January 11, 2023 • 28 mins
In the debut episode of the It's A Lot Y'all podcast, Ali Dee and Producer Nicole talk about their working relationship, how they met, and what their jobs with both the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys entail. They dive into a few recent blunders including a dead mic, makeup mishaps, and more. Plus there was some major star power in the house sitting courtside.
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ali dee (00:00):
hey everybody, welcome to the, it's a lot y'all
podcast.
I'm Ali Dee I'll be your host,and with me throughout this
podcast will be producer Nicole.
Hi everyone.
Nicole and I worked together inlive production in sports, and,
we just have so much that wewanna share on this podcast
about all the things that we gothrough and the things that
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happened during our liveproductions.
And I wanna kick things off withtalking about how we first met,
because I think people need toknow how we met.
How we work together and whythis whole thing has come to be.
I mean, we are so excited.
We've been talking about thispodcast now for weeks.
We are finally doing it.
We're finally doing it, andwe're just, there's no time like
the present, so let's just gofor it.
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Dive right in.
Okay, so Nicole and I met.
In live production for sports.
we work together.
For the Dallas Mavericks and wealso work together for the
Dallas Cowboys, which is wherewe got our start, our
friendship.
And we've since been workingtogether for about two years
now.
Yep.
And we've just noticed thatthrough.
All of our happenings in theentertainment industry and being
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in sports, entertainment, all oflike the amazing fun things that
happen and we just thought thatit would be cool to bring you
guys into that.
Talk a little bit about thattalk also about some personal
stuff, some beauty stuff, funstuff, things that happen to us
along the way.
when we're working together, Iam on camera.
So I am the host for both thepre-game show that we work
together on for the DallasCowboys and also, um, In Arena
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show for the Dallas Mavericks,and in both those situations,
I'm on camera and Nicole is mystage manager.
So that means she's behind thescenes.
I mean, tell us a little bitabout your role as stage
manager.
Yes, so I basically help Alijust make sure that she is ready
to go.
Did I mess up already?
No, I just think it's funny howyou said, I basically help Ali,
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like, golly, no.
Yes.
So I basically am there to makesure that everything happens on
time and when it, and execute itcorrectly.
I'm there to help Allie.
Cue her to make sure in case shecannot hear that she is up and
ready to talk and just kind ofkeep everybody, on time and
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ready to roll.
so I'm behind the scenes.
You don't ever see me in frontof the camera, but if you're
ever at a Mavs game or even atthe Cowboys, I'm right alongside
Allie.
Cueing her, ready for her.
So, yeah, so Nicole's job is soimportant to me because
basically she's the lifeline.
I do have an I F B so I can hearwhat the producers are saying,
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um, or what they're calling it,the games, or it's specifically
the MAs games.
But, They're not right therenext to me and so you are right
there.
So if I have any questions orneed anything at all, you're
always like the first person tohop in.
Nicole is so helpful.
You guys.
You need to know this.
Like she is like you love yourjob.
I do.
I love my job and I am sothankful every day whenever I
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get to help assist.
Especially with two of thebiggest teams in Dallas.
Like I think about it all thetime.
I'm like, how lucky are we to benot only helping out with the
NFL, but also the nba?
Like the best of both worlds Iknow, and not just in Dallas.
I mean the, this is like topfive market in the country.
So yes.
I mean obviously the DallasCowboys are pretty much, you
know, the most well-known sportsleague in the entire America,
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America theme.
I know.
It's so cool.
So we, say that not to like bebraggadocious or anything, we've
both.
Working you know, a long time inthe league and in our careers
and we've gotten to thispinnacle.
So I feel like we're excited wecan share about it.
Cuz now it's like, eh, we'reolder.
It's not like we're bragging,right?
Like this is the reality of ourlives, And you know, for me,
I've been working in sports.
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For over a decade, almost twodecades now.
You like five, six years,something like that.
Yes.
Coming up in like five, six.
Well, going into like my sixthyear in sports, which is great.
And what the crazy thing aboutsports, not to cut you off
already, but, and you might haveto get used to that um, is just.
The fact that it's like, it,it's like seasons.
We're going through theseseasons and it just rolls on and
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on and on in the blink of aneye.
10 years have gone by.
I know.
It's just, it's kinda arepetitive thing.
One season ends, another onebegins.
Yeah.
And like a couple months agowhen all the se, like all the
sports were happening, that'slike the best time of the year
cuz everything just kind crossesover.
So not only do we do cowboys,like cowboys game one week and
two or three games mavs theother like the same week.
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So there's just so much goingon.
It makes it so much.
Yeah.
Right now I think we've donefive games in seven days.
So it it's a lot.
It's a lot, y'all.
Yes.
It's a lot y'all.
It's a lot Y'all.
Okay.
speaking about that and, andtalking about, you know, what
our podcast is gonna be aboutand all the fun things that
happen.
So in Nicole and I's Lives whenwe are either at the Dallas
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Cowboys or the Dallas Mavericks,there's always a lot of, I don't
wanna say it's like controlled.
Right.
Control, chaos is the perfectword.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And it's just because there's alot going on behind the scenes
that fans or the audience isn'treally privy to.
And I think that, I kind of feellike if they knew all those
things, like maybe they would belike, dang, this is really hard
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to put on a basketball game or afootball game.
Yes.
I don't think people.
All the people and all the workthat it takes to put on such a
show.
Yeah.
Um, it goes down to the nittygritty.
I mean, it, everything goes backdown to the second and people
don't realize that.
So it is, it can be control,like really chaotic, but I feel
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like we do a very good job thatthe audience never knows, like
Right.
The show goes on, the show goeson once you hit the court and
once you hit the stage, likethere, that's it.
You know, the, the lights comeup and all.
Controlled chaos is just out thewindow and we just, we have to
nail it.
We don't have a second chance, achance Ok.
So one thing I wanna say that'sso different about live sport is
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that it's, it's very interestingto me because it's kind of like
twofold.
So not only are, for example,For me, in my position, not only
am I worrying about being oncamera, so your normal on-camera
stuff that you have to deal withwhen you're just you and the
camera.
Um, like if you were hosting,you know, a TV show or a
newscast or something mm-hmm.
but you're also, you're doingthat while you're standing in
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front of 18,000 people.
So it's not like you're in astudio by yourself and like you
have, I mean, it is like, Idon't know how you do it, You're
in a room with thousand peopleand you're on camera.
and you have like two minutes tonot mess up anything you're
saying because there's a lot ofpeople that put a lot of efforts
that go into my, my little twominutes on camera and I don't
wanna mess it up for them.
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And you're on the big screen soeveryone's eyes are on you.
It's a lot.
It's a lot.
Y'all It's a lot y'all.
Oh, speaking of everybody's eyesbeing on you.
Okay, we just need to touch onwhat.
When the mic, the mic, the mic.
Oh goodness.
First of all, let me justpreface this by saying everyone
that's been on camera, like oneof your worst nightmares is when
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they, you get cued by MissNicole and she's like, go, and
then you start talking andyou're like, Hey everyone.
And it's like, Dead air.
Okay.
Can't hear dead air.
Okay.
So let's just paint the pictureof what happened to me the other
night, which this happens likeonce a season.
This is not something thathappens very often.
Never, never.
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And this is the first time thatthis has happened.
Yeah.
