It's a Boston Me Party as the show hears from self-aware Celtics fans after their victory over the New York Knicks. Also, Greg criticizes Zaslow's championship rings, the hater's dream scenario, and The White Howard. Today's cast: Dan, Greg, Zaslow, Chris, Amin, Mike, and Tony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: Who are the main speakers and what is their dynamic?
Chapter 2: What happened with the late arrival and the 'betrayal' on the show?
Chris Cody, Zaslow doesn't know what's real and what's bitter around here. He's trying. I will just tell you that Greg Cody is not a show removed from sticking out his chest. preening and saying, I'm a very punctual person and I'm looking at a seat next to me that's empty. Your father's not yet here. He said he was going to be here.
He is clearly late and he's already steaming because he was as insulted as he's ever been by me being an asshole to you two days ago.
Yes, he was. And he's often late. And I've criticized him. I don't think he leaves early enough. And everyone gets mad at me when I say it.
You notice I've adjusted, right? Because I was late. Oh, Zaslow will never be late again. I don't stop for coffee anymore. I make my own now.
Well, Joy Taylor does accuse you, though, of one time walking in late with coffee, which I think you should have learned the lesson there.
It took 10 years, but he finally figured it out.
Longer. Make the coffee here. Mike, Tony, Amin, does anyone in our company have an explanation? I ask this genuinely curious because I do not know. Stugatz was on the schedule three or four days this week and has not appeared. And Zaslow has rushed into the breach every time. Do you guys know what's going on with Stugatz? Check my bank account. It's looking good.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. You see what's going on in Newark? Sean Duffy, man. In over his head. It's wicked wild. It's bad.
Chowda. Zaslow came in here today, and he is... He's betrayed Amin. Really? We're doing this already? Look, you're going to fit right in around here. You're going to fit right in because... Do we work our way to this? No. You're not going to deny that you've betrayed Amin already. Not only are you sitting in Stugatz's seat and literally counting what used to be his money.
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of Jimmy Butler's performance in the playoffs?
It was just, I was really happy last night, really happy that Jimmy finally found his joy again.
We're doing this, huh?
That's the show we're doing.
Yeah. Because last night was awesome.
This is a good morning.
Last night was wicked awesome. That's some good stuff happening.
He's ass. Harvard. The text I got last night, immediately after the game, is a text I think you guys would wanna see. Because in the first round we said, hey guys, Jimmy won the Miami thing. And the second round, we're saying, oh, look, Miami wins it forever because the window is closed on the era of Jimmy. That closes, right? I can't believe he was in the era. The idea.
Let me explain to you what Miami did for Jimmy the last five years that it did and helped LeBron with. It was a lot better player, obviously, in 2010. What it is that Miami did for Jimmy. And it would go to Jimmy's head. Of course it would.
In five years, Jimmy Butler went from a player none of us thought could be much better than a one on an eight seed, a one on a seven seed, a one on a six seed, because that's what we thought he was, then he goes to Philadelphia, goes to Minnesota, builds his legend, but builds in a way none of us have ever seen in the playoffs, ever.
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Chapter 4: How do the hosts analyze the Celtics' chances without Jason Tatum?
out of the league for two years and I will tell you that the difference I mean I wonder if you think this is true what I'm about to say the difference between the Celtics and the rest of the Eastern Conference except for the Cavs this year even if I remove Jason Tatum from it I'm just merely now making the Celtics about as good as the Knicks because Derek White and Jalen Brown, and Porzingis.
Dogs. And if Drew Holliday's your fourth, you've got a team that could beat an inconsistent Knicks team that can absolutely have the wheels fall apart in a way that crushes the best feeling in New York in 25 years.
Dan, they were down 3-1 with Jason Tatum. So you can't say, even without Jason Tatum, they were down 3-1 with Jason Tatum. They won a game. They won a home game. Yeah, this is like the Thunder losing game one. Yeah, they won a game.
Don't discount the heart of a champion. And also, you forgot a name. You didn't mention Luke Cornett, the White Howard. Bubbler. Derek White... Dan.
No, we know this. Top 100 player.
We didn't know this. Top 100 player. We didn't know this. No, no, no. I told you he was your best player. We tried to tell you. We tried to tell you. We tried to tell you yesterday. You laughed at us. I said games that I saw with my own eyes. Derek White is your best player. I asked him about other people's eyes. He said he didn't know. We got that Kobe cosplay out of the way now.
