Mike Breen's Premature Bangulation | Hour 2

Summary

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Mike Breen's Premature Bangulation | Hour 2

Date: May 20, 2026
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Main Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz
Other Regulars: Greg Cody, Mike Ryan, Zaslow, Mina Kimes, Brad Williams, Paul

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Episode Overview

Hour 2 of the show continues the trademark blend of irreverent sports commentary and inside jokes, tackling topics from current NHL and NBA playoffs to the quirks of fan culture and the politics of sports media awards. The group debates fan entitlement, awards absurdities, and, as always, the art of the running bit—this week, Greg Cody's extended catchphrase countdown. The tone is loose and playful, veering frequently into comedic tangents and gentle roasting among friends.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. NHL Playoffs Predictions and Fan Engagement

[00:38–02:47]

• Colorado Avalanche are the favorites: Multiple panelists, especially Roy and Mike, claim "it's a foregone conclusion" that Colorado wins this year.
  • Dan: Questions this confidence because "I'm not used to ever thinking the hockey playoffs are a foregone conclusion" ([01:19]).
  • Zaslow: Agrees with the Avalanche hype but roots against the Hurricanes: "I don't need the Carolina Hurricanes winning a Stanley Cup in my life. No, I don't need that." ([01:59])
• Vegas Golden Knights’ struggles: Conversation about Vegas firing their coach late in the season and Panthers’ better record.

2. NBA Playoffs, Toughness, and “Hurting” Wemby

[02:47–03:59]

• Stugotz predicts controversial coverage ("the story they're trying to hurt him") about OKC’s defense on Wembanyama.
  • Mike Ryan: “All it is is Wemby-led media, Dan. It's just everybody in the can for Wemby.” ([03:51])
  • Mina Kimes: “You are the biggest hater in the world. How am I supposed to like this sport, guys?” ([03:55])
  • The group jokes about Lou Dort’s defensive tactics and media overreaction.

3. Fandom: What Makes a “Real” Fan?

[04:07–04:48]

• Debate on sticking with a team regardless of quality.
  • Zaslow: “If the game's not good, I stay away because I'm a bigger fan than you.” ([04:42])
  • Mike Ryan: “No, you're a bandwagoner.” ([04:41])
  • Greg Cody: “Tony, I love you. But Zaz is a two-time champion broadcaster.” ([04:48])

4. Greg Cody’s Catchphrase Countdown Bit

[05:07–07:41]

• The Bit: The Greg Cody Show stretches their “top 50 catchphrases” to 60 for no real reason.
  • Catchphrases are rapid-fired out loud, many cryptic or personal.
  • Notable lines: "I'm fuller than Vern Fuller," "Scranton," "Don't go showering to try to please me," "We are the Lobos."
• Dan and Stugotz: Marvel at the bit’s persistence and its messy execution.
  • Stugotz: "Sloppy the way this was done to start the list before you had completed the list." ([08:06])
• Joke: Is it going to become a top 70? The list expands as new memories surface.

5. Media Awards and Pablo Torre

[08:30–09:59]

• Discussion: Pablo Torre’s win of a National Magazine Award (despite not writing for a magazine).
  • The group pokes fun at how media award categories have blurred between writing, audio, magazine journalism, etc.
  • Dan: “What do you refer to as 60 Minutes? They're a news magazine. They take a magazine style approach to their storytelling. And that's what Pablo does...” ([09:03])
  • Stugotz: Confused about the modern “magazine” and Pulitzer definitions ([10:00, 10:10]).
  • Mina Kimes: Explains the award was for audio podcasting, “NPR and the Wall Street Journal were involved in it. Those aren't magazines.” ([10:00])
• Mike Ryan: "You're in the super futuristic building looking down at everybody now you got this award that looks like an art piece." ([11:54])
• The absurdity of awards for "things that aren't written" is a running joke.

6. Podcast Sponsorships: The Couch Saga

[24:56–35:38]

• Zaslow wants a new couch. He jokingly solicits sponsors.
• Brad Williams offers: To buy Zaslow a couch if he plugs Brad’s podcast every mention of his “mansion.”
  • Brad: “I’ll buy you a couch. If every time you mention the Zaslow Mansion, you say the Zaslow Mansion featuring the Brad Williams couch..." ([25:53])
  • Greg Cody counters: Offers a couch for less of a “mouthful,” plugging his own show.
• Meta-discussion: Is this cheapening sponsorship? Who can get the naming rights? How do you phrase it without sounding ridiculous?
  • Stugotz: “You’re basically offering a presenting sponsorship to an exploding podcast that cheapens all the other advertising.” ([26:59])
• Greg insists: Whoever wins must say “very good” with the right spirit.

7. Inter Miami/MLS Fan Culture Debate

[36:37–44:09]

• Fan Protest: Supporter section withholding support until acknowledged by players (e.g., Messi).
  • Dan explains: “Supporters clubs... never waiver. You could be sent down, that could occasionally voice displeasure, but they have your back through thick and thin.” ([37:24])
• Greg Cody’s take: The fans are acting out over something very small—an acknowledgment gesture.
  • Greg: “That's weird to me... they're not going to be happy until the athlete goes like this. That's weird to me.” ([43:36])
• Stugotz balances: “Withholding your support can be seen... as small and petty... it's a bare minimum ask.” ([42:57])
• Debate: Is a recognition gesture simple gratitude, or are the fans overstepping? The group explores how deeper cultural expectations in soccer differ from American sports.

8. Catchphrase Recap and Inside Bits

[19:03, 20:44, throughout]

• Repeat performances of Greg Cody’s catchphrases.
• "Rappy Cack": Explained as a term for roughhousing, derived from broadcaster Rick Weaver.
  • Greg: “Rick Weaver used to refer to rappy cacking as a particularly hard hit... I think it might be a midwestern Ohio-ish type thing. But I adopted it and made it my own.” ([22:14])
• Show continues to riff on catchphrase lore, asking listeners about their own connections to the phrases.

