In this episode, the hosts dive into a casual and wide-ranging discussion that weaves through a variety of topics. From a humorous start with LeBron James’ Taco Tuesday audio, the conversation transitions into light banter about the weather, hats, and morning routines.
As the episode progresses, the hosts reflect on the dynamics of business mode, recalling personal anecdotes about using "fake voices" in professional settings and how different people, particularly women, might adjust their tones for business calls. They humorously tackle topics like gender differences in professional behavior and the absurdity of certain societal expectations.
The hosts then delve into sports talk, covering recent games and discussing the challenges of balancing multiple commitments, like Blake's busy weekend managing broadcasts for Argyle and TCU games. They also brainstorm ideas for improving high school sports broadcasts, including the potential for play-by-play commentary.
The conversation takes a nostalgic turn as the hosts reminisce about their experiences with AOL Instant Messenger and how it shaped social interactions during their youth. They highlight the cultural impact of AIM and the early days of online communication, drawing comparisons to modern-day social media.
Toward the end, the discussion shifts back to sports, focusing on the significance of quarterback drafting strategies and how the Cowboys' approach might influence their success. They analyze the historical context and the importance of developing strong quarterback rooms, emphasizing the potential benefits of consistently drafting quarterbacks.
The episode wraps up with the hosts addressing a viewer email about the challenges of being a Cowboys fan, especially for younger generations. They ponder the long-term outlook for the team and the impact of ownership and management decisions on its future.
Join the hosts for this entertaining and insightful episode as they blend humor, personal stories, and thoughtful analysis on a wide range of topics.
So, the Bucks just fired their head coach, Adrian Griffin. Yeah, even though they’re like 30 and 13, they axed the guy. It's like firing your plumber because he fixed the pipes too well. Year one for him, too. Guess who’s stepping in as interim head coach? Joe Prunty! Yeah, remember him? Nobody does.
They’d toss it to the female reporter, Laura Something-or-other, at halftime, and she’d always be quoting Prunty. Turns out, she was married to him! Sneaky, huh? Then the convo swerves to the Cowboys – again. Kinda like a bad habit. Just can’t shake 'em.
Oh, and by the way, the city council in Chicago is delaying a vote on something about a ceasefire in Gaza. Big surprise there, right? It's like, "Hey, we’re gonna vote on not voting right now." Classic move.
And Garland, Texas? Some deadly shootout over a dog. I mean, if it’s not the weather, it’s always something wild in Garland. And, oh, did you know next year we won’t need state inspections on our vehicles in Texas? Finally, something to cheer about! But let’s not forget the real news – there’s a goat on the loose in Hood County. Hide your kids, hide your wives.
Lastly, Mavs games on WFAA this season. Yeah, Bally Sports Southwest just got benched. And streaming their games? It’s like trying to decipher hieroglyphics while spinning plates. Well, here's hoping for a smoother ride with channel 8.
So, remember to buckle up, because you never know when you’ll hit a pigeon – or a joke about one! Adios, mofo.
In this episode, the hosts dive into a casual and wide-ranging discussion that weaves through a variety of topics. From a humorous start with LeBron James’ Taco Tuesday audio, the conversation transitions into light banter about the weather, hats, and morning routines.
As the episode progresses, the hosts reflect on the dynamics of business mode, recalling personal anecdotes about using "fake voices" in professional settings and how different people, particularly women, might adjust their tones for business calls. They humorously tackle topics like gender differences in professional behavior and the absurdity of certain societal expectations.
The hosts then delve into sports talk, covering recent games and discussing the challenges of balancing multiple commitments, like Blake's busy weekend managing broadcasts for Argyle and TCU games. They also brainstorm ideas for improving high school sports broadcasts, including the potential for play-by-play commentary.
The conversation takes a nostalgic turn as the hosts reminisce about their experiences with AOL Instant Messenger and how it shaped social interactions during their youth. They highlight the cultural impact of AIM and the early days of online communication, drawing comparisons to modern-day social media.
Toward the end, the discussion shifts back to sports, focusing on the significance of quarterback drafting strategies and how the Cowboys' approach might influence their success. They analyze the historical context and the importance of developing strong quarterback rooms, emphasizing the potential benefits of consistently drafting quarterbacks.
The episode wraps up with the hosts addressing a viewer email about the challenges of being a Cowboys fan, especially for younger generations. They ponder the long-term outlook for the team and the impact of ownership and management decisions on its future.
Join the hosts for this entertaining and insightful episode as they blend humor, personal stories, and thoughtful analysis on a wide range of topics.
So, the Bucks just fired their head coach, Adrian Griffin. Yeah, even though they’re like 30 and 13, they axed the guy. It's like firing your plumber because he fixed the pipes too well. Year one for him, too. Guess who’s stepping in as interim head coach? Joe Prunty! Yeah, remember him? Nobody does.
They’d toss it to the female reporter, Laura Something-or-other, at halftime, and she’d always be quoting Prunty. Turns out, she was married to him! Sneaky, huh? Then the convo swerves to the Cowboys – again. Kinda like a bad habit. Just can’t shake 'em.
Oh, and by the way, the city council in Chicago is delaying a vote on something about a ceasefire in Gaza. Big surprise there, right? It's like, "Hey, we’re gonna vote on not voting right now." Classic move.
And Garland, Texas? Some deadly shootout over a dog. I mean, if it’s not the weather, it’s always something wild in Garland. And, oh, did you know next year we won’t need state inspections on our vehicles in Texas? Finally, something to cheer about! But let’s not forget the real news – there’s a goat on the loose in Hood County. Hide your kids, hide your wives.
Lastly, Mavs games on WFAA this season. Yeah, Bally Sports Southwest just got benched. And streaming their games? It’s like trying to decipher hieroglyphics while spinning plates. Well, here's hoping for a smoother ride with channel 8.
So, remember to buckle up, because you never know when you’ll hit a pigeon – or a joke about one! Adios, mofo.
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Lebron James Audio:
Mama, I want this
Jake Kemp:
Sorry. Can
Lebron James Audio:
I have
Jake Kemp:
more? This is Taco Tuesday. What is it, Z? Taco Tuesday. Bryce, what is it?
Dan McDowell:
Hey, guys. How's it going? How about that weather out there? I agree. Like, well Alright.
Dan McDowell:
Alright. Alright. Alright.
Jake Kemp:
It's not snow. It's not ice.
Blake Jones:
In her defense, they didn't have to they didn't have to go school just because it was cold outside last week.
Jake Kemp:
That's fair. We're setting a precedent.
Dan McDowell:
Any minor inconvenience in the weather?
Jake Kemp:
Why do you start with the hat on and then just ditch it?
Dan McDowell:
I want all this I guess I'm just doing some off air stuff you don't need to be. Okay. It was covering my ears. I'm like, is level right? I don't know.
Dan McDowell:
I don't know. I'm just crazy like that, man. What do you guys got?
Jake Kemp:
Not much. How was your morning? It was okay. It was okay. We had some meetings yesterday.
Dan McDowell:
We did. Business is heating up.
Jake Kemp:
Do you do you laugh, like, when I flip into business mode?
Dan McDowell:
No. I love it, man. I think you're great.
Jake Kemp:
Do you actually think that
Blake Jones:
Jake is aware that he has a business mode.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. No. I love when you just take over. Yeah. I need you to be rough with me.
Jake Kemp:
1 time, I, when I used to do, I don't know what you would even call it for my mom's and my stepdad's business, but, you know, I would do, like, all the ordering stuff and sending stuff out and invoices, whatever. And a friend of mine, a female friend actually called and we were on the phone for 2 minutes before we both realized we knew each other. Because we were both doing the fake voice.
Dan McDowell:
She's like, oh, I'm talking to this professional.
Jake Kemp:
Well, say with me. Yeah. Like, she was doing the and,
Dan McDowell:
and you're like, girl. I was like, it's you. Hey there.
Jake Kemp:
Because everybody's doing a fake voice
Blake Jones:
on their business phone calls. Yeah. You talked about your wife doing that. Right?
Jake Kemp:
Oh, for sure. I heard a lot of it this morning.
Dan McDowell:
You think I do? III feel like I'm just the same everywhere. Yeah. Just 1 big idiot.
Jake Kemp:
I think it's more common for females. Like, they've been, like, trained to think that they have to speak a certain type of way, which is unfortunate, but I do think it's the case.
Dan McDowell:
My wife gets extra nice. Oh, yeah. Like, too sugary, sweet, you know. And it's like it just You don't talk
Jake Kemp:
like that.
Dan McDowell:
No. She never talks like that. Yeah. Anyway, we're married. Women.
Dan McDowell:
Am I right?
Jake Kemp:
Can't live with them.
Dan McDowell:
How about you, Blake? I know we never talked yesterday about it, but I know he had a, another big sports weekend. Is there ever is there ever going to be a time when you just say, you know what? This is all I'm gonna do. This.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. That's actually an an internal battle I have a lot these days because, like, it's it's picking up here. And,
Jake Kemp:
Is it?
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. What? Our scene?
Blake Jones:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, yeah. We're trying to figure out what we're doing. Yeah. And I think we're sweet. It's kinda like we're closer, but we still don't know.
Dan McDowell:
You know, some people are like, what are you doing? What's what's the final, you know, thing going to be? I don't know. We I I feel like more prepared to know. Like, we maybe should know by now.
Dan McDowell:
Right?
Jake Kemp:
Well, I don't know.
Dan McDowell:
It's been, like, 6 months, but anyway. Sorry, Blake.
Blake Jones:
No. I I know my my time is coming where I'm gonna have to drop all this stuff, and that kinda makes me sad. So I'm trying to enjoy it while I
Dan McDowell:
can. Trying to enjoy going to a TCU game on a Saturday? I A TCU basketball game?
Blake Jones:
I I enjoy the juice of, like, getting ready for a game, being at the game, just being a part of a small crew that pulls it off. I I don't I enjoy that aspect of it.
Jake Kemp:
That is cool.
Blake Jones:
And I don't know. Especially for Argyle because now that, like, specifically football games are being videoed, everyone is is trying to figure out video, including us.
Dan McDowell:
I'll tell you.
Blake Jones:
But some schools, you know, will will hire a production company and 1 around the area pays at least $15 a game to do it, and they can afford it. And,
Dan McDowell:
wait a second. Argyle pays $15? No. No. No.
Dan McDowell:
I'm saying there are schools around here that do that. That will pay $15 just to air 1 game.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. Because they hire a company and they bring their truck just like ESPN does. They operate out of the truck and they
Dan McDowell:
maybe we should do this. Why don't we do play by play and and be a company that can broadcast a game?
Jake Kemp:
Well, I feel like there's a decent chance you're paying for this right now. You feel like Southlake
Dan McDowell:
is 1 of those teams?
Blake Jones:
I don't think so. Actually, they they just changed telebroadcast. So I'm not sure what their scene is.
Dan McDowell:
Alright.
Blake Jones:
But, anyway, I mean, just seeing what some schools do when they hired out and they've got a team of 15, 20 people, and then we can just roll in with 4 guys and do a better broadcast than they do. That's that's cool too.
Jake Kemp:
Like the a team.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. I don't know.
Dan McDowell:
That's our that's our mentality.
Blake Jones:
And I've told We're
Dan McDowell:
trying to do more with less. Well yeah. Just because we have to.
Blake Jones:
And I've told you before. Like, it's very cool because I I feel like I built the Argyle broadcast from the ground up. Every commercial you hear, every interview, everything you hear is something that I did and put together. And at the end of the night, there is a sense of accomplishment as you're driving home of, like, hell, yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Did we have an idea that we never came to fruition? We were gonna we were gonna
Jake Kemp:
I just don't know that we would have ever been able to get it over the over the goal line.
Dan McDowell:
So we were working with Jeb on this, and we never it never got anywhere. Okay? But you would never what was the thing? Blake would never let us voice a commercial? Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Maybe it was voicing
Jake Kemp:
a commercial on the ground. Would do it.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. You would ask your friends at the station. Yeah. We found this out. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
And then we're, like, what what who's bigger friends with with Blake? I would think than us. Yeah. But that's and it hurt us to hear that, yeah, George is doing spots. Donovan does spots.
Dan McDowell:
Julie did spot. Whatever. So so we were going to buy a spot. We told George, hook us up with the guy who sells the spots Just so we could voice a spot. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
And then when you fire the spot break but we figured it would never get pat, like you
Jake Kemp:
would have You would have been the gatekeeper.
Dan McDowell:
You would have known before the gate. There's no way
Blake Jones:
Who do you think is riding in producing the commercial?
Dan McDowell:
That's what
Jake Kemp:
I mean. But we thought if we paid for it
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. They could just say
Blake Jones:
you could you wouldn't
Dan McDowell:
have been able to do anything about
Blake Jones:
it. Okay. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Insert it into a spot break. Yeah. But even that, you play in spots.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. I gotta put it into my system.
Dan McDowell:
Would have said, well, let me make sure that levels are right on this and all that.
Lebron James Audio:
But
Dan McDowell:
that that would have been really
Blake Jones:
funny as I was sitting in
Jake Kemp:
my computer. And it was just gonna be a spot
Dan McDowell:
for us.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. It wasn't like us voicing a local feed store. It was just Dan and Jake here for Dan and Jake.
Blake Jones:
That's a great bit.
Dan McDowell:
Like, we were talking before
Jake Kemp:
the show here. Really hard about this.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, no. I mean, we went to great lengths trying to get
Jake Kemp:
it done.
Dan McDowell:
I ended up talking to the guy that sell but, yeah, it's just we just figured it this in the end, it won't work, and we're gonna pay whatever Yeah.
Blake Jones:
Very funny. Go ahead.
Dan McDowell:
Whatever the spot rate is to get on Dang. That's awesome. Lady Eagles basketball.
Jake Kemp:
And that's what it was gonna be too.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. It wasn't gonna be the boys.
Jake Kemp:
We're not we're not
Dan McDowell:
I'm girl dad. Oh, a pacifier baby. Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
We wanted Wow. We wanted the Eagles. Okay.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Just so we could get our voice on your broadcast, and you still won't let us.
Blake Jones:
You guys came to a game. I just felt like y'all are not the type to want to do a commercial like that.
Dan McDowell:
That's such a That'd be great. Jerk. Dan here for the feed store in Argyle. Come by and get your birdseed, dollar off, whatever. How cool would
Jake Kemp:
that be? Do that?
Dan McDowell:
Then I'd get, like, an occasional email. Hey. I did I hear you? And they're like, yeah. Thanks, man.
Dan McDowell:
Thanks for the recognition.
Blake Jones:
Didn't seem like y'all would be into it. And then I also just try to keep the Argyle stuff separate from y'all because I I think you kinda it's because you mock it sometimes. So I just I want that divider of when I leave the den then I leave the den here and I go to Argyle and Argyle stays there. And I try to be 2 different people at 2 different things.
