Local Hour: Tying Up Loose Ends

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Episode: Local Hour: Tying Up Loose Ends
Release Date: January 14, 2025

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Introduction: Greg Cody’s “Loose Ends” Predicament

The episode kicks off with host Dan LeBatard and co-host Stugotz humorously addressing Greg Cody's recurring struggle with "tying up loose ends" before the show begins. This segment highlights the trio's playful dynamic and sets a lighthearted tone for the episode.

Notable Quotes:

• Dan LeBatard [02:14]: “Greg is clearly not prepared to start. And that’s not how I’d prefer my Tuesdays to start.”
• Greg Cody [03:14]: “I have loose ends out the ass. I mean, because I have so many balls in there.”

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Personal Anecdotes and Banter

The conversation transitions into personal anecdotes, particularly focusing on Greg's tendency to procrastinate and juggle multiple tasks. Greg shares his challenges with managing emails, book deals, and maintaining household responsibilities, often relying on his wife for assistance.

Notable Quotes:

• Greg Cody [04:45]: “He can do it all. He can do both. I've trained him, I've brought him upright.”
• Billy [05:08]: “It's so annoying when he says that. Anytime I want to go to lunch with him, it's like, are you ready to go? Let’s leave in 15.”

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Gift Wrapping and Domestic Humor

A humorous segment delves into Greg's frustrations with his wife's gift-wrapping habits. The discussion touches on the inefficiency of using recycled bags and the lack of effort in wrapping presents, leading to playful ribbing among the hosts.

Notable Quotes:

• Billy [11:03]: “You voted for Roy's turkey over there.”
• Greg Cody [20:49]: “It's not disrespecting a union. It’s having faith and trust in my wife.”

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Sports Analysis: Sam Darnold and the Vikings

The hosts pivot to a critical analysis of Sam Darnold’s performance with the Minnesota Vikings. Dan expresses regret over his previous positive comments about the team, emphasizing Darnold's inconsistency and the impact of coaching decisions. The discussion highlights Darnold's perceived limitations and the broader implications for his career.

Notable Quotes:

• Dan LeBatard [15:24]: “We will not get into an off season where everyone's paying Darnold because amazing, amazing Darnold.”
• Chris Cody [26:53]: “Sam Darnold is relieved.”

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The Concept of “That Guy” in Sports

A recurring theme emerges around the term “that guy,” referring to players who are seen as pivotal yet inconsistent. The hosts debate which current NFL quarterbacks fit this label, analyzing their impact on their respective teams and their future prospects.

Notable Quotes:

• Greg Cody [35:33]: “Nobody wants that.”
• Billy [35:36]: “Just saying, why not get over in a starter room. Where do you think he is now after these last two games?”

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Interruption: Roy’s Car Theft Experience

Midway through the episode, Roy interrupts to share his unfortunate experience of having his car broken into. The hosts respond with sympathy and humor, discussing security measures and the emotional toll of such incidents.

Notable Quotes:

• Roy [40:50]: “I had my car broken into, which is why.”
• Greg Cody [45:54]: “Might want to lie on that insurance report and say that you locked it.”

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Gladiators and Hypothetical Battles

The conversation takes a whimsical turn as the hosts engage in a playful debate about gladiator-style battles versus fighting wild animals. This segment showcases their ability to blend humor with imaginative scenarios.

Notable Quotes:

• Chris Cody [43:04]: “Would you rather fight a bull or a tiger with a sword?”
• Greg Cody [43:51]: “A tiger can leap.”

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Final Reflections and Closing Remarks

As the episode nears its end, the hosts reflect on the day’s discussions, tying back to the initial theme of "loose ends" and how personal and professional responsibilities intertwine. The episode concludes with light-hearted banter, reinforcing the camaraderie among the hosts.

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Conclusion

"Local Hour: Tying Up Loose Ends" offers a blend of personal anecdotes, sports analysis, and humorous exchanges, encapsulating the essence of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz. The episode effectively balances insightful commentary with relatable, everyday conversations, making it engaging and entertaining for both regular listeners and newcomers.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Greg Cody [03:14]: “I have loose ends out the ass. I mean, because I have so many balls in there.”
• Dan LeBatard [15:24]: “We will not get into an off season where everyone's paying Darnold because amazing, amazing Darnold.”
• Billy [11:03]: “You voted for Roy's turkey over there.”
• Greg Cody [35:33]: “Nobody wants that.”

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This summary captures the key discussions, humor, and insights from the episode, providing a comprehensive overview for those who haven't listened.

Transcript

[Dan LeBatard]

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[Stugotz]

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[Chris Cody]

All set for your flight?

[Greg Cody]

Yep. I've got everything I need. Eye mask, neck pillow, T mobile. Headphones.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wait. T Mobile?

[Greg Cody]

You bet. Free inflight wi fi. 15% off all Hilton brands. I never go anywhere without T mobile. Same goes from a water bottle, chewing gum, nail clippers.

[Stugotz]

I'm gonna leave you to it.

[Chris Cody]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Billy]

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[Dan LeBatard]

Shadow Show.

[Chris Cody]

Shadow Show.

[Dan LeBatard]

Shadow Show.

[Chris Cody]

Shadow Show.

[Greg Cody]

Shadow Show.

[Chris Cody]

Shadow Show.

[Dan LeBatard]

Shadow Show.

[Billy]

Shadow.

[Greg Cody]

In it. Shadow in it.

[Chris Cody]

What happened?

[Dan LeBatard]

I'll tell you what happened. Hold on, Greg. Don't move. Don't move, Greg. Don't move.

[Chris Cody]

Stop. Freeze.

[Dan LeBatard]

What happened is okay. And you have to be gentle with Greg Cody on Greg Cody Tuesdays. We were clearly all ready and prepared to start because live is dangerous. And we were ready to jostle Greg Cody awake. But he was doing something. He was. He was busy doing.

[Greg Cody]

So prep.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, well, I want to know what he was doing. Hold on, Greg. I asked you not to move.

[Chris Cody]

Phrase.

[Dan LeBatard]

Craig. I asked you not to move because his son is barking in his ear dad headphones. But his dad can't hear him because he's not wearing headphones. And so the show starts. Greg's cans aren't on. His old timey cans aren't on.

[Chris Cody]

Ah, the cans.

[Dan LeBatard]

But Greg. Greg is looking. He stops doing what he's doing, and he's looking straight into the microphone, ready to go. Except the microphone's not there. It's off to the side. And what's going to happen is we're going to start the show and then he's going to paw at it. And the show is going to start with him not prepared to start. And that's not the way I'd prefer my Tuesdays to start with an old friend who says he loves me. Doing an old timey radio show on Tuesdays so that he may age with grace late in his career. One of the few in the media who gets to do so. We run them out with pitchforks at this age.

