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Hey, hey, maybe our earliest episode yet.
Got to appease the guests sometimes. You got that right, Fatty. Here we are. Mix it up. Went whole milk in the coffee today.
I like oat better. I'm an oat man.
I just figured we'd mix it up.
All right, well, don't get married. You like mixing it up. Those days are over. She's pregnant. That's mixing it up a little. That's true. Get the fuck a pregnant chick. That's true. It's not mine. But yeah. Yeah, pregnant. We had pregnant sex the other night. It's pretty wild because I think they feel more.
Yeah.
They're more sensitive.
I've always wanted women to be more sensitive.
That's my... Well, physically.
Physically. I love Nikki's joke at the Globes where she goes, what was it? Fuck. I'm butchering the joke I'm bringing up, but it's like, you know, night bitch, queen. Oh, yes. Just things Ben Affleck says during...
sex wicked yeah yeah i love that one boy she brought out the twins on the the writer photo by the way good lord i love that our friend mike lawrence in the top right the only one who's not in a tux or a suit oh that's right everyone else is dressed to the nines he's in a fantastic four shirt uh he's the best he looks like the homeless guy that got in for the for the bagels uh we gotta give a shit what a what a set that was great and i'm not talking about the tits i know i thought you were talking about is that bonnie
Yeah.
130.
I mean, this is a workhorse.
Let's do the math there. So that's like, she had what, a month?
She had a month. I'm going to math.
No, it'll math out. Save a month. 30 times what? Five? Is 150. So you said 130? Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense. You bounce around. I could see that. Maybe she had longer than that.
I think she had a little longer. She's known about it for a while. But yeah, JP was telling me it just kept changing and morphing. And I was like, we had the same thing with the roast.
Yeah, I had the same thing with my kid. Oh, transitioning? Yeah, yeah. I went for it. No, look, I totally get it because you're like, what is it, a four-minute set? And then you're like 130. I get it, 140 sets.
Yeah, you got to run it. You got to run it. If I learned anything from that jelly roll bomb, you got to run it. The infamous jelly roll bomb. Have you seen this taken off online? I have. Some fucking chooch made a YouTube video like, Mark Norman has meltdown. I'm like, yeah, yeah, I brought it up, Dickless. You're not uncovering.
Do they have footage of it?
No, no, they don't, right? No footage. No, no footage. Oh, thank God. I can't have that out there.
It's like Epstein's suicide.
Oh, I'd rather that. I'd rather be on the island. Put me on that list.
He had a more graceful death from what I've heard.
Yes, exactly. At least he got off.
but yeah yeah so she killed it and she looked great even like the little silly stuff the Adam Sandler Chalamet thing you see that yeah yeah Chalamet Chalamet I mean Sandler was ready to go it's a risk to do the voice because she hadn't done an act out to that point it was all kind of just straight jokes totally and then she's like woo hoo ha ha you know the Sandler thing and you're like oh shit there's a risk but it worked it worked because it wasn't killing and then he saved it but then she kept going and then he brought it in and then she took another risk with that Pope thing I respected it
Wait, what was the Pope thing?
She did the Conclave Wicked Musical thing.
I didn't see the post.
Oh, it's cool. Okay. You know, it was just silly. Yeah. Like she did a little bit of like that combination and then she started singing it and she did like a mic in her ear like, oh, this is terrible. It's bombing. And she was just trashing herself. Oh, that's good. Like I'm making a fool of myself in front of Elton John.
Yeah.
It was fun. It was silly.
The only person who I know didn't like the monologue was Joe Coy. Yeah.
all right dude that was a year ago i totally forgot about it that was january 2024 yeah joe poy's a great comic yes how hard this gig is and how much you got to prepare i mean 130 sets look at that writer's room what is that 20 guys what how many people is that i think it takes a certain type of comic though to host it it yes just because you kill in one area doesn't mean you're the right fit for this you know
Well, what did she bring that he couldn't?
She's a jokey kind of comic, and I think he's more persona, act out, stories, likable. She's more cutting, and she knows a good joke. She's done a million roasts. Conan's doing the Oscars.
Maybe this is a sign that funny is back. It's not about anything but funny now.
That would be great. What a concept. Funny. A funny host, a funny comedian.
I want to hear more about the war. That's what I want to hear. Yeah, exactly. More war references. Yeah, yeah, I know. More celebrities saying we need to do something. I mean, that was one of our best jokes is the one that, like, you guys can do anything except tell people how to vote. Woo! I mean, because it's kind of like that's the tone now, and that kind of, you know. Right. Whatever.
All right.
Well, Whitney went for it, too. Whitney had a little more of a QAnon bent, but she had a crazy joke-heavy rant as well.
At the end, she said Sandy Hook wasn't real, which I thought was weird. I thought what Whitney did was really funny because...
up top she's just like i mean to me it reminds like the shit we would do on morning tv but you're on cnn new year yes so you're playing really to the people at home you're not you're gonna you have to just accept you're gonna bomb right that was a tough scenario and she she stayed in the pocket i couldn't believe it yeah i mean anderson cooper wanted to kill her yeah
He just got a pay cut, too, so that must have been awkward. Like, you're shitting on my network right after I got a pay cut. Yeah, well, he'll be all right, I think. He'll be fine. He's made a lot. He's a Vanderbilt as well. Oh, yeah. He also looks like he's made of icing, doesn't he? He's like too white. It's bothering me. I thought you said you wanted to eat him.
Sure. He is. That dock on him was brutal. Did you see that? No. I mean, he watched his brother kill himself. What? He had a dark life.
Didn't his brother commit suicide at Dalton?
I think he was at home. No, he jumped out the window. Whatever he saw, you can look it up. I'm pretty sure we watched him. This is uplifting stuff.
Holy hell. I brought it up. I'm sorry. It's my fault. I had no idea. Yeah. Andy Cohen's a fun guy. I'd like to hang out with him. He's a saucy dude. Oh, yeah. Big fan. He gets after it. He drinks. Uh-oh, is that the brother? Yeah. 35 years ago, my brother Carter Cooper died. I think of him and miss him every day. Well, there you go. Ah, man. All right. He's depressing.
Well, that's my wreck for the week. That documentary, no. I got a rec, by the way. Please.
I know we got emailed this rec when we used to do more Patreon stuff and when we would take user emails. It's a movie called, fuck, another round. Oh. Danish movie, Mads Mikkelsen. Dude, it's amazing. With the booze. It's about these teachers who are all miserable.
And they decide that, you know, they're talking about this philosopher who says your blood alcohol level is .5 too low, so if you can maintain an alcohol level of .5, then you're going to be better at your job. And this guy's a bore. Everyone can't stand him. He used to be interesting, but now he's just become boring. And now at school, the kids are loving him. He's engaging.
His wife is fucking him again. But then it's like, of course, it spirals out of control.
Sure, sure.
So there's parts that are a little slow, but you've got to give it a minute to build. And, dude, the ending's amazing. It's awesome.
I saw half of it on a plane. I remember enjoying it, but I haven't seen the ending. Got to finish, man.
Our buddy Ronan Hirshberg, who, by the way, made a short horror film that is amazing. Come on! I loved it.
Well, he shits on every goddamn movie. So he better bring it. He better bring it. So I can't wait to see it. It is very good.
Okay, great. Very good.
And he liked this.
He loves it. Oh, great. Okay. It's what he said. He's like, you should watch this. I'm like, all right, slow down. He goes, I hate everything, so my rec should carry more weight. And I go, you know what? You got a point.
I guess so. He carries weight. But, yeah, he's one tough hebe to please, so I'm excited now. He really is. He's a tough cookie. He's Ebert. He's our Ebert. He is our Ebert. Eatbert. Okay, but... I was going to say one more thing about Nikki, but I'll move on. All right, no. I'm growing up. Well, it's going to be about her boobs. But so I'll move on. Look at me moving on. Huh? Count it.
But yeah, you're talking Rex. Squid Game is blowing my tits off. The thing about Squid Game is it's wildly violent, crazy murder. See, she was all legs before, and I feel like she's finally bringing the ladies out.
The problem with the thing is we already have ADD, him doing the things. You were in the middle of another story. I know, and he brought the cans out. You're talking about Squid Games. He's bringing up pictures of Nikki's legs. Literally Googled Nikki Glazer's boobs. The problem is this is like when your friend's ignoring you while he's on your phone, but you see his phone.
Yes, exactly. This is Salacuse's screensaver, is Nikki's tits.
He typed in her legs. It was already up there for some reason. He'd already been searching this.
She's a friend. I'm saying this as a friend, obviously, but she's always been the leg gal. Hey, look at me in high heels. Hey, look at me in the short skirt. Look at my legs crossed. But she's always had a great pair. And I've known her for years, and I've been waiting for this reveal of like, hey, look, see, it's all leg, leg, leg, leg.
You're right.
And finally, I feel like the cans are coming out, and it's right on time, if you ask me.
I was going to say I thought she's grown as a comedian.
Oh, yeah, yeah. I don't care for her.
No, you're right. She's definitely, it's like when a player starts rebounding, too.
Yeah.
Not just a score anymore. You're doing all the other stuff.
Right, right.
Look at you, Nicky.
Wow, look at that. Yes, that's what I'm saying. It was legs for days. And look, the legs are great. Nice set of stems.
Are you a leg man, a butt man, or a breast man?