Um, but this has happened, likeI said, maybe once a year.
Okay, so let me just, no, let mejust paint the picture because
it was here.
I am just thinking this is gonnabe great.
All right.
It's halftime at the DallasMavericks game.
So during halftime, the lights,first of all, first of all, I do
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wanna say this.
Yes, it's halftime at one of thebiggest games yet this season.
Oh, we're playing the PhoenixSuns, who is number one at the
time.
Right.
So huge.
Best team in the league.
Yes.
This is like best in the league.
This huge matchup, you know,Luca, the, the, all the things.
Yes.
Okay.
So it's a big game for us.
We want everything to gosmoothly and things.
I feel like things already hadkind of been going well, but
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there were a few hiccups leadingup to that point.
Remember we had like the micswitcheroo and the i fp
switcheroo?
Yes, we're not gonna talk aboutthat, but yes, you had to be
little hiccups leading up tothat point, but nothing, nothing
on camera, like everything washandled behind the scenes.
So now here we are.
and it's halftime.
I'm in my, you know, shiny,super shiny outfit.
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I got the heels on and Nicole'sleading me out to half court,
right?
Because we're gonna do this atcenter Court, we're going half
court.
First time that we're doing thisat center court with the
spotlights on Alley, right?
So typically she's off to theside and we might have like our
spotlight on our, our handheldcamera, but this time we decide
to bring her half court.
So front and center.
I mean, all the lights areshining on her air.
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I think we even called for aspotlight to make sure it picks
up Allie.
Right.
Okay.
So you guys are getting theidea.
This is very dramatic.
So I'm walking to the centercourt, you know, I, and listen,
this may not be how it is forthe fans, but in Nicole and I's
Eyes, this is what it's like.
We just feel like everybody'swatching.
You know, like they're, listen,they're probably getting
popcorn, they're having a beer,they're going to the fan shop.
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They're not necessarily watchingwhat you and I are doing at this
moment, but for us, it's likethe most important job in the
world.
So, You feel like, we feel likeall eyes are on us, so we're
strutting out there.
You know, Nicole has her headseton and I'm looking out there
with my mic.
And let me just tell you, thisgame was on tt, I think TT was.
Yes it was.
Yes.
Ok.
So they were in the building.
When TNT is there, they've gottheir broadcast table right at
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half court, right at like, um,right center court right there.
And so that's where they plantme.
They plant me in front of allthe T n T broadcasters, right?
Super.
So right in front of their.
Right in front of their desk.
they're looking at me.
Then next thing I know, I'mgetting set and here comes Mark
Cuban.
And by the way, he does not cometo this area very often.
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He usually skid.
I also had to say it's my firsttime that I've ever seen him,
that close in person.
Right.
So I'm like, What is happening?
I know.
So he's, he's normally ske,daddling off to his area for
halftime, and then he comes backout, you know, once the players
come back out.
But this game in particular, Isee him walking across the court
and he's my boss, right?
So I'm like, okay, here comesMark.
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So we've got Mark Cuban in frontof me.
We've got the T n T broadcastersin front of me.
We've got the spotlight, thelights are out.
Nicole is getting ready to cueme.
All things are looking amazing.
I'm feeling good.
I've got.
Outfit on.
And then next thing you know,Nicole with the Cue q, Allie.
So here I go.
I grab the mic and I'm like, I'musing my pen.
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And I'm like, ladies andgentlemen.
And then it's nothing, just deadair.
And that's what it feels like.
People just dead quiet staringat you.
So I've got T n T, I've got MarkCuban and I've got 18,000 people
staring at me.
That's what it feels like.
And then Nicole, Boom.
Q Alley and then again, Q Alley,ladies and gentlemen, as I'm
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trying to introduce the halftimeact, what happened?
And then you just kept queuingme over and over and stopped
queuing her.
I know.
So I think on our end, peoplewere thinking that the might
not, not.
Was probably not raised oralive.
Right?
So they kept telling me, Q Allieagain, Q Allie again.
So I think we were trying to gofor like four times to get the
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mic right until we realized thatthis mic is not coming on.
Something's happened.
Yeah.
Nicole is incessantly cueing me.
Like she's just over and over,over and over.
I mean, I.
Go ally.
Go Ally, try again.
Let's do it.
Every single time I'm giving itmy best effort, you know?
And because I'm just thinking,man, I'm just gonna kill it in
front of these people and myboss and everything.
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That's gonna be great.
And then the, the saddest partof the whole story is we never
get the mic to work.
So it wasn't a volume situation.
The mic died, right?
It was a dead battery.
The mic died, which shouldn'thave happened.
But it happened.
No, it happened.
So it died.
It died.
It happens once a year.
So here I am thinking that I'mjust gonna be like the world's
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biggest star for 20 seconds as Iintroduce the halftime act and
the mic is just dead.
And so then I just do the walkof shame off the court, you
know?
Cause I was the shame off.
What?
No, I was on the camera.
For what felt like an eternity,just repeating the things and
then I start and I'm, I'm like,are people laughing at me?
What's going on?
I mean, I, again, I've been withMaverick, it could've been a
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couple seconds, but it was sucha moment that it felt like
forever.
It felt like forever.
Oh, but the beauty of liveentertainment.
Of course we never want the micto die or ever wanna have audio
issues, but our PA announcer,Sean was there to jump right in.
Yeah.
So, so thankful for him.
If something like that was toever happen, Sean is right there
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on the PA to jump right in andannounce the halftime.
Yeah, so that's what happened.
And eyes.
Thank goodness.
I mean, gosh, we didn't haveSean.
I know, but in our eyes it wassuch a moment, but, and I guess
in the fan's eyes, they would'venever known, right?
Because Sean just went rightahead.
Well they did see me on cameratrying over and over.
We did see you on camera.
They did see you on camera.
Right.
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So we did the best we could.
We have an amazing team and wedid try to, we do piece it back
together.
Sean saved the day.
I did the walk of shame off thecourt and you know, that was
that.
And those things do happen.
It's just they usually don'thappen when your boss and
everybody is there speaking.
Everybody being there.
also, we had some majorsuperstars in the house that
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night.
Superstars?
Yeah.
Oh my goodness.
Okay.
So o BJ was there.
Odell Beckham Jr.
For y'all, if y'all, y'all don'tknow his nickname.
He is an amazing football playerand he was there courtside and
he was with a couple of theCowboys players.
I think it was Trayvon Diggs andMicah Parsons.
Yes.
And I think what was going onwas they were trying to woo him.
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To become a Dallas Cowboy.
Right.
Because, I mean, I think he'scurrently not with a team.
He was in town.
Yes, he's, right now he's a freeagent and he was in town on a
visit with the Cowboys.
So it was a kind of a big dealthat he showed up courtside in
front of everyone next to somestar cowboy players.
Right.
And we also put him on cameraand recognized him.
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So that was really cool.
I feel like the fans were likedefinitely the co-captains in
this situation because theywere.
Want him.
They were going crazy for o bj.
I saw o bj signs in the, in theaudience.
I'm like, what is happening?
How did everybody know?
A great moment.
Yeah.
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I mean someone leaked.
I'm that, I'm not sure.
Yeah, someone definitely leakedthat.
I think I saw like BleacherReport post about it first.
But yes, the fans were goingcrazy.
And then can we just talk.
