699: The Pete and Sebastian Show - EP 699 - FIRST DOWN DANCES w/ KYLE MONANGAI

Summary

The Pete and Sebastian Show – EP 699: "First Down Dances w/ Kyle Manongai"

Date: March 24, 2026
Hosts: Pete Correale & Sebastian Maniscalco
Guest: Kyle Manongai, Chicago Bears Running Back

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into classic Pete & Sebastian territory: hilarious observations on daily life, aging, and family, peppered with sharp, relatable stories.
The heart of the show is an energetic and insightful interview with rising Chicago Bears star, Kyle Manongai, who talks about his playing style, the culture of NFL celebrations, locker room life, and why Chicago already feels like home.

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Pete & Sebastian Banter: Aging, Cars, and “Views”

00:57–38:08

Staying in Homes of the Famous (01:23–05:46)

• Pete discusses the idea of renting Sinatra’s famous Palm Springs home, but both agree nostalgia for celebrity items fades with age.
• Quote — Pete: “If you gave [me Billy Joel’s sneakers], what the fuck am I gonna do with these? I’m not inspired by anything anyone wore.” (03:51)
• Sebastian is ambivalent about historic spaces: “I don’t need to sleep on the same mattress that Frank Sinatra slept in.” (03:26)

Getting Older & Fears of Aging (06:24–11:01)

• Pete worries about becoming a burden and jokes about wives getting frustrated by their husbands’ old age foibles.
• The “car/mile” analogy: They compare aging bodies to car odometers—expect certain breakdowns after a certain age.
• Sebastian: “They designed [ears] for 82 max. So anything else is a bonus, you know?” (07:43)
• Darkly funny speculation: Will wives “regroup” once their elderly husbands pass? Will younger wives start dating before the funeral?

Car Memories & Pride in Craftsmanship (12:05–16:56)

• Pete is nostalgic for the days when your car not starting was normal, now it’s a catastrophe.
• Pete marvels at a mechanic’s pride after detailing his engine: “It’s been a long time since somebody was eager to show me their work and proud of it.” (16:30)
• Sebastian: “People don’t even want you to see the work, because they didn’t even do it.” (16:45)

Is Love Really Blind? (17:05–22:08)

• They riff on Netflix’s "Love Is Blind", suggesting a “truly blind” version with participants of all body types.
• Sebastian: “You fall in love with what’s on the inside and the outside. Let’s not—who are we kidding, right?” (19:16)
• Pete: “Another person’s appearance—it’s a view. It’s like you’re looking out a window. This is my view for the majority of my meals, the rest of my life. Right? I don’t like my view.” (19:23)
• They commiserate about looking back at old photos and realizing they looked better than they thought.

Reflections on Aging & Fatherhood (22:08–29:12)

• They compare their younger looks to aging actors (Richard Gere, Mickey Rourke, Matt Dillon).
• Pete shares a story about posting a young, cool photo of himself for his daughter with the message: “Good luck trying to find a guy as cool as your dad.”

Modern vs. Old-School Tech (29:12–37:09)

• Pete sticks with AOL email; the guys debate if it’s worth upgrading accounts (“like living in an old neighborhood”).
• Sebastian: “You got indoctrinated with aol... I see Larry Bird, I see the Bridge. I don’t see up with the times.” (30:52)
• Light teasing about wives interrupting fun (“If you’re laughing, they want to know why and with whom”).

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FEATURE: Interview with Kyle Manongai (38:08–74:09)

Why Bears Fans Love Kyle (38:21–40:25)

• Sebastian gushes about Kyle's running style: never goes down easy, always fighting for extra yards.
• Kyle on defensive players: “When it takes four or five of them to take me down, it’s unbelievable... you can read body language, and they struggle.” (39:40)

NFL “First Down” and Touchdown Celebrations (40:25–44:30)

• Kyle explains their Kobe Bryant–inspired first down celebration: the “Kobe iso signal” (“It’s my turn”).
• Brainstorming dances: locker room decisions, or spontaneous on-field moments.
• On timing: sometimes celebrations are pre-planned—other times, missed because the “right personnel” isn’t on the field.

Celebrating Down vs. Up (44:30–44:43)

• Pete asks if it’s awkward to celebrate when the team is behind—Kyle says he’s reserved in those moments, but many players “do the dance regardless of the score.”
• Kyle: “Guys do their dance regardless of what the score is. I’ve adopted... if it’s alright with everybody, I guess… just maybe not if I’m losing.” (43:56)

When a Big Play Gets Called Back (45:35–46:58)

• Pete asks: what’s it like when a great run is called back for a penalty?
• Kyle: “I try to get better with my facial expressions, because the cameras are always rolling… I’ve been caught like, you know, cameras on me and I’m like visibly distraught.” (45:35)
• Teammates will usually acknowledge if they caused a flag, often with a quick “my bad.”

The Complexity of NFL Playbooks (46:58–50:09)

• Pete wonders if pros ever forget their assignment in the huddle.
• Kyle: “100%. Especially in the midst of a game... you’re tired, you’re trying to focus, you gotta lock into a play... it takes a lot of focus.” (46:58)
• Playbooks get harder with every level—“sometimes you gotta rewire the way you think.”

Counting Stats and Personal Achievements (50:09–52:37)

• Kyle admits he usually isn’t tracking his own stats, but sometimes teammates (like DeAndre Swift) will update him during a game.
• Pete remembers his own D3 basketball days doing math in his head: “I don’t even care if we won, I’m literally counting in my head.” (51:48)
• They talk about using the Jumbotron to spot defenders during big plays.

Hard Hits, Notorious Defenders, and Post-Game Rituals (52:37–59:31)

• Has Kyle ever taken a hit so hard he needed a second? “I've been hit that hard before—everybody has.” (52:48)
• Tracking opposing studs (like T.J. Watt): “If you’re an offensive player, it’s in your best interest to know where T.J. Watt is.” (53:30)
• Sebastian vents about defensive players over-celebrating a routine tackle: “What are we saluting fish for swimming?” (54:07)
• Kyle agrees: “Sometimes I’ll get a four-yard gain on first down and the guy’s celebrating. I did my job. What are you celebrating?” (54:59)
• Discussing Coach Ben Johnson’s post-victory shirtless speech ("the city of Chicago is hungry"): it became a turning point for the team—benchmark moment and morale boost.

Locker Room Culture and Motivational Mantras (57:56–59:31)

• The “good, better, best” mantra: originated with Coach Johnson, now a post-game chant for the Bears and adopted by both players' families. “It’s something to live by.” (58:33)

Family, Football Cards, and Halftime Phones (59:56–62:04)

• Kyle confirms his 2026 football card is coming out soon (Topps and another major brand).
• Pete asks if players check their phones during halftime—Kyle: “Nobody’s on the phone... halftime is down to business.” (61:27)

From Soccer Family to Football Fanatics (62:04–64:22)

• Coming from a Cameroonian soccer family, Kyle’s Mom is now a hardcore football supporter—“I think she could explain to you what a cover two defense is... My mom’s the biggest good, better, best fan!” (62:33)
• The whole family hates the offseason: “They feel lost. They don’t know what to do with themselves.” (64:09)

NFL Coaches – Old School vs. New School (65:12–66:48)

• Pete asks about the difference between NFL and college coaches. Kyle compares Coach Johnson (“young, energetic, works out with the team”) to his old-school, militant Rutgers coach—both set high standards and demand accountability.

Player Accessories: Towels, Decals & Equipment (67:41–70:52)

• Why the towel tucked in the pants? “A little of both—a look and utility. When you need grip on the ball, it helps. But even when I don’t, I still wear it.” (68:11)
• Sebastian: “If I’m a defender and I have a cracked helmet because Manongai hit me so hard, I retire right there, I’m sorry.” (70:28)
• Kyle frequently needs new helmet decals—he hits so hard that even his decals fly off, sometimes cracking other players’ helmets.

Life in Chicago (71:21–73:18)

• “I love Chicago—enough similarities to Jersey to feel at home, but enough differences to be new. The food is amazing, the people are great, and the city is so clean.” (71:43)
• Favorite foods: has tried Portillo’s, still working through his “laundry list” of restaurants.

