Hour 3 - Nate Bargatze, Austin Reaves

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 3

Date: July 10, 2026
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network
Guests: Nate Bargatze, Austin Reaves

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Episode Overview

This hour of The Dan Patrick Show blends lighthearted, often self-deprecating humor with genuine sports and entertainment insight. The show features comedian and multi-talent Nate Bargatze, followed by a conversation with Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves. Dan and his crew discuss career highlights, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and classic sports fandom moments, keeping a fun and engaging tone throughout.

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Key Segment 1: Nate Bargatze – Comedy, Fame, and Theme Parks

Timestamps: 03:35 – 21:21

Main Discussion Points

• Comedic Roots and Sports Fandom (03:42 – 05:41)

  • Nate’s sports connections, especially as a Vanderbilt (Vandy) fan
  • How attending major sporting events inspires comedy material
  • Specific Vandy anecdotes, including freezing at the 2008 bowl game and recalling the significance of Jay Cutler’s win over Tennessee
  • On meeting sports heroes: “Just like when you get to know someone and then you're like, 'Hey, will you sign this DVD of when you beat Tennessee in 2000?'” (05:22, Nate Bargatze)

• Life as an ‘Average American’ and Wearing Local Merch (06:03 – 06:12)

  • Light jokes about Todd’s “team player” attitude and hotel merch

• Career Expansion: Movies, TV, Amusement Parks (06:16 – 07:29)

  • Nate’s expanding career: comedy, acting, TV hosting, and his plan to build an amusement park in Nashville
  • Inspiration from Dollywood; desire to restore a classic Nashville theme park from his childhood
  • “Nashville is a city that can sustain a full theme park… I grew up going to it. It’s like a very fun thing to go do.” (07:16, Nate Bargatze)

• Celebrity Encounters and Golf Tournament Stories (07:29 – 09:55)

  • Meeting Joe Theismann and getting pre-golf IVs (“I get dehydrated. I do that. Instead of drinking water is just go IVs.” – 08:18, Nate Bargatze)
  • Golf as a new form of stage, and the anxiety of public performance
  • Autograph lines and Pro AM mishaps (“I have no out now, so I just have to stand there and do more.” – 09:52, Nate Bargatze)

• Comedy Career; Touring, Eating Habits, and Family Stories (10:00 – 15:13)

  • Weight fluctuations and road-eating confessions (“Out of McDonald’s three days ago… the regret comes so much quicker.” – 10:33 & 10:40, Nate Bargatze)
  • White Castle tradition, and kids’ excitement over the “suitcase” of sliders
  • Honest conversations about mixing fast food chains (Burger King burgers, McDonald’s fries)
  • Hiding fast-food evidence from spouses: “I’ve thrown so much stuff away at a gas station… can’t have this.” (13:17, Nate Bargatze)

• Acting Lessons & Dramatic Ambitions (13:35 – 14:36)

  • Preparation required for acting vs. stand-up
  • Considering serious acting roles: “My persona on stage or in life… I think I look like I’m miserable, so I think I could just do that.” (14:14, Nate Bargatze)

• Comedy Process and Crowd Work Insights (14:40 – 17:59)

  • The challenge of making new jokes work in arena tours
  • Story about subpar crowd work: “He asked the guy in the front row, ‘Where are you from?’ Guy goes, ‘Alabama.’ He goes, ‘That’s cool, man.’ And then he just moves on.” (17:04, Nate Bargatze)
  • Discussion around writing and using others’ material

• Stand-Up Bombing and Recovery (19:05 – 19:40)

  • The universal pain and camaraderie when bombing on stage – both for seasoned comics and newbies (“If you’re bombing, you can do 60 minutes in 15.” – 19:34, Nate Bargatze)
  • Advice for amateurs: work with stories and personal observations
  • Plans to potentially workshop Todd’s stand-up at Nate’s theme park: “Now, I don’t have time for this, but… we could sit in the amusement park… and just dive in, you know.” (20:45, Nate Bargatze)

Notable Quotes & Moments:

• “I gave [my daughter] McDonald's immediately. I wanted to show her America.” (11:31, Nate Bargatze)
• “The enjoyment really is just the actual eating. And then you do feel bad. I mean, it’s immediate, like White Castle.” (10:40, Nate Bargatze)
• “You want to be personal, right? Not just jokes.” (20:32, Nate Bargatze)

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Key Segment 2: Austin Reaves – Lakers Basketball & NBA Realities

Timestamps: 27:38 – 35:21

Main Discussion Points

• Free Agency and Contract Decisions (27:38 – 28:50)

  • Lakers' early opportunity to negotiate before other teams
  • Why he stayed: “Whatever makes you happy, wherever you want to live, you know, want to continue your journey is where you should be. And I love LA.” (28:27, Austin Reaves)
  • No big splurges with new contract: “My financial advisor told me… that I needed to spend more money. So I struggle with that.” (28:00, Austin Reaves)

• Relationship with LeBron James & Team Dynamics (29:04 – 29:40)

  • Discovering LeBron’s retirement news via Instagram during golf
  • On LeBron’s influence: “He’s been, you know, probably the biggest impact on my career since I’ve been in LA.” (29:19, Austin Reaves)
  • Getting LeBron’s number quickly via team group chat

• Underdog Mentality: Confidence, Stereotypes, and NBA Entry (30:10 – 31:13)

  • “I’ve always had like a, you know, a delusional confidence in myself.” (30:10, Austin Reaves)
  • Fighting white, unathletic stereotypes: “I’ve had people ask me if I played tennis or baseball before basketball.” (30:46, Austin Reaves)

• Lakers’ Future and Team Building (31:20 – 31:44)

  • Young roster, focus on long-term and sustainable success

• Kobe Bryant Influence, Team Fandom (31:46 – 32:05)

  • Grew up a huge Kobe fan, watched with his grandmother

• Comparing Styles in the NBA (32:10 – 32:53)

  • On Luka Doncic: “You can study it, but I don’t know if you can, you know, really do it the way that he does it.” (32:10, Austin Reaves)
  • Discussing how certain players create their own pace (Doncic, Jokic, Kawhi)

• Welcome to the NBA and Guarding Legends (32:58 – 34:43)

  • Getting scored on by LeBron in practice, realizing the NBA’s challenge: “I played probably the best defense of my life. And he scored every possession.” (32:58, Austin Reaves)
  • Describing how strong top NBA stars (LeBron, Luka) are in person
  • On Steph Curry: “There was one game we played where I think he ended with 30. And at the end of the game, I was like, I did a really good job. And I look up and I was like, well, never mind.” (35:06, Austin Reaves)

• Pop Culture and Light Banter (34:14 – 34:43)

