The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)

Episode Date: January 14, 2025

Good Ol' Teddy Ballgame kicks off The Big Suey, but we can't stay there long because a new potential NFL moment has been unlocked: What if Matthew Stafford leads the Rams to an upset over the Lions in a potential NFC Championship Game? Then, Greg Cote plays a dangerous game and considers changing his tune on the Houston Texans as they prepare to take on the Kansas City Chiefs. Plus, Earleen Cote is here and now leads the clubhouse in the "Best Revelation" category for the 2025 Suey Awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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And for more heartburn relief fun, be sure to follow Tums at Tums official on Instagram and Tik TOK. Welcome to the big suey presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBattard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not gonna apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.

I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face and the habitual liar. I just was personal witness in the wild to one of the great love story old man connections around baseball cards and all

things that bring sports purity and love to bond to men. The moment I just witnessed natural right before the cameras came on in here of Stu Gott and Greg Cody talking the love language of men and I'll tell you what it was I don't have the context for it I started listening at the end, but it was a magical moment of love story between the height of masculinity. Stu Gott said to Greg Cody, for reasons I don't understand, oh, Teddy ball game. And Greg Cody didn't give him one point, gave him two points. I really felt the second one. Because of a baseball player named Ted Williams.

Teddy ball game. In the 1950s and 60s and the glorious old sports day of when a nickname still meant something. Damn right. We thought you were talking about Teddy Bridgewater back here. No, well, we were. It started there because Greg and I were talking about how important the backup quarterbacks are,

especially this time of year. You're one play away from having to go to the backup. It happened with Damon Yeward a few years ago, and he took the Chiefs on a 98-yard drive. So I have ranked the remaining eight backup quarterbacks that we have left in the playoffs. One of them is Teddy Bridgewater. That morphed into a conversation

of top five Teddys of all time. How about that? That's crazy. That's right. That's how genius happens. Start talking about Teddy Bridgewater, anything can happen. Teddy Bridgewater, I've been asking our guest bookers to get Teddy Bridgewater for us, because it's

a really cool story. Like, just happened pretty quietly. You don't get in and out of football unscathed, you know, with what that game costs, as Chris Cody's arguing. Yeah, I don't want to be Sam Darnold. I just want his money. That is, my father's been saying that since childhood. I don't want to be Burt Reynolds.

I just want his money. That's what Chris Cody just said as a sports argument for why he would or wouldn't want to be a quarterback he just wants the money Teddy Bridgewater got some of the money reliable backup comes to our city dominates state high school football leaves a champion goes back to the Detroit Lions and they might need him for a drive. And man, that's gonna be a nice story. If somehow injuries come and grab everybody in the sport and the Lions need a rescue,

because you know there are four other teams that are almost as good as the Lions, and oh, might the Rams be one of them. Might the Rams be one of them, because I'm pretty sure that Stu Gotz, after last night, is willing to say the Rams are gonna win the Super Bowl. I am willing to say the Rams are gonna win the Super Bowl. I am willing to say the Rams are gonna win the Super Bowl.

You know, if you're an Eagles fan, that was the worst case scenario playing out last night. You wanted the Vikings, and now you're getting a Super Bowl champion quarterback and a Super Bowl champion coach, and that coach is 18-3 in December, January, and February. And they're healthier. That's the quarterback. They're healthier, and it's weird. That team is weird. And the coach.

It is strange. We can agree on this. It's unusual to have a system that has two of these unbelievably rugged physical receivers that no one can stop. To have two of them and a quarterback who can no look pass in a Super Bowl because he's so comfortable throwing a football.

