1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: You're listening to KF. I am six forty on demand. 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 2: I'm Ricky and I are going back and forth and 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 2: trying to be the most crim Oh, cringe is another one, Kricky, 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 2: we haven't. 5 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 3: Used a cringe. You're so cringe, so cringe. Oh that 6 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,639 Speaker 3: is unk, very unk. I got called n the other day, 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 3: did you? I did? But you know what, it's fine 8 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 3: because I'm not a regular unk. I'm a cool unk. 9 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 4: Oh okay, what is unk because it sounds sus oh my, 10 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 4: oh very good. 11 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 2: It's I would say that now unk is it's it's 12 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 2: kind of if you're unk, you're definitely ohio. 13 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, so I was that in English just then? Yeah, okay, 14 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 3: so it's. 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 2: For real, for real, for real, if you know, you know, 16 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 2: Richie introduced me to aura is aura points. 17 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I have not heard our points before. 18 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 2: I got some aura points like if you oppress somebody, 19 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 2: you get like a little. 20 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 3: Ara point like a Kudo's right. Yeah. I thought you 21 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 3: said oral points, which you can get those two, but 22 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 3: you have to earn them a different way. Yeah, definitely. 23 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 2: Hey guys, remember Mark Ronner used to work here. That's fine, 24 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 2: nice knowing you. But we were pulling out some old 25 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: school ones too. We were going to rad and uh 26 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: Gnarly is back. That's very good and high key low key. 27 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: There's low key and high key. 28 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 3: Yes, I still use that's hot thanks to Paris Hilton. Yeh, 29 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 3: that's very Paris Hilton. Very good. 30 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 2: All right, I'm Chris merril KF. I am six forty 31 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 2: more stimulating talk every Sunday at six o'clock, I'm on. 32 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 2: I'm on the afternoon shift on Sunday. We always do 33 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 2: this siming called There's no business like show business, and 34 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 2: so I wanted to bring a little bit better that here. 35 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 2: And I know that that this is a good time 36 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 2: for it, you know, the nine o'clock hour hits and 37 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 2: we're all kind of chill. But the beautiful thing about 38 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 2: being here is that when you talk show business, you 39 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 2: are talking local. You can't do that anywhere else except 40 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 2: I would say here, New York and Chicago about the 41 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 2: only place, and maybe you could say Atlanta now about 42 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 2: the only place. Is that if you're talking show business, 43 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 2: you're talking local. And so we get to do that 44 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 2: here we go. Let's start with in the world of 45 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 2: show business. It sounds like your favorite Laker could be 46 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 2: out hundreds of dollars. 47 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 5: Twenty nine year old Andrew Garcia is taking his favorite 48 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 5: basketball player, Lebron James to court after the Laker superstar 49 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 5: posted this video on social media with a caption the 50 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 5: decision of all decisions. 51 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 3: Oh that's right. 52 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 2: Oh, Lebron was baiting. That was I'm sure there's some 53 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 2: sort of a gen Z term for this. He was 54 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: leading people on. He was he was clickbaiting. Ooh, we 55 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 2: could make up a term. He was RTC real time clicking. 56 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 4: Whoop. 57 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 3: Oh, very good. I got a whoop out of that. 58 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 3: You get our points. There you go. 59 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: So anyway, put this. He put up this thing that 60 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 2: said he's got another a second, big decision. If you remember, 61 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 2: he did the whole ooh, where are you going? They 62 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 2: had a big sit down special. It was maybe the 63 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 2: most mysterious thing, the biggest what's going to happen since 64 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 2: Heraldo opened capone safe? 65 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 6: And I've seen on social media? Right away, I thought 66 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 6: back to when Kobe Bryant, you know, announced his farewell 67 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 6: tour about nine or ten years ago, and I seen 68 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 6: that as an opportunity that I didn't want to miss 69 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 6: out on. 70 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 5: He wasn't the only one thinking Lebron was going to 71 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 5: announce his retirement, so Andrew bought two tickets for a 72 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 5: Lakers game in March, believing it would be his last 73 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 5: chance to see Lebron on the court. 74 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 6: It was going to be his last game against the Cavaliers, 75 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 6: and that's his former team, so I thought that would 76 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 6: be a very good game to attend. 77 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 5: But Lebron's announcement wasn't about retirement. It was about a 78 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 5: business venture. 79 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 3: This is tough in this fall. I'm going to be 80 00:03:54,760 --> 00:04:01,559 Speaker 3: taking my talents to hennessyvs. Hoping. Oh Hennessy yeah, sop. Oh, 81 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 3: I see what they did there. 82 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 2: They made it like when he went from Cleveland to 83 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 2: Miami and he's like, I'm taking my talents to South 84 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 2: Peak and then he like mocked his own thing. 