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Hunter
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Greg Rosenthal
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Stephen A. Smith
What's up everybody?
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Jim Gaffigan
Welcome to this special edition of the Stephen A. Smith Show. Coming at you as I love to do at the very least three days a week over the digital airways with YouTube and of course, iHeartRadio. As always, I'd like to take a moment to thank and show gratitude to my subscribers and followers and listeners for supporting the show. Obviously, we wouldn't be where we are or who we are if it were not for you, so thank you from the bottom of my heart. Keep supporting the show and I'll keep on bringing you the show. To continue to like and follow the show, just click the bell for all of our newest content and you too shall be considered the latest member of the Stephen A. Smith show family. And while you're doing so, make sure.
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Stephen A. Smith
To grab a copy of my New.
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Jim Gaffigan
York Times bestselling book, Straight A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes, now in paperback. Just go to straightshooterbook.com to get yourself a copy. Once again, that's straightshooterbook.com to get yourself a copy. On this show, we talk about a lot of things. We talk about sports. We talk about pop culture and entertainment. We definitely talk about politics. In light of the kind of election year that we just endured and what have you. And in the throes of all of that, tensions rise, friction elevates. Of course, so does disgust. Because people are on opposite ends of the spectrum, opposite ends of the aisle, opposite fringes, and all of this other stuff that comes with it. And we know that. But very, very rarely do we have an opportunity to really laugh, genuinely laugh at some of the things that we see, whether it's in the world of politics, pop culture and entertainment or beyond. This particular election year, we laughed a lot, particularly on Saturday nights, because that's when Saturday Night Live was over the airwaves of NBC Television. And we saw individuals parodying and mimicking Vice President Kamala Harris, President elect Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. vance, and of course, not Vice President J.D. vance,' but Vice President elect J.D. vance, and of course, Democratic nominee for Vice President, the one and only Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota. Well, there was a particular individual that was funnier than most, and that would be the guy playing Tim Walls, because of his hairdo, because of the look, because of how much he resembled the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States, along with his mannerisms, his body language, his lingo, everything else you could think of. He was absolutely, positively hilarious. So when I had an opportunity to sit down and talk with this man, I could not pass it up. His name is Jim Gaffigan. He's a comedian. He's about to go on tour with the one and only Jerry Seinfeld, along with doing his own show on Hulu. Can't wait to watch it, can't wait to see it, but most importantly, can't wait to talk to him. He's up next with your boy, Stephen A. In a minute. Yours truly with Jim Gaffkin. Don't go away.
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Stephen A. Smith
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Jim Gaffigan
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Stephen A. Smith
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Jim Gaffigan
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Stephen A. Smith
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Jim Gaffigan
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Hunter
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Jim Gaffigan
Now I understand some people are against the appetite supp. You know that's cheating. It's cheating. I'm not playing Major League Baseball. I'm just a fat guy trying to not die.
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Stephen A. Smith
There you have it. He is my next guest. He's a three time Emmy Award winner, an eight time Grammy nominated comedian, actor, writer and producer, and a two time New York Times bestselling author. He is out with his 11th stand up comedy special called the Skinny on Hulu. Please welcome to the Stephen A. Smith show, the very funny Jim Gaffigan. What's going on Jim? How are you man? How's everything?
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Jim Gaffigan
Good. I'm good. Thanks for having me, man.
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Stephen A. Smith
Please, the pleasure is all mine. I have to tell you something right now. I mean, I've watched you and I know how funny you are. But you took it to another level when you were imitating the Vice President, the Democratic nominee for Vice President, United States, Tim Walsh. What was that like for you? What has that done for your career, in your estimation?
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Jim Gaffigan
Wow. So it was. I don't know what it's. You know, SNL is hard to kind of calculate what it does for your career, really. So it's like, has it. You know, it's just the awareness that is so enormous. Like when you're on snl, it's not just people watching it, it's the clips. And so it was kind of the fact that everyone saw that I was playing Tim Walls, that was the most wild thing. But I don't know if it contributed to ticket sales or my IMDb number. I don't know. I don't think it affected any of that.
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Stephen A. Smith
I guess what I'm asking is this. When they first, when it was announced that Tim Walsh was going to be the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States, does a place like Saturday Night Live come to you? Do you and your agent go to them and you say, hey, look at me. I look just like the guy. You know, I look a little bit like the guy. I can pull this off. How does that work exactly?
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Jim Gaffigan
Yeah, well, it's, it's, it's all kind of Lorne Michaels, right, so. And it's. SNL has this tradition of you don't really campaign for things. It's. You let the process play, play out. And I was aware of that, so I was very kind of hands off. And, you know, obviously I wanted to do it, but I knew that, you know, me posting impressions of myself doing Tim Walls wouldn't move the needle and might annoy some of the people trying to make the decision. So. But it was weird because I, you know, there is. My manager and my agent were pitching me, and there came a time when I was in the uk, I was working on a movie, and I got a call at 11:00, you know, England time. And they're like, hey, so we've been telling the SNL people that you've been sending us funny videos of you doing an impression of Tim Walls. And I hadn't. And I was like, well, that's. That's an interesting approach, I guess. And they're like, yeah, and now SNL is asking for those videos, so if you could pull some of those together. And I was like, you mean now? And they're like, yeah, now. So I just essentially went back to my hotel and kept changing my code. You know, my Tim Wells impression is essentially me pretending to be my brother, you know, my brother Mitch, because I'm a Midwestern guy. My brother Mitch, like Governor Wallace, is a very sincere and energetic and sentimental guy. So I was just kind of doing my brother Mitch.
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Stephen A. Smith
Well, you did a great job. No question about that. And I gotta ask you about this. You had a tongue in cheek segment on CBS this Morning recently that seemed to be about the election, but then ultimately, it was about the jets losing season. Okay, first of all, are you a Jets fan? And secondly, how are you feeling about them damn Jets? Especially since you talked about them at CBS this Morning?
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Jim Gaffigan
Yeah, well, you know, I taped these CBS Sunday Morning things and, you know, I taped that a couple weeks ago where it was. It was more insightful, it was more raw. The reality of the jets with this, you know, compiled team that should really be unstoppable. The reality of them not making the playoffs now, it's like a foregone conclusion, but it was pretty raw a couple weeks ago. But, you know, some of it is. I don't have control when they air it. And I just thought it was interesting, the contrast of the kind of, you know, people processing the election and people processing the reality that the jets weren't getting in and. Yeah, no, it is, but it's. I've lived in New York for 35 years. I, you know, I am also a Colts fan. I grew up with Bears and what was then called the Redskins. You know, I. But like, the jets, it is. It's a really brutal existence, rooting for the jets because every. At the beginning of the season, there are so many elements where it might work out and then there's a cruel ending. Right. And so it seems a little sadomasochistic, really, being a Jets fan, do you.
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Stephen A. Smith
Find yourself in a situation as. As a comedian, as somebody that's paid to make people laugh and being quite successful at it, I might add. Do you find yourself in a situation looking at certain things? Let's say, for example, let's use the New York jets, for example, comedic material. Would a team like that provide it for you? Or are there some teams that you just. They're so sad. They're so pathetic.
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Jim Gaffigan
I'm struggling.
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Stephen A. Smith
I'm struggling on figuring out how to laugh at them.