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• Zaslow: "I don't need the Carolina Hurricanes winning a Stanley Cup in my life. No, I don't need that." ([01:59])
• Stugotz: "Before the end of that series, there will be made the loud public accusation that the OKC Thunder are trying to hurt Wemby." ([02:47])
• Mina Kimes: "You are the biggest hater in the world. How am I supposed to like this sport, guys?" ([03:55])
• Mike Ryan: "All it is is Wemby-led media, Dan. It's just everybody in the can for Wemby." ([03:51])
• Zaslow: "If the game's not good, I stay away because I'm a bigger fan than you." ([04:42])
• Stugotz (Greg Cody’s performance): "I have never heard Greg laugh that loud at something that delighted him so much." ([32:56])
• Greg Cody: "That's weird to me... they're not going to be happy until the athlete goes like this. That's weird to me." ([43:36])
• Stugotz: "It's a bare minimum ask on... can you make a gesture that acknowledges 90 minutes of us pouring out our heart for the team?" ([42:57])

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Segment Timestamps

• 00:38 – Hockey playoffs predictions; Avalanche as favorites
• 02:47 – NBA playoffs; “hurting” Wemby narrative
• 05:07 – Greg Cody’s catchphrase countdown (round 1)
• 08:30 – Pablo Torre’s National Magazine Award/Pulitzer chat
• 24:56 – The couch/sponsorship saga begins in earnest
• 36:37 – Inter Miami supporter section protest/fan culture debate
• 19:03, 20:44 – Additional Greg Cody catchphrase roundup/explanations
• 43:36 – The “acknowledge us” debate climax

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Tone & Style

The episode delivers in classic Le Batard Show fashion: fast-paced, witty, sarcastic, and self-deprecating. Tangents and in-jokes abound, but discussions on fandom, media, and sports culture still cut through with insight behind the humor. There's a constant push-and-pull between sincerity and parody, especially in segments about fan expectations and the ever-evolving world of sports media awards.

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For First-Time Listeners / Key Takeaways

• The show’s humor and references can be dense, with recurring bits like Greg Cody’s catchphrases and the Zaslow couch subplot weaving in and out of more serious sports talk.
• Insightful discussion on how modern awards, fandom, and sports culture are shifting, though never without playful mockery.
• The panel highlights the absurdity (and sincerity) of both sports media and fan behavior, using their own show’s inside jokes to comment on broader trends.

If you haven’t heard the episode, you’ll walk away understanding how this crew can pivot effortlessly from sports to meta-conversation to a running joke about a couch—all with a wink and a laugh.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

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[Zaslow]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Greg Cody]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast.

[Stugotz]

Zaz. I don't know if you're surprised by this, but Roy Bellamy and Mike Ryan, they clearly over the last two years, Greg Cody as well, they know what a hockey champion looks like. They have become familiar with what it takes to win a hockey champion.

[Zaslow]

I've been watching all the hockey playoffs

[Stugotz]

this year and Roy and Mike have said it's a bit of a foregone conclusion that the Colorado Avalanche are going to win the title over the United States of Tortorella. The United States of America?

[Greg Cody]

It ain't the United States of Tortorella

[Stugotz]

and everyone else in hockey. Do you believe zsas that it's the foregone conclusion that Roy and Mike seem to think it is? Roy's doing a live watch along tonight. The Colorado Avalanche and the Vegas Golden Knights. Roy and the group. That means Rose will be a star. That means E will annoy you. And that means that if you want to watch hockey with the show, they will be doing it tonight. Do you believe it's as foregone a conclusion? I'm not used to ever thinking the hockey playoffs are a foregone conclusion for anybody. But the people here, around here who know what a champion looks like are telling me this is a foregone conclusion

[Zaslow]

based on what I've gathered from my foray into the Stanley cup playoff this season. You know, when the Panthers aren't in it, I usually don't pay any attention. It's been told based on what I've seen, yes, I think Colorado is far and away the best team in the postseason. And I'm glad they are because you think I need the Carolina Hurricanes winning a Stanley cup in my life. No, I don't need that.

[Greg Cody]

Well, here's the thing. I think Vegas is dead last of the four. Carolina. According to the betting odds, Carolina is barely an underdog to Colorado to win it all. For me, it's Montreal. Montreal is my dark horse, my rooting interests. I think they're the reason my that I'm still engaged in. In the playoffs, you know, the Panthers

[Zaslow]

had more wins this year than the Golden Knights. Like, how ridiculous is that, right? The Panthers had more wins. How many Golden Knights were under.500?

[Stugotz]

How many games were left when the Golden Knights fired their coach? How many games in like four were left before they decided to get rid of their coach?

[Greg Cody]

Felt like six of seven.

[Zaslow]

It's crazy.

[Stugotz]

I have a prediction to make here. I don't make many of these. I have a prediction to make on OKC and San Antonio. But before the end of that series, there will be made the loud public accusation that the OKC Thunder are trying to hurt Wemby. Before the. Before that series is over, there will be a story that they're not going to just give their championship to this guy. Like, if it's unfair, they're going to try to hurt him. And I think we're going to have a controversy.

[Mike Ryan]

By playing good defense?

[Mina Kaim]

Yeah. No, that's a good take.

[Mike Ryan]

By playing tough?

[Stugotz]

No, by that Lou Dort.

[Dan Le Batard]

By him flopping.

[Stugotz]

By dorting.

[Mike Ryan]

I've seen him flop. I think he's throw himself into the stands.

[Stugotz]

They're going to do it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Such a hater.

[Stugotz]

They're going to do it. His knees.

