Hour 2 – “Thank You Todd,” Louis Riddick

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 2 – “Thank You Todd,” Louis Riddick

Date: August 6, 2026
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network
Host: Dan Patrick

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Episode Overview

This spirited Hour Two of The Dan Patrick Show blends trademark humor, behind-the-scenes banter, and sharp sports commentary. Dan, broadcasting from Maine, sets the scene with stories of his “manly” escapades, before diving into NFL preseason storylines, baseball MVP odds, running back contracts, and heartfelt (and hilarious) discussions about fatherly emotions and wedding speeches. The segment climaxes with an engaging interview with ESPN and NFL analyst Louis Riddick, who shares unfiltered insights on Aaron Donald’s comeback, the Arizona Cardinals’ prospects, and quarterback hot takes. Longtime listeners are rewarded with callbacks to inside jokes, listener calls, and, of course, a memorable horse naming bit centered around producer Todd Fritz.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Dan's "Manly" Maine Adventures

• [00:09] Dan recounts a “manly” day in Maine featuring pontoon boating, fishing, ATV-ing, and paddleboarding.
  • “Took the pontoon boat out, didn’t crash into anything. Did a little fishing, did a little side by side ATV...Those things are indestructible...I just feel like a man up here.” – Dan Patrick [00:22]
• The crew jokes about helmet safety, with Todd (Fritzi) advocating for caution.
  • “Even if you’re just sitting in it, you should have your helmet on.” – Todd [02:34]

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2. Baseball: NL MVP Debate

• [04:10] Running poll: Who will win the NL MVP—Ohtani or Pete Crow-Armstrong (PCA)?
  • PCA slightly favored due to his overall skillset compared to Ohtani’s recent role as DH.
  • Mets’ involvement in PCA’s career discussed in joking terms about “taking credit/blame.”

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3. NFL Chatter: Commanders & Jonathan Taylor

• [05:18] Passionate call-in from James in Virginia defending Jaden Daniels and hyping the Washington Commanders’ upgrades with Stefon Diggs and a strong supporting cast.
  • “He’s not a running quarterback. He’s a quarterback that can run and he wins from inside the pocket, man.” – James [06:05]
• Jonathan Taylor’s 2-year, $44M contract extension analyzed.
  • Noted as the largest “third contract” for a running back.
  • “I guess what they’re trying to say is most running backs don’t get a third contract with their team, but congratulations.” – Dan Patrick [07:40]
  • Dan and crew reminisce about MVP discussions, including placing Daniel Jones in consideration early last season.

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4. Listener Calls: Humor and Sentiment

• [08:56] Tripp in Vegas roasts Todd with jokes about cheese pizza pies and cartoon likenesses, sparking a lighthearted back-and-forth.
  • “If you look at the cartoon King of the Hill, Todd looks just like Bill, his neighbor.” – Tripp [08:58]
• [09:41] Ashley from Reno calls in with a touching perspective on wedding speeches, encouraging Dan to show his emotions.
  • “You don’t remember much about your wedding, but if there’s one thing that sticks out...I just say, let you have all the emotion.” – Ashley [10:08]
  • “Yeah, but I want the message to be the star, not the messenger. That’s the problem.” – Dan Patrick [11:55]
• Crew riffing on motivational home décor slogans (“Live Laugh Love”) as hypothetical Toddisms.
  • “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Todd [12:38]

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5. Horse Racing Bit: “Thank You, Todd”

• [13:07] Ace in New York suggests naming a horse after Todd—kicking off a flurry of new horse name gags and an “open barn / open bar” bit.
  • “Thank you, Todd, down in the stables.” – Paulie [14:49]
  • “And fans can visit the horse in a place called Open Barn and you can give out all kinds of drinks and snacks in Open Barn.” – Todd [16:12]
• Later, Todd returns with a series of bad (and self-aware) horse name ideas, getting lambasted by the crew.
  • “Once again. Those are terrible.” – Dan Patrick [45:52]

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6. Featured Interview: Louis Riddick (ESPN/NFL Analyst)

Aaron Donald’s Return

• [23:33] Riddick confirms Aaron Donald’s comeback, emphasizing his unique, “no BS” approach and assurance that he’ll be returning only if he’s able to play at his former elite level.
  • “If he’s coming back, which he is, then he’s pretty damn sure that when he comes back, it’s going to be that same dude...Aaron was unblockable.” – Louis Riddick [24:09]

Personality Split: Gentle Off-Field, Fierce On-Field

• [25:23] Dan draws a comparison to Troy Polamalu; Riddick offers Eric Turner as an example—“one of the most vicious hitters” but a gentle soul off field.
  • “Off the field, big giant, wide smile...But when he played, I’ve never seen a guy play as nasty and as vicious as he is.” – Louis Riddick [25:42]

Arizona Cardinals Rebuild and Prospects

• [27:01] Riddick analyzes the Cardinals’ long-term mediocrity but expresses hope for their new system and young offensive pieces, saying things can turn quickly in the NFL.
  • “I’m kind of high on what’s going on there...It’s quarterback, right?...Like wide receivers like Mike Wilson, Marvin Harrison Jr.—teams would kill for that.” – Louis Riddick [27:23]

NFL Teams Poised to Surprise

• [31:45] Pressed for sleeper picks, Riddick singles out the Saints—claiming they’ll win their division thanks to strong offensive pieces and a star coordinator.
  • “The Saints are going to win the South. They have bookend tackles, a stud tight end, youth and playmaking at wide receiver...” – Louis Riddick [31:49]

The Jaden Daniels Debate

• [32:49] Riddick predicts a top season for Jaden Daniels, ranking him among his NFL’s top five QBs, controversially even above Lamar Jackson for this year.
  • “Jaden Daniels is a top five quarterback in the NFL. I don’t care if you think Drake and Caleb have surpassed him...Jaden Daniels is about to show us all, ‘Don’t forget about me.’” – Louis Riddick [33:29]
  • “If I said you got Jaden Daniels for this year or Lamar Jackson this year...Taking Jaden Daniels.” – Louis Riddick [35:42]

Building a Team: The Lawrence Taylor Standard

• [36:53] Asked which non-QB Hall of Famer he’d build a team around, Riddick instantly names Lawrence Taylor as the NFL’s most feared player “period, end of story.”
  • “Lawrence Taylor was the most feared individual in the sport of football, period, end of story...” – Louis Riddick [36:55]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dan’s Maine Mood:

