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Chris Cody
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Dan LeBatard
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Chris Cody
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Billy Gil
This is the Don Levatar show with the Stugats podcast.
Mike Ryan
Chris, what's going on with Ted Lasso, our friend Bill Lawrence's gigantic successful production? What are reports saying on the evolution of Ted Lasso?
Dan LeBatard
That they are filming and that reports are everybody except there is one Jamie Tartt. I think because of scheduling is not. But everybody else is reportedly back and I was just like, yeah, because outside of the main, outside of Jason Sudeikis, isn't that like a lot of their biggest. Like, it's just, it seemed like a funny thing, like, oh, the biggest show you were ever part of wants to get going again. Yeah, I'm gonna do it.
Greg Cody
How is that gonna work? Because I, I heard that this season he's coaching a women's team. Is that not true? Is that, is that.
Dan LeBatard
I haven't seen anymore. I just see here the original cast confirmed to be back.
Billy Gil
Spoiler alert. I thought Ted Lasso died at the end of season three.
Chris Cody
What?
Dan LeBatard
No, I don't think that happened.
Billy Gil
I've never seen the show.
Greg Cody
Oh, you never. Oh, you would like it. You would like it.
Billy Gil
For those who are kind of catching.
Greg Cody
It, I did never watch the end of season three, though. So I was, I Was like, wow.
Dan LeBatard
Minor penalty.
Mike Ryan
Two minutes for lying.
Billy Gil
My truth.
Greg Cody
Guess I pick it back up.
Dan LeBatard
I mean, just like. Yeah. Am I supposed to be shocked that Nate is gonna be back? Like, he is? Yeah.
Greg Cody
Which one's Nate again?
Dan LeBatard
Oh, come on.
Chris Cody
He was the assistant coach.
Dan LeBatard
No.
Greg Cody
Why would he be back?
Dan LeBatard
I'm just. He's gonna.
Chris Cody
Because, you see, you didn't see the end of season three.
Greg Cody
I know that he did, like, his Mourinho thing, and, like, he betrayed Jason Sudeikis and he went to another club, and then I didn't see, like, how that ended.
Chris Cody
Exactly. You didn't see how it ended.
Greg Cody
Well, I thought Ted probably died from.
Chris Cody
What Billy was selling in an explosion.
Mike Ryan
Nate is someone, I believe, who did business with Meadowlark Media. Did he not. Didn't we have an Apple podcast about soccer with Nate? I don't know. The character Nate. I don't know.
Greg Cody
What is it?
Mike Ryan
Guess his real name was. No, I thought he.
Greg Cody
Oh, he had Coach Beard.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
Oh, so that's a different. That's. I don't know which one Nate was because I only.
Chris Cody
The one who betrayed Ted Lasso.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, the one who started as a ball boy, became an assistant with the team, and then went off to the rival.
Chris Cody
The wonderkind.
Greg Cody
Yeah, the ethnic one.
Mike Ryan
You will have to forgive me, because I only saw season one, and I don't remember much of the details, so. Was that in season one?
Chris Cody
No.
Greg Cody
No.
Chris Cody
Why didn't you watch more? It's such a great show.
Greg Cody
Such an uplifting thing.
Chris Cody
It's a wonderful show.
Greg Cody
It was a great show that I'm definitely gonna finish now that I found out this shocking turn of events.
Mike Ryan
It sounds like Mike hasn't finished it either.
Dan LeBatard
And I guess Danny Rojas wants to still do Ted Lasso. I mean, it's just not that shocking. He's the one with the long hair. He says, football.
Zaslow
Football is life.
Dan LeBatard
Football's life.
Mike Ryan
I feel really guilty about making that admission. Bill Lawrence is a fan of our show. I just learned. I just learned now from Zaslow, because New Kids on the Block, and, forgive me, member of New Kids on the Block whose name I.
Chris Cody
My friend Danny. Yeah, Danny Wood.
Mike Ryan
He was. He reacted immediately to Zaslow saying what he said before we posted anything, because evidently, at least one of the new Kids on the Block watches the show.
Dan LeBatard
Loves the show, and somehow you just offended him again.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, well, I. I mean, yeah.
Greg Cody
Thank you. One of you.
Mike Ryan
I mean, I'm sorry, I can't name any of the old men on the block. Whoa.
Zaslow
Hey.
Greg Cody
One of Them, I'll have you know, is a Wahlberg.
Mike Ryan
Oh, which one?
Zaslow
Donnie.
Mike Ryan
Okay.
Greg Cody
Yeah, don't give him that. I wanted to see him. Try to find it. I'm sorry.
Mike Ryan
He's on the phone.
Greg Cody
Is he?
Mike Ryan
Oh, wait a minute. I gotta do this to myself. I think that's terrible. Terrible thing.
Dan LeBatard
Probably FaceTime.
Greg Cody
What is he in your phone as?
Mike Ryan
Do you want me to FaceTime him? Because.
Greg Cody
Are you that close?
Mike Ryan
No. The only reason I have this telephone number is out of nowhere, he called me to tell me that he loved the Mike Tyson one of the two art of conversations.
Greg Cody
That's incredible. Imagine.
Dan LeBatard
Did you tell ESPN that when they.
Greg Cody
Made the decision this whole time where Zsas is detailing his friendship with a member of New Kids on the Block, and here you are friends with another member. I didn't even know.
