Hour 2: Bas Rutten's Oscar Campaign

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Hour 2: Bas Rutten's Oscar Campaign

Date: September 23, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Overview

This hour of The Dan Le Batard Show delivers the crew’s signature mix of irreverent sports talk, pop culture riffs, and Miami-flavored asides. The main themes cover the perplexing state of the Baltimore Ravens, a spirited discussion of NFL "culture," influencer status squabbles over the new MMA movie The Smashing Machine, the cult hero status of Bas Rutten, and a debate about sports gratitude culture—especially tributes and statues for players. There’s plenty of trademark bickering, offbeat facts (chainsaws, anyone?), and dense banter fans have come to expect.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Curious Stats of the Baltimore Ravens (00:57–04:22)

• Tony (00:57): Introduces multiple surprising Ravens stats—Ravens have scored 104 points but their 1-2 record is historically rare.
• Greg Cody (02:34): Finds it wild Lamar Jackson could have such a great individual season and still be frustrated:

  "How frustrated must Lamar Jackson be right now? The most frustrated superstar in the league." (02:34)

• Mike Ryan (02:46): Provides context, noting Jackson’s mistakes are part of the problem.
• The group compares Lamar's plight to Patrick Mahomes's and notes how odd it is to see the Ravens—a team built on physical dominance—being outmuscled.
• Tony (04:22):

  "It's stunning to me to watch the Ravens physically handled by another team... The Baltimore Ravens are going to be a physical football team, to see not only the Lions go in there and physically do that, but their coach to be like... I'm going for it on fourth down and I'm throwing it."

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2. Leadership, Culture Changes, and Dan Campbell’s Genius (04:22–08:40)

• Praise for Detroit's Dan Campbell, not for X's and O's but his fearless leadership.
• Jeremy (05:22):

  "Is there not genius in being a remarkable leader that can instill that confidence in your team?"

• Discussion contrasting Detroit’s successful culture change under Campbell versus ongoing "culture" issues in Miami (Dolphins).
• Tony (07:20): On Campbell’s approach:

  "It's not going to be about math. It's not going to be about percentages. It's simply going to be, I'm going to convey my team all the time that I believe in these players even if I fail believing in them."

• The group muses on rooting interests for long-suffering franchises like the Lions, Bills, Browns, Jags.
  • Tony (09:27):

    "There's nothing that compares to the Lions. ... Two of their best players quit early... That is a national laughing stock. For 50 years."

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3. The MMA Influencer Squabble & Bas Rutten’s Oscar Buzz (14:22–21:44)

• Billy Gill attends an advance screening of The Smashing Machine (new MMA movie starring The Rock) and brags about “influencer” status.
  • Billy (15:33):

    "I'm now an MMA influencer. I dabble in influencers."

  • Zaslow, jealous, presses Billy on what he actually influences.
• Banter escalates as Billy claims he would give Bas Rutten the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor:
  • Billy (19:17):

    "Because I'm telling you right now, Bas Rutten kills it in that movie. I would give Bas Rutten the best supporting actor Oscar. Like that. Lickety split."

• Billy hints the movie itself isn't great, but Rutten is—classic influencer hedging:
  • Billy (21:44):

    "If I come out here and I say, man, that movie was dreadful. The Rock was horrible... then my influencing game is done. So I just come out here and I say, you know what? Bas Rutten was great in that movie."

• Inside jokes about obscure references (“Speedy Rudin”), the politics of influencing, and who gets plus-ones at events.
• Later, the show gushes about Bas Rutten’s real-life leg kicks and MMA legacy.
  • Mike Ryan (22:19):

    "People didn't do leg kicks. ... And then all of a sudden, you can't walk."

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4. Random Observations on Wealth & Miami Life (23:26–26:19)

• Tony, Mike, and Billy muse in rapid-fire riffs about how so many people in Miami have expensive houses and cars, wondering aloud "how do they make money?"
  • Billy (23:38):

    "Because I see what things cost, I see what people have, and I'm not a pocket watcher, but I'm watching, I'm curious."

• Jokes about Miami being filled with non-working Maserati drivers at 1 pm.

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5. Chainsaws, Fun Facts, and Greg Cody’s Three Facts Jack (29:44–34:14)

• Greg Cody delivers an odd factual tidbit:
  • Greg Cody (30:20):

    "The chainsaw was invented not for [cutting trees], but for widening the pubic cartilage to aid in child delivery back in the 18th or 19th centuries."

• Tony and others react with the proper mix of disgust and disbelief.
• Greg’s “Three Facts Jack” segment offers more oddities, with the show poking fun at his sources.

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6. Bizarre Stories, Old School Coaching, and Penalty Box Hijinks (33:07–34:36)

• Greg Cody inexplicably spins a story about a high school coach checking body fat of athletes while naked—everyone reacts with befuddled horror.
• The show shuffles Greg to a “penalty box” for verbal oversharing.
  • Zas (34:08):

    "Minor penalty, two minutes for verbal diarrhea."

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7. Do All Ex-Players Now Deserve Statues or Tributes? (36:05–40:20)

• Zaslow and Greg go on a rant against the trend of teams giving video tributes or even statues to every decent former player.
  • Zas (36:17):

    "I'm so over this. This culture where we have to do tributes to every player who's returning to the venue they played in before. ... Guess what the tribute was? The paycheck he got every other week."

  • Critique of the Miami Heat’s habit of “thanking” players with graphics after trades.
  • Specific jab at the idea of Michael Parsons (Micah Parsons) getting a tribute from the Cowboys.
• Tony (39:48):

  "You guys have decided to take the position of being anti-gratitude. That's what you two are doing right now."

