Charles Barkley, Grit Week Has Begun, Mt Rushmore Of Things That Begin With G, Plus Happy Gilmore 2 Review

11:26Big Cat:by the way sources within the team are being careful and won't leak many details one says quote it was weird like a very weird incident so it sounds like it was a butt incident it sounds like he put his finger in a butt reading between the cheeks on this i think it is an asshole

11:44PFT Commenter:incursion i i would i would say it feels it feels like it was a butt so because he's had there's like multiple i was looking below the report and there was just multiple instances of people like college yeah pros fingers and butts blatant finger in the fingers all up checking

12:03Big Cat:the prostate now christian wilkins is a good player is he penetrate your butthole and still be allowed on a team good i don't think it depends on the price like if aaron donald stuck his fist somebody's ass you gotta be able to handle it you look the other way it's every yeah he can do

12:17PFT Commenter:anything he can put his whole face in your ass yeah but if you're injured you can't be doing no you can't no wait if you're if you're in the tub you can't be putting your finger in people's butts no no uh all right that that was a story uh we also just have varying degrees of uh this quarterback stinks or this thing you know aaron rogers highlights caleb williams highlights It's everyone freaking out. It's still very early in training camp. Yep. Remind everyone. We also have a very funny just wrinkle that – well, it's not funny. Matthew Stafford is out for a while because he's back. The funny part is Devontae Adams is on the Rams and excited to be on the Rams, and now his quarterback is Jimmy G.

12:59PFT Commenter:And if you remember correctly, he basically was like, I need to get the fuck away from Jimmy G. Yep, he can't quit him. so he the the the wide receiver netflix show is just davante adams being like jimmy g's trying to get me killed i need to get out of here yeah and he just went all roads lead back to jimmy g

13:14Big Cat:i think that it's probably sean mcveigh and matt stafford having a handshake agreement matt stafford being like i want to play again but i'm old so please don't make me play in training camp all the time and sean being like yeah okay i understand yeah absolutely it makes

13:27PFT Commenter:perfect sense um also kenny pickett got a hammy i saw that so he drops down to fourth yeah the Browns quarterback situation changes a little.

13:34Big Cat:Yeah, right now I have Flacco number one again on my Cleveland Browns quarterbacks. I think Flacco starts the regular season. I would agree.

13:43PFT Commenter:I mean, if Kenny's hurt, they're not going to start Dylan Gabriel. No.

13:49Big Cat:I feel like Shador's in third, Dylan Gabriel's in second. Yeah, absolutely. And they would rather have Joe Flacco start and let Dylan Gabriel learn a little bit.

13:57PFT Commenter:Yeah. Absolutely. um all right oh also malik neighbors hated daniel jones yeah i believe that was pretty clear he had a uh interview where he he was talking about having uh it's nice to have a true leader in the locker room yeah over and over so and jamis winston also is a true leader he said that uh he's not an outcome-based quarterback yeah which is uh you think yeah it's like he basically like yeah if it's an interception it's like was the process correct yeah it's about it's about getting

14:26Big Cat:there. It's about the journey, not the destination. I was about to say a shout out to their couple of AWLs. There's two AWLs with I'm getting their shirts that we apparently sold and probably need to put back on sale.

14:39PFT Commenter:Absolutely have to.

14:41Big Cat:Those are hot. What is that a reference to again? Go ahead.

14:45PFT Commenter:I'm getting there. You have to read

14:46Big Cat:the tweet. You have to read the tweet. Do you know what tweet you're looking up? I'm searching Ray Allen. Ray Allen, I'm getting there. I'm searching it right now.

14:55PFT Commenter:While you're looking for it, We've talked some love about Maryland and Baltimore. I'm just looking through my bookmarks. I don't know why I bookmarked this, but it is funny because we're appropriately in Maryland right now. It's from Cumweiser is the Twitter account. It's a great new kind of beer. Cumweiser. He said, and again, this is all love to Maryland, but this is a funny tweet. I have to read it. Maryland is the most pathetic state shape ever. Like, oh, yeah. No, I don't need a lot of land. I'll just take your scraps. That's fine. I'll take this fuck ass area and I don't need anything else.

15:28PFT Commenter:Sorry for bothering you type shit. I'd be embarrassed to be proud to be from Maryland. Yeah. I mean, it is funny when you look at the map, they just cut the shit. They cut the fuck out of Maryland.

15:38Big Cat:They carved that shit up. You know what the most cut part of Maryland is? It's on the Eastern shore. When you look at that and then Delaware takes half the Eastern shore. And then at the bottom, dude, Virginia is just like, oh yeah, we got this too. I'm going to need that, that bottom. They got cucked. so bad yeah okay whatever you say virginia take your scraps that's fine i'll take this

15:58PFT Commenter:fuck-ass area i think they're talking about the western part yeah it is that's a true fuck-ass area in the western part it's just like a little piece and it's just such a funny state shape because it's a straight line up top and then it just they just got cucked on everything big time

16:13Big Cat:and and the district of columbia too they took that right out of maryland sure

16:19PFT Commenter:oh shut up come wiser uh all right ready you want the full thing yeah yes sir okay i got you it's uh i'm getting there when you masturbate think about my tongue on your

16:32Big Cat:clit and switching back and forth from dick to my tongue nice that's from sugar ray 20 ray allen

16:40PFT Commenter:i like how too when you had to find it it's just a tweet of me tweeting it out

16:47Big Cat:what was it like when you ran into ray allen at tahoe big cat not not really warm

16:53PFT Commenter:well he gave me like uh i was like hey we're trying to get you on part of my take and he was like oh cool i'll tell my people and then i texted josh our great booker i was like hey i saw ray allen he said that he'd be down to come on and then you like 20 minutes later he's like yes people just passed again yeah smart move yeah but also not a smart move because kind of like the tennis pod if ray allen came on the tweet would basically be done if we joked about it with him he would kill it he would kill it yeah like that's the beauty of the show is you could just

17:21Big Cat:kill a joke like the tennis pod is probably gonna have ray allen on they're probably gonna get him i got one more piece of breaking news okay breaking moves ben simmons one of the most sought-after free agents on the market is expected to sign with the boston celtics league sources say. Oh, wow. As first report on Part of My Take. Boston has been engaged in pursuit of Simmons since the start of free agency, sources said. That's the Ari report. Hank? Max? I don't think this is a real report.

17:53PFT Commenter:Are you saying you don't trust the Ari report?

17:55Big Cat:That is kind of what I'm saying. That sounds anti-Semitic. That's crazy. That is... He has 15 ,000 followers.

18:03PFT Commenter:Is this the same guy as Material Change? No. Who's that? That was a different Ari. Shams has not said a single thing about this. I feel like that might be just the same guy. He just popped up again. He might be. He's a different Ari. He's reporting NBA news?

18:16Big Cat:I don't know. I don't know if it's the same Ari or not because I feel like that Ari is still online.

18:20PFT Commenter:If this is material change guy, this rules. Just keep swinging, dude. Because he had the worst. What was it? It was Kawhi. Yeah, Kawhi. So congrats on Ben Simmons.

18:31Big Cat:I would be excited for Ben Simmons. I'm with Max. I don't think this is like 100 % sure. Different Ari. I think it's probably 25 % true. He's just trying to be first.

18:40PFT Commenter:Okay. But there's four teams interested.

18:42Big Cat:Four to six teams per the Ari report.

18:44PFT Commenter:Got it. Hank, while you have the mic here, UFC report. Yeah. A lot of great fights. I have one main takeaway.

18:58Big Cat:Sharaputin Magomedov is the greatest UFC-looking fighter of all time. He looks like an angry leprechaun.

19:04PFT Commenter:Whoa. He does. What about the guy's eye? What did you think about that?

19:10Big Cat:It's a good eye. No, it wasn't.

19:12PFT Commenter:Did you not see the guy's eye?

19:15Big Cat:Which one?

19:15PFT Commenter:His eye was completely black and blue. There's a lot of guys, a lot of eyes.

19:17Big Cat:Completely black and blue. I'm going to show you the guy's eye.

19:19PFT Commenter:It was more than black and blue. It looked like a tire pump put underneath his eyelid, and it happened almost instantly. You ready for this, Hank?

19:28Big Cat:It is a very violent sport.

19:29PFT Commenter:Now, Hank doesn't like violence, but he loves UFC.

19:34PFT Commenter:What? oh yeah foul that's pretty crazy it's also crazy because if you see the actual clip it happened like he got hit he went down by the time he was standing up you could see it actually blow up like in real time it happened in a matter of seconds gross great fights though yeah as always your tv yeah that's a great recap thank you yeah what was the atmosphere like saturday night when you're watching those fights uh you know i i like to wait until the all 22

20:05Big Cat:comes out so i can you know get the get the view from my eye in the sky so i wasn't actually watching that was a trick question i was trying to trap you into it because it was saturday during the day right but you still haven't seen it

20:18PFT Commenter:hank what about the red sox bandwagon train you can you tell me what happened this week we were beating the dodgers when we walked into the meet and greet okay i did not check if oh we won we'd be the dodgers yeah we're we're good Yeah. And Aaron Judge is hurt. But not that hurt. But a little hurt to the point that Giancarlo might be warming up to play some outfield, which is so funny.

20:40Big Cat:And then Aaron Judge just DH-ing?

20:42PFT Commenter:Yeah. They're not going to shut him down, right? He's going to keep hitting? They're going to try. I think they're going to wait a week or so to revisit. Okay. But Giancarlo playing the outfield is what we all want.

20:52Big Cat:That is what we need. Yeah. We absolutely need that.

20:54PFT Commenter:It also was Hall of Fame weekend for Major League Baseball.

20:57Big Cat:Yeah. What happened to Ichiro's speech? I don't know. I don't know. I just saw a bunch of clips of it.

21:00PFT Commenter:I didn't know it was Hall of Fame weekend until CeCe Sabathia got stuck on the side of the highway. I like that. That was like, oh, he was like, anyone going to Cooperstown can help me out. And I was like, oh, it must be Hall of Fame weekend.

21:13Big Cat:I like that. Each row cracks jokes, shares wisdom, and calls out lone voter in National Baseball Hall of Fame speech. Nice. That's the headline.

21:21PFT Commenter:We had our AWL Nick Kurtz with maybe the greatest game of all time.

21:25Big Cat:I'd say probably the best offensive game in baseball history.

21:28PFT Commenter:19 total bases

21:30Big Cat:4 home runs

21:32PFT Commenter:6 8 RBIs or no how many RBIs did he have he went single home run double home run home run 4 home runs

21:44Big Cat:just insane we got to hear Dallas Braden on the call say it fast Nick Kurtz is that ok

21:53PFT Commenter:why

21:56Big Cat:I like to say Nicholas Kurtz Okay. Just be safe. Nick Kurtz? Yeah, just be safe. Are you trying to do like a Steve Kerr thing?

