Hour 1: The Connect 4 Regional Friendly

Summary

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz: Hour 1 - "The Connect 4 Regional Friendly"

Date: February 27, 2026
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, with the full show crew

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Episode Overview

This lively hour captures the distinct, playful chemistry of the Le Batard crew as they blend sports talk, competitive antics, and their trademark bickering. The episode centers around an in-studio “Connect 4 Regional Friendly” match between Dave Dameshek and Mike Ryan, complete with a mock-broadcast commentary, before diving into cascading trivia games, a debate over the authenticity of a viral wrestling/Uber controversy, and an argument about social etiquette in ride-sharing. The hour is punctuated by quick-witted banter, inside jokes, and engaging discussions on sports and internet culture.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Connect 4 Regional Friendly: The Big Showdown

• [00:38–08:34]
  Highlights: Dave Dameshek, self-dubbed “multi-time Connect 4 world champion,” faces off against Mike Ryan using a giant in-studio Connect 4 set. The match is detailed play-by-play, with both commentary and color, as Dameshek “comes out of retirement” for the exhibition:
  • Dameshek: “I retired last century, literally. And he'll play the occasional game.” (01:36)
  • Mike Ryan casts himself as the heel, with the aura of a sporting event broadcast infused with Le Batard Show antics.
  • The match escalates quickly, with playful accusations of “double T trap” strategies and elaborate chess metaphors.
  • Dameshek wins convincingly, explaining his simple and effective approach: “It’s always great to get out there and compete. And yeah, as you can see, I employed the straightforward strategy... Load up in the middle, group your same colors and go from there and play defense. Defense...can win championships.” (07:23)
  • Post-match, Mike Ryan reflects on the defeat: “He got aggressive in the middle, and I didn’t really have an answer for it... He really is as good as he says he is. I’m a little frustrated with how I gifted it to him, but ... I got smoked.” (08:41)

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2. Game Night – NBA MVP Battle & “Player, Drug, or Both?”

• [10:05–24:08]

NBA MVP On-the-Spot Contest

• The crew spirals into an impromptu trivia battle: “Name an NBA MVP.” (15:05)—spanning active and legendary players.
• Tension mounts as obvious names are missed and pressure builds:
  • “When you’re on this side of it, it’s not that easy. When you’re starting to think of it, you’re like, damn, who played basketball?” (17:45)
• Forgotten MVPs like Dirk Nowitzki and Charles Barkley are lamented in hindsight.

NHL Player or Prescription Drug Game

• Dameshek rolls out the “NHL Player or Prescription Drug?” quiz: “There’s a lot of overlap on the Venn diagram of hockey players’ names and prescription drugs” (20:13)
• Comedic guessing abounds: “Simon Xarelto—anti blood clotting treatment or 6’6 defenseman with the big shot?” (21:46)
• The crew achieves an impressive streak of correct guesses, reveling in the silliness of the premise.

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3. Viral Video Debate: The Wrestler, the Uber, and Show Skepticism

• [25:07–41:41]
  Situation: The crew reviews a viral video of AEW wrestler Darby Allin being ejected by an Uber driver during a live, in-car interview.

Core Debate:

• Is the video staged or authentic?
  • Amin: “Fakest thing I’ve seen in a long time.” (28:46)
  • Dan: “I do not believe that’s fake.” (28:51)
  • The debate spirals: Motivations for faking, social media gullibility, Newsweek coverage, and the nature of internet virality are all dissected.
  • Amin, exasperated: “I gotta explain the Internet to you people. Y’ all don’t know how this works. You think people are fact checking before they retweet that?” (38:19)
  • Dan: “I think you’re wrong.” (38:42)
  • The argument, full of interruptions and laughter, never actually resolves.

Etiquette in Rideshares, Speakerphones, and Public Spaces

• The segment evolves into a roundtable on what’s acceptable behavior in Ubers, planes, and public places regarding calls on speakerphones.
• Notable quote: “I'm pretty mouthy about these things out in the wild. I'll call strangers out. I'm like, what are you doing, man?” (36:29) – Dameshek
• The perennial shopping cart debate (“Do you return your cart?”) and “crime vs job creation” jokes surface, echoing the show’s love for trivial arguments.

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4. Quick Picks: Against the Spread

• [39:38–40:38]
  • The crew makes their sports picks: Panthers vs. Sabres in hockey, and Saudi league soccer with Al Hilal vs. Al Shabab. Not much analysis—mostly about streaks and “just for fun” rivalry.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (With Timestamps)

• Dameshek, about his Connect 4 dominance:
  “I knew the game was over before it began.” (08:02)
• Mike Ryan, post-defeat humility:
  “He beat me before we started playing. I kind of... I felt it in my knees.” (09:05)
• Amin, on internet videos:
  “I gotta explain the Internet to you people. Y’ all don’t know how this works. You think people are fact checking before they retweet that?” (38:19)
• Dameshek, on etiquette:
  “I like mouthing off to people...even though I’m a gigantic coward.” (36:32)
• The whole crew, rapid-fire lamenting forgotten NBA MVPs:
  “No one said Dirk. No one said…Charles Barkley....Allen Iverson…” (18:45)

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Segment Timestamps

| Segment | Start | End | |------------------------------|---------|---------| | Connect 4 Regional Friendly | 00:38 | 08:34 | | NBA MVP / Game Night | 10:05 | 24:08 | | Wrestler/Uber Viral Video | 25:07 | 38:42 | | Against the Spread Picks | 39:38 | 40:38 | | Etiquette Riff/Ride-share | 40:38 | 41:55 |

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Tone and Language Highlights

The episode is a masterclass in playful, improvisational radio. The hosts constantly needle one another, escalate small topics for comic impact, and transition seamlessly from “serious” sports and pop-culture analysis into irreverent games and debates. The banter is fast-paced, loaded with asides, side-jokes, and performative outrage, echoing the show's style of making the mundane feel monumental and the silly feel significant.

