Transcript of Top 5 College Football Storylines You Forgot About | Hour 2

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So a report from Grant Cohn says that Kyle Shanahan was holding and using his cell phone when a 21-year-old swerved into his lane. Uh, that doesn't seem like something worth covering up. Is it something worth covering up? As, uh, an assortment of people on this show just admitted to recklessly driving their manslaughter, uh, vessels into, uh, all sorts of upcoming traffic while falling asleep trying to make a, uh, you know, venture home after the really hard work day of working 4 hours around here.

We're just being honest that we get sleepy on the road. I think it's a very common thing. It's really it in here.

Itis.

Can you look up for me whether the itises that your father spoke of there—

Phobias.

Phobias, excuse me. They're not itises, they're phobias.

Decidophobia.

What was the other one? It wasn't drowsophobia.

What was it?

Drowsophobia.

Well, a drowsyphobia, or an intense fear of falling asleep, is called somniphobia.

Okay, but that was the one I was unsure of. Decidophobia is the one you offered me $100. Well, and you'll owe me $100 if decidophobia is a real word.

Is decidophobia a real word? Is it a real ailment? Is that what it's called?

I got to do a deeper dive. AI Overview says decidophobia is the extreme irrational fear of making decisions.

Thank you.

I'm not seeing a dictionary definition, but The internet is telling me that it's a thing.

$100.

The previous Hall of Famer around here for a call of an animal being on the field is, uh, something that has belonged around here for a while to Kevin Harlan. Can we play the sound, please, of Kevin Harlan? Because we've got a new nominee, Jason Bonetti. Our friend Jason Bonetti had a squirrel run on the field yesterday and did some play-by-play of a squirrel running on the field. But before we get to Bonetti, let's play what is so far the king when it comes to animals running on the field.

Oh, there's a cat on— a black cat has taken the field! A black cat is running from the 20 to the near side, the 10. From the 39 in Dallas, here's a short throw down the middle, caught by Ingram. Caught at the 35, right to the 30. Now the cat running the other way, and so is Ingram at the 30, to the 25, to the 24-yard line. It's a catch and run of 15. Now the cat is stopped at the 50.

So is it bad luck for the Giants? Is it bad luck for the Cowboys?

I don't know, but they've stopped playing. The players with hands on hips. Are watching the Cat run and zigzag all over the field. Now he's at the 5, he's walking to the 3, he's at the 2, and the Cat is in the CDW red zone. CDW, people who get it. Now a policeman, a state trooper has come on the field, and the Cat runs into the end zone!

That is a touchdown!

And the Cat is elusive, kind of like Barkley and Elliott, but he didn't know where to go. Look at— they're trying to corner him, and they got him in the end zone. There are state troopers all around this cat, which now climbs up into the stands, and the fans are running for their lives. Now it goes back on the field again, and it's running in the back of the end zone, and it runs up the tunnel.

You gotta lay out if you're Kurt Warner there. Let your boy cook.

Easier to do that during a football game, which is a little more fast-paced. It's gonna be hard for Bonetti to top that, but what happened when a squirrel ran on the field?

The chase for the squirrel is on, and the squirrel is in the corner, and the squirrel is still eluding an entire horde of ground crew members. And the squirrel's free once again.

Hemmed in.

No, I won't be hemmed in. I have freedom on my mind. Trying to go between the legs, and eventually he gets away again and hops through the towel and hops through another towel. The force field is activated. Towels can't stop him.

Or maybe they can.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to thank the ground crew. Let's give them a round of applause. He Detroit Tigers grounds crew.

Thank you.

That's Bill Miller, the group chief. He just got on his mic to thank the grounds crew and got booed.

It took 67 of them to catch one squirrel.

Like a hype man umpire over here.

You okay, Greg? Yeah, that was genuinely fun to hear. Both great calls. Those squirrels are dangerous, by the way. I would not want to try to— a cat, you think of cats with the claws as being more dangerous. Man, a squirrel. Yeah, I would not want to go near a squirrel.

I've never heard an umpire try to like work the room. Let's hear it for him.

Come on.

And they were like booing him.

