Hour 1: The Wienie 500

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Episode: Hour 1: The Wienie 500

Release Date: May 21, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Hosts: Dan Le Batard and Stugotz

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1. Aviation Concerns and Pilot Reliability ([01:04] - [02:30])

The episode kicks off with Stugotz expressing unease about the current state of aviation, particularly focusing on the age and experience of pilots. He shares a personal anecdote about observing a young first officer engaging in casual conversation mid-flight, which sparked his fears about pilot reliability in critical situations.

Stugotz ([01:31]): "I hate it. And I looked at him and I realized I'd never thought about this until I started watching the rehearsal... I'm trying to be a hero."

Billy and Greg Cody chime in, emphasizing the need for middle-aged, experienced pilots to ensure safety and stability in the cockpit.

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2. Celebrity Social Media Following ([02:55] - [05:00])

The hosts delve into the dynamics of celebrities following them on Instagram. Stugotz humorously lists his accounts followed by celebrities like Keith Yandel, leading to playful banter about mutual follows and the implications for their personal interactions.

Greg Cody ([04:25]): "He was famously an ironman in the NHL... Now Florida has been making these deeper runs for the last few years."

They discuss the challenges and humorous aspects of managing celebrity interactions on social media platforms.

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3. NASCAR's Wienie 500 and Promotional Antics ([07:00] - [16:00])

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile and Goodyear Blimps. The hosts humorously critique the number of Wienermobiles, questioning the practicality and necessity of having multiple units racing simultaneously.

Dan Le Batard ([12:02]): "I'd like to think there's one wiener mobile. And when I see it, it's a special thing."

They explore the logistics behind these promotional vehicles, including their top speeds and the comical notion of multiple Wienermobiles and blimps operating simultaneously.

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4. Delray Garlic Festival ([16:55] - [19:00])

Stugotz introduces the Delray Garlic Festival, with Billy enthusiastically sharing his positive experiences. They debate the myth that garlic causes bad breath, attributing it to vampire lore.

Billy ([18:20]): "It's fantastic. And it's a fallacy, by the way, that garlic gives you terrible breath."

The discussion highlights the festival's offerings and dispels common misconceptions about garlic.

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5. Movie Reviews and Robert De Niro's Career ([24:30] - [41:31])

The conversation shifts to film, where Stugotz and the hosts review the movie "The Fan" starring Wesley Snipes and Robert De Niro. They critique its reception and discuss De Niro's prolific yet varied career, touching upon his performances and the inconsistency in his film choices.

Stugotz ([24:30]): "We have to watch this sports ball movie... Any given Sunday, critics don't like it."

They compare his filmography to other actors, debating the merits and shortcomings of his roles and the industry's reception of sports-themed movies.

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6. Jack White and The Rack on Tour ([32:00] - [39:43])

A humorous and somewhat tangential discussion ensues about Jack White and his band The Rack on Tour. The hosts share personal anecdotes about meeting him, his intense rehearsals, and his eclectic musical style.

Dan Le Batard ([34:34]): "It's a rack that's on tour."

They delve into White's stage presence, the band's dynamics, and the challenges of maintaining group cohesion, all while maintaining their signature comedic flair.

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7. Puck Talk and The Wienie 500 Finale ([39:00] - [40:44])

Returning focus to their main topic, the Oscar Mayer Wienie 500, the hosts discuss free-to-play contests available through their partner, DraftKings. They engage in playful speculation about the favorites and the outcomes of the Wienie 500 race.

Greg Cody ([40:13]): "I've been doing some research. Our partners at DraftKings have a free to play contests on the Oscar Mayer Weenie 500."

This segment ties back to the episode's title, wrapping up their discussions with enthusiasm for the upcoming event.

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8. Humor and Banter ([22:42] - [41:31])

Throughout the episode, Dan, Stugotz, and their co-hosts engage in lively banter, playful insults, and humorous exchanges. Whether it's mocking each other's social media interactions or debating the merits of various products and celebrities, their chemistry keeps the conversation engaging and entertaining.

Billy ([22:42]): "You owe me everything."

These lighthearted moments add depth to the episode, showcasing the hosts' personalities and camaraderie.

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Conclusion

Hour 1: The Wienie 500 offers a blend of sports talk, pop culture commentary, and the hosts' signature humor. From aviation safety concerns to the quirks of celebrity interactions on social media, and from the intricacies of promotional vehicles to movie critiques, Dan Le Batard and Stugotz navigate a diverse array of topics with wit and insight. The episode culminates in excitement for the Oscar Mayer Wienie 500, ensuring listeners are both entertained and informed.

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Notable Quotes:

• Stugotz ([01:31]): "I'm trying to be a hero."
• Dan Le Batard ([12:02]): "I'd like to think there's one wiener mobile. And when I see it, it's a special thing."
• Billy ([18:20]): "It's fantastic. And it's a fallacy, by the way, that garlic gives you terrible breath."
• Greg Cody ([40:13]): "I've been doing some research. Our partners at DraftKings have a free to play contests on the Oscar Mayer Weenie 500."
• Billy ([22:42]): "You owe me everything."

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This detailed summary captures the essence of Hour 1: The Wienie 500, highlighting key discussions, insightful commentary, and the engaging dynamics between the hosts. Whether you're a regular listener or new to the show, this episode promises a mix of laughter, critical analysis, and entertaining conversations.

Transcript

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[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast.

[Stugatz]

So we've been talking today about supersonic flight about white Rodney. But the real issue has not been expressed yet, which is the show. The rehearsal has made me fretful of over aviation. Yesterday on my flight, in the middle of the flight, you know how the flight attendants will put the cart in front so you can't come to. The captain's about to come out and the first officer came out and he was kind of just like small talking with the flight attendant. Well, I hate it.

[Roy]

Go to the bathroom.

[Stugatz]

Yeah. No, no, he wasn't going to the bathroom. He was just there to small talk. And I looked at him and I realized I'd never thought about this until I started watching the rehearsal. This guy's young, he's like in his 20s. I'm like, that's, that's who I'm trusting in case something goes wrong with the, with the pilot, to speak up to the pilot and let them know that like, hey, maybe I should get controlled. You know me, guys, I never get frayed on flights because I know I'm going to die. But yesterday was the first time it hit me like, oh, maybe, maybe I don't make it out of a flight because. And it's all because that damn show. If I had never watched that show, I would have never thought about it. But it's terrifying to think about.

[Billy]

You got to have a middle aged pilot.

[Stugatz]

Yeah. Someone with a little grit. Right.