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Summary Takeaways

• The in-studio Connect 4 match is both a tribute to game-night friendship and a parody of high-pressure sports commentary.
• Trivia and wordplay games keep the energy and competitiveness high, highlighting the hosts’ chemistry and improvisational flair.
• The viral Uber/wrestler video debate crystallizes the show’s love for meta-commentary about the internet, skepticism, and pop-culture fakes—spawning a wider discussion on authenticity and manners.
• The crew’s ability to turn trivial matters (shopping carts, speakerphone etiquette) into spirited roundtables is as much the heart of the show as the sports content itself.
• Throughout, the episode is a whirlwind of quick wit, intentional digressions, and shared laughter, embodying the communal chaos that defines the Le Batard experience.

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Transcript

[A]

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[C]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast.

[D]

See, you said something, Dave, and you didn't know that this was. Now about that you wrote a check that maybe ass ain't gonna be able to cash. All right, Calling yourself Cash, Multi time Connect four world champion.

[E]

What do you say, Cash?

[B]

It's nice to see the game. This is like an old timers game. I'll play. I'll play a recreational game before.

[D]

We happen to have a monster sized Connect 4 set already gimmicky. We have it here.

[B]

Any tuna sandwiches?

[D]

We have. Don't deflect. This is not about me. We have the Connect 4 set in the studio here with us where Dave Dan, Shack, world champion. Is it like three supposes I choose it.

[F]

Where'd you go? You went to a tournament?

[B]

I went. Well, my friends and I had a tournament I wanted three years in a row.

[D]

Is it like Seinfeld, though, where it's like I choose not to race?

[B]

I. I just told you, I'll play a game of recreation, okay? I mean, I retired last century, literally. And he'll play the occasional game.

[G]

I want this to be like a. If it were being broadcast. You two are. One of you is the play by play. One of you is the color guy, and these guys are playing. I want this to be like it's a real broadcast.

[B]

Consider me Apollo Creed showing up to fight Drago that night. I'm showing up for an exhibition. You're probably rooted for Drago playing competitive.

[D]

This is going your record.

[E]

So which one of us is the color guy?

[D]

I'll be play by play. Okay, you'll be the color, of course.

[B]

Mike, I'd like you to go first. Or I'll go first. Oh, wow.

[C]

I want to be a gentleman.

[D]

Well, is that normally how it's like? How is it normally determined?

[B]

Well, Mike has already cast himself as the villain. We know what we know. We know what his head's at. He was given a tuna sandwich and attacked that person for doing it. So, you know, obviously he's the heel here.

[D]

All right, let's do it. Mike's going first.

[E]

I need something. I need the players to really cut the chatter, let the broadcast.

[B]

I might play blind. I might just close my eyes and see if I can do it.

[D]

All right, Mike is the dark red pieces. Dave is the dark blue. Dave is the light blue.

[B]

I might Kenobi this. I might Skywalker this.

[D]

Mike is up. He goes right down the middle.

[E]

Got some chatter on the court right now. Dave Damachek, real confident in his ability.

[D]

Dave goes right above Mike. Mike now immediately to the left of his first move. Dave is going to block that attempt. Mike right above his next move. So he had two in a row. Now Dave has two in a row

[E]

going up the pace.

[D]

Mike now has three in a row. He's going very fast.

[E]

You got to let it breathe. So the color guy could come in with his defendant.

[D]

Dave blocks that attempt of three in a row.

[E]

Pace has slowed down considerably after a feverish start. Yeah, you like to see the guys.

[F]

Mike's got to be worried here. Mike's gotta be worried for the double up. 3, 2.

[D]

Mike studying the board.

[G]

Tony giving hints.

[D]

Mike now has three in a row on the bottom. Dave blocks and Mike blocks. Mike comes in now he's got two in a row. The third row from the right.

[E]

You see what Dave is going for. He's trying to double build.

[D]

Dave now has three in a row right down the.

[B]

Let him know.

[D]

Well, how do I give their.

[B]

You can't do that. Okay.

[G]

Mike was looking around the board like, what move should I make?

[B]

That was insane.

[D]

All right, all right.

[B]

Just realize play by play doesn't work for Connect4.

[E]

You rarely see that when the broadcast gets in the way of the play on the field. And there goes Damek is setting up a lot of stuff right now, trying to recover.

[G]

He's all over the board.

[E]

Massive blunder by my partner, Mike studying

[D]

the board for his move here.

[E]

You know, this reminds me of a game back in 75.

[D]

You remember that one?

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Between old Joe Dashek. Now, no relation, but he was one of the great connect four players of the modern era. You know, before the. The merger.

[D]

Everyone remembers that classic

[G]

almost a shot clock violation here.

[E]

Damek will not be duped by the trickery of one Mike Ryan, but instead

[G]

is playing chess right now.

[E]

And Mike Ryan waves a Mutombo nose.

[G]

The most obvious. Yes, it's obvious not to go there.

[E]

As he inspects the board. Zaz, do you. Do you like Tuna sandwiches.

[B]

What exactly is Mike Ryan's strategy? Getting up real close to, like, getting Maria.

[D]

Everybody knows the closer you get, the more serious. When there's an exciting moment in a sporting event you're watching on television, everybody inches closer to the TV because it's very serious. Everybody knows that. And that's the same thing that's happening right here on our board.