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Jim Gaffigan
Yeah, I. Well, yeah, it's just. I mean. Well, what you do is kind of find some of that, too. Right, right. It's. Some of it is like the tragedy of the Panthers is almost. It's so heavy. Right. And versus, like, some of the. The drama of the Cowboys or even the Browns is. Is more palpable. Right. It's more interesting from a storyline standpoint. But I don't know, you know, like, it's with sports, I mean, I love it. I'm, I'm not nearly as informed or up to date on some of the knowledge of it, particularly compared to even some of my brothers. So it's, I definitely, you know, I would, I wouldn't necessarily include it in my stand up act because it's also, it's, it's, it's not Evergreen. So it's kind of like if I'm writing jokes about, you know, and then there's also kind of. People are very protective. So like we might be able to laugh about the jets, but there are some people. It's a very raw emotion where I wouldn't want to make them feel bad.
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Stephen A. Smith
Well, I mean, I have to admit.
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Jim Gaffigan
To you, I have to confess, I.
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Stephen A. Smith
Totally agree with you, except for when.
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Jim Gaffigan
It comes to Cowboy fans.
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Stephen A. Smith
Have no sympathy for them whatsoever. I love seeing them misery, I love seeing them miserable, I love seeing them crying and stuff like that. But it has gotten to a point where I look at Cowboy fans and I'm like, damn, y'all are taking all the fun out of this because y'all ain't even competitive. You're not in the playoff picture. I like them to sit up there and rise and tease their fan base before they come crash it down. And they've taken that joy away from me. Jim, how can I get that back? Can you give me some advice on how I control Cowboy fans moving forward? Could you do that?
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Jim Gaffigan
Well, it's. Yeah. No, I mean, I, it's just. Well, some of it is also the Cowboys are kind of like, they're like the good looking people in high school. So like their downfall is a little bit more enjoyed. You know, I'm in the, you know, I've lived in New York for 35 years. It's how people feel about the Yankees, right? So when the Yankees don't make it, you know, if you're, you know, a Mariners fan, it's a little bit, you know, the Yankees losing is in some ways a victory for you. So it's like, I don't know, people. Sports are weird, right? I mean, it's just. And then, you know, it just, it's just one of those things where we go into it just. And we end up feeling these raw emotions like, all right, I'm just going to ruin my Sunday. Or like, you know, just rooting for a team, you're inevitably going to be disappointed. You got to shake it off.
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Stephen A. Smith
You know, FOX NFL Sunday, I didn't forget about this either. I remember on FOX NFL Sunday they had a series of hilarious segments of you as a therapist consulting. And I wrote the teams down here consulting the Saints, the Raiders, the Bears and Jets fans on being playoff delusional. I don't think anybody will accuse the jets fans of being playoff delusional because that ship is sailed. Nobody's going to accuse the Raiders of that. Saints and the Bears, maybe. What are your thoughts about that?
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Jim Gaffigan
Well, the idea of that actually came from a friend of mine, Matt Owens, who is, he's from New Orleans and he is a huge Saints fan. And so the, the Saints winning the first two games and by, you know, 98 points, that's an actual quote of him, you know what he would say. And so that kind of inspired some of it. And then also, you know, the Bears, it's just that division's just too hard, you know. And so but like even when they were, you know, really doing well, that the Bears, I was like, it's just not likely. It's just too hard of a division, man.
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Stephen A. Smith
Listen, I got to transition to you.
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Jim Gaffigan
And what's going on with hulu.
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Stephen A. Smith
You've done 10 stand up comedy specials. I believe your 11th is coming up.
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Jim Gaffigan
On Hulu and it's called the Skinny.
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Stephen A. Smith
I'm told it was inspired by you losing 50 pounds. 50 pounds. Using a weight loss drug. Manjaro. Is that true?
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Jim Gaffigan
Yeah, yeah. I mean, well, it's also the Skinny of like kind of the. My take on what it's like being a parent of teenager. I mean that's what it's so fun about. Stand up is it just, it's kind of this chronicling of your. What's recently happened in your life. And so I did, you know, like a lot of people, I went on these appetite suppressants and it worked. You know, like it's, I mean, but it's not like earth shattering. I just now I just eat like a normal pig as opposed to like an out of control glutton, you know, so it's now I'll just have one box of Triscuits instead of three. You know what I mean?
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Hunter
It's.
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Jim Gaffigan
But you know, I, you know, I eat like I'm an offensive lineman, you know, I mean, but on Manjaro I eat like, you know, maybe I'm a quarterback.
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Stephen A. Smith
So. So you don't change your taste buds, don't necessarily change the things that you once liked. You don't stop liking. You just don't eat as much Excess as you used to. Is that what you're saying?
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Jim Gaffigan
Yeah, that. That notion of, well, they have some kind of peanut butter chocolate cake on the dessert menu. I have to try it. Then I'm like, all right. You know, when I'm on an appetite suppressor, I'm like, I don't need that. So it's like, I'm normal. I'm like a human.
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Stephen A. Smith
And you talked about being a dad to teenagers. Well, guess what? You're talking to somebody that's got two of them. I mean, I mean, we could share stories all day long. Let me see if there's anything that we got in common with one another. What's one of the things that you're going to. Well, you're going to illuminate with your stand up comedic special. I mean, when you're talking about your teenage children, what are you going to say?
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Jim Gaffigan
You know, I mean, I don't even. This. The material just is nonstop. When you're the parent of a teenager, right? It's. And I essentially have. Well, I have three teenagers and one 12 year old and a 20 year old. So I'm. I'm essentially living in a mental ward. Right? And they are just. It's just chaos. You know, it's like, this isn't even in the special, but like, you know, I'm essentially. I'm like a repo man for Verizon. All I'm doing is just trying to get phones and take them and then I return them. It's just bananas. But like, anyone who has a teenager, it's just, they kind of look like they've just walked away from a car accident. You know, they're just always kind of, you know, a little shaken up. Everything a parent of a teenager says kind of sounds like a lie. They're like, we're great. Things are great. You know, like they're in a hostage video. The kids are treating us well. You know, it's just, it's insane. But we signed up for this, right?
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Stephen A. Smith
But I don't know if we did, Jim. I mean, listen, man, you know, as a dad, you're sitting up there, you're going like this, going to have beautiful.
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Jim Gaffigan
Kids and they're going to grow up.
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Stephen A. Smith
And they're going to be teenagers. They're going to love you so much. They're going to worship the ground that you walk on. They're going to listen. I mean, none of it, none of it's true. Now maybe it's going to be true, damn it. But when they're teenagers, you're the worst person in the world. You don't know anything. You need to listen to them because they're always right. You're just a parent. You're never wrong. And your only purpose in life is to provide them with their wants and needs. And damn it, you're going to do it because it's your responsibility. They didn't ask to be here. You brought them here. That's what I got at home. Is that similar to you?
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Jim Gaffigan
Absolutely. I mean, I talk about it, it's even made more cruel because when you know you have this sweet 12 year old and then boom, they become Satan. You know, you can literally witness the curiosity and wonder transform into poor judgment. Right. And body odor. It's. I mean, you love them, but like there's, you know, there's a reason why alcohol exists. Right? And that's because of teenagers.
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Stephen A. Smith
Because they sue, they, they soothe the emotions and everything like that. And I remember you got something here. Your father, Tom. Bourbon. I want you to talk about that. I mean, how much of an inspiration were your kids to that?
