Parent, Employee, Spouse, or Friend? | Hour 2

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show: "Parent, Employee, Spouse, or Friend? | Hour 2"
June 25, 2026
Live from The Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Episode Overview

This episode features the Dan Le Batard Show crew at their energetic and irreverent best, mixing World Cup soccer analysis, cultural commentary, and playful debate about personal identities. The main theme explores the question: Are you a better parent, employee, spouse, or friend? Interwoven are conversations about growing changes in global soccer, comic banter, and anecdotes about trading card addictions, family dynamics, Jackass movies, and the oddities of daily life.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. World Cup Soccer—Expanded Tournament, USMNT, and Stakes

• Expanded World Cup Format and Its Effects

  • The panel discusses the expanded format with more teams and third-place qualifiers. This leads to "dead rubber" games with little on the line, but also unexpected permutations—teams with low point totals still in the hunt.
  • [02:03] Dominic: "They have been brutal... one of those weird byproducts of a World Cup that's expanded."

• USMNT vs. Turkey and Lineup Choices

  • With the US already clinched as group winners, the focus is on squad rotation and managing yellow cards with Christian Pulisic expected to rest.
  • [02:22] Dominic: "You got guys on yellows. Christian Pulisic has said he is available, but... I want you to continue resting."

• Historical Context

  • The US's relative lack of group-stage wins is highlighted—potential for making history with a win.
  • [10:31] Dominic: "Mauricio Pochettino can be the all-time World Cup winningest manager in US men's history..."

• Other Teams and Group Scenarios

  • Insights on the Paraguay-Australia match and the permutations for Scotland, Mexico, Ecuador, Germany, and underdogs like South Africa.
  • [04:07] Dominic: "Scotland now finds itself in a bad situation... now they're watching these results to make sure they can stay within this goal differential gap."
  • [05:54] Dominic: "South Africa pull a random result out of their ass. They're in there finally."

• Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo's Resurgence

  • Discussion on Portugal's high level of play and Ronaldo's mature approach—letting Nuno Mendes take a key free kick.
  • [08:06] Dominic: "Cristiano's best moment... he does a good team thing there. Let the better free kick taker take it."

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2. Pop Culture Tangents and Animal Musings

• Wild Turkeys Sleep in Trees

  • What begins as a minor soccer tangent turns into a genuine discussion about wild turkeys, their habitats, and how city dwellers are sometimes oblivious to these rural realities.
  • [11:15] Dan Le Batard: "Did you guys know Wild Turkeys sleep in trees?"
  • [11:47] Tony: "Where do I find those in the wild?"
  • [11:55] Jeremy: "Boston has a lot of them... if you're in the New England area, you'll run across a couple of turkeys."

• Iguanas and Urban Wildlife

  • Brief offshoot about Miami-area wildlife and their sleeping habits.
  • [12:13] DraftKings Announcer: "We have a lot of iguanas in my backyard... they just climb up into the trees..."

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3. Cultural Oddities at World Cup Venues

• Referee Communication and Language

  • Lighthearted speculation on what language is spoken to referees at a World Cup match.
  • [25:29] Dominic: "English is the official language of FIFA."
  • [25:48] Tony: "But I would imagine, though, that both teams who are playing don't necessarily speak English. So how are they communicating with the referee then?"
  • [25:56] Dominic: "They have to try to fight through it, or they'll say things in their native language and try their luck..."

• Enforcement of New Rules

  • Joke about a new "covering the mouth equals a red card" FIFA rule (covering up speech near the referee).
  • [26:25] Tony: "If you cover your mouth, saw that, it's a red."
  • [26:35] Tony: "I think that's so dumb. They got to do away with that."

• PA Announcements and Americanization

  • Reflection on national culture at matches, especially the incongruity of American-accented PA voices in Mexican stadiums.
  • [27:06] Dominic: "The first voice that you hear in the stadium, even in Mexico, is a super American PA voice. Really was weird."

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4. Personal Identity: Are You a Better Parent, Employee, Spouse, or Friend?

• The Poll Question

  • [32:59] Dan Le Batard: "What are you the best at?"
  • Choices: Employee, spouse/partner, parent, or friend.

• Crew Self-Assessment

  • [33:01] Tony: "I think I'm a good employee... very good friend. Loyalty is very important to me... I think I'm a good parent."
  • [34:18] Tony: "I think the thing that I'm weakest at though would be being a spouse because of all... I get much less criticism as an employee, as a parent, as a friend than I do from my spouse."
  • [33:54] Dan Le Batard: "No, you're a damn good parent."
  • [35:03] Jeremy: "The only time I tell a parent 'you're doing a good job' is when they're doing a terrible job."
  • [36:57] Tony: "There are plenty of parents who are good parents, and their kid ends up being a drug addict."
  • [37:56] Tony: "What about Roy?"
  • [37:58] Jeremy: "I'm not good at anything, man."
  • [38:39] Dan Le Batard: "As long as I'm not cheating, I'm a good spouse. Right. That's other factors of this, not having sex with other women."

• What Makes a Good Parent?

  • Conversation highlights how people often measure parenting by a child's results, despite significant randomness and innate temperament.
  • [36:57] Tony & Jeremy: The link between parental efforts and child outcomes can be tenuous; talent and temperament play large roles.

• Early Poll Results

  • [38:14] Dan Le Batard: "Spouse and employee are coming in the lowest. Like people think they're the best friends and parents."

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5. Trading Card Addictions and Gambling Analogies

• Dan's Card Habit

  • [39:06] Tony: "He can't stop buying, trading... He continues to buy into breaks."
  • [39:19] Tony: "You can just explain what buying into brakes is."
  • [39:22] Dan Le Batard: "This company says I'm going to open eight boxes of cards here and you can bid on... 260 names of athletes... you could get a lineman you never heard of. It's kind of the roll of the dice."
  • [40:08] Tony: "You're going to lose your house. Right."
  • [40:13] Dan Le Batard: "I could sell my bulk of good cards for a couple thousand dollars... But I don't know how to do that."
  • The addictive quality of "break" group gambling versus traditional collecting is discussed humorously.