[Mike Ryan]

Caruso's at the size of his knees.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's just trying to play defense.

[Stugotz]

You like that prediction? Zaz, do you think that before there is going to be the story they're trying to hurt him and it's going to create a story around him as the guy who had the dirtiest play in the entire postseason, where he becomes a little embryo that must be protected from all harm.

[Mike Ryan]

All it is is Wemby led media. Dan. It's just everybody in the can for Wemby.

[Mina Kaim]

You are the biggest hater in the world. How am I supposed to like this sport, guys?

[Mike Ryan]

I love this sport, by the way. I loved it when you guys said it was bad. I was still loving it. What I'm doing is protecting it a la Mike, when he did a couple years ago, but for a different reason.

[Zaslow]

I love this sport so much that it offends me when the sport is bad. The fact that you still love it when it's bad, that actually means that I love it more than impossible. Because I find the great watch when it's bad.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I find the great inside of it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right?

[Mike Ryan]

You think the game's bad. It's a 30 point blowout. Wow, look at all the threes they

[Zaslow]

hit when I think it's bad. You're like a fan who keeps going to games and giving the team your money when the team is terrible? Okay, if the team is because I'm a real fan, I stay away because I need the team to be better on no matter what.

[Mike Ryan]

No, you're a bandwagoner.

[Zaslow]

If the game's not good, I stay away because I'm a bigger fan than you.

[Greg Cody]

Tony, I love you. But Zaz is a two time champion broadcaster.

[Zaslow]

That's right.

[Mike Ryan]

And he's turned his back on the franchise.

[Stugotz]

Greg Cody, do you have your countdown catchphrases ready? Because we have a lot of them to get to. The Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody has been successfully executing a joke for many, many months now.

[Zaslow]

It's true.

[Greg Cody]

It's a surprisingly successful bit that my show has been able to pull off. And it is. We're doing two a week. We're now at top 60. So it's going to end up being like a half a year worth of

[Stugotz]

bit with also controversially we learned last week that the top 50 had been extended for no real good reason other than disorganization to a top 60.

[Paul]

So that kind of thing.

[Stugotz]

Let's do it right now. Please stop talking to your inner monologue at any point, okay? I'd prefer you breathe with those giant nostrils into the microphone number 60.

[Greg Cody]

I'm fuller than Vern Fuller. 59. Where's my click click? 58. Hey Butterfinger. 57. Punt. 56. Scranton. 55. I'm busy in a one arm paper hanger. 54. George up Georgia. 53. I'm the kind of guy that. 52. Ballin the Jack. 51. Hey, hey, with the monkeys, baby. 50. Thank you, Billy. 49. I love him like a pet. 48. Who made a decent. 47. We're rolling now, huh? 46. Your brain beat me four. 45. Let's go States. 44. Driver comfort is paramount. 43. Dummy up, save up. 42 catches catch can 41 doesn't make it right. 40. So on and so forth. 39. Very good. 38. The Little League Theory. 37. Nice hat, asshole. 36. The others, they all learn from me. 35. Don't go showering to try to please me. 34. Look at that jerk. 33. It's like a packing house in here. 32. Would you learn? 31. Hee Haw. 3B. 30. I'm not going to take a quiz. 29. Sassafras. 28. Would we break a window? 27. Hello. 26. Who won? 25. Trailers for Sal. 24. You got to eat a peck of dirt before you die. 23. Three words. We are the Lobos. And now number 22, you're gonna go to Buffalo with Bernie Armalee. Whoa.

[Stugotz]

Classic. Didn't even make the top 20.

[Dan Le Batard]

Just played hey Jude.

[Stugotz]

Does that mean we still have one more to update? Oh, my God. So this is very exciting. We are so close to the top 20. Although he might change it again next week and make it the top 70.

[Mike Ryan]

And we're gonna remember 10 more.

[Stugotz]

Yes, that's right.

[Greg Cody]

You never know. You never know.

[Zaslow]

Part of the joint will be high up. I want to know.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Zaslow]

Before you give out your second new one this week.

[Greg Cody]

Number 21.

[Zaslow]

Which. Which phrases now for the rest of the way are the ones that you had to add to extend from 50 to 60.

[Greg Cody]

I didn't have to add any. We always had a surplus from which

[Brad Williams]

he botched it so much that when we looked with 14 left, there were 25 good ones. So we were like, this is an easy ad.

[Stugotz]

Again, really sloppy the way this was done to start the list before you had completed the list. And so your brain beat me. Tomorrow we will bring on Boogie and see how many of those. As part of a charitable effort that we're helping Boogshambi with, he will sneak onto a Cubs broadcast.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, man.

[Stugotz]

And we're gonna try and do that tomorrow with Boogshambi. Excellent.

[Greg Cody]

That would be a dream come true.

[Stugotz]

What I'd also like to do, though, before we get to this next update, can you guys please explain to me, because I really don't want to get numb to this. Pablo Torre has won a National Magazine Award. I don't know what that is. He does not write for a magazine. So now he won the Pulitzer, and I thought that was a writing prize. He won it for audio reporting. As we modernize our awards, is it for magazine shows? What is a National Magazine Award?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, the best way I can explain this is what do you refer to as 60 minutes? They're. They're a news magazine. They take a magazine style approach to their storytelling. And that's what Pablo does with his. And that's why the. This group of editors from magazines across the country decided to honor him.

[Mina Kaim]

And this is the award for outstanding podcasting, which beat out NPR and the Wall street journal. So the 61st annual National Magazine Awards were announced by the American Society of Magazine Editors. And this was at a gala hosted in New York City. All three of.

[Stugotz]

It's not a magazine. Well, those editors run magazines, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

60 Minutes is a news magazine. And Pablo Torre finds out is a magazine.

[Stugotz]

But are those editors, the editors of news magazines, are they editors of physical copies of physical written magazines?