[Greg Cody]

Yes, we do. Can I move now?

[Chris Cody]

Yes.

[Greg Cody]

Well, I tried to do that before and you said, I tell you, you screamed at me. I told you he wanted you to.

[Chris Cody]

Do it five minutes ago.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, thank you, thank you stickhots. Thank you for living and loving support of me there. Because. Yes, that's all. He's not wrong. He did it. Just not at the time when we start what we do.

[Greg Cody]

Okay, a couple of things. First of all, a couple of things. In my head, I was 10 seconds late putting on my headphones. Christopher was barking at me. The problem was he was literally barking like a dog, so I had no idea what he was trying to convey. The second thing is the show is sabotaging me at every turn. And let me give you the latest example. Sometimes we start at 8:59. Sometimes we start at 8:57. In this case, I'm looking up, I'm glancing up, it's 8:57. I think I got another couple of minutes. So I'm doing show prep. I'm diligently doing show prep.

[Dan LeBatard]

What show prep.

[Chris Cody]

Tell me what you write.

[Dan LeBatard]

What did you write? What? Tell me what the show prep was. Can I look at your computer?

[Stugotz]

Private?

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, if you. Hold on, hold on.

[Greg Cody]

Don't give away your computer.

[Dan LeBatard]

Is it on your computer right now?

[Greg Cody]

No, it's written longhand.

[Dan LeBatard]

If I know you, when I tried to start the show, you were busy typing something. And if I had to bet, Chris, if we could bet if DraftKings could get us to do a live show, that would take bet. Am I finding him, like, uploading to figure out what his numbers are on his podcast or some form of narcissism where he's just checking in on how successful am I on this Tuesday grift? Let me see what everyone tunes in to hear by the thousands because I'm charming. Greg, Cody, come listen to me on YouTube where I won't allow my son to further his career with the Levitard show because he's too busy serving my needs at the end of his career.

[Greg Cody]

He can do it all. He can do both. I've trained him, I've brought him upright. He's multi talented. He's not spread too thin. He's looking for more and more, and he can do it. But, you know, I'm tying up loose ends. Okay, that's what I do.

[Billy]

It's so annoying when he says that. Anytime I want to go to lunch with him, it's like, are you ready to go? Let's leave in 15. I gotta tie up a few loose ends now. What are you doing around the house?

[Chris Cody]

I am with Greg. He's dotting the eyes, he's crossing the T's.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I've got loose ends out the ass. I mean, because I have so many balls in there.

[Chris Cody]

And at this stage of your life. Life, you got to tie them all up. You do, you do.

[Stugotz]

There's always something, Greg. Always something always comes up.

[Greg Cody]

I'm telling you what, I. I got a million people I'm trying to keep happy. Even though I don't have a staff, I'm beholden to many. Yeah.

[Stugotz]

You should get an assistant.

[Greg Cody]

I. I need an assistant.

[Stugotz]

You do? Can we pay for one?

[Greg Cody]

I tell my wife that all the time.

[Chris Cody]

We all do.

[Greg Cody]

Hoping that she will volunteer for the task. And she does, to a certain degree.

[Chris Cody]

She has a job a lot.

[Greg Cody]

She. She does. Yeah. She's.

[Dan LeBatard]

She's a high powered attorney.

[Greg Cody]

I know, but she's a Running a firm. I know, but she could do a.

[Dan LeBatard]

Little more salary by billions.

[Greg Cody]

She could do a little more, but like her son.

[Chris Cody]

How about she multitask?

[Greg Cody]

I mean, exactly. Right. Thank you.

[Stugotz]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the ST podcast.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't know the phrase you just said, but Greg Cody Tuesday just got off to a triumphant start during the shadow show because, and this was mortifying to watch and listen to, you said some form of keeping balls in the air. And the phrase you used before that was, what do you remember? Loose. Loose what?

[Greg Cody]

I have loose ends out the ass.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

And, you know, tying up loose ends. There's a lot of them. And I'm a very organized man. Okay. That's why I could never be on a TV show like Chopped, because I don't like juggling things and, you know, I couldn't be making three foods at once.

[Billy]

You're the slowest cooker ever. You're a great cook, but you take forever.

[Greg Cody]

I'm systematic.

[Dan LeBatard]

He's not a great cook because he's like, he hasn't won a single cook off here at Meadowlark, so he has the reputation of a great cook, but when it's been tested on our show, he's lost every time.

[Greg Cody]

Well, you know, he's lost every time. A couple of those results are in a little bit of dispute.

[Billy]

You voted for Roy's turkey over there.

[Greg Cody]

It was a great Turkey. Yeah, ye, a great Turkey.

[Stugotz]

When it comes to the cook offs here, the fixings in, you know what I mean?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, it could be.

[Chris Cody]

Right.

[Greg Cody]

I didn't say it, but Billy makes a valid point.

[Chris Cody]

Do it in Greg's kitchen. How about that?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, right, There you go. Yeah, I mean I'm in a foreign studio here. I'm working with, you know, the turkey cook off was ridiculous. Roy is in a palatial suite here at the Ulcer. I'm in a parking garage cooking a propane, lighting a propane tank as cars are whizzing past me in. In concrete. And I'm in a corner. It was an unfair situation.

[Billy]

Can we get back to loose ends?

[Greg Cody]

I'd never bring that up when I text you.

[Billy]

I'll be there in 10 minutes, we're going to lunch and you say I gotta tie up some loose ends. What the bleep are you doing?

[Greg Cody]

Okay, Chances are I'm on my computer. On this very computer. I still call it a laptop. I don't know what it calls itself. And I'm probably doing herald work. I'm trying to do this. I gotta, I got.

[Dan LeBatard]

What were you doing before the show? You were checking your. You were checking your downloads, right?

[Greg Cody]

Downloads and YouTube views as well. But Greg, show prep, I mean, I was, I was doing show prep. I was preparing something to say in case something on the list came up. You know, I'm a professional man.

[Billy]

Why don't you say what you prepared? Go ahead, this is your time.

[Greg Cody]

No, because then it would betray a punchline I potentially would use later doing comedy.

[Stugotz]

Wait, hold on a second. So you have one set up. How do we set punchlines?

[Chris Cody]

Yes, I love it.

[Greg Cody]

We'll see what comes up.

