The Big Suey: Just Add Water With Katie Ledecky

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Big Suey: Just Add Water With Katie Ledecky

Podcast Information

• Title: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
• Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz
• Episode: The Big Suey: Just Add Water With Katie Ledecky
• Release Date: July 30, 2025
• Description: From the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and their team share unique perspectives on sports, pop culture, and more. This episode features segments like the daily “Local Hour” focusing on the South Florida scene, the Big Suey, and other surprises.

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1. Opening and Personal Anecdotes ([17:23] - [07:00])

The episode begins with light-hearted banter between the hosts, transitioning from advertisements to personal discussions. Chris Cote shares a humorous yet insightful story about his teenage son challenging him to become the "man of the house."

• Chris Cote: "We're the Zaslow mansion. If you want to be man of the house, step up, man." ([04:33])

This segment delves into the dynamics of parenting teenagers, emphasizing the balance between maintaining authority and allowing independence.

• Chris Cote: "Dinner is a nightly battle in the Zaslow mansion." ([02:25])

2. Favorite Moments in Baseball ([17:53] - [23:38])

Transitioning to sports, Chris Cote presents his Top Five Favorite Things in Baseball, sparking a lively discussion among the hosts.

1. Pickle Situations

   • Chris Cote: "I love a good pickle because I love when it gets all the position players out of their position and they all have to cover for each other." ([18:35])

   The hosts discuss the strategic chaos that pickles bring to the game, highlighting defensive challenges and the excitement they generate.

2. Player Trades During Games

   • Chris Cote: "My favorite thing in all of baseball is when you get traded to the team you're playing against." ([22:32])

   An example cited is the rare instance of a player being traded during a doubleheader, leading to intriguing in-game dynamics.

3. First Home Runs and Silent Treatments

   • Chris Cote: "When a player hits his first ever home run and then he comes into the dugout and everyone ignores the silent treatment." ([19:32])

   This moment underscores team camaraderie and the initial awkwardness following significant personal achievements.

4. Manager Confrontations with Umpires

   • Chris Cote: "When a manager confronts the umpire and protests the remainder of the game." ([19:39])

   Discussing the tradition and tension between managers and umpires, the hosts appreciate the drama it adds to the sport.

5. Unique Trades and Their Impacts

   • Chris Cote: "The Baltimore Orioles traded Sir Anthony to the Blue Jays in the middle of a doubleheader." ([21:55])

   This rare occurrence highlights the unpredictability of trades and their immediate effects on games.

3. NBA Player Skills and Cheating in Sports ([09:01] - [25:24])

The conversation shifts to basketball, focusing on the extraordinary skills of NBA players and the pervasive issue of cheating within the sport.

• Highlighting Exceptional Talent

  • Israel Gutierrez: "Look how far Luka Doncic is. He just casually... doesn't move a leg muscle. He made a two-hand shot from way back." ([09:07])

    The hosts marvel at the precision and skill of players like Luka Doncic and Stephen Curry, comparing their abilities to that of "aliens."

• Cheating Concerns

  • John Zaslow: "Baseball's the cheatingest ass sport in the world... They hacked the Cardinals, hacked the Astros." ([23:38])

    The discussion delves into various cheating scandals, emphasizing baseball's history with performance-enhancing substances and data hacking.

• Speculations on Future Cheating Methods

  • Chris Cote: "Maybe they could cork the B: Working the bat. Who knew you could take equipment and make it better?" ([25:06])

    The hosts speculate on potential future methods of cheating, blending humor with genuine concern over the integrity of sports.

4. The State of Comedy in Film ([26:43] - [34:45])

The hosts transition to discussing the landscape of comedy films, particularly focusing on the upcoming release of a new Naked Gun movie.

• Reviving Classic Comedies

  • Mike Ryan: "I'm really excited for the Naked Gun. It's going to save comedy." ([37:04])

    They express optimism that the new film could rejuvenate the genre, drawing parallels to the clever humor of classics like Airplane! and the original Naked Gun series.

• Challenges for Modern Comedies

  • John Zaslow: "Comedies are not getting greenlit anymore. They're having short theater runs." ([30:53])

    The hosts discuss the diminishing presence of pure comedies in theaters, attributing it to the rise of streaming and changing audience behaviors.

• Potential for Box Office Success

  • John Zaslow: "I think the comedies are coming back. This movie is going to set box office numbers from the last decade." ([34:05])

    Despite the challenges, there is a hopeful outlook that new comedies can still achieve significant success.

5. Real or Fake Podcasts Game ([42:01] - [46:37])

In an interactive segment, the hosts engage in a game to determine whether certain podcast names are real or fabricated.

• Game Mechanics

  • The hosts present podcast titles, and each tries to guess their authenticity based on their knowledge and intuition.

• Examples and Outcomes

  • "In the Trenches with AQ Shipley"

    • Chris Cote: "I'm saying real." ([43:04])
    • Billy Gil: "It's a real podcast." ([43:12])

  • "Life is Short with Justin Long"

    • John Zaslow: "I'm going to say not real. I don't think Justin Long has a podcast." ([43:41])

  • "Big Mouth with Lisa Rena"

    • All Hosts: "I'm going to say fake." ([44:02])

  • "From the Point with Trae Young"

    • All Hosts: "It's a real podcast." ([43:50])

  This segment showcases the hosts' knowledge of the podcasting landscape and provides entertainment through their banter and joking disagreements.

6. Closing Remarks and Final Advertisements ([46:37] - End)

The episode concludes by circling back to advertisements, mirroring the opening segments. Despite being titled with Katie Ledecky, her presence is not evident in the transcript, suggesting either a thematic tie-in or a promotion segment that was not fully captured.

• Repeated Cuervo Advertisement:
  • Mike Ryan: "Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila." ([46:03])

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Chris Cote: "Dinner is a nightly battle in the Zaslow mansion." ([02:25])
• Chris Cote: "I love a good pickle because I love when it gets all the position players out of their position and they all have to cover for each other." ([18:35])
• John Zaslow: "Baseball's the cheatingest ass sport in the world... They hacked the Cardinals, hacked the Astros." ([23:38])
• Mike Ryan: "I'm really excited for the Naked Gun. It's going to save comedy." ([37:04])
• John Zaslow: "I think the comedies are coming back. This movie is going to set box office numbers from the last decade." ([34:05])

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Conclusion

This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz offers a rich tapestry of discussions ranging from personal anecdotes about parenting teenagers, passionate debates about baseball's quirks, admiration for NBA superstars' skills, concerns over sports' cheating scandals, and a hopeful outlook on the revival of classic comedy films. The interactive Real or Fake Podcasts Game adds an engaging and entertaining element, showcasing the hosts' chemistry and deep knowledge of pop culture.

Listeners are treated to a blend of humor, insightful sports analysis, and heartfelt conversations, making this episode both informative and thoroughly entertaining for fans of the show and newcomers alike.

Transcript

[Mike Ryan]

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[Chris Cote]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[John Zaslow]

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[Mike Ryan]

Well, I do know that to be true. But even during ad reads like Cuervo, I think he could lay out, especially for one of our great partners.

