“BIPSIC (Again)”

Summary

The Tony Kornheiser Show: “BIPSIC (Again)” – August 11, 2025

Hosted by Tony Kornheiser and produced by This Show Stinks Productions, LLC, “The Tony Kornheiser Show” delves into a myriad of topics ranging from sports to current events, featuring insightful discussions with regular guests.

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1. Golf Struggles and Equipment Adjustments ([00:24] – [05:22])

Tony Kornheiser opens the episode sharing his frustrations with golf, humorously detailing his inability to break 100 despite daily practice:

“I did not break 100 three times last week, I didn't break 100... I stink.” ([03:51])

Guest Jason Lockanfora offers practical advice, suggesting Tony update his outdated golf clubs:

“Your swing changes. These clubs were probably already too long for you and by that, also too heavy.” ([04:24])

Tony discusses his experience with new clubs, hoping they’ll improve his game, while lightheartedly reflecting on his perpetual golfing challenges.

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2. Reflections on the Full Moon and Passing of Jim Lovell ([09:01] – [11:23])

The conversation shifts to the beauty of the full moon visible in the eastern United States, prompting Tony to share poignant memories:

“I was sad to hear of the passing of astronaut Jim Lovell. I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Lovell...” ([10:14])

Steve Sands acknowledges the communal appreciation for the moon and reflects on its unifying presence.

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3. Baseball Insights and the Nationals' Performance ([11:23] – [12:14])

Tony briefly touches on recent events in Major League Baseball, highlighting the Nationals' impressive win despite Justin Verlander’s high strikeout game:

“The Nats crushed Justin Verlander. Despite 3,500 strikeouts, they won.” ([11:23])

The discussion underscores the unpredictability and excitement inherent in baseball games.

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4. Exhibition Football and Its Significance ([16:27] – [30:56])

Jason Lockanfora and Tony engage in an in-depth analysis of NFL preseason games, questioning their relevance:

“They don't matter much. And there's a lot of fools...” ([17:57])

Jason elaborates on the randomness and lack of meaningful impact these exhibitions have on the regular season. They examine player performances, including Travis Hunter’s dual-role gameplay for Jacksonville, and debate the strategic intentions behind such decisions.

Key Insights:

• Fan Engagement: The allure of seeing players in uniform sparks enthusiasm, even if the games themselves carry little weight.
• Player Development: Discussions on Justin Fields and Deshaun Watson highlight the challenges teams face in balancing player health and performance during the preseason.
• Future Predictions: Jason speculates on potential developments, such as the Jets' quarterback strategies and the viability of players like Shador Sanders.

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5. Golf Tournament Highlights and Rory McIlroy’s Absence ([30:56] – [46:20])

Steve Sands and Tony transition to discussing recent PGA Tour playoffs, focusing on Tommy Fleetwood’s near-victories and the unexpected absence of Rory McIlroy:

“He was right there, Tony. And again did not come up big.” ([44:05])

Steve criticizes the PGA Tour's rules and Rory’s decision to skip events, expressing solidarity with McIlroy:

“I think Rory McIlroy has said, you know what? You screwed me, so I'm going to now look after myself.” ([43:39])

Tony laments Fleetwood’s performance, highlighting his inability to convert leads into wins despite regular opportunities:

“Justin Rose rose the last five, six holes. Rose was so great.” ([46:20])

Discussion Points:

• Tournament Dynamics: Analysis of key players like Justin Rose and JJ Spahn, emphasizing their performances and impact on the tournament outcomes.
• Player Psychology: Exploration of how repeated near-wins affect players like Fleetwood, juxtaposed with the momentum and confidence boost experienced by winners.
• Leadership and Influence: Rory McIlroy’s diminishing role on the PGA Tour and its implications for the sport’s leadership dynamics.

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6. Listener Mailbag and Community Engagement ([52:38] – [74:40])

Tony incorporates a vibrant mailbag segment, featuring listener emails that range from humorous anecdotes to heartfelt messages. Highlights include:

• Creative Inspirations: Tony shares his attempt at creating a children's book with the help of AI, receiving playful critiques from his grandson.
• Listener Stories: Heartwarming tales of listeners’ experiences, such as Mike Naugle’s charitable cycling efforts and nostalgic memories from fans.
• Musical Tributes: Introduction of original music by "Frugal Stew and the Coupons," blending seamlessly into the show’s narrative.

Notable Quotes:

“Mike uses his cycling to raise money for charitable organizations and this third trip around the world is for type 1 diabetes research...” ([61:22])

“You tell everybody. Yeah, because it's...” ([09:06])

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7. Closing Remarks and Upcoming Events ([74:40] – End)

The episode wraps up with Tony reflecting on future events like the Caves Valley tournament in Baltimore, expressing excitement for upcoming golf action:

“Next week is. This coming week is Caves Valley in Baltimore.” ([48:00])

He also touches on community interactions and plans for future shows, maintaining his signature blend of humor and insightful commentary.

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Conclusion

“The Tony Kornheiser Show: BIPSIC (Again)” offers a multifaceted exploration of sports, particularly golf and football, interwoven with personal anecdotes and community interactions. Through engaging discussions with guests like Jason Lockanfora and Steve Sands, Tony provides listeners with a blend of expert insights, humor, and heartfelt moments, making the episode both informative and entertaining for those new and familiar to the show alike.

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Transcript

[Tony Kornheiser]

Hey, it's Tony. On today's show, we'll talk with Jason Locanfora about what stood out to him in the first NFL preseason games. And we'll talk to Steve Sands about Justin Rose's dramatic win in a playoff yesterday. But first, Commerce.

[Michael]

You say you'll never join the Navy, that living on a submarine would be too hard. You'd never power a whole ship with nuclear energy, never bring a patient back.

[Jason Lockinfora]

To life.

[Steve Sands]

Or play the national anthem.

[Michael]

For a sold out crowd. Joining the Navy sounds crazy. Saying never actually is. Start your [e-mail] America's Navy forged by.

[Tony Kornheiser]

The sea.

[Michael]

Previously on the Tony Kornheiser Show.

[Guest]

There was one time we were playing down in Florida and I'd never played the chorus. You know, it's hard to get your bearings. And he just points, you know, points in a direction. I crank a pretty good drive. At the time, we were driving through the fairway and all of a sudden we just pass a cart. He had me hit over a group in the first hole. Didn't even let him get out of position.

[Tony Kornheiser]

True. It's true. Could you imagine if. If Tony had a driver over a group in front of him? Well, it would. It had. They'd have to be 30 yards in front of me.