[Chris Cody]

Just waiting for the right time.

[Greg Cody]

It's something on the list, right?

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, wait a minute.

[Greg Cody]

That kind of thing.

[Stugotz]

And you know it.

[Greg Cody]

And you do know it. Yeah, Billy gets me. He really does. And you know it.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know what? I do know that actually, you know what? You think you've been fooling us all these years? You think that I don't know that Billy gets you? Yeah, I know Billy gets you. To my eternal disgust every Tuesday. It's the best joke we have of.

[Greg Cody]

Any kind and you know it.

[Stugotz]

Why don't you try getting him, Dan? It's not that hard.

[Greg Cody]

Seriously, know me.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

Accept him.

[Greg Cody]

Really adjust to me. Tie up your loose ends. Oh, that's what I'm saying.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

We all have them. We don't admit we have.

[Stugotz]

That's true.

[Greg Cody]

Everybody Wants to. Everybody leads such an organized life. Everybody's afraid to admit they got loose ends.

[Chris Cody]

Right.

[Greg Cody]

Everybody's got loose ends.

[Stugotz]

Everybody wants to act like their ends are all tied.

[Greg Cody]

Right.

[Stugotz]

Not Greg.

[Greg Cody]

No.

[Stugotz]

Why are you.

[Chris Cody]

Why do you think they're so scared to admit it? I mean, the loose ends.

[Greg Cody]

Because people want to be seen as perfectionists.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

You know, I mean, if Christopher calls me up for lunch and I got five, six loose ends to tie up, I'm going to tell him.

[Billy]

I would argue. I would argue tight ends don't have loose ends.

[Dan LeBatard]

He's asking, what does that mean, though? Can. Can. Do we want to go? Look, there's stuff in sports to talk about. Okay. There's a playoff game. I woke up in the middle of the night with great remorse because yesterday I identified the Vikings as one of the great teams. And all season I've been saying they're Friday. All season I've been saying it's going to end. Just Darnold. It'll end. You will not convince me that it will end like they were not being. We will not get into an off season where everyone's pay Darnold, because amazing, amazing Darnold. He's won the Super Bowl. That's not what we were going to do. But I legitimately want to know what, like, Chris does. What are these loose ends we're talking about? Like, what do you have to do? Do you have to sort some paper clips? Like, what do you have to. What are the things Greg Cody has to do before leaving the house? Because. And the reason I was mortified before the show was Greg Cody is very comfortable telling his wife to do more. Just yesterday on our show, both this giant toddler and his oath of a son said, mom needs to do some better job with the wrappings.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[Dan LeBatard]

Because she hasn't done a good enough job with the lawyering partnership stuff.

[Chris Cody]

A lot of gift bags and raises bags. Yeah. It's cheating.

[Dan LeBatard]

Look, this woman is a titan of South Florida industry.

[Billy]

And then she does the thing of we're not throwing away any of these bags. So it's open the bags, fold them up neatly, and then hand them back to my mom. I know. I don't want to waste paper, but it just becomes like, that's what she's focused on on Christmas morning. Where are the bags? I need them back.

[Chris Cody]

So next Christmas you get the same bag?

[Greg Cody]

Yes, they're recycled bags. You're getting a gift in a used bag. You know, Gary the bag Rosenfeld doesn't even.

[Billy]

He's rolling over. He's rolling over in his bed.

[Stugotz]

Greg, which. Which cheating would be more offensive from your wife? Infidelity or the bags in terms of wrapping?

[Greg Cody]

Right, right.

[Billy]

She'll cheat on you once, but never use a gift bag again or she'll never cheat on you.

[Stugotz]

Would you allow infidelity bags?

[Chris Cody]

Right.

[Dan LeBatard]

Come on.

[Greg Cody]

That's a surprisingly difficult gift, and every.

[Chris Cody]

Gift is perfectly wrapped.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. I do love a perfectly wrapped gift. Oh, my God.

[Dan LeBatard]

Do not disgrace this union.

[Greg Cody]

Half of the joy of opening a gift is unwrapping it.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, no. They've been married.

[Stugotz]

She's just a dalliance. Once in a while, who knows? Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Here's the other problem with a gift bag. It's always got the, you know, the little bloom of tissue paper.

[Chris Cody]

Come on.

[Billy]

They act like I can't see in that bag because of that little piece of tissue paper.

[Greg Cody]

Ridiculous.

[Chris Cody]

I see that.

[Billy]

It's a pair of shoes.

[Greg Cody]

Okay. Right.

[Billy]

You're not fooling anybody.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, that's right.

[Stugotz]

I looked up the origin, Dan, to get ahead of this on loose ends because I knew that you might want it dates back to Shakespeare.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Again with the shape, will ye nilly? Yeah. Wow. Nobody talks Shakespeare like this podcast.

[Dan LeBatard]

We're bringing it back.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

How do you keep up with those kids? TikTok's gone down. How do you keep up with them? I know what we'll do. We got Cody and St. Let's ride into the sky.

[Billy]

We were talking before the show. What's coming after TikTok? We got to get ahead of the next big fancy app that everyone's going to be on.

[Chris Cody]

Huh.

[Billy]

You got any ideas? What are your daughters on? Stugot. So they moved on from TikTok yet?

[Chris Cody]

They're on TikTok and Instagram always.

[Billy]

Not for long.

[Chris Cody]

I know.

[Billy]

Sad day.

[Greg Cody]

Is it?

[Billy]

I think so, yes.

[Greg Cody]

What does TikTok do for you that.

[Billy]

Like, it gets me. Tick tock. Gets me.

[Greg Cody]

Okay. Lucy was mentioning the other day that during the pandemic on TikTok, she learned how to do do her makeup and her hair and all this stuff. If I Google, how do I make up my own face? There's a thousand videos that come up. So how is that different than.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, it's if you're not connected to any of these things. So what I assume is that a whole generation that has gotten addicted to the devices in ways that we can't quantify how unhealthy the addiction is. TikTok does it better and more attuned to your Manipulating your particular brain so you will get lost in a world where you're more and more addicted to the sugary TikTok. I thought that was the connection point. I'm terrified of that kind of stuff because I know I have an addictive personality. Personality. And so it's the same reason I haven't tried cocaine. I'm like, oh, look, something's got everybody by the nose in the AI Age. Like. And now we're running it out out of our country because we're like, that gives China too much power over our young people.

[Chris Cody]

You haven't tried cocaine, huh?

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm too scared to same. I don't believe that at all.

[Billy]

What do you mean he's just tying up loose?

[Greg Cody]

Can we do.

