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Speaker 2: Chuck Norris was chasing the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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Speaker 1: The rex was not chasing the jeep. Murray, Murray, you there.

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Speaker 1: You love sandwiches. Huh, Let's go to eighty.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to to gottson Company, mikey A. I am

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Speaker 2: very excited for our next guest. He is a good friend.

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Speaker 2: I miss him dearly. There was no one more supportive

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Speaker 2: of me our show when we were at ESPN, of

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Speaker 2: the Randy Scott, who is going to join us, and

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Speaker 2: he has really pulled off what I believe to be

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Speaker 2: the impossible in sports media in twenty twenty five. Because

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Speaker 2: if you remember growing up, there was these sports centered

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Speaker 2: was Patrick and Keith Olberman with Stuart Scott and Dan

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Speaker 2: Craig Kilbourne and Haber the late night edition of Sports

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Speaker 2: Center An amazing pairing by those two Neil Everett, Stan,

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Speaker 2: but Stan's last name, I forget Stan Barrett. Yes, but

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Speaker 2: Randy Scott has been able to pull this off not

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Speaker 2: There are a few things that make me happier than

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Speaker 2: seeing Randy in all his glory Saturday morning headed into

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Speaker 4: Just because Randy is so easy to get along with

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Speaker 2: He makes his co host better, all of them. They

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Speaker 2: but him and Gary. It's so interesting because like Sports

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Speaker 1: They're all great.

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Speaker 2: It's a very hard job to do and they're all

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Speaker 2: Like when we were growing up, you knew the name,

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Speaker 4: It was appointment viewing, like you had your people like

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Speaker 4: I like to watch the eleven o'clock or I like

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Speaker 2: Yes, and so it's interesting that he's been able, and

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Speaker 2: I think you're right. It's just Randy's kind of way

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Speaker 1: I asked them to do this last week.

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Speaker 2: He said he couldn't, And the reason he said he

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Speaker 1: True or false, Randy is a puppy dog. Yes, I love.

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Speaker 3: You know. So I was in Okay, I was in

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Speaker 3: Legend, so so smart, so quick, so dry, And we

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Speaker 1: Ben, What were your thoughts when you first in backed? Gary?

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Speaker 3: Uh?

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Speaker 1: All right?

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Speaker 3: So I worked at I worked at Nesson before coming

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Speaker 3: to ESPN. I was at Nesson for almost two years

489
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Speaker 3: and he was at Nesson. We never overlapped. I didn't like,

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00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,080
Speaker 3: they didn't go me to him. It actually went me

491
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Speaker 3: to Elle Duncan to Gary. So Elle came to ESPN

492
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Speaker 3: and was one of his biggest proponents. Was like, this

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Speaker 3: guy's awesome, this guy's hilarious. You guys have a lot

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Speaker 3: in common. I mean this was this was like twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 3: She's like, you guys have a lot in common. And

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Speaker 3: I living up here and watching Red Sox games because

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Speaker 3: they're on. I knew of him because he was like

498
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Speaker 3: the sideline guy. And I saw a guy and I

499
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Speaker 3: was like, man, this guy's super young and kind of

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Speaker 3: a kind of a bro. And I was like, I

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Speaker 3: don't know, I'm not sure if that's I'm not sure

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Speaker 3: if like really I got I got stuff in common

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Speaker 3: with this guy, and then met him and we before

504
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Speaker 3: I ever did a show together, he shadowed and I

505
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 3: was like, this guy's awesome. He was he was making

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Speaker 3: everybody laugh. Is dad's a military guy? My dad's a

507
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Speaker 3: military guy. And it just took being in like the

508
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Speaker 3: same show pod with him for that pre show time

509
00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:14,880
Speaker 3: about three hours and I was like, this is great.

