Local Hour: The Elephant Not In The Room

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Episode: Local Hour: The Elephant Not In The Room
Release Date: November 20, 2024

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Introduction

In this episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, host Dan Le Batard and co-host Stugotz dive into a variety of topics ranging from pop culture mishaps to intense discussions about the NBA. The episode titled "Local Hour: The Elephant Not In The Room" presents a blend of humor, insightful commentary, and engaging banter among the hosts.

The Elephant Not In The Room

[01:22] Amin Elhassan kicks off the main conversation with the intriguing phrase, "The rare elephant out of the room," setting the stage for discussions about overlooked or unaddressed issues.

[01:30] Dan Le Batard responds with a simple agreement, highlighting the metaphor's significance in their dialogue. The hosts playfully explore the idea of an elephant being present yet invisible in a room, symbolizing problems that everyone notices but no one discusses openly.

Notable Quote:

Amin Elhassan [01:22]: "The rare. The rare elephant out of the room."

Jay Leno's Accident and Elderly Driving Issues

The conversation takes a humorous turn as the hosts discuss legendary comedian Jay Leno's reported accident of falling down a hill while staying at a Hampton Inn.

[12:48] Mike Ryan brings attention to Jay Leno's visible injuries, including a swollen eye and an injured wrist, sparking a debate about senior driving safety.

[13:02] Billy humorously suggests that Jay Leno's driving incidents may stem from his excessive key management, implying that taking away car keys from elderly drivers is challenging.

Notable Quote:

Billy [17:58]: "Borderline elderly abuse. But the ends justify the means on this situation."

The hosts share personal anecdotes about dealing with their own parents' driving habits, emphasizing the real-life implications of such scenarios.

Delta Airlines and Shake Shack Partnership

Shifting to aviation and fast food, the hosts discuss Delta Airlines' new partnership with Shake Shack, limited to flights out of Boston.

[04:05] Chris Cote expresses excitement over the collaboration, while [04:30] Mike Ryan notes the absence of French fries, leading to a humorous exchange about Shake Shack's menu adaptability.

Notable Quote:

Stugotz [04:05]: "What news?"

[05:25] Amin Elhassan explains Delta's strategic choice of Boston as a test market for the Shake Shack partnership, questioning the decision to limit the service to a single airport.

The hosts speculate on the potential success and expansion of this partnership, reflecting on consumer preferences and market testing strategies.

NBA Discussions: Joel Embiid and the 76ers' Struggles

A significant portion of the episode delves into the NBA, focusing on Joel Embiid's performance and the Philadelphia 76ers' disappointing season.

[25:48] Chris Cote criticizes the team's management and Embiid's impact, while [29:08] Dan Le Batard explores the broader implications of having a superstar like Embiid who is pivotal to the franchise's relevance.

[31:27] Amin Elhassan highlights the strained relationship between Embiid and the team's management, comparing it to past NBA dynamics where star players held significant influence over their teams.

Notable Quote:

Dan Le Batard [35:38]: "He's the entire franchise's reason for having value and interest in basketball."

The hosts discuss the potential fallout if Embiid decides to leave the team, drawing parallels to other NBA stars and their influence on team success and league popularity.

Balancing Humor with Insight

Throughout the episode, the hosts maintain a balance of humor and serious analysis. Whether it's poking fun at Jay Leno's misadventures or debating the intricacies of NBA team dynamics, The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz delivers engaging content that resonates with both sports enthusiasts and casual listeners.

Final Notable Quote:

Dan Le Batard [43:30]: "What's wrong with you? Imagine taking Jay Leno's keys. Like, he would always have a spare somewhere."

Conclusion

"Local Hour: The Elephant Not In The Room" offers a rich and entertaining exploration of various topics, anchored by the hosts' charismatic interactions and sharp insights. From pop culture anecdotes to critical sports analysis, this episode encapsulates the essence of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz—a blend of humor, depth, and relatable discussions.

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Note: Advertisements, sponsor messages, and non-content segments were omitted to focus solely on the podcast's main discussions and insights.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

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[Amin Elhassan]

The rare. The rare elephant out of the room.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, Right.

[Mike Ryan]

Nobody like that.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, there's an elephant and he's not in the room.

[Amin Elhassan]

He's not in the room.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

But nobody can see the room at the moment.

[Chris Cote]

Right. So Dan's not here yet.

[Stugotz]

An elephant stuck in traffic is a funny visual.

[Jeremy Tache]

It's a hippo. Not in the room.

[Amin Elhassan]

Behind the wheel, like, come on. Honking his horn.

[Stugotz]

His entire large. I'm picturing Dan's convertible now, and I've got just a giant elephant sitting out of the convertible just like, what the hell? He can see more than the rest because he's an elephant. So he's kind of sharing with other cars. Like, there's a fire up there.

[Chris Cote]

He has a height advantage is what you're saying.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, he's pointing with his trunk to let him know where the traffic's.

[Jeremy Tache]

Two trunks in that car.

[Chris Cote]

Huh?

[Stugotz]

He's actually, since he's on the exchange, he's taking his trunk, dipping it into water, and trying to help by putting the fire out by.

[Amin Elhassan]

See, you have him as helpful as like courteous to the other drivers around him. I have him as just honking his horn hard.

[Chris Cote]

Rage.

[Amin Elhassan]

He's like, come on.

[Chris Cote]

Yes, Rage.

[Mike Ryan]

I thought Dan only had like a two mile commute. Like, isn't he very close?

[Chris Cote]

Yeah. But I would say this. I'm assuming he takes that causeway every single day. And if there's a worse place for gridlock and an accident. If there's a worse place in the causeway. I am not aware of that place.

[Amin Elhassan]

I've watched bad Boys too. And I can concur with stugots. That place is terrible. Cops, power sliding in a. In a Ferrari and then opening fire on masses of people.

[Chris Cote]

Well, plus you can't get off unless you live on Star Island. Fisher Island. You can't get off. The road's over when it's over.

[Amin Elhassan]

Well, I've seen the Rick Ross hustling video. You can get off the causeway, you just have to jump.