  • “I just feel like a man up here. I don’t know if they have an accent in Maine, but I think it’s kind of a combination of Massachusetts and Maine...But, yeah, did some manly things yesterday. All man. When I get up here.” — Dan Patrick [00:22]

• Safety First:

  • “Even if you’re just sitting in it, you should have your helmet on.” — Todd [02:34]
  • “Why don’t you have a helmet on right now?” — Dan Patrick [02:41]

• Listener Advice on Wedding Jitters:

  • “No matter what happens, it’s okay to cry, man. Let those feelings out and enjoy the moment, man.” — James in Virginia [05:27]
  • “You don’t remember much about your wedding, but if there’s one thing that sticks out...I just say, let you have all the emotion.” – Ashley [10:08]

• Crew Roasting and Banter:

  • “Todd’s advice is like those things you get from Bed, Bath and Beyond...They’re very vague and they’re flowy and nice.” — Paulie [12:20]
  • “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” — Todd [12:38]

• Louis Riddick on Aaron Donald:

  • “He doesn’t waste people’s time. So if he’s going to come back...you knew he was dead serious about it.” — Louis Riddick [24:13]
  • “Aaron was unblockable.” — Louis Riddick [24:42]

• Louis Riddick on Building a Team:

  • “Lawrence Taylor was the most feared individual in the sport of football, period, end of story, in the history of the game.” — Louis Riddick [36:53]

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Timestamps for Essential Segments

• Manly Maine Adventures & Safety Talk .................................. [00:09–02:56]
• Baseball MVP Discussion & Polls ........................................ [04:10–05:17]
• Commanders Hype Call (James, VA) .................................... [05:27–07:04]
• Jonathan Taylor’s Contract & MVP Chatter ........................... [07:04–08:30]
• Todd Roasts & Cheese Pizza Bit ......................................... [08:56–09:36]
• Emotional Wedding Speech Advice ................................... [09:41–12:02]
• Home Goods Slogans Parody .............................................. [12:20–12:46]
• Horse Names Segment ....................................................... [13:07–16:29; revisited [44:04–46:14]]
• Louis Riddick Interview
  • Aaron Donald’s Return .......................................................... [23:33–25:06]
  • Players with Different On/Off Field Persona .......................... [25:23–27:01]
  • Cardinals Rebuild, Division Challenges .................................. [27:01–31:36]
  • Surprise Teams: Saints & Jaden Daniels Debate .................... [31:45–36:36]
  • Building a Roster: Non-QB Hall of Famer Choice ................... [36:36–38:42]
• Wedding Speech Fears & Advice (Listener Calls) ................... [46:20–50:25]

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Tone & Style Notes

• Laid-back, irreverent, quick-witted. Dan’s self-depreciating humor is balanced by genuine warmth, whether he’s recounting personal stories or talking up his crew.
• Interactive: Featuring recurring caller personalities (James, Ashley, Tripp, Ace), the segment feels communal and familiar.
• **Sports talk is both analytical and accessible—**insider insights for diehards, but side-splitting gags and relatable moments for casual listeners.

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In Summary

This hour is a quintessential Dan Patrick Show mix: sports analysis meets family anxiety, set to a backdrop of inside jokes, listener calls, and the ever-present “Todd” as both muse and punchline. Louis Riddick’s guest spot is a highlight, providing deep NFL context and strong opinions that spark playful debate. Whether you’re invested in the MVP race or just want to hear if Dan will blubber at his daughter’s wedding, this episode has you covered.

Transcript

[Dan Patrick]

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

[Louis Riddick]

You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio.

[Dan Patrick]

Football is back tonight. NFL preseason kicks off. Panthers, Cardinals, hall of fame game tonight on NBC. And Peacock, come on in. Stay a while. Gang's all here. Fritzi, Dylan, Marv, Poly, yours truly in the back room, guys as well. I mentioned yesterday I was going to do some manly things yesterday, and I did. Being here in Maine, maybe. I did some mainly things. I took the pontoon boat out, didn't crash into anything. Did a little fishing, did a little side by side atv, took my wife out and a friend, and we were just running over things. Those things are. They're indestructible. I got this Yamaha and it could climb a tree, I think, but did that yesterday, a little paddle boarding as well. So, yeah, it was just a. It was a manly thing. I said, you know what? I'm feeling like we should grill out tonight, hon. She says, okay, what's with the accent? I said, I don't know. I just feel like a man up here. I don't know if they. They have an accent in Maine, but I think it's kind of a combination of. Of Massachusetts and Maine, so it makes for an interesting accent there. But, yeah, did some manly things yesterday. All man. When I get up here.

[Paulie]

Yes, Paulie, when you're in the ATV thing, are you all decked out? The helmet, the gloves that, like, fire suit those guys wear?

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, we weren't going that fast because my wife said maybe we should wear helmets. And I said if we were going fast and over, you know, real rough terrain, that I would do that.

[Fred Armisen]

But.

[Dan Patrick]

And these guys had air conditioning. They have air conditioning in their side by sides. I didn't. And all of a sudden there's branches, there's dust. And I was like, all right, I'm roughing it. And it was really warm out. You get in there and yeah, it was fun. Manly. That's what it was. Manly.

[Dylan]

Yes, Dylan, then everyone knows there's nothing less manly than wearing a helmet.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, well, in. In your atv, maybe you don't need it. I did have my seatbelt on, you know, but we weren't going very fast, so.

[Todd]

Yes, Todd, I know I'm a worry wart and neurotic and don't take chances. And we know the whole story, but I still think at all times, even if you're just sitting in it, you should have your helmet on.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh. Just sitting.

[Todd]

If you lose your balance and you fall and all of a sudden you hit the side of the concrete, I think at all times. If you're in some type of vehicle.

[Dan Patrick]

Why don't you have a helmet? Why don't you have a helmet on right now?

[Todd]

Because I'm confident, even though I'll get a little dizzy on occasion, that I can sit here and not have a serious like injury. But I think anything that has wheels and it can move in any kind of direction. Although sometimes my chair gets a little loose. You should wear a helmet.

[Dan Patrick]

We say good morning if you're watching on Peacock. Download the app if you haven't done so. You'd be able to see the beautiful man cave that we have. And Fritz, he has his Friday Night Lights football jersey on.

[Louis Riddick]

Tim Riggins.

[Dan Patrick]

Tim Riggins. Thank you, Todd.

[Todd]

Panthers.

