Hour 1: With Great Power Comes Great Responsi-billy
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I know that many of you recently here, because I was getting chased around all weekend about it still, are tired of the amount that we and the sports media in general talks about LeBron. I do want to just celebrate for a moment.

LeBron's going to outlast Skip Bayless, who's been chasing him around. I do want to absorb for a moment the idea that LeBron James at his age, the oldest player in the league, would take out Germany in the Olympics while Wade and Mello are on podcasts telling you what could have and should have been.

Wade's like, if I hadn't been injured, I'd go after Michael Jordan. And Carmelo's like, I had a chance, but I didn't want to be the fourth option with Bosh, LeBron, and Wade. I could have been a part of that team. The idea that the two of them are doing their media careers while LeBron wins internationally as the oldest player in the league...

Please do not allow the celebration of Tom Brady and Diana Taurasi and what some athletes are able to do in their 40s to not allow you to absorb the greatness that is still on display when LeBron is carrying Team USA over Germany. It's one thing to dominate your NBA team. It's like, all right, there's a couple stars on every team. He's still the best player on his team. That's not surprising. He's on a team now with all the best players in this league, and it's just...

I'm the guy at the end. Give me the ball. 40 something years old. Like, I know it's we're we've said it too much with LeBron, but it's just unbelievable. I'm telling you that I made fun of the decline of Team USA once.

when they were having close games against Carlos Arroyo and a Puerto Rico team that I was making fun of the center with gel in his hair who was 40 in other words LeBron's age LeBron is now the center I was making fun of for Puerto Rico that was challenging the dream teams Ortiz was his name right the Puerto Rican guy who had gel in his hair I was making fun of that

Puerto Rican team because it was Carlos Arroyo and this 40-year-old center Ortiz. LeBron is now the 40-year-old. I do want to talk with you guys about...

What Melo and Wade were doing last week as we get into the history writing portions of Melo and Wade telling you, hey, it can be Anthony Edwards and Jason Tatum's league now, but you're not going to forget what we built over the last 15 years that everyone has had to topple here. Because I do want to take some inventory of what these guys did to the sport over the last 15 years, for better or for worse. Yeah. Yeah.

Was it tough as hell? Yeah, it was tough. But also, too, I think I was the perfect person to play that role. There ain't a lot of people that could play that role. Bron is an amazing player, but you got to learn. You got to work around him. Right. And to work with him. And so, as you've seen, the first years we were together, we did everything together. Right. We did every interview together, every press conference. Every time you've seen him, you've seen me. Because we had to be so lockstep because I knew everybody was going. Nobody wanted it.

My team didn't want it. My family didn't want it. They were pissed. Brian's team didn't want it. No one wanted that to happen. The game of basketball didn't want to happen. So I made sure I linked myself with Brian even more because I knew we had to be so tight or it was going to be a failure. And I didn't want to be a part of that. Yeah, yeah.

There we go. Tony, I can't hear your microphone. What are your thoughts, Greg, on the idea that Carmelo was saying in the middle of all of that? Carmelo was saying, I didn't want to be the fourth option with Wade and Bosh, not in my prime, and LeBron. Right. Yeah, I mean, that's his ego talking. He didn't want to be a role player at that point in his career, I guess. What Wade just said, though...

That didn't happen right away. I think it was the second season when Wade finally said, it's LeBron's team. Oh, no, but what did happen right away is they were giving all those press conferences next to each other. In fact, it was super unusual in that LeBron wanted to get here and, look, man...

Let's examine this for a second because these people changed what the sport has been over 15 years in a number of different ways, playing it positionlessly, the moves that have had to be made to countermeasure what it is that Wade was saying that nobody wanted there. What is the legacy of those 15 years in terms of altering the power the way those guys did so much so that

Turning it into AAU buddies who are just going to control the sports by teaming up their powers for Melo to say, I didn't want to be the fourth option in my prime. I wasn't going to give up what it is that it would have had to be given up in order to join what would then end up altering the sport.

Yeah, and Wade did exactly that, right? Wade sacrificed himself to fit with LeBron. And it took a minute to get there for him, I think, but he did. And that's part of Wade's great legacy, I think, that isn't talked about enough, is how he sacrificed his ego and his structure in the pecking order to be second fiddle to LeBron, and rightly so. Can I just go back for a second?

