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Why are you listening to this show.
Mike Ryan
The podcast that seems very similar to.
Billy Corben
The other Dan LeBatard podcast?
Mike Ryan
I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that.
Dan LeBatard
In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
Billy Corben
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Dan LeBatard
I've done it.
Mike Ryan
And now here's the marching man to.
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Billy Corben
The conversation in the break here centered around the Steelers and whether Aaron Rodgers makes them a championship team. And that.
Dan LeBatard
How did that come up?
Billy Corben
That grinds your gears, Mr. Damshek.
Dan LeBatard
Well, that was pretty good.
Billy Corben
I mean, yeah, I've been practicing in the mirror.
Dan LeBatard
I'm fascinated by it. I get that the roster that they have cobbled together here on a piece of paper looks good, but it ignores the reality that, you know, there are two or three examples in man's recorded history of QBs. This old going to Super Bowls and succeeding. Brett Favre didn't go to the super bowl that year. 41 he had with the Vikings was a high end one. Obviously Brady at 45, but he's an anomaly who you can't compare anybody else to. And that's it. That's your. Warren Moon had a good year in Seattle when I think he was 42. That's it. That's the whole list. So the assumption that Aaron Rodgers is gonna go. I'm one of the most gifted QBs. People keep hitting me up, Steelers fans, as a fellow Steelers fan and accusing me of being a hater of Aaron Rodgers. No, no. You've merely adopted the darkness that is Aaron Rodgers. I was born into it In October of 2010, several months in advance of. Of him winning the Super Bowl. Who'd he beat there? I don't remember when he won that super bowl in October. Before that, I said he will go down in history as the greatest quarterback of all time. I was wrong about that. But he is the most gifted quarterback. Even having seen Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen and everyone else, somebody can dig this up from.
Billy Corben
We were back in the Clevelander. I know. I don't know if it was post pandemic or not, but I said Aaron Rodgers whole deal is. Remember that.
Dan LeBatard
I remember exactly what you're going to say right now.
Brad Gilmore
It was pre.
Dan LeBatard
It was post pandemic.
Billy Corben
Okay. Aaron Rodgers whole deal is to not have enough so that he can blame. Not having enough. Like if he ever had everything to his at his disposal and all you got to do is just be Aaron Rodgers for us to win. That'd be. That's his nightmare scenario.
Brad Gilmore
Now some people, that's unintentional. However, Aaron Rodgers loved surrounding himself with mediocrity. No, no, no. Nathaniel Hackett has to stay around. I can't do this job without Nathaniel Hackett. I need Randall Cobb everywhere I go. No, I understand. He was good. His output was good. James Jones, I need this guy. But he, he would always just fall in love with the talents that were offered to him that he made. Rise above Joe Philbin. I need Joe Philbin. He made so many guys. Mike McCarthy should have been fired a long time. He should have been fired. Aaron Rodgers should have two Super Bowls. They blew the NFC championship in Seattle. That was all on Mike McCarthy. Entirely on him. I've never seen a.
Dan LeBatard
The football gods decided against the packers that day. That is the most heartbreaking loss objectively, as somebody who had no rooting interest in it. The series of crazy flukes that all went the Seahawks way in the second half in overtime Remember the pick that.
Brad Gilmore
They, that the dude just decided, let me, let me fall down.
Dan LeBatard
Morgan Burnett.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
Why not run it? You had a path, the two point conversion that scraped the moon on its way down and still somehow was caught on the other side. It was a series of flukes, but the, you know, Rodgers 2011 and 2014 on the short list of greatest single seasons ever. But Russell Wilson also had some great seasons early on too. That's why I keep saying this Mike Tomlin thing as though the amnesia, it seems that that is plaguing a lot of Steelers fans. I get it. We want to be optimistic about the upcoming season here. But it really feels like deja vu watching him interact with Aaron Rodgers the same things. We have a grown up in the locker room and now we're ready to roll. I said that's not going to work out. They should ride with Justin Fields as a Bridge quarterback in 2026. That's not the way that went. Now it feels like he's making a sequel to last year's movie the Expendables starring but now Mickey Rourke can't make the sequel. So now they're bringing in the guy who played named Aaron Rodgers for this sequel that no one wants to see. I think talk about blame and blame. I think they park their cars in the same garage there do Rogers and Tomlin. The thing that is going to happen in 2025 is finally Tomlin has blamed a lot of people. Levy and Bell, Antonio Brown, old general management, all the rest of it. Now he. If George Pickens thrives in Dallas and Justin Fields, I mean that's coming to a head in week one, a massive week one game. Imagine that. Imagine Aaron Rodgers plays him week one. Imagine if the jets win that game. If the jets win that game in week. I mean, what, what. Where do you go from there?
Mike Ryan
Jets win and Fields outplays him, right?
Billy Corben
Who, who looks worse, Rogers or Tomlin?
Dan LeBatard
How about this? What if Kenny Pickett starts for the Browns in Week 4 or 5 against the Steelers and beats that? I mean there would be nowhere to hide. The end of the story people perpetuate is this could really be it for Tomlin. It will not be it for Tomlin.
Mike Ryan
Really.
Dan LeBatard
I find it hard to believe that's not the, you know, the thing with the Bengals and Steelers, the thing that they have in common is that ownership in those towns is based on owning a football team. They're not. They don't have $25 billion owed to investments in, you know, in tech somewhere.
Billy Corben
This isn't Woody Johnson basically.
Dan LeBatard
Right.
Billy Corben
He's got like.
Dan LeBatard
Right. They're not fail. Yeah, they're not fail sons who inherited, you know, several billion dollars. They're wealth comes from having owned a football team for a long time mom and pop operation. So they're invested in Tomlin in a sense, a dollar.
Mike Ryan
So based on. Based on the environment around Tomlin, especially the last couple of years. If this goes really sideways this year, which I expected to you and Rogers, obviously it's his. It would be his final year, his only year with the Steelers. You think Tomlin remains.