Dan McDowell:
Now it's surprising me if you are saying you're going to get off of that in in the future because I feel like Argyle has this deep space in your heart, whereas, like, just TCU or whatever, you're a hired gun.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. For sure. And it's just because III have way more control at Argyle than I do TCU. TCU, I'm just a guy. I show up and hook stuff up, but Argyle's deeper.
Blake Jones:
And, yeah, I mean, it is it has been I know my day is coming, and it's it's some this job, some Brooks. Just I can't be away as much as I have been in the past. But no. I I know that time is coming. And so I'm I'm trying to enjoy it.
Blake Jones:
Over over the weekend, I left here and I did, 2 games at Argyle. Stayed at the in laws because they live in Fort Worth. Oh. And then got up the next morning, drove to TCU, and did the game.
Dan McDowell:
Was wife there too?
Blake Jones:
Yeah. She brought Brooks.
Dan McDowell:
Okay. I didn't know if, like, just you went to the in laws. Oh, no. No. No.
Dan McDowell:
No. Ever occurred? No. No. Not yet.
Dan McDowell:
You're not that?
Jake Kemp:
Not yet. Not ever.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. Probably not ever. I don't know. Maybe in a pinch. I thought about it.
Blake Jones:
It's a long drive from Fort Worth to Wylie.
Dan McDowell:
It's a long drive from everywhere to Wylie.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Yeah. I can't see a situation where I would ever be staying at my in law's home.
Blake Jones:
By yourself? By myself. No. And it it's not because they're not cool or anything. It's just it it's weird.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
I can. But they live in Cleveland at a time. Like, if I had to
Blake Jones:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Visit Cleveland, I could see crashing there for a night, bringing back some strange. Mhmm. Usher her out before anybody gets up. The walk of shame. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. And once she told me your goal in life was to live in Argyle.
Blake Jones:
I would still like to.
Jake Kemp:
That is such a low bar.
Dan McDowell:
It's weird. Has that been adjusted? Although,
Jake Kemp:
as a guy whose big time sports dream was to cover kicks for Texas, I don't know
Dan McDowell:
what I You're like I mean, it's an obtainable goal, you would think.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. I think so. I mean, it's just from getting to know all the administrators and coaches. Obtainable. Oh, the Texas gunner?
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. I'm saying that's and that's similar to that.
Jake Kemp:
Okay. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
I don't know.
Blake Jones:
I I think it's it's a great community. Really good school system. Obviously, good sports. I I don't know. I just thought it'd be a nice place to live.
Blake Jones:
But, yeah, with family being out east, maybe I don't know. Maybe the plans change, but I'm not sure yet.
Dan McDowell:
My goal was to, work at the ticket forever.
Jake Kemp:
How'd that go?
Blake Jones:
You can always get what you want.
Dan McDowell:
So on today's program, according to a Jake text this morning, we could do 2 hours just with viewer mail.
Jake Kemp:
I honestly don't think it would be a horrible idea if we had an episode a week that was just voice mails and emails. Because we get a lot of really good stuff. We do. And it would just mix it up a little bit.
Dan McDowell:
Well, yeah, I got a lot today, and and a lot is really well, some is not, but a lot more more than usual is, like, cowboys sports related.
Jake Kemp:
Correct.
Dan McDowell:
So that could, that could help kick us off into some Toppies.
Jake Kemp:
I think we draw the line of Toppies, Blake. I don't think we let them do Toppies.
Blake Jones:
I think it's longer than topics.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I mean Tops?
Dan McDowell:
And, just a variety of stuff. You know? Okay. I got a email for you that has really, it's not from a viewer. It is not viewer mail.
Jake Kemp:
K.
Dan McDowell:
But this is the 3rd email I've gotten in the past 3 months from my daughter's college, Ithaca College in New York. And, of course, this daughter is not there right now. She is in France watching TV on a sweater. That's right. But let me, just Okay.
Dan McDowell:
The subject line is notifying IC community of a swastika found in Baker Walkway. Oh, no.
Blake Jones:
When did you get this?
Dan McDowell:
2 days ago. Do you remember the 1 I sent you a while ago?
Blake Jones:
Yeah. This is not the first time.
Dan McDowell:
No. That's the point. I've gotten 3 of these. Now this 1 says an IC student reported that they found a swastika etched into the frost in the Baker Walkway window. And then they go on to say, acts of hatred had no place on our campus.
Dan McDowell:
Where I would, I would, back up and say, it seems that they do have you a place on campus. Because I'll go back to last month. I got an email that said, dear Ithaca College Community. Mhmm. A swastika was found drawn in the snow outside of Terrace Dining Hall, which houses our Kosher Kitchen.
Dan McDowell:
Apparently, that's adding a little insult to injury or whatever. Sure. And then we go back to November and they say, dear Ithaca College community. Feels like we're finding a place. It is with immense anguish and indignation Both?
Dan McDowell:
That we share that 3 more swastika symbols so this is back in November, so this isn't even the first 1. We're found Friday, November 4th inside 2 practice rooms in the Wayland Center For Music. Let's be clear. These cowardly and despicable actions as condemned recently by the IC faculty council will not be tolerated. And I would say, apparently, they will be tolerated because, here we are, 3 months later.
Dan McDowell:
I just need to know because, obviously, well, this is my thing. I think people are doing bits. You're a college age kid. You're messing around. You draw a swastika in the frost in a window.
Dan McDowell:
Does that need an email to every parent who is spending money to send their kid to Ithaca College?
Jake Kemp:
Well, probably not, but I think the best thing that you have going for you is that 1 of these incidents occurred when she was gone. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
2 of them, I think.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Yeah. Because we all had, you know, profiled a potential suspect and
Dan McDowell:
Come on. She's Come on. She's, she's the woke daughter. Don't forget.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. But swastikas are funny.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. And, yeah, she's also funny. Yeah.
Lebron James Audio:
So
Jake Kemp:
She's like just
Dan McDowell:
But I don't think I think she realizes not to do that Maybe. On campus. But, yeah, maybe.
Jake Kemp:
What do you think the person who did that is actually, like, a massive antisemite? No. They're probably just 19 year old Dan McDowell.
Dan McDowell:
How about 19 year old Jake Kemp?
Jake Kemp:
You know, I it never really landed with me. But what did land with the offensiveness of it Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
That's what I mean. In in knowing people are going to go crazy about this.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Al Qaeda in a box as we talked about. Like, when I would do the
Blake Jones:
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
What do you call that?
Dan McDowell:
Now that you Shoeballish.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Type thing. What is it? Shoeballish? Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Blake Jones:
That's really funny.
Dan McDowell:
Let's see. Elsewhere, Blake sent me a story that I don't know if you're aware of. Kelly Stafford
Jake Kemp:
Oh, good.
Dan McDowell:
Has been I guess it's Kelly Stafford is angry with Detroit fans.
Blake Jones:
Yes.
Jake Kemp:
You know what's tough about her scene? She almost died. When? She had, like, brain cancer. Oh.
Blake Jones:
So that gets to me.
Jake Kemp:
Feel like that's like a a solid cover for making fun of somebody's wife or kinda being lame.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. That gives you an excuse to be annoying.
Dan McDowell:
It's a great force field for a lot of things, but it doesn't cover this behind the paywall podcast, does it?
Jake Kemp:
I suppose it does not. No.
Dan McDowell:
I guess because she says the fans were booing her children.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. In the video
Dan McDowell:
Before the, Lions v Rams game a couple weeks ago.
Blake Jones:
There she's walking down to the field or she's walking down the field, yeah, behind the bench and her daughters are there. And I think the fans are just booing a Rams jacket. They don't know who that is. And so yeah. But, of course, she makes it personal.
Dan McDowell:
Well, she makes it about her. She says, quote, I know you are booing me.
Blake Jones:
No way.
Dan McDowell:
My kids don't know the difference even if I try to explain it to really? I feel like I could explain that to my kids.
Blake Jones:
I don't boo my kids.
Dan McDowell:
How old are these kids? Do we know?
Jake Kemp:
Looks like, 3, 5, and, 6 and 6. Couple
Dan McDowell:
Okay. Then guess what else they don't understand? They don't understand that those boos mean I hate you and that you are bad. Right. If you can't explain to them why they're coming, then I don't think they really understand it.
Blake Jones:
And did they care? No. You don't boo my kids.
Jake Kemp:
And, also, like, didn't it feel like, you know, a couple years ago that Detroit was, like, squarely behind the Staffords? Yeah. I mean, I understand it's different whenever you're playing them or whatever, but, like, I feel like Matthew Stafford got, like, supreme support from Detroit.
Blake Jones:
I didn't feel like there was any hostility towards Stafford.
Dan McDowell:
Also, isn't this, obviously, there's always going to be it's kind of like saying, man, Twitter, tough place. Yeah. You know, if you Find the 1. If you put a tweet out yeah. And then Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
You get 99% support, but you got the 1. And there's always gonna be a couple guys. There's always gonna be 1 guy making a swastika in the snow. You know? You don't have
Jake Kemp:
to send a letter every time.
Dan McDowell:
She says the whole scenario is hard to accept, but not as hard as the questioning of my integrity. It happened. Don't. Own and move because people were saying that didn't happen. So she put out a a Instagram post, a video showing as they walked along.
Dan McDowell:
It's kind of like, remember Trump at the Clemson game? It was I think it was in South Carolina or they were playing South Carolina, maybe, which is I obviously Clemson is in South Carolina. Don't look at me like that. But
Jake Kemp:
I was wondering
Dan McDowell:
I'm saying they were they were not at Clemson. And I I feel like you've got an equal amount of, oh, look how everybody's booing Trump at the game. And then you saw some things and he was walking in and, yes, people were booing Trump. And then you got, look at everybody loves Trump, and you saw where people were cheer like, you can you're gonna get it all. Sure.
Dan McDowell:
To his great credit, he's just kinda like whatever. He has 0 awareness of anything happening. He's So Kelly Stafford
Jake Kemp:
be more like Trump?
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. I think a lot of people could. Don't you? In certain ways?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. III guess, in general, I would I would hope that people, look at themselves and say, oh, maybe I should modify the way I behave, but that's not something that the former president does. Yeah. And that's why he's the former president, and I'm sitting
Dan McDowell:
here. Spencer Gatlin sent us an email with a new ice new ice cream flavor, Osama bin latte.
Jake Kemp:
That's really good.
Blake Jones:
It's very good.
Jake Kemp:
That's really good. It's not, like, totally Israel Palestine related, but it's still really good.
Dan McDowell:
The jgruden rg3, what what would you call it? Beef lives on? You guys watch the show Beef?
Jake Kemp:
I don't watch any shows.
Dan McDowell:
Is that a dumb question?
Blake Jones:
Insane.
Dan McDowell:
I just finished you guys you don't watch any shows either, Blake? No. Is it because of all this TCU Argyle stuff?
Blake Jones:
It's a busy time of year.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Okay. I just finished watching the, Nathan Fielder Show.
Jake Kemp:
The 1 with, MStone?
Dan McDowell:
It looks really good. I would love to talk to you guys about TV.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I'm sorry. I just I don't know. I got a cat. I got a a 1 year old bowling ball.
Jake Kemp:
By the way, you told me you were gonna come over and meet the cat.
Dan McDowell:
Is there a time limit? Like, there's been some rough weather out there.
Jake Kemp:
I don't know. I'm just saying. Like, a couple days ago, you were like, I wanna come over and see this thing.
Dan McDowell:
I do.
Jake Kemp:
And I'm just saying, like Okay. Offer stands. No. Beef looks really good. It looks really stressful.
Dan McDowell:
It is. It's good good, good program.
Jake Kemp:
And you worked in a a kitchen for a little bit. Right? So
Dan McDowell:
That's not the show.
Jake Kemp:
Oh, wait. What am I thinking of? The bear. The bear. Beef is the, like, the the 1 that starts with, like, road rage?
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Obvious oddly enough, you would think a show called Beach might be set in a kitchen.
Jake Kemp:
My my bad. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Is it a show? Or But I've had road rage.
Jake Kemp:
You've you've done both. That is that is correct.
Dan McDowell:
No. Anyway, I just enjoyed I enjoy people picking sides in RG 3 versus Jay Gruden.
Jake Kemp:
Why would you need to? But
Dan McDowell:
sure. And, 1 comment said, I'm team Gruden. Rg3 wanted to be a pocket passer, left his pregnant wife for another woman, Said he was gonna release a tell all book then didn't. Uses his new wife for clicks on social media and is an attention whore. Give me Jay.
Dan McDowell:
And I just solid points. I just thought I coulda used that from my Kempsin friend here. I I don't think I ever knew that he left his wife left his pregnant wife. That's a
Jake Kemp:
Well, I mean, I knew all of that other than the fact that he wanted to be a pocket passer.
Blake Jones:
The thing that most interested Jake, actually.
Jake Kemp:
What an odd thing to be grouped in there with that.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Yeah. It does seem like there's a lot of Kemp spinning stuff, and then you get that. But I guess that's where the whole debate started, actually. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Really have any personal things.
Jake Kemp:
I mean, I knew he left his wife. I didn't know that
Blake Jones:
He left his ex wife who is very Baylor for a woman who is very NFL quarterback. He stepped up.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. But he he definitely posts excuse me. He definitely posts, like, really lame TikTok y style, like, family videos with his with his wife. It's really
Blake Jones:
You would hate him.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. They're terrible.
Dan McDowell:
Jeff, our website guy, the great Jeff Frank. Jeff. Gioff sent us a an article on the reason the Buccaneers didn't call their final time out in Detroit. Yeah. And I don't know if you guys think this is a good reason.
Dan McDowell:
But, basically, it was tying together Todd Bowles and Dan Campbell who were here in Dallas in Big D together, what, around 20 10 ish?
Blake Jones:
I didn't know Todd Bowles was here.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, yeah.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. He's a Parcells guy.
Dan McDowell:
Is he the 1 that found the mouse in the McDonald's No. Shake or
Jake Kemp:
That's, Todd Haley.
Dan McDowell:
Todd Haley. Okay. I'm that you gotta give me something.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sure.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Todd Bowles was a, secondary coach here.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. For 2 or 3 years.
Dan McDowell:
Before 2010. That was 5.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
2010, they were on the same coaching staff in Miami. Correct. Campbell was a coaching intern, then a tight ends coach. Bowles was secondary coach, and then, eventually, the interim head coach. Was that when Saban left in 2011?
Dan McDowell:
Because I know later, Dan Campbell would be the Dolphins' interim head coach as well. Anyway, but the point is they're boys. They're friends. And that it was kind of a, hey, we know this game is over now. And I also question, like, so Stafford apparent Stafford.
Dan McDowell:
Goff. Goff was was taken the knee, like, 14 seconds left on the play clock or, the yeah. Yeah. The play clock. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
So if he would have banged that first time out.
Jake Kemp:
Would he have done it again?
Dan McDowell:
Well, they're they only had 1 time out. Yeah. Would he have just let it go down to the, 1 second? So I guess it's just the I guess I kinda buy that.
Blake Jones:
That Yeah. It's just kind of a handshake deal.
Dan McDowell:
Hey. We know we know this is over, but but Garrett would have absolutely banged the time out.