[Dan Patrick]

Dylan is here. I know that's as close as we could get to the Panthers playing the Cardinals tonight. Marvin Pauley up front and yours truly, Louis Riddick of the Mothership will stop by, update the poll results as well. Stefan Diggs to the Commanders, which is interesting, ish, but I don't know if that changes the fortunes of the commanders. You got Terry McLaurin, but you got a healthy Jaden Daniels back now. Now we're going to see because a lot of times that rookie year, they don't know you. You may not know them, but Jaden Daniels had enough talent where it felt like defenses were trying to catch up to him. And then once they do, then that's when we find out what you do to counteract them. And I'm really interested to see Jaden Daniels after the injury plague season last year. Can he replicate what we saw in his first year poll questions from the first hour and what are we going with hour two? Dylan? Well, we had this up as a

[Dylan]

late first hour poll question. Dan, as of today, who are you taking to win the NL MVP? Shohei or Tani or Pete Crowe? Armstrong or Donnie? 55.5% are taking PCA.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I think if Ohtani is not pitching now, it just comes down to a hitting contest. And I also have to factor in Pete Crowe. Armstrong is a Gold Glove center fielder. Ohtani being a DH limited with, you know, sore knee, having the pitching element, you know, that's where he was going to and will win more MVPs if he's able to do both at a very good level, doesn't have to be great. But to do that, you know, it's always the. Yeah, but he pitches as well. Yes.

[Dylan]

Dylan, should the Mets get any credit for PCA's MVP season for one giving him to the Cubs. And also in that same vein, taking Javi Baez off their hands at the same time.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow. Wow. Sure, yeah. They can take some credit, take some blame.

[Dylan]

They need something.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. Oh, James in Virginia. We're talking about the Commanders, of course. You gotta have James in Virginia.

[James]

Oh, thank you for taking my call, brother. Happy Thursday. DP Dan. Salute the Commanders, man. Big time, all the time, every time. But before I get to that dp, you know, I gotta tell you, man, I hope you have just a wonderful time at the wedding, man. It's gonna be a great time, a great experience. No matter what happens, it's okay to cry, man. Let those feelings out and enjoy the moment, man, because you only get to go through it, hopefully just one time, man. So. But after that, man, of course I gotta call him and represent the Commanders, man. You push, you pushing on him. I gotta push back a little bit, man. People forget about Jaden Daniels and what he could do from inside that pocket, man. He's not a running quarterback. He's a quarterback that can run and he wins from inside the pocket, man. They got Terry McLaurin, Optimus prime, the number one contestant, Catcher in the game, man, and he can still fly. You bring in Diggs now, he may not be as fast as he once was, but he's a proven receiver. I think he had over a thousand yards last season for New England. He can get open. They drafted Williams from Clemson and bring it. Brought in Chigen Ponkro who can be a top flight tight end given the opportunities, man, he didn't really do much in Tennessee, but he didn't really have a whole lot of quarterback help to do that. So I'm excited to see. Plus you got cross the Amer coming back for a second season. He rushed for almost 900 yards as a rookie and he was in and out of the starting lineup and he's got game breaking speed now. There are some questions though, when you talk about the back end of the wide receiver court, but that offensive line is strong. You got Larry McCunel on the left side and Sam finds me at the right guard. I can keep going deep in. So I appreciate you letting me run and have a wonderful time again, man. You have a great day, guys. Salute the Commanders.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, James. I'm sure James has bad days, but you would never know it. He's always in a good mood. Jonathan Taylor got a contract extension, two years, $44 million worth, up to 47. So that would be the. Is that the largest contract I Don't think he's getting paid the most. Is he for a third contract? Is that per season? Is that what it is?

[Todd]

Todd, I'll have to look into more details about it. I just. But it's the largest contract ever offered for running back in his third contract. I know that much.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay. I don't care. Okay. I. I guess what they're trying to say is most running backs don't get a third contract with their team, but congratulations. Jonathan Tay, two years, 44 million dollar extension. Yes, Paulie.

[Paulie]

He's 27 years old, ran for 1600 yards and 18 touchdowns last.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I like him a lot. He's a home run hitter for that team. Yes, Marvin.

[Todd]

He was in our MVP candidacy for about the first eight or nine weeks last season.

[Dan Patrick]

I think he was an October vp. I put him in there. Yeah, yeah, but I had Daniel Jones in there, too. Like, hey, man, you know, they're whatever, nine and one or something. And he's MVP candidate. Yes, Marvin.

[Todd]

Yeah, as soon as you said that I was out, I was like, no, Daniel Jones cannot win league mvp. Maybe come back player of the year, coming back from being sorry, but not mvp.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, you. You can still put in candidates. You can be a candidate. It doesn't mean that I think you're going to win, but sometimes it's nice to say, oh, you know what seems like an MVP candidate or a Heisman candidate. Now, granted, it might be September, October, but still, you can be a early season candidate. There, let me see. Trip in Vegas is back. Good morning, Tripp. What do you have for me?

[Tripp]

Hey, good morning, dp. Always a pleasure to follow James. So my call today is an all Todd call, so he'll appreciate that. If you look at, I think about, I figured out who Todd looks like. If you look at the cartoon king of the hill, Todd looks just like Bill, his neighbor. Then number two, instead of the minister's humor, I was thinking maybe we could call him the Notorious Todd. And finally, since he has such a problem with cheese pizza, from now on, when he loses a bet, it's not going to be a pie to the face. It's going to be a cheese pizza to the face. Wow.

[Todd]

Wow.

[Dan Patrick]

Tripp comes after you, Todd.

[Todd]

But he brings up some interesting unique points. And a cheese pizza instead of a pie is kind of funny. For the next time I screw up.

[Dan Patrick]

Ashley in Reno. Ashley, welcome to the program. What's on your mind today?

[Ashley]

Good morning. How are you?

[Dan Patrick]

Great. Yep, great.

[Ashley]

I just wanted to give you a woman's perspective after Hearing, I don't know, weeks and months and then talking about, you know, the speech. But I think you should just let it have the emotion as being like a father had a father of the sorry daughter of the bride, you know, he cried, I cried, my table cracked. And after 10 years, it's like, still one of the most memorable parts of my wedding. So it's like, it still tears me up to this day. And so you don't remember much about your wedding, but if there's one thing that sticks out, so I just say, let you have all the emotion.

[Dan Patrick]

Wait, are you getting choked up now?

[Ashley]

I am. I still think about it. It makes me tear up.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't have any problems with the tears that I'm going to cry. It's the noise that I make, Ashley, when I cry. Blubbering.

