C&R - Big Peanuts Debate & 49-ER Room

Summary

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The Dan Patrick Show (C&R) — “Big Peanuts Debate & 49-ER Room”

Date: October 3, 2025
Hosts: Steve Covino, Rich Davis, Danny G, Sam

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Episode Overview

This episode is a freewheeling mix of sports talk, pop culture nostalgia, and robust debate as Covino, Rich, and crew dive into the legacy of Peanuts (Charlie Brown and friends) on its 75th anniversary, debate which classic cartoons truly stand the test of time, and discuss pivotal moments from NFL and MLB. The show brims with playful ribbing, sharp takes, and a live connection to their passionate audience through call-ins and social media feedback.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Great Peanuts Debate

[03:13–12:13]

• Occasion: 75th anniversary of Peanuts, which debuted October 2, 1950.
• Rich’s Take: Rich calls the old Peanuts specials, particularly "It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," “trash,” claiming they don’t hold up with kids or modern attention spans.
  • “Let me tell you something. It’s trash. Don’t watch it with your kids.” – Rich Davis [07:41]
• Sam & Covino’s Defense: They counter that the melancholy, quiet style is a feature, not a bug—appealing for its emotional realism and serene pacing.
  • “That’s what Charles Schulz’s magic was...It wasn’t about all positive feelings. He was about a mix of life’s feelings.” – Sam [07:39]
  • Covino faults modern “overstimulated” expectations and defends Peanuts as peaceful nostalgia.
• Notable Laughter: Peppermint Patty (the character) “drives a Subaru” [11:47], setting the tone for their riff-heavy dynamic.

Cartoon Nostalgia: Which Shows Hold Up?

[12:09–26:58, 31:34–43:13]

• Old-School Picks:
  • Popeye — Beloved for its animation style and physical comedy. Covino and Sam champion the enduring appeal of classic Popeye episodes like “Sinbad the Sailor.”
  • Heathcliff & Garfield — Modern underdog vs. established favorite.
  • Hanna-Barbera classics (Johnny Quest, Flintstones, Jetsons)
  • Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, Woody Woodpecker, Droopy Dog
• The Disney Era:
  • Rich highlights “DuckTales,” “Darkwing Duck,” “Rescue Rangers,” and “Tailspin” as formative “classics” for millennials.
    • “DuckTales all day. That’s a classic.” – Call-in feedback [24:18]
• Generational Clash:
  • The older hosts (Covino, Danny G) rally for the “classics” as truly timeless, while Rich insists that many don’t hold up on rewatch—pitting legacy against contemporary taste.
    • Covino: “One’s a classic, one is not.” [19:45]
    • Rich: “DuckTales is classic to you. No, to everyone.” [19:47]

Call-In Highlights: Cartoon Fandom Across Generations

[15:39–18:39, 24:52–45:09]

• Favorite Cartoons Shared:
  • Johnny Quest (Hanna-Barbera) [15:44]
  • Laugh Olympics, Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner, Tom and Jerry, Foghorn Leghorn [16:39–18:17]
  • Smurfette origins and “temptation” debate [17:09]
  • Popeye as parental tool: eating spinach out of the can [14:30]
  • Voltron [43:30]
  • Speedy Gonzalez, with a humorous aside about what wouldn’t be acceptable today [43:47]
  • Love for Looney Tunes (Snoopy vs. Red Baron, Pepe Le Pew’s cancellation in modern context, Mel Blanc’s legendary vocal work)

Rich vs. the World: The Peanuts Hill to Die On

• Rich stands nearly alone—callers, cohosts, and even a “Schultz” from Peanuts territory challenge his take.
  • “Rich, you suck. I’m in Northern California in Peanuts territory, and my last name is Schultz.” – Ray [44:43]
  • “90% of the country is going to disagree with you on this.” – Danny G [10:19]
• Covino and the team joke Rich should “slap yourself, then watch Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Slap yourself again...” [10:02]

Cartoons & Cultural Commentary

• Discussion of changing standards (violence in old cartoons, Pepe Le Pew’s problematic persona).
• Debate over how nostalgia affects perception: Are childhood favorites really “better,” or do we just project our memories onto them?

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Sports Segments: NFL and MLB Bites

[31:34–37:01, 39:16–41:31]

• Playoff Baseball:
  • Quick updates on Cubs vs. Padres, Tigers move on over Guardians.
  • Light analysis on pitching lineups, rest schedules, and playoff pressure.
• Yankees Legacy Debate:
  • Is Aaron Judge’s career defined by winning a World Series?
    • Rich: “Aaron Judge needs a World Series to be a Yankee great.” [34:43]
    • Covino: Argues Judge’s “circus numbers” and MVPs might make him an exception, like Griffey or Bonds.
• NFL Notes:
  • Casual Thursday Night Football picks, including Rich’s “Niners plus 14½” teaser bet [45:14–45:35]
  • Pete Carroll called “a young 73” and not to be trifled with physically [30:28]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “That’s what Charles Schulz’s magic was... It wasn’t about all positive feelings. He was about a mix of life’s feelings.” – Sam [07:39]
• “Let me tell you something. It’s trash. Don’t watch it with your kids.” – Rich Davis [07:41]
• “You’re reminiscing and you’re glorifying your childhood.” – Rich Davis [06:58]
• “Peppermint Patty drives a Subaru.” – Covino [11:47]
• “One’s a classic, one is not.” – Covino on DuckTales vs. Woody Woodpecker [19:45]
• “Rich, you suck...and my last name is Schultz.” – Ray (caller) [44:43]
• “I thought anvils were going to be falling from the sky.” – Rich Davis, on Looney Tunes [25:55]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:13–12:13 — The Great Peanuts Debate
• 12:13–20:18 — Old School vs. New School Cartoons
• 15:39–18:39 — Callers share their favorite vintage cartoons
• 24:18–26:58 — Generational cartoon classics and the DuckTales defense
• 31:34–37:01 — MLB Playoff talk: Yankees, Cubs, Judge legacy
• 39:16–41:31 — NFL quick hits, Pete Carroll, ongoing baseball
• 43:13–45:13 — Final cartoon call-ins, wrapping up the Peanuts debate

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Show Tone & Remarks

• Language: The banter is sharp, playful, often irreverent with flashpoints of “hot take” humor.
• Audience Involvement: Call-ins are robust and enthusiastic, reflecting real generational divides and shared pop culture love.
• Pacing: Fast-moving, with debates jumping between nostalgia, sports, and ribbing among hosts, maintaining energy and listener engagement.

