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Dan LeBatard
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Chris Cody
Shadow Show.
Greg Cody
Shadow Show.
Chris Cody
Shadow Show.
Mike Ryan
Shadow Show.
Chris Cody
Shadow Show.
Greg Cody
Shadow Show.
Chris Cody
Shadow Show.
Greg Cody
Shadowing it. Shadowing it.
Chris Cody
Stingach. Did you see what me and Cody were doing? Could you guys hear in the other room what me, Cody and Chris were trying to do in this room? Even though it's soundproof, could you hear it?
Mike Ryan
Nah, I couldn't really hear it, to be honest.
Chris Cody
Did any of you see what me and Greg were practicing with Chris and how. How operatically I was trying to sing? Like it's a side of me I don't think Chris Cody has ever seen correct like that in the history of. I've known you since you were a little boy. In the history of you and I knowing each other, have you ever seen me sing operatically? No.
Billy Gil
And when you did it, I wanted to immediately switch you for my dad. Cause we have my dad about to do something here to start the show, and you crushed it.
Mike Ryan
But your dad has a great singing voice.
Billy Gil
You know, he coughs well, so.
Chris Cody
So here's the problem that we have. I don't have a lot of confidence in what's coming next. I'm worried about a lot of things, about what's going to happen next. Okay? Because this is a matter of timing. And when we ask him to sing and hit comedic notes, sometimes he does what he did in New York, which is Run out on stage when we're doing a live performance that we had rehearsed and run right past his lines and run right past his singing and his cue because he was just awash in applause and just track of where he was. He was just so happy to be entering a place and being cheered that he forgot what he was there to do and ran right past the microphone. We are asking the singing sportswriter who at this point, we can all agree the voice shot likely to produce laughter and then coughing. Not what you want around the anthem. Two things. Not what you want around the anthem. Correct. We agree. Everyone would agree.
Mike Ryan
You don't shot voice of coughing.
Chris Cody
So, Chris, when we were practicing this, I was saying, he's going to cough. And he's like, I won't cough. And then he started coughing.
Mike Ryan
Huh.
Billy Gil
I have no confidence in this. I think he's going to screw it up. I mean, he's always going to win, so I think it's going to be funny regardless. But him nailing this, I don't really see it.
Mike Ryan
I am fascinated at the idea of Dan having a better voice. Is that what you're saying? Like, Dan has a good voice. I've never heard Dan saying, do you sing out loud?
Dan LeBatard
I made a musical.
Chris Cody
I. Yes, we did make a musical. It was an achievement. That thing. It made us all sound like we.
Dan LeBatard
All forgot about it two years later, which is the craziest achievement.
Chris Cody
It is weird. It's a weird reaction to the making.
Jessica
Mike hasn't forgotten it.
Mike Ryan
No.
Billy Gil
The YouTube audience hears it every day during the breaks.
Chris Cody
That's right. It still lives. It lives a vibrant life, though not a Grammy winning one. To Mike's eternal failure. He wanted to win a Grammy for musicals.
Jessica
I got something from Mike later, by the way.
Chris Cody
Why are you laughing at Mike for not winning a Grammy?
Mike Ryan
It haunts him.
Jessica
It haunts him for sure. And that's the one thing he feels like he's missing in his life and he doesn't have. And it makes me laugh. But I also have something for Mike later. Don't forget that.
Chris Cody
Okay.
Dan LeBatard
He doesn't have the E or the OT either, though, in the egot. You can't say it's the one thing you're missing if you don't have all four.
Jessica
Well, no, but, like, one thing he's missing, like, inside.
Chris Cody
Right.
Jessica
He doesn't have to be an egot. He's just really wanted that G. But now he doesn't have that G. Maybe he can get a T. Tony Awards coming later this year.
Chris Cody
By the way.
Mike Ryan
Wow.
Chris Cody
Oh, Jessica, you sound correct. Delighted by that.
Jessica
I'm excited for the Tony might win a Tony.
Mike Ryan
Tony's. I mean.
Chris Cody
Can you tell me please, before we go to Greg Cody, what you have for Mike? Because the Shadow show should be a place to release office gossip. It should be a place to just amongst us when the mystery craz when the other. You guys aren't listen to that. No, I did, but. You did. I did listen.
Jessica
McDonald's episode.
Chris Cody
Well, but Fuentes brothers Lewis and Kristen are not exactly the company secrets I was looking for.
Jessica
Well, you know, when nobody's here, what do we do? We can only grab so many bodies, right? We gotta put the Quadroto in chairs and have them talk.
Chris Cody
I'm just saying there. I. I mean.
Jessica
Dan, I got something for Mike. Don't worry about it.
Dan LeBatard
He doesn't know what you mean.
Mike Ryan
I do, though.
Chris Cody
Where are we? Chris, you just ran into the other room. I don't have confidence in this Chris. Because all we need him to do. It's a good joke. He just has to nail the comedic timing of it. We've never had a meeting before where we're practicing with him.
Billy Gil
That makes me more nervous. The more we prepare, the more nervous I get. Let's hit the show open and see.
Chris Cody
If he nails it. All right, let's see what we're excited. Let's see what we've got.
Mike Ryan
Nervous?
Greg Cody
Oh, can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hail that Connor McDavid still overrated whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watch the Kachuks gallantly scoring and the rocket's red glare the pucks bursting in air Gave proof through the night that our power play was still there Bo Say, does that star spangle banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and Connor Hellebock's next great save.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, he did it.
Billy Gil
Doesn't have much breath yet, but he's did it.
Chris Cody
How dare we underestimate the great and historic singing sportswriter. The one and only Greg Cody, who brought song to the radio as a journalist. It has not been done before or since by anybody. It was exclusively his lane. These are the last embers of his career. We toy with a mighty career. It has been.
Mike Ryan
It was almost too clean. I mean, I prefer when he screws it up.
