the border and crime crises if he were president:
  • “We wouldn’t have a border crisis under my watch. Hell no. We wouldn’t have this crime that exists in the streets of New York...That’s me.” [07:47-08:10]
• The gang lampoons the “all problems solved if I’m in charge” approach, drawing parallels with modern politics and mock campaign promises.
  • Dan: “It's idiocracy. Like I really thought the movie Idiocracy would be absurd 20 years later, but...it's happening.” [11:29-11:40]

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3. Celebrating Ron McGill: “South Florida Icon”

[13:49-17:16]

• Dan pays heartfelt tribute as Ron McGill retires after 46 years with Zoo Miami, hailing him as a rare and genuine local icon and government servant.
  • Dan: “Ron McGill is a fundamentally decent government servant…represented himself and the zoo and South Florida in a way that is majestic. Untouched and unparalleled.” [13:49-14:18]
• Dan muses on the fading class of beloved municipal figures and the challenges of finding comparable contemporary icons.

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4. Greg Cody’s “Turd Sandwich” Eulogy & Podcast Bickering

[17:16-28:55]

• Greg’s attempt to eulogize Ron McGill devolves into a comedic squabble after Dan implies Greg’s “labor of love” co-authored books were more about money:
  • Dan: “A big turd sandwich.” [20:12]
  • Greg: “I don’t think it qualified as a turd sandwich…It’s, like, absurd. Okay? I think the world of Ron McGill…” [20:12-20:59]
• Leads to plugs for Greg Cody’s podcast and an impromptu countdown of his “top 50 catchphrases” — with the group debating which ones are actually in use, and if the list needed padding.
• Notable catchphrases run-through (highlights):
  • “I am fuller than Verne Fuller.” (#50)
  • “Where’s my click click?” (#49)
  • “Who made the salad?” (#38)
  • “We’re rolling now, huh?” (#37)
• Greg (on his catchphrases): “Some of them are things that I’m known for…others are within the family...” [26:28]

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5. LeBron James: Retirement, Legends, and Fandom Hypocrisy

[31:37-38:58]

• The show pivots to LeBron’s “I don’t know yet” comments on retirement, sparking playful cynicism (especially from Zaslow) about whether he’s honest or orchestrating his eventual retirement tour.
  • Dan: “I don’t believe we can enjoy the all time greats the way that we used to. There’s too much examination, too much access…We cannot enjoy it or appreciate it properly because we’ve had it for too long.” [33:50-34:55]
• The crew debates whether modern fans are too jaded to appreciate legends’ careers in real time.
• Stugotz: “It’s why you need a retirement tour...to remind you so you don’t take it for granted and to monetize it…” [35:34-35:44]
• Zaslow admits his criticisms of LeBron are pure Heat fan tribalism:
  • Zaslow: “Of course I wouldn’t (if he were with the Heat). I’m transparent about my hypocrisy…That’s the transaction: do something for me!” [38:25-39:13]

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Dan Le Batard:
  • “We need the ashes to land on the track. It can’t blow back in your face, blow behind you, blow into the popcorn behind you. You cannot leave the premises.” [00:38]
  • “Ron McGill is a fundamentally decent government servant…represented himself and the zoo and South Florida in a way that is majestic. Untouched and unparalleled.” [13:49]
  • “It’s idiocracy. Like I really thought the movie Idiocracy would be absurd 20 years later, but…it’s happening.” [11:29]
• Stephen A. Smith (clip):
  • “If it were me, there’s no way in hell Johnnie Cochran would have beaten me…even though I’m not a lawyer…” [06:48]
  • “We wouldn’t have a border crisis under my watch…That’s me.” [07:47]
• Greg Cody:
  • “People are surprised to find out how much human ashes weigh. Cremains, they call them…like six to eight pounds.” [04:34]
  • “Some of them are things that I’m known for…others are within the family...” [26:28]
  • “I’m not going to forget that he called my words about Ron McGill a turd sandwich. I’m not going to forget that.” [22:25]
• Chris Cody (on Greg’s catchphrase list):
  • “You would think that 37 would be better than 50. No, there’s no proof of that. No guarantee of that.” [23:23]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Daytona 500 Ashes Debacle / Movie Comparisons: [00:38-04:12]
• Stephen A. Smith Soundbites & “Not on my watch”: [06:00-11:01]
• Ron McGill Retires: Local Icon Tribute: [13:49-17:16]
• Greg Cody’s Turd Sandwich Eulogy & Catchphrase Countdown: [17:16-28:55]
• Icon Status in South Florida; Who Measures Up? [30:45-31:33]
• LeBron’s Retirement & Fandom’s Double Standard: [31:37-39:13]

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Tone & Style

The episode is classic Le Batard: irreverent, self-referential, conversational, and driven by inside jokes, familial banter, and a genuine affection for the cast of recurring characters. They swing capably from sports to culture to farcical bits, always with the Miami perspective at the center.