I'm sitting in our entertainmenttunnel.
So across the way is where o, BJand some cowboys players are.
Yes.
And I mean this is like on thecomplete opposite side of the
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court.
They were next to the sun'sbench, right?
Yes.
They were like the four seats.
Oh, right, right.
Which I think those are JerryJones seats actually.
So I think they were in hisseat.
Really?
Yeah.
So he's next to the visitors.
I didn't know that.
And yes, right there.
Okay.
And they had amazing seats.
I mean, oh the, I mean the best.
They were right there by thescores table.
Right?
But speaking up, I'm lookingover and I am seeing these like
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blinging diamonds and I'm like,who is this?
Do you know who else was at thegame?
Who, which no one ever talkedabout.
Corey Gamble.
Who's that?
Chris, Allie What?
Chris Jenner's boyfriend?
No.
Do we not watch Keeping Up WithThe Kardashians?
I mean I, oh my gosh, that wasChris.
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Oh my gosh.
Jenner's boyfriend there.
Yes, that was him.
OJ and the two bj.
And the two Kai was, and y'all,when I tell you these diamonds
were shining like shine brightlike a diamond because.
I can't even guess how muchthose necklaces cost.
Oh, I know, but you wereamazing.
Could literally see themshining.
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I know.
Insane.
But I think I was more likewooed by him being at the game.
And I was also curious, likemaybe he was at the game because
Kendall and Devin date, so I'mnot sure.
Oh, tie there.
Okay.
Right.
Yes, that is, we think they'reso together.
You're so hip.
Excuse me, I didn't know thatabout you.
You're not.
I try to keep up with it.
I know Producer Nicole with allthe good tidbits of information
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today.
I love it.
yeah, it was just really cool tosee, all those guys there.
It was so cool to see all thefans cheering for him, trying to
get him to join the team.
I know that would just be, yes.
For Star Power for the DallasCowboys.
Yes.
The fans were going, goingcrazy.
Yeah.
And that one moment, the whole obj.
Oh, BJ broke out and it wascrazy.
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No, it was so cool.
I was like, wow, we're reallydoing this.
They put him on camera, like Ifeel like it was really a great
moment for him and a greatmoment.
Hopefully it helps him make hisdecision if he wants to meet the
Dallas Cowboys or not.
I know he's, Hey, he did thelatest that I know he left
Dallas still as a free agent,but who knows who's to say
what's gonna happen, right.
I think that it was mainly dueto his avail.
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Availability, right.
To play the rest of the season.
But I think still he'sdefinitely somebody that a lot
of teams and coaches are lookingat.
Yeah.
So fingers crossed, maybe we'llsee OBJ in Dallas.
I know.
That would be so great.
And just to, yeah, just toreiterate the fact.
That like I, now I under, okay,so now the diamonds thing is
making sense because I was like,wow, this is just a lot of
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diamonds in one, you know, inone foul Swop.
And he, like Nicole said, wewere all the way across the
court and it was just like, youcould barely even look onto the
court cuz they were just blind.
You, I don't know.
How are the players like, not,excuse me.
Can you turn your flash of yourdiamonds off please?
Cause the flash is blinding me.
We talk all the time about thelights underneath, the
scoreboard.
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Yes.
And how bright it is really onthe court with those players
playing.
Yeah.
And I'm like, okay, I thinkthese diamonds might top, I know
they just need, they just need,can we borrow your diamonds and
hang'em from the court so we canget enough light on here?
Okay.
Talking about the Cowboysplayers being there, let's take
it back to you and I at aCowboys game and.
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What that show is like.
Okay.
So that show, just to let y'allknow, that show is totally
different than what we do at theDallas Cup.
Way different.
Way different.
Yes.
Um, so this is a three or fourhour, depending on what time
kickoff is live show whereNicole, is the producer of that
show as well slash stagemanager.
So you have a lot going on forthat show cause you have to
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handle a lot.
Not just in charge of me.
All the games come through,right?
Yes.
So this, it's a really, reallycool show.
Yeah, it's okay.
So just to paint the picture,it's outside on the East Plaza,
which is the east side of thestadium.
This is where we get a lot oftraffic coming in.
Yes.
And and I was gonna say, if youfind yourself at the Cowboys
game, make sure to enter throughthe east.
Hi, to come see and all.
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Exactly.
And we have a great team overthere.
And so we have a pretty largestage there.
It's nonstop.
We have an amazing dj, DJElusive, he's awesome.
Just have a great team overthere.
All, everybody, you know, fromall the stage, hands, sound,
everything, it's a, it's a hugeproduction over there as well.
Everything with the DallasCowboys is always a big
production, but it's alwaysexcellent.
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They have the best of.
And so I've been with theCowboys now for, I don't know,
6, 7, 8 seasons, and then welose track of time.
But I've been hosting the showand I have so much fun cuz we,
like at the Mavericks, it's veryscripted and regimented and it's
very strict.
Like the timeouts are like, youknow, Two minutes.
It has to be.
It has to be, yes.
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If anybody knows the game ofnba, it has to be that way.
Timeouts are super strategic.
Right.
Okay.
And now with our show where thepre-game show, we're just
rolling for three hours live.
So we have a lot of like timewhere we can just do anything
that we think is gonna be goodand entertaining and fun.
And of course we do get ascript, from the Cowboys telling
us what we need to do that dayand we get reads and all kinds
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of things, but we have a littlebit more, a lot of.
if that's a word, freedom at theDallas Cowboys Show.
So we're outside.
It's really fun.
We're in the elements.
Sometimes it's freezing,sometimes it's windy, sometimes
it's raining, sometimes it'ssuper sunny and hot.
You never, you never know whatyou're gonna get.
It's Texas.
We never know what kinda, it'shot.
Yeah, it's a lot y'all.
You never know what kind ofweather we're gonna get, but, We
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always make sure to, reallybring our best, our A game for
that as well, because you justnever know who's gonna pop in,
pop by, walk by.
You just wanna make sure you're,you are creating the atmosphere
that all the fans feel beforethey enter the stadium.
So it's a really, it'simportant.
Like you can't just be outthere.
Big deal.
You gotta be, yeah.
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you know, you gotta have a lotof energy.
You gotta bring it, checkeverybody.
Get everybody excited for thegame.
Yeah.
And bringing the energy into thestadium.
Exactly.
So it is a big deal.
And I mean, talk about the, Ilike the things that we have
going on in the pregame show.
We always have our DallasCowboys cheerleaders.
Yes.
We got the D C R B and theDallas Cowboys Rookie squad.
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We always have a rowdyappearance, so we have a ton
going on.
Yeah.
And we have so much fun doingit.
And just like Allie said, wehave the best team.
Yeah.
By the way, um, rowdy is ourmascot and he.
He's, he's a star.
Best in his own.
He's a star.
I mean, when Rowdy hits thestage, it is like, I don't know,
I'm gonna say Britney Spears.
I don't even know if that'ssomeone who's really popular,
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but it is like a, Taylor Swiftis here.
Like it is a big deal.
Very true.
I mean, all the fans are, youknow, rush the stage.
They wanna get their picturewith him.
So shout out Rowdy fan.
Yes.
Cause he's really just made animpression, like, people just
love him.
People love Rowdy, they get.
For Rowdy.
Yeah, they do.
Did I just make that up?
I dunno.