22:04PFT Commenter:Yeah, yeah, it's kind of like that. It's not exactly.

22:05Big Cat:I don't think it's the same as Steve Kerr's son. It's close. You were right with eight RBIs, by the way. Nine? I said you were right. Eight? Yeah, eight.

22:14PFT Commenter:I think you have nine.

22:16Big Cat:I'm looking at it. And he's a rookie, which is crazy. And if you look at how he's been hitting since, like, I think the first month that he was in Major League Baseball wasn't great. but since then he's like the best hitter in major league baseball yeah in the entire league yeah um

22:32PFT Commenter:all right do we have anything else before we do who's back then we'll do mount rushmore all right let's do it and then we have charles barkley awesome interview hey it's pft look we

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23:40PFT Commenter:Who's back of the week? I had Nick Kurtz. I had

23:43Big Cat:Ben Simmons.

23:45PFT Commenter:Oh, man. That's about it.

23:47Big Cat:Corn sweats.

23:49PFT Commenter:Yeah. Corn sweats. Go on.

23:51Big Cat:Yeah. So it was very hot in Chicago this weekend, very humid. And apparently that's because of corn sweats. That's what it's called. Yeah. I love corn. It's basically like the meat sweats. But when it's humid, you can just blame the corn. It's a hot one. So the corn. Really hot. What was it about the corn? What is it about it? Yeah, they made it hot in Chicago. Corn sweat is crops releasing vapor that soaks the atmosphere and turns the outdoors into a steam trap.

24:17PFT Commenter:Love that. So it's basically like the corn turns the earth into a sauna. So it's like a polar vortex.

24:23Big Cat:Steam room. But for corn. It was the corn hole. We were trapped in the corn hole.

24:28PFT Commenter:That was good thinking on your feet, Hank. Thank you. Nice job, Hank.

24:31Big Cat:Well, I was thinking about something. You're sharp right now. It's been really hot. And it's like, this can't be normal. And it's like, oh, this must be the corn sweats. Yeah. And it was. I'll tell you what.

24:41PFT Commenter:I alluded to it at the beginning of the show. But after Charles Barkley, we're going to do Happy Gilmore 2 review. and I know Hank has some good takes. Very good. Some really good takes.

24:50Big Cat:Well, yeah, I just know from what PFT has been spoiled for me. I've been waiting. I've been waiting on it. Spoiled? We spoiled it? Yeah. It's not Citizen Kane. I'm not telling you that Rosebud was the sled. So you didn't watch. It was our homework. It was not our homework. It should have been. I started watching it and then.

25:07PFT Commenter:So you didn't watch UFC or Happy Gilmore 2. I watched Happy Gilmore 1.

25:10Big Cat:I watched Happy Gilmore 1.

25:11PFT Commenter:Okay. Greatest movie of all time.

25:12Big Cat:You didn't want to be lost during Happy Gilmore 2. I get that. It came on, and I'll watch it eventually, but the intro being the exact same, I was like, I just want to watch Happy Gilmore 1. When it started with the same music and voiceover and stuff.

25:24PFT Commenter:When did you watch Happy Gilmore 1?

25:25Big Cat:On Friday night. Oh, really? Wait, wait, wait. I started to watch Happy Gilmore 2. This is insane. This is crazy. You started to watch Happy... I'm just going to get mad. I want to just enjoy a movie. And Happy Gilmore 1 is the funniest movie of all time. All time? I can't. You might be the only person in America that did that.

25:45PFT Commenter:No, I actually think there might be a couple people who've done it.

25:47Big Cat:After the opening scene?

25:49PFT Commenter:Yeah, there were some people who were mad about Happy Gilmore 2.

25:52Big Cat:But after the opening... I just knew it was going to be a repeat. I'm like, why should I just watch the first one? It's going to be a repeat? The beginning narration was literally the same song, same voiceover, same thing. It's like, alright, this movie, which I'm assuming is how it goes, is a pretty similar story to the first one. It's a remix. I'm going to watch it but once again you guys are spoiling shit for me don't spoil right now Hank right now you're spoiling our upcoming review of Happy Go More 2 true true

26:20PFT Commenter:alright good who's back

26:21Big Cat:thanks I have two who's backs alright first who's back is Hank and Mount Rushmore season great performance last week us yeah but you let's get real you nailed that top to bottom good work you mean on just Friday on Friday's show yeah yeah great work you said last week Friday was last week got it yeah But there was more than just Friday. I'm talking Friday. Great work by Hank. Start of the championship DVD. Here we go. Your lips to God's ears. My other who's back of the week is Philly sports fans. Good sports town. And it travels. That was in Yankee Stadium, right? Correct. There was a video of two fans allegedly having a great time at the old ball game together.

27:01Big Cat:Just enjoying it. He was saying, we're number one. Peanuts and Cracker Jacks. Just giving her. He was giving the Bronx salute.

27:08PFT Commenter:Yeah.

27:08Big Cat:He was telling her fastball down the middle. It was the Bronx salute. It might have been a little bit low for a Bronx salute. And she really thought that he was getting the spirit of the game. And you love to see two kids go out to a ballgame like that enjoying themselves.

27:21PFT Commenter:Love is love. And Philly fans love love.

27:25Big Cat:City of brotherly love. There it is. Brotherly love. That wasn't brotherly love. Maybe like stepmotherly love.

27:32PFT Commenter:That was something different going on.

27:34Big Cat:Love. Love is love. Love is love. But they had a great time at the old ballgame. That's what we like to see as sports fans. Yeah. Who says baseball's dead?

27:41PFT Commenter:Not us.

27:42Big Cat:Not us.

27:42PFT Commenter:Not us. Never. All right. I got a couple who's backs. First is Jokic. The video of Jokic crying after his horses won. So good. So fucking good. Would you be pissed if you were a Nuggets fan?

27:55Big Cat:Like a little bit? A little bit. But it's also so funny. But it's good to see him expressing that emotion about something. Yeah.

28:02PFT Commenter:The way I put it was Jokic, he just rocks because he loves horses more than anything. And then in the horse offseason, he's like, I'll win a couple MVPs. Yeah, it's his hobby. Yeah. He would rather. He's almost like, I got to go pay the bills and win an MVP and be the best basketball player in the world.

28:19Big Cat:But I really want to be back with my horses. It was abundantly clear that he cares more about his horse winning races than he does about winning NBA championships. But he also cares a lot about winning NBA championships, and he's very good at that too. Yes. So just let Jokic be Jokic. He loves the cart horses, too, which is, I don't understand this as much. It's a Serbian thing, yeah. You know what I would not do, though, if I were a Nuggets fan, is shame him for this. No. Because that's just going to push him away. Agreed. I think Nuggets fans just have to become just as big of horse fans as Jokic is.

28:48Big Cat:Big time agree. Like, build a fucking world-class horse racetrack in Denver, and then maybe Jokic will be more attached to your city.

28:57PFT Commenter:Yeah, he can't leave. Yeah. Also, I saw there was, I think LeBron posted something with Jokic's agent. Did you see that? I'm going to look in the Instagram. Maybe it was, was it, hold on, I'll find it. It was, so it's not what you think of like LeBron and Jokic teaming up. It was, oh, so his, so Jokic's agent posted something with LeBron and said the summer of 2025 is the perfect time to make big plans for the fall of 2026. It was him, Maverick Carter, and LeBron. So you'd initially think, oh, this is LeBron trying to team with Jokic. It's, I think, the threatened league that people are talking about, the new basketball league, because he's a big agent in Europe, and he's got, like, all the Euro ball.

29:46PFT Commenter:So interesting.

29:47Big Cat:Do you see what Luka tweeted out today?

29:51PFT Commenter:What did he say?

29:51Big Cat:There's a tournament of one-on-one basketball that's going to be going across the country this summer. Okay. That would be awesome to watch. This summer's over. Yeah. Well, no. August. It's like July 31st into August. This summer's over.

30:05PFT Commenter:Hank knows it. Hank knew it. He said when Grit Week starts, Hank knows summer's over. Yeah. Football's back. Football's so back. You're excited for it. Also, Mario, who got cocked by Princess Peach. Nintendo announced. Was it what?

30:23Big Cat:did we talk about this on friday no i saw that report it came out on friday big report oh hank

30:27PFT Commenter:i forgot you just weren't on earth for the last three days uh nintendo released what this was a big story it was nintendo released a statement on princess peach's relationship with mario and said they're good friends and help each other out whenever they can 40 years of that total friend zone white knight bitch very sad very sad for mario you think luigi

30:51Big Cat:was smashing? No, Luigi's smashing the other one. Daisy? Daisy. And Mario's not all up in Daisy's guts. Nothing for Mario.

31:00PFT Commenter:Yeah, nothing for Mario. How many times does he have to save her?

31:03Big Cat:I can't believe I missed that.

31:08PFT Commenter:It is funny, though. It was going viral for a while on Friday. Did you hear about the aliens?

31:14Big Cat:I did hear about the aliens.

31:16PFT Commenter:Did you see Dante Jones pick his butt?

31:18Big Cat:Nope.

31:18PFT Commenter:Yeah, that was a crazy video. My former teammate. Yeah. Um, what else did you miss? Shane Victorino played for Savannah Bananas. That's fun. Again.

31:26Big Cat:That's fun.

31:27PFT Commenter:Yeah. What else did Hank maybe miss?

31:30Big Cat:Uh, Shaq fucking hates Rudy Gobert. Yep. Yep. That's, that's, that's been known.

31:35PFT Commenter:Did you, uh, uh, Trump's caddy dropping a ball? That's very funny. That's also like, I, if you're, if you're a person of money or power, like you have to have a caddy doing that for this. Why would you ever hit out of the bunker? like just i would love to just have someone just going in front of me all the time you're like found it right in the fairway his course yeah yeah yeah okay zach do you have a who's back for us

32:00Big Cat:i do have who's back for us i've got a quick one this week uh i know i've been touching on the video game stuff a little heavier so i will broaden my horizons but this is a pretty notable they had a ewc this last weekend are you familiar with ewc yeah uh esports world cup out there in Saudi. Oh, yeah. That's what I definitely thought you meant. It's the Saudis. So, Cod Champs, I would say, is the biggest tournament of the year.

32:21PFT Commenter:Wait, when you said you were broadening your horizons, it says not.

32:25Big Cat:I'm going to broaden them. Moving forward, I'm going to broaden them. This just felt notable. Listen, you've got to report on what you've got

32:33PFT Commenter:to report.

32:34Big Cat:I appreciate that, but I will broaden them, I promise. Optic to Greenwall was able to defeat Vancouver again. two trophy raising ceremonies at the end of the year for this title of BO6. Fantastic. Let's go. Didn't understand anything he said. What game was it? Black Ops 6. Black Ops 6. Yeah. That's huge. So Optic is just wiping the shit out of everybody else right now, right? Yeah. Season's over. What a turnaround. Beginning of the year didn't look too great, and they just finished off just taking out heads. Can I – I'm going to say something right now.

