Ron Magill
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I'll tell you, it's not good for my mental health. It's not one of the things that I supported. They asked me to make the recording. I will say that you're being a little bit extreme in that, you know, I don't say that you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I don't think that's what I said.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
well yeah well anyway i think basically what we say listen please don't feed them because they have a very specific diet and by feeding them something that's not on their diet can get them pretty sick um so that's what i say and i do say it in my uh both languages even though my spanish is a little bit to be left to be desired um having said that that loop only happens when people move in front of it it's set up by a motion sensor so it's just uh it's not playing continuously around the clock that the chimps have to listen to it god forbid
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I don't do it. It's been put on the shelf. The only way I will ever do it is if Dan Levitard asks me to do it for something for him.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
That presentation now is part of the Dan Levitard show.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
And it does on occasion happen. I will say it does on occasion, but rarely happens. It's just a wonderful adaptation, Dan. It's a matter of survival. It's a matter of growing up in an environment that you adapt to. These animals, if you looked at their hooves, their hooves are almost like pointed. So they are able to actually grasp the tiniest little ledge and they are able to survive that way.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I mean, this is how they escape predators, things like leopards and other carnivores. But I will say that I have seen an occasion where they lost footing and they died.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I don't know that's possible. I do know that it does happen. But the fact that nature is a circle of life and the ones that don't succeed, they become food for something else. But again, these animals have adapted to an environment that enables them to do things that are absolutely incredible.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Well, I'll tell you what, Dan, I looked at, you know, when I looked at that video, it reminded me of another one, which is probably the most jaw-dropping video I've ever seen. I'm sure you guys can find it. Find a snow leopard actually going after one of those animals and getting it and both of them plummeting down well over 150 feet against the rocks and surviving. Watch that video.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
It is one of the most incredible videos I've ever seen of an animal defying everything to survive. Except it, of course, didn't because it ended up being killed by the leopard. But look at the leopard never letting go and plummeting down on these rocks hundreds of feet down a sheer cliff. Unbelievable.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
okay another thing that's unbelievable look at the golden eagles grabbing grabbing chamois which is a type of antelope grabbing them babies that are twice the weight of the of the of the darn eagle now look at this watch this oh my gosh this is unbelievable now it's going to grab and and then when it grabs it they both plummet look at now watch this watch this go get away wait get him get him get him get him get him get him get him is this the one this isn't the one this isn't the real good one but why
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Now, this isn't the real good one. There's one that it's like death for sure of this snow leopard grabbing a sham. But no, that's a crappy one. There's a much better one. But look at the golden eagle.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
It was bad for the snow leopard. But here's the deal. Look at the golden eagle.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Look at a golden eagle grabbing an antelope, and then it's too big for the golden eagle just to kill the antelope. So what does it do? It grabs it. It weighs more than the eagle, flies way up in the air, and then drops it to its death so it can eat it. It's unbelievable stuff.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Okay, this is the one right here?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Look at this. Watch this. Watch this. Don't believe me. Watch this. Goes across the cliff, grabs it, and then, look at this! Look at this, Dan!
