Local Hour: Spelling Letters

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Local Hour: Spelling Letters
Date: September 18, 2025
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Billy Gill, Mike Ryan, Jon Zaslow, Jeremy
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Overview

This episode navigates a wild mix of hot sports takes, comedic banter, and a surprisingly deep detour into language and free speech. The crew discusses the developing Clippers scandal, the fate of the Miami Dolphins, Jimmy Kimmel’s controversial network suspension, and—most memorably—a cascade of confusion over spelling letters and alphabet origins, all seasoned with the show’s signature offbeat humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Clippers/Pablo Torre Reporting Scandal (01:28–04:13)

• The hosts analyze Pablo Torre’s investigative drops about the Clippers, likening his reporting tactic to boxing’s rope-a-dope strategy.

  • Dan: “He puts chum in the water and then people come out and talk about it who don't know what they're talking about it. And then he makes them look dumb.” (02:31)
  • Billy: “At this point, shouldn't those people...realize maybe I shouldn't say anything because Pablo's got more stuff that's going to come out?” (02:47)

• Tightening scrutiny:

  • Dan observes PR backpedaling, comparing it to Deion Sanders, signaling serious trouble for the Clippers.

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2. Boxing Debate & Classic References (03:13–05:06)

• Debate over when “boxing was boxing,” referencing iconic fights and the documentary 'When We Were Kings'.

  • Mike Ryan: “It's called the rope-a-dope. Watch When We Were Kings, that’s when boxing was boxing.” (03:34)
  • Dan: “Crawford just did that to Canelo...lured him in a couple of times. Canelo looked around as if he didn’t understand what had just happened.” (03:43)

• Playful disagreement and confusion over boxing history and fighters’ nicknames.

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3. Billy Gill’s Punishment: Tree Planting Debacle (05:28–10:17)

• Billy Gill reports live, allegedly planting a third tree as punishment for previous misadventures (spoofed via AI-generated tree images).

  • Dan: “Are you going to start? Do you have the materials you need to plant the tree?” (06:39)
  • Billy: “Well, I was told those would be provided for me, but...” (06:53)
  • Tree: Revealed to be a “Barbie pink guava tree.” (07:49)

• The crew pokes fun at Billy’s lack of preparedness and gardening know-how, and his struggle to explain the gloves, overalls, and actual tree.

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4. Journalism vs. “Snitching” (08:12–08:37)

• Billy challenges whether Pablo Torre’s reporting on the Clippers is “snitching” or good journalism.
  • Billy: “There's a fine line between snitch and journalist.” (08:29)
  • Dan: “...Billy, you’re one of the loudest national critics of Pablo Torre’s reporting, which has been pretty impeccable.” (08:37)
  • Leads to a poll: “Is there a fine line between snitch and journalist?”

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5. Dolphins at the Precipice: “A Franchise-Changing Night” (10:17–16:00)

• Preview of the Miami Dolphins’ Thursday Night Football game vs. the Buffalo Bills.

  • Dan: “If the Dolphins were to win tonight, it would be the biggest surprise we've had this season as well. Correct?” (11:13)
  • Billy: “I think tonight is going to be so ugly that it is going to force major changes on the franchise...It's going to be a seminal...moment.” (11:25)

• Discussion includes historical context for large point spreads and possible fallout (firings, trades, benchings).

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6. Impression-Offs and Sports Radio Parody (12:08–14:52)

• The team critiqued ESPN Radio host Evan Cohen’s poor impersonation of Jon Zaslow.
  • Billy (mocking): “That is a truly horrific impression. I’m a small guy. Evan, you need to work on that. I’m Jonathan Zazzle. I don't know who that person is...” (13:25)
• Spirals into mocking, meta-impressions, and self-aware radio humor.

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7. [Main Segment] Jimmy Kimmel, Free Speech, and FCC Weaponization (18:37–30:34)

• Dan delivers a serious, emotional monologue on Jimmy Kimmel’s indefinite network suspension and the chilling effect on free speech.

  • Dan: “I’m watching, with the weaponizing of the FCC and the government, we’re watching something that feels like it doesn’t have a whole lot of precedent.” (18:48)
  • “Not even Bob Iger has the money or the power to stand up to the threat...you get dangerously close to state-run media.” (19:57)
  • “I’ve never seen in my lifetime America in the position it’s presently in where the media is running this kind of scared from power...” (21:17)

• Mike Ryan: Discusses the chain reaction from President Trump’s threats, political leveraging of media mergers, implications for network and cable.

  • “This goes against our First Amendment rights. Even conservative talk show hosts such as Tucker Carlson are ringing the alarm bells right now.” (24:00)

• Broad agreement that corporate cowardice and merger mania are compromising fundamental free speech values, endangering American principles.

  • Dan: “What’s the point of having money and power if all you’re going to do with it is make more money and bow to power?” (27:48)
  • Mike: “If you want this to establish a template, the power is like on a pendulum...you don’t want these rules applied to you.” (28:49)

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8. Miami Dolphins, More Analysis and Humorous Anguish (33:05–36:40)

• Preview continues with added humor and existential dread for Miami sports fans.
  • Mike Ryan: “I think you can maybe thank the short week for the lack of change, and now this has to be Waterloo, right? This has to be...” (33:32)
  • The prospect of Dolphins being embarrassed becomes both a running joke and a real concern.

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9. Josh Allen, “P’s and Q’s,” and a Spelling Rabbit Hole (37:18–40:02)

• Josh Allen’s comment—“We’ve got to be on our Ps and Qs”—triggers confusion over the phrase's meaning and origin.
  • Dan: “What do...we don't know what P's and Q's are? I've always...I've said, what are P's and Q's?” (38:03)
  • Jeremy: “They think it is short for pleases and thank yous. Ps and Qs.” (38:58)
  • Discussion spirals into alphabetic philosophy (if you don’t cross a T, it’s an L; if you only dot I’s...)

