Postgame Show: You CAN Know What Someone's Going Through (feat. JuJu Gotti)
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A truly lovely three days with Tony Reale, having him around here, making everything a little brighter and winning, bringing us a championship. Yes, I think I can take credit for that. We were not sure we'd be here this week. I remain stunned, honestly,

that the Panthers did it that way at the end. I thought at the beginning of that series it was going to be an all-time series and then all of a sudden it's like, no it's not, Panthers are better, never mind, Panthers are going to do all the scoring, Oilers are tired. We have some song to commemorate some of the things that were done around here. So I don't know whether this is Yeti or Streeter or Jeremy. Where are you going to start, Billy, on some of the songs? Where are you going to start?

I'm going to start with Andrew Streeter. It's a follow-up to a song he had last year about McOverrated. The Florida Panthers are back-to-back Stanley Cup champions. Oh, it's the same story as one year ago. McOverrated. This is good. Hope you enjoy that long flight home. Connor McOverrated.

These guys are great. You're still McGovern. You're still McGovern. You're still McGovern. You're still McGovern.

Port Stanley staying in South Florida. God, that is so good. They're strong, huh? Andrew's tremendous. It's him. It's only just one guy. That's one guy. One man, Ben. Andrew, wow. He's amazing. Sending love to that guy today. He's our shaky graves. That guy knows puck is what he said of Greg Cody. That's the echo from Edmonton to here. That guy knows puck. Let's see what competition we have for him. ♪ music playing ♪

Ooh, a little Dashboard Confessional. Let's go get it. I'm hearing some Coldplay. Pope taught him how to sing. He grades with no exemption. You're not a king without a crown. He sees McJesus skating by. Yeah, Dashboard Confessional, man. Another year with hopes degraded. The coffee faded. He's

Well done. Writing down the Connors. Make overratedly unknown they are gone. Read what he writes. You know you knew it all along. The Panthers clod. They all thus Stanley Cup so well. Be reading Greg's headlines. The things you should have thought yourself. The Pope taught him how to sing.

Man, Yeti brought it too. Also one guy. Jeremy is also one guy, and he's here to make fun of Mike Ryan. Mike and his relationship with Brad Marchand, constantly calling him a bad guy. So, here we go.

Very nice. Harmonizing. Yeah.

Oh, wow.

Wow. We're going to get to Juju here in a second. Good job, Jeremy. Yes, good job, Jeremy. He gets very little praise around here, so let me knock him down a peg. He's not confident in the song that he made about Tony Reale. There was supposed to be a song about Tony Reale to introduce Tony Reale.

It was supposed to introduce him and be ready three days ago and then two days ago, and it was never ready for the lab. And then what ended up happening is this. We're going to have to play it because he's leaving for the week. So what was supposed to be the introduction is going to have to be the goodbye. So I will go ahead and send that to Billy because I have not sent it yet because I was embarrassed by it. It's just a demo track. We're doing a parody of the Mentos jingle.

and you know i was recording some scratch vocals that sounds fresh it does sound fresh let me get it to billy okay but you're not gonna it's not as good as any of the three songs all right well we'll see if we play it at the end or not but let's bring in juju here and tony you were talking about i'm gonna call it the caitlin clark story because i guess if she's involved in any story it's always gonna it's always becoming that but juju knows this you know i mean there's multiple

news cycles that happen with the league. And it's the league versus Caitlin Clark is the league propped up by Caitlin Clark. And it's all tiresome to me as a fan of the game. Right. Right. And it's, it's one of the things that I've grown ultimately tired of as well, while appreciating the coverage that comes along with it. It's just very frustrating that not one mentioned the,

of the fever clenching a spot in the commissioners cup with that victory. Not one mention of the New York Liberty's epic comeback against the Atlanta dream last night to secure the fever spot against the returning Minnesota links going back to the commissioners cup at

after winning it last year on the back of a performance, second half performance by one of the stud buds, Courtney Williams, and a great effort from Diamond Miller last night while Nafisa Collier went out with a back injury. Not one mention of the Wings getting their first home victory in front of Gino Ariema while giving a hug to Enrique, hated rivals. Not one mention of the 32 points win

required from Brittany Sykes and the Washington Mists has come back against the sky on the road. Like, bro, I feel like if we're going to talk about Caitlin Clark, let's actually do a service to the game as well. Not just, Oh, Caitlin got pushed. Did you see it? And that's leading all of the news cycles, but not one credit to the actual league. And that's where the frustration grows within the, well, you just did it right there. The league has raised its game. I think you would agree with that. And the rivalry now, Minnesota, New York is there. Um,

But even to say that this is only happening to King Clark, we can remember. You remember a time, Juge, when there were the Jordan rules.