[Dan LeBatard]

Can we do the oral history the second half the most honestly.

[Chris Cody]

What do you mean by that?

[Dan LeBatard]

Loose ends. I want to know what Greg Cody means by that. Because. And I asked the audience because. Stugats. We had such a fun basketball game last night. It is rare with as much attention span as we're giving the games for Cade Cunningham to have a second half that would announce himself at Madison Square Garden on. Oh, you know, When New York matters and when you break New York's heart. You've arrived, kid. The Detroit Pistons are like, no, we're better than you all thought we were. And the reason is our All Star. He crushes you in the second half. Foul trouble in the first half. And then he buries Cat and Brunson when Cat and Brunson are putting up numbers.

[Chris Cody]

They're playing great.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes, but the Knicks are playing great. But I don't want to do that. I want to know what the loose ends are. I do.

[Greg Cody]

Sure everybody has them for me.

[Billy]

For me, your loose ends are you go in your office and like, re. Reload your email and just see if there are any new ones. All right. Loose ends tied.

[Greg Cody]

Look, my horse syndicate is asking me yesterday, telling me that my deadline is up. I do. I want to reinvest in Conway. That I got to deal with that.

[Chris Cody]

That's a loose end.

[Greg Cody]

That's a loose.

[Chris Cody]

Yes.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, that seems bigger than a loose end.

[Billy]

That's.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's business.

[Greg Cody]

That's business. Exactly.

[Billy]

That's just a to do list.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's not a loose end.

[Billy]

That's to do.

[Chris Cody]

Listen, he could put it under whatever umbrella he wants to put it under. He puts that under the loose end. You're tying up loose ends.

[Dan LeBatard]

Loose end. Two and three minute things.

[Chris Cody]

Well, loose ends.

[Dan LeBatard]

Loose ends are not business. Syndicate deals.

[Greg Cody]

No, but that's me answering an email saying, yes, I definitely want to re up with calmly.

[Chris Cody]

Right.

[Greg Cody]

You know, and then quick, easy. Yeah, yeah.

[Chris Cody]

And.

[Greg Cody]

And, you know, I have. I have an offer to write another book. Something really with that.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's not a loose end.

[Greg Cody]

It's a loose end because it's something I want to deal with right now.

[Billy]

A book offer.

[Greg Cody]

I don't want to say yes.

[Chris Cody]

His loose end.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's not a loose end.

[Stugotz]

To Greg, you know, send is like.

[Billy]

I got to finish putting away the dishes before I go.

[Greg Cody]

Okay, well, that's another.

[Billy]

That's a lo.

[Stugotz]

That takes forever.

[Greg Cody]

That's another thing I do that your mother never does. The dishwasher.

[Dan LeBatard]

You guys are playing with fire. You guys are playing with fire.

[Stugotz]

Why?

[Dan LeBatard]

Because Greg Cody thinks that he exists to live as a toddler all of his remaining days, and his wife, a partner in a firm, dwarfs him in every successful measure. But because he's big timey sports columnist with some local fame, Greg Cody can't do anything else. Well, other than fry a turkey on his driveway in bare feet.

[Billy]

One sad cone.

[Stugotz]

In Greg's defense. How many book offers does Arlene have?

[Greg Cody]

That's a very good question. Yep, that's an excellent question.

[Stugotz]

I'm just asking. I'm not taking any shots here, but.

[Chris Cody]

Right now, how many horses does she own?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Thank you.

[Stugotz]

How many presents has she wrapped?

[Greg Cody]

Right. How many podcasts does she host? You know, there's a lot of things I do that she doesn't.

[Chris Cody]

Right.

[Greg Cody]

You know, let's be honest. But loose ends can be major. They don't have to be minutia. And so when I say I gotta tie up a couple of loose ends, just trust that. I mean, but that's just.

[Billy]

There's a difference between a loose end and just something to do. I have to get back to this company on the book deal that they're offering is not a loose end. Like, I mean, I don't want to get bogged down here, but it's just like the opposite. If you said to me, what's the opposite of a loose end? I would have said a book deal.

[Greg Cody]

No, but me negotiating a contract for a new book is not a loose end. A loose end is me answering an email that says, that sounds like an interesting idea. Let me get back to you. Okay, That's a loose end.

[Billy]

You'll kick the can down the road.

[Greg Cody]

Yes, exactly. I'm a can kicker.

[Stugotz]

That's negotiating.

[Chris Cody]

Can kicker. I love kicking a can, too. I'm with you guys special. Yeah. Yeah, you're right.

[Greg Cody]

Okay. I'm still getting over this thing. It's kicking my ass, man.

[Billy]

Six years.

[Greg Cody]

No, no, no, come on.

[Dan LeBatard]

I mean, I mean, he's not wrong.

[Greg Cody]

Because of my pre existing condition, he' When I have a cold or something, it hits me harder.

[Chris Cody]

You might want to tie up that loose end.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, they don't let them.

[Greg Cody]

They keep loose end.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, I have not. We are belching out a lot of content. Okay. I have not laughed harder at anything we've made in any corner of the company this week than sniffing around the Greg Cody YouTube channel and just seeing Chris Cody being able to predict that his father was about to start coughing based on the number of laughs his father had previously wheezed on. His father finding himself entertaining the executive producing genius of getting in a tight window and hitting his dad with Here comes a cough. Getting out. As soon as his father went careening from the screen with coughs in a. In an office from the 1980s while insisting his son do better and his wife pack better bad bags. Because God damn it, he's got a successful podcast and he's going to cough and wheeze his way to every last profit in it. He'll get to those book deals as loose ends. He'll get to that syndicate as loose ends.

[Chris Cody]

He already said yes.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I mean, I'm in.

[Dan LeBatard]

And he will tell you he does not come from privilege because he is on his driveway with toes he can't take care of. Of frying a turkey.

[Greg Cody]

That's correct.

[Dan LeBatard]

Telling his wife to get back in there and do better bagging the gifts during the holiday.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, it's not a lot to ask.

[Chris Cody]

I mean, she can't cheat on him once. I mean.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, that's a sore subject. It's not a lot to ask to wrap a gift.

[Billy]

I'm gonna ask my mom this. What she would choose in this dilemma that we've created.

[Greg Cody]

It's actually a. A very compelling either or.

[Dan LeBatard]

What?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. No, it is for you.

[Dan LeBatard]

How, how, how do you respect this union this way? How do you do this?

[Greg Cody]

It's not disrespecting a union. It's. It's having faith and trust in my wife. I'm very secure in my marriage. I don't necessarily believe in open marriage, but it's not something that I condemn.