[Mike Ryan]

You watch a lot of videos that have the causeway.

[Amin Elhassan]

I do. I love the causeway.

[Stugotz]

Apparently there were fire trucks heading that way. So in all honesty, I hope everything's okay. Thought we should get out there with that.

[Mike Ryan]

But he could in theory.

[Chris Cote]

Glad you got out there.

[Mike Ryan]

Walk here and still get here.

[Amin Elhassan]

Absolutely.

[Stugotz]

Just going to leave his convertible just on the causeway. Like I don't think you can.

[Jeremy Tache]

I mean he can get another one.

[Amin Elhassan]

That's true.

[Chris Cote]

I'm thinking Dan could get here quicker walking every day than I get here driving.

[Stugotz]

We should do that one day.

[Amin Elhassan]

Dan should.

[Chris Cote]

Dan could actually have Dan walking. Huh?

[Amin Elhassan]

Dan could actually pay one of us to walk to the causeway to get in his car while he walks back to show.

[Stugotz]

We should try that Fuentes go get dance car.

[Chris Cote]

Anyway.

[Amin Elhassan]

Oh, we're still going? Yeah. I thought that was like a nice natural. Like it felt like it. Well, we can come up with a little bit more stugotts. I don't know if you saw the news.

[Chris Cote]

What news?

[Amin Elhassan]

Delta airlines.

[Chris Cote]

Yes.

[Amin Elhassan]

Is going to start serving Shake Shack burgers.

[Chris Cote]

That's amazing.

[Amin Elhassan]

On flights only out of Boston though.

[Stugotz]

Caveat.

[Chris Cote]

I might start connecting through Boston.

[Stugotz]

I mean, no french fries though. Burger, chips.

[Chris Cote]

Why no fries?

[Stugotz]

It's difficult. I mean, fries don't travel well.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah, you know, fries, you got to get them, they got to get fresh. If you don't get them fresh, then.

[Stugotz]

They get even worse as they get higher in the air.

[Mike Ryan]

Do you guys know about. I'm surprised Billy hasn't brought this up on the show. Shake Shack is sort of taking a shot at Chick Fil a and offering on Sundays. Only because Chick Fil a is closed on Sundays. Yeah, they're free. Their chicken sandwich, which is free of antibiotics, apparently. They say so and Chick Fil A's is not. And they're giving away one sandwich free every Sunday if you buy through the app and spend at least $10.

[Chris Cote]

So how do you play?

[Mike Ryan]

I did it last week. Classic vegan meal.

[Amin Elhassan]

I love the idea that Shake Shack. I mean, for Chick Fil a. For years, their marketing slogan has been like, eat more chicken and the cows and stuff. And Shake Shack HQ is like, enough of this bullshit. We strike back on their biggest vulnerability. Sundays.

[Chris Cote]

Wait, so why through just Boston? That's it. That's the only airport Delta has a deal with Shake Shack. But it's only through Boston.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah. So typically, whenever they launch these type of programs, they pick a market that's not quite as big, you know, why not out of JFK or LaGuardia? Well, they didn't want to go big. They want to take a nice, small podunk market first.

[Chris Cote]

Right. You know, I mean, Boston is not a small market.

[Amin Elhassan]

It's a small market compared to New York.

[Chris Cote]

Right.

[Amin Elhassan]

Come on, now.

[Chris Cote]

So it's a test market, is what you're saying. Test case.

[Amin Elhassan]

Provincial, you know, but that's good.

[Chris Cote]

We should all be excited. Like, baby steps. It takes. It takes one city to have it work out well, and then suddenly we all have Shake Shack on our planes.

[Amin Elhassan]

But also, if it doesn't work out, we all know who to blame.

[Chris Cote]

Boston.

[Mike Ryan]

Speaking of Boston, can't wait to go to a license plate this morning. And it said, or yesterday, rather, it said Duncan. And it was from New Hampshire. And Anthony asked, do you think he's a basketball? And I just stopped him right there. I was like, no, he's just from New England. They love Dunkin Donuts up there.

[Amin Elhassan]

You didn't just show him a picture of Ben Affleck?

[Mike Ryan]

No, no, I didn't. I don't. I think he didn't know it was all of New England. I think he thought it was just Boston that was obsessed with Duncan.

[Jeremy Tache]

Yeah, I think I'll go to Boston. I think I'll start a new life I think I'll start it over where nobody knows my name.

[Mike Ryan]

That's a song.

[Jeremy Tache]

Boston by Augustana. You guys remember that one? 2004.

[Amin Elhassan]

Wrap it up.

[Billy]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stuttgarts podcast.

[Stugotz]

Today's episode is sponsored by DraftKings. Stay tuned because you'll hear more about DraftKings and all it has to offer throughout the show. DraftKings, the Crown is yours.

[Amin Elhassan]

You know, one of the rare things that happens in sports is when someone gets either like a technical foul or a yellow card or something, and the game hasn't even started. We're like, you know, the refs are like, you know what? I'm not having this. So, Jeremy, Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

Minor penalty.

[Billy]

Two minutes high sticking.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

He'S paying a penalty now he's paying, too.

[Jeremy Tache]

Oh, it's for the song, right? Not for the costume.

[Amin Elhassan]

It's not for the costume. It's for the. It's for what?

[Jeremy Tache]

Augustana. You don't remember that song?

[Amin Elhassan]

No, I don't. It's one of the biggest.

[Jeremy Tache]

Think I'll Go to Boston. No. No.

[Mike Ryan]

Nobody.

[Billy]

Great song.

[Amin Elhassan]

No, it's not.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a great song. It's on my Apple Music.

[Chris Cote]

I guarantee you, Izzy, it is not a great song.

[Jeremy Tache]

It's a great song.

[Chris Cote]

I'll give you a good song. It's not a great song. Two minutes.

[Amin Elhassan]

Two minutes.

[Jeremy Tache]

Not a lot of piano driven pop rock.

[Amin Elhassan]

Like if you're watching on YouTube, on Peacock or wherever, on the DraftKings network. Yes, he is dressed like a metal stovepipe. What are you?