[Ashley]

He blubbered, too. And you know what? Everyone at my table lost it. And everyone, like, that's one of the things they still talk about.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but I'm a hall of fame broadcaster, actually.

[Louis Riddick]

Look it up.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. I don't know what your husband does for a living. I'm supposed to stand up there and talk to people. I'm supposed to be the rock of the family.

[Ashley]

But you want it to be memorable. Your daughter will remember it forever. There's so cute, things that you remember from that night.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, well, thank you. Actually, now, I did have somebody in the family saying, you know, it'll be bad if you don't cry. I go, oh, now I can't win. Yeah.

[Paulie]

Paulie, I've been thinking about this for a long time. I'm glad you brought this up. I think it looks not good. If you don't cry, if you're too measured and controlled. I think the more you break everyone, like, dance breaking. That's how big this moment is.

[Dan Patrick]

I think everybody knows that I break Paulie.

[Paulie]

But the randos at the wedding, the casual fans of the wedding, the casual people at the wedding, the more you break, the more credit you're gonna get. Long term. Yep. Now you can relax. I'm dead serious about this. I think they'll be like, wow, look at Dan. And because it's natural. And everyone's like, that was awesome.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but I want the message to be the star, not the messenger. That's the problem. Yes, Todd.

[Todd]

It's all about just be real and relatable, and you're a human being. You're gonna have your emotions, and you can't get in your own head like that. Whatever is meant to be, whatever's meant to come out in that moment. Like, Paul, you said it's natural. Just let it flow. Don't overanalyze it or read this thing 500 times before you go up there.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Todd.

[Todd]

Let's do it.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Yes. Paul.

[Paulie]

Todd's advice is like those things you get from Bed, Bath and Beyond.

[James]

Live laugh, love.

[Paulie]

They're very vague and they're flowy and nice.

[Dylan]

Todd, bless this home.

[Todd]

Yeah, but they're frameable lines, even though they were kind of weak and vague and you could get it like in a fortune cookie.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, Marvin.

[Todd]

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

[Paulie]

Those signs are awful.

[Dan Patrick]

I know, Todd, you'd be great at Bed, Bath and Beyond coming up with those signs.

[Todd]

A little side gig, you know, I think I could come up with a few of those. Hate the game. Don't hate that. Son in law. Bless this mess.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, Dylan.

[Dylan]

Yeah, Todd's next gig is going to be in the R D department at Home Goods. Just coming up with slogans for the

[Louis Riddick]

wood panels in the back.

[Dan Patrick]

Ace in New York. Good morning, Ace. What do you have for me?

[Tripp]

Hey, good morning, Dan. Proud girl, dad times three. Make sure you enjoy that day and my money's on you to crush the speech. Hey, listen, with some impending changes going on with the Triple Crown format and what I would call a natural looking interview with Acacia in the paddock of Saratoga a couple weeks ago, I think it's time for DP Stables to come about and maybe go in that direction. That being said, I have two questions for you. One, what Danette would you name a horse after? And two, what Danette would you let be the Hot Walker after the Kentucky Derby?

[Dan Patrick]

I don't want Todd around a horse. I think it's best for both.

[Hayes Davenport]

I don't.

[Dan Patrick]

Who would I name? I don't know. I don't know. I. I guess I would probably name the horse after Todd, but you can't say ass like. You can't.

[Todd]

How about this? How about this? And down the stretch they come. Thank you, Todd and Staples. Thank you, Todd Staples and Wilson Wilson Staples past Freddy. Thank you, Todd, by a length.

[Dan Patrick]

Now, I love that. I'm going to give you a couple of bloops there. That was really good. The Hot Walker. So after we've won the Kentucky Derby, then you get to walk the horse. And Dylan looks kind of like a chic. I could. I could dress you up. You could be a chic there. And I'd be like, man, they spent a lot of money on that three year old, who's that guy there's a drug kingpin with?

[Paulie]

Thank you, Todd, down in the stables.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Todd. Yes, Dylan, I do think you should

[Dylan]

consider this whole getting into thoroughbred racing. No, you got the name already. I'll be your Middle Eastern chic hot walker. We could, it would be a bonding experience for everyone.

[Dan Patrick]

I if it was a small investment. Now, you know, I don't know what small investment is. I don't know what these things cost. I know it was fun going to Saratoga and counting stars. The three year old Philly that my friend part owner of ended up winning and it was fun to be in the winner circle and see how everybody reacted. But I don't know enough about it where you could actually invest in it. You know, my friend invested and he, he invested. His first horse he ever invested in went to the Kentucky Derby two years ago. The next horse that he invested in might be the best 3 year old Philly in America. So he says he's maybe one of the great owners of horses in the country. One goes to the Derby and one's maybe the best three, three year old filling.

[Dylan]

Yes, Dylan, but imagine hearing thank you Todd wins the Kentucky Derby.

[Dan Patrick]

I think it'd be great, but I'd have to convince these people that I would be investing in that. I have a name of a horse called thank you Todd. Yes, Todd.

[Todd]

And fans can visit the horse in a place called Open Barn and you can give out all kinds of drinks and snacks in Open Barn. So they've quit while I'm there.

[Dan Patrick]

That's exactly what I want. I want people there by the horse

[Todd]

that people have been visiting, throw snacks into the crowd.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Todd.

[Todd]

Quinn barn.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, no, no, I got it. If you say it twice then maybe it's not that good. You were going with open bar, right?

[Todd]

That's what we thank you, Todd for A horse date.

[Dan Patrick]

Take a break. Louis Riddick of the Mothership will stop by right after this.

[Louis Riddick]

Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Hey, it's Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington from the Odd Couple on Fox Sports Radio. And in addition to hearing us live

[Todd]

weeknights from 7 to 10pm Eastern on Fox Sports Radio, we are excited to announce brand new YouTube channel for the show.

[Louis Riddick]

That's right. You can now watch the Odd couple live on YouTube every day.

[Todd]

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[Candace]

Each week we'll revisit an episode of Portlandia from the very beginning, breaking down the sketches, exploring the backstories of our most iconic characters, revisiting the Portland locations you know and love, and opening up about our creative process.

[Fred Armisen]

How did any of this get made? Why do we think that was a good idea? We're ready to talk about it and

[Candace]

we'll also be joined by the people who helped bring it all to life, guest stars, collaborators and friends, including director Jonathan Krisel, the mayor himself, Kyle McLaughlin, legendary musician Amy Mann, and many more.