85 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 3: Oh that's crazy. Oh it's wild. 86 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 2: It's like when I see it hurts commercial and then 87 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 2: I see Tom Brady say let's go, and I'm like, oh, 88 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 2: that's that was his catchphrase. That's crazy. It's wild, so imaginative. 89 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 2: It's like somebody got paid to come up with that idea. See, 90 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 2: you don't have to be good to make it. 91 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 6: In marketing, you should know that fans are gonna go 92 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 6: spend their hard earned money thinking that this is something meaningful, 93 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 6: and for him to do something like that, he should 94 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 6: know or should have known that this was gonna happen. 95 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 3: It okay, So what are you gonna do about it? 96 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 3: You went to the game? 97 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 4: So what? 98 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 5: Andrew filed a claim in Small Claims Court accusing Lebron 99 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 5: a fraud, deception, and misrepresentation. 100 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 6: I'm only suing to recover what I paid. I want 101 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 6: to make that very clear, which is eight hundred and 102 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 6: sixty five dollars and sixty six cents. 103 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 4: To a t. 104 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 3: I feel like there's a sixty sixty six in there. 105 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 6: I'm not seeking any sort of emotional relief or any 106 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 6: sort of additional relief beyond. 107 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 3: What I paid. 108 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 2: No, because nobody would ever take your case, and small 109 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 2: Claims Court doesn't care. 110 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 5: So, Andrew says, Lebron's attorney's contact at him last night and. 111 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 2: Asked him what Lebron has spent more money on having 112 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 2: his attorneys respond than what this guy is suing him for. 113 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 5: What do you want? 114 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 3: He says. 115 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,359 Speaker 5: He told him, I just want him to pay for 116 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 5: the two tickets. 117 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 4: Good. 118 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 2: By the way, we're doing a stand up report. Do 119 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 2: we have to stand in the middle of a drag race. 120 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 2: What the hell is going on behind her at Fox eleven? 121 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 3: What do you want? 122 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:50,559 Speaker 2: He says? 123 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 5: He told him, I just want him to pay for 124 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 5: the two tickets. 125 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 3: Can I tell you one of my pet peeves about TV? 126 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 2: Okay, So they always feel like they have to set 127 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 2: the scene and be at a location. But they have 128 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 2: million dollars studios, and so they've got a package. But 129 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: in order to introduce their package, they have to go 130 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 2: stand in front. 131 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 3: Of the the crypto Staples Center, whatever you call it. 132 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 3: And and uh and so. 133 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 2: You've got a million dollar studio, why are you standing 134 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 2: on a street when there's no game going on behind you? Like, 135 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 2: oh yeah, but we had to set the scene. It 136 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 2: really it gives us aura points. No, it doesn't. It 137 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 2: just means that I have to listen to a garbage 138 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 2: truck and try to figure out what you're saying over 139 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 2: the noise of that roaring by. Gotta hate that, all right, 140 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 2: carry on, that's loud. Oh even the anchors are like, 141 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 2: that's loud. We can't hear you. You should have done 142 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 2: this from the studio. You should come back here. Our 143 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 2: studios were a million dollars to build. We have actual 144 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 2: microphones and no garbage trucks in the background. God, I 145 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 2: can't stand that drives me crazy. I do a bad 146 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 2: news if you are a college basketball fan. A few 147 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 2: years ago, Loyola Chicago made a run in the NCAA 148 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 2: tournament and I think they went I think they went 149 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 2: to the final four, that at least went to the 150 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 2: eliteate and they were not expected to. And they had 151 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 2: this beautiful, sweet old woman, sister Jean, and I think 152 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 2: that she died yesterday today and she was one hundred 153 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 2: and six years old, so she's at these tournaments in 154 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 2: twenty eighteen when they had this run, and she was 155 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 2: either ninety nine or one hundred years old at the time, 156 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 2: and it was like she was praying for the team, 157 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 2: she was leading the team in prayers, and she became 158 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 2: like this this I don't want to say mascot because 159 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 2: that sounds like I'm like I'm trivializing her. That's not 160 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 2: the case. She became almost like a rallyingmble and she 161 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 2: seemed so sweet and everybody looked at her and they thought, 162 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 2: I want that to be my grandmother. She's got this 163 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 2: effervescent smile, and she you could tell that she inspired 164 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 2: the kids, and she was one hundred years old. So 165 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 2: they made the tournament the next year, and I was 166 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 2: shocked when I saw that she was still there and 167 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 2: she's still showing up, but she's in a wheelchair, and 168 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 2: she's got the colors on her she's waving them on and. 169 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 3: It was just a beautiful, beautiful story. 