Postgame Show: The Countdown

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz – Postgame Show: The Countdown

Release Date: December 31, 2024
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Greg Cody, Chris Cody, Billy Gil, Jeremy

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1. Opening Banter and Technical Glitches (00:01 – 04:14)

The episode kicks off with the hosts engaging in their characteristic playful banter. Dan Le Batard humorously points out Greg Cody's mishandling of the microphone while he was "counting them in," leading to a light-hearted exchange about their preferences for countdowns versus count-ups.

• Dan Le Batard (00:42): "Greg, do you realize that while I was counting us in, you just fumbled with your microphone in a way that suggested you had no earthly idea that I was counting us in?"

This segment showcases the camaraderie and dynamic interplay among the hosts, setting a relaxed and entertaining tone for the show.

2. Choosing the Topic of Discussion (04:14 – 07:16)

Dan introduces a selection of six topics he was eager to discuss, prompting the hosts to choose one for the episode. The options included:

1. Jason Kelce’s Hygiene Practices: Specifically, his choice not to wash his feet.
2. The Savannah Bananas Selling Out at Fenway Park: Highlighting the resurgence of minor league baseball through innovative approaches.
3. JLo Cancelling Her Tour: Speculation and discussion around Jennifer Lopez’s sudden cancellation.
4. Johnny Manziel’s Autograph Sessions & Texas Recruits’ Lamborghini Displays
5. Eddie Hall's Octagon Fight: The world's strongest man taking on two opponents simultaneously in MMA highlights.

After deliberation, the hosts unanimously decide to delve into Jason Kelce’s Foot Hygiene, sparked by a revelation from Kiki Hernandez’s Wired for Sound segment.

• Dan Le Batard (05:26): "Jason Kelsey says that he does not wash his feet. And this is something all over, culturally, all over. People are looking at Jason Kelsey and they are questioning the hygiene of white people because of this."

3. Deep Dive into Jason Kelce’s Hygiene (07:16 – 10:55)

The conversation rapidly intensifies as the hosts express their opinions on the matter. Chris Cody defends Kelce’s hygiene practices, emphasizing his athletic routine and the practicality behind his choices.

• Chris Cody (07:32): "If I saw that guy at the beach, I'd go, have a salad, will you? But yet here he is, the world's strongest man."

Dan Le Batard takes a more critical stance, questioning the hygiene standards of an offensive lineman and mocking the notion of not washing one’s feet.

• Dan Le Batard (08:00): "Let me explain to you, Jeremy, how disgusting all of this is that so many people do not know how to clean themselves."

Jeremy adds nuance to the discussion by explaining personalized hygiene routines based on daily activities, suggesting that not everyone requires the same level of thoroughness in their cleaning habits.

• Jeremy (08:19): "If I'm dirty, if I like, I just played golf and my ankles are, like, dirty, I will. But like, on a normal shower, if there's no dirt down there, yeah, I just let the water."

The debate becomes a blend of humor and genuine concern for personal hygiene, with the hosts playfully jabbing at each other while dissecting Kelce’s practices.

• Billy Gil (10:33): "Yeah, you have to, you know, you keep the gooch clean."

Dan wraps up the segment by emphasizing the importance of hygiene and teasing the hosts about their own practices, ensuring the conversation remains both informative and entertaining.

• Dan Le Batard (10:33): "Do me a favor, please. Put it on the poll Juju at the Lebatard show. Have you gone 10 years without touching your toes in the shower? And also the episode description on this must have the phrase and the crack of your ass."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Dan Le Batard (00:42): "Greg, do you realize that while I was counting us in, you just fumbled with your microphone in a way that suggested you had no earthly idea that I was counting us in?"
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• Chris Cody (07:32): "If I saw that guy at the beach, I'd go, have a salad, will you? But yet here he is, the world's strongest man."
  [07:32]

• Dan Le Batard (08:00): "Let me explain to you, Jeremy, how disgusting all of this is that so many people do not know how to clean themselves."
  [08:00]

