Episode 500!

The 500th Episode!
Richard and Malc get together to celebrate an incredible milestone for the show.
Taking a look back and sharing memories, moments, and even advice on what it takes. to get to the big 5-0-0.
Plus, they welcome back a special guest to announce The F.A.N. Show Hall of Fame Class of 2024!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:13):
God Show.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Hello everyone, and welcome to the One, the Only, the
Fans Show. We are celebrating episode five hundred today, a
milestone that honestly I cannot believe we have reached. I'm
your host as always for five hundred episodes. Now the
team man, Richard Teaman and the man in the other box.

(00:56):
I mean, ladies and gentlemen, how big of a get
is this fresh off his time performance on Thanksgiving and Shaboozy.

Speaker 3 (01:04):
Come on, now, let's go, bros. The funny thing. It's
crazy because I can't tell you.

Speaker 4 (01:12):
How many how many messages and Instagram comments I got, Man,
that's the way I need to get some kind of
conversation because this guy's walking around wearing my face.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
It's crazy.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
The photo that I doctored up that had your Instagram
handle because his hair was hanging just right over the
part between the S and the Z E y, I
was like, oh my god, perfect, So I filled it
in in the middle. I was like, you can't tell
me they're not the same person at this point.

Speaker 4 (01:45):
It's crazy, man, It's crazy. It's a lot of questions
that need to be answered right now. Because this man,
he's he's from like generally the same area.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
It's just too much of a coincidence. I need some
man to somebody.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
Well, folks, we do have the budget to get Shaboozy.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
This is Father Malk Malcolm McCoy aka not Shaboozy, and
he is our co host for this episode five hundred
and man. I have no agenda for the episode, FYI,
because five hundred there's a lot that you can either
talk about, there's a lot that you can go over.

(02:23):
I know Malk has some questions prepared for me.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
We will though.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
We will go over the Hall of Fame Class twenty
twenty four class for the fans show Hall of Fame
later on in the episode. But really I mean to
recap what we talk about on here, which is indoor football,
the things that have happened first and foremost. Shout out
congrats to a mere Ishmael fellow linebacker Malk. He played

(02:51):
several years in the IFL, and I know him through
when I got my start in Spokane as a d C.
And then he got his head coaching gig with the
Massachusetts Pirates and was going to be with Iowa but
then got another gig for college and he's kind of
been working his way through the college circuit in Michigan,
where he's from. He's most recently be up in the CFL,

(03:12):
and now he is back in Massachusetts to coach for
the Pirates again, so they have I think a pretty
good season ahead of him, so that'll be exciting. And
then we had not one, not two, but three teams
go dormant, even though we all know what that kind
of means. And to correct, somebody and I forget who

(03:34):
it was, that said this that no team has ever
come back from going dormant. That is incorrect. The Quad
City steam Wheelers did officially go dormant one year and
they came back the next and they're still going strong,
so it has been done. It is, however, the odds
are not in your favor kind of deal. But the
Duke City Gladiators, Malk, I know Poort went out. You

(03:55):
probably had your silence. I feel like we saw it
coming because you can take the team out of the CIF,
but can you ever really take the CIF out of
the team.

Speaker 4 (04:05):
I mean apparently not apparently not man with everything in me,
I wanted, you know, Duke Cy to really, you know,
just get over the hump and actually be a contender
in the IFL like they were in the CIS. But
you know, they could never really put together either on
whether it be on the field or off the field.
It seems like they had too many problem one, too

(04:27):
many problems to actually you know, keep them afloat.

Speaker 3 (04:29):
So you know, wishing the best for them.

Speaker 4 (04:32):
You know, I know a lot of guys who are
playing to go back and uh, you know, play this
upcoming season. But you know, it derailed a lot of
guys plans. But you know, for those guys who were
potentially playing on going.

Speaker 3 (04:45):
Back there, you know, keep your head up.

Speaker 4 (04:47):
Uh you know, it's a football, is a game of
tim and so you know, just make yourself.

Speaker 3 (04:52):
Marketable and uh you know, just wait.

Speaker 4 (04:54):
On the next make yourself available for the next opportunity.

Speaker 2 (04:58):
So you know, yeah, Ernesto Lecaio's already landed with a
new team. He's going to go kick for the San
Diego strike forced good landing spot for him. He's going
to keep swinging. I think his like fifteenth or sixteenth season.
Now he's up there with old man Claude, who's going
to come back and play again. Claude's coming back, Arnesta's
coming back but the other team, the Frisco Fighters. Now

(05:21):
I didn't see this coming, but I will say it's
not as surprising if you know how indoor football works,
and that is that. You know, when I first got
into the league, people would say, oh, this is the
perfect league or game for communities, towns, cities that don't
have a professional sport, i e. You know the Iowa
Barnstormers there in Des Moines, Iowa or places like that.

(05:44):
Spokane closest professional team was Seattle and the Seahawks, and
they would sell out like every Saturday for the Spokane Shock.
So you notice the trend with markets like that. If
they didn't have a close by professional team, they did
pretty well. But you couldn't argue that with an Arizona
the Rattlers. Here's the catch though, you have to win

(06:08):
like not just like win, you have to win it all,
which the Rattlers do and the Frisco Fighters got very
close several times, but the postseason was like their biggest enemy.
So at a certain point ownership, especially if you're partnered
with the Dallas Stars, you get tired of losing money,
you know, and it's you know, and they have a
variety of winning teams in Dallas in the Frisco area,

(06:29):
not the Cowboys, but yes, we will talk about the
Washington Commanders here in a second and talk about that.
But the third and final team is the Sioux Falls Storm,
which I think is the biggest shock of all. You're

(06:49):
talking about a multi time champion. They won like seven
in a row, they're like eleven time cham I don't know,
you lose counted a certain point, but once Riggs walked away,
you kind of felt they were on borrow time if
they weren't gonna win. I didn't think it would be
this soon. But when they hired me initially back in
twenty nineteen, they said, hey, we're going to be in
this for three to five years. And it has been

(07:11):
you know, three to five years now, so they might
be tired of losing money too. But all I can
say is that if you know what I went through
with that franchise, be it for six months. Couldn't have
happened to a nicer ownership group.

Speaker 1 (07:26):
So moment of.

Speaker 2 (07:30):
Silence for the Storm, okay, and we're moving on here.
Like I feel for their fans, I feel for their players,
I do not feel for that ownership group.

Speaker 1 (07:41):
They did not have what it takes. Clearly they and.

Speaker 2 (07:44):
They can blame the arena all they want, but Riggs
calling out the arena, Dude, I was in meetings with
that motherfucker.

Speaker 1 (07:51):
Like, there's no.

Speaker 2 (07:52):
Way that you get kicked out because you're being honest. Like,
come on, man, I've been in meetings with him. He's
not okay. Anyway, moving on, Yes, do not adjust your screens.
There's something different about me. I got new glasses. I
lost my other pair hunting this season, so I had

(08:14):
to get new glasses. These are Randy Jackson and malcol
I needed to know. Does it up my street cred
if I have Randy Jackson series glasses from his lines,
because I feel like it should at least a few points.

Speaker 3 (08:27):
I mean among the singers.

Speaker 4 (08:29):
Probably, you know, you might get some points in that category.

Speaker 3 (08:33):
But I mean, hey, if it makes me happy, I'll
agree with you.

Speaker 4 (08:37):
You're definitely definitely good on this average.

Speaker 2 (08:43):
Oh so Malcolm, him and I apparently have switched roles
this NFL season.

Speaker 3 (08:49):
I am.

Speaker 2 (08:51):
Not wanting to unlock my phone to see what injury
has popped up on my notification screen.