• Billy (39:58): reframes:

  "They're pro-appropriate gratitude. They are saying this is inappropriate gratitude. He got his gratitude already."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Time | Speaker | Quote | |--------|---------------|-------| | 02:34 | Greg Cody | "How frustrated must Lamar Jackson be right now? The most frustrated superstar in the league." | | 04:22 | Tony | "It's stunning to me to watch the Ravens physically handled by another team... The Baltimore Ravens are going to be a physical football team..." | | 05:22 | Jeremy | "Is there not genius in being a remarkable leader that can instill that confidence in your team?" | | 07:20 | Tony | "It's not going to be about math. ...I'm going to convey my team all the time that I believe in these players even if I fail believing in them." | | 09:27 | Tony | "There's nothing that compares to the Lions. ...Two of their best players quit early... That is a national LAUGHING stock. For 50 years." | | 15:33 | Billy Gill | "I'm now an MMA influencer. I dabble in influencers." | | 19:17 | Billy Gill | "Bas Rutten kills it in that movie. I would give Bas Rutten the best supporting actor Oscar. Like that. Lickety split." | | 21:44 | Billy Gill | "If I come out here and I say, man, that movie was dreadful. The rock was horrible... then my influencing game is done. So I just come out here and I say, you know what? Baz Rutten was great in that movie." | | 22:19 | Mike Ryan | "People didn't do leg kicks. ...And then all of a sudden, you can't walk." | | 30:20 | Greg Cody | "The chainsaw was invented not for [cutting trees], but for widening the pubic cartilage to aid in child delivery back in the 18th or 19th centuries." | | 34:08 | Zas | "Minor penalty, two minutes for verbal diarrhea." | | 36:17 | Zas | "I'm so over this. This culture where we have to do tributes to every player who's returning to the venue they played in before. ... Guess what the tribute was? The paycheck he got every other week." | | 39:48 | Tony | "You guys have decided to take the position of being anti-gratitude. That's what you two are doing right now." | | 39:58 | Billy Gill | "They're pro-appropriate gratitude. They are saying this is inappropriate gratitude. He got his gratitude already." |

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Important Timestamps

• 00:57–04:22: Ravens stats, Lamar Jackson's plight
• 04:22–08:40: Dan Campbell, leadership, culture talk
• 14:22–21:44: MMA movie premiere spat, Bas Rutten Oscar talk
• 23:26–26:19: Miami wealth musings
• 29:44–34:14: Chainsaw invention fact & Three Facts Jack
• 33:07–34:36: Naked body fat story, Greg Cody “penalty box”
• 36:05–40:20: Debate over player tributes, statues, and gratitude boundaries

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Tone and Style

• Conversational, quick-witted, heavy on friendly mockery and inside jokes.
• The group routinely turns mundane or obscure observations (chainsaws, bumper stickers, influencer etiquette) into running gags.
• Signature Miami-centric mix of skepticism and celebration.

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For Listeners Wanting the Highlights

• The show’s “Ravens Stat of the Day” discussion contains genuine NFL insight wrapped in levity.
• The “Smashing Machine”/Bas Rutten influencer segment is classic Le Batard Show absurdity, blending pop culture with in-crowd antics.
• Arguments about “gratitude culture” in sports—do we really need tributes for everyone?—are both funny and thought-provoking.
• Greg Cody’s offbeat trivia and penalty box moment are required listening for fans of the show’s weirder edges.

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In sum: This hour is a showcase of the Dan Le Batard Show at its chaotic, insightful, and hilariously self-referential best. From NFL oddities to MMA Oscars, you’ll get sports talk as only this crew delivers.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats Podcast. Start of the day, Start of the day it is the start of the day Start of the day Start of the day it is the start of the day Start of the day Start of the day it is the start of the day Start of the day Start of the day it is the start of the day.

[Stugats]

Stat of the Day is presented by Amazon Prime Video. Thursday Night Football is on. The Seattle Seahawks take on the Arizona Cardinals. Coverage begins Thursday at 7pm Eastern only on Prime.

[Tony]

We all believe the Ravens to be a good football team and this is not the stat. I'm going to give you three options on the stat. You guys choose one. But just as build up to the stat of the day, I will tell you the jets have allowed 93 points this season. The Bears have allowed 93 points this season, the Titans have allowed 94 points this season, the Dolphins have allowed 97 points this season and the Ravens have allowed 97 points this season. This is why the following three stats are true. And you guys tell me which is the best of these. From Warren Sharp the Ravens have scored 104 points. They are 1 and 2. They are the only team since at least 2000 to have scored 100 plus points through three weeks but have a losing record. The other 25 teams with 100 plus points through three weeks went 68 and 7. This is from Dante Kopflem. The Ravens are the first team in the Super bowl era to score 100 plus points, rush for 300 plus yards and have a losing record through three games. And Lamar Jackson is the first quarterback in NFL history with nine plus passing touchdowns, zero interceptions and a losing record through three games.

[Stugats]

Who was that stat from?

[Tony]

Thanks for pointing that out. I'm glad you did that. Always helpful the people around me. Dante Cop Flem.

[Greg Cody]

That's a funny name.

[Zas]

I don't know that fool.

[Tony]

I was just trying to give the source of the stat credit and look at the reward I get. It's everyone sitting around being piranha.

[Billy Gill]

Dante Koplowitz Fleming. He's senior researcher for NFL and Good Morning Football.

[Greg Cody]

I vote for the third one. I think it's astonishing that a quarterback like Lamar Jackson having that great a season. How frustrated must Lamar Jackson be right now? The most frustrated superstar in the league.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean he had a big fumble and then after the fumble he had a fourth down conversion that he could have thrown early and held it late and got sacked and stopped him at the goal line again like he's. He's not without fault here.

[Zas]

I feel like Mahomes is probably more frustrated right now than Lamar Jackson.

[Greg Cody]

But Lamar Jackson last night had no protection whatsoever. I mean, he's more mobile, more nimble than 90% of quarterbacks and he had no chance because of his offensive line.

[Stugats]

Mahomes can make the argument that I have reinforcements coming like Lamar Jackson's. Everything's there.

[Greg Cody]

Like Lamar Jackson's, like I'm great and look at this, look at, look around me. I gotta score. I score 30 points and I lose by eight.

[Tony]

All that stuff is interesting, but I'm gonna say that in this century, okay. After the year 2000, it's stunning to me to watch the Ravens physically handled by another team. What Given what I've seen of Ravens football For the last 25 years, precious few times, like maybe they lose the way they lose against against Buffalo earlier this season. Maybe they lose the weird way they lost against the Dolphins when TUA came back and and got us all excited down here. But to see the Ravens manhandled, when I just think of them as being a team that's not capable of being manhandled back from when Ray Lewis was stealing Eddie George's stole and Tennessee and Baltimore were playing the most physical games. You know, the Baltimore Ravens are going to be a physical football team to see not only the Lions go in there and physically do that, but their coach to be like, you know what? And I'm going for it. I'm fourth down and I'm throwing it.