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For New Listeners

This episode features everything that defines this era of the show:

• Rapid-fire jokes and cultural references
• Earnest appreciation for the “local legends” making a difference
• Satirical takes on politics and media
• Smirking self-awareness about the sports radio format and its quirks
• Deep dives into the weirdness and affection of the show’s own family

It’s an ideal slice of “Local Hour” energy for both South Florida natives and fans who love irreverent sports talk with a big heart.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast.

[C]

If I give you some context here, it seems deeply unfair what it is that we're doing in general to the dangers of going 200 miles an hour that we are not celebrating. Tyler Redick winning a car strewn last lap at Daytona, the biggest race that there is. Because we are talking about two other things. Michael Jordan patting down a kid in a way that people felt was wrong even with the context of there's ice in his shirt. And also a hero of mine trying to remember a loved one in an emotional fashion, but not taking into account that when you throw a loved one at loved one's ashes onto the track at Daytona, which is how the loved one I'm sure would have wanted it, you need the ashes to land on the track. It has to be the final lap there. It cannot blow back in your face, blow behind you, blow into the popcorn behind you. You cannot leave the premises. COUGHING AND wheezing I'm maintaining that what happened here in real life is funnier.

[D]

Than any of the examples that I can give you from the movies that use this as a device.

[C]

The most famous one I'm remembering is the Big Lebowski. That's. That's the. That's the first time I saw this.

[D]

The idea of taking ashes someone's loved ones. John Goodman character is crazy.

[E]

He's so bad.

[D]

Yeah. He's terrible. And you dislike him a great deal at this point in the movie. And he's a know it all. And he arrogantly throws the ashes into the wind.

[C]

And then of course they.

[D]

They flood the dude's facial hair and everyone's.

[C]

Everyone's covered in gray. But meet the parents did this famously Meet Meet the. There are a number of movies.

[D]

Is this. That's it. That's the scene at the dinner table where the ashes end up. Mama.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Falling. But those fall on the floor. They're not blowing into some of the.

[F]

Cat takes a leak on.

[D]

Yeah. But okay, how about Jinxy? How about if I give you. Thank you. We found a real area of expertise. How about the movie due date? Does the Movie due date, do anything for you guys?

[C]

Because I'm largely. No, but I'm still saying that what.

[D]

Just happened yesterday in reality is funnier than these fictions that are being drawn up by very creative people.

[C]

Grown up. And Two and a Half Men have famous scenes of this as well. But I'm going to go ahead and maintain that there. That there's nothing funnier than.

[G]

I remember this from Grown Ups.

[D]

But. But even that's not as good as.

[C]

The sheer amount of ash that blew.

[D]

Into that poor person's face as they're trying to remember a loved one. For all I know, there are tears on that person's face. And no, it's.

[C]

It's.

[D]

The Big Lebowski is the best.

[E]

Amazing.

[C]

Amazing.

[D]

The Big Lebowski is the best I've seen. But I'm maintaining that what happened yesterday on the actual track at Daytona is funnier than any contrivance that has been imagined by fiction writers.

[B]

I'm sure whoever wanted their ashes thrown like that are so happy that that epic moment happened. Look at that finish at Daytona. It was crazy. And then, yeah, the ashes could have gone a little bit better, but it was very windy.

[H]

As we know from that top five a couple of weeks ago, everyone's favorite show here is Schitt's Creek. And in Schitt's Creek, they accidentally end up drinking coffee that was made out of the ashes of someone's great aunt.

[F]

Tasty.

[C]

Again, nothing as what happened in real life. Nothing is funny. Well, maybe the. The Big Lebowski might be. Might be funnier than that.

[B]

Obama said there were aliens.

[C]

I took it back, though.

[B]

He tried to walk it back.

[H]

The people got to him.

[B]

That's why. Who got to him back?

[H]

Now he was talking about Wemby.

[C]

He did walk it back. He said that there were aliens. He said it matter of factly. And then he said he had no knowledge.

[B]

He just decided, oh, why is that?

[F]

Why not?

[B]

In the age of disclosure, they. They can't trust the presidents with this information. They can't.

[F]

People are surprised to find out how much human ashes weigh. Cremains, they call them.

[E]

How much?

[F]

Guess how much.

[E]

Like a whole body.

[F]

Like six to eight pounds.

[G]

I could see that depends how large the person is.

[F]

No, but the average is like 6, 4 to 8 pounds. Is. Is the. The scale. But that surprised me the first time.

[C]

I learned the video that we just showed. It feels to me like all six pounds. Like that was not a partial sampling. That was all a dad, all a grandpa. Whoever the loved one was I don't think we've identified it. We just keep making it. Inhaling dad for some reason.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

I don't know.

[G]

That had to be his dad.

[C]

I don't know.

[E]

He looked like a dad.

[D]

I don't know who the loved one was.

[B]

Has his eyes.

[D]

Okay. I'm sorry.

[F]

Dad.

[D]

Staggering away, coughing while waving your hand in your face because it's too smoky for you to see because dad's remains are on your tear strewn face.