Wade is on Mello's podcast. They haven't played in a long time. What is LeBron doing holding the ball in all the important minutes as we're playing for our country still at the end of these basketball games? What is it about his body, his endurance, his will, his greatness that allows him to dwarf even giants like Wade and

Dan, you know who was locked in? Jose Ortiz. You nailed it, by the way. He was 40 years old at the time of the 2004 Olympics. Played for Los Cangrejos de Santurce.

Chael Sonnen had suggestions as to why this is happening. Yeah. We all just kind of ignored him, though, because we didn't like his suggestion. No, that's probably what's happening. We just stopped caring about where it is that these guys win in the margins. If they're all cheating, all the other cheaters should cheat better if LeBron's cheating better than they are. I hate to...

fact check, Dwyane Wade, when he said no one wanted them to get together, I wanted them to get together. I very much so wanted them to get together. In fact, I went out and I celebrated the night that they got together. They hadn't won or done anything, but I went out with my Dwyane Wade jersey to La Carreta and I was celebrating with a pot and a pan the fact that the big three came together. So the idea that no one wanted this to happen

Fooey. How is it that we're learning for the first time that their families didn't want it? That's not true. Okay, so he's lying now? I'm not saying that. That's exactly what you're saying. No, I mean, if someone writes a nonfiction story, would you say they're a liar? No, they just are piecing together nonfiction.

You think that what Dwayne is doing there is noveling? He's non-fictioning? You know, I mean, sometimes... A bit of revisionist history, I feel like. Sometimes we forget that he was a bull and a calf also, I'm just saying. That doesn't have anything to do with what it is that he's claiming there. Well, no, when we say heat lifer, but we make a couple stops along the way, then that's not factually accurate as well. Don't go to your greatest hits. Stay on point. I'm not. I'm just saying. When we go back and we romanticize things, sometimes we don't exactly, you know...

We fib a little bit. You know? Just stretching the truth. I'm not saying it's a lie. I would never call. Never call.

Flash, a liar. I would never do that. I'm just saying, sometimes we forget the facts a little bit. When I was growing up, my dad would always... He didn't like lying, obviously, but he found there was a little white lie he was okay with. But the bigger lies... Give me an example. What is a white lie? Yeah, what's an example? What's a white lie is...

complimenting somebody just to make them feel good. Like what? Like if I'm dining at someone's house and they've made me a meal and I think the chicken is really overcooked and it's a little bit dry and I'm like surreptitiously pouring gravy on it to just moisten it, I'm going to say to my host, this is a beautiful chicken. My dad is such an annoying dinner guest because he always takes like the most obscure item.

And it's just like, man, these sauteed mushrooms are killer. He's not going to mention the steak, the brisket, the mashed potatoes that you like are homemade. They're not from the box. He stands up for the unsung heroes. He'll find the most, like the easiest thing that's not that impressive. He's just like, man, this bad.

Bagged Caesar salad is kicking my ass. It's kicking my ass. It's the rock star of the place. He does that. The rock star. I mean, it always has to be the least important item. No, I think that that goes along his the white lie situation, right? Because he could not like the chicken, but if he compliments something else, he's not telling you he doesn't like the chicken. He's just complimenting you on something else. There's no need to tell someone I don't like this. You just tell them what you like. Yeah. No, that's perfectly...

I've named a glass of ice water as the rock star of the place. Really? It doesn't even have to be something eaten with a fork. You know, another thing my dad does annoying, if like, let's say a restaurant has like, it's like homemade, like hot sauce. Before the food comes, he takes the hot sauce, he pours it into his hand and he just like eats it. Like a shot of the hot sauce. In his hand? Yeah. Oh, yeah. In like the center of his hand. Like you think maybe he'd go on a finger. Do you wash your hands after you touch the menu or not?

let's not get into my personal idea. I don't think of him as a good hand washer. You're just having hot sauce straight out of the palm of your hand. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Both of these questions at Levitard Show. Is hot sauce out of the palm of your hand lovely? And also, can ice water ever be the rock

star of the dinner plate because I don't think it can be. Oh, 100% can be, especially because I know Greg just came back from Europe. They don't do ice water there. They hate ice cubes. You get back from a summer abroad, you drink a nice cold, crispy ice water. Rock star. USA, baby. In your air-conditioned house. USA.