[John Zaslow]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[John Zaslow]

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[Mike Ryan]

So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo.

[Chris Cote]

Cuervo.

[Mike Ryan]

The tequila that invented tequila. Proximo. Cuervo.com Please drink responsibly.

[Chris Cote]

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[Billy Gil]

Now I was looking for fun ways.

[Chris Cote]

To tell you that Mint's offer of.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Unlimited Premium Wireless for $15 a month is back. So I thought it would be fun.

[Billy Gil]

If we made $15 bills, but it.

[Chris Cote]

Turns out that's very illegal. So there goes my big idea for the commercial.

[Billy Gil]

Give it a [e-mail] upfront payment of.

[Israel Gutierrez]

$45 for three month plan equivalent to.

[Chris Cote]

$15 per month required. New customer offer for first three months only.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Speed slow after 35 gigabytes of networks.

[Mike Ryan]

Busy taxes and fees extra c mint.

[Chris Cote]

Mobile.Com this Friday starring Taron Edgerton.

[John Zaslow]

Holly.

[Billy Gil]

Dangerous men are coming for us. I want you to be brave.

[John Zaslow]

Can you do that for me?

[Chris Cote]

All a father needs is a fighting chance.

[Mike Ryan]

Everybody is looking for you.

[Chris Cote]

What do you do?

[John Zaslow]

I'll keep you safe.

[Mike Ryan]

Promise.

[Chris Cote]

She rides shotgun.

[John Zaslow]

Rated R under 17.

[Chris Cote]

Not admitted without parent.

[John Zaslow]

In theaters Friday.

[Chris Cote]

Welcome to the Big Suey. Presented by DraftKings.

[John Zaslow]

Why are you listening to this show?

[Chris Cote]

The podcast that seems very similar to.

[John Zaslow]

The other Dan LeBatard podcast?

[Chris Cote]

I'm sorry. I'm not gonna apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.

[John Zaslow]

I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries that if they're just there.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That hasn't happened to you guys. I've done it.

[Chris Cote]

And now here's the marching man to.

[John Zaslow]

Nowhere Fat Face and the habitual Liar.

[Billy Gil]

This episode is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours.

[John Zaslow]

So, Zaz, you were watching baseball yesterday. You took a break from Boardwalk Empire?

[Chris Cote]

Yep.

[John Zaslow]

How deep into Boardwalk Empire are you?

[Chris Cote]

I think. I think when I get home today, I'm going to be watching the season finale of season one. Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

How are you gonna catch up on all this TV that you're starting this week? Because you're like, I'm home alone. I can do whatever I want. I'm gonna watch this show, I'm gonna watch that show. But your family comes back in a couple days, you're not gonna be able to.

[Chris Cote]

You know, there might be a practice that you need to try out. Billy, I don't know what goes on in your home, but I'm master my domain.

[John Zaslow]

Oh.

[Chris Cote]

And so when I want to do something, even when the family is home, I do it. Now that doesn't mean that there aren't still some struggles. Like I told you, dinner is a nightly battle in the Zaslow mansion. But when it comes to what I want to watch, we have more than one television in my house. So there you go.

[Mike Ryan]

It's different when I, when you have teenagers, I guess, because I have a five year old daughter and I ain't winning that.

[Chris Cote]

Nope. I got teenagers and I easily kick.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Them out of the room.

[Chris Cote]

We actually have, we, we have rules in my house. My son, my son challenged me a couple of months ago.

[John Zaslow]

Holy shit.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, he's my older one is 16.

[Israel Gutierrez]

All right.

[Chris Cote]

And either one of.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, he run away.

[Chris Cote]

Either one of them. They, you know what? He's not running away. He's not going to Chicago next month. Really?

[Billy Gil]

Because you're master of your domain.

[Chris Cote]

No, he is a lot of Arab.

[Mike Ryan]

Fighters on that card.

[Chris Cote]

He loves the Arab fighters. So look at me. So he, he has, he has postponed the trip with his friends because. Yeah, they've run into an issue where they're not going to be able to get a hotel without adult. Like my son thinks that he could just walk outside the hotel and he's going to give like, like a bum $10 as if it's outside the gas station. Hey, can you buy, can you. Hey, can you check us out? Yeah, that's what he thinks is gonna happen. He's gonna give some guy 10 bucks, hey, check us into the hotel. I'm like, ain't gonna work, player. So they've, they've postponed the trip. They're now planning on going to the Garden in November.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Big one.

[Chris Cote]

Yep. That's what he tells hard. Yeah. So that's whom.

[Billy Gil]

That seems like it's the same issues.

[Chris Cote]

Same issue. Okay. But that's on him to figure out. Maybe he has more time to figure it out as opposed to just a few weeks because August is, is here.

[John Zaslow]

Maybe you have a friend who's 18.

[Chris Cote]

I don't know, maybe Uncle Tony.

[Israel Gutierrez]

He's just going to make a 21 year old friend and then you're going to be like, okay, now you're good.

[John Zaslow]

You only have to be 21 to check into a hotel, probably.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, but. But probably 18.

[Israel Gutierrez]

And.

[Chris Cote]

And a credit card, you know? But anyway, so where was I? You were.

[Mike Ryan]

Your son challenged you a couple months ago.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, yes, that's right. We have a thing in the Zaslow mansion that if you want to be man of the house, step up, man. You could try and take strength. You could try and take the reins, Frank. All right, you want to challenge, you can challenge. And my son, for the first time, decided, all right, I'm going to challenge. And it was a sneak attack, too. Like, it wasn't like, hey, we're going to. We're going to fight tonight.

[Israel Gutierrez]

The challenge was you get ownership of what we watch on the television.

[Chris Cote]

No, it just means you're in charge of the house.

[Israel Gutierrez]

In charge of the entire house.

[Chris Cote]

You're man of the house bills and everything. Well, no, no, but you're in charge. You're a man of the house.

[Mike Ryan]

Like the Black Panther ceremony, You know what?

[Chris Cote]

Really similar to Black Panther. Anybody want to step up and challenge? I'm. I'm king of this house. Step up. All right. And my son, it was a sneak attack, too. He. He came up on me.

[Israel Gutierrez]

So it's a physical challenge.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, yeah. Well, yeah. Take down. You take me down. That's it.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Like, you know, 1, 2, 3, or just on the floor.

[Chris Cote]

Take me down on the ground. Yeah. You got to tap out, essentially. Yeah. But it hasn't happened yet, so we'll.

[Billy Gil]

See our outsiders welcome. Like, if I wanted your house, could I just show up at your house and take you down?

[Chris Cote]

No, you're not. You don't then. You don't then become in charge of my family.

[Billy Gil]

You'd have to kill him.

[Mike Ryan]

So it's not like Black Panther.

[Chris Cote]

Well, I mean, it's someone who. In Black Panther, they felt they had a right to the throne.

[John Zaslow]

Black Panther, he had to have that.

[Chris Cote]

Birthright, some kind of lineage.

