Hour 1: The CVS Playlist

Summary

Summary of "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz"

Episode: Hour 1: The CVS Playlist
Release Date: July 28, 2025
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Roy, Chris Cody, Jeremy, Izzy, Ryan Reynolds

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Introduction

In the inaugural episode titled "The CVS Playlist," hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz delve into the often-overlooked world of CVS store music. Joined by regular contributors Roy, Chris Cody, Jeremy, Izzy, and occasional guest Ryan Reynolds, the discussion explores how curated playlists influence the shopping experience and the broader cultural implications of background music in retail environments.

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CVS Music: The Underappreciated Factor

The CVS Experience

The conversation begins with Stugotz highlighting the ubiquitous presence of CVS in daily life and the universal challenge of navigating store aisles in search of specific products. The frustration often extends beyond product placement to the selection of music playing in the background.

Stugotz [01:35]: "So CVS, what a start. Yeah, that's a nice dry entry point."

Roy contributes by imagining customers skipping ads due to the recognizable yet sometimes intrusive music.

Roy [02:02]: "I'm picturing people hitting the skip ahead button thinking this is an ad."

Emotional Impact of Store Music

The hosts discuss how certain songs can either exacerbate shopper frustration or provide a calming influence amidst the chaos of searching for items.

Stugotz [02:35]: "It's a song playing over the muzak and it's like, eh. You know what? Maybe all of a sudden I'm... Frustrated, but I'm tapping my foot."

Ryan Reynolds adds humor by mimicking the hectic scene of trying to choose the right cough medicine, only to be distracted by the store's playlist.

Ryan Reynolds [02:17]: "Where's this exact cough medicine that my wife wants for my daughter? I see seven other ones that are just like it that I could get, but I don't see the exact one."

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The Creation of the Top 10 CVS Playlist

Motivated by their shared experiences, Dan and the team embark on creating a "Top 10 CVS Playlist," selecting songs that epitomize the quintessential CVS shopping soundtrack.

Song 10: Train - Drops of Jupiter

The team starts the countdown with Train's "Drops of Jupiter," a song they associate with the CVS ambiance despite some members not being familiar with it outside the store setting.

Dan Le Batard [09:39]: "Number 10. Two top fives. Train drops to Jupiter."

Roy [10:10]: "So far I've had these somewhere."

Song 9: Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me

Celine Dion's powerful ballad makes its way into the list, recognized for its emotional resonance and frequent playback in CVS stores.

Dan Le Batard [10:10]: "Now this was really tough because she might be the quintessential CVS artist..."

Song 8: The Fray - You Found Me

The Fray's "You Found Me" is lauded for its catchy melody that lingers in customers' minds long after they've left the store.

Dan Le Batard [10:54]: "The fray. You found me again."

Song 7: Edwin McCain - I'll Be

Edwin McCain's heartfelt lyrics and soothing tunes earn a spot, reflecting the sentimental side of CVS playlists.

Dan Le Batard [11:35]: "Number seven. Edwin McCain. I'll be."

Song 6: Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

A nod to nostalgia, "Save Tonight" by Eagle Eye Cherry is celebrated for its timeless appeal and frequent inclusion in CVS music rotations.

Dan Le Batard [16:22]: "Number six. Now I actually got a targeted ad that for a t-shirt that said, I can't stop thinking about how Save Tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry is always playing at CVS."

Song 5: Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want

Vertical Horizon's catchy tune exemplifies the type of adult contemporary music that blends seamlessly into the CVS shopping experience.

Dan Le Batard [17:15]: "Number five is Vertical Horizon. Everything you want."

Song 4: Vanessa Williams - Save the Best for Last

Vanessa Williams' classic hit is acknowledged for its smooth vibe, contributing to the calming effect of the CVS playlists.

Dan Le Batard [19:21]: "Number four. Vanessa Williams. Save the best for last."

Song 3: Fastball - The Way

Fastball's "The Way" is highlighted for its storytelling quality, which resonates with the transient nature of retail environments.

Dan Le Batard [19:58]: "Number three, Fastball's The Way."

Song 2: Uncle Kracker - Drift Away

Uncle Kracker's rendition of "Drift Away" secures the second spot, praised for its laid-back rhythm that complements the CVS atmosphere.

Dan Le Batard [20:58]: "Number two. Uncle Kracker, Drift away."

Song 1: Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

The countdown culminates with the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris," chosen for its widespread recognition and enduring popularity, making it the quintessential CVS anthem.

Dan Le Batard [23:07]: "Number one. The Goo Goo Dolls. 'Iris.'"

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Impact of CVS Music on Customer Experience

Memorability and Brand Association

The hosts reflect on how specific songs become ingrained in customers' memories solely through repeated exposure in stores like CVS.

Roy [05:13]: "The songs are just catchy enough where you remember them."

Co-Branding and Real Estate Partnerships

Dan elaborates on the strategic placement of CVS stores next to Publix supermarkets, a legacy of the original Eckerd Pharmacy locations, which enhances brand synergy and customer convenience.

Dan Le Batard [07:05]: "So you ever wonder how down here in South Florida a CVS is always next to a Publix? Because CVS used to be Eckerds..."

Playlist Curation and Corporate Influence

The discussion touches on the corporate responsibility behind playlist curation, pondering the individuals tasked with selecting music that aligns with CVS's brand image.

Stugotz [03:38]: "I have to think to myself, there's someone whose job it is at CVS Corporate who has to curate the playlist..."

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Anecdotes and Humor

Personal Stories

Throughout the episode, the hosts share personal anecdotes related to the songs on their list, adding humor and relatability to the discussion. For instance, Roy recounts being the first-round pick in trivia nights, while Dan humorously mimics retail shopping scenarios.

Roy [10:11]: "Roy's always first round pick in Trivia Night."

Musical Missteps

Ryan Reynolds engages in playful musical performances, attempting to guess songs, which leads to humorous exchanges and light-hearted banter among the hosts.

Ryan Reynolds [03:47]: "I want to play the game. I have a song."