[Billy]

I don't want some. Yeah, I don't want somebody my age, but I don't want somebody in their 20s.

[Greg Cody]

Middle aged, white.

[Billy]

You gotta have a middle aged you.

[Roy]

Don'T want a hot shot.

[Stugatz]

No, no, no. I'm trying to be a hero.

[Greg Cody]

That's dangerous.

[Dan Le Batard]

Someone a little alcohol on his breath to calm his nerves.

[Greg Cody]

That's right.

[Chris]

To go on a maverick, just.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Maybe a little sexist. Yeah.

[Billy]

Well, with a draw. Gonna have a southern draw.

[Stugatz]

Draw. Yeah.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Very inappropriate.

[Stugatz]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

That's what you. That's what you want.

[Roy]

That was a yeah followed by a no.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, no, maybe toe the line.

[Greg Cody]

And it's called the cockpit.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, because cocks are in there.

[Chris]

That's right.

[Stugatz]

All cocks in there. It's a pit of cocks. Cockpit.

[Dan Le Batard]

What do you guys do if a celebrity follows you on Instagram?

[Stugatz]

Follow back. Yeah, that's number one. Well, follow back. Unless they're one of those people already following. Unless it's like, Tay Diggs and they follow like a million people.

[Greg Cody]

Like John Cena. I was like, oh, John Cena's following me. But we decided.

[Dan Le Batard]

No. I mean, no one's following me, but there's a lot of hubbub going around in the office, and you know me, I'm not a gossip. But there's hubbub going on in the office, and someone was followed here by a celebrity, and then someone else is jealous of said celebrity following the other person.

[Stugatz]

Can we get the name of the celebrity?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, if I tell you the name, you're not gonna think it's a celebrity.

[Greg Cody]

So that's a big flaw.

[Stugatz]

So then that kind of puts me.

[Greg Cody]

In a position to, like, brag about Keith Yandel following me on ig, which is not something that I wanted on the air, but sure.

[Dan Le Batard]

I didn't. I didn't say that you or his name did that information. You did it.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. You just put something out there that now I have to jump in with.

[Dan Le Batard]

You don't have to. It could have been.

[Greg Cody]

It could have been exactly like, now this is what's happening.

[Dan Le Batard]

It could have been Jeremy.

[Greg Cody]

Keith Yandel is happening.

[Mike Ryan]

It could have been.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it could have been. It could have been me talking about Adonis Velez following.

[Greg Cody]

How do I keep scheduled on Wednesday? How. Why am I scheduled on Wednesdays?

[Dan Le Batard]

I just asking a question. What you do. Because Roy's very jealous of the Yandel situation. He's a panther.

[Greg Cody]

I said. I just casually said, yeah, my kitty and followed me on IG is pretty cool. And Roy said that's bullshit. Like. Like, his reaction to it was, like, immediately. There's an odd reaction. And it's because he's been trying to get Keith Andle on The Hockey Show. I'm like, well, I can't help you. I'm not going to my first act after Keith Andle follows.

[Roy]

Can't help it.

[Greg Cody]

You don't want to DM Kitty handle, like, moments after the follow, I'm going to be like, hey, can you show up on the Hockey Show?

[Chris]

No, no, no, no, no. We. No.

[Greg Cody]

Dave.

[Chris]

Dave Dwark has his phone number, but.

[Dan Le Batard]

He hasn't accepted yet. But my problem is you're off the hook, Mike. I mean, Dwarky has his number. He's not like, what are we doing here?

[Chris]

No, my problem is I want to be followed on Instagram or Twitter by Keith Yandel. Why? I find it un.

[Greg Cody]

You've said a lot of bad things about Yandel.

[Chris]

I have not said bad boy.

[Stugatz]

Once he's on the show. Once he's on the show, that's where the whole. See, that's where you unfollow and then re. Follow just to get his attention.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right there. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

That's definitely how you Yandle it.

[Dan Le Batard]

I would say this. I don't want to be followed by Keith Yandel. So, Keith Yandel, if you're listening, don't follow me, buddy, because I don't. I don't want you to follow me. I'm not going to make you a close friend. You're not going to see anything about my life. Please don't follow me. I'm not interested.

[Greg Cody]

Keith has played for a lot of teams. He was famously an ironman in the NHL, latter part of his career spent here in Florida. Now Florida has been making these deeper runs for the last few years. Keith, I think, was playing for one of them last year, wasn't. He could have had the opportunity to seize at Turner because he's a part of their broadcast occasionally to be the pro Panther guy. And he didn't take it last year, but this year with Biz and the Panthers playing Biz's favorite Maple Leaf team.

[Stugatz]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Keith seized this opportunity, and now, like this, he's become the Panther guy in media.

[Dan Le Batard]

Keith is an unfortunate name.

[Stugatz]

Is it?

[Dan Le Batard]

Right? Yeah. Cause you can't have a nickname for Keith.

[Stugatz]

Keith.

[Dan Le Batard]

What's a nickname for Keith?

[Stugatz]

Wow. Wow.

[Greg Cody]

Lily wins an echo in hockey. They call him Yans.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yans.

[Roy]

Did you go Keithy?

[Stugatz]

Keith. Yeah, Keith.

[Roy]

To Billy's point, it's an unfortunate name.

[Dan Le Batard]

You want a name to give you a nickname, right? Like most names, you can have a nickname.

[Stugatz]

What's. What's Greg a nickname for Gregory? Oh, yeah.

[Billy]

G Up in cold.

[Stugatz]

What's a nickname For Jeremy, Jerry, Jer Bear.

[Dan Le Batard]

People call him Jer Bear.

[Roy]

Hold on a second.

[Mike Ryan]

Who have always done that.

[Stugatz]

For sure.

[Dan Le Batard]

They also call him annoying.

[Billy]

A couple of people.

[Greg Cody]

What if someone has. Someone has a ridiculous name? Like what sounds like a nickname but is actually a full legal name? Like what we mentioned, the Indianapolis 500. There is a dude in the IndyCar series whose name is actually Stingray Rob.

[Chris]

Oh, get out of here.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's a good name.

[Stugatz]

That's the guy from Cobra Kai, Stingray.

[Greg Cody]

But I don't believe. I believe it's first name Sting. Middle name Ray.

[Roy]

Awesome.

[Greg Cody]

Last name Rob, with two B's.

[Dan Le Batard]

Double B, Rob. Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

And to top it all off, the car that he's driving at Indy is painted in the US Constitution.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can we play a game called Guess where Stingray Rob was born.

[Stugatz]

America.

[Greg Cody]

I'm ashamed that I know about this.