Put it on the poll. Are squirrels rats with fluffy tails? @LeBittardShow. Or rodents with fluffy tails.

Good PR is what they have.

But they are rodents, technically.

Then rats with fluffy tails.

There you go.

I've got, uh, in front of me a handful of top 5 lists. Uh, Zazz has one and, uh, Mike has two. Mike was busy scribbling there and I saw it happen. It's rare that you get to just witness where it is that inspiration comes from, but I saw Mike realized that Kyle Whittingham is now the coach of the Michigan Wolverines when it came up on the television.

Number 5, Kyle Whittingham is now the head coach of the—

what is the list?

So, so bad.

The way to ruin his list. What is the list?

Top 5 list is top 5 college football storylines that you may have forgotten happened during the offseason. Number 5 is Kyle Whittingham is now in Michigan. Remember, he kind of retired at Utah and then something happened with the Michigan head coach, butter knives and whatnot. And now he's, he's over in Michigan. He's a Michigan man.

Number 4, Dan.

Dan, you got it.

I saw the way inspiration happened there. Did you guys see how that happened? Where all of a sudden—

Michigan number 4.

Not right now. Not, not yet.

Matt Campbell's at Penn State.

I wasn't quite prepared to do this just yet. The reason that Whittingham was on my televisions? Is it because Ward Manuel has gotten a $7 million buyout as the Michigan AD? Is that the reason, uh, that in July Kyle Whittingham was on my TVs as the Michigan— the new face of Michigan sports?

No, Dan, he's on your television because fall camp starts opening up next week. Number 3: hey, the Pac-12 has 8 football teams now. No, they were the Pac-2. They— but they added like Boise and San Diego State. I think Texas State is in there. Yeah, people forgot. See, I'm here to help you out.

Put it on the poll at @LebatardShow. Do you think you can accurately guess how many teams are in the Pac-12? Yes or no?

Number 2, Kalen DeBoer signed a 7-year contract extension and makes $12.5 million a year.

Wow. Why?

He got that extension, you know, he was, he was linked to some other jobs, but Good agent. What has he done? Big Kalen DeBoer.

Beats Georgia every once in a while.

Georgia. Georgia.

And number 1, James Franklin hired Virginia Tech's head coach from last season to be his defensive coordinator at Virginia Tech this season. That's weird, right?

Also weird, Greg Cody of the Miami Herald, who has a Baseball Hall of Fame vote. This is a day of celebration in in baseball whenever it is they announce their Hall of Famers. Among them this year, Andrew Jones, who has an unusual friendship with— wait for it— Mike Tomlin. But, uh, it appears that—

splash—

Greg is mad about Jeff Kent getting into the Hall of Fame, really, as, uh, as the maybe the greatest power-hitting second baseman that there has ever been.

He's so good.

Uh, what? He was good. It's the Hall of Fame. It's the Hall of Great, not the Hall of Really Good, Not Bad.

Well, he's got more home runs than any second baseman ever, and I don't parse that by position. He won an MVP as well.

I don't believe he did.

Uh, didn't he?

I thought he did.

Who?

You're right, he did win one MVP. You're right. Yeah, in 2000. It's so long ago. Right around the same time the Dolphins won their last playoff game. No, this is not against Jeff Kent personally.

But a Hall of Fame voter should know whether he won an MVP or not. He shouldn't, after voting, look at me and say that after not voting for Jeff Kent, that you don't know whether or not— or to deny that he won an MVP.

Well, I didn't think he did. Sue me.

Wow, that's a frivolous lawsuit.

Yeah, it's not a great look as you're about to sideswipe him for not being worthy of the Hall of Fame.

Okay, all right, then how about this? He's a 5-time All-Star. That's a low number for somebody who's played like 17, 20 years. That's a low number.