[B]

Dad would have loved that push from Reddick on that final turn too. It was crazy. It was a great finish. That's how every Daytona 500 should end. With just one car getting past the finish line. Half the car looking forward and everyone else backwards and spinning out.

[D]

Half the cars were on. Either on fire or spinning.

[B]

It's an awesome race. Instead we're talking about ashes and the game's greatest athlete allegedly feeling up ashes and asses.

[C]

Let's go ahead and move to Chris Cody's contention here. That I don't believe. I don't believe. I think he's overselling something. He must be. Chris Cody has alleged that there is now arrival to what we believe to be some of the most ridiculous sound ever played on this show. Matter of fact, Stephen A. Smith, a long time ago, before he was this distortion of ego. Of ego that is Stephen A. Smith. Long time ago, Stephen A. Smith said matter of factly something that you should know, which is that if he was a lawyer, even though he's not a lawyer or didn't even have to be a lawyer, if he was Simply on the O.J. simpson trial, O.J. simpson, I guess would have been guilty. Right?

[E]

If he was a prosecutor.

[C]

Okay, so yes, that he would have won that trial.

[D]

He.

[C]

All right, so he's often said that. So this is some of the most ridiculous sound. Now, are we going to play that sound or we're going to play. Let's play that sound first.

[I]

I have profound respect for the late Johnnie Cochran, God rest his soul. But if it might be the cockiest thing that I've ever said, Christopher Darden and Marcia Clark did an absolutely horrendous job as prosecutors. Because if it were me, there's no way in hell Johnnie Cochran would have beaten me with that evidence that I. That they had. I'm telling you right now, I'm not even lawyer. There is no way that you would have put 12 jurors in front of me with that evidence and I would have lost to even the Johnny Cochran. I'd have won that trial. I've often said that.

[E]

How often do you think he said it?

[C]

He's often said it.

[B]

He's like LeBron. I think that I believe him.

[H]

You give him 12 jurors of our.

[B]

Peers and you put Stephen A.

[H]

Up there with that evidence that they had.

[B]

I think he's right.

[C]

So he makes this contention and we claim that it is some of the cockiest and most ridiculous sound that he or any of the people who speak have spoken. But here is Chris Cody to tell you that this sound rivals it.

[I]

Make no mistake about it. We wouldn't have a border crisis under my watch. Hell no. We wouldn't have this crime that exists in the streets of New York. You wouldn't hear about me saying defund the police. We ain't defunding any police. I'm calling 911 when there's a problem. I know you're calling 911 when there's A problem. I'll be damned if I'm gonna have less police officers out there. There's gonna be more. That's me.

[G]

That first line.

[C]

There wouldn't be a border crisis if.

[E]

He were in charge because it's easy to fix.

[H]

This guy sucks, man.

[B]

He sucks. These are.

[C]

No.

[H]

He sucks.

[B]

Whoa.

[H]

Like what are we doing? This guy knows less about the political landscape than he knows about baseball. Do you know how hard that is for Stephen A. Smith, the guy who thought Juan Soto always hits behind.

[D]

How about get informed on.

[H]

On what you're supposed to be informed about before saying like there's going to be more police. He also said that racism just not a problem here. You know Racism. He in the place where they needed to create another halftime show because they dared to put a Hispanic guy in the halftime show. What are we doing?

[B]

He definitely knows more about politics. Yeah. I think you're wrong. Sell him short. Yeah.

[C]

The Attacking him on the grounds that.

[D]

He doesn't know what baseball.

[C]

When he's.

[D]

When he.

[H]

When he Self proclaimed Yankee fan Stephen.

[D]

A. Smith when he's saying that there would be no border cris if he were in charge. For you to say and you don't know baseball.

[C]

Yeah.

[H]

I felt like it was actually a pretty good one.

[C]

It's a strange. It's a strange place to attack him.

[H]

He knows less about that than even baseball because he knows nothing about baseball. I thought it was a pretty good equivalency.

[I]

We wouldn't have a board of crisis under my watch.

[B]

Come on.

[F]

When he says it like that, I would agree.

[G]

And then he dismounts. That's me.

[F]

That's how you run for office in America. All you have to do is make a statement like that. You don't need detail. Exactly right, Greg. To back it up. You just say a statement like that and people are like, yeah, I agree with that. And we love my vote.

[G]

When something's under someone's watch, we love that. Yeah, not on my watch.

[C]

I understand why anybody with an ego anywhere in the United States thinks they could do the same job our president is presently doing.

[B]

Do you want to.

[G]

Do you want to hear Stephen A.

[F]

On the economy? Yes, please.

[I]

I would focus on. On a flourishing economy and making sure we did everything we could. Because I believe when you have something to lose, you know how to behave. When you have something to lose, you know how to behave. If you have nothing, you have nothing to lose. Nothing to lose. And as a result, you're not. You're willing to tear down anything, even if it's America, because you feel betrayed by a country that's supposed to be looking out for you and positioning you to thrive instead of wallow in misery and suffering. So of course I would pay attention to the economy. I would pay attention to all of those things.

