Transcript of Hour 2: Bryant McKinnie Puts Jeremy In a Headlock (feat. Andrew Santino & Bryant McKinnie)

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This is the Dan Levatard show with the Stugats podcast. Canes Insight is a live, vibrant thing every day, and it's a big week. This is a big week for business. Check it out on YouTube, where you will get your Miami cafecito and Fandam unfiltered, as opposed to ese arrepentido Levatard.. Ja Morant news, News, quotes, news. News? Quotes? News? What are we doing with John Morant? Because before we go back out to Tony, and this is a great place he's at right now, visually stunning. There are not a lot of places like this in America. La Guayoeira. So explain to people where it is that you are, Tony, before I get to John Morant and what's going on with the dolphins. Dan Soter is ripping the dolphins. Explain to people where it is that you are. What do you say? We'll get to in a second. All right, All right, no, hold on a second. You know what? You're right. It's a good decision. It's a good decision.

Follow your first instinct. Let's set it up. Come on. Let's just go. Tony, where are you, pal?

Hey, buddy. I'm at the Havana Collection right now. We are at a very unique place. It's half history of museum, half gallery, half, Yoyavera shop. And then we're in the back here, in a little parking lot where they have all these Cuban classic cars. So you're looking at cars from the 1960s and '50s. Look at this Ford. I mean, come on. Fairlane. You got a '98. I don't even know what the brand is. It's just called '98, Dano. So we're here.

That's good. That's good reporting.

It's an Oldsmobile, Dano. Remember Oldsmobile?

Yes.

Confirmed. Not a car.

The funny thing in Cuba, if you open... It's on the front, Dan. What do you want to do? If you would open this in Cuba, there would actually be a lawnmower engine. They don't have regular engines. They have lawnmower engines that push these around. So they don't actually go too fast. But again, in Cuba, where do you got to go? There's know where to go. What do you got to do?

I know you do have places to go. There are distances to travel.

Yeah, you don't have nothing to do in Cuba. Come on. What are you doing? That's why everything is tranquilito, tópica, because why? Because it's communism. There's nothing to do. Nowhere to go. But Mike said it for now.

For now.

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No, Harold. No problem.

Hey. Hey. Come on. Now this guy's talking. Look at the beautiful murals that are back here, too, Dan. Look at this. Patria y vida. Let them know, Dano. Let them know. I know you know about this stuff. This is not the first time you're reading about Patria y vida, right?

Just making it sure. I'm more interested in the graffiti parts of it, right? My brother painted this town, so it's cool to see art reflected there. Are you going to go inside and buy a Guayabera? Yeah. You're going to go inside? Yeah. Are you going to take us with you?

What size are you?

I'm XL.

I have the owner of Havana Collection right here. If you want to bring him in, he can show us around. I got you, Theo.

Yeah, it's just... Theo, I got you. When he says XL, you know what the dude done. Yeah.

Look at this. It's beautiful. See right here? Oh, hold on. Let's stop right here because this is a very cool situation. Look at all the patriots on this. Look at this. I heard this Hemingway in a while.

George Bush? Wow.

A great Patriot.

Oh, it's a prince.

That's the guy from TikTok, right?

For a second, I thought this was Carson Went.

What just happened to you? Tony, that's the one you're looking at?

This isn't Carson Went?

You need to keep your politics out of the show, Tony.

Bo, I'm just saying I had a...

Patriot?

One of the greats.

There's so many words you could have used there. Patriot is what you said for George Bush.

I don't know what's happening to me.

Yeah, that laugh was a little too sincere.

Oh,. Hello..

They're going to let you go wherever you want. This is another one of these things, Tony, where you can... Because you got a microphone in your cube and you can get in anywhere to do whatever you want.

. The Felding crisis here, too.

This is the Is this the one that speed went to during his stream?

Yes, this is exactly right. Just like I show speed, I am here to show not speed. What's the opposite of speed? Slowness. Look at his vintage hurricanes jacket, by the way. Yeah, the Pasito.

Find out what they want for it.

They're beautiful. Oh, that's a good one. Yeah, that's a beautiful. We should buy it. If it's XL, you should buy it and bring it back to me so I can wear it on Monday.

