WEBVTT - Rainn Wilson & Ryan Zachary

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<v Speaker 1>Hi everybody, and welcome back to a very special episode

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<v Speaker 1>of Off the Beat. As always, I am your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Baumgartner, but everything else will be a bit different.

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<v Speaker 1>There's so much going on this week in my world

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<v Speaker 1>and in the world of the office, and in the

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<v Speaker 1>world of things that I like, mainly NFL football and

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<v Speaker 1>fantasy football. I've got my old friend and yours, Rain Wilson,

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<v Speaker 1>on the podcast today. We're going to be talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the Office Fantasy Football League now here, I believe in

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<v Speaker 1>our twentieth season. So not to steal a line from

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<v Speaker 1>David Letterman, but our first guest needs no introduction. Rain

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<v Speaker 1>Wilson aka Dwight Shrut. He has been working with Lee

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<v Speaker 1>da Haiti, his charity for now fourteen years. Girls' Education

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<v Speaker 1>is what Lee da Haiti supports. It's been a tough

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<v Speaker 1>time down in Haiti now, so Rain is hosting a

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<v Speaker 1>big charity office trivia contest that a number of us

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<v Speaker 1>are attending this weekend. I wanted him to come on

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast and talk about that and talk about he

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<v Speaker 1>and I and the Office Fantasy Football League. Here's Rain,

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<v Speaker 1>Bubble and Squeak.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it, Bubble and Squeakna.

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<v Speaker 1>Bubble and squeak.

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<v Speaker 2>I cook get every month lift from the Nabopo.

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<v Speaker 1>Here we go. I'm gonna blow.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever you need. Let's get in. And I'm oh, wow,

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<v Speaker 2>what's happening? You do you have a cold? Do you

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<v Speaker 2>have COVID?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think I have COVID.

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<v Speaker 2>COVID is everywhere. Everyone's getting COVID again.

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<v Speaker 1>Well maybe I do. Maybe I did and didn't test.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and yet you're podcasting.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen. We just do the best we can. We're professionals.

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<v Speaker 1>We work with what we got.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, if you've got half an ear, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and a microphone you got at radio shack, it's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>We're rolling. It's no, it's totally fine. That's just the

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<v Speaker 1>new world. Yes, well, first off, thank you for coming on.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you been out of the country?

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<v Speaker 2>I was, Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>Your your Instagram is very confused. It's like, I are

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<v Speaker 1>you posting like talk backs, like sessions, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>click on it and it's like in Belgium or something like,

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<v Speaker 1>they're not even in the United States. You don't announce

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going on a world tour. You just sort of say, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in Amsterdam this week.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how I roll. I like to keep it a

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<v Speaker 2>little mysterious. Do you notice my my get up is

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<v Speaker 2>a little mysterious.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you're a rat? Now are you a hat guy?

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<v Speaker 3>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I've kind of become a hat guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, when you have a very large, rapidly balding dome,

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<v Speaker 2>such as myself, yeah, sometimes a hat is the only alternative.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, now do you? Here's here's the thing though, I

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<v Speaker 1>think hats, those kind of hats don't hide me. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like they cause more attention.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's that's for certain. This is not a hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to walk around and be anonymous hat. This

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<v Speaker 2>is this is like I want to look incredibly sexy

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<v Speaker 2>and content temporary right hat. And I think it's working magnificently.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, in your home, it's working great. And for you

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<v Speaker 1>to do with me here, yeah exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>But I definitely do with the baseball I get the

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<v Speaker 2>baseball cap, going, the sunglasses, baseball cap, even the head

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<v Speaker 2>noise canceling headphones, and maybe even a COVID mask, and

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<v Speaker 2>just try and stay as under the radar as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>You do, see, I don't do the headphones. The headphones,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I don't I don't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>You just take those headphones you're wearing right now and

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<v Speaker 2>just wear them around.

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<v Speaker 1>It just helps, does it? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>It helps. Everything helps.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you can't hear with them that, it's probably

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<v Speaker 1>not not good to have them on. All right, We're

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<v Speaker 1>recording here on September the ninth, Monday, the Monday night

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<v Speaker 1>football games haven't happened rain. You and I and our

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<v Speaker 1>office fantasy league are both losing by sixty points.

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<v Speaker 2>Your reaction, my reaction is discussed fear, chagrin, overwhelm. I

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<v Speaker 2>have seventy two points right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, here's the thing. I think you would be beating

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<v Speaker 1>me now after tonight. I don't think you would be,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think you are currently currently lead leading me.

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<v Speaker 1>I have sixty three points. Now, I've got Breithe Hall tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got the kicker. But yeah, is the season over

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<v Speaker 1>for you? Have you given up?

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<v Speaker 2>No? I really like my team.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand it. I don't understand how Patrick Mahons

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<v Speaker 2>only got sixteen, Amon Ross sat Brown, who is a

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<v Speaker 2>top five wide receivers, got me three points, and Christian

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<v Speaker 2>Kirk got me three points. He's a top you know,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty receiver yeah, so I think things are going to

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<v Speaker 2>turn around. I have Lad McConkie on the bench so

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<v Speaker 2>I can bring him out.

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<v Speaker 1>He's yeah. I like him too. I wanted him. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I you know, the Chargers looked for The Chargers looked

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<v Speaker 1>fun all. By the way, all of the principal cast

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<v Speaker 1>members are are being saddled with an l that are

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<v Speaker 1>in the office fence meet you. John Soxy, our commissioner.

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<v Speaker 1>He's gonna win. Andy Buckley, who knows nothing about football,

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<v Speaker 1>admittedly his son runs his team. He's gonna win. We

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<v Speaker 1>feel like we know things, yet we're terrible. It's very discouraging,

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<v Speaker 1>it is. It's very sad.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know what to say.

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<v Speaker 2>But Mahomes is gonna light it up some more. And

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<v Speaker 2>he had a tough go. Baltimore defense is tough and

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<v Speaker 2>just wren up. And I think Kamara and etn and

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<v Speaker 2>I've got debo tonight. I feel good about my chances.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a good team.