[C]

If I were president, there would be no unhappiness.

[B]

There you go.

[F]

Now you're talking.

[B]

Dan, wait a second. Go on, keep on.

[H]

Then maybe people would have nothing to believe.

[C]

You almost have my vote.

[B]

Keep talking.

[D]

Everybody would be happy and everybody would be rich.

[F]

Okay, okay. Now you're talking. Four day work week. Keep going.

[D]

All your dreams will come true if you just elect me.

[C]

Yeah.

[H]

Getting better.

[B]

It's an effective platform. It's worked twice.

[D]

All of your problems, I'll fix them. Everything that's bothering you at home, in your relationship, anywhere with your loved ones. Have you thrown your ashes of your father in your own face? I'll have you have a clean face.

[C]

If you elect me.

[B]

And concepts of a health care plan.

[H]

What are you going to do? When he's a Democratic nominee, who's he appealing to?

[C]

Vote for him.

[D]

It is idiocracy. Like I really thought the movie idiocracy.

[C]

I thought that the movie, movie idiocracy.

[D]

Would be absurd 20 years later, but it's no, it's.

[C]

It's happening.

[D]

It's in front of us every day.

[G]

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[B]

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[F]

Don LeBatard the elephant went into a 711 and bought a pack of cigarettes. But my question to Ron is this.

[B]

Stugats.

[C]

That joke didn't really land the way you wanted it to.

[D]

We all just stared at it all.

[F]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.

[C]

I've gotten to this too late in the show today. This is my fault in not properly celebrating somebody around here who is a legitimate South Florida icon, and we do not make many of those anymore. Ron McGill announced over the weekend that he was retiring. And there was a huge, huge outpouring for Ron McGill, because as we talk about these turbulent times where you can't trust anyone or anything, and there's a shamelessness that is so pervasive that it soaks everything up to and including the American flag. Ron McGill is a fundamentally decent government servant who has been that for 46 years and has represented himself and the zoo and South Florida in a way that is majestic. Untouched and unparalleled. And I ask all of you, can you tell me if you can think of a lot of South Florida icons like that when you're talking about somebody who's tethered to the past of Miami remembers a different South Florida. 46 years in one place. I should tell you guys that he'll still be around here. We'll have him on as often as he'd like to be on. There's not going to be any pullback there. He's going to be running his foundation and still doing some of the same work that represents our greatest contribution as a charitable effort. You are the Endowment's greatest giver of things. And now he's going to take that in retirement and buy luxury goods and penthouses.

[B]

And so he's getting into politics and.

[C]

He'S going to squander all of your charitable efforts instead of giving it to the animals for their health care. He's going to behave like an animal on weekends.

[B]

What do the animals need?

[F]

They got it all.

[C]

But just a fundamentally decent public servant. Right. Somebody who was always respectful of the rules. Both Stephen A. And Greg Cody are real big fans of rules today. And. And Ron McGill has always carried himself with grace. So when I ask you guys the question. I played this game with Zaslov for a while. South Florida legends in the media. But I don't know that any the media goes and grabs as iconic a South Florida spot as Ron McGill would. I don't know if we still have a local news anchor or even a local newsman. Your father Greg would represent about the closest thing that we have to it as a 50 year employee of the. Of the Miami Herald. But who passes for a South Florida icon from a different time like that. And Congratulations to Ron McGill. We're thrilled that he gets his. His liberty from all the things happening in government bureaucracy now that would. Whatever would cause an ending less pleasant than the one that he totally deserves.

[E]

Still doing their thing. Right? That's what we're thinking. That was well said.

[C]

The government stuff that we were talking about. I was tying it to Ron McGill because government servants don't behave that way anymore. Public. Public figures on behalf of government service. I don't trust anybody these days in power.

[D]

Do you?

[F]

No. And I think that's what Ron's retiring from is Miami Dade government. I happily. I think he's still going to be out front in the public eye doing all kind of stuff on behalf of his foundation, his enterprise on behalf of animals. And I still think he's Going to be up front and out front and all around.

[G]

So that'll be questioning his retirement.

[F]

Out front, all around. Yeah, I know he's. I know he's retiring from Miami Dade government and the bureaucracy of it. That's what he's retiring. Quoting Dan. That's what he's retiring from.

[H]

He said it better, though.

[D]

Who did say better? Because I thought we both said it pretty poorly. But no one as poorly as Mike is.

[C]

My inner monologue.

[F]

I said it quicker.

[H]

That wasn't his fault.

[F]

I win. I said it quicker. Poorly but quicker.

[C]

You have profited off of the. The final pieces of Ron McGill's career at the zoo. You have a couple of books. Books that have been written in his name. I would think that you would eulogize him a little bit better than you just did.

[F]

Well, you never gave me the opportunity to. I think the world of Ron McGill. I'm not getting rich off the Pride of a Lion and the upcoming Sex on the Animals. Trust me on that. But it's been a labor of love I've enjoyed.

[C]

What a weird thing to say during a yule.