[E]

He's leaning in.

[G]

Damage. Four moves ahead on every move.

[E]

Yeah, absolutely.

[G]

Damage check's got to be minus 220 right now.

[D]

I mean, this is like watching the Queen's Gambit.

[E]

Bishop to rook nine. Dano.

[D]

Mike studying the board.

[E]

I gotta bring that back for audio.

[B]

Do not react on Mike's behalf.

[E]

The crowd is trying to lead him out.

[G]

Is Mike an idiot?

[E]

Someone in the peanut gallery just asked if Mike was an idiot. Mike, we're here at the Invitational Connect Four Regional Friendly.

[G]

I am so invested in this game right now.

[D]

Friendly. That is going to go on. Dave Damachek's world champion record, though, Dave.

[G]

Now middle row.

[D]

The middle row is completely stacked.

[E]

Dave. Danishek.

[D]

Mike is up.

[E]

Curious.

[G]

Mike really wants to put it in that spot. That will screw him.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Hey, yo, what would you say the odds are right now in this game if we're doing live betting?

[E]

I mean, we're doing live betting on, not our sponsor, but our own thing going on, man.

[G]

Mike loses, there is ball game.

[B]

Those three were just staring at him. Both exactly right.

[F]

Damon set him over the double T trap on both sides.

[B]

Why do that, Dave?

[D]

Damage. Damage check for the post. Post game interview.

[G]

He has a mic.

[D]

You could probably stay with me, Mike. You wait right here. Okay, Dave, what did you see what led to that victory?

[B]

Yeah, just real proud to be an American right now and represent everybody from these United States. It feels real good to get one and nice job by Mike there. He did his best.

[G]

Fell for the double T today.

[B]

Wasn't good enough.

[F]

Fell for the double T formation.

[E]

Now, Dave, how did you react to when it feels like you had a very straightforward type of victory? The kind that happens from a little negligence from your opponent, but only for the broadcast to point it out to the opponent and then to get the block?

[B]

Yeah, to be honest with you, it felt like the moment was maybe a little bit too big for my opponent here. I hope he learns from it. But, you know, in the meantime, it's. It's always great to get out there and compete. And yeah, as you can see, I employed the straightforward strategy, Cardinal rule. Load up in the middle group. Group your same colors and go from there and play defense. It's always, you know, like defense, much like it does in some other sports, can win championships and has for this fellow right here.

[D]

Now, Dave, did you. Did you know when Mike Ryan made his last move, were you setting him up? Did you know that that was where he was going to go? Because your final piece, you reacted really quick.

[B]

I knew the game was over before it began.

[E]

Dave, you've been off for several decades from competitive connect foreplay. How's your body feeling right now?

[B]

I'm okay. I mean, listen, I just am not in a spot right now. Like I've said before, and I'll say again, this sport has given me. So it would be disrespectful to reenter the fray and start playing competitive for again. That ship has sailed. I'm an old man, I gotta tell you. It does feel good to get out there, though, and stretch out a little bit.

[E]

Thank you to Dave Damaschek, everybody.

[D]

Let's give it up for our champion prevails once again.

[C]

Mike Ryan.

[D]

Come over here, Mike. What do you believe was the turning point in today's match?

[C]

He got aggressive in the middle, and I didn't really have an answer for it. I knew I was on. On my heels pretty much from the moment that I laid that first piece. He really is as good as he says he is. I'm a little frustrated with how I gifted it to him, but the way the board was going, it was just a matter of time. I got smoked.

[E]

Now, Mike, you heard all the mythology surrounding Dave Damachek. Was any of that playing a part in your brain as you were playing the game?

[C]

Yeah. Yeah. No, he beat me before we started playing. I kind of. I felt it in my knees. And he's as good as he says he is. And, you know, back in the lab, it's going to be a long off season for sure, but I hope to get them the next time.

[D]

How do you bounce back? Will there even be a bounce back?

[C]

I'm going to try to pick somebody really stupid and get the. The boost of confidence there and then build on that success.

[B]

Get in here, Chris, Cody.

[G]

Damn it.

[D]

Everybody, let's give it up for both competitors. Good job, loser. Loser cleans up, by the way.

[B]

Good game.

[G]

My favorite part is when you. You release them to the. Release them.

[B]

I will.

[G]

I love this part.

[B]

I was trying to look at the board on the monitor and it really created. If you. As you can see. Yeah, you can see, it creates an odd, specific challenge to play with two shades of Blue against that giant monitor in the background. Yeah.

[G]

Not ideal.

[C]

Not ideal.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

That was.

[B]

I mean, I was able to overcome.

[C]

I'm used to playing red and yellow.

[G]

It is red and black, I think, generally.

[B]

Hey, since this is game night, since this turned into game night on the show, I'd like to give Tashay another shot at Tony and TNT here. But if we did Mr. Lister and they had to trade back on another category, what would thread the needle in terms of fairness? What does not.

[G]

Vice president.

[B]

Okay, we could do one of those. We don't have what doesn't advantage either fella. As far as you know. You know the better. Zaz.

[E]

I think NBA.

[G]

They're both up on NBA.

[E]

Up on NBA.

[B]

Okay. Make sure no one's looking at any laptops, and then we're safe. What would be a good category?

[G]

Or we can do musicals.

[C]

It's a fun one.

[B]

Yeah, it's a fun. Lee covers 19 19th century English literature. What do you. What do you want to do? I mean, what's a good call here? NBA category. NBA could go real easy. Could go like, as a for instance, teams that have won the NBA title this century.