170 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 2: And one of the things that the that the networks 171 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 2: always try to do is build emotion, and they try 172 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: to build this, They try to build the sort of 173 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 2: an extra dimension and added level into all of their broadcasts. 174 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 3: And she was perfect for that. And so when she 175 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 3: came back the next year, I. 176 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 2: Was surprised that she was still there because she was 177 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 2: so old, but she was, and actually she held on 178 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 2: until just I don't know, yesterday today, and she passed 179 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 2: away one hundred and six years old. And I feel 180 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 2: sad about that, but I also feel gratitude that I 181 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 2: got a chance to experience, that I got a chance 182 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 2: to see her. I will never forget sister Jean, not 183 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 2: even Catholic. So thank you, Sister Jean, wherever you are, 184 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 2: thank you for making all of our lives just a 185 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 2: little bit better. 186 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 3: I'll continue here. 187 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 2: There's no business like including what sounds like one of 188 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 2: the great TV shows of all time calling it quits 189 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 2: after just two seasons and leaving us with a cliffhanger. 190 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 3: That's next. I'm Chris Merrill. 191 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM sixty on demand. 192 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,079 Speaker 3: The podcast for tonight's show. If you want to. 193 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 2: Listen to something brilliant again, or if you want to 194 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 2: listen to something just so that you know exactly what 195 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 2: it is that you are complaining about. When you send 196 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 2: a letter to the boss, you'll find it on the 197 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 2: featured podcast section of the KFI AM six forty dot 198 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 2: com website. So Tony and I were reminiscing off the 199 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 2: air here about the wrestling double. It was the w 200 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 2: w F at the time, back in the real name, 201 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 2: the real name, that's right, And then they got sued 202 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 2: by the World Wildlife Fund Foundation or Federation, whatever it is, 203 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 2: and they had to change their name. But we were 204 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 2: fans of of wrestling. 205 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 3: Back in the day. 206 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 2: Like, uh, I think I came on board like around 207 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 2: the time of WrestleMania two. I think is about the 208 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 2: time that I started kind of picking up. So I had, 209 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 2: you know, Bobby the brain Heenan. Obviously, Hogan was my hero. 210 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 2: I wanted to take his vitamins and all that stuff. Uh, 211 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 2: you know, Jake the Snake, Roberts, Macho Man, ultimate Warrior 212 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:39,479 Speaker 2: for sure. 213 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 3: You know these kinds of things. 214 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 2: And so we were just talking about that and it's 215 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 2: and it's fitting because, Uh, the most popular wrestler right now, 216 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 2: outside of The Rock if you want to see The Rock, 217 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 2: is still a wrestler. But I guess I don't think 218 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 2: of him as a wrestler, and I don't. I don't 219 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 2: pay much attention. I've got friends of mine that pay 220 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 2: attention to it. I don't pay a whole lot of 221 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 2: attention anymore. I liked it better when I was young, 222 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 2: and I believed it. But one of the most popular 223 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:07,199 Speaker 2: wrestlers right now who's now transitioning into acting is John Cena. 224 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 3: And John Cena. 225 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 2: If you haven't seen it, really shows his acting chops 226 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 2: in the show Peacemaker Mark. 227 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 3: If you watched this on HBO. 228 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm all caught up except for trying to keep 229 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 4: from having the final episode of season two spoiled. So 230 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 4: stay off all social media if you want the same thing. 231 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 2: Yes, So I got off the air last night and 232 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 2: I immediately watched it. In fact, I got off the 233 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 2: air last night and I got busted. It is the 234 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 2: only it is the only streaming service that I share, 235 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 2: and my daughter pays for it. But then I have 236 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 2: a log in, right, or I log into her account, 237 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 2: I pay for her cell phone. She pays for the HBO. Right, 238 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: that was our That was our deal. It's twenty five 239 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 2: bucks a month for each of us. It's a fair trade. 240 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 2: And if if I weren't paying for her cell phone, 241 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 2: her cell phone would have cost you really fifty bucks 242 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 2: a month. Right, So it's like, yeah, okay, you cover HBO, 243 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 2: I'll cover your cell phone, and it's the same amount 244 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 2: of money, but you actually saved twenty five bucks. 245 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 3: Easy to do, right, doesn't that make sense? Okay, so 246 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 3: that was the arrangement. 247 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 2: Well, last night I got the notice it looks like 248 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 2: you're not home, it looks like you're using somebody else's account. 