Chris Cody
I was shocked. Way too competent. Roy, do you have the sound of Greg Cody coming out at Gramercy? Our first live performance. Probably our best live performance. I think. I'm not sure. This was the one where Greg Cody runs out on stage to start our performance to welcome New York to salute New York. And Greg Cody just ran. Right. You didn't run right past the microphone, but you found yourself in a position where you were entirely self involved. Let's play that sound. It is B roll, Dan. There he is. Going to the mic. Okay. Don't want you doing play by play. Well, I got no choice because there's no video. No, that's okay. I thought that you had the audio prepar. That's fine. We'll find the audio later. Greg, welcome.
Greg Cody
Thank you.
Chris Cody
Turn his microphone on. All right, Roy. Not a great start.
Mike Ryan
He's got a lot of things going on there. Dan.
Greg Cody
Yeah, I love it when there's a mistake that isn't my fault.
Mike Ryan
Right.
Greg Cody
Thank you.
Chris Cody
Roy, how did you feel? Was there too much pressure on all of that? Because you nailed it. I thought. I thought you did very well. But I'm also guilty of perpetually underestimating you and. And your son.
Greg Cody
Okay, that's fine. We're. You know, I live with that. I'm a Cody. My dad was always underestimated, but I nailed it because I had practiced. You know, I'm a performer.
Billy Gil
I mean, you went rogue with the lyrics. The plan was just kind of to sing it, but yeah, you did it. Had to throw in the MC overrated thing in there. You had to work that in.
Greg Cody
You know, I got faked.
Dan LeBatard
I thought you were gonna sing oh, Canada.
Billy Gil
That was the bit.
Dan LeBatard
Yes, it was a great bit.
Greg Cody
Oh, can you see?
Chris Cody
See, look at. That's what he's.
Dan LeBatard
You can tell he's been practicing.
Mike Ryan
He's on it today.
Dan LeBatard
He did it twice now.
Chris Cody
Wow.
Greg Cody
My pitch was too high, right?
Mike Ryan
A little pitchy.
Chris Cody
If you had to do it over. You want to give it a couple of more cracks? You want to. What could. How could you have done it better, do you think? If you got a couple of cracks, I would have.
Greg Cody
It wouldn't have gone as high coming out of.
Jessica
Oh, can an octave lower?
Greg Cody
Maybe an octave lower. Exactly what I'm talking.
Mike Ryan
Take two or what do you think.
Greg Cody
Tony should be a producer. I think that's exactly the advice I needed.
Chris Cody
Do you want to try it again?
Greg Cody
Not really.
Chris Cody
Okay.
Greg Cody
I mean, I will. On demand, but you're good.
Chris Cody
Well, see if right now you can go and get the joke by summoning with. Great.
Greg Cody
I mean, right here.
Chris Cody
Yeah. Do you need to stand up or anything? Because I was practicing with you and we were talking Beforehand.
Greg Cody
Taking the credit now, huh? Practicing with me. Yeah. Okay, Right.
Mike Ryan
Coaching.
Greg Cody
Yeah. You and this guy. He inspired my performance.
Chris Cody
I'm not your muse. I'm not saying. I'm simply saying that I was here practicing with you. That's not something we do very often.
Greg Cody
Right.
Chris Cody
And I was also, like, going down to the ground to sort of explain to you that this has to be like. Like throwing your barrel chest into, oh, Canada. You got to get. Okay, like, you got to go. You got to go and.
Billy Gil
And down and get it.
Chris Cody
You got to go down and get it and, like, do, like, a squat.
Greg Cody
I understand you're a trained singer. You've had all kind of experience singing, so I certainly appreciate that advice.
Chris Cody
You're the legendary singing sports writer. But I wanted you to get more emotion in the feeling of Canada. Look, you were scared. I understand it's a lot of pressure to sing a song. But this is a big game tonight, and we wanted to meet the moment of patriotism. Enthusias, countries fighting 51st state. Everything is falling apart all around us. And in the middle of it, we're going to boo your anthem. And which anthem is it going to be? And are you with America? Are you against America right now in hockey? Who you with? Who you with? Are you with Canada? Are you with America? Because we got a big one tonight. It's been a while since an exhibition game matters so much that we're waving the flag around and starting with that instead of, what the hell are we doing with Messi playing in negative 7 degree weather? Like, what are we doing to Messi? What are we doing? To the end of his career, putting him in Kansas City, running around in negative 7 degree weather to play soccer at the beginning of the MLS, a big goal.
Mike Ryan
He gutted that one out, and he did it in the cold.
Chris Cody
What are we doing?
Greg Cody
He nailed it.
Chris Cody
What are we doing? Don't make that man do that. That's stupid. All of it. Respect his career, please. He doesn't have to play in that one. The rest of you play in negative seven degrees. He'll sit that one out. Load management.
Mike Ryan
They would have lost his first game of the year.
Chris Cody
Don't. Don't do that to the man. He's holding up all of your companies, you know, your. Your league sponsorships, your stadium deals, they're all on his back. He doesn't have to play. Well, I've got a contract clause with all of my partners. I don't play in negative seven.
Greg Cody
He defeated the weather. He put a screaming snake inside that left Post. What a gorgeous goal.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Greg Cody
Keeper should have stopped it. The reason he didn't is that they're so worried about him curling one into the upper corner that the goalkeepers are beaten when he swings back his leg.
Jessica
Who would have thought that Messi would have won a game in Kansas City in negative degree weather before 200?
Billy Gil
Can a goal be gorgeous and it should have been stopped.
Mike Ryan
Yes.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Chris Cody
How can.
Billy Gil
That was. How can both those things be possible?
Chris Cody
Put it on the poll, please. Juju. Can a goal both be gorgeous and should have been stopped? Because I'm going to say all of that. You can say it's curling and everything. Negative 7 degrees. No one wants to be out there. No one wants to be doing that. Please make it. And I don't care that much about winning at games that I want to be playing out here.
Mike Ryan
You would agree that's the most impressed you've been with Messi since he's gotten here, right?