Mike Ryan
Well, I didn't know. Yes. I didn't know that the band he was in was New Kids on the Block because I don't know anything about boy bands. And so the only story I have about boy bands is what Stu Gotts did to Nick Lachey at the Versace Mansion, where he insults him and then demands that he call his wife. His own wife, Abby. And then makes Nick Lachey do that. And then we do something on the air with Nick Lachey and he insults Nick Lachey again and again. That's all I know about boy bands. And I know that Lou Perlman documentaries are interesting to watch because of how he did formulaically, the math on making boy bands successful, that he was actually somebody who had some sort of skill that other people don't have.
Greg Cody
And that's not all he did.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, there's that. It's. But the documentary work on all of that is interesting on how it is that there was a formula to all of that that has clearly ensnared all of you. Because if Jason and Chris Cody are flying across the country to see the Backstreet Boys and Zaslow is here shaming him, but has seen New Kids on the Block five times.
Chris Cody
A lot.
Mike Ryan
There's a phenomenon I missed out on that. You guys are fun.
Billy Gil
You don't watch Menudo growing up.
Mike Ryan
I did watch some Menudo growing up. Yes. Yes. Those are my people. I know who they were, but I couldn't name any of their people or any of their music, anything.
Billy Gil
If Danny Wood wasn't your friend, how many New Kids on the Block shows would you have gone to?
Chris Cody
It's funny because the way that I met Danny Wood one time when I hosted Mornings with Joy Taylor on 790 the Ticket. New Kids on the Block had just reunited and they put out their first tour, and somehow it came up on the show, and I literally said on the show, and you wouldn't catch me dead at a New Kids on the Block show. And then Danny Wood tweeted at me, said, it's okay, Zaz. I still am a huge fan. And that's how we became friends.
Greg Cody
Sound like such a dork.
Mike Ryan
I'm sure he's used to. I mean, boy band members are going to get used to the mockery, right? Because there's going to be some of that. You came in here and just shamed Chris Cody today because of his allegiance to one boy band.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Chris Cody
Backstreet Boys suck.
Dan LeBatard
You don't know what you're talking about.
Chris Cody
I know that's not me.
Greg Cody
Not a good boy band. Big boy band or not a big boy band? Not a big boy band.
Chris Cody
I've never done that segment, so definitely not in person.
Dan LeBatard
I feel like your friend would admit.
Chris Cody
That they were bigger new Kids.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah. Shut up.
Chris Cody
No, I think you're wrong about that.
Greg Cody
He's from the New Kids.
Mike Ryan
Put it on the poll. Juju at lebatard show. Would New Kids on the Block admit that Backstreet Boys are bigger?
Chris Cody
No way.
Greg Cody
I mean, you could. This is chartable. It's not even.
Chris Cody
No. No.
Greg Cody
Not even remotely.
Chris Cody
That's bullshit. So. So the way.
Dan LeBatard
Bullshit.
Chris Cody
The way to determine who is better is who has sold more albums. That's what you're saying.
Greg Cody
That's a good way of doing it. Now, I'm not talking.
Chris Cody
You're telling me some of these pop stars that are out right now, they're bigger than, like, Led Zeppelin, the pop stars.
Greg Cody
Well, let's look at it, because I imagine Led Zeppelin has a lot of albums sold.
Chris Cody
Okay. And there's definitely some pop stars that are out today who have sold a lot more albums. So they're bigger.
Greg Cody
What, you think Doja Cat has sold more albums and Led Zeppelin.
Chris Cody
I don't even know what Doja Cat.
Dan LeBatard
But you're holding up another boy band.
Greg Cody
What?
Dan LeBatard
You're putting up two boy bands. So if we're going to do this, we should just look at album sales. Like, if it was two genres, then you could just say, maybe different.
Chris Cody
But you could do that with any genre. You take one band, and just because they've sold more albums than the other, they're bigger.
Greg Cody
Okay. I mean, yeah, that's a good. Yes.
Chris Cody
No, bigger.
Greg Cody
No. Yes. Yes.
Billy Gil
Led Zeppelin has sold between 200 and 300 million units, solar records. Doja Cat has sold over 100 million certified units.
Chris Cody
I mean, I don't know why Doja. I haven't even heard of Doja Cat. I don't know why. That's the example. Doja Cat. The hell's a Doja Cat? I don't even care if I'm offending this person. Whatever. No one knows who Doja Cat is.
Mike Ryan
Well, that's not true.
Billy Gil
You're going to feel so Doja Cat.
Chris Cody
That's my truth.
Mike Ryan
Later.
Billy Gil
And says she was listening.
Chris Cody
And well, I'll tell her to her face you're not Led Zeppelin. I'm afraid of that. What's the matter with you?
Mike Ryan
We do have contacts that we could immediately ask the people involved. Do you think that you're bigger than Backstreet Boys? Because I think New Kids on the Block would concede that they weren't as big as Backstreet Boys. But I'm also willing to say that the ultimate measurement of all popularity is not big, just record sold.
Greg Cody
There are.
Mike Ryan
There are other measurements. It's not just that like you do.
Chris Cody
A TV rating, so, you know, show A had higher ratings and show B. It doesn't mean that it's bigger than that show.
Greg Cody
No, not necessarily. But there is data points that you can point to streaming numbers. Shows catch on late. Breaking Bad became the biggest show on tv, not at its inception, but several seasons into it. There's different.
Chris Cody
I mean, the Office had terrible ratings for a very long.
Greg Cody
Terrible.
Chris Cody
That's what I said.
Greg Cody
That's what I said.
Chris Cody
Terrible rating.