[Zas]

Way down the field on such a balls move. Fourth and two with two minutes left from. From their own side of the field.

[Mike Ryan]

Love it against your best corner and St. Brown dust them.

[Jeremy]

When I saw someone point out like what makes that play so effective is the fact that St. Brown is always blocking. Like the fact that their wide receivers are such capable blockers that he can bluff that block and then slip out and you get the perfect throw. It just showed everything that Lions football has been about and they called a.

[Zas]

Penalty on that play too.

[Tony]

What also makes it effective is that very few teams in the league have the confidence to do that in that spot because they all play a little bit scared. Like they late game situations when everyone knows the criticism is, you've heard me say that real leadership always risks unpopularity. Rare is the coach willing to say, no, I've got, got the. I've got what I need. I will take whatever criticism you've got coming my way.

[Zas]

You think there would have been criticism had they not gotten it? I don't Think so. At this point, I think we know how they play, and I think it was a smart move, too.

[Jeremy]

I think the thing with Dan Campbell we're always talking about, like, oh, he's not a genius. Is there not genius in being a remarkable leader that can instill that confidence in your team? Everybody has genius in sort of different ways. And his ability to communicate with his team, to get them on the same page, to get them motivated the way that they do. No, he's maybe known as an X's and O's genius, but there is genius in that. No different than, you know, Mike talking about the genius of Mario Cristobal as an offensive line coach.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, Dan Campbell from his introductory press conference, the eat the kneecap thing.

[Tony]

We'Re going to get up and on the way up, we're going to buy the kneecap off.

[Greg Cody]

Okay. I'm not big on the culture thing. We got to change the culture. In Detroit's case, that guy, that coach went in and changed the culture on 50 years of losing.

[Billy Gill]

Isn't that the problem here in Miami is the culture? Like, that's the exact problem, is that they have talent, but, like all reports are, the culture's terrible and Mike McDaniel doesn't have control of the team.

[Greg Cody]

Well, they tried to change. You know, trading Jalen Ramsey was part of the effort to change the culture.

[Stugats]

Their way of changing the culture was just when the interview started in training camp. They're like, the culture's better now, Right?

[Greg Cody]

No, I mean, fixed it. Look, I'll argue with anybody that the Dolphins are better than people say they are because they've been appreciably better in all three games or in the second and third games. I will not argue that they've solved the. The culture problem, but I. Something wrong there.

[Tony]

I think if you guys are going to start doing this with culture, I mean, I would just say that as it regards Dan Campbell specifically, rare is the coach who's that kind of fearless because all of them worry a little bit about what's going to fall on their head if they're the ones going to be blamed for losing. And what's clear with this person and the way they play, because as is right, this is just who the Lions are right now. They will.

[Zas]

They.

[Tony]

They had a season ended, at least in part the most promising season in my lifetime watching the Lions, the most hopeful season ended at least in part because Dan Campbell's always going to be fearless. He's. It. It's not going to be about math. It's not going to be about percentages. It's simply going to be, I'm going to convey my team all the time that I believe in these players even if I fail believing in them.

[Zas]

They were so close to the super bowl that year. Dan Campbell and the Lions were so close to the Super Bowl.

[Mike Ryan]

The cool thing about Dan Campbell is, like, he has the relational equity with the ownership group and with everybody there in the front office, where it's like he came in and was like, I'm going forward on fourth downs. Like, I don't really care.

[Zas]

But how does he have that relationship, Relationship equity the day he's higher?

[Mike Ryan]

I know. That's the crazy part. It's like, wait, I'm just going to go forward on fourth down. Everybody's like, oh, wait a second. He's going to go fourth down.

[Tony]

Like, okay, yeah. But Brandon Staley did the same thing and they ran him right out of the league. Well, the presentation matters. The president. Brandon Staley is only going to bite your kneecaps because that's where he is down there biting that. He's needed. He's face to knee with your kneecap. And Dan Campbell's towering above you, just drinking a million coffees, breathing. Coffee breath and, and, and masculinity into your face mask.

[Zas]

So much masculinity.

[Greg Cody]

If there's such a. I don't, I don't think there is such a thing, but if there were such a thing as completely neutral NFL fans who didn't have a rooting interest. You gotta cheer for the Detroit Lions to finally make the Super Bowl. This team is.

[Zas]

I was sharing for him two years ago.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, they're, there's, they're so likable. Dan Campbell is so like, the Bucks are that team.

[Stugats]

For me as a beaten down Dolphins fan who's just kind of looking around the league like, I think I'm gonna.

[Billy Gill]

Root for the Bucks.

[Zas]

They've won two Super Bowls in your lifetime.

[Stugats]

I know, but I like Baker. I'm kind of like, I just like, they're a fun team.

[Greg Cody]

I think Detroit is the ultimate underdog that no longer is. That you gotta root for. I don't think there are many other Buffalo. I think a Detroit, Buffalo, Minnesota.

[Zas]

They've never won. They never won a Super Bowl. No, no. Yes.

[Greg Cody]

Minnesota's one of those, but Buffalo hasn't even been in one.

[Stugats]

So, no, I want Buffalo to get close.

[Zas]

We don't want Buffalo.

[Tony]

Guys, there's nothing that compares to the Lions. Like, there's nothing in that sports history that's close to the Lions. Two of their best players quit early. Two of the best players in their history quit early because they're like, I'm not doing this anymore. That's a. That is a national LAUGHING Stock. For 50 years.

[Billy Gill]

The Bills lost four straight Super Bowls, but they went, but they lost.

[Stugats]

I feel like the Jags and Browns are in the same kind of ballpark as you're talking about.

[Tony]

The Bills had expectations those four years and got to the Super Bowl. The Lions are never expected to do anything, ever.

[Billy Gill]

I think failing on expectations is worse than not having expectations because your heart is broken, where you just go in, like, apathetic if you don't have expectations. Like, you think Jaguars fans actually hurt.