[Mike Ryan]

He's the Tin Man.

[Chris Cote]

He's the Tin Man.

[Mike Ryan]

What are you quick off the top of your head? What was the Tin man missing?

[Amin Elhassan]

A hort.

[Stugotz]

Courage. Oh, no, that was the lion.

[Amin Elhassan]

Missing hort.

[Mike Ryan]

I always just think of oil. Oh, he was missing oil.

[Amin Elhassan]

He was missing oil, too. He was missing oil. You know, he was missing two things. He was missing two things. Everyone else is just one. Look, the lion. You got a charmed life. All you're missing is courage. Everything else is there. Cool. Scarecrow. You don't have any brains. You know what? You're not missing anything. I wish I didn't have brains. I wish I was just an idiot.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm surprised you don't do a lion impression. The Cowardly lion impression.

[Amin Elhassan]

Murgatroyd, I can't remember. It's been a while since I've seen Wizard of Oz.

[Stugotz]

My wife could not be more excited for Wicked. And I really.

[Chris Cote]

My wife is going with my daughter on Friday.

[Stugotz]

Same.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

My wife's going with your daughter and.

[Amin Elhassan]

Your wife, can I ask, is Wicked. I know. It's a Broadway musical. It's been adapted into a movie. I've been fascinated by this story, though I don't know it for a long time. The idea of, like, hey, what if you told the wizard of Oz from the Perspective of one of the witches. Right? That's the premise. My big question is, is it a Grease musical? Meaning, hey, we act, and every once in a while we have a song. Or is it a Hamilton musical where they just won't shut the hell up, singing every little bit of dialogue?

[Mike Ryan]

What's the. What's the problem? If they do it that way, I'm.

[Amin Elhassan]

Not gonna even give it. Not even a whirl on Max or on Peacock or anything.

[Chris Cote]

If it's you singing.

[Amin Elhassan]

If it's all singing, you can keep it.

[Mike Ryan]

You'd rather just a little bit of dialogue and then randomly break out into song or not have song throughout the entire thing?

[Amin Elhassan]

Well, I mean, look, if it was my choice, there would be no singing at all. But I realize it's a musical, so my acceptable threshold of musical is Grease, it's a movie, and then every once in a while, go Grease Lightning. No, no, no. And you know what? Song's catchy. I'll live with it. But you're not gonna Hamilton me, where every single thing we do is a song and, Izzy, why don't you tell me your opinion?

[Mike Ryan]

I actually don't have to fake it. I know a lot of the words to Hamilton, if you ask.

[Chris Cote]

Can you sing the entire show today? I mean.

[Amin Elhassan]

Oh, that. You know what? That's a grit of death. We should have that as a grid.

[Stugotz]

Of death punishment for the audience.

[Amin Elhassan]

You've got to sing. You got to sing every bit of dialogue.

[Billy]

We did that, but we ended up using it on a mystery crate because it was easier than. Honestly, I think we did the Tin man, too. I don't know.

[Chris Cote]

We're in reruns.

[Billy]

I'm pretty sure someone dressed as a tin man already. It may have even been Jeremy. Like, this may just be something he likes to do.

[Stugotz]

Might also have been Dan. Just for fun.

[Billy]

Jeremy is at that point, too, right where I think he dresses up just for fun, too.

[Mike Ryan]

Fully convinced of no Doubt.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah. Jeremy, like, 20 years from now, he's gonna have the biggest podcast in all the land. Just dressing up, sitting in the big.

[Chris Cote]

Chair, sitting in gridlock, talking about.

[Amin Elhassan]

Uck. Honking, honking his horn.

[Chris Cote]

I'm surprised Dan didn't have the helicopter take him out of the car and fly him to the studio again.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yes, that. That. I. I don't know how big of a helicopter you'd need, though. Or would it be like Operation Dumbo Drop, where they. They just hold them beneath?

[Billy]

That was such a good movie. Operation Double. I mean, it wasn't. Come on, Billy is a great movie.

[Chris Cote]

Why?

[Billy]

Like, the idea of we're going to drop elephants out of this airplane is awesome.

[Amin Elhassan]

Was it. Was it an airplane or was it.

[Billy]

Yeah, no, it was like. I thought that Operation Dumbo drop, they had like the, you know, the giant, like, cargo planes, like, push them out with.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah, you're right. Yeah.

[Billy]

I've always, like. I've always been interested by the idea of, like, a plane's back, like, the butt of the plane just opening up and then everybody just jumps out of it. Like, I'll never find myself in that scenario. But I see lots of movies in which that scenario occurs, so it seems more common than it is.

[Amin Elhassan]

Billy. If I were. I've never skydived. I don't think I'm ever going to skydive. But if I were to, it would have to be from the back of a big plane.

[Billy]

And you'd have to run and jump out.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yep.

[Amin Elhassan]

With the ramp.

[Mike Ryan]

Dennis Leary was in that movie.

[Amin Elhassan]

Hell, yeah, he was.

[Jeremy Tache]

What a cast.

[Chris Cote]

Yes.

[Billy]

I don't think that you can. I don't think that you can solo parachute anymore unless you have, like, some sort of certification. I think every time you go, you.

[Chris Cote]

Gotta be strapped to someone.

[Billy]

I think you're strapped to someone now.

[Amin Elhassan]

Then I gotta be strapped to someone. Gotta run together.

[Billy]

And unless you do, like, a class or something, I'm speaking. You know, like, when we did the. When we did the skydiving here for the show, I think it was like a Red Bull thing or something. I don't even remember. A couple years ago, I was, like, dangerously close out of character to saying, you know what? I'll do it.

[Chris Cote]

Wow.

[Billy]

Because I'm never going to do it. I think Tony ended up doing it in someone else. Who else did it? Or was it just him?

[Amin Elhassan]

Witty.

[Billy]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

I vaguely remember.

[Stugotz]

I just remember Tony nestling his head up against the guy's shoulder before. That's all I remember.

[Billy]

And then I think they did, like, another activation where it was like helicopters that were doing flips or something like that. And I don't think the video ever saw the light of day. So it was just like, for funsies. Yeah, it was something crazy. Like stunt helicopters. Some things we don't need to do stunts in.