  • Austin’s headband superstition
  • Resisting L.A. “celebrity” lifestyle, denying he’d make a good country singer

Notable Quotes:

• “I go back to Arkansas after the season every year, so [the accent] probably fades a little bit during the season, and then… it comes right back.” (28:52, Austin Reaves)
• “You don’t get caught up in any of that?” “Nah, I just… I stay to myself.” (34:17, Austin Reaves)

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Key Segment 3: Panel, Callers, and WNBA Commissioner ’No-Show’

Timestamps: 39:42 – 45:00

Main Discussion Points

• Dan’s Frustration with WNBA Commissioner Booking (03:43 – 03:51, 39:42 – 41:59)

  • Clarification that Dan is a fan, just wants transparent answers—not “hot takes”—from WNBA leadership
  • Frustration over two-hour wait for Commissioner Engelbert who was blocked by PR from appearing

• Classic Dan Patrick Show Banter

  • Sharing awkward moments of guest booking and behind-the-scenes anecdotes (especially Todd’s attempted flirtation with Dylan Dreyer)
  • “Buddha in San Francisco” phones in from a jet ski on Lake Tahoe

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with timestamps)

• Nate Bargatze:

  • “Instead of drinking water, I just go IVs.” (08:18)
  • “I gave [my daughter] McDonald's immediately. I wanted to show her America.” (11:31)
  • “If you’re bombing, you can do 60 minutes in 15.” (19:34)

• Austin Reaves:

  • “I’ve always had like a delusional confidence in myself.” (30:10)
  • “I played probably the best defense of my life. And he scored every possession.” (32:58)

• Dan Patrick (on WNBA commish):

  • “You don’t want to do the interview, fine. Just don’t tell me you’re going to do it. Make me wait two hours and, and then, you know, show. That’s all.” (03:51)

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Selected Timestamps for Important Segments

• 03:35 – Start of Nate Bargatze interview
• 07:29 – Nate’s story about Joe Theismann; golf and IVs
• 10:00 – Fast food confessions, White Castle stories
• 13:35 – Acting lessons from movie work
• 17:04 – Crowd work anecdotes
• 19:05 – Bonding over bombing on stage
• 27:38 – Interview with Austin Reaves
• 29:19 – On LeBron’s retirement’s influence
• 32:58 – “Welcome to the NBA” moment against LeBron
• 35:06 – Guarding Steph Curry
• 41:59 – WNBA segment on commissioner's missed appearance

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Summary & Tone

Hour 3 of The Dan Patrick Show expertly balances comedy and sports with warm, personal interviews and playful panel banter. Bargatze’s dry storytelling and vivid anecdotes are punctuated by classic Dan Patrick “regular guy” humor. Austin Reaves provides an open, humble look at NBA life, underdog stories, and the realities of professional sports. Even tense moments (like the WNBA commissioner's absence) are handled in Dan’s straightforward, level-headed way. The overall tone is irreverent, engaging, and welcoming to sports fans as well as casual listeners.

Transcript

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Dylan Dreyer]

Hey, Jonas.

[Todd Fritz]

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[Dan Patrick]

After Kevin's recent interesting confession about Michael,

[Todd Fritz]

we figured there's only one thing to do.

[Dan Patrick]

We must invite Michael Buble on the podcast and we want to know what's

[Todd Fritz]

on his sexy time playlist.

[Dan Patrick]

You know, I did an interview and they're like, have you heard about this Jonas Brothers thing?

[Todd Fritz]

And they're like, what did you think of him?

[Dan Patrick]

I was like, well, I mean, it's reciprocal. We talk about Kevin's confession, Michael's reaction, and a whole lot more. Our conversation with Michael Buble is out now.

[Todd Fritz]

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[Dan Patrick]

All?

[Todd Fritz]

It's your girl, Sam J. And we're the hosts of Everyone Watches Women's Sports, a new podcast from 2gether. We're breaking down the biggest headlines, the viral moments and the stories everyone's talking about across women's sports. From game changing performances to culture shifting conversations. We'll give you our takes, our debates, and a few laughs along the way. Because everyone watches women's sports. Listen to Everyone watches women's Sports on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast. You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. People were like, are you a fan of the wnba? You called out the commissioner. I'm like, yes, I explained what happened yesterday. I'm not calling out Kathy Engelbert. I wanted her on because I am a fan of the WNBA and I want answers to some of these questions because we haven't had answers. That's all it is. I'm not giving you a hot take. I'm not. I'm trying to be professional in asking her to come on. She said yes. We waited two hours yesterday and then she was told by pr, the WNBA home office that she shouldn't do the interview. That's okay. You don't want to do the interview, fine. Just don't tell me you're going to do it. Make me wait two hours and, and then, you know, show. That's all. Let's have some fun. Let's bring in the man who gave us the bread winner. He is Nate Bargazi. He's comedian, actor, game show host, theme park builder and a fan of this show as well. You can get tickets to his record breaking comedy [e-mail] the bread winner out wherever you get your movies. July 14th and. And he hosts the ABC comedy game show the Greatest Average American where you can win a grand prize of $67,920 which is the average salary in the United States. We make way for Nate Bar Gatsi. You look like a golfer, huh? Yeah, I like.

[Dan Patrick]

I got you right? When you get fired up, then you get all going and then you're like, all right, Nate, come on in.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, well, I needed you to lighten the mood.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I understand.

[Todd Fritz]

But what gets you fired up,

[Dan Patrick]

man?

[Todd Fritz]

I don't know, like sports wise. Is there something.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah, yeah. No, I, I've been watching WNBA stuff and then, yeah, I mean, you know, Vandy fan, like, so this World Cup's been pretty firing up. Like it's been, you know, getting excited.

[Todd Fritz]

But do you look at humor something you could put into your act when

[Dan Patrick]

you watch with sports? Yeah, yeah, I did it with Vandy because I like. Because that's the hard part is like talking about a sport, going to a sporting event because it's like, well, how do you got to make that relatable to everybody? And so then I went to Vandy. When I went to the Vandy bowl game in 2008, the first bowl game since 82, it was a big deal. It was freezing and I I go like, I. I was. I had tickets and they were at like, will call. And I went and to go get them. Like an hour and a half, two hours before the game. And then I was going to go tailgate my friends that all Vanny fans. We were all tailgating, having fun, and then they ripped the ticket and I had to go in. And so then they. Dude, I was in. It was in Titans Stadium. I was in there like an hour. It was like an hour 45 before the game. The players were in, like, jeans. They haven't even started getting ready yet. Like, I was watching the clock. They. They had a timer going. And it's just like, I don't know. Tomorrow the game starts. No concessions is open.