[B]

I trust him on that.

[F]

I mean.

[B]

Must have fallen well below expectations. There was a little oomph behind that.

[D]

So I asked you to eulogize the career of Ron McGill.

[F]

Thought he would have made me more money.

[B]

I'm gonna. I'm gonn to buy a couple.

[F]

I was thinking the first thing you.

[D]

Say is that I didn't give you the chance. And then when I give you the chance, you'd say that the books you did with him didn't make as much money.

[E]

Do you mention. Because it was Ron's fault.

[F]

First of all, you claimed I got rich on. On Ron McGill or something like that.

[C]

I said you made money off of the end of his career with a couple of different books. Did you not?

[F]

I was very proud of the Pride of a Lion.

[D]

But did you or did you not.

[C]

Make money off the last part of his zoo career?

[F]

Yeah. Just like I'm going to make money if my horse wins Thursday at Gulfstream Park. But it's not going to be enough worth bragging about. That's all I'm saying. It's a small public.

[G]

Takes a lot for him to brag.

[F]

You think I'm getting rich off the price further back. You get rich.

[D]

I've given you the opportunity to eulogize Ron McGill's career.

[F]

Why would I eulogize him? But Dan does.

[C]

He's retiring.

[F]

He's retiring from my act.

[G]

Like he's dead.

[F]

He's not retiring from our lives. Trust me on that one.

[C]

Give him a trilogy while he's still alive. It's the best time to do it.

[D]

Because the dead can't hear you.

[F]

Right. I understand that. Thank you for reminding me.

[C]

Though.

[F]

I think the world of Ron McGill. He's unblemished. He's a sincere man, a wonderful man, a good friend. I have zero bad to say about Ron McGill. He's spent half a century under a lot of intensity in South Florida, and he has never made a misstep that I'm aware of.

[B]

Go on.

[F]

That's it. That's all.

[C]

Tony.

[D]

What are you shaking your head about? Are you shaking your head about how.

[F]

Poor I'm not gonna vote for Greg.

[B]

Later on because he's in this word salad.

[F]

True intens running.

[D]

He just.

[C]

Emotion. Your father can be emotional late in life about the silliest things. But if you ask your father to give you emotion, that's what you get. Right there. A big turd sandwich.

[F]

I don't think it qualified as a turd sandwich. I think that's being a little harsh. A little bit harsh?

[G]

He's mad.

[F]

Well, it's, like, absurd. Okay. I think the world of Ron McGill. Don't accuse me of a turd sandwich on his behalf. It's ridiculous. It's an insult. I don't know what else to say about Ron McGill. I'm grateful to him for asking me to write.

[G]

It'd be more of a hot dog than a sandwich.

[D]

To be fair, the reason that I called it a turd sandwich is simply because of the amount of time he spent about how little money he made on these books.

[F]

Only because you introduce it by saying, I've gotten rich off Ron McGill and it's not true. And everybody knows it. Are you insane?

[D]

Right on that line. We're going to lose them. I didn't say that you've made yourself rich on this. I never said that. I just said you made some money off the end of his career. That seems accurate to me.

[F]

Some money. I would. I would agree to some money, yes.

[G]

You keep emphasizing you're the one who's.

[D]

Volunteered, that it's less than you wanted it to be. I didn't know how much it was. I just said that you made it. Made some money off of you. Make some eye contact.

[F]

Okay? Ask. Ask Ron McGill how rich he's gotten off.

[H]

All right?

[D]

We're getting bogged down here because it's a turd sandwich.

[G]

He's mad.

[B]

Look at him.

[F]

I mean, it's it's insulting. It's. It's just absolutely rude.

[B]

We might have messed up.

[F]

Ignorant.

[D]

The Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody. That's a great idea. Keep promoting him. The podcast comes out weekly. Who's featured on this week's episode?

[F]

We go inside the PFPI gala, our annual always a popular.

[D]

The door is open. It's peace talks being brokered.

[F]

It's doing. It's doing great business. People love that.

[D]

More him.

[F]

Thank you very much.

[G]

The yearly tradition of my dad as the commissioner announcing Greg's lobos and then he walks off stage and then enters the stage as Greg's lobos.

[F]

Well, I gotta play two roles. And we have catchphrase countdowns number 38 as well.

[G]

And you know them this week.

[F]

I'm not going to forget that he called my words about Ron McGill a turd sandwich. I'm not going to forget that. And by the way, I haven't heard an apology yet.

[E]

And that you're upset about not making more money.

[F]

I'm not upset.

[E]

Nobody insinuated that.

[F]

No, he may have insinuated it, which is probably why I reacted like volunteered it.

[D]

I didn't insinuate anything. Eye contact. I can't make it with you because. Because you do not stay in character. You continue to give me advice as yourself in my inner monologue voice. And I don't appreciate it that way. The Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody.

[F]

With thank you comes out.

[D]

Keep forgetting that part comes out weekly and it has catchphrases. Number 38 and 39 this week.

[F]

38 and 37. Do you go in sequence?