[Mike Ryan]

What is going on with Jay Leno?

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, I'm sorry.

[Billy]

The poor guy, man.

[Mike Ryan]

What is happening? I'm looking up, and every time I look up, they're showing him showing off a new injury. Like, he's got an eye patch and underneath it, it's disgusting. And Purple. And he's got a wrist thing. What is happening?

[Billy]

So Jay Leno was doing a standup show. I guess Jay Leno, like, just continues to work even though he has all the money in the world. Continues to work. And he was. He was doing a show, I feel like he said it was, like, in the Boston area. It could be wrong. And instead of taking, like, the path down, because his. His hotel is at the top of a hill, he decided, you know what? I'm going to walk down the side of the hill. And then he fell down the side of the hill 60ft.

[Chris Cote]

I got to tell you, walking downhill is a dangerous game.

[Billy]

A dangerous game. And he's. He's probably, like, mid-70s now, right? So, like, this is going to sound mean, and I didn't mean to kind of do like, a Jay Leno signing impression there, but, like, at a certain point, like, you have that uncomfortable conversation, like, with your. Your elders, your parents, your, you know, aunts, unc, whoever's, like, responsible in your life, you have to say, like, hey, you know, maybe it's time we start hiding the car keys. Maybe, you know, and Jay's rich. Like, Jay just, like, take a golf cart down. A lot of cart. What are we doing? Yeah. Oh, my God. Imagine taking Jay Leno's keys. Like, he would always have a spare somewhere. Yeah, because, like, when you take away elderly people's keys, what you find out, like, I had a friend that they did that to the grandfather, Right? They took away the grandfather's keys, and the grandfather knew what was up, and he ended up passing away. When he passed away, they went, you know, to clean out the keys. Okay? So they went to clean out his house. And when they went to clean out his house, what they found was he knew that it was happening, and he made a million copies and had keys hidden all over the house. So everywhere that they would clean, they'd find a new set of car keys that he hid in the house because he knew they were going to take away his car keys.

[Amin Elhassan]

Now multiply that by, like, 100 cars. Because, Jay.

[Billy]

That's what I'm saying.

[Chris Cote]

Right? That's what he's saying. Yeah.

[Billy]

Jay Leno would be impossible to stop him from driving. And it's not just driving. Right. Like, he flies, too. Or Harrison Ford is the one that flew. Did Jay Leno fly things, too?

[Amin Elhassan]

Travolta.

[Billy]

No, but remember, Harrison Ford crashed an airplane.

[Mike Ryan]

I remember, like, not too long ago.

[Billy]

Yeah. Like, Harrison Ford crashed an airplane. And then like, a couple months later, it's Like Harrison Ford flying again. It's like, why stop flying? Like, what's wrong with you?

[Mike Ryan]

In terms of Jay Leno, I'm saying, just stay inside, man. Like, this whole side of his face is purple. He's wearing an eyepatch.

[Chris Cote]

I mean, yes, we have sound. We do have sound of Jay Leno wearing an eyepatch. Talking about the accident.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jay Leno is all bruised up. The left side of his face is black and blue. His eye is swollen shut. Injured wrist.

[Billy]

I broke my wrist, lost my nail on the finger, and then I'm all black and blue.

[Dan Le Batard]

The comedian says he fell down a 60 foot hill.

[Chris Cote]

I said, well, the hill doesn't look that steep.

[Billy]

Let me take a.

[Dan Le Batard]

And then I. You rolled down a hill? That's not true. No, that's. Jay Leno says he was staying at a hampton Inn about 30 miles outside of Pittsburgh on Saturday night when he wanted to have dinner at a local restaurant before his show. Instead of walking a mile and a half down the road, he decided to take a shortcut down the hill. Not a good idea.

[Billy]

The hill is a cliff.

[Amin Elhassan]

Okay, hold on, Wait.

[Chris Cote]

He stayed at a Hampton inn?

[Billy]

And then he was like, I'll be fine. I'll see you again.

[Amin Elhassan]

Guys, guys, I have some reckless speculation here, okay?

[Billy]

Time to throw away dull journalistic credibility and get reckless. Here is something we like to call reckless speculation.

[Chris Cote]

You're good.

[Mike Ryan]

The most excited I've ever been after hearing that sound.

[Amin Elhassan]

Unpaid gambling debts.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, really?

[Amin Elhassan]

Look at him. Can we get that image back on the screen? Not the video, but just the image of him that's not falling down a hill. Injury.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, how do you get hit in the eye socket specifically, and that your eye swells shut like it must have been a tree is the only thing I could think of if that was the case.

[Amin Elhassan]

Like the broken finger. The one broken finger.

[Stugotz]

He's like, I lost a nail. And oddly enough, he's like, looking around when he says that, as if, like, he just dropped the nail.

[Billy]

So, like, he. Okay, he's reportedly worth $450 million. Like, does he. He just doesn't want to sell his cars.

[Jeremy Tache]

Keeps working.

[Chris Cote]

He is staying at a Hampton Inn.

[Amin Elhassan]

Staying at a Hampton Inn.

[Billy]

He's still working Pittsburgh.

[Amin Elhassan]

Like, exactly. You're Jay Leno. If you're Jay Leno, you just do the Comedy Store and you do, like, the Comedy Cellar. That's how you get your itch scratched. You just walk in there. By the way, Jay Leno, he's the type of comedian, walks in, doesn't matter who's on the set, they're going to bump them and put them up there.

[Chris Cote]

I love Billy thinking that Pittsburgh doesn't have any good hotels.

[Billy]

I mean, so he. He reportedly, like, did a show. Like, 90 minutes after this accident. He just went. He did a show anyways, and then, like. And if you want, you can see Jay tonight back in la. He's doing some charity show. Guy doesn't want to stop working.

[Amin Elhassan]

Even more to the point, you got to keep earning to keep.

[Mike Ryan]

Maybe he's not worth 450 million. Maybe he's broke.