[John Zaslow]

It couldn't just be any Captain America couldn't show up and.

[Chris Cote]

Right, right, right.

[Israel Gutierrez]

White Panther.

[Chris Cote]

Excellent point. I mean, so my son, sneak attack style. My older one, he's 16, he decided to challenge. Let's just say it didn't go well for him, all right? And as a result, he could try again in six months.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That's. Oh, those are the rules. You have six months.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, it's like. It's like, I get home today, you might try it. No, no. So you could try again in six months.

[Israel Gutierrez]

So you Took that ass.

[Chris Cote]

Took that ass, man. So he thinks he's gonna, he's gonna try again in six molten. At this point, it's like three more months from now. But yeah, in six months you could try again. He was behind you and you kind of threw him over. He, he came up from behind me, put his arms around like, okay. Actually, I think he put his arms around my neck. I'm like, okay. He tried each. He went for the jugular. All right.

[Mike Ryan]

Thinks he's one of the Arab fighters.

[Chris Cote]

And he loves the Arab fighters. And he wants to go live in Kazakhstan for six months. He says I go three years. Forget he says Kazakhstan. Six months, come back machine.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, he's right, dude.

[Chris Cote]

This, what's this kid's name, my brother below, Gordy? Corey. Corey. Dude, I love to change it to Gordy. Go to Kazakhstan. Six months, come back machine.

[Israel Gutierrez]

So I don't know, man, if he can't take you down, I think he needs more than six months.

[Chris Cote]

So, yeah, he could try. In six months he could try again.

[Billy Gil]

And if he takes you down, then do you have to wait six months that he gets as man of the house? Or you could attack him whenever you want.

[Chris Cote]

Great question. I have not thought that.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Can they team up your two boys?

[John Zaslow]

No.

[Israel Gutierrez]

No, it can't be.

[Chris Cote]

No, no.

[Israel Gutierrez]

And is the school understanding with these how they get the bruises or.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, no, I mean, it's like. It wasn't hard for me. All right. It didn't need to be any bruising going on there. So.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, so you can take down 16 year olds.

[Mike Ryan]

What's his stature? What are we looking at, 16, was he.

[Chris Cote]

He's about an inch and a half taller than me at this point.

[Billy Gil]

Really?

[Chris Cote]

Six foot? Yeah, he's.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Yeah, he's, he must be really frustrated at this point.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, he's probably like five, nine and a half right now. Um, yeah. And he's, he's, he's athletic, he's got a good build. I mean, he goes to the gym.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Since we're sharing names, can I ask you a question? Yeah, I know her name. I've, I've dealt with your wife a lot. I've done speaking engagements at her school. If you're okay sharing her first name.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, her name's Tamara.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Can we put this on the poll?

[John Zaslow]

Uh huh.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Are there a lot of white Tamaras out there? Because there was a time when Zaz first told me he was married and he told me his wife's name. I was like.

[John Zaslow]

How about that?

[Israel Gutierrez]

And then I met Tamara and I.

[Chris Cote]

Was like, oh, big dog.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Okay.

[John Zaslow]

Like a Tamara, like a college basketball coach.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Every. Every Tamara that I grew up with was not white, but I think a.

[Chris Cote]

Lot of them are Tamara.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Okay.

[Chris Cote]

And she's Tamara. Yeah.

[Israel Gutierrez]

So it's. I got the way described it or whatever.

[Chris Cote]

Tia. No.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Oh, no.

[John Zaslow]

Taya. Actually a tie and Tamra.

[Chris Cote]

So.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Yeah. But then I learned not so much. And then, like, I learned more about Zaz's like childhood heroes, like Hulk Hogan and Ryan Sandberg. And I like, oh, he's got to type that one. What was your favorite NBA player growing up?

[Chris Cote]

Oh, Glenn Rice. What's my favorite kind of rice?

[Israel Gutierrez]

White rice.

[Chris Cote]

Basmatine fried rice. I told you, I ordered Thai last night, dog. Chinese fried rice.

[John Zaslow]

So, Izzy, you were on Instagram and you saw this video of Luka Doncic.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Yes, man. It was just actually on the screen. Top of us too here. And he was at a pickup game somewhere in New York, I believe in New York.

[Mike Ryan]

He was in Dykman.

[John Zaslow]

Oh, yeah, the Dyckman. There you go.

[Israel Gutierrez]

And he's just sitting there and somebody with a camera gives him a ball and he's pretty far away from the screen. We'll throw it up here as I'm talking about it. But he's far away.

[Chris Cote]

Look at.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Look how far he is. And he just casually doesn't get up, doesn't move a leg muscle. He's casually two hand switches that thing. And I'm like, does anybody know how difficult to shot that is? But then to get it on first, I'm assuming first try, right? Maybe it was third try at the most. Absolutely insane level of skill. He and Steph Curry are the two people who I would assume are aliens.

[John Zaslow]

So this is the part that I think sometimes escapes people.

[Chris Cote]

Do we know that's first try, by the way?

[John Zaslow]

We don't, but let's just assume it is for the sake of this argument. These guys, all day long, all they're doing is playing basketball. Like, it's like, however much basketball you play, I guarantee you it is a fraction of what an NBA player does. Like, I'm talking to the proverbial person. Like, I love basketball. I hoop every day, whatever.

[Mike Ryan]

That's also why I always get so upset at like load management. These dudes spend their entire summer playing like triple header basketball games. It's crazy how many games they show.

[Chris Cote]

Up in Drew League. They play so much harder than a regular NBA game, you know?

[Israel Gutierrez]

But he's sitting down. How many of these games is he sitting down and taking? 40 footers. So that's insane.

[John Zaslow]

So to that point, when they're not actively playing, they sit down like in between breaks and stuff, they're sitting down and I swear to God, three for a dollar. Here we go. How much have you hit me? Like it like. And by the way, we, when I was with the Suns, our director of team security would do this and his big hustle was we have rookies that come in or new guys like, hey man, I bet you I could make this shot right here. And they're like, you're not gonna make it. And then he'd miss on purpose. And then he'd say double or nothing. And then say you're on. And then he'd drain it. And they're like, oh. And we're like, another one fell for KT's tricks.

[Chris Cote]

Man, you could probably speak to this better than me, but I love the story one time where you know, as far as he's got, like, they're NBA players, they're professional basketball players. You don't understand how good they are. And I remember the story one time it was a Washington Wizards practice in Gilbert Are and desean Stevenson were doing a three point shootout after practice. And mind you, desean Stevenson not really a good three point shooter. Okay, so to make things even, Gilbert Arenas was going to shoot the threes one handed lefty. All right. And Arenas still won the three point shootout by making like 79 out of.

[Israel Gutierrez]

100 lefty non shooters hit about that many out of 100 non shooters in the NBA. If you do a drill right now, granted it would be right handed, but left handed Gilbert Arenas.

[John Zaslow]

So I'll give you a great example. Jason Richardson in practice would shoot left handed threes just for fun, not even for any practical purpose. He just had time and he was bored and he started doing it. Rasheed Wallace. I've seen Rasheed Wallace take two basketballs and shoot them at the same time from three and make it both.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Didn't Clay time.