[Todd Fritz]

Was this Jay Cutler?

[Dan Patrick]

No. 2008. He did not go to. He beat Tennessee for us. I have a DVD of it.

[Todd Fritz]

A dvd?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I got him to sign it and I've like, got to know Jay, so it's very funny. Just like. Just like when you get to know someone and then you're like, hey, we signed this DVD of when you beat Tennessee in 2000.

[Todd Fritz]

So you're acting like a little kid.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah, dude, I was experienced.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. When's the last time you watched that dvd?

[Dan Patrick]

It's been a while.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

It's been a while.

[Todd Fritz]

Because that'd be sad if you said, well, I watched it before I came out here.

[Dan Patrick]

I watch it on YouTube now.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, yeah, everything's.

[Dan Patrick]

Everything's on YouTube.

[Todd Fritz]

I know. Who have you met?

[Dan Patrick]

I like that you have your shirt.

[Todd Fritz]

What do you think?

[Dan Patrick]

I just see that you went and bought that shirt.

[Todd Fritz]

I did.

[Dan Patrick]

I know you did. And I. I can see it a million times over that you would have just wear just the local. Yeah, like. Yeah, yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

But I'm trying.

[Dan Patrick]

It's the hotel. It's not even from the tournament. It's the hotel's merch that you have on. Amazing.

[Todd Fritz]

I'm a team player.

[Dan Patrick]

You are. I love it.

[Todd Fritz]

I. I am. I am a. I'm the average American.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, I know. I know.

[Todd Fritz]

So movie, game show host, Building an amusement park.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

Book.

[Dan Patrick]

Yep.

[Todd Fritz]

What's next?

[Dan Patrick]

I mean, the amusement park is kind of where it stops. I'm. We're hopefully shoot. I'm just shoot some more movies and really dive into that world a little bit more.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. Explain the amusement part.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. Is this like Dollywood is.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I mean, it's like Dollywood's amazing. Dollywood, you know, gets ranked number one amusement park in the country every year. Over Disney, over everything. The Experience. We're about four hours, three and a half hours, four hours from Dollywood. Dollywood is. It's. We're not a part of that. They're. They're doing their own thing. But Nashville had a theme park and. And I worked at it when I grew up, and then they got rid of it. And so the city really still wanted the theme park and I wanted a theme park. And Nashville is a city that can sustain a full theme park. And so it's a. It's honestly like a part of me wants to bring a theme park back just for everybody to be able to go to. I grew up going to it. It's like a very fun thing to go do. And then, I mean, we're a city that is growing and really can handle something like that. And so that's the idea of bringing it back.

[Todd Fritz]

Who have you met here that, like, leaves you a little bit nervous to meet them? Or have you gotten past that point where, hey, I'm a big time guy too?

[Dan Patrick]

I said, with Joe Theisman, you know, some of you don't know if they're going to know. Like, with Joe, I don't know if he would know me. And so. But it was very nice. He did. And so we were getting like, IVs yesterday, and he's just telling the story about when he broke his leg.

[Todd Fritz]

Wait, you got an IV yesterday?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

Wait, what's.

[Dan Patrick]

What iv? They.

[Todd Fritz]

Well, I know what. I know what it is, but, like,

[Dan Patrick]

you need an iv.

[Todd Fritz]

I need.

[Dan Patrick]

I've always said you need an iv.

[Todd Fritz]

I do.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. You should do a couple a day.

[Todd Fritz]

What. What do they pump in their vitamins?

[Dan Patrick]

Stuff.

[Todd Fritz]

Dude, I've never. Are you on drugs?

[Dan Patrick]

We don't know. We don't know.

[Todd Fritz]

Are they testing out?

[Dan Patrick]

No, they are. They're not testing. I asked that before I showed up. They said they're not testing. I. But IVs just. I. I got, you know, they just. You get the. I get dehydrated. I do that. Instead of drinking water is just go IVs.

[Todd Fritz]

Why don't you just drink water?

[Dan Patrick]

Well, that's ridiculous.

[Todd Fritz]

Water is terrible.

[Dan Patrick]

And. Why are you being ridiculous about this?

[Todd Fritz]

My bad.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

The anxiety on stage or nervousness before anxiety out here playing in front of people. Any comparison?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's like, because when you, when you go, when you do a show, you want the first joke to hit. Because once you get the first joke, then you're rolling. And so, like out here is the same way, like, you want, you know, you want your first drive to be like, you know, where it's not just like, oh, my gosh, it's just a problem. We played with a guy or. I played with a great group in a Pro AM yesterday. He had 1 on 17 that. I mean, it went right over the people's head. The 17. It was unbelievable. And he had a funny. I mean, he. They were. They were such a wonderful group. But so, you know, you're signing a lot of autographs, right? And so we're. I'm signing and you try to do as much as you can, and then it does get a lot. And I was. They were. I was making fun of. His name's Jason. And. And so we're. We were. There was a group in front of us that hasn't teed off. And so, you know, you're trying to kind of go through real kind of fast. And then he just walked back over. He goes, nate, they're always calling the tee box. You got all day, brother. And you're like, ah, thanks, Jay. I appreciate having. And just more people show up. Like, I have no out now, so I just have to stand there and do more.

[Todd Fritz]

Nate Bargazzi, he is multi talented, multifaceted.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah. I say that does it.

[Todd Fritz]

All actor. Big time actor now.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Six, two, two forty.

[Dylan Dreyer]

Dang.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. So I. I think you can just keep going up.

[Todd Fritz]

What was the most you ever weighed?

[Dan Patrick]

I bet it was like 2:15, 220. Like, I bet in my. I'm still in those days, but it's. I'm more active. But I bet, like, when I look back at some old videos, I'm like, I had to be like 220 or something like that.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. But when you get on the road, bad, you know.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, dude.

[Todd Fritz]

Bad eating habits. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Out of McDonald's three days ago. I have it all done. I had it back to back two. Two nights in a row.

[Todd Fritz]

Did you feel guilty? Dirty?

[Dan Patrick]

No, no. I. I mean, it's. I know what's wrong. It is funny. As you eat bad, the older you get, the regret comes so much quicker than yes. It's like, that's that window. You don't. The enjoyment really is just the actual eating. And then you do feel bad. I mean, it's immediate, like White Castle.

[Todd Fritz]

You've had White Castle.

[Dan Patrick]

A big White Castle family. My parents are from Louisville, Kentucky. And so that's all White Castle. So we were not Crystals. And so we're. We're big White Castle. I could. White Castles is. I'm. I love it.

[Todd Fritz]

But it seems like we only eat White Castle at 11 o' clock at night.