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Jim Gaffigan
Absolutely. I mean, that's, you know, like the bourbon thing is really. And I, you know, I know I'm considered a celebrity, but it's not really. Some of it is just like a hobby that I wanted to undertake. And I've gotten into bourbon since the pandemic. But yeah, I mean, it was during the pandemic my wife and I would have the occasional bourbon every night. And it really kind of helped us kind of get through it. And you know, it's weird cause my 20 year old, she was like, you never even drank for 15 years. And I was like, I never really did. And so by the time bourbon, that's just like a fun project because everybody gets into bourbon. You know, you just want to craft and come up with your own story. Cause there's just so much history and story behind bourbon. So it's just so fun.
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Stephen A. Smith
By the way, when you and your.
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Jim Gaffigan
Wife was drinking the bourbon at night, did you find a private place to do it where the kids wouldn't bother.
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Stephen A. Smith
You or couldn't find you or anything? Or would they constantly interrupt just because they could?
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Jim Gaffigan
Yeah, I mean, I think they constantly. That's the thing. It's like when people have younger kids, those younger kids will eventually go to sleep. But when they're teenagers, they sleep during the day. They. They essentially are owls. Right. So then they're awake all night, so you have no privacy. And so that's where, you know, you got to break out. You know A cocktail. And some of it is just. It's like, it's, you know, you're struggling to, like, you know, this life partner who's, you know, going through hell herself. It's just nice that you can share and kind of regroup. I'm an advocate for everyone to become an alcoholic. I don't know if that's a politically correct thing.
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Stephen A. Smith
It's not, but who cares? Who cares? I was almost suggesting you should give it to your teenage kids. Maybe that'll make them go to sleep. That's what I was going to suggest, but I don't want to do that. But listen, I got to ask you about Jerry Seinfeld and you hitting up y'all. Y'all are set to hit the road in 2025. Talk about that a little bit. How did that materialize and what your expectations?
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Jim Gaffigan
Yeah, I met Jerry when he had me as a guest on his show Comedians and Cars, getting coffee. And we are very like minded in our pursuit of stand up. We really love the. The mechanics and the nuts and bolts and just nerding out and talking about structure and philosophy surrounding it. So this tour, which is amazing, and we've done it, you know, I think we did like six cities before, and we're doing 10 cities this time. Some of it is great for the audience, but it's also selfishly, I get to just hang out with a friend and talk comedy, you know, because that's what happens with comedians. The more successful you get, the less you get to hang out with some of your friends. So when you can do a, you know, a dual headline set, you know, with Seinfeld, it's great.
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Stephen A. Smith
How's he feeling about comedy these days?
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Jim Gaffigan
And how are you feeling about comedy? In light of how times have changed and a heightened level of sensitivity this.
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Stephen A. Smith
Society seems to have adopted to the.
- [24:19]
Jim Gaffigan
Point where I imagine it's far more difficult now for comedians than it was.
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Stephen A. Smith
In the past, and in my estimation, far more difficult for comedians than it should be. Damn it. You're supposed to make us laugh. So what if it's at other people's expense from time to time? That happens all the time. It's always happened in my estimation. How are you guys feeling about the comedic world and the comedic industry at.
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Jim Gaffigan
This particular moment in time?
- [24:42]
You know, I can't speak for Jerry, but I could. I would say that, you know, for me it's, you know, each comedian has their own point of view, which. And. And that point of view is, you know, unique to each comedian. So, like some People pedal in kind of irreverence. Some people, you know, it's just like, you have some buddies that. That, you know, that will pick on you. That's how they show affection and as. But like, some comedians, I don't really kind of like, I enjoy some, you know, roast comedy, but it's not really my type of. It's not in my wheelhouse. I mean, I've done it occasionally, but I'm much more of. I don't particularly like topical stuff. I'm much more of, you know, and I'm not, you know, like, there is always some surprise in all comedy, but I'm not all about the shock. I have friends that are really good at it, but. And, you know, I tried to do that when I first started stand up, but, you know, with stand up, you have to kind of be authentic to who you are as a comedian. In the end, I'm just a guy from a small town in Indiana, so if I tried to, you know, curse, like I'm from Brooklyn or South Philly, it would just be inauthentic.
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Stephen A. Smith
Listen, man, all the best to you. You were absolutely hilarious. I loved watching you on Saturday Night Live. I'm looking forward to seeing seeing you with Seinfeld. I'm definitely gonna take my eyes on the Skinny tonight. I'm gonna watch that tonight. I can't thank you enough, my man. By the way, before I let you get on out of here, I got a couple of tweets I need you to help me with. Is that all right? Could you help me with some tweets before I get out of here? Because I want to see. What the hell? Because I get some really idiotic tweets from time to time, and sometimes I sound a bit cruel when I'm trying to be funny. I mean, I'm not a comedian, so it's not my level of expertise, but some people deserve to be laughed at or laughed with. So I want you to stick around for one second.
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Jim Gaffigan
All right, you got it.
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Thanks a lot.
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Stephen A. Smith
Jim Gaffin, right here with Stephen A. Listen, we'll be back in a moment.
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Jim Gaffigan
Make sure you catch the Skinny streaming now on Hulu.
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Stephen A. Smith
By the way, we'll be back some.
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Jim Gaffigan
Tweets in a second.
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Stephen A. Smith
Welcome back to the Stephen A. Smith show, right here over the digital areas of YouTube and of course, iHeartRadio, the one and only Jim Gaffigan is here with me right now, and he's promised to help me with these two tweets, because, damn it, sometimes I'm going off about Y'all, but I'm trying to be funny about it. Well, this is a. This man is a professional at this stuff, so I figure he'll help me out. So let's get to some of these tweets. Let's show it. You ready for the go, Jim? Let's do it.
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Jim Gaffigan
Yeah.
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Stephen A. Smith
Okay, so this is at catsilliness, right? Stephen A. Smith, how many Catzillas do you think is needed to protect Madison Square Garden from Godzilla? Good Lord. Do you see what I have to deal with? Do you see what I have to deal with, some of these people to send in these tweets? Go ahead, Jim. Answer the question.
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Jim Gaffigan
I think, you know, is it a riddle or is it. Is this guy's drunk? I mean, I think he's just. I just would say, I don't know. I mean, is there, is there, is there some cat thing? Is there a nick thing that I'm unaware of or the Rangers?
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Stephen A. Smith
Jim? I have no idea. But I will say this how? I'll ask you this question. You said, is this guy drunk or what? How do we know he's not high? How do you know the difference between somebody that's drunk and somebody that's high?
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Jim Gaffigan
That is a pretty interesting visual. I would say that he's, you know, if I was going to respond, I'd say, great graphic design work. Try to get out of your mom's basement more often. That's what I would say.
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I agree.
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Stephen A. Smith
And I say, the hell would it say? It said Catzilla's.
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Jim Gaffigan
How about nine? As in nine lives?
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Stephen A. Smith
How about that? How about. I think it's a safe bet to go. Say it's a safe way to go. Okay, next tweet. Let's go. This is from Motz M O T Z S. Stephen A. Smith. I'm making a book that's a guide to finding a salvageable cigarette on the side of the road that one could smoke on the ground. Score scale currently being established, what would you rate this night?
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Josh
Oh, my God.
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Jim Gaffigan
I think there's some people with some time on their hands. Right. So it's just like somebody's just scrolling through, like images and going and getting very creative. I would say that that cigarette, if I was a 12 year old and I was going to try to smoke a cigarette, that would be one that I would pick up. Right? Because, I mean, you are going to get herpes from it. But like, you'd get. You get it, you know, it's. You're not going to burn your fingers. Right?