Speaker 1 (08:57):
For the forty nine ers.

Speaker 2 (08:58):
Malcolm is doing the rarest thing right now and celebrating
win after win after win with the Washington command.

Speaker 1 (09:06):
It's just how you've been feeling.

Speaker 2 (09:09):
Man, Like, we're over the midway point of the season,
and it's been post after post on your stories or
Instagram of just you having to silence the phone because
people are trying to talk that trash to you and
you're not happening.

Speaker 4 (09:26):
Yeah, yeah, man, I mean it's a unique feeling. I'll
say that much, you know. I mean normally as a
Washington fan, where you used to you know, wait until
next year or you know, just waiting to get out
of our cold streak. But I'm definitely glad to say
I think this is the beginning of, like, you know,

(09:48):
a string of good seasons.

Speaker 3 (09:50):
I'm not one of those fans or like not even.

Speaker 4 (09:52):
Enough to be like, oh super Bowl is here, you know,
but I mean anything is a great turnaround from a
four and thirteen season. So you know, I gotta give
the props to, you know, the front office. This has
been something that has been in the making for some time.
You know, if you're if you're any like you probably
in the NFL with any capacity, then you know that

(10:14):
we've been making a lot of a lot of boobs
up top before actually going for you know, actual players
and trying to change the personnel. So it's it feels
good to actually see it pay off.

Speaker 1 (10:27):
Man.

Speaker 3 (10:27):
So yeah, man, like you said, I'm in a rare
spot right now.

Speaker 4 (10:30):
I don't think I've been I don't think i've been
mishappy about, you know, being a Washington fan since we
had r G three for his rookie season.

Speaker 3 (10:39):
But you know, it's fun, man, I'm loving it.

Speaker 2 (10:44):
He is, of course, wearing his now lucky shirt. He
probably doesn't even take it off anymore.

Speaker 1 (10:49):
I don't.

Speaker 3 (10:51):
Especially on Sundays. Man, I wear it all days.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
So apparently that's only effective for NFL and not for Fantasy.
Malcolm was the first one in the league this year
to get eliminated, so it's like, okay, I guess if
you're gonna have one.

Speaker 1 (11:06):
Have one.

Speaker 2 (11:07):
Sometimes it's just just be like that though, And that's okay.
But the NFL season has been rough. Hunting season was good.
I got my dear so that was a success, and
like I said, lost my glasses in the process. But
I got a new pair. So we're we're entering a
new chapter five hundred. This episode will officially close out

(11:29):
the twenty twenty four year, and then twenty twenty five
marks the tenth anniversary of the show, and that will
be where we have episode five oh one. So we're
closing a few chapters now. My birthday obviously end of one,
start of a new chapter. When you have a December birthday,
like it's you look back, not just the last year,
but it's the last calendar year kind of counts as

(11:50):
like your birth year. It's not like you have one
in June and you have like your calendar year and
then your birth year and which one was better, Like
mine's the same.

Speaker 5 (11:57):
So it's been a lot, but overall the year has ended,
not over yet, but it has ended a lot better
than it had started.

Speaker 2 (12:10):
Me and malk going to the championship game bringing back
the show, you know, in March, and then there were
some hiccups there, but then we end up getting to
the championship game in August and then things kind of
slowed down. But I got a new series, Stars of
Big Sky Country five sponsors, so I sold out of
sponsorships as far as the number I had in mind,

(12:32):
and that's something that I've loved about starting this show
and watching it kind of evolve into what it is
is for me personally, it's been a lot of reinvention.
I love the art of reinvention. You see it a
lot in like wrestling characters. They work for so long
until they don't and then a wrestler, you know, has

(12:52):
to reinvent themselves. Mcfully did it a lot, Chris Jericho
did it a ton. The Rock has done it from
time to time. But these are guys who you know,
their character seems like it's always a success.

Speaker 1 (13:06):
Maybe not for Mick Foley.

Speaker 2 (13:07):
He had to try a thousand times and fail before
on the thousand and one he finally found something that worked.
But you know, it started out as the Butt Fumble
podcast and it was just supposed to be this thing
that passed the time. And then a rebrand and some
input from people that were professionals at the time in podcasting,

(13:27):
and now we're doing a five hundred episode and I
have a series I have under that brand because it's
become a brand.

Speaker 1 (13:36):
And it's just been a wild ride, you know.

Speaker 2 (13:38):
I mean, it's really the best way to describe five
hundred episodes because I know people that hit me up, hey,
what's the best advice you have about starting a podcast,
and I say, get through ten episodes, and let's revisit
this conversation, because the thing about doing anything like this
is that you can have this idea, you can have

(13:59):
the passion and energy at first, but it's seen it through.
Like when I started, you know, I didn't have a schedule,
but I eventually said, okay, I need to get on
a schedule here where it's like, okay, we're going to
do this episode comes out every Wednesday at five o'clock,
or I go live every Tuesday and Thursday at seven.

Speaker 1 (14:18):
And you have to do that every time.

Speaker 2 (14:21):
I don't believe that consistency is key in doing things
consistently the same way every time. Like obviously the show's intro,
the graphics, those have all kind of changed and evolved
and things like that, and I think that that's needed.
But the only consistency that you need to stick to
is if you say you're going to post an episode

(14:41):
Wednesday at five o'clock, you do it every Wednesday at
five o'clock. So I say ten because you can get
through the first three or five pretty easily, but then
six seven eighty nine you're like, oh, like I I'm
just I had so much work this week, Like it's
it's okay, Like i'll post what is it Wednesday, I'll
post tomorrow, Like what's the difference that day makes? And

(15:03):
then the next week you're like, oh, you know, like
there's just so much going on.

Speaker 1 (15:06):
I'm so tired.

Speaker 2 (15:07):
I didn't get a chance to record the episode, So
we'll pick it up next week. And when you start
doing that and allowing those things to happen, it's it's
just going to keep snowballing from there where. Now you've
made one excuse, so what's another excuse for yourself? So
I always tell people get through ten episodes and then
we'll revisit this conversation, because if you can't get through

(15:29):
ten of you know, Wednesday at six, then it's not
going to be something that you are going to be
able to devote the time and energy needed for it
to be something that you want it to be. I
love the enthusiasm, love the energy, all that, but the
second that you start making excuses for yourself and being
okay with those is the second that it's like you

(15:50):
might as well not even do it. And I don't
mean to tell people to give up on their dreams.
I'm just trying to put things into perspective because five
hundred is a milestone that I didn't think I was
going to reach when I started this, and here we
are and it's gotten to that because I was able
to tell myself, I'm going to do this, and I'm
going to talk about this and I'm going to focus
on this, and then it's, like I said, it's character

(16:12):
reinvention and it's kind of grown and adapted from that.
When twenty twenty happened and there weren't sports, you pivot.
When IFL season is over, you pivot, like I don't
just keep doing the same thing. So Stars of Big
Sky Country is my pivot right now. Like I have
a new series that people are paying me to do

(16:32):
bi weekly, and I've had people, you know, sponsor me
and pay me to go to things like the IFL Championship.
And I know there's ten other media outlets covering indoor
football or arena football and none of them have that
kind of thing going because they're set in what they're doing.

(16:53):
And that's that's fine for them, but it's not for me.
So malk five hundred episodesessions you got for me?

Speaker 4 (17:01):
Well, first off, I just want to kind of backtrack
and just uh just add a little commentary to what
you just said.

Speaker 3 (17:07):
Uh. You know, I love how you went on.

Speaker 4 (17:09):
Tony Robbins, David Gogan going us for a second, you know,
but I mean it's very very motivational.

Speaker 3 (17:16):
Yet I mean, I couldn't have said it better myself.

