HOUR 3 – Casting the gambling scandal movie, John Tesh

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show

Episode: HOUR 3 – Casting the Gambling Scandal Movie, John Tesh
Date: October 24, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this vibrant hour of The Dan Patrick Show, Dan and the crew embrace both their signature blend of sports analysis and pop culture banter. The main themes include a humorous deep dive into the NBA gambling scandal—complete with a spirited movie casting session for a hypothetical film based on the events—and an engaging interview with John Tesh, composer of the iconic “Roundball Rock” NBA theme. The episode is colored by quick-witted exchanges, playful camaraderie, and thoughtful takes on sports integrity.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Friday Food & Sports TV Roundup

• [04:48–05:35]
  • Dan announces “Meat Friday,” featuring tri-tip French dip sandwiches and poutine ("Who has it better than we do?" - Dan Patrick [05:02]).
  • The crew jokes about Canadian poutine (“Charles M. Poutine IV Jr. III” - Paulie [05:14]).
• [05:35–09:14]
  • Dan and the crew share what they watched the night before:
    • Georgia State vs. South Alabama football ("35 points in the first quarter... fun back and forth" - Dan [05:46]).
    • NBA highlights.
    • Confessions about enjoying “Basketball Wives,” with crew ribbing Dan for getting sucked into the drama (“Start watching, then I get involved in the drama...” - Dan [06:41]).
    • Discussion of the HBO Max series “Task” starring Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey.

2. Casting the NBA Gambling Scandal Movie

• [09:14–13:15]
  • The crew brainstorms a hypothetical movie based on the ongoing NBA/FBI gambling investigation.
  • Working titles bounce between “Nothing But Bet,” “Nothing But Net,” and “Royal Flush.”
  • Each character is cast by Seaton (most roles), with additions by the rest:
    • Adam Silver: Stanley Tucci as "the Tooch" ([09:33]).
    • FBI Director Cash Patel: Riz Ahmed ([10:06]).
    • Chauncey Billups: Mahershala Ali ([10:25]).
    • Gilbert Arenas: Mekhi Phifer ([10:53]).
    • Terry Rozier: Joey Bada$$ / Jovan Scott (“Perfect casting by a guy most people don’t know” - Seaton [11:19]).
    • Damon Jones: Larenz Tate ("Dead Presidents", "Menace II Society" - Marvin [15:50]).
    • Crew muses on who could play LeBron James, given the need for height and star power (Dan: “Does LeBron play LeBron? No, he does not! No, no.” [13:01]).
    • Todd suggests Jesse L. Martin for Arenas and J.B. Smoove for Chauncey Billups if it's a comedy ([12:13], [20:45]).
  • Paulie humorously reveals Joey Bada$$’s real name, “Jovan Scott” ([12:32]).
  • The crew jokes about green-lighting the movie with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, or Adam Sandler ([13:24]).
  • Todd riffs on sports names with money references (Cameron Dollar, Don Money, Penny Hardaway, etc. [29:54]).

3. Calls & Reactions: NBA Gambling Scandal Analysis

• [13:38–19:50]
  • Caller Tygo from Connecticut voices concern that the potential “insider info” from Chauncey Billups about tanking games is more serious than media personality Brian Windhorst lets on ([13:38]).
  • Dan agrees, stressing the gravity of a coach allegedly providing info that leads to betting profits:
    • “You got a head coach in the NBA giving information. Now, it doesn’t matter that he didn’t make money... he gave information to somebody. This is an NBA coach. That’s big.” ([14:42])
    • Dan draws parallels with the Tim Donaghy referee scandal, highlighting why the perception of integrity matters.
  • Crew debates possible consequences for Billups:
    • “If... true, will he get the Pete Rose-type of punishment? ...completely excommunicated from the NBA?” – Marvin ([18:22])
    • Dan: “You can move on from Chauncey Billups. Nobody’s going to miss him on the national picture. But… when you have a coach involved ... dialogue with somebody that this is what we’re going to do and I’m going to bench my starters… Did he know what was going to be done with that information?” ([18:32])
  • Paulie and Dan discuss how even small amounts of inside info can move betting lines ("All I want is a little bit of information before everybody else..." - Dan [19:50]).

4. Weekend Preview: “Most Must-Win Game”

• [28:24–29:32]
  • Each host picks their “most must-win” football game of the coming weekend:
    • Todd: Ravens vs. Bears ([28:35])
    • Seaton: Purdue vs. Rutgers ([28:43])
    • Marvin: Bills against the Panthers ([28:56])
    • Paulie: Ole Miss Football vs. Oklahoma ([29:16])
    • Dan: LSU vs. Texas A&M ([29:32])

5. Interview: John Tesh (Composer, “Round Ball Rock”)

• [30:24–41:15]
  • John Tesh joins to reminisce about creating "Round Ball Rock," the legendary NBA on NBC theme.
    • Tesh describes waking up in France and calling his home answering machine to record the melody ("I called my answering machine in the middle of the night at 2am and recorded that..." - John Tesh [31:22]).
    • Dan plays the original answering machine recording ([32:05]).
    • Tesh shares the surreal bar experience of watching his music debut on TV and trying (unsuccessfully) to impress the bartender ("I'm sitting there for a while. And after the third time it came on the air ... I said to the bartender, do you hear that song? ... I wrote that, you know.'" [32:58]).
    • Details on how “Round Ball Rock” was crafted for perfect TV segmentation and its use in live events and theme concerts.
    • Discussion of Tesh’s new album, “Sports,” and his writing inspiration from athletic events.
    • Tesh plays a snippet of “Round Ball Rock” live ([40:12]).
    • Playful banter between Tesh and his wife about identifying which sport each new theme he writes is supposed to evoke ("She would 'walk by and she'd go, football.' ... then she'd hear something else ... 'hockey.' ... She’s definitely a producer on this." - Tesh [41:02]).