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That's, that could be hiscatchphrase.
Let me write that down.
Rowdy for Rowdy.
We'll do, we'll use that nextgame.
But yes, give me some.
It's just a super fun show andwe love being a part of it.
Actually, uh, by the way, I wasgonna tell you we are not
friends anymore because theother Yeah, the other day y'all
listen to this story, listen tohow Nicole did me wrong as my
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stage manager slash producer forthe Cowboys Show.
So I was running a little bitbehind that day and, I had put
my makeup on quickly and washustling to, I, I'm a planner.
So we had a lot going on.
We were doing like N F L fan ofthe year out there.
We had Captain Morgan and also,yes, we have a lot of people in
the house, but I do wanna justtouch on that.
Me and you are both planners.
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Yes.
We like to have everything gosmoothly and everything lined up
right.
There is a train going by in mylittle small town and uh,
there's nothing I can do aboutit.
Hopefully he doesn't too.
His horn too long.
But this sounds like when thehelp boys make a, make, you
know, a touchdown, atouchdown's.
Perfect timing.
So just to, to basically sayNicole and I are planners, we.
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Though we, um, do a lot ofthings off the cuff, it may seem
that way.
It's not in reality because herand I like to know what's going
on.
We like to have things writtendown.
We like to meet with anyone wecan meet with.
We like to get all theinformation.
We don't that work so welltogether.
We don't like surprises.
Some, some people are very easybreezy and like they're just go
(22:51):
with the flow and you know,just, no.
We're like, no.
We wanna know the who, what,when, where, how.
We wanna know where everyone'ssupposed to be.
We need to know where's thecamera, who's coming out to
shoot it.
Like where are the lights?
We need to know all the things.
Yes, yes.
So with that, so with that beingsaid, you missed a major detail
here.
I know.
Okay.
I know.
So lemme just tell y'all whathappened.
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So I have my makeup on.
Like I said, it was a big, itwas a big show because we had a
lot going on and mostimportantly we were doing the N
F L Fan of the Year promotion,which is really, really cool.
We can, we can talk to you moreabout that another time, but
some, yes, yes.
Such a cool promotion that wasgoing on.
Plaza and they were entrustingme with a lot of information.
They wanted me to, you know,interview him and do a lot of
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things.
I ha I wanted to make sure allthat was going on.
So, anyways, put the makeup onand I'm starting to meet with
different people before theshow, just kind of clearing my
head, making notes, figuring outwhat's going on.
So I'm talking to CaptainMorgan.
They have two reps.
I'm going over and talking tosome ac, other activation
people.
I'm, I, you know, I'm havingbreakfast with everybody.
Okay.
All.
Then, then I walk into our tent,right?
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We have this small tent where Ican go in and get dressed and
changed and um, get my makeup onand all that kind of things.
And in there was one of themascots who is on the East
Plaza.
And so I'm having a conversationwith him.
I pop open my compact to just,you know, do a little touch up.
Y'all.
I had contoured my face rightquickly in the bathroom inside
the stadium.
I forgot to blend out thecontour on my nose.
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Okay?
So I had like runway strips downmy nose, dark.
You know it ladies, you knowwhat the contour is?
Hey, couldn't even tell.
Hold on guys, I couldn't eventell.
So Nicole, let me for a good 30to 45.
Walking.
I mean, I think we had like a 30minute conversation.
Just me and you.
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Oh my gosh.
She let me walk all around thestadium, all around the plaza,
talked to all these importantpeople with two stripes going
down my nose that luckily thearmadillo, as I was talking to
him, I was like, oh my gosh,what's this?
He was just sign languaging.
He was going, yeah, what?
What's this?
And I.
Of all the people in my universeright now, the armadillo mascot,
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who's there for one of, I thinkit's Reliant Energy, one of the
sponsors.
Yes.
He's there for them.
He beebo around the plaza.
He's the one to tell me what'son your nose, Allie, what's on
your nose?
Okay.
I don't know.
Let me look.
Oh my gosh.
It's my contour, you guys.
I was mortified.
I mean, Nicole said she didn'tnotice, but let me just tell
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you, as someone who's I did notnotice That's your job to
notice.
I'm, so, anyways, I went, it'swent straight to you.
And I was like, we are notfriends anymore.
Like this is, you know, nextlevel.
You let me do that.
I, and I had no clue what shewas talking about.
Oh my gosh.
I'm sorry Allie.
I will make sure moving forwardthat everything is intact.
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Yes, y'all, I have your back.
It is a lot, y'all.
I have a lot going a on beforeall these, all these different
things that we do and theslightest little thing like that
just made and, and we laughedabout it.
Oh my gosh.
We laughed and laughed cuz Ijust thought I cannot believe
that I, how many people?
Oh my gosh.
I'm going back through how manypeople I talked to.
You know, random differentthings leading up to that point.
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But thank goodness for thearmadillo.
Like round of applause for him.
I know he just brought it homefor me.
He saved the day and um, we goteverything.
Oh, it is a lot.
We laugh so much though.
I will say that we have so manyfunny.
Stories.
I know so much happens.
It's so great and I mean, that'swhat this podcast is really
gonna be about moving forward.
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Nicole and I always get intothese, you know, really fun
situations that we just thinksometimes you gotta hear the
behind the scenes stuff, youknow?
I know, like, I mean, like Isaid, in in, in front of the
scenes, everything may looklike.
I don't know, what is the word?
Ponies and butterflies, butreality is, it's a lot's going
on.
It's a lot y'all.
So, um, Hey, Jamaya, y'all.
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Yeah.
I feel like, you know, we did agood job covering all the things
we wanted to talk about and justrolling through.
And if y'all, you know,Hopefully you've made it this
far, right?
I mean, you're at the niceHopefully you're with us.
You're still with us here.
Um, cuz it's just gonna be somuch fun.
And we are of course on all thesocial media platforms at It's a
(27:11):
lot y'all.
So you can find us on Instagram,on TikTok, Facebook on
Instagram's gonna be really coolthough, cuz that's what we're
gonna throw up most of our likebehind the scenes stuff.
Stories.
Mm-hmm.
um Things that go on where wecan reference like, Hey, go
check our stories, because wejust post it about such and such
story we just told inside.
Look.
Yeah.
An inside look.
And that's gonna be the best wayto reach you or I,, I know, you
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know, hopefully we'll getquestions as the audience grows.
People wanna be more involvedand come see us.
If they're at AABs game or at aCowboys game, we would love to
see y'all.
yeah, I mean thank y'all so muchfor joining us in this first
episode, Nicole.
I mean, We did it.
We did it.
We got the first one under thebelt.
We are here.
We're here y'all, but we arehere.
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Yes.
It's a lot y'all.
We are here.
We're gonna be here throughoutall this, you know, the, the
rest of the cowboy season.
The maverick season.
A lot going on.
Thank y'all so much forlistening and don't forget to
please.
Subscribe and like this podcast.
Give us a review.
Five stars.
We need five stars.
I feel like it's our first one.
We need stars like we did.
(28:15):
Five Star Entertainment.
Five.
Five stars.
Exactly.
Thank y'all so much for joiningus and we'll talk to you next
time.
hey everybody, welcome to the, it's a lot y'all
podcast.
I'm Ali Dee I'll be your host,and with me throughout this
podcast will be producer Nicole.
Hi everyone.