And you know what he means by XL.

How much can we get for this? Do we know? Do we know How much we can get for this? We'll buy it right now. This instance, we'll buy it. Dan, you know what? I can fit you. You should come here with me, Dan, so I can put you in una ropa just 100% Cuban. I think Dan needs to wear a cup like this right here with Dan would be…

Well, so, Tony, let's do this, okay? For Monday's live stream, go in there and find an outfit for me that I'm going to wear as you and Mike try to repair my image with Cuban Miami because I haven't been doing enough to celebrate the University of Miami. Go ahead and buy an outfit for me.

They told me that the jacket is not for sale, by the way. The jacket is not for sale, by the way.

What, display only? Everything's got a price. Dan?

Exactly right, Dan. You've got pockets. You've got big pockets, Dan. So, Tony, why don't you- You put them on this XL pocket.

I'm sure they'll be interested. Tony, why don't you pick out an outfit, and we'll come back to you in 15 or 20 minutes, and we'll find out what Dan's going to be wearing.

Yeah, model one for us. Okay, beautiful. I'll kick it over to Jeremy because we were just chewing on a theory here. Given the week that we've had speaking into these microphones. Jeremy said something that I had not considered.

Yeah, I think we've been speaking so much Spanish as a show that we've forgotten how to speak English.

I mean, this has been happening to me for a handful of years through my terrible aging process. You have seen me stumble. I used to be somebody who could have some grace around words, and now I accuse Demishack of being a yammering knob because it's a mirror. And my ability to speak English has been contaminated by having to speak it too much every day.

Look- And what's Zaz's excuse?

Well, Zaz is... Zaz, you've had a stellar week, but Tony has had a more stellar week. Is that correctly said?

It's not a competition.

Stellarer.

Ja Morant, though, being available to the heat at a discount. It's messy there. It's bad.

It's officially gotten bad, I think. Oh, it's just...

But it's super unpleasant, right? So you get... The story of this is a little bit crazy, at least. You're talking about face of the league stuff. The guy was going to be the one who replaced Steph Curry. So likable. And what has happened since then is a poison stream of immaturity and social media and whatever it is that's happening in his life that now makes him a broken, damaged product and possibly body as well. That seems a hard way to play that sport at that body type or any body type, trying to get those numbers of free throws. I don't know what he is anymore as a player. He's never been a three-point shooter of of any real consequence. I don't know how hard he's trying in Memphis, but the Memphis punctuation is going to be dirty. It's already dirty.

It is already. At 2: 00 PM today, Lord's Time zone, the magic are playing the Grizzlies. They're in Berlin. Why is it at 2: 00 PM Lord's Time zone? They're in Berlin. And so yesterday, they had shoot-around. The Grizzlies did. And there's video footage of Ja Morant and his teammate, Vince Williams, who At first, Glenn said it's this heated argument. I remember when I first saw, I'm like, How do we know it's a heated argument? Maybe they're debating something. Except when you watch it long enough, it's pretty clear that Vince Williams is telling John Marant, Let's go take this to the back. And Ja Morant is telling him, Why? I'm right here. I'm right here. I'm right here. You're not going to do anything. I'm right here. You're not about that. They're close to fighting there. It's crazy. And Ja Morant is telling him, I don't F with you all.

This is nuts for coworkers, even though Dan and I almost fought yesterday. This is crazy.

I think the fact that no one is intervening tells you the entire team is sick of him.

And so now where do we go? Look, he's in the discount bin.

He'll never play for them again.

Well, but beyond that, what's his value?

I think it's incredibly low. It's incredibly low, but I also think, and the Trey Young stuff, I believe, was a precursor to this, I think things are about to change in the NBA when it comes to what some of these guys are worth in trade, especially smaller players who maybe aren't great defensively. That's for sure. I don't think that these trades anymore are going to be what we saw over the summer with his former teammate, Desmond Bain. Five first-round picks. I think those days might be over.

That's the strange irony.

What a terrible ending for the Grizzlies, by the way. Desmond Bain, think about what all that was. Dylan Brooks, they were going to challenge the champions. This is a proud basketball town. They care about their basketball. Man, it must be unpleasant at the center of this franchise to have this splinter this way.