6. Theme Song Debate: Greatest Sports Music

• [41:20–42:55]
  • Dan and Paulie debate whether "Round Ball Rock" or ESPN’s "SportsCenter" theme is more iconic.
    • Paulie: “I think I probably did da-da-da, da-da-da [SportsCenter] more.” ([42:05])
    • Dan: “SportsCenter theme ... the greatest sports theme ever.” ([42:12])

7. Listener Calls & Sports Trivia

• [49:24–55:32]
  • Loyal listeners express gratitude for the show and ask about the New York Giants’ struggles ([49:24]), reminisce about theme music from classic NFL Today broadcasts ([51:31]), and share sports stats and trivia.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On getting caught watching “Basketball Wives”:
  “I always get busted by either one of my daughters or my wife and they go, what are you watching? Or my wife will be more direct: ‘What are you doing?’” – Dan Patrick [06:41]

• On casting the gambling investigation movie:
  “Stanley Tucci. I’m putting the Tooch in there [as Adam Silver].” – Seaton [09:33]
  “It’s not crazy to think that there won’t be a movie based off of this. Look at ‘The Social Network’ … and then all of a sudden, it was brilliant.” – Dan Patrick [11:36]

• On the seriousness of the Chauncey Billups allegations:
  “You got a head coach in the NBA giving information … That’s big. Terry Rozier in a prop bet. ... Now, the fact that you allowed him back in is … the tricky part here.” – Dan Patrick [14:42]

• On Tesh composing “Round Ball Rock”:
  “I knew that if I didn’t … If I went back to sleep, and I’m sure you’ve had this feeling, you have a great idea and you go back to sleep and it’s gone ... So I called my answering machine in the middle of the night at 2am and recorded that.” – John Tesh [31:22] “This was just another theme. It was sort of bouncy and not as epic as most of the stuff…” – John Tesh [32:28] “When I go to one of your concerts, how long do I wait before you bring out ‘Round Ball Rock’?” – Dan Patrick [34:05] “It’s strategic … My concerts are women who have dragged their boyfriends or their husbands … we save it until the second-to-last song … we turn it into like a 15-minute segment.” – John Tesh [34:05]

• On the power of iconic sports themes:
  “Somebody in a review called ‘Round Ball Rock’ the Hallelujah chorus for the NBA.” – John Tesh [37:17]
  “When they hear those seven or eight notes that always told them back in the day, 'Run to the living room, basketball’s about to start.’” – John Tesh [37:33]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Meat Friday jokes & TV roundup: [04:48–09:14]
• Movie casting brainstorm: [09:14–13:24]
• Caller on NBA scandal seriousness: [13:38–15:50]
• Gambling/integrity debate: [15:50–20:10]
• Most Must-Win Game of Weekend: [28:24–29:32]
• John Tesh Interview: [30:24–41:15]
• Sports Theme Debate: [41:20–42:55]
• Listener Calls & Trivia: [49:24–55:32]

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Tone & Style

• Humorous and irreverent, filled with crew banter and playful ribbing.
• Analytical and concerned when discussing the seriousness of gambling and integrity in sports.
• Nostalgic and celebratory as John Tesh relives the creation and legacy of "Round Ball Rock."
• Inclusive and interactive—the crew encourages and riff on listener calls, classic trivia, and sports culture in equal measure.

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Transcript

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[Dan Patrick]

Final Hour Final hour on a meat Friday. In case you're wondering, we're having tri tip French dip sandwiches and poutine. Who has it better than we do?

[Todd]

Nobody.

[Dan Patrick]

Is poutine like French fries?

[Paulie]

Yes Paulie, it is a Canadian dish of French fries and cheese curds topped with hot brown gravy of the Quebec region. Oh that guy should get a statue. Dang Tim Poutine. Charles Poutine Charles m. Poutine IV Jr. III.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, Todd, we should not take our.

[Todd]

Blood pressure till several hours after eating today's meal.

[Dan Patrick]

The French dip looks awesome. Looks awesome. Dylan doing a great job out there. The Traeger grill's all fired up and that means so are we. Every day following our show at noon, it's the all new enjoy basketball hour on NBC Sports now. And Peacock, you have Kenny Beecham and friends connect daily for a blend of NBA opinions, breakdowns, culture and it's called enjoy basketball each day coming up at noon eastern right after this award nominated show. If you're watching on Peacock, thank you for downloading the app. And we say good morning to our radio affiliates around the country. I was watching a couple things last night. I did watch some college football last night and what was it? Georgia State, South Alabama. And I'm like, this is they. There was 35 points in the first quarter between these two. It was fun. Fun back and forth. Major apple White, former Texas quarterback, coaching usa and then I flipped over and I was watching a little bit of NBA and then I started watching Basketball Wives again. That has to be blocked on my, my cable. I, you know, you have to block things like block somebody's number.