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Summary Takeaways

• The generational divide over what counts as a “classic” is alive and well—Peanuts and DuckTales are the battle lines.
• Nostalgia’s power and the reality of revisiting childhood favorites get explored with honesty, humor, and a dash of ranting.
• The Covino & Rich crew excel at weaving sports debates and cultural nostalgia, drawing in passionate, opinionated fans for a conversational, interactive experience.

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Transcript

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[Rich Davis]

What a week, man. Wildcard Baseball Week 5 of the NFL. What a country.

[Steve Covino]

What a month.

[Rich Davis]

What a month.

[Steve Covino]

Can I shout out all the Vatos Locos forever? Even Trespuntos, because it's Hispanic Heritage Month. It continues through the 15th, so. And enjoy the postseason ghost season tomorrow. By the way, if you're keeping score at home, we play a new game that Danny G created called Brain Wave. So stick around for that. But first and first, mostly we be rocking out. Let's go. So yeah, Brain Wave tomorrow. That'll be fun. Your chance to win some prizes. You could watch it on our YouTube channel. You can watch us now. Covino Enrich FSR. And speaking of, our bonus pod debuts right after the show today, an hour from now on the same channel. Covino and Rich FSR on YouTube. So watch it. Be a part of it. You can also stream it, but it's more of a TV show. A YouTube show over promise with Kavino and Rich. We're going to play a game. Can you name that playoff baseball kid from their Little kid picture. We'll talk about colognes. Actually, we'll throw it back. What are your favorite colognes growing up?

[Rich Davis]

Definitely Bartolo.

[Steve Covino]

No, you know why? I'll let you know why. Because Lamar Jackson did you know he.

[Rich Davis]

Had his own businessman. A lot of athletes. I never had it. But remember Michael Jordan had his cologne cheater.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, but I didn't know Lamar Jackson was an entrepreneur like that. So we'll talk some cologne, some football, Rich's picks. That's all an over promised an hour from now on our so join us live. And like we do every Thursday, we're throwing it back. Old school and 50 hits right now.

[Rich Davis]

One baseball question before we get to all your feedback because we are talking cartoons on the anniversary of Peanuts. Charlie Brown, poor guy got the football pulled. Pulled away every time.

[Steve Covino]

And by the way, Sam dances like one of the Peanuts crew. Like naturally. Those are his natural dance moves.

[Rich Davis]

His legs move that way.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, look at him.

[Rich Davis]

If you're watching on the YouTube feed, there he is. All right, so my baseball. Quick question before we get back to cartoons. I know Shohei Otani is going game one on Saturday against the Phils. That's the novelty of having a show. Hey, right. I was wondering. Oh my God. So then Blake Snell, Danny G will be lined up. You guys don't play Game 2 until Monday. It's Saturday. Then Monday there's not Saturday and Sunday. So Blake Snell is going to have like five, six days rest, which is great. Yankees.

[Steve Covino]

Blake Snell looks like he never has any rest though. That's ironic, don't you think?

[Rich Davis]

Tired as hell all the time. Like, yo, Blake taking that bro.

[Steve Covino]

Unpack the luggage, man. You got lots of bags.

[Rich Davis]

If you guys are playing.

[Steve Covino]

I say that respectfully. He's a gamer.

[Rich Davis]

Cove. If you're playing the Blue Jays on Saturday, right. You don't push Max Freed on short rest in the divisional, do you? Or do you say, oh no, no, we'll, we'll save him for Sunday.

[Steve Covino]

What were they saving him for in the previous. So I would say yes, but that's why they yanked them with 102 pitches.

[Rich Davis]

But Kavino, you guys, the Yankees, if they do in tonight that Yankees Blue Jay series, games one and two would be Saturday, Sunday. Do you save Max Freed for Sunday because he pitched Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. You're not going to go a guy on three days rest at this point, are you?

[Steve Covino]

Because then you would probably not. You would go freeze.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, you would go freeze and Rodone Games 2 and 3 if you move on.

[Steve Covino]

And I think, remember, Luis, heel. The king of the heel is your reigning rookie of the Year last year, so he's no scrub.

[Rich Davis]

Okay.

[Steve Covino]

Okay.

[Rich Davis]

Tlc.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. So you'll probably get that, then Freed, then Rodon.

[Rich Davis]

I just love how, Danny, the pitching matchups, when you get to the next series, they're always a little lopsided because of the previous series. It's not like every series lines up like, all right, let's bring the aces out again. Sometimes your ace might pitch game three, and then it just sort of. It's wonky in a really fun way. All right, back to the anniversary of Peanuts. Charlie Brown.

[Steve Covino]

You know what?

[Rich Davis]

Poor guy never got to kick the football.

[Steve Covino]

As Kevin Hart said, I never got.

[Rich Davis]

A Snoopy snow cone machine.

[Steve Covino]

You're gonna learn something today. And I know it's not a crazy baseball stat, but it is kind of cool when you think about Peanuts debuted on this day in 1950. That was before our parents were born.

[Rich Davis]

My dad was born the following year.

[Steve Covino]

Right. And it lasted through 2000. And the legacy still lives today. Joe.

[Rich Davis]

Cool.

[Steve Covino]

Snoopy, Charlie Brown, the whole crew.

[Danny G]

Knott's Berry Farm. There's a Snoopy land.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, yeah. No, I still love it.

[Rich Davis]

Even though Rich took a mean garbage. Let me tell you, it's. The legacy is amazing. The music, the little piano riff, the comics, the newspaper, cartoons.

[Steve Covino]

Such a special feel about their Thanksgiving special, the Great Pumpkin.

[Rich Davis]

Do you mean the Thanksgiving special they made the one black character sit on the opposite side of the table? Racist.

[Danny G]

I knew you're gonna bring that up.

[Steve Covino]

I know, but.

[Rich Davis]

I know, but I will say I so.

[Steve Covino]

But Franklin's my guy.

[Rich Davis]

I so enthusiastically showed my kids the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. And I'm like, kids, sit down. We're gonna watch something really special for dad. We watched the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. It was trash.

[Sam]

Why, though?

[Rich Davis]

What? It was.

[Danny G]

Sam wants to fight you on this.

[Steve Covino]

The not so Great Pumpkin trailer.

[Rich Davis]

Sam. The plot goes nowhere. It has no story.

[Sam]

It's for children.

[Rich Davis]

It's reminiscing. You're reminiscing and you're glorifying your childhood.

[Sam]

I used to watch it till into my teenage years on vhs.

[Steve Covino]

Such a special vibe. Yeah, there's something so special.

[Rich Davis]

He sleeps in the pumpkin patch and he wakes up and he's like, I guess the Great Pumpkin didn't call.

[Sam]

There's a.

[Rich Davis]

It's the worst.

[Sam]

What about the scene where they're walking across that field at night? That makes you feel so lonely, but in a good way. That's what Charles Schulz was all about. It wasn't about all positive feelings. He was about a mix of life's feelings. That is life. Charlie Brown walking across that field at night.