Greg Cody
Terrible.
Chris Cody
Terrible.
Greg Cody
Not good.
Dan LeBatard
New Kids on the Block. One million Instagram followers. Backstreet Boys. Five million.
Chris Cody
Who cares?
Mike Ryan
Well, what is the measurement that you're using to allege that New Kids on the Block are bigger than Backstreet Boys?
Chris Cody
My taste.
Billy Gil
How many Backstreet Boys have Tweeted @Zaslow?
Dan LeBatard
0.
Mike Ryan
Your measurement is just your taste, though. That doesn't seem empirical.
Chris Cody
That supersedes everything.
Mike Ryan
But that seems subjective. That subjectively.
Chris Cody
Right.
Zaslow
Tastemaker.
Mike Ryan
That doesn't seem like data math. It's just. It's just what you like.
Chris Cody
Sometimes you gotta eyeball it.
Mike Ryan
No, but. No, you don't make something bigger just by I. What?
Chris Cody
Yeah, sometimes you just gotta eyeball it. Sometimes you know you know something when you see it.
Mike Ryan
But you're the only one knowing this when you see it. No one else is knowing it when they see it.
Greg Cody
Temple of the Dog. Bigger than Machine Gun Kelly tell you that right now.
Chris Cody
Great example. You tell me Machine Gun Kelly is better than Temple of the dog. What are you, stupid? What are we talking about here? Get me started. Ridiculous.
Zaslow
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Greg Cody
If you were listening to the show just a couple days ago, you know that Jeremy came up with the top five breath of fresh air type of list. A really refreshing feeling. And on that list, Jeremy, help me out.
Dan LeBatard
I mean, that first sip of a Miller Light at the barbecue on a hot day, crack it open.
Chris Cody
That sound feelings better.
Greg Cody
That sound, ultra satisfying. And then that first sip, it hits. And yes, while it's hot outside as it is presently, cools your body down, it hits a little different down here in South Florida. But as someone that had Miller Light north of the border and basically football tailgates as the leaves turn, there really isn't a bad time to turn into Miller time.
Dan LeBatard
Next time, we should do a top five times to have Miller Time.
Greg Cody
I like where your head's at because it's every time. That's right. Every time. Morning time probably. Well, scratch that.
Dan LeBatard
Morning time. Morning morning time.
Greg Cody
If you're on vacation.
Dan LeBatard
If you're on vacation.
Greg Cody
If you're on vacation, if you're at.
Dan LeBatard
A morning tailgate, there's a noon game.
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Dan LeBatard
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Mike Ryan
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Chris Cody
I ain't cheating.
Billy Gil
This is the Dan Ler show with the st.
Mike Ryan
I haven't seen you this man since you cursed out Joe Rose. I, I don't. You are. Have they offended you? Because I, I look, I am admittedly ignorant about what we're talking about, but I believe I. My taste is representative of what America would say about this conversation that we're having, which is the Backstreet Boys are more historically resonant than, than New Kids on the Block. The Backstreet Boys, I think of them as the biggest form of this. You might say NSYNC is bigger and I wouldn't have any idea but I thought it was in sync and Backstreet Boys and then whatever's third is going to be. It's going to have Nick Lachey in it, but it's going to be a little further away that the bronze medalist. This race is a photo finish at the tape and we're going to have to rewind it. And the person running in the back.
Dan LeBatard
Pulled a hamstring, broke it down.
Greg Cody
That I will.
Dan LeBatard
Nailed it.
Greg Cody
I will, I will give you a data point right now. Just. Are we saying bigger right now? Bigger right now. Because New Kids on the Block, the nostalgia helps.
Chris Cody
We're talking overall. But I mean, shoot. New Kids on the Block is playing sold out stadiums.
Greg Cody
You know, they're not, they're not. In fact, both these acts right now are presently playing Las Vegas residencies. Backstreet Boys are at the Sphere and New Kids on the Block are at the mgm.
Chris Cody
Yeah, they're doing a resident. Backstreet's doing a residency back.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, this is a two month one, but they were I think at Planet Hollywood doing a longer one that this one. They're like, oh, we want to be at the, the Sphere.
Greg Cody
So they.
Dan LeBatard
They're doing.
Greg Cody
Well. It's the anniversary of Millennium, right?
Chris Cody
I don't know what that means.
Mike Ryan
Billy, would you do me the favor of looking up for me? What is the host. What is the name of the show that I just saw Donnie Wahlberg on with someone I didn't know?
Billy Gil
Wahlbergers.
Dan LeBatard
Wahlbergers.
Chris Cody
I just cooked Wahlbergers last night.
Billy Gil
Really?
Chris Cody
Burgers are good.
Billy Gil
What's the brother's name? Paul?
Chris Cody
I don't know.
Billy Gil
Oh, if you guys, you know, let.
Mike Ryan
Me finish a thought or a question, you would know you're not answering the correct question. What I was going to ask is the name of the show that Donnie Wahlberg with someone I did not know was his wife, which is Jenny McCarthy. McCarthy. I didn't know that until they hosted a show together. They came out together, and I'm like, I didn't know that they were married.
Billy Gil
Wahlbergers.
Greg Cody
That sounds a lot like Wahlbergers.
Chris Cody
That Sliders last night. They were good.
Mike Ryan
That's not the show that I was watching.
Billy Gil
I found a new data point for you, Zaz. So the Backstreet Boys were honored with a star in the Hollywood walk of fame. April 22, 2013. New kids on the Block received their star in the Hollywood walk of fame. October 9, 2014.