[Billy]

You know what I would do if I, like now thinking about this. So this is. This is. This is mean and borderline elderly abuse. So I'm just going to get out on the front end and say this.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're out.

[Billy]

Okay. So, like, we've gotten this out of the way. Borderline elderly abuse. But the ends justify the means on this situation. This is elderly abuse, but it's for a good cause. So as we've seen, Jay is prone to accidents. He caught on fire not too long ago. Also, I believe there's a situation with a fire. So Jay, obviously, we need to keep him busy because I guess he's bored. That's why he's doing these shows, or gambling debts, as Amin said. But I think he may just be bored and looking for things to do. He just wants to keep working. Right. Now, we remember that he gave up the Tonight show and he gave it to Conan and then took it back, like three months later. Yeah. Or whatever. It was a very short time. He immediately took it back. I think instead of taking his car keys. What you do is if he's actually worth $450 million, is you say, because this is where it gets, you know, borderline elderly, abusive. As you know, we've. We've seen, we struggle sometimes with different streaming services. We don't know how to find this fight or that fight or whatever. Right. We don't know where these things are. Yeah. So I think what you do with Jay is if you're his family and you have access to, you know, his accounts or whatever, you tell him, Jay, NBC Peacock needs you again. Jimmy, something's up there. Right? Jimmy's gonna be taking a little break, some time for himself. They need the big dog back. And then what you do is you build a replica set of the Tonight show and Jay Leno's massive estate, Right? And then you say, you know what, Jay, don't worry about it. We're gonna set it up. We can make you A home studio. Right. Or you just rent a studio, whatever. You built him a replica set.

[Amin Elhassan]

Home studio in his. In his house.

[Billy]

Yes, I think you do that.

[Amin Elhassan]

Or.

[Billy]

But then he may be on to what's going on. Or you just like rent like a studio space and you build like a replica set. Right. And the replica set actually might be better because like in la, in Hollywood, my assumption is people just always want to be in crowds on TV shows. Right. So what you do is you just tell him he's hosting the Tonight show again.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yes.

[Billy]

And then every day you go out there and you do run throughs for the Tonight show, creating a simulation for.

[Mike Ryan]

Him of his former life.

[Amin Elhassan]

You get some unhoused people to be the in studio audience.

[Billy]

Well, I mean, I don't know about that, but you just get extras. Everybody wants to be.

[Jeremy Tache]

You can also just pay like 100 people. No, no, but it's the same 100 people just hired.

[Chris Cote]

These are.

[Jeremy Tache]

Right. And they're just in a different spot every day. So that way he doesn't notice they.

[Amin Elhassan]

Pay less if they're unhoused.

[Billy]

But I think. Okay, well, I'm just saying, I think you could just get them for free. I don't think you have to pay them if they think they're the audience and it just a sandwich. No, not. No, no. Just tourists.

[Amin Elhassan]

Shake shack.

[Dan Le Batard]

And this is all just to keep.

[Mike Ryan]

Jay Leno safe, to keep him in.

[Billy]

Safe, to keep him from driving. You just basically have him doing the Tonight show every day. It just doesn't air anywhere.

[Chris Cote]

Right. Thinking it's gonna lead up.

[Billy]

Exactly right. And then you make sure he's off the street and he's fine. He's not walking down mountains for fun.

[Amin Elhassan]

Billy, how much security will we need here? Because none.

[Billy]

No one knows this happening except Jay Leno.

[Amin Elhassan]

The mob knows and they.

[Billy]

Well, but this goes back to you. You seem to be stuck on two things today. You seem to be stuck on potential gambling debt and the unhoused. And I don't understand why we're stuck on those things in this scenario. My scenario didn't involve either of those things. We just keep bringing back to that.

[Amin Elhassan]

That's.

[Chris Cote]

Why do you have to call him Big Dog? Is that part of the routine? Do you have to call Jay Leno Big Dog?

[Billy]

He. He's a big dog and he knows it. Like that's, that's how you lure him back in. Because he's like, no, I don't know. Jimmy's doing a great job. So it's like he doesn't want to step on Jimmy's toes. He's like, well, when I did the Conan, it was the same thing. So like no one wants to, no one wants to step on his toes because he got the bad, you know, reputation when he did to Conan. So he doesn't want to do it to Jimmy. But then when you throw in the big dog, like Jimmy needs you big dog. And he's like, okay. And then he gets back in, puts on his leather jacket, gets on his motorcycle, but even his motorcycle, you just put it on a treadmill and you have like the scenes going by. Yeah, exactly.

[Amin Elhassan]

Right.

[Billy]

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[Chris Cote]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Go ahead, Billy. Ask him your question.

[Billy]

Is gymnastics gymnastics Pop prop? Possibly.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, wow.

[Amin Elhassan]

Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stugots.

[Billy]

I got some phlegm in my mouth.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, it's okay.

[Billy]

Yeah. Is gymnastics possibly corrupted? This is the Dan Levatar show with these two guards.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hey, Dan fell down a hill. Is a great old person. Way to get injured.

[Chris Cote]

It's a dangerous game. I was telling the guys walking downhill as you get older, dangerous game.

[Dan Le Batard]

I really thought that your observation was the correct one on that entire story. Beyond the grotesqueness of Jay Leno' and just the funny in Falling Down a Hill, Hampton Inn is stunning. I was just. That was the most shocking fact in that story, that. What do you mean? Jay Leno was staying at a Hampton Inn, Pittsburgh. Billy has the right take when he's like, wait a minute, you're still grinding it out on the circuit, working material when you've got an airplane hangar filled of Porsches, like.

[Amin Elhassan]

Or does he?

[Dan Le Batard]

Why are you staying at a Hampton Inn?

[Billy]

I like the idea of him.

[Dan Le Batard]

Get me some nearby hotels there or something.

[Billy]

He needs to still feel the rush.

[Dan Le Batard]

Fine.

[Billy]

He needs to feel like he's fine.

[Dan Le Batard]

Forgive me, Billy, I can't hear you for something. Something's wrong. It's better this way.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah, it's better this way. You're not missing much.

[Dan Le Batard]

Felt a real enjoyment in doing this show.