Parting Shots & Thanks (73:53–74:09)

• The hosts hail Manongai’s work ethic and thank him: “Best of luck to you and your family.”
• Kyle promises: “More decals falling off... helmet after helmet.” (74:12)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On aging and perspective:
  “If you gave me Billy Joel’s sneakers, what the fuck am I gonna do with these?” (Pete, 03:51)

• On “Love Is Blind”:
  “It’s like you’re looking out a window. This is my view for the majority of my meals, the rest of my life. Right? I don’t like my view.” (Pete, 19:23)

• On NFL celebrations:
  “You gotta put a show on for the people. People spend their hard-earned money to watch us play. Why not give them something?” (Kyle, 44:35)

• On hard hits:
  “Bro, I think I cracked like two helmets this year. Broke like two or three helmets this year. Not mine, but somebody else’s.” (Kyle, 70:03)

• On Chicago:
  “There's enough similarities to where it feels like home, but enough differences to where, you know you're in Chicago.” (Kyle, 71:43)

• On locker room mantras:
  “Good, better, best. Never let it rest till your good becomes your better and your better becomes your best.” (Coach Johnson quote, repeated by Kyle, 58:20 and following)

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Important Timestamps

• 01:23 – Renting Sinatra’s house and “celebrity nostalgia”
• 06:24 – Joking about aging, spouse expectations
• 12:05 – “Cars used to not start”: Car talk and nostalgia
• 17:05 – “Love Is Blind” riff and relationship realism
• 22:08 – Reflections on looks and aging
• 29:12 – Pete's AOL email and tech resistance
• 38:08 – Kyle Manongai joins the show
• 40:25 – First down celebrations and the Kobe “iso” signal
• 46:58 – Remembering NFL plays vs. college
• 50:09 – Stat-tracking during games
• 54:07 – Defensive celebrations: “What are we saluting?”
• 57:56 – Coach Johnson’s shirtless post-win speech
• 58:20 – “Good, better, best” mantra
• 62:04 – From soccer family to football fanatics
• 68:11 – Why the towel? Equipment quirks
• 71:43 – Favorite things about Chicago

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Tone & Style

• Language: Conversational, honest, peppered with easy profanity and asides.
• Humor: Self-deprecating, observational, and unvarnished New York–style wit.
• Energy: Loose, genuine, and occasionally poignant—especially about aging, family, and nostalgia.

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Takeaways

• Pete and Sebastian riff on everything from mortality and masculinity to pop culture, cars, and technology.
• The Kyle Manongai interview gives a lively, humorous behind-the-scenes look at life in the NFL: the culture of celebrations, pressure to perform, and what it means to be a Bear in Chicago.
• The episode oscillates between wide-ranging comedic stories and in-depth sports talk—always with heart and plenty of laughs.

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For listeners: This episode is a perfect mix of daily-life comedy and sports wisdom, with deep dives into NFL rituals and the realities of staying fresh—on the field, and in life.

Transcript

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This is is the Pete and Sebastian show with Pete Corrielli and Sebastian Maniscalco. I'm just half alive in my struggle

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to survive without you.

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You are my way of life.

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Pete and Sebastian Show. Welcome back to the Experience show, whatever you want to call it. Let's start off on in Pete's world. Last show, there was a lot of what's going on in my world. What? What's going on?

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Patrick, pull up that thing if you can. If we were ever going to write a movie together, this is where you should. We should go. If you're ever going to do something like that, where you got to get creative and put something together, you know what we're looking at right here, bro. Have you seen this cast? Listener sent this. This is Sinatra's house in Palm Springs where he tried to get Kennedy to stay. Yeah, you can. You can Airbnb it, baby. For the people who can't see because you're doing the audio. I was just showing Sebastian a video where you could rent Sinatra's Airbnb, the house Sinatra had out in Palm Springs, California, right?

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Yes. So, yeah, you know, listen, staying in like homes that are homes of whether it be Elvis or, you know, like go see Graceland, go see Frank Sinatra's house. I mean, what's the.

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I don't know.

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I mean, honestly, I just thought it would make a funny thing on the cast. But really, if I was going to go write something, I'd do it in the cabin. The only way I'd see that Sinatra house is would you do this? I would do this Driving somewhere. Like, let's say hypothetically, we're on tour, guys. We got, as you know, we're going to get to the hotel way early, you know, time for lunch, take a shower and hook up later if you want. We're going right past Sinatra's Palm Springs house and we could do a tour of it. Would you then be in just a quick tour?

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Yeah, I would do a tour. I don't think I would, like, set up shop there for a couple of nights. I mean, just to see it.

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Even if you're sleeping in the bed or you're sitting on the couch or any. Is this the bed Sinatra slept in? Is this the couch? He said, I doubt it. I doubt any of that. You know what I'm saying?

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Yeah. I don't know if the furniture is the same and if it, if it was this, I mean, I'd say I don't need to sleep on the same mattress that Frank Sinatra slept in. I don't really get the lure of that. But if, you know, if it's six, seven minute tour and, hey, this is Frank Sinatra's bar and that thing there, the, the. The canister that he kept his scotch in is still the same canister, you know, like that. Oh, that's cool. Okay, now let's go back to the hotel.

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Why is that, bro? When I was younger, right, if somebody was like, this is the pair of sneakers Billy Joel wore at the garden in 78, I'd have hung them over my bed. But if you gave them to me now, what the fuck am I gonna do with these? I'm not inspired by anything. Anyone wore A pen that you wrote. This is the pen that Robert Plant wrote. Stay away to heaven. That doesn't mean I'm gonna hold that pen and write my best joke. You know what I'm saying?

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Listen, bro, I think, I think you're. I think your memory is, is kind of

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off because I feel like I'm not like that anymore. Why? What am I. What I did. I used to, I used to definitely in the early seasons of the Cast, I wanted stuff.

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I was actually there with you when you were excited about some of the things that you were touching and feeling. Do we not remember?

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I was making a video, guys making a video. I get into the history. I really do get into the history. Like if I was wearing. Holding a pen from George Washington, that would, that would be cool.

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Yeah. Well, you were doing it with this at the, at the Hard Rock at the Fort Lauderdale. You were like, oh, my God, this was so and so's car and this and that. It's cool to see Jim Morrison's.

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Jim Morrison's jacket. That was cool. Okay, but. Okay, it is cool to see, but I don't feel it's going to help me do any, do anything creative.

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No, no, I agree. I don't see that go like, I can't believe I'm sitting at the chair that, you know, Ernest Hemingway wrote. By the way, what the hell's this guy, right? We know. Yeah, give me a book.

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What an Ernest Hemingway, right? What did he write? To Kill a Mockingbird? No, he didn't write that.

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I don't know.

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Some.

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Do you know. You don't know either.

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I know he lived in Florida.

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Human AI don't even know. He wrote novels such as the Sun Also Rises, Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Old man in the Sea. Haven't read any of those.

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Me neither, man. Me neither. So, yeah.

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So, yeah. So Frank Sinatra's home. Nothing I would want to stay at.

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I got a fear, bro, when I get old that my wife is not going to handle my deficiencies well. And she's going to yell a lot if I can't walk, if I, you know, if I, if I have, if I go to the. Like I can picture going to the bathroom in my pants and my wife just, you know, laying into me, embarrassing me. Even work, you know what I'm saying? Like, I don't know how any of that's going to play out, man.

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Why is there, is there an INS incident that happened over the last couple of weeks where you got a foreshadowing of this is how it might be when I'm older.

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I'm not liking the way my, my father in law can hear and my mother in law gets frustrated with him, you know, and you know, she's yelling at him like, you should know what, you should have wore earplugs when the guy worked in a steel plant for 30 years and he always wore earplugs and nobody else did. It was unheard of. He was ahead of his time. But then at night he would moonlight and he had a lawn mowing business and he was on a tractor and there he didn't wear the headphones, the earplugs. So she's like, I told him to wear those earplugs and it wouldn't be like this. But the man is 88, so like, if that was me, I would be saying to Jackie, I didn't fucking prepare for my ears to have to work for 88. Years. They designed for 82 max. So anything else is a bonus, you know?

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Like, I'm not.

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I wouldn't even be mad if I went deaf at 88. I wouldn't be like, shouldn't have listened to that rock and roll so loud. I'm 88. Yes.

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So what age. What age do you start thinking? And you might have just answered my question. Do you think anything after 82 years old? You buy a car, and it used to be this. You bought a car and go, you know what? That car give you 100,000 miles. It's good for 100,000. And some people had a car, it was 131,000. So they thought, man, I got an extra 31,000 out of this thing when they told me it's going to be 100 now.

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Yeah, right.

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Hearing, eyesight, mobility. What do you give? What do you give yourself? You know? Are you 93 years old and you can't see in one eye? And Jackie's going, jesus Christ, what the fuck is wrong with you? Like. Like.

