The Best Of Covino & Rich

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Herd with Colin Cowherd – "The Best Of Covino & Rich"

Release Date: May 2, 2025

Hosts: Covino and Rich from Fox Sports Radio

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1. Shocking News: Kids Take to the Road

Timestamp: [00:37] – [05:14]

The episode kicks off with a startling news headline about a seven-year-old boy who stole his family's car to drive 10 miles with his five-year-old sister to visit a McDonald's. Covino expresses disbelief, saying:

Covino [04:57]: "It's wild. Imagine a seven and five-year-old stealing a car and driving that distance. That's kindergarten and first grade levels."

The hosts discuss the implications of such incidents, emphasizing the lack of supervision and the potential dangers of children operating vehicles. Rich adds his personal take, blaming the parents for not adequately feeding their child:

Rich [03:08]: "That's brazen, man. I don't know. I couldn't have done that."

They delve into similar past incidents, reminiscing about stories where young kids miraculously managed to drive, highlighting both the amusement and concern surrounding these events.

2. NBA Playoffs: Lakers' Conditioning Critique

Timestamp: [05:14] – [18:10]

The conversation seamlessly transitions to the NBA playoffs, focusing on the Los Angeles Lakers' early exit. Covino references J.J. Redick’s criticism regarding the team's lack of championship-level conditioning:

Covino [12:35]: "J.J. Redick says the team needs to get into championship shape. Their conditioning was evident in the fourth quarters where they couldn't maintain leads."

Rich concurs, pointing out that the Lakers seemed to run out of steam during crucial moments:

Rich [14:36]: "The excuse of running out of gas is too soft from today's perspective. They were supposed to be in championship shape."

They discuss the impact of player fatigue and strategic decisions that may have contributed to the Lakers' downfall. Danny G adds insight into coaching strategies and player performance, analyzing how the team's conditioning may have been the tipping point against more well-prepared opponents like the Minnesota Timberwolves.

3. Mount Rushmore of Adult Cartoons

Timestamp: [29:30] – [58:22]

A significant portion of the podcast is dedicated to identifying the best adult cartoons, marking the 26th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants. Covino and Rich debate their top picks, engaging listeners through phone calls and sharing personal favorites:

• Simpsons
• South Park
• Beavis and Butthead
• Family Guy
• Archer
• Rick and Morty
• Bob’s Burgers
• Boondocks
• Metalocalypse
• Futurama

Notable listener contributions include:

Listener Josh [38:36]: "Born in '82, Beavis and Butthead was my answer. They analyze music videos and introduced bands like White Zombie to the mainstream."

Covino adds his appreciation for Family Guy, highlighting its cultural impact despite not being his top choice:

Covino [43:40]: "Family Guy is just hilarious. I've watched countless clips and never sat down to watch a full episode, but the humor is consistent."

Rich defends South Park as a pillar of adult animation, praising its topical satire and edge-pushing content.

Rich [35:39]: "South Park has been pushing boundaries for over 20 years. It's bigger than just another cartoon."

4. NFL Draft: Top 10 Jersey Sales

Timestamp: [52:30] – [57:57]

The hosts shift focus to the 2025 NFL Draft, discussing the top 10 selling jerseys immediately following the first round. Highlights include:

• Travis Hunter securing the number one spot despite controversies.

  Rich [53:43]: "Travis Hunter with the number one selling jersey a week after the draft. Good for him."

• Abdul Carter at number seven, showcasing his bold move to request number 56, formerly worn by Lawrence Taylor.

  Covino [53:06]: "Abdul Carter had the huevos to ask Lawrence Taylor if he could wear number 56. Lawrence's response? 'Yo, young man, create your own legacy.'"

The hosts humorously speculate on the popularity of jerseys among fans and the strategic choices young players make regarding their numbers.

5. Celebrating Sports Legends and Records

Timestamp: [58:22] – [61:43]

In a nostalgic segment, the hosts reflect on memorable sports records and anniversaries:

• Lou Gehrig's final game in 1939, marking the end of his illustrious career due to ALS.

  Danny G [58:36]: "Lou Gehrig's final game ended his streak of 2,130 consecutive games. A legendary Iron Man."

• Ricky Henderson breaking Lou Brock's stolen base record in 1991.

  Rich [59:36]: "Ricky Henderson holds up the base for his record-breaking steal."

• Jerry Rice setting receiving records, immortalized by radio calls like "Highway 101 belongs to Jerry Rice."

Covino shares personal anecdotes related to these legendary moments, emphasizing their lasting impact on sports culture.

Covino [60:49]: "I remember when Jerry Rice broke the receiving records. That call has been burned into my memory."

6. Closing Remarks and Final Highlights

Timestamp: [61:43] – [63:06]

As the episode wraps up, Covino and Rich engage in light-hearted banter about upcoming segments and humorous interactions with listeners. They reiterate the importance of conditioning in sports, celebrating legendary athletes, and the enduring appeal of adult-oriented cartoons.

A brief advertisement follows, promoting Refresh Optive Mega 3 Lubricant Eye Drops for dry eyes.

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Notable Quotes

• Covino [04:57]: "It's wild. Imagine a seven and five-year-old stealing a car and driving that distance. That's kindergarten and first grade levels."

• Rich [14:36]: "The excuse of running out of gas is too soft from today's perspective. They were supposed to be in championship shape."

• Rich [35:39]: "South Park has been pushing boundaries for over 20 years. It's bigger than just another cartoon."

• Covino [53:06]: "Abdul Carter had the huevos to ask Lawrence Taylor if he could wear number 56. Lawrence's response? 'Yo, young man, create your own legacy.'"

• Danny G [58:36]: "Lou Gehrig's final game ended his streak of 2,130 consecutive games. A legendary Iron Man."

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Conclusion

"The Best Of Covino & Rich" episode of The Herd with Colin Cowherd delivers an engaging blend of shock-worthy news, sports analysis, nostalgic reflections, and cultural commentary. Covino and Rich navigate through diverse topics with humor and insight, making it a captivating listen for sports enthusiasts and casual fans alike.

Transcript

[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

I saw a story and I think everyone in the studio has kids or have been around. Nieces, nephews, you know, you got kids in the neighborhood. I want you to put in your mind a seven year old and a five year old. Maybe your kids are that age. My daughter's seven and my son's five.

[Rich]

Yeah, not a lot going on with seven and five year olds. Meaning like they're still little, they can barely wipe themselves. They're still picking their nose.

[Covino]

Your niece and nephew that live out here in la, James and Gwenny, how old are they?

[Rich]

They're around the same age, I think.

[Covino]

Like 8 and 4.

[Rich]

Like you wouldn't leave them alone. They're not at that age. You don't really let them out of your sight. Seven and five, that's kindergarten and what, first, second grade?

[Covino]

There's a headline today and I was like, this can't be true. 7 year old who wanted McDonald's drives 10 miles with his little sister.

[Danny G]

Yes, I saw this dude, a seven.

[Covino]

Year old boy was like, hey, come on, I want the new Minecraft toy and some nuggies.

[Rich]

You know how hungry you must be.

[Covino]

Seven year old boy, five year old girl.

[Rich]

I blame the parents for not feeding this kid.

[Covino]

Danny G. We talk quite a bit. You've been to my house. I know your kid. You know my kids. Can you imagine my son and daughter stealing my car and driving? How is that even possible?

[Danny G]

Well, you read how it was possible or did you see the news clip?

[Covino]

They would, they hit things and stuff like that. But was one using the pedals, one with the steering wheel? Like, what do we do?

[Danny G]

Well, the. I don't know if we're talking about two clips. The one I saw, the kid looked it up on YouTube and that's how he learned how to drive. And it says that he went through like four intersections and didn't hit anything and made it right.

[Rich]

Yeah, that's wild because in courageous because when I Was a kid. That was like my nightmare, like my reoccurring nightmare as a kid. Like I was alone in the car and it starts moving backwards. I don't know how to do this.

[Covino]

That happened to me and my siblings as a kid once. And I thank God that no car was coming. My grandfather ran in the house, like probably forgot his pack of cigarettes or something. Oh, I forgot my smokes, went in the house. My little brother on that. Remember how back in the day the shifter was on the steering wheel? Of course my brother just pulled it down. We rolled out of the driveway into the street and thank God no one was coming.

[Rich]

I remember.

[Covino]

Scary.

[Rich]

So imagine how scared you were as a kid, right? I would have never done that. Like, yeah, you had fun maybe messing around, pressing a few buttons. But imagine being courageous or dumb enough. I mean, maybe the kid's dumb for all I know. To think that he could drive at 7 to McDonald's. I don't know how. He's smart.

[Danny G]

He learned how to drive from YouTube.

[Covino]

You almost want to give that seven year old credit.

[Rich]

That's brazen, man. I don't know. I couldn't have done that. Damn.

[Covino]

By didn't a little Brody go to get a cake pop at Starbucks when you said no one's right, Hopped in.

[Rich]

Your cabinet like, what do you do as a parent? He would, he loves those things. It's.

[Covino]

Oh, it's the worst. Talk about a ripoff. How old is your kid again? If you don't mind me, he just turned four last year.

[Danny G]

Yeah, that's right.