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10. Alphabet Deep Dive: W, Spelling E, and Linguistic Inception (40:07–46:06)

• Brain-melting debate about the origins and spelling of the letters W and E.
  • Dan (awed): “Are you saying the W is just a double U? You’re saying it's two U's?” (40:15)
  • Billy: “W's two V's, not two U's. I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about. And W is a letter, not a word word.” (41:50)
• Makes a show poll: “Do you know how to spell the letter W?”
• Philosophical spiral: If you spell out a letter with words, do you then spell the letters in those words forever? (43:01)
  • Billy: “...it would just be an endless loops of letters spelling other letters.” (43:01)
• Tenet gets run down as an incomprehensible movie; Christopher Nolan’s understanding is called into question.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dan Le Batard, on Kimmel’s Suspension:
  “Not even Bob Iger has the money or the power to stand up to the threat that is presently upon the shores of everyone in media because of how compromised they are by a series of mergers and money interests.” (19:57)

• Mike Ryan, on Media Mergers and Free Speech:
  “The FCC only really controls the networks. But media, the state of media is such that these big networks are either merging with other companies that own these cable conglomerates...it’s very clear what is happening here.” (22:21)

• Billy Gill, on Tree Planting:
  “This is a Barbie pink guava tree that I will be planting today.” (07:49)
  “Is there a fine line between snitch and journalist?” (08:29)

• On Spelling and Language:

  • “What do...we don't know what P's and Q's are?” (38:03, Dan)
  • “Are you saying the W is just a double U? You're saying it's two U's?” (40:15, Dan)
  • “So if you were to spell the word W with letters, do you then have to spell all of those letters...and it would just be an endless loops of letters spelling other letters.” (43:01, Billy)

• On Tenet (Movie):
  “That movie sucks. Don’t tell me that you like that movie.” (43:28, Billy)
  “No one likes that. Anyone who likes that movie, you just lying in my face.” (43:33, Billy)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Pablo Torre/Clippers reporting: 01:28–04:13
• Boxing argument: 03:13–05:06
• Billy’s live tree planting: 05:28–10:17
• Journalism vs. snitching debate: 08:12–08:37
• Dolphins season on the brink: 10:17–16:00
• Sports radio impersonations: 12:08–14:52
• Jimmy Kimmel/FCC/Free speech: 18:37–30:34
• Miami Dolphins dread and overanalysis: 33:05–36:40
• Alphabet/Spelling rabbit hole: 37:18–46:06

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Tone & Style

The episode typifies the show’s blend of comedic chaos, impromptu tangents, and substantive commentary. Even as the crew veers off into absurd language debates, they ground discussion with real concern about free speech and corporate power, seamlessly pivoting back to sports and parody.

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For First-Time Listeners

This episode is a kaleidoscope of sports, satire, sincere media critique, and genuine confusion about the English alphabet. Highlights include Dan’s powerful monologue on free speech, the comedic mess of Billy's punishment, and an extended, hilarious breakdown of why spelling the letter “W” will break your brain. Essential listening for fans of sharp humor and thoughtful commentary, with plenty of Miami sports agony (and hope?) thrown in.

Transcript

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[Jon Zaslow]

Pablo.

[Dan Le Batard]

Again with this guy making this 5am Pablo drop. I feel so bad for Clippers public relations. Like they have to get up at 2 o' clock in the morning and and see what he's doing and sit through an hour long episode because he doesn't get to the point right away. Like you have to Fast forward to 30 minutes in before you get to the actual story. But now he's got yet more paperwork and I don't know how it is that Zaslo and Billy are saying, yeah, Silver's not going to do anything. I don't believe that there's a way given that we have so much documentation. Usually these investigations are private and the leagues are doing it. We don't find out much of anything unless Ted Wells is doing a $5 million report. But the Clippers are in big trouble.

[Billy Gill]

I would think so. But Adam Silver got up in front of people the other day and said he's never heard of aspirations.

[Dan Le Batard]

He walked that back. He did walk it back and you called him full of crap yesterday. But Pablo's got more this morning. He's slow playing this, he's slow playing. This, he puts. He puts chum in the water. And then people come out and talk about it who don't know what they're talking about it. And then he makes them look dumb.

[Billy Gill]

Why? So why do they. Okay, at this point, shouldn't those people, shouldn't they have realized maybe I shouldn't say anything because Pablo's got more stuff that's going to come out?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I think they've learned that since.

[Billy Gill]

No one's talking anymore.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think. Well, I think now they've learned it. I think now everyone is being a lot more careful. I mean, the initial statement from the Clippers was this was provably false. And they've been, they've been backpedaling like Deion Sanders since then.

[Jeremy]

It does feel a little bit like how you describe boxing. Not that I've ever watched or will ever watch, but the way you describe it is like you're luring your opponent into getting hit. So you just kind of slow play it. And that's how Pablo feels.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's here, I'll give you a little.

[Jeremy]

Bit of this and get you to make a statement. Oh, actually, I have this. Get you to make another statement. Actually, I have that. It's insane.

[Mike Ryan]

Jeremy. It's called the rope. A dope watch. When We Were Kings, that's when boxing was boxing.

[Dan Le Batard]

I disagree.

[Mike Ryan]

I think When We Were Kings was certainly when boxing was boxing.

[Jeremy]

And when was that?

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't think you have to go back to 1968. I think Crawford just did that to Canelo, lured him in a couple of times. And then Canelo looked when he got hit. When Canelo got hit, after he saw his opening, he looked around as if he didn't understand what had just happened to him because of how Crawford lured him in.

[Mike Ryan]

Just to be clear, I said boxing was boxing during the thrill in Manila, and you countered with no. Canelo vs. Bud Crawford on Netflix. Aaron Crawford, you said isn't it isn't his nickname Bud?