• Marvel Superhero Cards & Jackass

  • [41:29] Dominic: "More than anything, [my binder] had like Marvel superhero cards. It's a bad look."
  • Tangent about the Venn diagram of superhero card kids and Jackass fans.
  • Laughter and nostalgia about Jackass movies and stunts.
  • [42:10] Dan Le Batard: "Did you see them at Banana Ball, like a week back? Like, Johnny Knoxville got in front of the plate and took one right in the face."
  • [42:50] Jeremy: "But they were not 60 year old people."
  • [43:00] Dominic: "No, clearly they didn't. That's why they're so good."
  • [43:23] Tony: "I find the Jackass movies... I always stop on it and it's hypnotic."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [02:22] Dominic: "You got guys on yellows... I want you to continue resting."
• [08:06] Dominic: "...he does a good team thing there. Let the better free kick taker take it. I thought that was a really strong moment for him..."
• [11:15] Dan Le Batard: "Did you guys know Wild Turkeys sleep in trees?"
• [25:29] Dominic: "English is the official language of FIFA."
• [32:59] Dan Le Batard: "What are you the best at?"
• [33:01] Tony: "I think I'm a good employee... very good friend... good parent."
• [34:18] Tony: "I think the thing that I'm weakest at though would be being a spouse..."
• [35:03] Jeremy: "Really the only time I tell a parent you're doing a good job is when they're doing a terrible job."
• [39:22] Dan Le Batard: "This company says I'm going to open eight boxes of cards here and you can bid... it's kind of the roll of the dice."
• [41:29] Dominic: "I had like a binder that had some football cards... but more than anything, it had like Marvel superhero cards."
• [42:50] Jeremy: "...they were not 60 year old people."
• [43:23] Tony: "I find the Jackass movies... I always stop on it and it's hypnotic."

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:00] – Expanded World Cup, Dead Rubbers, Third-Place Team Discussion
• [02:22] – USMNT Roster, Pulisic's Status, and Group Stakes
• [08:06] – Portugal, Ronaldo, and "Team Moments"
• [11:15] – Wild Turkeys Sleep in Trees—Nature Tangent
• [25:29] – Language at World Cup Matches, Communication with Referees
• [32:59] – Poll: Are You a Better Parent, Employee, Spouse, or Friend?
• [35:03] – Good Parenting and Social Perception
• [39:22] – Dan's Trading Card Gambling Explained
• [41:29] – Marvel Cards and "Jackass" Tangent
• [43:23] – Jackass Nostalgia and the Hypnotic Appeal of Painful Stunt Shows

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Episode Tone

Keeping true to its identity, the show merges irreverent sports analysis, pop culture riffs, and self-deprecating humor. The hosts are candid, quick-witted, and comfortable sharing both vulnerable admissions (Dan's trading card habit, self-doubt about friendship/parenting) and outlandish bits (turkey-in-tree discoveries, Jackass movie fandom).

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In Summary

This episode is a lively, multi-layered blend of soccer talk (with real insight into the World Cup format and current matches), comedic dissections of cultural phenomena, and a surprisingly reflective look at personal identity. Fans of the Dan Le Batard Show will relish the quick-shifting topics, idiosyncratic personal stories, and the group's trademark blend of affection, satire, and candor.

Transcript

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[Jeremy]

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[Dominic]

You are listening to the Dan Levato in partnership with the DraftKings sports app, now live in all 50 states. This segment is presented to you by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours. And we are looking at today's match between the United States. Zez, do you know who they're playing?

[Tony]

Yeah, they're playing Turkey.

[Dominic]

You called it by the right name. Good on you.

[Tony]

They've earned my respect.

[Dominic]

We don't. Not with their play.

[Jeremy]

Really.

[Mike Ryan]

They scored a goal yet?

[Dominic]

They've been terrible. They have been brutal. They were already eliminated. One of those weird byproducts of a World cup that's expanded. You're getting a few games where nothing is on the line.

[Tony]

I thought it would have been the other way around. When there's more teams that can make the knockout round, that it would mean more games matter.

[Dominic]

Well, I think this is the first tournament that's this big, obviously. And one of the changes that FIFA made, which was for the better, I think, in previous incarnations, was goal differential. Used to be the main tiebreaker. And then you had teams that wouldn't make it to the knockout stage are like, well, that sucks because we beat the team that got in ahead of us. Even Though we're on the same amount of points, that should be the chief tiebreaker, which I agree with. But it has made the final match day of the groups a little less interesting. But we do have some spicy ones. This one not as spicy, but let's stay focused on the United States men's national team. I, I imagine a lot of rotation for this club. You got guys on yellows. Christian Pulisic has said he is available, but I think I speak for most U.S. men's national team fans. I don't want you to be available. I want you to continue resting. So we'll see who's in this lineup. One thing I do know, we like to attack, we like to score, we like to get in threatening positions. And while Turkey A hasn't this tournament, with the rotation and the solid play that the US Play and all the unknowns, I'd love to take a side here, but I don't really know what to expect because I don't see the roster sheet. So let's go. Both teams to score. I opened up my trusty DraftKings sports app available in all 50 states, including the Sunshine State of Florida. Market price minus 144. Both teams to score. I'm going with that.

[Tony]

All right, there you go. So us is playing tonight at 10:00 Eastern against Turkey. They have already clinched their group. But what, what are the stakes here? That specifically for Group D, you know, like Paraguay and Australia are also playing. All the games are at the same time. So we have six games today. You know, it's Group D, E and F. Is, is anything on the line with Paraguay in Australia?

[Dominic]

Yes, there, there is. Both teams have beaten Turkey. So they're in this mix of teams where Scotland now finds itself in a bad situation because they couldn't afford it to, to get blown out by Brazil yesterday and, and they did. So now they're watching these results to make sure they can stay within this goal differential gap.

[Tony]

They're trying to get in as a third place team, you're saying?

[Dominic]

Yeah, eight third place teams make it. So you're going to have a lot of these teams that are on three points, on two points, hell, even some teams on one point that with a win and a favorable draw. Right now, if Turkey was in this situation where they needed to result against the United States of America, with the United States of America already set as group winners, their opponent already pretty much set in Bosnia Herzegovina. States United. You can take advantage of this.

[Tony]

Why are you pointing at me when he says Bosnia Herzegovina? I'M not from there.

[Mike Ryan]

You're not from there, but you told me that you like their fans.

