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Andrew Santino on Curb, Bear's New Weapon, and March Madness Madness
We are officially in the thick of it. After 12 straight hours of watching college basketball, Big Cat and PFT are reaching that beautiful level of loopiness that only comes during Champ Week. The bubbles are bursting, the unders are dying in overtime, and Max is already in mid-season form regarding his Villanova heartbreak.
Watching Villanova struggle against DePaul and then fall to Marquette was a spiritual experience for everyone except Max. Big Cat isn't letting Kyle Neptune off the hook for his late-game management, or lack thereof.
Big CatKyle Neptune is not a good basketball coach and has to go
Kyle Neptune sucks at coaching basketball. You are not crazy. He got absolutely worked by Shaka Smart. The fact that he didn't call a timeout with 30 seconds left in the game... That guy is not a good basketball coach. Jay Wright would've won that game. It was disgusting... Kyle Neptune's gotta go.
While Max suffers, the rest of the crew is basking in the chaos of NC State taking down Duke. The Blue Devils didn't just lose on the court; they lost the PR battle by trying to hide from the internet's inevitable roasting. PFT was particularly offended by the lack of backbone shown by the social media team in Durham.
PFT CommenterDuke locking their Twitter comments after the NC State loss is the softest thing ever
It was also classic Duke, because after the game they did post the final score on Twitter. Yep. But they locked the comments. Yep. Classic, classic college shutting down free speech on in in America... I think it's better that they just don't post the final score than if they post it and then shut it down.
NFL free agency continues to deliver gifts, specifically to Big Cat. The Bears trading a fourth-round pick for Keenan Allen has the city of Chicago buzzing, even if the expectations are being managed ever so slightly. Between the Allen trade and the inevitable Caleb Williams selection, the roster is actually looking competent for once.
Big CatThe Bears are a year away from being all in.
I think they're a year away from being all in. Okay. I think next year. I think the way that Ryan Poles is structuring this roster. Like he didn't go nuts in free agency.
Speaking of quarterbacks, the Jets are currently dealing with the most Jets headline of all time: Aaron Rodgers potentially being a Vice Presidential candidate. While Big Cat is skeptical, PFT is fully prepared for the hilarity of a sitting NFL quarterback hitting the campaign trail.
PFT CommenterAaron Rodgers will run for vice president
I think he's gonna do it. I think he's gonna run for vice president. It's gonna be hilarious. I don't know if he's going, is he gonna retire or is he gonna try to do both? That's the real question.
Our good friend Andrew Santino joined the show to discuss his new movie *Ricky Stanicky*, his relationship with the KC guys, and the struggle of being a ginger in Hollywood. Santino is a true Chicago guy through and through, meaning he shares the same deep-seated fatalism about the Bears that Big Cat carries every day.
Big CatIf the Bears had drafted Patrick Mahomes, something tragic like being hit by a bus would have happened to him immediately because of the franchise's luck.
if we had Patrick Mahomes, he would've just been hit by a bus. Like crossing Michigan Ave just being like, bus hit him. Patrick Mahomes is dead. Something weird would've fallen from the L and hit him in the head. We would've not gotten lucky with him either. Something bad would've happened to him. Injury year one, probably.
Santino also shared some incredible behind-the-scenes stories from *Curb Your Enthusiasm*, including the specific improv that made Larry David break during his audition. For Santino, the darker humor of Larry David has always resonated more than the traditional sitcom feel of Seinfeld.
Andrew SantinoCurb Your Enthusiasm is better than Seinfeld because it is the darker, more realistic version of what Seinfeld was meant to be.
I'm a much bigger fan of [Larry David] than Seinfeld. I think his line of what Seinfeld was, was, that's why Curb was so great. It was like the version of Seinfeld that I wanted more was that, more so than the other thing that Jerry [Seinfeld] did. Larry's Seinfeld is what Curb is and that's what I always wanted it to be.
We wrapped things up with a Fyre Fest of the Week that featured a bizarre heist in Pittsburgh. The Penguins announced that a shipment of Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads was hijacked, leading to one of the most niche criminal investigations in sports history. PFT, however, has his own theory about why those bobbleheads never made it to the arena.
PFT CommenterThe Penguins faked the Jaromir Jagr bobblehead truck hijacking because they forgot to order them.
I've got a car filled with Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads that I'm trying to get rid of... I don't think the bobbleheads existed. I think maybe I, I think that maybe there were no bobbleheads and the Penguins were like, 'fuck it's bobblehead night, we forgot to order these things.' It's Jussie Smollett head night. They're like, 'well we don't have—oh yeah, the cops, we called the cops, they're looking into it right now.'
Between the 24-pancake challenge fallout and the looming shadow of the NCAA tournament, the energy is at an all-time high. Stay safe out there this St. Paddy's weekend, and remember: if you're wearing a t-shirt to a golf tournament, Jake Marsh is judging you.