I like all of them. That's my problem.
Me too. I resent when people ask, but I felt I needed to ask.
Yeah, well, you know what's underrated? Hip to waist ratio. Ooh. That's what nobody talks about, but that's what hits the caveman.
Because you want that Jessica Rabbit type.
Yes, you want the hourglass. Because sometimes you see a hot lady, but it's like this. And that really doesn't hit the primal passion, like the... Yeah. You know, and hips are great, too.
Well, that is kind of a part of having a great ass sometimes.
That's true. That's true. You need the in and the out and the waist. But yeah. All right.
I'll move on. It is funny, though, when you're like you're just so obsessed with for me, like tits is the first thing you're into when you're young. Like ass you appreciate as you're a little older. That's true. When you're really young, tits, it's all about, oh, my God, tits. Yeah. And then you hold them. You're like, they're just tits. You know what I mean?
But you see all these movies and you're like, oh my God, the reveal of the tits, we built it up so much. But then same with fake tits. You're expecting this amazing thing and you're like, they don't move a lot.
They're just kind of hard. They're hard tits. Yeah, they're fake tits.
I guess they make nicer ones now than, you know.
I think tits are like wrestling. Yeah, we know they're fake, but I'm still on board. And then real wrestling is great too.
No, real wrestling's not as good.
That's true. Fake is cool. That's a good point. Well, at least it's real. Fake took real and made it better. There you go. There's a storyline. There's a storyline. There's a folding chair. There's pink tights.
I went to wrestling at MSU. It was fun as hell, man. Did I tell you that?
No, no. Oh, with the lady.
Yeah. Fun. That's awesome. It's on Raw now. It's on Netflix now.
Do you get into it? Do you go, ah!
Yeah, it's fun. And you see some people around you, you're like, oh, these people, they fucking need this. I like that. Yeah. I like that there's some hardcore people that are like, I don't know.
I'm with you. This is going to be a leap, but I think it's similar to kiddie porn.
Yeah, for sure. And that they're both awesome.
They're both great, but... I think these guys go to these fucking nerds and psychos go to these shows and they get it out. They get their evil out, you know? Kiddie porn, I'm not saying I approve of it, and I'm not saying you should go out and make any, but if it already exists and a guy watches it, maybe he's getting it out. Okay, let's change this. A victimless crime.
I'm sure these wrestlers who gave everything to their life are really happy with the comparison. A, B, whatever.
A.I. A.I. version. No one's hurt. There you go. He likes kids anyway. Yes, yes. Because kids were hurt in the one you're talking about.
That's true. Wrestling, and that might be better than wrestling, because wrestling, people get hurt.
Yep. People die. Suicide, drugs. It's tough. Yeah. Health bills, the health care bills are crazy. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, how fucked up are wrestlers these days?
The still shots are pretty funny, though. He looks like he's just laying down. Yeah, he does. He's like, hey, you need to lay down for a second, buddy? Doesn't look painful.
No, but they're all addicted to opioids and steroids.
Dude, think about how sore we are just flying. Exactly. We're just flying to a road gig. I'm like, fuck, I'm stiff. These dudes are doing that and then just jumping off a top rope. They're older than us.
Yes. And they're huge men. I mean, like, just to stay in that kind of shape. And they draw on all kinds of roids and T and testosterone and ozempic. Who the fuck knows? I don't think they're taking ozempic. Eh, maybe not. Maybe they're really fat guys. Yeah, but some people want to be a fat wrestler. Like, that's their thing. That's the whole thing. Yeah, like Butterbean or whoever.
God, remember Bam Bam Bigelow?
Oh, yeah. King Kong Bundy. No. I guess they all had to have three names. Yeah. They're like school shooters.
Thomas Matthew Crooks. Look at this fucking guy. Jesus. That guy's got zero muscle.
Yeah, it's not a good look. Also, they could have picked a more flattering outfit. I think that was the point. Yeah. Oh, man. Look at that. He looks like the fucking sloth from Goonies.
Yeah. No neck. Brutal. Yikes. That other guy looks great. Razor Ramon, dude. That guy was cool.
Yeah. He's a hunk. Fucking dead, dude.
See?
Died young. There you go. Hell do. How'd he go? He was a drug addict and an alcoholic for years, and I think DDP got him healthy. Diamond Dallas Page is an incredible guy, and he just gets people. He'd had this yoga program where he would let these guys live with him, and he just got them sober.
Whoa.
He saved a lot of lives, and that was one of them, but I think-
He did a doc with Butterbean where he rehabbed Butterbean. Wow. Really?
No shit.
What's he called now? Margarine Bean? All right. Yeah, his parents shouldn't have named him that. I think the whole thing's a crock. Country crock. All right. But, yeah, Squid Game. Yeah. It's very good. See, everybody thinks it's murder. It's Asians. There's no diversity. By the way, it is all three of those things. That's true. But it's more. It's got meaning. It's got symbolism.
It's all about capitalism and society and greed. And here's the cool thing. I don't want to give anything away. Yeah. In the show, in the show, they all have to play these games. Whoever doesn't win the game gets killed. But all the games are kids games that they all grew up playing. So it's kind of like, hey, you greedy cunts, go back to your childhood where you were pure.
And if you can't, you're going to die. And that's the symbolism. It's like, hey, we got to get out of this rat race and just go back to when we were happy.
You're right. That's interesting. Yeah, I mean, I kind of was like, they kind of nailed season one. I was kind of like, what are they going to, also the problem with some of these turnarounds with these big budget shows is like, by the time the second season comes out, you're like, oh yeah. I know, I know. It's so, like, what's it been, two, three years since this show was out?
But it's such a big production with these sets and the killing and the violence. It's all these actors they have to write for. I mean, it's a lot of moving parts. This guy's aged like Obama. Look at that. He doesn't even look the same. I think it's a hairpiece, but he won the money. He won the last season.
So he has to go back?
Yeah, well, he goes back. He's like, I'm going to end this fucking thing. I got to go into the inside and end it.
Interesting.
Oh, there he is.
Yeah, the hair is all different.
Yeah.
Yeah, all right. Look, I thought the first one was pretty incredible.
I mean, it's worth it just to put on while you're shaving or jerking it or whatever because the games are incredible. It's like a Tarantino movie where the dialogue is great and everything, but you're really there for the Brad Pitt beating up hippies in Hollywood. God, that was fun. That was a good time. Because that one was a little drawn out more than the rest.
You know, Pulp Fiction got some shootouts and some heroin. This one was a little more drawn out. But then once Brad Pitt gets in there and then they light the lady on fire in the pool, it's great.
It's Mikey Madison, right? From Menorah. It's a girl from Menorah. He lit on fire in that.
Oh, that's right. I didn't know. Oh, really?
Yeah. I got to see this. We got to get Sean Baker on here. I think he'd come on, right? Simon's our boy. Maybe he could hook us up.
Oh, yeah. Florida Project.
Dude, this is an awesome movie.
It's kind of uncut gems-y, I hear. Anora? Yeah, like it's fast-paced and tense.
Yeah, and it's kind of funny like that was, too, but then also it's great. I loved it.
Yeah, yeah. I'm into her. Anora. Not a great name. She's a hooker? Stripper. A stripper, okay.
All right, I'll check it out. Check it out.
Thanks for going with me on my kiddie porn idea. If we get AI, we're good.
I'll follow you anywhere, buddy. All right. Next week, two comedians arrested for kiddie porn.
Shit. I shouldn't have followed him there. Follow me anywhere. I'm getting a truck. We're going on New Orleans next year. It's going to be fun. My rec is Beast Games. It's tagging on your game. Oh, your kid has got you all up in the Beastmaster.
This shit is so good. He is really amazing. Yeah. So Mr. Beast did a Squid Games thing with 1,000 contestants vying for $5 million. Holy shit. And it follows the Squid Games theme of they're not killing people. Yeah. You get eliminated over nothing. Right.
And it is dramatic. Let me just take a guess at how many views this has. Oh, okay. I'll go. I'm going to guess the latest episode of this Beast Games has...
58 million. So, the first episode was on YouTube as a teaser to get you to watch. The rest are on Amazon. Oh, okay. The first one, I think, has 151 million. Jesus. 137 million. I was way off.
He got kind of trashed, though, last time he did this, right?
Over this one.
Yeah, because they were like, it's just lacking in creativity.
No, no, this is not. This one's not. But the other one was? Yeah, a lot more money and effort. But the other one was. Yes. He's getting sued for, like, people are suing him for, like, emotional damage. Whoa. Yeah, like, you put me through shit that I wasn't really supposed to go through. Like what? Like, here's the trailer.
We gotta get him on.
Four will be dead. Yo, what's up, dude? Hey, hey. Thanks for coming through.
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How are you?
Thanks.
Hey, what's up, Mark? Nice to meet you. Hey, hey. What's up? Good to see you again. Yeah, sit down. We got you a coffee if you want one.
Yeah, he said no, but I figured. Oh, okay.
We'll be watching some best plays.
Yeah. Watching some Blake Griffin dunks. Some highlights. Take it off.
Take it off, man. Canadian tux. That's a lot of denim, Jay Leno. By the way, Jay Leno might be the toughest guy on the planet. He got himself caught on fire. Yeah. Doing fine. Then he fell down a hill, quote unquote. Yeah. That's what he says. But they looked into it, and the story does check out. I know. And he's still going, still ticking. What was he doing rolling down a hill? Tripped, I think.
