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Chris Cody
Shadow Show.
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Shadow Show.
Chris Cody
Shadow Show.
Dan Le Batard
Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadowing it. Shadowing it. Chris, how was your arm? Because I see that Jeremy seems to have legitimately injured himself with his 72 mile an hour Wiffle ball throw because he didn't do any calisthenics or stretching or anything.
Jeremy
I stretched a little. I think I'm doing a little bit better than Jeremy. He also threw way more than I did. I only did twice. He like took him like seven throws to beat him.
Amin Elhassan
All right, relax.
Jeremy
But I'm doing. I still. I feel it today, I'll give you that. But Jeremy's been complaining all morning.
Amin Elhassan
It's my forearm, it's my bicep, it's my elbow, which keeps cracking when I go to reach for stuff. It's my, the top of my shoulder. And most importantly, it's the shoulder blade that is just blown up. If you were to put your hands on my back and feel my left shoulder blade versus my right shoulder blade, you would think I had had something seriously wrong going on right now.
Mike Ryan
Two words, boys. Tommy John, you cannot throw a wiffle ball. That's the issue, right? The issue is not the throwing.
Amin Elhassan
You're exactly right.
Mike Ryan
The issue is the throwing of something that is hollow and that has air ducts so air can go in it to give it to the curve. The problem is if you're throwing a regular ball and you're warming up, you're doing your thing, your arm is used to it, you try and throw the Hell out of a wiffle ball. Your arm is so not used to the lightness of the ball that you're throwing. And your ligaments are like, whoa.
Stugotz
It's like trying to throw a tissue that isn't balled up.
Mike Ryan
Exactly right.
Stugotz
Float everywhere. By the way, my favorite part of this whole thing is Kenny Maine said, hey, whoever beats my number, I'll record your voicemail intro for you. So forever you'll have Kenny Maine as your voicemail. So Jeremy broke the number. Now Kenny Mayne is going to send him.
Dan Le Batard
Well, he sent me a text disputing the results. Radar gun wasn't an officially, you know, sanctioned by Kenny Maine Radar gun.
Stugotz
Let's assume that it is.
Amin Elhassan
We have the voicemail.
Stugotz
Well, let's assume. Well, okay, so it has been sent, it's been received. I told Jeremy. You know what the funny part about all this is? Nobody waits for the voicemail. Anyway. I'm calling you three, four rings, you haven't picked up. I'm hitting end. I'm not waiting to hear the voicemail.
Jeremy
Sneaky good feeling when that happens that.
Dan Le Batard
Someone doesn't answer your call.
Jeremy
Like just like, you know, like you're making a call and it's like, okay, I made the call, but if you.
Mike Ryan
Have, if you're making the call, I want the other person to pick up.
Dan Le Batard
You don't want them to answer, Chris?
Jeremy
No, I'm just saying. Of course you want them to answer, but it's not like you're like, oh.
Amin Elhassan
Man, it's like a level of procrastination that you get to fulfill of. Hey, I had to make this call specifically calling somebody back, but now three rings go and ah, they're not near the phone. I'm gonna hang up.
Stugotz
Love some phone tag balls in your court now. I'm with you, Chris. Hey, I love what I don't get in.
Amin Elhassan
The responsibility is gone.
Stugotz
I did it. I did my part. I reached out. It's like being the last person to send the text. You ever been in that situation? Like you never text me. Open up the thing. I'm the last text. So the ball was in your court to send me a response or a good morning or whatever.
Dan Le Batard
Just start the show so that I can talk about this some more, please. This is the Dan Levator show with the Stuttgarts podcast. I don't understand you feeling relief and a sneaky good feeling, Chris Cody, from calling someone and then not having them answer after three rings so that you can have fulfilled your commitment and didn't want to be making the Call in the first.
Jeremy
No, you're misrepresenting. I think I want them to answer. I'm obviously calling to speak to them. But like Amin said, if they don't answer, I'm at least, like, now the ball's back in their court. I'll answer when they call back, but it's like, I don't feel like a jerk anymore.
Amin Elhassan
No, I think you're not being truthful here, because I think there is a sneaky great feeling in I have to call this person back. I don't really want to have the conversation that we're supposed to have. I need to do something logistically. I need to plan something for weeks in advance.
Dan Le Batard
We don't need all the preamble. We don't need a bunch of hypotheticals about what you have to do with your free time.
Amin Elhassan
Okay.
Dan Le Batard
You can continue the story. We just don't need more.
Amin Elhassan
I mean, I was about to say it.
Dan Le Batard
We got. We got. Okay. It doesn't matter. I don't think we're.
Amin Elhassan
You want to hear Kenny Maine's voicemail or not?
Dan Le Batard
I don't really want to hear anything about Kenny right now. No. The thing that I wanted to get to here with Amin because I thought it was the video of the day yesterday is Mike Tyson selling tonight's fight the way that Mike Tyson does. And I'm not even talking about him slapping Jake Paul. I suppose we'll get to that in a second as well. But before I get to the video of the day, one of the places where I started to feel aging is just basically when I checked in on award shows and didn't know a lot of the very famous people that other people were excited about. Now I know the fame of the person I'm about to describe. Hasbulla. Is that how we pronounce? But I don't know why he's famous beyond the fact that he's an adult who looks like a child, but I don't know where else. Okay, but there are many people who have that particular ailment.