[Zas]

I just think they're miserable.

[Billy Gill]

I don't think they feel anything.

[Dan Le Batard]

The.

[Greg Cody]

The Lions last won an NFL championship right around the time I was born. Okay, fathom that for a second. Now. It was. I can't remember exactly the year, but it was like, 1957, 54. I mean, it's. It's been a lifetime.

[Tony]

I. I don't think anything comes close to the Lions. There are three best players ever. Two of them quit, and the other one won a Super bowl as soon as he left. Like, that's. Those are the three. Those are the three guys I associate the Detroit Lions with just always being losers for half a century.

[Billy Gill]

But they've had a lot of good feeling lately. Like, the last two seasons have been great for them. They've won playoff games. They've been right at the doorstep of.

[Tony]

The best teams of my lifetime. Best Lions teams of my lifetime have been the last couple of years.

[Jeremy]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Don Levatarrd this is the quickest it goes.

[Tony]

Hey, this is the quickest it goes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stugats everybody.

[Tony]

This is the quickest it goes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, this is the Dan Lev with the Stugach.

[Tony]

I wanted to figure out why it is that Billy and Zaz. I felt some jealousy because Billy evidently got into something that Zaz wanted to get into last night. Like what?

[Zas]

Well, look at your shirt. You're wearing the Smashing Machine shirt. Oh, and I. So the Smashing Machine comes out and that's the new movie with Rock. Okay. It's about Mark her, the MMA fighter, his name's Rock.

[Billy Gill]

And James Duane.

[Zas]

I wanted to see Smashing Machine last night because it doesn't come out to October, but I always like seeing the movies as soon as possible, Greg. Like if there's a premiere or if it opens days before, I got to be one of the first people to see it.

[Stugats]

It's like the opposite of my dad.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, totally.

[Billy Gill]

Do you like, like big screens, small screens? How do you like to see it?

[Zas]

Yeah, yeah, well, yeah, the first viewing is in a theater. Oh, you would love.

[Billy Gill]

This is imax.

[Zas]

Well, see, that's the huge screen. It's worst case scenario for me where I tried to go see it last night. It was only playing in one place, but I didn't know how to get the tickets. And then Billy walks in this morning with it with his Smashing Machine shirt. I'm like, yo, where'd you get the shirt? And he says, oh, I saw the. I saw the premiere last night. And I was like, God damn it. So he saw the movie and I didn't.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, well, I mean, I don't know what to tell you. I'm now an MMA influencer. I dabble in influencers.

[Zas]

What does that even mean, you're an MMA influencer?

[Billy Gill]

What do you mean?

[Zas]

What do you mean?

[Billy Gill]

I mean, I'm an. I don't understand the question. I'm an MMA influencer, A person of influence within the MMA community.

[Zas]

What have you ever done to influence someone MMA related?

[Billy Gill]

I saw the Smashing Machine and I was invited. The MMA community said, you know what? We need someone of influence to go out there and spread the word on the Smashing Machine, an MMA movie.

[Zas]

And how did you then use a 24 knowledge and information to influence anyone? I bet you kept it yourself.

[Billy Gill]

Why haven't got anyone? Well, because here's the thing. I'm unlike you. I'm not a boaster. You know, I go in there, I'm invited to come out, watch the movie, give my thoughts on it, influence the mma.

[Zas]

Would you give the thoughts to.

[Billy Gill]

I haven't gotten to really.

[Mike Ryan]

Who from the MMA community reach out and let you know.

[Zas]

So you have an influence. A single person is what you're saying.

[Billy Gill]

I wait my turn. I don't just interrupt people, cut people off, come in here, sit in other people's chairs. Like, that's not my thing.

[Zas]

Okay, so you're not influencer. You're an MMA Wait my turn person.

[Billy Gill]

I'm. I'm waiting to influence the MMA world. Isn't the part of my thoughts on the movie?

[Stugats]

The part of influencing is boasting?

[Zas]

Yeah. When is this grand influence going to happen?

[Billy Gill]

You wouldn't understand, because no one wanted you to influence anything. And I was invited to influence, not just moviegoers. MMA community. I got this shirt. Some might say I'm a fashion influencer as well.

[Zas]

Nobody's saying that.

[Billy Gill]

NASCAR invited me to the Daytona 500. I influenced there.

[Zas]

You know what?

[Billy Gill]

I went to Homestead. I influenced at Homestead. Then Mike came in, he stole my NASCAR thing, and that's fine. He can go to Chicago. He can go to those other races.

[Zas]

Tell you what, if I went to this movie last night, I'd be telling everybody about it. Wow, Zazzle, you're an amazing influencer. Not like that guy Billy, who just holds all the information for himself, like a schnurr. He comes and sees the movie for free and doesn't tell anyone about it.

[Greg Cody]

Look, look, look, look. I can. Look. I catalog the influence community. Yeah, okay. I know influencers. I can verify Billy is an MMA influencer.

[Billy Gill]

Okay, let's.

[Greg Cody]

I can also report that you have applied to be a Pearl Jam influencer and have been rejected on numerous occasions.

[Billy Gill]

I believe that.

[Zas]

I mean, these are falsehoods.

[Billy Gill]

I believe that. I'm just saying you're a Pearl Jam beggar. If I remember correctly, the only way you went to go see Pearl Jam was if. Hey, Dan. Chris's dad bought you tickets.

[Zas]

Hey, we're not talking about Pearl Jam right here. We're talking about mma, and we're talking about you.

[Billy Gill]

Do you want me to ruin the movie? I'll tell you exactly what happened on the Smashing Machine. What is the truth? I'll tell you exactly how it ends.

[Zas]

If you ruin the movie for me. You and I, we've got a problem.

[Billy Gill]

What problem are we gonna have? I'll knock you down to the ground. I'll take your house.

[Zas]

A problem?

[Tony]

What?

[Billy Gill]

See, that's how.

[Zas]

That's not the way it works.

[Billy Gill]

You get them down on the ground, the house is yours.

[Zas]

You gotta keep me on the ground. You don't just knock me down. You gotta keep me on the ground.