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
It's not over. It's not over. It's not over. It's not over. Watch this. It's not over, brother. Boom. Boom. Oh! Boom.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I mean, this is unbelievable. And he doesn't let it go. Come on, Dan. Come on.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Watch this. Grabbing the chamois. I'm glad you guys find this stuff. And then it takes it up in the air. It flies with this thing. It flies with it. Look at this. And then it'll take it to its death.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Everything's got to eat, Dan. And you've got to think of how incredible animals are to adapt to get their food.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
You're showing me a video where the iguana didn't get away.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
It's basically stupid pet tricks. The dog's been taught to take something that the owner gives it and to present it to someone else.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Yep. You are correct. Thank you. That dog has been trained to give whatever the owner gives it to the person, and whatever the person gives back, back to the owner. Exactly. It's not counting the change.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
No, I'm staying. Those people can wait. Wow.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I just got back i just got back from the galapagos islands on a yacht uh doing galapagos cruise this is a while after and there was a flipping gym on that yacht can you believe it is this another one of these paid for trips that you've embezzled from the endowment absolutely yeah
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I'm going back to the Galapagos in May and then to Australia in June. Nice.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
The dog's been taught to take something that the owner gives it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Professional broadcaster.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Let's go. Please again. The dog's been taught to take something that the owner gives it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
He sounds so indifferent. The dog's been taught to take something that the owner gives it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
The dog's been taught to take something that the owner gives it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I hate onions, any kind of onions. Onions and pickles, totally out of my league. I won't eat them. I hate them, and they're disgusting. It's minus pickles and onions for anything I ever order. Wow.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I'm going to give a presentation right after I have the pleasure of speaking to this wonderful crew. What will you be presenting? I'll be presenting on Pride of the Lion.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Yes, I'm doing a presentation for the Broward Public Library System up in Broward County this afternoon. Do it until you're satisfied.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
This female lioness is trying to get the lion's attention. This is actually her way of getting attention. She wants to be bred, actually. See how she's raising her tail, raising herself, putting right in front of him like that? She's kind of getting his attention. She'll probably end up coming back again. But this is just basically they're kind of a little bit of a foreplay thing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
And, you know, the female basically runs the show when it's that situation going on. Once she's in the total peak of her heat, they'll breed every 20 minutes for about three days.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
um the shaw is jurid it's a little rodent it looks like a gerbil does it about every 20 seconds do it till you're satisfied yeah and often but never but never satisfied but not exactly because in that 20 second interval it has to have a few seconds for recovery so it's a very quick thing i mean it's you know yeah same with me it's not something that you know maybe some of you guys are used to but
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Somebody's being stupid for a selfie. I don't know what she was doing there. She's got a sandwich.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Well, this is a problem with people probably feeding this cassowary on this beach. And this cassowary now associates people with food and is looking for the food. And this woman's running away and the cassowary's going after her because he wants the sandwich. And they all think it's cute until somebody gets disemboweled.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Well, it is, but you're already at the point of no return, okay? So this is a situation where now you've either, you know, this cassowary's already been acclimated to associating people with food. Damage has already been done. Now you're in a situation where you've got to protect yourself, get the animal away from you. Ron, is that related to the ostrich? It's got to be, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
It's a type of, you know, of a... you know, a flightless large bird. I don't know if it's quite in the rat-type family like the emus and the rias are, but it's very similar, I guess, in structure.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
That is correct. The ostrich is bigger, yes. But this one is more dangerous. Oh, yes, because it can be aggressive. This one will feed on, you know, on a lot of different things, including small animals. So it has a very huge middle claw that it will kick with and will disembowel you. The ostrich is the most dangerous bird in the world to humans.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
No, the ostrich is a finely tuned eating machine. They'll eat everything from, you know, metal screws to ping pong balls. But they're not as voracious a feeder as the cassowary is.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Not really, no. I mean, it may do so, you know. on a whim, but it's not the mainstay of its diet.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