[Steve Covino]

Maybe it shows you the problem. Not with your kids, Rich. The world today, where you need overstimulation. It was something peaceful and nice.

[Sam]

The soundtrack to it was like. It was sort of like made you feel alone and sad and you're like, where is the great.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, that's what I want to feel. Alone and sad.

[Sam]

But it was. That's what Charles Schulz's magic was.

[Rich Davis]

Let me tell you something. It's trash. Don't watch it with your kids.

[Steve Covino]

Wow.

[Rich Davis]

There's stuff that other people taste. Trash. That I think is better. You know what's better, Hubie? Halloween. You know it's better. Oh, no. Oh, are you kidding me? What is that?

[Steve Covino]

Rich is a weird guy.

[Sam]

What about the coal and the. I got coal in my sack for, you know, trick or treating. That's a great scene.

[Rich Davis]

It is the wor. Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is not even worth watching. They should even air it.

[Danny G]

Secondly, do you know how many animated specials the Peanuts had?

[Rich Davis]

Like far too many.

[Danny G]

Take a guess.

[Steve Covino]

Well, the Thanksgiving one, I already saw. Daniel. The Christmas one, I mean, there's Obviously.

[Danny G]

A top 10 list all over the Internet.

[Steve Covino]

Peanut. Probably three to five.

[Danny G]

No, 51 animated specials.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, gee.

[Danny G]

Through the years.

[Steve Covino]

Wow. I mean, I know, like five of them.

[Rich Davis]

That Christmas time is here. Makes me want. I don't want to say what it makes. So Charlie Brown stinks.

[Sam]

Screwed you screw.

[Rich Davis]

I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what doesn't.

[Sam]

You get a rock, you're going to get a rock in your trick or treating bag.

[Danny G]

And he helped give us Snoop Dogg. He's still giving back. I sent you guys a story from CBS Los Angeles. Snoopy helped deliver service dogs to Southern California.

[Rich Davis]

You know what?

[Steve Covino]

That.

[Rich Davis]

What's that? What's that? Pumpkin. My kid.

[Steve Covino]

My kids watch Spookly the Square Pumpkin.

[Rich Davis]

Spookly the Square Pumpkin. That's a good kid program.

[Steve Covino]

Newer Disney flick.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, Dan Byer, you got a cute little son. Do not watch the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown with him. So you'll be wasting your time.

[Steve Covino]

Don't listen, Dan. Don't listen to him.

[Rich Davis]

I'm telling you right now, it's propaganda. Don't waste your time on that.

[Danny G]

Cover your ears, DB It's.

[Steve Covino]

It's hurting our feelings here, man. But based on that, I'm thinking truth.

[Rich Davis]

You know what it's like. Can I give you one analogy, then I. Then I'll shut up for a while. I used to love don't be ridiculous as a kid. I remember you man. Larry and balky. Perfect Strangers. How funny. I went back and watched an episode. I'm like, yeah, funny. For 12 year old idiotic me watching TGIF.

[Steve Covino]

You compare a stupid show like that to a legendary comic character and cartoon like Charlie Brown and the Peanuts.

[Rich Davis]

Can you please watch?

[Steve Covino]

Perfect Strangers was a trash show back then.

[Rich Davis]

Can you please watch it tonight?

[Steve Covino]

Perfect Strangers no better than alf. Or like I was gonna say.

[Danny G]

Thank you. ALF doesn't. ALF doesn't live.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. This peanut.

[Rich Davis]

None of them do. And you're part of your glorifying.

[Steve Covino]

No.

[Danny G]

You don't ever trash on Alpha.

[Rich Davis]

Deep down inside Danny, I know it's not good.

[Steve Covino]

I.

[Rich Davis]

But it was never good. Your homework assignment is to look yourself in the mirror, slap yourself.

[Steve Covino]

Wow.

[Rich Davis]

And then watch the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Slap yourself again. And then come in. And then come in tomorrow. Be like Rich, I'm so sorry. You were right.

[Steve Covino]

That's because you're a pea brain.

[Sam]

Ryan Burching is in here flipping you off because.

[Rich Davis]

Unbelievable. The Blaster Rich is in a row.

[Danny G]

90% of the country is going to disagree with you on this.

[Rich Davis]

You're all lying to yourself. Here's why we're bringing it up.

[Steve Covino]

We're bringing it up because Peanuts, the comic strip debuted today in 1950 with Charlie Brown, the unlucky bald headed Charlie Brown rocking the same shirt he rocked for, you know, over 150 years. Shermy and Patty were the original characters. And it was printed over 2,600 newspapers translated in 21 different languages. So internationally known international fame. And the original strips continued until February 13, 2000. And they were all hand drawn by Charles Schultz and of course the Great Pumpkin. And all the specials that we watched growing up got us thinking about old school cartoons that we love to pass down to our kids. The ones that we thought held the test of time until Rich dumped all over.

[Rich Davis]

Who's a little piece of trash that would pull the football away? Lucy. Yo, Lucy.

[Steve Covino]

Knew it.

[Rich Davis]

I feel like you don't know what you're talking about. I watch.

[Steve Covino]

That's a sports jump up and down. Listen to Lucy.

[Rich Davis]

I know everything. Can I just say this? I was Sam.

[Sam]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

I've watched all these trying to recapture something.

[Steve Covino]

And how do you not know the names of the main character?

[Rich Davis]

Because I.

[Steve Covino]

That's like saying who's that guy? Who's that? Who does Donald Duck date again? Like, how do you not know the character?

[Rich Davis]

I do. I was about to say Peppermint Patty and I knew I was wrong, so I just said real quick.

[Steve Covino]

Anyway, Peppermint Patty drives a Subaru.

[Rich Davis]

100%.

[Danny G]

The very first peanut special, by the way, is a very Charlie Brown Christmas, which a lot of people have ranked number one.

[Rich Davis]

Peppermint Patty drives a Subaru. Might be the best line of the day.

[Steve Covino]

That's a good thing. By the way, My parents drive a Subaru.

[Sam]

Very safe cars.

[Rich Davis]

Very safe cars. I'm just going to say this.

[Danny G]

And Rich ranked number two. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, so suck it.

[Rich Davis]

Yo. What are they, dude?

[Steve Covino]

It shows the problem with your attention span and kids today's attention span. And anyone listening to the show could hear it because you're so hyped up. There's no surprise that you can't sit and enjoy this.

[Rich Davis]

No, it's. It was really. It's unenjoyable. I'm not even joking at this point.

[Sam]

That's how I felt about Hubie Halloween. I got 20 minutes of that. I'm like, this is ridiculous.