[Billy Gill]

Who's watching MMA movie more recently. And it's about knocking people down, Me or you? The reject that couldn't go to the movie? And I'll tell you what. Right now. I'll tell you what. Right?

[Zas]

Tell me what.

[Billy Gill]

There was a lot of empty seats, and when I got there, they said, you have a plus one. You want to bring anyone? I was like, nah, I'm good. Alone? Nah, I'm good.

[Jeremy]

So you're at a premiere.

[Stugats]

Did you walk a red carpet?

[Billy Gill]

Don't worry about me.

[Zas]

We're worried about you.

[Billy Gill]

Why are you worried about me? I saw the Smashing Machine. I'll tell you what. There's been Oscar buzz about this movie.

[Zas]

Is he going to win the Oscar?

[Billy Gill]

People have been saying there was 15 minutes standing ovations at the end.

[Zas]

Did you stand by yourself amidst all the empty seats and give an ovation?

[Stugats]

I was.

[Billy Gill]

I was with people.

[Zas]

Big loser move.

[Stugats]

If you did, that was your ovation.

[Billy Gill]

Excuse me, I was with people, just not you or person, but whatever. It doesn't matter.

[Zas]

Did you chat that person up?

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, we talked in the movie. And what?

[Zas]

Did they know who you were? They would know who I am if I went.

[Billy Gill]

I went with a person. What are you talking about? Here's the thing.

[Tony]

Can I get.

[Billy Gill]

What. I'll tell you.

[Tony]

Can I get some information on the movie?

[Billy Gill]

Because there is Oscar buzz.

[Zas]

No. He's waiting his turn to tell it's an influencer off. Waiting.

[Billy Gill]

There's Oscar Buz, but for the wrong person. Because I'm telling you right now, Baz Rudin kills it in that movie. I would give Baz Rudin the best supporting actor Oscar. Like that. Lickety split. I would do that. He crushes it in that movie. Crushes it.

[Greg Cody]

That's what an influencer does.

[Billy Gill]

Thank you, Greg.

[Greg Cody]

That's what an influencer does.

[Zas]

Terrible movie opinions.

[Billy Gill]

Watch the movie. Watch the movie and tell me that.

[Greg Cody]

There'S awards buzz now for boss Root.

[Billy Gill]

Talk to me in three weeks when you get seeing the movie and tell me that Buzz Rudin did not steal the show.

[Zas]

I don't have a response to that.

[Billy Gill]

Not Mary. I mentioned a Speedy. I'll tell you that right now. No one mentioned Speedy Rudin in that movie once. Which was the one flaw of that movie.

[Tony]

Inside a reference. That is. You're making a joke from 10 years ago.

[Billy Gill]

What do you mean?

[Tony]

Beatty Root. When we.

[Billy Gill]

That's boss's dog.

[Tony]

When we had Boz Root on the show. You just made a joke that no one in our audience.

[Billy Gill]

The ones that did, though.

[Tony]

Tony, I. I have.

[Billy Gill]

The movie was kind of bad.

[Tony]

We were. What? What?

[Billy Gill]

What?

[Stugats]

That's been everything I've.

[Mike Ryan]

Everything.

[Billy Gill]

Saw that.

[Mike Ryan]

Don't do that.

[Stugats]

Everything I've heard about the movie is that he's great in it.

[Greg Cody]

But the movie.

[Billy Gill]

Baz Rudin is Great.

[Stugats]

No, the rock.

[Billy Gill]

I'm not certain about that.

[Zas]

You're saying that rock was bad?

[Billy Gill]

Let's say bad. Boss Rudin was good is what I said. Boss Rudin was great.

[Zas]

Rock bad in the movie.

[Tony]

That sounds like the Pablo drop.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

A long sigh. Almost as long as the ovation.

[Greg Cody]

I think he just answered.

[Billy Gill]

I don't think that he's gonna win an Oscar.

[Zas]

Okay, but that means there's a lot of room in between winning an Oscar and being bad.

[Billy Gill]

Listen, here's. Here's. Let me explain to you how influencing works, since you don't get it. If I come out here and I say, man, that movie was dreadful. The rock was horrible, and I think then my influencing game is done. So I just come out here and I say, you know what? Baz Rudin was great in that movie. Boz Rudin was great. I will say. I'll say this about the movie. There was not a standing ovation after the movie ended. There were some. Some people clapping. Notice, not a standing ovation when the movie was over. And there were also parts that were kind of dark. People started laughing, and I was like, I don't know if that was. We're supposed to laugh at that or not. Like, it was a little confusing there sometimes.

[Zas]

So you don't want to. You don't want to say anything specifically negative about the rock, because then maybe your influencer status is gonna get taken away.

[Billy Gill]

No, I wouldn't be compromised like that. I just said, Baz Rudin was great in the movie.

[Zas]

But you're holding back from maybe your real opinion.

[Billy Gill]

What do you mean? No, my real opinion is Baz Rudin was great. That was my opinion.

[Tony]

Oz Rudin is always great. And what I was beginning to tell Tony, because we were talking algorithms earlier, I. My algorithm has picked up recently a whole bunch of Baz Rutten fights. And his leg. His leg kicks are lunacy. Like, dude, I would not. I can't believe anybody would fight that person.

[Mike Ryan]

People didn't do leg kicks. And it was like, all right, I'm just gonna kick this guy's legs. What do you mean? You're.

[Billy Gill]

Kick his legs.

[Mike Ryan]

And then all of a sudden, he can't use his legs.

[Tony]

Just like.

[Mike Ryan]

Just chop into the calf. You're like, oh, my God, I can't walk.

[Zas]

What was the commentary around there where they're like, that's not fair.

[Mike Ryan]

It's like, what is he doing? He's kicking his legs. Okay, good, good. Good thing on you. And then all of a sudden, you can't Walk. Billy. I didn't want to bring this up because obviously, as an MMA influencer.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

You're big in the community, obviously. I know the community pretty well. I'm saying I know the community pretty well.

[Billy Gill]

We know of you. We've heard of you.

[Mike Ryan]

Right. So I'm. I'm excited to announce 10-4-influencer for the MMA community. Billy Gill is going to be on the MMA hangout at Casa Tiki live October 4th.