If you can't stop two receivers who the only failure of that team is if their bodies don't hold up, correct? Yes. Because one of them was a 2,000 yard receiver and the other one comes behind him and is a 1,700 yard receiver and you're like, wait a minute, how does that happen? It must be system and coach and quarterback working together rhythmically and all the detours of the thing is health like there is nothing it can't it's a grinding machine or when the suburb of a minute stop to bella check and brady

kids got your quarterback but if you figure out system and quarterback in time and you've got a durable quarterback and his skill guys are those two right cuz i don't know who you guys view is the best skill guys in the league we look at Cincinnati obviously Minnesota but but when I ask you about this when I ask you about what this team does with its no look quarterback and two Receivers impossibly built to get two thousand yards in a way. You cannot stop. It's not I do not care what you do I don't care how good your corners are

I don't I don't even need Totally to throw the ball to the tight end in The scene very much anymore in the Super Bowl at drive time when I had to beat the Cincinnati Bengals Matthew Stafford has so much comfort in Cooper Cup that even though he's the only healthy receiver left He's making no look passes to a person We know he's gonna throw it to because some people are so quick that you're never gonna actually cover lad throw it to because some people are so quick that you never gonna actually covered lad mcconkey

but you get these just never get recovered it's like it's not a thing that can be covered either one is that small and quick so that team everyone in the sport is scared up for what i just said right all know they've got three guys like that and those three guys are kind of indestructible the beat tom brady on fourth and long when you know he's got a throw it to cooper cop in the playoffs everyone is terrified of that team more than the bangles more than i'd say even

the forty niners billies never believes in them but i don't think billy would have anything bad say about the rams like we all know if that teams healthy it's terrifying they also have a good to have a good tight end who got injured last night but not seriously diverted the yeah and and then williams is uh... an above-average running back i mean that is a great offense I would still say Baltimore has more weapons than is a better offense, but that but the Rams are great I can't believe I'm saying this but if we get Rams at Lions for the right to go to the Super Bowl

It might be a better championship game than the AFC game like that is great. It's a great That is so rich with storylines, man but that is correct it's a great that is so rich with storylines man uh... yeah if the rams could derail the greatest season in detroit lions history of stafford going to try to wait a minute wait a minute you want storylines like the soap opera basketball stuff hold on healthy rams matthew stafford is the quarterback matthew stafford is the best det Matthew Stafford is the best Detroit Lions player ever

who did not quit on the franchise early in his career because the franchise has sucked for 50 years and swallows every one and everything even if it's Barry Sanders. I like that, he's the greatest guy who stuck with the franchise. He's the greatest guy to not quit for that franchise. He quit emotionally. No he didn't. He asked for a trade. No he didn't. He's the greatest guy to not quit for that franchise. He quit emotionally.

No he didn't. He asked for a trade. No he didn't. He stayed right there. He got traded. Look, Matthew Stafford is one of the, look, you say you don't want the expectations of quarterback money?

Stafford was the highest paid quarterback and I was like, you can't pay him like that. Detroit Lions never win anything, he's their best player, they never matter. He goes to California because Mccveigh says goff that's as high as i can go on the arrive at belgec store step in a lose thirteen to three because that's as high as i can go with you as soon as what as as soon as uh... todd girly gets hurt

if dot if you don't have your running back i can't do it with just you so i can't do with twenty touchdowns in my running game and so i'm gonna send you to Detroit and Detroit says, this is a stopgap. We're rebuilding with man Campbell. This isn't a serious thing. We're gonna take this money. We all know this is bad money in golf.

We don't golf can't succeed like that without McVeigh, right? I don't have any parts of the story wrong yet. Do I? No. For him to go back to Detroit and break the greatest season in Detroit history's heart because Stafford can no look past when you in the Super Bowl when you get him two receivers or you get him just one. One who won't quit.

One who won't quit because of franchise dysfunction. One who won't quit because he's properly supported. It is crazy to say that I would take as my Super Bowl champion any one of the remaining teams that you give me if I can just add those three guys and put it in the middle of my offense. I feel like I can go on the road and beat anybody on any I will play on any team in the league and I will just drop in. I'll take out those your three skill guys and put those three skill guys. And I think I'll take my chances with Cup, Puka, and Stafford against everyone in the league.

And Kyron Williams, I mean, I wanna see that game, because all the pressure will be on Detroit. It's their year, it's their time to get to the Super Bowl, and in walks Matthew Stafford. I love a good cagey veteran Super Bowl champion quarterback strolling into a stadium. I did. In strolls Matthew Stafford. The guy never did shit in Detroit.

