Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Episode: Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Release Date: December 10, 2024

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Introduction

In this episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz recorded at the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz are joined by JuJu Gotti and Greg Cody for the "Postgame Show: Spliff Notes." The discussion spans a variety of topics, including the highly anticipated Netflix special by Jamie Foxx, the nature of comedic authenticity, and engaging interactions with listeners.

Spotlight on Jamie Foxx’s Netflix Special

Dan Le Batard initiates the conversation by expressing his excitement for Jamie Foxx’s latest Netflix special slated for release on December 10th. He highlights Foxx’s multifaceted talent and his imminent creative exploration of personal challenges.

Dan Le Batard [00:43]:
"He's so creative. Are you looking forward to this?"

Jeff echoes Dan’s sentiments, lauding Foxx as "the single most talented person in Hollywood" and delving into Foxx’s ability to blend various entertainment forms seamlessly. He also touches upon Foxx’s resilience in the face of personal adversity, hinting at the depth Foxx is expected to bring to his special.

Jeff [01:29]:
"Jamie Foxx is, first of all, he is the single most talented person in Hollywood because everything he does, he does at an elite level."

Exploring Comedic Authenticity and Character Portrayal

The discussion shifts to the broader topic of comedic authenticity versus character portrayal. JuJu Gotti raises concerns about the fine line comedians walk between performing and genuinely embodying their on-stage personas, especially in the context of sensitive or offensive material.

Juju Gotti [03:58]:
"I would like to hear from these comedians in more sitting down segments or settings just so I can know how they feel about the actual things."

Dan and Jeff delve into the complexities of maintaining character integrity, referencing examples like Andrew Dice Clay and the "Bad Friends" podcast with Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino. They debate whether comedians should clarify when they are performing versus expressing genuine sentiments, especially in an era dominated by cancel culture.

Jeff [06:13]:
"Andrew Dice Clay became the character. That's the big difference there."

Addressing On-Air Banter and Its Aftermath

Juju brings up the show's dynamic of on-air ribbing towards co-hosts like Jeremy, Tasha, and Taylor, emphasizing the need for positive reinforcement off-camera to counterbalance the on-screen teasing. He highlights the lasting impact such interactions can have on social media and listener perceptions.

Juju Gotti [08:29]:
"I think that if you out there listening to this right now and you love Jeremy, Tasha, send him a message, bro."

Dan acknowledges the reality of their interactions being sincere, reinforcing that their camaraderie is genuine despite the playful banter.

Dan Le Batard [09:25]:
"It is. It is. And you need to get out of here. It is. It's all real."

Listener Engagement and Shoutouts

The episode culminates with heartfelt shoutouts to dedicated listeners. JuJu honors Brandon Vega for winning a bet on the Jets missing the playoffs and extends personal appreciation to Ryan Clark for his contributions and style.

Juju Gotti [10:08]:
"Congratulations to Brandon Vega, 89, one of our dedicated listeners... Ryan Clark, I love you."

The hosts also humorously address the consistent success of another listener, Billy, celebrating his repeated wins and dedication to the show’s betting segments.

Jeff [11:13]:
"Three for three. Unbelievable."
Dan Le Batard [11:15]:
"He's done it twice in a row. Two weeks in a row."

Conclusion

This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz offers a blend of insightful discussions on the entertainment industry's nuances, particularly focusing on Jamie Foxx’s upcoming project and the authenticity of comedic personas. The heartfelt listener interactions and internal reflections on maintaining positive dynamics round out a compelling installment that resonates with both dedicated fans and new listeners alike.

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Notable Quotes:

• Dan Le Batard [00:43]:
  "He's so creative... because he's so creative."

• Jeff [01:29]:
  "Jamie Foxx is... he does everything at an elite level."

• Juju Gotti [03:58]:
  "I would like to hear from these comedians in more sitting down segments."

• Jeff [06:13]:
  "Andrew Dice Clay became the character."

• Dan Le Batard [09:25]:
  "It is. It is. And you need to get out of here."

• Juju Gotti [10:08]:
  "Congratulations to Brandon Vega, 89... Ryan Clark, I love you."

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This comprehensive summary encapsulates the episode's essence, providing readers with a clear overview of the key discussions, participant insights, and memorable moments without needing to listen to the full podcast.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

You're listening to Giraffe Kings Network.

[Juju Gotti]

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[Aaron Taylor Johnson]

This Thursday, Once you're on his list.

[Juju Gotti]

There'S only one way off. Are you like your father? He puts evil into the world. I get rid of people like him.

[Dan Le Batard]

Who's next?