Jake Kemp:
Mhmm. Yeah. And I don't wanna be, in league with Jason Garrett too often, but I would have also. Yeah. Even if you're friends, I mean, dude.
Dan McDowell:
If there's even the slightest possibility.
Jake Kemp:
It's a 48 yard field goal. Yeah. Like, there's a chance that gets bricked or it gets blocked.
Dan McDowell:
But if there's, like, 5 seconds, then you just take the snap and
Lebron James Audio:
Right.
Jake Kemp:
Run around
Dan McDowell:
the back field or whatever.
Jake Kemp:
But yeah. I I mean, I guess that's cool on the part of both of them, but I don't know. To me, that's a a little bit too cool.
Dan McDowell:
And before we get to this giant pile of viewer mail, I have a couple of quick sports hits, if you don't mind. 1, I forgot to mention yesterday, but we talked about the DeMar Hamlin thing. And, did
Blake Jones:
you see the impractical jokers meme on that?
Dan McDowell:
No. All the guys
Jake Kemp:
They are good for me. I will say.
Dan McDowell:
Run a fake punt with the player that
Blake Jones:
died on the field last year, then they do it, then they all bust out laughing.
Dan McDowell:
And I read Peter King this morning, and he was giving out his awards. A really nice breakdown on the defensive player of the year. Said it was his toughest pick, you know, because Micah's very good in a lot of metrics. You know? I think he ended up giving it to Miles Garrett.
Dan McDowell:
But he but when it got to comeback player of the year, he's like, no brainer. DeMar Hamlin over
Jake Kemp:
I it's Peter King.
Dan McDowell:
Just if I always thought the comeback player, though, had to, like, do something, not just, like, be not dead?
Blake Jones:
Well, a a popular choice for that award is people that come back from injury.
Jake Kemp:
Alex Smith, a couple
Dan McDowell:
And then they Oh. Does he just come back from injury, or does he actually, like, go make
Blake Jones:
They're good?
Dan McDowell:
More than Yeah. But play more than 20 plays. Really dead. Do you love that meme? What?
Dan McDowell:
Have you guys seen that yet? I've I've seen it a 100 times with different situations.
Jake Kemp:
Oh, yeah. We were talking about it yesterday, like, the the Make A Wish.
Dan McDowell:
No. Oh. The little girl. I don't know what show it's from, but there's some 5 second clip where she's like, why couldn't you just stay dead? You guys haven't seen that?
Jake Kemp:
I have not.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, damn.
Jake Kemp:
Alright. Is this 1 of the things you think you think? It pass possibly is. It's Peter King, dude. But if you ever thought Peter King was gonna choose anybody but DeMar Hamlin, then you don't know Peter King.
Dan McDowell:
My big complaint, though, is with CBS. And I had to go back to make sure I wasn't, they never showed a replay of that.
Jake Kemp:
They did not. No.
Dan McDowell:
They talked about it. Romo's like, they had 8 guys, and they had 8 blockers. And there was only 6 guys to block, and it's okay. Let's break that down. That was a pretty big point in the game, I think.
Jake Kemp:
Well, yeah. It was there was, what, 13 minutes left in the game or something, and it's A11 score game?
Dan McDowell:
And you're doing that from your own 30. Yeah. I mean, they got lucky because that's where the ball fumbled out of the end zone right after that, but that almost gave them a touchdown.
Jake Kemp:
Sure.
Dan McDowell:
And And it wasn't 4th
Jake Kemp:
and 1. Yeah. 4th and 5.
Dan McDowell:
Right. It was pretty significant. Yeah. And then, yeah, you do think, would you rather just go 4th and 5, just have your real offense out there? What's a better chance?
Dan McDowell:
That or the, former dead guy? That would have certainly sealed.
Jake Kemp:
It doesn't have to always be referred to as that. But, yes, you're right. I would rather go with Josh Allen than the former dead guy.
Dan McDowell:
But I want and Brian Curtis talks about this stuff all the time, but I wonder if, like, does CBS have the worst production? Because I've noticed this before with CBS.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I think Fox has the best. I don't even know how to, like, grade that, but Yeah. I feel like Fox is always, like, really on top of stuff. And CBS is the 1 who uses Gene.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Gene's territory. Terrible. None of them
Jake Kemp:
are really good, but he's the worst.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. Their halftime show sucks.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Their studio show is yeah. It's cheeks.
Dan McDowell:
And then here's my last sports item. Well, be besides things that emails will kick us into, my last sports item is the death of Sports Illustrated. I wanna see if, what you guys think about this, the significance to you. Because it's a pretty popular thing for people of, my age and older to be waxing nostalgic about Sports Illustrated right now.
Blake Jones:
I was never big into it. I was familiar they did a swimsuit edition. I think I read SI Kids growing up, but, no, I I don't have a big pool to Sports Illustrated, the magazine, anyway.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. My kid did SI Kids.
Jake Kemp:
For sure. I did that too. Did you? Yeah. But even then, like, around the time I graduated college, TC could tell you this.
Jake Kemp:
I started subscribing, like, when I had some of my own money. Mhmm. And I would read it religiously, dude. Like, cover to cover. Even, like, stuff that I wasn't interested in.
Jake Kemp:
Just because in my mind, it was like, I now can pay for Sports Illustrated. And I would say, like, my experience before that was when I worked at a grocery store, and I would steal it.
Lebron James Audio:
I I would
Jake Kemp:
just steal a copy. I knew people who times a month.
Dan McDowell:
Who would take covers and, you know, plaster their wall with the covers. I tried it with my we lived in a, I lived in Ohio, so we had a basement, but it was not furnished. So, like, the I don't know what you call them, but it's the wood. The ceiling was just, like beams. The beams.
Dan McDowell:
Okay. The the anyway, a a cover would fit over that and cover that up. So, like, I I tried putting I'd probably put 50 or a 100 up there.
Jake Kemp:
No. I loved it, man. And then even, like, you know, even in, like, the digital era, I thought they had some really great online writing and some really great podcasts. I loved, Andy Benoit. Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
He was a friend of the show. Yeah. I love Gary. Whatever Gary's last name was. Zimmerman?
Jake Kemp:
The guy that he did the show with.
Dan McDowell:
Oh. 0, no. Okay. Different guy. But, doctor z is
Jake Kemp:
Doctor z was great. Zimmerman. Yeah. At the the back of the, I even like Rick Riley, which is gay because it probably sucked. It's probably about golf.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. But I loved it, man. I loved it. I loved when they would do, like, long form, features. And, like, I know that everybody's supposed to say, like, oh, yeah.
Jake Kemp:
I just missed the swimsuit. Like, I don't know. I had porno. Yeah. By the time I was, like, 15.
Jake Kemp:
So that was definitely not a Sports Illustrated thing to me. I just loved it. That's a big dividing line, I guess, between our Yeah. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Like, our 10 years is different than your 10 years with Blake in certain ways, but, like, yeah, that that was a a key moment for me as
Jake Kemp:
a young Once a year. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Kid to to get the Sports Illustrated, swimsuit issue. Yeah. And then the the following week, this might have shaped my sensibilities. The following week
Jake Kemp:
Letters from viewers or from readers? Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
The following couple weeks, people canceling their subscription. They they would post all those, and it was just hilarious. They wouldn't post them all. I'm sure they got a ton, but they would post a few, and it was just some It's a good bit. Person that was pissed that that the I thought you're all about sports.
Dan McDowell:
I wish to cancel my subscription as of today. Good day, sir. Dot dot dot. I said good day, sir.
Jake Kemp:
Good day. But, like, I remember as as we all do. Like, I remember so many different covers. 1 in particular being the LeBron cover because we graduated high school the same year. And I remember the first LeBron SI I I ever purchased.
Jake Kemp:
I probably stole it. Like, he's wearing the, Saint Vincent Saint Mary jersey. So that was big because to me And he was, like, 17. You know?
Dan McDowell:
When I was in junior high or something, I think that's when Dwight Gooden was in the major.
Jake Kemp:
Yes. He
Dan McDowell:
was 19 years old.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
And I was so stoked on Dwight Gooden for the same reason.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I was like, I've heard about this guy. They have a 17 year old on the cover of SI. Like, they're saying he's the next Jordan, and I remember that seeing that and, like, picking that up and being like, oh my god.
Dan McDowell:
Was that his first 1?
Jake Kemp:
I think that was the first 1.
Dan McDowell:
Because that that was a big thing, for me growing up was counting the covers because Muhammad Ali had been on the most. The most. Whatever. 52. And and then, Jordan, I think.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, he's down on the he's on 45 now. Okay. Let's you know? I'd be rooting for Jordan to get on the cover this week. It
Jake Kemp:
was, it was this 1.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I remember that. It's really interesting too just to see and okay.
Dan McDowell:
Number 1, this is, like, the 3rd time I've heard that Sports Illustrated's dead now.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I don't really understand. Like, there's always, like, some sort of, like, private equity capital thing going on. Like, they're being The round the
Dan McDowell:
round of layoffs. Yeah. Can't believe it. Peter King left. It's the death of
Lebron James Audio:
Right.
Jake Kemp:
Sports Illustrated. Then they have a little resurgence and or Somehow they have, like, Richie Witt doing, like, a blog.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. And then you get these not then you get AI Right. Writing for them. But I just wonder how can a company like that who is on top, fumble the Internet age so spectacularly? Like the Internet age, obviously, you can be a you can focus on writing, the ringer is showing us.
Dan McDowell:
You can you can do things on the Internet and be successful. The athletic. The athletic. But how could Sports Illustrated is it the hubris? Is it that I mean, it's kind of like we're trying to learn a different similar medium.
Dan McDowell:
Right? And how this all works in this world. But if you are just used to, like I don't know. I mean, newspapers in general did. But if you have 1 you're a brand name like that, like Sports Illustrated, etched into everybody's head
Jake Kemp:
and can just become it's just odd, I guess. Like Blockbuster or Kodak?
Dan McDowell:
Blockbuster. Yeah. And I guess they had an opportunity to slide into the Sure. The digital world and and didn't. Like, did they have a chance to buy Netflix when it started?
Dan McDowell:
Of course.
Jake Kemp:
For a thousandth of what it's worth now?
Dan McDowell:
And laughed at, Netflix? Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
I mean, the main thing is just, yeah, that people well, this is kind of a longer complicated topic, but part of the problem is that, you know, these companies owe people money. Right? So they have to whether they're public or not, like, like, they have to pay money to a shareholder or they have to pay money to they have, like, this massive overhead that they're running this magazine. The way that they could embrace the future with, like, the diffusion of innovations that are occurring is they would have to take less profit and put that towards something that is kind of uncertain. Right?
Jake Kemp:
You don't know for sure that digital cameras are gonna work out. You don't know for sure that streaming movies are gonna work out. You don't know for sure that, really, online publications are gonna work out, but you're gonna have to peel off money from your margin and put it towards that. Nobody knows that's for sure gonna make money, but that's the only way you can be there.
Blake Jones:
And some of its ego. Right?
Jake Kemp:
Of course.
Blake Jones:
This is what we do. This is what
Jake Kemp:
we do. We're good at. Like, when he said hubris, that's
Blake Jones:
Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
This is what we do. We make digital or we make cameras. You know? Like, we don't make robot cameras. Mhmm.
Jake Kemp:
You would have to make less money to be prepared for the future.
Dan McDowell:
You're talking r and d.
Jake Kemp:
I'm talking a little r and d. Yeah. Basically, I am. Little research and development. Which is interesting because you guys have both threatened to read my thesis, like, multiple times.
Dan McDowell:
You know I've read it.
Jake Kemp:
But there were a couple of newspapers. I believe the San Jose Mercury News might have been the foremost of them that really got into this. And I don't know. They're probably out of business now. It's 30 years later.
Jake Kemp:
I don't know. 40 years later. But they actually did have, like, a website early on, and we're able to monetize it to a a pretty profitable degree.
Dan McDowell:
But it still didn't last. You're saying they're out of business now?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I mean, the the, you know, the 1 thing you run into is that, like, the entire industry failing at once. It's like, just because you did it right, well, everybody else is used to doing this other way now.
Dan McDowell:
Like, if everybody else did that
Lebron James Audio:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
It might be a different story.
Jake Kemp:
Maybe so. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
I mean, some of it too is just exposing, you know, it's like trimming fat or whatever. Yeah. Yeah. Like, they were getting they were so bloated on what do they always say? The classifieds.
Dan McDowell:
The classified.
Jake Kemp:
I mean, dude, they were real they were literally running, and I don't know how much this means to you guys, but they were running at, like, a 25 to 30% profit margin. That is, like, pharmaceutical sales.
Dan McDowell:
So is that, like
Jake Kemp:
That is not normal. Then if you
Dan McDowell:
talk about the shareholders and stuff, is that, well, we have to continue at that level.
Jake Kemp:
Right. And it's like, well, this is an anomaly. That's not normal. Like, an, you know, a normal business is running at, like, 8 to 10 or something like that, I think. But the newspaper's backing the money.
Jake Kemp:
We're just or back in the day, we're just backing trucks of money up. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
They always talk about the expense accounts and just the Yeah. The stuff they used to do for parties and just they spent so much extra money. Yeah. It's interesting. I I guess the same thing is kinda happening with radio in a way.
Dan McDowell:
I think radio will always have its place. This is my opinion is I think that music radio is the thing that's really dying only because I have satellite and, why would I turn on a local music station and have 5 minutes of spots or 8 or whatever their spot breaks are if I could just, listen to the, the seventies station or
Jake Kemp:
the That's your solid gold.
Dan McDowell:
Or whatever. Yeah. Like, you could just or I I think even more than that is Spotify. That's all my kids do. They'll fire up.
Dan McDowell:
They'll put on their phone on on their, you know, car radio or car stereo, I should say, and it's all Spotify. They've I don't know that they've ever turned on their radio.
Jake Kemp:
You know what's even a a step further than that? And it's something we could talk to, Sam about if we ever have him back on is just making money off music.
Dan McDowell:
Well, I mean, he's Sam Anderson. He's he said that they only they make better money if they could sell it to a TV show.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. And that's why, like, touring is very important now. And he
Dan McDowell:
just he says even that though, you don't make as much as No.
Jake Kemp:
No. For sure. But, like, even having your song played on the radio doesn't really matter now.
Dan McDowell:
Like, for awareness, it doesn't even because,
Blake Jones:
Yeah. That's originally why you wanted it on the radio.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. And then people could buy an album.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Well, now they don't.
Dan McDowell:
You go buy 1 song and Right. You probably don't get really anything from that.
Jake Kemp:
The economy, man.
Dan McDowell:
But I do think so music radio, I think, is in very, very big trouble. But I do believe I truly believe that talk radio, local talk radio, will survive. And that's why I do think the ticket in the long run is going to be fine. Just I just feel like that across the board is 1 thing you can't get. And it's kinda like 1 of the reasons we feel like maybe we'll go live at some point is, like, we want to there's something to the immediacy.