[Michael]

The Tony Korneiser show is on now.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah, I didn't expect that. I didn't expect we'd start with golf. We're just, I can't play anymore. I'm good. I haven't quit, but I. I'm no good. I play every day. Okay. So this stuff goes into what I wanted to say. Yeah, this is. This dovetails into what I wanted to say, which is that I'm not good at vacation. Okay. I'm not good at it. I might be good at it if I went somewhere far away, but I want to go somewhere far away. I don't want to do that. But I'm not good at it. I'm anxious every single day. I think I should be working because let's be fair, this is not hard work for me. I know how to talk, you know, and if people listen to it, that. That's very gratifying. I mean, I do. I walk in, I'll walk onto the golf course, I'll go somewhere and somebody will tell me, you know, how much they like listening to the podcast or their friends told them about the podcast, or their cousin listens to the podcast. You know, somebody across the street, you know, says, could I take a picture with you? Because my dad really loves the Pot, you know, stuff like that. And that's very, very gratifying. Obviously, it makes me very happy. But when I don't have the podcast, when I don't have PTI'm happy in a theoretical sense, but I'm not happy in a practical sense because I have nothing to do. I am a creature, as my son knows more than anyone, a creature of habit to the nth degree. I'm just not good at changing. So I go to play golf every day when I don't work, and I stink. I didn't break 100 three times last week, I didn't break 100. Are you trying any different? Well, I. I'm just trying to hit the ball in the air, which I don't do very well. What happens with me, Michael, and this is very different than you because you're an accomplished player. What happens with me is that one bad shot leads to three shots. If I leave the ball in the green, if I leave it in the trap, rather, and then it takes me three to get out. If I skull something over a green into the water, it happens all the time. I hit a bad shot, that results in a penalty of two, and then I hit it into the water, and that's a penalty and all of that. And I didn't break 100. And I'm somebody who is used to thinking of 90 as. I'm not a good player. I'm an 18 to a 20. I'm not a good player. But in my mind, if I can shoot right around 90, I'm pretty happy. And I was not breaking comfortable 20.

[Guest]

Though, like you, you're. You're in most holes, you drive the ball well. Yeah, you have a couple of.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah, well, I wasn't. I wasn't driving the ball or something happened, and I don't, you know, I don't want to say something happened. And this is what it is. I don't know what it is. I just stopped hitting the ball. So. So I played a lot. And. And now I'm getting new clubs. Michael, explain. Explain why I need new clubs.

[Guest]

Well, you are a man where if you have something that's not broken, you are not going to change it. So you have been using a set of gifted golf clubs that you've kept out in Delaware for close to 20 years. And you know what? Your swing changes. Your. Your strength changes. These clubs were probably already too long for you and by that, also too heavy.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Too long. Too heavy. You. Too long.

[Guest]

You're swinging a weighted bat over there. But because they're so they're waiting for you. You keep playing them. So I said, go into the pro shop and get anything that's lighter, which I did.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I went to George and to Pat and they gave me much lighter, more forgiving. The heads on the clubs are more forgiving. The clubs, the shafts are much lighter. I'm trying to get the ball into the air. I get the ball into the air pretty good on the, on the range, but then I choke on the course. It's like the Tommy Fleetwood experience and I just can'.

[Guest]

Just waiting for that first win.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah. So I can't do it. But, but I'm going to buy. I'm going to buy. There's really no point in me buying five iron and six iron anymore. No. Because I'll just use a rescue. Right, Michael, for the same distance for.

[Guest]

You, you need the five iron just to, you know, punch out from the trees. But you can do that with any club.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah, but I can do that. I can keep an old five iron to do that. I don't need to buy a new five iron to do that. So I'm going to buy a 7 and 8 and 9, a pitching wedge and a sand wedge and a couple of a 1 rescue and 13 wood high loft and we'll see what happens. We'll see what happens. But I'm. And I'm not even. I'm not even. I'm far beyond being depressed about it. It's just like. Is this what, the new putter? No. Okay. No, no, no. Short putters? No, no. The putter I have is fine. I'm, I'm okay. I'm not a bad putter. Right, Michael? It's fair to say I'm not a bad putter under pressure. Under pressure. I'm a bad under pressure. Well, I don't get to the green, so it doesn't really matter. I'm not in the hole. I'm in. I'm dip sick. I'm balling pockets, sitting in cart. I'm dip sick. So anyway, so maybe I'll get these clubs in a couple of. I, you know, I don't know. But I've been using them. I've been using them out of a, out of the bag for a while and, and they're. Maybe they're better and maybe they're not. If I lost any money to 12 year olds, not. That kid shot 69 the other day from the white tees.

[Steve Sands]

What?

[Tony Kornheiser]

He shot 69. He won all the money in men's day. And I just thought, wait a Second, you're going to lose your amateur status if you've won all the money. So they gave his father the money, which I thought was fair, you know, but. But, you know, he shot 69 from the whites. That's pretty good. Come on. It's par 72. It's very good. He's 12. 12.

[Guest]

Look at someone for somebody for you.

[Tony Kornheiser]

To shoot for, to be 12 again. My friend, David Sonnenberg, my friend. So this is fabulous. I get a phone call, and I haven't talked to David Sonnenberg in, I don't know, eight to 10 years. Okay. We went to camp together. He became Jimmy Steinman's manager. He was Meatloaf's. Oh, wow. He's very involved. He was the manager for the Fugees. It was a manager for a lot of people. He himself won an Academy Award as the producer of they Were Kings. What was the name of that movie? The Muhammad Ali movie. Oh, yeah. When they Were Kings. When they Were Kings. He went up there and picked up an Academy Award. I know two people have picked up Academy Awards. Errol Morris with the greatest speech of all time. What took you so long? And David Sonoma. They got Academy Awards. So these are not unaccomplished people. David Sonnenberg calls me and he says, brent, who's our mutual friend, he said. With my friend Brent Glass. And he says, Brent says, I should run this by you because you're a pretty good golfer. I said, I'm no. I'm an 18 or a 20. I'm no good. What is it? He said, I shot my age. I shot my age. I shot a 78. 78 years old. I shot my age. I said, that's unbelievable. That's just so great. He says, yeah, I'm. I'm down to a nine. So that's, you know, you can see somebody shooting. Sure, 78. So I, I, you know, you know, I congratulated him, and then I wrote him a note and I said, this is because. He said. He said, I've won an Academy Award. It's not as good as this. It's not as good. This is the greatest accomplishment. I completely concur. I completely concur with this. Absolutely. And then I wrote him a note and I said, you know what? You should tell everybody, you know, call people you haven't talked to, and you'd say, you know what? I just shot 78. You know, and then yesterday he writes me back and he says, I shot 79. I just missed a putt on 18. I said, don't be greedy. Don't be greedy. I also. He said, I'm not telling anybody. I said tell? What do you mean? Yeah. Singing 78, 79 and it's like a whole.

[Guest]

You have to tell. You have to tell everyone.

[Tony Kornheiser]

You tell everybody. Yeah, because it's.

[Guest]

Success is relative.

[Tony Kornheiser]

It's wonderful. I stink. I mean, but if I get a par, I'm very happy. If I throw in a 12 foot putt or something like that, I walk right up to it. I'm pointing at. Happens a little sevy. It happens so infrequently. Yeah, yeah, yeah. By the way, I hope. I know I'm a couple of days late on this and I don't know what the weather is where you are, but for the first time in five or six months, the full moon was totally visible in the eastern part of the United States of America. And on Friday night and Saturday night as the moon rose in the sky and I'm walking the dog. It's golden and it's gorgeous. It's gorgeous. Now I did call my daughter in law and I say I might have been looking at a street lamp. I'm not exactly sure. I thought it was the moon, but I may have missed it in the horizon. But did you take the kids out to see it?