510
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Speaker 3: And then the first show we did, he was nervous,

511
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Speaker 3: and I could tell he was nervous, so I was

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Speaker 3: just trying to like kind of welcome in and almost

513
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Speaker 3: like hey, dude, like whatever you want to do, we

514
00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,440
Speaker 3: can do it. And he had an idea the second

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Speaker 3: show we did that wasn't like an entitlement sort of

516
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Speaker 3: like overfamiliarity. It was like, hey, what if we tried

517
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Speaker 3: this or what if we did that? And way more

518
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Speaker 3: of his swings have connected in big ways since then,

519
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Speaker 3: and all of his ideas are like about it's not like, hey,

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Speaker 3: I have something for the show that's gonna make me

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Speaker 3: look good. You go do your thing. It's never been that.

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Speaker 3: It's always been us together. So yeah, first impression, I

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Speaker 3: was like, I was like huh. And then I met

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Speaker 3: him and I was like oh, we're great.

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Speaker 1: That's it, so you right away, you can make something

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Speaker 1: special with this.

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Speaker 3: Guy, right, Yeah, But I was still I was still

528
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Speaker 3: doing shows with Nicole, so it was more just like

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Speaker 3: he would fill in. And then Nicole called me, dude,

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Speaker 3: I'm not trying to take this to like a serious spot,

531
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,920
Speaker 3: but it was. It was twenty twenty one, it was

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Speaker 3: December first, and that's that was the five year aniversary

533
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Speaker 3: of my mom's passing. So that was I was down

534
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Speaker 3: in Virginia. I was with my family outside DC, and

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Speaker 3: I get this call from Nicole and like, I'm sure

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Speaker 3: you have this too, Like if I were to call you,

537
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,600
Speaker 3: you might think something's wrong because you and I text,

538
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 3: So anybody who like takes it like, hey, this guy

539
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,680
Speaker 3: never calls me, Why is this guy calling me? Nicole

540
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Speaker 3: and I didn't really talk on the phone. She would text,

541
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Speaker 3: so she straight up called and she's like, I wanted

542
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Speaker 3: you to hear from me. They're moving me to nights.

543
00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,639
Speaker 3: I know what today is. I'm so sorry, but I

544
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:38,640
Speaker 3: just didn't want to risk you hearing it from somebody else.

545
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 3: And I was like, oh my gosh, congratulations, thank you

546
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,560
Speaker 3: for letting me know. Blah blah, blah, but I hung up.

547
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Speaker 3: But I was super bommed because it wasn't It wasn't

548
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,760
Speaker 3: like hey, I'm leaving and they're putting you with Gary.

549
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:50,879
Speaker 3: It was just, hey, I'm leaving. So it was like

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Speaker 3: open for a couple of days until I tell you.

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Speaker 1: Guys were together as well. By the way, yes, yeah,

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Speaker 1: she was.

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Speaker 3: Oh my god, dude, everything that happened in my life,

554
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,679
Speaker 3: like off air while she and I were paired up,

555
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,399
Speaker 3: she was such a rock for me, Like, oh and

556
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,920
Speaker 3: so you know, then it then they told me about

557
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 3: Gary and I was like, oh, thank god, it's not

558
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,119
Speaker 3: gonna be this like rotating group and we're gonna try

559
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Speaker 3: people out and dah that they had a plan and

560
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Speaker 3: it was him.

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Speaker 1: So I was like, I didn't.

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Speaker 3: I didn't think it was gonna be this necessarily, Like

563
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Speaker 3: I thought I could maybe one day grow into something,

564
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Speaker 3: but I knew we'd be we'd at least be fine.

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Speaker 2: Uh what'd you do to soothe Gary on that first show?

566
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,639
Speaker 2: Because like that has to be such a it's such

567
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 2: a daunting. People don't realize that hosting like Sports Center

568
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,120
Speaker 2: Baseball Tonight, just how difficult it is, Like it's really

569
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,960
Speaker 2: I love radio because I can't deal with all the cameras.

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Speaker 1: It's dizzy, you know.