249 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 2: Damn it, you're right, So I ponied up. Now, my 250 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 2: daughter was paying for like the four K no commercials 251 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 2: or whatever it was, so I think it was that closer, 252 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 2: like twenty bucks a month or something, and I was like, well, 253 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 2: I'm not going to do that, so I got but 254 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 2: I didn't want to watch commercials, so I did. I 255 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 2: paid for like the mid tier, so I did that. 256 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 2: But I had to watch the final episode of Peacemaker. 257 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 2: Now going into it, I didn't know that it was 258 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 2: the final episode because there's only what six episodes in 259 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 2: the season, that right. 260 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 4: So it's a shorterist season. If you say six, I 261 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 4: believe you. Yeah, I think that's right. 262 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 2: Because as it was going on, I had to take 263 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 2: a potty break, you know, and I had to pause 264 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 2: it because I didn't pay for the commercials or I 265 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 2: paid to not have so I had to pause it. 266 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 3: And uh and I and I looked and. 267 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 2: I went, okay, it's episode six, and I'm thinking, oh, 268 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 2: there's got to be two more. And I'm watching it 269 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 2: and as it's going and don't I don't think I'm 270 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 2: gonna spoil anything for you, Mark, I'm sure I'm not. 271 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 3: Don't do it. I'm not by because you already know 272 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 3: what it was the final episode. So it's an eight 273 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 3: episode season, by the way, it is. 274 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was last night eight yes, Oh okay, then whatever, okay, 275 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 2: so it's eight all right, all right, thank you for 276 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 2: the correction. 277 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,319 Speaker 3: I appreciate it. So, uh, anyway, I'm watching it and. 278 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 2: It's going along, and I'm thinking, uh, this feels like 279 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 2: a season finale. It had the vibe to it, right, 280 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 2: and I thought, this feels like a season finale. 281 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 3: But there's a lot of stuff unresolved here that's weird. 282 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 2: And then it ended on a cliffhanger, and I was like, oh, okay, 283 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 2: so there are more episodes. 284 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 3: They were just doing like a they were doing like a. 285 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 2: Mid season feel good moment and to set you up right, 286 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 2: kind of playing with your emotions as they do in 287 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 2: a in a well written plot. Nope, So not only 288 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 2: is that the season finale, it could be the series finale. 289 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 3: Now, I'm not gonna give you the spoilers. I don't 290 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 3: want to do that too. You're really putting a toe 291 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 3: right up to the line read. 292 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 2: I know, I am, but I that's all I mean 293 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 2: to do. That's all I'm just gonna tell you there's 294 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 2: a cliffhanger. 295 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 3: Okay. So James Gunn was asked about that. 296 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 2: He's the he's the head of the the DC universe, 297 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 2: and you know he's he did Superman and all this 298 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 2: other stuff, and he's got a bunch of other stuff 299 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 2: planned that's coming out. He says Peacemaker is really important 300 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 2: to me, so much that he was moved to tears. 301 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 2: While he was talking about how the season two opening 302 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 2: credits song Oh Lord by Foxy Shazam, which is fantastic 303 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 2: related to the character, says, I love the character. 304 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 3: I could see it. 305 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 2: I could say more about me, but I don't really 306 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 2: think it is. Chris is just incredibly human. Chris is 307 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 2: the name of the Peacemakers human ego is Chris Smith. 308 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 2: So the question is what's going on with this cliffhanger 309 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 2: and when's the next season. He goes, Oh, I don't 310 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 2: have a next season planned. How dare you? You can't 311 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 2: do that to me? I need closure, But he said 312 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 2: we will get closure. He said we're gonna get closure 313 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 2: because this is part of the overall DC universe. So 314 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 2: this think of it not as the series. Think of 315 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 2: it as the introduction to some other DC films that 316 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 2: are scheduled. And I don't know how I feel about that. 317 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 2: We have seen some other places attempt this kind of thing, 318 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 2: like you've got to what's the Star Wars? 319 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 3: I watched it with what's his name? Diego and Or, 320 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 3: Right and Or was great? It was and it was 321 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 3: so good. Its ratings are terrible. It was not. There 322 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 3: are no bad ratings on that. That and Or is 323 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 3: really good. It didn't chart at all. You're right, there 324 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 3: weren't bad ratings. They didn't exist Disney's are are you 325 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 3: kidding me? It's not on Nielsen all. I see what 326 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 3: you're saying. Cut off, look up at Yeah, after you've 327 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 3: cut Chris is off? Cut you years off? Chie? Will 328 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 3: you come get your engineer? Who? Who? Ricky? 329 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: Ricky? 