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[Tony]

Oh, yeah. That is true. Yeah, you can point me with that. They are great fans.

[Dominic]

So Ecuador right now is going up against Germany and you would think, all right, favorable draw. Germany already set as group winners because of the head to head. Ecuador desperately need a win. Let's beat Germany. They're going to take this one for granted because they don't need it. Germany apparently not going to have rotation. So this all comes down to how these teams playing. You can't look, you got to still beat the guys. Mexico had some rotation in their squad and they trounced Czechia. But I think that when you watch all these groups, you're gonna have to have a live table to see what these machinations are in terms of where you go into the next round. A whole new round in an expanded World cup where some teams are gonna get in that like South Africa pull a random result out of their ass. They're in there finally. And it's a pretty easy draw for a team that ends up drawing them.

[Jeremy]

Scotland guys.

[Dominic]

Who's that?

[Mike Ryan]

Show them the Bosnia fans.

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[Dominic]

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[Tony]

You all right?

[Dan Le Batard]

I am okay.

[Tony]

All right.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Jeremy]

Don't.

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[Jeremy]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Dominic]

There is actually something on the line in this matchup between Colombia and Portugal. You can. Portugal still alive to win the group. Colombia wins the group with a draw or a victory. Now the next opponent, pretty even. It's either going to be Ghana or Croatia. Ghana hasn't conceded. Croatia last two World Cups have made very deep runs. Once to the final, once a third place finisher, I believe. Yeah, they won the third place against Morocco. So it's not really so much for your next matchup as those teams are kind of level, but it's about how the bracket opens up. For you. So I imagine both Colombia and Portugal are going to go for it. I don't know how much discussion you guys had about Portugal and how good they looked in their most recent match.

[Tony]

And now is that because is Ubekistan. You know, they're not any good.

[Dominic]

Uzbekistan has some injuries, too, and they're not that good. But Portugal. And it appears that Dr. Congo is a tough matchup. Dr. Congo, I found out in their matchup against Colombia, they have this weird knack of having their midfield totally shredded, and yet you're looking at the. At the score, and you're like, how is Dr. Congo still in this? And then they get into threatening positions. But Portugal looked really good, and it wasn't in the clip that we pushed out there, but we did say, I guess one of the possibilities for Cristiano when we were having is he washed? Does he come off the bench? One of the options on the table was he could play better. We touched on that.

[Tony]

That's the best option.

[Dominic]

Yeah. And, you know, he took option C, which was, yeah, he could play better. And I thought it was a really cool moment for Cristiano Ronaldo. I'm of the school of thought. It seems as though to be a soccer fan, you got to be a Messi or Ronaldo guy. I've always been deeply appreciative to watch them both. I like both guys. And I thought Cristiano's best moment, yes, he scored a brace. Yes, he was threatening. Yes, he looked good. He looked like he had top end speed again. But I thought his best moment was a free kick outside of the box. He's acting his ass off, and he had already scored, everyone assumes, but the

[Tony]

other guy took it.

[Dominic]

He check.

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[Dominic]

Because Cristiano Ronaldo, not that great at free kicks anymore, honestly, like, one of the weaker spots of what is a pretty great game hikes up his shorts like he always does, talking to himself,

[Tony]

like he always, you know, about hiking up them shorts.

[Dominic]

And then Nuno Mendez scores. And most of the attention was on Cristiano Ronaldo taking that free kick. And he does a good team thing there. Let the better free. Free kick taker take it. I thought that was a really strong moment for him, and it was that performance, and I know it was Uzbekistan. That's what I saw in Portugal. That's what most people see in Portugal. That is a World cup winning threat.

[Tony]

Do we want Pulisic to play tonight? Not at all. So. So why is he coming out and saying, I'm available? Is that just because, hey, like, I am healthy, you know, if I don't play tonight, I want everyone to know I'm ready to go.

[Dominic]

If the United States were playing Australia in a must have situation from people that I've spoken to, Pulisic would have featured. Say, you need to grab a goal late. Like he would have come in but

[Tony]

like he doesn't need to play tonight, you know, for, for training purpose. Like train over the next week before the knockout round. Like he doesn't need to go tonight.

[Dominic]

He doesn't need to. There are some people that are like, hey, don't let me get cold, don't. I want to be in a rhythm. I don't want to jump in in a knockout stage game having not played in two and a half weeks. More breaks here in between games because a larger field. So I get why he would say it. He's available to pick on the bench and for me that's where he shall stay. Stay on the bench. I don't need Christian Pulisic getting kicked in the shin by a bunch of dudes that are also on the other side getting their only opportunity to play in this World cup because I imagine Turkey is also going to have some rotation since they're out.

[Tony]

10 o' clock tonight. You up for the whole game tonight?

[Jeremy]

Absolutely.

[Dominic]

Can I sweeten the pot by saying nothing in this match matters whatsoever?

[Jeremy]

Oh yeah, I'm up for it. I mean, USA matters, baby.

[Dominic]

Well, here's what's on the line.

[Tony]

10 o'.

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[Dominic]

This is, this is an embarrassing stat, but Mauricio Pochettino can be the all time World cup winningest manager in US men's history. He's the wins. He is presently tied with two wins. The United States doesn't win in this tournament all that much. They find their way to scratch and claw and get into the knockout stages when they're in it fourth consecutive time, when they qualify fourth consecutive time they've made it this far. But group winners, winning matches, bossing games, that's not something that we're used to. It's pretty unprecedented territory unless you want to go back to the 1930s, pal. So what you want to see here is potential history and some rotation. Let's see some of those other guys. Maybe Reyno comes in arena, comes in and puts up a good performance that makes you think he has something to offer when we go up against Bosnia.

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you guys know Wild Turkeys sleep in trees?

[Tony]

What's a Wild Turkey?

[Dan Le Batard]

Like, what's a Wild Turkey?

[Tony]

Yeah, what's a Wild Turkey? That's exactly what I mean, what's a wild turkey?

[Jeremy]

A turkey that's not in the fall.

[Dan Le Batard]

Turkey that's not at public Publix.

[Tony]

So. So there's an alive turkey. Is a wild.

[Jeremy]

I just always picture them. No, not a live turkey. A turkey that's not in captivity.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right. A wild.