Chris Cody
I would not say that. What? I would say that he needs to not be playing in that game just.
Billy Gil
Because you could see his breath. Why is that so impressive?
Mike Ryan
Cold weather on the road, big goal. You have to defend the entire net when you're playing against Messi. Greg is right.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
Because you have no idea where he's going to put the ball. I mean, you just don't.
Greg Cody
If you're going to take the tournament seriously, the CONCACAF Champions cup, then you have to have Messi play in your first important game of 2025. Of course he was going to play and he proved that he's better than the weather. Messi. Opponents are petrified of him. I have seen opponents get his autograph before the game started. That's how lord over everyone, he does.
Chris Cody
Crazy Greg Cody, you may have noticed this is some of the things that you notice in your loved ones when you've been with them a long time. When we start out aggressively by summoning the singing sportswriter. He comes in here super elevated like he is through the roof on smelling his own fumes. Like, yes.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Chris Cody
Yes. I love to sing. I love to. We just what you just saw, not unlike sort of a Johnny Cash like character. You saw the egg and the rust break from around. The lead singer For Hee Haw 3. The lead singer. Singer For He How 3 has not been allowed to perform. He's been shackled since Las Vegas and he just had a coming out party and now he's just revved up. So let's. The last time he was this revved up, I want to just set this up correctly. Okay. We've sold tickets to a theater. We're going to do something and we don't know exactly what we're going to do. And we rehearsed it a couple of times and we got the beginning down and the rest of it we don't know.
Billy Gil
Longest rehearsal we're not going to do.
Mike Ryan
Yes.
Chris Cody
And nobody and didn't come and. And Greg.
Mike Ryan
I heard it was long though.
Chris Cody
And Greg practiced and. And what happened? He's supposed to come out. He's just supposed to greet New York with song. Easy winner right off the top. And he just runs on stage, hears the applause and gets lost in the smell of his own farts.
Mike Ryan
Greg Cody.
Billy Gil
Easy song to nail.
Mike Ryan
Said it a thousand times.
Chris Cody
Woo. Yeah. Just forgot that he had to sing. Wow. The crowd is just totally. Yeah.
Mike Ryan
Wow.
Chris Cody
I'm just so happy to be in front of people. Just totally forgot. You can hear. It's New York, New York. It's the easiest thing. We all know when to start singing.
Billy Gil
The crowd started singing.
Chris Cody
Yes. Waiting for a song. How.
Greg Cody
Wow. All right.
Chris Cody
Play that for me again just so that I can sink deeply into.
Greg Cody
Please don't.
Chris Cody
Where it is that I just want you. It's Greg staring at the crowd, at the applause and just forgetting that song was even in the background because this beautiful music was so much better. The applause was better music than whatever he was going to do. Greg, Cody.
Greg Cody
Look at that outfit.
Mike Ryan
Oh, it's fantastic. Bright yellow, my friend. Everyone.
Chris Cody
We had to start over. We had to do it again. We sent him back and had to do the whole thing again.
Greg Cody
Wow.
Billy Gil
Right on his cue.
Greg Cody
Wow.
Dan LeBatard
How come Dan takes all the credit when you nail it, but then when you screw it up. None of the flames.
Greg Cody
Thank you. Thank you. That's exactly right. You gave me no prep whatsoever. We rehearsed it seven hours in my. In fairness to me.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Greg Cody
I did not take rehearsals as seriously as I.
Billy Gil
Right. Killer light.
Mike Ryan
Same here.
Greg Cody
Well, no, not Miller light. If I remember correctly. There were like big giant boxes of donuts off to the side. So I was like distraction. Yeah. Sugar rushing.
Mike Ryan
Right.
Greg Cody
You know, you want me to focus.
Mike Ryan
On the task at hand. Don't bring donuts.
Chris Cody
Right.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Greg Cody
Plus there was no. There was no. What do you call the. The teleprompter. I don't recall there being a teleprompter.
Chris Cody
Right. It's a song. You're the singing. You're the legendary singing sports writer.
Greg Cody
Yeah. Well, I miss my cue. The audience threw me off as well. The audience distracted me by singing Before.
Dan LeBatard
I began singing, Greg has the opposite of a rival. You can't let any donuts near him. No people watching him. Like certain things are just going to distract him. You got to get them away from Greg when he's going outside.
Greg Cody
Keep those donuts away from me.
Mike Ryan
Greg, I love you. They sang when they were supposed to start singing.
Chris Cody
That's correct. When you were supposed to start things.
Greg Cody
There was no direct a director in the wings over.
Chris Cody
It was our fault. Ok?
Greg Cody
Director should have gone like this.
Chris Cody
Okay? We were doing that and you were going, wow. Put it on the poll Juju at Lebatard show. If you want to focus on the task at hand. Can there be donuts there? Yes or no?
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Chris Cody
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Roy
Yep.
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Chris Cody
Don LeBatard It's All About Me Stugats this is the Don LeBatard show with the Stugats. Chris Cody where did we land? Let's find out what Jessica and Tony think of how much juice Chris Cody is going to actually be able to get out of those oranges. When he says that you can't get that much juice out of oranges, and Billy says it'll take eight of those to make a glass, and he's alleging that he can make three glasses of orange juice with that number of oranges.
Dan LeBatard
Three glasses? No, when I bake and I need orange juice, like freshly squeezed orange juice, usually as a rule of thumb, one orange is around a half cup or so. So if he has three oranges, that's like a decent amount of juice. It depends how big the glass is, though. If it's a little juice glass, that's one thing. But he's got a big water glass over there.
Jessica
I think the issue too is when you go to Cuban bakeries, Dan, they. The machine that slices them, that puts the thing in and every last, last draw.
Greg Cody
Yes.
Jessica
Because it has like, almost like a bullet inside where like revs it.
Dan LeBatard
I love those things.
Jessica
Those things are amazing. Like, I can just sit there while. While I'm ordering cafes or whatever, just watch them cut it and dude, I don't think Chris has the power in his hands or in the knife, but.