[Chris Cody]

Right.

[Greg Cody]

And. And I believe that much in a wrapped gift.

[Chris Cody]

A perfectly wrapped, perfectly wrapped gift.

[Greg Cody]

Care. Here's another thing. Nobody uses bows anymore. Ribbons.

[Chris Cody]

You're right.

[Greg Cody]

Okay. When you wrap a gift, it's waste Take the extra effort to put a bow on it.

[Chris Cody]

Right.

[Greg Cody]

Okay. And be careful where you place the bowl. The bow doesn't need to be right in the center of the rectangle or the square. I prefer a bowl. A bow on a far corner.

[Chris Cody]

Do you really? Huh. Not smack in the middle.

[Stugotz]

Huh.

[Greg Cody]

I prefer a far corner bow.

[Billy]

Not the near corner. Corner.

[Stugotz]

No reach for it.

[Greg Cody]

An fcb, right? Exactly.

[Stugotz]

Greg, how do you feel about, like handmade bow over here? How do you feel about handmade bows versus, like the pre made bows that have a little sticker on it that they just push?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I, I, you know, I don't mind the pre made bow because I've tried to make my own bows out of ribbon. Not that easy. Yeah, not that easy.

[Stugotz]

It's an art.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, it is an art. But I also like ribbon. I. I like ribbon where you tie.

[Stugotz]

You go one way and then the other way and then you tie it.

[Greg Cody]

I like the thicker ribbon. Not that I, I loathe the really thin ribbon.

[Stugotz]

Like balloon ribbon.

[Greg Cody]

Very tricky pencil.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

We want to eliminate that ribbon altogether. It's for birthday. It's not for Christmas or Hanukkah. That's for sure.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, that's for sure. Greg, this is somewhat related to gift wrapping and, and the party situation. I don't know if you've seen this Party city is going out of business. They're closing them everywhere. I have a concern. I don't know where I'm gonna get my helium. Moving forward.

[Greg Cody]

Wow.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, that's. That was my helium spot.

[Greg Cody]

Okay.

[Stugotz]

You know, you go, you take the balloons there. They fill them up. Now I don't know where to go.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I, I couldn't begin to. You know, the Helium Depot, I guess, is the place I'd send you to, but there's a party city near me and there's a big sign on their window. I think it said 99 off. I don't believe that. Are you telling me I can get a $30 statue for $29.70? I mean, no. For 30 cents. No, that's not happening.

[Chris Cody]

Well, they're going out of business, though.

[Greg Cody]

I know, right? Yeah, they are.

[Chris Cody]

So maybe you can.

[Greg Cody]

Taking them a long time to go out of business.

[Billy]

I know they're doing the Elton John thing. It's like the longest farewell tour I've ever heard.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

Billy, I think Target is your answer.

[Stugotz]

No, I've never seen helium in Target. One Publix used to be public dollar stores have helium. But I don't know the. I don't know the process of, like, can I bring in contraband balloons into a helium place for them to fill them for me? Because I bought a helium tank. I thought I was gonna save a lot of money with a helium tank for one of my daughter's birthdays. Crap. Helium so bad.

[Greg Cody]

Really?

[Stugotz]

Helium doesn't last a day. Balloons were on the floor.

[Greg Cody]

Wow.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. Bad. I got a bad dealer. Bad batch of helium, it seems.

[Greg Cody]

You know what you could do? You could flip gravity and instead of using helium, just hang your balloons from the ceiling.

[Stugotz]

That's not a bad idea.

[Chris Cody]

I like that, Greg.

[Stugotz]

It's a great idea.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

That's another loose end I just invented. You know, that's something that you just tied it up.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

You think about it. You know, who needs helium?

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't think I have this wrong, though. I really don't. Do I have it wrong that loose ends. If someone tells you they'll be there in 15 minutes, I've got to tie up some loose ends. You're legitimately thinking needs to take the.

[Billy]

Trash out or the dog out before I go.

[Dan LeBatard]

Needs to small task. Needs to do something that when I say, I say loose end. Am I not almost instantaneously telling you that something that takes fewer than five minutes.

[Billy]

It's never a. I need to make a decision on a contract.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's not. It is a detail you have to handle that's not abstract about. I need to make a life choice about where my future goes. That's not. A book deal. Is not a loose end.

[Billy]

Yeah, a book deals a tight end.

[Chris Cody]

Well, you don't know, like, you don't know what part of the book deal he's talking about.

[Greg Cody]

Right?

[Chris Cody]

Like, I mean, you never wrote a book, so what do you know?

[Stugotz]

With Team Valor, it could be as simple as just putting in his credit card. He's already made the decision. He's just letting him know I'm giving him the credit card.

[Dan LeBatard]

I didn't see that one coming. I got to be honest. He surprised me with that one. Yeah, that was a cleaver. I usually see where his cleavers are coming from. I was looking the other way, enjoying ourselves, and he got me. He's right. I don't know what I'm talking about here. Much like yesterday, I legitimately did not know what I was talking about. Chris, this. I'm telling you, this woke me up last night in my sleep. It was a funny thing to have wake me up.

[Chris Cody]

The pistons.

[Dan LeBatard]

The Vikings.

[Chris Cody]

Oh.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, God.

[Dan LeBatard]

So I thought to myself that yesterday on the show when we were talking, I'm like, there are five teams that we know. I'm saying there are six teams we know are good. I initially started five or six. I think I said five, six, and then I settled on six, and now I was trapped. I was stuck up in the air because I've been calling the Vikings a fraud all season long. I told you, this is how it ends with Sam Darnold. The way it ended against the Lions, the wheels come off. Those are. I mean, Hawkinson stugats. Jefferson, you're talking about skill position players that are best nailed. When Naylor's your third receiver and you've got Jones in the backfield, if you're not making those skill guys work, you're the skill guy problem. Right? And that's what it keeps coming down to. When we do some these measurements on things like, oh, with the right coach and the right skill guys, if that's as strong as any in the league, if they stay healthy, we can scheme our way, scheme our way to hiding Sam Darnold. Right up until we run into the coach who had Sam Darnold. Right up until the coach who couldn't make anything of Sam Darnold when he was choosing between who do I want my next quarterback to be? Do I want a Baker Mayfield? Do I want to look at like, golf? Everyone runs through here. I'm the quarterback whisperer. Sam Darnold becomes a thing that was going to be paid a lot of money, right? Stugats couldn't make it work with the Jets. We don't know how to measure quarterbacks. And yet my shitty analysis all season, lazy as hell. Lazy as hell is like, nope, Sam Darnold won't win. You know why? Because he's Sam Darnold.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Billy]

Look at you now.