[Chris Cote]

Like he could time it out properly.

[John Zaslow]

It would be whoom voom and it'd go whoop. And one of them would have a higher arc too. I think the left one had a higher arc. So it's like. What I mean to say is it's not just that they play all these guys professionally.

[Billy Gil]

What you mean to say is NBA players good at basketball.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Pretty good.

[John Zaslow]

That's not even that. It's like even in their downtime, they're doing basketball shit. So for him to do that, honestly it didn't even register to me. Like, oh, how cool was that?

[Israel Gutierrez]

To me, it's insane. Just like. So you had the Klay Thompson video. Him hitting 72 straight three pointers and then he just one ups himself by. I don't forget the number, but it's double figures. Hitting such and such straight left handed, consecutive left handed three pointers. It's absolutely insane.

[Billy Gil]

Sam Bennett said yesterday that he hasn't skated since the last game.

[John Zaslow]

Attaboy.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I mean that you don't forget how to do.

[Mike Ryan]

The other thing too is he is like, those guys are so strong. And we think of it as us, right? Like shooting it from 40ft away.

[Billy Gil]

Lucas, six seven, 235, 40 pounds.

[Mike Ryan]

Like strong guys.

[Chris Cote]

It's just like flick.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Okay, how much of your shots as you were a point guard and an mb, right? Varsity shooting guard. But yeah, even better, Even better. So you know how much of that shot is in your legs. Now take out your legs altogether and go 40ft over there. And don't even get the backboard as an option. Like, it's effing insane.

[John Zaslow]

Straight course.

[Israel Gutierrez]

One try, straight.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, you're assuming it's one.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Yeah, but I've seen it on one try before.

[John Zaslow]

Look. And if that one was viral, decontextualization works both ways.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Like, there's no chance that you sat there and gave him 12 tries. And the crowd, that's also true.

[Mike Ryan]

Dykeman, they're like.

[Billy Gil]

Guys, guys, comedy's back. Like real ridiculous, chaotic comedy. And it's coming in hot. With the Naked gun hitting theaters August 1st. I've seen the trailer like five times, and every time I saw it, I was laughing more than the time before. Liam Neeson. Yes, that Liam Neeson is Now Frank Drebin Jr. He's leading the police squad, somehow saving the world and doing it all with that very serious Liam Neeson face while everything around him is just completely unhinged. It's glorious. They've got Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Shout out to the Shield, Liza Koshy, and even Cody Rhodes. Like, what? What is this cast? It's directed by Akiva Shaffer, the Lonely island guy, and Produced by Seth MacFarlane. So you already know it's gonna be insane in the best kind of way. I genuinely can't wait for the Naked Gun to hit theaters August 1st. I'm already planning my outfits, so go watch the trailer now. Seriously, this thing looks amazing.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Chris Cote]

See DKNG Co audio. Don LeBatard I saw a post on Twitter yesterday how the Toronto Maple Leafs. Yeah that they won the division. Guess what? It's Been two years, and that's two years too long. Stugats could take that ass, too. We're taking two asses. This is the Dan Levatar show with the two guys.

[John Zaslow]

Zaz, like I said, I'm sorry I interrupted you earlier because we went off on a tangent, but you took a break from watching Boardwalk Empire to take on some baseball.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, yeah, I. Okay, so I was watching a little bit of the Marlins last night. They won five. Nothing. Okay. Maybe Alcantara's last start as a marlin. I don't know. We'll see. We can get to that if you want. I'd like to hear what Billy has to say about that. But anyway, it got me thinking. I saw something in Major League Baseball last night which got me thinking. I have a top five, guys.

[John Zaslow]

Oh, whoa. Get the. Wait, hold on. We got to get the. The. The bells and whistles.

[Billy Gil]

That comes after he says, no, I.

[John Zaslow]

Just want to make sure you got it. I'm giving you.

[Chris Cote]

I have a top five. My. My favorite things in baseball. All right, y' all ready?

[Billy Gil]

This is, in general, not just this season, like, news, like, things that could.

[Chris Cote]

Happen in Major League Baseball. These are my top five favorite things, because my absolute favorite thing happened last night. So it got me thinking, number five. When there's a pickle between home and.

[Billy Gil]

Third, it literally just said back here, a pickle better be somewhere on.

[Chris Cote]

My movie theater sells pickles.

[John Zaslow]

Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

How much?

[Chris Cote]

2.99.

[Billy Gil]

Wow.

[John Zaslow]

It's hell of a deal.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Thanks.

[Chris Cote]

I love a good pickle because I love when it gets all the position players out of their position and they all have to cover for each other.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Left fielder running in.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then if they screw up their rotates, like, oh, nobody's covering home. I love that. I love a good.

[Billy Gil]

How often does that happen, you know, defensively in baseball? A pickle, you're supposed to have one throw. Like, if you're throwing the ball back and forth, you're. You're doing that poorly defensively. The idea is you, like, run. Run the guy back until you throw it, and then attack.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Why is one in a pickle? Is it because the pickles are really tight in the jar?

[Chris Cote]

Usually?

[Israel Gutierrez]

That's a good guess.

[Billy Gil]

Let me look it up.

[Chris Cote]

All right.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Because then wouldn't you then be in a jar, not in a pickle? You would be a pickle.

[Billy Gil]

Dan's on vacation.

[John Zaslow]

Pickle.

[Chris Cote]

Rick.

[John Zaslow]

Yeah. What's number four?

[Chris Cote]

Number four. When a player hits his first ever home run and then he comes into the dugout and everyone ignores the silent treatment.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Silent treatment.

[Chris Cote]

Love that.

[Israel Gutierrez]

They did that to what's our gator? Caglioni. Caglion. Jacques Caglion. Nailed it.

[Chris Cote]

You're on your own on that one, Israel.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That's right. You went to Santa Fe.

[Chris Cote]

I. How dare you. I love when they ignore him. He doesn't know what's going on. He doesn't know what to do. And then I was like, we're just joking with you. And then they all get super excited. All right, number three. When something weird happens in the game, one team is upset about it. The manager comes out to confront the umpire, and the manager says, we are protesting the remainder of this game. And then the umpire turns to the stack keeper up in the press box, and he sign languages. The P. He signs the P. I love that. I like. It's. It's very archaic. I hope they never get rid of it. I love that.

[Mike Ryan]

Izzy, you had a very good guess as being in a tight jar, but it dates back to the pickling process, which is sour and messy. Back in the day, Shakespeare was the first person to refer to it. And it's just being in what, brines? Your pickle, to sit and brine.

[John Zaslow]

I find myself in a pit of a pickle.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I'm a pickle.

