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Ever feel like cultural heritage months fly by without their due recognition? Well, not on our watch! We unravel the significance of cultural celebrations like Black History Month and the curious absence of corresponding days off for Hispanic Heritage Month. We dive into the discussion with gusto, examining how corporations observe holidays like Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Day – all while gearing up for a football showdown that promises to keep tensions high and spirits even higher.
We also bid farewell to actor Carl Weathers better known as Apollo Creed, Greef Karga, or simply Dylan, after passing away at the age of 76.

Imagine a world where every twist in the sports realm has a ripple effect on your day-to-day - welcome to that reality as we dissect the chaos an injury to a star athlete can cause in fantasy football. But it's not all sports talk; your opinions fuel our fire, and we cherish the reviews that both applaud and challenge us. From the rise and fall of fleeting fads to the call for evergreen content, we're dissecting society's trends and the genuine impact they have on our collective psyche.

As we wrap up, we don't shy away from the tougher conversations. We probe into the influence of political figures and policies, not just as talking points, but as pivotal factors shaping everyday decisions and voter behavior. And what's a discussion without a little flair from the world of celebrities and athletes? We pay homage to Apollo Creed's legacy, throw in our two cents on Super Bowl predictions, and consider the rapid ascent of stars like Patrick Mahomes. All while honoring the indelible imprint of Black culture – a tapestry we're proud to unfurl in this month-long salute. Tune in for an episode that's as culturally rich as it is entertaining! #taylorswift #carlweathers #donaldtrump #apollocreed #usher #patrickmahomes

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2. Apollo Creed's character
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My man, ant.
Hello.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
2024 is here 2024, we in February.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Right, do we do an episode in January?
Yeah, alright, so this is thefirst episode of February.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (00:23):
Alright, well, happy black history, my brother.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Why?
Thank you Our toe.
Just kind of weird that youonly have like two black.
Is that racist?
No, not really.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Just like you got two Like Texas friends like yo
happy black history month.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Kind of Cause like how many friends that you know
have ever sent you a Texan happyHispanic heritage month.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
Never, not one Exactly.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
And like we always got to feel specialist black
people.
Hey man, y'all got your month.
Congratulations.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah, but we don't even get days off for our month.
Yeah, motherfuckers get daysoff.
Well, in some companies, likemy company, they'll give us like
Juneteenth off, they'll give uslike Martin Luther King off.
You know what I'm saying?
There's a few days off inFebruary too.
That we'll get.
We don't get shit for Hispanicheritage.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
I mean, you get presidents day off, but
everybody does.
What's that shit?

Speaker 1 (01:14):
to do with Latinos.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Are you trying to tell Latinos that you need to
step it up?

Speaker 1 (01:19):
We probably need to start advocating and get some
days off.
The problem is, there's so manyof us you know what I'm saying
they're gonna have to give usCinco de Mayo.
They're gonna have to giveevery country the independence
day.
Before you know it, we got awhole month off.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
All.
They give you all the money.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
We need an extra 30 days off in the year.
Y'all get parades, that's it.
That's it, that's all y'all get.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Y'all get parades.
Border can day parade Everyonegets a parade.
You don't get a day off.
Maybe it's a good thing, Idon't know.
But the bad thing aboutFebruary is that you get that
one day off, probably forpresident's day, because March
is a slog dog.
Ain't no days off, ain't noholidays or nothing.
That's your street.
That sucks.
I hate that.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Yo, let's shout out the Patriots, the coach, the
crew, before we get started.
Start off first and foremostwith D-Block Hedwig.
Shout out to Melly Mel.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
Rewind.
You said he took me up in thatbed, right.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
No, we'll get to that .

Speaker 2 (02:18):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Shout out to Tosh.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
See, no, no, no See.
That's how I know we recordedthis year Because of that bed.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
See, right, oh, you're right.
Shout out to Anonymous, akaShell, remain Nameless.
Shout out to my man, mikeySheet this baby getting biggest
fuck, and on purpose.
Last but not least, thisgentleman changed his name again
.
He does his yearly, so he's nolonger King Kaiser III.
We are now to refer thisculture crew member as your

(02:50):
Excellency Arthur Kaiser, thechef featuring D-Block killer.
And, since you brought it up,he is the same gentleman that
won our fantasy football leagueand, yes, he did accept your bet
that you made on the lastepisode, where you challenged
him to $100 a pop for each gamethat you guys will face each

(03:12):
other.
Is that correct, mm-hmm?
So he accepts your challenge.
We will make sure that you guysare on opposite divisions so
that you can meet twice in theseason and you can either split
100 or somebody can take home200.
Good luck.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
Right.
So the league is the leaguethat's outside of it.
So if we split it, nobody winsanything, right, because I will.
You will win 100, then I willbeat you and then I'll be 100,
so everything breaks even.
So what we're saying is thatyour team is going to be so good
that you can maybe beat metwice, or maybe beat you twice.
So, whatever this shit is goingto be on in the league, get

(03:49):
extra $200 on top of it.
I'm cool with that.
So that way it won't be notiebreakers, no splits.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
No, there's no.
It could be a split, it couldbe, it could be, it might be
that.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
But the whole point is that you're not going to have
.
It's not going to happen, man,because either he's going to
lose twice or I'm going to losetwice.
We ain't splitting shit.
I feel comfortable saying thatwe not doing that.
You see, he wasn't even thatgood.
That's the bad part.
He's talking shit.
His team wasn't good.
He only beat you because yourquarterback had a shitty day
that day Outside of that.