[Chris Cody]

Not lazy. You were right.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, no. But then yesterday.

[Chris Cody]

Yesterday got caught up in the air. He made them a good team.

[Dan LeBatard]

And he said, and we made him a good team. And I in the air construction constructed the argument. Well, they're 14 and 3. They must be. No, I knew they weren't, but I didn't stick to my guns.

[Chris Cody]

Right. For starters, Sam Darnold, I think he got confused there. He was a 49 or never a Ram. So McVeigh never had Sam Darnold.

[Dan LeBatard]

Forgive me, I did confuse there. Shanahan and McVeigh, the. The people who make quarterbacks, right.

[Chris Cody]

Well, Shanahan's scared of good quarterbacks. He doesn't like expectations, that guy.

[Stugotz]

He sends them away.

[Chris Cody]

But what happened is the Lions And Aaron Glenn really figured out how to attack this vikings offense. And McVeigh said, I told my staff do the same exact thing. Like they have Aaron Glenn to thank for this because what he did last week against Sam dart blitzing, putting a lot of pressure on him, making him uncomfortable. Sam Darnold was great all year except for the last two games and probably cost himself, I don't know, $100 million.

[Greg Cody]

Oh my gosh.

[Chris Cody]

I know.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, nobody wants him now, I guarantee you, because he's Sam Darnold again.

[Chris Cody]

Right?

[Greg Cody]

He was pretending to be somebody who was better than Sam Darnold. Now he is reverted to the mean he's Sam Darnold.

[Dan LeBatard]

Can we talk about what the losses are though?

[Roy]

Their four losses this season are in week seven to the Rams after losing in week six to the Lions and now in wild card weekend to the Rams after losing in week 18 to the Lions. So the Lions broke them and then the Rams took advantage twice and those are their only four losses of the season.

[Chris Cody]

Stugach here. I want to tell you a story. I'm serious here. My wife and my two daughters, they begged me to buy a peloton. So I bought a peloton. And then I watched that peloton sit in my office and stare at me. So you know what I did one day I looked at it and so I decided to get off my ass and I jumped on the peloton because no one else was using it and I paid for it. I mean, so why not? Then I realized eventually that they bought it for me. And I got to tell you, way more challenging than I could have ever imagined. Peloton coaches are walking the walk. I love the coaches. I do the Grateful Dead one. It's fantastic. They have a sub three hour marathon runner, military trained athlete, a former college basketball player, and so many other well rounded coaches on their team. All this experience really shows in their classes, which are never short of challenging, especially for me. So I jumped on it that first time. It was challenging, more challenging than I thought. And then I wanted to beat the bike and so I kept jumping on it it and I absolutely love it. I mean, I'm the only one who uses it. But again, they got it for me. I mean, I had no idea. That's a little passive aggressive, don't you think? Find your push, find your power. With [e-mail] hey, Happy New Year friends.

[Roy]

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[Greg Cody]

Don LeBatard a woman who was out swimming with her friends is believed to have been Swallowed whole by a 13 foot shark without any of her friends noticing. That's the weirdest part about that story. You're swimming with friends, you're having a good time and then all of a sudden people are looking around going, where's Shelly? Like nobody screamed.

[Stugotz]

Every friend group has a Shelly though, that if they go missing because a shark ate them whole, you wouldn't notice.

[Chris Cody]

Classic Shelly.

[Stugotz]

Exactly right?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Stugats.

[Greg Cody]

She went quiet, Apparently. If I'm swallowed whole by a shark, you're gonna know it.

[Stugotz]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[Billy]

If we take away the money that he cost himself, I could make the argument. Sam Darnold helped. Helped himself last night. You don't want this big contract, these big expectations next year. Now, now he can go back to having Sam Darnold expectations. Maybe you go as a backup. You're the savior. If someone gets hurt, I'm telling you, Sam Darnold getting like a 2A contract release, nobody wants that. Even Sam Darnold is like, I am not that good.

[Greg Cody]

Okay?

[Billy]

I know. I'm a little. I got plenty of money.

[Greg Cody]

Okay?

[Billy]

I'm not saying he cost himself money last night, but stress, he helped his life last night with stress wise going forward.

[Greg Cody]

Really, it's a good take.

[Stugotz]

That's the only plays we're gonna hear.

[Billy]

You will not hear that anywhere else.

[Chris Cody]

Sam Darnold is relieved.

[Billy]

But Dan always says keep expectations low. You know what Sam Darnold did the last two games? He brought expectations back down, right? Oh, yeah. You're Sam Darnold. You're not a savior. Because if he played well the last two games, he's going to get a big deal this off season.

[Stugotz]

So he didn't want that.

[Billy]

Nobody wants.

[Greg Cody]

Who would want that?

[Billy]

Nobody wants that. I'm telling you. Fiscally, he wants that. Emotionally, he wants no part of that.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, valid.

[Billy]

It's a great take.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. That's your own man. Nobody's coming after that take.

[Chris Cody]

No one wants it.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know, you know, what is. What is. What is wonderful? What is wonderful about what just happened there? Because yes, everyone stand back and salute off of that game last night. Everyone's eating at this trough. Everyone, everyone is looking. What's the space I can occupy that no one can occupy? Everyone's going to have the take that I just did. I. Sam Darnold was Sam Darnold. Chris has said something that is almost purposely outrageous and outlandish and also true. True. Because everyone wants the $50 million contract. Yes, but then what are they paying for. Oh, the expectations. No. Get those off of me.

[Chris Cody]

So this is the anti.

[Dan LeBatard]

Matt Flynn is the anti. Chris is the anti athlete mentality of. Please give me all the money. Don't make me do any of the work. I just want the money. And Sam Darnold now, no expectations can go back to being Sam Darnold. What we all thought Sam Darnold was instead of what Sam Darnold dreamed he could be.

[Billy]

Chase Daniel. That's. I mean, that's what a life that guy had.

[Chris Cody]

Sam Darnold had 35 touchdowns at 12 interceptions. Someone's going to sign that guy to a big deal, right?

[Billy]

But now he'll get like, you know, 17, 18 million a year instead. Instead of 50. Right now I just. You. You make plenty of money, right? And you lose the stress.

[Roy]

Or he gets to be the highest paid backup quarterback in the league, which is the best thing you could be. If maybe Miami.

[Billy]

If the Dolphins get Sam Darnold, that's. That's good.