Chris Cody
This is why we brought it up, because yesterday he was squeezing his man chest together. He was squeezing, he was doing exercises.
Billy Gil
I was just like, I could do this, and I did this move.
Greg Cody
Yeah. Am I allowed to give him a pro tip? Can I give him a pro tip?
Mike Ryan
Of course.
Greg Cody
You gotta. Before you cut into it and start squeezing, you gotta really massage those oranges. Roll them back and forth, knead them, massage them.
Dan LeBatard
Or put a microwave. You can like blast them in the microwave for. For a few seconds. Apparently if you warm them up in the micro, like a lime or something, it helps the juices release.
Greg Cody
I've heard that. I've never tried it though. Does it really work?
Dan LeBatard
I don't know. I've never tried it either.
Mike Ryan
Is that cheating though?
Dan LeBatard
I mean, why don't you sit on it?
Greg Cody
Sit on it.
Dan LeBatard
Warm it up with your buns.
Chris Cody
When are you doing this? Are you doing it now?
Billy Gil
Yeah, I can start now. We'll see. See how we do here.
Chris Cody
That's messy. It's going to leave a lot of stickiness. That seems like an unpleasant place to do.
Jessica
It's a way bigger container to get the juice in because that little cup is not going to work. No, no, that's not gonna work, buddy.
Chris Cody
Billy is not gonna find any of this pleasant. Tab actually do it in his workspace. Yeah, this isn't gonna go well.
Jessica
Billy sabotaged me the other day, so why don't we sabotage him back? We put a little sticky. All of a sudden, he goes to sit there. Tomorrow, he gets stuck. He can't move his hands.
Dan LeBatard
When did Billy sabotage you?
Jessica
Remember when the mic fell last week?
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Jessica
I went to grab the mic and it exploded in my head. Last night, Billy took out a screw.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Chris Cody
Classic Billy. Can you tell us, Chris, when you're gonna start, please?
Billy Gil
I am waiting on a bigger bowl by based off Tony's recommendation. And I will get going very shortly. Dan, I'm excited.
Dan LeBatard
I have oranges to start.
Roy
No paper towels.
Billy Gil
I'VE been rubbing these down like baseballs for like a half hour, so we're good to go.
Mike Ryan
You've been juggling them, right?
Greg Cody
Rubbing it doesn't help. I didn't need it.
Billy Gil
I didn't honestly plan on doing the juice today. I'm just back row Chris again. So I thought I'd juggle a little bit.
Chris Cody
Well, but now. But it seems like you're cheating once you go down the path of microwaves and kneading and rolling around or. Jessica, you want to go out in the street and see if you can throw one of those 100 yards? I don't know.
Dan LeBatard
I can throw one of these hundred yards. These are big oranges.
Jessica
Huge oranges.
Dan LeBatard
Big orange. Remember when I brought Sumo citrus? Do you. Have you ever had one of those? Can you have oranges, Dan?
Chris Cody
No, I cannot.
Jessica
Why not? What's in oranges that you can't do?
Mike Ryan
I was gonna tell you vitamin C.
Dan LeBatard
I thought we were gonna bond over Sumo Citrus, but never mind.
Chris Cody
It's fine. Me and Tony loves me. My wife loves those oranges and says they're the best oranges that there have ever been. These giant oranges. Yes.
Dan LeBatard
They're only in season, like. Like this time of year in the winter, you could just rip the top off. You could just like, rip it off. And then they peel really easily and they have no seeds. Delicious.
Chris Cody
I would say that once upon a time. I don't know if this is still so, but Florida was famous for being able to produce those kinds of oranges. Just oranges like that.
Mike Ryan
Wait a second. This is a sad day. We're not anymore.
Roy
I think we are.
Chris Cody
I don't know if people still associate Florida with oranges. Do they?
Greg Cody
Number two orange producing state after California.
Chris Cody
Do people still associate Florida with oranges? Yes or no?
Dan LeBatard
Unless you have one of the cool fish license plates.
Chris Cody
Oh, yeah. Don't tread on me license plates or something.
Roy
Dan, seriously, you can't eat citrus?
Chris Cody
Like, what can you eat? Well, you guys were making fun of me about this last week, so let's talk about it. Because a lot of people think that I was lying about this. So let me explain something to you. I have seen some athletes do some of this. Like, once upon a time, there was a nutritionist. I don't know if she's still doing it. Sari Melman. And the way that she would do athlete diets is they would test a variety of foods to see what their blood allergies mixed with and didn't. And so you'd have professional football Players like eating for a day nothing but garbanzo beans. To test garbanzo beans. And then they get on a scale. If you lose weight or gain weight, you can tell whether your body is agreeable with these things, like blood clarity. So, yeah. So I just did a bunch of blood allergy testing, and you guys didn't believe me either when I said I don't fart around my wife unless I've eaten the wrong ingredients. My body will simply tell me. It'll just reject it, and then I'll start farting because I'm allergic to a thousand different things that I can't have. Everything from paprika to garlic. That. That. So I have to be careful with what the ingredients are. And I'm testing things like salt every day. And you just. That's what you have that day in order to test whether or not you can have salt.
Dan LeBatard
But if you have it, you'll fart.
Chris Cody
If I have it and it doesn't fit with my body. Yes. Whether it's broccoli or kale, there have.
Mike Ryan
Been some bad days for your wife.
Chris Cody
Yes. Yes. Agreed. I've learned recently that I'm a sleep farter. I didn't know that because I'm a sleep farter. So you are literally unable to season your food. Well, no, I can do it with the things that agree with me. It can't be paprika and garlic, but it can be an assortment of other things, whether it's ginger or turmeric. Yes. Now, I bored you to death with all of these details. Nothing less interesting than someone's diet. But I'm not lying to you about the fact that every ingredient you guys were having with those chefs are something that I cannot have. And you are doing something maddening when you're eating it in front of me and only describing that the only thing I can have was mango and every ingredient you guys gave when those. Those people were here. Mango and protein.