DVD Commentary Reflections

The conversation briefly veers into the nostalgia of DVD commentaries, lamenting their absence in the streaming era and reminiscing about behind-the-scenes insights that added value to movie-watching experiences.

Dan Le Batard [31:01]: "DVD commentary would be the same runtime as the movie. But instead of just watching the movie, you would hear different people..."

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Conclusion

"Hour 1: The CVS Playlist" successfully highlights the subtle yet significant role that music plays in shaping retail experiences. Through engaging discussions, personal stories, and a collaboratively curated top 10 list, Dan Le Batard and his team shed light on how CVS's musical selections influence customer moods, brand perception, and the overall shopping journey. The episode not only entertains but also invites listeners to become more aware of the everyday environments that silently impact their daily lives.

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Notable Quotes:

• Stugotz [02:35]: "It's a song playing over the muzak and it's like, eh. You know what? Maybe all of a sudden I'm... Frustrated, but I'm tapping my foot."

• Dan Le Batard [10:10]: "Now this was really tough because she might be the quintessential CVS artist..."

• Roy [05:13]: "The songs are just catchy enough where you remember them."

• Dan Le Batard [23:07]: "Number one. The Goo Goo Dolls. 'Iris.'"

Transcript

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[Dan LeBatard]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast.

[Stugats]

So cvs, what a start. Yeah, that's a nice dry entry point.

[Roy]

To this can go anywhere.

[Stugats]

Yeah, cvs, the popular pharmacy chain where one might purchase such things as contact lens solution. If you can find what aisle it's in, you're going up and down. You ever have this at cvs? You're walking up and down the aisles trying to find something that you know they have.

[Roy]

I'm picturing people hitting the skip ahead button thinking this is an ad.

[Stugats]

Yeah. Contraceptive? No, I always know where that is. No, but it's like something that you know, like, like, like vitamins, whatever. And you're like, you're walking up there. Where the hell is this section?

[Ryan Reynolds]

Where's this exact cough medicine that my wife wants for my daughter? I see seven other ones that are just like it that I could get, but I don't see the exact one. She Sent me a photo of. I'm getting the. The CVS version.

[Stugats]

Yeah, you get. You get antsy, you get angry, you get worked up. Right, Chris? But then something calms you down, something soothes you.

[Ryan Reynolds]

You hear something.

[Stugats]

It's a song playing over the muzak and it's like, eh. You know what? Like maybe all of a sudden I'm.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Frustrated, but I'm tapping my foot.

[Stugats]

Exactly. It's almost like a pressure point massage from Genesis. All of a sudden the stress relieves and it goes away. And I have to think to myself, there's someone whose job it is at CVS Corporate who has to curate the playlist that they play at every location across the nation, perhaps the globe. I don't know if CVS is international or not. That's going to make people like Chris not want to snap the Laura. That's gonna make people not want to snap and lose their freaking mind. And so when I say to you a CVS type song, we're not talking about generic muzak instrumentals. I'm talking about actual songs that you might hear on some radio stations. You might hear like on Tick Tock. I guess this is how I.

[Roy]

Is this a different list than a supermarket playlist?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, it's like at Publix. Publix, I feel like, has their own mix album.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I want to play the game. I have a song.

[Stugats]

Huh? Too upbeat. Is.

[Roy]

Is that Ace of Bass?

[Stugats]

Classic Ace of Bass. Yeah. I saw the sign.

[Dan LeBatard]

Per capita greatest country when it comes to music.

[Stugats]

Sweden. Right. How do they do it?

[Dan LeBatard]

That's incredible. Well, they. They fund the arts. Quite.

[Stugats]

Oh, that's aggressive.

[Ryan Reynolds]

So I played that poorly. That's no cvs.

[Stugats]

No, I, I just, I don't. Yeah, I don't think you play poorly.

[Chris Cody]

That's a good.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Hit me.

[Stugats]

Straight start.

[Dan LeBatard]

But no, I appreciate the, the, the chance that you took there. I'm the authority on this.

[Chris Cody]

I don't appreciate it.

[Dan LeBatard]

I have a very popular Wild playlist right now that's sweeping the nation.

[Stugats]

You made a playlist?

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah. CBS Jams.

[Chris Cody]

Yes. Oh, okay.

[Stugats]

You made a playlist?

[Dan LeBatard]

I made a playlist.

[Stugats]

We started talking about this three minutes ago. You already have a playlist?

[Dan LeBatard]

Inspiration came to me yesterday and I.

[Izzy]

What are the.

[Dan LeBatard]

Spent three hours. Spent three hours just putting together a playlist.

[Chris Cody]

I know what number ones could be, I'll tell you that.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, we'll see. This list is so important that we just couldn't do a top five. Oh, yeah.

[Stugats]

Top ten.

[Dan LeBatard]

We had to do a top ten.

[Jeremy]

Whoa.

[Roy]

Top Five.

[Izzy]

Can I make a suggestion? You know this song? I don't know what it's called or who's singing. I'm just a little bit caught in the middle.

[Chris Cody]

Nah, I don't see that at cvs.

[Roy]

CVS songs, they.

[Izzy]

It's like Sarah Bareilles songs or cvs.

[Roy]

That's a good one. That's a good one.

[Chris Cody]

Isn't that the song that. That the. That Billy Bean's girl Moneyball in Moneyball was. Was playing on?

[Roy]

The songs are just catchy enough where you remember them. You find yourself singing it in the aisle maybe a little bit. But the real catch is, is hours later, you're still singing that tune in your head. That's where the cvs.

[Ryan Reynolds]

If it's a good CVS song, you don't even realize you heard it at cv.

[Roy]

Exactly.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's right.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Like three hours later, you're just like.

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Where did I hear the song?

[Dan LeBatard]

Right.

[Stugats]

To get me through this.

[Dan LeBatard]

Third Eye Blind. Absolutely on there. You ever wonder, like, how do I know this Andy Grammer song? I don't listen to Andy Grammer. I've never sought him out on my streamer. And yet I'm singing along at the cbs.

[Jeremy]

Baby, it's fine by me.

[Stugats]

I'm not going to write you a love song.

[Dan LeBatard]

Right.

[Stugats]

That's.

