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Kansas State And Gonzaga Win In Thrillers, Comedian Ari Shaffir + Fyre Fest Of The Week

Friday, March 24, 202314 takes

We started taping with 4 minutes left in the Gonzaga/UCLA game and watched an all time Max meltdown. Markquis Nowell electrified the Garden and Kansas State marches on. Uconn rolls and Tennessee chokes in an awesome Sweet 16 (-). Comedian Ari Shaffir joins the show in studio to talk about his career in comedy, Lakers fans, the Yankees, where comedy is going, and his show tonight in New York City (-). We finish with Fyre Fest of the week (-).

Recap

Push
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13515
MaxMax

Drew Timmy is the best player on the planet

Drew Timmy has become [the] best fucking player on the planet. Every single time he wants the score, he scores.

While Timmy was an elite college player, calling him the best on the planet is obviously hyperbolic as he went undrafted shortly after.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13518
Big CatBig Cat

Tom Izzo is not overrated

Is Tom Izzo overrated? [PFT: Yeah]. Here's not He's ready to, he's not. He's not. But he, but we did get a little salty Tom Izzo after he said that they had some lucky shots.

Subjective opinion on a Hall of Fame coach's legacy.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13516
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

UConn might be the best looking team in the tournament so far

UConn might be the best looking team in the tournament so far. Overall start, start to finish every game. They have in complete games, they have dominated their opponents.

UConn went on to win the national championship, winning every game by double digits.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13520
MaxMax

I hate the idea of the Eagles signing Ezekiel Elliott

I fucking hate Ezekiel Elliott. [Hank: Clip it].

The Eagles did not sign Ezekiel Elliott; he eventually signed with the New England Patriots for the 2023 season.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13523
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL salary cap is not real

The Saints have been in and out of Cap Hell so many times in the last five years. Every year it's like, well, nope. Cap Hell coming up for the Saints. The salary cap is not real. It doesn't exist.

While it's a hard cap, teams use void years and restructuring to delay hits, making it appear 'fake' to the casual observer.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13552
Big CatBig Cat

The overs are back in March Madness because of the bad publicity regarding shooting

Overs back. Yeah. Overs are back. Because I big brained it. I was like March Madness saw all the bad publicity... they're gonna see all the bad publicity about shot making. They're gonna loosen up these fucking rims.

A common gambler's superstition with no factual basis in rim mechanics.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13525
Ari ShaffirAri Shaffir

Lakers fans are just bandwagon fans

Fuck the Lakers dude. Every time they had fucking playoff games, no one will come out. Could be up three-nothing in the first round as a one seed. And people are like, 'wow, they're such fucking bandwagon fans.' Fuck all of them.

Subjective opinion about fanbases.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13530
Ari ShaffirAri Shaffir

Alex Rodriguez never earned his pinstripes

Did A-Rod earn pinstripes? Oh no. Not even for 2009. No. He got all his numbers. All his stats came in like blowout games.

Subjective sports debate about legacies.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13533
Ari ShaffirAri Shaffir

Giancarlo Stanton has not lived up to being a Yankee

What about Giancarlo? Does he have his pinstripes? Stanton? No. He plays shitty. He's never lived up to it. He never lived up to that concept.

Subjective assessment of a player's tenure.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13536
Ari ShaffirAri Shaffir

Brett Gardner earned his pinstripes through hustle

Brett Gardner... everyone's like 'Brett Gardner pinstripes.' Like that's just because he hustles, he plays the right way. Yeah, definitely pinstripes. He earned them.

Subjective assessment of player value to a franchise culture.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13527
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is a better Laker than Kobe Bryant

I started just doing a bit that LeBron is the best Laker of all time. And I had like my top fives and Kobe wasn't on it. [Ari: Kobe's the sixth best]. Yeah. It was like Nick Van Exel. It was like Shaq. So all these like... Will Chamberlain, Kareem, Magic, I'll give Worthy. And then LeBron.

Purely subjective and meant to trigger a specific fanbase.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023
#PMT-2023-0324-13539
Ari ShaffirAri Shaffir

Zion Williamson's injury issues are annoying because he just won't play

I'm a Pelicans fan... followed them. And Zion just won't play. He just won't play. It's annoying. He's not fragile. It's a different injury every time.

Zion Williamson has missed more games than he's played in multiple seasons since this take, including the rest of the 2022-23 season.

Fyre Fest

Open
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023·Fyre Fest
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I won't buy a golf bag until I break 130

I'm building myself up like a video game character in golf where I'm not allowing myself to get a golf bag until I break 130. That means that I'm carrying around a full set of clubs whenever I go to golf anywhere... I've literally taken a belt and I've wrapped it around my golf clubs and tightened it to keep them all together.

This is a personal goal/rule PFT set for himself.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 24, 2023·Fyre Fest
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dentists are a scam

Dentists are a scam. You don't have a cavity until somebody tells you you have a cavity. People don't go to the dentist when their teeth are feeling great.

OpinionLifeHotSarcastic
Medically incorrect, but a classic PFT logical fallacy.