[Chris Cote]

We're onto something.

[Dan Le Batard]

I feel like I can only hear Amin and Stugotts right now and not the rest of you.

[Amin Elhassan]

We saved the show.

[Dan Le Batard]

Forgive me for being late. I was going to start with a screed about how Joel Embiid has to get to games and practices and team functions on time. How rare is it, I mean, for a guy like Maxie in the pecking order to have to go after his star player? Because the 76ers are the biggest disaster in the sport. They're 2 and 11. They've got the same record as the Wizards.

[Amin Elhassan]

Well, first and foremost, let's give a shout out to the columnist who got shelved, who today is doing his own peloton victory lap. Somewhere he's, like, patting himself on the back. Like I told y'all, everybody was starting yelling at me, talking about I'm a bad guy, but I told y'all. So according to reporting by Sham Charania, not that out of place, out of common, because Maxie, A, has a greater relationship with Embiid and they hold each other accountable. And B, Maxie has been more vocal recently within the locker room. So it did not. For the people inside the room. And ultimately, that's the most important group for the people inside the room. It did not come across as, who the hell is this young whippersnapper to tell our MVP this? It was like, yeah, that's his place. So I'm going to assume from the reporting that it's not a big deal. And again, Maxey this is his fourth year in the league. He's clearly one of the best players on the team. He's been an all Star and most importantly, he's got a relationship now. I'll give you a great example of someone that, that resume wise who say he can't say anything, but really was one of the best at doing this and everyone's gonna laugh. Thanasis antetokounmpo One of the big reasons why he was on the Bucks for all those years was because reportedly he was the only guy that could tell Giannis, hey man, you're full of it right now and you need to shut up and listen to these people. And Giannis would listen to him because it's his older brother. But, you know, a lot of times those characters come in packages in ways like you're not someone who can say, think about you, Donna Haslam, who's you, Donnis Haslam. To say anything to anybody all those years, you barely play, you're an old man. But the respect level was there and when the message came from him, people accepted.

[Dan Le Batard]

I just think it's pretty interesting that you have a player in his prime who has an assortment of health issues but is MVP worthy in that sport. Stugatz that I imagine part of the reason somewhere that ratings are down is people argue about whether it's three pointers or social journey justice or load management or whatever it is. I imagine there's a general dissatisfaction with the idea of a guy like Joel Embiid can't be bothered to play all the time when he's an MVP talent.

[Chris Cote]

I would say that's the biggest thing working against the NBA is people are hesitant to go to games or tune into games because the guys they want to see aren't played.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know the reason, and I'm going to defer to Amin on. I'm sure because this has been his industry, his business for a long time. He cares deeply about the. The reasons that people have less interest. There is a bit of a changing of the guard. We've been having the same stories for 10 years now, right, where it's same, same players and now there's. There are new players coming. But Joel Embiid, part. Part of the dissatisfaction, I would imagine, with the sport is all of the players, they get upset wherever it is that they're playing, and then they change teams and everything is breaking in Philadelphia in a way that will make him feel unappreciated by and not want to be there anymore. Available as an MVP talent in his prime. I mean, because he can't start worse than it has. It's like he put a bookmark in last season. He's got Bell's palsy because of the stress in his face trying to play against the Knicks in Madison Square Garden. Then this season starts, and it starts with him and Paul George aren't playing. And it starts with this story now, Maxie. It starts with him telling Philadelphia, hey, you don't appreciate me enough. I mean, we're real close to this guy not wanting to be there anymore anymore because of how poorly everything has started there. And here's the thing about Philadelphia getting upset about that. They need him so much more than he needs them. Like, that's part of how it is. You get to this kind of entitled when you've overcome everything he's overcome and you arrive late for stuff and tell your fan base, do you know what I've given you? Shut up. I'll play when I'm ready.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah. I mean, I think there's a bunch of things happening. It's part of it is health. How much of that is under its control? How much of it is it? There's a city in Philadelphia and a media base that is one of the more critical ones in the league. Right? There is a team that has entitled him and given him entitlement since he was a rookie. I mean, I remember hearing stories from people close to the Sixers back then where they were like, yeah, they had to hold the bus for Joel Embiid. This is when he was a rookie and his first second year in the league. And I said, what do you mean they had to hold the bus? First of all, holding a bus. When have we ever done that? Second of all, why didn't he just take the second bus? And the guy told me, that is the second bus. And I said, hold on. You have a rookie who's taking the second bus in NBA now it's different, ladies and gentlemen. Has all gone to shit. But back.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow, here we go. I love when he goes full old man falling down a hill with his basketball analysis. It's all gone to shit.

[Chris Cote]

You should do that with an eye patch on.

[Dan Le Batard]

Tell. Tell us how they used to travel back in the horse and buggy days when you were running the league.

[Amin Elhassan]

I mean, look, I'm not saying when I was running the league, but when I worked in the league, it was. It was known if you were a rookie, even the number one overall pick, even the number one overall pick who was dominating you, we're on the road, you take the first bus to the arena. If not, take a car service to the arena before the first bus because you want to get extra, extra work in, right? The second bus was just vets. You never had young players on that bus. And so for a guy to be taking the second bus as a rookie or a second year player, that was unheard of. And then lump onto it. We're holding the bus, dude. There are a lot of vets who have been left. You gotta get your own taxi or whatever. Uber from the, from the. Well, there were no Ubers back then. From the hotel to the arena. If you are late to this bus. So this is the backdrop of which, you know, he has been raised for young players. That's why it's so important for rookies and young players that everything is held to a higher standard for them because whatever they experience, that's what they think this thing is. And that's why you get so many guys who are at one organization and do things a certain way and they get to their sixth and seventh year in the league and then they get traded somewhere and they're like, that's how they do that. Think about how many guys come to Miami and are shell shocked by the level of regimen because they've lived a life where it's like, nah, this is the NBA. You can just show up late to the bus.