[Chris Cote]

Number two, when there's a fight, when there's about to be a fight in a major league game, maybe the cat, you know, the. The hitter, he charges the pitcher, or at least they're being held back. And it's going to be a whole thing. The bench is obviously clear, but the relief pitch, the jog in. In the bullpen, when they're running in from the outfield, I love that. That is my second favorite thing in all baseball. I just imagine they're all sitting there. It's like the third inning. They don't warm up or anything yet. And they're just watching the game. They're relaxing, they're chewing their tobacco, whatever. I hope you don't get cancer in your lip. And then all of a sudden, anywhere else, this fight breaks out and just, let's go. And they open up the door and they all run out.

[Billy Gil]

There's like four that are into it. And then you see the one guy.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Who'S like, I got to go.

[Billy Gil]

They're going, you.

[Chris Cote]

You better get to running. And I love that.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That was number two.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Can we guess. Can we get some guesses on what number one is? Because he said it's his favorite thing. And it happened last night. Last night.

[Chris Cote]

And it happened last Night.

[Israel Gutierrez]

But I have a guess.

[John Zaslow]

It's definitely not my number one.

[Israel Gutierrez]

One is when they're showing the dugout and somebody has bubble gum and they blow a bubble and they put it on top of the head next to him, and he's got to wait the entire game to figure out if he's got bubble gum.

[Mike Ryan]

You make a top five.

[Chris Cote]

Okay, this is my top five. Number one. It happened last night. The Baltimore Orioles have a pitcher named Sir Anthony. I think his last name is Dominguez. Does that sound right? Sir Anthony Dominguez. All right. And he's a pitcher for the Orioles. They had a double header yesterday. They were hosting the Toronto Blue Jays. And in the middle, the doubleheader between Games 1 and 2, the Orioles traded Sir Anthony to the Blue Jays, traded it to the team they were playing.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Your absolute favorite thing in baseball is my team have a double header and they trade a player from one team to the other in that.

[Chris Cote]

No, not necessarily a double header. That's super rare. We saw yesterday. But when teams are playing each other and you get traded from one dugout to the one clubhouse to the next clubhouse, that is my favorite thing in all of.

[Billy Gil]

Is that a walk of shame?

[Chris Cote]

Well, he had to do the walk of shame yesterday. In the middle of the games, you see him walking, you know, in the bowels of the stadium. He's walking to the new clubhouse there and the road one, by the way, because he was in, like, a nice fancy clubhouse in Baltimore. Now he's got to go this shitty one in Toronto. And he's walking past his old teammates as they're getting set for the second game. He's waving in the dugout, hey, guys. And he was called on to pitch.

[Israel Gutierrez]

In that second game.

[John Zaslow]

Yes.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Wow. Crazy.

[Chris Cote]

It's my favorite thing in all of baseball when you get traded to the team you're playing against.

[Billy Gil]

I think the Marlins did that with Billy Koch once, where they got him from the White Sox while they were playing the White.

[Chris Cote]

I love it.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That's how I pronounced his name.

[Chris Cote]

I love that.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Yeah. It was Koch, right?

[Billy Gil]

I think so.

[Chris Cote]

Still. There you go.

[John Zaslow]

Some people.

[Chris Cote]

It's good list, right?

[John Zaslow]

Great list.

[Israel Gutierrez]

It is. I'll have another one for the next hour. My top five favorite things of baseball. You already got a little teaser on an oli?

[John Zaslow]

I don't have a whole list, but there's one thing I love about baseball more than anything. I love that they are on the forefront of cheating. It's the cheatingest ass sport in the world. These MFers have found a way to cheat every single man. Think about all the ways they cheat. Everyone's like, oh, like peds. Like peds yawn. All right, well, what about. Hey, we're gonna hack the database of our opponent and steal all the scouting reports that happened in baseball.

[Chris Cote]

That was the Cardinals, right? Yeah.

[John Zaslow]

Hey, hey, you know what we're gonna do? We're gonna bang a trash can, and that's gonna let us know. Hey, I'll wear an apple watch. You know what? Why wear an apple watch? I'm gonna wear a wire. Don't.

[Chris Cote]

A literal wire.

[John Zaslow]

Like, I'm an informant, dog. There's no other sport that has cheated like this. Everyone else is like, oh, we're spinning our blood in the centrifuge. Who cares, man? These guys are doing it at the highest level, and they always one up. And I'm like, man, baseball's a cheating ass sport, but I kind of like it.

[Israel Gutierrez]

They got all kinds of fake substances on their body.

[John Zaslow]

Oh, my God.

[Israel Gutierrez]

They got little files on their body somewhere.

[John Zaslow]

The hat is just slathered in Vaseline or whatever that is. It's amazing.

[Mike Ryan]

Imagine the cheating that's going on now that we don't even have an idea of yet. And then 10 years from now, like, you know what they were doing, right?

[Chris Cote]

There was a satellite, and it was sending waves to a neuralink. How about when they cork the B Working the bat.

[John Zaslow]

Who knew you could take equipment and mess with it and make it, like, better? Baseball knew, right? I still can't. The hacking one is still. To me, like, that's tops.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Which one?

[John Zaslow]

They hacked the Cardinals, Hacked the Astros.

[Chris Cote]

Database, and that's when the Astros were bad, too.

[Mike Ryan]

The Astros were not good yet.

[John Zaslow]

Yeah, this is before all the World Series and stuff, but it's just, like, the idea that, like, yo. Like, just giving our guys on the juice isn't enough.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That's boring. I need to.

[John Zaslow]

Everyone does that. Everyone's doing that. Oh, congratulations.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I'm trying to think of ways that basketball players could cheat to this level. Like, could you? There's nothing really you could do, like, somehow make the floor bouncier at a certain spot so that you can really rise.

[John Zaslow]

Or less. Like, less bouncy, you know, that's like your garden.

[Mike Ryan]

But then it affects you both sides, right? Because you're playing on both sides.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That's what I'm trying to figure out. If there's, like, one thing that you.

[Mike Ryan]

Can do in your shoes, maybe, but not really.

[John Zaslow]

There's not really, like.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Like, the home court, like, every. Every Time. Every basket that the home team shoots at, it kind of grows a little bit each half, but then again. But it shrinks back for the other half.

[Mike Ryan]

How about a magnet on the rim? And then you're shooting it on one.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Side and that might be a little too obvious.

[Billy Gil]

I've heard that theory from my wacko.

[John Zaslow]

Friends that the magnets.

[Billy Gil]

I have some. I have this one wacko friend who's got conspiracy theories for every sport, and he's convinced there's a magnet in the NBA rim.

[John Zaslow]

You should have.

[Chris Cote]

He's like the Kawhi. How did that ball go in?

[John Zaslow]

How do you explain that?

[Israel Gutierrez]

Physics, man.

[John Zaslow]

You know what? He's.

[Israel Gutierrez]

The whole course he can take.

[John Zaslow]

You should. You should tell him to listen to Basketball Illuminati. Basketball Illuminati. Basketball Illuminati. Three times. Keep your third eye open. It's the. It is the preeminent basketball podcast for people who are into conspiracy.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I was going to try to take that same low or slogan for oddball and keep your second ball open, but didn't really.

[John Zaslow]

They're both open, baby. Never restrict them the now. Mike, as I said earlier, I'm really excited for Naked Gun. I'm really excited for it.