Dan McDowell:
There's something to things happening. There's something to, I had an email from somebody who'd had questioned our energy level at times. And I said to him, you know, I think sometimes it's the live when you're live that you know whatever you say can't be taken back and, oh my gosh. I gotta get there. I'm I'm you know, if you're running late, you gotta get up there because it's happening then, and it doesn't mat they're not waiting for you.
Dan McDowell:
It's happening at this certain time. And, as far as the immediacy, you could think of a Dallas podcast talking about the city of Dallas and whatnot. Interesting. But what if something is happening now, and I need it's breaking news. The only way you can really service that is something that's live.
Dan McDowell:
And I suppose the word radio could be live something. It could be a live YouTube stream. It's just a The delivery
Jake Kemp:
system yeah.
Dan McDowell:
I do believe live and local is a thing that will not go away. Even your small towns. Which is place for it.
Jake Kemp:
There's not really, like, an analogous situation for that for the written word. Right. So, you know, with SI, you know, it's you kinda see it coming along.
Dan McDowell:
If we're going back, I forgot we're talking about sports.
Jake Kemp:
Well, no. I'm just saying like that. Has it all as it all relates? Yeah. I think that's probably they don't really have that component to it.
Jake Kemp:
Also, we were getting sued for, like, 3 months, so back off our energy level.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. I think we're going fine now, kind of. Yeah. Alright. Let's do some viewer mail.
Dan McDowell:
Hey, everybody. It's time to answer some of today's viewer mail. Wow. Now let's not do the sports stuff just yet. Okay.
Dan McDowell:
Just because I think we have a ton of different sports stuff that all kinda relates. We do. I'll start off with a, a viewer birthday. Hello, Dan and Jake and Blake. I turned 42, January 23rd.
Dan McDowell:
Holler at me. I love you. Thoughts and prayers from Brian Dubowski. Doobs. So go ahead.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Hey.
Lebron James Audio:
Yeah. Holla.
Dan McDowell:
Holla. Holla. Holla. Holla. Holla.
Dan McDowell:
Holla. Holla. Holla. Holla. Wait.
Dan McDowell:
That one's
Blake Jones:
Lost season. Right?
Jake Kemp:
That guy? On the lost season. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
That one's sportsy. That one's
Jake Kemp:
I'm a hell like a
Dan McDowell:
10 year old version of Jake. Oh, that's sports. Hold on. I have that 1 pulled up also. Okay.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, here's something we like to to follow, and I appreciate anyone who sends us these. This 1 is from Denver Steve who alerts us of a Denver area 911 Memorial. Mhmm. And he says because of us, he became curious to see if there were any 911 memorials near me. I discovered 1 located in Broomfield, Colorado, which is a suburb north of Denver.
Dan McDowell:
It's basically the grapevine of Denver.
Blake Jones:
I love that we're raising awareness for 911 Memorials.
Dan McDowell:
We're never forgetting. No. So he had to take a long bike ride. He says, I rode up to the memorial, which features 6 bronze plaques, 2 plaques for each World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the field in Pennsylvania that the plane crashed into.
Jake Kemp:
Okay. That feels egregious. Right?
Dan McDowell:
A field plaque? Yeah. I mean, the other 3 are for
Jake Kemp:
the Trade Center Towers and the Pentagon. I feel like, you know, whatever. If you guys approve of that, then my bad. It feels like a bit much.
Blake Jones:
Maybe more representative of the people that
Jake Kemp:
took the plane down. Yeah. Yeah.
Blake Jones:
The Mark Wahlbergs on the plane.
Jake Kemp:
That's right. The let's rolls.
Dan McDowell:
He says along with several statues, I was excited to see the piece of real steel from the World Trade Center tower.
Blake Jones:
Getting these?
Jake Kemp:
We know how. There's a there's an entire economy of this.
Dan McDowell:
But I was a bit disappointed that it was only about a 2 foot long section of steel incorporated into 1 of the statues. But you want a whole floor? Honestly, kind of spare.
Blake Jones:
You say say.
Dan McDowell:
Attaching the photos, thanks to the incredible email technology Hotmail pioneered. Hotmail also allowed me to write this email then save it to a quote drafts folder so I can come back to it later and edit the email. That's from Denver Steve Jake's Air Max Eskimo Brother. Oh. And then he sent, some pictures of himself or, actually, it's he didn't take a picture of himself.
Dan McDowell:
He just sent a picture of his bike next to the various, here's the memorial. Are his
Jake Kemp:
Air Maxes in there? The
Dan McDowell:
statue with the genuine World Trade Center steel piece at the bottom and me in front of oh, here's him. Me in front of the let's roll plaque.
Lebron James Audio:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
There's a let's roll plaque.
Jake Kemp:
That guy gave me some, some shoe tips once.
Dan McDowell:
Do you have anything non sportsy or
Jake Kemp:
should we just Do you wanna read Chet millennials? What's that? To the owners and proprietors of the DumbZone Inc, enough is enough. You are doing a disservice to your listeners with the daily promotion of such an antiquated email server. Hotmail is the bare minimum What?
Jake Kemp:
Of what the Internet and email has to offer to everyone, and there is far superior options available. So this is the ones I'm gonna read, Blake. Okay. He says, AOL is an innovative leader with amazing features Yes. Such as instant messaging, email personal, personalization, and basic spam filtering.
Dan McDowell:
Uh-huh.
Jake Kemp:
It's time for the AOL tribe to rise up and speak out to ensure that the audience knows the powerful technology that is available to them.
Dan McDowell:
Incredible. Speaking of, like, Sports Illustrated and how did we lose our AOL. Our big share. Because AOL was the 1 they'd send you a disc in the mail. Correct?
Jake Kemp:
30 hours for sure. It was also the 1 that, I don't even know what word I would use for this. It wasn't necessarily social media, but, like, do you know about, like, aim? Do you know, like,
Dan McDowell:
what like an instant messaging?
Jake Kemp:
Up doing?
Dan McDowell:
What is it?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. It was pretty much instant messaging, but, like, you would just spend all night on the weekend just aiming. Chicks. Age, sex, location, bra size. For real?
Jake Kemp:
A 100%.
Dan McDowell:
How do you know it wasn't, like, a dude? It probably was.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. You don't. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
But would you have sex chat? Yeah. Would you is it like phone sex where they would actually say, hey. I'm gonna Yep. Unbutton your pants here and Yep.
Dan McDowell:
Be like, okay. And then, you know, they're Fire away.
Jake Kemp:
Obviously, like, rooms as well. Yeah. But yeah. I mean
Dan McDowell:
So a chat room?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Because I grew up I definitely had chat rooms. Yeah. It mean That doesn't that seems to be Reddit now is your chat room.
Jake Kemp:
Well, this was, like, live though. You know? Oh. It was, like, in real time.
Dan McDowell:
Okay.
Jake Kemp:
Which is a little bit different than Reddit.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. But the the AOL Instant Messenger was it's all night every weekend.
Dan McDowell:
Really?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. For 2 or 3 hours or 2 or 3 nights a week, it would just be like
Dan McDowell:
So parents had no idea? No. No. They didn't know that just what kind of cesspool or nefarious stuff you can get into there.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. There was and, you know, another part of it too is it, like, we didn't really have text messaging. Or I didn't, anyways. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
So that was the
Jake Kemp:
That was just, like, texting before yeah.
Dan McDowell:
See, that's interesting because you always think about like, I'm lamenting the fact that we're not watching shows together, but it's kind of the way it is. Like, nobody watches shows together. There's the only shared experience does seem to be sports. Yep. Maybe your big award shows, but that's that's definitely a time stamp, I suppose, where you can speak to a lot of people around your age just by they like, they have that shared experience.
Jake Kemp:
Would have 20 aim boxes going at once. What does that mean? Just like little boxes of chat, like, that you could
Dan McDowell:
So you glom on to someone that you think you match with, and you're like, alright. Let's go off into this private
Jake Kemp:
And it might be somebody you might actually know. Yeah. You know? Like, people from your school or
Blake Jones:
I'd say the bulk of it was people you knew.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Girls you know from school and stuff and
Blake Jones:
And that's what
Jake Kemp:
customize, like, your like, the way that it looked and then you would have to your, you have to nail your away message. Mhmm. You needed a good away message.
Dan McDowell:
That feels like an easier way to because when I had to when I wanted to, date someone or whatever, I had to call them
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Or do it in person. But the you you know, I always look for the easiest way out, so I I'd make a phone call. But, man, that's a nerve wracking experience. I didn't get get past their parents.
Jake Kemp:
I don't want you to think that this, like, routinely was, like, a fruitful endeavor.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. But I mean Primarily just talking. You could start talking and get rejected and just be like, oh, okay. Yeah. Fine.
Dan McDowell:
I don't feel that bad. It was just the written word. Just had to take my shot.
Jake Kemp:
Right. It's not as embarrassing.
Blake Jones:
This was to get around the phone call.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Blake Jones:
Hey, do you wanna aim tonight? Sure. And that's what you did rather than call the house and, yeah, get her dad.
Dan McDowell:
Okay. So you'd kinda set it up. We're gonna aim.
Blake Jones:
Sarah there?
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Yeah. Who's this?
Blake Jones:
Blake.
Jake Kemp:
And you could also, like, see that they were online, you know. So if you're just like, hey. Sup? And
Blake Jones:
then she says, yeah. Probably not gonna be home tonight, then you see her on aim.
Jake Kemp:
And you're like, what?
Dan McDowell:
Could you hide that or no?
Jake Kemp:
I don't remember. Right. I don't know if
Blake Jones:
you could appear offline or not.
Dan McDowell:
Okay. So that would make you feel bad. Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Blake Jones:
That's that's your rejection right there. That's a nice way of being rejected.
Jake Kemp:
This was a moment in time, Dan.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. It's fun.
Jake Kemp:
And then you had to get another 30 hour CD. So thanks to Chet for that
Dan McDowell:
email. Sup, Chet? Want a sports 1?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Let's do it. Sportsee. This is regarding the 2 point conversion we were talking about and the passionate argument you were making, Blake. K. Right?
Dan McDowell:
For the
Blake Jones:
it's I like it.
Dan McDowell:
55%, 50 some percent. Yeah. The 2 point conversion, 95% to kick the 1 point. And, therefore, if you try it twice, you're almost not guaranteed, but I guess the argument here from d f Matt, he says, I think what we have here is a classic sample size issue. Just don't like, you don't bunt in the first 7 to 8 innings of a regular season game of baseball because you'll score more runs over the season, but you certainly should bunt down 1 in the 9th of game 7.
Dan McDowell:
If you use the Jake plan and always go for 2, you will get a nice large sample size, and it makes sense. But, to do it in a playoff game is kind of nuts. I'll take the 94% chance to get 1 point 2 times. If a guy has a gun to your head and says give him $200, 000 or you die, would you play a trivia game that you have a 94% chance of winning a $100, 000 2 times or 1 where you have a 55% chance of getting $200, 000 2 times. That's interesting way to put it, I suppose.
Jake Kemp:
It is an interesting hypothetical. Yes.
Dan McDowell:
I would say down 14 on the road in a playoff game, you play like there's a gun to your football head. I'm trying to wrap my head around Blake saying if you don't get the first 1, then that means you should get the second. It's it That's a good point, I think.
Jake Kemp:
Okay. But, again, like I said yesterday, I understand that if you flip a coin and it comes up heads, it is not more likely to come up tails or heads the next time. They are discrete interactions. I get that. So if that's the issue that he's taken with what Blake is saying, I understand that.
Jake Kemp:
But I think in a football game
Blake Jones:
A football game is not played in a vacuum.
Jake Kemp:
Would that so that's what I'm saying is that you you have plays that you think will work. Like, you it's the the the fixed thing here is the extra point. That doesn't change. That's gonna be the same every single time. But if you believe that you have a couple of plays that might actually work, The offense has the advantage all the time.
Jake Kemp:
That's the way that the whole sport is set up. So to me, I just think you roll the dice.
Blake Jones:
And and yes. I think,
Jake Kemp:
And you'll get 1 of them.
Blake Jones:
People get hung up on the coin flip thing. Right? Because, yes, it's that's in a vacuum where it's past events don't dictate future results.
Dan McDowell:
Sure.
Blake Jones:
However, with 2 point conversions, the percentage is literally based on all of your 2 point conversions. So it's not a it's not a coin flip. It's just you succeed 55% of the time.
Jake Kemp:
And I just scored, by the way. So I have you on your heels right now. Like, there is a qualitative, like, subjective element to this. Like, a mental thing of, yeah. Here.
Jake Kemp:
Now we're putting it to you.
Dan McDowell:
Now, Blake, you say you've isn't that 55% a league wide huge sample size number? It is not you.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. That's what that's everybody, including the worst offense in the league. So, yeah, I mean, if you're a playoff team and you
Dan McDowell:
feel Yeah. But the worst offense in the league might be 48 for 48.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Blake Jones:
What's I'm saying? If you're a playoff team, odds are you have a pretty good offense. Maybe you're closer to 60. And Jake's right. If you probably have 4 or 5 plays that you feel pretty damn good about.
Dan McDowell:
Now don't you run those when it's 3rd and 2?
Jake Kemp:
No. Typically, no. Because it's a different play when the back line is a defender. When you have the back line is
Dan McDowell:
a defender So when you have the whole field Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
When you have the back line as a defender from inside the 5 yard line, that is a very specific portion of your play sheet. And I would say that almost anybody who has played football at a certain level would tell you there are 3 or 4 things that you know you could call right there, and it is virtually unstoppable.
Blake Jones:
It yeah.
Dan McDowell:
You might You you practice you might f it up.
Jake Kemp:
That's possible. Right? Like, somebody blows a block, somebody drops a ball. But from right there, I feel like there are 3 or 4 things every team should know. You can't stop this.
Jake Kemp:
Now I would prefer 1 of those things not be a fade. Yeah. Yeah. Because that's a 1 of 1 option. Like, there's nothing else you can do there.
Jake Kemp:
Like, once you've decided to take the drop to throw a fade, well,
Dan McDowell:
now you're throwing a fade. Looking around the shield.
Jake Kemp:
You're not No. You can't run.
Dan McDowell:
You're not yeah. You're not Yeah. You're you're that's a bang bang thing.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. And I that's why I I don't love that call there.
Blake Jones:
And they they practice 2 point plays. I mean, that's a day of the week. Hey. We're gonna practice 2 point. And the other thing is if you run it the first time, then you have an idea of how the defense is trying to stop you on your 2 point play.
Jake Kemp:
Which is another reason why I wouldn't run a fade. Because you don't learn a whole lot by running a fade. Here's how I know you're gonna defend a fade with a 1 on 1 inside press from the corner.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. I still have trouble with it. I mean, especially because it's a playoff game. Like, I can see during the regular season, and I suppose you do wanna instill. We play the same way.
Dan McDowell:
You know? This is the way we play.
Blake Jones:
I mean, this is taking a shot at winning the game.
Dan McDowell:
Right. That's the point. When don't you play off?