[Chris]

America.

[Dan Le Batard]

Guess what state and city Stingray Bob was born.

[Roy]

Kentucky.

[Greg Cody]

Stingray Bob is a different person.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, Rob. Whatever his name is.

[Roy]

Well, that's his name.

[Stugatz]

Memphis.

[Dan Le Batard]

Memphis. That's a good guess.

[Stugatz]

I'm going to go with St. Louis. Missouri.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Chris]

Texas. Arcana.

[Greg Cody]

The answer is actually kind of shocking.

[Mike Ryan]

South Dakota.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well. Boise, Idaho.

[Greg Cody]

Getting warmer.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Chris]

Boise, Idaho. There's no aquarium over there.

[Dan Le Batard]

If your name's Stingray Rob, Stingray Bob could be a nickname for you.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because it's short for Rob, but what.

[Greg Cody]

Do you call it? Him as a nickname?

[Chris]

Stinger.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, Stinger's a good nickname.

[Roy]

Yeah, Stinger.

[Dan Le Batard]

I know a guy named Jetty. He has two kids. He's about to have twins. Crazy situation.

[Stugatz]

Speaking of Indy 500. NASCAR. Whatever. I have to point out that this desk is starting to look like a NASCAR car. Like, how many plugs is happening here? What's happening? I can't even. I can't even see the monitor because there's so much product placement happening. Get the wide shot, please. The three shots so that people could see all that's left is a Pennzoil decal on it.

[Chris]

We got both Gray Cody books.

[Greg Cody]

Wide shot.

[Stugatz]

Three shot. Three shot. Guys, come on.

[Billy]

I'm sorry to be promoting my two books, the Pride of a Lion and Back in My Day and then Stu Guts.

[Stugatz]

What are you promoting?

[Roy]

God bless football. I'm just asking people to subscribe to the podcast because if they don't, my kids won't eat college.

[Stugatz]

What about Billy?

[Dan Le Batard]

Where's your book, by the way?

[Roy]

It's around.

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you stop promoting that? Did you just, like, hit goals or whatever? We haven't heard about that book. In a long time.

[Stugatz]

There's something in the works we can't solve.

[Roy]

There's something in the works. I'll have news for you hopefully tomorrow.

[Stugatz]

Okay, well, here's the question. Will we get news from Stugotz tomorrow before we get news of who the NBA MVP is? Because Jesus Christ. NBA. What are we doing? What are we waiting for? What are we waiting for? Zach Harper did a study. This is the latest the MVP has been named since 1998. We're coming up on 30 years. If we haven't had an MVP named this late and for. What is it Shay? Give it to him already.

[Mike Ryan]

It's so crazy, especially considering the series that you had in front of you last series where it was between both MVP candidates. Like that's the ultimate narrative that you want release that either right before for or during that series. Create some sort of storyline. Whether it's Jokic, whether it's Shay, it doesn't make a difference.

[Stugatz]

What possible reason would they have to withhold this information?

[Mike Ryan]

The athletics said their sources say that today is the day that hopefully we're going to get the MVP award announced. But after game one of the Western Conference final, it doesn't make any sense to me that they held it back this long.

[Stugatz]

Why wait?

[Billy]

It should be right after the regular season.

[Stugatz]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Billy]

If they're not going to include the playoffs, which they should, I think.

[Stugatz]

No, no, no, I agree with you. The votes are tallied the day after the regular or the votes. Excuse me, submission is the deadline is the day after regular season. Right. They tally them within like 48 hours. So they already know I like the slow rollout. Rookie of the Year 6, man of the year, Coach of the year. But like the idea that we got the last award two weeks ago and then they just wasted an entire seven game series where they could have. Like Jeremy said, it was a seven game series between the top two guys. Why wouldn't they just do it right then and then? Okay. They didn't want to do. They didn't want to tip the scales. Right. All right, game one. What? We're going to wait till game two for this? Why?

[Billy]

Well, the obvious answer is that the NBA is still in the process of rigging the election.

[Dan Le Batard]

That is the obvious answer.

[Roy]

I do like including the playoffs. Like if Oklahoma City played the Knicks in the finals and the Knicks won that series, I could see Jalen Brunson winning the mvp.

[Stugatz]

But they have an award for that. They have a conference finals.

[Billy]

It should be a full season award in my Opinion.

[Mike Ryan]

The biden cup.

[Stugatz]

Is it. Is it a full season award in any other sport?

[Billy]

It doesn't matter. Let's break ground.

[Stugatz]

Okay?

[Billy]

Let's set trends.

[Stugatz]

Fair enough. Fair.

[Greg Cody]

I guess the ballon d' or takes into account, like, what you do. The ballon d' or in all competitions.

[Stugatz]

Who could forget? The ballon d' or takes into account.

[Greg Cody]

All, including international competition.

[Stugatz]

Because the year thing, Right?

[Mike Ryan]

Francisco lindor.

[Stugatz]

It's like man of the year.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Stugatz]

Brett Rob brindamore, Ballon d' or.

[Greg Cody]

Rodney.

[Stugatz]

Rodney.

[Chris]

That's Jack Adams.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stingray.

[Stugatz]

Rob stingray.

[Roy]

Full circle.

[Greg Cody]

It is. I found another reason why it's the greatest weekend in motorsports.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, Jesus.

[Greg Cody]

Inaugural. We have six Oscar Mayer wiener mobiles racing on Friday at the brickyard.

[Stugatz]

Really?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. It's the first time.

[Stugatz]

You want to talk about celebrities that follow me? The Oscar Mayer wiener carmobile does not follow you. It follows me on instagram.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, that's bull crap.

[Stugatz]

Check it out.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why look it up?

[Stugatz]

Because I'm a cool guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Wiener mobile, if you're listening, I don't want you to follow me either.

[Stugatz]

No.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why is it wiener? I don't. Can I tell you something? The wiener mobile is one of those things. I don't want to know there's six of them.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, that is. That is true.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'd like to think there's one wiener mobile. And when I see it, it's a special thing. If there's six of them, I don't need to know there's six. Same thing. Like Goodyear blimp. I don't know how many there are. I want to think there's one of them. And if I see it. Wow. This is a big game. The Goodyear blimp is here. They're flying all around the country. I don't need to know that.

[Roy]

That's a fleet.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, exactly right. Not fleet. We get out of here.

[Greg Cody]

This feels dangerous. 6 Oscar Mayer Wiener mobiles racing at top speed around.

[Dan Le Batard]

What's the bank situation, too? Because, like, those things are tall.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

We could have a thing where wieners are toppling over.