33:03PFT Commenter:And we're a team of Mount Rushmore, so this is outside of Mount Rushmore. This is separate. This is off the field. This is separate. Would you say I've been fair with you? more than fair would you say i've been firm with you more than firm okay do you think i'd be firmer

33:17Big Cat:uh get as firm as you like sir all right i'm gonna be i'm gonna i'm gonna get real firm with

33:21PFT Commenter:you i'm gonna get firm but fair i don't want to hear another thing about video games from you until you start streaming for us i won't say another thing about video games i promise deal but that no no you you don't understand what i said oh okay you can start streaming tomorrow and then you can talk about it all you want i got you i that's what i'm looking just not another word I'm doing more of a... I want you to start streaming. Okay. So it's like I got to take something away to get you to do the thing that we want you to do. I can do that for you. The people want to see you streaming video games.

33:49Big Cat:The thing is, I'm not the best big guy in full transparency. No, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. So for a stream game, you got to either have the mouthpiece or the gaming ability. You have the mouthpiece. You have the mouthpiece. I got a lot of dead air and then not the best game, but I will do it for you guys. That was old, Zach. New Zach with his fresh new haircut. Okay, I appreciate that.

34:07PFT Commenter:So just so we're clear, Do you understand I want you to keep talking about video games? Because you're streaming.

34:13Big Cat:I can do that for you. Mims and I will be there with you.

34:16PFT Commenter:You'll be good. Mims is going to walk you through it. He's got you. We got this as a team, boys. Yes, but you are the... You never walk alone. You are the team. Pardon my take. Same thing. Let's walk, boys. We never walk alone. All right. Good job, Zach. Again, don't know what you just said. Did you catch any of it?

34:36Big Cat:Yeah, it was Optic won Saudi Arabia. They won Cod Live. It is Cod Live. That's a perfect way to explain it. It's Cod Live. It's the Saudis getting in, dropping money. Yeah. They can wear shorts while they do it? A couple pairs of shorts out there. Okay. Is it Cod but louder?

34:52PFT Commenter:What's up? Is it Cod but louder?

34:54Big Cat:There was some interference by the crowd that they're trying to figure out, but the crowd sells some different things for the game. It's not very good. Got it.

35:01PFT Commenter:Got it.

35:02Big Cat:Guys were chirping. Other guys were trying to defuse bombs. It's a whole thing. In Saudi Arabia? In the Saudi Arabia, yes. Okay,

35:09PFT Commenter:let's do our Mount Rushmore. At Boar's Head, we've been going back to school for over 115 years. And this year, every school lunch is reason to celebrate with the flavors your kids love and the exceptional quality you expect. Helping you make school lunch fresh, easy, and delicious. Ring the bell. The deli is open. or that committed to craft since 1905 mount rushmore of words to start with g and grit is eliminated so we're doing it in honor of grit but grit cannot be picked who is up first i'm feeling very uncomfortable yeah he was doing this earlier too strong what no i was not yeah

36:01Big Cat:you were this is this is this is going to be an honor game i'm not even going to look at you guys Okay. I'm just going to look at my boy memes here. All right, so who's up first? PFT's got the ball. All right, let's go, Hank. And I love our list. Love our list. We're hot. We're going three for three. Number one, we're taking Game 7s. Okay. First overall. Memes look like I just did something terrible. No, it's a good pick. That's a great pick, Memes. That's a great pick.

36:29PFT Commenter:It's a great pick. Great pick. They're the two best words. What about Game 7 blowouts?

36:34Big Cat:Two best words in the English language are what? Game sevens. What about game sevens? That would mean that game is one of the best words. Yeah, we're a sports podcast, and the best two words in sports are? Game seven. Game seven. Yeah.

36:45PFT Commenter:Okay, wait. I can't get my computer. Well, we don't have Wi-Fi on this bus, which I didn't realize we didn't have Wi-Fi. Tethered. I was tethered, and then I thought I could go to my phone to see what I sent, and now I'm screwed. Do you have the list? I'm texting to you right now. Okay. Text me the numbered list right now. Oh, no. We have our 1-1 that we're going to pick. Right? Is that our pick? Yes. Oh, okay. Yeah, we're going to go with gridiron. Can't do football without gridiron. Good pick. Gridiron.

37:16Big Cat:Okay, we are going to go with... I've never fully understood gridiron. I'm on the same page. The gridiron is like a shape. You texted me? Yep, already sent it. And it's an iron, and it looks like the football field.

37:26PFT Commenter:Gridiron.

37:28Big Cat:The reason that we had that reaction earlier, because we were shocked that Hank didn't pick this, we were going to go with golf. Good pick, yeah. You love golf. Yeah, I'm a huge golfer. Mame shot in 82 yesterday. Golf will be our first and girls will be our second. Oh, girls. Like under 18. What age is girls? Is girls now an age group? Yeah. There's still women who are in there. That is not true at all. that's yikes I didn't know girls yikes I want to apologize

38:09PFT Commenter:to everyone who's tuned in for the Charles Barkley interview we don't know this guy Max he's on a flight

38:15Big Cat:he's on a flight log Max girls you guys can try and do this that is just not how this works I have a question yeah what college football team do you root for again that also that doesn't make sense though yeah that doesn't make sense that doesn't make sense That doesn't make sense. That didn't make sense.

38:32PFT Commenter:The answer's Penn Saved. That didn't make sense. It's a pattern. Go, Hank. You're up. Hank. You don't think of people saying it? Whatever. No, we love that. You hate girls. You hate girls. I love girls, but -

38:43Big Cat:Is your mom a girl or a woman? She's a girl. Mom's a lady. Those are synonyms, you fucking idiots. Lady and woman. They are synonyms. Lady, woman, the fact that you - Yeah, ladies. Ladies are classy pick, Zach. That would have been a good one for L. L words.

38:58PFT Commenter:Mm-hmm. Okay,

39:00Big Cat:don't get upset but like there's there's they call they call girls young women they don't call girls old girls yeah good point they don't call women old girls that's an outstanding point yeah

39:12PFT Commenter:right no you can't argue with that uh okay i think we go with uh our plan right stay strong don't break number 34 there right 34 yes yeah we didn't know late edition it was late edition uh we're gonna go with uh guitars okay all right good pick yeah i mean it's you you know pft i get a lot better than girls i guitar solos on the list but yeah guitars guitars rock they're

39:40Big Cat:everything to music shout out jim mercy yeah i just by the way i i looked up girls in the dictionary a female child or adolescent oh no and the example was a six-year-old girl oh no Oh, no. It's just interesting. Okay. Yikes. So. Just remember when you're voting. You got the ball. I got the ball. You felt strong about this one, but I like whatever you like. Okay. Can't go wrong with that list. We are going to go with gold. Gold.

40:14PFT Commenter:Okay.

40:15Big Cat:Good element. Yeah. Great pick. next pick we're going to go with

40:25Big Cat:green jacket okay great pick great pick great pick great pick great pick remember the thing we said on the way out but i like i thought i was gonna go rogue yeah yeah i know that we might get later tonight but at the variant i wasn't sure

40:40PFT Commenter:no the thing we said on the way out when we're like fuck this is great Our next pick is guys being dudes Okay What's better than that? Guys being dudes

40:51Big Cat:We're guys being dudes right now We're fucking loving it There's nothing better than guys being dudes

40:57PFT Commenter:Max is not included in guys being dudes He's boys being creeps

41:02Big Cat:Guys being felons Yeah

41:05PFT Commenter:Do you guys like guys being dudes? Max do you like guys being dudes? Or are you going to talk about girls more? Everybody calm down what's your favorite age of girl max give us give us one answer to that give us one answer to what your favorite age of girl is can you give us we're gonna go with oh you can't even give us one i mean you guys are just range bait if you know i'm not taking the bait 25 it's a woman it's not taking the bait you can't say my favorite girl age is 25 yes you can no you can't that's not a girl that's a woman They are synonyms I just read you the definition They're not You're a fucking pedo

41:49Big Cat:Dating apps, does it go men, women? Zach, this isn't you

41:54PFT Commenter:Yes, no, that is Part of our meetings Why would you answer his question?

41:59Big Cat:Because this is Rage Made, I'm not taking the bait Answer the question Just give me one favorite age of a girl What your favorite age of a girl is I am not answering the question I don't have to answer the fucking question Why is a band called boys to men If they're synonyms wouldn't it be the same thing

42:18PFT Commenter:Really good point Really good point

42:21Big Cat:We're gonna go with Grand Theft Auto Nice one Good pick We literally made our company off of saying Saturdays are for the boys

42:32PFT Commenter:Yeah that's different That was the exact synonym That's us acting like boys You just gave that synonym We're acting like boys. You just gave that synonym. You don't understand what Saturdays are. We always are. Yeah, no. No. No, yeah. Matt, I think that's correct. Yes. Bussing with the boys is a shit. Dude, you're acting like a boy.

42:51Big Cat:You are just saying barstool things that we, you. No. You're talking about boys. Yes. Not girls.

42:56PFT Commenter:You're wrong. What? Dude, we're talking about acting like boy. When you act like a boy, that's like we're doing fucking like childish shit. Yeah. When you say I like girls, we all say ew. Yeah. You sound like Ghislaine Maxwell. Max. Is that your next pick? Ghislaine? Are you okay? Take it. Take it. Why don't you stand for something and just take it? Just go full Epstein and take it. Take Ghislaine. Get the pedo vote.

43:28PFT Commenter:We did that one. Girls. Dude, you guys stopped girls and then you took it off. Yeah, did not have girls on those for that very reason. We took Grand Theft Auto.

43:36Big Cat:We took Grand Theft Auto. Now it's our fourth pick. We all said good pick, Max. That's a great pick. Great pick, Max. I think, yeah.

43:44Big Cat:Grant the Thoughter better pick than Girls. Confirmed.

43:47PFT Commenter:No. That's definitely not.

43:49Big Cat:We're going to take The Godfather. Okay. All right. Okay. The Godfather. Parentheses. No.

43:58PFT Commenter:No, you can do parentheses. Movie. Parentheses. Movie. Okay. We're going to take a pick with parentheses as well, then.

44:08Big Cat:I don't want We don't need the parentheses

44:12PFT Commenter:We need the parentheses on ours Nine?

44:16Big Cat:We would like to take Ooh, are we next?