Speaker 1 (04:19):
He still did.
He still finished with morepoints than me and he finished
with a better record than me.
But okay, so he sustained allkinds of injuries.
Bro, His starting quarterbackwas Aaron Rodgers.
Remember that he went downright away and he had to pivot.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
And my argument about the whole playoff thing was
this the whole point is to getinto the playoffs.
What you did in the recordseason doesn't matter.
If you got into the playoffswith an 8-8 record, like in real
life, you got to the playoffs.
I don't care what happenedaround you, you was there.
So we're saying the same thingwith this, but I expect to make
the playoffs not to say anythingbold or something to that
degree, just more in the senselike I've been there a plenty of

(04:54):
time, that's haven't won itRight Even now, same thing Then
the year before a tragicincident causes that to happen.
Okay, so this is what we'redoing, but it's fine, man.
So what's today is the 4th ofFebruary.
Let me make a note of thatright now so we can rewind back
to the 7th, but I didn't do ityet.
Yes, the fuck, you did.

Speaker 1 (05:16):
We good, alright.
Well, before we continue intothe topics that we have today,
we have some new reviews.
It's been a little while sincesomebody left a review.
Alright, we got three of them.
I'll read the first one bysomebody.
It was left on January 3rd bysomebody by the name of Fallible

(05:36):
man On Apple podcast.
So fallible man.
He says well done, a little hipfor me, but very relevant
discussions and topics.
The show is well done and has aunique vibe to it a good
conversation.
Thank you, fallible man.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
What that fella's older who the fuck says hip he
says we're too hip for him, buthe still likes the show.

Speaker 1 (06:00):
I'm mad at it.

Speaker 2 (06:01):
I'm not mad.
It's just weird to say likeit's just a little bit too
swaggy for me.

Speaker 1 (06:06):
The next one was left on January 2nd by somebody by
the name of C2DN the letter C,the number two, the word the and
the letter N, c2dn.
On Apple podcast as well.
They said date night ideas.
This is a fun podcast with somesolid information.
I appreciated the episode aboutdate night ideas.

(06:27):
I think Cheesecake Factory is agood date spot for sure.
Lol, keep up the awesomecontent in 2024.
Remember that episode?
We was talking about howshorties didn't want you taking
them to the Cheesecake Factory.

Speaker 2 (06:40):
Right, but the thing is that it's so many ideas and
regards like okay, the thing Idon't really like about society
is that that was a really,really big thing.
Then it just disappears, mm-hmm.

Speaker 1 (06:52):
It's like was it?
That's?
That's the.
That's the era we're living in.
Every it's.
This is the microwave era.
Yeah, recycle information realquick.
You know, I'm saying you get,you absorb it real quick, boom.
That's why artists have to dropsongs weekly.
That you know, I mean that's whycontent creators have to
constantly put out shit theyshouldn't Know.

(07:12):
It wasn't like that.
When we was growing up, I knowwe sat with a book, we sat with
a magazine, we sat with an albumwhen it came out and we, you
know I'm saying we absorbed itfor a month or two, you know, I
mean before the next thing cameout.
Now it's like I couple minutesboom next on to the next thing.

Speaker 2 (07:27):
You know what it is.
It's like you know the wholething going over the Stanley Cup
joint no okay.
So there is a cup, 40 ounce cup, greater box cup, called
Stanley cup, costs about $45.

Speaker 1 (07:43):
Oh, yeah, so my sister's obsessed with them
shits.

Speaker 2 (07:46):
They're expensive as fuck for no reason right, you
can get the same quality cup forsame lesser price.
It's just an insulatedstainless steel mug, right?

Speaker 1 (07:54):
I read it story they have accessories for these shits
too.
You could bedazzle them, youcould put this on, you could put
a keychain, you could put acell phone holder stickers,
whatever the fuck.

Speaker 2 (08:03):
This is crazy but I read a story with I think it
might have been in Alabama whenit was a kid whose parents
bought him $3,000 worth of cupsof all colors and everything
else like that, just to have.
And I'm like it's like ifsomeone has like an extensive
car collection, you can onlydrive one car.
You only have one cup if youwant to put into a bunch of them

(08:26):
.
But it's like this is liketheir Pokemon cars, I guess,
which is dumb.
Like cuz, it's a cup.
It's not gonna create value,anything else like that.
But like, how much different isthis than that Popeyes chicken
shit?
Like, when that sandwich cameout, like people's, I did.
People's I did actuallyfighting and getting in.
You know these things over afucking sandwich, not it doing

(08:49):
over like a cup.
Like people are rushing storesasking people like it's a cup.
Like the stupid thing about theword viral is that.
Is there any other point inyour life where the word viral
means something good's gonnahappen?
No, right, just this.
Like oh, it's gone.
Viral.
Like I don't want nothing viral, trust me.
Like flu Covid, but whatever, Idon't want viral like.