Dan LeBatard
I may sound really grim right now and cynical about the situation. There is no way that the Steelers are not going to win nine games. They will because they always do. Tomlin's greatest virtue is being the millennium's greatest floor raiser. They're definitely not going. Keep in mind now they won. When people say, oh, I could see this really getting bad, like 6 and 11 kind of stuff. They almost made the playoffs with Duck Hodges at quarterback. Ben Roethlisberger couldn't move off his spot after he came back from injury. They went to the playoffs and were 110 at one point. They're going to go to the playoffs. Mitchell Trubisk and Kenny Pickett and Mason Rudolph cobbled together a season that wound up in the blue. They're going to make the playoffs with Aaron. I mean, they're going to go over.500.
Mike Ryan
I should say really good.
Dan LeBatard
I don't know about the playoffs. I take that back. They're going to go over 500.
Billy Corben
The interesting thing is sometimes I wonder, does Pittsburgh get off on the fact that we've only had three head coaches in our franchises?
Dan LeBatard
Definitely.
Billy Corben
Like that's a thing for them and that's almost. It's more important to maintain that streak than to fire Mike Tomlin and go get someone new.
Dan LeBatard
I think that is right. I think the stability that is expressed in never having. And people talk about cynics, people who want to poo poo that in the age of free agency, in the way the NFL operates, that Mike Tomlin has never had a losing season is insane. And that we don't genuflect more at that is remarkable. But the other side of the coin is we've gotten into this weird purgatory and everybody acknowledges it. And it seemed at the end of last season that Tomlin finally got it all right. We've taken this as far as we can go in the QB league. I cannot win every game 12 to 11 as I want to, no matter if it's the copy right?
Mike Ryan
121112 to 11.
Dan LeBatard
That's what that's clearly. That's clearly his preferred method of winning NFL games. Whether it's against the best or worst team in the league. That's how they always will play. But I think it felt like he gets it. They now have to get a quarterback and then they turned around and did.
Brad Gilmore
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Billy Corben
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Mike Ryan
John, can you rate my Al Pacino from that billiard scene in Carlito's Way if I do it for you? I think it's pretty good.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
Okay.
Brad Gilmore
Stugats.
Mike Ryan
You think you're big time, but you're gonna die big time.
Dan LeBatard
That is on my infamous scale of 1 to 10. That's a. That's a 7.6 solid.
Brad Gilmore
That's a SUI nominee right there.
Mike Ryan
This is the Dan Lebatar show with.
Dan LeBatard
The Stugach.
Billy Corben
From Steelers Missed Opportunities. I guess we could call that.
Brad Gilmore
It would be Scoragami.
Billy Corben
It's never happened before. How about that? To the Marlins. We talked about Samson, but we didn't talk about the trade deadline, specifically the Marlins. A lot of people thought Sandy Alcantara was going to be on the move. And Zaz.
Mike Ryan
Billy. Billy. Are the Marlins going for it?
Zach
They're all in, it seems like. I think that. I mean, they didn't add anything, but they're all in. I think they're making their World Series push right now. They didn't trade any of their pieces. Retooling, you know, retooling. They said, you know what? We got the guys we need to make this run. No, they didn't do that.
Billy Corben
I mean, look, they. They've been better, right? Oh, no, they've been 20, 30.
Zach
Oh, yeah. I mean, they're like, technically in the wild card hunt because, you know, there's three wild. Everyone's in the wild card hunt, but, like, they're legitimately not okay. Ish.
Mike Ryan
I have to figure they were never going to trade Sandy Alcantara this year. Like, you can't trade what you want to be your best trade asset when he's at his absolute lowest value.
Zach
Well, that's the thing that's weird about it, right, Is that they thought that they were gonna. This season doesn't seem like it played out at all like they were expecting it to. They thought that they were not actually going to be very competitive. I think that they thought they weren't actually going to be competitive. You say that you do, but it was a surprise that they are where they are now. And then equally as surprising was their former Cy Young winner was terrible this season. He was coming off injury. You're expecting, okay, well, he's going to come back and this is going to be Sandy. And he was just been kind of terrible at the beginning of the year at an ERA over five. And then it's like, what do we even get for him? We have him under control. Are we going to trade him for pennies on the dollar? And then the last two starts, he was looking great. And it's like, okay, now what do we do? Because now he's pitching well again, but the team is doing well. So do we now, you know, trade one of our better assets or best asset for whatever we can get for him and kind of punt on the direction that this team is headed in? So they ended up kind of just deciding, I guess they didn't get the packages that they wanted for him, so they ended up deciding just to keep them. So they still have him under control for a couple of years, and I'm sure that we're going to get the trade speculation around Sandy and some of the other pieces again in the future, but at least for now, he's still a marlin.
Mike Ryan
Wow. So here's my question, though. He's under, like, he's under contract for another couple of years.
Zach
That wow is definitely about something you're watching on tv.
Mike Ryan
So you know what the wow was? Because they just showed the score of the Braves Reds game. It was 12.
Brad Gilmore
My mind was blown, too.
Dan LeBatard
You brought up the Braves game upcoming this weekend. And then we talked about how Tomlin wants to win football games 12 to 11 and then the Braves win a game 12 to 11.
Brad Gilmore
Is this the secret? Is that what that can I say?
Zach
All I care about is what Zaz had for dinner. Like, we need to find out Wednesday, too.
Mike Ryan
What happened Wednesday?
Billy Corben
What do you have for dinner?
Mike Ryan
What do you mean, what happened Wednesday?
Billy Corben
We didn't. We never got a Wednesday update. What you had for yesterday and then what you had for dinner.
Brad Gilmore
You're not exactly the bachelor anymore, right? Right now they're back.
Mike Ryan
My younger son is back.
Billy Corben
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
So just me and we're, you know, Guys being guys each night.
Brad Gilmore
Has he challenged you?
Dan LeBatard
No.
Mike Ryan
He knows not to step.
Zach
You get off the boat early. Like, what happened? Why is only one kid back?