Blake Jones:
Your hands? Like, why are you why are you playing to not lose? That's I don't know. It's just passive to me.
Jake Kemp:
Doesn't matter because Baker just fed the ball to the other team in the
Blake Jones:
There's you kinda have to score twice. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
So I have a few that are very, stat based, people, creating charts for us, arguing with us about certain cowboy points. But this 1 is not that, the subject line. And I don't know if you wanna read it or me, but it's, Help, my son is a 10 year old version of Jake.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. When I saw the, the subject line, I was curious what direction this was gonna go, and frankly, I'm pleased with the direction it did go. It was just about cowboys fandom.
Dan McDowell:
I'm afraid my 10 year old son is turning into Jake. I'd like some advice. With 4 minutes left into the Cowboys, Packers playoff game, Left in. My son started bawling. Absolutely sobbing.
Dan McDowell:
I tried to console him. It's just a game. You know how the cowboys are in the playoffs. Don't let this ruin your day. It's not worth it.
Dan McDowell:
These went as, over just as well as you imagine they would if you told them to Jake during your 20 k plus viewed livestream.
Jake Kemp:
Well, thank you.
Dan McDowell:
Finally, I was kind of tired of listening to him cry, so I told him to go to his room to calm down. I feel you. Unfortunately, I forgot as soon as he walked the newsroom, he'd be greeted by 2 Mica posters, a cowboy's calendar, a DAC poster, his cowboy's trading cards
Blake Jones:
Can't escape it.
Dan McDowell:
And his cowboys bedspread. The crying continued until halfway through the Q3. Oh, wait. It was 4 minutes into the Wait.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. I mean knew it was over.
Jake Kemp:
I think he's talking about the fact that they were getting smacked on an ADR drive in the first few minutes of the game. Okay. Initially. Right?
Dan McDowell:
Employees. Right?
Jake Kemp:
Even me, math Optimist. Math optimist. We knew that the first drive, we were in big trouble.
Dan McDowell:
Okay. The crying continued until his tear ducts couldn't produce any more tears. He came out, finished watching the game. I fear he's headed for a life of cowboys fandom like Jake. To make matters worth, both his grandfathers are Aggies.
Dan McDowell:
It made him a huge Aggie fan as well.
Jake Kemp:
Don't blame me for that.
Dan McDowell:
I feel like he's on such a dangerous path. He might grow up to do such things like have a very successful job only to quit it to become a podcaster or allow people to have orgies on his lake house picnic table.
Jake Kemp:
Felt pretty unnecessary, but sure.
Dan McDowell:
Any advice from my leaders on what to do? Is it child to raise him as a Cowboy fan? Should I leave his mother during Pro Bowl next week? I'm open to all suggestions. Side note, I used to think Blake was a little bitch while he was on the ticket.
Blake Jones:
K. Thanks.
Dan McDowell:
Because of the dumb zone, I know now I now know how truly awesome and hilarious he is. I've come to realize that I was the little bitch all along. Aw. Thank you, dumb zone, for helping me grow as a person, which really is the entire purpose of this podcast. Is it?
Dan McDowell:
From d f Trevor.
Jake Kemp:
I'd never actually considered that. Well, Blake came out of that 1 smelling like roses. Yeah. I didn't feel so well. I don't know.
Jake Kemp:
You know, it's weird. When we, when when Carter had his surgery, you know, his helmet was like a cowboy helmet.
Dan McDowell:
Was that because you've chose that, obviously?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I thought it'd be cool.
Dan McDowell:
He didn't.
Jake Kemp:
No. He did not. He was 4 months, 3 months old, but, you know, they give you some options, and that is a very popular 1. So I thought it'd be cool. But the second I saw him put it on, I'm like, this is gonna be painful for you.
Jake Kemp:
And I don't mean them cutting your head open. Man, the helmet era I mean, your whole life.
Dan McDowell:
My kid was in the helmet, you know, had kind of a alien type, cone head. So they they put a helmet on her. So for a different reason. Yeah. But they're pretty prevalent.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I mean, once you get into it, you you learn that it is much more common than you would have ever thought before for
Dan McDowell:
sure. I liken it to, when you start to go bald, you start noticing everyone else's hair.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
And I didn't notice any other kids with the helmet until my kid got 1 and, like, this is weird. Oh, no. It's not that weird. There's another kid with a helmet. There's but they were just white.
Dan McDowell:
Now they're like Asian? There's no. No. No. No.
Dan McDowell:
This is I
Blake Jones:
thought he went
Dan McDowell:
with the shoe. I'm not talking race. I'm just talking the, actual color, and and now there are people playing them up. Cowboy star on it, this and that. It's, it's a whole I should've known.
Dan McDowell:
It's just kinda like the phone case. Right? There's there's a whole industry
Jake Kemp:
that Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Blossoms up.
Jake Kemp:
Ours was pretty basic. We didn't pay like, you can pay a lot of money to have them, like, hand painted. Ours was pretty much just, like, a few decals. And I you know what? I don't even think I made the decision.
Jake Kemp:
I think my wife did, like, thinking I would think it was cool. And then I saw it and was like, ugh.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. It looks great. Cowboys.
Jake Kemp:
Like, Do we really wanna do you see what this does to me. Right? Do we wanna do this to him? But it's interesting to think about though, like, I would assume we'll at least still be friends at some point when Jerry Jones is dead. We might not be doing the show, but what does this thing look like 20 years from now?
Jake Kemp:
What is, you know, Trevor's son's adulthood look like if he's 10 years old right now as a Cowboy fan?
Dan McDowell:
Is it worse being a Cowboy fan and a Bills fan than it is being a Browns fan or a like, you don't you don't I think it just I think it's actually worse because if you're a Browns fan, you just don't there's just no passion there. If you're a Jaguars fan I get that worked out?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I would not put the Browns and Jaguars same. The Browns are, to me, still very passionate, which is amazing, given the level of suck. But I would say that being a Cowboy fan is better than being a Jaguars fan.
Blake Jones:
I think there is something to the hope.
Dan McDowell:
But it's more hurtful.
Jake Kemp:
It is more hurtful.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. But you at least feel something.
Dan McDowell:
Not apathy. But the difference is
Blake Jones:
indifference all the time. It's not fun.
Jake Kemp:
The 1 difference is with this being a fan of this team, there's 1 constant. Like, other teams change GMs, they change owners, they get sold, Whatever. This is like the 1 team where there's 1 thing that's always been the case for most of our lives. So thinking about what it will be like after that 1 thing changes is very interesting to me.
Blake Jones:
Work for the Rangers.
Jake Kemp:
What? Tom Hicks?
Blake Jones:
No. I just a new stance by the owner and a new GM and a new coach, a new culture, and it just feels completely different.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. But, I mean, they've been sold 5 times in my life. Right? They've had 5 general managers in my life. The Cowboys have had 1.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Yeah. Well, and the interesting
Jake Kemp:
since I was, you know, pretty young.
Dan McDowell:
Interesting because they won't be sold.
Jake Kemp:
Right. I don't think so. No. They could be. No.
Blake Jones:
You said that Jones will own the Cowboys until you die, and I I think that's true.
Jake Kemp:
I think that's probably the case. Whether it's yodeling kid
Dan McDowell:
You think yodeling kid at some point will be running that team?
Jake Kemp:
Or, you know, they've got a son who just got done playing football and just
Dan McDowell:
Who's the football 1?
Jake Kemp:
John Steven and Paxton.
Lebron James Audio:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
What's Spalding do in this organization?
Jake Kemp:
Cleans glasses. Probably what
Dan McDowell:
Jerry Junior does, they make him sell shirts or something. Books the halftime show.
Jake Kemp:
Right.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Booking goal. 36 Mafia?
Jake Kemp:
Kane Brown.
Blake Jones:
What if Charlotte runs the team?
Dan McDowell:
Why not? Well, that's the whole That's shit. Obsession
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Okay.
Dan McDowell:
Model. Like, the girl is actually good 1? Yeah. Actually, she is the
Jake Kemp:
1 that should. Term woman. Okay. But that's just because I respect them.
Dan McDowell:
Yep. Mhmm. Alright. I'd like to pause from cowboy viewer mail to drain the main vein. Is that cool?
Jake Kemp:
Mhmm. Sure.
Dan McDowell:
I'm fired up, dude. Even without z?
Jake Kemp:
I know we're not. Yeah. Harassment. Even the with the schedule they've just played, I'm so fired up for the next 5 weeks, 6 weeks of cowboy football.
Blake Jones:
Let's keep in mind they beat the Giants, Panthers, and Commanders.
Jake Kemp:
Okay. Get your licks in now. Dax walking out of there. He's walking out of there.
Dan McDowell:
That's kind of like 3 top 5 draft pick teams.
Jake Kemp:
He's walking out of San Francisco or Philadelphia with a win this year.
Dan McDowell:
If Carolina didn't trade there. That's hilarious too. It is. Will you go
Blake Jones:
on the impractical jokers cruise if he doesn't?
Dan McDowell:
Okay. What was that? What was the the claim?
Jake Kemp:
I said he's walking out of San Francisco or Philadelphia with a win this year in the playoffs. You type away. I I Type away works.
Blake Jones:
I'll have a role here.
Jake Kemp:
Would you would you would
Dan McDowell:
you would you do the dude perfect perfect cruise?
Jake Kemp:
If it still exists, sure. No. You have my commitment.
Blake Jones:
I wouldn't do that to you.
Jake Kemp:
It's happening.
Dan McDowell:
I'd just do it for fun.
Jake Kemp:
Yep. Because it'd be great. You're listening to the dumb zone.
Blake Jones:
I was number 5 in line for the Xbox 360 at the Garland Target.
Dan McDowell:
Y'all see Tyreke fills houses on fire? Are you all familiar with the video game Grand Theft Auto?
Blake Jones:
We have a lot of buzzards in our neighborhood. Dude Perfect and Impractical Jokers, Mike and Molly, Yes, Dear, Friends, Fertile Myrtle.
Jake Kemp:
Well, the good news is is that there's no no puppet.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, it sped up. That's great.
Jake Kemp:
The 2024 cruise has not been, planned yet. And, it typically would have happened, right around right now because last year, it was January 20, 2023.
Blake Jones:
Well, the good news for you
Dan McDowell:
is you got Eric Andre to look forward to on the cruise.
Jake Kemp:
It's not planned. No. That's a that's AIJ. In that cut.
Dan McDowell:
Sorry. We we talked about Dude Perfect and Impractical Jokers, I believe.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. Okay.
Jake Kemp:
And I agreed to either.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Sure. That's tough. How about any cruise? Like, isn't that just aren't all cruises bad?
Dan McDowell:
Maybe the actually, the Impractical Jokers 1 might be more fun.
Jake Kemp:
No. It wouldn't.
Dan McDowell:
Because you'd be with a bunch of Impractical Jokers fans. Yeah. Just a bunch of Blake's just laughing their ass off all day.
Jake Kemp:
About anything?
Blake Jones:
Isn't but isn't that the first thing you do when you go to, like, a comedy concert or a music something like that? A comedy show, music concert. Just look around at the people that like what you like, and it's just kinda jarring. Like, oh, this is who I fit in with?
Jake Kemp:
There is something to that. Yes.
Blake Jones:
Like, for instance, when Dan and I went to the Kevin James show, and I could tell Dan looking around and, like, yes. These are people who like Kevin James. It fits.
Dan McDowell:
Lot of people that look like Kevin James like Kevin James. Yeah. Yeah. You were really way too worried about what is Dan thinking when he's there. It was our it
Blake Jones:
was our first event together, I think.
Dan McDowell:
I had an enjoyable evening.
Jake Kemp:
I have 1 on Saturday, which is very interesting because I think, you know, most comedians are in the the podcast game now, at least to some degree. And I'm going to see 1 of the guys from Comtown. And the last time I did that, I was like, oh, I'm a real dirtbag.
Dan McDowell:
You didn't like the people who are big fans of
Lebron James Audio:
Well,
Jake Kemp:
I mean, I like them, but it they're you know, to to realize that you are them Yeah. Was, it was tough.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. I guess I had that feeling when I, back in the day, went into an adult bookstore. These are my people in
Jake Kemp:
the porn shop. What's your Gribble story?
Dan McDowell:
Gribble saw the playmaker
Jake Kemp:
That's right.
Dan McDowell:
At New Fine Arts.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Lebron James Audio:
Is that
Dan McDowell:
how's New Fine Arts? How is that?
Jake Kemp:
You know, I've actually never been.
Dan McDowell:
Ecosystem. I've been in there.
Jake Kemp:
But I feel like they have a million billboards.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, okay. Still still?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I think so.
Dan McDowell:
We're still yeah. How's the how did Blockbuster die, but the adult
Jake Kemp:
Well, I think I think the main reason is because those places do not make their money on adult films. Dildos.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. On toys.
Jake Kemp:
And you can't stream a dildo.
Blake Jones:
Right.
Dan McDowell:
That's too bad.
Jake Kemp:
Nobody ever said that before, I bet. But
Dan McDowell:
it's true. You wanna get back to some, sportsy cowboy based emails?
Jake Kemp:
Sure.
Dan McDowell:
Because I have a a bunch of stuff. What do you wanna go with?
Jake Kemp:
I thought the DAC NFC East 1 was really interesting.
Dan McDowell:
Well, I don't know which 1 that is. Go ahead.
Jake Kemp:
It was from Charles. And the 1 disclaimer I would offer about this email is
Dan McDowell:
Oh, okay. Yeah. I got this.
Jake Kemp:
I don't know how this would work if you did it for, like, every other quarterback. Right? Because every quarterback only plays the schedule in front of them. But his basic thesis is that deck is only thought of as a good quarterback because he plays New York and Washington 8 times a year.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Giants, the 4th worst. Commanders, 8th worst winning percentage in the NFL over decks Yes. Since 2016?
Jake Kemp:
Yes. Since 2016. So 27 games.
Dan McDowell:
It says no other division has 2 teams in the bottom 8.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I mean, for a long time, it was NFC Least. Right?
Blake Jones:
Wasn't this always the thing about Brady?
Jake Kemp:
Oh, yeah. Does does Bob would harp on this a lot. The problem for that argument was that Brady would then get in the playoffs and beat people.
Dan McDowell:
Yes. Charles does mention Brady here. So Dax played 27 games against those teams. The most of any quarterback in that time span by 10 games. So nearly a quarter of his career games have been against either the Giants or the Commanders.
Jake Kemp:
And in those 27 games, he's 23 and 4 with a 53 to 13 touchdown to interception ratio, which would come out to like a 32 7 over a 60 which is an MVP season, basically. He's an MVP in those 27 games. But in the other 87 games, he's 5037 with a almost, like, 2 to 1 touchdown interception ratio.
Dan McDowell:
1537 is still strong.
Jake Kemp:
It's fine. But as he points out, that's a 575 win percentage. That's roughly what Ryan Tannehill has posted during that time.
Blake Jones:
Interesting.