Zaslow
Wow.
Chris Cody
I mean, you know, what kind of hooligans are running that?
Dan LeBatard
Johnny Wahlberg hosts true crime Documentary. Documentary series Very Scary people.
Chris Cody
Donnie Wahlberg was in the Saw movies.
Mike Ryan
That is what I was watching. Very Scary People. It is not Wahl Burgers. What is that about?
Greg Cody
It's about burgers.
Billy Gil
Yeah, they have a family burger restaurant.
Dan LeBatard
They. They run it.
Greg Cody
Got burgers.
Billy Gil
He also was on the Masked Singer, which she's a judge on. So maybe you were watching Masked Singer if it was scary.
Dan LeBatard
Wait, he was one of the people under a mask, and she was trying.
Billy Gil
To guess who it was, and she, spoiler alert, didn't guess her own husband's voice.
Chris Cody
I don't understand that show. They're supposed to guess.
Billy Gil
It's pretty complicated.
Chris Cody
Like, they do a performance, and then they're supposed to guess who it was. Could literally be anyone in the world. How do you guess who it is?
Dan LeBatard
Celebrities. It's only celebrities.
Chris Cody
There's more than a few. There's a lot of celebrities.
Billy Gil
There's clues. They give you clues.
Dan LeBatard
They're like, oh, you. I hit three home runs and I got a high school baseball game.
Greg Cody
Are you wrong, Gant?
Chris Cody
And then they're like, no, Would never watch that show.
Dan LeBatard
But it would be like, My if it was Ron Gant be like one of my favorite colors is red that they like throw cuz he was a red.
Greg Cody
Yeah, I, I used to, I used to sh.
Chris Cody
Balls with Ray langford and like Mr. Chow then guesses who it is.
Dan LeBatard
Well, they never get it. They never guess it because they don't want to ruin it. So they're always like kind of close. They're like it must be a professional baseball player. But I just don't know.
Chris Cody
Stupid show.
Greg Cody
Brian Jordan was there.
Mike Ryan
Billy, you're going, you're going to just accept Billy like to your face. He continues to say again and again that masked singer is a stupid show. That's your show and you're just eating it like again and again.
Billy Gil
I don't care what this guy thinks about anything. I told you that earlier today. He could do whatever. He's wearing a Bret Hart shirt. What are we doing?
Greg Cody
That's right. We hate Bret Hart.
Chris Cody
Excellent execution.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Billy Gil
That's what you're going to two nights of wrestling.
Chris Cody
I'm going to SummerSlam night one and SummerSlam night two.
Zaslow
Yes.
Chris Cody
It's in less than two weeks.
Billy Gil
Are you taking your kid that ran away from home?
Chris Cody
No, I'm going by myself.
Billy Gil
I don't know.
Chris Cody
I'm taking one of my sons. Not that one.
Greg Cody
Have you considered taking your wife? Like Chris, Cody had a great time.
Billy Gil
Why one?
Chris Cody
Because the older one. No, it's just a trip for me. My younger. I would. You know what? That may or may not be true. Whatever his loss, I, I would, I would take my wife. Okay, but based on, based on her reaction when I'm watching Monday Night Raw and I say, hey Tam, come sit down. Cody Rhodes is entering the ring and then she scoffs and runs away.
Dan LeBatard
I don't think that she's try with Backstreet Boys. Mike, fist me Fisty.
Greg Cody
Right now I can nightmare.
Mike Ryan
I have never seen, I have never seen Billy as happy as he just was when he said to your face she broke up with you and then applauded himself like I dropped the dry race.
Chris Cody
Why would you applaud my. My misery?
Billy Gil
I wasn't applauding your two of the.
Chris Cody
Worst months of my life.
Billy Gil
No, I was. Was not, I mean, not enough though that you've told us that if it were to happen again, you wouldn't fight for that to survive.
Chris Cody
I was really down when the heat lost in 2005 too. But those two months that I broke up with my wife, that was.
Dan LeBatard
It's funny that the worst time in your life brings A smile to Mike and Dan's face.
Chris Cody
Yeah, that's kind of bullshit.
Billy Gil
Yeah.
Greg Cody
Nostalgia.
Billy Gil
My heart bleeds for you.
Greg Cody
Szas, though it was great banter in the office.
Chris Cody
I don't believe you.
Mike Ryan
You did survive it. Everything has worked out. You have a wonderful family, and you have a wonderful wife and a wonderful life as well. But I'd like to go back to what it is that happened all these years ago, because I did not know the story of you yelling at Joe Rose and cursing Joe Rose, formidable, former tight end for the Miami Dolph. And I wanted to just find out a little more about what happened here. Were you guys aware of the details, or did you understand the details on how it is all of this escalated because it wasn't Joe Rose teasing Zaslo off air. It was Joe Rose spending weeks on air rummaging through Zaslow's very private pain.
Chris Cody
There was even one time he got my father to call in. He got my father to call in. Thank you. He got my father to call in, and my father's, like, defending me, and I'm. Oh, you're so such a sucker, dad. Like, I can't. You're falling for it, and you're calling in. Oh, that was like, eventually. I understand. There comes a time. All right, everybody calm down. There comes a time where sometimes a man needs to stand up for himself. And that's what happened. That's what happened.
Billy Gil
What dad say when he called in?
Chris Cody
Oh, it's like, ah, he's a tough kid. He's gonna be okay. I'm like, you're such a sucker. You're falling for it. I'm not gonna be exactly what he wants.
