Mike Suggests a New Movie For Zaslow | Postgame Show

Summary

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Episode Summary: Mike Suggests a New Movie For Zaslow | Postgame Show

Podcast: The Dan Le Batard Show
Date: July 23, 2026
Location: Live from The Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Overview

In this spirited postgame show, Dan Le Batard and his co-hosts dive into a lively mishmash of sports debates, baseball hypotheticals, movie recommendations, and inside jokes. Broadcasting from downtown Miami, the crew leans into their signature banter—toggling between parlay picks, Robert Pattinson’s acting legacy, and the curious premise of the foreign film "The Coffee Table." The episode features the easygoing, sarcastic rapport fans know and love, mixing genuine sports insight with offbeat pop culture takes and playful audience engagement.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Thursday Thunder Parlay & MLB Talk

• [00:35–01:35] The team reviews Juju's MLB parlay (not the analysts’ picks, for safety!) focused on current hot hands and cold bats:
  • Cardinals (with Michael McGreevey) to win vs. Diamondbacks.
  • Tigers (Troy Melton) to win vs. Royals.
  • Tyler Tolbert under on hits, runs, RBIs.
• Quote:
  • “These are not my picks so you can feel safe betting—I'm terrible at this parlay.” — Sports Analyst [00:36]
• The analysts riff on Tolbert’s streaks and MLB stats, seasoning it with absurdities.

2. The 1-for-4 Every Game Hypothetical

• [01:43–03:56] A perennial show favorite:
  • If a hitter goes 1-for-4 every single game for a decade, does he make the Hall of Fame?
• Arguments focus on historical streaks, singular achievements, and diminished advanced metrics.
• Memorable Exchanges:
  • “He only bats .250.” — Guest Analyst 1 [01:58]
  • “If you get a hit every game of your 10-year career, you're a Hall of Famer.” — Guest Analyst 2 [02:27]
  • “It's the greatest achievement in the history…” — Co-Host [02:14]
• The panel humorously debates how the media (and "Good Morning America") would obsess over the streak, and how boring or exciting it would become.

3. Real MLB Comparisons & Dan’s Rays

• [03:58–04:24] The topic pivots to “Luis Arraez syndrome.”
  • Teams trade high-average hitters who lack power, like Arraez.
  • Dan’s Rays are rumored to be aggressive trade suitors.
• Quote:
  • “This is basically a really extreme version of, do you want Luis Arraez?” — Jeremy [03:58]

4. Robert Pattinson: From Twilight to Art House Icon

• [04:26–05:45]
  • Bobby Pattinson’s acting range gets reappraised.
  • Discussion around his roles in "The Lighthouse" and "Good Time".
• Key Quotes:
  • “Is Robert Pattinson officially out of the ‘Oh, that's the Twilight guy’ phase?” — Guest Analyst 2 [04:38]
  • “Change with Lighthouse for me. That was such a good… Lighthouse on my queue.” — Co-Host [04:57]
• Movie recommendations fly:
  • "The Lighthouse" (Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe) — described as nuts, recommended viewing.
  • "Good Time" (A24 production) — called a “disaster of a movie” in a good way for Pattinson’s performance.

5. "The Coffee Table" Film Prank & Group Antics

• [06:10–07:23]
  • The panel tries to get Zaslow to watch “The Coffee Table,” refusing to describe it honestly and sidestepping its disturbing reputation.
• Everyone warns Zaslow against watching it with family, while insisting he sees it blind.
• Funny Exchange:
  • “Is this like a two girls, one cup thing? So I'm not doing that.” — Guest Analyst 2 [06:22]
  • “Prioritize the coffee table. If you want, bring the whole family. Put on The Coffee Table...It's a foreign language film, there's not a lot of dialogue. It's the words they don't say.” — Co-Host [06:27, 06:59]

