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Matt Damon And Casey Affleck, Mt Rushmore Of Dumb Things We Used To Think + Football Is Back

Friday, August 2, 202415 takes

Football is back and it’s time to learn the new kickoff rules. We talk Olympics and Embiid playing zero minutes in Game 2 for Team USA(-). Mt Rushmore of dumb things we used to think(-). Matt Damon and Casey Affleck join the show to talk about their new movie The Instigators, making it in the movie business, their Mt Rushmore of Boston athletes, and tons more(-). We finish with Fyre Fest of the week(-)

Recap

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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is unpatriotic to take the under on the NFL Hall of Fame game

So great to hear the music. So great to bet the over, which I'm probably gonna lose, but I'm gonna take it anyways because it's unpatriotic to take the under on the Hall of Fame game.

The 2024 Hall of Fame game (Bears vs. Texans) was called off early due to rain with the score at 21-17. Depending on the line (usually mid-30s), the over likely hit or was a push, but the sentiment remains subjective.
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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

Jordan Love deserves every dollar of the massive contract extension he received from the Packers

Jordan Love got paid and he made a lot of money and Tua got paid. He made a lot of money... [Jordan Love] deserves every dollar that he got.

Love's performance throughout the life of the contract will determine its value, but at the time of signing, he became one of the highest-paid players ever.
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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

Jim Harbaugh is going to win with the Chargers because winning is all he does

Jim Harbaugh, he's gonna win. That's all he does. He wins everywhere he goes. He's gonna figure out a way to win.

The outcome depends on the Chargers' performance in the 2024 season and beyond.
Loss
Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024
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MaxMax

Joel Embiid is still a top three player on Team USA

He's still the top three player on this team. Steve Kerr has said that himself. Sometimes there's matchup things and guys who don't know Ball are going to try and criticize Joelle Embiid... he's gonna drop 30 against Puerto Rico.

Embiid did not drop 30 against Puerto Rico (he had 15 points), and most analysts would place LeBron, Steph, and KD above him in performance during the games.
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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024
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HankHank

Imane Khelif should be allowed to compete in women's boxing despite the testosterone controversy

From my limited reading, she was born a female and identify as a female. Just because she has some extra testosterone doesn't mean she shouldn't be fighting other females.

This is a subjective matter of policy and ethics regarding athletic eligibility.

Mount Rushmore

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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024·Mt. Rushmore
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Big CatBig Cat

Jumping at the last second in a falling elevator will save your life

If you're an elevator and it falls and you jump at the end, you survive... I just looked it up. It's not true. It's not true. You would die.

As Big Cat discovers mid-sentence, physics dictates that jumping does not negate the velocity of a terminal elevator fall.
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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024·Mt. Rushmore
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

TV reruns are actually actors performing the exact same script live for a second time

I used to think that when you'd watch a rerun of a show on TV, that it was an all new taping of the exact same script... I thought that like, I'd be watching Saved by the Bell... They're doing the same song, but they're just taping it again for us.

Reruns are clearly recorded broadcasts of the original performance.
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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024·Mt. Rushmore
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HewyHewy

Chocolate milk comes from brown cows

I thought chocolate milk came from brown cows... I was up north driving past a brown cow and I pointed to my cousin, I said, you know, chocolate milk comes from those things.

Chocolate milk is white milk with cocoa/sugar added; the cow's color is irrelevant.

Interview

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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Paul Walter Hauser should play Andy Reid in a movie about the coach's life

One [project] would be him [Paul Walter Hauser] playing Andy Reid in the Andy Reid story. I think he'd crush that.

This is a subjective casting opinion.
Win
Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024
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Matt DamonMatt Damon

The Celtics will win the 2024 NBA Championship because they are the deepest team

My prediction is... I think we're the best team left. I think we're the deepest team and if we can stay injury free... I feel like we really should win this thing. And I'm, and I'm hoping that we do.

The Celtics won the 2024 NBA Finals in five games over the Mavericks.
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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'Dynasty' documentary was a slanted propaganda piece designed to get Robert Kraft more credit

It was basically Robert Kraft being like, I need more credit for everything that's happened... they slanted it so hard against Belichick that everyone who has watched the Patriots the last 20 years was like, this is not how it happened. I think it actually hurt him.

The documentary's bias is a matter of critical interpretation, though many former players agreed with Big Cat's assessment.
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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024
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Casey AffleckCasey Affleck

The 'Dynasty' documentary was an accurate, high-quality sports film that did not manipulate viewers

I haven't talked to a lot of people that are like, I don't know, like, I think we got manipulated a little bit... it was so well done. It's like a hundred percent rotten tomatoes watching it... I think it leaves people with the impression that that is how it was.

This is a subjective evaluation of a film's quality and intent.
Loss
Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers will get injured again and then run for Vice President

He's probably gonna get injured again... He's gonna get injured and then he is gonna run for vice president and he's gonna become vice president of the United States.

PredictionFootballHotSarcastic
Rodgers was not chosen as RFK Jr's running mate (Nicole Shanahan was), and as of early 2024 season, he has not suffered a season-ending injury or become VP.
Win
Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024
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Matt DamonMatt Damon

I would have made more money than any actor in history if I had accepted the lead in 'Avatar'

I had a chance to be in Avatar... I probably would've made more money than any actor in history had I taken the part... It was 10% of the total earnings from the film... All I know is it made over 3 billion.

James Cameron has confirmed he offered Damon 10% of the profits. With Avatar earning $2.9B+, it is arguably the largest single-role payday ever rejected.

Fyre Fest

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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2024·Fyre Fest
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HewyHewy

I would rather buy new clothes than walk through a spider-infested hallway to do laundry

I have to share that laundry room with three other units... there's spiders all the way up and down the wall... I'm afraid to go down there... So I bought new clothes, bought just essential stuff.

Huey confirms this is his actual current lifestyle choice.