Greg Cody
Devastated right now.
Billy Gil
Joe Rose is 68. Did you guys know that?
Mike Ryan
Fresh fish.
Dan LeBatard
It looks good.
Billy Gil
He does for 68.
Dan LeBatard
He's only two years younger than my dad.
Greg Cody
That's wild.
Mike Ryan
Well, I mean, Mike Ryan, if he were reporting exclusively on why that was, is because he's got a bunch of chapapote in his hair. Like, that is just straight tar that he's put in his hair.
Greg Cody
I haven't seen him recently, but, yeah, he used to.
Mike Ryan
What, are you kidding me?
Greg Cody
I can report with 100% certainty that back in the day, he used to. I don't know if he. If he's leaned in.
Billy Gil
Don't do that.
Mike Ryan
This is one of the many reasons that Spanish is a better language than English. Tar becomes Chapapote, soaked becomes empapado.
Zaslow
Sounds delicious.
Mike Ryan
The language of Chapapote is very inefficient where you can have tar or you can have Chapapote. Either way, it's what Joe Rose had in his hair. Like, nobody's hair is that black when they're 68. There's just. There's. Except for Mike Krzyzewski. Is that the list? Because Mike Krzyzewski pulled that off for a long. Mike Krzyzewski is. Is about 82, is he not? I meant 80 also.
Chris Cody
Mike Krzyzewski is 80, isn't he.
Mike Ryan
Isn't he pretty close?
Billy Gil
He's 78. So he's 10 years older than the big guy.
Dan LeBatard
He looks good.
Chris Cody
Good for him.
Mike Ryan
Well, but again, it's the Chapaporte. It's because that. That hair, like your dad. Your dad, Chris, the other day, looked much younger. Let's get that text again from yesterday that Greg Cody shared with us. I don't know if you've seen this, Chris, because he came in here yesterday with a shaved mustache. He was working the Colbert mustache for a while. We celebrated him. He took the compliments. He thought we were joking because we're always joking and he feels we're insincere. But we were sincere in saying that your father looked younger. And so he sent it to your mom, Erlene, a couple of pictures of the mustache, and it was just the darkening of the face that made him look a little bit younger. And your. Your mother immediately killed the mustache.
Dan LeBatard
I mean, those are not great photos. They don't. I guess it doesn't photo. Well, yeah, it definitely looked better in person, but yeah, this is. What a creepy photo, honestly. Please stop zooming in.
Mike Ryan
So she wrote, just when I thought it couldn't get any worse. What are you shaking your head about? Says because your nemesis, Cody. How do you feel in general about Greg Cody? Is some of that softened the nemesis stuff with him?
Chris Cody
It was never. It's never been personal for me. All right? It's about his work. And has his work changed since I started coming around here? Not particularly. So none of that has solved. But personally, he's a nice enough man.
Mike Ryan
Well, but I would say that if you're questioning how good someone's work is and they take pride in their work, it immediately becomes personal.
Chris Cody
Hold on. You've never had a friend who you're like, wow, they're really shitty at their job.
Mike Ryan
That seems personal to me. Like, if I'm making that complaint publicly, as you just did.
Chris Cody
Oh, no, I didn't say that about Greg Cody. I'm laying a scenario in front of you.
Mike Ryan
I don't know that it's not how you feel about.
Chris Cody
I certainly don't think Cody is shitty at his job. That's a ridiculous thing to say.
Greg Cody
Which one of the jobs?
Chris Cody
He's been a columnist here for many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many years. All right, so certainly I'm not saying that. Do I like his columns all the time? I'm going to go on the no. All right. But he's a nice man. I've enjoyed getting to know him a little bit. So that's.
Mike Ryan
There's nothing wrong with that. I would just say that as a matter of nuance that what you think is not personal, some other people might take as personal. That's how people get insulted. Your line isn't everyone's line and I will tell you it should be. I will tell you that if he heard this, my guess, I don't know how his son feels about this.
Dan LeBatard
My dad's a big fan of Zaslo 2.0.
Chris Cody
So yeah, I'll tell you something. I think my comments a couple of weeks ago being sarcastic, I think, well, that's not nice.
Mike Ryan
Well, just hold on a second, let me do this again because it's been an outbreak here.
Dan LeBatard
Minor penalty, two minutes for lying.
Chris Cody
I will tell you, I think my comments a couple weeks ago thinking that it's crazy that people are waking up in the morning and they're immediately checking out the new episode of the Greg Cody show podcast featuring Greg Cody. I may have been wrong because I've gotten a lot of messages from people saying I just woke up today. I'm already listening to Greg Cody Show. I may be wrong about that.
Mike Ryan
I will say that people who love Greg Cody will love that podcast even more because it is such a funny different thing to see the relationship that Chris and Yeti have with Greg Cody. It's unlike, I think I was wrong. It's unlike anything that I have seen. If you love Greg Cody, I find myself my wife came in the other day. This may have been the time with the anger that scared me. She came in the other day and could not believe that I was just sitting there giggling at a YouTube video of Chris and Yeti making fun of Greg and Greg being the Bethallo. Just totally confused. I was really enjoying how crudely the art was put on Greg Cody's show because they're doing a low budget production cuz it's just the three of them trying to put together whatever it is that they can put together against a man who's not built for the modern age. He's just wildly confused by an assortment of different things that always make it seem like he's got bees he can't see in his face and in his hair, and he's trying to swat them away in a. In a delirium.