[Paulie]

You can't quit it.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I watch and I go, first of all, none of them are married to anybody. They're not basketball like basketball ex wives maybe, but I start watching, then I get involved in the drama and then all of a sudden I'm picking sides and I always get busted by either one of my daughters or my wife and they go, what are you watching? Or my wife will be more direct. What are you doing? I said, what's basketball wives? Or who are they married to? I don't think anybody, hon. I think they might have been married to somebody or maybe they have a child with somebody. Marvin, have you watched Basketball Wives?

[Marvin]

Unfortunately, I have, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Marvin]

Now it's usually I would call it l. A work. That's what I would just call it.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Marvin]

It's just women that basketball players dealt with at one point in their lives and now they got a reality show. That's really all it is. And you always, so you'll text me and go, marvin, what is going on here? And I was like, why are you texting me? And other Danite and I'm lol. Less jokes. But you're always focused on one woman.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, that's that. She seems like she's running the place.

[Marvin]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

She's mean.

[Marvin]

Yes. She's got the pretty daughter.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Yes, Yes. I don't know anybody's name. I don't know any relationships, but I stumbled upon that. And then also watching a show on HBO Max, called Task. Mark Ruffalo.

[Seaton]

Oh, it's good. Yeah, Task is good.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, really good. And then the guy. Other guy who's in there. Is it Tom Pelfrey? Yeah. I think he's married to Kaylee Cuoco from the Big Bang Theory. He was also in Ozark.

[Paulie]

He was great in Ozark.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Seaton]

It's just as good in this. He's fantastic. And that. That might win a lot of awards.

[Dan Patrick]

Task.

[Seaton]

Yeah, that's a very good show.

[Dan Patrick]

So we try to update you on what we're watching. I am watching the morning show. You know, I love Jennifer Aniston and been watching that. Reese Witherspoon. Yes. Seaton. The.

[Seaton]

That guy. Tom Pelfrey. He kind of plays similar characters in Ozark and in Task.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, he's got a ponytail. Yeah.

[Seaton]

A little crazy.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Seaton]

A little kooky, but. But light. Lovable, you know?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. He. He.

[Seaton]

He's one of those guys who plays the. What, you root for him even though he's. He's like a lovable bad guy or you root for him even though he's doing the wrong thing kind of thing.

[Dan Patrick]

We. We've talked about this this morning. Seaton goes, I think I'm casting the movie. The. The gambling, you know, the NBA stuff with the FBI. And I go, okay.

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[Seaton]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Seaton]

Driving in, I was like, all right, so who's the actor that's playing Adam Silver?

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Who's playing Adam Silver in the.

[Seaton]

If I'm casting this movie, I'm going, Stanley Tucci. I'm putting the tooch in there.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. All right. He's already bald. Yep. Okay. Yeah. Now, are we calling this nothing but net or we calling this Royal Flush?

[Seaton]

There's a little confusion as to whether it's nothing but net or nothing but Bet. Oh, news articles have them written each way.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. I am nothing but bet sounds better than nothing but. Yeah. Okay.

[Seaton]

If we go to, say, Cash Patel, the FBI director.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Seaton]

I'm going to go. Riz Ahmed. Who. Remember him from. He was in the Night of. He was in. He's been in a bunch of movies.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Seaton]

He's a great actor.

[Dan Patrick]

Whenever he's in a movie, you know that he's in the movie. Yeah, he's. Yeah, he stands on. Okay. Who else?

[Seaton]

Let's see. Chauncey Billups. I might go.

[Dan Patrick]

Mahershala Ali, former basketball player as well, from Fresno State.

[Seaton]

Right, right. House of Cards. True detective. He's got two Academy Awards, I think. Moonlight and Green Book. Yeah. Thank you.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Wait, did he go to. He went San Diego State or did he go to Fresno State? He played basketball in college.

[Paulie]

That helps. That helps the movie.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he's probably six, three. All right, who else do we have in this movie?

[Seaton]

Gilbert Arenas. I'm gonna plug in Makai Pfeiffer in that role. 8 mile, he was in Clockers. He's been around a while. I'm gonna put Makai Pfeiffer in there.

[Dan Patrick]

Anybody else?

[Seaton]

Now, Terry Rozier. This one's a little tricky. I gotta get somebody a little younger. Now, this person most people might not be familiar with. Marvin, I'm gonna need your help here. Okay. So I don't know. It's a big character, but I feel like there isn't really a name actor that can go. But there's a rapper slash actor named Joey Badass. I mean, that he would be. Exactly. Terry Rosier. It would be perfect casting by a guy most people don't know. And you'd be like, this guy should win an Oscar.

[Dan Patrick]

And it's not crazy to think that there won't be a movie based off of this. When you put the crime families in there, what they did with X ray tables and glasses and marked cards. Because if you look at the Social Network, when I first heard they're doing a movie on that, I go, who's going to watch that? And then all of a sudden, it was brilliant. I'm going to need you to turn.

[Seaton]

The ball over a few times tonight.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Any. Any mobsters?

[Seaton]

I haven't gone down the mobster route yet, but I did. I have. Those are the five people that I have worked out so far.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Yes, Todd.

[Todd]

How about Jesse L. Martin for Gilbert Arenas from Law and Order, if you guys are familiar with that? Jesse?

[Seaton]

Absolutely.