[E]

That one's way too easy. That's that one.

[B]

I understand why teams that are down.01 a series start to sweat a little bit. How about this? This is too big to track, but I think amin, you'd probably be able to do this with your brain alone. What if it is?

[D]

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[E]

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[C]

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[D]

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[B]

Players who have been a part of losing a playoff series to the Miami Heat this century. I know that's a big one, but I bet you that if you.

[F]

Okay, let's say that one again. So players.

[C]

I don't.

[B]

It might be too specific.

[E]

Yeah, it feels a little specific. Players have lost to the Miami Heat in the playoff series this century. So we're not taking the 90s. Starting from.

[B]

I just want to get. I want to have a deep list that they'll both have a lot of answers for. There's like a million players there.

[E]

Yeah, that's. It might be too wide.

[F]

Thousand players.

[B]

Okay, how about this? NBA teams that have the Color Red in their uniform.

[D]

Oh, there's the music now, you know, if you just tuned in, you know, whoa, there's a feud taking place.

[C]

Is that one good?

[B]

To me?

[E]

Sure. Red in their uniform.

[B]

Well, come up with another one.

[D]

I like MVPs.

[E]

Yeah. I think MVPs.

[D]

It's kind of like super bowl losers.

[E]

It's like. Yeah, it's a very finite list.

[B]

MVPs is to any NBA MVP, who is the awarding body that you're going off of?

[E]

The mvp. The one. The guy, the person who gets the troll.

[D]

The person who got the award.

[E]

Okay. This isn't Sporting News and all that. Like.

[D]

Yeah, let's go.

[B]

We're doing my personal thing for a long time.

[E]

We're not doing that. We're doing MVPs.

[B]

So does Tony go first? Since he won.

[E]

You won.

[D]

It's his choice.

[F]

I'm gonna go with the current reigning mvp, Shea Gillis. Alexander.

[B]

Nikola Jokic. Okay.

[F]

Joel Embiid.

[B]

Giannis Antetokounmpa.

[E]

Why did you hesitate?

[B]

Creating drama? Because once. Once, if you have. That's what I was just talking with the competitors about during the break. It went. Your foe says the one that you had in your brain, it really causes you to freeze up. You really like. I. I can't think of any name in the history of people because he just took mine. Tony's up.

[F]

LeBron James.

[B]

Derrick Rose. Check.

[F]

Oh, going back to 2000.

[D]

Should be embarrassed. Going with Derek.

[F]

Yeah, I didn't.

[D]

I wasn't embarrassed.

[F]

I wasn't even gonna say it.

[D]

Yeah, I wouldn't say it. I wouldn't even if it came down to me either. Say Derrick Rose. Lose. I would take.

[F]

Because everybody knows that that was LeBron's.

[D]

Be embarrassed.

[F]

Thank you.

[D]

Bad week for you, Jeremy.

[F]

Steph Curry.

[E]

Check.

[B]

Steve Nash.

[E]

Check.

[F]

He's going deep. He's already out.

[C]

Kd.

[E]

Check.

[B]

Kurt Warner.

[C]

Lions. So do I win?

[G]

Say another one. Go ahead, play the game.

[B]

Kobe Bryant.

[E]

Check.

[D]

Starting to get hard now.

[B]

Kobe only got one, right?

[E]

Yeah, only one.

[F]

His running mate, Shaq.

[E]

Shaq Michael Gord.

[D]

Only one as well. I'm gonna go.

[F]

Magic Johnson.

[E]

Check.

[B]

Everybody, I was just about to remind you both that the Sport existed before 1990.

[F]

Dave, just to give you an insight into my mind, what I'm going to try to do is look at the year and think of the MVP of that year. The problem is with the finite amount of time, it's hard to go through every single season.

[B]

Okay, we got.

[E]

Check.

[F]

Cap.

[C]

Kareem.

[E]

Check. Thought you said cap for a Second.

[B]

No, no, no, no.

[E]

Cap.

[D]

Check.

[F]

Look at that.

[E]

This is really a no.

[B]

I'm just trying to. Come on. Trying to think of anybody else from this century. You're like a means. Like the person watching Jeopardy. On tv. Like, this is so easy. The pressure is what gets to you.

[E]

Fred.

[D]

There's several more.

[E]

It's literally every famous player in NBA.

[B]

Did you see Mike Ryan crumble when the lights got hot in Connect 4? He wasn't ready for competitive.

[E]

Check.

[G]

Yeah, Jeremy is reaching.

[B]

That's not a reach.

[G]

I think he's running low on names based off that one.

[F]

We're in the 1960s.

[B]

I mean.

[D]

Yeah, there are so many easy answers.

[F]

Easy ones, I know, but guys, when you're on this side of it, it's not that easy. When you're starting to think of it, you're like, damn, who played basketball?

[D]

So you're choking a little bit.

[B]

If there were an actual, like 4 second clock on this, it would re. You guys would really already be done.

[F]

Larry Bird.

[E]

Check.

[B]

Russell Westbrook.

[E]

Ch. We need those chess timers. Yeah, they gotta slap it like fresh.

[B]

I mean, it's a good thing I'm not on the buzzer because they would have buzzed by now.

[F]

Tim Duncan.

[E]

Check.

[B]

That was the next one. I hate when that happened.

[D]

Don't worry, there are a lot more.

[E]

A lot.

[B]

I know, I know, I know. Relax.

[E]

And they're obvious names. It's not like it's so easy when

[G]

you guys are looking at the list of Jerry West.

[E]

That's also Jack.

[B]

This game's easy.

[E]

Next.