[Billy Gill]

Can you imagine? We're still. Can you imagine? We're still dotting some T's and cross some eyes, but we'll see. We'll see how that goes. Last time I heard, that place had a house inside of it. So it seems like they need to take down a house, do a whole thing. We'll figure it out.

[Tony]

Tony's always coming to you with ideas about how to make money and, well, but now you guys, you guys are working on what. Because you guys are always nothing, but Tony's always trying to hatch something with.

[Mike Ryan]

You, and you are businesses going.

[Tony]

So how to make money is something.

[Jeremy]

Here's.

[Mike Ryan]

Here's the thing, Dan. Me and Billy were looking around and saying, how can we make money? Because we look around at other people and we're like, how do they make money?

[Billy Gill]

That's really the question is, how do other people.

[Mike Ryan]

How do other people make money?

[Billy Gill]

Because I see what things cost, I see what people have, and I'm not a pocket watcher, but I'm watching, I'm curious. Yeah, I'm curious how it is that people make money. Tony's in the home market right now looking for a home, and then he sees, oh, that house costs $2.9 million. Someone has that money.

[Mike Ryan]

Somebody has that money.

[Billy Gill]

And how they get that money.

[Mike Ryan]

Exactly right.

[Billy Gill]

How they get that money.

[Mike Ryan]

You've got three Porsches.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah. How does Tony get. Oh, Porsche. And it's just one and a porch.

[Stugats]

What are our theories?

[Greg Cody]

How did you get all that money, Dan?

[Billy Gill]

How did you get that money?

[Mike Ryan]

Well, Dan, we can't talk about Dan. Dan. Well, other people.

[Greg Cody]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

We know what Dan did. I need to know what other people are doing. Are people in just tremendous amount of debt?

[Billy Gill]

That I think that that is kind.

[Tony]

Of people just in Miami, millions of.

[Mike Ryan]

Dollars of debt, and they're like, yeah, I'm good. Like, no, no biggie.

[Billy Gill]

I don't think, though, about that. They seem happy.

[Mike Ryan]

They seem very happy.

[Billy Gill]

So happy in so much debt.

[Mike Ryan]

You know who seems unhappy?

[Billy Gill]

I can tell you who seemed unhappy.

[Greg Cody]

Mark Kerr.

[Mike Ryan]

Greg. Cody, too.

[Tony]

We got to get him A cough button over here.

[Greg Cody]

He has one. He has one. He's okay pressing?

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, he's just.

[Stugats]

He hears. It's on your mind.

[Billy Gill]

Take a swig of the Gatorade combined again. I feel like when you had them all three in there together, it kind of cleared you up.

[Greg Cody]

You know what I just noticed about Gatorade?

[Billy Gill]

What?

[Greg Cody]

This is all news to me. First of all, all three of them say, contains no fruit juice. Okay. I'm not saying it's false advertising because they have it right here in small writing. You got to really look for, but you would assume there's fruit juice in here. Number two, every one of them is the same exact amount of calories. You'd think they would be different.

[Billy Gill]

Why?

[Greg Cody]

Because three different drinks, you know, they're three different drinks.

[Billy Gill]

I would think that it's more or less the same recipe. It's just like the. The little flavor, the coloring.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, but you think they would be slightly different. You know, one's 81's 82.

[Tony]

Give me the Ray Hudson music, please.

[Billy Gill]

It's a good observation, actually.

[Greg Cody]

Thank you.

[Billy Gill]

Ray Hudson.

[Jeremy]

Ray Hudson.

[Billy Gill]

Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson.

[Mike Ryan]

Ray Hudson.

[Billy Gill]

Ray Hudson. Car of the day, Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson.

[Jeremy]

Car of the day, Ray Hudson.

[Billy Gill]

Ray Hudson.

[Mike Ryan]

Nobody's working out there. People are just out on the street. Oh, yeah, Like I ate in Porsches, in Maseratis and Mercedes Benz. Nobody's working. We're just hanging out, Dan. Traffic, one o' clock in the afternoon. People just driving in expensive cars just driving around, having fun, living life. Hey, you don't need to work.

[Greg Cody]

Cool.

[Mike Ryan]

What. What. What did you do to not have to work anymore? Because I need to do that.

[Greg Cody]

That Miami, you want to know?

[Tony]

This is what Dan wanted. This is what Dan wanted.

[Billy Gill]

What would you do to.

[Mike Ryan]

To make money?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

A lot of things. I'm here to make money.

[Billy Gill]

You don't have a house.

[Mike Ryan]

That's. That's a. That's a larger issue.

[Jeremy]

You're not just here for the love of the game.

[Mike Ryan]

Can we get paid for the love of the game?

[Billy Gill]

If you had to get paid by people honking at you, you'd be doing terribly well.

[Mike Ryan]

No, again, pre. Pre. Going on the air, I had like 10 honks, and all of a sudden.

[Billy Gill]

They come in and nobody honked like the train honk. Because I think that was.

[Mike Ryan]

No, the train was fake, the transfer. Even though there is a train honk. Make 10 bucks if I got paid by the honking honk.

[Billy Gill]

On your way to a house when.

[Greg Cody]

You fade by the honk Remember the bumper stickers. Honk if you do this, honk if you do that. They used to be everywhere. Everywhere you drive you'd see a honk if this bumper sticker.

[Billy Gill]

What would you ever honk? What would you honk for?

[Greg Cody]

You know, it depends if you're horny. Yeah, yeah.

[Zas]

That's the go to if you're watching lion videos.

[Greg Cody]

Yes, baby. Oh, yeah.

[Stugats]

My favorite bumper sticker is my. My kid beat up your honor l student.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, that's funny.

[Tony]

Everyone who has one of those is.

[Mike Ryan]

An but again, not working and in a Range Rover. So what do you tell me?

[Tony]

Dan, play the Ray Hudson call, please.

[Billy Gill]

Is electrifying as a hair dryer thrown into a hot tub, my friend.

[Zas]

Absolutely breathtaking.

[Billy Gill]

He puts the Haitian voodoo rattle on this one. Ah, like Betamax. They do not make them like him anymore.

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[Dan Le Batard]

Don LeBatard.

[Greg Cody]

What do we got here? I got a Magnum condom. We won't get that out.