[Aaron Taylor Johnson]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Amin I was curious. We'll get to juju in a second. But I'm really interested in this Jamie Foxx special that's gonna come out on Netflix today. I think it's December 10th, and I've been looking forward to it for a number of reasons. First of all, I think he's as talented as anyone in Hollywood. The range that man has as a comedian, an impersonator, actor, stand up, everything singing, like, it's just unbelievable, the talent that he is. And he almost died. And we haven't really heard very much about the details. Like, we've heard some things from his daughter. And there are a lot of whispers around everything involving Diddy and allegations. And he's going to address it artistically, and I'm looking forward to whatever that looks like because he's so creative. Are you looking forward to this?

[Jeff]

Absolutely. Jeff. Jamie Foxx is, first of all, he is the single most talented person in Hollywood because everything he does, he does at an elite level that matches and mirrors the elites that do it. Singing. He sings just as well as the best singers, actors. He acts just as well as the best actors, comedians. He's just as funny as the best comedian. Impressions, impressions, sketch comedy where you go back to in living color. He knocks it all sitcoms. His sitcom was incredible. He, every thing that he, every endeavor he undertakes, he does at an excellent level. And I actually have a mutual friend. So I don't know Jamie Foxx now. I don't know him. I've never met him. But I have a mutual friend who said basically that one of the driving things that kept him alive when he was literally on his deathbed is I want to be funny. I want to crack some jokes about this. This is awful what's happening to me. But also it's kind of funny. Someone's got to hear these jokes. So that was kind of like his survival instinct kicking in. And so I'm very interested to hear this standup. And he's such a great storyteller, Dan, that I don't even know or care if whatever the Diddy involvement is real or just art. I know it's going to be funny and well done. In the same way, when he tells a story about shooting any given Sunday and he's with LL Cool J and he's like, I think he's not acting. I think he actually thinks this is real, you know. So I'm looking forward to his spin on whatever happened.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's catch up here with Juju Gotti. Look at how happy Greg Cody is as soon as he sees Juju Gotti. And the feeling is mutual. It's have you, have you. Look at you. Look how happy Greg Cody looks.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, but I wasn't that happy last night when Juju and I were playing each other in our fantasy football league. Not that you want to hear about fantasy football, but Juju scored like, got about 1,004 points out of Jamar Chase to kick my ass. But I love him anyway.

[Juju Gotti]

Thank you, brother. I love you more.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right.

[Juju Gotti]

Sorry about that. It wasn't personal. No, playoffs are. We are number one and number two in the league. So we got a lot of, a lot of weeks ahead of us. Okay.

[Jeff]

Nothing personal with David Sampson.

[Dan Le Batard]

Juju, what did you, what did you like and dislike about the show today? What kind of takes are you bringing around here? And do you have any commentary on what we were saying about Jamie Foxx? Because I am looking forward to seeing this. I imagine there will be a lot of creative funny in how there's just a lot of shit swirling around. Jamie Foxx he was pretty close to. And nobody's talked to him about the details of that.

[Juju Gotti]

Right? Yeah, I'm excited to see it. I started it last night, but I couldn't stay up. You know, you get excited, the games go so late, remember? I remember back in the days, Greg Cody did a, back in my day when games used to start around 7:00 or so. Like it's umpteen o'clock in the morning. And I'm Jamar Stacy, still on set with Scott Van Pelt. So it's like ridiculous. But I do echo the sentiment of Amin. Like, he's so talented at everything. He, he can be your specific role model if you just are one of those things. He's just as good, like actor, singer, comedian, businessman at this point, a great family. I would like to hear some of these thoughts though, because, like, to tie in the show and what Amin said, like just what Greg Cody had just mentioned to the brother about celebrating the killers around the World right now with the Luigi guy going on. I think comedians sometimes, they should sometimes give us more of them. Like, off of the set, off of a bit. Because, like he said, I don't know what's true with him and Diddy. I. I kind of would like to know. And I kind of would like to know certain things. He doesn't have a responsibility to me at all. Not saying this about Jamie Foxx. I'm just talking about the comedians, the Andrew Schultzes of the world, and people who say, oh, that offensive thing or that offensive. Whatever I did, it was a bit. Come on. Like, I would like to hear from these comedians in more sitting down segments or settings just so I can know how they feel about the actual things.

[Dan Le Batard]

So I will tell you that Louis Black was in here yesterday to do a South beach session. And one of the things that's just super interesting about what all of these guys do is it's almost always a costume. Like, Andrew Dice Clay didn't understand how people didn't get that he was playing a character. He thought that the character gave him immunity, that he thought that everyone understood. Look, it's not me the person who's doing this. This is an actor coming out here to make you laugh playing a character. Comedians think that we should understand that, and Juju is asking for something underneath. Hey, Jamie, can you tell us the truth about this so we don't have to guess about what's real?