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Yeah, yeah. I mean, you saying it with the car. If car lasts 100,000 miles and it breaks down, I think a man would be like, hey, got a good run with that puppy? Where a woman would be like, what's wrong with this vehicle? I want to just go, why would it go? It went for you a hundred thousand

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times,

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you know I'm saying? So, yeah, that's a fear. That's a fear, man. You know what I'm saying? Well, do you think the younger woman, she goes, he's going to die soon. I'll just regroup, you know? Whereas an older woman's like, my last years I gotta spend with this guy, he can't even hold it in long enough to go to the fucking Walgreens for an afternoon. You know what I mean?

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Well, that's the way it's gonna be over here. Because Lana's 10 years younger than me. I keep telling her, I go, listen, statistically speaking, I'm going first. I'm dying first. She said, don't say that. What do you mean, don't say that? Like, when you do the math,

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you're

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gonna be watching me die. Yeah.

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Don't say that. It would be tragic if you didn't go first. Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't put it right. Lana's gonna probably start dating before you even pass, you know? Like, I could see Stern's wife, you know? How is Stern so much older? I saw his wife recently on something, you know, she's beautiful, young and vibrant. She's probably like lining up now. See you in Penn. Maybe you and 10 will do Chinese.

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Well, if. If you're kind of on your way out, do you have the obligation of a husband to tell your wife, listen, come on, I don't got much time. If you want to start, you know, playing the field, go ahead, because this is. This is no way to fucking live.

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I don't know, man, I feel bad. I feel like I brought us down this path. But I will say, you know, you brought up something funny because when you said if a car lasts 100 grand, I want to switch gears a little bit. My father in law was telling me back in the day, you, you, you know, you wanted to get 50,000 miles

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out of a car. That was good, right?

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Because I was saying to him, I thought, this is a funny story, man. The other day I'm in the driveway with Jackie when I was growing up, I'm probably same with you. Sometimes our car didn't start, cars in the neighborhood didn't start. You hope someone was a mechanic. It was a common thing. Now you don't ever hear about it. So I'm in the driveway of Jackie and I went, and she's going inside and I went to start the roo to go somewhere. And for half a second the roo stalled and she stopped in the tracks and looked at me and I looked at her. You would have thought the fucking sky was coming down, right? Like a car stole. What the.

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We were like, what? What's that?

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And then I turned it again and it went right on. And you're like, you know, which made me think like, God, they used to happen all the time. And now it doesn't happen at all that much anymore, so. By the way, Matty, Bebo out there, he listens. Good friend of us. I'm coming for the new roo soon. I've been looking around. I'm getting another rule. I ain't switching.

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I think it's time to.

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Oh, they're so good in the snow. They're so reliable. I told you, man. That's my theory. The Subaru got so popular with lesbian women because they needed something to get through the snow and mud to go up to Vermont to get married, because

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that was the only place you used

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to be able to get married.

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And it's carried over me.

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So. So. So the car don't start now, and the reaction to that is shock and awe that it's not turning off.

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Yeah. It would be like seeing somebody starving in America.

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You were okay?

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No. So I just threw out half a fucking turkey.

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If the roux don't start, let's say it didn't start. As a man, do you automatically pop the hood or do you just like.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. One trick pony for me. What this is if. If the battery's dead, I can maybe get a jump. Other than that, it's out of my hands completely.

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But do you even pop the hood at this point? Like. Like, cars have gotten, like, used to, like, you pop the hood and. God, the alternators. So now you look at it. I look at my engine now.

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Right, Right. Yeah.

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It's. It doesn't even resemble. It's like if I pop the hood to my car, the engine and. What? It's difficult to even locate the windshield wiper container, like, where that goes.

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Right, right. Yeah. No. Jackie almost dumped the windshield wiper fluid in the coolant the other day. That's not the right one. Now, speaking of the engine, we went. We get the undercarriage sprayed of our car once a year. So, like, the salt and stuff, it doesn't rust. You pay one time, and then you can go every year for free. So the last time we went. I'll make this quick. The guy we just went recently and he's like, Listen, for another 100 bucks, your engine looks pretty good. But we could flush it out, clean it out good. And I said to Jackie, you know, we should just do that because they keep spraying the every year for free. I feel bad. Let's do that. So the guy does that, right? And then we pull. We come back to get the car the next day, the Tahoe. And he goes, it's all Done. Because you want to see. Want to see the. The engine? See how good it came out when they cleaned it? And I go, nah, I'm good, man. I'm sure it's awesome. I appreciate it. And Jack, I hear you. And she's like, no, I'm good. And then he goes, okay. And then he's filling out the stuff, and he goes, you sure, man? It's really. And I could tell he wanted me to see it, so I go, sure. All right. Yeah, I'd love to see it, man. So he walks me out and he flips up the hood. I swear to God. And this thing has been out in the snow for a year. I would have literally thought it was just still in the showroom. I couldn't believe. I couldn't believe the engine was absolutely spotless. And I was blown away.

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Oh, my God.

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Da, da, da. And it's just. It's been a long time since somebody was eager to show me their work and proud of it. You know, you don't. You don't get that too often. And I'm glad I went out and took a look because it really was something, man. Thought I'd share that.

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You don't. You don't get pride in craftsmanship and work anymore, because you know why people do it. People don't even want you to see the work because they didn't even do it.

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There's nothing to show.

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Here's one. There's a show called Love is Blind. You ever hear of it? It's on Netflix.

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Okay. I think so.

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Concept of the show is you go in this room and you talk to somebody that you can't see, and basically, you fall in love with this person based on their personality and what's on the inside, not what's on the exterior. All right? And then you get engaged in this pod, and then there's a reveal where you see this person, and then you're like, you know, whatever. So I'm watching this with Lana last night. I said, you know what? Why? If love is really blind, why don't they take this to the extreme? Because the people are fairly good looking and what have you. Why don't we have, Dare I say, someone who's £450 on the show, and they fall in love with somebody who's just a normal size or whatever, and then they see the person because they tout that, oh, I want. You know, I'm sick of being judged on the exterior. And, you know, I attract bad boys because, you know, my look or whatever. Well, what if the guy was. Was £450 or vice versa. The girl was £450. And you really want to find love, right? And you find. And you fall in love with what's on the inside. But then when you. When you see the person, they're maybe not what you thought they would be physically. So my question is, is love really blind?

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Yeah, I know. Well, I mean.

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I mean, I'm just saying, like.

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Well, how is it in the show when you see them, are they usually, like, not too ugly? Like, maybe they're not hot, but they're not ugly.

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I mean, there are instances where someone is not happy with the physical appearance of the other person.

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All right. Yeah.

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They just don't. That's so.

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Yeah.

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You fall in love with what's on the inside and the outside. Let's not. Who we kidding, right?

[C]

Come on. It's a view. At the very least, another person's appearance, it's a view. It's a view, right? It's like you're looking out a window. This is a view. This is my. Gonna be my view for the majority of my meals, the rest of my life. Right? I don't like my view.

[A]

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. It's either you're looking at the ocean or a brick wall. What would you want?

[C]

Totally, man. I. You know, I make fun of Cancerfest behind the scenes with the show. They call him Cans on loose ends. He lives in Oakland. And I've seen, like, I did, like, a satellite image of the area. Brings me down. Brings me down to look at that.

[B]

You know what I mean?

[C]

And I asked him, does it take. He goes, yeah, when I see a burning car, it takes a little hop out of my step. I saw a woman the other day see this, like. And she was with a family, and she was in shape, and they clearly had money in the sense that, you know, they. If I had to guess, they had medical benefits that dress nicer at a store. But she's got, like, a mole that's just hogging everybody's attention right over here. And, like, the husband, Nevis's baby, we gotta fall.

[B]

Wrap that up.

[C]

I mean, what are we doing? It's like I couldn't even. Like, I had to get out of the area because I couldn't take this thing. You know what I'm saying? So. So that. That. That kind of, you know, when a man can overlook that, you know, it's like, we're not talking that Cindy Crawford, you know, cutie little mole. We're Talking like that. I don't know, bro. It's interesting, you know, how do you, what do you think of yourself when you look at yourself in the mirror? You think you're a good view?

[A]

You know, I don't want to put

[C]

it on the spot. I don't want to.