[Covino]

So imagine your kid with another kid a couple years older being like, yeah, that seems impossible to me. But it reminds me of one of my favorite clips from over a decade ago. Early days of Kavin on Rich.

[Rich]

What's his name? Like Lian or Latanian or remember the.

[Covino]

Kid that was like, I just want to do hood rat stuff?

[Rich]

Yeah, that's right.

[Covino]

He was also 7.

[Rich]

7 year old kid stole his mom's.

[Covino]

Car and he said it's fun to do bad things.

[Rich]

Took it for a joyride. He hit like a bunch of mailboxes and yeah, and he got in trouble for it.

[Covino]

So I just want to throw it out there before we get into the fun of today's show again. NBA, NFL, just if you have little kids, imagine a seven and five year old. I would say, have you been in my house? Can you imagine my kids just hopping in the car? Well, how they went nine miles. That's not.

[Iowa Sam]

How could the boy's feet even reach the Pedals, you know.

[Rich]

Rocks on it.

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah. Gas break. Gas break. Did the scissor get down there and push the pedals?

[Covino]

It's only.

[Rich]

Well, that's how that other kid got pulled over. I mean, he had a bunch of things. But the story Rich speaks of where he was doing hood rat stuff, they said that there was several reports of a kid that could barely sit over, see over the steering wheel. So, yeah, to me, that's amazing that they even made it somewhat. Even close to McDonald's. It's also amazing to think that. Well, how many turns and how far was McDonald's, right? Like, they made to know. To know the directions. You kidding me? I barely know how to get at McDonald's now.

[Covino]

It's wild. And again, these stories, you could laugh about them when no one gets hurt, right? Like, that's. That's the. Really the sentiment of most stories. Right. Like, we're sort of on standby now, waiting to see what happens to that poor kid in Pittsburgh that fell out of the stands in right field. Yeah, the rag doll.

[Rich]

We all could agree, like, man, there's nothing funny about that. And we could all agree that we're hoping for some good news. I know he's under critical condition right now, but the debate is, did he jump or did he fall? No, he fell.

[Covino]

He fell. He jumped up. He jumped up, but fell.

[Rich]

That makes a lot of sense, but it still looks like, to me, like, he got one leg up on that rail. I get what you're saying, and that makes a lot of sense, but my eyes are seeing something totally different.

[Covino]

Imagine if you're drunk, which I think we've all been at least once.

[Rich]

Well, there was a Reddit article that came out, and a lot of people are saying that he was totally drunk, spilling beer all over himself, and then in that moment of excitement, he got up so fast that his momentum took him forward. Yeah.

[Covino]

Not to make light of it, but an inning before. Covino's, right? They said that he ripped his own shirt off, poured beer over his own head.

[Rich]

Yeah, he was in the zone, Right.

[Covino]

Maniac mode. And then picture this. You're that drunk. Big play in the game.

[Rich]

You spring out of your seat.

[Covino]

Of your seat. He sprung out of his seat so far, not to make light of it. Sprung up. Whoa. Like, just.

[Iowa Sam]

And you're imbalanced. You don't have your balance under. You don't have your feet under your.

[Rich]

So, yeah, that all makes sense. But that's not what you kind of see, though, right? Like, I don't know. It looks different. Everything you're saying, Rich, that makes total sense and seems possible, but we're all wishing him the best.

[Covino]

What I'm hoping for is that the point is he's.

[Rich]

He's hurt. You can't really make fun of that. I'm saying, thank goodness these kids are safe. So, yeah, let's have fun at their expense.

[Covino]

I'm saying, in weeks from now, I would love that if this kid did, like, a lighthearted interview somewhere. He recovered. He's like, man, what a crazy, drunk bird brain. I'm so hoping that's the case. We can only hope for this kid, right? No one wants to see someone severely injured or kill themselves at a bald.

[Rich]

My dad has to see this clip, unfortunately, it's hard to watch. But that was, like, his fear always. Like, my dad would ruin a game for me as a kid because, like.

[Covino]

I can't see seat up here. I feel like I'm gonna fall.

[Rich]

Like, he would have, like, a height thing. Yeah.

[Covino]

I feel like I can't do it.

[Rich]

I'd be like, what do you mean you can't do it? These are our seats.

[Covino]

By the way, Kavina was at a Yankees game. You might remember this. You've told the story.

[Rich]

This is a true story. I was at the Yankee game with my buddy Sean. Sean the lawyer. Rich knows him.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

And it's a memorable moment that you may have seen.

[Covino]

Again, funny, because the guy was fine.

[Rich]

We're sitting there, and all of a sudden we see a guy fall over the stands, but he fell into the netting. Do you guys remember seeing that clip? And then he has to crawl his way up from the net.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Rich]

I was at that game, like, whoa.

[Covino]

Or that clip that you love where the guy jumped through the end zone and caught the extra points.

[Rich]

Chicago, that's one of the best. I always joked and said that was Rich's dad. Like, yeah, Rich's dad. When he caught that field goal, that was jumped into the stands.

[Covino]

But again, everyone.

[Rich]

Timing of that is just insane.

[Covino]

Everyone. You know, send your good vibes to that kid in Pittsburgh.

[Rich]

Absolutely.

[Iowa Sam]

People fall in at baseball stadiums. They fall from the stands way too often.

[Covino]

Like this fat woman. Like, remember the fat woman and naked gun that fell on Reggie Jackson?

[Iowa Sam]

That was just the beginning of.

[Rich]

You know, as well, though, some of the angles. You feel like you're going to fall. It's really wild to see it actually happen. Like, you know, 20 something feet, 27ft or whatever. He fell. Just hope he's all right.

[Covino]

You know where they say that's the most extreme. I. I've never been. I don't know. DB You're a golf guy. I don't know if you're a tennis guy. US Open in Queens, they say that people see it. People talk about how if you are up high and you're one of the people like your dad, that's like, I don't know.

[Rich]

My dad would not sit there.

[Covino]

It appare like you are looking straight down. Like it's scary.

[Danny G]

Oh, up high at sofi here in Los Angeles is like that. It's steep. Like you feel like if you slip, you would tumble straight down.

[Rich]

I would suppose too, for a tennis.

[Covino]

Venue, because the court is so small that you really can't spread it out because you'd be far away. So they try to stack you in that way.

[Rich]

Well, you know what's going to happen. We're going to see major changes moving forward. They're going to have a wall 20ft high or some sort of plexiglass, because think about why we have the nets there and foul territory in the first place. Because a kid was hitting the head, right, With a line drive. So then nets go up. Yeah. I remember one clip. I always tell Rich this. No one ever remembers. And there's no footage at all. I remember watching an All Star game when I was a kid. It was an All Star game and Wade Boggs was a Red Sox. And he hits a screaming line drive into the stands and the camera pants over into the stands and some guy was like, ah, holding his neck because he got hit with a line drive in the neck.

[Covino]

And he's like, ah.

[Rich]

And I remember, like noticing it as a kid and. And no one really commented on it.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

So I was like, is that serious? Was he joking or what? But sure enough, people were getting hit all the time. So they put those nets up. After this, after this happened, I guarantee you something's going to change. They're not going to allow this to happen again. Especially if the guy was that drunk and he fell over like that. No way.

[Covino]

Remember when OJ Was in a wheelchair and Frank Drebin.

[Rich]

I do.

[Covino]

Patted him on the back.

[Rich]

You said you weren't going to joke about this.

[Covino]

No, I was joking about Naked Gun.

[Rich]

No, of course, of course, no. But you know what, Rich? If you haven't seen the clip, that's sort of what it looks like now. It looks fake. It looks like, wow, is that real? Or like some weird AI As Danny G. Put it didn't look real because he really rag dolled over the Rail.

[Covino]

All right. So don't do hood rat stuff. Be careful at stadiums. I think we learned some lessons already here on Cavino and Rich. Now Danny G. I know how it feels to come in to work when you work in the world of sports the day after your team loses. I love the fact you have the pride to wear your Lakers hat today.

[Rich]

I noticed it. I noticed it.

[Covino]

I just feel like even the casual NBA fan even if they wanted the Lakers to lose eventually, a first round exit just stinks. That's really. There's no other way to put it. It just stinks.

[Rich]

Disappointing.

[Danny G]

But I've been through this with my favorite baseball team, Dodgers, couple seasons in a row had the same sort of exit and you know, you feel fortunate to be there. You don't want to go out that quickly. But obviously there's a lot of reasons on why the Lakers fell short.

[Rich]

Yeah, you would have assumed. I mean I thought for sure that it would they'd win last night at home and then eventually maybe lose.

[Danny G]

Right off the bat though, I think people forget how good the Minnesota Timberwolves as Monsey says were last season. How deep into the playoffs they went last season.

[Covino]

And I think now I could be wrong. I mean I'm wrong quite a bit. But something we're going to go over on over promise because we have so many other things to get to now. But I want everyone to think about this and join us after the show because we have that our bonus video pod is Anthony Edwards and the T Wolves. Is that the fun story if your team's out of it like is it is an easy rooting interest like yo, Anthony Edwards, fun young kid. Minnesota's never won before.

[Rich]

That's the key right there.