[Rich Davis]

How dare you. Dan Patrick's in that. I know, but it's crap. Secondly, I'm gonna give you something else that's even. I'm gonna tell you something that's so bad, that's even better than Charlie Brown. I rather watch Ernest Scared Stupid.

[Sam]

That's another Halloween classic. What is wrong? Ernest Scared Stupid was scary as a kid and it probably still holds up.

[Steve Covino]

I don't know. So based on you don't know?

[Sam]

Come on. That thing was oozing out of its mouth and his nose I think was gross.

[Steve Covino]

What are the old school cartoons that stand the test of time and that you love near and dear, that you want to share with your kids? The old school cartoons that you vouch for. And if you think Rich is wrong, please be the guy to tell him because I tell him every day and he doesn't believe me. 87799 on Fox. 87799 on Fox and at Covinoenrich and at Fox Sports Radio on social media.

[Rich Davis]

I'll give you a cool old school cartoon. Heathcliff. Heathcliff. No one could agree.

[Steve Covino]

You know why? And I put him over Garfield because Heathcliff kicked ass. He was a badass.

[Sam]

He got out of the house a.

[Steve Covino]

Little more and he got all the lady cats.

[Sam]

He was cool at the top of.

[Rich Davis]

That car thing, that tall, hot cat. Like, if I was a cat, you would. If I was a feline, I would.

[Steve Covino]

You Know what? Sam and I have a bond. And Rich, I know you'll agree with it. Something that Sam and I bond over. Because he said something, he's like, oh, my God, you understood my reference.

[Rich Davis]

Something you.

[Steve Covino]

And it's one that you will not deny. You can't deny it. And just because your kids don't like.

[Rich Davis]

It or whatever, you make, like a Gargamel reference or something.

[Steve Covino]

No, no, no, no. One day, Sam made a reference, and I picked up on it, and he was shocked that I knew what was it. And it was. Who's the most remarkable, extraordinary fellow? You Sending Mad the Sailor. Old school Popeye cartoons.

[Rich Davis]

Those are great.

[Steve Covino]

Are still great. And if you watch them with your kids, because you don't really see them.

[Rich Davis]

So good, you have to have, like.

[Steve Covino]

Some old DVD or pull them up on YouTube. But those old ones, Alibaba and the 43 sin beds.

[Rich Davis]

I loved Popeye as a kid. In fact, my mom get this would. I didn't want to eat vegetables like every little kid. This is a true story. I was saying my mom would cook spinach, put it back in the can, and I would eat the spinach out of the can.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. If you want to live up to that shirt that you.

[Rich Davis]

And then I would try. Then I would try to find a women tied to railroad tracks. Never found one.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, chum. But the old school Popeyes are still fantastic.

[Sam]

We talked about this is because they would craft physical sets and then do the animation on top of it.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Sam]

And it had this very much, like, appealing visual esthetic.

[Steve Covino]

Watch Sinbad the Sailor. Watch Abu Hassan Alibaba and the 40 Thieves. Watch some of those old Popeyes. They stand the test of time.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, Sammy, you ever go to the Santa Monica Pier and they actually have a little display about the guy that inspired Popeye?

[Sam]

I have not seen that.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, it's a real dude. And you're like, oh, my God, it looks like Popeye.

[Steve Covino]

And he had the pipe and everything. So we're going to your phone calls now. It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Apparently, Rich isn't excited. He thinks it's the weak Pumpkin Charlie Brown. But it's the anniversary regardless, so it's the weakest, your old school favorites. Let's go to the calls.

[Rich Davis]

Let's go to Darrell in Ohio. What's up, D?

[Caller]

It's got to be you fellas. I'm just. I'm just hanging out here at the Art Institute, watching the traffic.

[Rich Davis]

What's up? What's up, buddy?

[Caller]

Hey. My favorite is Johnny Quest.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, There was a lot of those. That Johnny Quest is old school. Hanna Barbera, right?

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. So those old Hanna Barbera ones, I love them. I don't know if they stated at the time, but I think they're super cool.

[Danny G]

Such a good production company. And I was telling you that they used to have prime time specials, like on Friday night, where it was that flying arc with all the characters on the deck.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, great call on that. Hanna Barbera, legendary. You know, there's a theory. We mentioned this before. They say that the Jetsons takes place the same time as the Flintstones, just in different. You know, one's in outer space and one's in.

[Rich Davis]

One's in the air, one's background.

[Caller]

Yeah, yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Let's go to our buddy Tripp in Vegas. Trip. How are you, friend?

[Caller]

Hey, good to talk to y'. All. I would say I always like watching Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner, but then a show that I love was the Laugh Olympics. I know that may not stand the test of time, but the Laugh Olympics was always good on Saturday mornings.

[Steve Covino]

You know, just Saturday morning cartoons alone is something that kids today will never truly get to enjoy the way we did. We would fly down the steps, we'd have the smell of Mom's pancakes in the air, have a bowl of Apple Jacks or whatever, and watch Looney Tunes and Muppet Babies and then American Gladiators.

[Rich Davis]

I have a question and part of my pervy thought as I get older, looking back, was Smurfette, like, getting with everyone?

[Steve Covino]

No. Or was she. Smurfette was. If you really look up the character, she was like a decoy. She was trying. She works for Gargamel. Gargamel sent her or something like that to lure the.

[Rich Davis]

But that wasn't, like, the storyline of the cartoon, though. But that was the original.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, I think that was the original. Thought she was there to, like, tempt other Smurfs.

[Rich Davis]

I always thought that the only person that looked at themselves in the mirror more than Steve Covino was Vanity Smurf. Is that true? I think so.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

All right, let's say hi to John in Virginia. What's up, John?

[Caller]

Hey, guys. How you doing? Love the show.

[Rich Davis]

Thanks, man. What's up?

[Caller]

Not a whole lot. 2001, my wife was pregnant and had a guy at work do a plywood cutout of my favorite character, Foghorn Leghorn.

[Rich Davis]

Well, I said. Well, I said. I said. I said.

[Caller]

And instead of. Historically, you put that out there. And then the speech bubble, I put. I say, I say, boy, there's a Little chickabout hen. That is.

[Rich Davis]

That's great. I mean, that was just so much a part of our childhood. Because they would have the little shorts. Because they were all shorts that sort of were part of the same episodes. Right. Like Foghorn Leghorn was a couple minutes.

[Sam]

Who was the little. Like, little. Was it Chicken Hawk?

[Rich Davis]

What was it?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, with the glasses.

[Sam]

He was like, all brave and stuff.

[Rich Davis]

You a Tom and Jerry fan?

[Sam]

Yeah, I watched all the show.

[Rich Davis]

I thought Tom and Jerry was legit.