Nicole and I worked together inlive production in sports, and,
we just have so much that wewanna share on this podcast
about all the things that we gothrough and the things that
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happened during our liveproductions.
And I wanna kick things off withtalking about how we first met,
because I think people need toknow how we met.
How we work together and whythis whole thing has come to be.
I mean, we are so excited.
We've been talking about thispodcast now for weeks.
We are finally doing it.
We're finally doing it, andwe're just, there's no time like
the present, so let's just gofor it.
(00:43):
Dive right in.
Okay, so Nicole and I met.
In live production for sports.
we work together.
For the Dallas Mavericks and wealso work together for the
Dallas Cowboys, which is wherewe got our start, our
friendship.
And we've since been workingtogether for about two years
now.
Yep.
And we've just noticed thatthrough.
All of our happenings in theentertainment industry and being
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in sports, entertainment, all oflike the amazing fun things that
happen and we just thought thatit would be cool to bring you
guys into that.
Talk a little bit about thattalk also about some personal
stuff, some beauty stuff, funstuff, things that happen to us
along the way.
when we're working together, Iam on camera.
So I am the host for both thepre-game show that we work
together on for the DallasCowboys and also, um, In Arena
(01:30):
show for the Dallas Mavericks,and in both those situations,
I'm on camera and Nicole is mystage manager.
So that means she's behind thescenes.
I mean, tell us a little bitabout your role as stage
manager.
Yes, so I basically help Alijust make sure that she is ready
to go.
Did I mess up already?
No, I just think it's funny howyou said, I basically help Ali,
(01:52):
like, golly, no.
Yes.
So I basically am there to makesure that everything happens on
time and when it, and execute itcorrectly.
I'm there to help Allie.
Cue her to make sure in case shecannot hear that she is up and
ready to talk and just kind ofkeep everybody, on time and
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ready to roll.
so I'm behind the scenes.
You don't ever see me in frontof the camera, but if you're
ever at a Mavs game or even atthe Cowboys, I'm right alongside
Allie.
Cueing her, ready for her.
So, yeah, so Nicole's job is soimportant to me because
basically she's the lifeline.
I do have an I F B so I can hearwhat the producers are saying,
(02:36):
um, or what they're calling it,the games, or it's specifically
the MAs games.
But, They're not right therenext to me and so you are right
there.
So if I have any questions orneed anything at all, you're
always like the first person tohop in.
Nicole is so helpful.
You guys.
You need to know this.
Like she is like you love yourjob.
I do.
I love my job and I am sothankful every day whenever I
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get to help assist.
Especially with two of thebiggest teams in Dallas.
Like I think about it all thetime.
I'm like, how lucky are we to benot only helping out with the
NFL, but also the nba?
Like the best of both worlds Iknow, and not just in Dallas.
I mean the, this is like topfive market in the country.
So yes.
I mean obviously the DallasCowboys are pretty much, you
know, the most well-known sportsleague in the entire America,
(03:21):
America theme.
I know.
It's so cool.
So we, say that not to like bebraggadocious or anything, we've
both.
Working you know, a long time inthe league and in our careers
and we've gotten to thispinnacle.
So I feel like we're excited wecan share about it.
Cuz now it's like, eh, we'reolder.
It's not like we're bragging,right?
Like this is the reality of ourlives, And you know, for me,
I've been working in sports.
(03:42):
For over a decade, almost twodecades now.
You like five, six years,something like that.
Yes.
Coming up in like five, six.
Well, going into like my sixthyear in sports, which is great.
And what the crazy thing aboutsports, not to cut you off
already, but, and you might haveto get used to that um, is just.
The fact that it's like, it,it's like seasons.
We're going through theseseasons and it just rolls on and
(04:04):
on and on in the blink of aneye.
10 years have gone by.
I know.
It's just, it's kinda arepetitive thing.
One season ends, another onebegins.
Yeah.
And like a couple months agowhen all the se, like all the
sports were happening, that'slike the best time of the year
cuz everything just kind crossesover.
So not only do we do cowboys,like cowboys game one week and
two or three games mavs theother like the same week.
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So there's just so much goingon.
It makes it so much.
Yeah.
Right now I think we've donefive games in seven days.
So it it's a lot.
It's a lot, y'all.
Yes.
It's a lot y'all.
It's a lot Y'all.
Okay.
speaking about that and, andtalking about, you know, what
our podcast is gonna be aboutand all the fun things that
happen.
So in Nicole and I's Lives whenwe are either at the Dallas
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Cowboys or the Dallas Mavericks,there's always a lot of, I don't
wanna say it's like controlled.
Right.
Control, chaos is the perfectword.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And it's just because there's alot going on behind the scenes
that fans or the audience isn'treally privy to.
And I think that, I kind of feellike if they knew all those
things, like maybe they would belike, dang, this is really hard
(05:11):
to put on a basketball game or afootball game.
Yes.
I don't think people.
All the people and all the workthat it takes to put on such a
show.
Yeah.
Um, it goes down to the nittygritty.
I mean, it, everything goes backdown to the second and people
don't realize that.
So it is, it can be control,like really chaotic, but I feel
(05:32):
like we do a very good job thatthe audience never knows, like
Right.
The show goes on, the show goeson once you hit the court and
once you hit the stage, likethere, that's it.
You know, the, the lights comeup and all.
Controlled chaos is just out thewindow and we just, we have to
nail it.
We don't have a second chance, achance Ok.
So one thing I wanna say that'sso different about live sport is
(05:53):
that it's, it's very interestingto me because it's kind of like
twofold.
So not only are, for example,For me, in my position, not only
am I worrying about being oncamera, so your normal on-camera
stuff that you have to deal withwhen you're just you and the
camera.
Um, like if you were hosting,you know, a TV show or a
newscast or something mm-hmm.
but you're also, you're doingthat while you're standing in
(06:15):
front of 18,000 people.
So it's not like you're in astudio by yourself and like you
have, I mean, it is like, Idon't know how you do it, You're
in a room with thousand peopleand you're on camera.
and you have like two minutes tonot mess up anything you're
saying because there's a lot ofpeople that put a lot of efforts
that go into my, my little twominutes on camera and I don't
wanna mess it up for them.
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And you're on the big screen soeveryone's eyes are on you.
It's a lot.
It's a lot.
Y'all It's a lot y'all.
Oh, speaking of everybody's eyesbeing on you.
Okay, we just need to touch onwhat.
When the mic, the mic, the mic.
Oh goodness.
First of all, let me justpreface this by saying everyone
that's been on camera, like oneof your worst nightmares is when
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they, you get cued by MissNicole and she's like, go, and
then you start talking andyou're like, Hey everyone.
And it's like, Dead air.
Okay.
Can't hear dead air.
Okay.
So let's just paint the pictureof what happened to me the other
night, which this happens likeonce a season.
This is not something thathappens very often.
Never, never.
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And this is the first time thatthis has happened.
Yeah.
Um, but this has happened, likeI said, maybe once a year.
Okay, so let me just, no, let mejust paint the picture because
it was here.
I am just thinking this is gonnabe great.
All right.
It's halftime at the DallasMavericks game.
So during halftime, the lights,first of all, first of all, I do
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wanna say this.
Yes, it's halftime at one of thebiggest games yet this season.
Oh, we're playing the PhoenixSuns, who is number one at the
time.