[Covino]

Small market team.

[Rich]

See him smoke like to see the Anthony Edwards that took out LeBron, Luke Lakers and to see him move forward and see him take out other teams. Yeah, that'll be like man the birth.

[Danny G]

Of this legacy because or on the other side, Rich, the mecca of basketball.

[Covino]

Madison Square Garden, the Knicks. I mean that might be the matchup and they're due.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

People want to see. I just think there are certain teams that if you told me it was going to be Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics to me well deserved great franchises and organizations. But Luca versus the Celtics again would sort of be not tickling my huevos at all to be honest. So hey, we'll get to that on over promise. But when it comes to the Lakers. Danny, you were sending us a bunch of articles about J.J. redick.

[Danny G]

Yeah. And the Latest one from Bleacher Report. He says that the team needs to get into championship shape. I'll say the conditioning you saw in the fourth quarters, where they had leads earlier in the series, and then last night, with that small ball lineup that Redick was going with, which he's getting a lot of crap for, they were able to come back and tighten the game up and tie it at one point, Go ahead by a point or two at one point. But you could see towards the end of the game, just like the previous playoff game, they started to stand around the three point line and the offense was not moving fluidly, and that's a problem. Small ball gives you an advantage. Why? Because supposedly you could run up and down the court and use your. Your speed to your advantage and maybe, you know, find some mismatches on the floor.

[Rich]

Open.

[Danny G]

Open things up. Right. But when the offense gets stagnant and starts standing around, Remember that stretch where the game was tied 82 to 82, it seemed like forever. And the guys when they're standing around tired like that, and Reeves is chucking up threes and LeBron starts chucking up threes. Yeah, exactly. That's when I.

[Rich]

They're out of gas.

[Danny G]

Yeah, for sure.

[Covino]

You know, there was. There was one. And I don't want to lazily add to the Luca conditioning narrative. That's not what I'm trying to do. But there was a point where. Remember when Luca went in for that layup and he was convinced he was fouled and he really wasn't, and he just missed the layup. His body language from that point on, with a couple minutes left in the.

[Rich]

Game was like, well, it's not that shoulders conditioned. Right? Like, imagine you telling LeBron, like, he needs to condition better. He'd look at you like, you're telling me it's championship shape. I believe that was the quote. Take a listen to J.J. redick. I'll start with the off season and.

[Danny G]

The work that's required in an off.

[Rich]

Season to be in championship shape. And that's the key.

[Danny G]

You know, we have a ways to go as a roster, and certainly there are individuals that were in phenomenal shape. There's certainly other ones that could have been in better shape. That's where my mind goes immediately, is, you know, we have to get in championship shape.

[Rich]

I love this for multiple reasons. It takes the heat off of him and his decisions. Right. His coaching does it, though, because it's getting criticized. And it also exposes the truth here because be real about it. These are all great Teams, and every great team is looking for that mismatch or that edge. And the edge here was they weren't as in championship shape as the Timberwolves. It could be an age thing or just a conditioning thing. And it was so noticeable when the casual fan could notice this, you know, there's an issue, and he pointed it out, and he's right about it. I think that was what really separated. And it's a shame that the Lakers didn't necessarily get outplayed. They got out conditioned.

[Covino]

I. I certainly don't want to make an excuse for the Lakers, but do you think in offseason, a couple more moves and Now Luka and LeBron, a full year together will make a difference next year? I know we're running out of. We're running out of LeBron time. Like, clock is ticking.

[Danny G]

Do you remember the narrative right after the trade happened? We heard a lot of especially talking heads on TV say the Mavericks won this trade short term, but the Lakers won this trade long term because they could build around Luca now. But then AD Got hurt, and people kind of forgot that take. And now we're at where we're at right now. But remember, a lot of people knew this team was incomplete because of defense, because of the lack of size going into the playoffs.

[Rich]

And LeBron refused to talk about what they need moving forward because of the.

[Covino]

Lack of size or his actual future.

[Rich]

Yeah, and his actual future. Um. But, yeah, it was sort of deflating, disappointing. Like that was it. You guys can even get out of the first round. They couldn't win at home. One more game. Nothing. And I. I mean, unless you're a Timberwolves fan. I'm happy for our boss who was there with his family. I'm happy for him not to kiss ass. But other than that, I was like, oh, man. I wanted to see it extend a little further than that. Shows some fight. But I do believe that it had to do with the conditioning.

[Covino]

Rich, we should add some contract talks today.

[Rich]

Hey, based on that mood.

[Covino]

The reason Kavino brought up Soto is that the Mets, who are like the hottest team in baseball, lost two in a row because who finally got hot the last two days? Juan Soto. Two home runs today, couple hits yesterday. So Soto got hot.

[Danny G]

So, see, your team would be better off without him.

[Rich]

That's the thing. Because there was a lot of speculation on his body language. Like, he doesn't look happy. Well, he was a team, but the team's winning, man. Come on.

[Covino]

It's just one of those, like my dumb Met fan Friends that were like, oh, come on, Soda. I'm like, who cares? He'll get hot eventually. Who cares? Now, now two games are on. Bets loose.

[Rich]

All right, now back to what we were discussing. The numbers 8, 7, 7, 99 on Fox again. Hope you had a Rockets, Timberwolves sort of night. Some big games tonight. Knicks, Pistons, Nuggets, Clippers, we'll be talking about it if not here on over promised our bonus Show Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page immediately after this show. J.J. redick, he's being scrutinized today. I mean, deservingly he made some interesting moves. But again, his rookie season, he did however say that it came down to conditioning. They weren't in championship shape. And I think that's such a great and obvious point, but a really great point. Like if you're going to beat these younger teams to these Anthony Edwards like teams and Rudy was playing his ass off last night, you got to be in tip top shape. And it looked like they were gassed.

[Covino]

To play a whole.

[Danny G]

Explain it second half though, in Game 4. Covino, NBA history in the playoffs. Nobody ever in the history of the NBA playoffs had ever had the same lineup play the entire second half.

[Rich]

And it was like scrutiny that he overextended LeBron the game before, right? So it looked like they ran out of gas. It didn't look like they got outplayed. They were in it until the end because they ran out of gas. So championship shape. But it's coming from the coach, it's coming from JJ Redick. So my question to Rich and to the Fox Sports Radio Nation is and to everybody, does it matter who the advice comes from or the scrutiny or the criticism comes from? Because we live here in California, right, Rich? And I hear a lot of people like, yeah, that crappy state you're in. And I'm like, have you ever been here? Then shut up because then zip your zippy.

[Covino]

It's pretty.

[Rich]

I don't want to hear, yeah, I don't want to hear about, like, you've never been here. Hey, do you ever come and visit me? No. So zip it. So to me, it does matter where it's coming from.

[Covino]

If someone's never traveled and they're telling you about different places, I know what.

[Rich]

You read it in a magazine.

[Covino]

It makes. I've heard people be like, oh, I hear it's beautiful. I'm like, yeah, you hear you've been there.

[Rich]

So, you know, just based on that example, a lot of times it does matter to me where it's coming From. I don't want to hear your. I want to hear Anthony Bourdain's take on it. I want to hear how the food was from him, not from you. Because you heard.

[Covino]

Can I. Can I tell you, I think this is a no brainer. Who it comes from is the only factor for me. In fact, I hate to be rude.

[Rich]

And that's why we make it clear we're. Hey, we're fans first, right?

[Covino]

I hate to be rude, but I have to go at you on one of these.

[Rich]

Oh, boy. Why me? I mean, I'm throwing it all vague and throwing it. Now you're coming at me, I gotta come at you. All right, fine.

[Covino]

When it comes from, where the advice come from. Comes from. I'll save the one for you because you'll be insulted.

[Danny G]

Come at me, bro.

[Rich]

You can come at me, bro.

[Covino]

I don't care if one of my broke friends.

[Rich]

I don't care what you say, because again, it's who it's coming from. You think I care what you say.

[Covino]

If one of my broke friends who lives in a beat up apartment.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

Starts telling me about a stock I should buy? My first thought is like, yeah, sorry, bro. You're not. You're not. You're. You're. You're not Lehman Bros. You're not Morgan Stanley. You're not. I'm not taking money advice and investing advice from my broke friend who lives in a, you know, beat up apartment.

[Rich]

Lives in a shoe. Yeah, I got you.

[Covino]

I once got a free training session at a new gym I signed up for, and they're like, here's your personal trainer. I was in better shape than the trainer. I'm like, yeah, no, this ain't gonna work.

[Rich]

I need my trainer again to be fair in this discussion. Right. Based on JJ Reddick's criticism. He's the coach. Mike, who runs this place makes a good point. You know, he shares words of wisdom all the time. Mike, who runs this place? That's why the old saying goes, those who can't teach. Those who can't teach or coach him.

[Covino]

I don't know. All the time.

[Rich]

What about, what about that? I'm personally in there for the fun of the discussion because, hey, maybe this guy has bad genetics and he's a little overweight, but he knows what he's talking about.

[Covino]

No, if I go to a gym and pay for a personal trainer, this guy better look like Dwayne the Rock Johnson with a shirt off. This guy better. He better look like ravishing rick rude in 1989.

