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Chris Jericho and Dale Earnhardt Jr on Heels, Haunted Swamps, and Ghost Towns
The NBA offseason is officially in full-blown chaos mode, and Big Cat and PFT are here for every second of it. Between Anthony Davis essentially paying $4 million to secure the number 23 from LeBron James and the Houston Rockets trying to assemble the most volatile trio in sports history, there is plenty to chew on. Big Cat is already calling the shot for next season following the Warriors' injury woes.
Big CatThe Lakers are going to win the title next year
Hank, I told you this, the minute that Klay Thompson tore his ACL, you told me to chill. The Lakers are going to win the title. Chill. Okay. All right...
PFT is particularly enamored with the idea of Jimmy Butler heading to Houston to join James Harden and Chris Paul. While most analysts worry about having three ball-dominant personalities in one locker room, PFT sees it as a necessary explosion.
PFT CommenterJimmy Butler going to the Rockets would be healthy because he would blow everything up immediately
Jimmy Butler gets in, and he just blows everything up. I think that's way more entertaining and, frankly, more healthy [than the Rockets' current passive-aggressive state].
Mount Rushmore of Rewatchable Movies on TV
There is a specific science to the movie you can’t turn off when you stumble across it on basic cable at 2:00 PM on a Sunday. Hank led things off with *Catch Me If You Can*, but Big Cat went for the heavy hitters with *Goodfellas* and a comedy that has aged like a fine wine.
Big CatStep Brothers is a movie that holds up perfectly between commercial breaks on TV
Step Brothers is so rewatchable. You know what's crazy? When I first saw Step Brothers I didn't think it was that good but now if you see it on TV every scene every like in between commercial breaks holds up on its own and you have to watch the whole thing.
PFT rounded out the draft with *Con Air* and *Training Day*, though he nearly derailed the segment by picking a very specific 2002 "adult" film as his wild card. The consensus remains: if Nick Cage is on the screen and there are commercial breaks every twelve minutes, you aren't moving from the couch.
Chris Jericho: The Art of the Heel
Wrestling legend Chris Jericho joined the show from the back of a van to talk about his transition to AEW and the psychology of being a villain. He shared a legendary story about refusing to sign an autograph for a kid in a Madison Square Garden elevator just to ensure the dad would boo him louder later that night.
Chris JerichoWrestling heels must stay in character at the arena to maintain credibility with fans
My thing is when you're a bad guy, a heel, you, of course, obviously just the character you play, but when you're on site at the arena, you have to play the character. You have to because if you don't, if you're nice to everybody and then an hour later when you're in the ring and trying to get people to boo you, people are like, oh, I'm not going to boo you.
Jericho also spent a significant amount of time "breaking balls" with the guys, including a heated debate over the proper pronunciation of tapioca and his controversial stance on Canadian delicacies.
Chris JerichoPoutine is not the national food of Canada
Poutine is not the national food of Canada. I have never had poutine before. Now suddenly everybody's Mr. Poutine. This is poutine. This side and the other thing.
As he prepares for the launch of AEW on TNT, Jericho is leaning into his role as the veteran leader of a new movement. He believes the competition is the best thing that could happen to the industry, specifically for the man running the show in Stamford.
Chris JerichoAEW's existence will force Vince McMahon to improve the WWE product
It's also going to stick a boot up Vince's ass. You know, you're not just, if you're running a race and no one's behind you, you slow down, you stop, have a drink, whatever. If there's someone right on your heels and you're about ready to lose the race, you're going to run as fast as you can.
Dale Earnhardt Jr: Whiskey River and Redskins Hope
Dale Earnhardt Jr stopped by to discuss his life in retirement, which apparently involves owning an entire abandoned Western town on his property called Whiskey River. While he spends his days managing his gas budget and hanging out in his private saloon, he’s still keeping a close eye on his beloved Washington Redskins. For the first time in a long time, he actually has a reason to tune in on Sundays.
Dale Earnhardt JrDwayne Haskins finally gives Redskins fans something to be excited about
We did draft Haskins, which it gets me excited as a fan. I mean, if we were going into this offseason and camp and preseason without Haskins, look at the rest of the quarterbacks on the team. I mean, I can't get excited about that.
He also gave some incredible insight into the culture of NASCAR, explaining that the difference between a winning car and a middle-of-the-pack car often comes down to how much a crew chief is willing to flirt with the rulebook.
Dale Earnhardt JrNASCAR crew chiefs must bend or break the rules to be successful
If you take a car that's legal from front to back, completely legal through the rule book, you're not going to run very well. You're not going to do well. And the crew chiefs, the crew chief that I want, the team that I want, are the ones that are willing to gamble and be aggressive with the rules, bend the rules, maybe break a few rules, because I know that that's what I'm competing against.
Stay Woke and License to Jill
In a special Stay Woke, Big Cat took aim at NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. While Silver is often praised as the "cool" commissioner, Big Cat argues that his public willingness to "discuss" every wild idea on the internet—like shortening the season—is just elite level PR because the financial reality makes most of those changes impossible.
Big CatThe NBA will never actually shorten the 82-game season because everyone loses money
You just have to remember, if they shorten the season, all the players are going to get paid less. So there's no way they're ever going to shorten the season, and all the owners are going to make less money. So it's never going to get shortened.
Finally, Jilly Football returned for another edition of License to Jill. After learning the hard way what the eggplant emoji actually means via a stranger at an airport bar, she offered some stern advice on how to climb the family power rankings.
Jilly FootballThe best way to move up in your grandmother's power rankings is to move in and take care of her
Move in and take care of grandma. Oh, absolutely... and she will love you and you will move right to the top of the pile.
Just remember, if you see three water drops in Jilly's mentions, she probably thinks it's just a localized rainstorm.