Speaker 4 (17:19):
You know, it's never going to be a perfect time
to start anything, really, and that's what a lot of
guys who are looking to break into the content creation world.

Speaker 3 (17:30):
Are waiting on.

Speaker 4 (17:31):
You know, I'll do it when I get the perfect camera,
I'll do it when you know, I.

Speaker 3 (17:35):
Lose this weight, or I'll do it with whatever the
case is.

Speaker 4 (17:38):
But the fact of the matter is you just gotta
jump in there and get to it, man. I mean,
you you learn along the way and that kind of
that's kind of the method I've been taken with a
lot of things, So I mean I respect that old heartily.

Speaker 3 (17:53):
Also.

Speaker 4 (17:53):
I mean, I just I'm definitely a fan of the
new the new series, you know. I mean I've been
keeping up with it and you know, sending it to
people and stuff. It's very it's very rich esque and
you know, you have that you definitely bring your energy
to it. But it's I mean, it's like it's refreshing
to see something new as well, especially with different different

(18:14):
across different sports and stuff like that. It's really cool
to see, man. So I mean, I'm loving it. I'm
loving it for sure. But that kind of brings me
to my first question. You know, let's like I said,
I've seen you interview football players. Of course, you've interviewed
basketball players, volleyball players, you know what I mean. It's
a lot to be said about either sport, But do

(18:36):
you have a personal favorite sport where you like to
pull athletes from and interview them.

Speaker 2 (18:42):
It's a tough call because obviously the fans show, like
the name and the premise of it was created to be.
You know, there was a time where ESPN felt like
TMZ for sports. It was like gossipy and you'd hear
clips of these guys sitting in the press room with

(19:05):
these coaches and players asking these questions and you're like,
that's the best you've got, Like you get paid to
work for a company or an outlet, and that's the
best question you've got for him? Or when I would
cover Eastern Washington University, their football team, and we'd be
in there and you only get the coach and the
players for so long before like they're gonna go hit
the shower.

Speaker 1 (19:23):
And go home.

Speaker 2 (19:24):
You know, it's been a long game for him. And
you would have this guy I forget. He was like
from Idaho and worked for like one of the papers,
and he wouldn't have a specific question ever. He basically
wanted you to explain and recap the whole game back
to him.

Speaker 3 (19:39):
In your own words.

Speaker 1 (19:40):
He'd be like Bill, like, yeah.

Speaker 2 (19:41):
Things really kind of slowed down there for special teams.
You know, kind of talk to me about what was
going through your mind in the adjustments you made. It's like, dude,
there were four quarters of football and you want him
to recap an entire aspect of that game.

Speaker 1 (19:56):
So I would get so furious.

Speaker 2 (19:57):
So the fans show has always been, you know, I'm
a fan of a lot of things, and if I
ever got to sit down and talk with these people
that I'm a fan of, what would I want to
know as a fan. And you know there's some not
so great questions so that fans ask, But for the
most part, like you know, you'll get a person be like, oh,
I kind of wanted to know that too. That's a
good question, you know, because like we're not in the game,

(20:19):
you know, we're not in the locker room with you
guys and stuff like that. We're we're fans and what
you give us through clips like that is what we get.
So football is definitely up there because I'm such a
big fan of football, but I think really pro wrestling
anytime I get to talk to guys that are either
independent or wrestling, because there's so much that I don't

(20:40):
know about it, and I just have that thirst for
knowledge and be like, I want to know as much
about this process that I can. And then even the
sports that I know nothing about, it's kind of fun
to hear, you know, them talk about their sport, you know.
When I just this last few months, you know, I
brought back the play the Game, and I did the

(21:01):
first ever runner of the meet for a cross country meet,
and so talking to them, talking to the volleyball players
things like that, it's fascinating. So, you know, football definitely
first and foremost, but I think really this the sneaky
one is wrestling. Anytime I get to talk to them
or a musician, if we're not sticking strictly to sports,

(21:23):
because as a former one, there's a whole creative process
that could be completely different to what mine was, and
I really want to know what that's like for him.
So I think the more interested you are in the
subject matter, the better the interview and the better the questions.

Speaker 4 (21:38):
I like to let if you guys know Rich at all,
follow them on Instagram, you will know how much he
loves wrestling.

Speaker 3 (21:46):
Yes, he actually has a really close friend who's a.

Speaker 4 (21:49):
Professional wrestler, So I mean, you know, Rich is definitely
a WWE fanatic.

Speaker 3 (21:55):
So you get to know them. Guys.

Speaker 4 (22:00):
Though, I love how you said, especially like in the
interviewing aspect, there are such a thing as dumb questions.

Speaker 3 (22:07):
You know.

Speaker 4 (22:07):
Some people will say you just asked whatever. But the
biggest thing that I've learned from you and being a
part of the fans, so it's just asking what the
fans want to know, you know. I remember watching an
interview after a Broncos game where the guy asked kind

(22:30):
of kind of like you said the guy did back
in the day. He he he asked both nicks about interception.
He just literally it was just very very vague.

Speaker 1 (22:41):
And open ended.

Speaker 4 (22:41):
He was just like, yeah, so bow you through an interception,
walk us through that and this super super strange, strange
question I ask for sure, and I love both nicks answer.
He was just like, yeah, I threw the ball and
the defense called it. I mean, because dumb questions deserve
dumb answer. So I'm just like, you know, you got
to think about this. This stuff is a lot, a

(23:03):
lot more intricate. It takes a lot more prep time
than people would realize.

Speaker 3 (23:07):
And uh, you know, I mean your your your.

Speaker 4 (23:10):
Work shows it, man, I mean it shows you can
tell that you're not somebody who just does this as
a hobby. It is something that you actually put time
into and it's a it's a great product for sure.

Speaker 3 (23:21):
I kind of wanted to know as well.

Speaker 4 (23:23):
Uh, you know, just talking about the beginning and the
conception of the idea of the Fans Show formerly the
Butt Fumble Podcast.

Speaker 3 (23:33):
You know, well, starting.

Speaker 4 (23:34):
Off, did you have any any any inspiration or like,
did you look at any one podcast to model your
your setup or your you know, your line up, whatever.

Speaker 3 (23:44):
The case is.

Speaker 4 (23:45):
Did you model your the podcast after anything in particular?

Speaker 1 (23:49):
Uh?

Speaker 2 (23:50):
That first no, and I wish I did, because the
first episode of the Butt Fumble podcast, I will tell
you wholeheartedly was terrible. It was I had no idea
what I was doing. I had like notes. I remember
the big thing that season because I started the first
I started during pre season of the NFL season that

(24:11):
year and Jared Hayne, who was the former rugby star
from Australia, had signed with the forty nine ers to
return punts, and so it was like one of the
strangest thing. Everybody would be like, whohaha, I want to
watch this punt return like you've never You've never seen
that before in football ever. And so I remember I
had that written down and I was like, I want

(24:33):
to come out and be very honest that we're going
to talk about the forty nine ers football because that's
what I know and I don't want to talk about
stuff I don't know. And so I sat in the
corner of our spare bedroom on the floor with this
microphone in my hand and the laptop on the floor
and I just hit record and I just like started
talking and so I put it out there. I published it. It

(24:56):
was like thirty five minutes, and I had, you know,
a bunch of friends to it. Encouraged me to do
this get back to me and they're like, hey, you know,
I think you need, like, you know, some talking points obviously,
blah blah blah, and they're like, maybe a co host
because I was terrible by myself, so I didn't I
shouldn't have. But then as as time went on, I
think there was There can be inspiration both in what