[C]

Do you have.

[D]

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. My bad.

[C]

Yes.

[D]

We're rattled. So 38 and 37.

[C]

And what is on there? Can you give us a clue?

[F]

What do you want? Pick a number.

[C]

I'd like them both, actually, if you don't mind.

[F]

Let me just give you one.

[C]

I'd like the best one. I don't want the crappiest one.

[E]

I maintain seven be the best one.

[C]

No, because I'm maintaining.

[G]

You would think 37.

[D]

Nope.

[B]

Doesn't always work out though.

[F]

Mike's nailed it.

[C]

Says doesn't know anything about how this works.

[B]

You fool.

[D]

I don't even think though you. You punk. You wish boy. You jackass. You fella, you.

[F]

Christopher, what do you think is the best one? 30.

[C]

Hold on, hold on a second. For those of you who do not know this backstory, Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody is a very popular podcast that Greg Cody has done for a long time. He is recounting his top 50 catchphrases every week, two at a time for 25 weeks. He started at number 50. You would think that 37 would be better than 50. No, there's no proof of that. No guarantee of that. I'm maintaining he doesn't have 50 catchphrases. I'm maintaining he's got 25, but he had to get to 50. And so 25 to 50. A real hodgepodge. An adventure like it's Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

[D]

It's nuts.

[F]

Yeah. Name one that I've done so far.

[D]

Hip reference.

[C]

Greg Cody's number 37.

[F]

So it's a hodgepodge, but you can't name one that I've done.

[C]

Oh, my Click, click.

[F]

As a matter of fact, that is one that I've done. That was number 49.

[G]

Oh, you have all of them.

[F]

Wow.

[G]

You want to run through some of the 40?

[C]

Yes, let's run through. Let's run through now.

[D]

We can do 50 through 40.

[C]

In fact, get him the fanfare right now. Number 50.

[F]

I am Fuller than Verne Fuller.

[D]

49.

[F]

Where's my click click?

[D]

48.

[F]

Hey, Butterfinger.

[D]

47.

[F]

Punt.

[D]

46.

[F]

Scranton.

[D]

45.

[F]

I'm busier than a one armed paper hanger.

[C]

I have heard that one for a long time.

[D]

44.

[F]

George up. George up.

[D]

43.

[F]

I'm the kind of guy that.

[D]

42.

[F]

Fall on the jack.

[D]

41.

[F]

Hey, hey, we're the monkeys, baby.

[I]

40.

[F]

Thank you, Billy.

[D]

Too soon. 39.

[F]

I love them like a pet.

[D]

38.

[F]

All right, do you want 38 or 37?

[D]

37. 37.

[F]

You want 37.

[D]

Give me 37. Sure.

[F]

We're rolling now, huh?

[D]

38. Give me 38.

[F]

Yeah, let's not do that.

[G]

Gotta keep one more.

[F]

What?

[G]

You got to keep them one more.

[F]

Yeah, I gotta keep. I gotta keep one.

[C]

You know, for your own podcast under embargo.

[B]

Yeah, I have a feeling this is one of those situations where 38 might be better than 37.

[F]

I think you're probably right.

[C]

That's why I want to know.

[D]

That's why I'm asking him right now. Because 37.

[C]

None of us have ever heard him use 37 before. What's 37?

[F]

We're rolling now.

[G]

That's anytime the Cody's are leaving on a vacation.

[H]

As soon as you hit the highway.

[G]

In the car, we're rolling.

[B]

Now.

[G]

The key is the ah at the end of it.

[F]

Some of them. Some of them are things that I've known for by saying it in public. On this show, for example, other things are within the family that only Christopher or my wife or somebody like that would know.

[H]

So the road trip starts and you get a where's my click click. And then a few minutes later, once you're on the highway, it's we're rolling now.

[F]

Right.

[G]

And then at some point, the traveling goats.

[F]

Yeah, the click click is just for a seatbelt.

[B]

Right.

[H]

So at the start, just making sure everybody's locked in.

[F]

Right. That kind of thing.

[H]

That'll be.

[G]

Wait, that'll be a top tenner.

[B]

Was it cough 37.

[C]

You just caught one in the wild. The combination. I think a cough should be on the 50. Like just him coughing should be one of the 50.

[F]

That's not a bad idea. How do you spell me? Coughing.

[C]

Can you give us 38? Please give us 38 so we can see if it's better than 37. Like, we're already here. We need the payoff.

[F]

All right, who made it a salad. That's another one that's not really. I don't say it in public, but if I'm making Sunday dinner and there's a salad on the table, I'm always saying, who made the salad?

[D]

Is that an Italian man?

[F]

It's a stereotypical.

[B]

I like that. That's good. That's a lot again.

[F]

And when I'm feeling good, sometimes I put an H in salad. Like, who made it to salad?

[B]

He's cooking.

[F]

Thank you.

[D]

I don't think you can do that.

[B]

No, you absolutely can. Play on.

[F]

Yeah, that's a play on.