He's—

look, here's the thing. Hall of Fame voters require 75% to get into the Hall of Fame. Okay? That's a big number meant to keep out the Hall of Very Good and make it a Hall of Fame, a Hall of Great. 75%. In 10 years on the ballot, the most votes Jeff Kent ever got was 46%. Not even close. And yet, 10, you know, a couple of years later, the Veterans Committee swoops in and says, Jeff Kent, pretty good. Oh, look how good he was for a second baseman. He won an MVP award. And then all of a sudden, the 46% doesn't matter, and the Veterans Committee overrides the main voting electorate and, and just lets in a Jeff Kent again. This is not against him specifically, but in general, if the electorate does not allow you in with 75% or more, you shouldn't be in.

You know what? I think I agree with Greg. I think you're right.

Thank you.

I, I started off saying I think Jeff Kent is a Hall of Famer. He's a really good player.

Yeah, really good.

I think you're right. I don't, I don't think he's a Hall of Famer.

Thank you.

More home runs at second base than Robinson Cano. More home runs at second base than Robbie Alomar. More home runs at second base than Joe Morgan. What do you mean? It means Nothing—

but Alomar got in because of defense as well.

But yeah, and Joe Morgan got in for a lot of reasons besides home run hitting.

Okay, but just to be clear, generally speaking, I'm gonna give you guys an assignment that's going to take a minute, but I'm guessing that if I go through all of the positions in sports outside of pitcher and find the leading home run hitter at that position all time over 100 years of baseball, my guess is that all of those people are going to be in the Hall of Fame if they hit more home runs than anyone in the history of their position.

I would say even pitcher. I feel good about Babe Ruth.

Those archaic rules have changed. It used to be if you had 500 career home runs, automatic Hall of Famer. That's not true anymore. Uh, in Jeff Kent's case, I don't know why you're obsessed on most home runs by a certain position. That's what gets a lot of catchers in, is because people set the bar lower for a catcher for some reason.

But I just think of him as, uh, I think of him if not the best of his time at his position, among the best of his time at his position.

Right among the best.

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Dan Levitar.

Can't wait for 39.

Yeah, I can't either. 40 comes first.

Do you know what 40 is yet?

Not yet.

What are we doing? Greg, did you just laugh? Did you just laugh out loud at something Lewis said in your ear?

Greg Cody.

Yes. I couldn't help it, it was funny.

Yeah, but—

Thanks, Lewis. Gagging the goose.

Of course.

Choking the frog. I mean, there's a million of them.

Of course.

Half of them would sound dirty if we keep doing it.

This is the Dan Levatar Show.

I have the list. At every position. Mike Piazza, 427 home runs.

So he's not in the Hall of Fame, or is he? Because of the steroid stuff? Like, is he or is he not? I don't—

I'm not the guy that saw a baseball writer.

I don't believe he's in the Hall of Fame.

Is he? Is he? Is Mike Piazza a Hall of Famer? He should be a Hall of Famer.

He's—

I mean, do you know who the active leader is at the position?

Is it Salvador Perez?

He is a member of the Hall of Fame.

Yeah.

Big Sal. Big Sal. First base, Albert Pujols.

Yes, of course.

First can't be right. Is Paul Goldschmidt the active leader at that position?

Still playing, dude.

Yeah, it's crazy.

Yeah, for the Yankees. Good. He's still good.

Yeah.

Uh, Jeff Kent at second base. It seems as though it's like the, the least amount at any position.

Thank you.

Um, José Altuve is the active leader. Uh, third base, do you know?

I do.

This is all time. I mean, we're guys naming dudes right now.

Mike Schmidt.

Yeah.

Yeah.

A-Rod doesn't count for third base.

Yeah.

No, I think he hit A good amount of those at shortstop. Manny Machado, active leader. Shortstop, the second least position, Cal Ripken Jr. Yeah, not A-Rod. Active leader, Francisco Lindor. Left field, anybody want to guess? That's right, Roy. It was the reason why Jeff Kent got into the Hall of Fame, because of the protection that Barry Bonds offered him. Center field, Willie Mays. Right field, Hank Aaron. D.H. David Ortiz.

So literally Barry Bonds is the only one who's not in the Hall of Fame. And it's because of the steroid stuff. Everyone you just mentioned is in the Hall of Fame, and Greg is keeping out Jeff Kent because he thinks he's not Hall of Fame-worthy.

Oh, but home runs aren't everything.