[Mina Kaim]

I mean, this award in particular was just for podcasting, and NPR and the Wall Street Journal were involved in it. Those aren't magazines. Those are different types.

[Stugotz]

So just for the record, because I'm not feigning ignorance here, I don't understand the modernization of the Pulitzer makes it so that the Pulitzer, which I had always associated with being the top prize in writing, no longer requires writing to be part of the award. Are you telling me this is normally a written award that they've created another category for? And now Pablo Torre has what is considered in America the finest news magazine type show there is, as people voting from printed magazines are voting on, because Wall Street Journal and NPR are the top of the food chain on making good things in these modern times. And I just like a clarification because I'm not understanding normally what these awards are given for.

[Dan Le Batard]

What I like to imagine is some editor from Maxim is ripping a vape and saying, I like Pablo.

[Mina Kaim]

The American Society of Magazine Editors, which was founded in 1963, is the principal organization for the editorial leaders of magazines and websites published in the United States.

[Dan Le Batard]

States.

[Mina Kaim]

So the awards first started in 1966 in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The judging happened in January at Columbia. More than 300 writers, editors, art directors, photo editors, and journalism educators participated in the judging, working in small groups to choose the finalists and ultimately the winners. The awards are in 18 different categories, and the winner in each category receives an ellie modeled on the symbol of the awards. Alexander Calder's elephant.

[Stugotz]

Walking.

[Mike Ryan]

Added to the list of stuff that I was telling Pablo yesterday where he was like, what do you mean me? And I'm like, yeah, you're in the super futuristic building looking down at everybody now you got this award that looks like an art piece.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like, oh, okay.

[Stugotz]

Do you guys feel like Mina and Pablo are kicking Nick's ass because.

[Greg Cody]

Oh yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

No, dude, no. Nick goes and wires 150 grand to the win and plays poker all night.

[Stugotz]

Dude, he's sick.

[Mike Ryan]

Amina got a million dollars. A million dollars for Jeopardy.

[Mina Kaim]

Give it a charity.

[Greg Cody]

What is that?

[Dan Le Batard]

That's what the editor of FHM said when he was like voting against me.

[Mike Ryan]

It was actually me.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

that moment at a party or a tailgate where everything just sort of clicks?

[Greg Cody]

I know it well.

[Mike Ryan]

It's usually when I show up, everybody goes crazy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, you usually take all the credit for it, but it's because Tony usually walks in with Cuervo.

[Greg Cody]

Walking like this.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cuervo is a thing that turns hanging out into this is the night.

[Mike Ryan]

It has that effect on people.

[Dan Le Batard]

It does. You usually take the credit for it. But again, it's the Cuervo effect. It's like that moment in a big game where everyone in the crowd just starts standing up, hooting and hollering. Keep it Cuervo.

[Greg Cody]

Keep it Cuervo, baby.

[Stugotz]

Don Lebatard is there. Back in My Day.

[Greg Cody]

There is, actually. What?

[Dan Le Batard]

Were you not gonna tell anyone? Wait a minute, you guys. Guys, a Tuesday sts.

[Stugotz]

Here's your guy, Greg Cody with Back in My Day.

[Greg Cody]

Okay, here it is. Sorry, adultery

[Dan Le Batard]

for this one.

[Greg Cody]

This is the D? Ler show with the two gods.

[Stugotz]

Mina has won. I think she'll be on with us later. She's won, like three game shows, and she's also hosting the spelling bee. Nick Wright challenged both Mina and Pablo. Nick Wright's not winning any of the awards. Pablo's winning awards from people who write for things that aren't written.

[Mina Kaim]

It's pretty amazing. The fact that this guy is winning every award for every publication, for everything, every place. That's like, where is there good podcasting? Where is there good journalism in podcasting? Oh, Pablo Torre finds out.

[Dan Le Batard]

Honestly, I want to be that guy. I'm giving a free tip right now to any aspiring other podcast magazines. Someone needs to investigate the lobbying arm of Pablo Torre finds out. Because awards are a very political thing. All right, so if you want to make your name and win some of these awards, investigate this team. I'm telling you, this doesn't just happen because of good work.

[Mike Ryan]

Look, let's be honest. We're all being selfish. Pablo's being selfish, Mina's being selfish. Everybody's being selfish in their own way. In their own way, right? Pablo's never given me a dime. Mina Kaim's never given me a dime.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's right.

[Mike Ryan]

Nick Wright gave me a stack. That's my guy.

[Stugotz]

Understand that you can be bought, but I don't think he's winning this particular war when they're winning all the awards and he's not.

[Dan Le Batard]

But how are they winning it? Tune in.

[Brad Williams]

But if you said to me right now, if you said to me right now, you can either for the rest of your life be Pablo or Nick. I'm going with Nick.

[Dan Le Batard]

It must be aipac.

[Greg Cody]

There should be an award for winning most awards, like an annual award that oversees all of the entirety of awards. And Pablo has just won the award for winning most awards. Pablo,

[Stugotz]

Greg, I am maintaining, and I think I could say this for flatly. Will you guys. Would you guys agree or disagree with what I'm saying? That in the history. So on one end, we're talking about Pablo winning awards that are normally given from writers to writers for writing for things that are not written. And in the other category, we have Greg Cody, who cannot speak into a microphone, but when you don't want him breathing too loud all time, breathing extra close to the microphone. I believe that this is unprecedented in the history of broadcasting. Do you guys think I have this wrong?

[Paul]

I'm also going to start being further away.

[Greg Cody]

There should be an award for that. Why don't I win an award if I'm the best at that?

[Stugotz]

Well, you're the only one at that.

[Greg Cody]

Exactly.

[Stugotz]

You're not competing with anybody.

[Greg Cody]

That means you name the award after me.