[Dan Le Batard]

You said. You said.

[Mike Ryan]

Thank you. Wow.

[Jeremy]

Sorry.

[Mike Ryan]

Look at me. Pugilist specialist.

[Jeremy]

You don't know who he is either.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dan, you said that boxing wasn't something that had feints and rope a dopes since the 60s. And I was saying no, we just saw it last week.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I said boxing was boxing during When We Were Kings, which is a great documentary, one of the greatest ever. You should watch that, Jeremy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Agreed. It is great.

[Mike Ryan]

That's when boxing was boxing. Not on a Netflix card that nobody I know outside of you and Juju is talking about now.

[Jeremy]

Does he have any relation to Carl Crawford?

[Dan Le Batard]

Boxing.

[Mike Ryan]

That's when baseball was baseball.

[Dan Le Batard]

Boxing is still boxing. I don't think you could say boxing.

[Jon Zaslow]

I'm not sure it is.

[Dan Le Batard]

Boxing is not boxing.

[Billy Gill]

Did Jeremy say he's never seen boxing?

[Dan Le Batard]

He doesn't care about the competition.

[Mike Ryan]

I have to walk something back as the resident pugilist specialist. It was the Rumble in the Jungle, not the Thrill in Manila.

[Dan Le Batard]

Where's Billy?

[Jon Zaslow]

My socks are wet.

[Mike Ryan]

Am I making you miss Billy?

[Dan Le Batard]

Where is he? Why is he not here?

[Mike Ryan]

I felt like I filled the role adequately in this segment by just bothering me. This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats podcast.

[Dan Le Batard]

We obviously we have Jimmy Kimmel stuff to talk about, and obviously we have dolphin stuff to talk about, but I have Billy Gill paying a punishment. I believe it's the first time that Billy Gill is paying a punishment since he was an old timey baseball player. And so we go out immediately to Billy Gill. Billy Gill live.

[Billy Gill]

He looks like an idiot.

[Dan Le Batard]

Billy, can you hear me? What are you doing? What is the punishment you're serving today? Finally, we're getting a punishment served. You named yourself commissioner. You didn't serve any punishments the year that you were the commissioner, but you're finally paying a punishment. What is the punishment you're paying today? In the rain? Is that your home?

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

This is an undisclosed location where I am planting my third tree. I was supposed to plant one tree as the Kauai punishment, which really was planting no trees because that's what Kauai did. But I'm now planting my third tree to satisfy you guys.

[Mike Ryan]

The first two trees were artificial intelligence. We saw the images. Falsehoods. It's not falsehoods and fallacies, Billy. They very clearly.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Bring up one. Bring up one of the images so you can see it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Billy, don't make the video team try to do stuff you haven't prepared while you're at an undisclosed location trying to be foul our show. Are you going to start? Do you have the materials you need to plant the tree from an undisclosed location?

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Well, I was told those would be provided for me, but Told by whom?

[Jon Zaslow]

You're. You're.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's your punishment. You got to serve the punishment. What do you mean? It was provide. You don't have a tree.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

You think Hawaii was showing up with trees to plant himself? No. He shows up and dig a hole, plant a tree, whatever, you know.

[Mike Ryan]

Did you just push? There we go.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

I forgot my shovel is not gonna work later.

[Dan Le Batard]

So what kind of Tree do you have? What kind of tree do you have that you're planning?

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Thank you, Danny.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you, Danny. Yes. Do you know anything about it?

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

It'd be hard to explain why I don't have a shovel later. And he just handed it to me three seconds in, but that's okay. Oh, God. Now it's stuck in the tree.

[Mike Ryan]

It is hard to do this with a mic.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

What was the question?

[Dan Le Batard]

The question was what kind of tree is now laying flat on its side, which is not how you want a tree. What kind of tree is that? Do you know anything about what you're doing today?

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Yeah, this is a Barbie pink guava tree that I will be planting today.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nice. At an undisclosed location. Okay, we will check in with you. When Pablo Torre shows up, you will befoul his segment. We'll check in with you. When Chris Whittingham shows up, we will be foul his segment. Anything else that you have. You don't think Adam Silver is going to punish anybody for what Pablo is reporting, correct?

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Well, I mean, if the guy won't stop snitching, like, he. Every week he's like, oh, guess what else I know. Guess what else I know. And he's kind of forcing the commission's.

[Billy Gill]

Hand here, you know, why is it snitching? He's being a journalist. He's being. That's not snitching.

[Dan Le Batard]

Please.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Not my.

[Billy Gill]

Please.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

You know what would happen? Stitches. There's a fine line between snitch and journalist. I will just say, let's hear this.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll at Lebatard show. Is there a fine line between snitch and journalist? Because, Billy, you're one of the loudest national critics of Pablo Torre's reporting, which has been pretty impeccable.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

I had falsehoods on that as well. I'm just trying to bring perspective to this distorted reality. What is this? I'm just trying to bring perspective to this distorted view of this story, you know, oh, this is the biggest story in the history of man. This is the greatest invention ever. Whatever, blah, blah, blah. Meadowlark, we did it. We almost had Charlie Sheen's documentary. You know, I'm just here to say, hey, you know, most people don't care. Football started. Dolphins, Bills, Thursday night football. Buffalo Tua went dressed like he was going to a blizzard when it's supposed to be in the high 60s. Tonight, we'll see what happens.

[Mike Ryan]

What are you wearing?

[Dan Le Batard]

Are those over? Are those overalls? What is on your chest? I can't see. Like, what are you wearing.