- [29:29]
Stephen A. Smith
Right.
- [29:30]
Jim Gaffigan
And by the way. What I'm trying to say is I'm trying to encourage all the kids to smoke cigarettes.
- [29:35]
Okay?
- [29:35]
I think that's because.
- [29:36]
Stephen A. Smith
Because. Why are you trying to encourage kids to smoke cigarettes?
- [29:39]
Jim Gaffigan
Because it's cool. That's the only thing that's cool is smoking.
- [29:42]
Stephen A. Smith
I would say cigars. I would say cigars are cool.
- [29:44]
Jim Gaffigan
For me, cigars are cool more so than cigarettes.
- [29:47]
Stephen A. Smith
Me personally, that's just me. Let me get. Let me get another tweet up in here, which. What you got, guys? Stephen A. Smith. If you cooked and ate the Philly Fanatic, what would his meat taste like? The Philly Fanatic?
- [29:59]
Jim Gaffigan
Great question.
- [30:00]
Stephen A. Smith
Is it a great question?
- [30:01]
Jim Gaffigan
You know, I mean, so what is. You know, there's the fur. Right. But what is the meat? What if it. What if it. What if he's made of cheesesteak like that?
- [30:13]
He's not going to be made a cheesesteak.
- [30:14]
Stephen A. Smith
That's not going to be.
- [30:15]
Jim Gaffigan
We don't know. We don't know.
- [30:17]
Stephen A. Smith
That's got Swan written all over it. That's got Swan written all. That's got. That got the pork written all over it, man. All over.
- [30:25]
Jim Gaffigan
Yeah. That. I, you know, again, what is prompting someone to think about consuming the Philly Fanatic?
- [30:34]
Tom on the hand. Tom on the hands.
- [30:36]
Stephen A. Smith
Tom on the hands.
- [30:37]
Jim Gaffigan
And also, you need to get out of your mom's basement more, too, to that guy.
- [30:41]
Stephen A. Smith
That's right. And probably Tom on their hands. And the fact they probably discussed it that the Phillies losing that might have something to do with it, too. Let's not forget that one. We got one last tweet. One last tweet, Jim. Here it is down. Capital, right? Stephen A. Smith. I pooped my pants waiting to go to the bathroom at a friend's party. What do I do? I'd say race the hell out the house before someone notices your nasty ass doing that. That's what I'd say. Because I can't imagine something more embarrassing as an adult than pooping in your own damn pants before you got to the toilet and then everybody noticing you did. That would be my advice, Jim. What would be yours?
- [31:17]
Jim Gaffigan
I mean, I think the fact that this guy, I assume it's a guy, took time out after he pooped his pants to send this tweet shows you how important you are to his life. He's. Not only are you more important than him finding a bathroom.
- [31:37]
Stephen A. Smith
Right.
- [31:37]
Jim Gaffigan
You're more important than him, kind of. And he was at a party.
- [31:40]
Stephen A. Smith
Yeah.
- [31:41]
Jim Gaffigan
I would say this guy. This guy likes you. He's He's a fan.
- [31:46]
Stephen A. Smith
I don't know if I feel good about that.
- [31:48]
Jim Gaffigan
I really don't know.
- [31:49]
Well, he's obviously a winner.
- [31:50]
Stephen A. Smith
You know what I'm saying? I'm just saying. And I'm sincerely hoping that he's reflecting on something he did in the past rather than literally sending out this tweet to me right after he pooped in his damn pants and the stuff is still hanging on his body.
- [32:05]
Jim Gaffigan
Well, what if. What? Hey, we don't know. That could have been a text from like a three month old baby, right? That could have been a baby that tweeted that out. We don't know how old the guy is. So it might be a super smart baby.
- [32:20]
Stephen A. Smith
Maybe so. Maybe so. Jim Gaffigan, appreciate you, man. Thank you so much, man. Good luck on the tour. Good luck with everything you're doing. Good luck with the Skinny now streaming on Hulu.
- [32:29]
Jim Gaffigan
Thank you so much, man.
- [32:30]
Thanks so much. Appreciate it.
- [32:31]
Happy holidays.
- [32:32]
Stephen A. Smith
The one and only Jim Gaffkin right here with Stephen A. On the Stephen A. Smith Show.
- [32:35]
Jim Gaffigan
It was a great conversation and obviously the tweets as well with Jim Gaffkin. Really appreciate him sticking around and doing those with me. It was kind of funny, I got to tell you this. I was getting ready to get on out of here, getting ready to say goodbye to you, but I got distracted. You know, family does that to you sometimes. They get on your damn nerves. They get on your last nerves. And in my case, there's one individual in particular who gets on my last nerves quite often. I kind of wonder how many last do I actually have considering the amount of times he gets on my last damn nerves. But I love him anyway. And he's around in studio, want to hang out, want to show the world how he looks on camera and how he feels on camera and how he comes across on camera. Because without any broadcasting experience whatsoever, without.
- [33:19]
Stephen A. Smith
Any journalism experience experience whatsoever, without anything.
- [33:22]
Jim Gaffigan
Substantive to say, I can imagine he's still my nephew. You want to take over my studio and show up and give his advice on life and love and everything else? I can't believe I'm going to allow it. But hey, what do you say you take your chances in life? I'm gonna do it here.
- [33:45]
Stephen A. Smith
My nephew, Josh.
- [33:50]
Jim Gaffigan
I don't know what I'm thinking about letting him on exposing him to all of you. I guess I can just say pray for us all. Pray for us all. Who knows what the hell is going to come out of his mouth? He's here next. He better not reveal any family secrets though cuz I'll kick his ass. Back with more to Steve Stephanie Smith show with my little nephew in a minute.
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Jim Gaffigan
Just sitting here, my useless little ass nephew is sitting next to me, you know, thinking he the mack daddy and all this stuff. So you just sitting here, gonna hit the mic on or whatever, you know. Why do you get on your uncle's last nerves all the damn time? Why don't you answer that question for the public since we here, why are you.
- [36:15]
Stephen A. Smith
It's like you and your siblings and your cousins. It's like y'all live to bother Uncle Steve. Why?
- [36:23]
Josh
Well, it's easy to keep me out of your. You know how to get rid of me. Just send me to a nick game. Miami, Dubai, wherever you where you going on Friday?
- [36:35]
Jim Gaffigan
Send you to Dubai.
- [36:36]
Josh
Send me to Dubai?
- [36:37]
Stephen A. Smith
What the hell are you gonna do in Dubai?
- [36:39]
Josh
We rich.
- [36:40]
Stephen A. Smith
Who's rich? Who's rich? Why you always stealing my stuff?
- [36:45]
Jim Gaffigan
You got all my shades right now.
- [36:46]
Stephen A. Smith
I was looking for those shades for a year and your ass took them and. And you held onto them and you never returned them and then convinced me that I must have lost them. Did you leave it in the restaurant? Did you leave it at work? It's gotta be Somewhere. And you had the shit all along.
- [37:00]
Josh
Do you know the Knicks play tonight and I had to buy my own ticket.
- [37:04]
Jim Gaffigan
That doesn't answer my question about my shades.
- [37:06]
Josh
These ancient shades won like I bought the ticket I bought.