[Jeremy]

Like, you understand, there are turkeys we breed for eating, and then there are turkeys that just. They just be out there living and.

[Tony]

Hold on a second. Hold on a second. We're not moving past this yet. There are turkeys that live in places that are not like the farm.

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[Tony]

Where do I find those in the wild?

[Jeremy]

Boston has a lot of them. Like, and if you're in the New England area, you'll run across a couple of turkeys.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like, I know birds live in trees, but I just. I don't know that that surprised me that turkeys.

[Jeremy]

Not all birds live in trees, Chris.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, how did you get to this?

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[Dominic]

Famously, most do.

[Dan Le Batard]

See, look at that.

[Jeremy]

There's old penguins.

[Dominic]

It's just. There's no trees.

[Tony]

It's a turkey egg.

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I just.

[Dan Le Batard]

I just would have thought turkeys, like, sleep the way a dog does on the floor.

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Iguanas do this, too.

[Tony]

Really?

[Jeremy]

Yeah.

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We have a lot of iguanas in my backyard, and almost all of them, later in the day or right around sunset, they just climb up into the trees and then sleep on the branches.

[Jeremy]

20, 20.

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[Tony]

That's what they sound like.

[Jeremy]

Are we. Are we not going to. Like, we glossed over Scotland. Like, we spent a lot of this week hyping up the army. Yeah. Oh, taking over the city.

[Tony]

They were losers.

[Jeremy]

They're making our city dirty. They're so rare. They got a lot of beer. They do so many D songs. Look at those cute kilts. Got that ass bust.

[Tony]

Turns out just a bunch of drunks.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don't you dare put a cone on my quarterback legend's head.

[Dominic]

That barrier did not help whatsoever at Miami Stadium. Dude, that. All right, Brazil, we were wondering what you're going to do in this tournament. You're older. I know Neymar is the star, but you can't expect anything out of Neymar. Vinicius is going to have to be the guy. And it plays into the larger story of this world tournament for me, which is, man, the superstars are playing well, all the names that. All right, what am I looking for here? Well, the face on the graphic promoting the game that guy's got a bag of brace, he's going for two goals, it would seem. Vinicius was incredible. The high press from Brazil had Scotland in absolute hell. And now Scotland, in all likelihood, probably out. They need some luck. So that sucks, because the Tartan Army, I know, as a small business owner down here really appreciated them 5x that Tuesday night output. Thank you for coming to Las Rosas Tartan Army. But, yeah, it looks like they might be done.

[Tony]

Okay, now, what ended up happening last night? Because last night that game was here. Brazil beat Scotland 3. Nothing. But we spoke about it yesterday, Tony, where the big story was actually not what was taking place on the pitch between Scotland and Brazil. It's what could possibly take place above the pitch with the motherships.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Tony]

Was there an alien invasion?

[Mike Ryan]

No alien invasion. We were all rooting for it. Everybody that we were rooting for, we were all rooting for it. Everybody on social media was like, man, that's what we're going to watch.

[Tony]

That shit would have been lit.

[Mike Ryan]

Can you imagine? All of a sudden, Vinnie's about to score on his second goal, and then all of a sudden he gets floating.

[Dominic]

Where's the ball?

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, the keeper just got shot into a mechanical arm inside of a mothership. But again, everywhere I watch the entire game, as I usually do, and when I'm watching World cup games. But I'm there watching. No, because sometimes people watch, like, the first half, they're like, oh, I got something better to do. It's two nothing.

[Dan Le Batard]

As I usually do.

[Dominic]

Have the aliens showed up yet? All right, I'm out.

[Mike Ryan]

So I was actually taking care of my daughter and I was, like, changing her diaper.

[Tony]

If the alien showed up, like, late in the first half, do you then still watch the second half?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, I would have watched.

[Tony]

You would have stuck with it?

[Jeremy]

Yeah.

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[Dominic]

I would like to see the ramifications of that, would be.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Do they treat it like a red card where you can't actually bring other people in, or what are they going to do with the crowd? Half the crowd got taken to.

[Tony]

No precedent.

[Mike Ryan]

No. Yeah. No precedent, no alien invasion. I think the lady that was a psychic got one over on us.

[Tony]

Have we heard from her yet?

[Mike Ryan]

We haven't, but everybody in the world has been talking about this.

[Tony]

24 million followers. Dominique.

[Mike Ryan]

I probably got a double by now because everybody's like, wait a second. I got to follow this lady for more stuff.

[Tony]

Can we look it up?

[Mike Ryan]

Well, I will, yeah.

[Tony]

How many Tony follows her? Wouldn't you figure that she would Portuguese content.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hello?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't really know what you're saying.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hello? Oh, scam. Unlikely. My bad.

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[Dan Le Batard]

Hello?

[Tony]

I would have figured that she would lose followers when the alien invasion doesn't happen. I mean, she's supposed to be attention currency.

[Dominic]

It doesn't matter if you're actually good at what you do.

[Mike Ryan]

Heat is heat, baby.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Dominic]

Tony, you know that moment at a party or a tailgate where everything just sort of clicks?

[Mike Ryan]

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

[Dominic]

Yeah, you usually take all the credit for it, but it's because Tony usually walks in with Cuervo. Walk in like this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cuervo is a thing that turns hanging out into this is the night.

[Mike Ryan]

It has that effect on people.

[Dominic]

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.

[Mike Ryan]

Keep it cuervo, baby.

[Dominic]

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[Tony]

Dan Levatar, I don't think. Strange for me, but like Mike Ryan.

[Dominic]

Oh, boy.

[Tony]

This is the Dan Levatare show. All right, so tonight, 10pm Eastern, you got the U.S. playing their final group game against Turkey.

[Dominic]

You will be missing it. I'm gonna write you down as a note. I'm Eastern stuff.

[Tony]

I've been a little bit under the weather lately. I have had a hard time staying up late this week. I. I'm gonna try. I am.

[Dominic]

Are you enjoying the World Cup?

[Tony]

Very much, yeah.

[Dominic]

Like all the. It's such a pop culture tentpole.

[Tony]

Although I have become the face of the ugly American who likes the ad.