It's not like this hollowed ground that he owns Ford Field and he's going to come in and dominate again. Guy was a quitter, honestly. When they brought in Dan Campbell, the new GM, he went to Chris's point, he went to management, he requested a trade because he said that he thought another tear down was going to come. Matthew Stafford, you know why the Lions didn't win? You were their quarterback, buddy.

It was on you. You should have done better. Then he goes and he has little dalliances in LA and he wins the Super Bowl. And the city welcomes him back as a champion and they named streets after him and do all these things. We're so happy for Matthew Stafford. I know who doesn't get his flowers.

Jared Goff. The guy who came in there and he stuck with them and has elevated the team, carried them on his back to the promised land that they haven't seen because of Matthew Stafford. And now we're gonna come in and we're gonna say, wouldn't it be a great story if Matthew Stafford comes in and he ruins the party?

No, it would be a nightmare. It would be an absolute nightmare. I hope that the Lions demolish the Rams. And thoughts and prayers to everyone out in LA. But I hope that the Lions demolish the Rams. What was that? You have to say that. You say that because you can't actually.

We weren't even thinking about it. But you can't, just in case anyone was making the connection saying, oh, the Rams, what's going on out there. Better on the front end though. Exactly right. Like I wanna say, thoughts and prayers with everyone out there in LA I hope everyone, you know, downloads Heidi's song and all that stuff and sends it to number one on the Apple charts because that's how we're healing now

But I'm just saying I hope that the Lions pounce on the Rams This is not a feel-good story revenge game. It's revenge game against him Judas Was that a cough laugh, what was that sound? It's a revenge game against him, Judas. Was that a cough laugh? What was that sound? It sounded like somebody clubbed a baby seal next to me. And it spit up a sardine. What just happened? I was laughing at Billy's take

because while it may be accurate, it's also part of what makes this a great matchup full of storylines. And here's another storyline. Don Shula's grandson maybe the best defensive coordinator in football that nobody's talking about. Right the Dolphins should hire him. You know what if they lose their defensive coordinator which they might because he's being sought after. I was gonna say Dolphins had a top five defense this year. I know but but also.

But his last name is Shula. Exactly. And Anthony Leeway is being sought out. Legacy yeah. To Greg's point the Rams have only allowed 10 points or fewer in four of their last five games. So their defense is actually what's really helped this late season run for them. Absolutely. Let me ask you guys a question because for about the last five years,

I can stroll in with the lazy analysis of the following. And this week, because of the stakes, because we're starved for football, because we make all things that just happen the most important thing in a sport where health really, really matters. For the last five to 10 years, I'm always thinking that the team

that looks impressive this week can go on the road and then go play a rested team that is better than them and gets the reward in the game of attrition of being rested and playing at home thinking that that team's chances are better than they ever are because what often happens in this round is the team like the Rams gets dragged because the better team had longer rest and we're all reminded oh yeah Detroit beat everyone in the sport

by 225 points this year. They're better than everyone and you always fall in love with the last team you see. I stopped doing analysis that way because of how often I was wrong falling in love with the wild card team. Yeah, Rams plus six at Eagles. That's good.

I hear what you're saying. Plus six. But the, okay, in this round though, the Eagles, the Eagles at least had to play. Yeah. Right? You're doing the rest versus rust thing. Like, couldn't a team that had a bye come out rusty? No, okay, no, but this, you guys are talking about the Detroit game, right?

And I was thinking of just what is coming up against Detroit and what the buy is going to mean to these teams my more general analysis that I've been wrong every time because of how much I fall in love with the teams that are good in this round and then when they do run up against teams that that have the Chiefs by what ends up happening it's it's almost impossible to beat them on the road right you see the commanders went on the road the Lions they have a week off and you know the commanders went on the road, the Lions, they have a week off, and the commanders are the last thing you saw. And so you think to yourself,

yeah, the commanders have a shot here. And then the Lions remind you just how good they are and have been during the regular season. But Dan, it does happen. Like teams from the wild card, they go on the road. It happened last year with Kansas City. Yes, it's just in times of measurements that are weird and random