[Dan Le Batard]

Miami's interesting in that Miami's a bit of a military school and LeBron and a bunch of others sort of shocked at the way that the place was run when they got here. But I remember one of the first things to bounce against it was Shaq getting here. The Shaq economy, right? They did a certain thing a certain way. And then he gets here and he bounces against like, wait a minute, I'm a bigger star than basketball. And what Embiid's story is not just everything that he overcame to be one of the top 1% of the top 1%, against all odds, playing basketball professionally for all the money. Money. He's the entire process. He's the only reason.

[Chris Cote]

He's the part of the process that works well.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's the entire franchise's reason for having value and interest in basketball. And he's been the only good thing about what they do for a long time. And so when he looks up and Daryl Morey is summoned as his administrative assistant to go get him Paul George, and maybe I'll resign. Maybe I'll want to be here, like, all of these guys have taken over their franchises the way Aaron Rodgers takes over a franchise, which is what happens when you get star power and the star actually has power.

[Mike Ryan]

Dan, can you hear me?

[Amin Elhassan]

Yes.

[Chris Cote]

Ok, good.

[Mike Ryan]

Would you like to say hello to Billy? Because I know you missed him earlier. No, no, that's ok.

[Dan Le Batard]

The last nine minutes were so much more tranquil in my head. Just generally, I felt like I was walking through a spa for the last nine minutes.

[Billy]

You look at me. I got to tell you, Swap Week was picking up steam yesterday. Had a very influential college voice reach out to me and say, I love Swap Week. We can get to that later.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, let's get to that later. Right now, Dan is skipping past the best thing that Joel Embiid said, and it's basically him announcing that he wants to go. Do you know what I'm talking about?

[Dan Le Batard]

I do not.

[Mike Ryan]

He said slow, in a slow trickle, if you will, Will that Jimmy Butler is the best player in the league.

[Billy]

Oh, please.

[Amin Elhassan]

He is.

[Mike Ryan]

He started off by saying one of and then got to the best player in the league. If that's not him pandering and saying, hey, I want to go to Miami, I don't know what is.

[Amin Elhassan]

Hold on for a second. Do you guys remember the movie where there's two guys and they both have issues with someone and say, well, if I murder your person, you murder my person. No one will suspect us because we're random people crisscross, right? That's what's happening here. Because Joel Embiid is probably unhappy in Philly, and Jimmy Butler probably not thrilled about being in Miami. And they're like, you know what we should do? We should just throw chum in the water and give each other compliments. And everyone's like, I think, oh, Joel Embiid's going to Miami. And people say, oh, Jimmy Butler.

[Dan Le Batard]

They both like doing that more than any other players in the league. Let's go ahead and play Joel Embiid doing this here because this is going, I think, in Philadelphia about as badly as it could possibly go. Go.

[Jeremy Tache]

What kind of problems did Jimmy present tonight, offensively?

[Amin Elhassan]

I mean, Jimmy, Jimmy, he does everything. Scoring, passing the ball, you know, commanding.

[Billy]

You know, while being on the floor.

[Amin Elhassan]

You know, both side of the floor, you know, one of the best players in the league.

[Dan Le Batard]

Probably top five.

[Amin Elhassan]

Probably the best, actually.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow. It really escalated there quickly.

[Stugotz]

One of the best. Top five.

[Billy]

All right. He's the best.

[Mike Ryan]

Not quite a trickle.

[Dan Le Batard]

What just happened there? How did he elevate that quickly? Was he doing. Was his unhappiness rising? And he just kept Going higher with. Why would he go from top five? Why would he argue with himself that way?

[Stugotz]

I'm just picturing him like, oh, one of the best. Oh, that's not going to make news. Top five. That's not going to do anything either. Oh, the best.

[Mike Ryan]

He's the best player.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is there anyone other than Joel Embiid and Jimmy Butler who think that Jimmy Butler is the best player in the league? League.

[Amin Elhassan]

Carl Anthony Towns.

[Dan Le Batard]

So there is a. Okay, so there's a third, not a one. Andrew Wiggins. Also that all of those Timberwolves, everyone who's been bullied.

[Amin Elhassan]

Ben Simmons.

[Chris Cote]

You say that Embiid needs. Or Philadelphia needs Embiid more than he needs Philadelphia. And I would say, no, he's been a failure there. Oh, no, I'm serious. He hasn't played more than 70 games. He's never advanced that team to a conference finals. And yes, maybe they got parts of the process wrong, but they did get a maxi. Now he has Paul George. He hasn't been good enough. It's him. He hasn't been good enough. And if he leaves and goes, tries to connect himself to Jimmy or go find a super team elsewhere, he'll just be another guy like Kevin Durant who couldn't get it done on his own.

[Dan Le Batard]

If you can have that opinion, I'm more interested actually in the, like, the fault line of what do you do when your unhappy superstar is entirely the reason for your relevance? Like, what do you. What do you do? Cuz if I make that Paul George and Maxine, no one thinks that's beating Cleveland and Boston. No. If, like, the only way that advances anywhere is with that guy. That's why the power's real and that's why the value is real, because they're a nowhere franchise without him.

[Mike Ryan]

It almost seems like he's just realizing everything this year where he's like, man, I've been through some teammates, man, I've been through some injuries, and now I've got this reporter talking about my dead brother and I've got this going on and I've got to talk about Jimmy Butler because. Because I can't stand it here anymore.

[Dan Le Batard]

And I don't feel like playing. And people in Philadelphia the worst fan base for that.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, boy.

[Dan Le Batard]

For that I don't feel like playing. And it may indeed be your body, and it may be at that size, flopping around, falling on the floor, playing the way that you do that. You do have to try to preserve your body for the playoffs. It's a smart business move. But when you start at 2 and 11 and you're going to have a lot of ground to make up like this, this is a disaster. To start the season when they're as bad as the Wizards.

[Chris Cote]

The playoffs start now.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, they literally did in the in season tournament.