Mike Ryan
No, because that. The younger one was never on the ship. No, he was at his grandma's for a few days.
Billy Corben
Okay, so. So to recap, everyone shipped your kid.
Zach
Off so you can have bachelor dates.
Brad Gilmore
Exactly. Right.
Dan LeBatard
You could have taken him.
Brad Gilmore
He was at ufc. Fight Island Abu Dhabi.
Mike Ryan
By the way, my oldest son loves airplanes. Thank you.
Billy Corben
Sunday night we had steak.
Mike Ryan
Monday we went out to steak.
Billy Corben
Yeah, we had pizza.
Mike Ryan
Yep.
Billy Corben
Tuesday. So now we're at Wednesday. What did you have?
Mike Ryan
We did not update Wednesday. Well, Wednesday was my. Was the first day that my. My son was back. So we ordered pizza like a real man.
Zach
Yeah, the way you like it and.
Brad Gilmore
The way that he likes it.
Mike Ryan
I know the way he likes it.
Billy Corben
What is. Because I'm.
Mike Ryan
I'm very easy. All right? Whatever you want. That's okay with me. And I was pineapple. I'll be honest with that. Don't bring that into.
Brad Gilmore
Really?
Mike Ryan
Don't bring that into Zazlow Mansion.
Brad Gilmore
Sorry.
Mike Ryan
So you're not that easy going. Yeah, you're right. I'm not gonna eat like a heathen. That's right.
Brad Gilmore
I guess pepperoni and pineapple, the best combination of pizza. Put that with barbecue sauce. Just try that.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, we just need to change the name. You're. I don't mind people who like pineapple over baked bread with some cheese and everything, but it shouldn't be called pizza any longer.
Mike Ryan
Gross.
Dan LeBatard
When you start barbecue sauce and pineapple. That's no longer a pizza, is it?
Billy Corben
Where are you? You're at a Hawaiian barbecue place. That's where you're at. You're not having pizza.
Dan LeBatard
I've seen you eat many of barbecue chicken pizza, by the way.
Billy Corben
Not out of choice, okay?
Mike Ryan
It's availability.
Billy Corben
It's availability. I don't like the barbecue. I don't like anything that takes away from the standard fixtures of pizza. The marinara sauce, the mozzarella cheese, the nice dough in the crust. That's what a pizza is. Everything else should be complimenting that. It shouldn't be. Hey, you know what? I know. I got that. You guys like to do it this way, but I'm gonna do it that way.
Dan LeBatard
That's right. Same what we're gonn quesadilla. Like, quesadilla is a circle that's flat with cheese and bread. Why? Why? Difference is deep.
Billy Corben
You.
Dan LeBatard
You fold it up this thing of like that. Any circle bread that you put stuff on. Now we're going to call it pizza. What about a pupusa?
Billy Corben
And let me ask.
Brad Gilmore
Are good, but that's two pieces on one.
Mike Ryan
Let me ask another question that, like, the kangaroos like, deal here.
Brad Gilmore
I think it was a rapper. Yeah.
Mike Ryan
I don't know.
Brad Gilmore
Which burrow did he have?
Dan LeBatard
On five burrows. He had the five bros. That was actually incredible.
Brad Gilmore
That was actually.
Billy Corben
Wow.
Brad Gilmore
I was like, this guy's gonna be huge. That's actually wrong. One prospect. I was wrong about Boost.
Billy Corben
You put a lot of money on that one.
Mike Ryan
So Wednesday night. Wednesday night we got pizza. Okay. That's all my pizza. And we watch movies.
Billy Corben
You didn't tell me what he likes.
Mike Ryan
Oh, he just wanted cheese.
Billy Corben
There you go. They can't go wrong.
Mike Ryan
Breadsticks. Breadsticks.
Brad Gilmore
Plain Joe.
Mike Ryan
And. And last night, one of my personal favorites. We got Las Vegas. You know Las Vegas. Is that Cuban cuisine? Love Las Vegas. Love it.
Brad Gilmore
It's kind of confusing because you.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, we're going to Las Vegas.
Brad Gilmore
Cuban cuisine. You're like, wait, Las Vegas. Cuban cuisine.
Mike Ryan
Las Vegas, Awesome.
Brad Gilmore
But then you have.
Mike Ryan
And you're like, yeah, well, we got Las Vegas. I get. I get the breaded palomilo. Okay. You know my style. Plantains, white rice and beans.
Brad Gilmore
Did he saying panisado? You mean what, it's a steak or chicken?
Dan LeBatard
Steak.
Brad Gilmore
Okay.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Brad Gilmore
And it's breaded.
Mike Ryan
Yes, that's right.
Brad Gilmore
But the steak, he's saying is right.
Dan LeBatard
Is right.
Brad Gilmore
Correct. Palomillo.
Mike Ryan
Yeah. Yeah, that's what I got. I love Las Vegas. I love Cuban food, man. So that's what we got last night. Now, it's not like I order that because, you know, my wife wasn't in town. She's. Love it. It's actually her favorite as well. She'll be very upset, Dave, when she hears that I got Las Vegas without her, but whatever. You're on a cruise, hang with them. So that's what we got last night. And we watch Marvel movies. And tomorrow we're going to SummerSlam.
Billy Corben
What movies?
Mike Ryan
The night before, two nights ago, we watched Avengers Infinity War. And then we had to see how the story ended. So last night we watched Avengers Endgame.
Billy Corben
Was that his first time?
Mike Ryan
No, no, but he hadn't seen it in years, so he wanted to watch him, like. Yes, I will say less.
Billy Corben
I could say extra words. No, say less. I love that term.
Dan LeBatard
What is. Can I ask? I'm fascinated by the signature food stuff of NFL towns. And we can extend it beyond our national borders across the Atlantic and down to Brazil. And otherwise, what is Miami signature food stuff? If we were to make a list of the. If Buffalo claims wings and Philadelphia claims cheesesteaks and so on, what would be Miami's stone crabs?