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<v Speaker 1>Your chances in the future, not this week. Yeah, you're

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<v Speaker 1>you're destroyed this.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's okay. I have I have learned in the

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<v Speaker 2>in the great game of Fantasy football. I have there

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<v Speaker 2>have been multiple seasons where it's like I've lost like

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<v Speaker 2>five of the first six games, Yes, and then picked

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<v Speaker 2>up some waiver wire additions and made a late season

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<v Speaker 2>run and gotten in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>So you you do not give You do not give up.

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<v Speaker 1>There are there are some people who do you do?

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<v Speaker 1>You do not?

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<v Speaker 2>I work the wire till the bitter end.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I'm discouraged though, because I liked my team as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I will ask you this. I was texting during the

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<v Speaker 1>draft with Uberaga, who drafted third, who built his entire

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<v Speaker 1>draft on on the assumption that I was going to

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<v Speaker 1>take Tyreek Hill. Uh, we can't really say how my

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<v Speaker 1>choice panned out, obviously it's the first week anyway, But

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<v Speaker 1>I took bres Hall and not Hill. What would you

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<v Speaker 1>have done?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I definitely wouldn't have taken Breee Hall. I think

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<v Speaker 2>he's like number ten or something, So I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure what the thinking was there. Is your

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<v Speaker 2>podcast audience are they really into fantasy football? Because what

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<v Speaker 2>about your podcast audience that just loves conversations about being

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<v Speaker 2>an actor and.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we're going to have that conversation too. But I

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<v Speaker 1>mean it's week one, it's the Office, Fantasy League. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like, you know, people are interested in the things

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<v Speaker 1>that we're interested in. I don't know, Rain, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's interesting to me. There's a lot going on, the

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<v Speaker 1>Emmys coming. Are you watching television?

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<v Speaker 2>I watched television sometimes. Yeah, I'm watching Chimp Crazy. Have

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<v Speaker 2>you seen Chimp Crazy?

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<v Speaker 1>I have not seen chimp Crazy. What's chimp Crazy?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god? It's amazing. It's about the world of

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<v Speaker 2>people that collect and chimpanzees, and.

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<v Speaker 1>We mean collect chimpanzees, like actual chimpanzees.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they raise chimpanzees.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that called collecting?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. You collect, you collect them, You collect

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<v Speaker 2>them in your basement or in your backyard, and they're

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<v Speaker 2>really crazy and it's just a fascinating train wreck.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's this is a reality to me.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a docu series on a docu series on HBO Max.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you watching? Are you watching Bad Monkey?

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't seen Bad Monkey yet? Is it good?

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<v Speaker 1>Michelle Monaghan on the podcast a couple of weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm enjoying it. I'm enjoy I mean it's it's Vince Vaughan.

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<v Speaker 1>Is is Vince Vaughn And he's back and he's doing

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<v Speaker 1>his thing, and it's entertaining.

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<v Speaker 2>To me fair enough, Maybe I'll give it a try.

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<v Speaker 1>You should, you should. Here's the thing that strikes me

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<v Speaker 1>quickly about about the Emmys this year when you look

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<v Speaker 1>at the comedy show that none of them feel like

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<v Speaker 1>comedies to me. The bear is the bear a comedy.

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<v Speaker 2>The bear is not a comedy. Beef is not a comedy.

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<v Speaker 2>Palm Royal, it's not a comedy. I don't understand the

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<v Speaker 2>lack of comedies in the comedy realm. But I don't

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<v Speaker 2>understand why networks and streamers aren't buying more comedies, developing

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<v Speaker 2>more comedies. Why they Surely there's an audience for comedies

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<v Speaker 2>out there somewhere, right, I would think, so, yeah, people

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<v Speaker 2>doing funny things. Yeah, I mean those are some good shows,

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<v Speaker 2>don't get me wrong, they're very absolutely but even like

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<v Speaker 2>only murders in the building.

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to bring that up, it's not really

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<v Speaker 1>a comedy. It's a little.

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<v Speaker 2>Bit more of a comedy, but it pushes the needle

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more towards comedy. There are certainly comedians

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<v Speaker 2>in it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I was going to say. It stars too

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<v Speaker 1>great comedians and even Hacks, which is about stand up comedians.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't is that a comedy? Is Hacks a comedy?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's a little it's a little bit dark. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but you're you're watching the Chimp thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that's what I'm watching. I watched The House of

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<v Speaker 2>the Dragon. I love that show. That's over with. I

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<v Speaker 2>think Slow Horses has a new season out. I really

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<v Speaker 2>like that show on Apple.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, it's out now. I enjoy that show as well.

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<v Speaker 1>The limited series stuff is I mean, that's what it

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<v Speaker 1>feels like everything is these days.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But Baby Reindeer Fargo, I just absolutely love Fargo. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you watch Fargo.

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't get into this last season. I thought the

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<v Speaker 2>tone was weird. It got very goofy in ways that

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<v Speaker 2>earlier Fargo's didn't. So I did not.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't get it. But I know people that thought

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<v Speaker 2>it was just brilliant and loved it.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved it. Ripley, Yeah, I loved Ripley. I was fished. Ripley.

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<v Speaker 1>Replease the comedy.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's my comedy pitch. Serial Killer moves to Italy in

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen sixty three, very stylish.

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<v Speaker 1>We filmed it black and white and it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a riot. All right? Are you are you going?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you? Are you presenting?

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't watched an award show in ten years. Really,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't. I'm not what are you boycotting? I just

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<v Speaker 2>don't enjoy award shows. I mean that's not true. I've

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<v Speaker 2>seen some of the Oscars, not every year, but some

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<v Speaker 2>of that. But so I don't know. I couldn't tell

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<v Speaker 2>you what's going on in that in the world of Amys.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well we just talked about a lot of shows

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<v Speaker 1>that are nominated, So I mean, that's okay, that's a start.

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<v Speaker 1>That's okay. You have a big event going on this weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>which is really why I wanted to talk to you

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<v Speaker 1>this week. I was looking at your website for Lead

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<v Speaker 1>a Haiti, knowing you for a long time, knowing you

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<v Speaker 1>started it, I didn't realize that you started lead a

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<v Speaker 1>Haiti as like a temporary thing, according to your website

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty ten, in response to the earthquake that happened there.