(25:19):
you want to be like and what you don't want
to be like. Kind of like in school, there's that
teacher you love and that teacher you absolutely despise. And
the thing that they have in common though, is that
both can make you think for a minute that you
want to be a teacher one day. The one that
you love makes you want to be a teacher because
they genuinely inspire you, right like you're like, I want

(25:42):
to be a teacher, Like he's awesome, Like teacher teaching
is the best thing ever. The one that you despise
is because you're like, I want to be a teacher.
We're gonna do things my way, my rules. I'm gonna
be the cool teacher. Everybody's gonna love me, like I'm
not gonna be the asshole teacher. So and so I
think it's it's similar in the creation process is that
you can have a podcast that you listen to religiously

(26:03):
and pay homage to them. I guess, you know, do
as much as you can without full blown copying them.
But then you can have the podcast where it's just
like this guy didn't know what he's talking about, this
guy's intro is shit, and this guy like all these
sound bites are crap, and you can be like, I'm
going to do mine way better. And so, you know,

(26:23):
I knew Colin cowhard was one of the big names
at the time, but of course I got started before
podcasting was even like really a thing. I think Adam
Carolla was like one of the biggest known podcasts and
then he had Howard Stern's radio show on Sirius XM.
So I knew Colin Cowherd was one. It couldn't really
stand him. So it's like, Okay, everything he does, I
want to do the opposite. And it was mainly his tone.

(26:46):
He was so condescending, he was so arrogant and so
like I'm right, you're wrong, and I was like, I'm
not going to be that at all, Like I'm going
to be conversational, I'm going to be optimistic, I want
to be this and this, so it's funny, but yeah,
I would say there was more inspiration drawn from the
guys I didn't like than the ones I did like,
because I found my sportscaster voice from Stuart Scott. Like

(27:10):
when I did highlights or called games, I wanted to
be the bou yah guy like that was easy, but
this was different. And so it took a little bit
of like, you know, talking with people, interview clips of
interviews that you really liked. What did they do, how
did they ask that question? You know, what was talked
about and things like that, and then you look at

(27:31):
you know, who's a popular podcast, what do you like,
what do you don't like, and just kind of go
from there.

Speaker 4 (27:36):
That's cool, that's cool, and I'm glad you mentioned, you know,
a couple of podcasts. I want to circle back to
that with my next question. But yeah, mine, I mean,
I just kind of stay true to the idea of
you know, just put yourself out there, just just get
started and go see where it goes from there. Because then,

(27:57):
like I said, there's never going to be a perfect time,
but learning along the way is this is this nine
percent of the battle?

Speaker 3 (28:05):
Really?

Speaker 4 (28:06):
I I can definitely say the same because I've I've
I'm trying, I'm kind of dabbling with content creating myself
outside of you know, the fans show what you've been
doing good. You've been doing good with it. Man, I
appreciate you. I appreciate it. I definitely appreciate it.

Speaker 3 (28:22):
Man. I'm just you know, still finding my legs.

Speaker 4 (28:24):
But much like you said, just drawing inspiration from certain
things without copying it as uh, is monumental.

Speaker 3 (28:33):
Just pretty much putting your own flavor on.

Speaker 4 (28:36):
Something that's been done before, because I mean, there are
very few things that haven't been done in the social
media world. But just adding your own flair, adding your
own personality to it is something that I've always kind
of kept in the forefront of my mind. But bringing
it back to, like I said the other podcast, just
from what you've seen, I want to say, past and present.

Speaker 3 (28:59):
Let's let's take what a timeframe one. I'm gonna say,
like from.

Speaker 4 (29:03):
Like the the beginning of the podcast era. Do you
have like a Mount Rushmore of sports podcast?

Speaker 2 (29:11):
Ooh, okay, So Mount Rushmore's are difficult questions for me
because people put them like like we're talking about Mount
Rushmore is apparently the representation of the goat of something,
and that's not what Mount Rushmore is.

Speaker 1 (29:26):
Like, those are the founding fathers. Those are the people
that like.

Speaker 2 (29:30):
You know, changed our world here as Americans, Like I
don't know if people, well, I definitely know people nowadays
with woke culture whatever else you want to call certain
stuff politically, would definitely not put George Washington is like
one of the greatest of all time, you know, because
they're like he owned slaves and whatever. It's like, okay,
but like we're talking about different times. So anyway, the

(29:53):
Mount Rushmore thing for me is very much not like
what the greatest of all.

Speaker 1 (29:58):
Time for is. It's who like made it what it
is today basically.

Speaker 2 (30:05):
And so for me, you know, you think about podcasts,
I think Adam Carolla, who was one of the first ones.
He would have to be up there just because I
don't think we would know what podcasts are without him.
Joe Rogan, and again, I haven't even listened to like
Adam Carolla's podcast. His name in that podcast just came

(30:25):
up a lot when I was looking into starting mine.
Joe Rogan, I've heard clips and listened to a few episodes,
but I think like he's got to be on there
for what he's contributed to the podcasting world. And then
you know, kind of the others man that's really tough.
Jericho's podcast Talk is Jericho. That's one that was actually
a huge inspiration to me when I rebranded into The

(30:47):
Fans Show, because here's a guy who is so famous
that he can literally do anything because of how famous
he is. He's a front man for a rock band,
He's one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Like
he would be on the Mount rush More of wrestling
just because of like he's succeeded in every brand or
company that he's wrestled for. And so he had Talk

(31:08):
as Jericho, and he would talk to all different walks
of life, musicians, wrestlers, guys that do paranormal investigating. I'm
like this, this is the podcast that gets it, Like
this is where I want to be with mine And
that's when I created the different you know, the different divisions,
the music, the wrestling, and the outdoors. And so he
was a huge inspiration for that. And so I would

(31:30):
think Chris Jericho is a fourth one God. That's tough
because there's so many good ones out there.

Speaker 1 (31:36):
But yeah, Adam.

Speaker 2 (31:37):
Carolla, Chris Jericho, Joe Rogan, what is it's got to
be a sports one for this one, just for argument's sake.
And and so I think even though it's it's a show,
it was on the you know, it's on TV and radio.
Like Dan Patrick, you know, his show is in podcast

(31:59):
form after and I think what he's done for sports
in that world is monumental too.

Speaker 1 (32:04):
So those would be my four.

Speaker 2 (32:06):
People could probably argue one or two of them, but
I mean, as far as what it was when I
started to what it is now, those are the four
names that if anybody like you asked me, hey tell
me about the evolution of podcasts, those are who I'm
going to direct you to as far as changing the game.

Speaker 3 (32:21):
So I like it.

Speaker 4 (32:23):
I like it, And I would have said two of
those myself, you know. Joe Rogan for sure.

Speaker 3 (32:30):
Jericho.

Speaker 4 (32:31):
I kind of came across his podcast just on my
YouTube feed. I was just scrolling and I guess something
that I watched previously kind of fell in line with that,
so it popped up and I watched the episode.

Speaker 3 (32:43):
I was like, it was cool as shit.

Speaker 4 (32:44):
So I think personally, I think it's like three main
aspects that kind of make a good podcast, one being
the host the personality itself, because I mean, like, I
think that's what kind of draws people to the most
outside of like what you're talking about or what it
is that you're doing. It's people come to see the

(33:07):
person the host. I think also, secondly, the conversation itself.

Speaker 3 (33:14):
You can't really.

Speaker 1 (33:17):
You won't.

Speaker 4 (33:17):
You won't last too long if you're you don't have
anything of substance to talk about.

Speaker 3 (33:21):
And then lastly, I think the guests.