Yes, Eli Manning twice has gone on the road through all his playoff games, right and one I might have in once I thought my my larger point is what an amazing advantage It is in a sport that has so many close games that to have a week more of health is usually a pretty substantive advantage because playing a game every two weeks feels differently than some of the shit we were doing at the end of the season where we're playing three games in 11 days

and Patrick Mahomes is limping off the field. I think to your point, you see that in the spreads. Outside of Ravens Bills, which is basically a pick-em game, big spreads. Like a lot of people are gonna be looking at these underdogs like, oh, that's a lot of points, but to Dan's point, these one seeds and two seeds are just waiting.

Yeah, Philadelphia's only given up six points, though, to the Rams. That's pretty close for a Philly home game. Six, that's a big spread. What do you mean? I don't think it's that big a spread. I mean, not compared to what, eight, nine and a half, I'm seeing.

Lions are gonna crush the commanders. The Texans team, I saw beat the the Chargers has a chance to win in Kansas City if the weather is not crazy snowy see no one thinks that okay don't say no you said they were very very very very very far from being a contender you said they were very very very very very far from being and they they proved me right for the next month or so The team I saw beat the Chargers with that defense careful changing your mind be careful I just did this with Sam Darnold. I got I was good all season

I you know how idiotic it is to Godson I'm I am on the other side of 55 to fall into the trap of being right all season and then being wrong the day Before just because I did my math wrong on how many good teams there are in the sport? Changing your mind is a very dangerous game. Just stay entrenched. Greg, are you saying they're gonna pull off the upset? Because if you don't say it, I will.

I don't think they will, but I think they have a good chance. If I see the same team as I saw beat the Chargers. Useless, that's right. They showed you a lot in that game, didn't they? I don't think they will, but they have a chance. Like, what is that? Useless that useless just fundamentally this is how your dad ages in the gambling game okay let me tell you something about changing my

mind sometimes it's not about changing your mind it's about recognizing and evolution and I'll give you another example the Baltimore Ravens defense early in the season up until about mid season was awful. Bottom five in the league most points allowed, terrible. The Ravens defense changed because of Kyle Hamilton and a couple other things and they're now a really really good defense. That's not me changing my mind, that's me recognizing an evolution in that team. Kyle Hamilton, not since talking about Bob Sanders making the Indianapolis Colts better for Peyton Manning. That got good hit.

Because as a safety, he took them from the 30th ranked run defense by himself to a Super Bowl champion. He was awesome, Dan. So good, like Steve Atwater. He was the coolest. It was unbelievable to watch. I'm like, how is there a safety being a superhero here?

I'm so mad that Derwin James is out of the playoffs, because these cornerbacks who are superheroes are amazing to me. Bob Sanders. He was helped by the name Bob, right? Bob Sanders, yeah. And I think he was a strong safety. That helps as well. That's right well yes but he's not since

then have i heard one team get more accolades for one move in its defensive secondary than what the ravens have become defensively since kyle hamilton which is number one in the league across the board for six weeks now yeah that's right we like bobs in american that's why we like red warn Yeah, Bob's real name is is Desmond Yeah Bob you know what you saw me hiccup on Bob Sanders and temporarily forget his name

It's because I don't associate athletic excellence with anyone named Bob. It's exactly right. It stopped me I'm like do I have I I wanted to change his name to Mike. Big shot Bob, hello. Yeah, yeah. Bob had it. Bob Clemente. He was Robert though, he was Robert. There's no S in Bob's first name, it's Dement.

D-E-M-O-N-D. Dement. How'd we get to Bob though? Don't know, looking into it. Alright do we get to Bob though? Uh, don't know. We'll get into it. All right, thanks. Get on that, Roy. Hmm.

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Wee. This is the Don Lebatard Show with the Stugats. Were you complaining about Patrick Mahomes as the kids name? Oh, you know, that wasn't meant for air. Oh, but because Golden Ray is a beautiful image. That's the name. I don't know if it's a great name. Mahomes just had a nice name.