Greg Cody
I want Dan. We are closing a loop. We have found out what Jimbo Fisher is up to.
Mike Ryan
Oh.
Greg Cody
He today at ACC media day, debuted with ACC Huddle on the ACC network.
Mike Ryan
Oh, snap.
Chris Cody
I want to reiterate, I do not think Greg Cody is shitty at his job. That's a stupid and not nice thing to say and obviously accurate. So I don't want. I don't want him to think that because that is. That is not true and that is not nice.
Mike Ryan
Minor penalty.
Dan LeBatard
Two minutes, asshole.
Chris Cody
All right.
Greg Cody
It's like a joke jump ball. I had no idea who that one was.
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Mike Ryan
Don LeBatard.
Chris Cody
John, can you rate my Al Pacino from that billiard scene in Carlito's Way? If I do it for you, I think it's pretty good.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Chris Cody
Okay.
Mike Ryan
Stugats.
Chris Cody
You think you're big time when you're.
Mike Ryan
Gonna die big time? That is on my infamous scale of 1 to 10.
Chris Cody
That's a.
Dan LeBatard
That's a 7.6 solid.
Greg Cody
That's a suey nominee right there.
Billy Gil
This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.
Mike Ryan
Jimbo Fisher. It's a stunner that. Not the news that you just broke, but that we had ACC media day and the first coach we talked about from ACC media day was Jimbo Fisher because Belichick has to be doing something right.
Greg Cody
NFL teams have their form of media day. I imagine if the Patriots did they very much control the message as the Belichick White did. I mean Belichick is there and everybody that is in the ACC network of affiliates and beat writers, the two four sevens, the on threes, everyone can go there and ask questions of Bill Belichick. He doesn't have his media relations person there like hand picking people. So if you're.
Dan LeBatard
We're going to get a car wash.
Greg Cody
So yeah, if you have. If a Clemson Tigers beat writer ask Bill Belichick a question, you know, every.
Dan LeBatard
Somebody's gonna. He's gonna have someone with him that walks up to every table and like we're just sticking to football here.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
But it's gonna be. I think he's talking later in the week. I know Miami like crystal ball was making the rounds this morning. I believe Belichick is Wednesday or Thursday.
Greg Cody
Yeah, Crystal ball and Beck are there on behalf of Miami. But yeah, he's gonna have to answer questions or at least something try to find a way to define, deflect attention away from it. You can go there and you can have your sids say, hey, we're keeping it to this. But you're at the mercy of that. It's not the same kind of power dynamic that you had over there. And also it's ACC media day. You have, you know, people trying wacky things. How's Bill Belichick going to interact with a wacky things?
Billy Gil
Did Pablo go?
Greg Cody
Maybe he tweeted today. Maybe that's where he's headed. Can you imagine?
Dan LeBatard
Don't you have to address it somewhat somewhere? Pick your interview. But like if you if make laugh about it, like if he acts, if he does the super serious. Oh, I'm not talking about like. I just feel like that's just gonna keep the train moving.
Greg Cody
What if she's there?
Dan LeBatard
Right. Okay, well I. She probably shouldn't be if she doesn't want to get.
Chris Cody
What do you mean?
Greg Cody
What do you mean?
Dan LeBatard
No, I know. She's that person. Right. She might be the person walking up to every.
Greg Cody
Does she strike you as someone that knows how to keep the heat off of them?
Dan LeBatard
I would have thought after all of the last couple months there would be some meeting there where it's like someone else is going to find out.
Mike Ryan
We'll find out. And it's happening right now. And I think Pablo Tory finds out, has reported that she's not wanted by the people around North Carolina through emails that have been found and everything else. She's not wanted at the facility. And I don't imagine if they're trying to manage this stuff that she would be there with him today. But put this on the poll. Are you now now looking forward to Bill Belichick interviews? Because I did not think there was a circumstance under which I would enjoy or predict that I did not think that that a lot has changed in the last year ever since that ring camera video emerged of what we didn't know at the time was Bill Belichick, but looked suspiciously like Bill Belichick, but couldn't possibly actually be Bill Belichick leaving an apartment with a. I love that sound. That sound is so funny. I wish. Can we go back to the show where we originally played that just to hear our commentary on that can't be Bill Belichick, but holy shit, that looks like Bill Belichick. I will tell you, I often leave my apartment like that and go outside and walk the dog shirtless like that. So there can be camera footage of me somewhere not unlike that.
Greg Cody
That people are saying pretty much exactly like that.
Mike Ryan
Yeah. That people are saying to that might.
Greg Cody
Be much younger prize on your arm too. Like conquering hero feeling good about yourself. Yeah.
Mike Ryan
That gives you off conquering hero to you.
Greg Cody
Oh, he conquered that night.
Mike Ryan
But I. But that video didn't give off Conquering hero.
Greg Cody
Sometimes that's what that looks like. Dan.
Mike Ryan
I wanted to ask you guys about news from yesterday. And this is a bit awkward. And you can continue to play that sound behind It'll be funny. Just the the creaking of Bill Belichick emerging from a shitty Airbnb. But there was some sad news yesterday and if we have to go back to the time of I'm going to say what was this? When was the Cosby show popular?
Zaslow
Would this late 80s, 84 to 92.
Greg Cody
Yeah. Just by the way, real quick. UNC going to be there on Thursday so we'll get our answers to our questions.