It's so weird, right? Because the Dylan Brooks stuff blows up and you're like, Oh, well, clearly it's this guy.

They blamed. They They publicly blamed Dylan Brooks.

Yeah, their front office, everybody publicly blaming Dylan Brooks.

By the way, you look at it now, Dylan Brooks looks like a winning player.

He's been really helpful to the Phoenix Suns. He is all of the things that he is. He lost them the game the other night down here with some of the antics, but you take some of that for what he can provide. You look at what's happening with Ja. They trade Desmond Baneway. But the irony in what you're talking about and what these values are, it's strange because it almost seems like It's more often that it's like a superstar who's maybe on a downturn and is having frustrations when he's the guy with the ball in his hands- Dude, that's been Reilly's MO, man. Who's getting the lower trade value than the guy who is the complementary player who they can take you over the top. So Desmond Bain becomes that guy. Mikael Bridges becomes that guy, where the Knicks say, Hey, we're over the top if we get this guy and add him to what we already have, where you look at a guy like Trey Young who needs the ball in his hands, and a lot of teams shy away from that. The They would say, All right, cool. That's good for us. You need a team like the Heat or maybe the Spurs, the types of teams where the reports are saying Ja is craving that leadership, that veteran presence.

It feels like the perfect fit. And if you can get him for the type of value- I don't know that it's the perfect fit.

I think it's about the value and, All right, we may as well take a swing at this.

That's the point. Well, yesterday, the lunacy of you guys, the shows are moving too fast. Is that Bryant McKinney?

Who the hell is- Who else could it be, Dan? Seriously, who else could that be?

That's a good point by you, actually, now that I think about it.

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Don Lebatard. If Daniel Day-Lewis did it, you'd be jerking off all over yourself. Oh, come on. Yeah, I would be. Aggressive description. I mean, what is that? I'm just saying. You know what? That's me. You're just saying what?

That's me. That was something brooved yesterday. I see that photo of Daniel Day-Lewis looking like Lincoln before he's about to start filming Lincoln. And you know what I do? I mean, Stugatz. I jerk off all over myself. That's what I do.

Lincoln, who you outed the other day.

Don't make this a rejoin. This is the Dan Levatard show with the Stugatz.

Let's get Bryant McKinney in here, played for the Dolphins. This is, well, not just the Dolphins.

Maybe we introduce him as former Cain first.

Thank you. Bryant McKinney, yes. I don't think he ever allowed a sack at the University of Miami. I don't think in practice either. I know it wasn't. I know he never allowed a sack.

Tis the legend.

But I don't think he's allowed one in practice either. Mike, I've never associated University of Miami with offensive line play. It's Leon Searsy, it's Bryant McKenney. You never did?

I mean, the one in '01 was pretty great, especially- He just said, Why is he here to Jeremy? We say that daily, pal. Don't let him-I don't know what to do right now.

You don't have to stand next to him. Don't worry about it.

I don't know what to do. I'm a little bit panicked.

Yes, it's nice to see him. You think I have it wrong, though, Mike, when I say I don't associate, generally, the University of Miami with producing first-round offensive linemen like Bryant McKenney?

Well, that's not what you said. You said that you don't necessarily associate offensive line play for the University of Miami. Now, if you've only been watching for the last 20-some-od years, I understand where you're coming from. Very few high draft picks, but when this program was rolling back in the day, when Mario was either in those trenches or helping bring some of those guys in the trench along, Bryant can speak to it plenty. That early 2000s offensive line something special. And this is probably the closest thing we've had since then.

Oh, absolutely. I think Mario has done a great job, him and Maribal. Bringing them bigger guys who are athletic, who can move and who can block and who can run block, pass, protect. So I feel like this is the closest thing that we've seen in a while.

And what do you make of it? I don't know how you watch the football games. When you watch football games, are you watching them like a fan or are you watching to see what the right guard is doing?

I watch it. I watch the line first, and I see who is getting off the ball, see if there's a misassignment because I can tell there's a lack of communication somewhere. I'm watching it more as a player first. Then once we get into the secondary with the running back or something, I'm watching as a fan.