[Billy Gill]

I think those are gloves on his chest.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

As you can for, for, for frame of reference, you can see that when I planted the last two trees, this is my planting raincoat that I wear. And it's apropos because it's raining today. And then I have my, my gardener overalls on as I do when I plant things. And then these, these are my, these are my gardening gloves. And you can see there's still dirt on them from the last time.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, we will check in with you later. There's not dirt on them from the last time you tried to trick us with AI. You have.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

What's this dirt from then?

[Dan Le Batard]

Not planted any trees. That is not.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Wasn't out with any waiters or waitresses. You know what I mean? That's an OJ Reference.

[Dan Le Batard]

We'll see you later. Thank you. We'll end on that note. We'll check in with you a little. A little bit later on. We really didn't need an OJ Reference there.

[Billy Gill]

Who would have gotten that reference?

[Dan Le Batard]

That's why he explained it. Generally, jokes don't work when you have to explain them afterward. The Dolphins play tonight, a game that Zaslo is saying is something that is going to shift the franchise permanently. I would ask the question of the group here. This is the biggest point spread we've had this season, correct? 12 points. There's been no bigger point spread this. Earlier this early in the season. And I think I can say this. If the Dolphins were to win tonight, it would be the biggest surprise we've had this season as well. Correct? No one's expecting the Dolphins to do anything because if you haven't seen what it is that the Bills have done. The Bills, they haven't had an offensive Turner turnover. They're scoring on 64% of their drives. They're averaging 502 yards per game. That's the highest in the NFL. And this is the biggest spread that the Bills and Dolphins have had since 2023. Zasla, why do you believe that this is a game, a season changing, franchise changing Thursday night?

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, I, I think it's a. I think it's going to be a seminal in. In Dolphins franchise history. Now, when I say that, I don't think it's hyperbolic because what I mean by that is I think tonight is going to be so ugly that it is going to force major changes on the franchise. It doesn't mean that those major changes are going to wind up being good things. We've had major changes in the franchise before. And look at you now. Like we're still where we are. So I, I, I, I don't believe it's going to necessarily result in anything good, but I think we're going to be able to look back at. Wow, Remember that Thursday night game against Buffalo? That's when this guy got fired and this guy got traded and this guy got benched and this happened. I think what, what goes down tonight, we are going to remember this.

[Mike Ryan]

Was that your Pacino again?

[Billy Gill]

Look at you now.

[Jon Zaslow]

Not as good as your other one.

[Mike Ryan]

Big time.

[Billy Gill]

You know when he says that look at you now. That's when the, the hitman in Scarface, when the hitman wants to kill. You think, you think I kill women and children? You think that's what I do? And then he shoots me there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look at you now. Now I'm glad that you're doing impersonations because I've told the people listening to this that ZSAS is making a giant impact at espn. Everyone's noticing now. He's getting the flattery that people get when you mimic them, when you impersonate them. Evan Cohen, part of the unsportsmanlike crew on morning radio on espn. Evan Cohen, who came up through South Florida clearly jealous of Zaslow, clearly infuriated that Zaslow is getting sweets on the road and flying first class.

[Billy Gill]

Obvious jealousy.

[Dan Le Batard]

And not getting up at 4 o' clock in the morning to prepare a show because he's, you know, because that's insanity. Because he's got the star power that comes with being a rising personality at espn. Now, Evan Cohen on their very popular morning show is impersonating Zaslow. Can we play that sound, please?

[Mike Ryan]

I know Zaz is listening, so let me know.

[Billy Gill]

Just make it.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm supposed to talk to Zaz later on today. Oh, going on his podcast.

[Mike Ryan]

That's not gonna go well for him. I'll tell you.

[Billy Gill]

Miami sports expert.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm a Miami sports expert.

[Billy Gill]

You're a big guy. I'm a small guy. I'm Jonathan Zazzle on ESPN Radio. Let me tell you something, that is a truly horrific impression. I'm a small guy. I mean, Evan, you need to work on that. I'm Jonathan Zazzo. I don't know who that person is that he thinks that he's impersonating. I never heard that person. Jonathan Zazzle. That's a made up person on ESPN Radio.

[Mike Ryan]

What a stinky impression that is.

[Billy Gill]

You're a big guy.

[Mike Ryan]

A bad impression.

[Billy Gill]

Who are you doing?

[Mike Ryan]

I'm a small guy. Not awesome.

[Billy Gill]

That is. That is not an awesome Jonathan Zazzle.

[Mike Ryan]

Good impression or bad impression?

[Billy Gill]

That's bad impression.

[Mike Ryan]

Bad impression.

[Billy Gill]

I'm Jonathan Zazzle on ESPN Radio.

[Dan Le Batard]

Who does. Who does a good job? Who does a good Zazlow impersonation?

[Mike Ryan]

Mike Ryan.

[Billy Gill]

Jonathan. I haven't heard a good Zazzlo impersonation. I'll be honest. Anyone that I've heard, try and give a Zazzlo impersonation. You're not the real thing on ESPN Radio.

[Mike Ryan]

I second that.

[Billy Gill]

Knowing. I know, right?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Whoa. Who's talking?

[Billy Gill]

I third that.

[Mike Ryan]

Is it me or me?

[Billy Gill]

I'm a small guy. It's me.

[Mike Ryan]

It's me.

[Billy Gill]

And me.

[Mike Ryan]

And me. I'm Jonathan Zazzo, ESPN Radio.

[Billy Gill]

On ESPN Radio. I'm yet to hear a good impression on ESPN Radio. You're a big guy. Yeah, big guy. I'm a small guy. A little too big. Like Chris Canty. I'll be honest. I'm Jonathan Zazzo.

[Mike Ryan]

So on ESPN Radio.

[Billy Gill]

Howdy.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Don LeBatard, you were that kind of sad this morning, taking the barrage of anger from Stugots because you hadn't booked him enough interviews. I the only reason I keep bringing this up is because you not are throwing a big party on Thursday. You're doing it and I want people to support what you're doing because stug has not made this easy.