[Dan Patrick]

You should go during the day. It looks nice. It's lovely.

[Todd Fritz]

But we used to get the. The. Is it the suitcase?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

And my kids thought it was the most amazing thing.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

They're like, wait, what are we getting? I go, it's suitcase full of White Castles.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

And they like, where's this spin regular?

[Dan Patrick]

Because you let them, you know, me parents, you hear, they're like, oh, we like. They're like, my kid hasn't had a McDonald's yet. I was like, my kid, I gave her McDonald's immediately. I wanted to show her America. You go, you know, I remember she didn't want. She. My daughter was always. Which. She just turned 14. Happy birthday, Harper. And my brother Derek. His birthday was yesterday, but it was. She had. She don't want ice cream. And she was. She didn't want a lot of stuff when she was a baby. And I just jammed it on her mouth and I. But I think about that a lot where I'm like, man, did I mess that up? Like, she eats so much. She likes ice cream now. And I just was like. Because once you put it on, she was like, loves it.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. Marvin. Nate, have you ever tried Burger Donald's? Burgers from Burger king, fries from McDonald's.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, wow. I could do. I could do that. Yeah. Same trip. I would do it. He's a Whopper. I get two Whopper Juniors. No onion, no tomato. And that's. That's the route I've been going a lot lately. No fries, but now you're throwing McDonald's. Oh, boy.

[Todd Fritz]

It's no good, but so good.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I agree.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, Paulie.

[Dan Patrick]

But do you get the two Whopper

[Todd Fritz]

Juniors to make it? Think like you're eating less, like Diet Coke, but you're getting two. Like, you could have gone, just a Whopper. Just a Whopper.

[Dan Patrick]

I like it so much that I won it twice. And so I want to experience Whoppers are. They're pretty. I think they're underrated. I think people don't put enough respect on a Whopper.

[Todd Fritz]

See, I don't want see somebody to see the rappers in the car.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. Well, I told them what? You should stop at a gas station.

[Todd Fritz]

I know, but my wife was like, hey, did you have. And I go, yeah, yeah. And then that, you know, you got to clean up the evidence there, dude, I'll stop.

[Dan Patrick]

I've thrown so much stuff away at a gas station. When you just pull through, I'm in an electric car and I just pull through and they're like, why you go, because I got to get rid of these bags, dude. I can't have this.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. I don't need gasoline. I just got to get rid of the evidence.

[Dan Patrick]

That trash can right in the middle of those two pumps, and I got to get rid of all this stuff.

[Todd Fritz]

What did you learn from doing the movie?

[Dan Patrick]

Just preparation, I think. More. Not that you don't prepare and stand up, but I think you would. You would prepare and by doing it. And with acting, you need to really be prepared before you actually show up. And so I think that was a big lesson to be like, all right, you know, the next movie, hopefully if I get to do another movie, but the next movie I do will be much more. Not that I wasn't prepared, but he was kind of learning everything on the fly and. But the next one will be a lot more preparation.

[Todd Fritz]

Could you see yourself? Sandler eventually did serious movies.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Todd Fritz]

Could you do a serious movie?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I think so. I mean, I would like to. I think I would like to try. I like to organically let everything happen, you know, as it comes and so. So. But I think. I think I could do it. Like, you know, I mean, you know, it's like I'm my. My Persona on stage or my in life. Like, I, you know, it's like, I think I look like I'm miserable, so it's like, I think I could just do that.

[Todd Fritz]

What's it. When's the last time that first joke didn't land?

[Dan Patrick]

It would have been at, like, a comedy club or something.

[Todd Fritz]

Oh, okay.

[Dan Patrick]

But it wouldn't have been in an arena. Like, it. Like, the arenas are. So the thing with arenas is they're just. You have to. There. You do have. You have to have your act. You can't really throw out new jokes. It's just too many people. And so you got to come and really have your act. But I'll, you know, sometimes in arena, I'll make a little side joke about the town, and that might not go good. And then you say something and they're like, you know, I can tell that they're just like, all right, just do your.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, yeah, just stop this ad living. Go as scripted here.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. I'm the opposite of most. They do crowd work me. They're like, no crowd work. Don't talk to us at all. Do your thing.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. Shut up, joke boy.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

Fritzi has heard that before because he's done stand up comedy.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

Not Good. Not well. He. He closed down Caroline's in New York City.

[Dan Patrick]

I know. And that's my. That's the one. That's my club. Caroline's was the best club to me and Caroline's. I always think it was my home club. They have a comedy in Jamestown, New York. They have a comedy museum.

[Dylan Dreyer]

And.

[Dan Patrick]

And they have the Carolina's background in the museum. And like I went and saw it, but yeah, I still mad at you till this day. Shut down. Love of my life.

[Todd Fritz]

It did close within a couple of months.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, we all heard about it.

[Todd Fritz]

I. I said to Fritzi Sandler and Spade volunteered to write jokes for him. And he said no because he doesn't want somebody to get credit for something that he says, yeah, if it's funny.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. And they did the same thing. They didn't want to credit for your bomb. And so that's. You know, I always thought I had

[Todd Fritz]

to come up with my own stuff for it to be genuinely to make me feel like I really accomplished.

[Dan Patrick]

So you can believe, like, so you can sell the joke. It's hard to sell it if you're not like the one that was like

[Todd Fritz]

my observation or something that happened in my life that I want to share. And when you. If it's something that was written for you, as great as that is, I feel like I'm not. I'm cheating on the test or something. It's not genuine to my life experience.

[Dan Patrick]

No, I agree. But it's also. You're not a comedian. So I would have taken those jokes, but it's. You're on. When people give you tags or little stuff to jokes, it can be very funny and you sometimes can't do them because you're like, I'm just not going to sell that joke.

[Todd Fritz]

He has observational humor without the humor. So that's a problem.

[Dan Patrick]

He just. Because we're in a room, everybody. Yeah, we are in a room.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Out of. My buddy would do crowd work and he was not great at it either. And he asked the guy in the front row, he's like, I guess, where are you from? Guy goes, Alabama. He goes, that's cool, man. And then he just moves on.

[Todd Fritz]

There's no joke. The guy that warmed up for you in the Madison Square Garden.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Julian Mola.

[Todd Fritz]

He was so really good, very fun. Then your dad comes in.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

And then you come in.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. It was a fun. And Fallon.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

He was pumped.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

So it found really prepared for those. Like, I was like, just. Julian was. Would go Meet up with Fallon out on the road because, you know, he hasn't really done stand up, like, it, like, a lot. And doing Madison Garden, it is. It's so many people that you're like, dude, it's. You got to really at least know where you're going and where. You got to know where you're going to start with and know you're going to have to end. And Fallon went out a lot and got it ready.