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<v Speaker 1>So you did not think that you were still going

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<v Speaker 1>to be doing this fourteen years later.

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<v Speaker 2>No, Yeah, we came as a temporarily to teach arts

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<v Speaker 2>and education. To adolescent girls through a program sponsored by

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<v Speaker 2>the United Nations, and that was a temporary measure and

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<v Speaker 2>then we just kind of stayed and some Haitian friends

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<v Speaker 2>of ours and us started this and out in rural Haiti.

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<v Speaker 2>Haiti is in terrible shape right now. I'm sure you've heard.

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<v Speaker 2>Gangs are controlling at least forty percent of Porta Prince,

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<v Speaker 2>the capital city. It's in complete and total chaos. We

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<v Speaker 2>were very fortunate because our programs, which do arts, literacy,

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<v Speaker 2>healthcare scholarships for adolescent girls, are in rural Haiti, way

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<v Speaker 2>in the north, far away from where any gangs.

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<v Speaker 1>Would go because it's too poor.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're able to be functioning and we've actually been

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<v Speaker 2>thriving as an organization and we're working with almost a

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<v Speaker 2>thousand girls right now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's been great. Yeah. But we're doing a big

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<v Speaker 2>office get together trivia night event this weekend to fundraise

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<v Speaker 2>for Haiti and very excited about.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so you're bringing in its fan. I know you

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<v Speaker 1>did a what do you call it.

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<v Speaker 2>A raffle, right, raffle Yep, there's gonna be raffle winners

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<v Speaker 2>and there's going to be kind of people bidding to

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<v Speaker 2>come as well through charity.

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<v Speaker 1>Buzz Okay, how many people are they going to be there? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm I'm I'm coming.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.

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<v Speaker 1>Who else is going to be their Creed.

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<v Speaker 2>Creed, Oscar Franery, Oscar, Ellie Kemper Nice, Paul Eberstein, I think,

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<v Speaker 2>Paul Okay and Andy Buckley nice And yeah, it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be It's gonna be a good group.

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<v Speaker 1>Very excited. This is going to be a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm excited about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for attending and supporting. You've always been very

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<v Speaker 2>supportive of Lee da Haiti and our work, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>this is what I do, Brian. I wore myself out

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<v Speaker 2>as Dwight and do some Dwight related events and T

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<v Speaker 2>shirts and you know, sales and cameos and stuff like

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<v Speaker 2>that to raise money for girls' education to some of

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<v Speaker 2>the kind of poorest, neediest girls on the planet. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's great. It's a great way to kind of leverage

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<v Speaker 2>celebrity towards a positive cause. So I'm happy to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so grateful that I got to play Dwight.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, what is funny to me about this particular event

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<v Speaker 1>going back well five years ago on the first incarnation

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<v Speaker 1>of the podcast when we did an oral history of

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<v Speaker 1>the Office. How little you remember about our time there.

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<v Speaker 1>So the fact that you're doing office trivia is very

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<v Speaker 1>funny to me. I will not get any I am

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<v Speaker 1>asking the questions. Are you participating?

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea. I don't know how it's working.

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't. I I have seen every episode once,

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<v Speaker 2>and I have seen about two thirds of the episodes twice. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's whole other seasons I've I have not.

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<v Speaker 1>Story life seen in ten years.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm the worst person you can ask, but I'm there.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna be jovial and it's high fighting.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna be nice rain. You're gonna be.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice bringing on nice rain, not grumpy rain.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, okay, do you have like a off I have

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<v Speaker 1>a office trivia question that I do you have one

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<v Speaker 1>that you ask people?

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<v Speaker 2>Let's hear yours.

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<v Speaker 1>Well. When people come up and they're like, hey, you

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<v Speaker 1>know I won the office Trivia night at my local

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<v Speaker 1>community center or whatever, I have one, and I always

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<v Speaker 1>say to them, I have one question. I have one

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<v Speaker 1>question only Okay. Here it is, what is Gabe Lewis's

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<v Speaker 1>middle name? Five? Seconds.

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea, Charles, No.

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<v Speaker 1>He yells it one time. It's referenced one time. Gabriel

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<v Speaker 1>Susan Lewis. That's good.

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<v Speaker 2>See that's comedy, folks. Why aren't there comedies on the air?

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<v Speaker 2>Jokes were someone who's very self serious is named Gabe

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<v Speaker 2>Susan Lewis.

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<v Speaker 1>Gabriel Gabriel Susan Lewis. Well, the other bit that I

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<v Speaker 1>do is the other than just the straight flat dunder

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<v Speaker 1>Mifflin T shirt, the one that everybody wears is the

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<v Speaker 1>fun Run for the Cure thing. And so they'll approach

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<v Speaker 1>and they'll say something, and I'll say, do you ever

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<v Speaker 1>do you usually wear clothes that you don't know? What?

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<v Speaker 1>They say? And I take something and I block their

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<v Speaker 1>shirt and ask them to tell me what it says? Nice,

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<v Speaker 1>zero percent correct on that one.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, that's right, Fun Run for the Cure blah

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<v Speaker 2>blah blah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there's like a Meredith Palmer and a Michael Scott Rabies. Anyway, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>good luck with the fundraiser this weekend. I look forward

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<v Speaker 1>to seeing you. It's been since it's been since pre

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<v Speaker 1>COVID that we've done a charity right with Creed's Benefit concert.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're the last. We we did one together.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, last year I did one that was a dinner

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<v Speaker 2>with me and Steven Angela.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I wasn't invited. No you want I wasn't invited.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not a list enough.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh boy, I didn't go.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I didn't want to invite Steve Is. Steve is, Yeah, Steve,

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<v Speaker 2>Steve wasn't like forty episodes.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, that's true, that's true.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, no, I'm psyched to be there. This is

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be so much fun and we'll raise a little

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<v Speaker 2>money and it's all all for a good cause. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's good to see. How it's a podcast going. How's

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<v Speaker 2>the golfing going?