(09:09):
I want that eliminated from mypersonal lexicon, because the
whole idea of saying that thisis a thing and it's gonna be a
thing for now it disappears.
That's why we go back to thethe date night thing.
It disappears.
It is something that theconversation didn't get wiped
away, kind of same thing withcontent.
I don't listen to Podcasts orother shows when there's kind of

(09:34):
just doing things for the sakeof doing things, to kind of keep
up in the rumor mill or keep upwith the Churn of society.
It's fine if you do it as aweekly thing and kind of talk
about the week's events, allright, cool.
But the thing when people likeI need to create content, to
create content like that's nofun.
They just saying stuff to saystuff because you want to get
things done.
It should be something thatCreates conversation.
Like I would never talk about a70 cup shit here because I just

(09:55):
kind of explain it to you.
It's kind of stupid.
But I we're talking about itright.
We're not having what we'rehaving, like an in-depth
discussion about like this is aStanley Cup.
This is stupid.
Let's move on like that.

Speaker 1 (10:06):
It's fine by me and then we have another review by
somebody by the name ofAnonymous, andrew.
All right, anonymous Andrew.
He says love this podcast.
He gave it five stars.
He says Jeff and Anthony Allright, dynamic duo when hosting
these, this podcast.
Some amazing insights into thehip-hop community and pop
culture events.
Well, not a hip-hop fan, norrap, nor do I know the

(10:29):
difference, it doesn't matterwhat.
Listening to this podcast, Ifound the episode.
I found the episode with JadaPinkett Smith very interesting,
and also the episode about thelist when not to bring your
first date.
Very well done, these guys areprofessionals.
The audio is done Well.
The show notes are impeccable.
Give this product a listen, asI thought I wouldn't be
interested and now I'm afollower.

(10:49):
Good job, guys.

Speaker 2 (10:51):
I know we shouldn't like insult the people that are
writing comments.
Thank you, how much, how muchyou?

Speaker 1 (10:54):
paying.
I'm not paying nobody for noreviews man.

Speaker 2 (10:58):
He's like man I don't know shit about hip-hop, but
man, but I like this shit.
Yeah, cuz, cuz.
I mean I guess the date thingkind of stuck, cuz it's like
that whole conversation was done, like they had a whole list of
places you don't want to go.
Okay, just give me a list ofplaces that you do want to go
and let me take a look at, let'ssee if they're reasonable.
Like what do you want to go fordinner?
I want to go to dinner Dubai.
No, no, no, no.

(11:19):
No.
You you want to grill cheese,some shit like that.
Let's start at the bottom, workour way up, because I was
enough for that degree doesn'tneed to be that.

Speaker 1 (11:26):
So you also got to understand that there's people
that'll just you know Whetherthey're driving, truck drivers
or whatever the case may be.
There's people that'll go intoyou know Apple podcast or
whatever you know platform theyuse and just scroll and try to
find something they like.
You know what I mean.
They'll just listen to podcast,and there's a lot of them, and
then you know they might stumbleupon our shit and be like, ah,
this is interesting or whatever.

(11:47):
It was fun.

Speaker 2 (11:48):
We would be so successful in like Making money
if we were just like far rightring and it was like a black guy
to smash guy just talking aboutthe ails or shit.
Like I can't stand black butnot doing better like You're
pretty sure you need to vote forTrump.

Speaker 1 (12:05):
Trump did more for the black community than any
politician in history.

Speaker 2 (12:09):
We'll get a rating, we'll get a rating, that's some
shit like don't don't say thatbecause I want your man to come
on here and talk His point, so Idon't want to speak about him.

Speaker 1 (12:15):
He said he's down to come on around election time, so
I guess towards the end of theyear it's fine, I don't want to
be one thing.

Speaker 2 (12:22):
You start talking that crazy shit like you know
what, because all this thisstuff with the Mexicans and
January 6th it was, it was all aguppin plot.

Speaker 1 (12:30):
And someone just in driving just turning up like
you're preaching the brother,like the integrity of the show,
though I'm gonna need you topromise me that you're not gonna
insult the fucking guest.
Bro, I don't know, regardlessif you agree or disagree with
their opinions or views.
You know I mean why do you not?
Insult our guests.

Speaker 2 (12:49):
What?
Why had the asset of the guestthat we have, have I insulted
any of them?

Speaker 1 (12:53):
No, but Instead you've just been silent.
The old, the old saying if youdon't got nothing nice to say,
don't say none, as usually you.
When we have a guest that youdon't agree with, you just sit
there quiet.
Oh, I don't know shit.
I doesn't help the show either.

Speaker 2 (13:08):
I know, but I've been letting guests cook, but then I
learned my lesson to startsaying shit and interceding.
Come on, we had conspiracy, doit.
I think it was just yapping.
He just kept going like bro,like what did you?
Like?
Yeah, yeah, I understandsomebody.
Like, yeah, next episode.
Just like press fast for it,all right, but I don't.
I think the people don't quiteunderstand that Just because you
support a particular candidatemeans to have a picture with you

(13:29):
, personally or professionallyor Any wise.
This is your, this is who youview as you feel should be the
leader of this country.
I would just like to understandhow you got to that point, or
what is it that is such adrawing point?
I don't think that biden wouldbe that great of a choice, but I
don't have much of anotherchoice.

(13:50):
And, like I said, he ain'tbought my void yet.
He got a couple more months toget the student shit.
Student loan should take careof him.
You do that, I'm easy.
He's bought me.
If I say dog, I see 10 grandright.
Right, you went with 10 grand astudent.