[Todd Fritz]

But you have a home court advantage. It feels like on the stadium tour, like, when you went. You go into the Garden, you know they're rooting for you.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you hope so.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, yeah. Like, you don't go into a hostile environment.

[Dan Patrick]

No, not. Not anymore. I mean, but you did. That's the beginning.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Beginning is only hostile. They just. You walk up, especially in New York, dude, you'd start. No one knows you, and, like, you got to win everybody over every single night.

[Todd Fritz]

Southern accent In New York, you're just like.

[Dan Patrick]

You can't tell if they're just laugh. They're making fun of me. There was times of that where you're like, I think they're just making fun of me.

[Todd Fritz]

It feels like that.

[Dan Patrick]

It feels like that. But it counts as a laugh, so I'll take it. You know, it's like when you hit, it's like a good miss.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Where you just go, that's a good miss.

[Todd Fritz]

Right.

[Dan Patrick]

There you go.

[Todd Fritz]

I still got on the green.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I was trying to hit a draw, and it sliced.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Fairway. When Fritzi was at Caroline's, we could hear the food being prepped in back.

[Todd Fritz]

I could hear.

[Dan Patrick]

I can hear the kitchen's back there. Yeah. It's not right out on this side, Nate.

[Todd Fritz]

I could hear ice melting. When Fritzi was on stage, it was so rough. It was a little awkward. I was hoping there was going to be some way of just falling through the stage that can just kind of pull. So did we.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm glad you experienced it, though, because it's. It is like. It's. It's for. It's, like surreal. Like when you're up there and it's like you're just not getting laughs. And then you're just like, golly, dude, and you're trying. And I like when you see a comic up there bombing, it's always fun. You don't want to bomb, but we like seeing our. Each other bomb, even. Because, you know, comics are good, and it just could be the room is weird or whatever, but it's fun. To sit there and why you watch that person just start, like. Like they get to their jokes a lot quicker.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

I mean, if you're in a. If you're bombing, you can do 60 minutes in 15.

[Todd Fritz]

Todd does that, and then he goes blue.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

So when he went blue, I. I said, oh, man, he's in trouble. Panicked. I started just saying, like, the F words, and I didn't know what to do with myself, and I. And I had memorized what I wanted to say, but I said the first thing, like, fourth. And the second thing I was gonna

[Dan Patrick]

say, oh, yeah, first.

[Todd Fritz]

And now I'm, like, all confused because, like, my index cards in my brain roll now shuffled.

[Dan Patrick]

That can still happen now. Sometimes I can do a set, and then, like, I'll end up, like, doing it. I'm like, did I, like, introduce that joke right? Or you do a call back and then you didn't do the first one.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

And then you're like, bananas, right? And you're like, did I do the first bananas joke?

[Todd Fritz]

What if. What if Nate wrote three minutes for you? No, I'm good. I'll be right. No, I. I should.

[Dan Patrick]

I should have let. I think I can help you. I wouldn't write it for you, but to. I think you tell observation and stories, and you want to be personal, right?

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Not just jokes. So I think I could just sit and you tell me what you want to talk about, and I would just work. I would say, all right, say this first. That's perfect. And then that would. That's what I was.

[Todd Fritz]

If it's something that's genuine to my experiences after chatting with you, and then you can work it, then that's a whole other thing.

[Dan Patrick]

We could work it. Now, I don't have time for this, but, you know, in the amusement park. We could sit in the amusement park. We will sit and just dive in, you know. Have you performed?

[Todd Fritz]

Maybe he goes to a Vanderbilt game with you?

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah. Lovely. Yeah. Come to V game. I would welcome that. Yeah, we'll be up big. We'll be able to sit there quiet. Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

The movie, the breadwinner out wherever you get your movies. Also the natland.com where you get tours, you get tickets to the comedy tour, and also the ABC comedy game show the Greatest Average American. Great to see you again, Nate.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, man.

[Todd Fritz]

Have fun.

[Dan Patrick]

Thanks for joining us.

[Todd Fritz]

Always take a break. Austin Reeves of the Lakers. After this, be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9:00am Eastern, 6:00am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And the iHeartRadio app.

[Dan Patrick]

Hey, this is Jason McIntyre.

[Todd Fritz]

Join me every weekday morning on my podcast, Straight fire with Jason McIntyre. This isn't your typical sports pod, pushing the same tired narratives down your throat every day. Straight Fire gives you honest opinions on

[Dan Patrick]

all the biggest sports headlines, accurate stats to help you win big at the

[Todd Fritz]

sportsbook and all the best guests.

[Dan Patrick]

Do yourself a favor and listen to

[Todd Fritz]

Straight fire with Jason McIntyre on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd Fritz]

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[Dan Patrick]

What's up, fam?

[Todd Fritz]

I'm sports journalist Ari Chambers. Hey, what's up, y'?

[Dylan Dreyer]

All?

[Todd Fritz]

It's your girl, Sam J. And we're the host of Everyone Watches Women's Sports, a new podcast podcast from Together and I heart women's sports. Because, let's be real, women's sports is giving us way too much to talk about these days. The highlights, the rivalries, the breakout stars, the moments that take over your entire timeline and the conversations that start during the game and somehow keep going all week. Every week, we're breaking down the biggest stories across women's sports. We'll give you our takes, our debates, and probably a few disagreements. We'll talk to athletes, celebrate big moments, and get into what's happening on and off the field, court, track and beyond. Because we're not just interested in what happened. We're interested in why everyone's talking about it. Because everyone watches women's sports.

[Dan Patrick]

So if you're already a fan or

[Todd Fritz]

you're just getting into the game, there's a seat for you right here. Listen to Everyone watches women's Sports on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, I'm Hoda Kotb, host of the podcast Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, if you know me, you know this. I'm always searching for inspiration, for support, and useful tools to help maximize joy. So this podcast lets us uncover all of that together. We're gonna have these meaningful conversations with the world's most fascinating people. Like when actress Olivia Munn shared how she overcame fierce health challenges that she never saw coming.

[Todd Fritz]

I've gone through breast cancer and then helped my mother through breast cancer, and that was more difficult. There's a lot of people who understand postpartum depression.

[Dan Patrick]

I was not prepared for postpartum anxiety.

[Todd Fritz]

Olympic champ Shawn Johnson revealed why she had no choice but to be a gymnast. There was something about gymnastics that was intoxicating to me.