[Greg Cody]

I don't think the bank at the. Is that that crazy?

[Billy]

What is the top speed for the wiener mobile? It's got to be 30, 40 miles an hour. No.

[Roy]

That fast.

[Billy]

Yeah, I would think so.

[Roy]

Huh.

[Billy]

Can't be any faster. Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Not very aerodynamic, misspelling Oscar meyer this whole time.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugatz]

They. They literally sing. The song has a first name. It's always c a r. My baloney has a second name.

[Roy]

It's m a Y E R. I'm familiar.

[Greg Cody]

Barely remember that. Very young.

[Roy]

70 miles per hour.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, but that's probably wrong. It's AI overview. I'll find the actual answer. Google doesn't know anything anymore.

[Stugatz]

Man, Google's gotten a lot worse since it's Gemini showed up.

[Mike Ryan]

It's genuinely so bad.

[Stugatz]

Gemini just lies.

[Greg Cody]

ChatGPT as well confirms the 75 miles per hour.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, also wrong.

[Greg Cody]

I know they had a baseball player that was white as a black man.

[Mike Ryan]

Wrong about everything.

[Dan Le Batard]

Rockaroo75 on a racetrack looks good. Really, really slow.

[Greg Cody]

Really slow.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's gonna look so slow on a racehack. So slow.

[Greg Cody]

At certain tracks, there's a minimum speed that you have to maintain to be able to handle those banks without falling off.

[Dan Le Batard]

When nas, when NASCAR came in for Homestead, they had like, a media day thing that I went to and, like, I drove a car, and then they give you, like, a printout of, like, your speed because they're taking things and did, like, 144.

[Stugatz]

Did it feel like 144?

[Dan Le Batard]

No. When I. When I watch back the video, I'm like, this looks like I'm driving through a school zone because of how big the track is and how, like, high the banks are. It doesn't seem like you're going very fast.

[Stugatz]

How does it feel?

[Dan Le Batard]

It didn't. I mean, at no point did I think I was gonna crash into the wall or anything.

[Stugatz]

Just felt like you had plenty of space.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, they put. They. They have like a restrictor plate or something on. You can't go over a certain amount anyways. Right. So they have it, like, toned down. So, like the max, I think you could go if you're really going, like, all out is like maybe 150. But even that, if you start going over close to it, they shut you down and you can't go any further.

[Stugatz]

What do you mean they shut you down? Like, they. They.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, they make. They make you come in. There's like, a whole thing. Honestly, I saw that there was a switch on the side, and I looked at it, and I was like, I don't know if I'm supposed to notice this, but if I switch this thing.

[Stugatz]

Was it a red bump?

[Dan Le Batard]

No, it was like a switch. Like one of those. Like, it was like one of the switch. Exactly. Like a NAS switch. It wasn't like a light switch, was like. Like a switch that has, like, a protective covering that you lift it up and then you switch.

[Stugatz]

That's the switch? That's the switch.

[Roy]

Yeah.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, that's the Switch, man. It's got that clear plastic, right? And you open it up and then you hit the button and then nukes fly.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's what I was, right. Yeah. It went through my mind. What if this is the nuclear football here in this, you know, old M&MS. Car at Homestead Miami Speedway? It turns out it was.

[Stugatz]

Wow. Billy.

[Mike Ryan]

Per Frank's carsinthehood.com that spent time finding out all of the metrics of the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile. The published top speed is 110 miles per hour.

[Billy]

Oh, I don't believe that can't be right either.

[Stugatz]

There's a lot here that can't be.

[Dan Le Batard]

It can't be 75 and it can't.

[Mike Ryan]

Be 10 to 0 to 60 in 24 seconds.

[Dan Le Batard]

But the published tops that I believe is 110.

[Greg Cody]

That's what was the website.

[Mike Ryan]

Frank's carsinthehood.com.

[Stugatz]

When you say Frank's Cars, is it a guy named Frank who's into cars or is this about cars that are shaped like.

[Mike Ryan]

I will find out right now. Because that's a really good, really good question.

[Chris]

I mean, that's why you host the show.

[Dan Le Batard]

And in the hood, are we talking about, like, what's under the hood? Are we talking.

[Roy]

I had to say what's in the hood?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

My assumption based off the front of the website and all of the classic cars here with the front lifted up. My assumption is we're talking about the hood of a car and we're talking about all different cars. Unfortunately, not just cars shaped like Frank.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, it's a dude named Frank.

[Dan Le Batard]

It'd be weird if it was just like hot dog shaped cars in one neighborhood because, like, it seems like not a website that would get a lot of traffic.

[Greg Cody]

It also appears that you're followed by Oscar Mayer, not the Wiener Mobile itself.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugatz]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, that sucks. You want the Wienermobile?

[Stugatz]

I'm sorry that I'm followed by the brand that made sliced deli meat a thing.

[Greg Cody]

Well, I would follow an IG account dedicated to the Wiener Mobile, but there appears to not be one. It's just the Oscar Mayer Wiener. IG handles all the promotional purposes for the Wiener Mobile.

[Stugatz]

There you go.

[Greg Cody]

Wiener Mobiles. As we found out, there are more than one. There's at least six are gonna be reaching top speeds at the Brickyard.

[Stugatz]

What if they all have their own social media accounts? Does that make it better or worse?

[Greg Cody]

Do Goodyear blimps? Because there's many. Do they have individual ones?

[Stugatz]

I don't know how many Blimps. Are there? Not many.

[Billy]

I think three.

[Roy]

No, no, there's more.

[Stugatz]

More than three.

[Greg Cody]

The look to me to confirm your report.

[Roy]

I mean, Billy just said there was a fleet of them. I mean, fleet week. Yeah.

[Billy]

Fleetwood Mac.

[Greg Cody]

I'll find out.

[Billy]

Yeah, I think there's only three.

[Dan Le Batard]

There's currently four Goodyear blimps.

[Billy]

Told you I said three.

[Greg Cody]

Were they stationed?

[Dan Le Batard]

One is based in Germany.

[Billy]

What?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

You would think that they would get.

[Stugatz]

Over the blimps, right? They're like, no, not for us. No, please.

[Dan Le Batard]

So Greg is. Greg is partially right. There's three in the U.S. there you go. Ohio, Florida, California. And then there's the one in Germany.

[Stugatz]

I saw the one in California. I like, I drove past it. It was on the ground. It was weird. I wonder if it is a grounded blimp. Yeah, not a cool thing.

[Billy]

The one in Florida is grounded in Pompano Beach.