He was doing a gig in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania, and he was walking down the Hampton Inn Hill to get to the parking lot, and he said— He's a millionaire.
Why is he going to Hampton Inn?
Because I think it was the only hotel in that area. Yeah. He's got to be close to a billion. Probably. Well, because he never touched that Tonight Show money, they said.
And just his car collection alone has got to be worth a lot. Yeah.
He and Jerry with the cars.
Yeah, they love him. I don't give a fuck about cars.
And he's a pirate, too? Yeah. That's cool. It looks like number two in like the second Austin Pass.
Oh, yeah. Number three. Number three. Look at that. Another TV show host in blackface. This is rough. He doesn't drink. He's had the same wife since high school. I mean, he's like the most straight edge guy, but he has, I think the cars is like, I want to get laid, but I can't. You just fix shit. So you just fix shit and buy cars. That's my theory.
Are you a car guy, Blake? I'm not really. Me neither. I like, I just, I don't know. Yeah. I appreciate people who have like nice cars, but I just like, I don't know. I can just drive an old car. Like, I don't know. It just seems like inconvenient.
It is. I have an old car, and it's a bitch. What kind of car do you have? I got an old Beamer, a 1973, and it's a cool-ass car. It runs great, but it just... In New York, I got to maintain it. I got to garage it. It's hell.
I do have a 72 Bronco. Oh, those look great.
Can you pull one of those, what they look like up?
They look really cool. Which is really fun to drive, but it's also kind of like every time I hit the gas pedal, I'm like, this is the last drive.
Yeah, exactly. You can enjoy it.
I don't know if I'm going to make it, yeah.
Yeah. Those look awesome. That's a beauty.
Goddamn. I know we're just trash and now we're just like, that's fucking... I don't really like old cars, man. God, that's beautiful. Can't go wrong with that one. It's funny how OJ happened.
Oh, look, there's a... Wait, how does that work? Oh, that's the... What's going on here? Why is there a picture of me? Oh, was there?
Plus Bronco.
Oh, gotcha. Oh, yeah, there you are.
I was looking for yours.
OJ happened, the Bronco went away, and then enough time went by and we're like, eh, I'll bring the Bronco back. Isn't that weird?
I moved to Brentwood, and I was like, you know what I need? A white Bronco. Yes. I got a white Bronco. Fuck it. How long do you play in L.A.? It was like eight years? Nine years in L.A. Yeah, two and a half in Detroit.
How does that trade feel? What was the trade again?
It was me for Avery Bradley, Boban, you know, the 73 guy. I love Boban. Yeah, John Wick. And Tobias Harris and like a pick or two. Damn, though. You're worth more than that, though. Thanks, man. I appreciate that. I actually needed to hear that.
Tobias, these players sound like Amish people.
No, Tobias Harris is a good player. Oh, okay. Blake was, I mean, still putting up crazy numbers, man. Thanks, man. He was. He did that, too. Thank you.
How about the Knicks last night, huh? Don't fuck it. Let's talk about it. You were on a run. You had a good run. Just the most miserable fans in all of sports. Always upset. I'm thrilled.
Dude, upset now. We got Jalen Brunson and Cat. I love this. I love Josh Hart. I know.
This is the coolest team since the 90s. No, it'll be one of the best teams to lose in the second round. Do you really think we're going to lose in the second round? I mean, it depends on your matchup, but yeah. Woo! You heard it here first. They're all going to be dead tired. I'm sorry.
Well, you're going to be on Amazon next year with Dirk. Congrats, by the way. Thank you. But don't be another fucking show that just trashes my Knicks.
Barkley and Shaq are such haters, man. I'm not going to. My plan is to not trash the Knicks. Or any team for that matter. You know what I will do? I will go at GMs, I will go at owners, and I will go at coaches to a certain extent.
That's fair.
Because I'm just tired of like, and this is probably like the former player just being like, I'm just like, I was sick of those guys just shitting on us every opportunity. The Clippers. Well, no, just players in general. I think that's just what the TNT guys do. And that's probably the best sports show ever. Maybe of all time. It might be the best show of all... It's insane.
It's incredible. But you and Dirk is... That isn't awesome. Dirk is... I love Dirk.
I'm excited to hear his like... Just like his... We don't hear him like... That's true. That much, right? You don't hear him like... Especially since he's retired, you don't hear his analysis, but his basketball IQ is insanely high. I'm excited to hear him give takes.
Insights. Yeah.
I got to ask you because you said you're going to try not to shit on players. What do you make of the Shaq versus Dwight Howard beef that just won't die? Yeah.
I just like, I don't know. So I had this same thing about when LeBron went to Miami. I was just like, you know, and everybody was just shitting on everything he did, right? And it was just kind of like... It kind of sucks because you guys aren't appreciating how good he is. And that was like truly the height of his career, right? Like he was unbelievable in Miami.
And people were just shitting on him. I was one of the people. I hated him. I mean, I guess I get it to a certain extent. But it's also like separate what he did. to who he is as a player. And just appreciate how good he is.
See, I felt like I was doing both of those things. I was like, fuck this guy, but also like, oh my God, that's incredible.
Which is like, I don't know. I feel like people lost three, four years of his career where people were just like, they hated him. That's true. I think that's a good point. And it's like, you kind of got to like, I get that you don't like the guy for what he did, but also appreciate how good he is. Yeah. It's two sides.
I still think Bronny's better. Dude. Than LeBron. Sleeper. Yeah, exactly. He's asleep for a while. He's going to get out. He's trying. He's got some hot girlfriends. I don't know if that didn't hurt.
It's never great when that's like the first show.
Oh, man, I wanted to ask you about that FX show. Did you watch it, the one about the Clippers?
I became friendly with Wayne Gretzky.
Oh, nice.
He thinks that show is the best show that came out on TV. And he's like, you gotta watch it. You gotta watch it. So we're out at this golf tournament and he's like, hey, just come here. Oh, put it on. Wait, that's supposed to be Doc Rivers, right? And Ed O'Neill. Oh yeah, that's Doc. Yeah. Ed O'Neill is... Donald Sterling.
oh wow this is like a real that was like a real clip like that that that was actually the one thing that i watched that like actually happened that that white party that that donald sterling has right um oh this looks fun i haven't even heard of this yeah but was it bad well so like obviously ed o'neill and um Lawrence Fishburne were great. Yeah.
After that, it takes a sharp... Because you've got to cast basketball guys who can kind of play. DeAndre Jordan's character is 6'1". He's almost a 7-foot guy. Right. You're looking at a dude who's just clearly a very average height guy.
It looks well. Big production. High quality. Yeah.
Yeah, I honestly did. I watched 15 minutes of the first episode with Wayne, and I was like, I can't watch this. Wait, Wayne Gretzky made you watch with him? By the way, that was his third time watching the show.
Jesus. He's like, you got to watch this. Well, the thing is, I'm like the target audience for a show like this, and I was like, I don't want to fucking watch this. I listened to the, there was one podcast I listened to. I think you were on it. Yeah, Ramona Shelburne did it. That was good. Yeah, yeah. So that's how they sold the show. Of course. Because no one will buy anything without IP now.
But that's funny that, like this show didn't need to be made.
No. Well, Winning Time I think did pretty good.
Winning Time was great. Yeah, that was good. But the basketball scenes were still like, you know. But somehow they cast a guy that looked like Magic and Kareem. Yeah. That was great. Those two guys were amazing.
Yeah. And do you see the thing behind the scenes with how they shot the basketball? Yeah, they were on skates or something? Rollerblades. I thought Winning Time.
That book is awesome, too. I didn't read it. That Jeff Pearl book is like, it's crazy. I mean, any stories about Pat Riley are fucking... There were rumors about you going to the Heat for a while. Were you ever like – did you ever want to go to Miami or no? A little – yeah, a little bit.
Oh, wow. Look at these on rollerblades.
Yeah.
That's kind of a cool idea.
So I think that like – I don't know. I think to be honest, like I'm a tough critic on sports – Scripted shows yeah, and I thought that it was like it was better than anything. I've seen recently Yeah, basketball.
Oh yeah, I feel the same way about stand-up movies any time you want to stand up and you're like ah That would never happen. No one has lockers in the green room Why are they changing clothes?
Yeah, it's a hard thing to write. It's hard to write comedians because it just feels like you're forcing them to rib on each other too much. It's like, no, we also can just hang out.
And they're all doing blow and hookers, and you're like, we're all crying and sad. Miss Maisel did a pretty good job, but that was about it. That was actually pretty good. That was a good show. Yeah, I mean, a funny woman. What is this, Lord of the Rings? Come on. Just kidding. Nikki did great. Was this fantasy? Nikki killed it. I assume you hooked up with her.
No, no, no. Got a lot of respect for her, though.
She's a great gal. Great gal. Very funny.
yeah I mean she's just been on a run killing it I mean she's always been like roast she's always killed it and then like that Tom Brady roast like put her yep and now you know like I assume like she's just on the fast track to whatever she wants now arenas I think she's gonna be doing arenas she's gonna be huge I think Honestly, I don't see much of her stand-up, but I see all of her roasts.
On HBO. They fucking hide everything. Or Max.
She has a ton of stand-up. I think she has six specials or something.