Jake Kemp:
571. So, again, I don't I don't know how to, like, totally isolate Dak from other quarterbacks who experienced the same type of thing. Brady for sure. Right? Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
He says Brady had a weak division, getting the patriots 4 to 6 wins a year, but he maintained mostly similar numbers against all the other opponents. That's the difference. Yeah. Which is that's interesting. You know, just totally beat up on I guess it's you know, you can have garbage time stats in a game you're losing big, but you can also have garbage time stats in a game you're winning big.
Dan McDowell:
And I guess that's the allegation here with Dak.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I mean, that happens I don't know that these are necessarily garbage time stats as much as they are just wins and solid performances against average to bad teams.
Dan McDowell:
But, I mean, look at the the point differential this year. Some of their wins against bad team, they just destroyed them. So that's what I that why I wonder if that comes into play. That you're just pouring it on against Yeah. These terrible terrible teams.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I mean, think about let's think about some of the other greats. Right? Like, I don't know. I mean, it's not like exactly like Mahomes has had to deal with top flight competition in the division.
Jake Kemp:
No. I mean, during his era, has the AFC West really been that good? Better, But I don't know about that good. It's just that when they get to the playoffs, they win. They perform well.
Blake Jones:
And that's just what we're asking Dak to do. I mean, just be a little better in the playoffs. Right? Not be your same.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I mean, think about, I mean, let's just go through it. Look. For Lamar, how good is the AFC North been during Lamar's career? Pretty good.
Jake Kemp:
Pretty average, I would say.
Blake Jones:
The Browns have been terrible. Cincinnati's been really good.
Jake Kemp:
Cincinnati's been good since they got Burrow.
Blake Jones:
Well, past 3 years, which is Yeah.
Lebron James Audio:
Half of
Jake Kemp:
his was drafted in, like, 2018, wasn't he?
Blake Jones:
Oh, half of his career. The Bengals have been
Dan McDowell:
are always in the mix.
Jake Kemp:
They're better. But I'm I guess I'm just saying that, like, most of your good your good quarterbacks in the NFL, you can look at their division and be like, well, there's 2 teams here that they're just beating the brakes off of on a regular basis. Yeah. Yeah. And sometimes 3.
Jake Kemp:
So I'm not invalidating Charles' hypothesis here. But I think it's somewhat common is all I'm saying. And I have no leg to stand on because, then then they get in the playoffs and just
Dan McDowell:
lose. Yeah. Obviously, that's the big thing, And it's quite a conundrum if you if you have that situation because, also, obviously, the quarterback does not control the defense. The quarterback cannot do everything on the team. But
Jake Kemp:
yeah. Yeah. I heard somebody on the ticket mentioned this the other day, and it's inevitable. It's going to happen. But, man, the day that they fire off the deck extension press conference sometime in the next 4 months, That'll get
Dan McDowell:
all this?
Jake Kemp:
People will be very upset.
Dan McDowell:
All the talk going again? Yeah. It's happening. Something's happening.
Jake Kemp:
Of course. McCarthy, you can wait. But with Dak, you know, as Joel Corey told us, they don't really have to do it. They kinda do. Kinda do, from a cap standpoint, have to extend him to lower that number if they wanna get all these other pieces of business done.
Jake Kemp:
So people are gonna freak out.
Blake Jones:
I would love to see the the other way go though. Dak plays here next year, doesn't get extended, hits the open market, makes 75, 000, 000 a year, and then goes to whoever. Tennessee. And I would just like to see what he what he could do on a different team.
Jake Kemp:
So what's CD's mom?
Dan McDowell:
That's a great point. Dear dumb zone.
Blake Jones:
Well, she would like to see CD
Jake Kemp:
In Houston.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. Just not sign anything for Dallas and then just opt to play for Houston.
Jake Kemp:
That's right. Okay. You're right. I had it backwards.
Dan McDowell:
Longtime listener, recent subscriber, first time emailer. If this goes goes poorly, I'll never email again. I enjoyed your all y'all's conversation the other day, specifically Blake, about how the cowboys lack of investment in quarterback position might be why we've had 20 years of this dog s. So I dug into it a little bit. So Blake was saying not having a high pedigree quarterback over the last 20 years has hurt the cowboys.
Dan McDowell:
So I looked at where teams took quarterbacks on average. Were you is this accurate as to what you're saying you think?
Blake Jones:
Yeah. I'm gonna I'm not 100% married to that, but we were just thinking about what constant has there been for the past 30 years. Front office is 1. Jerry's definitely 1. But another 1 is you've been rolling out an undrafted quarterback and a 4th round quarterback while Jordan Love is a 1st round guy.
Blake Jones:
Jared Goff, 1st round. Stafford, 1st. You know, maybe there is something to the guys are taking in the 1st round, not the 4th.
Jake Kemp:
I might also offer to you that, even before the undrafted Romo, Was it exactly like they I mean, it was between Troy and Romo? There weren't exactly any blue chippers in there. You know?
Dan McDowell:
We had Vinny.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. But it was like cue car, Drew Henson. Yeah. Quincy, 4th round
Lebron James Audio:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Or 3rd. Man, I remember trying to get into Drew Henson. Of course.
Lebron James Audio:
Do you
Blake Jones:
know he played baseball at Michigan?
Dan McDowell:
Does he have the passion though for football? I mean, why did he choose that? Yeah. I love
Blake Jones:
baseball at Michigan. Are bad now.
Jake Kemp:
Dude, that was a great sell for a 11 year old kid. I'm like, what what can he do?
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. He can do it all. This passes the logic test. If the rarest ability in the sport is to find a great quarterback, does it not stand to reason you should pick as many ones as you reasonably can to find a good 1? I think that goes to Jake saying the Bears should have taken The Bears should yeah.
Dan McDowell:
This year should take another quarterback.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. And last year.
Jake Kemp:
And last year.
Dan McDowell:
He mentions how in theory, a quarterback is always a good investment because if you hit on 1 while you have another good 1, someone always wants a quarterback so you could just trade them for more picks.
Blake Jones:
See Trey Lance or Jimmy g.
Dan McDowell:
So he says he looks into this and says the Cowboys have drafted the fewest number of quarterbacks of any team since they won the Super Bowl in 95. So since 1995, not 1st rounders, any round. Mhmm. They've drafted 6 quarterbacks. That's the fewest of any team.
Dan McDowell:
When they did draft a quarterback, they did so at the 10th latest average round. And he says, I'm not sure how much this matters. So their average round is, 4.3.
Blake Jones:
Boy, I wonder who the 6 are. Henson, obviously. Carter?
Dan McDowell:
Dak? No. Henson was not drafted. Yep. He was he was a free agent signing.
Dan McDowell:
Oh. McGee. Because he was a baseball player. McGee. That failed.
Dan McDowell:
So wait. Steven McGee, Quincy Carter? Nooch. Ben DeNucci? Jeez.
Dan McDowell:
Well, what a spare list. What else? Dak.
Blake Jones:
Dak.
Dan McDowell:
Okay.
Blake Jones:
So we have 2
Dan McDowell:
more. Since they won the Super Bowl.
Jake Kemp:
People are yelling at us.
Blake Jones:
I know. Okay.
Jake Kemp:
Oh, Mike White.
Blake Jones:
God, like, West Virginia or, Western Kentucky guy?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. And Quincy was 2nd round, by the way.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, yeah?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. But I think even at the time, that was thought to be a A reach? Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Of the teams with the most appearances
Jake Kemp:
in there stand back as listed as a quarterback here, although That can't be. Well, no. He I mean, he wasn't
Dan McDowell:
the 6th, can it?
Jake Kemp:
He was a quarterback, but he just didn't play quarterback in the NFL.
Dan McDowell:
Who's the Clemson guy that returned to touchdown in preseason? We just talked about this. He was a quarterback.
Jake Kemp:
We just
Dan McDowell:
talked about this. Like, I thought he should make the team.
Jake Kemp:
Because he was awesome on the NCAA game. This is gonna make me insane. Wasn't he a
Dan McDowell:
quarterback, Clemson? Woody Dantzler. Woody Dantzler. Yeah. I wonder if that counts.
Blake Jones:
Or Jabiel Showers.
Dan McDowell:
He was possibly undrafted too.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I think both might have been. But, anyway case.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Of the teams with the most appearances in their respective championship games, not wins, just appearances, each of those teams drafted the most quarterbacks. The Patriots have drafted 14 quarterbacks since the Cowboys last won a Super Bowl. And just having Tom Brady didn't mean they didn't draft quarterback. Now just having Tom Brady might be the reason they were in the most championship game.
Dan McDowell:
So this is a little skewed. Right? Sure. The Packers have drafted 14 quarterbacks. The Eagles, 14.
Dan McDowell:
The Niners, 14. The Broncos, 14. The Steelers, 12. And those are the exact top 6 teams in number of championship appearances. Wow.
Dan McDowell:
This 1 is for Dan, but, hilariously, the Browns have the highest average round when they do take a quarterback, but none of them work out, so it's clearly not a foolproof strategy. Is it possible that the Cowboys lack of playoff success simply comes down to the fact that they don't draft the most important position with enough frequency to find the guy who can get it done. And then he says, problems with this theory, 1, the Chiefs have the 2nd fewest number of drafted quarterbacks, but have made the 7th most appearances. That's because of Mahomes, of course. And then the Browns, Texans, and Red Skins have used relatively high number of draft picks with no return on overall success, but these franchises have been dumpster fires over this 96 to 2022 stretch.
Dan McDowell:
And then he, he attached all the spreadsheets.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I mean, there's definitely no, like, foolproof way to do it. I know that this was a, a goose thing
Dan McDowell:
for Nicholas Roth Nicholas Roth did that.
Jake Kemp:
That, Goose would say, like, draft a quarterback every year. Run the ball. Too bad, but but the problem is, you know, those guys need reps. And so you have to try to develop them and that can become a little bit of an issue. At the same time though, it is weird that the Cowboys have won so many games over the past 25 years, and there's not a single blue chip quarterback that's been on this roster.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. That that doesn't compute either. Like, most teams that have ascended to the point where they're pretty good had a guy who was, like, you know, a baller in college. And that that's not to say that Dak wasn't really good in college, but people thought Dak needed to be a tight end.
Dan McDowell:
Well, again, they're saying that
Jake Kemp:
Like, when was coming out of college, there were actual scouting people that are, like, I think this is kind of more
Dan McDowell:
of a receiver. Aren't they saying that just the whole I mean, that the cowboys are a good team, but to go farther in the playoffs, often, it's the better quarterback.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
That gets you there.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. That's why Purdey's What's going on down there? As far
Dan McDowell:
as the old lady walking by the, something.
Lebron James Audio:
Okay.
Dan McDowell:
I don't know if the that could be picked up on the mics. Sorry.
Jake Kemp:
He sounds like he's in distress.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. No. And then p 1 or excuse me, I'll say he signs it, Dumby Nick.
Jake Kemp:
K. Dumby. Okay.
Dan McDowell:
But he used to be called P1NK. He's always, he loves he loves some math. He does. He loves some adding and some subtracting.
Jake Kemp:
He's 1 of the smartest people you'll ever meet.
Dan McDowell:
He says Blake's position assumes the draft selections of NFL teams is the definite arbiter of absolute talent and ability. Basically says Blake is making a bad sports point rooted in confirmation bias and a false dichotomy fallacy regarding Dak being a 4th round selection. And he goes and points to the, modern era of football. Here's a list of Super Bowl starting quarterbacks that did not get drafted in the 1st round. Tom Brady, 9 times starter.
Dan McDowell:
Russell Wilson, 2. Kurt Warner, 2. Rich Gannon, Jake Delhomme, Drew Brees, Colin Kaepernick, Nick Foles, Jimmy Garoppolo, Jalen Hertz. So not 1st round draft picks. He says if you do the math, there's been 48 quarterback starts in the Super Bowl since the year 2000.
Dan McDowell:
Out of those 48 starts, 20 were taken by quarterbacks not drafted in round 1. This yields a figure of 42% of all Super Bowl quarterback starts in the modern passing era that were occupied. So 42%.
Blake Jones:
But how many were Brady?
Dan McDowell:
And that's what skews it. Right?
Blake Jones:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Like, there's always the Brady's screwing a lot of these studies up. He's the anomaly. Yeah. Right. Because, you know, are the Patriots really good every or did they have a dynasty for 20 years off and on because they drafted 14 quarterbacks or because they hit on Brady?
Jake Kemp:
I mean, it's probably much more the latter than the former, but I actually kinda think that there's, like, a value in,
Lebron James Audio:
like,
Jake Kemp:
constantly keeping your quarterback room strong even if the guys don't play. Is that just to, like, football coach wannabe of me? Like, what is Cooper Rush offering them right now? Like, III would prefer 2a
Dan McDowell:
half 1000000 that you can cut off the cap next year. That's what I'm reading.
Jake Kemp:
I suppose that's true. And, a bad liner. But outside of that, like, wouldn't you rather have like, I've we we mentioned it a million time that, a million times that having Sanchez with Dak early on was really good. And obviously, they didn't draft him. But I just mean, like, keeping your quarterback room strong.
Jake Kemp:
I wish they would've kept Will Grier. He balled out the final preset.
Blake Jones:
Like, from a standpoint of, like, competition?
Jake Kemp:
Just brainpower as opposed to just, like, a guy who's here. He's just like, oh, whatever. I'm just I just don't feel like Cooper Rush is bringing a lot to the table is what I'm saying.
Dan McDowell:
No. But they went went 4 and 1, 3 and 1?
Jake Kemp:
3 and 1, 4 and 1. Give it to Rathman.
Dan McDowell:
Rathman. And, finally, I have, 1 subject line, Cowboys win percentage, a little more behind the numbers info. This is from Jack Mercer. Says that the Cowboys' last 36 regular season wins, only 15 came against teams with records above 500. 7 out of the 36 wins came against a team with a with double digit wins.
Dan McDowell:
60% of the losses came to teams with double digit wins. You play the schedule in front of you, but the Cowboys were handed good tests over the last 3 years and floundered mostly in embarrassing fashion. The NFC East being a joke has helped, but when it when it comes down to the best 7 teams in the conference, they obviously fail to match up. Numbers in the attached document, but it might be too Rain Man to make sense. PS, I'd love to get your take on Gaza and the Houthis.
Jake Kemp:
Houthis? Houthis?
Dan McDowell:
That's a thing? I don't know what that is. What's Houthis? It's, just take a half hour to explain it to me.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. That's what I was showing you on the ship the other day, Blake. They're a separatist group in Yemen, and they've been attacking, ships
Dan McDowell:
Oh. At sea. We're talking pirates. And they film it,
Jake Kemp:
and it looks like Call of Duty.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, really?
Blake Jones:
Oh, okay. Okay. Okay.
Jake Kemp:
The thing I showed you a couple weeks ago where they, like, landed that helicopter on that cargo ship.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. In a Covey Jersey. No. That's a different 1.
Jake Kemp:
That is a different 1. Okay.
Dan McDowell:
Well, there you go, Jack Mercer. You got a little little Boothy's talk.