[Dominic]

I like your. I like your take. I don't like the ads. I get it, but I'm also embracing it. I'm throwing fours up. I. I'm having fun with it. It's. You're not going to stop FIFA from putting a commercial break in there, right?

[Tony]

The biggest. The biggest response that I get from everybody who's mad at me is if I didn't. If I. If I didn't feel this way, maybe they wouldn't be doing it. I'm allowing it because I'm not outraged. I'm allowed.

[Dominic]

You said in the clip you'd prefer no commercials with your sports, but it's not like it's a ton of commercials. And in some instances it is an opportunity to change the game, which I get that part. Like there's some clear momentum shifts happening in some of these matches, which you can assume probably wouldn't happen otherwise, but everybody's playing by the same rules.

[Jeremy]

I mean, I get. I understand your point. But in their defense, like this is like a sport that does. They still have a. They could stop the clock if they wanted to. With the ball goes out of bound. They don't do that. So the idea that we're introducing this brand new element. Yeah, it's kind of weird. You don't introduce new elements to a game like this and then they do. And like the var, we talked about all that, all those new elements, they feel a little weird for a game that's not very adaptive.

[Dominic]

Dom. I'm not a huge fan of var. I think it's taking a lot of emotion from the game.

[Tony]

Well, especially when a goal is scored. That's.

[Dominic]

It's. You've always kind of had that in soccer where you wait and linesman throws up. There's always a bit of wait and see approach on close calls. It's gotten really bad at the club level in the Premier League as a Premier League fan, where every play the guy trots over to the screen. You have that kind of whole nonsensical approach to it and it really slows the game down. They seem to have gotten it right here with all the Hawkeye technology. These calls are coming in quick. You can give yourself over to the emotion of the game a little bit more. I reckon that we've probably, even with the hydration break in commercial time, we've actually saved time on these games because of how quickly the technology is acting. I think these are very fluid breaks that are happening within the game when they search for with their VAR officials for what happened there. I actually think that this is probably the best use of this new technology in the game. I'm happy with the pace of the game even including a hydration break.

[Mike Ryan]

Quick update on the psychic from Social Media Void by hana. She's at 24.4 million followers, so up 1.4 million since the.

[Tony]

There you go. All right. This has worked out for her then. Mike, you were in Guadalajara the last few days. You went to how many matches?

[Dominic]

Only one.

[Tony]

How was that, man?

[Dominic]

It was incredible. Yeah, yeah. Obviously bad news. Who played beforehand? It was Colombia and Dr. Congo. I saw Lumumba in the flesh. I know people feel have a lot of feelings on that. Look, he's a soccer fan. And the soccer federation seems really cool with having him there. And he's a superstar when he walks. He's got aura there.

[Jeremy]

People don't like the Lumumba statue, man.

[Dominic]

There are. There are people out there that are like, look into his history. And I get it.

[Jeremy]

Oh, Lumumba's history. The actual Lumumba statue, man.

[Dominic]

No, no, no. The actual history of the actual Lumumba.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, yeah, that's. Yeah.

[Dominic]

I mean, look at this. It's a fun soccer fan.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm aware of it. But tell Jeremy.

[Dominic]

No, like, there was. There's this, like, Colombian fan that. I don't know if you've ever seen this pottery that comes from Colombia. Tony, do you know what I'm talking about? Where these characters. There's a guy that's, like, straight up in blackface.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, yeah, no, I know what you're talking about.

[Dominic]

But there was a guy, and he was shown on the monitors. I'm like, that wouldn't have happened in the United States, I don't think. And he's like, cheese. And with Lumumba, they're taking photos together. I'm like, wow. Culture, cultural differences, no doubt. But let me tell you about my experience in Guadalajara, dude. Traveling abroad made this really feel like a World Cup. I've never gone to World cup matches prior to this here. My first experience was it was in with. It was in New York and New Jersey for France, Senegal, and I've been to MetLife Stadium before. Different. Yeah, I can't believe the finals there. But I was like, oh, this is vibrant. But I didn't feel like it was anything special. I felt like the World cup was just, you know, playing into infrastructures that already existed, which they are. But going to a different country, you truly have an appreciation for. For just how gigantic the World cup actually is. Like, you're in a crowd very late at night watching Jordan and Algeria amongst thousands of Mexicans, and everyone's fixated on what's happening on the screen. It is such a big, beautiful world out there with so many cultures. And it took me going to another country to make it feel like, wow, this is to have a true appreciation for it, which I did. The stadium in Guadalajara was unbelievable. The people were incredible. The passion that Colombian fans have for their national team, pretty hard to rival that. And it was a. It was a great party, great festive atmosphere. Now all that's coming to Miami here in this next game. Loved my experience in Guadalajara.

[Tony]

I don't want to sound like ugly American, but I'm going to ask it. Anyway, I'm watching the games yesterday, and I'm wondering, you know, when. When there's a play, run the ball more. When there's a play that happens that the players disagree with. It's always funny to me, by the way, when you got a bunch of guys from one team and a bunch of guys to the other team, and, like, they're crowding the referee and they're all yelling. They're trying to get their point out. Like, can you imagine that in the end?

[Dan Le Batard]

And they push each other out of the way. They're like, no, you get out of the way.

[Tony]

Like, can you imagine the NBA?

[Dan Le Batard]

You got. You got.

[Tony]

You got 10 guys for both. He's just crowding the referee. And, like, it's. It's all allowed to happen. You know, it's so weird.

[Dan Le Batard]

But.

[Disney Pixar Promoter]

But.

[Tony]

But the part. The part that kind of does happen

[Jeremy]

in NBA, too, but at least there's

[Tony]

three referees where it's like they can all kind of.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mike's doing the move, though, that the ref does of like, yeah, get away from me.

[Tony]

I'm talking like, homeboy is on his own out there trying to fend off a bunch of other guys. Yeah, it's. It's always strange to me, but the part that I am wondering what language is being spoken to the referee.

[Dominic]

English is the official language of FIFA,

[Dan Le Batard]

as it should be.

[Dominic]

So if you're complaining to a referee, they usually have to.

[Tony]

Okay, so you're saying every referee then speaks English, for sure?

[Dominic]

Yes. In fact, if they ever have to go to the microphone and explain a call, they have to do so in English.