No, it puts almost anything into its mouth. You know, people who keep them under human care, the big challenge they have with them, there you see the claw of that cassowary. The big challenge people have keeping ostriches is, you know, keeping them from eating things that they're not supposed to eat.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I mean, we've had ostriches in captivity that we have found everything, like I said, from screws to springs to coins in their bellies.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I agree with you, 100%. Yes, that's kind of like a, you know, it's modern-day Velociraptor type stuff.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Oh, a bull, 100%. There's no question about it. Keep in mind, a bull is not a predator that feeds on carnivorous things. The bull is just being aggressive, trying to defend itself. He's got two horns, as opposed to a whole set of teeth and ten claws, and both of those animals that are born killers.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
You did, and I got to tell you, Billy, I ran across you, and I cannot believe that you produced such an absolutely gorgeous baby. That is one of the most gorgeous babies I've ever seen in my life.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I'm just pretty amazed because I'm sure you guys have seen this kid. This kid, and I'm not a big, I usually think that most babies look like lizards that need to be put back for the cooking.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
I got to tell you, Billy's little girl was one of the most precious things I've ever seen.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Denk daran, Dan. Wenn wir das mit dir auf dem Film hatten, würdest du ein Multibillionär sein. Das würde so viele Hits bekommen. Diese Leute sind jetzt berühmt, weil dieser Vogel sie berühmt hat. Dieser Vogel hat gesagt, ich werde dir helfen. Ich weiß, dass dein Vater hier filmt. Lass uns dir was filmen. Boom. Lass das viral gehen. Und jetzt sind du ein instans Celebrity.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Dein Leben ist kuschelt für den Rest davon.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Es ist sein Vater und du wirst bemerken, dass die Kamera nicht mal flinscht. Es ist ein Setup. Der Wale war drauf. Ich weiß nicht, ob es ein Setup war. Ich werde dir sagen, dass es zeigt, dass es ein Fehler war. Der Wale hat gemerkt, dass es ein Fehler war und hat gesagt, oh Gott, nein, ich will das nicht und hat ihn sofort rausgezogen.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Also hat der Kerl einfach nur ein paar Sekunden im Pinocchio-Dream gelebt.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Ich weiß von einem Tod mit einem Kajak, der viele Jahre her war, der nicht geschliffen wurde, aber das Hecht auf ihm aufbrach. Und das hat ihn leider getötet.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Ich meine, es ist überlebensfähig. Die meisten Leute würden dir sagen, wenn ein Hecht dich in den Mund nimmt und dich ins Wasser bringt, wäre das nicht überlebensfähig. Und dieser Kerl ist noch nicht weggeflogen. Also es ist überlebensfähig, aber es wird sicherlich, ähm, du weißt, es wird ekelhaft sein.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Ja und nein. Sie sind unglaublich intelligente Tiere. Sie sind bewusst von ihren Umgebungen. Ein Vogel könnte möglicherweise weggeholt werden, weil sie manchmal in Sequenz brechen. 1, 2, 3 und sie genießen es so viel, dass sie es für irgendeinen Grund nicht merken. Oh, der dritte, da ist ein Kayaker da oder da ist ein Boot da. Wir haben das auf ein paar Ebenen gesehen. Es ist extrem selten, dass
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
It kind of is. I mean, I'm his dad first more than anything. I'll try to give you an honest opinion. I think he's a Ich denke, er ist ein geistiger Künstler. Ich denke, er kann Dinge sehr gut machen und hoffentlich hat er das auch für dich gemacht. Aber ich bin mir sicher, dass er ein bisschen nervös war.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Ich meine, du weißt, wenn du rausgehst und dieses sehr momentöse Abenteuer filmst, was historisch war in einem Sinne, und du weißt, hier hast du diesen Jungen, der seinen Rookie-Shoot für das Dan Levitart-Show macht, das ist wie, weißt du, es ist wie, wenn du auf den Berg kommst und dann plötzlich verlierst du. Du willst das nicht machen.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
So, we'll see what happens, but I have confidence that he could do a good job. I know what he's capable of. He's helped me win multiple awards in some of the videos that he's done for me. So hopefully he's done the same for you. But again, I'm nervous, I'm a little apprehensive. I'm hoping for the best as my son, but at the same time, he's got to come up to the plate and produce or bye-bye.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
My wife's name is Rita and it is a happy anniversary. Thank you so much. 36 years, that feels like it was just yesterday. Why are you guys laughing? What kind of cynical screw-up did you guys do back there? He called Rita Rhonda.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Actually, the entire Levitard Show did it online, which I was very flattered by and very moved by. I didn't think they would ever pay attention to anything about me, but this was a very moving thing to see the little happy anniversary from the Dan Levitard Show on Twitter, or whatever they call it now.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Not very often.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Wenn du zerstörst, ist das sicher eine Möglichkeit. Ich meine, wir haben die Menschen, die das gemacht haben, kennengelernt. Denk an diese armen Fußballspieler in den Andes. Weißt du, wenn es um das Leben und die Todesgeschichte geht und der Tod Wenn du es isst, wird es nichts Negatives tun. Es könnte dein Leben sparen. Das macht einen großen Unterschied.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Es ist nicht unmöglich, dass ein Hund das tun würde, wenn er starb. Und besonders, wenn die Person schon lange tot war. Das macht es für etwas wie ein Hund palatierbarer.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Gott sei Dank, Jessica. Das erzählt mir viel über dich. Gott sei Dank.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Nein, das sind die Stanley Cup-Champions, Mann.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Did they give you the jersey, Dan?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