One more thing about Jose Ortiz. He was not only the captain of the Puerto Rican national team, he's the same age as my dad. I know. I know. He was born in 1963. I know. It was ridiculous. The Team USA was struggling against Ortiz. And now we've got our own Ortiz. And it's LeBron.

Ice water cannot be the rock star of the table. It can't be. No, it's not. No. We don't even have rock stars anymore. There are no rock stars.

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Don Levitard. If you lob a 30-mile-an-hour fastball to a major leaguer, of course they're going to hit a home run. The worst major leaguer in baseball is going to hit 10 or 12 home runs under that format, being pitched that way. So they should be throwing curveballs? No. What's your solution here? It's a fake event. It's, like, not even real. Stugatz. Dad, you had a schooner roll. Okay.

Those were my deck shoes of long standing. Real shoes. Right. Exactly. No, no, no. I am with you, Greg. What's wrong with that? He got me on that one. This is the Don Levitas show with the Stugats. There are a million things around here that we try successfully and unsuccessfully to disguise from you.

The number of technical difficulties that we are having today that I don't think we've masked very well, but perhaps we've masked better than I think in terms of microphones not working at the right time, people not being able to hear me, everything being just a note off. Is it possible that Stugatz knew only two microphones in that studio were going to work, so he went to New York to get a microphone that worked and Greg is sitting in his chair because Greg's microphone doesn't work?

You've told me that people are tired of the Stugatz is out content. You just got done telling me that and then you... This is your move. No, but we're not doing that content. I'm just asking. I'm just explaining. I'm trying to... Look, I'm taking everybody behind the fourth wall because you brought us behind the fourth wall and there's technical issues and that's just one of them. Stugatz wasn't irresponsible. He knew that there was going to be a microphone issue so he went up to New York to kind of have us work around that situation. Now...

Chris hitting the wrong sounds was 100% Chris. It had nothing to do with technical difficulties. It was mislabeled. I also really wanted us to just pretend like we couldn't hear Tony for the rest of the day, but I couldn't get the message out quick enough. I kept dropping dimes, and then Dan would look at me like I didn't say anything, and I was like, Dan, that was money. What happened? I'm going to be honest with you. I unplugged it so you wouldn't stand next to me. What if we convinced Tony he was a ghost, like in South Park?

What? Let's get away from the Stugatz nonsense. Let's do a stat of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day.

Stad of the day is presented by Miller Lite. This stat is courtesy of Taylor. Actually, I haven't seen it yet. I'm not sure what it is. Since April 1st, Stu Gatz has been on 55% of love guitar shows. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Good for him. Is that good? Is it? Damn right. That's the way to do it in a contract year? Yeah. He's flexing, man. He's playing it. This is a free market, and he's out there earning it, leveraging it. More power to him. I'd argue, I mean, the last two shows, he's been part of the show while not being part of the show. I'd argue less power to him.

So would I. Some power to him. No. Minimal power to him. No, no, zero. I mean, look, FAN had a chance to give him the power and then didn't give him the power.

You've got to be careful if you give Stugatz the power. With great power comes great responsibility. He doesn't like that part. That's the part that he doesn't like. He just wants the great power, none of the great responsibility. Great power comes great responsibility because you have to do everything. That is what happens. Yes, that's a good t-shirt. With great power comes great responsibility because that's exactly how that goes. I like that less.

God bless football is fast churning toward you. The award winning God bless football. Greg Cody just revealed to me something. Many of you who have been listening and watching for a while know that Greg Cody had that pair of deck shoes for about 30 years that he wore with his rotten talons and no socks for three decades. Just horrific shoes that he once buried. They had a name, did they not?