[Jeremy]

That's the gang.

[Dan LeBatard]

These are songs that you yourself won't. You very rarely go to Spotify or Apple Music and just search out, yet you somehow know all the words. Adult contemporary music from the 80s, 90s and today. And that's what this list is. I like this. This dates back to the Eckard's days too.

[Chris Cody]

It's almost never drugs. Great stories.

[Stugats]

Well, Eckerd was merged with Walgreens though, right?

[Dan LeBatard]

No, no, no. Eckerds became cvs.

[Stugats]

Cvs. Oh, God.

[Izzy]

I had one closed by my house that now they turned into. It was a spirit Halloween, obviously for like, you know, two months. But now it's just like. It's called like RV World or. No, like RC World or something like that. It's like a remote control car track that you go to and drive. Remote control.

[Stugats]

No chance at last. That can't be a successful business I'm looking at.

[Izzy]

And it like, has like weird hours. Like sometimes you go by and it's like, this should probably be open and it's just like the shutters are down. And then other times you go by and there's like 80 people in there racing remote control cars. And I'm kind of like, I don't know how this is going to sounds.

[Stugats]

Drugs in the Ronald McDonald.

[Dan LeBatard]

Something going on there.

[Roy]

There's also an Eckerd college in Florida. Completely unaffiliated.

[Stugats]

Yeah, you're every word to me. When I close my eyes, it's you I see.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, Michelle Branch is on the playlist. No doubt. So you ever wonder how down here in South Florida a CVS is always next to a Publix? Because CVS used to be Eckerds and there was like a co location strategy driven by real estate partnerships between Eckerds and Publ back in the day. So that's why you're seeing a little bit more standalone CVS's. But down here, the. The CVS is that were once records. They're usually right next to a Publix grocery store.

[Roy]

Now I think that model is out the window because they have Publix pharmacies.

[Stugats]

Yeah, like that's not you're talking about is there's a wall. Right. It's not like you wander in.

[Dan LeBatard]

Right. But they would down here. In a lot of mini malls, a CVS is usually got it right next to a Publix.

[Roy]

Now they're inside of Targets.

[Stugats]

Yeah, that's. That's a good co branding.

[Izzy]

Do you ever forget which one you're in?

[Roy]

Which target I'm in?

[Izzy]

No, which cvs? Whether you're in CVS or Walgreens. Like I don't remember. I think CVS has carpet. Right.

[Dan LeBatard]

I can tell by the soundtrack.

[Stugats]

The playlist, really we should do a.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Bit where one of us goes around here. Take like an indescript picture from one and you have to guess whether it's a CVS or a walk.

[Izzy]

I think you can tell. I think that CVS also has shortage. I don't think so.

[Dan LeBatard]

Here's a good example. This is an Oli. It's a top 10 with two OLIs too. But here's a great example of a song that you know almost exclusively from being at a cvs because you yourself never bought this album. You never sought this song out on a streamer. Eric Clapton's Changed the World.

[Roy]

Wow.

[Dan LeBatard]

Phenomenon.

[Stugats]

I'm gonna say no. Yeah. I'm gonna say from Phenomena. No. Phenomenon. Or Michael.

[Chris Cody]

I thought it was Michael.

[Roy]

No, it's Phenomenon.

[Stugats]

Phenomenon.

[Chris Cody]

You sound very confident.

[Dan LeBatard]

Can you give me a little taste change?

[Roy]

Which is the one where he was an angel. Okay. It was in that one.

[Chris Cody]

I think so too.

[Roy]

What was Phenomenon?

[Stugats]

Phenomenon was about like he. Like he has superpowers. Like he's like he can heal people or he could read the future. Some like that.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah. That's about it.

[Stugats]

Yeah. Also that's an olive.

[Roy]

It was phenomenon.

[Stugats]

Thank you.

[Roy]

Wow.

[Chris Cody]

Roy is correct.

[Stugats]

I didn't want to go against.

[Chris Cody]

Roy's right. He was very confident.

[Dan LeBatard]

Roy's always first round pick in Trivia Night.

[Stugats]

Wow.

[Dan LeBatard]

This. A lot of people think Amy Grant was a one hit wonder. She wasn't. She's a gospel music institution. But she did have a pop hit.

[Stugats]

Baby, baby, baby, baby. Yeah. That is a CVS ass song for sure.

[Dan LeBatard]

Now we got oli, still top 10. Here we go. Number 10. Two top fives. Train drops to Jupiter.

[Chris Cody]

Oh yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh yeah.

[Stugats]

How's that go?

[Roy]

That's just number 10. Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

Sing it, Mike.

[Jeremy]

Tell me.

[Stugats]

Yeah, that's absolutely.

[Dan LeBatard]

I just had to tell you. Two words.

[Jeremy]

She's back in the atmosphere. Tell me.

[Stugats]

Never heard that song anywhere other than the cbs.

[Dan LeBatard]

I never heard that song.

[Stugats]

No, you heard it. Damn it.

[Roy]

So far I've had these somewhere.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, I go to pharmacies. I don't pick music. But not. I never heard that. That song I never heard.

[Roy]

Okay.

[Dan LeBatard]

Number nine.

[Stugats]

Number nine.

[Dan LeBatard]

Now this was really tough because she might be the quintessential CBS artist, but she had so many songs to choose from. Nailing just one from her catalog as a CBS song proved to be.

[Roy]

Oh, who's the artist? Give me the artist first.

[Dan LeBatard]

Celine Dion.

[Roy]

Oh, you're right. Too big of a catalog.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm going with because youe Love Me as her cbs.

[Stugats]

There you go. I didn't want you to go. I thought you might fly too close to the sun. Icarus. Some of her songs are too big for cvs. They're just big songs. But it's got to be a song that's big in cbs. Because you love Me. Definitely.

[Dan LeBatard]

Chris Cody just said off the mic. I don't think I know that one. And then once I. I just sang two words.

[Stugats]

Sing the two words.

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[Ryan Reynolds]

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[Roy]

Three words.

[Dan LeBatard]

Number eight.

[Stugats]

Uh huh.