You know you see clips of everybody. I just don't see much of her stand-up, but I see all of her roast stuff.
It might be geared towards the ladies more, maybe not hitting your algo, because it's a lot of like, so then I swallowed the guy's jizz. Yeah, I'm following. No, I'm looking stuff like that up all the time.
Your search history is just full of jizz as well.
Wow, 1.7%.
billion it's insane i heard that um their budget for the tom brady live roast was like 40 million that makes sense and they gotta pay all those players but like those the people in the roast don't get paid that much no that's yeah tom got paid a lot but then they they blew it out for like
marketing for you know I assume that doing live stuff on Netflix is insanely expensive what do you think the budget for the one we just did was 500 that was rough bad was that Jeff Ross's like thing yes end of the year thing yeah he was directed it pretty much he was high the whole time it was it was a mess yeah
But, yeah, it's hard to roast people who aren't in the room. So we just focus on, like, Diddy and Luigi because we're like, you've got to pick people in prison if they're not here. Right, right. What are we going to do, roast Machine Gun Kelly? We don't give a shit.
Yeah, punch down people who can't say anything back. Diddy and Luigi.
It did feel like the Taylor Swift jokes got a little like, all right, from the audience. Like, hey, hey, that's our girl, yeah.
We had a bunch written, and we were working them out, and they were not working. People were like, what the fuck? Really? Taylor Swift. It is hard to segue Diddy to T-Swift, though. That's true. In their defense, I was like, we could have worked on that. Both have screaming girls at their parties. That was one that we cut.
I had another one like, yeah, she broke more barriers than a girl from Oklahoma trying to get an out-of-state abortion. Yeah. That didn't make it. They cut a lot of ones. We had a bunch of T-Swift ones that didn't make the cut.
How much did they cut? A good amount. How many minutes did you guys do?
We probably did 11.
Yeah, so not bad. Better than most. Do you get tapped to do a lot of comedy stuff? Because you did Broad City. You're good in comedy.
I just love comedy. Love it. I will always... do any i i just i watch and i watch insanely like uh Random comedies. Oh, cool. Give us some. What do you watch? I mean, like, I follow, like, stand-up, like, a lot. And, like, my whole algorithm is probably, like, every fourth video is just, like, a random comedian.
Hey, I love it.
And I'll just go down the rabbit hole and, I don't know, I just, I love it.
What are the other three things in the algorithm?
Uh...
Sports, fantasy football, and huge titties. You go to my Explore page, it's just twerking, tits, and Norm MacDonald.
Should we just take a gander? Oh, Norm is just all over my For You page. The king.
Yeah, but you did my show at New York Comedy Club, I don't know, 2019? That was 2019, yeah. Yeah, and that was fun to watch.
That was, uh, yeah, I was doing, I was going to Just for Laughs right after that. So I was like trying to work out some stuff for it. And, um,
Surprisingly great delivery. You had timing, and you can tell you worked it out.
That means a lot.
Yeah, it was good. And not to mention, it's a bunch of fat, bearded, dopey guys, and then you show up, and it's a comic.
I think that said, I was really leaning into, I get it. I understand. It's so weird that I'm here right now. Also, the fact that somebody would be like, and now up to the stage, Blake Griffin, and people would clap. I'm like, why are you clapping? Yeah. Like, I could be horrible. That's true. It's like going to an NBA game and they're like, all right, now starting at center, Kevin Hart.
You're like, what? You shouldn't clap for that. You're like, I got screwed.
Patton Oswalt, everybody.
Didn't Kevin Hart beat Draymond in a shooting competition? Get out of town. Oh, yeah, that's right. They did an all-star. All-star. Draymond's, I mean. What? Yeah, Kevin Hart's not bad. That's embarrassing. I mean, look, I don't want to see him in an actual. I did the charity game at MSG this year, dude. I got to give you guys credit.
Going up and down the court is fucking – I had, like, retired NBA players being like, dude, pick it up on defense. It's for charity. I know. Tim Thomas was like, dude, get back. And I was like, I'm sorry I didn't play in the fucking – Was Jamal Crawford playing that? Dude, he was on our team. He carried us. He's still incredible. He's insane. He's incredible.
And he also, I mean, my mom wanted to come. So she's like sitting, you know, she's at courtside. I'm just like playing horribly in front of my mother, which is good. But Jamal Crawford's doing like spinning, fading threes. And she was like, this guy's incredible. I'm like, it's Jamal Crawford. Right.
I mean, Jamal. I was talking about this with my brother. He has to have the... His last game of his career scored 51. I know. Jesus. Kobe did 60. Oh, yeah. Okay, so yes.
For last games of your career... Dude, Jamal... I was such a fan of his and... I mean, you played with him for that whole time, right? That's crazy. He's awesome. He's just hilarious. He's calling Knicks games, and he's doing such a good job. None of us want to see Walt Frazier go because we love him, but eventually he will, and we're spoiled with him and Alan Hahn, who are both great.
I mean, you guys have Walt Frazier and Breen. The best ever. That's like an unreal team-specific broadcast. It's insane. It's unreal.
I've gotten Mark into basketball in the last couple years, and I have to explain Walt Frazier to him how cool Walt is.
Yeah.
Like the outfits.
Yeah.
If it's not embarrassing, can I play some of your highlights for Mark? Sure.
Okay.
Oh, shit. Oh, my God. He was a stud, Darren Williams.
Oh, dude.
He was a good player.
You talk about... You talk about... Oh, ball. It was just... Wow. A couple of defensive highlights.
I don't really get that too often.
I wasn't really known for defense. Oh, damn.
Dude. Oh, this is, that's on my Knicks. I remember that. Timafey. I watched that in a bar. Wow. And you were like super young here, right? That was my rookie year. Yeah. Oh. Because I remember being like, who the fuck is this guy?
That game right there is like the game that I always kind of like to help you. Like my life completely changed after that game. Wow. How did it change? It just went – like, you know, like you play in college. You get drafted. You start playing. You know, you think like, all right, like, you know, like people – The basketball world, like, knows who you are.
And then that game was just, like... It just went, like, through the roof.
Yeah.
Like, you're just, like, walking around. Like, people would just come up to me talking about that dunk or, like, that game. And it was, like... By the way, it kind of goes unnoticed, but I think Amari had like 47 on me that game, and I could do nothing with him. That was when he was just on a tear.
I loved him, dude. So I remember that game, because I remember you had another spinning dunk that game, and Amari, it cut to Amari at the free throw line like... Like his way of being like, oh, shit, this kid's awesome. Damn. But he was also just, I mean, he dunked on me something vicious. Amari was so good that year. Oh, dude, he was. I loved him. He was. Best Jewish basketball player.
Hey, is that right? Oh, yeah. He converted.
There we go. I knew something was up.
Thank you. Wasn't born into it.
Yeah.
I think our next best is Dolph Shays from the 50s. Omri Caspi. Oh, yeah, he's good. Jordan Farmar, Jew. Jordan Farmar. Our first team Jew is not as bad as you think it would be. It's like saying Dave Chappelle's the coolest Muslim.
What I just realized is, you know, Denny Advia. Oh, yeah. He's from Israel, not Jewish. What? He's not Jewish? What? Yeah, I just learned. Oh, by the way, I should probably preface this with the person I heard this from is a complete idiot. So I don't know if I can trust him. Okay.
He's under Jewish players. Yeah.
Maybe he converted out. The Gaza shit. He flew the coop.
Wait, hold on. Amari Bailey, how is he Jewish? Is he Jewish? We're just adding people at this point.
Stoudemire?
I don't think anybody's going to notice. Kevin Garnett.
Wait a second. Oh, you got a lady in there.
Who is that? Camila. A lady and a Jew? This could be tough. That's a... Oh, Blake Peters. A fellow Blake. Hey. That's a short list.
Yeah. What's that joke in Airplane? Here, I need some light reading. Well, here's a pamphlet on Jewish athletes. You know what was cool for me watching you back in those days was I thought you were full white. So I was like, holy shit, we got one. Here we go.
we go nope and a little bit of a facade yeah it was exciting for a while sort of a chameleon that way just kind of blend everyone's claiming you yeah that's kind of cool i always i i had a joke in stand-up i was like i'm like uh like undercover boss but only for finding out who's racist like especially on airplanes people are like hey brother how you doing oh yeah it's a
Yeah, I mean, you know, she's fucking, you know, they're taking over. You're like, oh, he doesn't realize that I'm half black yet. Right. Have you had an N-bomb?
Where they didn't know?
Yeah, of course. Really? Of course.
Oh, jeez. Well, I don't, yeah. From a white guy, I mean.
I've had plenty of inboxes. Mark used to have a great joke about when someone's racist to you, it's like a weird feeling because you're like, well, this is fucked up, but I can't believe how much he trusts me. Yes, that's true. It is nice.
It's kind of comforting, but also, ugh.
You know, when a black dude calls you the N-word for the first time, you're like, oh. Great feeling. Yeah, one of my best moments.
Yeah.
Yeah, you always remember your first time.
That's true.
That is nice. It's a big thing, the whites. The Chappelle Show sketch where he did the black-white supremacist.
Yes.
And he calls the kids the N-word, and they all high-five.
Right. Yeah. I think that might have been Bill Burr. Bill Burr. I think he was in the car, the convertible. Maybe. Yes, it was. Really?