6. Poll Results & Audience Interaction

• [05:50–06:36, 07:36–07:56]
  • Quick hits on the day’s listener polls:
    • “Is Lane Kiffin right—are we all going to die?” 87% say yes.
    • “Is it a huge gaffe to name it ‘Other Mommy’ instead of ‘Other Mother’?” 82% say yes.
  • The crew continues nitpicking pop culture and movie titling.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• “If you get a hit every game of your 10-year career, you're a Hall of Famer.” — Guest Analyst 2 [02:27]
• “It's the greatest achievement in the history...” — Co-Host [02:14]
• “Is Robert Pattinson officially out of the ‘That’s the Twilight guy’ phase?” — Guest Analyst 2 [04:38]
• “Change with Lighthouse for me. That was such a good…” — Co-Host [04:57]
• “Oh my God. [‘Good Time’] is a disaster of a movie. And he's unbelievable in it.” — Jeremy [05:45]
• “Is this like a two girls, one cup thing? So I'm not doing that.” — Guest Analyst 2 [06:22]
• “Prioritize the coffee table… bring the whole family. Put on The Coffee Table... It's a foreign language film, but it's worth it.” — Co-Host [06:27]

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Segment Timestamps

• MLB Parlay Picks & Discussion: [00:35–01:35]
• Baseball Hypothetical (1 for 4 every game): [01:43–03:56]
• Luis Arraez Discussion & Rays Rumors: [03:58–04:26]
• Robert Pattinson’s Career & Indie Films: [04:26–05:45]
• “The Coffee Table” Movie Prank: [06:10–07:23]
• Poll Results & Movie Titles: [05:50–06:36, 07:36–07:56]

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Tone & Style

The episode is irreverent, quick-witted, and driven by group chemistry. Tangents and digressions abound, but always with a sense of shared inside jokes and a finger on the pulse of both sports culture and niche film. The banter is welcoming, playful, and sometimes mischievous—especially around film recommendations and poll recaps.

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Concluding Notes

• This episode is a quintessential Le Batard “after-show”: part sports nerd-out, part pop culture club, and always a smart, funny hang.
• Listeners come away with quirky MLB debates, surprising indie film recs, and the perennial fun of trolling a co-host into watching something wild.

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Transcript

[Host]

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[Sports Analyst]

That's right.

[Co-Host]

That's right.

[Sports Analyst]

It's Thursday Thunder and It's presented by DraftKings Sports. DraftKings. The Crown is yours and we got a good one. Today I will be delivering juju's these are not my picks so you can feel safe betting this. Not my picks. I'm terrible at this parlay. Three game parlay. The we're gonna go to MLB because what else do we got to bet on right now? Major League Baseball, the Cardinals, they got Michael McGreevey. Apparently he's on fire on the mound. Juju's going with him to win against the Diamondbacks.

[Jeremy]

Four straight good starts for him.

[Sports Analyst]

The Tigers have Troy Melton on the on the bump.

[Jeremy]

That kid's a stud.

[Sports Analyst]

Going against the Royals, he's got the Tigers to win that game. And the third leg of our parlay, Tyler Tolbert under hits, runs, RBIs. Under a half of hits, runs and RBIs. This guy apparently a month ago reached base like 12 straight games and now he can't get on base 12 straight times.

[Jeremy]

12 straight plate appearances.

[Sports Analyst]

Much more impressive than 12. It was the record.

[Jeremy]

It was, it tied the major league record. And yet now he has been absolutely dreadful. So I like taking the under there.

[Sports Analyst]

We got a plus 35 plus 335 parlay. Cardinals, tigers, Tyler Tolbert under Zaz.

[Guest Analyst 1]

It makes me think of a, of a situation that I brought up to the show a couple of years ago and I want to get your take on it. So imagine a baseball player who goes 1 for 4 for every game in his career. In a 10 year career, does he make the hall of Fame?

[Guest Analyst 2]

Well, yeah, because he would have a consecutive hit streak. You know he would pass DiMaggio, he would crush DiMaggio.

[Guest Analyst 1]

But he hit. But he only bats.250.

[Guest Analyst 2]

But DiMaggio only did in 56 games.

[Co-Host]

Every time there's a game he gets a hit.

[Guest Analyst 2]

You're talking about like 1100 plus hit streak.

[Co-Host]

It's the greatest achievement in the history.

[Sports Analyst]

100% a Hall of Famer.

[Co-Host]

Just sports.

[Sports Analyst]

Yeah, the world.