Brad Gilmore
Stone crabs? Cuban. Cuban sandwiches. Like one singular one. One singular item.
Dan LeBatard
If we were to have a grain competition, and I suspect eventually we will, on football America, starting next Friday, the. I suspect that this will come up at some point. Pittsburgh might claim pierogies.
Brad Gilmore
Then it would be croquetas. Here. Can you do a drink? Because cafecito would probably be like, really?
Dan LeBatard
That's the number.
Brad Gilmore
What if we go combo? What if we go combo, croquetas and cafecito? Can we have that?
Dan LeBatard
I mean, I'll allow it today, but not next week. I'm not gonna. I'm gonna ignore it.
Brad Gilmore
Wait till he tries the cafecito for the first time.
Zach
It's gonna be.
Billy Corben
Oh, man.
Brad Gilmore
Have you ever had one of those?
Dan LeBatard
No.
Brad Gilmore
Oh, can we make.
Dan LeBatard
Where's Mike Fuentes?
Brad Gilmore
Mike Fuentes. Go make us some.
Billy Corben
Stop working and start.
Brad Gilmore
Start making coffee has never been the same. Cuban coffee never been the same.
Dan LeBatard
I have been taking my coffee of late with the horchata, the cinnamon, and I like it very much. It's really introduced.
Brad Gilmore
This is nothing like that.
Dan LeBatard
No.
Brad Gilmore
No.
Dan LeBatard
Have you ever had jet fuel? Is that what we're looking for?
Mike Ryan
That is what we're dealing with.
Dan LeBatard
So have you drank jet fuel yet or not? Perfect. When I leave here, I'm getting on an airplane across the.
Brad Gilmore
You'll fly straight. You ever wanted to drink something and.
Billy Corben
Go, dave, this is the best way I can describe it to you. Cocaine is a controlled substance. Now take a step back and make it uncontrolled.
Dan LeBatard
Terrific. Have a Tito around for all my friends. Let's go.
Mike Ryan
That a boy. Say love points.
Brad Gilmore
Let's get to it.
Dan LeBatard
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Mike Ryan
Back to school and save some money.
Dan LeBatard
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Mike Ryan
I'm not a fortune teller, but I.
Dan LeBatard
Can tell you not to spend a fortune and shop. Low prices for school on Amazon.
Mike Ryan
Kay, good chat, Amazon. Spend less, smile more.
Dan LeBatard
Mom and dad, I'm growing at an alarming rate. And clothes you buy me this year.
Mike Ryan
Will be very small very soon.
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Mike Ryan
Hope that helps Amazon spend less, smile more.
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Billy Corben
If Daniel Day Lewis did it, you'd be jerking off all over yourself.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, come on.
Brad Gilmore
Yeah, I would be.
Dan LeBatard
Aggressive.
Billy Corben
Description. I mean, what is it? What is that? I'm just saying that.
Dan LeBatard
Just saying what?
Brad Gilmore
That's me, Daniel Day. Yeah, I see that photo of Daniel Day Lewis looking like Lincoln before he's about to start filming. Lincoln. And you know what I do? Amin stugats. I jerk off all over myself. That's what I do.
Dan LeBatard
Lincoln, who you outed the other day.
Brad Gilmore
Don't make this a rejoin.
Mike Ryan
This is the Dan lebatar show with the stugats. All right, so we're excited about Naked Gun, right? Like, I'm excited. I think we're all excited about it.
Brad Gilmore
That's really quick about Naked Gun because he talked about how people are like, oh, wow, Naked Gun.
Dan LeBatard
I can't believe it.
Brad Gilmore
I don't think there's a generation that knows what Naked Gun is. If you want me to be honest.
Mike Ryan
You know what? That's. Yeah.
Brad Gilmore
Because you're seeing this for the first time. Like, if you're like Naked Gun, like, what.
Mike Ryan
What is this?
Brad Gilmore
I don't get it.
Mike Ryan
All right, That's a good question. All right, let's bring on my friend Brad Gilmore.
Billy Corben
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
Brad's with the CW39 in Houston. He's also a critics choice. He's got a new book out. Yes, a fans look at the Back to the Future franchise. All right. It is why we love Back to the Future. He's also hosting a SummerSlam preview show with Mama Guy, Booker T. Five time champion on ESPN Radio. Our pal is Brad Gilmore. Brad, how you doing? Good to see you, man. So help us out here, okay? Naked Gun, you're all over the movies too. Is there like. Like Tony's question there is. Is there a generation that just is not gonna have any idea what this movie Naked Gun is this weekend? And it's gonna hurt it at the box office Because I think it's gonna be a big hit.
Stugotz
I think it's gonna be a big hit. But I do agree with Tony, there's a whole generation of people who have no idea what the Naked Gun is. You say Leslie Nielsen, you might as well be speaking in Mandarin. But I think when you have Liam Neeson, you have Pam Anderson. They've been on one of the generational press runs, especially with them as a couple. I think it's going to pique everybody's interest and every. I haven't seen the movie yet, but everybody's giving it rave reviews. And to me, the joke when they say man's laughter and it's mans slaughter is such a classic Naked Gun joke that I think that they're going to nail this landing.
Mike Ryan
Now, are you confirming Liam Neeson, Pam Anderson, They're a couple. They were very coy about it.
Stugotz
They're coy about it, but I don't know why Liam Neeson's being so coy. I mean, you're talking about one of the all time top 10 dimes. We're talking about an all time fine list with Pamela Anderson. I'd be re yelling it from the mountaintops if I was him. But I think that I'm going to go on record with the Dan LaBatard Show. Brad Gilmer's confirming them as a couple. I have no inside knowledge of that, but I'm wearing a suit, so it makes me feel more legitimate.