• Jeremy (08:19): "If I'm dirty, if I like, I just played golf and my ankles are, like, dirty, I will. But like, on a normal shower, if there's no dirt down there, yeah, I just let the water."
  [08:19]

• Billy Gil (10:33): "Yeah, you have to, you know, you keep the gooch clean."
  [10:33]

• Dan Le Batard (10:33): "Do me a favor, please. Put it on the poll Juju at the Lebatard show. Have you gone 10 years without touching your toes in the shower? And also the episode description on this must have the phrase and the crack of your ass."
  [10:33]

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Conclusion

The episode "Postgame Show: The Countdown" provides listeners with a blend of humor, sports commentary, and personal anecdotes. While the initial minutes set the stage with light-hearted interactions, the discussion swiftly moves into more substantial topics, reflecting the hosts' ability to balance entertainment with genuine dialogue. The focus on Jason Kelce’s hygiene practices serves as a springboard for broader conversations about personal routines and societal expectations, all delivered with the signature wit and banter that fans of The Dan Le Batard Show have come to expect.

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Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Greg Cody]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Greg, do you realize that while I was counting us in, you just fumbled with your microphone in a way that suggested you had no earthly idea that I was counting us in?

[Chris Cody]

I heard counting in the background. I thought like a rocket was about to take off at Cape Canaveral or something. I wasn't sure exactly what was being counted down.

[Greg Cody]

Are you a countdown or a count up guy, Greg?

[Chris Cody]

I'm a countdown guy. Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

I like a countdown.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. Okay.

[Billy Gil]

You count up, Billy.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, sometimes if you're taking a.

[Jeremy]

Photo of somebody, are you a 1, 3, 2, 1 3, or 3, 2, 1?

[Billy Gil]

3, 2, 1.

[Greg Cody]

It's always a four count too, because then is the photo right. 3, 2, 1, photo.

[Chris Cody]

I don't perk up until I hear the word one. Really?

[Greg Cody]

You don't want to waste the smile.

[Billy Gil]

That's when you start taking things seriously. Yeah, because you were pounding on that keyboard right before Dan got.

[Chris Cody]

You know what? I'm trying to multitask. You know, I'm a man of many jobs, checking downloads, many hats. No, I was. You know, I don't want to get in the weeds here, but I was texting back a Miami Herald related text. And, you know, it's important stuff.

[Greg Cody]

Little inside info.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. That kind of thing. So forth and so on, you know. Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

I wish we had your undivided attention. I know you're very.

[Chris Cody]

You do.

[Billy Gil]

Now, I know you're said one.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're perfect just the way that you are. But I do wish you concentrated on this job that we're paying you for while you were here. But I understand why you would take your work of the last 20, 30 minutes or so and say, no, I nailed it. I'm perfect at everything happening around here. I don't need to get any better.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. But here's the thing, okay? Let me draw an analogy to. To hockey, okay? When. When the two guys are about to take a face off. But the puck hasn't been thrown down yet.

[Billy Gil]

Right.

[Chris Cody]

The music is still playing. Why? Because the clock's not running until the Face off actually starts. When I hear dan counting down. 5, 4, 3, 2. The music still playing because the show hasn't resumed.

[Billy Gil]

Right.

[Chris Cody]

When I hear one, my rabbit ears perk up. Here I go.

[Dan Le Batard]

Game face. Red light, Cody. When the red light goes on, he starts coughing violently because he's always ready for the moment. Hold on. Let's let him. Let's let him. We don't want him to pass out here. Let. Just get it all out, Greg. Yeah, get it all out. Don't hold your breath.

[Billy Gil]

This might be the last.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don't hold your breath. Just get all of it out.

[Chris Cody]

I'm good now. I've been fighting. I'm over medicated. I've been fighting issues. My bronchial issues are really. When I have a cold on top of what I deal with every day, it's really tough for me. And what a trooper I've been.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, you have been. Plus, you took a victory lap. I mean. Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's got the asthma inhaler.

[Billy Gil]

I was gonna say Dan, in your defense, he's really hurting.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's. Let's. Let's let him have this out because he's passed out a couple of times. There have been a couple of times we've worn out the workhorse getting out all this coffee. No, we're gonna leave it all in, including you fiddling with the microphone at the very beginning of it.