Jake Kemp:
Hey. You wanna hear something, a blast from the past? So the Bucks just fired their head coach.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, really?
Jake Kemp:
The basketball team Bucks.
Dan McDowell:
Oh.
Jake Kemp:
Not Todd Bowles.
Dan McDowell:
Okay.
Jake Kemp:
And A Griffin. Really? Even though they're like 30 and 12 or something. Let me look up the record.
Blake Jones:
Wow. Didn't the Pistons almost beat him?
Lebron James Audio:
Yes.
Blake Jones:
What caused
Lebron James Audio:
all this? They did
Jake Kemp:
not, but they almost did. They are 30 and 13.
Blake Jones:
Wow. And is this year 1 or 2 for him?
Jake Kemp:
I wanna say year 2. Yeah.
Blake Jones:
Okay.
Jake Kemp:
Would you like to, hazard a guess at their interim head coach, Dan? No. No. This is your 1 for Adrian Griffin.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. I thought Bud was out last year.
Jake Kemp:
Was last year. Yeah. Really?
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Because remember, if
Jake Kemp:
Joe Prunty. You spoke to assistant coach Joe Prunty. That is exactly right. Wow.
Blake Jones:
What's the deal?
Dan McDowell:
Do you know who Joe Prunty is?
Blake Jones:
I guess not.
Dan McDowell:
So he was a Mavs assistant coach. And at halftime of every game, they would throw it to the the girl, the woman, the female Reporter. The person who identifies as a female, she
Jake Kemp:
heard Presents.
Lebron James Audio:
Uh-huh.
Dan McDowell:
Was Laura something. Wasn't it?
Blake Jones:
So he would step inside the Rooms To Go Lounge?
Dan McDowell:
Well, her name I can't remember her last name.
Jake Kemp:
But it wasn't yeah.
Dan McDowell:
No. It was Laura something. And they'd be like, alright. Let's throw it out to, Laura, and she's gonna and and it was like, Carlyle wouldn't talk. So you can't get Laura Greene?
Dan McDowell:
Laura Greene? That sounds right.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
She ended up working in Cleveland. Well, for for this reason, she's very likely works in my, Milwaukee now because she would interview Joe Prunty. She goes, I spoke with assistant coach Joe Prunty, and he said blah blah blah. We have to play better defense and blah blah blah blah. Well, he she was married to Joe Prunty.
Dan McDowell:
And no 1 knew that.
Jake Kemp:
But we did. But Dan did. He would bring this up all the time.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. We would put and it was just hilarious to us. And, like, we had not even heard of Joe Prunty. No 1 had. Like, if there's a list of coaches, like, you got your I mean, guys who are ex players that you've heard of.
Dan McDowell:
You got your Ro Blackman. You got you got your strength guy. Everybody knew who he was. Like, you've never had no idea who Joe Puente was.
Jake Kemp:
Doc Rivers emerging as the favorite
Dan McDowell:
in Milwaukee. Damn, man. That's surprising.
Jake Kemp:
But the Mavs are like, this is pretty good. We're fine here. Jason Kidd kicking ass.
Dan McDowell:
Love what's going on. Do you see Luca fall down? Get crossed over?
Jake Kemp:
Not only did I see that, I saw the clip of Tim Hardaway yelling at the, whoever operates the jumbotron because they put it up there.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. Even Jaylen Brown said something about it.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Like, they shouldn't have done it?
Jake Kemp:
Don't put that up there.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. He said, whoever did that should probably get fired. Oh. Home game.
Dan McDowell:
Well, I like full transparency. But
Jake Kemp:
It's tough look.
Dan McDowell:
Are we done with football email?
Jake Kemp:
I think so. Okay. Those were some good ones.
Dan McDowell:
Sure. Kinda like now we can can we ignore the Cowboys for a while now?
Jake Kemp:
I would prefer that. Yeah. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Let's let's just, let's look forward, and let's do this. Here's Jay with the dumb zone news.
Jake Kemp:
Well, not everybody is willing to be a hero as the city council in Chicago will delay a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Blake Jones:
Do you just search ceasefire?
Dan McDowell:
So they're announcing that they're going to delay.
Jake Kemp:
The the delay the vote. Yeah. The vote. Yeah. It was expected for tomorrow, January 24th.
Dan McDowell:
Like, we're not ready. We're not ready to vote on something that means absolutely nothing to any like, what Yeah. Is going to I don't understand stuff, Jake.
Jake Kemp:
They delayed this vote after a protest from 28 Alderman. Now was that a thing in Ohio?
Dan McDowell:
I've heard of that word. What is it?
Jake Kemp:
I think it just means, like, kind of like city council, but I only hear it associated with, like, the northeast and perhaps the Midwest. Not here? No. No. I don't have an all We definitely did not have that here.
Dan McDowell:
Elected member of a municipal council.
Jake Kemp:
Sounds pretty vague. But that's not something that you heard. What do you mean sounds pretty big? Vague. Oh.
Jake Kemp:
Like, alright. Municipal council. What do you do? Well, this is a council, and it's of the municipal variety. And you we vote on stuff.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. That's all symbolic.
Jake Kemp:
But I guess my question was just, like, that's not something that you grew up hearing. Like, you just called them councilmen. You probably didn't.
Dan McDowell:
If I even paid Yeah. Half of a minimum of attention to it. Like, I never like, I know now there are city councilmen and stuff, but, you know, I know 1 or an ex 1.
Jake Kemp:
Mhmm.
Dan McDowell:
But I don't know what it means. More than 1, probably. You think?
Jake Kemp:
I would say Jan at some point was probably.
Dan McDowell:
Jan McDowell was on some kind of city council?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
On a book here?
Jake Kemp:
No. Okay. Me neither. Not really. Police in Garland are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred over the weekend, that happened after an argument between neighbors over a dog.
Dan McDowell:
Why are you nodding, Blake?
Jake Kemp:
Like, his neck, nodding his head.
Dan McDowell:
I think about this?
Blake Jones:
Yeah. I think I've seen this circulating around Facebook and such.
Jake Kemp:
Okay. Well, what is Facebook's take?
Blake Jones:
No. Just that I mean, I'm friends with a lot of people that either live in or lived used to live in Garland that I don't know. It's pretty bad. Why? 2 people died.
Blake Jones:
Right?
Dan McDowell:
Is this the same shooting? Are you from Garland?
Lebron James Audio:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
What's your home address when you grew up or do they still live there?
Blake Jones:
You want, like, the real address? Yeah. 1602 Charlotte Drive, Garland, Texas 75041. Is that what you wanted? Yeah.
I think I was 6701 Ridgetop, North Richland Hills. My first 1 would have been Marie Street, but I don't remember the number.
Dan McDowell:
How long did you live there? Your main 1. Because I live there from kindergarten to going to college. That's why I remember
Jake Kemp:
6701 Ridgetop was from, I would say, kindergarten to 8th grade. And then my parents lived in the house that we moved to until just recently when they moved in down the street from me. Is 8th grade when the divorce happened? No. Earlier?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I was like 7. Okay. It was a 93 Pro Bowl. Okay.
Blake Jones:
He was still watching the Pro Bowl. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Did you live in the same house your whole life there, Blake? Or your whole, you know
Blake Jones:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Basically. Years? Yeah. For 20 years. See, that's why you know, we did move from Dallas out here for, like, or we have to do this before the kids get into school.
Dan McDowell:
Like, that was a conscious decision to Sure. It'd be cool if they went to the same school system the whole time. And back when we were searching, we were just kind of looking, well, what's a nice area with trees? And it wasn't like I swear to God to use. Southlake was not controversy ridden in the early 2000 or at least not to my knowledge.
Jake Kemp:
And here we are. Well, anyways, this guy got
Dan McDowell:
Oh, dead guy in Garland.
Jake Kemp:
There was a dog, and they were fighting about it. It doesn't it sounds like Blake might have more details, though.
Blake Jones:
No. I I think I'm, I'm remembering a different story where 2 people got shot at an apartment complex, and I think they're still looking for the guy.
Jake Kemp:
Another murder, another day. Yeah. Especially in Garland. Garland. Mhmm.
Jake Kemp:
Are you talking about this 1 in Irving? No. Because there was a, mother daughter double homicide in Irving where a 33 year old man is wanted. But it doesn't sound like that's the story that you're referring to.
Blake Jones:
No. This 1 was was definitely in Garland.
Jake Kemp:
Do you have anything you wanna read us from Hood County News?
Dan McDowell:
Oh, you want me to you want me to check?
Jake Kemp:
Sure.
Blake Jones:
I've been telling you guys that they they're really mad at the Bitcoin mining out there.
Jake Kemp:
I can imagine. Why? Because it's loud.
Blake Jones:
It's loud.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, really?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
I've had Bitcoin mining explained to me, and I still have 0 idea what it means. I don't get it at all.
Jake Kemp:
I don't think you're alone in that.
Dan McDowell:
And at the end, I'm like, oh, okay. Like Let's
Jake Kemp:
just end this.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. I just don't want them to know how stupid I am. You know, like, our buddy?
Jake Kemp:
Crypto Todd.
Dan McDowell:
Crypto Todd. Like, he'll talk to me, you know, off the air. I'm like, at the end, it's something, oh, okay. No. No.
Dan McDowell:
No. No. Yeah. I got it. I'm like, I don't know.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I'll just there's another double murder in Garland, Blake.
Blake Jones:
Brad. Year old and a 17 year old. Brad says, did you know did you all know next year we will no longer have to get state state inspections on our vehicles? I did not know that.
Dan McDowell:
I heard that out of the news at some point. Do you remember that? I think we did that.
Jake Kemp:
I thought there was, like, some sort of, like, they were consolidating it.
Dan McDowell:
There's some caveat. Yeah. It's, like, certain areas you might still have to.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Well, thanks, Brad.
Blake Jones:
Also, there's a goat on the loose. Oh, no. Old Granbury Road close to M and M Ranch Road.
Dan McDowell:
I know where that is. Someone's goat is outside the fence.
Jake Kemp:
He's on the loose.
Dan McDowell:
It's like Dirk is running down the street.
Blake Jones:
Okay. Yes.
Dan McDowell:
Thanks, guys. Thanks. You got it.
Jake Kemp:
So it was announced today that, WFAA will be airing 10 Dallas maverick games this season.
Dan McDowell:
Really? Is this a ballet thing?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Okay.
Jake Kemp:
These games will no longer be available on the, previously published Bally Sports Southwest cable channel schedule. Good.
Dan McDowell:
Does that mean no other games are available or just these particular ones?
Jake Kemp:
These 10.
Blake Jones:
Man, I was fighting the Bally stream really hard last night.
Dan McDowell:
It's so horrible. Yeah. What's the deal with that?
Blake Jones:
Dude, you just have to refresh almost every other commercial break. And because you'll just get spinning wheel and you gotta back out, refresh, get back into it, and then it's fine for another 10 minutes.
Jake Kemp:
And, like, if if you have to back up or then skip back ahead, it freezes every time you do that. It's just it just sucks.
Dan McDowell:
They're not putting money in r and d.
Jake Kemp:
What show did you watch that recently mentioned research and development?
Dan McDowell:
Just we're in a business mindset.
Blake Jones:
It's gotta be in beef.
Dan McDowell:
He told us that. No. It's not in beef. I'm just a business guy. We had meetings yesterday.
Dan McDowell:
Tomorrow's a business day. It is. We got 2, what, 3 maybe? 3 meetings tomorrow.
Jake Kemp:
At least 2. Yeah. Probably 3. But, I mean, III feel like this might be the way of the future, which is that these games might end up being, like, if you wanna stream them, you can pay. Whether you pay, you know, Amazon or whatever the the case ends up being.
Jake Kemp:
But if you wanna watch them just on regular TV, you can. On channel 8, channel 27, channel 11, whatever the case might be. But these are not like ESPN games, you know. Like, they're gonna be on ABC, but it's not like you're getting Mike Breen. This is just gonna be Followwell's skin, Harp, Leslie, Devin Harris, etcetera, but they'll just be on ABC.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. That's interesting. That's but that's That's very interesting.
Jake Kemp:
It's the way it was my
Dan McDowell:
whole life. Not not ABC, though. Like, they're No. It was a It was Fox has what is it? KDFI?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. And, like, then the the other 1 would be, like, channel 49.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. It does. Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
Which is great because then you could watch, tens or strip poker. Don't know how much you know about either 1 of those shows, Dan.
Dan McDowell:
No. The the 1 I remember is, who's the guy that would bust people cheating? Cheaters. Right?
Blake Jones:
Yeah. That was CW.
Jake Kemp:
Of course. There was, Joey Greco and Richard Grant. That was on the same yeah.
Dan McDowell:
That was based here too. Of course. Mhmm.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. I know multiple people who worked on it.
Dan McDowell:
Who worked on Cheaters TV?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
It's a good bit. Loved it.
Jake Kemp:
Tens was basically, it was that guy, he's a comedian. Let's do a little charades here. K.
Dan McDowell:
Ralph Barbosa.
Blake Jones:
No. Dave Chappelle.
Jake Kemp:
That's a horrible guess. Oh, he's a comedian.
Blake Jones:
Dan Cook.
Jake Kemp:
You're close.
Blake Jones:
Jim Gaffigan. Hold on.
Jake Kemp:
Let me give you another clue.
Blake Jones:
Well, we're up against it. Louie Anderson.
Jake Kemp:
No. He he had the show on Comedy Central where he would,
Dan McDowell:
Bob Hope.
Jake Kemp:
Do, like, the redemption thing where you'd have Latarian on.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, Tosh.0. Daniel Tosh.
Jake Kemp:
I'm pretty sure Daniel Tosh hosted 10s.
Dan McDowell:
Okay.
Jake Kemp:
And it was like he would go to the bar and just, like, interview super hot chicks.
Dan McDowell:
That's what the whole show was.
Jake Kemp:
Pretty much.
Dan McDowell:
And your little Jake is like,
Jake Kemp:
it's Yeah.
Blake Jones:
She's such a tit.
Dan McDowell:
Like, I get off aim for a minute. Minute. Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
And that was either She's like preceded or followed by, strip poker.
Dan McDowell:
So wait. Tens?
Lebron James Audio:
Mhmm.
Dan McDowell:
It was TENI thought he was saying tins.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. I didn't really know what he was meaning until yeah. Okay. Talking to Hott. You were
Dan McDowell:
so Dan Tosh. Just talk to Hott.
Jake Kemp:
To Yeah. To talk to Hott. Yeah. And then strip poker would either come on right before or right after that.
Dan McDowell:
I've never seen that. I have seen strip news on
Jake Kemp:
Internet. Yeah. Have you? Of course. I think I was probably made aware of it by you.
Dan McDowell:
They'll just do news stories as they're slowly, un undressing, and she's like, Alright.
Jake Kemp:
By the time we get to cat fashion show,
Lebron James Audio:
we might
Jake Kemp:
have a cat fashion show.
Dan McDowell:
I'm out before sports.