330 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 3: Ricky? Will you come get your engineer? Thank you? I 331 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 3: love that? 332 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 2: So you're you're you're on crack if you think Andor 333 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 2: was bad? And Or was fantastic. But I didn't have 334 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 2: to see it to understand the rest of Star Wars. 335 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 2: Right and and Or didn't leave me with a cliffhanger 336 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 2: that I had to go watch the other films. 337 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 3: It. 338 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 2: It was self contained, but also informed some backstory and 339 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 2: the other stuff if you didn't have it, but you 340 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 2: didn't need it, but it filled it out. It rounded 341 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 2: out the rest of the are worst stories? 342 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 3: Right? I wanted Peacemaker to do that, and it sounds 343 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 3: like it's not going to. 344 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 2: It's one of those things that if you want conclusion 345 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 2: with a peace maker, you're gonna have to watch the 346 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 2: other stuff. What I'm curious about is if I'm watching 347 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 2: the other stuff but I haven't seen Peacemaker, am I 348 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 2: going to understand what's happening? And I'll be curious to 349 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:20,959 Speaker 2: see how they pull that off. Here's one thing I've 350 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 2: learned trust James Gunn Mark. Did you have thoughts about that? 351 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 2: As a as a graphic novelist, oh, god, as a 352 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 2: comic book writer. I think James Gunn knows his stuff. 353 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 2: I think he's one of us, as they would have 354 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 2: said in Todd Browning's Freaks movie, one of. 355 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 3: Us, one of us. 356 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 4: And even you know, like with Superman, I didn't agree 357 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 4: with every single thing in his Superman movie, but he 358 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 4: did it well enough that he earned the benefit of 359 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 4: the doubt. 360 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 3: I liked it. 361 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, I thought Superman was very good. But even the 362 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 4: stuff that he does that you wouldn't have done, it's 363 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 4: okay because he seems to know what he's doing, he 364 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 4: seems to have a plan, he seems to understand and 365 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 4: respect the source material, which you can't always say of 366 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 4: anybody who's been in charge of a superhero. 367 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 3: Joint, especially in the DC stuff. Right, yeah, yeah, yeah, No, 368 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 3: he's terrific. I like him. Good. I'm glad we're on 369 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:11,119 Speaker 3: the same page. I didn't want to have to abandon you. 370 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 3: Thank you. Yeah, you're very welcome. All right. 371 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 2: You thought college was about books and practice. Nope, it's 372 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 2: about parlays and point sprays. While the NCAA just gave 373 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 2: student athletes a crash course in gambling one oh one. 374 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 3: That is next. I'm Chris Meryldon. 375 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 376 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 3: Join me on Sunday. In fact, I have additional thoughts. 377 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 2: I didn't get a chance to get to him today, 378 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 2: so I'm gonna I'm gonna do it on Sunday about. 379 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 3: Turning point USA super Bowl halftime show. 380 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 2: I have a premonition and I think, I think I 381 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,679 Speaker 2: know what's gonna happen. You'll have to find out Sunday. 382 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 2: I'll do that and then I, of course, if you 383 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 2: don't get a chance, you know, he's grabbed the podcast 384 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 2: after that show airs Sunday afternoon here on KFI. Podcasts 385 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 2: are found on the featured podcast section of KFI AM 386 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 2: six forty dot com. In just a few moments. What's 387 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 2: more important setting your your will or setting your playlist? 388 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 2: You will learn which you should prioritize here at about 389 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 2: the nine to fifty. 390 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 3: First, it's gambling. One on one. 391 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 2: The NCAA is voting to allow D one athletes and 392 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 2: department staff members of the athletic department to bet on 393 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 2: professional sports. There's been a long standing ban that had 394 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 2: become nearly impossible to enforce because legal sports betting spread 395 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 2: nationwide except here, where we basically say no. Betting on 396 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 2: college sports is prohibited by NCUBA. Athletes and the athletic departments. 397 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 2: But the NCUBA is trying to investigate a ton of 398 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 2: gambling scandals that involve student athletes, and officials say that 399 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 2: what Look, we're not endorsing gambling. Basically, they just can't 400 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 2: keep up with enforcing it. That's what they're running into. 401 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 2: News Nation was talking about this very story. 402 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 7: Some of the top out of jar athletes in the 403 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 7: country are one step closer to legally gambling on their 404 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 7: professional peers. The NCAA given the green light for Division 405 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 7: one stars to bet on pro games after years of 406 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 7: sports betting violations. Newsass Ryan Brass is here to break it. 407 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 3: All down for it is Ryan. This should change everything. 408 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 3: This could change everything. Ryan Ducks are going to become dogs. 409 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 3: The moon is going to become miles. Everything changes. 