The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The 1991 Wheaties Box (feat. David Stassen)
Wed, 30 Apr 2025
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Chapter 1: What is the controversy involving Zaslow and David Sampson?
It's too bad Jeremy's not here. I don't know why he's not here. I was just going to go to the Shakira story that he so badly wants to tell anybody, but he's not here, so we're not going to be able to do that. That's unfortunate. Zaslow has created some tensions around here. And what are you shrugging your shoulders about?
I mean, it is what it is. I'm just living my life. Who's he created tensions with?
Well, you have some stuff with him. I don't have anything with him.
I like him.
Okay. That's been alleged. And I would say that Greg Cody has some problems with him. And I would also say that now the audience... Journalistic beef. The audience also has some problems with Zaslow because... Earlier in the show, David Sampson was on with us and Zaslow said one thing to his face. And I alleged that he had said something about Sampson being a swindler.
And Zaslow said we would not be able to find the sound. And then I was a lonely Kentucky fraud chicken because nobody believed me. And I've been told we have found a sound. And so now I just want to get the nature of the dispute out in front of people because Zaslow has said he never said what we accused him of saying. So, Chris Cody, what is the sound that has been found by our researchers?
We have a sound that is from the end of March.
A sound?
We have a sound from the end of March and you're going to hear the first 35 seconds here and think it's today's show because he goes into the thing of like my son impressed that I'm on. I'm telling you, I want to overlap today's show because it's I didn't believe it was an old show.
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Chapter 2: What is the Boost Mobile phone line and why is it ridiculed?
He swindled the city.
So again, that's not me saying that. That's why people don't like him because they believe he swindled the city. But you said it. I'm giving him the reason why people don't like him. I don't believe that.
Zazz is just the messenger. Why are you guys blaming the messenger?
Why do they hate him? Well, because they think this. That doesn't mean I think it.
He didn't say it's because he swindled the city. He said it's because they think he swindled the city. Yeah. I'm with Zazz here. What's this witch hunt we're doing?
The Boost Mobile phone line is a subject of great ridicule by me. It has slightly improved. It is still not yet good.
Let's find out. Before we even play this, you are so off base on this. So wrong. You are loud wrong on this. It's incredible. They're good, man. They're good. And they're getting better.
The Boost Mobile boldest take from the weekend is presented by Boost Mobile, the newest 5G network in the country.
Josh on the pay phone. A long-sleeved shirt with shorts is a much better combination than a short-sleeved shirt with pants. I'll hang up and listen.
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Chapter 3: Who is David Stassen and what are his notable works?
Maybe pancakes you need a fork for, but most things you can get away with a spoon.
Pasta put it on the pole at Levitard show. Can you get away with never using a fork your entire life?
Best place to fart is Disneyland or Disney World because of Chris airplane No The point is stuck with people Ron loves their own brand no
But what about everyone else's brand? I like to see the look of other people. And then you give them a look like, I smell too.
Chris, you do it at Disneyland when you're in line because no one will blame an adult. We'll just assume it's one of these little... turds here.
That's true. A lot of kids to blame.
I think there's a difference that you can smell the difference. Do I have this wrong between adult farts and child farts? Do I have this wrong?
Yes, you do. I need to introduce you to my children.
Yeah, change the diaper. I'd really rather not be. Dude, children are so foul, it's disgusting.
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Chapter 4: What are the appropriate viewing ages for the movie Blockers?
Yeah, I love those movies so much. So let's start with blockers, though. Blockers, it's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, but it is filthy raunchy. So what's the age where you should not be watching with your teenage son? He's got two sons. How old are your sons? 16 and 13. And my wife and I, who love this movie, we watched it with our son probably when he was 14.
Is that too young? I think you're good. I think you're good at 14. I was going to say 13 would be, I think, the youngest I would go. Now, when I was a kid, I mean, you know, my parents, I was watching like, you know, The Predator and Commando when I was like seven years old. So I was seeing people's guts being torn out of their bodies. But now I think we're all more careful.
I think 13 for blockers is good.
I got a quick question for you. My whole life, I thought the movie was called Blockers. Is it unofficially Blockers, but because of censorship, we gotta call it Blockers? Or is it Blockers, and you guys are always just doing a wink-wink thing?
It was, the original title was Blockers. And yeah, and then I think they changed it to like, then they workshopped a few titles before I came on board. I think like Roosters might've been one of them. And we're on set kind of, we're like, no, there's no way it can be Roosters. What like the tagline is gonna be like cock-a-doodle-doo.