[Rich]

Whoa. How about Sylvester Stallone in Rocky 4?

[Covino]

Yeah. I'm not going to go to the gym and have some guy that looks like Charles Barkley tell me, tell me about my workout.

[Rich]

Yeah, but look at these boxing trainers. You think they're all like, that's a good. They're all out of shape and old, but they know what they're talking about.

[Covino]

I'm going to. I'm going to hit Danny with one because I know he feels this way. Danny, back in your radio days when you were doing more hip hop and music, when a program director would criticize something you did on air, and you're like, you're not even on air.

[Danny G]

Oh, yeah.

[Rich]

If you knew how to be on air, why aren't you on air?

[Danny G]

Do you know? He was our general manager at the time and he was the president of programming. And like once a month he would air check us, our morning show. So he'd sit down with me and the other morning co host and he would critique us. Right. So there was a, like a game we did on the air, and during the air check meeting, he said, ha. He did this really wimpy giggle. He's like, I love that. After the meeting was over, my co host looked at me and he's like, scratch it. We're never doing that game again.

[Covino]

He loves it.

[Rich]

Yeah, right. Again. When you're, when you're being critical or you're grading your hosts, in radio, it's called an air check. And bosses go over to things you talk about.

[Covino]

I respect the people that have been there, done that, no matter what the industry. I'll give you a couple more examples. Just because I overly give examples, you could criticize that.

[Rich]

No, that's. That's fine. I mean, we're just speculating. The JJ Reddick thing.

[Covino]

I. I once had. And this again, I don't mean to sound mean, but I once had someone give me some parenting advice. Their kids were grown, but guess what? Their kids don't talk to them. I'm like, why am I going to take parenting advice from someone whose kids grown up to not want to talk to their parents? I was talking about how after baseball or softball practice, you know, once a week or every couple weeks, I'll bring my kids to McDonald's because they want a Happy Meal. And someone on one of our listener pages was like, oh, boy, oh, boy.

[Rich]

You'Re lucky they didn't take the car on their own later.

[Covino]

Dad, you're only seven. I've. The criticism was like, man, I don't Take my kids for fast food. That much. I clicked on some of these profiles and they.

[Rich]

And little chubby kids.

[Covino]

Guy that looks like King Kong. Bunthies telling me. Telling me about health.

[Rich]

Oh, well, some guy that. He looked like Tugboat.

[Covino]

Some guy that looks like Yokozuna.

[Rich]

No, in all fairness, he looks like.

[Covino]

Bam Bam Bigelow telling me about health and fitness. And then I'll give you one more. Okay. Just because I have to make fun of you. Sometimes Kavino will rave about a restaurant or a steakhouse, and the fact that you get your steak well done makes me think. I don't know if I could really trust your steakhouse analysis.

[Rich]

Really? You want to go there?

[Covino]

I can't.

[Rich]

You want to go there?

[Covino]

If you tell me.

[Iowa Sam]

Please, if you. Well done in ketchup.

[Rich]

If you tell me, this guy and this guy, the same guy who wants to tell me about his vacation destination but never leaves the resort.

[Covino]

Fair. That's a fair one.

[Rich]

You're going to tell me about that country. You never seen it. You stayed at the resort the whole.

[Covino]

Time you saw the Holiday Inn Ohio. Exactly. Can I tell you it's a fair criticism?

[Rich]

I'm only kidding.

[Covino]

No, it's a fair one.

[Rich]

Hey, you know what? Look at that.

[Covino]

But if Kavino says to me, bro, the filet was great, and he got it butterflied, well done, and then dips.

[Danny G]

It into sauce charred.

[Covino]

You know, I'm getting a lot of.

[Rich]

Feedback to saying, like, the excuse of running out of gas is so soft, too, from today's perspective. Like, what a soft excuse, the fact that you ran out of gas. So your thoughts on that? I. You could think what you want and that it does sound kind of soft, like you. You're supposed to be in championship shape. This is your job. But it does seem to be true, and it seems to be what happened in this series.

[Covino]

Now let's go to Dan by for an update. DB what's going on, man? Dan never runs out of gas. This guy's always ready to roll.

[Rich]

He always has gas.

[Covino]

You guys.

[Rich]

You know, I just had deja vu.

[Covino]

With Kavino and Rich.

[Rich]

You want to separate? You've talked about this on the show before.

[Covino]

You ever go to a sporting event like a decade ago and still get.

[Rich]

Stuff from that same team?

[Covino]

Yes, I still get Washington national emails every day. Yes, I went to a Browns game in 2008, and I just got an email to download the official Browns mobile app today. So it's been 17 years since they really want you back. Yes, they do.

[Rich]

You know, what's even worse, though, Dan, is you've had 17 years to unsubscribe, and you haven't.

[Covino]

Correct. Cause there may be that one thing that I'm. Hey, look at my Browns emails.

[Iowa Sam]

All right, Game sixes tonight. Nixon, Pistons, Nuggets and Clippers.

[Covino]

Pistons try to stay alive there at home. Nick's up three two.

[Rich]

Clippers trying to do the same at.

[Covino]

Home in LA with the Nuggets up.

[Danny G]

Three two in that series.

[Rich]

Cavino and Rich, we got Danny G. We got Iowa. Sam, It's a whole team effort. DB Is here and Spot is. Where the hell is Spot anyway?

[Covino]

Spot is where the hell is.

[Rich]

We're live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. And it's time for a tire rack play of the day. Right when the Lakers hit a couple of threes in the fourth quarter to make the game tight, Mike Conley Jr. Answered right back. He answered right back.

[Covino]

He answered right back. Across him, up top of the key. Drifts left. Now attacks in the length, kick out. Conley in the corner. Three ball.

[Iowa Sam]

He got it.

[Covino]

Corner pocket for Mike Conley. 194. Clutch from Mike. And that is the play where Minnesota, in my mind, eliminated the Lakers four games to one, courtesy of KFA and 100.3. And that is our Tyrek play of the day.

[Rich]

And although I was rooting for the Lakers, I was happy to see the Timberwolves move on. For the city, for the franchise, for Edwards, and most of all, for our boss, because he's a big fan. And I'm kissing ass. That's what I'm doing.

[Covino]

Hey, I would say I'm. I love that you left Camino hanging for a second.

[Iowa Sam]

That was two days in a row there.

[Rich]

I got funny.

[Iowa Sam]

I don't have it ready.

[Rich]

Hey, sometimes the play of the day sneaks up on you.

[Iowa Sam]

It's all down.

[Danny G]

I think it's Sam's lack of conditioning.

[Rich]

Yeah, you know what it is? He was out of gas.

[Covino]

You know, real quick, 22nd story, Sam. The worst time this ever happened to us, we were hosting an event in Mexico. Picture this, it's Maxim. Remember when magazines mattered? It was Maxim. Spring break.

[Danny G]

What are those?

[Covino]

Cavino and I are on a microphone in front of thousands of spring break students giving away prizes and money and, you know, like, hot body contests, booty shaking contests. When we're done doing the contest, our job was to kick it back to the dj.

[Rich]

I remember his name, too. DJ Rock City.

[Covino]

DJ Rock.

[Rich]

I'll never forget it because it was a nightmare.

[Covino]

So we're Done with this contest. Crowds going thus. We're like, yeah, we're Covino and Rich Maxim. DJ Rock City. Drop that beat, Crickets. Rock City. DJ Rock City.

[Rich]

Then you got thousands of spring breakers booing us.

[Covino]

Boom.

[Rich]

Rock City.

[Covino]

We look to the dude. Suck, dude. They're throwing T shirts back at us. Drop that beat, dude.

[Rich]

It was a nightmare. It was like those MTV spring break events.

[Covino]

Danny. We turned to the DJ booth. The dude had went on a bathroom break.

[Rich]

Yo. Me and Rich started doing a dance routine to try to like, entertain. It was so embarrassing.

[Covino]

Kavino started beatboxing like he was Vanilla Ice.

[Rich]

So awkward. So anyway, before we move on, look at the clock. I do want to give. I know. I want to give you my two last examples, though, Rich, of, you know, when it matters. Does it matter where the advice comes from? Because sometimes those who can't teach. I think that applies in baseball. We see it all the time with coaches, right? So it's usually the catcher who wasn't that good, but he's a great leader and a great coach. Wasn't the best player. Happens all the time. So I think that we're wrong with our assumption. It's our attitude. Like, what do you know about it? Because maybe they know a lot. But we're wrong because we assume otherwise. But there are other cases where I know I'm right because I don't want to hear marriage advice or relationship advice from you. And I've never seen you in a relationship before.

[Covino]

Yeah. Ever Your buddy. That's perpetually single parental advice from a.

[Rich]

Person without a kid scrambling my ding dong.

[Covino]

That's a good one.

[Rich]

Right?

[Covino]

You know what? You can end it on those. In fact, look at the clock. We're running out of time. When 50 hits, there's a sir. Yeah. What we gonna do right here is go back back into time, throwing it.

[Danny G]

Back for a Thursday old school, when 50 hit at 50 after C& R.

[Covino]

Give you the time capsule topic and we reminisce together.

