639: The Pete and Sebastian Show - EP 639 - "Sideline Coaching"

Summary

The Pete and Sebastian Show - Episode 639: "Sideline Coaching"

Release Date: January 28, 2025

Hosts: Pete Corrielli and Sebastian Maniscalco
Description: Two A-list comedians, Pete Corrielli and Sebastian Maniscalco, engage in witty banter, sharing humorous anecdotes and insights from their personal lives.

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1. Annoying Behaviors in Marriage

The episode kicks off with Pete and Sebastian delving into the quirks that their wives exhibit in their daily routines, sparking relatable and humorous exchanges about marital dynamics.

Pete on Wife’s Expectations: Pete shares a story about his wife, Jackie, expecting him to swiftly locate and retrieve items upon request. He references a memorable scene from the sitcom King of Queens to illustrate his point.

• Quote:
  Pete [04:09]: “She'll ask you to get her something. She just did it earlier today. Can you get me the olive oil out of the cabinet? [...] if you're taking any longer than that, oh my God, you don't know where anything is.”

Sebastian on Wife’s Chewing Habits and Misophonia: Sebastian opens up about his wife, Lana’s, aggressive chewing habits, which exacerbate his misophonia—a condition triggered by specific sounds. He humorously describes the challenges this poses in their relationship.

• Quote:
  Sebastian [07:20]: “She chews food aggressively. It's almost, I dare say, gorilla-like. She chews with her mouth open, you can see what's in her mouth.”

Discussion on Communication and Behavioral Changes: Both hosts discuss the difficulties in addressing these behaviors, highlighting the nuances of communication in relationships.

• Quote:
  Pete [09:02]: “They can't see it because it's on my story. The comments are coming in that people are going, 'Gee, your wife chews like a dog.'”

2. Parenting and Sports Coaching

Moving into parenting, Pete and Sebastian discuss their experiences with their children’s involvement in sports, particularly focusing on Sebastian’s role as a sideline coach during his son's basketball games.

Sebastian’s Sideline Coaching Challenges: Sebastian narrates an incident where his differing coaching strategy conflicted with the official coach's plans, leading to confusion for his son on the court.

• Quote:
  Sebastian [25:43]: “I'm confusing my kid because I was confused why they weren't playing man-to-man defense. They would go to a zone type thing.”

Conflict Between Home and Official Coaching Strategies: The hosts explore the tension between parental instincts and professional coaching strategies, emphasizing the impact on young athletes.

• Quote:
  Pete [33:18]: “That's sitcom writing right there. That's why I love sitcoms. [...] Can you give me the thing? Not there.”

3. Stereotypes in Sports

The conversation shifts to the topic of stereotypes in sports, where Pete and Sebastian humorously critique the instinctual biases players may have based on race or nationality.

Racial Biases in Defensive Strategies: Pete discusses how racial stereotypes can unconsciously influence defensive plays in basketball, questioning the fairness and effectiveness of such instincts.

• Quote:
  Sebastian [36:43]: “If you had 10 guys and you had two captains and they were choosing teams, [...] wouldn’t you pick the black guy?”

Personal Anecdotes Illustrating Bias: Pete shares personal experiences from his time playing Division 3 basketball, highlighting how stereotypes affected his defensive approach.

• Quote:
  Pete [37:14]: “Listen, even if you don't mean to stereotype, you do it instinctually.”

4. WWE Raw on Netflix

Transitioning from sports to entertainment, Pete and Sebastian discuss their views on the latest episode of WWE Raw broadcasted on Netflix, focusing on Hulk Hogan’s controversial appearance.

Hulk Hogan’s Reception: The hosts express surprise and confusion over Hulk Hogan receiving a negative reaction from the audience, contrasting it with his previously beloved status.

• Quote:
  Sebastian [39:52]: “I thought he was beloved. I thought he was an icon.”

Comparing Past and Present Wrestling: They compare the current state of wrestling to the golden era, lamenting the reduced excitement and increased theatrics in modern broadcasts.

• Quote:
  Sebastian [42:05]: “I was watching wrestling last night, and it has slowed down so much that I was like, why is this so slow?”

5. Wrap-Up and Final Thoughts

In the concluding segments, Pete and Sebastian reflect on the discussions, reinforcing the themes of communication in relationships, the impact of stereotypes, and the evolution of entertainment.

Final Reflections: Both hosts emphasize the importance of understanding and adapting to both personal and professional dynamics, whether in marriage, parenting, or appreciating changing forms of entertainment.

• Quote:
  Sebastian [32:35]: “I'm teaching them a larger lesson of life where you can't relax. You got to press, you got to keep going.”