Speaker 1 (14:04):
So what if trump comes and says you know what?
Biden ain't do it, but I'ma doit?
First thing I'ma do is heraised to the debt.
You gonna vote for him, Maybegod damn.

Speaker 2 (14:13):
Because, because we don't really vote, I don't vote
alone.
Party lines, everyone votesalone in self-interest, everyone
.
That's a fact.

Speaker 1 (14:20):
We're not everyone, not everyone.
I'll correct more.
I think most people do, themajority of Americans do the
mayor in your town, right, andhe's a lot of people do not all
right.

Speaker 2 (14:30):
So the mayor clifton, like I'm running on this
campaign where I'm going likeand you might not like the guy
personally at all, I think theperson running for office is a
terrible human being.
They say I think we need to dosomething to switch this economy
.
So what we're going to do,we're going to raise taxes by 8%
.
But what we're going to do isgive every person A $500 monthly

(14:52):
stipend for the next 12 monthsjust to see if that helps them
out.
We do sign up for that.
How much they're gonna give?

Speaker 1 (14:59):
500,000 month to every resident per person, not
per household.
Per help offset the increase intaxes.

Speaker 2 (15:08):
Right, because I'm we're going to raise taxes, but
what we want to do is that wewant to try to stimulate the
economy.

Speaker 1 (15:14):
I feel like that's what the stimulus checks are.
I feel like that's what Bidenand Trump did with the stimulus
checks and every other president.
They send us them, those, youknow, the little money To keep
us happy for a little bit right,but that was for we deal with
inflation and tax increases inthe housing fucking market Right
but that's for $100, that for ayear, so $500 per person for 12

(15:35):
months.
$6,000 a person, oh you mean amonth, every month, right, I'm
not I think I'm a sign off forthat 500,000 month for the next
12 months.

Speaker 2 (15:44):
That'll definitely offset the increase in tax.
Right right, we're going to runa program because I think most
people are aware that if theygive you that money, you're not
going to save it.
You're probably going to spendthe shit which is they want to
put it right back into theeconomy.
They want to stimulate theeconomy, right?
So basically, like, uh, it'slike a gift card, it's like
having a gift card to target.
If I give it this gift card,you can't spend the shit nowhere

(16:04):
else, you got to spend in thattarget, but it would influence
your vote, right, yes, right.
So we all have our ownself-interest, the things that
speak towards us, the thingsthat we want to do.
If you have children, ifsomeone's speaking about child
care, you want to have that.
If you live in a dangerousneighborhood, someone speaking
about, uh, no law and order oryou know better, utilization of
the police or decreasingviolence, and to speak to you,

(16:25):
they all speak to you.
In some way.
You got to figure out what'smessage you want to take forward
.
So, the person that is a trumpsupporter I don't have, I won't
have a problem with them at allI just want to understand what
is the perspective you're seeingus at that believes that this
person should be the leader Ofthis country, not of a town, but
of the country, that's all soof course I've met minority
trump supporters.

Speaker 1 (16:43):
I've never, besides this one gentleman that I want
to get on, I've having.
I've never actually spoken to ablack trump supporter.
One of my friends is oh, really, yeah, okay, we get them on the
show too, shit, and we don't.
I'm curious to hear you know.

Speaker 2 (16:58):
I'm saying like their opinions, there they're
reasoning their logic and wedon't see eye to eye on it at
all.
But that don't mean I love themany less.
We just have that conversationlike okay, Help me understand.
Okay, but what about this?
But we try to do it in a senseof a conversation.
I'm not seeing here googlingshit.
But oh, but he said this or didthat.
Like, Help me see it from yourview.
Don't mean I'm going to agreewith it, but I want to

(17:19):
understand Maybe we get.

Speaker 1 (17:21):
Maybe we could get both of them on at the same time
.
Yeah, he availed so it don't.
So it don't seem like we'reganging up on them, you know.
I mean, it's like be two ofthem.

Speaker 2 (17:29):
They want to prick their brain, you're being.

Speaker 1 (17:31):
I'm not gonna saw it?
No, and I just want tounderstand, you know I mean.

Speaker 2 (17:34):
Yeah, I think what people don't quite grasp is that
there are people out there thatare real assholes about this
and get real sideways.
I mean, like I don't want toargue with you, I just want to
understand.
And if I can get that and inthe end we can still disagree,
that's fine.
But I still want to see what isyour perspective on it's, how,
what am I missing from whatyou're saying and what you're

(17:55):
doing?
That I'm not grasping.
And once they do select, okay,I get it.
I still disagree.
But I now understand yourperspective Doesn't mean it
dislike is a person just want toget up better grasp before all
this.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (18:06):
All right.
Well, let's, let's move along,man.
Let's then piece to my man,carl Weathers, just passed away
a couple days ago Aka ApolloCreed.
To me he's always going to beknown as Apollo Creed.
If you're a Mandalorian fan,you're gonna.
You know he's gonna be known toyou as grief and cargo.
Then I say that right.
He was also Dylan in thePredator.
No last name, he was just Dylan.

(18:28):
Dylan, you son of a bitch, youson of a bitch, and it was the
most explosive handshake in thehistory of cinema.

Speaker 2 (18:35):
The epitome of masculine handshaking, history
of handshakes Of all time.
Like who?
And the thing is, who shakeshands like that, like forearm
grasp.
Like Dylan, you, son of a beach.