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<v Speaker 1>Everything's going well. I need to get rid of this

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<v Speaker 1>like sinus thing and I'll I'll be back in business.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, I just did my American Century Championship

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<v Speaker 1>deal there in Lake Talk, you know what you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's the thing. People are like, oh wow, or

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<v Speaker 1>like it's impressive or something. For me, it's just that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm old. You know that American Century Championship thing that

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<v Speaker 1>you've known. I've been you know, we started this on

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<v Speaker 1>the eighteen years in a row, Holy moly, eighteen years

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<v Speaker 1>in a row.

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<v Speaker 2>Amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's unreal. My golf game is a little better.

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<v Speaker 2>But did you get free golf clubs out of it?

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<v Speaker 1>I have golf clubs. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you get free ones out of doing that?

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<v Speaker 1>Out of that event? No? Okay, Ran, I do a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>I play a lot of golf.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you do.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you do. But I enjoy it. Everyone's got

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<v Speaker 1>to find something they love.

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<v Speaker 2>I play tennis, as you know.

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<v Speaker 1>I know I love it. Yeah, and Angela's is with

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<v Speaker 1>the tennis now too.

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<v Speaker 2>Angela and I played Steven Nancy and tennis recently a

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<v Speaker 2>month ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, yeah, who won?

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<v Speaker 2>I think they won in a tiebreak, but I honestly

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<v Speaker 2>can't remember. And I'm truly saying that. I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 2>that because we lost. I think Nancy Correll is really

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<v Speaker 2>good at tennis played. She plays four or five days

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<v Speaker 2>a week. She's a monster. She's really really good. Yeah. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>but we did well, we did well.

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<v Speaker 1>Good for you. Yeah, I love hearing that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. No one plays golf. That's the thing. That's my

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<v Speaker 1>number one question at these things. It's like who else

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<v Speaker 1>will play? No one plays? I don't know. Well, good

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<v Speaker 1>luck and Fantasy. I'm gonna try to get Lad McConkey

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<v Speaker 1>from you because I'm a big fan of his too.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, you try your best, my friend, you try

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<v Speaker 2>your best. Uh congression, Oh maybe you can trade me

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<v Speaker 2>Breeze Hall for him.

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<v Speaker 1>He mean, let me at least get Can I get

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<v Speaker 1>one game under my belt with him? He was my choice.

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<v Speaker 1>Congratulations on soul Boom. By the way, I'm so happy

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<v Speaker 1>for you and the success of the book, the new podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Where can people hear that anywhere that you listen to podcasts?

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<v Speaker 2>Wherever you get your podcasts. Soul Boom our our YouTube channel.

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<v Speaker 2>Check out the book soul Boom on a bookstore near you,

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<v Speaker 2>and thank you for all your support. You're the best, Brian.

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<v Speaker 2>I love you so much.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks Rain, I love you. I'll see you this weekend. Okay, great, all.

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<v Speaker 3>Right bye everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back everybody. You know it is the the inaugural week,

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<v Speaker 1>the first week, Week one of the NFL season. We're

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<v Speaker 1>coming to you live on September the ninth, a very

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<v Speaker 1>very big game tonight between the San Francisco forty nine

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<v Speaker 1>ers and the Jets Jets. Jets Jets. By the time

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<v Speaker 1>you hear this podcast, you'll know what happened and likely

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<v Speaker 1>know whether I'm happy or I'm sad. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>bring on a producer of ours here on the podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>Ryan Papa Zachary to talk with me about the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>Week one season. Ryan has worked for I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>fifty years, for the SBS and for the NFL honors.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of the great NFL guests that we have on

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast here are due to his relationship with the

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<v Speaker 1>players or coaches or analysts who work for the NFL.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to bring Ryan on here so we can

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<v Speaker 1>talk a little bit about Week one. Papa. How's it going, Papa?

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<v Speaker 1>What's good? Be well, not a whole lot as I

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<v Speaker 1>just talked with mister Wilson about. But I'm excited football

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<v Speaker 1>is back Week one. Did you watch any of the games?

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<v Speaker 2>I did?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean pretty much red zoned it all day, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>and then watch the evening game.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you like the red zone?

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<v Speaker 4>I do it just it gives you all the information

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<v Speaker 4>at once. I don't have the NFL ticket, so for

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<v Speaker 4>me it does a trick.

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<v Speaker 1>Who impressed you the most Week one? Week one? Cooper Cup?

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<v Speaker 4>Cooper Cup, I I a friend off the podcast there

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<v Speaker 4>you go. Yes, off a super fan friend of Brian Baumgardner.

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<v Speaker 4>Your guy, Cooper man Pooka goes down in the first

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<v Speaker 4>half with the knee injury that he kind of I

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<v Speaker 4>don't know what it was. I'm not a doctor, but

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<v Speaker 4>they take him out of the game, and I'm assuming

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<v Speaker 4>it's the same thing that he kind of had or

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<v Speaker 4>re retweaked in the preseason. I'm guessing that's what it is.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know, I haven't read, I haven't looked this morning.

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<v Speaker 4>But Cooper comes in there and your guy had like

0:24:20.200 --> 0:24:23.520
<v Speaker 4>they sent him in motion every play. He was ever

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<v Speaker 4>in motion every play. He had to be over forty

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<v Speaker 4>plays in motion and they targeted twenty more than twenty times.

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<v Speaker 4>I think he caught twelve or thirteen something like that,

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<v Speaker 4>but he had over one hundred yards and a touchdown.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, Matt was looking for him every play.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm going to text him today and ask

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<v Speaker 1>him if it's due to Dodo Coffee, his coffee company,

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<v Speaker 1>Like is that? I think his answer is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be yes. Is there a world?

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<v Speaker 2>Is there a world where where see Ki says no

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<v Speaker 2>to that?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean he also he also gave him, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>a couple of those inter round sweeps. So I don't

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<v Speaker 4>know what the I don't know what the Rams call

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<v Speaker 4>him in their playbook, but you know he ran for

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<v Speaker 4>ten yards, twelve yards, they're given the ball handing him

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<v Speaker 4>off to him too.