Promotional Segments Skipped: Consistent with their format, the episode includes sponsored segments and promotions for Shopify and their Patreon channel. However, these are non-content sections and are therefore omitted from this summary.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Pete [04:09]: “She'll ask you to get her something. She just did it earlier today. Can you get me the olive oil out of the cabinet? [...] if you're taking any longer than that, oh my God, you don't know where anything is.”

• Sebastian [07:20]: “She chews food aggressively. It's almost, I dare say, gorilla-like. She chews with her mouth open, you can see what's in her mouth.”

• Sebastian [25:43]: “I'm confusing my kid because I was confused why they weren't playing man-to-man defense. They would go to a zone type thing.”

• Sebastian [36:43]: “If you had 10 guys and you had two captains and they were choosing teams, [...] wouldn’t you pick the black guy?”

• Pete [37:14]: “Listen, even if you don't mean to stereotype, you do it instinctually.”

• Sebastian [39:52]: “I thought he was beloved. I thought he was an icon.”

• Sebastian [42:05]: “I was watching wrestling last night, and it has slowed down so much that I was like, why is this so slow?”

• Sebastian [32:35]: “I'm teaching them a larger lesson of life where you can't relax. You got to press, you got to keep going.”

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Conclusion:

Episode 639 of The Pete and Sebastian Show offers a comedic yet insightful exploration of everyday marital annoyances, the complexities of parenting in sports, the subconscious biases we hold, and the evolution of classic entertainment forms like wrestling. Through their relatable stories and humorous exchanges, Pete Corrielli and Sebastian Maniscalco provide listeners with both laughter and thoughtful reflections on modern life.

Transcript

[Pete Corrielli]

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

This is the Pete and Sebastian show.

[Pete Corrielli]

With Pete Corrielli and Sebastian Maniscalco.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Welcome back. Just want to go check out on the wind damage outside. It is pretty brutal. Out there. So. Got something I want to kick off the show with.

[Pete Corrielli]

All right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Is there something that your wife does in her daily routine or a behavior that she does that might drive you a little nuts?

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

How about.

[Pete Corrielli]

How about you?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, before I get into mine, I just.

[Pete Corrielli]

Could.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Could you share something? That Jackie does, that. Here she goes again. She's sipping her water or whatever the it is.

[Pete Corrielli]

No, no, it's nothing like that. It's. It's. She'll ask you to get her something. She just did it earlier today. Can you get me the olive oil? I'm in the laundry room. She goes, can you get me the olive oil out of the cabinet? Right. And I'm opening it up. You have, like. You have to know exactly where the olive oil is. So from the minute she asks you, you're going, bring it. And if you're taking any longer than that, oh, my God, you don't know where anything is. Blah, blah, blah. You know, so. So there's a limited amount of time. And she sent me. Oh, my God. She goes, not sent me. We were on the couch. She goes, you gotta see this clip. Somebody sent me. And it was a phenomenal scene from arguably the most underrated sitcom ever. And I know it was already famous, but King of Queens, the scenes with him and Leah Remini, their marriage was so good. And he comes into the kitchen and he goes, where are the scissors? And she goes into this whole monologue about how we've been living here nine years.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, yeah, I heard this.

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, it was so good. Cole, use that big brain of yours. Where could they be? Where could they possibly be? And Kevin James walks over and over to the drawer. He goes, found them. And then he's like, where's the tape? But it was like, the whole idea of, like, I do that all the time. Come in the room. Where's this? And she gets so mad that I don't know where anything is. But then I'm like. But then I'm on the road and. And you'll call me up. I'm in the garage with my father. Where's the snowblower? Where do you keep. You know? But she's like. She goes, but I'm not in the garage every day. You know, you're so. That's the big thing is, like, when she asks for something, she expects you to find it and get it through it quick.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I kind of relate to that because I do that with Lana. I. That just happened with Lana yesterday. Not to top your story, but.

[Pete Corrielli]

No, no, please.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I was Bleeding. I caught myself and I was bleeding. I was at my desk, and she was. I go, could you give me. Now, I wasn't gushing blood. It was just, you know, a little. Little blood. I go, could you give me a. Like a little band aid or, like, a gauze? I didn't have, like, a napkin or anything. And then she walked out of the room, right?

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Now, I don't know. I. I would just. I would think bleeding would take precedent over anything else. Like, if my wife was bleeding, I wouldn't stop and make myself a cup of espresso and then come back to the. Oh, here's the napkin. Right. So.

[Pete Corrielli]

What were you doing that you couldn't get up, though, and go get your own shit?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Listen, the thing was on my leg, and if I got up to go get it, the blood would have dripped on the floor, so I needed to sit down. All right, so five minutes, I'm sitting there bleeding. I go, where the hell were you? Oh, I had to make a call. Make a call. So that's not what bothers me, though. What bothers me, and I've told Lana this, and there's many things that I do that bother Lana. The way I chew my gum, for example, bothers her. The way Lana chews food is aggressive. It. It's almost. I dare to say gorilla. Like, she. Like, she chews with her mouth open.