- [37:10]
Stephen A. Smith
Those are Cartiers. Yeah. There's no way on earth you bought Cartier.
- [37:14]
Josh
We rich.
- [37:15]
Stephen A. Smith
Who's we?
- [37:16]
Josh
You know, I didn't even tell you that we bet on. Call Anthony Towns tonight.
- [37:20]
Jim Gaffigan
Who's we?
- [37:22]
Josh
With the company card.
- [37:24]
Stephen A. Smith
With what company card?
- [37:26]
Jim Gaffigan
Oh, Griff ain't Griffin is man. You talking about one of my employees. Don't let me fire somebody out here. So somebody gave you the company card to let you book tickets on my dime.
- [37:38]
Josh
Call Anthony Townes 30 tonight. And he better do it.
- [37:41]
Jim Gaffigan
How often have you been betting?
- [37:43]
Josh
Every day. I make videos every day.
- [37:46]
Stephen A. Smith
Every day. When the hell this habit start?
- [37:50]
Josh
Fanduel oh, this is a prize pick show. But online betting is a thing.
- [37:57]
Stephen A. Smith
How often have you been winning?
- [37:59]
Josh
I bet every.
- [38:00]
Stephen A. Smith
Cause I haven't seen a dime. You damn sure ain't giving me none of the winnings.
- [38:04]
Josh
We rich.
- [38:05]
Stephen A. Smith
What does that mean, we rich?
- [38:07]
Josh
I'm not gonna bring you the money. I'm using yours to gain a little bit. And then.
- [38:12]
Stephen A. Smith
Well, if you using mine to gain a little bit, why take money out of my pocket and not bring something back? So I could at least break even?
- [38:19]
Josh
No, so I can go with you to Dubai on Friday. When you going to Dubai?
- [38:23]
Jim Gaffigan
I don't know where I'm going.
- [38:24]
Josh
Oh, I'm sorry.
- [38:25]
Stephen A. Smith
I don't know where I'm going. You understand what I'm saying? I don't know where I'm going.
- [38:27]
Jim Gaffigan
You know, I don't tell people how I move.
- [38:28]
Josh
Right?
- [38:29]
Jim Gaffigan
You understand?
- [38:29]
Josh
I'm just saying I want to go too. So, you know, house in Miami. When am I going to the nephew? You always claim all through this book, I ain't been in his house yet.
- [38:41]
Jim Gaffigan
And you're not getting there. And I don't live in Miami.
- [38:44]
Stephen A. Smith
You don't know where I live. You don't know where I live because I won't give you my address. Cause you gonna show up with somebody that I don't know or a bunch of people that I don't know and give out my address to people. Ain't none of their damn business. That's your problem.
- [38:57]
Josh
You see why I said old and getting old? Who worried about they address and they getting out and stuff like that? Nobody coming to people who got something.
- [39:06]
Stephen A. Smith
Something people who don't.
- [39:07]
Jim Gaffigan
We rich about that.
- [39:08]
Josh
So we are rich now.
- [39:09]
Stephen A. Smith
We rich people who don't. Don't. Ain't no we. I didn't say anything about rich or poor. I'm talking about the word we. Where the hell you get the word we from? How is that in the equation? When did you earn a dime of my money?
- [39:22]
Josh
I'm a Smith.
- [39:23]
Stephen A. Smith
Oh, that's what it is.
- [39:24]
Josh
You a Smith.
- [39:25]
Stephen A. Smith
So?
- [39:25]
Josh
So because we from 203rd.
- [39:29]
Stephen A. Smith
And so because of that. So in other words, when I get a check, even though I'm the one putting in 16, 18, 20 hours a day, you get to sit up there and say, yo, that's about we. Not me.
- [39:41]
Josh
I be with you. I don't be with you.
- [39:43]
Stephen A. Smith
No, you don't. No, you don't. You showed up twice this week. That's the first time I saw you. About two weeks. Prior to that, it was the first time I saw you in a month. Prior to that, it was the first time I saw you. About three months.
- [39:52]
Josh
But we speak every day. If you gave me the money, too, and the access, I'd be right with you. We'd be following you around. Going to Miami. As a matter of fact, can I get an apartment in the thing that you in?
- [40:04]
Jim Gaffigan
You can't handle South Florida. I didn't even say Miami.
- [40:10]
Stephen A. Smith
I mean, we talk about South Beach.
- [40:12]
Jim Gaffigan
You ain't ready for South Beach.
- [40:14]
Stephen A. Smith
You don't know how to discipline yourself.
- [40:17]
Jim Gaffigan
You don't.
- [40:18]
Stephen A. Smith
You don't. You think just because your voice is smooth, you understand that you a handsome dude, that that's all it requires. You. You know, no woman wants a broke ass dude, right?
- [40:26]
Josh
I'm not broke. We rich.
- [40:27]
Stephen A. Smith
Don't say we. You didn't put in the work I did.
- [40:30]
Jim Gaffigan
You understand?
- [40:31]
Stephen A. Smith
You got to earn your own strength. By the way, you gonna be able to tell her, honey, yo, we rich. We rich. She gonna be like, what do you do?
- [40:37]
Josh
What you. What you think they saying to Bronny James, I'm the Bronny James of the media?
- [40:41]
Stephen A. Smith
Well, he's only 19. He's only 19.
- [40:44]
Jim Gaffigan
20.
- [40:45]
Stephen A. Smith
You're the Bronnie James of the media?
- [40:46]
Josh
Yes.
- [40:47]
Stephen A. Smith
How about you the Bronnie James of the media?
- [40:49]
Josh
Cause you walked me through the door. We here. I'm on tv. I probably don't belong, or people feel like I don't deserve to be. But it is what it is. You my uncle, and I'm here. Bronny James, number 55 draft pick who's.
- [41:03]
Jim Gaffigan
About to be in the G League.
- [41:05]
Stephen A. Smith
Or Baxterly, is already there going back and forth between that and on the bench for the Lakers.
- [41:09]
Josh
So the G League for the media would be what?
- [41:11]
Jim Gaffigan
I have no idea.
- [41:12]
Josh
I'm on YouTube.
- [41:13]
Stephen A. Smith
I don't know.
- [41:14]
Jim Gaffigan
It ain't.
- [41:14]
Josh
I'm not on ESPN, but I'm on YouTube.
- [41:16]
Stephen A. Smith
YouTube. G League is not YouTube. Or YouTube is not the G League. YouTube is the future. G League ain't the future.
- [41:22]
Josh
All right, so I'm not first take. Cause first take is like, you know, how you say number one? 11 years. I'm not first take. I'm on my way. We in the media, Bronny.
- [41:31]
Jim Gaffigan
Josh.
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When are you gonna give your uncle some love? When are you gonna spare me the stress of having to worry about you and your siblings and your cousins?
- [41:47]
Stephen A. Smith
And when am I going to get a break from y'all with this attitude? We rich. When am I going to get a break from that? When y'all gonna be like this? Yo, Uncle Steve is climbing up day and age. You understand? So we gotta take care of him instead of looking for him to take care of us. When that gonna happen?
- [42:05]
Josh
I provide value. I don't provide value.
- [42:08]
Stephen A. Smith
What value do you provide?
- [42:10]
Josh
Like when you don't wear suits, right? And you wanna dress how you wanna dress. Don't I tell you that you dress wrong?
- [42:17]
Jim Gaffigan
No, because I don't dress wrong.