[Chris Cody]

But you guys have him settling for a backup role.

[Billy]

Just saying. Why not get over in a starter room. Where do you think he is now after these last two games?

[Chris Cody]

I think there's. I don't think it's going to be the Vikings because they have a rookie quarterback at J.J. mcCarthy, but I do think there's a team who needs a quarterback who's going to sign Sand Darnold. A pretty big deal.

[Greg Cody]

New York Jets.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, maybe be. It might be the Jets. It could be.

[Stugotz]

He's definitely not waking up happy today, though.

[Billy]

Well, I'm just saying the stress relief deal. The stress of the big deal going as being the savior. Sam Darnold, you're not that guy. You're not that guy. And I think he knows it.

[Greg Cody]

Whoa.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't know what that means. A whole lot of people are saying not that guy to others, not that guy. Cam Newton says Jason Whitlock's not that guy. Jason Whitlock hits him over the head with a Bible. You got eight kids by three women. Like that's what we're doing. Those are the games. Those are the games we're playing. Those are the loose ends in the politics fight.

[Greg Cody]

How'd the Bible come into this?

[Stugotz]

Yeah, politics.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's where Whitlock hides.

[Roy]

I thought we were talking about Sam Darnold.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, that's what they told Geno. Geno, you're not that guy. And Geno proved them wrong.

[Greg Cody]

The answer is, yeah, but he's a fragile, that guy.

[Chris Cody]

He's a slightly better guy than the one they had.

[Billy]

Is he that guy? He's just a guy.

[Greg Cody]

He's a fragile. That guy. Baker Mayfield still a fragile. That guy.

[Dan LeBatard]

No.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Come on.

[Billy]

Baker's more of that guy than.

[Dan LeBatard]

Come on.

[Greg Cody]

That's true.

[Dan LeBatard]

Come on, come on, come on.

[Chris Cody]

Baker is closer to being a great quarterback than Gino. Yes.

[Greg Cody]

Kirk Cousins, no longer that guy. I love close, close to that guy, but not that guy.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wait a minute.

[Billy]

There's two different things.

[Dan LeBatard]

Kirk Cousins went from being that guy, that guy, that guy four times to.

[Billy]

He'S not that guy.

[Chris Cody]

He's not that guy.

[Billy]

He may have been that guy for a small period. He's back to being a guy.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wait a minute. What do you.

[Greg Cody]

Jared Goff was not that guy. Now he's that guy.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, I need some help.

[Billy]

No, Jared Goff was a guy. Now he's that guy.

[Chris Cody]

There's only like five or six that guys, you know?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, that's true.

[Billy]

In the NFL, let's say there's like eight or 10.

[Chris Cody]

There's not eight to 10.

[Greg Cody]

There's a big three.

[Chris Cody]

Right. He's not that guy.

[Billy]

I think Kyler Murray's that guy.

[Chris Cody]

No, he's not that guy. No.

[Billy]

For the Cardinals, a guy.

[Dan LeBatard]

He's a guy.

[Roy]

At the moment.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Right.

[Roy]

That guy means that you're taking your team and lifting them to a place that they wouldn't be otherwise. I think with Kyler Murray, you find some other starters around the league. Maybe he's just one of those guys.

[Chris Cody]

Jaden Daniels, that guy. That guy. Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wait a minute. That's the easiest. Hold on a second. Guy. Oh, okay. Wait a minute, wait a minute.

[Stugotz]

Not that guy.

[Chris Cody]

Not that guy.

[Stugotz]

Great call, Greg. Not that guy.

[Roy]

Po Nix might be that guy. Even with a first round loss. Same with Baker Mayfield.

[Chris Cody]

He also might not be.

[Stugotz]

I mean, Bryce Young is that guy.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. Well, hold on, hold on. What are we doing?

[Dan LeBatard]

The game. We could have played that guy, a guy for months, and you ruined it by throwing the bright.

[Stugotz]

When you throw that touchdown, you don't even see that. You don't even see them catch the touchdown. You're that guy.

[Chris Cody]

Sometimes that guy becomes a guy. Last year, C.J. stroud, that guy. This year, guy.

[Greg Cody]

You can fluctuate.

[Stugotz]

It can go week to week.

[Greg Cody]

Honestly, guy is a Frano thing.

[Stugotz]

Sense.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wait a minute.

[Greg Cody]

DUA might be that guy.

[Chris Cody]

Might not.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wait a minute.

[Stugotz]

When he feels like playing.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wait a minute. You're telling everybody that C.J. stroud is just a guy.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Which means you're also then going to Make Justin Herbert just a guy. Correct.

[Chris Cody]

He might not even be a guy.

[Billy]

Yeah, that one.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, yeah, that one. We don't know.

[Dan LeBatard]

Are you your. That's the height. Wait a minute. Minute. I believe that what you have done. You tell me if there's a better one than this. I believe that you have just brought a guy to the limits of where a guy can exist to insult CJ Stroud. I believe you're not taking into account how hard that position is to play and how hard it's been to play as him this season with pressure up the middle. Like for you to hit him from over here with a guy. Give me a better quarterback. That you insult more than CJ Stroud by just calling him a guy. Guy.

[Chris Cody]

Justin Herbert. Jordan Love. Guys.

[Stugotz]

Love's a good one.

[Greg Cody]

Very good.

[Stugotz]

Jordan, like.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. Last year Jordan, like, was that guy. And now he's just a guy.

[Roy]

Well, he's that guy during Toyota Thon.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Roy]

And he's a guy.

[Chris Cody]

Otherwise, some guys turn into a guy.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, nothing wrong with being a guy.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Not everybody can be that guy.

[Chris Cody]

Like Caleb Williams might still be that guy.

[Greg Cody]

Right.

[Chris Cody]

Right now, just a guy.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, right. Exactly.

[Stugotz]

Yes, there's time.

[Chris Cody]

Is Matthew Stafford that guy?

[Greg Cody]

Yes, I think he is.

[Chris Cody]

I think the Rams are going to the Super Bowl.

[Billy]

He's been that guy even before last night.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Matt Stafford is that guy.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Is he just Matthew now? He used to be Matt, didn't he?

[Stugotz]

He grew up. Yeah. Yeah, Matt.

[Billy]

He used to wear backwards hat. I think he's the rare.

[Stugotz]

Both he was Maddie, back in grade school. There's a gladiator in the room.