Yes, that's Bill Burr. He was in the racial draft too.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah. What's he say? He's like, so-and-so, why it again? And they go like this. So good.
So good. Bill Burr was in a, yeah, he was in a decent movie. Burr with hair. I think that was a Neil Brennan joint, the Clayton Bigsby. He's your buddy, right?
Yeah. I met Neil, fuck, 2000, I think it was 2011, ESPYs. He was writing for Seth Meyers. Uh-huh. And I met him doing a sketch, and then after that, we just, yeah, he kind of became my mentor. Mentor.
yeah like he just kind of like took me under his wing he was like the one person that was like you you got you got to start like writing stuff like start just write write jokes and so he convinced me to kind of like keep a notes folder of like jokes and i had nothing to do with it forever and then i decided to like do some stand-up which is like an insane idea yeah terrifying
Well, you took it seriously. Does it get easier? Oh, yeah, it does get easier. It gets easier. You still can't ever crack it 100%, but it does get easier.
But you still bomb. Yeah. I still bomb all the time because I'm trying new shit, and you're like, oh, my gosh, still. I did New Joke Night at the Cellar last night, and I just watched Louis bomb.
yeah like a hard but we all bombed i mean it was like they were they were a tough crowd and we and if you're doing new shit you're gonna bomb but it's like man what a privilege to get to watch louis eat shit i know one of the best minds ever and some of them were hilarious but they're just they'll be great in like a week they're not ready yet yeah how uh like how often are you guys going up like right like this week how many times will you go up
I did two last night. I got three tonight. Wow. I think three last night, two tonight for me. I'm up every night this week, but yeah, I'm in writing mode because I'm going hard on tour next month. Doing new, yeah. So I just got, I mean, I'm starting like a 50 city tour, so it's got to be new and good.
And are you like, are you like, I thought of this on the walkover or the car ride. Sure, yeah. I'll do it.
Definitely. And sometimes that does better than the shit you worked on for six hours.
I saw you on Norm's show back in the day, too. What? It was you and DeAndre. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is DeAndre a funny guy? Yeah, he's hilarious. He seems like a cool dude.
DeAndre was, like, the guy who, like, is, like, so... He just... It's, like, effortless for him to, like...
walk into a room and like make these people feel like he's like connected with them and make a joke and then walk into like a completely different demographic of a room and like fit in there and he's he was like the guy that kind of kept us all together kept things light he's he's very very funny is this a clip oh this is a great clip yeah oh this went viral oh yeah is this a really good question norm you're already into it from uh from blake's good friend
Now, Blake, it's fun watching you this year. Wasn't it cool? And I was wondering, like, there's a kind of a curse with Rookie of the Year. Nobody's ever repeated it.
That's cute. I'll try as hard as I can next year. I don't know. I don't know. Thank you for that question. That's great. He just showed up to, that was my Rookie of the Year, like, press conference, like, when I got the award. He just showed up. No one was like, hey, Norm's coming. He just showed up and just sat in the audience and just raised his hand.
They're like, does anybody have any questions? And he's just like, boom, first one.
Did you see him ahead of time?
I don't even think I did. Wow, that's crazy. Because I had no... I didn't realize... Maybe I saw him from a distance before everybody sat down, but yeah. Were you a big Norm guy? Huge. I mean, he's one of my all-time favorites. Yeah, same. He is... You know what's crazy? I just heard, you know that moth joke that he told?
Yes.
I just heard, was it Colin Quinn?
Yes!
He told him the joke, and it's a very short- It's like 30 seconds. Yeah, and he made it into a 10-minute joke. Yeah. It was eight minutes, whatever.
Because Conan was like, oh, we've got to stretch a little bit. Somebody didn't come, so guests didn't show up. So he's like, I got it, and he just pulled that shit like five, six minutes.
I can't imagine trying to just turn a 30-second joke into eight minutes of- And it was all funny. I know. I mean, I guess some of it you're just like, what the fuck? What's happening? Yeah. He's a kook. Speaking of Neil Brennan, he's the one who, remember when Clayton Bixby takes his hood off? Yeah. Neil's face is the one that blows up. Do you remember that at the end of the sketch? Oh, yeah.
Oh, shit, yeah. Can you get to that?
I forgot about that.
Did he just call us? Oh, my God.
I didn't realize.
Maybe that wasn't Bill Burr.
Imagine going out for that casting part as a white dude. Bill Burr is in this. Okay. He's in this sketch. Yeah. You want to see my face?
Oh, yeah.
Right.
This was a pilot. There he is. That's right. That was a young Brennan.
There was cookie and punch for us to enjoy and we can make and talk about white brotherhood.
That's incredible. Imagine putting this in the pilot. I mean, this is, like, ballsy. That was fun. It's a great sketch.
Yeah, I watched this in college with, like, 18 friends. It was huge.
Dude, so this came out when I was in high school, and it was, like, one of those shows that, like, it came out on Wednesday nights. If you didn't watch that. Yep. Thursday, you were left out of the conversation. Totally. Everybody was just repeating and quoting that show.
Yeah. Oh, dude. Ashy Larry, when Wayne Brady said the N-word.
Charlie Murphy, dude. Charlie Murphy, yeah. Paul Mooney. Oh, yeah. I mean, that was a fun show, man. We were watching it last time on the tour bus, and we're like, all these sketches hold up Player Haters Ball. Like, they all hold up. Prince. Prince. Oh, my God. That one was incredible.
Even the ones that they, like, said, like, didn't work out as well. I remember when they had the Player Haters Ball where they time traveled. I remember that. And they ended up turning it into, like, I think they were doing, like, sketches that, like, didn't work out. Even those were just, like, incredible.
Yeah. It was such a loose show, too. There was one scene where Chappelle, he talks up front, and then a girl's tit pops out. Oh, yeah. And they did a whole thing on that. It was like a blooper.
He's like, come on, titty.
Come on, titty.
What are your all-time comedy? If you were on the road as a player and you need a comfort watch before bed, what were you throwing on?
Kind of depends. I mean, I love The Office. I love Arrested Development. I could just kind of go down. I've always been a huge SNL fan. I was just powering through the bad years. I'd watch every episode and just hope that there was a good sketch. I think this season is as good as it's been. It's cooking right now.
Were you ever on the short list to host?
It's really hard for a basketball player because you basically have to host the first episode of the year, and that's always reserved. LeBron did, I think, the first episode. Oh, yeah. You're made for it, though, man.
I know, right?
I love SNL. Love Spanish comedy. Listen, we've had SNL people on the list. Fucking Blake Griffin, man.
Yeah, come on, guys. Now you can do it.
Amazon, right? You got something to promote? Yeah.
That's true. Come on, guys. What the hell? We've got some good ideas. Besides you, who's a really funny NBA player? All right, so there's tiers, right? There's the guys who aren't trying to be funny that are funny. Like Kawhi? Yeah, I mean, like, yeah, yeah, yeah. I would say, like, everybody had that run of, like, man, Kawhi's hilarious. And it's kind of like you're like, is he, though?
Pull up a clip of Kawhi's laugh. I mean, he's, like, awkward funny, right? Yeah.
I mean, yeah, and I honestly don't know him personally really well. I mean, I freaking love his game. This is great. Have you seen this? Oh, man.
I'm a fun guy. Obviously, I love the game of basketball. I mean, it's just more questions you have to ask me in order for me to tell you about myself. I just can't give you a whole spiel. What the hell?
One of the best, one of the most talented players. Oh, he's insane.
I mean, he's insane. I mean, I've heard from his teammates, he's fun and funny and loose. But it's awkward.
Yeah, motor, autistics are great.
Who else is funny? You know who's really funny? Jamal Crawford is hilarious. He speaks in, like, he always has, like, these sayings where he's like, mm. He goes, mm, fam. Did you talk to him at all when you were playing? Yeah, a little bit. He probably didn't give you the whole, but he's like, mm, fam. You know what? There's lines on the highway for a reason, so everybody doesn't go.
He just says stuff, and you're just like, how did you come up with that?
Yeah.
He just has all these kind of old man sayings, and he always starts like, mm, fam. He's got a catchphrase. Dude, he's hilarious. It's hard to beat Barkley as a funny guy. Dude, Barkley is... So funny. He's just so good. I was at a golf event, and he was there, and we would go sit at the bar at night, and he would like... He just, like, entertains.
And people come up to him, and he's so good with people. Like, he's just like, hey, yeah, bro. And he makes people feel special, and he goes back to his thing. It's like a true talent. Yeah. It's truly incredible how good he is with people. That show is special. Oh, it's insane.
I mean, Ernie is like one of the great hosts at anything. I mean, that's another skill, too, to put everyone at ease. You know?
Dude, so at this golf thing, TNT was putting it on, and I got to be on the desk. When Chuck was out playing, I kind of filled in for him.
And that was with Nate, too, right?
Nate, yeah. I was playing with Nate. Watching Ernie navigate just like the dull moments and just bring people in and ask a question and throw it to this and read a read a sponsorship like it was insane. Wow. He's so good at it. It's like it's like such a special skill that I don't think people realize how good he is at it.