I love how, as you say, just horrific shoes, my dad nods along. I mean, they are. I still have them. No, you buried them. Oh, the ones I buried, yeah. Do they have a name? You buried them in your backyard in a ceremony. I thought that they had a name. Did they not have a name? I think they were Deck and Deckle, weren't they? Okay. Deck Cody and Deckling Cody. Yeah, Deck and Deckle, something like that. They're buried in the backyard. He just told you what it was, and you still got it wrong. I still have my deck shoes, though, but they're relegated.

You know, they're not number one anymore. They're number three. Wow. And so that's a major change in my closet. What happened? Well, I have new dogs on my feet. Oh. Ooh, I see those doggies. They're beauties. I don't want to advertise shoes, but...

All right. Oh, he's lifting the leg. He has purchased Skechers. Purposely hiding them from the camera? Like, lift them up a little bit. He can't lift his leg that high and his belly gets in the way. He doesn't have the Chris Cody flexibility. Dad, can you put your foot over your head? Can you answer the phone? No. Hello. Put it over my head.

He has proclaimed them the greatest shoes he has ever had. What did those cost you, Greg? My father continues to buy shoes from Publix, $5.99 in the bin at the grocery store. It's very strange. My mother, this has been a funny conversation to watch recently because my father's 80 and he continues to be cheap. She just keeps looking at him. She's 79. What are we saving it for? Like when, like,

Isn't this the time that we were saving it for? Why are you still being cheap? This is a big expenditure for you. You buying Skechers shoes is you really throwing down some money on wardrobe. I was shocked how expensive shoes are nowadays. And these are lightweight, too. You're not getting a lot of heft from them.

for the money because they're so lightweight. They're comfortable. Yeah. You walked around the Cliffs of Moher in those? I did. I sure did. In Ireland. I climbed all the way up past the sign that said, "Danger, you may fall into the cliff and kill yourself."

And there's actually a plaque there for all the people who have died at the Cliffs of Moher. But these shoes. I knew we were going to get to the vacation whether I wanted to or not. I think they cost like $75 or $80. Wow. Those should be heavy at that price. Exactly. They should be hefty. The more shoes cost, the heftier they should be, I think. They should be. Yeah. Like big work boots. No, I disagree. Lighter. They should be lighter. They should be comfortable. Those shoes look comfortable. I'm walking on air in these shoes. They're beauteous.

Seriously, I don't brag about shoes, even deck shoes. Is that a word? Is beauteous a word? Yeah, it is now. Sure is. That kind of thing. E-O-U-S, I guess, on the end of beaut. But they're great. The older I get, the more pleased I am with life's simple pleasures. And to me, when you buy a pair of shoes and you actually think to yourself, these are the best shoes I've ever worn in my life.

I was grinning like a mule eating briars for three days. Sometimes I do that. I want to go buy multiples of the same shoes because you can never find them again. Yeah, that's right. And I surveyed the entire...

of shoes. Yeah. Because what I was looking for was an upscale, a handsome pair of sneakers. Oh, and you found it. You know, walking shoes. Yeah. But are these even considered walking shoes? Let me see. What are these? Sneakers? They don't know what they want to be. I think that's what people at restaurants wear. I think they're hybrids. Like kitchen workers wear those. What? Kitchen workers? Yeah. Backbone of our society.

I have. I work in a kitchen every day. Made a beautiful meal last night. Made a sandwich called the Gerber. Ooh, go on. Not named after the baby, but it was in a famous St. Louis deli. It's a St. Louis sandwich.

I could give you the recipe right now, but it was good. One of my dad's moves is whenever he travels, he comes back and the first meal he makes has to be from that place this past Sunday. He had an Irish stew. Yeah, I honor the country I've just been in. And I think they appreciate that. Thank you. Do you have a Guinness? Yeah, beef and Guinness.

And controversially, the mashed potatoes were on the side. The mashed potatoes were also boxed. Mashed potatoes are the rock star of that dish. No, not these. Really? Christopher just ratted me out. They weren't from scratch. They were boxed. What he does is he takes like

three of those like Evan homemade like Evans microwave and he like pours them into a big bowl right and he like he tries to present them as if they're his mashed potatoes don't ruin the secret recipe I saw you shoveling them out of the Bob Evans I wasn't doing it doing it surreptitiously it was there for everyone to see

But I make it my own, and here's how. I put a little S&P on there. Okay, a little S&P goes without saying, but also I used Kerrygold. Oh, Kerrygold. Nothing but the best. Yeah, and then you mix it real good. You whip it good, and it was lovely. I mean, it was beautiful. You're supposed to serve it out of the box, Chris? Yeah, come on. On Thanksgiving, he, you know.