[Dan Patrick]

It's given me a belief that we

[Todd Fritz]

all have one of those treasures inside of us. We just have to find it. Listen to Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb

[Dan Patrick]

on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Dylan Dreyer]

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[Todd Fritz]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd Fritz]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd Fritz]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd Fritz]

Go to spinquest.com right now Spinquest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. A couple of phone calls here Buddha in San Francisco, but I'm being told that he's in Lake Tahoe. Are you in Lake Tahoe or actually in the Lake Tahoe? Go bloody. What up dp? I'm Last time I was with you guys I was in my paddle board in McCovey Cove. I decided to step up my game and now I'm on a jet ski out here, Lake Tahoe dominating like France. I just want to say who's got it better than us? Nobody. All right, let me see you take a spin. We got the camera on you out there in Lake Tahoe. Let's go baby. Buddha lives the life, man. He runs a really high end Restaurant in San Francisco and comes out to see us every year when we're out here. Yeah, Paul, we're not responsible for anything happens on the lake. Yeah. If he goes in, I can't help you there. Buddha in San Francisco, David in Ohio. Hi, David. What do you have for me?

[Dan Patrick]

Hey, what's up?

[Todd Fritz]

Dan, after seeing that Adam Sandler officiated Taylor and Travis's wedding, didn't know if

[Dan Patrick]

you were going to have the Sandman

[Todd Fritz]

on to possibly talk about it, so. Thank you. I, I think people are kind of quiet on this. I think they're kind of under orders or an NDA and I've text with Sandman, but I, I just, I don't want to have him on. Put him in a position where he's got to maybe say some things he's not supposed to. I, I am getting ready for Grown Ups 3 that'll be coming up in September. I will shoot my scene. Austin Reeves of the Lakers, he joined us yesterday, signed the Max deal with the Lakers. I started the conversation by asking him about free agency and did he ever give any thought to going anyplace else.

[Dylan Dreyer]

Yeah, I mean, the one thing that the Lakers, you know, had the advantage on was being able to talk to me as soon as the season was over and July 1st was when everybody else could come in. So, you know, it was, it was crazy, but it was, it was good that, you know, the Lakers had that opportunity to, you know, get something done so I didn't have to actually hit the market.

[Todd Fritz]

Would you buy yourself?

[Dylan Dreyer]

I haven't bought myself anything, actually. My financial advisor told me the other day that I needed to spend more money. So I struggle with that. But yeah, I mean, I'm more, I like, you know, getting gifts for other people. So, yeah, so I've done a little bit of that.

[Todd Fritz]

You're married?

[Dylan Dreyer]

I'm not married.

[Todd Fritz]

You've got a girlfriend?

[Dylan Dreyer]

I do.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

She.

[Dylan Dreyer]

Yeah, I'll give her the card and she'll, she'll do. She'll do what he asked.

[Todd Fritz]

Who gave you advice though, to stay?

[Dylan Dreyer]

I don't know if there was really single person. I think it was more so kind of just what I wanted and that's kind of what my family told me from the get go was whatever makes you happy, wherever you, you know, want to live, you know, want to continue your, your journey is, is where you should be. And I love la. It's like a home away from home for me. I've been there for five years and I would, I couldn't imagine Being anywhere else.

[Todd Fritz]

You haven't lost that accent, though.

[Dylan Dreyer]

No, not at all. I go back. I go back to Arkansas after the season every year, so it probably fades a little bit during the season, and then when I go home, it comes right back.

[Todd Fritz]

You got an LA accent?

[Dylan Dreyer]

No, absolutely not.

[Todd Fritz]

How did you find out about LeBron's plans?

[Dylan Dreyer]

I was actually at Pottanhurst playing golf. Dlo had this little Ryder cup style thing out there. And so I was out there playing and I think my girlfriend texted me and was like, no, LeBron or something. I was like. So I pulled up Instagram and it was all over that. And I texted him and I was like, I was having a great day on the golf course till you ruined it. But, yeah, no, I mean, he's. He's been, you know, probably the biggest impact on my career since I've been in la. So nothing but love and respect and, you know, wish him nothing but the best.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay. How long do you have to be on the Lakers before you get LeBron's number?

[Dylan Dreyer]

I'm pretty sure I got it pretty quick.

[Todd Fritz]

Really?

[Dylan Dreyer]

Yeah, I think so. He has a mini camp every year before our training camp. And when we were down there, I think there was a group message sent out and everybody was sending their names in it, and I seen his net. Well, and the thing is, is I was on a, you know, my rookie year, I was on a team of six hall of Famers. So it was like I would see a message and be like, russell, Russell, Westbrook, Melo, Dwight. Like, it was just name after name after name. I'm like, holy, why am I here?

[Todd Fritz]

When did you know you could play?

[Dylan Dreyer]

I've always had like a, you know, a delusional confidence in myself. You know, it goes back to high school and, you know, just believing in what I can do on a basketball court.

[Todd Fritz]

Because I remember somebody who saw a practice and said, austin Reeves can play. And. And this was when you got to the Lakers, so. And I remember talking to Jay Billis and everybody looks back in retrospect and they'll go, oh, yeah, you know, everybody knew. I. I said, wait a minute, was he drafted? When was. He wasn't a first rounder? Like, there are a lot of people who didn't know if you could play, but what did you fight? Like, what was the stereotype that you're.

[Dylan Dreyer]

You're fighting, I'm wide, I'm unathletic, I could walk down the street and nobody's gonna be. I mean, I've had people ask me if I Played tennis or baseball before basketball. So it's just, you know, things like that. But, you know, I never. I felt like I was never going to get the opportunity to play in the NBA. I always felt like I was capable of it, but I didn't know if the opportunity would present itself. But once it did, you know, I kind of got my foot in the door and then, you know, took advantage of it.

[Todd Fritz]

What were you told about the Lakers future or immediate future with before you signed? Did they give you any inkling?

[Dylan Dreyer]

Yeah, I mean, we had. I mean, I had a lot of talks with Rob. You know, I'm really close with Luca and JJ as well. And, you know, we're just building something that, you know, can be sustainable for not just now, but the future. I feel like I seen something the other day that I'm the oldest guy on the team and I'm 28, so that's. It's actually crazy to me. But, yeah, I mean, you know, we want to have success now and, you know, five or six, seven years down in the future.

[Todd Fritz]

Were you a Kobe fan?

[Dylan Dreyer]

Huge Kobe fan.

[Todd Fritz]

And posters, the whole thing?

[Dylan Dreyer]

Oh, everything.

[Todd Fritz]

And do you have memorabilia of him?

[Dylan Dreyer]

No, it wasn't much of a memorabilia guy. I was just. I mean, every time they was playing, you know, my grandma was a Kobe fan as well, so we would. We would sit on the couch and watch. Watch Laker games all the time.

[Todd Fritz]

Lucas style, can that be taught to anybody?