[Steve Sands]

We did.

[Guest]

And this is just, it's what I love about the moon. And following this with you, no matter where you are, it just brings us all together.

[Tony Kornheiser]

The moon, it's. Oh, did you handing me something? Yes, this relates to the moon from Sandra Rody in Grand island, right? Sandra Rhodey. Yes, Grand Island, Nebraska. Maybe she's a friend of Jolene. Could be. I was sad the passing of. Okay, I, I didn't know that. I was sad to hear of the passing of astronaut Jim Lovell. I didn't know that happened either. Oh yeah. I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Lovell at Sentel Corporation in Chicago. He's indeed a gentleman. Long before the Apollo 13 movie, Captain Lovell will delight his admirers and coworkers with a slideshow. Yes. The round tray and individual slides. And tell the harrowing story of returning from the moon. He allowed me to take his slideshow on the road in Illinois. I think it's only fitting that he died on a night when a full moon honored his life. Yes, yes, the moon was great. Do the kids like the moon, Michael? They do.

[Guest]

And I mean it's a reminder where we are in the summer because we're now getting these sunsets that are beginning to creep just in front of 8 o', clock, I think, but, you know.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Oh, yeah, it's hard. Oh, it's dark in the morning now.

[Guest]

You know, to keep them up.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Did you see the moon? I did not see the moon.

[Guest]

Well, you were traveling.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I was traveling, yeah. The moon. It was just beautiful. Just absolutely.

[Guest]

Do you ever try and take a photo of it?

[Tony Kornheiser]

I don't know how to take a photo. Ever since Eastman Kodak went out, I don't know how to take a photo. I don't know how to use my phone to do it like others. Do you know how to do it? I don't know how to do it. Yeah. We could get a tutorial. I'm not talking about the Gnats. They had a nice win yesterday. Yeah, no, I know. They crushed Justin verlander. Yeah. Despite 3, 500 strikeouts, they won. They won twice in. In San Francisco. Can I just say something? And I know I'm not a Nats fan, but looking at that box score and you see what Mackenzie Gore did and you say got a great deal, that's why you don't trade him. Yeah. The previous two games he was knocked around in the first inning and stuff like that, but that was all around the Traders pitcher. Yeah. And he was upset. Yeah. You don't know. You know, you could be going anywhere, you know.

[Guest]

So anyway, the RBI from CJ Abrams, from James Wood, well, they're just trying to climb that final wild card push.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Right.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Oh, stop. Wood. Wood was like 2 for 40 going into a couple of games in San Francisco and finally got some hits. Paul De Young got some hits. You know, they. They're good, but they're terrible team. Yeah. It's been. And they have totally clean house. Yeah. But I don't. I'm not. I can't. I just can't. You know what? Like Cizza and Chuck Todd don't even answer my text anymore. It's over. They've moved on. Well, it's. I'm the only one who hasn't moved on.

[Jason Lockinfora]

I'm.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I'm stuck in. In all of these things, including old clubs. Should I get a 5 iron as well? No, you don't need to get a five.

[Guest]

Yeah, you're good.

[Tony Kornheiser]

But it's a punch shot. It is a punch shot from under the trees.

[Steve Sands]

Oh, yeah.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Maybe I'll get a five. Or should I keep an old five? That's what I'm asking. Because I'm not trying to make a full swing with that. No, but you're gonna be hitting it.

[Guest]

Yeah, you're good with the old five.

[Tony Kornheiser]

You, you're not convincing. I'll just buy a new five. But I don't at that point just.

[Guest]

Buy the full set. Trying to help out the shop?

[Tony Kornheiser]

Maybe a little. Yeah. And for a penny. Yeah. I don't usually buy things and now I'm buying them. Maybe. What do they say? If you can buy a game, buy a game. And I can't. I'm not any good, but I play a lot. I mean, for a guy who's bad, it's like, I think people see me coming and they go, let's just get out quick.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Let's not play with him.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Let's not play with him. He's annoying because he's always whining about how terrible he is. All right, let's get out of here. Who's first? Jason. Jason Linfor, when we return to talk about something I'm sure he loathes at this point, which is exhibition football and if there's any meaning in it whatsoever, I'm Tony Kornheiser.

[Michael]

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[Tony Kornheiser]

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[Michael]

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[Tony Kornheiser]

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[Steve Sands]

You're listening to the Tony Kornheiser Show.

[Tony Kornheiser]

This is an instrumental called Arcane. It is by a group with a fantastic name, really is Frugal Stew and the Coupons. Frugal Stew and the Coupons. And John Jolka, who is part of the band says, I'm reaching out on behalf of my band. Frugal Stew and the Coupons. I've been watching you since I was a kid on pti. When a friend told me about your podcast, I dove right in. I was pleasantly surprised to find more than sports in your podcast. The jingle segment is an incredible and unique way for you to support musicians. We'd be honored to be featured on your show. I've attached two songs. They are a Milwaukee based jazz funk jam fusion band together since 2017 and this is their latest EP, Arcane. Most of the work is instrumental, a couple are not and we're going to have one later in the show that is not instrumental again, Frugal Stew and the Coupons. And I play in Jason Locke and Fora and I. It is with great trepidation that I ask this question. It honestly is. The exhibitions have started and I will tell you that from, you know, my Standpoint, I don't care who wins them, I don't really care anything about them. But I am so thrilled to see people in football uniforms playing games. It's just so great. I tuned into the NFL Network and just, just like luxuriated in all of these games. Do they. They don't matter at all, do they, Jason? Do they matter?

[Jason Lockinfora]

They don't matter much. And there's a lot of fools and I, I try to be smart about it or sort of rise above or be rational in my consumption, but I'd be lying if I wasn't sending texts to, like my buddy Beltway Ben hall from the Warren Bet show saying my Justin Fields over five and a half rushing touchdown prop will cash before October. Like, I think he's going to hit it in the first three games. You know, like I said that, I admit it and I do love that bet. I think that's one of the best futures out there. And you know what? Maybe come another couple of weeks that number is six and a half or seven and a half or something like that. But yeah, I fall a little bit prey to the same sort of recency bias or in the moment or, my God, there's been no football for six months. Let me make way too much about this fake football in my head, in some of the content I produce. But like, yeah, like, I think the jets are a lot better and why. I think the Giants are going to be much better and why the Giants might have a top, you know, six, seven defense in the NFL. And I watch the eight to 10 snaps that their first string defensive line plays together and I go, perhaps I'm right now, again, it's way too early to know. Like the Cowboys being a complete cluster. You know what I mean? Do I revel in that a little bit? Of course, of course. It's who they are. It's their brand. I think you and I did like, I don't know, 15 or 20 straight minutes on the Cowboys a few weeks back. Like, they are what they are. The best reality show in NFL that is still equipped to win football games or look like a particularly quality football product. Nearly enough. Yeah. I mean, some, some individual play you get a little caught up in, perhaps. But to your larger point here at the macro level, I think it is, there's a lot of fool's gold. There's, there's so many things that were major storylines or plot twists or things that had, dare I say it, column inches, if we still use those term, you know, hundreds and thousands of column inches. Devoted to them in July's and August past that never resonated, never connected, never meant a damn thing when there was real money and real standings online and these games.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah, I mean, I agree with that. We're way early. It's just thrilling to see them out there. And I will say this now, I love college football, but I like pro football better. And I wouldn't get this excited if college football people were out there playing interest squad games. I wouldn't. I mean, this is. It's really good. I have a couple of very specific questions, though, and I'm sure you're going to have to deal with this at some point. As a writer. Travis Hunter, he was out there playing both ways. He didn't play 80 snaps or anything like that, but he was out there on offense and out there on defense for Jacksonville. What do you think? What do you think the plan is with him? And. And I think we all have to keep in mind this is a new coach as well.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Yeah.