How are you watching it, though, on the offensive line? When you see what Miami has done, I didn't have before all of this started, Oh, really? Miami is going to try and reinvent the game by just having the toughest team in the trenches. It makes sense with their coach, but that's not how a lot of people are doing it.

That's right. But I feel like, I've always said this, that the trenches, so far as the offensive line, they are the motor. You can't go anywhere without the motor. The quarterback is the driver, receiver, tight-end, and running back or the wheel. So everything starts out with the motor. They got to get the engine going first, and then we can move forward. So getting those big guys to be able to move, and you see they're getting four or five yards per carry, and they're able to control the time of possession, that's big for us.

Can I ask a favor of you? Can I ask you to stand up just so that people can see the size disparity between you and Jeremy? You did ask when you came in here, why is he here?

Because it looked like he does have on the Indiana show. What's going on?

Doing a thing.

What do you mean? No, wait a minute. You're not afraid. Oh, my God.

Look at what's happening.

Jeremy, you can't.

Just apologize, man.

I'm jumping.

I'm jumping.

Miner 22, that's for explaining the show.

Oh, no.

You can just go ahead and drop him.

This is insane. You're doing a thing. You're not supposed to be doing a thing.

I do love Fernando Mendoza. That guy rocks. He's just like me.

Bryant, when you're watching these games, and I tell you Miami has a—I want you to stand up again—a 50-pound advantage. What does that mean? An average 50-pound advantage. I think Indiana has probably had something like that most games in his fair Fine.

Right. I just feel like with us, as far as the weight advantage is on run blocking, I feel like it should be more of our favor to be able to drive these guys off the ball and then just keep leaning and wear and tearing on guys. After a while, by the fourth quarter, they should get a little tired.

There must have been games when you were playing at the U where you look across the line of scrimage, you're big, and you look at the other guy like, What is this? Right?

Some guys, if they were like a freshman, that was my senior year, something like that.

Well, but hold on. I remember the game, Dwight Franey got caught your belly button all day. You had never allowed a sack and still haven't allowed a sack. But is the legend true that you never allowed one in practice either? That seems like- That's true.

You would definitely... Somebody from practice, somebody would have stepped up and said, Well, I got one. So nobody's ever said that. They won't.

Did you ever hold it practice because you were close to giving one up and you're like, I can't?

I don't know. That's not something I remember. I don't know.

But that's not lore. That seems to be if I were to wander around and say, Give me an impressive statistic from the history of University of Miami football, any statistic you like, Bryant McKinney never allowed a sack in a game or at practice playing against- Sounds good. No, but playing- Yeah, give us some of the names.

Who was lined up against you in practice.

You had Jamal Green, you had Andrew Williams. I think Quincy Hips was over there in my earlier years. Mcdougal. Yeah, McDougal will come over every once. He played on the other side. But when I had a Dwight Freen and somebody had a good get-off, so I would ask the McDougal to come over and practice his get offs on me.

I don't know if you know who Andrew Santino is, Bryant. I've brought in some muscle here for Santino. Metalark Media, forgive me for a second, and please stay around. We love to have you here. Metalark Media is beefing with Andrew Santino because he was contractually obligated to be the bears correspondent this year for the entire season and has missed out on a golden opportunity. While I think it can be said, Andrew, while grabbing at other opportunities that may indeed be great because you never expected to be at this time in your life, but aren't quite as great as being the bears correspondent, we can admit now, correct?

That's right, Fake Cuban. I am here to make up for all the things that I screwed up before. I apologize, but I'm It's there now.

Thank you for doing so. I do appreciate it. What has this bear season been like for you in terms of where all your sports fandoms reside?

It's one of the greatest moments of our lives. I think we're all still Sweating out some of the Italian beef and sausage that we all ate. Watching the bears do what they did, the packers, gives us hope that we can beat LA. We can beat LA, and I think we have a chance to go to the dance.

But when is the last time you felt like you had a quarterback?

Before I entered the Earth, I think we had a quarterback. Right before I was born, we had someone who was magical. And since then, we've had 32 Schlubs and the packers have had two Hall of Famers, so it's been real tough for the kid.