[Pete Corrielli]

Really?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And her sister has told her it's disgusting.

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, really?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Hey, it's like you could see what's in her mouth.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah, it's like a washing machine with the glass window. You could. If you want, you could watch your clothes get clean.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So I posted a video on Instagram, and she is in the background eating food. The comments that are coming in, she can't see it because it's on my story. It's not on the grid. The comments are coming in that the people are going, gee, your wife chews like a dog. You know, like. So this is reinforcing what I've been telling her the last 15 years. Right? Now, my question to you is.

[Pete Corrielli]

Doesn't reinforce anything because viewers comments, by the way, that's nothing. What do you mean there's no reinforcement because some dude's in his basement wishing he was living in that kitchen. So let me just make fun of her chewing. I know that's.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

That's.

[Pete Corrielli]

You can't go by, I don't like that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, if some. If some. If a behavior Jackie did was visible and it drove you nuts and somebody else pointed it out, wouldn't you go to your wife.

[Pete Corrielli]

See, that's true.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I think so, too.

[Pete Corrielli]

I thought you were making the video so people could see. They did.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

They. This has nothing to do with the chewing. This was me talking about food. And in the background, she's in the back fucking knocking it back like an elephant. Right? So, so I'm reading the comments here, and my question to you is, do I tell Lana on a text going, you're getting ripped to shreds on your chewing and take a couple screenshots, send it to her? So maybe then, oh, maybe I should chew with my mouth closed. Do you think it's going to change the behavior? That's my question.

[Pete Corrielli]

No. Change behavior in your bedroom. You get nothing out of that. She's already got a sister telling her what, what higher power is telling you than your own sister saying, you know, listen, you got it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Often the ones that love you the most get silenced. Right?

[Pete Corrielli]

Soon as she say, when you, when you tell her, what does she say? I'm trying or I don't care.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I get a look. Yeah. I, I get like.

[Pete Corrielli]

Man, yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

But here, this is, this is. And again, I don't mean to pat myself on the back, but sometimes you just have to. I chew gum like that. I chew gum like I'm, you know, I chew gum. It's annoying. I admit it's annoying. I chomp on my gum. When I'm in the car with her and I got gum. She goes, you're chomping out the window. Gone. You don't want to hear that. Let me get rid of it. Done. I'll do it alone. All right. That's what I'm saying. I feel like. You ever feel like you're growing leaps and bounds, like I'm the one always like, hey, I throw that out. Oh, I'm sorry. You don't like that? Okay, I'll do it. You know, like, like, here's another thing that bothers the out of me. I, I, I do have this condition called misophonia, which, which it, it, it's triggered by the smallest things in life. She brings an. The worst thing I could hear is someone chewing on a apple in a closed area outside. Fine. The sound goes off. You put that shit in a car. Really? So she brings an apple in, and I look at, I go, really? Like, are you doing this on purpose? Because I've told you before, I don't like the apple.

[Pete Corrielli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So do you wait? Do you wait to go out and eat the apple in the car? That's what I'm saying just like eat the apple prior to getting into the car.

[Pete Corrielli]

See, yeah, like, I can't. It's an apple guy. That's not her problem. That's your problem. You need to figure out how to deal with the sound of somebody eating an apple. It's not her responsibility. It's to go to ask someone to not chew an apple in that scenario. I mean, it's your loved one. If you're on a plane and they're right next to you, it's ridiculous. But a loved one, it's like, can I breathe? Can I breathe? Do you have a problem with that?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And I taking it to the extreme?

[Pete Corrielli]

Well, I just. Because if I give you the apple, if I was your wife, I give you the apple. That's only opening the door to showing you that I'm sympathetic to your fucking ridiculous sound. Shit, I. I can't. There's too many of them, though. There's my point. It's like, it's. If it was just the apple, I'd give you that. But there's a bunch of them.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Listen, if I were you, Jackie asked for something, I. I'd be on my toes, ready to go get it for her. And stop fucking around. Stop, stop around. Where is it? Just get. Get it together. Boom. Done, right? And try. You're not. What's the problem?

[Pete Corrielli]

Too many precious moments have been wasted showing you where things are.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

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[Pete Corrielli]

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

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[Pete Corrielli]

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[Pete Corrielli]

What do you think would be reason enough to leave you? Like, I know my thing where I. I might leave me if I was with me for that. But like, what is yours?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What. What Do I do that Pisses her off.