[Tony Kornheiser]

So it, you know, it could be radically different. What do you think?

[Jason Lockinfora]

I think the plan is probably to ride him as much as they can to see what, what he can do, where we're getting, you know, reasonable returns, coming up with the daily sort of schedule that what is a normal, you know, well, let's take Monday and Tuesday out of it. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, the heavy work days of the week. Who, you know, are we varying that based on the opponent and the strengths of the opponent? Are we varying that based on where we think he may need the most individual work? You know, just there's teams that are meeting at the same time. Right. Position groups are meeting at the same time. Which is. Which is it more imperative for this upcoming matchup that. That he's with, you know, do. Do. Is there a part of his game that might be better called as a second or third string guy on one side of the ball, but not on the other side? I don't know that they even know the answers to all of that yet, but I suspect with that franchise being as hapless as it's been and with them making, you know, he didn't just fall in their lap, they went and got him. Boy, I think that really kind of smells like, you know, shot Khan and Tony Khan. I think this is supposed to be different and this is supposed to be, you know, something that nobody else has. Right. We got two players for one. That's why we went up and paid a quarterback premium to get him. So I don't think you do that, you know, What I mean, seeing, well, is he a better receiver or better DB and whatever he's better at, we'll just let him do that. I just don't think that's what this is about. Especially given again, how they haven't won anything in so long. They haven't really been relevant outside of one seven, eight week stretch where Trevor Lawrence played great football and then made a playoff run. I mean, that's really it for them in a decade. So no, I think this is about establishing him. It's about establishing him as a unicorn, I think. And then how much that unicorn grazes. I guess unicorns grace on one side of the ball or the other side of the ball. I think some of that can be determined by the week. But I think you're going to know in week one very early on that we've got something nobody else has. He's a true two way player.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah. And also again, new coach and Trevor Lawrence was out there for a long time. Not every starting quarterback was out there. Sometimes it's with new coaches. For example, Justin Fields, he's your number one quarterback. He's out there, you know, new coach with the Jets. You. He looked, Justin Fields looked like an NF, but he's always looked like an NFL quarterback. And in the two previous stops, to me, he has looked like an NFL quarterback.

[Jason Lockinfora]

I mean, look, the Steelers were 4 and 2 and playing really good football. And I think he had just gone to Vegas and there were some throws he'd want back for sure, but he pretty much, his ability to run the ball in the red zone where spaces got tight pretty much won that game for him. And then Tomlin decided, okay, enough of that. I want to see this other thing. And then when they got sick of the other thing and wanted to go back to Fields, Fields was hurt. So keeping him upright through a full season, he's someone who, I don't know that he's learned quite yet. And part of it's his, you know, his, his playtime has been staccato. I don't think he's learned to take it down from 11 like Lamar can now. You know, Lamar uses the sideline as his friend much more now than he did three years ago. Lamar has sort of re. Sort of structured his body several different times to see what works best for him. He avoids contact more than he did before. Like there's things that I think Justin Fields hasn't learned when to, to turn it down a little bit and protect himself a little bit more. And again, some of that Only comes from playing, you know, regularly for a couple of seasons in a row, which hasn't been the case for him. But like the kid ran for, I think 1,157 yards like three or four years ago. He can manage a game. I think he has developed better instincts. I think the jets are the second best team in that division. Like, I think the jets can win more games than they lose. But that's not. Again, look, the whole league is set up for parody. So I'm not trying to say that there's some force to be reckoned with or anything like that, but like, if you told me the jets won nine games and a lot of the, you know, and several of the games they lost were pretty close. And if you told me that was a legitimate top five defense, I wouldn't, I wouldn't frankly flinch. I think there's a lot of addition by subtraction going on in that building right now.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Okay, that makes sense to me. Shador Sanders names come, name comes up rightfully so. Because a lot of people thought he'd be a first round pick. People say to me all the time, you know, I don't know. They comment on his comments and I go, he's Deon's son. What did you think? Did you think he would be a shrinking, violent. Are you insane? Deion Sanders son? But he seemed to look pretty good. That's an old coach, not a new coach. There is a quarterback dilemma there. There's 87 quarterbacks. But what did you think when you saw him?

[Jason Lockinfora]

Well, there's a lot of quarterbacks, but there's not many healthy ones. And I thought the first drive he short armed a little underneath row and he looked like somebody doing something different for the first time in his life. Not playing quarterback, but playing quarterback against dudes that big, that strong, that fast. Preseason enough. So like there seemed to me to be some butterflies the first series, which is perfectly normal. Then I thought he played pretty good football. Am I a little bit predisposed to root for this kid? Yeah, I am going to admit that bias. I admit that dissent was a little bit too deep, too strong, too personal.

[Tony Kornheiser]

That was about his father.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Yeah, he played football at a high level. He did it under duress with a bad offensive line. He's someone who plays the game a little bit like a throwback. He's a lot more like Dan Faust than he is Lamar Jackson. Yeah, I thought it was pretty impressive. Nothing to get super carried away about. But let me tell you, if he didn't look good like the way people would be piling on right now and the way they declare first Stefanski to just completely bench him and stop even trying to develop him. And I think he's got. I said this to you before, I believe. I think he's going to play for them this year because I think he's going to have to play. I don't think the plan is going to be let's get to Shador as soon as we can, but they're going to try to ride Flacco. I look at the first seven weeks of their schedule. I don't think, frankly, Joe Flacco survives the first four or five, and then there's going to be decision to be made. And I don't think Pickett will maybe even be there by then. Deshaun Watson by going back to him would be if you're owing 5, you're going back to him. Like, what are we doing here? And I think this kid Sanders is definitely better than Dylan Gabriel, and I know he's better than Snoop Harmony, so. And I frankly, I know he's better than Don Gate. So, like, I think he's playing football for that, and I think he's playing a decent amount of football for them, and I think he'll probably look pretty. Okay.