[Chris Cote]

Can I tell you, by the way right now? Early Rotten Tomatoes. Media score. No, no, no.

[Billy Gil]

What'd they say?

[Chris Cote]

What did they say?

[Mike Ryan]

No, don't do it. Just because I whispered in means ear that I got them.

[John Zaslow]

This is why I was leaving.

[Israel Gutierrez]

All right.

[John Zaslow]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

30 reviews in.

[Chris Cote]

What'd they say?

[John Zaslow]

Certified.

[Mike Ryan]

That's my gimmick for the Naked Gun. Tomatometer reads go on 100%.

[Chris Cote]

That's what I'm talking about.

[Israel Gutierrez]

No way.

[Chris Cote]

That's what I'm talking. Who are these 30 people?

[Israel Gutierrez]

Overrated, then.

[Mike Ryan]

The thing is, about the Naked Gun movies. In that style of comedy, it's a laugh a minute.

[John Zaslow]

Hey, every line. Every line is just a setup for another punchline.

[Mike Ryan]

Those movies have aged with such grace.

[John Zaslow]

Of course.

[Chris Cote]

When's the last time you saw one of them?

[Mike Ryan]

I last saw a Naked Gun movie last year. I revisit this.

[Chris Cote]

For me, it's at least 25 years.

[John Zaslow]

What you haven't seen.

[Mike Ryan]

Dude, I'm on an algo palazzo.

[John Zaslow]

You haven't seen that in 25 years.

[Mike Ryan]

How have you not?

[Chris Cote]

I don't know.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I watched half of Airplane about a decade ago.

[Chris Cote]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

Airplane is goaded. There's so many good jokes in Airplane, you miss.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Like you. Why? Every time I watch it, I pick up a new.

[John Zaslow]

These people need to be taken to a hospital. A hospital. What is it? It's a big building where sick people go, but that doesn't matter right now.

[Chris Cote]

Airplane holds up good.

[John Zaslow]

Of course. All right, boys, let's take some pictures.

[Mike Ryan]

Smoking or non smoking? Smoking, please. Tickets on fire.

[John Zaslow]

Excuse me, I speak jive.

[Mike Ryan]

When he's all sad and he goes to the the jazz club and he sits down at the at the table and the waiters ask him, what do you want? And Leslie Nielsen goes, give me the strongest thing you got. And then a dude that's just all oiled up with his shirt off sands in front of him. Pro Savings days are back at Lowe's right now.

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[John Zaslow]

So Naked Gun certified press.

[Chris Cote]

Far no, not certified fresh yet.

[Mike Ryan]

You can't.

[John Zaslow]

You can't.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, I mean, 30 reviews in 100%. This is very promising and Hollywood is watching this one with a very curious eye because comedies, big tentpole comedies, they're not getting greenlit anymore. These things are having short theater runs. We talked about this a little bit with friendship, especially the R rated comedy. It's a lost art form and studios have kind of forgotten how to market these.

[Chris Cote]

Is it a lost art form or is it that like I know for me you got to do a lot to get me to the movie theater these days. It doesn't mean that, like, I don't want to see that kind of movie, but it's hard to get me out to the theater.

[Mike Ryan]

I think especially with comedies, people are so now naturally predisposed in the streaming age to be like, well, this isn't going to do well in the box office and it's going to be on demand in three weeks. And it usually is.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

And so you're in this cycle in which there really isn't a word of mouth comedy that gets people to the theaters.

[Israel Gutierrez]

So which was the last of those? Because the first one that comes to mind for me was the Hangover. But that's probably just because we just talked about it.

[Mike Ryan]

I was really hoping that a movie like Friendship would be that kind of movie because Friendship is really hilarious. And it just, it struggled to really get that word of mouth going. And it also released in a time where there's so many tentpole franchises releasing in theaters and big time summer movies. I think comedy should maybe really try to look at like that February, that dead zone in the box office to see if they can kind of bring it back. But this one is going for it. It's a summer comedy film that is trying to bring back a very specific genre in comedy that has lied dormant basically since Leslie Nielsen went away.

[John Zaslow]

Well, here's the thing. The parody movies went away and then you had don't be a Menace to South Central and then Scary Movie and then Scary Movie had all those sequels.

[Mike Ryan]

Scary Movie brought it back.

[John Zaslow]

Not Another Teen Mov and Vampires Suck and all those. And they were just lazier and lazier and lazier. The thing about Airplane and Naked Gun were the jokes, while silly, were clever. They were clever jokes. Right.

[Mike Ryan]

There was great joke writing in that.

[John Zaslow]

Absolutely.

[Mike Ryan]

It wasn't just spoofing like epic movies like, oh, this is not just a parody of 300.

[John Zaslow]

Right.

[Mike Ryan]

They'll do some. I mean, Naked Gun was parodying like Dragnet, Dragnet and those cops and those police procedural shows. It was a lot of original joke writing that went into that.

[John Zaslow]

Cuban? No, Dutch. Irish. My mother's from Wales. Like, it just. Man, it reminds me of like, Dumb and Dumber. I'm like, one of the smartest jokes in Dumb and Dumber is Pull Over. Pull Over. Actually, it's a cardigan, but thanks for noticing. Right. That's such a great joke written, but obviously it's like a dumb topic or whatever.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I just had a whole debate in my head about whether with the more sort of recreational usage of marijuana. You would think that comedies and theaters would do better, but then I just sort of played that out and it's like you get high and then you just don't want to leave the house. Just watch something funny at home anyway.

[John Zaslow]

You know, I'll tell you what, man, I got a bold take for you. I think the comedies are coming back. I think this movie is going to be incredible. It's going to set all types of box office numbers from like the last decade in terms of the comedic, just straight comedy movie, no special effects, no CGI or anything.

[Mike Ryan]

I think part of the reason why these things really haven't taken off at the box office is because they're just not being made. Like, think about just what you do at home. You're also not really watching comedies at home. If you're watching a comedy, it's something that's proven that you've loved, that you're revisiting from 20 years ago. The new fresh comedy. Very rarely something that you do. Occasionally you'll get like, Ricky Stanicki was okay, but Happy Gilmore more recently was something.

[John Zaslow]

Another bold take.

[Israel Gutierrez]

You know what I.

[John Zaslow]

Happy Gilmore 2 sucks.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Nah, it's not that bold. You know what I just thought of is I actually saw Eddie Murphy Raw in a movie theater. I was nine years old. I shouldn't have been in there. But Eddie Murphy raw in the movie theater like that. Oh, that would have been a stand up comedian.

[John Zaslow]

That would've been crazy. Yeah, that would've been crazy. You know what? I got a bold take for you. I don't think it would've been as fun in the theater. I think the part of what made Raw so great, well, at least for me, was you got your hands on a tape and you're not supposed to have this tape. Cause I saw it as a kid and I'm like, oh my God.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Yeah. So my experience was similar, but it's because my aunt and uncle, my cool aunt and uncle brought me and my older sister. So we were like watching something that we like, oh, am I supposed to listen to this? And it was, it was pretty fun.