[Dan Patrick]

And a little older, but yeah, I can see that. I knew it had to be a network show that you were watching because you don't watch anything else. Toddler Fair. Yeah. Yes, Paulie.

[Paulie]

I looked up Mr. Badass and that is not his given name.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, it's not.

[Paulie]

It's not.

[Seaton]

Sorry I said Joey. It's Joseph Badass.

[Paulie]

Jovan Scott, AKA Joey Badass. He has been an actor in a few different shows before.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Paulie]

It's a great cast.

[Dan Patrick]

We have a lot of downtime around here. Just letting you know. Yes, Marvin.

[Marvin]

But obviously we need to cast this guy who's going to play LeBron James.

[Dan Patrick]

Ooh, LeBron.

[Paulie]

Cease and desist.

[Marvin]

Ooh, almost like Howard Stern in private parts.

[Dan Patrick]

Does LeBron play LeBron?

[Marvin]

I don't know if he wants to be associated.

[Dan Patrick]

No, he does not. No, no.

[Marvin]

It's going to be hard because you probably have to get somebody who's in reality 6, 3, 6, 4, so he can appear taller than everyone else. There's no six, eight actors out there.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

Got to look at it.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, we're workshopping. This gives us something to work on over the week. Yeah, yeah. Hey, Sandman, can we get this green lit? Green lighted? Yeah.

[Seaton]

What are the chances?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I'll talk to Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, see if we can get this green lighted lit. Tygo in Connecticut. Hey, Tygo, what's on your mind?

[Caller]

Hey, Dan. First time, long time. Six two, 225. Yeah, I just, I think I was listening to Wendy and it's interesting conversation, but he seems to think that this whole Blazer Phillips Rogier situation is not as big of a deal as I think it is. I guess when I'm reading the actual breakdown, there's another person on the Magic that they mentioned who was involved somehow. There's co conspirator number one was listed as an NBA player. And the most egregious is like Wendy mentioned it when Pokemon Spirit or eight, which is Chauncey Billups, told the defendant that trailblazers are going to be tanking. And he kind of waved that off like it wasn't a big deal. That's extremely big deal to me. I'm a Blazer fan. I've been a Blazer fan my whole life. So when I read this, I'm like, oh, my God. But when he, I don't know, you tell me. Didn't it seem like he thought that wasn't that big of a deal? Because it wasn't necessarily proving that he was, you know.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I, I just, I, I agree with you. I think it's a lot bigger than what Wendy is letting on. But this is it. It's perception and reality. Sometimes the headline doesn't matter, you know, doesn't sync up with what is actually in the indictment. So I'll give, you know, Brian Windhorst credit for that, that he did read it. But you got a head coach in the NBA giving information now. It doesn't matter that he didn't make money off of this, that he didn't get paid for. He gave information to somebody. Allegedly. And then other people made money off of that. Allegedly. This an NBA coach That's big Terry Rozier in a prop bet. We already knew this. The NBA investigated, but there's only so much they can do. And now the fact that you allowed him back in is the. That's the tricky part here. Damon Jones, a former teammate of LeBron's, getting information about LeBron and passing that on and expecting to get paid, I think, $2,500. Yeah. Marvin, sorry.

[Marvin]

Damon Jones, played by Lawrence Tate.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay. I don't know who that is.

[Marvin]

You don't know Lawrence Tate, Dead president, menace to society.

[Seaton]

If you saw his face, you'd be like, oh, yeah, that guy.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Okay. Thank you, Mark. For sure. That's a good one. By the way, I think it's a big deal with Chauncey Billups. I do. Damon Jones getting information, and it's about LeBron. I think that's a big deal because it doesn't take much for the, you know, fan. A fan base to go, is this on the up and up? See, that's the. That's the problem. We've always searched for something to put your finger on. And then you had Tim Donaghy, and then Tim Donaghy said, yeah, this is what happened. So then. And that's when David Stern, remember, he was so quick to say it's a rogue. He called him a rogue official over and over and over and over that this is he. He's acting on his own now. I do. I think he was acting on his own. I do not. I do not. But this. This situation with Chauncey Billups, that would have my attention, because now it's a coach telling somebody, allegedly, that he's going to tank. He's going to sit four of his best players, and they got blown out. You got to come up with some good answers. If you're talking to the commissioner of how did this happen? Did you get paid? You know, the other stuff where you're involved with the Mafia or you're involved with. I mean, I've heard a lot of different things. Yesterday afternoon, two things, and I went, man, I need. I need confirmation on that. And this has to do with the poker games. Who's involved? Who's the heat? Who's the muscle behind this? There's a lot going on here. But until it kind of all. I mean, we've gone through this before when you have these scandals, and then all of a sudden nothing happens or somebody goes away with a slap on the wrist. This feels a lot more serious to me than it does Brian. But Brian is far more connected now than I am. I just think the Chauncey Billups thing is a big, big deal because now you're fixing a game and you're a current coach allegedly fixing a game. Yeah, Morph.