[Dan LeBatard]

Roy, we'll wait for you. That's fine. I. I'm a little bit confused. I. I really want to dissect what's. No, I wanted to stay there, but Roy has decided that whatever his today miseries are need to interrupt what we're doing here with six minutes left in a live segment so that he can tell us all about how miserable he is. We'll get to that in a second.

[H]

No, we will get to it now, please. I had my car broken into, which is why.

[Billy]

Oh, no, that's why he's dressed like a gladiator.

[Stugotz]

If only they saw the way you were dressed.

[H]

Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, that's been my morning and of course this is my respite. I'm feeling actually pretty good now. I'm actually wearing something because I'm not thinking about my chariot being broken in two days.

[Chris Cody]

Chariot.

[Greg Cody]

How about that?

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, but you understand My confusion, though, right? Like, I'm sitting here doing a show, and for the first time in months, the entire room has seized on something. A guy. The guy. And what comes into my room? A sad gladiator.

[Chris Cody]

That guy.

[Stugotz]

Sadiator.

[Chris Cody]

Yep.

[Dan LeBatard]

A sad gladiator comes in. And I could see, like, I could see there were a few minutes left in the segment. I'm like, this is curious. Roy has never done this before. Do you know how Roy. How good Roy. Is it not getting in the way of anything that we're doing around here? He has been doing that well for 20 years. For him to come into a room so deeply moping that. That. That he would interrupt was. I was watching the ball bounce around the room in a way that was delighting.

[Chris Cody]

Right, but the chariot.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, but he comes in dressed as a gladiator. But he's also downtrodden like he should be. Yeah, no, because of how violating, how invasive it is to have your things just stolen.

[Billy]

Is that a loose end?

[Dan LeBatard]

Taken.

[Greg Cody]

That is bigger than a loose end.

[Stugotz]

That came for all this.

[Billy]

A contract offer, but not anytime you're.

[Greg Cody]

Having to deal with an insurance company. It's a gaping. Exactly.

[Billy]

So not a loose end.

[Stugotz]

You just made my point.

[Greg Cody]

It's gaping.

[Chris Cody]

It never ends.

[Greg Cody]

Right?

[Dan LeBatard]

Right.

[Billy]

It's a big thing to do. It's not a loose end.

[Stugotz]

You didn't call it a loose end. Greg would never.

[Greg Cody]

It's a gaping end, huh?

[Stugotz]

I would think that the gladiators were. I think Roy probably, like, has encapsulated the attitude of most gladiators. I don't think gladiators were particularly gleeful.

[Chris Cody]

No, no.

[H]

Most gladiators used to go into battle, you know, hoping to not die.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

You had to go out and do some killing. I think that's hard work.

[Greg Cody]

You never see a guy smiling while jousting on a horse.

[Stugotz]

Only the psychos, you know.

[Billy]

Well, their faces are generally dahmers of the world. They could be smiling.

[Greg Cody]

That's true. They are covered.

[H]

Fighting a tiger or something.

[Billy]

Like the Michael Jordan of jousters. Probably smiled a little bit, maybe smirked.

[Chris Cody]

Because he knows he's got you. Right.

[Stugotz]

Would you rather fight a bull or a tiger with a sword?

[Dan LeBatard]

Let me get to that for a second. But before I do that, put it on the poll, please. At Lebatard Show. Have you ever seen a guy smiling while jousting on a horse? Because he's right. Terror can look like a smile, but while jousting, I would imagine someone would not likely to be feeling glee. But let's Answer Billy's question since he's an an hole.

[Greg Cody]

Nonsense.

[Dan LeBatard]

What's your question about bulls or would I rather a tiger fight a tiger or a bull with a sword?

[Stugotz]

Yeah. We were talking about gladiators and I think about bull fighters. Kind of the modern day gladiators. Gladiators would fight, you know, tigers sometimes. So if you had to choose, I'd go a bull.

[Billy]

I feel like a tiger is more mobile.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, a tiger can leap.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, that's true.

[H]

Claws.

[Stugotz]

I went to the zoo and I.

[Greg Cody]

And.

[Stugotz]

And they said, I don't know if I believe this to be true. We can ask Ronnie if the. The zookeeper was lying to us. They said that sometimes when you don't see the tigers, they're hanging out in the trees, that they just climb up in the trees for shade. And I. I don't believe that to be true. I believe that they just have them hidden away at that moment and they tell us, oh, no, they're in the trees. There's no way they're in the trees, the tigers.

[Billy]

Maybe if I have a sword. I do want to go against the jumper. You know, you catch the. I'd rather have a sword against tiger giraffe thing.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay. We'll ask Ron McGill later. But I don't want to get too far away from the idea that Roy has been. You're coming in with a man who feels like he is wearing something invasive, something that it's not. No one goes to bed at night expecting in the morning that. That. That someone's going to violate their personal space. And they will be. And I don't know what they took.

[H]

Luckily, I don't carry any valuables in the car. I don't think they took anything from needs car because the needs car was also broken into. Yeah. Filed the police for reporting everything, so that's all done. But yeah, that. That's not a good feeling. Not a good feeling at all.

[Billy]

Can I ask their tactic, was it like through the window? Did they.

[H]

No, they opened the door.

[Roy]

Oh, just.

[Chris Cody]

Well, did you lock it or.

[Stugotz]

No, no, no, that's not victim blame.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, Roy. Sorry, man.

[H]

No.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. Forgot to.

[H]

Yeah, I forgot to.

[Billy]

This is awkward.

[Greg Cody]

Might want to lie on that insurance report and say that you locked it.

[Stugotz]

Well, now you've said it on air. Don't say that. I think you should go break your own window, Roy, and just say they broke your window.

[H]

I mean, the cops filled out the rep police report already, so that's.

[Stugotz]

Were they on the take? Did you tell them something and Then maybe slip them at 20.

[H]

No, no, I don't have. I don't carry cash.

[Stugotz]

That's good. Anyone out there wanting to hold up Roy? Don't do that.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, yeah.

[H]

You won't get anything.

[Stugotz]

No cash. Loose ends.

[Chris Cody]

Brock Purdy. A guy?

[Stugotz]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[Greg Cody]

Just a guy trying to be that good. Drake May, coming up short.

[Chris Cody]

Wow.

[Roy]

Might be the guy.

[Billy]

Still a gu, though. Still a guy.

[Chris Cody]

Mike graduates. A guy.

[Stugotz]

Maybe he's gonna be the fall guy when Variable doesn't work out. We all know that, right? He's out of there in three years and Variable in five.

[Chris Cody]

Yep.

[Stugotz]

Market.

[Dan LeBatard]

Unless he's good, you have to lock your doors.

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