- [42:19]
Stephen A. Smith
I'm usually dressing right. And here's my proof. Because you usually got on shit that was mine. You understand? And where do you get this from?
- [42:28]
Josh
Where I get it from?
- [42:29]
Stephen A. Smith
I mean, this is. Listen, all of us had confidence, but.
- [42:32]
Jim Gaffigan
You on another level.
- [42:34]
Stephen A. Smith
I mean, you think that you could just rock on shades and a hat, and the women are just going to drool after you like it's a privilege to be in your presence. Where did that come from? That didn't come from me. That didn't come from Uncle Basil. That didn't come from Uncle Frankie. That didn't come from Grandpa. That didn't come. None of us were that bad.
- [42:53]
Josh
Y'all didn't grow up rich. It's your fault.
- [42:58]
Stephen A. Smith
How?
- [42:59]
Josh
12Th grade, quite frankly. I'm working at ESPN. What do you think I'm telling girls I'm on TV? It was easy in high school. Then right after that, I should have went to college. But I seen you, you know, I'm like, he's gonna flourish. I could just skip college. I worry about that later. And then I had to, from 18, about 25. Women, women, women. Stephen, a nephew. You had a headache.
- [43:27]
Jim Gaffigan
I'm stuttering. I'm at a loss of words because I just heard something that I Never heard from you before. So you're saying that because you were.
- [43:37]
Stephen A. Smith
In high school and you was working for me when I had my show, quite frankly, you felt the need not.
- [43:42]
Jim Gaffigan
To go to college because you was.
- [43:45]
Stephen A. Smith
Like, yo, my uncle's gonna be successful.
- [43:47]
Jim Gaffigan
And I'm just gonna get from him Ronny James.
- [43:52]
Stephen A. Smith
You do understand how embarrassing that is?
- [43:55]
Josh
I made it, though.
- [43:55]
Stephen A. Smith
How you make it?
- [43:58]
Josh
Didn't I just tell you? I helped. Listen, all the turtlenecks and stuff that he be wearing, I don't got nothing to do with that. I be telling him to dress like me.
- [44:05]
Stephen A. Smith
You do know that you looking away.
- [44:06]
Jim Gaffigan
From the camera instead of into the camera.
- [44:07]
Josh
Oh. Cause I'm watching myself. I'm watching myself.
- [44:09]
Stephen A. Smith
Cause you addicted to what?
- [44:10]
Jim Gaffigan
Yeah. Yeah, that's it.
- [44:11]
Stephen A. Smith
Instead of watching yourself on the screen, you're supposed to be looking into the damn camera. So you addicted to the mirror now.
- [44:16]
Jim Gaffigan
Like that. Right.
- [44:17]
Josh
Sorry.
- [44:17]
Stephen A. Smith
What the hell are you gonna do next?
- [44:19]
Jim Gaffigan
Get a perm?
- [44:20]
Josh
First of all, it's the Knicks coat that I created. That's number one. Number two, Knicks fans want to know you ain't been in the Garden all year.
- [44:29]
Jim Gaffigan
I've been busy. I'm coming in the new year.
- [44:32]
Stephen A. Smith
I just had a lot of stuff to handle prior to that, and I like the season of Wayne.
- [44:35]
Jim Gaffigan
And I knew they were going to struggle the first month and a half.
- [44:37]
Stephen A. Smith
Of the season with the Trey, Karl Anthony Townsend, Mikhail Bridges.
- [44:39]
Jim Gaffigan
I wanted to get them, give them some time to get their feet under them, develop a rhythm, some cohesiveness. And then when they're making their run and they're doing what they do, I'll be in attendance for that. I'm watching them all the time, though.
- [44:48]
Josh
Okay, so when we up 35, tell Tom Thibodeau to sit the stars, please. He's making me nervous.
- [44:53]
Jim Gaffigan
Making you nervous?
- [44:54]
Josh
Yeah.
- [44:55]
Jim Gaffigan
Really? Yeah. I wanna get back to what you.
- [44:58]
Stephen A. Smith
Brought up, whatever it is.
- [44:59]
Jim Gaffigan
18 to 25.
- [45:00]
Josh
Yeah. That age, that. Yeah, that was my golden age.
- [45:03]
Jim Gaffigan
And so what you were saying is, forget about good looks, forget about smooth talking, forget about, you know, just ingratiating yourself with a honey and making her feel good. No, but you was like, I'm Stephen A's nephew. And that's what it did.
- [45:23]
Josh
Yeah.
- [45:24]
Jim Gaffigan
Why?
- [45:24]
Josh
Why did that?
- [45:25]
Jim Gaffigan
Because they thought you had money.
- [45:27]
Josh
Because, you know, I seen, like I said, you flourishing. I'm like, he's basically flourishing for me. Like he's flourishing for me. So what I would do was some people didn't believe it, like Stephen A. What? And I'd just call you. You never pick up. But your voicemail proved that it was you. And that usually helped close the show for me. Is this on tv?
- [45:48]
Jim Gaffigan
Yes.
- [45:49]
All right.
- [45:50]
Josh
They can edit, right? Riff? You gonna edit that? All right.
- [45:55]
Jim Gaffigan
Oh, my Lord. I don't even know what to say to you. I never heard this before.
- [46:02]
Josh
It's a Smith thing.
- [46:03]
Stephen A. Smith
It's a Smith thing.
- [46:04]
Josh
Don't put this and tell your business. It's a Smith.
- [46:06]
Stephen A. Smith
Don't put the Smith name on blast like that. First of all, Grandma would have killed me. You understand? My sisters would have killed me. Stop it. No, this is you. You one of one. None of us were like this because remember when I was on the come up, I didn't have no money. Uncle Frankie didn't have it like that. You know, Basil didn't have it like that. Pops didn't have it like that. Cousin Carl, Keith, Derek, whomever didn't have it like that. So you can't say that, because what you saying? We rich. We rich. That's only you. Nobody could say that before this.
- [46:34]
Josh
So y'all had the natural thing.
- [46:36]
Stephen A. Smith
We had the natural thing.
- [46:37]
Josh
So I have the.
- [46:38]
Stephen A. Smith
But we didn't utilize it the way you did. We didn't have the bad, vicious, insidious intentions that you had.
- [46:46]
Josh
Cause y'all wasn't rich, too. Once you rich too, with the natural thing that we got, then you got trouble. And now I wanna. Louisiana. Miami. Where we going?
- [46:57]
Jim Gaffigan
I will never allow you to Miami. You can't handle Miami.
- [47:02]
Josh
Yes, I can.
- [47:03]
Jim Gaffigan
No, you can't. You can't.
- [47:05]
Stephen A. Smith
You'll be sitting up there and bribing somebody to put you in coach in the back of the plane just to.
- [47:09]
Jim Gaffigan
Get the hell to Miami, where you.
- [47:11]
Stephen A. Smith
Go do nothing but cause trouble.
- [47:13]
Jim Gaffigan
Now, you not ready for down there. You're just not, okay?
- [47:18]
Stephen A. Smith
So try something else.
- [47:19]
Josh
All Star weekend, Super Bowl.
- [47:21]
Jim Gaffigan
That's San Francisco.
- [47:22]
Stephen A. Smith
You need. You need San Francisco. And New Orleans is the Super Bowl.
- [47:24]
Jim Gaffigan
Neither place. I mean, it's not a big deal.