Speaker 1 (18:48):
And then you hear that you see the two steroid ass
arms brolic and the camera justcloses up on it for like three
seconds.

Speaker 2 (18:54):
And it just arm wrestling in midair Like this is
weird.
This shit was goofy as hell.
So it's a brief cargo creed,depending on what age we're on.

Speaker 1 (19:05):
If you're probably black, he was in the new
Grunkowski commercial with theSuperbowl.
He was action Jackson.
He was a good actor, though,man.

Speaker 2 (19:14):
And he was funny because he was great happy humor
.

Speaker 1 (19:17):
He was a good actor.
I think he made that Rockyseries, bro Like he wasn't even
supposed to be the Apollo, itwas supposed to be a boxer.
What was his name?
Norton?

Speaker 2 (19:26):
Yeah, Ken Norton.

Speaker 1 (19:27):
Ken Norton was supposed to do it.
That shit wouldn't have beenright.

Speaker 2 (19:29):
Ken could not.
That's what he didn't do.
It yeah, man, yeah.
And then I saw a thing thatSufis Salon said he regretted
killing Apollo.

Speaker 1 (19:39):
That's always been the knock on the Rocky franchise
.
Like I feel like he killedeverybody off too quickly.
Like every movie, somebody getskilled off, right, you know
what I'm saying.

Speaker 2 (19:46):
Like but he said that when he regret it, he thought,
like you know, maybe Drago winsbut beats the living hell out of
him.
But he's like Leave himdisabled or something.
Right, right, he disabled orsomething after that.
So he becomes his Mickey, likethat.
But then the Creed franchisedoesn't work out if he's alive.

Speaker 1 (20:02):
Yeah, but also I think they've dropped the ball
but not being able to utilizehim in the Creed franchise.
I would have loved to see CarlWeathers more involved in the
Creed franchise.
Whether, as you know,flashbacks you know, michael B
Jordan is having a dream and hecomes out you know what I'm
saying In his dreams and givehim advice, or he just you know
he sees his ghost.

(20:23):
You know, somewhat like the wayRocky used to always see Mickey
, right?
Mickey used to always come upon Rocky and give him advice and
you know he would always talkto him in his mind or whatever
the fuck Right.
So if they did something likethat in Creed, where Michael B
Jordan is going through some andthen you see Carl Weathers
comes out and give his sonadvice, like look my son, you
know I wasn't in your life, butI'm here now and after life and

(20:44):
this is what you got to do.
You know what I'm saying.
You know shit like that.

Speaker 2 (20:48):
They don't do it, but they kind of do it and that's
like.
So there's three preys, right,yeah, right.
So they kind of do it in thefirst one and that's like, of
all the scenes and all thecreeds in my favorite one.
But all they do is show apicture of him.
I know like, but when he getsdropped, like like he hears his
mother talking, you see thepictures, he just like snaps out
of it.
He's like it just wakes up,like, like that's the thing,

(21:09):
like, like I want to beat himbut I want to supersede him.
Like he finally has this clearvision of Apollo Because, like I
said, he never saw, I meanoutside of video, he never
really saw his father fighting aring Right, but in a moment he
needed him Most, he sees hisfather pop up and just like
snaps back to life, like, oh,now he's alive, like, yeah,
that's great, but yeah, carlWeathers was.

Speaker 1 (21:29):
I mean, I don't know what the beef was between Carl
Weathers and Stallone, why hecouldn't use none of his footage
, because he didn't want himusing none of his footage.
So one picture is all they showin the entire creed franchise.

Speaker 2 (21:40):
Stallone, really, you know, stallone, really be on
some bullshit though.
Really, like, like, I'm gladthree he's not in it at all.
Like, you don't really need tobe the centerpiece of this shit.
Like, like, as a franchise, youmove forward without you
Because, like, because you'reold, how much more rocky do you
want If you wanted to?

Speaker 1 (21:56):
He could still be the trainer, though.
I mean, mickey was his trainer.
Mickey was old as fuck.
Mickey was like 80 years old,still training Rocky.

Speaker 2 (22:02):
He was, but the keys to the movie was always Rocky.
And then, like I said, mickeydies too, right?
Everyone in the rocket mix dead.
Apollo's dead, his wife's dead,his brother-in-law's dead, all
in person live is his son, is agrandson, grandson's
Grandchildren.

Speaker 1 (22:18):
Let's say that they don't even fuck with someone
that much he ain't even coolwith his son like that.

Speaker 2 (22:22):
No, it just popped up at the end of two, like he just
went to go see his grandkidsand shit like that.
That was it.
Like it's just not, it's afranchise that should let go
forward.
I'm like I don't know how, likeI know the ideas may be getting
the daughter involved, but I'mlike and I don't want to really
sound sexist about this but noone's really interested in

(22:43):
watching.
Well, they open the door forthat in the last one, right, I
know, I know.
And I'm just sayingunderstanding the kind of
general masculinity of a maleaudience.
They're really not going towant to watch twin box.
I know, I think it's a greatidea in theory.
Like I said, he's supposed tobe retired.
Then he kind of moves itforward, Sure.

Speaker 1 (23:06):
And the thing is, apollo, I don't know Creed's
character is based off ofMuhammad Ali Mm-hmm.
He's Muhammad Ali, basically,mm-hmm, the shit talker showman.
He was fast as a motherfucker,you know, nice as hell in the
ring and he gives a chance tothis dude who almost beats him.
You know what I'm saying.
He makes a name for himself.
In real life, muhammad Ali hasa daughter who's a boxer Mm-hmm

(23:28):
and the movie he has a son.
Now the son has a daughter youknow what I mean who's going to
eventually become a boxer.