Billy Corben
Yeah, and you got a microphone. You're in a studio. Everything about it screams legitimacy. I believe it. I choose to believe Zaz. Now, Brad, your book is about Back to the Future. I love Back to the Future. I love it to the point where I can recite whole sections. I do any sort of prompt. My guy Dave over here said, oh, Mayor Goldie Wilson. I said, mayor Goldie Wilson. I like the sound of that. A colored mayor. That'll be the day. You'll see, Mr. Carruthers. I'll clean up this town good. You can start by sweeping the floor. I love Back to the Future. It is timeless. I was thinking about actually today, sitting on the couch, I said, is this the most. Not the best movie ever, but the most perfect movie ever? What is it? Why do people love Back to the Future so much?
Stugotz
Well, I think there's a few things I do agree with you. It is a perfect movie. And if you don't take my word for it, Quentin Tarantino said it's on his short list of perfect movies that are ever been made. And to me, what people love about it is, yes, we like the time travel. We like to fantasize about it, but Bob Gale came up with the idea for this movie when he found his father's yearbook in the basement and they went to the same high school and he was like, what would happen if my parents and I went to high school together? And that is where the basis of Back to the Future is. And it really comes down to it's a movie about choices. Just like life is how one thing can change your entire future. And I really believe that's what's made it last for these last four decades and why it's so generational because everybody look affects age jokes don't land. But that story will always stand the test of time, quite literally. And I think that's why it is a perfect movie and people come back to it year after year.
Dan LeBatard
I agree with everything that everybody is saying here about the greatness and perfection adjacent that that mov is. The only issue is with Mayor Goldie. As my pal David Feeney the cinephile pointed out to me many moons ago. And he's right. What is revealed is that Goldie reaches his dream of being the mayor, but he's a terrible mayor. Look at the town in 1985 versus 55 is I'm going to be the mayor one day. Like, well, man, it turned into crap under your watch, man. It's a, it's a, it's like a, an R. I mean an X rated.
Billy Corben
Movie house over there instead of.
Stugotz
There's also the griminess of the 1980s. I don't think we can put all that on Mayor Goldie Wilson because he did clean up the town. He did do what he did wanted to do. We don't know how many administrations he's in. How many times has he been elected? What does the city council look like? There are many factors.
Dan LeBatard
I'm speaking truth to power and you're giving them cover.
Stugotz
There are many factors that go into it. You can't all put that on Mayor Goldie Wilson. But we do know that he started a lineage of his family where by the third movie or by the second movie, the third, Goldie Wilson is putting hover conversions in automobiles of the day. So they, they, he started something, you know, for people to aspire to. Whether he was a great mayor or not. I stand by my guy. Goldie.
Mike Ryan
Propaganda Brad, is Back to the Future 2 better than Back to the Future 3. How do you rate those two?
Stugotz
So Back to the Future 3 is my favorite of the trilogy. I know that's going to raise a lot of eyebrows, but before you question me too much on it, Christopher Lloyd, who played Doc Brown When I talked to him on my podcast, he said Back to The Future Part 3 was his favorite of the trilogy. So I feel like I'm backing it up with some more credibility other than the suit and the big hair. But I think that Back to The Future Part 2 is one of the more interesting movies ever made. I can't think of a sequel, really, until you were talking about the Avengers movies. They do this in Avengers Endgame. But where you go in the sequel, you go back to the first movie and see it from a different angle. It's such an interesting film, and you can make the argument that it gave us the more iconography. The Flying DeLorean, the Mr. Fusion, the Hoverboard, the Almanac, the Pepsi Perfect, the Cafe 80s. There's a lot more iconography from Back to the Future Part 2 than maybe even its predecessor.
Dan LeBatard
Wow.
Mike Ryan
So the book is why we love Back to the Future. Have you ever. If you break it down, Brad, have you ever come across a more ridiculous plotline than going back in time and trying not to have sex with your mother?
Stugotz
You know, when you frame it that way, sure, it can be ridiculous on its surface, but at the same time, when you think about it, if you went back to your high school. Okay, I'm not gonna get weird here. But if you go back to the high school and the person that the woman, the girl that everybody wants to take to the Enchantment under the Sea dance, even if she happens to be your mother, finds you appealing. Right. Aren't you flattered a little bit by that? He's actually kind of flattered by it at first. He's like, you're so hot. You're so hot. You're so young.
Billy Corben
Right.
Stugotz
Because he didn't want to say hot, because that would definitely have made it weird. It definitely would have made it weird. But Bob Zemeckis, who directs the movie, he says the way that you pay that storyline off, and it's his favorite line in the movie, it's when they kiss in the parking lot of Hill Valley High, and she says, when I kiss you, it's like I'm kissing my brother. Like there's some space time continuum that told her that somewhere down the road, we're actually going to be related. Yeah, that's what made the movie work for him.
Dan LeBatard
And that's.
Stugotz
If it's good enough for Bob Zemeckis. We're talking about Forrest Gump. We're talking about Castaway. It's good enough for me.
Billy Corben
Brad, I want to tie a thread From Naked Gun to Back to the Future because. And naked Gunn. Seth MacFarlane is the mind behind that. And there's a scene in Family Guy where they come back to 1985 and Marty's dad is like, yeah. You don't think it's weird that the kid that we have looks exactly like the dude that we saw in high school? That's the biggest plot point. That's the biggest plot hole. It's not what you said, Zaskins. It's the idea idea that George McFly was cool with a name. Okay, we're name him Marty Cool. That's a cool name. Like, wait a second. He looks exactly like Marty. Wait, come on, man.
Stugotz
But do you remember somebody you hung out with for a week 30 years ago in high school? I can't even remember the name of my best friend in high school. And we're supposed to expect that he doesn't remember? He remembers Calvin Klein so intimately that he's like, oh yeah, maybe he bears a somewhat resemblance 30 years later. I'm not biased, by the way.
Dan LeBatard
You want to talk about creepy relationship stuff? The one in Big actually does result in vigorous lovemaking with a 12 year old boy. She's an adult woman.
Billy Corben
She doesn't know who lays down with.
Dan LeBatard
A 12 year old. It's creepy.
Stugotz
I'm gonna debate the merits of that one.