[A]

Yeah, I know, it's funny. It's fine. You could talk about this actually. You know, I'm looking, I'm looking. This is what I feel. This is, I don't know if you feel this way. I'm looking at older pictures like when I was, when I was younger. It's like a, pictures like when I was in my 20s and 30s and I feel if I knew I was going to look this way in my 50s, I would have took more advantage of my view in my 20s or 30s, you know what I'm saying? I feel like I, not to say that I was stunningly attractive, but I feel in my 20s and 30s I was a lot more attractive as a man than I am in my 50s. And I feel like I always thought I was going to be, I thought my attractiveness would just like bleed into my 70s, right?

[C]

Figure you do like a Richard Gear, age appropriate handsomeness your entire life, right? I mean, Richard Gee has always been the most handsome man of his age. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

I felt like, do you sell yourself

[C]

a little short, bro? Well, listen, do you look at yourself

[A]

in your 20s and 30s and go, Jesus. And then look at yourself now and go, not as good looking as I was. Or do you look at yourself and go, man, I'm just like wine over here. I'm just aging with grace and well,

[C]

I gotta be careful. I gotta put on my humble hat.

[A]

I'm not looking, I'm not looking for humble hat. I'm looking for Honest Pete here.

[C]

No, I, I don't know. I, I, I, I think when I look in the mirror on most days, I think I'm better looking than the majority elating men. But, but I joke, I joke when I first wake up, it's a, it's rough. But you know, when I settle in, I feel I'm, I'm happy with my looks. But the other day, long story short, I needed for something else. Find a picture. When I was around 13 or so and I was, I hadn't, and I'm in the basement going through all these photos, trying to find one. And I came across one photo of me with no shirt on with a Corona in one hand and a fucking Marlboro hanging out of my mouth. And I Brought it upstairs and I put it on Sadie's mirror with an equally cool one of Jackie from doing something in New York City. And I put him on her mirror. And I go, good luck trying to find a guy as cool as your dad. Good luck. You think you're gonna find a guy like this? And do you think you'll ever be as cool as that? And I showed the mom, good luck. I'll interleave these. You. I knew you smoked that. Yeah, you're damn right I smoked. I did a lot more than that. I look. Oh, God. Dangling cigarette is like, in your 30s is, like, cool.

[A]

You'd equate yourself in your 30s to someone like a. What was that actor who is in the Wrestler, but he was more like Pope of Greenwich Village?

[C]

Mickey Rourke.

[A]

Yeah,

[C]

that's a really good one, bro. Yeah, Mickey Rourke. Maybe a little dash of young Matt Dillon.

[A]

So do you think your daughter looks at you and looks at other fathers and says, wow, I really lucked out. Or do you think there's, like, another father at the school? This guy's amazing.

[C]

No, it's amazing. It's amazing how just, like, she just sees me as old, and anyone my age and above is just old and, like, dare I say, irrelevant. It's really tough pill to.

[A]

Is this now like, she's a teenager or like.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

I mean, she loves her dad and stuff, but I don't think she, like, you know, she sees beyond on, like, oh, my. I mean, she. She does say once in a while that we're in shape and she appreciates her parents aren't, like, overweight or anything, but, like. No, it's more. What, dude? It's like she's starting to. Like, she talks to me about boys that she. Boys she likes or like, like, like, so it's more about her world. Like, she doesn't even notice mine. Like, recently, she was telling me she likes this boy, and then she says stuff like, I don't want to embarrass this. I'll say his name is Kevin or something. Me and Kevin were talking in science class, and he was like, does your dad listen to the Bridge on Sirius xm? And Sadie's like, all the time. And he goes, my dad loves Larry Bird. And Sadie goes, sometimes my dad. I'll see him watching Larry Bird highlights on Google. Like, you know, so. And more and more, she'll tell me more about this guy. So I don't know. I said to Jackie, I don't know if it's going to work out with Sadie and this boy. But I'm thinking about giving the dad a call, see if he wants to golf or something. Because we sound like we're meant for each other, you know, but it's just. It just makes you realize what a stereotype I am. Just a middle aged American dad.

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

I mean, I would like to give ourselves a little bit more credit than that, man. I don't know.

[B]

Like I'm peeking.

[A]

I'm in my prime.

[C]

You're in your prime. You know what I'm saying?

[A]

I get it. I'm just saying, maybe not so much in the. In the looks department, but when I swing it back over to fatherhood, I give you an example. Like Valentine's Day. Caruso brought home all of his valentines from school, right? And listen, man, growing up, and they changed the way they do Valentine's at the school. Growing up, Valentine's Day, sometimes I came home with two valentine. You put out your box and then whatever at the end of the day, you know, people periodically would throw in a valentine, but not. Not everybody got a valentine from. From the rest of the classmates, you know?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And I would look at my Valentine's and I go, I only got two this year. And it made me want to work on myself for the next Valentine's Day. So maybe people would fucking give me some Valentine's. But now. Yeah, motivation. Now everybody gets a Valentine. 30 Valentines you get from the class. So we're going to Caruso's Valentine's, and one of the cards says, I'm wild for you, right? So I go, caruso, she likes you. And he got. And he's like, kind of shy. Oh, man, look at this. Wild for you.

[C]

Your boy is so good looking, he's gonna need to get a vasectomy in seventh grade. We'll get a reverse when he's 27. Telling you, man.

[A]

So I'm going through the Valentine's and I go, oh, my God, look at this one. She put love. You know, like say they love Julie. Or she. Look at. That's a big deal. He goes, some people put like from. Or some people put love. It doesn't mean anything. I go, bro, she likes you. And he's like, ah, yeah, whatever. Anyway, by the way, I gotta tell you something. You're not seeing this here, but

[B]

I

[A]

think what he's doing is he's putting it in my face. Patrick's the type of guy that doesn't follow societal norms. Everybody's on ChatGPT, right? Yeah, not him. He's got perplexity up here, right? He's got another search engine for AI that nobody's using.

[C]

He was using DuckDuckGo when we were all using Google.

[A]

It's just all in the same vein, you know, it's like, oh, what do you want? Fucking Google? I'm on duck. What do you got, AI? I got perplexity. I feel like he dabbled with Claude for a while and said just wasn't good enough.

[C]

You're talking to a guy. My email's aol. So, you know, I'm not even kidding.

[A]

That's another thing. When you get your email, your first email, how are you supposed to keep that email for the rest of your life? Is almost like a birth certificate. You got indoctrinated with aol. So have you changed your email address with time?

[C]

No, it's been my email as far as I can ever recall.

[A]

And you never said, you know what, I gotta update my email. I feel like you're living in an old neighborhood with aol. Like, it's. It's like a. Yeah, it's like, is it better?

[C]

Is it better somewhere else? What's better about it, maybe?

[A]

Well, I see AOL and I, you know, we're talking about age. You know, I see Larry Bird, I see the bridge. I don't see up with the Times. You know, I see aol, I see aol, and in my head I hear, like, the connection.

[C]

I like to think some shit's gonna get sent to me and then they see it's AOL and they know a lot about me because I have an aol. So they go, nah, he ain't even gonna want this fucking thing. I think I'm weeding out, like, I don't get a lot of tickets. Tick tock. You know what I'm saying? But yeah, I don't know. I. That's. I often wonder that, like, is there, like, if I had a modern email, is it, like, what would mean Jackie be going, oh, my God, look at all the stuff that comes with this? Or is it the same just getting email there?

[A]

I don't know. Like, if you had a Gmail account tomorrow, do you all of a sudden feel like, whoa, what the hell? Pete's on Gmail. You got to be hitting me. Like, I feel like it would be a. If we got like pcmail.com. i feel like you've turned a leaf. Like, what is that? What is the hottest email right now address? Is it a Gmail? Like, if you got, like, are you impressed by the server? It's coming from.

[B]

No, but depending on if it's a sensitive business thing, like if you're going to start doing. Doing transactions with somebody and they say they're from a company and they don't

[A]

have a company email, it's a little suspicious. Okay, so if you're working for Apple, right?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And I get an email. I know a guy that works for Apple and his email is, you know, Tom frankpl. I feel that's impenetrable. You can't even get in. Like, that email is solid.

[C]

Right, Right.

[A]

But then if you get like, you know, Julie Kabbit dot com. What the is this? Rabbit, you know, I ain't in the, like, foreign. What do you call that? A server? Like, what's the.

[B]

Yeah, it would be on a certain. Yeah, the email server. When I have a location.

[C]

Casting. Yeah.

[A]

I feel like there's a lot of interruptions over there today.