Greg Cody
Mango Publishing. Pride of a Lion.
Chris Cody
Wow.
Dan LeBatard
Prominently displayed at Books and Books in Coconut Grove, by the way.
Greg Cody
Nice. Thank you. Yeah. McGill, by the way, called me the other day with great news. McGill has been enlisted by Mango, by Books and Books, and their wonderful owner, Mitch Kaplan. He. Mitch Kaplan bought thousands of Pride of a Lion books in order to give them away for free when Ron McGill makes tours of schools and other other events. And so that's. That's a big deal. When you mentioned garbanzo beans, did you.
Chris Cody
Run out of thought there? You just wanted to do the promotion? You wanted to throw it in There you didn't. You didn't have. But you didn't have a segue of thought. It wasn't even. You weren't thinking about the audience or content creation at there at all. You were simply thinking about how to promote this thing that you wanted to talk about and then didn't have something else that you wanted to talk about.
Mike Ryan
You nailed it. You read it correctly.
Greg Cody
Unabash.
Mike Ryan
Yes.
Greg Cody
One of us segues wasn't trying to hide it.
Mike Ryan
I mean, well, he was trying to hide.
Chris Cody
At the point when he's trying to.
Mike Ryan
Fill time for you.
Chris Cody
That's what.
Greg Cody
No, no, you brought up Mango.
Chris Cody
It wasn't being a good teammate.
Greg Cody
You brought up mangoes, not me.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, it's your fault.
Chris Cody
No, you brought up Mango publishing. Because the only joke you have now because you're Kornheiser is somebody says a word and you associate it to another word and it's Tourette's of not funny.
Greg Cody
I know you used the word maddening earlier, and I couldn't sneak in, John. Maddening, right? It really killed me.
Mike Ryan
But you snuck in Lionel Messi.
Greg Cody
Lionel Messi, yeah, I sure did. But I do want to mention real quickly, because this is the truth, you mentioned garbanzo beans. Ricky Williams, when he played for the Dolphins. I remember going into the locker room once after a practice, and he is an evangelist for garbanzo beans. He went through a phase where that was about all he ate. And he had, like, a jar of them.
Chris Cody
There were several athletes doing this particular diet that I did not understand how they were fueling themselves on these ridiculous things. But it's because were trying to eat in accordance with their blood type and weird. Okay. Ricky's body, though, did things yours couldn't.
Greg Cody
All right. Mine does things he can't.
Mike Ryan
Yep.
Chris Cody
Like. Like, like what? Go ahead, let's hear. Let's. Let's hear about. Let's hear. Let's go ahead. Let's go.
Dan LeBatard
Let's hear about processed garbanzo beans, for one.
Greg Cody
One of the few beans I hate, by the way. Garbanzo beans. They're mealy.
Dan LeBatard
I love them.
Greg Cody
The texture of.
Dan LeBatard
Do you like hummus?
Greg Cody
Yeah. No, I don't.
Mike Ryan
Oh, can't stand it.
Greg Cody
I do not.
Chris Cody
But hummus isn't as good without garlic, unfortunately. At Lebatard Show. Can you put it on the poll, please? Garbanzo beans. Do you like them or do you not like them? They're great. What's wrong with garbanzo beans? I can only have, like, a couple of kinds of beans. Pinto beans. And kidney beans.
Greg Cody
Off putting texture, is it? Yeah.
Chris Cody
Put it on the poll as well. At Lebatard show. Does the garbanzo bean have an off putting texture? And what are the other foods here that you're willing to a, you know, downgrade in classification because the texture is a bother? Because that's part of taste and eating. Jessica is just mouthing back there, I love everything. I'll eat anything. I don't care what the texture is. Just give me taste.
Dan LeBatard
I really just. I won't say no.
Chris Cody
So nothing. You will find no texture at all.
Dan LeBatard
In a funnel, and I'll just devour it. Don't care. Lehman actually went to the Keys this weekend.
Jessica
I saw the. I saw the real.
Dan LeBatard
He caught tunas and five. Five snappers. We've been eating fish all week. He made tuna tataki the other night. It was delicious. Fresh fish. Oh, I'm such a lucky lady. But, yeah, basically, he'll go to the store, get whatever, whip something up. Doesn't even tell me what it is. And I like all of it. I eat all of it.
Jessica
I'm.
Dan LeBatard
I'm very, very lucky in that sense.
Greg Cody
Wow.
Billy Gil
I still want to know what my dad's body can do that Ricky's can't.
Mike Ryan
Yep. Name one.
Billy Gil
Like, survive on one glass of water a week.
Greg Cody
I can't. You know, I'm not going to take a quiz. I mean, I can come up with the top five list.
Chris Cody
All right, we'll wait for it. That would be the definition of taking a quiz, though, like. But we'll wait for it. That's fine. Let's. Let's. Let's do that. You're giving us your top five. We'll do this. Shall we?
Greg Cody
I mean, eventually, we got to come up.
Chris Cody
We will start from the. From the bottom. I'll give you some time as filler you may have heard, because I don't know if Florida's fresh fish is better than other parts of Middle America where you might not be able to get the freshness of fish that you get here off of our coast because it has to be shipped in or whatever. But Jessica's mouth watered thinking about a Key West. Caught fresh fish. And it made me think of Joe Rose. That's good.
Mike Ryan
Big, juicy cheeseburgers.
Chris Cody
A Philly chicken. Mmm, that's good. Onions.
Greg Cody
Mmm.
Chris Cody
Mushrooms. Mmm. It's good. Excuse me, Can I have a side order of. Mmm. Can I get some blue cheese with it? I like to dip my thick mmm in that blue cheese they have there. Hey. Oh, you want some pasta and Seafood.
Mike Ryan
Dishes with fresh fish.
Chris Cody
The water, you can hear it on fresh fish in his mouth. So good. Good. It's the fresh fish. Yeah.
Mike Ryan
There is nothing like a thick.