[Marvin]

If the fixing game allegations are proven to be true, will he get the Pete Rose type of punishment where he is completely excommunicated from NBA? Yeah, anything.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I would think so. You can't have him associated with anything. But, you know, you can move on from Chauncey Billups. I mean, yeah, hall of Famer, but so what? You move on from Chauncey Billups. Nobody's going to miss him on the national picture. But yeah, when you have a coach involved in this, a head coach involved in this and reportedly dialogue with somebody that this is what we're going to do and I'm going to bench my starters. Did he know what was going to be done with that information? Because you can plead ignorance to say, look, I told somebody we're going to sit some of our guys, but hey, I didn't know what he was going to do with that information. I don't know if the dog ate my homework is going to work. But be an interesting conversation between the commissioner and Chauncey. Yes, Marv.

[Marvin]

And now going forward, everyone's antennas are going to be even higher. When somebody's like, man, they're not really aggressive like that today. They're really not shooting as much as they normally would. All the antennas are going to go up so much now.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, Paulie.

[Paulie]

Or load management, which is also has been a problem for a decade with the NBA and they have no solution for it now has more tentacles to it. You see load management. When did they know? When did they know they were sitting at 7 o' clock for an 8 o' clock game? Because that's all you need to get that information out there.

[Dan Patrick]

And that's all you want. You have gamblers who will tell you, all I want is just a little bit of information before everybody else. Because you see betting lines change rapidly and that means the other people are getting that information as well. You try to get in before, you know, your point spread goes up or down or a prop bet.

[Paulie]

Yeah, Paul, you talked about that Bears, Ravens line and that it's up, up in the air because of Lamar Jackson's status. He practiced yesterday.

[Dan Patrick]

Who knows what it feels like somebody knows Lamar Jackson's playing someone in the organization. That would, that would be my first thought on something like that. That you have a four and two team and you got a one win. Ravens team and if they don't have Lamar Jackson, are they going to be favored by six and a half? Who's the backup? Is it Hunley now? Yeah, I think so.

[Paulie]

Or Cooper Rush?

[Dan Patrick]

Well, it was Cooper.

[Paulie]

I think it's Tyler Hunley now.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, it might be. All right, let me take a break. John Tesh, who was a guy who was co host with Mary Hart on Entertainment Tonight, he gave us Round Ball Rock. Round Ball Rock is back. Round Ball Rock two and we're going to have him perform little Round Ball Rock for us. Coming up, we'll get to more of your phone calls as well and we will play the most must win game of the weekend. We'll have that for you coming up as well. Fritzy mentioned JB Smooth for Chauncey Billups. Could you see JB Smooth if it was a comedy, I could see that. I don't know if this is going to have a lot of laughs in it, but that's right, Adam. Yeah. All right, we'll take a break. Back after this. Dan Patrick show thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick Show Podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning, 9 to noon Eastern or 6 to 9 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for the Dan patrick show at foxsportsradio.com or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app. Hey, it's me, Rob Parker. Check out my weekly MLB podcast, Inside the Parker for 22 minutes of piping.

[John Tesh]

Hot baseball talk featuring the biggest names.

[Dan Patrick]

And newsmakers in the sport. Whether you believe in analytics or the eye test, we've got all the basic covered new episodes drop every Thursday, so do yourself a favor and listen to Inside the Parker with Rob Parker on.

[John Tesh]

The iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast.

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[Dan Patrick]

We got time to do the most must win game of the weekend before we get to John Tesh. Todd, I'm going to start with you. The most must win game of the weekend is.

[Todd]

We touched on it earlier. I've got to go. Ravens four and two. Bears a good team. But last call for the one in.

[Dan Patrick]

Five Ravens at home and the Bears getting six and a half.

[Seaton]

Seton the Purdue Boilermakers home against Rutgers. That is a must win. I stole yours. I'm sorry. That is a must win game.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, you got it, Marvin.

[Marvin]

The Buffalo Bills, they got a two game losing streak. It's a much improved Panthers team, but they got to stay afloat to keep up with the Patriots and the AFC East. So I'm going with the Bills.

[Dan Patrick]

But you don't have starting quarterback for the Panthers. Bryce. Bryce is not playing. I don't think they said, hey, okay, all right. I'm just even.

[Marvin]

Even most muster.

[Dan Patrick]

Most musters, Sir Paulie. Most must win game of the weekend, Ole Miss football.

[Paulie]

You had Georgia last week. You let him slip by. You were cruising. Now you're at Oklahoma getting a touchdown. You got to take care of Oklahoma because you could be odd man out if you lose this late in the season.

[Dan Patrick]

I am going to say LSU against Texas A and M because then all of a sudden it starts to get a whole lot warmer in Baton Rouge. A M is a 2 1/2 point favorite at LSU. Todd also has sports names money related with Cash Patel, the FBI director. You want to run through these and then we'll welcome in John.

[Todd]

Sure, I'm sure I'm leaving some out, but just for fun. Off of Cash Patel, Cameron Dollar, Don Money, Penny Hardaway, Dave Cash, Rich Orillia, Gary Payton, Buck Williams, Octavio doe. Tell me A.C. green, Benoit Benjamin, like the Benjamins, Ernie Banks, Jeff Van Notes, Cornbread Maxwell, Rachel Nichols and Lute Olsen.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, okay. Loot Olsen. I love your emphasis the Loot Olsen.

[Marvin]

That was a late ad.

[Todd]

I was excited about that.

[Dan Patrick]

I go, wait a second.

[Todd]

Loot Money, Noodles.