Right.

It's not the whole game.

No, but, at that position— He was only in the Hall of Fame because he had the protection of Barry Bonds in that lineup.

And Jeff Kent was not known for defense.

Nope.

He was not a good defensive player, which is half of the game.

I'll tell ya, The, the, the one stat that sticks out the most to me that Greg gave was Jeff Kent played like 20 years, only 5 All-Star Games. That, that's not good enough.

That's a low number. That's very low for a Hall of Famer. That's bottom.

Very low.

Yeah. And, and again, the, the Maine electorate spent 10 years topping him off at 46%, almost 30% less than he needed. Why should How can a small committee consisting of 8 or 10 men all of a sudden be able to swoop in and say, nah, we think he's a Hall of Famer, even though the electorate consisting of hundreds of people never gave him anything close?

You're dismissing— you're dismissing this as not even close when half of the voters essentially think he's a Hall of Famer, right?

And it took 3/4.

He played in the golden era of second basemen. Guys, there was Jose Vidro, Carlos Baerga, Craig Biggio, Fernando Viña. Come on, name second basemen of the '90s with me.

Well, the part I was having trouble with is when he said it doesn't support my argument, so I didn't say it. I was going to say it was a good time for second basemen, but I don't think in the National League it was. In the American League it was with Cano and Alomar.

Edgardo Alfonso.

Why are you saying it like that? I like that.

Mark McLemore.

Yeah, not a great—

Tony Womack.

Yeah, not a great baseball—

in National League.

He's— Kilvio Varas. Kilvio Varas.

You mentioned Francisco Lindor, and I wanted to ask you guys a couple of questions as the trade deadline approaches and Schubel's probably going to change teams. And there's the possibility that Lindor has the benefit of moving from the Mets to the Yankees without having to move out of his apartment because Anthony Volpe is about as bad a major leaguer as there is and shouldn't be a shortstop for the New York Yankees. And I'm guessing that the Yankees are going to trade for Lindor. But I wanted to ask you guys, when I mentioned the hot stove, A, do you have any interest in baseball's hot stove anymore, as basketball and football's transactions are really something that we love to talk about here? And secondarily, do you guys think you know Why it's called the hot stove? Does everyone here think they know, or does anyone know for sure why it's called hot stove banter?

I used to know. I forget.

I can take a guess that I think is fairly reasonable. I think it might tie to the fact that the phrase back burner, like if you put something on the back burner.

No.

That's the opposite of a hot stove.

I think that the reason it's hot stove is because if the stove is hot, it means something's in cooking or is about to cook. And so I, I assume that that's the reason, but put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Uh, do you know why, uh, in trades in baseball it's called a hot stove? Uh, yes or no. Do I have any interest here or zero interest? Is there— with Jeremy out being a camp counselor, is there no interest in baseball transactions around here?

No, that's a big deal.— that could change things immensely.

I hate that for Detroit. Like, I hate that Detroit can't afford to keep somebody who's such a sensation and, you know, the best left-handed pitcher since Kershaw.

I think how wide open the American League is in particular makes it pretty fascinating, and it makes for a good market if you're, if you're not too inclined on giving somebody up. I think the marketplace is going to be desperate because you have a whole lot of teams that think that they're one guy away.

Before we get too far away from the Hall of Fame, you mentioned before Andrew Jones and Mike Tomlin's friendship. This was my favorite thing from all the Hall of Fame coverage I saw over the weekend. I was like, why is Mike Tomlin wearing an Andrew Jones hat? They have some odd friendship. Here's them describing their friendship. You're wearing the Braves jersey to support number 25. What's the story of your connection with Andrew Jones?

Well, we've shared the same banking amenities over the years, man, and we've had an opportunity to spend some time together through that. And just had a really great opportunity to get to know him as a human man and great guy, fun times together. And so I had an opportunity, obviously being free this time of year, to come support him. We talked about it, I think, at the Masters, and, and I said, man, I'll be there. And so it's great to be here this weekend.