[Paul]

You never know.

[Stugotz]

Zaslow, do you believe that this has ever been seen before in the history of broadcasting? The problem that Greg continues to have with just simple broadcasting.

[Zaslow]

I told you, and I knew this from the start. Some days you just know. You could tell right away. This has been a hall of fame breathing performance.

[Brad Williams]

We haven't even mentioned it. We mentioned it early in the show. He's been on it today with the breathing.

[Stugotz]

What's your next update? The final update for the week on catchphrases.

[Greg Cody]

Okay, number. Just to refresh. Number 22 was you're gonna go to Buffalo.

[Stugotz]

You want to refresh the whole thing? Can we refresh the whole thing?

[Brad Williams]

You might die.

[Greg Cody]

Are you serious?

[Stugotz]

Yeah, I just. I'd just like another update on just the whole thing before we get to the last.

[Zaslow]

That backfired on you there, Greg. You thought you were saying something cute by saying just a refresher. Now you're starting over.

[Stugotz]

I want to refresh the whole thing.

[Brad Williams]

Give Dan an inch.

[Greg Cody]

All right, number 60. I'm Fuller and Vern Fuller. 59. Where's my click click? 58. Hey, Butterfinger. 57. Punt. 56. Scranton. 55. I'm busy in a one arm paper hanger. 54. George up, Georgia. 53. I'm the kind of guy that. 52, ball on the jack. 51. Hey, hey, with the monkeys, baby. 50. Thank you, Billy. 49. I love him like a pet. 48. Who made it a salad? 47. We're rolling now, huh? 46. Your brain beating me. 45. Let's go, States. 44. Driver comfort is paramount. 43. Dummy up, save up. 42 catches, catch, can. 41 doesn't make it right. 40. So on and so forth. 39. Very good. 38. The Little League Theory. 37. Nice hat, asshole. 36. The others, they all learn from me. 35. Don't go showering to try to please me. 34. Look at that jerk. 33. It's like a packing house in here. 32. What'd you learn? 31. Hee haw. 3. Ba da up. 30. I'm not gonna take a quiz. 29. Sassafras. 28. Would we break a window? 27. Hello. 26. Who won? 25. Trailers for sale or rent. 24. You gotta eat a peck of dirt before you die. 23. Three words. We are the Lobos. And now 22, you're going to go to Buffalo with Bernie Parmale. And number 21, Rappy Cack. I'm out of breath.

[Stugotz]

Breathe into the mic.

[Greg Cody]

Out of breath.

[Brad Williams]

Now. Rappy cack is more a home one than one that he's done a lot around here, I would say, but it is a staple. It is anytime you're trying to tickle my dad, you know, remember at the old studios, Dan, when I'd come in and tickle him? That's what he calls rappy cacking. If I'm tickling you. If I'm jostling.

[Greg Cody]

Rapid cacking. Right? That's correct.

[Zaslow]

Can I ask something?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Who.

[Zaslow]

Who are you quoting that says. Who are you quoting when you got you.

[Stugotz]

He got you got your ass.

[Dan Le Batard]

Got your ass as you're an idiot.

[Greg Cody]

As nice that asshole.

[Zaslow]

You know, it doesn't even matter what I was going to say. It's been built up too much. Moving on.

[Mike Ryan]

You fell that one time in the

[Greg Cody]

chair waving the white flag.

[Stugotz]

So rapping. So rappy. Gagging. Put it on the poll at Lebiton show. Have you ever heard the phrase rappy cack? Put also on the poll. Have you ever heard. Have you ever used the phrase rappy cac. And also put on the poll. Do you know what rappy cac means? What you're saying is just a physical job. The rough housing of someone.

[Brad Williams]

My brother and I have always. That's how we've. Rappy cack is.

[Mike Ryan]

Hey, stop.

[Brad Williams]

Quick, quick, quick. I'll break your finger off.

[Greg Cody]

Quick.

[Brad Williams]

Rappy cacking me. He had. What did you say on the show? That your definition of it was slightly different?

[Greg Cody]

Okay. It. It emanates from the great Dolphins original expansion era. Broadcaster Rick Weaver, who thought so much of himself he used to have a vanity license plate that said the Voice.

[Zaslow]

It's a great play by play.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, right.

[Stugotz]

And it's a great license.

[Greg Cody]

Rick Weaver. Anyway, Rick Weaver used to refer to rappy kacking as a particularly hard hit. Like if a linebacker just flattened the running back, he would say he Got rappy cacked. And I've never been able to determine the origin of that. I think it might be a midwestern Ohio ish type thing. But I adopted it and made it my own. That's what I did.

[Stugotz]

I have texted Mike Breen here to find out if that has ever happened to him before. We will find out. Hopefully before the end of the show. Maybe he'll come on with us.

[Zaslow]

Let's clear our through.

[Stugotz]

I'm hoping to get a hold of Mike Breen. We will see. Do you think it's happened to him before?

[Zaslow]

No. And matter of fact, while I was watching the game. Now, granted, I, you know, I don't have the volume on very loud tab with time. Don't want to wake my wife up. I didn't even notice that it happened when I was watching.

[Stugotz]

If you have not heard it, get it again here. Chris Cody, please. Because he is the consummate professional and I wonder if he suffers this.

[Greg Cody]

Merrill, three pointer in and out.

[Zaslow]

That one halfway down.

[Brad Williams]

In and out. That's how my dad talks with bees in front of everything.

[Greg Cody]

I love that.

[Zaslow]

But hello.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a good call for the moment.

[Greg Cody]

Three pointer in and out.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, that. That speaks to how it was almost in.

[Mike Ryan]

The ball was like 92% in.

[Greg Cody]

Three pointer in and out.

[Dan Le Batard]

Perfect for the moment.