[Rich]

All right, so we do this every Thursday. We get you involved. Fox Sports Radio Nation. So be dialing 877-99-NOX and at Covino and Rich.

[Covino]

Now this is a fun, easy one. 26 years ago in 1999, SpongeBob My Pants SquarePants debuted. So it was the debut of SpongeBob SquarePants. So with that, I ask you, what is the best adult cartoon? Not the little smutty things you see when you're looking up. Nonsense. I'm talking like, I'll give you my example. South Park Right. That might be number one.

[Rich]

No, it's not. Now explain.

[Covino]

All right, well, your favorite adult cartoon will go old school next. Adult cartoons. I'm talking about not Care Bears and Gummy Bears and the Smurfs. I'm talking adult humor.

[Rich]

I know what you mean.

[Covino]

Cartoons.

[Rich]

I know what you mean. But speaking of dad jokes and cartoons, can I give you one?

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Why don't people in Dubai like Scooby Doo?

[Covino]

Why don't people in Dubai?

[Rich]

What's the difference between people in Dubai and people in Abu Dhabi?

[Covino]

I don't know.

[Rich]

People in Dubai don't like Scooby Doo. People in Abu Dhabi do.

[Covino]

Why didn't you say the Flintstones?

[Rich]

Because I'm thinking about Scooby Doo.

[Iowa Sam]

Oh, yeah.

[Rich]

Oh, it's Flintstones. Oh, that's what I meant.

[Iowa Sam]

Did you just make that up on the spot?

[Rich]

I just made it up and messed it up. I messed it up?

[Covino]

You messed it up.

[Rich]

Oh, man, I'm a terrible Dan joke. Well, anyway, back to the phone calls and the feedback. The best adult cartoon. But look, spongebob doesn't necessarily fall in that category. It's just adult humor. Still a kids cartoon.

[Covino]

Yeah, there's a ton of viewed on Nickelodeon. I don't want to take all the answers, but I mean, the one that's been on the longest, let's just get out of the way. Because if you think you're gonna be original calling in and saying, I was Sam's favorite show, I feel like you're a Simpsons guy.

[Iowa Sam]

Oh, absolutely, absolutely.

[Covino]

So I ask you. I was Sam Daniel.

[Iowa Sam]

Here's my bedrock. No pun intended. Talking about the Flintstones. Well, again, of my sense of humor.

[Rich]

They debuted in 87 on the Tracy Ullman show and then in 89 as its own show. So longevity alone has to be in the discussion. I mean, but just based on longevity. Look, I love the Simpsons. No, no, disp. I don't think they're the number one answer.

[Covino]

If you are a kid of the 80s and 90s, if you're roughly 40ish, like we are. You remember as a kid when the Fox network debuted? I associate it solely with the Simpsons and Married With Children. I feel like they made their name on those two shows. If I'm missing something, let me know. But I feel like as a kid, I was like fox with the new. Because it was a new network. And to me, it was.

[Rich]

You are missing something, Tracey Ullman. Because that's where the Simpsons got their.

[Iowa Sam]

But by the way, was Tracy Ullman on Curb youb Enthusiasm yes.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Danny G]

Okay.

[Iowa Sam]

I thought it tied it together.

[Covino]

So to me, the early days of Fox were the Simpsons and Al Bundy married with children.

[Rich]

Sunday nights. Right.

[Covino]

I want to ask you, Iowa Samuel, how many episodes do you think the Simpsons have done? It's. It's. It's one of those, like, guess how many jelly beans in the jar. You could be way off. I don't know. Just take a guess. What do you think?

[Iowa Sam]

So they've been on for 37 years. I want to say about 30 episodes per season. Maybe. I'm going to say a thousand episodes.

[Covino]

You're close. They're not quite there. I'm one.

[Iowa Sam]

They'd have to stay till they get a thousand.

[Covino]

They'd have to do. Because, you know, in the world of sitcoms, you could go into syndication back in the day. I know syndication doesn't matter as much anymore because now you just sell it to Hulu or Netflix. But a hundred episodes was a way of saying, all right, man, we could. We could do reruns now. Hundred episodes is a big deal. The Simpsons have done 782 episodes.

[Iowa Sam]

Okay, I'm a little off.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Covino]

Do you realize how many episodes that is? That's.

[Iowa Sam]

They don't even have the same people necessarily even voicing the same characters anymore. People have retired. People have passed away. But the Simpsons was such a cash cow for Fox that they could poke fun at their own network all the time, and they would do it regularly just.

[Covino]

Just to put a perspective. When you were a kid, a show that you watched on reruns all the time, like Gilligan's island, you know, Gilligan's island was just shy of a hundred episodes. And you feel like, wow, that show must have been on forever. The Simpsons, 782 episodes.

[Rich]

That's insane. So, yeah, again, see this Yankee hat I'm wearing? I tip my hat to the Simpsons. I'm going to give my number one. And if you're on hold and you have the same answer, that's fine. You know, back me up. It's all good. 877-99-on FOX at Covino and Rich. I know Rich's answer. I disagree. I think the game changer, the real game changer, the show that pushed the envelope that said, hey, this is for adults, debuted in 1992 on Liquid Television. It was on MTV, a show called Liquid Television. And the segment was frog baseball. And look, sports related, Fox sports Frog baseball. And it was two of my heroes on one show. And it was so good, they started their own show in 1993. These guys are the coolest. And they're talking about Kavino and Rich, but I'm talking about Beavis and Butthead. Those are my dudes. I love it. That's the number one show. Because they were pushing it, Rich. They were pushing it. Beavis and Butthead is my answer for my. Look, I'm in my 40ish-40s, right? That's my answer and I'm sticking to it. Yeah, I love the Ren and Stimpies of the world.

[Covino]

Because that's just like.

[Rich]

Yeah, dude. Yeah. This guy, this guy, he's going to say South Park.

[Covino]

Like.

[Rich]

Like he knows anything. This guy knows nothing.

[Covino]

So I am going to say south park because I think over the last.

[Rich]

This guy's a tool.

[Covino]

Over the last 20 plus years.

[Rich]

Bigger than saying South Park.

[Covino]

I remember in my college days.

[Iowa Sam]

Shut up, David.

[Covino]

In my college days, I remember sitting around with my friends when they had the original south park episode. Remember, it was Jesus versus Santa. And they took off running that show every season. They don't do it as much as they used to. It's a billion dollar industry for Trey and Matt. And we're talking whatever the relevant subject matter is today.

[Rich]

Yeah, they're great at being topical.

[Covino]

They tackle that subject. No punches held.

[Rich]

I think we just named the top three. If you're going to do the Mountain Rushmore, there has to be a number. Another one. So we got the Simpsons. Rich says South Park. I'm sticking with Beavis and Butthead, but it's the anniversary of again, the Bir. Spongebob.

[Covino]

All right, let's start with Paul in Rhode Island. Paul, what do you think, man? Best adult cartoon?

[E]

Well, I'm a lot older than you.

[Covino]

Guys, but I'm gonna go Ben and.

[E]

Jerry and Flintstones when I came home from school. That's okay. My family worked for Henry Barbera back in the day. In the cartoon world. I just like to say hi to my distant cousins. Owns about 60,000 cows in California. Dairy cows.

[Rich]

Sounds good. Thank you, man.

[Covino]

There you go.

[Rich]

His family member is Johnny Quest.

[Covino]

Huckleberry Hound. Yeah, but he said Ben and Jerry.

[Rich]

I thought he. I was gonna say, do you mean Tom and Jerry, bro?

[Covino]

Because Ben and Jerry's an ice cream.

[Rich]

Yeah, I know, but then he said.

[Covino]

He was eating ice cream. Tom and Jerry. I saw something. I saw some meme recently, like, hey, whatever happened to mouse was making cool little holes in the wall like they did in cartoons back in the day.

[Iowa Sam]

What do they call it? The floorboard or the.

[Covino]

Yeah, you don't See those?

[Rich]

That's where we learned all of our classical music.

[Danny G]

We learned how to blow things up with Roadrunner.

[Rich]

But again, these were. Those were kid cartoons. You know, they were violent in today's eyes.

[Covino]

Right.

[Rich]

From today's perspective. But Tom and Jerry was a kids cartoon.

[Danny G]

I think we can include. I think we can include them. Yeah, Throw it in a topic. Yeah. Just because there was adult content in there.

[Iowa Sam]

Mike Judge, though, he drew people. He drew cartoon characters like people he didn't try to, you know. And same with King of the Hill, one of my favorite shows. And Beavis and Butthead. They were just people as cartoons.

[Covino]

What was that movie from a couple years ago when Beavis and Butthead did a movie? I feel like I came over your house and I had to, like, have a drink or get high or something to enjoy it a little bit.

[Rich]

Well, they did America and then the last one. I forget what the name. We watched it.

[Covino]

Beavis About Head Movie came out a couple years ago. Let's go to Ohio. And Josh, you're on the show. What's up, buddy?

[Rich]

Hey, Josh.

[E]

Hey, guys. First off, I don't think you can mention the beginning of Fox without throwing In Living Color in there as well.

[Covino]

I'm so sorry. I feel like it asked for not saying that. You're right. In Living Color, the Simpsons, Married With Children. You could see why.

[Rich]

Yeah, JLo.