Oh, yeah. Well, Shaq is funny, but he wants to be funny. So to me, that takes him out of it a little bit. Whereas Barkley seems funny naturally.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I agree. And Shaq is just like just shitting on guys. It's insane. I kind of feel bad for Dwight Howard. Yeah. Really? You're like, leave him alone now.
that's funny but also like god dude but it's tough when a dude who like has all the accolades shack has is just shitting on people who have so many less right probably the most i mean he's the most dominant player of all time
I think so, yeah. And then Dwight was a great player. Dwight was unbelievable. The first time I really got my bell rung hard, Dwight Howard went up and goaltended one of my shots and came down, and he used to, like, when he would, like, jump and come down, I don't know if he was doing it on purpose, but he would just let his elbows just fly.
And I took a Dwight Howard elbow, like, to the temple, and I remember, like, just kind of, like, going back. It was the first time I saw, like, actual stars. Oh, yeah. And I was kind of like... I was just completely taken aback. He was so strong. It made you feel like a little kid. Where you're just a little bit helpless. He could pick you up and my feet would just be dangling.
He was like, no, put me down. It was nuts playing against him in his prime.
What about the craziest game of the last 10 years, Jimmy Kimmel versus Ted Cruz? Did you guys see that? You didn't see this?
This is rough. I mean, both of them are rough, but Kimmel really gets lit up here. It's unfortunate. He grew up in Brooklyn.
He played ball. Who did? Kimmel. Oh, really? Ted Cruz? Yeah. Ted Cruz. Mixing it up with the Brooklings? Yeah.
Ted Cruz used to rock on West 4th.
Right.
What was this for?
Jimmy Kimmel shit on him on his show, and Ted Cruz is like, well, I'm in better shape than you. And then they went back and forth, and they were like, let's do a game. And Cruz won.
That's embarrassing. I know. But this is not good. I mean, look, I played with the Rizzler, and even I can say this is bad basketball. Yeah.
I mean, that was... Oh, man. Wheelchair basketball has more action than this.
did they do it in texas oh yeah it looks like yeah there's no way there's no way ted cruz had that many fans this is a home game yeah oh man poor isaiah thomas oh man what uh any um good drinking stories with players like even off night in the city and you're like we're getting we're getting lit up um yeah yeah uh
Trying to think, okay, what can I say? Come on, PR. Come on.
Oh, yeah.
Come on. You don't have to name names.
No, no.
Britney Spears. God, I'm trying to think. So me, Britney Griner. Crazy night at Moscow. We're on our way to Russia. Things took a turn after that. It was actually my hashish oil. Just tucked it away in her bag. Took the fall.
Can you imagine seeing her in a Russian prison as a woman? That would have just been a sight. Yeah, I can imagine.
What a time. I know, that was dark. Then we traded her for an arms dealer. The merchant of death. That's it. Quite possibly one of the coolest nicknames of all time. I know. If it wasn't for him.
Yeah, yeah.
It's up there. It's on the internet. Probably okay to play, right? It's on the internet. What? Why? Because he's topless, you mean? Yeah. If you say so.
It's online. It's on YouTube. Wait a minute. It's actually really good form. Yeah. Oh, boy. Anyone else hard? This is strange. Wait. What? Oh, boy. It's like we're showing Blake JFK footage. Back and to the left. Rewind that. Oh, there's the shooter. Isn't she dating a guy now? No. No. Okay. I thought she had a relationship with somebody.
Mark, I'm not saying I have the best gaydar, but that is a lesbian right there. Oh, got it. WNBA is having a moment, though, I feel like. I mean, you know. I mean, Kaitlyn Clark is... She's awesome, right?
She's unbelievable. It's pretty cool. It's also, like, it's just kind of crazy to watch her, like, come in, and it was, like, the thing that the WNBA has been waiting for. Yeah. Like, there's great players in the WNBA, but, like, she's been, like, she is... She's, like, transcended basketball. Yeah. And then everybody was just like, well... We didn't want it like this. You know what?
We wanted to be in the spotlight, but hold on. Right. It was just kind of like, why aren't you guys just lifting her up?
That's what I'm saying.
Yeah. I don't know.
It's awkward. I know she's a white lady, but it's like Tiger Woods. You never see a white person in basketball doing this well, especially a lady. I mean, what is he, Thai? Thai and black? Thai and black. Tiger Woods? Yeah.
Is he Thai? Yeah. Yeah. You didn't see the racial draft?
I've always wanted to say this. For shizzle. Yeah, I mean, dude, she is holy shit.
Yeah. When someone's doing that, do you ever reach out like, oh, you're killing it or something? Do you ever send a message?
I feel like people, it doesn't really hit the same way when you're retired.
No, come on. I don't know. You're going to make the Hall of Fame. I hope. You're going now. We'll see. I think you're in. Rock and roll? Yeah. Right after the Ramones. This guy's in.
No, I think you're making it, dude. I don't know. We'll see. It's not one of those things. I truly don't think about it very much. And if it happens, that's awesome. But if it doesn't, I'm not, you know. If you need some guys to look at your speech... Throwing a joke? By the way, if I do, that speech will just be, it will just be riddled with just probably the worst jokes you ever heard.
But it's just going to be a set. Yeah. Do a set, man. It's like I'm, you know, what am I going to, basketball gave me everything.
I don't want to do that. I don't want to do that. You know, it's like Michael Jordan's speech.
Oh yeah. He just, just, yeah.
It's just, it's like that Shaq shit where it's like, dude, you reached the mountaintop and you won.
Why are you so angry? Never enough. He's calling out like people, players that people forgot about. He's like, deadlift shrimp. I remember what you said. I mean, that's also like, those guys can't turn it off. That's what made him so good. Have you met MJ? Oh, yeah. And what's that like? He's awesome. He's just the coolest. He's just a guy's guy. I mean, I was a Jordan athlete for years.
And he's probably one of the coolest people. That's what adds to his GOAT thing. He's just awesome. You don't see many clips where you're like, nah, it was corny. You know what I mean? You'll be like, oh, God, he really kind of went at those people. You know, like that. But, like, you're never like, yeah, he's just awesome.
I mean, in the last dance when he's playing quarters and they're like, hey, you got to go on.
corner like throwing quarters spoken like a true stand-up you gotta go on yeah that's a good point like your set's up in five minutes michael they're calling your name but yeah he was an animal with the uh with the gambling he is awesome for years my uh michael jordan story that i would always tell was uh the Dennis Rodman story that he told in The Last Dance where he went to Vegas.
It was always my go-to, what's a Michael Jordan story? And he told that on Last Dance and now I don't have a good story. It was always my, you wanna hear something cool? I told that story, and then he told it. I was like, fuck. I got nothing now.
What was it like? I mean, he's got the Kobe pickup. What was it like being in L.A. at the same time as Kobe and having to – I mean, you guys were the team. It's weird to be the Clippers, but you guys were the team.
Yeah, I mean, you'll never take L.A. away from the Lakers or the Lakers or whatever. You guys get it. But, like, yeah, there was a good stretch of, like – The Lakers kind of being pretty down and, like, him getting hurt and stuff. But, like, dude, Kobe was – in L.A., he is just – he's God. Yeah. He is untouchable. It was, like, truly, like – I don't know how to describe it.
The first time I actually met him, I was doing rehab. My first year I got hurt, I was doing rehab. And the lady who was doing my rehab was his PT. And so I'm sitting there in the PT clinic and And I remember kind of just like sitting there. I had like heat, you know, you do ice and heat to start. And I'm sitting there and I kind of like look up and like the energy in the room shifted.
I'm not like a big like the energy has changed. And I was just like, what's going on? Everybody got a little quiet. And I look over and Kobe's like standing at the door. And I was just like, Oh, this is like, this is, this is different. Yeah. Like he just like everywhere he went, it was just like, uh, it was, it was so, I don't know. It's like, it was like seeing God.
Sure.
It was, it was, it was, it was nuts.
Yeah, he was a guy. I mean, I would do a theater in L.A., and I'd be doing great, and then I would do one Kobe joke, and they would boo me. Yeah. So, like, I just couldn't, even with all that momentum. In their defense, the joke was about his death, probably. Well, that's true. It was about a helicopter, but yeah. But I really had him in the palm of my hand, and then gone.
Can I ask you a weird racial question? Oh, yeah.
Dude, I've been waiting for this.
All right, all right. So you're, what, half and half? Yeah. I don't know what the term is. Mulatto? No, you got it right the first time. I think the second's bad. Do you find that in the throws of it, do you kind of go, like if you're in an interview, do you white it up? And then if you're in the locker room, do you black it up?
Yeah, I think the term now, what the kids are saying is code switching. Yes, that's it. Yeah, I definitely, yeah. I'm doing Mello's podcast right after this. By the way, if you want to see a stark contrast, it's going to be me with glasses on and I'm going to have a chain on and I'm going to be like, yeah, Kobe was dope as fuck.
Here I'm like, dude, it's like seeing Jesus.
Yeah, I don't know. You kind of like, you know, it's natural. Yeah, I don't know. For me, it's like it was kind of kind of natural. Now there's a term for it, code switching.
But thank God for the term. So I don't have to. Yeah. No, you're still racist. Yeah.
No, we had Richard Jefferson on here, and I think that was the first time he mentioned the code switching thing. I think he might have asked him the same question. Is he mixed? No. He's just black, but he's— He's on TV. Might as well be mixed. Yeah. He's a pretty funny guy.
Yeah, he's great.