This is such a rich thing, Dan. Now, my question to you, have you made friends at the bank? Because I've never made friends at the bank, but I imagine there's a certain echelon of being a bank person, or like you, you are so in at this bank that they give you like, hey, we're having a wine mixer tonight. Hey, come on, Andrew Jones. Come on, Mike Tomlin. Free beer and beer and wine for everybody.

I'd bet my life on that not being a bank that he is talking about. Poker games, something else. But the way that he talked about banking amenities, no one calls it a banking amenity.

Sharing banking amenities.

And then the smile that washed over his face as he continued to describe their relationship.

Banking friends.

That's not—

Dan, do you have banking friends?

The ATM at the strip club.

I mean, does banking amenities just mean like you're wealthy and you both do fun stuff together?

Mixers?

Famously, Andrew Jones was part of the Gold Club trial, and one of the things that I enjoy mentioning is you must be having so much sex if you go and be a part of the Gold Club trial and you are testifying about having sex with two women at the same time and you can't recall either of their names. Like, that's, uh, that's what I associate with Andrew Jones when it comes to off-field behavior. But I don't know what sharing banking amenities means. Does any—

it was that good rate.

Put it on the poll: do you remember dancers' names?

Even if I had two of them, I don't think—

no, no, okay, put it on the poll @LeBittardShow. Uh, if you had sex with two people at the same time, do you think you'd remember one of their names?

Same time?

Yes or no?

Yes.

It was at the same time. That was the point of the story. The point of the story is that it was multiple. It wasn't that he was just having sex with dancers. It was that he was doing so and not remembering their names while still—

It would be shocking to me if he did remember their names.

Yeah, they're all made-up names anyway.

What is sharing of banking amenities? And I can't wait—

I got it as a mixer.

You know what it means, Dan.

Once a month, come on down, free beer and wine.

Okay, so just to be clear, Well, it's clear then the question you were asking me is whether I go to get cheese cubes at Bank of America on a Wednesday night because they're giving away some Zinfandel.

Like, Sandy Alcantara, what are you doing here?

You know about that BOFA? I think the Rays would be a fascinating landing spot.

Gloria, good to see you.

It makes all the sense in the world that banks would have happy hours. You know, cocktail lounges. Why not?

Because they close at 4.

When's the last time you went into a bank?

I did so recently.

I do.

I, I actually go into a bank rather often and am often by myself in a bank because that's not how we're doing it.

It's so sad.

Yeah.

They're like ghost towns, banks.

Put on the poll at Levittard Show. Are banks like ghost towns now?

And yeah, and they're like mad that you're there. They're like, you know, this could be online. Why are you here?

I mean, the Tigers are only 6 out. Everybody in the American League sucks except for the Rays.

They're good.

When you mentioned, Chris, how it is that everything has gone digital, do you guys have any food establishments that will simply not take your order by phone? Where you call and someone picks up the phone and they tell you that you have to order via the internet.

No.

They will not. Because this is a new thing that's now been happening to me as, as the world changes around me and some of these establishments refuse to take my cash in a way that's distinctly un-American and is bothersome to me, and more and more of them refuse to take my cash. They also are refusing to take my order on the phone. Yeah, and I'm getting—

What's the place you're calling? What's your usual order to it?

It's just a branzino. It's a branzino and it's just with broccoli. It's a very simple order and they refuse to— What's sad about that?

That's for delivery. Fish doesn't travel.

I pick it up. It's not— I'm not ordering it to deliver. I'm going to pick it up.

Scott Spezio.

I've noticed, Dan, that I can get somebody, but they don't want that. You get that voice message first of like, hey, go to our website and download and you get 3% off. And then, and then at the very end, they're like, but if you'd like to talk to someone, just stay on the line.

Miguel Cairo.

I can tell you don't order it from a Hispanic spot because they love answering the phone and taking your order at Hispanic spots. Anytime I want to get a sopita de pollo, I want to get un pan con bistec, I want to— I call and I'll be like, hey, Hey, señora, quiero tal y tal. Okay, 15 minutos, ya está listo.

Mark Loretta.

They love answering the phone. They love service.

Todd Walker.

That's your fault for going to a gringo place.