In the NBA decades ago, are we seeing that now where Clark is officiated differently or the players of the league are going up against her differently? Yeah, most definitely. Just like when the Pistons, every time MJ came across the paint, they put him on his behind. And when they lost to him finally, they didn't shake his hand. They just let him walk right by. So, yeah, I definitely think that the sister is –

going to be the best player we've ever seen in the league. I can pretty much predict that. But at the same time, the growing pains of watching her become that star, us people in the media have to get used to some of these things that are just regular, not post-pandemic.

preposterous. What I understand about how Juju is covering this, because it's not like this is the first time he's registered this objection. He deeply cares about the specifics, the details of what the competition is birthing. And the only time it becomes a national controversy that we, the men can talk about is if it's Caitlin Clark adjacent, or it has some of the powder keg stuff that Caitlin Clark has. And so it's a,

tough place for him to be in as someone who wants everyone in the league to be celebrated for their greatness. And those people can have all their resentments toward Kaitlin Clark for the coverage, even though that's not Kaitlin Clark's fault. It's our fault. I think part of what we've seen over the last two or three years is the coverage of the game needs to get up to a certain level. And I also would apply that to the refereeing in the game because I think we saw that last night.

This was a referee problem. That's what Juju is complaining about. But Juju, were you able to see that in Atlanta? Were you saying that that happened to your dream last night and it happened in Atlanta or was that in New York? It was in New York. I got a multi-screen set up over here, so I kept my eyes on both games at once. The dream was up 17 points in the second half with a spot in the Commissioner Cup secured almost. And then Sabrina Ionescu, 34 points.

Brianna Stewart, everybody locked in that fourth quarter and snatched a victory, which was the reason that the Fever were allowed to get that spot in the Commissioner's Cup Championship. I know, Tony, that Juju is appreciative of the general vibe and energy you bring around here. It's something that he brings around here a lot. We are simpatico, you and I, Juju.

You and I talk about on South Beach Sessions some of the mental health stuff that'll come out tomorrow. But Juju has been telling us that this is Mental Health Awareness Month. And he has been wanting for a while to keep telling people to not be alone with whatever it is that their anxieties are. Juju, is there anything on that front that you wanted to speak power to today? Yes, I think as well, like,

everybody in this office, we don't tell them enough that they are so special, bro. Like we come in here, we clown everyone, we do all the jokes or whatever, but we don't necessarily remind them on the way out that, man, you're actually awesome, bro. And so Tony,

When Nick Wright is giving you your props, bro, that's a brother who don't give nobody too many props, man. And so I feel like that's one of the things you can lean on in times where a month down the line, too much down the line, when you're going through a rough patch, you can rely on, man, them words from my brother Nick Wright, they really hit me in the right spot. You feel me? No pun intended. And also, one of the people who did the songs today, Andrew Streeter, I want to send some love out to that brother. He's dealing with an incredible

incredible loss right now. And in that loss, he found the time to still send us songs and be cheerful for us to play these wonderful songs he's making. And so I want to send love out to that brother and all the people out there that's dealing with loss and everybody who just feels alone. No, bro, you got somebody. Just reach out to your friends. Tell them what's bothering you, bro. And I promise you, most people will surprise you and give a damn.

Juju, I could not agree with you more. First of all, sending love to Andrew because he needs it and deserves it. But when you talk about vulnerability in the mental health space, talking with your friends, I know you and I have spoken before, but transparently, Tony, you have represented that for so many of us around the TV space who were up and comers and trying to break into this business over the last several years.

because of even what we just spoke about before. You're this beacon of positivity and light and energy toward everyone. And with that, you've also been vulnerable in sharing the fact that you do have anxiety that can simmer underneath or depression that can simmer underneath. And as someone who has tried to kind of model my professional life in some ways and professional persona after what I saw you do when I was 10 years old,

I'm a pleaser who wants to just bring positivity to people's lives and anxiety can simmer underneath that for sure. And your ability to articulate that and show people, hey,

I don't, as Dan mentioned, like, I don't look like the anxious person when you see me on the outside, but I'm dealing with things inside. And that, I think, exactly plays to what Juju is talking about. Very nice of you to say. I think there's an expression we use. It's like you never know what's going on for someone else. You never know what's going on behind the scenes for someone else. And my view of that is you can know because that person can verbalize what that is.

So that was my thought process. That's how I would experience it. If I was going through something, I would want to share it.

to demonstrate that someone else now who may be in that situation can see a model for that. But the reality is you never know when someone's going through. Well, you can. You can have seen them. I'm going to get to the polls in a second. But as Jeremy was pouring his heart out, Billy was whispering to me, listen to Jeremy's terrible vocals. Tony's new YouTube tour.