Right.
So huge.
Best team in the league.
Yes.
This is like best in the league.
This huge matchup, you know,Luca, the, the, all the things.
Yes.
Okay.
So it's a big game for us.
We want everything to gosmoothly and things.
I feel like things already hadkind of been going well, but
(08:00):
there were a few hiccups leadingup to that point.
Remember we had like the micswitcheroo and the i fp
switcheroo?
Yes, we're not gonna talk aboutthat, but yes, you had to be
little hiccups leading up tothat point, but nothing, nothing
on camera, like everything washandled behind the scenes.
So now here we are.
and it's halftime.
I'm in my, you know, shiny,super shiny outfit.
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I got the heels on and Nicole'sleading me out to half court,
right?
Because we're gonna do this atcenter Court, we're going half
court.
First time that we're doing thisat center court with the
spotlights on Alley, right?
So typically she's off to theside and we might have like our
spotlight on our, our handheldcamera, but this time we decide
to bring her half court.
So front and center.
I mean, all the lights areshining on her air.
(08:42):
I think we even called for aspotlight to make sure it picks
up Allie.
Right.
Okay.
So you guys are getting theidea.
This is very dramatic.
So I'm walking to the centercourt, you know, I, and listen,
this may not be how it is forthe fans, but in Nicole and I's
Eyes, this is what it's like.
We just feel like everybody'swatching.
You know, like they're, listen,they're probably getting
popcorn, they're having a beer,they're going to the fan shop.
(09:04):
They're not necessarily watchingwhat you and I are doing at this
moment, but for us, it's likethe most important job in the
world.
So, You feel like, we feel likeall eyes are on us, so we're
strutting out there.
You know, Nicole has her headseton and I'm looking out there
with my mic.
And let me just tell you, thisgame was on tt, I think TT was.
Yes it was.
Yes.
Ok.
So they were in the building.
When TNT is there, they've gottheir broadcast table right at
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half court, right at like, um,right center court right there.
And so that's where they plantme.
They plant me in front of allthe T n T broadcasters, right?
Super.
So right in front of their.
Right in front of their desk.
they're looking at me.
Then next thing I know, I'mgetting set and here comes Mark
Cuban.
And by the way, he does not cometo this area very often.
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He usually skid.
I also had to say it's my firsttime that I've ever seen him,
that close in person.
Right.
So I'm like, What is happening?
I know.
So he's, he's normally ske,daddling off to his area for
halftime, and then he comes backout, you know, once the players
come back out.
But this game in particular, Isee him walking across the court
and he's my boss, right?
So I'm like, okay, here comesMark.
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So we've got Mark Cuban in frontof me.
We've got the T n T broadcastersin front of me.
We've got the spotlight, thelights are out.
Nicole is getting ready to cueme.
All things are looking amazing.
I'm feeling good.
I've got.
Outfit on.
And then next thing you know,Nicole with the Cue q, Allie.
So here I go.
I grab the mic and I'm like, I'musing my pen.
(10:32):
And I'm like, ladies andgentlemen.
And then it's nothing, just deadair.
And that's what it feels like.
People just dead quiet staringat you.
So I've got T n T, I've got MarkCuban and I've got 18,000 people
staring at me.
That's what it feels like.
And then Nicole, Boom.
Q Alley and then again, Q Alley,ladies and gentlemen, as I'm
(10:54):
trying to introduce the halftimeact, what happened?
And then you just kept queuingme over and over and stopped
queuing her.
I know.
So I think on our end, peoplewere thinking that the might
not, not.
Was probably not raised oralive.
Right?
So they kept telling me, Q Allieagain, Q Allie again.
So I think we were trying to gofor like four times to get the
(11:15):
mic right until we realized thatthis mic is not coming on.
Something's happened.
Yeah.
Nicole is incessantly cueing me.
Like she's just over and over,over and over.
I mean, I.
Go ally.
Go Ally, try again.
Let's do it.
Every single time I'm giving itmy best effort, you know?
And because I'm just thinking,man, I'm just gonna kill it in
front of these people and myboss and everything.
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That's gonna be great.
And then the, the saddest partof the whole story is we never
get the mic to work.
So it wasn't a volume situation.
The mic died, right?
It was a dead battery.
The mic died, which shouldn'thave happened.
But it happened.
No, it happened.
So it died.
It died.
It happens once a year.
So here I am thinking that I'mjust gonna be like the world's
(11:56):
biggest star for 20 seconds as Iintroduce the halftime act and
the mic is just dead.
And so then I just do the walkof shame off the court, you
know?
Cause I was the shame off.
What?
No, I was on the camera.
For what felt like an eternity,just repeating the things and
then I start and I'm, I'm like,are people laughing at me?
What's going on?
I mean, I, again, I've been withMaverick, it could've been a
(12:16):
couple seconds, but it was sucha moment that it felt like
forever.
It felt like forever.
Oh, but the beauty of liveentertainment.
Of course we never want the micto die or ever wanna have audio
issues, but our PA announcer,Sean was there to jump right in.
Yeah.
So, so thankful for him.
If something like that was toever happen, Sean is right there
(12:38):
on the PA to jump right in andannounce the halftime.
Yeah, so that's what happened.
And eyes.
Thank goodness.
I mean, gosh, we didn't haveSean.
I know, but in our eyes it wassuch a moment, but, and I guess
in the fan's eyes, they would'venever known, right?
Because Sean just went rightahead.
Well they did see me on cameratrying over and over.
We did see you on camera.
They did see you on camera.
Right.
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So we did the best we could.
We have an amazing team and wedid try to, we do piece it back
together.
Sean saved the day.
I did the walk of shame off thecourt and you know, that was
that.
And those things do happen.
It's just they usually don'thappen when your boss and
everybody is there speaking.
Everybody being there.
also, we had some majorsuperstars in the house that
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night.
Superstars?
Yeah.
Oh my goodness.
Okay.
So o BJ was there.
Odell Beckham Jr.
For y'all, if y'all, y'all don'tknow his nickname.
He is an amazing football playerand he was there courtside and
he was with a couple of theCowboys players.
I think it was Trayvon Diggs andMicah Parsons.
Yes.
And I think what was going onwas they were trying to woo him.
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To become a Dallas Cowboy.
Right.
Because, I mean, I think he'scurrently not with a team.
He was in town.
Yes, he's, right now he's a freeagent and he was in town on a
visit with the Cowboys.
So it was a kind of a big dealthat he showed up courtside in
front of everyone next to somestar cowboy players.
Right.
And we also put him on cameraand recognized him.
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So that was really cool.
I feel like the fans were likedefinitely the co-captains in
this situation because theywere.
Want him.
They were going crazy for o bj.
I saw o bj signs in the, in theaudience.
I'm like, what is happening?
How did everybody know?
A great moment.
Yeah.
(14:21):
I mean someone leaked.
I'm that, I'm not sure.
Yeah, someone definitely leakedthat.
I think I saw like BleacherReport post about it first.
But yes, the fans were goingcrazy.
And then can we just talk.
I'm sitting in our entertainmenttunnel.
So across the way is where o, BJand some cowboys players are.
Yes.
And I mean this is like on thecomplete opposite side of the
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court.
They were next to the sun'sbench, right?
Yes.
They were like the four seats.
Oh, right, right.