[Tony Kornheiser]

All right, let me. Let me get to. And I don't know the answer to this. I don't know if Caleb Williams played. There is a new coach there, so I assume he. Did he play. Did he play a little bit? No, he did not. Okay, let me lump this all together.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Yeah.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Does that surprise you that Caleb Williams doesn't. Didn't play. Did it surprise you that Aaron Rodgers didn't play? Did it surprise you that Russell Wilson didn't play?

[Jason Lockinfora]

Maybe the Wilson thing a little bit. You know, they've still got four there with DeVito, so they've got to do some interesting math. That's a little bit more like the Browns one. So, I mean, does it. On one level. Yeah, on another level. Like, there's not going to be meaningful snaps for all four of them. You know, they might be trying to showcase DeVito for some sort of minimal trade, which would make sense. And that's Russ's job. I don't think it's Russ's job for that long. Like, I don't think Russ holds that job much longer than, let's say Justin Fields held it in Pittsburgh last year before Russ took over for him. Williams. I. My surprise. Not. Not really. I mean, is there something to be gained from a series or two series. I guess there could be. But, you know, they had had a good week of joint practices. I think Ben Johnson felt pretty good about where he was, and I think they're going to be pretty careful with that kid. I think Aaron Rodgers does whatever he wants. You know, at this point, he and Tomlins surely seem to have a thing there. It's kind of those two against the world, and so that it's whatever Aaron Rodgers thinks he needs. I assume that Aaron Rodgers thinks he needs a quarter of football or, you know, six to eight series of football against another team at some point this summer. But he also, you know, he. He also may not. But no, I do think he'll. I think this next game he probably plays a little bit, not a ton, and then that's that, you know, they keep some things on the wraps and they head into the regular season. And I think, again, that's another team that I think is viable. I don't think they're special. I would not call them a contender in that we usually think of contending for championships. I absolutely think they're a wild card today.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah. No, I agree with that. I plug all the things that you do. Make some money off this show.

[Jason Lockinfora]

I'll try, buddy. First, I just wanted to give a sincere shout out to anybody in the Littles community who's ever thought about our old dog Copper for even a minute or who chuckled, you know, when he used to go crazy when I would do an accent or. Or who made T shirts for him or who made a Twitter account for him or who stopped me on the street and said, like, either a house copper. And it happened more than I ever thought it would. Our family really, really appreciated all that. I think he got a kick out of all that. And he's a special person in our lives forever. And we're just beyond overwhelmed that so many people gravitated to that little dog. So a sincere thank you. You can listen to me two to six weekdays on 157 the Fan in Baltimore. And it's not like a podcast that they tell me you can listen to on Spotify or iHeartRadio apps or it's pretty much anywhere. You can read me in the Washington Post at least a couple of times a week during the football season. I have a piece on Mike McDaniel being close to being fired already before the season started. You know, Tony, you still got to wield the axe even when you're hurting. So it is what it is. I call them 100%. And you could listen to me or watch me. I'm sorry. I want to bet all the daily sports wagers that you need in about 20 to 25 minutes. You can check that out on my Twitter @Jason Lockin4 or on Twitter @wantabet with us or on YouTube.com backslash@want to betwithus? We're crushing it for our viewers there and we take it very seriously. But we also have a lot of fun. So I thank you again. And Copper sends his love to everyone.

[Tony Kornheiser]

And everybody who's ever had a dog understands what you're going through. Thank you, Jason. Talk soon.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Thank you guys. Appreciate you.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Thanks Jason locanfara Boys and girls. We will come back with Steve Sands. I am Tony Kornheiser.

[Steve Sands]

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[Michael]

This is the Tony Kornheiser Show. Tony Kornizer Show.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Once again, these are Frugal Stew and the coupons. You see that connection? If you're frugal, you would use the coupons to go to the Safeway or the Giant or something like that. As long as this is a song called Iron Dave and it's inspired by Steely Dan. They say yes. Sounds like Steely Dan. It really does. Yes. Wow, Michael, if people like Frugal Stew in the coupons want to send in their original music, how do they do it?

[Guest]

Send us your music by emailing it to Jingles at Tony Kornizer. And with all your golf adventures out in Delaware, we have a Johnny O promo code for the rest of August TK Sand. Hopefully you can get out of it.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Well, I can't get out of it. It Takes me three shots, I'm no good. Or if I hit it clean out, it goes into the water somewhere. I stink. Anyway, Frugal Stew and the coupons are playing and talking about golf playing in Steve Sands, who was at the first weekend of the PGA Tour playoffs. And we will get to all of that, but something more important has come up, and that is the socialite had a little gathering over the weekend and Val Sands was there, who always introduces herself to me as, hi, I'm Val Sands. Like, I know, I know, I know at this point, but she had a son with her and a son's girlfriend. And this enabled me to ask the following question. Are you the one who ran into the garage? Right, Steve? That's the right question. Wasn't it for your kid? Wasn't that the right question?

[Steve Sands]

That is correct.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Right. And so Val then said, they all ran into the garage. Is this correct as well? They've all run into the garage.

[Steve Sands]

They all three. Three for three in the sans house. All hitting the house.

[Tony Kornheiser]

That to look forward to the big ten.

[Steve Sands]

Big. The big ten. That stationary should not be hit. Brings back great memories. By the way, my car insurance bill is $9 billion.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yes. Well, if you're running, if your kids are running into the garage, that's going to happen. Now, I also heard that you know that. That heated toilet seats are very much in play for the house, right? Heated toilet seats.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Oh, man.

[Steve Sands]

My wife, the mouth of the south, man, she talks too much. Yes, heated toilet seats. I mean, Tony, look, let's be honest. The 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang is the first time we ever had the luxury of a heated toilet seat in that hotel in Pyeongchang. South Korea came home and I happen to be 50 years of age the following year. So for my 50th birthday, Val Sands got me a heated toilet seat in the house. So for the last six and a half years, tremendous. I'm a grown man and I have not stood up to pee in my own house because it's so damn comfortable.

[Tony Kornheiser]

That's funny. We'll leave that right there. All right. You were in Memphis? I was Memphis. That rain on. Was it Friday? Nobody's going out within 30 minutes of that rain stopping. That was pounding, wasn't it?

[Steve Sands]

That was unreal. They did not even see it coming. The storms were came out of nowhere and it popped up and it just deluge, man. It was thunder and lightning and monsooning. It was crazy. By the way, you don't need a heated toilet seat in Memphis. Holy cow, is it hot in Memphis?

[Tony Kornheiser]

Wow.

[Steve Sands]

It was wild. It was wild weather. It was a heck of a week, though. It was a very good tournament. Good start to the playoffs.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I want to talk about the tournament, but before I get to that, because you got to talk about Tommy Fleetwood and you got to talk about Justin Rose and JJ Spawn Scottish. You got to do it. And I understand that. And I watched it. I watched all of it. But before that, Rory did not play. And I have. I think. I have a question that I think is a question that almost anybody would have who has sort of paid attention. There was a period of time within the last two to three years that Rory McElroy was the most important person on the PGA Tour and spoke for the Tour and spoke for the Tour players and spoke against the Saudi Tour and was really out there and seemed to me that everything he said was reasonable and correct. And lately, in the last four to six months, it seems somehow to me that Rory is no longer in that position and that his leadership is not what it was. I would have thought. I understand he's qualified. I understand he's going to make the second round and the third round, no matter what happens. But, boy, I would have thought since they had Scheffler, that someone like Rory, who stood for the PGA Tour, would have played in this event. Am I overanalyzing this? And is there anything. Is a long question. Is there anything about Rory that that has changed in terms of his relationship with the Tour and with his compatriots on the Tour?