Speaker 2 (23:34):
Yeah, because Apollo Creed was a dancing destroyer.
The Count of Monte Fisto myfavorite name, the Count of
Monte Fisto that's dope, butthat's the whole thing he's
based off of him.
But I'd never really likedRocky because it seemed
unrealistic Because, like I said, he's a boxer a little, while
the whole idea of someone takingthat kind of punishment and
still being alive, nah.

Speaker 1 (23:54):
He had like 10 tag names.
It was like the Sultan of Swapor something.

Speaker 2 (23:57):
Yeah, the Dancing Destroyer, the Count of Monte
Fisto, he's running them all off, but he's facing Drago.
Right, he had like eight namesof like y'all still ain't
finished, yet he like do youhave enough names Like you?

Speaker 1 (24:09):
know who came out with.
Who's the dude he came out with?
Uh?

Speaker 2 (24:13):
Apollo.
Apollo came out with Rocky.

Speaker 1 (24:16):
I'm saying when.
Who was performing when he cameout?
Oh, james Brown.
He comes out with James Brown,comes out with like 10 different
nicknames and he gets killed inlike two rounds.

Speaker 2 (24:25):
That's what I'm saying.
It was the King of Sting, theDancing Destroyer, the Prince of
Punch, the Count of Monte Fistoand the Master of Disaster.
Nah, I think you're missingsomething.

Speaker 1 (24:33):
I think there was like the Sultan of something.

Speaker 2 (24:35):
I don't care, those are great names.
Yeah, they are.

Speaker 1 (24:38):
Those are good ass names, bro.

Speaker 2 (24:40):
Those are great names , man, and, like I said, I
remember him.
That's probably second for whatI remember him for.
I remember him mostly probablyfrom Happy Gilmore, I'm sorry,
just having chubs, the guy withthe wooden hand.
It's hilarious to me.
It doesn't get funny, spokenlike a true asshole Trying to
teach happy how to golf.
Like stupid, it's tapping andtapping, all right.

Speaker 1 (25:01):
So let's stick to sports.
We got the Super Bowl coming upin a couple weeks and we got to
do our Super Bowl predictions,do it.
But also I find it funny thatyou know, I mean, we're excited
for Usher doing the halftime andI would have definitely much
rather see him than Taylor Swift.
But Taylor Swift was the NFL'sfirst choice when they were

(25:23):
calling up people to see whowanted to participate in the
Super Bowl halftime.
They called her first because,besides Bad Bunny, she is, you
know, the most popular artist inthe world.
Is that safe to say?

Speaker 2 (25:35):
Fair enough.

Speaker 1 (25:36):
She turns it down right.

Speaker 2 (25:38):
Which I would have to Fuck.

Speaker 1 (25:39):
Yeah, I'm not doing it, which I would have to.
Proceeds to start dating TravisKelsey, tight end of the Kansas
City Chiefs.
Kansas City Chiefs are now inthe Super Bowl again.
Thank you, patrick, we're goingto see her now in the Super
Bowl, anyways.

Speaker 2 (25:56):
No, she's going to be the biggest story Because the
reason why, right, she's goingto be the biggest story Her
getting there is a bigger storyBecause she has a performance, I
think at Japan, so she wouldhave to leave that performance
after it's done the next daybefore right.
To the little fly that she hadthe basic helicopter from
wherever she's performing to theairport, from the airport to

(26:18):
fly over to Las Vegas.
It's easier because it's on theWest Coast, so it's easier for
her to get there to try to makeit in time for the school, both.
So don't be surprised if yousee like a Taylor watch, like
Taylor's leaving.
Taylor's performing in Japan,taylor's leaving now Taylor's on
the private jet, taylor'sheading up.
She's here, folks, and I and Iget it and I get it.

(26:39):
I understand because she's mostpopular star in the world,
because we would do the samething.
It feels Michael Jackson, ifMichael Jackson really were like
, oh, I don't know, let's say,michael Jackson's cousin Happen
to be a running back for someteam making a Super Bowl, if he
said this is my family member, Ireally want to be there and I'm
going to do this.
We would do the same thingbecause that's the level that

(27:00):
she's on.

Speaker 1 (27:01):
We might not want to admit that doesn't make it any
less cringe, though.

Speaker 2 (27:05):
It doesn't, but the whole thing is like that.
This is the world that we livein with.
We're entertained by thesethings of Not her being there,
but just the process of herbeing there, like it's you know.
It's like you know how, aroundChristmas time, they always have
the thing for the Santa Tracker.
Yeah, you can see exactly wherehe's at watching the thing.

(27:27):
It'll be that, clearly, it'llbe that and it's fine, because
we have to be entertainedsomehow, because this game seems
like it's gonna be prettyfucking boring.
It's not anything against theteams like Patrick.
My home is just that good.
He's there all the time.
You know this, cuz you don'tdislike him.
When the Patriots made it, youreally wanted Brady to lose, but
Patrick's Like.

(27:48):
I just need.