- [47:26]
Josh
All right, well, you bringing it?
- [47:28]
Stephen A. Smith
Say what?
- [47:28]
Josh
You bringing it.
- [47:29]
Jim Gaffigan
No, no. Why can't you?
- [47:30]
Stephen A. Smith
Why? I thought you had your own money. We rich, right? So that means me, right? That means you got yours, right? You got yours, right?
- [47:37]
Josh
I'm trying to get the content for you. Deion Sanders running around with his kids.
- [47:43]
Jim Gaffigan
Deion Sanders kids are stars for his program.
- [47:48]
Stephen A. Smith
You ain't no star for the program of mine.
- [47:50]
Josh
Two, Two, two. Yes, I am. Two of them is stars, and one of them just be doing stuff. I'm the one of them, the other one. Not the football player. And to you.
- [48:01]
Jim Gaffigan
When you gonna grow up, bro?
- [48:03]
Josh
I'm grown.
- [48:03]
Jim Gaffigan
You grown? Yeah, you grown. When you gonna grow up?
- [48:06]
Stephen A. Smith
When you gonna sit up there and say, I'm too old for this, Whatever this is. And I just need.
- [48:13]
Jim Gaffigan
You know.
- [48:14]
Stephen A. Smith
When you gonna do that?
- [48:15]
Josh
When I'm on the security team or I'm in control.
- [48:19]
Stephen A. Smith
Why would you be under security?
- [48:20]
Josh
Give me a title while I'm a nephew. I'm still childish.
- [48:23]
Stephen A. Smith
You ain't trying to fight nobody. What kind of security you gonna provide me?
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Josh
I'm not fighting nobody. I keep them off you. I keep them off you. I keep them off you.
- [48:31]
Jim Gaffigan
Oh, my God.
- [48:35]
Josh
So we gonna go. You said we going shopping Thursday.
- [48:39]
Jim Gaffigan
I bought you clothes and I put you in blazers. Shirts, suits, the whole bit. And you barely wore any of them. Cause you're interested in looking like a damn hood rat.
- [48:49]
Josh
Nah, see? And this is what I'm saying.
- [48:52]
Stephen A. Smith
With Cartier, with Cartiers on.
- [48:54]
Josh
You got the suit game and I got the other stuff. I need to take you shopping. And then you can take me to get a couple more suits and stuff. Cause I did grow out of it. I started working out.
- [49:04]
Jim Gaffigan
Really?
- [49:04]
Yeah.
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Stephen A. Smith
And what made you do that?
- [49:05]
Jim Gaffigan
Why'd you.
- [49:06]
Stephen A. Smith
Tell the truth, what made you do that?
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Josh
I know you work out, too. You lost your, you know, you lost a little belly and stuff like that.
- [49:11]
Jim Gaffigan
I lost a little belly. Belly completely gone.
- [49:13]
Stephen A. Smith
You understand? You said, this is the pro. This is what I'm talking about. How come you can't give your uncle any love? I'm 57 and in shape.
- [49:21]
Josh
Because I saw what Lizzo posted. And all you celebrities is just getting skinny all of a sudden.
- [49:26]
Stephen A. Smith
Time out. I didn't get skinny.
- [49:27]
Jim Gaffigan
You saw me in the gym six days a week.
- [49:29]
Stephen A. Smith
I didn't take. I ain't take no medicine and all of that stuff to lose no damn weight.
- [49:33]
Jim Gaffigan
I been in the gym, dog.
- [49:34]
Stephen A. Smith
You even got on me. You like, what the hell's the matter with you? You ain't eating beef. You're not eating the burgers the way you used to. You're not eating as much sugar and candy and all of that stuff. You got on me about that stuff. You saw me in the gym six days a week. You had to sit up and say, I gotta give it to you. I gotta give it to you. But now that the camera's rolling, you gonna act like I'm on some Ozempic or something. Like, I'm not saying.
- [49:55]
Josh
I didn't say it.
- [49:55]
Stephen A. Smith
You didn't well, that's the drug. That's the weight loss drug. That's the weight loss drug.
- [50:00]
Josh
Obviously, you don't take vitamins?
- [50:03]
Stephen A. Smith
Vitamins. Of course you do.
- [50:04]
Josh
One of them could be oh, my Lord. One of them could be Oz. And then every time I pull up, you just act like you walking out the gym.
- [50:09]
Stephen A. Smith
So let me ask you a question. So let me ask you a question.
- [50:11]
Jim Gaffigan
How come it can't be the same for you?
- [50:13]
Josh
What?
- [50:14]
Jim Gaffigan
I'm saying, how come you can't be taking something to supplement it to make it look like you working out when in fact you ain't?
- [50:19]
Josh
Nah. I mean, if I take all of this stuff off, it doesn't even look like I work out before I let.
- [50:23]
Jim Gaffigan
You get on out of here, man.
- [50:24]
Josh
Yeah.
- [50:27]
Jim Gaffigan
What'd you think about the Drake, Kendrick Lamar joint?
- [50:30]
Josh
About the thing they got going on?
- [50:32]
Stephen A. Smith
No, no.
- [50:32]
Josh
Well, Drake's suit now, I mean, Drake is your boy.
- [50:37]
Stephen A. Smith
No, he wasn't. I like him. Don't get me wrong. I don't know him.
- [50:40]
Josh
I know, but I went to the concert twice.
- [50:43]
Jim Gaffigan
Right.
- [50:43]
Josh
And you was, like, on the thing.
- [50:44]
Stephen A. Smith
Yeah, he asked me to tape something, and then two weeks ago, his team called me and asked me to model these hoodies. You understand? But that don't mean. Wait a minute. I got nothing but respect for Drake. He's big. But that don't mean in any way do I approve of what he did with the whole Kendrick Lamar thing. You don't get lawyers involved in something like that. You got to handle your business. You got to go in the studio and handle your business and come out with something to eclipse.
- [51:09]
Jim Gaffigan
Not like us.
- [51:10]
Stephen A. Smith
You can't be getting lawyers involved in something like that. That's my personal opinion.
- [51:14]
Josh
And I did see that you called LL Cool J to go.
- [51:18]
Stephen A. Smith
Well, based on what LL said, in terms of all the things that he.
- [51:21]
Jim Gaffigan
Said that came with it, it wasn't.
- [51:22]
Stephen A. Smith
About just his rap game. It's about how he's been transcended.
- [51:25]
Jim Gaffigan
He's withstood the test of time. He was an actor. He was an entrepreneur.
- [51:28]
Stephen A. Smith
He got the radio station on SiriusXM. You know, he's. He's been in movies. He's done so many different things, and a lot of things that he instigated has been emulated years later. Now, some people might view it as better, but the bottom line is it all originated from him to some degree. We used to think it was run DMC with suck MCs and stuff like that. We used look at Cool Modi. We used to look at Big Daddy Kane. We used to look at KRS1. We used to look at Eric B. And Rakim, all of that. But ll, when you look at all the things, the diversity of his portfolio, that is something to admire.
- [52:02]
Josh
So let me put the pressure on you because these are your friends, LL or Snoop, as far as what they talking about, LL or Snoop, because they like the same level actors everywhere.
- [52:15]
Stephen A. Smith
See, I can't pick one. Here's why.
- [52:17]
Jim Gaffigan
I think that LL got the edge in acting. I think Snoop has the edge in marketability.
- [52:25]
Stephen A. Smith
What commercial doesn't he have?