[Stugatz]

Yeah.

[Billy]

Broward County. Yeah, I've driven past it as well.

[Dan Le Batard]

What it do Pompano Beach?

[Billy]

We're seeing a blimp on the ground.

[Roy]

You're right out of its element.

[Billy]

Unnatural.

[Stugatz]

Unnatural is a great way to.

[Mike Ryan]

You know, Greg, we didn't spend enough time with you yesterday asking about this. We skipped right by because of all of your. Your different modern slang. But you were talking about the Delray Garlic Festival and I wanted to know your thoughts on that.

[Billy]

I love it. I mean, I've only been twice, but we go, what is it?

[Mike Ryan]

What is it? Like, what do you get at a garlic festival?

[Billy]

There's. There's all kind of food trucks and restaurants and, you know, just garlic related dishes and I don't know.

[Mike Ryan]

Sounds great.

[Chris]

Yeah, it does sound. I wish I went.

[Billy]

No, it's. It's fantastic. And it's a fallacy, by the way, that garlic gives you terrible breath. I don't know where that came from.

[Stugatz]

Vampires.

[Billy]

Yeah, I mean, exactly the vampires.

[Stugatz]

Blair, you should not have garlic. Your breath. You'll never go on date.

[Greg Cody]

You're killing me.

[Billy]

That's the stereotype. But I'm here to tell you garlic is good for you. It's very helpful as a food and it's a wonderful festival.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you think vampires make fun of our accents?

[Stugatz]

Yes. Bleh. This is how they talk. Like, hi, guys. My name is John.

[Dan Le Batard]

Howdy, partner.

[Stugatz]

What's that all about? Bleh.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'd like some french fries and some.

[Stugatz]

Oscar Mayer Goodyear blimps and put some extra garlic on it. Bleh. These guys. What else? What is.

[Mike Ryan]

Is that a white Rodney?

[Stugatz]

Bleh. Maybe.

[Greg Cody]

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[Chris]

Yeah, I need new clubs, man. My clubs are way too short. I need to get longer clubs. I need new.

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[Billy]

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[Chris]

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[Chris]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Stugatz]

You owe me everything.

[Billy]

You have added 10 years to my career.

[Greg Cody]

Yes, I have.

[Billy]

This man has. You have it?

[Stugatz]

That man.

[Billy]

Who the hell are you?

[Stugatz]

You stugats?

[Greg Cody]

I am.

[Billy]

Who the hell are you thinking me? You're a rude young man.

[Stugatz]

You're a fool. You're.

[Billy]

You're a fool. I already called you a fool.

[Stugatz]

Right.

[Billy]

You can't call me an idiot again.

[Stugatz]

It's a fool.

[Dan Le Batard]

Idiot.

[Billy]

Twice.

[Greg Cody]

You're an idiot for dismissing how much I've helped you.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the D. Levatar show with the St Gods.

[Stugatz]

I have to take umbrage with this show, by the way. You want to talk about things that happened yesterday and Stugatz, I'm most disappointed in you.

[Roy]

I wasn't here yesterday.

[Billy]

He's got an alibi.

[Stugatz]

That's why I was disappointed in you. You weren't here to defend the honor of a motion picture called the Fan Guys, the fans. Roy wasn't here either. Disappointed in you2 foul should have been the Fan, starring Wesley Snipes and Robert De Niro. First of all, the thing that he says, he's not saying, let's go, Bobby. He says, attaway, Bobby. That's what he says. Get the quote right, number one. Number two, Dan was like, it's a movie about an umpire who stabbed somebody. It's not about that at all. It's about a super fan who's so obsessed with this player played by Wesley Snipes, that he goes as far as to murder his rival, who plays on the same team played by young Benicio Del Toro. It is an excellent movie, and it's a movie that's been reviewed on cinefo. What's in a phobe, you ask? It's a podcast where Zach Harper and I watch movies that are poorly rated on Rotten Tomatoes and try to ascertain whether they're accurately rated or maybe didn't get a fair shake. It's sin of hope. It's wherever you get podcasts, and it's produced by Anthony Mays. And we did the Fan. We had a ball doing that movie.

[Billy]

Now, that was 38% rotten tomatoes. Why, as a cinema expert, why do you think it was not as well received by the public as it should have been?

[Stugatz]

Well, I think there's a couple of things. Number one, I think there is sports movies in general, if they don't follow, kind of like a happy, like, oh, and then the scrappy team came up and they won it all.

[Roy]

Remember the Titans?

[Stugatz]

Yeah. If it's not that. Any given Sunday, critics don't like it. They don't like those movies. And the reason for that is because a lot of those critics don't know sports. So sports is kind of like, well, we have to watch this sports ball movie. And then they watch it and then like, I don't get it. So it's. They're always looking for that kind of Disney ending. The other thing, I think is just ahead of its time, a little bit ahead of. It's not talking about fans being obsessed with how much players make and like the effort and all that stuff, like the stuff that is the fodder of modern day sports talk radio. Like, back then, I think people were just like, did we win or lose? And that was about it.

[Mike Ryan]

I just think it's surprising that you could have a movie with Stingray, Rob De Niro and not end up with a good review.

[Stugatz]

There's plenty of those. His career that's true.

[Mike Ryan]

He has so many movies that he's made that it's like there are as many terrible movies as good ones, right? If not, maybe more.

[Stugatz]

Way more. Way more than average. He's prolific. He's prolific. He's saying yes to everything. Killing Season. You ever seen that one?

[Roy]

But the good ones are some of the greatest movies of all time.

[Stugatz]

Yeah.

[Billy]

Taxi Driver.

[Stugatz]

But you know, but you know what's crazy? Stugats. I begin to think, like, is this a case where it's like we crown them a little too early and it's like, is this the real Robert De Niro that we've seen over the last 30 years or so? And like, he just had a hot start to his career. You know, there's some of these guys that came out the bat. Four All Star appearances in their first, like six years, and then like had a 20 year career and the rest of their career was nothing.

[Mike Ryan]

All surrounded by talent, surrounded by good.

[Chris]

Coach Scorsese, Silver Linings playbook was slayed in his career.

[Billy]

There you go.

[Chris]

But he had a supporting cast.

[Stugatz]

Yeah. Like, again, it's not. It's not him or he was a.

[Chris]

Part of supporting cast.

[Stugatz]

It's not him. It's J. Law. It's. It's Bradley Cooper. It's Dave Chappelle. Right. Like, those are people. Same thing. Goodfellows, Goodfellas. Well, it's not him. It's Pessy. It's Ray liotta. It's. It's Dr. Melfi from the Sopranos.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dirty Grandpa. Yeah, that was.