[Guest Analyst 1]

But he only hits Singles. He has no RBIs. He has.

[Sports Analyst]

You realize how high a.250 batting average is today?

[Co-Host]

Today.

[Guest Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[Co-Host]

But yeah.

[Guest Analyst 2]

If you get a hit every game of your 10 year career, you're a hall of fame.

[Co-Host]

It's gonna like Good Morning America. Michael Strand's gonna be like, he did it again. I agreed.

[Guest Analyst 1]

That's why I brought it up.

[Jeremy]

Does he walk at all?

[Co-Host]

Did it again.

[Guest Analyst 1]

Doesn't get walked. He goes 1 for 4 with a

[Co-Host]

14 every single game.

[Jeremy]

His op would be absolutely dreadful.

[Guest Analyst 1]

All his advanced analytics would be.

[Jeremy]

Would be the. He'd be one of the worst hitters in baseball.

[Co-Host]

Clarkson's opening up every show with it.

[Sports Analyst]

Yeah.

[Jeremy]

Do I.

[Co-Host]

It becomes a global sensation.

[Guest Analyst 1]

At what point does it just become boring?

[Jeremy]

He would know. It's remarkably impressive.

[Co-Host]

He was giving a couple over threes and they're like, oh, my God. The world as we know it is about to change.

[Jeremy]

They're breaking in live to college football.

[Sports Analyst]

He would definitely get invited on the Jennifer Hudson show and do the tunnel.

[Co-Host]

You do the tunnel?

[Jeremy]

Yeah. Once he got to 57 and that's what they would chant.

[Sports Analyst]

Two 50s on the show today. Two 50s on the show.

[Guest Analyst 1]

57 would be the first 57 games of the year. It'd be just like boom, boom, boom. And then 58. How long do you do it after 58?

[Jeremy]

Depends on the team.

[Co-Host]

You'd be dating celebrities, never paying.

[Guest Analyst 1]

Never gets to 3,000 hits, though.

[Co-Host]

Parlay, no home runs.

[Guest Analyst 2]

Pineapple juice.

[Co-Host]

A lot of pineapple juice.

[Host]

Yep.

[Jeremy]

He doesn't get to 3000 hits.

[Guest Analyst 1]

No. Because he plays 10 years. He's 162 hits a season.

[Jeremy]

He's only playing 10 years. Right.

[Guest Analyst 1]

He gets 1600.

[Co-Host]

Wait, he's only playing 10?

[Guest Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[Co-Host]

Why wouldn't he wait? He's.

[Guest Analyst 1]

He walks away from the game.

[Co-Host]

He's going to walk away from the game.

[Guest Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[Co-Host]

Because certainly there's going to be a team like let's get the guy that gets a base hit every 1600 game.

[Guest Analyst 2]

Hit streak.

[Guest Analyst 1]

Yeah. That's the only thing he has.

[Guest Analyst 2]

Probably greatest feat in the history of sport.

[Jeremy]

This is basically a world. A really extreme version of. Do you want Luis arise? Because teams every year are trading this guy away. Even though he's always at the top of the league in batting average. But it's because he doesn't hit a lot of home runs. He is a little bit. This year. He's a guy that Dan's Rays might be aggressive and go get Luis Rise. Also rumored to go after Tarek Skubal. We're going to do a live. A live show. A game one of the World Series in Tampa for Dan.

[Guest Analyst 2]

When you say we, do you mean you?

[Jeremy]

I mean we, the collective. All right.

[Co-Host]

Second bad idea of the day.

[Guest Analyst 2]

So we all love Robert Pattinson's performance as Antonis. Love some Bobby P. The Odyssey.

[Guest Analyst 1]

Haven't watched it and I love it.

[Guest Analyst 2]

It. Yeah, that shows you how good the performance is. Is Robert. Robert Pattinson, Is he officially out of the. Oh, that's the Twilight guy phase. Because it seems like he's like at the very top now of the food chain when it comes to actors.

[Co-Host]

Change with Lighthouse for me. Yeah, that was such a good lighthouse on my queue.

[Guest Analyst 2]

I haven't watched.

[Co-Host]

You haven't watched it?

[Guest Analyst 2]

I have it on my queue.