Which I think those are JerryJones seats actually.
So I think they were in hisseat.
Really?
Yeah.
So he's next to the visitors.
I didn't know that.
And yes, right there.
Okay.
And they had amazing seats.
I mean, oh the, I mean the best.
They were right there by thescores table.
Right?
But speaking up, I'm lookingover and I am seeing these like
(15:07):
blinging diamonds and I'm like,who is this?
Do you know who else was at thegame?
Who, which no one ever talkedabout.
Corey Gamble.
Who's that?
Chris, Allie What?
Chris Jenner's boyfriend?
No.
Do we not watch Keeping Up WithThe Kardashians?
I mean I, oh my gosh, that wasChris.
(15:27):
Oh my gosh.
Jenner's boyfriend there.
Yes, that was him.
OJ and the two bj.
And the two Kai was, and y'all,when I tell you these diamonds
were shining like shine brightlike a diamond because.
I can't even guess how muchthose necklaces cost.
Oh, I know, but you wereamazing.
Could literally see themshining.
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I know.
Insane.
But I think I was more likewooed by him being at the game.
And I was also curious, likemaybe he was at the game because
Kendall and Devin date, so I'mnot sure.
Oh, tie there.
Okay.
Right.
Yes, that is, we think they'reso together.
You're so hip.
Excuse me, I didn't know thatabout you.
You're not.
I try to keep up with it.
I know Producer Nicole with allthe good tidbits of information
(16:11):
today.
I love it.
yeah, it was just really cool tosee, all those guys there.
It was so cool to see all thefans cheering for him, trying to
get him to join the team.
I know that would just be, yes.
For Star Power for the DallasCowboys.
Yes.
The fans were going, goingcrazy.
Yeah.
And that one moment, the whole obj.
Oh, BJ broke out and it wascrazy.
(16:31):
No, it was so cool.
I was like, wow, we're reallydoing this.
They put him on camera, like Ifeel like it was really a great
moment for him and a greatmoment.
Hopefully it helps him make hisdecision if he wants to meet the
Dallas Cowboys or not.
I know he's, Hey, he did thelatest that I know he left
Dallas still as a free agent,but who knows who's to say
what's gonna happen, right.
I think that it was mainly dueto his avail.
(16:53):
Availability, right.
To play the rest of the season.
But I think still he'sdefinitely somebody that a lot
of teams and coaches are lookingat.
Yeah.
So fingers crossed, maybe we'llsee OBJ in Dallas.
I know.
That would be so great.
And just to, yeah, just toreiterate the fact.
That like I, now I under, okay,so now the diamonds thing is
making sense because I was like,wow, this is just a lot of
(17:15):
diamonds in one, you know, inone foul Swop.
And he, like Nicole said, wewere all the way across the
court and it was just like, youcould barely even look onto the
court cuz they were just blind.
You, I don't know.
How are the players like, not,excuse me.
Can you turn your flash of yourdiamonds off please?
Cause the flash is blinding me.
We talk all the time about thelights underneath, the
scoreboard.
(17:35):
Yes.
And how bright it is really onthe court with those players
playing.
Yeah.
And I'm like, okay, I thinkthese diamonds might top, I know
they just need, they just need,can we borrow your diamonds and
hang'em from the court so we canget enough light on here?
Okay.
Talking about the Cowboysplayers being there, let's take
it back to you and I at aCowboys game and.
(17:56):
What that show is like.
Okay.
So that show, just to let y'allknow, that show is totally
different than what we do at theDallas Cup.
Way different.
Way different.
Yes.
Um, so this is a three or fourhour, depending on what time
kickoff is live show whereNicole, is the producer of that
show as well slash stagemanager.
So you have a lot going on forthat show cause you have to
(18:17):
handle a lot.
Not just in charge of me.
All the games come through,right?
Yes.
So this, it's a really, reallycool show.
Yeah, it's okay.
So just to paint the picture,it's outside on the East Plaza,
which is the east side of thestadium.
This is where we get a lot oftraffic coming in.
Yes.
And and I was gonna say, if youfind yourself at the Cowboys
game, make sure to enter throughthe east.
Hi, to come see and all.
(18:38):
Exactly.
And we have a great team overthere.
And so we have a pretty largestage there.
It's nonstop.
We have an amazing dj, DJElusive, he's awesome.
Just have a great team overthere.
All, everybody, you know, fromall the stage, hands, sound,
everything, it's a, it's a hugeproduction over there as well.
Everything with the DallasCowboys is always a big
production, but it's alwaysexcellent.
(18:59):
They have the best of.
And so I've been with theCowboys now for, I don't know,
6, 7, 8 seasons, and then welose track of time.
But I've been hosting the showand I have so much fun cuz we,
like at the Mavericks, it's veryscripted and regimented and it's
very strict.
Like the timeouts are like, youknow, Two minutes.
It has to be.
It has to be, yes.
(19:20):
If anybody knows the game ofnba, it has to be that way.
Timeouts are super strategic.
Right.
Okay.
And now with our show where thepre-game show, we're just
rolling for three hours live.
So we have a lot of like timewhere we can just do anything
that we think is gonna be goodand entertaining and fun.
And of course we do get ascript, from the Cowboys telling
us what we need to do that dayand we get reads and all kinds
(19:41):
of things, but we have a littlebit more, a lot of.
if that's a word, freedom at theDallas Cowboys Show.
So we're outside.
It's really fun.
We're in the elements.
Sometimes it's freezing,sometimes it's windy, sometimes
it's raining, sometimes it'ssuper sunny and hot.
You never, you never know whatyou're gonna get.
It's Texas.
We never know what kinda, it'shot.
Yeah, it's a lot y'all.
You never know what kind ofweather we're gonna get, but, We
(20:01):
always make sure to, reallybring our best, our A game for
that as well, because you justnever know who's gonna pop in,
pop by, walk by.
You just wanna make sure you're,you are creating the atmosphere
that all the fans feel beforethey enter the stadium.
So it's a really, it'simportant.
Like you can't just be outthere.
Big deal.
You gotta be, yeah.
(20:23):
you know, you gotta have a lotof energy.
You gotta bring it, checkeverybody.
Get everybody excited for thegame.
Yeah.
And bringing the energy into thestadium.
Exactly.
So it is a big deal.
And I mean, talk about the, Ilike the things that we have
going on in the pregame show.
We always have our DallasCowboys cheerleaders.
Yes.
We got the D C R B and theDallas Cowboys Rookie squad.
(20:44):
We always have a rowdyappearance, so we have a ton
going on.
Yeah.
And we have so much fun doingit.
And just like Allie said, wehave the best team.
Yeah.
By the way, um, rowdy is ourmascot and he.
He's, he's a star.
Best in his own.
He's a star.
I mean, when Rowdy hits thestage, it is like, I don't know,
I'm gonna say Britney Spears.
I don't even know if that'ssomeone who's really popular,
(21:05):
but it is like a, Taylor Swiftis here.
Like it is a big deal.
Very true.
I mean, all the fans are, youknow, rush the stage.
They wanna get their picturewith him.
So shout out Rowdy fan.
Yes.
Cause he's really just made animpression, like, people just
love him.
People love Rowdy, they get.
For Rowdy.
Yeah, they do.
Did I just make that up?
I dunno.
(21:26):
That's, that could be hiscatchphrase.