[Mina Kaim]

If it were a radio call, it would have been perfect way to describe it for everyone to see exactly what was happening.

[Dan Le Batard]

If it were a radio call, it'd be. He hit it.

[Mike Ryan]

No.

[Greg Cody]

Merrill three pointer in and out. That one halfway down.

[Zaslow]

Premature bangulation.

[Stugotz]

Yesterday, Michelle Beadle had a premature celebration. Today, Zaslow, who just got torched by Cody, gives you premature bangulation or bamulation. It's not good enough. Yeah, sorry. I was doing my bam catchphrase from PTI back when I had catchphrases. Speaking of which, my father. We'll see if I'll be able to get to this today. My father has objected to both Mike. Actually, all three of the top 10 lists of Mike, Ryan and me and Valerie about things that we have done as a show to piss off ESPN. He has a different list of 10 things we have done to piss off ESPN that he thinks is better than Valerie's list. We'll see if we get to it today. Before we do that, though. Zazzle, what happened with you begging the audience and sponsors. Oh, for a couch.

[Zaslow]

A great update.

[Stugotz]

Okay, but what?

[Mike Ryan]

So embarrassing.

[Zaslow]

I'm begging for anything.

[Stugotz]

No, you were begging.

[Mike Ryan]

You stood right next to me.

[Zaslow]

No, begged, not begging for anything, just

[Mike Ryan]

Stood right next to me.

[Zaslow]

There aren't advertisers out there. There are potential sponsors who may want to get in on my show. Zazlow show, to a point. This is not a beg. This is. This is a partnership opportunity.

[Mike Ryan]

You're standing right here. You said, please, I need a new couch.

[Zaslow]

I do need a new couch. And maybe they need a sponsorship opportunity. All right? This is how you work together.

[Stugotz]

Zaslo 2.0 has blown up in recent months. It has exploded. Juju reprimanded me that it's all because of Zaslow's hard work. I claim that it might have something to do with his affiliation with our show.

[Zaslow]

Regardless, can't tell for sure.

[Stugotz]

Neither here nor there. It doesn't really matter. Either way, his show has blown up. What's happening with you begging for a couch?

[Zaslow]

Yeah, so I just. I'm. I'm done with the couch in the Zazlow mansion family room. I don't like it.

[Greg Cody]

All right?

[Zaslow]

I want a new couch. And my wife says, we just got done paying for this couch. I'm like, I don't care. So I. Dan, we know what wives love, alright? So she doesn't want to waste any of the thing that she loves. So I want a new couch and I'm looking for sponsors. So I get a message last night. Dan, our friend Brad Williams. Brad Williams sent me a text message last night and he all out and he says, I'll buy you a couch. If every time you mention the Zaslow Mansion, you say the Zazlow Mansion featuring the Brad Williams couch. Listen to his podcast Heightened Babble and see him on tour. The couch brought to you by Bad Blooms.

[Stugotz]

I mean, our audience has to come up with a better offer than that. So it's.

[Mina Kaim]

No, I think that's awesome.

[Mike Ryan]

Are you happy about that?

[Brad Williams]

Now, would this be a normal sized couch?

[Zaslow]

Well, what are we saying? Am I happy? Like, like, are you doing a thing there where it's like, you know, Zazlow, Are you willing to take a couch? Because, you know, there are people out there. Dan is like, oh, you know, I'm too proud to accept things. You know, I don't take charity. I'm not one of those people. I'll take things from anyone.

[Stugotz]

But you're going to do that mouthful of sponsored. Like, you're going to cheapen the sponsorships all around that sponsorship by doing that mouthful every time you're selling basically because of a. Because someone buys you a couch, you're basically offering a presenting sponsorship to an exploding podcast that cheapens all the other advertising.

[Zaslow]

That's the question. All right. Like when I'm on ESPN radio, I say all the time. I reference the Zaslo Mansion all the time. So on espn, am I also saying featuring the Brad Williams couch, Listen to his podcast Heightened Babble and see him on tour. The couch brought to you by Brad Williams.

[Greg Cody]

You got to negotiate that down. You got to negotiate it down to the Zaz Mansion brought to you by Brad.

[Stugotz]

Or get a better offer from somebody else in our audience who wants that sponsorship and is willing to not allow it to be something that Brad Williams both gets cheap and cheapens your broadcast with. Like somebody, somebody can do it better than Brad Williams if you're offering that kind of value.

[Zaslow]

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[Greg Cody]

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[Stugotz]

That's how it's going to end. The mailing it in the end of the retirement. Chris, go get me this. It's just going to be him coming out and hitting the one or two notes of that kind of thing. And you know it. And then just giving us finger guns and leav.

[Dan Le Batard]

Baby.

[Greg Cody]

You should listen to the great Cody show podcast because that's all we do for 55 minutes a week is just say catchphrases. We even make songs about them. And you know it. Is a song, for crying out loud. It's great. Hopefully that's a suey nominee for best song. And you know it, baby, and you know it Stugats. And you know it, baby and you know it, baby and you know it and you know it, baby and you know it. This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[Zaslow]

Brad wants to do this. Like he's excited about this opportunity.

[Greg Cody]

I'll. I'll outbid Brad Williams if I'll buy you a couch. If you sponsor is say that it's brought to you by the great Cody show.

[Brad Williams]

So the same offer be true.

[Stugotz]

The same. Okay. But you need to make it less of a mouthful so it sounds less cheapening. You have to offer something that's less of a mouthful by telling Zach.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Zaslow]

What do I do?

[Greg Cody]

Okay, you say the Zaz Mansion. Brought to you by the Greg Cody.

[Zaslow]

We're gonna say my whole name, though. Zaslow.

[Greg Cody]

Okay. The Zaslow Mansion. Brought to you by the Greg Cody show with Greg Cody.