Sid Luckman.

So you make what of Ben Johnson? How do you like the idea of somebody saying Bleep the Packers and then double downing on Bleep the Packers as someone who is too young to remember what Ditka meant to Chicago?

No, I do remember what Ditka meant to Chicago. Your parents beat it into you as a child and bleeped the packers. I can't wait to see that on hats, shirts, shoes, socks. Bleeped the packers for the rest of my life. They can choke on the cheese. I think Ben Johnson is one of the greatest revivalists of a phenomenal team, and he just took them to the upper echelon that they belong in. He's the man I want to see more shirt off, yelling in the locker room. I want to see him fight somebody. I think if he fought Lafleur, it'd be nice at the end of the season. We could set that up. I'm sure Donald Trump would put it on the White House lawn, perhaps.

Can you take me through your last month of viewing experiences with the Chicago Bears? Let's make up for lost time on what you would have been analyzing as our bears correspondent if you'd been doing your job.

Well, if I wasn't getting paid by other entities and not getting paid by you, and I was here, the loss of the Lions the week prior was devastating, particularly because I think we're significantly a better team. And them stomping us weeks before was also terrible. And losing the San Francisco It didn't feel good at all. And I'm not a fan of Brock Purdy. I don't like his dances. I'm not a big fan of the dancing. I don't like the shuffling and all that. And then look, beating the packers two times feels... I don't know. I mean, Big in the Backers, one of the two times felt amazing. But the whole season was an up and down and up and down. And then now I feel like we finally got what we deserve, which is a chance to show how how actually good this team is. I think one of the best rookies I've ever seen in Lovaland, I think that kid is unbelievable. And honestly, Caleb's really showing up the last half of every game, which is fine to me as long as we get a W.

So have you been surprised by that part of it, though? Because you're feeling how when you're down... You've had two statistical improbabilities of games that have no reason to be won one time in your lifetime, never mind twice in a month, the way that you beat the packers. But in the middle of that, you also get your heart torn out, living and dying with that Broncos game. There's never been a time like this for watching Bear's football for you, correct?

No, not even close. I mean, most of the time, by this time of the year, we're already tuned out. We're already checked out. People are already back in the sadness waiting for next year. I've never seen anything like this from us. And I don't know, I'm more than hopeful at this I believe we have all the ammunition as long as we continue staying healthy, that we can beat the Rams and move on through. I think I'm shocked that we made it here a little bit, but I'm happy. And I've got the old styles on ice ready to rock.

I want to talk to the group here about how Chicago is regarded nationally. If you keep getting this down in these games, don't all of us regard the Rams as being more formidable in every way? Everyone who's listening listening to this outside of Chicago Bear's fans, are they not saying to themselves, they better hope that Stafford's fingers are hurt because the Rams are a better football team? Do I have this wrong?

I don't think the Rams are a better football team. I really don't. I think the bears are just as competitive as them. And I do think Stafford is a great quarterback, and I do hope his fingers are hurt. But I just still think the bears have so much momentum right now that I do think they are going to to make a game of this. Look, I know the Rams are slotted to probably win this game, but I don't know. I think the bears have something special going on right now, and I think magic is in the air.

Mike, can you tell me at your leisure I don't know what the point spread is in that game? I don't know what the point spread is in the football game, but I would like Santino's professional observation here. Zazlo has a question for you about the most recent Packers-Bears game.

The packers win or the bears lose?

What? The packers win or the bears lose? No, bears win. We all saw that go down. I think the spread is... I just looked on... I think it says...

Draftkings Sportsbook, three and a half.

Three and a half or four and a half. Yeah, three and a half. Yeah, I still think the bears are going to pull this one out. I really do. And I don't care what the stats say. I think something's going on. There's a fight going on in the studio. I like that.

Brian McKinney, former Hurricane.

Brian McKinney, former Hurricane. Do you have any opinions on that game? Do you care about college football?

No, I went to Arizona State. We're not really the best at college football. We have some wonderful moments, and I root those kids on, but I'm not big. I'm a pro football guy. And also, shout out to this Arizona State Sun Devils. Put up a good fist fight against number one Arizona last night and basketball I saw. And not a bad show We're going to go against number one.

