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Dr. Phil, Jacoby Brissett, Mt Rushmore Of Area 51 Raiders And Meats

Wednesday, July 17, 201922 takes

Big Cat's Jury Duty, Madden Ratings, and Old face apps, yeah it's the dog days of summer ( - ). Mt Rushmore of Athletes you'd want on your side when you storm Area 51 ( - ) and in honor of National Hot Dog Day, Mt Rushmore of meats ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Cup Snakes at Wrigley and Blake Koepka ( - ). Dr Phil joins the show to diagnose what exactly is wrong with us, if he's happy, and when does being a fan of a sports team become problematic ( - ). Colts QB Jacoby Brissett joins the show to ask some questions that we never knew needed to be asked and start a new online club with an NFL QB ( - ). Bachelorette talk for guys that don't watch the bachelorette, Thoughts and Prayers Big Baller Brand, Take Quake, and Guys on Chicks.

Dr. Phil on Haters, Jacoby Brissett on the Sky, and the Mount Rushmore of Meats

We are officially in the dog days of summer. Big Cat is dealing with his fourth attempt at jury duty while PFT is trying to figure out if the FaceApp old filter actually just shows him what he'll look like in four years. With the sports calendar looking a little light, the guys are diving deep into Madden ratings and the pressing issues of the day, like whether or not Mitch Trubisky is getting a fair shake from the developers over at EA Sports.

Win
Jul 17, 2019
#10214
Big CatBig Cat

Mitch Trubisky being the 20th best quarterback in Madden with a 75 rating is fair

Trubisky was ranked the 20th best quarterback with a rating of 75. That's okay.

Mitch Trubisky's subsequent career trajectory (being benched/moving to a backup role) suggests 75 was a very reasonable, if not slightly generous, rating.

Storming Area 51 and Meat Rankings

In a double Mount Rushmore episode, the first task was drafting the athletes you’d want on your side when you finally storm Area 51. Big Cat went with a diplomatic approach for his first overall pick, looking for someone who has already proven they can handle delicate international relations.

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Big CatBig Cat

Dennis Rodman is a top pick to storm Area 51 because of his diplomatic experience in North Korea

My first pick, I'll just take Dennis Rodman because he went to North Korea. He can figure out diplomatic stuff. He will be able to talk to the aliens.

The take is inherently subjective as it involves a hypothetical raid on a secret government facility.

While PFT and Big Cat were looking for muscle and speed, Hank went in a different direction. He’s banking on the idea that the aliens might find a familiar face in the crowd and decide not to vaporize the entire raiding party.

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HankHank

Sam Cassell would be the perfect athlete to storm Area 51 because the aliens would think he's one of them

My second one, I guess I'll go with Sam Cassell. Just because, you know, maybe if there is any type of, like, maybe these guys are like us, they'll see Sam Cassell and be like, all right, that's an ally.

This is a comedic take based on an NBA meme and cannot be factually verified.

Things got even more contentious during the Mount Rushmore of Meats. In honor of National Hot Dog Day, the guys debated the merits of everything from brisket to bacon. PFT even threw out a wild card with jerky, claiming it’s the ultimate road trip meat, while Big Cat basically admitted to being Stella's personal chef.

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Jul 17, 2019·Take Quake
#10228
Big CatBig Cat

I am a personal servant to my dog Stella

I actually am a servant to Stella because every day I wake up and I give her food at the exact same time. And she goes back in bed and hangs out all day. And then I come home and I give her food again.

This is a humorous personal perspective on pet care.

Hot Seat/Cool Throne

Hank is officially putting the "Pinstripe Prestige" on the Hot Seat. He’s not ready to give Edwin Encarnacion his flowers just because the MLB Twitter account says so, especially when the Yankees are still losing games despite the parrot's home runs.

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HankHank

Edwin Encarnacion hasn't earned his Yankees pinstripes yet because the team lost the game where he hit two home runs

Newly acquired Yankees, Edwin Encarnacion... He had two home runs and the MLB tweeted out that the parrot has earned his pinstripes. But they lost the game, and then home runs meant nothing. You can't earn your pinstripes until you stop getting paid from your former employer.