[Tony]

But I would imagine, though, that both teams who are playing don't necessarily speak English. So how are they communicating with the referee then?

[Dominic]

They. They have to try to fight through it, or they'll say things in their native language and try their luck. Look, as someone that has traveled abroad a couple of times, I know when someone's angry at me even though I speak the language. So there. There are plenty of ways that are universal.

[Jeremy]

I think the color of the kit in which has happened lets you know what this person is saying. They are saying what you are doing is wrong.

[Dominic]

And controversially, they've introduced a rule that we saw with the pottery match where

[Tony]

if you cover your mouth, saw that, it's a red.

[Dominic]

I think that's so dumb. They got to do. Do away with that. Yeah, yeah, because I think they should. His mouth. You don't know if he's actually saying anything bad. No, but.

[Tony]

No, but the Way that I understand is it's not just if you're covering your mouth and talking. If the referee determines, it's in a contentious. Yeah, in a contentious situation. Yes.

[Dominic]

I mean, that is so subjective.

[Dan Le Batard]

You should bring that to baseball. You're ejected immediately.

[Tony]

Or in the NBA, you know, they're putting their jerseys, you're out of here.

[Dominic]

It's an opportunity for a look at me referee, such as, like, Anthony Taylor

[Tony]

to just happen a few days ago.

[Dominic]

Totally.

[Dan Le Batard]

And that's a dom, you know, Anthony Taylor.

[Jeremy]

Oh, yeah. But for. For Chris, though, I mean, well, the

[Dominic]

referee that did it was also a bit of a look at me official, if you're familiar with FIFA. One thing that surprised me in terms of FIFA being the official language, was the first voice that you would hear. This is Colombia. That was basically a host nation there. There was. It was 99% Colombians. And I know Dr. Congo people have had issues coming over to the states of Mexico, in part because of the quarantine. But the first voice that you hear in the stadium, even in Mexico, is a super American PA voice. Really was weird.

[Tony]

Hello and welcome.

[Dominic]

Yeah, it was like that. Me checking in for Columbia. It was kind of uptown.

[Tony]

Pale was hosting in Guadalajara.

[Dominic]

Yeah. I wonder expected. Unexpected, for sure.

[Jeremy]

If the. The English language, like, what it connotes in other places because, like, when we hear an English accent, no matter what they're saying we like, it immediately feels fancy to us. Even if to English people, it sounds bad. I wonder what, like, in different countries, it probably is just scary, actually. You hear people speaking English in an American accent, you're probably just like, I

[Dominic]

didn't look super American because I was repping Colombia pretty hard. I like to cosplay as a Colombian. It's fun. I'm not Colombian, but. But I'm also Irish, Italian. They're never in the GD thing. So my side, hustle nation, it's Colombia. And it was only in conversation with fans at the fan fest, where people deduced that I was American. And most people were like, so how do you feel about everything that's going on?

[Tony]

Really?

[Dominic]

Yeah. And I would be like, I'd share my honest opinion there, and we'd. And they would kind of, like, nod like, okay, okay, you're all right. They also had to speak to me in English because everyone has to adhere to this rule. Hello, listeners.

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[Tony]

Down Levitar Jon, can you rate my Al Pacino from that billiard scene in Carlito's Way if I do it for you? I think it's pretty good.

[Jeremy]

Yeah.

[Tony]

Jonathan Saslow. You think you're Big Tom when you're

[Jeremy]

gonna die big time.

[Dominic]

That is my infamous scale of 1 to 10.

[Duracell Advertiser]

That's a.

[Tony]

That's a 7.6 solid.

[Dominic]

That's a suey nominee right there.

[Tony]

This is the Dan Levata. I'm hoping that I'll be in a state where I'm feeling good enough. Like I said, I'm finding a little bit of a cold. I'm hoping that I'll be able to stay up tonight for the US Game. But I think what will help me possibly stay up is I am going to the movies tonight. I'm taking my son. I'm taking my younger son. We're going to see Supergirl.

[Dominic]

Oh, you getting the dick cup? No, you're getting the dick cup.

[Tony]

I'm. No, I would. I would never. I would never get a dick cup. And we're going because I. I just. I don't want to get the dick

[Dominic]

cup and take a selfie with the dick cup, send it to your group chats and be like, hey, I got the dick cup.

[Tony]

I saw David Korn sweat Superman. He does not like the dick cup. Somebody showed it to him there. He didn't like it.

[Jeremy]

Do you get other souvenir cups?

[Dominic]

Veiny dick cup?

[Tony]

No, I don't. I don't get the souvenir.

[Jeremy]

Okay. Okay, well, then I'll allow it. I thought that it was just something about this cup that you do.

[Tony]

I went to he man last week, two weeks ago, whatever it was with my son.

[Jeremy]

It's enough to get this guy some friends. Yeah, it's enough of this.

[Tony]

What do you mean it's enough of this?

[Jeremy]

I mean, every day I did it with my kids.

[Tony]

He's like my best pal. I love doing things with him.

[Jeremy]

I got a question for you. I know you now through work, so, like, as an employee, and I also hear a lot about you as a parent. I was wondering if we put it all together of, like, the four aspects of your life. Do you think that you are a better employee? Spouse, parent, or friend also? Put that on the pole, Juju. Put it on the pole.

[Dan Le Batard]

What are you the best at?

[Jeremy]

What are you best at, like, as an employee?

[Tony]

And what are the options?

[Jeremy]

Employee. So, like, where you work, Your partner. So if you don't have a spouse, partner, or a parent, I guess you could throw pets in there. Maybe a pet.

[Dan Le Batard]

Parent and friend.

[Jeremy]

Or friend. Because I think that I'm a pretty bad. Like, I'm an inconsistent friend, but I come through big for friends. So, like, if you need me, I'm there. But I'm not gonna call you all the. All the time.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think I'm only a good parent.

[Tony]

All right, so anything again. What. What are you the best at? Employee, spouse, parent or friend? Yeah, I. I think I'm a good employee. I think I'm easy to work with. All right. I think I'm a good worker. I. I think I'm a very good friend. Loyalty is very Important to me.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sandwiches before a long trip.

[Tony]

That's true, yes. I guess we're not going to ever let that go. I think I' um. Parent. Yeah. I mean look, you're perfect.