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00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 3: You. So they brought back I mean it had to

572
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,240
Speaker 3: be a while ago. They brought back old Keith Olderman,

573
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 3: and they brought back Dan and they didn't show together this.

574
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 3: This was when I was yeah, and it was it

575
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,560
Speaker 3: was kind of like a throwback type of deal. And

576
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 3: they both said that the show is a lot faster

577
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,159
Speaker 3: now than it was when they did it. You know,

578
00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:02,879
Speaker 3: there aren't there aren't forty second on cams about the

579
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 3: history of the Cleveland, Kansas City baseball rivalry. And then

580
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 3: you do a two minute highlight and then a thirty

581
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,160
Speaker 3: second score panel and throw a sound. You know, it's

582
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,920
Speaker 3: a lot. It moves a lot quicker. And so that

583
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,399
Speaker 3: first show for Gary that he did with me, it

584
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 3: was fast. It was just a faster show. But he

585
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,960
Speaker 3: had dounished it with Jay Harris and he and he

586
00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,680
Speaker 3: had a dependency on a pen. Like Gary was holding

587
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 3: a pen, he was clicking the pen, he was tapping

588
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,040
Speaker 3: the pen, and Jay took the pen and threw it

589
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 3: across the studio, no joke, took it and threw it

590
00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,880
Speaker 3: and said, now do the show, Like took his security

591
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 3: blanket away and said, now do the show, and so

592
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,600
Speaker 3: Gary did it, and that it all happened before he

593
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,720
Speaker 3: and I had done a show together, so I think

594
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 3: he'd gotten a lot of his his nerves out of

595
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Speaker 3: the way. But I just kept telling him, like it,

596
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,440
Speaker 3: jump in on anything, any piece of video, anything I've

597
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,359
Speaker 3: got because he can hear the roll queue for a

598
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,639
Speaker 3: sound like you know, sound in five four to three too,

599
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 3: Like he could hear all the same stuff, all the

600
00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,879
Speaker 3: same traslic I could. So as long as you know

601
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,640
Speaker 3: and get clipped going to sound like, we're totally fine.

602
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 2: And we were that trust, Yeah, that trust is so important.

603
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,200
Speaker 2: But doing the show the way you guys do it

604
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 2: comes with some criticism, I would imagine, because people just

605
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 2: want to fucking highlights ready, Like enough enough, right, So

606
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,640
Speaker 2: what's the fairest criticism you've heard of your show?

607
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 3: Ooh, fairest criticism.

608
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,199
Speaker 1: Oh, it's not the hornets bit, because that was awesome.

609
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:27,959
Speaker 1: All the hornets is fantastic. The pregame speech is unbelievable,

610
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,119
Speaker 1: so good, get you know what.

611
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 3: There were some there were some criticisms of fire them

612
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 3: up on Saturdays for sure, them that that it was

613
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 3: like it was like, man, none of this is fine.

614
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,200
Speaker 3: Like when you and I think you and you guys

615
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,119
Speaker 3: have taught me this too. We've all talked about it

616
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,960
Speaker 3: where it's like if you try to be funny, that's

617
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 3: when you really run into like cringe territories sometimes, like

618
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,679
Speaker 3: if you're really if it's clear that you are trying

619
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,160
Speaker 3: and not just kind of making an off, offhand observation

620
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:56,680
Speaker 3: or whatever, like you try to come up with a

621
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Speaker 3: bit and try.

622
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Speaker 1: To you know.

623
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Speaker 3: That's like when when I see a hack in my day,

624
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 3: it was like the joke is it's intentionally not funny,

625
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 3: and that made it easy because to try to come

626
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 3: on and do actual stand up with you guys, that's

627
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,000
Speaker 3: wearing a meat suit to a shark and you know,

628
00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 3: shark tank. So so like one of the some of

629
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:17,400
Speaker 3: the feedback during fire them up specifically, was like, none

630
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,520
Speaker 3: of this. You know, you guys are trying too hard.