[Steve Sands]

You're definitely not wrong in inquiring for sure. It was a huge omission. 70 guys get into the playoffs. Only 69 showed up. And if not the face of the Tour, certainly one of the two faces of the Tour. Was not there a sidebar to that, by the way? If you don't change the rule that you have to play in all three playoff events to eventually win the playoffs, to me, the playoffs, just. Not that they have to go, but you have to change that rule. You can. I'm rooting for Rory McElroy now. I'm rooting for him to win this thing now because it's so stupid that you could win the playoffs and not play in one of the events unless you're injured or unless there's some situation that doesn't allow you to play. So that's the sidebar to that. The PGA Tour's got to change that rule. They've got to get together with the players. It's ridiculous that you could skip an event and still win the playoffs. It's insane to me. Having said that, the McElroy situation is fascinating. He was the face of the Tour when the lifting came about. He was the person who was the spokesperson. Basically he was the one who was out front. He did it willingly and the Tour wrote that. And then the Tour screwed him and they didn't tell him what was going on and he looked foolish. And I think, I do not know this for a fact, but I've always lived by the fact that I think people inherently do things because they can. And in this particular situation and in certain situations throughout the last few years, I think Rory McElroy has said, you know what? You screwed me, so I'm going to now look after myself. Which is his prerogative. I'm on his side on this one. I don't think he should skip an event in the playoffs. That part I don't love. But I am on his side 100% in the fact that the Tour messed around with him, put him out there and he feels like he felt and looked foolish with the result and how everything played out.

[Jason Lockinfora]

And I think that he's just saying, you know what?

[Steve Sands]

I'm just going to look after myself now and not look after the Tour.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I agree with you. They pulled the rug out from under this guy. They did. I don't know how else you can look at this. So okay, we agree on that. Let's get to the tournament. I feel terrible for Tommy Fleetwood, but I'm a sports writer by trade. It's a choke, isn't it? He choked in the last few holes. Yes.

[Steve Sands]

Yeah. I mean you and every other person who. But my mentors and teachers over the years in journalism will tell you, you.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Never bury the lead.

[Steve Sands]

You should always give praise to the winner. In this case Justin Rose. Always give praise to JJ Spawn who played fabulous golf. But the lead is Tommy fleetwood and it's 162nd PGA Tour start with seven runner up finishes in his career is now over three with a 54 hole lead on the PGA Tour or co lead with 18 holes to play. He did not have that tournament in his hands. But he was right there, Tony. And again did not come up big. In fact he came up tiny in big spots. And that's become a pattern. Now most players will tell you, almost every player will tell you, you've got to give yourself the opportunities to get into that situation. And then eventually the more comfortable you get in that situation, the better off you'll be. And the more doors you'll kick down and you'll get to the finish line. However, as you know, Tony and Michael knows as well too, when you play high level amateur golf, high level college golf, high level PGA Tour golf, whatever the level is, when you build up scar tissue, it becomes more and more difficult. I don't think it gets easier for Tommy Fleetwood to win since he's put himself in this position more often. I think it gets more difficult because it hasn't gotten there yet. He hasn't gotten there yet. And I think yesterday was. Was a tough one again. I mean, it's the second time this summer that he's had a tournament right there for him.

[Jason Lockinfora]

And he's.

[Steve Sands]

And he's basically choked, like you said.

[Tony Kornheiser]

It's very. It's a harsh judgment. I mean, athletes know it themselves, but it's a harsh judgment. But if you were to handicap going into Sunday and the four people who are in contention, Justin Rose, JJ Spawn, Scotty Scheffler, and Tommy Fleetwood, you would think it's going to come down to Scheffler and Fleetwood. And Scheffler did not. Scheffler did not drive the ball well. Scheffler did not play particularly well, opening the door for Fleetwood. And you would not have expected that the playoff would be Spawn and Rose. Right? And Rose rose the last five, six holes. Rose was so great. And by the way, two of the three playoff holes he birdied. He birdied two of three. Come on.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Yeah.

[Steve Sands]

And the second one he birdied after JJ Spawn knocked in a 30 plus foot birdie putt. So he had to make that putt, which was a money, money putt. I totally agree with you. If I. When we came on the air yesterday, we were thinking, okay, Fleetwood, Scheffler. We were not thinking Spawn and Rose as much as we were thinking the other two. I totally agree with you on that. What's amazing to me is as much scar tissue as we talked about that you can, you know, build up in this sport. You can also get such momentum and such confidence in this sport. And JJ Spahn is a perfect example of, wow, what a year, what a season this guy's having. He's going to be not just on the Ryder cup team for the United States, Tony. He's going to be a major piece of the Ryder cup team. And if you would have said 12 months ago that JJ Spawn would be right there with Scottie Scheffler and one of the leaders of the American side for the Ryder cup and be a major champion, you would Just laugh because there's no way you would have said that a year ago. But he has had some kind of 20, 25 and yesterday he played. Not only did he play well, Tony, but he played with such confidence and conviction. And that only comes from winning. Winning breeds winning. And that's why the other side of that coin is the scar tissue. Not that losing breeds losing, but it doesn't get easier when you continue to have these type of faulters like Tommy. On the flip side for J.J. spahn, wow, is he playing some great, great golf.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Next week is. This coming week is Caves Valley in Baltimore. The last time they had the BMW there was tremendous. Patrick Canlay made 7 million miles of putts. It was just a great tournament. They killed the course. We understand that, but so what? People are happy to watch that. This should be exciting to see them again. Just to have it there again, right?

[Steve Sands]

100%. It was one of the best finishes I've ever seen since I've been doing golf, which has been 25 years. Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Hanley, two stars of the game. Two great young Americans at the time. And seven hole playoff was fantastic. Don't worry about the scores. I keep telling we have good friends. By the way, I'll see the socialite on Wednesday night. It was very kind of him, he and Nancy to invite to invite Val and Brian and Samantha over there, even though I wasn't there. Very, very nice. And Brian, by the way, as a side note, Brian said to me goes, dad, listening to Mr. Kornheiser talk in person was amazing. And I'm like, why? Goes, because you made me watch that show PTI and listen to that podcast my whole life. And having never met him in person, to actually hear the voice in person that I've seen on TV and heard on that stupid podcast, whenever you make me listen to him, we're driving down the road. Is fantastic to listen to it in person, which was very funny. But anyways, very kind of them to.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Have fun them over.

[Steve Sands]

Very nice of you and Gary and Dana and everybody to be great and Carol as well. But anyway, very appreciative of that. Look, I think Caves Valley, we have friends who are members of Caves Valley and they are very, you know, they have a lot of pride in their golf course as every member does of every club of every place on the planet.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yes.