[C]

What's like, she thought I was casting. If I was. If I was doing the Tonight show, would you lean through the curtain and go, are you doing the Tonight Show? Like, if you thought I was doing a show, why are you making me yell out I'm doing a show? It goes back to what you said. Meditating. Can't even get my own room to meditate.

[A]

That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. It's like if you're doing something, I feel if you're doing something in the house that you enjoy, whether it be podcasting, reading a book, watching a movie, I feel women. It's almost innate. Like, it just goes off going, see it. Is he having fun? Right. Like, Jackie was in the house. Right. She might have been in the kitchen and haven't seen Pete in a while. Is he actually enjoying himself without me, without this rock?

[C]

What about when you're laughing on the phone and they want to know who you want to. Who's making you laugh? There's people out there to make me laugh. My wife is one of the funniest people I know, though, truth be told.

[A]

We don't have to do this.

[C]

She does, though.

[B]

Come on.

[C]

I can't say falsities for the entertainment value.

[A]

You don't have to say your wife is funny, too. It just. It just discounts what you just said. And now I'm.

[C]

You know what it saves me, though, bro? It saves me her coming off of a train.

[A]

I know. That's what I'm waiting. Yeah, that's the fun of it. I didn't say any of that shit. Like, we know I love Lana. But we're not. Wait, we don't want to hear like oh, she's fantastic. We want to hear she's coming in with a flashlight during meditation.

[C]

You say that. You say that, but like literally, we could get T shirts made up that say I gotta give it up, Talon.

[A]

Yeah, but, but that's not. That doesn't come off the tails of me shitting on Lana. You know what I'm saying?

[C]

You just. Sometimes it's. Sometimes it's like a pre med. It's like, I gotta give it up, Alana. I mean, and then it's almost like sometimes you say it up front and then. So.

[A]

I don't think so. I think it's independent of itself. I think it's independent of itself. You justify the whole laughing thing with oh, she's funny too. And then, oh great, now we just negated the thing.

[C]

Cuz I'm whipped. Cuz I'm whipped. Is that what. Is that what you want to hear?

[B]

I'm whip.

[A]

Oh God.

[C]

I did. Dude, I did do that though. I did definitely do that.

[A]

Oh, we got my own guy in two minutes.

[B]

Welcome. You've got mail.

[C]

The Pete and Sebastian show files done. Goodbye.

[A]

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[C]

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[A]

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[C]

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[A]

Two minutes, Pete. I'll introduce him.

[C]

Of course.

[A]

Yeah, but feel free to jump in. Sometimes I start like getting too many questions coming from my answer.

[C]

But call me Robin Quivers for this next segment.

[A]

No, but like when I have guests on for some reason I don't like silence. I don't like like. I always like to keep it, keep it going. You know what I'm saying?

[C]

Of course I'm gonna keep it fun.

[A]

There he is. Awesome. What's going on, man? Listen, thanks for coming on. We really appreciate this.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And this is a big deal for me because today we have Chicago Bear great Kyle Manongai on the show. Now, bro, I gotta tell you, there's. I've been a Bears fan for, since 19, what, 80. There's two players that are my favorite Bears. Dennis Gentry, you might be too young to even know who this guy is. And Devin Hester. Now it's Kyle Manangai has entered the realm of one of my favorite Chicago Bears player. And I'll tell you why. The way you run, bro, you don't. You don't go down right. You don't go down. There's many plays where, you know, like there's like eight or nine guys around you and they just blow the whistle like a fuck it, it's over. The guy ain't going down. When that happens, does the defense. Do you get comments from the defense going, ah, damn, you don't go down, do you? Is there any talk in between the defense and you when that happens?

[B]

It was a little smack talk. I kept it minimal this year. You know, just trying to be focused on what I'm doing. But yeah, you know, you got a guy when he's like at point that end of a pile or at the bottom of a pile, he's like, God damn, I got all this other stuff, but it's like they don't want to let me know that I got them. But I know you could read body language and they struggle. When it takes four or five of them to take me down, it's unbelievable

[A]

because it happens so often. And me and my son, who's 6 years old, who loves you going, this guy. Don't go down. And then when you get tackled, you're doing something and I got to find out what the hell it means. You pop up sometimes and you do this little flick and that. What does that mean?

[B]

Yeah, so it was a first down celebration that started like a bunch of us on the team and around the league. You see all these teams, they got their own first down celebrations. Houston had one that kind of became famous a year ago. Who else got one? Detroit has one. They do their own kind of thing. So we were in the locker room, we're like, yo, we got to come up with something. We got to say something that everybody knows that Chicago Bears started this first down Celly, right? I think it was like week four, I think it was Washington Commanders week. And we're like, hey, we should do The Kobe ISO signal. So what this is is what Kobe used to say when he'd be on the court and just tell his teammates to get the hell out the way. Like, that was him saying, like, it's my turn. And everybody knows Kobe and how he was as a. As a basketball player, obviously a legend. But, you know, he would tell his team, get out the way. Let me do what I do. So that was just kind of where we got it from and kind of just ran with it. We started that week and then it became a thing.

[A]

Oh, okay. I didn't. I didn't. Go ahead. Pete.

[C]

Has anyone ever offered one that you guys said no to? You're like, yeah, we're not doing that. What are you. We're going to do?

[B]

There was a lot of brainstorming.

[C]

I don't.

[B]

I don't know what was the close second. I just remember that being the consensus. But yeah, no, I mean, people always, like. I get like, random fans that say, like, oh, you should do this next. I get. I get touchdown celebration recommendations more than first down Celebration. Like that one. Everyone seems to like that one. I think I go around and people see me and they're like, hey, I'm a nugget. And they do that. So that's pretty cool. But I definitely get touchdown celebration suggestions of what I should do next.

[A]

Okay, so the touchdown celebration is that premeditated. Do you go into a game going, if I score a touchdown today, I'm doing this because I noticed some type of celebrations are solo and then some are like a full blown, like a dance routine. How are you coming up with this shit? Is this something that happens at practice or is this something that you guys get together in the locker room going, guys, if I score today, I need five guys behind me doing the Michael Jackson five dance. How does. How does it happen?

[B]

You know, it's crazy. It. It can happen either way. Practice, locker room, like, it just is, you know, kind of in the spur of the moment. So I know some of mine, yeah, I've been like, you know, if I score this week, I might do this. But the ones that we all do together, we'll be at practice one day or maybe we'll just be messing around. We're like, say we'll be on like TikTok or Instagram, whatever. And we're just like, hey, what if we did this? And we'll be like, oh, yeah, let's do it. Like, let's just. And then we'll like, practice it one time and practice and then the Game will be like the second time doing it. So we're really just out there just having fun, like saying, like, you know, if we score. But it's always funny because you plan it a certain way and it never goes how you expect it, Right? So me and Luther, we were big on, like, trying to get a celebration together. Me and Luther had a celebration planned, like every other week or something. Like, hey, if we're both in the game, we'll do this. And you never know who's in the game because it's depends on how, you know, Coach Johnson calls it. Right? So it's like, if you have a personnel package where I'm in and Luther is not, celebration don't work. Or Luther's in and I'm not, celebration don't work. So there was a couple of times where, like, I scored and Luther scored and we were looking for each other and weren't there. So, yeah, you just got to kind of wing it sometimes.

[A]

It's always interesting. Go ahead. Fate.

[C]

Is there also a time where, like, you have to be. You guys luckily were great anyway. Well, you know, what a great team. What a great season, by the way. Congrats. But. But you have it down by a certain amount where you're like, I can't. I want to do my dance, but I can't do my dance because we're down by three touchdowns.

[B]

You know, it's funny, I've personally had that thought. Like, you know, if I had something to plan and say we're down or it's like a serious moment in the game. Like, is this the right time to do it? But what I've seen, honestly, guys do their dance regardless of what the score is. So I kind of said, all right, I've adopted the, you know, if it's all right with everybody, I guess. I guess so. But, you know, I'm not a big. Like, if we're losing or something like that, I'm probably not in the mood to dance anywhere. Do no celebration. You gotta, you know, stay focused on trying to get the win. But yeah, like, I've had that same question to myself that you're asking. Like, yeah, is this the right time?

[C]

I don't know, but fell, baby, do the dance. Do the dance.

[B]

No matter what the score, you gotta put a show on for the people. You know, people spend their hard earned money to watch us play. Why not, you know, give them something to.

[C]

Kyle, when you were at Rutgers, I know that was the dream, but.

[B]

Absolutely, absolutely.