[Dylan Dreyer]

No, I think it's just. I think it's God given, to be honest. The pace that he plays with, the way he sees the game and creates advantages for other people. You know, you can. You can study it, but I don't know if you can, you know, really do it the way that he does it.

[Todd Fritz]

He has a pace to his game. Joker has a pace. Kawhi Leonard has a pace to like, they. They make you play their pace. Yeah. Is that fair?

[Dylan Dreyer]

Yeah, no, for sure. I mean, it's not. You're not going to watch them and be like they're blowing by anybody, which they do. But it's always like slow to fast or fast to slow. It's never, you know, just completely fast. There's guys that just run by people and then there's guys that bait people to do what they want them to do.

[Todd Fritz]

Austin Reeves of the Lakers, what was your welcome to the NBA moment?

[Dylan Dreyer]

I think it was in practice. Braun, for some reason, I got matched up on him. Three straight possessions, and I played probably the best defense of my life. And he scored every possession and he was talking, so I couldn't say anything, but that was kind of my. Oh, wow. Like, do I really belong here?

[Todd Fritz]

But is that. He's so much bigger than people think.

[Dylan Dreyer]

Oh, yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

I think that's what. Well, so is Luca. I mean, we're surprised when we height, we can, you know, kind of look at and go, oh, that guy's tall. Yeah, it's when you see these guys that they're thick.

[Dylan Dreyer]

Oh, yeah. No, they're. I mean, the thing about Braun is he's one of the strongest guys in the NBA. And same with Luca. Like, you can't knock them off their spot, so it's. It's very tough to guard them because of how physical they are.

[Todd Fritz]

What'd you think of the Knicks winning?

[Dylan Dreyer]

I don't really have thoughts. I got. I mean, I got. I got.

[Todd Fritz]

That's a team. Team. The appreciation of. Of what they did. Because that's what you want to build in la.

[Dylan Dreyer]

Yeah, for sure. I mean, I got to know some of those guys when I played the USA team with Mel, Josh and jb. Great dudes. You couldn't ask for better humans. And I think that that shows on the basketball court. They care for one another, they play for one another, and that's, like you said, that's something you want to build.

[Todd Fritz]

Who's the celebrity you want to meet this week?

[Dylan Dreyer]

I don't really know. I kind of stay to myself.

[Todd Fritz]

You don't get caught up in any of that?

[Dylan Dreyer]

Nah, I just. I kind of, like. I stayed myself.

[Todd Fritz]

You kind of. You would pass as a country singer? Like a tall country singer?

[Dylan Dreyer]

I wish I could sing, but I can't.

[Todd Fritz]

Just say anything to Steph Curry.

[Dylan Dreyer]

No, I mean, I. We played one round together last year. He played really well. You know, I obviously know him through the basketball stuff, but unbelievable human, you know, And a really good golfer as well.

[Todd Fritz]

Can you explain him? Like, if somebody never saw him?

[Dylan Dreyer]

Incredible. I mean, the things that he does. He's 6 3.

[Todd Fritz]

Have you guarded him?

[Dylan Dreyer]

Yeah, I've tried. I mean, you can try to. I mean, there was one game we played where I think he ended with 30. And at the end of the game, I was like, I did a really. I did a really good job. And I look up and I was like, well, never mind.

[Todd Fritz]

When did the headband start? And how long is that going to continue?

[Dylan Dreyer]

Oh, I think it's here to stay. I mean, I don't really know. It was. I think we were going through an illusion streak and I. We weren't playing well. And I kind of just wanted to make something up, and it kind of stuck.

[Todd Fritz]

Thanks for making time.

[Dylan Dreyer]

Yes, sir.

[Todd Fritz]

Good luck. Congratulations on the contract.

[Dylan Dreyer]

Thank you. I appreciate it. Y' all have a good one.

[Todd Fritz]

Austin Reeves. I like saying, you know the stereotypes. Well, because I'm white, I'm unathletic. I'm like, okay, I. But he still can get you 25 points a night. Yes. Dylan, Are we filing Austin Reeves under

[Dan Patrick]

the exciting whites category? He's not exotic. He's from.

[Todd Fritz]

He's from America, Arkansas.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

I think he's hard working.

[Dan Patrick]

A real gym rat.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. Wait, he's lunch pail white. Yeah. He might be probably first in, last out. Dad was, you know, coach's son, but he's got some boogie in his game, so he's not gritty and gutty white. Yeah. It's weird when you watch him and you go, okay. I don't know what he does anything well athletically, but he knows how to play basketball. It's just one of those guys. If you were picking sides, you didn't know, other than you'd say, well, that guy's 6 5. Maybe he can rebound. But he wouldn't be the first guy picked. You would be like, he's thin. I don't know. Yes. Marvin. Right. It's not about the color of his skin. It's really like the lack of muscle tone. Like if Cooper Dijon was sitting at the park somewhere, he's probably my.

[Dan Patrick]

Like, you've seen him.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. And I hate when they're like, oh, man. Deceptively athletic. Have you seen him? No, no, he's not deceptive. There's nothing deceptive about him. Yes. Dylan.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Austin Reeves, on the other hand, could do a little sandbagging at the pickup court. A little hustling.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Picked last.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. Well, it's like when Kyrie win is Uncle Drew. And Austin Reeves wouldn't have to put on a disguise. He'd just go to the, you know, you know, some playground. He'd go to Rucker, and they'd go, all right, we'll take the white guy. Next thing you know, he's got buckets. Yeah, Paulie.

[Dan Patrick]

I like his stories too, because he's a confident guy. He's like, man, I was garden Steph Curry.

[Todd Fritz]

Best night of my life. I look up, he's got 30, by the way, during the interview, Anthony Edwards Anderson, he was in the bunker practicing, and he. Who got hit by the ball? Did Mario get hit? Yeah. Anthony better stay out of the bunkers during the tournament. But he did come up and sign the ball for us. Oh, we see him a lot, and he's always got a smile on his face, always got fun stories to tell. Yes. Dylan.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, we've been worried about the people

[Todd Fritz]

on the driving range.