That false attempt at dimming your legacy is very transparent.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Kyrie Irving has torn his ACL and is not going well for the Dallas Mavericks.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not comfortable with it at all.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Es war ein guter Job.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
In itself is what makes it good. If it cuts you to the bone, it makes it good. Now, on a technical aspect, there were a couple of focus issues I had there with it. But I noticed the focus issues were just on you. And I also, you know, that crap that they do zooming in and out, that seems to be a new thing with this new generation.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
But it also was done with you and it seemed to show the chaos going on in your brain at the time. So from an introspective perspective, I think that's probably what he's trying to translate there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
ist, dass, wenn wir auf Dan sind, Dan ist hier verwirrt, er ist nicht konzentriert, er weiß nicht, was er darüber denkt, während die tollen Interviews mit Tony und mit Mike und mit Greg und mit Roy, das sind solide Interviews, die Kamera ist immer noch solide, sie sind sehr sicher, jedes Mal, wenn wir zu dir gehen, und das ganze Thema, du sprichst und die Make-up-Personen überall über dich, oh Gott, ich liebe das, das war sehr speziell.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
That did work out really well. And quite frankly, Dan, as a musician myself, your beating of the drums sucked.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Please, please, please go ahead. It was way off, Dan. It looked like you were having a seizure. It wasn't in rhythm. You didn't wait for them to finish saying, let's go, Panthers. They would go, let's go, Panthers. Too quick. Come on, Dan.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Dein Rhythmus war nicht so, wie es sein sollte. Du sahst wütend an. Deine Augen waren wütend an den Panther, statt zu lachen und glücklich und glücklich, weil wir gerade da sind, um das Spiel zu gewinnen. Ich liebe das Ende des Screens, wo du die Stimme zerstörst. Das war gut. Ich mag das.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Du warst so, oh Mann, erinnere dich an das. Der zweite war wirklich schrecklich, es war off-key. Und der andere war...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
Waren't you supposed to yell, let's go Panthers, before you beat the drum first? That's what I thought the direction was that she gave you in the speakeasy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Day Journalism Died (feat. Ron Magill)
But at the end of the day, I gotta tell you, the video I thought was really good. I thought it was very reflective of what the show is. The guys did great interviews.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
And what are they?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I didn't know to the extent of how whacked out of his mind this guy Joe Exotic is. I mean, I realized he was an oddball. I didn't agree with the things he was doing at all. I've said it many times on network television that this whole thing of keeping these animals as pets and using their cubs to make money by selling pictures with them is something I abhor.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
But having said that, this guy is so whacked beyond even that. I mean, that's the least of his totally messed up mentality with these animals. This is a series about not just wild animals and keeping them as pets in your yard, but it's about sex. It's about alleged murder. It's about all kinds of – you couldn't make this stuff up if you wrote it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
If you wrote this and put it in a book, they go, this is the dumbest book I've ever read. None of this would ever happen.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I knew him very well. And I actually worked with him way back when, when I started 30-something years ago. You know, he taught me how to hand raise a lot of animals. I will say this about Mario. He loves animals. And he knows his stuff about working with animals. He, you know, openly admitted to me afterwards, you know, he made a lot of bad mistakes, did a lot of bad things.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
But at the end of the day, as far as his caring for animals, I think he does an incredible job doing so. Do I agree with what he does with those animals, like having a chimpanzee and taking pictures? No, absolutely not.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
And he knows that because though I respect his knowledge of animals, you know, I no longer will ever go to his facility or anything like that because I totally disagree with that philosophy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I knew him before he got busted, yes. And then I went through the whole process of when he did get busted. You know, I will tell you, Dan, I remember working in his warehouse because I was working with animals or learning how to work with different animals. I didn't get the opportunity to work with at the zoo.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
And I remember, you know, I remember he had a briefcase like you saw in the movie on his desk and he'd open the briefcase and you'd see all those hundred dollar bills wrapped in those briefcases. you know, perfect little, like you see in the movie. I mean, this is like a movie stuff.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