[G]

See?

[E]

No, hold on.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

Not an mvp.

[B]

Wow.

[G]

Tony's so happy.

[B]

Wait to Tash went. No, Tony went first.

[D]

Okay, can I just throw some names from Century that you guys didn't even.

[B]

Dirk. I know, is one of them.

[D]

I don't think you said Steph Curry.

[G]

Steph.

[B]

We said Nash.

[D]

Dirk Nowitzki.

[E]

Yeah. No one said Dirk. No one said. Here's an easy one. Charles Barkley. He's only on tv.

[D]

Every goddamn Allen Iverson.

[E]

No one said Will.

[F]

I was on. I was close to Wilt.

[B]

And I was close to Barkville. Yeah.

[C]

Anybody say Magic? Yes.

[E]

Yeah, he said Magic. No one said Oscar.

[D]

Look, did anyone say James Harden?

[B]

When the pressure is on, it's a different thing.

[E]

No one said Giannis.

[D]

Yeah, he did.

[G]

I love how none of us were listening.

[B]

You got mad at me for hesitating. Oh, yeah.

[G]

Wow.

[E]

Kevin Garnett, Kurt Warren.

[F]

I was. I was on the big ticket. I was just about to say Tony

[G]

had all he was About Karl Malone.

[F]

Another one. I was about to say the man.

[E]

David Robinson.

[C]

George Michael.

[E]

Admiral George Michael.

[D]

I gotta tell you, it's a little bit surprising that Jerry west never won mvp.

[B]

Yeah, that was just surprising.

[E]

He played in an era with like incredible dudes.

[B]

I know, but they made him the logo.

[E]

He's the logo on purpose. And Jerry west is our logo. They just pick the picture says okay. And then people have to sleuth later to find out that it was Jerry West. It wasn't. Let's take our greatest player.

[B]

All right, you know what? I've officially had it. Amin has been throughout this show. May I say a little bit of a know it all. Cause he hasn't been put on the spot yet.

[C]

He's been the only normal one.

[B]

Let's change that right now. Wow. It's time for to pick up where we left off yesterday. NHL player, prescription drug. Like I mentioned because of the Scandinavians and beyond.

[D]

Did not expect that.

[B]

A lot of overlap on the Venn diagram of hockey players names and prescription drugs that are out there.

[C]

Let's do this game before we get to our next game, which is Connect 4. But you can only make a if you say an el Cy Young winner beforehand.

[B]

This is really coming together. Kershaw. Here we go. All right.

[E]

I mean we gotta wait for the music, right? Is there no music for this?

[B]

I don't think we had music for this.

[E]

We had music. It was a fun music. I remember doing the Dan.

[D]

It wasn't this maybe

[B]

Rupahintz. Rupahintz. Dallas star's potent centerman Rupee Hints or cirrhosis treatment. Rupahintz.

[E]

I'm gonna go. Let me walk you through my thought process here.

[B]

Ok.

[E]

The medications typically are not hard to pronounce. That Rupahins sounds a difficult thing to pronounce. I'm gonna go NHL player.

[B]

I betrayed myself by giving it multiple pronunciations in one. Rupe Hintz is the high flying centerman for the heavyweight team, the Dallas Stars. Roy knew it. That's why. That's the limitation of this game. I can't go to Roy.

[C]

Roy, you gotta play it straight. I'm laying out, man.

[E]

You didn't do it the first time I heard you laugh.

[D]

I'm sorry.

[C]

It was just funny to me.

[E]

I heard you laugh.

[C]

Ruben Hints.

[E]

That was a real giveaway. I wanted to put science behind it.

[C]

Yesterday I almost threw a shoe at him because he said the answer as Chris Cody was being asked the question. Because I thought you were asking Sir Civian.

[G]

I mean Lions.

[C]

Yeah. Thank God he said Lions.

[B]

Chris Cody.

[G]

Shit.

[B]

Xarelto, six' six defenseman with the big shot from the point. Mammoth defenseman Simon Xarelto. Or anti blood clotting treatment. Xarelto.

[G]

I'm gonna go with medicine.

[B]

Wow, we're two for two.

[G]

50.

[D]

50.

[B]

Good job there. Chris Cody. It is.

[C]

You might. Come on, Zuccarello,

[E]

one more.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

All right.

[B]

Zaz Kiskali. Kiskali, Leaf center, already one of the best skaters in the league. Noah Kiskali, breast cancer treatment. Kiskali.

[D]

I think it's breast cancer treatment.

[B]

Wow. Three for three.

[D]

Nice.

[B]

I'm proud of all of you guys. This is a real streak.

[C]

Jeremy was so happy you didn't go to him.

[B]

God. One more for Tony.

[E]

Aw.

[B]

One more for Tony.

[F]

I knew all those, by the way.

[B]

Artemzoob. Artem Zub, sizable Russian goaltender for the Ottawa Senators.

[C]

Sizable is a good way to describe a goal.

[F]

Give me the medicine.

[B]

Arterzoob. Or kidney medication. Artemzoop.

[F]

I was just offlining with a meme. And when you watch NBA basketball and hoops long enough in playoffs long enough, you get a lot of ads for pharmaceuticals. I've never heard of Artem Zoo, so I think he's a sizable Ottawa goaltender.

[B]

Artem Zub is a goaltender for the Ottawa center.

[G]

Doesn't look like a goaltender.

[F]

He looks like a defenseman there.

[D]

Apparently. He also is a skater.

[C]

He can do it all. It's up there with Michael Jordan. Either way.

[B]

Either way.

[C]

One more, Jeremy.