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<v Speaker 1>I was listening to some people this morning who commentate

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<v Speaker 1>about football. They will remain nameless, but they said that

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<v Speaker 1>loss by the Rams last night was maybe the best

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<v Speaker 1>loss in a decade. That they looked really good. Both

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<v Speaker 1>their tackles were out, three members of their offensive line,

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<v Speaker 1>and they dominated the second half.

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<v Speaker 4>What do you think as a viewer, as a fan

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<v Speaker 4>of the game, I could see that. I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 4>not going to argue. I think going to the Rams

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<v Speaker 4>facility today and tell them that was the best loss

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<v Speaker 4>of all time and see how they see how they feel,

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<v Speaker 4>I think you're going to get a different answer.

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<v Speaker 1>But no, I mean it was a great game. It

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<v Speaker 1>really was.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean Matt made some great throws. That was a

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<v Speaker 4>one throw where the guy was in his face and

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<v Speaker 4>he was getting pushed back hit, So yeah, it was

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<v Speaker 4>just I mean in Collinsworth went over and over and over,

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<v Speaker 4>so I don't have to redo it. But it was incredible.

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<v Speaker 4>It was a great game. I enjoyed it a lot.

0:26:11.440 --> 0:26:14.600
<v Speaker 4>It's interesting to see the Lions be good again, because

0:26:14.680 --> 0:26:17.160
<v Speaker 4>they haven't really since I was a kid and Barry

0:26:17.160 --> 0:26:18.280
<v Speaker 4>Sanders was running around.

0:26:18.640 --> 0:26:20.120
<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, I mean.

0:26:20.040 --> 0:26:23.119
<v Speaker 4>I think there's there's plenty a Week one headlines to

0:26:23.200 --> 0:26:23.800
<v Speaker 4>go around.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, yeah, I mean it is overreaction Monday. I mean,

0:26:27.760 --> 0:26:32.640
<v Speaker 1>Monday is always overreaction Monday. But this week, Week one,

0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:36.440
<v Speaker 1>obviously you can't you can't read too much into it. Obviously,

0:26:36.520 --> 0:26:41.440
<v Speaker 1>the Bengals were very surprising. What was the biggest surprise

0:26:41.560 --> 0:26:43.119
<v Speaker 1>game for you this week?

0:26:44.240 --> 0:26:45.480
<v Speaker 2>Surprise surprise?

0:26:45.520 --> 0:26:47.679
<v Speaker 4>I mean I think New Orleans scoring forty seven points

0:26:47.840 --> 0:26:50.040
<v Speaker 4>was not on my vision board.

0:26:50.960 --> 0:26:52.879
<v Speaker 1>They scored nine possessions in a row.

0:26:53.200 --> 0:26:56.560
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that was not I mean, not trying to be judgmental,

0:26:57.080 --> 0:26:58.800
<v Speaker 4>I'm not trying to be judgmental, but that was not

0:26:58.880 --> 0:27:00.760
<v Speaker 4>on my vision board for twenty twenty four.

0:27:01.320 --> 0:27:05.119
<v Speaker 1>Well, I was surprised by a lot. I think that

0:27:05.840 --> 0:27:12.800
<v Speaker 1>how good this early that the Chiefs look that had

0:27:12.800 --> 0:27:16.200
<v Speaker 1>to put some people on notice. I think I showed

0:27:16.240 --> 0:27:20.440
<v Speaker 1>on my social media my candle predicted the Ravens were

0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:23.800
<v Speaker 1>going to win. On Thursday night, I was surprised by

0:27:23.840 --> 0:27:28.199
<v Speaker 1>how good Kansas City looks better than they did. I

0:27:28.200 --> 0:27:32.520
<v Speaker 1>know it's overreaction. Monday, they looked as good or better

0:27:32.560 --> 0:27:34.680
<v Speaker 1>than they did all of last year. They just looked

0:27:34.680 --> 0:27:38.159
<v Speaker 1>like a more well rounded team to me against what

0:27:38.320 --> 0:27:40.760
<v Speaker 1>should be a really good Ravens team.

0:27:41.119 --> 0:27:43.399
<v Speaker 4>And it is a really good Ravens team. I think,

0:27:43.680 --> 0:27:46.240
<v Speaker 4>what's the name of the kid Xavier Worthy that they drafted.

0:27:46.600 --> 0:27:49.240
<v Speaker 4>I mean, I would love to see him in Tyreek Hill.

0:27:49.400 --> 0:27:49.920
<v Speaker 1>In a race.

0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:54.399
<v Speaker 4>I mean he just yeah, like he just out. I

0:27:54.400 --> 0:27:57.840
<v Speaker 4>mean he's super fast and will knew it like it's no.

0:27:57.960 --> 0:27:59.440
<v Speaker 4>But like when you see it in a game, it's

0:27:59.480 --> 0:28:01.439
<v Speaker 4>it's a different and it's a different story.

0:28:02.680 --> 0:28:07.920
<v Speaker 1>People talk about the NFL being the greatest reality show

0:28:08.040 --> 0:28:11.720
<v Speaker 1>on television, and if you watched the games this week,

0:28:11.800 --> 0:28:14.320
<v Speaker 1>starting with that the toe being out of bounds on

0:28:14.400 --> 0:28:18.359
<v Speaker 1>Thursday night, so many of the endings, it sort of

0:28:18.440 --> 0:28:21.840
<v Speaker 1>lived up to that billing. At one point, there were

0:28:21.880 --> 0:28:27.040
<v Speaker 1>eight games in the early time slot on Sunday, Six

0:28:27.119 --> 0:28:31.000
<v Speaker 1>of them, halfway through the fourth quarter were one possession games.

0:28:31.600 --> 0:28:35.080
<v Speaker 1>Most of the games very very close and compelling till

0:28:35.119 --> 0:28:38.720
<v Speaker 1>the end, with storylines that abounded.

0:28:39.440 --> 0:28:41.560
<v Speaker 4>I agree one but two, if you back up, you

0:28:41.640 --> 0:28:44.520
<v Speaker 4>still want to talk Chiefs Ravens. The drama in the

0:28:44.520 --> 0:28:48.080
<v Speaker 4>first half, was it like four illegal formations in the first.

0:28:47.800 --> 0:28:49.280
<v Speaker 2>Half called on that more.