[D]

It's a play on. If you're not Italian, it's not the.

[B]

Cabal that runs the world. Agreed. You can do Italian stereotypical voices.

[F]

See, you can. There used to be a famous TV commercial in the 70s where the guy went, that's a spicy meat.

[E]

The ball.

[D]

Yeah, that was the 70s.

[C]

50 years.

[D]

Yeah, 50 years ago. Back when we did that stuff.

[F]

Well, we do it still made it a salad. It's a complimentary. An old woman, Italian brethren.

[E]

That sounds like the.

[F]

Oh, today similar. My. My daughter in law is Italian. She. She endorses.

[C]

Some of my best family members are Italian.

[F]

That's right, Don Lebatard.

[D]

That's how it's gonna end. The. The mailing it in the end of the retirement. Chris, go get me. This is just gonna be him coming out and hit notes of that kind of thing. And you know it. And then just giving us finger guns and leaving, baby.

[F]

You should listen to the Great Cody show podcast because that's all we do for 55 minutes a week is just say catchphrases. We even make songs about them. And you know what is a song, for crying out loud? It's great. Hopefully that's a SUI nominee for best song. And you know it, baby and you know it St. It and you know it, baby and you know it. This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[C]

Can you tell me, just out of curiosity, set the scene for us here? Are you indeed making the salad? Is someone eating the salad? When is this being presented? Is it over dinner? Salad is on the table and someone is eating it, and then all of a sudden, you unleash your Italian. Your vaguely offensive Italian stereotype.

[F]

I don't consider it to be vaguely offensive. Sometimes I say it in the context of any cooking or meat eating, for example.

[C]

So not even there doesn't have to be salad involved for you to say.

[G]

There usually is.

[F]

There usually is. But like one of the Cooking with Cody videos I did beef Wellington. I think it was the beef Wellington where I'm in the middle of doing something in the kitchen, and I'm like, who made a decided Because. Why? Because I'm in the kitchen. You know, we got ingredients here. We got onions, this type thing, you.

[G]

Know, that's not how you chop onions.

[F]

Yeah, chopping it. And, you know, so who made a desalad? That just means me in the kitchen, you know, doing my thing. But it's only number 38, so there's a lot more to go. We're coming up to the 1/3 mark in the top 50 catchphrase Countdown down exclusively on the Cody Show.

[D]

That sounded a lot like Casey Kasem. Did you guys give me other South.

[C]

Florida icons that you would put in a class with McGill, by the way? Because I don't know if there are many, like somebody who's been representing South Florida to the world.

[E]

Well, yes, they have to be active, right? You're asking for.

[C]

Well, I'm just. Well, if you were to go with any of sort of the news anchors that were, you know, Dwight Lauderdale and Ann Bishop and Tony Segretto, Media does.

[E]

Why does he got a whip?

[F]

That's what. That's what Uncle Neil used to say about Anne Bishop, anchor with a whip. Don't ask me why. You could ask Neil Rogers that. We can't.

[E]

Can't ask him.

[B]

I know exactly South Florida luminaries that are like Ron McGill. I got Jamaican ball, still active, by.

[F]

The way, and a fresh pair of J's.

[I]

By the way.

[B]

He gave me Covid once, like, pretty sure story.

[C]

Let's get to some LeBron sound here. For some reason, and I don't know. Yeah. So it's got an unreasonable amount of distaste for some of the things that LeBron does, Dan. It's just.

[E]

It's every time he talks, he lies. That's distasteful to me.

[C]

So he says, here, listen to this. About whether or not he's playing next year or not. This is his response. Yeah, I mean, I want to live when I know you guys know. I don't know. I have no idea. I just want to. Just want to live, that's all.

[E]

So when. When he knows, he'll let us know. He's gonna tell us right away.

[G]

I just want to live.

[B]

I. I think he's just reading the headlines.

[E]

Like, he.

[G]

He.

[E]

He doesn't know. So you're telling me it's believable to you that he has a family? He has a wife.

[B]

Wife.

[E]

There's not been a moment that his wife has said, what are you thinking about next year?

[F]

No.

[E]

Has not come up in conversation. Pretty major life event to decide if you're going to retire. Hasn't come up at all. He doesn't know.

[B]

I get you. But I think in this instance, we should give him some grace. I think retirement conversations are often like that. If you've ever talked to an older loved one that's winding down their career. Now, LeBron's not old, but he's old for that type of career. Sometimes it's like that. I don't exactly. Okay, I don't disagree, but I. But I do think the conversations around people's retirement often is like, I don't want to think about it right now. I don't know. When I know, I'll know.

[G]

It's just never been more obvious. Like, there's never been a guy that I'm so sure is going to do the retirement tour. It's so obvious he's going to announce it before a season. So this whole midseason, this could be it. It's just.

[H]

It's so full of it.

[E]

I mean, Dan, you know, media day for all the players was Saturday. He did his own by himself on Sunday. No one else. Everyone else was Saturday. He did just him Sunday.

[H]

He's been doing that for years, though.