[B]

You guys are doing. You guys are on a great streak here. Jeremy, get the music back. Kinectne. Kinectne Flyers. Tough and skilled winger Travis Kinecne or blood pressure treatment. Connectne. Kurt Warner.

[D]

Blood.

[B]

Blood pressure treatment.

[D]

Ah, damn.

[B]

Idiot, idiot streak. That's it.

[F]

That's down 3 0, by the way.

[B]

That's a good game.

[D]

Good job, everybody.

[E]

Thank you.

[D]

That's a good game.

[C]

All right. Greg Maddox.

[B]

Nothing in my wheelhouse, huh?

[A]

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[D]

Don LeBatard. John Zaslow. How you love that catchphrase. Bad news for opposing teams in the Triple A St. This is the Dan Levatar show with the stuff. Can I show you guys something that caught my attention yesterday on social media? So the. There is a. There's a professional wrestler from AEW called Darby Allen. All right? And that part's not important, but he. He is. He is a big deal when it comes to. To wrestling, okay? He's a very famous name. And this video is circulating on social media where he is doing a podcast that apparently is also, like, streamed. Okay? So there's also video lives, but he's sitting in the back seat of an Uber or a Lyft, whatever, and they're taking him to, I think, that night's wrestling event. And you will hear the Uber driver is very, very upset with this interview taking place in the backseat of his car. And he proceeds to throw him out of the vehicle in the middle of the highway. Give us a watch and listen.

[G]

Tucson for AEW collision.

[B]

We got this program going on. Can we expect to see, like, a madness?

[F]

One second.

[B]

I hate to interrupt, like, your AA or, like, therapy sessioner, but it's kind of rude of you to be on speakerphone, like, inside one tuber.

[E]

Is it cool if I finish?

[B]

Look, man, I've been driving since 5am I'm tired. Like, can you just put the phone up? Like, it's a little rude.

[G]

This is like an interview.

[B]

Yeah, we're, like, on. We're on national TV right now. Just doing an interview here real quick. I don't care. I make like 15 an hour. Like, I don't care. Yeah, but you want five stars. This is like. This is one star behavior. Is this your AA sponsor or something? No, it's.

[E]

It's not an A sponsor.

[B]

I don't care.

[D]

You just put the phone away.

[B]

I knew what this face pain is. Gene Simmons saying, like, you were gonna be trouble. Like, yeah, yeah, that's one star behavior, sir. You know? And honestly, a Lyft driver would not drive like that. I'm sorry. I'm not trying to get me to Tucson. Yeah, yeah, take him to Tucson. So we could be doing AEW Live. I'm over this.

[C]

Let me see.

[E]

We're in the middle of the highway.

[B]

Get out. Out. Get out of My car.

[E]

We're in the middle of the highway.

[B]

See, Lyft driver didn't do this. Wow.

[D]

And he's left standing on the side of the road in the middle of the highway.

[G]

All right, what team you guys on?

[D]

What the hell?

[F]

Fakest thing I've seen in a long time.

[C]

I don't think it's fake.

[E]

That's 100% fake.

[D]

I do not believe that's fake.

[E]

100%.

[C]

Meltdown. And that was real. Meltdown.

[G]

100%. Huh?

[C]

I don't think he's like that. I think Darby's like that. Meta.

[D]

Like, what is. What is the wrestler? What does he have to gain by making that fake video?

[E]

It. We're. We're talking about it now.

[D]

No, but he's like a really famous wrestler. Like, he doesn't need that kind of attention.

[B]

Yeah, but we wouldn't be talking about him.

[C]

He's not like a famous wrestler because they don't know him.

[B]

I hope that's true. I'm with Amin. I. I hate to be so skeptical. It doesn't feel real. The performance of the Uber driver felt phony. And also, if. What is it? That was Mike Ryan's reaction when Zaz tried to hand him a tuna sandwich.

[C]

So.

[B]

Stop this car.

[G]

Let me out.

[B]

I know I'm not going to be a party to this, because I feel like that the. I don't know the wrestler that. That guy. Also, if somebody said, I'm stopping this car. Get out. But we're on the highway. Get out here. Like, you'd be like, no, I'm not getting out. I'm not getting out. See, I think Darby, I'm not paying you for this.

[C]

What I know of Darby, who is a bit of a vagabond and a bit of a daredevil, too. He recently climbed Mount Everest. I think he's, like, kind of chill about that stuff and is going from what is, I think, initially a bad look to him by the time the guy has his full.

[D]

Why is it a bad look to him?

[C]

So you sent me this yesterday, and you didn't understand what the Uber driver's problem is. Now, the Uber drivers should not have acted that way, especially by.

[E]

Why are we treating this like it's real? What are we doing here?

[C]

Well, because there are people that do this that don't understand.

[D]

Do what?

[C]

They go on speaker when they enter an Uber or are in a public place and they come clue everyone into the conversation that they're having instead of putting on AirPods or a headphone. And that's very rude.

[D]

Hold on a second. I completely understand what you're saying, except those. He's not in a public place around public people. He's paying for a service, and he's on the phone while the service that he is paying for is being performed. He's not sitting at an airport terminal with people around him who have to listen to his conversation.

[B]

He's more zaz. You love wrestling on top of the rest. I'm just saying. Okay, so that's an element of it. If you were doing a show and you were interviewing somebody and the driver turned around, said, keep it down. I don't like this. You should stop doing this. Would you be like, this is pretty funny. It's going to hurt your rating. It's going to hurt yourself. You'd be like, how often. What the hell are you. What are you doing? What you would go, I would handle. Just like,

[G]

if I'm on an interview,

[B]

I give me that guy, say, put. Put the driver on the phone right now. Of course, you wouldn't just be like, oh, this is a zany.