Dan LeBatard
Now you mentioned Zemeckis and that he's airtight and he's to be taken so credible. But his other movie, and we already mentioned it, Cast Away. I'm bothered by the fact that talk about relationships. He goes, he. His plane crashes into the sea, you know, and he survives it somehow and he lands on this island and somehow survives and gets off the island. He throws himself out into the waters and a boat happens by and he's saved. It costs him his friend, his ball friend, all of it. He makes it all the way back to Nashville, Tennessee.
Billy Corben
Yes.
Dan LeBatard
He goes to visit Helen Hunt. She's like, you missed the super bowl, man. We got a football team. You missed the whole thing. We almost won by yard. And I have like, hey, I don't know if you heard, I was lost at sea for the last half decade. You're telling me about a football team. I don't give a crap.
Billy Corben
Well, hold on. Like that was it. Dyson.
Brad Gilmore
Kevin Dyson.
Dan LeBatard
Right there.
Billy Corben
You want to catch him up to all the important things.
Dan LeBatard
Greatest show on turf.
Billy Corben
I got married. Also, we almost beat the. The greatest show on turf.
Dan LeBatard
Maybe I can distract you from the. From the fact that it took me about 11 minutes to get over your tragic loss at sea. To get remarried. Not just to get remarried, but I've had the time to make a baby, too. But I also watch a Super Bowl. Let me get you all caught up on what you missed. Yeah.
Brad Gilmore
It's also from the departed school of subtlety when the movie ends with him at a literal crossroads.
Mike Ryan
Yes.
Stugotz
Yeah. Like the rat crawling across the window there.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Stugotz
No, I agree, I agree. But look, Zemeckis also has a lot look more killer than filler when you talk about who Framed Roger Rabbit, Romancing the Stone, three Back to the Future movies. We're talking about all that in the 1980s going into the very first year of the 90s. And then he follows that up with Forrest Gump and then Cast Away. I don't know if we had a great run like that in some years. Like, who's a director who's done that many films in such a short amount of time with that amount of quality? I can't think of one in the last 20 years. Who is it?
Billy Corben
Who is it?
Mike Ryan
This is actually perfect. We've been talking about this this week, right? Like, not as far as directors go, but actors. Has anyone had a better run than, what was it, Tom Hanks, 1994?
Billy Corben
Well, my submission, Brad, was Jim Carrey, 1994. If I ask you to find me an actor who had three huge box office hits in the same year on the level of Dumb and Dumber, the Mask and Ace Ventura, who do you put up against that one year?
Dan LeBatard
I'll go, I'm sorry. Let. Brad, I don't think.
Stugotz
I don't think you could beat that one, to be honest with you. Jim Carrey is a phenomenal call. That's a really phenomenal call. I'm trying to think off the top of my head somebody who would rival that, and it's not coming to me. I'd have to go back and look at some of those early Leo years, because I think there was a year where it was departed, it was Catch me if you can, right before that when we're talking, like, height of his movie stardom. But as far as movies that everybody knows right off the rip, and those are your first, really three starring vehicles, I don't think that you really beat a Jim Carrey in the early 90s.
Dan LeBatard
If you're tethered to one calendar year, that's a different thing. If it is a streak, the greatest movie streak for one actor ever is Han Solo. He goes. Ford goes solo. Dr. Indiana Jones, Rick Deckard, in Blade Runner. If you got to play any one of those roles, one of those iconic roles in your life, that would be the greatest. He played those three cats. That's three straight movies. And then he makes witness. So he's John, book this movie. Run, look it up. There is no interruption in the early 80s for what Dr. Indiana Jones put together.
Billy Corben
I. On behalf of Henry Jones Jr. Indiana.
Dan LeBatard
Was the dog's name.
Billy Corben
I appreciate that you called him Dr. Jones because you know what?
Dan LeBatard
He earned it.
Billy Corben
He went to six years of archaeology school. That's right.
Stugotz
He earned that. Yeah, he definitely earned that. He earned that. But you know what? A lot of people talk about Indiana Jones being the best trilogy of all time. I really take umbrage with that because you have a fourth and fifth movie that, to me, don't hold up to the caliber of Last Crusade or Raiders. That's why Back to the Future is the best pure trilogy out there. If you want to talk about Godfather, the first two are great. And then you have Godfather 3. What is another pure trilogy? You have like nine or 12 Star wars films. You have too many Avengers movies. What is a pure trilogy that's better than Back to the Future? I posed this question to the room.
Billy Corben
Well, Brad, let me just. I'm gonna stick up for Godfather 3. I think Godfather 3 is a good movie.
Mike Ryan
That's not a good movie.
Billy Corben
It is a good movie. It struggles.
Mike Ryan
Sofia Coppola stinks in that.
Billy Corben
You know what Godfather III's problem is? It's not Godfather 1 and 2. That's its problem. If you didn't see 1 and 2, you just saw Godfather III. You say, this is a really good movie.
Dan LeBatard
Coppola is terrible in it. You're right. But the thing that really takes away from it, I agree with am it's a pretty good picture. The worst thing about it is that Pacino forgets how he played Michael Corleone in One and two. Go watch him play three. It's like, who do you think you're doing here? You're doing Al Pacino. Now go back to doing the measured Michael Corleone that you used to do.
Billy Corben
Every time they pull me back in, I was like, oh, man, he lost.
Dan LeBatard
I settled down, man.
Mike Ryan
Brad, one more thing for you here again. Brad's book, 40th Anniversary, back to the Future. Why we love Back to the future. 40 years of fandom, flux capacitors, and timeless adventures. Brad, what's the one thing while you were putting out the book? You're doing all your research. You're Talking to people. What have you that you learned about Back to the Future? That was your favorite thing you didn't know before.