[Jeremy]

We got a perfect guy in here.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, you're a damn good parent.

[Tony]

I think I'm a good parent.

[Disney Pixar Promoter]

But.

[Tony]

But I also like, I'm self aware enough to let you know, like I told you this yesterday, all these things that I'm doing with my son, these are all the. It's an excuse for me to do all the things that I want to do. Like I want to see Supergirl tonight. And I'm lucky my son is into the same shit that I am.

[Dan Le Batard]

Watching sex scenes is one thing is that would go in the negative column.

[Jeremy]

I don't think they got any in Supergirl. You might want to have buy a different ticket. You guys can be disappointed.

[Tony]

I think the thing that I'm weakest at though would be being a spouse because of all. Well, because of all those things that we just mentioned there.

[Depop Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Tony]

I get much less criticism as an employee, as a parent, as a friend than I do from my spouse. Like my spouse, my wife will criticize me. So that has to be the one.

[Google Chrome Advertiser]

I'm.

[Dan Le Batard]

What do we think comes back just with our, our whole audience? What comes back? I think the least, I think the two favorites to be the lowest percentage are friend and employee.

[Jeremy]

Yeah. I think everyone thinks I think parents going to be super high.

[Tony]

Every lowest percentage means okay, so they don't think they're the best at that.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think people think they're the worst at those two things.

[Jeremy]

I think parents going to be high

[Dan Le Batard]

because everyone thinks they're good parents.

[Jeremy]

And I think that good parents get told that they're good parents and I think bad parents get told that they're good parents. Really the only time I tell a parent you're doing a good job is when they're doing a terrible job. Like if you are struggling, the kids are running your life. I'm like, hey buddy, you're doing all right. You're doing it. And I mean, huh? What the hell is going on? I never go up to a parent who's like, whose kids are like super well behaved and like, hey, hey guy. You kids, I haven't even noticed you, you're doing a great job.

[Tony]

It is true ones that are, that are drowning at like a graduate, like at Yale's graduation ceremony, no one's going up to the graduate's parents say hey, you're doing a great job right like, we all know they're doing a great job.

[Jeremy]

Well, they aren't necessarily, probably, if your

[Tony]

kid graduated from Yale.

[Dan Le Batard]

But is he balanced? What's he like to talk to?

[Jeremy]

I also think that, like, this is me, like, projecting some from my parental experiences. Like, the kids kind of who the kids are. And, like, I raise all my kids kind of the same, all very different. And you meet them all at different settings. You're like, hey, you're doing a good

[Mike Ryan]

job on that one.

[Jeremy]

I'm like, hey, I didn't really, like, teach my daughter how to be able to sit down and focus for hours straight to do her homework. She just was born that way. We don't do, like, concentration practice. I didn't do that.

[Tony]

But you don't think that if you were a shitty parent, they wouldn't be different kinds of shitty then?

[Jeremy]

Oh, yeah, I think you can mess it up, but I don't. Yeah, I don't think that you can, like, do much more. You can give them access, you give them love. You can do those things. But, like, the. The way that we measure people's parenting ability is by the results that their kids produce. And we assume that the kids who are the most successful had the best parents, which actually kind of is not true. It's like thinking that the best coaches always win the championship, even though they don't have the best talent. Like, some kids are born with a lot of useful skills, some kids aren't.

[Tony]

There are plenty of parents who are good parents, and their kid ends up being a drug addict.

[Jeremy]

And there's plenty of parents who are terrible parents whose kids turn out to be incredible. Yeah, it's just. I don't know. It's weird.

[DraftKings Announcer]

I'm having a bit of a crisis of identity right now, realizing I think employee might be my answer. That's tough, and that's really bad.

[Tony]

I don't want that.

[Dominic]

Mr. Bootlicker.

[Tony]

Yeah.

[Dominic]

Why is that a bad thing, Mr.

[Jeremy]

The man is not. Because you want his work. I think if I. If I guessed Jeremy would want to be a better spouse.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's right.

[Jeremy]

Like, he sees himself as someone who's generous and kind, takes a lot of

[Tony]

pride in the world.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's way too long winded in meetings, though.

[Disney Pixar Promoter]

Yeah,

[Tony]

well, that was just too real. Someone said it.

[Jeremy]

I think I have a great spouse, though. I actually think I'm a probably. Probably a better spouse than I am parent. It's. Yeah, I think I'm good at.

[Mike Ryan]

You want to rethink that or. He said that and, like, sounds like

[Tony]

he's thinking about it.

[DraftKings Announcer]

I'm also too long winded in foreplay.

[Jeremy]

Not long enough, I guess.

[Tony]

What about Roy?

[Jeremy]

I'm not good at anything, man.

[Tony]

That's not true. That is not true. You don't have to do the self deprecation.

[Jeremy]

Well, that's not something.

[Dominic]

That's the truth is facts.

[Jeremy]

I'm not good at anything.

[Dominic]

Well, that was a bad end. Yes. So it's not worker.

[Jeremy]

Yes.

[Dominic]

Yes. And see.

[Disney Pixar Promoter]

Damn.

[Dan Le Batard]

Damn right now. Early results. Spouse and employer coming in the lowest. Like people think they're the best friends

[Tony]

is going to be low.

[Dan Le Batard]

People think they're good friends and parents.

[Jeremy]

I'm shocked at that because I assume that we have like a predominantly male

[Tony]

audience and that's why spouse is going to be low.

[Jeremy]

Feel like men are bad friends and good spouses. I, I don't know.

[Tony]

I, I think men are great friends.

[Dan Le Batard]

As long as I'm not cheating, I'm a good spouse. Right. That's other factors of this, not having

[Tony]

sex with other women.

[Dominic]

There's a few other parts of it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. I'm not a great spouse. I don't cheat. But yeah, I'm not good. I mean I got to, I got to listen better.

[Dominic]

From what I understand, your entire retirement plan is going over to trading cards, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I gotta be better with my money.

[Dominic]

So I assume that's all part of it.

[Dan Le Batard]

My wife hates, hates me right now.

[Tony]

He starts the day today telling everybody he's. He's got to get out from under this new addiction that he has.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's bad. I'm not even kidding.

[Tony]

He can't stop buying, trading me asking for help. He continues to buy into breaks.