Stugotz
They're all famous. Gary Coleman, Emmanuel Lewis.
Dan Le Batard
I don't think they're all famous.
Stugotz
They're all famous.
Dan Le Batard
How can you say that they're not all famous? But why? Why is Hezbollah famous?
Stugotz
Because he's an adult who looks like a child.
Dan Le Batard
All right, so let's play that video first, because this is Mike Tyson not basically knowing this. In this video, Hezbollah is about 25 or 26 years old. Correct. And so he plays. Mike Tyson plays with him as if he thinks he's a toddler. So go ahead and play that video real quick as B roll to set up the following video, because if you have not seen this, looks like he's.
Jeremy
Playing with a child. He's like shadow boxing.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, right. But it's clearly not a child when you look at his face.
Stugotz
Well, when you look at him the way he's boxing, no child knows how to box like that.
Jeremy
Oh, now he's hugging him. He picked him up like I pick up my daughter.
Dan Le Batard
That's right.
Stugotz
I'll give a little fake bite to the ear.
Dan Le Batard
Is that right? He's gonna give him the claw in a second, which is one of my moves. Yes, that's one of my favorites.
Stugotz
By the way. None of you guys know how terrified Hezbollah is right here when he gets picked up and Mike pretends to bite his ear. Because I've been there. It's a scary place, folks. You don't know when he's going to snap.
Dan Le Batard
Amin told us yesterday that he has been there. If you have not heard that story, I urge you to check out the podcast yesterday. But. So Tyson is delighted there. And it's led me to the conclusion that after this happened, Mike Tyson now questions all children whether they're actually adults. Because this interview, this interview, he is giving an adult interview to a child. Now, how old is this girl that is interviewing him? I'm going to guess 11, 12.
Stugotz
My thoughts exactly. I have an 11 year old who's around that age. So I'm like, yeah, probably that.
Mike Ryan
You figure she's a preteen, but she's done this. She gets really famous interviews and talks to every musicians, athletes, people of note. And she has this like cool little one on one conversation, very quick interview. But then you get to somebody like Mike Tyson, you're like, oh, I want.
Jeremy
The audio audience to like when you're listening to Mike Tyson, what we're about to play, I want you to picture an adorable young journalist, a child who's just trying to learn. And she's looking up at him, nodding along, just taking in all of this so innocently.
Stugotz
Let me just say right now, that is the most professional media member I've ever seen in my life. Because what's about to happen right now is so left field. Forget about the fact she's a child. Just for the softball question that's about to be lobbed up.
Dan Le Batard
She's a teenager. And the sound on this, the way that Mike Tyson answers it seriously, as he answers most questions in his life, I thought the silence was just as Funny as the words.
Stugotz
So after such a successful career, what type of legacy would you like to leave behind when it's all said and done?
Guest
Well, I don't know. I don't believe in the word legacy. I just think that's another word for ego. Legacy doesn't mean nothing. That's just some word everybody grabbed on to. Someone said that word and everyone grabbed on the word. So now it's used every five seconds. It means absolutely nothing to me. I'm just passing through. I'm a die and it's going to be over. Who cares about legacy after that? What a big eagle. So I'm a die. I want people to think that I'm this, I'm great, I'm no, we're nothing. We're just dead. We're dust, we're absolutely nothing. Our legacy is nothing.
Stugotz
Well, thank you so much for sharing that. That is something that I have not heard before. Someone say that as an answer.
Guest
Can you really imagine somebody say, I want my legacy to be this way when I you're dead. Why do you want somebody you think somebody really wants to think about you?
Stugotz
Beep up.
Guest
What's the adaptation? I think I want people to think about me when I'm gone. Who the cares about me?
Stugotz
Dude, I laughed so hard last night. I watched it so many times in a row. Cause there's so much happening.
Dan Le Batard
Dude.
Jeremy
I kept thinking like every 15 seconds he's gonna realize he's going too far and he's gonna soften it and he just keeps going. It's so good.
Stugotz
I thought the most fascinating thing was his answer's kind of right.
Dan Le Batard
It's great perspective for anyone. It's just surprising perspective to give a 14 year old child. And comedically he was hitting perfect. The silence is after and you're just dead. Now. This child hasn't probably thought a great deal about mortality.
Stugotz
Beep bop, boop.
Dan Le Batard
But the silence. I want to play that again for you because this is written comedically, perfectly. And he nails the dismount with the perfectly placed F word at the end.
Stugotz
So after such a successful career, what type of legacy would you like to leave behind when it's all said and done?
Guest
Well, I don't know. I don't believe in the word legacy. I just think that's another word for ego. Legacy doesn't mean nothing. That's just some word everybody grabbed onto. Someone said that word and everyone grabbed on the word. So now it's used every five seconds. It means absolutely nothing to me. I'm just passing Through, I'm gonna die and it's gonna be over. Who cares about legacy after that? What a big eagle. So I'm gonna die. I want people to think that I'm this. I'm great. I'm. No, we're nothing. We're just dead. We're dust. We're absolutely nothing. Our legacy is nothing.