[Pete Corrielli]

But you think, like, if someone said, oh, I used to. Yeah, like, if she left you because I couldn't take this thing anymore.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, you know what I. You know what I used to do? And I shut this down because she told me it was annoying. When she asks what I. What do you want to eat tonight? Sometimes I say, yeah, let's go for sushi, right? So I've taken the word sushi. And she goes, what do you want to eat tonight? And I go, sush. Okay, now.

[Pete Corrielli]

That'S what you used to do.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

She goes, it's annoying when you do that. Done and talked it away. I buried it. No more sushi. But that's what I'm saying. That annoys you. I don't do it no more. Why. Why is this so hard to understand? I have a problem with the apple. She had a problem with the sush. Now, in your. In your head, that's her problem, right? The sush. She. She doesn't know how to deal with the soush, right? So you're telling me that's her problem to figure out?

[Pete Corrielli]

That's different.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, no. Why?

[Pete Corrielli]

Because that's a. That's a personality. That's a. That's a thing. A saying. It's a personality thing. It's not like something a little more. How would I put it? Like, if you, like, itch a certain way or. Let me just give my. My example for me is there's a passing of gas situation.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay?

[Pete Corrielli]

You know what I'm saying? Like, I could do it. I could do. I could do it to Jingle Bells if I wanted to. And I. And I will go so far as to say I enjoy it. It's like, it's relieving, dude, you know? But I would leave me for that. I'd be like, I can't come on with that. So, like. But that's something I can't just stop. Like, your ass aches, for example. She must get tired of those. Like, every time you turn around, you got a problem with your body, right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And you know what? I've taken the notes and I've stopped complaining about this, that, and the other thing.

[Pete Corrielli]

It's highly entertaining for the cast, though.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, I mean, that's. That's what I'm saying. Like, these little idiosyncrasies that we have about each other is. Is, you know, is good entertainment fodder of what I do, what she does. That. That aggravates me. Now, there's another thing. And again, there's a lot of things I love about my wife, but they're just not funny. Just not funny.

[Pete Corrielli]

I get it, dude. I get it. You're a great husband. Of course.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So Lana has a problem finding stuff. I've noticed. Like, I'll ask her. Or she'll go, can you get me the nail clipper on my sink top? Whatever. Right? I'll go to the sink top. It's not there. And then I'll go, it's not here. She'll go, oh, it's in the third drawer. I'll go, it's not in the third drawer. Right? Now, if I tell my wife, go, give me my comb. It's in the top right hand corner of the second drawer from the top, right? And boom, there it is. Right? Now it's a scavenger hunt when she tells me to go get something because it's never in the place that she says it is, right? Yeah.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Now, again, all I'm looking for is to be heard. Well, I'm hearing her.

[Pete Corrielli]

It's an interesting thing with what you're saying there, with the look of. Because first of all, I'll give you two. My wife's descriptions suck. She'll be like, I said it was on the white shelf. And I'm like, it's not even white, it's red. And she's like, the outer edge is white. You know what I meant? So I agree with that. But the other thing is, how many times are you expected to go where she told you to go to look for the nail clipper or whatever it was you were talking about, and it's not there? Just keep going. Or after the. After the third thing, do you do a walk away and go to her? You regroup, give it some more thought, get some more intel on its location, and then send me back out like a drone again.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I go three times. If it's not on the counter, I go to a drawer. If it's not on the drawer, I go to a floor. If it's not on the floor, I leave the room. Done. Sorry. You go get it.

[Pete Corrielli]

See, this is sitcom writing right there. That's why I love sitcoms. That's the opening scene. We only have a funny scene. Then the credits roll. That's the opening scene. She's down there, you're up there. Can you give me the thing? Not there. Can you give me the thing? Not there. You got. You're down to your last one, baby. Think wise, right? Yeah. So someone throws this in. Now we got the whole scene. Boom, we Go out. We go to the craft service table. Let's get some coffee. How's the guy writing going? We got the opening scene. It's hilar. And then the network people read and go. We don't understand, though. Why would you need the nail clippers at 6:30 in the five? Oh, God, here we go. Oh, God. Oh, that is funny though, man. So you're making me think of things now, too. I don't like when. When I'm watching tv, I keep telling her, can't you stop eating out of the bag? That makes noise and I'm missing dialogue and pour it into a bowl. And then she. Not only does she not do that, she goes, taunting us, bro. Right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, this brings me to my next thing, which I noticed. We're at dinner with a couple, and this couple tends to bicker a little bit back and forth. There was something said, and she goes, no, that's not it. Now, she flicked her husband.

[Pete Corrielli]

Hilarious.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

With two fingers. Now, have you ever flicked your wife off or have. Is she ever given you the finger?