44:18PFT Commenter:Yeah, no, we're next

44:19Big Cat:We would like to take Gorilla, parentheses, Harambe

44:21PFT Commenter:Yes No Why? So now you're out on parentheses? I think you can take Gorillas Alright, fine, then we won't take it

44:28Big Cat:We won't take it That's fine I mean, Gorillas are pretty cool Yeah King of the Jungle

44:33PFT Commenter:Okay

44:37PFT Commenter:we can't blow up here this is where we blow up uh i'm thinking 14 and 12 four four is pretty good do you like 16 three oh no we're struggling 28 we really want to take gorilla parentheses Harambe. All right. 28. All right. What? No, no. Can I? I'm gonna say it because you guys are not gonna take it. And this is not our pick. But Zach has been wanting me to take Gushers the entire time. So good. I told him that's a great honorable mention. Yeah, no, it's a great honorable mention. Mount Rush when we were walking into the RV. He goes, just think a little bit more about Gushers okay we're stuck we're stuck

45:29Big Cat:we're not stuck what about

45:33PFT Commenter:what do you got

45:35Big Cat:no wait I mean

45:37PFT Commenter:no you can't find it

45:40Big Cat:that's true that's very true our last pick is going to be

45:45PFT Commenter:what do you think

45:46Big Cat:take the rock I just threw it to the rim slam it down

45:50PFT Commenter:you gotta say what you were thinking

45:52Big Cat:Okay. I'm thinking you go the G pick right here.

45:54PFT Commenter:No, no, no. You say what you were thinking. All right.

45:58Big Cat:We would like to take...

45:59PFT Commenter:No, no, no. Don't say it out loud. Just tell me what number you're thinking.

46:01Big Cat:Okay. What do you think about 14? This is insane.

46:05PFT Commenter:What happened to Gorilla? Yeah. Do it.

46:07Big Cat:All right.

46:07PFT Commenter:Go.

46:07Big Cat:We would like to take Guy Fieri. Yes.

46:09PFT Commenter:We love Guy Fieri. We had it on the list. Yep. Love Guy Fieri. That's good. That's strong.

46:13Big Cat:That's strong. We didn't break.

46:14PFT Commenter:Gushers would have been interesting.

46:16Big Cat:I think it would have played a little bit, but it's definitely a risk. All right. Our last pick? God. Yep. We knew you were going to do it. Great pick. Big man upstairs. Almost took Jesus Christ with a G. But God. Shout out to God. The greatest of them all. Literally. Heavenly Father. Most praise. We had it on the list. Big ups. Without God, Mount Rushmore doesn't exist. We were thinking about taking Gravity at one point. That's a good one. Yeah. We almost took, with our last pick, we almost took Girlfriends, which would have played, I think. And we almost took Girl on Girl Porn. Yeah.

46:59PFT Commenter:That would have been incredible. That would have been so good.

47:08Big Cat:Lizzie's. Lizzie's. Yeah. Goal. Grand Slam. Grand Slam. Grand Slam. Gumbo. PFT. I had Gumbo on the list. Yeah. The G-Spot. We had that as well. Ganja. Yeah Grizzly Bear

47:20PFT Commenter:Great White Shark Yeah Gruden Gretzky Good picks Google Google

47:26Big Cat:Google G-U-N-T-G-Unit Game Shows Nothing better than a nice gong There's so many good G-movies Yeah Goodfellas Good Will Hunting Good Will Hunting Game of Thrones Golf of the USA

47:40PFT Commenter:Yeah Golf of America G-Strings No one thought about taking guns Glocks

47:47Big Cat:I had Glocks on the list memes I almost just went full all different areas and gone guns, gays, and god as our first three things. That would have been so confusing. Instead you went with girls. I think that was a Warren Zeevon song.

48:08PFT Commenter:Instead you went with underage girls.

48:10Big Cat:That is not what...

48:11PFT Commenter:Guacamole. Has the word underage women ever been said? No. you just said girl on girl porn that was an honorable mention he didn't take it

48:22Big Cat:it's an honorable mention getting laid G spot grandparents yeah gas

48:34PFT Commenter:gasoline and gas what the kids call it and farting garage fridge nothing better than garage fridge Guinness Garage. Yeah, garage. Goal line stand. That's good. The best.

48:49Big Cat:The best. Get up. Yeah. Yeah.

48:53PFT Commenter:Grilled cheese. Good pick. Grilled cheese is a miss. Godzilla. Godzilla's okay.

49:00Big Cat:Godzilla minus one. Godzilla fell off.

49:01PFT Commenter:I mean, these are honorable misses. Godzilla minus one. What did you, once you rip off a couple of yours.

49:05Big Cat:Graphic t-shirts. Yeah. Jello ball. Yeah. GPS.

49:10PFT Commenter:Oh, that's actually who's back too. Yeah. See LaMelo's tattoo. Yeah. The feet, that's tough.

49:16Big Cat:Crazy. Anyone have gifs or gifs? Yes. Zach said that. What's your favorite gif? It rotates. It does. Nick Cage. That's a good one. Okay, let's run that. I like Jack Nicholson from Anger Management. When he's smiling. That's a good one. Yeah, verbal gif, verbal gif. Or Kramer. Giddy up. That's a good one. All right, easy. Or Shania Twain. It's not the Mount Rushmore of N, Hank.

49:46Big Cat:What was it? Not the Mount Rushmore what? The letter N. It's like Michael Richards over here. Would Mick Griddle have played? What's that? Would Mick Griddle have played? Would Mick Griddle? I know it's in, but is that the prefix for all of them? He tried something about Mick Griddle. I was like, dude, I don't think so. They use it for every... Gordita Crunch. Yeah. Ooh. Gordita. Yeah. Leaving out the crispy? Yeah. Or the cheesy? Yeah.

50:14PFT Commenter:yeah um grapes gumbo grapes are good gumbo said goats pretty good list goat cheese pretty good

50:24Big Cat:you guys like goat cheese not a big goat cheese goat cheese is good in salad greg olson george

50:29PFT Commenter:kittle shout out our boys uh this one got turned out oh green lights green lights is good green lights are great yep green lights are great guts the show do you have it

50:44PFT Commenter:what'd you say uh this one got turned down for max grandparents oh yeah pft said that

50:49Big Cat:well we said it yeah galaxy the galaxy the galaxy the milky way galaxy pretty fucking sick grateful best um gash gilmore gash you guys oh gilmore girls oh man gilmore guys the podcast You're more guys The podcast Fuck yes Pretty good Groot the superhero Oh

51:13PFT Commenter:Wait who

51:14Big Cat:Groot Groot I don't know I'm aware Guardians of the Galaxy Yeah I watched Guardians of the Galaxy Great movie

51:21PFT Commenter:I thought you were talking about Groot from Despicable Me

51:25Big Cat:Also another great G

51:26PFT Commenter:Yeah Good G Great G He's cool he kind of runs the minions You know He is the

51:32Big Cat:Overseer of the minions

51:33PFT Commenter:He is the ringleader of the minions

51:34Big Cat:That's got to be a sick arsenal to have. Yeah. Max, what do you think about this draft?

51:38PFT Commenter:Who do you got? I'll say this. So we've been doing this on Grit Week on the RV. If I remember correctly, the two memorable moments from the RV is Max not liking titty fucking and liking girls.

51:57Big Cat:And look at that chick. Look at that chick with strong. Yeah, put those together.

52:02PFT Commenter:So you don't like titty fucking, you like girls.

52:03Big Cat:That wasn't Grit Week, though. That was Beer Olympics. No, I'm talking about just the RV. Yeah. Yeah. But if you put the... I'm done participating in this conversation. No titty fucking... I'm done participating in this conversation. I will not raise my voice. No, you didn't get rage-baited. That's the important set. Nope. At all. Me just kept telling me. He was like, relax, relax. It's fine. Just give me the mic. He just kept trying to take the mic. He didn't even know he picked GTA.

52:27PFT Commenter:Yeah. He blacked out? You blacked out, GTA. All right. it's time for Charles Barkley. Let's do it. Hey, it's Rhea from Chicks in the Office. When I think of denim, I think of Abercrombie. It's just that iconic. I mean I practically live in Abercrombie denim at this point. Their high-rise 90s relax is my go-to everyday jeans when I'm in the city. And I've been wearing their low-rise ultra-loose out in Soho. Love it! With a cute top and a kitten heel for dinner. Between classic fit and the viral curve-love fit that eliminates waist gap, there's literally a pair for everyone it's truly denim made iconic shop abercrombie denim and more in the app online and in stores okay we welcome we now welcome on a very very very very very special the most special guest i appreciate that you can probably hear that laugh and know exactly special yes yes very special guest uh this is grit week it's uh presented by hey dude so we start every grit week with the same question yes Charles Barkley is our guest the man the myth the legend uh let's start with what does the word grit mean to you good question I think it's just your competitive nature like talent is different for everybody the notion that everybody's going to be on the same talent level.

53:54When I see grit, I think about TJ McConnell. Like, just like that dude gives you everything he's got, and that's all you can ask for any player. I think me as a former player and announcer and a fan, I hate when you can see people just half-assing it. You know, we're the luckiest people in the world to get paid a ton of money to do something stupid. But, you know, bless all these guys. But we're the luckiest people in the world to get to do something silly and fun. It's facts. And you make a lot of money. You make more money than teachers, firemen, policemen, doctors, anybody in the armed service to dribble a stupid ball or hit a stupid ball or carry a stupid ball.

54:38Big Cat:We're going to talk about guys that do that. Yeah, we do. We're the really dumbest job. But, man, grit to me, just like, just compete, man. I can live with the results, win or lose, because that's going to happen. But if you compete and give it your best, that's all you can ask for. I think you show grit with your golf game. You never quit. You got better. Yeah. I've been to hell and back. I just think I remember I forgot to put on deodorant. That's grit. I was just thinking. We can get you some. We have a guy who will get you some right now. I've got to get, you know, so, you know, I hate when you put on a colored shirt and you get to white marks.

55:20Yeah. And let me check. Listen. Fuck. I forgot to put it. Zach, go to the Edgewood shopping. I need some antiperspirant. I'll go to the hotel. No, because, you know, there's nothing worse when you put on a shirt and you get to all the white marks. Yeah. And I specifically put on my shirt and I said, don't forget to put on deodorant. And I forgot it like a damn moron. But you know what? As far as to go back to your original question, you know, it really sucked to be bad at golf. It was frustrating because I'd never been bad at anything in my life. And because I was really good, and then I got too many lessons.

56:01When I was standing over the golf ball, I had like 10 guys talking to me. Right. And I ain't going to lie, I was terrified over the ball. And the best thing ever happened to me, I was at Tom Lehman's Golf Tournament, and I met a guy named Stan Utley. And I told him, Stan, I don't even play anymore. I just play for charity, embarrass myself for charity. And then the next thing I know, he says, hey, give me a chance. Stan, I've given up. I'd work with Butch, Hank. I'd work with every teacher in the world. My brain was fried. And, man, thank goodness I met Stan Utley, and he bought me back from death.