Stugotz
Well, thank you so much for sharing that. That is something that I have not heard before. Someone say that as an answer.
Guest
Can you really imagine somebody say, I want my legacy to be this way when I you're dead. Why do you want to think somebody really wants to think about you? What's the audacity? I think I want people to think about me when I'm gone. Who the cares about me when I'm gone?
Jeremy
Well, thank you for sharing that.
Stugotz
Thank you for sharing that. She's so professional, man. She handles it so well. But the other thing I liked about it is, in the middle, he says, nobody cares. Well, maybe my kids will care when he does that math. Okay, some people will care, but most people won't care.
Dan Le Batard
She does a couple of great things in the interview. One is allowing the silence for Mike Tyson to elaborate three times. Plenty of room for Mike Tyson to continue the thought without interruption. But one of my favorites is that after the silence, she professionally turns back to the camera. Yeah, like, she turns away from it. He's like, I'm dead. I'm dust. And she just turns away from the camera and starts to go back and do face the camera and talk to the camera. But Mike Tyson is next to her. And it's extra funny as well, because Mike Tyson is not finding at any point any of the funny in this. Ever since he did the Toad in the ill fated Art of Conversation, one of two episodes that we did. So I thought so, too. Based on what it is that. Actually, this is a funny story based on what it is that you said yesterday about Mike Tyson's life. The argument I had at ESPN about doing Mike Tyson because they just wanted me to do a football player. And they're like, how about you do Chris Long? And so they were. And they were asking me. They were asking me, why do you want to do Tyson?
Stugotz
What? That's right.
Dan Le Batard
That silence was purposeful. Yeah, because he's really interesting. Because he's an interesting person. You know, like Amin was saying yesterday, maybe the most interesting athlete of our.
Stugotz
Lifetime, dude, the way he's, you know, for the audio audience. If you haven't watched the video, listen to it. It's funny, hilarious. There's a lot more to that, but watch it because you have to see the way he looks at her in that moment of silence. And again, Mike. Dan. I'm so terrified of Mike Tyson.
Dan Le Batard
Third time you've done this to me, calling me Mike.
Stugotz
It's because he's done it.
Mike Ryan
You have a presence, Dan.
Dan Le Batard
That's why he's done it twice on air and he's done it once off air. He's got so much Mike Tyson of the mind that he keeps calling me Mike.
Stugotz
We got to get past this fight.
Dan Le Batard
But yeah, you're so right, Lennox.
Stugotz
I'm looking at him and that's the look that he gave me right before, like, I thought I was gonna die.
Guest
Look at me, Louie.
Dan Le Batard
Don't look at me Louie, is what he was saying. He didn't want Mike Tyson.
Stugotz
I didn't want to be there, didn't want him looking. I promise you, I didn't want to be there. But the way he stares at her again, it's like he's staring at a 28 year old dude, like, oh, you asked me this question. Really? And the other part of this, because she is a child, she doesn't book her guests, she doesn't run the business. Probably her parents do that. So you as a father or a mother are standing there behind the camera saying, oh, shit. Imagine that rollercoaster, Dan, of being like, baby, you won't believe what we got. What do we got? We got the Mike Tyson interview. We're gonna get Mike Tyson right after they do this.
Dan Le Batard
Yes.
Stugotz
This is one of the biggest ones. We've had all these huge stars, but this is huge. Especially because the moment this Netflix thing is happen, this could blow up, go super viral. And then it starts and you realize that Mike is not playful.
Mike Ryan
Joyful with Mike is Mike.
Stugotz
Yeah, he's being Mike now. And you're like, oh, shit. Because if things go left, if he like picks up this child and rips her in half and the spine and all that, like, what? All you can do, all you can do is sit back and watch, Dan. I'm gonna tell you how I know what Mike Tyson did to that child in that interview is if there were any other person, athlete, politician, musician, actor, whatever, the Internet would be like, how dare you? And who the hell do you think you are? That's just a child. Whatever, dog. I've been watching nothing but reaction video after action reaction video. I have not seen one mother effer say anything bad about Mike Tyson. They said it's funny. They've done the same thing we've done. I haven't heard one person say, how dare you, Mike?
Dan Le Batard
How dare you treat a child that way?
Mike Ryan
I was having the same thought when the dad or whoever it is is back there and he's like, I can't protect her because if something happens, I can't step in. There's nothing that I can physically do. Like, there's other artists, there's other people. You. The dad can come in.
Stugotz
Cut.
Mike Ryan
Hey, watch out. Like, what are you doing?
Stugotz
I'm not fast.
Mike Ryan
Like, I got nothing.
Stugotz
Even if I. Even if I were crazy, I'm a crazed parent. I love my child. I'm not fast enough. He's right there and he. You see the way he punches you? See how do you see how fast he slapped? I had to watch that like three times just to see the slap. It's one thing. It's like all of a sudden now he's gone. I'm like, what? What happened?
Amin Elhassan
I love that the concern has turned from, oh, is Mike Tyson gonna say something crazy? To is Mike Tyson going to rip my child in half?