I think he's a cool—that was a great— Great—he drank a bottle of scotch alone. Oh, dude, he showed up to the cellar that night, and he left his wallet here, so I was— Ah!
he was oh he's missed he bought a bottle of lagavulin and i was like oh i guess i guess we're finishing this bottle yeah that's pretty awesome that was pretty you recorded where i was here oh here yeah all right he was great man yeah i imagine this is probably the earliest episode you've ever recorded i think it is we mentioned that but we're happy to get you in man what uh yeah i want to ask you a couple more things but i know you got a hard out but uh
Any, like, what was your favorite team to be a part of? I'm guessing it's the Clips. But that team always seemed like there was, like, a dysfunction to it.
See, that was kind of, like, the thing that was, like, in the media. Exactly, yeah. Like, we, I was actually, I was talking to JJ Redick about this, like, not that long ago, like, a month ago. And it was, like, we were close. Yeah. Like, we all, we liked each other. We, like, enjoyed spending time together.
It's just like years of losing in the playoffs kind of eats at you and then the spotlight and people just trying to tear you apart, it takes its toll. So you weren't as bad as they made you seem? No, no. People tried to make it seem like we hated each other, we had bad... It was like one of my...
all-time favorite teams like those years yeah we we had it down we just never we never won it was a sick team i mean it was like that's like a looking back that's like a pretty crazy starting line i mean cp jj uh deandre jordan jamal crawford barnes was a great defender you know yeah we had we had unreal i mean and there was a stretch too where we had like
Lamar Odom, Grant Hill, like we had Chauncey Billups. We had like insane names. And it was like, it was a fun run. Yeah.
It's gotta be bittersweet to be on a team with great players because you're like, this is awesome, we're gonna win maybe, but also I gotta step it up.
I mean, honestly, yeah, but it's great because it raises your, you know, you have to be great. Yeah. Because otherwise you feel like you're letting people down. Exactly.
I mean, the Sterling thing, I'm sure you've talked about this to death, but I remember that happened during the playoffs. That's when the tape was leaked. That's insane that you're in the playoffs. Did you feel like that really brought you guys together where you're like, all right, we're playing for something?
Yeah. It was like an emotional drain. So we were playing Golden State. We lose game one at home, win game two, go to Golden State, win game three. So now, you know, it's 2-1. And Friday night we get a text like, hey, like not emergency meeting, but like it was a random meeting. So we go downstairs and Doc is like – You know, we got word that something's coming out tomorrow about Donald Sterling.
They got something, you know, whatever, you know, business as usual. And we're like, all right, all good. I wake up Saturday morning, and I think it came out, you know, at like 8 o'clock East Coast time. So I wake up 8 o'clock West Coast time. I have like 174 texts. And I'm like, what the fuck is going on? Oh, no. Reverend Jesse Jackson had texted me like, you guys gotta boycott.
And we're just like, all these people were calling for us to boycott and we're like, we just went the whole season to get to this point. Why would we boycott now? Yeah. It's not like we're lining up and being like, all right, Donald Sterling on three. We're playing for ourselves. We're playing for our families, fans.
And we went out and we lost game four, went back home, won game five, went back to Golden State, won game six, and then we won an emotional game seven. And then... Who did we play? Oh, Oklahoma City. That was like KD, right? KD's MVP year. Went to Oklahoma City, won game one. Yeah. Lost game two. And then we were like up seven with like 40-some seconds to play in game five in Oklahoma City.
and just complete meltdown. But we were emotionally drained from that. That Donald Sterling thing was insane. I've never heard Staples Center louder than game five when we came back home. Fans were there 45 minutes before tip-off. We ran out of the tunnel. They had blacked out all the logos. Everybody was wearing black, which is kind of funny now. Sterling was wearing it on his face.
So he's like, oh, sweet, okay, we're doing this.
Who do you think is more racist, Donald Sterling or just your average fan in Boston? I got a soft spot for Boston. I've taped my last special there. I love Boston.
I just have to throw shade at them because I'm a Knicks fan. You guys have a great team, by the way.
Can you give me some positivity? Do you really think they're a second-round exit team? It depends on their matchup. I think the only team that is definitively better than us right now in the East is the Celtics. The Orlando Magic, with everybody hurt, they're better. I'd be honest though, they scare me because they play, that coach is really good. Oh, he's great.
And dude, Wagner, the Wagner bros, that sucks Mo is out this season, but Franz Wagner's incredible. He's nasty. Bonchero's incredible. Suggs is incredible. It sucks all these injuries they have, but that team actually is like a playoff nightmare. Losing Hardenstein ripped my fucking heart out because of how he played, man. I loved him. Losing Dante really hurt.
Randall, I've made peace with losing him. I was a Randall supporter until the end. We support ours here in New York, but Cat is ridiculous.
Yeah, I mean, you guys have a lot of talent. You know what's gonna happen probably in the playoffs? They're all gonna be dead tired. Because of Tibbs? Yeah, they're just gonna be tired. And he's a great coach. They're just gonna be fucking tired. We just need some depth, and then we're okay if we get some depth this time.
Yeah, my buddy last night was like, we statistically have the best, we have the highest scoring starting five of all time. And my brother Taylor was like, and how's their bench? And he was like, god awful. It's like, yeah, it's like sweet. But if we get a bench, I think if we get a couple guys.
So what are you going to do to get that? Trades. So who are you going to trade? We'll figure it out. We get Mitchell Robinson back. You know, bring up TJ Warren from the G League. Do you think he could still play? He's only 31. I haven't seen him play in a couple years, so I don't know, but he's talented.
He's talented, and then we get, you know, I think we bring up Tyler Kolek, give him some more minutes. I know he's a rookie, but I like that. We're getting real deep right here. I know. Healthy Deuce makes a big difference. That guy, I love Deuce McBride. Yeah. Look, the Celtics were only a starting five for a minute, too. It took them a second to figure out the bench.
I think just give us a minute. We didn't know Peyton Pritchard was going to be this good. We didn't know. I did. Really? Well, I didn't know. He looks like a Rick and Morty character. I didn't think he'd be torching everybody. Pull up a picture of this guy.
He's incredible. Peyton Pritchard. My first week in Boston after practice, they're like, you want to play ones? Which is one-on-one at the end of practice. And one-on-one in the NBA is like you get two dribbles and it's very controlled. You're from a certain spot. It's like Peyton gets the ball and I'm up on defense. And he's just like, and I was like, you know what? I'm good. I don't need this.
He's so good. This kid,
works so hard like just just the hardest no like he's one of those guys where you watch him playing you're like oh he's he's got like that that thing yeah i didn't know that like i didn't i didn't see this for him i he's surpassed what i thought he was going to be he's incredible do you think they're going to win it all again or do you think okc if they stay healthy i think they're they're the they're the by far the favorites this is who sterling wants hanging out with his
That's Sterling's dream right there.
Yeah, exactly.
Peyton Pritchard starting at all five positions.
I've never asked this question of a non-comic on the show. Are you working on any bits?
I'm, like, always writing stuff down.
You got anything noodling in the head that some of you are dying to try out?
Not really. I mean, this is not going to go well.
It never does.
We do it with each other, and it's always awkward. So I have this, like, notes folder that I've had since probably 2008. this is exciting. I mean, it's, it goes, it goes on and on and on. And it's just, some of it's like, I've worked it out. Some of it I've worked out. And some of it's just like, they might just, I, you go back and read it and you're like, what the fuck was I thinking?
Of course. So dumb. Um,
Let's see if I have one, too, just to make it feel less weird, because I got the same notes. Okay, here's a good example of things that aren't funny, but it was just like a thing in my head, and I don't know where I'll ever use it. This isn't for stand-up, but what I wrote down was a Jamaican man named Jafriup and last name Steen. It's like, Joffrey Epstein.
No, no, no, from the islands, Joffrey Epstein. That's funny. So, like, I don't know how I'm ever going to use that. I think it's a character in a script. Yes, that's what it is. You've got to make that guy, yeah. That's a good example of, like, just, like, shit where if you read this notes fully, you'd be like, that's the stupidest, like, this is all dumb.
You're going to laugh in this whole room. That's clever.
Thanks, guys. Joffrey Epstein.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Big ups to Joffrey Epstein. Joffrey Epstein. Yeah, it's like stuff like that. Where it's like, it might not ever, How about this one?
Idea for an abortion clinic name? Don't kid yourself. That's pretty good. I'll tweet it. That's a good tweet. That couldn't go in my act, but it's a tweet.
Or I have what I need to work out is substitutions and timeouts at regular jobs, not just sports. So it's like the idea is good, but I don't have any jokes for it. Great premise. That could be a sketch, I think. Where it's just like time... And a lot of my stand-up is like... Early on, I tried to shy away from writing sports stuff because I was like, that's hacky. I want to write real jokes.
And I saw this Seth Rogen interview one time where he was doing stand-up when he was like 13. And he talks about how he came off stage one time. He was like, I went out and I did okay.
And he's like this older comedian an established comedian in Canada was like how old you he's like 13 He's like well write about 13 year old shit, and I I saw that and I was like you know what I should write sports stuff Yeah, you know I like the one thing I know and it's more authentic and it's interest and it sets you apart Yeah, so I always had like it so I I always had this like thought it's honestly probably in my notes folder way back but it was like
I would walk down the street in LA and people would be like, from across the street, they'd be like, go Lakers. And I was just like, how insane is that? I don't see my UPS guy and be like, go FedEx. Why are you yelling that at me? I don't care who you cheer for. It'd be insane to think that everybody has to be a fan of the team that I'm on.