410 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 8: I mean that certainly will Nick and see inarguable changes 411 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 8: literally everything. And the reason why they're doing this now 412 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 8: is because sports betting is everywhere. Not only is it 413 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 8: easily accessible, it's legal in thirty eight states, and college 414 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 8: kids are doing it on campuses all the time. So 415 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 8: the NCAA's mentality here is, you know what, let's just 416 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 8: let them do it only on pro sports and then 417 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 8: maybe we can better watch what they are betting on. 418 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 8: So the NCAA here is saying that they want to. 419 00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 9: Basically allow these college athletes to align with their campus peers. 420 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 9: Ones already approved it, but Division two and three still 421 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 9: need to sign off later this month. If they do, 422 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 9: as athletes could then start betting on pro sports the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL. 423 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, we know what pro sports are, but thank you. 424 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 9: By November first, college games though, are still completely off limits. 425 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 3: But I just said that, but. 426 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 2: Pro athletes still not allowed to wager, So that's still 427 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 2: gonna that's still going on because that's dictated by their 428 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 2: leagues I have. I'm very interested in this because you 429 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,479 Speaker 2: need to understand that this this isn't just betting. 430 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 3: This isn't just. 431 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 2: The sports gambling on your DraftKings and FanDuel. And if 432 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 2: you are interested in it, even in California where it's illegal, 433 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 2: you've probably figured out how to get around it using 434 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 2: a VPN. 435 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 3: If you're that interested in. 436 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 2: It, it's it is interesting too. There was a time 437 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 2: I was I was splitting time. I was on the 438 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,439 Speaker 2: air in San Diego, but I was also on the 439 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 2: air in Phoenix, and I had a house in Phoenix 440 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 2: that was where my main gig was that later fired me, 441 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 2: of course, but I also was doing stuff. 442 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 3: In San Diego. 443 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 2: My wife and daughter were in San Diego, where my 444 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 2: daughter was a senior in high school, so we didn't 445 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 2: want to move. 446 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 3: We wanted to stay there. 447 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 2: So I was splitting time back and forth, driving back 448 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:18,919 Speaker 2: and forth every weekend. I put a lot of miles 449 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 2: in my car, and California at the time allowed the 450 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 2: sports betting, Arizona did not, so I would intentionally leave 451 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 2: in time to get across the state line by Yuma, 452 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 2: to get across the state line in order to pull 453 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 2: off to the side of the road and then put 454 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 2: my bed in. Now I would put a bet down 455 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 2: in over a year. I'm just I'm not a big better, 456 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 2: not huge, I know enough about it. It just not 457 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 2: doing it a whole lot. But this trickles down in 458 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 2: even the most minute. So I got a buddy of 459 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,959 Speaker 2: mine and he works for one of the d one 460 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 2: athletic departments, and he's we go way back, and he 461 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 2: was always somebody who loved a couple bucks here, a 462 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 2: couple bucks there, that kind of thing. Well, he got 463 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 2: hired by the athletic department and that all had to stop. 464 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 2: And they go through these meetings every year where they go, 465 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: let's go over the rules again, and you have to 466 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 2: be you have to basically re certify that you know 467 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 2: the rules. We have to do the same thing in 468 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 2: our business. We have to go through the emergency alert 469 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,439 Speaker 2: system rules. We have to go through FCC training, we 470 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:37,479 Speaker 2: have to go through Payola plug ola stuff. 471 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,199 Speaker 3: By the way, I think you guys are overdue on 472 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 3: all of your lessons. 473 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 2: So same kind of Every business has their own stuff 474 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 2: right where you think of it, like continuing education credit. 475 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 3: So he has to do this. 476 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 2: Fast forward a few years later, and some buddies of mine. 477 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 2: We were getting together and a guy said, Hey, I 478 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 2: got an idea. Why don't we Why don't we do 479 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 2: our own fantasy football league? But the twisted and I go, 480 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 2: you know, there's so many of those soon, and I don't, 481 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 2: you know, why do I want to get into it? 482 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 2: Why don't I want to start another one? There's plenty 483 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 2: of fantasy football leagues. He says, let's do this. Let's 484 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,360 Speaker 2: get guys, and we're gonna get together every year. We're 485 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 2: gonna go to Las Vegas every single year, and that's 486 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 2: where we're gonna do our draft. And that way doesn't 487 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 2: matter what happens in the future, doesn't matter where we live. 488 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 2: We all meet once a year, and we did it. 489 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 2: And this has been going on for I think we're 490 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 2: in our twelfth or thirteenth season, and every year except COVID, 491 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 2: we didn't. But every year we go together, and it 492 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 2: is a rule you have to go. There are a 493 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 