[Dan LeBatard]

The fray. You found me again.

[Stugats]

I'm gonna need you Found me.

[Jeremy]

Lost and insecure. You found me. You found me. Crying on the floor.

[Stugats]

That's the word.

[Jeremy]

Where were you just a little late?

[Roy]

Grey's Anatomy.

[Stugats]

You know it's funny.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's how to say. It's tough to nail like just one of the Frey's song. Did you know the Frey is still touring and they're just like fooling people. Like the. The bald headed singer guy is not in the band anymore.

[Stugats]

The funny thing is I didn't know what song it was when you started singing. But then you got to the part that I knew. Is that me? That part.

[Jeremy]

Surrounded. Surrounded.

[Stugats]

Number seven.

[Dan LeBatard]

Edwin McCain. I'll be.

[Stugats]

So. Edwin McCain is a guy I know. Strictly love the 90s. I love the 2000s. I don't know. I'm just.

[Dan LeBatard]

I love those guys special place in my heart. Anytime I see Henry Rollins or House Sparks. I love. That's one of the greatest things ever in cable television history.

[Stugats]

Michael Ian Black. Lonnie Love.

[Roy]

This would be top three for me. This one.

[Stugats]

But.

[Ryan Reynolds]

But almost my wedding song.

[Stugats]

Say it again.

[Jeremy]

Of your life. You're crying shoulder. I'll be love. Don't want to say that word because.

[Dan LeBatard]

It could be triggering.

[Stugats]

I would say this. I, Edmund McCain. I know who you are.

[Jeremy]

I don't know your song better when I'm older.

[Ryan Reynolds]

We're just not doing it.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I think you would know this one.

[Dan LeBatard]

You'll know it.

[Stugats]

Roy's nodding his head. Roy knows it so.

[Chris Cody]

By the way, Roy, that's your jam.

[Dan LeBatard]

Roy Jam.

[Stugats]

I just heard him.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Roy knows Drops of Jupiter. Okay. I'm not gonna let him do that.

[Dan LeBatard]

He does.

[Jeremy]

He does now while she's back from the atmosphere. Drops Jupiter.

[Chris Cody]

Take it away, Roy.

[Stugats]

And there's a lot of piano.

[Dan LeBatard]

Exactly is.

[Jeremy]

Tell me, did the wind sweep you up your feet.

[Chris Cody]

You're up, Roy.

[Dan LeBatard]

I. I'm.

[Izzy]

He did this with Blink182. Like a year.

[Roy]

Like.

[Izzy]

Okay. And you're.

[Dan LeBatard]

He never heard all the small things at Chelsea. I don't listen to that music.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Every panel.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes, but you've gone into a hockey show. You've gone. Yeah. For you to say. I've been to hockey games at that arena for a good 20 years. All they did was play all the small games.

[Jeremy]

All the small things.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Come on, Roy, take it away.

[Dan LeBatard]

Roy, you're pretending.

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Can I tell you something I don't know? Maybe like a month ago and I decided to watch Pitch Clock and I told Jeremy Stugats, this is a good show you're doing.

[Dan LeBatard]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.

[Stugats]

Number six.

[Dan LeBatard]

Number six. Now I actually got a targeted ad that for a t Shirt that said, I can't stop thinking about how Saved tonight by Eagle eye Cherry is always playing at cbs. That's just the T shirt. It has that message and a picture of a cvs. And it's true, because Eagle eye Cherry is safe tonight right now in America, anywhere. There has got to be a location where Save Tonight is playing tomorrow.

[Jeremy]

I'll be gone, say, tonight. Fight the breakup.

[Stugats]

Well, it's. It's amazing, the parts that resonate because you guys say, like, three or four bars, I'm like, I don't know this song. I've heard of Eagle eye Cherry. But then you get that point that tonight, it's right when I'm getting the vitamin water from the fridge tonight. Like, oh, here we go.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, boys.

[Stugats]

Number five.

[Dan LeBatard]

This top five now.

[Chris Cody]

Now, here we go.

[Dan LeBatard]

These are bangers only.

[Chris Cody]

Come on.

[Dan LeBatard]

Number five is Vertical horizon. Everything you want.

[Roy]

Wow. The only place in the world where I hear that song is in the cbs.

[Jeremy]

He's everything inside of you.

[Chris Cody]

Take it away, Roy.

[Jeremy]

He says all the right things at exactly the right time, but he means nothing to you. And you don't know.

[Stugats]

It sounds like a Christian rock song.

[Dan LeBatard]

It does. Kind of vertical horizon. And also, they had a bald singer with a soul patch, so that usually means now. This is actually a great example of songwriting because the entire song, he's singing about someone else, like, hating from the sideline. And then turn. By the end of the song, he's.

[Jeremy]

Like, I am everything you want I am everything you need.

[Dan LeBatard]

Goosebumps, look. Legit goosebumps.

[Jeremy]

I am everything inside of you and.

[Stugats]

He'S like, singing about Jesus, but I.

[Jeremy]

Mean nothing to you and I don't know why I'm the man of your dreams.

[Dan LeBatard]

Why do I mean nothing to you? I mean, that is songwriting.

[Stugats]

That's incel.

[Roy]

Songwriting makes me want to go to a CBS right now.

[Dan LeBatard]

Let's all go there. Let's just order a bunch of beers and sing out loud.

[Stugats]

Cracker.

[Chris Cody]

They have beer.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes. Yeah, we'll order the beers. We'll go to check out, and we'll also get some lawn chairs.

[Chris Cody]

No, but they can't have.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes, perfect.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Just picture us in, like, the cooler aisle.

[Stugats]

Just like, Zaz is really, really upset.

[Roy]

I don't know how cool it would.

[Stugats]

Be that you were. You were gonna order the drinks. So somewhere else, the beers are there.

[Chris Cody]

I'm like, gar sala beers. When they have beers, we'll go to check out.

[Dan LeBatard]

Let's not seize on this, like, one word. We'll just Go pick up some beautiful white cans of mil, go to the checkout express and wait for the annoying thing where someone has to check her id and then pick up some lawn.

[Jeremy]

A phone number with us.