[Covino]

You could see. You could see why it worked out. What's up, Josh?

[E]

Yes. So I have to agree. You know, born in 82, Beavis and Butthead was my answer. My reasoning, though, was not necessarily the cartoons, but how they analyze music videos. 80s, baby. You love MTV. And when they analyzed the Hulk Hogan, Real American Video, I don't know if there was a funnier one than that.

[Danny G]

Not only that, that one's so memorable.

[Rich]

So right, though. You know how many videos and how many bands they turned me onto? Because the whole premise of their show was, yeah, there'd be little cartoon segments, but the majority of the show was them watching music videos.

[Danny G]

They were like, videos?

[Rich]

Forget about that. Yeah, like, who are these guys? Right. So they're doing the video critique, but they also put a lot of bands on the map. Like, they're like, whoa, who's that guy? Yeah, this guy's cool. That guy was Rob Zombie. White Zombie. No one cared about White Zombie until they were talking about it and it blew up. Or the song Rusty Cage by Soundgarden.

[Covino]

Rob Zombie has credited.

[Rich]

Yeah, Rob Zombie credits Beavis and Butthead for putting them on the map. Like, they Exposed you to a lot of music. Really great point.

[Covino]

Thanks for chiming in, Ted and Cincy. What's up, Ted?

[E]

Hey, guys. First of all, your show is amazing.

[Covino]

Oh, thanks.

[Rich]

Thank you, man.

[E]

Second of all, you guys glossed over briefly. I'm 52. When I was in college, Ren and Stimpy, I mean, it was. It wasn't quite over the top like south park, but it was really demented as far. I mean, it wasn't really for kids.

[Covino]

Hello, Ren.

[Danny G]

Even.

[E]

Even. Even towards the end of their airing, they came out with an unedited version of, like, stuff that made the cutting room floor. It was. It was out there.

[Rich]

I mean, you know what's so cool about it, too? Like, when they would go to those. Those real realistic images. Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

Still shots where shading. Yeah. That show was disgust. It was disgusting. But the illustrations were beautiful pieces of art.

[Rich]

It really is. It's one of those late night. I'm up late, I'm stoned or something. In college, it was on. You're like, wow, this cartoon's wild.

[Danny G]

You know, I think about Adult Swim when we talk about these sort of cartoons. Like, I love the Boondocks. It's a good one. Huey and Riley.

[Rich]

And that's still on Netflix now, isn't it?

[Danny G]

Yeah, I know it. I think it gone to Max and a couple other platforms have it now. I know it started on Adult Swim, but yeah, their grant had to go out and live with their grandfather in the suburbs and just cutting edge. And that was like 2005 or something. But loved it. Whenever the boondocks would come on late at night, I'm like, yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

Cause it was kind of anime style.

[Covino]

Yes.

[Iowa Sam]

But it was more sort of like an urban sort of setting. And, yeah, it looked like Speed Racer.

[Rich]

In an urban setting.

[Iowa Sam]

And then, of course, on Adult Swim, Metalocalypse is another one that's, I think, still going so more adult theme.

[Rich]

So in 1999, SpongeBob debuted 26 years ago today. Now, it was meant for kids, but there was definitely a lot of adult innuendo and reason to watch. And still you'll probably watch it today because it's funny. It's a funny, funny cartoon. And I remember we met the voice of SpongeBob, remember? Like, just as many adults were excited to meet the guy than the kids. Remember that At Sirius xm, when we.

[Covino]

Were there, we also interviewed and had a great hang with the voice of Bart Simpson.

[Rich]

That is true. That is true.

[Iowa Sam]

So Nancy Cartwright.

[Rich]

Yeah, Nancy Cartwright. Who also did. What else did she do? She was in Twilight Zone, the movie. But anyway, because adults got such a kick out of spongebob and still do on this day, we asked you the best adult cartoon. Old school. When 50 hits, who do we got?

[Covino]

We got a guy that treated us to pizza the other day, and we did not say thank you yet. Trip in Vegas. Trip. Trip.

[Rich]

As I've said over and over again, Trip.

[Covino]

Trip. Hooray. What's up, Trip?

[Danny G]

Don't worry, I thanked him for you guys.

[Rich]

Thank you, buddy.

[Covino]

What's up, Tripp?

[E]

Hey, it's always just out here working hard, saving my money for Rich's Double Tito Soda with a big straw.

[Covino]

That is true. Yes.

[Rich]

Yes.

[Covino]

What's up, brother?

[E]

So before I tell my show, do I have to tell a dumb dad joke, too? Is that part of it?

[Rich]

Well, at least if you're gonna get it right, don't mess it up like I did.

[E]

All right, how about this? Why? Why do you not play cards in the jungle?

[Covino]

Why do you not play cards in the jungle? Why?

[E]

There's too many Cheetahs.

[Covino]

My kids that.

[Rich]

Tonight it's actually pretty good.

[Covino]

So, Chip, what's your cartoon?

[E]

And I would say for this reason, I would have said Beavis and Butthead, but I'm going to change it to Family Guy. And this is why, if you cross them or bad mouth them, one of the next episodes will be about you.

[Covino]

Yeah, can I tell you, I left it for someone else to add in? I'm glad you did, Tripp. Family Guy falls in a weird category for me, and I feel like maybe everyone else in this room could feel what I'm saying. There are shows that you never appointment watch, but anytime you watch it or see a clip, you love it. Like, I've never sat down, like, oh, Sunday, whatever, time for Family Guy, but I've watched a million episodes. Every time, every time I see a clip on TikTok or Instagram, I'm like, this show is just hilarious.

[Rich]

You know what's wild to me, though, is, look, Seth MacFarlane's great, and I'm so excited to see what he does with Naked Gun and all that. So this is not a criticism, because he's oddly talented. He could sing, he could dance, he could write. He's handsome. All that stuff, okay? But people always give him credit for all the voices he does.

[Covino]

Handsome, huh? You have Seth MacFarlane.

[Rich]

I mean, so I've heard.

[Covino]

I mean, yo, bro, you like crooners?

[Rich]

Respectfully, bro. And what? But people always say, man, all the voices he does, it's just they're all his voices. I'm like, I'm not that impressed. If someone could just change their voice a million different ways. I don't know. That always is weird to me.

[Covino]

I get what you're saying. Kavino's saying.

[Rich]

It's like, hey, that's not bad. You think that's bad? He's just doing whatever his voice is capable of. It's not like he. Hey, well, dude, Daffy Duck. You know what I mean? Like, he's not doing impressions. He's just doing his own voice in.

[Covino]

Different ways, but because the show is popular, like, Stewie is just something he made up. Like, imagine you made up a cartoon. Why don't you burn in hell? I don't know.

[Rich]

It's just like, people always like, man, he does some great voices. Like, yeah, he does, but it's what his voice is capable of.

[Covino]

Like, Danny, think about what your voice is capable of. If you were like, I'm gonna make a character, Dwight. And he's like, hey, what's up? I'm Dwight.

[Rich]

Like, everyone's overanalyzing, but he always gets credit for that. I'll give him credit for everything else, but it's originality.

[Danny G]

So it's kind of like coming up with your own song as a musician versus covering a song.

[Rich]

Yeah, I guess he's coming up with characters, right? So, yeah, Family Guy has to be brought up. But is it number one? Stand in My Crowd, Cool Whip.

[Danny G]

I think it's in the top five.

[Rich]

It's top five. Is it top four? That's all that matters.

[Danny G]

I think it's probably number five, I'd say.

[Covino]

I mean, it is Fox Sports, and I think isn't the. When you work in sports, so you have to make a Mount Rushmore? Isn't that, like.

[Danny G]

Yeah, no, not on our show.

[Rich]

You're not starting five.

[Covino]

Yeah, start starting five. Marley in Rochester. What's up, Marley?

[E]

Yeah, man. Hey, if y'all go back old school, because, you know, I'm 55, and I'm gonna say Rocky and Bullwinkle, okay? But on that Beavis and Butthead tip for y'all, it's called the Dudes of Hazmat.

[Rich]

Check it out. It's drone.

[E]

Just like Beavis and Butthead. They got their own little dance in a nice little jingle. Dudes of Hazmat, man.

[Covino]

All right.

[Rich]

Gotta check that out.

[Covino]

I mean, I know it was an adult cartoon, but I always thought there was no cooler dude than Heathcliff.

[Rich]

Who? Oh, he was. He was a badass.

[Covino]

He hung out with that, like, good looking cat on the junkyard.

[Rich]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Heathcliff.

[Covino]

Heathcliff. No one should.

[Rich]

And he kicks him ass. I mean, if we're favorite of all cartoons. I mean, my real answer is Jessica Rabbit. I think she turned me into a man when I was little. But, you know, Beavis and Butthead is my answer. Let's wrap it up.

[Covino]

She's responsible for your weird searches.

[Rich]

Jessica Rabbit changed my life.

[Covino]

Animated. What? All right, can I throw one in there? That. It's. It's maybe not so much adult, but my kids watch it, and I think it. Adults could get a kick out of it. Any of you guys watch Gravity Falls? Gravity Falls is one of those. Like, it's for kids, but not like spongebob. Yeah. Like, if you. If you know Gravity Falls, you're like, oh, yeah, yeah, that's. That's some good stuff.