2: few exceptions. For instance, one year, a guy's a guy, 494 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,439 Speaker 2: his wife was giving birth, so we gave him a pass. 495 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 2: Last year, we had a guy who called us a 496 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 2: few days ahead of time. He was headed to rehab, 497 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 2: and you know, what we did. We passed a bye 498 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,640 Speaker 2: law that said, if you have an addiction, you need 499 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 2: to plan to deal with it after the draft. It's 500 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 2: literally in our bylaws because of it. We call it 501 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 2: the Garrett Rule. But we invited my buddy who's in 502 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 2: the athletic department. Again, we go way back, and I 503 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 2: knew he was interested in a little bit here and 504 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 2: a little bit there. And the buy in for our 505 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 2: league is like two hundred bucks, which is actually the 506 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 2: cheapest part of going to Vegas for the weekend. 507 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 3: And uh, we said, hey, man, want you to be 508 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 3: a part of this. 509 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 2: It's going to be ten of the closest guys and 510 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 2: we're gonna we're going to create these foundational, you know, 511 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 2: guide bonding experiences. And he said, there is nothing I 512 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 2: would love to do more, but I can't risk my job. 513 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:32,360 Speaker 2: And we went, what do you mean he can't risk 514 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 2: your job? He goes, I can't be in a fantasy 515 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:38,120 Speaker 2: football league. What are you kidding? He says, nope, that's 516 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,479 Speaker 2: the rules. How can that be there? I said, this 517 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 2: is this is for the NFL, and it's it's the 518 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 2: equivalent of like an office pool. He says, I can't 519 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 2: be in office pools either. Now for me, it makes 520 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:52,880 Speaker 2: a little sense. And he can't be in an office 521 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 2: pool because for for like the NCLA, because he works 522 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 2: for a college athletic department. 523 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 3: Okay, I get that, it's college whatever. 524 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 2: He couldn't even participate in an NFL fantasy football league 525 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 2: because that was considered gambling and he didn't want to 526 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 2: risk his career. Respect him for not trying to figure 527 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 2: out a way around it, but also bum that, you know, 528 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 2: this good friend of mine from way back couldn't be 529 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 2: a part of this incredible group that we've that we 530 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 2: formed and we've stayed very close over the course of 531 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 2: the last ten years. 532 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 3: I mean we've we've been together. We had one guy. 533 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 2: Die of COVID, and we were there for each other 534 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 2: to console each other as we lost one of our 535 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 2: our dear friends. 536 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 3: I mean, we became very and we continue to be 537 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 3: very close. 538 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 2: The guy that came out of rehab, I sat in 539 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 2: a hotel room with him this last year and we 540 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 2: talked about you know, we talked about dreams, We talked 541 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 2: about things that scare us guy, things that guys don't 542 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 2: really open up about. This group can because we've been 543 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 2: tights for so long, and yet my buddy couldn't be 544 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 2: a part of that because of the rules of the NCAA. 545 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 2: So I'm excited to see them overturn this. I'm sorry 546 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 2: it took so long. I wish Californi would get on 547 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 2: board and allow for some sports gambling. I just see 548 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 2: a lot of value in it. It has been very 549 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 2: positive in my life. And again, I'm not going to 550 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 2: the casinos. We go to Vegas. I didn't spend a 551 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 2: dollar at the casino, not even on a slot machine. 552 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 2: But I'll tell you what, I do anything with those guys, 553 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 2: and it's because of you know, this sports betting that 554 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 2: we've got going on with just something as simple as 555 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 2: a fantasy football league. 556 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 3: All right, you're gonna pick the song. 557 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 2: You pick the song, that's the song that they play 558 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,360 Speaker 2: when they lower you into the ground, But you are 559 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 2: not gonna figure out who gets the house. Americans would 560 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:41,120 Speaker 2: rather choreograph their funeral than face the fight over their stuff. 561 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 3: Why next, Chris. 562 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 1: Meryl, you're listening to KFI A six forty on demand. 563 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 3: If you are a baseball fan. 564 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 2: The Tigers Mariners in the elimination game just started the 565 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 2: top of the fifteenth so I didn't think I was 566 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,880 Speaker 2: gonna watch the end of that and watch my tigers lose. 567 00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 2: But it looks like I'm gonna get to So that's 568 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 2: pretty dynamite excited about it. Chris merril KF I am 569 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 2: six forty more stimulating talk on demand anytime on the 570 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app. Let me just start the segment with this 571 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 2: and that is uh a Tony, dude. Love working with 572 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 2: you. You know, I love working with you. And I'm so 573 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 2: impressed by your man cave. Tony shared pictures with me 574 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 2: of his man cave, his uh, his garage. I hadn't 575 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 2: seen it before, and I just, uh, I'm super excited. 