[Ryan Reynolds]

No, I'm not going to.

[Jeremy]

I don't want to do that.

[Dan LeBatard]

And I like the four foot long receipt.

[Stugats]

I'm so glad of age to the point where they don't even ask to just walk up and just scan the thing like. Like.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, I'm not here to get carded. I'm here to listen. To who?

[Stugats]

1 1. 1980. That's what they put every single time.

[Dan LeBatard]

Number four. Number four, Vanessa Williams. Save the best for last.

[Roy]

You're going to have to helm some of that.

[Jeremy]

Sometimes the sun goes round.

[Roy]

I don't know why. I didn't go that far back.

[Dan LeBatard]

Fresh Prince.

[Roy]

That's an obvious one. I'm sorry.

[Stugats]

Okay. Fresh Prince. He played a sportswriter, right?

[Dan LeBatard]

Yep.

[Jeremy]

The best.

[Dan LeBatard]

Had a baby in a limo.

[Roy]

I'm not gonna lie. That's more supermarket song for me than cvs.

[Stugats]

Yes, Very supermarket vibes. Also, I'm ashamed to admit this. In college we had to do a group presentation and we were the last group to present. And while we were setting up, we played this song over the thing. And I'm like, now they go. It looks so corny.

[Dan LeBatard]

Number three, Fastball the way.

[Stugats]

Would have.

[Roy]

Been my number one.

[Stugats]

How's it go?

[Jeremy]

They made up their mind and then got to talking. They left before the sun came up that day and exit to eternal summer slacking. Where were they going without ever knowing the way Anyone can see the road that they walk on.

[Stugats]

I know this.

[Jeremy]

They'll never get hungry. They'll never go.

[Chris Cody]

Take it away, Roy.

[Stugats]

I heard it before. You got.

[Jeremy]

You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere.

[Stugats]

You guys buried the leaf. That's the part you're supposed to be there. It's a slow burn.

[Jeremy]

It's a slow burn.

[Stugats]

I didn't know what the hell you were talking about the first 20 seconds.

[Dan LeBatard]

Number two. This was really difficult. This honestly should be. This has got a great argument for number one. As most number twos do.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Uncle Cracker, Drift away. Now, this is also dentist office. Hold on.

[Stugats]

Give me Uncle Cracker.

[Chris Cody]

Drift away.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Give me the beat, boys.

[Stugats]

Beat my soul. Rock and roll.

[Roy]

But the Uncle Cracker one.

[Stugats]

Hold on.

[Roy]

Like, isn't there. Isn't that a crap?

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, but no, that's. This is an important detail. It has to be the Uncle Cracker version.

[Roy]

Wait, that makes me want to leave this.

[Stugats]

There's someone else who sings that song?

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, it's a cover song.

[Stugats]

Wait, Uncle Cracker covered that song?

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, but it's Uncle Cracker song.

[Roy]

You know what? Who originally sang it? Cracker.

[Stugats]

Really? It was appropriated.

[Chris Cody]

Can I tell you, I was. You know, I host college football tailgate for ESPN Radio. We're starting next month. We're on the road each week at the big games.

[Roy]

Drift Away by Dobie Gray.

[Chris Cody]

And one of our stops last year was in Nashville for Texas at Vanderbilt. I had never been to Nashville before, and I'd heard it's amazing. Go to Broadway. They got all the bars. And I mean, I'll skip ahead real quick. I loved Nashville. I had such a good time. And the bar that I went to, I was recommended. Like, hey, this is the bar that you'll like is the Kid Rock bar, okay? It's all the kind of music that I like, you know? And they got. They got cover band there, you know, playing all the, you know, 90s and 2000 rock jams. And then all of a sudden, Uncle Cracker jumped on stage. Uncle Cracker jumped on stage.

[Stugats]

It's not a band.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know, he used to be Kid Rock's dj.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, is that right?

[Dan LeBatard]

That's how he got his.

[Chris Cody]

He jumped on stage and he played that song. He played a bunch like Uncle Cracker.

[Stugats]

Actually, he didn't play a bunch.

[Roy]

One of the best days of Zaza's life.

[Dan LeBatard]

So I've referenced this show that I went to with Chris Whittingham one time where I went to a Smash Mouth concert. Original line. A riot started and people were getting arrested and thrown into cop cars. That was actually a part of a pop 2k bill that had many of the bands featured on this list. Uncle Cracker was on it. Fastball was on it. Spin Doctors were on it. Smash.

[Stugats]

Spin Doctors. Is that two princes?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, horse.

[Stugats]

That's what I say.

[Roy]

Surprised they didn't make the O.

[Dan LeBatard]

People don't scat anymore.

[Stugats]

No.

[Chris Cody]

All right.

[Dan LeBatard]

Number one.

[Chris Cody]

Number one is so obvious.

[Stugats]

Scat back.

[Roy]

Number one.

[Chris Cody]

Everyone has to know number one now.

[Dan LeBatard]

Common misconception. People call this band by the wrong name all the time. Their name is the Goo Goo Dolls.

[Chris Cody]

It's not Google Dolls.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's not Goo Goo Dolls.

[Stugats]

The Goo Goo Dolls.

[Dan LeBatard]

The Goo Goo Dolls. Cleaner is Iris.

[Stugats]

And I don't want the world to see me.

[Jeremy]

Cause I don't think that they understand.

[Stugats]

Boy. What was the soundtrack?

[Dan LeBatard]

First round.

[Stugats]

Nicholas Cage, Andre Brower, and Meg Ryan.

[Dan LeBatard]

I like the acoustic version of the song. Yeah, A lot of first off, a lot of people think that they can sing this song and then they realize, man, Johnny Resnick had had some pipes on him. Also, you would think that this would be a bigger song on the karaoke circuit, but there's basically a two minute instrumental that really takes a crowd down.

[Stugats]

Against the karaoke rules. By the way, another alternate Goo Goo Doll or the Goo Goo Doll song. Slide. Why don't you slide?

[Chris Cody]

That's a scene number one. Iris. Easily. Number one.

[Dan LeBatard]

Easily.