[Paul]

Featuring.

[Greg Cody]

No, not featuring. With the Greg Cody show with Greg Cody. And then what? What else are we going.

[Zaslow]

How many times I got to do that? That's the Zazzle Mansion.

[Greg Cody]

Okay. No, no, we're going to keep it short.

[Paul]

Random evidence of a cluttered.

[Greg Cody]

That's a throwback. Throwback. Next thing you know, you'll be referring to the prep profit, which was the name of my column when I covered high school.

[Paul]

I have a new poll question. Go ahead.

[Greg Cody]

And no, it's the Zazzle.

[Paul]

Check it out.

[Greg Cody]

The Zombie Mansion. Brought you by the Greg Cody show with Greg Cody. Very good. That's what you have to Say how often? Every time you refer to the Zazzle Mansion.

[Paul]

Cody's corner, cbs.

[Stugotz]

The time before that. Mike, the time before that is the loudest I have ever heard Greg Cody laugh at you. Simply pressing on the narcissism of knowing the terrible name of the blog column that he used to write. Which was random evidence of a cluttered blog.

[Greg Cody]

No, Cluttered mind.

[Zaslow]

But then it became cluttered blog.

[Greg Cody]

It became cluttered blog. Look at these guys.

[Paul]

Occasionally featured on Paul and Young Ron.

[Greg Cody]

That's true too.

[Stugotz]

I've never heard Greg laugh that loud at something that delighted him so much.

[Greg Cody]

That was just Paul the prep prophet.

[Paul]

Rest in peace.

[Zaslow]

Paul's alive.

[Greg Cody]

Paul's alive.

[Paul]

Yeah. Wait, you can hear me? Nice hat, asshole.

[Stugotz]

Where are we with the sponsorship? Because I believe you should get a new couch. And I also believe that you should adhere to certain rules and that you should make people compete for the right to buy you that couch.

[Zaslow]

Well, we have two competing.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, that's all you need is two competing offers. And now you got yourself a real. You got a real hoedown situation.

[Mike Ryan]

What are you going to do with your old couch? Let me get your old couch.

[Zaslow]

Yeah, yeah, you come pick it up.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, it's a good couch. It's a good leather couch.

[Mike Ryan]

You just finished paying it off, right?

[Zaslow]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Your wife cooled it.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, it's a great couch. It's just not a couch that he likes.

[Greg Cody]

How do you know?

[Brad Williams]

It's a big couch.

[Zaslow]

It's big. It's got two seats that recline.

[Greg Cody]

Okay.

[Zaslow]

It's got cup holders.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay.

[Zaslow]

It's got iPhone chargers. The old version of the iPhone. Not the USC. Can't do anything about that. But it's a good couch. Leather.

[Mike Ryan]

What color?

[Greg Cody]

Not Nagahide beige.

[Brad Williams]

You got a dog?

[Zaslow]

I do have a dog.

[Brad Williams]

Dogs can age a couch.

[Stugotz]

Is it dirty?

[Zaslow]

No.

[Stugotz]

I mean, just because animals. Animals can make urinated on it.

[Zaslow]

We meant usb. No, no.

[Greg Cody]

College in California and South Carolina.

[Zaslow]

No, no. The new iPhones. It's called a usbc. No. Oh, it's bc.

[Mina Kaim]

Maybe talking to yourself.

[Zaslow]

Maybe.

[Stugotz]

Please stop arguing with your inner monologue.

[Brad Williams]

No one hears it.

[Zaslow]

All right, We. We. We may be onto something here. I have one podcast that wants to sponsor the couch. I have another podcast of one sponsor couch thing is here. Brad Williams wants me to say it every time I mention the Zazzle Mansion. Am I doing that for you as well? Every time?

[Greg Cody]

Yes. Yeah, absolutely. But I'm. I'm. A shorter phrase. You just gotta say. Brought to you by the Greg Cody show with Greg Cody, Very good. And that's it.

[Stugotz]

So the V, it's still pretty annoying though. Like, you've got two competing offers that are making you say a mouthful every time and he's now got an impersonation. I'm not sure his is better. If he makes you say very good, I don't think he's actually made you a better offer than the one Brad Williams made you because he's making you make a sound that makes it even more obvious that you're cheapening the sponsorships all around you on your podcast.

[Greg Cody]

Zaz would have to audition and convince me that he can say very good in the spirit it is meant.

[Zaslow]

Okay, that's not how it works. Like, that is cheapening the sponsor when I have to audition for a sponsorship.

[Greg Cody]

Okay, if you simply say very good, that doesn't cut it, Zaslow.

[Mina Kaim]

I bet I can find a buyer for your other couch.

[Zaslow]

So hold on a second.

[Brad Williams]

Just reach out to the vice president.

[Mina Kaim]

He just wishes that it was a little more dirty.

[Mike Ryan]

That's my couch, dude.

[Dan Le Batard]

What are you doing?

[Stugotz]

Greg Cody, we have not talked quite enough about the approaching World Cup. The thing that I hear people talking about when the conversation points start are things that don't quite have to do with play. It's expensive tickets. It's Iran, Italy. It's stuff that doesn't have to do with what we're going to be doing in the coming months, which is talking about the action as it relates to Inter Miami and what you were saying yesterday on the show. Mike Ryan objects. You came on and said something different than what we said. We've talked about this quite a bit. The absurdity of the Inter Miami La Familia fan base, a very devoted fan base, withholding its song, withholding in protest and in silence its support of Messi and Inter Miami because they have not been kind enough to simply give them a gesture of we acknowledge your support. It is one of the silliest back and forths you will ever see. But when you're talking about fandom and the zealotry involving fandom and identity, it also pays for everything. Like, legitimately, people caring that way is what pays for everything. So while you side with Messi and say he's given you enough, Mike Ryan basically objected to everything you were saying yesterday.