[Billy Gil]

I don't know if you guys saw what came out yesterday, the report, because you're saying that the Naked Gun is going to come and it's going to save comedy.

[John Zaslow]

Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

And Happy Gilmore 2 was terrible. If you saw the report that came out yesterday, but Netflix released that it was streamed 46.7 million times. So I did some, some math on this and I figured, okay, 46.7 million you know, that's not people that watch it. Some people watch it 2. Some people watch it 3. So I said, you know what? Like, we multiply that 46.7 million by, let's say, like, 1.5, more or less average, right? Then you get a number of people more or less that watch it. And then if you multiply that, I looked up. The average ticket price is like, $16.08.

[Chris Cote]

Isn't that crazy, by the way?

[Billy Gil]

So you. Well, that's the national average.

[John Zaslow]

Is it? It's like 12 bucks by my house.

[Billy Gil]

Well, you're on the lower averages. Work y.

[Chris Cote]

Thank you.

[Billy Gil]

Thank you, Chris.

[Chris Cote]

Wow.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Wow.

[John Zaslow]

Of all people, that's a bold take by you, Chris.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That's crazier than Tony correcting Billy's grammar.

[Billy Gil]

So you. You multiply that by, like, 16.10, let's say. So 16. 10 for a movie ticket. I'll tell you this. By my calculations and how movie projections go, Happy Gilmore was the biggest opening ever made. $1.1 billion first weekend.

[John Zaslow]

That's. That's a bold.

[Billy Gil]

I would say.

[Chris Cote]

I would say comedy's back.

[Billy Gil]

I kind of want to see how long you can go with the bold puns before I jump in.

[John Zaslow]

It's not even a pun. I just keep saying it's the boldest take because we're trying to do a thing here, and all of you guys keep running over it.

[Billy Gil]

Thank you, Amin, for that seamless transition. It's the bold. It's the boldest take from Boost Mobile. And of course, presented, like I just said, by Boost Mobile, the newest 5G network in the country.

[Chris Cote]

Bill Joel doesn't have the pizzazz that Billy Joel does.

[Mike Ryan]

Hi, my name is Ari.

[Billy Gil]

I am calling from a pay phone. My hot take is that Denzel Washington is not a good actor. Oh, all right.

[John Zaslow]

I'll hang up and listen. Yeah, you hang up forever. Hi, Justin from Seattle.

[Billy Gil]

How come in fantasy football, they don't.

[John Zaslow]

Have offensive line as a category?

[Chris Cote]

You can pick a whole defense in.

[Billy Gil]

Special teams, but you can't pick an offensive line.

[Chris Cote]

And there's plenty of great stats that.

[Billy Gil]

They can gain and lose points with.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Thank you.

[Chris Cote]

This is Josh calling out a mobile from North Carolina. Who is Le. Who is Rafrins?

[Billy Gil]

Who is Ralph Lafrent?

[Chris Cote]

Who is Rafla Friends.

[Billy Gil]

Who is Rafla Friends?

[John Zaslow]

He had a good career, but he wasn't no Shaq.

[Chris Cote]

A better comp would be Michael Doliak.

[Billy Gil]

Who is Rafran?

[John Zaslow]

Who is Ray?

[Billy Gil]

Who is raceless Friend.

[Chris Cote]

Who is raceless Friends. Limited Fake Tim Kirchen. Then this week we have a walk.

[Billy Gil]

Off catcher's interference for the first time since 1971. Hi, this is Dan from Green Bay.

[Chris Cote]

My boldest take is.

[Billy Gil]

That take is just dessert lasagna.

[Chris Cote]

I'll hang up and listen then.

[John Zaslow]

That's a good, good crop. Other than the one that was just awful.

[Billy Gil]

Bill Joel doesn't slap.

[John Zaslow]

No.

[Mike Ryan]

You don't think Denzel's a bad actor?

[John Zaslow]

Come on, man.

[Chris Cote]

You're willing to hear an argument there.

[John Zaslow]

There is no argument.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I've heard he plays similar roles.

[John Zaslow]

There is no argument.

[Billy Gil]

At first, the Kirk, I was like, this isn't good.

[Israel Gutierrez]

But it got really good. Better. It was so good.

[John Zaslow]

Yeah. No, similar roles, Similar roles.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I like the David Washington, the Ralph LaFrence guy. Hanging in there. Yeah, that's a strong take.

[John Zaslow]

It started and I was like. And then when he got to like the lyrics, I was like, oh, wait, he's onto it. And then by the second hook, I was. I'm in offensive lineman fantasy. How would that work?

[Mike Ryan]

I really like that idea.

[Chris Cote]

How'd that work?

[Mike Ryan]

You go with like a rushing yard threshold. You go with sacks allowed. That's negative points.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That is one way to boost up your running backs, I guess. If you're like running back threshold, but also negative points. Right. Sacks allowed, negative plays. No.

[Billy Gil]

Then you could do the combo like you do with quarterbacks and receivers. You get offensive line running back combos.

[John Zaslow]

So the offensive line, fantasy wise, would just be able to hurt you. They can't actually help you. It's just negative points for bad things.

[Billy Gil]

If you get like 200 rushing yards, you get bonus.

[Mike Ryan]

Similar to defenses. It's also like, well, what could have been? I just get like four points when this guy's got the Eagles and they're. They're racking up 25.

[Israel Gutierrez]

If you have one of those teams that runs an offensive lineman, you get the touchdown regardless of which offensive lineman it is, or throws to an offensive lineman.

[Billy Gil]

And if a fat man touchdown.

[John Zaslow]

Oh, I'll tell you what, what it is you saying if someone rushes 200 yards, I say, no, it's anytime there's short yardage, because that's really when the offensive line comes in. Right. It's like it was a goal line.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Fourth and one situation.

[John Zaslow]

Fourth and ones? Yeah. How many fourth and ones you converted?

[Israel Gutierrez]

One or two. Yeah.

[John Zaslow]

Yeah. How about that?

[Chris Cote]

I would never be in that league.

[Israel Gutierrez]

League?

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a losers league.

[Chris Cote]

That is ridiculous. Offensive line league. And don't even get me started on idp. You know what? Give me A individual defensive players. I would never be in your league. Don't ask me.

[Mike Ryan]

Chad greenway had 19 tackles and I.

[Chris Cote]

Lost because he had 19 tackles.

[Billy Gil]

Gives a. I had Patrick Willis once at his peak.

[Chris Cote]

That's a. That's a garbage league you were in.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Everybody knows football's quarterbacks, receivers running backside ends. That's it.

[Chris Cote]

Everyone knows fantasy football's that. That's right.

[Mike Ryan]

D' Amico Ryan. So what a snag.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I've never played an IDP league. I'm with you there.

[Chris Cote]

Good.

[Mike Ryan]

Too much. It's just too much.

[John Zaslow]

IDP isn't an individual development plan. Like, it's an HR term.

[Chris Cote]

I don't know.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Maybe there's just certain words I just don't know. Like, I'm never going to know what racketeering is. Just don't tell. I'm just never going to know. Really Tell me right now. I won't remember.