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, she's giving me the finger, yeah. Oh, yeah, absolutely. What, are you kidding me?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What's the context of the finger? Is it back and forth, back and forth and go. Is it, fuck you, Pete, or is it. And then off, out of the room? How does it come up?

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah, I feel like I can remember it happening. Like telling a story. And then I go, oh, God, I heard what the cuff. Is it just like that? You know? But then she's still there. I'm like, baby, no, that's not what I mean. Like, I see a woman double finger her husband at the table. That is more powerful and romantic than leaning over to him and saying, I love you.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, no. I looked at it as, where? When are they divorcing? Like, you do this across the table and other people are there. If Lana goes, you know what? Fuck, yeah. I'm like, you know what? I'll see you in court. Yeah.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah. Well, if it's aimed right at him in, like, anger, I suppose, but, like, if it's more, like, playful.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Come on. No, this is like, I want you dead.

[Pete Corrielli]

So me and Sadie were talking about that the other day. The finger?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah.

[Pete Corrielli]

And I was telling her the creative things. I was like, you know, you could wind it. You ever seen a winder? And then I told her that, like, for me, I go. When I really want it to hit, I shake it. I shake it like I can't hold it. Like Thor with his hammer. Like, I'm like, you know what? I'm saying.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, yeah.

[Pete Corrielli]

It's like I could barely control it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Why is this even being taught? Like, is this a lesson that your daughter should know about how to flick somebody off?

[Pete Corrielli]

Like a boy in her class was doing, was giving the finger and she's like, he gives the thing. I go. Because she had a friend sleepover. I go to the boys curse in class and she go. And they both go. That's all they do, dad. They give the finger left and right. And I'm like, how do they give it? And she's like, you know, like that. She goes. Sometimes they widen it. I go. I go. You ever see the wind? I go. Next time, you go. I go. Then you wind it back down like a guillotine. And then I. That's what I said. Then you do to shake. You can't even. Like, it's so. I'm saying it to you so powerfully, I can't even. It's fine. Listen, they're going to find out about these things better from dad, right? Come on.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I get it. Listen, some of these things should be definitely passed down from father to daughter, father to son. The Pete and Sebastian Show.

[Pete Corrielli]

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Hey, what's up? This is Joe from Past Gas podcast by Donut Media. We're an automotive history podcast. But you don't have to be a car person to enjoy our show. We tell the craziest stories, like the first Race Across America. It was basically 45 days of hell. Or how the humble caravan saved Dodge and allowed them to make the Viper. We've been doing this podcast for over five years now, and there are still so many crazy stories. It amazes me. It's basically like hanging out in the garage, chopping it up with your friends, hanging out, good vibes. So check out Past Gas, wherever you get your podcasts. Speaking of my son, I'm at his basketball game. Five year olds, right? My son's the shortest kid on the team because he's the youngest. And this is the first game. And this is where I think I'm going to run into an issue as my kids. Kids grow older. I feel like, I feel like I'm coaching from the sidelines. Like, I feel like I'm. The coach has got one idea and I got another. And I'm confusing my kid because I was confused why they weren't playing man to man defense. They would go to a zone type thing. Like my son would go to a block on the, on the box and stay there. But the kid's dribbling right in front of him and I'm like, steal from the sideline. I go steal it, get the ball, go after him, stop him. Right? Right after the game, he comes up to me, he goes, daddy, I don't know what to do. The coaches are telling me to stay in the box and you're telling me to pick up the guy midcourt. I'm telling my son, pick the guy up at mid court and press him.

[Pete Corrielli]

Dudes, he's five, right? That's a, that's a, that's a, that's a technique. That's like. That's like if it was a football game, you're basically telling your son, don't hand it off to the running back. Like the coach said, you go long, throw a bomb. That's a strategy guy you're getting into. You say stuff like hustle.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, no, no. So he don't know what to do. Now this is at a, this is at Beverly Hills school. That, that's where they play. It's a league, but they play at a Beverly Hills school. So you get a. I'm looking guy. I'm looking at the shoes that these Five year olds are wearing in Beverly Hills, right? This is the only place in the world where 5 year old kids have LeBron's before LeBron gets his. Because the dad, whatever works. He's the head of development at Nike and he's giving the kids the shoe before it even reaches the shelves. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Pro basketball players are asking a 5 year old, where'd you get those? Right?

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, my God, you could still smell the sea salt from the Philippines on the fucking leather.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, my God. So, yeah, wow. Man. And Lana's trying to settle down. Lana's like, we'll settle down. Because I'm. I'm like, no score, by the way. No score. Right, right. Which I. I don't like at all. And my. Even. My. Even. My daughter's asking on the way home, she's like, why don't they keep score? I say, and I think I pulled a Pete here. I go. Because a lot of people on the team can't take the fact that they lost. All right? I go, life is about winning and losing, and you gotta get that through your head. Now, even though they're not keeping score. I said, caruso, if they were keeping score today, your team got killed. All right? Okay, Daddy. That's it. Just keep drilling it right into their skull.