But, you know, one thing I will tell you, all the things that he did and he admitted he did, he never, ever did it in front of me. I never saw any any semblance of that other than that briefcase I remember seeing with money. I think he had to get a key out of it to give me something to get in the back room, and he opened the briefcase, and I couldn't help but see what's in the briefcase.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I'm going, holy jeez, this is like, you know, those are the Miami Vice days, and I'm thinking, I'm living an episode of Miami Vice here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Just the fact that we have so many people with this mentality of keeping these animals as pets, thinking they can make money out of them, exploiting them by kind of anthropomorphizing them, thinking, oh, come on, everybody wants to swim in a pool with a tiger.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Everybody wants to lay down on their belly and take a picture with a baby tiger that has been ripped away from its mother for the sole purpose of making money out of it. And then most likely when that tiger gets to be a mature adult, it is dumped somewhere, or worse than that, killed and slaughtered.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
thrown into a pit because it's no longer useful making money because you can't take pictures with it anymore. And that's what happens with a lot of these situations, okay? And I'm hoping that this series, as crazy as these people were, opens people's eyes up and they start looking at some of these things and saying, wait a minute.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Now, I got to stipulate that you can't throw the baby out with the bathwater. There are truly some good sanctuaries that do an incredible job of caring for their animals. But what you saw in this And this series is not those sanctuaries. You know, this guy, oh, my God, my blood pressure boils when I think about what I was watching. I couldn't even lay down on the couch watching.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I had to sit on the edge of the couch staring on the television like I wanted to jump in there and punch him. I mean, it's just unbelievable what goes on. And unfortunately, most people don't know about it because a lot of this goes on, like, in places like Oklahoma and Ohio. But here in Florida, we've got a problem with that, too, in some of these roadside attractions.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
So people need to understand. I can't tell you how many times I've done interviews on Good Morning America, CNN, every time there's been a tiger attack or some other attack in one of these places where, you know, it turns out it's one of these roadside attractions where they just don't have the right conditions to maintain these animals properly.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
You know, happy is a hard term to interpret when it comes to animals. I think many of those animals are physically healthy, yes, but I don't think it's normal. Tigers are solitary animals. It's not normal to see 10 tigers in one pen. No, it's not a kumbaya thing where they think, oh, look, we're all one happy family. We're all brothers and sisters. I love you. I love you.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I don't think that is normal. I think at the end of the day, that puts a stress that might not be easily seen by a layperson, but the animal is stressed that way. There'll be scenes in this thing, if you haven't seen them yet, where these animals get in some pretty brutal fights. That is not acceptable. That's just not acceptable. So people need to get that out of their heads.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Again, there are some legitimate sanctuaries that are doing a good job of rescuing cats from places like this guy's place. You know, when they get confiscated and there's no place to put them, there are places that are taking them in and doing the right job and protecting them.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
But I would have to say the majority of people in this country who are keeping lions and tigers and similar types of animals in their backyards are as quote-unquote sanctuaries are not sanctuaries. They're exploiting these animals to make money.
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It could be something as large as the Stanley Cup if it weren't made out of sterling silver. I mean, if it's something that could be crushed, yeah, theoretically they could eat it. I mean, didn't you see Jaws ate some scuba tanks?
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Not really, Dan, not really. I mean, they will feed on carcasses of whales. I mean, they will, you know, vigorously feed on dead whales that are just rotting and smell like make you gag in your mouth. But they don't necessarily, you know, pick up, you know, beer cans and bottles and stuff like that. No, they're not that kind of scavenger.
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If they're eating something like that, it's something that was attached to something that they meant to eat. Garbage floating in the ocean, floating into the carcass of a whale, when they're eating the whale, they'll swallow everything that gets in their mouth, but not intentionally eating things like human trash, no.
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Um, no, I really haven't. I mean, I've, you know, I've heard of all kinds of fish parts and unfortunately sometimes some human parts, but, uh, I haven't heard anything, you know, mind blowing. I mean, I've heard of things in bellies of other animals. I mean, like ostriches, ostriches eat all kinds of drill bits and screws and pans and they are garbage.
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They'll put everything in their mouth and swallow it.
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That's certainly possible. I mean, you know, sharks are following the baitfish. So as soon as the baitfish start coming in closer, so are the sharks. They're following the baitfish. Now, I hope that people took notice of that video, for instance, of that bull shark out there on South Beach. How many people, it went right by without biting them, without attacking them.