[Chris Cody]

I apologize.

[Greg Cody]

The rabbit ears were up, though.

[Dan Le Batard]

Take your time, Greg. Please stop panicking.

[Billy Gil]

Take your time.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stop, please. Take your time.

[Billy Gil]

We've got it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Get the asthma inhaler. Do not pass out again because you're coughing too much. It's happened twice already because you get self conscious. Please just take it easy.

[Billy Gil]

I was gonna sit.

[Jeremy]

Ripped it like a bong.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don't. Don't stifle it. Don't try and stifle it.

[Billy Gil]

Awkward. Don't feel good.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

Anyway, gotta cough to get off. Even at like, 5, 4. The guys for the face off before a hockey game. They're ready. They're in position.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Billy Gil]

Helmets are on.

[Dan Le Batard]

Everyone is ready. They're ready at five. Yeah, they're ready to play. But Greg takes his time and takes the leisurely route and so good at this again, so perfect at it that he can wait till the very last second. And then when the red light comes on. Yeah, he rabbit ears. He's ready to go. Thank you. Billy. Billy knows. But the last couple of days, because we've had a fun couple of shows, there have been a handful of topics that I really wanted to get to that I did not. And so I will allow you guys to pick one of these. It's one of six things I've wanted to talk about.

[Billy Gil]

One and only one.

[Dan Le Batard]

One and only one. Now, Jason Kelsey says that he does not wash his feet. And this is something all over, culturally, all over. People are looking at Jason Kelsey and they are questioning the hygiene of white people because of this. This is different America. So that is on the table. I learned this weekend. This is something I did not know. Kiki Hernandez was Wired for Sound and made an error while Wired for Sound. And they said, do you regret that? And he's like, no, I like money. He gets paid $10,000 for wearing that wire. 15,000 during the post season. It's not something that I knew until that moment. I love Wired for Sound. It's real, actual access to the players.

[Billy Gil]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

In Texas.

[Billy Gil]

So Kiki Wire is another option.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes. I'm going to give you six of them, and I want you to choose one of them. One and only one.

[Billy Gil]

Kelsey.

[Dan Le Batard]

In Texas, the recruits are walking into the facility and their Lamborghinis everywhere. And I just delight in the fact that Johnny Manziel got in trouble for autograph sessions, and now we're at just Lamborghinis outside. So I want to get to that, but it's up to you whether or not we get to that or not, because they're. As I said, there are a number of things that I wanted to talk about here. The Savannah Bananas sold out a game at Fenway Park. The resurgence of minor league baseball through this uniquely creative thing is something that I'm interested in, but I don't know if you're interested in it at all. JLo canceling her tour.

[Billy Gil]

Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

I thought, what. What are you doing there?

[Jeremy]

I'm a JLO hater.

[Greg Cody]

It's canon.

[Dan Le Batard]

Everyone hates JLo now. I've been confused.

[Jeremy]

I've been there for years, but a.

[Dan Le Batard]

Lot of people are there, and I'm legitimately confused by it. I don't know if that interests you guys at all. Does it. Does it interest anyone here?

[Chris Cody]

Other than that?

[Billy Gil]

We still have one more option. That's five you said.

[Dan Le Batard]

Should we spin the wheel right now?

[Billy Gil]

I have Jason Kelsey. I have Kiki Wire. I have Texas Lambos. I have Savannah bananas. I have JLo.

[Dan Le Batard]

And the other one was Eddie hall, the world's strongest man. Had a Fight in an octagon with two opponents, and he won. And the video I thought was amazing because he's fighting two guys at once. In mma, he's looked like me and.

[Jeremy]

Jeremy were trying to fight him.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's much bigger than both of them. Yes. But the knockout was still impressive. These are fighters. These are professional fighters. They are smaller than him, but it went poorly for the both of them. So those are the six topics. You're allowed to pick one. One and only one. Who gets to pick.

[Billy Gil]

Do we discuss this? Like, is there one that stuck out for you guys? What do you think?