[C]

Best of the best. Unbelievable, man. Good for you. Brother, so awesome. What a team.

[A]

So another question I had in regards to being a running back and let's say you break a 40, 45 yard run, right? And you hop up, you're celebrating, and then you notice a flag on the play. All right, My question to you is, this could be high school, college pro. Are you looking around going, what the fuck? Who are we trying to figure out who did the penalty? And when you get back to the huddle, does the guy that does the penalty go, hey man, sorry about that, or do we just. What happens?

[B]

Yeah, you know, it's funny, I try to get better with like my facial expressions in game because, you know, the cameras are always rolling. And that's happened obviously. Like I've been playing football since I was in the third grade. That happens. You know, you have a big play, you know, you're hype, you're excited. You turn around and you see the yellow laundry on the, on the field and you're like, ah. So you know, you kind of just gotta be next play mentality. But I think there's been times where I've been caught like, you know, cameras on me and I'm like visibly distraught. And then you get back to the huddle and you hear the call obviously, you know, holding or unnecessary, whatever the flag is. And you know, they say the number and then you get back to the huddle, you kind of just look at the guy who did the flag and you know, like, whatever. But you say next play, he just got to scratch it. You know, they're always, they're probably already saying, you know, that's my bad guy, you know, whatever. So you know, you just scratch it.

[A]

But so, so there is an acknowledgment sometimes of the guy that did the penalty to the rest of the team.

[B]

Okay?

[A]

Secondly, this could be over your career, high school, college pro. You don't have to tell us is a play ever called in the huddle Because I'm always fascinated how the hell you guys remember all these plays, right? Is there a play ever called in the huddle? And they go, break. And you go, oh, what the fuck? What do I do? Okay,

[B]

100%. And it's always funny because I watching from your guys perspective, like you may not know the totality of like our playbook and how like in depth it is. Like we didn't have to know so many plays. And it's for great reason, like, you know, especially as I've gone further in my career and now at the highest level, playbooks don't get easier, they get harder, right? So I've been learning plays my whole life. You kind of have a certain way that you've been taught or you've learned them, and sometimes you get to a place and then you got to rewire the way you think about playbooks or. Or sometimes you've been playing football so long, I mean, everybody kind of uses the same terminology, but the terms mean something else. So then you got to rewire. Like, oh, if I hear this word, it means that, but for the past five years, it's meant something else. So, you know, it's like a whole different thing. And what's different about the NFL for me, from going from college to now was in college, you have signals. We'd have signals. So everybody looks at the sideline. You know, you'd have guys in different hats and they're doing, you know, whatever. We'd have a bunch of nonsense signals, and you just kind of get to play from the sideline, and you'd say, all right, that's kind of. It's easier that way, right? In the NFL. We're in the huddle. Caleb's telling us to play. So you got to listen for Caleb and what he's saying. And, you know, Caleb does a great job of, like, you know, enunciating and whatnot. When you're playing away on the road and the fans are going crazy, you can't really hear nothing. So you gotta be in the huddle. And I'm not only trying to hear, with all the crowd noise, I gotta remember what I'm hearing and tell myself what my job is. So it's a whole bunch of things that go into it. But, yeah, I'm just as fascinated with myself and all of us and how we remember everything, because sometimes, you know, you hear something and you're just. Especially in the midst of a game. It's a long drive, you're tired, all these different things are going on. You're trying to focus on, you know, trying to know the situation, all these things. And now I gotta lock into a play. And it's. Yeah, it's. Takes a lot of focus. But, you know, we. We all study really hard and get ready for game day, so.

[A]

Yeah, man, I don't know how you do it, bro, because it's like. It's one thing. I mean, as. As comedians, we might not remember, I don't know, maybe a joke or where we are in our act. And it's easy to kind of, like, mass that with. You go into the crowd, you do some Crowd work or what have you, but in the moment, right, if you got to block the linebacker and you don't, and you don't even hear that or whatnot, I don't even know how you fake that. Like, I don't even know. You can't.

[B]

You can'. It's obvious. And the worst part about it, you know, having a coach that my position coach I had this year, Eric B. Enemy, who just took a job with the Kansas City Chiefs, but anybody who knows him knows that you know, he's going to. If you mess up or you mess up your assignment, he's going to let you know about it. So if you mess up, not only is it obvious because, number one, you missed your assignment and everybody needs to do their job for a play to work, but when you get to the sideline now, you got to hear about it from your coach. Everybody's looking at you, you know, you messed the play up. God forbid. It was like tragic play, like a turnover or something like that. Yeah, it's a bad feeling, but that's why they just say, know your job. Know your job.

[A]

So another question I had in regards to, in the game, I think it was the Cincinnati Bengals game where you had a big game, was 176 yards, am I right? The Bengals game, during the game, do you know how many yards you have as the game is progressing? Is there somebody on the, on the sidelines going, hey, you got 83 yards? Just so you know, or are you keeping track? How does this work?

[B]

Nah. So sometimes at home, at least in Soldier Field, like, they have the stat lines, like, shuffling through the screens. So when you're on the sideline and you know you're watching the game and your eyes are on the big board, you kind of can see the stats and where you're at. So that's easier. At home, in a way game, some teams don't have that on their big boards. So, like, you may not know, funny enough, Cincinnati week, I was starting that game because DeAndre was hurt. He was down. And it was actually Swift who told me I had so many yards, he was the one. I don't know how he knew because I don't think it was on the big board. But he was the one. He was like, hey, you got 100 right now. And so it was only like, second quarter. Like, I think I had. I had like one on one in like the, like, second quarter right before halftime. So he told me, he's like, yo, I think you got 100 right now. He's like, keep going. And I was like, like, I got 100. I wasn't paying attention. I was just playing, like, first start, you know, I'm not. Not nervous, but I'm like, I gotta, you know, seize the opportunity and do what I gotta do. So when he told me 100, I was like, oh, shit. Like, I gotta, you know, keep going. But, yeah, it's just say little things like that. You kind of know sometimes you don't. You got a feeling for it. But I just look at the big board, if it's up there, but if it's not, you know, you just figure it out after the game.

[C]

I listen, I played Division 3 basketball. I was doing more math about my own. Like, I'd make it three, and I go, that's five. If I get one, I'll be eight. By halftime, I might be able to get 16. I don't even care if we won. I'm literally counting in my head. I see you guys. What's amazing is when I. When I see you guys run and someone's on tailing you, and you'll look at the Jumbotron to see how close they are now. That's amazing, man.

[B]

That's actually like a. Something that. Because in college, like, some stadiums would have. That I did in college sometimes times. But yeah, in the league, like, the. The Jumbotrons are like live feedback, like playback. So you can really, like, look up and see, like, how close is this guy? I've done it like, a couple times, but, yeah, it's. It's actually kind of cool. I think that's a cool thing.

[C]

Have you ever been hit so hard where you, like, but like. Like, you didn't know who it was and you needed to know when you got up, or like, it doesn't matter, or do you ever, like, I need to know who.

[B]

Just not that I needed to know who it was. I think I've got hit so hard that I was like, all right, I gotta, like, figure out what's. I gotta take a second here. But it never was like, who just hit me. It was more just like, I gotta get my stuff together before this next play, or else I might have to sell myself out. I've been hit that hard before. I feel like everybody has with that,

[C]

then I'll go back to you, man. But is there anyone like. Like, hypothetically, like, you're playing against the Steelers, Are you. Are you looking specifically for, like, a T. Watt? Like, are you. Are there certain guys where you're, like, before you even get the ball? You want to know where he is on the field.

[B]

You're playing the Steelers. You got to know where T.J. watt is. You got, if you're an offensive player, it's in your best interest to know where T.J. watt is. If you want to, you know, make it through the end of the game, he's a dominant player. Like, guys like that, you play some, some guys that like, can just wreck games. You know, Miles T.J. watts, you know, the list goes on and on. But like, guys like that, you got to know where they're at at all times.

[C]

And then when they play you, though, I bet Watts, like, baby, you're not going to be able to put your head on my chest for the next week because I got Kyle running through my stomach.

[B]

I hope so. I hope that's the mentality they have.

[A]

Yeah, this is what I don't understand on the defensive side of the ball, and it's kind of pissing me off. I'm noticing when the defense makes a tackle, let's say you do a two or three yard gain and somebody tackles you. The amount of celebration that's going on after a tackle, what are we celebrating here? What do we, what do we saluting fish for swimming? I mean, this is

[B]

defenders. It's a defender thing. I couldn't answer that for. You got to ask a defensive guy. It doesn't really make sense to me. I have the same opinion. I'm, you know, if I. Sometimes I'll get a four yard gain on first down and you know, the guys like celebrating. I'm like second and six. That's. I did my job. Like, what are you, what are you celebrating?