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That's not to say it's not possible, of course, but let's let's put this in perspective. When we talk about we hear a shark attack, this horrific tragedy in Hawaii with this guy. OK, horrible, horrible. But yet people need to not paint with a broad brush to say this is why all sharks need to be destroyed.
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Look at that bull shark literally swimming within feet of dozens of people there and never bit one of them, never bit one of them. Let's please keep this in mind.
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Oh, geez. Land animal? I don't know, because none of the carnivores are going to do it. I mean, they're... They're just not going to do it. I don't see anything like it.
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It's not edible. It's not an edible thing. It's a giant thing. It's not something... Hippopotamus, maybe.
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No, no, it's not. There's no land animal that's going to eat the Stanley Cup.
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That is absolutely something that should be done. There are little types of stickers, little types of things that you can put on your window that doesn't destroy your view or anything like that, but birds can see it. See, the reason why these birds fly into windows is they're seeing reflections of the things behind them.
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If they're flying, you know, if you have a beautiful house full of windows and you're surrounded by a forest, they see that forest in the window and they fly right into it, okay? The same thing with high-rise buildings. In the high-rise building, when it's above all the other buildings, they're seeing sky. They're seeing a reflection of sky behind them, so they go into that.
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All you need to do, and the Audubon Society makes these available for free, I believe, you can just get these little stickers and put them on your sliding doors. Again, they're not these huge, obstructional types of things. They're just visible by the birds, barely visible by you, and it saves countless lives.
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I don't know how many of those records are as dependable.
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What do we think? I got to think the Lombardi trophy. It's pretty cylindrical. It's not really huge. It's not really wide. It's a swallowable trophy.
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Hey, I want to see the picture of Rodriguez's little baby girl sitting in the cup that he said he wanted to take last night. That's going to be a great shot.
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They're bouncing back as well as can be hoped for because you know what? Decades ago, there were only 20 of them left. Now there's probably a little bit over 200. So they have increased their strength. They've increased their numbers. They've increased their range. They are no longer the new team with just a bunch of neophytes.
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These panthers have expanded their population, but only to the limit of what's available to them in habitat. People don't realize that panthers, the number one killer of panthers is cars, unfortunately. They get hit by cars on the road. But what people don't understand, the number two killer of panthers is, is other panthers because they fight for territory and they're limited to their territory.
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So the males will kill each other over territory. And that's the number two killer of panthers. But, you know, this is the largest cat in the state of Florida. It is the state animal. You know, we have a state mammal, the manatee, the state bird, the mockingbird, which we hope to make the flamingo soon. You know, we have a state butterfly, the zebra wing.
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But the state animal, like the animal, the number one animal in the state is the Florida panther.
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Well, Zoo Miami is working with the foundation. We've been speaking to legislators. They have put a bill forth that kind of died in the House this last session, but they're hoping to bring it again the next session to make the flamingo the state bird. I think it's a natural.
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You know, I'm a huge sports fan, and to see the last major teams in Florida win the Stanley Cup, win the championship, you know, I've been here. I've been here for the 72-73 Dolphins. I was here for the 2006 Heat. I was here for the 96-97 Marlins. Now to be here and to see this happen here in Florida, it makes me happy because, you know, I transplanted from New York.
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New York is a big sports town. We had some great teams back then. 1969, the greatest year of my life as a sports guy. The Mets, the Jets, the Knicks, the Rangers. I mean, it was everybody winning the championship that year. So coming down here and having this team do this and to be able to say a Florida team, a Southern Florida team wins an ice hockey championship. That's just so freaking great.
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Well, you know what, Dan? Dan, you know what? They're going to need to get over it. Because, you know, if somebody cannot look at a coach and a general manager literally sobbing there on the ice last night, I started to get emotional watching that, realizing the eruption of emotion that has built up in these guys that have worked so hard for this. Now, don't get me wrong.
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I felt bad for, you know, the Jesus there, that guy, whatever. I felt bad for him. I wish he'd come out to kind of accept the trophy, even though I probably understand why he didn't. I thought it was bad that people were booing that because, you know, the stats indicated that he was the MVP, even though, God, that goalie. God, did our goalie kill it? It was amazing. He had a couple of bad games.
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I understand that. But what a job, baby. He did it.
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Take care. We'll talk soon. Bye-bye.