[Fred Armisen]

Kyle is going for it. Here you fully improvised not just words, but a song about well, I thought

[Hayes Davenport]

he was gonna write.

[Tripp]

I thought you were all gonna write a song.

[Fred Armisen]

I remember you thinking that.

[Candace]

Listen to Podlandia Ayo rewatch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Hayes Davenport]

Hey, this is Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook every episode. We're trying to help our guests improve their careers by mainly focusing on how they can help us improve our careers.

[Sean Clements]

The show is famously super accessible, so you can easily jump into any of our 650 episodes and understand what's going on.

[Hayes Davenport]

We recommend some of our recent episodes with Ben Stiller.

[Louis Riddick]

The definition of what is a movie has kind of changed anyway too, right? What do you think it is now? It's images and words being spoken, captured by some sort of technology.

[Hayes Davenport]

Danny McBride, he loves.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, that's fantastic. And you make it on. You make your own. That's great.

[Hayes Davenport]

I call him Tarot Reed.

[Dan Patrick]

It's a good name.

[Sean Clements]

They're all named after cast members of American Pie.

[Hayes Davenport]

Yeah, I call, I don't, I never looked up if she was in this, but I call him Leechy Sobieski.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I don't think she was an American Pie, but I still haven't looked it up. Haven't looked it up. She was prominent.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Hayes Davenport]

Then Mary Steenburgen.

[Dan Patrick]

Why are you guys talking to me?

[Hayes Davenport]

Like, did you understand the movie?

[Nancy Glass]

So down to me that you think I don't understand your little play game.

[Hayes Davenport]

I just really trying to set you

[Dan Patrick]

up for success here.

[Sean Clements]

Listen to Hollywood handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Nancy Glass]

I'm Nancy Glass, host of the Burden of Guilt season three podcast. This is a story about a horrendous situation that destroyed two families. It started more than seven years ago when Cindy and Kenny were two 40 somethings who had just gotten engaged. Days later, they walked into a scorched earth war they never saw coming.

[Dan Patrick]

Turn around and place your hands behind your back.

[Louis Riddick]

The cops came into my house and threw me in jail.

[Nancy Glass]

And to Cindy's surprise, her fiance Kenny was charged with abusing one of her children.

[Ashley]

I never once doubted Kenny and I always doubted the accusation.

[Nancy Glass]

On season three of Burden of Guilt, you'll hear a story about the lengths someone will go to in order to get what they want.

[Louis Riddick]

This case has got to be one of the most despicable.

[Nancy Glass]

Listen to season three, a Burden of Guilt on the I Heart Radio radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Dan Patrick]

We'll talk to Lewis Riddick of the Mothership coming up here momentarily. Sean McVeigh, the Rams head coach, was on with the NFL Network yesterday and here's the question and his answer.

[Louis Riddick]

The NFL Transaction Wire had Aaron Donald working out with the Rams today, which I guess did it come across as a tryout? It did come across as best tryout

[Dan Patrick]

that we've ever had.

[Todd]

Okay.

[Louis Riddick]

You think you can make the team phenomenal? I think you can make the kids got a shot.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[James]

That was honestly our way of being able to get a workout with him within the, you know, parameters of what's necessary. But Gibbs Smith said it's the greatest

[Dan Patrick]

tryout he's ever had. All right. It feels like a foregone conclusion that this is one of those not a secret anymore. And he's working out and appears to be on his time frame, which is fine for Sean McVeigh. That's what he should be doing. You come back when you're ready to come back. But it feels like Albert Brear, the Monday morning quarterback, brought that up when we talked to him a couple of days ago. He was out at Rams camp and he said, yes, he thinks he's coming back. Louis Riddick, ESPN NFL college football analyst. You have ESPN NFL Network. They will present the hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony that'll be coming up this weekend, noon until 2:30 Eastern. So Louis will be there with Rich Eisen, hall of Famer Kurt Warner. Foregone conclusion. Aaron Donald coming back.

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah, yeah, it is. It's. Let's just Aaron knowing Aaron the way I do, which is not as well as, you know, people who are obviously around him every single day. I mean, Dan, he's, he's one of my favorite people, let alone favorite players, because he's generous with his time. He's honest, he's straightforward. There's no BS with him. There's just, no, there's never been any fluff with Aaron. It's just been about this journey that he's on just to be great, as great as he possibly can be. And he talks about it in such a pleasant way when you're talking to him. And then when you watch him play, you're like, damn, I don't even know that that dude's nasty. So for him, like, he doesn't, he doesn't waste people's time. So if he's going to come back and start and wanted to go through a process to where he wanted to see if he could play the way he was gonna, that he's played before, you knew he was, he was dead serious about it. And here's the cool thing for me, and I think everyone should kind of like take, take comfort in this. If he's coming back, which he is, then he's pretty damn sure that when he comes back, it's going to be that same dude or very, very, very close to it that we saw when he left, which basically Aaron was unblockable. It's, it's as simple as that. He was unblockable. And that is, I mean, him and Miles and Kobe Turner And Jared Braden Fisk. I mean, that's cheese. That's pretty good, man. That's pretty good.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm always fascinated where you meet a boxer and then he's different when he gets into the ring or, you know, you get a football player and you talk to him when he's not in pads, not on a football field, and then he goes on the football field and you go, damn, that like Troy Palomalu was that way for me.

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Like, you talk to him, very soft spoken, then all of a sudden he's out there taking your heads off. I don't know if there's somebody who comes to mind where you go, and maybe it's Aaron Donald, where you go, that dude is different than the dude that I had dinner with last night.

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah, no, for sure. Aaron is like that, right? You know, now that he's. He's the closest. He fits that description to a T. The other guy who was like that was an old teammate of mine, Eric Turner, who was a safety from UCLA, who I played with in Cleveland and in Oakland, E.T. as we called him, was on the football field, one of the most vicious hitters this game's ever seen, ever. Eric could unload on. It was unbelievable off the field. Big, giant, wide smile all the time. Never cursed, never you. You just never saw him really in a bad mood. And he was. He was Southern California through and through, man, just as cool as can be. Had aura to the. To the infinity power. I mean, he just the guy everybody wanted to be around. But this always pleasant man when he played the game. I've never seen a guy play as nasty and as vicious as he is. But he still wouldn't curse on the field. He would tell people he would curse guys out using real polite language. And I used to sometimes say, you know, I'd be like. What he meant was, that's what he meant to say.

[Dan Patrick]

Why are the Arizona Cardinals so bad?