[A]

Yeah. So you have the same. Yeah, you have the same reaction that I'm having. I'm sitting there watching like, what are we celebrating a tackle for? I, I don't know.

[B]

I could not tell you. I think defense, defense, they don't get as much, you know, camera time. So I think when they make a tackle, they, they just want to, you know, let everybody know they made it. But that's a defense.

[C]

They're probably going to. We saw you play Cincinnati last week. You had 100 yards at halftime. So yeah, we're a little excited that we held you three yards on this run. Do you mind if we pat on back?

[A]

So there was a moment in this, there's a moment in the season and I want to know if this was just a one time thing or I forgot what game it was. But after the game, Coach Johnson took his shirt off at the end of the speech or whatever is it. Was that it. Was that something that happened for the first time there or is this something that goes on in the locker room? I've never seen a coach take his shirt off. That was very Italian

[C]

that.

[A]

What, what, what, what was that? Did that. I had chills when I, when I, when I saw it. Did it have the, like, when you saw the locker room, the energy was it. I thought it was like a turning point in the season, at least for a fan.

[B]

I think it was. I want to say it was Eagles game. It might have been the Eagles game, I think it was, but. Nah, that wasn't anything that was discussed before. We're in the locker room, you know, we're saying our post game speech. We just won a, a game against the defending super bowl champs. Everyone's in good spirits. And yeah, you know, he's, he's saying his speech, telling us, you know, giving the game balls out, said, you know, we did a good job, great win, all these things. And, and he's ending off his speech and I just remember him saying, like, you know, the city of Chicago is hungry. And we're like, yeah, we all get into it with him. You know, he brings a lot of energy and, you know, that's just how Ben is. And then at the end of it, he's like something, something, and he just rips his shirt off. And now everybody just was like, oh, like that was a raw reaction of the locker room of just seeing him, you know, take his shirt off, start screaming, getting pumped with us and, you know, we were kind of just like messing with the. Matthew said we see the games because he's in the gym. He goes in the, he works out in the weight room with too, like earlier before us. And I see him in there sometimes and I'm always like, you know, messing with him, saying like, coach, you getting ready to suit up this week and stuff like that. But nah, it was a fun moment. That was a moment that I think was like almost like a benchmark in the season because that's kind of when we caught a lot of steam and it's just a fun moment to be a part of those locker rooms post game, like after a win. There's nothing like it, honestly. The energy, the excitement, the love, Everybody's, you know, high fiving, hugging and all that. That just a hard work of the week kind of fully off your shoulders and getting the result we want.

[A]

So, yeah, oh, I felt it at home and there was a saying, and I have it here. I think this is Coach Johnson saying, or maybe you could correct me if it's not. It's the good, better, best. Never let it rest till your good becomes your better and your better becomes your best now. And then he took his shirt off. Is this something that's said in the locker room? Is this like a chant you guys have every week?

[B]

Week?

[A]

Because I started saying that to my son before school. Yeah, it's like, it's, it's, it's a really good chant. I like it. Is this something that you guys say on a regular?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

No, that's Coach Johnson's mantra. He kind of brought that here when he was first hired. And it's all over the building now. Like, everybody says it. And just like you said, you said to your son. I have my mom saying that, you know, I'm back home in Jersey right now. She says it all, all the time. Like, she's like the biggest good, better, best fan. Like, she uses it all the time. But, yeah, like, it's kind of. At first it was like a. Okay. Like, because we started as a chant. Like, we say it with him as he says it, and I think at first it was kind of received, like, like, all right. But then, like, as the season went on and like, we were starting to win games and it was working now, like, we screaming at the top of our lungs in the locker room, and it just became a part of what we do, and it's like a post game win. Like, like ritual almost. So, yeah, it was, it was fun. And I like it. If you really listen to what he's saying, it's some. I think it's something to live by, you know? You know, let's never let it rest and, you know, take good becomes better and your better becomes the best. I think it's a, it's a pretty strong mantra.

[A]

I love it. Hell, yeah, I love it. And it's, it's been, it's been a great, great to see you guys this season because, I mean, Chicago's been, like, starving for the Bears to, you know, go deep into the playoffs and what have you.

[C]

So.

[A]

I, I, I, I was, we were, like, watching you guys every week, and especially now having kids. My son's 6, my daughter's 8. My daughter, they all love the Chicago Bears. My son had a question for you, and I don't even know if you could answer it. He collects football cards.

[C]

Right.

[A]

He's wondering if. And we can't find one. Is there a Manangai pro football card out yet? Do you know There should be.

[B]

I just got done signing some, actually. I don't know if they got released yet, but they're. They're. They're there.

[A]

Is it. Is it fleet? Is it tops? Do you know what company's putting this out?

[B]

There's a tops one, and I believe there's another one. One. But yeah, I. I see them. So the one that I signed, actually pretty cool. I. I had had to sign every single one myself. That was tops. So I don't know if they released them yet, but they'll be released soon if not. And then there's another one. I'm blanking on the name, but yeah, they're coming out.

[C]

Okay, cool.

[A]

We're going to get one of those. Also, we had a question in regards to locker room at halftime. Do you guys get to check your iPhones? Are people texting during halftime? Is the iPhones left in a bag? And then you see that, you check that at the end of the game. Is there any communication from the start of the game to the end of the game with any outside people? Like, do you text your ma? Ma, I got 101 yards right now. I'm feeling phenomenal.

[B]

Well, I'll speak for myself, and I haven't seen it, but, yeah, nobody's on their phone at halftime. We got, you know, business to take care of, whether we're winning or losing. Nobody's on the phone texting. I think that would. Coach Johnson probably wouldn't take too kindly to that, but nah. Yeah, we're locked in on what we got to do the second half. And especially this season, as you guys saw, we had a lot of games where we may have been down at halftime, and we had to, you know, correct something to get going in the second half. So, yeah, nobody's thinking about texting mom or texting whoever. I know I definitely wasn't, you know, but yeah, halftime is a very, like, down to business type of. Type of mentality.

[C]

Locked in.

[A]

Gotta be another question here. So you played soccer?

[B]

Yeah, well, soccer was my first sport I was introduced to. Like, my parents are immigrants from Cameroon, so all they knew was soccer. And that's like, I'm the youngest of three, my brother, my sister and I, like, the first thing we ever knew in terms of sports was soccer. That's all we knew. So I was more like. I used to play growing up, but never like, to the extent of football. Like, you know.

[A]

So since you've been playing football, has your family growing up with soccer have become football fans? Because I had this similar upbringing where my father was a soccer player in Italy, and then he came to the United States and then kind of fell in love with football. Have they taken to football as much as their love for soccer?

[B]

My parents watch NFL Network more than anyone in my house. I think they're like. Like, my mom may be able to explain to you what a cover, two defenses. It's insane. Like, and. And it's funny. It's funny to see the growth from when we were kids, because when we were kids, he was like, I don't understand this thing. You. You guys. You put on this. These. This equipment, and you run into each other full speed. It's dangerous. It's violent. I. I don't like it. I can't. Like, my mother actually didn't want us to play football. It was the convincing of all of our childhood friends, parents, who were like, hey, my mom's name is Gwen. They're like, gwen, you gotta let them play. Like, I think they'd be really good. And my playing when he was in sixth grade, I started playing when I was in third. My brother is nine and a half years old, older than me. And my mom was, like, reluctantly said, yes. She was like, all right, like, fine. Like, these kids want to go run into each other, go ahead, let them do it. That was however many years ago. Now she's the one. I can hear her in the. In the stands. You know, she's screaming her legs out, Kill them. Like, get him. You know what I'm saying? So it's like. It's funny. But, yeah, they. They watch NFL Network. They watch the reruns. They hate the off season. The off season is the worst time in this house because there's no football to watch. Watch. So I feel.

[A]

I feel like we got nothing to do on nothing.

[B]

They feel. They feel lost. Yeah, they're like, Sunday, no game. It's like they don't know what to do with themselves. So they're completely football. You know, my parents are football people now, 100%.

[C]

They probably loved going to the Rutgers games, too, right? I mean, that must have been an event.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, especially since it was home. Like, you know, it's not that far. I'm like, 45 minutes to an hour from Rutgers. They'd be at every home game. Every home game.