[Steve Covino]

Love that.

[Danny G]

Remember when we were legit?

[Steve Covino]

That was legendary.

[Danny G]

Tom and Jerry, when we were little kids. They had a lot of those cartoons on before the movie. Remember? Like Woody Woodpecker and Droopy cartoons.

[Rich Davis]

Can I hit you up with something that's a little later? Danny, this is more like. You and Kavino might be a little too old for this. Sam is younger than me, so after school, I would watch my siblings who are a couple years younger than me. That whole world of Tailspin, Darkwing Duck, those shows were great. Chippendale Rescue Rangers, that was. I was a little old because I remember being maybe like 10, 11, 12.

[Steve Covino]

But tell me. Those are great. But you just passed over Woody Woodpecker, Tom and Jerry and Droopy Dog. Yeah, and you can throw Chili Willy in that conversation.

[Rich Davis]

Those are better.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, but you're gonna see like, you're from another planet.

[Rich Davis]

So you think DuckTales is not better than Droopy Dog?

[Steve Covino]

DuckTales has a great theme song.

[Rich Davis]

You don't think DuckTales is better, but.

[Steve Covino]

You totally dismiss Danny G's. Like, those are legend.

[Rich Davis]

You think Woody Woodpecker is more entertaining, but you think he's more entertaining. If you were to sit down right now as a grown man at 40 something years old, and I said, objectively, watch Woody Woodpecker and then objectively watch DuckTales.

[Steve Covino]

Here's the difference. One's a classic, one is not.

[Rich Davis]

Get out of here. DuckTales is classic to you. No, to everyone.

[Danny G]

Okay, Droopy holds up. Remember the famous episode?

[Rich Davis]

I don't like anything. Groupy Boobs. Cartoons, Anything. I don't want Saggy Asses. I don't want Drew.

[Steve Covino]

I don't want to. I don't like Kobe.

[Danny G]

He's like the sheriff in Butch, I think is the name of that. That Neme. And he keeps, like, smashing his finger and he has to run outside to scream. There are some legendary cartoons from that era.

[Rich Davis]

I'm not a fan of Droop, but, hey, good one, Danny. Good one, Man.

[Steve Covino]

Rich is just. He's Just hard to play.

[Rich Davis]

No, but I think you guys are, you know, it is. I think you guys. And I'm surprised because Danny's got a little one. He's got koa. I think when you go back and watch a lot of these as an adult, like I said, sitcoms is one category, but even cartoons, you're a lot of times sadly disappointed. Like, oh, this doesn't hold up. And the ones that do are fascinating.

[Danny G]

Like slow old movies. I get your point. But for cartoons back in the day, they were more violent. There was more physical comedy involved. Things they can't get away with nowadays.

[Rich Davis]

My kids think Bugs Bunny's hilarious, but something that I did find funny. My kids love the wizard of Oz. But they were like, why is there a song with a million names for five minutes before the movie starts? Things were slower back in the day.

[Steve Covino]

I don't like the credits.

[Rich Davis]

Right.

[Steve Covino]

It's over.

[Rich Davis]

No, like, what are we doing?

[Steve Covino]

All right.

[Rich Davis]

I'm telling you right now.

[Steve Covino]

Well, why are we talking about this? Because Charlie Brown could have been in the NFL as a place kicker if stupid Lucy would have just gave him a shot one time. It debuted on this day in 1950, so got us thinking of old school cartoons and which ones are still special to us. If Rich took a again, he took a steamer on all of our favorites.

[Rich Davis]

Todd in Missouri might agree with me.

[Steve Covino]

Todd, go ahead. You're on the show.

[Caller]

Tom and Jerry was mine. But I actually, I did want to agree with you that Peanuts is trash.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you. You guys have, you know, there's the.

[Danny G]

Two people in America.

[Steve Covino]

Okay, then why do people still rock like Joe Cool Snoopy T shirts? What do you mean?

[Rich Davis]

Who Joe Cool?

[Steve Covino]

It's still an iconic, like character. Snoopy.

[Rich Davis]

Ask your daughter, Ask your teenage daughter if anyone gives funk or Wagdoll. Yeah, you like about Charlie Brown.

[Sam]

Mike Harmon, who is a host here, has a show from 7 to 10pm Pacific Time, has a Charlie Brown yellow and black shirt.

[Rich Davis]

He's an old ass guy.

[Danny G]

Mike Harmon.

[Rich Davis]

Come on. Are you making something? Come on.

[Danny G]

You act like peanut stuff doesn't sell nowadays. It does.

[Steve Covino]

That's what I'm saying. Like their merch is still a pop culture sort of thing internationally, not just here in America. Snoopy's iconic. Can you guys Snoopy lay on the top of the red?

[Sam]

I will agree with Rich real quick that DuckTales and all those.

[Rich Davis]

That.

[Sam]

What was the other one?

[Rich Davis]

Darkwing Duck.

[Sam]

I'm not saying those Tailspin Chippendale, those are all great.

[Steve Covino]

He paid no mind to the classics that Danny brought up.

[Rich Davis]

Well, these adult. The ones I'm naming are classic too. They're like 30 something years old. Now, question for you. Will you agree when you're done watching Thursday Night Football, when you're. When your team is on an off day from the MLB wild card or divisional round playoffs, when you're not watching the new season of Love is Blind, Because I know Danny's going to start that tonight if he already hasn't.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

When you have a free moment, Season.

[Danny G]

Nine, when you have a free moment.

[Rich Davis]

Can you please honestly watch Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and objectively come back and then say, rich, I'm sorry.

[Steve Covino]

If you do me a favor, I'll watch it. If you do me a favor.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Will you show your nose picking kids who have no attention span, just like their dad?

[Rich Davis]

Okay.

[Steve Covino]

Can you show them on Disney plus? Yeah. The legend of Sleepy Hollow with Ichabod Crane.

[Rich Davis]

That would sounds great. I will absolutely do that. I will show my kids Sleepy Hollow. But I want you to the headless horse. I want you to objectively watch the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and come back.

[Steve Covino]

No, it's slow moving.

[Rich Davis]

We knew that. But come back the next day and say, rich, you know what? You're right. It has nostalgia for me. But watching it now, it's just a.

[Danny G]

Different style of cartoon, bro.

[Rich Davis]

I promise you.

[Steve Covino]

But you're also discrediting, like, the legacy of Peanuts. It had a long run and it still lives today. And the movie that came out in the like around 2015 did really well.

[Rich Davis]

So, Danny, when you brought this up earlier this morning when we were like doing our little prep and stuff, I had no clue I was gonna be so passionate about how much. Because the more I thought about it, I'm like, oh, yeah, yeah, it stinks. But go on. I appreciate.