[Mike Ryan]

I kind of like Dirty Grandpa.

[Stugatz]

Well, because Zac Efron, he's carrying it. There you go. So, like, when's the last movie that Robert De Niro carried?

[Roy]

That's a good question.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, the Irishman.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Chris]

It has an ensemble, though.

[Stugatz]

It also was. It wasn't good.

[Greg Cody]

He was the title character.

[Stugatz]

It was. Yeah, it was long.

[Greg Cody]

No, it was bad.

[Roy]

It was slow.

[Greg Cody]

I didn't like it.

[Billy]

Ronin.

[Stugatz]

Ronin.

[Roy]

Ronin.

[Mike Ryan]

He did win an Emmy for playing Bernie Madoff in a HBO movie, the wizard of Oz.

[Stugatz]

He did do a good job on that.

[Mike Ryan]

2017, though, eight years ago, because the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Voters were all scammed. They were trying to get it back at Bernie.

[Stugatz]

But also TV movies, it doesn't count.

[Billy]

That's right.

[Stugatz]

Sorry. Be theatrical if you want me to. To respect you.

[Greg Cody]

That's a bad take, dude.

[Stugatz]

Be theatrical if you want me to.

[Greg Cody]

Because television series have become basically cinematic.

[Roy]

Yes.

[Stugatz]

I'm talking about carrying the, the program. Carrying the, the vehicle.

[Greg Cody]

Okay.

[Stugatz]

Right.

[Chris]

Omar Epps.

[Greg Cody]

Like, where do you. Did you watch True Detective season one? And you were like, wow, this is. This is not at all impressive by Matthew McConaughey.

[Stugatz]

I enjoyed it, but it's. It's not.

[Greg Cody]

I am not at all impressed by this.

[Stugatz]

I enjoyed it, but it's. It's not the same as being a movie star, man. I know they. They want. They want to say to us, oh, it's the golden age of tv. But the reality is, if you're a movie star, man. Still a different level.

[Greg Cody]

No, I'm with you.

[Stugatz]

Like, Chalamet is not doing that because he's making great TV shows. Chalamet is doing that shit because wasn't.

[Greg Cody]

That part of the advice that he got?

[Stugatz]

Don't make TV show me.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Tom Cruise hasn't done it. Like, straight up, Tom Cruise is like, I'm a movie star.

[Roy]

Right.

[Greg Cody]

I get TV offers all the time. I'm not. I'm not doing it. I'm Tom Cruise.

[Stugatz]

That's. And by the way, you were right. He did bring back movies.

[Roy]

He saved movies.

[Stugatz]

He saved movies? Yes. He saved movies.

[Greg Cody]

Yes.

[Stugatz]

Top Gun saved movies.

[Greg Cody]

It's not a joke. It was on very fragile ground.

[Stugatz]

You're right.

[Greg Cody]

The movie theater industry as a whole, it was already in a downward spiral. And then Covid happened. A lot of streamers. A lot of these studios were just. They were beta testing. Do we just release everything on streaming services? And that's it. Movies will become a boutique thing. The fact that a movie theater is going to be super accessible to you might be a bygone era. And Top Maverick reinforced that there is still a place in this world, in middle America, in suburbia, for your neighborhood movie theater to get you out there.

[Stugatz]

Is it crazy for me to be like, you know what, Tom Cruise, you won me back over, man.

[Greg Cody]

I'm ready to have this conversation.

[Roy]

Did he lose you?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, he lost a lot of going clear. Going clear, like, really significantly hurt his brain.

[Stugatz]

But even before that. Before that, it was already like, this guy's a little unhinged. When he went on Oprah, jumping on the thing.

[Greg Cody]

Scientology. That was, like, 20 years ago.

[Stugatz]

Yeah. I mean, it's like.

[Greg Cody]

And it felt like a death nail.

[Stugatz]

Yeah. And it was like, it's a rap for this guy. And, like, somehow he pulled himself out that wreckage, and he's come back stronger than ever. And I'm like, you know what? This guy's a cool guy. I like you, Tom Cruise.

[Greg Cody]

I like him a lot. Like, you talk to people that have talked to him, and he's super kill. He's super cool. Takes care of people. Yes, he takes care of folks. Gives them advice, gives them gifts. Like, he seems pretty awesome.

[Stugatz]

They were filming the Dead Reckoning. They were like, hey, the COVID restrictions. He was yelling at people for not.

[Greg Cody]

Like, yeah, be professional. You gotta be responsible.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, they're gonna shut down.

[Greg Cody]

The lines are at stake. We're trying to save movies here.

[Stugatz]

Always respectful. By the way, you seen the video where he gets. Gets water splashed on him by some prank? And he's like, why would he. Don't even freak out. He's just like, why would you do that?

[Greg Cody]

He's honestly, like the archetype for how you want a movie star to be outside of that one.

[Stugatz]

That one little place. By the way. Like, come on. Who among us doesn't have, like, we.

[Greg Cody]

All have kooky beliefs.

[Stugatz]

Come on, man.

[Billy]

We're all talking in the Real Hunters.

[Stugatz]

What was that thing?

[Roy]

I remember, but what was that thing?

[Stugatz]

I don't eat from sun up to sundown for 30 days. That's kind of kooky to some people.

[Greg Cody]

Some people don't get that. I get it. I support you.

[Billy]

It's all cookie.

[Greg Cody]

From a certain point of view. I could read that book and say, wow, this is awesome. Let's build a deity.

[Mike Ryan]

Did you see the video of him, Mike, walking into a theater? I think it was yesterday and seeing a guy.

[Greg Cody]

You know, my algo. Yeah, my algo is all Tom Cruise walking in.

[Mike Ryan]

So he walks into this movie theater, and he turns to a guy sitting in the front row, goes, oh, man, you ate all your popcorn already. And all I could think was that that would be your absolute worst nightmare of an interaction with Tom Cruise.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, it would be awful. Well, because I just don't want anybody, including Tom Cruise, to talk to me in public. I'd shush him. I'm trying to watch the Final Reckoning. Watch a movie here and also with celebrities. I'm like, mad weird. I don't. Because I know. Yeah. Well, because I'm weird to some in that I totally kind of leave them be.

[Stugatz]

Yeah. Like, you do that weird dance where it's like, they probably get inundated. So I'm gonna do the thing to kind of like, not push up on them too much. But then they get, like, weirded out by saying, like, wait a second. Why don't you want to talk to me? And like, oh, no, it's not that I don't want to talk to you.