0:28:49.320 --> 0:28:53.120
<v Speaker 4>And I mean, I'm not a not a player, but

0:28:53.640 --> 0:28:58.320
<v Speaker 4>as far as I know, that's that's a penalty where

0:28:58.320 --> 0:29:00.440
<v Speaker 4>the ref's always kind of like, hey, you're you're moving

0:29:00.480 --> 0:29:01.800
<v Speaker 4>a little, you gotta scow it in, or hey, you

0:29:01.840 --> 0:29:04.440
<v Speaker 4>gotta you gotta scoop back a bitter. For me, that

0:29:04.480 --> 0:29:06.320
<v Speaker 4>seems like a penalty that the refs always kind of

0:29:06.320 --> 0:29:08.880
<v Speaker 4>give you a little, uh, a little grace with and

0:29:08.960 --> 0:29:10.880
<v Speaker 4>kind of warn you and if you if you adhere

0:29:10.920 --> 0:29:11.800
<v Speaker 4>to what they're saying.

0:29:11.560 --> 0:29:15.320
<v Speaker 1>They don't call it. Yeah. I heard this morning a

0:29:15.360 --> 0:29:18.560
<v Speaker 1>friend of the podcast, Andrew Whitworth, who's been on here

0:29:19.160 --> 0:29:22.920
<v Speaker 1>obviously having a ton of success on Thursday Night Football

0:29:22.960 --> 0:29:25.960
<v Speaker 1>as a commentator now that he's retired a Super Bowl

0:29:26.080 --> 0:29:29.040
<v Speaker 1>champion with the Rams. I heard him talk and he

0:29:29.080 --> 0:29:31.280
<v Speaker 1>said something that was really interesting to me, and I'm

0:29:31.280 --> 0:29:34.920
<v Speaker 1>glad you brought this up. What he said is what

0:29:35.040 --> 0:29:42.080
<v Speaker 1>he doesn't like is the NFL saying this penalty or

0:29:42.120 --> 0:29:47.240
<v Speaker 1>this rule is a point of focus for us. He

0:29:47.440 --> 0:29:51.480
<v Speaker 1>was like, look, it's either a penalty or it's not, like,

0:29:51.960 --> 0:29:55.040
<v Speaker 1>but all of the rules should should play in and

0:29:55.440 --> 0:30:00.959
<v Speaker 1>he doesn't like this sort of targeted focus on one

0:30:01.000 --> 0:30:04.080
<v Speaker 1>specific thing. And I don't know if you've ever had

0:30:04.080 --> 0:30:06.960
<v Speaker 1>this speaking of reality shows, I mean I don't watch,

0:30:07.040 --> 0:30:09.720
<v Speaker 1>as you know, a lot of reality television shows, but

0:30:09.840 --> 0:30:14.320
<v Speaker 1>that like cringe moment or like cringe comedy. At the

0:30:14.360 --> 0:30:16.960
<v Speaker 1>beginning of that game, that's how I felt. I was like,

0:30:17.080 --> 0:30:23.160
<v Speaker 1>really again, no, stop, like it felt, it felt uncomfortable,

0:30:23.200 --> 0:30:27.719
<v Speaker 1>and ultimately I wonder if somebody started sending a message

0:30:27.760 --> 0:30:29.760
<v Speaker 1>down because it was not a good look for the league.

0:30:29.800 --> 0:30:33.400
<v Speaker 4>I thought, well, and it's one of those things where like,

0:30:33.440 --> 0:30:36.520
<v Speaker 4>are you you know, everything is reviewed at the end

0:30:36.520 --> 0:30:38.959
<v Speaker 4>of the year, right, so the ref's performances get reviewed,

0:30:39.000 --> 0:30:41.760
<v Speaker 4>their calls get reviewed. They probably get reviewed weekly and

0:30:41.760 --> 0:30:44.120
<v Speaker 4>then yearly and then whatever, I mean, do they look

0:30:44.120 --> 0:30:46.280
<v Speaker 4>at it and they go, hey, there's a there's a

0:30:46.560 --> 0:30:49.960
<v Speaker 4>there's a bunch of missing illegal formation penalties here. We

0:30:50.000 --> 0:30:53.040
<v Speaker 4>need to overcompensate now, Like that's what it's That's what

0:30:53.040 --> 0:30:55.480
<v Speaker 4>it seemed like. Because it's game one, it's two of

0:30:55.520 --> 0:30:57.920
<v Speaker 4>the best teams in the league. Everybody wants to see it.

0:30:57.960 --> 0:30:58.600
<v Speaker 2>But I think the.

0:31:00.280 --> 0:31:02.280
<v Speaker 4>You know, you talk about the moment, the cringe moment.

0:31:02.680 --> 0:31:05.440
<v Speaker 4>I think the thing that sucks for fans is like,

0:31:05.520 --> 0:31:09.320
<v Speaker 4>let them play, right. I want to watch Lamar and

0:31:09.360 --> 0:31:11.600
<v Speaker 4>Patrick go at it. I want to watch like.

0:31:11.600 --> 0:31:12.400
<v Speaker 1>This is what everybody does.

0:31:12.600 --> 0:31:14.080
<v Speaker 4>This is why it's the first game of the season

0:31:14.160 --> 0:31:16.360
<v Speaker 4>and it's a primetime game. Everybody wants to watch these

0:31:16.360 --> 0:31:17.200
<v Speaker 4>two teams play.

0:31:18.440 --> 0:31:20.640
<v Speaker 1>Obviously, you and I have watched a lot of the

0:31:20.680 --> 0:31:24.560
<v Speaker 1>Green Bay Packers over the years. Ultimately, I don't think

0:31:24.560 --> 0:31:26.719
<v Speaker 1>the folks at the NFL will be happy that I

0:31:26.760 --> 0:31:33.040
<v Speaker 1>say this. It felt like going to Brazil. Great, you

0:31:33.080 --> 0:31:36.280
<v Speaker 1>want to expand the fan base, great, if this is

0:31:36.440 --> 0:31:40.400
<v Speaker 1>something you want to do. It felt unfortunate to me

0:31:41.360 --> 0:31:45.920
<v Speaker 1>that these two teams that everyone, at least on paper,

0:31:46.200 --> 0:31:49.680
<v Speaker 1>believes are going to be two great teams in the NFC,

0:31:50.240 --> 0:31:53.320
<v Speaker 1>that they have to make this trip and do this game,

0:31:53.360 --> 0:31:58.480
<v Speaker 1>and obviously turf issues, some players concerned about security issues

0:31:58.640 --> 0:32:03.000
<v Speaker 1>down there. It felt a little awkward to me, although

0:32:03.040 --> 0:32:05.480
<v Speaker 1>I did like having a game on Friday night. What

0:32:05.480 --> 0:32:06.440
<v Speaker 1>what what did you think?