[Steve Sands]

However, people need to understand something. They're playing the same sport as usual, but it's a different game. So if you think Caves Valley in the last four years, and I say this affectionately because I love the people who we both know are members there. If you think that they're not going to kill your golf course, you're out of your mind.

[Jason Lockinfora]

All right.

[Steve Sands]

The place is great. The course is great. The club is great. These guys are not members of the club who just going out there on a Saturday and Sunday to go play. These guys, they'll mess around. To the best players on the planet. By the way, they're the 50 best players on the planet. Only 50 guys are in the field this week, so the course will yield a lot of birdies and eagles. And hopefully it's as exciting as it was four years ago because it was awesome being in Caves Valley. And when the PGA Tour goes to a market like Baltimore once every four years, the town gets so jacked up. The crowds were amazing four years ago. And that's what it's going to be like this week. Can't wait.

[Tony Kornheiser]

It's going to be. It's going to. I guarantee you Cal Ripken will be visible. I'm pretty sure Jim Palmer will be visible. You know, it's wonderful. And Steve Fader used to run the place and it's a wonderful. It's. It's a great case. Valley is great.

[Steve Sands]

Tony, I love Fader to death, but I keep telling him, steve, I don't care what you did to the golf course. Someone's going to be 20 plus under par. It just doesn't matter. These guys are so great. These guys are so great at golf. It's amazing.

[Tony Kornheiser]

All right, that's good. Great to hear you. Talk soon.

[Steve Sands]

All right, guys, take care.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Steve Sands. Boys and girls, we'll take a break. We will come back with email and jingle. I'm Tony Kornheiser.

[Michael]

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[Michael]

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[Musician]

Here comes Tony's mailbag. Got your email, faxes and your notes. Here comes Tony's mailbag. Gonna read some pony books. Hey, Nigel and Michael.

[Jason Lockinfora]

You guys been good?

[Musician]

Oh, wow.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Nigel, you want Santa to bring you a new email machine? Nigel, you asking for a new pony? I think this is a terrible, terrible idea. Wow, that's like the Boss. That's Ronnie Newman. That's great. It's really good. Let me. Let me read what?

[Guest]

Imagine he's going up and down the boardwalk.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I've been meaning to record a new mailbag thing for the show for a while. And since I'm producing a Bruce Springsteen tribute show, it seemed like the time for this. My friend Edward O' Connell is a D.C. based pop songwriter with three terrific albums out that have drawn comparison to Elvis Costello and Warren Zevon. Ed took my idea and recorded this. We hope you like it. On Saturday, August 16th. Is that this coming Saturday? Yes, I believe so. Yes. A Bandhouse Gigs tribute to Bruce Springsteen will take place at the Fillmore in Silver Spring. 50 of the area's best performers, including the Rocket Sonics, Billy Coulter, Jonathan Sloan, the Sidley's and more, will be performing songs from across Bruce's catalog, with a heavy emphasis on the first six records. This will be a seated show because one thing people my age will not stand for. Four is more than a few minutes. Ba boom. Tickets can be purchased on the Fillmore Silver Spring official website. Here's a photo of me on stage with Bruce and Nils Loftman, bowed over in the middle, taken on stage at the stone Pony in 1989. A bartender happened to have a VHS camera there that night. And there are vids up on YouTube of Midnight Hour, Not Fade Away and Lean on Me that we played. How great is that? Isn't that terrific? Ronnie Newmeyer is playing with Bruce and Mills. Yeah. How great is. That's like Mitch. Yeah, it's exactly so great. Yeah, that's wonderful. Thank you. Thank you to Ronnie and thank you, dad, for that. Thank you. Okay, that's going to do it for us today. Before we get to the mailbag, let me just say day after day I'm more confused yet. I look for the light in the pouring rain. You know that's a game that I hate to lose and I'm feeling the strain ain't it a shame? Oh give me the beat boys. Free my soul. I want to get lost in your rock and roll and title Drift away. Great, fabulous song. Fabulous, fabulous song. You want to do Bethesda Bagel? We haven't done that in a week. No we haven't. Bethesda Bagels. We love them. You will as well just go to bethesdabeagels.com forward a location in the DC area nearest you, then pop on in and you'll be thrilled. Thanks to our guest today, Jason Lockin. Foreign Steve Sands thanks as well to today's sponsors. Remember, you can listen to us on Apple podcasts, Spotify and ought to see if you get the show through Apple. Please leave us a review okay from Tony Beeson where does the spark of creative inspiration come from? I can't explain why, but for some reason this past weekend I wanted to create a children's book based upon the phrase Flush the Mouse. As you are aware, I have no talent. So I turned to technology. I pulled up my Chat GPT app on my phone and simply asked create a five page children's book called Flush the Mouse. Generative AI is amazing. It did exactly what I asked it to do. It created a cute little story complete with illustrated artwork. So I printed it out, sat down with my little one year old grandson and read it to him. He was my first editor. We only got a couple of pages in before Calvin grabbed the manuscript and threw it to the ground. Without saying the words, it was clear what Calvin was communicating to me. Grandpa, this book stinks. He was right. So I spent several hours over the remainder of the weekend rewriting the entire thing, using my usual human brain and working with AI to tweak the pictures. I then turned to some of my friends in the Little's community for further critique and make suggested improvements. The Reverend Mark Schaefer helped me with the rhyme and meter, Claire Natola corrected my numerous grammar and punctuation mistakes, and Seth Shaner chastised me for not including a piano. So here are the results. I hope you enjoyed the attached copy of Flush the Mouse. I would like to pursue this turning this PDF into an actual physical hard copy book. May I ask for your blessing to become the official children's book author of Adventurous Rodents who Use Sewer Systems as Transportation for the Tony Kornizer show? Sure, sure. Tony Beeson Steve the Sycophant as your podcast marvelously reappears, Dear Satch, Let me urge you to ramp up your outside activities. This month we're losing a full hour and 11 minutes of daylight as this was alluded to earlier in the show. Yeah, that's a little more than two minutes per day. So golf it up while you can and get start getting ready for the potato harvest. Yes, I'm hoping we. Yes, soon, soon. Reap that harvest. Okay. This is from Neil Ayervase in Littleton, Colorado. Right. Yeah. Yes. As reported by News Channel 8, Tony had a busy memorable load management week away. Notably helping Kyle Finnegan pack up to leave town. Receiving an honorary degree in horticultural science and being selected number one in the potato futures draft. Hosting a roundtable of past interns with a robust discussion of all they learned and the many tasks they performed. An unforgettable, scintillating eight minute dialogue. Making his debut as a stand up comedian, taking over for Greg Garcia, who was injured in a freak caddying accident, Tony killed it with his classic, you know your old when routine. Converting his charter boat into a floating offshore gaming establishment with a maiden voyage headlined by James Carville and Chuck Todd. One made much more noteworthy when a tippy, tipsy Reginald seized the tiller and ran the graph crafted ground in Rehoboth Beach. Sitting in the studio with Norwegian soft kitten playing a bass guitar once touched by Sir Paul McCarthy. Thank you for that, George Millay. This is a week late. I had to make sure this wasn't some Internet poop. I have confirmed that the great Secretariat's last living son, maritime traveler, passed away a week ago. He was 35. He never won a single race despite trying a few times. On another note, I spent this weekend riding a fine eventing mare named Hollister. This cowboy doesn't get to ride horses like this very often, but Hollister is on a rehab assignment and he showed pictures of that. And we're very happy for George. Oh yeah, George loves horses. He does. Just loves horses. David Cassidy. Not that David Cassidy, no. In Eugene, Oregon, my 15 minutes of fame milked for almost 50 years. I was living in the Sigma Nu fraternity during the filming of Animal House. I'm in a couple of scenes, my best, when Dean Wormer tells the Deltas they've been on double secret probation and the Deltas decide to have a toga party. I am one of the first to start chanting toga. Toga. I'm seated next to Flounder in that scene. Last year I met Nedermeyer outside Portland for this classic photo. And he includes a photo. This is so unbelievable. My favorite moment, however, was meeting Tim Matheson and Eugene when he autographed this photo. Some clown named Hoover photobombed us. Tim wrote to David, my co star. We pledged John Belushi to the frat during filming. I owe this original. I own this original signed picture. Isn't that wonderful? That is phenomenal. Oh gosh, he's got a picture with. Yeah, with Belushi and Flounder. That's just great. Just great. Paulie Coconuts. Yes, that Paulie Coconuts. Holy cow. DG is branching out. I saw this in Clearbrook, Virginia. This guy is everywhere. And it's the DG market.