We did okay. Dan Lebetard.

How are you, Captain Slappy?

Stugatz. Is this Chumbucket? This is the Dan Levatard show with the Stugats. I should have mentioned this before. My apologies for not doing so. Whisky Ginger, bad friends with Bobby Lee, no bad lies with Andrew Santino. Among the things that you're doing, Andrew, what is it that you enjoy the most?

Golf and playing my dog. Yeah, golfing and playing with my dog. That's probably what I enjoy the most. I love all the gigs that I'm able to do, but I like to take some time down. I'm about to hop on a flight in a little bit and go to the East Coast and play a bunch of shows. Those will be very fun, but it's always nice to come home. But everything's been great. We're lining up a second season of No Bad Lies, The Golf Show, and Bobby Lee and I continue to berate each other and be rude, and he shoots his comedy special this weekend, so excited about that. But life is good as long as the bears get another win. At home, I'm going to feel real good. I wish I could be there. I'll be in New York. I'll be sitting in a dingy bar in New York watching quietly by myself.

The No Bad Lies, I think we mentioned this last time. This is professional griftery by you, right? You just want to golf. People are always asking you to make content. So you just said, someone pay me to golf with people, and okay, I'll walk your 18.

Yeah. That's not what this entire business is comprised of people just getting paid to do the thing that they actually want to do. I mean, you don't even like sports. I don't even know if people know that. This is just a little fun gig that you get to do because you like to be cued on camera with the microphone.

I'm being accused of that this week.

People know that.

This week, fake Cuban, fake sports fan. I'm being accused of nothing but grifting off of sports this week.

Yeah. And who cares? And those that can't grift, they just get jealous of us. And so we do what we must. I think golf has become a thing as I cascade into my 40s It's the thing I want to spend a lot of time on because Hollywood is a young man's game, and no one really needs a ginger around that much anymore. So I might as well hit the links and have some fun and get paid. Don't get upset. I see them getting upset.

Do you have any ginger? He needs ginger tips. The reason he's reacting is because he's with you. No one ever stands up for him. He's very lonely around him.

Dan bullies me a lot.

Yeah, but Dan bullies you because of his insecurities from his childhood, when they would throw rocks at him in the schoolyard. That's a thing that he had to deal with, and he's pushing that on you. It has nothing to do with the tone of your skin or the color of your hair. You're still a better man with a bigger unit, and that's just something he's got to deal with.

Not really, really, really, Santino. Really, Santino. Really. A bigger unit, a A bigger unit.

A bigger unit. I can tell. I can tell that Chris is packing heat, dude. That's why you stick him in that room. You're afraid. Look at that. Look at the stance. His back hurts from carrying that thing around all day.

You can tell that Chris- What a day for me. You can tell that Chris This is packing heat.

Yes. Some men, the way they stand, you can always see what their units like. I think Levitard is a small poke. I'm with that.

I've always thought the same. I'm with that.

I've always thought the same. A ridiculous accusation by you. We'd have no way of proving that. Wildly unfair.

You want to have a unit off?

Wildly unfair. Cubans do not have this reputation. I don't know where you, Ginger, come off thinking that you're thicker, but that is not a thing. Not a thing.

My My friend, I've got a Coke can. And anytime you want to see it when we're off camera, I'll give you a little shot of it.

Wow. This is descend into the muck. I'm like McCaleel. Listen, look, the sewer this man works in. This is raunchy.

You can't do this.

You can't come on a... You can't come on a man's show. What was that? You cannot come on a man's show and say, You're not packing heat. I've got a Coke can. You've got a small dick. It's not a thing you can do. It's I'm disrespectful.

I just did it. I just did it, and I'll do it again. I said it's a small poke, meaning it's a little forward guy like that. There it is. Honk, honk. There it is.

A little heavy-handed. Wow.

I got to tell you, I'm doing this only because of all the stuff you've been giving me for weeks of not being able to be available for you. So when the check clears, I'll be around more. I just... Dad's busy.

We'll settle it in litigation. We don't need to talk about it anymore publicly.

That's totally fine.

Is Miami a shitty comedy town?