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah, you know,

[Tripp]

wow.

[Louis Riddick]

You know, mediocrity on a football team. Kind of like. There's a number of different things that go into it. It's the. It's the combination of leadership, coaching, competency, player selection, bad luck. As far as injuries, all that timing just not coming together. It's not now with. With. And so we take. You wouldn't have enough time to go through all the reasons why Arizon kind of been where they've been for a long time, ever since, you know, Kurt and Larry and them left and they lost in the super bowl to the Steelers. What I do like about them this year I'm, I'm kind of high on what's going on there. I really like Mike LaFleur's system, his background, where he's coming from. I really like what they're doing as far as some of the people that they brought in and the people that were already in place here. Look, they, they've got, they've got size, athletic ability on the perimeter. They have got some pretty good looking players on this offensive line. A lot of the things that are in place that really fit with how Mike grew up in this business, the system that he's come from. They fit, man, they fit. They really, really do. It's quarterback, right? We'll see what Carson looks like here tonight. Is Jacoby the long term answer? No. Is Carson the long term answer? Most people would say no. He has a great opportunity here tonight. But like wide receivers like Mike Wilson, Marvin Harrison Jr. A tight end like Trey McBride, teams would kill for that. Are you kidding? Jeremiah Love, James Connor, I mean, Tyler Algier, Teams would kill for that kind of trio in the backfield. Are you kidding?

[Dan Patrick]

Defense, would you have drafted Jeremiah Love if you're Arizona?

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah, I, I understand it. I mean, okay, so what Would I have wanted to really address my perimeter pass rush? Yeah, I probably would have. Wasn't going to take Carnell Tate. I'm not gonna take another wide receiver. Got that. Would I have taken a guy like this simply because he's, look, the running back, the all around threat at running back is back. You need one. Just like in fantasy football. It's the first position you need to fulfill when you're building out your fantasy football roster. It's, it's becoming a need position. You gotta have position. You gotta have a guy that can just break a game open from multiple different positions. That's why Bijan got his money. That's why Jonathan had his, his contract redone and that's why Jameer Gibbs is probably about to blow them all out of the water because it's just. And you know what? Jeremiah is going to do the same thing. You know, Mike LaFleur has a great plan for him. This, this is not the same Arizona Cardinal. I know people go, yeah, right. I'll believe that when I see it. I believe it. I believe that things are about to turn for this football team.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, well, it doesn't help that you're in a very competitive division as well.

[Louis Riddick]

No, yeah, you're right, it doesn't. But you know what? You know what? I've had this little burr up My. You know what lately about people always using Dan the past in order to explain their, their thought processes about what they think the future is going to look like because you know how the league is. The league can turn on you in the heartbeat. A couple good acquisitions, a couple bad breaks, and next thing you know, it doesn't really matter what happened in 2025. Like to me right now, it still doesn't matter what happened in 2025. I think teams can turn the tide very, very quickly with a couple key acquisitions, the right coaching staff, and we know, we see it in college football. College football. You can turn your whole roster over in a couple months and go from worse to first. I think. Yeah, that division is tough. No doubt. You already see, you see what's happening in San Francisco. You see all the people on their injury report already. I mean, that's just insane. Yeah, it's nuts. Look, one bad break in Seattle, things could turn for them. As good as the Rams. Look, one bad break, things could turn for them. And who know every Bill used to say this all the time. Belichick, last year is as soon as your previous season is over. It is totally. It does not matter anymore. I don't care about the strength of schedule from last year. And I personally, I really buy into that. That's why I'm. There's a couple teams this year.

[Tripp]

I'm.

[Louis Riddick]

I'm excited to see that people are going to be like, yeah, right, whatever. I'm just telling. I just think there's a couple of teams that are going to surprise like that.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, give me a couple of those teams. Aside from Arizona.

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah, I know. You're like, yeah, well, all right, well, say it then, big mouth. All right, you know what? The Saints. The Saints are going to win the South. They're going to win the South. They have bookend tackles, a stud tight end, youth and play making it wide receiver. A quarterback who's going to be a star in Tyler Shuck depth at running back. They have playmakers in the back end on defense. Look, Brandon Staley, you can hate him all you want as a, as a head coach out there. You know, when he's with the Chargers, he is a damn good defensive coordinator. I remember Sean McVeigh telling me about him when he had him out there in la. He said, this guy's a star. This guy is a freaking star. When it comes the Saints, as that song, as that song says, when they come running out that you of the tunnel down there and that the dome. The Saints are coming. They're back. That's going to be a fun team.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, Year three of Jaden Daniels. What do you. What do you expect?

[Louis Riddick]

I expect Jaden to remind everybody of who he is and who he was in 2024 when he had the greatest rookie season of a quarterback of all time. That's what I expect. Nothing's changed with him. The guy is brilliant. He's got great, and I mean great, ability to pass the football fast, electric, smart, a leader. List people up. He just. All right, so people go, well, you see how thin he is. That's why he gets hurt. No, it's not why. It has nothing to do with it. He took. So he had some bad breaks. It happens. It happens in his football team. Didn't have a whole lot of help around him. Signing Stefan is big. Terry being healthy and not coming off a contract negotiation is huge. Antonio Williams is a stud. The kid who they drafted out of Clemson, offensive line, running back. They need to make sure that those areas are secure. Jaden Daniels is a top five quarterback in the NFL. He is. I don't care what you think happened last year. I don't care if you think Drake and Caleb have surpassed him. Some people are telling me Bo Nix is better than him. You know, you can think that Jaden Daniels is about to show us all. Don't forget about me. That's what I really believe.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, give me your top five quarterbacks then.

[Louis Riddick]

Okay. It's got to be in some form. Josh Stafford, Patrick Joe. Josh Stafford, Patrick Joe. And then Jaden is in there. The guys who are vying for five to me are guys like Jaden Jordan.

[Sean Clements]

Love.

[Dan Patrick]

Wait, you're leaving out Lamar Jackson and you're going to put Jaden Daniels over Lamar?

[Louis Riddick]

Okay, Jaden Daniels as far as a passer of the football.

[Dan Patrick]

Wait a minute.

[Louis Riddick]

He's a better passer of the football than Lamar.

[Dan Patrick]

You're changing these statements without me following up.

[Louis Riddick]

Okay, I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. Okay, if you ask me if I'm starting a football team today.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Louis Riddick]

From starting a football team today. And you said you have Lamar, like right now. Right now. Lamar right now. Jaden Daniels, you're starting a football team. You want it. You're looking out three. Three to five years.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, no, I get that, but if I said once, like one season. Let's do one season. One season you can have.