Speaker 4 (33:24):
You know, and Joe Rogan does that does a great
job that like scheduling people who who are especially in
like pop culture, people who you want to hear from,
who you're like interested in actually hearing what they have
to say, and that's it's really cool how guys like
that are in tune with the not only the public,

(33:45):
but their guests, and it just it makes for a
good show for sure.

Speaker 3 (33:48):
So I mean, I gotta agree with you for sure
on that.

Speaker 1 (33:51):
I think a lot of it's variety too.

Speaker 2 (33:53):
You know, like you can be an expert in one
thing absolutely and you can talk about that and have
great content. But if you are able to do what
Jericho's done and have compelling conversations with people that are
way outside your wheelhouse or Joe Rogan and line up
awesome guests. I mean that speaks volumes to what you
are able to do as a whole and not just

(34:15):
one trick. Like I've always said, good bands can rock
your world live and on a fully recorded and produced album.
A great band can melt your heart acoustically too, Like
they can play that acoustic song that like you're crying
at the end of it, you know, Like that's.

Speaker 1 (34:31):
Sure, that's I mean just my opinion.

Speaker 4 (34:34):
No, No, I would absolutely say you're right on that, man.
I mean, so there's a lot of a lot of
things that can go wrong, and but uh, the great
ones get the same the same to have like the
perfect mix of everything to go right. So I mean,
it's it's it's it's definitely up for anyone's interpretation. But yeah, no,

(34:56):
I think you hit it right on the head with
that speak you know which to uh. I know you
you you did coverage in a long.

Speaker 3 (35:05):
Year, your your journey as a.

Speaker 4 (35:08):
You know, journalist, You've done coverage in a bunch of
different places.

Speaker 3 (35:11):
You know, I met you in Omaha.

Speaker 4 (35:13):
You did some work in Spokane, you know, like you said,
Sioux City, Montana. Now, uh, let's say let's take out
Montana since you currently lived there, and then your hometown.

Speaker 3 (35:27):
Let's say where where exactly?

Speaker 4 (35:31):
Would you say is like a dream destination to do
coverage for any sports teams in any particular area.

Speaker 2 (35:39):
Oh so I think given where I am now, not
not like physically like not Montana, but just you know,
doing the player, bring the player of the game back
and doing it for not just football, but you know,
we did it for volleyball and cross country and stuff
like that, and it was so fun to be able

(36:00):
to do that for the different sports and have our
first female player of the game and have our first
runner of the meet. So I think now, you know,
because before I probably would have said, oh, you know,
San Francisco for the Niners, obviously, but that's like, that's
the easy, that's the gimme. I think, really, it would
have to be a city that's got everything. And Phoenix

(36:22):
is one city that Dang and I talked about moving
to when we couldn't find work in Spokane because they
not only have a team in every sport, but they
have a team in every level of every sport. You know,
we're talking to soccer, baseball, football, all that. And then
you know, Florida, it couldn't. I don't think it would
be one city. Orlando would be a good one, but
they don't have a football team. But I mean you
could argue there within driving distance of Tampa Bay and Jacks.

(36:45):
So probably cities like that, you know, where you've got
a good variety. I think I could really hit my
stride in a city like that.

Speaker 3 (36:52):
You know.

Speaker 2 (36:53):
Otherwise, what Great Falls has taught me is that you
can bring a professional national president and attitude to a
smaller city and knock it out of the park because
they nobody loves and appreciates that more than small towns.
So you could even put me in in an Iowa
or something like that and I'd probably do well. But uh,

(37:14):
you know, I'd say those are the those are the
good ones.

Speaker 4 (37:17):
Okay, Okay, I've always I don't know why I've always
paid it was like a big town guy, like if
you had to choose, I figured that you would pick
like the San fran obviously, like you said.

Speaker 3 (37:29):
Because your favorite NFL team is there, But I.

Speaker 4 (37:33):
Kind of figured you would like Texas or something it's
kind of it's cool to to to exactually hear your answer.
But I mean, I don't doubt you would do well anywhere,
So you know, I think I think anywhere you planning
your fee, you have a good chance at you know,
making your mark there. So that's that's really cool.

Speaker 2 (37:52):
I know, I know our party Crasher agrees. Destiny Brown
has entered the chat right now. Well, what's going on?
Not too much.

Speaker 6 (38:05):
I'm digging the red hair.

Speaker 3 (38:10):
You will be Bobe, you got soupan right now.

Speaker 2 (38:12):
Rich Malcolm was just asking me some questions since we're
celebrating five hundred episodes. Is there one that you had
that you've been dying to now because you've been a
good chunk of this journey with me, man, I don't know.

Speaker 6 (38:28):
I feel like just over the years, you've got to
see you walk, you know, grow and kind of mold
yourself into just this well rounded machine. I feel like
everything that I've ever wondered about you, man, you continue
to prove through your show, and you continue to prove
through your tenosity and just your dedication to this product,
you know, project Man, and it continues to shine every year.

(38:48):
So I don't know if I have a question, just
more of a congratulations to you and all that you've
been able to accomplish. And you know, I know that
this guy's the limit for you. So I just can't
wait for what the next five But see how far
you come? Man?

Speaker 2 (39:03):
Yeah, you and me both five hundred, Like I said,
a milestone.

Speaker 1 (39:06):
I did not think.

Speaker 2 (39:08):
I mean, I thought it would be great if I
could hit five hundred, but I knew the first hundred
was going to be the hardest, and it was. And
here's a quick funny story I'll tell you, because I
thought maybe Malcolm was gonna ask, other than my first episode,
if there was another moment that stands out as far
as things that happened during the show's tenure. The first

(39:29):
time I ever went live. So we were in Spokane
and we had rebranded to the Fan Show, and so
I said, this is gonna be live. You know, we're
gonna go live every Tuesday and Thursday, you know, six o'clock.
The first time I ever went live. So I'm in
the midst of the episode. We're going through the headlines,
and I'm talking, talking all of a sudden, because I
was going to do a phone interview later with somebody

(39:49):
So I had my phone plugged in and I get
this call from an unknown number and I was like, oh, hey,
somebody's watching the show. They want to call in. Like
this is great. I'm feeling the energy. I hit answer
and I'm like hello, and all I hear on the
other end is stop what you're doing right now and
don't pay another penny for overpriced auto insurance. That was

(40:12):
what like, I about had a heart attack because I
thought like I was violating some FCC thing because all
I hear is stop what you're doing. I'm like, what,
no joke. That was the first time. That was the
first time I ever went live. I get that call
and I was like, you got to kidney. So I
hang up and I was like, that's the most random
phone call I've ever gotten in my life. And I
get it as I'm going live.

Speaker 6 (40:32):
So talk about impeccable timing.

Speaker 3 (40:36):
Oh but sore, but sure.

Speaker 2 (40:39):
So I wanted Destiny to join to have a third
head in the box because we are announcing the Fan
Show Hall of Fame Class twenty twenty four. She is
a Hall of Famer herself. Class twenty twenty two. No,
we did not do twenty twenty three. I mean, we
didn't really do anything with the show that year. I
didn't feel it was right to do a Hall of
Fame class just be like and then there's there's this.

(41:00):
But obviously the show's been back and you know the criteria.
People ask me, what's your criteria? And so what's funny
is that for Full Sale University, their criteria they'll tell
you is simple. It's three things. It's you have to
be graduated for ten years, you have to be in
the industry for ten years, and then you have to
give back, right.

Speaker 1 (41:21):
I mean they don't say that you have to be.

Speaker 2 (41:23):
The best or even really really good at what you do,
but they kind of mean it because I mean there's
Oscar winners that are in the Hall of Fame, right,
I mean, come on, they're pretty good. So for the
fans show hall of Fame, it's you know, did you
have an impact in what it is that you did? So,
if you're a player, did you have an impact on
the field with the team, with the franchise, with the community.