Real potatoes. Well, that's a special holiday. And your mother, who, you know, doesn't lead the league in kitchen. Oh, boy. Oh, no. Your mother makes the mashed potatoes every Thanksgiving. No, she would admit that. She'd admit it. No. Just like I'd admit that I'm fear Salicata. Yeah.

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Don Levitard. Chris, what was happening there? Can you please just explain to me? Just give the audience a glimpse into what's happening inside your soul as your father is delivering clunker after clunker. It's just not surprising. He was texting me last night trying to get lines for it to make it funnier. And I was just like, I don't know if this one works. You're not really bringing anything.

to the conversation. It's just classic Greg Cody. Stugatz. Actually, Christopher and I never had that conversation because I did reach out to him and got zero response. That's not true. I can show you my text right now. I wasn't a fan of it. All right, show me that text. There are the Codys tag teaming the show to kill it. The Codys as the crazy tag team duo, the Showkillers. This is the Don Labatar Show with the Stugatz.

Off air, for some reason. Off air. Greg, can you stop typing for a second? Yeah, I'm hacking away. We don't have to hear you typing while we're busy working. In my defense, I am working. I'm doing show research. I'm fine-tuning the question that I plan on presenting to Ron. Okay, that's fine. You're welcome. You could have done that the 15 minutes before we were on air in the prep time that we had before this. I was too busy not doing another back in my day. It could be a good question that took a long time. Yeah, it could be. Thank you, Billy, for all your support.

Thank you, Billy.

in Ireland that his wife is a terrible backstreet driver who spent the entire time screaming at him about how he was driving and also he forgot his computer at the rental car place and drove a hundred miles before realizing that he had forgotten it so had to drive back in order to double he had to Dublin back and go and get the computer it wasn't just his computer it was him and his wives his wife's passport

Yeah, we had to go back. He lost their passport in Ireland. But how is it that you told me all the interesting stories? We've been on for a while now, having all sorts of technical difficulties. I could have used all the content. Why did you tell me it during the break? And then when you could have been preparing your question for Ron McGill during the break, why did you start doing that as soon as we started the segment? You know, I take things in order. I'm not a great multitasker. I take them one at a time.

That kind of thing. On the latest Greg Cody Show podcast episode, I talk a lot about my Ireland trip. I don't want to bore your listeners because, you know, we did have some calamity over there. I'm not going to pretend like we didn't, but overall it was a beautiful experience. Did you get out of the castle? Eventually. It took like 45 minutes of harrowing back and forth. Thank you. Back and forth between what?

I mean, they... You've got to listen to the podcast. He got locked in his hotel room. Well, it was a castle hotel. He got locked in his hotel room. That's true. I did.

What can I tell you? They had to take a pole and put keys up to the second floor. No, not keys. That would have been too easy. They set up a screwdriver. From the inside of my room, I had to remove the deadbolt. Heroin. That didn't work. Eventually, the king of England comes over and breaks down the door with his right foot.

We got out eventually and they comped us the room. Wow. So my whole ruse about being locked in worked. No, I'm just kidding. Was there a moat?

There was not a moat. No, that sort of disappointed me. But you know what there was? Ron, I don't know if you know this breed. The Irish Wolfhound. Oh, great dog. Big, tall, very wide-haired dog. Very tall. It almost has the face of a lion. I'm going to have to... I'll send you a picture and you'll see what I mean.

One of the most majestic animals I've ever seen. So we pull into this castle hotel, and there, standing alone, was a beautiful Irish wolfhound just looking at my rental car. And eventually he moved, but man, what a beautiful sight that was. I want to get me one of those. I've always talked about having a greyhound or a whippet. Now, my sights are on an Irish wolfhound. But can you even get that dog in the States? Yes.