They had their third child and they named it Golden Ray. Is it a name at all? Golden Ray. What's wrong with that name? It's a made-up name. I think when parents make up names, they're not thinking of the child. Okay, when that child is going into middle school with the name Golden Ray, I think you got to think about that. Quick example. I wanted to name Christopher Bamboo Reed. Earline stepped in and went, let's give him a normal name. Bamboo Reed Cody? Yeah, and she used the phrase normal name. OK.

So. Can you call her up and ask her? That kid's going to stroll into school as Patrick Mahomes' son. Well, that's the thing. Is it that? That's a fair point. Mahomes at the end of it kind of trumps the beginning.

Yeah. It's a woman. It's a girl, Golden Ray. Yeah. Sorry. I need to stop everyone here because I'm now finding our own show problematic. Greg Cody has now demanded that his wife package

his things better after taking care of him, and now he is serving as ombudsman for how people name their kids. Yeah, I don't demand anything, I just suggest. Apparently the common nickname for Demond is Bob. Apparently. Wow, that's interesting great fact Bob greasy It's according to the weird AI Google Internet

Demond nickname is Bob why? Okay, I'll find me like Demi Moore or something Dem would work dem would live of dem, it doesn't sound like a nickname, it's like, you know, Dem, who Dem, who Dat. Right. Bob Buker. Bob Newhart. Yeah.

Yeah! Bob Newhart, yes. Excellent, not athleticism. Not helpful, Bob. Bob Newhart. Bob Newhart could sling the pill. Bob Cousy. Ah, Cous.

The Couser. The Couser. Chris, Cous. The Couser. The Couser. Chris, I would like to speak to both my father today and your mother because I want to ask her some questions including whether or not he was going to name you Bamboo Reed because I do, I think your father is a liar. Hopefully she's not cheating. And I want some answers to that question as well, because I really do think Greg Cody disrespected his union

with a woman who is, like, I'm not kidding when I say she is 1,000 times the titan that he is. At his 70th birthday, I will say that the most moved Greg Cody was, as he considered everything from love to Mortality is thinking about the ways that he loves his wife who has raves a 70 year old toddler a Man who cannot do anything other than brag about making podcasts and his clicks and looking out at his downloads I'm assuming I'm assuming that's what Arlene loves most about Greg, his unwillingness to mature and grow up.

He's a kid, he's a kid at heart. He's lovable, he's great. We will ask her, we will ask her that in a second. Having been given a name that was difficult for many to pronounce correctly, Sanders asked his mother if his name could be changed. His mother suggested Bob as a nickname and the name stuck. So the AI internet was wrong.

I can't keep up there anymore, I will just tell you. I have now lost much of my ability to tell what is real and what is not. I don't know if the rest of you are feeling the same thing. It's on purpose, Dan. They don't want us to know anything. And just as we live in a time of disinformation and dangerous times in general, and I

ask the public to please placate me on what do you think the apocalypse looks like? Would it look like some of what's happening in California, like before it started? Would it, like whatever it is the end looks like, whatever you imagine it to look like, do you expect it to just be here within 50 years with an explosion, or are there gonna just be occasional hurricane-for forced winds during a fire

that we weren't aware of? Bob Saget. RIP. Bob Morley. Yeah. Bob E. The rest in power. A lot of great Bobs.

A lot of dead Bobs. Bob Dylan, not so great, overrated. Nah, Bob Dylan, come on. He's a laugh. That's okay. Whoa, $50 fine. What happened? Did. Nah, Bob Dylan, come on now. He's alive. That's so good. Whoa, $50 fine. What happened? Did you just kill Bob Dylan?