The concept of 'earning pinstripes' is entirely subjective and based on fan/media perception.

On the Cool Throne, PFT is weirdly defensive of the final season of Game of Thrones. While most of the internet spent months complaining about the ending, PFT is using the record-breaking Emmy nominations as his ultimate trump card.

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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The final season of Game of Thrones was actually awesome because it received 32 Emmy nominations

Game of Thrones because they led all TV shows with 32 Emmy nominations. That's actually the most all time. So the final season turns out it was awesome. So critically acclaimed. All you idiots that say that it sucked, you're wrong because Emmys matter more than your stupid opinion.

The show did indeed set a record with 32 Emmy nominations for the final season, though the quality remains one of the most debated topics in TV history.

Big Cat brought up the ongoing war at Wrigley Field regarding cup snakes. While the Cubs front office seems to think a tower of empty beer cups is a threat to the republic, Big Cat sees it as a community service project that's being unfairly targeted.

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Big CatBig Cat

Fans building cup snakes at Wrigley Field are actually doing a favor to the recycling staff

We're talking about cup snakes where people are actually recycling. They're doing a favor to the Wrigley Field staff. They're collecting all the cups for them so they don't have to go around and get them after the game.

While logically true that collected cups are easier to pick up, the stadium's concern was primarily about fan behavior and safety rather than waste management efficiency.

Dr. Phil Diagnoses the Show

Dr. Phil joined the program to try and figure out what exactly is wrong with the guys. He sat in the van during a driving rainstorm to discuss everything from fanatical sports fans to the psychology of "keystroke bullies." He offered a pretty sobering look at why people feel the need to be anonymous jerks on the internet.

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Jul 17, 2019
#20717
Dr. PhilDr. Phil

People who leave hate comments online are 'keystroke bullies' who wouldn't say the same things to your face

There are those people that just sit in their mother's basement... find fault with other people and disparage the efforts of others. I call them keystroke bullies. And you know something? They would never say that to you in an elevator.

This is an observation about human behavior and the nature of the internet, making it subjective.

He also shared some of his personal travel habits, which involve a very specific routine whenever he steps onto a plane. Apparently, he’s not just there for the flight; he’s there to audit the flight crew.

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Jul 17, 2019
#20718
Dr. PhilDr. Phil

I never board a plane without looking the pilot in the eye to judge who is flying the aircraft

When I get on a plane, everybody gets on a plane and they just step on and turn right... I never do that. I get on and look left because I want to look at who's flying that airplane. Well, every single time I have never gotten on a plane that I didn't look the pilot in the eye.

This is a claim about Dr. Phil's own habits, which cannot be verified by outside parties.

The conversation got deep into the idea of self-image and how we perceive ourselves based on our own performance. According to the doctor, if you want to know who you really are, you just have to look at how you handle a two-minute drill or a high-pressure moment.

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Jul 17, 2019
#20719
Dr. PhilDr. Phil

We form our self-image by watching ourselves perform under pressure

We form our self-image by watching ourselves do what we do. So if you see yourself fold under pressure, then you attribute to yourself, I fold under pressure. But if you see yourself take the shot and make it, you go, hey, I held up under pressure.

This is a psychological theory regarding self-attribution, making it a subjective matter of academic opinion.

Jacoby Brissett and the Ask Jeeves Club

Colts QB Jacoby Brissett hopped on to discuss his recent string of woke Twitter questions. He’s been keeping NASA on their toes and questioning the very fabric of our reality, starting with the actual shape of the atmosphere above us.

Loss
Jul 17, 2019
#10225
Jacoby BrissettJacoby Brissett

The sky is actually flat

The sky is flat. The earth's not flat, the sky is. The sky's flat.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The sky/atmosphere is not a flat object; it's a layer of gases surrounding a spherical planet.

Jacoby also dropped some knowledge on the history of the football itself. It turns out the phrase "tossing the pigskin" is one of the greatest lies ever told to the American public.