[Dan Patrick]

John Tesh. Oh, look at him. Six time Emmy winner, radio hall of Famer. He of course was on Entertainment Tonight and he gave us Round Ball Rock and he has come out with a first album of all original music. It's Called sports. And he can talk about that coming up as well. You've talked about that Round Ball Rock helped put your two kids through school. But what are you making off of this Round ball Rock?

[John Tesh]

In 1990, when I heard the story, when I heard that NBC had gotten the rights to the NBA back, I'm in that sports ecosystem, right, Because I'm working for the network doing other stuff. And I thought, well, what would a sports theme. What would an NBA theme sound like? And as the story goes, I woke up in the middle of the night in Magev, France, as I was covering the Tour de France and had a melody in my head. And it was. And I knew that if I didn't. If I went back to sleep. And I'm sure you've had this feeling, you have a great idea and you go back to sleep and it's gone. I didn't have a tape recorder or anything to put it down. Sheet music. And so I called my answering machine in the middle of the night at 2am and recorded that. And when I got home, the two sections, Ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga and ga ga ga ga ga ga were on my answering machine.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, can I play that? One of the portions of this is John Chesh calling himself.

[John Tesh]

All right, this is a message for me about the NBA theme. Here's an idea. It goes like this. Yeah, yeah, that's it. That. That's the original.

[Dan Patrick]

It's been played over 12,000 times, John. I know that's sports history.

[John Tesh]

Well, and it's supernatural for me because first time it was on the air and I was sitting in a bar watching it come on the air. I had written hundreds of themes for cbs, in particular football, everything from football to tennis. And so this was just another theme. It was sort of bouncy and not as epic as most of the stuff that I.

[Dan Patrick]

But are you telling people in the bar, hey, that's my theme? I wrote that.

[John Tesh]

Yeah, I did. It didn't go well. I'm sitting there by my. I'm in Atlanta and it's San Antonio. I think it was San Antonio versus the Lakers. And I had no family or any of their friends in Atlanta. So, yeah, I went to a bar knowing it was going to come on the air. And back then, you know, only one network had the NBA. So it was on every TV set and it was really loud and there was a lot of people in there watching it. And so I'm sitting there for a while. And after the third time it came on the air, I couldn't help myself anymore. And I said to the bartender, do you hear that song? And he goes, yeah, yeah, yeah, like you never did, right? And I go, that, I wrote that, you know. And he goes, oh, yeah, you want another beer? You know. And that was it, you know. So two days ago, whatever it was last Tuesday, I'm sitting in a bar in New York City after doing the Today show with my family, Italian family, watching four TVs at what, 25 years later, you know, 35 years later since it's debuted. So yeah, anyway, I got the same reaction.

[Dan Patrick]

But when I go to one of your concerts, how long do I wait before you bring out Round Ball Rock?

[John Tesh]

Well, it's really strategic because my concerts are women who have dragged their boyfriends or their husbands to a John Tesh concert. And they do that because they're looking for a little relationship cred, right? And so the husbands are like this, you know, we joke about in the background band, you know, and so we save it until like the second to last song and we, because of ad libs, you know, the song is only a minute four, but we turn it into like a 15 minute segment. Why not, right? With stuff from the Saturday Night Live bit and people learning how to play it on all the different instruments and people twirling their batons, marching music to it. And so this becomes. They lean over into their, into their spouse and it's like this is sorely, you know, that kind of thing. And so we follow finally get them. But until that point, it's, it's, it's complete torture for the guys.

[Dan Patrick]

But you have some songs off your album. Sports Chasing gold, overtime, mile 18, dream mile iron war, kona, Paris 78. So obviously you love these sports. What is it about sports that brings about a theme or, you know, it becomes anthemic to you in your mind?

[John Tesh]

Yeah, I mean, first of all, I do here in my studio, I always have video playing. I have a couple of great loops, highlights of many different sports. And so I love that movement and it just. The experience of being there, of being at the Ironman, the experience of me, I ran five New York marathons poorly. Of being in the start house with Franz Klammer at the beginning of the Lobberhorn Downhill in Wengen, Switzerland. Or having, you know, Carrie Strugg use a piece or figure skaters from Russia using a peace of Mind to skate to the. I love writing in that format. And basically it's all left turns. You can't write verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge. And then you know, like the Hit songs, it has to be like, okay, theme and then the brass hands off to the strings. The strings may play it again. They hand off to maybe the drums. And so when I turned Round Ball Rock in to NBC, it was fully formed like that where there was a place for the theme and the animation and the peacock to open up. And then there was a floor where it just went bump. Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom. So that Marv could say, here we go, this is happening. And then at the end it was just doom doom doom doo doo doo. So that we could go. Brought to you by Macy's and Coles and Bud, that kind of stuff. So knowing that, knowing the segmentation of that, and that's what you hear on the album Sports too is the left turn. So it might be in 4, 4 rock 44. And then it might go into a 78 tempo or it might break down into just acoustic guitar. Because that's the way we work out, right?

[Dan Patrick]

We're talking to John Tash, National Radio hall of Famer, six time Emmy award winner, won a couple of Grammys. He created Round Ball Rock. Better theme song Entertainment Tonight or Round Ball Rock.

[John Tesh]

Oh, Round Ball Rock. I mean Entertainment Tonight was. I mean both. Somebody in a review called Round Ball Rock the Hallelujah chorus for the NBA. And you can see it on people now who will say that when they hear those seven or eight notes that, that always told them back in the day, run to the living room. Because that was the start of basketball. Was the same thing with Entertainment.