[Chris Cody]

But Mike, their website is google dolls.com.

[Stugats]

It'S cleaner.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm.

[Chris Cody]

I. I don't know what happens with the Goo Goo Dolls. Let's see where it takes me.

[Izzy]

Takes you to the Instagram is just Goo Goo Dolls.

[Chris Cody]

Official Safari. Can't open page server can't be found.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, no, I'm with you. Their name is Goo Goo Dolls, not the Goo Goo Dolls.

[Chris Cody]

I think it's Goo Goo Dolls, but.

[Dan LeBatard]

If you look them up on streamers, it's the Goo Goo Dolls.

[Stugats]

I'm telling.

[Dan LeBatard]

And I think they've talked about this like, no, we're the Goo Goo Dolls. And I'm like, no, the hell you are.

[Chris Cody]

Their website says, look, look.

[Stugats]

I mean, Google. Yeah, even. Even the banner says Google Dolls. Mike, I'm gonna tell you exactly what happened. Justin Timberlake showed up and said looza. Duh. It's cleaner.

[Dan LeBatard]

Did you see the. The videos from a Justin Timberlake performance where he looks like, really, really bored and hungover.

[Stugats]

Concerning, I would say, not concerned.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Letting the crowd like. Like there's a time where he'd like, just like, it's in more.

[Izzy]

More than one stop. He's done.

[Stugats]

He's earned it, guys. He's earned that right to do this. And you sing the song.

[Dan LeBatard]

I saw that performance. I'm like, I can't put. Can't fight the feeling.

[Izzy]

Not the Trolls song.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, that. That, yeah.

[Izzy]

Do with a bigger hit. That one. You can like lose people.

[Dan LeBatard]

Let me tell you, he should be thanking his lucky stars Max Martin came around and gave him that Trolls song. Otherwise we'd be talking about how this dude felt that the f off continuing to insist he has to work with Timbaland after future Sex Love sounds. My dude fell the off. The only hits he has are those troll songs.

[Ryan Reynolds]

How close do you think we are to him being like, all right, it's time in sync on Apple Music. I feel like we're less than like three or four years away from him being like, all right, it's back to.

[Dan LeBatard]

My man's gonna need it soon.

[Stugats]

They're, they're, they're, they're already doing rumblings.

[Ryan Reynolds]

No, but if you see any of those guys interviewed, they're always just like, we're waiting on one guy. Like, Lance Bass is just like trying to do this for 10 years.

[Stugats]

The rumblings are happening. It's gonna happen. It's not. It's like it's in.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Look, he's never needed the pr. Now he kind of like it's getting to a point where he needs incident.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, it's been a rough year.

[Stugats]

I don't want to be the newsbreaker two times on the same day, but I'm telling you, it's gonna happen.

[Roy]

On Apple Music, they go by the Goo Goo Dolls. If you look at a couple of their set albums, one of them says the Goo Goo Dolls. Dizzy up the girl. One of them just says Goo Goo Dolls. A boy named Goo Boy.

[Chris Cody]

Figure out who you are.

[Roy]

Seriously?

[Stugats]

A boy named Are you a the.

[Roy]

Or are you not a boy named A boy named Goo.

[Jeremy]

Just want you to know who I am.

[Stugats]

Slide is a great CVS film.

[Dan LeBatard]

Slyde is great. It's also like a VH1 all star because remember, VH1 went softer. Rock.

[Jeremy]

Broadway is dark Tonight.

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[Roy]

The McDonald's Snack Wrap is back. You brought it back. Ranch snack wrap.

[Stugats]

Spicy snack wrap. You broke the Internet for a snack? Snack wrap is back.

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[Stugats]

Don LeBatard. If Daniel Day Lewis did it, you'd be jerking off all over yourself.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, come on. Yeah, I would be aggressive.

[Stugats]

Description. I mean, what is it? What is that? I'm just saying. Saying what?

[Dan LeBatard]

That's me. I see that photo of Daniel Day Lewis looking Like Lincoln before he's about to start filming Lincoln. And you know what I do? Amin stugats. I jerk off all over myself. That's what I do.

[Stugats]

Lincoln, who you outed the other day.

[Dan LeBatard]

Don't make this a rejoin. This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[Stugats]

A lot of symmetry, by the way. We started with a song about an angel, and we ended with a song from a movie about angels. No, it wasn't angel. It was City of Angel phenomenon.

[Dan LeBatard]

No. Yeah, but that was a weird sub genre of the 90s. It was like kind of, hey, we have to have two asteroid movies come out at the same time. We have to have two ways.

[Stugats]

No one remembers Deep Impact.

[Chris Cody]

I prefer Deep Impact.

[Stugats]

I do, too.

[Chris Cody]

Good movie.

[Roy]

Do you know how many times in my life I said, which one was Armageddon and which one was Deep Impact? Like, those are the.

[Stugats]

A lot of people don't. Armageddon has a lot better memory for whatever reason. Terrible movie, by the way.

[Dan LeBatard]

We have to talk about. We talked about Armageddon because another CBS jam. Don't want to Miss a thing from the Armageddon soundtrack was playing before this show. And you and I got to talking about the famous Ben Affleck DVD commentary, and you said something that I hadn't really considered, which is lost art form, the DVD commentary.

[Lowe's Announcer]

I asked Michael why it was easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts than it was to train astronauts to become oil drillers. And he told me to shut up.

[Stugats]

Up.

[Lowe's Announcer]

So that was the end of that talk.

[Stugats]

She was like, you know, Ben, just shut up, okay?

[Lowe's Announcer]

You know, this is real plan, all right? I was like, you mean it's a real plan at NASA to train oil drillers?

[Ryan Reynolds]

He was like, just shut your mouth.

[Lowe's Announcer]

See, here's where we demonstrate that because Bruce is going to tell the guys that they did a bad job of building the drill tank, putting it together.

[Stugats]

He did it.

[Lowe's Announcer]

See, he's Assault of the Earth guy. And the NASA Nerdonauts don't. Don't understand his salt of the earth ways, his rough and tumble ways.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, that's right.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Well, that's because your cams are all.