No. Miami's great. I love Miami. There isn't shitty comedy towns if you've amassed a good audience. I like Miami. I really enjoy it down there. I think the only places that I don't do well at are the deep, deep south. Mississippi is probably not going to be a banger for me. I don't know if I'm going to do well down there. But most of that, the rumors about Florida Florida and comedy. No, Florida is great. I love Florida. Is he okay?

Who are we looking at here? Oh, no, I don't think he is.

Jeremy's all necked up.

Well, you saw what happened. It was a pretty strong outlook. Yeah, Bryant McKinney is very strong. I don't know. Let's sue him.

Sue him.

That's actually what he was saying as it was happening. If you could believe it.

He's going to sue. No, I do. Yeah, I believe that.

You can judge your book by its cover.

He guessed I was the guy driving the Hyundai Tucson last time?

I did. I remember that. Yeah, it's a light gray or something like that.

It's still accurate.

Before we let you go here, a broader question for you on the state of comedy and where it is you would like it to head over the next five years of touring because you care about the craftsmanship in a way that seems like it hurts, right? You care about being good at the standup. So what's going to happen here over the next five years to your business?

I think live performance will never die. People want to see us live. I mean, people really want to see live entertainment, and I do think it will always continue. I think the Internet is going to shape the business in a strange way. I hope AI doesn't take over. I hope you guys' jobs don't get taken over by AI. I mean, it's all possible. We all get swept under the rug. But people love live performance. We love performing live. There's nothing like that feeling connecting with people. So I think we're going to be okay. I don't know what it's like for the digital world and for specials and TV and movies, but for live standup, we're not going anywhere, and we're here to stay.

And so what is it like for you, before we let you go, your relationship with Bobby Lee as he heads toward a special, and you guys arrive in a stratosphere that I'm imagining you could have never possibly imagined as he heads into the pressure of a new special and the joy of a new special as his real, real friend who's been with him through all of the difficulties. Where are you right now in watching your friend here, Blossom?

I'm very proud and I'm excited for him. The word proud has some negative connotation to it. It's demeaning, but I am really proud of my friend, man. I think he's going to... This special is incredible. The hour that I've seen that he's doing is... It's going to be unbelievable. It's going to be on Hulu. He's put together the right puzzle piece as a great director in Louis Katz, and I think it's going to be absolutely phenomenal. And I'm going to send him a little sweet gift for one of the nights of his taping, and I'm not going to tell him what it is, so I want to surprise him. And it'll make the night or it'll ruin the night, and we'll see.

Good work by you. That's good friending right there. That is how you test real friendship. Can you send a gift and you don't know if you're going to make the night or ruin his big night, but that's how close you are. Santino, appreciate it. I think you're going to get your heart broken. It's not because your bears aren't very good. I think they're very good. I just think that usually it takes a couple of years of feeling pain like this before you get to beat someone like Stafford.

Well, that's fine that you think that. I'll I'll just keep riding on the high that we're on, and I'm going to get on the shoulders of Caleb, and I think we're going to do it. I can't wait to talk to you when we do.

Okay. I'm offended, again, on behalf of Cubans everywhere. I had a hammer. You should. That you would assume- You should. Yeah, you don't have a hammer, okay? And he doesn't have a hammer. Well, Santino thinks he does. Well, no, but he's doing this ginger bias- You'd be surprised. Look, he doesn't know anything about Cubans. And if you've listened to some of his work, he can be stereotypical in ways that are offensive sometimes. Yeah.

A comedian?

Yeah. I don't know anything about Cubans, but I know that you're not Cuban. That's all I know. If I know anything, I know you're not Cuban. Nailed it. I'll tell you that. You're You're Cuban. You're Cuban the way that I'm Puerto Rican. How about that? I'm from Puerto Rico. I want you guys to know that Santino is a Puerto Rican name. Santino. So I'm Puerto Rican, guys. Thank you so much. Here, I'm checking in from Puerto Rico. I'm here right now. Look in the background. There I am.

Classic side gag.

Levatard, I can't wait to talk to you when the bears beat the Rams. I love you guys. I love everyone in that studio. Love you. You made my week.

He's the thick dick to Andrew Santino.

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