Ronnie Belliard. I cannot wait to hear Mike Tomlin use 40 words when only one is needed, because sharing banking amenities leaves us more confused than if he had just said, I see him at the bank sometimes.

How is it not a follow-up from that reporter?

Little Mikey Mordecai. I will never forget what he did to Kyle Farnsworth. Right off the wall! Nobody was expecting that.

Clear all those bases.

You talk about Bartman, you talk about Moises Alou, how about Farnsworth coming out and he can kick everyone's ass because he could do karate and he's 6'9" and double off the wall. Delino DeSilva.

So you don't have anyone in your life that you'd be like, yeah, I met this guy doing banking amenities.

Pokey Reese. Can you get me the story about Pokey Reese either being abducted or going AWOL? What is the backstory there? Mickey Morandini.

Yeah, he was going to be on the Marlins and then he disappeared. We're still looking for him.

But was he abducted?

He just dipped.

Oh my gosh. People will do anything to avoid being on the Marlins. By the way, I have a hot stove solved Thank you. Dilemma. Are you ready?

Yes.

The term Hot Stove League comes from 19th century winter gatherings where baseball fans sat close to a literal wood or coal burning potbellied stove in general stores or barber shops to chat about baseball.

Andy Fox.

How about that? Potbellied stoves in a general store. It's my kind of America.

Put it on the poll at @LebatardShow. Is the pot-bellied stove your kind of America?

Greg, what is a pot-bellied stove? I know what a normal stove is.

What's a pot-bellied stove?

Junior Spivey!

It's, it's literally a circular stove that has—

close to the microphone please—

that has a little door that latches shut, and when it opens, the door is big enough enough to put in wood, like pieces of wood. And then the potbelly stove, you— if you keep the door open, you get all that heat. It's like a— it's, it's almost like a portable furnace is what it's like.

And punto.

And those used to be really popular back in the day. I don't think you can even buy one now. I'm in Best Buy buying a TV the other day, and I asked the guy if I can still get like a Magnavox console, and he, he looked at me like I was kidding. He said, of course not. Anyway, same with the pot-bellied sow. Thing of the past.

José Offerman. Zazz, why did you just look at Greg Cody with a great deal of disdain?

I don't think I did.

You did. While I— now I'm going to give up what I think is the reason. He was far away from the microphone.

Oh yes, yes, he was genuinely like surprised when you said get near the mic. Like, he forgot about the microphone.

Startled him.

I was having my conversation over here. I'm leaning back to see who I'm talking to.

No, but your reaction when he said, "Get to the microphone," you were like, "Oh!" You forgot there was a microphone.

Why do you forget that you're on the air and your obligation isn't to talk to the back row, it's to talk to the audience?

Yeah, Moore should be like me, because I think when the starting point is having what you consider to be a normal conversation Like, I talk the same into your microphone as I would if it's just me and a buddy at my house and we're having a conversation. I don't have an on-air voice, and I think people appreciate that. I'm just having a regular conversation here, and sometimes I like to lean back, sometimes I like to look at who I'm talking to. And so when I do that, occasionally, the price is maybe occasionally I'll be an inch and a half too far from the mic. So be it.

Mark Grudzelenik.

Dan Levitar.

I want to address Tony and all men who would wear that shirt in public.

Greg Cody.

Don't do it.

This is the Dan Levitar Show.

So Clayton McCullough, the manager of the Marlins, delighted Zazz by just simply mentioning the oddity Odyssey.

Oh, what a movie!

Uh, Zazz, uh, I've never seen Zazz behave this way around a movie other than He-Man. It's strange to see, uh, Zazz this excited. He's already—

movies are back, Dan.

He's already seen The Odyssey twice, and I believe he's going to watch it more than twice. Uh, but it was meant to be seen, as we have talked about here. It was meant— it's Christopher Nolan who's got— can you guys go through the IMDb of Christopher Nolan? Because I, I really do want to examine his Hall of Fame director career because— is Dark Knight in his top 5? Like, is it actually in his—

It is.