[Mike Ryan]

Stu guts.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Well you know, well, yeah, you know.

[Mike Ryan]

This is the Dan lebatar show with the Stugach.

[Dan Le Batard]

A few years ago. To get serious here for a moment.

[Mike Ryan]

Are you going to do the Brian Gumbel? Take off your glasses. We turn our attention to the fall of America.

[Dan Le Batard]

A few years ago, Jon Stewart said, comedy doesn't change the world, but it's a bellwether when a society feels under threat. Comedians are who get sent away first. And we are watching, with the weaponizing of the FCC and the government, we're watching something that feels like it doesn't have a whole lot of precedent. Because what Jimmy Kimmel said to get suspended indefinitely. And the people reporting around this don't know if he'll come back, aren't sure he'll come back. And what you're seeing is a reaction to something that is not in the top 100 of things Jimmy Kimmel has said on his program to antagonize Trump and the government. But hours after the head of the FCC said, we can do this the easy way or the hard way, you saw something that stunned me. Even as I see that we live in complicated, turbulent times, even as I get scared and sad because people are being assassinated for their opinions. And the people who were loudest complaining about cancel culture, that created the movement that we have today, that results in something that feels like cancel culture, I'm watching something that, for me, doesn't have precedent. I know Lenny Bruce was arrested once upon a time for making ch. But seeing Jimmy Kimmel not have the protection of something as powerful as Disney because corporate interests in media are filled with such cowardice that you have a situation where not even Bob Iger has the money or the power to stand up to the threat that is presently upon the shores of everyone in media because of how compromised they are by a series of mergers and money interests. And to see Bob Iger show this kind of cowardice and bend a knee again, again with Trump, not. Not the first time. Because what happens here is once you're a coward who's extorted, the bully's gonna keep extorting the coward. And when they gave Trump $16 million on something that Stephanopoulos said, they opened the doors now to all of media feeling like it needs to capitulate to a threat. And now you get dangerously close to state run media. And I will tell you, as someone who descends grandparents and parents from a childhood filled with, you can't trust the media. It's all propaganda. I've never seen in my lifetime America in the position it's presently in where the media is running this kind of scared from power, as if we're not a place that one of the chief principles is free speech. And I understand that private businesses don't have to adhere to free speech stuff. But there's no one who can look at what's happening here. You can't look at what's happening here and not say that this is a kind of threat that you have not seen before in the United States, where a comedian gets gone from a late night television show for commentary that I'm telling you, doesn't pass for the top 100 of the things that he has said on his broadcast that would be offensive to a different political affiliation.

[Mike Ryan]

And it cashes in on a threat that was made by the President several months ago after Colbert, it was announced that Colbert would be leaving. By the way, Colbert still has the platform. They made the decision on the show. And some people online are saying he should have Jimmy Kimmel on as a guest because that would be a wonderful way as a lame duck host to use the platform. But after the Colbert thing happened, the President went to his social media platform and said Jimmy is next. And now he's kind of reveling in what happened, says Seth and the other Jimmy are next. This cashes in on what was on Project 25, something that during the campaign the President distanced himself from. And now very clearly the FCC is leveraging all these mergers because the FCC only really controls the networks. But media, the state of media is such that these big networks are either merging with other companies that own these cable conglomerates. So you're not just leveraging the network television, the channels that you can get with your antenna, but also cable, cable news. If you see what's happening with CNN and whose potential interests are at play there when it comes to mergers and acquisitions, it's very clear what is happening here. And I think I'm going to like Karen for the first time in my life because they seem to be really responding to feedback from people that are offended. I'll put in a call, see if it helps, because this is, this is absolutely wrong. This goes against our First Amendment rights. Even conservative talk talk show hosts such as Tucker Carlson are ringing the alarm bells right now.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, but you can't have. You simply can't have. If you're putting things next to each other. Someone on Fox last week saying that you should just kill the homeless, which is disproportionately filled with combat veterans, by the way.

[Mike Ryan]

There was a shooting at a Homeless encampment. And shortly after those comments, something that the media has not really covered all.

[Dan Le Batard]

That much, but that didn't have a penalty that was substantive.

[Mike Ryan]

Not network tv, but owned by Rupert Murdoch, which owns a network channel in Fox. No, there was an apology there. And then that cable news channel in particular is part of the cable news outlet set. Seem to not really run with the story of what happened in Minnesota either.

[Dan Le Batard]

Government entities are being weaponized to pull, put pressure in places that threaten principles that I care about deeply, and I was pretty sure that most Americans cared about deeply. I believe that when we talk about the freedom to speak freely to power, that is a core principle in America. And this one seems to have reached people in a way that I'm finding interesting because now, no, it's not cancel culture you're messing with, it's pop culture you're messing with. Right. A lot of people are looking at this and being like, wait a minute, where in that joke, that mag that the head of the FCC is describing as one of the sickest things possible.

[Mike Ryan]

And admitting that it's an unprecedented step in doing so.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're watching stuff that we have not seen before. But the reaction has been very strong. I've been encouraged by a reaction where no matter what your political affiliations, most, most Americans are looking at stuff. And even if they're gleeful, even if they're gleeful about this, most Americans are looking at this and being like, yeah, this is not the country that the flag that waves in this country is supposed to represent something different than this.

[Mike Ryan]

Most. I don't know what's real. I have election results that would probably thumb their nose at that. But I wanna also be very clear, like, this is not a hypocrisy of mine. I've always maintained, yeah, the First Amendment rights protect you from prosecution and jailing. But if you work for the private sector and you say something offensive, that your employer has a right to do what it wishes. Now, this certainly seems subjective. This seems relatively benign. I'm applying my own feelings to this. But this comes as a part of an agenda and as a part of a threat from the President himself. And they're following through. And there's even the promise of more hosts being taken off of network television that have historically had a go at this administration. And it's a scary time, especially when it appears to be something so benign.