Jake Kemp:
Alright. There's your news.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, alright. The dumb Like a little warning.
Jake Kemp:
I like to give you no warning.
Dan McDowell:
And subscribe.
Jake Kemp:
The dumb zone presents
Dan McDowell:
Look how seamlessly we worked into that. In history. So it's Tuesday, January 23rd. Don't know if I've ever said that
Jake Kemp:
today yet. How do
Lebron James Audio:
you get fired at 30 and 13?
Blake Jones:
Because they're a mess. Right?
Jake Kemp:
That's what people say. But I mean, if
Dan McDowell:
do you think they run it by Giannis too? They have I
Jake Kemp:
think, but III remember Giannis being pretty upset whenever they fired Bud, at least publicly. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
So Tuesday, January 23rd. Tomorrow is our Cataldi day, our business day. We will not have a program for you tomorrow. So you can listen to this 1 back and mark your favorite Blake drops. Show 103.
Dan McDowell:
This is our 100 and third show, but actually 104. On this day in 18 45, congress decided that all national elections would be held on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November.
Jake Kemp:
What a beating.
Dan McDowell:
So you're like, well, what if, Tuesday, November 1st no. No. No. Way too early. Are you silly man?
Jake Kemp:
We gotta get a Monday in here for us.
Dan McDowell:
Are you mad? Well, what if it's Tuesday, November 2nd? Fair. Alright. We can go.
Lebron James Audio:
You got
Jake Kemp:
a Monday in there. That's fine. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
So congress, lot of back and forth.
Jake Kemp:
Back yeah. Yeah. Trading proposals. It's a it's a horrible bit.
Dan McDowell:
Why isn't it on a Saturday? Well, I guess you already have stuff planned. But, certainly, I do agree that the national holiday should be election day. Nobody nothing should be open. You should be generally, you're off work unless you have a really important job like this.
Jake Kemp:
I could be wrong, but the last time I cared about something like this and actually looked into it, Countries that set it up for it to be easier for you to be able to vote, more people vote.
Dan McDowell:
It feels like that should be what
Jake Kemp:
It would be the case.
Dan McDowell:
Is a goal.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
On this day in 1962, speaking of voting, Jackie Robinson elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Damn. It was his 1st year of eligibility. He He got 77% of the vote. Barely made it.
Blake Jones:
What's what's your stance? Was he not good?
Dan McDowell:
No. It's just that his number shouldn't be retired on every team.
Blake Jones:
Oh, okay.
Dan McDowell:
Should be retired on the Dodgers. But it was like a, hey. We feel real bad about all that racism stuff, and we're going through some bad times now with the whole steroid scandal and, lot of,
Jake Kemp:
Look over here.
Dan McDowell:
There was a strike and and, yeah. Retire Wait. Are you ignoring that we're retiring Jackie Robinson's number across the league? Well, yeah. But I hate the new all star game where where
Jake Kemp:
What are you? A racist?
Dan McDowell:
No. Okay. Yeah. So I'll acknowledge that, but but, I'm still kinda mad about the strike and you and just the money grubbing that
Jake Kemp:
Why are you wearing a 42 jersey? It's retired.
Dan McDowell:
On this day in the year 2000, NFL star Derek Thomas
Jake Kemp:
Not really that high of a career. What's about replacement?
Dan McDowell:
Really? What do we got? I mean Over 40?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Almost 60.
Dan McDowell:
Okay. That's not I don't think that's near embarrassing.
Jake Kemp:
He just didn't play that long. I mean, obviously, he was having to play in a different league Mhmm. For a significant number of years. But How old
Dan McDowell:
was he rookie year? 26. Okay. On this day in the year 2000.
Jake Kemp:
That might be my worst take of all time.
Dan McDowell:
NFL star Derek Thomas injured when the sport utility vehicle he was driving overturned on an icy road in Missouri? He would die 2 weeks later.
Jake Kemp:
I can't recall the last time I heard somebody read out the term sport utility vehicle. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
I was just as I was reading, I'm like, woah. Why doesn't it just say SUV?
Jake Kemp:
Man, I was a big fan.
Dan McDowell:
I think I've told you guys that is the moment I started always fastening my seat belt because I believe the propaganda aft what came out of that was he didn't have seat belt fastened. Really? Had he had it fastened, you know, he wouldn't be in he would be alive, basically. He wouldn't be in that bad of shape.
Jake Kemp:
Like that. And Like that.
Dan McDowell:
I obviously grew up in a different era. In in my era, there was no make sure your seat belt is fastened when I was a little kid at least. And then later, it started to become a thing. You'd see the click it or ticket signs, all that, but it was like What was that? I'm fine.
Dan McDowell:
I I'm here. Yeah. You know, it's the Yeah. What is that a false equivalent? What is that?
Dan McDowell:
How how would you frame that if you if you say, well, I never wore a bike helmet. I fell down a lot. I'm fine. Why should I have my kids wear a bike helmet?
Jake Kemp:
I mean, there's probably you could use, like, confirmation bias or something, but there's probably a more accurate term for it. You know what's weird is, and I don't think he would be upset with me saying this, and I also don't think he listens. My father-in-law who I love to death, he doesn't he still doesn't wear 1. And, like, you'll just be in the car with him, and it'll just Beep. Beep.
Dan McDowell:
Dang. So he doesn't even do the trick that you can do is Like behind you? Yeah. Just Put it in. Buckle it and you just sit on it.
Jake Kemp:
I think he's I think I've seen him do that and I haven't been in the car with him for, like, too long of distances, but he just doesn't put it on.
Dan McDowell:
Because the beeping in my car
Jake Kemp:
Very annoying.
Dan McDowell:
Could not get you could not live through it.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Like, it starts out slow
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
But if you let it ride for a minute or 2
Jake Kemp:
I even have the weird deal in my car where, you know, because Nora's now in, like, a booster. So, like, I have to make sure that when she's not in there, that it doesn't think she's in there, you know? Mhmm. Yeah. Even that's annoying.
Dan McDowell:
On this day in the year 2020, the Chinese government
Lebron James Audio:
Lot of,
Dan McDowell:
2020 Chinese government news lately. Yeah.
Lebron James Audio:
Have you
Dan McDowell:
noticed that? Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
It's a hot time for that. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
These are things we didn't read at that time. But we might expect.
Lebron James Audio:
But,
Dan McDowell:
they issued a travel ban for all residents of Wuhan, the epicenter of a novel coronavirus outbreak that would eventually cause a pandemic. As of this day, the, COVID 19 had killed about 17 people.
Jake Kemp:
No. Certainly, it's done at that point.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Birthdays, we have, former cowboy Anthony Spencer is 40. That's 1st round draft pick. Purdue?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Same, same year as. Right?
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. Purdue, are you sure about that? Or Wake? I'm saying Purdue. Give it to me.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. I thought Purdue.
Dan McDowell:
Give it to me. Give it to me. Give me Purdue. You got it. Alright.
Dan McDowell:
Phil Dawson, 49. Texas.
Jake Kemp:
Leave him. He'll tweet on you.
Dan McDowell:
Oh, really?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. He tweeted something the other day about, you know, the Browns beating the Texans. He's from Texas. Whatever. I feel like kicker's tweet too much.
Jake Kemp:
Former Cleveland Brown, Eric Metcalf is 56.
Dan McDowell:
Jerry Kramer is 88. Texas? Did Metcalfe go to Texas?
Blake Jones:
I think so. I think I just saw that recently.
Jake Kemp:
Why would you have seen that recently?
Blake Jones:
Because I'm playing an old school football game right now.
Jake Kemp:
Okay. Yeah. He did.
Dan McDowell:
Okay. Jerry Kramer. You know who he is?
Jake Kemp:
Of course. No 1 farted on him. Farting?
Dan McDowell:
Yeah.
Lebron James Audio:
Well, it
Dan McDowell:
was more of the guy in the ice bowl. He was blocking for Bard Star. Oh. Was he off size? Okay.
Dan McDowell:
Byron Hansbard is 48. Is your wife fired up about him?
Jake Kemp:
Why do I know that name?
Dan McDowell:
Red Raider. Great. Oh. Has guns up. Tito Ortiz is 49.
Dan McDowell:
Says here, MMA Meathead.
Jake Kemp:
For sure. That's a bit redundant. But
Dan McDowell:
True. Richard Dean Anderson is 74. You guys know who that is? Do not. RDA.
Dan McDowell:
Do you know who MacGyver is? Wow. Didn't he go to Ohio? Went to Ohio. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
I was always I was pretty fired up to, find that out when I went to Ohio.
Jake Kemp:
Welcome to the MacGyver dorm.
Dan McDowell:
And I believe it was that and Sugar Ray Leonard's son went there as well.
Jake Kemp:
That is I
Dan McDowell:
was like, cool.
Jake Kemp:
The most fair Ohio. Ohio.
Dan McDowell:
I can't wait till the Browns are good. Really? I gotta get famous enough that I wanna be like a I wanna come out of the woodwork Yeah. To be a Brown oh, he's a Browns fan? Oh.
Dan McDowell:
That we're finding out, like, Tim Robinson from I think he could should leave as a, Lions fan. I didn't know that.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. With Steph Curry was a Panthers fan.
Dan McDowell:
We obviously know M and M. Right. But Lions fans are now you're you're discovering, oh, you're a Lions fan. We've never heard from you.
Jake Kemp:
And you just have no chance with the Cowboys. Right.
Dan McDowell:
Everybody's a Cowboys fan. Tiffany Thiesen. Oh my god. He's 50. Saved by the bell.
Dan McDowell:
Jake. Perfect?
Jake Kemp:
Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Mariska Hargitay, 60. I'm pretty sure
Jake Kemp:
you can see her butthole in the movie The Wrestlers. No. No. No. Wait.
Jake Kemp:
What's that lady's name? Risco Hargitay is SBU. Right?
Dan McDowell:
Oh, do
Blake Jones:
you see that?
Dan McDowell:
Is she perfect?
Jake Kemp:
She's pretty great. Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
She's plushy, though, pushy around. She's got hand
Jake Kemp:
gloves. That. Yeah. What is her name? Marissa Tomei?
Dan McDowell:
Oh, yeah. She's hot. And 73 years old today. 73 years ago today, born in Denison, Texas. Weren't we just talking about Denison?
Blake Jones:
Yeah. It's the Dairy Queen of Texas.
Dan McDowell:
Sully Sullenberger. Wow. He's from Texas. Grew up Flew away. Side eye toward those birds.
Dan McDowell:
Like, what
Jake Kemp:
do I all look like? Going on up there?
Dan McDowell:
Born on this day. Now they're not alive.
Jake Kemp:
Could you just imagine being, like, a guy who's actually been in a plane in war and, like, had missiles and 50 cows shot at you. And this guy got hit by a fucking pigeon.
Dan McDowell:
And then he gets a movie.
Jake Kemp:
Everybody knows his name.
Dan McDowell:
And nobody has a movie about you? You were in the war?
Jake Kemp:
No. You were serving your country. You've been in a dogfight, and Sully literally just gets hit by, like, a crow.
Dan McDowell:
And this guy's getting mailbox money. Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
And And now Tom Hanks is playing him.
Dan McDowell:
You can't even get benefits. No.
Blake Jones:
I had a great uncle fly helicopters in Vietnam, like, the most badass of badass, and he was 1 of those that you could not talk about it. Like, he just he didn't wanna talk about it.
Jake Kemp:
Well, you know what's interesting? Sully won't shut up about it.
Blake Jones:
That's the thing. It's like, you didn't do shit,
Dan McDowell:
and you didn't wanna
Lebron James Audio:
talk about it.
Dan McDowell:
Born Now Not Alive, John Hancock, who invented the autograph?
Jake Kemp:
I think it's Herbie.
Dan McDowell:
And xxxtentacion, Temptation.
Blake Jones:
Commercial for Venmo.
Jake Kemp:
I don't know anything about him.
Dan McDowell:
Was it minor all fired up about him? Yeah.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. But I do remember that his murder video was, like, immediately posted to Twitter. Yeah. And that was wild. Mhmm.
Dan McDowell:
And you are a guy who will click on a murder video.
Blake Jones:
I mean, it was a couple years ago. But yeah. Yeah. You just stare at it. You just lay in there.
Jake Kemp:
Shows up on your timeline of, like, oh, here's a rapper who just got killed in an intersection.
Blake Jones:
But I think he was buckled.
Jake Kemp:
So Turns out seat belt not great for,
Dan McDowell:
To be trying to get away. For bullets. Died on this day in 2021, Larry King.
Jake Kemp:
Insane marriage history. Sometimes I'll just look at it and marvel.
Dan McDowell:
Like, 6, 7 back to the 1 he was married before type thing.
Jake Kemp:
Right? Couple of them were multiples.
Blake Jones:
Yeah. Had a really good sit down with Mac Miller.
Jake Kemp:
You know what he actually did? I would recommend everyone watch that. It's super weird because Mac is, as always, extremely, extremely high. But they just sit there and talk about, like, entertainment industry for half an hour, and it's it's really good.
Blake Jones:
And the whole time, Mac Miller cannot believe he's sitting down with Larry King.
Jake Kemp:
That's the main thing. Maybe he's not just high. He's just like, I don't know what I'm doing here.
Blake Jones:
Staring at him like,
Jake Kemp:
why am I talking to Larry King?
Dan McDowell:
Is it like Eminem with Musburger?
Jake Kemp:
Brent Musburger. Yeah.
Blake Jones:
Well, yeah. But he was doing a bit.
Jake Kemp:
I think he was. I think Mac was genuinely, like, I watched you with my mom growing up late at night. How am I sitting here?
Lebron James Audio:
Yeah. And, like, the last place you would expect Yeah.
Dan McDowell:
Mac Miller. Yeah. 2, 000 expect. Yeah. Mac Miller.
Dan McDowell:
Yeah. 2005, Johnny Carson. I read a book about him.
Jake Kemp:
Not a great guy. Right?
Dan McDowell:
Like to knock around the ladies a little bit.
Jake Kemp:
Teach them a little lesson.
Dan McDowell:
But in a different time.
Jake Kemp:
Yeah. Grew up
Dan McDowell:
in a different time. Sure. Back when America was great. And, died on this day in 1944, Edvard Munch. He painted the scream.
Dan McDowell:
You know that Yeah. Familiar with that face thing. You're not real impressed. Alright. Well, we kinda
Lebron James Audio:
And that
Jake Kemp:
was Did you expect us to have a big reaction to an artist who isn't Picasso?
Dan McDowell:
Oh, forgot to stop that. What'd you say? Closing remarks. Blake Jones.
Blake Jones:
I'm putting it down under a Kim spin that Marissa Tomei, you can see your butthole in the wrestler.
Jake Kemp:
I'm pretty sure.
Blake Jones:
No. I I fact checked it. You're right. However, I do think that's a Kim's win, so I'm putting it on the list.
Jake Kemp:
He fact checked it because this guy knows when he's seen a bundle.
Dan McDowell:
Well, and he doesn't just write down anything you say.