So then they just went with the blockers and it worked out because, you know, everyone on this session here has found the movie.
Do you want to talk to him about central intelligence? I imagine the Mindy Project is the thing that you've done that's gotten the most critical acclaim?
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Chapter 5: How was the casting and production process for Central Intelligence?
Yeah, it's definitely up there. It's beloved. And it's one of those things where, you know, once it gets on Netflix, it has a second and third life. And, you know, younger people start to find it. And Running Point, which just came out a couple of months ago, has been most recently just because it's first run on Netflix, just the reach is incredible.
And I've never had more people reach out to me about anything than Running Point.
When you wrote or co-wrote Central Intelligence, do you have The Rock and Kevin Hart in mind for those roles while you're writing it?
Chapter 6: What was it like working with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson on set?
We wrote it... Actually, it took seven or eight years to get made. So when we wrote it, we were picturing the... We kept pitching it as Fat Jason Bourne. And we are obsessed... Ike and I are obsessed with Danny McBride. So we were always picturing... It was like Ed Helms and Danny McBride. And then... The movie was was was bought and sold to another studio.
And we took about three other jobs in between and stopped caring about it and thought it would never get made. And then we had lunch with Ross and Thurber, the director of it. And he was like, I'm going to get The Rock and Kevin Hart attached. And we were like, all right, well, good luck with that. And he did it.
What was rock like working with on a comedy?
Super nice guy. You know, I was only on set a little bit. I actually have a little cameo in the movie. I'm at the high school reunion at the very end of the movie. And I was on set that day. But The Rock, that's his nude scene. That's where he strips down on stage. And you know how those guys are. I don't think he'd had water in like a week. He had not eaten.
And he had a long speech in that moment. So he was very nice. Like, you know, they introduced him to me as the writer of the movie. Yes. But he also was locked into being nude and having to make a long speech in front of a high school gym of four.
You're being nice and you're being this is a very kind story the way that he's telling it. There's no way under that circumstance that The Rock wanted to talk to you or wanted you anywhere near him. And so he was nice under the circumstances. But he would have wanted to tell you to bleep off. Exactly.
That's how nice of a guy he is. He was probably going through some sort of like low blood sugar, like, you know, chemical withdrawal, memorizing a page of dialogue and had to meet some like guy they flew in from L.A. for for one line of the movie. Oh, my God. I'm sorry.
Oh, no, you're good. Oh, yeah. Scandalous. One of the writers for Blockers has said a word that we don't like around here. So sorry.
How is the rocks package? There it is.
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Chapter 7: How did David Stassen become involved with History of the World Part Two?
You know, we should all see his next movie. We'll get another view of it.
Really?
Chris, can you get the timing right on Wild Willie Wednesdays? It's never been more appropriate. The Wild Willie question. Please put it in every Wednesday.
David, I grew up in a household where Mel Brooks was a staple. I had watched all the movies, among them History of the World Part One. You were the showrunner for History of the World Part Two, which is on Hulu. My question to you is, A, how did that come about for you? And B, was there any point where you were like, holy, I got to do this Mel Brooks thing? And that's a lot of pressure, right?
Chapter 8: What is the inspiration behind the Netflix series Running Point?
Yeah, it was a lot of pressure. It's still surreal to think that I got to work with Mel Brooks like you. I grew up, I call him my first babysitter. You know, my parents would go out or have people over and it was just a couple of VHS tapes. You know, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, History of the World. So there was some pressure. But Mel is the nicest, sweetest man in the world.
When we first met with him, he said, I'm only doing the show for the health insurance. And I was like, OK, this guy's 95 years old. He's still got it. And Nick Kroll had met with Mel and and talked about this idea. And so Nick then brought Nick wanted some comedy partners on it to help help write the show. And he brought he brought Ike and me aboard to do it.
And that was still still a dream come true.
How was Mel's package?
Well, I mean, you know, you know, he's packing.
I didn't know, but I'm glad we were able to confirm it. Confirm it?
Dano.
Whoa! I wanted to ask... Thank you. I was asking him about I wanted to ask him about running point, as he mentioned, because it's Jeannie Buss. It's Kate Hudson. The Lakers story continues to be mined for gold everywhere. And I was curious about how some of this got made. Jeannie Buss is forthcoming with all parts of her story here.
How much of this is fictionalized and how much to you feels like it's just Jeannie Buss turned up to 10?
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