[Billy Gill]

Did the other late night hosts do or say anything last night after this news came out?

[Dan Le Batard]

I didn't see late night television last night, which is part of the issue here. Right. Some of these people have really been weakened. Maybe another time Disney could have been stronger. Under these circumstances, I understand how you arrive at the common sense logic of you have all the money in the world and all you're doing with that money is making more money and protecting more money. So these mergers are important. And Iger and Disney have a huge issue in the modern age beyond the merger. They're just not what they were because everything is so fractured. So they're not as strong as they were. But if people like Iger and Bezos and Zuckerberg can't stand up to this, what's the point of having money and power if all you're going to do with it is make more money and bow to power?

[Billy Gill]

Like what?

[Dan Le Batard]

What is the point?

[Mike Ryan]

Making more money is important to them.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, it's the most important thing, obviously.

[Mike Ryan]

And you're also saying that these are private companies, but they're also, in many instances, publicly traded companies that have. Have so much riding on these mergers. I think that's what happened with Paramount. If we see.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, that's what's happening everywhere. He's got everyone leveraged on this one because that is exactly what happened. This isn't about free speech. It's just about accruing more power. That's all it is. And how do you accrue more power? The powerful bow before you. Nobody in power wants to fight because there's so much corporate cowardice here on fractured media and media that is now consolidating and needs to consolidate in reaction to got left behind by modern times. Got left left behind by all sorts of people going independent and having trouble keeping up because they're run by a bunch of old people who do not know how to attract young people the way Mr. Beast does.

[Mike Ryan]

I do hope that this is an opportunity to unite a lot of people that over the last decade took offense to air quotes, cancel culture and what I would say consequences for things that certain people say, this affects them too. Because if you want this to establish a template, historically in this country, especially in my lifetime, the power is like on a pendulum and it shifts from side to side and you don't want these rules applied to you. And I find it very curious to use the martyrdom of a free speech advocate to be doing these things.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is extortion. And I don't know very much about extortion, but I do know that once you've allowed yourself to be extorted, you're going to keep being extorted like Once you've shown that you're not going to fight this stuff, that you're just going to give millions and dollars, millions of dollars away in order to protect your future investment, then you're just going to be someone who keeps doing that. This has consumed a lot of people. Last night were we're covering this because I do believe this one has reached a lot of people. I also see the self interest in media types talking about this because we're scared. There's just simply fear because of what it is that you see happening. And as I see it happening, I am very grateful that we remain independent. We remain, but it still makes me scared, by the way, to see everything that I see happening. But I'm wildly grateful that we can remain independent because this is a time where this country feels less free than it used to.

[Jon Zaslow]

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[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

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[Jeremy]

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[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

To your guys's against this.

[Mike Ryan]

You're right, you're right, you're right.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't have it against the spread because I wasn't prepared for this segment.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

You need an Ian in your life.

[Dan Le Batard]

You have actively played defense against me today in a way that has rarely been this undercutting.

[Mike Ryan]

Stugats.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Defense wins championships, baby. That's show business.

[Mike Ryan]

This is the Dan Levatar show with.

[Billy Gill]

The St.

[Dan Le Batard]

Chris Cody. Get me some sound here, if you would, of both Josh Allen and Tua as we talk about this game and segue into I usually don't like to preview games. You know, I like to review games more than preview them. But I do believe that I'm having trouble finding, finding a time where this Dolphin franchise felt like this and we all lived through that one in 15 season.

[Billy Gill]

Like, do you not agree with me thinking that this is a huge moment for this franchise tonight?

[Mike Ryan]

I thought Sunday was a huge moment for the franchise and I think you can maybe thank the short week for the lack of change. And now this has to be Waterloo, right? This. This has to be.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, I, I mean, I, I think the coverage all day tomorrow is going to be about what? About what do the Dolphins do now? I think that's the major NFL story all day tomorrow.

[Dan Le Batard]

I was asking before about point spreads. What was the spread in that Browns Ravens game?

[Mike Ryan]

Same spread that it is presently, according to DraftKings 12 and a half. So this ties the largest spread. And I'm with Zaz. We all expect the Miami Dolphins to lose tonight against a really good Bills.

[Billy Gill]

Team, a team that has owned them for about the past nine years.

[Mike Ryan]

That means the entire sports media will descend upon last night's result and only amplify what's going on here. It's unfortunate because they'll essentially have the sports news cycle to themselves.

[Billy Gill]

Like this would be different if this game was being played Sunday afternoon. Not the same. But the fact that it's a standalone game tonight and we're gonna have all day tomorrow to react to it, I think it's a major moment for the franchise this evening and tonight and then all day tomorrow is gonna be very embarrassing.

[Jon Zaslow]

We gotta figure out what we can make happen in sports tonight that can steal some of the headlines tomorrow.

[Mike Ryan]

Because you want to protect the franchise.

[Jon Zaslow]

I just, I just, I don't want.

[Mike Ryan]

You. You don't want the change.

[Jon Zaslow]

It's what you said like the Friday after the game. It's just the whole space is here. We're gonna overanalyze. It's just I don't need.

[Billy Gill]

Oh, I don't think it's overanalyze.

[Jon Zaslow]

I don't need every national show doing the fire McDaniel tomorrow. We got that covered.

[Mike Ryan]

All right.

[Jon Zaslow]

Just give me something else in sports tonight so that other shows can lead with something.

[Mike Ryan]

You don't want every sports show saying how bad you are.

[Dan Le Batard]

We got that.

[Mike Ryan]

If you're an agent of change, you do. It's like dates back to when USF beat Randy Shannon's Miami Hurricanes. And by the fourth quarter I'm kind of rooting for USF because I want to see change.