[Greg Cody]

I vote for Greg to pick.

[Chris Cody]

Well, there's a clear choice for me. If I saw that guy at the beach, I'd go, have a salad, will you? But yet here he is, the world's strongest man.

[Dan Le Batard]

Have a salad is what you'd say.

[Billy Gil]

Do you want your options again?

[Chris Cody]

No, no, I know them. And for me, it's Kelsey's feet, you know, without any question.

[Billy Gil]

But I. Jason Kelce definitely doesn't get enough attention, so that's a good choice.

[Chris Cody]

But I'm willing to go anywhere.

[Dan Le Batard]

You know, you can. You can choose that you the. Chris. Chris Cody has been mocked by Roy and others because he doesn't wash below, but below the knees. It's just the water runs down there, and that's what's taking care of it. It's foul for a number of different reasons.

[Jeremy]

If I, like, if I'm dirty, if I like, I just played golf and my ankles are, like, dirty, I will. But like, on a normal shower, if there's no dirt down there, yeah, I just let the water. You guys have different levels of shower, like, because all dependent on what my activity was for the day. Take a different level of care in the shower.

[Billy Gil]

I think Chris just acknowledged that. Yeah, he's playing baseball. He will bend down.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right?

[Jeremy]

But if there's just like, a day where, like, all right, I showered the day before, and all I've done is, like, run out to Publix and I. Then I just won't shower. But if, you know, hey, I'm coming into work the next day or something like that, you know, you want to take a shower, but it's like, I'm not gonna clean every crevice of my toes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Chris Cody learned whatever was to be learned here, learned poorly from at the feet of. At the literal feet, the unwashed feet. At the unwashed feet of a man who literally washes his hair, shampoos it in the pool occasionally because he does not know not De rigueur. Let me explain to you, Jeremy, how disgusting all of this is that so many people do not know how to clean themselves. Even if I'm allowing you the liberty of choosing from time to time, depending on your activities, the person birthing this discussion is an offensive lineman. What he's doing daily is disgusting. Like his feet out of those socks must be a horror. And the idea that that man does not clean his feet is an offense to hygiene everywhere.

[Billy Gil]

He's in pain, man. I mean, it's hard to bend for Jason Kelsey.

[Jeremy]

So you're scrubbing your feet and ankles every shower?

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I didn't.

[Jeremy]

If I were an offensive lineman.

[Dan Le Batard]

I did not say that.

[Billy Gil]

No.

[Greg Cody]

He's a podcaster, which might be.

[Jeremy]

That's also true.

[Dan Le Batard]

Socks every day are disgusting every day.

[Jeremy]

Right now. His point was. His point was he. He washes the hot spots.

[Dan Le Batard]

The. Between the toes is a hot spot. When you're an offensive lineman, you're a.

[Chris Cody]

Levitrad over here, a spokesman for the soap industry.

[Dan Le Batard]

Where are you?

[Jeremy]

Where are your hot spots?

[Chris Cody]

There's only three areas you have to watch.

[Jeremy]

Three areas?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. Under one pit, under the other pit, and the region.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah. That's all.

[Chris Cody]

And quite frankly, the crack of the ass. Don't sleep on the ground.

[Billy Gil]

Oh, no, you gotta clean the ground.

[Jeremy]

That's one region.

[Chris Cody]

You have to. Very important.

[Jeremy]

The region. I thought that was the.

[Chris Cody]

That's four.

[Billy Gil]

Then that's the other region.

[Jeremy]

Quite frankly, the crack of the ass.

[Chris Cody]

But you know what? I have gone 10 years without touching my toes in a shower. And we can tell. I mean, you know, it's. Unless I'm working barefoot in the yard, I don't feel the need to soap.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do me a favor, please. Put it on the poll Juju at Lebatard show. Have you gone 10 years without touching your toes in the shower? And also the episode description on this must have the phrase and the crack of your ass.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, you have to, you know, you keep the gooch clean.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, God, he's right, Lewis.

[Jeremy]

Say that in your ear.

[Billy Gil]

I rejected it.

[Jeremy]

Gucci, man.