[Pete Corrielli]

No, that's. I dig that. But, like, as far as telling him to press, you know, you gotta. He's gotta listen to what the coach says, man. You know what I'm saying?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I agree. I agree. I'm confusing the kid. I gotta relax. Got another game this Saturday. Hopefully I'll learn to calm down. But I'm one of these parents that.

[Pete Corrielli]

It's interesting because we just. This past Saturday, Sadie had a swim meet, right? We gotta go to these things. 6:30 in the morning, we gotta drive to Buffalo. Freaking 15 degrees out. But you get to that pool, it's just so cool. All the kids doing their warmups, getting in there. So Sadie's got like four or five events now. The thing is, when she finishes, Jackie knows her score, her best time in each event. And my kid swims four nights a week for two hours. Every night they have swim practice. So Jackie expects her time to come down every single meet, right? So as soon as Sadie hits the wall, she looks up and sees her time. And you could see if it didn't go down, she gets upset. And then. Because then Jackie's like, why isn't your time going down? What's going on? You know? She's like, she doesn't have a sense of Urgency. And she means well, Jackie does, but she's got a lot of, like, the same kind of thing you got going. So, like, literally, sometimes Zadie will finish at like, Jackie will go this way and I'll go that way. I'm trying to get to the kid before she does, just to tell her, don't let moms, you know, you know, get. And Jackie thinks I'm too easy on her, but I'm like, she's in sixth grade. Yours is in what, second or third kindergarten.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't know why they're laughing, bro. This is, this is why we have a weak nation.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah, but you listen, when you were in kindergarten, you weren't even playing basketball yet, man. You weren't even playing it yet.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So.

[Pete Corrielli]

And, and, and like, I'm saying to Jackie, like, the kid's already way better than I ever was in sixth grade for swimming, than. Than my best. Like, when did these kids, like, like, you want to be the best basketball player now, you got to come out of the womb fucking dribbling right out of your mother's belly with a fucking ball in your hand is that's how quick they start?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I know. I. I don't. I know. It's fun and they're learning the game. I get it. My thing is that I don't. I'm not necessarily teaching Caruso or Serafina to be pro athletes. What I'm teaching them is more of a larger lesson of life where you can't. You can't relax. You got to press, you got to keep going. You can't, you know, be half in a fog playing, Playing the game, or you're going to be that like that in life.

[Pete Corrielli]

Your son's not in the fog. He's clearly saying, dad, you're saying one thing, the coach is saying another. That the lesson here. And again, it's for the cast. If I told you how to parent, but is a team works better when we all stick to the plan. And the plan in this case was to do a zone, stay tight, stay patient, let the opponent make a mistake on their own, and we'll capitalize. But we got one psycho fucking Italian dad out there telling our point guard to press, press. And it's messing up the whole strategy. It's messing up our kids psyche. Milan is right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

In this case, the strategy wasn't working. That's why we got killed. Now, as a coach, you gotta be able to adjust and go, okay, man up, man up. But then Caruso said, if you man up, I think they. I think this is a league rule that they play zone. Because if they don't play zone, you got 10 kids around the ball.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Maybe that's why they're doing this. I gotta figure out what the rules are. I gotta figure out what the rules are. That's true, by the way.

[Pete Corrielli]

I used to like zone.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm not a zone guy. Just beat me one on one.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah, you say that now, but when you get older, you start playing against black guys. I like a zone. One on one. These guys are flying by me like, I didn't even.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Where'd my guy go?

[Pete Corrielli]

He was standing here a second ago.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, yeah, You. You play against me so quick. Oh, my God, they're so quick. It's. It's like I remember playing pickup games at LA Fitness. You. You know. You know, and this is what I don't like when people go, oh, you know, you're. You're judging on the way somebody looks right now.

[Pete Corrielli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't look like I play basketball.

[Pete Corrielli]

No. Okay.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So if you had 10 guys and you had two captains and they were choosing teams, generally speaking in basketball, I was the one where they're like. I was like, left over. I didn't get picked. It was just process of elimination. And they're like, yeah, you're just gonna. Yeah, you're over here. You know.

[Pete Corrielli]

There'S nothing worse. I don't know. They think you're good. I feel like someone like, you're out of the court. I might get hurt. Because you don't even know how to play the sport.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Right.

[Pete Corrielli]

You know what I mean? Like, you're gonna run into my legs when I'm going in for a layup. I don't know what you do.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, like, I don't know, like the basic etiquette of basketball, right?