Stugotz
Jeremy, that's what we've been trying to tell you for, like three months. The guy's crazy. He's insane. You guys think it's all play, play. And Jake Paul's like, oh, I'm gonna tap him. And one thing is like, Mike is gonna have some memory of somebody messing with his pigeons when he was 18. And then the next thing you know, to the moon.
Dan Le Batard
He. He tore. He has her being torn in half and him waving the spine around like a cartoon fish that's been pulled out of his skin and is just a.
Amin Elhassan
Smack someone in the face with it on a boat.
Jeremy
She would still be professional, though, Walby. Like, that's how professional she was. She would still be saying, thank you.
Stugotz
So much for sharing that. That is something that I have not heard before.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah. And none of us had really. To a sports interview question. I've never heard that as an answer to what, you want your leg, dog?
Stugotz
That is such a brilliant retort by her. Like, that's what I'm saying. Like, this child is gifted, man. Because to say, to recognize in the moment, oh, my God, this is going left. And instead of sinking in it, like being able to rise 33, 30,000ft above and say, no one's ever answered that question like that before. Well, thank you so much for sharing that. This holiday at T Mobile, I'm joined by a special co anchor.
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Mike Ryan
This is the Dan Levatar show with these two gods.
Dan Le Batard
We're going to try and get her on. And we're also going to try and get on another participant in a funny video that I've been meaning to get to for two days from Wheel of Fortune. I believe this is the first viral moment that has been had by Wheel of Fortune since Pat Sajak. This is the first Seacrest viral moment. Amin was saying that the parent of that child was thinking to themselves how great it would be if their child interviewed Mike Tyson to get that viral moment, which they did indeed get because of how Mike Tyson handled that. I want to know which is the funnier video, that one or the one I'm about to play for you, which the clue on the board. Okay. Is not sausage related in any way. Okay. I need to explain this to the audio audience. Please put the clue back on the preview for me so that I can see.
Stugotz
I think we should just give away what the answer. The answer is. Give yourself a round of applause. Now, there are some missing letters, obviously, because this is Wheel of Fortune. The important thing to notice is the last word. Applause. The A is there. That starts at all.
Dan Le Batard
It's at the front. Yes.
Stugotz
And the first word, which is give. The E is there.
Dan Le Batard
That's right. It's a four letter word at the top. Give. And the last word is applause. But this confident man does not answer that way. I'd like to buy U. Well, you're going to get three U's. I'd like to solve a puzzle.
Stugotz
Okay.
Dan Le Batard
Well, let's hear it. Treat yourself a round of sausage. I'm sorry, that's not it. Over to Katina. I would like to solve.
Mike Ryan
Okay.
Stugotz
Give yourself a round of applause.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
That's it.
Stugotz
Seacrest gives an audible like a gut punch.
Dan Le Batard
I think most of us, if that had happened to us, and we're going to try and get that contestant on today, would have, if given the option, would have asked for the floor beneath us to open and for the earth to swallow us, never to be seen again. Would have been the choice I would have selected. Instead of Ryan, I want to buy something or anything. Just. I'd like to disappear, not just from television, but I'd like to leave this particular plane of earth and see if I could get closer to the core of earth here. I don't want to be around people anymore.
Stugotz
Now, Dan, I'm an expert on these kinds of matters. As you know, we have the law offices of amino acid to help people with viral decontextualization. I'm sure this guy is not a complete moron, as that video would indicate. It was just a moment taken out of context that he was virally decontextualized. So this is what I would say to him. We're going to call up Johnsonville Sausage Company. We're going to do all the sausage companies. Omaha Steaks, everybody. We're going to do brand.
Dan Le Batard
That's a good idea.
Stugotz
Brand partnerships.
Jeremy
I'd love a round of sausage.
Stugotz
And that's slogan.
Dan Le Batard
Treat yourself around, not give yourself. Right? It could have been give. It should have been give. It should have been. It was four letters. The last letter was E. It should. It was give. It was give yourself a round of applause. Treat yourself. But it's funnier. Treat. Not just because it's five letters instead of fours. Who wouldn't want to? Outside of vegans, obviously, and vegetarians, there's vegan sausage. Treat. Treat yourself a round of sausage. I don't know that you could do better with a comedic word at the end than sausage.
Mike Ryan
I feel like he's at a point where he's reading it and then he gets to it mentally, where he's like, oh, my God, wait a second, this isn't right. Because he starts getting the words and he's like, treat yourself a round of sausage.
Dan Le Batard
Treat yourself a round of sausage.
Stugotz
That little pause. Treat yourself. Oh, shit. Damn it, I've already messed.
Jeremy
Can I start over?
Dan Le Batard
Chris, do me a favor here and just play it again just so that I can hear. The silence isn't long, but silence is funny, man. Silence is funny in the Tyson video, and the silence is funny here, because what you hear in the silence before the comedically perfect pathetic buzzer that tells him that he's wrong. It's just a pathetic buster is right before that you hear silence. And then the game show host, Ryan Seacrest, a professional by any measurement, one of the most. You would think that he would handle this situation as well as the 14 year old handled the Tyson situation. But it sounds like he has been softly punched in the nuts. Treat yourself a round of sausage. No, I'm sorry, that's not it.
Mike Ryan
Over to Katina.
Stugotz
Come on, Ryan. Come on.