631
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 3: And that's true.

632
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 1: It was a lift.

633
00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 3: It was a heavy It's why we don't do it anymore.

634
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,880
Speaker 3: It's a heavy lift. You know. We'd write it on Wednesday,

635
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 3: it would go through how many rounds of approval you know,

636
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,480
Speaker 3: by by some people until we had to tape it

637
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 3: on Thursday, come in early to tape it because there

638
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 3: was not a crew that wanted to stick around for

639
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 3: our show. We were doing a two pm show that

640
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 3: at the time on Friday, so nobody wanted to stick around. So, like,

641
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 3: you know, it was just it was a bear, and

642
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 3: then we'd do it and Saturday our mentions would be

643
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,680
Speaker 3: full of like just you know, the worst, like no

644
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,760
Speaker 3: one liked it. And then and then it goes away

645
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 3: for this year and we get this these tweets and

646
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 3: things that are like, hey, where's fire them up?

647
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 1: Hey we missed it, you know, because of course, of

648
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Speaker 1: course that's gonna happen.

649
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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, right, so people, I guess, like you said,

650
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 3: people find things that they, you know, want to expect,

651
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 3: they've relied upon, like hey, at this time you do

652
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 3: top plays, at this time you do other stuff, and

653
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 3: you know, we took away to fire them up and

654
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 3: for better for you know, I promise you it was

655
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 3: ninety percent negative feedback. And then it goes away and

656
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 3: people are like, oh, what's going on, and we'll do

657
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,479
Speaker 3: We'll do one more this year. The Army Navy one

658
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 3: is so much fun because he his family's army, my

659
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 3: family's Navy and like we just I just call it

660
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 3: my dad, and my dad just gives me these like

661
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 3: one liner zingers about cadets and stuff and just throw

662
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Speaker 3: those in there.

663
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Speaker 2: But I think people have a tendency to focus on

664
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Speaker 2: the negative comments and not realize that the people who

665
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Speaker 2: are enjoying what it is you do probably aren't commenting

666
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Speaker 2: at all.

667
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:42,880
Speaker 1: You know, yeah, yes, no, you're right.

668
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Speaker 3: It's the worst thing you can do is just go unnoticed,

669
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Speaker 3: you know, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, no, Like medium is

670
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Speaker 3: not is not acceptable. You gotta if you're if you're

671
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,480
Speaker 3: listening some feedback, it means a they're watching and be

672
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 3: there feeling something right, feeling something about it.

673
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Speaker 2: Yes, I love that I was listening to you on

674
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Speaker 2: ESPN Radio one day and you invote a five dollars

675
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 2: fine on somebody.

676
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Speaker 6: And I love that you still take elements of power

677
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 6: show that is now four and a half years removed

678
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 6: from ESPN Radio and you still incorporated into.

679
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Speaker 1: What it is you do. Thank you, Randy.

680
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Speaker 3: It's it been that long, uh, I mean yeah, Like, okay,

681
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 3: one thing that I realized and I'm I'm I'll ask you,

682
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 3: and maybe you're not the right person to ask, but

683
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Speaker 3: did you guys do it as a way of like

684
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 3: kind of reminding people, you know, that it's not okay

685
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 3: to mess up, like like like you know what I mean,

686
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 3: like like like without there being an overly like draconian

687
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 3: heavy handed like how dare you roll the out Q?

688
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 3: Or how dare you miss slot or miss time or whatever.

689
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 3: It was more like, hey, here's a lighthearted way of

690
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 3: saying like you kind of put me in a bad

691
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,320
Speaker 3: spot there, like yes, you know, like I talked way

692
00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 3: into the heart out and you're the network break or

693
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 3: whatever it is, and it's like you give me the

694
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,880
Speaker 3: roll cuting me whatever it was, like, so you can

695
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Speaker 3: be like five dollars fine, And it's it's a lighthearted

696
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,400
Speaker 3: like hey, we're all Joe, but seriously, like what the

697
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 3: hell was that? You know?