[Louis Riddick]

Okay, for this year.

[Dan Patrick]

If. If I said you got Jaden Daniels for this year or Lamar Jackson this year.

[Louis Riddick]

Taking Jaden Daniels.

[Dan Patrick]

You're stubborn.

[Louis Riddick]

You're.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, okay.

[James]

I am.

[Ashley]

All right.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Louis Riddick]

I kid you. If you're saying, look, you're taking them, you. They have the same weapons, right? The same team, and you're just taking one guy out and putting another guy in. Yeah, yeah, I. I believe in him. And that's not me trying to make a headline, Dan. That's not me trying to be, you know, ace. Let's stir it up. I love Jaden Daniels. If I was playing the game, if I was a D, if I was back, if this was 1994 and we're in Cleveland, I. I just love how this kid plays quarterback. I really do. And I think it's dangerous as hell. It would it. And I. And I love Lamar. I do. And I know people are going to say, well, if you pick one, you hate the other. That's not it. I just love. I love this kid. I do.

[Dan Patrick]

If you could start your team with a Hall of Famer, first ballot, hall of Famer at any position except quarterback, what position would you go with to start with? And then who would that player be?

[Louis Riddick]

Oh, it'd be a pass rusher. It'd be the guy who could affect the quarterback. And who would it be? It'd be Lawrence Taylor. It'd be. Lawrence Taylor was the most feared individual in the sport of football, period, end of story, in the history of the game. And I. I remember when I worked in Washington, Donnie Warren, who was a part of the Hogs and part of all, you know, part of the Titan, We. I used to ask him all the time, just give me. L. I could walk into his office, give me an LT store, give me an LT store. And then we went and got old tape and watched it. It's like the old Tecmo bowl game, video game, football game, when. When you used to, like, play with, like, Bo Jackson. And it was unfair because Bo would just run through everyone and he. It was like everybody was moving this speed, and this other guy was just going around like this. That's what LT looked like in real life. And I remember meeting him when I was a sophomore in college. They used to. They used to have joint practices against the jets at Lehigh University here, you know, in. In Northern Pennsylvania. And I remember going up there, and that's when. Those were days we had, like, free access. You go down on the field and all. And I remember seeing him coming towards me, man, and I was trying to. I was trying to get my program out to kind of like, so he could sign it and I was so damn nervous and fumbling around with it and he just walked right past me. But I remember I used to just watch him and go. And then I I've watched so much old tape of him does Donnie used to tell me he was 25, 30 years ahead of his time and if he came back today, today, the same bot like, like 1986 Lawrence Taylor, he would kick the crap out of everybody. Still, he was that good.

[Dan Patrick]

Have fun at the hall of Fame ceremonies. They're always great to catch up with you. You're in mid season form. That's what I love about you.

[Louis Riddick]

That's because, man, I'm ready to go.

[Ashley]

Let's get it.

[Dan Patrick]

You want to hit somebody?

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Louis Riddick]

I appreciate it, man.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Louis. That's Lewis Reddick. He covers college football in the NFL for the Mothership and he'll be there this weekend, noon until 2:30 Eastern. Lewis will be with Rich Eisen and Hall of Famer Kurt Warner. We'll take a break. More phone calls coming up. Hall of Famer Marshall Falk. Top of the hour. Back after this.

[Louis Riddick]

Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Hayes Davenport]

is Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook. Every episode. We're trying to help our guests improve their careers by mainly focusing on how they can help us improve our careers.

[Sean Clements]

The show is famously super accessible so you can easily jump into any of our 650 episodes and understand what's going on.

[Hayes Davenport]

We recommend some of our recent episodes with Ben Stiller.

[Louis Riddick]

The definition of what is a movie has kind of changed anyway too, right? What do you think it is now? It's images and words being spoken, captured by some sort of technology.

[Hayes Davenport]

Danny McBride.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, that's fantastic. And you make it on. You make your own. That's great.

[Hayes Davenport]

I call him Tarot Reed.

[Dan Patrick]

It's a good name.

[Sean Clements]

They're all named after cast members of American Pie.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, got.

[Hayes Davenport]

I call. I don't. I never looked up if she was in this, but I call him Leechi Sobieski.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I don't think she was an American Pie, but I still haven't looked it up. Haven't looked it up. She was prominent.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Hayes Davenport]

Then Mary Steenburgen.

[Dan Patrick]

Why are you guys talking to me

[Hayes Davenport]

like did you understand the movie?

[Nancy Glass]

So down to me that you think I don't understand your little play? Play?

[Hayes Davenport]

I just really trying to set you

[Dan Patrick]

up for success here.

[Sean Clements]

Listen to Hollywood handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Nancy Glass]

I'm Nancy Glass, host of the Burden of Guilt season three podcast. This is a story about a horrendous situation that destroyed two families. It started more than seven years ago when Cindy and Kenny were two 40 somethings who had just gotten engaged. Days later, they walked into a scorched earth war they never saw coming.

[Dan Patrick]

Turn around and place your hands behind your back.

[Louis Riddick]

The cops came into my house and threw me in jail.

[Nancy Glass]

And to Cindy's surprise, her fiance Kenny was charged with abusing one of her children.

[Ashley]

I never once doubted Kenny and I always doubted the accusation.

[Nancy Glass]

On season three of Burden of Guilt, you'll hear a story about the lengths someone will go to in order to get what they want.

[Louis Riddick]

This case has got to be one of the most despicable.

[Nancy Glass]

Listen to season three, a burden of guilt on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Candace]

Hey, Portlandia fans.

[Fred Armisen]

Kerry Brounstein and Fred Armisen here, you

[Candace]

know us, or rather you know them. Tony and Candace, Nina and Lance, Spike and yes, the chicken.

[Fred Armisen]

We've played a lot of iconic characters over the years, but today we're showing up as ourselves. To tell you about Podlandia. Ao rewatch our brand new podcast.

[Candace]

Each week we'll revisit an episode of Portlandia from the very beginning. Breaking down the sketches, exploring the backstories of our most iconic characters. Revisiting the Portland locations you know and love and opening up about our creative process.

[Fred Armisen]

How did any of this get made? Why do we think that was a good idea? We're ready to talk about it.