Dan Le Batard
I love Dan.
Jeremy
Great point by Dan. That buzzard is great.
Stugotz
It's by itself. It's silent. It is the sound of silence.
Jeremy
Who makes that groan?
Stugotz
That's Ryan Seacrest.
Jeremy
I thought it was the guy. Just after he does it might be the guy.
Dan Le Batard
Let's hear it again. Let's see if we can separate Seacrest from his words and the guy from his pain. Treat yourself a round of sausage. No, I'm sorry, that. That's not it.
Jeremy
Seacrest. I think that's Seacrest.
Dan Le Batard
No, it might not have been Seacrest.
Amin Elhassan
I think it's him. I think it's him realizing like, oh, I just said the most embarrassing.
Dan Le Batard
We're going to have to do an investigation. I do believe that that might be his own shame and not. And not Seacrest's borrowed shame. Treat yourself a round of sausage. No, I'm sorry, that's not it.
Stugotz
That's Seacrest. This guy talks up here. No, that's got a low.
Dan Le Batard
No, play it again. Okay, but hold on, hold on. I. I want to offer some more context and I want to have this be a definitive investigation. Okay? And this is the theory I'm going to posit on this. What I'm telling you is, yes, the sound of the voice goes different, but it's because it's soaked in shame. It's because he used to be confident. Seconds ago. Seconds ago he was confident. Then he realizes that sound is him realizing, oh, no, I've done the only thing that's going to get. Everyone talk about my appearance on Wheel of Fortune. Treat yourself a round of sausage. No, I'm sorry, that's not it. That is definitely him falling metaphorically to a knee. That is him realizing that is his shame falling on his neck and him and the weight of it taking a few octaves out of his voice.
Mike Ryan
Instead of the trapdoor that sends him to the core of the earth, what it feels like is behind the podium is, you know those like in the cartoons, you have the boxing glove that's on the. What hits him there in the nuts.
Dan Le Batard
In that boxing glazing. Oh, treat yourself a round of sausage. No, I'm sorry, that's not it. It is the sound a runner would make when pulling their hamstring. Falling and falling to a single knee. Because it's the weight of immediate recognition that America is laughing at me. And it's about to go international.
Stugotz
Unbelievable.
Jeremy
So good, Stu.
Chris Cody
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Stugotz
Don Lee Staffords, they call him quarterback is not named to us.
Mike Ryan
This is the Dan Levatar show with these two gods.
Dan Le Batard
We are going to get one of those two people. I am sending Sullivan after both of those people and we'll see who we can get before the end of the show.
Stugotz
One of who people?
Dan Le Batard
We're going to try and get either the kid who interviewed Tyson or the contestant on Wheel of Fortune.
Stugotz
I thought you said we're going to get Mike Tyson. I said I got to go hide then, because I'm afraid of Mike Tyson because he's a scary guy. Yeah.
Jeremy
You think he'd remember you?
Dan Le Batard
Would he remember you from meeting you.
Stugotz
When you were 7 and then 20 something and then 30 something?
Dan Le Batard
Well, wait a minute. You were just telling me. Why don't you go ahead and tell me the story you were telling me before the show about how his short term memory might be something that can't be trusted because you were having a conversation with somebody. I don't want to.
Stugotz
I won't betray the name, right? But a buddy of mine is friends with Mike Tyson, right? And he tells me the story of being at a UFC event in Saudi Arabia where Mike is giving away, like, the belts to every. To the winners. So every time there's another match, it ends. He walks up, presents the thing, takes the photos. Everyone's happy. My buddy's sitting ringside by the entrance to the Octagon. So every time Mike walks in, he kind of slaps him on. It's like, hey, man, what's going on? You know, it's like, oh, it's my guy. Whatever. In and out. So one of these trips, in and out, Mike has like, something on his, on his, you know, on his chin or whatever. So my buddy, trying to be discreet, he says, hey, Mike, like, you want some gum? And Mike stares at him and he's like, are you telling me that my breath effing stinks? And my buddy's like, I would never. No, no, Mike, I just, I was having gum, I thought you might want some. I'm offering gum, like. And so he says, no. Mf Are you telling me my breast stinks? Who the eff are you? And it's like he's seeing Mike's eyes and there's. It's completely disassociated. So the guy sitting next to him says, hey, Mike, no, no, he just offering you gum, it's not a big deal. And Mike turns and stares at him and says, I don't remember saying an effing word to you. Sit the f down and shut the f up. And that guy was like the welterweight MMA champion of the world or whatever. So this is a bad mf in his own regard. And he's like, all right, man, you're on your own.
Dan Le Batard
He sits down, he does what he's.
Stugotz
Told, he does exactly as he's told. So now everyone's like, what's happening here? And so they say, mike, you gotta go present the belt. So he walks in there, he presents the belt and he walks out. And for the rest of the night, as he's going in to present these belts, every time he passes by my buddy, he says, not quietly, he points out and says, f you F u mfer. Every single time. At some point, the fight promoters are like, I think we need to move you from this seat. And my buddy's like, I think that's a good idea. They move him over to where Mike's family is. And Mike's father in law says to him, hey man, what's going on? And he's like, I don't know what happened, I just offered some gum. And then he just lost it. And the father in law is like, oh, don't worry, he'll forget all about it by the end of the night. And sure enough, at the end of the night he's like, hey, man, what's going on? I was like, nothing happened. And so I think we figured it out. It's not that Mike Tyson doesn't remember me, it's that maybe long term memory isn't a thing for him.