[Greg Cody]

Just I want them to respect my favorite musician Is Jack White. My friends opened up on tour for Jack White. I. They were. They did a big, like, tour of the Southeast. I went to multiple shows. I was hanging out backstage. I'm literally right next to Jack White. I said like two words to him the entire time.

[Stugatz]

Hi. It was like, hi, bye.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Kind of like I didn't even have the opportunity to do the one thing that. Which is like, if I'm in a relaxed environment with someone that I admire, that has created art that I. That I look up to, I'll say, hey, man, just thank you for doing that. Thank you for creating that.

[Stugatz]

I thought you were going to say the thing you would have said if you were relaxing my Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

[Greg Cody]

So no, I just don't. I don't want to bother people. Were you starstruck with Jack? Yeah, I never get starstruck. And around Jack, I don't think I was. But he had a presence about him that I just like, I'm not even gonna bother this guy. And also, if you're familiar with, like how he acts backstage before a show, it's very intense. Jack White has like a crazy process, okay. To get ready for shows.

[Stugatz]

Get me there.

[Greg Cody]

So, like, the best. The best experience that I had with it was in Atlanta because the venue had walls that didn't go all the way up to the ceiling. So I was with my friends, the Jacuzzi Boys. They were in the dressing room.

[Stugatz]

Shout out to Jacuzzi Boys.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Great local garage rock band.

[Stugatz]

Oh, I thought I was just a group of friends that you called it.

[Greg Cody]

No, no, no, no. It's a great. It's a great band.

[Roy]

Group chat.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, they like to hang out in jacuzzis and just like chop it up.

[Greg Cody]

No, no. So they were opening up for the Rack on tours and that's all. Jack has this thing where he has like an. At the time, it was still like a dated ipod shuffle. This was like 2019. And it was still like an, you know, an ancient artifact. And he takes over the ox chord and he's in control of the music and it's all over the place. He's a very eclectic individual, kind of like you. Yeah, like, you'll hear gangster rap, then you'll hear death metal, then you hear kind of like you old timey blues. Yeah, you'll hear it all. He'll run the gamut, but also he has stages of instruments set up like in his dressing room because he can play everything. So he'll be pounding away their dressing Room had a piano, so he was pounding away at the grand piano. Then he'll pick up the drums and he'll start banging on the drums. And the entire time. The craziest part about it, because it's like you can feel the energy. You can feel him on the other side of the wall, like, circling all these things, is he's getting his voice ready. And he screeches a lot. So he is screeching, I'm telling you, like it's the entire time. It's wild. Like, you're there having a conversation. You're having beers with your friends. You're making your time of Miller time, and you're just supposed to ignore Jack White screeching at the top of his lungs for 90 consecutive minutes.

[Roy]

We have to follow Billy's face here because he is doubting every single word that you're saying.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nah.

[Stugatz]

Right?

[Dan Le Batard]

Faux eccentric is what it sounds like to me. Let me just act wild. People think, oh, I need to work Jack White's voice. Just go out there, play Seven Nation Army. Let's call it a day. He doesn't have this great voice. Does he have a great voice that you need to spend an hour working on your voice?

[Greg Cody]

You want him to deliver on the screeches, no doubt. But he's not known for his voice. He's known for his guitar playing. And the rack on tours aren't going to play Seven Nation Army. That's a white stripe song.

[Dan Le Batard]

Run around like a crazy person. Listen to me.

[Stugatz]

So it's a rack that's on tour.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hold on a second. If I'm paying money to see Jack White perform, and I think. I don't care if it's Jack White and the Stingray Bobs or whatever it's called, You're. You're playing Seven Nation army, and that's that.

[Greg Cody]

He did not you.

[Dan Le Batard]

He did not.

[Stugatz]

Terrible.

[Dan Le Batard]

So what do I get Jack White and some other band and then some Jacuzzi boys. What am I paying money for?

[Greg Cody]

So you get to. If you see Jack White, you pay a ticket to see Jack White on tour. You're 100 getting seven nation army, even though that's a White stripe song.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's on stage Seven Nation army, so.

[Greg Cody]

But the White Stripes aren't around, so he's not gonna play that one.

[Roy]

Yeah, but if he's on stage, what Billy is saying with any group of people, he has to sing that song.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you. Figure that out with Meg White already.

[Greg Cody]

So if her anxiety.

[Stugatz]

If the White Stripes are on tour, I might get it. If. If. If Jack White is on tour, I might get it, but if the Rack is on tour, I won't get it.

[Greg Cody]

The Rack on tour is. It's not.

[Dan Le Batard]

What are they sing.

[Greg Cody]

It's not. The. The band's not called the Rack that goes on tour. They're the Rack on tour.

[Dan Le Batard]

Good nickname. The Rack.

[Billy]

Yeah. Brendan Benson is the melodic genius of that band, by the way.

[Greg Cody]

Well, your. Your friends.

[Billy]

Yeah. Oh, I'm just saying.

[Stugatz]

Wait.

[Billy]

An impartial comment. An impartial.

[Stugatz]

What's up?

[Greg Cody]

He's friends with Brendan Benson's dad. That's how. That's. There's a great photo. I'll. I'll send it to the video department of. Of Greg Cody with Jack White at a White Stripe show.

[Billy]

Yeah, it was. Great show.

[Greg Cody]

And the plug there was Brendan Benson's dad.

[Stugatz]

Right.

[Dan Le Batard]

So he's in the Rack.

[Billy]

Brendan, The Rack and Tours.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, they're on tour.

[Chris]

The Rack is on.

[Billy]

Well, they don't. The. The Rack and Tours don't tour anymore.

[Dan Le Batard]

The Rack is back.

[Stugatz]

So the Rack until. If it's called the Rack and Tours, would it be the Rack and Tours on tours?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, did they break up or they're not touring? Well, what are they doing?

[Billy]

The Rack on tours are temporarily broken up because Jack White demands such a bear share of the overall revenue that the other three guys, including Brent.

[Mike Ryan]

This is journalism.

[Dan Le Batard]

And you want to play the songs that we want to hear.

[Roy]

Yeah.

[Stugatz]

Rock and roll.

[Dan Le Batard]

So what's Brendan up to?

[Billy]

He's, you know, he's an independent artist.

[Dan Le Batard]

He.

[Billy]

He's put out five or six solo albums.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hard times, though.

[Stugatz]

Well, it's got a Plug and Play, Right.

[Greg Cody]

I didn't really get starstruck around him.

[Stugatz]

Oh, okay.