[Candace]

And we'll also be joined by the people who helped bring it all to life, guest stars, collaborators and friends, including director Jonathan Krisel, the mayor himself, Kyle McLaughlin, legendary musician Amy Mann, and many more.

[Fred Armisen]

Kyle is going for it. Here you fully improvised. Not just words, but a song about.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I thought he was gonna write.

[Tripp]

I thought you were all gonna write a song.

[Fred Armisen]

I remember you thinking that.

[Candace]

Listen to Podlandia AO rewatch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Dan Patrick]

We were trying to come up with names if I had a horse race or a race. Racing horse or a horse. And we thought maybe. Thank you. Todd would be a great name if I was investing in, you know, the horse racing industry. Do you have other names to Todd for my 3 year old. If I ever get to that Kentucky Derby.

[Todd]

I do. Paul had said like during last break because he saw me working on things. You're putting horse names together. I didn't think of it. It was a great idea. Why don't I put some together and they're deep.

[Dan Patrick]

Blaming.

[James]

No, not blame.

[Todd]

If it's bad, I'm blaming. If it's good, he gets the credit because I wouldn't have put this together unless he asked about. So horse racing names inspired by you and the DP Show.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Todd]

Paulie Snug Harbor. He always likes to send snug when there's games that are close just to put on different networks. Poly Snug Harbor. Dylan's Poor Parlay. A little bit of a negative tone. Dylan's Poor Parlay. Marvin Small Hooves. I don't know about that one. That's not. I don't know. I was curious. Getting Snarky Cream rinse for Poofy. I don't know. You may get a little sensitive to that one. Cream rinse for Poofy. I'm the director. Taking a shot at Mario back after this. That's something you often say in the broadcasting world. Ray of Sunshine. Prince of Hoops. Big German's Retreat. Fritzi's photo Finish. A podcast for Rob down the kfetch. Because I complain a lot. Might take weeks. Allergic to Anthony.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but people don't know who these people are.

[Todd]

We mentioned them enough on the show. They should know who they are.

[Dan Patrick]

They don't know Ray of Sunshine. Unless you say that's big day Ray.

[Todd]

Big Day Ray. That's too long a name, though. Big Day Ray is of sunshine.

[Dan Patrick]

Your names aren't good.

[Todd]

And the last one was Last call for Tyler.

[Dan Patrick]

Once again. Those are terrible.

[Todd]

I thought a few of those were serviceable.

[Dan Patrick]

Serviceable, yes. Paul.

[Paulie]

Yeah. Dan, I'd like to apologize to you in America.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Todd.

[Todd]

I gave it a shot.

[Dan Patrick]

No, but you don't have to.

[Todd]

I want. I like to try to do something creative and something that I'm just doing my job, like I'm supposed to.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, my God. Tim in Wisconsin. Hi, Tim. What do you have for me?

[Tripp]

Hey, bud.

[Dan Patrick]

Hey.

[Tripp]

Hey. Just wanted to get back away from the sports talk again, and let's get back to talking about the. The wedding and the speech. I'm not sure if you know all the. The listeners remember, but I had a question for you. You know a lot of famous people. I wanted to know, are you gonna pull what Todd pulled for his bar mitzvah and have a video of all the famous people wishing your daughter a, you know, a happy wedding, or are you gonna have some stars come in and pull a Fritzie?

[Dan Patrick]

No, no. I told Todd not to reach out to people and get videos for his daughter or his son. I said, don't do that. He did that, and he got punished.

[Fred Armisen]

Yeah.

[Todd]

Paid the price.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, you did. Look, I understand why you did it. I get it. It was a great moment. But I can't be asking guests on this, you know, on this show, hey, would you do this? I just didn't think that that was fair. But, no, we're not. No cameos, no Sandler, no Will Ferrell, nobody. Once again, I am on high alert, Amber alert of making sure that I get my act together here. Like, no jokey stuff. I was told again last night because I. I throw out these wild lines, and then my wife will go, you're not going to say that. I go, I'm joking. And she goes, okay, just don't be jokey. Jokey? I said, all right, I won't be jokey. Jokey. I'm going to be jokey. Yes. Paul.

[Paulie]

Dan, why don't you spend the next couple weekends, or at least this weekend, going to a few weddings like a comedian trying out material. Just show up at a wedding and riff a little bit. You're Dan Patrick. They'll let you in.

[Dan Patrick]

Paulie, I only want to do this. Well, I'm gonna have to do it a couple times, so I only want to do this once for this daughter. And then if the other two get married, I'll. I'll do it. But let's see how this one goes. But you can't go to, like, you know, the Comedy Store and say, hey, can I get my wedding speech here? Do you mind? Cody in Texas. Hi, Cody. What do you have for me?

[James]

Hey, Dan, man.

[Tripp]

So, you know, the key thing. Get to the venue. Do. Do a. Just say it out loud, even if you're by yourself. You know, just kind of create a little muscle memory, and that'll help, you know, temper the emotions. I've had to do this for my sister. I think what you're missing them focus on, man. That walk, the walk down the aisle, is the killer. The speech you're gonna get through, man. You're a professional. You've done this. You do this for a living. You're the best at it. That walk. Nothing prepares you for that walk.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I know that, too. Once again, I just don't want to make a noise when I'm walking down the aisle. That's it. It's my biggest fear that you can hear me crying. Maybe I have them crank up the music a little louder. Paulie suggested that maybe, you know, get it up to, like, a 9 or 10 there. They won't be able to hear me cry. Yes, Paul.

[Paulie]

Yeah. In lieu of Here Comes The Bride at 2, do Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue at 8. No one's gonna hear anything.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, Marvin, Will you be blubbering for

[Todd]

the first time when you see your daughter in her wedding dress?

[Dan Patrick]

Well, now, why. Why. Why put those kind of thoughts in my head,

[Todd]

huh?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd]

Yeah, but you've been talking about crying John Crier the entire time, so this is anything new.

[Dan Patrick]

But I. I'm gonna see her in her. I'm not gonna see her, and then we walk down the aisle. I want to spend some time with her before. What, Todd?

[Todd]

Are you afraid to, like, trip on her dress by accident or step on something?

[Dan Patrick]

These are all things that can happen. You're not helping now.

[Todd]

It's not gon said that there's no chance that that could happen.

[Dan Patrick]

Why would you do that? Why would you do that?

[Todd]

That wasn't cool by me. Let's retract that.

[Dan Patrick]

Who's in the confessional?

[Todd]

I got a double play again.

[Dan Patrick]

Marshall Falk will join us. Coming up. Honestly.

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