Dan Le Batard
Not all fighters are built the same. I will tell you, because boxing was the sport that I liked writing about the most.
Chris Cody
Why?
Dan Le Batard
Because, I mean, the fear of being alone in the middle of a lot of people and the other person is fighting you for money and they can knock you out at any moment and really harm your career and harm you.
Stugotz
So it's like being a columnist.
Dan Le Batard
No, it's nothing.
Amin Elhassan
Yeah, you and Greg Cody just.
Dan Le Batard
It's nothing. Gloves on.
Mike Ryan
The sweet science.
Dan Le Batard
No, not helpful. None of that is helpful. The sweet science and being alone, the sweet science was a little helpful.
Jeremy
Booing your argument.
Dan Le Batard
I do I do like the sweet science portions of this, but I also like the bravery and how, you know, I say all the time that bravery is not the absence of fear, it's the presence of fear. And so you may have noticed Jake Paul for whatever your criticisms are of him, and there can be a ton of criticisms of him from a lot of different angles. These are two. These are two historically bad people, if you like to judge people as good and bad, two bad people who are fighting for money at the center of the spectacle. Jake Paul has been extraordinary at his career path and how he has marketed and chosen his fighters and his matches, and how he has built all of this into an empire after his most prominent YouTube relevancy. He's really. He's just been really smart about how he's done all of this, including and up to now, where he's just got the biggest fight that the most people are going to watch of any kind, I would assume. I honestly think that MMA's got a great card this weekend. I don't think it's going to have gonna bring in people from outside the tent to gather around the television.
Stugotz
I couldn't even tell you who's fighting mma.
Mike Ryan
Jon Jones is fighting.
Stugotz
Oh, really?
Dan Le Batard
It's a big weekend and he's been acting weird all week.
Mike Ryan
He has. We'll get to that point in a second. But to your point, Dan, there's a reason why they set it up for. For Friday night, not Saturday night, right? Because the return of Jon Jones is going to be a ton of eyes, especially with the way that he's been doing media. There's going to be a ton of eyes at Madison Square Garden, biggest arena in the world. Jon Jones is back. Stipe Mios, probably the greatest heavyweight of all time, versus the pound for pound king Jon Jones, who hasn't fought in 500 days. Stipe even longer than that. By the way, if you want to catch that MMA hangout preview of UFC 309 with Luke Thomas, our boy from all the smoke from morning combat and MMA hangout at Kasadiki live on Saturday.
Jeremy
10Pm the problem with the Bones fight this weekend is everyone wants to see the fight that. What if he wins this one, right, with Aspinall?
Mike Ryan
Oh, he's been ducking that one, all right.
Jeremy
I'm just saying, though, like, Stipe is old. He hasn't fought in a while. This is kind of just letting Jon Bones get his feet wet. Get back in it.
Stugotz
I'll be very honest with you guys when you say, like, hey, John, Bones Jones is fighting this weekend. I say, okay, so Monday's the failed coke test.
Mike Ryan
Sunday.
Stugotz
Okay?
Dan Le Batard
John Bones Jones, for me, is the best fighter in the history of the sport. Also has the most enormously checkered past for someone this excellent. There are all sorts of people who do that, who get into all sorts of trouble, but there has not been a champion of this skill set that has squandered so much time with what appears to be drug issues. But his behavior is this weird because, at least in part, everyone assumes, and this is not something that I was prepared for, that he is ducking. Right. Like, that's the assumption. You're hearing someone everyone regards and respects as a great fighter come to the consensus. Oh, he doesn't actually want to fight.
Mike Ryan
Absolutely not. Like, Tom Aspinall has been a freight train through the heavyweight division, like, after he got hurt and had to miss some time, but since he's gotten back, he steamrolled through everybody.
Dan Le Batard
He's beat. Espinal, has beaten five of the top 10 fighters by knockout in the first round. Yes, correct.
Mike Ryan
Yes, decidedly. Like he is the best heavyweight on the planet. That's Francis Ngannou included. I think Tom Aspinall is better right now than Francis is. The issue is, can he be better than Jon Jones? Yes, probably. But Jon has already come out and said, I don't want to fight Tom Aspinall. I want to fight Alex Pereira, who's the 205 champion, who's a beast and a monster in his own right. Fight to make that super fight. Dana came out yesterday on Jim Rome show and said if Jon wins this fight, the only person he is fighting next is Tom Aspinall, or he can retire. And that's been a big turn from what Dana's done, which is Jon can kind of pick his own fights. Jon can do whatever he wants, as we see. Jon could do whatever he wants. He's always got a home in the UFC because he's going to draw numbers. He's the greatest, whatever. But when you are ducking somebody who is clearly better, younger, faster, stronger, all these different things, they're actually having, like Tom Aspel, who's the. Who's the sub and fighter. One of the two fighters don't make weight, which would be interesting. If Stipe all of a sudden disappears and then Tom Aspinall breaks through, it's like, all right, Mother, it's time. They're having Tom Aspinall sign rubber duckies. And the entire. Not the entire crowd, but there's a bunch of people in the crowd with duck costumes, they go quack, quack, quack. In the Jon Jones press conference, do they start slow?