[Jon Zaslow]

I'm going to keep making the argument for if they're going to be this bad, why not just keep them through the year? Let's be bad. Let's be a two win team. Like I don't want to bring in a coach that's going to fire the boys up and now we're going to be 8, 9 again. The classic Dolphins middle of the draft.

[Billy Gill]

I'm sure there's no chance there's some kind of camera catching Tyreek Hill blowing up on the bench tonight, right? That's not going to happen.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, you guys say be bad. The thing that I'm concerned about and this doesn't happen that often in that league. Right. The games are very often close. The thing that I'm concerned about is that they played the Patriots and Colts and those aren't reputed, not preseason reputed to be great offense. Now maybe Daniel Jones ends up surprising us all season, but the Dolphins are dead last in the NFL in EPA allowed per drive by a wide margin and they've only played the Colts and Patriots. This is an offense that's coming in that averages 500 yards a game. So we run the risk. You remember when Dominique Foxworth was out here saying it was unethical for Brian Flores to have to coach that team.

[Jon Zaslow]

That was funny.

[Mike Ryan]

That's what happens when you have the news cycle that's going to be tomorrow.

[Jon Zaslow]

This is not safe with the Dolphins.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm worried that what's going to happen because for two games now what's happened is the worst case scenario Worst fear of Dolphin fans, which is not just that they're going to be bad. No. They're going to be coast to coast, sea to shining sea, embarrassing. Like a laughingstock. Because they can't play football at all. They've. They've. They've caused two punts this year here. Buffalo doesn't punt. Buffalo has no interest in punting. Like, I. I'm hoping that the NFL is just NFL ing tonight, but if you had to bet on it, I'm guessing the money's going on the Bills tonight.

[Jon Zaslow]

Bills are my survivor pick for the week.

[Billy Gill]

Over under half a punt tonight for the Bills.

[Jon Zaslow]

I'll take the over half. Just a half.

[Mike Ryan]

I'll go over.

[Jon Zaslow]

I'll crush that over.

[Jeremy]

Punt one punt.

[Jon Zaslow]

Can I play a sound of Josh Allen that just shows how not worried he is about the Dolphins coffins. If you use the phrase that you're about to hear from Josh Allen, you never use this if you're worried about somebody. It's just when you're like, couldn't care less.

[Mike Ryan]

Their front over there is filled with a lot of guys that can get after the quarterback.

[Dan Le Batard]

So we got to be on our P's and Q's.

[Jon Zaslow]

See, he doesn't give a. You don't say P's like, exactly. It's just like, he is so not worried. He's just like, yeah, they got good guys. We got to be on our P's and Q's, toss cross our T's, dot our I's.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, there's two of those cliches. I gotta.

[Jon Zaslow]

Why are we.

[Dan Le Batard]

What do.

[Mike Ryan]

We don't know what P's and Q's are? I've always. I've said, what are P's and Q's?

[Billy Gill]

Hold on.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on. On. Put it on. The poll at Lebatar show. Do you know what P's and Q's are?

[Mike Ryan]

I know what it means to dot an I and cross a T. That's very thorough.

[Billy Gill]

I know that too.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know what it means to be on a P and on a queue.

[Dan Le Batard]

Anyone. Does anyone here know what it is to be on a P and on a queue? Because yes, dotting an I in crossing a T is making sure to handle all the details. You don't want to leave any T's uncrossed because then it's just an L.

[Jon Zaslow]

But you're indifferent about it, though.

[Mike Ryan]

Like a second.

[Jon Zaslow]

You're not that worried about it though. You're like, yeah, we got to be on our P's and Q'S.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't think the Dolphins are going to cross their T and night if.

[Dan Le Batard]

If you don't cross your T's and dot your I's, you just have two L's, which. It's going to feel like the Dolphins have two of those tonight if they get beat by 30 points.

[Mike Ryan]

And that would hit so hard. If I were on a gummy.

[Billy Gill]

Has a team ever just dotted the eyes but they forgot to cross the T's and so they were screwed. Like, they lost because we only dotted.

[Mike Ryan]

The eyes, I'd still be shell shocked.

[Jon Zaslow]

Jeremy, you got P's and Q's.

[Jeremy]

So there's no technical origin, but when they've tried to figure it out, they think it is short for pleases and thank yous. Ps and q's.

[Jon Zaslow]

He doesn't respect.

[Mike Ryan]

Thank you.

[Jon Zaslow]

Josh Allen does not respect us.

[Mike Ryan]

Thank you. You do say Q when you're saying thank you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Q. Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

That would slap if I were on the really wood. Their front over there is filled with a lot of guys that can get after the quarterback. So we got to be on our P's and Q's.

[Billy Gill]

Don't even bother learning their names.

[Mike Ryan]

Just.

[Jon Zaslow]

He could not be less worried about us. He watched a Netflix movie last night. He wasn't watching film. He's just enjoying his evening.

[Billy Gill]

Josh Allen wakes up this morning is like, man, tonight's gonna be fun. Right? It's just this. This is a fun outing that they're having tonight, bro.

[Mike Ryan]

Should I say Q instead of thanks? This is crazy.

[Dan Le Batard]

What is more important to dot the eyes? I feel like it's more important to dot the eyes than it is to cross the T's.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Jeremy]

Definitely not. Definitely not. If you do a little I, you can infer that that dot. But if you do a T where that's. That's coming up, it's. You're going to think it's an L, bro. Without the cross, bro.

[Mike Ryan]

You got to put that little line after the, like, in the queue. Otherwise it's an O. Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow. I don't know what to do with any of this. I can't believe that nobody knows what P's and Q's are.

[Mike Ryan]

Holy shit. Same with the P. Did you realize.

[Jeremy]

W is just two U's stacked together?

[Mike Ryan]

Wow. Q, man.