Mike Ryan
Thank you. But I just want before recent developments, what I had often thought was one of the biggest Greek tragedies in the history of sitcom television is just the story of all the people involved later in life. With Different Strokes, the show Different Strokes ended up being a whole lot of actors succumbing to addiction or death or just A great deal of awful. In retrospect, the Bill Cosby show was not just a phenomenon and the number one show on television for a long time, but that show was one of the last places where you'll find the sitcom dad. The sitcom dad basically died after that show. I mean, you'll still find it in Modern Family in a few places, but not very many after that. And then yesterday, and not only that, but. But in plain sight, Bill Cosby was running a gynecology office out of the basement of his house. And then you learned everything you learned later about Bill Cosby, including that in interviews with Larry King, he was basically telling on himself about, yeah, I kind of put things in drinks. But to hear yesterday, the news that Malcolm Jamal Warner had died at the age of 54 by drowning. I don't know how much you guys feel some of these celebrity deaths and how much they bring up for you some kind of personal thing that makes you feel sadness and changes what could be a lovely childhood experience. But that show now has, for me some connotations that come with sadness instead of happiness. And I can't say it for a lot of shows in the history of television that reach through, spend time in your living room and then develop an intimacy in entertainment that I think is harder to come by now because audiences are so fractured that you don't have all of America watching one thing and talking about it. Whatever the numbers were on the Cosby Show, I'm guessing bigger than any numbers that are even possible today. I'm guessing that if I look at past numbers from a different time in entertainment, that it's not even possible to do anymore what the Cosby show did. Even though we have more ways of being connected to streaming and television and entertainment than we have ever had.
Greg Cody
But this is crazy. During Its peak number one show on television, 33.7 million viewers per episode, had the number one spot for five consecutive seasons.
Mike Ryan
So Colbert, so, you know, highest rated show on late night television, 2.5 million people as the highest rated show. So the idea that in prime time, 33 million people, that was an average.
Greg Cody
By the way, its peak. There were certain episodes across 60 million people watching.
Chris Cody
Wow.
Mike Ryan
It's not even possible anymore, right? Like, no, there's just no Super Bowls.
Greg Cody
Don't come close to that.
Mike Ryan
No, I think Super Bowls are better than that.
Greg Cody
You're probably right. Let me check that.
Mike Ryan
Super Bowls, I think are better than that. But Super Bowls go into the hundred million millions.
Chris Cody
I think there's too many channels. Like a show will never do that Never come close to.
Mike Ryan
What can we find out though, like what the closest thing existing right now to that is? Like what would be the closest thing?
Chris Cody
It was probably something like the Walking Dead. Wasn't that like a monster for a while?
Greg Cody
Yeah. The most recent Super bowl had 127.7 million.
Mike Ryan
So it's double the Cosby Show. But didn't Yellowstone, Wasn't Yellowstone some sort of great achievement? Wasn't that the number after Walking Dead? Are all these numbers going down are all like if, if I, over the last 40 years, number one show in television, will the numbers on that just be a chart that goes straight down? Yeah.
Chris Cody
My guess is like the highest rated of like the last 20 years maybe gets close to 10.
Greg Cody
Maybe the biggest show on TV last week had 4.8 million viewers. It was America's Got Talent.
Mike Ryan
Wow. Holy shit. So the best you can do this time in this is not peak season Television though is less than 5 million people per episode.
Greg Cody
Not peak season. Let me find out. Like, I'm sure there's an NCIS in here somewhere.
Billy Gil
You can also change the way that you report things. So like in the first half of 2025, Bluey was the most viewed TV show with 25.1 billion minutes viewed.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
The numbers make it hard because the ratings these days aren't something you can actually trust or measure correctly. Not that it's ever been that.
Greg Cody
How about this here? This puts it in perspective, Dan. The most watched Sunday night Football game last year was Chiefs versus Ravens.
Billy Gil
You honestly could probably measure how many things are being viewed more accurately now than you could back then.
Greg Cody
How many people do you think watch Chiefs, Ravens, low teens. There's 29.2 million viewers below the average of the Cosby show for that five season long stretch. Well below the peak of 62 million people watching.
Dan LeBatard
You mentioned Yellowstone. Their season five finale achieved record breaking viewership with 13.1 million viewers.
Mike Ryan
So that's the best we can do these days. Yeah. Let's get to our boldest take here. We've told you that the telephone numbers 305486 gots 305-486-4689. I've also told you that this has hit a rough patch and has gotten a little more terrible after you guys promised me that the callers were being competitive and great. Let's see what the boldest take stuff is this week.
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Mike Ryan
First time, long time.
Greg Cody
This is Dan from Rochester on a mobile.
Mike Ryan
My bold take is that Danny DeVito is the greatest actor of our generation. I'll hang up and listen. Hey, guys, this is Ross calling from the middle of nowhere. My hot take is what root beer is to soda. Whoppers are to candy. I'll hang up and listen.
Greg Cody
Mitch from Milwaukee on a car phone.
Mike Ryan
Limited take.
Dan LeBatard
Limited fake college basketball announcer.
Chris Cody
Five foot three point guard from Alabama.
Mike Ryan
Brendan calling from a landline. Northern Michigan. I. I just had to get my power washer repaired because it got wet.
Greg Cody
I believe power washers.
Mike Ryan
Should be allowed to get wet. This still work? Correct.
Billy Gil
Thank you.
Chris Cody
Hey, guys, this is Michael on the mobile.
Greg Cody
The star of the BLT sandwich is.
Chris Cody
The tomato, not the bacon.