[E]

I understand. But still, that goes to the whole point. It's just. It's all about LeBron. I'm not gonna give you an answer on retirement. I don't know. So keeps the conversation going.

[F]

He's an all time great.

[C]

Let's have this conversation because that's my response to it. I'm perpetually confused by the number of quibbles that people have around the entirety of the LeBron thing. Right. You're watching an all time great. And I don't believe that we can enjoy the all time greats the way that we used to. There's too much examination, too much access. I don't think it's actually possible for the sports fan today to not be jaded by an assortment of different cynicisms that make it that we can't enjoy an all time great while he's being an all time great properly. It's always gonna come with criticisms. He's got fewer than just about anybody that I could give from the ages of 16 to the oldest player in the league. All NBA, all of the years between that. Now out recently with foot arthritis, but still one of the best players in the league statistically. There may be two players on his team better than him, but that team's not going anywhere. And the thing that I'm going to say frustrates me. It also makes me a little bit sad.

[B]

Had.

[C]

It's not just that he's an all time great. He defies all medicine playing this way at this age. It doesn't even make any sense whether he misses 16 games or not. It makes no sense that this human being better than all human beings, except for maybe Kareem at this age. And he's better than Kareem at this age because it's not just skyhooks and being taller than everybody. Still one of the best athletes on the court. We cannot enjoy it or appreciate it properly because we've had it for too long. Like it's been people. People will get tired of whatever the thing is that's been in the stream for too long. And this one's been in the stream for 21 years.

[B]

Which. I'm sorry, it's why you need a retirement tour. To remind you so you don't take it for granted and to monetize it, you know, because that's. There's a lot of money in that.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

I mean, it's just. It's laughable to me that there's this idea that he's just going to retire one day. He's not going to do a whole tour. He's not going to do a whole Iowa, I'm in your city for the very last time.

[C]

But why. But why shouldn't he make it a big marketing spectacle as somebody who's been the face of the league for 20 years?

[E]

Oh, no, he should. I push back on the idea that he doesn't know that he may just decide in the off season. I'm done. That's the part I push back on. Of course he should have retirement.

[B]

When are you retiring?

[F]

That's a good point. I can relate to that because you spend 20 years, 30 years, lean back more, being identified by something and you hate to give it up. That's all.

[E]

Have you thought about it?

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

Okay, you're saying he hasn't thought about it?

[F]

No, of course I've thought about it and I'm sure he has too. But why would he tell the media before he tells his family? You know what, what does he owe the media to, to announce his decision and then his have his wife hear about it on tv?

[E]

He did say tell us first.

[F]

See, I'm, I'm never going to tell an athlete when to retire. LeBron James Williams can play as long as he wants and I'm going to appreciate him for as long as he does. Venus Williams is back in tennis at age 45. Lindsey Vaughn, an all time great downhill skier, just re injured herself at age 41 and says she plans to continue.

[C]

That seemed not worth it, all of that. The four surgeries seem to make all of that not worth it.

[F]

You're right.

[B]

My dad didn't want to talk about retirement, didn't give me much, and then one day it was kind of decided for him. And when you're an athlete, your body kind of tells you one day. I don't think I get where you're coming from, Zaz. And I myself understand that LeBron's probably gonna make a big deal. I would expect that given what we know about LeBron. But I do think this subject, when you're so identified with what you do with your occupation, I do think it's very strange. I've spoken to a lot of people that I can't quite pin down and they're kind of weird about it.

[H]

I also think it's possible here that you're dealing with a guy who, who knows he will retire soon. But like has been really good this season, maybe better than he anticipated given the injuries. And is looking at this offseason and going, well, what contracts am I going to get offered? Am I going to get a multi year deal from Cleveland? Am I going to get a one year deal? What does this ultimately look like? I'm not totally sure yet. And I'm kind of sick of the speculation that's out there. And I think that what we should be doing is enjoying it. Enjoy the fact that LeBron James is still playing at a high level. This is what we were talking about before. We're like going into all, but there's going to be retirement tour and there's going to be this, and I'm already upset about it. Instead of just enjoying the present moment the same way the people went into the slam dunk contest with preconceived notions or the three point contest with preconceived notions. Enjoy it. Enjoy the fact that one of the legends is here.

[C]

I don't think that Zaz would have this opinion if LeBron was doing this with the Heat. I don't think he would.

[E]

Of course I wouldn't. I'm transparent about my hypocrisy when it comes to stuff like that. Not hiding from anyone. Of course I'd be okay with it.

[C]

I don't think people knew that before you just said it. I don't think that people assume that. Well, maybe Miami sports fans do, but I don't think that it's so well known when has anyone around here fully embraced their hypocrisy.

[D]

Show me all the times that that has happened.

[E]

I'm completely self aware when it comes to my sports.

[F]

What is the difference?

[E]

Because then he'd be my guy. He's. He's doing something for me. That's the transaction with sports fan and sport athletes. Do something for me that's not hard to understand.

[D]

Oh, it's just nakedly honest.

[B]

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