- [52:27]
Josh
Right?
- [52:27]
Stephen A. Smith
You know, and not only that, I mean, you're doing shows with Martha Stewart one minute, you got a Snoop comedy tour the next. You know, you in movies, you in television shows, stuff like that. Sports analyst for the Olympics, doing the stuff with Kevin Hart. Prior to that, doing Jake Paul fights and stuff. I mean, when you consider the range of Snoop's marketability, I would give him.
- [52:49]
Jim Gaffigan
The edge in that regard.
- [52:50]
Stephen A. Smith
But in terms of acting, I'd give it to ll and then as a hip hop artist.
- [52:56]
Josh
All right, I was about to say one thing left.
- [52:58]
Stephen A. Smith
Music.
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Jim Gaffigan
That's a tough one. That's a tough one. You know what? I would have given it to LL by a landslide, believe it or not. Just because of how transcendent he was and the range it could be from. I'm Gonna Knock youk Out, I Need a Beat to Hey Lover, you know.
- [53:17]
Stephen A. Smith
The phenomenon, all of this other stuff.
- [53:19]
Jim Gaffigan
I get that. But I was listening to Snoop, you know, the other day. I had never heard the song Mulholland Drive with Snoop.
- [53:28]
Josh
Yeah.
- [53:29]
Jim Gaffigan
Until the other day, like a few weeks ago. You recognize and that was smooth. That was smooth.
- [53:35]
Stephen A. Smith
So it's a toss. I give the slight edge to LL.
- [53:40]
Jim Gaffigan
As a rap artist. I give the overall branding edge to Snoop. But it's pick to pick him. Tomato, tomato. Yeah, right.
- [53:52]
Stephen A. Smith
But you still didn't answer my question.
- [53:54]
Jim Gaffigan
About Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
- [53:55]
Josh
I mean, Kendrick won me over. I was one of those people, like, I didn't get it at first. I'm like, well, this is a hoopla about Kendrick, and he kind of slayed the dragon for me. So, yeah, Kendrick won me over. I'm a Kendrick fan. I'm a Kendrick fan.
- [54:09]
Jim Gaffigan
Okay, before I let you get on out of here, you gonna behave yourself, bro?
- [54:18]
Josh
Before.
- [54:19]
Stephen A. Smith
I mean, are you gonna get yourself.
- [54:21]
Jim Gaffigan
Right where, you know, you ain't just talking, looking apart and got ladies, you know, drooling over these young, these young girls? I mean, it's ridiculous how they look at you. They actually think you're innocent. I don't know where the hell they get this from. Cause you look corrupt as hell, but they think you innocent. I just wanna know, you know, you getting up there in age now.
- [54:46]
Josh
I'm gonna get married at 40.
- [54:47]
Jim Gaffigan
You'll get married at 40?
- [54:48]
Josh
Yeah.
- [54:49]
Jim Gaffigan
Really? And how old are you now?
- [54:50]
Josh
Remind them I be 36 on Friday, so.
- [54:53]
Jim Gaffigan
All right.
- [54:53]
Stephen A. Smith
So you'll be there? Yes, December 6th.
- [54:54]
Jim Gaffigan
I'm fully aware.
- [54:55]
Josh
No, I'm just letting y'all know, so when I. If I'm ever on again. I'm gonna let y'all what I had, got or didn't get on Friday.
- [55:00]
Jim Gaffigan
Well, you're letting them know what you didn't get. Cause I ain't getting your shit.
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We rich.
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Cause you get enough.
- [55:04]
Stephen A. Smith
Cause you get enough. We rich. That's exactly the damn problem. That's why you ain't getting a damn thing.
- [55:09]
Jim Gaffigan
I'm gonna be gone on your birthday.
- [55:11]
Stephen A. Smith
So I won't be here to do anything for you until I get back.
- [55:14]
Josh
Apple Pay, he got every electronic payment. And he talking about he ain't gonna be here.
- [55:20]
Jim Gaffigan
How do you know I have every electronic payment?
- [55:23]
Josh
Got a cell phone. You got two cell phones.
- [55:25]
Jim Gaffigan
How do you know I have an electronic payment?
- [55:28]
Stephen A. Smith
How are you? Tell them. How you know that? Cause you all in my business. Cause you always all in my business.
- [55:35]
Josh
Somebody gotta be. Somebody gotta be all in your business. I ain't Shade Room, but, you know, we related.
- [55:41]
Jim Gaffigan
I can't believe I'm letting the world know you're my nephew. I might have to erase some of this. Y'all. This dude is on another level.
- [55:50]
Right?
- [55:51]
Josh
Keep all that or send it to me.
- [55:53]
Jim Gaffigan
Want your own show? Want your own show?
- [55:56]
Josh
Yeah.
- [55:57]
Jim Gaffigan
It requires work.
- [55:57]
Josh
I was gonna ask you. When I use the studio, you don't be here like that.
- [56:00]
Jim Gaffigan
It requires work. Why?
- [56:02]
Stephen A. Smith
It pays to keep the lights.
- [56:04]
Jim Gaffigan
You gotta pay to keep the lights on. And to have people operating the jib.
- [56:07]
Stephen A. Smith
And the camera and all of this other stuff. It ain't free. You gonna pay for that?
- [56:11]
Josh
Everybody that's here, just pay them one extra hour per time that you here. And when you leave, I'll just have a half hour show every day.
- [56:18]
Jim Gaffigan
What would you do with your own show?
- [56:20]
Josh
Talk about what you might have been wrong about early on first tape or on your show. I would keep it in the family for certain.
- [56:27]
Jim Gaffigan
But how can they trust you? Because you don't tell the truth.
- [56:30]
Stephen A. Smith
You'll sit up there and act like.
- [56:31]
Jim Gaffigan
You'Re against me on Something just to get on my last freaking nerves.
- [56:34]
Stephen A. Smith
You'll do that just because I'm your uncle?
- [56:36]
Jim Gaffigan
No way.
- [56:36]
Stephen A. Smith
See what I'm saying? You wouldn't necessarily. Even if you agree with me, it.
- [56:39]
Jim Gaffigan
Ain'T in you to admit it.
- [56:41]
Josh
You get the camera over here. We naturally disagree because you in your 60s. I'm in my 30s.
- [56:48]
Jim Gaffigan
I thought you said I was in my 50s.
- [56:49]
Josh
57. I round off. We doing round off.
- [56:51]
Stephen A. Smith
So you 40?
- [56:53]
Josh
Who, me?
- [56:53]
Stephen A. Smith
Yeah, if we rounding off. Not so far if we rounding off. All right, Well, I ain't 60 until three years from now. How are you not 40 until Friday? I'm 63 years from now.
- [57:03]
Josh
I'll be 36 Friday, so that's over the five. So then you go to the next zero. I'm doing that right now with my kid, but yeah. Hey, what's up? So Friday's my birthday and you ain't handle that?
- [57:17]
Jim Gaffigan
Grandma told me I had to take care of you. Complete torture. And you love it. Damn shame. Thanks again to Jim Gaffigan for coming on the show. Maybe I owe him an apology. Owe the audience an apology. Oh, everybody a damn apology for subjecting everybody to that dribble that came out of the mouth of my little nephew. God help us all for what we had to listen to. Ladies, don't listen to a damn thing. He said he knows not of what he speaks. Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, Stephen A. Signing off. Peace and love.
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What's happening?
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