[D]

Oh, I don't know who those, you know, radio hosts are. Like, I don't know what.

[B]

But what would your reaction be?

[D]

I would probably feel uncomfortable. Me, I feel. Because I'm on. If I'm on live radio, and I'd

[G]

have a little bit of, like, how Madamin is.

[D]

Because the live radio that I'm doing is being, like, thrown for a loop, and I'm the one who's at the center of it.

[B]

But you would go crazy if the Uber driver interrupted your interview.

[C]

I'd be annoyed.

[B]

I mean, you would turn it into a bit is what you would do, right? I mean, like, hand him the phone. Let me have. Let me have some time with it.

[D]

I'm sorry to interrupt your AA meeting. Let me do that joke later.

[E]

The third time.

[D]

Yeah, exactly.

[E]

The least believable performance ever in the history of performances. That's why you can't get randos to do stuff in videos. Because I love how you want it to be.

[B]

Robert De Niro.

[G]

Like, what do you think it looks like when an Uber driver who's been working since 5am crashes out?

[B]

That looks like.

[G]

Starts shouting.

[E]

Doesn't look like that.

[C]

Okay, all right.

[B]

Whether it's real or not, the shouting

[E]

is the least part. It's the buildup. It's all of it. Like, I don't know if you're doing, like, an AA meeting. Like, it's just. It's not. You guys can't be this Gullible.

[C]

The AA meeting is.

[B]

It's the second AA meeting I want

[E]

to believe all over again.

[B]

That's actually.

[E]

Guys want to believe. He had already said, oh, my God, this happened. It's not happening.

[B]

Guys, you're the one who thinks wrestling is real.

[C]

I mean, the misunderstanding about the AA meeting is that when he's straight edge, when he's talking about being straight edge, like, that actually makes me think it's actually more real because he confused it for.

[E]

Can't be this gullible. Mike, you're a smart guy.

[C]

I'm not shifting the discussion from, like, the initial behavior. It could be fake. Like, we're talking, like, you know, you remember that show on abc? What would you do? All right, like, that's. That's a conversation that I'm interested in, because Zazlow over there thinks it's totally

[B]

fine with that part.

[D]

Before we get back to the real,

[B]

the fun move is to insist on not getting out if you want to make the best thing. And by the way, I'm with a mean it's fake, but the best result is if you are faking it, even is to refuse to get out and see where that goes.

[D]

We'll get back to that part in a second. Let's go to the other part where I. I don't think that the driver has any right to ask him to get off the phone in that spot.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

The.

[B]

The place where the driver is right is like, to me, headphones. He doesn't need to be hearing the.

[G]

Okay.

[D]

You think if he had headphones on, the driver would have been okay?

[B]

I think it would have been different. I'll give you.

[G]

Putting it on speaker is a little.

[B]

Putting it on speaker, but it is

[G]

not rude enough for. To be attacked the way that guy was.

[D]

That's why. I mean, thinks it's fake, I guess.

[E]

Guys, there's a video I want to show you guys. It's totally real. It's a guy. He comes up to a girl, says, can I get your number? She says, no, and then he gets in a Lamborghini, and then she walks up to him and said, oh, I'm sorry. Can I give you my number? He said, no. You said no to me a few minutes ago. And then he drives off, and then people comment underneath. That's what gold diggers get. It's totally real. Just like this video.

[C]

I'm not getting bogged down on that. To me, it.

[E]

Like, I'm not getting bogged down in, like, what would you do? What would I do? In A fake situation that never happens. I wouldn't do anything.

[C]

What would you do in a real.

[E]

It's not real.

[C]

What would you do in a real one, though?

[E]

A real one of what?

[C]

That's like, if you went.

[G]

You're on speaker.

[E]

If I'm on speaker and my Uber

[G]

driver starts yelling at you, when would you get out?

[C]

Because, you know, these days are different. If that guy starts acting unhinged the way that he did, and he's telling me get out of his car, probably getting out of the car, because this guy's crazy, and I don't know this person. I don't know what they're capable of.

[G]

And if it's all a bit. And he knew the guy wasn't gonna actually shoot him or do anything crazy, he would have engaged me. He actually got out, like, right.

[B]

If an Uber driver, a cab driver or Lyft, whatever, said, wow, I don't want you talking in my car like that. That what you would actually do is say, like, well, this won't stand. I've been telling your bosses about this. Can I speak with one of your stars?

[E]

One boss. This is what you mean?

[B]

Not one star. Like, you are not going to continue. You don't like making $15 an hour. You're not gonna make that. Once I get this to the head office, you can't tell me, as a passenger in your car, not allowed to speak.

[E]

I'm actively losing brain cells having to explain this, but I would say, all right, well, then we can get off at the next. Next stop. You're not gonna drop me off. Just drop me off at a gas station, whatever, and I'll get out, and that would be the end of that. And then I would do all the other things to make sure I've ruined this person's life forever. Because they asked me to get off the phone on the speakerphone, which, again, does not happen.

[C]

They.

[F]

They ask you to get off the phone. You want to, you know, have on speakerphone, whatever. What's the time when you go into the Uber and that guy's on the phone? He's on the phone for 45 minutes, and I don't want to hear him

[E]

talk, by the way.

[F]

Hey, buddy, can you end your conversation?

[G]

It's rude, but I'm not going to say anything to him either.

[F]

But why is he entitled to have me not on the phone? But he's going to be on the phone for 45 minutes.