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah, exactly.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Bad. Yeah. So. So I was always that kid in. In certain sports that was like, all right, you're on our team. But then it made me feel not bad. It made me feel like I'm gonna show these guys that they made a mistake of picking me last. Right? Because then, you know, you wouldn't get the ball. Just. Just right. Right from the get go, I was wide open. And the guy's taking a jumper with three guys hanging on. On his arms, right wide open under the basket.

[Pete Corrielli]

He's still, like, still better off of me shooting with three guys hanging off me. And, you know, and you can't beat yourself up for this, man. This is just stereotyping at its finest. There's just not, I mean, a lot of Italian guys in any sports that, like, outside of soccer, maybe. But even then it's like, are they the best soccer players or just the best looking soccer players?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Obviously the best looking. But Italy used to be. Italy used to be powerhouse, but not. But now they've struggled. I'm just saying you could. If you're playing basketball and you're looking at a Chinese guy, a black guy, a Puerto Rican guy and a white guy and you don't know their skill set at all, wouldn't you pick the black guy?

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, yeah, I'd pick the black guy in that scenario as quick as. I wouldn't pick the black guy if we were in a hockey rink. You know what I mean? Yeah. So it's all. It's all in the nationality. And I would go with a Russian guy for, you know.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So. Okay, so are you telling me in sports it's okay to be quote, unquote, I don't know, Not. Not racist. But to stereotype. To stereotype.

[Pete Corrielli]

Listen, even if you don't mean to stereotype, you do it instinctually. I play Division 3 basketball. When I came out for tip off, if I was guarding a black point guard, my first instinct would be to give him three feet. Let's see if this guy's got a jump shot. If it was a white guy, oh.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

God, I'm in your jock.

[Pete Corrielli]

And if it's a white guy with goggle glasses like Karambus, oh, God, I'm like, fucking A1 man. Kentucky Press, I'm in your fucking shit. So of course you stereotype. Like, when I got to Division 3, then I remember, you know, one time I'm in the huddle and they. And they announce the guy on the other team and the guy on my team, we were both from Long Island. I forget the dude's name he announced, but I remember he played in Hempstead High School and he was unbelievable. And I go to the other guy, I'm like, is that fucking the dude from Hempstead? And we look over and it's him and he's like five, three, but the quickest dude I've ever seen. And the first play of the game, he came down the court and, like, I'm at the top of the key and he's just doing this with the ball and I'm like. It's like all a blur. I'm like looking at the flash and then he just shoots at three and it went swish. And I'm like. I look at the other guy on my team and he is black. Ricky Snell. And I go, dude, you gotta go on him. He goes, I ain't got him. I'm like, dude, you gotta go on him. This is ridiculous.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Were the black guys. The black guys scared? You know you're in trouble.

[Pete Corrielli]

I know, I know. Oh, so then the coach goes, we'll go in zone. And I'm like, nice. Pack this shit in. Every time he scores now we're all gonna the blame a little bit.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, man, I don't know. I mean.

[Pete Corrielli]

So your boy likes hoops though, huh?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

He seems to really like his getting hoops. And last night for the first time, we watched WWE Raw on Netflix. Wrestling. Right.

[Pete Corrielli]

I wanted to ask you a question about that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, go ahead.

[Pete Corrielli]

I only saw it in the news. I know you know more about wrestling than me. Why did they boo Hulk Hogan? From what I read, they booed him mercilessly.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, did he come out last night?

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, yeah. Was in the thing. He came out and I guess he's promoting a new beer called Real Beer or something like that. But before he even got into his. Can we get that, Patrick? Maybe.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Did Hogan come out on Raw last night? I'll check again. This is a little dated. This might be two or three weeks past. We understand that we do this podcast in. In all a block of time, but.

[Pete Corrielli]

But I thought he was beloved for life.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't. Oh, wow, he did come out. Is that. Is that Jimmy Hart back?

[Pete Corrielli]

Yes.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, I didn't know he came out. Booed by crowd. Oh, wow. Okay, we're gonna have to. We're gonna have to see why he was boot. I didn't watch till the end, but for those of you that didn't see it, it was at the Intuit Dome. It was in Los Angeles. It's the first broadcast of WWE wrestling on Netflix. It was a live broadcast. Netflix is getting into live sporting events. Okay, Here gets Boot. No Hulkamaniacs in the house. Wow. Hulkamania didn't receive a warm welcome at Netflix Monday Night Raw. In fact, he got verbally body slammed by a sea of booing as he tried to give a speech.