You can get any dog in the States. You know, you got to be careful what kind of climate you keep that dog in. I've actually seen Irish wolfhound statues at some of the big, you know, I don't think they call them mansions in Great Britain. Yeah. Some of the, you know, some of the manners. Yeah.

The manners. There you go. The manners. I've seen actual wolfhound statues. I love that dog. In the front door. Yeah. Yeah. That's why I say it. They remind me of a lion. Yeah. I tell you, it has a certain face. It looks nothing like a lion. Well, you didn't see this one. I showed the photo. It looks like a Benji on steroids is what it looks like. I showed a photo of my wolfhound statue.

to the bartender at Toners. Really? One of the literary pubs we went to. And without prompting, he said, it looks like in an Irish brogue, it says it looks like a lion. Were you getting an icy toner? What's a literary pub? You know what? They have pictures of James Joyce all over the place. The umpire? Double J. No, not the umpire. That's Jim.

Famous writer of the 19th century. Or was it the 20s? The guy who ruined Andres Galarraga's... Yeah, that guy. Yeah, he's famous in Ireland, apparently. But, um... None of those people are right. Christ almighty! Can you guys get one thing right? Between any of you. Like, all of you together. I nailed Manor, dude. Armando Galarraga.

Mostly 20th century. Ron, I'm sorry for wasting your time. I've got some videos to show you here. I also would like at some point for people to just put up on the screen an assortment of the wonderful artistic photos that Ron McGill took in Africa because he really is an extraordinary nature photographer.

But I also want to play for you some video here. This is in California. Federal law requires people to stand 50 yards away from the sea lion, and local business leaders want sea lions kicked out here before the city closes off beach access because of encounters like this one where the sea lion is basically just running people off. These animals are more afraid of us than we are of them, but what's happening here? Is this just panic, Ron?

No. The problem is that these sea lions have become incredibly habituated to people. So believe it or not, they don't fear people anymore. I wouldn't be surprised if these guys are just playing games and saying, listen, this is my beach. Clear the beach. I don't see any aggression. I don't see them opening their mouths or going after anybody. I think they're almost actually enjoying the thrill of watching these foolish people run away like...

you know, little roaches when the lights go on. What are some of the greater examples you could give us, Ron, of animals that are afraid of us, even though we think of them as, uh, you know, that we're more afraid of them than they are of us. You know, a classic one would be lions. I mean, as you heard when we were out just there out there in Southern Africa recently, the, the Rangers told us, listen, if we stepped out of a vehicle, the lion would most likely just run away. Uh, and that's likely what would happen. Um,

And, you know, a lot of these larger animals, believe it or not, are generally speaking afraid of people. That's a natural human fear from generation to generation when humans hunted everything. So the bottom line is most animals naturally are afraid of human beings. Having said that, once they've been exposed to humans for a long time or people start feeding them or, you know, start basically desensitizing them to human beings, that's when they become the most dangerous animals.

Ron, I saw a bird last week. It wasn't a flamingo. I can't remember what it was called. Spoonbill. Yes, that's what it was. It was pink from eating shrimp. And we know that flamingos are also pink because they eat a lot of shrimp in their diet. If I ate enough shrimp, would I then turn pink as well? Wow.

Well, it's not just shrimp. It's a lot of different crustaceans that have what we call carotenoids in them. And those carotenoids would give them that color. And yes, you know what, Jessica, if you ate enough carotenoids, yes, you would start getting a bit of a salmon color to your skin. Because I tried. But it also might be toxic because you're eating just too many of them. Salmon color. That's funny. Mickey? Mickey?

By the way, Ron, I just texted you a photo of that wolfhound that looks like a lion. Wow. Tell me if I'm right. Can you confirm? Text to the video team? That's a great looking wolfhound, a beautiful man, a nice crown, nice hedges. You know, I'll

give you that. It's a little bit of a longer snout and kind of squished head than a lion, but the way he's sitting there, it surely looks regal like a lion. I'll give you a little pass on that one, Greg. There you go. Thank you, Ron. Send that to Chris, and then Chris can send it to video, and then everyone can see it. I'm going to do it right now as we speak. Yeah, that would be a better way to do it so that we can share with the audience. It could be

It could be an immature lion that hasn't grown in his full mane yet, giving that big rounded look. There you go. Immature lions have that kind of scrawny mane that that wolfhound seems to have right there. Again, Greg, could have been done during the break, during the preparation. Go to your text messages. I'm doing it right now. Christ almighty. Let's play the video for Ron as we just wait for Greg Cody to try to figure out in general his life.