0:32:07.920 --> 0:32:11.560
<v Speaker 4>I I I'm not gonna I'm not a player, so

0:32:11.600 --> 0:32:13.400
<v Speaker 4>I can't speak for for any of them, but it

0:32:13.960 --> 0:32:15.360
<v Speaker 4>I mean, how can you be a fan of that

0:32:15.560 --> 0:32:18.000
<v Speaker 4>flying in on a was it like on a Wednesday

0:32:18.080 --> 0:32:21.360
<v Speaker 4>or Tuesday night ten hour flight, they're two hours ahead.

0:32:22.000 --> 0:32:23.680
<v Speaker 4>You practice the next day, and then you have a

0:32:23.680 --> 0:32:25.600
<v Speaker 4>game the next night, and you turn around and fly home.

0:32:25.720 --> 0:32:28.800
<v Speaker 4>I mean, when anybody travels internationally getting your bearings, there's

0:32:28.800 --> 0:32:30.640
<v Speaker 4>always a day or two of kind of just like

0:32:31.360 --> 0:32:35.000
<v Speaker 4>I feel a little weird from flying across the world.

0:32:35.520 --> 0:32:37.840
<v Speaker 4>I think airplanes do that in general, but I don't know,

0:32:37.880 --> 0:32:39.520
<v Speaker 4>that just seems it seems like a lot for the

0:32:39.520 --> 0:32:41.880
<v Speaker 4>players and coaches and and all the all the employees

0:32:41.920 --> 0:32:44.040
<v Speaker 4>of the teams as well, like the front office people,

0:32:44.600 --> 0:32:46.880
<v Speaker 4>the equipment people that are involved. Because they're not just

0:32:46.920 --> 0:32:50.320
<v Speaker 4>bringing players and coaches, they bring they bring staff. There's

0:32:50.320 --> 0:32:52.560
<v Speaker 4>a there's a whole city that travels with them. There's

0:32:52.600 --> 0:32:55.280
<v Speaker 4>a village, and I I that can't be easy for anybody.

0:32:56.280 --> 0:32:57.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, And that's.

0:32:57.280 --> 0:32:59.480
<v Speaker 4>That's always been kind of a conversation where like teams

0:32:59.520 --> 0:33:01.480
<v Speaker 4>like Chicago in Green Bay being in the middle of

0:33:01.480 --> 0:33:05.000
<v Speaker 4>the country that they have a slight advantage over teams

0:33:05.040 --> 0:33:06.959
<v Speaker 4>like New York and Seattle that have to travel. If

0:33:06.960 --> 0:33:09.920
<v Speaker 4>you know, Seattle's playing the Dolphins, or if you know,

0:33:10.000 --> 0:33:12.480
<v Speaker 4>the Giants are playing the Rams's two.

0:33:12.280 --> 0:33:13.840
<v Speaker 1>And a half hour flight as opposed to a six

0:33:13.880 --> 0:33:18.240
<v Speaker 1>hour flight. Yeah, it felt difficult, a little bit awkward.

0:33:18.400 --> 0:33:22.720
<v Speaker 1>Hopefully Jordan is okay. Obviously he's very important to their

0:33:23.400 --> 0:33:27.760
<v Speaker 1>success this year. Also, Josh Allen with an injury that

0:33:27.800 --> 0:33:30.800
<v Speaker 1>we're sort of waiting to hear back on. Those are

0:33:30.840 --> 0:33:34.200
<v Speaker 1>a couple of the marquee guys. I want to ask

0:33:34.280 --> 0:33:39.280
<v Speaker 1>you quickly about the other LA team, the Chargers. Chargers

0:33:39.320 --> 0:33:42.000
<v Speaker 1>relevant this year. They're one to zero.

0:33:43.800 --> 0:33:46.560
<v Speaker 4>I don't think you can count Jim Harbaugh out, with

0:33:46.600 --> 0:33:49.560
<v Speaker 4>his resume and what he's done everywhere he's gone. I

0:33:49.640 --> 0:33:51.560
<v Speaker 4>just don't think you can do it.

0:33:50.680 --> 0:33:57.160
<v Speaker 1>It felt like if there was a script for what

0:33:57.240 --> 0:34:00.920
<v Speaker 1>you thought might happen to them, it couldn't have gone

0:34:01.040 --> 0:34:05.600
<v Speaker 1>any better for them. And yeah, as an offensive coach

0:34:05.920 --> 0:34:10.200
<v Speaker 1>coming in, what was so surprising to me was how

0:34:10.480 --> 0:34:15.880
<v Speaker 1>great the defense looked and how tough they the entire

0:34:15.960 --> 0:34:19.400
<v Speaker 1>team played start to finish. I don't know that it

0:34:19.440 --> 0:34:23.279
<v Speaker 1>was a fun game to watch, but the results well,

0:34:23.320 --> 0:34:25.240
<v Speaker 1>I think it's I think it's good for the NFL.

0:34:26.040 --> 0:34:27.759
<v Speaker 4>Well, I think too. The other thing in that game

0:34:27.880 --> 0:34:30.560
<v Speaker 4>is JK. Dobbins towards Achilles, and he came on and

0:34:30.600 --> 0:34:32.920
<v Speaker 4>played ran for the Chargers, and he played well and

0:34:32.920 --> 0:34:35.640
<v Speaker 4>didn't get hurt. I think it's the same for Atlanta

0:34:35.840 --> 0:34:38.920
<v Speaker 4>Kirk Cousins. They lost, maybe not had the game that

0:34:39.000 --> 0:34:43.000
<v Speaker 4>he wanted to have. But you know, tonight there's also

0:34:43.640 --> 0:34:46.239
<v Speaker 4>another guy with the same injury coming back. So it's

0:34:46.280 --> 0:34:49.600
<v Speaker 4>good to see those guys back and healthy, and it's exciting.