698
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Speaker 1: There is there exactly why we did that.

699
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Speaker 2: Dan and I are so you know this about us now,

700
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 2: it's funny coming from me, but Dan and I when

701
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 2: it comes to that and that show and the doing

702
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Speaker 2: of radio.

703
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Speaker 1: We're perfectionists.

704
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 2: And so that that was just a clever, fun way

705
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Speaker 2: for us to point out that we're making mistakes, but

706
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,719
Speaker 2: also a way of telling our crew don't make any mistakes.

707
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Speaker 1: It's gonna cost you money, you know, yes, yes.

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Speaker 3: Exact, okay good. I was always curious about it because

709
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 3: you guys are still and were then even with all

710
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 3: the con you know, constraints that ESPN Radio would have

711
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 3: with like you know, timeslot and I mean, guy, getting

712
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 3: Greg Cody at the end of an hour was so

713
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 3: much fun. Yes, but you guys still wear this like

714
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:45,000
Speaker 3: just rolling downhill, snowball of chaos and you know, five

715
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 3: dollars fine, two dollars fine, walk into the ocean whatever.

716
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 3: Like all of that seemed like it was just part

717
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 3: of the chaos. But I do wonder if it was

718
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 3: also like one dad and the other dad reminding everybody else,

719
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 3: like I will turn I will turn this car around

720
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 3: if you keep messing up.

721
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Speaker 1: Yes, yes it was.

722
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Speaker 2: Listen if I dance passive aggressive style, I mean, I'm

723
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,120
Speaker 2: not gonna yell at you, but put five dollars.

724
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Speaker 1: In the bucket, bucket exactly. You're going to be a

725
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: groomsman at the wedding, at Gary's wedding, Is that right?

726
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: I got that.

727
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 3: I found that out the other day.

728
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 1: Yeah.

729
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 3: He had joked, you know, when he got engaged. And

730
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Speaker 3: I've known Gary and his fiance Abby for for years now,

731
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Speaker 3: and they're they're so such a good match there there there,

732
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 3: they don't not that one of them gossips and and

733
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 3: I'm not trying to make myself sound like a gossip,

734
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 3: but one thing that happens at ESPN. You know, Hey,

735
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 3: you hear about so and so might be leaving their show,

736
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 3: who's going to get that slot? Or so and so

737
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 3: might be doing this? Or hey, I heard you know

738
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Speaker 3: so and so's going on the road with whatever, or

739
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 3: what's even this summer? You know, we did this fifty

740
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 3: States in fifty Days project, Hey who got California? Who

741
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 3: got this? Who got these desirable things? You know, who's

742
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 3: who's going to the SP's you know that sort of thing,

743
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 3: and Gary just doesn't participate. It is both admirable and

744
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 3: maddening because you spend so much time with somebody and

745
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 3: you're like, hey, have you heard about X and X?

746
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,239
Speaker 3: Or hey have you heard about this? If it affects us,

747
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 3: we talk. You know, he'll come to me and he'll

748
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:15,240
Speaker 3: be like, hey, have you heard you know, maybe we

749
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 3: might be you know, taking on this Disney plus thing.

750
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 3: Have you heard about that? You know, there'll be stuff

751
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 3: like that, but both he and his fiance is in

752
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 3: the business, and they're just like so peaceful and so

753
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 3: happy together to not ever get in the in the

754
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 3: muck with any of that stuff. And it's just, oh man,

755
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 3: So they're they're such a good there's such a good match,

756
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 3: you know. And I'm offering no marital advice as the

757
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 3: as the twice engaged, once divorced guy. So I will

758
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 3: say to them, uh, you know that, like I just

759
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 3: wanted to go. I just want to go to the wedding.