[Dan Patrick]

It's really the people hitting out of

[Todd Fritz]

the bunker that is just dead straight behind. Yes. Jay Billis put one on the roof of our set here. And then he. I don't know. I was kind of making fun of him as a little bit of a roast, and I think he kind of stormed off a little bit there. Oh, the rec tech grills ready to go open for business. Chef Greg is out there. So if you're watching on Peacock, come on out to the grilling area. We'll close up shop here in Tahoe. The American Century right after this. 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. Peter Jacobson, he'll be on the call on NBC. And Peacock, Steve Young stopped by. Nate Bargazzi, Austin Reeves, and the CEO of American Century, Jonathan Thomas. Todd, you did a great job. It's. There's a lot of people here. You're trying to wrangle guests all week long, and you did a great job. So thank you again. Thank you. But it is your job, so. It is. So it's something I'm supposed to be doing then. I mean, I shouldn't have to say it, but it's you, so I do have to say it. A pat on the back once a while is not terrible. Yeah. Did you tell Dylan he did a good job? I have not told anybody. I didn't even realize there were other people sitting here. Julie in Minnesota. Hi, Julie. Thanks for holding. What do you have? Hey, how are you? Great. Good, Good, good, good, good. I just have to ask, how did Stu Gotts book Dylan Dreyer and Todd Fritzi slash the booker Couldn't. Wow. Wow. You want to explain to Julie why you didn't book Dylan Dreyer, meteorologist, today? I think part of it was you didn't trust me to be professional around her. I did not. And I may have been a little too flirtatious at the Wednesday party, so any chance of inviting her just became progressively more awkward. But I'm going to have to deal with this for the rest of my life that we didn't have Dylan Dreyer on set this week. Maybe next year you could have Dylan Dreyer.

[Dan Patrick]

But.

[Todd Fritz]

But Julie We. We did see Dylan Dreyer spent a lot of time talking to her. Probably 15, 20 minutes. Very nice woman and. But Todd, I just said, you can say hello, but that's it. And Brian Baumgartner was very protective. It was like her bodyguard. I couldn't even really get near Dylan because he was everywhere she went. He was following her. Because I gave Brian a heads up about you. Yes. I'm like, hey, Fritz, he loves Dylan Dreyer. He goes, well, what do you mean? You know, he really loves Dylan Dreyer, but he kept getting in the way every time I try to chat her up. Julie, thank you for the phone call. Trip in Vegas. Hi, Trip. What do you have for me today? Hey, good afternoon. Always good to speak with lgp. I got a question for you. So with all this problem with the WNBA and the commissioner, I got an acronym for Fritzi.

[Dylan Dreyer]

He'll love this.

[Todd Fritz]

They're. There's Their league should say, we need better answers. That's what the WNBA stands for from now on. Oh, we need better Answers. Clever. Okay. I could have taken a couple of answers from the commissioner. That would have been fine, but once again, people are kind of going crazy on social media with this. I, I just. I. I'm a professional. This is what I do. I ask the questions. I. I try to do it in a journalistic way. And that's all I was asking is just reciprocate if you want to come on the show. You say, yes. Don't make me wait two hours. And then I get a feeble response that WNBA PR says that she shouldn't do it. You didn't want to do it. Don't do it. But what happened in those two hours when you said yes? And then next thing I know, you're not on the program. That's all. I'm just asking questions that I believe this audience deserves answers for. And that's what we were hoping for. I love the wnba, love watching it. But, you know, there's a. There's some problems here, and I think if you want to step up and be, you know, a big league, and, you know, you're growing and you got the expansion, and, you know, there's a lot of eyeballs on you, then all of a sudden, there's more scrutiny as well. But, you know, we tried, and maybe, maybe down the road, we get that opportunity, but this wasn't a hit piece. I wasn't critical. I was just. I wanted an explanation, and so I had to give you an explanation as to why she wasn't on the show. Yes, Dylan.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I mean, we've talked about it before, but it's like they should take a little more of the page out of the NBA's book. Like it's, it shouldn't be that much easier to get the NBA commissioner on. And even when the last time we had him on, you were asking him about like tanking and flopping and stuff like that, like there was stuff to address and he just was like, sure, ask me, whatever.

[Todd Fritz]

But he wasn't at a golf tournament where we were, where we ran into him and then he said yes and then wait. We made, made us wait two hours and then said no because PR said even more.

[Dan Patrick]

So.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. This day in sports history. Paulie, you like this? One of the greatest of all time. 1984, Dwight Gooden of the Mets became the youngest player to appear in the All Star game as a pitcher.

[Dan Patrick]

19 years and 7 months.

[Todd Fritz]

One of the greatest of all time.

[Dan Patrick]

And 1999 US women's soccer team defeated China to win the 1999 World Cup.

[Todd Fritz]

Wasn't there controversy with the goalie for the United States, Hope Solo? No, I, I, I don't know that. Yes. Oh, Brianna Scurry. Yeah, Brianna Scurry was a very good player. But was she, I thought that she was moving before the pen.

[Dan Patrick]

There's a penalty kick and they, you're

[Todd Fritz]

not supposed to leave your line. So they address the wall.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, it's minute and they didn't have

[Todd Fritz]

that kind of replay back then. Yeah, they didn't have var. That's a good pull by you at the break. Thank you. Thank you. Yes. Todd, do you know how to address the ball? Hello, ball.

[Dan Patrick]

Hello, ball.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, this is the kind of humor that I was on the Honeymooners. That's with Ralph Crampton. And what was the line that you said, Dylan, that went, you're on the road like this, you don't eat very well, that you can almost hear yourself getting fatter.

[Dan Patrick]

So you can hear yourself getting fatter. It's also, you can notice from Sunday when I got here till Friday, the same shirts that have not gone through the dryer or anything are actually tighter than they were on Sunday.

[Todd Fritz]

The Dylan Dryer.

[Dan Patrick]

The Dylan dryer.

[Dylan Dreyer]

Todd.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay, let's see if we learned anything on the program. Todd, did you learn anything? I did. Nate Borgazi stops at gas stations not for a fill up, but to throw away his fast food trash before his wife finds it. He's got an electric car. Dylan, you learn anything?

[Dan Patrick]

You own a pair of bike shorts.

[Todd Fritz]

I did Meow. I did. What about you, Marvin? Steve Young might become a lefty golfer. I know he said if he doesn't finish like 45th or better that he's going to switch to being a left handed golfer. You know, I saw him out on the, you know, practice screen, he was chipping. I go, wait, he's right handed. I did not know that. And he said because his dad had right handed clubs, he grew up playing golf even though everything else left handed. So now he's playing right handed golf. But he not afraid to switch. Paul, what'd you learn? My favorite moment of the week as well.

[Dan Patrick]

Marvin taking a picture with Steve Young. I've never seen someone smile that much, you know.

[Todd Fritz]

That was awesome. Yeah, like I saw, I, I'm, I talked to Ray Allen and Steve Young. Ray Allen to me is what Walter Payton is. To Paulie.

[Dan Patrick]

Whoa.

[Todd Fritz]

Thank you. To Tahoe, the American Century tournament and everybody behind the scenes that made this possible. We'll be in the home man cave coming up on Monday.

[Dan Patrick]

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