56:34PFT Commenter:Yeah, I would say grit, too, is your career, like your high school career, growing you grew six inches from junior to senior year yeah I was a back a 5 '10 backup chubby point guard and I grew from 5 '10 to 6 '5 in one year and you know you know people always ask me I didn't have any body issues yeah I was never in pain you know when I got back to school I knew I'd grown a little bit I didn't know I had grown that much so I went from being a chubby backup point guard to a 6 '5 all-state player so man I it's been it was a great time yeah and the story goes that like you know you weren't recruited until the very end of your high school career in the state tournament yeah like that's when you started to get people to look at you that's that's kind of a crazy sliding doors moment where if you don't ball out in the state tournament yeah it was crazy because I had never gotten a letter going into my senior year so most because people always say Charles Parker came out of nowhere that's because I grew but you know most teams have already contacted who they want to recruit and offer them scholarships so the turning point was me I played against one of the best players in the country named Bobby Lee Hurt went to Alabama and people wasn't sure because I was only like 6 '5 they didn't know if I could play against big dudes and Bobby Lee was like 6 '10 and he was the number one big man in the country and I think I had 20-20 and then that's when I started getting letters but it was really just Auburn, Alabama, UAB, some smaller schools.

58:06And the best decision I ever made was going to Auburn. Because, in fairness, the only reason I went to Auburn is because they sucked. You know, because, you know, it was really, and it was actually a really good thing because I was really close with my mother and grandmother. So UAB is only 30 minutes from my house. But they actually made it to the Sweet 16 and had everybody coming back. Like, Alabama got Bobby Lee and Ennis, but they made it to the Sweet 16. They had everybody coming back. So when I went down to Auburn, they had lost like 12, 13 games in a row. And I was like, yeah, this is a place where y 'all suck.

58:41Because, you know, I tell all these dummies who go to college today and transfer, I says, you have to make an educated guess or you're going to get to play. I says, don't give me the education BS because if you want an education, you can get that anywhere. but the number one reason when you would stop when you're a jock you want to play right and the best thing happened to me was going to auburn getting a play right away because if i went to alabama uh well uab first alabama second i wasn't gonna get to play but i tell all these kids you see these dummies all the time now well you then you see who they had on the team when you went there right then they transfer like i'm not getting to play i'm like dummy then you what were you doing when you're on your recruiting trip i probably shouldn't go to duke if i'm playing behind Cooper Flagg.

59:25Right, right, right. I mean, so these kids, they make these bonehead decisions. I said, man, go where you're going to get a chance to play.

59:32PFT Commenter:Yeah. How much money would Charles Barkley have made in the NIL era? Oh, I would have made a lot. I mean, you know, I would have made a lot. But you know what? They've got to fix this thing because they're just totally out of whack and out of control right now. It's an unsustainable business model to big donors like myself for millions of dollars every year. I love my college, but I'm not going to go broke. giving them money every year. I mean, it's just an unsustainable business model to pay kids$20,$30 million a year. There's no business that can do that. I'm not against guys making money. Whatever guys make an NBA and college, bless them.

1:00:13But this model we got in college now where you can just pay kids tens of millions of dollars, that's just unsustainable.

1:00:18PFT Commenter:Yeah, yeah. Inside the NBA, I'm happy it's still going on. Yeah, I'm happy it's going on, but it's going to be interesting. Yeah, it's going to be different. It's going to be different, but you know that's the bad thing about it. We don't know how it's going to be different. Right, but it could be different good. You never know. Well, you know, we have questions. Yeah. Like, normally, the number one time on our show is after the game. Right. We get, like, four to five minutes to shoot the shit. That's the magic. Yeah. But me and Ernie have talked about it. Like, are we going to get to do that?

1:00:50Are they going to say, we got to go to the sports center? Right. and like first of all it's an honor to work for ESPN because they're the biggest sports network in the history of television but like when we have those 45 minutes and it's like one o 'clock in the morning and we can just go and it gets weird it gets weird yeah like that's the magic yeah but are they gonna say no guys y 'all got 15 minutes we got to go to sports center yeah I hope

1:01:13PFT Commenter:not no I don't think because well here's my question the you guys had like a basically a two-year everyone love fest which you deserve but it had to feel good but i think the fans of inside the nba are so vocal that if they mess with it you're gonna have an army behind you being like yeah but espn got their own thing like they're gonna have like they're gonna have to get to sports center i know but there's a lot of pressure when you when there's something that's that good you guys are that good but that's the thing we don't know yeah we don't know um because everybody can say right now we're going to leave everything the same but like if the game ends the sports center going to take no y 'all got 45 minutes to shoot the shit but we need to go to sports center in 15 or 20 minutes right it's going to be a learning curve so like i say we excited because the main reason everybody got to keep their job because i ain't gonna lie it really sucked really sucked the last couple years, especially the last year, because for me personally, I learned a lot about myself.

1:02:16What I mean by that is I've never been around people who had to worry about paying their bills. Right. You know, because all my friends are basketball players and rich people. Right. And they're like, you know, and the people I've been working with for 25 years, because we always go out and drink after the show, hearing guys talk about mortgage. I was like saying to myself what's a mortgage um so I gotta I can't send my I gotta get my kid into a public school instead of private and I was sitting there like man you are kind of out of touch with reality right and and these people are really genuinely like and love because I've been with them for 25 years but to hear them talk about man we're gonna lose our job in six months And then as it gets closer, you can see the concern.

1:03:02And I thought TNT, our bosses did a shitty job. They did an awful job of keeping us abreast. I'll give you an example. Like, we were playing golf during the playoffs, and we were reading the internet, finding out if we were going to get fired or not. Right. And I was like, TNT, our bosses, they sucked, plain and simple. They're like, yo, man, just tell us. Yeah, let us know. Shoot us straight. Just shoot us straight. Yeah. Because these are real people. So we literally were playing golf during the playoffs, looking at the internet. Then one story said we lost it. The next story said we're still in negotiation.

1:03:35Then we lost it. We're still in negotiation. And TNT never came to us like grown folk and said, hey, guys, we're probably going to lose to NBA, which we could have understood. Right. But I thought they sucked. I told them they sucked. Because there's a way you treat people. Yeah. Because if they had came to us and said, hey, you know what? It's a lot of money. Because, you know, we were paying$1.2 billion a year and it went to$2.5 billion. That's a lot of money for 11 years. If they had said it's not a good deal, we would have understood. But to let us hear about it, and I'll tell you something really shitty about it, too.

1:04:11I found out that we got traded to ESPN from ESPN. That's right. No, so this is a true story. So I'm sitting at home on a Friday night. I get a text because all the room was in the air. We didn't know anything. I'm sitting home on a Friday night. I get a text from Scott Van Pelt, Brian Windhorse, L. Duncan and Bob Myers. Welcome me to the family. I'm like, what family?

1:04:36PFT Commenter:What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Then about an hour and a half later, I get a call from TNT. They're like, what a story broke. I says, well, you probably could have gave us a heads up. Yeah, you've known for a couple days. I says, you traded us to ESPN, and we have to hear about it on the internet. I said, that's just not the way you do business. I said, Ernie Johnson deserves, because he's the godfather. Ernie Johnson's just not here. He got traded from ESPN people of the internet.

1:05:05Big Cat:Was it a full trade, or are you guys still doing work for TNT? Well, that's actually a great question. Great question. Thank you. They're trying to do something. We don't know what it is yet. We taped a pilot, and there was a shit pilot. Yeah? So it was brutal. It was brutal. Wait, tell me about the shit pilot. I want to hear more about the shit pilot. So we did four segments. One segment. And one thing, I got to give TNT credit. They said it was awful, and they're never going to see them. So we did like four segments. One segment was Kenny doing fashion. One segment was like Shaq doing Shaq, the funniest section he do.

1:05:43I forget. One, we did axe throwing. and then we did finger painting. Okay. We did four like, we did like four 15 minute sections and I was sitting there like, I think this is stupid. I don't know how stupid it's gonna be until I see it. Yeah. And when we walked out the studio that night, we were like, that's the stupidest shit we've ever done. And that's my major concern with TNT. I think we can handle the ESPN portion, But I don't want them doing something stupid with our show to people like, man, they really ruined that show.

1:06:19Big Cat:Right. But I will say, I give them credit. They said the pilot was shitty. That's an important thing to know. It's important to know. Yeah.

1:06:28PFT Commenter:They were finally straight with you. Yes. Yeah. And that's all you want. Yeah. Because I don't want us, number one, you gave us a great compliment. I've enjoyed our show all these years and people love our show. Don't just do something stupid just to do it.

1:06:42Big Cat:It's great television. And the pilot should be just put you four guys in a room. Yeah. Microphones, and that's it. Well, the problem is Ken and Shaq don't watch sports. So, like, I can talk about the NFL. Like, I got up this morning and watched Sabalenka play. That was a hell of a match. You know, I get up and watch all sports. I do. Football is my favorite sport. And boxing, those are my two favorites. But Ken and Shaq are not going to watch sports. Ernie will watch. Ernie went to the French Open, and he saw that amazing final between Alcatraz and center. And I was sitting at home and I was texting Ernie, this is the greatest match I've ever seen.

1:07:16It was incredible. You're still there? Because I saw him in the semifinal. And I said, yo, you please tell me you're at this match. It was the greatest thing I've seen in a long time. Yeah.

1:07:23Big Cat:Let me get your thoughts on the NFL. You're a big football fan. Yeah, I'm a big Eagles fan. Shout out, go Birds. Okay, all right. So how are we feeling about the Birds rolling it back next year? Well, they're going to be really good. I think the number one thing you have to worry about when you win is guys relaxing. You have to change your mindset when you win. You have to realize, like, we're going to be the hunted, not the hunter. But I think with Saquon and Jalen and Coach Nick, you know, they got – Howard Roseman, probably the best GM in the NFL now. They're going to be good. But, man, you have to hope – you have to be – because when you go that deep in the playoffs, you have to be healthy.

1:08:06Yeah. So, you know, playing an extra three or four or five games, man, it takes a toll on you. But the main thing, you know, man, Saquon was a gift from heaven. I can't wait to meet him. I never met my cousin. He's a Barkley, so if you're that good as a Barkley, I'm going to claim you. Yeah, absolutely. So I'm really looking forward to this year. I'm really looking forward to college football. Auburn's going to be better. But I'm really excited about Coach Belichick at Carolina.

1:08:32PFT Commenter:Yep. Man, I'm really pulling – he's a good friend of mine. and I really want to see him do well down there.

1:08:38Big Cat:I was telling Big Cat last night we were talking about Belichick. Yeah, that's my guy. The last couple months for Belichick have probably just – Well, it's probably made him think like he spent what? Not been good. Listen, we're team Jordan. Yeah, we love Jordan.

1:08:50PFT Commenter:We've had her back. She needs more power. Yeah. She needs to stand down. No, no, no, no. She needs to run the program. No, no. You know, I struggle with whether to call coach, but I prefer to stay out of people's personal. Yeah, you got it. But she's got to stand down. Yeah, I think they have. Because you've got to understand something. They're using her to get to Bill. Yeah. And she has to understand that because people don't like Bill, and he deserves some blame for that because the way he treated the media, Now, the way it ended in New England, they want to get him back.