[Dan Le Batard]

I There's a lot of people that have this opinion and it's a very American sports opinion. MLS soccer is different. But Inter Miami is trying to separate itself from MLS too, and try to be this big global brand. I think a lot of People weighing in on the discussion aren't aware of how these supporters sections work and how they do these supporters sections often in concert with the club because the club loves having these supporters clubs out there making these festive atmospheres. They're in constant communication. There's someone staffed on Inter Miami who. One of their main obligations is to cater to supporters clubs to make sure things like a festive atmosphere and word of mouth. Hey, did you check out Inter Miami? Was a. It was a hell of a party. And it helps the team, too, because it's often subscribed to in that sport. Supporter section help the players. It always helps the players perform. It's always a. It's literally a supporters club that never waivers. You could be sent down, that could occasionally voice displeasure, but they have your back through thick and thin. And what they're asking for may seem ridiculous to the likes of Joe Rose or your local sports anchor because they're not familiar with how this culture is. But within that culture and within every single player that has ever come up through every rank of soccer globally that is on that roster right now, they understand the deal. I can understand you thinking that, man, this is silly, because it is. What we're talking about is a silly thing. But if it's embedded within the culture of the sport, it's a respect thing.

[Stugotz]

I don't think it's silly. Okay? It is the simple human need of acknowledge us. When I talk to you about what happened to the Knicks last night, those supporters feel like they willed that result. Inter Miami is a champion. You can disagree all you want, whether the customer support actually matters. The customer thinks the support matters. These customers think the support matters more than most customers. They've won the championship and they want. They have the basic human need of wanting the smallest acknowledgment and a little

[Dan Le Batard]

bit more context before you get into it. The supporter sections for this club in particular, date the club, right? Southern Legion was out at community hearings fighting for this like they. They were tapped into the political aspects of getting this club off the ground.

[Greg Cody]

Right. No, I. I understand that. Fans in any sport, everywhere and magnified in international soccer, they think they're the heartbeat of whatever home field advantage is. I get that. Okay? And I get that it. Look, if there's a business relationship between Inter Miami and the organized, supportive sections, and the business relationship says, the contract says you got to go. You got to go like this. You got to go like this to the fans once a game, then they need to do that. But a point I made in the column I wrote was the organized fans are complaining that in the new stadium they haven't been acknowledged. A point I made is they started off with three draws and a loss in the new stadium. Three draws to teams they thought they were better than and a blown lead loss to their arch rival. There aren't many. There aren't many players in any sport who after losing, after not winning for four straight games are going to be in a mood to go like this. Right at the end zone.

[Dan Le Batard]

I hear you. Are there many fans? Are there many fans that would feel like clapping?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, if Messi's playing games. No, no, no.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are there many fans that would feel like applauding their warriors that go do battle after what you said, three embarrassing losses? Because while the players don't feel like that, most fans don't feel like that either. I've left many a stadium disgusted with an effort and not wanted to applaud my guys. Supporters clubs, though, those sections, right, they always do no matter what.

[Greg Cody]

And all of a sudden they're. They're turning off all the noise because they haven't been acknowledged enough. Yes, it seems pretty.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because those people can actually argue they are more of a fan than anyone is. They can argue. They go well above and beyond what is assumed a fan should do. They cheer, they sing constantly. 90 minutes, sometimes more. Even when they blow a big lead to their rivals and have an embarrassing situation at home as they're a club in turmoil and transition blowing out their manager, they sing.

[Greg Cody]

Okay. And there's fans elsewhere in the stadium and I've talked to some of them who are sort of annoyed that people are chanting and banging a drum the whole game. The point is you can be any kind of fan you want to be and you can cheer if you want and you can show up if you want. You don't have to. And they're great fans. They're great fans in that, in that end zone. But. But I think it's when you have a championship team that includes Leo Messi. I just think, man, you speak to

[Dan Le Batard]

most fans though, you say that you can choose to be whatever fan you want to be. And most Inter Miami season ticket holders are. But the supporters club, they don't choose what kind of fan they want to be through thick and thin. They are always at 11 for their club.

[Greg Cody]

Every other fandom in MLS would love to have Lionel Messi on their team.

[Stugotz]

Yes, Greg, I believe that the part that you're right on is that withholding your support can be seen by any person who doesn't care this way. As small and petty. Incredibly small. Incredibly petty. But I can also argue on the end, what they're requesting is the very smallest thing. It's a bare minimum. Ask on. Can you make a gesture that acknowledges 90 minutes of U.S. pouring out our heart for the team? You can't ask for less than that. It's the smallest ass.

[Greg Cody]

It is. And here's my point, though, okay? The fan. The fan has a championship team with the biggest athlete on the globe. That's what the fans have. Okay? But they're not going to be happy until the athlete goes like this. That's weird to me. That's weird to me.

[Stugotz]

Okay, you say it's weird, and yet if a person, an athlete, is in the grocery store and you want to take a picture with him and he says no to you, do you think that it's weird to get mad at that person?

[Greg Cody]

I. A player, and I know there was a.

[Paul]

That's not the same. They're in the Sands doing rappy cac.

[Greg Cody]

It was the famous Publix photo of him. So I know that when I'm saying this, Lionel Messi is not in a grocery store taking selfies. Okay? And. And I don't blame any celebrity for politely withholding the segment, Greg.

[Paul]

I mean, I could feel the weight of Dan's eyes right now piercing a

[Greg Cody]

hole through our soul.

[Paul]

Mike tried to give us the out with a voice modulator. I didn't take it because I needed to finish my point. Because in the last few years, gone are my platforms of Paul and young Ron and random evidence of a cluttered blog. Now, this is all I have,

[Stugotz]

folks. Listen up.

[Brad Williams]

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