(41:44):
You know, so not just a good player on the field,
but off it as well. If you were a fan,
does everybody know who you are? Like, are you one
of those fans that people get excited to see at
when they go to your game or when you're going
to an away game. And then you know, the rest
as far as wrestling, BattleBots.

Speaker 1 (41:59):
Things like that kind of fill in the blanks.

Speaker 2 (42:01):
But then the other criteria is, you know, how a
well known and well respected are you amongst that community,
and then you know, have you supported the show? Because
I feel like that's kind of you know, an obvious
one is is how much have you supported given back
to Like were you available for interviews, have you you know,

(42:21):
been on the show, or you player of the games,
things like that shared the content, because without that, it's
like what business do they have been in a fan
show hall of fame? Like it's not just you know,
a hall of fame to be a hall of fame
like this is for the people that, through my journey
have had an immense impact on me and then in
turn what they do in some kind of way and

(42:42):
Destiny obviously prime example of that. She's a GM that
everybody freaking knows, she's a fan favorite, and she's always
supported me in the show, you know, over the last
probably not all ten, but pretty close to it at
this point. So I thank her immensely for that. She's
definitely a deserving Hall of Fame members. So that's my

(43:02):
criteria for anybody that wanted to know.

Speaker 1 (43:05):
So now, then the.

Speaker 2 (43:07):
Hall of Fame class, I'm very excited about these inductees
because when I was thinking about, Okay, who goes in?
Who can wait another year or so, it was kind
of one of those decisions internal discussions of like, Okay,
well how did I get started? Because we're celebrating episode
five hundred and so you think about the Spokane Empire

(43:29):
and the people from the very beginning, and then you know,
Malcolm asked me my podcast Mount Rushmore and so kind
of the people that help me evolve into what it
is now and the people that have really helped along
the way. So obviously Destiny is a huge one. She's
already in it. So we're looking at five people who
I'm very excited about finally getting inducted. Some I couldn't

(43:51):
believe weren't in already, but nonetheless here we are. So
to start things off, the first inductee for the Fan
Show Hall of Fame Class of twenty twenty is a
man who is a part of that Spokane Empire team,
when I first got into indoor football. He also played
for the Spokane wolf Pack, which is where I got
my PA debut as a public address announcer. I got

(44:13):
some reps there, got to finally work very closely with
the team, do some of their media and pr. I mean,
he really helped me get my foot into a few
doors back then.

Speaker 1 (44:23):
And he has.

Speaker 2 (44:25):
Moved around quite a bit, to Grand Island, Nebraska, to
Des Moines, Iowa. He is back in Spokane now as
a high school coach, and he is kicking ass. But
never has he ever declined an interview or a chance
to talk shop, share stories and memories of indoor football.
So this guy leading us off so deserving. It is

(44:47):
Marshal heart. I mean, you guys both Knowah, Marshall's fantastic. Dessie,
you've come across Marshall before, you have a Marshall memory. Yeah,
So Marshall, I mean, if you ever are looking for
somebody in a certain vein or an industry or a

(45:13):
league or whatever, that can be that kind of go to.
He's just he's always so optimistic, he's always so friendly.
When we had him with me and Malcolm, when he
was so much fun to talk to. He's always a
good interview. Like I said, he's always supported the show.
But I mean, everybody loves Marshall and he's had his
impact in Spokane, in Grand Island and with Des Moines

(45:36):
and now he's with Tucson, you know, doing player personnel stuff.
But really the thing I'm most proud of him for
is what he's been able to do with that high
school team back home in Spokane, and they're they're they're
crushing it. So congratulations Martial Heart on being inducted into
the Fans Show Hall of Fame Class of twenty twenty four.
This next one, though, this one was I think a

(45:59):
little overdue, but at the same time, again, I can't
say enough about this individual. I think, really, when you
look at the world of indoor football, the indoor football
world was a better place because of him. And you know,
it was a slow start when I did the tour,
but Des Moines, Iowa was always one of my favorite

(46:21):
places to go before Quad City obviously, I mean, I
love I love Maligin, all right, come on, we know that.
But you know the Barnstormers and their history and their
fans and that team, you know, the goggles and the
wings and everything.

Speaker 1 (46:35):
It's just so iconic.

Speaker 2 (46:36):
You want to be good with that team if you're
going to cover arena or indoor football, because it's a staple,
and so you want to get good with front office
and ownership and John pettit was one that you really
had to get in good with because if he liked you,
then you were in, and if he didn't, you were out.
And I don't know how I did it, because you

(46:57):
can never read that man, but I somehow him over
so much so that when I got fired from the
storm and when our cat, baby Kitty died during twenty twenty,
one of the worst years for anybody, and we're alone
in Sue Fall, South Dakota, he called me and he
asked how I was doing, and he said, you know
about the time that they had to put his cat down,
and how terrible of the time that was for him,

(47:19):
And to keep my chin up because this was just
a minor setback for me, and that they love the
work that I did for indoor football and stuff like that,
and he didn't have to do that, Like there's there's
nobody holding the gun to his head saying call this person,
and for him to do that was huge. So it
is the The late great John Pettitt is our next inductee.
But Malk, you know, des Moines a great place to play.

(47:42):
I know that you've been there, but what you've experienced
as a player in the world of indoor football, a
lot of credit goes to him and how he has
helped kind of shape that league. So I hope maybe
you got a chance to meet him. I don't know
if you did, but John was a great dude.

Speaker 3 (47:57):
I'm sure.

Speaker 4 (47:58):
I'm so Unfortunately I didn't eating myself, but I mean
his reputation per season, for sure, I've heard a lot
of good things about him.

Speaker 3 (48:06):
I mean, you know, he's one of those guys.

Speaker 4 (48:09):
That you just look at the sport and you know,
you think they're lucky to.

Speaker 3 (48:14):
Have had this guy.

Speaker 4 (48:15):
You know, take part in it because you know, like
you said this, as a as a player, I can
see the changes and you know his mark that was
left on the sport of indoor football.

Speaker 2 (48:30):
Yeah, I mean, just there's so much there for him
to be able to have the impact on the league
that he did in the IFL. I mean, he's synonymous
with indoor football and destiny. I don't know, did he
have any sort of advice or influence for you being
the position that you are, especially when Quad City went
dormant for that year and then and then came back.

Speaker 6 (48:51):
Yeah, I just say John Pettitt is a man that
anyone would look to trying to make their name in
this industry, and in the way that he led and
guided and supported his franchise, I would say he obviously
is a groundbreaker and a trailblazer. So I mean, anybody
would want to be like John, and I think that
that shows through the legacy even that he's left now

(49:12):
and all the life that he touched, whether you are
a player, you know, a staff member, or just even
a fan alone. You know, I think anybody who led
in the way that he did is set for success
because he was just one of a kind.

Speaker 2 (49:25):
Absolutely couldn't have set it better myself. So, John Pettitt
your second inductee for the Class of twenty twenty four,
now the third one. So I looked at Destiny's class,
I think there was no players in there. We've got
two this year, thankfully, which is awesome. The first year
we had a couple and a coach. But there's always
been a fan because you're not the fan show without

(49:45):
the fans. And so this year's fan inductee is somebody
who really went above and beyond like anything I could
have ever imagined. He is well known throughout the indoor
football community. People love when he shows up to the
away games and stuff like that. He's always there for
the home team, even if he has a team, which

(50:06):
unfortunately happens to be Sue Falls. But this was a
guy who when I got hired by the Storm, I
didn't have a place to live yet, and they wanted
me to be there for at least a couple of
weeks to kind of get established, get set up and
then my wife and never gonna move and stuff. So
he let me stay in his spare bedroom for that
time and help me kind of get integrated into the

(50:27):
city and things like that. But I mean, whether it's
you know, in the same city or halfway across the
country or wherever I am, he's always been just such
a go to and reliable and supportive person, like the
epitome of one a fan is.