Stugotz
It was that George Hamilton was going to be cast as Doc Brown and be his consulari. No, I think the most interesting thing that I found out was the original title of the film was Back to the Future. But the studio executive, Sid Sheinberg at the time said, that movie, that title makes no sense. What is the movie about? How do you go back to the future? That doesn't make any sense. So he sent a note to Spielberg and Zemeckis and said, I have the perfect name for this movie. It'll make it the number one movie of all time. And this name will ring true for decades and decades after the fact. And his idea for the movie, Serious as a heart attack, was Spaceman from Pluto. He said, that's the perfect title for this movie. And they all were freaking out because he had some other good ideas. He changed Doc Brown's chimp to a dog. So it went from chimpanzees, Einstein, that we know. It went from Eileen to Lorraine. That was after his wife. It went from the Springtime in Paris dance to the Enchantment under the Sea dance. He was really all killer, no filler. But then he came with Spaceman from Pluto. And to me, the filmmakers, from what I found out, were shocked by this. They didn't know how they were going to get out of it. So Spielberg sent him a fax, something they used to do in the 80s that I'm sure all you gentlemen are familiar with, and they said, thanks for the joke. It really brightened up our spirits. And they never heard from Sid Sheinberg again. And it was called Back to the Future from then on out.
Dan LeBatard
Brad, did you ever hear the story as you talk, Spielberg and Indiana Jones and all that? Are you aware of the transcript that exists of Spielberg? And when they're putting together the character of Indiana Jones and what's his name, George Lucas is saying, well, he has to be edgy. Indiana Jones has to be edgy. And Marion, who is his, they catch up in. Where are they? Burma or wherever they are? Not Burma.
Billy Corben
Nepal.
Dan LeBatard
Nepal. Right up in the mountains. Tibet, yes. When they meet, if you look at the language in that bar, when they meet, it's pretty clear that what they're trying to pay off is what George Lucas wanted, which is that Marion, when they first met, was 12 years old.
Billy Corben
I was a child.
Dan LeBatard
I was in love, Right?
Billy Corben
It was wrong and you knew it.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, me? Yeah, I like this Guy here.
Billy Corben
This is my wheelhouse, man.
Dan LeBatard
That's right. But that is true. That she was. That George Lucas wanted his backstory to be that he dated a 12 year old girl. And spiel. This is true. Look up the transcript, you can find it. Brad, are you aware of this?
Stugotz
I am aware of it and I am disturbed, as everybody should be. But I will say a better story for me from Indiana Jones is that they're sitting on a beach, George Lucas says to Steven Spielberg, I know you want to direct the James Bond movie. I got a better idea. I have an idea about an archeologist named Indiana Smith. Little bit off on the title, but then in the third movie, the father of Indiana Jones quite literally is James Bond. I love how they brought that all back together.
Mike Ryan
Brad, excellent job, man. Tell everybody how they get the book again. Why we love Back to the Future.
Stugotz
Yeah. Available wherever books are sold. Amazon's the easiest one. We have interviews with the cast crew. We talk about the three movies, we talk about the animated series, the musical, the video game, and so much more. I'd really appreciate if you check it out.
Mike Ryan
Yeah. And if you're into, obviously WWE like me. He and Booker T. Tomorrow doing a pre show SummerSlam pre show on ESPN radio. There it is. Five time champion.
Billy Corben
Five time.
Mike Ryan
Good seeing you, Brad. Thanks, man.
Billy Corben
Thanks, Brad.
Dan LeBatard
Thanks, guys.
Billy Corben
All right, so we got jet fuel in front of us here.
Brad Gilmore
Now, Dave, I want you to give it a smell and just let us know what you think.
Mike Ryan
You've never had. You've never had.
Brad Gilmore
You've never had jet fuel.
Dan LeBatard
It's. I mean, it's so small.
Mike Ryan
Oh, yeah.
Brad Gilmore
You want me to pour you some more?
Billy Corben
This is, this is like. This is.
Dan LeBatard
Hold on.
Billy Corben
Oh, before, before we just. I want to lay out the. Yeah, walk them through it. Because I like the idea. It's so small. It's like. Oh, that's. That's all I gotta snort just this one line. Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
So, Dave, that is brewed from a.
Brad Gilmore
Small little tin, like this big.
Dan LeBatard
And that's pure, pure, pure jet fuel.
Brad Gilmore
So if you give it a smell, it's got mixed with a little bit of sugar and stuff. So you're gonna drink the unadulterated pure.
Dan LeBatard
Miami flavor right there.
Brad Gilmore
Which is where we're gonna submit to football America's roundtable of foods and drinks and whatever. That's one of the things that we're gonna provide.
Billy Corben
I think there should be. You should be have something for beverages. Cause food and beverages are two different things.
Dan LeBatard
Okay, maybe we'll do it you know what? What? That's fine. I'm open to it. But we're gonna drink it together.
Billy Corben
Yes.
Dan LeBatard
Right. So. So not like in Princess Bride. Never.
Zach
No, no, no.
Brad Gilmore
But you might have switched it with me.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah. Yeah. Mean.
Brad Gilmore
Yeah.
Billy Corben
There you go.
Zach
There we go.
Dan LeBatard
There we go.
Billy Corben
Well, wait, wait. What if. What if that was my plan all over?
Dan LeBatard
Exactly right. Cheers, big ears.
Brad Gilmore
Nothing like it.
Billy Corben
This is good.
Dan LeBatard
I like it. Tastes very good.
Mike Ryan
Oh, yeah.
Dan LeBatard
Wait about five minutes.
Brad Gilmore
Minutes.
Billy Corben
I accidentally had more than the allotted amount. This was back when we were in the old studio and I realized it too late and I was legit shaking. Yeah, it was like the episode from Saved by the Bell where what's her name took the. Jesse. Yeah, when Jesse took the caffeine pills.
Dan LeBatard
So excited.
Billy Corben
I'm so excited.
Dan LeBatard
I'm so scared.
Zach
I mean, you. You broke news on this show a couple days ago, and yesterday business picked up and everyone started reporting this heist that you said is being federally investigated by the FBI. And you also said you didn't know if you were supposed to talk about it. Now that you have and people are kind of asking questions, do you feel like you need to, like, do follow up research on. You're like, ooh, I should have said. Because, like, you haven't really spoken about it since everyone's picked it up.
