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Adam Richman on Man vs. Food, NBA Play-In Chaos, and Heat Culture's Funeral
The NBA Play-In tournament is officially here, and it delivered exactly the kind of beautiful, high-stakes garbage basketball we've come to expect. Big Cat and PFT stayed up late to watch the Lakers escape an overtime thriller against a Minnesota Timberwolves team that tried its absolute hardest to give the game away. Anthony Davis committed a truly brain-dead foul on Mike Conley at the buzzer, but Minnesota's offense went missing for so long that LeBron James was basically willed into the postseason by the ghost of David Stern.
PFT CommenterDavid Stern and the NBA were always going to find a way to get LeBron James into the playoffs
I think everybody out there with a pulse that's ever seen basketball or heard of the state of Minnesota before, knew that the Timberwolves were gonna give this up. The Lakers were gonna come back. The NBA. David Stern was gonna figure out a way for LeBron James to advance the playoffs.
While the tournament provides drama, Big Cat isn't ready to put it on a pedestal just yet. Between the Wolves' meltdowns and the Lakers' clunky finish, it's hard to view these teams as actual threats to the Larry O'Brien trophy. For the guys, the play-in remains a glorified exhibition until someone actually does something with the opportunity.
Big CatI won't respect the NBA Play-In tournament until a play-in team wins a title
I like it [the play-in] in theory because more basketball, more fun. These teams suck. These teams aren't gonna like... I need a play-in tournament team to win a title for me to start respecting the play-in tournament. Because the NBA playoffs like historically are the, you know, the top seeds are usually the teams that you see at the end.
Down in Miami, things look even bleaker. The Atlanta Hawks walked into South Beach and physically bullied the Heat on the glass, winning the rebounding battle by a staggering margin. It was a pathetic showing for a franchise that prides itself on being tougher than everyone else. Big Cat is ready to read the last rites for the toughest brand in sports.
Big CatThe Miami Heat's 'Heat Culture' might officially be dead
The Death of Heath heat culture. Jake, it's over. And I'm not trying to just be a prisoner of the moment, but they got absolutely bullied... I think it might be dead.
The Legend of Man vs. Food
Adam Richman joined the show in studio and he is a total fountain of knowledge. He walked through the culinary anthropology behind his History Channel shows and shared some of the most insane stories from his days traveling the country eating 5-pound burritos. He even dropped some science on why we associate certain colors with flavors in our favorite childhood cereals.
Adam RichmanFruit Loops are all the same flavor regardless of color
Fruit loops don't have an individual taste. Your mind makes you think that the orange tastes like orange, yellow tastes like lemon banana. They all taste [the same].
Adam Richman didn't just talk about the history of food; he gave us a peek behind the curtain of competitive eating. He shared some trade secrets he learned from the GOAT, Joey Chestnut, including a somewhat dangerous hydration technique used to prepare the body for a massive intake of calories.
Adam RichmanDrinking a gallon of water in five minutes will stretch your stomach for an eating challenge
Joey [Chestnut] taught me I would drink a gallon of water in five minutes, either the morning of the challenge or the night before because then through breathing, pissing respiration, perspiration, the, the water is gone but your stomach is stretched out.
He also provided the most important piece of advice for any PMT listener attempting a spicy wing challenge: the exit strategy. According to Adam Richman, the key to avoiding "ring sting" isn't milk or bread, but a specific fruit-based preparation.
Adam RichmanEat a banana and white rice before a spicy food challenge to avoid 'ring sting'
Spicy challenge hack. Okay? And this is the truth. Before you do anything spicy, eat a banana and eat a small thing of white rice. The banana is the crucial thing... apparently something about the banana and the potassium encapsulates the capsicum so you have a good exit strategy.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne
Hot Seat/Cool Throne featured a heavy dose of Taylor Swift talk following her breakup. PFT took the opportunity to stir the pot with a music take that is sure to have the Beyhive buzzing for all the wrong reasons.
PFT CommenterTaylor Swift is better than Beyonce
Who you got? Taylor Swift or Beyonce? It's Taylor Swift. Easy. Nah, it's so easy. It's all day... No, you guys, girls, no one knows a single Beyonce song, right? Yeah, she's super old. Taylor Swift. Much better vocalist.
Big Cat moved the Cubs from the "Hot Seat" to "Sneaky Cool" as he’s officially talked himself into a hundred-to-one future on the North Siders. Meanwhile, PFT is sounding the alarm for every bar owner in America as the transition to YouTube's Sunday Ticket looms.
PFT CommenterBar managers will be completely lost on Week 1 of YouTube Sunday Ticket
They are going to have to figure out how to get YouTube on all their TVs at once. And they, they are gonna be completely lost week one of next year... Bar owners week one. It's gonna be a shit show.
We wrapped up the show with Guys on Chicks, dealing with a listener whose boyfriend is a little too neurotic about condom leaks and another whose man is using AI to write romantic poetry. PFT, ever the voice of reason, offered his own brand of foolproof family planning.
PFT CommenterThe pull-out method is the best and most effective birth control
This is why the pull-out method's just, it's the best. So much more effective. It's the best. Yeah. Works a hundred percent. You know where the semen's going? Yeah. Never have a problem pulling out.
If you see Adam Richman at a pool table, just make sure he's not currently digesting a spicy curry.
