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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 5

Fri, 15 Nov 2024

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Big changes have taken place on the Dan Le Batard Show, so what’s next? This episode of the DLS Oral History takes us through the Big 3’s championship runs and features a ton of previously untold stories surrounding one of the most controversial moments in show history, Dan’s attempt to put up billboards in Akron. Dan, Stu, and Mike also discuss new cast members coming aboard the pirate ship, the move from the WAXY studios to The Clevelander, and even more intrapersonal drama.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Chapter 1: What big changes occurred on the Dan Le Batard Show?

0.169 - 13.196 Dan Le Batard

Kennt ihr auch diesen einen Freund, der morgens einfach so ruckzuck aus dem Bett und danach aus dem Grinsen gar nicht mehr rauskommt? Der sogar noch vor dem ersten Kaffee unverschämt gut gelaunt ist und mit der Morgensonne um die Wette strahlt? Furchtbar. Ekelhaft.

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13.216 - 24.062 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Wie kann man nur so... Ausgeruht sein? Ganz einfach. Trainiere deinen Schlaf und werde auch du zum Morgenmenschen. Mit der Galaxy Watch 7 oder dem Galaxy Ring und der Samsung Health App.

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26.587 - 34.251 Stugatz

Now is a good time to remember where Tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented Tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here?

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34.271 - 37.073 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.

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54.808 - 54.988 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Cuervo.

55.008 - 59.334 Stugatz

The tequila that invented tequila. Proximo. Cuervo.com. Please drink responsibly.

62.432 - 65.714 Mike

Du sollst NBA-Champion und NBA-Finale-MVP sein.

65.734 - 76.341 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Du wirst Nike verlassen, Ron. Du wirst dein Team verlassen. Du wirst die Stadt verlassen. Wir sprechen von Legacy. Gib mir, was du hast.

92.312 - 100.078 Mike

This is the oral history of the Tan Levitard Show with Stugatz.

Chapter 2: How did the show transition from local to national?

233.404 - 245.633 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Das erste Mal, als ich gehört habe, dass der Show national auf ESPN Radio geht, dachte ich, dass ich reich werde, ehrlich gesagt. Ich dachte, es wäre wirklich cool, und ich dachte mir, wow, das ist großartig. Ich habe hier als Unternehmer angefangen, wir werden ein nationales Show sein. Ich werde so viel Geld verdienen. Dieses Medien-Ding wird auszahlen.

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245.733 - 259.363 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Ich sollte wirklich nicht mehr diese Entscheidung zweckgängig sein. Und dann habe ich gemerkt, was die Leute für ein AM-Radio-Show national oder lokal gemacht haben. Und ich war in diesem Aspekt enttäuscht. Aber es war cool, ohnehin.

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260.712 - 276.697 Stugatz

So for the initial venture, the joint venture between Levitard Show and ESPN, I didn't really have much influence there. I think you're possibly confusing the level of influence that I had when we later decided to go to Middays. I was more along for the ride here. I certainly wanted to go to ESPN.

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276.757 - 295.384 Stugatz

I certainly wanted to leave what was happening over at 790 The Ticket, where Lincoln Financial was about to sell to another company. And I wanted the stability of being a Disney employee. Das hier, wenn ich mich erinnere, war eher eine Trace-gelegte Sache und die Instruktionen wurden mir aufgehoben.

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295.444 - 304.931 Stugatz

Ich war bereit für die Herausforderung, ich war wirklich ehrgeizig für die nationale Plattform, so wie es war, weil wir noch ein Nachmittagsshow hatten und wir mussten in einem Ort gehen, wo man historisch gesagt, Stu, du kannst eine Stimme dazu geben.

305.691 - 323.043 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

So it's funny, if you're a national network, you put your best shows in the middays, because you want the stations, the affiliates to air those best shows, and the place they're most likely going to do it is in the middays, and locally you wanted to be big in afternoon drive and morning drive.

323.103 - 330.689 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

I was relaxed by this, by ESPN telling us, you're not on in too many markets, just continue to do the show you've been doing for the last, you know, 12 years or so.

331.209 - 350.167 Stugatz

Ich erinnere mich an Low Stakes, aber bevor wir zu weit vor uns hin kommen, sprechen wir von He-Title 1 zu He-Title 2. Und in der Zwischenzeit, ich wurde als Produzent, die Show klingt sauber, wir machten sehr komplizierte Dinge für das lokalen Radio, die die Audienz wahrscheinlich nicht wissend war. Sie wissen nicht, wie schwierig es ist, mit Sam Van Gundy zu koordinieren.