[Steve Covino]

We'll wrap it up with your phone calls. The cartoons that we hold near and dear. On a throwback Thursday, old school, when 50 hits.

[Rich Davis]

Our buddy Sean hit us up that listens on the iHeart app out here in LA, Sean Weller said DuckTales all day. That's a classic. Now it's 30 plus years old. Danny, life is like. I love those here in duck ville. Duckland. Duck. Duck World. Duck World. But Duckburg, Danny, maybe it is duck. They've made so many different iterations now of DuckTales. Like my kids watch like a new fangled version of ducktales. It's that popular. All right, Dean in Kansas. What's up, Dino? What's up, bud?

[Danny G]

I think he's got a bad connection.

[Rich Davis]

I heard him. He said, Rich is right. All right, Mo in Arizona. What's up, Mo?

[Steve Covino]

What up, Mo?

[Caller]

Hey, afternoon, guys. You're crazy, man. Peanut still holds up, man. Snoopy Charlie Brown, man. That's those. I guess that must be a more of a generational thing.

[Rich Davis]

Mo, I think you're hot. Are you hot right now? You smoking Swede right now?

[Caller]

Correct me if I'm wrong. Look, I got. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you did right with the Looney Tunes. I like those. But was Pepe Le Pew low key, like a. A stalker?

[Rich Davis]

Yes. Pepe Lew is low key. Like, inappropriate. Like Pepe. Oh, y' all leave her alone.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, he needs to take an HR course in today's world.

[Rich Davis]

Pew did not do that course that we do online.

[Steve Covino]

No, but, you know, props to Mo Blank, because he did all those voices, as you guys know. But it's insane because they're all so similar. But the personalities of the voices are also different.

[Rich Davis]

You don't realize when you hear them next to each other without seeing. You're right. They're very similar. And if you've never seen it, look, Sylvester's like Daffy.

[Steve Covino]

And it's also like Pepe Le Pew, which is also like Foghorn, Lego.

[Danny G]

It makes me think of Roadrunner, too. How violent and funny.

[Rich Davis]

I always. I thought anvils were going to be falling from the sky. As an adult, if you've never seen it, I'll give you another homework assignment. This is not going to take you as long as. Just go on TikTok or Instagram, look up old footage of Mel Blanc doing all those voices on, like, Johnny Carson or something. He's done them on, like, on, like, interviews. And watching him getting those cards. And Sylvester, and he does, like, the shaking of his face and stuff. It's.

[Steve Covino]

Porky Pig.

[Rich Davis]

Fantastic.

[Steve Covino]

I love all that stuff. But we'll wrap it up and say, enjoy your peanuts with your kiddos. Or just for nostalgic reasons, for yourself. The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown came out on this day in 1950. Well, not the cartoon, the actual comic strip.

[Danny G]

Yeah, that special came out this month in 66.

[Steve Covino]

I thought we reaped all the benefits, but Rich says no. I do want to say, before we wrap it up, major props from me to Tom and Jerry, all the Looney Tunes. And who else do I. And Woody Woodpecker. Those are my favorites.

[Rich Davis]

There you go.

[Sam]

I already saw Rocky and Bullwinkle, Yogi Bear. There's all those classics.

[Rich Davis]

We got more Kavino and Rich, we'll take more of your feedback. We'll talk some NFL Week five and hey, couple more games gonna be starting soon. Wild Card Week. Let's go. Kavin on Rich right here on Fox Sports Radio.

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Hey, this is Matt Jones and I'm.

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Drew Franklin, and this is NFL Cover Zero. We think NFL coverage should be informative and entertaining. And twice a week, that is exactly what you're gonna get. We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspective a little bit different.

[Steve Covino]

Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game.

[Matt Jones]

What was that?

[Steve Covino]

Looks like something that should not be sold.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, my.

[Steve Covino]

So that was my other big Colts takeaway.

[Matt Jones]

They sold that?

[Rich Davis]

Yes.

[Steve Covino]

Might want to go back to the Colts stadium. Yeah, I might want to go back to the drawing board on that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

I thought the shape we had with.

[Steve Covino]

Pretzels was working pretty well.

[Rich Davis]

It's worked for generations.

[Matt Jones]

We're just here trying to enjoy it. We hope you all will join us throughout the year. And let's go.

[Steve Covino]

I hope I'm as youthful as Pete Carroll is at his age. He's a young 73.

[Matt Jones]

He is a young 73. He is spry.

[Steve Covino]

I wouldn't fight him.

[Matt Jones]

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[Rich Davis]

Lasers, airplanes. It's a duck blur. Or rewrite history. DuckTales.

[Steve Covino]

This is the hardest. Rich Davis rocks out.

[Rich Davis]

For the record, I was I thought that this should be the super bowl halftime show.

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[Rich Davis]

Been the next Adam Vinitari, but that.

[Steve Covino]

Damn Lucy on this day. And again, cartoons and the references, they're all generational depending on when you grew up. Like Len from Idaho hit us up. He's like speed Racer, man. Go, Speed Racer, go. You know, for me, I grew up in an era of Looney Tune reruns and plastic Man's comedy adventure show and he man and things like that.

[Rich Davis]

It's funny you'd say we're going over the classics. It's funny you would say he man because it wasn't a Saturday morning deal.

[Steve Covino]

No, that was an after school deal.

[Rich Davis]

So it was in a different category.

[Steve Covino]

In my mind, it is, it is.

[Rich Davis]

Almost like Thundercats is in a different category.

[Steve Covino]

You know what I liked about the Thundercats? They always shouted out the hoes.

[Rich Davis]

Hoes. So when you, when you shout out hoes, do you think of Hacksaw Jim Duggan or the Thundercats?

[Steve Covino]

Hacksaw. Yeah, Hacksaw Jim Duggan. So anyway, it's an exciting day. You could hear it in our voices. Danny G. Congrats to your Dodgers.

[Danny G]

Let's go.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, man. Congrats again to the Tigers today. They were pumped, dude, the Tiger. Not that they shouldn't be. I'm just saying, if you didn't see the highlights yet, they were pumped.

[Danny G]

Yeah. Talk about a roller coaster ride.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, the Yankees tonight. I mean, it's been great. Of course, you got your Thursday Night Football, so how could we not be excited?

[Rich Davis]

I don't want to interrupt, but we're, we're in a pivotal moment of this game right here. Cubby's up two. Oh. At home against the Padres. Second and third, two outs. And it's own two on Fernando Tatis Jr. So this could be a big playoff moment for him or he could come up, you know, short. Let's see what happens here. So I know we don't do play by play here, but it's one and two now, so we'll, we'll keep you posted. But based on that, it's a big moment right now. These playoffs are popping, man.

[Steve Covino]

They are. And the ratings prove that.