1:09:30Big Cat:Yeah. So they're using her to get to him. I just hope he's successful because he's a great dude. He's the greatest pro football coach ever because Coach Saban's the greatest college coach ever. I want to see him finish on a high note. Yeah. That's my number one concern. I want to see him finish on a high note. Yeah. I just think the last, what, 20, 25 years of Belichick's career, he's avoided the media. He's like these jackals. I'm never going to give him anything. But you can do that when you're winning. You can do that when you're winning. See, that's like these guys annoy me. They're like, you can treat the media how you want to when you win.

1:10:04But you got to understand when you're losing, they're going to come for you. That's like these golfers now where I don't have to talk to the media. I'm like, well, you run to them when you do well. Yeah. Well, you got a product. See, that's the thing. We're in a business relationship with the media. I tell these guys, yo, man, that's the reason we make all this money. The media pays it. But you have to understand something. When you want to sell a product, you go to the media. When you play great, you run to the media. When you play like shit, you can't avoid the media. That's why I'm starting to get pissed off with some of these golfers now.

1:10:34Like when you got a new product come on, you go on TV and hype it and talk about it. But when you play bad, they're going to write bad things about you. That's the way that this is a business relationship. I understand it. I tell all the guys, yo, man, when you do good, they're going to write good stuff about you. When you do bad, they're going to talk bad about you. If you don't understand the business relationship, you need to get another real job.

1:10:56Big Cat:Did you understand that when you were playing? I did. Dr. J, who was great for me, Moses Malone's the most important person in my career because he made me lose 50 pounds. I didn't realize I was fat and lazy until he told me. Because I wasn't getting to play early in my career. I said, Moses, why am I not getting to play? He says, well, Chuck, you're fat and you're lazy. I'm like, what do you mean? He says, which part did you not understand? I said, he says, son, you're really talented, but you weighed 300 pounds. You can get away with that in high school. You can get away with that in college.

1:11:27You can't get away with it in the NBA. And this guy worked with me before practice, after practice. He said, let's lose 10 pounds. I noticed a difference right away. He said, let's lose 20. Now I'm starting to get the start. He said, let's lose 30. Let's lose 40. And I get to 250. And that's what I played at my whole career. But if it wasn't for him constructively criticizing me, He wasn't doing it to be mean. He was constructively criticizing me. That's why I like a lot of these punks today. You know, constructive criticism is not trying to be critical. Sometimes you need it.

1:11:59PFT Commenter:Yeah, you need the straight answer. Yeah, you need the straight answer. Yeah. You know, so Moses is the most important person in my career. But Doc taught me how to deal with the media. He said the first question. Like some guys in the media, they're just trying to get clicks. Well, I'm so old, they didn't call them clicks back then. They're just trying to get your attention. It's on papers. Yeah. But he said, the first question you have to ask, is the criticism fair? I said, what do you mean? He says, some criticisms are fair. He says, then you say, if it's unfair, you let it go. Because those are guys that are trying to get attention and get clicks and things like that.

1:12:33But the first question you have to ask yourself, is the criticism fair? And that taught me how to deal with the media.

1:12:39PFT Commenter:Yeah, that's really smart. I know you're not a role model, famously. Yeah. You are a role model for me in gambling. Thank you. Because you have the right approach to it where it's something fun. I love to gamble. I don't want to be shamed for it. I like to do it. I've been blessed to make more money as I go along. You have to rein it in, though. Yeah, of course. It's still fun. I love gambling, but I became a total crazy person because I won a million dollars probably ten times. I've lost a million dollars probably 30 times. Right, right. And what I've, so every time I went to Vegas, I'd be up 300, 400,$500 ,000.

1:13:31My friends would be like, dude, you got to quit. We up, let's go. Let's go get drunk and have some fun. I'm like, no. In my mind, I was like, I want to win a million because I'd done it a few times. And then I just kept losing. And I lost a lot of millions and millions and millions. and I quit for like two years. And I was out with my friends one night, we like to smoke cigars and drink. I said, man, I sure miss Vegas, miss casinos. And one of my things I demand out of my friends, man, be honest with me, at all times, just tell me the truth, I can deal with it. He says, yo man, gambling ain't your problem, being a fucking idiot is your problem.

1:14:10Explain. They're like, dude, gambling is peaks and valleys. We have sit there with you. You'd be up$300 ,000,$400 ,000. You'd be like, Chuck, let's go get drunk for the night. Quit. But you want to get to the imaginary million. Then you lose that. And then you lose the whole million credit line you got. He said, dude, let's go to Vegas. Win a couple hundred thousand dollars. Lose a couple hundred thousand dollars. And then have a fun weekend.

1:14:38PFT Commenter:Yeah. And I said, okay, you know what? Let's try this. So now, because, you know, I live in Scottsdale, so I go to Vegas. We go to Vegas every two to three weeks. There's nothing like a football weekend there at Sportsbook. And it's like, okay, we know how much credit you got. Let's win a couple hundred thousand, enjoy watching all the games. We lose a couple hundred thousand, let's quit, go drink. We play golf. And I'm like, because I'm not going to be mad if I lose a couple hundred thousand dollars. Now, when I lose a million, I'm depressed for like a week. Yeah, then it's not funny. It's not fun anymore.

1:15:14Right. But I had to be like, okay, dude, you love to gamble. Go and lose a couple hundred thousand. You ain't going to be mad. Yeah. But you win a couple hundred thousand dollars. Oh, man, we had a great weekend. Yeah. And that's what I do now.

1:15:25PFT Commenter:You also, I like your honesty about it because I try to do the same thing. Yeah. Where it's like, listen, I'm a loser. Yeah. I lose. I've lost my whole life. No, listen. There are times I win. Hey, let me tell you something. My casino host, who's a great friend of mine. Well, are you sure? Yes. If you didn't gamble, would you guys still be doing it? No, no. He told me. Falling in love with a stripper. That's right. So I got a couple of hosts. Dan Napier and Bill Munson, the two of my hosts. They've been friends for a long time. He says, dude, we don't care when you win. We like it when you win.

1:15:55You know why? You're going to come back. Right. He says, my job as your host is just to get you here as many times as possible because we're going to win. Yeah. And I said, what? He says, they don't build these pretty ass buildings because people are winning. Yep. He says, we like it when you win. We know you're definitely going to come back. Yeah. But he says, my job as your host is just to get you here as many times as possible. We're going to give you all the toys and trinkets. You know, they're going to send a private jet for you. I'm getting a case of Cristal Rosé. Thanks, CEO, for getting me hooked on that.

1:16:33And, like, you get all this free crap that ain't free if you lose. Yeah. But he said, he said, dude, we love it when you win because we know you're coming back for sure. but our job is to get you here as much as possible because the more you come you're gonna lose right because i always tell people hey when guys say i'm a good gambler don't tell me you're a good gambler when you're getting shit cards yeah right how the hell are you a good gambler if the deal

1:16:58PFT Commenter:is turning over 20 and you got 17 but that's that's exactly like i i hate i hate when guys are like yeah like i always win you don't always win this is gonna get you the biggest like you're going to win this bet. You're going to lose. You're going to lose. I like to do it. It's fun. It's fun. That's a good way to look at it. And so I'll tell you actually the only way to win is quit. No. Football, gambling on sports is the only way to win. But you have to bet the money line. Yeah. Where you're only going to win cents on the dollar. Yeah. Because teams always win. they just never cover. I know. But if you would bet, this is just my opinion, if you bet the money line and say instead of trying to win$1 ,000, win$50, win$500 or$750 and happy with that, that's the way I think the only way you can win betting.

1:17:50PFT Commenter:You're sounding like I had a bet for a while that was called the Can't Lose Parlay that actually got banned. It became illegal. Yeah. Because it lost all the time. That was the joke. And I said it was the Can't Lose Parlay. I would never. It went to like a game. I would never do parlays. Parlays are the stupidest thing ever. Listen, there's an official transcript, the Massachusetts Gambling Commission being like, Dan Katz is the worst gambler of all time. It's well known. And it's like, there we go. You know, I went through a period of like two months where I tried to play parlays, and you hit always.

1:18:20Yeah, three out of four. You always hit three out of four. And the thing that pisses you off is always the fourth one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was like, that's why you get them damn good-ass odds. I says, yo, man, we can never do parlays. I said, that's the reason they're giving you 10, 12 to 1, because you always hit three out of four, and it pisses you off.

1:18:37PFT Commenter:Yeah, also, I want to give you a quick compliment. We saw you at the casino last night. You were playing blackjack. I feel like this is not a normal move. You were playing a significant amount. I think it was whatever it was, 25 grand a hand. Guy next to you, your friend, was playing$200 a hand. I feel like most guys don't let that happen, where it's like, but you're just there with your friends. Yes. And that's a cool move. I only play with my friends. Right. Because they all ask me, do you want me to take this hit? Yeah. Right. Because I'm playing$25 ,000 a hand and he's playing for$200 ,000.

1:19:07I says, take it. And then if he wins and I lose, I'm like, okay, he asked me. Yeah. There's nothing worse than playing with a fucking idiot. Back in the day, back in the day I used to play with an idiot and they take a shit hit and win and they go crazy and they fuck the rest of the table. Right. And you can't beat the shit out of them because you want to. Yeah. that's nothing that's why that's why i don't play with random strangers you're like you hit that yeah dealers got 16 and you hit that and they hit and they fucked the rest of the table because nobody else is going to take a hit right you know the dealers got 16 you're not supposed to hit and they get like a four or five and get 20 or 21 and i said you weren't supposed to take that hit yeah then the dealer turns over i'm like oh my god yeah and when that person's playing at

1:19:54Big Cat:the end of the table right next to the dealer and they fuck up they fuck the rest of the table first base and third base are really important yeah hey listen if you're gonna sit at third i'm like you better ask me my damn opinion exactly yeah you're not paying for what i'm playing for yes yeah yeah so uh your process for betting on nfl sunday you like to you like to bet favorites money line i do i think that's the only way you can win i think well so my strategy is it's a bad strategy so you should not follow it i do a lot of reading going into the weekend i feel like i'm ready i read what all the experts are saying and they're usually telling me don't ever do that like take stupid Steve Young I hate Steve Young to this day so Steve Young I'm in Atlanta I had went to coach Belichick's practice and I'm like and I go on TV and I says man I think the Giants are gonna win the Super Bowl I said live on TNT I think the Giants are gonna win the Super Bowl I says I don't think the Patriots gonna go 17 18 and 0 I says the Giants are gonna win.

1:20:56I've been to Vegas 26 straight years for the Super Bowl. I get on the plane. I get up Saturday. We go play golf. I get up Sunday. We go play golf. I make the mistake of turning on the TV. I got the Giants all weekend. Steve Young gets on TV and says, guys, we're gonna have the first undefeated season since the Miami Dolphins. I said, oh shit. Every time I see Steve Young here, I just hate him so much. You let him know? I do. Yeah, you have to. He says, I can't believe that I'm – this is the first time in my life I've seen a team go undefeated since the Dolphins. He said, I was a little kid when the Dolphins went.