350.207 - 360.711 Stugatz

Du gehst, deine Frage hier. Sie wissen nicht mehr über ISDNs. Das ist, wie Roy, Billy und ich wirklich Dan's Vertrauen gewonnen haben, als er versucht hat, zu navigieren, wer die dritte Stimme sein wird, weil ich noch nicht ganz da war.

Chapter 3: What was the controversy around the Akron billboards?

3165.737 - 3183.709 Stugatz

Und wir konnten mit einem rechten Gesicht auf unseren Publikum schauen und sagen, wir können nicht darüber sprechen, warum Dan nicht hier ist. They told us you can't even mention that Dan's not there, even though it was pretty obvious. But I remember being really scared by it because it made me realize how outsized reactions are if it gets picked up elsewhere.

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3183.729 - 3200.461 Stugatz

Because we were talking about it for weeks. I was joking about it and I remember I'm like, shit, am I in trouble? Because a PD reached out to me for details and I was kind of being vague with it. Because he hadn't been listening to the shows. Like, what exactly do you have planned? I'm like, you're going to find out with everybody else. And I'm also not an ESPN employee.

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3200.481 - 3203.023 Stugatz

So can I get away with saying that to a person that's my boss?

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3203.043 - 3225.476 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Mike, the notion of people not listening to us. We come from a local radio background where the program director's job and really the GM is to listen to every second of every show every single day. And we arrive at this big corporate giant ESPN and they're not listening to us. We're not accustomed to that. But Dan, that was the main topic on our show for days leading up.

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3225.556 - 3251.796 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

But so much of this was confusing to me because, if you guys remember, our very first show, they say to us, where's the rundown? Das ist richtig. Das ist die richtige Antwort. Was meinst du mit Rundown? Wir machen es nicht so. Es gibt kein Skeleton der Organisation, wie wir diese Dinge machen. Es ist, warum es stand und war seltsam und anders als alles, was passiert ist.

3252.557 - 3277.997 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

I wasn't scared when that suspension came down. That's exactly the job that Skipper hired me to do, is make fires that don't matter to create a bit of influence for the other shows that are formatted to have more permission to paint outside the lines. It was what the instruction manual said, but it was always interesting to me how as a shadowy figure Skipper was

3278.457 - 3291.944 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Er schützt mich, aber ich wusste nicht, dass er mich schützt. Ich erinnere mich an einen Tag, als ich nach New Orleans ging, um ihn für ein Abendessen zu treffen. Und dann, als ich die Woche zurückgekommen bin, hat mich jeder in Bristol angerufen und gesagt, ich habe gehört, du hattest Abendessen mit Skipper.

3291.964 - 3303.35 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Und ich habe Skipper angerufen und gesagt, hey, ich habe niemandem gesagt, dass wir Abendessen hatten. Ich habe niemandem gesagt, dass wir Abendessen hatten. Er hat gesagt, nein, ich habe es gesagt. I want them to know because they weren't having a lot of contact with him either.

3303.41 - 3312.036 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

You have to understand the gulf of difference between where the power was at ESPN and the people who were running it daily. And those people weren't listening to our show.

Chapter 4: How did the team adapt to new dynamics at ESPN?

6236.185 - 6248.339 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

It's not like that was easy. You're absolutely right. That was insanity too. I mean, you can True or false, LeBron? True or false, that he consulted me before going in on Oden and Beasley? False.

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6248.399 - 6253.323 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

I heard the name come up, but I definitely heard from Spoh a little bit about it, but

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6267.518 - 6296.712 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

I think we have a great organization, Pat, you know, Spoh and those guys, they kind of handle all the acquisitions, but I'm happy to have them. True or false, they should consult you. It's up to them, man. I'm happy to try to get guys down here for sure, man. True or false, Mickey Harrison was the worst dancer at my wedding. False.

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6296.772 - 6299.593 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

I think he's lying there. I think he just wants to save his owner.

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6299.613 - 6307.255 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Who was the worst dancer at the wedding? Name him. No, I can't name him. I can't name him, but I'll tell you what, I'm going to protect my owner for sure.

6307.295 - 6311.797 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

LeBron, I don't know if Ron Rothstein was there, but if he was, I'm guessing he was the worst answer.

6311.937 - 6314.699 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Oh man, he was not there, but definitely would have been.

6315.599 - 6334.009 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

True or false, when you guys do Nickname Jersey Day, Chalmers is gonna fight you. He wants to be King Chalmers. King Chalmers. True. And finally, we'll get you out of here on this one, LeBron. True or false, and this is an easy one. It's just the easiest one of the interview. I'm gonna play in Miami next year. Oh man.

6334.309 - 6339.977 Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Das ist nicht wahr. Das ist nicht wahr, oder? Das war die einzige Zeit, dass man das gefragt hat.

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