Win
Jul 17, 2019
#10226
Jacoby BrissettJacoby Brissett

Footballs were never actually made of pigskin

Wilson football reached out to me about that and they explained that it was never pig skin, it was cow skin... I said, so now I was thinking to myself, now I should just go around and just start saying, like, let's go toss the cow skin around.

In the early days of the game, inflated pig bladders were used, but the outer covering has almost always been cowhide since the ball became standardized.

To wrap things up, the guys looked into the tragic fall of Big Baller Brand, which is now selling $50 shirts for the price of a footlong sub. PFT has his theories about why the empire crumbled, and as usual, it involves the heavy hand of the government.

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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Big Baller Brand is failing because of government regulations

I don't know what the problem was, the big baller brand, because the business plan was solid. They had great spokespeople getting free advertisement all the time. And now they're just relegated to the discount rack at Kohl's. Well, not with all this regulation.

Hot TakeBusinessHotSarcastic
BBB failed due to internal scandals and poor business management, not government regulation.

Don't forget to look the pilot in the eye next time you fly.

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Big CatBig Cat

Brooks Koepka ghosting Tiger Woods shows he cares more about winning the Blake of the Year award than anything else

Tiger texted him [Brooks Koepka] asking to play a round of golf before the British Open. He just ghosted him. So he cares more about the Blake of the Year than he does about Tiger Woods.

Koepka has historically prioritized the show's antics and confirms the story about ghosting Tiger.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Meryl Streep is the all-time GOAT of passive-aggressive comments

Meryl Streep is coming in... Meryl Streep is wrecking people. She's so – her little passive-aggressive comments. She is the all-time goat when it comes to passive-aggressive comments.

Subjective opinion on acting performance and character traits.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Russell Wilson is definitely a Hall of Famer

Russell Wilson will be a Hall of Famer. Yes, he's a Hall of Famer.

While Wilson is still active/playing, his 9 Pro Bowls and Super Bowl ring make him a very strong candidate, though his recent years in Denver have slightly complicated the lock status.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Next summer will be even hotter than this year's record-breaking summer

It's the hottest summer ever. That's a fact. Again, it'll be even hotter next year. Next summer.

Global temperature trends generally support the idea of successive record-breaking years, though 2020 was slightly cooler than 2016 and 2019 globally, it remained one of the hottest on record.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The SEC officiating Twitter account is just a shield to prevent fans from attacking the referees' personal accounts

This actually could be brilliant, though. If we're talking about SEC fan bases, I feel like they're the most likely to find the official's private personal accounts and go after them so this is just like hey no attack us right it's a shield.

The motivation behind institutional social media accounts is inherently subjective and unverifiable.
Win
Jul 17, 2019
#10222
Dr. PhilDr. Phil

You don't break habits, you only replace them with new behaviors

People think you break habits. You don't break habits. What you do is replace one behavior with a different behavior.

This is a widely accepted principle in behavioral therapy known as habit replacement or competing response training.
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Jul 17, 2019
#10223
Dr. PhilDr. Phil

Cleveland fans felt personally rejected by LeBron James when he left for Miami

Number one need in all people is acceptance. Number one fear is rejection. [LeBron] rejected the cities. I'm out of here. So they all felt rejected. We're not good enough. You're leaving us. So that hurt. So they really had a love-hate relationship with him.

This is a psychological interpretation of a public event, making it inherently subjective.
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Jul 17, 2019
#10224
Big CatBig Cat

I would choose to cut off my pinky toe rather than go bald

The little toe doesn't do anything. I'm going to teach you a lesson, Dr. Phil. You ready for this? I would cut off my little toe rather than be bald. 100%. Not even a question.

This is a personal value judgment that cannot be verified.
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Jul 17, 2019
#20720
Jacoby BrissettJacoby Brissett

I would much rather get my information from Ask Jeeves than Wikipedia

I'd much rather read off Ask Jeeves than Wikipedia. If we can start that back up, then I'm all for that. You can't quote Google anymore, so you got to go ask Jeeves. I never got a bad grade on my paper from ask Jeeves.

The take is a subjective preference for one website over another.

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