Speaker 1 (27:49):
I just, I just need people to slow down with this
narrative that he's already thebest quarterback of all time.
Like, let's relax.
Okay, he's been in three SuperBowls, you know, I mean, he's
really good for his age.
He's the things that he's doingat his age, you know, or
unprecedented.
But let's wait, you know, Imean let's wait another 10, 15
more years before we have thisdiscussion.
I'm not ready to put him abovePeyton Manning or Tom Brady, you

(28:09):
know, I mean, I'm just notready to do that.

Speaker 2 (28:12):
Oh, I'm only putting him behind Brady right now,
that's it of all time.
Yeah, I'm not even the statsguy, but look at the stats.
Yeah, I know, I've seen him.
Just stupid.
What is this?
This is his six year.
This is his fourth Super Bowl.

Speaker 1 (28:25):
And he got like what, how many playoff wins?
Like something like 14,something like that and that's
the whole thing.
I think Peyton Manning and hiswhole career had 14 Bruh.
You got it.
It's impressive, that'simpressive, but you also have to
account.
Longevity means some.
You know I'm saying like I hearpeople when I argue, people
about the LeBron and Jordandebate, they tell me the you

(28:47):
know you are.
Lebron has played 20 years andI'm not taking that away from
him.
Yes, part of being one of thegreatest is showing up to work.
You know I mean like you got toshow up and yeah, you know
LeBron gets points for beinggood for 20 straight years.
But you, you know I'm not gonnatake shit away from Jordan
because he retired threedifferent times because he got

(29:07):
so bored with the fucking sportthat he had to leave.
There was no competition forhim.
You know I mean.
But yeah, you got to takeeverything into account
longevity, stats, championshipsas much as people want to say
now you can, yeah, championshipsplays a big role and whether
you consider the go to net.

Speaker 2 (29:23):
Mm-hmm, it does.
Oh, I shouldn't, but it does.
But it kind of comes out to thefact that it's his full Super
Bowl in five years and, god'ssake, forever Like that's back.
Damn, damn, merino never gotthere.
What.

Speaker 1 (29:36):
You gotta remember it's a team sport.
Can you tell me that in the inhis first five years he hasn't
had a better team than, likeBrady did his first five years
of, peyton Manning did his firstfive years?

Speaker 2 (29:46):
Did, but that's why this one's the most impressive,
because it's a part of the worstteam of them all that often
sucks.

Speaker 1 (29:52):
They drive his Kelsey's the best tight end in
the whole game.

Speaker 2 (29:54):
Which, but he didn't do much.
Like I said, they only scored17 against Baltimore.
Baltimore shot themselves inthe foot.
Could they stop running theball?

Speaker 1 (30:01):
Right.
So that's an.
That's a negative against myhome.
No, no shit, the second half ofthat game.

Speaker 2 (30:06):
We got here like y'all got yourself to shrug and
I don't know what it is aboutfacing him, but it's kind of
fall apart.
But they didn't do anything.
Like I'm not I'm not falsingpatching my homes, because the
whole thing is that he goessuper bowl is not like he don't
want the other side, he's facingthe same team again.
The NFL sip the silicone likethe church hasn't made it that
far in 30 plus years andBaltimore has been in and out.

(30:29):
All the other teams have hadsome kind of turnover change.
The only the only thing that'shappened with Ken City is that
it's been Andy Reed.
It's been patching my homes.
That's it, and even in four outof five times it's hard to
argue against it.

Speaker 1 (30:41):
So let's go with our prediction who you got 49ers,
49ers too.

Speaker 2 (30:45):
I got the 49ers too.

Speaker 1 (30:47):
You said all that shit just to say you got the
49ers.

Speaker 2 (30:49):
No, I'm saying that man been in four times in five
years.
I think they're going to losethis year if everybody healthy.

Speaker 1 (30:55):
I think 49ers.
For a long time I got the 49ers.
I think they defense is goingto come through.

Speaker 2 (30:59):
You know, the biggest problem is they coach.
Because they coach, you getcute the wrong fucking time.
Remember man, that's the samecoach that blew a 23 lead to New
England.
If you up 25 points or you justrun the ball second half, you
got to fall out.
He get too cute and I don'twant him to get cute this time.
You got playmakers.
Get him the ball.

Speaker 1 (31:19):
I got the Niners and I think it'll be a low scoring
game.
You know what I mean, Likecouple possessions, you know
couple.
Let me see what score if I hadto predict the score.

Speaker 2 (31:31):
I say 24, 17.

Speaker 1 (31:33):
That's fair, that's fair.

Speaker 2 (31:35):
Because that defense good, but I don't think it's
keeping Patrick out of the endzone.
I think the Niners just hasenough on defense and got way
more weapons on offense that itshould be.
We get the job done.

Speaker 1 (31:45):
Are we excited about usher?
Yeah, what happens if usher putfucks around and brings Taylor
Swift on stage real quick?
I don't think it would happen,because I would.
That would take off the shineoff of him.
But you imagine that shit.

Speaker 2 (31:56):
I could imagine.
But it's not going to happenbecause I remember the thing.
But you remember the thing Itold you about how much it paid
to perform a Super Bowl andshe's not going to perform two
nights in a row, especially forfree.
Exactly.
That's why she's not.
If she does a Super Bowlhalftime show, they're going to
have to pay her a lot, becauseI'm doing concerts where, like,
from ticket sales, I'm probablymaking like $5 million a night,

(32:17):
like it's a lot.
I mean that's just tickets andmerchandise and all this.
It's a lot.
So you all think you're goingto get me through this here for
free for what you would considera free advertising.
She don't need that.
She fine.
That's never going to happen,so I'm not actually doing that.