Chris Cody
All right, that's enough.
Mike Ryan
Ah, the big dog.
Billy Gil
Dan needs some more in his life.
Jessica
I think he needs more.
Chris Cody
Put it on the poll.
Jessica
You're missing that, aren't you?
Chris Cody
Put it on the poll, please. At Levit show. Does Dan need more. Exactly.
Billy Gil
How do you spell that?
Dan LeBatard
I'll have what he's having.
Chris Cody
That but you hear. You what? You hear. Okay. Joe Rose. Bit of a Neanderthal. What?
Mike Ryan
Whoa.
Chris Cody
It's a mean thing to say.
Jessica
You're talking about the greatest liver of all time.
Dan LeBatard
I mean, we all have a little bit of Neanderthal in us, I think, technically.
Mike Ryan
And he's still getting it done.
Chris Cody
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I. Maybe he'd disagree with this. I don't think that he would.
Mike Ryan
He would.
Chris Cody
The. The most primal. The most primal of creatures. If presented with something delicious, when they're hungry, their mouth will water like whatever that creature is, whether it's a Joe Rose big dog or Jessica, who doesn't care about the texture of things. If something delicious is posed to you and you're hungry, it will be a mouth watering situation, caveman or not. But cavemen are going to be particularly primal here. When he's just talking about all of these foods, it's making him hung. And by the time fresh fish gets to his lips, his mouth is filled with water.
Mike Ryan
I mean, sprinkle on the fact that he's getting $50 per read. I mean, that'll make anybody's mouth water. That'll get you there.
Chris Cody
Is it still $50? It's got to be more than that by now, doesn't it? Is it still?
Mike Ryan
I think it's going the other way.
Chris Cody
I don't actually know. I don't know. What do you imagine right now in radio, a live read goes for. What do you imagine somebody in ham radio today doing a live read? I'd like to know. What do you imagine each live read is being paid? It's gotta be more than $50, doesn't it?
Mike Ryan
I mean, the standard was $25. I gave Joe Rose $50 because, you know, he had me like he.
Chris Cody
But that was 20 years ago.
Billy Gil
I know.
Mike Ryan
So I'm thinking radio is dying a slow death and it's going the other way on Joe Rose.
Greg Cody
I think at this point, the. I think at this point. At this point, the host is paying the advertiser in order to do.
Chris Cody
Can you guys call Zaslow and ask him? Somebody, somebody get me modern radio fees. Yes, I'm on it. You guys make fun of a dying medium, but it still represents about 75% of how people consume audio. Although podcasts are the new thing, new intimacy, there's still a lot of value in having value on radio. And I think you're vastly underestimating what those things pay. Even if it's a dying medium, which it is.
Mike Ryan
So you think Lenny Chippy all the gu it air around the clock, they're paying him $100 per read, is that what you're saying?
Chris Cody
I don't know.
Mike Ryan
You might be right.
Chris Cody
I'm saying 50. It seems that inflation's prices, that $50 a read 20 years ago is probably not what it is today. But I don't know. I've never made any money from the reeds. This is your department.
Dan LeBatard
But inflation's going up, but wages are not. So the inflation's actually going the other way. It's costing employees.
Chris Cody
That is correct. And so I actually don't know. I don't know enough about the radio business. I don't. I was talking about some of this with somebody just this morning, John, just because we were talking about Saturday Night Live and how disrespectful I find it. And you're allowed to find funny or not funny, whatever obviously you find funny or not funny. But just the, the marvel today of being able to celebrate 50 years on television and have it be respected universally is not something the Internet's going to give you because we're in cruel instant satisfact satisfaction times and the expectation of funny is a burden. So their brand has been funny for 50 years. But I, I'm marveling as well in a podcast business that sucks that this thing we have has lasted 20 years and has evolved into the new media intimacy somehow without dying. Because the podcast connection is the stickiest of all of the connections. And radio used to be that like that's that. I grow up appreciating the intimacy with just great gratitude of the idea of people welcoming you into to their cars with their kids in the back. So that now we're meeting 30 year olds who were handed down the show from their parents and they're still young people and they remember. Dad remembers the singing sports writer back when he was starring at ESPN Radio. The old legend, the old mule. Greg Cody reinventing song on AM radio and eventually five songs in. Just making every song. Row, row, row your boat.
Greg Cody
Yes, I love it. Yeah, Wow. I could do a row, row, row.
Billy Gil
Do it into the mic.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Jessica
Why are you sitting back?
Chris Cody
Just. No, tone.
Mike Ryan
Tone.
Greg Cody
I would be in a recliner right now if they had one for me.
Chris Cody
Tone, let me explain to you what just happened there, lest you be a. A bit of a novice around Abuelo. He was so delighted we were just talking about him that he just leaned into it and forgets that he's doing the show. His narcissism is a monumental behold. It'll always sneak up on me, and it's always funny. He forgets he's doing the show, and he's just like, you're talking about me. And it's the best thing. It's the greatest of the things.
Greg Cody
Well, it is perpetuating that I'm a narcissist.
Billy Gil
My dad got recognized last night at bowling, and he was bragging to me. He's like, that guy recognized me for writing, not for this podcasting thing you guys do.
Greg Cody
First of all, you asked me. I didn't. I wasn't bragging about it. But that is. I cannot tell you what a rarity that is. It happened to me once when we were at the Final Four a few years ago, where when somebody comes up to me and recognizes me and the first thing they start talking about is my columns in the Herald.
Mike Ryan
Right.
Greg Cody
It's like, flabbergasting.
Mike Ryan
Yes.
Greg Cody
It's like I've won the lottery, of course, you know, because it does happen occasionally, but they're always super old.
Mike Ryan
No, but Greg wants to be remembered for his writing, not for what it is he does here. Here. Correct. I mean, of course I want to be.
Greg Cody
I want to be remembered for a combo of everything. For. For having had the versatility to basically segue into a whole different career in a way that segue, not everyone has.