[Dan Patrick]

Is this the Leonard Cohen like you're talking about? Katie La, you know, Hallelujah. That, that version. Is that what you're talking about? That, that kind of majestic song?

[John Tesh]

Oh, no, no, no, no. They're just saying that it was the eight notes of Round Ball Rock was, was a hallelujah. The NBA is on.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay, okay.

[John Tesh]

Yeah, yeah. It'd be nice if it became that, that, that song. But with Entertainment Tonight, I didn't write Entertainment Tonight, although we did record it. I used people would, would hum that to me in airports. And you know, when I flew to New York and came back, it wasn't that. It was a buh buh buh buh buh basketball. And people on X have said over and over again and even your fans, you know, hey, we want to hear the lyrics first song. We don't version of the song. Which also reminds me that, you know, when NBC was experimenting during the preseason, right on Peacock, there was a very serious Conversation going on about, no, no, no, you can't, it has to, you can't edit the theme here. It has to hit on this and it has to go like, you know, go like this. So fans are in charge now.

[Dan Patrick]

But did you ever think about lyrics for Round Ball Rock?

[John Tesh]

Not until I saw the spoof on Saturday Night Live when it, when it became with Jason Sudeikis dressed like me and my brother Dave. I don't have a brother. Dave, Dave, Dave Tesh. And they were auditioning the song for Vince Vaughn who was supposed to be Dick Eversole at NBC. And they went, ba ba ba ba ba Basketball, gimme gig, give me the ball because I'm gonna dunk it. And they would high five on the Duncan. So there are a lot of people. And by the way, by the way, Dan, when that came out in the sort of the nascency of YouTube, when YouTube was coming of age, that's when the theme came back. That was really the point that I can point to because it was on the shelf for 20 years. When ABC got the coverage away from NBC back in the day, that was. I went to ABC and said, hey, would you like another version of this song? They said, no, no, no, we're going to do our own thing. And I think the reason for that was that this has always been the NBA on NBC. And I think they're probably worried that people are going to start turning in Nielsen ratings forums with, oh, I just saw it on NBC when they saw it on abc, if that makes any sense.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, before I let you go, can you give us a little taste of Round Ball Rock?

[John Tesh]

Yeah, I'd love to. And this, actually this song and 11 other new songs is on. You mentioned the sports side, the sports Record, which is, which is not an easy listening record. It's a record that you would want to, you would want to exercise to. So here we go.

[Dan Patrick]

That was fun. How often does your wife stop by and go, oh no, not again. Around the Rock.

[John Tesh]

It's such good questions because right over there is. We're in our house, right over there is my wife's office and there's a hallway here. And when I was working on the Sports Record and she would hear me, you know, whatever melodies it was, and she would walk by and she'd go, football. And I'd go, okay, okay, it's football. And then she'd hear something else and she was walking back and she'd go, hockey. Like hockey.

[Caller]

You don't even watch hockey.

[John Tesh]

How do you know hockey? And Then she'd walk back, you know, two days later, and she'd hear me do something. She'd go, nope, that one's horrible. And so she's definitely a producer on this, on this record.

[Dan Patrick]

Great to talk to you again. Congrats on Round ball Rock Part 2.

[John Tesh]

I'm a big fan. Thanks, Dan. Appreciate it.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, buddy. John Tesh, that was good. Playing a little Round Ball Rock there. I liked it. Todd was, you know, bopping to the music there. It's good, good sport there. And he's had some health issues, but hopefully he's feeling, feeling a lot better. Round Ball Rock, over the course of 12 years, was played 12,000 times on NBC. It's been called the greatest sports theme ever written. Now, I worked at ESPN and the SportsCenter theme. I'm going to put SportsCenter up against round Ball Rock. Anybody with me on that? Nobody's with me on that.

[Paulie]

I'm with you. I think I probably did Da da da da da da.

[Dan Patrick]

More. Yeah.

[Paulie]

In the 90s and 2000s, I think.

[Dan Patrick]

Sports center theme, I would say, is the greatest sports theme ever.

[Paulie]

Yes, Paul, on Sunday night, when you guys did the big Sports center, the week in review, remember, it was like 90 minutes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Paulie]

In the conversation when that would come on and we were sitting in college, that was the great way to end your weekend as a sports guy. And you'd hear the music like, that's it. I got 90 minutes with nothing to do.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. Seems so simple. But, yeah, John Colby is the guy who came up with this Sports center thing and great guy, but I, I think he might have sold it to espn. It's not like he gets residuals. Yes.

[Seaton]

He's currently wishing he had sold that for more money.

[Dan Patrick]

Didn't know this fledgling, you know, cable channel was what the rate was in.

[Seaton]

Like 82 when they started using it or whatever.

[Dan Patrick]

But, yeah, John Colby came up with the Sports center theme. All right, last call for phone calls. What we learned, what's in store for Monday. And if you're watching on Peacock, a meat Friday. So we're going out to the grills right after this. Thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning, 9 until noon Eastern, 6 to 9 Pacific, on Fox Sports Radio. And you can find us on the iHeartRadio app or stream us live on the Peacock app.

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[Marvin]

Since I was a tiny boy I don't want no candy I don't need.

[Todd]

No dirt I took a stick in.