I mean, yeah, okay, we're gonna go through it in a second and see if it actually is or not because he's got a lot of movies to choose from. But there are only 25 theaters in all of America that give you the experience that Christopher Nolan would want you to have with his very expensive cameras. It is an experience that has the seats moving in the theater, and there was a disagreement where it seems like Zaslow thinks that we have video here of something that is real, but everyone else thinks it is AI. So can I get some sort of final verdict? And Zaz, if you want to just do some play-by-play here, because I don't know what this video is. I also have not seen The Odyssey, so I'm— you have famously, you have vertigo, so you cannot see this movie the way that Christopher Nolan would like you to see this movie.

Oh no, no, I could see it on the IMAX 70mm, no problem. The— I can't see it because all showings are sold out, but what I can't go see it at is a 4DX theater, okay? And these 4DX theaters, Dan, these are the theaters where you gotta strap in and, and the seats move around. I saw one movie in the 4DX. I saw the Buzz Lightyear cartoon movie in the 4DX. I almost fell out of my seat.

By yourself? I—

no!

I saw the Buzz Lightyear 4DX movie, took my wife on a date, and I almost fell out of the seat, so I can't go back. But Dan, here's the Odyssey.

Ridiculous.

Look at these seats! It's like— first of all, there's mist, there's water spraying out of these seats, and it's like a roller coaster. Look at this!

It's like an earthquake in there.

How could you watch a movie like this? It's crazy! And no, I can't see a movie like that anymore because I suffer from vertigo. But look, it's an earthquake in that theater.

Screen's blurry, can't even see the film.

Well, we had to—

yeah, we blurred it out, obviously.

Yeah, it wasn't obvious.

Well, but you think people are watching a blurry scene?

Yes, while being in the middle of an earthquake. The most ridiculous movie experience in history. I would pay money not to be in a chair that moved. What's wrong with people?

I mean, people are barfing during that movie, right?

They sure are.

You gotta barf if you're in a seat like that.

If you're not, they should be. Hey, somebody barfing right on the back of my neck while I'm going up and down.

Like, if somebody barfs on the back, you know, you got to say something, right?

Ridiculous.

You can't order nachos in that movie.

How you dipping the nachos?

You guys take the red wine challenge?

Yeah, that's crazy. How could you see a movie like that?

It's insane.

I think it's actually pretty cool, and the reason why is if you've seen The Odyssey, there's a lot of, uh, moments that they're on the ship and I would imagine that tremendous storms, right?

Poseidon's trying to kill them.

Poseidon's trying to kill you and you're trying to hold on for dear life, and it's cool to be in the moment. You got the, the water spraying you're trying to sit there and row as the same guys are rowing on the screen.

I think it's a cool experience. I'm not trying to get hurt. They get hurt in a movie like that.

Exactly. I want to watch Jaws. I don't want to be in the boat when the Jaws guy is coming into the boat, eating half the boat. I want to watch the shark.

The Jaws guy?

I don't want to be a part of it. The Jaws fish. Whatever.

The shark?

You know what, that Jaws fish.

You could have just stopped at the Jaws.

Well, that's true.

Could have just been Jaws. Like, how are you my javelin now? Are you now my javelin?

It's been a while since I've seen the film.

The Jaws amenities.

Tell us everything you know about the film.

I mean, it was a great film. I used to go to movies back then. I think I saw Jaws and All the President's Men back to back in my moviegoing days.

Uh, one of those is 1976 and the other one's 1983.

I saw them back to back. I don't go to many films.

He sat in the theater and waited, and they weren't that far apart.

What are you talking about?

You want Christopher Nolan's directorial resume?

I do, but now we've got to look up, uh, the distance between Jaws and All the President's Men.

I think they were both like mid-'70s.

Uh, I may have it wrong. I was just—

President's Men, '77. '76.

There you go, '76. Trombones and A Millionaire.

Jaws, '75.

There you go. So I saw him back to back.

Still not the same day. Like, you made it seem like it was a double feature.

Oh, what am I— I don't go to movies.

Jaws could have hung around for a while.

Thursday and a Friday.

Jaws could have hung around in theaters for a while.

Thank you.

Let's get to the Christopher Nolan IMDb and see if, uh, not a Hall of Famer.