576 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 2: I'm super excited. I can't wait to see it. I'm 577 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 2: gonna invite myself over when you're not looking, I will stalk. 578 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 3: You sure whatever address, Yeah, okay, well I. 579 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 2: Don't care if you have an address. I'm gonna stalk 580 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 2: him like the hawk. Thank you. You should see my 581 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 2: living room, I will I'm breaking in. My living room 582 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 2: looks like a guitar center. See, this is the coolest 583 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 2: man alive. He's gonna dievigin, but he's the coolest. 584 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 3: I love it. I love it. Uh, Ricky. 585 00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 10: Yes, sir, Bet, oh god, oh so unk, you're so 586 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 10: ohio totally you earned mega you earned sigma our points tonight. 587 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 3: I can't even keep up. Love it, Bud. 588 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 2: And then Mark, you know, I just you're just like 589 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 2: I swear to God, You're the brother I wish I had. 590 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 3: I just I mean it. I mean it to death. 591 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 3: You're gonna get me emotional. 592 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 4: I just gonna get me to break character and then 593 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 4: it's gonna ruin it for every work. 594 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 3: Listen it is it is. 595 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 2: Uh, I get home from my real job and then 596 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 2: I bust tail to try to get the show ready 597 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 2: in about ten minutes before we go to air. I 598 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 2: put the finishing touches on it. Then yeah, and then 599 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 2: it's just like, let's just enjoy the ride. And I 600 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 2: I gotta tell you, I love that we're riding on 601 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 2: this thing together. So we always have fun together. 602 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 3: This will this. Let me just leave you with this. 603 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 2: If you haven't done it yet, plan not for your funeral, 604 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 2: but for what comes next. Two thirds of Americans have 605 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 2: thought about but their funeral details. 606 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 3: In fact, fifteen percent of Americans have curated a funeral playlist. 607 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 2: Anybody here already know what's on their Spotify after their deed. 608 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 10: No, but I already told my best friend what pictures 609 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 10: they're allowed to use. 610 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 3: Love that that's so you've thought about it. 611 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I don't know about you guys, but I 612 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 2: do have a pact with a few people that if 613 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 2: anything happens to me, they are to come to my 614 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 2: home and take everything out of the night stand before 615 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 2: my kids find it. Right, Me or their mother if 616 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 2: we go together, need you to get in there and 617 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 2: just get. 618 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 3: It all before the kids come home. Right. 619 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 2: I think that's fair, And I don't want to mess 620 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 2: with their psyches. And they're adult kids, they know, but 621 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. I don't want them seeing it. Just 622 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 2: the same fourteen percent of figured out a funeral playlist. 623 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 2: Only seventeen percent of people have figured out a will. 624 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 3: They haven't even considered Who gets their crap? Friends? 625 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 2: Is state planning is the second most uncomfortable family conversation. 626 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 3: Do you know what? The number one most uncomfortable family 627 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 3: conversation is? What sex? 628 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 2: The only thing people would rather talk about less than 629 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 2: who gets their crap is teaching their kids the birds 630 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 2: and the bees. But I'm telling you, if you are 631 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 2: somebody who's thinking about you're not gonna you know, you're 632 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 2: getting a little bit older, have the conversation with the kids, 633 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 2: even if they don't want to. I don't care, and 634 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 2: make it fun my parents have. My dad keeps telling me, 635 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 2: he's like, when I go, I saved all of these 636 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 2: AOL CDs from the nineties, you should have a solid 637 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 2: five thousand minutes of free dial up time. 638 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 3: I gonic, that's not a joke either. He's kind of 639 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 3: in the basement like it's become fun. 640 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 2: My dad talks about it all the time, so now 641 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 2: I kind of give him crap about it too, like, hey, 642 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 2: you're gonna get rid of that to that old aquarium 643 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 2: that's broken in the corner, He goes, no, I thought 644 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 2: i'd leave that for you. 645 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 3: I go, no, no, that can that can go to my brother. Right, 646 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 3: that's the joke. 647 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 2: But we have talked about these things, and I know 648 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 2: that there's planning going on. So anyway, just think about that. 649 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 2: I know you're worried about your playlist, think about what's 650 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 2: going on with your crap. Your family will love you 651 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 2: more for it. Hey, have a great weekend. I'm back Sunday. 652 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 2: Look forward to talking to you again. Then in the meantime, 653 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 2: be well, my friends. I'm Chris Merril. I AM six 654 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 2: forty live everywhere, in the iHeartRadio 655 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: App KFI AM six forty on demand