Jeremy
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. And then you build up. They don't quack. They shut up.
Stugotz
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.
Dan Le Batard
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.
Jeremy
Like that.
Stugotz
Let me just illustrate something. Dan, you said and. Excuse me, Jon Jones. Mike is the. I was going to say Anderson Silva. I'm sorry, that.
Mike Ryan
Another great legend, by the way.
Stugotz
Jon Jones. Anderson, a first name, the best fighter ever, right? All that stuff. Yet these people feel very comfortable dressing up like ducks and taunting him. You think anyone's doing that to Mike?
Dan Le Batard
Well, no, thank you. I will play some video here that will remind people of the glory days of Mike Tyson, when he was the most feared man in the world. But before I do that, I'm gonna just show you from last night or from all of the final press that they were doing. Mike Tyson gets, you know, approached Jake Paul, who was crawling, as he often does, and evidently steps on Mike Tyson's foot. And then Mike Tyson slaps Jake Paul. So let's look at this real quick.
Stugotz
He's ready.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah. So he hit him in the face. And the thing that I was going to say, yeah, slapped him in the face and seemed ready. Like, it didn't seem fake to me. It seemed like he was ready to fight. And what I was going to say amin before about, not all fighters are the same, but one of the many reasons that I love writing about the sport is because. Because of the way that fear manifests itself, even in confident, tough people. And many fighters like Tyson, famously, 24 hours before a fight don't get around him. Like, he might have to do some final press and stuff. But whatever the mental state is of somebody who can be that rabid and rage filled and has been fighting all his life for money and for survival, they just go often to a dark place before fighting. And this is. This is a person who has been famously tempestuous.
Jeremy
Now, the Internet's a little skeptical of everything surrounding this fight. So they're like, oh, was this all planned, the slap, just to get hype? But if you look at a slow mo here, when Jake does his crawl up, he steps on Mike Tyson's foot. So to me, this is just like a natural reaction. Mike Tyson feels him stepping on his foot. And just so to me, this was real.
Stugotz
How much do they have to pay you to Be the guy that holds Mike back. There's not enough money in the world.
Dan Le Batard
I don't think that that's fake. I don't. I think that seems real to me. Just because of what He's a bad. Tyson's not. Despite the hangover appearance, he's not a good actor and he seems to be in a. Defensive and offensive. Yeah.
Amin Elhassan
Tyson said right afterward, I was in my socks and he had his shoes on. He stepped on my toe because he's an effing asshole. I wanted to think it happened by accident, but now I think it may have happened on purpose. I was in a lot of pain. I had to reciprocate.
Stugotz
What's the insurance like for this?
Amin Elhassan
He then said, talking's over.
Dan Le Batard
So one of the things that I've noticed, because Jake Paul has been very good at the management of his career and in how he sells everything, not just his fight, he's been a lot more respectful this one. Like, the wording has been a lot more careful. Like he'll bring props to a press conference, but he, he is fighting someone who's a hero for him like this. All of this has to be surreal to Jake Paul to cash in on whatever it is he imagined at the start of this, what. Whatever dreams he had at the height of what he thought was the best fighting could go for him. I'm not sure outside of actually winning the championship of a legitimate division, that anything could feel as good as this payday done this way. Fighting this particular guy who's a hero to him and his father.
Jeremy
There has to be like, Jake Paul, he's probably waking up about now. Maybe he's been up for a little bit. 9:30 in the morning here. Like he's been thinking about the money. It's gonna make me more famous. Who can I box after he's waking up today. I have to get in the ring with Mike, Ty to a means point. Like, there has to be some fear with Jay. I'm sure he gets scared before every fight, but like, holy shit.
Stugotz
There's a moment when this shit becomes real. And Dan, you're like, oh, it must be so such an honor to the guy. I grew up. And whatever. Dan, it's not like having a catch with Dan Marino, right? This, this isn't that kind of. Oh, this is. I grew up all my life wanting to shoot hoops with Michael Jordan. Like, oh, I played one on one against Michael Jordan at the Jordan camp. And then he hit a shot and said I was too little. Haha. Nah, it's not those things.
Dan Le Batard
I mean, I'm. It's Mike Tyson hitting you. I'm not saying it's an honor, though it. Though it may be. I'm saying it's a dream like him selling out this arena as a fighter against this particular opponent that we. That some of us grew up playing his video game and he was the menacing thing at the end of the video game that no one could beat.
Stugotz
Final boss.
Dan Le Batard
I think that it's admittedly a weird dream. Not my dream. I'm almost famously a wimp. Like, I almost. I don't.
Stugotz
I don't. Give yourself some grace there.
Dan Le Batard
I don't know whether it's.
Jeremy
It might not be.
Dan Le Batard
I don't know if it's famous. Whimpery. It's not the whimpery. I'm questioning. It's the amount of fame it has.
Stugotz
So according to Dan, there are some people walking out there and there's a big scuffle. They look, wait, hold on, man. That's Dan Leviton.