[Jason Lockinfora]

That's right.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Spend your brand. Okay, so now we have pictures from Mary Faye Randolph, Liz Gardner, Bill Gammerdinger, Rod Slack, and when Hickinbotham spent a wonderful two hours swapping stories about the bald orange man. Thanks for giving us a reason. So this was a the Summer of Little. Summer of Littles in Austin, Texas. Yes, very nice, Alex in Springfield, Missouri in emails past, I've thanked you for decades of laughter and entertainment, for critical information, for life, and for an introduction into the the community of Littles, many of whom I now consider good friends. This email, however, serves as a note of appreciation specifically for all the music you have featured on the show. I actually saw Hot Pink Hangover in concert before they disbanded. Shout out to Davey Hazard. I've also seen Dan Byrne live along with several other artists whose music I discovered only through you. Last week I got to see Liz Longley in concert, a Michael Granberry introduction. Thanks to him, her song Bad Habit was featured on your show several years ago quickly became one of my all time favorite song. She had not sung that song on her current tour, but she sang it when she asked for request and I mentioned it by name. The moment was truly magical. I never would have experienced it if not for your miserly ways and disdain for paying for bar music. If you could please convince Virginia Coalition and the Pat McGee Band to tour the Midwest, I'd be forever in your dad. And by Midwest I do not mean Toronto. Please tell Byron, Brian, Mueller and Chuck to eat it, but never Roxy. And again, thanks for everybody from Jim berry in Woodbine, Maryland. Since 2015, a gentleman named Mike Naugle has ridden miles and miles on a stationary bike at our gym in Mount Airy, Maryland. Pretty much Mount Airy, Maryland pretty much every day. And he expects to complete the equivalent of his third lap around the equator on August 15th.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Wow.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Mike uses his cycling to raise money for charitable organizations and this third trip around the world is for type 1 diabetes research in honor of his 13 year old granddaughter Hazel, whom He describes as the strongest person he knows. I discovered yesterday that Mike spends much of his peddling time listening to this high quality podcast. He's a little. Who knew? So I was hoping you could offer him a hearty Lecheserie in celebration. Absolutely, yes. And a ugly Naugle. I assume it's pronounced Jim Berry and Woodbine. With absolutely no plans to pedal 75,000 miles. That's a long Boyer in Richmond in British Columbia. In Canada, in these times of rising costs, you would be providing a valuable public service by sharing where you can purchase to can purchase a sports coat for $143. That's less than Wilbond pays for his pocket squares. Far less. No, it was this company that I'm not dealing with anymore. The territory ahead because they didn't refund my money. Yeah, 143 bucks. Kurt, Tulsa, Oklahoma. I had a David Aldridge moment a few days ago when I saw a story on the famed and beloved ponies of Chincoteague completing their annual swim. I was surfing through the channels in a hotel room, stopped on the story while the rest of my family looked at the tv and confusedly as I and me. And confusedly as I blurted out, hey, I listen to a guy who hates this. Keep up the good work and the positivity. I thought I liked the Chincoteague. Maybe you don't like the people going to see the ponies there. I. I think pony swimming is nice. Wonderful. Yeah. No, I don't hate. I hate a lot of things. I didn't think I hated that, but maybe I did. Sylvester Bush normally in Chicago. Sylvester Bush here. And by here I mean Zanzibar. I have nothing smart nor clever to say, but I'm emailing you from Zanzibar. Zanzibar. I mean, come on. That's pretty good. Yes, it is. Yeah. P.J. donnelly, Springfield, Virginia. Is it true Little Potato Coffins is playing before Greg Garcia goes on stage? August 21st and 22nd at the CFG Bank arena in Baltimore asking for a friend. Is there such a band? No, that was a phrase that came up in an email to us and we said that potato coffin for bad. Yes. Michael, do you think that the potatoes. Do you think we'll get any potatoes? We're not going to harvest till September. Do you think we get any?

[Guest]

I think there'll definitely be some potatoes. Whether they're store bought and you don't know the difference is to be determined.

[Tony Kornheiser]

The squash yield has been magnificent. Yeah. As has the pepper. Fantastic. Yes.

[Guest]

Again, shout out to Harris New Matt.

[Tony Kornheiser]

McGregor from Rehoboth beach is a certified public trainer. Personal trainer. While Michael might have been too old for Funland by the time you bought the Rehoboth house, I'm sure his boys will ask to go back there sooner than later. Maybe he can steal this gem from our father if he were to ever get sick of taking the boys on another hot, steamy, crowded summer night. Only works once a year at best, so don't waste it. Sorry, son. We can't go to Fun Land tonight. Didn't you hear it? Burned down on your bike tonight to.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Wear wide Kappa walk It's all right.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Thank you.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Thank you.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Thank you. Vegas in take off.

[Jason Lockinfora]

Sa.

[Musician]

Sa Sack dreaming White iron Dave runs at night Headlights scream the engine steams Rail cars run out of sight it's destination.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Sun.

[Musician]

West work station of a newly found boom town Heads fully loaded with hopes of golden other dreams long let down over tracks over tides Wheels of steel passing by on its way to fortune they'd say but that stream would soon run dry off in the distance hear that whistle blow piling 4,000 tons of coal it's moving faster Tomorrow never knows but still many miles to go Sam Its destination was no salvation.

[Tony Kornheiser]

One of.

[Musician]

The history zone ghost towns that old steam engines it's rusting in the rain Time and time wait for no trouble Sa Sam.