[Rich Davis]

As we discussed, every network, everything, attendance, you name it up.

[Steve Covino]

Well, let me ask you this. And I said, ax.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, Tatis, fly it out to. Right.

[Steve Covino]

Speaking of baseball, 2 0. There's a lot of buzz if you follow social media trends and if you don't, that's why we're here. We keep you up on it. I keep scrolling, scrolling, scrolling, scrolling so that you don't have to. I do the ball scroll. And people say I shouldn't sit that long.

[Rich Davis]

It's bad for you because it's bad for me. You're gonna get hemorrhoids.

[Steve Covino]

But I do it because I love you guys. I'm sitting there and there's a lot of buzz on social media about judge's legacy and how it all depends on whether or not he wins the big game. He wins the World Series, he wins it all.

[Rich Davis]

And I mean, it's the one thing that held back Don Mattingly.

[Steve Covino]

But it was saying, like, now it's like he still got years.

[Rich Davis]

I know. What I'm saying is when you think of all the Yankee greats, from the Babe to Yogi Berra to Mickey Mantle to Reggie Jackson to modern day Derek Jeter to Mariano Rivera, what do they all have in common? Their winners and champions? The one bummer, the one bummer for number 23, the great mustachio Dom Mattingly, was that he never, he never got one and his back injury took him out early. I think that a guy like here's the Aaron Judge needs a World Series to be a Yankee great.

[Steve Covino]

Here's my debate here. And I'm not saying that's not true because it's sports. You're defined by did you win or not, right? But Judge is in a different stratosphere. As much as I love Don Mattingly, he's one of my heroes. As much as I love Donnie Baseball and Don Mattingly, what Aaron Judge is doing for baseball is circus. Like it's ridiculous. As I joke, he's Herman Munster in pinstripes. And I say that because there was an episode where Herman Munster was hitting bombs because he's, you know, big Frankenstein month. He was just hitting bombs on a baseball team.

[Rich Davis]

You know what it reminds me of if you got kids, you ever watch the Sonic movies? Yeah. And who's the little red Sonic dude? Like nails or what is it?

[Steve Covino]

What is it?

[Rich Davis]

What are the nails or shadow or remember like they play baseball at one of the ends of the movies and he just hits the ball like that's how Aaron Judge. It's ridiculous.

[Steve Covino]

So is his legacy, his legacy when he has these circus numbers. He's a two time MVP going for his third MVP this season. Well, batting title, champion, Captain of the Yankees.

[Rich Davis]

Knuckles.

[Steve Covino]

Knuckles.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you, Sam. Knuckles.

[Steve Covino]

Is his legacy really defined on whether or not he wins the World Series and is the urgency really now here's the criticism.

[Rich Davis]

No one, no one says, well, Barry Bonds or Mike Trout or some of the. Or Griffey Jr. No one's saying they stink as they didn't win.

[Steve Covino]

So I know saying they're like, because they're exceptionally, they're extraordinary.

[Rich Davis]

He's like an automatic hall of Famer and legend. I get that Aaron Judge is the man. But I'm saying if you want to always go around with your Yankee shirt on and your pinstripes and your Yankees hat, you always talk about earn the pinstripes, the legacy. It's like the Lakers of baseball, right? It's, you know, there's franchises, the Celtics that are known to win. And if he plays his whole career as a Yankee, which will likely be the case, and doesn't have a World Series, you can't talk about him with the great Yankee lore of these other guys.

[Steve Covino]

I think this criticism comes because I think he's currently batting like.200 in the postseason.205. 205. And he needs that clutch performance.

[Rich Davis]

Well, guess what, he's four for eight this postseason. So so far, so good for you.

[Steve Covino]

So Judge's legacy, does he have to win? Think about it and we'll get to your calls, but Dan Byers got an update.

[Rich Davis]

What's up db?

[John]

Yeah guys, just this.

[Steve Covino]

Just saying.

[John]

Cavito and Rich find $5 million by the FCC for stealing play by play earlier. No, I'm kidding.

[Steve Covino]

Yes, Rich. I blame Rich.

[John]

That's. I'll tell you what. Right now, the Cubs still hold on to that two nothing lead against the Padres. Bottom of the fifth inning. Earlier today in Cleveland, it was a maybe not all, but a wild card series between the Tigers and Guardians.

[Rich Davis]

First pitch swing a line drive base.

[Caller]

Hit into right, Perez into score. Torkelson will stop at second base.

[Rich Davis]

61 Tigers bats are booming in the seventh against Hunter Geddis.

[John]

A four run seventh for the Tigers allowed them to top the Guardians. 6 3. So Detroit moves on to face Seattle in the American League Divisional Series. Red Sox and Yankees, you guys talked about it tonight, 8:00 Eastern. Winner gets Toronto. Some injury news from the NFL. No practice for Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, his teammate, safety Kyle Hamilton. Corner Marlon Humphrey and linebacker Roquan Smith also missed workouts today. Commanders will not have Terry McLaurin or Noah Brown as the wide receivers have been ruled out against the Chargers. And D Bill Samuel missed his second straight practice today. Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving didn't practice again. He's dealing with foot and shoulder injuries. Baker Mayfield did practice for Tampa. Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard missed practice. He's dealing with a calf injury. Second straight day he's missed. Niners and rams. Tonight, 850 eastern time tonight. And on three is reporting that executives with the NCAA are moving closer and closer to expanding both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments to 76 teams. That change would be in place for the 2027 NCAA tournaments. Guys, back to you just to don't do it.

[Rich Davis]

I mean it's like 60 something teams isn't enough. Come on, come on, you don't need that. And by the way, Dan, while you were doing that great update, the Padres are so, they were so shifted over. I know you can't shift the way you used to be able to, but Manny Machad practically shortstop, and the shortstop was right up the middle. That Michael Bush of the Cubs hit the weakest little pop up to third. Yeah, and it just dropped because he just dropped. He just couldn't get to it. They were, they were so shifting. But now a double player race is all that anyway. But still it was, it was wild to see. I was like, oh, that's a routine pop up to third. Machado wasn't there. There was no one there.

[Steve Covino]

Every moment counts. It's that time of year where Covino and Rich and we get to your phone call next judge's legacy on Fox Sports Radio.

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Hey, this is Matt Jones. I'm Drew Franklin and this is NFL Cover Zero. We think NFL coverage should be informative and entertaining. And twice a week that is exactly what you're gonna get. We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspective a little bit different.

[Steve Covino]

Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game.

[Matt Jones]

What was that?

[Steve Covino]

That looks like something that should not be sold.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, my.

[Steve Covino]

So that was my other big Colts takeaway.

[Matt Jones]

They sold that?

[Rich Davis]

Yes.