As you were. Boston, without Jason Tatum, can beat everyone remaining except OKC.
Specifically because they're missing Jason Tatum.
No way! Yeah, way. Yawkey. Let me make sure I heard that properly. This version of Boston, this team right now, would beat Minnesota.
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Chapter 5: What is the 'hater’s dream scenario' involving the Knicks and Celtics?
And I've often said your father enraged is the best Cody there is. That's the one we want to play with.
He's got this smirk to him that I think he's actually really mad. When he's playing along, he'll, I don't know. Zaz never knows. Look at him. I don't know.
Zaz, what's the prediction? Look, Mike, wouldn't you say as a producer for the talent that is Greg Cody over 20 years that not unlike my father, there have been any number of challenging situations because the talent wishes to be treated like talent?
Yeah, there's a point of no return when it comes to Greg Cody, that you lose him for the day. And I think we're already over there. And his head already seems to be spinning. I cannot wait for him to find out that we're a Celtics show now.
W-D-E-I.
All right, let's just see how he reacts to that. It's very strange that we would go Batman imaging from the 60s to try and keep up with AI and modern technology. I don't know whose decision that was.
I don't think that's how we fight them in the streaming age. W-D-E-I.
Oh, wait, how about that Brad Marchand?
Tony.
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Chapter 6: How do the hosts and guests react to the Celtics' championship and rivalry with WEEI?
and they know they have a champion and what I would say to you guys and I don't actually mean this as insult in any way to the league or the Celtics it's actually a celebration of how much a champion the Celtics have been even though people doubt it like it never gets made as easy as the Celtics made it look last year unless you're great and I think we kind of doubt that they're great at least in part because we're saying well you've just got the faster car you're the one that got to 53s faster and
And all the other engines blew out on the track. Look, I'm the biggest Celtics fan. You'd find. And even I'd be the first to admit we got wicked lucky over the last few years. Packy. Remember Max Truce? Let me tell you something. His foot was inbounds. We got lucky.
Okay, you can get lucky. And I can say that as a Boston fan. You would never say that as a Boston fan.
I can say that as a Boston fan. You would never say that. I'd be the first to admit it.
You'd not be the first to admit it.
self-awareness they would not be any admitting of anything from you if you're first to admit anything like that no Boston fan like what are you doing are you going to be in character as the Boston fan or not Brad Marchand cared yes no no but are you gonna do the character or not because lucky lucky is not something any Boston fan they rolled over everybody in five games last year it's not it's not easy to win the championship I think it's perfectly fair to put an asterisk next to that banner ripa
That's ridiculous. We'd be the first to admit it. You wouldn't be.
We would be. We would be. We, we, D-I. We, we, D-I. Yeah. Winchester.
Southie.
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Chapter 7: What are the show's thoughts on Boston accents and the show's imaging?
W-D-E-I. I like it. I thought D-E-I was banned in this country. I'm glad to hear that that's... In certain parts. Certain parts? What are you... W-D-E-I. Park the car. Everybody thinks they can do a Boston accent, by the way. It's like an English accent. Hello.
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Chapter 8: How does the show use humor and rivalry to engage listeners?
But the team gave me rings. Yeah, because they felt obligated to. Nowadays, everybody gets a championship ring. Fans get them. I have a Marlins championship ring.
It's a fake one. You just said it's a replica. Right. I have a real one. It's real diamonds. Okay. If I wanted to sell it, I'd be living lap of luxury.
I'm sure you would.
These are real diamonds. So let me get this straight. Maybe blood diamonds. I don't know exactly where it came from. Tony says you can't live lap of luxury.
Lap of luxury here? That ring, is it $5,000? No. Because he gets a smaller ring than the others. I don't think he gets the same ring.
Yeah, they're different levels. I was about to say, you think your ring is the same as Dwayne Wade's ring? No, I don't think that. No, no, no.
Now we're passing rings. Okay.
When you wear that ring, does it leave your finger green after you take it off? I'm just curious. You think I'm wearing a Fugazi ring?
Oh, no, it's not Fugazi. You think I'm wearing a Fugazi ring?
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