[Tony]

That's shocking.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stugats.

[Greg Cody]

Here's a picture of Christopher when he was like three years old.

[Tony]

Right next to the condom.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Forever.

[Billy Gill]

Never forget.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.

[Tony]

Tony was out on the streets feeling betrayed by the Falcons. And I don't know if you guys saw this, but after losing to Carolina, they just fired their receivers coach, Ike Hilliard. Like it's like it's early in the season.

[Jeremy]

Ike is the scapegoat.

[Tony]

It's early in the season to be doing that. They blame their wide receiver coach, Ike Hilliard. Did. Did any of us feel like Ike Hilliard was responsible for losing to Carolina 30 to nothing?

[Greg Cody]

He's a beautiful scapegoat. That's what he is. And the Gators offense needs him back. I wonder if he's got any eligibility left.

[Tony]

Greg, would you be kind enough to tell us why it is that you were talking so much before the show about chainsaws? Is there any particular reason that you were. I have never held a chainsaw before. I've never held one in my hands before. Have put it on the poll at LeBatard show. Have you ever used a chainsaw? Yes or no? What Is the answer to the question in the room.

[Greg Cody]

I have.

[Tony]

Everyone else has. Billy, you have. Jeremy, have you used a chainsaw before?

[Jeremy]

Have you looked at me? No, obviously not.

[Billy Gill]

You haven't.

[Zas]

He and I are Jewish. Come on.

[Greg Cody]

I have a chainsaw in my garage right now. It's one of those. I think it's a foot and a half blade. And chainsaws. Most of us associate them with cutting down trees or pruning branches or something like that. That's the predominant use now, of course, the chainsaw was invented not for that, but for widening the pubic cartilage to aid in child delivery back in the 18th or 19th centuries.

[Mike Ryan]

I looked that up.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, that's exactly right. That was the chainsaws. That's a Three Facts Jack from the Greg Cody show podcast. Occasionally, in researching that, I come up with a fact that not only I didn't know, but that astonishes me.

[Tony]

I feel like that's a fact. We could have all gone the rest of time without needing to know.

[Greg Cody]

It's important information.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a fact, Jack.

[Greg Cody]

Thank you.

[Tony]

That seems insane.

[Billy Gill]

It was different, though. It's not the modern. No, it's different. It was a flexible saw.

[Greg Cody]

It was chainsaw.

[Tony]

It was the original. That's why you came in here today talking about the chainsaws?

[Greg Cody]

Yes.

[Tony]

Why did this come up on the Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody?

[Stugats]

Three Facts Jack.

[Greg Cody]

Every week I have a segment called Three Facts Jack every week where I astonish listeners with something that I'm sure they didn't know. And. And that was number two this week, I believe.

[Billy Gill]

What was better than that?

[Greg Cody]

I can't even remember what they were. What was the number one? Listen to the podcast. We'll all find out together.

[Jeremy]

So, Greg, when I was looking for that fact to just confirm Google, I did confirm it for me. So I clicked on the link that it used as proof and it was a Facebook post from someone named Craig Peterson on the official site of the rock band Slave Raider. So I don't. That's your backup information?

[Stugats]

Yeah, I don't know anything about that.

[Billy Gill]

Good to distance yourself there, Greg.

[Greg Cody]

I don't source. I don't source. AI. You know, I. I go right to the. I go right to the source.

[Jeremy]

So what was the source?

[Greg Cody]

Well, I talked to several relatives of women who 200 years ago had this procedure done and they verified it to me. So it really is a fact, Jack.

[Billy Gill]

I have a correction from earlier, Greg. So Minnie Pearl was a stage name, not her actual name. So she may not actually Be related to Bruce Pearl.

[Greg Cody]

Wow. I wonder if Pear Pearl knows that.

[Billy Gill]

I don't know Bruce. Yeah, I wonder if that's his real name. Let me look it up.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Minnie Pearl was famous for on stage, she would wear a hat with the price tag left on it.

[Billy Gill]

That's right.

[Greg Cody]

You know, she was a country, country, country comedian.

[Billy Gill]

Bruce Allen Pearl. It is his real name. Okay. Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Vinny Pearl's real name.

[Tony]

Oh, for the love of God, Greg, please.

[Greg Cody]

I'm just curious.

[Tony]

Please.

[Greg Cody]

It could be a three factor.

[Tony]

You're here now, Greg. You came in here today, okay, talking about chainsaws, about for some reason being naked and getting your. Getting your fat percentage.

[Greg Cody]

This is. Look, I have to read this sentence to you because it's astonishing, okay? And this is serious stuff. A Rhode island judge sentenced an ex high school basketball coach to a year of probation after he spent decades asking hundreds of male student athletes if they were shy or not shy before asking them to get naked to check their body fat. Now, what's astonishing to me about that sentence is the word decades. Like, during those decades, there wasn't a kid, mom. The kid gets home from school, mom says, teddy, how was your day today? He says, mom, it was good, but it was weird. In basketball practice, the coach had everybody get naked, and mom goes to the principal. Why did that never happen in decades?

[Tony]

I'm gonna do this again.

[Greg Cody]

I'm just asking.

[Billy Gill]

Stop talking. Sarah. Ophelia, Collie Cannon. Is Mini Pearl maybe related to Nick Cannon? Let me check.

[Tony]

Yeah, please.

[Greg Cody]

Ophelia is a name that you don't see anymore.

[Jeremy]

Well, that's because she was born 791dog years ago.

[Zas]

Minor penalty, two minutes for verbal diarrhea.

[Greg Cody]

That's harsh.

[Mike Ryan]

Just out on a three facts, Jack.

[Tony]

Get out of here. Just leave for a little while.

[Zas]

Impressive last couple minutes.

[Tony]

I mean, just unbelievable.

[Billy Gill]

Across decades. Someone should have said something to the principal, Honestly. Greg's right about that.

[Tony]

Yes, he is. He's not that.

[Billy Gill]

It would have been if it was only like five years. It's still bad.

[Tony]

Just. Just leave for a little while. Gather yourself.

[Stugats]

Chainsaw fact was interesting.