[Marvin]

An oak of Again I'm banging.

[Dan Patrick]

Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store for Monday. Hall of Fame coach Bill Cower will recap. Packers Steelers on Monday. 877 3DP show Abdul in New York joining us in the program. Abdul, thank you for holding. What's on your mind?

[Todd]

Hey, Dan.

[Caller]

Long time listener, first time, long time.

Wow. I can't believe I'm on here.

I've been listening for like 10 years and I never called in once. And I say I was at work, I had some downtown, so I decided to call. I just really want to thank you and the whole crew. You know, I recently started a new job. I finished my residency and med school before finally finished residency and I started a new job. It was really challenging, but, you know, going to work, taking the subway or driving. I always listen to your podcast and it really, you know, helped me to get. Helped me to feel better and just, you know, just helped me get through that time. So just thank you so much for that. I have a question about the New York Giants. I'm always a. I've always been a Giants fan ever since 2011, like, since they won the Super Bowl. I was just always wondering, like, why are the Giants like this? Like, why have the Giants like, don't know how to use their talent? They had Saquon. They. They sent Saquon to Philadelphia and he's killing it there. Daniel Jones was just. Didn't do good. They got rid of him and now he's doing great in Indianapolis. Like, how many more years am I going to have to go through this until the Giants actually get better?

[Dan Patrick]

Well, you could be a Jets fan and you have had success, so don't get too greedy there. But maybe you're onto something now. Maybe you're onto something now. You got to get your quarterback first and foremost. Get your quarterback now. They had Saquon, but, you know, I think with Saquon, that's where the GM didn't think that there was going to be the same interest or that Saquon was going to get that kind of money in Philadelphia. He's like, we'll take him. He's one of the best players in football. And then made the Giants look foolish and then it was televised. When you're actually talking to Saquon about, hey, go out there and see if you can get a better deal, it's like, I Got a better deal. See ya. Let's see. David and Eugene. Hi, David. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Hey, good morning, Dan. Thanks for calling me back.

[Dan Patrick]

Yep.

[Caller]

Hey, I wanted to challenge John Keshe to a pie in the face because I think the best sports show theme song was from the 1970 NFL on Today with Brent Musburger and Phyllis George and Herb Cross and Jimmy the Greek. And it's a song called Confidence. Paulie, you can look it up. I'll hum up a few bars. It's like da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da. Remember that, Dan?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, I do. Yes, I do, David. And so does Todd.

[Todd]

I thought it was.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm a. I am in agreeance with you, Todd. I think that that that's the theme song.

[Todd]

It was awesome.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Todd]

And they would put each name up when it went. Phyllis George.

[Dan Patrick]

You don't want to mess with Todd when it comes to theme songs. You know, theme music there. My thanks to John Chesh. It was nice to. Nice to have him on. Let me see. How about Kurt in Hamburg? Kurt. Or is it Harrisburg? It is same thing.

[Caller]

Hello.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Hamburg or Harrisburg? What's on your mind? Kurt?

[Caller]

It's the heart of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Caller]

Yeah. Good morning. Second time caller. Yeah, I'm a huge baseball fan, so I'm going to pivot back to the first game of the Fall Classic. Now this might be or might not be a stat of the day. You'll have to let me know if you discussed it earlier this week. This is the fifth time since the LCS round became best of seven in 1985 that one league was a four game sweep. Other went all seven games. In each instance, the team winning in seven games went on to win the World Series.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, that's. That's very interesting, Michael. Thank you. And could be telling. Okay, well, we'll keep an eye on that. So therefore, the Toronto Blue Jays are going to shock the world. Yes, Marvin.

[Marvin]

Rest versus Rust.

[Dan Patrick]

The worst thing. I know. We always do that. Final results of the poll question. Seaton.

[Seaton]

Yeah, we got a couple of them up there today. We have a goofier name from the FBI on their operations. Operation Nothing but Net. Or bet, whichever one it is. Or Operation Royal Flush. Right now Nothing but Net is leading that one.

[Dan Patrick]

Also.

[Seaton]

Who do you like this weekend? The four and two bears or the one in five ravens? The one in five ravens have about 55% of that vote.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Just such disrespect. Something's up. Something's up.

[Seaton]

Bulletin board.

[Dan Patrick]

The Ravens are better than what we think. And maybe the Bears aren't as good as what we think. How about this day in sports history?

[Paulie]

Paul Right on cue. Dan 1992 the Toronto Blue Jays became the first non US team to win the World Series. And in 1943, the Green Bay packers intercepted the Lions nine times in a 27.

[Commercial Announcer]

Nine times.

[Paulie]

Nine times.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Frank Sinkwich was the quarterback for the Lions. He didn't throw all nine.

[Seaton]

You said stink witch.

[Dan Patrick]

Sink which? Sink which? On this day Michael Jordan his 1984 Nike Airship shoes sell for $1.4 million at Sotheby's. That was 2021. Wow. Wow. Also in on this date, 1908 Edward Meeker came out with Take Me out to the Ball Game. Take Me out to the ball game. 1908 Todd what'd you learn today?

[Todd]

You may have a bit of an addiction to basketball wives. Once you start watching, you get emotionally involved in all the drama.

[Dan Patrick]

Seton what did you learn? We got the movie cast, Marvin, Jason.

[Marvin]

And Phoenix is mad at SGA Paul.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd]

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