[Jeremy]

It's not even like buying straight out trading cards. It's like he's buying into breaks.

[Dan Le Batard]

Gambling on sports cards. I've never heard on this app that

[Tony]

you can just explain what buying into brakes is.

[Dan Le Batard]

You basically it's like a, this company says I'm going to open eight box of cards here and you can bid on. There's 260 names of athletes that could potentially come in these eight boxes.

[Tony]

Potentially.

[Dan Le Batard]

So now you're going to bid a dollar amount on a random draw of those 260 names. Okay so they're at $4, $5. Sometimes I can get up there into the 10 or $11. Those, that's when it gets dangerous. But if you're in that 5$6 range, you spin the wheel, you could get Jackson dart or you could get a lineman you never heard of. It's Kind of the roll of the dice. Because those cards won't be worth anything.

[Jeremy]

Right?

[Dan Le Batard]

So it's just. I'm, I'm. I've been doing this for weeks.

[Jeremy]

Can you.

[DraftKings Legal Disclaimer]

I'm.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm.

[Jeremy]

So do you then. Losing money essentially, do you then flip the cards? Can you post them up there to be, to be gambled on or.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, no, I have a handful of cards. Like I have this Josh Allen card that's, that's sold for 800 bucks.

[Tony]

You're going to lose your house. Right.

[Dan Le Batard]

I could essentially sell my bulk of good cards for a couple thousand dollars.

[DraftKings Announcer]

Oh, my God. You're going to lose everything.

[Dan Le Batard]

But I don't know how to do that.

[Jeremy]

$12 at a time.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's, it's. Let me get them the rush.

[Mike Ryan]

I'll sell it for you.

[Dan Le Batard]

The rush of when that thing is spinning and you land on Tyler Shuck.

[Jeremy]

My God, that's a good thing.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm saying all you want is rookies and last year. So you want the last year's rookies. So right now, Jackson Dart's a big one. You know, Tyler Shuck.

[Depop Advertiser]

It's.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's crazy. Like Quinn Ewer. I'm telling you, they love rookie quarterbacks. If you have a rookie quarterback card, it's worth something.

[Tony]

Rookie quarterbacks, rookie wide receivers, running backs.

[Dan Le Batard]

But I'm broke of all my play money. Don't be alarmed, everyone. I'm still paying my bills, but, like, you know, my money goes in different. You know, everyone would do this. There are money, like, some money goes to bills, some goes to like. All right, you can have a little fun with this. I don't have any more.

[Jeremy]

It's only football, though. They don't do basketball.

[Dan Le Batard]

All the cards.

[Tony]

But football and basketball, especially basketball. Football and basketball are the biggest, I believe, with the cards, with the trading cards. I know because my son works in one of these stores.

[Jeremy]

I never got into trading cards like, Tony, I feel like you've been judging me a little this week. You might judge me for this also. I had no. I had like a binder that had some football cards, had some baseball and basketball cards. But more than anything, it had like Marvel superhero cards.

[Dominic]

It's a bad look.

[Jeremy]

I had. I had a snake and Marvel superhero cards.

[Mike Ryan]

Not only that, you. You were talking about Jackass the other day. Like, if you like Jackass. Like, there's. There's a good, There's a good, like Venn diagram of like snake kids of jackass likers of that kind of stuff where I'm Just like, I don't know if I like what Dominique's got going.

[Dominic]

I like Jackass. I've always never wanted to like Jackass. And then he got a baby kid. You got a baby alligator biting your dick. It's funny. It's funny.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's Preston and Wee man for me.

[Jeremy]

It's not funny anymore. It's not.

[Dominic]

It's always funny when an animal of some sort bites your dick. I'm like, you're 60. This Steve O's crazy. How are you still having that gator bite your dick at 60?

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you see them at Banana Ball, like a week back? Like, Johnny Knoxville got in front of the plate and took one right in the face.

[Dominic]

Yeah, like, oh, man, that looks gross. Is someone gonna do that? Not me, right? Someone else.

[Jeremy]

Ha ha.

[Depop Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Tony]

Watching dudes get hurt is always funny.

[DraftKings Announcer]

It was.

[Dominic]

Throw that really heavy thing at his head. Don't kill him, but make it hurt.

[Jeremy]

There's an age cut off. Like, I feel I loved Jackass when it was first. When it first came out. And their first movie was surprisingly good. But when I see these commercials now, it's like, that dude's 60.

[Dominic]

That's right.

[Jeremy]

Why are we still like, come on.

[Dominic]

I mean, you were a part of Highly Questionable. They had an entire block dedicated to people getting hit in the junk.

[Jeremy]

Right. But they were not 60 year old people.

[Dominic]

I mean, it's even Funnier when you're 60.

[Jeremy]

No, it's so sad. It just feels like these guys, like, did you put a little bit of coin away? A little something?

[Dominic]

No, clearly they didn't. That's why they're so good.

[Tony]

Yeah. The new one's coming out, right?

[Dominic]

So very few people are like, all right, I've made a decent amount of money. I'll stop. Most people want more money.

[Jeremy]

I get it. But I would call.

[Disney Pixar Promoter]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

You're gonna put the electrocution thing on your dick again.

[Dominic]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

And then walk a tightrope where you fall.

[Dominic]

Make it look Godzilla. Yeah, make, Make. Make it look like Godzilla. Make something biting you in the dick look like Godzilla.

[Tony]

I find. I find the Jackass movies if, you know, if you ever pass it on on television, I always stop on it and it's hypnotic. Like, I can't change the channel. I just zone out and watch.

[Dominic]

Get in that porta potty now. Drop it from a crane.

[Tony]

That's funny. You see? That's funny.

[Mike Ryan]

Shoot the guy out of a cannon into cactus.

[Dominic]

Let's have an escape room with. Let's borrow some of those cactuses. That you were talking about. Litter it with cacti, mouse traps and try to find this light switch and do so as a 63 year old man.

[Tony]

That's funny, Doc.

[Dominic]

On the good shit with your balls out.

[Dan Le Batard]

The Dan levitard show and DraftKings sports will be at the Lost Boy clubhouse this Saturday.

[Dominic]

Are you okay?

[Tony]

All right.

[Dan Le Batard]

I am okay.

[Tony]

All right.