Speaker 1 (50:41):
And so it's.

Speaker 3 (50:42):
Adam Adam Lambretton.

Speaker 2 (50:44):
Yeah, everybody's favorite Adam. So Adam is our fan inductee
for the class of twenty twenty four, and again, I
just don't think you can say enough great things about him.
He's the kind of fan that you want other fans
to be like. I know in Quad City, you guys
have so many great fans like that as well. So
maybe you can recruit him to become a Steam Wheeler

(51:07):
fan since he is now sadly without a team.

Speaker 6 (51:11):
Absolutely absolutely we got we got a team to cheer.

Speaker 2 (51:13):
On this year, all right, So Desani's gonna work on
drafting Adam and then well we'll see what goes on there.
Maybe it's it's Sue's city, but yeah, Adam. I was
almost surprised. I was like, I can't believe Adam's not
in there yet. But yeah, from the start, he was
one of the early people that reached out to me

(51:34):
and that I got to know when I started touring
with the show, and so it's been a great friendship
ever since then. So the fourth one we got two left.
This one long overdue, I think for me personally, because
he was with Spokane the Empire for a year. But
this guy, like, Okay, there's the Pro Football Hall of
Fame and Kurt Warner is in there, and I feel

(51:56):
Kurt Warner is one of the most if not the
most deserving person to be in the Pro Football Hall
of Fame because he exceeded at every level that he
played in, whether it was arena football, professional football, or
even what the European League, in Canadian football, whatever else
he did. He's been all over the place and excelled there.
And so it's not the NFL Hall of Fame, it's

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the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And this guy, I
think when he calls it a career, should really have
a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame because
he's got as many rings as teams that he's played for,
and everywhere he goes, he's an instant success. He's a
great interview, he's so much fun. Me and Malcolm have
talked to him, and even if we have to re

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record the whole episode again because he wasn't sure if
what he said was going to be okayed by the coach.
But you know how much we love kickers here, right,
Kickers need love to and so a man taking his
belated but rightful place in the Fan show Hall of
Fame is none other than Craig the Leg Peterson. I
know you love Craig.

Speaker 3 (53:01):
Yeah, yeah, that's my gap, man, that's my gay. Like
you said, I.

Speaker 4 (53:06):
Mean the initial interview we had with him, you know,
it kind of gets scrapped because of you know, the
player personal thing. But yeah, no, he's a he's a
great time man, great time for such a great guy.

Speaker 3 (53:19):
I've met him a couple of times.

Speaker 4 (53:20):
I played against him a couple of times in the
i f L, and man, I can't say enough about
his his skill as a player. But once we actually
had that conversation when we had him as a guest,
you know, that just kind of uped my respect for
him even more because he's a like I said, he's
a great gap for sure.

Speaker 2 (53:38):
Yeah, and you know, I still can't believe he hasn't
gotten that call to go and kick for an NFL team.
Oh yeah, just because like he doesn't have college experiences.

Speaker 1 (53:48):
Like Okay, but there was.

Speaker 2 (53:49):
Roberto Aguile who was a big kicker in college. You
got drafted and his exit was so fast. So it's like,
I don't think you can have that be your your crutch.
You lean on that if a guy doesn't have college experience,
because if destiny your vikings, they got a guy who's
never taken a snap professional.

Speaker 1 (54:06):
He's crushed it.

Speaker 2 (54:06):
He got like eleven points for my fantasy team this week.

Speaker 4 (54:10):
Well yeah, exactly.

Speaker 6 (54:12):
It's the thing. And for the first time I think
to be a Vikings fan, it didn't hurt watch.

Speaker 1 (54:18):
So we love kickers here on the show and Craig.

Speaker 2 (54:23):
Yeah, he makes an excellent addition to the kickers that
have been inducted, which there's some good ones. So, like
I said, long overdue for him. I don't know what
took so long to get him in there, but he
wished me Happy Birthday day the other day. And he's
always taking time to you know, reach out and be like, hey,
what's up, or great interview, or you know, how's things
going with the show, or you come to this game
or whatever. So it's it's stuff like that that really

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means a lot when you're working for yourself and stuff
like this. So Craig has been the epitome of what
it means to be a Fan show Hall of Famer.
But so does our fifth and final inductee. I mean,
this guy. So Craig is going to be in the
IFL Hall of Fame one day. This guy is going

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to be right there with him. First ballot. We're talking
about human highlight reel so supportive of the show.

Speaker 1 (55:11):
I was shocked.

Speaker 2 (55:12):
I mean, there's stuff in this studio of his that
he made a point to send me that I never
asked for. And it's just crazy because clearly like we've
connected on a level of like I respect him and
his talent and everything that he does and brings to
not only the sport, but his team, his community, the fans,

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everything like that, and him to respect me in kind
of a similar way as far as what I bring
to the sport and to the different communities. And it's
just so much fun to interact with them at a
game or watch him play, and then the interviews, Oh
my god, Like he is a content machine. And so

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I wanted Destiny on to help me with this one.
So Destiny, would you please do me the honors of
announcing the fifth and final member of the Class of
twenty twenty four Fan Show Hall of Fame.

Speaker 6 (56:08):
Absolutely the one the only keeping the stud right.

Speaker 2 (56:13):
That's right, man, And this is a receipt that Rod
can be happy to keep because that dude is just
so full of energy and it's going to be such
a sad day when he doesn't play anymore, it really
will be. And I think, you know, I know, he
would be great at any other level, Canada, NFL, whatever,

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but he is. He has embraced the culture and world
of indoor football better than most and that's why.

Speaker 1 (56:43):
I think he's in like his own elite group.

Speaker 2 (56:45):
As far as just when you think of the Indoor
Football League and who's kind of helped usher it to
where it is now, his name has got to be
top two and not number two as far as the
people that have really helped do that. And there's there's
only a handful that you can think of that would
be mentioned in the same breath as his. But man, Destiny,

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you guys got somebody good there. I don't know how
you did it, but you guys did it in Quad.

Speaker 6 (57:10):
City homegrown talent. That's that's that's all that is, right,
That's that's what you hote for and can only dream of,
you know, to find right there in your backyard. And uh,
you know, obviously Keven's got a few years on me,
but we were going, you know, go going through high
school and stuff around the same time. And uh, you
see his name in the papers, I mean, and it's

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not stopped sense, I mean, and to have a guy
I always uh, you know, praise him on his attentiveness
not only to our fan base but our community and
using his you know, his platform to really give back
and make it, you know, an impact on these kids
and show him you know, it doesn't you know, take
anything but some hard work and dedication. You could be

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from Davenport, Iowa, the Quad Cities does not matter. You
can you can chase that dream and you can make
it true. So it it's such an awesome thing to
be a part of this and to get to obviously
you know, welcome him in alongside you. I think that's awesome.

Speaker 1 (58:08):
So thank you for letting me be a part of that,
no problem.

Speaker 2 (58:11):
I figured from one Hall of Famer to the next,
it was fitting. And Malcolm, you know, you guys at
the indoor level, and I think any level for sure,
but I see it the most because the fans are
right there. You know, they're at the dashboards with you,
or they're hosting pot lucks, or they're inviting you guys
over for this holiday barbecue or this dinner or whatever.
Like there's such a more there's so much more of

(58:33):
an intimacy factor. To the game of indoor football when
it comes to the relationship between players, front office, coaches,
and fans than I think any other sport really maybe
hockey would be the next one at the minor league level.