1:21:36I think it was 72. He said, we're going to have the first undefeated team in NFL history since the 72 Dolphins. I tell my guys, man, I just saw Steve Young.

1:21:47PFT Commenter:Yeah, the last thing you listened to. That's the last thing. That's why – It's the worst. Let's go back to your point. Man, I don't want to listen to guys. Like, you listen. I don't want to read too much. Like, I start – I wait until normally Thursday before I start watching NFL. NFL Live. I'm like, okay, that's a good point. Okay, that's a good point. But then I said, okay, I take what they say because, you know, they're good at it. But then you've got to make your own decision because I learned from Steve Young, man, because I was like, man, they're going to – Mike – because I remember – Because if you go back and look, I remember in the press conference, a guy said, Tom Brady says, they said you're only going to score 17 points.

1:22:30And Tom kind of snickered like, oh, they're going to hold us to 17 points because, you know, they were averaging like 35, 40 that year. He says, yeah, somebody said, and Tom said, we're only going to score 17 points. I don't even know if they scored 17. I mean, because that defense was ferocious. Yeah. But, no, man, I try not to. I listen to them, but they get them wrong all the time too now.

1:22:53Big Cat:I read the gambling guys that tell you to take the least fun bets ever, the ones that you hate watching, like the unders. That's about it. I'm like, I don't want to sit here rooting for no points. So one of the reasons what drives me crazy is when a favorite is winning and they don't cover. Because, like, halfway through the third quarter, I started rooting for the upset because I know in no way. Yes. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Because you know right away, oh, shit, they're not going to cover. I want them to lose. They're going to win the game. You flip. You're like, I'm against them.

1:23:22They're going to win the game, but they're not going to cover. That pisses me off so much. Oh, yeah. That pisses me off so much. Big time.

1:23:29PFT Commenter:Are you at all nervous that Wemby is going to be, like, generational talent and you're going to have to go to San Antonio Bunch for the NBA Finals? Listen, man, I want the Spurs to do good. because my love for Coach Popovich, you know, I like messing with them. They're some great fans down there. It's funny. I mean, and they actually feel like they've taken it, like, gone back and forth. They have had fun with it. See, you know what? See, you guys are so much younger than me. See, the world is so fucked up now. I'm so old when you could actually joke. Yeah. I tell people. Remember when you could actually tell jokes back in the day and people laughed?

1:24:03Yeah. Now they're like, oh, you're going to get canceled. You're going to get fired. I'm like, you know, sometimes a joke is just a joke. Right. That's the thing I hate about this whole society today. I think that people, I trust people that are like, he's joking. Like, he's not, like if I called a person fat, that's rude and disrespectful. It's punching down. Yeah, I would never punch, I would never say that to her. I would never walk up on a woman and say you're fat. That's just rude and inappropriate. Number one, I'm big myself. but this thing has gotten so out of whack now come on man I trust the public y 'all know I'm just joking about something but it's gotten so out of whack I can't imagine you guys you have to worry what you say all the time which is stupid you're right though I think that let's say if I heard y 'all says something like that was a joke right fucking relax right like but somebody's always somebody's offended by everything someone yeah maybe taylor swift yeah somebody's offended by everything yeah it is except galveston you were right about galveston oh my goodness that is yeah that was correct first of all i had to go back everybody was great in galveston uh-huh because number one i didn't want to get traded from phoenix i was kind of going through the dojums and the rockets bring me in i said you know i want to finish my career in phoenix they're like well we have training camp at the beach.

1:25:31I'm like, oh, okay, that's a plus. So I like, you know, because I did want to finish my career and finish. I got shocked by the trade. And I'm like, okay, at least I can spend a week at the beach to get my head right, going into my last couple years of my career. I drive down to Gavison, we ride on the water. I'm looking, damn, that water's kind of dirty. And I say, yo, what's going on over here? They're like, well, Gavison is located. So we got a beach that we can't, you have to wear your shoes on the beach and the water is up in your ankles and it's dirty all and garbage we ain't at the beach we in hell yeah you don't wear shoes and golf you get you get like tar what good is having a beach if you can't walk in the water hey there's a beach right across here but we can't go on it yeah you can drive on the beach there's like motor oil and i had to go back the people were really nice yeah but man there's no need what good is having a beach if you can't use i agree I agree with you, 100%.

1:26:27Yes.

1:26:27Big Cat:Can we talk about a great beach, Barcelona? Oh, man. The dream team? That was great. How much fun? How much fucking fun was going to Barcelona? It was crazy. You know, the best thing about it, the guys were so cool. We got along so well. We had so much respect for each other. Now, the practice were crazy. We were trying to kill each other because of all the egos going on out there. But, man, we had so much fun. I mean, the guys were so much fun to be around. Like Magic and Michael and me and Scotty played cards every night for three, four, five hours. Who was the best? Whoever got the best hands.

1:27:04Michael tries to buy the pot. He didn't realize we all rich. He's like, okay, we all got money, dude. He always tries to buy the pot. Like, I'm going to raise you. Like, we got money too, fool. But that was so much fun. We went through a couple cases of beer every night. But Larry Bird and Patrick Ewing became like great friends. We made up shirts, Harry and Larry. I mean, they became great friends.

1:27:32PFT Commenter:Man, it was so cool. Was there ever a moment where you're like, we got a game tomorrow, we got to be ready for this? Or was it like, we're the best team of all time?

1:27:44So we – Chuck Daly says, you guys do know if we lose, this will be the greatest upset in sports history, right? We're like, oh, never even thought about it like that. Right. He says, you guys, we can't be fucking around. And then from that point on, we're like, kill. Just kill. You know, that's why, you know, people like, we weren't trying to win games by 60, 70 points. But Chuck says, this would be the greatest upset in sports history.

1:28:15Big Cat:Yeah. They would never stop talking about it. They call y 'all the dream team. It would be a nightmare if we lose. Yeah. And Chuck was so awesome. He had two different starting lineups. Everybody just like, hey, you're going to start this game. You're going to start. And so the guys were just amazing. Yeah. And it was fun, too. Yeah. You ever fuck with Shaq and be like, hey, remember Barcelona? Shaq wanted to say he was on, like, the second dream team. We're like, no, you're, like, on the fourth dream team. And it was fun to go into Barcelona on the beach because we took, like, an hour and a half, two-hour walk every day because, you know, it was a topless beach.

1:28:49Yep. and we'd be like, great, put a shirt on. Great, put a shirt on. Great, great, great, put a shirt on. We would just walk up and down every day down the beach. It was beautiful. But first of all, we went to the pool. They were topless at the pools. We always went up there and got a case of beer and sit by the pool. And as we got that, before we took a nap, we walked on the beach and we just looked at these women like, wow, impressive. Please put a shirt on. Wow, impressive. We did that like every day.

1:29:25Big Cat:So you were the leading scorer on that team, right? Yes. So how did that work out? Was there any, like, I know there's a lot of superstars on that team. Sometimes, you know, we always joke that there's just one ball. That's what we say when we don't have shit else to say. We're like, there's one ball. I don't know if these great players are going to play well together. But since you get to spread around. It's easy for great players because they can play without the ball. So you can never be a great player if you don't play without the ball. And if you play with other great players, it's really easy.

1:29:54The Warriors. Yeah, yeah. Like, the better players you play with, the easier the game is. Like, when you're a one-man wrecking crew, it ain't no fun at all. Like, my last few years in Philly, I was by myself, basically. When I got traded to Phoenix and got Dan Marley and Kevin Johnson and Mark West and those sets of bottles and those guys, that's why I got MVP. I was a much better player in Philly, but because I had Dan Marley and Kevin Johnson and those guys, the game was so much easier for me.

1:30:20Big Cat:So was there any, like, I don't know if even jealousy is the right word. No, we had no jealousy. No competition, like, hey, Charles, I'm going to start a lot. Oh, that was my practice. The practice were the most intense things I've ever been through in my life because you had Michael and Clyde who hated each other. Yeah. You had Magic and Scottie, and Scottie had just locked Magic up in the finals. They were trying to kill each other. You had Karl Malone and me who was trying to prove who was the best power forward in the world. You had David Robinson and Patrick Ewing who was trying to prove who was the best center so the practices were they're the most intense thing i've ever been through in my life the games were easy yeah but let me tell you something those practices were like game sevens it was incredible the intensity the ego like it was on it was it was it was crazy but that was the only time that's that's when it was tough at practice the games were like hey man we representing united states let's get it done you guys didn't call a timeout no entire tournament no well we didn't need no time out we've got to whip ass and take names yeah um all right so i know you got to

1:31:20PFT Commenter:go in a second this has been awesome i got a couple thank y 'all for having me i got a couple quick hitters for you uh last time that you had a bar of soap get stuck in your ass so uh so you know i travel with my own soap i've almost see it's a conspiracy by these hotels yeah these little ass bars soap that's how they get you and they're out to get me they're out to get big asses so So I never used a rag. I just used a bar of soap to scrub my body down. And I was wiping my ass a couple times. I had like, oh, my God, that was close. So now, and I'll tell you what's funny. I told this story on a podcast, me and Ernie's podcast.

1:32:02You stole that name from me, by the way. Steam Room. Yeah. It was crazy. I didn't realize how many companies made big soaps. So I had like, I'm not even joking. Everyone, yeah. I had like 200 bars of soap. I gave them to a shelter. But every company had big soap, sent me some to Atlanta. So I had enough soap to fill up a closet. But now, you know, I travel with my own soap. I'm never taking a chance with hotel soap again. You can lose those little bars. You can't roll that down. No, you cannot. I love it. Because, you know, once it's in there, it's in there. Yeah.

1:32:37Big Cat:It's just going to absorb into your body. You're not getting that bad. Oh, yeah. I travel my own big bars of soap now. All right. So another hygiene question. Yeah. You said one time that you kept Vaseline inside your belly button? Yes. I used to – Carmelone told the story. I filled it up before the game because there's nothing worse than a person with big lips. And during the game, after you lick your lips a few times, they get all crusty and white. So I used to stick Vaseline in my belly button. It's a good place to hide it. Yeah. And Carmelone's the only person told the world. He says, we had him on the show one night.

1:33:12He says, you still keep Vaseline in your belly button? I said, Ernie, go to the next question. And he says, Carl, what are you talking about? He says, this dude used to keep Vaseline in his belly button. But I did used to keep Vaseline in my belly button. Because, man, let me tell you something. There's nothing worse than a dude with big lips, and they're all white and crusty.

1:33:27Big Cat:Wouldn't it, like, slide out once you start to sweat? The Vaseline just drips out? No, it stays in there a little bit because you have to reload at halftime. I guess if you've got to pick a hole to keep Vaseline in, That's the right hole. That's the update.