[Lowe's Announcer]

Like, somehow they can build rocket ships, but they don't understand, like, what makes a good tranny.

[Stugats]

Yikes. What?

[Dan LeBatard]

The Michael, it's a different type.

[Stugats]

The Michael he's talking about is Michael Bay, the director of the film.

[Chris Cody]

You don't think sending Steve Buscemi to save the world to space was a good idea?

[Stugats]

Well, they sent him to a strip Club first the.

[Roy]

But that's happening while the movie's happening. So you're watching the movie, the dialogue is happening, and you just get a voiceover of somebody from Commentary.

[Stugats]

You saw it would. So you would buy a DVD for the younger fans.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, Remember that now?

[Stugats]

All right. So the younger fans DVDs were this thing we used to watch. So you couldn't just download movies and stream them.

[Chris Cody]

I have a DVD player still hooked up to my main TV in my family room.

[Roy]

Blu Ray is the future.

[Stugats]

I went laserdisc is the future. So pop the DVD in and when it comes up, there's a menu. Menu. Number one is play the movie, of course. Number two is like play the trailer if you want to do that. Number three is bonus scenes, deleted scenes. And then number four would be blueprint DVD commentary. Well, that's in the bonus size. Deleted scenes. Yeah. And then, then you get to the DVD commentary. DVD commentary would be the same runtime as the movie. But instead of just watching the movie, you would hear different people. Sometimes they would do picture in picture where the guy's sitting there. So it would be stars of the movie, the director of the movie, sometimes the producer. And they would just give you insights and behind the scenes kind of info. Almost like a VH1 pop up video. Which now I realize is not a great analogy because that also is an old thing that people don't remember either way. I watched so much shit like that, I would watch them. I remember watching Starsky and Hutch and that was the first time I realized, oh, there are scenes in here that are not rehearsed. This is just Will Ferrell going off on some improv tangent. And Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller are like, yeah, let's do it. And they just keep going. And so all of that came from watching DVD commentaries. And with the death of the dvd, we don't have the DVD commentary.

[Roy]

That's actually a great idea for streamers for people to rewatch. Just rewatch it with the. You DVD or dvd.

[Ryan Reynolds]

The bonus alternate ending.

[Stugats]

I'll watch.

[Chris Cody]

That's right.

[Stugats]

Alternate endings have alternate endings too.

[Dan LeBatard]

I am Terminator 2. Like the hero from the first movie was actually in the movie originally.

[Stugats]

Michael Bean. Yeah. I am Legend. Remember, there's a version where he doesn't die.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's right.

[Stugats]

Yeah. Man, that. We used to have these things, right. I tell you what, I would watch Happy Gilmore 2 with. With DVD commentary on it.

[Chris Cody]

But you haven't even watched the original yet.

[Stugats]

I've. I watch Happy Gilmore.

[Chris Cody]

No Happy Gilmore 2. You haven't watched the original Happy Gilmore 2 yet. You just want to watch Happy Gilmore for the two for the first time with commentary.

[Roy]

Yeah, why not?

[Stugats]

Because I want to know how little they gave a shit when making.

[Roy]

Can I tell you, one of my pet peeves with movies now is specifically with documentaries. Like, and I feel like this is new. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. Why do they feel like they have to give you an entire preview of the documentary in the first minute of the damn documentary? Get to the movie. Like, I don't need spoiler alerts if I wanted to watch. First of all, it's a documentary. If you're turning on a documentary about a subject, it's because you want to learn more about that subject. You kind of know what the damn movie's about, right?

[Stugats]

Izzy, you're my buddy. I got a hard disagree with you.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I just don't like. I'm with Izzy because every doc, I.

[Roy]

Can play a trailer.

[Ryan Reynolds]

If every one. If every third doc did it, I'd be like, okay, this is, you know, why they did.

[Unknown]

It's so predictable.

[Ryan Reynolds]

It's so rinse, repeat.

[Roy]

I'm not gonna like. The reason.

[Stugats]

Yeah. The reason is because studies show people are more willing to sit there and watch when they see something interesting. And they'll wait for that interesting moment to happen. Happen later in the documentary than it is for them to be surprised by it.

[Roy]

Do you know how many quality documentaries you just start with one nugget, just one little detail, and you've got me hooked. It doesn't have to be the entire story. It's like watching the trailer for a movie at the beginning of the movie. I don't want to know that because I'm probably going to get some spoilers that maybe I forgot if I'd seen the trailer already. It drives me up a wall. Like I just fast forward through the first five minutes of a doc usually. I don't know why everybody got together and decided they needed to do this.

[Stugats]

This.

[Roy]

I'm telling you, I'm telling them that what they're thinking, this whole. It's stupid. I'm telling you, floating through documentaries saying, let me watch the first five minutes and see if I know if I like this subject. You're either going to turn in for the subject or you're not.

[Stugats]

I'm telling you that you are a minority in this in every sense of the word. Right? They have the metrics, particularly Netflix. They know what makes people turn off. Netflix has it down to science, where it's like, hey, you gotta have some shit happen within some amount of minutes of episode one for someone to watch.

[Roy]

Me through in the thing that just plays when you have it on in the background. Don't give it to me at the beginning of the movie. I've already decided to watch the movie. I don't need spoilers.

[Stugats]

Why don't need spoilers? These dumbasses that watch this shit, these are the same people.

[Roy]

You think they want the same things in an actual movie? Hey, like, let me see what the end teaser is. That's not why I turned on the movie, not to watch the trailer. I already saw the trailer.

[Stugats]

How many movies start with I get? I guess you're wondering how I ended up here, right? Like, it's like, oh, the world's ended. And the guy's like, out of breath and all dusty.

[Roy]

That is setting the premise. It is not giving away spoilers.

[Stugats]

Gave away that the world ended and this guy's all beaten up and stuff.

[Roy]

So many. And they do it poorly. Like, they give you information you just shouldn't know. It's like two or three episodes in or an hour into it. I hate it.

[Stugats]

Does Nikola Jokic care more about horses than basketball?

[Dan LeBatard]

Clearly.

[Stugats]

Did you guys see this video?