[Jeff]

Yeah, look, Andrew Dice Clay became the character. That's the big difference there. He wasn't just playing the character. At some point, it absorbed everything that he was, and he ceased to be whatever his actual given name is. But for most comedians, yeah, their expectation is you paid money to be entertained. I walk on the stage and I entertain you or I record this podcast. We're entertaining you. I listen to the Bad Friends podcast with Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino. If you took everything at surface value, you think that these two are the most prejudiced, racist people who hate each other. But the understanding is they're comedians and they're making jokes and they don't really believe any of these things. I'm friends with Andrew Schultz. I know when he's messing around because I'm like, wait a minute.

[Dan Le Batard]

Friends with Andrew.

[Juju Gotti]

Okay, okay. Before you get there, I think that.

[Dan Le Batard]

My bad friends with Andrew Schultz. My bad. Go ahead, Juju.

[Juju Gotti]

Oh, yeah. I think that he falls under more of the alignment of what I'm saying, more because he says, like, white men grow beard so they can cover the fact that they're getting beat up by their black girlfriends. It's just certain things that if you're not a fan and if you're not a friend of these people in the society we live in today, where cancel culture is real and it's a lot going on, I just would love to be like, oh, I can differentiate when he's playing or not, just because some of the stuff is so offensive. And I'm not. I'm not saying, like, I'm not understanding of those comedians. I like Big J Okerson. I like Rob Kelly. I like a lot of the people who told a line. Even the rattlesnake Louis J. Gomez people. I have the terrible Dan Soder bad, dark comedy. But at the same time, I know that there's a line, and somewhere within here, I could tell you know what I mean? Sorry about that.

[Dan Le Batard]

$5.

[Jeff]

Yep. Well, we don't do that. We don't do that anymore. Apparently. This happened behind my back. You just gave up. I saw, like, Adam Silver.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're working on getting a new fine bucket that's different and improved and. And legislated better before we get out of here. Juju, what from the show today did people find objectionable? What did they like? What's worth revisiting from?

[Juju Gotti]

I got one or two from the show that was worthy enough. But I want to throw in with the amount of bullying that we do to Jere, Tasha and Taylor on camera, I think we should make sure that when these cameras go off and the lights go down, we do enough positive affirmations to those brothers and enough picking back up with those pieces. Because some of those things we say to them, it link, it's us. We go cut the cameras off, whatever. But I'm running the social media. They're lingering effects that happen to those brothers on social media that live beyond our segments. So I think that if you out there listening to this right now and you love Jeremy, Tasha, send him a message, bro. Like listeners of the show. Send Taylor a message, bro. Cause them boy work hard, for real. So I don't want them just to be the butt of the joke all the time. They put a lot of hard work on this, and they take themselves real serious. And I do, too.

[Jeff]

Wait, you mean tell me that we're acting here too, that these things aren't all genuine?

[Juju Gotti]

No, no. I'm saying. No. That's what I'm saying, people. You're acting. But what I'm saying is the bullying that comes online, I've experienced it, and I know how it feels. So sometimes when you're not prepared for that, no matter if you're acting or not, this stuff is following these brothers on Saturdays.

[Jeff]

No, these folks. I get it. I was mocking anyone who listens to this show who thinks everything is 100% real and how we are and everyone hates it.

[Dan Le Batard]

It is. It is. And you need to get out of here. It is. It's all real. It's all real. Give me my board here. My board's not working. Chris, you gotta do your executive producer job. When I hit something, you gotta. Thank you.

[Juju Gotti]

Major penalty. Five minutes. Spooning comedy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Get out of here. It's all real. It's not any.

[Jeff]

Get out of here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Get out of here. Your job is.

[Juju Gotti]

From our listener. Congratulations to Brandon Vega, 89, one of our dedicated listeners. Before the season started, he bet that the jets would miss the playoffs. And my. My big brother, he has cashed in. Salute to you, sir. Also, before we get out of here, I feel like we don't. If I'm not going to say it to somebody, somebody should say it to my brother. Ryan Clark, I love you. I'm a big fan of your work bit, bro. Keep doing your thing. But those suits that you're getting tailored and broach that you got going on.

[Dan Le Batard]

The little thing on his.

[Juju Gotti]

My goodness. My God. Like, let's just workshop some of these stuff in front of your friends before we trot them out in front of millions. Salute, though.

[Jeff]

I love you, Juju.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you for being on with us. Do I have this right, though? You just saluted somebody for winning a bet.

[Juju Gotti]

It's absolute.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, all right. Contract here with DraftKings, we are going to celebrate individual bets won by individual listers one by one. One. The rest, Billy and Billy.

[Juju Gotti]

Billy's beatboard. Billy's beatboard.

[Jeff]

Three for three. Unbelievable.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's done it twice in a row. Two weeks in a row. Thank you, Juju.

[Juju Gotti]

Thank you.