Greg Cody
Thanks.
Dan LeBatard
I'll hang up and listen.
Mike Ryan
Hey, it's Juan from the Bronx.
Chris Cody
Some advice for you out of towners.
Greg Cody
When you're taking a train in the.
Mike Ryan
City, if somebody approaches you and tells you you good.
Chris Cody
Don'T look at him in the eye.
Mike Ryan
Take your phone out and mind your business. And now, here's my limited fake Dominican bean. My mar.
Chris Cody
I'll hang up and listen.
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Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Episode: Hour 2: My Truth
Release Date: July 22, 2025
In this episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz engage in their signature blend of sports analysis, pop culture commentary, and candid personal anecdotes. Skipping over the various advertisements and sponsor messages, the conversation delves into popular television shows, the enduring debate between iconic boy bands, and reflections on television viewership trends.
The episode kicks off with a discussion about the beloved series Ted Lasso. The hosts ponder the show's trajectory, specifically addressing rumors about Jamie Tartt's potential departure and the show's impending return.
Dan Le Batard expresses curiosity:
"They are filming and that reports are everybody except there is one Jamie Tartt. I think because of scheduling is not, but everybody else is reportedly back..." [01:48]
Greg Cody raises a concern:
"How is that gonna work? Because I heard that this season he's coaching a women's team. Is that not true?" [02:12]
The conversation reveals a mix of speculation and uncertainty about the show's direction, highlighting the hosts' deep engagement with contemporary TV narratives.
A heated debate ensues as the hosts compare two legendary boy bands: New Kids on the Block (NKOTB) and Backstreet Boys. This segment blends nostalgia with factual comparisons, touching on album sales, social media presence, and cultural impact.
Billy Gil sparks the debate:
"I thought Ted Lasso died at the end of season three." [02:30]
Greg Cody counters with enthusiasm for NKOTB:
"Oh, you never. Oh, you would like it. You would like it." [02:29]
Danny Wood of NKOTB makes an appearance, sharing how he became friends with Chris Cody after an on-air interaction:
"I literally said on the show, and you wouldn't catch me dead at a New Kids on the Block show. And then Danny Wood tweeted at me..." [07:15]
Greg Cody presents album sales statistics:
"Led Zeppelin has sold between 200 and 300 million units, solar records. Doja Cat has sold over 100 million certified units." [09:46]
The debate highlights the subjective nature of measuring popularity, with each host bringing their perspectives and personal biases to the forefront.
Shifting gears, the hosts reflect on the evolution of television viewership, comparing historic figures to contemporary metrics.
Mike Ryan laments the decline in viewership:
"Yesterday, you learned everything you learned later about Bill Cosby... and yesterday, the news that Malcolm Jamal Warner had died at the age of 54 by drowning." [34:18]
Greg Cody provides context with historical data:
"During its peak, number one show on television found 33.7 million viewers per episode..." [38:17]
Dan Le Batard cites current popular shows:
"Yellowstone, their season five finale achieved record-breaking viewership with 13.1 million viewers." [40:57]
The hosts express nostalgia for a time when shows like The Cosby Show commanded massive audiences, contrasting it with today's fragmented viewership landscape.
A segment focuses on Bill Belichick's appearance at ACC Media Day, delving into behind-the-scenes insights and speculative discussions about his interactions.
Greg Cody compares NFL and ACC media dynamics:
"NFL teams have their form of media day. I imagine if the Patriots did, they very much control the message..." [31:15]
Mike Ryan discusses recent rumors:
"There's a phenomenon I missed out on that. You guys are fun." [06:31]
Dan Le Batard humorously interrupts with a playful remark:
"Minor penalty, two minutes for lying." [26:49]
The conversation reveals the hosts' keen interest in sports management and the intricate dynamics between media figures and public personas.
Interspersed throughout the episode are personal stories and light-hearted exchanges among the hosts, adding depth to their on-air camaraderie.
Chris Cody opens up about a challenging period:
"The two months that I broke up with my wife, that was..." [20:01]
Mike Ryan probes into host relationships:
"How do you feel in general about Greg Cody?" [25:09]
Dan Le Batard emphasizes camaraderie:
"You have a wonderful family, and you have a wonderful wife and a wonderful life as well." [26:31]
These moments offer listeners an intimate glimpse into the hosts' lives beyond their professional personas.
As the episode wraps up, the hosts briefly touch upon upcoming events and make light-hearted comments, maintaining the show's engaging and conversational tone.
Mike Ryan introspectively comments on modern-day celebrity and television:
"The most watched Sunday night Football game last year was Chiefs versus Ravens... That's below the peak of 62 million people watching." [40:33]
Greg Cody muses on the future of television's influence:
"What can we find out though, like what the closest thing existing right now to that is?" [39:09]
The episode concludes with a blend of humor and poignant reflections, leaving listeners contemplating the shifts in media consumption and the enduring bonds of pop culture.
Dan Le Batard:
"Cheaters never prosper." [15:04]
Chris Cody:
"Backstreet Boys suck." [07:55]
Greg Cody:
"He conquered that night." [34:34]
Mike Ryan:
"Danny DeVito is the greatest actor of our generation." [41:25]
These standout moments encapsulate the hosts' dynamic interactions and the show's vibrant energy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz continues to deliver its unique mix of sports insight, pop culture debates, and personal storytelling. In this episode, the hosts navigate through nostalgic discussions, current television trends, and spirited debates, ensuring both engagement and entertainment for their audience.