Dan Le Batard
He'll kill you.
Stugotz
There's someone out there who might fall.
Jeremy
For just takes one.
Stugotz
No, if it was famous. Famous. If Dan, if it was fake, if you're famously wimp, then everyone know he's a wimp. Let's beat him up. But if it's almost famous, it means there's someone out there who might see you say, oh, I don't know, man, this guy looks tough.
Dan Le Batard
No, there are stops between wimp and tough. I might just blend into a crowd that has gathered around a fight and no one's making an assessment.
Mike Ryan
Are you on your tiptoes, Dan, like looking in the fight, like ready to run.
Dan Le Batard
Ready to run. At any point, if anything gets too close to me, I want to play though the video of what it looked like and sounded like when Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis were getting together and a legitimate fight broke out. Put your mother in a straight Jackie.
Stugotz
You punk ass white boy.
Dan Le Batard
Come here and tell me that you and your punk white boy, you're. You can't touch me.
Stugotz
You're not man enough.
Dan Le Batard
I eat your alive. You. You.
Guest
You coming down in my face.
Stugotz
Everybody come on.
Dan Le Batard
You. You're scared. Coward.
Stugotz
You got man enough to with me.
Guest
You can't last two minutes in my world.
Dan Le Batard
Look at you scared now. You scared like a little white scared.
Stugotz
Of the real man.
Dan Le Batard
I'll.
Stugotz
You love me, dude. There's not enough in this world. By the way, the prompt for that was someone yelled out put him in a straight jacket. So I just realized right now a little bit earlier, Dan I yelled out, he's insane. I tell Jeremy, this is what we talking about. This guy's crazy. Mike, I'm sorry, man. I'm sorry. You're not. You're very sane. And I'm the insane one for even saying something like that. I should be. I should be. You know what? Penalty box hit me five minute major.
Dan Le Batard
You don't get to tell me when you get penalty. No penalty.
Stugotz
No.
Dan Le Batard
You're not scared of Tyson.
Jeremy
He wants a penalty.
Dan Le Batard
Look, that went off the rails as soon as he started a second sentence with dude and then didn't have anything to say after that. Like that's just a crutch for him. Like, rewind this. Podcasters, not you live people. Rewind this and watch how a meme goes from dude, which didn't have anything in it, to just falling apart after that. And now he stormed out of the room with a bit that didn't work.
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Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Episode: Local Hour: Treat Yourself a Round of Sausage
From the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and their co-hosts deliver a lively discussion covering a range of topics from viral media moments to upcoming MMA events. This episode delves into unexpected interview interactions, memorable game show moments, and the latest happenings in the combat sports world.
Timestamp: [07:00] – [12:10]
The episode kicks off with the hosts dissecting a viral interview featuring Mike Tyson engaging with a young journalist named Hasbulla. Dan expresses his perplexity over Hasbulla’s fame, likening him to other celebrities like Gary Coleman and Emmanuel Lewis who are known for their childlike appearances as adults.
Key Highlights:
Timestamp: [19:26] – [25:00]
Transitioning from sports to pop culture, the hosts discuss a recent viral moment from "Wheel of Fortune." A contestant hilariously misinterprets a puzzle clue, leading to an amusing exchange with host Ryan Seacrest.
Key Highlights:
Timestamp: [25:00] – [43:18]
The conversation shifts back to combat sports, with a focus on upcoming MMA fights and the highly anticipated return of Jon Jones. The hosts express excitement and debate the potential matchups.
Key Highlights:
Timestamp: [29:25] – [43:18]
Interwoven throughout the episode are personal stories and humorous exchanges that add depth to the discussion.
Key Highlights:
Timestamp: [43:18] – [45:23]
As the episode wraps up, the hosts discuss plans to reach out to the viral video participants and reflect on the discussions of the day.
Key Highlights:
Dan Le Batard at [09:54]:
"Well, I don't believe in the word legacy... I'm just passing through. I'm going to die and it's going to be over. Who cares about legacy after that?"
Stugotz at [31:47]:
"It's not that Mike Tyson doesn't remember me, it's that maybe long term memory isn't a thing for him."
Jeremy at [40:04]:
"To me, this was just like a natural reaction."
Dan Le Batard at [33:28]:
"Bravery is not the absence of fear, it's the presence of fear."
Unexpected Depth in Media Interactions: The episode highlights how unexpected and profound responses in media interactions can captivate audiences, as seen with Mike Tyson’s interview.
The Human Side of Fighters: Through anecdotes and discussions, the hosts shed light on the vulnerabilities and fears that even the most formidable fighters experience, emphasizing the complex nature of bravery.
Humor in Miscommunication: The humorous breakdown of the Wheel of Fortune contestant’s mistake illustrates how simple errors can lead to memorable and entertaining moments.
Anticipation for Upcoming Events: The excitement surrounding upcoming MMA events, particularly Jon Jones’ return, underscores the ever-evolving landscape of combat sports and the anticipation it generates among fans.
For those who haven't listened to this episode, "Local Hour: Treat Yourself a Round of Sausage" offers a blend of humor, insightful commentary, and engaging storytelling that captures the essence of what makes "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz" a standout in sports and pop culture discussions.