You just killed Bob Dylan? I didn't kill Bob Dylan. He didn't mention it. I just wanted to make sure I got in front of it. He is alive. Someone said RIP in response to another Bob. Yes, yes. There are no great-

A Bob Saget. Look, you guys keep saying great Bobs. You're not giving me very many athletic Bobs. I'm not getting in a sort of- Big shot Bob, I gave it. Yeah, but that's Robert. Bobby giving me very many athletic Bob's. I'm not getting in a big shot Bob I gave it that's Robert Bobby a bear Bob Clemente no, that's not that's Robert that doesn't get to be Bob. Well, they're all Robert. No, but yes, but Bob sap I know who Bob sap is Bob sap Bob

Well, I don't there's no way, well, there's no way, Louis, do me the favor, just so that Greg Cody can enjoy the visual reveal of me showing him what Bob Sapp looks like, because Bob Sapp is an international superstar for just being a giant physical specimen, beast of a man in here and Japan who could not fight a lick, even though he was 350 pounds of bloated muscle and a bit of a superhero, and everyone would kick his ass

in whatever it is the fighting sport was, but my God, he was terrifying, walking to the ring. Famous only for being giant. Bob Sapp was not a great athlete. He was just someone named Bob. Bobby Fischer. Bobby Bonds. Bob Boone. Ricky Bobby. Bobby Fischer. Bobby Bonds. Bob Boone.

Ricky Bobby. Bobby Abreu. SB Nation dove into this in 2012 guys. And apparently as of 2012, there had only been 1,884 athletes across the NFL, NBA, NHL and NCAA ever that had gone primarily by the name Bob, not Robert or Bobby or Bob. But at the time in 2012,

the only Bob in those sports was Bob Sanders. Huh. Wow. So something has been done already on the deep dive think piece on can Bob's be great athletes? No is the answer. If you're named Bob, you can't be.

As of 13 years ago. Bob Gibson. Bob Surrow. be. 13 years ago Bob Gibson Bob Soorah. Oh my god he had to face Teddy ball game. Did he? No. And then Gibson came after Teddy ball game. How about Bob Feller? I mean another old favorite. The Indian back when we called them Indians. Whoa, careful. Oh boy. All right, hold on a second. Hold on a second. He was saying Clementine. Hold on a second. Different time.

Back when we wrapped presents. And say Merry Christmas. We've got a penalty, five minutes. Major asshole. Five minutes. Wow. Wow, major asshole. Oh, major.

Wow. Let's not rewrite history. Bob Feller played for the Clevelandinton indians some side over features you're right on bob feller we will look up whether i've crossed jr cross contaminated generations here between bob gibson and teddy ball game you're gonna have to leave though you're gonna have to leave because uh... what you did is uh... deeply offensive to me

and uh... you cannot uh... you can't see so i i will tell you stood outside in these modern times, I think the funniest moment since we left ESPN for me that I was not able to make fun of is we had a moment on our show where I said that somebody was sitting Indian style. And then, yeah, well, this is what happened back then. Yes, I said someone was sitting Indian style and then to correct myself because I got scared of it immediately, then I corrected it to something you'd write in fiction

if you were trying to mock my ego soaked ass, Native American style. And none of you noticed it and no one corrected me and we sped through the stop sign and I was like, that's mortifying what just happened to me there. I was supposed to say crisscross applesauce which i'm sorry i feel ridiculous say we notice we just kept it moving you well you kept it moving well enough to avoid the problem we presently have

which is greg cody who's feeling full of himself today and should be by the way that first hour was a greg cody hour for all time and furthermore he came in today with a shocking announcement that he's got a back in my day a fresh back in my day out of nowhere unannounced hasn't done one of those i don't know how long it's been unless it's for profit through one of his book votes tuesday

he's right about that but back we're in a dangerous place with your old man, Chris, in that he ages poorly in terms of saying that his wife, the lawyer or partner, should do his bags better. My mom is joining right now, by the way, so she should be here any second.

He's not, she's not gonna like what's about to be said here. Bob Gibson has faced five Teds, none of them were Ted Williams. But they did overlap by years, they just never faced any others. Two Gibson has faced five Teds. None of them were Ted Williams. But they did overlap by years. They just never faced any others. Two years. Two years of over.