[Mike Ryan]

It's an Olympic sport.

[John Zaslow]

Racketeering.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, they do that in the Olympics.

[John Zaslow]

Did he got a bronze? Like.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, he's.

[Israel Gutierrez]

No, he didn't even place.

[Mike Ryan]

He didn't even place on rico.

[John Zaslow]

Oh, that's right. Rico, man. Rico's such a cool look.

[Mike Ryan]

Rico. Much better.

[John Zaslow]

I don't want to get caught with a RICO charge, but it kind of sounds cool if I'm going to get part of this rico, man.

[Chris Cote]

Wow.

[John Zaslow]

They hit him with the rico.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I'll also never know what that means, but it feels like more Hispanic people do that.

[Chris Cote]

No, that's for Mafia. That's when the police, they're trying to put together a case. Like, we could get them on a rico.

[John Zaslow]

On a rico.

[Chris Cote]

That's very exciting when that does sound a little racist.

[Israel Gutierrez]

It really does.

[John Zaslow]

Hey, Rico, you're going to jail for a long time.

[Billy Gil]

Listen up. Time to think fast.

[Chris Cote]

Is this a real or fake podcast?

[Mike Ryan]

I feel like I have a good hand this week.

[John Zaslow]

I don't like the lack of pageantry.

[Mike Ryan]

We have a new contestant, Izzy Gutierrez. What do you do for a living?

[Israel Gutierrez]

I guess podcaster.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, that makes sense with this game. First one, in the Trenches with AQ Shipley.

[John Zaslow]

Wow.

[Israel Gutierrez]

This one where the title is fine. It's the player that's intriguing.

[Mike Ryan]

Super bowl champion AQ Shipley.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Okay. Would he be podcast than I've ever known.

[John Zaslow]

Would he be podcasting?

[Israel Gutierrez]

Give me the. Give me the headline again or the title again.

[Mike Ryan]

In the trenches.

[Billy Gil]

Too easy.

[John Zaslow]

That's a good podcast.

[Chris Cote]

I like that.

[Mike Ryan]

Zazzle's on the computer.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I'm going to say fake. We say fake podcast.

[John Zaslow]

I'm going to say real in the trench trenches is a great podcast name.

[Mike Ryan]

Zaz, what are you. What are you doing?

[Chris Cote]

No, I'm looking at something completely unrelated.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Actually, we're doing some research.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, I'm learning a little bit about a RICO case.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, well, in the meantime, do you think in the Trenches with AQ Shipley is a real or fake podcast?

[Chris Cote]

I'm saying real.

[John Zaslow]

He's got the Wikipedia.

[Mike Ryan]

AQ Shipley was on the Pat McAfee show promoting his podcast for an hour yesterday. It is real.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Hey, I'm Israel.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, yeah, you are.

[Mike Ryan]

Next podcast Life is Short with Justin Long.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Wow, Life is short. Which. Who's Justin Long?

[Mike Ryan]

He was big in the early 2000s. Yeah, you remember him?

[Israel Gutierrez]

No.

[Mike Ryan]

Drag me to Hell. He was accepted.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, okay.

[Israel Gutierrez]

An actor.

[Chris Cote]

He's in Barbarian Waiting.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I remember him now. He's got that weird face.

[John Zaslow]

Yeah, yeah.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Going to say that's real.

[Mike Ryan]

Life is Short with Justin Long. Am mean.

[John Zaslow]

I'm going to say not real. I don't think Justin Long has a podcast.

[Chris Cote]

I'm going not real. I don't think he has a podcast.

[Mike Ryan]

It is a real podcast.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Wow, look at me.

[Chris Cote]

One One for two is real.

[Mike Ryan]

Big Mouth with Lisa Rena.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Is this a podcast that goes over episodes of Big Mouth or seasons of the show?

[Mike Ryan]

She's a. A famous entertainment reporter with a big mouth. She has a big mouth, dude.

[John Zaslow]

I. First of all, I thought of the show Big Mouth. Then you said Lisa Rinna and I thought Lisa Ann and I was like.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, she also has a big mouth.

[John Zaslow]

I know.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I'm gonna say fake. I go fake.

[John Zaslow]

I'm gonna say, well, fake. She's not. I don't think she's self aware, like self confident enough to make fun of something that people make fun of her.

[Chris Cote]

I'm go fake because I don't know that fool, so I gotta go fake.

[John Zaslow]

You don't know Lisa Rena?

[Mike Ryan]

Nah, it is a fake podcast. From the Point.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Wait, wait, wait. I missed that because Chris was talking about that very moment at the reveal.

[Mike Ryan]

What was it? It was a fake.

[John Zaslow]

Okay.

[Chris Cote]

Woo hoo.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Sorry I couldn't celebrate properly.

[Chris Cote]

Chris. I got it. Just keep going.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Not your fault.

[Chris Cote]

We're good.

[Mike Ryan]

From the Point with Trae Young. Real or fake podcast.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Oh, I have a little insight on this one. I know that he was trying to get a podcast with Iheart or a couple other people and so I think this one's real.

[John Zaslow]

I think it's fake because I heard the same thing.

[Israel Gutierrez]

But Cassie let the league in assist. It's a good time to run from.

[Chris Cote]

The point of big star, you know, I'm going Walmart.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know what that means.

[John Zaslow]

Walgreens.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, we're not playing.

[John Zaslow]

Oh, Walgreens. Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

That's a terrible job out of me. It was terrible.

[Mike Ryan]

So just saying, that joke would have been funny, right? Might have been.

[John Zaslow]

It's funnier than Walmart.

[Chris Cote]

We're all just like, man, I was wondering, why do I get no reaction? Do I have to explain what we did on the show yesterday?

[Mike Ryan]

Kmart.

[Chris Cote]

I'm very embarrassed right now. Look away.

[Mike Ryan]

That's a real podcast.

[John Zaslow]

Oh, yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Finally. Just add water with Katie Ledecky.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Wow.

[John Zaslow]

That's a great. What a great name. You know, I. On the puns, but that's a good one. That's a great one. It's too great. Katie Ledecky doesn't have that kind of pain.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I'm gonna say fans never heard her speak.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, I'm going fake.

[Mike Ryan]

It is a fake.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Ah, that's a good one.

[John Zaslow]

Oh, Katie, hit me up into a pod.

[Mike Ryan]

Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila.

[Chris Cote]

Cuervo.

[Mike Ryan]

What are you doing here?

[John Zaslow]

Cuervo? Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, I do know that to be true. But even during Anne reads, let's Cuervo, I think he could lay out, especially for one of our great partners.

[John Zaslow]

Sweet, delicious Cuervo.

[Mike Ryan]

Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots. The same family, the same land, the same passion.

[John Zaslow]

Cuervo.

[Mike Ryan]

So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo.

[Chris Cote]

Cuervo.

[Mike Ryan]

The tequila that invented tequila. Proximo, Cuervo.com, please drink responsibly.

[Chris Cote]

Cuervo.