Let me write that down.
Rowdy for Rowdy.
We'll do, we'll use that nextgame.
But yes, give me some.
It's just a super fun show andwe love being a part of it.
Actually, uh, by the way, I wasgonna tell you we are not
friends anymore because theother Yeah, the other day y'all
listen to this story, listen tohow Nicole did me wrong as my
(21:46):
stage manager slash producer forthe Cowboys Show.
So I was running a little bitbehind that day and, I had put
my makeup on quickly and washustling to, I, I'm a planner.
So we had a lot going on.
We were doing like N F L fan ofthe year out there.
We had Captain Morgan and also,yes, we have a lot of people in
the house, but I do wanna justtouch on that.
Me and you are both planners.
(22:07):
Yes.
We like to have everything gosmoothly and everything lined up
right.
There is a train going by in mylittle small town and uh,
there's nothing I can do aboutit.
Hopefully he doesn't too.
His horn too long.
But this sounds like when thehelp boys make a, make, you
know, a touchdown, atouchdown's.
Perfect timing.
So just to, to basically sayNicole and I are planners, we.
(22:30):
Though we, um, do a lot ofthings off the cuff, it may seem
that way.
It's not in reality because herand I like to know what's going
on.
We like to have things writtendown.
We like to meet with anyone wecan meet with.
We like to get all theinformation.
We don't that work so welltogether.
We don't like surprises.
Some, some people are very easybreezy and like they're just go
(22:51):
with the flow and you know,just, no.
We're like, no.
We wanna know the who, what,when, where, how.
We wanna know where everyone'ssupposed to be.
We need to know where's thecamera, who's coming out to
shoot it.
Like where are the lights?
We need to know all the things.
Yes, yes.
So with that, so with that beingsaid, you missed a major detail
here.
I know.
Okay.
I know.
So lemme just tell y'all whathappened.
(23:11):
So I have my makeup on.
Like I said, it was a big, itwas a big show because we had a
lot going on and mostimportantly we were doing the N
F L Fan of the Year promotion,which is really, really cool.
We can, we can talk to you moreabout that another time, but
some, yes, yes.
Such a cool promotion that wasgoing on.
Plaza and they were entrustingme with a lot of information.
They wanted me to, you know,interview him and do a lot of
(23:31):
things.
I ha I wanted to make sure allthat was going on.
So, anyways, put the makeup onand I'm starting to meet with
different people before theshow, just kind of clearing my
head, making notes, figuring outwhat's going on.
So I'm talking to CaptainMorgan.
They have two reps.
I'm going over and talking tosome ac, other activation
people.
I'm, I, you know, I'm havingbreakfast with everybody.
Okay.
All.
Then, then I walk into our tent,right?
(23:56):
We have this small tent where Ican go in and get dressed and
changed and um, get my makeup onand all that kind of things.
And in there was one of themascots who is on the East
Plaza.
And so I'm having a conversationwith him.
I pop open my compact to just,you know, do a little touch up.
Y'all.
I had contoured my face rightquickly in the bathroom inside
the stadium.
I forgot to blend out thecontour on my nose.
(24:21):
Okay?
So I had like runway strips downmy nose, dark.
You know it ladies, you knowwhat the contour is?
Hey, couldn't even tell.
Hold on guys, I couldn't eventell.
So Nicole, let me for a good 30to 45.
Walking.
I mean, I think we had like a 30minute conversation.
Just me and you.
(24:41):
Oh my gosh.
She let me walk all around thestadium, all around the plaza,
talked to all these importantpeople with two stripes going
down my nose that luckily thearmadillo, as I was talking to
him, I was like, oh my gosh,what's this?
He was just sign languaging.
He was going, yeah, what?
What's this?
And I.
Of all the people in my universeright now, the armadillo mascot,
(25:05):
who's there for one of, I thinkit's Reliant Energy, one of the
sponsors.
Yes.
He's there for them.
He beebo around the plaza.
He's the one to tell me what'son your nose, Allie, what's on
your nose?
Okay.
I don't know.
Let me look.
Oh my gosh.
It's my contour, you guys.
I was mortified.
I mean, Nicole said she didn'tnotice, but let me just tell
(25:26):
you, as someone who's I did notnotice That's your job to
notice.
I'm, so, anyways, I went, it'swent straight to you.
And I was like, we are notfriends anymore.
Like this is, you know, nextlevel.
You let me do that.
I, and I had no clue what shewas talking about.
Oh my gosh.
I'm sorry Allie.
I will make sure moving forwardthat everything is intact.
(25:49):
Yes, y'all, I have your back.
It is a lot, y'all.
I have a lot going a on beforeall these, all these different
things that we do and theslightest little thing like that
just made and, and we laughedabout it.
Oh my gosh.
We laughed and laughed cuz Ijust thought I cannot believe
that I, how many people?
Oh my gosh.
I'm going back through how manypeople I talked to.
You know, random differentthings leading up to that point.
(26:09):
But thank goodness for thearmadillo.
Like round of applause for him.
I know he just brought it homefor me.
He saved the day and um, we goteverything.
Oh, it is a lot.
We laugh so much though.
I will say that we have so manyfunny.
Stories.
I know so much happens.
It's so great and I mean, that'swhat this podcast is really
gonna be about moving forward.
(26:29):
Nicole and I always get intothese, you know, really fun
situations that we just thinksometimes you gotta hear the
behind the scenes stuff, youknow?
I know, like, I mean, like Isaid, in in, in front of the
scenes, everything may looklike.
I don't know, what is the word?
Ponies and butterflies, butreality is, it's a lot's going
on.
It's a lot y'all.
So, um, Hey, Jamaya, y'all.
(26:50):
Yeah.
I feel like, you know, we did agood job covering all the things
we wanted to talk about and justrolling through.
And if y'all, you know,Hopefully you've made it this
far, right?
I mean, you're at the niceHopefully you're with us.
You're still with us here.
Um, cuz it's just gonna be somuch fun.
And we are of course on all thesocial media platforms at It's a
(27:11):
lot y'all.
So you can find us on Instagram,on TikTok, Facebook on
Instagram's gonna be really coolthough, cuz that's what we're
gonna throw up most of our likebehind the scenes stuff.
Stories.
Mm-hmm.
um Things that go on where wecan reference like, Hey, go
check our stories, because wejust post it about such and such
story we just told inside.
Look.
Yeah.
An inside look.
And that's gonna be the best wayto reach you or I,, I know, you
(27:33):
know, hopefully we'll getquestions as the audience grows.
People wanna be more involvedand come see us.
If they're at AABs game or at aCowboys game, we would love to
see y'all.
yeah, I mean thank y'all so muchfor joining us in this first
episode, Nicole.
I mean, We did it.
We did it.
We got the first one under thebelt.
We are here.
We're here y'all, but we arehere.
(27:54):
Yes.
It's a lot y'all.
We are here.
We're gonna be here throughoutall this, you know, the, the
rest of the cowboy season.
The maverick season.
A lot going on.
Thank y'all so much forlistening and don't forget to
please.
Subscribe and like this podcast.
Give us a review.
Five stars.
We need five stars.
I feel like it's our first one.
We need stars like we did.
(28:15):
Five Star Entertainment.
Five.
Five stars.
Exactly.
Thank y'all so much for joiningus and we'll talk to you next
time.
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