When I see him, I go, Hamas. Don't we all?
I'm sorry. Can we cut? I think your sub in could be a sketch thing. I think the idea of like a surgeon, he's having like a bad day. He's killing someone. They're like, get a sub in here. Oh, yeah.
But also like think about calling a timeout in the middle of surgery. Right. It's like, oh. Get the music going to you. You sit on like a bench and you're just like. This guy's like flatlining. You have to get the TNT music.
A therapist, too. The guy's like, yeah. Then I diddle my third kid. Time out.
I had one last night that got something about like I have this whole like Luigi CEO chunk working. And now one of the things that bugs me is the the CEO. Everyone's like he was a father. And I'm like, well, that's sad, but that doesn't make me care more. Like, if a single person dies, I'm not like, well, luckily he had no one.
He had nothing. I'm like, how do you, I want to hear your take on the Luigi stuff. Yeah. Because I'm like. I get it. Insurance companies, they're awful. But it's also like, I can't be the one that decides who lives and dies. Of course.
That's our take, I think.
He's like a vigilante. It's bananas.
And he's a hot guy, six-pack, valedictorian. A hot guy.
He's more than hot. I don't know. There's so many layers to it. I don't know how to feel about it, to be honest. It's one of those things I can't decide.
He goes to McDonald's. I mean, everything's wacky about it.
Yeah, I think he ate in at McDonald's. He didn't go just pick it up. He didn't Postmate.
Right, right.
He's just like, yeah, I'll have the number four. Yeah. And I'll be right over here at this booth. Like, we got him.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think it's hard when the people who are like celebrating a murder, but it's tough also because protests don't do shit Yeah, it's not gonna change health care.
You know so it's yeah He brought light to a situation that is clearly fucked, but nothing's gonna change Yeah, by the way he that CEO answers to a board and then they're also just gonna appoint a new one.
Yeah We're not gonna know who it is. They're not gonna put him on the website the new vigilante.
He's not gonna know who to kill I And what we know about the healthcare system is that they held that meeting after he was killed. He was there for a meeting.
The CEO? By the way, what a great point. They're like, well, obviously, what was his name?
Brian Thompson.
Obviously, Brian's not going to be here today. But I think he would have wanted us to go on. Keep scamming people. By the way, that's such a great point. That's all you need to know about that situation. I don't know. I kind of struggle with the thought of it. I'm just like... I get it.
Yeah. That's more than most Americans are doing, I think, right now. I think most people are, like, calling him a hero.
Yeah. Which, like, I get it. He brought light to, like, a fucked up situation, but also it's just, like...
Well, we had the Boston bombing kid. Remember, he was like a hot kid. He was a cover of Rolling Stone. No, no, we didn't have him on, but we had him in America. He was a big deal. Some people thought he was a hero, but that was way different.
He's actually going to be played very soon by Timothee Chalamet. It's his next character.
He looks like him a little, right? Yeah, I can see it. Got the mustache going.
He was the cover of Rolling Stone.
I'm telling you, people were blowing this guy. Hitler was on the cover of Time. Well, that makes sense.
There was another thing on the news where they're like, he's a fucking coward for shooting this guy in the back. And it's like, is shooting him in the front that much better? Hey, excuse me. Turn around.
I have morals.
Turn around. Yeah, that's true. There it is. It's all bad. Adolf.
I mean, he was timely. You know, this was a big deal. So I kind of get it. Checks out. We're weird about our covers. We actually, if you're on the cover, it's like, oh, we love you. But it could be a bad guy. Yeah. He won Man of the Year, Mark. Did he win sexiest man for a time? Well, hold on. What year was it?
Let's talk about what else was going on. A lot of people don't talk about that. Exactly.
I mean, look, Nick Nolte won sexiest man. Shit, looking back on stuff. Did he really? He was sexy back then, though.
Yeah, I guess that's true. Not that mug shot. Yeah, let's pull up Nick Nolte, sexy. I mean, I see. I get it. Really?
He was on the way down, but they got him right at the...
I guess. I mean, I feel like now, Sexiest Man of the Year, they're just like, they're trying to make a splash. Yeah. Like, you know what? We're going to pick the guy who no one's expecting.
100%. Yeah, I mean, that's not a great look.
Oh, my God, I thought that was Gary Busey. Yeah, similar.
Yeah, they look alike.
You never saw this? I mean, I have seen it, but I kind of forgot that he looked like, wow.
Yeah, yeah. What happened? Drunk night, cocaine, hookers. Tuesday. Yeah. I think you threw hookers in. I threw hookers in.
I always do. You fit that in. Yeah.
We don't want to keep you. We know you've got another pod, man. But thanks for coming by.
Great to have you, dude. Fun as hell. Thank you, man. Appreciate it. Thanks for bringing Andrew Tate on. That was exciting. I'm sure you hear that 17 times a day.
Yeah.
I would get Michael Phelps with Down Syndrome. They threw in the second part always.
Oh shit, I can see it.
I can see it.
A little darker.
I would get Angel Reese. I don't know why.
I can see it. What is she, 6'3"? I don't know how tall she is, but she is tall. Damn, that's crazy. I saw her one time in person in heels and it was just like 6'8". Wow. Damn.
Damn. So who would win? Angel Reese versus Brawny one-on-one?
Ooh, that's a match. Brawny's winning that, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Just because of physicality or?
Biology.
History. Reality. It's just like.
Strength.
Well, it kind of blows my mind that we're having these talks. Of course. Because it's just like, I mean, yeah, sure, everybody's like, you know, LeBron, oh, LeBron, he sucks. Dude, like if you, he's, yeah, I mean, it'd be, it's tough to guard.
But is he in the NBA without LeBron? That is the question. Uh. Thanks for having me, guys. Like Jake Busey's the fine actor. Is he in movies without Gary?
Could he get there? Yeah. I think like being one and done in college, I mean, it probably would have served him better to like, you know, but like if you can get drafted, go get drafted. There you go. I have zero issues with him getting drafted at the 56 pick. Yeah. I have zero issues with the Lakers being like, all right, we're going to do this.
The thing that I think they probably messed up on is don't give them $8 million guaranteed. Yeah. Like, give him what is normal for that big. He's going to be okay financially. Yeah. Right. He made 10 times that in NIL. Yeah. Really? Maybe not 10 times, but he's made his own money. Sure. Right? And he also doesn't ever have to worry about money.
Yeah.
So it's like, just give him the normal thing, and you'll get everybody off his back. Let him just, like...
have him play the g league and like i don't know was he flying private for the g league games i don't i have no idea if that's true that's crazy i heard i don't know that's confirmed but well by the way he was i mean he only played a certain amount of road games so no i i honestly probably wasn't really like i don't know like wouldn't you want to be with the guys i just think it's yeah i i agree with that but it's like can you imagine being like just like standing there waiting to board and you're like
Is that fucking Bronny James? That's true.
That'd be crazy.
Is that Bronny James right there?
I don't know. So basically he's the Hunter Biden of NBA. Powerful dad, a lot of money. Did a few things illegal. He'll get pardoned. Got pardoned, yeah. I don't know. All right. Well, hey, thanks for coming on. Thanks for having me, guys. See you, man. Thank you. Thank you. I can't wait to hear the code switching on the next step. Yeah, so I was with these white boys.
And they're talking about the Knicks. Can you believe that?
I'm just doing like a death challenge.
So there's black people. Blake Griffin, everybody. Thank you so much.
That was great. Thanks for having me. Yeah, starting the bus tour, folks. Charlotte, North Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Philly, D.C., Bethlehem, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Austin, Dallas, Houston, NOLA, Memphis, Knoxville, Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta. We're going hard. It's all February. Durham. Ooh. New Haven, Providence, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I'm going to sell it to there. I can't wait.
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Mark, where are you going to be, man?
I know. That's true. Shit. I'm knee deep in baby shit. I'm crying. I haven't slept, but just got a couple biggies to bring up and then I'll leave you guys alone. Doing casinos because they're a big money grab. You get in, you get out. So I'll see you in Reno and Atlantis. Then the big one in Nashville, Ryman Auditorium. As good as it gets. Can't beat that. Very exciting.
We're moving some tickets. And then the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Asheville. Got to make up the date because of Helene, that cunt. Is that Tom Wolfe the writer? I assume. That's pretty cool. Asheville.
Yeah. Cool city. Dude. Yeah, very cool. Well, thanks to Blake Griffin. That was a great episode. He's awesome. You know the drill. Dude, I think we just got in San Antonio. We're moving. We're moving everywhere. New merch coming too. We're changing up the merch a little bit. Oh, yeah. It's a lot of cool stuff coming with Bodega Cat. BodegaCatWhiskey.com. Order a bottle.
But also, dude, we're going to have a big year. A lot of cool shit cooking. Mark and I got cool shit cooking.
We tweaked the movie a little bit. We did a little rewrite. So things are happening. Wheels are in motion.
Wheels are in motion, baby. We're moving.
I've had a little too much bourbon And Norman's talking shit about the fucking Pope And I get down in the same way Up on the roof like a cop's coming And naked Samuel is feeling dangerous I'm out to lunch here in New Orleans This woman doesn't look like I remember her And I get down in the same way