That—

what?

Christopher Nolan? I don't think he gets—

you haven't been to a movie since Swing Boy.

I don't think he— I don't think he gets the 75% among cinephiles.

Of course he does.

I think he had maybe 2 movies out the last time you went to a movie.

Does he? I'm asking a serious question.

Yes, yes, yes.

He gets 75%.

Isn't he knighted?

Hall of Famer.

First ballot. First ballot.

Stay strong, Dad.

Is he Sir Christopher Nolan at this point?

He should be, even if he's not a knight.

I'd be curious what a movie knower would say about that.

Okay, I'm sitting here arguing Stay strong. We're gonna go through his IMDb now.

Are you ready?

Do it. Okay, he's heard of all of these.

Do it till you're satisfied.

2000, Memento. '02, Insomnia. '05, Batman Begins. '06, The Prestige. '08, The Dark Knight. 2010, Inception. 2012, The Dark Knight Rises. 14, Interstellar. 17, Dunkirk. 2020, Tenet. 23, Oppenheimer. 26, The Odyssey.

Okay, 71.4%. Not a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Probably a guy who gets in on the second, third, or fourth year like Carlos Beltrán.

Yeah, that's— Tenet is his steroid scandal. Tenet is his only 5 all-star appearances.

That's right. Thank you. You are wrong.

Yeah, he is the first ballot, but I'm also wrong. Uh, Dark Knight has to be in his top 5 if that's the list. Although people sleep on Dunkirk and they shouldn't. Like, that's one of the greatest movies.

Prestige, probably his best.

You want to shock people, you say things like Dunkirk and Odyssey, they're in the bottom half of Christopher Nolan movies.

Oh, I think Odyssey's at the very top.

And it's a, it's a rhetorical trick. No, I think it's, it's in the bottom half. I think it's the bottom half, and that's just a testament to how great his films are. In fact, The Odyssey is not my top film of 2026. Would you like to hear my top 5?

Do we have a choice?

No. Dan, lead it off.

Kyle Whittingham.

Outside Looking In. Only one of these. Obsession.

That's really good. I, I, I've, I've heard a lot of good things about that from a lot of people whose, uh, opinions I trust, so I'm willing to say that's really good before having seen it.

No, it is really good, although Juju was out. But it's another reminder as to why I think horror is the best genre, the most forward-thinking genre in Hollywood.

We love horror movies.

Yeah, I did.

The filmmakers, the up-and-coming filmmakers there take so many chances. The budgets aren't the same, so you have to be really creative. And I think Indian Navarati is going to get nominated for Best Actress. That's my bold prediction there.

Oh no, no, no, no, we were having a nice date.

It's actually pretty good. Nominated for a SUI. Number 5 5, The Sheep Detectives.

Good movie.

Great film. Yeah, really, really great family flick. Cool effects and a pretty captivating whodunit. I like The Sheep Detectives quite a bit. Quite a bit. Quite a bit. Number 4, The Drama. Love this film. Loved watching it in theater. There were so many gasps. And I think— here's my bold prediction— huge year for Robert Pattinson. I think Robert Pattinson gets nominated for Best Actor and Best supporting actor. Best supporting actor, I think he gets nominated for The Odyssey, but best actor, it's anybody's guess. It could be for the drama, but it's such a huge year, he still has his Chris Hansen movie coming out. That comes out very soon where he plays Chris Hansen, so that should be pretty good. Number 3, The Odyssey. Great film, great film, but not the top of the year. In fact, not even number 2. Number 2 belongs to 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Love loved this movie. Rachel Weisz was unbelievable, and in fact the entire cast was incredible. I do hope that they continue telling this story because it was a great performance.

How many of those have they made? Is this the third or the fourth one?

I think this is the fourth, but like the third Danny Boyle one. And number one, I think pretty clearly, is Project Hail Mary. What a frickin' movie.

What a movie.

And look, you can like The Odyssey. I think Project Hail Mary is pretty sizably better um, but it came out early in the year and people forget about it.

Didn't Juju say Obsession, uh, was super boring?

That's what he said. He's entitled to his opinion.