Let's play the video for Ron. Yes, thank you for informing us that you have now sent it to video of this gator. And in the general stupidity of a Florida man, because, of course, it's a Florida man opening a beer with the help of a gator's mouth. Ron, what is that? What is happening? What is happening to humanity here? You know what this is? This is all social media crap is what this is.

This is all, let's get to some video. Let's see how many likes we can get. This is just, it's stupidity, Dan. That's all I can say about it is stupidity. And these guys think they're being cool. And they are, you know, they're, I'll tell you what, they're living proof for natural selection. The alligator can't stick its tongue out, correct? No, it cannot stick its tongue out.

Put it on the poll please at Levitard show. Did you know the alligator could not stick its tongue out? That was also not a dangerous enough alligator to actually be problematic, correct? No, it was dangerous enough. I could have grabbed his hand and pulled him in the water and drowned him. No question about it. Given a pretty bad wound. You know, it's not going to consume the guy, but it certainly could have inflicted a really bad injury. And trust me, if that had happened, you know what would have happened next? The authorities would have found that gator and euthanized it because it took out a stupid guy.

I thought it was crocodiles that couldn't stick out their tongue. Or is it? No, all crocodilians. All crocodilians. They have a tongue, but it's fixed in the bottom jaw. So it can move up and down, but they can't stick it out of their mouth. Ron, thank you for being on with us. We appreciate the time. I will remind the audience at every turn at Levitard Show. What are you doing? What are you showing me here? What are you doing? It says crocodiles can't stick out their tongues. I'm doing a show. He just said that.

All crocodilians. All crocodilians. Crocodiles and alligators. Craig, have we lost you? Have we lost? What is happening? They are called alligations, though, so I understand the confusion. They should be. We have the photo now that my dad says. Wow, that's a beautiful dog. Looks like a lion. Oh, that's a lion. Let's see this thing that looks like a lion. It does look like a lion. Thank you. I'm not wrong. They're screwing with you. No, they're not. That looks like a lion. I am not. I'm being honest. And I want to get invited on that f***ing yacht, Chris. Don't blow this for me. I'm telling you.

A reminder to take care of Ron McGill's substantive endowment. Evidently, the listeners were very strong last week for you, Ron. They raised a lot of money. Thousands and thousands of dollars came in thanks to you and your listeners, Dan. I can't tell you how professional you are.

family appreciative I am. We are grateful because I have seen firsthand what it is that he does with that money and how it goes to people who show great care with the animals. So you can rest assured that if you donate to Ron McGill's substantive endowment, the money will get to helping people. Thank you, Ron. Helping animals and helping people who help the animals. Thank you, Ron. Have a good week, guys. Take care. You were a disaster that segment. Why?

You were not doing the show we were doing for the many people that we do it for. You and Ron were having a personal exchange the way that you would in another room as if microphones and cameras weren't around. Yeah, the Irish Wolfhound entranced me. It did. It had me under a spell. So your listeners paid for your and Ron's trip to Africa? Yeah.

How does that work? Is that what happened? He said thousands and thousands of dollars were donated. It's amazing that that kind of a scam going on.

I paid for my own trip to Ireland. Unless the listeners want to donate. I mean, seriously, I got a GoFundMe to recoup some of my... You locked yourself in your castle and got a free night of castle. We were there eight nights. I mean, you know, 12.5% of my stay. McGill's Endowment also paid for that. Eight nights in a castle. Okay.

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summertime, go outside. I record a lot for my office with you and you've noticed it's sitting there yet. It hasn't been used. Well, now's the time. Summer's the best time to start that push. Right. Can we do it together? Not on the same bike, but we could join a class together. I used to do that. We used to have Guillermo Tan. I'd invite people. We'd all take a class together. Okay. So I think you're starting to get concerned about my health and my age, Billy. I,

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