[Billy Gill]

So the punishment was just the guy has to stand somewhere naked. That. I don't. I don't quite understand that. It's a punishment. What was the punishment?

[Mike Ryan]

He was checking people's body fat.

[Billy Gill]

You know, when.

[Mike Ryan]

When they take out those pinchers, Dan.

[Stugats]

Dude, I remember those as bigger, huskier kids.

[Mike Ryan]

You know what I'm talking about?

[Stugats]

I had those pinchers.

[Mike Ryan]

They're like, hey, on your po. That Let me see if I can grab as much fat as I can.

[Stugats]

It's always right. It's always like right here.

[Mike Ryan]

You got a lot of fat.

[Greg Cody]

The armpit.

[Billy Gill]

Remember those?

[Zas]

It's always right here for.

[Mike Ryan]

That's the Ponceta right there.

[Tony]

Yeah, the Love Handles. Yep. Zaslow was. Was celebrating something that I don't often see celebrated. Jerry Jones has decided and has said for some reason that Micah Parsons isn't going to get. Greg. Go to the penalty box. It's not a punishment to just.

[Zas]

What are you doing?

[Tony]

Sit there. Just sit there lounging. Go to the penalty.

[Stugats]

That's a nice shirt.

[Jeremy]

It is a nice shirt.

[Stugats]

Jeremy would wear.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, of course.

[Jeremy]

I. That's a great shirt.

[Billy Gill]

I figured out that shirt. So you asked before. The material, I think it's a cotton blend. But the best way I would describe it is if your clothes and Tony's clothes had baby clothes, it would be that shirt. Like, if your clothes and his clothes made it, it would be that shirt. What do you mean?

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, no, I get that I'm wearing in the shirt that he's wearing.

[Jeremy]

No, not necessarily today. Yeah, our styles. I get it. No, that makes sense.

[Tony]

So Zaslow, as I was saying, Zaslow and Jerry Jones are aligned. Yeah. Because Jerry Jones says no tribute for Micah Parsons.

[Zas]

Good.

[Tony]

Or how does. How does Jerry Jones refer to Micah. Micah Parsons.

[Billy Gill]

Michael Parsons.

[Tony]

He says that he is not going to celebrate him. And you. You co sign.

[Zas]

Absolutely. So they're playing this weekend, packers at Cowboys. So Micah Parsons is making his return to Dallas. I'm so over this. This culture where we have to do tributes to every player who's returning to the venue they played in before. Michael Parsons was a really good player. Guess what the tribute was? The paycheck he got every other week. That's right. That's how we thank you. You get paid to be really, really good if you want a Super Bowl. Okay, then let's have a conversation about a tribute. Otherwise, he played there for what, four or five years, they didn't win. And now we're gonna do a tribute. And you know what? I've also had it with this statue conversation. Can we cool it with the players who get statues? Get the hell out of here. It's enough of this. A tribute. We gotta thank everybody.

[Stugats]

I think the Heat gave one to Gabe Vincent.

[Zas]

The Heat, a couple weeks ago when they traded Haywood Eisman. They put out this. This whole picture. Thank you, Haywood. Thank you for what? For what? You got paid. Hey, you got a paycheck that's the. Thank you. What are we doing? Everyone's gonna get tributes.

[Billy Gill]

Michael Parsons.

[Zas]

Jerry's right on this.

[Billy Gill]

Zaz, I don't know how you feel about this, but Greg said that Don Staley shouldn't get a statue. That was too much.

[Tony]

Why can't we enjoy the celebrating of greatness? What are you objecting to?

[Mike Ryan]

They're still coaching, though. It's weird, right?

[Tony]

It's like, oh, Michael Parsons is still playing. What is the explanation that Jerry had was no one sees you.

[Billy Gill]

Dad.

[Tony]

Were there quotes from. From Jerry Jones on why it is that he doesn't want to celebrate Michael. Michael Parson with a tribute?

[Zas]

Yeah, some of the effect of it was different when Emmett came back. You're damn right, Jerry. It's a lot different. When Emmett came back, he won three Super Bowls. Come on, Michael Parsons.

[Greg Cody]

Pat on the back.

[Zas]

We appreciate why we're here. And I'll go. Go play for somebody else. Tributes. Hell out of here.

[Tony]

No. No statue, no tribute. Just a paycheck and a slap on the back. A hard slap on the back.

[Zas]

Enough of this. Oh, you played for us. Thank you forever.

[Jeremy]

What the direct quote is. I don't think that's appropriate. It's not this way. Emmett was a different story. That's not to diminish my. I think Micah has Michael Parson enough welcome out there, and we just need to show that we've got antidotes for that.

[Zas]

He's right. No, I don't know if they have antidotes. Don't really know what's right about the rest of it.

[Billy Gill]

It'd be great if they thanked him and it said, michael Parsons has enough.

[Jeremy]

Welcome out there, and we just need to show that we've got antidotes for that. Enough welcome.

[Zas]

What is that?

[Mike Ryan]

What does that mean?

[Zas]

I think he means that, like, enough people are gonna, like, you know, cheer for him.

[Jeremy]

Antidotes.

[Zas]

Well, that's. He's talking about their offense. He thinks their offense could be the antidote. I'm not so sure about that.

[Tony]

It's a strange thing for you to get so angry about. You're getting really fired up.

[Zas]

It's so lame how we have to thank everyone who played for us. Oh, my God. I agree.

[Greg Cody]

Zaz is right. I mean, he played four years for the Cowboys.

[Zas]

Who cares?

[Greg Cody]

And never won anything. Look, LeBron played four years for the Heat but won two championships. You know, you give him a tribute, you don't give Micah a tribute.

[Tony]

You guys are sitting here. You guys have decided to take the position of being anti gratitude. That's what you two are doing right now.

[Zas]

That's what the money's for.

[Billy Gill]

They're pro appropriate gratitude. They are saying this is inappropriate gratitude. He got his gratitude already.

[Greg Cody]

Plus the gratitude is something you do in retrospect. This is a few weeks after he was traded. This is the same season he's here to try to beat you today. You don't say, hey, thanks a lot.

[Billy Gill]

Now go kick our ass, Michael Parsons.

[Zas]

I'm with you, Jerry.

[Billy Gill]

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