Billy Corben
I have actually did an interview with NBC yesterday, local affiliate NBC. And. And I've been doing my own research on the side. But also they added to the story, said they contacted the Miami Heat, they contacted the FBI, and no one agreed to give comment. They all refused comment. So no one said, this is preposterous. Get out of here. It's like no comment at this time.
Zach
So I did see one of the police departments also said, that's an FBI investigation.
Stugotz
It's ongoing.
Zach
So, I mean, what you've said seemingly is true. But like, now, do you feel like you need to want be the one that like, breaks through and gives the updates on this or you're cool just like sitting back? Well, I'll tell you, let Pablo steal this from you.
Billy Corben
Pablo's not. Well, he's not going to steal because we're on the same team if I end up having to do an episode of Pablo.
Zach
Tori finals are on the same team.
Dan LeBatard
Well, well, what are you doing?
Brad Gilmore
The show ends.
Billy Corben
You got 16 seconds left in this thing. Why are you trying to do Wild Billy Wednesday on a Friday, man?
Brad Gilmore
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Podcast Summary: The Big Suey: Legitimately Okayish (feat. Brad Gilmore)
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Release Date: August 1, 2025
The episode kicks off with Dan LeBatard and Stugotz transitioning into the main segment, "The Big Suey," featuring guest Brad Gilmore. The hosts dive straight into sports discussions, setting the stage for an engaging conversation about the Pittsburgh Steelers and their prospects.
Discussion Highlights:
Aaron Rodgers' Impact: The hosts engage in an in-depth analysis of whether Aaron Rodgers can elevate the Steelers to a championship-winning team. Dan LeBatard expresses skepticism about replicating Rodgers' past successes, noting his exceptional but rare achievements.
Dan LeBatard [02:21]: "I've been practicing in the mirror... the only difference seems to be this imaging."
Historical Comparisons: They compare Rodgers to other legendary quarterbacks like Brett Favre, Tom Brady, and Warren Moon, emphasizing Rodgers' unique skill set that might not be easily replicated.
Dan LeBatard [02:11]: "Warren Moon had a good year in Seattle when I think he was 42. That's it. That's the whole list."
Team Dynamics and Coaching: The conversation delves into the Steelers' head coach Mike Tomlin's strategies and the surrounding team environment, questioning whether the current roster and coaching approach can sustain long-term success.
Brad Gilmore [04:06]: "Aaron Rodgers should have two Super Bowls. They blew the NFC championship in Seattle. That was all on Mike McCarthy."
Future Prospects: They speculate on the future of the Steelers, considering scenarios involving Justin Fields and potential key matchups that could define the team's trajectory.
Mike Ryan [07:25]: "If Kenny Pickett starts for the Browns in Week 4 or 5 against the Steelers and beats that? I mean there would be nowhere to hide."
Notable Quotes:
The hosts shift to lighter topics, sharing personal stories and updates about their lives, including family moments and weekend activities. This segment adds a relatable and humorous touch to the episode, balancing the intense sports analysis.
Pizza Conversations: A significant portion of the discussion revolves around favorite foods, notably pizza preferences, showcasing the hosts' camaraderie and playful banter.
Billy Corben [17:00]: "We did not update Wednesday. Well, Wednesday was my first day that my son was back."
Humorous Banter: The conversation includes jokes about pizza toppings and playful disagreements about what constitutes a true pizza, adding levity to the episode.
Guest Brad Gilmore joins to discuss iconic movies, focusing primarily on the Back to the Future trilogy and the Naked Gun series.
Back to the Future:
Brad Gilmore's Insights: Brad shares insights from his new book, emphasizing why Back to the Future remains a beloved franchise. He highlights its timeless story about choices and the impact of one decision on the future.
Brad Gilmore [27:44]: "It's a movie about choices. Just like life is how one thing can change your entire future."
Behind-the-Scenes Stories: Brad reveals lesser-known facts, such as the original title proposal by Sid Sheinberg and how Back to the Future almost went by a completely different name.
Brad Gilmore [37:39]: "The original title of the film was Back to the Future. But the studio executive... said it makes no sense."
Naked Gun Series:
Generational Appeal: The discussion covers the generational gap in understanding the Naked Gun movies, questioning their relevance to younger audiences while acknowledging their classic humor.
Brad Gilmore [24:25]: "I don't think there's a generation that knows what Naked Gun is."
Notable Quotes:
Throughout the episode, the hosts incorporate humorous segments, including a playful taste test of a drink dubbed "jet fuel." These moments showcase their dynamic chemistry and ability to entertain beyond serious discussions.
Brad Gilmore [41:49]: "Miami flavor right there."
Comedy Bits:
Jet Fuel Taste Test: The hosts humorously discuss the potency of jet fuel, adding a comical element to the podcast.
Billy Corben [41:20]: "I accidentally had more than the allotted amount. This was back when we were in the old studio and I realized it too late and I was legit shaking."
As the episode winds down, the hosts summarize their discussions, reiterating key points about the Steelers' future and the enduring legacy of their favorite movies. They also promote Brad Gilmore's book, encouraging listeners to explore further insights into Back to the Future.
Brad Gilmore [40:31]: "Available wherever books are sold. Amazon's the easiest one."
Final Humor: The episode concludes with more jokes and light-hearted interactions, leaving listeners entertained and engaged.
In this episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, hosts Dan LeBatard and Stugotz, along with guest Brad Gilmore, deliver a blend of in-depth sports analysis, particularly focusing on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Aaron Rodgers, alongside engaging discussions on classic movies like Back to the Future and Naked Gun. Interspersed with personal anecdotes and humorous segments, the episode offers a well-rounded and entertaining experience for listeners, whether they're sports aficionados or pop culture enthusiasts.
Notable Quotes with Timestamps:
For those interested in exploring more about the topics discussed, Brad Gilmore's book, "Why We Love Back to the Future: 40 Years of Fandom, Flux Capacitors, and Timeless Adventures," is available wherever books are sold.