[Rich]

I've only heard about it from you. I heard it's good, though.

[Covino]

King of the Hill. Get any shout outs?

[Iowa Sam]

I did earlier. That's. That's got to be one of them.

[Rich]

That's based on real people from Judge's life, His old neighbors and everything.

[Iowa Sam]

It's more dry than Beavis and Butthead.

[Covino]

What was the dirty one from Nick Kroll where it was way sexual? Oh, something. Dirty mouth or something.

[Rich]

It was Big Mouth.

[Covino]

Big Mouth. Yeah, that was on Netflix. So.

[Rich]

Hey, that was definitely an adult cartoon for sure.

[Covino]

If you. If you want to add any more. 8. 7. 7.

[Iowa Sam]

Mike Tyson. It was like the. The Mike Tyson's Mysteries. Oh, yeah, but then there's the norm. McDonald's, like the pigeon man or something.

[Rich]

We're wrapping up this anniversary. Throwback Thursday. Old School when 50 hits. It's the birthday anniversary of the debut of SpongeBob 26 years ago. And even though it's for kids, it's got a lot of adult humor. So based on that, when it comes to adult cartoons, what's your favorite and why? Our top three are the Simpsons, south park for Rich, Beavis, and Butthead for me.

[Covino]

Gotta throw Family Guy in there.

[Rich]

Yeah. Yeah. So we're gonna get the rest of your phone calls and move on. And we're gonna talk about breaking records. All right, but, Rich, you gotta give me. You gotta let me redeem myself. Speaking of cartoons. Hey, what's the difference between Dubai and Abu Dhabi? Hey, guys, what's the difference between Dubai and Abu Dhabi? What?

[Iowa Sam]

What is it?

[Rich]

People in Dubai don't like the Flintstones, but people in Abu Dhabi do.

[Covino]

Yeah, right. There you go.

[Danny G]

Why did. Why does it feel worse the second time. What?

[Rich]

That was good.

[Covino]

Let's go to Jordan in Pittsburgh, Abu Dhabi. Do what's up, Jordan.

[E]

Hello.

[Covino]

Yeah. What's up, man?

[Rich]

Hey, buddy.

[E]

Not much. How you guys doing today?

[Covino]

We're good, man.

[Rich]

What's great, after I redeem myself just now.

[Covino]

What you got?

[E]

Well, I'm only 28, so I'm gonna go with Family Guy for my favorite old school cartoon.

[Rich]

Yeah, Rich is right, though. The clips. I see the clips and they're always really funny.

[Covino]

It's a show to me.

[Rich]

I can't deny it.

[Covino]

You know how there's certain comedians where you see so many clips of them and you're like, I. I'll give you a great example. I've never. I've never watched or listened to full episode of Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee on their podcast, But I've seen 5,000 of their clips. I've never watched a full Matt Rife stand up comedy show, but I've seen a thousand clips. I feel like Family Guy to me is that I feel like I've watched 10,000 Family Guy clips of my life.

[Rich]

But they're all good and they're all.

[Covino]

Great, so maybe I should, you know, watch the show. All right, let's say hi to.

[Rich]

If it was a Mount Rushmore, I'd say that'd have to be the fourth as far as adult based cartoons.

[Covino]

Jarrod, Jared in Indiana. What's up, Indianapolis?

[E]

How's it going?

[Covino]

What's up, brother? So I've got a couple.

[E]

The first one's more of a skit, but it was the Ambiguously gay duo.

[Covino]

On Saturday Night Live.

[Iowa Sam]

Ace and Gary, Saturday TV Funhouse.

[Covino]

We got people hitting us up saying, ace and Gary.

[Rich]

Yeah. Rich and I were Ace and Gary for Halloween in the early 2000s.

[Danny G]

That was an easy costume for you guys.

[Covino]

Yeah, we were just ourselves.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[E]

And then the other was. You were just talking about some big fights. Well, there was the MTV Celebrity Death Match.

[Covino]

I'll give you that. I'll give. It's not. It's not animations, Claymation, but I'll give you. I'll give it.

[Rich]

That was a fun one.

[Covino]

All right, let's go to Tom and Rochester. What's up, Tommy?

[E]

All right, so I got a bunch for you. I got a Mount Rushmore for Simpsons because obviously they're og.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[E]

And that's the reason I leave south park off, because as they say, Simpsons did it. They're like a rehash.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[E]

And then we got Metalocalypse, because so people who are so critical to the plot line, who are so stupid about what goes on in their own lives. Hilarious. And then we got Boondocks, Just absolutely topical and hilarious. And my special mention for stoner comedy, Robot Chicken. But my other one I want to add on to the Mount Rushmore is Archer. If you're an old school fan.

[Covino]

People love that one. Yeah, people love that one.

[Danny G]

Yeah, Archer is a good one.

[Covino]

Let's say hello to Montana. Craig. What's up, buddy boy?

[Rich]

Craig. Hey, guys.

[Covino]

Craig. What's up?

[E]

This one goes out for all the dancers out there. Stripperella.

[Rich]

Ooh, sounds hot, but I don't know it.

[Covino]

Stripperella.

[E]

You don't know Stripperella?

[Rich]

No, but I want to.

[Covino]

You get with her in the early 2000s.

[Rich]

I think I know.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

I think it may be some girl I dated.

[Covino]

Let me give you a couple. We're going to go to DB for an update. We'll get to other stuff, but a couple I left off the board because I was giving you guys a chance. I'm surprised no younger kids said Rick and Morty. For sure. Rick and Morty.

[Rich]

T shirts you see everywhere. It's always represented.

[Covino]

Pickle Rick. I feel like if you're 20, 30ish. That demo loves Rick and Morty.

[Danny G]

That and Bob's burgers.

[Covino]

Bob's Burger. BoJack Horseman. Is that one.

[Rich]

How about when, you know, years ago. Aqua Teen Hunger for us. You know, people are always quoting that. I'm surprised that wasn't brought up.

[Covino]

And one that aired, I think, for many years. Futurama.

[Iowa Sam]

Love Futurama.

[Covino]

With the voice of who I was. Sam. Katie Seagal. Yes. Not Sagal.

[Rich]

Hey, by the way, again, appreciate all the feedback. Happy birthday to SpongeBob. The rest of your answers and nominations at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio.

[Covino]

What about American Dad?

[Rich]

What about it?

[Covino]

Put that in. Is that like honorable mention, too?

[Iowa Sam]

An offshoot of Family Guy.

[Covino]

An offshoot of Family Guy. Same vibe.

[Rich]

It deserves a mention for sure.

[Covino]

That alien was always funny. All right, let's do this jersey thing, and then we'll go to DB for an update. I refuse to look as I'm like, I want to play along and fairly play along.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Covino]

There's a list of the top 10 selling jerseys based on the NFL draft.

[Danny G]

For sure. This is from Front Office Sports Today, exactly a week after the first round of the NFL draft. The top 10 selling jerseys of the 2025 draft.

[Covino]

All right, now, what's interesting enough? I'm not sure if some of these guys even Know what number they're going to be yet. But I thought this was an interesting story. I heard Jonas talking about it on Two Pros and a Cup of Joe here on Fox Sports Radio. Abdul Carter. He had the huevos to ask Lawrence Taylor if he could wear number 56. That's a story in itself.

[Rich]

Well, that dude's out of his mind.

[Covino]

I mean, I love the response from lt, which is sort of like, yo, he's negative. Yo. Young man, create your own legacy.

[Rich]

That's the weakest request.

[Danny G]

He is on the list. Number seven.

[Covino]

Perfect. There we go. Abdul Carter, number seven.

[Rich]

Well, number seven's taken. He can't have it. I don't know, man. He overstepped there.

[Danny G]

Let's see who you guys think is up at the top.

[Rich]

I'm gonna throw dart out there just because I imagine a lot of New Yorkers would jump on.

[Danny G]

That dart is right above Abdul Carter.

[Rich]

Okay, all right, Jart.

[Covino]

I mean, dislo. Get it out of the way. Cam Ward.

[Danny G]

Yeah. Number two on the list.

[Rich]

Okay, so then let me get this out of the way. Number one has to be Shador.

[Danny G]

Shador is number three.

[Rich]

Oh, wow.

[Covino]

Dan Byer chime in. I would think Ashton Genti's got to be popular.

[Danny G]

Oh, that's again, that's a good guess. Number four.

[Covino]

Wow. Hold on.

[Rich]

And what's number one?

[Danny G]

Think about it, because you could wear the jersey on both sides of the ball.

[Rich]

Hunter.

[Danny G]

Yes. Travis Hunter.

[Rich]

You know what?

[Danny G]

Number one.

[Covino]

Crazy dude.

[Rich]

That's really dope. Good for him. He's got the number one selling jersey a week after the draft.

[Danny G]

Any more guesses?

[Covino]

I am going to guess because they've been itching for a wide receiver for a long time. Golden on the Packers.

[Danny G]

Yes. Right underneath Abdul Carter at number eight. Great job.

[Covino]

You know, because if you're. If you're in Green Bay, other than then Jordan love what jersey you getting. So there you go. Golden. I like that.