(32:37):
It's his show.
They're talking him all thetime.
He's been in Vegas, all thetime.
It's one of the biggest acts inVegas.
They're having it in Las Vegas.
It's his time to shine.
I hope he puts on a good show.
I know he only has like 14minutes, so I don't know how he
going to blend this all together.
I figured I'm looking forwardto it.

Speaker 1 (32:51):
Let's wrap up, man, I want to ask you looking for
them, fucking commercials orwhatever.

Speaker 2 (32:55):
The fuck am I being?

Speaker 1 (32:56):
I'm actually bro.
We haven't.
We haven't had a guest onbesides Mikey she.
I don't even consider him aguest, no more.
He's just a resident member ofthe show.
Now you feel me, I'm an actualguest, that we an actual
interview.
We haven't had one in a while.
It's been a minute, okay, youknow what I mean.
So I got some guests lined up.
I want to hear from the peopleor they prefer, you know, us
shooting the breeze with.
They want to hear someinterviews.
You know what I mean.
They want to hear usinterviewing people and have

(33:18):
some guests come on, hit us up.
I have a bunch of guests linedup, so maybe we start doing that
pretty soon, bringing somepeople on the show.
The problem with having guestsis that you know what I mean the
timetables never line up.
You know what I mean.
Either we can't do with thedays they can or they can't do
with the days we can, or thehours that we you know what I
mean the time of the day.

(33:39):
You know it becomes the wholelogistics shit.
And you would think that thefact that it's remote, you know
it'd be easier, because somepeople just do like in person
interviews.
I'm like nah, bro, just hop onthe computer.
We do this shit remotely man.

Speaker 2 (33:52):
Nigga said oh goddamn studio, fuck you.
No, fuck you.
You know what?

Speaker 1 (33:56):
I mean so, but we'll get it sorted out.
We're going to start havingsome guests on man.
All types of different guests.
Diversify our portfolio for2024.

Speaker 2 (34:06):
You sure about that?
Yes, all right, I'm going totake you to a whole different
route when you come on, but noproblem.

Speaker 1 (34:13):
Again, as long as you don't insult, I'm not, I'm not
going to.
The integrity of the program.
I'm not going to.

Speaker 2 (34:20):
I'm not going to start the body or turn to
integrity of the program, buthe's going to start yapping.
I'm going to be like yo, yo, yo.
Next point let's wrap it up.
Let's talk about my wrap it upbox Right over there.
All right, man I don't mind it,let's have a more than one to
talk.
Bring something quality to thetable, pitch the shit and get
into the conversation.
That's it.
Don't like well, I was that,that, that, that, that that that

(34:43):
Stage point.
This is what the conversationis about.
We brought you to talk aboutthis conversation there.
We go From there.
Because every time we get to myown, it's just start yapping
about the shit they doing.
Like all right, cool, like dothat?
We're going to clear the basefor you to take your first two
minutes.
Tell us about who you are,what's your project.
Da, da, da, da.
Then we have a point we want totalk to you about that point.
Because if you talk to again,like, let's say, you want to

(35:05):
talk to someone about, likegender and sexuality, like all
right, tell us your platitudesand this is the thing that we're
talking about.
What's your opinion on it?
Because when they just get theyapping, I've been like yo just
just tune me out.
So it's not that I got aproblem with guess, it's more in
the sense that when they start,blah, blah, blah, yap, yap, yap
, I'm like, hmm, don't reallycare for that, because you're

(35:28):
just rambling on.
I want you to have a particularquestion that you would like to
ask that you figure that theywill be interested in talking
about.
It'd be fine as a matter offact, would have been perfect if
we had a woman who eitheragreed or disagree with the
whole day thing and it's kind ofgot a her perspective on it,
like this is what's going on,like how do you feel about this

(35:52):
thing, whether agreed ordisagree?
Then have that conversationabout that.
But who are we rambling onabout the project and doing?
I don't care.

Speaker 1 (35:58):
All right, man, leave the people off with some final
words.
Man for the culture.

Speaker 2 (36:04):
It is Black History Month.
It's one of those things thatwe kind of regrettably take for
granted about things that areimportant.
You have to realize that duringthis month, and I want you to
take your time and think aboutit.
I want you to I don't know walkinto your bedroom and I want
you to just take a look aroundand I want you to see everything

(36:25):
that Black culture hasinfluenced man, your dress, your
clothes, the things you watch,the things you wear, the items
you bought, like.
We are ingrained inside of thisand it's good to always have a
month to kind of know and havesome kind of reflection about
the impact and importance thatwe have in this culture.
Should we have monetized itbetter?
Sure, that's a conversation foranother day.

(36:47):
This is a moment ofappreciation to realize all that
Black culture has done forAmerica and that you should
always pay homage to those thatcame before you.
Pay attention to the trend,because we're the ones that
create them, and realize thatthis is a month for celebration
of all cultures, butspecifically ours.
Just give us our due respect inour time.
You got 11 more months toyourself, but just let us show

(37:09):
you the great things that we'vedone great things we've done for
the society and just say thankyou.
The culture, Take that in for ataste.