Chris Cody
We're talking about you again.
Greg Cody
Well, you know, it's. What better subject, Greg?
Dan LeBatard
My grandma started watching the show on YouTube and she told me that she's really unhappy with the way Dan treated. Treats you. She called you the old man and that she doesn't understand why you put up with him.
Chris Cody
He's been getting that for many years, right?
Greg Cody
Yes, I have.
Chris Cody
He. And he's a staunch and loyal friend, and everybody knows that by now.
Dan LeBatard
That's what I told my grandma. He's a staunch and loyal friend. No, I actually was like, I don't know either, Grandma. It's crazy, right?
Chris Cody
Well, what is the explanation? Since we're celebrating. Greg Cody, lean back in your chair and just do this as Maximum relaxed as you like. Just lean back.
Billy Gil
Let's pull the mic.
Mike Ryan
What about you, Greg? Let's talk about.
Chris Cody
Let's talk about your career as the singing sportswriter. Just lean into it. Please tell us about what this lovely ride has been. You outlasted Jimmy Buffett. You were hoping your last song here would be him singing it to you here. You would then die on air after Jimmy Buffett sang you a song about your career. That's right. He's. He's gone now and you're still here. So I don't know how we're going to do it. Do you give us permission to broadcast live from your funeral?
Greg Cody
The Greg Cody show has already signed a contract. I'm sorry. You can get the after party, but the funeral itself is going to be in my podcast.
Mike Ryan
We could do pregame.
Greg Cody
I mean, I can't prevent it.
Chris Cody
I mean, let's do it on a Monday so that you can get all the clicks. A federal holiday where we don't have a show so you can get all of the clicks.
Greg Cody
Yeah, I'm going to send save the date notices for my funeral as soon as I decide the end game.
Billy Gil
I was talking in Canada with Mike about how my dad's funeral is going to be the most inside jokes of any funeral ever. Like Brad's and that kind of things.
Greg Cody
Like nobody knows what that means.
Chris Cody
Swipe.
Billy Gil
That's what I mean. Like there are going to be so many random references that people are going to be so confused.
Chris Cody
Somebody's going to be eulogizing and I'm going to shout from the back row. Swipe.
Mike Ryan
It's going to be some party.
Greg Cody
I want somebody at my funeral and I volunteer Michael to do this because he does a great imitation.
Chris Cody
Your youngest son.
Greg Cody
My youngest son.
Chris Cody
For those who don't listen to the Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody and aren't as self involved as our host who thinks you all know what his youngest son's name is.
Greg Cody
Well, Michael is a regular semi regular.
Chris Cody
On the Greg and never been on here or mentioned either.
Greg Cody
Right. Well, I mention them whenever I can.
Mike Ryan
Right.
Greg Cody
But I want Michael apropos of nothing at my funeral. World to all of a sudden say storm NFL. So inside dad to explain that. Yes, please.
Billy Gil
That is Karen, the bowling lady, right? She announces that bowling, she'll just go, Storm NFL.
Greg Cody
I'm in the middle of. I'm bowling a 300 game. I'm in the middle of my backswing and I hear storm NFL. It's like, why disconcerting.
Billy Gil
Why would he do that? At your funeral.
Greg Cody
Because it's fun, it's funny, but you.
Dan LeBatard
Won'T be able to hear it. Chris will just be standing there like, what?
Greg Cody
I'll be laughing in my coffin, right? You kidding me?
Billy Gil
Be coughing in your coffin?
Greg Cody
Exactly. After he's dead, I'll be knocking, trying to get out. Are you kidding me?
Dan LeBatard
That'd be a bad way to go.
Chris Cody
Tony, you just saw like, whatever. Whatever it is, okay? That life will become come for young people with abuelos Greg Cody just sinking into. Just chatting with his son about. Wait till you see what Michael does at my funeral. And then starts laughing at the telling of the joke that only Chris gets.
Greg Cody
Yeah. I didn't mean to spoil the surprise.
Chris Cody
He's no longer doing stuff for the audience. Like, when you go to his self involvement, there's nothing else there. It's just him looking at his stuff, gazing, fascinated at. Like, I.
Mike Ryan
He is so pleased.
Greg Cody
Right, Adam gazing.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Greg Cody
Adam gaze. Great coach. Underrated.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Billy Gil
I think properly rated.
Chris Cody
He's not a great coach. He didn't have anything else. He just liked his Adam Gase joke so much that it didn't matter what his analysis was after that because he knows he's not a great coach.
Greg Cody
His introductory press conference with the jets, though, was epic.
Mike Ryan
The eyes. Yeah, it was. It was the worst, though.
Greg Cody
That's what made it so wonderful.
Chris Cody
Memorable.
Greg Cody
It's memorable. That's going to be in a Zepotaf Duvall. Oh, yeah, that's right.
Jessica
Spooky, right?
Chris Cody
They always are. Every. Every Duval I've heard is spooky. None of them there. It's not creepy. It's spooky. It's also creepy, but it's spooky. It's haunting. The Jags are run by a ghost. Somebody who is. His introductory press conference was somebody who I now associate with an element of haunting. Haunting.
Jessica
Pasty white, too. He's like a.
Chris Cody
It's like a ghoul of some haunting white. Yeah.
Greg Cody
Jacksonville fans need to get a new bit. Okay. I want to speak directly to Jacksonville sports fans.
Mike Ryan
Good.
Greg Cody
Nobody cares what county you live in. Okay. When you go to an Inter Miami game.
Chris Cody
County, Wade County.
Mike Ryan
No one cares.
Greg Cody
Nobody. You don't hear. You don't hear anybody chanting.
Mike Ryan
Doesn't matter.
Greg Cody
Nobody cares what county. They care what city you live in.
Chris Cody
Liam Cohen cares. Let's hear from him. That's what this is about. Jacksonville, the community.
Billy Gil
Duvall, I'm convinced. He thinks he nails that. He thinks he crushes.
Chris Cody
He did.
Jessica
He did crush.