[C]

See, that's that. I'm an east coast guy, too, and I wanted to congratulate you. I know It's a catch 22. You should have been drafted sooner. But on the flip side, you avoided my team, the Jets. So that you're probably grateful for that. Oh, shit. But once again, a talent like you goes past us and we don't get it. But I'm not going to put you on the spot.

[A]

But I'm.

[C]

And I'm not, I'm not. You know, like I said, being a Jet fan, I don't think I'd want to play for your coach. I don't think I like the coach working out where I'm working out. Think I like having to latch on to his saying. I'm like, I got my own mantras and now I'm walking around. That's.

[A]

It's, it's.

[B]

I don't know.

[C]

I don't know if I'm into the intense coach. Is there a big difference between your coach in college and you coach now or you find a lot of similarities between.

[B]

They're, they're, they have some similarities, but they're different people. So, you know, Ben's only like what, 38, 39 or something like that. And coach like in his, in his mid-50s now and you know, coach like typical, like real old school Italian, like, you know, like, like militant, likes to run his ship the way he's been running it for 30 plus years.

[C]

He's not working out with you, right? When you're a ruckus, you're never gonna see.

[B]

I never seen him touch away in my life. He's not gonna like that. But no, he, he's, he was just, you know, he set a standard of the. And this is a thing that I think is similar between the two. You know, he set out his, his expectations of us from the get go. Like, you know, when you walk into the program at Rutgers, like he's going to tell you, hey, this is what I'm expecting of you this year right now. This is what I expect in the next coming years. Like he lays it out for you and what he expects, he inspects is like a saying that he always used to say, basically just meaning he lays the expectations, he sets the standard for everyone and then he holds everyone to that standard. I think Ben and him are similar in that regard. Now how they go about it two different way, but you know that in that regard I think they're very similar. And that's what I kind of respect about the both of them. It's like, you know, they, they're going to tell you what they want from you and they're going to hold you to it. And you know, they, even though they demand a lot, they get a lot out of you.

[C]

So that's a good thing to do. Like, I should do that in my life. Like, you know, I'm not even trying to be funny here, but just say this is what I want, expect of myself this year and hold myself to it.

[B]

Yeah, seriously.

[C]

Because I never do, man. I never do. I just kind of wing it day to day.

[A]

Pete, what do you need a personal, personal coach to get you through life?

[C]

Kyle's locked in, you know, and, you know, with the greats of Guy, he's going to have an awesome future for years to come because he's locked in with this football. You're like, do you text your mom at halftime and ask what's for dinner? He's like, guy, what the are you even saying right now?

[A]

I would like to. I'm just saying if I got 100 yards, I want to share that with maybe my wife and my kids. That's all. I was wondering if the phone was accessible.

[B]

Listen, after the game for sure, but not there.

[A]

Okay. We know you're busy. We got one more question for you. And I don't know if this is a thing or what. I noticed you have, like, a little. And Pete's into rag. You have, like, a rag or a towel hanging off the back of your pants during the game. Is that a look or is that something that you use to wipe your fingertips? Is that like a. What is that?

[B]

A little bit of both, I think. You know, when the weather's not the most favorable, you got to wipe your gloves off because, you know, you got to be able to have a. A little grip to the ball and whatnot. But even when the weather is great and I don't need to wet my hands, I'm still going to wear a towel. I think it's just, you know, what I've been used to doing? I've been wearing a towel my whole career, so I think it's a little bit of both.

[A]

Okay. Is that tied into the loop of your pants or is that just stuck in there?

[B]

It's just stuck in there. If you notice, I actually, like, need a new one very often. I get mine pulled from defenders all the time from there.

[A]

Oh, okay. Cause I was also wondering if that's attached to them and that's something to grab onto. That could be, you know, that could save a touchdown for the defense. If that thing is clipped on to you. So that just comes off and do you have enough?

[B]

It'll just come off.

[A]

Okay, so when that comes off and you can't find it or whatnot, do you Go back to the sideline. Is there a towel guy that you go to, need another towel? And then you just get another towel?

[B]

Yeah, our equipment said they do a great job. If you just yell out you need something, somebody from God knows where will just pop up and just, you know, throw you the thing. So, like, I'll get to silent, like, hey, I need a towel. And then somebody would be like, here, like, they'll have it in their pocket, ready to go. Like, yeah, they. They do a great job. So, you know, and a big thing for me this year, I had a lot of times, I don't know if you guys would notice, my helmet decals would come off. So, like, I'd get hit so hard or, like, I'd hit someone hard enough to where my decals would be popping off. Every time I came to Asylum, I had to give my helmet there to go scratch off my decal, give me a new one. So I was replacing my decal like two, three, four times a game. Sometimes, like, it was. It was that bad. Oh, wow, man.

[C]

So hard, the decals coming off the helmet, man.

[B]

Bro, I think I cracked like two helmets this year. I broke like two or three helmets this year. Not mine, but somebody else's.

[C]

Yeah, and the way your career career is going to be, and the defense is going to start taking your towels just for their kids. Like my boy said, get one of towels, man, for the archives, man.

[B]

I mean, right? Yeah.

[A]

If I'm a defender and I come back to the sideline and I have a cracked helmet because Manangai hit me so hard, I retire right there. I'm sorry.

[C]

My goodness.

[A]

Cracking people's helmets off and your decals are flying off. How hard are you running?

[B]

It's like a car crash. I'm telling you.

[A]

It's crazy, man.

[C]

Oh, man. All right. Will you not get hit again until the next season? Right. The body is just totally healing.

[B]

No one's hitting recovery mode healing like this. My being my first off season, I'm still figuring out as I go, but. But recovery number one priority right now, just getting the body right. You know, that's the name of the game in this career. Just getting your body, being available, staying healthy. So that's all I'm doing.

[C]

Awesome.

[A]

Okay. And now that you're playing for Chicago, Sorry, one last question. Being in Chicago for a season, is there something that you loved about Chicago coming away from Chicago going, oh, I love it. Could be a food place to go. Do you like the pizza? Do you like the beefs? What's Your favorite Faith.

[B]

My. And I get this question all the time. You know, family or friends back home, they're like, oh, what's Chicago like? And honestly, I love it. You know, I love being there. And I say that being from New Jersey, there's enough similarities to where it feels like home, but there's enough differences to where, you know. You know you're in Chicago, you know, you're somewhere else. One thing, the food's amazing. Food's great. I still have places. I got a long laundry list of restaurants I still have to try, but the food's great. Everywhere I've had is, you know, something I love. The weather is something to get used to. It's. The Windy City is not just a. Not just a slogan. That is. That is a real thing. And, you know, I love the people. I love how clean it is. I love the views, the skyline. Like, you know, there's a lot to love about the city. And then the people. People are great, too. I've had nothing but great experiences, like, our interactions with people, especially when they realize. You play for the Bears, I always get the. That's why it's funny. Like, my first year playing here, Like, I wasn't here, obviously, for the years previous and before, but, like, I know all about it because that's all I get told when I meet a Bear fan. Like, they're like, oh, you don't understand. Like, this. See, Like, And I'm just. At first, I was like. Like, you know, what's going on? Like, it was that bad. And. But now I, you know, 100. I get it. I get it. And, you know, I love the fans and how much they support us and how. And how hard they go for us and. Yeah, like, it's a blessing to be here. You know, seventh round wasn't where I thought I was gonna go, but that's where I needed to go to end up in the right place, which I think I am in. You know, I'm grateful for it, so.

[A]

Absolutely, man. You've been a fantastic. It's just been every Sunday to watch you guys play. It's been great. And particularly you and how hard you run and how hard you play. Have you had Garrett's popcorn? Have you had Portillo's yet?

[B]

Portillo's not the first one. What was that?

[A]

Popcorn. Garrett's. Garrett's popcorn. You a popcorn guy?

[B]

Yeah, I could do popcorn.

[A]

Okay. Just needed to know. We've. We appreciate your time, man. Looking forward to this season. Coming. Coming up.

[C]

And.

[A]

And thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to be with us on the Pete and Sebastian show. And we will definitely be in touch as the year progresses. So best of luck to you and your family. Amen.

[B]

Thank you, guys. Likewise. Appreciate you guys for having me. For sure.

[A]

You got it.

[C]

Thanks for every Sunday, man. So fun to watch.

[B]

Yeah, more to come. More. More Decals falling off and helmet. It is the run to the right

[A]

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[C]

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