[Co-Host]

All right. May add that to an oli things I like introducing.

[Guest Analyst 2]

It's crazy. Yeah, maybe I'll watch it tonight.

[Co-Host]

I love introducing people.

[Sports Analyst]

I am so excited for tomorrow's show to hear about your review of the movie. Jeremy's haircut. Like, what a shot.

[Jeremy]

I cannot wait to show I'm wearing a hat. I'm going to reveal it at the

[Guest Analyst 1]

end of the show.

[Co-Host]

LeBron picks a team. It'll be the third topic we address.

[Guest Analyst 2]

It's crazy, right?

[Co-Host]

Yeah, the Lighthouse. It's a little nuts.

[Guest Analyst 2]

All right, I'm gonna watch it tonight then.

[Sports Analyst]

Yeah.

[Guest Analyst 2]

Cuz it's been in my queue for like a year. Okay, I'm gonna check that out.

[Jeremy]

Have you seen Good Time?

[Host]

No.

[Guest Analyst 2]

What is that?

[Jeremy]

Oh, 824 with Robert Pattinson.

[Guest Analyst 2]

I love a 24.

[Jeremy]

Oh my God. It is a disaster of a movie. And he's unbelievable in it.

[Guest Analyst 2]

Okay, before we. Before we hand things over to Good follow. Do we have any polls for us to recap from today, Jeremy?

[Jeremy]

We do. We have two polls. First poll is Lane Kiffin. Right. Are we all going to die? 87% of the audience says yes.

[Sports Analyst]

Black.

[Jeremy]

And the second poll.

[Co-Host]

Zaz. I have another thing I love introducing people to. Have you ever watched the coffee table? You don't even know it.

[Guest Analyst 2]

I don't know. What is it about?

[Co-Host]

I'm not.

[Sports Analyst]

Don't do it.

[Jeremy]

Don't do it.

[Co-Host]

I'm not going to tell you.

[Guest Analyst 2]

Is this like a two girls, one cup thing? So I'm not doing that.

[Sports Analyst]

Depends what you're into.

[Co-Host]

Prioritize the coffee table. I know we just talked about the lighthouse. You need if you want, bring the whole family. Put on the coffee table. It's a foreign language film, but it's worth it.

[Sports Analyst]

It's terrible.

[Co-Host]

No, just don't tell him what it's about. Don't Google it.

[Jeremy]

He's Google.

[Guest Analyst 2]

Don't Google IMDb.

[Co-Host]

Don't Google it. Don't Google it. Don't Google it. It's about a coffee table.

[Guest Analyst 2]

All right. It says it's available on amc.

[Guest Analyst 1]

Yes.

[Co-Host]

Watch it. Please report back to me. Tell me watch it with your family.

[Guest Analyst 2]

So it's subtitles?

[Co-Host]

Yes, but there's not a lot of dialogue in it. I don't. In fact, I don't remember a single word of dialogue. It's the words they don't say.

[Guest Analyst 2]

Can you tell me a little bit about it?

[Co-Host]

Yeah. Something happens around a coffee table that there are ramifications of. And there's a dinner. There's a dinner party. And all of it is very awkward. It's a very tense film.

[Guest Analyst 2]

Am I gonna have a hard time watching it?

[Sports Analyst]

Yes.

[Co-Host]

Are you gonna.

[Guest Analyst 2]

Everyone has seen it but me.

[Sports Analyst]

I've seen enough.

[Jeremy]

I have heard Mike talk about it,

[Co-Host]

and I refuse to watch it with your family.

[Guest Analyst 2]

No, I'm not watching my family.

[Co-Host]

Hey, Tam. Mike says we should watch this together.

[Jeremy]

You go with Tam or T. Damn.

[Sports Analyst]

Okay.

[Jeremy]

Is it a huge gaffe to name it Other Mommy and not other mother? 82% of the audience says yes.

[Sports Analyst]

Black.

[Co-Host]

I don't care if the little kid exclusively calls her mother Mommy. And it works for the film. The title needs to be Other Mother. They have time to change this.

[Guest Analyst 2]

Anything else?

[Jeremy]

Jeremy, those are your polls.