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Joe Buck and Oliver Hudson on Daddy Issues, Poker Beats, and King of Kong
We’re still trapped in the Groundhog Day loop of quarantine, and Big Cat and PFT Commenter are starting to lose their grip on the calendar. PFT has basically accepted that every day is just a blend of Sunday and Tuesday, while Big Cat is trying to find the silver lining in staying home with a son who is currently in a developmental sprint. The energy is high because the guys are leaning into the absurdity of the current world, including the absolute chaos of Mike Francesa trying to gatekeep his own content.
Big CatMike Francesa is making his content less accessible to the few people still listening
My friend says it was like hey, you know, what's a good idea to make sure that my content is even less accessible to the people? ... It's the MLB model. Yes. If he was smart, he would just start his own Twitter account for his own show. But I guess he's sunk a lot of production costs into doing the mics on app.
With no actual sports to gamble on, the focus shifted to the massive spike in home drinking. PFT predicted a grim health outcome for the country once we finally emerge from our living rooms.
PFT CommenterThe quarantine will result in a generation of "Corona Livers" due to the massive spike in alcohol consumption.
Alcohol consumption is going way off in America. People are talking about having Corona babies. They're going to be Corona livers in about three or four months.
Joe Buck and Oliver Hudson
Friend of the program Joe Buck returned to the show, bringing along his new podcast co-host Oliver Hudson. The pair are launching a show called Daddy Issues, which allowed the guys to immediately needle Joe about his legendary nepotism. Oliver, meanwhile, brings a different flavor of family drama as the son of Goldie Hawn and the stepson of Kurt Russell. The conversation quickly turned to the state of sports broadcasting and the massive bag Tony Romo just secured at CBS.
Joe BuckTony Romo's massive contract was purely a result of being in the "absolute perfect place at the perfect time."
I have no idea. I have no animosity jealousy anything I am happy for [Romo]. And he doesn't do what I do. So, you know, I wonder but others in this business trying to follow that model to me Romo was in the the absolute perfect place at the perfect time with two networks that were dying to either keep him or get him and it just came up at the right time for him and he cashed in.
Big Cat couldn't let Joe leave without addressing the elephant in the room from the Super Bowl: the attempted forced birth of the "Playoff Damien" nickname for Damien Williams. Joe stood by his research, but the guys aren't buying it.
Big CatJoe Buck is still trying to make the "Playoff Damien" [Williams] nickname happen despite it not being a thing.
Joe Buck was great as always even though he's still trying to make playoff Damian happen. ... you blatantly made up a nickname for playoff Damien that no one in America ever thought was real and thought you could just like say it and we be like, oh, yeah, his name is definitely playoff Damien.
Oliver shared a story that truly resonated with the PMT ethos. Despite having a Hollywood family, his greatest trauma involves a brutal beat at the 2005 World Series of Poker. Getting bounced on the first hand with pocket tens is the kind of soul-crushing gambling story that makes you a friend of this show for life.
Busting out of the World Series of Poker on the first hand was a worse life experience than my father abandoning me.
It was one of the worst moments of my life honestly. ... [Worse than abandonment?] Oh, yeah. Oh it was it was a horrifying experience is $10,000 by in... I sit down first hand Shuffle Up and Deal. ... It was a hand I could never get away from... pocket tens. Sammy Farha had Ace 10. ... that was it. I mean it was a horrible horrible beat.
LeBron's Content Game and Mt. Flushmore
LeBron James is bored, which means he's tweeting about "maybe" breaking down his own game film. Big Cat is already bracing for the narcissism, especially with the Michael Jordan documentary on the horizon. He’s convinced LeBron will find a way to make MJ’s career about himself.
Big CatLeBron James will be super annoying and try to make the Michael Jordan documentary about himself
I already know the LeBron's gonna be super annoying during the MJ Dock and try to make it all about LeBron and I don't even think LeBron's in the MJ doc, which is sneaky awesome.
For Friday's Mt. Flushmore, the category was animals. Big Cat came out swinging against the creatures currently responsible for the global shutdown. He wasn't interested in hearing about the "ecosystem" or "benefits to nature."
Big CatBats are the worst animal because they take away things like March Madness
I'm gonna win the strap with first pick because it's the number one most Wanted animal in the world right now his ruined the entire world. It's bats. Bats fucking suck. Fuck bats. ... Secondary take away March Madness. Don't do ecosystems... I will never forget that we didn't get March Madness in 2020.
As the draft went on, things got weirdly physical. Big Cat's confidence in his own wrestling ability reached an all-time high, specifically regarding his chances against a large reptile.
Big CatI could take a boa constrictor in a wrestling match
I think I could take a boa constrictor. I don't think a boa constrictor could take down like a fucking well... I just punch it in its brain over and over. I would you kick a boa constrictor up doesn't have to take down a boa constrictor our python an anaconda might get you.
PFT took a more philosophical approach to his picks, targeting a specific historical canine. He argued that you can judge a dog by the company it keeps, even if that company is the most evil man in history.
PFT CommenterHitler's dog, Blondi, was a bad dog because dogs take on the personality of their owners.
I'm gonna go on a limb and say that Hitler's dog blondi is bad because dogs they take on the personality of their owners. You know that. ... I'm going to go on a limb and say that Hitler's dog blondi is bad.
Documentary Review: King of Kong
To wrap things up, the guys reviewed the 2007 masterpiece King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. It’s a story of good vs. evil, and in this world, Billy Mitchell is the ultimate heel. Big Cat found himself fascinated by the cult-like following Billy maintains among the competitive arcade scene, attributing his power to a very specific set of "alpha" traits.
Big CatBilly Mitchell's wife is the reason he is the 'King of the Nerds'
I actually kind of think his wife has big tits and I think that that is the greatest equalizer in like nerd world where they're like, 'Whoa, Billy look at the fucking the tits on your wife' and then he just becomes the King of the Nerds.
Then there’s the supporting cast, specifically Brian Koo, the ultimate Billy Mitchell sycophant. PFT and Big Cat agreed that every villain needs a bootlicker, and Brian Koo might be the greatest of all time.
Big CatBrian Koo truly is a bootlicker and reminds me of Philip Seymour Hoffman's character in "Boogie Nights."
Brian Koo... scurrying around the video game place calling himself a prodigy calling Billy with updates... he truly is a bootlicker... He actually reminds me of Philip Seymour Hoffman's character in Boogie Nights. ... falling around Dirk Diggler and being like, you're awesome dude.
Whether it’s fake assistants or doctored VHS tapes, the world of competitive Donkey Kong is more cutthroat than the NFL. We'll be back next week to see if PFT’s body finally remembers how to function without live sports to fuel it.
Stay safe and keep your weightlifting gloves on.