[Dan Le Batard]

So wait a minute. You're saying the W is just a double U? You're saying it's two U's?

[Billy Gill]

That's really a double V. Man, I.

[Mike Ryan]

Gotta get out of here. This is crazy.

[Dan Le Batard]

So double. So wait a minute. The W, the word W is just not one U, but two U's. It's a W. Gosh.

[Mike Ryan]

That letter can't possibly be a word. A is a word and I is a word. But W is not a word.

[Dan Le Batard]

Roy, I just blew your mind. I blew my own mind with that. I never thought of the W as two U's.

[Mike Ryan]

I can't take it. There's so much going on. It is too much.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's go back out to Billy and Danny trying to plant a tree so that we can find out what we need to find out about the conversation that we're having and the progress that Billy is making. He really did. Do I believe now that that wasn't AI earlier this week? I believe, given how Billy is presently dressed, wearing the same outfit that was in that. What we thought was an artificial intelligence.

[Billy Gill]

And his gloves had dirt on them.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes. And Billy is now. You're wet, too, Billy. Has it stopped raining yet? Is there any danger. Is there any danger in you getting electrocuted with a microphone while it rains?

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Business has picked up on the rain front. Is there a danger of lightning hitting me? Yes. But is the earth endangered of not having enough trees and oxygen for us to live on forever also? Yes. So I will plant my third tree today and I will risk my own safety for future generations to come.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you, Billy. We appreciate that. Live remarks.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Also, Zaslow's right. W's two V's, not two U's. I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about. And W is a letter, not a word word.

[Jon Zaslow]

Love the sound of rain.

[Jeremy]

It is spelt.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Thank you, Danny.

[Dan Le Batard]

The word.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Danny, be careful. It's monsooning over here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Say that again, Jeremy, please.

[Jeremy]

It is spelled double. The word double hyphen U. When you were trying to spell out double U, that's how you would do it, isn't it?

[Jon Zaslow]

It's spelled.

[Mike Ryan]

Whoever spelled it, dealt it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll, please. At Lebatard Show. Do you know how to spell the letter W? Because I've never seen. I've never seen it spelled. This is crazy.

[Mike Ryan]

Spelling a letter is wild.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right now we are in unchartered territory doing some serious Alphabet learning together as a show. Do not say that we do not provide a double service.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

I have a question.

[Dan Le Batard]

Double service? Yes, Billy.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

So if you were to. To spell the word W with letters, do you then have to spell all of those letters that are used to spell the word? And it would just be an endless loops of letters spelling other letters.

[Mike Ryan]

I can't Take this. This is like Inception. It's really hard to follow because, like.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

W would start with the letter D. But how do you spell the letter D? You spell it D, E, E. Right. But then that D, E, E. You would spell D E, E for that D. And then for E, you would have to spell out those E's, and there's two of those. And then you have to spell those letters as well. Correct.

[Mike Ryan]

This is not even like Inception. It's like Tenet, which I flatly didn't get.

[Billy Gill]

That movie sucks.

[Mike Ryan]

It was terrible.

[Billy Gill]

Don't. Don't tell me that you like that movie.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no one likes that.

[Billy Gill]

Anyone who likes that movie, you just lying in my face.

[Mike Ryan]

A great take.

[Billy Gill]

No one understands what I think about. You're not smarter than everybody because, oh, I like Tenet. No one believes that you. I understood it. It doesn't make you smarter. It makes you a dope.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll at lebaton show. Did anyone like the movie Tenet? That was Christopher Nolan, wasn't it? It's a bit of a surprise.

[Mike Ryan]

He still hasn't apologized for it.

[Dan Le Batard]

That was a bit of a surprise. Christopher Nolan doesn't make a whole lot of bad movies. And the universal consensus on that was, yeah, I didn't understand it. Don't get it. And. And then other people didn't watch it because none of their friends understood it.

[Billy Gill]

There's no way Christopher Nolan understands what that movie is.

[Mike Ryan]

No way.

[Billy Gill]

No way, no way.

[Mike Ryan]

And also, stop trying to make John David Washington happen.

[Jon Zaslow]

He works hard.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll at LeBatard show. Does Christopher Nolan know what Tenet was about? Billy, you don't seem to be doing very much planting. You seem to be standing in the rain just looking around, trying to figure out how it is to spell W using letters. And I think D is spelled D, E, E. I think it's a Scrabble word. I think a lot of. I think a lot of words, a lot of letters. The only place that you would watch them, see them spelled would be in Scrabble.

[Jeremy]

So D, E, E. I think you.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

Would lose Scrabble if you were spelling letters.

[Jeremy]

D, E, E, O W, E, Y, O, U. B, E, E, E. L, E, E, E, Y, O, U. I stopped listening. W. I can't follow.

[Mike Ryan]

I straight up.

[Jeremy]

That was a stray.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are you saying that E is spelled E? E, E. Are you saying E?

[Jeremy]

How else would you spell E?

[Dan Le Batard]

E? I'd spell E. E. Ooh.

[Jeremy]

Or you could spell it Y.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're saying E. There's A silent H.

[Billy Gill (live from undisclosed location)]

And E with Billy. H. Silent H. E, E, E. I need some air.

[Jon Zaslow]

Jeremy. Show title spelling less letters.

[Jeremy]

That's already on it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll at Lebitard Show. Do you know how to spell the letter E? And also put on the poll. Would you have imagined that the letter E is spelled E? Because I don't believe that that simply, simply cannot be true. I don't believe that the language is so inefficient that the way that you spell. The way that you spell E is just hitting someone in the head with three E's. Why not four E's? Why not two E's?

[Jeremy]

The Internet says E. E. It's not true.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why not three E's? Why not four E's? Why not five E's? That's not what P's and Q's are.

[Mike Ryan]

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