Billy Gil
No, he was blocked for weeks.
Chris Cody
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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz – Episode Summary
Episode: Local Hour: Greg Cote's Funeral
Release Date: February 20, 2025
Introduction to the Episode
Timestamp: [00:01 – 01:30]
The episode kicks off with Dan LeBatard welcoming listeners to the Giraffkings Network, quickly segueing into a humorous advertisement for Venmo delivered by Stugotz. The ambience sets a casual and comedic tone, preparing the audience for the engaging banter ahead.
Preparing for Greg Cody's Performance
Timestamp: [01:30 – 03:00]
Chris Cody initiates the main discussion by expressing his concerns about the upcoming performance involving Greg Cody, the show's designated singing sportswriter. He humorously recounts past instances where Greg, overwhelmed by live applause, forgot his lines and cues.
Chris Cody [01:30]: "Have you guys heard what me, Cody, and Greg were trying to do in this room?"
Chris Cody [03:00]: "We are asking the singing sportswriter who at this point, we can all agree the voice shot likely to produce laughter and then coughing. Not what you want around the anthem."
The team collectively agrees that Greg's past performances have been unpredictable, adding layers of comedic tension as they anticipate potential mishaps in the upcoming show.
The Singing Sportswriter: Greg Cody's Mock Funeral
Timestamp: [05:30 – 16:16]
Greg Cody takes center stage, performing a satirical rendition of the national anthem infused with sports commentary. His performance is both a parody and a tribute, blending patriotism with sports humor.
Greg Cody [05:30]:
"Oh, can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hail
That Connor McDavid still overrated..."
Despite Chris Cody's initial doubts, Greg delivers a surprisingly competent performance, humorously deviating from the script to include sports references.
Greg Cody [07:54]: "Thank you."
However, the performance takes a comedic turn as Greg, embodying his overzealous personality, forgets his lines amidst the applause, leading to light-hearted teasing from the hosts.
Chris Cody [16:16]:
"This is why we brought it up, because yesterday he was squeezing his man chest together. He was doing exercises."
The discussion evolves into a playful mock-seriousness about Greg's potential mishaps during the performance, framing it as if it were part of his own funeral.
Behind-the-Scenes Banter and Jokes
Timestamp: [16:17 – 42:45]
The conversation shifts to an ongoing joke about Greg Cody's funeral, filled with inside jokes and humorous predictions about what attendees might experience. The hosts imagine a funeral filled with random references and comedic eulogies, highlighting the camaraderie and playful dynamics among the team.
Chris Cody [39:55]:
"Greg Cody: The Greg Cody show has already signed a contract. I'm sorry. You can get the after party, but the funeral itself is going to be in my podcast."
Billy Gil [40:30]:
"Like Brad's and that kind of things."
The playful banter continues as they envision scenarios where Greg's funeral becomes the most inside-joke-filled event ever, poking fun at the absurdity of blending personal moments with their signature humor.
Greg also shares anecdotes about being recognized for his writing career rather than his podcasting persona, adding depth to his character and enhancing the humor through self-deprecation.
Greg Cody [38:17]:
"It's like I've won the lottery, of course, you know, because it does happen occasionally, but they're always super old."
Additional Topics and Side Conversations
Timestamp: [22:07 – 35:38]
Beyond the central theme of Greg Cody's performance and mock funeral, the episode delves into various side topics, including:
Diet and Health:
Chris Cody discusses his strict dietary regimen, explaining his body's reactions to certain foods and the challenges of maintaining his diet amidst the show's culinary experiments.
Chris Cody [25:03]:
"I have to be careful with what the ingredients are. I'm testing things like salt every day."
Singing and Music:
The hosts share memories of creating a musical two years prior, reflecting on its fleeting presence online and poking fun at their failed Grammy aspirations.
Dan LeBatard [03:25]:
"I made a musical."
Stugotz [04:18]:
"I'm excited for the Tony might win a Tony."
Sports Commentary:
A humorous take on Lionel Messi's performance in adverse weather conditions, blending sports analysis with comedic exaggeration.
Greg Cody [12:41]:
"If you're going to take the tournament seriously, the CONCACAF Champions cup, then you have to have Messi play in your first important game of 2025."
Live Read Advertising:
Throughout the episode, there are intermittent humorous live read advertisements, parodying typical sponsor promotions with exaggerated enthusiasm.
Mike Ryan [17:03]:
"This is a message from sponsor Intuit TurboTax..."
Conclusion
Timestamp: [43:44 – 45:58]
As the episode nears its end, the hosts wrap up their humorous exploration of Greg Cody's performance and mock funeral. They continue their playful interactions, ensuring that the comedy remains consistent until the concluding moments.
The final segment involves a promotion for LinkedIn Jobs, delivered with the same comedic flair, followed by Stugotz promoting Redwood Outdoors, maintaining the light-hearted and engaging atmosphere throughout the episode.
Notable Quotes
Chris Cody [03:00]:
"We are asking the singing sportswriter who at this point, we can all agree the voice shot likely to produce laughter and then coughing. Not what you want around the anthem."
Greg Cody [07:54]:
"Thank you."
Chris Cody [39:55]:
"Greg Cody: The Greg Cody show has already signed a contract. I'm sorry. You can get the after party, but the funeral itself is going to be in my podcast."
Dan LeBatard [25:03]:
"Unless you have one of the cool fish license plates."
Greg Cody [12:41]:
"If you're going to take the tournament seriously, the CONCACAF Champions cup, then you have to have Messi play in your first important game of 2025."
Final Thoughts
In this episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, the hosts blend sports, pop culture, and personal anecdotes with sharp wit and humor. The central theme revolving around Greg Cody's mock funeral serves as a vehicle for playful ribbing and camaraderie, showcasing the show's signature style of entertaining and engaging content. Whether discussing diet restrictions, past musical endeavors, or sports legends, the episode maintains a lively and humorous tempo, making it an enjoyable listen for regular followers and newcomers alike.