All right. Thank you. I am held clinging to my own ignorance. That is how the sportsman ages right there. You just cross Chris Cross generation, 60s, 80s, what was it, 90s, 70s? I don't know. Teddy ball game and then you point your friend uh...

that's not and that's how the knowledge base of a used to collect baseball cards disintegrates occasionally get two points from greg i had those years by the ways in the military so i think i think that's an amazing story for those of you want to know the legend of teddy ball game he uh... is prime went off to be a fighter pilot it's kind of amazing and then at the end they cut his head off and put it in some sort of cyber-baric chamber

and it lives in ice. Yeah. Bob McAdoo. Ah. Yes. Bob Hairdo. Oh. No, my mother, back in my mother's day,

women had, it was called a Bob Harrison. That's right. I can't explain it. It still exists. Will you back me up on that? No, we'll get to her in a second. Hold on I can't explain it. It still exists. You can back me up on that. No, we'll get to her in a second. Hold on a second, Greg Cody. Let's introduce first your wife who's very busy at a law firm. And she doesn't have time for this nonsense. She really does not. Okay?

That's true. And... She's always available though. No, she's not always available. No, she is not always available. I'm sorry. That's not... That is not in any way true true I ask for her all the time and she graces us with her presence two or three times and it's always to the eternal embarrassment of Greg Cody So I have a number of different questions to ask you Earlene, but when he goes Bob haircut there with the Joe

That's a fine because it's off of Bob McAdoo, right? I just I I want to know okay Why she loves this man a man she's had to take care of for 70 years and the argument before you got here is well He's forever a kid and she likes that he's immature and he's always a kid and he makes her laugh. Yes I was saying that's probably what Arlene loves most about Greta. Cody did say Arlene. You got her name wrong there I let it slide and I can't remember the last time. What's your name? It's an odd name. It's Erlene, it's her name, yes, it's okay.

We'll let it slide for now. Sorry, Erlene. Don't mean to mansplain too, Erlene. It's not Arlene. Sorry. It's Sy, it's Stu, what the hell, right? It's his longtime love and a man who takes care of this old man.

And the question I want to pose to you among many is, how is his sense of humor aging at home? Because I found that his Bob joke is lazy, even by his standards. That he is getting lazier and lazier on funny with age at home. Yeah, I think he goes to the, you know, the one that he can just like pull out of it, you know, that he's always said over and over again, like, but don't fall kind

of jokes. Yeah, agreed. Like he'll put something, he'll just put the name Al in front of something that doesn't. Yeah, yeah. Just to, just to make us all go, here we go again. You know, I mean, I would like a little, I would like a little fresher humor. I agree. A quick parentheses here. I just Googled the phrase Bob hairdo right and photos come up of a Bob hairdo That's right. That wasn't lazy. I wasn't making that up. There is a Bob hairdo. That is correct Okay, so why is that lazy? There used to be a It's Bob hairdo. Mm-hmm the Bob. It's not a name. It's a thing Yeah, Erlene when you came on the reason I started there is when you came on you made a face like

So you like you smelled something bad like there's my husband out in public making one of those stinker jokes of his not trying Very hard and I saw something if not shame. It was not love on your face. Oh There's always love there But honestly, I mean it's like here we you know, whatever like I said, here we go Like can you do better than that? But yeah,'s like, here we, you know, whatever. Like I said, here we go. Like, can you do better than that? But yeah, sometimes you can't, like, you know. Well, what would you guys do?

You wouldn't be able to make fun of them if you didn't say stupid shit. Right, that's correct. You don't want them to change. That is correct. Well, she loves him. I don't know of two more important ingredients in love than understanding and acceptance.

Do you love him? Yes, of course she loves him. Of course. Okay, just making sure. She went kind of high with her voice there. Yeah, that was a lie. Of course. I have a head cold.

Give me a word. I have a head cold. It's going around this time of year. It really is. I have a number of questions. Is what you love most about him that he's a kid at heart? Sure. Ha ha ha!

What's she supposed to say to that? Is there something that she loves more about you? You are fiercely protective and speak in poems about how much you love her. I don't know about that. No, I mean, he's extremely, I got a 44-year-old anniversary banner in my house. Exactly.

Wow. Banner, what a great gift. Yes, thank you, six by four. Amazon is amazing. It really is, 12.99. That's a lot of banner for 10 bucks. Did you wrap it? No, I displayed it for her.