0:34:50.360 --> 0:34:54.280
<v Speaker 1>What's going to happen tonight? J Ets Jets, Jets, Jets

0:34:54.440 --> 0:34:56.720
<v Speaker 1>at the Niners, your pick.

0:34:57.880 --> 0:35:03.200
<v Speaker 4>I think the Jets take it. I don't think it's

0:35:03.239 --> 0:35:05.360
<v Speaker 4>gonna be easy on either side. I just hope everyone

0:35:05.400 --> 0:35:06.040
<v Speaker 4>stays healthy.

0:35:06.680 --> 0:35:09.200
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I do as well. It should be a lot

0:35:09.200 --> 0:35:13.799
<v Speaker 1>of fun, obviously. I'm excited football is back. Thank you

0:35:14.120 --> 0:35:17.720
<v Speaker 1>for coming and talking about some of the biggest stories

0:35:17.760 --> 0:35:22.160
<v Speaker 1>this week. By the way, my fantasy football team sucks. Sorry.

0:35:22.160 --> 0:35:26.000
<v Speaker 1>Did you play rain this week? No? We just both

0:35:26.160 --> 0:35:32.720
<v Speaker 1>lost by sixty so we're uh, yeah, we're not good.

0:35:32.920 --> 0:35:36.680
<v Speaker 1>We have to look ourselves in the face. I don't know,

0:35:36.760 --> 0:35:37.439
<v Speaker 1>is that what you're saying.

0:35:37.560 --> 0:35:40.920
<v Speaker 4>Nobody have to be good at fantasy People are lucky

0:35:40.960 --> 0:35:41.600
<v Speaker 4>at fantasy.

0:35:42.280 --> 0:35:50.520
<v Speaker 1>Well, don't tell me when I win that. Thanks for

0:35:50.600 --> 0:35:54.800
<v Speaker 1>coming on, appreciate it. I couldn't be more excited about

0:35:54.800 --> 0:35:57.600
<v Speaker 1>the season being back, and we'll see what happens tonight.

0:35:57.719 --> 0:36:00.759
<v Speaker 1>I promise you this. I may have a cocktail and

0:36:00.800 --> 0:36:05.920
<v Speaker 1>watch the game. Yeah, I'm in let's do it all right.

0:36:05.960 --> 0:36:22.760
<v Speaker 1>Thanks Papa Sob, Thank you everybody for indulging me this week.

0:36:23.000 --> 0:36:27.280
<v Speaker 1>The last thing is the Emmys this weekend, the seventy

0:36:27.760 --> 0:36:32.080
<v Speaker 1>sixth edition of the Emmys. You know, it brings back

0:36:32.239 --> 0:36:38.120
<v Speaker 1>so many great memories for me. Every time I think

0:36:38.160 --> 0:36:42.080
<v Speaker 1>about the Emmys, I think about my first year. Angela

0:36:42.320 --> 0:36:46.640
<v Speaker 1>Kinzie and I went together. Very long story short, we

0:36:46.640 --> 0:36:50.320
<v Speaker 1>were late to our first Emmys. Our car broke down

0:36:51.160 --> 0:36:55.359
<v Speaker 1>on its way to Angela's house. Angela then got picked up,

0:36:55.680 --> 0:36:59.799
<v Speaker 1>called me, said we're coming to you. We have no Eric.

0:37:00.719 --> 0:37:03.800
<v Speaker 1>We melted on the way to the Emmys and arrived

0:37:04.280 --> 0:37:09.560
<v Speaker 1>after missing the entire red carpet. The opening conan all

0:37:09.600 --> 0:37:14.480
<v Speaker 1>of our friends. But the story ended well. The Office

0:37:14.520 --> 0:37:18.960
<v Speaker 1>won Best Comedy, so it became it became a very

0:37:19.000 --> 0:37:22.960
<v Speaker 1>special night, and ultimately I probably wouldn't remember who I

0:37:23.040 --> 0:37:26.360
<v Speaker 1>talked to on the red carpet. Or what interviews I gave,

0:37:27.160 --> 0:37:31.040
<v Speaker 1>or what anybody was wearing, or what Conan did in

0:37:31.040 --> 0:37:35.799
<v Speaker 1>that opening. I think it makes it cooler now that

0:37:35.920 --> 0:37:40.080
<v Speaker 1>the story was real and much like the show, a

0:37:40.160 --> 0:37:43.200
<v Speaker 1>comedy of errors, maybe it made it a little more special.

0:37:43.480 --> 0:37:45.520
<v Speaker 1>So you never know what's going to happen there at

0:37:45.560 --> 0:37:51.440
<v Speaker 1>the Emmys, very excited about seeing what happens. And look, ultimately,

0:37:51.520 --> 0:37:56.319
<v Speaker 1>it's not about who wins and loses. I said that

0:37:56.320 --> 0:37:59.120
<v Speaker 1>to myself for many of the ten years we were there.

0:38:00.000 --> 0:38:02.040
<v Speaker 1>But it is a celebration of the thing that I

0:38:02.120 --> 0:38:08.000
<v Speaker 1>love more than football, which is television. So enjoy the Emmys,

0:38:08.320 --> 0:38:11.200
<v Speaker 1>regardless of what Rain says. I encourage you to watch

0:38:11.880 --> 0:38:16.000
<v Speaker 1>and celebrate along with me that and we will see

0:38:16.040 --> 0:38:19.120
<v Speaker 1>you next week on Off the Beat. Until then, have

0:38:19.200 --> 0:38:31.279
<v Speaker 1>a great week. Off the Beat is hosted and executive

0:38:31.280 --> 0:38:36.080
<v Speaker 1>produced by me Brian Baumgartner, alongside our executive producer Ling Lee.

0:38:36.360 --> 0:38:40.239
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0:38:40.320 --> 0:38:45.080
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