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1:34:13PFT Commenter:Have you had recently a guy in a sauna try to give you a bracelet? Because you told that story that you had a bracelet from a guy in a sauna. See, Ernie, Shaq and Ernie and Kenny have to make something so pure, so evil. The guy gave me, he, I wasn't familiar with the bracelet thing. And I was sitting in the steam room and I said, oh man, it's a bracelet there. He said, I forget what they call it. He said, nah, he said, blah, blah, it means this, this. And when I get to the front desk from the health club, the guy says, hey, Charles, we got something for you. And it was the man's bracelet. And, you know, I was like, wow, that's pretty cool.

1:34:54And I made the mistake of telling them fools I work with. He didn't give it to me in the steam room.

1:34:59PFT Commenter:Oh, I thought he did. But has that happened? Because I feel like that would be a copycat thing where if you see Charles Barkley in the steam room, you're giving him a bracelet. No, he gave it to me. He left it at the front desk, America. He didn't give it to me. I don't want a bracelet from another man in the steam room. I don't want that. But if anyone sees Charles in the steam room going forward, give him a bracelet.

1:35:18Big Cat:That's exactly right. It's almost worse than he left it for you. He was thinking about you later. Yeah. He's like, I really like that guy. I appreciate his generosity. Yes, yes.

1:35:28PFT Commenter:Well, Chuck, you're the best. Thank you, brother. We're huge, huge fans. Thank you so much for giving us some time. Hey, man, it's my pleasure. Continued success. Yeah. I'll see you in the casino tonight. Yeah, you'll see you at the casino and keep giving Biz some shit. Oh, that's my guy. He is the best. He's literally the best dude ever. He is. To do this, though, he thanks people too much. He'll thank people for like 50 minutes afterwards because he's Canadian. So just to be like, hey, Biz, one thank you is fine.

1:35:52Big Cat:Canadian are nice people. Yeah, they're very nice. Great guy, but he needs to chill out with Maple Leaf stuff. He thinks he's on the team. No, man, I'm rooting for them. Yeah. They got to win soon. Yeah. I know they let Marner just go, but, man, I root for that because that's my favorite city in the world. Toronto is the best city in the world.

1:36:09PFT Commenter:Wow. I love it too, yeah. Toronto is the best city in the world, easily. Chicago summer is the second best. Those are my two favorite places in the world. Yeah. Got to get you to the office. I'll be there. Yeah. Sounds good. All right, thanks. Thanks, brothers. Thanks, man. Iconic summer moments deserve an iconic drink. Reach for Mountain Dew, an American original. from its beginnings in the foothills of Tennessee to your biggest summer yet. The refreshing citrus kick of Mountain Dew is the perfect companion to your American summer adventures. Enjoy the refreshing citrus kick of Mountain Dew, tasting great since 48.

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1:36:54PFT Commenter:All right, wrapping up the show. Happy Gilmore 2 came out. uh this is not a paid advertisement because we did have scotty scheffler on but we did not get paid by happy gilmore 2 to talk about the movie i just thought everyone was talking about it i feel like we aligned pft we haven't talked about it hank as well because you watched it

1:37:12Big Cat:but i was watching on the plane and you were sitting next to me and you probably got my

1:37:16PFT Commenter:reaction as well yeah well i fell asleep for a little bit but uh i thought it was exactly what i expected going in and that it wasn't the best movie it was nostalgia there was a shitload of cameos i laughed a few times and i went away being like okay that was fun i actually thought it was

1:37:32Big Cat:a very funny movie i enjoyed it i didn't i don't know if i'd go as far as very funny but that's no my mark is do i laugh more than six or seven times out loud yeah i laughed probably 10 times out loud during the movie i'll say this a lot of cameos the movie is pretty much entirely cameos and like throwback jokes guy fury guy fury's in there uh the best cameo by far rob schneider what a great job Rob Schneider did he's so funny I will watch anything Rob Schneider's in Rob you're the man appreciate you dog

1:38:02PFT Commenter:and if you do another movie Adam Sandler we do do a podcast there were some podcast cameos hit us up it was weird because I saw a lot of people reacting to it I didn't watch it until Saturday night so people were reacting on Friday people were very upset and I was like I just don't understand if you I would get it if you have to go to a movie theater to see the movie it's a made for streaming movie it's you know what it's gonna be like you know i knew going in i could figure out the storyline within two seconds actually i kind of got a little like the shooter mcgavin storyline they did do a good job of switching that one up a little but i like i expected i was like hey it's an hour and a half i'm gonna sit on my couch and watch it i'm gonna have a little nostalgia there's me a few moments that make me laugh i'm gonna go away being like okay that was fun not this is the worst movie ever i can't believe they did this i can't believe that people think that like it's just it was such a low bar you know what i mean yeah and you don't have to go you don't have to spend any money you

1:39:01Big Cat:just sit on your couch and watch it they didn't like try to make a brand new movie pay for netflix it was like yeah everyone has netflix it was like very much just straight up hey we're gonna redo happy go more and we're gonna have modern people in it and it was good it was fine it was funny i I enjoyed it. I liked Ben Stiller returning. I loved how now Brooks and Bryson saved professional golf from an upstart league that comes into. Well, I would love to watch the people from live watching Happy Gilmore being like, this is funny. They're making fun of us. And then Brooks and Bryson are actually on the side of the PGA tour.

1:39:34Big Cat:Yeah, that was awesome.

1:39:36PFT Commenter:I just don't. Maybe I'm just maybe I'm out of touch, but I never went into it being like this is going to be better than the original Happy Gilmore. No, if you haven't. That's not possible.

1:39:45Big Cat:Right.

1:39:45PFT Commenter:But I think there were people who thought it was going to be better or on par with the original Happy Gilmore. I never thought that. I was like, I'm just going to take a little nostalgia, blast from the past, watch some cameos, and burn an hour and a half of where I can turn my brain off and just watch a movie.

1:40:00Big Cat:Yeah. Now, if you haven't seen Happy Gilmore and you just watched Happy Gilmore 2, it's probably the worst movie of all time.

1:40:05PFT Commenter:Yeah.

1:40:05Big Cat:If you've never seen the first one.

1:40:07PFT Commenter:That's fair.

1:40:07Big Cat:But they didn't try to make a brand new movie. They were just like, we're going to make a funny, silly movie that is basically all head nods to the Happy Gilmore one and also cameos from people that you recognize.

1:40:17PFT Commenter:Yeah. I also think if it was in the movie theaters, people would have a legitimate complaint. I watched pretty much all the Adam Sandler straight to streaming movies. Yeah. And they're all basically the same. It's like you turn it on. You know that you basically can just turn your brain off, not have to worry about it being too serious or bum you out. You'll laugh a couple times. You're not going to think about it the next day. And you're not going to be like, that was one of the best movies I ever saw. But you're going to laugh a couple times and be like, all right, that was cool.

1:40:42Big Cat:John Daly was great, too. John Daly was great. Great job as an actor. I wouldn't even call him a cameo. He was like a part of the movie. Yeah. Reggie Bush was great. Yeah. Reggie Bush was in there. Bad Bunny. I didn't know that. Bad Bunny was actually incredible. I had no idea that that was Bad Bunny. I thought that he was just an actor. I didn't know what he looked like.

1:41:00PFT Commenter:I laughed out loud multiple times at Bad Bunny's points. Yeah.

1:41:02Big Cat:He was really good. Very funny.

1:41:04PFT Commenter:Very funny. So, yeah. I don't know why people. I guess I just say I do know why people get upset but I just feel like it accomplished everything that it was I was expecting it to not be blow me away that it was gonna just be like a fun popcorn

1:41:17Big Cat:watch I was shocked on Friday and Saturday when I saw people online saying like I turned it off after five minutes I turned off it's like what what did you think you were getting yourself into when you started Happy Gilmore 2 correct that made you turn I actually thought that the plot twist like two minutes in the movie I laughed at it I thought that's funny that made memes very angry yeah memes was not a fan of the plot yeah memes you're like a number one adam sandler fan especially

1:41:38PFT Commenter:in like you know the good bad movie draft do you think that it qualifies uh it definitely qualifies i liked it i really enjoyed the family like their son's just beating everybody up i think they should focus more on the kids and the family and shooter uh were there too many too many cameos

1:41:58Big Cat:Too many cameos. Way too many cameos. The movie was like, how long was it? Hour and a half? Hour. It was like 90 TikToks.

1:42:06PFT Commenter:Yeah.

1:42:07Big Cat:Perfect. Yeah.

1:42:09PFT Commenter:Great film. Yeah. Don't have to think. Yeah. Having any type of entertainment, when I count this podcast kind of in that genre, I don't have to turn my brain on. I'm welcome to all of it.

1:42:21Big Cat:I wish that after every minute, when it switched from scene to scene, it just scrolled up like you were watching TikTok. Yeah. Like it's simulated. Someone will put it all on TikTok.

1:42:30PFT Commenter:Yeah. That's what they do, right? They put full movies on TikTok. Yeah.

1:42:32Big Cat:It's one scroll at a time.

1:42:33PFT Commenter:You can watch the whole thing. Yeah. Yeah. Imagine turning it off and being like, I'm going to watch Happy Gilmore. I can't believe that.

1:42:39Big Cat:Although when Tuesday's Gone hit, it did make me think about the first one. But there were enough actual throwbacks to footage from the first film that it felt like I watched half of Happy Gilmore 1 while I watched Happy Gilmore 2. Yeah. I mean, this wasn't – I'm not necessarily excited to watch, but I will watch. I'll be getting more one greatest movie of all time I think it's the perfect movie Oh, Boban Awesome job by Boban Maybe he was the best cameo

1:43:07PFT Commenter:Alright, we forgot to do lottery balls In studio So we're going to do something different This is I mean, it's grit week You can claim you won a grit week one I'm going to say memes Will you feel like you've won the lottery ball if you win what we're about to do? Absolutely Alright, what we're going to do is Chris can you write down a number on your phone 1 to 100 any number 1 to 100 he's going to write it we're going to guess and then he'll reveal because we forgot to do it that's our bad no he'll show us right after okay tell us when good alright numbers 54 74 74. 85. 23.

1:43:59Big Cat:17. I love 85. You got one? 17. I'll stick with 99. All right. Shane, what'd you say? Reveal it. 17. That's Max's favorite number two. Fuck. 72.

1:44:16PFT Commenter:Damn.

1:44:17Big Cat:All right. No one.

1:44:18PFT Commenter:Damn. You had 74 memes? Pick 74. Memes, how many people asked you if you've gotten it yet?

1:44:24Big Cat:there was a ton at the meetup today and they were like oh I think you're going to get it this week I was like oh we didn't film they just gave me a number

1:44:31PFT Commenter:well we do have a surprise for later on this week so maybe we'll be able to film it at some point okay good show boys Grit Week love you guys

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