Speaker 1 (58:44):
But for you, when.

Speaker 2 (58:46):
You set out to do your thing, you know, in
the world of indoor football, would you say that Rudd's
example is like it checks all the boxes as far
as what a player should aspire to be when you're
participating in the league, like the if.

Speaker 4 (59:01):
L Oh absolutely certainly. I mean he personified it perfectly
when he was on with us. That's a guy who
not only cares about his own performance, but the guys
around him, and more importantly, how how it comes off
to the viewership. You know, a lot of people kind

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of neglect to understand that you're not only playing for yourself,
but when you put on that jersey, you represent the
fan base, you represent the city as a whole, and
you know, if you're acting a fool out there, then
it just kind of makes everybody look bad.

Speaker 3 (59:42):
So you know, Rudd, he he actually keeps that.

Speaker 4 (59:45):
In mind with his with his play, with his mannerism,
with his body language, all of that. So somebody to
I would tell anybody who's just coming into professional athletics
period to watch the because he's he's the consummate person
you will want to be if you're trying to just

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be just be a good person on end off the field.
So yeah, I mean I couldn't I couldn't agree more.

Speaker 2 (01:00:14):
All right, guys, Well that is the list of the
five inductees for the Class of twenty twenty four for
the Fan Show Hall of Fame. Got some belts to
send out, obviously you're a little bit behind on that,
but I gotta get the speeches from people. I know, Destiny,
you and I talked. We wanted me to set up

(01:00:34):
like a date and a time and a place and
go and do this thing right, But when you move
three times in five years, like, it's just not going
to be the easiest things. So in true fan show fashion,
we'll have to do this thing over something like this.
But I got to get people to write their their
speeches and send them into me so we can have
like an actual induction ceremony makeshift one, but either the classes,

(01:01:01):
you know, the ones that we've had in this one,
I feel so good about everybody that's in them. You know,
people like Destiny amre Ishmael who's now going to be
back with the Pirates. You know, Jordan Endrey is a
kicker from Green Bay who's been around, you know, the
lower levels of football and had such a great impact.
But there's just so many people that do so many

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great things. But I mean, these are the ones that,
as far as me and my travels, I've been like,
they get it, you know, And I think you guys
both agree on that. So thank you Destiny for joining
us here to help me out with that, and Malk,
thank you for joining me for what's been fun and
entertaining episode five hundred. Like I said to Malk, Destiny,

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this is how we're closing out twenty twenty four, and
then twenty twenty five is the big ten year anniversary
and we'll have five oh one. And there was plans
I talked to Destiny about this. There was a big aspirations,
big plans for that, and they might have to wait
a year because I might try it out here in

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Montana first to see how how well it goes. But
I do plan on doing a tour for the tenth anniversary,
and we'll see which cities I go to.

Speaker 1 (01:02:14):
I don't have to worry about going to two falls now,
so that's that's.

Speaker 2 (01:02:16):
A big win. But Malcolm you probably already saw. But
Malcolm has an announcement. He's pregnant. No, Malcolm has signed
to play, and Shaboozie is the father man. Malchelm is
to play.

Speaker 1 (01:02:33):
Where are you playing at?

Speaker 3 (01:02:35):
Is it Beaumont, Texas?

Speaker 1 (01:02:37):
Beaumont, Texas?

Speaker 3 (01:02:38):
Yeah, yeah, I'm excited. What you just say, I'm.

Speaker 4 (01:02:47):
Super excited because I've been I've been pretty much all
around with Texas, whether it's San Antonio, Dallas, Frisco, Houston,
you know, great place to be. I hate the Cowboys, obviously,
No I do. I do love Texas though. It's a
great place. And I haven't been to Boatmont yet. But
from what I hear and what I've seen, their pretty

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pretty lively bunch.

Speaker 3 (01:03:11):
Over there, and I mean they're excited to get started.

Speaker 4 (01:03:14):
It's a new team, so the fan base just couldn't
be happier to have a pro team over there representing them.
So I'm glad to be a part of that inaugural bunch.
So I'm looking forward to him. It's gonna be fun.

Speaker 2 (01:03:29):
I told him that he had to still try to
you know, pencil in appearances on the show obviously, because
I'm not going to try and look for another host
after a year of getting one that finally worked, you know,
nine years into this, and that he wasn't allowed to
go and talk on those other pretender shows because he
is a fan show exclusive.

Speaker 3 (01:03:50):
At this point, I had him working into my contract. Man.
They know it.

Speaker 2 (01:03:57):
They know it now, and of course Destiny is preparing
for another killer season of if L football. At the
start of the show, I was talking about the teams
that you know went dormant, and somebody said, I want
to say it was one of the dumb sits like
it t A or something that said, no team is
other come has ever come back from dormancy?

Speaker 1 (01:04:17):
Quad City did though.

Speaker 2 (01:04:18):
Quad City went dormant a year and came back, So
that information is false. So you hope that they can.
You know that the odds are not in their favor
to do so. But Quad City did it. Quad City
went dormant and came back, and that I think is
a true testament to what you guys got going on
up there in malign in Illinois.

Speaker 1 (01:04:37):
So thank you.

Speaker 6 (01:04:39):
Yeah, we got to work on that though, because I'm
gonna have to tell you it's Mollen.

Speaker 4 (01:04:47):
We got properly, and he's been saying that whole episode.

Speaker 2 (01:04:54):
I was I was always wondering, but I was like,
nobody's correct me ye, so just and again, I usually
always say QC or Quad City, like I don't ever
say you know Moline or Maligne.

Speaker 1 (01:05:09):
So okay, okay.

Speaker 6 (01:05:11):
I was gonna say, you're gonna have a Quad City
super fan and Brian Barrett come on and come get you.
That's he's the one to watch out for out here.

Speaker 2 (01:05:19):
He's gonna ask ask for forgiveness.

Speaker 1 (01:05:21):
At this point.

Speaker 2 (01:05:22):
It's not that I love you guys any less, because
I'm sure that there were people that up to a
certain point called me time man or something, and it's like,
it's okay, I know that you still love me.

Speaker 1 (01:05:32):
It's all right, exactly exactly all right, guys.

Speaker 2 (01:05:36):
Well, hey, thank you both so much for being on
here to celebrate episode five hundred. We had a lot
of ideas for this episode, but I think sharing some memories,
letting Malk pick my brain about stuff, and then obviously
announcing a new Hall of Fame class is about as
good as it can get. But I'm more excited about
the ten year anniversary next year, than I am about
five hundred because I know that that's the start of

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the next five hundred. If we get to one thousand,
we'll see what that episode might look like. But for
right now, it's about all eyes are towards five oh one.
And so we will see you guys in twenty twenty
five for the ten year anniversary of the Fans Show
for the start of you know, the five hundreds of episodes,
and we'll see what tricks the indoor world has for

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us and otherwise. And don't forget to go check out
Stars of Big Sky Country, the new series right now
while we wait for a new season of Indoor Football.
So thank you, guys, really, thank you all out there
for five hundred. Wouldn't have gotten here without you, the fans,
the players, coaches, front office, everybody I've met along the way.

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You guys are how we get to five hundred of
these playing and simple. If you're not clicking, listening or
watching or sharing and liking, then we're not doing this
kind of thing. So thank you all.

Speaker 1 (01:06:56):
So much for that.

Speaker 2 (01:06:57):
So for one of the best in the biz, Destiny
Brown for not Chaboozie, Father Mac Malcolm coy I am
as always, five hundred episodes in counting the team man
Richard Teman, and we will see you all next time.