[Pete Corrielli]

Is there anything more harsh than what I was reading?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Is there any way we could see it? Well, let me tell you something, brother. I don't know what's going on. I don't know the ins and outs of of the wrestling world and where Hulk Hogan stands, but I thought he was beloved. I thought he was an icon. He basically, you know, put wrestling on his back. Do you know why, Patrick? The Vince McMahon documentary didn't do him any favors. It's a fantastic documentary. Yeah, I saw the documentary is why. What? In the documentary, he allowed himself to get poached at a very pivotal time in the company and went to the competing company. Oh, is that why? And then came back later on, and I think it exposed some, like, career things that people ended up not liking. Gotcha.

[Pete Corrielli]

That's my only guess I haven't heard any other news about.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

All right, well, we'll look into that. But I'm watching wrestling last night, and I grew up on wrestling. Did you grow up on wrestling?

[Pete Corrielli]

I did, yeah. Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay. I'm watching this, and it has slowed down so much that I was like, why is this so slow? It wasn't, like, overly exciting. It. They did, like, a body slam. The guy walked around the ring, he looked at the guy. The guy, everybody was, like, really hurt for a long time. Whereas when I used to watch it, guy got hurt. Oh, he's days. Ah, boom. And then he'd come back, and it'd be like a seesaw. Like, I got hurt. You got hurt. I got hurt. This was like, more body slam, and the guy's dead for three minutes, and the other guy's looking at him. And another thing I don't like is you could hear them talking to each other in the ring, which I never heard before. Like, come on, man, get up, get up. And then you hear that. Back in the day, you just used to hear the voice and the. The imagination of yours. You would run wild. Like, I wonder what he's saying to him. Right, Right. It's like. It kind of like, I don't know. It took me out. I want to find out why wrestling has slowed down so much. Or was that just because it was on Netflix and they had a. They had to give time for commercials. I don't know what it was, but.

[Pete Corrielli]

Regardless, it can't be as big as it used to be. Right? It can't be. Is it like, do they still have the magazines? You could buy the magazines as a kid, and you'd see the blood and the forehead. You'd be on the bus showing your friends the wrestling magazines, and they got merch.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

They got. I mean, I don't know how far it goes, but, I mean, I was telling my kids, I go, I grew up on this, and I like the characters more growing up than I do now. Nothing against the guys now, but it's just like when you got Randy Macho Man Savage, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Gold junkyard dog. Yeah. Roddy Roddy Piper.

[Pete Corrielli]

The hottest ticket in town.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Biggest thing ever was Hogan and Piper going at it. We have got access. Oh, they're at it, Mr. T. Over the railway. Oh, no, here comes Mr. T, ladies and gentlemen. I mean, those are like really big personalities now. These guys got personalities now. But I don't know. Baby Snooka with his. What is bare feet? You know, I don't know. You just had. Maybe because I'm not that educated on wrestling, but from what I saw last night, I'm like, ah, I think I. I think I like it better when. When you know who is the one.

[Pete Corrielli]

Who put you in the thing that would make you pass out the sweeper hold.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't know who had the sweeper. Do you remember?

[Pete Corrielli]

Wasn't there a guy called the Grim Reaper?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Maybe Harbor Beefcake? I don't know. But there was a guy called Undertaker. No.

[Pete Corrielli]

The Undertaker. Yeah, that's who I'm thinking of.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, like he was there last night, but like, he's like these, these wrestling guys are so old they can't wrestle anymore. So they try and use them in like ways where they don't have to wrestle. Like Undertaker came out on a motorcycle. He ran, went around the ring and then went out on the motorcycle. No wrestling required. You know, they just. Just like an appearance.

[Pete Corrielli]

Wow, man, it's. But isn't it like maybe like you didn't like the show because it's. It's really a dance, isn't it? So it's like maybe you didn't like that choreographed one.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And I like. Yeah.

[Pete Corrielli]

How violent did they go anymore? They used to do the razor blades and cut the fires. They don't do that shit anymore. Right. Remember that? You saw the Mickey Rock movie was unbelievable.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I saw a little blood last night, but it wasn't made by razor blades. It could have been made by a. Like an Aaron boot that hit the head and like scraped, you know, I don't think the blood.

[Pete Corrielli]

Real blood, though. Real blood.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, real blood, but nothing where it was induced by razor blades. Where they would go, ah, Next thing you know, they would. The blood would be raining down their cheeks. None of that.

[Pete Corrielli]

Dynamite. Dynamite.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So, yeah, check that out. If you haven't already. Also check out the tour. Sebastianlive.com Pete and I are rolling through 2025 into April. You could check us out there. You can check us out. Also on Patreon, 5 bucks a month to get an extra episode plus loose ends every Tuesday night. And behind the scenes scenes, photos and videos of us on tour, like to thank everybody for joining us here on the Pete and Sebastian show, and we will see you again next week.

[Pete Corrielli]

The show has ended.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So I've taken the word sushi. And. And she goes, what do you want to eat tonight? And I go, sush. Okay.