760
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 3: And initially Gary's like, dude, you're gonna officiate this thing,

761
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 3: and I was like a ha ha ha. And then

762
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 3: he surprised me the other day on the air by

763
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 3: you know, sneaking a this just in script like into

764
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Speaker 3: the show and he goes, hey, yeah, he's.

765
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Speaker 1: In in my ear.

766
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 3: They're like, yeah, you gotta read this. We got breaking news.

767
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 3: And I was like, okay, and I've come to not

768
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 3: trust the very last thing in the show because we'll

769
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,320
Speaker 3: do dumb stuff. And so it was kind of like

770
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,879
Speaker 3: hesitantly reading it and I was like, oh, these guys

771
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 3: trying to get me to cry it on the air,

772
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 3: you know. I was like, I'm not gonna I'm not

773
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,760
Speaker 3: gonna give him that, but I'm so I'm so excited,

774
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:18,320
Speaker 3: so happy for him. And I also think, like you

775
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 3: reach an age where like this is probably my last

776
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 3: grooms meant opportunity, you know, like my friends are all

777
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 3: my friends are married or go. And so that's why

778
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,719
Speaker 3: I said it. I'm going to bring snacks, and he

779
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 3: goes it's a catered event, and I was like, well,

780
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 3: hold on, I mean, because when that day starts and

781
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 3: that morning starts and you're getting ready together your time

782
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:40,839
Speaker 3: ties or whatever, you got some cheese, it's you got

783
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,840
Speaker 3: some dots, pretzels, some celsius, some five hour energy. Like

784
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,400
Speaker 3: I've I've done it enough to where I know you

785
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 3: need some stuff in that room, you know, to avoid

786
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 3: guys getting drunk too early and whatever and you know,

787
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,359
Speaker 3: caffeinating to the gills. So I'm just I'm I could

788
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 3: not be happier, could not be.

789
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Speaker 1: Happy by the way.

790
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 2: Gossip at ESPN a daily tradition unlike any other. I mean,

791
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 2: that's all that happens there, that's all that goes on there.

792
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: Just quickly. I'm gonna need your helpier.

793
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 2: I have done best men's speech, best man speeches, for

794
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:10,760
Speaker 2: Field Yates.

795
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 1: I have done them for several people at ESPN, And even.

796
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Speaker 2: Though I'm not invited to Gary's wedding, I want to

797
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 2: put together a best man's speech for him. But I'm

798
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 2: gonna need your help because I don't know him at all. Okay, Yeah,

799
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 2: then we're gonna have it on the show. I'm gonna

800
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 2: read them said speech. Okay, yes, perfect, Okay. Weddings in July,

801
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 2: so we'll do that.

802
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll come back on. Do you want me on

803
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:30,359
Speaker 3: with him or do you want to I'll just pump

804
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 3: you with some information that he comes on.

805
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 1: I think we'll have you on together.

806
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 2: But you pumped me with some information, and if you

807
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 2: have a plus one and want to take me, I'm

808
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 2: happy to come with you.

809
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 1: Okuy.

810
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 3: I don't think I have a plus one right now,

811
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Speaker 3: but I'll work on it.

812
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 1: I'll work on it all right.

813
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 2: I love the sports centers you guys are doing. It's

814
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 2: fantastic content. I am proud of you. I'm happy for you,

815
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 2: and I miss you very much, buddy.

816
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 1: I do.

817
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 3: I miss you too, Buddy. I love you, and I'm

818
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 3: so happy for your family and for your daughters. And

819
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:57,640
Speaker 3: you know you're making a lot of people proud you

820
00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 3: know what I mean, a lot of people who are

821
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 3: here and certainly who's not. And you and I have

822
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 3: that in common. And if you ever need anything, I'm

823
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,240
Speaker 3: here for you. And I know that's a two way street.

824
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: I appreciate you, man. I just wish I could make

825
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 1: my wife brad Mitzel all right.

826
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 3: Good to see you too, Mike.

827
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Speaker 1: Thanks Bud,