I put it up banner-like, banner-style. What I'm trying to figure out is what's the over-under of when we can take it down, but. Yeah. It's a great question. March. It is a great question. How. It is a great question. How long is too long for the thoughtful gift

that is a testament to Greg Cody's love, all 1299 of it? Yeah. Wants to be celebrated like Cleopatra around his house because he got a banner for 1299. That's correct. When was the anniversary? January 10th. Friday.

Oh, I mean, we've been celebrating our 20th for like six months already, so I feel like. Six months ago. A good year, yeah. Oh, I mean we've been celebrating our 20th for like six months already. That's right, six months. Six months ago. A good year. Yeah, 44, that's a big one. It is a big one. Do it to your satisfaction.

Thanks a lot. I wasn't looking for that kind of support. I was like hoping that it was, that the deadline, I think the deadline is one week, that's my thing. Okay. Mom, Dad was saying earlier that you're going too much to the gift bag around holiday time

Not wrapping enough gifts like old like in the old days. Okay, that's because he wraps 10 gifts and I wrap 200 gifts Okay, you don't know you put them in bags You're not perfect about that I don't think you're not perfect about that except you. I'm revealing a minor imperfection in your demeanor. If Greg gave you the opportunity to cheat on him once a month in exchange for wrapping all the gifts perfectly, would you take that deal? Hold on a second, there's context here.

Once a month? Yeah, hold on, hold on. Once a month. That was presented poorly. Earlene. That was the part that was presented poorly? Earlene, yeah. Can you guys please stop disrespecting?

Yeah, we're just exactly Some loose ends here. So Arlene this is what happened Someone likened the way that you rap gives by putting in bags to cheating and potential infidelity So then we naturally asked Greg. Well, if you had to choose Arlene wraps everything that we did someone so everyone but dance So then we naturally ask Greg, well, if you had to choose Earline raps everything, someone. Everyone but Dan. So what we did was we asked him, if you could choose one form of infidelity

versus the other, either cheating in the wrapping gifts or cheating once a year, which would you prefer? And what did he pick? Well, it's up to you. He said it was a good question. Yeah, he said it was a good question. I want nothing to do with this. I want nothing to do with this. I didn't pick anything. I can't give up the gift bag. I'm sorry.

See loyal marriage. I love it. It's a good wife. Shortcut. It's okay. But you'd rather her cheat on you. She's not cheating. And by the way, I wrap more than 10 gifts. Thank you very much. All right. 12. Yeah, and I bow them as well. Nobody cares about the bow. I care about the bow. Stick on the bow. Bow in it. David Bowie.

All right, well. What? Is that it? Yay! Thank you. What? Anything else? Yes, I've got one more question and only one,

but I really do just wanna understand because I don't understand how we've gotten so comfortable with Greg Cody in general that we're just doing the show. And at some point he just shouts across the room in some way that no one notices, do it till you're satisfied. Exactly. And I'm like, no one's gonna comment on that?

Why did he just shout into the din do it until you're satisfied to do what to tell your status fine. It's an all purpose here comes the call it's like anything. What do you mean to do with the. I think I'll say it's one of the top 10 this is where you've got lazy as your you know do it. It's a sign that nothing to do with what we were talking about. It has everything to do with what we're talking about.

The last question I want to ask you, Arlene, is were you ever considering or what is, was it ever brought to you that Greg... Oh, wait a timeout. It's Arlene. It should be an open-ended question. You shouldn't say this was the name. You should say to her, what was the name that Greg wanted to name Christopher that you objected to? You know what? That is an excellent... Thank you. She may not remember. It's been a while.

Okay, no, but you know what, Greg? I'm going to allow you, because I'd be stunned if you were telling the truth on this. Please, get it right like an old-timey game show. Please get your wife to answer correctly without you telling her. Ask the question you like to get the response that will make you correct. Okay, if she remembers it. When you were pregnant with Christopher and we were dreaming up possible names, I came up with, you know, we were going through the usual suspect of names. I came up with a rather unusual name that you vetoed.

Do you remember what that name was? Is that when you were on the LSD? Is that when that was happening? Yeah. Please. Come on. That was well after that. You don't remember?

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