[Jeremy Tache]

The wild part about that day in particular having this happen is Embiid started the day as doubtful to play and ramped himself up to be able to play that game against the Heat, but went out there and was laboring. Whether it was his knee, whether it was his conditioning, he simply could not perform at the level we're used to. It was his first game not taking a free throw since 2018. That was how ineffective he was. But all I can think about is Caleb Martin that night, who showed up that morning to shoot around his first time walking back into the building in Miami. Now as a member of the 76ers, going and playing against the Heat. And then after that game, Kyle Lowry calling a meeting after they blew a 19 point lead against Miami at Jimmy Butler in order for Maxie to call out embiId. And they're 2 and 11. I can't imagine what Caleb Martin is thinking.

[Dan Le Batard]

You look ridiculous.

[Jeremy Tache]

If I only had a heart, Dan. I used to before I started working here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Billy, did you. Did I leave any meat on the bone when it came to this Jay Leno story? Because there was something about him falling down a hill and the conversation that you guys were having about trying to take away the keys from old people. Because I just had this conversation yesterday with my mother. Really, where they did not make Thanksgiving plans far away because. And she made a whole bunch of smoke and excuses and lies to trick my father about why they're not doing it. But it's simply because she doesn't want him getting into a car and driving far. And I'm like, mom, thank you. Just please start lying to him. Because he will not let me have the keys to his car. And five years ago I drove with him someplace, driving 45 miles an hour among 70 mile an hour cars. And I'm like, I can't do this anymore. I've got to take this old man's keys. But he won't let me.

[Chris Cote]

How about you get your old man a driver?

[Dan Le Batard]

He won't take one.

[Chris Cote]

Really?

[Dan Le Batard]

He won't do it.

[Chris Cote]

It's a tough discussion. I've had it with my dad. He's. He will not give up the keys as well. He's very stubborn. But Dan, imagine, because years from now, you know, 15 years from now, 20 years from now, Mike Ryan's going to try to take your keys. Are you going to be willing. Because you don't have kids, are you going to be willing to give those keys up?

[Amin Elhassan]

Huh?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, that's fine. I don't mind.

[Chris Cote]

Really chauffeured around. I think you say that now.

[Billy]

Just tell Poppy that they renewed hq. You build them a studio, you get. You do the show and then. And then you just say, like, poppy, one of the perks. This time they got you a driver.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah.

[Billy]

They're just going to send someone to pick you up every day.

[Mike Ryan]

Dan, to answer your question, on the meat on the bone, Billy's been over here looking up Hampton Inns in Pittsburgh for the last 20 minutes. So I'm pretty sure there's plenty of meat there.

[Amin Elhassan]

Billy, if we.

[Billy]

There's 18, it looks like.

[Amin Elhassan]

Billy, if we do that for Poppy, how much security will we need? Because, you know, the gambling debts in the mob.

[Dan Le Batard]

I love the way Stugott says stubborn. He puts the R in front of the.

[Chris Cote]

It's a tough one for me, see.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it is sometimes. No, it's not all the time.

[Chris Cote]

There's a Ritz in Pittsburgh.

[Dan Le Batard]

I really don't understand why it is Jay Leno was staying in a Hampton.

[Amin Elhassan]

I know why it is.

[Billy]

I was told that Jay Leno only spends the money that he makes doing stand up.

[Stugotz]

He's like Gronk. Didn't they said about Gronk, like, Gronk only he would save all his football checks and all his advertisements.

[Amin Elhassan]

Got that from Shaq.

[Billy]

But like, Jay, what are we saving it for? You know, like, this is what you saved it for. To have fun.

[Dan Le Batard]

Now, this was the same conversation that my parents were having just the other day. Like, my mother's yelling at my father for being cheap, and she's like, I thought this is what we were saving for this time. When are we going to spend it? Poppy is never done saving in our 80s. That's right.

[Amin Elhassan]

All right. Nice try.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yo, you know what? Behind the curtain, you pushed a button. The sound was supposed to come out. Sometimes that little thing that you got.

[Chris Cote]

In front of him there doesn't work.

[Stugotz]

It's cuz. Earlier Amin had the reckless speculation running for like 15 minutes, so I had to turn it down.

[Chris Cote]

Is that what happened? Reboot.

[Amin Elhassan]

I mean, I just hit the button once.

[Stugotz]

I'm just. That's why it was.

[Billy]

Was down.

[Dan Le Batard]

A lot of finger pointing in this.

[Billy]

What were you trying to push, Dan? So we can.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it was. Thank you, Billy. That's all that's. That's the joke. We were sitting around waiting for that one. Father. Sound of. It's nice. It's nice to have.

[Billy]

Brings me back.

[Dan Le Batard]

You guys have me tricking him into. Here's your driver. Dad. We're doing highly questionable again. And then what happens when there's no highly questioned.

[Amin Elhassan]

No, no, no.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, do I have to show up or B. Johnny.

[Amin Elhassan]

No, we. We've all got to do Jason.

[Dan Le Batard]

We've got to just keep doing this.

[Chris Cote]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Amin Elhassan]

Jason's got to be behind the camera again, like back in the day. No.

[Billy]

Yeah, that's the thing.

[Amin Elhassan]

We've got to do everything back exactly right.

[Billy]

You bring up the old cast from the Clevelander, and then you have, like, you have one of the drivers be. I don't know. I don't want to go to air with this. But we will. I don't know who he liked and who he didn't like from the old cast. So then you have the driver be that person, and then the hope is they just get in such a chummy conversation that, like, Lucio or whoever just spends the entire time driving papi around town. And they're just talking and it's like, oh, Chino, I didn't know that you're a driver now. And it's like, yeah. Oh, Kendry's back. Like, what are you doing, Kendrick? Oh, he's driving now.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Amin Elhassan]

How's the family?

[Billy]

Exactly, right? And then you just. Every day they talk, it's always a different person from the past. Danny's there one day. Bruce is back.

[Chris Cote]

Easy. Is Myra back?

[Dan Le Batard]

You guys are just delighted with your inside jokes. That entire Billy story was just so that he could name Kendrick, Chino, Danny and Bruce by name.

[Billy]

And Myra and Lucia.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. But just for it's.

[Billy]

It doesn't matter.

[Dan Le Batard]

I hate so much when they do just a show for each other.

[Mike Ryan]

Can't forget about Lucia.

[Chris Cote]

Myra has to still be talking.

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