This is great. When positivity reigns, things are fresh in their light. Tony Reale is full of life. Now he comes to you, might have a guest or two. Tony Reale is full of life.

Couldn't quite nail that last note. Oh, would you stop? Get out of here. That is phenomenal. I mean, that has my heart outside of my body. That's it. That's what you imagine this would all be, the Mentos commercial? Oh, I mean, I am a child of that era, so that's that.

And Tony Freshness sounds exactly what I would love to be. That's... Okay. Do I need to explain what Mentos was to the world? I don't think Billy's impressed. I think you should explain to Billy why it is that was moving to you. The Freshmaker. With Mentos, if you had a parking spot that was too small, if you took Mentos, people would come out of the woodwork to lift up a car and pull you out of it. Right.

With Mentos, if you were going to a job interview and you sat on wet paint, you would pinstripe your suit with just this simple candy in your mouth. Tony, are you aware of this? Uh, vaguely.

Like I've seen the YouTube of the commercial maybe somewhere far away and then I looked at it and I was like, oh yeah, that kind of thing. It's a banger too. I don't know what type of... The pinstripe suit thing, it's like a paint roller and he rolls the paint on his... Oh, you got it, you got it. Yeah, I've seen it. And the positivity that comes, okay, oh no, uh-oh.

He can't cross the street. What's going to happen? How is he possibly going to summit this Everest? Well, he just took a Mentos, and now he's working his way through the limo. Oh, and that's a, yep, yep. Guy's got a car phone, so you know he's very snooty. That's a good commercial right there. Nice little look. It had such sensibility of, this is Euro cool, didn't it? I don't know where Mentos was made in the world. Even the taste of it didn't condense.

American taste? Well, is it, where is it? Does Mentos give off foreign freshness to you guys? Probably Jersey or something. No, where is Mentos? I'm with him. The delivery was Mentos, the freshness. I think Mentos. So it was almost like we're Dutch and we're trying to really put this out there. I was going to

Come on, man. Still got it. Still got it. Okay, put it on the poll, please, at Levitar Show. Do you think of Mentos as a foreign candy? Because even the little exercises they went through, I mean, that wouldn't stop an American from going through somebody's... We would do that, you know, regularly. But if you're Dutch...

You needed Mentos to get over the hump of doing something that was fresh. But to me, it connotes positivity, too. Jeremy, you nailed me in the song. Thank you. Now, I also like what we can do with that. We could spin that off now. Sure. Because, you know, this is on YouTube. I'm going to be doing more than maybe just the around the horn type of sports debate or anything. But I'm going to delve into other places. So I may need...

Norwegian speed metal version of Mentos. I may need 1920s Charleston jazz version. You think we can pull that one off? I'm happy to go back in there and knock it with you. Maybe the next time that you come down here or we have you on Zoom, by then...

I can get in the lab. I can bring in the keyboard and actually start working on some stuff and give you some different versions. I'm going to be doing kids, so we can do kids' instruments. I know that's already part of somebody else's – that's Fallon's routine, but yeah. I know we're big on supporting each other. Today when I pulled into the garage, I was not feeling well last night or this morning, but I powered through.

So today when I pulled into the garage... You were a hero today. I don't want to call myself that. He abandoned his responsibilities and you were a hero today. That's fine. I'll take it. When I pulled into the garage, the first thing I saw was Jeremy taking his keyboard out of his car. And I just rolled my eyes in the back of my head and I said, oh my gosh. You wrote this today and put it up for me, Jeremy? What a mistake this was today. We've established this already, but I've known Jeremy...

for about 10 years or so. And it came from a musical place. His submission to Around the Horn was musical. Let's call each other and talk to each other off air. No, but I wish we would. Billy has clearly had enough of everyone's positivity. He wants to go home for the day. We're going to bring in the crew here to celebrate more championships. I'm sure that'll make him feel better. As Juju does the polls. Juju, you do the polls while we celebrate here. If you can speak loudly, please.

We are champions in South Florida. Update the polls here, Juju. This is going to go well. Forever, back-to-back champions. When you meet a guy named Jeremy, do you assume that he's Hispanic?

91% of the audience says no, they don't. I care. And speaking of support, support Angel Resto by going to levitaraf.com and getting some shirts. You feel me? New McOverrated shirt available today.

Does baby poop smell fine or nice until the solid foods come? 64% of the audience says no, that baby poop is not. They don't remember. I'm going to do a taste test with you. All right, go Gatlin. Woo! Woo!

Last pose. Does a pinky ring symbolize you want to make a bet? 76% of the audience says yes, it does. Those are your poses. Juju on alley-oop after the finals. Check him out on alley-oop. The Panthers are champions. Thank you, Tony Reale. I'm positive.