[Danny G]

Think of another wide receiver in Big Mike who doesn't run this place.

[Covino]

He'll be McMillan.

[Danny G]

Yes. Right under Genty at seven.

[Covino]

You have to think skill position players. Yeah. Oh, man, we're missing number nine and ten.

[Danny G]

Think of a player who was also crank called or prank called, as we say. Crank called, I think.

[Covino]

Can I just say the other dude. Yeah.

[Rich]

Not Shador, but the other guy.

[Danny G]

Tyler Warren.

[Covino]

Yes.

[Danny G]

Of the colts.

[Rich]

Wait, number 10?

[Danny G]

Nine and number 10. The other tight end. Colston lovers.

[Covino]

Yeah. You know what?

[Rich]

Congrats to all of them. And especially Hunter. I would have thought, honestly, with all The Shador controversy. That would have been the number one. Easy. Number one answer. So little twist. There it is. Travis Hunter with the number one.

[Danny G]

Not bad, though, to get picked 144 and have the number three top selling jersey.

[Covino]

Oh, yeah, that was. That was predicted, though. I mean. And he's going to come with hype. And that's why I still believe that we are going to see him start for the. For the. I was going to say New Orleans Saints. That was a prank. We're going to see him start for The Cleveland Browns.

[Rich]

$100,000. Sorry.

[Covino]

I'm sorry.

[Rich]

Over promised our bonus show. You could watch it. You could listen, you could do both. We're going to be talking about the fights this weekend. What fights? I hate you if you say what fights, but I'm going to get you hyped for them. They start tomorrow, so a little fight height plus rooting interest in the NBA. If your team's out, we give you reasons to root, reasons to watch on Over. Promised brand new episode, episode 89. We do it in 12 minutes.

[Covino]

Wow. Look at her strutting in with her Clipper shirt on.

[Rich]

I wonder if she's better than us.

[Covino]

I wonder if she hears me, why.

[Rich]

She thinks she's better than us.

[Covino]

Look at her strutting around.

[Rich]

Yeah, yeah.

[Covino]

Monsieur for the Clippers. I'm gonna wear their Monsieur Clipper shirt on.

[Danny G]

That jersey has never been hung up.

[Rich]

Those clips don't lie, bro. Come on, man.

[Covino]

How long will it take for her to realize we're talking about her? Anyway, Clippers nuggies. That's going to be a good one tonight. I wanted to bring up something I saw that was really funny on social media. And then Danny G. I know a couple records are broken today, but that New York quarterback room, my goodness, the personalities. I mean, I almost feel like they've done it right. The Giants hard knocks, but how would you like to follow around? Not only cringy, Russell Wilson, Jackson Dart, who is a young stud in the making.

[Rich]

Tommy Cutlets.

[Covino]

Tommy Cutlets, who's still there, technically. And Jameis Winston, who has really embraced his new ventures in New York. Did you see him learning the word gabagool?

[Rich]

I did, yeah.

[Covino]

This is hilarious. Gabagool from the Sopranos.

[Danny G]

Gobble ghoul, gobble ghoul. But Thanksgiving, that's gonna be epic.

[Covino]

A gobble gobble ghoul.

[Rich]

Gabagool.

[Covino]

Oh, gabagool. I tell you what, Jameis Winston, I don't care if he plays another half a season. Two years, five years as a Backup. He is. He's going to make more Money the way McAfee and some of these guys, Tony Romo made more money in the booth afterwards.

[Danny G]

Oh, yeah, he's already been a great correspondent in the super bowl for Fox Sports, dude.

[Covino]

FOX Sports, cbs, NBC. Someone is itching for a scratch. They're itching for Jameis Winston to be like, I'm done playing. So they could be like, all right, you're the official NFL correspondent.

[Rich]

You know what I got out of it? It's funny, but it shows me he never watched the Sopranos. If he doesn't know what gabagool is.

[Covino]

Gabagool.

[Rich]

It wasn't an episode. They didn't say it.

[Covino]

Gabagool.

[Rich]

Woke up this morning, got some gabagool.

[Covino]

Gabagool. For people don't know it's a cured Italian meat. Capicola.

[Rich]

Then I woke up the next day and got more gabagool.

[Covino]

Gabagool.

[Rich]

All. So on this day, guys, we're reminiscing a lot. Throwing it back on a Thursday.

[Covino]

But not only did gladiator come out 25 years ago, feel old yet in the year 2000, gladiator really? Couple sports records.

[Rich]

Is that when you had that Caesar haircut? That Gladiator haircut of yours?

[Covino]

You probably had that Guido haircut.

[Danny G]

Yeah. One record was set and one was broken.

[Rich]

Yes, exactly.

[Covino]

What do you got, Danny?

[Danny G]

On this date in 1939, our great grandparents got to see Lou Gehrig play his final game of his 2,130 in a row games. And of course, it came to an end, sadly. But, yeah, he set that record that Cal Ripken Jr. Finally broke in 1995.

[Covino]

Why did he sit out that game? Was there a reason for that final game? He like when he finally missed the game.

[Rich]

Joking. You.

[Danny G]

You don't know.

[Rich]

That's why he said sadly, ended.

[Covino]

Did he pass away?

[Danny G]

No, no, but he had to retire.

[Covino]

Because his own disease. But that was like. That was the day. And then he never played again.

[Rich]

Yeah. 2,130 games. The OG original Iron Man. And then we all remember when they dropped the banner and Cal came out and he played 21:31. And a record was broken today.

[Danny G]

1991, Ricky Henderson passed the great Lou Brock with his 939th stolen base.

[Covino]

Does every human that's alive today remember him holding up the base?

[Rich]

Dude.

[Danny G]

Yes, sir.

[Rich]

Well, Danny G. Posed the question. We've all been alive to witness some great moments in sports. Records are always broken. That's the beauty of it. Right? You see something new all the time or a new record, like, whoa, someone pushing the limits. He said, which one stood out to you the most? Like the most memorable memory? And honestly, it's the Ricky Henderson one. Him holding up the base for sure. And he's like, I'm the greatest of all time. You're like, man, he beat Lou Brock. That's crazy.

[Covino]

And for the record, I knew Lou Gehrig had his own disease. I just didn't know if a. Like something had.

[Rich]

Today, today.

[Covino]

I didn't know if maybe like he had a bad foot for a day. I didn't realize the disease took him out. And that was it.

[Rich]

Now I'm pretty certain. Now you're confusing me.

[Covino]

My apologies.

[Rich]

No need to.

[Danny G]

Well, none of us were around at the time.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

You know, alive. I mean, I'm.

[Rich]

Yeah, it's all good.

[Danny G]

We assume that that was the end because of his condition.

[Covino]

I'll give you one. As a Niners fan, I'll be selfish. I remember when Jerry Rice Highway. I remember the call was Highway 101 belongs to Jerry Rice. Next exit, hall of fame when he broke the receiving and then the all time touchdown.

[Rich]

Well, first of all, it's a little watered down. You know why? Because he holds so many records.

[Covino]

I know, I know.

[Rich]

That's the only thing. But it's totally burnt in your memory because you're a 49ers guy and that famous call for sure.

[Covino]

Do you remember the. I mean, in our lifetime, the home run chase. But then again it was dampered because of, you know, McGuire and Sosa chasing Roger Maris because of the steroids, dampering it all. But at that time you were watching Sosa. McGuire every day.

[Rich]

Well, the one that stands out to me. We were talking about it in the kitchen, Danny and I. First we were talking about gabagool and then we were talking about Mark McGuire. Man, when he.

[Covino]

That line drive, that line drive home.

[Rich]

Run, you know, you're thinking, oh, he's going to hit one in big Mack land. Hits a line drive. And he's so pumped about it, the whole Marist.

[Covino]

He almost was there. First base.

[Rich]

He said, yeah, he does miss first base and goes back. Yeah, like to me, that is another one that stands out. That's second to me after Ricky Henderson.

[Covino]

So you know what? Based on what you just said, I think, I think if everyone in this room has Ricky have the Ricky and McGuire in the top.

[Rich]

Yeah, that's my one.

[Covino]

Is there a. Is there a third that comes to mind in sports, like a record? We saw Cal Ripken, maybe while you.

[Danny G]

Think about that, Pete Rose for the older audience or the, you know, I guess people in their 50s as a kid, you'd remember Pete Rose breaking the hits record. Now, again, while you think about that really quick. I'm sorry, Kavina. I just wanted to say, Rich, I looked it up for you and it says. Yeah. The Iron Horse took himself out of the lineup for a game on May 2, 1939, after he started suffering from the effects of ALS.

[Covino]

Oh, wow.

[Rich]

Yeah, that's. That's sad. Like, there's a lot of ones that we witnessed. Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight of all time. Right. We know the highlight, but I don't remember watching it thinking like, oh, man.

[Covino]

So it's a great deep thought, Danny. And I think the fact that we all think McGuire, Ricky, Henderson, there's ones and chime in. Add to it at Kobe Nonrich at Danny G Radio. I will see you on over promised. Arrivederchi, baby.

[Rich]

See you in the over promised land. Let's go.

[Danny G]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

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