[Greg Cody]

I just respected his presence.

[Billy]

It almost sounds. Sounded like you did, and I know that would be uncharacteristic of you.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I don't really do that, but I. He's in. He's got a presence to him. And yeah, you want to say it's faux eccentricities. Like it probably like. I don't know, it's put on, but he.

[Roy]

Were you nervous? It seems like you were nervous.

[Greg Cody]

I was nervous to talk to him because he's got a very intense process to ramp up. It's like, I don't want to talk to him beforehand and afterwards. It's such an intense thing that he does on stage that he's kind of like winding down. I don't want to bother this guy.

[Billy]

Right. He's also taller than I expected him.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, he's tall.

[Dan Le Batard]

What if he's just making noise because no one's, like, talking to him? Everyone thinks, like, oh, you know, we got to leave Jack alone. He's like, people, I just want attention here. So he starts banging on shit, like, hoping to get attention. Like, don't look at Jack. Don't look at his process. He's like, no. What do I have to do for people to talk to me?

[Stugatz]

Robert De Niro has two different grandpa movies.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugatz]

The War With Grandpa and Dirty Grandpa. And that's not a franchise. There's just Dirty Grandpa. He's a grandpa.

[Roy]

Billy, are you saying it's a cry for help?

[Dan Le Batard]

Possibly. Maybe.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, Stephen Colbert did this thing with Jack White in Nashville where he's like, you're kind of like a Batman villain in that you create, like, these HQs, and everyone that you hire dresses like you and tries to act like you.

[Stugatz]

Do they?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. No. His Third man record label. It kind of feels cultish.

[Stugatz]

Wow. Hold on. How old is this picture?

[Billy]

It's very old. I still have hair.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, Jack's in the white stripes, so that's what he was.

[Stugatz]

G. Who calls him G?

[Billy]

That's got to be 20 years old.

[Stugatz]

Do you still own that shirt? Is that shirt still in the closet?

[Billy]

No, that has been retired, that shirt. As has Jax, I would imagine. Maybe not.

[Greg Cody]

He doesn't wear red anymore. That's exclusively with white stripes.

[Stugatz]

Oh, really?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Every act that he has has. Every act that he has has a dedicated color scheme to it.

[Dan Le Batard]

What if he goes to a Cardinals game or a Bulls game?

[Greg Cody]

No, no, no. Like, casually. I don't know. But when he's on stage. When he's on stage with the white stripes, it's red and white, and black is part of that color scheme. When you watch Jack White, the solo artist, it's black, white, and blue. What about the raconteurs? Green and black.

[Stugatz]

Only on tour.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Or if you watch the Dead Weather, sometimes they lean into yellow.

[Stugatz]

You know what? I'm with Billy. This guy seems like a real life.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sometimes they lean into yellow.

[Stugatz]

Performative.

[Greg Cody]

They don't really have. They haven't performed in quite a while. Also, it's like, not on tour. I like the Dead Weather, but I want to watch Jack play the guitar.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sounds like this guy can't keep a. A job for real. He's bouncing from band to band.

[Greg Cody]

That's what that sounds like.

[Stugatz]

But Greg just told us why. Because apparently he's a little greedy when it comes to, like, how this thing gets split up so guys get tired of him, they kick him out of the band. He goes start the new band.

[Dan Le Batard]

Just burning bridges. Left and right, left and right.

[Stugatz]

It's all plug and play. Anyway.

[Greg Cody]

I'm not coming back.

[Dan Le Batard]

Next 7 band army, it sounds like for Jack White.

[Greg Cody]

Next Wednesday, I am off. I'm just letting that be known.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why? We're just talking Puck. Talking Yandel.

[Stugatz]

Jacuzzi boys out here, man.

[Dan Le Batard]

Blimps, wieners, you know, Just some Jacuzzi boys here enjoying on Wednesday. Yeah.

[Stugatz]

Wild Billy Wednesday.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nah, it's just Wednesday.

[Stugatz]

Okay. There was a time when it was Wild Willie Wednesday.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow.

[Stugatz]

Billy wins.

[Roy]

Very good timing.

[Stugatz]

It's like D. Reynolds.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dan messed up and then didn't want to let it go for a couple weeks.

[Stugatz]

That was just him.

[Dan Le Batard]

He just made a mistake.

[Roy]

He made a mistake.

[Stugatz]

I love. I love that. I love that about it.

[Roy]

And there was image.

[Stugatz]

I love the commitment to the bit where, like, he'll mess something up and then he'll just try to convince us he didn't mess up at all. He meant to do that. And then he'll stick with it for days on end.

[Greg Cody]

Huge news.

[Stugatz]

What's that?

[Greg Cody]

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[Stugatz]

Yes.

[Greg Cody]

Have a free to play contests on the Oscar Mayer Weenie 500.

[Roy]

Who's the favorite?

[Stugatz]

Which?

[Greg Cody]

Weiner. I'm getting to it, John.

[Roy]

Okay. It was Cape Fear, by the way.

[Chris]

Nick Naughty.

[Roy]

He was good in that.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, he's always carried by a supported cast. Man.

[Billy]

Does he still act?

[Stugatz]

Nick Nolte.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, he was.

[Greg Cody]

He'll say yes to a job.

[Roy]

Well, I mean, whoa.

[Stugatz]

He was in.

[Greg Cody]

He was in Tropic Thunder, but that was some time ago.

[Stugatz]

No, no. He was in one of those non Marvel Spider man movies recently and one of the Sonys. Yeah. Not Craven. What was it?

[Chris]

Man, he was in Hulk as well.

[Stugatz]

Oh, you know what? He was.

[Greg Cody]

He was craving a job.

[Stugatz]

Angel has Fallen, which is five years ago.

[Dan Le Batard]

I confuse him and Gary Busey.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Roy]

All the time.

[Stugatz]

Because the hair. It's that mugshot.

[Greg Cody]

No.

[Chris]

And Chris. Christopher Tofferson.

[Stugatz]

No. They look the same. You're just doing old white guys.

[Billy]

Rip.

[Greg Cody]

Willie Nelson as well.

[Dan Le Batard]

Rip. George went, by the way.

[Stugatz]

Where'd he go?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, all right, peace.

[Stugatz]

Too soon.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugatz]

Yeah.

[Chris]

Way too soon.

[Roy]

Yeah.

[Chris]

Not even 24 hours. Body's still cool.

[Dan Le Batard]

Awkward.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Chris Kristoff on that one.

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[Stugatz]

Did you hear that?

[Greg Cody]

Yep.

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[Billy]

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