[Steve Covino]

Might want to go back at the Colts stadium. Yeah, I might want to go back to the drawing board on that. Yeah, I thought the shape we had.

[Rich Davis]

With pretzels was working pretty well for generations.

[Matt Jones]

We're just here trying to enjoy it. We hope you all will join us throughout the year. And let's go.

[Steve Covino]

I hope I'm as youthful as Pete Carroll is at his age. He's a young 73.

[Matt Jones]

He is a young 73. He is spry.

[Steve Covino]

I wouldn't fight him.

[Matt Jones]

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[Rich Davis]

Yo, yo. I was Sam playing some Darkwing Duck. Nice.

[Steve Covino]

Well, it's hot. Oh, wait.

[Rich Davis]

I'm sorry, Rescue Rangers.

[Steve Covino]

I'm more like a Batwing Duck right now.

[Rich Davis]

Sorry.

[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

You know what, I don't think this year but.

[Steve Covino]

Or does his stats alone put him up there with the Griffey juniors and other people you mentioned before that that never won, but we don't question their legacy.

[Rich Davis]

I don't think he has to win this year. But Aaron Judge can't retire without a World Series in pinstripes to be put in the conversation with Jeter and Mantle and Ruth. You'll just say he was what, a great, Like a great offensive player? Like a Bonds or a Griffey or someone that just never.

[Steve Covino]

I would say. You'd still say he was probably the best right handed hitter we've ever seen in our life.

[Rich Davis]

All right, slow down.

[Steve Covino]

What do you mean, slow down? Are you. You're downplaying his numbers? I'm saying his numbers don't require any sort of win. It'll help his legacy. I want him to win more than anybody, but I'm not sure he's defined by that. I think he might be an exception.

[Rich Davis]

We have so many random things going on, questions behind the scenes and everything. But let's go real quick. Rapid fire. People still want to talk about all the cartoons. We threw it back with legendary cartoons on the anniversary of Peanuts.

[Steve Covino]

Peanuts. Yep.

[Rich Davis]

Calvin and Indy. What's up, man?

[Caller]

All right, guys. This is one of the best talk shows ever. In history. In life.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, just try. Love that.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, I agree.

[Danny G]

That should be our slogan, y'.

[Caller]

All the best dude.

[Rich Davis]

That's a great slogan. We're gonna roll with that, Calvin. Thank you.

[Caller]

It's going back to my early days. I was a manager at McDonald's. We used to rush home from McDonald's to watch Voltron. Defender of the Universe.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Yo, Calvin. Good one, bro. Let's say hi to Ken in San Francisco. Hey, Ken.

[Caller]

Hey. What's going on, gentlemen?

[Steve Covino]

Yo.

[Caller]

So this is total. Totally generational. But Speedy Gonzalez would not fly today.

[Steve Covino]

I wear. You know, sometimes I wear a Slowpoke Rodriguez.

[Rich Davis]

His cousin was Slowpoke Rodriguez, which is a great character.

[Steve Covino]

He was basically stoned all the time. Yeah, but people. I'm half Mexican. People are like, I don't know, man. I don't know if you could wear that. This little racist.

[Rich Davis]

And you're like, but you're Mexican.

[Steve Covino]

Are you kidding? He's just a source of pride.

[Rich Davis]

Slowpoke Rodriguez.

[Steve Covino]

You're right. It wouldn't really fly today.

[Rich Davis]

Like we said before, same with Pepe Le Pew. Roscoe in Florida. What's up, Roscoe?

[Caller]

I'm loving it.

[Rich Davis]

What's up?

[Caller]

I can't believe y' all didn't mention Snoopy versus the Red Baron. That was a classic.

[Rich Davis]

Snoopy. Red Baron is classic. The Christmas song, right? Yeah, that is classic. But I'm telling you, the Charlie Brown Halloween Big Great Pumpkin stinks. Ray, you're on. Wrap this up. What's up, Ray? What up, Ray Ray?

[Caller]

Rich, you suck. I'm in Northern California in Peanuts territory, and my last name is Schultz.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, wow.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, Ray.

[Steve Covino]

Ray really offended this guy.

[Rich Davis]

Ray, I love you, bro.

[Steve Covino]

Let's end on that one.

[Rich Davis]

That was a great one, Rich. Sucks is a great call to end on.

[Steve Covino]

Our boy that called. Did he work at McDonald's or McDowell's? I couldn't hear.

[Rich Davis]

I think he's at McDowell's.

[Steve Covino]

McDowell's.

[Danny G]

The good news for Ray in Northern California is you might be picking his football team today.

[Steve Covino]

You know what?

[Rich Davis]

I'm going with the 49ers.

[Danny G]

Shocker.

[Rich Davis]

Getting eight and a half. Now, if you really want to be tricky, you want to be tricky Dicky. You know, I've been nailing these tease bets, Danny, knock on wood. We're sort of undefeated on these. Thursday and Monday, five and. Oh, right. So I like the Niners. Oh, my God. This is like a gift. Plus 14 and a half. Oh, so plus 14 and a half. What is the over, under for tonight?

[Caller]

That.

[Rich Davis]

That's always the tricky part. Do you go over or under 49ers? 43 and a half. Go over 37. And a half. Oh, we know. Hold on. Robert Salah's defense might keep him in check. Go under. It's a Thursday short.

[Danny G]

Say when you don't overthink it.

[Rich Davis]

That's when you've been hitting so under 49 and a half. Under 49 and a half. Niners plus 14 and a half. Let's hope Salah's defense controls the tempo now. Something I want you to think about for tomorrow. Ask your wife, ask your kids. Camino asked the dumbest, funniest question off the air with smart spot in your life. What athlete's name do you think you've said the most in your lifetime? In your lifetime? Because we were like, man Kavino. Aaron Judge. Aaron Judge. And I'm like, you know, what do you think you've said Aaron Judge as much as you've said Jeter?

[Steve Covino]

I don't know. When you pass though, you. You go through the pearly gates and they hand you a DVD and a piece of paper and all your stats are there?

[Rich Davis]

I think so, yeah.

[Steve Covino]

So you'll find out then. But we'll discuss that and more. Plus the new game Brainwave. We'll do that tomorrow. Weekend hobnobbing. Get ready for the weekend.

[Rich Davis]

But what's the chances the Niners and the Yankees win tonight?

[Steve Covino]

Hopefully good for us.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I hope so.

[Steve Covino]

Remember, over promised premieres next. So join us on Cavino and Rich FSR on YouTube episode 111. Let's go. All right.

[Rich Davis]

Until then. Or even there too, baby.

[Steve Covino]

See you in the over promised land.

[Rich Davis]

Go Yankees. Yeah.

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[Steve Covino]

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