[Chris Cody]

We finally have that answer. He clearly does. This whole time, not even joking.

[Stugats]

This whole time, I've been like, guys, he has, like, a hobby. He likes the horses. That's very. I mean, everyone's passionate about something that's not their main job. That's not a big deal. Of course he cares about the NBA. Of course he cares about winning teams.

[Chris Cody]

Not as much as horses, dawg.

[Stugats]

I saw this video. I'm like, man, this man may actually retire due to horse. This is him. His horse won a race.

[Roy]

Wait, he was happy there?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. He's hysterically crying.

[Stugats]

He's crying. He's weeping.

[Chris Cody]

The greatest moment of his life.

[Stugats]

This is the greatest moment of his life. He's weeping.

[Chris Cody]

Look at me. He's hysterical crying. His horse won, and. And look how emotional he is.

[Roy]

I watched this without context initially, and I thought he was crazy disappointed. Like, I thought it was like, oh, my gosh, mpj, why you take that shot again? That's what I thought. He was crying.

[Stugats]

Happ. Tears. Happy tears. Look at this embrace.

[Chris Cody]

He didn't hug a single nugget like that.

[Stugats]

Jamal Murray. Jamal Murray wishes he knew what this felt like. It's a tall jockey.

[Roy]

It is. Well, that is a tall.

[Stugats]

They're harness. Harness racing, so you don't have to be.

[Chris Cody]

He's Thanking God.

[Izzy]

Ed Garland, too.

[Stugats]

It's amazing. It like, I spent three years defending this guy. Look at this. He, like. Do you remember him with the champagne? No.

[Roy]

He wasn't even close to this. Like, just this vibrant when he won a championship.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I can relate to this, though. Like, the other day, if you would have saw me beat my daughter in Yahtzee.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, wow.

[Ryan Reynolds]

You would have thought that I was.

[Izzy]

Took a minute.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Or was it sentence that I said pretty quickly.

[Dan LeBatard]

Defeated. Go with defeat.

[Stugats]

I was victorious over my daughter when.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I defeated my daughter in Yahtzee.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's better.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I acted like that work's more important to me than that Yahtzee game. But there's just some things that just get you. This is one of his things.

[Roy]

Isn't Yahtzee just a game of luck? You're just rolling dice and hoping when.

[Ryan Reynolds]

You get the Yahtzee.

[Stugats]

Oh, my God.

[Ryan Reynolds]

You guys haven't played Yahtzee.

[Stugats]

I've played Yahtzee. I find Yahtzee to be a very dull game.

[Roy]

You know what I like family game.

[Stugats]

You know, I like. I like categories. Categories.

[Izzy]

There you go.

[Stugats]

I like Tab. I love Taboo. Remember when we played Taboo?

[Ryan Reynolds]

I like trouble.

[Stugats]

Trouble. Oh, Trouble is the one where, like.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Pop the thing for, like, the dice, and then you move around.

[Roy]

Catchphrase is the best because it's got a physical thing, right? It's got, like, a timer on it, and you're supposed to have the person on your people on your team guess it, and then you pass the thing before it blows up. And, you know, people's tendencies is to just want to throw that thing.

[Stugats]

Ah, get out of my hand. We have catchphrase.

[Roy]

It's very dangerous.

[Stugats]

Do we have catchphrase here? I can bring it in. I would love to. Yeah. Let's play catchphrase on Wednesday. Catchphrase Wednesdays. Let's make it a thing. Every Wednesday, we'll play catchphrase game day.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Instead of game night.

[Roy]

Ah, want to have game day?

[Stugats]

Game day. Yeah. There you go. Brought to you by Home Depot.

[Roy]

Friday, game day.

[Stugats]

Oh, wait, hold on. That's someone else. It's a different game day.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's built by Home Depot.

[Stugats]

That's right.

[Roy]

It's built.

[Stugats]

Do you guys have a problem with Jokic, like, crying like that?

[Roy]

It's the difference between being proud of yourself and being proud for, I guess, another species.

[Stugats]

Like, are you saying to me, like, if he were a coach, I'm saying.

[Roy]

To you it's kind of his version of a kid. Like, you know, he's raising a kid. He's so proud of his kid, and, you know, his kid just wanted to raise.

[Ryan Reynolds]

This is something he got to choose. I feel like basketball chose Yoko.

[Stugats]

You know, it's funny, I. I read. I read the. The biography about him, and it was like, it's almost exactly this. It's like they had. In order to get him to practice, they had to have the practice. Like, right by a horse stable. Like, it's. It's the craziest shit in the world, man.

[Chris Cody]

I don't think there's. There's no problem with him caring more about or being more emotional about his horse winning as opposed to winning the title in the NBA. I think all this does is it just confirms what we all were guessing or joking about. He clearly cares more about other things than the NBA.

[Roy]

Yes. That's wild. Like, he's like. Like a baby, like, crying, like, staring up at the. The sky.

[Chris Cody]

He was emotionless after they won the NBA title. And it's not even like, game five where they won the title as a blowout. So he got to, like, enjoy it throughout the game. No, that game came down to the final minute. Yeah, it was a very close game.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Jordan had golf. Right. Like, that would be his equivalent to this.

[Stugats]

I think his was just winning.

[Roy]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

Like, his, his.

[Roy]

But I bet you could.

[Ryan Reynolds]

We could find him celebrating a golf win where you're like, whoa.

[Stugats]

He was celebrating throwing a quarter against the wall. And, man, like, the guy was gambler. Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Maybe that was his real passion outside of basketball.

[Roy]

No, I mean, there's nothing to get any more emotional than him winning after his father died. Like, there is no card game or dice game that's going to make him that emotional.

[Ryan Reynolds]

What's LeBron's side passion?

[Stugats]

Like, we didn't see him in Vegas after that championship, so whatever that looked.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Like is LeBron's like, movies being, like, a Hollywood guy. I'm just trying to find, like, other great stars. Do they have other passions?

[Stugats]

I want to talk about a LeBron passion on the other side of this break, which is suing people for the dumbest of reasons. You don't want to miss this right here on the Dan Levitar Show.

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