[B]

The last time I flew from Miami back to lax, this exact thing happened. The guy in the row behind me was loudly talking on speakerphone. That's the one side. Just the one side. And I got fairly close. I'm pretty mouthy about these things out in the wild. I'll call strangers out. I'm like, what are you doing, man?

[D]

Really?

[B]

I like doing that. Yeah, I have a lot of.

[D]

You like doing that?

[B]

Yeah, I like to listen a little dangerously even though I'm a gigantic coward. I like, I like mouthing off to people.

[E]

I like, I like calling out my friends when they fall for dumb Internet videos.

[D]

Just all over the Internet and no one.

[E]

Because everybody is dumb and they want to believe. They want to believe.

[G]

Really putting yourself out here. Like, what if we find out it's real?

[E]

It's not real.

[B]

Like it's not real.

[E]

No, it's not real.

[F]

It's not real.

[E]

It's not.

[B]

Not going to be proven real, Chris Cody. But yes, that, that is on. That makes the list. List of most obnoxious behavior out in

[G]

public, like in a waiting room, watching something on speaker.

[B]

People like, people like doing the, the grocery cart thing. Not returning your cart to the, to the stack. And I agree with that. That's not the greatest violation. This would be on the list, though. Yes, Tony.

[F]

No, that's what Chris Cody does.

[G]

He doesn't. I put my shopping cart back. Don't worry.

[E]

You do.

[G]

I do now.

[C]

Yes.

[G]

Many years ago, I, I, I, he did a thing. No, no, My thing is. And I stand by it, like what you just did. The outrage people. I think you see a lot of shopping carts out.

[B]

Shame people.

[G]

My, my take was, I don't think it's that big a deal. And I think a lot more people do it who rail against it. And I was more just defending felony.

[B]

It's a crime. It creates jobs.

[G]

It creates jobs. There's people whose job it is to go get those.

[D]

I'm trying to change your opinion. Hold on a second, Jeremy. When 3.4 million million follower count. Newsweek has linked to the story.

[E]

Oh, my God.

[B]

A lot of people bought. Wait, National Enquirer's been in publication for my entire life.

[E]

National Enquirer stepped too far. You think Newsweek's editorial board saw a video that's going viral and said, guys, let's have a meeting. Let's send our reporters dispatch out, send our best guy, get to the album.

[G]

The mean has me wanting this to be real soon.

[E]

Or is the social media team just like, this is viral? I want to be viral. That's how this shit works. I gotta explain the Internet to you people. Y' all don't know how this works. You think people are fact checking before they retweet that? What you have. You got like, the head of Newsweek out here, like, get me the best and brightest on this wrestler on his way to Tucson.

[D]

I think you're wrong.

[C]

I mean, all you had to do was just hang out, but instead you became the craziest one on that side of the glass.

[E]

Man, this is three minutes left. This is the thing that drives me crazy every single. It's like the other day, there was a thing that said, Scott Foster, NBA referee suspended for three missed calls of goaltens in the Lakers Celtics game. And the way that shit went viral. And I'm like, he didn't even ref the game. Nobody took five seconds to even think, is this real or not? It's just, oh, it's real. And let me react. Let me be in the place, because I want to react to the place. I want to talk about Uber drivers who tell me to go off speakerphone. Has anyone here ever had an Uber driver do that?

[D]

Everyone raising their voice, everyone pointing fingers, disagreeing.

[E]

Guys, way to end the week.

[B]

Against the spread.

[E]

Against the spread.

[G]

That's right. Against the spread is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours. Rory, what do we got?

[C]

Sabers, Panthers. Tonight, the Panthers are favorite one and a half.

[D]

I'm trying to go.

[C]

The Panthers have beaten the Sabers in eight straight games following a win in the previous game. But the Sabers have covered the puck line in the last 12 games where they were underdogs. That streak is getting broke tonight. The Panthers are going to win two or more tonight. So going with the Panthers against the Springs. Mike, what do we got this afternoon? Saudi Arabia, Pro league soccer.

[B]

Al Hilal.

[C]

Love the roster moves that they made. They are clearly the cream of the crop in the Saudi league. I'm going with Al Hilal against Al Shabab, minus one and a half, taking Al Hilal.

[B]

Sabes play last night, Roy?

[C]

The Sabres? No, the Maple Leafs. Did they play? They lost to Tampa, but the Sabres didn't play last night.

[B]

Well, then give me the Sabers. Neighbors.

[D]

Nah, let's end on a fun note here. Go ahead, Jeremy.

[B]

I'm sorry, I was just trying to create another situation where you're saying, like, oh, they're performing a service for you. And so in turn, they have to be trapped with you listening to you on speakerphone.

[F]

But I have to be trapped with him speaking on speakerphone.

[G]

Jeremy, what about a black car service? Like, is there. Are you different like what's if I'm paying yeah they're getting paid more Take a call in my back in the

[B]

back the Uber driver let the hate

[G]

flow yeah I can take a call

[B]

okay if you were getting your hair

[G]

cut I'm not saying it's like it's maybe a little rude but it's not

[B]

super rude Call a mean a name

[G]

that's all it is

[E]

something like that

[B]

job and that that you feel entitled to reprimand your the people that may or may not tip you there would be no way you would do that you would have to be completely unhinged to do that and that is the puncher's chance Mike Ryan and the people who believe this have here Beach Boys was a good call Bartim Zub I

[D]

mean will you track the rest of today as to whether or not this

[E]

is real or fake I shan't spend a single calorie on this BS this is dumb and I try not to burn my energy on dumb things it's

[D]

be great when it's real great tone.